The mountains and rivers lay on the cold ground for
me, pulled the chain on my feet, and could not help laughing. Ming Su really made a perfect plan for me. The
hall was dark and quiet. The snow
outside the door must have been heavy and urgent, and the sound of the falling “rustle” reached my ears so clearly. The silence was
broken by the sudden sound of hooves.
I sat up and looked up in the direction of the door, hoping that the figure was the one in my heart. The door of the
temple creaked open, and against the light, someone rushed up to me and took my hand. With a happy look on his face, he said to me, “Ah Cheng, I’ve come to take you away.”
Is Chu yuan, he is still as in memory, with many years ago, the young people have high-spirited.
My heart felt as if it had been gouged out, and the pain was suffocating.
I lowered my head and shed a string of tears, then pulled back my hand. I
was sent to the Chu Palace when I was fourteen years old. As soon as
I entered the palace, the steward pinched her voice and teased me, “Oh, this charming fox eye, this beautiful face with red lips and white teeth, is really a fascinating beauty.”. I don’t know which nobleman’s bed I will climb into.
Words are extremely insulting, but there is no wave in my heart.
I was an orphan, and I worked in a rich man’s house since I was sensible, until by chance I was sold by my master to be a maid in the palace of the King of Chu.
I took out the bracelet that my host’s wife had given me, and handed it to Mammy, who was in charge of the house. “Rong Zheng is new here and doesn’t understand. I’ll have to ask Mammy to give me more advice in the future.”
Mammy took the bracelet and did not embarrass me any more. For the first time, she arranged for me to go to the queen’s palace to serve me. It was in the queen’s palace that
I met Chu yuan.
At that time, I was kneeling quietly in the hall, copying the last Buddhist Sutra for the queen.
Chu yuan rushed into the hall, grabbed the pen from my hand, and raised his eyebrows at me without saying a word. The ink on the
pen fell in the middle of the rice paper. A big ink dot is in the middle of the small regular script of the hairpin flower, which is dazzling and disobedient.
I stared at him angrily, but his peach blossom eyes blinked at me.
I calmed down and thought, who else could be the young man who could go on such a rampage in the queen’s palace besides the son of the queen?
I haven’t been here for a few days, and you’re a new face in the palace. It’s interesting. What’s your name He sat down opposite me and played with the jade pendant on his waist. “You look good,” he said. “I haven’t seen such a lovely girl in my mother’s harem for a long time.”
I wanted to say less and make fewer mistakes, but if I ignored his posture, I would make a big deal. Although I guessed his identity, he did not reveal his identity when he came in, and perhaps he did not want to press me with his identity.
So I smiled and said, “Before you ask someone’s name, shouldn’t you first announce yourself?”
Chu yuan stared at me with interest and said with a smile, “You’re in the queen’s palace, but you don’t even know what your master looks like?”
“Of course I know the queen’s talent.”
I took a new piece of paper and began to copy the Buddhist sutra which was stained by ink.
“Then you must remember my face now. I am the most precious prince of your family.” Chu yuan’s tone was somewhat haughty, and then he suddenly got up and pulled me off the futon. “Hey, come out and play with me!”
She could not resist him, nor did she want to offend him, so she had to let him pull me into the garden to fly a kite. The
kite flew so high that it suddenly broke the line.
I looked at the kite and said, “If only one day I could be as free as this kite.”
Chu yuan glanced at me with an expression of indifference.
Also, for him, freedom is like something in the bag.
Not far away a young man in a green shirt passed by. Chu yuan stepped forward and said arrogantly, “Hey, who is that? Help your Highness pick up the kite. Your Highness can consider giving you some cakes to eat.”
The young man frowned and said nothing. Chu yuan kicked him to the ground. “Did you hear that? Your Highness is talking to you.” I have been used to seeing the warmth and coldness of human feelings since I
was a child, and I have also experienced the pain of being humiliated. At this moment, I saw the young man fall to the ground, recalling the past, and the feeling of sadness was overwhelming.
I grabbed Chu yuan and said, “Your Highness, don’t do this..”
Chu yuan shook off my hand and gloated. “Are you trying to intercede for him?”? Fine, then you can go with him to pick up the kite. If you can’t, I’ll let my mother punish you.
Watching Chu yuan walk away without looking back, I pulled the boy up.
He was pitifully thin, and under his broad robe, there were even little bruises on his thin wrists.
“Thank you.” The boy said, “My name is Ming Su. What’s your name?”
Ming Su, I have heard the name.
