Haishi, Changle Palace.
I wish Scarlett would finish bathing and changing clothes early, but Yan Xiu was nowhere to be seen tonight.
Although he said that he would not be allowed to sleep with him these days, he didn't rest in Changle Palace last night, right? He didn't come tonight, not because he was disappointed, but because he was suddenly not used to it.
"Your Majesty, won't you come to Changle Palace tonight?" Zhu Sijia put down the book in her hand and asked Aunt Zhong.
Aunt Zhong reminded her half-heartedly: "Jieyu doesn't know, your majesty is restless. I just saw that the lights in the Tai Chi Palace were still on. I guess your majesty is still busy with political affairs. It's late at night, so please rest first." ?”
Zhu Sijia later realized that Yan Xiu was not a mediocre king, and even made trouble for his ministers to the point where the historian could not stand it.
She yawned: "Okay, turn off the lights."
Just have a good rest tonight.
Aunt Zhong ordered to go down. Out of unbearability, she kindly comforted Zhu Sijia before leaving:
"Don't worry, Jieyu. Our Majesty has always been a diligent and diligent saint, and he has never stayed in the harem before you entered the palace. Your royal family is strong, so why worry about His Majesty not coming to Changle Palace? There will be more opportunities like this in the future. .”
Since ancient times, the emperor has been everything to the women in the harem. How many people relied on the emperor's favor to survive in the palace, and there were not a few who died in depression due to falling out of favor or being unfavored.
Jieyu had been favored by her for so long, and this was the first time she encountered such a situation, so Aunt Zhong naturally wanted to enlighten her.
Zhu Sijia wiped the tears that overflowed from the corner of her eyes due to yawning, and said with a smile: "Aunt Zhong is worrying too much, I'm really just sleepy."
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Really lying in bed, I wish Scarlett could not fall asleep for a long time.
Yan Xing, Zhu Siyi, King Yan, the Zhang family... the names of these people echoed in his mind over and over again. As long as he could not get rid of them, Zhu Sijia would be unable to sleep for one more day.
But now, there are more obstacles on her road to revenge. If she wants to gain a foothold in the harem and hold real power, she must fight against the Queen Mother.
What happened today was that Yan Xiu stood up for her. What if there was no Yan Xiu? You can’t rely on him for everything, right?
The women in the harem are less lustful and less affectionate. She doesn't want to be inactive when her years pass.
After much thought, Zhu Sijia decided to fight against the Queen Mother first. If the Queen Mother does not fall, it is impossible for others to fall.
The power of life and death in the harem can only be held in her hands, otherwise she will never get ahead.
I wish Scarlett carefully recall what happened in her previous life.
Empress Dowager Zhang was sent to the Dongdu Palace by Yan Xiu in the tenth year of Longchang.
Within a few years, she died of hatred in Dongdu. After her death, she was not buried in the imperial mausoleum of Emperor He, but was buried underground in Dongdu. She was not even given the posthumous title Yan Xiu.
The reason why Zhu Sijia remembers the year so clearly is because in the summer of the tenth year of Longchang, Yan Xing rarely allowed her to go out. In other words, it would be more accurate to say that he sent her to the Zhongnan Mountain Villa for refuge, a hundred miles away from Xijing.
The reason Yan Xing gave her at that time was to send her to Zhongnan Mountain for summer vacation, which was ridiculous. She had been married to Yan Xing for five or six years, and he had never been so kind as to send her to summer vacation in previous summers.
It happened that in the tenth year of Longchang, on the eve of the Empress Dowager being sent to the Eastern Capital, Yan Xing said with a serious expression:
"Be sure to send the princess to Zhongnan Mountain secretly, and don't let anyone find out. When the situation in Xijing City calms down, I will go to Zhongnan Mountain to find you."
Shiyi also said goodbye to him with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the princess will be safe and sound. Please be more careful in Xijing City."
