Chapter 16 The Moon
Chapter 16 The Moon
Lu Xuechao slept with unprecedented peace of mind.After falling into reincarnation, he was always plagued by nightmares, dreaming of what happened when Xie Chongjin was involuntary.Occasionally, I have a sweet dream of Xie Chongjin regaining his freedom. After waking up, I face the cold reality, and then deeper despair follows.
But this time, he dreamed about his childhood after a long absence.The summer night was sweltering and hot, and it was difficult for Lu Xuechao to fall asleep.Xie Chongjin fanned him and hummed a lullaby softly with his immature voice, which always made him fall into a peaceful dreamland quickly.
It's just that for some reason, Xie Chongjin in the dream was clearly the same as when he was a child, but what he faintly heard was the deep singing voice of an adult man.
Just to make him feel at ease.
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The next day, when Lu Xuechao woke up, there was a moment of emptiness in her eyes, and her eyes touched the familiar face of Xie Chongjin beside her, as well as the arm that was pressed under his head, and her heart finally came back to reality.
Xie Chongjin had already woken up, seeing Lu Xuechao awake, he smiled and called "Qingshu".
Lu Xuechao sat up and saw the pressed marks on Xie Chongjin's arms, could it be that he used him as a pillow all night?
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Lu Xuechao rubbed the center of her brows, "Aren't your arms sore?"
"It's still early, I want you to sleep longer." Xie Chongjin raised his arm naturally, "Isn't it too rare for you to be a pillow? I haven't been used to being a pillow these years."
Lu Xue went to sleep differently.In the early years, the two were purely friendly. When they slept together, they were separated by the Chu River and the Han border. They were so polite that they dared not touch each other. As a result, after Lu Xuechao fell asleep, she gradually became unrestrained and occupied the entire bed, leaving no room for Xie Chongjin. .Xie Chongjin maintained a gentlemanly demeanor, giving way again and again, until the ground.
I don't know how many times he fell to the ground, Xie Chongjin finally has a legitimate and unruly identity.sleep difference?Then sleep directly on him, and he doesn't have to make room anymore.
After Xie Chongjin finished speaking, he got up, put on his court clothes, and didn't ask anyone to wait for him to change.After experiencing everything being controlled, Xie Chongjin is now keen to do his own thing, and never pretends to others.
It's a wonderful feeling to be in control of your actions.
Xie Chongjin said while dressing: "I'm going to court, Liu Yansheng and the others will come over to pay you a respect later. You are the lord of the palace, and it's a rule for them to come to pay homage to you."
"Ordinary concubines have already been sent out of the palace last night. For the rest, just treat them as partners needed for the plot, not as my concubines."
His Majesty the Emperor, who had put on his clothes, emphasized: "I only have one concubine, the Crown Princess, who is now my queen. So when you see them... don't think too much."
As she said that, she leaned over and kissed the corner of Lu Xuechao's mouth.
Lu Xue turned her head away: "Okay, do you really think I will be jealous? You can go to court at ease, and I will handle it well."
It's a thing of the past to have any grievances, now that everyone is a puppet played by others, Huai Yun has never betrayed him, how could he be jealous of others.
In so many lives in the past, it's not that Lu Xuechao hasn't become friends with other concubines.Putting aside the identity of concubine, the harem is indeed a place where dragons and tigers are hidden, and it is a large gathering place for talents. It is normal to appreciate each other, and even digested a few couples internally.
It's just that no one fell in love with the emperor.
After all, Xie Chongjin, who is manipulated by the players, is really mediocre, as long as he is not blind and dizzy, he will not fall in love with him.
Xie Chongjin gave Lu Xuechao a few more reluctant looks before going to court.
Lu Xuechao sat lazily under the blanket for a while, then reluctantly got up to wash.
Although I really don't want to get up, I can't keep my old friend waiting for a long time.
Outside the Chongxue Palace, a group of beautiful men with different styles gradually gathered.
The news of the queen's return has already spread throughout the harem. Since the harem has a master, the concubine should pay her respects.
There were two big commotions in the palace yesterday.One is that His Majesty claimed to be a Gu in court and announced the restoration of the queen, and the other was that His Majesty immediately issued another order at night to dismiss most of the concubines in the harem.
After the two imperial edicts, people believed that His Majesty was indeed infected by a Gu. Wouldn't the harem be disbanded as soon as the Gu was resolved?
Back then, the relationship between His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess was notoriously good. It was strange to suddenly neglect the Empress after ascending the throne, and the reason could be explained by being trapped in a Gu.Since neglecting the queen is a last resort, this reset has to make up for guilt, and dismissing the harem is also a basic operation.
What's more, they haven't been dismissed yet, and there are still a few left.
The rest of them are all gathered outside Chongxue Hall, waiting to meet the queen.
The leading man is dressed in a green gown, tall and straight like a pine, and a gentleman like a bamboo.A group of good-looking men stood together, and he was also outstandingly good-looking.
