When the
dust settled
, the elder princess was engaged in business
again after her rebirth. Sheng Yunlin quickly left the court. As soon as she left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, she went straight to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. She frowned and pursed her thin lips. As soon as she stepped into the door of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, she knelt down inside and outside.
All get up. How is the emperor? Sheng Yunlin asked anxiously.
The Imperial Physician said with trepidation, “I’m ashamed. I can’t find out what kind of poison the emperor has been poisoned with, so I don’t know how to get rid of it..”
“Do you mean to say that if you know what the poison is, you will be cured?”
This.. There will be opportunities. The doctor didn’t dare to say too much.
“Waste!” Sheng Yun-lin said angrily, “How long can emperor hold out?!”
“From, from the pulse, at most one day..”
Sheng Yunlin closed his eyes and steadied his breath. “No matter what method you use,” he said, “you must protect the emperor’s heart. In a day, I will tell you what poison this is.”
Yes! The Imperial Medical Service will do its best!
Sheng Yunlin looked at Chen Yu lying on the bed. His eyes were closed, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his lips were pale and bloodless.
She took his hand, and the touch was cold.
Tears suddenly fell down.
“Fool.” Sheng Yunlin whispered.
She quickly raised her hand to wipe away her tears, took a deep breath, and then hurried away from the Palace of Heavenly Purity. There is not much time
left for her.
Huo Wan was locked up in a torture room in Ye Youting. There are many sinful slaves
in the secluded court, so there is also a torture chamber. No one dares to approach this place on weekdays, because there is usually no return, and even in the middle of the night there will be a groan of pain, as if a ghost is asking for its life.
Sheng Yunlin has not set foot in the secluded courtyard for many years. But last night, she suddenly remembered the torture chamber. Many years ago, she had seen many people go in alive and come out in a bloody mess wrapped in a broken straw mat.
Now Huo Wan was locked up, by Xu Shanggong with special custody.
But at this moment, the only one who knows what poison Chen Yu is is Huo Wan himself. The
torture room was so tightly surrounded that no one could escape. Seeing Sheng Yunlin coming, the guards moved out of the way on both sides and opened the door for her.
The sky is bright. The dazzling light shone in with the opening of the door of the torture chamber, and the people curled up inside were shaken to close their eyes.
“The pickle in the house. Your Royal Highness, please watch your step.” Xu Shanggong reminded one side.
“Wait outside the door, and I will speak to her alone.” “Besides,” said Sheng Yunlin, “I sent Lan Cao outside the palace. When she comes back, you can come in and tell me.”
“Yes.”
Sheng Yunlin stepped in.
“Close the door.” She said.
Two doors creaked shut. There was only one very small window in the torture room, which could not be climbed out, and was covered with several layers of paper, so that once the door was closed, even the day would be as dark as night.
The room was dark again, and Huo Wan’s eyes adapted to it again.
“Oh.” “Are you coming?” She sneered.
“No more hysteria?” Sheng Yunlin asked indifferently, “Last night you were surprised why I was still alive.”
“I’ve been thinking about it all night, and I’ve figured it out.” Huo Wan laughed at himself and said, “You are all in collusion.”. Otherwise, why did you enter the palace as soon as I did it? And that letter, hehe. Sheng Yunlin, I should have known it was you. I should have guessed it when I was on the boat.
“I didn’t collude with him.” Sheng Yun-lin shook his head. “I didn’t even recognize him.”. It was I who surmised his plans, and it was he who surmised that I would enter the palace.
“Then you two really have a Lingxi.” Huo Wan sneered.
“Huo Wan, you’ve been married to Yu for so many years, but you don’t know him at all.” Sheng Yunlin looked at her firmly. “He knew early that Huo Xiang had asked you to do something to him, but he never made up his mind. This crown prince is just forcing you to do it.”. I’m afraid he also gave Taifu the right to deploy the imperial guards in the palace. The eunuchs and palace maids were under the control of Huang Xi and Xu Shanggong, and you can’t move them either. Even if I don’t go to the palace, Taifu can come forward in time to solve all this.
