Emperor Xuanwu did not turn over the cards that night, but slept in the Queen's Yikun Palace. Today is the fifteenth day.
According to the rules, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the emperor would sleep in the queen's palace. Although Emperor Xuanwu had no feelings for the queen, he would not break the rules. He was still willing to give this bit of decency to his main queen.
"I heard that the emperor punished Chu Jieyu today?"
"Um!"
The emperor turned over in bed, with his back to Empress Zhu, and had no intention of explaining.
Queen Zhu's eyes were red, tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, disappeared in her hair and disappeared.
She quickly wiped away her tears: "Chu Jieyu has always been on good terms with Concubine Li. The emperor dealt with Chu Jieyu because he was afraid that Concubine Li would be hurt."
"I will have a good talk with Concubine Li tomorrow. Queen, I'm tired, go to sleep!"
The lights in Yikun Palace were turned off, but Changchun Palace had no intention of sleeping.
Concubine Li sat on the main seat with an angry look on her face: "You idiot, don't you understand why the emperor punished you?"
Chu Jieyu was unconvinced and said: "She is not that charming girl like Zhen Ronghua. Just because she is somewhat similar to your empress, the emperor is just thinking of her novelty and turned a deaf ear to her in front of the emperor."
Otherwise, how could the emperor be so angry?
"Bang!"
A teacup exploded beside her kneeling feet. Concubine Li pointed at her head: "No matter how much trouble the concubines in the harem make, it's just a small fight. The emperor will never favor anyone. You idiot, you moved out of your family background." Come to suppress people, do you know that what the emperor hates most is the involvement of the former dynasty and the harem?"
Just like when the Queen Mother colluded with the Wu family, which led to the rampant buying of official positions and nobility, which made the emperor deeply disgusted, and finally personally disposed of his mother and the entire uncle's family.
Only then did Chu Jieyu realize how powerful it was, and she begged Concubine Li in a panic for help.
"I will help you one last time. If you are still like this and can't hold yourself up to the wall, I won't bother to care about you anymore."
On the second day, the temperature should have reached thirty-six or seven degrees, because on the way back to the palace after greeting the queen, Jiang Xinyue almost fainted from the heat.
There was not even a breath of wind in the air, and it was so stuffy that it was difficult to breathe.
What's wrong with this weather?
You should lie down in the lotus washing hall filled with ice basins to take a beauty sleep, and get some beauty recipes and skin care by the way.
A beautiful woman will never dislike her becoming more beautiful, and the emperor will not dislike her either.
After all, they are all women he doesn't love. He sleeps with the ugly ones and sleeps with the beautiful ones. Why not sleep with him so that he can be pleasing to the eye? At least after sleeping, looking at such a beautiful face will make him feel better.
Just like Jiang Xinyue, if Emperor Xuanwu was an ugly, smelly old man in his fifties or sixties who didn't like to take a bath, she would rather live peacefully in the cold palace for the rest of her life than be a beloved concubine.
It’s so ugly, and I’ve lost my appetite, so where can I get it from… What kind of desire is that?
The sun was shining brightly, and at two or three o'clock at noon, no one was seen outside any palace.
The palace doors of each palace are closed tightly, and everyone is hiding to escape the heat!
"ah--"
At noon, while Jiang Xinyue was still sleeping, she heard a high-pitched cry, which seemed to come from the Xihe Hall.
"Master!"
Immediately afterwards, Shuangjiang opened the door and woke up the magpie who was sitting on the bed and dozing: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Behind Shuang Sheng, two maids with weak legs fell to their knees on the ground, trembling all over: "Rong...Empress Rong Hua...the side hall...someone hanged himself in the side hall."
Jiang Xinyue stood up with a roar, and Magpie hurriedly put on her coat. The three masters and servants, plus Jiang Chuan, the eunuch of Xihe Palace, all went to the side hall.
Several young eunuchs and maids gathered around the entrance of the side hall. Jiang Chuan scolded them, and they all knelt down.
Jiang Xinyue waved her hand: "Go do whatever you need to do, don't hang around here."
Jiang Chuan walked at the front and chose two eunuchs to follow him: "Master, please avoid me first. Don't rush into you. I'll let you put them down first."
Without Jiang Xinyue's order, no one dared to touch the hanging body.
There was a hint of fear on her face, and there was no blood on her face. She covered her eyes and walked to the door, then said in a trembling voice: "Go quickly..."
As soon as the red dress swayed, the figure hanging on the beam was put down, and the magpie shouted: "Master, it's the eldest lady!"
"What?"
Jiang Xinyue, who was peeking out from between her fingers, could no longer care about her fear. She ran forward in a few steps. After seeing the dark and pale face clearly, she screamed and fainted.
Wang Dequan hurried to the imperial study, and met several ministers on the way. He hurriedly opened the door and went in without exchanging a few words.
"Your Majesty, something happened in Xihe Palace."
After saying that, Wang Dequan discovered that Jiang Zhaoyi was standing behind the emperor's desk, grinding it for him.
Although Jiang Zhaoyi was not a very beautiful woman, her grandfather was a cabinet bachelor, and her father Ye Gang was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
The Chiang family comes from a scholarly family and has a noble family background, so it has a somewhat bookish atmosphere.
The emperor sometimes made love with Jiang Zhaoyi.
Emperor Xuanwu's wolf-brush pen paused, and ink stains dripped on the rice paper. The character "Yuan" he had just written was blurred, and the entire character was ruined.
Jiang Zhaoyi's real name is Jiang Yuan, and Emperor Xuanwu is writing her name.
But when he heard that something happened in the Xihe Palace, the emperor put down his pen and took Wang Dequan out of the imperial study without even a word of concern.
Jiang Zhaoyi had no choice but to chase her out: "I, my concubine, will go with the emperor."
She wanted to see what happened in Xihe Palace. If Zhen Ronghua had the guts to steal someone from her, she would not be as easy to deal with as Chu Jieyu.
"Physician, how is my master?"
"Empress Rong Hua's pulse is slow and stringy. If it is heavy or not, she should be overly frightened, the flow of qi and blood is hindered, and the heart and blood are weak. The old minister will prescribe a prescription for the empress. One of you can go to the Imperial Hospital to get some medicine!"
Emperor Xuanwu strode into the Xihe Hall and asked seriously: "What's going on? How could Zhen Ronghua be so frightened?"
The lively beauty on the bed, who was always laughing and yelling, full of energy, was now pale and frowning, as if she was sleeping very uneasily.
Sick and distressing.
Jiang Chuan had already told Wang Dequan exactly what happened. As soon as the emperor asked, he told the emperor that Jiang Cainu from Leng Palace had hanged herself in the side hall of Xihe Palace.
"What do the guards in Leng Palace do? Why do people come to Xihe Palace?"
The Cold Palace is located in a remote place and is deserted all year round, so it is common for the guards to be lazy.
Jiang Zhaoyi seemed to have said it unintentionally: "Jiang Cainv seems to be Zhen Ronghua's sister? What grudges are there between them? Is it worth it for her to escape from the cold palace all the way and come to the Lotus Washing Hall wearing red clothes?" Suicide?"
There are folk rumors that people who commit suicide wearing red clothes can turn into evil spirits and come back for revenge on the first seven days.
She was just reminding Emperor Xuanwu that Zhen Ronghua was not as kind as she seemed.
Otherwise, how could her own sister be so malicious to her and not let her go even if she died?
