Chapter 146(1/2)
Yin Kexin was the only one who came to the celebration banquet today. She usually brought her wife to the celebration banquet, but Lin Qingwan passed away, so Yin Kexin and Xu Qingqian followed Chu Heng. However, Xu Qingqian was in a low status, so she was reluctant to attend such a palace banquet.
Yin Kexin didn't expect that she would see such a good show when she attended this celebration banquet today. She also felt glad for Xu Qingqian. Fortunately, she didn't come. If she came, how embarrassed would she be to see the real owner?
But she was about to miss the scene when Lin Qingwan was sent to the East Palace to meet Xu Qingqian. How interesting she could think would be.
Yin Kexin couldn't help laughing when she thought of this, but she didn't dare to laugh too clearly in so many people. She could only use her sleeves to cover half of her face, and smiled for a while before she let go.
Chu Heng's thoughts have long since flew back to the Shuanglan Palace, so he would not notice Yin Kexin's actions.
Lin Qingwan was escorted back to the East Palace by Li Quan and the Imperial Force. To put it bluntly, it was escort, but in fact it was staring at her.
Along the way, Li Quan was leading the way, but when he was about to reach the East Palace, Li Quan suddenly stopped.
"Thank you brothers of the Imperial Guards, you're about to arrive at the East Palace. I'll just escort Concubine Lin to come over. On such a festive day, brothers will go back to have a drink."
Several imperial guards looked at each other, bowed and left. They were not on duty today, but were suddenly called to escort Concubine Lin to the Eastern Palace. Now they have the opportunity to leave earlier, so they are naturally happy.
After Lin Qingwan and the imperial guards left, he looked at Li Quan, "Mr. Li has anything to say to Elegy..." Lin Qingwan blurted out the words "Elegy" and she claimed that she was used to it. It was really difficult to change it suddenly.
"Concubine Lin should pay attention to her name now. I want to say something for His Highness the Crown Prince. I hope you will not be a stumbling block to His Highness the Crown Prince."
After Li Quan said this, he continued to move forward. Lin Qingwan thought about this while following. She couldn't understand why Li Quan said such words to her?
Li Quan took Lin Qingwan into the East Palace. When Yu Xi and Yu Ran saw Li Quan coming over with a woman wearing palace maid clothes, they thought this was the newly opened maid from the East Palace.
"Mr. Li, this is..."
Yu Xi and Yu Ran had seen Yun Wange once, and Yun Wan was still covered with a veil that time, so naturally they didn’t know what Yun Wange looked like.
"This is the Crown Princess before, and the current Concubine Lin."
Yuxi and Yuran hadn't reacted at first. Isn't there only one princess? But the princess died in that fire four years ago. Why is this sudden?
Later, when they heard Li Quan's words, the current Concubine Lin, they realized that it seemed that they were the Crown Princess before. Things were a little sudden and they were a little confused for a moment.
"I have met the Crown Princess."
Yuxi and Yuran knew that in Chu Heng's heart, Lin Qingwan was always his Crown Princess, the only Crown Princess.
"I am just a concubine now." Lin Qingwan corrected the names of Yu Xi and Yu Ran. It would be fine if she called them wrong in the Eastern Palace. If outsiders heard it, she would have to be in trouble again.
"Since the concubine has arrived at the Eastern Palace, the old slave will go back to report to His Majesty."
Li Quan left after finishing his work and did not stay too much, but Lin Qingwan still doubted his identity. Is Li Quan really devoted himself to the emperor like outsiders seen?
"Empress, Your Highness the Crown Prince has been keeping the Shuanglan Palace for you over the years. Your Highness the Crown Prince has not come back yet. I will take you back to the Shuanglan Palace to rest first."
A woman suddenly came to the East Palace. Yuxi and Yuran were respectful to her, which made Magnolia feel a little strange.
She wanted to know what the woman was, so she kept following her, but she didn't expect that since the woman had entered the Shuanglan Palace.
This was a big deal. Yulan hurried back and told Xu Qingqian about this matter. Xu Qingqian became curious about the identity of this woman.