Huo Wan was suddenly furious and said, “How can I understand him?”! How do you let me know! How did you go to the Huo family to ask him to marry me? You said that when I first met him Imperial Garden, he was pleased with me and wanted to hire me as the queen and entrust me to the six palaces to make my mother the world! But what about the fact?!
“Does he like me?” Huo Wan asked, “Ask yourself, who does he like and who does he really want to marry?”! As soon as I entered the palace, you exempted me from paying my respects at the Weiyang Palace, but he came to you every day. Do you think I’m blind?
“Also entrusted to the six palaces..” Ha-ha This is ridiculous! Who can I control besides empresses and concubines? On the surface, you ignore everything in the harem, but in fact, you give it all to a female official! No matter what big or small things I ask about, the people around me are all hemming and hawing, saying that they want to report back to the’Empress of the Imperial Palace ‘first!
Sheng Yunlin quietly looked at the furious Huo Wan. He waited until Huo Wan had finished venting his anger and was panting and quiet. Then he asked, “So you set fire to my Weiyang Palace?”
Huo Wan pulled the corners of his mouth: “Do you still need me to put it in person?”
“Do you get everything you want by setting this fire?”
「……」 The flame in Huo Wan’s eyes went out in an instant.
“That’s the difference between you and me, Huo Wan.” Sheng Yun-lin says, “It’s true that I will stop at nothing to get what I want, but at least I go straight to my goal and never make blind decisions.”. If I want someone’s life, he must die; if I want someone’s position, he must give up the person who was on it. That’s why I’ve been able to fight your father until now.
「…… Is that enough? Huo Wan said coldly, “Are you just here to tell me how powerful you are and how ridiculous I am?”
“No, I’m just here to tell you why you lost.” Sheng Yun-lin said calmly, “And now, you still have a chance to choose.”
「……」 Huo Wan was stunned.
In fact, you didn’t hate Yuer, did you? I’m the only person you’ve ever hated. You poisoned him for your father’s rebellion, and now your father has been put into prison by me, and the rebellion party is also under investigation. So, whether Yu-er is alive or dead, your father has already been defeated.
You want me to save him? Ridiculous. Our whole family is going to die. Why don’t I take him with me and bury him with my whole family?!
“I just need you to tell me what kind of poison you gave him and how to get rid of it.” “As long as he is safe,” said Sheng Yunlin, “I can spare the lives of all the dozens of people in your family, except the rebels who participated in the rebellion. I will not kill them or exile them.”
「……」
Your father is a man who is always cautious and will not do anything unless he is fully prepared. So I guess a lot of people in your family are kept in the dark, right?
Huo Wan’s eyes twinkled.
Sheng Yunlin went on to say, “Think about it. If you save your husband, you can save most of your family. Isn’t that a good deal?”? Don’t act on impulse. At such a time, the right to choose is a luxury.
Huo Wan to bite the lower lip, several want to bite blood. The door of the
torture chamber was opened.
When Xu Shanggong stepped into the room, he whispered in her ear, “Lan Cao is back.”
Sheng Yunlin nodded slightly and then said to Huo Wan, “Think about it by yourself.”
With that, she and Xu Shanggong withdrew from the torture chamber.
The wooden door was closed again with a creak.
Huo Wan sat in the corner, beside the messy thatch and squeaking mice.
What a mess, she thought.
Time seems to have been dialed back six years ago, she married Chen Yu that day. The young emperor who once fell in love with her at first sight in Imperial Garden actually married her to be the queen, which was really a dream. That night, the young man like pearls and jade lifted her veil and drank wine with her.
She really thought that they would raise their eyebrows and grow old together.
Later, she advised her father so many times that as long as the eldest princess died, everything would be as they wished.
But after the man died, everything got worse.
Why.. Why is it like this? When did the young man who
lifted her veil and asked her with a smile, “Is the queen tired today,” stop smiling at her?
Huo Wan hugged his knees and cried out.
…… The sky is bright outside
the house. Sheng Yunlin has not slept a wink all night since the rain and wind last night.
How can you not be tired? But she has to keep going.
