Wind and Rain Empire

Early the next morning, Empress Yang and her maid Chunhua came to Donghua Palace

Opening the gate of Donghua Palace, Chunhua couldn't help rubbing the goosebumps on her arms

"Your Majesty, this palace is really deserted. It doesn't look like anyone is living there. Look at this yard, I'm afraid it hasn't been swept for a few months."

Empress Yang lowered her eyes to look at the thick pile of fallen leaves, looking at the spring flowers

"It's not like, it's just that no one lives there. Go open the door of the room and see if there are any living people."

Chunhua promised

"Yes, ma'am, the servant girl is going now."

So he ran in small steps and opened the doors of the palace one by one.

Empress Yang walked slowly towards the yard

When spring flowers bloom behind a certain door, they shout

"Ah! Empress! There is a dead person here!"

She ran out pale with fright, and pointed to a white skeleton and torn clothes on the ground in the middle of the room.

Empress Yang still moved slowly

Chunhua urged

"Your Majesty, come quickly!"

Empress Yang's lazy tone

"Isn't she just a dead person? No matter how slow Ai's family walks, she can't run away. What's the rush?"

Empress Yang went up three steps, looked into the room, and said

"It's been a long time since I died, maybe more than half a year"

Chunhua looks at Queen Yang

"Mistress, how do you know?"

"Look, it's all been eaten by ants, and only the bones are left. It doesn't even smell of rot. Can't you explain it?"

"Your Majesty, look, her clothes don't look like those of ordinary palace maids."

Empress Yang walked around the corpse

"It's just that Concubine Chen can't run away. It's the jade brocade that the official family rewarded her. It was originally intended to be rewarded to Ai's family, but she snatched it away later."

Chunhua is at a loss

"Jade brocade? It must be rare to see."

Empress Yang shook her head

"It's just that the output is not as much as ordinary brocades. It's not uncommon to see (continuing to look at Concubine Chen's body, saying) that although she was favored for a while and jade brocades were added to her body, she eventually fell into a state of death without a burial." What will happen to the land?"

Chunhua looked around and asked

"Then empress, where did the servants who served her go?"

"Where else can I go? In this harem, it is possible for them to go to any concubine. After all, there is no rule in my court regulations that the master is put into the cold palace. The palace people must guard and serve them."

"Your Majesty, how do you explain to the officials when you go back? Do you just say that Concubine Chen is dead?"

Empress Yang looked at Chunhua puzzled

"Otherwise, where can Ai's family go to get a concubine Chen who is alive and kicking? Of course he is dead."

"Your Majesty, you see that Zi Zhaorong is already squatting in the prison. It can be said that she took in the maid who served Concubine Chen and starved Concubine Chen to death. In this way, the officials will give her death if she is angry. Exile, you have one less enemy, don't you?"

Empress Yang sighed

"It was a good idea in the past, but now I don't need to do these things anymore (Looking at Chunhua) Your words of mourning mean that you didn't say anything, don't think about such an idea next time ,do you know?"

Chunhua quickly lowered her head

"I know I was wrong, I will never dare again"

Empress Yang pulling spring flowers

"We still have to visit Concubine Shu and Concubine De, let's go."

"Yes, ma'am"

Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Hong Wan sat on the low platform on the floor and talked

Hong Wan stared at the two concubines

"You two elder sisters, think clearly. The children in your womb are all because of Empress Zhaorong."

Concubine De patted Hong Wan

"Oh sister, you have emphasized this matter many times. Although our sisters are grateful, we really can't use our strength. Tell me, she is locked in the prison of Dali Temple, and we can't go without the official permission. , the queen also said that if there is something to go to her, our level is here, and there is nothing we can do."

Concubine Shu also persuaded Hong Wan

"Hey sister, what Sister Defei said is that it's useless for you to be so anxious. If you have this time, you might as well find a way to find an official. Seeking an official is more useful than telling us."

Hong Wan turned her head to one side

"But me, I don't want to go to the official's house..."

The maid stepped forward to report

"Empress Concubine De, Concubine Shu, Beauty Yan, Empress Empress is here"

Concubine Shu looks left and right

"Empress? (To the maid) Hurry up, please!"

The three got up and stood up, the maid stepped back, and Empress Yang stepped into the Chunming Palace

Concubine De Shu and Concubine Hong Wan saluted in unison

"The concubine pays homage to the empress, all blessings to the empress"

Empress Yang looked at Concubine Shu and Concubine Hong

"Hey, the three younger sisters are all here. That's good, so I don't have to look for them one by one. Concubine De and Concubine Shu, this is the anti-fetal medicine that Ai's family gave you. The officials know that one of you has a miscarriage and the other is infertile." , said that it is not easy to conceive, and you must keep it well, so I asked Ai's family to come here to send you off (look at Chunhua)"

Chunhua handed the medicine to Concubine Shu's maid

Concubine De watched the maid take the medicine and hurriedly thanked her

"The empress is bothering you, and she made a special trip to send it to us. I'm so sorry, you just send someone over and ask us to pick it up."

Empress Yang smiled lightly

"It's okay, Ai's family just came out to do some errands and passed by. I just went to Donghua Palace to visit Concubine Chen"

Concubine Shu asked in surprise

"Empress, have you gone to see Concubine Chen? Is she still alive?"

Empress Yang shook her head, smiled and looked at Hong Wan

"I never had a chance to ask my sister, which palace did you live in before you were named a beauty?"

Hong Wan's heart skipped a beat, her inner monologue

"No, does she know something? (Answer) The concubine belongs to Ziyun Pavilion"

Queen Yang continued to ask

"What about before Ziyun Pavilion?"

"Yes...it belongs to Dawn Palace"

Empress Yang seems to have understood

"Oh~~ You followed Concubine Chen, so do you know who followed Concubine Chen to Donghua Palace?"

Hong Wan was very nervous and couldn't help lowering her head

"This... the concubine doesn't know"

Empress Yang rolled her eyes, she probably already knew the truth, but she continued to ask

"This is strange, there are only four or five palace people who serve Concubine Chen, the Ai family thinks you know each other."

Concubine Shu stepped forward to add

"Empress, this concubine knows that she is a court lady with a scar on her face, and she often goes to the imperial dining room to pick up leftovers."

Empress Yang looked at Concubine Shu suspiciously

"How did Sister Concubine Shu know?"

"The concubine often asks someone to get some snacks, and I often see the little girl, so I tell the concubine."

Empress Yang looked straight at Hong Wan

"Are there scars on her face? I haven't seen any palace maids with scars in these palaces. Could it be that she can still evaporate? (Looking at Hong Wan) Maybe I just met a master who has rejuvenated his hands and wiped the scars on his face. Has the scar healed?"

Hong Wan's inner monologue

"Empress Yang is as powerful as what Empress Zhaorong said. I'm afraid I can't hide it (kneeling down, to Empress Yang) and tell Empress that it was Hong Wan who served Concubine Chen in Donghua Palace back then, and her face was also covered by Concubine Chen's face. The empress scratched it, the concubine Chen beat and scolded the concubine every day, thought the environment was poor, the food was not tasty, the concubine was unwilling but still served her, later the empress Zhaorong saw that the concubine was pitiful, so she took in the concubine who fled, And healed the wound on the face of the concubine, and taught the concubine how to read, read and play the piano (shedding tears)”

Chunhua walked up to Empress Yang and said softly

"Your Majesty, I was unfortunately hit by the servant girl's words."

Empress Yang pushes away the spring flowers and lifts up the red aster

"Originally, the Ai family didn't intend to punish you. After all, there is no rule in the palace who must serve the concubine who has been thrown into the cold palace for the rest of her life. In addition, it is well known that the concubine Chen has a bad temper and is arrogant and domineering. It's really hard for you to still serve her by her side. For a long time. Aijia just wants to know the truth, she will be rewarded for evil, if she treats you a little better, she won't end up today."

Concubine De also comforted Hong Wan

"Yes, sister Hongwan, you don't have to blame yourself. She provoked me everywhere when she was free and even quarreled with Concubine Shu. If she dies, she should die. It's not a pity for her to die, sister Concubine Shu."

Concubine Shu agrees

"Yes, yes, but I really can't see that the usually cold sister Zhaorong is such a kind-hearted person."

Empress Yang to Hong Wan

"Beauty Yan, you can continue to be your beauty with peace of mind. You don't have to worry about what happened before. As for Zi Zhaorong, the officials will make arrangements for themselves. Don't worry, you know?"

Kneeling and worshiping

"Understood, Empress Empress, thank you!"

Later, Empress Yang and Chunhua walked in the courtyard of Defang Palace

Chunhua looked at Queen Yang and asked

"Empress, does this secret passage really have to be sealed? After it's sealed, won't it be impossible to get out?"

"What can I do if I don't seal it? This is an official order. Let's see what's going on next."

Empress Yang walked to the entrance, squatted down and pulled the hemp rope, and opened the door, only to find that the secret passage had been tightly blocked by stones, her inner monologue

"Zi Linglong, Zi Linglong, you can destroy my secret way!

So she stood up and turned away

Chunhua looked at Queen Yang puzzledly.

"Ma'am, shall we leave like this?"

Empress Yang pointed at the entrance of the cave

"The entrance to this cave has been sealed, why are we staying here if we don't leave?"

spring flowers confused

"Who would seal this?"

"We sealed it"

Chunhua feels more and more strange

"When did we seal it?"

Queen Yang explained

"It was sealed just now, and I found some court ladies and eunuchs to seal it."

"But, we didn't..."

Chunhua finally reacted

"Oh, what your mother said is right, we sealed it"

Empress Yang laughs

"Now I understand, it's called one thing more than one thing less"

Lingyao Terrace, Cao Jieyu and Xia Yu are trying on new clothes

"Jieyu, although the quality of this dress is not as good as before, but the color is much brighter than the previous ones. The lady looks better and more lively wearing it."

Cao Jieyu touched the fabric and put her hand down after touching it

"I used to think that since you are a virtuous concubine, you should be more serious, so the colors you choose are mostly simple and elegant. Now that you have been demoted as Jieyu, thinking that you can't be a model for all concubines, naturally you don't care about these things."

Xia Yu helped Cao Jieyu get dressed

"It's done, it looks really good"

A maid enters the house and bows

"Ji Jieyu, Prince Chenfeng is here and is sitting in the inner hall."

"Understood, let's go, you go back first"

The author has something to say:

I recently saw some beautiful old-style illustrations, and I feel a bit like some characters in the text, so I made up my mind without authorization

For example, I will be identified as Concubine Chen below... (Why does it feel like an imperial concubine?

It’s because she looks pretty when she smiles that it’s scary when she gets angry←Who told you that?

In short, try to see if the picture can be displayed d=====(￣▽￣*)b