Chapter 19: Loss

"Yan'er, my father once told me that he didn't have to marry her to his beloved woman." Xuanyuan Chen said softly, stroked Lan Ruoyan's cheek and said, "If I am the son of heaven, the woman who marries me is in the harem, and she will be envied by other women... So my father said that if my beloved does not have to marry him, maybe she will live a good life in this way... I also thought that if I ascend the throne as emperor in the future, then You are the queen, and there will be more women who regard you as your enemy. I can't let that day happen! Therefore--

"Will you let me go?" Lan Ruoyan asked bitterly, and it was not easy for Xuanyuan Chen to come all the way. But she was even more sad when she thought that he wanted to let go of herself.

"No, I don't want to give up on you for those women I don't love." Xuanyuanchen smiled and said, "I want to give them up for you."

"What do you mean?" Lan Ruoyan couldn't understand.

"Only the queen is enough for my harem, and I don't need anything else." Xuanyuanchen looked at Lan Ruoyan seriously and said, "Sang'er, when I become emperor in the future, I will not stand in the harem and only respect you as the queen."

God! That's monogamous! Lan Ruoyan understood and was inexplicably excited. She had never thought of such a result. He can really do anything to her!

Xuanyuanchen nodded Lan Ruoyan's soft thin lips and gently covered her head. Lan Ruoyan slowly opened her eyes and put her arms around his neck. They are now in love.

Xuanyuanchen held her in his arms. He loved this woman so much that he could abandon other women for her. The sweet kiss did not seem to be enough to satisfy this kind of love, and he groped for the coat of Lan Ruoyan in his hand. Lan Ruoyan is also rarely obedient without rejection, but it is at this rare time, place and moment!

Suddenly, Liu Ya's voice came, "Your Majesty, the palace has decreed!"

People say that the Spring Festival is worth a lot of money! Only hating the bitterness of the night, Xuanyuanchen finally understood. As soon as Lan Ruoyan heard Liu Ya's voice, she turned away and stood up and rushed into the inner room shyly with a panting face.

So Xuanyuanchen went out with a black face like Bao Gong, glanced at Liu Ya, and scolded in his heart, when is it not good to come, but at this time!?

Liu Ya obviously felt a murderous atmosphere and was so scared that she only shrank her neck. He walked to the back and secretly asked Xiao Linzi, "Xiao Linzi, what's wrong with the prince?"

"Generally, when the prince and the princess are alone, they have to screen us. It should be more important..." Xiao Linzi replied mysteriously. Liu Ya probably understood one or two in his heart and slapped himself in the face. What did he do to run errands so fast? Isn't it too late!

The order of Taihou is nothing more than to ask him to enter the palace and ask about the Nangong family. He thought it was time to be angry with the old witch. Yuxi was in her hand and had to figure it out.

Entering the palace, Xuanyuanchen went straight to Yongle Palace. The Empress Dowager sat high, still with luxurious makeup, but her face was pale, and her eyes were dark circles. I'm afraid she didn't sleep well all night.

"I want to see my mother." Xuanyuan Chen saluted on one knee.

"Oh..." The Empress Dowager sneered and said, "How can the old lady afford Chen's kneeling? Your mother is not me, but Hua Guifei!"

"Ask. Lord, you can see, my subordinates have brought it here in person. Rosemary said and brought out a square box, untied the wrapped plain cloth, and saw the box made of pure gold into a carved dragon and phoenix.

When the Empress Dowager saw it, she exclaimed, "Concubine Die! How dare you dare to touch Yuxi!"

"Ha ha, empress dowager, this jade seal is not yours." With a charming smile, Xuanyuanchen nodded with satisfaction, walked down the steps, opened the box, and saw that the jade seal was safe.

He looked sideways at the Empress Dowager, "Queen Mother, speaking of Yuxi, I think you should go to see the eldest brother now. When was the last time you saw him?"

"Che, Cheer! What did you do to him!" The Empress Dowager covered her heart, and she became inexplicably nervous. Without much thought, he quickly walked down the steps and rushed out of the Yongle Palace and went straight to Xuanyuan Che's Yangxin Hall.

The Empress Dowager stumbled all the way to the Yangxin Hall. Since she entered the palace at the age of 15 and married the late emperor who was still a prince, she had never run such a long way. When she stepped into the Yangxin Hall, a pungent lemon fragrance came to her face, and the freshness of lemon fragrance did not make her feel comfortable at all.