Xu Shanggong replied, “Lan Cao has brought back Huo Wan’s mother, and has told her the terms your Highness has offered.”
Leave her alone for a while. After burning a stick of incense, let the mother and daughter meet. Sheng Yunlin said.
Even if Huo Wan is not moved, her mother will force her to save the whole family.
About half an hour later, Lan Cao came to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. She leaned over Sheng Yunlin’s ear and said, “Your Highness, Huo Wan has confessed.”
“What do you say?” Not long after her mother went in,
as Your Highness expected, she was poisoned. The Imperial Physician’s office has just the right medicine for the disease. The Imperial Physician is dispensing the medicine urgently. The emperor will be all right.
“Good..” Sheng Yunlin’s hanging heart finally fell half.
But she still has to wait until Chen Yu really gets better before she can rest assured.
「…… Are you really going to release the Fok family? Lan Cao asked in a low voice, “Don’t forget Chen Yan at the beginning.”
“I didn’t forget.” Sheng Yunlin said, If my mother hadn’t asked the late emperor to leave Chen Yan alive, nothing would have happened. No harm can be left behind. But after all, I also promised her.
“So what are you going to do?”
My condition is that those who have not participated in the rebellion can stay. Anyone who knows about this matter is “participating”, and all of them will be killed. The rest, it is estimated, are either women or children. I only say that they should be kept alive and not exiled. Then they should be sent to the nunnery and placed under house arrest until they die.
“All right, I’ll draw up the decree.”
“Mmm.”
Lan Cao went to one side to draft a decree for Sheng Yunlin. Sheng Yunlin is still accompanied by Chen Yu’s couch, holding his hand. The man on the
bed was pale. Sheng Yunlin held his hand to his face and closed his eyes.
…… She can be ruthless to anyone, except Chen Yu. How could
she leave him alone.
“Huang Xi.” Sheng Yunlin shouted.
“The maidservant is here.”
“When did the emperor know who I was?” Before
you entered the palace, the emperor summoned Lord Hsieh to the palace and asked about your identity. But Lord Hsieh denied it at the time, saying that you were not the eldest princess.
「…… Then what
“The maidservant did not believe that you had come back.” Huang Xi said with a wry smile, “The maidservant also advised the emperor that it was time to put it down.”. But the emperor ignored the maidservant and said to Lord Hsieh, “Whether it’s you or not, don’t tell you about his plan. Since Lord Hsieh says it’s not, there’s no need to tell you.”
“Mmm.” After
Lord Hsieh left, the emperor thought about it and wrote the letter again, asking the maidservant to send it to Hsieh’s mansion. The emperor said, if everything is as he planned, then you will know sooner or later, and know that after, will never let Lord Xie handle. With this letter, many obstacles will be cleared away for you.
「……」
“God bless you, it’s really you who have come back.” Huang Xi said in a trembling voice, “The emperor has asked the maidservant several times why you don’t even want to go to his dream. Do you really hate him so much?”
Sheng Yunlin held Chen Yu’s hand and tightened his knuckles again.
-How could it be?
Decade. They lived together for ten years.
How can I put it down easily?
“Stupid.” Sheng Yun-lin whispered to Chen Yu, “I’ve arranged everything. I don’t need you to take such a risk. It’s just a bit of trouble. I can’t catch them all in one breath. But it’s better than gambling with your life, isn’t it?”
Then she smiled bitterly again.
“Yes, I have corrupted you …”
She is a person who will gamble with her life. What qualifications does she have to criticize him.
Lan Cao went into the hall again and said in a low voice, “Your Highness, Lord Taifu, I want to see you.”
Sheng Yun-lin was stupefied for a few seconds. “Go ahead,” he said.
The tall and straight figure like a pine came in from outside the door. He coughed twice slightly, with a deliberate sense of repression.
Sheng Yunlin looked back and saw that his face seemed to be somewhat ill.
“You..”
“Nothing.” Jaffe answered quickly, “I feel a little sick in my throat.”
“Take care of your health.” Sheng Yunlin whispered. Her own complexion was not much better. And in the next few days, the government and the public will be even busier.
