Chapter 56: Emerging Signs
Yutan's words can be regarded as a wake-up call for Concubine Li. Because of Yin Xiao's estrangement and shelf, Concubine Li's mind was already very confused, and she had long forgotten that she still had a hidden card in her hand.
Concubine Li showed her first smile of the day, turned to look at herself in the bronze mirror, raised her eyebrows, and felt that the anger that had been stuffed in her chest before disappeared all at once.
The next day, Shen Qingyan still got up early, briefly freshened up and had some breakfast before leaving the prince's mansion, and went to the palace in a carriage.
"Concubine Meng, so early?" Shen Qingyan looked at Concubine Meng in great surprise, she had come early enough, but looking at Concubine Meng's appearance, she had been waiting here for a long time.
"Get used to it." Concubine Meng just smiled faintly, when she practiced in the past, she always got up so early.
The learning of dance has come to an end, except for the movements of Feitian, Shen Qingyan has learned all the movements, and danced perfectly.
"Today, we're going to learn how to fly." Concubine Meng smiled at Shen Qingyan, she was very appreciative of Shen Qingyan's learning ability, "Feitian's movements are very difficult, and it is easy to get injured, you have to be careful." “
Concubine Meng waved the shawl so that she could stretch it later, and while doing the preparatory movements, she explained to Shen Qingyan, "Feitian has high requirements for dancers, first of all, the body must be light enough, but you are already very up to standard, don't worry about this." As she spoke, Concubine Meng shook Shen Qingyan's very slender arm.
Shen Qingyan was not very happy because of Concubine Meng's praise, but just listened carefully to Concubine Meng's explanation.
"Also, it's the flexibility of the body and the strength of the arms." Concubine Meng frowned slightly when she said this, "Your softness is very good, but your arm strength is insufficient, so you can only practice more, after all, there is not much time left until the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner." “
The dream concubine suddenly waved the shawl vigorously, and at the same time turned in a circle, the shawl formed a very full spiral shape, at the moment when the rotation reached the highest speed, the dream concubine jumped up suddenly, the shawl flew up with the wave, at the moment of contact with the beam, the dream concubine quickly turned her arm, the shawl tied a knot on the beam, the dream concubine was floating in the air with the pull of the upper release, like a fairy flying, after wandering in the air for a circle, the dream concubine slowly landed, the arm pulled hard, the shawl slowly fell, and the flying action was declared over.
Shen Qingyan carefully looked at the details of Concubine Meng's every move, silently remembering it in her heart, and at the same time was shocked by this breathtaking dance.
"Well, you can see clearly." Concubine Meng tried to calm her breathing, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, she was very difficult to do because of the fetus in her womb, and she had to try to avoid hurting the child and use skill, it was even more physically demanding. Concubine Meng was very worried, it was already like this when she was practicing dance, and on the day of the performance, she would be so tired that she would faint if she wanted to dance the whole dance.
"Understood." Shen Qingyan was full of thoughts about the dance moves, so he didn't think too much about the strangeness of Concubine Meng, because he knew that this action was very physically demanding, so he thought that Concubine Meng was just tired by the movements.
Shen Qingyan waved the shawl, learning the movements of Concubine Meng, and the spiral formed by the shawl was perfect when turning in a circle, but when the shawl flew up the beam, it fell straight down again, and it was impossible to tie a knot on the beam, so it was naturally impossible to fly.
"After the shawl flies up, the movements must be swift and powerful, and all the movements of the hands must be completed before the shawl falls." Concubine Meng pointed out Shen Qingyan's mistakes sharply, and Shen Qingyan also nodded very humbly to accept it.
After correcting his previous mistakes, Shen Qingyan successfully tied the knot on the beam of the house, and barely flew up, but the span of the flight was not large enough, and the action was not good enough.
Shen Qingyan frowned in the air and turned around a few times, feeling the change in the force on his hand, and soon found that his body was going to follow the direction of the force, this time, without waiting for Concubine Meng to point out, Shen Qingyan himself successfully ended the action.
After Concubine Meng waited for Shen Qingyan to land, she patted Shen Qingyan's shoulder with great admiration, "You are so powerful, when I practiced this dance for the first time, I wasted a lot of energy and tossed myself to the point that I was not human, so I could finally dance this dance beautifully, I didn't expect you to be able to do so well after learning it once, you are really talented." “
"Concubine Xie Meng's praise." Shen Qingyan didn't care about Concubine Meng's praise, just saluted lightly, and continued to practice dancing.
By the end of today's dance, Shen Qingyan was so tired that he couldn't even lift his arms. The flying dance emphasizes the strength of the arm, and Shen Qingyan practiced the dance as if he didn't want to die, so at the end of the day, the arm was not crippled, and it could be regarded as a virtue of a good life in God.
"Go back and get some rest." Concubine Meng patted Shen Qingyan and saw it, she couldn't cry or laugh, she both appreciated and distressed Shen Qingyan's hard work, which was very contradictory.
After Concubine Meng sent Shen Qingyan away, she went back to the palace, sent the palace maid beside her, and walked back to the palace alone, her head was a little messy because of the child in her womb At the moment, she just wanted to be alone and quiet.
As soon as Concubine Meng walked around the corner, she was suddenly stopped by someone who suddenly burst out, so frightened that she almost fell to the ground.
