Concubine's true colors

Chapter 512
Let's not mention how anxious Xiao Jinxuan was in her heart, but on the surface she rushed back to Zhaoyang Palace to change her palace attire with great composure.

Simply speaking, this would be feared by the other party, and both Shen Wenqing and Empress Chen would be shut out, Xue Yi, the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace, who had no choice but to do anything.

Now she is upright and calm, standing in the main hall of Fengxiang Palace with all manners.

Caressing the dazzling coral tree in front of her with one hand, Yeying paid tribute to her, like a ruby-like coral tree, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, showing a more graceful attitude.

Empress Xue was born in the family of the Prime Minister, and she has been in the Phoenix position for decades, and now she has the dignity and elegance precipitated from her body.

Even if Concubine Liang is now the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, it is absolutely difficult for her to surpass Empress Xue on this point.

And looking at Empress Xue who couldn't put it down, stroking the red coral's behavior, standing on the other side of the coral tree, Fujiwara Osamu who entered the harem on the grounds of offering a secret recipe.

It was seen that the Lord Ye Ying, now he would simply regard the precious coral tree in front of him as nothing.

From the beginning to the end, his eyes were staring directly at Empress Xue without concealment, as if he wanted to imprint each other's every frown and smile deeply in his mind.

And don't look at Empress Xue who has never looked at Fujiwara Xiu, but after decades of ups and downs in the harem, she has long practiced the ability to grasp everything around her at all times.

Therefore, it can be seen that after Xue Hou withdrew her hand from stroking the coral, and took a sip of the fragrant tea handed by Zuo Wen, she immediately said without raising her head:

"Mr. Ye Ying, since your prescription for preserving corals has been delivered to the empress. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave. After all, as the monarch of Fanbang, it is not appropriate for you to meet the empress alone. Just now, the Empress Dowager Xigong and Concubine Shen have already come to make trouble, I don't want to disturb the peace of the harem just because of you, isn't that the empress' fault."

But hearing Empress Xue's words, I saw that Fujiwara Xiu not only didn't intend to step away, but laughed a few times in a low voice, and then said calmly:

"Xue Yi, you and I are also old friends. A mere concubine who has been suppressed by you for many years and is now the Empress Dowager of the Jin Dynasty. Plus a little concubine who is not well-known, how can they get you. I entered the palace in person today, In fact, you should be clear that I did not come here purely to present the secret recipe. I ambushed Zhou Xianyu but failed to kill him. I do owe you an inescapable fault. And I also hope that this matter will not become our cooperation After all, you can't do without Yeying's secret help, and I can't do without the assistance of resources and weapons you provide. So we still need to cooperate closely, so I think it is the best choice."

Gently put the teacup in his hand on the tea table aside, Xue Hou looked up at Osamu Fujiwara.

Immediately afterwards, a gloomy and cold flashed in her eyes, and her tone became cold as she said:

"Mr. Fujiwara, since you came to the same book to talk about business, then I, Xue Yi, will tell you straight to the point. It is because you failed to kill Zhou Xianyu last time, so that the other party was lucky enough to return to Da Zhou unharmed." That's why my son Xiantai was forced to ascend the throne, which was greatly affected. Now my only son who can compete for the throne is dead, and this queen is almost trapped in the harem, being oppressed and restrained by that little bitch Xiao Jinxuan every day .In the end, this is all caused by you Ye Ying, such a stupid and useless ally, what use is I, Xue Yi, for you!"

Not only did Empress Xue have dark eyes, every word she said was filled with dissatisfaction and anger.

But Osamu Fujiwara at the side was not annoyed and did not defend himself, but looked at Empress Xue's raised face with a little obsession, and said irrelevantly in his mouth:

"Yi'er, we haven't seen each other for decades. I remember that when I was the prince, I met you by chance in the street market when I was on a mission. At that time, you were entangled with vendors for a string of red coral bracelets for a long time. , just because you, the concubine of the Xiangfu, sneaked out to play, but forgot to bring the silver. I could only look at the bracelet and worry but couldn't buy it. I, Fujiwara Osamu, will never forget how bright and beautiful you were at that time Smart. From the first moment I saw you, I was like a demon, deeply attracted by your every frown and smile. As long as there is your place, my eyes will never move away."

Empress Xue, who was still angry because Zhou Xianyu was not dead, and blamed Yeying, heard that Osamu Fujiwara suddenly talked about the past.

Immediately, her expression froze for a moment, and then a trace of melancholy and trance flashed in her eyes.

Then he raised his right hand and caressed his cheek, and said with a trace of vicissitudes and exhaustion in his voice:
"Decades have passed in a flash, and this queen is no longer the reckless little girl who caught you and borrowed money from Fujiwara-kun regardless. And now I am old and decrepit, and I have spent my whole life ups and downs In this harem. The endless calculation of chips, the empress may indeed be physically and mentally exhausted. But once the sea was too difficult, the past was wiped away like a cloud of smoke. Since we can't go back to the original age, the past will not be mentioned again It's necessary."

Fujiwara Xiu saw that Empress Xue, who had always looked cold since he came to Fengxiang Palace today, finally showed a trace of melancholy and tenderness on her face.

