The Empress also felt that she had drunk too much water, but it seemed that it was all Feng Zhao Lian who drank it. She was just holding it for show. When it got cold, Fang Yi would change it for a hot one. In total, she had only drunk two or three mouthfuls. Who could have thought that Feng Zhao Lian would be so honest?
She helplessly said: "Who told you to drink so much."
Feng Zhao Lian slapped his thigh: "I say, this Empress of yours really is interesting. Dragging me to sit here with you in the middle of the night, and you won't give me anything aside from tea. Then what else can I do other than drink tea? In any case, you should give me some pastries, right? Also, even if I don't drink tea, I'll still be sleepy! You have something on your mind that makes you unable to sleep, but my mind is clear! "
The Empress felt that she was on the verge of collapse. Feng Zhao Lian looked like a girl and was extremely beautiful. Compared to the Feng family's Feng Chen Yu, who knew how many times more beautiful. But in the end, this person was not a real woman. When he was deliberately acting, he looked quite good, but once there were no outsiders, he revealed his true self! Just looking at how he slapped his thigh, he was truly … too manly.
"Is your mind really clear?" Although she criticized him internally, the Empress was not to the point of discussing Feng Zhao Lian's personal image in the middle of the night. She just asked him: "If it's really clear, why have you remained in my Jingtsu Temple and refused to leave?"
With Feng Zhao Lian fighting for it, Fang Yi really did bring him quite a few pastries. He was also extremely hungry. While eating, he said: "Whether or not I leave is not directly related to whether or not it's clear. My matter has been delayed for so many years, and I have already become accustomed to it. That's why it won't really cause me much trouble. At most, I will occasionally think, why has that person still not come looking for you? Or perhaps I will look around Jingtsu Temple to see if the person looking for you has already come. It's just that they are hiding and have not taken the initiative to show themselves. "
"Then have you found them?" The Empress was not interested in this matter in the slightest. Even the questions were just for show.
Feng Zhao Lian shook his head with a look of regret: "Don't worry. There really isn't anyone in Jingtsu Temple, but as for places outside of Jingtsu Temple, I haven't had a chance to investigate."
The Empress couldn't help but laugh. "What is there to be worried about? Whether it comes or not, it's all fate. Sometimes, I really hope that they can act quickly so that this matter can be exposed and settled quickly. That way, we won't have to live in fear all day and be threatened by others. "
"That person can't threaten you now, right?" Feng Zhao Lian said with a smile: "She climbed quickly and climbed high. In the blink of an eye, she climbed onto the dragon bed, but what about you? My Empress, you haven't tasted rain for decades, right? "
The Empress blushed at his words, but she couldn't refute him. She only said, "Then let her continue to climb. Ben Gong wants to see if she will climb above Ben Gong's head one day."
The two just sat like this from dusk until dawn. It was only when Feng Zhao Lian could no longer endure and fell asleep that the Empress called for someone to carry him back to his bedchamber; however, she remained seated in her original spot and did not move at all.
Fang Yi knew what the Empress was thinking and could not help but advise: "Your Highness, think about it a little more. His Majesty favoring any concubine is something that could not be more normal. Even if there is no Consort Yuanshu today, wasn't there Consort Yun in the past? As this servant sees it, His Majesty getting more rain is a good thing. If he only guards Consort Yun alone, his heart would not be able to contain anyone! Who knows, with Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu starting things off, from this day forward, the inner palace will return to how it was 20 years ago, returning to normal. "
The Empress smiled bitterly after hearing this, "Return to normal? How could that be possible. This One understands him too well. Now that even he is not normal, how can the inner palace be normal? "
Fang Yi was startled then said: "Your Highness means … …"
"Consort Yuanshu used a special method to obtain the position. His Majesty's current favoritism towards her does not come from his heart." She spoke very confidently, "Although this One does not know what that special method was, whether it was drugging or something else, this One can say with certainty that His Majesty must have fallen for Consort Yuanshu's trick." After she finished speaking, she stood up and said tiredly: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Help this One get dressed. This One will sleep for a while."
She said to sleep, but how could she fall asleep while lying on the phoenix couch. It had been 20 years! The man that she loved had finally broken the peace that had lasted for over 20 years. In that Zhao He Hall, there was finally another imperial concubine that spent the night there. Unfortunately, it was not her, nor was it Imperial Concubine Yun.
Everyone knew that the Empress of the Central Palace was the best partner by Emperor Tianwu's side. For so many years, she had acted out one play after another with such tacit understanding that she had never failed. She had once thought that this kind of life would continue until the day that person came to her door. Then Emperor Tianwu would use her as a clue to catch all of the remaining evils in one fell swoop. Then he would turn around and chase her down from the position of Empress. Her life would come to an end.
No matter why the old Emperor kept her in the position of Empress, whether it was because he truly felt happy to work with her, felt that she had managed the inner palace well, or just used her as bait, she accepted it. She loved that person so much that she was willing to do anything for him, even if she was willing to accompany Emperor Tianwu to "fish." Unfortunately, this balance was finally broken in one day and one night.
The Empress closed her eyes. Her mind was filled with the image of Consort Yuanshu receiving favoritism from Zhao He Hall. It was so irritating that she felt like her heart was being torn apart and her lungs were being torn apart.
