This night is destined to be a long night.

In the Fengluan Palace, the queen took a handkerchief soaked in clear water, leaned down and wiped the wounds on Chu Luo's face. The blood stain on his cheek was long and deep, and every time she wiped it, the handkerchief would be stained with a layer of bright red blood, and she washed the handkerchief over and over again, and couldn't help but cry silently.

Seeing her like this, Chu Luo's brows gradually furrowed, but he still half-jokingly said, "It's me who is hurt, why are you crying?" ”

The queen raised her sleeves and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and replied in a low voice, "When is it, the emperor still has the heart to joke." As she spoke, she picked up the cleaned handkerchief and wiped off the remaining blood little by little, Qing Shui accidentally rubbed on Chu Luo's wound, he was a little painful, and let out a low voice*, the queen saw this, and immediately threw down the handkerchief to check Chu Luo's wound, while the tears that had just endured it came up again at this moment, "Your Majesty ......"

Seeing her crying so sadly, Chu Luo suddenly remembered that when he was in the Chonghua Palace, Chang'an saw that his wound was the same, and he couldn't help but feel a faint pain in his heart, and said indifferently, "I'm fine." ”

As soon as the words fell, a beautiful figure flashed outside the door.

As soon as she saw the emperor, she fell to the ground and began to cry.

The little eunuch behind her looked hesitant, looked at the queen, and muttered, "Niangniang...... Little Master Zhong had to come in...... The minions can't stop it......"

The queen sighed slightly, waved her hand and said, "Got it, you go down." ”

The little eunuch retreated in response, leaving Zhong Yuxiu alone on the ground crying pear blossoms and rain.

She only wore a shirt with silk flowers on a white background, and the three thousand green silk were loosely tied up with a silver ribbon, and there was no powder on her face, obviously rushing all the way from the dormitory.

Chu Luo saw that she was crying very emotionally, and his heart was also a little moved, so he called softly, "You get up." ”

Zhong Yuxiu listened to the emperor's words, and immediately wiped away her tears and stood up, but as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw a basin of blood around the queen, and her tears couldn't help but fall again, "Concubine Xian...... Why is she so ruthless......"

When the queen heard the word "virtuous concubine", her brows furrowed suddenly, and she asked in a lost voice, "Zhong Jieyu, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhong Yuxiu saw that the queen still didn't know, so she wiped her tears and said neatly, "The queen doesn't know yet...... The emperor's wound was when he had a dispute with Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xian was ......"

"Enough!" Chu Luo drank sharply, turned his head to look at Zhong Yuxiu, and was already angry, "Where did you hear these words?!" ”

Zhong Yuxiu was so frightened that she was silent, and hurriedly leaned over and knelt down and said, "Concubine...... The concubine listened to a few palace people......"

"You are the master, can you believe the words of the palace people who chew the root of their tongues?" Chu Luo immediately turned his cold face, "This injury was accidentally dropped by me, and it has nothing to do with Concubine Xian." ”

With that, he stood up and walked out regardless of the heavy faces of the queen and Zhong Yuxiu behind him.

"Your Majesty ......" Seeing that Chu Luo was about to step out of the threshold of Fengluan Palace with one more step, Queen Yingying said loudly, "Aren't you going to rest in Fengluan Palace tonight?" ”

Chu Luo took a deep breath and walked out of the main gate of Fengluan Palace, "I will rest in Mingde Palace tonight." ”

When the emperor's figure was gone, the queen came sadly, glanced at Zhong Yuxiu, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said loudly, "The emperor is gone, what are you still kneeling here?" ”

Zhong Yuxiu was uneasy, never dared to get up, bowed his head and replied, "It was the concubine's words that made the emperor angry, so he ......"

She didn't say any more, but the queen already knew what she meant. She smiled lightly and sighed softly, "I don't blame you. The emperor takes care of the virtuous concubine, and sooner or later he will have to leave......"

When Zhong Yuxiu heard this, her eyes raised slightly, but her words were extremely unfair, "Concubine Xian hurt the emperor so badly, but the emperor still protected her......"

