allendalepharm Chapter 219 Affection and Indifference
Chapter 219 Affection and Indifference
In the most secluded and nameless palace in the harem.
Jun Jing stood quietly in front of Concubine Ni's portrait, lowering his head to polish the ink.
This is a place he carefully selected, so quiet that it's as if the outside world doesn't exist.
There are no endless court disputes, and there are no endless memorials.
"Mother, my sons and daughters have been coming more frequently recently." Jun Jing's voice was very soft, "She still wants to leave. Others may think that entering the palace is a matter of honoring one's ancestors, but here, these are shackles. She In my heart, many things are more important than me, mother-in-law."
For the last sentence, Jun Jing's voice was inaudible, and the hand holding the pen trembled slightly, leaving ugly ink dots on the clean rice paper.
"Originally I thought this was good, at least she had a place for her son in her heart. But gradually, she was always dissatisfied. Mother and concubine, my son was very afraid that one day he would do something to hurt her, and wanted to destroy all her abilities. There is an escape route to leave, but...if she proposes to leave Feng Yi, what should I do? How can I make her happy and keep her at the same time?"
"You once said that the deep palace is nothing more than a cage. I thought that by controlling the cage, I would be free. Now I realize that I am the only person in this cage who cannot escape."
"My dearest lover in the past was scheming, calculating all possible strategies, slowly and silently twisting the enemy's neck, and eradicating the roots. But lately, I have always been impatient, everything was too slow, and I was afraid that she would not be able to wait for me to clear all the obstacles. That day, she was tired of the palace and me. She always likes everything new. Mother, it would be great if you were here. If I made her sad, you would scold me. Now, I should Who are you looking for to wake me up?"
"Perhaps Erchen is as despicable as Jun Luo at heart. He wants her to give birth to an heir for him, and wants to use means to trap her. His thoughts are despicable and shameless... Mother, you said that Erchen was afraid of ghosts when he was a child. Do you think so? I am still afraid now, so why have I never dreamed of you? Can you let me dream about you once, then scold me to wake me up, and stop these thoughts?"
"Yan Zhuo always said that I am hypocritical, but he is actually right. You are no longer here, Brother Sixth Emperor has changed, Xiaosi Fourteen hates his sons, and even Qianlan... has been nowhere to be found in the past few years. I don’t know if he is still alive.”
"Did you know? When others call me emperor, I always feel numb. The call is like a shackle. Only her call of emperor makes me feel alive." Jun Jing's expression softened, and his eyes were extremely gentle.
It was a tenderness that Yue Fuling had never seen before. He controlled the turbulent emotions in his heart, fearing to scare her away.
Just like playing a qualified emperor, he plays a sincere admirer, polite and restrained, and appropriately approachable.
Hiding those despicable, dark, and insatiable desires for possession in corners that even he himself can hardly see.
The hall was so quiet that you could hear the sounds of falling leaves outside the window.
It's early winter and the weather is getting colder.
Jun Jing's emotions leaked out for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. He extended lines on the originally ugly ink dots and made a painting.
The ink dots blend into the thick black hair of the person in the painting, completely blending into one, with no difference visible.
It was like those dark emotions were buried all at once, and no one could see them.
Back in the imperial study, Jun Jing was once again the calm and self-possessed emperor who was in control of the situation.
A secret guard reported: "My lord, all the 100 million taels of gold were sent to an organization in the Golden Flame Kingdom. That organization is within our intelligence and uses money to do things, protect people, kill people, find people, and do everything. If you want, I know exactly what the old Marquis’s daughter is going to do, but we have to wait for the specific message from there, which will take two days at the earliest.”
Jun Jing nodded, "As soon as possible. How is Yan Yao doing?"
"Queen Yuli heard that Emperor Yan forced the young Marquis to return to Jinyan, and voluntarily left with our people. It will only take half a day for Emperor Yan to receive news from the guards around Queen Yuli, and she will know that Queen Yuli is missing."
Jun Jing's eyes were cold, "Yan Yao didn't dare to bring Queen Yuli into Fengyi, for fear that I would set up a trap. After all, he was just being smart."
"In addition, all the evidence of the crimes of the thirteen officials you ordered have been found, and they are just waiting to be convicted."
"Don't move for now. It's impossible for Yan Yao to be inactive. Deal with him first."
"Yes."
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Prime Minister's House.
Yue Fuling, You Huaize and Jing Zhan squatted on the threshold, watching the fight between Jing Meng and Yan Zhuo in the courtyard.
"How did they start fighting?"