“Let me tell you about the former Dynasty.” Jaffe’s eyes slipped over her face and fell on Sheng Yunlin’s hands holding Chen Yu tightly. It’s all in the file. Take the time to read it.
He put the file on the table beside him.
“Good.” Sheng Yunlin nodded.
“The minister has retired first.” There was a quiet alienation in Jaffe’s voice.
But she seemed to be too tired, even the consciousness is trance, unexpectedly what did not hear, did not even think a minute.
In the next few days, Sheng Yunlin lived in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Both the government and the public were busy with the case of Huo Xuancheng’s rebellion. Sheng Yunlin simply stopped the morning court for seven days. Anyone who had something important would go directly to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to report it.
Chen Yu has been out of danger, but still did not wake up. Sheng Yunlin opened an ear room in the Palace of Heavenly Purity to deal with political affairs. Three years without contact with national politics, she spent a lot of energy to sort out things inside and outside, but also read a lot of Chen Yu previously approved the fold.
Only then did she discover that in the past three years, Chen Yu’s growth was completely beyond her expectation.
He did far better than he thought.
Sheng Yunlin’s eyelashes drooped.
If at that time, she was willing to let go earlier, instead of taking everything by herself, always thinking that what she would give him at that time was the prosperity of Haiqing Heyan. Is not at the beginning, the two of them will not be used by Huo Xuancheng?
If she had come to him earlier a few days ago, both of them would have come clean about their plans, instead of hiding from each other and not letting each other know anything. So will there be a better solution to this matter?
She always wants to give him the best.
After all, she was wrong.
……
I don’t know how many days I’ve been watching day and night, but the Imperial Physician finally said to Sheng Yunlin with a happy look on his face, “Your Highness, the emperor’s pulse has stabilized. I think he’ll wake up soon.”
At that time, Sheng Yunlin was criticizing the folding. Jaffe blocked a lot for her, but even so, there were only a lot more memorials to her. Huo Xuancheng has a deep foundation in the court, this investigation, do not know how many people involved in the rebellion, all need her instructions on how to deal with.
Sheng Yunlin did not want Chen Yu to leave a reputation as a tyrant in the history books, so he did not want to behead all these people, but also according to the degree of participation in the rebellion, part of them were exiled and part of them were slaves.
Now heard the news that Chen Yu was about to wake up, the stone hanging in her heart finally fell down, and with the relaxation of the tense nerves for many days in a row, her eyes were black, and the whole person almost fell down.
Fortunately, she held the chair, stabilized her figure, and then slowly walked into the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, came to Chen Yu’s bedside and sat down.
Chen Yu’s face is much better than before. No longer pale, but gradually ruddy up, with blood.
Sheng Yunlin touched his face, just like he did when he was a child. The child who
had followed her and called out to her sister, saying that no one was better than her, has now grown into a young emperor of twenty-three.
She believed that he could do well and become a wise king, worthy of the late emperor and the ancestors of the Chen Dynasty.
However, the future road can only be taken by himself.
She accompanied him here.
Sheng Yunlin put a safe buckle in Chen Yu’s hand, and then closed his palm.
She made a special trip to retrieve the token from Che yuan and left it to him. Just as when she was under the old cherry tree at the Jiming Temple, she said to him, “This safety button belongs to you, but you can bury it here first. When you ascend the throne and go down to the south of the Yangtze River, you can dig it out, just like I was with you.”
The white and lustrous safety button was finally dug out by herself. Sixteen years later, it’s time to return it to its original owner.
And the hidden corner of the chest will not be painful and painful in the middle of the night.
……
“It’s time for me to go.” Sheng Yunlin said to Lan Cao.
“Where are you going?” “Don’t you want to wait for the emperor to wake up?”
“No.” Sheng Yunlin shook his head. What could she say to him when
he woke up? I can’t
go back to the time when I was young.
“I’ve been trapped in this palace for too many years. It’s time to leave.” Sheng Yun-lin gave Lan Cao a faint smile. “Take care of yourself.”. Yu’er will be left in your care.
