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Chapter 340 Ling Yi, chat with me
Recently, Emperor Zhao always felt that he was restless, but he couldn't find the reason.

Logically, everything went well for him recently, so he shouldn't feel this way.

After Shen Chuhan returned to Lindu, he really lived up to his expectations. With Thunder's wrist, most of the rights taken away by Jun Che were regained. The situation in the court was restored to balance. People take a wait-and-see attitude, which is exactly the situation of mutual checks and balances that he wants to see.

only--

Emperor Zhao frowned, looking at the full moon hanging high outside the window.

He always felt that things were not that simple.

Although Jun Che has recently shown an aggressive state in government affairs, while Shen Chuhan is only passively defending, but Emperor Zhao felt that the third son who came back halfway, the city is much deeper than the second son who showed his scheming.

That's why he felt wrong.

Logically, even though Shen Chuhan left Lindu, his subordinates are still there, so it is impossible for Jun Che to gain the upper hand so easily.Unless...he was deliberately showing weakness to paralyze himself.

Emperor Zhao curled up his fingers and tapped on the desk, with a cold light in his eyes.

If this is the case, Shen Chuhan must not take it lightly.

In fact, he has always known that Shen Chuhan is not a thing in the pool, if he keeps him, one day he will become a confidant.The reason why he is still holding back now is that one is to check and balance Jun Che, who is also ambitious, and the other is that he wants to see how powerful Shen Chuhan is. Only when his power is fully exposed can he be wiped out by himself, so that he will not resurface.

And the main reason why he dared to be so sure that things would not go beyond his control was that he had a very important bargaining chip in his hand.

As long as he has that bargaining chip in hand, Shen Chuhan will not dare to act rashly.

The corner of Emperor Zhao's lips curled up into a sneer, and his eyes fell on the memorial in front of him. After looking at ten lines at a glance, he slammed it shut with a "snap".

This group of old men, they are in charge of their own heads again!
A few days ago, he had overdone it, summoning three beautiful girls who had just entered the palace to attend the bed at the same time, playing and tossing around for most of the night, and overslept the next day, so he went to bed early.

Somehow, this incident spread to the ears of those courtiers, and each of them made several excuses earnestly, as if they had committed some heinous crime.What they said was high-sounding, saying that they should not indulge in female sex, but in fact, they were just afraid that their daughters and granddaughters who had been in the palace for a long time would fall out of favor.

He snorted coldly, and there was a ruthless glint floating in his eyes.

In fact, he doesn't have much interest in female sex, and he has been to the harem more often recently, because it is just a matter of heirs.

His heirs are few, and up to now, the only ones who can inherit the great line are Shen Chuhan and Jun Che.Unfortunately, these two people are not obedient masters. Once they sit on the throne, the next step is to aim at their own throne.

How could he allow this to happen?So recently the idea of ​​choosing another prince came into being.

But first of all, he had to "create" a prince to be selected, so recently he frequently summoned those beautiful women who had just entered the palace.Newly entered palaces are young, so they are more likely to conceive children.

As for the summoning of the three maids to bed that night, he admitted that he did something absurd, but he was just pissed off.

Thinking of her resolute eyes, I feel restless for a while.

If she hadn't reacted so strongly, and didn't even want to touch her finger even at the expense of hurting herself, why did she need to find another woman to anesthetize herself?

The hand resting on the table was clenched into a fist, and the veins burst out.

Why?Why is it that after so many years, she is still so unfeeling to herself, even refusing to take a second look at herself?Jun Wuyin has been dead for more than twenty years, why is she still thinking about him?
What is it that I am not as good as him? !

As soon as he thought of this, the anger in his heart continued to rise, and with a flick of his sleeve, the memorials on several cases fell to the ground.

Wang Xi, who was waiting on the sidelines, was taken aback, quickly knelt down, and said panickedly, "Your Majesty, calm down! Your Majesty, calm down!"

Emperor Zhao's eyes were gloomy, fixed on the scattered memorials on the ground, his thin lips were tightly pressed, and he said nothing.

Wang Xi didn't dare to say more, so he could only kneel down cautiously.

After a long time, Emperor Zhao looked at him seriously, "Get up."