He was a proton sent by the State of Wei to the State of Chu. Chu yuan wanted to tease him. I just wanted to intercede for him, which made Chu yuan unhappy. Now I don’t want to get into trouble. Instead of answering him,
I turned quickly and trotted in the direction of the kite’s fall. “Let’s go and find the kite.”
But the palace of the king of Chu is so big, and the kite with the broken line is not so easy to be recovered.
Before long, the two of us lost our way in the palace of the King of Chu. In the
chilly wind in March, looking at the thin clothes of the young man in front of me, I couldn’t bear it, so I took off my cloak and put it on him gently. Unwilling to accept it,
Ming Su took off the cloak and handed it to me: “I’m not cold.” How could
he not be cold? His naked skin was blue and purple to the naked eye. Proton is a humiliating identity, he may be afraid that I am cold, or afraid that I will be punished.
But the matter has come to this point, and I have no time to take care of other things.
So I pushed his hand back and said, “Put it on.”. If the queen is generous to her servants, she will not freeze me. As for punishment, if I don’t hurry to go back and finish copying the sutras, I will really be punished.
I looked anxiously at the darkening sky, and the next moment suddenly there was a little light in front of my eyes.
A bodyguard came with a lantern and said, “Miss Yung, the queen is looking for you.” Naturally,
the queen would not think of such an insignificant role as me, and it was mostly Chu yuan who was looking for me.
Sure enough, the bodyguard brought me to Chu yuan, who was half lying on the imperial concubine’s couch eating cakes. “I asked you to pick up a kite, but you really did. When I asked you what your name was, why didn’t I see you so obedient?”
The next day, when I was removing insects from several pots of flowers and plants outside the hall, Chu yuan came again.
He crouched down beside me with a dog’s tail flower in his mouth. “Rong Zheng, guess what I’m doing here today?”
I turned to smile at him and said, “Your Highness, aren’t you bored again?”? The maidservant is so busy today that she really can’t get away to have fun with you.
“I don’t need you today.” He winked at me. “To tell you the truth, I wanted to marry you the first time I saw you. I even thought of the names of our two children.”. I’m going to ask my mother for you in a minute! There was a “boom” in my
head, and I almost fainted. Chu yuan, this dandy, is really good at messing around!
As I expected, the queen did not agree to Chu yuan’s absurd request, but locked me up.
After all, the queen did not lock me up in the dungeon, but ordered people to clean up a remote courtyard and temporarily lock me up.
A few days later, the queen brought the king of Chu to see me. When the king of
Chu stared at me, my heart was cold, and my intuition told me that his eyes were worse than Chu yuan’s.
From my perspective, Yung Cheng is not at fault. But yuan’er is Gu’s most important son, and her imperial concubine must not be a nameless slave. If yuan’er were to take the wrong road in the future, it would be better to let Rong Zheng be a lonely beauty. My
face is respectful, but I can’t help sniffing in my heart. The old king of Chu is really shameless.
The Queen’s face was ugly, pale and helpless, and even her eyes drifted.
Chu yuan has a cold face, completely without the heartless look of the past. I even saw a little hatred in his eyes when he looked at the king of Chu.
He clenched his fists and tried to say something, but the Queen quietly tugged at his sleeve and motioned with her eyes.
So he bowed his head and sighed softly, “As my father has said.” “Sister Rong Zheng is still young,” said
the queen with a smile that was uglier than crying. “Otherwise, it won’t be too late for the king to accept her in two years.” The king of
Chu was somewhat afraid of the queen’s family, and her unhappiness delayed the farce of the imperial concubine for two years. In
the past two years, I have never seen Ming Su again, but whenever I pass by the place where I met him, I always feel that fate is unfair.
He is, I am, and our lives are never up to us. When I heard the news of Ming Su
again, it was Ming Su who succeeded to the throne of Wei.
He negotiated with the king of Chu and proposed five frontier cities in exchange for me.
At that time, I was already preparing to be the beauty of the King of Chu.
Hearing the news, my heart trembled a little, and suddenly I felt that the Queen was right. She once said, “Do you know, Rong Zheng, that beauty is also a sin?”
In fact, as she said, those men, like objects, tried to enjoy me and replace me, but no one ever asked me if I would like to. The king of Chu knew too well which was more important, the
five cities or me. Even though he coveted my beauty, he did not hesitate to let me out. The day before
I left, Chu yuan stared at me for a long time.
He said, “Your Highness will take you back one day.”
