In the second year after I
became a nun, I heard that the emperor had died. The Legend of Zhen Huan in
my hand fell to the ground. It’s over. I can’t go back to the palace to be a favorite concubine in my life. During the year I practiced Buddhism
at Xueyue Nunnery, I imagined countless times that the emperor would come to me one day, take me by the hand, and say affectionately, “Cha
Cha, I miss you.”
Then we got back together. He restored my position as the imperial concubine and took me back to the palace with a grand ceremony. I wanted to hit
the queen in the face with the most beautiful posture.
But the reality tells me that I just read too many novels.
First of all, it is impossible for my Lord Long Live to say such disgusting words as “I miss you.”.
Secondly, he is a career maniac and has no time to come to the nunnery for entertainment.
Again, he’s dead.
To die means to be dead. He’s dead. He’s dead..
I have been living in Qingdeng Ancient Buddha for so long, and I should have been indifferent to life and death, but now I am so angry that I don’t want to live.
Xue Bijie, you drove me out of the palace, not only did not come to save me, but also dared to die. Do you want me to spend my life in a nunnery?
You can’t. I don’t want to live, I will die for you.
I threw a hemp rope on the beam, put it around my neck, and kicked it under my feet. Before I
died, I vaguely saw a bright yellow figure breaking in and hissing, “Cha Cha!”
I closed my eyes, and my mind flashed through the past that I knew with Xue Bi. Thirteen
years ago, I entered the palace. On the first day of sleeping, he was kicked out of bed by the emperor. “Don’t disturb me,”
he said solemnly.
I climb up dejectedly, secretly encouraged himself: Tea, do not lose heart, continue to work hard!
Unlike Zhen Huan, who is a green-tea bitch, I did not hide my purpose of entering the palace from the very beginning: I wanted to compete for favor, the kind
of favor that crowned the six palaces; I wanted to be a red man, the kind of red that brought disaster to the beauty. Three idols in
my mind: Baosi, Daji and Zhao Feiyan. Before he
sent me to the palace, my godfather squinted at me and said, “Our daughter is so beautiful that she will surely charm the dog emperor
.” After
entering the palace, I was given the title of elected attendant and lived in the Huaxu Palace, a million miles away from the Emperor’s Longevity Hall. The other two girls who entered the palace
with me were not as beautiful as me, but they were both concubines and lived in the palace near the Longevity Hall. I didn’t see the new emperor for the
first three months. Encountered so many setbacks
at the beginning, I encouraged myself: Tea, don’t lose heart, as long as you work hard, you will be spoiled!
I tried my best, and finally in Imperial Garden, I met the emperor who had just come down.
I caught up with the bright yellow figure, blocked his way, and bowed to him:
“My concubine, Zhang Qingcha, see Lord Long Live.”
“Who are you?” A cold voice.
“Report back to Long Live Master that my concubine is Chang Ching-cha, the chosen attendant of the Huaxu Palace.”
I raised my head and saw the face of the emperor. He is very young, and his eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips are all handsome.
Our eyes met and he stared at me in a daze. It’s right to
be in a daze. You can see how amazing my appearance is.
The new emperor quickly recovered and said, “Good.”
Turned around and left.
“Good”? What does “good” mean? What does it mean? I stood alone in the wind, pondering and pondering.
Second
, I thought, now that I have left an impression in front of the emperor, will I be called to bed?
Still no movement.
Alas, if the emperor does not come to me, then I will go to him.
I dressed up and went to the Hall of Longevity to ask for an interview. However, the eunuch Bai Deyu stopped him at the gate of the temple, saying that Long Live Master was approving the folding and that no one
was allowed to disturb him. “It’s all right, Grandfather Bai. I can wait.”
I flattered.
Wait and wait, wait until the moon is down, wait until the stars are asleep, there is still no movement in the Hall of Longevity.
I took out an ingot of silver from my sleeve and put it in Bai Deyu’s hand. “Father Bai, please let me go in and have a look.”
“You’re welcome, young master. Please come in.” Bai Deyu made way. The
hall was dark and cold, and the emperor, Xue Bi, was dozing on his couch, with a stack of memorials on his lap. I crept over and climbed onto the couch.
He woke up with a start and snapped, “Assassin!” He lifted his foot, put it on my shoulder, and kicked me down.
In fact, I quite understand him. When he was a prince, he was in a bad situation and was often plotted against. Even though he had become a member of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he still
insisted, “There are always people who want to harm me.”
I clung to the edge of the bed, showing half of my little head. “Long live you,” I said, “it’s my concubine, Zhang Qingcha.”
He rubbed his brows until he was more sober. “Did the kick hurt?” He asked me.
“Not bad, not bad.”
“You’re bothering me.”
“Long live you! It’s so late. I’ll approve it tomorrow. I’ll take care of you and go to bed.”
“I’ll give you permission for a while. You can step down first.”
When I came out of the Hall of Longevity, the second monk couldn’t figure it out. Why is
this long-lived man different from the previous one?
The Xue family has a peculiar bloodline. From generation to generation, there are fatuous kings, tyrants, and licentious kings, but there is no wise king.
Seeing that Dachao was about to run out of steam, it happened that Xue Bijie was such a freak.
Twenty-one years old, not enjoying the splendor and wealth, like an ascetic monk, every day is to go to court, criticize, scold the minister
, go to court, criticize, scold the minister..
Do you want to be a good emperor who will go down in history?
Third, in the eyes of my godfather Zhang Fengyuan, the late emperor Xue Biyu is the best emperor in history.
My godfather is the personal eunuch of the late emperor Xue Biyu. The late emperor had a hobby from childhood to adulthood: carpentry. I saw wood
every day, and the daily government affairs were all handed over to my godfather.
My godfather is vicious and vicious, and no one dares to disobey him. He was in charge of the government for eight years, and he wanted wind and rain.
The good times did not last long. Once the late emperor took a wooden boat made by himself to swim in the lake. The boat leaked and sank into the lake. Although the man was rescued, he
was frightened and died the next day at the age of twenty-four.
The late emperor had no children, and his younger brother, Xue Bi, the king of Germany, succeeded to the throne.
The new emperor did not trust my godfather, so he was transferred from the capital to the east as a garrison eunuch.
Suddenly, my godfather could only use me as a chess piece temporarily. He gave me the identity of the daughter of the county magistrate of Pyeongchang, and sent
me to the harem and placed me beside the new emperor.
My task is to win favor, control the new emperor, and then find a way to help my godfather make a comeback. After
entering the palace, I can only rely on myself to find a way to compete for favor.
I don’t know books, I’m not reasonable, I can’t play the piano and chess, and I’m not good at painting and calligraphy. Apart from being beautiful, they can only cook chicken soup.
I thought about it and came up with a plan. If I wanted to capture the emperor, I had to capture his stomach first. In the early morning of the second day after I
was kicked off the dragon couch, I went to the Hall of Longevity with a bowl of chicken soup.
This ginseng chicken soup is cooked by me in two hours at night, which is a great tonic. In the past, my godfather loved to drink the chicken soup I cooked, saying that after drinking it, his body and mind were
full of strength.
But Hsueh Pi-chien pushed the bowl aside and said, “I don’t eat food of unknown origin.”
“Long live you! This was cooked by my concubine herself.” Did he think I would poison the soup?
He was puzzled and asked, “So what if you cooked it yourself?” I was wronged. “Long live you, don’t you like my concubine?”? Is it because I and my concubine are not doing a good job?
He was straightening the sleeves of his dragon robe. When he heard me say this, he glanced up at me. “I don’t dislike you. I just don’t have time.” I believe
this reason. He is really busy. He is too busy to like me. Just as
I was trying to find something else to talk about, Bai Deyu came in and said, “Long live you, it’s time for the morning.”
“Go.”
He went out in a hurry, leaving me embarrassed.
Back at Huaxu Palace, I was depressed for a whole day, doubting my life.
What to do? It seems that my charm is not enough to deal with this long-lived man who has no amorous feelings.
The reversal came suddenly. In the evening, Xue Bi unexpectedly arrived at the Huaxu Palace!
I was overjoyed and wanted to serve him well, but he sat cross-legged on the couch and Bai Deyu spread out a pile of memorials.
He began to mark the fold.
“Long live you, it’s getting late. Are you going to sleep?”
“I’ll approve the folding first.”
“Long live you, it’s a short night. Will you sleep?”
“I’ll approve the folding first, but I can’t finish it.”
“But I’m trapped..”
“You go to bed first, and I’ll give you a discount.” For three days in a row, he spent the night in my palace. He wouldn’t let me go to bed, so he buried his head in it.
In the face of beauty and indifference, the only thing in mind is to govern the country. I’m
convinced, I’m really convinced!