This is the noble concubine Liu Yansheng.Being able to become a favorite concubine is naturally because he has the best-looking portraits, and players love to turn his cards the most.If Lu Xuechao is a red plum in the snow, he is Suihan Songbai.
The man in white clothes next to him is the nobleman Shen Hezhou.With his handsome appearance and refined temperament, he is definitely an outstanding existence among ordinary people.
Liu Yansheng is the lord of the first palace and lives in the main hall of Cuiwei Palace, while Shen Hezhou lives in the side hall of Cuiwei Palace.Both of them are sons of aristocratic families, they knew each other before entering the palace, even Liu Yansheng entered the palace for Shen Hezhou.
They are bamboo horses who have known each other since childhood, just like the current emperor and queen.This is the age to talk about marriage, Liu Yansheng is planning to choose a date to propose marriage to Shen's residence, who knows that once Shen Hezhou leaves the residence, he runs into the emperor who is out of the palace for a private visit.In the faces of passers-by all over the street, Shen Hezhou's handsome facial features in white clothes are simply shocking. Players staged a robbery of civilian men on the street, and ordered the Shen family to send Shen Hezhou into the palace.
The Shen family did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so Shen Hezhou entered the palace just like that, and the marriage between the two families fell through.
Shen Hezhou did not live well after entering the palace.His appearance stands out among passers-by, but in the harem he doesn't stand out.Players snatch people into the palace, and then forget about them in a blink of an eye. Shen Hezhou is gentle and doesn't like fighting, and is often bullied by some domineering concubines.
Liu Yansheng simply asked himself to be drafted into the palace, and soon climbed to the position of noble concubine with a face that dominated the harem, and asked the emperor to let Shen Hezhou move into the side hall of Cuiwei Palace, and personally protect Shen Hezhou.Players don't know the background stories of the concubines. Seeing that the relationship between the two is very good, they only think that the two concubines are on good terms and the harem is harmonious.
In the game plot, the player will also trigger the "Liu Yansheng Shen Hezhou cheating incident", and catch Liu Yansheng and Shen Hezhou in bed in Cuiwei Palace.At this time, there are four options - to kill Liu Yansheng, to kill Shen Hezhou, to kill both of them, or to let them go.
Players soon discovered that no matter which one is given to death, the other will die in love, cutting off the two plot concubine strategy lines at once.If you choose to let them go, the two concubines will greatly increase their favor with the emperor, and they can continue to attack.
Rivals turning into lovers is also a hot topic. Many players enjoy the feeling that a pair of lovers both fall in love with their "rivals" who can beat mandarin ducks. Therefore, the popularity of these two plot concubines is not low.
Of course, no matter whether the player captured Liu Yansheng or Shen Hezhou, the ending is actually Liu Yansheng and Shen Hezhou together.The players didn't know this, but Xie Chongjin knew it, and he acquiesced.
I would rather demolish ten temples than destroy a single marriage, and I have to fulfill the sins I have committed.
This pair of fateful mandarin ducks, Lu Xuechao, also knew about it.In the concubine line, there is even a story about Liu Yansheng and Shen Hezhou planning to feign death and elope from the palace.This plan can be implemented, and there is also a reason why Lu Xue turned a blind eye to the harem master.
But if Lu Xuechao let them go, the players might not be willing to let them go.Liu Yansheng and Shen Hezhou's elopement plan will be caught by concubine line players and conspired.If the concubine line player chooses to report, these two will be given to death, and they will be promoted for their meritorious service.If you don't report, nothing will happen to the player, the two plan to succeed, hide their names outside the palace, and get freedom.
Of course, the players choose to expose. In their eyes, the meaning of this pair is to be a tool person who can promote them.
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"Sound of geese." Seeing that the gate of Chongxue Hall was closed tightly, Shen Hezhou said softly, "I heard that His Majesty announced the imperial physician last night, and that Her Royal Highness is not in good health, and may not see us today."
Liu Yansheng replied in a low voice: "It's a rule for a concubine to visit the queen. Her Royal Highness can not see her, so we have to come."
Shen Hezhou worried: "Will Her Royal Highness dislike you?"
After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Yansheng is the most favored imperial concubine, and it is quite normal for the empress not to like him.
"Although I have never met Her Majesty the Queen, I have heard that Her Majesty is famous, he is a reasonable and fair gentleman, so don't worry about him embarrassing me." Liu Yansheng comforted.
Seeing this, the charming and charming man in pink on the opposite side rolled his eyes indecently, still full of charm.
Showing affection again and again, eyes are going blind.
Liu Yansheng and Shen Hezhou are not blatant, at least in front of others, they still maintain the friendship of gentlemen, and they will not be too intimate.
But Hua Yan grew up in a romantic place. Even though she was bought by His Majesty at the first night auction, she is still a young child. She has seen a lot of true love and falsehood, and a lot of romance. After entering the palace, he saw a big secret at a glance. .
It is said that His Majesty lingers in the harem and is addicted to beauty, how does he think the whole harem looks like a virgin...
The only difference is that the two from Cuiwei Palace joined hands to cuckold the emperor, their courage is commendable.
