Chapter 122: It’s winter in Lexiaoyuan, the plum blossoms are gradually falling, and the lingering fragrance of plum blossoms is floating in the air.
With Qi Yi restored to the position of crown prince, it seems that the crown prince's turmoil has subsided, but as everyone knows, a conspiracy battle has just begun.
As usual, Yan Yan got up early and breathed in the fresh ancient air, mixed with the fragrance of natural flowers, which made people feel happy. After stretching lazily, Xiaolan came over with hot water. Yan Yan finished washing up.
Finally, when I looked at Xiaolan who was busy, I realized that I had been with her for so long and still didn't understand her.
"Xiaolan, please stop and take a rest." Yanyan said, her experience as a palace maid was still vivid in her memory. Although she worked as an errand beside the emperor, there were times when she was so tired that she could just lie down on the bed and fall asleep.
Xiaolan smiled and shook her head, "Miss, I'm not tired."
Knowing that she was a stubborn girl, Yanyan smiled and took the hot soup that Xiaolan brought for her. The steaming soup curled up on her face, and Yanyan put it into her mouth one by one, which warmed her instantly.
It spreads all over the body. Drinking a bowl of hot soup in the morning can be described as comforting.
"Xiaolan, why are you working in the palace?" Yanyan put the bowl in his hand on the coffee table and looked at Xiaolan who was stirring the charcoal and asked.
Xiaolan was silent for a while, then replied in a low voice: "I lost my parents when I was young. My aunt refused to adopt me, so she sold me to the palace."
Yan Yan's eyes were dull. Yes, who would have thought that a palace maid would have a tragic life experience if she was a slave. Seeing her sad expression, Yan Yan suddenly joked: "Xiaolan, you are almost here too."
How old is Gong?"
Xiaolan tried her best to suppress the memories, regained her former calm, looked at Yan Yan in confusion, and nodded.
Seeing her nodding, Yanyan reached out and patted her shoulder, smiling and saying, "When the day comes for you to leave the palace, I will definitely find a good family for you to marry."
"Miss!" Xiaolan screamed when she heard the sound, and her face turned red. Seeing her blushing, Yanyan smiled even more happily. She was not joking, secretly thinking, she was serious
You need to find a good family for her to marry, preferably a monogamous family.
Xiaolan turned around in a panic and walked out. When she walked to the door, she heard Yan Yan's laughter. She turned her head and looked at Yan Yan, blushing and shouted: "Miss, I won't pay attention to you. Wait a minute."
I won’t be here to serve you anymore.” After saying that, he turned around and left, only to hear a muffled thought on his forehead. He bumped into another palace maid who walked in, and both of them fell to the ground in embarrassment.
Yanyan hurriedly suppressed the smile on his face, walked past and helped Xiaolan, and when he was about to help the palace maid who rushed in, he found that the palace maid looked unfamiliar and was not Su Yixuan's girl on duty.
"Who are you?" Yanyan blurted out.
The girl covered her forehead and stood up staggeringly. Regardless of the pain, she hurriedly bowed and said: "Miss, I am the maid on duty at Lexiaoyuan. On the orders of the Imperial Concubine Chen, please go to Lexiaoyuan."
Take a trip."
Yanyan was stunned for a moment. She didn't remember that she recognized the Concubine Chen from Lexiaoyuan. She might be the concubine who had given her a gift at the Mid-Autumn Festival. When Yanyan was about to leave with the palace, Xiaolan pulled her gently.
There was a look of hesitation on his sleeves, but he didn't say anything after all.
Yanyan smiled at her and followed the palace maid towards Lexiaoyuan. Along the way, he turned left and right. The more he walked, the more he felt that this road seemed familiar. When he saw the palace in front of him again, Yanyan realized
When she did walk by, Qi Yi's mother lived in the palace in front of her.
"Miss, Concubine Chen is waiting for you inside. I will leave first." The maid took her to the door and stopped. She pointed to the courtyard where the door was open and she said something and then left.
Yanyan raised his head and looked above the door, but there was no word. He learned from the palace maid that the house was called Le Xiaoyuan, but he wondered why there was no plaque for such an elegant name.
With doubts, Yanyan walked in. She still remembered that Qi Yu's mother once said that this was not a place for her to come and issued a prohibition order against her. However, she did not expect that it was she who ordered someone to invite her here today.
House.
Concubine Chen was sitting in the courtyard with her back to her, wearing only thin clothes, looking extremely lonely in this bleak and cold winter.
"Concubine Chen..." Yan Yan called in a low voice.
The back figure turned its head in response, and Yan Yan was stunned. The face looked a few years older than the last time she saw it. She stood up and sat in front of the stone seat.
"I wonder what Concubine Chen is calling me for?" Yan Yan asked the haggard-looking woman in front of him after sitting down on the stone seat.