This morning, not long after Xue Bi left, my godfather’s trusted eunuch, Xiao Duzi, came.
Little Duzi was working in the empress’s Baokun Palace. He brought me an “inside story”: The emperor and the empress were at odds these days. In order to annoy the empress, the
emperor came to my palace for three days in a row.
“Oh!” I say.
At noon, I went to the Imperial Garden to relax. Coincidentally, I ran into Xue Bi again.
And this time, he’s with the queen. It seems that the two have made up. They
walked and chatted, keeping a polite and intimate distance. Xue Bi’s expression was softer than I had ever seen before, and the queen
‘s posture was gentle and dignified.
I stepped forward and saluted both of them. “Get up,”
said Hsueh Pi-chien coldly, putting on imperial airs.
I stood up and looked at the empress.
The emperor is still the cold and handsome emperor, and the queen, not beautiful, but also a solemn treasure, the style of a lady.
By contrast, I am just a beautiful and weak leprechaun, too ashamed of myself.
The empress looked at me and said, “You are indeed a beautiful woman. No wonder the emperor has called you to bed for three days in a row.”
Her tone was as light as white water, but I heard a little sour taste.
The emperor said, “Is it beautiful?”? I’m face blind. I can’t see it. The queen smiled coldly and did not answer.
The atmosphere is a bit awkward.
“It’s my concubine’s fault.” “I went to the palace for three months without seeing the emperor, and I was laughed at by the little sisters, so I
dared to go to the emperor and cry. The emperor took pity on me, and only reluctantly came to the palace to give me a discount.”
The queen’s face had just softened, and with a gentle hum, she took the emperor’s hand and walked past me.
Not far away, Xue Bi looked back at me with a little approval in her eyes. The
four
emperors and empresses are famous for their harmony. When Xue Bi was still the King of Germany, she married Zhou Bailian, the daughter of the imperial censor on Monday. The two of them
helped each other and were also a couple in distress. If
he hadn’t become the emperor, he would have to enrich the harem according to the ritual system, where would I have to run wild.
Sure enough, after the emperor and the queen made up, the emperor never came to my palace again. How can
this work? How can I be favored with the queen in the way? I want to break them up!
As luck would have it, a few days later, Xiao Duzi came to report that the empress was at odds with the emperor again.
This is a good opportunity for me to take advantage of it.
I pulled out all the stops and made a small pot of thick chicken soup. Xue Bi didn’t drink my chicken soup last time, and I want to fight for it again this time.
In the evening, I took the chicken soup to the Hall of Longevity. I waited
outside for a long time before I was called in.
Xue Bi sat behind the bookcase, his eyes black, his lips dry, the folds in front of him piled up, and waste paper scattered everywhere on the ground. I thought of my godfather’s words: “He wants to solve all the problems accumulated in the government for decades by himself, which is really beyond his ability.”
Xue Bi took one look at me and lowered her head to continue to criticize.
I opened the lid of the soup pot, filled a bowl, drank it down, and showed him the bottom of the bowl.
“Your Majesty, it’s not poisonous. Drink a bowl. After drinking, you’ll have more energy to work.”
He did not look up, but the corners of his mouth were slightly pulled up. “All right then.”
I took out a new bowl, filled it with chicken soup, and offered it to him with both hands.
He put down his pen and took the bowl. Our fingers touched.
He lowered his eyes and did not look at me. He took a shallow drink and was stunned.
“Doesn’t it taste good?” I’m nervous.
“Not bad.” He took two, three sips.
Soon, the bowl was at the bottom.
“One more bowl.” He said.
“All right.”
Soon, a pot of chicken soup was dried up by him.
I told you, no one can resist my chicken soup. The
chicken soup was finished, and I was embarrassed to go on, and I was ready to leave.
But he said, “Don’t go tonight. Stay.” Oh? I’m afraid I heard it wrong? He asked me to stay?
He finally took his eyes off the fold on the table and looked at me.
“You sleep in the side hall, and don’t disturb me.”
This night, the 105th day after I entered the palace, I finally stayed in the Hall of Longevity. Unfortunately, I slept on the cool bed in the side hall, and I didn’t even touch the edge of the dragon
bed.
Xue Bijie said that he slept lightly and was afraid of noise, so he had to get up early to go to court tomorrow.
All right, I can stay in the Hall of Longevity for the night. This is a great progress. I can’t be too anxious.
The next day, before dawn, Xue Bi had just got up, and I was serving him in court clothes when the Empress of Zhou came. When
she saw me, Feng Rong was slightly cold, and the light in her eyes was broken.
Alas, am I so terrible? I’m just a gentle and harmless little green tea.
Xue Bijie was in a low mood and ignored Empress Zhou. The burden of
resolving the impasse fell on me again. I hastened to explain: “Long live Master has been marking the whole night, and I’m a little tired.” Em
press Chou’s complexion was even worse, but she restrained herself and said earnestly, “Long live you, I have something to say to you. Can you say it?”
“Yes.” Xue Bi knows how to eat soft and not hard, and when Empress Zhou is soft, his attitude is better.
“But I’m going to the morning court.” He frowned and thought, “There are still two hundred slips to be approved today, to be discussed with the six ministries, and to
hear about the bribery case at the Dali Temple.”
So I don’t have time? Empress Zhou’s face was full of disappointment, and before he could finish, she turned around and left. “What’s wrong with her?”
She asked me.
I said, “I don’t know, either.”
He shook his head. “This woman is really troublesome.”
The chicken soup offensive is beginning to bear fruit, and I want to make persistent efforts.
He is very busy, but he has to eat no matter how busy he is. In the evening, I saw the right time for him to fold in the Hall of Longevity. With fresh and hot chicken
soup, I came again.
He didn’t let me wait outside this time. He just called me in.
“I can smell the smell of chicken soup before you come in.” He said. Smiling,
I filled him with chicken soup and took out two dishes of side dishes. While he was drinking chicken soup and watching the folding, I accompanied him silently. When he
looked at the book, he would occasionally get angry and say, “Those useless guys in Hexi can’t even suppress a few roving bandits in the mountains.
I’m going to get rid of them!” “If a mere county magistrate dares to be greedy for so much, I will cut off his head!”
I agreed with him, “Oh, that’s too much.” “Your Majesty, relax. Don’t be angry with such a mean person.”
He was a little calmer.
In the evening, he asked me to stay in the Hall of Longevity.
After that, every day, I continued to send him chicken soup, accompany him to see the fold, and accompany him.. Sleep.
Too bad they don’t sleep in the same bed. The seat beside his pillow belonged only to the pile of folds that could never be finished.
I comforted myself that it was not that I was not attractive enough, but that he was really too busy. There are countless big and small things waiting for him every day, and he is often called up in the middle of the night
to deal with urgent military affairs in various places. He had not been to see the queen for many days. The queen had come to see him once. At that time, he had just scolded the minister and was angry. He had a disagreement with the queen
and broke up on bad terms.
At night, as he drank the chicken soup, he sighed, “Madam Chou will never understand me.”
I took the opportunity to ask him, “Well, do you think I understand you?”
He: “Not bad.”
“Long live the Lord..” Do you like your concubines?
“At the moment, of course, I like it.” When
I was in the ascendant, my godfather Chang Feng-yuan sent me a secret letter with only five words:
“Bring down Empress Chou.” Empress
Zhou’s father, the imperial censor on Monday, has been impeaching my godfather recently, euphemistically calling it exposing my godfather’s “ten major crimes.”. My
godfather was not in the capital, and he was unable to compete with Monday, so he could only let me play a role and start with Queen Zhou.
But I can’t bring down the queen if I want to. He’s fine, and he didn’t make any mistakes.
However, after this period of observation, I have found out the bottom of the queen. She is arrogant and likes to play a small temper, but Xue Bijie doesn’t
like her and dislikes her trouble.
Then I will help them to “improve” their feelings.
For example, when the emperors and empresses were walking in the Imperial Garden, I went over to talk to the emperors, and the empresses were so angry that they turned around and left the emperors confused
. I quickly apologized and said, “Long live you! I didn’t mean to. I don’t know why I made the queen’s sister unhappy.” For another example, when the emperor went to bed in the queen’s palace, I asked my godfather’s people to deliberately send the military newspaper to the front. As soon as the emperor heard that there was a military report, he immediately
got out of bed and dressed, leaving the queen alone in the empty room. After doing this twice, the queen was so angry that she ignored the emperor. I,
on the other hand, put the hot chicken soup in front of Xue Bi, rubbed his shoulders, cut the candles on his desk, and looked at the folds with him.
He sighed, “There are people who always make me feel bad, but it’s you who make me feel good.”
