“Your Majesty!” Emperor Chunjia’s sudden movement surprised the maids who were waiting around him. Nian Xuan was even more scared. She knelt down on the ground and moved forward on her knees to plead, “Your Majesty, Cheng Gui is too young to know everything...”
Emperor Chunjia looked ruthlessly and coldly at Yun Fenghuang grasped by him. This young lady was indeed young, as if there was still a trace of childishness between her beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and her delicate skin in his hands also felt like an underage girl’s. But she was not naive definitely.
Otherwise, she could not have such a calm look—compared to Nian Xuan who was nervous very much, Yun Fenghuang was still so calm.
Even as Emperor Chunjia tightened his fingers, which made her breath become increasingly difficult and her face pale like that of a dead body, she remained calm.
Without a trace of anger, grievance, resentment or hatred, what was happening was like a
“It seems that I can’t go back to Xi Xing Building tonight.” At the appropriate time, Yun Fenghuang was hiding in the woods and wringing the water out of her long and messy hair and clothes. She sighed, “I originally wanted to go to Ning Bi Hall to pay respects to Consort Yue on the way I went back to Hu Zhu Palace and told something cruel to… make her angry deeply.”To be honest, she originally planned indeed to go ashore secretly after swimming underwater for some time, and then she would find a way to solve the trouble. Helplessly, she joined the Imperial Harem too short to be familiar with the environment.Because the reeds beside Sha Lv Pavilion had not yet flourished this season, and Yun Fenghuang was afraid that she would be caught if she raised her head above water too early, so, she broke off a section of a reed tube under the water for breathing. She didn’t raise her head over the water secretly until she couldn’t breathe. Looking around quickly,
The young man looked indifferent, “I wanted to kill you directly...”He said the words in a flat tone, not in a murderous tone, but for no reason, he looked cold-blooded, not like just intimidating her.Yun Fenghuang just felt scared. After all, she speculated she was unlikely to beat him. Now she was the prey, and the young man was the predator. This feeling was... She forced herself to be calm and listen to him with respectful attention. She heard this man said, “But when I was about to do it, I saw the bruise on your neck...”Then he had compassion for her and decided not to kill her?Yun Fenghuang curled her lips secretly. She wouldn’t believe such nonsense.However, he continued, “Then I wanted to see the sequel.”“...” Yun Fenghuang was confused, “What sequel?”“There were two possibilities.” The young man said indifferently, “The first one was your target is me; and the second one was i
At this time, Empress Ji had come back from Mian Fu Palace, and had changed the Empress’s Diyi (the most honorable ceremonial robe with the embroidered patterns of Di bird) that she wore to pay respects just now into a set of light purple palace costume. She tied up her hair loosely, into which a pair of precious Dian (a kind of hairpin) with the patterns of hibiscus flower inlaid with red agate oppositely inserted. And there was also a green hairpin with the patterns of bamboo, plum blossom and lucid ganoderma. When she was supported by a maid to slowly step up, a pair of about a Cun (about 3.3cm) of pure gold pendants beside her ears were almost motionless. It showed that she was super elegant and dignified.“What a poor girl. Why did you swim to Small Peng Lai?” After Empress Ji who was supported by the maid’s hands sat down on her noble throne, she looked down at Yun Fenghuang underneath who had been kneeling politely, and said indifferently, “This morning, Noble Co
“Mother, if you have any instructions, just enjoin a eunuch to tell me.” Empress Ji frowned first when she heard Queen Mother of Mercy came, but her expression immediately turned to be respectable and affectionate and then she went out to greet Queen Mother of Mercy, “You elder don’t have to come here in person. This is really my fault.”Queen Mother of Mercy, who was called “elder” by her was actually not old. She was between forty to fifty years old and looked younger because of the superior living environment and the recipes for keeping youth.“You are busy taking charge of the Imperial Harem.” Ms. Yuan supported by the Empress got off the sedan, and patted the back of the Empress’s hand, saying softly, “I have nothing to do now. We are both in the Imperial Harem, and my residence is not far from here, so, it doesn’t matter.”She had a very different temperament from Queen Mother of Honor, Queen Mother Ji. Queen Mother Ji’s majestic manner w
“Your Highness, don’t land in Queen Mother of Mercy’s trap!” Yun Fenghuang raised her head and said aggrievedly, “I am helpless in the Imperial Harem, and I can only rely on Your Highness. If even Your Highness detests and rejects me, then... then I...”Before she finished her words, she began to cry.Empress Ji was unmoved, sneering, “You even play a double game at such a young age! You kept on appreciating Mother’s grace just now, but now you suddenly turn hostile before she had gone away. It’s useless to pretend to be pathetic now. I know clearly what you are planning!”“Your Highness, You’ve really wronged me!” Yun Fenghuang kneeled a few steps forward and shouted, “Queen Mother of Mercy is Consort Yue’s legitimate aunt, and Consort Yue doesn’t like me. Since they stand at the same side, how is it possible for Queen Mother of Mercy to have favorable views of me? It’s her best mercy not to help Consort Yue murder me, not to mention helping m
“I’m afraid something bad had happened to Nian Xuan.” Noticing Yun Fenghuang’s complexion, Xin Qing and the eunuch who had planned to go forward and congratulate her both bowed and folded their hands with surprise, trying to behave submissively.Yun Fenghuang ignored them, and went to the inner room alone to sit down. She thought to herself with frowning, “Queen Mother Yuan is willing to help me ask the Empress for the grade of Mei Ren, from which I can see that though I don’t know whether her intention is good or not, at least it seems that she is not going to make me embarrassed. In this case, why doesn’t she let Nian Xuan return?”Maybe it was not that they didn’t want to let Nian Xuan return, but that it was not suitable to send her back to Xi Xing Building under her current condition.After all, it was not a big deal for Emperor Chunjia and Queen Mother Yuan to beat a maid to death or disability.It was unlucky for Nian Xuan t
“Auntie Zhu, it hurts to hear what you said!” Consort Yue was originally very sad, but Auntie Zhu’s words were like arrows, which pierced her heart deeply. She raised her tearful face, “It’s clear that the bitch Yun Fenghuang...”Auntie Zhu interrupted her impatiently, “You have poured out these words to His Majesty and the Queen Mother for hundreds of times! They are so kind and patient to hear you passing the buck over and over again, but I’m impatient to allow you to be wayward! The Queen Mother had told you clearly that the Imperial Harem was not our family, and you couldn’t afford to be wayward. What did you say? Ah?”“You said that as long as you could be with His Majesty, you were not afraid of anything!”“What now?”“It’s been eight years since you jointed the Imperial Harem, and you almost cry or complain every day. In your heart, the concubines are either miserable or diabolical! Do you really think you are the only one w
“Thanks for her concern.” In Cheng Cai Hall, Noble Consort Shu was as approachable as normal, and took the gifts kindly. She said, “My sister Fenghuang has just joined the Imperial Harem and is busy with her own business, but she still cares about me. How sweet she is!”Then she asked her maids to give some rewards to Xin Qing, and said, “Are you going to Small Jiao E Building? I won’t keep you then.”Xin Qing expressed her gratitude and left promptly.After Xin Qing left, Noble Consort Shu frowned and asked the maids with an indifferent tone, “Is there anyone of you know what Yun Fenghuang is up to?”“Maybe she deliberately shows her kindness to you because she is afraid that you know she went to Yan Fu Palace yesterday.” A maid wearing a blue palace costume guessed, “Although her family background is not powerful, she is quite mean to do so. How can Consort Yue compare with you, My Lady? Her family is not as powerful as yours and