This queen is not too curly

Chapter 64 Empress Don't Be Shy!

Night had fallen outside the carriage.

The light from countless palace lanterns.

Yan Yuan knew that this was a real invitation.

Since ancient times, there has been no retreat in the covenant of emperors. The step she took today has since chosen her own camp.

Just like daddy assisted the first emperor back then.

She walked by his side and knew his secret. Unless Chen Ling died, or she died, the shackles on her would never be removed.

She used to think that she would not have the slightest hesitation, but at this moment, she lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at the palace behind the carriage.

Outside the imperial city is the imperial capital.

Farther away from the imperial capital, there is another gate.

Walking out of the customs, it is the land of Kyushu, the world is flat.

Those are very good worlds, and she once determined to spend her whole life to appreciate them, but there are things she has to do in this palace.

The two roads of life are close at hand, right now.

Yan Yuan stood there and hesitated.

Chen Lingchen just stood there, maintaining the same posture, waiting for her.

It seems like 1 years have passed.

After all, Yan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, raised her cold hand, and placed it in Chen Lingchen's palm.

Everything in this world has a price.

She wants something.

Not greedy.

Yan Yuan's fingertips landed on Chen Lingshen's palm, cold and warm intersected, and her heart trembled slightly at that moment.Then Chen Lingchen gathered his fingers together and led her out of the carriage by the hand.

The palace people outside had already knelt on the ground.

The night was dark, and they didn't see the people around Ling Chen clearly at first, but when he led Yan Yuan out of the carriage and stood under the palace lantern, everyone finally saw clearly that the person standing beside the emperor was not Concubine Xu, but the current empress .

Immediately, the sound of breathing at the entrance of the entire palace was silent and audible.

Shock was written all over everyone's face. They stood there in a daze until the cold wind blew, and then they suddenly came back to their senses, knelt down and shouted:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and the return of the Empress—!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and the return of the Empress—!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and the return of the Empress—!"

Yan Yuan lowered her head, her gaze fell on Chen Lingchen's hand.

He didn't lift it out of courtesy, but actually held her hand, and the warm feeling spread into her palm from the place where he held it.

Yan Yuan was a little flustered, but she didn't dare to withdraw her hand easily, she could only lower her head and bear it silently.

She wasn't hypocritical or shy, but when she was dragging the raft in the snow field, two bloodstains were drawn on her palm by the rope.Now the color of the scar has faded, but there are two scars left on her palm, replacing the original palm prints.

She was worried that Chen Ling would find out, so she didn't dare to move.

Fortunately, there was an interruption.

As early as she had just stepped out of the carriage, a huge meat ball ran up towards the carriage.It was an extremely fat eunuch, holding a cup of tea, he ran tremblingly to the front of the carriage, and knelt in front of the carriage with Doctor Mu of the imperial hospital.

Doctor Mu said: "Your Majesty is tired from boats and carriages, please have a cup of ginseng tea first."

Fat Qiu said: "Mother...the empress has worked hard all the way, and the slave has prepared a bowl of silver leaf soup."

Under the palace lantern, the fat ball eunuch's face was dripping with sweat.

Yan Yuan only felt that the ball looked familiar, and after a closer look, she was immediately delighted.Isn't this the Lian Zhang of the Congdu mansion, together with Chen Lingchen, the standard of serving tea and pouring water is so high?

The small bowl on Lian Shi's tea table is made of jasper, and the soup inside is mixed with green and white, crystal clear, it looks like it can satisfy the stomach, and it is cool and moistens the throat.

It's a pity that I can't eat it.

Yan Yuan looked at it eagerly, feeling extremely sorry.

Chen Ling said calmly: "The empress is cold and can't drink the silver leaf soup."

Even the calves in charge were trembling.

He doesn't want to either.

But just now the palace lanterns were dim, and the light was not enough to illuminate everyone's faces clearly. He didn't have time to distinguish them when he rushed out.

"The servant thought the weather was hot..."

Before he could even finish his stuttering explanation, someone stepped forward and slapped him hard: "Bold slave! Stupid thing! Slacking off on your mother, hurry up and kowtow!"

It was his master, Eunuch Tu Shan, who gave him a step up at a critical moment.He pushed Lian Zhangshi away and bowed in front of Yan Yuan to salute: "The empress forgives the sin, the empress calms down, don't care about this stupid thing."

Eunuch Tu Shan raised his head, with a pleasant smile: "The servant has prepared warming and nourishing medicinal food for the empress, and it is heating up in the imperial dining room right now, and will be sent to Wangshu Palace later."

When he spoke, Lian Zhang kowtowed non-stop beside him.

Yan Yuan: ...

This silver leaf soup was supposed to be for Song Waner to drink, and the spherical manager’s flattery can’t be said to have photographed a horse’s leg, but rather a horse’s shoe. It’s really unlucky .

Yan Yuan wanted to laugh, but was too embarrassed to laugh, so she turned her gaze to the eunuch in front of him.

The eunuch looked about fifty, and was dressed in rare and luxurious clothes, which she had never seen before.

She asked curiously, "Who are you?"