I said, “Oh, my God, who should be so damned as to make the Lord Long Live feel sad?”
“None of my ministers or clansmen has given me any peace of mind.” He stared at the flickering candles on his desk. “And the queen.”
“My concubine loves my Lord Long Live.”
Is it? Will it hurt? His expression softened a little.
I really don’t understand. Long live you. Why doesn’t the empress understand the emperor? But the daughter’s family is always a little short-tempered
, so you don’t have to take it to heart.
“She came all the way with me from the palace, but now we’re getting more and more estranged from each other.” If
the emperor is unhappy in the future, he can talk to his concubine. Although she can’t give me any advice, she just wants to listen to the emperor. All the emperor
had to do was to give his concubines a little bit of time to see the empress, and the concubines would be happy to death.
“Really?”
“Mm-hmm.”
He was a little touched. “Good.” “
When I am not in a hurry,” he added.
“Uh-huh, they will never interfere with the emperor’s business.”
With my unremitting efforts, the queen finally fell out of favor.
The emperor reprimanded her for her impoliteness and lack of the demeanor of the mother of the country, and punished her to think about her mistakes. After
punishing the queen, he turned around and promoted me to the position of concubine. On the night of
Jin Feng, Xue Bi came to Huaxu Palace and had dinner with me for the first time.
I was in a good mood, but I could see that he was not in a good mood.
“I am a little strange.” Pounding the meat in the bowl with his chopsticks, he wondered, “Since you entered the palace, the relationship between me and the empress has become
worse and worse.” Startled,
I said hurriedly, “I’m wronged. I don’t know why. The queen’s sister just doesn’t like me. She gets angry when I get a little closer to the Lord Long
Live.”
“Is there?”
“My sister has been spoiled by the emperor. If she really cares about Lord Long Live, she should be glad
that Lord Long Live has someone to accompany her.”
He thought for a moment. “Well, there seems to be some truth in what you say.”
“Long live, don’t think so much. Why don’t we have some wine?” I want to get him drunk for a while.
“I won’t drink any more. I’m going to give you a discount later.”
I was greatly disappointed. Batch fold, batch fold, know batch fold! Are you forgetting that we haven’t been married yet? Are you a wooden man? What came out of
my mouth was, “Well, I’ll accompany you to approve the folding.”
After dinner, he really began to fold. I was bored and stayed with him. When I opened a book, his expression was suddenly not quite right.
I was curious, but I didn’t dare to ask. I didn’t expect him to hand me the fold directly. “Look at it.”
I took it over and saw that this book was written by the imperial censor on Monday, interceding for his daughter with sincere words.
I observed Xue Bijie’s expression, and he was obviously moved.
No, I can’t let the queen make a comeback. My
heart crossed and I said, “The queen’s sister has done something wrong. It is the family affair of the Lord Long Live to discipline her.”. Zhou Yushi is a
foreign minister anyway, so he shouldn’t have interrupted this. As soon as
I finished, Xue Bi frowned, and the clouds covered her eyes. My
heart is broken. I’m in a hurry. I said something wrong. “Sure enough,”
he said coldly, “you are provoking me against the queen.”
I quickly knelt down and said, “I have been wronged!”
He looked down at me and said, “The daughter of a small county magistrate in Pyeongchang. She doesn’t have much background, but she is very scheming.”
“I’m not. I’m not. I don’t know anything.” I denied Sanlian, and I hit back: “If you really have a good relationship with the queen’s sister
, how can you not stand up to others?”
“Remember, she is the queen.” He pinched my chin and forced me to look him in the eye. “I will not allow you to bring trouble to the harem.”
Eight
, I am really awesome, really. On the first day of her concubinage, she ruined herself.
Xue Bi left in a huff that night. Early the next morning, Bai Deyu led a group of eunuchs into the Huaxu Palace with a ferocious look. Bai Deyu said that the emperor felt ill after going to the morning court this morning. After examination, the doctor thought that there was something wrong
with the chicken soup I cooked yesterday. Before I could
cry out, I was locked in the darkroom.
Three days later, the result of the examination came out: the chicken I boiled in chicken soup had plague, and a batch of chickens sent into the palace that day all had such symptoms.
The emperor severely punished the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Kitchen, and I was punished as an unintentional mistake and grounded to think about it.
This punishment is not heavy, but I understand that Xue Bi is telling me in this way: from now on, don’t seduce him, don’t
disturb his harem.
He wanted to be his good emperor, get rid of the maladministration, realize the resurgence, and not allow anyone to interfere with him.
Huaxu Palace became a magnificent ruin. Days of loneliness, poverty, despair.
My godfather regularly sends his confidant to bring me some food and clothing. Maybe he still has hope for me and thinks I can revive. The days of
grounding lasted from autumn to winter, and there was no end. Every day in front of the walls and tiles, I think about it. I am a leprechaun, and
I am going to become a Buddha.
Just when I was about to give up myself, on a moonlit night, the bright yellow figure appeared at the door.
He was thinner, his eye sockets were deeper, and the elegance of youth had completely faded, leaving only the fatigue and gloom of a man.
He said, “I’ve always wanted to come and see you, but I’ve been too busy to do so.”
Oh, I haven’t taken care of it for three months. It seems that I am really busy. In
the past three months, although I was grounded, I occasionally heard sporadic news through my godfather’s people-natural disasters continued, popular uprisings broke out everywhere, the national treasury
was exhausted, and the parties in the court were constantly fighting.
I think he must be very tired.
He said, “I want to drink your chicken soup.” Me: “Long live you, aren’t you afraid of chicken plague?”
He said, “I brought my own chicken.”
Bai Deyu came in with an old hen in her arms.
Do you cook it now? It takes two hours. Long live Master doesn’t have that much time to wait, does he?
“I’ve brought the tuck with me. You cook the chicken soup, and I’ll approve the tuck.”
Boy, the world is really wonderful, I almost see through the world of mortals, but he posted it himself.
I set up the stove, boil the water, chop the chicken and mix the soup.
He sat on the small pier next to him and looked up at me from time to time.
When the first scent of the chicken soup came out, he suddenly said, “I’m a hothead, and I always think time is too slow, but at this moment, I very much hope that time
will stop here, and stop at this quiet and peaceful moment.”
This sentence actually made me feel sad.
There is no denying that he is a good emperor, the best emperor ever. Diligent, honest and responsible. Burn yourself
crazily, just to save the building from collapse.
Therefore, from the day he sat on the throne, he could not stop until the end of his life.
Nine
finished the chicken soup, and we looked at each other.
I said, “Long live, do you want to continue to approve the folding?”? I’ll go back to my room and sleep first, so I won’t disturb Master Long Live.
He murmured, “Unexpectedly, it’s all approved.” “Ah, that..”
Why don’t I sleep with you? Before I was
grounded, when I heard this, I probably jumped at him.
But now, I’m just wooden, at a loss.
“Come on, let’s go to bed.” He took my hand and led me to the inner temple.
I was led by him, and my feet were soft, like stepping on cotton.
“I must be dreaming.” I thought so when
he put me on the bed.
“And it’s a wet dream.” I thought so when
he untied my collar.
“Ah, this wet dream is so vivid.” I thought so as
his cold lips kissed my face.
“Long live my father..” Bai Deyu’s voice sounded out of time. We
both woke up from our dreams.
He propped himself up and asked in a deep voice, “What’s wrong?”
“An urgent report has come from Hexi.”
His misty eyes were instantly clear, and he quickly got up and got out of bed. After two steps, he turned to me and said, “You go to bed first. Don’t wait for me.” I was
left dumbfounded. I’ve played the queen like this before, and I’m not happy with it, and now it’s on me. After
a dreamless night, Bai Deyu brought the imperial edict in the morning.
I was released from grounding and promoted to concubine.
Ha, such a good thing, I almost thought I was dreaming again.
“According to the usual practice, there should be some rewards.” Bai Deyu said to me respectfully, “But now the front line is tight, and the harem has to save
money. I hope the Empress will understand.”
Be considerate. Of course. If I were greedy for splendor and wealth, I would not come to the palace.
Look at when the officials, which is not rich, only the son of heaven is the poorest.
Two days later, Xue Bi came to Huaxu Palace. He was thinner and more gloomy, and his broad and majestic dragon robe could not hide his weakness and weariness. But
when he looked at me, his eyes became clear and soft.
Still like last time, I cooked chicken soup, and he commented on it. As
I was chopping up the chicken, he suddenly said, “Cha Cha, I killed a disobedient minister again today, and cut him to pieces, just like you did to
this chicken.”
