Thin Mei·Love Fragrance Quilt

Chapter 179

The old shadow wall in the palace courtyard has long been mottled and disfigured, and the glazed patterns that have been exposed to the sun and rain for an unknown number of years are missing one piece, and the gray bricks are exposed, and the original pattern has long been unrecognizable.A black cat was swaggering past the screen wall, with a strong nasal voice, and with a very eerie "meow", it ran to the eaves on the other side.

Some kind of drought-resistant grass grows on the eaves, which are either high or low, straight and straight, like someone who tried his best to raise his head and howled hissingly towards the boundless sky.

Xiang'er and Taozi followed behind her, and they couldn't help hugging their arms.

Taozi muttered, "Why is it so gloomy here?"

Xiang'er said: "Isn't this a cold palace? The concubines who were deposed in the past dynasties came here, most of them died at a young age, some died of illness, and some were killed by others. The number is countless. How many does this palace have?" For many years, this place has been the tomb of abandoned concubines for so many years, so it's no wonder it's not so dark!"

But Qianmei touched the long whip that had been buckled back to her waist these days, and said: "Don't be afraid, even if there are female ghosts who come out, I will punish them with two whips to whip them away!"

It made them both laugh, which made them feel more relaxed.

When following the servant into one of the rooms, Ke Qianmei was thrown head-on by a spider web swaying in the wind, and she sneezed involuntarily.

At this time, Queen Shen said in a hoarse voice: "It's strange that a wild girl from a barbaric land is more delicate than me!"

The doors and windows on all sides of the house were already dilapidated.

In order to block the increasingly bitter autumn wind, the two windows facing north were blocked with rags or oiled paper, but it took a lot of effort for Qianmei to get used to the darkness in the room and see clearly the woman sitting on the inner bed. Empress Shen.

Her hairpin rings were gone, she was dressed in plain clothes, her unpainted face could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but it seemed softer than usual.

She stared blankly at Ke Qianmei standing in front of her like a jade tree, and murmured: "I always thought he was unintentional, but now I know that he has been planning. From the day of the palace, he has a plan!"

What she said was nonsensical, but Qian Mei could guess what she meant, and sighed: "He is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he naturally puts the world first. He married you, of course, because you are Shen Du's daughter. Like your father marrying you to him and being proud of you is nothing more than because he is the emperor."

Empress Shen nodded and said: "Yes, I am a chess piece. I am father's chess piece and his chess piece. But I always think that I am not someone else, I am his wife, and I came in from Qianyuan Gate Empress Da Zhou. He is playful and troublesome, but he has always been very kind to me, and I always thought he still had me in his heart."

But Qianmei laughed: "Of course I have you. Your surname is Shen, how dare he not have you in his heart?"

Empress Shen moved her body, and the unrecognizable broken wooden couch made a moaning, creaking sound, as if it was about to break apart at any moment.

Empress Shen also seemed to be groaning: "I'm so stupid, I'm really so stupid! I always thought he was sincerely treating me well, and every time I saw him intentionally or unintentionally dividing the power of our Shen family, I always told my father to abide by it." The way of a monarch and his ministers, don't interfere too much in political affairs outside of my duty. As long as I give birth to a prince, I will be the future monarch, and everything in the future will belong to my son. I'm not happy, I'm afraid it will cause me to fall out of favor. I never thought about it, in fact, I have never been favored."

But Qian Mei couldn't help sighing: "You are much more stupid than Imperial Concubine Yuwen! Although Imperial Concubine Yuwen does some stupid things, she is a sensible person after all."

"He treats Imperial Concubine Yuwen better than me."

Empress Shen seemed to be sobbing, "At least he made Imperial Concubine Yuwen pregnant. But he gave me that fragrant dew that would cause infertility. Before my birthday, I went back to the house with him to visit my relatives. Some of the guests who knew medicine quietly told me I thought he was unintentional, because Concubine Xie De, Concubine Du Xian and the others also had Xianglu. But now...you see, he has long wanted to wipe out the Shen family, and it is useless for the Queen Mother to help. He ...It's all right if he doesn't like me, why wouldn't he even give me a child?"

