Concubine GL

Chapter 33

It was still early, and the routine greeting was shunned by Empress Chen because she felt unwell.In the room, Chen Lai traced stroke by stroke of a picture of a fairy living in the mountains, but he lost his mind again and again, stopped drawing, and the picture in his pen lost seven or eight points of charm, Chen Lai frowned again and again.

Just as she was about to redraw a picture, Shishuang came to report that Yin Wanyi from Biqin Pavilion had come.

Chen Lai raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't send anyone to watch her actions, Wang Yin sent them to her door.Chen Lai has always been very suspicious, even after getting the news of the guards around the emperor, she was still a little uneasy, and still wanted to listen to Wang Yin's words.She paused, narrowed her phoenix eyes, put down the pen in her hand, and sent Wang Yin in.

Wang Yin also woke up early today, and has been busy with work for a long time, although he looks exhausted, without makeup, his brows and eyes are as pale as autumn water, which makes his heart soften, he can tell that he is really tossing and turning because of his brother's affairs.It's just that her mind is very flexible, she considers every sentence carefully, steps cautiously, and her calculations are not bad at all.

It was nothing more than pleading, Wang Yin's voice was a little hoarse, and he even choked up a little when he talked about the emotion, so he took Luopa and gently wiped the corners of his eyes.He must have thought too much, his body became thinner and thinner, which made people sigh endlessly.

He got bored after listening too much, after a while, Chen Lai sent Wang Yin back with his forehead supported.She rubbed her sore and swollen eye sockets, but hastily ignored the inappropriate smile on Wang Yin's mouth when he got up.

In this way, everything makes sense.I can't see any clues in Wang Yin's body, Chen Lai is finally convinced, holding the picture of the mountain dwelling that he just described, the close-up view of the distant mountains is very stiff, and the gods who are sitting around and drinking are not at all. Stretching freely, Chen Lai sighed, casually rolled it up and threw it aside.

Thinking of what she could do for her ex-lover, Chen Lai was both nervous and emotional, as well as a little unknown joy.

It was night, Shishuang carefully left the palace with Chen Lai's badge in her arms.She carried a very ordinary small basket of bamboo strips, covered with a piece of thick floral light cotton, which contained all kinds of plasters and gauzes for wounds and hemorrhages selected by the empress herself, all of which were of the highest quality in the palace.

The night is as thick as ink, even though the early summer is here, and the awn seeds are approaching, the cool air still invades the clothes at night, making people shiver for no reason.

Tianlao is located in the eastern outskirts of the capital, far away from Xiling. It is also an extremely cold and remote place. It is backed by the remaining branches of Moshan, and the surrounding area is densely covered with weeds.There are continuous hills, and black mountains on three sides surround such a prison with torches, and it feels eerie and terrifying when you look at it.

Shi Shuang finally walked here, wiped the sweat from her forehead, clenched the waist card in her hand, and approached with gritted teeth.

The Fengxi Palace was also lit all night.

Chen Lai waited all night with widowed eyes, but Shishuang still did not return.The east has brought some fish belly white, and the sky is about to dawn.Through the window, Chen Lai looked at the little golden light leaking from the clouds in the sky. She squinted her eyes, feeling some bad premonition in her heart.

Chen Lai lost Shishuang's powerful eyes and ears, so the news was naturally blocked a lot.So much so that she didn't know that rumors began to fly in the deep palace that loved to gossip about nothing, and it had already spread a thousand waves.

In other words, last night someone had the audacity to trespass into the forbidden place, and upon questioning, it turned out to be someone from the palace, who also carried the queen mother's private badge with him, talking nonsense about meeting the "imprisoned" General Wang Zhuo. The guard was confused and did not dare to act rashly.

It just so happened that that night, Li Bi, the former deputy general who had marched with Wang Zhuo, was leading the night watch. This man was famously upright, and because of this, he didn't want to join forces with the prime minister's forces to lead the army for treacherous officials and thieves, and would rather follow Wang Zhuo together. He was recalled from the frontier, and then demoted, and only served as a general guarding the sky prison.

Li Bi was very vigilant, and he didn't recognize any aunts in the palace, and he didn't care much about love and face.Seeing that his words were different and he was in a hurry, Dang even felt that there was a fraud, so he detained Shishuang without any mercy, and notified him only when the emperor returned.

Of course, this Li Bi couldn't just happen to be on duty last night by such a coincidence, he was just looking at Wang Zhuo's younger sister Wang Yinkouyu's sake, and reluctantly replaced the usual group of people who only eat soft food and don't work. It is only in the class of lazy ghosts who are ungrateful for profit that they have the chance to be so lucky to see Shishuang come to visit.

