Chapter 497
"Help me up, I want to go to Yufu Palace." Yi Chongyuan sat up.
No one dared to persuade her, so they dressed her up and drove her to the Jade Palace.
Shen Chuliu was surprised when he heard that Yi Chongyuan wanted to see her.
Back then, when Yi Chongyuan was still favored, she was very at odds with Shen Chuliu, but even when Shen Chuliu's status was low, she never suffered a loss.
Later, Yi Chongyuan died, but Shen Chuliu was promoted step by step, and it was even less likely that he would suffer.
Now that she is here, it is really strange.
Shen Chuliu didn't expect it, but wasn't this person in bad condition, why did he come to see her
This is strange.
"Rare visitor." Shen Chuliu smiled.
Shen Chuliu's Jade Palace didn't like visitors, so usually only Rong Jieyu came to sit there. Most of the others who came would be turned away.
"Thank you so much for being willing to meet me." Yi Chongyuan sat down after sitting down.
Shen Chuliu looked at her, and upon closer inspection, he saw that Yi Chongyuan was indeed very old.
In fact, she is not very old, but women who have an unsatisfactory life in the palace age quickly.
Her whole person had a feeling of sluggishness, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were even deeper. Her eyes no longer had the brightness they had when she was young, and looked very gloomy.
"I'm still curious, what are you doing here? Is there anything else to talk about between you and me?" Shen Chuliu asked.
"It's better for your Majesty to retreat, of course, leaving a few loyal ones. I'm already at this point, I just have something to say." Yi Chongyuan said.
Shen Chuliu raised his eyebrows and waved his hands, and everyone except Chi Su and Yuan Xiao went out.
And Yi Chongyuan waved her hand: "You guys go out."
The two maids beside him didn't dare to stay.
There were only four people left in the palace.
"It was me who poisoned the empress back then. I originally wanted to plot against the Feng family, but in the end I failed." Yi Chongyuan lowered her head and covered her eyes.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "So it's you."
She said so, but Chi Su and Yuan Xiao standing in front knew that the empress didn't believe it at all.
This was the first time she was poisoned. At that time, I knew that Yi Chongyuan was the one who took the blame, but now she has come to admit it
"But I didn't harm you in the first place, so why did you harm me in every possible way?" Shen Chuliu didn't care, just pretending to be curious.
"It's just jealousy, what else can it be?" Yi Chongyuan smiled and shook her head: "I am stupid."
"When I was young, I only knew the word love. After entering the palace, I fell in love with the emperor. But the emperor loved too many people. There was a concubine at the top, and the Ning family at the bottom. Even the brainless Cao family could do it first She is pregnant. I hate it, so I might as well tell my mother that Ning’s pregnancy was also caused by me.” Yi Chongyuan shook her head: “I did so much, so my child is like this. , there is no way to escape the consequences of karma.”
"Why are you telling me this?" Shen Chuliu raised his eyebrows, his expression unchanged.
I knew back then that Yi Chongyuan was responsible for Cao's pregnancy, so she suddenly fell out of favor. She fell out of favor even while she was pregnant with the child. Why else? Only now do I know that she was also the one responsible for Ning’s death
This is understandable. When Yi Chongyuan was just a Jieyu, she was really doted on.
"I still don't want to give in. I have something I don't understand and I want to ask. After thinking about it, there are only two people in the harem I can ask, one is the queen and the other is you." Yi Chongyuan shook her head again.
"Queen, you won't answer my questions. I can only ask you, the empress." Yi Chongyuan said, "I don't have a few days to live, so I want to die and understand."
"Okay, you ask." Shen Chuliu was surprised this time. Could she have anything to help this man solve his doubts
"Actually, when it comes to asking, I don't know how to say it." Yi Chongyuan sighed: "When the empress entered the palace, she was only sixteen. Why can she live so rationally? When I was lying on the bed, I often thought, back then I didn't see the Queen when she came, but later I saw that she had never lost her temper when she entered the palace. "
"For someone as ruthless as Mrs. Liu, when her prince was still there, the look in her eyes when she looked at him was filled with madness. It was the madness of possession."
"Feng family, Ning family, and Rong Jieyu and Zhao family who were friends with the empress, me, and the Yao beauty in front of the empress. And the concubine Yi who died young. Of these people who came out of the dormitory, which one looked at The emperor didn’t expect it? But are we wrong? If we are not wrong, why are we like this?”
Shen Chuliu understood.
Yi Chongyuan may not really be asking her.
She just couldn't let it go.
You cannot be content with living, and you cannot rest in peace when you die.
"The empress has been favored for more than ten years, but the emperor still has newcomers, Qian Jieyu, Su Xiuyi, Yan Xiurong, Li Zhaoyi... There is a steady stream of newcomers, why is the empress not sad? Why is the empress not sad?"
"Concubine Yi was so favored at that time, but when the emperor was away, she didn't smile either." Yi Chongyuan looked at Shen Chuliu: "Why? I have fallen out of favor over the years, and the emperor does not care about my life or death. What’s sad is not that life is difficult, but that he doesn’t see me. I also gave birth to children for him…”
"What do you want to hear?" Shen Chuliu smiled: "What can I say and you can let it go?"
"I don't know either." Yi Chongyuan shook her head.
"This world is never fair. What you want may not be available in your lifetime." Shen Chuliu smiled, still faintly.
"So, the empress also wants something but can't get it?" Yi Chongyuan looked into Shen Chuliu's eyes and asked.
"No, I didn't. I knew what I could get from the beginning, so no matter how much I got in the end, at least I didn't feel guilty. You see, I haven't harmed other people's children, so my children can be successful in death. . What you are saying is that no one can escape the cycle of cause and effect.”
"You are right, but I am not willing to accept it." Yi Chongyuan lowered her head.
"You are unwilling to give in. You are too greedy. I know what you are going to say. If you like the emperor, you hope that he will like you as much as you do. But you should not have expected it in the first place. He is the emperor." Shen Chuliu smiled. : "How could he only belong to you?"
"You want him to like you, but you also want rights and benefits. You want so much, how can you get it all? Among the people you mentioned, there may be some who want nothing from the emperor like you, but after all, They are not cruel. For example, when Concubine Yi died, everyone in the harem was relieved, but no one would scold her. But what about after you die? "
"Your Majesty is really spicy." Yi Chongyuan sighed again: "So, your Majesty doesn't like the Emperor?"
"Of course I like it." Shen Chuliu smiled, as charming as a spring flower: "The emperor is handsome and gentle, and treats me so well, I naturally like it."
(End of chapter)