Under the endless night, Changle Palace is bathed in a soft mist, like a peerless beauty covered with a veil of mystery, and even the dewdrops remaining on the clear lotus pond in the palace seem to gather the gentle waves of thousands of worlds. The silver eaves are beautiful, the moonlight is like water, and the curtains are in

None of the sufferings in this world have anything to do with her.

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In the vague darkness, she slept soundly, but unfortunately frowned, it seemed that it was not a good dream.

Even breathing, shattered in the night wind.

The depth of darkness is getting thicker and thicker, the hour of a few pillars of incense has passed, and there are other times when it should be light.

Her brow never lifted, it was a long dream.

A tear slipped through the night, reflecting a crystal luster, slowly flowing down the beauty's face to the pillow, staining a small corner.

What kind of dream is there?

What kind of story should there be that makes her so sad?

Outside the window, insects landed on the lotus leaves that were about to wither out of season, causing ripples on the water of the clear lotus pond, and a cold wind swept through the lake, as if someone came from a distance to step on the moon. Gently, gently, the cold wind swept across every inch of the land here, like the slight sigh of the wind and the sigh of people.

The breeze crossed the arch and through the screen to the beauty's bedside.

In the dream, she was in a burst of heartache at that time, as if there was a huge residual pain that had not yet been finished, and she had to suffer this pain in a place she didn't know for the rest of her life.

This couldn't help but make her feel more and more endless sadness in the nightmare, as if she was reaching out to desperately grab something, but she was constantly pushed away by an unknown force, making her farther and farther away from where she wanted to go.

Everything is preventing her from passing.

She obviously wants something that she will hold on to for the rest of her life, and it is ahead.

Just a little bit, and it's ......

It's been forever.

Finally, the tears of reality flowed again.

Inexhaustible, indescribable.

No one could understand what it was like, and perhaps when she woke up, she didn't know why.

But this time it was different......

When she cried inexplicably, in the moonlight, a person raised his hand and silently wiped the corners of her eyes.

After all, I didn't let this tear slip silently onto the pillow.

It was a thin slender hand that had become gentler by the moonlight, and its owner did not want to wake up the beauty, but silently wiped away the cold tears from her face. The man had firm eyes, angular collarbones, a slender neck, long cloudy hair, and a snow-colored dress that melted into the moonlight.

Sitting in the long darkness, that back can't help but feel a little lonely, but because of the things I want to protect, even in the dark, alone, there is no fear.

The man sat on the edge of the beauty's bed, sometimes looking out the window at the long night, sometimes at her.

With his back to the beauty, he couldn't see the person's face clearly.

But definitely, a good person.

For she only gazed carefully at the faces of the sleeping men under the moon, and did nothing but look at them for a long time.

What a happy thing.

The person who fell asleep did not notice that there was another person beside the bed, and the shadow was cast on her face, and the tear stains were no longer clear. Her furrowed brow was suddenly smoothed by the other party's outstretched fingers, which slowly ran down the contours of the side of her face before she could wake up.

Leaning over and closing her sleeves, cautious and undisturbed, she soothed her sorrow and tears with a gesture of leaning over the past and attaching to the past.

After a long time with the beauty who had fallen asleep, the darkness gradually narrowed and shortened from the feet of the guardian, and a faint light appeared.

It's dawn.

The man got up.

There's no more darkness, and it's time for her to go.

The hanging windows were wide open, the curtains danced in the wind, the snow-white skirt moved, and as he stepped out of the room, a particularly muffled voice came from the bed behind him.

The man looked back.

But there was silence -

When I was about to go out, a clear voice finally came.

The man immediately stopped.

The sleeping beauty didn't know what was happening, but this sentence was enough to make the person who came in gently and left gently feel endless sadness and beautiful feelings in his heart, and he could bow his head and smile lightly to resolve the sadness.

For she said,

"Central ...... Wei, Yang. ”

It's just blurting out unconsciously.

It turned out that in the dream, there was only one person who could make this strong beauty reveal her vulnerable side.

No one knows who has been here.

As long as those who come do not say, no one will know.

Forever keep the secret of the bottom of my heart.

