Ten years of dedication to the king

Another year in the blink of an eye.Concubine Yi's child was born, a prince.

Chu Xiran looked coldly at Concubine Rong staring at the baby with eyes full of envy and resentment, she twitched the words she wanted to mock, and finally swallowed them down.After all, I didn't laugh at her capital. As a male concubine, it is impossible for him to have an heir. Apart from the emperor's favor, he has absolutely nothing to protect himself.

He Lan Ruoming undoubtedly dotes on this prince very much. Since then, the corners of his eyes have been showing the pride of being a new father, making him almost think that only he, his Xiaoyi, and their children are in the harem.

"He Lan Ruoming!" Chu Xiran gritted his teeth, and threw the jade pendant on his waist to the ground.

"Master, master...you can't drop it." Xiao Shunzi hurriedly picked up the jade pendant on the ground and looked at it carefully. Fortunately, only the lower right corner was a little worn.

"What day is it?" Chu Xiran asked.

"No. 15th." Xiao Shunzi replied.

In the two months since the birth of the young prince, the emperor had to go to Chenggan Palace almost every day, and the number of days he stayed there was too many to count.But this time, it turned over Concubine Yi's green card for [-] consecutive days.

"Okay, very good!" Chu Xiran glanced at the jade pendant handed back by Xiao Shunzi, and finally calmed down, "Li Yixi, you are digging your own grave."

Hanging up the jade pendant again, Chu Xiran said to Xiao Shunzi: "Xiao Shunzi, go and find out who the new masters are, and who has not been favored by the emperor." Yupei, Chu Xiran thought of Lin Feng again, that person whom he hadn't remembered for a long time.

That night, Chu Xiran had a dream. In the dream, there was Lin Feng, Nalan, Concubine Yi, the little prince, and Helan Ruoming.

He saw his fingers pinching the little prince's immature neck, and he heard everyone yelling "no" to him, but he couldn't help pinching his fingers tighter and tighter, Lin Feng's voice came from all directions again ──"After entering this harem, who can remain unchanged?"

"Don't!" Chu Xiran suddenly opened his eyes, only to realize that everything was just a dream. He felt sweat leaking from his palms, he spread his hands, and through the moonlight, he saw bloodstains. .

Chu Xiran stared at his palm, collected himself, and called out, "Xiao Shunzi."

"Master, the slave is here." The voice of Xiao Shunzi, who was on guard outside, sounded from outside the door.

"What time is it?"

"Back to the master, it's only four o'clock."

"Fourth watch." Chu Xiran rubbed his head, "Bring the piano."

Once upon a time, when I woke up from a nightmare, there would always be someone who coaxed me and said, "Xi Ran is not afraid, You Ruoming is there." Now, who is that person hugging and sleeping soundly?

Obviously the heart will not hurt.But in such a dark night, I still couldn't help but want to hold my chest and scream for pain.

The sound of the piano sounded in this unknown night.A song "The Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" is sad and sad. It reminds people of Ajiao Chen, "Ode to Nagato", and even more reminds people of the phrase "Before a beauty is old, she will break her grace first".

Presumably this night, all the people in the harem, those who are awake, will shed tears because of this song.

He Lan Ruoming was obviously depressed when he went to court today.Who told him to stay up for the fourth watch, and ran to the window to listen to "Han Palace Autumn Moon" for an hour.He couldn't sleep anymore after listening to it, which made him yawn with dark eyes in front of all the courtiers in the Golden Luan Hall.

Chu Xiran!He Lan Ruoming cursed fiercely in his heart.

After retreating from court, He Lan went straight to the Yonghe Palace, and as expected, he saw the culprit last night sleeping soundly.

He Lan stopped Xiao Shunzi who was about to wake up Chu Xiran, sent everyone away by the way, sat by the bed alone and watched Chu Xiran's even breathing, and said bitterly, "You sleep soundly!"

When Chu Xiran woke up, He Lan Ruoming had already left.

Xiao Shunzi said: "The emperor came here just now, afraid of disturbing the master's sleep, so he stayed for a while and left."

"Oh?" Chu Xiran smiled when she heard the words. Although this "Ode to the Nagato" failed to help Chen Ajiao restore Liu Che, it brought back He Lan Ruoming for herself.

