When I
entered the palace, I was only fourteen years old.
My uncle asked me if I wanted to be the concubine of the new emperor. Who is the
new emperor?
I looked at him with some curiosity.
The uncle smiled kindly and said, “The new emperor is naturally the former crown prince.”.
“” Prince?
I opened my eyes wide and nodded. Then do it.
So I moved into the White Deer Terrace and became a concubine.
I am an unloved concubine.
This is nothing, anyway, the imperial concubines in the palace are not favored.
It is said that the emperor has a hidden disease.
It’s not a big deal, that is, simply do not like women, and simply do not like men.
The emperor never calls people to bed, the emperor only likes to read memorials.
But the emperor is good-looking.
I like the emperor a little. After
careful calculation, I have been in the palace for two years.
Fourteen to sixteen, so many days and nights, but I only saw the emperor three times.
Once was a palace show, once was a palace banquet, and once was a Imperial Garden. I saw him talking with the minister in the pavilion from a distance.
He just showed a soft side face, but I thought it looked good.
The emperor has a kind character and is beyond reproach except for not being close to women.
If only he liked me.
But he probably doesn’t know my name, and he won’t remember me. I
‘m a little upset.
How can I make the emperor know me?
I touched my stomach and it was time for dinner. After
eating and drinking enough and thinking twice, I think I should take the initiative.
Although there were not many imperial concubines in the palace, there were only four, and none of them had been summoned.
But what if the emperor falls in love with someone else.
Rob the emperor as early as possible.
But I am too stupid, probably really like the fourth sister said, the brain fell out of order, very stupid.
I really can’t think of any reason to approach the emperor.
Fall?
No, no, the imperial concubine had used it before, but the emperor just asked the small temple people to help her up and left. Soup
delivery?
Also does not work, the good imperial concubine sends the medicinal diet to be called the person to pour by the big general manager.
What is more frustrating is that the emperor does not like to come to the harem.
If I wait for him to come by himself, I don’t know if I can wait until the Year of the Monkey horse months.
Thinking too much, my brain hurt. I buried my head in my arm and sighed.
If only the emperor would suddenly go to the Imperial Garden. The palace where
I live is very close to it. I go there every day to play. I will meet him as soon as he goes, but. The emperor doesn’t like to Imperial Garden.
Oh, it’s so difficult. Somehow
, my luck suddenly became extremely good.
When I was wandering around with the shuttlecock and the palace maids, I unexpectedly met the emperor. This time he was alone in the pavilion, with no courtiers around him.
I pulled the parrot feather on the shuttlecock, and this is the so-called heaven-sent opportunity?
In any case, I will seize this opportunity.
Who knows when the emperor will visit the garden next?
Again, rob the emperor as early as possible.
I told the cardamom behind me not to make a sound and walked towards the emperor myself.
Since the German imperial concubine and the good imperial concubine’s circuitous tactics do not work, I think the emperor is an upright person.
Maybe I can say hello to him in a big way, like Cardamom taught me.
He walked over and saluted. His tone was gentle and calm. “Your Majesty, please pay your respects.”.
“The emperor picked me up and asked,” Who are you?
My concubine is the imperial concubine of the White Deer Terrace. Please pay your respects to the emperor. The
perfect encounter, the perfect conversation, it’s all perfect, unfortunately-it’s just a scene I’ve rehearsed countless times in my mind.
In fact, as soon as I walked up to the emperor, the breath in my heart was gone.
The emperor looked at me with complete strangeness and surprise in his eyes.
I just felt my face burning, but my eyes were firmly attached to him and refused to move away.
Finally, the emperor opened his mouth first.
「…… Is it Shufei who lives in Bailutai?
I said, “Ah,” and without thinking why the emperor knew about me, I quickly nodded: “Yes, yes, yes, I’m the imperial concubine Shu. Oh, no, I’m the imperial concubine Shu. I’m the imperial concubine Shu of White Deer Terrace.” It was all a mess. I felt a burst of chagrin in my heart. Suddenly I remembered that I hadn’t paid my respects to the emperor yet. I quickly opened my mouth: “Please.. Your Majesty, please pay your respects.. The voice and breath were getting smaller and smaller, not because he had forgotten to salute, but because he saw the emperor clench his fist and laugh in a low voice.
I felt a little humiliated, and I couldn’t stop feeling proud. The emperor smiled at me! It was the first time I had seen him laugh out loud when I had seen him so few times over the years. Although he looked gentle, there was no smile on his face.
…… The emperor doesn’t hate me.
This realization makes me happy. If
the emperor doesn’t hate me, it means that he may like me.
I watched his smile fade gently, stretched out his palm, and touched my head very gently.
This experience, for me, is the first time. My father died when I was
four years old, and he didn’t have a chance to touch my head.
My father had no direct brothers, but only a concubine brother, so the family business was handed over to the concubine uncle.
My mother was not in good health. When I was seven or eight years old, she was seriously ill and finally left. When I think of her
now, the deepest impression in my memory is that she sat in the old yard to starch clothes for others, and I stood in the yard to watch her.
That should be when I just fell on my head. When I was three or four years old, I couldn’t control my body and soiled my trouser skirt.
Mother was so angry that she raised her hand and hit me hard. I felt a pain behind me and cried loudly.
My heart is full of grievances.
But my mother beat me, hugged me again, and cried with me. I was stunned when I
saw her crying.
Although I am afraid of her, I am also close to her.
So I pinched my sleeve to wipe her tears and comforted her: “Mother doesn’t cry..” Lesser Fullness of Grain it doesn’t hurt.
But the mother cried even more fiercely. At a loss,
I waited for her to finish crying, watched her wipe away her tears, pulled me into the room with cold, red, swollen and frostbitten hands, and changed me into clean clothes.
Then she came out to continue her unfinished work.
I sat in front of the draughty window and watched her starch very hard, coughing from time to time.
We have no cloth, the broken window can never be mended, and the mother’s illness is always repeated, never light. She was so busy making a living
every day that she had no time to touch my head.
At that time, I would only wonder when my uncle would remember to repair this window for us.
As long as the window is repaired, Niang’s illness will be cured.
But the window was still broken, and Niang’s illness was not cured. The
five emperors just rubbed their hands and put them down.
In fact, I wanted him to continue to touch my head, but I was afraid that he would refuse me, so I had to keep silent.
I heard the emperor ask me, “How old are you?”?
His voice, like his people, was so gentle that I could not help being close to him, but I did not dare to be too close.
Sixteen years old.
I stood up and answered his question seriously, thinking that the emperor was only four years older than me.
The emperor gave a gentle “hum,” and then stopped talking, as if he were thinking about something.
I could not disturb him, but I felt that the opportunity to see him was really rare, and I was thinking about whether to say something, but before I could think about it, someone came.
This person I know, is the emperor’s big manager, Su Zhongguan.
Liang Fei’s medicated diet was thrown away by him. It
looks really fierce. I closed my mouth tightly and didn’t want to chat with the emperor.
Su Zhongguan came over to salute, still with a straight face, and did not change his expression to the emperor, but his tone was very respectful: “Your Majesty, Yu Yushi has gone.”.
“Then he bent over me and said,” Empress Shufei.
In fact.. It was not as fierce as the ladies said, and I could feel that he had no malice towards me.
The emperor nodded, I beat a drum in my heart, is he leaving? Sure enough,
he was leaving.
Su Zhongguan put on a cloak for the emperor. The wind is strong
Imperial Garden. Don’t catch a cold. Go back after kicking the shuttlecock. When
the emperor saw the shuttlecock in my hand, he told me to hurry back to the White Deer Terrace before he left. My
heart was so hot that I couldn’t stop jumping for joy. “Don’t worry, I’m in good health. I’ve never been sick since I was a child.” In fact, there are exaggerated elements, minor illnesses or a few times, but also some common symptoms.
In the past, I grew up healthily. Later, I lived a happy life in the palace. I didn’t even catch a cold once. To say that I am in good health
at this moment is not to lie to make him happy.
I was glad that he cared about me, and felt that time had passed too fast. After a few words with him, Su Zhongguan came.
But I couldn’t stop him. I could only watch him smile at me and walk past me.
The next time I see him, I don’t know when, and I have a lot to say to him.
Seizing my last chance, I turned around and called out to him, “Your Majesty!” He looked back, a little confused. Can
we meet again?
I looked at him longingly, expecting him to nod.
But the emperor did not nod.
He just gave me a gentle smile and turned away.
This time he didn’t look back. He really left. It is false to
say that I am not lost, but I have not been sad for too long. After all, the emperor loves to change the memorial to the throne. He is very busy.
I’m used to not seeing him for a long time.
But unexpectedly, only three days later, I saw the emperor again.
At that time, I had just finished lunch and was in a panic, so I simply walked around the courtyard of White Deer Terrace to digest.
Cardamom supported me and sighed.
Empress, if you always eat too much like this, it’s too much for your health.
I knew she was doing it for my own good and nodded hurriedly. It’s not the first time she said
that, and it’s not the first time I said yes.