Let it be buried deep and distant in the past, and then, let love be reborn little by little and start again.

As the night receded, the morning dawn of the white belly of the fish suddenly appeared, and after a while, the faint sound of the door pushing the door outside sounded, which was heard very clearly in this empty house. Then the palace maid Lu Rong came over with a new flower hairpin, and she stood on the pillow and called softly to the beauty, "Second Miss, it's dawn." ”

Shen Shuzhao opened her eyes half-awake, and after that, she barely sat up, her face was still a little hazy, and the white ayaluo bedclothes undoubtedly set off her pale face that had been suddenly hit some time ago. She had completely forgotten what she had dreamed before, people are always like this.

But she remembered this one dream...... It's like a long life.

But that's just an inconsequential matter.

Because she's no longer impressed.

While waiting for Shen Shuzhao to get up, Lu Rong talked to her about today's events, "Second Miss, do you know that the Queen Mother is going to feast on the concubines in the Imperial Garden today?" I heard that the queen mother is here this time, even the concubines who are sick must attend, even the queen mother who has been away from the world for a long time. ”

Shen Shuzhao pretended to listen to her casually talk about the harem, but her heart became heavier and heavier. What the Queen Mother is doing now has nothing to do with her, whether it is to get off the horse or to test other families, she is already tired to the extreme, and she doesn't want to ask more. It's just that in that seemingly distant Imperial Garden, the people inside will soon appear for themselves......

After hiding for so long, she still didn't escape.

Those old people, old places, and old things are like a catastrophe waiting for her ahead.

Shen Shuzhao secretly clenched the pearl hairpin, even if her heart was trembling, in front of outsiders, she still had to make an invincible appearance. Entering the palace is not terrible for her, what is terrible is who chooses to still stand by her side after entering the palace.

Lu Rong put on Shen Shuzhao's clothes, and when she turned to look for the second miss's Juanpa, she suddenly stopped, and then she asked: "Oh, where did Miss's Juan Pa go?" ”

Shen Shuzhao combed her sideburns quietly in front of the makeup mirror, "It's just a small thing, if you lose it, you will lose it, you don't need to look for it." ”

Lu Rong had no choice but to reply, "...... Be. ”

September.

With the end of Li Chong's murder case, the palace has restored its usual quietness.

At this moment, a rumor came from the palace that the emperor had been in a depressed mood recently, and he had not entered the harem for a long time, snubbing the concubines, and even the most favored Gu concubine had eaten a closed door when he visited the emperor in the Long Live Palace.

What happened to the Holy One?

The eunuchs were so anxious that they had no clue.

Could it be that she is tired of the beauties of the harem?

The queen mother was also unpredictable about the emperor's move, and the emperor's preoccupied appearance didn't seem to be because of some court matter, so she didn't ask much.

Within a few days, the emperor had a favorite concubine who was extremely weak and had not appeared several times a year, in order to be able to fight him to show his joy again, he invited some good sisters to come to his palace for a banquet, including Yu Concubine, Yan Concubine, Ling Concubine, Virtuous Concubine, Gu Concubine, and the Yuan Concubine who fell out of favor in the six palaces of the United States.

In the palace, everyone walked with the emperor, and the concubine Shen Zhuangzhao slowly alienated the emperor who was held by the stars, and walked at the end. At the front of the long line, a beautiful woman in red with excellent temperament and graceful grace accompanied the emperor decently, her back was not the most moving like Shen Zhuangzhao, but she was the most envious of others. Because she was weakly supported by the emperor, just because the emperor was afraid that she would be stumbled and tripped in the next moment, delicate Xizi, without the beauty of red roses, but she was so white that she was pitiful, this is the charm that she is envied by everyone.

Shen Zhuangzhao looked away, she felt that she shouldn't be here......

Even when she was trapped in the queen's bedroom before, she never felt so involuntary.

Halfway through, the emperor helped the concubine to stop his steps, because the person next to him was already a little weak and panting.

"Concubine Mei, are you okay?" The emperor asked pitifully.

The woman replied lightly, "The concubine is fine, Your Majesty is not too worried." ”

The hands are clasped tightly, and the affection is abnormal.