My knife paused, feeling that the chicken was a little pitiful. “I’ve been on the throne for four hundred days,”
Xue continued. “Guess how many people I’ve killed? 1851 people, all of whom are corrupt
and corrupt. But the supervisor scolded me for being cruel. What do you think?
Bang! I chopped off the chicken’s head with a knife. “There is no emperor who doesn’t kill people. Long live you, frankly speaking, isn’t it particularly
pleasant to kill people?”
He laughed. “Ha ha, you.” He simply threw down the fold and asked me, “How long will the chicken soup last?”
“About an hour.”
“Did I owe you something last time?”
“Oh, what do you owe?”
He leaned over and put his arms around my waist from behind. “I owe you a good night.” Xue Bijao on the
tenth
bed is totally different from Xue Bijao beside the book case. Xue Bijie on the
bed is like a teenager. A frivolous, fervent and intrepid youth. Later,
I couldn’t help begging for mercy: “Long live you, I have to go and see the chicken soup, boil it dry..”
“Just thinking about the chicken soup, isn’t it delicious?”
“Fragrant, very fragrant..” I murmured, “Does my concubine smell good?”
He gasped and pressed his forehead against mine. “All things are bitter, but you are too sweet.”
He fell asleep, so deep that he began to snore. But
I was very energetic, leaning sideways, with my arms on my head, and looking at him carefully. I
have a little secret that I haven’t told him.
In fact, he has known me for less than a year, but I have known him for three years. The first time I saw him was at the birthday banquet of the late Emperor Xue Bi.
At that time, I was very naughty, and occasionally I disguised myself as a little eunuch and followed my godfather into the palace for a walk. On the day of the
birthday banquet, Xue Bi’s brothers, uncles and nephews all came, and all the princes were sitting there. King Fu was fat, King Duan Lai, King Ming was wretched, and King
Lu was despicable.
Only Xue Bi, the king of Germany, is a gentleman and a young man. During
the banquet, he ignored the dissuasion of others and spoke for the minister who was unjustly imprisoned.
But such a decent man, there are bad people who want to kill him. In the middle of
my birthday party, I ran to the Imperial Kitchen to look at my chicken soup and accidentally found that someone had drugged a cup of soup. The
cups are all marked with names, and the name of that cup is “King of Virtue.”.
When the poisoner left, I poured out the poisonous soup and replaced it with my own chicken soup.
After a while, ten cups of soup were served to the banquet and distributed to the guests according to the seating order. The cup of soup that
I replaced was placed in front of Xue Bi.
Other people’s soup is white fungus and lotus seed soup for clearing heat and removing fire, but only his soup is ginseng and chicken soup for invigorating Yang and invigorating Qi. In the
summer, he was so hot and sweaty that his face was ruddy.
I was secretly happy on the side. When I
passed by his seat, I put a rolled up piece of paper beside him, which said, “Don’t eat the food in the palace.”
I don’t know if he saw it later.
It’s just that I can’t imagine that the man I saved later became the emperor. When I woke up on the morning of the National Day
, the room was full of bright sunshine.
Shit, I overslept.
I quickly pushed the people around me, saying, “Long live you, go to the morning court!”! I’m late!
He rolled over and said in a daze, “I’m not going up to the court. I’m going to sleep.” Since
the present emperor ascended the throne, he has never left the court for a single day, even on the first day of the Lunar New Year. What day is it today to have a sex change?
“What are you thinking?” He wrapped his long arms around me.
Think.. Think of the body of Lord Long Live.
He opened his eyes and locked me in the dark.
“Then give it to you.” When I was bullied by
him, I thought of a line from a poem with great pride:
“The spring night is short and the sun rises high. From then on, the king does not go to court early.”
And the long live master of my family is more exaggerated than what is written in the poem. Not only did he not go to court early today, but he also stopped criticizing the books, stopped listening to the army newspaper
, and did not see the minister.
We stayed in bed until noon. We were so hungry that we got up for lunch. Under my temptation, he drank a little wine for the first time, and
then went to bed with me.
“I have never been so indulgent in my life as I am today.” He was lying on his back, his chest heaving, and the color on his cheeks had not yet faded. The late emperors before
you, every day was like a fairy day. You are the only one who likes to abuse yourself, like an ascetic monk. “Ha ha, if I were an immortal and happy, I’m afraid my country would be..” Sorrow crept up on his brows again. “It is said among the people that the atmosphere
is about to run out.”. I don’t believe it, but I want to change my fate against heaven.
I put my head into his arms and said, “I don’t understand these things. Anyway, I depend on Long Live Master. Long Live Master will always spoil people
.”
“Good, good, good.” He laughed, said three good things in a row, and hugged me. For many days
after that, he did not come to me again. I know he is busy, so I dare not bother him. Hold back a few days, really can not help, picked a
good moonlight night, with chicken soup, go to the Hall of Longevity to find him.
He sat on the back of the bookcase for thousands of years, lying on the hill made of memorials, sleeping soundly.
I put down the chicken soup and prepared to leave.
He woke with a start, sat up straight, and said with a straight face, “Cough, what’s the matter with you?” When I
looked up, I found it was me. The
majestic frozen face melted in an instant. “Come here, don’t go.”
When I walked up to him, he took my hand and said in a dumb voice, “I’m really upset that I haven’t been to see you these days.”
“What’s bothering Lord Long Live?” The
front cannot afford to pay the troops, and the troops mutiny. I asked my ministers to donate money, and in a little over ten days I only collected three hundred thousand taels of silver, which was only enough for a month
‘s pay. He gnashed his teeth and said, “Everyone is a corrupt official, and everyone is as rich as a country. When the family and the country are in danger, one or two of them are crying for poverty. I
understand what the fickleness of the world means.” Like a conjuror,
I pulled out a stack of silver tickets from my sleeve. “I hope I can share the worries of the emperor with a little effort.” When he took it, he was astonished. “Fifty thousand taels of silver!”! Where did you get so much money?
I laughed. “My father is also a corrupt official. This is the gift money I saved from childhood to adulthood.”
In fact, this money was given by my godfather before I entered the palace, so that I could use it in the palace. I am a stingy
person. I don’t want to spend one or two yuan. My daily expenses depend entirely on my monthly salary. When I was a waiter, my monthly salary was low, and cooking chicken
soup every day took up part of my expenses. I lived frugally so that I wouldn’t starve to death.
Now fifty thousand taels of silver are offered all at once. As the saying goes, if you don’t want to give up a child, you can’t catch a wolf. More money, let the emperor understand that I am
a bosom friend who can share the joys and sorrows, and my favor will be more stable in the future.
Xue Bijie held the silver ticket in her hand and stared at me in a daze, her eyes flushed.
“What’s the matter with you, Master Long Live?”
“It’s all right.” He glanced at her and was so moved that he pretended to be unwilling. “Even a
county magistrate has more money than I do. Humph!”
I put my arm around his neck and said, “Long live you, don’t worry about it, and don’t criticize it. If you’re drunk today, you can play with me.”
He wanted to push me away and said, “No, no, no. I’m going to criticize you. Don’t harm me, leprechaun.” Is this
called a scourge? Would you like to feel what a real beauty is like? My hands are not honest.
“You, what do you want?”
With a crash, the memorial fell to the ground. The inkstone was knocked over, and the red ink dyed the skirt red. At this time, the Huanghua Pear Book Case in the Longevity Hall, which deals
with the world’s major events, has become a battlefield for a man and a woman to gallop their desires.
Outside the window, the late spring scenery is charming.
“It’s too improper, too immoral.” After that, our clean and upright Long Live Master was a little annoyed.
I tied the belt of the dragon robe for him. “Isn’t it exciting?”? Are you uncomfortable? “It’s so exciting and comfortable.” He sighed, “I quite like it.”. Damn
The next night, I went to deliver chicken soup. Yesterday’s scene reappeared. On
the third night, I went to deliver chicken soup. He took the initiative to throw me on the bookcase. On
the fourth night, I thought I should let him rest, so I didn’t go to deliver chicken soup. He asked Bai Deyu to send a message to summon me.
In addition to the book case of the Hall of Longevity, the woods in the backyard of the Hall of Longevity, Imperial Garden behind the rockery, all left the madness
of the emperor and his favorite concubine.
He said he was a man who had never been young and frivolous. I said, let me help you find your youth and frivolity.
He said that emperors should not be so degenerate. I said that emperors should do whatever they want. *** morality and ethics.
I was granted the title of imperial concubine.
Xue Bijie said that if she gave birth to a dragon daughter in the future, she would be given the title of imperial concubine.
I said, “Oh, that’s going to be hard work!”
“What have I worked so hard for?”
“Long live your hard work! Help me get a dragon daughter as soon as possible.”
“Well, this must be done.” He pushed me in the grass and took off my imperial concubine’s clothes.