I closed my eyes and pretended not to listen to him. All men were the same, and Chu yuan was no exception. In his eyes, I was just an object that could be “snatched” back. On the wedding day
, the Queen of Chu repeatedly told me that I was tied to the friendly relations between Chu and Wei, so I should not act on impulse.
I answered cleverly, wondering what I was feeling. I was born low, and now I’m just going from one cage to another, and all I have to do is survive.
She wore a bright red wedding dress and entered the palace of the King of Wei. The wedding was huge, but there was no joy in my heart.
Xi Po spread red dates and peanuts all over the bed, and I slowly stepped over the brazier and walked into the room painted with pepper. My head was covered with gold hairpins, and when I moved slightly, I could hear the sound of pearls and jade striking each other. I couldn’t help sighing that getting married was also a very tiring thing.
I sat on the edge of the bed with my back straight, and it was a long time before I heard the door of the hall pushed open. All the servants
around him knelt down and said in unison, “See Your Highness, the King of Wei.”
With a slightly familiar “no courtesy,” the footsteps are getting closer and closer. The people of the
palace filed out, the door of the main hall creaked shut, and my veil was lifted, and a clear and familiar face appeared in front of my eyes.
Compared with two years ago, Ming Su-fang suddenly grew up and became tall and strong.
I didn’t know what to say for a moment, but after a while I said, “Long time no see,” which made the people in front of me laugh out loud.
Ming Su looked at me with arched eyebrows. “I know you like quiet, so I gave you the title of quiet.”. I don’t know what you think.
I couldn’t help grinning, thinking that I didn’t like quiet, but I knew how to say more and make more mistakes in the palace, which made me introverted. In fact,
I like to be lively most. The
words on the tip of his tongue turned into “obey the king’s arrangement.”
Ming Su was stupefied for a moment, then with a gentle smile, he came forward to help me remove the gold hairpin, as if he were removing the cage of the canary.
“Very tired.” He said.
I nodded. “Are you tired, too?”
“Mmm.” He answered in a low voice, “Why don’t we go to bed earlier?” My cheeks burned when I heard
that, but he just helped me take off my skirt, tucked me in, and whispered in my ear, “Good night.” Then he lay down and closed his eyes.
I looked at his face, which had lost its childishness and become angular, and I couldn’t help staring.
This is much better than being the beauty of the King of Chu.
I always thought that I had been given the title of a beauty by Ming Su and left in the harem of the Wei royal family, but I didn’t think that I had been given the title of an imperial concubine.
The next day, under the guidance of the steward, I got up early to pay my respects to the queen.
For the whole palace of the king of Wei, I am a sudden woman. It can be seen that those concubines do not like me, but after all, I have the name of an imperial concubine, but no one dares to disrespect me brazenly. After all,
the queen was from a noble family. She was very generous. She took my hand and was full of smiles.
Power is really a good thing, whether these women are sincere or not, they all want to squeeze out smiling faces to cater to me, but I feel very boring.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was my birthday. I don’t know where he learned about it. He held me in his arms and said in an affectionate tone, “This is your first birthday in Wei. I want to do a good job for you.”. Is there anything you like? Tell me, and I’ll try my best to do it for you.
I smiled and shook my head. “In this palace of the King of Wei, I have everything I want. I really don’t lack anything.”
In fact, I want to be free, but “freedom” is something that I don’t even have. How can I ask him for it? Although
he is no longer a powerless proton, he bears the honor and disgrace of the whole Wei Dynasty, not everything can be arbitrary.
My birthday party was extremely lively. I drank one glass of wine after another and fell asleep listening to the pleasant sound of string and bamboo.
But it happened that a minister who did not know what was good and what was bad ruined the atmosphere by saying, “Your Majesty, you have already aroused the indignation of the masses by exchanging five cities for beautiful women.”. It’s not reasonable for you to make such a big fuss about her little birthday, your Majesty! The
wine was so strong that I lost strength in my hands and the cup fell to the ground and broke.
I squinted and said to Ming Su, “He’s right. It’s really unreasonable.” Before
Ming Su could open his mouth, Lord Chou heard what I was saying. He raised his hand and pointed at me. “You’re a disaster,” he said ferociously. “You’re very self-aware!”
“Unbridled!” “Does Lord Chou know who you’re talking to?” Demanded Ming Su.
Lord Chou knelt down and kowtowed. “Your Majesty, good advice is unpleasant to the ear and good for action. Please believe me!”
“Ha.” I laughed. “Lord Chou, it’s my birthday today, but I’ll give you a gift.”
