Let Xu Zhiwan apologize?
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There is a teahouse in the west of the city. This teahouse, usually because the shopkeeper likes to cut corners, either the tea is not strong enough, or the dessert is not enough.
So business is not particularly good.
But today, this small teahouse is full of distinguished guests, wave after wave of passers-by have poured into the teahouse, there are melon seeds to knock red melon seeds, no red melon seeds to knock to borrow some red melon seeds to knock, crowded in this small teahouse, bustling, very lively. “Shopkeeper, this is the first time for us to do this,” said the waiter, who
was usually idle and stingy.
The shopkeeper touched the goatee on his face and said with a smile, “Thanks to that noble man in the street. After he gets rid of the trouble, you can bring him a cup of tea. We must thank him very much.”
And this noble man.
Now, I’m afraid I don’t want to drink tea when I’m free. “I’m sorry,”
said Tsao Hsi-liang. I didn’t do it on purpose. Where did you get hurt? Can you say something? Don’t, don’t cry.
The boy gloated, “You’re scaring me, aren’t you?” Tsao Hsi-liang turned around and shouted at him, “Shut up!” The
sound around him suddenly stagnated. The girl
sitting on the ground trembled and shed more tears.
Cao Xiliang explains in a hurry: “Right …” I’m sorry. I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about him.. Ah! Don’t cry. I was wrong. Did you get hurt just now? Stop crying and say something!
The girl was sobbing on the floor, and the people in the teahouse were watching her with even greater interest. A man in the front of the teahouse knocked on his red melon seeds and said, “Tut, tut, that girl seems to be from the Chia family in the west of the city. I think this boy is going to be in great trouble this time!”.
A plain white hand stretched out from the side, grabbing a handful of red melon seeds and knocking it. “What’s the matter?” He asked as he knocked? What is the background of the Chia family in the west of the city? As soon
as the man saw someone picking up the conversation, he looked full of energy and said, “You don’t even know that?”? The Jia family in the west of the city is notoriously difficult to deal with! Their family used to be a rich family, but now they are in trouble. The mother of the house is famous for being fierce, and I don’t know if this girl is her daughter or a relative. If it’s a daughter, it’s going to be bad luck! “If it were his daughter,”
said Subai, “why would she be in such bad luck?” “Think about it,”
the man said, “the Chia family has fallen, and they’re counting on this girl to climb a high tree to get her splendor and wealth. Now that someone has ruined her innocence in the street, which big family would dare to ask for it?”
She spits out a piece of melon seed skin and nods thoughtfully. “But maybe this young man is from a big family. Isn’t that just right?”.
The man also spat out a piece of melon seed skin, shook his head and said, “Tsk, tsk, tsk. I don’t think that’s possible. This young man must be out of his mind.” “Hey, how did you see that?”
The plain white hand said excitedly.
The man knocked on a piece of red melon seeds and said, “Think about it. Even if a normal person likes a man, he can’t flirt in the street.”. This gentleman is good, not only flirt, hurt others by mistake, but also shout at others, shout to kill, this is not please wait to be wronged. Tsk, tsk. “He’s always had this problem,”
said Subai, nodding his head. “Oh,” said
the man, “I remember that this young man was the one who abandoned him in the street a few days ago! No wonder it looks so familiar! “Oh,” said
the plain-white hand, “there’s still such a thing. Tut, tut, tut. The world is getting worse and worse, and people’s hearts are not ancient.”
The man spat out all the gossip and was very satisfied. He turned around and looked up and down at the colleague who was gossiping together. Then he took one look and his face turned pale with fear: “You, you, you, you …”
The plain white hand curiously touched his face under the black bamboo hat and said, “Me, me, me, me …” What’s wrong with me?
The man shouted, “Pregnant woman!” As soon as the voice fell, there was a loud sound, and the small teahouse, which had just been overcrowded, was suddenly left with only the teahouse.
She turned around curiously and asked the livid old shopkeeper behind her,
“Is it poisonous for pregnant women?”
The old shopkeeper opened his mouth with a livid look on his face and said, “Last month there were so many people here that a pregnant woman was pushed over and the baby was gone.”
“The family that crowded her home lost all the tiles they lost, and now they’re still begging on the street.”
The conversation was divided into two parts. In the small teahouse, both people and money were lost. In the street, an old woman trembled and picked up a delicate young lady from the ground. Then she trembled and pointed her finger at the noble. “Tell me,” she said! You bastard, how can you compensate my young lady!
The gentleman now looked very upset: “Excuse me, where are you hurt? I’ll take you to the hospital.”
The old woman’s fingers trembled like epilepsy. “Is this a problem that money can solve?”! The honor of our young lady’s boudoir is given to you, a bastard. In the middle of
his finger trembling, the noble man finally seemed impatient. He fended off the old woman’s finger with a fan and said in a deep voice, “What do you think we should do?”
Marry her! Marry her! In the midst
of unspeakable embarrassment, a particularly strange scream suddenly came from the dark corner of the street.