Just now, the ceremony of conferring the title of imperial concubine was over, and he accompanied me back to Huaxu Palace. Passing by Wangchun Garden, we found that the grass had grown so high that
we looked at each other and smiled.
He held back and pulled me into the grass. Alas, I have taught you to be a good man.
I finally achieved my goal: to be a pet concubine, the kind of pet that can be crowned in the six palaces.
Facts have proved that if he likes you, he will have time to accompany you no matter how busy he is, and he will become very clingy.
Eat with me, sleep with me, and buy with me. Sometimes he couldn’t stand himself and said, “Oh, if I continue to fool around with
you, I’m really going to lose my country.” Once
, when we were sitting in the Hall of Longevity, Bai Deyu announced, “Long live you, the imperial censor wants to see you on Monday.” It was too late for
me to leave, so Xue Bi asked me to take shelter behind the screen.
I hid behind a screen and came in on Monday.
He first reported a bunch of official business to Rory, and then suddenly started the topic: “Recently, it has been widely spread that the emperor has been bewitched
by a treacherous imperial concubine..”
I listened for a long time and found that the bad old man was really bad on Monday. He said that I was a treacherous concubine. He also asked dozens of ministers to sign a petition,
demanding that I be put into the cold palace.
Really do not understand, I am a small green tea, what harm can it do? “I told you not to mention it again,” said
Xue Bi. There are no treacherous concubines, and I have not been bewitched!
On Monday, he was not afraid of the power of heaven. “You favor Concubine Zhang, and you even dislike her wife. Do you know what your subjects and future generations will say about you?”?
Have you forgotten how Emperor Gaozong’s Concubine Zheng was in chaos?
“I am not Gaozong!” Xue Bi suddenly flew into a rage and smashed the chicken soup cup.
“Long live Lord..”
“Get out!” After going out
on Monday, I came out from behind the screen. “Don’t listen to their lies,” said Hsueh Pi-chien. “Those supervisors don’t care about business, but they like to interrupt my family affairs.”
I asked him, “Is it true that they say I am a treacherous concubine and that they want to put me in the cold?” There was a look of malice in
his eyes. “I’ve sent people to investigate, and all those who believe and spread rumors will be arrested and imprisoned.”
His tone, not like a wise king, but like a tyrant, seems to have been really corrupted by me.
I decided to add fuel to the fire.
The big eyes blinked twice and tears fell down. He panicked when he
saw my tears.
“Cha Cha, don’t cry. I will protect you.” He wiped my tears with his thumb and cupped my face. “With me, no one can
hurt you.” On the morning of the second
day, Xue Bijie issued a decree to demote Monday and demote him from the capital.
My godfather’s most dangerous political enemy has fallen, and I think he should be satisfied.
Soon after, I received a secret letter from my godfather. The letter first praised me, but the more I looked down, the more frightened I was.
Zhang Fengyuan is too arrogant. He actually sent me a new task in the letter: to poison the emperor.
He said that today’s emperor is difficult to control, even if I am favored again, I can not guarantee his comeback. He decided to get rid of Xue
Bixun and support Xue Bixun, the king of Fu.
King Fu is close to my godfather, and I am a fool. As long as he ascends the throne, my godfather’s chance to regroup will come.
My heart sank to the bottom. Yes, I first entered the palace to fight for power and protect my godfather. I thought that as long as I became a favorite concubine and held the emperor’s heart, I would get wind
and rain, as powerful as my godfather used to be.
But it happened that I met Hsueh Pi-chien, a “good emperor” who loved rivers and mountains but not beauties. He didn’t give me a chance to misbehave at all.
I admit that the godfather is right, this emperor is not obedient, then change an obedient one, preferably a fool like the late emperor Xue Bi.
But what does the death of Shelby mean to the great? How long can this stormy country last?
If the great ship sinks, we mortals will all drown in the torrent of the end of the world.
So, Shelby can’t die. He wants to be a great helmsman and protect his people.
There is a more important thing-
I found that I loved him.
I tried my best to seduce his heart, but I don’t know when my heart was taken away by him.
From now on, I can’t do anything to harm him. I’ll kill anyone who endangers him.
I didn’t respond to my godfather. Secret letters kept coming, urging me to do it as soon as possible. My godfather also promised me that when it was done, I would enjoy the splendor and wealth for the rest
of my life.
I know my godfather’s temper. If you disobey him, the consequences will be very serious. He has a hundred ways to make me die very ugly. So
I wrote back and told him that I had put slow poison in the emperor’s chicken soup every day, and he just had to wait patiently.
This letter can stabilize my godfather for the time being, but I know that his patience is limited. If Xue Pi-kun had not “died as scheduled,” there is no guarantee that he would not
have taken other extraordinary measures.
I must come up with a solution as soon as possible. On the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, all the kings came to the palace. When I saw Xue Bixun, the king of Fu, I immediately had a plan in mind. Why don’t you kill King Fu. If
King Fu dies, he can break my godfather’s dream. When I
served the soup, I did something in Fu Wang’s soup cup.
That night, King Fu died suddenly. Wandering anxiously in the Huaxu Palace,
I finally sat on the threshold and breathed a sigh of relief when I heard the news.
But the next news made me jump up again.
Xue Bijie also fell ill, and the symptoms were like poisoning.
I’m confused. I only poisoned Fu Wang’s soup cup. You can’t make a mistake. I didn’t even bother to wear my
fur coat, so I’m going to the Hall of Longevity to find out.
But the queen with a large group of people blocked at the gate of Huaxu Palace. The empress, who had been keeping a low profile
in recent days, now rose majestically. Pointing at me, she snapped,
“Come on, take down the sinner Zhang!”
It turned out that the imperial physician had found poison in the chicken soup that the emperor had drunk in the morning. I cooked the chicken soup.
Without the slightest precaution, the torture was directly staged in the Huaxu Palace.
I was forced to kneel on the ground, and two eunuchs broke my fingers straight one by one and put them into the wooden rope. Before I could react, they pulled the iron rope left
and right, clattering, and the hard stick tightened and clamped my ten fingers.
Perception was a little slow, and when the heart-rending pain suddenly hit me, I didn’t come to my senses, but felt my heart pumping.
I heard a scream that was not like a human voice. Next, the sharp pain came like a storm. The pain of this torture makes the soul twitch.
The empress, admiring my tragic situation, said leisurely, “Come on, Zhang Qingcha, you can die more happily.”
She lied to me. According to the law, the murder of the son of heaven is to be executed by Ling Chi, which is the pain of thousands of cuts, much more painful than pinching fingers.
I asked, “What do you want me to say?” What is the purpose of
your visit to the palace? Who ordered you to poison him?
I think she may have found out my real background. She wanted to take this opportunity to catch me and the people behind me.
“Does my sister want to know why I went to the palace?” I licked my lips. “Sister, come closer. I’ll only tell you one person.”
The queen put her ear close to her. I said to her slowly and clearly, “Sister, I went to the palace to separate you from the emperor.”
The queen’s dignified face suddenly twisted, and three words squeezed out between her teeth: “To be caned.” The caning in
this Dynasty is famous for its severity. Those who can survive within twenty sticks can be counted on their fingers. In the two years since Hsueh Pi-chien ascended the throne
, more than a hundred people have been “carelessly” caned to death by him.
I was pressed on a bench, and two eunuchs, each holding a bamboo stick, one on the left and one on the right, hit me firmly.
The first time, I felt a sudden shock in my body, and my internal organs seemed to be broken.
Probably hit the seventh stick or the eighth stick, Bai Deyu came in a hurry and called a halt to the terrible abuse.
“The emperor has decreed that the Huaxu Palace should be sealed, and that the Chang family should be deposed as a commoner, at their disposal.”
The queen stamped her foot angrily.
Fifteen I lie on the bed, hungry, thirsty, pain.
Ten fingers were swollen like turnips, and their buttocks and thighs were so painful that they could not move.
Nobody cares about me. Some of my palace people have been executed, and some have been captured. This is a strangulation against me, and the other side will
not stop until I am killed.
I had been awake and asleep for about a day and night when someone came. I knew it was him when I heard the footsteps
without opening my eyes. Steady and strong
footsteps, it seems that he is not deeply poisoned, the body is not seriously affected.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and said nothing.
“Water, I want water..” I said hoarsely.
He went to get a glass of water and fed it to me.
I drank three cups in a row before I felt a little better and my voice could make sound.
“I was wronged.” I said, “I didn’t put poison in the chicken soup.”
“Is it?” He was so calm that he flashed a piece of paper in front of me. “Have you seen this letter?”
