It was already early winter, and the deep palace where the merciless burial of spring flowers followed a lot of bleakness. Only in the Fengyi Palace, the Lingshuang and Hanmei in the courtyard were blooming extremely brightly, and they were unwilling to fall into the mud.
In the messy hall, the concubine and the concubine led the attendants in the palace to kneel on the ground, and the empress sat on the front seat, squinting.
The attendants of Fengyi Palace were all shivering with fright, but the noble concubine had a calm face, and her eyes did not show a trace of turbulence.
The Empress Niangniang looked at her, seeing her face like peach blossoms and her bright wrists condensed with snow, she thought that it was the beauty of the city that caught the emperor's eyes, and that this woman had been favored for so many years, but she also became a thorn in the eyes of all concubines and concubines. How many people have disfigured and killed her.
But fortunately, after the noble concubine gave birth to Fu Ji'an's son, she could not conceive a dragon child for decades, so the emperor had to favor others, which gave the imperial concubine a lot of respite.
It's just that no matter how much the emperor spoils other concubines, it is a temporary thing. After going around, he will eventually come to Fengyi Palace, hold the hand of the noble concubine, and call her affectionately: "My little Wan'er."
The clear and empty moonlight will disappear, but it will exist forever and will be indelible.
The hall was so quiet that you could hear needles falling. The red sandalwood box found by the palace servants was placed on the desk. Inside the red sandalwood box lay a small black pill. She said a few words in the ear of the queen.
"What?" The Empress was stunned, "Does this pill really have this effect?"
The imperial physician nodded: "I have absolutely no falsehoods."
At this moment, the eunuch came from outside the hall to announce the arrival of the emperor in a loud voice, and the empress quickly got up and walked to greet him.
The emperor strode into the hall, looked around, his eyes fell on the noble concubine who was kneeling silently, his long face was displeased, and he said angrily: "Empress, I ordered you to be in charge of the six palaces, and I should have shared my worries, The important task of maintaining the peace and tranquility of the harem, is this how you perform your duties?"
"Your Majesty, rest your anger." The Empress hurriedly said after bowing, "Some palace officials said that they saw the noble concubine's private possession of medicines outside the palace, and I don't know what the intention was. The ministers and concubines were afraid that it was something evil, so they brought people to investigate, but who knew it was true. The unidentified pills have been dug out, the harem is a clean place, there is no room for any filth, please the emperor to investigate."
"Medicine?" The emperor frowned, "What medicine?"
"Look, Your Majesty." The Empress pointed to the small pill in the red sandalwood box on the desk, "This is the medicine."
The emperor was puzzled, turned his head to look at the concubine, and his voice was a little softer: "Concubine, what kind of medicine is this? Is it some kind of medicine for healing and healing? Don't worry, you talk about it, I will decide for you."
The imperial concubine shook her head calmly. Although she lowered her head, Ling Ran's arrogance was hidden deep in her eyes. It was the spirit that she had lived in the deep palace for many years and had never been wiped out.
"What do you mean by shaking your head? Why don't you speak?" The emperor didn't know why.
"Your Majesty," the Empress said, "My concubine didn't dare to blame the imperial concubine so easily. I wondered if this medicine would be just a tonic to strengthen the body and protect the mind, so I called an imperial physician to check."
The Empress said, winking at the imperial doctor beside her.
The imperial doctor hurried forward and bowed his head: "Wei Chen pays respects to the emperor."
The emperor frowned and asked angrily, "So what kind of medicine is this?"
The imperial doctor: "Back to the emperor, this medicine is made from an extremely rare soul-locking herb in the deserts of the northeastern frontier. Women take it..." He took a breath, and it seemed that only in this way could he muster the courage to say the rest, " One pill can make it infertile for three years."
The inner hall of Fengyi Palace was silent for a moment, and the east wind whistled past, blowing away the cold plums in the courtyard, and pieces of red fell to the cool snow.
The imperial concubine, the concubine, was favored only, but she did not bear a dragon child for more than ten years.
