Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

Concubines in the palace are not allowed to keep any medicine in their own palaces to prevent people with ulterior motives. This is an iron rule of the palace. If they are sick, the imperial physician must leave the medicine for that day, boil it and take it, and the residue must also be taken away. There will be a palace servant who is responsible for recording it.

But who wouldn't have some common medicines on hand? Especially those who have lived in the inner palace for a long time, they would find a way to get some for emergencies. This is also one of the unspoken rules of the palace.

The corner of Emperor Shenwu's mouth curled up into a smile. How long had it been since he'd seen someone so aggressive and venomous? Concubine Chen had long noticed that the emperor's gaze hadn't left Concubine Yi since she stood up in her seat. That gaze was unwavering and so focused...

Concubine Ye took a breath and said, "How dare you say that there are no jewelry of higher quality in your palace..."

Lan Qingwu interrupted her: "Yes! I never said no, this is another thing I want to report to Your Majesty..."

She looked directly at Emperor Shenwu: "Your Majesty, please take back the ornaments you have given me from my palace."

The corner of Liangpin's mouth twitched slightly. If His Majesty really took it back, wouldn't it make His Majesty look stingy? Besides, I've never heard of taking back a reward. Wouldn't this be telling His Majesty that the gift you gave me has caused trouble, so please take it back immediately? This Concubine Yi...

Concubine Ye held on tightly, her shrill voice echoing through the hall: "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen, Concubine Yi has admitted it. She admitted to having the jewelry... She must be severely punished..."

Emperor Shenwu seemed oblivious to Concubine Ye's shrill voice, staring at Lan Qingwu without blinking. Concubine Chen, observing Emperor Shenwu's expression, spoke cautiously, "Your Majesty, I think Concubine Ye is also making things up. I think..."

Before he could finish his words, the Emperor suddenly stood up. He strode into the hall and extended his hand towards Lan Qingwu. Lan Qingwu paused for a moment, then placed her right hand in the Emperor's palm. The Emperor then pulled Lan Qingwu up, embraced her, and walked out of the hall...

Concubine Chen could only watch silently, then looked at Concubine Ye who was still kneeling in the hall, feeling extremely angry.

Concubine Ye was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty... why... does she have such inappropriate jewelry..."

Wen Guiren quietly uttered two words: "Idiot!"

Concubine Chen said impatiently, "Noble Lady Ye, please shut up! Do you want me to search your palace to see if you have any medicine?"

Concubine Ye stuttered, "She...I..." Why was it different from what she thought?

At this time, Li Xiang returned. After bowing, he said, "Empress Chen, His Majesty has bestowed a birthday gift upon you. It will be here shortly."

Concubine Chen nodded and said, "Please ask Eunuch Li to express my gratitude to His Majesty on his behalf."

"Of course." Li Xiang added, "Your Majesty also brought an oral order." The concubines hurriedly saluted and knelt down.

Li Xiang cleared his throat and said, "Noble Lady Ye, you are so noisy! You fabricated stories and slandered the concubines at will. I order you to be demoted to a beauty and confined to Yanle Palace. You must copy the Qingxin Sutra two hundred times and the palace rules one hundred times." But he did not say when the ban would be lifted.

Concubine Ye's eyes widened. He actually demoted her? And confined her to copy the palace rules and scriptures!

After Li Xiang delivered his order, he left. Some of the concubines in the palace couldn't help laughing out loud, gloating over the misfortune.

Returning to Suowu Palace, Emperor Shenwu could no longer bear it and picked up Lan Qingwu and placed him on the bed. The palace servants retreated outside. Lan Qingwu was kissed so hard that he couldn't breathe. He said incoherently: "Your Majesty..." It was not yet dark...

The Shenwu Emperor turned a deaf ear to him, and soon Lan Qingwu began to sob beneath him...

Before leaving, Emperor Shenwu reluctantly let go of her lips and whispered in her ear: "Wait for me in bed tonight..."

Lan Qingwu was in a daze and just looked at him with a pair of blurry eyes.

Lan Qingwu finally came to her senses a moment after Emperor Shenwu left. She sat up with the quilt in her arms, lost in thought. The corner of the quilt slipped off, revealing kiss marks on her snow-white shoulders and skin. She thought she was facing a truly irresistible emperor, and Yun Heng was just her imagination.

It was late at night, and Lan Qingwu was kneeling at the end of the bed. Since the emperor had said he was coming, she had to receive him with full respect.

When Emperor Shenwu arrived at his bedroom, he immediately saw Lan Qingwu in a trance. Lan Qingwu reacted and immediately bowed, "Your Majesty."

Emperor Shenwu sat down beside the bed, frowning slightly: "What are you thinking about?"

Lan Qingwu was stunned for a moment: "I am waiting for Your Majesty."

Emperor Shenwu lowered his eyes to look at her carefully. His gaze fell on her wrist, and his eyes suddenly turned cold. "Why don't you wear the coral bracelet I gave you?"

Lan Qingwu froze slightly, her fingers unconsciously gripping the bed, "I took it off when I was bathing."