I took one look and recognized it as my letter back to Zhang Fengyuan. The letter said that I had poisoned the chicken soup that the emperor drank every day. Oh,
my God, why did this letter fall into the hands of Xue Bi? “The letter was given to me by the empress,” said
Xue Bijie. “She found it from Xiao Duzi.”
Xiao Duzi is my godfather’s confidant, and I have to communicate with my godfather through Xiao Duzi’s hands.
Now, I jump into the Yellow River and I can’t wash it. How can I teach Xue Bi to know that I cheated Zhang Fengyuan. I didn’t poison the chicken soup
. How can I be willing to do this to him. Hsueh Pi-kun did not dwell too much on the matter of poisoning, but asked me, “What is your relationship with Chang Feng-yuan?”
I replied, “It doesn’t matter.”
“All you have to do is admit that you were coerced by Chang Feng-yuan, and I will spare your life.”
I was silent. Although Zhang Fengyuan was bad, he was the one who fished me out of the hands of human traffickers ten years ago, and
he was the one who brought me up. Without him, there would be no me.
I said, “I have nothing to do with Grandfather Chang. I don’t know him.”
“I trust you so much, I like you so much.” Hsueh Pi-kun could not suppress her extreme disappointment. “But you, deceiving you, you..”
You.. Maybe I have so many crimes that he doesn’t know where to start. “And you’re trying to destroy my relationship with the queen?” The
last sentence amused me. With a wry smile, I said, “You are wronged, Lord Long Live. Is there any affection between you and the queen that can be destroyed?”
He also smiled bitterly: “Yes, I have no feelings.”
“But she is the queen.” “I have warned you once before,” he said coldly. “I will not tolerate you bringing trouble to the harem.”
“If there was only one choice between the queen and me, who would you choose?” I asked myself. “It’s not a question of the harem competing for favor,”
he said.
“I just want to know who to choose between Chou Pai-lien and me.” I raised my voice.
I want to fight for favor. I went to the palace to fight for favor.
He was silent for a while, as if not for a while, a long time, so long that my heart was cold.
“I choose the queen.” He answered.
These two days, the body suffered so much, I was stunned is not a drop of tears. But at that moment, the water he fed me turned into tears
and wet my cheeks. “She is the queen, the mother of the nation.” He was afraid I wouldn’t understand, so he explained to me seriously: “In this eventful autumn, the war in Hexi is raging, and there is a severe drought in the
north. I need to be prudent in everything, unite the people, and tide over the difficulties with the officials and the people.”
“Yes, I understand everything.” I just feel so powerless. I want to live and die with him hand in hand, but I don’t even have the qualifications
.
“I have one last request, and I hope you will grant it.”
“You speak.”
“Let me die comfortably, not too painfully, not too miserably, and never die like a thousand cuts, okay?”
“Yes.”
I’m tired. Close your eyes. He sat beside me for a moment, then got up and left.
This farewell, I’m afraid it’s farewell forever.
Sixteen
I’m not dead yet, but Xue Bijue condemned my godfather and ordered him to be bound back to Beijing for punishment. On the way
back to Beijing, my godfather escaped at night. When the guards found him, he had fallen off a cliff and died.
Xue Bijie decreed that the case would be closed, no one would be prosecuted, and no one would be allowed to mention it again. Zhang Shi, a commoner, was exempted from the death penalty and left
the palace to practice. The day
I left the palace was exactly two years since I entered the palace. When I first entered the palace, I was high-spirited and determined to win. Take the favor, take the power above the peak
.
Now, my hands are empty and my heart is empty. When I left the palace gate, I looked back at the lofty palace, but there was no one there. I don’t know where Xue Bijie is now, but it’s very likely that she is
in the Hall of Longevity.
From now on, no one will bother him, no one will hinder him to be a good emperor.
In fact, I sincerely hope that this dilapidated country will get better day by day under his repair. I can’t help him. I can only bless him silently in my heart
.
However, as if the day is going to die, this winter, is a series of snow disasters. A large number of people died of cold and hunger, and
those who survived rebelled. The rebellion in Hexi was not peaceful, and the popular revolt in Guangnan rose again. I,
on the other hand, was imprisoned in the Snow Moon Nunnery, a hundred miles east of the capital. I shaved off my hair and turned into a piece of wood with no worries and no consciousness. Eating tasteless vegetarian meals
every day, chicken soup is even more difficult to boil. After a year of living as a
walking corpse, I was isolated from the world, like a man in the Peach Blossom Land. When I asked what the world was like today, I didn’t know whether there was a Han Dynasty or a Wei
and Jin Dynasty.
Until one day, the news of the emperor’s death flew into Xueyue Nunnery. The abbot of
the nunnery recited the death mantra for the emperor, and the sound of the mantra continued day and night. I stayed in the hut and hung myself on the beam
with a swing of the hemp rope.
At this moment, someone broke into the house. Bright yellow clothes, slender figure, he is coming. When
I woke up, he was in front of the bed.
He was clearer, his face was gloomy and pale, but his eyes were soft and clear.
“I’ve wanted to come and see you for a long time, but I’m too busy to spare the time.” What a familiar excuse.
“I know you’re busy.” I wondered, “But you’re not …” Is he dead?
“Tired of being an emperor, die for a while.”
“Did you bring the fold?”
“I didn’t bring it with me. This time I won’t approve it. I’ll concentrate on accompanying my beloved concubine.”
“For how long?”
“I don’t know.”
“Well, if you can stay with me for a while.”
“Good.”
I reached out my index finger and hooked it around his belt.
“Hey, this is a nunnery. It’s not appropriate.” He sat still.
“I’ve played in the grass, but is the Lord of Long Live still afraid of this?”
“That’s right..”
This should be the happiest and most indulgent few days of my life with him. There was no minister to see him during the day, no one to urge him to listen to the army newspaper at night,
no folding between us, no supervisor, no queen. Not even Long Live Master, nor Zhang Guifei.
Just him and me, Xue Bijie and Zhang Qingcha.
I leaned against his chest and said in a cheap way, “If you continue to fool around with me, the country will perish.”.
He kissed my forehead and said, “If the country perishes, it will perish, and all of you will die.”. I said that’s good. In history, the king of a fallen country can go down in history.
He said you were a little rascal, and I would not forgive you.
I said come on, who’s afraid of who.
We hugged each other and climbed into the tent.
I also thought of the poem: “The spring night is short and the sun rises high, and from then on the king does not go to court early.”. But
I forgot to have the next sentence: “Yu Yang comes with encouragement, breaking the song of neon clothes and feather clothes.”.
Eighteen
. I know he’s leaving sooner or later. He can stay for me for a while, but not forever. It is impossible for him
to wash his hands of the chaos caused by natural and man-made disasters outside.
But as for the parting, we never mentioned it. Indulge only in the pleasure of the moment. The
happy days passed for seven days. On the seventh night, when we were lying in bed in the heavy snow, he suddenly hugged me and said in a trembling voice, “Cha
Cha, I can’t hold on any longer. I’ve run out of air, and I can’t save the day.” For the first time,
he showed vulnerability in front of me. He is always so resolute and forbearing, carrying a thousand pounds of rivers and mountains with a clear body,
even if the sky falls down, he will die.
Forgive me for leaving you here alone. I just want you to live, even if we can never be together, as long as you live well
.
I always have a sweet mouth to coax people, but this time I don’t know how to coax him, so I can only hug him in silence.
In the middle of the night, I woke up with no one around me.
He’s gone, quietly. I broke down for a moment and cried his name, but no one answered.
I ran out of the house barefoot in my hair. It was a cold snowy night in the Snow Moon Nunnery. It was a vast expanse of whiteness. I couldn’t find my Xue Bi. As if I had
lost my soul, I chased him out of the nunnery regardless. He ran along the path, shouting,
“Long live you!”! De Wang! Xue Bijie! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! Take me away!
He walked without a trace, not even ruts or footprints in the snow. The dead and silent snowy night echoed with my miserable cry.
If anyone had heard it, they would have thought they had run into a fierce ghost. As
I ran, I shouted and cried, and I ran a hundred miles into the capital.
As soon as I went into town, I was dumbfounded.
Is this still the flowery capital I am familiar with? The
flames of war have stopped, the smoke of gunpowder has not dispersed, the ruins are everywhere, the corpses are scattered, the black blood flows all over the streets, and the holy snow city is painted
into the color of hell in the winter moon. On the
street, occasionally there are people who have lost their homes, and the sound of crying and sobbing is like a ghost calling soul at night, which is extremely tragic.
A group of roving bandits passed by, dressed in black and red scarves. It was clear that they were anti-bandits in Hexi. Some of
them held gold and silver in their arms, some carried the heads of soldiers in their hands, and some carried crying women on their backs.