Such a scene made the concubines behind them envious, but they couldn't do anything, because Concubine Mei was indeed sick. No wonder a concubine is a concubine, a concubine is a concubine, a position can still be pampered, only when you really sit on the concubine position, can you call victory. Gu Concubine's eyes darkened when she saw it behind her.

This emperor really loves Concubine Mei, otherwise how could she be the first concubine among the concubines today?

"Your Majesty, since Concubine Mei is weak, let's rest here for a while." The jade concubine said loudly.

"It's fine."

The emperor helped Concubine Mei up the long steps and walked towards the pavilion above, Concubine Mei's back looked weak, as if a gust of wind could blow her away. Suddenly, her feet stepped on the air, which surprised the people behind her, but fortunately she grabbed the emperor's waist with one hand, so that she would not fall. At this time, something that slipped out of the emperor's waist attracted everyone's attention.

Lying on the wet and cold ground, this square Juanpa fell out, revealing the lotus-colored corners, and half of the name embroidered with the dark placket line, Shen Zhuangzhao suddenly shuddered, she recognized this square handkerchief when she was in the Shen Mansion!

I saw that next to Na Juanpa, the embroidered one was clearly the word "Shu".

Concubine Mei picked it up and returned it to the emperor, and at the same time bowed and knelt down slowly, "Your Majesty, please forgive the concubine, it's all to blame on the concubine, fortunately it wasn't soiled, otherwise the concubine really doesn't know what to do." ”

"You can do it if you have nothing to do, there is a reason for it, and I can understand."

So Concubine Mei Yingying got up, and she continued to hold the emperor and continue to walk forward.

At this time, Shen Zhuangzhao in the back had no intention of appreciating the flowers.

Everyone else is speculating which lady in the palace can let the emperor put the embroidered handkerchief by his side, but after thinking about it, there is no lady in the palace with the word "Shu" in her name, is it the deceased mother?

These people don't know, but Shen Shuzhao still doesn't understand?

With every step she took behind, she felt the sky sway in front of her, and finally she trembled and accompanied everyone through the banquet.

After the banquet, she eagerly ordered someone to rush her to Changle Palace, and told the Queen Mother about this important matter. The Queen Mother frowned when she heard this, and she was determined to hold her guard before the matter was clarified. On this side, the female imperial chief was sent to test Shen Shuzhao and the palace maid three times and twice, but the answer she got was that she had lost an embroidered handkerchief, and she didn't know where she was. After careful consideration, the Queen Mother still summoned the emperor.

At a face-to-face meeting, everyone was dismissed, and no one knew its contents.

In just a few days, the story has become more and more interesting.

In Concubine Yuan's Chengqian Palace, the palace maid presented the secret letter sent by Shen Mansion to Shen Zhuangzhao. Shen Zhuangzhao didn't need to expand it to know what was written in it, on the one hand, he was a good ally of the Jiang family, and on the other hand, he was the emperor who could ease the relationship, although his mother would not be satisfied, but the other people in the family naturally had ideas. They hoped that they could say a few more words to the queen mother, and send Shen Shuzhao, who was in the blood of the eldest son of the Shen family, into the harem, making up for the fact that the eldest daughter fell out of favor and became a joke in the capital as soon as she entered the palace.

Shen Zhuangzhao stretched out his hand and took the letter by the candle and burned it, she was a concubine who was not favored, how could she say that she could move the queen mother? The flaming candlelight was reflected in her suffocatingly beautiful eyes, with a hint of sadness of being abandoned by the family. The palace maid couldn't bear to say: "Niangniang, don't look at this in the future." ”

Shen Zhuangzhao didn't answer, just asked the palace maid standing next to her to come and clean up the ashes, she looked at the sky outside the long window, "It seems...... It's time for this palace to meet the second sister again. ”

"Niangniang is going to Changle Palace to see the second lady?"

"Well, since the palace entered the palace, she has not been regarded as an opponent for a moment, but now she has hooked the emperor's heart under the noses of the palace and the queen mother, I have to say that it is really a big mistake in the palace."