Osamu Fujiwara, who has been infatuated with Xue Yi all his life and has never forgotten him even now, saw him caressing the coral tree beside him with one hand, and said with nostalgia in his mouth:

"Yi'er, look at what you are talking about. In my eyes, it doesn't matter whether it has been ten years, 20 years, or 30 years. You are still that little girl Xue Yi, even if you later abandoned me and chose to enter the palace and become the Great Zhou." You are the empress of the East Palace, and now you are the empress dowager of the East Palace. But I still haven’t forgotten that you like red jade coral, so all the congratulatory gifts from Ye Ying in these years have always been red jade coral. Others only think that Ye Ying Linhai is rich in coral , but I don’t know that the corals that are sent to Dazhou each time are carefully selected by me. Just because one or two of them can catch your eyes and be loved by you, so I can be regarded as a gift for myself. Your love has been sent to Yier's side."

Since Xue Yi entered the palace seal, because of the influence of his mother's family's prime minister's mansion, it has become more and more powerful.

So from Emperor Ming's husband, all she got was defense and endless damage.

The child was forcibly aborted, and Emperor Ming firmly stated that the son of a prince must not have the blood of the Xiangfu. At that moment, Empress Xue fell into endless despair.

Later, she was forced to raise Zhou Xiantai, a child who had no blood relationship with her. I thought that I had sacrificed so much for the royal family, but Xue Yi would silently think in his heart that Emperor Ming would naturally miss her, at least give her more Much respect and grace.

But when Princess Huangfu Yingyue entered the palace and became Concubine Rou, Empress Xue understood what it means to be loved by three thousand people.

And she also began to stay alone in the empty and dark bedroom on countless lonely nights, sitting for a whole night, and many times she would not close her eyes and sleep for a while even at dawn.

His own flesh and blood were cruelly forcibly lost, and he had to raise a child without blood for the sake of the stability of the royal family. Xue Yi endured all this.

But after seeing her covered in bruises, Emperor Ming gave his heart to Concubine Rou.

Even Xue Yi had warned him that as the master of the harem, he must be virtuous and magnanimous without jealousy.

But she couldn't help feeling resentful, and eventually sank deeper and deeper into the lingering jealousy.

But after all, Empress Xue has been ruthless and ruthless in the past few decades, she is still a woman.

Moreover, she is a woman who grows resentment because she longs for her husband's love and affection and cannot be satisfied.

So Empress Xue longed for something that she couldn't get from Emperor Ming all her life.

Now hearing that this man Fujiwara Osamu, even though they are two countries away from each other, but the other party has silently done so much for her, Queen Xue was naturally touched by this meeting.

Because Ye Ying failed in setting up an ambush, this matter that made Queen Xue worry about it seems to have become less important now.

Seeing that Empress Xue, who had sealed her heart away for too long, looked at the red jade coral in front of her, she couldn't help sighing with emotion and said:
"Fujiwara-kun, if I were willing to give up my identity and run away, what would happen to you and me now? For the sake of the family, for the glory of my lineage of the Xue family. Also because of the great Zhou Feng's respect for me. Fatal attraction, so I let go of your hand at that time. But after you became the mother of a country, I discovered that this queen throne is not what I really want. Maybe I should have left with you at the beginning , it’s just that sometimes you miss the opportunity, and you can’t go back and choose again in your life.”

After listening to Queen Xue's words, Osamu Fujiwara couldn't help but a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

He will never forget that when he was in the Great Zhou, when he learned that Empress Xue was going to marry Emperor Ming and become a queen, he felt like the sky had collapsed at that moment.

And at that time, Fujiwara Xiu was even willing to give up Ye Ying's status as the crown prince, and only wanted to elope away from Da Zhou with Empress Xue.

But Xiu Fujiwara never imagined that Xue Yi, who had already made a vow with him and promised to only be his bride in this life, did not come as promised when he finally made all the preparations.

In the end, Xiu Fujiwara, who had been waiting for seven days at the appointed place, left Da Zhou alone and lonely on the day that Empress Xue got married and entered the palace.

In this regard, although the two of them still exchanged letters due to their cooperation and alliance, they have not seen each other until today after decades have passed.

Even if Empress Xue is indeed youthful now, she can see the other party expressing the emotion just now.

Osamu Fujiwara couldn't help but stepped forward excitedly, he couldn't control himself and took the other's hand, and then said firmly with eyes full:
"It's not too late for Yi'er. We both have a chance to choose. As long as you are willing, now that you are the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the foundation is not yet solid. It is not impossible for me to try to take you away. After all, you can Fake death, as long as you are willing to be the queen mother, I am willing to take you back to Ye Ying and send all the red jade and coral in the whole country to you. We have missed decades, and in the next life, I will I hope that the person who is by my side can be you."

Just when Osamu Fujiwara saw a trace of tears and emotion in Empress Xue's eyes, he was overjoyed, and immediately wanted to say some sincere words, so as to impress the other party thoroughly.

But at this moment, the door of the main hall was pushed open from the outside.

Then I saw the confidant palace guards of Empress Xue who were guarding outside, with a bad expression on their faces, and said anxiously:

"Empress Dowager, Concubine Xiao from Zhaoyang Palace is here. The servants have already said that you are unwell, and now you are receiving distinguished guests from foreign countries, and you have no time to see others. But the other party did not leave directly like the Queen Mother and Concubine Shen. He brought an imperial doctor with him, and he wanted to come in to give her a peace pulse on the grounds that she was worried about Concubine Xue's pregnancy. Although the servants stopped her, the other party still forced her way into Fengxiang Palace."

(End of this chapter)