This queen is not too curly

Chapter 68 Scared?
Sure enough, I didn't read the almanac when I went out!
Yan Yuan gritted her teeth and retreated into the bathtub.

Palace lanterns flickered around the bath, and the light flickered on and off.She quietly lifted the corner of her clothes while no one was prepared, and looked down at her shoulder.

The old scar on the shoulder has a faint pink color, it doesn't look like a scar now, a light bathrobe is enough to cover it tightly.

Shouldn't it fail right away?

If you go out now, you may not be able to escape, maybe you will be forced to show your true colors in front of them, why not hang around in the bath for a while now, maybe you will leave after Chen Ling sinks.

Thinking of this, Yan Yuan lay down quietly by the bathtub, and quietly eavesdropped on the movement behind the flower wall through the sparse flower wall.

Behind the flower wall, Nu Shi poured a cup of tea for Chen Ling.

The Empress Dowager's eyes fell on Chen Lingchen, and she said, "I heard that something dangerous happened in the imperial mausoleum this time, is Shen'er injured?"

Her voice was light, as if she was discussing some innocuous matters.

Yan Yuan was stunned when she heard it, and couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, but she just felt that a mother should not react like this after hearing that her child almost lost her life abroad.

"No."

Chen Ling's voice became even colder.

Yan Yuan quietly changed her position by the bathtub, and finally found a gap in the flower wall, through which she could just see Chen Ling's indifferent face.

At that time, he was lowering his head, playing with the cup in his hand, with a faint mocking arc hanging from the corner of his mouth.

"I heard that Yu'er...caused some trouble in the imperial tomb this time."

The Empress Dowager sighed, and finally revealed some gentleness between her words.

It's a pity that this gentleness is not for Chen Lingshen, but for Chu Jingyu.

"Yu'er grew up next to the Ai family, and he always listened to what the Ai family said. This time he found out that some gangsters had gone to Yuting Mountain, and he had already asked the Ai family for orders. It was the Ai family who ordered him to surround the mountain to catch turtles."

"Although Ma stepped into the imperial mausoleum was at fault, but if you want to come to Yu'er, you are also concerned about it, and the Ai family is willing to apologize to the emperor on his behalf."

"The emperor's punishment has already passed, so let's stop it."

The tenderness quickly dissipated, and the Queen Mother's words returned to the original indifference.

Her eyes fell on Chen Lingchen, and there was not much discussion on her face. It didn't seem like she was pleading for King Xuan and apologizing on his behalf, but it was like a condescending notice.

Chen Lingshen still lowered his head, turned the cup with his slender fingertips, and faintly smiled: "Gu didn't do anything to Brother Huang, just sent him home."

The queen mother's face changed, and she said coldly: "The emperor sent someone to send Yu'er back to Ezhou, but ordered the city defense army to detain his three thousand soldiers. If he returns to Ezhou and encounters turmoil, how should he protect himself?"

Her voice brightened a lot, her eyes fixed on Chen Lingchen, and there was already thin anger between her brows.

Chen Lingshen was indifferent.

He just smiled and said: "Kerchen didn't know that it was the emperor's elder brother's personal soldiers. After all, the emperor's elder brother had never submitted a memorial and mentioned that he would lead troops to the imperial capital."

The queen mother said: "But those soldiers did not enter the city."

Yuting Mountain does not belong to the imperial capital city, but it is close to it. Although it is unreasonable for King Xuan to leave the fief with his troops, he has not actually entered the imperial capital city.This is the reason why she talked with him today.

"So Orphan just detained them."

The slender fingertips put down the teacup.

Chen Ling raised his head deeply, and there was a trace of regret in his gentle voice: "It's a pity they didn't enter the city."

He looked into the Empress Dowager's eyes, and said slowly: "Otherwise, the Empress Dowager wouldn't have to work so hard to set up this family banquet."

Although the so-called family banquet is just the cup of tea in front of him.

Chen Lingshen's eyes were bloodshot, but his eyelashes were bent abruptly, like a smile on the lips of a snake.

He did feel sorry.

If Chu Jingyu had been a little more daring, and three thousand soldiers had entered the gate of the imperial capital, everything would have been much easier.

"Emperor!" The Empress Dowager frowned unhappily, and her words became harsher, "As an emperor, your words and deeds are written by the official historian. You must know that you can't make mistakes in everything, and if you are a little careless, you will be infamous for thousands of years."

Chen Ling remained silent.

The queen mother said coldly: "It's fine if you were absurd in the past, if you make a massacre today, what face will the queen mother have to meet your father in the future?"

Chen Ling lowered his eyebrows and laughed, as if he had heard a terrible joke.

"Even if my son is a wise king through the ages today." Chen Ling said softly, "The empress mother and the grand master secretly plotted against Chen Cang, do you have the face to go down to see the emperor?"

Yan Yuan: "..."

"You..." The Queen Mother's eyes widened.

She met Chen Lingshen's gaze, and felt that the man in front of her eyes overlapped with the man in her memory, and suddenly the hairs all over her body stood on end.

