Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 21 Returning to Fenggong Palace (1)
"Mother, the imperial decree of my abolished empress has been issued, and it may not be appropriate to change it now." Xuanyuan Ze pondered for a while, but finally couldn't bear Wan'er's sadness, and refused aloud.

He had already promised Wan'er that he would formally designate her as his queen only when his mother's queen Qingxiu came out of customs.

Now that the power of the harem has been handed over to Wan'er, it would be very unfair to Wan'er to suddenly recall Yun Qing.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to take care of my younger brother. My younger brother is at fault and accepts the punishment voluntarily." Xuanyuan Yi suddenly spoke out, making it impossible for Xuanyuan Ze to say the excuse he had prepared.

"Although Yi'er was wrong, the emperor was also wrong. Yun Qing was abolished without asking whether he was right or wrong. If Yun Qing couldn't bear the blow for a while and did something stupid, wouldn't it be good for the emperor to harm Yun Qing?" The Queen Mother has always protected Xuanyuan Yi, seeing him take the initiative to plead guilty, she is reluctant to give up, so she can only join Xuanyuan Ze's army and push all these faults back to him.

Because she knew that Ze'er had already admitted Yun Qing's innocence in her heart, and she treated Yun Qing like this only because she cared about He Ruowan.

Three thousand dotes on one person, since ancient times it is not what an emperor should do!What's more, this person is not the best candidate for the queen.

"Wan'er, it's rare for the Ai family to have such a good helper like you. When Yun Qing returns to the palace, you and her will continue to help the Ai family manage the trivial matters in the palace. If the Ai family is exhausted, let's leave." Smiling at He Ruowan After Situ Xianyu finished explaining, he took Xuanyuan Yi's hand and said gently, "Let's go together, Yi'er."

"Yes!" Nodding lightly, Xuanyuan Yi said goodbye to Xuanyuan Ze's disciples, and silently let Situ Xianyu drag him out of the inner hall.

As soon as he left the hall, when all the palace people knelt down to see him off, he indifferently withdrew his hand and said coldly: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for helping Yun Qing today. Yi'er has something else to do, so I won't send him off to Queen Mother."

"Yi'er..." Seeing his son still refused to accept him, Situ Xianyu's infinite melancholy all turned into sighs and scattered into the night wind.

Asking the world, one cannot escape fate;

In fact, Yi'er, helping Yunqing is only what the empress should do, but what the empress most wants to help is you.

"Queen Mother, go back!" Fang Fei understood her thoughts, but didn't offer much comfort, she just patted the back of her hand lightly, and ordered people to hold the lights and board the boat.

There are countless love affairs in the world, and the world is full of helpless people!
The knot in the fifth prince's heart cannot be helped by others, and he has to solve everything by himself.I hope my relatives will always be there at that time, Mo Huizeng was...

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hua, I still need to go back to the Imperial Medical Department to bring a backup of the medicinal food, so I will take my leave first!" After the Queen Mother left, Hua Heng also took a step forward, bowing to Xuanyuan Ze and Concubine Hua to leave.

"Okay, Imperial Physician Hua has worked hard!" He Ruowan saw that Xuanyuan Ze had no intention of leaving, and when she saw Hua Heng resigned, she took the initiative to respond and reminded Xuanyuan Ze: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, why don't we go back to the palace too. Let my sister rest in peace."

"Well, Wan'er has been troubled these days, and my mother makes you worry about the trivial matters in the harem, and I feel sorry for you too." Stretching out his hand to hold He Ruowan's hand, Xuanyuan Ze showed great love for her, and all the domineering arrogance of the king just now disappeared, "But you Don't worry, I will definitely make it up to you."

After all, he ignored Xiao Taohong and others' kneeling, just casually glanced at Yun Qing who was still asleep, and led He Ruowan out of the inner hall.