But I always hold on.
For one thing, I had never eaten anything good before, and I knew too well that the taste of hunger was really unpleasant.
Second, I always felt it was a pity that the food on the table was not finished.
It’s just saving your stomach. It’s not that you can’t eat it. It’s better than throwing it away.
Cardamom said that the emperor has always been very diligent and thrifty, so the harem will not be short of all kinds of rules, but will not have too much surplus.
I don’t waste food, and the emperor will praise me when he knows it.
Just thinking about it, someone came.
It’s a small temple man in Heqing Hall, holding jade.
I know him, because Cardamom knows him, and they knew each other before me, so they don’t talk so much. What are
you doing here?
Cardamom was a little surprised. Baoyu wasn’t waiting by the emperor’s side. Why did he come to the White Deer Terrace. As soon
as Baoyu saw that he was hurrying over, he wiped his sweat and saluted me respectfully. “Empress, I’m tired. I’ll go with Baoyu. The emperor wants to see you.”.
The emperor wants to see me? Cardamom and
I looked at each other and thought it was incredible.
When I reacted, I was so happy that I just wanted to shout out that the emperor wanted to see me! Baoyu lowered her voice and said, “Just after noon, Mr. Chong sent Baoyu to pick up the empress. The slave thought to himself that it didn’t seem like there was something bad going on.”. I know that Mr.
Chong Jiu is Su Zhongguan.
The cardamom expression loosened quickly and exchanged a look with Baoyu.
I just want to be happy, and I don’t know what they mean.
I guess the emperor is in a good mood now and wants to see me.
This is a great good thing. When I couldn’t
eat any more, I asked Baoyu in a hurry, “Are you going now?”?
“” Isn’t it?
“Baoyu nodded.” The sedan chair is already waiting outside the White Deer Terrace, just waiting for the empress.
Then what are you waiting for? I took the cardamom and happily sat in the sedan chair and rushed to the Heqing Hall. What I didn’t finish last time, I must finish this time.
But when he arrived at the Heqing Palace, the emperor was not there, and he only saw Su Zhongguan.
I am a little puzzled, not to say that the emperor wants to see me. Su Zhongguan’s attitude to me is very good, although only the face is a little gentle, but it is already a good temper. Unlike other temple people,
he was an old man left to the emperor by Emperor Xiaozong. He was very capable, and his knowledge was no worse than that of the Grand Scholars of Chongwenguan. Everyone in the
palace called him a heavy gentleman.
That’s what Cardamom told me, so I’m not stupid, I’m just not smart.
Although I have knocked my head, I am not stupid.
You see, cardamom taught me, and I remember it?
I just think less and think slowly.
And Su Zhongguan seems to know, I still can’t understand too complicated words, and I speak like a child. Empress
, wait here in the side hall.
He still has a serious face, but his voice is really kind: “Eat snacks when you are hungry, drink tea when you are thirsty, and don’t be restrained.”.
I stared blankly at him and picked up a snack: Su Zhongguan.. Why are you not mean to me?
He didn’t seem to expect me to ask him this question, and he was stunned for a moment, but soon he reacted and smiled at me.
He said, “Because the empress is a good child.”.
I nodded vaguely, my mind on the snack in my hand.
Although I had just eaten too much, I couldn’t help taking a bite, fragrant, soft and sweet. Remembering the words of cardamom,
I stopped after eating a piece and dared not eat any more.
I don’t know if I can take one with me when I leave later.
Thinking about it, I froze and stared at a certain place and began to be in a trance.
In a daze.
“The emperor has arrived.” Ah, the emperor is back. As soon as the
seven emperors came back, Su Zhongguan left and took the ladies with him.
Soon, there were only two of us left in the side hall.
I was a little cramped, and suddenly I didn’t know what to say, so I just kept smiling at him.
The emperor seemed a little uncomfortable, but he saw that I was not bored, but also came over and touched my head like that day. Only then did
I realize that I had forgotten to salute again, but he didn’t look angry.
He’s so nice.
Being an emperor is as good as being a crown prince.
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, as dull as I was, and I was also at a loss.
Finally, the emperor opened his mouth first. It’s written in the
booklet that I’ll call you Ah Ke from now on?
“” Not good.
I shook my head and told him bluntly, My name is not Yu.
Call me ah, so awkward.
The emperor was stupefied for a moment and then asked, “What is that called?”?
Lesser Fullness of Grain.
I said to him very, very seriously, “You must call me Lesser Fullness of Grain, because I have only one name.”. The name
Yu was definitely not given by my parents, or else I never heard my mother call it.
Probably. Did my uncle give it to me?
I’m not used to it.
But the emperor promised me, “Well, I will call you to Lesser Fullness of Grain.”.
“I nodded and then asked him,” What should I call you? In fact, I know the name of the
emperor.
Cardamom wrote it for me, though. She gestured with her fingers in the palm of my hand and told me not to speak out.
Yin Zhi, what two nice words.
Unfortunately, I can’t recognize them, and they can’t recognize me.
Perhaps I asked too bluntly, the emperor was a little stunned, but he quickly reacted.
Yin Chih, my name is Yin Chih.
“I imitated what he had just said,” Your name is Yin Zhi, and I will call you Ah Zhi in the future?
“Good,” said the emperor in a gentle voice.
In his heart, he quietly changed his name from the emperor to Yin Zhi, and tried to open his mouth again: Ah Zhi?
“” Mmm.
The emperor answered.
His temper is really good.
I have so many things to say to you.
“” What words?
I took the orange from Yin Zhi, held it in my hand, and told him very seriously, I like you. The
fourth sister specifically told me that whenever I had a chance, I would tell the emperor that I liked him, so that he would certainly like me.
Why does that mean he must like me?
“I was really puzzled and looked at the fourth sister confusedly.” Why did you rob the emperor?
“” Little fool. The
fourth sister scolded me lightly and put her arms around me. No one will dislike you. If you
get the emperor, you can really live a good life.
I hugged her back and nodded vaguely. As long as the fourth sister said it, it must be right. I just need to do what she said.
Besides, people like the emperor.
So now I looked at Yin Zhi and repeated, “I really like you.”.
“” Really?
Yin Zhi looked at me with amusement and asked in reply.
Really. I
thought he didn’t believe me, so I asked him very seriously, “Do you remember that you went to my uncle’s house?”?
“Yin Zhi hesitated for a moment and then remembered,”.. It was the winter of the thirty-seventh year of Zhengyuan.
“Yes!” I clapped my hands in surprise and tilted my head to look at him. Three years ago in the winter, you asked me why I didn’t wear shoes, and you asked me if I was cold. As
he spoke, he couldn’t help laughing and remembered the first time he saw him.
It was supposed to be at night when I ran out of the small courtyard where I had lived for more than ten years. No one came to stop me. Finally, I bumped into a group of people in the corridor.
Walking in the front is Yin Zhi.
He was wrapped up in a fur coat, and his face was pale, as if he were ill.
I stared at him in a daze, knowing only that he was very good-looking, until he frowned at the man beside him and said, “Whose child is this?”?
No one stood up, so he turned to look at me again, his brows relaxed, and his voice was very gentle. He asked me, Why don’t you wear shoes?
Is it cold?
I was still silly and didn’t know how to reply. My clothes were so thin that I could only hold my arms to keep warm.
Yin Zhi took off his fur coat and put it on me.
It seemed that there was something important, and then the party left in a hurry.
Later, I learned that the man who dressed me was the prince.
That fur coat is really warm.
I have never worn such warm clothes, but unfortunately, I don’t know where my aunt put them.
She said she would keep it for me, but she didn’t return it to me until she entered the palace.
Just as he was feeling sorry for himself, Yin Zhi seemed to recall that day and wondered, “Is that child Lesser Fullness of Grain?”?
“Uh-huh!” I nodded my head in delight. “That’s me!” But.. The child looked only eight or nine years old.
He frowned. He was sixteen Lesser Fullness of Grain. He should have been thirteen then.
He looked at my face carefully and sighed. It was really Lesser Fullness of Grain, and there was also a small red mole between the child’s eyebrows. Then he touched me between the eyes with
his fingertips.
I obediently did not move, waited for him to withdraw his hand, and then continued to speak: “Do you know why I want to enter the palace?”?
“” Why?
Yin Chih asked in a very cooperative manner.
That day, my uncle asked me if I wanted to be a concubine of the new emperor.
I spoke slowly, and I couldn’t speak fast. The main reason was that when I had a lot to say, I would stumble if I spoke fast.
When I asked who the new emperor was, my uncle said that the new emperor was the former crown prince.
When I heard it, it was the prince! He agreed to enter the palace.
The prince was very nice. He dressed me and asked me why I didn’t wear shoes and whether I was cold.
So you went to the palace?
