Madam Hou

Chapter 54

The story of Concubine Chen's return to favor is as follows: On a night when the night was not dark, the wind was not high, and the snow was flying, there was still a full moon in the sky, and the emperor hadn't seen Chen Concubine who was about to fall in love with the emperor for a few days. The empress left the sleeping little princess behind, sent away a group of maids and servants, and walked alone in the back garden where she first met the emperor that day.

Facing the moonlight, Concubine Chen looked at the familiar scenery, recalled the scenes of love with the emperor in the past, and thought of the emperor's neglect these days, she couldn't hold back her sadness for a moment, she couldn't help but shed tears.The sadness and longing in my heart couldn't be dismissed, so while weeping, I told a bare plum tree by the roadside how I missed the emperor and the past of the two people's love. Entering the palace to serve, and then talking about the beautiful days when the two had sworn each other forever, and finally sadly telling the king's love for the newcomer and his neglect of himself in recent days. The king, however, dared not complain in the slightest because he had to abide by the rules and morals of women.Speaking of the cold winter, my dear king, you can wear more clothes, the food is delicious, the maids serve you well, and the other sisters serve you with all your heart. I am really worried about you day and night, my concubine. This belt gradually widens and people become haggard.

The deep affection and longing for the emperor, through the desolate voice, matched with the sad expression of pear blossoms and rain on the beauty's face, was conveyed from the beauty's heart, making the hibernating plants, trees, insects and snakes all around hear the capital Can't help but weep sadly.Even Emperor Jinghui, who 'coincidentally' accompanied his new beauty out for a walk to appreciate the moon and came to the back garden, was greatly moved by this.

Emperor Jinghui originally had nothing to do in the middle of the night, and saw the moonlight outside. Although the wind was cold, the moonlight combined with the thin snow on the ground, it was also a special flavor to appreciate, and I heard Mr. Li said Literati and scholars like to admire the snow and chant poems under the moon, so they are very interested.He was dressed up by someone, and he called his new favorite beauty, and took Director Li by his side to go out to enjoy the moon in the snowy night.But he didn't expect that he would run into Concubine Chen when he came out for a casual stroll, and what was even rarer was to hear her express her affectionately.Because Yanniang can't be favored during confinement, and he has recently had a hot relationship with Wanmei, he naturally visits Yanniang less, but if he completely forgets about this concubine he once loved so much, that is also true. No.After hearing her confession, he was still not moved.

In addition, I don't know if the new beauty next to the emperor was moved, but Mr. Li, who was accompanying the emperor, was moved. He wiped the corner of his eyes with his sleeve and said with emotion: "It's so touching. I didn't expect it. This concubine Chen has such deep affection for the emperor."

For a servant who serves the king, these words are a bit blatant. Emperor Jinghui turned his head and glared at Director Li. Standing still, he waved the dust whisk in his hand, ready to speak to remind Chen Concubine that Emperor Chen was coming.But the emperor waved to him at this time, reminding him to keep quiet.Then he walked over by himself.

Concubine Chen was immersed in her loss and sadness and longing for the emperor, so naturally she couldn't know that the emperor and others had appeared behind her long ago and heard her love for the emperor verbatim In the past, she didn't even know that the emperor she was thinking about was approaching her.Therefore, when the emperor reached out behind her to hold her shoulder, turned her body around, and called her "love concubine", Concubine Chen looked up and saw this face that she "missed day and night", and acted very unbelievable.

Emperor Jinghui looked at Concubine Chen raised his hand and touched his face, it seemed that Concubine Chen thought he was in a dream, until he felt the temperature from his face, he asked him in disbelief : "The emperor? Are you really the emperor?"

The emperor held the jade hand that was placed on his face, and replied: "Yes, Niang Yan, it's me, you are not dreaming, it's me who is here."

Concubine Chen's tears, which had gradually stopped, flowed down again when she heard this sentence, and said to the emperor wronged: "Your Majesty, I thought that the Emperor would never visit me again. I thought the emperor no longer wanted concubines."

The emperor hugged Concubine Chen, put her head on his chest, and said apologetically, "It's my fault that I have neglected you these days."

Concubine Chen buried her face in the emperor's chest, and leaned against the emperor's arms and began to cry, crying louder and louder, until she could barely breathe, and almost fainted in the emperor's arms.

Concubine Chen cried in pear blossoms with rain, her heart melted, and in the end she even forgot that she brought another beauty with her when she came out, so she picked Chen Concubine directly and carried her to Lanhe Palace. It's natural.

Behind the emperor, the beautiful woman watched the emperor walking away with Concubine Chen in his arms. She was so angry that she almost gritted her teeth. She clenched her hands tightly into fists and broke two long hairs that she had raised with great difficulty. nail.But at this time, she still had to worry about the emperor's impression of her, she couldn't be jealous, and she couldn't go up to stop her, and she had to show a very generous and gentle smile, and sent them away respectfully.

