Shaohua has lost
Fanghua’s resentment: Fireworks are easy to be cold, for whom I bow down
. I am the queen of Xiao’s harem. Below
one and above ten thousand.
One day, when the emperor returned to the palace, he brought back a woman who looked very similar to me. In
June, the sun is scorching like fire. As
I leaned against the beauty, my maid, Xiao Cui, fanned me with a cattail leaf fan and said, “Empress, I heard that Your Majesty has brought back a civilian woman from the palace this time.”
I raised my eyebrows and said carelessly, “I don’t care what kind of woman he brings back. I don’t care if he brings back a brothel girl.”
“Just..” Little Cui hesitated and said, “Your Majesty brought this back. It looks a bit like the Empress’s.”
I was slightly stupefied. “How much like?”
Little Cui said, “The girl, Tao Hong, secretly went to have a look. Her profile and figure were very much like those of the empress.”
“And as soon as she came back, Your Majesty let her enter the Chunxi Pavilion.”
“What on earth did Your Majesty think of bringing back a fake similar to the empress? Obviously the empress is here, but he doesn’t come..”
Xiaocui is my dowry servant girl. She grew up together, so she is used to talking.
I listened to her words, but my thoughts drifted away.
I was the daughter of the general of the North, the apple of the eye of the general’s office, and the emperor at that time was just the least favored of the three princes. I met him
on a spring outing when I was young. At that time, the emperor had nothing but a handsome face and a gentle personality.
Even so, I fell into it without hesitation. My father hated me at that time, but if I was willing, no one could control me.
My father was neutral, but because I married the third prince, he belonged to the camp of the third prince.
With the support of my mother’s family, the third prince tore off his mask of moderation and advanced bravely on the way to seize the throne, defeating several excellent brothers in one fell swoop and securing the throne.
After marriage, the emperor was still very kind to me, and when he fought with his brothers, he did not forget to bring me my favorite ice-sugar gourds. In her first year
as empress, the courtiers asked to fill the harem and hold a talent show.
The emperor denied it.
My heart was so sweet that I thought he would be a pair of people for me all his life.
The next year, the emperor also denied. In
the third year, the emperor welcomed the daughter of the old prime minister into the palace and sealed the imperial concubine.
The emperor, a ninety-five, knelt beside my bed, took my hand and said that in order to stabilize the court, this was a last resort decision.
I saw his snot and tears, although the heart is sad, but also agreed.
After all, as long as he has me in his heart. The daughter of the
old prime minister, surnamed Wang, was given the title of Wang Guifei. Wang Guifei had a spoiled temper and swaggered in front of me from time to time.
The whole person is like a complacent peacock, I have always been too lazy to talk to her, just quietly watching her acting.
Later, the emperor welcomed the daughter of the minister, the daughter of the assistant minister, all kinds of beauties into the harem, and each time he threw me a sentence to stabilize the government.
This is not the same as the emperor’s promise of a pair of people for my whole life.
The harem has been enriched, and the emperor has come to my palace less and less. From the beginning of
my temper, to the back of the gentle smile, let him share the rain and dew.
No reason, not that I grew up, everything is just for my mother’s family.
My father is the general to protect the country, several elder brothers in the border show prestige, such a prominent, will always be high shock Lord, cause the emperor dissatisfaction.
So I have to make a gentle and virtuous appearance, so that he can not find any mistakes in me.
I recalled the past, only to hear the eunuch report that the emperor had come to me for dinner in the evening.
Little Cui was very happy and wanted to dress me up, but I refused.
I know all too well what he came for.
He must have come to talk to me about giving him a name for the woman he brought back.
The emperor came after he had approved the memorial, and he had not changed his court clothes.
This year is the fifth year of our marriage, the emperor is only 30 years old, still handsome tall and straight, many servant girls blushed.
“Zhao Zhao.” When the emperor was eating, he called me by my nickname, and his expression was very gentle. Smiling,
I filled the nest for him and said, “Your Majesty, I cooked this specially for you to nourish your body.”
“Zhaozhao, you are so kind.” The emperor seems very happy.
But he didn’t know that I asked the small kitchen to make the bird’s nest. How could I cook for him?
Sure enough, before he had eaten a few mouthfuls, the emperor mentioned the matter of business. He seemed to open his mouth with a tangled face: “Zhao Zhao, I met a civilian woman day before yesterday. She had a pitiful life experience, so I brought her back to the palace..” Of course
I knew what he was going to say next, so I said it for him in advance with a smile: “Your Majesty, I understand your kindness. It’s not good for that woman to stay in the palace without a name. It’s better to give her a noble title. It’s also a status.”
The emperor was stupefied for a moment, as if he had not expected me to say so. He was silent for a moment, then nodded: “The empress is thoughtful.”
Look, even Zhao Zhao is too lazy to cry.
Could it be that the position I said is too low? Really? A civilian woman, it is impossible to give her a concubine directly, right?
But if the emperor likes it, I don’t mind. Before
I could say it, the emperor simply ate two mouthfuls and left with a cold face.
This man’s heart is a needle in the sea, especially a powerful man, and I don’t want to care about his face for a while.
The next day, the woman was given the title of nobleman, a conferring ceremony, and a title of nobleman.
At night, the emperor turned over her sign.
Heard that the second day also gave a lot of rewards, like running water into the Chunxi Pavilion. When
Xiao Cui said this to me, she gritted her teeth with hatred on her face. Now that
this noble has a place, he will come to pay his respects to me.
I used to think it was too much trouble to ask for security every day. In fact, I couldn’t get up by myself, so I changed it to once a week. When paying
his respects, Wan Guiren was the last to come, later than Wang Guifei, who had always been late. When
she came in, before I could say anything, Wang Guifei took the lead in choking.
“Oh, some people just get a little favor, and their tails go up to the sky.” Wang Guifei has always been a good hand with a strange spirit.
“It’s my fault. I got up late. I’ll ask the empress to punish me.”
I saw that Wan Guiren wearing a crescent-colored dress, soft and weak worship, when bowing his head, the white neck of the red mark is particularly obvious.
I could see it, and so did others, especially Wang Guifei, who was so angry that she grabbed her handkerchief. Of course
I can’t punish her, because it seems that I am not too strict.
