noffsinger Chapter 253 Late at night... Dark shadows in the palace...
Chapter 253 Late at night... Dark shadows in the palace...
Bingluan Palace...
The double-sided embroidered screen with spring orchids and peonies made of beautiful jade exuded a warm fragrance. On the rosewood bed carved with twined flowers, Du Ruoxue, dressed in white, was half leaning against the headboard, her beautiful eyes staring blankly at a pair of bluebirds flying outside the window.
Du Ruoxue has black hair, fair skin and eyebrows like distant mountains. Her amber eyes are like a lake filled with autumn water... sparkling and charming.
Her small and delicate nose, her pale lips slightly pursed, and Concubine Xian frowned slightly, her heart full of bitterness.
On the day of the selection, Du Ruoxue was named the virtuous concubine by Qilian Bai. She had the same status as Su Xiangying, and lived in the Bingluan Palace, which was like a temple.
The new emperor secretly felt that Du Ruoxue was stunningly beautiful. Although she was not suitable to be the queen and take care of the six harems for him, Du Ruoxue deeply attracted the new emperor's heart, especially because she looked like Qilian Bai's cousin Liannong who had passed away many years ago. The frail cousin was Qilian Bai's cinnabar mole. After so many years, only Du Ruoxue's face looked 80% like Liannong, and if you didn't pay attention, you would think she was Liannong reborn.
Unfortunately, Du Ruoxue fell ill when she entered the palace, and the new emperor Qilian Bai could only wait impatiently for her to get better soon.
While Du Ruoxue was recuperating, five imperial doctors went to Bingluan Palace to take Concubine Xian's pulse.
She didn't want to be favored, so she secretly emptied half of the bowl of medicine. Du Ruoxue was still depressed, so she ate less and less. A cold that should have healed in a few days took Du Ruoxue almost a month to recover.
The night wind was very cold and Du Ruoxue's window was still open. Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard and the men in royal uniforms outside shouted.
A figure suddenly flew in from the window, he closed the window and hid in Du Ruoxue's quilt...
Du Ruoxue was caught off guard and faced him, with a dagger at her throat. The man's low threatening voice made Concubine Xian shudder. At this moment, Du Ruoxue was trembling all over, and her heart was beating as violently as a drum.
The door of the outer hall was opened by the palace maid Xiaoyue, who hurried in to see how the frightened Concubine Xian was doing.
"Xiaoyue, don't come over. Go and guard the door..."
Du Ruoxue opened her mouth in panic. The man hid under the quilt and hugged her waist, with the dagger against her heart.
Xiaoyue was confused for a moment. She stole a glance at Concubine Xian. Suspicious Xiaoyue did not notice any changes in Du Ruoxue. She looked closer and found that the Empress's face was even paler. Her eyes did not seem to be sleepy...
Xiaoyue in green clothes bowed to Concubine Xian and obediently went out to guard.
Xiaoyue watched the dozen or so palace guards in embroidered uniforms searching several halls of Bingluan Palace. They did not dare to enter the main hall of Concubine Xian. When the palace guard commander Fu Ruhai saw that they did not find the figure here, they went to the Zhonghuang Palace next door.
Du Ruoxue let out a long breath, and she whispered tremblingly to the man in black who was still hugging her tightly:
"You can let me go now..."
The man continued to hug her silently. Du Ruoxue noticed that his breathing was weak and he seemed to have fainted. She lifted the colorful satin quilt and looked at the man with his eyes closed. His face was as pale as a ghost and his breathing was barely perceptible.
Du Ruoxue sighed softly. She thought to herself what was going on. A strange man who threatened her and wanted to kill her was now hugging her intimately like a couple in love.
Her eyebrows jumped... She was still daydreaming at this critical moment.
Du Ruoxue reached out and took the dagger that was flashing with cold light. Du Ruoxue was really afraid that he would turn over and the knife would stab directly into her chest.
Xiao Shulan, the concubine, lives in Zhonghuang Palace. At this moment, she is traveling to the Moon Valley with her brother Zixi in her dream. Suddenly, the Jinyi Palace Guards break into the palace and wake Shulan from her sweet dream.
She put on her clothes and walked out of the bedroom unhappily. Xiao Shulan looked unhappy, with her eyebrows raised and her eyes wide open.
Fu Ruhai lowered his eyes and saluted the empress. He knew that disturbing this favored concubine would cause her and Qilian Bai to complain. Fu Ruhai apologized and explained his purpose to the empress.
When Xiao Shulan heard that a killer had entered the palace and had not been caught yet, her face suddenly turned pale. Xiao Shulan waved her hands to indicate that it was nothing. At this moment, she was so scared that she couldn't speak.