The queen smiled bitterly, and that smile was mixed with a lot of her sadness and helplessness, "After all, ...... We still can't compare to Concubine Xian's ......"

After speaking, she took Miaochun's hand and slowly went to the inner hall.

As soon as the queen went out, Lan Xiang immediately ran in and helped Zhong Yuxiu to get up, she staggered out of Fengluan Palace step by step, looked at the nine-fold high pavilion, and couldn't help sneering.

Shen Changan, one day, you will be completely defeated.

In Mingde Palace, tonight is He Sheng's errand.

The emperor's personal eunuchs are only Cheng Dehai and He Sheng. Cheng Dehai is the chief eunuch of Mingde Palace, with a lot of power, and he is also the person who can speak the most by the emperor's side. Being on an errand at night has always been the hardest and most tiring job, and Cheng Dehai always gave this kind of work to He Sheng to do. He Sheng's temperament was extremely peaceful, so he didn't argue with him, and he took over this drudgery.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor returned to the palace tonight, he saw that He Sheng was here again, and couldn't help but wonder, "Where did Cheng Dehai go?" ”

He Sheng bowed down and replied respectfully, "Father-in-law Hai is not feeling well tonight, so go back and rest." ”

The emperor nodded, but he was very clear in his heart what Cheng Dehai had in mind.

He walked straight back to the dormitory, but he didn't intend to rest. After He Sheng packed everything up, he asked respectfully, "Does the emperor have any other orders?" ”

Chu Luo pondered for a moment and thought, "You said I ...... Is it too strict for Concubine Xian? ”

The emperor's question startled He Sheng a lot. As slaves, they have always been only responsible for the emperor's diet and daily life, and have never interfered in the affairs of the harem. Now that the emperor asked like this, he could only reply stubbornly, "The emperor treats people very generously. ”

Seeing that he didn't answer the question, Chu Luo couldn't help but sigh lightly and said in a deep voice, "When I was in the Xianfei Palace today, you also saw that it was I who had a dispute with her...... But Concubine Xian, she is not wrong......" He thought of this, suddenly bowed his head again, waved his hand and said, "That's it, what do I do with you, you can go down." ”

"Yes." He Sheng agreed, and was about to go down, when he suddenly thought of something, turned around, bowed respectfully to the emperor, and said in a low voice, "Concubine Xian Niangniang really loves the emperor." ”

This sentence shocked Chu Luo's heart.

He suddenly remembered that when he left the Chonghua Hall today, Chang'an sat on the ground and wept silently, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought little by little.

After that day, Chu Luo never set foot in the Chonghua Hall again.

Even he couldn't figure out why, perhaps, because he was afraid that if he saw Chang'an again, the estrangement between the two would gradually deepen, or perhaps, he just didn't think about how to face her. Later, Chu Luo also stood at the door of the Chonghua Hall more than once, looking at her figure shuttling in the hall, but he didn't see him again after all.

For a while, the virtuous concubine who was in the limelight suddenly fell out of favor.

Everyone in the palace is in danger, but they don't know why.

Shen Chang'an's snub lasted until the spring of the third year of Yongchang.

When her green head card was already covered with a thin layer of ash, the father-in-law of the Jingshifang had to take it upon himself to replace it with the newcomer's brand.

When the father-in-law in charge went to Mingde Palace and held the wooden plaque with the green head high above his head, Chu Luo found that Chang'an's green head card was missing at a glance, and asked sharply, "Why is the sign of Concubine Xian missing?" ”

The father-in-law in charge was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Slave...... The slave saw that there was dust on the sign of Concubine Xian Niangniang today, so he replaced it......"

"Bastard!" Chu Luo didn't wait for him to finish, and as soon as he patted the case, Huo Ran stood up, "Without my will, who told you to make your own decisions!" Come! ”

As soon as Chu Luo's words fell, Cheng Dehai hurriedly rushed in from outside, respectfully bowed down, and prepared to receive the emperor's will.

"Chen Zhengsheng, the head of the Jingshi room, neglected his duties, changed the green head card without permission, and at the behest of me, stripped him of his position in charge and punished the 20th board!"

