Chapter Ninety-Five: The Cold Palace
When the Chonghua Palace really became a cold palace, it was in Yongchang for ten years.
When a concubine hasn't seen Shengyan for two whole years, she is really disgusted.
In the intervening two years, so much has happened.
Zhong Yuxiu gave birth to the fifth son of the emperor and was promoted to the concubine. The queen gave birth to the emperor and finally had both children and daughters. Jiang Wanran and the new concubines were favored when they were favored, Wanran was pregnant but unfortunately had a miscarriage, and the emperor promoted Zhaoyuan to Zhaoyuan in order to appease her.
When Chang'an heard the news from Zhou Ruohua's mouth, he just smiled coldly.
She knew who had harmed her, and it couldn't have been clearer.
The only thing worth rejoicing about is that Yun Jing of Chang'an is three years old and can call her mother concubine. Every time Yun Jing came back from Mingde Palace and fell asleep on Chang'an's lap, she faintly felt that life seemed to have a glimmer of hope.
With Yun Jing, there is hope, as long as he is still around, there is nothing to fear.
Life has been going on like this, and it seems to be very good. With the sun rising and the sun setting, she no longer has to worry about her life tomorrow. Because as soon as he opened his eyes, it was still the sky above his head, and there was still such a group of people around him, for two years, Shen Changan was in this palace, and his life was like a well.
In the Chonghua Palace, it was deserted. Except for Zhou Ruohua, there are very few concubines who come to Chang'an to walk around. Occasionally, she would hear Zihan and Yun Ke's voices at the door, and after a while, the voices would disappear. After that, there was calm again.
Su Wanying came to Chonghua Hall on an autumn day in the tenth year of Yongchang.
She walked into the main hall with the support of the maidservant, and Chang'an sat in front of the couch, only her round lower abdomen was seen.
"Say hello to the concubine." Wan Ying smiled just right, and Wen Ran sat down in front of her.
This is the first time Chang'an has seen Su Wanying since Chu Ying got married.
She is so gentle and virtuous, she doesn't seem to be the daughter of the general, but like a lady from a scholarly family. When Chang'an saw her, he was a little glad in his heart, fortunately Chu Ying married such a woman.
Chang An put on a decent smile, added a cup of tea to Wan Ying, and said warmly, "Lord and Princess, how are you doing lately?" ”
When Wan Ying heard this, she seemed to be slightly shocked, and then quickly replied with a gentle and humble smile, "The prince and the concubine are very good. ”
Chang'an smiled slightly, "It seems that the princess has good news." ”
Wan Ying's soft gaze fell on her lower abdomen, and there was more peace and tranquility in her heart, and she was about to speak, but she saw that Chang'an's face was slightly pale, her heart jumped suddenly, and she hurriedly asked, "How is the concubine Niangniang?" The mother's face ...... Something doesn't look good. ”
Chang'an was stunned when he heard this, and immediately smiled, "I didn't sleep well yesterday, so it's not in the way." ”
After speaking, she added a little hot water to her teacup, her heart sank, and her mind no longer knew where it had flown until the tea overflowed the cup, and she didn't know it.
"Mother." Seeing this, Wan Ying immediately pressed the movement in Chang'an's hand, a little stunned, "There is enough water." ”
Chang An faintly retracted her thoughts, she smiled quietly, and put the teapot back in its place.
There was silence in the hall again, Su Wanying hesitated for a long time, and finally opened her lips lightly and said, "Lord Wang, I'm very worried about Niangniang." ”
Suddenly, hearing Wan Ying's words, Chang'an's heart trembled.
"It's just that the emperor doesn't allow us to come to the palace often, this time it is the concubine who enters the palace to meet the queen mother, so that she can come to see the mother, the prince has always wanted to come, but ......" Wanying was a little embarrassed to speak, and looked at Chang'an with a little timidity.
However, Wan Ying said something later, but Chang'an didn't listen to a word.
There was a little joy, but in an instant, it turned into a faint tear in the bottom of the eyes. The emotion in my heart is like a cloud, but I don't know where to start.
Chu Ying, Chu Ying.
She woke up in the haze of tears, but what she saw was a sad smile like rain.
"Niangniang...... Wan Ying called softly, then stood up and said gently, "It's time for the concubine to go back to the house." ”
Chang'an nodded heavily, turned his face and quietly wiped a handful of tears, just called out "cold smoke", but Su Wanying had already quietly left from her face, leaving Chang'an with only a vague back.
Hearing the sound of cold smoke, he rushed over, stood beside Chang'an, and called timidly, "Master......"
Chang An breathed lightly, reached out to hold Han Yan's hand, and suddenly smiled gently, "Han Yan, go out for a walk with this palace." ”
For a moment, Han Yan felt that he had heard poorly.
For more than two years since falling out of favor, Chang'an has been locking itself up in the Chonghua Palace, as if the Chonghua Hall was a solid wall, firmly separating the inside from the outside world. Speaking of which, even she herself hasn't been out of the Chonghua Hall for a long time. At this moment, hearing Chang'an say this, Han Yan almost couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly called other palace maids to help Chang'an freshen up and dress up.
However, as soon as they walked out of the side of the road, Chang'an and Hanyan saw a group of people coming this way.