Before Hua Yan entered the palace, she was a noble lady. Because of her outstanding appearance, she was known as the chief oiran.The bustard saw that he was sixteen years old, so he began to let him receive guests.
Huayan is not a chaste and strong man. His father raised him since he was a child, so he should make money for his father.That is, he is a serious face control, and he has a requirement that his guests must not be ugly men.
Dad agreed.
He was very lucky, the one who took his first night was not only not an ugly man, but also a peerless handsome man, who was even prettier than him.
It's just that there may be something wrong with the brain.
The night he was bought, the guest never touched him, but ordered him to play a song for the whole night, and his fingers were about to break. He coquettishly asked, "May I let the servants rest for a while?" The guest finally showed mercy and said "Can".
He thought to himself that this person could be considered to know a little about pity and pity.
The man said again, "Sing the Great Compassion Mantra again."
Hua Yan: "..." What brothel did you come to?Why don't you go to the Buddhist temple?
I really don't understand the style!Bai has such a pretty face!
After that, the man came to the building frequently to look for him, spending a lot of money every time, giving him expensive gifts, and inviting him to enjoy the moon and swim in the lake.Others are envious, saying that he has met a nobleman, and the benefactor is rich and handsome, and he may be able to redeem him in the future.
Hua Yan was so sickly that she couldn't get any energy up.He didn't say anything in the future, but he didn't get caught.
On the night of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the guests invited him to swim in the lake, and even put a lake lantern for him, he was almost moved.
Just a little bit.
After all, he was born with a cheap life and grew up in a brothel, so he had no hope of getting his sincerity, and no one would bother about him.The guest pursued him so enthusiastically, and still respected him so much, he was not greedy for his body, and most importantly, he was so good-looking, it was hard not to be tempted.
Men like to save others, and those who are saved can easily fall in love with their benefactors.
He didn't know that the love he thought was just a sweet special plot in a strategy line, and he didn't know that his own heartbeat was the player's intention to brush his favorability.
Xie Chongjin changed his attitude on the spot after finishing the special plot of visiting the lake with Huayan admiring the moon.
The last sentence was still saying "I am happy with you" affectionately, and the next sentence was bluntly saying "Just play on the spot, don't take it seriously".
Huayan: "...?"
Is it really so scumbag that you don't want to lie to him for more than one night with sweet words?
Then he saw the gentle and doting man just now sitting on the bow of the boat, expressionless, even looking a little sad.
Xie Chongjin was silent for a moment, looking up at the moon: "Tonight, I was supposed to go to another person's appointment. I promised him that every Mid-Autumn Festival night, I would accompany him."
Huayan's heartbeat shattered immediately.He has seen a lot of scumbags who claim to have true love and go shopping in brothels, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him is also the same.What's the use of feeling guilty now?Don't come to him if you have the ability.
But on the surface, he still acted as a gentle interpreter: "Your Excellency can go to him."
Xie Chongjin smiled bitterly: "It would be great if I could find him."
He looked down at the moon shadow reflected in the lake: "He is the moon in the mirror, close in front of his eyes, far away in the sky."
Huayan couldn't understand.
Xie Chongjin still often goes out of the palace to look for Huayan, and every time it triggers a sweet plot, after the trigger, he tells Huayan the story of him and his true love Bai Yueguang, which makes Huayan, who has just been excited by the sweet plot, quickly bow her head.
Very well, he was sure that he would never fall in love with this person in his life.
No matter how good-looking it is.
Although I don't understand why this person didn't find his true love, Bai Yueguang, but kept looking for him instead.Could it be that he looks so much like that Bai Yueguang, that he was used as a substitute?
Or Bai Yueguang is dead.
Hua Yan felt very sorry.After all, the story between that man and Bai Yueguang was really nice, from childhood sweethearts to young couples, it was sweeter than any storybook he had read.He also snorted secretly.
Although he doesn't believe that he can meet true love, he really envies the person who has true love.
Once a guest told him that thanks to him for listening to his storytelling, he could redeem him and let him live a life without worrying about food and clothing, but he was sorry that he would not love him or touch him.
Huayan heard: Is there such a good thing?Agree quickly.
After Huayan was admitted to the palace, she knew that the guest was the emperor.The true love in his mouth is the queen who was cast into the cold palace.
Huayan couldn't understand.In the story you told, you loved him deeply until death, and you missed him like crazy lovesickness. In reality, you put him in the cold palace and never saw him. ? ?
A man's mouth, a deceitful ghost.Whoever believes the emperor's words is a fool.
After seeing that the entire harem was full of virgins, Huayan also speculated whether the emperor was not good enough, the more she lacked, the more she wanted to prove something, so she pretended to be very coquettish and spread such a reputation.
Until yesterday, I heard that the emperor had been infected by a gu three years ago.
The sweet stories that Huayan had heard in the past, combined with the reality, suddenly turned into shocking abuse.
He looked at the Immortal Palace in front of him, which looked like a fairy palace. If he remembered correctly, this place was called Lenggong a day ago.
The emperor didn't lie to him.
The emperor really loves his moon.
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