Qi Yesi took a few bunches of sugar-oiled fruits and shared them with several people. He took a bite and said, "The fight started that night. My sister wanted to sleep in the same room with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was very embarrassed and didn't agree, and Emperor Jin Yan didn't either. Agree, and then at my instigation, my sister chose to fight the Golden Flame Emperor."
Yue Fuling: "From last night to today?"
Qi Yesi: "Yes, my sister is really good at kung fu."
Xie Qianlan walked out of the room, "Eunuch Xiaoyue is here, where is the emperor?"
"Oh, the emperor is working as a cow and horse in the palace. He will come out of the palace to eat later."
You Huaize: "I feel sorry for the emperor for a second."
Yue Fuling: "Why are you distressed?"
Jing Zhan said: "Xiaoyuezi, there is no emperor who has worked so hard to approve the memorials and then rushes to the ministers' homes to have dinner. They are all sent to the emperor by personal eunuchs."
You Huaize emphasized, "Tie! Body! Tai! Supervisor!"
Jing Zhan emphasized, "Emperor Feng Yi's personal eunuch has been the only one since he became the prince."
Yue Fuling: "...But the dishes at the Prime Minister's house are delicious when they are freshly cooked. They won't taste good when they are delivered to the palace. Let him do it by himself, for such a big man."
You Huaize: "I feel sorry for the emperor for ten seconds."
Xie Qianlan said: "Recently, the court has been in turmoil due to the affairs of the Ministry of War. The impeachment of the Yushitai failed last time, and the dissatisfaction of the courtiers has been accumulated until now. The scientific examination has been delayed. If the emperor insists on clearing too many officials, the court will face the problem of having no one available. The deadlock. If we push those veterans hard at this time, they will attack the students taking exams in the imperial city, which will involve many innocent people. The emperor has to balance all parties and stabilize the situation of the court, so he is probably very worried and must be very busy. "
Not only that, there is also the sudden appearance of Emperor Yan, and the Yuan Chen border army who is ready to make a move.
As well as the messy rumors in the market, all things are pressing on the emperor alone and need to be resolved urgently.
Yue Fuling: "Are you so busy? I didn't notice."
I was playing with her last night.
Xie Qianlan rubbed his eyes, "The emperor stayed up all night last night. I stayed in the imperial study room for a while. In the middle of the night, the emperor summoned several ministers to the palace."
Yue Fuling, who slept like a dead pig for some time last night: "..."
You Huaize looked at Jing Meng and Yan Zhuo who were still demolishing their homes, "So, the Prime Minister was not here last night, what on earth were they two fighting about?"
Qi Yesi chuckled, "It's still there when I hit him, but I can't stop when I hit him."
While a few people were watching the excitement, a boy from the Prime Minister's Mansion was carrying a struggling fish and a stack of rice paper in his hand.
He hurriedly ran to Xie Qianlan, "Sir, I just went out to buy fresh fish and saw... I saw a group of literati gathering on the Wandering Bridge to compose poems. Sir, please take a look."
Xie Qianlan took it and his face turned ugly as he looked at it.
Yue Fuling casually asked the boy, "You are so amazing, you can actually understand poetry. Why do you still want to be a servant if you are so amazing?"
The boy scratched his head in embarrassment, "It's what adults teach us on a daily basis. As long as we are willing to learn, adults are willing to teach us. As time goes by, we somehow understand it, but these poems seem to be written simply for the sake of dissemination."
Yue Fuling approached curiously, but Xie Qianlan folded the paper and refused to show it to her.
Yue Fuling was dissatisfied and said, "Prime Minister, I stole it."
Xie Qianlan lowered his waist slightly, looked at her level, and said in a coaxing tone, "It's not a good poem. Reading it will affect your appetite. I'll eat later."
Yue Fuling: "I don't, I want to see it!"
Xie Qianlan: "It's a poem that ridicules the emperor."
Yue Fuling: "Impossible! It's so normal to scold the emperor. When I'm begging outside, even if a dog passes by, I'll scold the emperor. It's impossible for you to have such an expression when scolding the emperor. It must be..."
Xie Qianlan nervously held the paper out of its folds.
Yue Fuling said firmly: "I must have scolded you! Let me help you vent your anger!"
Xie Qianlan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she pulled her back and said, "No, don't go."
Yue Fuling took the opportunity to snatch the paper from her arms and read it one by one. Her expression was as broken as if the world had collapsed, "You actually scolded me!!"
You Huaize came over excitedly to take a look, "Is there finally someone with my same ideals in this world? Let me see."
After a while, he rushed to the kitchen and took out a kitchen knife. He said angrily, "Where are those people? I'm going to chop them down!"