Chapter 698
Madam Cen has been with Concubine Shu for many years. Before she entered the palace to serve the saint, Madam Cen was her confidant maid. Now seeing the other party's expression, Concubine Shu was also a little confused and immediately turned around and waved away the other palace servants.
"You guys, let me retreat a little further."
The palace servants and eunuchs knew that Concubine Shu had something important to him and told Madam Cen to do such a violation of the palace rules. Moreover, it was not a good thing to run into Madam Cen to do such a violation of the palace rules. In the future, Concubine Shu was angry or liquidated, and they hurried away.
The palace people bowed together and stepped down.
Except for the few palace servants who served Concubine Shu to comb their hair in the early morning, they noticed something strange, the rest of them were speculating: If Concubine Shu had not ordered Concubine Cen to do this in private, there would be something else in it, but no one of them would have the courage to inquire about the Concubine.
Concubine Shu asked Madam Cen: "What's going on? You haven't come to serve this palace these days, but instead come here to get these things that are not bad?"
I thought it was very likely that someone would discover Cen
The nanny's actions could not be falsely blamed on her. Concubine Shu couldn't help but get angry and asked in a deep voice: "Aren't you afraid that you will be tired of this behavior? Who are you sending paper money to? You want to send it to the palace?"
Madam Cen has been scared to death these days, and the unjust soul was entangled by Concubine Shu, and she couldn't help but feel some resentment towards Concubine Shu.
Now that he is questioned so suspiciously, he immediately stopped hiding it. He cried and explained the whole story clearly:
"I'm not hiding it. I'm sending paper money to Ye Zhuangyuan," Madam Cen sobbed and whispered, "These days, Ye Zhuangyuan's wronged soul always comes to me, saying that he's wronged to die, and said that no one worships him. He has no money to clear the little ghost and cannot be reincarnated. He also said a lot... a lot of regrets and nostalgia words."
When Concubine Shu heard this, her expression moved.
Madam Cen lowered her head and said aggrievedly: "What he said before was so miserable, and in the end she even used the method of threatening me. I really had no other way, so I had to agree and give him paper money to let him leave quickly and stop pestering me again."
Concubine Shu frowned, recalling those years, remembering that before entering the palace, she and Xiao Xu's biological mother Xu Moran were also good sisters in the boudoir, and remembering that she fell in love with Ye Zhao at first sight, and wanted to find an opportunity to be together, but she saw that Ye Zhao and Xu Moran were close.
After she entered the palace, although Ye Zhao was already a guest in the Great Princess's Mansion, she still had deep love for Xu Moran.
Has he finally come back to his heart over the years?
Or will a person reflect on his life only after he dies?
Although Ye Zhao's soul went to find Mama Cai, which made her feel a little unbelievable, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Why did he go to find you? Didn't he come to this palace?"
Madam Cai felt helpless and cried in a low voice: "Ye Zhuangyuan was in a down-and-out situation after his death. Didn't he burn it to death? Seeing his appearance, it was different from his handsomeness and gracefulness in his lifetime. He himself said that he is in a down-and-out situation now and does not want you to see what he looks like now."
Concubine Shu didn't know that the words touched her, and her heart couldn't help but feel soft.
After thinking about it, he said, "Forget it, since it has arrived and the paper money has been burned halfway, then you can burn it out. So he won't bother you later."
Madam Cen was really surprised. She looked up at Concubine Shu and said in a very touching way: "Empress... Thank you for your kindness to me!"
Madam Cen kowtowed, then quickly turned around and continued to ignite the paper money.
Concubine Shu stood aside, looked down at the firelight that was clearly extinguished, and in this deep palace, she also felt a brief softness in her heart.
Half of her life has passed, and she can never go back to her best years. Thinking of the sour feelings when she was young, the sadness of not seeking, and the fate of being controlled and merciless by her family, she felt a little sad for a moment.
As the emotions came, Concubine Shu murmured: "He has been dead for a year, too."
There are only two of them here. Madam Cen naturally thought that Concubine Shu was talking to her, and hurriedly whispered: "Yes, it's been more than a year. But in fact, there may be another reason why he chose to let the servants give the paper money today."
"Oh? What's the reason?" Concubine Shu looked at Madam Cen.
Half of Madam Cen's face was reflected in the orange-red firelight, and under the deepening night, it looked a bit gloomy.
"Greeting on the queen, have you forgotten when is Ye Zhuangyuan's birthday?"
Concubine Shu was stunned and suddenly remembered the pair of shoes she had made before Ye Zhao's birthday when she was still a girl.
Although those shoes were not given out in the end.
"Today is twenty-nine." Concubine Shu sighed and said, "Forget it, you burn it quickly and go back with me. After all, this is the imperial palace, so we can't let go as we please."
