Duanmu Mingli (extra)

Sitting on the soft couch near the bed, Duanmu Mingli frowned slightly and let the maid next to her light the ice in the incense burner and looked at the rising incense.

After a while, a maid of honor came in and knelt down to report: "The Empress, the emperor has just sent someone to send a message that the dinner will be used here for the Empress, so that the Empress should prepare it in advance."

Duanmu Mingli nodded: "Well, I know. You go down."

"Your Majesty, the emperor has come to send a message. Why are you still so depressed, but what's on your mind?"

Duanmu Mingli looked at the vocal Mother Sun and recalled to herself that this mother had been serving her since she was a child. During the most difficult time in the palace, she did not have any disrespect for herself: "M Mother Sun, I don't know what's wrong, but I just feel depressed. In fact, what else is there to be dissatisfied with like me now? As a princess of Yuhan, I successfully became the queen of Canglan and was loved by the people. The emperor respected me very much. Normally, I got what I deserved, but I couldn't be happy in my heart.

Mother Sun was stunned, with a slightly stunned expression, with a pitiful light in her eyes: "Is the Empress homesick?"

"Home?" Duanmu Mingli paused slightly and said funnyly, "What's worth thinking about Yuhan?" Now the royal brother and sister-in-law have also been married, and they have more care for me, so that I can be safe and worry..."

Mother Sun looked at the maids around her and waved them to let them go down. Then she stood next to Duanmu Mingli, picked up the teapot and slowly poured a cup of tea: "Mother, although as a slave, as a slave, should not guess the master's thoughts at will, the old slave has served the mother for so many years and asked the mother not to blame the maidservant. In fact, there is also a lot of unwillingness in the mother's heart.

Duanmu Mingli was stunned, and her eyebrows frowned more and more fiercely. For a long time, she leaned on the soft couch with a wry smile on her lips: "Mister, why do you think this person's heart is so difficult to fill? When I was not married, I knew the emperor's thoughts on Mu Qingya, but after learning that the two of them could not be together Measured, I chose the emperor who is still the third prince. At the beginning, I thought that even if I couldn't get the emperor's love, it would be good to support him to ascend the throne, become the queen, and hold the power in my hands, but now these wishes have come true, but I can't be happy in my heart.

"It's because the Empress is greedy."

Duanmu Mingli smiled and said, "Yes, it's really because I'm greedy. To be honest, Mother, you don't know how jealous I am about Mu Qingya now. The royal brother's heart is all on her. For her, he would rather support the third prince to seize power, in order to control the rumors of the vicissitudes with his rights and change Mu Qingya's reputation from a witch who harms the country to the goddess of the country. Ha ha, this is a great reversal. Is it really worth spending so much time just for a false reputation?

Mother Sun sighed in her heart: "Empress, at the beginning, the palace was difficult, and the pearl princess was favored by the emperor. With the help of the favor of the former emperor and the former queen, other princesses had no place to stand, but no matter how dangerous the situation was, the old slave thought that the princess would definitely get ahead one day. Does the princess know why?

Duanmu Mingli was surprised and looked up at her: "Why?"

"Because the princess is proud at all times! Although the princess was oppressed at that time, you have a clean world in your heart. Even if you are punished to kneel on the ground, you will straighten your waist and kneel down.

Duanmu Mingli trembled all over, and her eyes were confused. She couldn't help recalling the original scene. At that time, she was the most unfavored princess, because her mother was just a maid of honor. Such a birth was born in the cold palace. As soon as she came out, she lay on the ground, but she couldn't but climb up. Fortunately, she succeeded. At that time, she swore that she would hold her fate in her own hands in her life and would never let others manipulate it. Therefore, when the royal brother expressed the hope that someone could come to Canglan to help Mu Qingya relieve her predicament, she resolutely invited herself to come, because she knew that this was her opportunity.

Fortunately, because of this decision, she has everything she has today. But when did the greed in her heart become more and more serious? At the beginning, she could give up her illusory love for power, but now she has gained power, but she hates why she can't get real emotions. She is really greedy.

"Mother, I never knew that you understood the reason. Yes, I didn't have the power to be trampled on, but I stood. Now I have become the mother of a country, but I lie down alive. Thank you, M Mother. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I still don't understand.

M Mother Sun smiled: "The princess has been smart since she was a child, but she can't see the situation clearly in it."