The eunuch bowed and saluted: "My slave, Tu Shan, works as the head of the Internal Affairs Department. He is the master of this idiot. I would like to take it on his behalf, and I ask my mother to punish me."

He bent down to salute, his gray hair meticulous.

"That's all." Chen Ling said solemnly, "The autumn night is frosty and cold, the empress should go back to the palace to rest."

Yan Yuan was taken aback, but before she could react, she was led by Chen Ling's hand and took a step forward.

Chen Lingchen held her hand all the way, bypassed the sedan chair, and walked directly into the shadow of the deep palace.

Everyone was still standing there.

A cool breeze blows.

Finally, a woman in water green clothes came down from the carriage that was parked beside her. She was none other than Concubine Xu, who had been unparalleled in the past.

At this time, her face was gloomy, as if a storm was about to come, and she didn't even give a wink to the people at the gate of the palace.After getting out of the car, she got into the chariot directly, and soon disappeared into the dark night.

Lian Shi suddenly trembled, and asked in a trembling voice: "Master... what is this..."

Under the palace lantern, Eunuch Tu Shan said calmly: "The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, isn't it common to change the sky?"

……

Like this, Yan Yuan was held by Chen Lingchen all the way, and she didn't know how many horrified looks she attracted along the way. She just felt that her back was about to be poked.

After finally getting to the gate of Wangshu Palace, her hands were finally freed.

Under the night, Chen Ling let go of his hand, and looked at Yan Yuan with warm eyes.

Yan Yuan felt her scalp go numb, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty... you don't need to enter Wangshu Palace, do you?"

Chen Ling said seriously, "No need."

Why don't you go now?

Is it not enough to be looked at all the way?
Yan Yuan laughed dryly: "...then the concubine will retire first?"

Chen Ling said calmly, "Yes."

Yan Yuan: "..."

Yan Yuan looked at him silently.

She can probably guess that he was just doing a show to tell the world about the harmony between the emperor and empress, especially the former court and the empress dowager.

But is it necessary to use such... nasty battle?
Yan Yuan rubbed her palms.She couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind, but she was so tired, she just wanted to lie down as soon as possible, and she didn't want to fight wits with him at all.

Yan Yuancao bowed deeply to Chen Ling, and ran back to the bedroom as if fleeing.

Under the night, Chen Ling watched Yan Yuan's back deeply.

Luo Ziqiu appeared behind Chen Lingchen silently, and he said, "Huiqiu has captured Qin Jianyue and conveyed His Majesty's intention to send him to look for someone. He should not run away again."

Chen Ling remained silent.

Luo Ziqiu followed his gaze: "Your Majesty has finally figured it out, do you want to file a case with your empress?"

Seeing that Chen Lingshen was noncommittal, Luo Ziqiu said lightly: "The empress is indeed better."

Song Wan'er and her mother's family are all upstarts after all, far inferior to the Yan family in terms of foundation, not to mention that Dingbei Marquis Yan Zhou still has many old clans that hold important positions in the court.

The camaraderie in the military camp is unusual.Although Yan Zhou has now relinquished his military power, if he ascends to the top one day, it is really uncertain what will happen.

Chen Lingshen was able to let go of his prejudice against Yan Zhou, which is really gratifying.

It's just that today's battle is really...

Luo Ziqiu smiled lowly: "Your Majesty did it on purpose, right?"

Back then when he brought Song Wan'er back to the palace, he only used the highest etiquette to make a big noise, so that the truth of his favor spread throughout the court and the public as quickly as possible.

Unlike today, holding hands and walking her back to the palace.

Although the movement was small, it caused even more gossip.

He didn't hope that Chen Lingchen would not answer, but he did not expect him to lower his eyebrows in response: "Yes."

Looks like I'm in a good mood.

Luo Ziqiu hooked the corner of his mouth and asked, "Oh? Does Your Majesty have any deep meaning?"

Obviously it can be done step by step, why bring the empress to the forefront?

Chen Ling said calmly: "Because I don't want her to sleep too comfortably tonight."

Luo Ziqiu:? ? ?

Chen Ling cast his eyes over Luo Ziqiu and landed on the courtyard wall of Wangshu Palace, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an evil curve.

Ever since Yan Yuan entered, the lights in the palace walls seemed to be brighter, and the little lights revealed warmth in the cold night.

She always seems to have a way of going with the flow.

Like on the way back today.

The carriage was bumping and the birds were chirping loudly. She leaned against the corner of the carriage, her body curled up like a comfortable mushroom.

She actually fell asleep several times in a row.

……

That night, rumors spread quickly in the palace as Chen Lingchen expected.

Before offering sacrifices to the imperial mausoleum, the current empress was just a decoration in the harem, and everyone knew that the emperor favored Concubine Xu.

The imperial concubine Xu was already beautiful, and she had the grace to save the emperor's life. The emperor treated her with deep affection and kindness, and even more so to make her the empress, so he almost turned against the empress dowager.

But who would have thought that everything would be different after just leaving the palace for a few days.

The emperor and empress returned together, the Holy One personally took the empress's hand and sent her back to Wangshu Palace, without even turning back to wait for Concubine Xu...