She quickly walked to the bedside and lifted the mantle. Xuan Yuanche lay there safely, but her face turned pale, and it seemed that there was no blood and anger. Seeing Xuanyuan Che still lying here, the Empress Dowager was somewhat relieved, but she even shouted a few times, but she did not respond. She trembled and stretched out her hand to the bottom of Xuanyuan Che's nose.

"Che'er! Che'er - wake up - wake up and look at the mother -" The Empress Dowager's voice was mixed with a sad cry. It can be said that it smells sad...

Xuanyuan walked straight in the corridor and suddenly heard the voice of the Empress Dowager, and her eyebrows tightened. Could it be that Chen'er had begun his action? He quickly ran in the direction of the Empress Dowager's crying and arrived at the Yangxin Hall. Seeing the Empress Dowager crying with the emperor's body in her arms, she affirmed her guess.

He stepped behind the empress dowager and patted her on the shoulder, "sister-in-law."

The Empress Dowager heard Xuan Yuanzhi's voice. After trying to calm herself down, she got up and turned to look directly at Xuan Yuanzhi and said, "Yu Wang, what do you see now?"

Xuanyuan looked down at Xuanyuan, who was no longer breath, and said, "Your Majesty, he has passed away."

"Is that all?" The Empress Dowager asked rhetorical.

Huh? The Empress Dowager--" Xuanyuan didn't quite understand the words of the Empress Dowager.

"The emperor was killed by King Chen! King Chen is eager for quick success and quick profit. Do you want to ignore it in order to seize the throne and his brother to death? The Empress Dowager became a little hoarse because of her crying voice, but this did not weaken her speech.

"The empress dowager, the emperor has been seriously ill before, and now it is reasonable to pass away. You..." Xuanyuan also wanted to persuade the empress dowager not to be too persistent.

The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and said, "The emperor's serious illness is simply caused by King Chen!"

"Sister-in-law, who will believe you if you say so?" Xuanyuan was helpless.

"Don't you believe me?" The Empress Dowager asked.

"It's not that I don't believe it, but even if it's true, no one believes it, or I don't believe it. Chen'er has already controlled the whole Xia Qi. Which of the people in the court is not his head?

"...Is there nothing we can do? He killed Che'er and drove away the prince... Can't anyone control him?" The Empress Dowager was powerless to sit down.

"Princess-in-law, why do you care about winning or losing? After fighting all the way, didn't you finally return to Chener's hand? How much did you lose for this throne? Do you think it's worth it? Xuanyuan advised directly.

"Isn't it worth it? Then tell me what's worth it? As the queen, do I want to watch Hua Guifei take away all the favors of the emperor? My son is the eldest son and wants to let Hua Guifei's son take the throne? The Empress Dowager stared at Xuanyuan straight, and tears overflowed again. She was unwilling, unwilling!

"But you have nothing now!" Xuanyuan gritted her teeth, and he didn't want to hit the Empress Dowager, but now she must launch this political stage, otherwise no one knows what will happen to her in the end.

"I have nothing... Yes, I have nothing..." The Empress Dowager said to herself, a little confused. She got up and walked slowly to the door, and scenes flashed in her mind.

From the age of 15, she entered the prince's East Palace, and she was the crown princess. Although the former emperor who was still the prince didn't spoil her very much, he also treated her with courtesy. However, since the former emperor accepted the concubine Hua, the former emperor's eyes have never left her.

Huafei danced to the city. After she gave birth to Xuanyuanchen, the late emperor couldn't wait to make her the noble concubine second only to the queen. Just because the emperor spoiled her, can she get everything easily? No way! She can't let that woman stay with the emperor, otherwise sooner or later, Concubine Hua will take everything from her. But...what's the result? She sent someone to secretly take light and heavy medicine in Huafei's daily tea, slowly depleting her physical strength. Finally, within three years, she began to be sick. She could no longer dance her beautiful dance, but why? Why did the emperor stay in her bedroom day by day? As long as he went straight to her... Even when she died, he still remembered Concubine Hua!

The Empress Dowager didn't understand that she won the throne for her son, but now she has lost her son, her grandson and the Nangong family...

The sky suddenly fell snow and fell silently on the ground, but it really made the world cold. In the Lanxin Pavilion of Wangfu, Lan Ruoyan stood in front of the bed and watched the snowflakes fall, and her eyebrows were wrinkled. Today, after Xuanyuan Chen left, she was always inexplicably uneasy. It seems that something is going to happen.

"Mother, I want to see you." Biyun comes to report.

"What's wrong with Shaofei?" Lan Ruoyan did not turn around and asked plainly.

"It is said that it is to return the gold seal." Biyun replied.

