Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

Unable to return to Nanchu, she also wanted to look towards her hometown day and night.

Princess Donglin nodded: "Okay."

...

Two days later, at night.

The prison of the Ministry of Justice was dark and cold at night. Yan Yunting was wearing an official uniform, and his usually handsome face was stained with fatigue. He dragged his heavy steps, holding a lantern, and led by the yamen runners to a cell in the deepest part.

The bailiff said, "Master Yan, you can only talk to the criminal for a stick of incense at most. She won't confess anything even after all the torture. Master Yan is needed to help the criminal speak up as soon as possible."

Yan Yunting thought of his precarious family and nodded slightly: "I will do my best."

The bailiff unlocked the cell, and the door opened with a dull creaking sound.

The bailiff left.

The cell was dim, with the oil lamp dim as a bean.

Yan Yunting smelled a strong smell of blood and decay. Yan Yunting raised the lantern, and the pale light dispelled the darkness, and a slender figure curled up in the corner came into view.

That is Tan Tai Rou.

Tan Tairou was tortured, her flesh was bloody, her ankles were tied with chains, and she looked like she had been fished out of a pool of blood, very miserable. Yan Yunting felt a dull pain in his heart, he put the lantern aside and called softly: "Rou'er?"

The chains jingled.

Tan Tairou slowly opened her eyes. When she saw Yan Yunting, tears instantly fell from her eyes. She struggled to crawl over and said, "Brother Yunting... I, I'm not a spy. Please help me. Someone is trying to harm me."

Yan Yunting felt a dull pain in his heart, and he wiped the blood off Tan Tairou's face.

Tan Tairou cried sadly: "They tortured me...Brother Yunting, I am dying...It hurts so much."

Yan Yunting felt pained to see the gentle and quiet lady in the past become so miserable. But he couldn't help but ask, "Rou'er, tell me, did you change the list of people who participated in the ceremony?"

Tan Tairou denied it with a sob, and said pitifully: "Of course not..."

Her bloody hands tugged at Yan Yunting's sleeve in pain, and the pleading look in her eyes made people feel pity.

Yan Yunting really wanted to believe Tan Tairou.

But the evidence is irrefutable!

All the evidence showed that Tan Tai Rou was a spy for Nan Chu. Tan Tai Rou, the youngest daughter of the Tan family, had been replaced long ago.

Yan Yunting's heart was broken. He held Tan Tairou's hand and said patiently, "Rou'er, you are my wife. I will do my best to save you. First, tell me where is the base of Nan Chu's spies in Yanjing?"

Tan Tairou's eyes gradually turned cold, and her face was no longer pitiful.

She sneered in her heart

She curled her lips and said, "Come here, I'll tell you where the base is."

Yan Yunting was delighted and leaned closer. Tan Tairou used all her strength to grab Yan Yunting's sleeve.

Yan Yunting was a weak civil official who fell to the ground accidentally. Tan Tairou's fingers were like eagle claws, tightly grasping Yan Yunting's throat and biting Yan Yunting's ears hard.

His ears hurt so much that Yan Yunting whimpered in pain!

The yamen runners outside heard the noise and ran in hurriedly.

"Hurry up and save Minister Yan!"

"Hey, why did they start a fight?"

Everyone was in a hurry to separate Tan Tairou and Yan Yunting.

Tan Tairou's mouth was full of blood. She spat out half of Yan Yunting's ear and said with disdain, "If it weren't for Nan Chu, who would be willing to serve a hypocritical man like you? You are the most hypocritical and heartless man in the world. I feel sick every moment of my time with you over the years."

The lower half of Yan Yunting's right ear was bitten off, and he almost fainted from the pain.

Tan Tairou was still cursing: "Princess Zhaoyang doesn't like you, and I don't like you either, you self-indulgent fool."

Yan Yunting's ears ached, and he felt his heart ache when he heard Tan Tairou's words. He never imagined that his wife, who had always been gentle and virtuous, had such a cruel and heartless side.

Tan Tairou turned around suddenly and ran headfirst into the stone wall.

boom--

Bleeding.

Tan Tairou fell in a pool of blood, her fingers trembling slightly as she reached towards the south, as if she was touching the sky of Southern Chu across the distant mountains and seas.

Her eyes widened and she lost her breath.

...

The news of Tan Tairou's death soon spread to distant Nan Chu.

Nanchu is in chaos now.

In order to seize power, the royal family provoked a bloody dispute, and the flames of war burned everywhere in the territory of Southern Chu. The palace was heavily guarded. Li Yuanli, wearing a dark dragon robe, summoned his trusted generals and issued an order to suppress the rebels.

There was a river of blood inside and outside the imperial city.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with Lu Yun?" the chief eunuch came to report.

The Lu family fell, and the youngest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Yun, was imprisoned in the prison. No one knew how she escaped from the prison. Anyway, when Li Yuanli left Qing, he took the bloodstained Lu Yun back to Nanchu.

Lu Yun has dreams that predict the future, which is amazing. Li Yuanli thought of the mysterious prophecy left by the Queen of Southern Chu, and thought that keeping Lu Yun might help to solve the secret of the Queen of Southern Chu.

So Li Yuanli said casually: "Find a courtyard to keep her under guard, and I will see her again after I put down the rebellion."

The chief eunuch took the order and left.

Li Yuanli rubbed his brows and thought about the chaotic situation in Nanchu, all thanks to his good second brother!

Li Yuanli reflected on his behavior - he was impulsive and suffered heavy losses when he broke into Qing State to assassinate his good second brother.

He had to learn from his mistakes, gather his strength, and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. Li Yuanli's eyes flickered, and Shen Wei's bright face appeared in front of him.

The corners of his lips slowly rose.

He and Shen Wei will meet again, there is still a long way to go.

...

...

Tan Tairou committed suicide, and the Yan family was affected. The Yan family's affair became a topic of conversation among the common people, and also spread to the harem.

"She committed suicide by hitting her head against a pillar. She was a woman of integrity." In Yuxiu Palace, Liu Ruyan sighed for a while over the death of Tan Tairou.

Then she held the brush in her hand and continued to paint on ordinary rice paper.

It was dawn, and the sky was dim. There were no plum blossoms in the courtyard of Yuxiu Palace, and even ordinary flowers and plants did not grow. It was bare and lifeless. Liu Ruyan gradually got used to painting with a crude brush and rice paper.

The new palace maid was standing by the table serving, dozing off frequently and not bothering to pay attention to Liu Ruyan who was talking to herself.

Liu Ruyan concentrated on painting a picture of plum blossoms in ink, and then carefully appreciated it - the plum blossoms in ink were elegant, but it was a pity that the rice paper used for the painting was too rough, which tarnished such a noble plum blossom.

"Master, the newly made wedding dress from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been delivered." The young eunuch came over with the gorgeous dress. "Tomorrow at ten o'clock, please change into the wedding dress and go to Yongning Palace to watch the ceremony."

Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows slightly, looking unhappy: "Why should I go to Yongning Palace?"

She wished she could stay away from Shen Wei.

Every time Liu Ruyan saw Shen Wei, she felt uncomfortable all over.

The young eunuch replied, "In the morning court today, the Emperor conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort to Consort Chen, and the ceremony will be held tomorrow. According to the rules, all the concubines in the palace need to wear auspicious clothes to watch the ceremony."