bookcurios Chapter 131: Letter of Determination
Chapter 131: Letter of Determination
"Why? Why is she so heartless?"
Xu Ziang looked at the contents of the letter and suddenly felt bitter, with a layer of mist in his eyes.
Looking at the vermilion wall in front of me, I feel a hazy feeling.
He looked at the handwriting on the letter, which was so familiar. He gently touched it with the fingertips of his right hand, and the loss was revealed in his eyes.
My heart is filled with pain and sadness.
"Xu Ziang: Seeing you is like seeing you. We were so close in the past, but now we are strangers. My mind has changed, and our relationship is over. From now on, we will forget each other and wish each other well...
Please return the jade comb I gave you as a token of love...”
"Everyone is well? Are you really well?"
During the time when he and Song Wanru were determined to fall in love, she loved writing letters the most and would send someone to deliver a letter to him every few days.
From trivial matters of diet to private matters in the boudoir, Song Wanru would tell him through letters.
Xu Ziang also understood that women needed to stay in their boudoirs before getting married, and letters were their way of conveying their feelings.
So he often sent letters to her.
He treasured every letter Song Wanru wrote.
I can't bear to burn him, and I don't want to throw him away.
"It's hard to leave, my heart is in turmoil, my mind is in turmoil.
My tears fell on my sleeves in the long pavilion, and in my dreams I still miss the old days. "
……
Longevity Palace.
Queen Chen, dressed in gorgeous queen's attire, came to Changshou Palace with the support of Caizhi.
The maidservant of Changshou Palace saw the queen in gorgeous clothes from afar and immediately turned around to report.
After a while, Queen Chen squatted and stood in front of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was wearing ordinary clothes at this time, no different from before, and she looked at the Queen as if she had expected it.
Suddenly, the sound of jade Buddha beads turning could be heard in the hall.
The Queen Mother looked at the Queen with an unhappy expression and shook her head slightly.
It would be a lie to say there is no disappointment in my heart.
It was a pity that she was so wise all her life, but her vision was still a little lacking when it came to choosing a queen.
She didn't think Chen was a bad person, but she was not good enough to be the queen. Being an ordinary concubine might be more suitable for her.
But now there is no choice.
"I know why you are here. Please sit down first!" the Queen Mother said loudly, and motioned for the Queen to sit next to her.
"Thank you, mother!"
"Song Nanxiang is already in power. You should have guessed it long ago. In the harem, the emperor's words are the rules. Didn't you notice the emperor's favoritism yesterday?"
The Queen Mother looked relieved and spoke to the Queen in a didactic tone.
After hearing this, Queen Chen's pupils shrank slightly. She placed her hands in front of her body, her fingers intertwined, trembling slightly, and beads of sweat appeared on the palms of her hands.
The Queen Mother's words woke her up from her dream. It turned out that she had always been confused by the title of Queen.
Queen is just a title, but the most important thing is to have a heart like a queen that knows how to advance and retreat, understands strategies, and thinks about the consequences of everything.
The more Chen thought about it, the more she felt that her action of coming to see the Queen Mother today was too stupid.
She was afraid that she would be seen as a jealous woman, without any of the kindness and justice of a queen.
She came to see the Queen Mother, but what could the Queen Mother do?
It was nothing more than comforting her and saying a few words in front of the emperor, which not only made the emperor angry, but also increased his disgust for her.
Now the emperor already dislikes her, so how much status can she have after this?
"My son has learned a lesson."
Chen whispered, feeling a surge of shame in her heart. The bulky clothes on her body made her feel extremely embarrassed.
Seeing that Chen understood, the Queen Mother nodded with some relief.
"Today I will pretend that you have never been here. Queen, please go back."
The Queen Mother said this and stood up and walked towards the Buddhist temple to start worshiping Buddha today.
"My son, please retire!"
……
Chaoyang Palace.
"Your Majesty! The Queen is wearing her queen's attire and is heading towards the Queen Mother's bedroom. Her face seems to be filled with displeasure."
A palace maid came to Huang to report.
Concubine Huang narrowed her cold and beautiful eyes, glanced at the palace maid, and asked casually:
"Isn't today the day when Concubine Shu goes to Changshou Palace and Jingren Palace to pay respects?"
"I heard that the emperor canceled Concubine Shu's visit to the emperor."
"Sure enough! The emperor really loves Song Nanxiang so much that he breaks the rules for her one after another."
"But this queen is still as stupid as ever. Why did the queen mother choose someone like Chen to be the queen?"
The virtuous concubine spoke in a deep voice, her tone full of contempt and disdain for the queen.
If she were the queen, she would have the power of life and death over the entire harem by now, and would not tolerate the emergence and promotion of Song Nanxiang.
Nip it in the cradle before it grows.
"Your Majesty! The Queen came out with a smile on her face."
"She can still laugh like that. It seems the Queen Mother has taught her a lot."
The virtuous concubine chuckled softly, but her voice was still cold and her emotions unclear.
As the ultimate winner in the harem when the late emperor was alive, the empress dowager must have used brilliant methods. If the empress could have learned a few tricks from her, her status in the emperor's heart would not be inferior to that of Song Nanxiang.
……
Wangyueju.
"Has the letter been sent?"
Nanxiang flipped through the notebook in her hand and spoke gently.
"I have ordered a eunuch with healthy legs to deliver it."
Kikuhei replied softly, fanning himself lightly with the palm-leaf fan in his hand.
The letter that Xu Ziang received was sent by Nan Xiang.
From the last time Xu Ziang came to Wangyueju alone, and the rumors when he was in Song Mansion.
Nan Xiang was sure that he had a somewhat reckless personality.
This letter was used to arouse Xu Ziang's emotions.
When people are impulsive, they tend to do bad things and make mistakes. When Xu Ziang saw this letter, his emotions must have fluctuated abnormally.
The words in the letter were written by Nanxiang imitating Song Wanru's handwriting. When Song Wanru was studying in the Song family's private school, she was repeatedly praised by the teacher for her elegant and beautiful handwriting.
The original owner, Song Nanxiang, had an extremely low self-esteem and could not help but act as a copycat, beginning by imitating Song Wanru's handwriting, and in the end she wrote exactly the same.
When they handed the homework to the teacher in class, he was stunned when he saw both of their homework.
The teacher thought that Song Wanru had done two assignments. If the names were not marked differently, she would not have been able to tell them apart.
Song Wanru was extremely proud at the time, and was extremely dissatisfied with the behavior of the original owner, Song Nanxiang. So she often targeted Nanxiang later, ordered her servants to set a trap for Nanxiang, and maliciously withheld her food, causing Nanxiang to not get enough nutrition and not be full, and finally she was traveled through time and space.
To be honest, the original owner's departure was somewhat related to Song Wanru.
From the beginning to the end, Song Nanxiang had no good face to Song Wanru, and was unwilling to give her any face, or even pay attention to her, if she hadn't suddenly discovered that something was wrong with Xu Ziang this time.
Nanxiang might leave Song Wanru alone and helpless, and let her die of old age in the palace.
But with the appearance of Xu Ziang, it would be difficult for Song Wanru to be alone and helpless. Maybe the two of them would rekindle their old love in the end, which was something Nan Xiang was extremely unwilling to see.
This letter was the guide that helped Nan Xiang capture Xu Ziang and Song Wanru without any effort.