[Qing Chuan] Jun Guifang has rested

Chapter 30

After listening to Wan Yan's words, Xu Qiuyan felt that it was very reasonable. Since she couldn't manage things outside her duty, she should do her duty well.Back at Yikun Palace, Xu Qiuyan made some cold appetizers.

It was already very late for Concubine Xian to return to the palace. Xu Qiuyan greeted her as soon as she put down the kitchen utensils, "Madam, this servant has made some light dishes that you like, please try them."

Concubine Xian was tired, and she wanted to go directly to rest.Looking at Xu Qiuyan's expectant face, she smiled at her and asked her to bring it, and the two of them ate together.

Concubine Xian rarely has a good appetite, and a dish quickly bottomed out.Seeing this, Xu Qiuyan was quite relieved, but she was not willing to eat any more, so she put down her chopsticks after taking a few bites, and said that she had a mouth sore.

After dinner, Concubine Xian watered the flowers in the small garden to pass the dinner, and when she returned to the dormitory, Xu Qiuyan had already made the bed, and said to her: "Your Majesty, you should rest earlier."

Concubine Xian asked: "What about you?"

Xu Qiuyan said: "The servant girl has to clean up with Qi Zhao for a while."

Concubine Xian asked her to come here early, not too late.Xu Qiuyan packed up and went back, there was only a little light in the room, and the bed curtain was also put down.She thought that Concubine Xian was already asleep, so she tiptoed over, but she heard Concubine Xian ask softly: "Are you back?"

Xu Qiuyan paused, "Is the servant bothering you?"

"I haven't slept yet." Noble Concubine Xian lifted the bed curtains and pulled her to sit down, "It took you so long to tidy up?"

Xu Qiuyan lay down and covered her with the quilt, "The slave girl thought that the mother was asleep, so after tidying up, she chatted with Qi Zhao for a while."

The two were silent for a while, and Concubine Xian moved outside, and snuggled up to Xu Qiuyan's side.The weather was getting warmer and the clothes were thinner. As soon as Concubine Xian approached, Xu Qiuyan immediately felt the slightest warmth close to her side.Her face was hot, her heart was beating like a drum, she wanted to say something, but she couldn't speak, she was both happy and embarrassed for a while.

Concubine Xian sighed and said, "Ningbi, I'm so tired."

Xu Qiuyan knew why she was worried, but she was helpless.She stretched out her hand, put it lightly on Concubine Xian's shoulder, and said: "Your Majesty, you can live with everything. This servant will always be with you." To others, this may be just empty words, but to Xu Qiuyan, it is in her heart The words from the heart that have been thought about thousands of times.

"Okay." Concubine Xian smiled lightly, moved her body, her hair brushed Xu Qiuyan's forearm.After a while, she leaned against Xu Qiuyan and fell asleep.

*

Empress Fucha was very weak in the first few days after giving birth, and could only rest in bed all day long.Although he is still in confinement, his complexion and spirit have recovered a lot, and he feels depressed, so he invited all the concubines to the palace to have a talk.

She is naturally beautiful, and she didn't like to put on makeup in the past.Today, because she was worried that she would be too weak and pale, she put on a thin layer of rouge to add a bit of beauty.

As soon as everyone entered the door, Empress Fucha smiled warmly and said, "Sit down quickly. These emperors are busy with government affairs, and I am not allowed to walk around at will. Fortunately, all the younger sisters can come to accompany me to relieve boredom." She glanced over, Seeing that Concubine Xian, Concubine Jia, Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu and Xin were always there, he asked, "Why didn't Sister Chun and Lady Wei come over?"

Concubine Xian said: "Sister Chun is not feeling well, Mr. Wei is with her."

Empress Fucha held her with both hands, "Yes. There are many things in the womb these days, thank you for your hard work."

Several people exchanged pleasantries for a while, Empress Fucha ordered someone to serve hot tea, set up snacks, invited them to sit down, and gathered together to do homework.

Recently, the court has been treacherous, and the connection between the former dynasty and the harem is inextricably linked, which can be said to be constantly cut, and the reason is still chaotic.Concubine Xian, Concubine Jia, and Concubine Shu's close relatives are now on the cusp of a power struggle, and they are naturally also affected. Although they try their best to show no suspicion, it is really difficult to be as usual.

