Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 2 Once entering the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea (1)
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the sun shines and the east wind brings warmth.

With the sound of gongs and drums, the whole country rejoices.

The sensational emperor's wedding made the people of Tiancheng crowded, and they took to the streets to watch the first happy event after the three years of national filial piety.

Sitting on the swaying eight-carried bridal sedan chair, with a red phoenix crown on her head, Yun Qing was covered with a hipa, only seeing gold-threaded jade shoes with dragons and phoenix embedded on her feet.

The suona was shaking the sky outside, but her heart was as still as water.

Today is the first day of her wedding, and it is also the day when she becomes the queen of Tianque Kingdom and the mother of the world.

Enter the palace as the queen!Maybe this is an honor that many women can't ask for, but she doesn't love it.

If possible, she would rather take off this phoenix crown and be a free and ordinary woman.If she can, she will jump off this sedan chair and bravely pursue the life she loves.

However, she couldn't.

Reason told her that she was the prime minister's daughter and the empress appointed by the empress dowager, and she had no choice.

She misses the wind, but he comes a step late, she can't wait for him anymore!
As soon as her heart ached, the silk handkerchief in her hand twisted into a ball, just like her chaotic heart at the moment, she couldn't let it go easily.

He once said that she is as clean as a cloud in the sky, and he is as free and unrestrained as the wind.He is the wind, she is the cloud.

He and her are destined to be together in this life together.

"Wait for me, Yun. Two years, wait for me for two years! I will give you Fengguan Xiapei, and I will marry you!" The distant promise is still in my ears, accompanied by the sound of the breeze, so beautiful.

But now...

"Feng, I'm sorry!" With tears dripping down his face unconsciously, Yun Qing took out a short jade flute from his bosom, stroked the blue jade pendant with the word "wind" engraved on it, and held it tightly. Hold it in your palm.

People in the past have gone by the yellow crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower is vacant here;
Huang He is gone forever, and Bai Yun is full of leisure.

Maybe she and him are just destined to have no part!And she missed the appointment.

Even if he comes as promised, she can no longer go with him; her red wedding dress and phoenix crown and Xiapei are all worn for others.He can't give it to her!
"Get off the sedan chair!" I didn't know how far I had traveled, but I felt that the sedan chair sank, and the noise around me suddenly disappeared.A long and thin voice pierced through the barriers and clearly reached Yun Qing's ears.

Startled, she quickly put away the jade flute, picked up the silk handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and took a deep breath.

With a bang, she seemed to hear someone kicking open the sedan door, and then, a deep and pleasant male voice came from the lifted curtain of the sedan chair: "Please get off the sedan chair!"

Yun Qing thought to himself, it should be at Xihuamen by now.

But, why did the person who greeted him get off the sedan chair call himself Empress?Isn't he his husband-in-law?

However, when she was silent and did not stretch out her hand, the person outside the sedan chair once again urged him in a low voice: "Subordinate Murong Chong, I respectfully ask you to get off the sedan chair."

Now Yun Qing finally understood that the person who came here was indeed not the current emperor.But he, on behalf of the emperor, kicked down the sedan door that should have been kicked by the groom, this...

Reaching out her hand at a loss, she felt uneasy.

It wasn't until a pair of strong and powerful palms wrapped her slender palms in time that she felt an inexplicable sense of peace.

They come, the security!
Along the way, led by the strange man, she crossed the fence, stepped over the brazier, and bypassed some unknown obstacles. Yun Qing almost fell several times, but fortunately, the man beside her always helped her to cross the road at the right time. Get over it.

She couldn't see the surroundings clearly, and couldn't see the whispering palace officials on both sides. She only saw her own feet and a pair of black boots that followed her all the way.

"Congratulations to the Empress, Your Majesty is a thousand years old!" Finally, when she stood firmly on a high platform, the people around her stopped together.Many people shouted loudly, accompanied by the whistling wind, she had a kind of unrealistic illusion.

