The anger that I thought was coming disappeared before it even reached me.
Concubine Dong was unusually not angry. The eunuch, trembling with fear across the wall, waited for more than half an hour before he heard his wife's desolate and tired voice in the Qingliang Palace: "You go back first."
After the young eunuch breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt a great sense of uneasiness in his heart. He spoke nervously and asked involuntarily: "Madam, you are not going to give up just like that, are you?"
This is what he is most worried about. They are all branches attached to the big tree of Concubine Dong. If Concubine Dong gives up, what will they do? They have done too many bad things over the years with Concubine Dong as their back.
They never thought that one day Concubine Dong would fall out of favor, because no one would give Concubine Dong as much love as the emperor did.
"Don't worry, as long as I am alive, I will be the emperor's favorite woman. No one can take the emperor away from me."
The words slowly flowed out of Concubine Dong's mouth, filled with hysterical cruelty.
She had really looked down on the Queen over the years. She didn't expect that the Queen would use such means to win favor as soon as she arrived at Qingliang Palace.
But when it comes to the ability to win favor, she has been training in this palace for more than ten years, while the Queen has just started, so she is destined to fail miserably.
"Go back and bring me the yellow paper bag at the bottom of my dressing box. I need it urgently." Concubine Dong said softly. Her voice was so calm that people could not feel any sadness or loss. Even the cruelty from before disappeared.
“Your Majesty, that thing…” When the young eunuch heard Concubine Dong mention that thing, his heart trembled. Many years ago, Your Majesty said that that thing was a life-threatening thing, and it could also save lives.
"You don't need to persuade me about my decision. I have been favored by the emperor for fifteen years in this deep palace. I know very well that if you want to stay favored, you have to be ruthless. Be ruthless to yourself and others."
Concubine Dong's words were light, as if she was praising today's sunshine and today's wind, but they made the young eunuch outside the wall inexplicably frightened.
Naturally, he could only do what the Empress ordered, but he felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart.
After this incident, Concubine Dong was quiet for a few days, but every time the young eunuch went to see her, she would ask about the Queen's condition. Even though Murong Zheng tried every possible way, the Queen was still in a deep sleep. The young eunuch also told Concubine Dong that the Emperor's temper was getting worse.
Normally, upon hearing this, Concubine Dong would have been furious, but this time, she was unusually calm.
But the question would still be asked the next day, and every time the little eunuch would answer tremblingly. The strange thing was that Concubine Dong would no longer be angry or annoyed.
Today, the newly renovated inn welcomed a handsome young man in a wheelchair.
Murong Kai was respectfully invited in by Qu Jingze. The first thing he saw when he came in was Ah Man playing shuttlecock. There was a blush on her not-so-fair face, and her eyes were fixed on the shuttlecock. She was in a normal mood, with a smile on her face, and she was as lively and cheerful as a nimble swallow.
Murong Kai couldn't help but stare in amazement. He had seen too many women in the palace. Except for the Empress Dowager, each one gave him a feeling of resentment. Even in his sisters, he had never seen such liveliness and vividness.
Ah Man was unaware of Murong Kai's arrival and was still busy kicking shuttlecock, until she used the wrong strength and kicked the shuttlecock straight into Murong Kai's arms.
"Why are you here?" Without any embarrassment, Ah Man looked at Murong Kai frankly. Such straightforwardness and frankness made Murong Kai a little stunned, and then his heart was moved again.
Perhaps, from the moment she protected him, his heart had been moved. Until the fire was raging, he suddenly felt reluctant and didn't want her to leave his world from then on. Until now, when he saw her, every move she made was the way he liked.
(End of this chapter)