Chapter 59: The Tragic Emperor

However, the weather was not good, and the two tidied up the things in the cave—after all, they didn't even know where they were. Who knew if there were any houses or paths nearby?

Therefore, flint, herbs, wild fruits and the like should not be thrown away.

In addition, Yun Fenghuang also suggested using a relatively flexible vine to weave two outer shirts.

After all, the robes of the two of them had been stripped by her when she was in the river as a ploy to suspect soldiers. The emperor even took off the top of his middle coat to use as a temporary basket, and he was already in a mess. This kind of situation allows outsiders to see that it doesn't matter if the emperor is a man, but Yun Fenghuang is a concubine, how can he be so careless?

So after such a delay, even though there were a lot of vines that Yun Fenghuang wanted outside, and she was quite nimble, she still dragged on for a long time. Seeing the sky darken, the emperor sighed helplessly and said, "We will wait until dawn." Let's go."

"It's all the concubine that has dragged down your majesty." Yun Fenghuang said in an apologetic tone, "Why don't you go out alone first? After you find Mr. Deng and the others, let someone come pick up the concubine. Anyway, the concubine can get up now, and it's okay I can find some wild fruits nearby to feed my hunger, and it is not a problem to survive for ten or eight days."

She lowered her voice, "Your Majesty hasn't been seen for the past two days, I'm afraid the palace is also worried, especially if the Empress Dowager is still ill?"

The emperor smiled lazily when he heard the words, and said: "I have already delayed these two days, why worry? Don't think too much, but one night, we will go the same tomorrow. Who knows what is going on in the mountains at night , I can’t even walk a few steps.”

Yun Fenghuang let out a "hmm", and his subordinates kept weaving vines. Speaking of which, he still learned this skill from Qi Jiulu. At that time, they listened to Xixi telling stories, saying that the mountain ghost living in the mountains and forests was "taken by Xue Lixi as a girl", and had the appearance and demeanor of "both looking and laughing, and Zi Muyu is kind and graceful".

Since she was a child, she had been conceited of her beauty, so she was not very envious of the beauty of the mountain ghost, but she was very curious about the decoration of the succulent girl.

So Qi Jiulu specially paid a high price for the caravan from far away to find ways to get the non-cold-resistant sapling girl to the north, and then learned the weaving skills himself, and made her a dress.

At that time, Yun Fenghuang thought it was quite fun. Although it was inconvenient for Xueli and Nvluo to get along, it was not that there were other vines that could be replaced in Beidi. After all, Qi Jiulu was the eldest son, so it was impossible to play with her all day long. So she also learned to weave clothes after going back and forth, and even made a few sets for Qi Jiulu when she was interested...

"Your Majesty, try it." It was already night, Yun Fenghuang tied a short vine, stuffed it inside, picked it up to look at it, and handed it to the emperor, "When I was young, I often used this to follow The sisters have not played games for so many years, but their skills have deteriorated a lot."

The emperor looked at the rattan dress she was wearing with a half-smile. Although it was not exquisite, it was much more elegant than the one given to him. The skirt was even made of silk with small flowers. Luo decorated it... This concubine is really different. After going through such hardships and dangers, she survived from death, but within a few hours, she has recovered her nature in a way.

In front of his face, she was lazy in an open and aboveboard manner.

"It's hard to love my concubine." The emperor has never been too lazy to care about such insignificant things, especially not to care about Yun Fenghuang. After all, this Mao Jieyu has too many tricks and too small a mind. All kinds of tricks - when this concubine is virtuous and virtuous, he may ask someone to find a Taoist priest or something...

At this moment, she didn't expose her perfunctory, but said softly, "It's getting late, let Aifei arrange it."

Yun Fenghuang noticed his gaze, but was not at all embarrassed. He nodded and leaned against the mountain wall, closed his eyes, and fell asleep——if Qi Jiulu knew that she actually wove rattan clothes for the emperor, even if it was an emergency Well, I'm afraid I'll be jealous for a while.

So it is impossible for her to make it up for the emperor with special care, otherwise she will let the bamboo horse know later, how much effort will it take to coax it?

Don't look at that person who has followed her in everything since the reunion. After all, if they don't get along day and night, Yun Fenghuang is not sure whether Qi Jiulu will have other thoughts after more exciting things.

People are fickle, isn't she an example?

Before falling asleep, the imperial concubine was thinking about going out to find reinforcements tomorrow, but in the middle of the night, both of them were awakened by the sound of thunder and rain.