Wang Xiying stood up with a respectful expression, glanced at the messy memorial on the ground, and said after deliberation, "It's getting late, should the emperor rest first?"

Emperor Zhao raised his head and took a deep look at the moonlight outside the window, his breath fluctuated a little.

Wang Xi took a careful look at the expression on his face, remembering the servant who had been waiting outside for a long time, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Luzi from the respect room is already waiting outside, look, do you want to call him in? "

Emperor Zhao frowned fiercely, and Wang Xi's heart also trembled violently.

"No need." Emperor Zhao said coldly, paused, and then said, "You go down too."

Wang Xi's brows and eyes moved slightly, as if he understood something, and he didn't dare to be negligent, he bowed in response, and after sorting out the scattered memorials on the ground, he quickly exited the inner hall and sent everyone out of the hall. Go to the gate of the hall and guard respectfully outside the hall.

After Wang Xi left, the hall became quiet again, and it became more and more empty.

Emperor Zhao stood up, took a deep breath, and the undercurrents surged in his eyes.He stared at the memorials piled up in front of him for a moment, then turned his eyes sharply to the neat row of bookshelves by the wall.

The fire in my heart seemed to be burning more and more.

Knowing that she would only be greeted by a frosty face in the past, but she couldn't restrain her eager heart, hesitated for a moment, and finally took a step forward and walked towards the bookshelf.

Standing next to the bookshelf is a Ru kiln floor-to-ceiling beauty vase with a few wintersweets in it, exuding a faint fragrance.

After a moment of thought, he stopped hesitating, stretched out his hand and turned the vase, and the bookshelf in front of him was instantly separated to the two sides, revealing the dark secret passage inside.

Emperor Zhao picked up a torch from the bookshelf, and lit the candlestick closest to him on the wall of the tunnel, only to hear a "swoosh", as if by some magical trick, the lamps on both sides of the tunnel wall moved from front to back. As soon as it was lit up, it immediately illuminated the tunnel that could not be seen.

The underground palace built by Lu Ban is naturally exquisite and extraordinary.

In the faint candlelight, the steps paved with white jade extend to the innermost part of the tunnel.

Emperor Zhao reached out to take a key from the wall, and then stepped into the tunnel.

The bookshelf behind him slowly closed, and Emperor Zhao's figure quickly disappeared at the turn of the tunnel.

After about half a cup of tea, a wooden door appeared in front of him. Emperor Zhao stopped, took out the key he had just removed from his sleeve, and inserted it into the copper lock on the door.

The lock is still new and looks like it was recently installed.

Emperor Zhao's deep eyes fell on the lock, and the shadows in his eyes were ups and downs.

On that day, he and Shen Chuhan were discussing matters in the bedroom. Unexpectedly, she escaped the guard of the maid and sneaked into the tunnel, trying to send a distress signal to Shen Chuhan. Fortunately, the maid found out in time and caught her before she had time to run to the secret door. He stopped her, but after all there was some movement, I don't know if Shen Chuhan became suspicious.

After that, he ordered someone to lock the wooden door, which could only be opened from the secret passage, completely sealing off the possibility of entering the secret passage from the underground palace.

As soon as the key was turned, there was a "click" in my ear, and the lock opened.

He stretched out his hand to open the wooden door and walked out. The moment he opened the door, there was a crisp bell ringing in the underground palace.

Familiar scenery appeared in front of my eyes.

The ever-vibrant and precious flowers and trees, the wooden swing entwined with green vines, and... the fiery phoenix tree behind it is still the most beautiful appearance of Langhuan Palace many years ago.

A door was opened on the thick trunk of the Phoenix tree. It turned out that the entrance to the secret passage was inside the trunk of the Phoenix tree.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Emperor Zhao's expression was a little dazed, and the anger in his heart seemed to disappear a little.

At this time, the maid who lived in the side hall heard the sound of the bell and came out.

The first one was the court lady who was called Aunt Lanxi that day. She was the oldest in the class, and seemed to be in her thirties or forties.

Four little maids followed behind, and the maid named Huaying from last time was also there.

