"Miss, this dress is so beautiful!" Chun'er exclaimed with bright eyes as she flipped through a pink brocade dress with wide sleeves and fairy leaves on the bed.
Shen Huan glanced at the palace clothes and didn't care much. This was already the fourth set of clothes sent today. The first three sets were all pink palace clothes, but the styles were different. In addition to the clothes, there were also a few big fur ones. Cloak, white fox fur scarf, gold and silver jewelry, jade, rouge, gouache and luozidai
In short, everything a woman should have was sent to her by the palace servants one after another.
Chun'er was counting those things with great interest. Shen Huan took one look at them and stopped paying attention to them. But judging from this situation, she would be able to go out and walk soon.
At the end, there was even an elderly Gong'e who came in with Xichen.
Xichen saw Shen Huan standing aside indifferently, seemingly not very interested in the things he had given him, so he asked: "Don't you like these? I'll ask people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send another batch."
Shen Wen sighed softly and said: "No need, these things are very good, but I can't use so many of them by myself."
Xichen smiled and said: "There will be many opportunities in the future. You sit down first." He pulled Shen Huan to sit down in front of the mirror and nodded to the old palace lady.
Shen Wen looked at him puzzled, and he sighed softly: "You forgot, today is the day when you have hair extensions. I can't let you have more, I can only... I can only have someone come and comb your hair." It’s time for haircut ceremony”
Shen Huan was stunned, was today the day when he was born? So soon, it would be his fifteenth birthday. If he didn't mention such a grand day, he would have forgotten it.
Lao Gong'e saluted Shen Huan and confessed her crime. Then she opened the box she carried with her, took out a set of combing tools inside, and slowly put Shen Huan's hair into a bun.
Gold step shakes, jade hairpins, tassel gold hairpins... were all added to her head. She only felt that her neck was getting more and more sore, and all the long hair was tied up on her head, like a pile of clouds.
She shook her head and said impatiently: "Why do you need so much?"
Lao Gong'e was stunned and looked at Xichen, who said: "Wear it today, and it won't be too late to take it off tomorrow."
Shen Huan couldn't help it, so the old palace maid started to put makeup on her again. She never put on makeup before, she only used rouge to block the disease. Now she was painted by this palace maid, first a layer of white powder-like stuff, and then several kinds of fragrant powders. Rouge, in short, she was enveloped in a strange fragrance. The old palace lady smiled and said: "The empress's skin is good, even if she doesn't need to put on makeup, it is as smooth as gelatin, but it is not what it should be today. After all, it belongs to the empress." Qianqiu"
Shen Wen was filled with anger when she said the word "empress" and glared at her fiercely in the mirror. Old Gong'e was startled, thinking she had offended her somewhere, and quickly looked at the emperor standing behind her.
Xichen frowned slightly and said calmly: "You don't need to move your mouth to put on makeup."
Lao Gong'e hurriedly responded, not daring to stop her hands, and she no longer dared to say anything.
After the makeup was put on, Shen Huan put on the palace clothes she had just been given. As expected, she looked as bright as a fairy.
After preparing everything, Xichen took her hand and went out. Yesterday it was snowing for a while, but today the sun came out, so it wasn't very cold.
Xichen led her to a corner of the courtyard, where there was an incense burner. Xichen said: "It is forbidden to worship in the palace, so just kowtow to the incense burner. It will be considered as thanking your parents' spirits in heaven."
Shen Huan felt sour in her heart. She knelt on the bed with her hands clasped together. Before she could kowtow, tears already fell. After bowing her head, she stood up, but her tears could not be stopped.
Xichen walked to her side and stood silently beside her. She suddenly asked: "Is it really just because of my father's great achievements that the Shen family was destroyed?" She held back her tears, gritted her teeth, and said again, "My parents' souls are here. I hope you won't lie."
Xichen said calmly: "I have no intention of lying. Destroying the Shen family is not as simple as conquering the master with great achievements."
Shen Wen suddenly changed his face: "What's that for?"
Xichen's expression did not change at all, but his tone became colder, and he said: "Huanhan, for your own sake, you'd better not ask any more questions."
Shen Huan sneered: "What? Are you going to kill me if I continue to ask questions?"
Xichen said: "No, I won't kill you, but there are some things that are better not to be known. You just need to believe me. I am doing all this for you."
"I don't believe it!" Shen Huan said sternly, "You killed my whole family and you said it was because of me? What kind of truth is this!"
Xichen looked at her coldly, pinched the back of her neck, pulled her in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "The Shen family must be destroyed! If the Queen Mother and Zhenyin hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have even killed your second brother. And kill!"
Shen Wen stared at him through tears and asked: "Why? Why on earth is this? How on earth did the Shen family harm you?"
Xichen wiped away her tears with his other hand and said, "You are very beautiful today, don't let your tears ruin your makeup."
Shen Wen opened his hand in disgust, Xichen said sullenly, "Okay, I'll tell you now! Your father is a careerist! So is your sister! And your eldest brother! If I don't kill them, They will kill me one day! Of course, I also have to find a way to get you! For the sake of imperial power and for you, I must kill them! However, with the imperial power, only you, Huan Huan, you said Yes or no?"
Shen Huan stared at him in surprise, unable to believe what he said, not a word he said!
Xichen's face was full of cold anger and ruthlessness. He looked at Shen Huan's expression cruelly and continued: "If I were to accuse you of wanting to depose the emperor and collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, as the Shen family, what do you think? Can I still protect you?"
Want to dethrone the emperor and collaborate with the enemy and betray the country?
"That's right! These eight words are the real reason why your father and your whole family were destroyed!"
"You... are lying..." Shen Huan trembled and murmured
Xichen pointed to the sky and gritted his teeth and said, "Your parents' spirits are here, and I won't lie to you!"
As soon as his hand loosened, Shen Huan fell to the ground. The snow on the ground hardened, and the instant chill penetrated her body, forcing it into her heart.
How could it happen? How could it happen to my father?
He is already inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, how could he still...
Xichen hugged her up sadly, seeing her dazed look, knowing that he couldn't say anything anymore, he felt uncomfortable. He originally didn't want to tell her all this, but if this knot is not untied, she will hate herself forever. In addition, it will trigger the original An Ran He must not tell the real reason why Xiang Shen behaved like that, otherwise, he will lose her forever...
Huan Huan, I don’t want to lose you. No matter whether you will be what that person said in the future or not, whether you have me in your heart or not, I will never let you go.
The sun was still warm. Xichen hugged Shen Huan and left. The little eunuch hiding behind the rockery finally moved slightly. It wasn't until someone removed the incense table that he slowly moved out and headed towards Yanqing Palace.