8. Spring is shining.

Chunguang Zhaozhao

, the old friend sighed: I don’t know when

Wei Yan will appear in the inner palace again without asking about the end of the song. When

I went to see him, it was his new imperial concubine who came to open the door wearing only a thin shirt.

Three years ago, he refused to accept a concubine for me, and I was the only one in the palace.

Later, he hugged me and said he would make me queen.

And I have made up my mind to leave the palace. When I got up

in the morning, I used to pay my respects to the queen mother.

Looking at the different route in front of him, he called on yuan Hsing to lower his palanquin. He lowered his eyes and asked Huan-hsi, “Why are you going this way today?”

“Back to the old lady, the way we used to go, we found a lot of cracks on the floor tiles yesterday, and now we’re just in time to change them.”

I nodded and sat back down. In the palace not far ahead lived the newly appointed imperial concubine. When I

passed by, I looked at the past devilishly. A bright yellow figure just appeared outside the bedroom hall, the line of sight unexpectedly met on the ground. It seems that

I haven’t seen Zhao Ye for half a month. There are too many things to do when the new emperor ascends the throne.

Through the palace gate of his new concubine, I looked at him in the distance. Just a breath, I calmly moved away from the line of sight, as if I had not seen it. As the

morning breeze passed by, I pinched my cold fingertips and said, “It seems to be a little colder today.”

Huan-hsi smiled. “Is the empress joking?”? The sun is much brighter today than it was yesterday.

I looked at the beads of sweat on the forehead of the eunuch who carried the sedan chair and did not speak. After paying my respects

to the queen mother, I asked yuan Xing to take all the people back to the palace first, and only Huanxi followed me around.

Walking to the vicinity of Chengyuntai, it happened that the palace people were cleaning. The two maidservants turned their backs to me, sweeping the floor perfunctorily and talking in a low voice:

“If you ask me, I can’t wait for the grand ceremony of the imperial concubine.”

“What did my sister say?” It’s been two years since

Princess Mingfei became Crown Princess, but she still hasn’t come out. You can see that our emperor didn’t like her when he was Crown Princess. What’s more, when Concubine Xuan entered the palace, she became a concubine, and the emperor personally gave her the title, but Concubine Ming didn’t..

Huan-hsi couldn’t bear to listen anymore. He glared, “How dare you!”! Talk about your master behind his back. Which palace are you slaves from? In an instant,

the two of them turned around and knelt on the ground. Their faces turned pale with fear, and they repeatedly kowtowed. “Join the Imperial Concubine, and the Empress will spare my life..” Walk

around the stream. I stood there in a trance, thinking about what they had just said.

The Crown Princess has nothing to do, nothing to do. .thirty-one

years of Shunhe. As soon as I woke up from my nap that day, my father had been sitting in the courtyard waiting for me for a long time. I

got up and opened the door. “Daddy,” I said, with the voice of Jiao Han, who had just woken up.

My father touched my head and said with a smile, “The crown prince told my father today that he wanted to marry Ah Cheng. Ah Cheng will be the crown princess in the future.”

At that time, I was fifteen years old, and I had just got married, so I had the right to go out.

Prince Zhao Ye said that I was the only daughter in the official mansion of the State of Qin, and that I had been given special permission by the emperor to marry again at the age of seventeen because of my father’s feelings of missing his daughter. After the

marriage decree came down, I was still at a loss.

I have never seen the prince, but I have heard from other ladies. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only looks beautiful and beautiful, but also has a great way of governing the country.

Last year, the Jinaiguan Mountain collapsed, and many towns at the bottom of the mountain were hit by mudslides. People were displaced and suffered heavy losses.

Local officials embezzled the central relief property, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally went south, not only settling the people everywhere, but also rectifying corrupt officials. No one complained to the court and praised it again and again.

Even if he put aside the identity of the crown prince, there are still a lot of ladies flocking to him.

I was stunned, but I still didn’t have any sense of reality. Not long after, Huanxi brought back a kite from outside the mansion, which was exquisitely made.

Huan-hsi was placed in front of me, his eyes glistening at me, and he said excitedly, “Young lady, this is a betrothal gift sent by His Royal Highness. It’s for a young lady alone.” The betrothal gift sent by the

royal family to the government of the State of Qin was so luxurious that his father was stunned. But he said he gave it to me alone.

Kite, take the word Zheng.

He is like a spring of clear water in a crowd of lyres.

I stared at the kite, raised my hand to touch the hot ear tip, and felt the heartbeat of my daughter’s family for the first time.

In the next two years, I met him several times when I went to the palace to pay my respects to the queen. But because of the etiquette and law, he only glanced at it from a distance and did not see it carefully.

Until the big wedding. In the thirty-third year

of Shunhe, on the day of the prince’s wedding, the degree of grandeur was crowned with unprecedented four words. On the

wedding night, I was lifted the veil. The soft light of the candle was reflected in the man’s clear eyes. He called me with a warm smile, “Ah Zheng.”

I looked at him helplessly, forgetting for a moment the etiquette taught by my aunt in the palace, only to hear the sound of my very fast heartbeat. In the

middle of the night, several bright red bedclothes rolled to the ground at an unknown time. Zhao Ye leaned over and touched my earlobe with his lips. The hot air sprayed out of his neck. He asked in a breathy voice, “Do you want to blow the lamp?”

My face burned even more, and I quickly buried myself in the pillow and did not answer him. I heard him laugh in a low voice and then move.

The next morning, when I got up, a maid presented me with a bowl of soup and said, “Your Highness ordered me to make a tonic for the empress.”

After marriage, Zhao Ye treated me very well and did not accept the concubines. I was the only one in the huge East Palace.

Even if he is busy with government affairs, he will spare three days to accompany me to travel in January. Most of the time, I offered to fly kites in the suburbs, and he always agreed with a smile.

On a day trip, the carriage stopped at the roadside. I lifted the curtain and happened to see a couple at the door of a house. The

young woman cut off a strand of hair and stuffed it into her purse and put it in the palm of her husband’s hand. The husband also hurriedly put it in the pocket of the front to show his treasure.

“What are you looking at?” Zhao Ye quietly came up behind me and asked in his ear.

I quickly put down the curtain and said, “It’s nothing.”

He rubbed my hot ears with a smile and did not speak.

the Beginning of Winter, there has been no reply from the emissary in the north for more than three months. The emperor was worried about the rebellion in the north and wanted to send the prince to make a private visit.

However, no prince in the court was willing to hide his identity and go without an army.

Only the prince.

Before leaving, there was only one carriage and two boys.

“Your Highness, is there any danger?” I tugged at his sleeve and looked up at him.

Zhao Ye gently gathered me in his arms, stroked my back and comforted me by saying, “No, Ah Zheng.”

Immediately, I remembered something, hurried out of his arms, ran to the dressing table, picked up the scissors, cut off a small strand of hair, and put it into the purse I had just sewn for him two days ago.

“Ah Zheng?” He looked at my series of movements and couldn’t understand what they meant.

I went over and held out my hand. “It will accompany my husband instead of Ah Cheng.”

At this moment, I only regard the man in front of me as my husband, that’s all.

Because I’m the Crown Princess, I can’t complain, I can’t stop. But I’m also his wife, and I worry, and I’m afraid, and I miss.

Zhao Ye was stunned for a moment, then took the inside of the chest into his arms, not tied together with the waist.

He leaned over and kissed me on the forehead. His voice was gentle and serious. “When I come back.”

After he left, the tears in his eyes could not help falling down one after another. In a

flash of two months, it is the severe cold, and the snowstorm in Beijing has not stopped recently.

The prince had already sent a message back to the court, but simply said that many tribes in the north did have the intention of rebellion and should not live for a long time. Now he has set out to return to Beijing. But he did not return, and the emperor frowned increasingly.

I sat by the window and sighed as the snow piled up on the ground.

The capital is so cold, not to mention the north. These days, I often stand at the door with an umbrella, expecting to see that figure.

I don’t know how many days it was, but the snowstorm was very fierce that day. I stood quietly by the threshold, as if it had become a habit.

Suddenly, I saw someone in the distance.

I clenched the handle of the umbrella and looked at it in disbelief, not daring to blink. In the

snow, two people are walking this way. At the moment of seeing clearly, I immediately threw open my umbrella and ran out. The deportment of the Crown Princess was completely left behind.

I stumbled into the man’s arms.

“Your Highness!”

Zhao Ye’s body was cold and his clothes were stained with ash, which was quite different from his previous appearance.

I can’t imagine how much he has suffered.

He pressed me tightly into his arms, buried his head in my neck, and let out a deep sigh: “My Ah Zheng.” In the

cold days, I felt the signs of warming up.

That night, Zhao Ye seemed to be a different person, abandoning the tenderness of the past, and the strength was so great that I felt pain. I sobbed for him to be gentle, and he only leaned over and kissed the corner of my eye, but not less. When I woke up

the next day, I nestled in his arms and told him about the two months of busywork. I choked up and finally buried myself in his chest and cried.

These days, there are different kinds of news from the outside world.

What’s more, some people said that most of the princes were dead, and advised the emperor to change others. Behind the

lost and recovered is endless fear. He hugged me up and coaxed me softly.

In the morning, the maid brought up the tonic as a rule. When I was about to drink, I was stopped by Zhao Ye.

“Your Highness, what is it?” I looked at him in puzzlement.

He looked at me for a moment, then turned his back and looked out of the window. I

didn’t care. I took it and drank it.

Married a year, but I have not been able to have a pregnancy, the queen intentionally or unintentionally mentioned several times to let Zhao Ye side of the imperial concubine, but also he refused.

As a crown princess, it was his duty to choose a side concubine for him, but after knowing that he refused, he was more secretly pleased and did not want him to take a concubine.

While snickering, Zhao Ye turned around and caught him red-handed. He chuckled and turned around and took my hand. “So happy?” My mouth and

eyes were flying, and I pretended not to understand. He only scratched his palm lightly. You can’t admit to

such a thing.

I started drinking all kinds of fertility tonics, and he didn’t say anything when he knew about it.

After failing to see any effect again and again, I became increasingly anxious and often sleepless.

Sometimes they even suspect that they have physical problems, but they dare not let the doctor diagnose them. Fear that if it is true, it will not be far from being abolished.

The Crown Princess can’t bear children.

Until one day, I went to the study of the side hall to send Zhao Ye the cakes he had just made. Eunuchs or bodyguards were stationed outside the door when

the prince was in charge of the proceedings. No notification, no admittance. When I saw no one at the door

that day, I thought Zhao Ye was just writing a memorial to the throne. He went to the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and the sound came from the room.

Your Highness, why don’t you stop avoiding the soup and let the empress give birth to the emperor’s grandson? Wouldn’t this further consolidate our relationship with the Duke of Qin? This is the voice of Zhao Ye’s staff.

I suddenly froze, feet like being filled with a thousand pounds of lead, unable to move a step, forced to listen to Zhao Ye’s answer.

Now, the foundation of Solitude is secure. Ming Shuhong was not only the Duke of Qin, but also Youcheng. Nearly half of the civil officials in the court were headed by him. If the royal bloodline was mixed with the Ming clan, wouldn’t it be a curse for me to bury my consorts in power?

His voice was as clear as ever, but I felt cold to the bone.

Empress! Your Highness is sitting in the Chamber.

Zhao Ye’s personal bodyguard ran from not far away, instantly across the middle of me and the door, blocked in the doorway, with a look of panic. The sound in the

room suddenly stopped. He knew I was at the door, but he still didn’t come out.

After a while, I nodded, unable to pretend that I had heard nothing, and turned away in disgrace.

It turns out that the tonic you drink is for avoiding children. He never really wanted me and his kids. I

don’t know how I walked back to the bedroom hall. After sending the maid away, I stared at the kite on the table and blinked my dry eyes.

Tomorrow, he promised to accompany me to fly kites in the suburbs. The first one he gave me was broken. He ordered someone to make a new one, which was more exquisite, but he hadn’t had time to put it away yet. I

should have thought of that. There were not a few people who asked my

father to marry me, all of whom came for the succession of the Duke of Qin or the connections of the Minister Youcheng.

He’s the prince. Should be the one who values power most among them.

My love is nothing but a joke.

I raised my hands tightly over my mouth to keep the sobs from coming out.

Now that I’m married to him, what’s done is done. Nothing can be changed except to continue to maintain the normal situation as if nothing had happened. The noise in the

hall still alarmed the maid at the door.

“What’s the matter, Empress?”

I stifled my sobs and cleared my throat. My voice was still a little hoarse. “Nothing,” I said. A

quarter of an hour later, I called Huanxi to come in and put the kite at the bottom of the box in the dowry warehouse, and never took it out again.

This night, I lay on the bed and looked at the bed curtain until dawn. There was a cool breeze outside the

hall, and the curled window masts trembled.

Zhao Ye did not return all night.

The next morning, the palace people set up the breakfast, and Zhao Ye came back just in time. I

didn’t ask him why he didn’t come back last night. I just bent over to pay my respects. With his usual smile, he came over and stretched out his hand to help me. “No need to be polite.”

I stepped back, lost my hand in front of me, and then lowered my eyes to avoid his sight. “Thank you, Your Highness.” The white robe with golden thread and dragon pattern rolled in

front of him paused for a moment, and then he sat down as if nothing had happened. Instead of sitting beside him as before,

I sat opposite him.

He didn’t seem to think anything was out of the ordinary, so he naturally put a piece of cake in front of me. “Ah Cheng, ask someone to bring more before you go out today. You love these sweet and glutinous ones.”

After listening, I put down my chopsticks and raised my head to look at him. “Your Highness,” I said in a calm voice, “I suddenly feel cold. I’m not feeling well. I’m afraid I can’t go out.”

The air was silent. He stopped and looked down at the cake.

I also sat quietly, waiting for his decision. When Zhao Ye opened his mouth

again, his expression did not change. He did not ask questions as carefully as before. He only nodded and said gently, “In that case, I won’t go today. You should stay in the bedroom and rest more.”

I observed the ceremony, and then I said again, “Thank you, Your Highness.” After a pause, he took advantage of the situation and said, “Your Highness, I have to rest alone every time I feel cold since I was a child, and I am afraid that I will give your Highness..”

“You’re moving to the side hall, aren’t you?”

This is the first time that Zhao Ye interrupted me.

I quietly to his line of sight, he is still smiling, but not to the fundus.

“Yes.” I answered.

Looking at the man in front of me, I think I have never seen him before, and his love for me should be like his smile now, floating on the surface, not in the eyes.

I don’t know how long it was before the steaming heat of the porridge in the bowl cooled down and he said,

“The Crown Princess will do as she pleases.”

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, was about to pick up chopsticks, Zhao Ye has been put down.

Then he said slowly, “You can use it. When you’ve finished eating, go to the study first.” As soon as

the voice fell, the man got up and left without giving me a chance to salute.

I looked past the bowl on the opposite side, which had hardly been touched, and took it back without stopping, using the already cold breakfast.

I moved to the farthest place from the main hall, after which the number of times I saw Zhao Ye suddenly decreased, except for necessary occasions and several encounters. I find something to do

every day and try not to be idle. When you are free, your heart will be torn and painful.

Later, after a long time, it was not uncomfortable not to think of his words deliberately. I don’t know why

Zhao Ye didn’t take a concubine again. But the prince has nothing to do, so that the queen is anxious. Once again, when I went to pay my respects,

the empress asked me to persuade Zhao Ye to take a concubine. She warned me that the Crown Princess should be broad-minded and should not be jealous. It has been nearly half a year since

I moved out of the main hall, and I have been indifferent to the matter of accepting the side imperial concubine again.

The feeling of suffocation and pain seemed far away from me.

Under the pressure of the empress, I returned to the East Palace and went to the main hall for a long time. After

learning that Zhao Ye was in the study, I only took Huanxi there.

As on my last visit, there was no handle at the door. But I did not come forward again, but stopped not far away and asked Huanxi to knock on the door to inform me.

Not long after, Huanxi opened the door to me.

“What are you looking for?”

Zhao Ye put down his official duties and looked at me unexpectedly, but his voice seemed to sound in a good mood. There are only two of us

in the house. I pursed my lips and thought over and over again. “Should Your Highness consider accepting the concubine?” I asked. The man

behind the table looked confused and did not answer.

I couldn’t figure out what he was thinking, so I sighed and said frankly, “The crown prince has never come out. My mother has already come to me many times. Besides, it’s really unreasonable that there is only one crown princess in the East Palace.”

Then I slanted my head and looked away, inadvertently seeing the scene outside the window.

Suddenly, some envy the grey geese who are about to move away from the south.

Has been unable to wait for Zhao Ye’s answer, and then turn back to the line of sight, he is looking at me.

Before he could see the emotion in his eyes, he picked up the new memorial and looked down at it. “I know,” he said. “If nothing happens, the Crown Princess will go out.”

I got up and saluted, opened the door and looked back before I stepped out. Stacks of memorials were stacked

on the table, and the man in the pale yellow narrow-sleeved robe frowned from time to time and corrected them carefully.

He is still what I used to like.

At this moment, I suddenly realized that, except for heartlessness, he would be a wise king in his life.

I don’t know what Zhao Ye said to the queen, but the queen didn’t mention it to me later.

Four months later, the emperor suddenly had a head disease, which came quickly and without warning.

The prince and the princes were ordered to serve him in turn, and he became busier and saw him less. When the news came out

again, the late emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne.

Zhao Ye did not even return to the East Palace, day and night in the call to talk about different officials. After I

was taken to the harem, I heard by accident that the new emperor had recently summoned Dai Xiao, a newly promoted infantry captain.

However, apart from the court, he had never alone summoned Ming Shuhong, the head of civil servants, and Wei Yan, who held most of the military power in the capital and Yanbian.

Something seems to be beginning to happen. I remembered what he had said to his aides a year ago. Zhao Ye seemed to have been dissatisfied with my father’s position in the court.

I felt a surge of uneasiness for no reason, and before I could think about it, I was called back by a voice.

“What are you thinking?”

It’s Zhao Ye who hasn’t seen you for many days.

I looked out of the window. It was already dark. I got up and walked over to salute. After the

national mourning, he changed into a golden dragon robe.

He held my wrist and picked me up, but did not let go, rubbing his fingers between my wrists.

“I’ve been dealing with government affairs in the Qinzheng Palace all this time, so I just took some time to come and see you.” He spoke in a gentle voice.

I stiffened my wrist and answered, “Your Majesty doesn’t need to worry about me. Everything is fine here.”

Zhao Ye suddenly leaned over and gently hugged me, his voice showing a trace of relaxation after getting rid of fatigue. “Ah Zheng, I’m a little tired.”

I hung my hands at my side and did not move. I had not been so close to him for a long time. The long-lost familiarity was mixed with some discomfort.

I spoke slowly in his arms. “Why doesn’t Your Majesty go to bed earlier today?”

Zhao Ye hugged me and loosened my strength. He looked down at me and suddenly picked me up and walked to the bedside. I was so

surprised that I grabbed his front. “Your Majesty..”

He nodded calmly. “It’s time to go to bed.”

I was put on the bed. When

he leaned over, I put my hands on his chest and turned my head to one side. “Your Majesty, I haven’t recovered from the cold yet.”

A year ago, his words suddenly came into my mind. The

atmosphere cooled down in an instant.

He didn’t move, then stuck me under the jaw and turned me back. The wrench at the knuckle hurts me. When his eyes met, his emotions were closely guarded in his eyes.

“Is it?” He asked in reply lightly.

I lowered my eyes in silence.

“Ah Cheng, it’s been a year.” He said to me.

I remained silent. The

air was sticky for a long time before he slowly got up and stood with his back to me.

“If that’s the case, I’ll wait for the Crown Princess to recover from the cold before I seal the queen.”

I got out of bed and bowed, saying, “I will obey the decree.” Before the

words were out, he went out.

After that, I became the only concubine in the imperial harem, the Ming imperial concubine. Until Dai Langyue enters the palace. When

she entered the palace, she was given the title of Concubine Xuan by Zhao Ye, above me. The great

jade is called Xuan. It can be seen that the emperor attached great importance to her.

I don’t think Zhao Ye loves her very much. Dai Xiao, the elder brother of Dai Langyue, is in the limelight in the army recently.

Zhao Ye frequently promoted, and even took his sister into the palace to seal the imperial concubine, mostly in order to suppress Wei Yan, divided his military power.

Nanzhong General’s official rank was already the second grade, and the military power was highly centralized, basically in his hands.

Wei Yan has made great achievements and brought threats to Zhao Ye. When

my father learned that Zhao Ye had set up a concubine who was half a rank higher than me now, he could not help being indignant. When he went to court, he repeatedly asked him to stand up early.

Zhao Ye was basically perfunctory in the past, since he ascended the throne, my father was promoted to be a grand master, but actually rose and fell, leaving empty positions.

Today’s court has been completely changed, and most of the officials who used to be close to my father were transferred from Beijing by Zhao Ye.

In a short period of two months, Zhao Ye completely grasped the core power in his own hands.

The imperial concubine has not been established for a long time, and the former legitimate Crown Princess is now living in the harem as a concubine, which is a ridiculous laughing stock. No wonder the maidservants are talking about it.

I looked at the yellow leaves on the edge in front of me and slowly came to my senses. Huanxi still punished the two maidservants to kneel.

Chengyuntai is the largest pavilion in the palace, but I am still very dull, looking up at the clear blue sky, boundless and empty. The grey geese that moved south

last year did not come back.

“That’s all, Huan Hsi.”

“Go back.” My voice melts into the wind.

Walking to a remote corner, he accidentally met Wei Yan.

“How are you, Princess Mingfei?” He gave a slight salute.

“General Wei, don’t you know that foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the harem at will?” I looked at him with tight lips. When

Wei Yan heard this, his expression was still light, and his voice was calm. “I’m going to the palace today, and I’ve been asked by your father to see the empress on the way.” If

my father can’t see me, he must be worried that I will be wronged in the rumors of the palace. It has been more than half a year

since I last saw my father. I

remembered the slightly arched back and white temples when I saw him last time, and I couldn’t stop feeling sad.

I lowered my eyes to hide my emotions and swallowed several times before whispering, “Thank you, General. Please tell my father that everything is all right in this palace.”

“However, it seems that this is not the case.” He looked at me. I

didn’t want to say much to him. I just felt a little lucky. “General Lao brought the words to me.” Then

he went the other way back to his bedroom. The news that the

emperor favored the imperial concubine alone spread like wildfire to the ears of the ministers of the former court. It is said that a great event took place in the court

today. The original words of the eunuch who

came back were: Recently, the Duke of the State of Qin frequently proposed to Your Majesty to set up the queen. His tone was excited, and he even had a tendency to criticize Your Majesty. When Qin Guogong raised it again in the main hall

today, Your Majesty questioned whether he was going to force him to abdicate because of his identity. Qin Guogong was so angry that he straightened up and looked at Your Majesty trembling all over. Without

making a sound, the man fell straight to the ground on the spot. Sent back to the mansion until now, still not awake.

After listening, I unconsciously grasped the corner of the table and immediately got up and went to the Qinzheng Hall.

Before he could go in, he was stopped by an attendant at the gate. “Empress, Your Majesty has gone to the imperial concubine’s palace, but he is not in the palace.”

I nodded slightly and then turned around and walked to the imperial concubine’s bedroom.

“I have something important to see Your Majesty. Would you please inform me?”

I stood outside the bedroom of Zhao Ye and his new concubine.

At this moment, I finally have a sense of reality.

He already has someone else. There will even be more later. It

should be, I said to myself. The maid

servant announced that the imperial concubine had come to open the door. She was wearing a cloak, her hair was messy, and her face was flushed abnormally.

She only looked at me, then went out, the hall should be only one person Zhao Ye.

I took a deep breath and stabilized my mood before I went in.

The door was closed again by the maidservant.

Zhao Ye, dressed in bright yellow bedclothes, propped up one leg and sat at the head of the bed. He looked at me and smiled. His voice was gentle. “What are you doing here?” Ignoring the smell of confusion in the bedroom,

I went over and knelt down straight. “Your Majesty, please forgive my father for being disrespectful.”

He turned the wrench on his finger. “I didn’t mean to blame the Duke of Qin. Ming Fei is making a mountain out of a molehill.”

I finally loosened my white fingertips, leaned over and kowtowed. “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Then I asked again in a low voice, “Your Majesty, I have heard that my father has not woken up for a long time. I ask Your Majesty to show mercy and allow me to go back to visit him.”

“Do you want to go back to the palace or do you want to leave?”

I looked up and met his half-smiling eyes. I don’t understand the difference between the two.

He only replied, “I’m worried about my father’s health, and I just want to see him.”

“I will send the Imperial Physician to treat the Duke of Qin. Concubine Ming need not worry.” He refused lightly.

I quickly raised my head to look at him, opened my mouth to say something, and he raised his hand to press his lips.

He leaned slightly closer.

“Your father fainted today because he asked me to make you queen. You should know that this is not the first time he has asked me.”

“What I said to you that day will still be counted. When you recover from the cold, I will stand back immediately.”

Zhao Ye looked straight at me, put down his hand and waited for me to answer.

Inside the room, the smell of lasciviousness filled the breath, and half of the bellyband was exposed on the inside of the bed.

I don’t understand what he is clinging to me. In the

silence of the confrontation, I bent over and kowtowed again, saying calmly and respectfully, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending the Imperial Physician to treat my father. My concubine will write a letter to advise my father not to persist in this matter in the future.”

The air was silent for a moment, and then Zhao Ye chuckled and leaned back, looking down from a commanding position.

“I await good news.”

Zhao Ye did what he said and asked the Imperial Hospital to treat my father with all his strength, but the Imperial Doctor said that my father was depressed and could not be cured by medicine.

His father devoted all his energy to supporting Zhao Ye to ascend the throne. Although he had a wide range of connections, he was honest and upright all his life. But now, his majesty, who has been assisting him wholeheartedly for four years, suspects that he has the intention of not being a minister.

Father’s heart knot can’t be untied.

The hospital had to take all kinds of expensive tonics to his father, trying to make up for it physically.

But the imperial concubine is pregnant suddenly, your majesty is overjoyed, immediately Jin for the imperial concubine. All this collapsed completely when the sealing ceremony was held on the chosen day. The person who

sent back the news said that the father was seriously ill after learning about it, and eventually suffered a stroke and was unable to get up and walk. My

legs were weak and I fell to the ground, and the feeling of powerlessness spread all over my body in an instant. I didn’t even have the strength to make a sound. I had a splitting headache.

I suddenly realized that everything seemed to have gone downhill since Zhao Ye ascended the throne.

It was not until a familiar voice kept coming into my ears that I slowly woke up to hear what Qing Huanxi had said.

Empress! Concubine! Your Majesty said today that Guogongye had no son to inherit the throne, so he gave Guogongye’s hometown, Qingzhou, a fief, so that Guogongfu could move south and send scholars back to their hometown.

“I also specially allowed the Empress to go back to the mansion to see her off.”

I nodded my head unconsciously, and my heart was sad and powerless.

Zhao Ye’s goal was achieved. When I left the palace

that day, Zhao Ye sent a group of imperial guards to follow me.

I often can’t understand a lot of his actions. Why does he feel that he needs a team of guards to watch me. Not seen

for a long time, my father has already changed greatly, as if he was old in his twilight years.

The wind is blowing on my face, and it is a little cold.

I crouched down in front of my father, sobbing and not going back. I called out as I did when I was a child, “Daddy..”

My father slowly raised his hand and rubbed it against the corner of my eye. His voice was dry and trembling, and there was a trace of regret. “It’s Dad’s fault.”

I shook my head desperately, but I couldn’t say a word.

My father said that it was a mistake for me to marry Zhao Ye because he didn’t know people clearly.

I want to tell my father that I don’t blame him, but Zhao Ye is heartless.

However, basically all around the son of heaven, I can only keep my mouth shut. After

bidding farewell to my father, when I was about to get into the carriage, a child suddenly ran to me and fell down, relying on his small size to get through the imperial guards on the periphery. When

I crouched down and lifted him up, his little hand slipped a note into my hand.

Then the imperial guards dragged the child out. I was stunned for a moment, and then I got into the carriage as if nothing had happened. When

I’m alone, take it out and open it.

“Your father told me to take you away at any time.”

Obviously this is from Wei Yan. After watching it, I tore it up calmly.

Even if I can escape smoothly, Zhao Ye will not let my parents go. After

returning to the palace, I mostly lived in seclusion.

Apart from paying his respects to the queen mother every day, he basically did not leave his palace.

On that day, the imperial concubine An Zhengqiaoxuan was also there. After that, An just went out of the palace gate and met Zhao Ye, who was preparing to come in.

The eyes were caught off guard, and the mood in the man’s dark eyes was hard to figure out. The distance between me and him, like a gap, can no longer be filled.

Mingming is only one year old, and the person in front of him has changed from a close pillow to an alienated emperor.

They used to be husband and wife, but now they are just monarchs and ministers.

“Your Majesty!” A soft, lilting voice cut in.

I quickly lowered my eyes and looked away, paying my respects respectfully.

Xuan Guifei ran past me and stood beside Zhao Ye.

“How could Your Majesty be so kind to me today and come to meet me in person?”

Words are full of coquetry, even Zhao Ye did not blame her rudeness. Without waiting for Zhao Ye’s reply,

I looked down at the ground and said, “I’m not feeling well. I’ll go back to the palace first.”

“I beg to retire.”

Then he turned and left. Until far away, I did not hear Zhao Ye’s answer.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s not just a question of Dai Langyue between

me and him.

09

Dai Xiao won a battle some time ago, and now he has returned triumphantly and is in Beijing.

Zhao Ye wanted to celebrate his baptism in the palace, and decreed that all those who had ranks in the harem of the former court must be present.

I have to go.

At night, there were not only open-air singing and dancing, but also a juggling team captured by the enemy rescued by Dai Xiao.

Zhao Ye has no choice but to let him perform. Four long poles of nearly three feet were moved to the

open field, and the head was still on fire. Four people are throwing each other in the air.

All of a sudden, the four men changed their movements, and the long pole burst into a sword. They stabbed Zhao Ye in unison, shouting, “Han Emperor, take your life!”

I quickly turned to look at the past.

Zhao Ye sat still in the upper position, his expression did not change at all. When

I was about to get up, Dai Langyue ran up to him. “Your Majesty!” He has the potential to block the sword for him with his life.

I stopped the action.

But Dai Xiao, one step ahead of time, shot down two men’s swords and entangled with one man. In the

confusion, the remaining person’s line of sight fell on me, his eyes narrowed, and he stabbed me in an instant.

“Ah Zheng!” It’s Zhao Ye’s voice.

I looked at the past, his usual indifference suddenly broke, pushed aside the imperial concubine Xuan ready to come to me. The air

all around seemed to be quiet.

At this moment, I remembered a lot, and suddenly I had the idea that I might as well die like this. The

harsh voice interrupted my thoughts.

Even when the sword in front of him was cut off, the man still did not give up and raised his palm to attack.

I was caught off guard and put my belt into my arms to avoid the wind.

Wei Yan with a sword in his hand, only two strokes, the assassin fell to the ground.

I turned sideways and earned.

“I have offended the Empress.”

He let go of me, closed his sword and bowed.

“It doesn’t matter.” I thanked him and said, “Thank you, General, for your help.”

“The duty of a minister.”

“Reward.” Zhao Ye walked to my side, his expression had already recovered.

“I don’t deserve it.” Wei Yan’s tone is steady.

Zhao Ye smiled. “Wei Qing saved Concubine Ming. My concubines deserve to be rewarded.”

I have a strange feeling that his words are not meaningful.

Wei Yan didn’t say more, salute to thank.

The farce was over, the banquet was over, and I went back to the palace. In the bedroom hall, Zhao Ye is picking up the words I practiced casually.

“Your Majesty.”

Today Dai Langyue blocked the sword for him. Won’t he go to see her? I suppressed my doubts and saluted.

“Back.” He put down his calligraphy and walked towards me.

“It’s getting late. What’s the matter with Your Majesty?”

He did not answer, but put his hand on my waist and rubbed it repeatedly. I unconsciously wanted to take a step back.

“Stop.” He gave orders lightly.

I stopped moving and stopped moving. The bedroom hall was quiet for a moment.

“You and Wei Yan seem to know each other well.” His tone was declarative, not like an inquiry.

Why do you ask? I frowned quietly.

“There is no such thing, Your Majesty.”

He responded lightly to my answer, but his hand was still on my back. It was not

until I felt some pain through the dress that he let me go.

Instead, he stroked my hair. “I don’t need anyone’s permission if I want to do anything,” he said

gently and slowly. “But I regard you as my wife and have never forced anyone.”

Then he looked into my eyes and said, “But if you are trying to provoke the emperor, I advise you to weigh it before you do it.”

My internal organs seemed to be frozen, and the cold from inside made me stiffen gradually.

This is the first time that Zhao Ye pressed me as an emperor. It has been nearly two months

since my father’s family left Beijing. Recently, I always feel anxious and restless for no reason. I can’t sleep again and again at night, and I can’t help being flustered. After

a few days, I finally managed to sleep, but I had a nightmare. In the

dream, in a mountain forest, two carriages rolled over on one side, and about a dozen people scattered on the ground, with corpses everywhere and blood everywhere.

I repeated in my mind that it was impossible, and then I walked step by step to a man lying on the ground.

I suppressed my trembling and looked at him for a long time before I dared to reach out and turn him over.

Father’s mouth was bleeding, and his body was already cold. The sound of the

door slamming woke me up, and I sat up suddenly, sweating and panting.

Huanxi knelt down in front of me and cried, unable to speak clearly.

I looked absently at her shaking my head and mumbled, “It’s impossible.”

Guogong and his wife met a group of bandits on the road, killing and robbing money. No one survived! Concubine

I never thought it would happen to me.

I seem to have slept deeply and had another long, long dream. At the beginning of my dream, my father touched my head and told me with a smile, “Ah Cheng will be the Crown Princess in the future.”

Later, on the eve of my wedding, my mother took me by the hand and said with tears in her eyes, “Ah Cheng is finally getting married. The Crown Princess is different from ordinary women. You must abide by the rules.”

After that, Zhao Ye looked at me coldly while feeding me the soup to avoid my son, and what he said to his aides.

Finally, my father knelt down in the main hall to remonstrate with me! Do you want your legitimate Crown Princess to become the laughing stock of the world?

I want to pull up my father, don’t make Zhao Ye angry, there is no good result.

But I couldn’t move. I could only see my father fall to the ground.

Crown Princess, Crown Princess..

These three words limit my life, and my whole family is worried about me, and finally my family is destroyed.

“Daddy..” I woke up crying from my dream.

A hand wiped away my tears and I turned to look. When

Zhao Ye saw me wake up, he sighed, “I have buried the Duke of Qin and his wife.”

Thoughts come together for a moment, and there is an incredible voice in my heart, and it is getting louder and louder.

I looked at Zhao Ye without blinking, clenched the cuff of the dragon robe, and made a hoarse sound, “Zhao Ye..”

I called the name of the Son of Heaven, but I was on the verge of collapse and had no time to take care of it.

He was pulled down by me, and the distance was shortened in an instant.

Zhao Ye looked at me calmly. After a while, he asked slowly, “Ah Zheng, do you suspect that I sent someone to do it?”

I did not answer, but stared into his eyes, trying to see a trace of guilt.

But in addition to their own reflection, is a magnanimous.

I let go of my hand, turned sideways, bowed and curled up together, and cried in the quilt.

Indeed, will not be Zhao Ye’s hand, his father has no threat to him.

What’s more, the father had an accident at this critical juncture, and too many people were staring at the emperor.

Zhao Ye did not blame me, lying on my side abnormally, pressing me into his arms. “You still have me,” he said in a low voice, as the

heat blew in my ears. “You are my queen, and soon there will be a grand ceremony to enthrone her.”

We forget the past, Ah Cheng. If you give birth to a prince for me, I will only make our child crown prince.

Zhao Ye’s warm body temperature wrapped me, but my heart was dead.

Now the Ming family was forced to collapse completely by him, and when I was left alone, he came to tell me that he wanted me to give birth to a child for him.

I can not help but think of the first time I saw Zhao Ye’s appearance that day, it was the wedding night, he smiled gently and good-looking.

I remember being filled with joy and thinking that he would be my beloved. I

thought he loved me as I loved him, but in fact there was no romance in his eyes.

He does not love me, does not love Lang Yue, only loves the power, only loves himself. When

the imperial edict came down, the grand ceremony was held three days after the ceremony of conferring the title of imperial concubine. It was the auspicious day of the Zodiac calculated by Qin Tianjian. All the people in

my palace laughed happily, and even Huanxi bent his eyebrows. During

this period of time, I was unusually peaceful, and I could not resist anything, even Zhao Ye.

He often comes here recently, and he only accompanies me to eat and play chess. As soon as

it was dark, I said I was tired. He didn’t say anything but nodded and left. He would still come to dinner with me the next day.

One day when he didn’t come, I ate simply and didn’t have to be too fussy.

In the afternoon, I went out for a walk to digest food, but I didn’t realize that I had reached the Imperial Garden.

I stopped and looked quietly at the two people in the pavilion.

Zhao Ye stood at the edge of the pavilion with his back to me, and the imperial concubine stood up holding her stomach and walked to his side, taking his hand and touching her stomach.

Zhao Ye was stunned for a moment, then stroked her stomach and smiled gently.

Probably after thousands of sails, I can’t recall the feeling that I liked Zhao Ye at that time.

At that time, I only felt beautiful, but in fact, it was soaked with colorless and tasteless poison. I’m afraid after touching it.

I lightly withdraw the line of sight, the bottom of my heart is calm.

“Does the empress want to stay in the palace as queen?”

Wei Yan did not know when to appear in the inner palace.

Zhao Ye divided his military power at that time, he was very advantageous to hand over all, leaving only a small branch in the north.

I looked at the foreign minister in front of me.

He used to be the grand marshal of the world’s military forces, winning numerous battles, and later he was also the general of Nanzhong who held real power. In

his heyday, he was fully capable of supporting the army and becoming king, but he did not, and even volunteered to be a skirmisher and give up his military power.

He doesn’t seem to care about anything.

In this huge palace, I was bored for a long time, but for the first time I felt relaxed and free in Wei Yan. The day

before conferring the title of imperial concubine, it was already dark, but Zhao Ye was not as usual. I left after a euphemistic refusal.

He got up and walked up to me, picked up my right hand and put it on his left chest. I let him move with my eyes down.

It was a long time before he said, “I’ll say something to you on the night of the grand ceremony.”

I don’t know if he noticed. He used me, not me.

I nodded obediently. “Good.”

The second day, Jin imperial concubine, Zhao Ye stayed in Dai Langyue there.

So he doesn’t know that I have left the capital. In the

dim moonlight, I sat on horseback and looked back deeply at the palace gate.

At one glance, he turned to Wei Yan and said, “Let’s go.”

Then the horse ran quickly, farther and farther behind him.

Wei Yan said Zhao Ye will soon find, send someone to chase, even the national search is possible, one horse two people is the fastest way. I

have no time to worry about the difference between men and women, and I just hope to escape as soon as possible.

I sat in front, feeling the pressure of the wind on my face. It seemed that the stone that had been pressing on my heart for many years suddenly dissipated. It took away my only obsession with Zhao Ye.

As Wei Yan said, before noon the next day, the palace spread the news that Ming Fei had been kidnapped by thieves who had sneaked into the palace last night.

The emperor was furious, and the whole country sent out the arrest warrant, but there was only the portrait of the imperial concubine on the paper, saying that no one could see the thief’s appearance, and only the imperial concubine could be found.

A few days later, Wei Yan, the former general of Nanzhong, was found to have the intention of rebellion and has now absconded.

The emperor decreed that the whole country should be searched and arrested. If suspects are found in all parts of the country, they will be killed immediately without mercy.

The empresses and concubines were missing, but your majesty went to court to deal with government affairs as usual.

Everyone said that the imperial concubine had nothing to do with the emperor. One day

later, when the emperor went to the imperial concubine’s palace again, the dressing table in the bedroom hall was moved.

Sent someone to ask, the new maid in charge of cleaning thought that the dressing table blocked the light from the window, so she took the initiative to move a little, but only a few feet. When

the emperor heard this, he only glanced at it blandly, and then ordered, “Drag it out and kill it with a stick.”

The new emperor had only been on the throne for more than a year. He had always been known for his benevolence and had never been punished for such a trivial matter. Many people broke out in a cold sweat when they heard about it, regardless of the former harem.

The maidservants who were talking about the imperial concubine behind her back, and the supervisors who wanted to write to the emperor to accuse him of wasting money and manpower for the arrest of an empress and concubine, all stopped thinking.

No one dares to mention the imperial concubine again. The importance attached

to the imperial concubine has never been explicitly shown by the emperor. Everything is just simple in the heart of the emperor. When I

heard this, I had fled to the north, and Wei Yan insisted on leaving the place of military power. Influenced

by the folkways here, I am quite different from before. In

one year, he was not only skilled in equestrian, but also in light bow and archery.

But most of the free time, I was carrying a small pot of wine, sitting under the pear tree in front of the town to drink alone, doing nothing, so stay. In the second year of the reign of

Emperor Mingzhao, the imperial court revoked all arrest warrants for the imperial concubine, saying that the imperial palace had received news that the imperial concubine had died. A year after

I fled, Zhao Ye finally gave up chasing me.

It was not until the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Ming Dynasty that Emperor Yijing died of excessive fatigue and acute illness, and he reigned for only 16 years.

Mingzhao years, the people live in peace, no war disturbance, is not seen for a long time. But what is more talked about by later generations is that the position of queen is suspended from the beginning to the end.

Some people think that it is because Emperor Xijing likes men, but most people agree that Emperor Yijing is separated from the woman he loves most, and love can not be commemorated. Unofficial history

later recorded that before Emperor Yijing died, he kept thinking about the Ming imperial concubine who had already been killed by thieves.

But in the end, there was no real evidence to prove it.

At that time, I was leaning against the bottom of the pear tree, carrying a pot of mulberry. The people who came back

from the city ran by and shouted, “The emperor is dead!”! The emperor is dead!

I stopped drinking and was in a trance for a long time. Under the shade of the

trees, there were little spots of light, and the new sparrows that had temporarily rested on the branches shook their wings and left, bringing up the rustling of the leaves.

I blinked, and my sight was clear. For a long time, I seem to think about everything, and I don’t seem to think about anything.

Moments later, he poured the mulberry in his hand back and forth in front of him until there was no drop left. The pear petals on the

tree fell in the corner of my eyes, and I stroked them, pretending not to feel a drop of moisture. The

empty flagon was weighed in my hand, then thrown into the stream beside me, and then left.

The pear tree is beautiful, but I don’t plan to come back.

[Side Story]

1

“Your Highness, this trip to Jin Pass, you..”

“Daddy!”

Ming Shuhong was discussing with the prince in the main hall. Little Ming Zheng did not know when he came from the backyard to the front hall.

Qin Guogong looked at his daughter with a headache.

He had no choice but to drag Ming Zheng to Zhao Ye. “Zheng, don’t be rude. I’ve seen the prince.” Sitting in the main seat,

Chao Yeh watched the little girl, who was only 12 or 13 years old, salute him in a charming manner. He pulled the corners of his mouth and

said, “No courtesy.”

The girl nodded, then got up and tugged at her father’s jacket. “Daddy, Zheng’s kite is hanging in the tree.”

If the prince is just an insignificant person, it is not as important as her kite.

Ming Shuhong’s expression stiffened and he was about to call the attendant to pull her away.

“It doesn’t matter. Youcheng will go first. It’s time for Gu to set out.”

Looking at the little girl almost crying, Zhao Ye got up and prepared to leave, not to embarrass Ming Shuhong.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Ming Shuhong hurriedly bowed.

Zhao Ye did not let them send, he took people and Ming family father and daughter in the path fork.

Xiao Mingzheng took his father’s big hand and took two steps, then suddenly turned back.

Meet unexpectedly to Zhao Ye’s line of sight.

Watching the little girl tilt her head and blink at him, then turn back, Zhao Ye shook his head and chuckled.

The prince was on official business and didn’t take the episode to heart. When I think of her again, two years have passed. In the thirty-first year

of Shunhe, the crown prince was nineteen years old, as early as the age of the crown princess.

“Your Highness, the first daughter of the Marquis of Suping, the first daughter of General Jin Wu, and the only daughter of the Duke of Qin are all excellent candidates for the crown princess.” Said the staff.

Zhao Ye bent his fingers and knocked on the table, and the side of two years ago was caught off guard. It was

only a brief meeting, but the little girl’s eyes, which were not familiar with the world, were still clearly reflected in her memory.

For a long time, he said in a quiet voice, “Tomorrow I will go to the official residence of the State of Qin and ask for a decree to marry you.”

Thinking that Ming Zheng was still young and Qin Guogong was eager to love his daughter, he deliberately postponed the wedding date for two years. After the imperial edict of

marriage came down, the empress set the betrothal gift and sent it to the Ming family. Remembering something,

Zhao Ye sent the best master in the capital to make a kite and sent it to Ming Zheng’s maid in private.

At that time, Ming Zheng had already forgotten that side two years ago. When

Ming Zheng was seventeen years old, the prince got married. Against the background of the

candle, the girl sat gracefully, her facial features were completely open, and Pinting could not speak.

Four years ago, the small peaches were ripe, pink and sweet. This is Zhao Ye’s first reaction when he looked down at the people under him.

Then he kissed it.

Marrying her was originally for the Ming family behind her, but at this moment, he had to admit that the girl’s beauty made him a little out of control.

Ming Zheng couldn’t learn to breathe, so he couldn’t help opening his mouth to breathe.

Ming Zheng was infatuated by the kiss.

“Do you blow the lamp?” There was a low gasp in my ears.

Ming Zheng was stupefied, suddenly blushed, buried in the pillow and did not answer him. The light in the

hall slowly darkened. At dawn

the next day, Zhao Yewei opened his eyes and saw the little girl in his arms looking at him softly, with water in her shy eyes.

“Wake up?” His voice was still a little hoarse.

Ming Zheng nodded, and the tips of his ears were red.

Zhao Ye bowed his head to kiss her again.

Ming Zheng obediently let him ask for it. Before

the consciousness sinks, Zhao Ye stops the movement in time. The girl under the

body is still a little confused, do not know how, raised his arms around the man’s neck, slightly raised his head and went to find his lips.

Zhao Ye stopped her movements, rubbed the water on the girl’s mouth, and whispered, “I’m going to the palace today to pay my respects.”

Ming Zheng stiffened and suddenly woke up.

Zhao Ye looked at the small quail hidden in the quilt in an instant, laughed low, and got up first, leaving her time to adjust.

After a while, Ming Zheng was still sitting in front of the dressing table, and Zhao Ye had finished washing and leaning on the armchair behind her to read.

Looking up through the mirror, the blush on his little Crown Princess’s face had not faded, and his eyes dodged and dared not look at him. It was the opposite of the way he was treated as air when he first met.

She’s really grown up. A little smile rippled in

Zhao Ye’s eyes.

“Empress, this is the tonic your Highness has ordered you to make for you.” The maid presented a bowl of medicine to Ming Zheng. The smile in

Zhao Ye’s eyes suddenly stopped.

Ming Zheng looked back at him, curled his lips and said, “Thank you, Your Highness.”

Zhao Ye calmed down, nodded gently and got up to walk outside the hall, with his back to the scene. The attendants of the

East Palace all felt that His Royal Highness the Prince had become much milder recently.

Although in the past, your Highness always had a smile on his face, he could not help but be alienated and indifferent, but recently it has been much warmer.

Come to think of it, it’s because of the Crown Princess.

“Your Highness, the kite you sent to my concubine is broken.” Ming Zheng raised his chin and pursed his lips sadly.

Zhao Ye listened, put down the book in his hand, and looked at the little wife in front of him. Rubbing the side of her face with the back of

her hand, she said, “Just order someone to make another one. It seems too late to put it out tomorrow. Will you put it out on the next trip?”

Ming Zheng’s eyes lit up again. “Good,” he said, nodding.

But she did not wait until the next trip, first waited for the news of the prince’s secret visit to Beisai.

“She will accompany her husband instead of Ah Cheng.” Ming Zheng’s voice choked with sobs.

Zhao Ye looked at the purse in his hand, and the husband in his ear.

It was the first time she had called him that.

His heart moved slightly, and there was a surge of unknown emotion, which had not happened for more than twenty years.

The queen’s mother’s family is declining, and the power of the nine princes has reached the point where he can’t be underestimated. From childhood, Taifu and his mother both told him that the throne would be his and must not be coveted by others.

Because of this belief, everything he did was to consolidate his position as crown prince, even at the risk of life and death.

Including marrying her.

But now, because of her concern, he has something in this world that he can’t let go.

Obviously, tears had filled her eyes, but she still pretended to have nothing to do.

Zhao Ye looked away and pressed her into his arms.

After a while, he simply said, “Wait until I come back.”

This is a severe winter, and snowstorms are particularly common in Beisai. Zhao Ye is even worse on his way back to Beijing. The only way to avoid the avalanche is to go down before

sunset. Unfortunately, one

of his followers accidentally injured his knee while escorting Zhao Ye. Zhao Ye did not leave him, three people stay in a family out of the mountainside.

The blizzard has been falling for five days in a row, and the road is covered with three feet of snow.

The head of the household, an old man, said to Chao Ye, “Now that the mountains are snowed in, you might as well rest for a few more days before you go on your way.”

Zhao Ye smiled and shook his head. “Thank you for your kindness. We were in a hurry to go. When the snow stopped, we set off.”

“Do you have something important?” The old man was puzzled.

Zhao Ye turned to look outside, the blizzard blurred the boundary between heaven and earth, still continued to wreak havoc.

He chuckled and said gently, “My wife is waiting for me to come home.”

It seems that the snow also understood Zhao Ye’s words, and the night quietly did not fall again.

The next day was still early, and the three men were ready to go down the mountain.

The weather is cold, the snow has not melted, and the way down the mountain is very difficult.

After almost falling off the cliff several times, he finally returned to the capital.

Zhao Ye seemed to catch a glimpse of a familiar figure not far from the East Palace. He was stunned for a moment and then denied the guess. Although

the capital is not as cold as Beisai, it is also bitterly cold.

She was so delicate that one night he couldn’t control it, and the next day he had a high fever.

Approaching, he saw the moment, the man also rushed into his arms.

Zhao Ye hugged her, but felt that the little wife’s body was cooler than his. I don’t know how long she’s been standing outside.

Zhao Ye tightened his ring around her hand. For the first time, he had a sense of belonging in the vast world.

Night Zhao Ye bathed out, the little girl knelt down on the bed, but also has been asking him where there is no injury, fever.

As Ming Zheng was speaking, he was suddenly gagged. Not having seen him for

months, he became less patient.

Ming Zheng hands holding both sides of the silk pillow, Zhao Ye eyes heavy, he pulled down two small hands, strong to separate ten fingers, and his big hand clasp. The

pale yellow curtain of the bed swung until midnight.

“Did you miss me?” Zhao Ye asked in a low voice.

Ming Zheng did not know that the prince, who was usually like the moon and the breeze, could still be so bad, forcing her to answer. With a whoop,

Ming Zheng compromised and whispered in his ear, “I’ve thought about it..”

Listen, Zhao Ye smirk.

Later, Zhao Ye held his head and looked at her sideways.

The girl’s little red face, Zhao Ye plucked her hair, look satisfied.

This is his Crown Princess.

Three

days before dawn, the two people in the tent woke up almost at the same time.

Ming Zheng nestled in his arms and talked about the recent situation of the past two months. She did not complain to him, but told him interesting stories.

But as she spoke, the little girl’s eyes turned red and her voice was crying.

The prince lost news for half a month, and the emperor frowned every day, not to mention his wife.

Zhao Ye lowered his head and kissed away the moisture from her eyes. “No more crying,” he said gently.

He held it in his arms and comforted it for a long time before he could coax it. When

Chen arrived, Zhao Ye coaxed his little wife to get up and wash.

The maid came up with the tonic as usual. Looking at the bowl of black medicine, Zhao Ye devilishly called Ming Zheng. The words to

stop were already on his lips, and the matter of the destruction of the country caused by the dictatorship of the former Wei Cheng’s consorts suddenly flashed into his mind.

“Your Highness, what is it?” Ming Zheng looked at him and asked.

He could not put down his guard against anyone, Zhao Ye thought.

“Nothing.” He turned his back and looked out of the window. The

thick snow crushed the dead branches and made them lifeless. The development of

everything was within his control, but he never thought that one day Ming Zheng would find out. Zhao Ye was calm and idle for more than twenty years, and this was the first time he felt at a loss. When the

staff proposed to use the son of the Crown Princess to make the Duke of Qin completely overthrow the East Palace, Zhao Ye rejected it without hesitation. What

he said was not only a rebuttal to his staff, but also a reminder to himself.

However, he never expected to be heard by Ming Zheng. When he

heard the sound outside, he froze for a moment.

He knew she was out there, but he had no excuse. This is the truth.

So he let her go back alone. As soon as

several aides were sure that the Crown Princess was gone, they heard the superior say, “Come here today first, go back.” He was the only one left in the

huge study.

She will cry, Zhao Ye thought. From the dark night when the sun is high in the west to the beginning of the sun.

He sat there all the time, not to be disturbed. The attendant outside the

hall was afraid that something would happen to the prince, so he peeped through the crack in the window. The prince sat quietly with an expressionless face, unable to see what he was thinking.

Until he looked into the room and said, “Your Highness, it’s time for breakfast.”

When Zhao Ye came to his senses, he subconsciously picked up the tea in front of him.

It’s already cold. He was silent for a moment and then drank it down.

She has married a woman and is a legitimate Crown Princess.

Even if she knew everything, it wouldn’t change anything. Zhao Ye said to himself.

But he still doesn’t know Ming Zheng well enough.

She would not let him touch her, or even go out with him.

The girl’s eyes were red, which was the trace left by crying for a long time. And those eyes were completely dim, and there was no more love. As if nothing had happened,

Zhao Ye completely disintegrated when Ming Zheng proposed to move to the side hall.

He did not want to frighten Ming Zheng, still smiling. After a long silence, he agreed to her request.

This is good, he seems to have a trace of relief.

Zhao Ye picked up the porridge, but the edge of the bowl burst out a crack in an instant.

Ming Zheng didn’t hear it. She looked much more relaxed. He calmly put down his bowl and hung his hand under the table.

Zhao Ye couldn’t laugh, so he got up and left without looking at her.

That day, the candle in the study was lit until late at night, and the prince got up and went back to his bedroom.

The valet has arranged the bed into a set of bedding.

Zhao Ye stood in front of the bed, his eyes without waves. A sudden gust of wind came through the un

closed window and blew out the last candle in the hall. The bedroom became dark in an instant, and the empty breath became heavier.

For a long time, a light smile escaped from his breath. Cooler

than winter wind. In

those six months, he seldom saw Ming Zheng.

She was deliberately avoiding him.

Prince’s attendant sighed, obviously winter has passed, why the East Palace is as cold as just winter. The only conversation between the

two was when Ming Zheng took the initiative to ask him when to accept the side of the imperial concubine.

At that time, she spoke to him in a different tone than before.

She only sees him as a prince, Your Highness.

Zhao Ye looked at her steadily.

Half a year ago, she had been happy for him to refuse to take a concubine for a long time, and now it was like a piece of stagnant water.

No life, no care.

She is not as in love with him as before, Zhao Ye is very clear. But he did not know why, and even so, he had no intention of taking a concubine.

In the thought of the long road, Zhao Ye was caught off guard.

For the death of the late emperor, he had no time to be sad, and piles of government affairs were waiting for him to deal with. By the time he finally got out of his free time, the national mourning was over.

The attendant said that the Crown Princess had entered the palace. The new emperor did not rest and went directly to the bedroom.

She was dressed in a palace dress and called him his majesty, and when he hugged her, she did not break away. The gentle

voice is like a Zheng at the beginning.

Zhao Ye thought for a moment that they would get back together. However, she still wouldn’t let him touch it.

She is not gentle, but obedient to the emperor. She regarded herself as his vassal. He

was wrong.

Zhao Ye got up from her and indifferently issued a decree to delay the sealing.

The attendant was startled. He thought the emperor would be angry with the Crown Princess. How could he look so peaceful. After

Zhao Ye ascended the throne, he would hide his emotions and never show them. No one can guess what the emperor is thinking now.

Whether it is Dai Langyue entering the palace, or personally bestowing the title. Zhao Ye is just to appease Dai Xiao.

Never thought of touching her.

That day was an accident.

The queen mother advised the emperor that he should not take the girl into the palace without going to see her once, and General Dai would also complain.

So he went to the Moon Palace for the first time.

“Your Majesty, your body, hair and skin are treasured by your parents.” Dai Langyue shyly and boldly took Zhao Ye’s hand and put his purse on it.

“This is a wisp of my concubine’s hair. In the future, Lang Yue will entrust herself to you..”

This is the fifth year that she likes Zhao Ye, and she finally got her wish.

Zhao Ye looked at the purse in the palm of his hand, which coincided with a year ago.

Probably because of this, when she asked Zhao Ye if he would rest here tonight, he nodded and agreed.

Zhao Ye did not allow her to show her face or even kiss her. After the pleasure of

abuse, there is endless desolation.

Zhao Ye looked at the naked woman under his body, his dry eyes were dark, and he seemed to have no emotion. The hot sweat

on his body cooled down and wrapped him densely.

Ming Zheng will never forgive him again.

Zhao Ye cleaned himself and dressed himself, playing with the purse that Dai Langyue had given him.

Dai Langyue hugged the quilt and sat up to look at him.

After only two glances, he threw them on the table at random, and his eyes drifted away from the woman on the bed. It took him

a while to open his mouth, and there was a subtle pleasure in his tone. “Did you give me your hair to tie with me?”

Dai Langyue was in a panic, and her mind was lightly pointed out.

Zhao Ye seemed to think for a moment before he asked, “But don’t you know I have a wife?” “My concubine knows,” replied

Dai Langyue hurriedly, “and the imperial concubine will..”

“She is the queen, and she is not feeling well and has been delayed.” Zhao Ye interrupted her.

Dai Langyue’s hands had already scratched the bedding to death, but he still forced a smile to answer.

Zhao Ye nodded and then smiled. “So, what do I want your hair for?”

No matter how stiff the woman laughed, she turned away.

I didn’t even look at the lonely purse on the table.

Zhao Ye knew that one day Ming Zheng would know about him and Dai Langyue.

Early one morning, he came out of the Dai Lang Moon Palace just in time to catch sight of the passing Ming Zheng.

But soon, she calmly slanted her head and left.

Zhao Ye went out and stood where she had just stayed, looking at the direction of her departure. At the end of

the road is the palace gate, and the palace gate opens or the road. The cycle goes on and on, with no end in sight.

Just like he and Ming Zheng, there is no result.

Zhao Ye curled his cold hands, but in the recent hot summer days, he was unusually cold.

Suddenly, he coughed lightly.

The attendant was about to present the veil when the movement suddenly stopped.

“Your Majesty..”

Zhao Ye also seemed to feel something, raised his hand and touched the corners of his mouth.

Then smile suddenly, feel some absurd, he is only more than twenty years old, how to cough up blood. In

the court, he had no intention of provoking Ming Shuhong. However, he frequently mentioned the matter of Li Hou, and Zhao Ye was forced to recall the way Ming Zheng refused him.

He didn’t expect his words to provoke such a big reaction. When

Ming Zheng came to look for Zhao Ye, he just pulled away from Dai Langyue’s body.

He raised his hand and touched the door. “Take your things and go out first.”

Dai Langyue gritted her teeth and picked up her clothes and opened the door to leave.

Ming Zheng then came in. Zhao Ye looked at her low eyebrows pleasing to the eye, and then remembered the way she smiled at the corners of her mouth as if it was a previous life.

He thought he would spend his whole life with Ming Zheng like this.

Ming Zheng had little love left for him, so he didn’t go to her again to ask for trouble.

But that doesn’t mean he’s gonna let her go.

Ming Zheng said that he just went back to visit his father, but Zhao Ye had an intuition that if he put her back, she would not come back.

So he threatened her with the matter of Li Hou.

Sure enough, she never mentioned leaving the palace again.

Zhao Ye turned the finger wrench on his hand, and for a moment he did not know whether to be sad or happy. After

Ming Zheng left, he couldn’t help coughing again. This time he didn’t even bother to wipe the blood around his mouth.

He selfishly trapped Ming Zheng in this rigid palace. Even if he was the emperor, that’s all he could do.

On that day, the news that Wei Yan had entered the inner palace privately reached the ears of the emperor.

Zhao Ye tapped on the case with his fingers and listened lightly.

When he heard, “It seems that Wei Yan went to the palace just to see the imperial concubine,” he stopped. When

the secret guard did not receive any instructions, he uttered a reminder: “Your Majesty..”

Zhao Ye came to his senses and picked up a memorial to the throne and looked at it without changing his face.

“When military power is handed over, kill him.” He said as he watched.

Last time, Your Majesty clearly intended to withdraw his military power. The dark guard suppressed his doubts and bowed down.

Wei Yan now has part of the military power, Zhao Ye thought of Dai Xiao. When he

was thinking about how to promote Dai Xiao, Dai Langyue came to tell him that she was pregnant.

Zhao Ye narrowed his eyes and smiled, for good reason. At this time, he had no time to worry about Ming Zheng’s reaction after hearing it.

She may be sad, or she may still be indifferent. But he couldn’t give her any leeway to escape.

Taking advantage of the Jin imperial concubine, Zhao Ye promoted Dai Xiao, and separated part of Wei Yan’s military power in the capital. Everyone

thought that he favored Dai Langyue, and Aiwu and Wu Jin took the position of Dai Xiao.

Followed by, is the state of Qin Gong Qi attack heart stroke half paralysis, and finally died on the way home. The memorial in

Zhao Ye’s hand fell to the ground, and the whole person fell back to the Dragon Chair. He no longer cared how much Ming Zheng resisted him. How sad

she must be now.

She is only nineteen years old, and she is still a delicate girl. A year ago, she would shed two tears because she was not satisfied.

In the future, he just wants to stay with his Zheng. That’s his queen, his first wife.

Even if she didn’t believe him and suspected he killed her parents. After

this incident, Ming Zheng was no longer so exclusive to him, and Zhao Ye’s recent cough has eased a lot.

Although only accompany her to play chess or eat together, but this kind of ordinary thing Zhao Ye seems to be like a lifetime ago. He lost one game after another when they played chess

for a long time. Didn’t mean to give in to her.

No one expected that the unfathomable emperor would be at a loss to confuse his mind.

Zhao Ye is still a little unbelievable, like half awake.

But when the midday sun hit the person in front of him, the whole person seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.

She looked up at herself from the game and said, “Your Majesty, it’s your turn.”

Zhao Ye was inexplicably comforted by impetuosity.

Wei Yan has handed over all the military power, except for a small part of the northern Yanbian area.

Dark guard kneels in front of Zhao Ye, “Your Majesty, do you want to eradicate General Wei?”

Zhao Ye hung down his eyes and looked at the imperial edict that had been drawn up, and the assassination of the palace banquet that day suddenly rushed out of his memory.

Ming Zheng’s waist is surrounded by other men’s hands, which are particularly dazzling.

The two seemed to have a normal conversation, but he saw a sense of familiarity.

The emperor was hidden in the shadows and could not see his face. A moment later, the dark guard heard a voice from the upper position.

As soon as possible.

Since the relationship with Ming Zheng seems to have eased, he has not seen Dai Langyue again. Even when she came to the Qinzheng Palace with her belly full, she closed the door and did not see him.

He wants to give his wife a clean self.

Even if some things have become facts.

At this time, Dai Xiao suddenly sent a message to the palace, saying that he had found the whereabouts of Wei Yan, who had disappeared for a long time, and had passed the message to the imperial concubine Xuan.

After listening, Zhao Ye sneered coldly. Another poorly

fed dog.

As Dai Xiao wished, he went to see Dai Langyue in Imperial Garden.

Dai Langyue pulled him to play like a spoiled child, and he answered.

Her last request was to stay with her for another night the day before the ceremony.

Zhao Ye answered with a smile, and his inner impatience did not show a cent.

Only the attendant knew how many times he had touched Dai Langyue’s hand and washed it.

With the same reason, Zhao Ye and Ming Zheng only paid attention to her mood during this period of time, ignoring a lot of more important things. The day

before conferring the title of imperial concubine, he still stayed with Ming Zheng.

Even though some time had passed, it was not Ming Zheng’s wish that he could not even hold her hand on his own initiative. It was

not only because of Ming Zheng, but also because he could never seem to open his mouth to her about the fact that he had touched Dai Langyue.

But that day, he walked right up to her and raised her hand to his heart.

He looked at her quietly, his eyes as gentle as ever.

Zheng, this is the love I have never declared in my mouth.

Unfortunately, Ming Zheng did not understand what he meant, nor did he look directly into his eyes.

Zhao Ye’s palms are rarely sweaty. The air was silent for a long time, but he still didn’t say it.

Finally, he was going to tell her seriously that night after the closure and apologize for his past.

Over the past year, I have suffered a lot of grievances, Ah Zheng. Not

anymore.

When he stepped out of the main hall, he turned around and called out, “Ah Zheng.”

Ming Cheng looked up almost subconsciously, wondering, “Huh?”

Chao Yeh smiled softly. “Nothing.”

That night later became a nightmare for Zhao Ye for many years until his death.

Ming Zheng disappeared almost at the same time as Wei Yan, and some things are self-evident. After

learning that Ming Zheng had left, Zhao Ye stayed in her bedroom for a day. All the attendants have been sent out.

He took out an old purse from the front. When Ming Zheng first gave it to him, there was only a pinch of her hair in it.

Now there’s a pinch of his.

Zhao Ye leaned against the bedside and took out the hair that had already been mixed together, moved his fingertips, and pulled a knot. In the vast

and empty hall, he heard his own calm voice.

“When you become husband and wife, there is no doubt that you will love each other.”

Postscript:

In the first year of the reign of Emperor Mingzhao, the imperial concubine Mingshi was captured by thieves. The emperor was furious and the whole country searched for her. In the

second year of the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yijing made a private visit to the tribes in the north of the border, and only a few people knew about it. A few months after his return, he issued an edict that the imperial concubine had died and that any search for her should be stopped.

In the same year, the remonstrant minister’s petition was rejected by Emperor Yijing. In the

fourth year of the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Ming Dynasty, the minister wrote a letter to the imperial concubine to refute the imperial harem. In the

seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, General Dai Xiao died in battle.

In the same year, Dai Shi, the imperial concubine, was deposed and had nothing to do in her life. In the

12th year of the reign of Emperor Mingzhao, Emperor Yijing’s illness worsened. After being treated by the Imperial Physician, he had lived for less than five years. In the 13th year of the reign of

Emperor Zhao of the Ming Dynasty, the supervisor accused the emperor of having no children in his harem. Emperor Yijing then issued an edict to punish himself. In the

16th year of the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yijing coughed up so much blood that he could not make a sound and was dying. At that time, the ministers formed a clique for personal gain and elected the king of the opposite sex. Emperor Yijing’s last imperial edict was to posthumously confer the title of legitimate empress on the late imperial concubine Ming and bury her with her after her death. In the coffin of the

late empress, there was only a purse put in by the late emperor himself, an old white purse. No one knows about it.

At this point, the short and brilliant life of Emperor Yijing came to an end.

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