Chapter 246 Abandoned Concubine
At that moment, Shaohua didn't know where she came from. She pushed the other party hard and pushed him to the ground. Perhaps feeling the entity of the other party, Shaohua immediately stood up and stared over, protecting his stomach with both hands.
Shaohua did not know that his appearance was also inhuman and non-ghost in the eyes of the other party. Her hair had been scattered in slipping and pulling, and her hands were bloody. Coupled with her fierce eyes, she looked at each other, and everyone was on guard against each other, but she felt scared.
"Who are you!" Although the voice sounded dull and dry, Shaohua was glad that he was finally not poisoned and hoarse.
She suppressed the fear in her heart and wanted to pretend to be fierce, but her voice trembled slightly and leaked her panic. Shaohua thought that he had slipped down from the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Maybe this was just a imprisoned dark room or a secret path, but from the perspective of someone trapped with her, it was more like a dark room.
Although when she found the pair of bright eyes, she was almost scared that even her heart was about to jump out, especially when the other party's thin and powerful hand grabbed her neck. At that moment, she thought she had really seen a ghost.
"Long live, I'm really interested. There are still dragon species now." A sharp female voice laughed, and Shaohua couldn't help but get goose bumps. It's just a pity."
"What's a pity?" Shaohua was a little confused and didn't know what she said about "Long Live" and "Dragon Seed".
Shaohua habitually patted his belly, as if comforting the child in his stomach. However, an instant flashed, and a ridiculous idea appeared in his heart. Shouldn't the other party think that she was also a harem concubine? However, judging from the current situation, it is obvious that she is inseparable, and she should be the concubine of the former emperor.
After the death of the emperor, most of the imperial concubines stayed in the harem except for special requests for martyrdom. If you have children, leave the children for adults to follow them out of the palace. If the mother's family is willing, they can also go back to their mother's house to support them, but this is only the treatment of a few noble concubines. And others either become palace maids again, or die in the palace, get used to the luxurious life in the palace, and no one wants to go out to live a poor life.
As far as Shaohua knows, on the day of the late emperor's death, a total of 27 masters of more than 36 nobles died in the harem. Others survived because there were still underage princes and princesses under their knees. When Shaohua heard this, he still felt horrible and died so many people quietly, but Li Sinian said indifferently that the late emperor was not addicted to beauty, and there were fewer concubines in the harem than any other emperor in this dynasty.
If the person in front of her is really the concubine of the former emperor, she should have followed the previous emperor. If not, she must be the mother of which prince and princess.
However, if this is the case, there is one less concubine in the palace, is it really so let it go?
"It's a pity that he has no chance." After a smug smile, before Shaohua recovered, he only heard her come over and kicked Shaohua arrogantly, "Why don't you say hi to me quickly! Maybe I can spare your life."
Shaohua felt that her scalp was troublesome in an instant. She didn't know what the situation was. She didn't just fall into the secret channel. She should have been asked to salute by a imprisoned concubine when she escaped.
The eyes finally adapted to the darkness around her. Only then did Shaohua vaguely see a thin figure standing in front of her, and only those bright eyes made her hairy.
A good man does not suffer immediate losses, not to mention that she is not a man. She can't figure out the situation, so she has to let nature take its course.
"My concubine, please give my mother." Shaohua's compliment made her very satisfied. She probably hadn't listened to her for a long time, and she happily agreed. Shaohua got up to help her again. Shaohua had to obedient her words, but she didn't expect that she asked Shaohua to take off her coat.
Shaohua suddenly became angry. A palace concubine who didn't know how long she had been imprisoned and had no power actually shouted at her. But I heard her smile coldly and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you now? It's still very easy to kill you. Hearing this, Shaohua took off her coat without saying a word. Fortunately, she wore more clothes, but she was not without clothes to wear.
Thinking that she was pregnant with a child, Shaohua just wanted to leave here early, so she asked, "Do you know where this is and how to get out?"
"Go out? Ha ha, do you think you can still go out if she pushes you down? The concubine's sneer made Shaohua erect her cold hair.
"Is it someone guarding it?" Shaohua was shocked.
However, she thought that the Empress Dowager did not mean to kill her. If she was found that she was missing, she would definitely be asked to find her. Before Shaohua's heart could be put back in her stomach, the concubine's words made her nervous and almost suffocate.
"People? Hahahaha, I tell you that there is no one except you, me, and the child in this belly. The concubine smiled crazily, as if she never worried that someone would find her. The sharp and sad laughter sounded more like crying. Shaohua couldn't help holding her arms tightly, and layers of goose bumps reminded her that she must find a way to leave this damn place. She could not stay with this crazy woman.
The concubine seemed to see through Shao Hua's thoughts, grabbed Shao Hua's wrist, enjoyed her panic, and said with a soft smile, "That bitch probably wouldn't think that I was still alive."
