Suddenly, Murong Zheng felt extremely panicked. He didn't even dare to stay here any longer. He was afraid that he would say something uncontrollably and make her do something extreme.
"You are not allowed to die. If you die, I..." He finally didn't say the threatening words, and he couldn't help but leave quickly.
His steps were hurried and staggering, as if he had lost his soul.
What Murong Zheng didn't know was that the woman who had just threatened him with death was as distraught as he was after he left.
The Qifeng Palace at this moment was desolate and quiet, just as it had been for the past decade or so. The Qingliang Palace, which had also been quiet for more than a decade, was now in chaos.
At this time, Concubine Dong was still wearing the gorgeous clothes she wore in the court, but the clothes were wrinkled and the cuffs were stained. She looked at the two eunuchs outside the door angrily and shouted, "This is not a place for people to live. Change all these things for me. I want a bed made of golden nanmu wood and a few more mattresses. My waist is not in good condition. Also, move my cosmetics and silks over here."
The young eunuchs looked at each other, and finally chose to ignore it and continued to listen to Concubine Dong's orders.
Concubine Dong had been giving orders for more than an hour, but they were just listening and had no intention of taking any action.
"Why don't you go quickly? The emperor will be here soon. If he sees the state of Qingliang Palace, he will kill you."
Concubine Dong was very annoyed when she saw that the two young eunuchs did not move even though she had talked so much. However, the palace maids and eunuchs who served her were not at home, and she could not leave Qingliang Palace. She could only let the two young eunuchs do the work, but they seemed to be unable to hear her orders.
In desperation, she could only move out the emperor.
Although the emperor had abolished her position and confined her to this Qingliang Palace, she was sure that the emperor would not forget her and would come again.
It was the same before, when she and the emperor were angry with each other, the emperor would always not go into his own palace for a few days, but it was only three or five days. She didn't need to coax him, he couldn't control his feet.
"The rules of Qingliang Palace were set by the late emperor. Even if I had the courage of heaven, I would not dare to change them. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Finally, a young eunuch couldn't help it and spoke up to remind them.
Only then did Concubine Dong remember that this Qingliang Palace was built by the late emperor specifically for his favorite concubine. The reason was simple: the concubine became arrogant because of her favor and tried to sow discord between the late emperor and the Empress Dowager.
For this reason, the late emperor imprisoned her in the Qingliang Palace. Everything in the palace was arranged by the late emperor himself. At that time, she didn't know the situation inside and thought that the late emperor was afraid that the Empress Dowager would harm the favorite concubine, so he kept her in a golden house. So even if others said that the Qingliang Palace was a cold palace, she still didn't believe it in her heart.
Even when Murong Zheng told her to confine herself to Qingliang Palace, she was delighted in her heart, because after all, she would not have to suffer for losing her position as a noble concubine.
However, she didn't expect that this huge Qingliang Palace was not even as good as a room for a top-class palace maid. It was so shabby and cold that she didn't even have the courage to stay there for a night.
"The Emperor will definitely not let me suffer such injustice. If you don't believe me, just wait for the Emperor to punish you."
Concubine Dong threatened softly, but she was worried in her heart. If the emperor ignored her for two or three days, what would she do during those two or three days? Would she really have to endure it in this cool palace
"Your Highness, you should give up on this thought. The Grand Empress Dowager has issued a clear decree that starting from the last emperor, no emperor in the future may enter the Qingliang Palace even a single step."
Another young eunuch couldn't help it either. They dared to disobey Concubine Dong because they relied on the imperial edict of the late emperor and the Empress Dowager. This favored concubine who entered the Qingliang Palace seemed to not understand that once she entered the Qingliang Palace, she would never be able to turn things around in this life.
(End of this chapter)