I ordered the dancers to stop performing and motioned for them to line up in front of Lord Zhou. I have heard one or two things about
this Lord Zhou. He was a loyal minister in the court and a good husband who loved his wife as much as his life at home. The only thing he did out of line was to knock on the palace door at midnight for his beloved wife who was seriously ill and take away the day’s duty doctor from the Imperial Medical Department. For this matter, he was impeached by the imperial censor and lost his official position, but he returned to the court with his own ability.
It is indeed a character, but such a character, but can not tolerate Ming Su’s love for me.
I staggered to my feet and smiled. “Lord Chou,” I said indifferently, “I have heard that you have few children. These beauties are a gift from the palace. I hope you will accept them.”
“You!” Pointing at Rong Zheng, Lord Chou was so angry that his face turned pale. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed deeply. “Your Majesty, you know very well that I have only married one wife in my life, but you connived at Concubine Jing to do this!”! You five cities, in exchange for the witch! You should.. Before
he had finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ming Su: “Lord Chou, you said Gu’s beloved concubine was a witch. What is Gu?” He paused. “I think that’s a good idea. Chou Aiqing doesn’t have any children, so I’d like to give you some beauties. Doesn’t that show that my beloved concubine is unique and considerate?”
I looked at Ming Su and was in a trance for a moment. I think it is absurd to send Zhou people to dance. Compared with the recklessness of Lord Zhou, both of them are at fault. At that time, Ming Tou will certainly give us a step down, not too ugly, and he will not be put on the hat of a fatuous monarch.
But he turned the balance in his heart completely to me, and my heart moved and the tip of my nose was sour.
Ming Su pinched her hand secretly, with a spoiled smile at the corners of his mouth.
You witch! What kind of magic soup did you pour into the king! Let the king spoil you alone every night! Lord Zhou is unrelenting.
I was a little angry. “Why, it’s human nature for you to love your wife alone, but the king favors me alone because I cast a spell?”? Lord Chou, you are really..
Lord Chou’s face turned red. “The king is the son of heaven. He shoulders the responsibility of spreading the branches and leaves of the Dynasty. How can old minister compare with him?”
Ming Su’s face darkened, and I suddenly felt distressed.
He had the supreme right, but he also lost the right to pursue freedom.
“Heaven has no eyes!” Lord Zhou was still crying, trying to get other ministers to stand up and echo him.
Ming Su threw his wine cup heavily on the ground and said slowly, “In the State of Wei, solitude is the Son of Heaven, and solitude is Heaven!”! If you do it again, don’t blame me for not showing mercy!
Lord Chou’s face was as pale as paper. He knelt on the ground and burst into tears. “Your Majesty, you are confused!”
“It’s not you who are confused, it’s you.” Ming Su’s tone was cold. “When you broke into the palace gate at night and brought the Imperial Physician out of the palace, I didn’t hold you accountable. I didn’t think about it, but I indulged you.”. Somebody, drag Chou Chin down to the Dali Temple.. Before
Ming Su had finished preparing for accountability, Zhou Jin interrupted Ming Su: Your Majesty, I am risking my life to remonstrate with you today, but you don’t accept it. I have devoted myself to the country of the Great Wei Dynasty for a long time. I’m going to die today, so you can see if it’s worth it for you to come back easily! As soon as
the voice fell, Zhou Jin rushed to the pillar in the hall and bumped into it.
Immediately, a medical officer was ready to rush to save people, but was stopped by Ming Su. Mingsu stretched out his hand to cover my eyes and said, “Lord Chou died for his country. He didn’t hesitate to die. He was carried down to be buried.”. The banquet continues. The
hall was silent, and after a moment, the sound of string and bamboo sounded again.
Ming Su came to me in the dim light and grabbed my hand. “Fifty cities are worth less than one hair of yours.” The tears in
my eyes surged out and I threw myself into his arms and cried out.
However, since then, the rumors have become more and more ugly. People all over the world say that I am shameless, charming the king, and a fox spirit who brings disaster to the country and the people.
But I obviously did nothing, I just fell in love with a person, greedy for his warmth to me, how can I be wearing such a big hat?
Is it because the man I love is the king of a country? The scene of
Zhou Jin’s death by touching the pillar circulated in my mind. My heart was dull and depressed, and my body became weak. Rumors about me outside the
palace spread to Mingsu’s ears, and many people were imprisoned. But the more so, the more unpleasant the rumors are.
“The doctor says you have a heart condition, and if you don’t get over it sooner, I’m afraid the situation will get worse.” Ming Su brought the medicine to me, and then cooled it and fed it to me with candied fruit.
