Another thunder sounded.
Chen Jue got on the chariot and urged the palace people to rush to Zhaoyang Palace.
Despite Jiang Rou's appearance of not being afraid of anything in front of him, Chen Jue actually remembered that she was afraid of thunder on rainy nights.
really!
As soon as he stepped into Zhaoyang Palace, a thunder suddenly sounded, and ferocious lightning tore through the quiet night.
Before Chen Jue entered the dormitory, he heard Jiang Rou's scream.
Chen Jue quickened his pace, pushed the door open, and saw Jiang Rou curled up beside the bed with her bare feet, covering her ears with her hands, and burying her head in her arms.
The maid on the side hugged her mother-in-law distressedly. Her mother-in-law had been afraid of thunder since she was a child, especially on rainy nights.
"Your Majesty—" The palace maid felt relieved when she saw Chen Jue coming. Just as she was about to stand up and salute, she saw the empress flying toward His Majesty like an arrow from a string.
The incident happened suddenly and with great momentum. Chen Jue didn't have time to think too much and opened his hands almost out of instinct.
"His Majesty!"
Seeing Chen Jue coming, Concubine Jiang seemed to have found a backbone and hugged him without letting go.
Chen Jue glanced at the lightning and thunder outside the window, and could clearly feel the fear of the woman in his arms.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Chen Jue hugged Concubine Jiang and gently stroked her back.
Concubine Jiang tightly grasped Chen Jue's lapel. Under his gentle comfort, the fear in her heart gradually calmed down.
After a while, when she completely calmed down, Chen Jue carefully took Concubine Jiang back to the bed and stepped on her.
He sat by the bed. Seeing that Chen Jue had no intention of lying down, Concubine Jiang looked out the window in fear and held Chen Jue's hand tightly.
As if seeing Concubine Jiang's fear, Chen Jue touched her hand with his other hand and comforted her softly: "Sleep peacefully, I won't leave tonight, I will stay with you."
In the dark night, her vision was blocked, and Jiang Guifei could not clearly see Chen Jue's expression, but her other perceptions were particularly sensitive because of this.
Listening to Chen Jue's gentle comfort, one can clearly feel the tenderness in his words.
"Okay." Concubine Jiang closed her eyes obediently.
With Chen Jue by her side, Concubine Jiang's frightened heart gradually calmed down, and she fell into a deep sleep after a while.
Seeing her steady breathing as she slept, Chen Jue raised the corner of his mouth lightly, leaned down and kissed Concubine Jiang on her forehead, then got up and went to the side hall next door to spend the night.
Outside the side hall of Zhaoyang Palace, the people from the first palace waved their hands after Liu Zhong whispered a few words, turned around and walked in.
"Your Majesty, the palace officials have prepared all the etiquette for the trip. When will we set off?" Liu Zhong looked at His Majesty's expression and asked.
"The morning after tomorrow." Chen Jue put down the book in his hand, looked at Liu Zhong, and asked, "Is the imperial concubine awake?"
"Your Majesty has woken up and is washing up right now."
As soon as Liu Zhong finished speaking, a woman wearing red palace clothes, Shi Shiran, walked in.
"Jiang Guifei is stunningly beautiful, and beauty has the potential to bring disaster." This is not wrong.
With such a beautiful and delicate concubine, it makes sense for the king not to go to court early from now on.
"Come here!" Chen Jue waved when he saw her coming in.
Concubine Jiang smiled coquettishly, walked over with her skirt in hand, and naturally sat next to Chen Jue.
After breakfast, Chen Jue sat in Zhaoyang Palace for a while.
Concubine Jiang is good at playing the piano. She finally waited until His Majesty was free, and this time she decided to play "Feng Qiu Huang" which she had practiced for a long time to His Majesty.
So Jiang Guifei took Chen Jue to the pavilion outside and asked someone to bring out her favorite green piano.
The sound of the piano is rare in the ears, and the person who plays it is playing it with heart, and the person who is listening also listens attentively.
After playing a piece of music, Chen Jue applauded, "My beloved concubine's piano skills are becoming more and more exquisite, not bad."
"Your Majesty taught it well," Concubine Jiang looked at him with affectionate eyes, "Your Majesty, I have practiced this song "Feng Qiu Huang" for a long time, and I only dedicated it to your Majesty today."
"...Thank you for your hard work, Concubine!" A phoenix begging for the phoenix represents Concubine Jiang's strong feelings for her original body.
Looking at such an infatuated concubine, Chen Jue sometimes envied her original body.
Therefore, Chen Jue didn't want the imperial concubine to know that her loved one had already had the core changed.
Chen Jue sighed, took Concubine Jiang's hand, and asked her, "I'm going out of the palace for a few days, would Ah Rou be willing to go with me?"
"Ah? Leaving the palace?" Concubine Jiang was surprised when she heard that she was about to leave the palace, and then asked: "Is it okay for me to leave the palace?"
Don't blame her for asking.
Since entering the palace, she has not been out. The whole place is just this square courtyard with high walls.
When she heard that she could leave the palace, Concubine Jiang was still thinking about it. She just thought about the palace rules and hesitated, "This is not good, the palace rules -"
"It doesn't matter, I have the final say." Chen Jue smiled softly and gently, "Arou, do you just say yes or no?"
"Yes, yes!" Concubine Jiang nodded quickly, as if she was afraid that Chen Jue would regret not letting her out again.
Seeing this, Chen Jue could only smile helplessly.
During this trip, Chen Jue did not want to conceal his whereabouts and conduct an "incognito tour", which was not in line with his character at all.
