The Second Marriage of a Passionate Monarch: Princess Chongxi

Chapter 67
"No wonder she's a good sister. When I mention Lan Luo, my sister reacts."

"Yuexia, you are too presumptuous!" The queen growled, Concubine Li was still proud, but her expression was a little perplexed, "Yuexia, Lin Yuexia, if my sister doesn't call, I almost forget my name."

The queen didn't speak, her complexion didn't look very good, she had already started to turn red and scratched the back of her hands, this situation looked like she was allergic to sweet-scented osmanthus, Wei Young walked over instinctively, and handed Hua Yulu to her.

The queen raised her eyes, and the hand that was about to take Hua Yulu froze suddenly, her face was full of shock, "You you."

"Empress, how are you?"

Wei Young was puzzled, and approached subconsciously, but the queen kept backing away.

Concubine Li grabbed Wei Young, and kindly reminded the queen, "Sister, don't be afraid, it's not Lan Luo."

"Of course I know she's not Lan Luo!" The queen walked out of the Buddhist hall strong and calm, Alan supported her all the time, his hands were terribly cold.

"Then what is sister hiding?"

"I just don't want to make noise in the Buddhist hall and blaspheme the gods." After finishing speaking, the queen brought a bottle of Huayulu from the table, calmed down, and said coldly, "Concubine Li stays, everyone goes out. "

"Yes." Alan took the order and directly dragged Wei Young out.

The moment the door closed, Wei Young finally heard the empress' unbearable reprimand, "The empress dowager made repeated orders and five interrogations, you are not allowed to keep Lan Luo's relics, you are so brave, you dare to hide one, so you are not afraid that the empress dowager will blame you and put you in prison." Leng Gong?"

"I just made one according to the pattern, why should the empress panic?" Concubine Li also did not back down.

Wei Young was surprised, who is Lan Luo?One of the former three concubines?I heard it was Concubine Hui, could it be the Lan Luo they were talking about?

Originally, I wanted to listen for a while longer, but Alan was like watching a prisoner, which made Wei Young lose all interest.She wandered around the yard boredly. It seemed that the queen was really allergic to osmanthus. In such a large yard, there was not a single osmanthus tree.Su Qingning once said that there is an acquaintance who is also allergic to sweet-scented osmanthus, and it should be the empress!
"I heard that you have been getting very close to Concubine Li recently?" Alan was like the queen, although he was not a murderous person, he was cold enough to make people uncomfortable.

"Aunt Lan, Wei Young really can't handle it, what is far and what is near?"

A trace of displeasure flashed in Alan's eyes, "I advise you to rein in the precipice as soon as possible, Li Fei is using you."

"Really? Aunt Xie Lan is concerned."

"You don't believe it?" Alan felt very uncomfortable.

"Believe me." Wei Young raised her head and smiled innocently, but there were two big words written on her face: Don't believe me!
Sure enough, the way is different and they are not conspiring with each other. They are their own masters, so they can't talk about going together.After standing awkwardly for a while, Concubine Li suddenly slammed the door out with an angry expression on her face.

The queen stood extremely calmly at the gate of the palace, neither smiling nor angry, so calm that she was a little numb.

The difference from when we came here is that when we go back, Wei Young and Concubine Li are in the same carriage, God knows how nervous Wei Young is, for fear that Concubine Li will get angry and kick her down.

She originally wanted to say that she would go home today, but seeing that Concubine Li was furious, she dared not say anything.

"Isn't the palace's angry look scary?" Concubine Li suddenly turned her head and asked, Wei Young shook her head repeatedly, "No, the empress is always beautiful."

"Nonsense." Concubine Li didn't believe it, but there was a smile on her face, looking at Wei Young's young face, she was a little dazed.

"Niang Niang." Wei Young couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart, and asked, "Who is the Lan Luo you are talking about?"