The surrounding wind blew her robes, causing the jewels all over her body to ring loudly, and even the hipa on top of her head slowly moved with the wind.

"Murong Chong, you can step back." With a majestic yet kind voice, Murong Chong who was beside him let go of Yun Qing's hand, and said respectfully and calmly, "Your Majesty, this subordinate will leave."

"Thank you!" The moment her hand was released, Yun Qing felt that everything around her was empty.Empty, nothing.

But she didn't know, she thanked softly, causing Murong to startled, and then quietly retreated like the wind that came at this moment.

Everything around was covered by a faint red, invisible and unclear.

Yun Qing stood quietly on the tall tower, waiting for her future husband, the emperor of Tianque Kingdom.

Today is not only the day of the emperor's wedding, but also the day of the young emperor's personal administration.She, together with him, will receive the kowtow from the officials.

"The emperor is here!" Finally, with a slender chanting, Yun Qing felt that a long time had passed.

She moved her fingers that were about to become stiff, and silently followed the sound and looked forward.

However, the sound of "Concubine Hua is here!" immediately followed like a tidal wave, causing a commotion from the audience.

Yun Qing was stunned, and the silk handkerchief in her hand also loosened with her hand, falling down with the wind.She no longer needed the silk handkerchief that was supposed to be discarded when she formally held her husband's hand.

All the confusion just now disappeared like a flash of lightning, and Yun Qing quickly understood the whole thing.

It's no wonder that others kicked my sedan door and held my hands. It turns out that when I became empress today, I was also canonized as a new concubine.

The wind blows suddenly!Huhu penetrated her Xipa and lifted the corners of her skirt.

In an instant, her vision was clear, and from a distance, she saw a handsome man in red, holding a slender woman in the same red wedding dress, stepping up the steps step by step, walking straight in her direction.

She parted her lips and smiled at him lightly.

However, what looked back at her was a pair of eyes full of hatred.He is cold and handsome, but he has extreme disdain for her.

She smiled lightly, understanding his disgust.

If possible, she really wanted to take off the phoenix crown and let them fulfill their long-cherished wish.

She doesn't want this crown on her head!
Phew, the red hipa was completely blown off by the wind, and the palace people exclaimed immediately.

The crowd who had just been attracted by Concubine Xuanyuanze turned their heads to look at Yun Qing who had a calm expression at this moment, and some whispered in awe.

"Quick, quickly cover the hijab for the queen." Just now that majestic voice sounded again, Yun Qing turned her head to look, but saw that it was a kind-hearted but majestic noble lady.

She smiled lightly, guessing that this person might be the empress dowager who ordered her to be the empress.And that woman, when she came into contact with Yun Qing's calm face and eyes, seemed to be dazed for a moment, and then quickly returned to her original state.

Not far from that woman, stood a handsome and resolute young man, he seemed very surprised by the sudden situation at this time, his handsome eyes suddenly fell on Yun Qing's smiling face, and he was slightly startled.

The flustered palace maid hurried over to cover Yun Qing with the red handkerchief she had picked up, sealing her off from the outside world...

Zhuhua Palace.

In the resplendently decorated palace, the maids and eunuchs were busy, and when they stepped into the Qinyue Palace, they automatically slowed down in a timely manner.

All kinds of items needed for the wedding ceremony were sent to the bridal chamber one by one under the guidance of the bride, and then sixteen young maids lined up on both sides from the hall door to the bridal bed.

Each of these maids held a big red tray with peanuts, lotus seeds and various fruits on it.

The Xi Niang sent by He Mansion had a happy face, with a slightly round smiling face and her eyes narrowed into slits, she quickly grabbed the fruits from the tray one by one, and spread them evenly on the big bed carved with dragons and phoenixes in the hall.

After doing all this, she ran out in a hurry, like a red whirlwind, and quickly disappeared outside the hall.

