Concubine Shen stood in front of the door, kneeling firmly on the gray-blue stone tile floor to welcome her.
The emperor walked past her and entered the palace gate without stopping, as if he had not seen such a living person kneeling beside the door.
Concubine Shen looked at the emperor walking over.
The corners of his azure robe embroidered with gold thread and swastika pattern flashed past.
What she wore underneath was not court boots, but a pair of straight soft-soled cloth shoes.
There is no big court meeting today, but the emperor usually does not dress so casually in Changning Palace.
It seems that he came directly from Yong'an Palace.
The imperial concubine has a new third prince, and Concubine Shen can feel the festive atmosphere through the wall.
After missing again and again, Concubine Shen almost thought that there was such a thing as destiny in this world.
Some people are destined to be rich and noble, while others are destined to be humble.
No, she never believed in fate.
Or maybe she felt that she shouldn't be in this fate.
Concubine Shen slowly got up from the ground, stroked her skirt, and turned around to enter the palace door.
From the first day she moved into Yanfu Palace, she had been thinking about what kind of clothes she would wear if the emperor came, how to greet him, what tea to serve, and what incense to smoke.
She suddenly remembered that this was the first time the emperor had set foot in Yanfu Palace since she moved in.
Except for a few deliberate arrangements when the queen was still alive, the emperor had never summoned her.
Every time before going to bed, the queen ordered someone to take care of her body.
Every time she was summoned, she had the imperial doctor come over every day to take her pulse.
The queen herself had trouble conceiving, so she wanted to borrow her belly.
The reason why she was used instead of others was not because she was from a humble background and was easily manipulated.
Concubine Shen had no doubt that if she really had a child, the time when the child was born would most likely be the moment she died.
So at that time, she hoped that the emperor would not favor her.
Every time after going to bed, she would pray to gods and Buddhas to beg her not to have a child.
When the queen passed away, she was never called upon again.
Even because she has always been cowardly and taciturn, she has no words to talk to the emperor, and there are almost no opportunities to see the emperor.
She comforted herself that there was no need to be anxious.
The Queen Mother was not favored back then and she did not give birth to a son, but so what?
She still became the emperor's mother and was buried beside the late emperor in a glorious manner.
Even if the emperor didn't like to see her in his heart, and even hated her, he still had to pay homage to her shrine.
But many plans failed, and she was actually the only one left in Yanfu Palace.
It turned out that there were no eunuchs or palace attendants left in the palace.
She once thought that she was very close to her goal, so close that she seemed to be able to grab everything she dreamed of if she stretched out her hand.
After Ming Shougong's conspiracy failed, she thought that as long as she took one more step, she could reach the position she had longed for.
But that infinitely close step was missed in the end.
She had planned it many times, but the one that was closest to success was accidentally hit by Chen Jieyu.
As for this palace banquet at Qingfeng Terrace, although she had arranged it for a long time in advance and had considered every aspect carefully, deep down in her heart, she had an ominous premonition.
It seemed that she had foreseen in advance that this time's design would ultimately fail like the previous ones.
No, it could be worse than before.
The emperor must have noticed it a few times before and must have been on guard.
If he attacks again this time, the outstretched hand might be caught and cut off.
But she couldn't stop anymore.
The emperor looked at this side hall of Yanfu Palace.
Ever since Concubine Shen moved in, the Emperor has never been to Yanfu Palace.
Before Concubine Shen was promoted to concubine, she had been living in the side hall since she was still Shunyi.
The furnishings here had not changed for many years.
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Ordinarily, the emperor has never been here before, so he shouldn't feel familiar with this place.
But the emperor did feel that the furnishings here seemed familiar.
The screens, calligraphy and paintings, and the furnishings on the ancient shelves all gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
Concubine Shen stood next to the screen and said softly: "Does this look familiar to the emperor?
Most of these things were rewarded by the first queen, and I also decorated this place according to the original queen's preferences."
The emperor turned around.
Concubine Shen's face was clean, without makeup.
Her hair was also tied up in the simplest style, and she was wearing a duck-egg blue plain silk palace dress.
As for her face When the emperor saw her, he remembered that he seemed not to be impressed by Concubine Shen's appearance.
Her head had been hanging down for many years, and she had never raised her head to look directly at the emperor.
The emperor's impression of her had always been vague and weak.
It was only at this moment that the emperor finally saw Concubine Shen's appearance clearly.
Concubine Shen was not beautiful, she could even be said to be very ordinary.
Many palace maids were probably born better than her.
This is not surprising.
Because the Empress Dowager and the Queen's aunt-nephew themselves were mediocre in appearance, even Princess Mingshou was equally unattractive.
Since Concubine Shen was chosen to serve the late empress since she was a child, she could not have been born to be a picky one.
Otherwise, the master and slaves would show up together, and the young lady would be completely overshadowed by the maid.
This would make any master feel at ease.
Not only that, but also because as long as the emperor could see the concubines in the harem, there were very few without makeup, and they always looked carefully dressed up.
It turns out that Concubine Shen looks like this.
She has some resemblance to the Queen Mother, the Queen, and even Princess Mingshou.
Concubine Shen used to hide this resemblance with her hair style and makeup, but now it's useless to hide it.
Concubine Shen raised her hand and touched her face: "I am very similar to the Queen Mother.
After all, if we talk about it, I should call the Queen Mother my aunt."
"When did you know your life experience?"
"I've known it for as long as I can remember."
Concubine Shen said softly: "Concubine Chen's biological mother was a girl from Duke Chengen's mansion.
She was beaten to death by Duke Chengen's wife.
Although she had no intention of seducing Duke Chengen to seek wealth, But Mrs.
Cheng'en couldn't tolerate her and regarded us mother and daughter as a thorn in her side.
I was just able to remember things at that time.
I remember that that day, several rich and powerful women rushed in, rummaged through the house and found several things.
They said they were stolen by her, so they pulled them out and beat them up at the base of the wall without giving them a treat.
The doctor took the medicine, but she was so seriously injured that she moaned and wailed for several days before she died."
But those so-called stolen goods were actually rewarded privately by Duke Chengen.
Everyone knows this.
If Mrs.
Chengen wants to find an excuse, she is afraid that she can't find it.
Duke Chengen also knew that she was seriously injured and waiting to die after being beaten with a cane.
But he didn't care at all about the life or death of the mother and daughter.
He probably couldn't remember what the maid he forced looked like, and he never cared whether the child she gave birth to was his own.
As long as he said a word, not even a word, just a hint, then naturally many people would take care of their mother and daughter overtly and covertly, and Concubine Shen's biological mother would probably be able to save her life
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