Concubine Li's face turned cold, and Wei Young's heart rose to her throat, she should have known earlier that she couldn't ask.

"She..." Concubine Li sighed a long time as soon as she opened her mouth, closed her eyes as if thinking about it, and said, "She and I are first-time draftees, we entered the palace together, and lived in the same room when we were in Chuxiu Palace. , and we got to know each other naturally. We are similar in age and have similar preferences. In the deep palace far away from our family, we became sisters who depend on each other. We went through the palace selection together, were named nobles, and then accompanied the emperor as a concubine. Pregnant together. Almost inseparable. When the mood comes, we still wear the same hair bun and wear the same clothes. Even the emperor laughs that we look like twin sisters, although we don’t look alike at all.”

When Concubine Li spoke in a low voice, she was so gentle, Wei Young couldn't help wondering, if time went back another 20 years and returned to the way they first entered the palace, what a beautiful scene it would be.

Perhaps the happiest is when there is no intrigue, no competition for favor and power, and when you are ignorant.

"As for the queen, she was still a concubine at that time. Before the palace selection, we were selected by her into the Chuxiu Palace. She didn't have the airs of a concubine. Let us call her sister Xun. At that time, we really liked her , like her own sister. We don't understand anything, and our family background is not as good as other beautiful women. When we first arrived in the harem, we didn't have a good life. We even thought that we would never be favored by the emperor in this life, that's all In the old death palace. She is the one who protects us and helps us everywhere, and even calls us when we go to the lake with the emperor. After many times, the emperor also noticed us. We are not bad in appearance, and we are favored It will be a matter of time. After that, we will all become the emperor's women, a concubine Li and a concubine Hui. But the most popular harem belongs to the Su family, a queen dowager, and a queen. My sister has been in the palace for many years, and she has been bullied and suppressed. However, the strength of the three people is great after all. The days when we supported each other and walked in the deep palace were actually quite unforgettable. However, we didn’t know that after killing all gods, demons and Buddhas, only cannibalism remained. Empress Su fell into depression and became ill due to falling out of favor, and died soon after. For this reason, the Queen Mother, He has always held grudges against the three of us, but after the emperor refused his request to make another daughter of the Su family queen, he threatened to make the third concubine De, Hui and Li a neutral queen."

Wei Young was anxious, "So you two broke up your sisterhood for the sake of succession?"

Concubine Li shook her head, "No, we still want to be the same as before, as good, or even better, but we just don't want to make the Queen Mother happy, but..."

"But what, who is the person the emperor most wants to establish?" Wei Yang went back to that era and witnessed this desperate sisterhood. Why did Concubine De become the queen? According to the current situation, it is clear and beautiful. The concubine is more favored.

"Establishing an empress is not a trivial matter, and the emperor can't let the emperor decide. Maybe everything is God's will, and we are destined to fight and fight."

"What happened in the end?" Wei Young felt that when she heard the most important thing, she stopped abruptly.

"As you can see later, Concubine De became the queen." Concubine Li rubbed her temples, why did she still remember the past so clearly?

Wei Young knew that of course it wasn't that simple, but since Concubine Li didn't want to talk about it, I'm afraid it would be useless to ask any more.

"Time flies so fast, 20 years have passed in a flash. When I entered the palace, I was only your age, 16 years old, what a age." Concubine Li looked at Wei Young and said with a sigh.

"Does your empress regret entering the palace?"

Concubine Li shook her head, "I don't regret it."

"Even if I lose my sisterhood, I don't regret it."

"If I didn't enter the palace, I would have no chance to meet them, let alone the emperor."

"What about Lan Luo, no, it should be Concubine Hui. Is she really dead?" To be remembered by the emperor, what kind of peerless youth must be, more beautiful than Concubine Li? But, why did she die? ?Is it really a confidante!
Concubine Li couldn't hide her sorrow, and sighed softly, "She is just too stupid and stupid."

