Chapter 72 Did he come here specifically to catch up on his sleep?

Author: Bai Ningyou

Chapter 72 Did he come here specifically to catch up on his sleep?

Yan Yuan walked up to him softly.

Chu Lingchen seemed to have really fallen asleep.

It was obviously an extremely uncomfortable position, but he actually fell asleep.

The candlelight in the room flickered dimly at this moment, making the shadow of his eyelashes tremble slightly.

His eyes were closed tightly, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and his body was like a dead leaf, silently dormant on the hard yellow rosewood chair. Like a very defensive beast, he remained alert even if he had fallen asleep.

posture.

Yan Yuan had seen this posture many times in the late night in the snowfield.

At that time, he was assassinated and his body and mind collapsed. It was normal for him to be in such a posture. But Yan Yuan never thought that he would be in such a state in the palace.

But isn’t this his home?

Isn't he living like a crab here?

Yan Yuan looked at him and sighed softly without realizing it.

It was this tone that made Chu Lingchen's eyelashes tremble.

With almost no foreshadowing, he suddenly opened his eyes, with frightened eyes flashing, as if he had just experienced a nightmare, and even his breathing was trembling.

At that time, Yan Yuan was standing in front of him, and he didn't have time to move.

So eye to eye.

Stalemate.

Yan Yuan pursed her lips and looked for a topic in embarrassment: "Your Majesty...but you have a nightmare?"

Chu Lingchen seemed to be still in a dream, her shoulders maintained a stiff posture, and she breathed heavily, solemnly and messy.

It's been like this for a long time.

Chu Lingchen slowly raised her head, her eyes dark and empty.

Is this sleep deprivation?

Yan Yuan carefully looked at Chu Lingchen's face. She herself was angry when getting up. If she was woken up for no reason, she would be angry with everyone around the bed.

She coughed dryly and decisively shook off the blame: "I... I didn't make any noise. Your Majesty was sleeping lightly and woke up on his own. I didn't mean to disturb you."

Chu Lingchen blinked, as if he didn't hear her words.

Yan Yuan said dryly: "It's getting late, Your Majesty, would you like to have dinner at Wangshu Palace?"

Chu Lingchen still didn't respond.

His eyelashes drooped, like a hedgehog that had put away its thorns, and there was a layer of indescribable obedience all over his body.

Yan Yuan felt as if the hairs all over her body were standing on end.

She laughed dryly: "Since your Majesty is not interested, then I will not keep you as your majesty. Your Majesty should go back to rest and have a meal as soon as possible!"

Go quickly, go quickly!

Yan Yuan's face said so.

After another stalemate for a while, Chu Lingchen finally raised his head, glanced at Yan Yuan, and then walked out of the study without saying a word.

Yan Yuan:???

The night outside has fallen.

After the rain, the fragrance of earth and grass comes from the courtyard.

Chu Lingchen lowered his head all the way and walked out of the gate of Wangshu Palace. When he raised his head, he just saw a bright moon. He was still in a daze, as if he had not seen the moon for many years.

"Your Majesty!"

"The autumn night is cold, please be careful to keep yourself warm, Your Majesty."

The eunuch not far away walked up quickly and put a cloak on him.

He was the eunuch who served closely, and he was more courageous than the others. While packing Chu Lingchen's clothes, he casually asked: "I thought that the Holy One just went to give some inner gifts to the Queen. Why is the Holy One being so treated?"

Long?"

Chu Lingchen said nothing and entered the sedan with lowered eyebrows.

The eunuch directed the sedan chair outside, muttering to himself as he walked:

"Royal Doctor Luo has come here to ask questions several times. It seems that he has found a new prescription. Maybe Your Majesty's chronic insomnia will be cured this time."

"The meal is probably cold, and I have sent someone to make it again."

Chu Lingchen sat motionless in the sedan chair.

After a long time, he finally closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Did you really fall asleep just now?

…

The next day the weather was clear and sunny.

The fact that the emperor stayed at Wangshu Palace spread throughout the palace and outside overnight.

Yan Yuan got up early and sat at the table to enjoy breakfast. Ruan Zhu had already walked around the room happily several times and was still mumbling something.

Yan Yuan listened carefully and found that she was reciting: "The Huanghuali chair is too hard and uncomfortable after all, do you think that's right, Madam?"

The picture in Yan Yuan's mind flashed back, and she vaguely saw Chu Lingchen's stiff posture while napping on it, and she nodded immediately: "It's really uncomfortable."

Ruan Zhu suddenly became excited: "That's right!"

Yan Yuan: "...?"

With the support of the empress, Ruan Zhu was immediately full of energy: "Empress, don't worry, I will go to the Internal Affairs Department right now. I have a fellow countryman in the Zhiwei Mansion, and he has always been a good hand at carving wood. He will be sure to do it within seven days.

Get the huanghuali couch for the queen!"

Before Ruan Zhu finished speaking, he had already ran out.

What should she be anxious about?

Yan Yuan just felt confused.

Why put a couch in the study room?

Yan Yuan was so confused by Ruan Zhu that she finished her breakfast in a daze. Just as she was sipping the soup brought by Chen Niang in small sips, Ruan Zhu had already returned from the Department of Internal Affairs.

Ruan Zhu's face was solemn and lifeless when he came back, like an eggplant beaten by frost, completely different from the radiant look he had when he went out.

"...What's wrong?" Yan Yuan asked Ruan Zhu.

Ruan Zhu raised his head, with an expression on his face that he was hesitant to speak.

She opened her mouth and said with difficulty: "My dear lady...did you go to the Plum Garden at dusk yesterday?"

Yan Yuan was stunned: "Huh?"

Ruan Zhu said with a low face: "The people in the Internal Affairs Department said that the empress went deep into the Plum Garden yesterday, and now the rumor has spread everywhere..."

Yan Yuan immediately thought about the sneaky people she met when she walked out of Meiyuan yesterday. They must have spread the news.

But thinking about it, it's not that important. The Plum Garden is just an abandoned garden. It is neither a forbidden area expressly prohibited by the palace nor a key point guarded by the imperial guards.

The door is open right there, aren't people allowed to go in and take a look?

Yan Yuan simply admitted: "I am just curious to take a look."

Ruan Zhu suddenly said anxiously: "Madam, there are rumors that there is a ghost over there. Why, Madam..."

Yan Yuan said: "But I haven't seen any ghosts."

Ruan Zhu hated that iron could not become steel: "This has nothing to do with whether there are ghosts or not. My dear..."

Ruan Zhu's face was ashen.

Because the rumors outside are not as simple as being haunted.

As early as when the Empress returned to the palace, there were already rumors in the palace that the Empress had been favored by ghosts and thus gained the favor of the Holy One.

Everyone knows that the Holy Emperor and Marquis Dingbei have always been at odds with each other. Before leaving the palace, the Holy Emperor was dismissive of the daughter of Marquis Dingbei. Why did he look at the Queen differently in just a few days? He even ignored the queen who had been his favorite for three years for the sake of the Queen.

The royal concubine.

Rumors flew back and forth, and finally the news spread like wildfire.

More than one person has seen the Queen around the Plum Garden.

Ruan Zhu took a deep breath, glanced at Yan Yuan, and whispered: "In addition to being haunted, this plum garden also has a rumor."

In the previous dynasty, Concubine Mei was not actually a beautiful woman. The reason why she was favored was because she sent people to bring in witchcraft from the southwest, and used her hair as medicine to trick the emperor into taking it.
To be continued...