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001 Cold Palace

Jingan Year in Southern Summer, Winter.

The majestic and gorgeous palace stood tall and unmoving in the midst of the snowstorm. Naturally, the nobles who lived in this gorgeous palace weren't afraid of the cold. They comfortably sat in the beautifully decorated palace with a warm floor and expensive red charcoal burning in silver pots. In their hands were delicate furnaces decorated with gold and jade.

There was only one place in this palace that could never see the light of day. It was cold all day, as if one had fallen into an icy hell — the cold palace.

Outside the cold palace, two young eunuchs were drinking hot tea to keep themselves warm. From time to time, they would grumble indignantly, "Damnable weather, how dare you let people live? "And this damned job."

"Keep your voice down. Be careful of the wall."

"Tch, you are being too careful. This is the Cold Palace, which big live person has nothing better to do here? There's not even a single bird. Other than the two of us, there's only that crazy woman. "

"Ai, that's true. I wonder how the emperor will punish the empress?" "If we don't punish them, won't we have to stay in this crappy place forever?"

"What empress? His Majesty has long crippled her. Right now, Madame Shen is just a sinner waiting to be punished. She's even worse than the cheapest slave in the palace!"

They were talking about the who was born in a noble family, the Queen Shen Qingru who was once a mother to the world. The current Shen Qingru was being demoted to a bastard by the emperor, imprisoned in the cold palace, her life or death unknown.

The cold palace was so quiet that not a single sound could be heard.

The two young eunuchs looked at the tightly shut gate of the Cold Palace with disdain, coldly snorted, and felt extremely unhappy in their hearts. If it weren't for the sake of watching the good-for-nothing Shen family suffer, they wouldn't have been so unfortunate as to be sent to this kind of place to suffer in the snow.

"The empress has arrived." A sharp voice suddenly sounded.

The imperial carriage stopped at the entrance of the cold palace and Shen Muyun, who was wearing a new phoenix robe, was carefully supported by her personal palace maid.

She wore a brand-new Queen's attire, with a bright red armband on the outside. On the inside, there was a red long skirt with gold and phoenix embroidered on it, it was especially dazzling in the midst of the snow-covered sky. On her head was a jade crown of dragon and phoenix pearls belonging to empress, and on the crown was a lifelike phoenix proudly raising its head, looking as if it was soaring through the nine heavens.

The palace maid donned a luxurious mink cloak around Shen Muyun. Under the contrast of the white snow, she looked even more charming and alluring. While holding onto the embroidered clothes of his personal palace maid, Shen Muyun gracefully stepped onto the snow like a fairy from the imperial palace.

She was the daughter of the Prime Minister and also favored by the Emperor. After the dynasty was sealed, she was known to all under the heavens. Now was the time for her to be elated.

The two eunuchs stared in shock for a long while before remembering to kneel and kowtow. "This servant greets esteemed empress and empress for their blessings."

Shen Muyun narrowed her phoenix eyes and disdainfully glanced at the little eunuch kneeling on the ground: "Open the door, I want to enter and meet an old friend."

She dismissed the palace maids and eunuchs that accompanied her, and with the support of the embroidered cloth, stood before the dust filled gate of the cold palace.

Now, it was time to settle the score.