"Xiao Shunzi, what happened to the matter I asked you to investigate yesterday?"

"Return to master, among the new young masters this time, there is one who has not yet received the emperor's favor."

"Say."

"It's Shen Qingjun, the daughter of a bachelor."

"From the official position of the second rank, it's not too small." Chu Xiran thought about it: "How is this woman's character?"

"Restrained and quiet."

"It doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp! Is there any movement from Concubine Rong?"

"Concubine Rong has recently gotten very close to Beauty Wang, who was just favored the day before yesterday. Beauty Wang was also a new young mistress last year, and she is the apple of the eye of the Governor of Fengtian."

"The Governor of Fengtian Mansion?" Chu Xiran squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then laughed and said, "It turns out that they are like dogs, I wonder why they became warm."

The governor of Fengtian Mansion is the relative of Murong's family. Speaking of which, Murong Zhaohua and that beauty Wang can be regarded as cousins.

"Xiao Shunzi, make arrangements for me, master, I'm going to meet young master Shen."

Under Xiao Shunzi's arrangement, within three days, Chu Xiran met Shen Qingjun in Nalanna.

In other words, since Chuxiu Palace got a new young master last year, Nalan Qi was arranged to move into Jingren Palace.

Seeing Chu Xiran coming with Xiao Shunzi from a distance, Nalan stood up, glanced at Chu Xiran who was approaching, and said, "This is not an example." Then he turned and left.

Chu Xiran and Shen Xiaozhu were left in the room, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Shen Xiaozhu bowed his knees and saluted, and said softly: "I have seen Concubine Chu."

"You can just call him Concubine Chu." Chu Xiran saw that the young master was looking at him curiously, "Why, haven't you seen a beautiful man?" After saying that, he grinned, with a mouthful of bright white teeth, kind of cute.

"When I didn't enter the palace, I heard about Concubine Chu's deeds. When I saw the real person, I was naturally curious."

"Curiosity? Where do you start?" Chu Xiran asked.

"I'm curious how a man is willing to be locked in the harem as a concubine, how he can lead thousands of troops to fight the enemy and win back the respect of the world, and how he can keep the emperor's favor for three years."

"Is this palace so powerful?"

"Yes! I heard that even the court is arguing endlessly with Concubine Chu."

"Chaotang?" Chu Xiran had never heard He Lan mention these things.

Shen Qingjun said, "Someone came forward and said that Concubine Chu is a monster inherited from heaven."

"Monster?" Chu Xiran laughed at himself, "I always call myself a monster, it's not surprising."

"Do you know the emperor's reaction?"

"tell me the story."

"The emperor was furious, saying that he was bewitching the crowd with his evil words, trying to harm Concubine Chu, and he was sentenced to death in public."

"Oh? This palace has never heard of it."

"Perhaps Concubine Chu will pretend not to know even if she has heard about it. In this harem, the less they know, the better."

"Then what are your words and deeds today?" Chu Xiran asked with a smile.

"Why is Concubine Chu looking for me?"

Chu Xiran kept smiling, nodded and said, "I like to talk to smart people. Young Master Shen really lived up to my expectations. He is actually very smart and can understand everything."

"Concubine Chu is absurd."

"Winter is coming soon, you should get ready too, young master Shen."

Chu Xiran got up, stroked the wrinkles on her clothes, lowered her head and said casually, "The plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden should bloom again."

Therefore, in the winter of that year, the plum blossoms in the imperial garden were extremely delicate and beautiful.

There, He Lan Ruoming met Shen Qingjun who had inadvertently broken in, and was attracted by his song "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms".

A pet is a whole winter.In the beginning of spring, the young master Shen was conferred the title of Jieyu, and she could often hear the voices of Qingjun in the imperial garden, extremely gentle.

"Master, winter is over, don't cover the stove with your hands, be careful of burning your hands." Xiao Shunzi looked at Chu Xiran's red hands and reminded.

"Really?" Chu Xiran looked hesitantly at the new shoots of the willow tree outside the window, and said softly, "Collect it later, it's so cold."

"Master..." Xiao Shunzi wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back.

