"Empress..." Hui Xin opened her mouth, but was stopped by Shen Manyun's eyes.
She could only keep silent, but she still cared about An Rong in her heart.
She thought that her mother-in-law was clearly ahead of the imperial concubine. Now that An Rong was the latecomer, she felt something was wrong no matter how she looked at An Rong.
They say there are no permanent friends in the harem, and she believes that.
In addition, the empress's methods were far inferior to those of the imperial concubine, so she was only worried that the empress would eventually suffer a loss at the hands of the imperial concubine.
This incident was stopped again, but Huixin's wariness towards An Rong never diminished.
The harem suddenly became quiet.
Like An Rong, many people chose to wait and see, wondering how long Mu Ci's fame would last. This also reflected the emperor's deep love for Mu Ci.
Unexpectedly, Mu Ci would spend most of the next half month sleeping in Yanfu Palace.
In addition, the emperor always sent any good things to Yong'an Palace. For a time, the news that Mu Ci had replaced the Queen Mother was rampant.
Everyone was jealous of Mu Ci, but Mu Ci himself was helpless.
She always remembered Plum Blossom Pavilion. That night, she finally couldn't help it and revisited the old place in the evening.
She wanted to see Dugu Lianyun.
She struggled during this period, and now she has figured it out.
Dugu Lianyun also appeared in Meihua Pavilion two years ago, and maybe Dugu Lianyun will appear two years later today.
Seeing that it was Mu Ci, the guards guarding the Plum Blossom Pavilion refused to let him in. In the end, Sizhu moved out of Dugu Liancheng's name, and the guards chose to open the door of the Plum Blossom Pavilion after hesitation.
Because there were many people watching every move in Yong'an Palace, the news about Mu Ci breaking into Meihua Pavilion quickly spread to Yanfu Palace.
"Your Majesty, that's true. What are you doing at Plum Blossom Pavilion?" Li Yu secretly looked at the emperor's expression.
The emperor's face was worried and his eyes were a little cold. He knew that the emperor was interested.
It can’t be that it’s been four years since the late emperor passed away, and the empress still can’t let go of the late emperor, right? Mu Ci didn’t want to sleep with him before, could it be because of the late emperor?
He couldn't blame him for thinking this way. He suspected that the emperor had the same concerns.
"Does the emperor want to go out for a walk?" Li Yu asked cautiously.
Dugu Liancheng didn't answer and showed no sign of getting up.
Li Yu didn't dare to come up with any more random ideas and stayed with her carefully.
On the other side, Plum Blossom Pavilion.
After Mu Ci entered the Plum Blossom Pavilion, she asked Yingchun and Sizhu to stay away from her, and she sat down on the bamboo chair under the plum forest.
The breeze blew and the fallen flowers were in bloom. The beautiful scenery here made her feel as calm as water.
The night was getting darker, and she waited for two hours, but there was still no movement, thinking that she could not wait for Dugu Lianyun to appear.
Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she found a man standing quietly under the plum blossom tree in the deep night.
She composed herself and walked towards him slowly: "I guess I can see you here."
Sure enough, he was aware of all her actions and knew that she was in Plum Blossom Pavilion, so he came to see her.
Dugu Lianyun walked from the dark place to the light, his eyes as cold as the cold moonlight at this moment.
"I'll take you out of the palace." After a moment of silence, Dugu Lianyun spoke.
"I can't leave. From the moment the emperor knew my identity, I couldn't leave. You also know that I am with him, and I am his concubine..."
"Don't you care about Ah Zhen?!" Dugu Lianyun interrupted Mu Ci.
Mu Ci's breath hitched.
She thought of Zhou Zhen, that poor girl.
That girl had been wandering all her life. She saved Ah Zhen when he was in the most despair. But it was she, the older sister, who chose to abandon her.
She reluctantly opened her lips, her voice dry and hoarse: "Can you give Ah Zhen back to me?"
"Mu Ci, it's hard to have both ends of the world. You have to know that when you choose to stay with Liancheng, you are destined to lose some people!" Dugu Lianyun's voice was as cold as ice.
Mu Ci nodded: "I understand. Please convey a message to A Zhen for me and tell her that I am sorry for her."
When she chose to stay in the palace and chose Mrs. Rongguo and her brother, it was tantamount to abandoning the child she had saved with her own hands.
Just like when she chose to be Dugu Liancheng's harem concubine, she had to feel sorry for Dugu Lianyun.
How can there be so many people in the world who have the best of both worlds?
"Did you stay because Liancheng was the emperor of Great Xia?" For a long time, Dugu Lianyun's erratic voice echoed in the plum blossom forest.
His voice blended with the sound of the wind, carrying a sad tone.
Mu Ci pretended to think for a while, then said: "Not really, maybe because I care more about him as a person. You also know that I have admired him for many years, whether I love him or hate him, after all, my strongest feelings are given to him.
"
In this way, Dugu Lianyun's remaining affection for her could be completely cut off.
"Since you can't let him go, why did you bother to marry me instead?" Dugu Lianyun asked.
Since her heart is full of Liancheng, why does she still want to marry him as her queen?
"It is happier to be loved than to love. I don't want to live my life too hard. Later, Liancheng fell in love with me, and I couldn't help but return to his arms. Maybe I am a woman who wanders around. If you meet me, you will also
I can only admit that I am unlucky." After Mu Ci said this, he turned around and said, "Don't ever enter the palace again..."
"Mu Ci, you are lying. Because he is the emperor and controls everyone's life and death, you have no choice but to follow him. One day, you will find that you are wrong. The most powerful person in Daxia is by no means Dugu Liancheng...
…”
Dugu Lianyun's voice gradually faded away.
Mu Ci turned around and looked into the depths of the plum forest. There were only fallen flowers washing there, but Dugu Lianyun was nowhere to be seen.
He came quietly and left quietly.
She and Dugu Lianyun finally came to the point of breaking up.
Sizhu and Yingchun suddenly realized that they had a dream. After waking up from the dream, they found that Mu Ci was looking at them intently.
They vaguely felt something was wrong. Why did the two of them suddenly fall asleep just now?
"Is your Majesty okay?" Sizhu looked around to see if anything was wrong.
The empress never mentioned how she left Chenxiang Palace and how she returned to the palace. She only heard the empress mention that she had stayed outside the palace for half a year, but she didn't say what she did specifically, and it was not good for them.
Ask.
Mu Ciyan smiled at Yan Yan: "I'm feeling very well. Let's go back to Yong'an Palace."
What Dugu Lianyun said when he left is worthy of scrutiny, but that is all Dugu Liancheng's business.
If Dugu Lianyun is ambitious and wants to make a comeback, fight his way back to the palace, and take away Dugu Liancheng's throne, that is very possible.
But today her goal was achieved.
She always felt guilty when she thought of Zhou Zhen.
A person like Dugu Lianyun would not embarrass a child, right? If nothing else worked, he would just let Zhou Zhen go back to the Zhou family.
She might be able to pay attention to the situation over there with the Zhou family...
When Mu Ci returned to Yong'an Palace, Feng Jiu immediately came forward to greet him and whispered: "The emperor has been waiting for the empress for half an hour."