"Concubine Meng, Concubine Li, please concubine." The eunuch with his head down couldn't see his expression clearly, and only gave people an eerie sense of oppression.
"......" Concubine Meng didn't speak, and after asking her mind, she followed the eunuch like Chuxiu Palace, she knew that she couldn't resist If she really resisted, she would only be dragged to Chuxiu Palace, and in front of Concubine Li, she never had the capital.
"My sister has practiced dancing hard today, so let's moisten my throat with some tea." Concubine Li looked at Concubine Meng, who was expressionless in front of her, pushed the teacup in front of her, and smiled amiably, as if she was treating her own sister.
"It's just you and me here, just tell me if there's anything." Concubine Meng glanced at the tea in front of her lightly, but did not pick it up.
"Since my sister is so direct, then this palace will not beat around the bush." Concubine Li did not get angry because of Concubine Meng's cold attitude, but smiled, "Before, you completed the task of giving the emperor medicine, but unfortunately in the end something went wrong and did not succeed, my sister is very sad." “
"Heh, I've always been caught in your hands, and I'm obedient to you, why are you suffering now so weirdly." Concubine Meng sneered, looking at Concubine Li's eyes full of complicated emotions.
Concubine Meng was just a small official at the beginning, and the monthly monthly service was only enough to support herself, however, news suddenly came from the family that her brother was her only relative in this world, who was seriously ill and in urgent need of silver, and in the end, the person who solved Concubine Meng's urgent need was Concubine Li, who was always grateful to Concubine Li, even if Concubine Li asked herself to become her subordinate, to become the emperor's concubine, and to be Concubine Li's eyeliner, she agreed without hesitation. However, what Concubine Meng didn't expect was that from the moment she agreed, she fell into a catastrophe.
When Concubine Li asked Concubine Meng to drug Yin Xiao little by little, Concubine Meng resolutely refused, but she didn't expect that Concubine Li, who had saved her brother in the past, used her brother's life to blackmail her in turn, and Concubine Meng had no choice but to agree, and she completely became Concubine Li's puppet.
"Obedience?" When Concubine Li heard Concubine Meng's words, she smiled meaningfully, but she didn't say anything, "In that case, this palace wants you to assassinate the emperor directly." “
"What did you say!" Concubine Meng's eyes widened as she looked at Concubine Li, unable to believe what she had heard.
"This palace doesn't want to repeat it a second time, what you have to do is follow this palace's orders. Don't forget, your brother's life is still in the hands of this palace. Concubine Li looked at Concubine Meng contemptuously, as if she was looking at an ant.
"......" Concubine Meng was silent, she was just a weak woman, how could she do such a thing as assassination, she knew that Concubine Li meant that she didn't plan to spare her life at all, once she assassinated Yin Xiao, whether she succeeded or not, she would definitely die.
Concubine Meng sighed, her current appearance as a walking corpse, there is no difference between life and death, but is the child in her womb going to die like this.
"What? In the womb of a child? Concubine Li smiled sarcastically.
Concubine Meng was startled, and sat directly on the ground, unable to figure out how Concubine Li knew that she was pregnant, she had obviously concealed it very strictly, could it be that the imperial doctor revealed her secret?
"Don't be surprised, there's nothing you don't know about this palace." Concubine Li squatted down slowly, pinched Concubine Meng's jaw, and her sharp nails scratched a bloody mark on Concubine Meng's jaw, "Who gave you the guts?" Without the permission of this palace, you dare to get pregnant, and you have to hide this evil seed from this palace.
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"Concubine Li's life, please, please spare my child." Concubine Meng was so frightened that she kowtowed, and her face was wet with tears.
"......" Concubine Li looked at Concubine Meng for a long time, and smiled disdainfully, "This palace promised you that I could let you keep this child." “
Concubine Meng raised her head in surprise when she heard this, revealing a hint of a smile, as if she saw hope.
"But after giving birth to a child, you must die."
Concubine Meng's smile froze on her face, her eyes were full of grief and helplessness, and the corners of her lips leaked a little bitter smile, she should have thought that Concubine Li would never spare herself.
"Okay, I promise you, and I also ask Concubine Li to keep her promise and spare my child." Concubine Meng knelt down and kowtowed to Concubine Li, her face like ashes.
"After the specific plan is decided, this palace will look for you again, you can retreat first." Concubine Li waved her hand and sent Concubine Meng away, no longer looking at her.
On the other side, Shen Qingyan was sitting in the carriage, on the way back to the prince's mansion, and raised his hand to rub his sore arm with difficulty, grinning in pain.
"Sure enough, I haven't practiced dancing for too long, and the dream concubine has nothing to do." Shen Qingyan rubbed his shoulders while saying to himself that he hated himself.
Suddenly, Shen Qingyan's movements suddenly stopped, realizing that something was wrong.
Concubine Meng has been practicing dance since she was a child, and a little bit of exercise is nothing to her, but almost every time she does a few movements, Concubine Meng is tired and sweaty, and in addition to the necessary teaching, Concubine Meng rarely dances, but sits aside to rest, which is not like what Concubine Meng, who loves to dance, will do.
Shen Qingyan thought about Concubine Meng, who was sweating profusely today, and frowned, Concubine Meng's appearance seemed to have something strange in her body, for example, pregnant.