"If you are too smart and sober, will you be too tired?" Wei Young caressed Concubine Li's hand comfortingly, "Wei Young thought that living in a daze would be the happiest."

"You little confused!" Li Fei laughed, "I tell you this to let you understand that even good sisters may betray you, let alone others? You must be more careful and don't let down your vigilance on anyone."

"Is it the same for you, ma'am?" She smiled, with an innocent and sly look on her face.

Concubine Li was startled, Wei Young said again, "Aunt Lan just said that you are using me?"

"Oh, what do you think?"

"Yeah." Wei Young nodded heavily, "You are using me to anger the Empress and make me dress like Concubine Hui, she was so scared just now, she must have done something to disgrace Concubine Hui."

Concubine Li wasn't angry, instead she smiled warmly, showing her neat white teeth, touching Wei Young's face, her tone was like coaxing a child, "You're so smart."

"Mother", that moment, that feeling, made Wei Young blurt out.

"Missing your mother?" Concubine Li stroked her shoulder-length hair, "Do you want to go home?"

"Well, Tianqi has gone on an expedition, and my mother is the only one at home."

"After all, it's someone else's child, I can't keep it! Go back, if you need anything, tell me again."

"Can you tell me anything you need?"

"Of course!"

"Then, can you give Zhixi to me?"

Concubine Li frowned slightly, "That's right, it's true that you don't have a girl to serve you, and you are always reckless. But Zhixi can't, that girl is just like her sister, she accepts death, she is not transparent at all, she is not suitable You, let Amo choose a few dexterous court ladies for you."

"No, I just like Zhixi. Madam, didn't you just say that you agreed to everything?"

"Okay, okay, Zhixi is Zhixi." Concubine Li had a headache and didn't want to make a knot with her.

Wei Young was overjoyed, "Thank you, Madam!".

When he left the palace with Zhixi, dusk had already fallen, the sky and the earth were dark, and the palace lanterns had already been lit in the palace, which was as dazzling as daytime.

There are a few big glazed lanterns at the gate of the palace, Wei Young looked down at her own figure layer upon layer, just passed Shanghe Hall, she didn't even glance at it.This is the first time that she came to the palace without going to see Ming Yi.It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that.
"Let's go!" Wei Young said, Zhixi didn't understand for a moment, "Where are you going?"

"The sky is big, the earth is big, go wherever you want, leave the palace, you are free."

"However, Concubine Li asked her servants to serve you, how could she leave?"

"You are not a maid of Biyun Palace now, so you don't need to listen to her. Wouldn't it be good to let you be free to do what you want?" Wei Yang smiled, if she were herself, she would have disappeared without a trace.

"Slaves are already helpless, so what's the use of having that freedom? Now that the lady is driving the slaves away, the world is big, but there is no place for her."

"I'm not driving you away, just" I just thought you wanted to leave the palace, thinking that by doing so, I could pay you back a favor.

"Miss!" Zhixi suddenly knelt down, "I entered the palace as a maid at a very young age, and did nothing but serve others. If Miss does not give up, I am willing to serve Miss all my life."

"What are you doing, get up quickly." Wei Yang pulled her, but Zhi Xi was very stubborn, "Unless Miss agrees, living on the street is better than kneeling and dying at the palace gate."

Wei Young's heart felt cold, such a good girl, why must she be a girl.However, Zhixi's words really made her unbearable. In this troubled world, she is a weak woman, without relatives and helpless, where can she go?
"Get up!" Wei Young helped her.

"Miss."

Wei Young smiled gently, "Don't you want to, let's go home!"

Zhixi was a little dazed, looking at Wei Young's outstretched hand, she finally laughed and took it.At that moment, she suddenly missed her sister very much. If she was still alive, if she could give her back her freedom today, how wonderful it would be!
Following Wei Young to Tong's Mansion, watching Mrs. Tong greet them gently, and then give them something to eat, that feels like a home.

(End of this chapter)