Behind him was a golden sedan chair. The sunlight hits the head, and it almost blinds people's eyes.
Han Yan's eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized that the palace maid standing next to the sedan chair was Yingxiang of Changning Palace, so he leaned on Chang'an's side and whispered, "Master, it's Jiang Zhaoyuan." ”
Chang'an was not very familiar with the name "Jiang Zhaoyuan" for a while, she sneered slightly, stood in front of the sedan chair, and refused to let go of the way. According to the rules, Chang'an is a concubine, and Jiang Wanran is Zhaoyuan, so she should be respected by position. But now, according to the position of Chang'an, she, the concubine, has long fallen out of favor and is useless. The minions in the palace are all masters who see the wind and rudder, naturally where the emperor is biased, he will follow where he goes, at this moment Shen Changan blocked the way of the sedan chair, and several little eunuchs who carried the sedan chair looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Guifei Niangniang, this ......"
"Come down." Chang'an's tone did not have any softness or hesitation, she looked at Ying Xiang steadily, and said coldly, "Ying Xiang, go and call your master down." ”
Ying Xiang was suddenly named at this time, and she didn't dare to disobey, so she had to lift a corner of the curtain and whisper a few words inside.
After a while, a beautifully embroidered palace shoe stepped on the ground.
"Who did I think it was, but it turned out to be my sister." Jiang Wanran smiled and lifted the curtain from inside, and before she could stand firmly, she was hit by a slap from Chang'an and fell on the sedan chair.
"Mother-"
Several eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly rushed forward to protect Jiang Wanran.
"Get out of the way." Chang'an's face was cold, her voice was not high, but it was deep in her ears, she saw that a few little eunuchs were still protecting the front, and she added another sentence, "This palace is a concubine." ”
At this moment, the look on Chang'an's face was terrifying, which made people look intimidating, "If the emperor does not abolish the concubine for a day, the palace will still be the only concubine." ”
Chang'an pulled away a palace maid closest to Jiang Wanran, and under the defenselessness of everyone, she slapped Jiang Wanran again heavily.
"Smack-" was loud again.
Jiang Wanran received three slaps on the face, and she was already swollen high.
She covered half of her face silently, tried her best to hide her tears, and said with difficulty, "Sister......"
"I can't afford your sister." Chang'an's ears couldn't bear to listen to her noise anymore, his eyes lightly swept over her heavily makeup face, and he said word by word, "The way you look really makes Bengong feel disgusting." ”
With that, she turned and walked away. Han Yan looked a little stupid on the side, Chang'an walked a few steps, and she suddenly realized it and followed closely. As soon as she took two steps, she turned her head again and spat at Jiang Wanran fiercely.
She sat down on the ground, her initial anger turning into a demented laugh. The crowd was horrified and hurried up to pull her up. Several people helped her back into the sedan chair, Yingxiang leaned on Wanran's side, so anxious that her voice changed her tone, "Niangniang, what can I do, why don't I go to the emperor and let the emperor call the shots for us......"
Wanran closed her eyes slightly, and exhaled silently, "If you hit it, you will beat it, what's the use of telling the emperor?" ”
"But, mother, ......"
"Alright."
Wanran held her breath, her heart was upset, and she suddenly raised her eyes and saw Xiao Yu standing at the entrance of Yongdao, looking at her.
Wanran lowered his head, Fang knew that the scene just now fell into his eyes, and he felt more and more embarrassed. She lowered the curtain and said in a deep voice, "Go back to the palace." ”
After staying in Changning Hall for only a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yu came in with the curtain open.
He put the ice pack in his hand on the side of Wanran's face, and asked gently, "Does it still hurt?" ”
Wanran turned her face away, but she shed two lines of tears. When Concubine Fang Cai's slaps went down, she didn't say a word, but when she faced Xiao Yu at this time, she couldn't help crying.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Yu suddenly opened his lips and said, "Why did you tell the emperor about the jade pendant?" He endured it for a long time, but there were only ashes of despair left in his eyes, "You have always been good friends with the noble concubine, she treats you well, you know that there is nothing between her and the prince." ”
The fire in Wanran's eyes was suddenly lit up, she looked at Xiao Yu, and her tears condensed into a frosty cold light in the corners of her eyes, "Why do you want to protect the concubine, you don't know her." ”
"Wanran, I just think you're going too far."
Before the words fell, Jiang Wanran had already sneered, "Xiao Yu, I know why you are worried about Shen Guifei, I know all your ulterior secrets." ”
When Xiao Yu heard this, his face suddenly changed, "What did you say?" ”
"The concubine has fallen out of favor for two years, and you have only now said that it is because of the concubine that you will never see the palace maid named Wanxiang next to her again." Wanran suddenly raised her head, and her eyes seemed to be burning with wildfire, "You like evening incense, don't you?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"How dare you say you don't!" Wanran stood up suddenly, with endless depravity and despair in her eyes, "You say that I have changed, but in fact, you have changed, I can't bear to beat the emperor's children, but you like other women!" ”
After that, Wan Ran suddenly ignited a raging anger, she grabbed Xiao Yu's clothes tightly with both hands, and scolded like crazy, "You killed my child, it was you who delivered the bowl of abortion pills to me, it's all you!" ”