"Why let her come here in person for this kind of thing?" Lan Ruoyan curled her lips.

"Mother, this gold seal is not easily touched by others. If the Empress Shao asked others to send it, it would be disrespectful to you." Biyun replied with a smile. It seems that the Empress still has a lot to be cultivated.

"Then invite her in." Lan Ruoyan walked towards the main hall, but Biyun stopped her from shaking her head.

"Mother, you can't see her in all your clothes. This is white. It's not good." Biyun said with a straight face.

"This... is worn for the dead. It's really not good for her to see..." Lan Ruoyan still thought more or less about the fact that Shaofei was pregnant, so she said, "You ask Biyou to invite her in first, and I'll go to the inner room to change clothes and come back."

"Mother, maidservant will wait for you to change your clothes. The Empress Shao is already waiting for you in the main hall." Biyun replied with a smile.

"Ah?" Lan Ruoyan was puzzled at first, and then saw Biyun smiling slightly. She finally understood that this girl cut off first and then played! Well, how dare you make your own decision~" pretended to be angry and nodded Biyun's forehead.

"Mother, I know you are a good person." Biyun laughed.

"I really spoiled you." Lan Ruoyan said, shook her head and went inside. Biyun hurriedly followed in.

About two quarters of an hour passed when Lan Ruoyan changed the equipment belonging to the imperial concubine. When she came to the main hall, Lan Ruoyan wondered if Shaofei would be angry and say some exciting words, but she didn't expect that Shaofei would still be so impatient and greeted her with a smile.

"Shaofei presided over the funeral on behalf of the palace this time, which can be said to be a lot of hard work." After looking at it with his own eyes, he took it. Lan Ruoyan talked about the funeral and thought of the "massacre" that night. The funeral was a matter of the dead...

This also seems to evoke the memory of Shaofei. Her face is white and white. I'm afraid she will never forget the memory of that night. She didn't think about what would happen if Lan Ruoyan witnessed that scene? The prince seemed to be trying to avoid her. What did the prince do? In order to protect Lan Ruoyan, he pushed her to danger?

Looking up at Lan Ruoyan, the position of the imperial concubine should have belonged to her when she gave birth to the prince. However, the previous emperor issued an order to marry Lan Ruoyan as the imperial concubine, and after a general, she was higher than her, the princess. What's more ridiculous is that the prince fell in love with this woman hopelessly, and no matter what he did was to protect the woman from injury.

"The prince ordered that no matter how hard and tired it is, my concubine will do it." Shaofei said softly that she was jealous of Lan Ruoyan above, but she did not leak at all.

"Thinking of winter, the Empress was born cold and should be afraid of the cold, so she invited someone to attract such a set of warm jade jewelry. If you wear it on weekdays, you should feel more comfortable. With that, he ordered someone to send a box, and Biyun turned out that the exquisite brocade box was opened in front of Lan Ruoyan.

Reaching out and touching the jade, it was really warm. It's a good jade... Lan Ruoyan sighed in her heart, is this gift so valuable for no reason?

The Shaofei Liu Yuying seemed to see her doubts and smiled and said, "Don't think too much. It's just to see that the prince loves the princess so much, and the concubine also wants to do something for the princess."

"That's how it is." Lan Ruoyan nodded, is it a sign of goodwill? She looked at Shaofei's bulging stomach and thought of what Xuanyuanchen had said to her that she didn't want the harem for her. At that time, she was really moved, but now when she saw Shaofei, she thought, if so, how would Shaofei and her children deal with themselves?

"Mother, I'm a little sleepy, so I'll leave first." Seeing that Lan Ruoyan did not refuse the gift, Shaofei got up and asked to leave.

"Go ahead. It's almost time to give birth. You should pay more attention to your health. Lan Ruoyan said warmly.

"Yes." Shaofei saluted and then slowly walked out of Lanxin Pavilion.

At the door, she met Xuanyuanchen coming back from the palace. She bent down to salute. Xuanyuan helped her up and said, "You are inconvenient now, so you don't have to salute. Go back to Yingliuyuan and take good care of yourself."

"Yes." Shaofei agreed.

Xuanyuan Chen nodded and turned to the Lanxin Pavilion. Shaofei stood still and watched Xuan Yuanchen go to find Lan Ruoyan with some joy. She became more and more sad. Is Lan Ruoyan so good? Prince... It's just that she is here. Can't you never see anyone else? Thinking of the importance that Xuanyuanchen attached to her when there was no Lan Ruoyan in the past, she bit her lip and looked at Lan Xinge full of murder. You can no longer rob the prince with me in the future!