Who in the Eastern Palace knows that the Shuanglan Palace is a forbidden area? Why did Yuxi and Yuran make such mistakes as Chu Heng’s personal maids?
"Let's go, let's go to the Frostlan Palace to take a look."
Lin Qingwan walked into the Shuanglan Palace and looked at the decorations inside the hall, which were exactly the same as the days she lived in that year.
Lin Qing took it around and didn't see any dust at all. It seemed that Chu Heng should have sent people to clean it up often.
"Empress, during your absence these years, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has cleaned the Shuanglan Palace himself, and never let others take care of it. Even the slaves and sisters are not good."
"Yes, the prince's prince will come to the Shuanglan Palace almost every day these days. I only now know that your prince has known that it is Empress, you are coming back."
Chu Heng knew he was coming back? If this matter was not what they two guessed, it should be what Chu Nian said when he asked Chu Heng for Tianxiang Cardamom last time.
Yu Ran took out a dress from the cabinet and said, "Empress, replace the dress on you." Lin Qingwan looked at the clothes he was wearing now, which was not as good as the one on Yu Ran.
Lin Qing put on her clothes and changed into her clothes, and Yu Xi helped her to recomb her hair.
Lin Qingwan looked at herself in the bronze mirror and remembered that she was also sitting here, and Yuxi and Yuran served her.
Yu Xi had just put the last bead hairpin, and the door of the Shuanglan Palace was suddenly pushed open.
Lin Qingwan subconsciously looked at the visitor. After seeing Xu Qingqian entering the door, she breathed a sigh of relief. She was too nervous. Chu Heng probably hadn't left at this time.
"I've met Concubine Xu."
As soon as Xu Qingqian entered the door, she saw the person sitting in front of the bronze mirror. She did not recognize who that person was at first sight.
Lin Qing pulled up and walked to Xu Qingqian. If she guessed correctly, Xu Qingqian should be here to make trouble.
"Concubine Xu", Lin Qingwan nodded and said hello.
After hearing this voice, Xu Qingqian recognized who the person in front of him was, "Yun Wange? Why are you here?"
"Concubine Xu, this is our Crown Princess..." Yu Xi realized that she had called her wrong again and quickly changed her words, "Concubine Lin..."
"Concubine Lin, isn't her surname Yun?" After Xu Qingqian asked this, he thought of something. If she remembered correctly, the Crown Princess seemed to have the surname Lin?
"You are..." Xu Qingqian didn't expect that Yun Wange would be the crown princess Lin Qingwan. Then wouldn't she be the one who gave Chu Heng a chance to see Lin Qingwan again?
In fact, Lin Qingwan was not invited by her at the beginning to play the piano at her small banquet. Whether she had or not, Lin Qingwan would have seen Chu Heng again.
"Yes, I'm Lin Qingwan."
When Xu Qingqian heard this, she lost all her strength and took several steps back. Yulan quickly supported Xu Qingqian to prevent her from falling.
"Since Concubine Xu is not feeling well, then go back and rest."
Although Lin Qingwan returned to the East Palace, she didn't want to have any friction with Yin Kexin or Xu Qingqian. Her actions were already blocked now and she didn't want to waste her energy on dealing with these two people anymore.
Lin Qingwan did want to get along with them in harmony, but as long as Lin Qingwan was in this Eastern Palace, it would pose a threat to the two of them, and the three of them were destined to not get along with them in harmony.
Yulan and Xu Qingqian said several words, but Xu Qingqian did not respond. Lin Qingwan had already started to drive people away, and she didn't dare to disobey, so she had to help Xu Qingqian walk out of the Frost Lan Palace slowly.
"Empress, this Concubine Xu was brought back when His Highness visited Jiangnan. His Highness helped her because she saw that her life was pitiful and she was a bit similar to you, but she didn't..."
"I know."
