phoenix knot

Liang Guanjing and Su Mingyue had been away from the palace for several months, and they were not used to returning to the harem. Although Yongxuan Palace and Guili Palace were only a few steps away, they needed to meet each other and have a drink of tea, but they still had to inspire people.

Liang Guanjing claimed to be sick, and after returning to the palace, all the concubines were exempted from getting up early to greet each other. Those who want to see the empress can come without invitation, and those who don't want to see can live behind closed doors.Su Jingxian felt that she had been sent to Shao Prison once, and she had spent several months behind closed doors at her mother's house, and now she was not so arrogant, and she was completely at peace.

If the imperial concubine thinks this way, Liang Guanjing doesn't care, he just lives quietly with Su Mingyue, and Han Chengjue can spoil any concubine from one palace to another, as long as he doesn't come to see them.From time to time, Princess Zheng brought Gu Changfeng's new concubine, that is, Su Jingzhi, to the palace as a guest. The sisters-in-law and sisters sat at a table, pushing Pai Gow and throwing dice. It was very lively.Sometimes Concubine Ning and Wei Chang come over with He Zhaoyi and open another table.Only concubine Shu likes to be quiet and would never go with them. If she comes, she only likes to play Go. Princess Zheng thinks it is too brain-burning and has a headache.

At the end of summer, Concubine Su Gui of Changle Palace was in trouble again, and she could no longer be promoted, and she could only become a queen if she was promoted.If you can't get promoted, the rewards will never be short.Han Chengjue got used to her so much that he searched for treasures from heaven and earth, and sent them all to Changle Palace. The number of court ladies, eunuchs, eunuchs, and wives were all above Yongxuan Palace.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the moon is round and people are not round, Su Jingxian over there is the icing on the cake, but sister Xiao Moxue and Cheng Jiayin miss their family very much, and want the emperor to let them go home from the palace.The emperor first persuaded them with good words, and sent someone to bring the parents, siblings and sisters of the two sisters into the palace to meet them, and then pampered them a little bit, but unfortunately the good times didn't last long, and he forgot about them after a few days when he got busy.Cheng Jiayin went to Liang Guanjing and cried, saying that she didn't want to be favored by the emperor, but just wanted to go home.Xiao Moxue was fine, anyway, her parents sent her to the palace for the sake of prosperity and wealth, she didn't really want to go back, seeing Liang Guanjing and Su Mingyue living like this these days, she felt envious.Liang Guanjing personally begged Han Chengjue for Cheng Jiayin's matter, but she didn't know which sentence was not pleasant, which made Longyan furious. Not only could the sisters not return to their natal family, but the queen was also banned from Yongxuan Palace.This confinement is close to house arrest, and the concubines are not allowed to visit.

Just because of this incident, the empress almost made a fuss again. Su Mingyue was even more anxious when she couldn't see Liang Guanjing. She sneaked into the private meeting of Liang Guanjing in Yongxuan Palace at night, and somehow the news reached the emperor's ears. Yongxuan All the maids and eunuchs in the palace were punished and their monthly salary was deducted. Lianxiang Xiyu, who served her personally, was forcibly sent to the Laundry Bureau to do the rough work of washing and cleaning.

As far as Su Mingyue was concerned, Han Chengjue was not in trouble.

Yinyuewu in Guili Palace was as cool as water at night, and Su Mingyue stood under the moonlight waving a round fan, seemingly meditating and waiting for someone.

Han Chengjue hadn't seen her for a long time, and when he saw her again, he felt that she was a little more beautiful than the Moon Palace Fairy in his memory, her icy muscles were piercing to the bone, as if she could ascend to the sky at any time.

On the second day Su Jingxian heard that the emperor was staying in Guili Palace, she was so angry that she didn't know whether to cover her stomach or her chest.

"You little bastard, you really came here to take advantage of this loophole while I was pregnant with Liujia!" She became angry when she saw the newly welcomed beauty Wang from Changle Palace. The surname was changed to Wang, but Beauty Wang's beauty was not enough to rival Su Mingyue, so Han Chengjue had only been here a few times, so he turned around and went to Guili Palace.

Before she finished cursing, Liang Guanjing galloped out of Yongxuan Palace on the other side, took Lianxiang Xiyu away from the clothing bureau, and then went all the way to the palace in the western suburbs. I heard that she had sex in the wild outside the palace. Crazy, whipping wormwood on the side of the road with a horsewhip, smashing a tree with his fist, and hurting his hands.

Liang Guanjing lived in the palace in the western suburbs and didn't come back. This time she stayed here for more than a month. If she didn't come back, Han Chengjue didn't say anything about writing letters, but he didn't say a word. The couple is completely divorced.If she doesn't come back, Su Mingyue has completely fallen into the hell on earth, but she didn't send a letter to Liang Guanjing, what are you talking about, everything is fine, the weather is so cool in autumn?