The palace maid hurriedly relieved, "Don't say such things, Niangniang, your appearance and temperament are not the head of the six palaces, that is, few people in the whole country can match, where can the second lady of the concubine be compared?" The emperor only deliberately snubbed Niangniang because he took care of the overall situation, as long as Niangniang kept her heart, she would still have a chance to get the emperor to look at her again in the future. After that, she glanced at Shen Zhuangzhao nervously, "A woman like the second young lady who is extremely scheming and seduces the emperor without authorization will only become a moth to the fire in the end, and will not end well, because the sixth palace will not let this kind of person have a good time." ”

Shen Zhuangzhao did not get comforted, but felt more and more that her eyes had become chaotic and blurred, she had been the proud daughter of the sky since she was a child, and she didn't know how much reputation Shen Fu had gained by her talent, how could she have been so sarcastic by the whole capital? Now the whole day is watching her jokes alone.

She couldn't hide her sadness and walked to the window, the cold wind blew, making Shen Zhuang Zhao can't help but tighten his long sleeves, "That's it, in addition to this palace here, there is another person who must be as desperate as this palace." Thinking that she was also suffering, Hongu didn't feel anything to fear......"

The palace maid looked at the direction that Shen Zhuang Zhao was looking at, and immediately knew which one it was, and she quickly lowered her head.

That's—

The Queen's Palace.

The news of the Shen family's concubines spread like fermentation, and at this time, even the concubines who stayed out of the matter knew a little bit about it, and the Shen family suddenly changed their thoughts about marrying the Jiang family recently, and instead interceded with the queen mother to let the second lady enter the palace, and the emperor's attitude at this time was also unclear and ambiguous.

Could it be that the emperor really thinks that Miss Shen Er can enter the palace?

Isn't this a living slap in the face of the eldest lady who fell out of favor before?

In the eyes of others who don't know why, this matter quickly ended up being a topic of tea and bibimbap, and among the families in the capital, only the dispute between the Shen family's concubines was the most interesting. If the Shen family knew that they were being pointed at like this in the teahouse, I don't know if they would feel shameless.

And the Xiao family knew that the emperor had taken a fancy to the second miss of the Shen family was the worst thing, and they had been worried for several days, first of all, with the ability of the second lady to serve the queen mother, she would definitely have a plan to lower the emperor, not to mention that the eldest lady had just been abolished by them, and there was another substitute. So, Xiao Zhuru wrote many letters to comfort her sister and informed the Xiao family's next actions one by one.

The letter was quickly delivered to the queen's bedroom, the queen rubbed her forehead, and at the same time put down the secret letter she had just received in her hand.

"Queen Mother, the concubine really didn't expect the Shen family to be able to do this-the concubine can't do it, so she sent a concubine to seduce the emperor!" Concubine Yan said angrily on the side.

"This Second Miss Shen really has some means, I remember that the concubine had a relationship with her at the beginning, and it was she who constantly resolved the collision between Concubine Yuan and Concubine Xi. It's not surprising that this is happening now. Concubine Ling recalled the scene when she first met.

"That's it, there's not much more to say." The queen felt more and more headaches, "The palace doesn't dare to mention a word about that concubine to the emperor, because the emperor's appearance seems to be serious." ”

After saying that, she didn't say much.

The surrounding concubines and palace maids were all distressed.

But for the queen, she actually didn't feel much anger, this may be a feeling that people in the family far away from the harem don't understand, since she saw the emperor play with the Xiao family and the Shen family in the harem in the applause, she is full of fear of this man, what is worthy of his mercy? Is it self-destructive, or is it useless? So after that, she didn't say much that she shouldn't say, didn't ask more, and whenever she was alone with the emperor, she always felt that the suppressed feeling of the Quartet came to her face, and she was almost about to be buried.

Speaking of Changle Palace's attitude, it is enough to make people interesting, and the concubine has heard about it until today...... No one could find out whether the rumors over there had agreed to allow the maid to enter the palace. Concubine Ling gently shook her fan and said this taboo word.

Concubine Yan glanced at her, "Are you a fool, this is called 'wanting to refuse and welcome', if the Queen Mother readily agreed, and did not let the emperor feel the taste of tossing and turning, asking but not being able to beg, I am afraid that this little beauty will fall out of favor like her eldest sister within a few months of entering the palace." ”

"With this person's scheming, do you really think she will fall out of favor lightly?" The queen asked coldly at this time.