Zheng, do you know that you look very beautiful when you smile. When you smile, your heart rejoices. When I heard
him say this, I quickly raised my head, grinned, and opened my slightly wrinkled brows.
In fact, I am not afraid of those rumors, I just have been thinking about what Zhou Jin said before he died.
I don’t know what I have to trade for me with five cities.
I asked the question.
Ming Su said with a smile, “You know my situation in the palace of the King of Chu. The first time I saw you, you defended me in front of Chu yuan.”. He even gave me his cloak. Maybe for you, it’s just a simple task. But for me, it was the only warmth in the cold winter of my life. No matter how many cities you use, it’s worth it.
I smiled, put my head on his chest, and fell asleep contentedly.
For me, is he not the only warmth in the cold winter of life? I was found to be pregnant
in the daily consultation of the Imperial Physician.
Ming Su was overjoyed and spoiled me even more than before.
Whether he is busy or not, he will come to my palace every day to sit for a while and bring some new gadgets.
“Zheng, I have a queen and a concubine. This is the first time I’m going to be a father.” He sighed softly, “I am the king of Wei, and I need the support of their mother’s family.”. Do you know how hard it is to go from being the son of a nation to being its king?
I looked at his red eyes and hugged him sadly. Although I have never experienced his difficulties in the past, I know that he must have worked very hard to get to this position.
One day, Ming Su left the palace to deal with affairs, and the queen mother sent me to her palace.
The Queen was there, too, and I was a little flustered, and I was about to salute.
The queen mother, however, with a cold face, said angrily, “Kneel down!” “The Ai family just ignored the affairs of the harem for a few days, and there’s a demon concubine in the palace like you who has brought trouble to the court and defied the law!” I
was shocked. “What did you say?” I asked.
The queen said unhurriedly, “Mother, the sister of the imperial concubine is now the heart of the king. The king goes to see her every day. Now that she has a body, how can she kneel all the time?”? Not as good as
My heart sank. I don’t like to participate in the tricks of fighting between their women, but it doesn’t mean I’m stupid.
The queen’s understatement pointed out the fact that I was extremely favored, which made the Empress Dowager Wei, who had always wanted to trace back to the rain and dew, livid.
“Just because I’m pregnant, I can’t even kneel down.” Empress Dowager Wei was furious. “If you don’t kneel for two hours today, you won’t be able to go back!” Then he left in a huff.
I gave the queen a sidelong glance and said with a sneer, “I will obey the decree.”
“Then my sister will kneel here and wait until the time comes.” The Queen put down the words with a smile and followed. The draught of
early winter whistled through the room, which was deliberately without a heater, and it was so cold that my teeth chattered. When
I saw that everyone had finished walking, I got up and was afraid of the dust on my knees.
Just take advantage of Ming Sui to leave the palace to bully me, now I just need to wait until he comes back and uphold justice for me.
But it’s too cold here. I have to go back to my palace.
I went to push the door and found it locked.
“Is there anyone?” I knocked on the door, but it was very quiet outside.
Suddenly, my stomach began to ache, and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on my forehead.
I clenched my fist tightly in pain, and the sweat was blown by the cold wind, turning into a colder shiver, attacking me again and again.
“Somebody..” I cried out, but the pain made my breath faint.
I struggled to lift the stool and hit the door again and again, and soon I fainted. When I
woke up, I was in my own bedroom. With a concerned look on my face, I leaned closer and said, “Zheng, what do you think?”
My voice trembled. “Is our child gone?”
Ming Su was silent for a while, then hugged me and coaxed me softly: “Zheng, we will have children again.”
My heart sank, as if thrown into the desert, into the abyss, suffering pain, life is worse than death.
I knew that Ming Su’s pain was no less than mine, but he must be in a dilemma between the mother who gave birth to him and helped him win the throne and the girl he loved. I didn’t want to force him, so the matter was put aside for the time being.
I ordered someone to go to the Empress Dowager’s Palace to inquire about it. The child was lost, and the Empress Dowager regretted it bitterly.
I knew that the queen mother was also in the queen’s way, and became a knife pointing at me in the queen’s hand.
I hate the queen, and I know that the reason why the queen can become the queen is that her brother is a general with great military exploits. Because of this general, the state of
Wei was not defeated. At that time, the Ming Dynasty traced back to Chu, but Chu and Wei were eyeing each other covetously and did not trust each other, so they exchanged protons.