Concubine Chen hesitated for a moment, but did not answer her question. She seemed to be immersed in memories, with a struggling look on her face, and said: "As you can see, there is not even a plaque in Lexiaoyuan, not even a
The palace maid is nowhere to be seen, isn’t it strange?”
Yanyan nodded. She was very surprised at first, but now that she thinks about it, if this is a cold palace, everything seems to be reasonable.
Concubine Chen pulled the corners of her lips bitterly, recalling the past events of that year, "Once upon a time, I was also very prosperous. At that time, although I was not as favored by the emperor as Concubine Feng, I was also deeply favored by the emperor. But, I don't
The Emperor was willing to put almost all of his heart on Concubine Feng. At that time, I thought, since I can’t get all of the Emperor’s heart, then I have to gain power.”
Yan Yan listened quietly and watched her face change from a smile to a cold one.
She paused for a moment and continued: "When I knew that the ministers in the court were talking about establishing a prince, I knew that I had to take action. I used the precious jewelry and jades rewarded by the emperor to win over the court.
A high-ranking minister only wants to win. The prince I want to fight for Yu'er has always been that the mother is more valuable than the son. Only by letting Yu'er become the prince can I gain a foothold in the harem."
Yan Yan watched as the expression on her face became fierce, and he sighed silently. It was another concubine who fought for power and met such a sad end.
"However, what I never expected was that someone was causing trouble. Those ministers who had been won over by me escaped and revealed that I used money to win over them. The emperor was furious about this and banned me here in Le Xiaoyuan. It was enough
I didn't go out for two months. I didn't think I did anything wrong at that time. I was only thinking about how to make Yuer the prince. The emperor once came over and asked me if I knew my mistake, but I refused to bow my head and still persisted.
I was right. The emperor was furious and never came to Lexiaoyuan again. This place has become a veritable cold palace and I am not allowed to step out of here."
Yanyan didn't know what to say. The expression on her face was complicated and changeable, as if she had returned to calm after a struggle, and the rest was just vicissitudes of life.
"I have been under house arrest in Lexiaoyuan for four full years." She sighed, and then said: "I spent four years of my youth paying for the mistakes I made, and finally understood the truth.
The palace is a place where individuals can eat people. They are either strong or silent. I have paid a heavy price for wanting to be strong, and I know that only the truly strong can be invincible. I want to use heretical methods to make myself look good.
Being strong will eventually end up in disgrace. Today, I came to you because I want you to do me a favor."
"Looking for my help?" Yanyan blurted out.
Concubine Chen nodded, "Now I'm watching Yu'er follow my old path. No matter how I try to persuade him, he doesn't listen and insists on doing what he thinks is right. I don't want to see him make the same mistake again."
"Then you shouldn't be asking me for help." He said calmly.
"You can!" Concubine Chen suddenly looked at her firmly, "You are the only one who can stop him from making another mistake now."
Yanyan looked stunned.
"I can see that Yu'er has fallen in love with you, so now only you can stop him from making more mistakes."
Yan Yan raised his eyebrows, "Love me? He doesn't understand what love is at all? Concubine Chen must also know that I was imprisoned as a spy because of Qi Yu. I can't bear his love, he just
If he wanted something and couldn't get it, he would rather destroy it than let anyone else get it."
Concubine Chen was startled, and silence spread between them.
It was already noon when Yan Yan left Le Xiaoyuan, and she kept thinking about what Concubine Chen said in her mind. She was not shocked to hear Concubine Chen's past, but the last thing she said shocked her.
.
"Why are you here?"
Qi Yu's cold voice rang in his ears, and Yan Yan immediately raised his head. His eyes were as cold as ice, but even colder than the cold winter wind.
"I was just passing by here, and I'm going back now." Yanyan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she said something hastily and turned around to leave, but her hand was suddenly clamped down by him.
"Are you so eager to leave when you see me?" Qi Yu grasped her hand hard.
Yan Yan turned back and stared at him in pain, "Yes, I just can't wait to leave. How could I want to stay with someone who once wanted to kill me?"
Everything was silent and silent. Qi Yu felt as if he was in a snowy mountain that was frozen all year round. The cold wind was beating mercilessly and the biting snowflakes buried him.
While he was stunned, Yanyan quickly pulled away from his hand and ran away as if running away. The wrist he grabbed still hurt, but she didn't care so much, she just wanted to escape.
The pain from the cold wind hitting her face made her stop running. She turned around to make sure Qi Yu was not chasing her, and then she walked in the direction of Su Yixuan with confidence.
Concubine Chen told her many things about Qi Yu. Finally, Concubine Chen told her why all the guards she had in prison were replaced. She had always thought that Qi Yu deliberately sent people to monitor her every move.
, but she didn’t know that he was just secretly protecting her by replacing those jailers.
"What are you thinking about?"
Yanyan was startled by the sudden hand on her body and almost sprained her feet. Looking at the smiling face that appeared in front of her, she said angrily: "If you scare me to death one day, I will
He will turn into a ghost and come to scare you every day."