She is not contributing to the prestige of the enemy, but contempt is the greatest taboo.

After hearing this, Concubine Yan immediately went down.

Concubine Ling looked at her helplessly, and then said: "Liu'er, don't you underestimate the importance that Changle Palace attaches to her, once she enters the palace, this matter should not be underestimated." ”

"But what's the harm of a little maid entering the palace?" Concubine Yan said contemptuously, she was very harsh to the concubine from the bottom of her heart, "The concubine means that the queen mother is always the main palace, and no one shakes her." If she enters the palace, not only will she have Concubine Xi and Concubine Mei, but also Concubine Gu and Concubine Yu, no matter how much she tosses, she will not be able to reach the concubine position because of the position of the concubine, after all, how can Concubine Yuan's mother tolerate a concubine who climbed on the head of the concubine? ”

After Concubine Yan finished speaking, a bright light suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, "Niangniang, this is ...... Isn't it a good time for the Shen sisters to fight among themselves? ”

The queen's heart moved, she recalled the stubborn face in the past, although it was beautiful, but it had more arrogance. So because of this strong Qinggao, Shen Zhuangzhao did not bow to himself that day, but completed all the things he deliberately embarrassed silently alone. She was surprised, she thought that she would withdraw as cowardly as any concubine, but she never thought that this would arouse the fighting spirit of the other party, what a proud woman.

What will such a proud person do in the future feel weak and weep and choose to surrender and bow his head?

The more she thought about it, the more interesting she felt. She felt that with Shen Zhuangzhao's temperament, she really couldn't afford to step on her head with her charming skills. Thinking of this, the corners of the queen's lips hooked up with an interesting smile, huh...... She really wanted to see what kind of reaction Shen Zhuangzhao would have.

At this time, Concubine Ling said cautiously: "Niangniang, the concubine feels that everything must be done carefully. Now that neither the Changle Palace nor the Chengqian Palace have expressed their attitudes, it is better to wait a little longer, and it is better to have more people's statements. ”

"You're right, in fact, this palace has already thought of someone after hearing your words......" The queen raised her long fingers to set off the snow-white frost leaf red armor, and said thoughtfully.

"Who did Niangniang think of?" Concubine Ling didn't expect the queen's reaction to be so fast.

The queen calmly replied: "This person is the eldest princess. ”

Concubine Yan and Concubine Ling were both surprised, "Eldest princess? ”

The queen nodded, and only said that she had the ability to probe out the tone of the eldest princess, so she said no more.

Then, the voice and appearance of the eldest princess slowly appeared in front of her eyes......

The eldest princess is the emperor's only eldest sister.

Not only is her beauty not inferior to that of the concubine, but her temperament is even colder and not easy to approach.

The queen recalled that in the years she had been in the palace, she had never seen the eldest princess smile.

Among them, the reason why I think she is cold may also be because the eldest princess often goes out of the palace, and it is related to the fact that she went to the far temple to pray for blessings and did not see each other for many years.

When the emperor had not yet found the Xiao family to form an alliance, the queen was at a loss because of the loss of power, but she happened to meet the eldest princess when she was walking slowly in the imperial garden, which was one of the few meetings when the eldest princess returned to the palace two years later.

She still remembered that it was a rainy day, and a graceful peerless beauty walked out of the blooming white flowers in front of her, and the moon-white curl skirt seemed to have its own dazzling luminescence, making the woman's fair skin more immortal, in contrast to a jet-black ink-dyed green silk. The eldest princess stood in front of her, making the queen feel as if the essence of the sun and the moon had lost its luster at this moment. The beautiful poems of heaven and earth are all born for such women, and at the same time, she has no reason to be jealous.

The beauty of the eldest princess is like looking at flowers in the fog and looking at the moon in the water.

The queen was faintly moved, but it was only for a moment, she just admired the appearance of the eldest princess.

"Queen Mother, it's not okay for you to lose your mind like this." The eldest princess whispered. She looked at the bare feet of the queen who had almost slipped because she was sad alone.

