20demayo Chapter 639: Live Your Ideal Life
Chapter 639: Live Your Ideal Life
At this time, Shu Yan came limping, her face was blue with anger, her mouth was upturned, and she complained to the palace maid as she walked, "I am so tired, how can burying a dead body be so tiring? She died her own way, what does it have to do with me? It is simply torture, my feet are all worn out, my toes are almost broken, and I have a big blister, it hurts so much that I want to die."
The maid quickly pulled her back, "Your Majesty, please stop talking..."
"Why shouldn't I say it..."
Jiang Fenghua walked up to her quietly and said, "You will die too, and others will bury you like this after you die. Now I'm letting you experience the burial in advance, so that you know the process before you die and become a clear-headed ghost after you die. Maybe you and Pan Jieyu will be neighbors in the future, and you may have to rely on her for care in the future, so be a little more kind-hearted!"
When Shu Yan heard this, her face turned even greener. Who wants to die? Bah! Bah! Who wants to be neighbors with that short-lived ghost Pan Nianru? It's really unlucky.
She was angry but dared not say anything. Why did the Queen target her everywhere? She glanced at Helan Yanran and wondered if she had said something to the Queen, so the Queen deliberately punished her.
At this time, the atmosphere was also a bit weird.
Jiang Fenghua didn't want to argue with Shu Yan, so he said in a deep voice: "Let's go and have dinner. We'll go back after dinner."
Helan Yanran bowed to the queen and prepared to leave. Shuyan took her arm again and asked with concern: "Is Concubine Lan feeling better?"
Helan Yanran didn't understand why, "Much better."
"You almost vomited in the car. You looked exactly like Zhang Jingjing back then. I thought Concubine Lan was also suffering from morning sickness."
Helan Yanran turned pale with fear, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm just kidding you. The emperor hasn't returned to the palace for a long time, and you are not destined to be pregnant with an heir. After all, the emperor summoned you to sleep with him the most times." She added.
Helan Yanran became more and more nervous. She glanced at Shang Hong secretly and saw murderous intent in his eyes. She shook her head at him, wanting him to stop causing trouble. They left soon.
Shang Hong and Helan Yanran's little actions happened to catch Jiang Fenghua's eyes, but she didn't say anything. Such a scandal in the harem would be bad for everyone.
That night, she also advised Helan Yanran that she would only hurt herself by doing this, because she heard some things about Shang Hong from Lian Ye, and she felt that women should live up to their ideal lives instead of hiding all their lives.
Helan Yanran could only pray that it was worth it for her to bear a child for a man at all costs, ruining her reputation and future, and hoping that she would not get an unfaithful man in return.
Shang Hong is the legitimate son of the Shang family and the commander of the Imperial Guards. It is still unknown whether the Shang family can accept a woman with no name or status, and whether she can marry Shang Hong as his wife.
It was the first time that Jiang Fenghua sat down to eat with the concubines after returning to Shengjing. She herself did not expect that she could remain so calm. Perhaps it was because she had experienced the tragic deaths of Concubine Zhang Jing and Concubine Pan, as well as Nanny Wang's advice. She really listened to them, and whether they liked it or not was not the most important thing in her heart.
She no longer expected to be together for the rest of her life, let alone the loyal love of an emperor. If she continued to think so, she would simply be asking for trouble and deliberately making things difficult for herself. She just wanted to recover her memory as soon as possible.
"Why isn't Concubine Lan eating? Is the food not to your liking?" Concubine Gao asked with concern.
"It's not that the food is not to my liking. It's just that I haven't fully recovered from the cold. I feel a little dizzy and don't want to eat anything." She pretended to cough twice, but in fact she was afraid of vomiting after eating. Shu Yan was already suspicious. It was not a good idea to continue like this. She had to find a way to avoid it.
She stood up and saluted the queen, "I will return to the carriage first."
Jiang Fenghua said, "I have finished my meal too. Everyone, please wait until you have finished your meal before coming out."
Song Jing said, "The Queen didn't eat much either."
"I'm not hungry." She said lightly.
Shu Yan was extremely hungry today. When the food was served on the table, it was all vegetarian and she ate it more happily than anyone else.
Jiang Fenghua left the inn and said to Nanny Wang, "Take good care of the concubines."
A trace of worry flashed in Nanny Wang's eyes, and she said softly, "Yes, Madam, please be safe."
Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam, Aoxue is here!"
When Shang Hong saw them come out, he pretended to quietly step aside and started chatting with the guards.
Then, Jiang Fenghua said to Helan Yanran, "Princess Lan and I can ride in the same carriage! I have a heater in my carriage, we can wait for them together."
"Yes."
Jiang Fenghua came out of the imperial city and sat alone in a carriage. He waited for the concubines to finish their meal and get on their carriages. The queen's carriage had already gone to the front. They would not return to Beijing directly, but would go to the Huguo Temple first. This was also an itinerary that had been arranged long ago.
At this moment, the carriage that Jiang Fenghua was riding in suddenly ran out of control.
The driver drove the carriage directly onto a small road. In a moment, the carriage had gone a long way. Only a woman's panicked screams could be heard from the carriage.
At the same time, a group of masked men in black appeared on both sides of the path, vaguely in everyone's sight.
Here, Shang Hong shouted "Save the Queen" and led his men on horseback to chase after them. No one knew what had happened. Someone shouted, "There are men in black. The Queen has been kidnapped. Are they going to kill her? Concubine Lan and the Queen got on the carriage together. Are they going to be safe?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Shu Yan being supported by someone, looking like she was watching a show.
Gao Qingtong said coldly: "Shut up, your Majesty is blessed by heaven, nothing will happen to you."
The other concubines were also very nervous. They thought everything was fine just now, so how could there be an assassin suddenly?
Zuo Si and his companions had just finished their meal and were preparing to board the carriage to return to the capital, so he hurriedly rode his horse to catch up.
For a moment, everyone became panicked and stayed where they were, at a loss as to what to do.
Here, when Shang Hong and his men caught up with the Queen's carriage, they saw that the carriage had been driven to the edge of a cliff. Jiang Fenghua just happened to jump off the carriage and shouted loudly, "Noble Concubine Lan..."
At this time, Shang Hong came with his men, "My queen, be careful."
Jiang Fenghua pretended to be panicked and shouted hoarsely, "Go and save Concubine Lan, she is still in the carriage, she didn't have time to jump out."
Shang Hong said to the Imperial Guards, "Go and rescue the noble concubine."
The Royal Guards saw that the cliff in front of them was bottomless and that even if they found the person, he would probably be smashed to pieces. They saw with their own eyes that the carriage fell down, and there were a few clanging sounds before there was no more sound.
Someone said, "If you fall from here, you might not survive."
They couldn't find a way down either, as the mountain was covered with ice and was steep and slippery.
However, at this moment, another group of people in black came and surrounded them. The black-clad woman in the lead said, "We followed them all the way, but we didn't expect that there were so many people who wanted to kill Queen Jiang."
Jiang Fenghua stood up from the ground and stared at the woman in front of him who was covered with a black scarf. Is she Su Qingqing's woman?