Han Chengjue had a good look towards her at the beginning, but once the freshness wears off, he was very unhappy to see that she still had a mournful face.Not only the words are bitter, but also there is no pity in bed, although it is not as cruel as when he was favored for the first time.Humiliated her, but definitely not a pampering attitude.

Su Mingyue sometimes said in a nonchalant way: "If the emperor doesn't like being a concubine, he can go to Changle Palace, Xingqing Palace, Yanqing Palace, any palace or courtyard. amuse me?"

Han Chengjue also knew that he should let each other go, but he couldn't control himself, of course he liked her, not only liked her, but wished he could incorporate her into his flesh and blood.However, when he thought that this beauty was not him for the first time, he couldn't help but imagine that she and her lover must be upside down, so happy.He also wanted to sit in other palaces, or call other gentle concubines to his bedroom, but ever since Su Mingyue brought his sister to block the door in the imperial study, he has been thinking about her day and night.Even in Changle Palace, it was Su Mingyue and not Su Jingxian who appeared in front of his eyes.

"Who is that person? The queen said I knew him too."

Every time Su Mingyue pretended to be dead, Han Chengjue was so angry that he couldn't help it.

"It can't be Gu Changfeng's. He has never had any contact with the Su Manor. Even though he has your second sister Su Jingzhi now, I heard that she didn't take her to Shuzhong. She is still in the Princess Mansion. The two of them probably haven't consummated their marriage." He said to himself. Talk to yourself.

Su Mingyue turned over early and fell asleep.

Han Chengjue shook her awake in the middle of the night, "Are you going to tell me or not?"

Su Mingyue was so sleepy that she didn't want to talk to him.

Han Chengjue tossed Su Mingyue in various ways, and from time to time he asked sinisterly, "Did he do this to you too?"

Su Mingyue looked into his eyes with a sneer and mockery.

Han Chengjue wanted to cry without tears, and even an imperial decree summoned Gu Changfeng back in the name of offering sacrifices to the chaos in Sichuan. He detained Gu Changfeng and Su Mingyue in the palace and shared a room, wanting to see them Will say something, do something.

As a result, the internal supervisor came to report, saying that their brother-in-law and sister-in-law were sitting opposite each other, staring at each other, and they didn't speak more than three sentences in total, but how is the second sister doing well in the mansion recently?How is the battle in central Shu?The weather has gotten really cold recently.Even Liang Guanjing never mentioned it.

Not him, definitely not him, who is it?

Han Chengjue felt that he was insane. He looked at all the civil and military officials, and examined the past face by face, thinking that he didn't know who had slept with his concubine, and that person didn't know who was standing below, How can I laugh at myself for being that tortoise bastard, let the king of a country, let the emperor be a tortoise bastard!

In the winter season, Su Mingyue diagnosed a happy pulse, Liang Guanjing immediately rode his horse and whipped his horse and came straight to Guili Palace when he heard the news.Getting off the horse in front of the palace gate, Liang Guanjing stepped over the threshold, feeling as if her feet were heavy with gold, she walked in cautiously, and finally saw Su Mingyue in front of the window who was playing with the bird in the cage.

"Yu'er?" She called her softly.

Su Mingyue didn't look back, but froze.

A trembling hand clasped her shoulders, turning her to face him.

"Come?" Su Mingyue tried to pretend to be as nonchalant as possible, but at the same time she forced out a smile, tears also fell down her face.

"You've lost weight." Liang Guanjing's eyes were sore.

Su Mingyue still smiled, "I am haggard because of Yixiao, I miss Ah Yuan day and night, but you never come, can you not lose weight?"

"Don't you blame me? I actually left you here."

Su Mingyue shook her head, "Didn't we agree?"

Su Mingyue was pregnant with a child, half of Han Chengjue's anger dissipated immediately, he came to Guili Palace to talk with Su Mingyue, it's no wonder she always greeted people with a mournful face.

Su Mingyue took a bath and changed clothes this day, and received the emperor very grandly.

After everyone retreated, Su Mingyue knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, "Didn't you always want to know who that person is? I can tell you now."

Han Chengjue said, "Why did you tell me today?"

"It's nothing, I think we can make a break."

Han Chengjue went in without knowing.

Su Mingyue didn't get up, but knelt down on the ground and said, "That year, when my elder sister Su Jingxian entered the palace, the Su residence held a banquet to celebrate her wedding. My father ate wine, and all the guests also ate wine. It was very lively, and we female family members who have not left the cabinet rested in the backyard. In the middle of the night, someone accidentally broke into my boudoir, saw me sleeping on the bed, and raped me on a whim. I was 12 years old that year."

Han Chengjue was shocked, his eyes widened, and he held his breath waiting for her to continue.