It is said that these changes were all caused by an encounter in the mountain behind the imperial mausoleum.

Everyone knows that the empress of the current dynasty is cowardly and boring, and she has not been sanctified since she entered the palace for a long time.

No one knows what happened between the emperor and the empress that night in Houshan, from avoiding to seeing each other to returning together hand in hand.

So there are many new speculations in the rumors: What kind of deal did the Holy Majesty have with Dingbei Hou, or did the ancestors on the mountain show their spirits and point out the empress?Could it be that the empress met something that robbed people's hearts in the back mountain?

Rumors are like weeds that grow with the wind.

Yan Yuan didn't sleep very well this time.

As soon as she returned to Wangshu Palace, she was dragged into the bedroom by the excited Ruan Zhu, and listened to her "teaching" the tricks of fighting for favor for more than an hour.Those moves were bizarre, she was dumbfounded when she heard them, and had a living nightmare that night.

The eyes in the dream were shining, chasing her and shouting: "Your Majesty, don't be shy! Work hard!"

In her dream, she was running around with her head in her arms.

Woke up the next day feeling even worse.

"Miss?"

Just after dawn, Ruan Zhu stood at the head of the bed lovingly and called out.

"..."

"Your Majesty, shall we go to the Qianzheng Palace today and strike while the iron is hot?"

"..."

"Your Majesty, don't sleep yet, I have a happy event and haven't had time to tell your Majesty!"

"..."

"Someone is coming from the Empress Dowager's palace."

Yan Yuan finally opened her eyes.

She hadn't heard from the owner for a long time.

Presumably, it was the dog emperor's behavior last night that finally caught the attention of her original employer and made her alert.

Yan Yuan lowered her eyebrows in thought.

Ruan Zhu didn't notice the strangeness that made her, she said happily: "The queen mother has sent a decree, and the empress has meritorious companionship, and she bestows a Yurong garden."

Ruan Zhu raised his eyebrows with joy: "Rongyuan is the bathing pool built by the late emperor for the empress dowager. From the previous dynasty to the present, there are only a few concubines who can bathe in it. The empress dowager treats her empress very favorably."

She said with joy.

Yan Yuan was in a trance when she heard it.

Rongyuan... a bath?
Yan Yuan lowered her head in a daze, and glanced at her palm.

The scars on her palms had already turned white, but how many scars did she have on her body?
In an instant, no amount of drowsiness was left.

Yan Yuan's head was buzzing.

After a long time, she learned about the origin of this Rongyuan from Ruan Zhu's excited description.

After the Empress Dowager gave birth to the prince, she accidentally suffered a headache due to postpartum depression. The imperial doctor suggested that the Empress Dowager should bathe with warming and tonic herbs every day, and soak for two hours in the morning and evening to get rid of the serious illness.

However, ordinary bathtubs or bathtubs cannot keep the water warm for such a long time. If the hot water is changed frequently, the amount of medicinal materials in the water cannot be controlled.

Therefore, the first emperor built a recuperating bath for the queen mother, which was Rongyuan.

The Rong Garden is built with bricks and tiles. There are two layers of bricks and tiles, and the middle is empty. When the Empress Dowager takes a bath, the palace people burn charcoal fire on the bottom layer to heat the air in the middle layer, so that the bathing pool on the top layer is always warm. It is suitable for long baths.

A year later, the Empress Dowager's hair really got better. She no longer needed to take a bath every day, but the Rong Garden remained. In the following years, it became the place where the Empress Dowager rewarded the concubines and imperial wives.

"Only when the empress concubine gives birth to an heir, or if the minister makes great contributions, will the empress dowager bestow the Yurong Garden."

"When Concubine Xu's favor was at its peak, she didn't even touch the edge of Rongyuan."

"Your Majesty, this is a great honor!"

Ruan Zhu's eyes were shining, and his fiery gaze surrounded Yan Yuan.

Yan Yuanchi asked: "Bath giving...is the person serving us from our own palace?"

Ruan Zhu looked inexplicable: "Of course there is a special person to take care of it. The medicinal materials used in the bath are all skin-nourishing and rejuvenating. They are prescribed by the doctor of the Imperial Hospital. There are also special medical girls who will massage and massage the mother to dredge the meridians. These things are slaves. None of them will."

Of course, giving a bath is not as simple as taking a bath, the procedures are very complicated.

Yan Yuan: "..."

Yan Yuan only felt that it could make her temples swell and ache. She stretched out her hand and rubbed her head, the uneasiness in her heart slowly spread from her fingertips to her chest.

Ruan Zhu was still immersed in joy, looked up and saw Yan Yuan's complexion was not good, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty is not feeling well? Did you not sleep well last night?"

Yan Yuan was silent for a while, then sighed: "I have a headache... Let Chen Niang come over."

Chen Niang soon arrived at Yan Yuan's bedroom.

At that time Yan Yuan was already lying on the bed.

Yan Yuan unbuttoned her clothes, completely exposing her back to Chen Niang's sight, then sighed and buried her head in her arms.

She asked Chen Niang in a muffled voice: "Is there any help?"

(End of this chapter)