Not long after, news came from Shen Jieyu that there was a dragon seed.

Chu Xiran suddenly laughed, he seemed to see Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi gnashing their teeth, he said, "Xiao Shunzi, let's go, we have to go and see Shen Jieyu, no, this time it should be Concubine Shen. "

"Master, the emperor's decree has just been issued, and concubine Shen has been bestowed the title of Concubine Mei."

"Concubine Mei?" Chu Xiran thought of the pink plums in the garden, the little spots of blood flickering in the white snow.

Concubine Mei, that is the woman who I personally gave to He Lan Ruoming.He still remembered that when He Lan came back that day, he pressed him onto the bed, tore off his robe, and entered his body viciously, without any pity.

He was in pain, but he couldn't shed a single tear. He could only hold his back and call Ruoming, Ruoming, Ruoming over and over again.

In the sixth year of the Meiji Period of Tiancheng Kingdom, it was the second day that Shen Qingjun was conferred the title of Concubine Mei.

The young emperor of the current dynasty decreed that Murong Zhaohua should be conferred the title of Virtuous Concubine, and Chu Xiran would be a Virtuous Concubine with a first-class status.Because the concubine Xian is a man, it is inconvenient to manage the harem, so the concubine De is temporarily in charge of the phoenix seal and acts as an agent for the harem.

And the position of queen of the world of mother rites is still vacant.

Year after year, no one knows how many traces the passage of time can carve in a person's heart.

Just like how Chu Xiran often felt that He Lan's breath was just behind his ears, warm and warm again and again, but that person's sincerity was nowhere to be found.

Or, just like He Lan Ruoming often felt that Chu Xiran's smile was still as calm and beautiful as usual, but there was no trace of tenderness in his deep eyes that could never see the end.

Is it true that what is worn out by time can never be recovered?

Before the beauty is old, the grace is broken first.

Chu Xiran repeated, over and over again, the traces of pen and ink danced on the paper, scribbled but beautiful.

No matter what he thought in his heart, Chu Xiran still clearly knew that he still had to hold on tightly to the favor He Lan Ruoming gave him, because it was his amulet.

It's just that the two of them talked less and less, and the man often couldn't say two or three words when he came, so he hugged him and pressed him on the bed for a night.He didn't understand why He Lan Ruoming was obsessed with his body, it was obviously a man, and it was definitely not as soft and fragrant as Sanqian Fendai.

In fact, He Lan Ruoming himself doesn't understand, but every time he holds Chu Xiran in his arms, smelling the clean and familiar fragrance on his body, he can't help but want to rub into his body to confirm his existence, it seems that he can hug him for a lifetime .

It's just that he knows that he can't do it.Because the intensified incidents in the harem have turned him from arrogance to him, he is not willing to see Chu Xiran like that, smiling coldly and mercilessly, killing people as casually as crushing an ant .

So many things happened this year.

Concubine Yi fell out of favor, but there was only one prince who supported the emperor's meager care for her, because she scolded concubine Xian in public, Chu Xiran.

There is also the tragic death of Wang Meiren, she was the victim of the open and secret struggle between Concubine De and Concubine Xian.In addition, countless concubines, ranging from Zhaoyi to as small as a change of clothes, as long as they were favored by him, they would always disappear or die due to various reasons.

Seeing Chu Xiran's heartless smile, He Lan realized for the first time that it is possible to hate someone while loving someone. He loved his kindness and confusion in the past, and hated his cold-bloodedness and calculations now.

But he forgot that he was the one who put him in the harem, and he also forgot that on the wedding night he said he would protect him, but in the end he just left him to fend for himself in this swamp, he even forgot, It's what he himself said, "I can pamper you, indulge you, and like you, but I can't love you."

A word of no love, even if it fades away, has already been buried in Chu Xiran's fiery heart, extinguishing that frenzy.

Chu Xiran died a long time ago, and now he only has one body, and for some inexplicable reasons, he tried to stand on a par with the man in the dragon robe.

Chu Xiran knew that it would be a matter of time before she fell down, but she didn't know that day would come so fast, and before she had time to clean up her broken heart, everything would be gone.

In the seventh year of the Meiji Period of Tianchengguo, it was autumn with fallen leaves.

