Chapter 107: Broken Mirror
"The emperor has so many eyes, how can he not know what the concubine went there and did, and who she met."
This was said very sarcastically, Li Shenlanz thought that Yin Chen already knew that he knew everything, but he didn't expect that Yin Chen was angry about another thing.
"Turn around." Yin Chen said in a commanding tone, but Li Shenlan's body was still facing away from him and he didn't react at all.
"I let you look at me!"
Yin Chen was annoyed in his heart, seeing that Li Shenlan had not reacted to him, he raised his hand and straightened her body with a ruthless force, and when he looked into the woman's eyes, he found that her eyes were full of resentment and stubbornness.
"Why go see him!" Yin Chen roared, as if he would breathe fire in the next second.
"The emperor thinks why the concubines want to go over."
Li Shenlan only felt ridiculous, but now Yin Chen still has to pretend that he doesn't know anything, when will he hide it from himself?
And for Yin Chen, Li Shenlan is tantamount to a provocation, there are a lot of rumors in the harem of the former dynasty, even though the rumors about Hakoye have been proven innocent, but for those who watched the excitement, what happened is that there is a definite thing, where will it care about anything else.
"I'll ask you again, what the hell are you going to do with him!"
"You ...... me"
Before Li Shenlan finished speaking, Yin Chen turned over and sat on top of her, her hands clamped Li Shenlan's hands fiercely, and the anger in her eyes had reached its peak. Yin Chen's dark flower Longyun bedrobe has been loosened at some point, and the familiar chest is exposed in front of Li Shenlan, but she has no trace of the tenderness of the past. Instead, it was ...... A touch of despair?
Yin Chen didn't notice the magic in his eyes, he was angry, and he didn't understand what he did badly so that Li Shenlan chose Hakoye and didn't choose himself.
His body was very hot, and the slightest touch would quickly ignite Li Shenlan's sleeping lust in the past, but this time, no matter how Yin Chen teased her affectionately, she didn't have the slightest reaction. Yin Chen couldn't be angry, and he didn't tear her clothes gently when he got started. The beauty of a woman's white as clotted fat is presented in front of a man, and the atmosphere heats up quickly in a short period of time.
Where else can he think of anything else, he just wants to conquer her again with practical actions, tell her that everything she has is his own, and infinitely swear his sovereignty.
The wind outside the house was blowing very strongly, and the lily of the valley flowers in the yard were also blown to the ground and dilapidated. The fish in the pond were also frightened by the strong wind, and they fled to hide under the lotus plant, which was already almost gone.
The fish trembled and approached the lotus flower path, and suddenly woke up the lotus flower, which was still sleeping. Xu knew that the wind was strong, and the flower owed a little to cover a lot of wind and cold for the fish. The fish was also cheerful, wagging its tail to thank but splashing the lotus all over the pond.
In the curtain, Li Shenlan didn't even have the strength to move her fingers, but Yin Chen regained her calm and lay beside her. It's just that neither of them spoke, and Li Shenlan just lay on the bed with her body up, but she didn't even cover the quilt on the bed.
Women pay the most attention to details, that is, they know that men don't love themselves, and their hearts will be compared with before, coincidentally, Li Shenlan is not only a woman, but also a stupid woman.
She remembered that in the past, Yin Chen would shush herself and ask for warmth every time she was drunk, that is, when she was thirsty, the water would come to her mouth, and her body would be taken care of and wiped by him, as if it was not herself who was sleeping but Yin Chen. But now, don't say it's cold and ask for warmth, it's just lying weakly, and I don't even want to help myself cover a quilt.
Li Shenlan was a little disgusted, so she simply tried her best to pull over the corner of the quilt to cover her body, and then turned her back to Yin Chen again.
"Why does the emperor think the concubine should go to death row?" The cold Li Shenlan asked such a sentence, and it was also during the incident that Li Shenlan found that Yin Chen's mood was not right, and finally had a certain guess.
These days, the rumors of the former dynasty have been pressed by Yin Chen, and Li Shenlan has not heard it at all, but Yin Chen can control the mouth of the former dynasty but cannot seal the tongue of the harem, plus the affairs of Concubine Xiang who have been outside the palace in the harem for the past few days have been handled by Li Shenlan, and many words that fell into Li Shenlan's ears were naturally several times more difficult to hear than the words of the previous dynasty.
"The emperor is the king of a country, everything in this world belongs to the emperor, are you still afraid that the concubines do not belong to you?"