How dare she still think that at least the Empress Dowager Xuan, who is related to the Shen family, is helping her?

But Qian Mei sighed: "You are so stupid. If you let you give birth to a prince, how can he deal with your Shen family so cleanly and without any scruples? What's more, you are a concubine. After giving birth to a prince, you must be registered as a prince. How could he let you be a prince?" The Shen family has such an extra bargaining chip that cannot be thrown away? How can he let the future monarch have such a disgraceful mother family?"

Empress Shen's face was as white as a ghost, and she said in a low voice: "Yes, I'm stupid. I thought you were a stupid foreign woman with an open mouth, and it was easy to deal with. It turns out that even you are much smarter than me. The Shen family lost , Extinct, I am dying too. But can you tell me, why am I still thinking about him? I hate him for punishing me, I hate him for being ungrateful, but why do I still think about him? "

It was as if someone had whipped her, but Qian Mei's heart felt tense and painful.She forced a smile and said: "He punishes you all over the family, he is ungrateful and ungrateful, do you still think about him?"

Empress Shen seemed to be unable to stand, her body was tilted, and she slowly fell down on the bed, her smile was uglier than her cry.

She hoarsely said: "Yes, I am thinking of him. Since I was locked up here, I have given all the hairpins and rings I brought over to the stewards in charge of the cold palace, and I just ask them to send a message to the emperor. I want to see him, I want to see him... In fact, I don't know what to say when I see him, but I just want him to come over and take another look at him."

But Qianmei's face turned pale, but she laughed loudly and said: "Are you crazy? If someone punishes me all over the family and dares to be unkind to me, I will want him to die no matter what, even if we die together, I will not let him go." !"

Empress Shen sobbed, her voice getting lower and lower: "So, I'm stupid, I'm useless... I miss him even more, but I miss him even more... I hope someone else can avenge me. But Qian Mei, Will you avenge our Shen family?"

But Qian Mei was startled, and laughed even harder: "Empress Shen, are you really crazy? Do you know how good Tian Xiao treats me? Do you know why Tian Xiao drove you away from the position of queen in such a hurry? He I hoped that I would give birth to a prince soon, and you justified me to be a queen! I avenged the Shen family? Think about how you slandered me about the Xueyan incident. If I don’t add a few words, let the Shen family die a few more people It would be kind to avenge myself!"

"Xueyan, the secret poison of Beihe..."

Black blood slowly overflowed from Queen Shen's mouth, and she groaned softly, "Actually, I have done a lot of evil things, and I died unjustly... It's just... the crimes that were placed on my head... Obviously I didn't do it... ..."

Xiang'er and the others also noticed something was wrong, and screamed.

But Qianmei rushed forward, supported her and said, "You...what's the matter with you? The emperor...doesn't seem to want you to die!"

Empress Shen gasped for breath, and vomited blood out of her mouth.

Amidst the smell of blood and death, she hissed: "I miss him! I hate him! I can't see him, I can only see his most beloved woman and feel his breath...I'm stupid, I'm so happy Stupid...I...damn me..."

But Qian Mei hurriedly said to the two maids who were in a panic but did not dare to approach: "Go and tell the imperial physician. She... she has taken poison!"

When Xiang'er and Taozi rushed out in a hurry, Empress Shen suddenly clutched Ke Qianmei's sleeves tightly, her chest heaved violently, and she tried her best to spit out words: "The little Fuzi who committed suicide in Qianyuan Palace is indeed... A member of the Shen family. He said...he...didn't lie!"

But Qian Mei turned pale, glanced at the two maids who had already run out of the room, and said in a low voice: "What little blessing, big blessing, I can't remember."

