frightfiction Chapter 1400 Please Apologize to Empress Chun
Chapter 1400 Please Apologize to Empress Chun
"Stay and have a meal with Father."
The eldest princess was overjoyed when she heard this.
It had been a long time since she had dined alone with her father, and she immediately responded with joy, "Yes! Yun'er obeys!"
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Changchun Palace.
It was time for dinner, and the palace maids quietly set the table.
The exquisite dishes were steaming, but the eldest princess was nowhere to be seen in the palace.
Concubine Zhuang sat in the main seat, holding Buddhist beads. Her eyes swept across the empty seat belonging to the eldest princess, and her brows furrowed slightly.
Although Yun'er occasionally likes to play, she is always punctual when it comes to eating.
"Where's the eldest princess?"
Concubine Zhuang's voice was calm, without any emotion, and she looked at Ruoji beside her.
Before Ruoji could reply, the nanny came in from outside and bowed to report, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess just went to the Yangxin Palace."
Imperial Concubine Zhuang paused as she twirled her Buddhist beads. "Yangxin Palace?"
The nanny smiled and said, "Yes, the eldest princess said she missed His Majesty and went there on her own initiative. I have seen that the eldest princess has become more sensible recently and knows how to get close to His Majesty."
If Concubine Zhuang had heard this news on ordinary days, she would have been relieved.
She had raised the eldest princess in her care, certainly out of pity for the child's motherlessness, but her deeper motive was to use the eldest princess to draw His Majesty's attention to Changchun Palace.
Now the eldest princess knows to take the initiative to go to the emperor to seek favor, which is something she has been longing for.
But somehow... I remembered the decree from the afternoon, His Majesty's intention to pardon the criminal woman in the cold palace under the pretext of praying for blessings, and combined with the eldest princess's current movements...
A strong sense of unease suddenly surged into Concubine Zhuang's heart...
The eldest princess was simple-minded and stubborn. She had often begged Baharguli for help, repeatedly claiming she was wronged. Her stubbornness was a real headache.
Today... the eldest princess suddenly ran to the Yangxin Palace. Could it be... could it be for Baharguli?
Once this idea arises, it cannot be stopped.
If the eldest princess really brought up the past matter in front of His Majesty and pleaded for Baharguli...
Concubine Zhuang took a deep breath, trying to suppress the fear in her heart, and told herself that it would not happen.
No matter how ignorant the eldest princess is, she should know how serious a crime it is to murder the royal heir. How can she plead for mercy with just a few words?
She should have listened to the rules I taught her every day...
It shouldn’t be... that serious, right?
Concubine Zhuang repeatedly tried to convince herself, but the inexplicable panic she felt, like the deepening dusk outside the palace, grew thicker and thicker.
She looked at the table full of dishes and lost her appetite.
Ruoji stepped forward cautiously and said, "My Lady, these dishes are getting cold..."
Concubine Zhuang waved her hand and said, "Let's all retreat."
She needed to calm down and think carefully about how to deal with it if things really developed in the worst direction.
If Baharguli, who was banished to the cold palace by her own design, really tries to climb out again by taking advantage of the eldest princess's innocence... she will never allow it!
The Changchun Palace was brightly lit with candles, and the dinner dishes had already gone cold and were quietly removed by the palace servants.
Concubine Zhuang sat upright in the main seat, twisting the ebony Buddhist beads in her hand a little faster than usual.
The curtain moved, and the eldest princess walked in briskly, humming a tuneless little song.
Her face still had the flush of excitement, her eyebrows were curved, and she was obviously in a very good mood.
"Mother concubine!"
The eldest princess walked forward and bowed politely, with joy in her voice.
Concubine Zhuang raised her eyes, her usual gentle smile on her face, but the smile did not reach her eyes. Her voice was soft: "Yun'er is back?"
"Why did you go to the Yangxin Palace to see His Majesty? Did you indulge in playing and miss the meal?"
The eldest princess was caught off guard and when asked about this, she couldn't wait to share her credit.
She leaned forward, her eyes sparkling, with a hint of pride: "Mother, Yun'er is going to ask father to do something important!"
"Isn't the emperor going to pardon those in the cold palace and pray for my younger brother and sister? Yun'er will go and ask the emperor to release Empress Chun as well!"
The smile on Concubine Zhuang's face froze instantly, like the surface of a frozen lake. Her hand gripping the Buddhist beads suddenly tightened, her knuckles crackling slightly.
However, the eldest princess, immersed in joy, did not notice anything unusual about Concubine Zhuang.
She continued to speak to herself, her tone filled with relief and naive certainty: "Look, the emperor has agreed to Yun'er. This means that Empress Chun was wronged. We must have misunderstood her in the first place!"
The eldest princess even stepped forward, took Concubine Zhuang's somewhat cold hand, and said seriously: "Mother, when Madam Chun comes out, you should go and apologize to Madam Chun."
"Mrs. Chun has the best heart and will definitely forgive you!"
"By then, all misunderstandings will be resolved, and we can still be like before..."
Concubine Zhuang only felt a fishy and sweet taste in her throat, a surge of burning blood suddenly rushed up, and her vision went black!
She could almost hear the sound of her own string of reason breaking!
Go apologize to Baharguli? !
Concubine Zhuang gritted her teeth and swallowed back the blood that was about to spurt out.
Her chest heaved violently, and her body beneath the wide sleeves trembled uncontrollably!
Looking at the eldest princess's face filled with kindness and good intentions, Concubine Zhuang felt for the first time the violent urge to tear her apart!
This idiot!
This ungrateful person is impossible to tame!
She had put so much effort into planning, and the Grand Princess actually wanted her to apologize to Baharguli, the very person she had personally conspired to send to the cold palace?!
The nails dug deep into the palm of her hand, causing a sharp sting that barely allowed Concubine Zhuang to maintain the last bit of her shaky sanity and not lose her composure on the spot.
Concubine Zhuang's face twisted for a moment, then she forced herself to regain her gentle expression, but she was so pale that there was not a trace of blood.
The eldest princess continued to blink her clear, innocent eyes, completely unaware of Concubine Zhuang's emotional ups and downs.
She was still immersed in the beautiful vision of resolving the conflict, and her little mouth kept saying: "...When Queen Chun comes out, Yun'er will take her to the Imperial Garden to see the newly blooming flowers!"
"And give her that beautiful new puppet. She'll be delighted..."
Every word made Concubine Zhuang's ears buzz.
She felt the turmoil in her chest, almost unable to be suppressed, and her vision went dark...
Concubine Zhuang suddenly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and used all her strength to suppress the angry rebuke that was about to come out of her mouth.
When she spoke again, her voice was filled with a suppressed calmness: "Okay, Yun'er!"
Imperial Concubine Zhuang interrupted the eldest princess's enthusiastic plan and forced a barely gentle smile on her face: "Mother... Mother is a little tired."