When they walked out of Jingyang Palace, Leng Qingtang and Gu Yunxi saw the Imperial Noble Concubine Wan Yuyao kneeling on the ground with her head low.
Wrapped in white, she let her long black hair loose with no adornment and wept to Emperor Jingxiao.
When Emperor went directly from the gate to the imperial carriage, she cried out in tears,
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! How is Concubine Yu? I am to blame. I should not have invited her to my palace. Your Majesty, I have committed an unforgivable sin. I will take any punishment."
The woman then bent over to kowtow, banging the ground with each hit.
When she looked up again, she was crying miserably.
On the sedan, Emperor closed his eyes with a long sigh. Gloomily, he managed to restrain his impatience and said to the woman,
"Go back now. You make noise here and only disturb Concubine Yu. She is resting. I will have the case investigated t
The palace maid's speech was so forceful as if she had used all her strength, which led to an uproar in the hall.Concubine Xu stood at the head of the concubines, staring blankly at the various eyes cast on her. She was stunned and only reacted after a while. She quickly knelt down with her chief maid Jinzhu.Putting her hands together and lowering her eyebrows, Concubine Xu was very angry, but slowly argued with indignation,"Your Majesty, that is not true. Concubine Yu and I are like sisters. How can I harm her? I am already a mother and know the hardships of pregnancy and nurturing. Now that my sister was pregnant, how could I be so cruel to poison the child of Your Majesty and her!"Gu Yunxi gazed incredulously at what was happening in front of her, feeling that she was in a vague dream.As Concubine Xu said, she and Concubine Yu had always been good friends. Gu Yunxi believed that someone had harmed Concub
Women who had lived in the deep Palace for a long time were strange to such a bloody scene and immediately held their heads and shouted in shock.Gu Yunxi stared blankly at the breathless woman who was carried out of the hall. She gasped for breath as her eyes were as clear as mirrors. Her blood in the body was raging, emitting heat like never before.Her heart, as if clutched by ghostly hands, stopped beating at the moment when the maid hit the pillar.She knew that Fang Mo's death was undoubtedly the same thing to push Concubine Xu into the hopeless abyss.As expected, Emperor Jingxiao slowly stood up from the dragon chair with his tense body. The blades-like glare shot from his twitchy eyes and stayed on the stunned face of Concubine Xu.After a while, he asked with a trembling weak voice,"Concubine Xu, did you see? Fang Mo knew that she could not escape from the crime and killed herself on the
Empress Qian dragged her tired body back to Kunning Palace. She lied on the couch with her head supported by her hand and her eyes closed.Sulian brought hot tea and saw her mistress look unwell, so she asked,"Is Your Grace having another headache? I'll ask the doctor to come over."Empress Qian shook her head, frowning,"Jingyang Palace was in chaos the whole night. The doctors were scared half to death. Don’t bother any more. All the things will pass.""Then allow me to give you a head massage."Sulian went to the side of the couch and used her delicate hands to dexterously remove the jewelry and let down her hair. The maid's thin fingers rubbed her head gently to help the meridians flow.Empress Qian closed her eyes in comfort. She slowly became relaxed but could not achieve complete peace of mind. Soon she sighed,"Sulian, do you think Xu Yuanjiao is responsible for Co
On consecutive rainy days, the sky was heavily clouded like a heavy and cold heart.Leaning against the window, Leng Qingtang frowned at the thick curtain of rain. The air was cold and damp with each breath.As gloomy as the weather, he couldn’t cheer up no matter what he did.The news from Southern Jiang was likely to reach the capital this month, considering the Eastern Depot's capacity.In the capital, the Spring Banquet had been put off due to the matter of Jingyang Palace, which was good to the Eastern Depot's advantage.Having lost sleep for days, Leng Qingtang felt a constant throbbing in the temple as if there had been a bee nest in his head.Lying on his side in bed, he kept thinking about the night a few days ago when he closed his eyes. The suspicious and cruel Emperor, unyielding Concubine Xu, the bloodshed in Qinming Hall, and the thunderstorm that had shocked the capital...
Outside the locked Chuxiu Palace, Lu Qiange looked up at the sky, feeling aggrieved inwardly.The night sky was still gloomy and the damp and cold air enveloped the imperial city. Occasionally night hawks flew over the treetops and made a sad cry.Not long ago, he took off his ordinary official suit of the imperial bodyguard and was promoted, but he offended Empress and was sent back to the ordinary Honour Guards' Campsite with an excuse. How could he tolerate this when he thinking of it? What was more, he, a master of Kungfu, had to guard the Palace behind him alone, which was shaped like Cold Palace.With nothing to do this night, Lu Qiange took his saber and strolled around the towering red walls outside the palatial garden to kill time.He clearly remembered that Chuxiu Palace was the place where Tu Muxue worked as a chief maid.Now she went to the Eastern Depot and there was no news about her. No one knew h
The girl suddenly turned hostile, which made Lu Qiange so embarrassed."Ah..."He woke up from the memory. His eyes turned dark and his raising arms hung down uncomfortably,"I, I thought you were in a daze. I just wanted to wake you up."Gu Yunxi raised her eyebrows, turned her head stubbornly, and said coldly,"Don't pretend to be kind. Let me tell you. I hate being touched by others so much!"And then she turned around and left without looking back."I…"Lu Qiange watched the girl's exquisite figure disappearing into the darkness. His eyes turned bloodshot with anger. He hummed and stomped his feet angrily,"Tu Muxue! You bad girl. I will never care about you anymore!"…Buildings were shrouded in mist. In the dull night, their grandeur and magnificence had already faded, turning into boundless coldness and gloom.Gu Yu
On March 20th, in the Pengxian Temple of the capital.Emperor Jingxiao walked out of Sanqingguan Hall with his hands crossed behind his back and with his concubines accompanying him.In recent days, so many weird things had happened in the imperial harem. Last night, Empress Qian of the Eastern Palace had a bad headache. Emperor Jingxiao believed that the Palace was plagued by evil things, so he planned to go out of the Palace at the auspicious time of this day and go to the imperial Dao Temple in person to pray for blessings.When they came, the sky was covered by dark clouds and the cold wind was so fierce. But after a religious rite, the sky turned clear when they came out of the hall.In the queue, Maiden Yang said happily,"Oh, absolute sincerity will really move a heart of stone! God must have been moved by His Majesty's absolute sincerity! I've thought it would rain heavily, but it is sunny now. It's all
It was almost noon when Wan Yuyao returned to Yongning Palace, and with her were the Seventh Prince Huanan Lin and Nanny Tong who took care of him.As soon as she entered the warm room, Wan Yuyao couldn't wait to take off her clothes, urging the palace maid to prepare the bath water in the bathroom."Quick! Quick! I have to take a bath right now. It's so dirty! Wearing that bi**h's clothes made me get goose bumps."Wan Yuyao complained and stared at the white underwear on the soft blanket with an expression of resentment.That dress was exactly the one that Concubine Xu wore before. Wan Yuyao wouldn't have put on it certainly if it hadn't been that Concubine Xu's smell remained on it.As a mother, she had always been aware that children liked the smell of their mothers most.If she wanted to get the Seventh Prince, she had to perform well in front of Emperor. The secret weapon that could help her su