The scream seemed to suit the old woman and the girl. The girl became more and more bashful, and the old woman’s face was full of excitement that “help is coming.” At that moment, they eagerly looked up at this noble person, looking for an answer that the hearts of the people wanted.
The noble person gnashed his teeth and said three words:
“Xu!”! Know! Late!
On 53rd
Street, by the ancient road. In
a small teahouse.
Tsao Hsi-liang took a sip of tea and said, “Go ahead.”
“Why did you come out?” “I walked out with my feet,” said
the shadowy pregnant woman with a smile.
Cao Xiliang took a deep breath and said to her with a smile, “Do you know that you are in danger?” “Danger?”
Said Hsu Chih-wan? What danger? “Do
you know how many people in the court want to kill you now?” You
finally faked your death and got out, but you? Still waltzing down the street? Still drinking tea? What if you get arrested?
“Do you have a sense of responsibility?” As soon as the
words came out of his mouth, Cao Xiliang had some regrets in his heart.
Although Xu Zhiwan has never been very reliable, he has never made any mistakes on major issues of right and wrong.
Although it was wrong to appear on the street, he also brought a bamboo hat.
Said she was irresponsible.. It’s a little too much.
Sure enough, in front of the shadow Wen Yan lowered his head, looked very sad, shoulders seem to have some pull, God! He knew Xu Zhiwan for so many years before he saw her cry a few times! Not knowing if he was particularly vulnerable when he was pregnant, Tsao Hsi-liang hurriedly opened his mouth and said
, “Hey..” That you. That old man. Ah! I’m wrong! You. Don’t cry! The more
he spoke, the more the shadow’s shoulders trembled, and it seemed to be the same as epilepsy. The passers-by cast a puzzled look around. “Lao Tzu,” said
Tsao Hsi-liang in a panic. No, that’s me. I was wrong. You.. You say! Want to. I can do whatever I want!
“As long as you don’t cry, I’ll do whatever I want!”
The shadow sobbed, “Do anything really?”
Tsao Hsi-liang nodded hurriedly and said, “Really, really!”
The shadow sobbed and said, “You will never regret it.”
Tsao Hsi-liang repeatedly nodded his head and said, “I don’t regret it. I don’t regret it.”
The shadow suddenly looked up and said, “Well, well, that’s what you said. Then you can invite me to have a drink. There is a Lingyu Building next door. I tell you that the goose in their house is really amazing. You don’t even know that I haven’t eaten a goose since I came out.” NK68 Cao Xiliang: … 0HTML0UNK69 He took a deep breath, feeling that if he didn’t take a few more breaths, he would have no breath to breathe. The teenager gloated beside him: 0HTML0UNK70 “Hahahahahaha, you also have today!” 0 HTML 0 UNK 71 Without hesitation, Xu Zhiwan replied in foreign language, “There were many such’today ‘in his past!” 0HTML0UNK72 The boy’s eyes widened: “You …” You speak the barbarian language! 0HTML0UNK73540 HTML0UNK 74 Xu Zhiwan can speak Yi language unexpectedly-this is what Cao Xiliang Benliang did not expect at all. 0HTML0UNK75 He asked her kindly, “When did you learn?” 0 HTML 0 UNK76 Hsu Chih-wan replied kindly, “I have been able to do this since I was a child.” 0HTML0UNK77 Seeing that he looked puzzled, he added kindly, “My father taught me.” 0HTML0UNK78 Xu Taifu — 0HTML0UNK79 Cao Xiliang tacitly shut his mouth and stopped asking questions. Xu Taifu was erudite and talented. Although he was a civil official, he also had a lot of dealings with foreign envoys when he was young. It was too normal for him to speak foreign languages. 0 HTML 0 UNK80 Xu Zhiwan This guy learns everything quickly. Alas! 0HTML0UNK81 The young man of Yi nationality in front of him was obviously more excited than all the people present. He grasped Xu Zhiwan’s hand and said incoherently, “Me, me, me …” You, you, you.. I 0HTML0UNK82 Xu Zhiwan kindly held his hand and said, “You don’t have to do this. I’d better talk. As long as you tell me the embarrassing things that happened to Cao Xiliang recently, we will be friends.” 0HTML0UNK83 The Yi youth sobbed: “Me, me, me …” For a long time, he didn’t say anything to me. Cao Xiliang could not bear it any more and pushed him aside. He stood in front of Xu Zhiwan and took a deep breath. Then he said, “You tell me first.” 0HTML0UNK86 “Why did you come out?” 0HTML0UNK87 Xu Zhiwan looked at him quietly and said, “Is something wrong with Wei Ling?” 0HTML0UNK88550HTML0UNK89 Cao Xiliang subconsciously replied: “How do you know?” 0HTML0UNK90 realized that he had spilled the beans, and he quickly covered his mouth. Xu Zhiwan, however, was not surprised and said lightly:
“Ever since Wei Ling got married outside the border, every year ships would come in from outside the border and return to Beijing to deliver tribute from outside the border, as well as the harvest and the war situation in the border areas outside the border. This is called returning to Beijing.”