The eldest prince of the current emperor, the prince born to Concubine Yi who had fallen out of favor, died under a dose of "pull".

Concubine Yi was insane, talking wildly in her Chengqian Palace all day long, saying that it was that evildoer who killed her child.When she threw herself on Chu Xiran with all her teeth and claws, her long nails left a not deep mark on Chu Xiran's face, and she said, "Bitch, give me back my baby, give me back my baby!"

Chu Xiran knew from that moment that she was doomed.But, as if someone, said coldly in his ear, "Chu Xiran, I think it's worth losing a child in exchange for your death!"

Unexpectedly, after wandering around in the past few years, he returned to Nagato Palace.Chu Xiran laughed so hard that tears rolled down her cheeks, looking at the Xiyan flower growing among the weeds in the yard.He said to himself, the fault lies in the blooming, after all, the fault lies in the blooming.

On the day when the wind blew up, the sky was full of flames, and the redness of Nagato Palace burned half of the sky. Chu Xiran looked at He Lan Ruoming who was flying towards him, and smiled.

Chu Xiran didn't intend to burn herself to death, so, the flowers in the courtyard were gone, and the dilapidated walls of Nagato Palace were scorched black and turned into a wreckage.So he returned to his Yonghe Palace and began the so-called confinement.

He Lan Ruoming visited him once, or a few more times, but he just happened to be in a coma, so it's unknown.

When he was sober on the first day, He Lan was by his side. He didn't hug or comfort him. He just said: "If death can bring back my prince, go die, I won't stop you."

"It's not me." He knew that He Lan might not believe him, a pair of hands stained with blood is not qualified to defend.

"I'll check." He Lan didn't look at him any more, and walked quickly, but turned around and hid the blood he coughed up under his sleeves.

"Your Majesty, you haven't rested for three days." Xiao Linzi moved closer and looked at He Lan worriedly.

"Is there something wrong?" He Lan saw the booklet in Xiao Linzi's hand, took it out and turned it over, glanced at it, and suddenly there was a thunderbolt, and his hands and feet were cold.

"It's finally here." He Lan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had regained the calmness and composure that an emperor should have. He asked, "Where's the person?"

Xiao Linzi said helplessly, "They are all waiting for the emperor in the imperial study."

"Let's go." He Lan tightened his grip on the folder, as if he wanted to tear it up, but finally let go.

As soon as something happened in the palace, the outside of the palace followed in a joint letter. Maybe it was a serial scheme aimed at the Chu family.But all of this is what he has been waiting for for many years, isn't it?

It's just that he waited for so long, but he didn't know that when all this came, he would really hurt.

"Your Majesty, the evidence of the Chu family's collusion with foreign thieves is convincing. Please also issue an order to arrest him immediately."

"Your Majesty, the Chu clan's self-respect is a natural disaster!"

"Your Majesty, the Chu family has long had a heart of rebellion, and your Majesty must not have the kindness of a woman!"

"Your Majesty, with one thought of benevolence, the country is in danger!"

"Your Majesty, the late emperors and ancestors are all looking at you!"

"Your Majesty, the century-old foundation of Tiancheng, Your Majesty!"

"I also ask the emperor to issue an order immediately!"

"The emperor please issue an order immediately!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"I have passed on my decree to seal up the Chu family's general's mansion, arrest the Chu family and take them to Dali Temple, where they will be interrogated by the Dali Temple Minister, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Once the imperial decree is issued, it cannot be taken back. The emperor's words are golden, the emperor's words are solid, and the emperor's words are hard to follow.He Lan Ruoming quietly closed his eyes, he thought of the eyes of that person staring at him in the fire, with such deep resentment and such deep obsession.

He saw him open his mouth, almost silently, and let out a low voice, obviously he was so far away, he was obviously blocked by the guards and couldn't get close, and there was obviously more and more thick black smoke in front of him.But he could still hear and see that "Ruo Ming" that broke his heart.

In the fire, he saw his smile, as transparent and warm as when he first saw him.However, in the end, he must bear him. Even if he gradually became sincere from acting at the beginning, he still couldn't change the ending that was destined to be good from the beginning.