Duanmu Mingli bowed her head: "Yes, I'm too greedy. The royal brother's feelings for the royal sister-in-law are so enviable, a couple for a lifetime... I never thought that the royal brother would dismiss the harem for the royal sister-in-law... He really held the royal sister-in-law in his hand, so how can I not be jealous? Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and then continued, "Munt, do you know? I don't want to be greedy... But I just can't control myself. On the way to Yuhan with the emperor, he took me to ride a horse and carefully guard the cloak every time, for fear that I will be blown by the wind. Maybe he is just used to it, but it makes me want to expect more.

M Mother Sun had tears in her eyes and looked at Duanmu Mingli and didn't know what to say: The princess was also suffering in her heart. As soon as she was born, she was criticized and trampled in the palace. A slave with a little status could come and step on her. It's not easy to get in touch with some warmth now. Naturally, I want to hold on to it with all my strength, which is also human nature.

Duanmu Mingli sighed and picked up the tea to take a sip, but she sprinkled the tea unsteadily.

"Oh, princess, what's wrong with you? Change your clothes quickly. These clothes are all wet. Mother Sun quickly took a handkerchief to wipe it.

"No, the tea is no longer hot. You go down. I want to be quiet. Let me know when the emperor comes over and let the kitchen prepare dinner first." Duanmu Mingli looked at the wet clothes and said carelessly.

M Mother Sun opened her mouth, sighed for a long time, and retreated gently. The princess's heart was the most transparent. Let her calm down. As soon as he retreated to the door, he found that Mo Junqing was standing by the door with his hands on his back, with little expression on his face, but seeing that the eunuch next to him should have been standing for a long time, he was shocked and quickly wanted to kneel down, but Mo Junqing stopped him, and finally had to retreat in horror.

Danmu Mingli took a deep breath and slowly spit it out, and tears slowly gathered in her eyes. She didn't know what she should cry, but she couldn't stop the grievance in her heart. Now that there is no one else in the palace, let her be presumptuous: the person her husband misses about is Mu Qingya, but Mu Qingya has become her royal sister-in-law. She should have hated her, but the reality makes her have to thank her, because without her, she will never have herself now. This sense of contradiction and struggle makes her always I feel that my whole heart is cooked on the oil pan, and there is no peace all the time.

"I'm so greedy..."

She sobbed for a long time, and the tea spilled on her legs had become cool, making her tremble. He suddenly looked up and found that there was an additional person in the room.

"Your Majesty..."

The crying voice was hoarse, and the thick nasal tone made her tone more and more aggrieved. Mo Junqing looked at the woman who had spent her makeup in front of him, but her heart was more distressed: "What is this?"

Duanmu Mingli quickly got up and stood still at a loss. She couldn't stop the bitterness. Such an embarrassing self made the emperor see that he would hate himself even more. While thinking nonsense, he felt that he was suddenly picked up. He quickly looked up in surprise and looked at Mo Junqing's disgusted eyes.

"Originally, you were a superior beauty when you dressed well, but now you look like a cat running out of the field. You are the queen. Why don't you even pay attention to these?"

Duanmu Mingli's slightly better mood was instantly burst by this sentence, and tears suddenly fell down: "Your Majesty, I know you look down on me. I can't compare with the beauty of the emperor's sister-in-law, her talent, and her intelligence. No matter how you dress up, you can't compare with it. The emperor doesn't like me, and I can't help it. I know the gap between myself and my sister-in-law, but the emperor, no matter how good she is, she is already my brother's wife. No matter how bad I am, I want to accompany you all my life. I want to accompany you to grow old. Even if you are not the emperor, we can support each other for a lifetime. When you can't walk anymore, I can drag you even if I drag you down. Can't you have some thoughts to like me? Just a little bit is enough..."

At the beginning to hear her words, Mo Junqing's heart rose angrily, but when she heard the last sentence, her heart was mixed with helplessness. The cat-like woman in front of her was lying on her chest, holding her clothes and trembling constantly, as if she would drown as soon as she let go of her hand, so she had to hold her tightly. Her arm sat down by the bed.

After a while, Duanmu Mingli felt that she had cried enough before raising her head and a little relieved: "Your Majesty, it's my concubine who is rude."

Mo Junqing looked down at a large water stain on his chest and said, "Since I know it's rude, why don't you come and help me change my clothes? I think you did it on purpose. You can't see that my body is clean."

"No, it's all because the emperor is too straightforward." Duanmu Mingli said angrily. Now she has figured out a lot, put aside the burden of caution and the bottom of her heart, and spoke casually. The two got along much more freely than before.