Then, from the capital, rice, books, silks and satins, treasures, and all kinds of prey were transported to the frontier. Then issue the imperial decree and pacify the people. This is called pacifying the distant people.
Her eyes turned in the direction of the wall. Her voice was very calm, but her hands on the table trembled slightly. She said,
“This year …” It was a whole month late to return to Beijing from outside Xinjiang. Moreover, the draught on the return trip is shallower than in previous years, which means that the cargo on board is far less than in previous years.
“But according to the rules of paying tribute, there won’t be so much less.”
“So, did something happen to Wei Ling?”
Xu Zhiwan’s intelligence has been very obvious since he was a teenager.
Even prime minister Zhao said, Xu Zhiwan is not just clever, if not a woman, there must be something.
But he did not expect that she could notice even such details.
This time he was still running around in his head, thinking about how to answer, but then Xu Zhiwan had already turned his eyes around and said to him with a smile, “If you’re thinking about how to lie to me, then forget it.”
Cao Xiliang: “… …” “There was a little problem,”
he said honestly, “but …” But before
he could say anything, a sudden shout in midair interrupted him, and a thunderous roar rang out from the teahouse:
“Where is that Dengtuzi?!!!” In the midst of
the commotion, a woman in brocade with hanging eyes rushed in with a large group of fat and strong servants. With too much force, the door fell to the wall with a “snap” and then fell heavily. With a
bang, Cao Xiliang’s head was raised and his face was covered with ashes. In the midst of the
dust, a shrill voice shouted angrily,
“Who!”
“It was some shameless person who bullied my girl just now!”
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unexpected misfortunes.
Tsao Hsi-liang: “Auntie..” With a th
ud, one hand clattered on the table, and even the teacup fell to the ground. The woman with the hanging eye screamed, “Who are you calling aunt?”
“Sister, that..”
Don’t flirt with me! Think a big sister can solve the problem? I’m telling you, kid! If you don’t give me an explanation today, none of you will run away!
Hsu Chih-wan says, “That’s right, that’s right, and you’re dressed like a dog. So you’re flirting with a good woman!”
Teenager: “Abba Abba Abba.”
Cao Xiliang: “..”
Cao Xiliang: “When did you stand on the opposite side?” “Who are you?” Asked the
woman suspiciously.
Hsu Chih-wan patted the woman on the back and said, “Madam, to tell you the truth, I’m here to collect a debt. This brother owes me a lot of money.”. Thank you for helping the weak, robbing the rich, and giving to the poor. You are really a hero among women, a red hare among men, and Lu Bu among men. If I have something to do at home, I will go first.
Teenager: “Abba, Abba, Abba!”
As soon as they had finished speaking, the two of them turned and were about to slip away when Tsao Hsi-liang suddenly shouted,
“Sister!”
Sister! Are you going to leave your brother like this! I’m your own brother, your own brother!
Brother! Don’t you recognize me as a brother?
“I am your dear, dear brother!”
Xu Zhiwan said to him with a smile, “Are you satisfied now?”
Tsao Hsi-liang smiled at her and said, “I’m satisfied.”
At that time, the three men were tied together and thrown in the corner of the small teahouse.
And at the door, there were about fifty or sixty big men standing.
Hsu Chih-wan complained, “I think you’re too bad. You’re still a general. How can you beat a few people?”
Tsao Hsi-liang gnashed his teeth and said, “How many people are these?”! Besides, if I hadn’t taken you, a pregnant woman, with my hands tied and my feet tied, I would have been tied up here. While
they were arguing, the woman sat on a wooden table, sipping tea and saying, “Go ahead!”! How can this matter be resolved?
Hsu Chih-wan whispered, “Hey, what can I do? Do you have any money?”
Cao Xiliang shook his head painfully.
Hsu Chih-wan looked shocked and said, “I don’t have any money!”! You come out without money!
Cao Xiliang covered his face and said, “I just went to Zuichun Lou, and all of them were rewarded.” How about this jade pendant? When the
jade pendant was presented to her, the woman with the hanging eye took a sideways glance at it and said angrily, “What kind of person do you take my Jia family for? Is this the only thing to send beggars?”
Hsu Chih-wan whispered, “Otherwise..” Or you’ll tell her who you are and scare her to death!
Cao Xiliang also said in a low voice, “No way …” I went back to Beijing secretly this time, and I would rather be defiled by them than reveal my identity.
Hsu Chih-wan looked at him and nodded. “Well, that’s what you said.”
Cao Xiliang: “?” Suddenly
, Hsu Chih-wan stood up. “Lead the way, madam,” he said to the woman. “Lead the way,” said the woman
with hanging eyes. “Yes, lead the way,”
said Hsu Chih-wan, nodding his head.
