roccoschili Chapter 362: Guar Jia Wen Yuan 46
Chapter 362: Guar Jia Wen Yuan 46
"Oh? Really? Then congratulations to the Royal Concubine." Zhen Huan suddenly smiled, but there was no warmth in that smile.
Jingtai smiled with his hands covering his mouth, his eyes and eyebrows showing undisguised pride, as if the Zhen family's misfortune was something worth celebrating. She moved closer to Zhen Huan, lowered her voice, but deliberately let everyone around her hear clearly: "Oh, look at me, I was so busy talking that I forgot to tell you a 'good' news!"
Zhen Huan looked at her coldly, with a bad feeling rising in her heart.
This Guaerjia family has always been arrogant and domineering. Now that they have gained power, they want to trample everyone under their feet. I'm afraid that sending people to the cold palace today is not just to humiliate her.
"You don't know, the emperor was furious and ordered the Zhen family to be raided. Your good father has also been imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice, and his life or death is uncertain!" Jingtai observed Zhen Huan's expression and felt even more proud when he saw her pale face.
Zhen Huan felt a black screen before her eyes and she almost fainted.
The Zhen family was raided and his father was imprisoned. How could this happen? His father had always been an honest official and had never formed a clique for personal gain. How could he suddenly anger the emperor?
"Impossible! You're talking nonsense!" Zhen Huan shouted harshly, with a tremor in her voice.
"Oh, you don't believe me? I came here to tell you this 'good' news on the orders of the Royal Concubine." Jingtai said, pulling out a handkerchief embroidered with delicate patterns from his sleeve, and covered his mouth in a pretentious and elegant manner, his eyes full of disdain.
"If you don't believe me, you can send someone to find out whether what I said is true or not!"
Zhen Huan stumbled back, her mind in a mess. Her father was imprisoned, and the Zhen family was raided. Was it because of her? Was it because of her that the family was implicated?
"This harem is the most ruthless. When you were in favor in the past, everyone fawned over you. Now that you have lost your power, who still remembers your former glory?" Jingtai's words were like a sharp blade, cutting Zhen Huan's heart one by one.
Zhen Huan fell to the ground helplessly, tears silently falling. She knew Jingtai was right, this harem was a place where people were eaten without leaving any bones. She was naive in the past, thinking that with the emperor's favor, she could protect her family in this harem. Now it seems that it is nothing but a foolish dream.
"Don't be sad, this is fate! Just stay in this cold palace with peace of mind. If the emperor remembers you one day, he may let you go. But I'm afraid your Zhen family..." Jingtai deliberately didn't say anything else, but the meaning of his words was obvious.
Zhen Huan bit her lips tightly, her nails digging deeply into the flesh, but she didn't feel any pain.
She couldn't just accept her fate. She wanted revenge, to clear the Zhen family's grievances, and to make those who hurt her pay the price they deserved!
Jingtai knew when to stop, looked at Zhen Huan triumphantly, and left the cold palace with a group of palace maids.
The moment Jingtai turned around, Zhen Huan's eyes suddenly became sharp. She clenched her fists tightly and swore secretly in her heart: Guarjia Wenyuan, just wait, one day, I will make you pay for your blood with blood!
Jingtai's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope in Zhen Huan's heart.
She struggled to get up from the ground, her eyes swept across the deserted and dilapidated palace. The laughter and joy that once filled the palace were now only a dead silence. No, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death! She wanted to go out, she wanted to find the emperor, she wanted to clear the grievances for the Zhen family!
A bold plan gradually took shape in her mind. Didn't Jingtai say that the emperor was furious? She had to go before the emperor to see if he was really so hard-hearted!
At night, the cold palace became even more desolate. The cold wind blew in through the gaps in the broken windows, blowing up the fallen leaves on the ground, making a humming sound.
Zhen Huan changed into the coarse cloth clothes of a palace maid and sneaked out of the cold palace under the cover of night.
She walked forward in the dark, feeling uneasy. Along the way, she avoided the patrolling guards, the eunuchs and the palace maids, and finally arrived outside the Yangxin Palace.
The Yangxin Palace was brightly lit, and the sound of stringed instruments could be faintly heard from inside. Zhen Huan's heart was beating fast, and she took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and was about to step forward, but was stopped by the guards at the door.
"How dare you! Who dares to trespass into the Yangxin Palace?"
Zhen Huan was shocked, knowing that her identity had been exposed, but she had no way out, so she could only bite the bullet and say, "Eunuch, I am a maid in the cold palace. I have something important to ask the emperor to tell me. Please inform him."
"A palace maid from the cold palace?" The guard looked Zhen Huan up and down, a trace of contempt flashing in his eyes.
"The Emperor is dining with the Imperial Concubine. How can a little maid like you see him? Leave immediately, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Zhen Huan bit her lip, feeling extremely anxious. She knew that if she missed tonight, she would never have another chance. Thinking that her father was still in prison, she took out a silver ingot from her bosom and stuffed it into the guard's hand.
"Eunuch, please be flexible. I really have something urgent to report to the emperor. It is a matter of great importance and cannot be delayed!" A gust of wind blew, and the silver in Zhen Huan's hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound. She tried to pick it up in a panic, but was stepped on by the guard.
"How dare you! How dare you bribe the imperial guards!" The guard's eyes were wide open with anger, as if Zhen Huan had committed some heinous crime.
"Brother Guard, please spare my life. I just...just..." Zhen Huan explained in a panic, but didn't know how to defend herself.
"Just what? Do you think you can use these petty profits to get in front of the Emperor? Don't you see what your identity is?" The guard spoke with contempt, and his words were full of humiliation towards Zhen Huan.
As soon as Su Peisheng came out, he saw Zhen Huanyi kneeling on the steps, stuffing silver into the guard's hands.
He frowned slightly. Zhen Huan has always been so arrogant, but now she has fallen to such a state?
"What's going on?" he asked in a deep voice.
When the guard saw that it was Su Peisheng, he immediately bowed and said, "Eunuch Su, this slave from the cold palace wants to see the emperor, and I was just about to chase her away."
Zhen Huan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. She crawled to Su Peisheng's feet and begged, "Eunuch Su, please be flexible and let me see the emperor! I really have a huge grievance to complain about!"
Su Peisheng didn't dare to let Zhen Huan in.
How favored Zhen Huan was in the past, but now she is kneeling on the ground like a stray dog. Life is really unpredictable.
But the Emperor is now in love with the Imperial Concubine. If he sees Zhen Huan, he might lose his temper again.
Thinking of this, Su Peisheng coughed lightly, signaled with his eyes for the guards to let go of Zhen Huan, and gave her a fake hand, saying with a fake smile: "What are you doing? If you have anything to say, please speak properly. Don't dirty this Yangxin Palace and pollute the emperor's eyes."