Cang Lian followed Zhuang Chenchen into the inner room.

Liang Bao took a set of ordinary dragon robes tightly and presented them to the emperor with both hands. "Your Majesty, will the slave change this dress for you?"

"Hmm." Zhuang Chenchen bowed slightly.

Cang Lian took the dragon robe and said respectfully: "Let the concubine change your clothes for you." Liang Bao, you go out first. ”

Raising his eyes and seeing the emperor's face, Liang Bao did not rush to retreat, until the emperor acquiesced to his departure, and then slowly took a few steps backwards and left the inner room.

The soft fingers were slightly cold, and Cang Pian skillfully took off the dragon robe for him. Although she didn't say anything, she kept beating the drum in her heart. Originally, it was a matter that could be clearly explained in the face of the quality, why did the emperor go back to the inner room to change clothes, but it seemed that he deliberately gave the queen and Cen Xiang a chance to talk. Could it be that he still doesn't believe that the queen is guilty?

"What are you thinking?" Zhuang Chenchen suddenly spoke, and obviously saw that Cang Pian's body trembled.

Cang Lian shook her head a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't think about anything, but her mind was a little messy." ”

"Yes." Zhuang Chenchen pushed away her hand to tie her belt, and said with a frown: "The belt is upside down, you didn't even notice it, and you said that you didn't think about anything?" ”

Sure enough, Cang Lian looked at the belt again, and the gold and jade on it were indeed upside down, so he reached out to change it for him.

"No need." Zhuang Chenchen untied his belt and retied it. "You know, for a long time after you left, I didn't allow anyone to tie me and change my clothes. No one is allowed to touch my golden crown. I always feel that only you can do this. Since you are not here, then I will come by myself. ”

Hearing this, Cang Lian's eyes moistened slightly: "The emperor treats his concubines so well. Concubines can't be by your side all the time. ”

"Have you never resented me in your heart, resented the queen mother?" Zhuang Chenchen asked, and Cang Lian knelt down.

"The concubine did resent the queen mother and resented the emperor. But that's all in the past. Cang Lian raised her head and looked at his handsome face, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "At that time, the concubines couldn't even control their own fate, how could they not resent the weight on their bodies like a mountain." The concubines can't resist and can't break free, so they will naturally hate. But now it's different. ”

"What's the difference?" Zhuang Chenchen looked at her, quite condescendingly.

"The concubines can now return to the emperor's side, change clothes for the emperor as usual, accompany the emperor to dinner, say what they haven't said before, and see the scenery they haven't seen before. can even fight side by side with the emperor and contribute to the court, which is something that the concubines never dared to think of. This kind of happiness slowly melted the frost in the bottom of the heart, and the concubine no longer had the energy to hate or blame anyone, but was grateful for a period of dark days, so that the concubine could cherish all kinds of happiness today. Your Majesty, do you believe that concubines are good? The concubine really didn't deliberately frame the queen. ”

Zhuang Chenchen saw the thin layer of mist in her eyes, exactly the same as before, and her heart unconsciously softened. "Since you said so, I naturally believe it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." When she lowered her head, tears fell out of her eyes.

Stretching out his hand to help her up, Zhuang Chenchen stared slightly: "I know that you have had a bad time in those years, and I have always blamed myself in my heart. If you hadn't been so obedient to the queen mother and didn't let the queen mother deal with you, you wouldn't have suffered so much. And over the years, I never thought that you didn't die at all, I never thought that the queen mother would still have a hand to prevent me, if I did, maybe I could have saved you from the darkness earlier. ”

Cang Lian got up with his hand and threw herself into his arms. "Your Majesty, as long as your heart for your concubines is always the same, you are not afraid of how much your concubines suffer."

Zhuang Chenchen hugged her and patted her shoulder gently: "I don't want to treat you as before, as if it has never changed." You're still so pure and lovely. It's never like now, with so many scruples and so tired of living. ”

"Concubines are not afraid of being tired, as long as the emperor is there." Cang Lian hugged this man tightly, the man who could hold her to the sky.

Zhuang Chenchen never found the heart-pounding feeling he had at the beginning, he just hugged her.

"Your Majesty." Yin Li's voice was slightly hurried: "The search of Weiyang Palace has been completed. ”

"Go and wait at the temple." Zhuang Chenchen didn't allow him to come in and reply, and rubbed Cang Lian into his arms with a little effort.

Cang Lian thought that he was willing to be gentle with himself, so he didn't let Yin Li come in and disturb him. "The concubines are not afraid of anything, as long as the emperor is here."

"I'm a little thirsty." Zhuang Chenchen whispered.

"The concubine will go and make you tea." Cang Lian smiled and said: "The tea in the inner room is cold, please ask the emperor to wait a while." ”

"Hmm." Only then did Zhuang Chenchen let go of her. "Go ahead."

Cang Lian smiled and nodded, and walked out of the inner room briskly.

Her footsteps were inaudible, so Zhuang Chenchen walked out of the door and went straight to the main hall.

The stove in the tea room was not boiling, and half a pot of water did not boil for a long time. Cang Lian was a little impatient and wanted to ask someone to come and watch, but found that there were no palace people around to wait.