“Yin Zhi was very helpless. He shook his head.” Loving my subjects is what I should do.. You are still so young, and this palace is not a good place. “
No,” I interrupted. “It’s a good place. Unconsciously, I laughed
at him, and I counted the same benefits of the palace: “I have enough to eat, I wear warm clothes, and I have cardamom and a few little maids to play with me..” Is that all right?
He did not know whether to laugh or cry. What a child.
“” Mmm.
“I answered him in the affirmative, and then went on to say,” Before I entered the palace, I thought that the prince was so good that he must be very good when he became emperor. If I married him, I could eat very well and wear very warm clothes.
Sure enough.
I was very proud that I had made the right decision. I have never been hungry since I entered the palace.
Yin Zhi suddenly coughed badly. He took up the tea and drank it slowly before he continued to talk to me. Did you often go hungry
before?
When he asked me about this, I shook my head hesitantly. Three months before
entering the palace, no one had been starving.
Even every meal would last until I had a stomachache. They said that I wanted to go to the palace, but I was too thin, and it would be very troublesome, so they kept feeding me.
No wonder he was born so young and weak.
Yin Zhi’s eyes were complicated, and he touched my head with pity. I tilted my head to make it easier for him. When I
left, it was Yin Zhi who saw me off. When I was
about to get into the sedan, I tugged at his sleeve, motioned him to lower himself a little, and said something to him. He is very tall
for my short wax gourd.
Ah Chih, you’re so nice, and you’re so nice to me. I really like you. Three real words
in a row made him stupefied.
“Um..” Then I looked at him longingly. “Can I take the plate of snacks I just had with me?”?
Jiu Yinzhi was very generous. He gave me the dim sum and the plate. The first thing I did when I
returned to the White Deer Terrace was to close the door of the bedroom hall with a snack in one hand and a cardamom in the other.
Eat.
I picked up a snack and fed it to her mouth.
“The Empress can’t do it!” Cardamom hurriedly stopped me, frightened and serious. “How dare a slave make a gift from the emperor?”?
“I insisted on comforting her by saying,” It doesn’t matter. Let’s eat quietly. No one will know.
But Yin Zhi gave me a snack, and it was mine. I wanted to taste the cardamom, but it wasn’t a big deal.
I just tasted a piece in the Heqing Hall. It smells like sweet-scented osmanthus.
I licked my lips and thought about it. I thought, cardamom likes sweet osmanthus best, and she will like this snack, too.
Cardamom did not refuse again and took it. Smiling,
I watched her eat snacks delicately, thinking that she was really good-looking, and like this snack, she was always fragrant and soft.
But as she ate, tears fell down.
I panicked and quickly wiped away her tears. “Cardamom, cardamom, why are you crying?”?
Cardamom did not speak, but shook his head.
Suddenly, I remembered that when I just left the Heqing Palace, I said to Yin Zhi that you are so good and I really like you. I said a lot of
these words to Cardamom.
Just now she was beside me and heard it. Did she think that I was not good with her?
Or do you think I’m lying when I say I like her?
That’s not okay. Don
‘t worry.
“I looked at her very solemnly.” Just now I said I liked Ah Zhi, but — “I also like cardamom. I’m not partial.
Cardamom stared at me in a daze. I thought I must have guessed right. I sighed in a decent way. So don’t worry. We two are the best friends. How can
this be the same?
She smiled through her tears and said helplessly, The empress’ love for the emperor is not the same as her love for cardamom.
“” What’s different?
I was a little anxious and kept explaining to her, “It’s the same, the same!” Cardamom did not cry again, beautiful eyes looked at me, suddenly suddenly like.
「…… The empress is still young.
“Her voice was gentle, like a big sister.” If it were the same, that would be good.
Seeing that she was no longer sad, I was relieved and urged her, “Cardamom for dessert.”.
These snacks are all made of cardamom, and no one is allowed to eat them.
“Cardamom teases me:” Is the empress not allowed to eat?
“Mmm!” I nodded my head in affirmation. “I’m not allowed to eat either!” No one can rob her, not even myself.
This is probably one of my few stubbornness. After eating a piece
of cardamom, she refused to eat any more. She wrapped up the rest of the snack with great care.
I looked at her doubtfully.
The slave is not hungry.
Cardamom couldn’t help touching my head. She seldom made these movements that she thought were beyond the rules. The cardamom likes the dim sum of
the empress very much, so you should keep it and eat it slowly.
I nodded, all right.
Just as he was about to talk to Cardamom, he suddenly remembered that he did not seem to have finished speaking to Yin Zhi.
“Oh,” I scratched my head with chagrin and looked at Cardamom, a little angry at my bad memory. “I forgot to ask Ah Zhi.” Has he recovered from his illness?
Thirteen days later, Baoyu came to White Deer Terrace.
He has come to announce the imperial edict.
“Congratulations, Empress, you will be an imperial concubine from now on!” Baoyu handed me the bright yellow imperial edict and congratulated me. “This is our share in the palace!” I can feel that he and Cardamom are really happy for me.
But I don’t know what difference it is to be an imperial concubine. Looking at the two big cabinets carried by the people in the small temple, I suddenly realized.
Is it because the imperial concubine has two more cabinets than imperial concubine?
“Empress!” Cardamom laughed so hard that she almost burst into tears and blamed me. “How could that be what you mean?”?
Baoyu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but she still said for me, Sister Cardamom, the empress is right to say that. Aren’t these two cabinets of rewards only for the imperial concubines? When
the cardamom had finished laughing, he explained to me in a gentle voice, Good empress, the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine are not the same.
“” What’s different?
I don’t understand. Aren’t they all concubines?
“Um..” Cardamom pondered for a few moments and then put it in a way that I could understand: When the empress becomes an imperial concubine, she can eat more delicious food and wear more beautiful dresses.
I don’t care too much about that. It’s good to be able to eat and wear warm clothes. After hearing what she said, I just nodded with a lack of interest.
But Cardamom’s next words cheered me up.
She said, “You can also go to the Heqing Palace to find the emperor yourself.”.
“Really?”?
I opened my eyes wide and looked at the cardamom. Obviously, it was not allowed in the past. How could it be allowed to be an imperial concubine.
“Of course it’s true!” She and Baoyu looked at each other and smiled mysteriously. “Tonight, you will see the emperor.”.
Can I see Ah Chi tonight?
I am happy. It is such a good thing to be an imperial concubine. No wonder the four younger sisters told me to compete for favor.
The afternoon suddenly became difficult, and I waited longingly for Yin Zhi to send someone to pick me up.
Wait and wait, finally wait. Late meal.
Not surprisingly, I’m holding up again.
Cardamom wanted to rub it for me, but Su Zhongguan came with a small temple man. She only had time to wash me fragrant, and then sent me to the sedan. The people of
the small temple hurriedly lifted the sedan and were about to leave. The cardamom hurried up to catch up with me and told me, “The empress is not afraid, the empress is not afraid..” I’m not going anywhere, I’m just waiting for you at White Deer Terrace. In fact, I didn’t feel afraid, and I was even a little happy to see Ah Chi, but I still nodded to her vigorously. Seeing that she could not keep up with the footsteps of the small temple people, she stumbled and was about to fall. I quickly told her to go back: “Don’t chase, don’t chase..” I even brought some sweet osmanthus-scented dessert for the cardamom! Cardamom finally stopped slowly, but still refused to turn around and watched me leave.
The carriage came round the corner, and she could not see me, and I could not see her.
I turned back to my body and began to say over and over again, “Ask Ah Chih if he is well, ask Ah Chih if he is well..” When I got to the back of the Heqing Hall, my feet touched the ground and I was about to go inside, but my movements suddenly stopped.
Empress, what’s wrong?
Su Zhongguan was a little surprised, but he asked me patiently and in a good voice.
I looked at him confusedly, unable to remember what I had just muttered for a long time.
Su Zhongguan.. What did I ask Ah Chih? In the
end, I didn’t remember what I was going to ask Yin Zhi. I followed Su Zhongguan all the way into the bedroom. It was quiet inside
, and Yin Zhi was not there.
Su Zhongguan quietly retreated, and I remembered the rules that cardamom had taught me at ordinary times. I sat quietly in my chair, not walking or touching.
Although this is a bit boring, but fortunately my eyes can still look around.
Yin Zhi’s bedroom is very big, but it’s a little cold. It’s winter
now, and it’s so cold at night. Why doesn’t he light charcoal?
In a trance, I didn’t notice that Yin Zhi had come back.
Lesser Fullness of Grain?
I came to my senses and saw his gentle smiling face again. I didn’t feel bored at all. “Ah Zhi, you’re back!” His body was still moist, and I suddenly realized that he had just gone to take a bath.
I blinked and noticed that he seemed to look a little better. Before
I could tell him, Su Zhongguan came in with a bowl of medicine and said, “Your Majesty, it’s time to drink the medicine.”.
Yin Zhi picked up the bowl of black medicinal juice and drank it without changing his face. I finally remembered what I had been talking about in the sedan chair. I wanted to ask Ah Zhi if he had recovered from his illness, but now I saw that he was still drinking the medicine, as if.. No need to ask. Have you been
waiting long?
