Chang Anqing

Chapter 198 There must be a reason
When Li Sui and his party returned to the palace, Zhao Yi didn't need to accompany him. In the colorful lights, Li Sui was walking behind accompanied by Nian Nu and Yu Nu, and Emperor Yuan Cheng personally supported Empress Yang, talking and laughing. In front, as soon as he was approaching the entrance of the Lizheng Palace, he saw that someone had already been waiting there. As soon as he saw the lights carried by a group of people approaching, he walked over quickly, and followed the embroidered shoes on the ground. With the sound of "creak creak——" on the snow, the visitor has approached and bowed respectfully.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness."

The woman's calm and calm voice sounded in the corridor, and as soon as the lights were on, Li Sui recognized that the one who crossed his hands and saluted was Jiang Lihua, the servant of Zichen Palace.

"Get up."

As Emperor Yuan Cheng called out, Empress Yang naturally recognized it at this moment. She only moved her eyes and thought about it, and immediately thought of something, and asked worriedly: "What? But what happened to the banquet at night?"

Knowing that Empress Yang was afraid that something would happen to him because she left the banquet alone, Emperor Yuan Cheng originally held Empress Yang's hand and tightened it reassuringly. Jiang Lihua said: "What's wrong?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with the Lantern Festival banquet today, but Qingsi Palace reported that Concubine Shu fell ill after the banquet, and the Imperial Physician has been invited for this meeting. Wei Jieyu is worried that Concubine Shu will not be able to leave. , has been taking care of him in the Qingsi Palace, so I asked my servants to come and wait for Your Majesty, Your Highness—”

"Concubine Shu is sick?"

Hearing Jiang Lihua's words, Emperor Yuan Cheng became serious, with concern on his face and said: "The Imperial Physician has read it, but why?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I heard from the Imperial Physician that Concubine Shu became sick from overwork and was caused by exhaustion."

Looking at Jiang Lihua, who answered respectfully and word by word with low eyebrows, Emperor Yuan Cheng frowned slightly, and before he could speak, he heard Empress Yang look apologetic beside her, and said worriedly with self-blame in her voice : "The affairs of the six palaces are all on the shoulders of Concubine Shu these days. It must be because of this that she thinks too much. I should go and see with His Majesty."

Seeing Empress Yang like this, Emperor Yuan Cheng gently put his right hand on the back of her hand and said: "People eat five grains, and they will inevitably suffer from illness. No matter how complicated the affairs of the Six Palaces are, you used to take care of them alone. I believe that Concubine Shu is not sick because of this." , don't think too much about—”

After all, Emperor Yuan Cheng glanced at the icy night, then looked at Empress Yang with consolation and said: "You are tired tonight, so don't go there, I will go, let Ah Man and the others accompany you Get some rest earlier."

"Can--"

Seeing that Empress Yang wanted to say something more, Emperor Yuan Cheng turned his head to Li Sui and Jiamo and said, "Aman, take good care of your elder sister."

Seeing that Li Sui and others responded, Emperor Yuan Cheng joined hands with Empress Yang and said, "It's late at night, if you get caught in the wind and cold after going back and forth, wouldn't Concubine Shu have to blame herself then."

Seeing the stalemate with Emperor Yuan Cheng, Empress Yang didn't say anything, just stood there, watching Emperor Yuan Cheng and the people in Zichen Palace drift away.

"Sister, go in—"

Hearing Li Sui's soft reassurance beside her, Empress Yang looked back, then glanced at the group of people who had disappeared in the night and murmured: "Ah Man, otherwise, I won't be leaving the palace tomorrow—"

Li Sui's eyes darkened when he heard the words, but he still held Empress Yang's arm and said, "We'll wait for my cousin to see everything, let's go in first."

After all, Li Sui gave Yu Nu a look.

Empress Yang finally nodded when she heard the words, and the two sisters entered each other's arms.

Yu Nu quietly left alone and disappeared into the night.

……

In this room, Emperor Yuan Cheng was sitting in the dragon chariot and heading towards the Hall of Qingsi. In the quiet and deserted corridor at this moment, there were only the sound of the servants carrying the dragon chariot and the accompanying Chengde and Jiang Lihua stepping on the snow.

Thinking back to the rare freedom tonight, Yu Niang's smile that she hadn't seen for a long time still gradually became clear in Emperor Yuan Cheng's mind. Thinking of this, even when he was sleeping with his eyes closed, a rare and relaxed smile gradually emerged.

It would be great if they could be such an ordinary couple for the rest of their lives.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

At this moment when everything was almost silent, a strange and cold cry came from the depths of the corridor, as if it was getting closer, it seemed to be able to penetrate the eardrums of a group of people, and it was creepy to hear, even the person carrying the The servant of the dragon chariot also turned pale, and his legs became trembling as he looked around.

Emperor Yuan Cheng, who was sitting in the dragon chariot at the moment, naturally also heard the voice, and felt that the dragon chariot was moving far less smoothly than before. He immediately opened his eyes, and said with a serious and worried look on his face: "Chengde."

"The old slave is here."

Hearing Yuan Chengdi's low call, Chengde instinctively bowed down, and at the same time glanced at the courageous servants.

"stop."