As soon as the emperor gave the order, several little eunuchs came forward and dragged the father-in-law in charge. The father-in-law in charge was so frightened that he couldn't even speak, where did he dare to resist, and after leaving only a group of green cards, he was dragged out of the hall.

Cheng Dehai was just outside the hall, and he had already heard the conversation between the two of them, he picked up the green head card, and then placed a basket in front of the emperor, and said with a smile, "This is the little master Zhong who just came to the emperor, and when he saw that the emperor was busy, he didn't come in." After that, he seemed to suddenly remember something, slapped his head, and said with a smile and flattery, "Look at the memory of the slave, I actually forgot that the emperor was going to turn over the brand of the virtuous concubine just now." ”

Chu Luo's face sank, hesitated slightly, and then said again, "Let's go to Zhong Jieyu." ”

Zhong Yuxiu was about to return to the palace, when she suddenly lifted the curtain in the sedan chair, and saw Cheng Dehai standing outside the door of Yilan Hall from afar, bowing to her.

"The slave asks for peace to the little master Zhong Jieyu."

Yuxiu nodded, thinking about how Cheng Dehai had time to come to her Yilan Hall at this time, but in a blink of an eye, she saw a Ming Huanglong on Cheng Dehai's side, and she was immediately overjoyed, and she quickly ran off the sedan chair and rushed into the Yilan Hall without caring about Lan Xiang's support.

"Your Majesty!" She lifted the curtain of the door, smiled brightly, and crashed into Chu Luo's arms.

Chu Luo was taken aback by the sudden scene in front of him, looked at the person in his arms, and hugged her arm couldn't help but increase his strength a little, "I didn't see you in Mingde Palace today, Yu'er is angry?" ”

Yuxiu glanced up at Chu Luo, and said with a coquettish smile, "The emperor has a lot of opportunities, how can the concubine be angry with the emperor because of this little thing." ”

Chu Luo chuckled lightly and reached out to scrape the tip of Yuxiu's nose, "You are really virtuous." At the end, he sighed and said to himself, "It would be nice if Chang'an could have half of your understanding." ”

Yuxiu heard the emperor mention Shen Chang'an at this time, and her heart was slightly unhappy, for such a long time, he still missed her. Thinking like this, her face did not change, "Concubine Xian Niangniang also has advantages that cannot be compared with concubines." ”

Chu Luo smiled lightly, thinking of Chang'an, and didn't say anything more.

Yuxiu got up with interest, instructed the little palace maid to prepare dinner, and said to Chu Luo, "Why did the emperor think that he came to the concubine?" ”

"I tasted the osmanthus cake you left behind, and I came here."

Yuxiu knew in her heart that this matter must be the credit of Cheng Dehai, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but be coquettish again, "Yo, the emperor is here to eat, and the concubine is still the emperor's miss the concubine." ”

Chu Luo looked at Yuxiu in front of him with a look of anger, and suddenly remembered Chang'an, who was seventeen years old that year.

When Chu Luo met Chang'an for the first time that year, she brought the finished chestnut flour cake to Chu Luo, stared at Chu Luo with tears and swept away a whole plate of chestnut flour cake. At the end, she smiled and asked, "My skills are good, aren't they?" ”

Chu Luo couldn't say if he was bitter, but said, "Chang'an's craftsmanship is really excellent." Looking at the smug look of the girl in front of him, he took advantage of her inattention, pulled her to his lap, and smiled, "Make it for me every day in the future, okay?" ”

Chang'an's face changed, and he shouted: "Do it every day? Don't be tired yet? ”

Chu Luo laughed loudly, this girl really didn't understand the meaning.

"Your Majesty!"

Chu Luo came back to his senses and saw Yu Xiu's blushing face and puffing up his face, and laughed, "People and food, I think about it." ”

Yuxiu looked shy, leaned on Chu Luo's shoulder and didn't say anything.

Chu Luo hugged her with one hand, but he missed the other person in his heart, and he had a lot of thoughts for a while.