The vines at the entrance of the cave were originally dense, and the sky could not see through in broad daylight. The cave was in the lee of the wind, but there was still a lot of rain rushing in, which showed how heavy the rain was.

The faces of the two people who woke up were very ugly. Even if the heavy rain stopped before dawn, the forest, which was already difficult to walk, would be even more difficult to walk. And for the people who are looking for them, the clues are even harder to find.

But before dawn, trouble came to them: the heavy rain quickly accumulated water on the woodland in front of the cave, which alarmed many residents who were impatient with the water and fled in a hurry.

And the most suitable place to hide from the rain in the vicinity is undoubtedly the cave where they are.

If it is harmless and cute like a cat and a rabbit, it is not impossible for the two of them to express their compassion.

It's a pity that all the guests who come here at this moment are evil guests, snakes, insects, frogs, toads... Not to mention that Yun Fenghuang's scalp is numb, and he just got up and lay on Chunjia's back and refused to get off. Jiadu frowned slightly, held up a torch and did not dare to neglect it, he just squatted at the entrance of the cave and burned it for half the night.

Fortunately, not long after dawn, the rain gradually stopped.

The water in the woods outside hadn't receded yet, and there was a lot of dirt floating on the water surface, mixed with the corpses of snakes and insects that hadn't escaped in time.

In this situation, even if you are not afraid of being dirty, you have to consider when you pass by in the water. Will there be any dead things popping up to take a bite?

So I can only continue to stay in the cave and wait.

It was also fortunate that the emperor had planned to wait for Yun Fenghuang to wake up before leaving, and prepared some food on the way, otherwise the two of them would not be stuck in the cave and starve.

The water receded in various ways in the evening of the same day, but it took another two days for the mud to dry up enough to make it easier to walk. After all, the vegetation in this place is too lush, and the scorching sun can't shine down. The ability to do it so quickly is due to the heat everywhere in this season.

During this period, it wasn't that they hadn't thought that Deng Chengzhai and others would come here, but those people didn't know whether they were washed away by the rain or it was just such a misfortune. Anyway, there was no third person who appeared in the surrounding calm.

Therefore, the emperor had given up waiting for reinforcements. After noon that day, the two of them packed their bags. He climbed up a tall tree nearby to identify the direction, and decided to head southwest.

Mount Qi is in the southeast of the Imperial Capital. It is a vast mountain range. The palace is just on a peak outside the mountain range. Most of the places inside are inaccessible places, even stretching to counties hundreds of miles away.

In order to prevent straying into deeper forests, choosing the southwest is more likely to meet mountain people and the like.

Yun Fenghuang has no objection to this, she actually doesn't have much experience in the wild, even if she has experience in the Northland. It can be seen that the emperor is no stranger to the wilderness, at least there is no problem with basic survival, of course he listens to the emperor at this time.

It's just that although Gongxiang's blessings were not exhausted, they were not considered rich after all-the emperor and Yun Fenghuang walked out only a hundred feet away, suddenly stumbled and stepped on the void, and directly twisted their ankles!

emperor:"……"

Yun Fenghuang: "..."

Looking at the rapidly swollen ankle, what else can it do?

So not long after, the two returned to the cave to rest in despair...

Even though the emperor had always been calm and was hit one after another, he couldn't help being a little impetuous at this moment, and said to himself: "What's going on in Yueting?"

At the beginning, there were not many people looking for them, so it’s okay, but it’s been a few days?

If Deng Chengzhai didn't betray him, it's time to expose the matter and mobilize the people from nearby states and counties to search the mountains like a carpet, right?

There is Wannian County near Qishan Mountain, and it is not too far from the Imperial Capital. There is no such thing as not being able to mobilize enough manpower in a short period of time... With so many people, people near the mountains will not be short of hunting dogs to guard the homes and guard the homes. How could it be possible for the imperial concubine to survive in the mountains without even hearing a few vague calls through the mountains and rivers? !

"Your Majesty, maybe the concubine did something wrong." Yun Fenghuang thought about it and explained embarrassingly, "In the river before, didn't the concubine take off our robes and throw them over the waterfall... "

At that time, I did this to deceive the assassins. Although the assassins finally came ashore, they might have deceived Deng Chengzhai and the others...

"..." The emperor was also speechless. After being silent for a while, he turned to comfort her. I am disappointed."

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Then His Majesty will take care of him when he goes back—for example, demote Concubine Xin?"