When it came to splitting headaches, other than the Empress, there was another person outside the palace. That person was Consort Yun.
The beauty slept until a quarter to nine in the morning before waking up. When she sat up, she felt that her head hurt so much that it was like someone was forcefully squeezing it from inside. She painfully held her head and howled a few times. Immediately, a servant lifted the curtain and said softly: "Furen, you're awake?"
Consort Yun stilled and unconsciously asked: "What did you call ben gong?" She raised her head to look at the servant who spoke. Uh … she wasn't someone from Winter Moon Palace, but she wasn't unfamiliar. She had served her before. She thought a bit more … Aiyo! Wasn't this a servant from Chun Wang fu? "What? Hua-er entered the palace? "
That servant quickly said: "Furen, it wasn't His Highness the Seventh Prince who entered the palace. It was you who left the palace. His Highness said that it isn't good to use the name of the palace in the wang fu, so we will follow the old rules and call you furen. "
"Oh." Consort Yun nodded in a daze. She thought a bit more. It seemed that it was her Ming and Heng Yi who entered the palace last night. They also said that they would bring her out of the palace and send her to Chun Wang fu. But how did she come out? Why didn't she have any recollection of leaving the palace? "Go call Hua-er over for me." Since she didn't need to use the name of the palace, that was even better. It would save her the trouble of always saying ben gong, ben gong, it was annoying.
The servant was very obedient and immediately went to call Xuan Tianhua over. When Xuan Tianhua entered the room, Consort Yun was still sitting on the bed with a dazed expression. He sent the servant out and quickly walked forward, taking the initiative to ask: "How much wine did mother drink yesterday? When Ming and dimei sent you to the fu, they were so drunk that they didn't know the world. "
"Hm?" Consort Yun looked at him and tilted her head to think, "Drank a lot of wine? Oh, I did drink a lot of wine, but that kind of wine isn't very intoxicating. How could I not know the world? "
Xuan Tianhua nodded seriously, "You really didn't know the world. So much so that Ming and dimei had to go through a lot of trouble to sneak mother out of the palace."
"Since you have to use this reason to explain, then I guess I'll just listen to it! But Hua-er, I can tell you, I'm not so muddle-headed that I can't remember. I know exactly how much wine I drank last night. I can even remember that I suddenly fainted after returning to the bedroom in Winter Moon Palace. Can you explain to me, what do you mean by suddenly fainting? "
Xuan Tianhua felt bitter inside, but said: "It's just that the wine suddenly came up and you fainted."
"Tsk." Imperial Concubine Yun rolled her eyes, "Whatever you say! Anyways, I'm getting less and less able to control you children. You're bullying me because I'm old, hiding everything from me. "
"Mother isn't old at all." Xuan Tianhua was speaking the truth, "It's just that the palace hasn't been very peaceful recently. Even though we can't predict what will happen, we don't feel safe letting mother continue to stay in the palace. You can stay here peacefully. If Father Emperor asks, Ming and I will take care of it. "
"Don't worry, the old man won't ask me again." Imperial Concubine Yun shrugged, and the corners of her lips curled into a smile filled with ridicule, "He has someone at his side to serve him, and he is very happy! How could he care about me? If I knew that he would have a day like this, I would have left the palace twenty years ago. But … "After she finished speaking, she sighed softly," If I wasn't in the palace, you and Ming wouldn't have an easy time. So after thinking about it, forget it, it's better to stay in the palace. At worst, I won't see him. Hua 'er, tell me, is it because I don't see him that he … has a change of heart? " As Consort Yun spoke, she fell into a trance of memories. She thought of the days they lived in the mountains, and then she thought of the twenty years they spent in the palace. Then she shook her head and muttered to herself, "No, it's impossible for him to have a change of heart like this."
Xuan Tianhua's heart ached. He held Consort Yun's hand, wanting to comfort her. But when he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say. Consort Yun and Emperor Tianwu had been together for so many years. Whether it was gratitude, grudges, or arguments, it was all between the two of them. But now, Consort Yuanshu had appeared out of nowhere. How could Consort Yun feel good? This woman refused to see Tianwu for twenty years, but as her son, he knew that Consort Yun had Emperor Tianwu in her heart. It was just that her personality was a bit awkward. Now …
"Ming and I have analyzed the situation. There is something fishy about this matter. I'm afraid that Imperial Father has been coerced by Consort Yuanshu and Eighth Brother." He said truthfully, "Although we can't find out where this coercion came from, we can be sure that it exists. Mother, don't think too much. This matter can no longer be discussed based on personal feelings. I'm afraid that it will develop into a disaster in Dashun. We have to be very careful. "
Consort Yun's thoughts sank, and she temporarily put away those thoughts that she shouldn't think about. She knew that Xuan Tianhua was right. The current political situation was turbulent, and the inner palace was not peaceful. Dashun looked calm on the surface, but in reality, danger lurked everywhere. She still had two sons. She definitely couldn't drag her sons down at a time like this.
"I know." Consort Yun spoke again. She said to Xuan Tianhua, "You guys go do what you need to do. I'll stay in this manor. I won't go anywhere."
Because the Eighth Prince was suddenly pardoned, a storm surged in the capital.
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