My little brother is deeply sorry for what he has done. Please give him a chance to get what he wants. “Oh, not to come and ask for marriage, to atone for your sins!”
Tsao Hsi-liang took another deep breath, then gnashed his teeth and said, “Xu!”! Know! Late!
Hsu Chih-wan looked back at him with a smiling look that said, “As you wish,” and “Don’t thank me.”. In the midst of the struggle between her eyes, she heard a sneer and said,
“Do you want to marry my daughter?”
“You wish!”
“Somebody!”! Lift them all up and take them to the ship. Yang Shuyu, who was
waiting outside the hall, suddenly shivered.
Recently, the court is not peaceful.
Although he was in the harem, Yang felt it keenly.
It was already noon, and the emperor, after summoning her that night, suddenly summoned her to the temple
today. Or the Hall of Diligence.
I don’t know why, although it was warm outside the hall, she was still cool from the beginning to the end. Sister Wan, who lived in the same palace before
going out, used to have a very good relationship with her. Yesterday they flew kites together and chatted about the gossips of the imperial concubines in the palace. This time, she actually stood at the door and stared at her and asked,
“What tricks has my sister used recently to make the emperor call again and again?”.
Used what trick-Yang comb fish oneself also do not know ah hey!
Saw the emperor twice, the first time waited all night not to say, the second time also made an appointment in the Qinzheng Hall, this is not to kill her dog! She could
not explain to them that she had been summoned twice, but that she had not even seen the emperor!
Yang comb fish dare not scold the emperor, have to scold the wall in the heart, scold the chair, scold the ground that stands on the foot is uneven, anyway is to see what scold what.
He scolded his ancestors for eighteen generations. Suddenly the
door rang.
She was so frightened that she quickly stood in place. The door of the hall was wide open. Two or three courtiers with high crowns came out. They looked very nervous. When they saw Yang Shuyu outside the hall, they saluted and shook their heads and continued to walk forward. In the distance
, the voice of the discussion came with the wind:
“Old Chao hasn’t been to court for a month.” “Say you’re sick.”
“Who can say whether it’s a real illness or a fake one?”
“Old Chao is a wise man. It’s better to be sick now than not to be sick.” “You’re right, brother.” “Shall we go and see him today?” “All right, go together!”
Yang Shuyu drew his head back stealthily. Prime Minister
Zhao?
Is the queen’s father? Is the
queen’s father, Zhao Chengxiang, ill? But a few days ago Mingming just saw the queen, the queen looks, not worried ah.
Could it be that the empress deliberately hid it in her heart and did not say it?
The empress is too hard. Remembering that sister Wan told herself yesterday that the empress was restless recently and even went to pay her respects, she ignored her. Sister Wan said that the empress was putting on airs, and she complained along with sister Wan at that time. It was really wrong!
Otherwise, why don’t you come out of the temple and take your little rabbit to see the empress?
Uh! Be sure to go! The little rabbit is so cute, maybe the empress likes it, and she will be happy when she sees it. This can be used as an apology for speaking ill of the empress behind her back!
She made up her mind to herself and stood there with a sigh of relief and a smirk when the door suddenly opened again. The little eunuch beside the
emperor, who was always smiling, came out and said to her,
“Yang Guiren, please come inside.”
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in the main hall, under the plaque. The emperor,
dressed in a black robe, asked her, “Do you have a good relationship with Concubine Kou?”
Yang Comb Fish: … Ah
Kou Fei’s popularity in the palace is a long story. Mostly because of her horrible status. But now that people are dead, what is there to ask? “It’s all right,”
Yang said honestly.
The emperor was silent. “Does your father work in southern Jiangsu?” He asked.
Ah, this official position of several grades.. “My concubine’s father,” said Yang Shuyu honestly, “is the salt inspector of Jiangnan Dao.”
The emperor gave a hum and said no more.
He did not speak, Yang comb fish brain turned quickly, and asked how the relationship with Kou Fei before his death, and where his father served, is it. You
want to guard the tomb for Kou Fei?!
Although there is no history of the imperial concubine to the imperial concubine to guard the tomb of the rules, but look at the emperor of Kou imperial concubine, do this kind of thing is not easy to say. Ah, no! Although the emperor has only served for three years, but it is rare to see a wise king, can not do such a ridiculous thing!
But when I think about it.. Anyway, I can’t sleep in the palace. I’m stupid. I’m not suitable for palace fights. I’m lazy. My father’s official position is not big. Maybe after guarding the tomb, the emperor will give his father a promotion or something.
So it’s good to guard the tomb.
Yang Shuyu stood where he was, his face changing. While
she was still thinking about it, the emperor, who was standing in the palace, suddenly turned around and stared at her. “I’ll give you a child,” he said
.
Working is something that Cao Xiliang probably hasn’t done since he was born.
Hsu Chih-wan said, “Yes, that’s it, that’s it. Sweep it up. Don’t leave it behind.”