Yin Zhi finished gargling and came to sit next to me.
I thought for a moment and shook my head.
」「…… That’s good.
Then he was silent. I didn’t know what to say, so I just looked at him curiously. It wasn’t my fault. He was good-looking.
The bedroom was quiet. After a while, he asked me tentatively, “Lesser Fullness of Grain I know..” What are we going to do tonight?
Shaking his head, I didn’t quite understand what he meant.
But he seemed to breathe sigh of relief. He led me to a very big bed and said to me, “Lesser Fullness of Grain will sleep in this bed tonight.”.
I said, “Oh,” and I was really sleepy. I began to untie my cloak. I was a little surprised. “Lesser Fullness of Grain?
“He turned away from me.” What are you doing?
“Go to sleep!” I took off my cloak to reveal my pale pink underwear. After climbing into bed quickly, I couldn’t help yawning. “Didn’t you want me to sleep here?”?
Yin Zhi was silent.
I got into the quilt quickly and shook it gently. There was no carbon in the bedroom, and the quilt was still a little cold.
That.. You go to bed first. After the
silence, Yin Zhi stretched out his hand and tucked in the corner of the quilt for me.
I watched him close the curtain gently and then walk slowly away, probably. Did you go to see the memorial again? It’s really busy to
be the emperor.
He is so hard, so I’d better wait for him.
So I endured sleepiness, waiting and waiting, waiting for a long time, I was about to fall asleep, he still did not come.
My eyelids grew heavy, and suddenly there was a low cough outside the curtain.
Is Ah Zhi coughing? Poking my head out of the gap in the
curtain, I saw Yin Zhi lying on his side on a soft couch not far away with his back to me. What
‘s he doing sleeping there?
Cardamom clearly said that Yin Zhi would sleep with me tonight.
I got out of bed and walked barefoot to his bedside without shoes. He seemed to be aware of something. He turned his head and saw me. He sat up quickly and felt a little guilty when he said, “I woke you up?”?
“I shook my head and squatted down, looking at him in puzzlement.” Why are you sleeping on this? You
should have slept with me.
Yin Zhi opened his mouth for a long time and then said, “Well, I’m afraid I’ll squeeze you.”.
“No!” I had just come down from there, and I didn’t know whether it would be crowded or not, so I told him seriously, “Don’t worry, the bed is spacious, and we can all roll on it!” “Cough — cough –” Yin Zhi suddenly began to cough again. He clenched his fist against his mouth and tried to suppress it. He looked very uncomfortable. It was only
when he had calmed down that he said again, “It’s not necessary.” Thank you Lesser Fullness of Grain for your kindness, but I’m used to sleeping alone.
“It’s all right. You’ll get used to it after a few more sleeps!” I took his hand and was about to pull him down when I shivered with ice. Why are
his hands so cold?
Remembering that there was no charcoal in the bedroom and that he was not in good health, I put my hand into his bed and felt cold. It was hard to blame him for coughing.
“This bed is not warm at all!” For no reason, I got a little angry. “Not at all!” When people get cold, they get sick.
“We sleep together!” Then he gazed longingly at him. “I’m so warm, Ah Chih,” he said. “My mother and grandmother both told me that when we sleep together, we won’t be cold!” Yin Zhi just lowered his head and kept looking at the hands I held tightly with him. After a while, he nodded with difficulty.
I was so happy that I pulled him to the big bed. After I got into bed first, I motioned him to lie down with my eyes.
He lay down slowly and stiffly.
I knew it. It’s too cold to light charcoal. Look, are you frozen stiff? You are
so old, but you still don’t know how to take good care of your body. With a sigh
, I rolled into Yin Zhi’s arms. His body was cold, and there was no heat at all. I put my arms around him with a chill, and the soles of my feet were pressed against his instep. “I’ll cover Ah Zhi..” Is it warm now? With a low “hum,”
Yin Zhi reached out his hand and gently hugged me back. “It’s getting warm.
Feeling his body gradually warming up, my sleepiness surged up again, and the gap between my eyes became narrower and narrower.
I said.. Am I warm.. Yin Zhi’s hand patted my back gently. He was so kind that he coaxed me to sleep.
I yawned and fell asleep in his arms. When he woke up on the
second day, Yin Zhi was no longer there.
Cardamom stood in front of the bed, smiling at me, his face no longer worried about yesterday, and looked very happy.
Is the empress awake?
I rubbed my eyes and stayed in bed. The voice of the cardamom was so sweet and gentle that I didn’t want to get up at all.
But it is impossible not to get up, after all, this is Yin Zhi’s bedroom.
“Cardamom..” I yawned, got up and looked at her. “Have you come to take me back to White Deer Terrace?”?
“” Empress.
Cardamom took the clothes and dressed them quickly for me. “We’re not going back to White Deer Terrace.”.
From now on, the empress will see the emperor every day! “Huh?”?
I was at a loss as to what she meant.
Cardamom looked at me with a smile and said, “Your Majesty has said that you will live in the Heqing Hall in the future.” Before dawn, Baoyu moved all the things from Bailutai.
So that’s it. I nodded. Then stay.
I thought Yin Zhi would come back very late, because he looked so busy, but he appeared in the Heqing Hall today.
At that time, I was looking at the cardamom embroidery, and the voice of greeting came in from outside. I knew it was Yin Zhi who had come back, so I ran out to meet him.
“Ah Chih, you’re back!” He looked very good today. He touched my head and took my hand when he came in.
Cardamom and Baoyu left quietly, leaving only me and him in the whole bedroom.
I turned my head to look at him. “Ah Zhi, did you sleep well last night?”?
“” Mmm.
He smiled and nodded, as good-natured as ever, his Brown eyes brimming with tenderness. I was lucky to have my Lesser Fullness of Grain with me, so I slept so well.
“I told you I was warm!” I was so proud that I did not forget to tell him, “Don’t catch a cold. If you catch a cold, you will get sick.”.
Yin Zhi solemnly agreed, and did not forget to thank me.
He’s a really nice, nice guy.
I knew it would be the best thing to marry him.
Today’s dinner, I and Yin Zhi used together, and Qingdian’s dishes are very simple, similar to Bailutai’s, but more light.
Yin Zhi’s eating is very beautiful, and he also picked up food for me.
In fact, at the end of the meal, I was already full, but Yin Zhi had not finished the food he gave me. I thought about it and ate it all.
Sure enough, I ate too much again.
But now the cardamom was not there, so he could not rub my stomach, and Yin Zhi did not praise me.
I’m a little depressed. After
a simple wash, Yin Zhi began to read the memorial to the throne. I sat beside him with my stomach in my arms and watched him circle and annotate. I
waited and waited until the lanterns were a little dim. Finally, when he put down his pen, I couldn’t help saying, “Ah Zhi, why don’t you praise me?”?
I looked at my stomach with some disappointment, and now I still felt a little uncomfortable: I ate all the food you gave me. I didn’t waste food. Can you praise me?
I like what you said about me. Only then did
Yin Chih react, somewhat annoyed, “I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. I put too much in the Lesser Fullness of Grain.”. Then
he looked at me worriedly. “Do you still feel bad?”?
I nodded honestly. It was really a little uncomfortable. If only the cardamom were here. She would gently rub my stomach. It was very comfortable.
But Yin Zhi said that he could also help me rub my stomach.
I scratched my head and spread out my belly. Since he was willing to help, I would rub it.
Yin Zhi stretched out his hand carefully to help me rub my stomach. His strength was not too big or too small, and it made me sleepy.
And the more sleepy I am, the less my brain works. I felt so comfortable being rubbed
by him that I yawned and put my head on his lap. Then I boldly raised his hand and put it on my skull. I closed my eyes and did not forget to ask, “Ah Zhi, touch my head. I like to be touched by you.” Instead of refusing, Yin Zhi inserted his fingertips into the roots of my hair and pressed them gently. I listened to him in a daze. When I was
four years old, I had a Xiao Fei Lian.
It always hides in the plantain bushes and likes to be close to me. Whether I rub its belly or reach out to touch its head, it never gets angry and is even very happy. It’s so similar to Lesser Fullness of Grain, even the name is the same. All
I could hear was a nod of the head. His voice was so soft that it made me want to sleep.
Sleepy as I was, I heard him whisper in my ear, “Lesser Fullness of Grain?”?
I gave a long “hmm” and woke up a little.
He pressed his fingertips against my forehead and asked me in a good voice, “I’m still sleeping with you tonight..” All right? There’s nothing wrong with
that.
I nodded, tried to lift my skull from his legs, and crawled slowly into bed, remembering to wave to him a second before I fell asleep, signaling him to come quickly.
After that, I don’t remember anything after that.
Usually at this time, I fell asleep early, alas, it’s really hard to be an emperor, so late to sleep. So I stayed in the Hall of Harmony. As time went by, Yin Zhi and I became more and more familiar with each other. We knew a lot of things that others didn’t know.
