When Chang'an returned to the palace again, it coincided with the triennial general election, and the six palaces were full of joy. The voices were full of voices, and there was an endless stream of laughter. Chang'an has never liked this kind of excitement, and this time it was the excitement of Chu Luo's selection of concubines, and she was even more reluctant to ask.

The palace is happy, the palace is cold, all of this is particularly incompatible with Shen Changan at this time.

Chang'an stood in front of the five gates, looking up at the majestic palace with red walls and green tiles, towering walls, and covering the sky and the sun—it was so imposing. The towering halls rise the splendid golden tops, depend on each other, the height is staggered, the scales are one after another, look at it from afar to attract people to worship, the top of the golden glazed tile heavy eaves hall shines with dazzling light in the sun, makes people confused, can not distinguish the direction of east and west. A few young musicians were singing on the stage, and the sound of singing sounded as if it was full of warmth and as mellow as spring. At the same moment, in the same palace, Chang'an felt so desolate at this time.

For a moment, she felt as if she had never belonged.

She suddenly remembered that when she was young, she had come to Luoyang with her father. At that time, when Chang'an looked at Luoyang, he always felt that it was so mysterious and dreamy. The women in this harem are also covered with a veil of mystery, they can live in such a palace, and they can accompany the present day, they are really very rich. But the moment she actually stepped into here, she suddenly realized that this was just a cage, an incomparably gorgeous cage. Her youth, her love, and everything she had, unconsciously, were consumed bit by bit.

From this moment on, she began to regret all the decisions she had made.

She shouldn't have entered the palace with Chu Luo, or maybe she shouldn't have married Chu Luo at all. Only in this way did she escape the fate of being imprisoned. The glory of her status did not bring much wealth to her family. His father pretended to be a high-ranking man and did not want to be an official in the central government. And she lost her favorite brother, and it was really worse than death. Suddenly, under the warmth of spring, Chang'an was shocked by a biting cold.

She had made her choice, and there was no turning back.

The peach blossoms are still the same, the smiling face is blowing the willows, and the Chonghua Hall has not changed much compared to when she left, everything is as usual.

She pushed open the door of the main hall, and suddenly saw a familiar figure sitting with his back to her. Just like many times before, every time she returned to the palace, she would see Chu Luo sitting in her room playing chess and waiting for her. Whenever she did, she would pounce behind him and give him a low kiss on the cheek.

But after all, she is not an eighteen-year-old Shen Changan.

Chu Luo heard the sound outside the door, and suddenly stood up, stared at her, and looked at each other quietly.

Suddenly, Chang'an felt a little sad in his heart. That kind of emotion, indescribable, suddenly was the memory of the palace back then, but now, it has changed a little. He held her in his arms and let her tears flow freely. He knew what was going on, he knew it all. But the only thing he could do was to stay with her quietly here. His fingers ran through her three thousand green silks, hugging her tightly to his chest, and his voice was calm and comforting, "I'm here." ”

She fell into Chu Luo's arms, tears streaming continuously.

Since Shen Changqing's death, Chang'an suddenly felt that he could accept many things that happened in this world. She watched her brother's coffin be buried with her own eyes, and when the loess covered the coffin little by little, her sister-in-law Gu Qiuyi cried so much that she almost fainted, and refused to let go of the coffin. At that moment, Chang'an felt that she really loved her brother, and she must have loved her brother with such a loss of mind. Love is only so great in the face of death. It was also at that moment that she saw her father's old tears, and saw her mother and Aunt Lan crying as much as they could, but her Shen Chang'an's heart was already numb.

In the early summer of the fourth year of Yongchang, in the second draft of the Great Chu State, everyone watched in surprise as Shen Changan held the emperor's hand and sat on the top of the main hall. The queen mother has not yet come to the general election, and the empress Li Shushen, who is sitting on the left side of the emperor, has an extremely ugly face. She tried her best to suppress her emotions, burst into a smile like cold snow, and asked respectfully, "Why is Concubine Xian here?" ”

The emperor glanced at her, his tone was as light as a cloud of smoke, and he couldn't hear a trace of emotion, "Concubine Xian is here to help the queen share her worries." ”

The queen was a thorn in her heart, deeply concealing the pain in her heart under calm, and turned her head sideways to Chengde Haidao, "Let everyone come in." ”

Cheng Dehai bowed his head slightly, and raised his voice outward, "Xuanxiu girl enters the hall-"

Immediately afterwards, rows of neatly arranged show girls wore all kinds of embroidered clothes, or thin powder, or heavy makeup, smiling and beautiful.

But Chu Luo's heart was not in this group of show girls at all, and after the rows of show girls passed, he still didn't leave a sign.

The queen's face turned slightly pale, she tried her best to hold back the sourness in her heart, and said to the emperor with a smile, "There are so many show girls, is there no one who can enter the emperor's eyes?" ”

The emperor's eyes were cold, and there was no superfluous expression on his face, "The queen decides." ”

The queen's face changed suddenly, her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she looked at a show girl in the crowd and said, "This woman is Qingyun, the second daughter of Lord Wei, and this palace thinks it is very good, I don't know what the emperor wants?" ”

When Chu Luo heard this, he glanced at the woman in purple slightly, but he didn't have much interest, so he said straightforwardly, "Then leave the sign." ”

When the queen saw that the emperor was playing like a child's play, the expression on her face was also extremely unnatural, and she only left Wei Qingyun's brand, so she stopped making a sound.

