Rebirth after waste

Chapter 23

It was the second watch when Gu Yunxian woke up.

The bed was very warm, and she felt a little lazy in all her limbs.Three or five candles were lit on the multiple lamps outside the gauze curtain, and dim light came from afar.She raised her head slightly and saw his beautiful chin.

The emperor half embraced her in his arms, and his hands rested loosely on her skin around her waist.It was only then that she realized belatedly that there was too much trouble tonight, they hadn't washed their bodies, and now she was naked under the quilt.

Thinking of this, her face immediately burned, and she felt uncomfortable.She carefully removed his hand, and moved out bit by bit. She was about to succeed, but he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back directly.

"Where are you going to escape?" He said casually with a smile in his eyes.

"The concubine disturbed your majesty's sleep, please forgive me." She didn't answer his question, but just pleaded guilty.

"Well... this is not the first time." He said.

She heard what he meant, and understood that he was talking about the time when she touched his eyebrows secretly, her expression immediately became a little unnatural.

Damn it, how many times is this man going to tease her about that matter!
"What are you slandering me in your heart?" He leaned closer to her.

"No!" She denied it flatly, "How dare a concubine?"

The palace servants from last night heard the commotion inside, leaned over to the curtain and asked, "Your Majesty?"

He ignored her and looked at her: "Then where did you want to go?"

She forced a smile: "Chenqie, I want to drink water." As soon as I finished speaking, I knew that this excuse was really bad, wouldn't it be called to drink water?
Sure enough, the emperor looked at her and laughed: "Drink water? Could it be that Yun Niang, you used to go down to get water by yourself?" After a pause, his voice became narrow, "What's more, you look like this now..."

Only then did she realize that the silk quilt had slipped off, revealing her snow-white shoulders, and there were still suspicious red marks on her exquisite collarbone.She was so embarrassed that she grabbed the quilt to cover herself tightly.

He glanced at her with a smile, and raised his voice slightly: "Bring water."

There was a rustling sound outside, and soon, a teacup was handed in through the bed curtain.

He took it: "Do you want to drink it yourself, or do you want me..."

"I'll drink it myself." She said, stretched out her hand to take the cup of tea, and drank it in small sips.

He kept smiling on his face, and his eyes wandered meaningfully over her arm, which still had little red marks from last night.She was so tormented by the scorching gaze, she passed out the teacup after drinking for a little while.

The palace man took it in time.He smiled and said, "Don't you drink anymore?"

"Don't drink." She said.

"Okay, go on to sleep." He lay down.

She suddenly remembered something, and her expression became hesitant.He noticed it, and said, "Why?"

"Chenqie, sleep here?" She tentatively asked.

According to the rules of the harem, only the queen can spend the night in the East Hall of the Dazheng Palace. After the other concubines go to bed, they must either return to their own bedroom or sleep on the bed in the West Hall.

"Otherwise?" He asked back, "It's so late, you want to go back to Chang'an Palace? Be careful not to disturb the sweet dreams of the queen mother."

She naturally didn't dare to disturb the Queen Mother, but...

He looked at her for a moment, then stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt up for her, and said, "I know what you mean. But those women sleep in the bed in the west hall, you don't need to go."

I don't know if it was her illusion, but the voice sounded indescribably gentle.

On the second day, the entire harem knew about it, and the abolished empress was taken to the Dazheng Palace to serve as a servant and spent the night on a bed in the East Hall.After Song Qi made such a big move, everyone thought that Mrs. Gu would be left out in the cold, but His Majesty actually did the opposite, and there was a lot of discussion in the harem.

But in any case, His Majesty's move was too suggestive, forcing everyone to re-examine the current situation.

When Changle Palace was in the morning, Gu Yunxian stood beside the queen mother with a smile, obviously feeling everyone's eyes with different emotions on her body, like needles pricking her.But she has a calm demeanor, a straight back, noble and dignified, and inviolable.

The queen mother looked a little depressed.She was pissed off by Song Qi yesterday, and then the situation became a little bad. Gu Yunxian didn't want her to come out, but she insisted on not listening.

Gu Yunxian knew that she didn't want to appear sick at this critical moment, and she wanted to let those women understand that she, the Queen Mother, was very healthy.

After the ceremony, Gu Yunxian sent them out on behalf of the Queen Mother.From Changxin Hall to the gate of Changle Palace, there were concubines flocking to her from time to time along the way, talking with smiles.Their attitudes were respectful and flattering, and Gu Yunxian also had a friendly face. Everyone talked and laughed at Yan Yan, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Jiang Chongyi looked at the concubines with cold eyes, and squeezed out a sentence from the cracks in his lips: "A bunch of lowly maids who follow the wind."

Her voice was neither high nor low, and two or three concubines who were close to her heard it.Their expressions froze, and then they pretended nothing happened, still talking to Gu Yunxian with a smile on their face.

Shen Shuyi glanced at Jiang Chongyi, and said with a smile: "It's already at the gate of the palace, so I won't bother my lady to send it off."

Gu Yun said enviously, "Shen Shuyi, go slowly."

