Chapter 64: Transformation
Chengqian Palace, under the lamp of the glazed palace, the imperial concubine is leaning on the couch to read. Her expression was idle, revealing a look of displeasure, and she flipped through the book twice and threw it aside.
"The master is worried about Yanxi Palace?" Seeing that she was a little impatient, Lianye thought that she was worried about what unexpected changes would happen tonight.
Tang Feng pursed his lips and said, "Bengong just thinks that anyone dares to write a book now, and such a bad book can be published?" It's a waste of pen and ink. ”
Lianye smiled dumbly, obviously she didn't like to read, why did she become a writer? She playfully did not dismantle the imperial concubine, silently picked up the book aside, and prepared to "destroy the corpse and destroy the traces".
As soon as the bell rang, the little gold entered the temple with brisk steps.
"Master, everything is as the master expected. His Majesty was furious, Concubine Chen was stripped of her title and confined to Yanxi Palace, and the guards were imprisoned in the Inner Palace, and His Majesty said that he would be put to death. Little Gold said.
Lianye's face turned white all of a sudden, and her eyes revealed horror.
Tang Feng turned the ruby ring on his finger, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "How is the Chen family now?" ”
"Chen was kicked in the stomach by His Majesty, and it was too late for the imperial doctor to arrive at Yanxi Palace. Chen's miscarriage and the child was not saved. "Little Gold is very clear.
Tang Feng was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect His Majesty to make a move. But now that is the case, another innocent life has ended in this struggle.
"It's too difficult for a child in the palace to be born." She put her hand to her forehead and let out a long breath. She didn't want to deal with Chen's children, and the punishment she thought of for Chen's was only to confine her to the cold palace and give the child to the Chen family to raise.
Xiao Jinzi glanced at the look of the lotus leaf, he knew that she had always admired Fang Guard, and now that Fang Guard had been personally ordered by His Majesty, I was afraid that ...... Xiao Jinzi glanced at the imperial concubine, wanting to open her mouth but didn't know how to speak.
Lianye took a deep breath, stood up, knelt in front of Tang Feng, and said calmly: "Master, Fang Yan also fell into such a fate for the sake of his master, the slave didn't dare to ask the master to rescue him, only begged the master to give him a happy death." ”
Fang Yan knew what she was facing before she embarked on this road, and since he didn't flinch, she didn't have a position to hold a grudge against anyone. In the final analysis, the life of a slave is the master's, and if the master wants him to die, how can he not go.
Tang Feng put down his hand, looked at her deeply, and said, "This palace has always thought that you are a rare sober person among them. You are more clever than the lotus heart, calmer than the lotus root, you are the most trusted person in this palace. ”
Lianye swallowed her throat, she didn't know what the imperial concubine meant by saying these words.
"This palace is not the one who waits to cross the river and tear down the bridge, Fang Yan's retreat has already been arranged in this palace."
Lianye looked up in astonishment and looked at her stunned: "Master......"
Tang Feng shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, you are no longer suitable to stay in the palace." ”
Lianye panicked, knelt down and took two steps forward, tears immediately oozed from her eyes, and she choked up and said, "Is the master going to drive the slave and maid away?" ”
Tang Feng looked at this well-behaved palace maid, she and Lianxin had been by her side since the first day she entered the palace, Lianxin had already gone to Bliss, and now there was only one left. It's a pity that she is not suitable to get involved in these battles in the palace.
"The palace has been arranged, Fang Yan will leave the palace the day before the execution, so you can go with him." Tang Feng suddenly laughed, like a spring breeze and the south bank of the Green River, with a smile on his face, "Go and live an ordinary person's life with him, you don't have to get involved in these conspiracies." ”
Lianye looked at her in disbelief, tears flowed out of her eyes unconsciously, but everything she wanted to say was blocked in her throat, she didn't expect to come to such a step.
"Master...... Are you willing to be a slave? ”
Why not? What she hasn't gotten in her life, someone has to do it for her. But Tang Feng didn't want to say it like this, she restrained her smile and pretended to be unhappy: "Your heart has gone with him, and this palace doesn't need a person who can't devote himself to this palace." Since you like him so much, you have to bear what happens to your life after that. ”
Lianye closed her eyes, trying to hold back the cry that was about to overflow the corners of her mouth.
"Okay, the main palace is going to bed, you all retreat." Tang Feng stood up and walked towards the inner hall.
Lianye knelt on the spot and turned her head, looking at the beautiful and graceful figure, she felt that the imperial concubine at this moment was both familiar and unfamiliar. Little Gold helped her up, and the two walked out of the hall together.
"Sister Lianye, congratulations." Little Gold looked serious.
Lianye bit her lip and suddenly laughed. In the past ten years of court life, she has long forgotten how to smile sincerely. She looked into the dormitory, she felt guilty for her previous misunderstanding of the imperial concubine, her cruel and treacherous methods were only for others, and she seemed to have already chosen the best path for those close to her.
Lianye kowtowed to the dormitory, whether she disliked her or really planned for her, she would be grateful to her for the rest of her life.
Early the next morning, bad news came from Yanxi Palace again, and Chen hanged himself last night.
The child is gone, and she is charged with adultery/promiscuity in the harem, and she can't turn over again in this life, how can she live.
I don't know if the Chen family regretted obeying the family's arrangement to enter the palace and share the favor with the imperial concubine before he died, but now the Chen family really regrets it. It is a great crime for a concubine to commit suicide, and it will bring disaster to the family. The Chen family didn't know the whole story, thinking that it was because their daughter lost her child that they couldn't think about it for a while, maybe His Majesty would raise his noble hand for the sake of the unborn prince?
“…… took away Chen Zhongzhi's position as a third-grade waiter, removed his Jinshi background, and demoted him to a concubine; took away the title of Pan's Sanpin lady and demoted him to a concubine......"
As soon as the holy decree was issued, the Chen family cried.
The political sensibilities he had developed over the years made Chen Zhongzhi realize that things were not so simple, and he did not believe that His Majesty had erased his official position just because he had killed himself for his daughter. Such a heavy punishment must have been because the daughter had angered the emperor elsewhere.
However, he no longer has the right to defend himself, and as a concubine, he is not even qualified to continue to live in this three-grade Shilang Mansion. The former home full of guests suddenly became a place of bad luck, and the servants in the palace also scattered as birds and beasts, running for their lives. He originally thought that his daughter could take the Chen family to climb to a peak, but he didn't expect it to be all a dream and wake up so quickly.
"I blame you, I blame you!" Pan Shi beat her husband, "If you hadn't let your daughter go in and compete with the imperial concubine for favor, how could she have ended up like this!" My daughter, she's gone before she's seventeen......" Pan cried as he pounded his chest, heartbroken.
Chen Zhongzhi suddenly thought of something, yes, the imperial concubine...... He let his daughter enter the palace to share his favor, and the biggest enemy he provoked was the imperial concubine Tang, and his daughter's death must have nothing to do with her!