Seeing Emperor Zhao, who was wearing a crimson purple dragon robe, standing in front of the phoenix tree, all of them looked solemn and solemn, and hurried towards Emperor Zhao.

The five people walked up to them, knelt down and saluted, "Your maidservant has seen the emperor."

"Get up." Emperor Zhao glanced at them lightly, and his cold eyes swept over several of them one by one.

"Didn't I tell you to send someone to guard the empress at night?" Seeing that all the maids in the underground palace were here, Emperor Zhao's face suddenly became a little angry.

Originally, he was not worried that Concubine Xiao would hurt her, but ever since she broke the teapot and wanted to cut her wrists that day, he had lingering fears, so he ordered someone to guard her in the bedroom at night.

Several palace maids froze and looked at the leader Lan Xi at the same time.

Lan Xi was helpless, pursed her lips and said, "Returning to the emperor, the empress said, she doesn't need to be guarded at night, and she won't be able to sleep." Seeing that Emperor Zhao's complexion was not very good, Lan Xi swallowed, and added, "Empress She also said that she will not do stupid things again, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Emperor Zhao relaxed his frown a little.

He knew Ling Yi well, since she said she would not do stupid things anymore, it meant that she had the desire to survive again.I don't know why, but my heart is always happy.

"Your Majesty is asleep?" His eyes drifted, and he landed on the closed main hall gate, his voice was a little softer.

Lan Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and replied aloud, "If you return to the emperor, the empress has already fallen asleep."

Emperor Zhao's gloomy gaze swept over her face, and he said coldly, "Knock on the door and tell me I'm here."

Lan Xi didn't dare to answer, so she had to answer, walked to the door of the palace and knocked on it, raising her voice slightly, "Your Majesty, the emperor is here to see you."

After waiting for a while, there seemed to be no response from the hall.

Lan Xi was helpless, and was about to knock again, but the palace door was suddenly pulled open from inside, and Concubine Xiao Gui, dressed in white, came out.

Even though it was winter, she was only wearing a thin floor-length dress, no makeup, and her long hair hanging down, making her look fairy-like.

The underground palace is designed with an insulation system, but it is not cold.However, Concubine Xiao was slender and dressed thinly, making her look even weaker and slender. In Emperor Zhao's eyes, she unconsciously showed pity.

"Ling Yi, why are you wearing so little?" Emperor Zhao moved his feet and hurried up to meet her, as if he was about to shake her hand.

Concubine Xiao Gui dodged her body, dodged his outstretched hand, and gave him a cold look, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

The smile froze on Emperor Zhao's face, a momentary darkness appeared in his eyes, and then quickly disappeared, and he still looked at Concubine Xiao with a smile, "I can't sleep, let's come and see you." His voice was soft, as if he was afraid of shocking Xiao The concubine is average.

Concubine Xiao Gui still had that cold expression on her face, "It's too late, I'm going to sleep, you go back."

Emperor Zhao didn't move his feet, and stared at her with gloomy eyes, showing a bit cold under the halo of Ye Mingzhu.

The few palace maids behind did not dare to show their anger, for fear that Emperor Zhao's anger would spread to them if they were not careful, only Lan Xi looked anxiously at Concubine Xiao Gui.

Just when Concubine Xiao Gui thought that Emperor Zhao would get angry, and was even ready to bear his anger, Emperor Zhao softened suddenly, looked at her and said, "Lingyi, I was the one who was wrong last time, I know what's in your heart It still annoys me. I really just want to come and see you this time, let me go in and have a chat with me for a while before I leave, okay?"

Seeing his gentle and careless appearance, Concubine Xiao felt disgusted, but she knew very well in her heart that at this time, she could not have any more conflicts with him, otherwise, if he strengthened the security of the underground palace, Shu'er wanted to save him. It is even more difficult to go out and rescue by yourself.

Thinking of this, the coldness on his face receded slightly, without saying a word, he turned and walked towards the hall.

Seeing that she did not object, Emperor Zhao was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed her.

Lan Xi bit her lower lip, and was about to follow, but Emperor Zhao suddenly turned his head as if he had eyes behind his back, and his cold eyes shot at Lan Xi.