When Li Shenlan said this, the corners of her mouth hooked up with a self-deprecating smile, just like the portrait of Empress Rensi that she had seen for the first time, ridiculous and pathetic.
"Tell me, who is the person in your heart?"
Yin Chen sat up and stared at Li Shenlan intently, but saw that her face was still covered with tears. Yin Chen's heart seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand and he couldn't breathe, and the last thing he dared to face was Li Shenlan's tears, to be precise, Dong Siwan's tears.
"Shen Lan ......"
"Who does the emperor think the concubine lives in his heart?" Li Shenlan also simply sat up, today is destined to be a sleepless night. The concubine told the emperor that there was a man living in the concubine's heart, and he loved the concubine and deceived the concubine. Originally, I thought he was an indispensable part of my life, but it turned out that this man not only deceived me, but also secretly pushed Li Mingyue and acquiesced to her killing my biological parents unscrupulously. If I'm not mistaken, there are many things he did behind my back, but I'm afraid that even Li Mingjin was killed by his own hands.
Your Majesty, who do you say the concubine is in her heart? ”
After Li Shenlan's words fell, there was no sound in the room, only the wind outside the house was blowing more and more violently.
"If you don't speak, are you acquiescing?"
Li Shenlan's voice was bitter, Yin Chen frowned, but the shock in his eyes still couldn't hide the woman in front of him who was with him day and night. She knew everything, which meant that the imaginary mask from beginning to end was forcibly torn off, and her face and heart were full of hot pain.
……
Concubine Xiang has always relied on Gu Chip, and there is no way, and in the end, she took out her own dishes and chopsticks, and the two had dinner together. Just like before, Gu Chip would still habitually put Concubine Xiang's favorite food into her bowl, and then take the dishes that Concubine Xiang picked out that she didn't like to eat without complaint.
"Brother Gu Chip, I think this may be very good, I will come and go in and out of the palace at will, and in two years I will report the news of my death and then completely escape from the palace to accompany you, do you think it is good?"
"It's not good, you have your responsibilities and your identity, you can't be fooled around like this."
Concubine Xiang didn't care, if she used to be carrying the future of the Zhao family, but now she is useless in Yin Chen, just like Dong Sijuan back then, as long as she doesn't have children, it won't affect her mother's family, and Concubine Xiang has already achieved this.
"Are you disgusted with me?"
Just like the matter of Hakoye and Li Shenlan, I am not a complete body and have been a concubine in the palace for decades, I am afraid that it is unacceptable to any man.
"You will always be a young lady, I will not dislike it, but many things are not as simple as you think. The old general and the young general are fighting outside, and you are their best fatal point for the emperor. The emperor can not favor you, but you must be locked up in the palace, otherwise you can only let the old general hand over the Zhao family's army. ”
Gu Chip's analysis is correct, this is why Yin Chen let himself enter the palace no matter what. If it were ten years ago, the willful Zhao Luo would definitely let General Zhao hand over the military power without scruples, and then stay with Gu Chou, but now Concubine Xiang knows more and has more worries in her heart. Zhao Jiajun is the life of General Zhao, and he is no longer the girl he used to be, and even Gu Chip is really with him, and he can't even give him a child.
"As far as you are concerned, I am just your obsession for decades, and now I see that I am safe and sound, even if I have no eyes, I can take care of myself without worrying about it."
Concubine Xiang was not the kind of person who loved to cry, but since she entered the house, she has cried I don't know how many times, and her eyes have been red and soaked in tears.
I didn't see Concubine Xiang replying in the middle of the ring, Gu Chip also knew in his heart, "Go back, you are the emperor's concubine, even if he acquiesced to your freedom to leave the palace, can you guarantee in your heart that there are no people who follow you around?" He won't say anything when he goes back overnight, but if he stays overnight, it's a lump in his heart, even if he doesn't love you, but nominally you are still his concubine. ”
"I ......"
Concubine Xiang still wanted to say something, but she didn't say it when the words came to her mouth. There are some words that needless to say, people understand in their hearts many times, and Concubine Xiang glanced at Gu Chip deeply before leaving, and her glance was like a longing to crush the person in her eyes and hide it in her heart.
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That night, Yin Chen didn't say anything after all, and hurried out of the Lilan Hall as if he had escaped, and after he left, Li Shenlan asked someone to prepare a large bucket of hot water, scrubbing himself alive until the water became cold, and then got up from the bucket and went back. She can't accept that she is happy and affectionate with her father's killer, and she doesn't want to live like a stranger in the past.