After the astonishment, there was rage.

"presumptuous!"

The queen mother's chest rose and fell violently, and she could no longer hold back her calm and luxurious past, just like a frightened peacock, sweeping everything on the table clean.

The only teacup landed on Chen Lingchen's knee.

Chen Ling lowered his gaze, and slowly saluted the Queen Mother.

He said softly: "My son, I thank the queen mother for your hospitality."

Yan Yuan: "........."

The Empress Dowager left in a rage, and even the maids who were close to her followed her tremblingly and left the corridor. For a moment, the entire Rongyuan fell silent.

Yan Yuan turned her head cautiously, and found that the female history behind her had also disappeared, and there was only a white candle left where they were standing.

When the wind blows, the candle flame flickers out.

Yan Yuan seemed to see her own life, which was also crumbling like this candle.

She will probably die here tonight...

Yan Yuan's heart was crying.

Before entering the palace, Yan Yuan imagined countless ways to die. Maybe she was angered by the tyrant, maybe poisoned by a concubine in the harem accidentally, or even found to be Ning Bai and implicated in the nine clans...

But among the thousands of ways to die, this one is not included.

Accidentally overheard the secrets of the Queen Mother and others, and was murdered.

This way of dying is also...

Too wrong, too wrong, too wrong...

Yan Yuan was lying on the side of the bath, feeling ashamed.

As the night fell, the palace lanterns emitted a red light, illuminating the delicate rose flowers like drops of blood splashing on the green leaves.

Behind the wall of roses, Chen Ling maintained the same posture, dormant quietly.

Yan Yuan didn't dare to move, for fear of making a sound of splashing water, so she kept a fixed posture and looked at Chen Lingchen quietly.

Maybe...he didn't know she was here?

Yan Yuan's thoughts floated in a mess, and even a trace of fantasy was born in despair.

Since the dog emperor is not in harmony with the queen mother, maybe he doesn't know that Rongyuan gives bath at all.

If he knew that she was messing around here, how could he directly break through the screen window with the queen mother and shake off this kind of family ugliness?
The little flame of hope was rekindled.

Yan Yuan held her breath, quietly waiting for Chen Lingchen to leave.

She had been soaking in the water for a long time, and all the scars on her body had probably resurfaced.At this moment, the hot water surrounded her body, and she was already sweating on her forehead. Beads of sweat slid down her cheeks and dripped into the water.

Gradually, she became a little dizzy.

But Chen Lingchen didn't intend to leave for a long time.

He sat there motionless, as if he had fallen asleep, or had been nailed to the seat.

It went on like this for a long time, so long that Yan Yuan wondered if she would faint in the bath.

Chen Lingchen finally stood up.

But he didn't leave.

He stood there pondering for a moment, then turned around, took a few steps closer to the direction of Rong Yuan, and stopped in front of the flower wall.

Yan Yuan:!
Chen Ling's deep and lazy voice sounded: "How long does the queen plan to watch?"

Yan Yuan's eyes widened, and for a moment, she suspected that she heard the sound of blood flowing in her body.

Chen Lingchen had already crossed the flower wall and slowly walked to the edge of the pool.

The red light shone on him, he bent down by the pool, his eyes fell on Yan Yuan's wet eyelashes.

He said slowly: "If I had known that the Queen likes hot springs, Yuting Mountain should have stayed with the Queen for one night."

Yan Yuan: "..."

ahhh-

Yan Yuan screamed in her heart.

But there was no expression on his face.

She has always been bold, but that doesn't mean she's a fool.Those who have known the royal secrets since ancient times will not have a happy ending.In all likelihood, she is going to confess here today, and the only thing she can pray for is to leave a whole body and wear neat clothes.

Yan Yuan remained motionless, letting despair sweep her body.

Chen Lingchen was standing by the bathtub, looking down at Yan Yuan: "What, are you scared?"

Yan Yuan still didn't move, she didn't even blink her eyes.

Her whole body is wet now.The soft hair was soaked in water vapor, and it was softly attached to the cheek.There are still drops of water on the eyelashes, and the eyes are full of frightened light, as if they are about to shed tears in the next moment.

Chen Ling looked at her quietly.

This was about the first time she showed such an expression.

Stupid, clumsy, clueless.

Like a soggy mushroom.

Terrified mushrooms.

The corners of Chen Lingshen's mouth curled into a sneer, and he bent down and smiled lowly: "Aren't you very bold, you put on a show on the garden boat, you dare to talk about terms at the back of the imperial mausoleum, what about now?"

Of course it's different.

It was not a desperate situation before, and there was still room for change.

Unlike now, she really can't think of any possibility of struggling, if she knows it, she knows it, there is no room for negotiation, after all, only the mouth of a dead person is the most serious.

Yan Yuan blinked her eyes.

Drops of water fall.

It looks like crying.

Her body has been flattened by panic several times, but gradually she seemed to calm down.

The first thing he did when he came to his senses was to quickly immerse his whole body in the bathtub.

