The Job of an Imperial Concubine

Although the sound of the watch in the palace was soft, it was enough for people to hear clearly in this silent night.

Ting Zhu hurriedly walked into the gate of Xihe Palace, because he walked too fast, he also broke out in a fine sweat in the autumn night. Seeing her expression, the other court ladies and eunuchs did not dare to step forward to stop her, but felt a little uneasy, not knowing what happened again.

Seeing that the lights in the inner room were on, Ting Zhu didn't hesitate immediately, so he lifted his foot into the room, and saw that Zhuang Luoyan had just laid down, and Yun Xi was about to put down the tent, when he saw Ting Zhu's expression was wrong, he stopped his hands With the action in the middle, hang up the curtain again, "What happened?"

"Master, the Concubine Wang in Jingyu Pavilion is gone." Ting Zhu panted, "There is a lot of trouble in Jingyu Pavilion right now."

"Concubine Wang from Jingyu Pavilion?" Zhuang Luoyan sat up and asked suspiciously: "Concubine Wang has recovered, and I saw her outside a few days ago, how could you say that she is gone?"

"I don't know, I just heard from the servant of Jingyu Pavilion that Concubine Wang has been a little restless for the past two days, but now it's gone."

Zhuang Luoyan frowned slightly, uneasy? It went so silently again, is there really no other reason?

Concubine Wang had been ill for a long time, and she was not favored, and her mother's family was not visible, so even if her death was a little strange, Emperor Cheng Xuan would not send someone to investigate it, and the queen would not even bother to do so.

"What are the intentions of the emperor and the empress?" Zhuang Luoyan took a deep breath, she had no friendship with Concubine Wang, and when she heard that she died inexplicably, her palms still felt slightly chilly.

"Eunuch Gao of the Qianzheng Palace has passed on the emperor's oral order, saying that everything will be managed by the empress. It's just that Concubine Wang has been in the palace for a few years, so he will take care of the funeral with the ceremony of the concubine." Ting Zhu has been in the harem for many years. , how could it be impossible to guess that Wang Concubine died strangely, but the emperor didn't ask, so Wang Concubine could only be so ignorant.

"Gift of noble concubine," Zhuang Luoyan pulled the quilt over her body and looked at the candlestick. The unfavored concubine in the harem ended up in such a bleak way that not many people even cared about death, so they fell on the side of the road Hua'er thanked her without batting an eye, "Since the emperor has made a ruling, we will mourn according to the rules."

"Yes." Yun Xi was slightly taken aback when she heard Zhu Fu blessed her body, and then lowered the tent that was originally hung up again, covering the too bright candlelight in the room.

Zhuang Luoyan lay on the brocade bed, unable to sleep.

"Master, do you want to extinguish all the candles in the house?" Yun Xi asked softly outside the tent.

"Leave the one next to the door," Zhuang Luoyan closed her eyes and didn't speak again.

"Yes," Yun Xi and Ting Zhu looked at each other, and after turning off the other lamps, they quietly retreated out.

Waking up early in the morning, Zhuang Luoyan changed into a light-colored skirt, and her headgear was changed into an overly flamboyant emerald gemstone. Although it was not plain, she didn't want others to think that she was still dressed flamboyantly and frivolously on the days when Concubine Wang was gone.

Sitting on a chariot to the Queen's Jingyang Palace, I saw that the concubines who had arrived earlier looked as usual, but their spirits were still not as good as before, and they were all not dressed very gorgeously. Obviously, Jin Liangyi's lessons from the past were remembered by these people.

Not long after, the concubines came in twos and threes about the same. When mentioning Concubine Wang, they all said that Fanghua died young, which is a pity, and completely forgot that they had no friendship with Concubine Wang before.

"Concubine Jiang Xian is here!"

Thinking that Concubine Jiang Xian lived with Concubine Wang, the complexions of the concubines present changed slightly. After all, someone died just now, so they felt somewhat unlucky.

"My concubine has seen the empress." Jiang Xianpin looked tired, as if she hadn't slept all night.

"Concubine Jiang doesn't need to be so polite. Concubine Wang lives with you. I think you didn't sleep well at night to take care of Concubine Wang. Give me a seat." The queen looked normal and asked the eunuch to move the embroidered pier to Jiang Xian The concubine sat down.

"Jiang Xianbi and Wang Bin's sisters are deeply in love, please express your condolences." Yan Guifei comforted her.

"Concubine Wang and all of us are sisters, Concubine Yangui also wants to mourn." Concubine Jiang Xian said lightly, and in a blink of an eye she met Concubine Yan, there was not much emotion in her eyes.

Concubine Yan Gui's complexion changed, she glanced at Concubine Jiang and stopped talking.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little stiff, and everyone did not expect that the usually reticent Jiang Xianbi would say such a thing, and some people laughed mockingly because Yangui concubine lost face.

Zhuang Luoyan raised her head and looked at the crowd without saying a word.

"The emperor's kindness is great, and I buried Wang Concubine with the ceremony of a noble concubine. I think Wang Concubine can feel at ease in the spirit of heaven." Concubine Shu said softly. No one dared to refute her words. Could it be that the emperor is not good enough?

Zhuang Luoyan was not interested in this kind of talk, and after leaving Jingyang Palace, she didn't want to sit in a chariot either, so she just took a few court ladies and eunuchs to walk in the imperial garden to relax.

This is the fate of the women in the harem, who went away at a young age, were buried with a modest title, and praised the emperor's grace. Zhuang Luoyan squinted her eyes and thought, why do the heroines of those novels still think about love and not love?

When passing the imperial garden, I heard the high-fives coming from the front, and knew that the emperor was coming this way with the emperor's guard of honor. Zhuang Luoyan opened his eyes, got off the chariot, and stood aside with his head bowed. Fortunately, the autumn sun It doesn't feel hot in the sun.

Feng Jin sat in the imperial chariot, he didn't even bother to see who was standing around him, he suddenly turned his head, and saw a familiar figure standing with his head down on the side of the road, he raised his hand, and the imperial chariot stopped.

"Zhao Chongyi?" Feng Jin lowered his head and asked Zhuang Luoyan to stand up straight: "Come out from the queen?"

Recently, because of the busy government affairs, Feng Jin seldom looked up the signboard of the harem, but he hadn't seen Zhuang Luoyan for several days. Now seeing her standing in the sun in plain clothes, it's a bit pleasing to the eye.

"Back to the emperor, the concubine just came out from the empress's place," Zhuang Luoyan pretended to peek at the emperor cautiously, then quickly lowered her head.

"Well," Feng Jin nodded, and suddenly said: "Since that's the case, you don't have to go back to Xihe Palace right now, you can serve Mo in the Imperial Study Room."

Although it is said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the women in the harem can serve ink in the royal study, but because Emperor Cheng Xuan seldom calls the women in the harem to serve ink, it seems a bit special.

In this huge harem, only Concubine Shu and Xu Zhaorong have this honor and a high status. Now there is Zhao Chongyi.

Not far away, several low-ranking concubines watched this scene enviously, bowing their heads and whispering a few words from time to time.

"She knows how to invite pets." Su Xiuyi said with a sneer.

Concubine Shu glanced at her indifferently, and gave way to Bu Ren to move on, but her eyes became a little colder.