"Niangniang, Concubine Xiang sent someone to send something in from outside the palace."
Early in the morning, Li Shenlan received a package from Concubine Xiang, which contained a lot of things, including snacks that Li Shenlan liked to eat before entering the palace and some fresh things that were not available in the palace. The most important thing is the letter, Concubine Xiang said that she had seen Gu Chip, who was originally going back to the palace, but she learned the news that Zhao's mother was seriously ill halfway, so she hurriedly went to the general's mansion first. Yin Chen didn't complain left and right, and Li Shenlan didn't have any opinions, but when she saw the letter in her hand, she suddenly remembered the two letters she gave Hakoye when she was on death row.
It was a matter of military and political affairs between the two dynasties, even if Li Shenlan was not able to face Yin Chen, he still went to the Heart Cultivation Hall in person.
The words in this letter are all good news, but Yin Chen doesn't understand why such a major matter Hakoye would be handed over to Li Shenlan to pass it on to him. As expected, Yin Chen looked at Li Shenlan at this time and always felt that she was not clean, and she was no longer the original Ah Ming stand-in.
"If the emperor has no other orders, the concubines will go back first."
"Are you really on death row just to ask for the truth?"
Li Shenlan almost rolled her eyes, she didn't understand why Yin Chen became like this, she thought for sure in her heart, but the moment the words came out, they changed their taste: "The emperor and the concubine are just a stand-in for Empress Rensi, if the concubine has no weight in the emperor's heart, then change it." ”
After speaking, Li Shenlan didn't care what Yin Chen said, and went directly out of the Heart Cultivation Hall and let Yin Chen get angry and scold herself in the back, and she also turned a deaf ear.
The war in the Nanban finally ended at the moment when Yin Chen announced the reduction of Hakoye, Yin Chen was a Ming monarch, even though the Nanban provoked the two armies to fight many times, in the end they still did not punish their people, thus fundamentally eliminating discrimination and complaints. Hakoye was found dead in prison on the second day of the announcement, and Yin Chen gave the Nanban prince the last dignity, only saying that he committed suicide in prison and buried Hakoye with the courtesy of a prince, for which he was supported by the people of Nanban.
It's just that a wave has just calmed down and a wave has risen, Concubine Xiang has been outside the palace for almost ten days, Yin Chen didn't urge her, but everyone in the palace said that Concubine Lan was sick.
Li Shenlan has been trapped in the Lilan Hall for seven days, during which she didn't even let people bring in food, only said that she would let them put it at the door, and when it was time, Li Shenlan would come out to serve it. is like a prisoner in a prison, but Li Shenlan is looking for abuse by herself. The palace people spread ten or ten, but these news reached Yin Chen's ears, but they couldn't reach the palace. Li Shenlan ordered people to strictly guard the gate of the palace, so that the news would not reach the ears of Concubine Xiang. No one knew what Concubine Lan was doing in the house, but it seemed that she was plotting some kind of plan......
In the evening of this day, according to Li Shenlan's request, Shuqiu hurriedly came to the Palace of Nourishing Heart and asked to see Yin Chen, saying that Li Shenlan had arranged the wine and food and invited Yin Chen to come over for dinner.
Yin Chen was stunned for a long time when he received the news, but after thinking about it, he felt that Li Shenlan had figured it out, so he happily agreed, and just waited for the political affairs at hand to be over.
Li Shenlan is too abnormal today, she looks very good in a white velvet skirt, she has a hairpin with the pearl hairpin of the lily of the valley, and her red lips on her mouth reflect the distant mountain eyebrows, which makes the whole person fresh and refined, just like an ordinary fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world. Yin Chen couldn't take his eyes off Li Shenlan at the first glance, this feeling is very familiar, like Ah Ming and not like her, but more like Li Shenlan at the resignation banquet.
"What's the matter, this is ......"
Before Yin Chen finished speaking, Li Shenlan led him to sit on the chair with a smile, and the palace people in the room retreated outside with great eyesight. The atmosphere in the room was excellent, and the temperature also warmed up, and I don't know where the piano sounded melodiously and tactfully, Li Shenlan smiled lightly and began to dance, dancing the same white dance.
The dance is still very beautiful, every move, glance and smile makes Yin Chen feel like he has returned to the farewell banquet of that year. At that time, Li Shenlan was still that gentle woman, and Queen Rensi was still by her side. In a trance, Yin Chen seemed to see a bright light appear on Li Shenlan's waist......