"So, how did you survive?" Shaohua didn't know how long the concubine had been locked up by the Empress Dowager He, but felt that if she took her here for a day, she would also go crazy.
The concubine laughed and said, "Do you want to know?"
Shaohua was scared by her sudden face and shook her head desperately. She just wanted to know how to escape.
The concubine smiled sarcastically at her fear, "Anyway, if you want to survive, you will know sooner or later, otherwise, hey!"
Obviously, she couldn't see her appearance, but Shaohua felt that her eyes had been stripped of her. I don't know why, I remembered that Xin Maoshan once mentioned to her that there was a cannibalism in a famine more than 30 years ago. And the eyes of the concubine just now made her feel a kind of fear, as if she would really eat her.
A palace concubine who didn't know how long she had been imprisoned lived in a dark road where no one would appear. Shaohua only felt her scalp numb and couldn't imagine what she survived.
Shaohua took a deep breath, but felt a little strange. If this is a secret road, no one comes in. Even if there is food, people should have been suffocated here long ago. However, she has not felt that the air is depressed until now. Although there is no wind or light, her breathing is obviously free. Is it possible that there is a channel connecting to the outside?
This idea rekindled Shaohua's hope, "Mother, don't you want to go out?"
"I didn't tell you that there is no way out here, so you will die." The concubine seemed to know what Shaohua was thinking and rudely extinguished her hope.
But this time, Shaohua retorted unremittingly, "Mother, even if there is no way, it must lead to the upper passage, otherwise people would have suffocated here long ago." Shaohua was sure that when she said this, the concubine must have stared at her. She summoned up her courage and looked in the direction of the concubine and saw a pair of crystal eyes.
"You are quite clever." It is rare for the concubine to be in the mood to praise, but Shaohua is not in the mood to be happy.
After listening to her, Shaohua turned around and left. Shaohua was shocked and hurried to follow. The concubine walked very fast. Even in the dark, she could still be unimpeded, but Shaohua followed her with her stomach outright, and she would hit the wall in a few steps. I don't know how long it took. Shaohua almost hit the concubine. Suddenly, he heard a "bang" and a faint fire appeared in front of him.
Shaohua was so scared that she stepped back a few steps. She slowly saw a figure in the blurred light spot, wearing the clothes she had just taken off and holding an oil lamp. She looked at the four walls and accidentally found that there were oil lantern torches here, and there were some mottled marks on the wall, but the light was too dark for her to study. It was just that the concubine's thin and haggard face was seen from the dim yellow light, which was not as terrible as she thought. Her facial features were still beautiful, but her eyes were so thin that they were deep out of the hole.
She also looked at Shaohua. Obviously, compared with her thinness, Shaohua's pregnancy looked plump.
If there are lights and air, there must be a way out of here.
Shaohua's face looked shining, "Madam, there must be a way if there is air. We can get out of here."
"Leave? Do you think the bitch of He will let you leave? Even if there is a way, you can't get out. Shaohua's words gave Shaohua hope.
Thinking that the person in front of him and the Empress Dowager He might be sworn enemies, Shaohua hesitated for a moment and decided to take a risk. She owed her to the concubine and said to her in a hoarse voice, "Mother, to tell you the truth, I am not the concubine of the harem, but the wife of the Marquis of Xingyong. Just because the emperor asked my marquis to investigate Pingzhou, the empress dowager was afraid that the marquis would find out the conspiracy of the He family, so she took me as a hostage. But I accidentally fell down, so..." Shaohua didn't dare to guarantee that the people in front of her would believe her, but at least she had to explain it clearly.
"Wait!" The concubine suddenly became excited, rushed over to grab Shaohua's hand, and said harshly, "Are you talking about the Empress Dowager? Did He's bitch become the empress dowager? Hongyi ascended the throne?"
Shaohua didn't expect that the concubine didn't even know Hongyi's accession to the throne, so she could only nod when she asked.
"Wait, no, the first emperor... died?" The concubine suddenly seemed to be greatly stimulated and dumbfounded.
"The former emperor died for more than two years." Shaohua was pinched and hurt by her. But when she thought that the concubine didn't know that the emperor had died, which meant that she had to live for at least two years in this secret. Living in a dark and empty place without food for two years, I feel broken just thinking about Shaohua.
"What about my Eleventh?" The concubine asked in a quick voice.
The children of the former emperor were not prosperous, and there were not many princes who could survive. Shaohua quickly thought of who Shiyilang was and immediately understood who the concubine in front of him was. Eleven Lang's mother is not the sister of Liu Shangshu, who was beaten into the cold palace by the previous emperor. She is believed to be the concubine Yi who poisoned the previous emperor for Hongwen.
However, Concubine Yi should be in the cold palace. How could she hide in the secret way under the Empress Dowager's bedroom and live alone for more than two years?