Empress Fucha only cared about laughing and chatting gracefully, as if she didn't notice it at all.In fact, even though she stays at home these days, she still has sharp ears and eyesight, and she has already figured out the affairs of the court by mobilizing her thoughts accumulated in the harem for many years.

But the affairs of the court are in the hands of the emperor, she is the queen, the more turbulent the court is, the more she has to prevent the waves from splashing into the harem, so that the harem can be quiet for a while.

Sitting for a long time, Niang Niang said that Yong Cong woke up, Empress Fucha asked Wan Yan to carry Yong Cong out, and all the concubines came over to have a look.Yong Cong is fair and delicate, with the majesty of Qianlong in his eyebrows and eyes, and the gentleness of Empress Fucha in the line of his lips.

Xin Changzai is the youngest, and also likes children, holding Yong Cong in his arms to tease him.Yong Cong smiled happily at her, and the bystanders couldn't help laughing too.

Yong Cong was in good spirits, everyone was talking and laughing with each other to tease him, the subtle estrangement just now seemed to melt away, and the atmosphere was very warm.

At this moment, the eunuch who was guarding the gate of Changchun Palace came into the room and whispered something to Empress Fucha. The latter's expression changed, and he said, "Let him in."

Then Li Yu came in, greeted the masters of the palace, turned to Concubine Shu, and said with a stern expression: "Ms. Concubine Shu, please go to the Punishment Department with this servant."

Chapter 31

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.Concubine Shu's complexion changed suddenly, she frowned and said, "Why do you want to go to the Punishment Department?"

Li Yu lowered his body, "This is the emperor's will, and this servant is only following orders."

Concubine Shu could actually guess what happened, but she still stubbornly said: "I don't know anything now, so why should I go to the Department of Punishment? At least I have to meet the emperor first, that's fine." I have an explanation for this palace."

Li Yudao: "What is the reason? When you come to the Punishment Division, Concubine Shu will know it. Besides, the emperor often praises you for your delicate orifices. I think you should know it in your heart. If you don't obey the order, the servant will be disrespectful."

"Aren't you disrespectful enough now?" Concubine Shu was angry and frightened, her cheeks flushed and her hands trembling, "I can't follow you without knowing it."

Li Yu was a little embarrassed, and wanted to wave his hand to call the accompanying guards outside the door to come in.Concubine Xian stood in front of Concubine Shu, and said to Empress Fucha: "Your Majesty, the Emperor will not be allowed to be angry at this time. Now the situation is unclear, it is better to let Concubine Shu go to see the Emperor first, and discuss other matters later."

Empress Fucha thought for a while, and finally nodded: "That's fine. Li Yu, take Concubine Shu to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. If the emperor asks, he will tell you what I mean."

Concubine Shu's face paled slightly, she squeezed the palm of Concubine Xian, "Sister, can you accompany me?"

Concubine Xian readily responded, but her eyes dodged imperceptibly.

When Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Qianlong was approving the scriptures.Seeing someone from a distance, Concubine Shu suddenly became weak and dared not go any further.Concubine Xian pulled her over, and said with a blessing, "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor."

Qianlong raised his head, his gaze touched Concubine Shu, his already gloomy face darkened a bit, and he said irritably, "Didn't I ask you to go to the Punishment Department? What are you doing here?"

Concubine Shu pulled back, Concubine Xian stepped forward and said: "Going back to the emperor, this concubine begged the Empress to allow Concubine Shu to see you and ask what's going on."

Qianlong's brows were tightly locked: "Do you still want to speak for her? If I don't punish her directly, I've already given her enough face." He shouted outside the door: "Li Yu, bring a few guards to see Concubine Shu. Go to the Punishment Department for interrogation, don't go on business trips."

Hearing this, Concubine Shu eagerly stepped forward, her eyes moistened and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine lives deep in the harem and has always done her duty. What is the crime? You have to be so cruel, and you don't want to talk to your concubine any more." say?"

Qianlong had always liked delicate and weak beauties the most, but now that Concubine Shu looked so pitiful, Qianlong not only didn't feel sorry for her, but was even more irritable.He took a few steps in front of the desk, suddenly picked up the tea cup, and threw it on the ground.

