King's Regrets
The eps 36
After several weeks of the royal palace being abandoned by Empress Yan, the atmosphere of the palace became much quieter. Even the wind that blows feels like it has no direction.
In the king's palace, concubine Nuan who was serving emperor Shun changed clothes as usual, seeing emperor Shun looked often dreamy. Whereas when there was still Empress Yan in the palace, she looked even more excited. Although Empress Yan always made her angry.
Consort Nuan also felt that Emperor Shun's body was slightly thinner than before.
"Your majesty, if we can't let go of someone we love because of a delay. Then it's just like we're gonna kill ourselves." Nuan's concubine said as she placed the belt on the Emperor Shun's body.
Hearing that emperor Shun was stunned, as it turned out that what he was going through could be seen by concubine Nuan.
"Have you ever felt in love, concubine Nuan?"
Concubine Nuan looked at emperor Shun and nodded softly "Yes, your highness."
"Did I make you part with the one you love?"
Concubine Nuan smiled, she then asked emperor Shun to sit down so that he could help emperor Shun tidy up his hair.
"Before his highness married me, I had let someone I loved go to marry another woman who had been betrothed by her family."
Consort Nuan combed the Emperor Shun's hair gently, so as not to be so strongly attracted.
"It must be very painful."
Concubine Nuan shook her head "What does her majesty know, other than the pain of seeing our loved ones living with others, there is one sense that one will never lose in one's self?"
"What's that?"
"I'm disappointed."
Emperor Shun fell silent, he saw his reflection on the mirror before him.
"Fear of disappointment, because the person we love never trusts us. Disappointed, because we see the person we love hugging others in front of our eyes, even though he knows if we love him very much. Disappointment when all the words we say are only considered lies by people we love, and disappointment, because we love people who never love ourselves." Concubine Nuan pricks a dragon-shaped konde stitch on emperor Shun's hair.
Consort Nuan put down the comb she had been wearing. He looked at the silent emperor Shun, as if the emperor Shun was realizing, if what concubine Nuan had said was to remind the emperor Shun, that all of that was a sense of disappointment that had been pendam Yan empress in the self of Empress Yan on emperor Shun.
"It's over, your honor." Said concubine Nuan.
"Concubine Nuan, do you think I don't deserve love from someone?"
Concubine Nuan was stunned by emperor Shun's question which she then smiled.
"Whether it's appropriate or not, it all depends on how noble one treats someone who is beside the noble one."
Emperor Shun nodded "I finally understand, I should have let him go from the start. So that she didn't have to feel so much disappointment from me."
"Your majesty."
"I'm fine, thank you concubine Nuan."
This was the first time concubine Nuan had heard emperor Shun thank him. Concubine Nuan bowed her body and left Emperor Shun alone in her room.
Emperor Shun stared at the brown box containing the jade bracelet on the table.
"I'm sorry, it's made you feel so much disappointment."
Ever since empress Yan left, emperor Shun had never gone to the He pavilion to meet concubine Ning.
Emperor Shun himself did not know why he felt so unwilling to step foot into that He pavilion. Though previously he was always there to make Empress Yan who was still in the palace hurt, and asked for a divorce from him.
But after that was achieved, his interest in concubine Ning seemed to disappear. And now the emperor Shun spent more time in the reading room. Sometimes he asked concubine Nuan or concubine Zhu to accompany him.
It used to be that when the eunuch chief reminded him to pay a visit to the He pavilion, emperor Shun would go straight there with passion. But now, when the eunuch chief spoke a single word regarding concubine Ning, the emperor would stare at her sharply.
***
In Yu city, Xia Lian An who was sitting inside her room fell silent.
"It's already the second week after I came out of the palace. That meant there was only one more mingyu the medicine that concubine Ning drank reacted."
Xia Lian An deliberately gave the drug to concubine Ning with an effect that would occur after three weeks in consumption. It was because he had already planned everything carefully.
Within three weeks, when the medicine reacted he or the people who came out with it from the palace would never be suspected.
The medicine had no odor and would not be detectable if the healer examined Ning's concubine's body later. There was only one that the healer would say after examining concubine Ning's body. Namely, concubine Ning had a weak and damaged uterus, so she would never be able to have children.
The plan that had been neatly arranged and had been carefully calculated by Xia Lian An was unlikely to fail. Due to his revenge on the people who had already made the life of the original owner of the body die, it had to end with a perfect success.
"Xiao Wei."
"Yes, you need something?"
"You go to the butcher shop, tell the shopkeeper if next week I want fresh venison, one whole tail."
"One... One tail, miss?"
"Yes, one tail."
"For what, miss, do you want to throw a party?"
"You're right, a party that would take someone one step toward destruction."
"Miss."
Xia Lian An looked at Xiao Wei then laughed at the frightened Xiao Wei.
"I'm just kidding, I want to do a barbeque like I used to. So we need one fresh deer. So that everyone who works in the store will feel the cuisine made by our palace chef."
Xiao Wei nodded "Then, tomorrow I will go to the best butcher shop in town to buy it."
"Yes, do it well."
"All right, miss."
Xiao Wei then walked out of Xia Lian An's room, to return to do her work.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, Xiao Fen was busy making the cake that Xia Lian An had just taught her. The cake was actually very easy to make, but because it was the cake that Xiao Fen had first seen and tasted. So it feels hard.
The empress walked towards the closet, she opened the closet and picked up a small pouch with a very pretty floral embroidery.
"I remember this was the pouch that Xiao Wei had given me when he first managed to make a pouch." Xia Lian An muttered.
Xia Lian An also looked at the one outfit she last wore while exiting the palace.
"Ah, I even forgot to send these clothes to the palace." Xia Lian An said as she touched the clothes.
She may not need to return the clothes to the palace, but she does not want any clothes to remind her of being an empress in her home.
All the items he brought were just items he had bought himself with the monthly money he had received all along.
Jewelry, accessories, and all the best silk and satin clothes that Xia Lian An used to wear in the palace, she left there. Whether it was to be thrown away or not later, it was not Xia Lian An's business anymore.