I can't tell why, but I always feel a little uneasy. So he took the half-boiling water and made a cup of tea, and when he was ready to see people, he ordered them to change a hot cup of tea and bring it. Just as she was about to walk out of the tea room, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her, which frightened her, and the tea cup fell to the ground.

"Who!" The moment she turned her face away, her eyes widened, thinking she had seen a ghost. "You...... You ......"

"The imperial concubine has done so many unfortunate things, will she still be afraid?" Chu Peiyuan sneered and said, "I thought you didn't know what it was like to be afraid." It's like your conscience, eaten up by dogs. ”

"You're not dead!" Cang Lian gritted her back molars and said viciously: "It's okay if you don't die, you don't go to so many places where the world is big, but you appear in front of this palace again, what do you want to do?" ”

"What do you want to do?" Chu Peiyuan took a step closer, and his smile was full of viciousness: "I want to come and see what happened to you." ”

As soon as his words fell, he vigilantly grabbed Cang Lian's wrist. Sure enough, she was holding a short dagger in her hand, but the blade cut a cold light. "What? Want to kill me again? ”

"You should have died a long time ago!" Cang Lian gritted his teeth and said: "I only hate that I didn't be ruthless enough that day, I knew that this was the case, and I should have cut off your head at that time." I'd like to see if you can still haunt me like a corpse! ”

Chu Peiyuan held her wrist and didn't let go, not letting her succeed. "You didn't kill me, it's not that you weren't ruthless enough. But God has eyes, so that my heart deviates from its proper position, although it is only a little distance, but it still leaves me with this life. Imperial Concubine, every bit of love and kindness I have for you has turned into a knife in your hand, you have forced me to this point today, but I still can't be determined to take your life, and even I look down on myself. ”

"What the hell do you want to do?" Cang Lian desperately tried to break free from his grip, but his strength was amazing, so she couldn't do it at all. "Let go of me, this is the Qingxuan Palace. If I cry out for help, you won't be able to escape. ”

"I dared to come in, but I didn't think about running." Chu Peiyuan pursed his lips slightly: "Just shout for help." Let's see if the emperor will want my life, or yours. ”

From his cold eyes, Cang Lian felt something strange in a trance. "You don't want my life, why do you risk entering the palace?"

"I'm kind enough to see you, and I'm here to tell you something." Chu Peiyuan leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Your sister, who has been separated for many years, has found it." ”

"Shut up." Cang Lian glared at him viciously: "My affairs have nothing to do with you. ”

Chu Peiyuan smiled evilly and got closer: "It doesn't matter if you kill me, you almost killed the entire Chu family and the queen." How can I make you happy? If I kill you, I'll only dirty my own hands, and if I can make you sisters kill each other, that's the most interesting ending. Are you ready? ”

He slammed into her head, snatching the dagger from her hand in an instant.

Cang Lian only felt that it was dark in front of him, and the whole person was dizzy. Suddenly, he let go and fell to the ground unexpectedly. "Someone ...... coming"

By the time she could barely see what was in front of her, Chu Peiyuan had long since disappeared. "Damn. Where have all the people died? ”

She roared like this, and a guard pushed the door in. "Mother, I can be regarded as looking for you. Your Majesty, please hurry up to the palace and ask if you have anything important. ”

Standing up strongly, Cang Lian gritted his teeth and didn't want to show weakness: "Why haven't I even seen a serving palace person in the inner room." Hurry up and ask someone to make tea and bring it to the temple. Moisten the emperor's throat. ”

"Yes." The guard agreed, but stared at Cang Lian with good eyes.

That posture was like a fear of her escaping. It made her very unhappy. "Why are you always staring at Hongu like this?"

"Niangniang, the emperor ordered you to go over immediately, so as not to delay the hour." The guard didn't look disrespectful, just stared at her.

Cang Lian didn't bother to say more to him, adjusted his breathing, tidied up his clothes, and went to the temple with a hard head.

"The concubine accidentally fell in the small kitchen, knocked over the teacup, and asked the emperor to forgive her sins." The blow on the forehead by Chu Peiyuan was really not light, if it weren't for the fact that she had some skills on her body, I was afraid that she would really faint for several days.

"It doesn't matter." Zhuang Chenchen didn't care about her, just asked: "Just now, you told me that you didn't frame the queen, but is it true?" ”

Cang Lian raised her head, looked at his eyes and said solemnly: "The concubine has always only told the emperor the truth, and she has never hidden anything. ”

"I ask you, is it true that he just said that he didn't frame the queen?" Zhuang Chenchen was not satisfied with her answer, so he asked again.

This posture made Cang Lian couldn't help but tremble a little. Could it be that in the short moment she didn't come, something happened in the main hall that she didn't expect? No matter what, she still replied stubbornly: "The concubine has indeed never done such a thing. From beginning to end, he has never framed the queen. ”

"Very good." Zhuang Chenchen nodded again and again. But his face suddenly changed greatly, and he swept the teacup in his hand to the ground with his sleeves: "Then you tell me that the evidence about your crime has been found in the Yang Palace, how do you explain?" ”