The teacup shattered with a "snap", and hot tea splashed out.Everyone in the palace was startled and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Qianlong pointed his halberd at Concubine Shu and said angrily, "All of you have learned to disobey the rules and disobey orders. As the admiral of the Nine Gates, Nalan Xiao not only did his duty to protect the capital for me, but also dared to secretly map The rebellion led troops to surround the city gate just now. If I hadn’t prepared in advance, the family of Aixinjueluo would have changed hands and changed their surname to Nalan!”

Concubine Shu raised her head in astonishment, took two steps on her knees, grabbed the corner of the dragon robe, choked up and said, "Your Majesty, my brother has always been loyal to his duties, how could he intend to rebel? And the concubine doesn't know anything about it. If the concubine knows that my brother really has this I will definitely persuade him, and this matter will definitely not happen. There must be a misunderstanding, please investigate clearly!"

She sobbed and defended endlessly, Qianlong only felt more bored.He tore Shu Concubine away in disgust, pulled out a stack of papers from the desk and threw them in front of her, and said with a sneer, "You don't know? This was exposed by your palace maid Lian Xiao. He even demoted the empress and noble concubine to nothing, saying that sooner or later he would be the lord of the middle palace and rule the six palaces, and he replied to you one by one. Now that Nalan Xiao has confessed, you still say you don’t know? "

"what……"

Concubine Shu's lips trembled, she slowly bent over to pick it up, and looked back word by word.Every time she read a word, her face became paler.After reading a few letters, she seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, buried her face in her palms, and muttered to herself: "It's not true, I don't know, I don't know..."

Qianlong glanced at her, frowned and said, "Li Yu, what are you still doing standing there?"

Li Yu wanted to show Concubine Shu as much respect as possible, so she walked over and said softly, "Miss Concubine Shu, the situation is over, you can go with the servant."

Concubine Shu didn't seem to hear anything.

Li Yu sighed, and called two capable guards to step forward, trying to forcefully take Concubine Shu away from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.As soon as the guard's hand reached out, Shu Pin suddenly shook him off, stood up abruptly, looked straight at Qianlong, and said with blurred eyes: "I have served you for so long, and I have always done my best and never had any second thoughts. But you treat me Okay, how much of it is true? You are just using my brother. In fact, you have been afraid of him for a long time, and you have long been worried that Nalan's family will be overthrown. You have spent so much time trying to hide everything. It's just an excuse!"

Qianlong was furious, and slapped him across the face, "Bastard!"

Concubine Shu covered her face and laughed wildly. She stopped laughing for a long while, and said to Qianlong, "You think our Nalan family is not worthy of being contaminated with your things, but I will not let you do so." After saying that, she slammed into the nearest On the corner of the table, dripping blood seeped out of her white forehead, dyed the corner of the table, and soaked the ground red.

The incident happened suddenly, and the timid court lady screamed, Qianlong was stunned in place, unable to recover for a long time.

Concubine Xian was silent for a while, then knelt down to help Concubine Shu's tired body on the ground, touched her breath with trembling fingertips, two lines of tears flowed down, and murmured: "Yuan'er, Yuan'er..."

Qianlong looked at them with a complex expression: "Give Shu Concubine a proper burial."

*

Xu Qiuyan was cold from head to toe.She stupidly followed Concubine Xian to deal with Concubine Shu's affairs, but she still couldn't recall what happened.How could that fresh and bright person lose warmth, lose vitality, and become a cold corpse.

Back at Yikun Palace at night, Concubine Xian's eyes were still wet and swollen, but she still couldn't bear to close her eyes, sitting in the courtyard, staring into the distance expressionlessly.

Xu Qiuyan stood behind her, without saying a word, her mind was full of Concubine Shu's bright red blood, her pale face, her heart was beating so fast that it was about to protrude from her chest.

Concubine Xian suddenly turned her head to look at her, "Why didn't you say a word?"

Xu Qiuyan said: "Everyone has gone, is there anything else to say?"

