Concubine Dong has always been arrogant in the palace, but now that she has arrived in Qingliang Palace, she no longer has the time to be arrogant.
The two words from the young eunuch were like cold water that poured through Murong Zheng's eager heart.
"Inside, will the Imperial Concubine lack food and drink? If the Imperial Concubine is sick..."
"Your Majesty, the late emperor's favorite concubine lived in Qingliang Palace until she was fifty-six years old and stayed there for a full eighteen years."
"As long as she has enough food and clothing, and a doctor if she gets sick, let her stay there."
After a long silence, Murong Zheng suddenly spoke, turned around, and walked towards the Qifeng Palace.
Murong Zheng himself didn't know why he felt so disgusted after learning about Concubine Dong's actions.
On the way back, he kept thinking about how things had become like this between him and Concubine Dong. Before, he had treated Concubine Dong like a tired bird flying back to the forest, but now, the one who made him feel this way was the Queen, whom he had been tired of and disliked before.
Murong Zheng did not expect that even though he only stayed outside Qingliang Palace for a moment, Concubine Dong already knew of his arrival.
She had been too familiar with Murong Zheng over the years, and she had been waiting for this day in agony, so when she heard Murong Zheng's footsteps, she knew it.
The emperor still couldn't let her go. She was inexplicably excited and hurried back to the dilapidated palace, sorting out her clothes in front of the shabby mirror...
After finishing everything, she waited patiently in the hall. She was already prepared in her heart. As long as Murong Zheng called out her name, she would cry and say that she knew she was wrong. She believed that her tears could make Murong Zheng change his mind.
He loved her so much, how could he bear to let her stay in this dilapidated Qingliang Palace.
However, she waited and waited, but the person she was thinking about never showed up.
The night with drizzling rain was so quiet that it was frightening, especially in this desolate and cold palace.
Concubine Dong finally couldn't help herself and walked out of the palace in the rain. She walked to the door and said softly to the people outside: "Your Majesty still remembers thinking about me? If you don't come again, I'm afraid I won't live to see you again."
After she finished speaking, she let out a soft, choking sound, like crying and complaining.
"Your Majesty, you are already here, why don't you come in? I already know I was wrong. I didn't expect that such a small matter would cause so much trouble to Your Majesty. I..." Concubine Dong couldn't wait for Murong Zheng's response. She felt a little panicked and quickly admitted her mistake.
But she had admitted her mistakes and Murong Zheng still didn't react, which made her even more panicked. She began to understand Murong Zheng a little.
If she had done something wrong before, Murong Zheng would definitely let her off as long as she admitted her mistake.
But today...
"Your Majesty, it was Princess Jiaoyang of Bei'an who bullied me first. If she hadn't burned down my bedroom and played a trick on me, how could I have done such a thing..."
Even when showing weakness to Murong Zheng, Concubine Dong did not feel that she was wrong. In her opinion, everything was A'man's fault, and her burning of the post station was just a trivial matter.
If Murong Zheng was outside, Concubine Dong's words and actions at this moment would only make him more disgusted.
He wanted to protect Concubine Dong because she was willing to protect him with her life, but this did not mean that he was really unable to distinguish right from wrong.
Not getting a response from Murong Zheng, Concubine Dong became anxious, but no matter how much she said, Murong Zheng did not respond.
She was familiar with Murong Zheng's footsteps, there was no way she could be wrong, but he just didn't come in.
"Your Majesty, are you unwilling to forgive me? You said before that no matter what I do, you will protect me, you..."
Concubine Dong's sobbing voice sounded a little eerie amid the sound of drizzling rain in the dark night.
After a long while, the eunuch outside the door finally couldn't stand Concubine Dong's artificial crying anymore and said, "The emperor left a long time ago."
(End of this chapter)