I smiled softly and said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s normal to ask Ann to come late the first time. Sit down first.” When
I said this, I could feel that Wang Guifei was staring at me, as if she disliked me for not having the majesty of the queen and did not punish others.
I just want to say that she doesn’t understand my suffering.
Please Ann is nothing more than a group of women’s chattering bickering, open and secret arrows inside and outside the words, boring to death.
I went through the motions and let them go back to their respective palaces. In the
next few days, the emperor had been staying with Wan Guiren, and the other concubines in the harem were about to bite their teeth. They didn’t dare to urge the emperor, so they came to me. He
always came to my palace and cried to me, saying that the emperor did not touch the rain and dew, and that I had to coax people away for a long time every time.
Soon, the news came that Wan Guiren was pregnant.
The emperor had only one son and one daughter, so he was obviously very happy. He ran to Chunxi Pavilion and gave Wan Guiren a lot of things.
For a time, Wan Guiren was in the limelight in the harem.
She is not like Wang Guifei as publicity, often do a pair of weak and clever appearance, people can not find fault. When
I have nothing to do and go for a walk in the Imperial Garden, I can see Wan Guiren sitting on the swing.
The emperor’s eyes gently shook her slowly, and from time to time he crouched down and put his head sideways beside Wan Guiren’s stomach.
Two people are congenial, the whole body is the atmosphere that others can’t disturb.
I just think it’s ironic that once upon a time, the emperor did the same to me.
Two years ago, when I was pregnant, the emperor ran to me like a young boy.
He was around me every day, touching my stomach carefully, saying that if there was a son inside, he would be named prince directly, and if there was a daughter, she would be the most noble princess.
Unfortunately, the abortion lasted less than four months. During
the miscarriage, the emperor seemed to hold my hand and said again and again, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
I don’t know who he’s saying sorry to, me or my unborn child. The
annual Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has begun.
Many ministers and concubines attended and filled the whole hall.
I was sitting beside the emperor, dressed in yellow and fussy palace clothes, with a standard smile that could not pick out a trace of mistakes.
The emperor seemed very happy today. He drank two glasses of wine and waved to Wan Guiren, who was sitting below.
“Wan Wan, come and sit with me.”
Wan Guiren, with a rosy face, like a young girl in love, stepped forward and nestled in the emperor’s arms.
She was sitting almost on an equal footing with me, which was a sign of disrespect to me. The eyes of the concubines and ministers
below came up with a sense of inquiry, which made me feel a little ashamed.
I took a sip of wine and pressed down the trace of sourness in my heart.
The palace banquet continued, with dishes of snacks and dishes on the table in front of them.
I had no appetite and only moved a few chopsticks.
Suddenly, Wan Guiren took a sip of the white fungus soup and covered her stomach. Her face turned pale and she said, “Your Majesty, I have a stomachache!” With
that, she tilted her head and fainted, and there seemed to be blood flowing out of her dress. The
hall was in a mess in an instant, and the emperor was angry, with an anxious look on his face.
He picked up Wan Guiren directly, and when he went to the inner hall, he did not forget to put down a word coldly.
“Seal off the entire palace. No one is allowed to go in or out. Check it!”
Everyone was in a panic, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet became the scene of the crime, and everyone felt insecure. The people from the
hospital will come soon.
Dr. Hsu measured the bowl of white fungus soup that Wan Guiren had just eaten. Then he knelt on the ground and said, Your Majesty, there are nux vomica, musk, and safflower in this soup. It’s all abortifacient medicine! With a sullen face,
the emperor pinched the handle of the throne and said in a cold voice, “Check it for me!”! I’d like to see someone who wants to murder my children! The little maid who served the food
to Wan Guiren was soon brought out, and she knelt on the ground trembling.
“Who gave you the courage to put drugs in Wan Guiren’s soup?” The emperor asked.
The little maid of honor raised her head shakily, looked at me, and then lowered her head immediately.
I suddenly have a bad feeling.
Your Majesty, forgive me! Everything, everything was ordered by the empress, and the maidservant was forced to do it!
For a moment, all the eyes in the hall were focused on me, and the emperor’s eyes fell on me with suspicion.
I steadied my mind and asked in a harsh voice, “I have never seen you before, let alone ordered you. Don’t pour dirty water on me!”
The maid bent over and said, “Your Majesty, it’s Tao Hong, the big maid beside the empress, who threatened her maidservant to drug Wan Gui.”
Pink? How could..
I wanted to say something else, but the emperor said coldly, “Bring up that pink!”
Soon Taohong was pressed up by the bodyguard, and she knelt on the ground in silence, with her head hooked very low.
She said, “The maidservant deserves to die. Everything is the maidservant’s idea. It has nothing to do with the empress.” Although
her words excuse me on the surface, actually more and more black, who does not know that pink is the big maid around me, who can instruct her to do things?
“Peach Red, this palace treats you well!” I gritted my teeth and stared at the pink.
Taohong and Xiaocui are my personal palace maids, and they are also people I trust very much, but such people have become traitors, how can I not be disappointed.
Peach Red did not dare to lift her head, but said in a low voice, “The empress has nothing to do with herself, and Wan Guiren is pregnant. She is afraid that she will have a prince in her belly, which will threaten the position of the empress. That’s why she has come up with this bad plan. Your Majesty, forgive the empress!”
Joke! When did I say that?
I turned to look at the emperor and found that his eyes were cold to the bone, with obvious doubts.
Knowing that the situation was urgent, I knelt on the ground and looked at him firmly, hoping that he would believe me.
“Your Majesty is well aware that I would never do that.”
He should know me. I would never do that.
The emperor withdrew his gaze, and then Ling Sheng asked Tao Hong, “Do you have any evidence?”
Peach hung her head and said, “In the innermost compartment of the Empress’s inner room, there are medicinal herbs that have not been used up.” As soon as
the emperor waved his hand, someone went to search.
I did not speak, and I had predicted the result in my heart.
Sure enough, the eunuch came up with a small box in his hand and said in a shrill voice, “Your Majesty, this was found in the mezzanine of the empress’s room, but it contained the medicinal herbs from today’s Wan Guiren Soup.”
“Bang!”
The emperor’s jaw line was very tight, and a hot teacup at hand exploded at my leg, and a piece of porcelain cut my dress.
