Chapter 1328: Prince Li's Extra: Deep Love
No one dared to remind the emperor standing in the cold wind, and could only let him stand there, as if he was a tree growing at the gate of the palace, facing the wind and snow.
It was not until it was dark that Concubine Xu hurried out of the palace. It was the eunuch beside the emperor who called her.
Concubine Xu stayed in Changyi Palace today, but she was very unhappy.
Because she served the emperor before, she had never been to the queen's vigil. In this harem, no one would offend a favorite concubine for a deceased queen.
Today she also had selfish motives. She wanted to stand by the emperor's side and stand in front of the dead queen as the emperor's favorite concubine.
But unexpectedly, the prince and Princess Jiaoyang would say it bluntly. Even though the prince had been alienated by the emperor, even though the emperor and Princess Jiaoyang were not on good terms, the emperor still listened to their advice and stayed in Changyi Palace.
This day, she was very unhappy, but she still had to obey orders and wait for the emperor's arrival in Changyi Palace.
After waiting for a long time, the eunuch beside the emperor came to call him, saying that the emperor was standing at the city gate and would not come back.
She hurried over and saw the emperor standing there, lonely and desolate, looking quietly into the distance.
"Your Majesty, it's late, let's go back." Concubine Xu persuaded softly, and her hand had already gently stroked Su Jing's arm while speaking.
Su Jing looked back at the smiling woman in front of him, and suddenly felt disgusted in his heart, especially her eyebrows, which turned into sharp needles in his trance, piercing his heart.
He tried to support his shaky body and said in a trembling voice: "I'm thinking about something here, you go back first."
"Your concubine will accompany you."
"My words are the imperial edict."
After that, Su Jing raised his arm, broke free from Concubine Xu's hand, and still looked slowly into the distance.
Concubine Xu knew that the emperor had made up his mind, so she quickly leaned over to receive the edict, and after saluting, she slowly stood up and walked towards the palace city.
Tears fell, and she felt extremely wronged. She had been trying hard to be a good concubine, but the emperor treated her...
She could not feel love, and dared not think about having a future with the emperor, or rather, she still did not understand the emperor.
She knew that the emperor had weaknesses, but they were not herself. He longed for the emperor's love, but the emperor only favored her. She knew that this favor was unique in the palace, but she was always unwilling.
People said that she was smart and transparent, but now, she was still imprisoned in this love and could not get rid of it.
Even though there were too many resentments in her heart, after returning to Changyi Palace, she still ordered the palace maids to light the palace lanterns and wait for the emperor to return.
Even if the emperor was indifferent to her, he would still come to her Changyi Palace at night.
But this time, Concubine Xu miscalculated.
That night, the emperor finally returned to the palace, and then went to the imperial study. Not long after, he walked out of the imperial study in plain clothes. No one followed him, but the lights in the imperial study were on all night.
The emperor came back when it was almost dawn, and the eunuch who served him to change clothes found that the sleeves of the emperor's clothes were soaked, and his eyes, perhaps because of staying up late, were very red and swollen.
But the emperor was the emperor after all. After less than an hour of rest, he returned to his original wise and powerful appearance.
No one knew that Fengyang Palace, which had been extremely deserted after the queen's funeral, had welcomed its other owner in the middle of the night. He lay on the bed where he and the queen had slept countless times, crying like a child who had lost everything.
No one knew that he vomited blood when he cried so hard.
When it was almost dawn, the eunuch in charge of cleaning up sealed Fengyang Palace according to the rules.
Fengyang Palace was completely silent in the palace, waiting for its new owner.