The queen raised her hand and waved it, and her long skirt quickly blocked her feet, and she replied calmly, "Why did the eldest princess come here alone?" ”

"In this case, you can also go back to your mother." Wei Yang replied.

The queen was dumbfounded for a moment.

She watched Wei Yang walk over slowly, and gave her a greeting to her sideways, and then Wei Yang raised his head, and said in an elegant tone with the posture of a court lady: "Lone is because she has been here with her old friend, so she deliberately came to the old place alone to walk around and remember when she didn't know." What about you, Queen? ”

The queen was very defensive of Wei Yang's inquiry, she didn't want the woman in Changle Palace to know her frustrated appearance, "This palace rises by chance, and she will also want to come over alone to enjoy the flowers, can't you?" ”

Wei Yang was silent, and lightly twisted a white and pure flower, which was still stained with the fragrance after the rain, and she sent it to the queen's hand. The queen took it in a slight stunned, and then heard Wei Yang say, "Naturally." Niangniang, a lonely advice, sadness should also have a degree, everything has not come to an end, there is still a trace of vitality. ”

What did she mean by that?

The queen frowned.

"Lone has been outside the palace all the year round, and he has rarely seen the queen. When I went back to the palace today, I saw that the mother was sad, and I couldn't bear to disturb your purity, if I came to disturb the queen's mother, I hope that the mother will forgive the rudeness of the lonely. I hope that the blessing of this flower can make the mother let go of the sorrow in her heart as soon as possible. Wei Yang said nonchalantly.

The queen looked at this beauty's calm ink eyes, and suddenly felt good, "The eldest princess's kindness to this palace is understood by this palace." ”

"The queen mother is not polite to Lonely, Lone can see many things from the mother. From the mother's bearing, it reveals the mother's style of sacrificing herself for the overall situation. ”

"The eldest princess is really joking." The queen didn't expect that the eldest daughter of the Queen Mother was not like herself, and she was full of hatred for herself.

And Wei Yang looked at her calmly, without flattery, more like an admiration that he had seen.

If it weren't for the fact that they hadn't been in contact before, the queen would have almost taken this look seriously.

After a brief meeting with her, the two parted ways with each other.

Then, when Concubine Xi was pregnant, and when the queen's shape began to become precarious, Concubine Xi, a woman, came to challenge her status again and again, and all the limelight that was suppressed by the queen in the past took turns at this time, and all of them took revenge on her again. When Shen Shuzhao was still wandering among the powers outside the palace, the queen suffered the first severe tribulation in the sixth palace, the emperor's intimidation, and the suppression of the queen mother, she was like being in a cold palace, and life was worse than death.

When she was in Xiao Mansion, her mother once told her that the status of the queen mother in the world is unquestionable, and if it will be questioned, it can only be once, and this time it is almost fatal.

Seeing that he was about to lose power, the emperor sent Xu Guangluxun to the door to find Prime Minister Xiao Cheng.

What happened next was under the control of the emperor.

In the days when she was oppressed by Concubine Xi's Xu family and the Empress Dowager Shen's family, it was the eldest princess who repeatedly appeared to break the siege and sheltered the queen's dignity, which also made the queen not very hostile to the eldest princess. On the contrary, after feeling the ambiguous attitude of the eldest princess between the emperor and the queen mother, she felt that she was not the kind of person who had to be estranged.

Of course, if she told her cronies, maybe in the eyes of others, she would understand that the eldest princess knew that the emperor was using the Xiao family, and in order to save the queen who was hated by Concubine Wan from being so wolfish and distrustful of the alliance behind, so the eldest princess did it deliberately.

So the queen chose to hide her heart.

In short, the queen is decided, because the Shen family wants the concubine to enter the palace, she will go over tomorrow to test this cold and arrogant woman who is full of mysteries.

After dismissing others, Concubine Yan held Concubine Ling away intimately, and the queen lay on the bed after removing her makeup and hairpin.

Sleepless nights.

The next day, the queen set off from the palace, and the eight-person sedan chair walked towards the empty cicada hall of the eldest princess.

At the same time, Concubine Yuan's concubine also began to come towards the Qinglian Pavilion of Changle Palace.