On this day, the general came to the palace to visit his sister, Queen Wei.
I waited in the garden early in order to meet the general who protected the country. When
I stopped the general, he was shocked.
“What does the imperial concubine have to say?” He said respectful word, but his manner remain insolent.
I smiled and said, “The general has great military exploits. He is a great hero in the heart of this palace.”. It’s snowing heavily today, and it’s hard for the general to walk. I’d like to invite him to sit in the palace and have a cup of tea. I dressed up deliberately
today, but he couldn’t refuse me.
Look, he just thought for a few seconds and then followed me to the palace.
I sent the servant out, and then I simply took off my dress and put it on him and cried, “Come quickly, the general is indecent assault!”
He is stupefied, the reaction comes over is the Bureau that I set, push me to want to go out, be blocked by the people that come over however. As soon as
Ming Tou came, the General Protector knelt on the ground and said plausibly, “Your Majesty, I have been wronged!”! Is the imperial concubine empress to invite, I will come here! But unexpectedly..
“Don’t expect what?” Ming Su’s voice was as cold as three feet of ice. “If you didn’t have any bad ideas, why did you follow the imperial concubine to the inner room?” The defense of the
General Protector became meaningless, and Ming Su put him into prison and beheaded him at a later date. By the time the
queen found out, there was nothing she could do.
She came to my palace to see Ming Su, but I turned her back.
“Your Majesty, you know that your brother has always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic. He will definitely not violate her. She must have seduced her first..” The queen’s voice came from outside the temple, with a mournful smell.
Ming Su read the memorial in my palace and frowned when he heard the queen’s voice.
I walked out of the hall slowly, looking at the queen who was kowtowing on the ground, and my heart was very happy. Em
press, I didn’t expect you to be here today. When you were discussing with your brother about harming the children of this palace, did you ever think that one day you would kneel at my feet and beg for mercy?
The queen rushed over and grabbed my feet. “I’m wrong. I’m wrong. The imperial concubine has a lot. Can you ask the king for mercy and spare my brother?”! He is a general who protects the country and has made great contributions to the whole state of Wei.
I sneered, “The State of Wei..” What’s it to me?
I was originally from the State of Chu, and when I came to the State of Wei, no one treated me well except Ming Tou. What does it have to do with me whether it’s the general
protecting the country or the minister. A few days
ago, two little ladies in my palace were whispering, and I listened to them.
It was said that when she heard the queen complain to her brother that I was spoiled, and that she was even more arrogant when she was pregnant, her brother came up with the idea of letting the queen take advantage of the queen mother’s power to kill the child in my womb.
Arrogant? When did I Rong Zheng have such a moment?
That child, is her expectation for the rest of her life, but this so-called general, for his sister’s personal jealousy, out of such an idea, so that my child is gone, he should not die? Originally,
I thought that Ming Su would be the most general to protect the country, but I never thought that he had lost his wits and became a tyrant. He refused all the pleas and insisted on executing the queen’s elder brother, the general to protect the country of Wei.
Whether it is the former court or the harem, I have turned a blind eye to the favor given to me by Ming Su. The
ministers kept silent like cicadas in cold weather, but the people complained a lot.
I don’t know how he can do this for me. He should know that once the General Protector dies, the whole country will develop irretrievably to collapse.
Chu received the news and began to attack Wei.
Ming Su seemed to be in a daze. He insisted on having his own way and abolished the queen. He made me queen and took charge of the affairs of the six palaces.
The war is tight, and Ming Su hasn’t come to see me for a long time. When I am
free, I either enjoy the flowers in the garden or embroidery in the hall.
One day, the late queen sent someone to me and said she wanted to see me.
When I went to her temple, she laughed and cried. She was very crazy. “Rong Zheng, ah..” No, it’s time to call you queen.
I looked at him coldly and did not speak. “Yes, I murdered one of your children by some means,” said the empress with a smile,
looking haggard and dragging her sick body.
“Rong Zheng, I have killed one of your children, your Majesty, but he wants my life..” The queen coughed more and more. She covered her mouth, but the blood oozed through her fingers. “He put a small amount of poison in my daily incense.”. The doctor didn’t dare to tell me the truth, so my illness became more and more serious. My brother found a doctor outside to diagnose me. Brother actually died not unjustly, he also wanted to rebel. It’s just a pity that the king is one step ahead of him. If the ruler wants his minister to die, he will have to die. As she
spoke, she laughed. Her laughter was appalling. “Rong Zheng, where are you good? Where can’t I compare with you?” You only have a beautiful face, but you have a heart of snakes and scorpions.