Mr. Li watched the emperor leave with Concubine Chen in his arms, and then glanced at the beauty Wan Mei who was standing in the middle of the back garden still clenching her fist in a daze, smiled at her, and said respectfully: "Beauty, that servant is leaving first too." .Looking at this, I'm afraid that in the palace of Concubine Chen, the maids who watch the night and the female officials in charge of Tongshi will be ordered to go, and the servants will go down to serve the emperor first."

Wanmei endured her trembling teeth, gritted her teeth and squeezed out a smile, and said to Mr. Li: "If you have something to do, please go first. The emperor's business is the most important thing. I can go back later by myself."

"The slave will go first." After saying that, he saluted and chased after the emperor in the direction he was walking.

Day two.

After Concubine Chen woke up next to the emperor, she put on her clothes and immediately knelt down on the ground to apologize to the emperor, saying that what she said in the back garden yesterday was suspected of jealousy, and that she had seized the opportunity that should have been Wanmei's bedtime last night. This behavior violated the harmony of the sisters in the harem, and it was the fault of the concubine, so I asked the emperor to punish her.

Although the emperor liked the stability and harmony in his own harem, the emperor still enjoyed it very much when the concubines occasionally acted petty and showed jealousy to prove their affection for him.Therefore, the emperor felt very pleased with Chen Bin's jealous words last night.What's more, last night's upside-down, the emperor was refreshed by being served, and the beautiful women had long been forgotten by him. He is the emperor, so doesn't he even have the right to appoint whom to serve in bed?It's even less of a problem to seize the opportunity to serve Wanmeiren's bed.

The emperor helped Concubine Chen who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "My concubine, get up quickly, the ground is very cold, I don't blame you for what happened yesterday, I have neglected you these days."

"No, your majesty, serving the king is a blessing for women in the harem. The emperor is the lord of the world, so it is impossible for me to have only my concubines alone. How could my concubines feel resentment that I shouldn't have because of the emperor's temporary neglect? The concubine deserves to die."

Seeing Chen Pin's behavior, the emperor became more and more satisfied with her.Although he likes women to be jealous of him occasionally, it's unthinkable for him to keep her alone.

The emperor helped Concubine Chen, hugged her and sat her on his lap, nodded her nose and said with a smile: "There is only Yanniang in this palace, you will beg me to punish you, since I must punish you, then ..." The emperor smiled lightly, and said ambiguously into Yanniang's ear: "Then how about punishing Yanniang to serve me tomorrow night?" Niang's figure was a bit plump than before, and her actions on the bed were much bolder than before. The emperor found this very new and interesting, and was often served to death.

Concubine Chen gave the emperor a light hammer, and shyly said, "Your Majesty!"

No matter what happened later, after this night, Concubine Chen became a concubine who was favored by the emperor again, and the emperor favored her even more than before.

The days passed by like running water, and two months passed in a blink of an eye. Winter is gone, and spring is here. Thousands of trees are supporting each other, and hundreds of flowers are blooming. Even the apricot tree in Jingxiangyuan has blossomed. It grows swayingly on the corner of the wall. When the spring breeze blows, it emits a burst of apricot blossom fragrance, and the world is full of vitality.

The scenery in spring is beautiful, whether it is a banquet or going out, it is a good day. The number of spring banquets held by the aristocrats in the capital is gradually increasing, let alone some good family friends who have made an appointment to go out for an outing together. more.

March is the day for the primary selection of the show girls. The queen locked herself in the Fengyi Palace and refused to come out. The selection is hosted by Concubine Shu.It was the first draft since Emperor Jinghui came to the throne, no matter whether there were girls participating or not, they all attached great importance to this draft.These days, the gates of Ronghua Palace were almost broken by wives and ladies from various families.

On this day, Yin Niang was sitting in the Jingxiang courtyard doing needlework. She didn't have to go to class these days, and when she was bored, she practiced sewing with needlework. Her female worker has recovered recently, and she can even cut clothes now.

The petals of a crabapple flower in her hand had just been embroidered, and she took the green silk thread to embroider the leaves again, at this moment, Yin Niang heard something from Cai Zhu.

After Cai Zhu came in from the door, she walked up to Yin Niang, and said to Yin Niang in a low voice: "Miss, I heard something from Yuan Momo who is beside Madam today. The third son of the Wang family was engaged. The third son was originally going to be engaged to Miss Jiang of the Weibei Hou family. I heard that even the Geng Tie was about to be changed, but in the end the Wang family rejected the marriage of the Jiang family on the grounds of incompatibility. , and changed to be married to Uncle Dongchang."

Yin Niang put down the needle and thread in her hand, and was taken aback for a moment.Qing Hua, who was originally splitting with Yin Niang, also asked curiously after hearing this: "Miss Dong Changbo? But that Miss Qin Nuan, didn't you hear that she is going to enter the palace to run for election?"

Cai Zhu shrugged and said, "I heard that something happened in the middle."

(End of this chapter)