Lan Xi's body froze, her footsteps were fixed on the spot, and she couldn't go any further, so she could only watch helplessly as the figures of Emperor Zhao and Concubine Xiao disappeared into the hall.

Huaying glanced at her, with a gleam in her eyes.

Wouldn't it spoil the Emperor's pleasure to follow up at this time?Although the emperor tolerated all kinds of concubines and concubines, he didn't have such a good temper towards the maids around the empress.

Thinking about it, she didn't want to increase the number of enemies, her eyelashes drooped, and she didn't make a sound.

Concubine Xiao Gui entered the main hall, but did not go to the inner hall, but sat down directly in the main hall.Emperor Zhao knew that he had forced her after he was drunk last time, which finally made her wary, and narrowed his eyes, he didn't say anything, just sat down beside her.

He raised his hand to pour two cups of tea, he was about to push one of the cups to Concubine Xiao, but he found the cup wall was a bit cold.Frowning, he took a sip from one of the cups, and quickly said to the outside of the hall in a deep voice, "Come here."

Lan Xi outside the hall was still thinking about something and didn't reply for a while.Huaying glanced at her, not daring to neglect her, and responded crisply, "Here we come."

Lan Xi did something wrong, and Concubine Xiao Gui was covering her, but if they did something wrong, Emperor Zhao would not show any mercy.

With a chill in his mind, he strode into the hall.

"What is the emperor's order?"

"This tea is cold, change the pot to warm it up!" Emperor Zhao frowned, and his tone was not very good.

"Yes." Huaying didn't dare to say more, she bowed her head and stepped forward, holding the teapot.

However, Emperor Zhao glanced at her, his expression a little sad, "Is this how you serve your empress?!"

Huaying shook her hand holding the teapot, and the water in the pot almost didn't spill out.

Her face turned pale, and she knelt down on the ground with a "plop", with a look of walking on thin ice in her eyes.

Ever since she was selected to come to this underground palace, she knew that her life could be easily lost at any time.

After all, these people have mastered Emperor Zhao's greatest secret.

She is not very old, but she has heard about Emperor Zhao's furious crown as a beauty back then.Killing his brother to usurp the throne, and forcibly taking his wife's wife as his wife, no matter what, it would be shocking to the world.

Later, when Emperor Zhao ascended the throne, the usurping of the throne gradually subsided, but the voices in the court asking Emperor Zhao to abolish Concubine Xiao became louder and louder, even causing political turmoil.

However, Emperor Zhao insisted on going his own way and suppressed the courtiers who took the lead in making the most troubles with iron and blood. The turmoil of this matter subsided a little, but some people still used the identities of Concubine Xiao and Emperor Zhao to speak out from time to time.

until--

Concubine Xiao Gui died of illness.

When she entered the palace, Concubine Xiao Gui had passed away for many years, and the harem was peaceful. Like many young and ignorant court ladies, she tried to win the favor of the most honorable man in the world.

but.

She didn't wait for the day when she would fly on a branch and become a phoenix, but she was chosen and sent to this underground palace because of her calm temperament and reliable work.

Only that day did she know that the woman who was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world hadn't died, but had lived in this dark underground palace for more than ten years!
On that day, she saw the huge palace of His Royal Highness, and also saw the noble concubine Xiao Lingyi who made Emperor Zhao dream of, but apart from shock, there was only endless fear in her heart.

This secret was too heavy for her, a little court lady, to bear it.

however--

She has already come here, and she has no choice at all.

There were three other maids who were sent in like her. She was named Huaying, and the other three were named Yueying, Fushu and Fangfei.

It's strange that neither of them had their original names.

The nanny who sent them here explained it, and sure enough, their mission was to take good care of Concubine Xiao, and to keep an eye on her, neither let her hurt herself nor let her escape from the underground palace.

Only then did she realize that the turbulent affair back then was just Emperor Zhao's wishful thinking!
Besides them, there was also an older maid named Lan Xi who was serving in this underground palace. They called her Aunt Lan Xi.

It is said that she was the maid of honor next to the imperial concubine, and lived with her in this underground palace for more than ten years.

But Huaying felt that the relationship between Lan Xi and the empress seemed a little strange.

(End of this chapter)