As the dragon chariot fell to the ground, Emperor Yuan Cheng walked out slowly with the support of Chengde, but he felt that the voice became more and more incessant, as if challenging the bottom line that the people present could bear.

"His Majesty--"

Seeing Emperor Yuan Cheng's solemn expression, and fearlessly heading towards the source of the voice, Chengde hurriedly stopped him, but Emperor Yuan Cheng remained unmoved and continued to walk towards the depths of the corridor step by step.

Chengde had no choice but to ask a group of people to carry the dragon chariot to follow. He never wanted to get closer, but the voice became clearer and clearer, like a baby crying, but with an indescribable eerie horror, it only made people catch their hearts. Scratch your lungs, listen but stay away.

When he reached the palace gate on the side of the corridor, the voice was already close to his ears. When he was about to cross the palace threshold, Emperor Yuan Cheng paused for a moment, and finally walked in with his fists clenched. There is still a long corridor behind the palace gate, but there is a black shadow huddled under the first stone lamp. It seems to be threatened at this moment, and its screams become more and more sharp and urgent.

After Yuan Chengdi and his party approached softly, they finally saw under the dim light that it was a black cat crouching there. The black cat was shrinking and embarrassed at the moment. He had already been mottled and bald a lot, and now facing Emperor Yuan Cheng and his party, he arched his waist vigilantly, baring his teeth and issuing a warning.

"Your Majesty, let's go—"

Hearing Chengde's reassurance from the side, Emperor Yuan Cheng stared at the black cat deeply, nodded, and calmly ordered when he stepped back: "The black raccoon slave understands human nature, let's raise it well."

Chengde immediately lowered his head to respond when he heard the words, but almost at the same time, he heard a clear and beautiful voice beside him tensely protruding: "Your Majesty, be careful—"

Hearing this drink, Emperor Yuan Cheng turned his head instinctively, and saw the raccoon slave rushing towards him like crazy, showing his sharp claws, his face was extremely ferocious.

"Protect Your Majesty, Protect Your Majesty—"

Chengde went to catch the raccoon slave while yelling, but unexpectedly the raccoon slave was already close, just when the sharp claws were about to scratch Emperor Yuan Cheng's face, a figure rushed over very quickly, and the sound came from his ear The sound of sharp claws scratching the cloth and scratching the flesh.

"Lihua—"

Seeing the weak girl who was standing in front of him, Emperor Yuan Cheng's face turned pale, and he let out a sound of shock. Accompanied by the cries of the raccoon slaves and the noisy shouts of his servants, Emperor Yuan Cheng saw Jiang Lihua in front of him. She just frowned and bit her lip, even though the claw slashed her snow-white neck to bleed, and the blood stain even extended to her chin, but she was not afraid to make a sound at all.

"Your Majesty calm down, that raccoon slave has run away—"

Hearing Chengde's words, Emperor Yuan Cheng glanced sideways, but did not get angry, but looked eagerly at Chengde and said, "Send someone to send Jiang Shizhao back to heal his wounds."

"Yes, Your Majesty—"

Chengde looked at Emperor Yuan Cheng after hearing the words, only to see Emperor Yuan Cheng thought for a while, looked at Jiang Lihua who was in pain, and finally turned his eyes away and said: "Go to Qingsi Hall."

Not long after Yuan Chengdi left, someone sent a warm sedan chair to pick up Jiang Lihua. Just as the warm sedan chair was being let go for a while, Jiang Lihua, who was sitting in it, heard the rustling voices of the servants carrying the sedan chair outside.

"It was at Yongdemen again just now, it's really evil—"

"No, last time it was an empty baby, and this time it's a black raccoon slave again. Do you think this is—"

The more she listened to Jiang Lihua, the more she noticed something strange, and she couldn't help but opened the car curtain and asked in a low voice, "The swaddling baby you just mentioned? What is it?"

Hearing Jiang Lihua's question, the servant standing in front suddenly changed his face, laughed and laughed and said, "It's nothing, Shizhao, you heard it wrong, you guys are talking about it, the book—"

Seeing that the servants were unwilling to speak, Jiang Lihua's eyes moved slightly, she had already forgotten the scratches on her neck, and said unhurriedly: "Then I will ask Cheng Weng for advice in a while."

"Hey, lady, please don't, lady, I'll tell you, I'll tell you—"

Before Chengde clearly ordered not to spread the word, if Jiang Shizhao in front of him is really allowed to ask him now, wouldn't it be self-inflicted?

Thinking of this, the servant hurriedly explained all the strange things in the corridor that night.

Jiang Lihua frowned slightly when she heard the words, and immediately said, "Why don't you check?"

"Your Majesty made a statement at the time and refused to investigate it. This matter is over. Even Cheng Weng said that he is not allowed to bring it up again. We were also shocked by that raccoon slave just now, so we spoke nonsense—"

Seeing the pointed eyes of the waiter in front of him, Jiang Lihua smiled, and then said: "Okay, I won't say anything, and I won't confess you, so don't worry."

"Good sister, thank you, little ones!"

Looking at the relieved waiter in front of her, Jiang Lihua smiled and let go of her hand. The moment the car curtain was loosened, her eyes gradually turned dark.

There must be a reason for this.

But why, His Majesty refused to investigate further?
(End of this chapter)