A man with blood all over his face stood on the stone bridge, pointing at the roving bandits and cursing, “I’ve had two hundred years of inheritance. How can I let you trample on
it?”! Your intestines and stomachs will rot and you will die a terrible death!
I went to the man’s side, only to find that he was Xue Bi’s personal eunuch Bai Deyu.
I asked him eagerly, “Grandfather Bai, what’s going on?”? Where is Master Long Live?
“The rebels have captured the capital, and there is great destruction!” He covered his face with his sleeve and cried. “Where is Lord Long Live?”
“Lord Long Live hanged himself for his country at the Wuyou Pagoda. The dragon hung for seven days, but no one collected his body.”
Hang yourself for your country, hang yourself for your country, hang yourself for your country..
I repeat these four words over and over.
How is that possible? Impossible. He put me to sleep last night. For seven days, he was by my side! Looking up
again, Bai Deyu disappeared. I’m the only one left on the stone bridge.
I stumbled to the worry-free tower. Under
the worry-free tower, I saw a man hanging on the tower. Three feet of white silk twisted his neck, his thin body swayed with the wind, his
long hair covered his face, and his dragon robe was stained.
I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it. It’s not him. It’s not him.
“This is him, our Lord Long Live.” Someone said behind me.
I looked back and saw Queen Zhou Bailian.
She was dressed up, dressed in silk clothes, wearing a nine-dragon phoenix crown, twelve big pearl flowers shining brightly, but her face was as pale
and dim as the dead.
She said, “Seven days ago, the roving bandits invaded the capital city. Long Live Lord refused to flee south and vowed to live or die with Da.”. After that, he climbed the Wuyou Tower alone and
hanged himself for his country.
I said, “Impossible.”. Seven days ago he came to Hsueyue Nunnery to look for me. He was fine, and we stayed together for seven days.
The queen said sadly, “Sure enough, even if he dies, his soul will come to you.”
You’re talking nonsense! There are no ghosts in this world. He is alive, and I can feel him, literally. I closed my eyes and thought about the past seven days. His smile, the warmth when he holds me, the throb when he kisses me, his hair,
his skin, his breath, his eyes..
Only ghosts can see ghosts. You can see him because you are dead too. Queen, give me the final blow.
I opened my eyes suddenly.
“Me, too?”
Seven days ago, when I hanged myself, Xue Bi saved me.
Wait, was I saved or not? After
death, the soul stays in the world for seven days. The seven-day time limit is up, and he’s gone. You will go too, and your time
has come. “I have to go, too,” said the queen faintly. “My time has come.”
Her body gradually faded, and finally mixed with the snowflakes all over the sky, drifting away to nowhere. I
stay where I am. I don’t know how long it took for the snow to stop and the wind to blow. A ray of sunshine suddenly broke through the heavy clouds and sprinkled on me. I watched
my body gradually become transparent, turning into broken crystals, melting in the light and shadow.
In the end, I didn’t find my long live master, my Xue Bijie.
(The end of the text)
An extra chapter (Empress Zhou Bailian)
When the emperor forced me to commit suicide, he looked very calm.
The capital was lost, and the rebels in Hexi were about to enter the palace. The princes cried and begged the emperor to move to the south of the Yangtze River for revitalization. The emperor ignored them and went straight to the harem.
Since the man left the palace to practice, he has hardly set foot in the harem for two years. When
he entered the Baokun Palace, I hurried forward to meet him.
“Long live you, the rebels are coming in. Where are we going?”
“I’m not going anywhere. The queen will stay here with me.”
I was stunned. What? Stay here? Isn’t that death? If the emperors and empresses of a country fall into the hands of those rebels, it will be a great
shame.
Bai Deyu came in with a tray filled with three feet of white silk.
“The queen will go first, and I will come later.”
“No, I don’t want to die, and I don’t want to die, either.” I knelt down and put my arms around his legs. “Master Long Live, let’s go to
the south of the Yangtze River. My grandfather has a lot of property in the south of the Yangtze River. He has a lot of money. He can recruit troops for Master Long Live and recover the country!”.
“Is it?” He laughed. “Before, I asked my ministers to donate money. How much did your family donate?”
I’m speechless. My father was stingy on Monday and came to me asking for money. I gave him five hundred taels of silver, but he only gave two
hundred and fifty taels, and he swallowed two hundred and fifty taels.
The Queen. “He looked down at me.” I’ve been married to you for seven years, and I’ve given you everything I can. Now it’s time for you to repay your loyalty
. ”
“Do you care about the loyalty of your concubines?” I said bitterly, “You just want to avenge Zhang Qingcha.”. You’ve been putting up with it for two years, and
now you finally don’t have to put up with it any more.
Without her, I will let you die. You know why.
Why? Maybe it’s because I poisoned him.
And more than once.
Seven years ago, I poisoned him for the first time.
At that time, the late emperor Xue Biyu was still on the throne, and the throne had been hanging in the air. My father spent a lot of money to make me queen
, but I still lost the election. At that time, Zhang Fengyuan was at the height of his power, and he would not let the daughter of his old enemy be the queen. After I
lost the election, I got the news that I might be accused of marrying the King of Germany.
De Wang? No, I don’t! Of all the princes in the
court, King De was the least promising. His birth mother was of humble origin, the late emperor was not close to him, and he had no influence
in the court. He didn’t want anything. Was he worthy of me?
My father is an imperial censor, and my grandfather is a tycoon in the south of the Yangtze River. My family wants power and money. Only the most superior man is worthy of
me.
Even if you can’t marry the emperor, it’s good to marry King Fu. King Fu is not good, so is King Duan.
In order not to marry the King of Germany, I thought of a way once and for all.
At the emperor’s birthday banquet, I had someone poison the soup of King De. As long as he’s dead, I don’t have to marry.
However, he was safe and sound. I don’t know what’s going on.
Then I had to marry him and accept my fate.
After marriage, he and I respected each other like “ice,” and the days were lighter than plain water. He doesn’t understand amorous feelings, doesn’t like romance, and stays in the study every day.
The only good thing is that it is easy to coax. Once I sent a cup of tea to his study, and he was quite touched.
I have a silver plate face, and others say that I look like a prosperous husband, but they are right. Not long after he
married me, King De’s luck changed. The emperor accidentally fell into the water and saw that he could not be saved. Before he died, he passed the throne to King De of my family. The moment the emperor died, I was sure that I was really going to be the queen.
God, what kind of Wangfu life I have! “I’m afraid I’ve failed my brother,” King
De said with a touch of sadness.
Second
, I got my wish and became the thirteenth queen of the Dynasty.
He is the busiest emperor in history. I don’t understand why he works so hard. Isn’t being an emperor supposed to enjoy a happy life?
Every month, he found time to come to Baokun Palace to see me several times. Every time I take the opportunity to make a little request. For example, give my brother a title, give my family
some land, or help my father’s fellow countrymen to seek an official. He had no time to ask
these little questions and answered them one by one. Looking at my happy appearance, he is also more satisfied.
My grandfather complained to me that the business tax in the south of the Yangtze River was too heavy and the profits of businessmen were too thin. So I suggested that the emperor cut the commercial tax in the south of the Yangtze River and increase the tax on the
peasants.
The emperor did not agree. I mentioned
it to him several times, but it was unpleasant. He finally gagged me by saying, “The harem must not interfere in politics.”. He didn’t talk to me for a long time after
that. Although I missed him terribly, I was unwilling to be outdone. If he didn’t come to me, I would never go to him.
One day, when I came to my senses, I suddenly found that the emperor had accepted the imperial concubine.
I felt sad for a while, and then I was relieved. He does not love beauty, only love rivers and mountains, these women come in, is placed in the corner of
the vase of ashes.
I noticed that among the newlyweds who entered the palace this time, there was one named Zhang Green Tea, who was quite beautiful. I felt a little unhappy in my heart. While dining with the emperor, I intentionally or unintentionally mentioned, “There is a newcomer named Chang Chen-cha. He doesn’t have a high family background, and his words and deeds are not
well-educated. Why don’t you go back?”. “Go back,” said the emperor. “How can a girl get married?”? Let’s make a servant and retire
in the harem. When I
arranged the residence of the concubines, I specially arranged Zhang Xuanshi in the Huaxu Palace where birds don’t shit. Let her eat
slowly in the corner. Unexpectedly
, some smelly and shameless bitches have no conditions to create conditions to compete for favor.
Just when I was about to forget Zhang Qingcha, I was shocked to hear that the emperor had spent the night in Huaxu Palace for three consecutive days.
I suspect this is a false emperor. How could he be willing to spend so much time with a woman?