Two rows of maids still stood quietly on both sides, waiting respectfully for the new couple to enter the palace.

At this time, the Golden Phoenix Palace was completely cold.It was obviously the queen's wedding, but the eunuchs in the palace were listless and worried about their future status.

"Well, I thought that being sent to the Empress's Golden Phoenix Palace would give me a chance to get closer to the emperor. Now it seems that it would be good not to be laughed at by the servants in the palace." A rather handsome The pretty court lady scattered fruit dates indiscriminately, while sighing to the girl beside her.

"Hush, keep your voice down. The maid brought by the queen is still waiting in the outer hall. If she hears..."

"What are you afraid of!"

The hinted maid raised her eyebrows and didn't take what the lady next to her said seriously; she scattered a plate of hard walnuts on the bed regardless of the amount, and said with a chuckle: "It's just a girl with no status. In terms of seniority, she is still with us." Underneath. She was supposed to give her some sympathy because she was the queen's close maid, but haven't you heard that the emperor was just now on the city platform in front of the people of the world, and openly ignored the queen. Tsk, do you know the new Concubine Hua today? She is the emperor's favorite woman! She is talented and beautiful, and she is the number one talented woman in our Tianque Kingdom. She is no better than our queen who only has luck! She has a little brain Everyone in the family knows that this is the emperor deliberately giving her power! Hehe, let me tell you, in the future... ".

"Crack!" There was the sound of the jade cup being smashed, and the expression of the palace goddess changed in fright. When she turned her head and saw that it was Bitao who had accidentally smashed the wine cup that was originally used for the emperor and empress to exchange glasses, the corners of her mouth curled up in a strange way She clicked her tongue bitterly at the girl next to her: "Hey, breaking things on the wedding day is really unlucky. Cuihong, let's go out as soon as we finish our work, don't take advantage of the ominous atmosphere here."

"You guys!" Bi Tao turned pale with anger, bit her lips, and finally didn't let herself quarrel with others on the day of Miss's wedding.

She did not expect that these court ladies would be so vitriolic, it would be disrespectful to criticize their master in private, yet they dared to be so outspoken.

"Miss, is what they said true?" She squatted down absent-mindedly to pick up the pieces of the jade cup, and her heart ached.

She had just heard the words of the court lady verbatim; she wanted not to believe it, but tears rolled down her face in vain.

Miss, is what they say true?That emperor, he married the young lady, why did he treat the young lady like this?
"The emperor is here! The concubine Hua is here!" Following Chang Le's announcement, all the maids and eunuchs in Zhuhua Palace were so nervous that they didn't dare to breathe. They all lowered their heads and looked at their feet respectfully. .

"Long live the emperor! Long live the empress!" The bridal bride who was welcoming outside the hall immediately stepped forward to lead the way, sprinkled red happy flowers in her hands, and led the bride and groom into the new house.

Tightly holding the hands of those around him, Xuanyuan Ze's unparalleled handsome face was filled with joyful smiles.

He has been waiting for this day for a long time. Although he can't give Wan'er a posthumous motherhood, he believes that this day will not be too long.

"Please ask the emperor to pick a hipa for Concubine Hua." Xi Niang gently lifted the silk cover of the tray in the hands of the first court lady, and smiled at Xuanyuan Ze.

Picking up the Xi scale, Xuanyuanze turned to face the woman who was about to become his concubine, with tenderness in his eyes.

Gently picking up the scale beam, a peerless face appeared under the big red hipa, which made him stunned.

The person in front of him had a peach blossom face, creamy skin, radiant eyes, cherry lips and jade nose, all of which were exquisite to the extreme; even though he had known her for a long time, seeing her in the wedding gown at this moment, his heart was still moved.

"Wan'er." Lovingly caressing her blushing cheek gently, his fingertips rested on her reddish eye sockets: "Wan'er, I can finally marry you."