Naturally, he was also very unhappy, who would have such spare time in the middle of the night to come and arrest people without sleeping?He kept muttering in his heart that one day when Wang Zhuo came out, he had to let him treat himself to a meal.

Besides, Emperor Ruhuai rushed to Yuanling Mountain excitedly under Qi Wuxue's "guidance", but unfortunately, the elusive Daoist Lingxu said that the wind and aura had been very good these few days, so he closed the door early. Passing the pass, it is really embarrassing.

However, Ruhuai was relieved, Taoist Lingxu predicted things like a god, he had already counted his arrival, so he refined a small bottle of Snow Lotus Jade Dew and Qi Pill and gave it to the emperor. Cool, the troubles of the past few days have disappeared, and I only sigh that it is really a panacea.

Bringing this elixir and a volume of tips on health preservation in southern Fujian written by Daoist Lingxu himself, Emperor Ruhuai sat in a bright yellow soft sedan chair and returned to the palace early with satisfaction.

It's just that once he returned to the palace, the overwhelming "bad news" came one after another, and he couldn't help feeling annoyed. This harem really didn't have a happy day!He hurriedly swallowed another Harmony Pill and stroked his chest to Shun Shun Qi.

Of course, Chen Lai didn't know about these changes.It was already noon at this time, and Shishuang didn't even show up. Chen Lai felt that the situation was not good, but she never thought it was so serious.Before he could figure out how to excuse himself, there was a voice from the gate of Fengxi Palace, "The emperor is here, the imperial concubine is here—"

Chen Lai frowned, she didn't have time to think about it, she hurriedly put on her snow green coat, tidied herself up and went out to meet her driver with a calm expression.

"Chen and concubine greet the emperor."

"Get up. Show me if this is someone from your palace." Ru Huai's voice was not very impatient, but it was even more disturbing when it calmed down.

Two attendants supported a court lady in plain clothes and quickly walked up from behind, escorting the court lady to the empress.Chen Lai glanced sideways, and as expected, it was indeed Shishuang.

The worrying thing finally happened, and now Chen Lai calmed down. In the past ten years in this palace, he has never seen any storms.She was calm in her heart, but pretended to be surprised on her face, took a step back and said, "Shishuang?"

Qi Wuxue stood behind Ru Huai, her gauze gown with wide sleeves was as quiet as a virgin.Seeing the empress playing tricks, she narrowed her eyes and smiled lightly, ready to watch the show.

Shishuang's arms were twisted for a long time, and she was so sore when she was put down for a while, she bit her lip hard to hold back the tears.She raised her head, half of her hair that had been meticulously styled in the past was loose, and a few strands of hair were dangling to cover her eyes: "Your Majesty, servant..."

Before Shishuang could cry, Ru Huai impatiently pointed at Shishuang and asked the queen, "Give me an explanation, what's going on? Why did your maid in the palace go to the prison last night?"

With an inexplicable expression on Chen Lai's face, she was about to argue that she didn't know anything about it, but Qi Wuxue smiled as if she had already seen through her thoughts, and then stepped forward lightly, and said, "The emperor must be listening to all directions, and he is returning home. It has already been heard on the palace road. In the past few days, there have been rumors in the palace that Ruyi Ronghua met General Wang Zhuo and was arrested. Just as the emperor was going to Yuanling Mountain to discuss Taoism, this rumor became even more popular, causing a lot of trouble. Some people are impatient." Qi Wuxue casually glanced at Chen Ai who was staring at her coldly, covered her lips with a faint smile and continued, "I dare not speculate, but Yin Wanyi felt sad because of the rumor yesterday. , the concubine kindly accompanied me for a while. Unexpectedly, I heard that the Empress Empress had a so-called 'old love' with that Wang Zhuo? If it wasn't for this affection, the empress sent her personal maid to the prison to find out what happened?"

Qi Wuxue looked at Chen Lai with a half-smile, not the slightest bit of fear from his cold eyes.

Hearing Qi Wuxue's words, Ru Huai's brows immediately furrowed.Chen Lai expected that the situation was not good, and she really followed the advice of these goblins. She breathed a sigh of relief, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty has taught me that all my concubines are only for the Emperor, and I have never done such a rebellious thing."

Shi Shuang knelt and hurriedly twisted her body and kowtowed, her voice was rough: "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with your empress..."