I can’t sit still. Go to find the emperor. We are angry these days. Maybe his abnormal behavior is to annoy me.
I sincerely apologized to him, and he accepted it and seemed to be in a good mood, but it didn’t seem to have anything to do with me.
Three
, I’m getting more and more worried. The little bitch ran to the Hall of Longevity with chicken soup every day, and sometimes stayed in the Hall of Longevity. When
I looked for the past, the emperor ignored me, and she pretended to be sensible to smooth things over. The more she looked, the more bitchy she was. I wanted to hit someone. On the first and fifteenth day of
every month, the emperor came to Baokun Palace to spend the night with me. But several times recently, he asked Bai Deyu to send a message that I was too busy to spare
time. I hope the queen will understand.
Excuses. Excuses. I know he often stays with Zhang Qingcha. What are you busy with? Are you busy drinking green tea?
Listen to Bai Deyu say, what drink is not green tea, it is chicken soup. Is
that chicken soup? It’s magic soup! When
my words reached the emperor’s ears, he cursed me and grounded me. This is the first time he has been so angry with me. For a little bitch.
But two days later, the little bitch was grounded.
While I gloated, I was a little confused. I am more and more confused about the temper of Long Live Master. After the end of the
grounding, I kept a low profile. I couldn’t help it if I didn’t keep a low profile. Long live me.
Three months later, Zhang Green Tea suddenly returned to favor. She was both a concubine and an imperial concubine of the Jin Dynasty. She was lawless.
I especially don’t understand how the emperor, a rational and almost ruthless person, could fall for a green tea.
The most unbearable thing is that my father advised the emperor, the emperor actually demoted him!
I’m going to kill that leprechaun.
God help me, I accidentally found out that Xiao Duzi is Zhang Fengyuan’s spy, and through Xiao Duzi learned that Zhang Green Tea is Zhang Fengyuan’s adopted daughter
, they are plotting to poison the emperor.
Ha-ha, very good, my chance has come. On the morning of
the Mid-Autumn Festival, I went to the Hall of Longevity. The emperor happened to be absent, and a cup of chicken soup was placed on the table. I took out the medicine I had prepared
from my bosom and put it into the soup. This is the second time I’ve poisoned him. The poison of the
medicine is not big, the emperor drinks not to want life once, but can want the life of that little bitch.
This time it was an unprecedented success. After the dinner that day, the emperor had a toxic attack, and I took the opportunity to expose the little bitch and *** her to death.
Unfortunately, she missed one step and was saved by the emperor. At this point, he was still reluctant to kill her. On the day
Zhang Qingcha left the palace to practice Buddhism, the emperor, as usual, approved the folding in the Hall of Longevity. I went to see him and brought him tea made with fresh dew. I picked the dew
in the garden before dawn, and it was cold in the morning, and I caught a chill.
He took the teacup, raised his hand and splashed the tea in my face. I was so shocked that I knelt down.
He stared at me and said something that made my hair stand on end:
“Queen, this account is on your head.”
Fourth
, I returned to the Baokun Palace and spent a few days in fear. But the emperor didn’t do anything to me in the end, and I was still the mother of the
country.
He is still rational. He will not waste the queen, he wants to keep love with me and set an example for his subjects. Let the subjects believe that today’s emperors can lead them through the difficulties by restraining themselves
and restoring propriety.
It’s just that he doesn’t come to Baokun Palace anymore. Don’t talk to me unless you have to. When
he comes to Baokun Palace again, he will let me die.
I begged and begged, but he was indifferent. He said that it is the duty of the empress to die for her country. You not only enjoy the honor of the mother of the country, but also bear
the responsibility of the mother of the country.
I cried and tried to run away. Two eunuchs blocked my way. When I put the white silk around my
neck, I was still thinking: I, Zhou Bailian, the thirteenth empress of the Dynasty, was also the last empress.
I died, and my soul floated out of Baokun Palace. I watched the rebels break into the palace and rape, burn and kill in the harem.
The emperor tried his best to keep everything, but he didn’t keep it.
I floated out of the palace, and it was hell on earth outside the palace. My father had fled to the south of the Yangtze River with his family ahead of time, and the clansmen and ministers
who had no time to escape fell into the hands of roving bandits. Fu Wang Xue Bixun,
whom I once wanted to marry, was thrown into a big pot by roving bandits and cooked into a pot of braised pork in brown sauce. I drifted to the worry-free tower in a muddle and saw the scene of the emperor hanging himself. His soul came out of his body and floated into the distance.
I caught up with him. “Where is Lord Banzai going?”
“Go to Snow Moon Nunnery.” “Now I finally have time to spend with her,” he said calmly.
He drifted away. And I, Feng Guan Zhai Yi, stand alone in the snow, the world is at a loss, everything is empty. At the birthday banquet of
an
emperor’s elder brother, I watched them singing and dancing to promote peace, laughing and laughing, and felt tired in my heart.
Nowadays, the government is exhausted, the eunuchs are in power, and there are many popular uprisings. Our Xue family is in a precarious situation. How can they be so safe? At the end of the
banquet, the palace people served the soup, and the eunuch named the dish “Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup.”.
I was thinking and took a sip carelessly. Uh? Why does it smell like chicken soup?
I looked at Fu Wang’s soup beside me, and it was indeed white fungus and lotus seed soup. But mine is Ginseng Old Chicken Soup.
But this chicken soup is delicious. When the
feast broke up, I got up and found a note beside my seat. When I opened it, I saw a line of beautiful small characters: “Don’t eat the food in the palace.”
I think I understand. My white fungus and lotus seed soup was poisoned by someone. Someone replaced the poisoned soup with chicken soup and saved my life.
I am a lucky person, from small to large, no one treats me sincerely. I walk alone all the way, like treading on thin ice, just want to live, do not expect
someone to help me. And suddenly, who is this person?
Look at the handwriting, like a woman. She does good deeds without leaving a name. What does she want? When I got
home, I pressed the note under the paperweight of the bookcase and occasionally glanced at it to imagine what she looked like.
Soon after, I married Zhou Bailian, the daughter of Zhou Yushi. De Wang Fu has a hostess, and I have a home.
But it feels like home, and it doesn’t feel like anything. I didn’t even take a serious look at Zhou Bailian. She’s nothing to look at. She’s just a shrewd
, snobbish and vulgar thing.
Only in the vast study, I can find a little sustenance.
I only sigh that I am pathetic. Men do not show Lingyun Zhi, empty negative natural body of eight feet. When
my brother took my hand on his sickbed and said he wanted to pass the throne to me, I couldn’t come to my senses for a long time.
He gave me Jiangshan, a heavy, dilapidated, but also vast and magnificent Jiangshan.
At that moment, I felt my shoulders were heavy.
Since I sat on the throne, I have never been idle.
I want to save the day. Not for thousands of generations, but not to perish in my hands.
I can’t be the king of subjugation. I will die in my grave.
The Ministry of Rites reminded me of the need to select beautiful girls to fill the harem.
When the list of girls was presented, I didn’t even bother to look at it, so I asked the Ministry of Rites to decide. After the newlyweds entered the palace, they were all honest, except for one attendant named Zhang Green Tea, who was a little noisy. The queen mentioned to me
before that Zhang Green Tea was not born high and his behavior was not solemn.
I said casually, “Give me the title of the chosen servant, and let me stay in the harem for my old age.” And left her behind.
But the woman was so unrestrained that she came to seduce me several times. I’m so annoyed.
That day, when I was about to go to court, she came to see me again. I tried to find a reason to send her to the cold palace and leave me alone. When
she came in, she was carrying a bowl of chicken soup, saying that she had cooked it herself. The aroma of
chicken soup penetrated my nose, and the taste was a little familiar.
I’m in a trance.
I think of the bowl of chicken soup and the note at my brother’s birthday banquet.
I pushed her away and ran away.
That night, I couldn’t help stepping into her Huaxu Palace.
I hope she can cook another bowl of chicken soup for me so that I can confirm my guess.
But she just didn’t endure it. I waited all night, but she didn’t make it.
The next day, I went again, but she still didn’t endure. I’m too embarrassed to remind her.
On the third day, I still went, but she just didn’t endure. I was so busy in
the next few days that I forgot about it for a while. But she came to the Hall of Longevity by herself with the chicken soup cooked by herself. When the
chicken soup entered my mouth, I was stunned. Yeah, that’s what it tastes like.
I finally found the person who saved me, the only person in the world who gave me warmth.
Full of joy, beyond words.
I looked at her, and under the candlelight, she was so beautiful that it was soul-stirring.
(End)
* The son of a dragon looks like a tiger and likes to sue. Be eager for justice, speak out for justice, and be able to distinguish right from wrong, make decisions impartially and majestically.