"I don't dare to say it. What can a 12-year-old girl say? To whom can I tell it? My mother died early, my brother is a fool, and I don't even have a decent maid by my side. Mother Feng who took care of me at night I'm going to sleep in another courtyard and take care of my stepmother's children. It's time to take care of me, and it's time to bring me a bowl of cold rice covered with vegetable leaves and meat foam. I can't tell my father, who just You will blame me for dishonoring the lintel of the Su family."

"Who is it! Who is that person?!" Han Chengjue clasped her shoulders.

Su Mingyue looked at Han Chengjue, and did not answer the emperor's question, "My father finally found out about this matter, but he didn't know it from himself, but the person who raped me confessed to my father himself, and the reason why he He admitted that he wanted to take me as a concubine because of raw rice and cooked rice. I was 14 years old that year, and I would be fifteen years old in a few days."

Han Chengjue slammed his fist down, and all the cups on the round pear tree table jumped up, "Qiu Zhenglan!"

Su Mingyue continued, as if telling a story that had nothing to do with her, "At first, my father refused and felt a little shameful, but he clearly refused to let him take a concubine, but he acquiesced to that person again and again. When I came to the Su Mansion, I tried to seek death and was rescued. Not only did no one comfort me, he also severely scolded me. Afterwards, I didn’t want to die anymore. I felt that life was nothing more than this. It's so embarrassing, just close your eyes and just endure it."

Han Chengjue's heart ached, "Stop talking."

"Your Majesty, every time you are happy with me, I always think of that person. You are exactly the same."

"Stop talking...it's my fault, I'm heinous!"

"When I was 15 years old, I was pregnant with a child. My father personally brought me a bowl of soup medicine. After I took it, I had a miscarriage. I thought it would be difficult for me to conceive a child in the future. This time I was pregnant again. On it, I just feel that luck is tricking people."

Han Chengjue hugged her into his arms, "We have our own child, and we will live a good life in the future. I will treat you well, and it will never be like the past. Forgive me, okay?"

As if Su Mingyue didn't hear what he said, she continued slowly, "My eldest sister originally wanted my second sister to enter the palace, but my second sister decided to let me enter the palace in order to push me out of the fire pit. Before leaving In the past, my father taught me how to deceive the emperor so that the Su family would not be implicated." Speaking of this, she was about to cry, "I have pity on my second sister, who could have relied on the protection of my mother's family, but it was my uncle who got the tax from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Imprisoned for consumption and corruption. The Zhou family lost power in the capital, and the family fell overnight. , and even threatened my father that if he doesn’t obey, he will expose the scandal of my loss and virginity before leaving the court, and if the emperor finds out, it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.”

Han Chengjue said: "Isn't he afraid of being caught on fire?"

Su Mingyue sneered, "What is he afraid of? He is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a student of the emperor, with a dignified appearance. He is kind and filial, and takes a helpless orphan girl from his subordinate's family as his concubine. Who will sue him in the yamen? If so? When the incident happened, he could sue Su Yunhai for revealing the scandal and frame him. He had no intention of marrying the sisters of the Su family. He knew about my scandal. It was because my father was aphasia after drinking, so he didn't disclose it very much. He still wanted to be the informer , The righteousness is awe-inspiring, and I personally expose it. Can the emperor suspect him? Since ancient times, women have become the target of public criticism when they lose their virginity. Does the emperor care about which young scholar has a private meeting with me?"

Han Chengjue sat down on the ground, and said weakly: "So the queen knew about it a long time ago?"

"This kind of thing can only be told by women to women, only women can understand, and it was the empress who asked me to sue."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Su Mingyue got up slowly, hammered her sore knee, and looked at Han Chengjue, "When the emperor favored me for the first time, I just wanted to say that I don't want to listen to my father's advice to deceive the emperor. I'm not afraid of being deceived." The crime of the king... But at dawn, I was wounded all over my body, and I suddenly didn't want to talk about it. I just realized that men are like this, and all men are like this..." She smiled bitterly, her face was pale, and there were tears in her eyes With hatred in her heart, she sat in the chair and looked at Han Chengjue who got up from the ground, "The empress offended the emperor because of Cheng Jiayin's leaving the palace. If the empress tells the emperor about it again, what will the emperor think?" ? The emperor thinks that the queen is here to laugh at you, right?"

Han Chengjue was speechless.

"Yesterday, the queen came to Guili Palace when she heard the news that I was pregnant. She persuaded me a bit, and said that it is time to tell you the truth. If you are pregnant with the emperor, you won't do anything to me."

The teardrops in Su Mingyue's eyes finally rolled down, and Han Chengjue's heart ached when he saw it.He took a few steps forward and pulled her into his arms, holding her up, "I am so unbearable in your eyes, you can't even use the gold medal for avoiding death, and you can only protect yourself if you are pregnant, isn't it?" ?" Han Chengjue laughed at himself, "The bad things you said about me behind my back before seem to be true, I'm just a jerk!"

Su Mingyue gently pushed him away, "This concubine is pregnant now, it's inconvenient to be favored, the emperor will let this concubine go for now."