It was late autumn half a year later when Zhu Sijia was taken back to Xijing City by Yan Xing.
In just six months, things and people in Xijing City have changed. Prince Yan's Mansion is no longer Prince Yan's Mansion. King Yan was stripped of his title due to crimes, regained his military power, and was confined to the mansion.
At that time, Zhu Yuancun's position as the heir apparent was left by Yan Xiu, which was rare.
From the 11th year of Longchang to the 14th year of Longchang, for four whole years, Yan Xing stayed behind closed doors and stayed in the palace, looking at her with disgust every day.
I have never heard that Yan Xiu also issued a ban on Prince Yi's Mansion, but judging from Yan Xing's actions - an earth-shattering event must have happened in the ten years of Longchang, affecting the Queen Mother, Prince Yan's Mansion and even Yan Xing.
Zhu Sijia didn't know what kind of big event it was.
Poor Zhu Sijia was just a frog sitting in a well and looking at the sky in her last life. The square walls of Prince Yi's Mansion served as a prison for her, trapping her in that small world without ever seeing the blazing sun of the world.
Zhu Sijia will not be able to wait for ten years in Longchang in this life. Now it is only four years in Longchang. Do we still want her to stay in the palace for another six years?
She couldn't reach out of the palace for the time being. If she wanted to know some clues in advance, she could only take advantage of Zhu Yuancun's usual opportunity to explain to him when he was on duty in the palace.
But he is an official of the imperial court now, and he cannot forcefully ask him to take time out from his heavy official duties to run errands for Zhu Sijia. Otherwise, he will delay the official business. Even if Yan Xiu calls him brother-in-law one by one, he will never let him off lightly.
As for matters related to the inner affairs of Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhu Siying relied more on her.
The grand ceremony for the promotion in a few days is a perfect opportunity. Hundreds of officials and their families will come to the palace to witness this grand occasion. Zhu Sijia will find a way to let Zhu Siying stay overnight in the palace.
I just hope that Yan Xiu will never let her sleep with him that night.
Zhu Sijia fell asleep in a daze with all kinds of thoughts.
Sure enough, when people think, they will have dreams. Just now, while she was still thinking about Zhongnan Mountain, Zhu Sijia dreamed of the Zhongnan Mountain Villa in her previous life.
The short six months she spent in the other courtyard could be regarded as the few and most carefree days she had after marrying Yan Xing.
When Zhu Sijia was in the other courtyard, her favorite thing to do was to sit on the swing outside the courtyard and enjoy the breeze. The swing was built by Eleven and was made from local materials, including ancient vines from the mountains.
There are not many good people in Yan Xing's house, and the diligent Shi Yi who follows him can barely count as half.
I don’t know what day I was dreaming about.
Zhu Sijia was wearing a light green gauze waist-length undershirt, with a small white flower she picked randomly on her head. She was sitting on the swing, staring at the fruitful peach tree at the back door in a daze.
A carriage suddenly stopped in front of her, and a man wearing a mask in white got out of the carriage and asked her to excuse herself for a drink of water.
Zhu Sijia said nothing and pointed to the peach tree beside him.
The man reluctantly put a gold bar into her hand: "Girl, we want to drink water."
Zhu Sijia stuffed the gold bars back: "I'm not short of money."
Yan Xing said that no one should be allowed to enter the other courtyard.
As soon as he finished speaking, another man in Tsing Yi got out of the carriage. He was very tall. He also wore a half-covered mask, revealing a fair part of his jaw:
"The heat is unbearable, so I asked the girl to be kind and lend us two brothers a bowl of water. We won't bother you."
Zhu Sijia remembered that she gave away those two bowls of water in her previous life.
She also remembered that the two gentlemen were very knowledgeable. After drinking the water, they bowed to her and got into the carriage to leave.
But in his sleep, after drinking the water, the man in green clothes not only did not leave, but instead took off his mask. The face under the mask turned out to be Yan Xiu!