Yin Zhi is very busy, but not as busy as I thought.
He did not like to read memorials all the time. Sometimes, he would read some other books and write some words.
At night, there was still no charcoal in the bedroom. Su Zhongguan said that Yin Zhi’s body could not stand the dry heat, and that if he ordered charcoal, he would get sicker. He also told me that in fact, Ah Zhi did not like to drink bitter medicine, and many times he secretly poured it out.
The empress must not forget.
Su Zhongguan brought me sweet osmanthus-flavored cakes and told me earnestly, The old slave will give you such an important thing as supervising the emperor to drink medicine. When you
get sick, you have to take medicine, and only when you take medicine can you get better. As soon as I
thought about it, I suddenly felt the great responsibility on my shoulders, and I felt Su Zhongguan’s trust in me. I assured him in all sincerity and seriousness: Don’t worry, Mr. Chong. I will keep an eye on Ah Zhi and drink the medicine.
Su Zhongguan smiled kindly, not at all as sternly as others had said. He whispered to me, “If the emperor feels bitter after drinking the medicine, there is an eight-treasure box under the bookshelf, which contains a lot of candied fruits. The emperor eats one, and you eat two.”.
I like candied fruit, but I don’t understand: Why can I eat two? I
didn’t do anything, but I was still able to eat one more candied fruit than Yin Zhi, which made me feel embarrassed.
Su Zhongguan looked at me lovingly. He didn’t think I was asking too many questions. He said, “Because the empress is a good boy, she should eat one more.”.
so that’s it.
So I accepted it with a good conscience, and then I found the box under the bookshelf. When I opened it, I found a box full of candied fruits, which smelled so sweet that every time Yin Zhi drank the medicine, I was more active than him, for fear that he would secretly pour out the medicine because he was afraid of suffering.
When he finished drinking the medicine, I peeled a sweet candied lotus seed for him and then two for myself. The
first time he saw the box, he was a little surprised, but it was only for a moment. Then he looked at me and said, “… …” How does the Lesser Fullness of Grain know that the box is under the bookshelf?
I don’t know.. It came out on its own! Holding in my heart that this was my secret with Su Zhongguan, I refused to tell Yin Zhi, but I felt a little guilty and dared not look up at him, just quibbling.
Why only give me one … Lesser Fullness of Grain, how did you get bribed by Su Zhongguan so quickly?
Yin Zhi looked at me with a laugh, his eyes as soft as a deep lake.
I subconsciously retorted, “I didn’t!” As soon as the voice fell, he immediately covered his mouth and was very upset.
But I can’t figure out how he knew it was Su Zhongguan’s candied fruit?
I didn’t say anything! I don’t even know about cardamom. When I brought her a cake, I almost told her the whole story, but I couldn’t hold it.
But Yin Zhi was still so good. He told me that he would not tell Su Zhongguan that his plan had been exposed, and that he would drink the medicine well. However, every time after drinking the medicine, I had to quietly give him one more candied fruit. As a reward, I could eat three candied fruits. No one knows
but us.
All right, I was convinced by him.
I groaned and stuffed another candied fruit into my sleeve, thinking that Su Zhongguan let me watch Yin Zhi drink the medicine, as long as he drank it, then I ate two or three candied fruits, it should not be very important, right?
And at the thought of Yin Zhi saying, this is my little secret with him, somehow, I still feel very happy in my heart.
Ah Chih, you’re so kind.
I looked at him with true affection, and my mouth was very sweet. Can
I go out and play for a while?
Just for a moment.
Now after the afternoon, I was caught by the candied fruit in my sleeve, and I didn’t want to take a lunch break at all.
Yin Zhi nodded, “a quarter of an hour.”. Smiling,
I pulled him along and continued to say good words. Although I couldn’t get around those words over and over again, I still called Yin Zhi for two quarters of an hour.
Good. We can go find cardamom.
I ran out of the Heqing Hall, turned a corner, and saw the cardamom embroidered in the duty room at a glance.
“Cardamom, cardamom!” Although I just saw her this morning, I still feel a little bit like her. The candied fruit in my sleeve is so sweet that cardamom will surely like it. Guess what I brought you?
Cardamom smiled sweetly and pretended to be surprised. “Oh, is it a cake?”?
Or maltose?
“” Neither. As I
approached, I triumphantly asked her to close her eyes. “Taste it and you’ll see!” Then he put the candied lotus seed in his sleeve into her mouth.
Sweet.
Cardamom opened her eyes and looked at me with a smile. It’s candied lotus seed.
“I looked longingly.” Do you like cardamom?
She nodded. “I like it, I like it very much. The candied lotus seed given by the empress is really sweet. I’ve never had such a sweet candied lotus seed!” As long as she likes it, I’ll be happy. “From now on, I’ll be able to bring delicious preserves for the cardamom every day, and tomorrow I’ll bring something else!”. Cardamom, however, shook her head. She used her hands to help me comb out my messy bun, and at the same time told me, “Be good, empress. Just eat it yourself. You don’t have to bring it to the slave.”.
Don’t worry, I’ve already eaten.
I looked around and thought I was keeping it secret, so I told her in a low voice, I can have three candied fruits every day. I’ll eat one, and I’ll eat one cardamom. I’ll hide the remaining one in the purse you sewed for me, and we’ll eat it quietly later. The candied fruit
in that box seemed to last forever.
Cardamom sighed, “The empress!” She looked at me helplessly and praised me. “The empress is always very clever in this respect.” I was a little shy. I lowered my head and said modestly, “Actually, it’s all right. Ah Zhi is smart.”.
If it weren’t for him, where would the extra candied fruit come from.
Every half a month, the courtiers can rest for a day.
I know because only on this day can Yin Zhi sleep late for a while.
On weekdays, he often leaves before I wake up.
Unlike now, when I open my eyes, he is still lying beside me.
I yawned quietly, driving away the drowsiness, and my head gradually became clear.
Yin Zhi slept well, and I didn’t want to wake him up, so I lay on my side and looked at his side face carefully.
He is really good-looking.
Next to Cardamom, he is the most beautiful person I have ever seen.
I don’t know how long I looked at it, but my palms became sweaty and uncomfortable. I moved subconsciously, and Yin Zhi, who was clasped with my fingers, was awakened, and his breathing changed from light to slightly heavy.
He slowly opened his eyes, then turned his head and smiled softly at me. Wake up Lesser Fullness of Grain?
I nodded and sat up with him.
“Ah Chih.”.
“I called, and then I heard him say softly,” Huh?
After thinking about it, I looked at him very seriously. I think you look better today than you did yesterday.
Yin Zhi sighed and asked me as if he was a little sad, “So Lesser Fullness of Grain I didn’t look good yesterday?”?
“No, no!” I hastened to deny it: “I mean, you looked good yesterday, and you look better today, well …” You look better every day! Yin Zhi didn’t speak, as if he didn’t believe me.
“Really!” I racked my brain trying to figure out how to describe his good looks. Do you know the gardenia in Bailutai?
White can be delicate, you are as beautiful as Gardenia, and your body is fragrant.
Finally, I hastened to add, “It’s just that the fragrance of Gardenia is thick, and the fragrance of Ah Zhi is light..” The rest of the words were lost between my lips and teeth. I dared not say any more. The more I said, the more Yin Zhi’s face turned red. If he went on like this, he would get sick again. The weather is good in
spring, and it’s not easy to stop taking medicine for two days. I’d better not make him angry. Although I don’t know why he was angry.
Yin Zhi got out of bed in silence. After being tidied up by the small temple people, he went around the screen and went to the outer room. Not long after, I saw the smiling face of cardamom.
She came in to wash and change for me. I raised my hand obediently. Cardamom put on my dress and combed my hair in a simple bun. She is still so beautiful
today.
“Cardamom–” I couldn’t help but shout. I looked in the mirror at the cardamom that was tidying my skirt, and the sweet words came out: “You’re really beautiful today, just like the pink peony in White Deer Terrace!” Cardamom has long been accustomed to my rough and straightforward praise. At first, she would hang her head in embarrassment, but later, the more she listened, the more dull her reaction became.
She helped me up, her eyes curved into two small crescent moons. “The empress is really beautiful.”.
If you want to praise someone, praise them together, so I nod my head and say, “We really look good!” With these words, we walked to the outer room.
Yin Zhi hasn’t gone to the front hall yet. Is he waiting for me? Seeing that
he held out his hand to me, I immediately held it.
Achi, are you waiting for me?
He looked steadily at me and suddenly reached out his hand and pinched my cheek.
I was a little confused and did not understand what was wrong with him, but he did not say, and I did not know how to ask, so I quietly followed him to the front hall.
The silence lasted until half of the morning meal. I had just finished drinking the porridge, and the voice of Yin Zhi suddenly came into my ears.
“Lesser Fullness of Grain..” I turned to look at him and asked him what was the matter with my eyes. His
expression was flat, and he could not distinguish between joy and anger. “What I said in the morning was to make people happy, wasn’t it?”?
What do you mean by coaxing people?
I looked at Yin seriously and said, “I never tell lies!” He said, “Oh!” Then he looked me in the eye and asked, “Which do you think looks better Lesser Fullness of Grain, Gardenia or Paeonia lactiflora?”?
To tell you the truth, this question is a bit difficult for me. Gardenia and Paeonia lactiflora are both my favorites.
But since Yin Zhi asked, I had to choose one.
So I lowered my head and thought about it carefully, then looked up and told him with great certainty, “Powder peony.”.
Gardenia white is really beautiful, but the pink and tender color looks so lively.
Yin Zhi gritted his teeth gently, looked at me for a long time, and suddenly sighed a long sigh.
“Just.”.
He shook his head helplessly and asked me if I was full.
I felt it carefully, saying that I was not hungry when I was not full, and that I could eat a little more when I was full.
June turtledove, I don’t know spring and autumn. I don’t know how to put on my clothes when I’m
cold, and I don’t know how to take them off when I’m hot. It’s the same when I eat. I can’t tell when I’m full.
Since the first time I ate too much, Yin Zhi would stop me a little during this period, so I turned to look at him and let him decide whether I should continue to eat or not.
Yin Zhi touched my stomach and pressed it gently.
He hesitated, and then called Baoyu in. “How many? You can take them off.”.
This means that I am full.
All right, I followed him to stand up. Today Yin Zhi should be able to read or write.
But I was wrong. Yin Zhi didn’t read or write today.
He changed back to his gentle and warm appearance before. He touched my head and looked at me with pity. I haven’t been out of the temple for months, and I’m going to be bored Lesser Fullness of Grain.
“Huh?”?
I didn’t realize it.
To tell you the truth, if Yin Zhi hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have realized that I hadn’t been out of the Heqing Palace for three months.
Every day, I either ate and slept, or stuck to Yin like sticky sugar. I didn’t feel the passage of time at all. In a twinkling of an eye, three months passed like this.
Although I don’t feel bored when I stay with Yin Zhi, it’s great to have a walk in the garden.
Baoyu heard that Yin Zhi and I were going to the garden and quickly prepared the jade. It was
also at this time that I suddenly realized that I had not seen Su Zhongguan for some days.
I sat next to Yin Zhi and asked him in a low voice where Su Zhongguan had gone.
Yin Zhi pinched the tip of my nose and told me not to worry. “Mr. Chong has gone to do something else. He’ll be back in a while.”.
I relaxed and showed him the shuttlecock in his hand.
It looks good.
“He praised me, and I was a little proud.” It’s made of cardamom. She’s very skillful.
As soon as he had said that, the Imperial Garden arrived.
I excitedly got off the jade and kicked the shuttlecock together with the cardamom.
Kicking, cardamom suddenly tugged at the corner of my clothes and motioned me to look back. Just as
I was kicking, I waited until my legs were too weak to catch them before turning around. As soon as I took a look, I ran back in a hurry, ignoring the sweat and the shuttlecock, and hurried back to Yin Zhi’s side.
The good imperial concubine and the virtuous imperial concubine stood in front of Yin Zhi, their faces were soft and beautiful, and they did not know when they had come. When he
saw me, he called out to me in a friendly way, “The imperial concubine.”. As soon as
I said yes, the fourth sister’s exhortation suddenly echoed in my mind. I realized that they all seemed to be robbing the emperor. No, I also wanted to rob him.
My body was faster than my consciousness, and when I came to my senses, I realized that my hands had clasped Yin Zhi’s right arm tightly.
Yin Zhi was a little surprised, but somehow, I clearly felt that he was a little happy.
Anyway, happier than in the morning.
He took the handkerchief from Baoyu and gently wiped my sweat until my face became dry. What’s
the matter?
Yin Zhi asked me in a low voice, but I didn’t know how to answer, so I just shook my head, full of heart, and my whole body was tired.
Looking at me like this, he ordered Baoyu to take me back to the Heqing Palace.
Seeing that we were leaving, the imperial concubine stopped me with a bright smile and said, “The imperial concubine hasn’t been to my place for a long time. When she’s free for a few days, she must come.”. The
good imperial concubine echoed and invited me to go to her place.
I didn’t understand why they suddenly became so enthusiastic. You know, I had only met them a few times.
Usually, I stayed in the White Deer Terrace, accompanied by Cardamom and several other maids, so they did not come to me, and I never looked for them.
Besides, now I still have Yin Zhi to play with me, and I don’t want to go to their place at all.
So I honestly shook my head and refused them, “I don’t want to go.”.
“Yin Zhi pulled me up to the jade, his voice gentle and indulgent:” If you don’t want to go, don’t go.
As soon as I got back to the Heqing Hall, I immediately became full of vigor and vitality.
Just as he was about to tell Yin Zhi that I was hungry, he took me to the study and said, “Since you’re not tired, you can write with me.”.
Fifteen accompanied Yin Zhi to write, and the greatest use was to make me understand that I was really ignorant.
He kindly taught me to write, but because his voice was too soft, I lay in his arms and slept in the dark, waking up because I smelled the smell of rice.
As dull as I was, I felt a rare bit of shame.
So at lunch, I resolutely refused to look up at Yin Zhi. I just buried myself in digging rice, and my face and rice bowl seemed to stick together.
A piece of rabbit meat appeared in the bowl, and a disapproving voice came from Yin Zhi: “How can I not eat a la carte?”.
I quietly raised my skull and tried to take a peek, but he caught me red-handed.
But Yin Zhi didn’t say anything, and he didn’t look angry.
As usual, when the meal was almost finished, he asked me to put down my chopsticks to avoid abdominal pain. Why is
his temper so good?
I touched my stomach, full of emotion, but before I could finish, Yin Zhi pinched my cheek.
Come on, let’s continue. Then he took
me to the study and taught me to write as he had done in the morning.
I stood in Yin Zhi’s arms, and he held the pen for me, and then taught me hand in hand.
To tell you the truth, his requirements for me are extremely low.
I don’t want to be a top student Lesser Fullness of Grain, and then I’ll be great after I finish a book of 1,000 characters.
Yin Chih dipped in the ink and said in a light voice, “well, let’s write down the name of the Lesser Fullness of Grain first, and then write down the name of the Lesser Fullness of Grain, and then write down mine.”.
He took me and wrote down my name, and then he wrote down his name in the margin.
I looked at the four characters on the paper, then looked at the jade finger wrench on Yin Zhi’s right hand, and later remembered something. I turned around and said, “Ah Zhi..” He gave a gentle “hmm” and put down the pen in his hand.
I looked into his eyes, full of seriousness: “You don’t like others, you only like me, OK?”? Then I
thought it was not very accurate. After thinking about it, I changed this sentence to: Ah Zhi likes me best, OK?
“Yin Zhi seemed to think for a moment, then looked at me with a serious expression.” So, who do you like best Lesser Fullness of Grain? Who do
I like best?
Lowering my head, I began to think seriously about this problem.
Cardamom came to mind, then Yin Zhi, but then a fierce little face jumped out and occupied all my eyes. She scolded “little fool” and then put half a steamed bun into my hand.
The fourth sister.
“I raised my head and told Yin Zhi firmly in a low voice,” I like the fourth sister best.
Yin Chih seemed a little surprised, but he quickly realized, Why does the Lesser Fullness of Grain like her best?
Why?
Actually, I don’t know.
Four younger sisters are very fierce, always say I am stupid, say I am stupid, most can not see me cry, always look at me impatiently. Why do I like
such a fourth sister best?
Probably because she was always thinking about whether I was full or not, she would always come to see me secretly, even if she was impatient, she would still reach out and hug me.
She said I was stupid, but she wouldn’t let anyone else say that.
You see, you have remembered all the words I taught you … So you’re not stupid. You’re just not smart.
I nodded. The fourth sister was so clever. What she said must be right.
After that, I firmly remembered that only the fourth sister could say that I was stupid, and that what others said did not count.
So when Yin Zhi asked me why I liked the fourth sister best, I thought about it and only came up with four words: “The fourth sister, good.”. The
fourth sister is the best.
I stubbornly repeated that the fourth sister was the best person in the world and the best person for me.
Not to say that Yin Zhi and cardamom are not good for me, but the fourth sister is not the same, for me, that half of the steamed bun, more precious than osmanthus cake.
But Yin Zhi didn’t seem to understand.
He looked at me with faint eyes and said, “So I’m not the person I like most Lesser Fullness of Grain.”.
I subconsciously wanted to retort, because in my heart, the fourth sister and Yin Zhi were different, but I couldn’t tell what the difference was, so I had to keep my mouth shut.
Then I heard him say, “Lesser Fullness of Grain, that’s not fair.”.
If the person I like most is not me Lesser Fullness of Grain, then the person I like most will not be Lesser Fullness of Grain.
I looked at his cold face and thought, “It’s over. The fourth sister asked me to rob the emperor, but I didn’t.”.
Do not know why, the heart suddenly felt very aggrieved, but not just because of the failure to live up to the expectations of the four sisters.
Perhaps because, I have been used to the appearance of Yin Zhi smiling and nodding, after all, his temper is so good, now he said he would not like me, my heart is full of sadness.
But I won’t cry, because the fourth sister said that tears are worthless, so I seldom cry.
Even if Yin Zhi doesn’t like me, I won’t cry.
I turned around, picked up the pen and continued to write, but looking at the four big black characters on the paper, I couldn’t remember where to start, holding the pen in a daze, feeling even more sad.
In a trance, I heard a long sigh behind me.
The next moment, I was held in his arms.
“Why are you crying..” Just as I was about to say that I wasn’t crying, he turned me upside down and said, “If I don’t like you the most, you will cry.”. Holding my face in his hands,
he wiped away my tears, gently and meticulously, sighing as he wiped them: You don’t like me the most either. Should I cry, too?
I unconsciously turned my head and quickly wiped away my tears, feeling a little humiliated.
If the fourth sister knew, she would scold me for being worthless.
All right, don’t be sad.
“Yin Zhi changed back to my familiar appearance and compromised,” Is that all right?
「…… When I can write our names Lesser Fullness of Grain, I will like you best.
I sniffed and asked him, Really?
“” Really.
He pinched my face. When have I ever lied to you?
It seemed to be true. I nodded and wanted to continue learning to write, but I couldn’t remember how Yin Zhi had just written these words.
I held up my pen and felt like crying again: “I, I can’t write..” It doesn’t matter.
Yin Zhi chuckled and wrapped his big palm around my right hand, which was holding the pen. Shall
I teach Lesser Fullness of Grain?
Sixteen Yin Zhi said that when I could write my name and his name, he would like me best.
So after that, whenever I had time, I would practice calligraphy in the study.
But I am really not smart enough, back and forth four words to learn for a long time, or some can not remember the strokes, the heart can not avoid chagrin.
Seeing that I was unhappy, Cardamom made new clothes to comfort me, but refused to show them to me. In
five days, it will be the birthday of the Empress.
She combed my hair quickly and gently. Think of it as a birthday gift for the empress.
I wondered how the Lesser Fullness of Grain’s birthday had come so quickly this year?
The last time I celebrated my birthday, when I was in Bailutai, Cardamom made me a very delicious pear cream candy. Will Yin Zhi know about his birthday in the Heqing Palace
this time?
I don’t know why, but I didn’t tell Yin Zhi that my birthday was coming. If it was before, I would have asked him for a gift directly.
I began to practice calligraphy harder. Two days
before my birthday, Su Zhongguan, who had not seen me for a long time, came back. He seemed to have gone out for a long trip, and he looked a little tired.
Immediately afterwards, the virtuous imperial concubine, who used to live in seclusion and go out to eat fast and pray to the Buddha, suddenly opened the door of the temple. I’ve only seen her once at a palace banquet since I’ve
been in the palace for so long.
Cardamom said, Xian Fei is Yin Zhi’s cousin, so between the two, it is natural to be closer.
I understand, but when I heard Yin Zhi go to Xianfei, I still felt a little uncomfortable, a little angry, a little lost, or other feelings, I couldn’t say clearly, so I just concentrated on practicing calligraphy.
Even when Yin Zhi came back, I didn’t notice it. It was Cardamom who paid his respects. Then I came to my senses and quickly hid the paper I had written. I
didn’t want to talk to him, and I was still angry, but he looked tired and smiled at me, and I was softhearted.
That night Yin Zhi hugged me very tightly, but I didn’t fall asleep. As a
result, the next day I was dizzy all day, always yawning when practicing calligraphy, cardamom advised me to sleep, I shook my head hard, trying to write a more satisfactory word.
So, before dinner, I finally wrote the most beautiful one.
Yin Zhi sent Baoyu to say that he would come back later. I was so sleepy that I thought it would be the same to show him in the daytime tomorrow, so I took a rest first. I slept soundly and had a good dream
this night. I
dreamed that when I showed my handwriting to Yin Zhi, he praised me for my good handwriting and then said to me, “I like Lesser Fullness of Grain best!” I was very happy to embrace him, and my heart was very happy.
The dream was so vivid that when I woke up, I found that it was just a dream, and I was still a little disappointed.
I sat up from the bed, and there was no one around me.
Looking at the bright sky, I was very upset. I must have slept so deeply that he left without noticing. Just as he was
about to get out of bed, the voice of two little maids behind the screen came.
“Last night the emperor did not return to the palace all night..” “I heard that I was staying with the virtuous concubine..” There was a roar in my mind. Yin Zhi didn’t come back last night. He was with Xianfei.
At this moment, I clearly realized that what could have belonged to me had been taken away by others.
Yin Zhi lied to me. Even if I showed him the words I had written, he wouldn’t like me.
Not good, not good, not good at all.
“Silence!” The suppressed voice of the cardamom sounded, and it sounded very stern: “Who gave you the courage to gossip behind the empress’s back?”?
!」 The two young ladies of the court hurried to beg for mercy, and then walked away submissively.
The next second, Cardamom came in with her new clothes and a smile, but her face became flustered and she hurried to the bedside.
I sat on the bed in a daze, crying out to her, “Cardamom..” She held me in her arms and patted me on the back. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. The empress doesn’t cry. The cardamom is here.”.
I held back my tears and felt sad in my heart.
I want to go back to White Deer Terrace.
I looked up at her and murmured, Cardamom, I want to go back to White Deer Terrace.
If I had known it would be so uncomfortable now, I certainly wouldn’t have lived in the Heqing Hall. I wouldn’t have been unhappy kicking shuttlecocks at the White Deer Terrace.
Yes, I will be as happy as before when I go back to Bailutai.
I quickly got out of bed, picked up the new clothes that cardamom had made for me, and found the other clothes in the cage, trying to pack them together and bring them back to the White Deer Platform.
Cardamom hastened to stop me, saying anxiously, “Empress, the emperor hasn’t come back yet–” “I just want to go back to White Deer Terrace!” I interrupted her and said, “Cardamom, I don’t want to live in the Heqing Palace. I’m not happy. I’m very, very unhappy.” Why are you unhappy?
Yin Zhi’s voice came. He was pale and came in wearing a big cloak. When he saw me, he frowned again. Why don’t you wear shoes?
I didn’t want to talk to him and continued to pack up with a lot of clothes in my arms.
Cardamom looked at me in embarrassment, and then Yin Zhi let her go down first. I thought I didn’t hear anything. I found a cloak and wrapped my clothes together.
Yin Zhi came over and called me softly, “Lesser Fullness of Grain..” I covered my ears tightly, not wanting to hear his voice, and then quickly went back to bed and hid under the quilt, as if that would make me feel more at ease.
Lesser Fullness of Grain.
“Yin Zhi went to the bedside and sat down. He said helplessly,” Listen to my explanation.
I was really unpromising, so when I heard this sentence, tears filled my whole eyes in an instant, and then fell down disobediently.
“Liar!” I sniffed, awkwardly and stubbornly insisting, “You’re lying to me!” The grievance in my heart surged back and forth, and I was so sad that my voice dropped: “I don’t want to like you anymore.” As soon as the words fell, I was pulled out of bed by Yin Zhi. He looked at me very seriously: “You can’t do things by halves. Lesser Fullness of Grain, it’s unfair to me.”.
Then he softened down and wiped my tears: “I saw Lesser Fullness of Grain’s handwriting, which is very good, and I also know that these days, Lesser Fullness of Grain is very serious about learning to write.” I keep my word. From now on, I like Lesser Fullness of Grain best, okay?
Hearing this, I began to feel very aggrieved again. I didn’t even know that today was my birthday. After tonight, I will be seventeen years old. Does he think I will be as easy to cheat as before?
Curling my lips, I was still bitter about last night: “What I said yesterday counts, but what I said today doesn’t count.”.
“” Doesn’t it count?
“Hearing what I said, Yin Zhi was very happy, with a gentle smile on his face.” If I say, in fact, I was not with Xianfei last night?
Does it count?
What if I say that I only like Lesser Fullness of Grain in the future?
Does it count?
Yin Zhi said that he was not with Xian Fei last night.
Yin Zhi also said that he would only like me in the future.
I lowered my head and thought about it. The meaning of these two sentences was probably that he liked me before, and he only liked me in the future.
In that case.. In fact, it is not impossible to count today.
So I nodded my head and said hesitantly, “That, that counts.” Good.
“Yin Zhi nodded with a smile and held me in his arms.” That’s settled.
I felt guilty that I had misunderstood him before, so I let him hold me. But when he let me go, I found that I had a red rope around my neck and a small key made of jade hanging on it. Do you like
birthday gifts? I
still haven’t reacted yet, so I can only be stunned.
Yin Zhi looked at me seriously, with gentle and firm eyes. “Lesser Fullness of Grain will live to be a hundred years old.”.
Seventeen I don’t know why, but things between me and Yin Zhi have become very wonderful.