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress. The emperor and the empress are a match made in heaven, destined for three lives. Now that lovers are finally married, it is really gratifying. I wish the emperor and the empress a happy union for a hundred years, forever united, love each other, and have hundreds of sons and grandchildren. "The bride who saw the wind and the rudder immediately stepped forward to congratulate, her smiling round face was full of flattery: "Please eat one red date each, and two peanuts and lotus seeds. Scatter the branches and leaves, and continue the incense."

He Ruowan glanced at Xuanyuan Ze shyly, her face that was originally hot turned red even more.

Xuanyuanze wears a golden crown on his head, his face is like beautiful jade, his big red wedding gown is tied with a golden jade belt, his waist wears the noble jade that symbolizes the emperor, and a pair of golden boots are inlaid with bright red and green gemstones.The originally handsome and extraordinary temperament is even more majestic. Compared with the usual two points of elegant temperament, it is even more imperial and domineering.

"Your Majesty!" She called softly, knowing in her heart that the man in front of her would not only be her husband, but also the king of a country.

She and him are no longer childhood sweethearts.

Today, she can make him obsessed with her, and make herself a concubine when he becomes an empress, but what she will face in the future is to compete for favor with that woman who is known as an empress.

She kept him tonight, but it didn't mean she could keep him forever.There can be many concubines, but there is always only one queen!
"What's the matter, Wan'er?" His heart tightened, seeing that the person in front of him actually shed tears, Xuanyuan Ze couldn't bear it, he stretched out his hand to gently wipe it away for her: "Are you complaining about me?"

He blames himself.He once swore that in this life he would not marry unless she was the one, and when he ascends the throne, the queen he wants to be crowned must be her!
However, he broke his promise.

"No, Your Majesty! Wan'er doesn't complain. Wan'er understands all the emperor's feelings for Wan'er. It's just that Wan'er is worried. Today, the emperor has violated the Queen Mother's will and made Wan'er a concubine. He is afraid that in the future, the old man will have feelings for Wan'er." Jiedi." Leaning into his arms, He Ruowan understood that only by firmly grasping the heart of the person in front of her can she have everything she dreams of.

Seeing this, Xi Niang, who has a clear eye and a clever heart, asks everyone to put down the fruit, and leads everyone to leave with wit.

Xuanyuanze hugged his beloved woman tightly, every tear she shed made him feel distressed: "Don't worry, Wan'er, now that I'm in charge, with me here, I won't let others embarrass you." Even if it's the queen mother!He added in his mind.Although he believed in Wan'er's virtue, the queen mother would also like her.

But if the queen mother always cared about making her a concubine for him, he could only use his own ability to protect her and not let her suffer any harm.

"Yeah." Sniffing, He Ruowan raised her head lightly, with her charming eyes open, her delicate lips parted slightly: "Wan'er understands. From now on, Wan'er will definitely honor the Queen Mother and her elders wholeheartedly, and listen to the queen's sister's words, I hope they can gradually like Wan'er and tolerate Wan'er."

After finishing speaking, she seemed to think of something, and tears suddenly filled her eyes again: "The emperor's appointment of Wan'er as a concubine today must have made the queen sister very angry. At this moment, the emperor has sent Wan'er back to the palace, so...please invite the emperor to go to the sister's palace." Let's rest here." She bit her lips tightly, the appearance of wanting to cry and holding back, made it unbearable for any man to see, let alone Xuanyuan Ze who loves her.

"I'm not going anywhere. That woman, the queen in my heart is not her at all! In the future, as long as there is a chance, I will definitely destroy her!" Holding He Ruowan into his arms again, Xuanyuan Ze prevented her from seeing the anger on his face meaning.

If the mother hadn't insisted on making her queen, Wan'er wouldn't be so sad today.It was all that damned woman who caused his kind and gentle Wan'er to be so frightened on her wedding day, and he would never let her have a better time!

"Your Majesty, no!" He Ruowan raised her head from Xuanyuan Ze's arms lightly, she looked innocent, "Your Majesty, don't say any more, as long as the Emperor truly loves Wan'er, Wan'er will be satisfied."

"Ah!" Sighing softly, Xuanyuan Ze took her hand and put it on his lips to kiss gently, "Wan'er is so kind, how can I let Wan'er be sad? Don't cry, I promise Wan'er, I only have Wan'er in my heart, From now on, I will only love Wan'er."

"Your Majesty, don't lie to Wan'er." Withdrawing her hand shyly, He Ruowan got up before Xuanyuanze could speak, picked up the dates that Xi Niang had just confessed to Xuanyuanze, and said, "To win the emperor's sincerity in this life, it is Wan'er who has been cultivated for several generations." It's a blessing to come. Here! Your Majesty, taste the sweetness."

With a soft smile that is charming, seductive in the astringent, He Ruowan's expression of wanting to smile but also ashamed made Xuanyuanze bewildered for a moment.

"Okay..." Jun Mou froze for a moment, and he immediately understood what she meant.Smiling lightly, he touched her hand, he gently grasped it, and took it into his mouth together with her fingertips...

The red candles are extinguished quietly, the warm tents are lightly placed, and the room is beautiful, and the spring is infinitely beautiful.

However, the originally magnificent Jinfeng Palace has now become the coldest palace.

Xi Niang helped Yun Qing into the bridal chamber, waiting left and right to see if the emperor came, knowing that there was nothing to do, so she found an excuse and retreated.

Bi Tao's eyes were red, trying not to let herself cry.Looking at the young lady sitting on the edge of the bed, she wanted to ask a few times but resisted it.

She thought, Miss must be more sad than herself.

Obviously today is the day of Empress Li, but the emperor accepted concubines together, until now no one came to Jinfeng Palace.Sure enough, those servants' whispers were not groundless. It turned out that the one who felt sorry for Miss the most was her husband-in-law from now on.

"call!"

"Miss, what are you doing?" While she was sad, Bi Tao was startled by Yun Qing who suddenly took off her hijab, and hurried forward to put it back on: "You can't take it off, miss, it will be unlucky."

"You're here again, Bitao." Yun Qing blocked Bitao's hand, tried hard to remove the phoenix crown that was weighing on her neck, and said calmly, "What's wrong, do you want me to sit with such a heavy crown on my head?" overnight?"

Bi Tao's eyes turned red, and her voice choked up: "But miss..."

"Okay, Bi Tao, the emperor won't come here today, please help me, my neck is really about to break." Yun Qing yelled sadly on purpose.Bi Tao quickly helped her take off the phoenix crown that symbolized the queen.

"Well, it's finally much easier." Yun Qing squeezed her neck, let out a sigh of relief, and then started to untie the complicated wedding dress, but was stopped by Bi Tao hesitantly: "Miss, I'm afraid it's not good. If the emperor comes See, then..."

Yun Qing was amused by Bitao's embarrassment, gently took her hand, and comforted her: "Don't be like this, Bitao. This is a wrong marriage. I couldn't escape getting married, but I escaped the wedding night. This is also God's blessing Me, so that I can continue to live in peace. It's just a different place to live, and it won't make much difference to me in Yunfu and in the palace."

"Miss, the emperor has gone too far! To treat the lady like this, really..." Seeing the lady's indifferent look, Bi Tao really felt wronged for her own lady, but she just wanted to complain but was interrupted by Yun Qing lightly: "One The entrance to the palace is as deep as the sea. Bi Tao, in the eyes of others, I may be wronged, but Bi Tao, don't you know me?"

Her eyes dimmed, the corners of her lips slightly raised, and her voice was faint: "Last year and today, in this door, the face of the peach blossoms reflected each other. I don't know where the face is going, but the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. Heh..." I don't know when I held it in my hand. Yudi's eyes turned upwards, and her thoughts disappeared in an instant: "I'm tired, Bi Tao, fetch me some water."

(End of this chapter)