The sedan chair was right next to her, and Shen Shuyi was about to go up, but she turned her head and said: "Zhuyang got a good calligraphy a while ago, thinking that my lady's ink calligraphy has always been the top among the six palaces, so I want to invite my lady to Yuxiu Hall After watching it, I wonder if the lady can appreciate it?"

She took the initiative to invite her, and she called herself by her boudoir name, and the intention of showing favor inside and outside the words was self-evident.Jiang Chongyi looked at her almost in astonishment, as if she didn't understand why Shen Shuyi would do this suddenly.

Gu Yunxian's expression remained unchanged: "Shuyi invited me, so I shouldn't have resigned. It's just that the Empress Dowager's phoenix body is out of harmony, and I need to serve her closely. I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time. I hope you will forgive me."

"Of course, the Empress Dowager's body is the most important thing." Shen Shuyi didn't think it was disobedient, "Why don't I send the copybook to the Niangzi Palace later?"

"That's great," Gu Yunxian said with a smile, "Thank you Shuyi in advance."

"How long have we been in love, why are you being polite to me?" Shen Shuyi glanced at her with a smile, turned and got into the sedan chair.

Jiang Chongyi watched Shen Shuyi's sedan chair go away in a daze, then turned to look at Gu Yunxian.Gu Yunxian met her gaze and smiled slightly.

As if stimulated by her smile, she gritted her silver teeth and was about to say something when Zhu Guiji beside her said casually: "Yue Niang, I ordered Gong'e to collect the dew on the petals in the Imperial Garden this morning, do you want to?" Go to the Cuiyu Temple and have a drink of tea made with floral dew?"

Jiang Chongyi was stunned for a moment, Zhu Guiji's eyes were gentle, but with a hint of persuasion, she was not allowed to resist.She took a deep breath and said with a smile: "It's rare for you, Jing Niang, to be in such a good mood. Naturally, I'm going."

When they arrived at Zhu Guiji's Cuiyu Palace, Jiang Chongyi said, "What did you stop me just now?"

"If I don't stop you, what are you going to do?" Zhu Guiji's expression remained indifferent for thousands of years, "Against Gu Yunxian?"

"Do you want me to show weakness and submit like that bitch Shen Zhuyang?" Jiang Chongyi said angrily.

"The situation is stronger than others. Your Majesty has now made it clear that he wants to return to Gu Yunxian's position. What's the use of your verbal upper hand?" Zhu Guiji said, "You also said that even Shen Zhuyang showed her goodwill to her, and you Why bother to be this early bird?"

Jiang Chongyi was silent for a moment, and gritted her teeth: "I'm really unwilling to watch her retake the back position!"

"I know what you are worried about? Isn't it because you are afraid that Gu Yunxian will settle accounts after the fall and cause trouble for you? Don't worry, she can't take care of you now." Zhu Guiji said, "The one in Cheng'an Hall is her confidant. "

Jiang Chongyi was silent.

"In the same way, if Gu Yunxian wants to reset, Jing Fushu should not be the one who is most anxious. This morning, Jing Fushu actually complained of illness and did not come. Didn't you hear that the concubines were discussing in private? I always think that she might be afraid of Gu Yunxian, and she might be planning something secretly." Zhu Guiji looked at her friend, "So, let the two of them fight first, don't meddle."

Jiang Chongyi still didn't speak, Zhu Guiji thought she still couldn't convince her, and frowned slightly.But seeing Jiang Chongyi looking at herself, she said sullenly: "Ms. Jing, aren't you the most impatient about these things you fight over? You always say they are dirty. Why are you so serious today?"

Zhu Guiji glanced at her, and finally there was a tinge of anger in her tone: "If it wasn't for you, would you think I would be so interested?"

Jiang Chongyi held her hand: "I know that Jing Niang is good to me. I promise you, I will be careful in everything."

"That's the best." Zhu Guiji said lightly.

Newly made incense was burning in the study room of the Dazheng Palace, and the emperor stood beside the big incense-burning tripod, closing his eyes and smelling the wafting breath.

Lu Chuan stood beside him with a blank face, looking at the gilded cauldron, unable to say a word.In fact, half an hour ago, his master who never used incense suddenly asked him to find a flavor of incense. He was a little surprised. After he understood his request, his surprise turned into shock.

"Are you sure it's this incense?" The emperor turned his head, "I can't make a mistake."

Lu Chuan cleared his throat and said with an apologetic smile, "I ordered you to go into the Liushang Bureau and asked about it. The incense used in Gu Niangzi's palace is indeed this 'Anzhi Tinglan'."

"That's weird." The emperor thought thoughtfully, "It's different from what I smelled last night..."

Hearing what he said, Lu Chuan's expression became dull again.Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you a young man?Don't think that it's good to come out once, I can't bear it!

Shaking his head in disappointment, the emperor walked back to the desk and said casually, "By the way, didn't you have something to say just now?"

He did have something to say, but His Majesty, the old man, was too busy trying incense, so he had no time to answer, so he had to shut up.

"Young Master Cui, there is already news..."

(End of this chapter)