Yu Ran was worried that Lin Qingwan would think too much when she saw Xu Qingqian's face, so she quickly explained to Lin Qingwan for Chu Heng, but Lin Qingwan had always known these things, and even if Chu Heng really had something with Xu Qingqian, she didn't care.
"Where is Ling'er?"
Ling'er did not follow her back to the door, so Ling'er should be still in the East Palace now.
Yuxi and Yuran looked at each other. They didn't know how to tell Lin Qingwan about Ling'er, and they didn't know if Lin Qingwan would believe it after he said it.
"What's wrong?"
"This..." Yu Ran hesitated for a moment, but still felt that she should tell Lin Qingwan. As for whether she believed it or not, she had no choice.
"After you, Empress, you, Sister Ling'er, was transferred to the side to serve by His Highness, but she tried to pretend to be Empress, to seduce Your Highness. Concubine Yin found out about this, and then Sister Ling'er suddenly died."
Although Lin Qingwan was reluctant to believe what Yuran said, she knew that Yuran dared not lie to her.
She remembered that when she first married into the Eastern Palace, Ling'er seemed to always talk about Chu Heng in her ears, and Ling'er seemed to be able to serve Chu Heng after practicing sword.
She hadn't noticed these things at the beginning, but now thinking about it, maybe she really believed Ling'er too much at that time.
Chu Heng was very angry at Ling'er's behavior at that time, but he thought that Ling'er was Lin Qingwan's personal maid, and he was just going to send her out of the palace to find someone to marry, but he didn't expect that Concubine Yin would attack so quickly.
Ling'er will end up like that, so she can only blame herself.
"You guys go down first, I'm tired."
Lin Qingwan is really tired now. She didn't sleep much last night, and today she hurried into the palace...
"Empress, please rest first, I will leave."
Yuxi and Yuran walked out and helped Lin Qingwan close the door of the hall.
Lin Qingwan lay on the couch, closed her eyes, and fell asleep soon.
At the celebration banquet, Chu Yu was drinking. He was still sleeping on Yun Wange's couch this morning. As a result, she has become his fourth sister-in-law and his marriage. He was stopped by Chu Xun at that time and had no time to refuse. How could he marry Mu Siyu?
Mu Siyu sat in her seat and kept looking at Chu Yu. When she saw Chu Yu drinking, she wanted to walk over and snatch the wine glass from Chu Yu's hand, but she couldn't walk over.
Chu Yu felt uncomfortable because of their marriage? Does he hate her so much?
But if he really hates her so much, why did he lead troops to rescue her from those bad guys, why did he protect her from being bullied by Shen Yunfei, and why did he stay by her side when she was trapped in a dream and didn't want to wake up?
Mu Siyu had too many things to understand. She didn't know whether her actions were right or wrong.
But if she had to marry into the capital, except Chu Yu, she would not have thought of another person she liked and trusted.
After the celebration banquet, Chu Heng was most anxious to return to the palace. He didn't even care about Yin Kexin, so he returned to the East Palace as quickly as possible.
Yin Kexin saw Chu Heng leaving so anxiously. She wanted to chase him, but she couldn't catch up, so she could only stand there and looked at Chu Heng's back.
As the banquet ended, Chu Nian had some things to say to Chu Heng, but she couldn't find Chu Heng's person at all.
Chu Nian sighed. She knew that Chu Heng must have returned to the Eastern Palace. After so many years, his feelings for Qingqing have not only not faded, but have become deeper and deeper.
She didn't know whether Qingqing's identity was exposed this time and returned to the East Palace was a good or a bad thing.
As soon as the celebration banquet ended, Chu Wei ran to find Yun Zhiyuan. She had just looked over there for a long time before she found where Yun Zhiyuan was sitting.
She stood aside and looked at Yun Zhiyuan who was surrounded by many ministers. She didn't know whether she would walk over or stand here.
Chu Yu drank a lot of wine, but he didn't even know that the celebration banquet had ended and he was still drinking.
Mu Siyu walked to Chu Yu's side and tried to help him up. She squatted down and snatched the wine glass from Chu Yu's hand and put it aside.
To be continued...