Empress, she is beautiful Lu Ziye

Chapter 232 What I Decided, Never Look Back

"Have you ever heard of a saying," Concubine Duan asked her with a smile, "serve the emperor with color, and love gallop when color fades."

Without waiting for Nan Zhen to respond, she lowered her head and fiddled with the newly dyed Koudan, which was bright red and looked extraordinarily delicate.

Her fingers are well maintained, but upon closer inspection, there are still many criss-crossing fine lines, not comparable to the hands of twenty-eight girls.

"You are still young, and you don't know the bitterness of getting older. In the huge harem, you can't beat this cold winter day alone."

Outside the window, the north wind howled, blowing the willows in the yard swaying from side to side, unable to hang still.

There was wind blowing in, mixed with a trace of cold rain, which seemed to confirm what Concubine Duan said.

The women in the harem have always hugged each other for warmth. If they want to grow into a tree independently without relying on anyone, the possibility is too small, almost zero.

Such people may have existed at the beginning, but later, they all died.

Nobody cares.

Nan Zhen heard her voice-over, and smiled indifferently, "Lenggong itself is not a good place, I have survived the scorching summer, so why should I be afraid of another cold winter?"

There was a youthful look on her coquettish and gorgeous face, as if the world could be flattened.

These are things that Concubine Duan has worn away long ago, and they look both familiar and strange.

She twitched the corner of her mouth, "I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be so naive. You are not a newcomer who just entered the palace. After some ups and downs, you don't understand at all?"

Nan Zhen didn't answer, but instead asked, "Have you ever heard of a saying, "The way is simple, and you can be strong without desire."

If you run out of tricks, sometimes you will only miss yourself.

Concubine Duan was taken aback, then shook her head, "It seems that we can't talk about it."

She would rather use all her scheming and die in her own hands than wait for others to manipulate her.

Seeing that Nan Zhen was sitting opposite with a calm expression, she couldn't help asking curiously, "What is your reliance that makes you feel that even if you don't fight or grab in the palace, you can live your life safely and smoothly?"

"Your Majesty is wrong, my heart is not within the four square palace walls, so naturally there is no question of relying on it or not."

Her heart is in the rivers and lakes, in the mountains and rivers, in the vast world.

The heavy palace gate can trap others, but it cannot trap her——

Unable to be trapped in every sense, physically and mentally.

This answer was so unexpected that Concubine Duan couldn't react for a while, and didn't really want to understand the meaning of her words.

It's not possible to become a concubine, and still fantasize about being released one day, right?That was a big joke.

"Forget it," Concubine Duan raised her head and pressed her eyebrows, "If you don't want to, I can't force you."

Nan Zhen: "Thank you, Ma'am, for your compassion."

"But I still want to remind you that once some choices are made, there is no room for regret."

There was a hint of threat in the words, Nan Zhen just ignored them, "I will never look back on what I have decided."

Concubine Duan almost laughed out of anger, nodded, and looked at the person sitting opposite, "Very good. I hope you can keep the edges and corners of your body, but don't let me down."

Nan Zhen just smiled and said nothing.

Yun Yin whispered a few words to the maids outside, then came forward again, and said to Concubine Duan, "Your Majesty, the chicken soup stewed in the small kitchen is ready, do you want to serve it up now?"

"Well," Concubine Duan raised her eyebrows slightly, "It happens that Concubine Li is here too, let's try it together."

(End of this chapter)