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Chapter 1249 Jiang Wange learns that Shen Zhinian has become the Imperial Noble Consort
The emperor's deep voice echoed in the silent palace, carrying a sincere prayer: "May the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty remain as bright as a lamp, eternally strong and lasting for thousands of years!"
Everyone in the hall responded in unison: "May the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty remain as bright as a lamp, eternal and lasting forever!"
Li Changde bowed and presented the fine wine in a specially made green jade pot.
This wine is made by soaking several herbs that can drive away evil and ward off evil, and it exudes a clear and slightly spicy medicinal aroma.
Nangong Xuanyu held the pot and personally filled a cup for Shen Zhinian.
No extra words are needed. The honor of having the emperor pour wine personally is a sign of supreme grace and solidarity!
The emperor raised his glass and said with a smile: "Drink this fine wine to dispel evil and welcome the new year."
Shen Zhinian also raised his glass and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone then drank together.
The spicy and slightly bitter wine slid into the throat, bringing a warm current that dispelled the chill of the winter night and seemed to wash away the dust of the old year.
After the emperor and his concubines drank the wine, everything was already prepared outside the palace.
Several guards carried the carefully crafted fireworks outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The fireworks are made of tough thick paper, wrapped with secret gunpowder layer by layer, ensuring that the sound is loud, deafening and beautiful.
Nangong Xuanyu picked up the tinder stick again and lit the specially made long fuse. Sparks hissed and spread rapidly.
"boom--!!!"
“Bang! Bang!! Bang——!!!”
A dull and penetrating roar, like thunder from the sky, exploded outside the palace!
One sound after another, with clear rhythm, bursting into brilliant sparks!
Every loud noise seemed to announce the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year, cleansing the gloomy atmosphere accumulated in the deep palace.
The bright lights illuminated the emperor's stern profile and the imperial concubine's bright eyes.
The lingering sound of fireworks and firecrackers echoed in the deep palace, dispelling the gloom of the old year.
……
Yawen Garden.
The inner room was dead silent.
Thick dust drifted in through the gaps in the window frames that were nailed shut with wooden boards, floating slowly in the pitifully dim light.
Jiang Wange curled up on the cold bed. Her once bright dress had long since become dull and worn, and was covered with countless stains.
She stared at the spider web in the corner with empty eyes. Time seemed to have stopped here, and the alternation of day and night had lost its meaning.
“Swoosh!!! Bang!!! Bang——”
In the distance, dull noises could be heard faintly.
Then, there were more similar sounds, with a clear rhythm, like some kind of solemn proclamation.
Jiang Wange's empty eyes moved, and she raised her head slowly.
She struggled to get out of bed, stumbled to the nailed-up window, and tried hard to put her eyes close to the narrow gap between the wooden boards.
In the dark night sky, she saw brilliant fireworks.
"What...sound?"
Jiang Wange's cracked lips moved, and she murmured hoarsely, "What day is today?"
The guard in charge of guarding the door outside had also received a good New Year's reward today and was in a good mood. He replied lazily through the door: "On New Year's Eve, the palace is setting off firecrackers."
"Lunar New Year's eve……"
Jiang Wange murmured these two words, her eyes becoming more dazed: "Another year..."
"How many years have I been locked up?"
Imprisoned in this Yawen Garden, a tomb of the living dead, she had long since lost track of time. She only remembered that when she was first imprisoned, the leaves outside the window were still green.
A huge feeling of despair and resentment suddenly surged into Jiang Wange's heart!
“Nangong Xuanyu!!!”
She scratched the cold, rough wood beneath her hands with her nails, her voice filled with excitement and resentment: "You promised! You clearly promised me!"
"As long as I use gunpowder to help you repel the Huns, you will give me ten days of freedom! Why?! Why won't you let me out?!"
Jiang Wange seemed to have grasped at the last straw and screamed out through the crack in the door: "What's going on at the border?! Is the battle over? Did we win?! Speak!"
The guard outside the door was disturbed by her scream and shouted impatiently: "Shut up!"
"You think you can find out about the border war? If you keep making such a fuss, you won't even get to eat tomorrow!"
The guard's cold threat temporarily controlled Jiang Wange's out-of-control emotions, but the hatred in her heart burned even more twistedly.
She slid down the door panel and sat on the ground, biting her lips tightly with her teeth, and did not let go even after tasting blood.
She hated Nangong Xuanyu the most, the treacherous and ruthless emperor!
The second person I hate is Shen Zhinian!
That pretentious woman!
If it weren't for this adulterous couple, how could I have ended up like this?!
She possesses knowledge that is thousands of years beyond this era and should have become the protagonist of the world, admired by thousands of people!
Instead of being forgotten in a dark corner like a bedbug...
"Shen Zhinian..."
Jiang Wange's voice was like a venomous snake, full of vicious curses: "That bitch...how is she?!"
"Heh... maybe she's already been eaten to the bone by this cannibalistic harem?"
Shen Zhinian is an ignorant ancient man, what can he use to fight her?
What can you use to survive to the end?
Jiang Wange even had a morbid anticipation, hoping to hear about the other party's miserable end...
There was silence outside the door for a moment, and then the guards shouted even more harshly, even with fear: "How dare you!"
"How dare you address the Imperial Concubine by her name! Do you want to die?!"
Jiang Wange froze, as if she didn't understand the words: "Imperial... Imperial Concubine?"
"Who? You said... Shen Zhinian?! She became the Imperial Concubine?!"
This news hit Jiang Wange harder than any torture, shattering her last fantasy and sense of superiority!
That ancient person whom she had always looked down upon, believing to be foolish and backward, not only did he not die, but he actually ascended to the position of Imperial Noble Consort?!
And I, the chosen one who possessed advanced knowledge, was abandoned here like a puddle of mud, without even the qualifications to inquire about news from the outside world...
This ironic contrast almost drove Jiang Wange crazy!
"No... Impossible! How could it be..."
She muttered to herself in a daze, and her whole body seemed to have been pulled out of her spine, and she collapsed on the cold ground.
Outside the door, the two guards exchanged glances.
Someone sneered and said, "Is this woman crazy? She keeps talking nonsense all day long."
The other person's voice was a little cold: "Who cares if she's crazy or not."
"The higher-ups just told us to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't starve to death."
"When all that stuff is emptied out of her head and she's completely useless... Humph, would Your Majesty still keep such a mad and insane troublemaker who knows so much?"
Jiang Wange seemed to have heard nothing. She just stared blankly at the occasional flash of fireworks through the gap outside the window, repeating the three words "Imperial Noble Concubine" over and over in her mouth. She was completely on the verge of collapse.
Her knowledge, which transcended her time, now became a cage that imprisoned her...
It also became a guillotine hanging over her head, ready to fall at any moment.