Madam Cen nodded quickly, while controlling the amount of cigarettes and the size of the fire, while burning all the prepared paper money as quickly as possible.
Concubine Shu was immersed in her memories of the past, and she had not yet figured out why the news she received was clearly that Chu Junlan went to buy incense, candles and paper money, but the one she came here to catch was her own person.
Until a familiar scold came not far behind him.
"This is the Imperial Garden, not the palace of any empress, why aren't people allowed to walk around?"
Concubine Shu turned around and saw Chu Junlan's face that made her hate. She suddenly recalled and cursed Chu Junlan as a witch. It turned out that this little bitch was waiting for her here!
Concubine Shu sneered, turned around and walked towards Chu Junlan, and said sarcastically: "Why, the eldest prince's concubine is now so happy. She doesn't sleep at night, so she will also come to the imperial garden for a walk?"
Chu Junlan looked at Madam Cen, who was rushing to burn paper money not far behind Concubine Shu, deliberately made a proud expression and chuckled: "I dare not, how can the Empress be proud? The Empress is truly elegant. She doesn't sleep at night and actually burns paper money in the imperial garden. If I remember correctly, this is not allowed in the palace. Why, what have you suddenly believed in?"
Concubine Shu's heart was so angry that she frowned. She turned around and looked at Madam Cen, then looked at herself, and then looked at the people underground who were driven away by her. She couldn't help but feel annoyed.
In this scene, no matter how she looked, she ordered her confidant nanny to burn paper money, rather than bringing people to catch it. This was a bad thing to say when it reached the emperor's ears.
"Don't be proud. You don't know the best why I come here??" Concubine Shu sneered: "You little bitch, how dare you look around me? I deliberately waited for me to come to catch me and violated the palace rules?"
"Oh, look at what you said," Chu Junlan said, "How dare I? I just happened to pass by. Who knew that after eating too much supper, I could still encounter such a thing in the imperial garden when I went out to have a walk and digest food?"
Chu Junlan's bright water-cut eyes were full of doubt and exploration, and looked at the direction of Madam Cen with curiosity, and smiled and said, "Isn't the Empress who believes in something, but is tribute to something?"
Concubine Shu frowned and was extremely disgusted with Chu Junlan's tone.
This speculative tone made her feel a crisis. She is the person in charge of the power of the Six Palaces and the future queen. If Chu Junlan mentioned what kind of night burning paper money in the imperial garden after she became the queen in the future, how could she convince the public and control it?
Thinking of this, Concubine Shu looked at Chu Junlan with colder eyes: "What a bitch, you didn't know where you learned that the people around me bought paper money, incense, and you deliberately released the news and led me to arrest people. Finally, you will appear at the right time to see my joke. You are so vicious!"
Chu Junlan sneered, "If the Empress is in good shape and sitting upright, why should you care about these things? Since you are the one who is in charge of the things in the Six Palaces, can't even control the people around you? If this matter spreads, what will others say to you? I'm afraid everyone will question the Empress's ability to manage the Six Palaces in the future?"
"You made this idea from the beginning?" Although Concubine Shu was a little panicked, she was very calm on her face and sneered, "Do you think that with my position in front of the emperor, such a small thing can affect my future path to the queen?"
"I dare not, the empress does not control her own subordinates strictly, so do you still blame others?"
Glazing at Chu Junlan, Concubine Shu almost slapped her with no regard for her identity, but she was able to attack her son, but she could not attack Chu Junlan, the eldest princess. If she really hit her, she would really give her a handle.
Madam Cen had already burned the paper money, and used her hands and feet to add the soil she had just dug back to the original place, covering up the traces of burning paper, and found a circle of black and gray. She rubbed it with the soles of her shoes, and finally she worked hard to move a pot of bonsai over to cover the burning paper.
If it weren't for the burnt smell remaining in the air, I'm afraid if I didn't check it carefully, I wouldn't have found that someone had burned paper money here.
Chu Junlan saw everything, but was not forcibly forcing her. She had some tricks, and these are enough now.
Concubine Shu was very nervous, afraid that Chu Junlan would yell on the spot.
After observing Concubine Shu's expression, Chu Junlan said coldly in order to avoid doubt: "It is necessary to report to the emperor for this matter."
Concubine Shu gritted her teeth, but she was helpless. After all, this incident was indeed caused by Chu Junlan's trick and was caught on the scene.
She could only say sternly and timidly: "Whatever you say, I have a clear conscience anyway. Besides, although you are the eldest prince's concubine, this palace is the emperor's inner courtyard after all, and the women walking back and forth are all concubines. What is your identity and you walk around the palace at will?"
Chu Junlan immediately made a guilty expression and stammered his neck and said, "Majesty, I don't stand the truth, so I want to drag my wife into the water, right?"
Chapter completed!