Cao Xiliang gritted his teeth and said, “What are you doing?”
Hsu Chih-wan knocked out a piece of melon seed skin and said with a smile, Me? I’m eating melon seeds.
Yi young people also knock red melon seeds, smiling to spit out a piece of melon seed skin. It looks very comfortable.
Tsao Hsi-liang laughed back angrily and said, “Then why am I fighting here alone?”! Sweep! Wei! Health! “Oh, oh,”
said Hsu Chih-wan, “the baby’s gas, the baby’s gas.”
Teenager: “That …” Headache Foot pain. It hurts all over..
The sun was slanting in the west, and the sun shone on the big boat moored on the shore. Tsao Hsi-liang finished mopping the last piece of ground, threw the rag into the bucket, and said to the housekeeper who came to look behind him,
“All right!”! The floor is all swept! Can we go now? “Sweeping the floor?” Asked
the housekeeper doubtfully? Sweep what?
Tsao Hsi-liang said angrily, Hey! Don’t be unreasonable! What do you want to do when you’ve finished sweeping the ground?
The housekeeper suddenly realized, “Oh, oh …” But we didn’t ask you to sweep the floor!
Madame asked you to come to the ship to go to sea as bodyguards! It’s not for cleaning!
Tsao Hsi-liang said grimly, Who said that just now?
… Xu Zhiwan and the teenager turned their faces away at the same time.
Tsao Xi-liang took a deep breath and felt that he had a good temper. He said to the housekeeper,
“Elder brother, I’m sorry to frighten your young lady. As for this compensation, you can let me write a letter and get the silver to compensate..”
The steward sighed and interrupted Cao Xiliang with his hand. “Sir, to tell you the truth,” he said, “the Jia family is not short of money.”
He sighed and stepped forward again. “To tell you the truth,” he said, “the Jia family used to be a big family in the capital, but unfortunately they have offended the powerful people in the court, so the road to politics has been blocked.”
Now, this shipment is the medicinal material that Lord Chou, the imperial censor of Chou who escorted Princess Weiling to the frontier, wanted. We have news that the princess originally returned to the court this year, but now she is shelved at Ruyuetan Lake between the frontier and Dacheng. She is in urgent need of this medicinal material. If this order is made, perhaps she will win the trust of Princess Weiling. It will be of great help to the political career of my Jia family.
“Just now, in the small teahouse, I had some scruples and didn’t fully display my fists, but the little old man is also a man in the martial arts field. I can see that the young man’s fists and feet are more than ordinary people can resist, and the young man is not like an ordinary martial artist. So I told the truth to the Jia family because I want the young man to go and be a guarantor..”
“Let’s go!” Xu Zhiwan, who was silent
next to him, suddenly stood up. “We will definitely go,” he said to the housekeeper, word for word.
Cao Xiliang said angrily, You are crazy! Do you know how dangerous it is for you to go to sea like this when you have to agree to something that can be solved with money?
Hsu Chih-wan lowered his head to pack his things without saying a word. Tsao Hsi-liang grabbed her by the hand and said angrily, “Why don’t you be reasonable?”
“I’m rational.”
Xu Zhiwan put a pair of tiger-head shoes into the cloth bag and smiled at him.
“Rational?” Cao Xiliang was so angry that he laughed back and said, “If you were rational, you wouldn’t have agreed. If Wei Ling had an accident, naturally the court would come into play. Why should you, a pregnant woman, worry about anything?”
What’s more, you’re carrying a dragon in your belly! Dragonborn!
“Do you know what it means if something happens to you?”
Cao Xiliang blushed with anger. Xu Zhiwan looked at him quietly and said,
“I know better than you how the court will save Wei Ling.”
Hsu Chih-wan packed the package and sat down on the bed. He looked calmly at him through the window and said with a smile,
“Negotiations between countries have always been negotiations, negotiations, negotiations. Apart from war, they are exchanges and exchanges of interests.”
Even if the negotiations are completed, everyone will take what he needs. And then let Wei Ling stay safely outside the border. Is that saving her?
“Let her continue to stay in that place, will she be happy all her life?”
In the midst of Cao Xiliang’s dumb face, Xu Zhiwan turned his face. The sun was shining. She looked at him and said with a smile,
“Xiliang, you’ve been outside Xinjiang for three years. You should know better than me whether Wei Ling is happy or not.”
“Three years ago, we all owed Wei Ling.”
“Whether you go or not.”
“I have to go.”
The harem soon became lively again.
Only this time, it was Yang Pin’s palace that was so lively.
Yes, the legendary “Yang Concubine” was promoted to the rank of concubine after Yang Guiren was diagnosed as pregnant in the morning the day before yesterday. Since
the emperor ascended the throne, his knees were thin, and this son was naturally regarded as a treasure, and even her father was promoted to three levels.
Good fellow this time can be really lively up, not only the harem chicken flying dog jump, even with the courtiers all face are also jubilant. I’m happier than I am when I become a father.