There is a reason for this after all.
The emperor was stunned. He looked at the noble concubine who was kneeling on the ground without words. He remembered the year when he first met her. The spring light in Jiuqu Mountain was like wine. Even brighter than that mountain deer.
She tightened the reins and stopped her horse in front of him, and asked with a smile, "Who are you?"
It was this smile that made him fall for the rest of his life.
He once asked her: "There are the most pleasing garden flowers and trees in the world in the palace. I can take you in to play. Do you want to go?"
At that time, she didn't know that the person in front of her was the emperor, so she answered decisively and firmly: "No, what kind of palace is obviously a place where people are trapped to death, the tall red wall is a coffin board for women, I, Mu Qingwan, in this life, must be unrestrained, Be free, I don't want any glory and wealth, I just want to travel around the world and make friends from all over the world!"
But she later entered the palace.
Because he can't let her go.
He is the emperor, how easy and how easy it is to trap a woman.
Accompanying him in the palace for decades, he did his best to spoil her and make up for her. She never roamed the world in front of him, and always smiled at him. The two always raised their eyebrows and seemed to be deeply in love.
He thought she had forgiven him.
And today, he just found out.
She laughs just because she loves to laugh.
I don't know how long it was quiet in the Fengyi Palace, the emperor spoke slowly, and his voice could not hear joy or sorrow: "You all go out, I have something to say to the concubine alone."
Not long after, all the people in the inner hall left, leaving only the emperor and the noble concubine in the huge Fengyi Palace.
The emperor's eyes fell on the noble concubine, and he gritted his teeth angrily, but he couldn't bear to see her suffer, so he felt distressed first: "Get up, don't kneel, your body is precious, kneeling like this will hurt your knees."
The noble concubine said lightly: "My concubine is guilty, and I am willing to be punished."
The emperor did not answer this and asked, "Who gave you this medicine?"
The imperial concubine asked, "Your Majesty, is this issue really important?"
The emperor: "You really have always hated me, and I hated that I didn't want to let you go."
The imperial concubine said calmly: "Your Majesty, I don't hate you, I know how good you are to me."
The emperor suddenly became violent, and years of wishful thinking and begging could not be suddenly revealed, and it was displayed on the bright side, tearing his last face: "If you don't hate me, why do you want to take this medicine, why don't you want to be with me? I share the joy of family relationship with children and grandchildren around the knees!"
The emperor's color suddenly changed, but the anger of the thunder made people extremely terrified, but the noble concubine was still calm as usual, she said softly: "Emperor, the concubine is just a child who does not want to be a concubine, and is also trapped in this cold palace."
"Sleepy? Where's the sleepiness?!" The emperor walked in front of the imperial concubine a few steps, crouched down and held her arms with both hands, he asked reluctantly, "You and my children, I will spoil them well. , to pamper him with all your heart, look at Ji An, isn't I bad for him at all? After so many years, you can't try to like me, adore me, even a little bit?"
The concubine's eyes that were like deer are now full of sadness, she smiled: "Your Majesty, the concubine has changed from Mu Qingwan to the concubine for you, please forgive me that I can't do more things for you. ."
In the Fengyi Palace, the Ming Huanglong robe and the Jianghong Huafu overlapped because of their kneeling posture. The emperor slowly retracted the hand holding her arm, his head dropped and his body trembled slightly, as if sneering but more like crying However, when he looked up and stood up, there were no tears in his eyes, the emperor hid the desolation in his eyes, slowly left the Fengyi Palace, and said coldly to the queen standing outside the palace: "The imperial concubine has secretly stored medicines outside the palace, and she is self-controlled. Selfishness violates the virtues of women, and punishes her in seclusion and contemplation in the cold palace, without my will, the ban cannot be lifted."
The calamity is subtle and not alone.
The matter of the noble concubine in the palace has not yet spread, and outside the palace, Mu Zhiming arrived at the Duke of Yan's mansion when the night was quiet and the moon and stars were scarce.