Emperor Shenwu's voice was even colder: "I ask again, why don't you wear it?"

Lan Qingwu was silent for a few breaths. "Today's incident reminded me that this is indeed against palace rules."

"Lan Qingwu!" Emperor Shenwu said coldly, "With your intelligence, you must have known where this bracelet came from."

Emperor Shenwu raised her chin with his hand, staring into her eyes. His voice was calm but contained a storm: "Palace rules? Lan Qingwu, if I treat you with the heart of an emperor, can you bear it?!" His questioning was like frost hitting Lan Qingwu's heart.

Emperor Shenwu stood up and was about to leave, but stopped. If he left like this, who knows what would be spread in the palace tomorrow.

Lan Qingwu finally couldn't bear it anymore, tears trickling down her cheeks as she wept silently. How could she not have noticed? She entered the palace on a different day from the other concubines, and was the only one to sleep in the main hall of Qianzheng Palace. Even her bed curtains were the bright red color only used by the main concubines, with dragon and phoenix patterns...

But the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became. If her heart lost again, what would await her? She never dared to open her heart. After all, he was already an emperor, not the young Yun Heng on the border! But he really was both Yun Heng and the emperor. Wasn't her heart torn?

But at this moment, she was even more afraid that he would turn around and leave. Even though this emperor already had three concubines and six courtyards and two sons and daughters, she still couldn't bear that he would get hurt. If he left, the relationship between them would drop to freezing point. And he was the only one she could rely on in the palace from beginning to end.

It seemed like an eternity had passed before Lan Qingwu finally took out the coral bracelet from under the jade pillow and put it on her wrist. She slowly wrapped her arms around the emperor's waist from behind, resting her cheek on his back, and softly said, "Brother Heng..."

Forget it, in the end she lost to her own heart.

Emperor Shenwu reached out for her wrist, touched the bracelet on it, turned around, lifted Lan Qingwu from the waist, and held her level. He looked into her eyes, his nose touching hers, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "What did you call me?"

Lan Qingwu placed her hands on his shoulders and whispered, "Brother Heng..." After five years, she finally called him by that name again. This name belonged only to the young Yun Heng.

Emperor Shenwu kissed her lips tenderly and lingeringly, again and again, whispering: "Weak, my weak..."

When their passion reached its peak, Emperor Shenwu whispered in her ear, "Call me my husband!"

Lan Qingwu was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes, and couldn't help showing a little grievance, thinking back to the first time he slept with her, he forced her to say that she was his concubine, and that "husband" was a unique title that could only be addressed by the queen and his wife.

"Hmm? Are you still holding a grudge against me?" Emperor Shenwu embraced the warm and soft jade and bit her lips: "Only my weak one can call me like this."

Lan Qingwu's eyelashes trembled slightly. "...husband..."

The Emperor Shenwu was even more moved, and he entangled her tongue and lingered on it. After a long time, the Emperor Shenwu hugged her and said, "Ruoruo, I am both the emperor and your Yunheng."

Lan Qingwu's heart trembled slightly, and her sparkling eyes were filled with the image of the emperor. She couldn't help but stretch out her snow-white arms and hug the Shenwu Emperor's neck...

When the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Emperor Shenwu gently stroked her cheek and teased, "You cruel little thing, you're even crueler than I am—and you still want to marry someone else? Huh?"

This was really a dangerous topic. Lan Qingwu didn't dare to answer. He just bit his lips and said nothing.

Emperor Shenwu moved closer to her again, looking into her eyes. "You've been engaged to him for a few years. Have you ever met him?"

Lan Qingwu hurriedly shook her head. During the national mourning period, how could she dare to do anything that would violate his taboos? Now it seems that fortunately she always maintained awe for the emperor of the dynasty and did not dare to underestimate the emperor's jealousy and possessiveness.

"Oh, then why isn't he here?"

Lan Qingwu shook her head again, she fell into the emperor's arms, hugged his waist tightly, and begged for mercy silently.

Emperor Shenwu's breathing quickened again, and he hugged the woman tightly...

When it was time to attend the morning court session, Emperor Shenwu was reluctant to get up, remaining affectionate with Lan Qingwu in his arms. Outside the door, Li Xiang helplessly called out softly for the third time, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Emperor Shenwu finally let go of Lan Qingwu reluctantly and said softly, "I'm leaving."

Lan Qingwu was vaguely aware that the emperor had withdrawn, so she reached out and lightly hooked the fingers of Emperor Shenwu. Emperor Shenwu turned around to look at her, and seeing that she was not fully awake yet, he gently kissed her forehead, then stood up and dressed.

Prince Ding went to visit Prince Kang again at his palace. When he entered Prince Kang's inner courtyard, he saw that Prince Kang was indeed kneeling as punishment again. Beside him were two guards sent by Emperor Shenwu, who were staring at Prince Kang intently.

The drooping Prince Kang wailed the moment he saw Prince Ding: "Third brother, you must plead for me. Please ask His Majesty for mercy on my behalf. I really can't bear it any longer. You have always been favored by the Emperor. His Majesty will definitely listen to you..."