moon walk

Chapter 68 Empress Ceremony
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200 meters outside the palace hall,

Concubine Jing has changed into the queen's exclusive phoenix robe, wearing a phoenix crown, gorgeous makeup, and her aura instantly becomes stronger
The time has come, the sun above is displaying its brilliance, illuminating the earth, and playing music.
She walked slowly, a long robe dragged on the red carpet, and the eunuch beside her held up a canopy to block the sun,
Civil and military officials have been waiting on the left and right sides according to their positions.

And the emperor is at the stone steps at the entrance of the main hall, ready to welcome his queen,
Soon Concubine Jing came with a smile on her face, and he reached out to hold the other's hand, and they walked towards the hall side by side.

Immediately afterwards, the two walked up the stone steps step by step, and finally stood at the entrance of the main hall, stopped, and turned around to face the crowd with vigor.

Afterwards, Duke Zhou stepped forward and read out the imperial edict:
Today, with the book Zhen Rongling as the empress, she abides by women's morals, respects the harem, respects the emperor's ceremony, and the world is full of yellow heavens. Virtue is the only one to rely on, and I will live up to my fate, and Tianlu will die forever
After the words fell, the officials below began to salute in unison:
"Your Majesty, long live long live long live!"

"Queen, thousands of years ago!"

At this moment, Concubine Jing is officially promoted to Empress Zhen!
——The canonization ceremony is over.
For the first time ushered in the harem gathering, eating together,
The emperor sat in the middle, with Concubine Xian on the left and Empress Zhen on the right.

On the two sides below, the imperial concubine sits on one side, nobleman Xi and Xu Changzai sit on the other.

At this time, Concubine Xian said in a calm tone:
"It's time for the harem to introduce some newcomers. Let the empress handle this matter. What do you think, the emperor?"

"Just listen to my concubine's wishes, Rong'er, you can choose for me."

"The concubine obeys orders."

Xu Changzai's face became a little ugly, he picked up the wine glass vigorously, and drank it dry in one gulp.
Her move inadvertently made the emperor aware of it.

The emperor stared at her, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter with Han'er?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Xu Changzai one after another.

Xu Chang showed a smile in an instant:
"Back to the emperor, the concubine is fine, but smelling the mellow aroma of this wine is very attractive, so I can't wait to drink a cup."

The emperor stared at him: "But your face just now was not happy."

These words made the other party unable to explain for a while,

He continued:

"The thing you did to Mr. Xi the day before yesterday, because you have followed me for many years, I will not pursue it, but if there is another time, you will punish the harem severely!"

"Yes, I know I was wrong, thank the emperor for forgiveness! I will definitely not do it again." After finishing speaking, she clenched her back teeth unwillingly.

The imperial concubine watched everything in front of her silently, her expression very indifferent,

This also made the emperor pay attention to her, and opened his mouth to ask:

"Your father asked you to stay in the palace to serve me, do you not want to?"

"If not, is the emperor willing to let the concubine out of the palace?" The imperial concubine's cold and unexpected answer made many people panic.

"Hahaha" the emperor laughed three times, changed his face instantly, and said fiercely:
"Of course, as long as Chen Kuo can accept your body, I won't force you."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but make my hair stand on end.

Immediately afterwards,

The emperor sneered: "When do you want to leave the palace?"

This invisible oppressive question made the imperial concubine very annoyed, but she still stabilized her emotions and replied:

"I still want to serve the emperor well, so I won't leave the palace."

"It's so good, I can't bear to let Mr. Chen send a white-haired man to a black-haired man."

After speaking, the hidden smile rose instantly.
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After lunch,
Xi Guiren seemed to be relieved, and quickly left the place,

The imperial concubine was also moving quickly, and the two were still walking in the same direction, so they couldn't help walking side by side.

So, the imperial concubine couldn't help asking: "Is it uncomfortable?"

Xi Guiren turned his head and glanced at the other party, and asked back in confusion: "What do you mean by that?"

Immediately afterwards,

The imperial concubine said without hesitation:
"I know that you are also a person who can't help yourself. You have been in the past and you are still in the past. Xu Shaoxian never thought that he would end up like this. In the end, he even caused his daughter to live in a tiger's den."

"It's still the same for you. If your father didn't speak up, you should go out of the palace with Yigui and the others to become a nun."

Xi Guiren's words sound uncomfortable, but they are true. For this reason, she also hated her father, and it was not her wish to enter the palace at the beginning.
But after that, she really fell in love with the previous emperor, but she never thought that the other party would. So much so that she became like this, in a dilemma.

When she was fascinated, she thought of something again, so she whispered:
"I heard that Liu Guiren had already fled that day, and I haven't heard any news yet. Didn't you have friendship with her before?"

Xi Guiren looked thoughtfully and said: "I have no friendship with her."

"Really?" The imperial concubine obviously didn't believe it, and continued to ask: "If you didn't have friendship, would you go to her bedroom on purpose?"

The words came to Xi Guiren's ears, but she chose to remain silent, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

Seeing this, the imperial concubine changed the subject and said:

"Are you going to leave it like this and let it be at your mercy? In the second half of the year, there will be a Lantern Festival among the people, and it will be very lively. If you are lucky enough to leave the palace, what do you think will happen?"

In the words of the other party, everything is implying something, how could Mr. Xi not understand the meaning,

She thought for a while, then said softly: "Do you want me to take you out of the palace together?"

"If you are willing, Wan En has no words to thank, and it will definitely repay you every day!"

"Let me think about it. He won't leave the palace so easily. Even if he leaves the palace, there will be guards around him to protect him. It will not be difficult to escape. If he fails, he will really die."

Listening to Mr. Xi's words, the imperial concubine also fell into deep thought.

Subsequently,

The two parted ways at the fork in the road.

After walking a few steps forward, Zhu Ying said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, you have also been to the Lantern Festival in the capital, but it is a place where clouds and dragons are mixed, how could the emperor go to that place?"

"Since it's a place where fish and dragons mingle, the chances of getting away will be a little higher if you stay in it. You'll have to try to know if you want to go."

After finishing speaking in a decisive tone, he quickened his pace back to the palace.

Zhuying followed closely, and said: "The imperial concubine just mentioned Liu Guiren, what do you think, my empress?"

Mr. Xi frowned lightly:
"Maybe my status is unusual. Now that I'm too busy to take care of myself, how can I have any thoughts about others, even Su Yan?"

Looking at the empress who hesitated to speak, Zhu Ying immediately admitted her mistake:

"It's Zhu Ying talking too much, it shouldn't provoke your empress to think about it, Zhu Ying is wrong, empress, let's first think about how to let the emperor take us out of the palace."

Mr. Xi nodded sadly.
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Soon the two returned to the bedroom,

When she came to the dormitory and walked to the small round table, the bamboo warbler opened the scorpion for it,

After watching the empress take her seat, she picked up the teapot and cup and poured a cup of tea.

Xi Guiren gurgled and drank
Bamboo Warbler then pulled the other chair and sat down.

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(End of this chapter)