Empress Shen didn't argue with her, she just stared at her behind, slowly stretched out her hand, tilted her head in a very charming posture, and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, have you come to take me back to the palace?"

But Qian Mei was startled, and when she hurriedly looked back, the door was drooping, the window was drooping, only the spider took the trouble to mend the broken web over and over again, how could there be half a person?
Just when I felt a little creepy, a gust of wind suddenly passed through the broken window, blowing away the oil paper that was barely holding it, and it shattered with a "chi la", flying like paper money in the cramped room.

The wind was strong, and there was only a "bang", and the broken door knocked on the wall again, followed by the creaking sound of the wood that was about to break.

The door was opened, and it was extremely cold in the room, but finally a string of light penetrated into it.

But Qianmei turned her head, and saw that half of Empress Shen was about to stretch out of the bed, almost all her black hair was dragged to the ground, and one hand was stretched forward persistently.

Her five fingers were blue and white, her nails were pitch black, and her lips were black and stained to the brim. She was extremely ferocious, but her expression was full of hope and surprise.

Ke Qianmei squatted down, carefully picked up her hair, and helped her back to the bed to lie down.

Her eyes were half-open, the pupils dilated.

But Qianmei reached out her hand and closed her eyes that refused to close.

There were hot tears, which wet her palms in an instant, making her shivering.

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When Tang Tianxiao returned to Yiqing Palace at night, he saw Mei Jieyu kneeling beside Ke Qianmei, beating her leg lightly.

He was stunned and didn't dare to ask. He waited for Mei Jieyu to come forward to greet him and said, "I don't need you to serve me here. Go back to Baohe Palace first!"

Mei Jieyu retreated in response, but Qian Mei said lazily, "Hey, do you feel distressed?"

Tang Tianxiao didn't answer, dragged her to sit beside him, and asked, "I heard that you ordered someone to bury Shen Fengyi as a concubine?"

Ke Qianmei squinted at him, and said softly: "Could it be that someone threw her broken mat into a mass grave?"

"Of course... no."

Tang Tianxiao squinted his phoenix eyes, "However, it is inevitable that Shen Fengyi will be implicated in the Shen family's treasonous crime."

Ke Qianmei nodded and said: "So even if she was once the emperor's bedside person, she was doomed to die a bad life every day when her family turned upside down and she kissed me?"

Tang Tianxiao was embarrassed, and said slightly annoyed: "Who wanted her to die? It's not that you didn't see it. It's because she took the poison herself, and it's not that I can't tolerate her. Besides, she deserved what happened to her like this? It's really according to the laws of the Great Zhou. , those things she did should have been capital crimes a long time ago!"

"That's right, at least those palace ladies who were killed to death are not recent events, and it's not even a secret in the palace. If she kills those people when the Shen family is so powerful, it's actually the same as killing them." A few cats and dogs make no difference."

But Qianmei smiled at him with her face up, "Maybe she didn't even think that she would be doomed because of this?"

Killing a few palace servants is indeed no different from killing a few cats and dogs.

Empress Shen's doom, of course, was not caused by this.

Tang Tianxiao didn't want to answer her words. He played with her thick black braids on her chest, and said softly: "Look at your hair, it's loose. Otherwise, I'll comb your hair, so you can sleep comfortably ,Okay?"

Ke Qianmei tilted her head to look at him, and asked, "Aren't you going to accompany Mei Jieyu?"

"You are savage again!"

Tang Tianxiao patted her on the head, "Why should I accompany her properly? Could it be that you hate me and want to drive me away from others?"

"That's not true. You also know that I like you very much."

But Qian Mei suddenly smiled strangely, "But I just heard that she was pregnant, so I called her over and took a bowl of abortion medicine."

Tang Tianxiao's face changed unconsciously, and he said in a stuttering voice, "You...what did you say?"

But Qianmei fluttered her thick black eyelashes with extremely beautiful curves, and said indifferently: "Didn't you say that after you are with me, you will only be with me? Then how did she get pregnant?"

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