The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Even when some words were on the tip of her tongue, she always hesitated and was finally suppressed by Concubine Yu.

If those words were said, it would bring danger to Jiang Wantang and cause trouble, so it would be better not to say them.

And so, the two chatted until late at night.

When Jiang Wantang left, Concubine Yu looked at the familiar figure and couldn't help but call out to her, "Tang'er..."

Jiang Wantang, who had already reached the side hall door, stopped, looked back, and said with a smile, "What's wrong, Aunt Yue?"

Concubine Yu stood up and walked to her, holding her hand, her eyes intense and complicated. After a while, she spoke, "Tang'er, if you leave the palace this time and there is a suitable opportunity, don't come back..."

She believed that with Jiang Wantang's intelligence, it would not be difficult for her to fake her death or leave the palace without anyone noticing.

Jiang Wantang's pupils constricted and he stared at her blankly.

Concubine Yu looked at her and continued, "Good girl, haven't you almost done everything you wanted to do?"

"Don't worry, after you leave, I will take care of your little girl Xiuzhu and help her leave the palace safely."

Jiang Wantang looked at Concubine Yu in surprise, and was stunned for a long time before she realized, "Aunt Yue means that I can take this opportunity to escape?

Concubine Yu nodded, held her hand, and said earnestly: "My dear, the world outside is vast and free. Why do you have to be like me, like countless other women in the harem, trapped within this small palace for your entire life, experiencing endless intrigues and deceptions..."

"In the end, the husband is not a husband, and the son is not a son."

Jiang Wantang felt a complex mix of emotions and was stunned for a moment.

Concubine Yu continued, "Tang'er, I know you have your own ideas, and I also know that you are not yet moved by Ji Wuyuan."

"That's because you're still young and haven't been in the palace long. You don't have much desire or greed at the moment."

"That's why you can thrive in this harem and move around with ease."

"But there's a saying that goes 'young love, young love', and as the name suggests, only young people can have deep feelings."

"Young people's feelings are more or less mixed with some sincerity. Ji Wuyuan is at the age of full blood and vigor. When he meets a girl he likes, it is inevitable that he will dote on her a little bit."

"The previous emperor was just like him..." Concubine Yu paused, her eyes dark and indescribable. "But when the novelty and the impulsiveness faded, he was just an emperor, weighing the pros and cons with a cold heart."

"The love of an emperor comes and goes quickly, just as delicate flowers bloom in all four seasons, each season is different..."

"But the women in our harem are different. Once they fall in love, they're completely absorbed in it. Once they're absorbed in it, they're determined to be with that person, even until the end, they're hurt both physically and mentally."

"I entered the palace at the age of ten and have served three generations of concubines. I've seen countless concubines who, after being favored, became overly spoiled. Because of their temporary favor, they truly believed they were the apple of the emperor's eye. They acted recklessly, demanding true affection from the emperor, and ultimately fell from grace, dying without a burial place."

"In the past, I just laughed at them for being foolish. But later on, through experience, I realized it wasn't that they were foolish, but rather that the emperor's love was so intoxicating. It always made you feel special, the one who stood out from the crowd. It gave you the illusion that you were the only one in his heart."

As she spoke, Concubine Yu showed a bitter smile that was similar to self-mockery: "But in the end, it was all fake."

“It might even be a scam from the beginning to the end, a scam to lure you in and make you weigh the pros and cons.”

“Even the most sober woman will go crazy after falling in love.”

Jiang Wantang looked at Concubine Yu's sad expression and couldn't help but feel distressed.

She felt deeply that even after so many years, Concubine Yu, who was already covered in wounds, still had not let it go.

She did not interrupt, but stood quietly listening to her, her heart deeply touched and moved.

Concubine Yu gave a bitter laugh and said, "Before, I laughed at them for being stupid, but now, I laugh at myself."

"I am so greedy, and Qi Bitch is no better in her greed for power."

"Being in the harem, enjoying wealth, power, status, and the emperor's favor, all of these fueled the greed and ambition of the women in the harem. Over time, these desires accumulated and magnified, leading to a group of women fighting to the death and becoming completely distorted."

"In the end, some may be beautiful but have a tragic fate, others may be ill and disabled, and at the best, they may die alone and end their lives."

"Thinking about it now, it's really not worth it. I haven't even seen the outside world..."

On the way back, Jiang Wantang was still in a daze. The palace lantern in her hand fell to the ground, but she didn't pick it up.

Just like that, she walked alone in the pitch-black harem under the cover of night.

Jiang Wantang kept thinking about Concubine Yu's last words.

She said: "The imperial palace is a magnificent cage, and the women in the harem are the canaries kept by the emperor."

"Tang'er, leave and don't come back."

"You are still young, there is nothing here worth your nostalgia..."

Jiang Wantang stood quietly in the dark night, looking somewhat dazed and confused, with some confused and complex emotions flickering in his eyes.

Leave?

she does not know……

She could indeed fake her death and escape outside the palace. In this way, Ji Wuyuan would think she was dead and might feel guilty, and would not make things difficult for her brother.

She thought that if she left, Aunt Yue would be even more lonely and pitiful, and she would have to take care of Aunt Yue until her death.

Besides, she had unfinished business.

Sometimes people can be selfish, but sometimes they cannot be so selfish.

Jiang Wantang looked at the towering and cold harem walls, a bitter smile appearing at the corners of her lips.

A palace wall has encircled the rest of the lives of many young girls.

What’s funny is that the women outside the palace walls want to squeeze in, while those inside the palace walls want to get out.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wantang smiled and continued walking towards Changle Palace.

What she didn't know was that after she left, Concubine Yu suddenly bent over, screamed "wow", and spat out a mouthful of blood, her body shaking.

The palace maid heard the noise and rushed in, helped her onto the bed, and wiped the remaining blood from the corner of her mouth.

The palace maiden looked panicked, her fingers trembling, but Concubine Yu smiled nonchalantly, "It's okay, don't be afraid."

"Go get me a bed and quilt. I'll sleep on this Arhat couch tonight."

The palace maid followed the order and went to the inner hall to get a fur blanket to cover Concubine Yu, but she saw that she was staring blankly at the tall and straight sycamore tree outside the window.

Back then, she lived with Empress Dowager Wende in the Cining Palace, in this side hall.

It was not until she reached adulthood that she entered the harem, and the Empress Dowager also moved to the temporary palace soon after.

Over the years, the Cining Palace has been renovated countless times, and everything looks brand new, except for this sycamore tree.

Because this tree was planted by the late emperor himself.

Concubine Yu looked at the familiar phoenix tree and murmured, "The phoenix is ​​flying, and the phoenix tree is its support..."

"Planting a phoenix tree in front of the courtyard will attract the phoenix back..."

As he recited, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It turns out that everything has a traceable path from the very beginning."

"I must have misunderstood..."