At this time, a Mammy came quickly to report, “Your Majesty, Wan Guiren, Wan Guiren, she had a miscarriage..”
……
“You poisonous woman!”
The emperor suddenly stood up, and his eyes were as cold and disgusted as I had ever seen them. With a
bang, I felt a burning pain on half of my face, and the hairpin on my head was knocked down and scattered on the ground. My
ears were ringing, and I could only vaguely hear the cold voice of the emperor.
“The empress has no virtue. She kills her children and is relegated to the cold palace!”
I have been in the cold palace for three days.
The cold palace, like its name, is cold to the bone. In the early autumn, the palace is like an ice cellar.
I live in a side hall of the cold palace, and the environment is simple.
Because I was still the queen, the eunuchs here did not dare to snub me face to face, which made my life not so sad. Of all
my maids, only Xiao Cui came with me. She accompanied me carefully, as if she was afraid that I would take things too hard.
In fact, I want to open up. There are not many palace maids and eunuchs in the
cold palace, adding up to more than ten people in total. When I was
sitting at the window, I found two eunuchs beating a little eunuch outside the window.
The little eunuch looked very thin and weak, and was kicked to the ground by the two men without any resistance.
I went out and asked, “What are you doing?”
The two eunuchs tried to defend themselves by saying, “Empress, it’s this boy who is lazy and doesn’t work hard. We’re just trying to educate him.”
“Oh, even if it is education, it is my palace that should educate him.”
The two eunuchs left with a calm expression on their faces. As they left, they still faintly heard them muttering, “Isn’t it just a waste queen? What are you so arrogant about?”
“Thank you, Empress, for saving my life.”
The little eunuch climbed up with difficulty and knelt at my feet.
I narrowed my eyes slightly and pointed at him. “Keep your head up.”
The little eunuch raised his head obediently. His skin was fair, his eyebrows were black but not thick, his eyes were beautiful peach blossom eyes, slightly raised, and his nose was like hanging gallbladder.
Such a face with red lips and white teeth did not look feminine on his face. But the more
I looked at him, the more familiar he looked, and then I suddenly remembered that this little eunuch was somewhat similar to the emperor, especially his eyebrows and eyes.
It’s just that the emperor’s eyes are deeper and gloomier than his. “What’s your name?”
I asked.
“The humble name of a slave is Xiao yuanzi.” He hung his head and answered.
I nodded. “This palace is just short of a big eunuch. Would you like to come and serve him?”
“The slave is willing!” Xiao yuanzi kowtowed a few times, as if he were very happy.
Xiao Cui was dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of Xiao yuanzi, and from time to time she ran against him and asked him to do some chores.
Xiao yuanzi did not complain, and after a long time, Xiao Cui was embarrassed to embarrass him again.
Small yuanzi’s mind is dexterous, more than small Cui will look at my face, almost where I go with where. Although the days of the
cold palace are poor, it is good to be quiet and comfortable. I don’t want to be able to accept the favor again, as long as I spend the rest of my life here safely.
But often the unexpected is so caught off guard.
One day, when I was repairing the red plum in the flowerpot, I saw Xiao Cui’s pale face and hurried into the house.
She looked at me and hesitated for a long time. Then she knelt on the ground and burst into tears. “Empress, General Qin..” she said. He was imprisoned for fornication with a foreign enemy.
“Click.” As soon as
my fingers shook, the scissors cut straight into my flesh, and the blood flowed in an instant.
Xiao yuanzi quickly came up to bandage me, and I listened blankly as Xiao Cui told me what had happened.
My father, general Qin, but was the first emperor to protect the country general, his loyalty who don’t know, he hate not to those Huns, how can he be a collaborator.
Hearing that some letters were found in his room, the emperor sent him to prison directly, and he was locked up in the most terrible prison. The way people were interrogated in prison
that day was extremely cruel. My father was old. How could he stand it.
My fingers hurt, and so does my heart.
The emperor could not have seen my father’s loyalty for so many years. How could he not investigate and put my father into prison directly.
Little Cui comforted me carefully, saying that things must be wrong and there must be a turn for the better.
I also want to sit and wait, but that’s my father, how can I control myself. I couldn’t wait
a second, so I rushed out of the cold palace and went straight to the Yanfu Palace where the emperor was.
He ran to the gate of Yanfu Palace and was stopped by the guards.
“I ask to see the emperor.”
I shouted at the palace gate. I don’t believe the emperor can’t hear me.
The emperor’s big eunuch came down the steps with a whisk and said to me, “Empress, the emperor is busy. Empress, please come back. Don’t embarrass us slaves.” Instead,
I knelt down on the stone slab in front of the palace gate and calmly said, “I will leave whenever the emperor comes out to see me.”
When the big eunuch saw me like this, he sighed and left me alone. So
I knelt on the cold stone slab, and I clearly heard the voice of the emperor and the voice of a woman in the hall.
“Waner, grind the ink well for me, or I’ll punish you.”
The woman’s voice coquettishly laughed. “Your Majesty is good or bad.”
Inside the men and women tease constantly, I heard if not heard, firmly kneeling, I do not believe that the emperor can not come out all the time. It began to
rain, as if God didn’t want me to stay here. The
rain wet my hair and my palace clothes. The palace maids and eunuchs who
passed by all cast their eyes. It was also funny that the queen who used to stand high above the masses had become like this today.
Little Cui cried beside me and begged me to go back for fear that I would freeze my body. The rain on
my head suddenly stopped. I looked up and saw that it was Xiao yuanzi who held up an oil-paper umbrella for me.
His usually handsome face was cold and hard at this time, the corners of his mouth were in a straight line, and he looked down at me with complicated eyes.
“Empress, is it worth it?”
I did not answer his words and looked ahead. With
a squeak, the door was finally pushed open from the inside, and my eyes brightened and then dimmed. It was not the emperor who
came out, but Wan Guiren.
No, it should be Wan Pin. Because she had a miscarriage, the emperor took pity on her and promoted her in order to compensate her. The top two buckles of
Wan Pin’s palace dress were open, her eyebrows and eyes were full of charm, and she looked at me with sarcasm and sympathy.