I forget how many days it has been, and the Yonghe Palace, which is no longer being questioned by others, seems to have replaced the Nagato Palace that was destroyed by the fire, and has become the Guanghan Palace with three thousand sorrows locked on the moon, cold and resentful, lonely depression.

"Master, go back to bed and sleep, it's autumn, you will get cold like this." Xiao Shunzi looked at Chu Xiran who was sitting motionless by the window, his heart beat violently.

"Xiao Shunzi, what day is it?"

"Return to master, it's eleventh day."

"Eleventh day, it seems that this time it's really over." Chu Xiran laughed at himself.

"Master, maybe the emperor is busy helping the master restore his innocence and find out the truth."

"Forget it, does it make a difference if you check it or not? There are a few lives in these hands, so why are you talking about innocence? A joke!" Chu Xiran carefully looked at her soft, bright and white fingers under the moon, the calluses left over from practicing swords when she was young It has gradually faded, how can this be the hands of a soldier who leads troops to kill the enemy.

"Master..." Xiao Shunzi didn't finish speaking, but when he saw the person standing at the door, he was dumbfounded, "The emperor, the emperor is here!"

"Stay outside, no one is allowed to come in tonight."

"Come?" Chu Xiran approached He Lan Ruoming.

"Well! Here we come!" He Lan Ruoming took Chu Xiran's hand and clenched it tightly.

"What's wrong?" Chu Xiran noticed that He Lan's hands were cold, and even trembled slightly.

"I miss you." He Lan buried her face in Chu Xiran's chest, like a coquettish child, almost stubborn.

"You!" Chu Xiran sighed, her eyes were slightly moist, "No matter what the result is, I just ask that if something happens to my family in the future, please the emperor to see that I have been with you for these years. Give them a way out."

He Lan didn't expect him to say these words at this juncture. After thinking about it, the original pity became suspicious again, and suddenly asked, "Chu Xiran, is your deep affection all these years true or false? Is it for Is my family trying to please me, or do I really care about me?"

Chu Xiran's heart turned cold, and he realized that this person still didn't believe in himself after all, so he could only smile and lower his eyes without answering, but instead asked, "What about the emperor?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." He Lan Ruoming only felt disheartened, and his heart that had softened became cold again.

But how could such a smart emperor see through it? How could the Yonghe Palace, which was blocked layer upon layer, know that the outside world had already changed?The catastrophe of the Chu family had become an irreparable pain by the time Chu Xiran woke up.

That night, He Lan Ruoming announced that he had spent the night in the imperial study, but only Xiao Shunzi, Xiao Linzi, Chu Xiran, and him, He Lan Ruoming, knew about it.

On that night in the Yonghe Palace, how did he usher in countless pains, blood and tears in the future while panting and confused.The tightly intertwined bodies are so close to each other that there is no gap, and the corners of the eyes wet with sweat seem to be tears of silent accusation.

Yue'er also hid behind the clouds, hid the haze, and couldn't bear to see all this.Yue'er said, I also have feelings, but my feelings are like flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.But now, I don't even look forward to that mirror.

Tian Chengguo Meiji seven years, winter.

The three courts unanimously judged that the evidence of the Chu family's collusion with the enemy and treason was conclusive, and the old general of Chu was beheaded five days later. Recalling the Chu family's meritorious service for generations, the emperor pardoned him for the crime of implicating the nine families. slave.

In the winter of that year, heavy snow like goose feathers covered the entire Tiancheng, and the blood on the execution ground was glaring, bright red, and could not be wiped off for a long time in the white snow.

"I want to see the emperor!"

When Chu Xiran knew everything outside, it was already the third day after Old General Chu was beheaded.Unexpectedly, his reaction was extremely calm, he just looked at Xiao Shunzi and calmly asked him to find a way to tell the emperor that he wanted to see him.

However, after waiting for another two days, the reply was that the emperor had not seen him.

It was clearly the twelfth lunar month of winter, but Chu Xiran, who was still dressed alone, knelt down at the gate of Yonghe Palace as if she was not afraid of the cold.He originally wanted to kneel at the door of the imperial study room, but the fate of being confined made him only able to walk to the door of the Yonghe Palace, unable to take another step.