There are not many palace lanterns in Rongyuan, and the lights are dim.

He shouldn't be able to see clearly, right?
As expected, there was nothing unusual on Chen Lingshen's face, he was just full of malice, and he stared at her with a joyful and mocking light in his eyes.

As if to appreciate her panic, Chen Ling was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth: "Don't worry, Gu has no interest in your life."

Yan Yuan still blinked.

She wasn't sure if she was hallucinating, or if she had heard it wrong.

Her heart still seemed to be beating in her throat, she opened her mouth and said with difficulty: "You...won't you kill me?"

Chen Ling said calmly, "I won't kill you."

Yan Yuan still couldn't believe it, so she asked cautiously, "Aren't you going to kill me in the future?"

Chen Lingshen: "..."

Under the moonlight, the palace lanterns shone brightly.

Yan Yuan stared at Chen Lingchen with her eyes wide open.

Chen Ling frowned deeply, as if he didn't want to get entangled with such stupid questions.

He was silent for a long time before he said in disgust, "I won't kill you in the future."

……

The night is getting thicker and thicker, clouds and smoke are lingering around the bath, water vapor condenses on the leaves of rose flowers, and then merges into water droplets, which fall into the soil drop by drop.

Yan Yuan felt a little dizzy.

I don't know if it was soaked for too long, or because I just experienced a shock.

She was afraid of fainting in the bath, and she didn't dare to lean out easily, so she could only forcefully rest her head on the guardrail of the bath, stretch out half of her palm, and grab the guardrail of the bath.

Just hanging on the edge of the bath, panting breath after escape.

Fortunately, the dog emperor is shameless.

Otherwise it is really dead.

Very risky.

Chen Lingchen: ...

Chen Ling looked at Yan Yuan in silence.

After a stalemate for a while, he finally began to speak: "So, don't you feel drowsy and hot?"

Yan Yuan grabbed the wall of the bathtub and shook her head resolutely: "I'm not going to faint."

It's a joke, Chen Lingchen has always been thoughtful, even if she turns into a floating corpse here today, she won't go ashore!

Chen Ling raised his eyes and glanced at the other side of the bath, with teasing in his eyes.

He said, "Oh? Really?"

His voice was light and fluttering, scattered in the evening wind, with a hint of ambiguity that was unclear.

Yan Yuan was stunned for a moment, and a strange uneasiness suddenly rose in her heart.

Of course there is heat.

She has been soaking in this hot spring for a long time, and every inch of bone and seam in her body has been soaked in hot water.

As for dizziness...she did feel a little dazed and limp in her body, but couldn't it be that her blood had soaked for a long time?
The uneasiness in his chest gradually permeated.

Yan Yuan raised her head, looked back following Chen Ling's deep gaze, and saw the white candle at the end of the bath again.

The candles were lit before the female historians left.

The evening breeze is blowing, and the candles are dimmed.

A quiet, dark fragrance permeated the air.

This smell is very light, and it has existed for a long time. She has always smelled the aroma of the roses around her at that time, but now she smells it carefully, but it seems to be a little different. The fragrance of roses is not as gentle and charming as it is.

This is……

Chen Ling said calmly: "The moon is under the flowers before the flowers, and the beautiful scenery is beautiful on a good day. Doesn't the queen know this fragrance?"

What is the flower before the moon?
Yan Yuan was still confused.

Suddenly, calcium carbide flashed in her mind, and she suddenly woke up, her thoughts cleared up instantly.

——It's that "Under the Moon"!
The medicine powder given by the queen mother to help her rise to power.

The drug that boosted the fun in the mouth of the dust lady.

The thing that she used three camphorwood boxes and sealed with wax to lock on the top of the cabinet in the room!

When was it lit?
How long has it been burning?
Uncle's!
There was a buzzing sound of thunder in Yan Yuan's mind, and the dizziness seemed to intensify for a moment.

She no longer cared about covering anything, and with a push with both hands, she slid to the other side of the bath like a fish swimming.Before reaching the edge of the bath, she stretched out her hand to scoop up a handful of water, and the splash of water instantly extinguished the flame on the white candle.

There is a dark fragrance in the air.

Yan Yuan's heart was beating wildly, and her wet hand touched her forehead.

Fortunately, I am still awake for the time being.

Chen Ling looked at Yan Yuan's flowing movements, and immediately let out a low laugh.

The movement is not slow, and the strength is not small.

He slowly thought about it, and said calmly towards the distance: "How long does the queen plan to stay in the bath?"

Nonsense, of course, how long you can stay.

Yan Yuan submerged her body in the water.

Because of her guilty conscience, she also submerged half of her face in the hot water, and when her breathing became disordered, her breath would come out of her mouth.

Gulp bubbling.

Chen Lingshen: "..."

Chen Ling smiled lowly: "So, are you worried that Gu will be affected by Yuexia, or are you worried..."

He raised his head, stared at the hazy shadow in the distance, and said softly, "Scars on your body?"

(End of this chapter)