“Empress, Your Majesty says she doesn’t want to see you. You’d better not kneel down. I’ve heard that the empress has a disease. Don’t relapse.” The cause of
my illness was the miscarriage, and the doctor told me that I would never be pregnant again.
Wan Pin deliberately mentioned this stubble, the mind is obvious. When
she had said this, she returned to the temple.
I suddenly lost all my strength and was very tired.
“Go back.”
I’m so tired and my knees hurt. I don’t want to kneel any more.
……
I had a serious illness. I was dizzy every day. I couldn’t tell the difference between day and night. I lost a lot of weight very quickly. When I heard the news
again, it was my eldest brother who died in battle. In order to pull back the body of my eldest brother from the pile of corpses, my
second brother’s legs were disabled.
I heard that my sister-in-law was crazy and wanted to throw herself into the river with her baby in her arms. She was pulled back by her family.
My second brother, a character like Qingfeng Jiyue, has lost his legs, and his whole will is depressed, like a walking corpse.
The only good news is that my father was found out that the letters were forged and cleared. After he
was released from prison, my father voluntarily handed over all his military power and retired to his hometown. When I
heard the news, I burst out laughing. Xiao Cui thought I was crazy, and Xiao yuanzi looked at me worriedly.
I smile, with tears, I do not know whether to laugh or cry.
Crying after a serious illness, I completely calmed down, did not go to the emperor again, just stay in the cold palace, looking at the plum blossom outside the window day after day.
I didn’t go to the emperor, but he came suddenly.
He seemed to have drunk some wine, and there was a smell of alcohol on his body and his cheeks were red.
He didn’t say anything and broke into my house by himself.
I did not get up to greet, but quietly looked out of the window.
“Zhaozhao, are you blaming me?”
The emperor suddenly said this without beginning or ending.
I looked back at him lightly, neither positive nor negative.
“For the sake of your majesty’s health, we shouldn’t stay in the cold palace. Your majesty should come back as soon as possible.”
The emperor stood for a long time with his mouth closed, then left with his sleeves. After
the emperor left, Little Cui was somewhat puzzled and asked, “Empress, Your Majesty has come on her own initiative. Why doesn’t the Empress take this opportunity..”
I did not answer, but looked at the little boy in the corner, who was hanging his head in silence, and said, “You go down first, and I’ll have a word with the little boy.” There are only two people left
in the room, me and Xiao yuanzi. “What does the Empress want to talk to the slave about?” Asks
Little yuanzi.
I suddenly opened my mouth and told an old story.
“I heard that when the late emperor visited the south of the Yangtze River incognito, he shared his feelings with Zuo Ran, a famous prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River. Some even said that Zuo Ran was pregnant with a dragon, but his status was low and he was not allowed to enter the palace.”
“a few years later, Zuo Ran died suddenly, and the matter was not settled.”
“If she really has a child, that child will be twenty-two years old this year.”
I looked at Xiao yuanzi the whole time, and he just kept his head down.
“Little yuanzi, do you think Zuo Ran is really pregnant with a dragon?”
Little yuanzi said in a low, hoarse voice, “How could the empress believe such wild news? If Zuo Ran really had a dragon fetus, the late emperor would not have failed to welcome her into the palace and let the prince wander outside.”
I smiled and said, “Shall I call you Zuo yuan or Xiao yuan?”
「……」
Xiao yuanzi was silent for a moment, then raised his head, and his usual cautious expression disappeared, replaced by a pair of burning peach blossom eyes and a faint smile.
“The empress is really clever.” He said with a sigh.
“When did the Empress find out?”
I said lightly, “Just now, a person’s eyes can’t deceive people.”
Just when the emperor was there, Xiao yuanzi looked at the emperor’s back with very complicated eyes and hatred.
Although this look was only a moment, it was just caught by me.
“The empress is as careful as her hair, and the slave feels inferior.” Little yuanzi bent slightly and said in a clear voice, “Since the empress already knows, what if she plans to punish the slave?”
“Is it to hand over the slave to win back the emperor’s favor, or what?”
His voice was tinged with sarcasm.
I raised my eyebrows slightly and propped my chin up. “Are you really clean?”
Xiao yuanzi seemed to be stunned by my sudden question, and then his ears turned red.
“Slave..”
“Whether you’re clean or not, this palace is more interested in your purpose of sneaking into the palace.” I asked directly.
Xiao yuanzi’s eyes flashed slightly, and then he walked up to me and bent over slightly. In fact,
he is very tall, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, but he has been doing a low and small appearance on weekdays, but now he is not disguised, and when he unfolds his figure, there is still a sense of oppression that can not be ignored.
“If the empress wants to hear it, you can tell her one by one.”
His voice was clear and magnetic, and when it was deliberately lowered, it was somewhat charming.
……
I talked to Xiao yuanzi for a while, and then let Xiao Cui come in. Xiao Cui stared at Xiao yuanzi suspiciously, and then pestered me and asked, “Empress, what did you say to Xiao yuanzi? It’s so mysterious.”
I smiled and said, “I see that little yuanzi is handsome, and I want to find a pair of food for him. Why, do you want to be him?”
Little Cui blushed and spat, “Empress, you are so bad.” Winter is
coming, and the weather is getting colder.
I heard that the emperor chose a dancer at a banquet.
The dancer had a beautiful appearance and a pleasant personality, and soon won the favor of the emperor.
The dancer sealed the eyebrow nobleman in one fell swoop, which was even better than favor of Wan Pin at that time. Instead,
Wan Pin was left out in the cold until
the first snowy day, when news suddenly came from the palace.
Wan Pin is crazy.
I heard that she suddenly rushed into the snow crazily, wearing only an underwear, muttering that the noble is a bitch, the queen is a bitch, and everyone is not a good person. As
he muttered, he also shook out the thing that had framed me.
It turned out that the medicine was given by herself. She was jealous of me in order to win the sympathy of the emperor and pull me into the water.
I don’t understand why I should use the life of the child in my belly to win the mercy of the emperor. Wouldn’t it be better to have a baby
directly and have a solid position?
Because Wan Pin said the thing herself, which also cleared my injustice.
The emperor was so angry that he demoted Wan Pin to a commoner and threw her into the dungeon.
I, however, was welcomed back from the cold palace.
The emperor himself stood at the gate of Yongchang Palace to greet me, smiling very gently.
“Zhaozhao, it’s all my fault that you have suffered.”
The emperor wanted to hold my hand, but I brushed it away quietly.
The emperor’s face was ugly for a few seconds, and then he returned to nature.
Yongchang Palace is still familiar with my layout, and the emperor has given countless rewards, piled up throughout the palace, as if to compensate me.
Little Cui was very happy and reported the list of rewards to me in the same way.
I didn’t want to hear it, so I waved it and threw it all into the warehouse.
Little yuanzi was brought out of the cold palace by me and became my big eunuch. He wore an official hat, the brim of which covered most of his face.
Others can only see that he is more comely, and no one is suspicious. There was a mystery in
my mind that had not been solved, so I went to the dungeon alone to see Wan Pin. Wearing a prison uniform,
Wan Pin sat on her knees in the cold and damp dungeon
. She had only been in prison for a few days. Wan Pin was like a flower that had withered rapidly. I dared not recognize the vicissitudes of life. When
Wan Pin saw me, she was so excited that she grabbed the railing and wanted to eat my flesh and blood.
“Chin Chao, you bitch, you’re going to die a terrible death!”
I looked down at her and said, “It was you who framed me first. Why did you make a counter-charge?”
“I don’t understand. Now that you have an heir, wouldn’t it be better if you were born with peace of mind? Why did you do this?”
Wan Pin glared at me and said, “How could I give up the baby in my belly?”? It’s you! You got in the way and made me take real abortion pills! You did this to my child!
Joke! This palace has never done it! I frowned and said that in order to protect my mother’s family, I naturally wanted to make no mistake at all. How could I do such a desperate thing? Who
is that.. Who changed my medicine? Who harmed my child?
Wan Pin sat on the ground blankly, as if she was mad again, pulling her messy hair hard, her eyes dull, and muttering incoherently.
“The emperor loves me. He doesn’t love the empress. I’m not a substitute. The emperor loves me the most. He bought me a ice-sugar gourds. He loves me the most. He holds me, my child. He wants to make me the crown prince. I’m the empress..”
I saw that she was out of her mind and could no longer ask anything useful, so I left.
Walking out of the dungeon gate, I found Xiao yuanzi standing there quietly waiting for me. I didn’t tell anyone when I
came. I don’t know how he got here. As soon as
I came out, he took a cloak and put it on my shoulder. His voice was gentle and natural. “Why is the empress wearing so thin? Be careful of the cold.”
I did not speak, standing in place quietly looking at him, his face calm let me look at.
“Let’s go.” I
withdrew my gaze.
I went back to the old days, sitting in the Yongchang Palace all day, chatting with several concubines from time to time.
The emperor came to me several times on his own initiative, but I left in a huff because of my lukewarm attitude.
Little yuanzi did not know what had happened recently, and would suddenly disappear for a while, and then suddenly appear.
Little Cui told me that he was lazy, and I didn’t care.
Heard that the emperor these days is very fond of that eyebrow noble.
The noble man could dance and sing, and he could often hear the music and the charming smile of the beauty coming from the Yanfu Palace where the emperor lived.
It is said that the emperor sometimes does not even go to court in the morning and plays with the noble.
There is a kind of indulgence in wine and women, and from then on the king did not go to court early.
The other concubines could not sit still. Wang Guifei was the first one who could not help rushing into my palace.
“Doesn’t the empress care?”
Wang Guifei took a sip of tea and looked at me questioningly.
“In charge of what?”? As long as the emperor likes it.
I smiled faintly.
“Doesn’t the empress feel that this noble person is very much like the empress when she was young?”
“I didn’t know you very well when I was young, did I?” I raised my eyebrows and asked. Concu
bine Wang blushed visibly and muttered, “The empress was very flamboyant at that time. Which lady didn’t know your name?”
I laughed out loud. When I was young, I was really flamboyant. Because I was a female general of the Tiger Gate, I played with knives and guns all day long, unlike other ladies, so I was quite unique.
“So what if it looks like it? So what if it doesn’t?”
I smiled and said indifferently.
“It shows that the emperor has you in his heart. If you come forward and take care of it, maybe he will listen.” Wang Guifei said in a hurry.
“Your Majesty has everyone in his heart, including you, me, and the country.” I said.
Wang Guifei may be angry by my appearance of not entering the oil and salt, and left in a hurry.
Heard that she went to the emperor’s bedroom, found that the noble was dancing for the emperor, the emperor did not even give her a look, she was so angry that she went back to her own palace and smashed a lot of things.
I have some feelings. If I am angry, I will be angry. How can I smash things? It’s all silver. The border is not very peaceful
these days.
Xiongnu invasion, border war.
The country is also unstable, the sudden emergence of a civilian force, out of a rebel team, its expansion speed is very fast, not much time to gather tens of thousands of troops.
And this team is still under the banner of royal orthodox blood.
Who does not know the emperor in order to ascend the throne, the death of several brothers, the expulsion of the expulsion, there is no orthodox blood brothers.
If there is, there is one.
It’s just that he stays by my side all day, quiet as a chicken.
I looked at Xiaoyuanzi with a half-smile. Xiaoyuanzi blinked his beautiful peach blossom eyes and looked back at me frankly. He also peeled the tribute orange for me.
Heard that the emperor these days for the sake of political affairs, haggard.
And I, the main palace, should go to express my condolences.
I asked Xiaocui to simply pack a box of snacks and go to the Qinzheng Hall. When
I went in, the emperor, dressed in bright yellow imperial clothes, sat in front of the table to read the memorial, and his eyebrows seemed to be able to kill a fly.
He looked up and saw me coming. There was a flash of joy in his eyes. He stood up and said, “Zhao Zhao.” Smiling,
I put the food box on his desk and said, “Your Majesty is busy with government affairs these days, so you should pay attention to your health and not overwork.”
“I know.” The emperor took one of my hands directly and looked straight at me with deep eyes.
I did not move and looked back.
The emperor was much thinner with the naked eye, and now he seemed to be a little black, and his handsome face was a little less imposing.
“Zhaozhao, have you forgiven me?”
The emperor came closer and looked at me. Before I could
answer, I heard the eunuch announce outside the hall, “Your Majesty, the nobles are here.”
I pulled out my hand in an instant, bent slightly and said, “Since Your Majesty has made an appointment, I won’t bother you first.”
With these words, I went out of the Qinzheng Palace, ignoring the emperor’s desire to speak and stop. When
I went out, the man with eyebrows was going in.
She was dressed in a scarlet dress, with flower glaze between her eyebrows. Her figure was enchanting and her temperament was dazzling. Instead of paying my respects,
she passed me with a smile on her lips.
Little Cui was so angry that she said to me, “Empress, she’s so arrogant that she doesn’t even say hello to you!”
I patted her hand and said reassuringly, “Nothing.”
As soon as I walked a few steps, I heard the singing of the beauty in the hall.
Diligence Hall, Diligence Hall, isn’t it ironic.
The days go by little by little. The
situation in the court is becoming more and more urgent.
The force of the civilian army is very strong, and they are taking the path of buying the hearts of the people, and now the prestige is very strict.
Their offensive is getting closer and closer to the palace. Under the
internal and external troubles, the emperor did not know whether it was because of excessive indulgence in wine and women some time ago, and his health was getting worse and worse.
The whole palace is in low pressure, and everyone feels insecure. When paying
their respects, the concubines were no longer bickering with each other in a strange way. All of them were in mourning, as if they were about to be captured by the rebels.
The emperor ordered my third brother to come back from the border.
I just want to laugh. I wanted to drive my brothers out of the pass before, but now I can’t wait for them to come back.
In such an urgent atmosphere, Glutinous Rice Balls for Lantern Festival the palace banquet was held as scheduled.
I still sat beside the emperor, looking at the concubines and civil and military officials below.
It’s just that everyone hangs their heads and there’s no festive atmosphere.
Eyebrow noble stood up and said he would dance for his majesty.
The emperor may also feel that the atmosphere is too dignified, a wave of his hand agreed.
Mei Gui wears a red dance skirt and dances with the music like a group of flames.
The emperor did not know what to think of, so he turned his head to me and said, “When I first saw you, you were also dressed in red and sitting on a white horse. You looked beautiful and tight.”
His eyes are complex, and there seems to be nostalgia.
I lowered my eyes and whispered back, “It’s a pity that I don’t like to wear red now.”
The emperor did not speak, but could not control the cough twice, he became thinner and thinner, the original close-fitting imperial robe, also appears to be broad up. Suddenly
, a bodyguard burst in from outside the hall. He knelt on the ground with a splash and burst into tears. “Your Majesty,” he said! Those men have broken through the palace gate!
……
The emperor was quiet for two seconds, then spat a mouthful of blood in his mouth and fell to the ground.
The whole hall was in a mess, and the emperor was moved to the inner hall to be treated by the imperial physician. The rebels from
outside surrounded the palace, and everyone was under control, including me, and no one could get out or in. Among
these people, a leader wearing black clothes and a silver mask on his face came out slowly.
He was very tall, his black hair was tied up, his black robe made his complexion more like white jade, and he only showed a pair of eyes, which I was very familiar with.
He walked up to me step by step, and his voice was like a clear spring in the mountains.
“Empress, I have something to say to you. Would you do me the honor?”
The emperor’s life and death were uncertain in the inner hall, and I was the only one outside who had the heaviest right to speak, so no one was surprised. Several concubines looked at me worriedly, as if they were afraid that something would happen to me.
I nodded slightly. “Yes.”
The man seemed to smile and thoughtfully let me walk in front of him. When I
came to a deserted place, I stopped and turned around. “You’re faster than I thought.”
I looked him straight in the eye.
He slowly took off the mask, and that face was the little yuanzi who had been missing for a few days.
He chuckled and said, “Please worry about the empress. Of course I want to hurry up.”
I did not answer, but walked towards the inner hall.
The eunuchs and palace maids all knelt in a row and no one dared to look up. As long as they looked up, they would find that the rebel leader was the big eunuch beside me before.
I went to the inner hall, pushed the door and went in. The emperor lay quietly on the bed, with a silver needle between his eyebrows, as if he was hanging.
He felt someone coming and turned his head with difficulty. When he saw me, he was still a little happy. When he saw the man coming behind me, he opened his eyes wide in an instant. A man as clever as
he is, of course he guessed something.
You! You adulterers and adulteresses! When
he spoke, the corners of his mouth were still bloodshot and his eyes were red.
I calmly stood in front of his bed and calmly said, “Your Majesty is wrong. We have nothing to do with each other.”
“Then why..” The emperor gritted his teeth and asked. Instead of answering,
I asked, “Your Majesty, how did my father get into prison?”
“How did my eldest brother die?”
The emperor froze and pursed his lips.
“How did my second brother become disabled?”
I then asked.
“And how did I lose the child I had two years ago?”
「……」
The emperor was silent.
I laughed sarcastically and said, “Isn’t that strange?”? We’ve been married for five years, and for the first three years I was almost a pet. Unfortunately, there was no movement in my belly, and it was not easy to get pregnant. It’s been four months, but it’s still gone.
“I looked into it, and guess what I found?”
I seemed to gently touch his cheek. “Because I have been taking medicine for children for many years, I am in poor health. Even if I have a child, I can’t keep it.”
“But I’ve never taken any medicine to avoid children.”
“I have only taken the tonic you gave me.”
“And my father, my brothers, for you, for the court, were loyal and loyal, and in the end they only ended up in such a disastrous defeat.”
“Don’t you have anything to say to me?” Depressed,
the emperor moved his lips several times, and finally uttered the words, “I’m sorry.”
“Sorry, that’s all you ever know.”
I sighed lightly and withdrew my hand.
“I really regret that I met you at the spring outing that day.”
“If time could come back, I wouldn’t go out that day.” When
I finished, I turned and left.
The emperor stretched out his hand, as if to catch something, and finally only caught a piece of nothingness.
I went out of the inner hall, and Xiao yuan stood waiting for me at the door.
He looked at me for a long time and then said, “Are you soft?”
I did not answer his words, but felt tired, too tired to walk, too tired to say a word.
…… For the first time,
I felt so clearly that the change of Dynasty was just a matter of overnight.
Xiao yuan is the blood of the first emperor, after Xiao Ye died, he naturally ascended the throne smoothly. Unexpectedly, there was no objection in the
court, and even if there was, it had long been controlled. Only then did
I realize how deep Xiao yuan’s layout was. No matter the court ministers, even many people in the harem were his confidants.
Even if I hadn’t agreed to work with him, I guess he could have come this far on his own.
We, the concubines of the late emperors, still stayed in our own palaces, and there was no difference except that we could not go out. When paying
my respects, I still sat in the main seat and looked at the concubines below.
Many people have seen the new emperor Xiao yuan’s true appearance, and those who have seen Xiao yuanzi can naturally be linked together, but the winner is the loser, and they dare not question it at all.
Wang Guifei hated me and stared at me with bloodshot eyes.
“Why are you doing this?” Her voice was husky.
I didn’t answer her. I just waved my hand and said, “Don’t be afraid. It’s estimated that we will all be dismissed from the palace after a while.”
“Why are you!” Wang Guifei still asked persistently.
“I’m no longer the queen, so you don’t have to pay your respects anymore. Just retire.” I waved my hand.
“Why are you doing this? He loves you, and you are the queen. Are you still not satisfied?”
I looked up at her and said softly, “I told you that he loves everyone. He loves you, he loves me, he loves the country, and he loves power.”
Wang Guifei did not speak, the whole person seems to have lost color, trance to go out.
All the concubines had gone, and only Mei Guiren was still sitting there.
She stood up, bowed to me, and said, “Empress, remember what you promised me.”
“I remember.” I nodded.
That’s right.
Mei Guiren is my man.
Because no one knows Xiao Ye’s preferences better than I do. I found
the eyebrow nobleman according to my appearance when I was young.
Sure enough, I got the favor at once. Every time
Mei Guiren got along with the emperor, he would give him a trace of poison.
This little bit adds up to enough to kill people.
In fact, I gave Xiao Ye a chance.
If he had not been too fond of the nobles, the poisons would not have accumulated so quickly, and he would not have fallen so quickly.
Too bad he didn’t take his chance. After
Xiao yuan went to court, he came directly to my bedroom.
He took off the skin of the eunuch and put on the imperial robe, which was more imposing than Xiao Ye.
As if he was still around me as a small yuanzi, he naturally handed me a hand stove and peeled oranges for me.
“Your Majesty, our deal is done.”
I looked up at him.
Hsiao yuan did not speak, but continued to peel the orange for me. When he finished, he put the orange in the palm of my hand and smiled. “You’re still the queen.”
“I’m not. Hsiao Yeh is dead.” I answered.
“No.” Hsiao yuan looked straight at me. “It’s my queen.”
I was silent for a moment and then chuckled. Did you find someone to change
Wan Guiren’s medicine? Tao Hong was also under orders from you, and the two eunuchs who beat you that day were also acting out of you.
Hsiao yuan’s Adam’s apple glided up and down, smiling helplessly. “You’re so smart, I don’t know what to do.”
“I’m tired. You go first.”
I turned my head and interrupted what he was going to say next.
“Well, you have a good rest. I’ll come to see you tomorrow.”
Xiao yuan stood up and said with some dryness.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t know that he will never see me again tomorrow.
7
days later. When
Xiao yuan came to Yongchang Palace, he found it very quiet inside. He suddenly felt a bad feeling in his
heart.
He rushed into the house, and sure enough, it was empty.
There is only a piece of letter paper on the desk. There is a line written
in it.
“I’m tired of being a queen. Don’t think about it.”
Xiao yuan holds this piece of letter paper, slowly crouches down, the throat comes out a sound, I do not know is crying, or sighs.
Then Yongchang Palace sounded the death knell. Empress
Qin died.
…… At
this time, a woman in red, riding a horse with a veil, walking on the path outside the palace, heard the bell and turned to look in the direction of the palace.
Then he said something like a smile.
“He who knows my heart is Xiao yuanzi.”
I am Xiao Ye, the third prince of the State of Xiao.
I’m obviously the queen’s son, but I’m the least favored.
I don’t understand why my father prefers the second elder brother born to Jing Fei.
My mother told me that those who want to achieve great things must endure what ordinary people cannot endure. After the death of
my mother, I was even more helpless.
I began to learn patience.
Learn to hide yourself.
Learn to wear a thick mask on your face.
Even though everyone’s eyes were focused on my other brothers, even though my father said I was the most mediocre of all his children, I could face it calmly.
I’ve been waiting.
Wait for an opportunity.
Several brothers married one after another, and the second brother married the daughter of Taifu, so he also got the strong support of Taifu and gained a firm foothold in the court.
And my mother has passed away, and now Jing Fei, who is in charge of the harem, will not care about my marriage at all, so I have to plan everything by myself.
Soon, I found a suitable candidate, that is, the only daughter of General Qin, the apple of the Qin family’s eye. General
Qin has won the Sacred Heart, and his position among the military commanders is extraordinary. He holds the military power, and his sons are also very promising. If I can get his support, I will be able to turn the tables against the wind.
Although I have never seen the appearance of the girl named Qin Zhao, I have privately asked people to investigate her preferences.
Heard that this Qin girl’s character is not like other ladies, she is bright and flamboyant, but also with his father and brother to practice martial arts, swords, guns and sticks are all proficient.
Heard that she yearned for the wanton rivers and lakes in the script, thinking about how to ride a horse to the end of the world all day long.
It is said that she likes sweet food, especially the ice-sugar gourds sold in small towns.
I investigated all her preferences and made full preparations. I
heard that she would go to the spring outing. I didn’t like the occasion, but I went. During the
spring outing, I stood in the corner of the pavilion, surrounded by many women or implicit or obvious expression of their feelings to me, were rejected by me one by one, because my purpose today is not here. Just
when I thought she wouldn’t come, suddenly there was a rush of hooves not far away, and all the people around me exclaimed.
“Is that the eldest daughter of the Chin family?”
“Why is she so restless that she doesn’t look like a girl?”
“But she’s so beautiful.”
I raised my head and gawked at the figure in red on the white horse. Yes, it was beautiful.
She wore a red dress like a flame, bright clothes and angry horses, the corners of her mouth turned up, and her eyes were as bright as stars, so bright that everything around her lost its color. It was the first time I had seen her in person,
although I had investigated her very clearly in private. It’s more beautiful
than I thought.
I suddenly felt that it was a good decision to spend the rest of my life with such a girl.
……
Knowing that she knew Qin Zhao’s preferences like the palm of her hand, she soon fell into the love net I had woven for her.
Looking at her eyes that completely trusted me, my heart beat violently, as if to break out of my chest.
She said she wanted to marry Jianghu Daxia and live a carefree and ordinary life. She asked me if I could promise her a pair of people for the rest of her life.
I nodded and said yes. General
Qin originally looked down on me, Qin Zhao did not know what to go back and say to her father, although General Qin looked good, but still agreed to the marriage.
With the support of the Qin family, I did not have to disguise, and stepped directly into the struggle to seize the throne.
These years of recuperation, so that several brothers have already relaxed their vigilance against me, my sudden action, so that they simply have no time to guard against. On his deathbed,
my father held my hand and begged me to let the other brothers live.
I want to laugh, let them go, who let me go.
I used the means of thunder to ascend the throne directly. Those imperial brothers who threatened me all died. The rest were dismissed by me to the remote fief and could never return to Beijing.
I know that some people say in private that I am too ruthless and cruel to my brothers and feet, but I don’t care, because I know a truth that only what I hold in my hands is my own. Although
I sat on the dream of the throne, but I know, the waves under the court, because general Qin is my father-in-law, holding the military power, his sons can be civil and military, reputation is very high, I am not afraid is false.
It’s just that I’ve just secured the throne, and I still need their support. After
Qin Zhao became the empress, things were trivial, and the whole person was reduced a lot. I hugged her and said that she should drink more tonic prescribed by the Imperial Physician.
In fact, those tonics are all soups to avoid children. Anyone can have my baby
now, but she can’t.
I watched her drink the medicine unsuspectingly, feeling a little guilty, but I suppressed it.
I told myself, it’s all right, when the situation is stable, I will compensate her.
But things are not as simple as imagined, and the court needs checks and balances.
Soon I took a fancy to the old prime minister, his seniority is enough, prestige is also deep, with general Qin, just balance.
So I married Wang Yan, the wife of the old prime minister. Wang Yan was spoiled and had no brains. It was more appropriate to marry her.
Qin Zhao knew this matter, silent for a long time, sick, I knelt beside her bed, holding her hand and said, this is just forced, will not be like this in the future.
She forgave me, but her smile was bitter.
But I don’t know, once something cracks, it’s out of control. Before long
, Qin Zhao was pregnant.
I was a little surprised that she was still pregnant after drinking the soup.
This child comes at a bad time.
If born, it’s okay to be a princess, but if it’s a prince, then all my previous efforts to balance the court will be in vain.
But I also have some secret joy in my heart, this is our child, I do not know whether the president is like me, or like Zhao Zhao, will be very lovely.
But this one didn’t stay.
The Imperial Physician came to me and said alone that her body could not stay pregnant because of the corrosion of the soup before. After this miscarriage, it was estimated that it would be difficult to bear children in the future.
I looked at Qin Zhao’s pale little face, and she blamed herself for not taking good care of the baby in her belly.
I know the truth, but I can’t say it. I can only say sorry over and over again. Every time
I see Qin Zhao’s face, I will think of the child who has not yet formed. I blame myself for not being able to face her, so I have to escape.
So I learned to share the rain and dew, those new to the palace fresh, looking at my face longingly, can really let me forget something.
I do not know when to start, Qin Zhao more and more silent, but also become more and more strange, every time she sees me, all hang a decent smile, but all smile can not reach the fundus.
She is really like a dignified, gentle and considerate queen, but my heart, like being blocked, is uncomfortable and tight. When I
left the palace, I met a folk woman named Li Waner, whose smile was unexpectedly similar to Zhao Zhao’s. With a secret idea,
I brought Li Waner into the palace. The news in the
palace spread so fast that Qin Zhao would soon know that I had brought back a woman who looked like her.
I don’t know what she’ll think.
I went to her palace specially for dinner, and she was still dignified.
I deliberately mentioned the matter of Li Waner, who knows she is more active than me, directly said to give Li Waner a place, thinking very thoroughly. The more
she does this, the more I can’t say how bored I am. I am very happy that
Wan Guiren is pregnant. At the
banquet, Wan Guiren vomited blood and had a miscarriage. I didn’t believe the maid when she said it was all at the instigation of the queen, because she knew her temper better than I did. She couldn’t do such a thing.
But it suddenly occurred to me that I had been afraid of General Qin for a long time, and this was an opportunity.
So I played the trick and put her in the cold. When I
saw her incredible eyes, I ran away. I told myself in my heart that this time, when I took the military power from General Qin, I would make up for her.
But just this once, I lost her completely. The process of
withdrawal was very smooth, but I didn’t expect her two brothers to have an accident one after another.
I know. She’s gonna hate me.
I can’t face her eyes that hate me.
I met Wen Mei again, and when she fell in front of me in her red dancing dress, I seemed to see the scene of Qin Zhao for the first time.
I sank into it soberly.
My body is getting worse day by day.
The army broke through the gate, I can’t change all this. When
I lay in bed and saw Qin Zhao come in with the rebel, I understood everything.
I still can’t believe she did this.
She touched my face and told me my sins.
I can not refute, these are the things I have done, so she knows. The last thing
she said was that she regretted meeting me on the day of spring outing. I have a pain in my
heart.
Zhaozhao, you don’t know that even our meeting was carefully designed by me.
My father said that I was a very sophisticated, selfish and cowardly person.
He’s right.
I am such a person.
If there is a next life, I will not bother you, I will watch you from a distance as a biological child, have a husband who can spoil you and love you for a lifetime, and accompany you to live the free and ordinary life you want.
I reached out to grasp her, but I could only grasp her blurred figure. Before I
closed my eyes, I felt as if I had returned to the spring of the year of the crown. By the Yongding River, a girl in red rode a white horse and looked at me with a pair of smiling eyes.
“Are you the Third Highness?”
“I am Chin Chao, Chao Chao, the Chao of the Moon.”
(End of full text)
Author: Xiao Guanghan
Record No.: YX01VmYJ9oaMgq9rR
Published on 2022-06-13 19:08. Forbidden to Reprint
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