Thinking that it was because of this that he missed the last chance to save his family, Chu Xiran's heart ached as if it was torn.

"Xiao Shunzi, send someone to tell the emperor that if he doesn't come, I won't be able to kneel for a long time."

For a whole day, when the sky was dark and the moon was rising, the person he was waiting for still did not come.Chu Xiran smiled wryly, feeling her body getting lighter and lighter, her numb legs were numb, and her cold body couldn't move an inch.

"Xiao Shunzi, help me back."

Before he could finish talking, his eyes went dark, and he fell into someone's embrace. The embrace was as warm as He Lan Ruoming's temperature, but he knew that that person would never come again.

The person in He Lan Ruoming's arms was cold, and even his breathing was so weak. He looked at Chu Xiran who had his eyes closed and his lips were purple, and after a long time, he handed him to the shadow guard with him.

"Send him back to his room." After explaining the simple four words, he stepped out of the Yonghe Palace stepping on the snow.

"Your Majesty, is there really no other way?" Looking at his master's pale face these days, Xiao Linzi knew that he was not feeling well.

"He is the remnant of the Chu family, and also my weakness. Sooner or later, he will get rid of it." He Lan Ruoming's deep voice, I don't know if he is speaking to Xiao Linzi or himself, "A king should not have love. .”

"Your majesty, why are you bothering?" Xiao Linzi understood the helplessness in his master's heart, but he didn't want all this to be a dead end.

"No need to say any more. Pass the decree on, let Concubine De be in bed today." He Lan stepped into the imperial study and turned around again, "You don't need to follow in, I want to be alone."

"The slave obeys the order."

As all the court ladies and eunuchs withdrew one after another, the Imperial Study Room became extremely quiet.

Looking at the deserted hall, He Lan suddenly remembered that for Lin Feng, that man stepped into the imperial study for the first time, his first confrontation, the first time he was wrongly called a minister in front of him, and even, his first time. The first time I kissed him, it was as soft as the fragrance of cosmos blooming on the hills in autumn.

However, everything is about to end.

The favor I gave him, the love I gave him, and the tenderness I gave him have come to an end.

"Your Majesty, what should we do about the concubine Xian murdering the prince?" Murong Zhaohua casually asked while serving He Lan Kuanyi.

He Lan was silent for a moment, then said: "This is a matter of the harem, I don't want to get involved."

"The concubine understands."

Murong turned her back and took off her clothes, but the corners of her mouth couldn't stop the joy in her heart. After fighting for so many years, this Chu Xiran was finally going to die at her hands. It's time for all these years of resentment and jealousy.

"Baby, mother will avenge you." Murong habitually stroked his flat belly, mourning for his child who died before birth.

Chu Xiran, who had been in a coma for a whole day, had a very beautiful dream.He Lan Ruoming in the dream was so affectionate, so he shed tears happily, but when he opened his eyes and looked at the high hanging beams on the roof of the palace, he realized that he had woken up from the dream.

Everything in the past, whether it is true or false, is a thing of the past, and it disappears before it is owned.The feeling of being hollowed out is nothing more than that.

"Hey." He couldn't help but sighed, before he fully woke up from the dream, he heard Xiao Shunzi screaming and stumbling in from outside.

"Master is not good, Empress Concubine De has brought a large number of guards to break into Yonghe Palace!"

Chu Xiran got up from the bed abruptly, grabbed a piece of clothing and put it on, and gave the jade pendant under the pillow to Xiao Shunzi.

"Xiao Shunzi, leave me alone, find a way to bring this to the emperor, and tell him that the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. I just ask him to forgive my mother for the sake of being with him all these years. If my sister dies, I will die in peace!"

"Master!" Xiao Shunzi knelt down, hugged Chu Xiran's leg and said, "Master, I don't want to leave you!"

"Fool, I can't escape this catastrophe anyway. I entered the palace to keep the Chu family. Now that my father is dead, if I don't save my mother and sister, you want me to die in peace! I didn't think about it when I entered this harem." Get out alive!"

Xiao Shunzi looked at Chu Xiran's red eyes and determined aura, finally nodded, hid the jade pendant in his chest, kowtowed three times, turned and rushed out.