Chang'an looked at Chu Luo through the thin sunlight, and found that he was also looking at her. A little joy suddenly appeared in her heart. Just as he wanted to say something, a faint tingling pain suddenly flashed under his abdomen. She reached out and pressed her lower abdomen, her eyebrows slightly furrowed in pain.

Chu Luo was shocked and hurriedly leaned over and asked, "Where is the discomfort?" ”

Chang An gritted his teeth and shook his head, not wanting to delay the matter in the general election, so he replied with a smile, "It's okay, it's just that the sun is shining a little." ”

Chu Luo looked at her with some concern, stretched out his hand to pull her to his side, and said softly, "You sit against me." ”

Chang An bowed his head lightly and sat down on Chu Luo's side. When the queen saw that the two of them were in the main hall, she was immediately displeased, and even her tone was a little harsh, "Your Majesty, it's still important to draft the draft." ”

When Chu Luo heard this, he was extremely reluctant, "Concubine Xian is unwell, how can it be more important than the draft?" If the queen is so interested in the draft, she will stay here. ”

The queen was shocked when she heard this, and was about to speak, but Chang'an pressed Chu Luo. She really didn't want to delay the important matter because of herself, if the queen and the queen mother were to blame, she couldn't afford it, and at this time, she felt that the pain in her abdomen was not so bad, so she smiled and said to Chu Luo, "The emperor is here, it doesn't matter if the concubine is here." ”

Chu Luo saw that her expression was as usual, but he was also a little relieved.

The draft went on as usual.

Previously, Chang'an only felt a faint pain in his lower abdomen, but later, the pain was even bigger for a while, and the cold sweat on his face was also flowing down. She bit her lower lip tightly and asked softly to the people around her, "How many more?" ”

The little eunuch bowed slightly, and said respectfully, "This is the last batch." After that, he suddenly saw Chang'an's face pale and cold sweat, and he couldn't help but be frightened, and hurriedly said, "It doesn't matter if you are a mother, right?" ”

Chang An nodded reluctantly, and just wanted to speak, but he heard an exclamation from the cold smoke beside him.

"Blood. Blood. The mother is bleeding—"

In an instant, chaos reigned above the main hall.

Chu Luo stood up first, watching the blood continue to pour out from under Chang'an's skirt, his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly called, "Chang'an, Chang'an-"

Chang'an heard Chu Luo calling her, and also heard the exclamations of His Royal Highness's show girls, but she actually felt that her consciousness was getting weaker and weaker, and her body was weak, and she fell backwards.

"Physician—"

Cheng Dehai shouted, and the little eunuchs around him hurriedly ran towards the hospital.

Chu Luo picked up Chang'an and almost rushed to the nearest Mingde Palace, but the queen stopped in front of him and called out in a lost voice, "The emperor can't leave now......"

"Get out of here!" Chu Luo was almost out of his mind, he reached out and pushed the queen violently, and the queen couldn't stand on her feet and fell to the ground. Yuzhi was even more startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the queen up, but the queen just lay on the ground and sobbed lowly, and big tears flowed from her eyes. She looked at the figure of the emperor holding Shen Changan all the way away, and the blood under Chang'an's skirt stained the entire ground drop by drop.

The show girls were in a mess, and a few of them were so frightened that they were already in a mess. The queen only remembered her identity in a trance at this moment, thinking that she couldn't lose her face no matter what. She brushed her sleeves and got up, helped up by Yuzhi, and sat back in her position. She straightened the five phoenixes hanging beads on the sideburns, looked down, and saw a woman who was not surprised, and only stood with her head bowed. The corners of the eyes and eyebrows reveal a graceful atmosphere.

The queen whispered a few words to Yuzhi, and Yuzhi hurriedly called the woman forward.

She wears a light vermilion long robe, rusty butterfly dark lines, a green silk with butterfly tassels shallow curling, Emei lightly swept, no powder on the face, eyes like water, but with a touch of coldness, seems to be able to see through everything, ten fingers are slender, skin is like clotted fat, snow white with pink, seems to be able to wring water, a pair of red lips, smiling like a smile.

Her appearance is not excellent, and she may not be able to enter the eyes of the emperor. But she looked so calm and calm in the face of danger, which aroused Li Shushen's interest.

"Which family are you the daughter of?"

The woman smiled slightly, and bowed down respectfully and said, "Back to the queen's mother, the courtier's daughter is Zhou Ruohua, the daughter of Zhou Qihe, the general of Huaihua, who is nineteen years old. ”

The queen hid the tears in the corners of her eyes, smiled very gracefully and decently, and had the style of the middle palace. She nodded and said in a deep voice, "Zhou Ruohua, the daughter of General Huaihua, leave a sign." ”