The emperor didn't take the first sentence seriously, after all, the concubine was a bit unscrupulous, and couldn't help laughing and crying when he heard the second sentence: "Although Yue Ting is Concubine Xin's cousin, but the affairs of the previous dynasty do not involve the harem, how can I do this? Besides, the promotion of the harem is decided by the empress."

After thinking about it, he asked in surprise, "When did you and Concubine Xin get into trouble again? I remember that you and Cui Shi didn't seem to have any conflicts?"

"What kind of conflict is there between the empress and concubine?" Yun Fenghuang said disapprovingly, "Concubine Xin has a higher status than the concubine. Every time I see her, I have to salute her. Isn't that enough for the concubine to dislike her?"

The emperor really wants to say that if every concubine is like you, what will the Sangong Sixth Court look like?

But in the end it was the concubine Ai who worked so hard to save her, so he coughed dryly, and comforted him: "How do you know that you will salute to her in the future?"

"Really?" Yun Fenghuang immediately smiled like a flower, and took his hand regardless of the heat, and hinted frantically, "So I can be a concubine after I go back? But Concubine Xin is also a concubine, and she is older than a concubine She is taller and more experienced than my concubine, and she also has a title... When the time comes, will my concubine call her sister?"

"...You have only been in the palace for a few days?" The emperor was speechless, "Is it hard to convince the public if I canonize the fourth concubine?"

Yun Fenghuang said without hesitation: "It's difficult to convince the concubine, but your majesty still can't convince the public?"

You are not pro-government!

Don't you have the right?

You are a majestic son of heaven, and the fourth concubine depends on whose face is not good!

If you don't do this, you do it on purpose, you do it on purpose, you just don't care about me!

The emperor saw her thoughts clearly, and was a little angry for a while: "Didn't you say that I should take it easy and don't tear myself apart with Mrs. Ji? Do you think the empress can agree to this?"

Empress Ji would definitely not agree—everyone in the harem knew that Mao Jieyu got her position and status today by relying on the empress, so she just threw away Ji's Yunfenghuang and was directly promoted to the fourth concubine. Isn't that true? Clearly tell everyone that the Ji family is dead?

It's not that the emperor doesn't want the Ji family now, otherwise the empress will stop this matter if she still has a little bit of power in the middle palace!

Even if there is only one between Yuan Lianniang and Yun Fenghuang, the queen would rather let Yuan Lianniang be promoted.

Otherwise, the other vassals will follow suit, and the Ji family will be the real tree falling and the monkeys scattered.

Yun Fenghuang understood this truth, and couldn't help biting his lips secretly, showing an expression of unwillingness.

"You didn't let yourself be wronged when you were Baolin before." Seeing this, the emperor slowed down and said tactfully, "Let alone being a concubine and presiding over the first palace now? In fact, given the current situation in the palace, you can even do it." One of the four concubines, apart from a few more people saluting you, isn't that the case?"

This is the truth: the emperor doesn't even plan to move Empress Ji, and he won't even take back the power of the middle palace. For example, the concubines with backers like Concubine Shu, Concubine Xin, and Mrs. Yaoning must be the same as before, and the backstage has not collapsed Before, the status of these people would not be shaken.

Even if these people died, there would be others sent into the palace to take their place.

It's all right for Yun Fenghuang to take advantage of them, but it's really overthinking to rely on the emperor's support to boss Liugong away.

The emperor himself doesn't have the confidence to do so now...

Yun Fenghuang was sullen: "When I'm at home, I've always been the most popular girl."

If she married Qi Jiulu, she would definitely be the most popular young lady in the Northland!

"Are you blaming me?" The emperor laughed when he heard that, "If you follow me, you won't be able to stand out?"

"The concubine didn't say that." Yun Fenghuang said with a face of "you still know", but said, "I just don't know when your majesty will be able to love the concubine... After all, the concubine is still considered in the palace now The main position, but there is one thing, the other sisters have it, but the concubine does not have it: the concubine's father, mother, brother and sister-in-law are all in Beidi, and the sisters reunite with their families every now and then, but the concubine does not even have a message with Xie. It's hard!"

This has almost been made clear, the emperor couldn't help laughing: "Cheng Chengcheng, after I go back, I will find a reason to give Xie a favor, okay?"

Yun Fenghuang finally gave him a smiling face: "I know His Majesty loves my concubine the most!"

"Who is the concubine who loves me the most?" The emperor said calmly, "The concubine's love for me is really a lesson from heaven and earth... um, what are some more words?"