Watching Xiao Shunzi leave, Chu Xiran straightened her clothes in front of the bronze mirror.After everything was in order, he stood safely at the door, waiting for Murong Zhaohua to rush in with a large number of people.

I saw a man in crescent white quietly watching her at the door, still cold but calm.

"Murong Zhaohua, you are finally here, where is the emperor's imperial decree?"

"There is no imperial decree, only oral instructions. The emperor doesn't care about the affairs of the harem."

Murong laughed wildly, but in Chu Xiran's eyes, he became pitiful.This time it's the Chu family, what about next time?

He didn't regret his death, but his death could not protect the safety of his family, and his death could not kill the arrogance of the Murong clan, he was unwilling but helpless.

Because he knew that the person who wanted him to die was the current emperor, He Lan Ruoming who had held him in his arms night after night and promised to protect him.

It seemed that He Lan Ruoming's words from back then sounded in his ears again: "I don't love you."

Such a gentle person, no matter how heartless he is, he still has a little luck and extravagant hopes for him.

But this time, he really believed it, he believed his sentence, I don't love you.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Mei asks to see you."

"not see."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Mei said that she is kneeling at the door of the Imperial Study Room, and the Emperor will get up if he doesn't see her."

"Give me this trick, see you!"

"emperor……"

"Say no more!"

"Your Majesty, Nalan is always here this time, kneeling with Concubine Mei!"

"Nalan?" He Lan remembered that elegant woman, she was as pure as Chu Xiran when she first entered the palace, her smile was so gentle, but she was more transparent than Chu Xiran.

Thinking about when he dealt with Lin Feng back then, Chu Xiran, who had always been hiding far away, rushed to beg for Lin Feng's mercy, and since then entered his own life, now, another woman came to beg for him, Chu Xiran?

"Xuan."

After a while, two women filed in.

"The concubine sees the emperor."

After bowing and saluting, Nalan raised his head to meet Helan's eyes without hesitation, and asked, "Your Majesty, please think twice about the matter of Xianfei!"

"I have handed over the full authority to Concubine De, and I don't want to interfere with the affairs of the harem."

"Your majesty, I just don't want you to regret it. If you chase after heaven and man, you won't be able to go back."

"Who said that I would regret it? I have three thousand women in my harem, but I lost a male concubine!" He Lan's hands were clenched into fists under the table, and he didn't realize the pain.

"Your majesty, perhaps the virtuous concubine in your eyes is no longer worthy of love. But all these years, the concubines have seen everything in their eyes, but they can't help but feel sorry for him. Yes! The emperor always pampers and indulges him, but the emperor knows that He's never been really happy!"

Nalan pointed to the gate outside, and continued: "Just like back then, when he presented Concubine Mei with his own hands, everyone said he was playing tricks to fight for favor and power, but who knew that the night the emperor favored Concubine Mei, he was actually He ran to the concubine's palace and got drunk! Your majesty, are you really willing to let him go?"

"Enough, I don't want to hear this, back off!" He Lan's fist slammed on the table, shaking the pen holder on the table, but this overwhelming anger couldn't make Nalan leave. She was still kneeling on the same spot, and the persistent figure made He Lan's eyes hurt because of her familiarity.

"Presumptuous, I told you to back down!"

"Your Majesty! Do you really want to see his dead body before you are willing!"

He Lan was shaken all over, only felt his hands and feet were cold, he gasped for breath and remained silent for a while, then said in a hoarse voice: "Get out!"

Nalan raised her head angrily when she heard the words, but what caught her eyes was the pale face of today's emperor, she changed her mind, and asked submissively: "What will the emperor want to spare the concubine Xian's life?"

He Lan stared at the stubborn woman who was trying her best to save Chu Xiran under the case, her heart was full of astringency, unspeakable bitterness, so she could only sneer and say: "You have always avoided me, but today you knelt down for him Here, then I ask you, if I want you to sleep in and let you be my imperial concubine in exchange for his life, would you be willing?"

Nalan stared at He Lan with wide eyes, not understanding the emperor's intentions, but looking at his red eyes, he seemed to understand something, not to mention that this moment was not the time to hesitate about Chu Xiran's life.