At the same time, the queen suddenly fell ill.
Flowing water like the Imperial Physician entered the White Dew Palace of Yang Pin, and more flowing water like the Imperial Physician entered the Fengqi Palace. The illness of the mother of
the country was no small matter, and soon even the courtiers knew about it. They changed their red faces into white faces, laughing yesterday and sighing today. It is his wife who seems to be sick.
Therefore, after the early morning.
Li Huaijin walked into the harem for the first time in four months.
Smoke filled the air, and the Fengqi Palace was filled with the smell of herbs. The queen tilted on the floor, no longer as dignified and beautiful as before, looking very haggard. When she saw someone coming in, she looked up and struggled to get up on the soft pillow to pay her respects.
Li Huaijin raised his hand to signal her not to move, sat on one side, and waved all the slaves around to step down.
The queen leaned back gently on her pillow, as if she had expected this scene. She was not surprised. She just looked at him quietly and said,
“What does the emperor want to say?” Sitting on a chair opposite her,
Li Huai-chin said,
“Tsao Hsi-liang is back.”
The queen smiled faintly and said, “I’ve seen it.”
She turned her head slightly to the inside of the bed and said, “That morning, General Cao went out of the palace, and I saw him.”
Li Huaijin looked at her quietly and said, “Aren’t you sad?”
The queen’s face sank a little on the soft pillow, and she whispered, “Does the emperor think I should be sad?” The smoke curled up from the
incense burner, making Fengqi Palace look like a fairyland and sleepy. The voice of the queen seemed to come from far away in the smoke:
“Your Majesty, I am the queen.”
“I was taught from an early age how to be a queen.”
She turned to look at him, smiled again, and said, “So I can’t do anything in my life. I can only be a queen.”. But the queen does not have the right to choose her feelings.
“I have no choice in my life.”
Li Huaijin watched in silence as she turned her face, as she looked at himself, as she said to himself,
“Just like you, Your Majesty.”. Did you ever think that you were going to be the emperor?
“Do you have a choice?”
He burst out laughing.
Li Huai-chin stood up and started to go out. Just as he was about to go out, the empress suddenly called out to him,
“Your Majesty.”
Your Majesty. My Zhao family.. For generations, they have been loyal to the imperial court. I know, Your Majesty, that you have always suspected.. But. But.. “Your Majesty,” she said,
leaning back on her pillow and pleading quietly.
“The weather has changed a lot lately. Your Majesty, you shouldn’t stay in the palace for a long time, for fear of getting sick.”
“Please move around more and take care of yourself.”
“This is the only thing I can tell you as a queen.”
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Fire.
Fire. There were raging fires
everywhere, and the heat wave almost burned my face.
I stood in the fire and shouted, “Xu Zhiwan!”! Hsu Chih-wan!
“Xu Zhiwan!”! Xu Zhiwan! Hsu Chih-wan! In the midst of the
red sea, a white figure appeared in front of the fire. I was so happy that I stepped forward and shouted, “It’s too late!”
Hurry! Give me your hand! The
white figure turned around, looked at me, smiled at me, that belongs to Xu Zhiwan’s face, but there has never seen the relief.
Then she turned and threw herself
into the fire.
I pounced on her crazily and reached for her, but I was pinned in place and could not move. All the people around me came up and grabbed my hand. Again and again, I felt that my hand was being held so tightly that I couldn’t move. I shouted loudly,
“Xu Zhiwan!”! I forbid you to die! I forbid you to die!
The white figure was engulfed by the fire in an instant. I stretched out my hand, but I couldn’t even catch a piece of my sleeve. All I could see was Hsu Chih-wan saying to me,
“Help!”
I shouted, “Save you!”! I will save you!
“I will save you!”
I opened my eyes suddenly. The scene
in front of him was no longer the scene that had just filled the sky with red fire, but was dark.
I felt dizzy and stared at the darkness for a long time before I vaguely recognized the patterns of carved dragons and painted phoenixes. The
cool moonlight shone in through the layers of gauze curtains. Plated it with a layer of silver.
It’s the bedroom.
It was a dream.
I sat up slowly. There was a sound of footsteps in my ears, and then Joy’s voice rang in my ears:
“Your Majesty, what do you want?”
When I opened my mouth, my voice was a little hoarse. “What time is it now?” I asked. “Your Majesty, it’s already the third watch,”
said Joy respectfully.
It’s only the third watch.
I shook my head again and said, “Where are you late?” “Your Majesty,” said Joy
in a respectful voice, “it should be the right time for Concubine Kou’s ship to leave Beijing.”
Zhiwan left Beijing.
I don’t know why, but my chest shrank for a while, and it hurt a little.
Your Majesty, everything has been arranged. When we get to Suzhou, naturally there will be someone to meet Empress Kou and let her give birth safely there. After a pause, Joy hesitated and said, “Your Majesty, in fact, it’s all right if you don’t leave the capital.”
“No.”
Yuezi used the window to cut herself into a diamond shape and sprinkled it on the floor. I looked out of the window and said slowly,
“In the eventful autumn, the capital is now a place of trouble.” She is no longer fit to stay here to avoid accidental injury.
Joy’s voice rang out with pity:
“With the wisdom of the empress, even if General Cao is covering for her, it’s only a matter of time before you discover that it was the emperor who used Princess Wei Ling to lead her away from Beijing.”
“You asked Yang Pin to pretend to be pregnant so that she could take Kou Fei’s child back to the palace, but with the personality of the empress..”
She. You don’t necessarily want the little prince to come back to the palace.. She certainly doesn’t want to
know. How could I not know something that
even Joy could see.
I looked at the moonlight rippling on the ground and said slowly, “Do you think I am very selfish?”
“I said I was going to let her go, but when I knew she was leaving Beijing, I didn’t know why, and my heart ached like this.”
Joy said with pity, “Your Majesty, you are under too much pressure. Recently, there have been a lot of disturbances and rumors among the people. The rebellious officials have formed a clique for personal gain. The courtiers have their own thoughts. The frontier is ready to move. Internal and external troubles affect the whole body.” If you don’t even have this concern, people will break down.
Care about.
Besides Jiangshan, can I still have something to worry about?
I looked out of the window and said, “I have never been sincere in my life since I became a crown prince.” I
was selfish, thinking that if the child stayed in the palace, even if she went out, there would always be a concern.
Perhaps month after month, year after year, there will be a day in this life, late in the outside tired, tired, perhaps, can think of here.
Think of the baby, think of me.
If Xu Zhiwan stood here, he would scold me for being childish, for being hypocritical, for not letting her go sincerely, and for not being pure in his heart.
But I just want to hear her scold me one more time.
Even if it’s just swearing.
As if I had made a decision, I took a deep breath and said to Joy,
“There is no longevity in Kang.”
“I want to leave the palace.” The last
time I left the palace was four months ago.
At that time, Zhiwan just found out that she was pregnant and drank saffron. I put her down in Jiangnan.
It’s been four months. “Your Majesty, everything is all right,” Joy said to me in
a low voice. The
black bamboo hat hung down a transparent black veil, which covered my face tightly. In fact, my face under the bamboo hat had already been transfigured.
But do not know why, know to be close to Xu Zhiwan, I will subconsciously put on the bamboo hat.
Zhiwan is too clever. I’m afraid she’ll see through it at a glance.
Joy said to me in a low voice, “Now the palace only knows that you are ill, and there is an’emperor ‘lying in the bedroom.”. The news of your serious illness has also been released, and a reliable doctor has been arranged. Everything is waiting for the courtier to take the bait.
I said “hmm”. On the
opposite ship, there seemed to be a figure leaning against it.
I said to Joy, “Go and get the binoculars.”
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ships.
The ship is moving.
Xu Zhiwan.
Xu Zhiwan is vomiting.
Through the camera, Xu Zhiwan lies on the side of the boat and vomits. I frowned, put down my binoculars, and summoned Imperial Physician Xu. “Did you mix seasickness medicine into Concubine Kou’s diet?” I asked. “I’ll let you go,” said Imperial Physician
Xu.
“Then why did she throw up like that?” “Oh,” said Imperial Physician
Xu, “Empress Kou may have a strange constitution.”
I put down my binoculars and looked at him coldly. The doctor covered his mouth and said with a sneer, “Oh, no, no, it’s because the Empress Kou is pregnant, so it’s normal to vomit.”
I frowned and said, “It’s not that ordinary women only have severe morning sickness three months before pregnancy. Why do they know it’s already five months later?”. And yet it still feels so bad? “This shows that the empress is unusual,”
said Hsu Tai-yi.
I looked at him coldly again, and Xu Taiyi covered his mouth again. I said,
“She is indeed unusual, but that can only be said by me.”
“Don’t be presumptuous.”
As soon as I finished, Yu Guangzhong and Xu Zhiwan seemed to have a movement. I picked up my binoculars and saw Cao Xiliang coming out of the cabin.
The two of them looked like they were saying something.
Xu Taiyi said weakly beside him, “..” Your Majesty, why don’t you let me have a try? I learned lip language when I was young, and I know a little about it.
I nodded and said, “There’s another one over there. You can use it.”
Hsu Tai-yi said “yes,” and picked up his binoculars to observe carefully. Xu Zhiwan’s frowning face appeared in the
lens barrel, and he did not know what Cao Xiliang was saying behind him. Xu Taiyi’s voice rose slowly in my ear:
“You are paralyzed, sitting in a board boat, causing me to vomit endlessly.”
I said: “..”
Xu Taiyi: … Your Majesty, shall we continue?
I You go on. In the
camera, Cao Xiliang smiled and said something to her, while Xu Taiyi said,
“It serves you right.”. Who told you to keep up with me? I told you to stay here. It was you who rushed out as soon as you heard the news about Wei Ling. Who’s to blame?
Hsu Chih-wan said, “Don’t make sarcastic remarks there. Otherwise, I’ll give you my belly, and you can carry it for me for a few months first, and then wash it and return it to me when I’m about to give birth.”
Cao Xiliang: “Why don’t you just let me give birth for you?”
Hsu Chih-wan: You wish … I
Hsu Chih-wan: “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,”
I silently glanced back at the simultaneous interpreter, Dr. Hsu, who swallowed and said, “Your Majesty, next time the voice of the empress will not be translated.”
I pulled the line of sight back to the lens, the lens suddenly more than a strange teenager, holding Cao Xiliang’s hand, do not know what to say.
Doctor Xu Taiyi: “Abba Abba Abba.”
I looked back at Doctor Xu in silence. Doctor Xu swallowed his saliva again and said, Your Majesty, he doesn’t seem to be speaking human language. The young man in the
camera is very strange, and his dress is not gorgeous. It seems that he should be a servant.
I called Joy and said, “Go and find out who this man is.”
Joy said yes and bowed her head.
By this time, Xu Zhiwan had finished vomiting in the camera, and several maids came from the ship, holding her pale face and walking slowly into the cabin.
Xu Zhiwan has disappeared.
I put the telescope down. “Your Majesty,” said Imperial Physician Xu cheerfully, “I’m going to boil some more medicine for the concentration of the mind and invigorating the vital energy, so that the empress can drink it and relax.”
I nodded, and Xu Taiyi went out happily again.
I returned to my chair, picked up a volume of memorials and read them.
Recently, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War and General Fuyuan frequently made small moves in private. Wei Ling wrote that everything was fine outside Xinjiang for the time being, but it was not a long-term plan.
And Zhao Shi.
The queen’s attitude, on behalf of all this, she is not completely unaware of …
Before I knew it, the candles were already in the west. Looking
through the window, the sun has quietly set, the twilight is four, it is the time for the sunset to come out.
I put down the scroll and pinched my brow, trying to relax. Suddenly there was a loud bang outside, and the ship shook violently.
Then came the noise. On the river in the
evening, it is particularly noisy.
I frowned. “What happened?” I asked.
Joy came in from the outside, trembling with fear. Before she reached me, she knelt down with a splash, put her head on the ground, and said in a trembling voice,
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Kou..” Empress Kou..
“Empress..” The Empress has fallen into the water!
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Xu Zhiwan had been fished up. Fortunately, he did not fall into the water completely. Half of his clothes were wet. He was in good spirits, but his face was pale.
It was a small and gorgeous fast boat, which crashed all the way up the Rapids.
The ship, though small, was magnificent and extravagantly decorated. Joy knelt down before me with trepidation and said, “Your Majesty …” The emperor The slave, the slave has really ordered to go down and clean up the surrounding rivers, but I don’t know, I don’t know.. “It’s not your fault,”
I said. When the river was first
cleaned up, if Joy’s identity as an imperial eunuch was used, it would undoubtedly frighten the snake. Therefore, the news of the river blockade was in the name of the governor of Jiangnan.
And the owner of this passenger ship is obviously noble. It is not an ordinary person who
can ignore the orders of the governor of Jiangnan.
Sure enough, out of the cabin came a young girl dressed in luxurious clothes. She was about fifteen or sixteen years old. Standing on the boat, she shouted at Xu Zhiwan’s boat,
“Who doesn’t have eyes?”! Ruin my aunt’s pleasure!
Hsu Chih-wan was leaning weakly against the boat when Lady Chia heard the noise and came out of the boat. She was startled to see her like this. After a moment, she pretended to be calm and said, “Hurry up and help her in. Let the doctor have a look at her.”
“Unbridled!”
A horsewhip was thrown fiercely on the side of the boat, and the girl screamed, “If my aunt asks you here, you should take care of the life of a maidservant first!”! Do you care about your aunt?
I frowned tightly. All the guards and maids
in the cabin knelt on the ground, their heads on the ground, and they dared not breathe. I said,
“Who is she?” “Your Majesty,” said Joy in
a trembling voice, “I’m going to check it out. I’m going to check it out.”
Joy was still trembling in this compartment, but Mrs. Jia had already stepped forward and said to the girl with a smile, “Miss, there was a collision just now. My wife will apologize to you.”
“What’s wrong with the girl? My wife is willing to pay for the girl’s loss. This ship is also an accident. Girl, don’t be impatient. Don’t be impatient.” While apologizing, Lady
Jia anxiously continued to direct the servant to help Xu Zhiwan. Several maids ran out of the cabin and helped Xu Zhiwan walk slowly towards the cabin. Halfway down the
line, suddenly there was a loud shout in midair:
“Wait!” Grasping the whip in her hand,
the girl looked at Hsu Chih-wan and said sullenly,
“She doesn’t seem to have apologized to me yet, does she?”
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