I left in the mad curse of the former queen, and I didn’t want to talk too much nonsense to a dying man.
Not long after, the maid of honor came to say, “Empress, the first queen has died.”
“Why should I report such a bad thing?” The maid beside me smiled at me ingratiatingly. “You have polluted our queen’s ears in vain.”
I fiddled with my new nails and felt bored.
The world from the snow, between heaven and earth like quiet down, I suddenly feel very lonely.
Empty beauty, snake and scorpion heart. I have never taken the initiative to harm people, talk about the heart of snakes and scorpions.
I can’t tell you where I’m better than first queen, and I don’t even know if Ming Su’s willful decision to make me queen is compensation for the loss of my child. When
Ming Su came back, with his usual gentle smile on his face, he said, “Ah Cheng, let’s go to the north of the Great Wall together.”
I was puzzled, but I went with him. I lived
in the north of the Great Wall for a period of time, and every time after my love, Ming Su would give me the soup to avoid my son.
I thought Ming Suo hated me because of the death of the queen, but Ming Suo’s other behavior was no different from before.
That day, Ming Su took me to the horse race, but unexpectedly, the horse was tampered with.
At the critical moment, Ming Su pulled me to his horse. Unexpectedly, the thief seems to have expected such an outcome, missed a hit, but also arranged for archers, not far away.
As soon as our horses arrived, the arrows came straight with the sound of the strings breaking the clouds.
Ming Su pressed my head into his arms and waved the whip in his hand to knock down all the arrows.
I looked up from his arms and found that his hair crown had been shot down, and his hair had been scattered and flying with the wind. The panic in
my heart disappeared in an instant. I felt that I was ill, and I could taste some sweetness at this moment.
Later, the thief who was caught knelt down in front of Ming Su and shouted that he was innocent.
Innocent? You almost killed my queen!
Bah! What queen? She’s just a demon concubine sent by the State of Chu to destroy our State of Wei! Although the thief was held down, he had a look of disobedience on his face. “Since she came, your Majesty, you have ignored the advice of your loyal officials and caused him to hit a pillar and die.”. Regardless of the hard work of the general who protects the country, you insist on killing him. You also abolish the first queen and let the demon imperial concubine control the harem! Now the army of the State of Chu is pressing the border, and you are taking this demon concubine to visit the north of the Great Wall! Heaven is going to destroy our kingdom of Wei, and you, your Majesty, are still in the dark!
I was stunned and looked at the young man. He had a sullen face and his eyes were full of anger.
Yes, in the eyes of the people of Wei, I have long been a disaster to the country and the people.
“Let him go.” I say.
I felt a little tired, and when I recalled my years in Wei, it was like having a flashy dream.
And now, as if even the joys and sorrows have been tired. Although
Ming Su was surprised, he followed my heart.
“Awake, O king!” The man was dragged down by the bodyguard, but he did not forget to admonish him.
I looked into the distance, thinking of the local conditions and customs of Chu, and suddenly tears filled my eyelashes. How much
I want.. Go home..
Ming Su held her in his arms to comfort her. “Ah Zheng, don’t cry.”. Don’t pay any attention to these gossips. You are not a troublemaker. You are only the wife of Mingsu.
Ming Su took me back to the capital of Wei, and the Chu army was already at the gate. Wei, which had
lost the protection of five cities, had no good generals to defend each other, and the people were seething with resentment, was almost vulnerable to a single blow under the fighters of Chu.
The State of Chu gave preferential treatment to the captives and treated the people of the State of Wei kindly, and its reputation in the State of Wei spread everywhere.
Almost without a single soldier, the guards in the city opened the gate for the Chu army, and the Chu army drove straight into the royal city.
I stumbled into the main hall and said to Ming Su, who was sitting on a high place, “Ming Su, let’s run away.”
He patted me on the head and said, “Ah Zheng, we can’t escape.”
My heart is sour, I am Chu people, Chu army probability will not do anything to me. Can be traced back, as a king of a country, he will fall to what extent? What he did for me in the
past is vivid in my mind. I don’t want to care about Wei, and I don’t want to care about the people of Wei, but I don’t want to let Ming Su have an accident. Holding back her fear,
she squeezed Mingsu’s hand and asked him, “Is there no other way?”
Ming Su shook his head and said, “Ah Zheng, be good. When the Chu army comes, you can tell them that I have never been kind to you. I treat you like an enemy every day. They will certainly not embarrass you.”