"The concubine is willing!" Nalan kowtowed to He Lan, stood up and urged, "Your Majesty, if you don't go, it will be too late!"

"Xiao Linzi, drive the Yonghe Palace!"

"Slave complies with the order!" Xiao Linzi breathed out, looking at the emperor who had figured it out, he finally felt relieved.

"Get up." He Lan said to Shen Qingjun who was still kneeling at the door, and then glanced at Nalan who was following behind, "You go back to the palace first."

Seeing the emperor rushing towards the Yonghe Palace with his people, Nalan and Shen Qingjun looked at each other.

"Hopefully in time."

"Um."

Nalan looked at Shen Qingjun meaningfully, but saw that the man turned around and walked away slowly, because of kneeling for a long time, his footsteps were slightly staggering.Whether this woman was a blessing or a curse to Chu Xiran, this time, even Nalan couldn't see through it.

When he stepped into the Yonghe Palace, He Lan Ruoming thought for a moment that his heart had stopped.

There was nothing else in his eyes, only the person who was so weak that he was crushed in the corner, his whole body was red, it was blood, it smelled fishy, ​​and it made people sick.

"What are you doing?" He Lan Ruoming's voice trembled and almost changed his tone, but he couldn't make it louder. He felt as if there were thousands of hands pinching his neck, which made him unable to stay calm. speak out.

He thought, if he had known that such a scene would happen, he would never let Chu Xiran be ruined by others.

How can a person who was so clean before be suppressed by a group of people to do whatever he wants without any resistance?

"What are you doing?" He Lan Ruoming looked at Murong Zhaohua and asked again.

Everyone in the hall stopped moving, and those who didn't dare to vent their breath knelt on the ground.

Suddenly someone rushed forward, hugged Chu Xiran, glared at He Lan Ruoming angrily and said, "Didn't the emperor see it!" The one who spoke was Xiao Shunzi who had been put aside before.

"Master was beaten all over his body and was stripped of his clothes. These father-in-laws and nurses were allowed to use the dirty methods of training young men to abuse the master! The master is also a famous major general after all, so why does the emperor still pay him back before he dies?" You want to trample on his dignity and ruin his body! The master has served the emperor for so many years, does the emperor have the heart to see the master die so unbearably!"

Xiao Shunzi hugged her master tightly, tears streaming down one by one, and yelled at He Lan madly because of extreme fear and anger: "Master was also pampered and grew up, how have you ever been hurt?" The slightest bit of grievance, since he entered the harem, he hasn't had a good day. It's fine when the emperor is around, but when the master is not around, when will the master sleep peacefully?

"The palace is full of cynicism, how can the master not care about it, but why has he endured for so long? Is the Chu family being raided by the emperor's decree, or died under such insults today! Your majesty, you have trampled on the master's body." A heart, and now you want his life! You are really cruel!"

Xiao Shunzi wiped away the tears and snot that had fused together on his face, took out a jade pendant from his bosom, and smashed it hard at He Lan's feet, "The master told the servant to give this to the emperor even if he wanted to die. The master said, Mr. If I want my minister to die, I have to die. I just ask the emperor to forgive my wife and eldest lady for my love these years. It is useless to be a slave. I was arrested before I could get out of the Yonghe Palace. I had to watch my master be humiliated !"

He Lan looked at the jade pendant under her feet, and then at Chu Xiran who was being held in Xiao Shunzi's arms. She was dazed for a moment before recovering, and said in an almost trembling voice, "Concubine De, take your people back. My promise, from now on, no one is allowed to step into the Yonghe Palace!"

Murong pursed his lips fiercely, stared at the half-dead Chu Xiran for a few times, leaned over and said: "The concubine obeys the order." Afterwards, he led a group of people and left in an instant.

"Others, wait outside too. Xiao Linzi, call the imperial physician."

He Lan picked up the jade pendant at his feet, then stepped forward and knelt down, stretched out his hand to Xiao Shunzi and said, "Give him back to me."

Before Xiao Shunzi could reply, He Lan had snatched Chu Xiran back from Xiao Shunzi's arms, "Go and boil some hot water, I want to wash Xiran's body."

Putting down the words, He Lan picked up Chu Xiran and walked towards the back room.