"Respectfully send off the emperor, and respectfully send off the concubine Hua." The group led by Fugui had been kneeling until now, seeing that Xuanyuanze and the two were leaving, they couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

But Xuanyuanze who walked outside the hall suddenly turned his head, gave Fugui a cold look, and said in a deep voice: "This person is a minion, deceives the superior and the inferior, acts willfully, and almost causes a big mistake to trap Wan'er. , It's really hateful."

He Ruowan's heart froze suddenly, and her beautiful eyes immediately overflowed with infinite panic.Fortunately, Xuanyuanze just looked at Fugui who was kneeling on the ground and trembling with fright, and didn't notice it, so she hurriedly covered up the panic in her heart, and said: "The concubine is not good to others, please punish me by the emperor."

As he said that, he wanted to withdraw his hand from Xuanyuanze's hand, making a gesture to kneel down to plead guilty, but Xuanyuanze pulled her up forcefully, gently embraced her into his arms, looked deeply at her face, and said softly: "Wan'er, why not?" Is there a crime? These people are not promoted by you, Wan'er, but you are new to the palace, so naturally you can't recognize the true faces of these people. But I believe in Wan'er's ability, so I will entrust these people to you to deal with, so I will You can worry less."

"Your Majesty Xie has so much trust in my concubine, I will definitely handle it well." He Ruowan smiled joyfully, the grievance just now had been replaced by a mesmerizing shyness, her body leaned gently into Xuanyuanze's arms, incomparably cuddly. .

It's just that no one can see her. She is in a place where outsiders can't see, and her beautiful eyes immediately change into a sharp edge.

As long as she tightly hugs the three thousand favors of the people around her, she will get everything else one day...

"...Bitao, Bitao..." The drowsy Yun Qing whispered softly in her dream, her beautiful eyebrows were tightly twisted, she stretched out her hand and waved away the quilt on her body, revealing a pair of tender white lotus root arms that were faintly visible, scaring the girl who was thinking about her Hua Heng, who felt his pulse, jumped.

"Your Majesty is awake?" Jun Mei gently raised his eyebrows, he hurriedly avoided his eyes, got up wisely and stepped aside.

"Miss, Bi Tao is here, miss, wake up, Bi Tao is here." Hearing the lady calling her, Bi Tao froze for a moment, then threw herself to Yun Qing's side with red and swollen eyes, holding her hand tightly hold it firmly.

"Miss, are you awake? Miss..." Xiao Taohong had just come in with the fried medicine from outside, when she heard Bi Tao's cry, she was also happy, she put down the medicine bowl and ran to the bedside.

"Bitao...don't take Bitao away...don't..." Yun Qing closed her eyes tightly, with a pained expression, muttering as if she was immersed in a nightmare and couldn't extricate herself.

Scared, Xiao Taohong and Bi Tao burst into tears again. The two kept calling her name, but she couldn't hear their calls.

"She should have contracted the wind and cold. It looks like the situation is more serious than last night." Hua Hengjun frowned, stepped forward again, motioned Bi Tao and the others to get out of the way first, reached out to touch Yun Qing's forehead, Jun's eyebrows frowned even deeper: "The heat has risen, now is not the time to call her. You two, go and get some warm water, and take a towel to help her apply. Xiao Anzi, you go back to the Imperial Medical Department and get some ephedra three liang, cassia twig two liang, almond A little, one or two roasted licorice, go and come back quickly."

Xiao Anzi quickly picked up Fangzi and left, Xiao Taohong had already fetched warm water, Hua Heng squeezed it dry himself, and applied it on Yun Qing's forehead.Then let Bi Tao carefully support Yun Qing, and Xiao Taohong fed the medicine, while he watched quietly from the side.

He had also heard about this queen before, she was a woman who fell out of favor on the day of her wedding, and she was also a cold palace queen who was abandoned within half a month of her canonization.

It's just that he didn't know what was unique about her, allowing the always ruthless King Anqing to set a precedent for her, and even took the initiative to come and treat her by himself.

Originally, he was just doing his duty to treat her, but now seeing the two maids crying for her with red and swollen eyes, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of master he was, who could make his servants worry so much about her and stay by her bed all night long .

Yun Qing woke up once at noon, and when she learned that Bi Tao was fine and was still by her side, she let go of her heart.In addition, after taking the medicine, I felt drowsy and fell asleep peacefully.

It wasn't until evening that Yunqing's heat receded a little bit. The Queen Mother didn't see Xiao Taohong to inform her for a few days, so she sent someone to ask, only to find out that Yunqing had a cold again, so she didn't leave any more messages, and just asked Hua Heng to work harder. .

Xuanyuan Yi came to see Yun Qing at dinner time, and saw that she was still sleeping soundly, but after Hua Heng prepared herbal diet, her heat had subsided a lot, and it seemed that there was no serious problem.

"Has the emperor sent someone here?" He quietly stared at the figure in the gauze tent, seeing that her complexion was gradually not as pale as yesterday, but a little bloody, and he couldn't help being slightly relieved.

"Back to the lord, the emperor never sent anyone here, but people from Zhuhua Palace came to visit the lady once." Regarding the handsome young man in front of her, Bi Tao didn't know whether to hate him or thank him.

If it wasn't for him, the young lady would not have been abolished by the emperor and thrown into the Cuiwei Palace to be bullied.But if he hadn't appeared in time, the young lady would have already passed away, and then he would have gone with the young lady.well…

"En." Xuanyuan Yi was silent for a while, so that Bi Tao didn't know what he was looking at in his cold eyes, and then saw that he looked away lightly, without speaking to Bi Tao, he turned and left.

"What a weirdo." After he left, Bi Tao stuck out her tongue, feeling that the air in the hall was much smoother.

Seeing that the young lady was still sleeping peacefully and everyone had already left, she quietly exited the hall, intending to help Xiao Taohong decoct the medicine.

Physician Hua said that only one more dose of this medicine is needed, and the lady's cold and fever should all disappear.When she wakes up tomorrow, the young lady will talk and laugh with them as usual.

In the dead of night, the stars and the moon were dim, and a pair of slightly cold hands made Yun Qing, who had been sleeping all day and night, finally wake up from the dream.

The moment he opened his eyes, Yun Qing saw a slender and tall figure standing upright in front of his bed, the backlit face made it difficult to see his expression clearly, but he could only feel that under Yun Qing's slight movement, The hands that caressed Yun Qing's face suddenly withdrew.

"It's you?" Yun Qing's voice was slightly hoarse, and she felt that her voice was extremely hoarse. When she opened her mouth at this moment, her beautiful eyebrows could not help but frown slightly.

Xuanyuan Moyu turned around and poured a glass of clear water for her, smiled and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "You are very special, you didn't scream from my fright."

It seemed that she had never lost her composure, which made him feel faintly disappointed while being curious.

Heh, he wanted to take advantage of her panic to get closer to her, how could he...

Alas, it is always better than God!

"You have no intention of hurting me, so why should I be afraid?" Yun Qing sat up, took the glass and gulped down a glass of water, then handed the glass back to him unceremoniously, and continued: "Less The only person who comes and goes without a trace in Cuiwei Palace is you, King Ming and Qing."

Xuanyuan Moyu couldn't help laughing, she didn't expect that she would not be afraid of herself because of this, but how did she know that he is not the only one in the palace who can come and go without a trace.

But to receive such affirmation from her, his heart couldn't help but warm slightly, and his smile became even more charming: "It's my king's honor to receive such praise from you."

"Hey." Yun Qing burst out laughing, completely speechless by his narcissistic demeanor.However, when she looked around, although she still had a smile on her face, her voice couldn't help becoming rigid: "It's just that the prince is used to being a snitch, so he shouldn't hurt my people casually. Please wake up Bi Tao Bar!"

"Snitch?" Xuanyuan Moyu's eyes widened, a little dissatisfied with Yun Qing's words, and he retorted loudly, "I am also a dignified prince, Yun Qing, is it a bit too hurtful for you to use the word "snitch" to describe this king?" gone?"

As he spoke, he took out a dazzling night pearl from his bosom, placed it on an upside-down cup foot, and immediately illuminated the entire inner hall.

Yun Qing saw that Bi Tao was lying on the table, seeming to be in a deep sleep.

Xuanyuan Moyu looked at her playfully, as if she wanted to know how she found out that she tapped that girl's sleeping point.

"My lord has always been a door-to-door refusal to enter. He prefers to fly over the eaves and walls, coming and going like the wind. He prefers to tap lightly, so that people either lose their voices or are like puppets. They can't help themselves at all. These are all Yun Qing's personal experience, and Yun Qing's Memory, and I didn’t lose my memory because of this fall into the water!”

Looking at Xuanyuan Moyu helplessly, Yun Qing knew that he had a free and easy temperament, so his words were not as restrained as when they first met.

In fact, when she woke up and found that the person in front of the bed was him, the biggest reason why she just jumped in her heart, and then she was safe and sound, was because she was insisted on by him as his mother and concubine when she was young. I was deeply moved by the spirit of painting.

So when outsiders heard that the king of Ming and Qing was bohemian and idle, she also believed it, but she would not reject him in any way.

Because people always have a kind side, and Xuanyuan Moyu is kind.

He has never hurt himself. On the contrary, except for the teasing when they first met, they got along happily afterwards.

"Well, I can't tell you." With a helpless sigh, Xuanyuan Moyu quickly stretched out his hand, and the sleepy Betao opened her eyes with a drowsy face. When she looked up and saw Yun was awake, she also suddenly After waking up, he ran over to Yun Qing, touched her forehead and quickly put on her clothes, and said pleasantly: "Miss, you finally woke up! Woohoo, miss, you made Bitao worry to death, if miss has There are three longs and two shorts, what can you do to make Bitao... Wuwuwu, Miss is not allowed to scare Bitao again, no matter what happens, Miss must not be so impulsive again, there must never be a next time..."

"Silly Bitao, am I alright?" Yun Qing smiled and looked at Bitao who was crying, and reached out to wipe her tears away, but they flowed out after wiping, which made her feel so distressed that she hugged her into her arms , Comforting softly: "Stop crying, I've already been told I'm fine! Don't you see that I'm in good spirits, and I'm already out of the way!"

"Wuuuu, Bitao doesn't care. The miss wants to promise Bitao that she won't let Bitao worry like this again, otherwise, otherwise..." Bitao waited for a long time, but couldn't think of any threats, but suddenly heard a nice male voice behind her. , It frightened her very much.

"Otherwise, I'll teach her a lesson for you, okay?" Xuanyuan Moyu looked at Yun Qing's helpless look with a funny face, it was as gentle as a breeze, warming people, and making his heart skip a beat.

I have never seen any master and maid who can get along so harmoniously, which is enviable.

Maybe only Yun Qing always let him see the rare and special warmth in this world.

"Ah! You, you, why are you here?" Bi Tao was so frightened that she could not speak coherently, she turned her head and saw Xuanyuan Moyu sitting leisurely at the table, as if she had been watching herself and the young lady for a while.

"What happened?...My lord?" Xiao Taohong, who was resting next door, was woken up by Bi Tao's loud screams. She hurriedly put on her clothes, lit a lamp and rushed in. She was also startled by Xuanyuan Moyu who appeared in the hall in amazement. .

Seeing the candlelight, Bi Tao noticed that the hall was as bright as day at the moment, and the candle she had lit before had already been extinguished, and the candle oil on the candle had already dried up.It is enough to show that Xuanyuan Moyu has been here for a while, but why didn't he notice it at all?

"How could I not know about such a big thing! It's just that I didn't expect that Brother Yi was one step ahead of me and thought of a way first... However, he almost caused you an accident. If I hadn't sneaked in last night and found out ..." Looking deeply at Yun Qing, Xuanyuan Moyu quietly stopped the words behind her, causing Yun Qing's heart to jump unexpectedly, and the light in his eyes flickered slightly.

There was a hint of anger and fear in his voice that Yun Qing could not ignore, but what he hadn't finished reminded her of last night in a daze, it seemed that someone pulled the quilt for her very gently, and carefully hugged herself , give myself water to drink...

She always thought that it was Bitao or Xiao Taohong who was taking care of her, but she never thought that it was him.

Thinking of this, her face could not help but blush, she turned her eyes away uncomfortably, and said nothing.

"Yeah, we didn't expect that King Anqing would have a conscience to help us quietly, and it happened that he arrived in time yesterday to save the young lady. It also alarmed the queen mother and her elders. Now the queen mother has ordered the emperor to make a decree , as soon as Miss recovers, she can move back to Jinfeng Palace."

Bi Tao's voice could not contain the joy, saying that the young lady was a blessing in disguise this time, and the only price was that the young lady suffered a lot this time, which almost scared her to death.

Fortunately, Miss is auspicious, if she is extremely happy, she knows that Miss will be fine, Miss is such a kind person, how can God be willing to hurt her?
"If possible, I'd rather stay here." Hearing Bitao's words, Yun Qing was not overjoyed, on the contrary, his eyes darkened, and his voice was filled with sadness.

She doesn't want the so-called empress status, or the vain glory and wealth. If she can't live the comfortable life she wants, then this Cuiwei Palace is a rare paradise, as long as outsiders don't disturb her peaceful life.

It's a pity that she knows that the happiness she wants, no matter how simple it is, is never far away.

"This place is not suitable for you either! A woman like you, who is indifferent to the world, is actually more suitable to live outside the palace without restraint." Staring closely at her clear eyes, Xuanyuan Moyu sighed softly, hiding the truth in her voice. An inaudible sadness.

Because from Yun Qing, he could see the shadow of his mother and concubine back then.

She is unexpectedly similar to the mother and concubine back then in many ways. They are both the kind of women who do not contend with the world and like to be quiet and peaceful, but the harem is not suitable for her in the end.Only a free life outside the palace can allow her to obtain long-term happiness and happiness.

If possible, he is willing to hold her hand and take her out of this cage-like palace; take her to visit famous rivers in the world together.

The atmosphere froze under the sudden silence all around.Although Bi Tao sympathized with Xuanyuan Moyu's point of view, she knew very well that the young lady might never be able to leave the palace again in this life.

It is said that once entering the palace gate is as deep as the sea, even if the young lady has no intention of competing for the emperor's favor, this harem is not something she can easily get out of.

well!It would have been great if the young lady hadn't entered the palace. Mr. Feng kept his promise, and he and the young lady were in love with each other. I believe he would be able to give the young lady the happiest life.

It's a pity that good luck tricks people, although the young lady and Mr. Feng really love each other, it is easy to fall in love, but difficult to stay together...

The next morning, when Xiao Taohong came back from the Empress Dowager's Xiangning Palace, she was followed by four young eunuchs.

The one in the front was born with delicate features, fair and clean, at first glance, he didn't look like an eunuch.It's just that his navy blue palace uniform proved his identity.

"Slave Ling Ge, Chang Xi, Fu Fu, Lu An! Kowtow to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old!"

As soon as they saw Yun Qing, the four of them knelt down respectfully and kowtowed three times to her. After Yun Qing asked each other in surprise, the handsome eunuch named Ling Ge stepped forward. The former replied: "Empress Jin'an! Returning to the empress, the servant and the other four are young eunuchs newly transferred from the Shangjian Bureau to the Jinfeng Palace. They have been trained by Eunuch Rong before, and now they are loved by Eunuch Rong, so they can come to serve the empress. , please move your mother back to the palace with the servants!"

After speaking, he respectfully stood in front of Yunqing, waiting respectfully for the queen to get up and drive back to the palace.

(End of this chapter)