I began to cry: “No …” I don’t want..
Ming Su hugged me and said softly, Ah Zheng, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. But at that time, I was just a proton of Chu, and I didn’t dare to do anything he wanted. And then. My eldest brother died of illness, so I sat on the throne. But no one ever taught me how to be a good king, and I.. I don’t want to be the head of a country. I just want to set you free. I traded five cities for you, and the king of Chu agreed. I have never valued you as an object, but when you came to Wei, you didn’t feel happy for a day. I do my best to make up for you, to love you.. Enemies of courtiers, enemies of the people, I have never been a wise king, I am just a substitute who has been neglected since childhood and has to sit on the throne! I took the initiative to avoid the soup in Saibei. After General Huguo was executed, I expected that there would be such a day, so I was afraid, afraid that after I died, you.. He choked up as he spoke.
I bit my lip and burst into tears: “I’m sorry.” The people of
Wei are right. Everything is because of me.
Even though I didn’t do anything, it still became the cause of the collapse of Wei.
Don’t cry.. If I do it again, I would like to spoil you like this. I only hate that day when I left the palace and failed to save our children. Zheng.. I love you. Ming Su’s red eyes gave him a smile. “Ah Zheng, you can go home now.”. Don’t forget me.. No, forget about me.
My mind went blank, and I couldn’t imagine how I could live without it.
Ming Su sniffed and asked me in tears, “Ah Zheng, can you kiss me again?”
I laughed, but the tears rolled down.
I leaned close to his lips and kissed him gently, and then her eyes darkened and she didn’t know anything.
When I woke up again, I was chained.
Lying in the huge palace, I remembered what Ming Su had said before, and asked me to tell Chu Jun that he had not been treated well during his time in Wei.
I shook my head with a wry smile, and then the door of the hall opened.
I held out a little hope that it was Ming Su who opened the door, hoping that he would tell her with a bright smile on his face that everything was over and that he would come to take her home.
But no, the person who came was Chu yuan.
Chu yuan untied the chain that locked me and tried to pick me up. I pushed him away.
“What about Ming Tou?” I stared at Chu yuan and asked.
Mingming has been waiting for this day for a long time, in every sleepless night of Wei, in every night of secretly crying because of the world’s scolding, finally all this can be a perfect end.
But at this time I did not feel any joy of Chujun’s victory. What does the State of Wei have to do with me? What does the State of Chu have to do with me.
So big two pieces of territory, really love me to the bone only one person ah!
“Ming Su?”? Do you think I’m going to give him a chance to live? Chu yuan snorted, “The head on Ming Su’s neck has been cut off with my own hands. Since then, the territory of Wei has been under the feet of Chu. Shouldn’t Ah Zheng be happy?” There was a “boom” in
my head and I couldn’t hear anything more.
But Chu yuan was still elated in my ear: Ah Zheng is so clever. How could the state of Chu have taken Wei so quickly without Ah Zheng using his favor to get rid of his loyalty and the general who protected the state of Wei? Zheng, you are now a great hero of the State of Chu!
I stood up, too lazy to explain anything to him, and walked out in a daze.
Chu yuan pulled me over and said, “Ah Cheng, come home with me.”
I shook off his hand and said with a smile, “OK, but I still have one thing to do. Can you wait for me?”
It was snowing, and I walked out of my mind, looking back for the last time to the palace of the King of Wei, which I was afraid to see countless times. It is still standing in the vast snow. The magnificent palace walls and bricks and tiles keep all the noise outside.
I came to Mingsu’s favorite study, recalled the past and Mingsu’s time, and cried at my desk.
Ming Su is not a good king, but he is really a good husband.
My life is like a heavy snow, flying high, but falling low.
And Ming Su was the one who caught me.
However, Ming Zu caught me, but I stabbed him in the dark without knowing it. It
suddenly occurred to me that many years ago, when I was flying kites with Chu yuan, I said that I wanted to be free.
Chu yuan didn’t take it to heart, but Ming Su, who passed by, remembered it all his life.
He gave me freedom in his way, both by his side and in the days that followed without him.
I shook my head with a smile, laughing at my absurd life and the impermanence of fate.
I found a fire and lit the bookshelves and curtains in the study.
“Ming Su, I have come to look for you.” I closed my eyes and let the fire devour me bit by bit.
I began to dream, and in the dream, Ming Su took my hand and smiled brightly.
“Ah Zheng!” He called to me, “Let’s go home.”
I finally laughed from the bottom of my heart.
I finally.. Free.