Concubine Xian said, "The wrath of the Son of Heaven lays down millions of corpses and bleeds for thousands of miles. Yuan'er committed a mistake she shouldn't have made, no matter how sad and regretful she is, this is the only way to go."

Xu Qiuyan smiled inexplicably, "There is nothing wrong with wanting to add a crime. She didn't have to be like this, did she?"

Concubine Xian's complexion changed, and her eyes suddenly became sharp.Xu Qiuyan looked straight at her without changing her face.

Xu Qiuyan knew about Concubine Xian's skills.The matter of Concubine Shu is closely related to that of Huifanara. Even though she was not directly involved in this matter, she probably knew all about the so-called secret letters from the family, but she did not give Concubine Shu the slightest reminder; Ten thousand steps, even if she knew nothing about it, if she could stand up and say a few words for Concubine Shu, based on her position and her position in Qianlong's heart, Concubine Shu's fate would not be so dismal.Concubine Shu's closest relatives and trustworthiest person in the palace is Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian treats her indifferently, almost trying to harm her.

Concubine Xian softened first, she sighed: "Everyone has people and things they can't let go of. But there are too many situations where you can't help yourself, you will understand later."

Xu Qiuyan looked away and asked, "Is there anyone you can't let go of?"

Concubine Xian did not answer.

Xu Qiuyan felt that they were so far apart, like mountains and seas, which would never be leveled.

The end is so cold

Chapter 32 Dangerous

After Concubine Shu passed away, the originally bright weather suddenly changed. It was cloudy and rainy for several days, covering the entire Forbidden City with a layer of dark mist.

Yong Cong caught a cold, thought it was caused by a sudden change in the weather, it was not a serious problem, but in the end he had no water or rice for many days.Perhaps it was because mother and child were united, Empress Fucha also fell ill not long after.

The imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital were as busy as ants on a hot pot, and they were almost half-cooked; Qianlong also sent people to invite famous doctors from the people, and asked them to prescribe various little-known folk prescriptions. His illness didn't improve at all.

There are rumors that this is all caused by the ghosts of the Nalan family.Nalan Xiao is the admiral of the Nine Gates, so even if he arrives in Yincao Difu, he is still a high-ranking official who can disturb the peace in the world.And Nalan Jinyuan had just been to the Changchun Palace before she was alive, left her yin energy there, and even stained the Hall of Mental Cultivation with blood, so she must have cast a blood curse.

Up to now, Qianlong would rather believe in what is there than in what is not. He spent a lot of money to invite famous mages, Taoists, and monks from all over the world to practice and chant scriptures, but the results were of no avail.

In the midwinter of the following year, the seventh elder brother Yong Cong died young, and Empress Fucha's health continued to deteriorate.Qianlong was very worried and decided to go on an east tour. First, he wanted to use the power of the emperor to frighten Xiaoxiao's generation;

Xu Qiuyan secretly sighed how time flies, it has been almost three years since she came to this place.It has been more than a year since Concubine Shu passed away, she should have forgotten about the past, but this incident is like an invisible barrier between her and Concubine Xian, making it difficult for their hearts to cling to each other.

Apart from doing her own duties, whenever she had free time, she would go to chat with Wanyan, and at night she moved to live with Qizhao, and seldom was alone with Concubine Xian.

Recently, Wanyan has been depressed. It turns out that the old case uncovered by Nalan Xiao and others is still spreading and fermenting. Now the main force of impeachment is Fucha Fuheng's party, and Zhang Jiarongjue's father is also involved.Xu Qiuyan found another reason, often went to accompany Wan Yan, and spent even less time in Yikun Palace.

Today in Shengjing, Empress Fucha looked better than usual. Qianlong was overjoyed and changed into dark satin clothes. He brought Empress Fucha, Concubine Xian, Concubine Chun, and several maids and guards, like a master of a wealthy family. Like Madam, go to the most famous Guiyan Restaurant in Shengjing for dinner.

Empress Fucha had a great appetite, so she offered to order food.The restaurant was full of people, and guests from all over the world chatted regardless of you and me.The clouds in everyone's minds were gently pushed away by the rich fireworks here, adding warmth and pleasure.

Nearly halfway through eating and drinking, the noise in the audience suddenly quieted down, and then they shouted: