Heart of the Palace: Golden Branches and Jade Leaves

The news of Xiang Wanchun's illness reached Chengde's ears, and he quickly invited a familiar imperial physician to visit Xiang Wanchun in Lenggong in the name of the queen.It's just that Xiang Wanchun's illness had already missed a lot of time when I went there, and the imperial doctor seemed helpless even if he wanted to save her.

This year's weather is weird and tight, and at this moment the climate is no different from the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month.The goose feather and heavy snow continued for four consecutive days, so lingering seemed to be nostalgic and like saying goodbye to someone before leaving.After a few days, the snow on the ground has not reached the calf. This kind of heavy snowfall is rare in the capital city, so many people are reluctant to open their shops and go out.

It was in such a snowy day that Xiang Wanchun spent the most difficult days in her life. She coughed and spat out the liquid medicine she took in. It was so cruel that even the panacea that could bring the dead back to life would not work.However, just when everyone was disheartened and gave up hope, Xiang Wanchun unexpectedly showed signs of fever.

What's going on?The imperial physician was puzzled, but was delighted that Xiang Wanchun's condition had improved.Not only is the doctor's parents' heart, he can finally give Chengde an explanation.Indeed, Chengde was the happiest person to hear the news of Xiang Wanchun's recovery. After all, the friendship with Xiang Wanchun has surpassed that of friends and even family affection. Now knowing that Xiang Wanchun's health has improved, Chengde also feels at ease I have to make my own calculations.

Xiang Wanchun's complexion improved a lot, but the food she ate still felt nauseated. Even so, Concubine Hui would still come over on time to deliver food to her.Speaking of which, Xiang Wanchun and Concubine Hui don't have a deep friendship, and they even had disputes over trivial matters a few times before, but Xiang Wanchun had been in love with her for a few months, and now seeing people can't eat or drink, Naturally, I wanted to help.

Hearing about Concubine Hui from the imperial physician, Chengde was extremely surprised. At first, he thought that Xiang Wanchun would be troubled by her a lot when she was living in the cold palace. He didn't want the rumor in the palace that Concubine Hui went crazy and lost her memory to be true.

"Concubine Xian has been taken care of by Concubine Hui these days." Concubine Hui came out of the room and met Chengde face to face.Seeing the bowl and chopsticks in someone's hand, Chengde's heart skipped a beat, knowing that with his status at this time, he was not qualified to thank Concubine Hui of Xiang Wanchun, Chengde still thought it was necessary to thank him.

Concubine Hui couldn't remember who Xian Concubine Hui was, but she understood what Chengde meant, and she rarely left shyly with a smile.Seeing the leaving figure, Chengde felt surprised and opened the door to enter the house, and immediately saw the person he had cared about for a long time.I don't want to think that he couldn't recognize who was in front of him at the first time... Is that thin, depressed and melancholy person really Xiang Wanchun who just recovered from a serious illness? !

"Why are you here?" As soon as the words came out, Xiang Wanchun choked for a few breaths, and his red eyes were misty at this moment, but his tired expression couldn't hide his surprise at Chengde's visit.

"You made your mother suffer." Chengde said shyly.

"It's because of my bad luck, why should Chengde blame himself?" Xiang Wanchun smiled disapprovingly, "By the way, you know that I've been charged with unbearable crimes, so if you show up so boldly, you won't be afraid of people spreading gossip and alarming the queen." Empress?"

"Your Majesty's illness is just right, so it's really not appropriate to be overtired." Seeing Xiang Wanchun's gesture to the ground, Chengde hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "When the slave came, he had already taken care of it, and no one would publicize the fact that the slave came. Madam Do not worry."

"It's still thoughtful of you," after a short pause, Xiang Wanchun found something wrong with Chengde's words, and said with a sneering smile, "I'm still some kind of empress now, you, don't use the word "empress" as a compliment me."

Xiang Wanchun's chuckle and sneer directly touched the bottom of Chengde's heart: "Your Majesty was forced into this situation because of unjust injustice. I believe that the emperor will find out the situation sooner or later, and return your mother's innocence." Unwilling to let go, Chengde made up his mind that he would not let Xiang Wanchun be buried in the dark palace all his life.

"Maybe." His thoughts suddenly drifted away, and Xiang Wanchun's words should be careless.

"The servant mentioned to the empress in the letter before that the depth of the Concubine Zhuang's palace cannot be trusted, and the empress is finally careless." Seeing people with few eyes and few eyes, she didn't want to say more, thinking that Xiang Wanchun was secretly saddened by being wronged. , Chengde sighed and couldn't help reminding, "Concubine Zhuang was going to go to concubine Xi's life earlier, and now she is causing embarrassment to embarrassment. It can be seen that her thoughts are cruel. After empress leaves the palace, she must be more guarded against her. I am afraid that Concubine Zhuang I won't let you go easily."

Chengde's words made her pale in an instant, and Xiang Wanchun's appearance of biting her lower lip was even more unbearable and weak. She was silent for a long time as if she was digesting these words and made a big determination for it: "... what Chengde said Yes, I shall remember."

Then, in order to hide the hesitation and struggle just now, the man asked a little briskly: "Chengde, how are you sure that I can leave here?"

"Because this servant came up with a method that Boyue Longxin has tried repeatedly. Your empress might as well give it a try." I thought that Xiang Wanchun might not be able to listen to his words even if I spent a lot of time, thinking that now I am resentful towards Su Shuangran Extremely talented people would easily promise to him, Chengde felt that this was a good opportunity, so he took the opportunity to come here with Xiang Wanchun Daoming.

"You're starting to make plans," Xiang Wanchun smiled absent-mindedly, and Xiang Wanchun was not ungrateful, "Chengde has a heart, let's hear it."

"It's the slave's duty to share the worries of the empress," Chengde bent down and whispered without much flattery, "My empress, please bow your ears."

……

Something happened in the palace after a while, and this time the incident was so loud that even the queen was involved, but Xiang Wanchun, who was related to the whole incident, was the last person to know.

Chengde died, and he pleaded guilty to the law and was beheaded and executed.And before that, he had offended Xiang Wanchun in every possible way for the affair in front of Emperor Wen, and took all the blame on himself.Emperor Wen didn't want to believe it, but as a witness, Concubine Hui admitted that there was indeed such a thing, and with a normal expression she told all about what people did in the cold palace. Chengde was shocked that Concubine Hui was not crazy!

Seeing that Su Shuangran discussed with others in advance, he changed his previous ruthless face and secretly said that he had wronged Xiang Wanchun. Emperor Wen didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, but Su Shuangran went around in circles when he wanted to ask. He turned in.Su Shuangran said, how dare a mere eunuch act so recklessly and boldly, if it wasn't for someone behind the scenes to instigate him, he would not dare to despise Tianwei like this.Emperor Wen felt that what he said was not unreasonable, so he pointed the finger at the queen again.Poor Empress Dao is fettered by Chengde, otherwise she would not lose her former style after learning about Chengde's confession, showing resentment and disappointment.

Su Shuangran succeeded.But before he died, Chengde still gave her a favor. Since Su Shuangran wanted to use his power to eradicate the queen's influence, how could he make her feel better in the future?

Besides, on Emperor Wen's side, even if the truth came out, Emperor Wen still felt uncomfortable. Since Chengde was willing to risk his life to excuse her, the relationship between Xiang Wanchun and him was definitely not simple, but thinking that Chengde was just an incompetent eunuch, even if he really loved Xiang Wan Chun couldn't do anything when he had other thoughts, and the pent-up anger in Emperor Wen's heart finally subsided.Now that the matter has been found out, Xiang Wanchun should leave the palace. Emperor Wen really couldn't let go of this matter, so he decided to go to Lenggong to check on people he hadn't seen for a long time.

When Emperor Wen passed by, Xiang Wanchun came out with freshly steamed buns.It is strange to say that the cold palace is desolate and crude, so there is no way for Xiang Wanchun to practice his skills, but the buns on the tray did bring back memories of Emperor Wen, and Emperor Wen couldn't help but taste one of the old things.The taste of buns is still the same, but people have lost the elegance of the past.Emperor Wen was full of emotions for a while, and began to think about Xiang Wanchun's happiness again.

Xiang Wanchun left the Lenggongmen early the next morning, and it was rare that the weather was fine at that time.However, the bright day could not make Xiang Wanchun, who was free again, feel a little joy. Her heart was like a huge boulder hanging over her heart, but it was a pity that she couldn't tell anyone about the weight.Taking vain and heavy steps, the back figure of leaving looks extraordinarily thin under the shining sun.

Xiang Wanchun didn't know the news of Chengde's death in the first two days after returning to the palace, Emperor Wen only cared about being gentle with her and didn't have the heart to bring up the bad news.After hearing the news from other people, Xiang Wanchun, who has always been very affectionate, remained unmoved at this moment, as if he had never known Chengde.She thinks that Chengde treats him wholeheartedly, but in the end she sneers, saying that Xiang Wanchun is cold-blooded and ruthless.

Ever since he came out of the Leng Palace, Xiangwan Chun really seemed to have changed. His temperament became gloomy, not to mention his temper, and he became more and more eccentric and difficult to serve. If something goes wrong, he will be punished. Now the palace people have to be careful in what they say and do, lest they offend her. .Even so, in front of Emperor Wen, he was well-behaved and more than enough to please him, so Emperor Wen knew that Xiang Wanchun had abused punishment, so he turned a blind eye and acquiesced to Xiang Wanchun.

It was a great thing for Emperor Wen that Xiang Wanchun changed his previous cold attitude, but he often couldn't bear such enthusiasm.Especially at night, Xiang Wanchun will be more torturous than in the daytime, making him unable to sleep well.

What Emperor Wen didn't know was that Xiang Wanchun stayed with him forever because she still hasn't come out of the shadow of her heart.

Xiang Wanchun was pregnant again, and Emperor Wen was overjoyed to give her the title of imperial concubine.The queen has long been living in the side hall in the name of praying to the Buddha and chanting scriptures in order to achieve a hundred years of stability in Daqi. Therefore, Xiangwanchun has the highest status in the harem now.Xiang Wanchun was not reconciled to the status quo, and fostered all the beautiful women who had been in the palace as her dark forces.In just over a year, Su Shuangran's ten years of painstaking efforts were all reduced to ashes.

Xiang Wanchun wanted to make him fall in love with female sex, but Emperor Wen had already lost his body in a year.The crown prince began to take care of the government. The prince could have used this to stabilize his position in the court. Unexpectedly, the court did not go smoothly as he wished. The power of the eldest prince was evenly matched with him. It also made the prince helpless.The prince couldn't take care of himself, so he wanted to solve the queen's problems, but he couldn't spare the energy at this time.However, the harem is not a place where the prince can get involved. It is not easy to change the owner of the harem. Now it is difficult to deal with Xiang Wanchun, who is able to seize the power of a scheming woman like Su Shuangran, and who is extremely favored by Emperor Wen. .

As soon as he was able to take over the harem, Xiang Wanchun welcomed the birth of his own child, but because it was not auspicious for the little princess to be born prematurely, Xiang Wanchun asked Emperor Wen for a place to get rid of the bad luck.Xiang Wanchun's new residence is at the other foot of the harem, not remote but far away from Lingshuang Palace.This makes the two people who rarely meet in private have no chance to meet each other.

Su Shuangran thought that the days after losing power would be as smooth as water, but Wen Ran's matter made her find Xiang Wanchun again.I don't know why Wen Ran has become naughty recently, even playing with court ladies during study time.And that scene happened to be bumped into by Emperor Wen. In a rage, Emperor Wen directly grounded Wen Ran and imprisoned him.To put it bluntly, Wen was at fault first, and it is normal to be restrained and punished, but being imprisoned in the clan mansion made things very serious.Seeing that Emperor Wen was so angry and broke his body, Su Shuangran was worried that something would happen to Wen Ran, so she tried to intercede for him. It was only after the previous persuasion was fruitless and no one could find help that she asked Xiang Wanchun to come forward. The mind of relief.

Thinking about it now, Su Shuangran's grievances in Yunxiang Palace were all self-inflicted.

☆, ending

"...Do you find it annoying?" Su Shuangran asked softly, holding her breath, and the words that were blown away like floating clouds were more like talking to herself.Xiang Wanchun's sarcasm reminded her of those lonely nights in the cold palace. Would Xiang Wanchun feel disgusted by such silent spying days?It should be, now Su Shuangran can no longer expect that person to think clearly, his heart is astringent, and there is a faint mist in his eyes.

"Obviously I know what Concubine Zhuang did." Seeing Su Shuangran's helplessness in his eyes, Xiang Wanchun's eyes were so cold that they didn't reach his eyes, "I couldn't get mad at you at that time, until that serious illness—— But in the end, I was only disappointed because you backed down and didn't keep your promise. It was Chengde's death, and it was Chengde's death that made me truly experience Concubine Zhuang's ruthlessness."

"Who in the world can be as ruthless as Concubine Zhuang," Xiang Wanchun said quietly, "Leaving aside the matter of Concubine Zhuang's planting and framing and killing Concubine Hui and the others, I still cannot understand Concubine Zhuang now. If it is said that dedicating this palace to the emperor for the first time is a last resort to make the third prince calm down, then this palace can understand Concubine Zhuang's worries as a mother - after all, she is a royal disciple who wants to enter the court as a minister , at the age of studying and studying, how can you devote yourself to women's sex?

"But what purpose does Concubine Zhuang have for the second time? During the lingering relationship, she kept saying that she couldn't let it go, but she turned around and pushed Bengong into the emperor's arms. This turn of events is faster than turning over a book, I really want to know What kind of calculations is Concubine Zhuang planning?"

"You, you know?" Su Shuangran murmured in a daze for a moment.

"How can I not know Concubine Zhuang's means?" A smile was chewed from the corner of his lips, and his words were not as light as his tone. Xiang Wanchun slowly got up and leaned on the pillow, and said lazily, "I'm still waiting for Concubine Zhuang to give me some advice." Explain."

Su Shuangran remained silent, this matter was indeed one of the decisions she regretted the most, her feelings became uncontrollable, and even a calm and composed woman like Su Shuangran would feel fearful and fearful—there is no pity for burying flowers, human beings are sentimental hurt.It's a big taboo to act emotionally, let alone in this perilous harem.Su Shuangran couldn't leave her weaknesses to be found and used by those who wanted to harm her, so she chose to self-destruct in order to protect herself.It's just that Su Shuangran never expected that Su Shuangran would spend countless days and nights repenting for her actions.Su Shuangran underestimated her feelings for Xiang Wanchun, but also overestimated her own abilities - she simply couldn't ignore her!It's a pity that it was too late when she realized something, Xiang Wanchun was already pregnant at that time.

"Concubine Zhuang can't give an answer because she is heartless. Since Concubine Zhuang has no intentions, why does this palace give you the opportunity to despise yourself again and again?" Xiang Wanchun described the change of mood in a cool and ambiguous tone, but it was a paragraph. In the helpless days of extreme pain and struggle, only she could understand how painful and helpless it was.Thinking back again, Xiang Wanchun can still feel the depression and despair, but now he is more on the sidelines, "Concubine Zhuang caused me to lose everything, how can I pretend that nothing happened, how can I return to the old relationship with you?" Okay? I vow to take back the harm that Concubine Zhuang gave me one by one. Concubine Zhuang refuses to make it easier for me, so why should I let you go so easily?!"

"That's why the noble concubine chooses the third prince to blackmail the concubine." Su Shuangran said in a deep voice, but also very sharply revealed Xiang Wanchun's real intention.Originally thought that Xiang Wanchun's prayers in the cold palace were just to achieve his goal, so he had to hide his unwillingness. He didn't want to forgive and resolve grievances in the past, but he didn't want to go out of the palace to please.It was her suspicious refusal that made people become depressed.Hearing the news that Xiang Wanchun was ill for the first time, Su Shuangran was cruel and refused to treat him, all she wanted was to use this as a bait to lure Chengde away.In the end she did succeed, but she also nearly lost her.

It wasn't until the imperial physician was at a loss that he forced Su Shuangran to rescue him, and at that time Xiang Wanchun was already in critical condition.Su Shuangran chooses to visit in the middle of the night because of her status.Seeing that the prepared medicine was spit out again and again, Su Shuangran was anxious and impatient and had no other way, so she had to block the spilled medicine with her mouth every time.Later, Xiang Wanchun's health improved, and she fell ill due to an infection.Knowing that Xiang Wanchun will be secretly taken care of by Chengde, Su Shuangran is still worried, and before going back, she promises that Concubine Hui, who is hiding in the cold palace and pretending to be crazy, will take care of Xiang Wanchun on the condition of leaving the palace.She refuses to agree to Xiang Wanchun's request, but Su Shuangran easily agrees to return Concubine Hui to her freedom. She should also be unable to forgive her selfishness.

Not long after Xiang Wanchun came out, the cold palace was completely burned down by a fire, and Concubine Hui escaped.Concubine Hui's announced death made Xiang Wanchun a little sad and disappointed. Although Concubine Hui's many deeds were invisible, all Concubine Hui did was to keep a piece of peace for herself in the harem. Naturally, she had nothing to do. place of blame.Just thinking that the fire was Su Shuangran's plan to destroy the criminal evidence, Xiang Wanchun felt very unhappy.

"Concubine Zhuang, don't spit on people with blood. It's a false accusation without evidence!" Hearing what Su Shuangran said, Xiang Wanchun's tone could not help but be cold.After a long pause, the person suddenly changed to the lingering smile just now, "... Concubine Zhuang thought I would say that?"

"I'm not someone who dares to act. Since Concubine Zhuang has already guessed it, I'm not afraid to tell you that the third prince was indeed framed by me intentionally," the corners of Xiang Wanchun's eyes were drawn up, and her tone was even stronger. Provocatively, "How? Concubine Zhuang thought I would follow your advice to save him?"

"...It's because the concubine didn't think carefully," Su Shuangran's knuckles turned white, and she wanted to leave when she learned the truth, "The noble concubine spent so much thought, and the concubine Rong guessed that it was because of the concubine's pursuit of the emperor. Chui Lian brought the noble concubine into the palace?"

"Concubine Zhuang would be so heartbroken about that matter, it's really rare. But if Concubine Zhuang hadn't shown her kindness, this palace wouldn't be where it is today. Speaking of which, I should thank Concubine Zhuang a lot," Xiang Wanchun's smile was undiminished and charming, her eyes were cold, "It's just that I can't see the hypocrisy of Concubine Zhuang when I say what I am doing now. Concubine Zhuang once said to this palace, 'I wish to win the hearts of the people. The head will not leave', in the end, Zhuang Concubine is not for her own self-interest, trapping this palace in a desperate situation?"

"After all, this palace is too naive and delusional." After a long silence, Xiang Wanchun uttered a slow but extremely heavy and heartbreaking sentence, "Actually, Concubine Zhuang never took those words seriously... You have never been attached to your heart at all, but this palace is really ridiculously sentimental."

...Has there ever been one?Su Shuangran remained silent.At this moment, she would rather believe that Xiang Wanchun's words are true than reveal her thoughts.Some things will become regrets if you miss them. Su Shuangran stabilized her figure, and said as if she was exhausted: "Since there is no love, where does love come from? Regarding the imperial concubine's wishes, I am sorry, and I am unable to respond." Give yourself the last bit of dignity, and talk about hurting others and hurting yourself, why bother?

"It's only now that Concubine Zhuang is willing to reveal what's on her mind." As if hearing something insignificant, Xiang Wanchun didn't show any emotion on her face, and said in a flat voice, "It's a pity that I was so delusional at the time that I believed it." Concubine Zhuang's rhetoric."

With an unmistakable fatigue in his voice, Su Shuangran managed to pull himself together: "The concubine just doesn't want to see the imperial concubine being bothered by this matter."

"Concubine Zhuang's mouth is wrong. You are obviously afraid that even if there is no room for redemption about the third prince, the palace may still embarrass the third prince, so you have no choice but to bow down and compliment him." "It's hard for you to work so hard."

"Everything is the fault of the concubine. The concubine can show her anger to the concubine as much as she wants, and I also ask the concubine to let the third prince go. After all, he is just a child." Su Shuangran became more and more tired, and his self-contained and arrogant appearance dissipated by two points .

"What if I refuse?" Xiang Wanchun said, "What can Concubine Zhuang do to me?"

"You!" Su Shuangran said several times, really helpless.Before she came, she vaguely guessed that Wen Ran had something to do with Xiang Wanchun, but there was still a hint of joy and yearning hidden in her heart that made her feel ashamed. She can no longer bear the grievances for Hu and Wenran like she did just now, and at the moment she is talking, she has already started to want to leave.

Seeing that Su Shuangran bent down to pick up the scattered clothes on the floor, she was dressed neatly one by one.Xiang Wanchun knowingly asked, "Where is Concubine Zhuang going?" As he said that, he got out of bed and put on his shoes.After talking with Su Shuangran for so long, Xiang Wanchun was so thirsty.She was about to go around the table to get water, but when she passed by Su Shuangran, she pulled her back and abruptly kissed her.

Xiang Wanchun pushed the person away, and raised his voice to ask: "Isn't Concubine Zhuang going to leave? What are you doing?"

I don't know if it's because I can't keep up or I'm greedy for the fragrance, Su Shuangran kept silent and kissed back again.This kiss was much more domineering than before, the tongue and teeth were entangled and it was hard to let go.Xiang Wanchun only thought that she was getting angry from embarrassment, and made a gesture to distance herself from others, but unexpectedly this time she couldn't do it anyway.Liu Mei imperceptibly moved, Xiang Wanchun showed displeasure, this kind of coercion has been gone for a long time, how can she be happy now being forced?

Just now Su Shuangran looked like she was too weak to be slaughtered by the wind, but now she was so strong that she clamped Xiang Wanchun's arms wantonly to capture the breath in her mouth, and Xiang Wanchun went soft into her arms in no time.Xiang Wanchun discovered that it was a long time later that her face was wet and her mouth tasted salty. At first she thought it was hers, but when she raised her hand to touch the dry corners of her eyes, she realized that the tears had nothing to do with her.

Could it be Su Shuang's dye?Xiang Wanchun opened his eyes in disbelief, but he could clearly see two or three crystal drops of water hanging from his eyelashes.Although she had known her for many years, it was the first time she had seen Su Shuang shed tears. An inexplicable annoyance arose in her heart, and she immediately retreated from his embrace.It didn't take Xiang Wanchun much effort to break free this time, I think Su Shuangran lost his guard because of a momentary love, so he carelessly let this love end prematurely.

"Why, Concubine Zhuang feels very wronged?" Xiang Wanchun sighed and smiled slightly, "But it seems that my palace has been taken advantage of more."

No matter how gentle and good-tempered a person is, he will feel chilled in the face of Xiang Wanchun's coldness and ruthlessness.Su Shuangran knew that Xiang Wanchun couldn't forgive her for what she had done, and her hatred made her even if she wanted to tell the truth, no one would believe it.There is no time to explain some misunderstandings, so there is no need to export them.

Just like Yunyao's death, how could she tell Xiang Wanchun that half of what she did was for her?How did she tell Xiang Wanchun that Yunyao, who mixed abortion pills in Bazhen Cake, was the real murderer who caused her to have a miscarriage?Xiang Wanchun was unwilling to listen to her advice to get close to Yunyao earlier, now that the two of them are in a stalemate, how can they trust her again?Su Shuangran knew that Xiang Wanchun valued friendship, so she didn't want to make a big fuss about Yunyao.It's just that she didn't expect that Xiang Wanchun would hear her conversation, so Su Shuangran became obsessed with pointing the finger at the queen.

The empress hides so deeply that ordinary people can't detect any clues, but she knows that the empress is the instigation of Concubine Hui and Concubine Kang behind the scenes.The queen doesn't want to see her, Su Shuangran is very clear in her heart, and Su Shuangran knows that the queen who wants to get rid of her can't do anything to her because of her status as the mother of a country and the responsibility of combining the six palaces, that's why the queen let her go Concubine Hui and Concubine Kang frequently challenged her, otherwise, with Concubine Hui's impatience and simple mind, how could she come up with such a time-consuming and laborious method of praying to harm her, and at the same time, could she not catch any tricks?Otherwise, with Concubine Kang's qualifications, how would she dare to compete with her?

Xiang Wanchun probably thought that she shouldn't have taken Chengde's life, and felt that it was wrong for Chengde to exchange her life just to get the queen involved.Xiang Wanchun didn't know how many harmful things Chengde had done for the queen because he didn't go out of the palace and didn't inquire!She didn't say some things openly, because she was afraid of hurting Xiang Wanchun's heart, and she didn't want to see Xiang Wanchun fall into the same pain as when Qinglian left.But she has to do those things. After all, if you are not cruel, you will only be hurt in the end.In the harem, you must not be careless. Everything Su Shuangran did was to protect her and her loved ones.She didn't want to end up like her eldest cousin, the former empress, who claimed that she died of dystocia but was cruelly poisoned by other concubines.It's a pity that these things can only be hidden in the bottom of my heart after all, and there is nothing I can do when facing Xiang Wanchun's intentional pointing at her.Su Shuangran sighed in a low voice for a moment, then turned and pushed the door with depression and helplessness.

Seeing Su Shuangran's actions one by one, Xiang Wanchun stopped her way annoyed, and asked, "Why were you crying just now?"

"It's just a little uncomfortable if something falls into the eyes." After saying this, Su Shuangran turned her head and stopped looking at Xiang Wanchun, which made her even more depressed.

"Really?" Xiang Wanchun unceremoniously turned her face away, stretched out his hand to wipe away Su Shuangran's hanging tears, and said coolly, "Could it be that both of them were ashes? Look at your eyes so red." Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out, Su Shuangran burst into tears, Xiang Wanchun was a little dazed, and Su Shuangran was indifferent to what was said just now, but now she is crying like a tearful man just because of a sarcasm. What is she acting in?

Su Shuangran never thought that she would lose her composure like this, just because of Xiang Wanchun's inadvertent tenderness and hurt.Su Shuangran knew that even if she was misunderstood all the time, she shouldn't look cowardly, even when she was thinking about something just now, she never made a mistake in her thinking.It's just that a sudden astringency rushed into her heart, and she just couldn't hold back the tears that kept rolling down.

In fact, being strong for too long will also make you tired.Xiang Wanchun thought she was omnipotent, but Su Shuangran knew that she also had times of fear and weakness.Xiang Wanchun repeatedly provoked her at the group banquet, and later seized her power and hurt her heart-what is not easy to know with Xiang Wanchun's current status?But because of the hatred in his heart, he never wanted to probe into her mind.Even Xiang Wanchun didn't want to understand her, this kind of loneliness made Su Shuangran feel deeply tired.

Tears were still dripping down, Su Shuangran still had that indifferent and dignified face, clearly fragile but persevering, which made people feel very pitiful.Seeing her crying fiercely, Xiang Wanchun felt a lot of annoyance rushing into his heart, and shouted: "Don't cry!"

Su Shuangran's tears did not stop because of this, and there was a little nasal tone in her cold words: "If the concubine is fine, the concubine will retire first."

Xiang Wanchun refused to let her go, and asked again: "Why are you crying?"

"The imperial concubine is full of troubles, why should she care about such trivial things?" Su Shuangran didn't give her a good look.

"Why doesn't I care? Concubine Zhuang walks out crying like this, others think I'm bullying you," Xiang Wanchun still rolled up his sleeves and wiped tears for others, his words were full of frivolity, "I don't want to give you that People have misunderstood."

"Don't bother the noble concubine, the concubine will come by herself." Turning her face away, Su Shuangran took out a handkerchief from her sleeve.

Su Shuangran's questioning twice was perfunctory, and when Xiang Wanchun asked again, his tone was full of impatience, and he tightened Su Shuangran's wrist: "Why are you crying?"

"It's just about the concubine's affairs, why should the concubine be so persistent?" Su Shuangran felt uncomfortable in her heart, and cried faintly, "The concubine's weakness is all in the concubine's hands, don't the concubine still think it's not enough?"

Xiang Wanchun's eyes turned cold, and Su Shuangran's misinterpretation of her good intentions made her a little uncomfortable.Then, for the first time ever, I saw Su Shuangran change her usual reserved appearance and tightly hold onto her loose skirt, her bright eyes that looked straight at her were once again dimmed with tears: "...why did you treat me like this? You don't know, you don't even have no idea……"

Where did that indifferent and arrogant woman go?Xiang Wanchun saw her sobbing in a low voice as if she had suffered a lot of grievances, and secretly let out a long sigh, which was soft-hearted and seemed to compromise, straightened her body, kissed Su Shuangran's eyes, nose and lips, and coaxed softly: "Okay, don't cry."

As soon as Xiang Wanchun changed his previous appearance, he caressed her back and helped her calm down. Su Shuangran cried even more for such hard-won thoughtfulness: "Xiang Wanchun... What exactly do you want?"

"How is it?" Ignoring Su Shuangran's offense, Xiang Wanchun's eyes froze and returned to her usual appearance, only to see her smiling charmingly, her red lips parted slightly, "I just want to try to use power to make you submit It's just a taste."

Even if he had the bottom line in his heart, Su Shuangran still couldn't help getting annoyed when Xiang Wanchun said it so bluntly.Seeing this, Xiang Wanchun raised the corners of her lips and said nothing.What she said just now was not in her heart. Power is indeed needed, but it is not to hurt the person she cares about the most.Xiang Wanchun admitted that she had followed Su Shuangran's footsteps from beginning to end, and the moment she learned the truth, she decided to come out from under Su Shuangran's protection and stand in a higher position to protect her from the wind shelter from the rain.Although the words of that night were dizzy and blurred because of the high fever, she still heard the sense of loneliness and disappointment revealed in Su Shuangran's words.

Involuntarily.

Later, the torment of heart disease and the combination of power and power caused Xiang Wanchun's mood to gradually undergo a great change. She had selfish desires, greed, began to hold grudges, and her emotions were unstable. She was no longer the kind-hearted person. The self-interest of benevolence and righteousness cannot be easily recognized.But after all, she is the one she loves deeply, even if she is filled with disappointment and resentment, she will never forget her original intention.In order to keep Wen Ran from being injured in the power struggle between the Crown Prince and the First Prince, Xiang Wanchun decided to restrain his edge.

Now that the struggle between the two is becoming more and more fierce, and the court competition is even more fierce, if Wen Ran shows his prominence rashly at this time, he will definitely be flanked by the two of them. Will work together to exclude others.Su Shuangran is so precious to Wen Ran, how could she be willing to make Su Shuangran feel frightened?Therefore, Xiang Wanchun's primary goal is to keep Wenran.When she joins forces with the eldest prince to eradicate the more threatening prince, she will take the opportunity to ask Emperor Wen to depose the eldest prince on the charge of brotherhood.As long as the eldest prince is not around, it will not be difficult for Wen Ran to take the position of prince.

Xiang Wanchun still has a frivolous look on the surface of her own calculations, and now she is fighting against Su Shuangran, not only to tell Su Shuangran the sadness and grievances she has accumulated in her heart for the past two years, but also to conceal the plan so that it can be carried out quietly .

Seeing that she was silent and not speaking, Xiang Wanchun leaned over and kissed Su Shuangran's lips provocatively, and said with other intentions: "I said this taste is really good."

Hearing the words, Su Shuangran couldn't help taking a step back, looking at Xiang Wanchun with an ugly face, and couldn't say anything else except "you".Xiang Wanchun snatched her back into her arms, kissed her red eyelids a few more times, and lazily said: "You're such a grown-up, Concubine Zhuang still cries like a child, she's not afraid of the younger generation Saw the joke."

To save face like Su Shuangran, she felt that if she continued to stay here, Xiang Wanchun might say more merciless words, so she pushed Xiang Wanchun away with the intention of leaving without turning back to go out.However, at a glance before leaving, Su Shuangran thought that she was mistaken—Xiang Wanchun's eyes were as soft and gentle as a bend rolling out of a clear spring, and there was no concealment of the deep attachment in Qingming's eyes.

Seeing Su Shuangran leave without any hesitation, Xiang Wanchun didn't hold back this time.Tenderness and nostalgia for the future will last forever, and I am afraid that the original plan will be ruined if I only care about it for a while.Xiang Wanchun thinks she has the patience of Su Shuangran, and that's how she came here in the past two years.Thinking in his heart, Xiang Wanchun glanced sideways and saw Yinqiao who was waiting at the door for orders, put away the gentle smile on his lips, pursed his lips and said: "Send the message, tell those concubines to get up now." There is no need to come here again."

"Your Majesty is talking about sleeping with you at night?" Knowing that the master's affairs should not be intervened, Yinqiao really has a lot of worries-the dark night has always been a heart disease that Xiang Wanchun can't get rid of, and Xiang Wanchun even used medicine to control the uncertainty caused by it. temperament.So she hesitated to speak, "Ma'am, I'm afraid this is a bit..."

Xiang Wanchun was in a rare good mood and didn't care about Yinqiao's overreaching. He just said: "There are so many people coming and going, and there is no end to it. This palace can't calm down. You send everyone away, and then keep the lights on every night until dawn. "Although the heart disease is hard to get rid of, it is time to get rid of it.