「…… OK
They have known each other for so many years, and they are both masters and servants and friends. Lan Cao knew that when Sheng Yunlin made a decision, no one could persuade him.
Sheng Yunlin sorted out the memorials sent these days in different categories, and all the affairs were explained and arranged. After Chen Yu wakes up, he needs to rest for at least a month. During this period, the court still has to operate normally. Sheng Yunlin always wants to think more about him.
Just as she left her last order, Lan Cao said to her, “Your Highness, Lord Xie is here.”
Jaffe? Quickly announce it.
“No, the Lord Prefect.”
「……」 Sheng Yunlin was stunned.
Hsieh Jue lowered her head and entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity. “I have come to see you, Your Royal Highness.”
No courtesy. What’s the matter with Hsieh Ching?
Hsieh Jue said, “I’ve come to deliver the files on the case of the rebel Huo Xuancheng these days.”
“Put it aside.”
Xie Jue put down the file, but did not step down.
He pursed his lips and hesitated to speak.
「…… What’s wrong? Sheng Yunlin suddenly had a bad feeling.
Hsieh Jue drew another memorial from her sleeve and handed it to her with both hands. “Your Highness, this is my elder brother’s letter of resignation.”
“What..!” Sheng Yun-lin looked up suddenly. “Where is he now?”
“My brother left Beijing this morning.” Hsieh Chueh whispered.
Sheng Yunlin looked at Xie Jue, shocked and confused in his pupils.
She wanted to say something, but it seemed that she could not say a word, but stood there with her eyes scattered.
My elder brother has been ill these days. He said that you were tired of taking care of the emperor day and night, and that we should not tell you anything about him. Hsieh Chueh took a deep breath and went on to say, “But on the day of the incident, he was caught in the rain all night before he came back, and then he worked day and night to deal with the case of rebellion against the rebels.” Even a man made of iron can’t endure this, can he?
He.. I Sheng Yunlin was stunned.
“Your Highness.” Hsieh Chueh interrupted, Many years ago, I asked him what kind of person Princess Chang was. I was just curious, but he was silent for a long time before he said to me: Your Highness has dedicated his life to the Chen Dynasty. He is very close to Your Highness, but in fact he is far away.
I didn’t understand this sentence at the time, but when I look back now, I really understand what my elder brother meant.
My elder brother has been praised and envied by the world from childhood to adulthood, but you are the only one here, and he doesn’t even dare to ask for a penny! He knows that he is not as responsible as you decide to take on anyway, so he can only do everything you want to achieve for you. It was, and it is now.
It’s been so many years, Your Highness. Don’t you understand him to this day?! Every time
Xie Jue said a word, it was like a sharp dagger running across her heart.
Sheng Yunlin closed his eyes and felt a splitting headache.
So many years. So many years have passed
since I met him at the age of fourteen.
…… How can it not be comparable? Why did he feel that he could not compare with the responsibility on her shoulders?
Sheng Yunlin suddenly understood why Jaffe was leaving. In a flash, she came to a complete realization. In her mind, she saw the emotion that Jaffe had tried to suppress in his eyes when she said she wanted to go back to Beijing. She saw the words “I didn’t want to stop you” that Jaffe had said to her when she was at the gate of the palace. She saw that after she entered the palace, Jaffe once again treated her as a monarch and a subject, and there was a sense of alienation in his words.
She finally understood why Jaffe had stood all night in the rain.
He thought she didn’t choose herself.
“Prepare the horses!” “Prepare your horses at once!” Roared Sheng Yun-lin. There was only one official road
out of Beijing, and she didn’t know if it was too late to go after her now, but she knew she had to go. If she can’t catch up with Jaffe, she will lose all her color for the rest of her life.
She used to have almost everything. Power, position, glory, and the whole world.
But all of this, but not as good as a Jaffe, let her as a treasure. There is only one Jaffe in
the world.
Since she was fourteen years old, she has been in her dreams.
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Published on 2021-07-05 17:18. It is forbidden to reprint
what the heart wants
. Chang Xiang Yi: Princess Chang is doing business
again after she was reborn.