Before he finished speaking, Ru Huai smashed a string of Buddhist beads on Shishuang's back: "Shut up! Is it your turn to talk?" He walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said, "Lian Changnian, I went to Biqin Pavilion to pass on the yin and yang poems." Wanyi came over to talk."

"Yes." Lian Niannian's footsteps were windy, and the young eunuchs who led the team disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Concubines... see the emperor, empress, Concubine Rong." Wang Yin's voice was a little weak, he had to be supported by Yi Chuan when he bowed, and when he raised his head, his eyes were slightly red and swollen, presumably it was brother and sister.

Seeing this, Ru Huai couldn't bear it, she stretched out her hand to support Wang Yin's arm, and asked softly: "It's no big deal to tell you that you came here, but just now the noble concubine mentioned the past between your brother and the queen, I've never heard of it, you might as well take it into consideration Let's talk about it in detail."

Wang Yin's eyes were full of panic, and he deliberately looked at Chen Lai's cold phoenix eyes, hesitated for a while and then knelt down, lowered his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, forgive me, this concubine... knows nothing about this matter."

Anyone with a discerning eye will know that something is tricky at a glance, Ru Huai naturally understands, and helped Wang Yin up again: "Don't be afraid, just say it boldly, with me here, who would dare to embarrass you?"

Hearing this, Wang Yin blinked, and then slowly said: "My concubine has a very good relationship with my brother since I was a child, and my brother told me everything. Therefore, my concubine knew that the empress did have a relationship with my brother back then. Kindness, but my brother knew the identity of the empress, so he didn't dare to make mistakes, and he didn't dare to fall in love with the empress. Forced by the empress's admiration, he had to take the initiative to leave the capital and go to the frontier to join the army. Speaking of which, the concubine has already I haven't seen my brother for ten years, who would have expected such a scandal to happen now..." As he spoke, Wang Yin took a brocade handkerchief and gently pressed the corners of his eyes.

Qi Wuxue sighed at the side, shook Wang Yin's hand very understandingly, and comforted in a soft voice: "Whoever is right and who is wrong, the emperor has a clear heart, and he will be fair."

For Qi Wuxue's behavior of eating tofu at this opportunity, Wang Yin's sorrow that had been brewing up with great difficulty disappeared in an instant, and he just wanted to quickly pull out his hand, and then give her a good look.

However, Qi Wuxue, who was so unresponsive, didn't realize it, she just continued to hold Wang Yin's hand tightly, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Wanyi has always been an upright person, and she will not frame her for no reason. Then, Yi Chenqie In my humble opinion, the Empress probably has no more affection for the general, but it's a pity that the general didn't appreciate it at all back then, and she won't be moved by it today, it's a pity." Seeing that Ru Huai was about to explode, Qi Wuxue nodded, " Naturally, this is just speculation by my concubines, and I leave everything to the emperor to decide."

"Is this really the case?" Ru Huai still thought of giving Chen Lai some face, and only asked in a dark tone.

In her heart, Chen Lai hated the two-faced and three-faced Wang Yin, and it was not easy to get angry, so she just pretended to smile indifferently: "Wanyi still remembers the past ten years ago, it's really rare. It's a pity that everything is just your brother's wishful thinking. Bengong I have never admired him before. I have known my identity since I was a child. I have been the Emperor's man since early in the morning. I have never dared to presume. I and your brother are just confidants for a while, so how can there be other things? And the words of the imperial concubine are even more ridiculous talk."

"Then how do you explain this court lady's behavior?" Ru Huai is not a foolish person, he half-believes both parties' arguments, after all, he and Chen Lai have been husband and wife for ten years, and they still have the same affection.

Chen Lai glanced at Shishuang who was kneeling on the ground, and after a long time said calmly: "This matter, I don't know anything about it."

Ru Huai said to the motionless Shishuang with doubts, "You maidservant, tell me why."

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is right, she really doesn't know about this matter." Finally, when it was her turn to speak, Shishuang hurriedly twisted her body and kowtowed to the emperor, raised her head and looked straight into Ru Huai's eyes, and said, "From head to toe It was all the idea of ​​the servant girl alone, and the empress was kept in the dark. The servant girl has been with the empress since she was a child. The empress is loyal and has always only had the emperor in her heart. The empress has no affection for the general. Wanyi probably has a bad memory when she was young. .”

Hearing this, Wang Yin glanced at Shishuang, as expected, the master and servant are deeply in love with each other, but...Qi Wuxue, why are you still holding my hand at this moment? !

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