When did it start? Probably the night of my birthday, when he hugged me and asked me if I wanted someone to play with me.
I thought about it for a long time, and then I thought about it.
He nodded to show that he knew, and then he put his hand into my underwear. I
didn’t know what he meant, so I kept asking him.
「…… Chi, what are you doing?
「…… It’s not hot now. 「……」 Yin Zhi bent over my ear, his tone forbearing and restrained: “Lesser Fullness of Grain, be good, and close your eyes.”.
I closed my eyes. When I woke up
the next day, his face turned red before I could say anything.
Jianing said that this was because Yin Zhi was shy. When
she said this, she touched two offerings in front of the Bodhisattva and gave one to me, while she ate one herself.
I nodded vaguely, though I didn’t know what to be shy about.
Jianing smiled and touched my head.
She can be really good, often recall before, I also like a bad woman misunderstood her and Yin Zhi, my heart is very ashamed.
But Jianing is very generous, not only do not blame me, but also willing to play with me.
It was precisely because of this that I discovered that the words “the virtuous imperial concubine lives in seclusion, goes out to eat fast, and recites the Buddha’s name” were all lies. Jianing did not appear entirely because she had sneaked out of the palace and was playing outside.
Jianing doesn’t like Bodhisattvas at all. He only likes the offerings of Bodhisattvas. The most common thing
she did was to take me to eat the cakes and fruits placed in front of the Bodhisattva. After eating, she basked lazily in the sun and told me how comfortable she was outside.
It’s like now, we’re lying on the couch, she’s talking, I’m listening.
「…… Outside the palace, I can ride a horse whenever I want, and go wherever I want. No one can control me! Jia Ning narrowed his eyes and looked aftertaste.
She was so proud that I envied her. With a sigh
, Chia-ning shakes his reclining chair: “Outside the palace is good. Except for Tang Ming-yuan, there’s almost nothing that bothers me!”. But she immediately frowned and looked unhappy. “Why did you mention him again?” “Pooh, Pooh, what bad luck!” I am very considerate not to ask her what happened to Tang Mingyuan, but I am not curious or anything, mainly because Jianing is angry when he thinks of him, I’d better not ask.
Besides, I also know who Tang Mingyuan is.
Jianing left the palace because he liked him.
Now she came back because she found that he was not worthy of her love.
All right, let’s not talk about him.
“Jianing leaned closer to me, looking mysterious.” Do you want to know how to make up with my cousin?
I looked at her longingly and nodded, “Yes!” She hooked her finger, and I couldn’t help but lean over, and then I heard her say, “It’s really very simple, you’re like..” Then she patted me on the shoulder and asked, “Do you remember?”?
I nodded and looked at her seriously. “Remember!” As soon as the voice fell, Yin Zhi’s voice came over: “Remember what?”?
“I immediately sat up from the recliner and ran to him.” Ah Zhi, have you come to take me back to the Heqing Palace?
!」 Yin Zhi rubbed my head and then took my hand.
He looked at Jianing with a bad look in his eyes. “What kind of mess did you teach Lesser Fullness of Grain?”?
Chia-ning curled his lips and said discontentedly, What is a mess? It
‘s obviously very interesting. If you don’t believe me, ask the Lesser Fullness of Grain! Yin Zhi looked at me, and I immediately nodded in agreement.
Jianing became proud.
Yin Zhi no longer looked at her, but lowered his head and asked me softly what he had just remembered.
I thought about it, Jianing only said let me remember, did not say can not tell Yin Zhi, so I according to what she said, in Yin Zhi on the back of the hand kissed.
Yin Zhi looked at me and blushed.
Then he looked at Jianing and his face turned black again.
Jianing’s pride had already run away, and she quickly scurried into the Buddha Hall and closed the door.
Yin Zhi gritted his teeth and finally took me back to the Heqing Palace without saying anything.
In fact, I also want to try to kiss his face, but in the Hall of Celebration, Su Zhongguan and Cardamom are all there, as well as Baoyu and a white-haired grandfather, so many people, I’d better wait for everyone to leave, and then kiss him.
The white-haired grandfather paid his respects to Yin Zhi and asked me how I was. I hadn’t seen too many people, so I couldn’t help but want to hide behind Yin Zhi. “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid Lesser Fullness of Grain,”
Yin Chih coaxed me in a good-humored voice. “This is Doctor Li of the Imperial Hospital. He’s a very, very good man.
Li Yu-yi then opened his mouth, smiling kindly: “Empress, the old minister can do the same trick to make people smarter!” Make people smart?
I poked my head out from behind Yin Zhi and looked at him with shining eyes. Really?
!」 Doctor Li nodded lovingly: “Of course it’s true. It’s a lie!” Then he looked at me and said, “Do you want to have a try?”?
“Try! Try!” I emerged from behind Yin Chih and immediately sat down in a chair, full of anticipation: “Doctor Li, I want to be smart, too!” “Good!” Li Yu-yi answered briskly, “The old minister will help the empress to have a look.”. As
he spoke, he looked into my eyes and pressed the back of my head. He asked me if I had a headache and if I slept well. I thought about it and told him that he didn’t have a headache and slept well.
Doctor Li thought for a moment, then looked up at Yin Zhi.
Yin Zhi asked me in a low voice, “Lesser Fullness of Grain, do you remember if you had any illness?”?
I recall that from childhood to adulthood, I seemed to have always been very healthy. At most, I caught a cold a few times, but soon I got better, except.. Mother said, I had a fall.
I lowered my head and stared at the ground. I broke my head and became a fool, so my mother didn’t like me. On the
18th, Doctor Li did not make me wise. I don’t know what he said to Yin Zhi
later. Yin Zhi refused to let me listen and coaxed me out.
Cardamom accompanied me and waited for them to come out at the door.
Wait and wait, finally wait until the door of the hall was opened, Yin Zhi walked out quickly, I did not react to come over, he was pulled into his arms.
「…… Zhi?
I was so confused that I didn’t know what was wrong with him.
Yin Zhi did not make a sound, but quietly hugged me, then loosened and pulled me into the front hall.
He looked really strange. Although he was still good-natured as usual, his eyes had a mood that I didn’t recognize. It was not until we went to bed at night that he returned to normal.
I lay in his arms and wanted to ask him what was wrong, but I didn’t know how to ask.
Perhaps my frequent movements of raising my head were too deliberate, Yin Zhi felt extremely helpless and patted me on the back gently: “Don’t worry Lesser Fullness of Grain, I’m fine.”.
I said, “Oh,” and took his hand and looked left and right, only to feel that his slender fingers, no matter how you look at them, look good.
Just as I was watching, I suddenly heard Yin Zhi ask me in a low voice, “..” What was the Lesser Fullness of Grain doing before entering the palace? What was I doing before I
entered the palace?
I thought about it and suddenly realized that before I entered the palace, it seemed that every day was the same.
For as long as I can remember, I have lived in a small courtyard.
Broken windows, tired mothers, and clothes that can never be starched. Sometimes I go
hungry, and it’s very cold in winter.
Every night, Niang would shrink in bed and cough so hard that she would tear her heart and lungs. I would sleep next to her, and I would be afraid to get close to her.
At that time, I always thought, if I was as smart as my fourth sister, would my mother like me a little? When she
gets smart, she smiles at me.
Just like when she sees her fourth sister, she always smiles.
But I was still a stupid child, and my mother did not smile at me. She left one winter and never came back. I can’t
remember whether I was seven or eight years old at that time, but I remember that it was very cold and there was a snow. When I woke up
in the morning, I found my mother was still sleeping. I called her, but I couldn’t wake her up.
I think my mother is too tired and wants to have a rest.
So I got out of bed by myself, sat on the chair, looked at the cold and hard ground, and wondered if the fourth sister would come today.
But the fourth sister didn’t come. I sat for a day and my mother slept for a day.
I was cold and hungry, so I had to climb back to bed. Before my mother woke up, I was too cold, so I slowly got into her arms. I was hungry, and I didn’t know when I fell asleep.
That night, the mother did not cough, she just kept sleeping, refused to wake up.
The next day, I got up and squatted in the yard, watching the little ants move the soil all the way. In the
evening, the fourth sister finally came. She lived in a big yard not far away. It was full of my uncle’s aunts and his and her daughters. But only the fourth sister was willing to be with me.
Lesser Fullness of Grain.. What’s in your mouth? The
fourth sister walked up to me with a puzzled look on her face, and I opened my mouth in a daze.
“Spit it!” She was so angry that she stretched out her hand and hit me on the back! I told you to eat at random! I spit something out of my mouth and my back hurts, but I dare not say. The
fourth sister’s face is very ugly, which means that I must have done something wrong, so I will be beaten.
She twisted her eyebrows and said sternly, “Why do you want to eat mud?”?
!」 I didn’t have the strength to stand up, so I squatted on the ground and looked up at her and said, “Hungry..” In fact, I will not eat the soil into the stomach, because it is really bad, bitter and astringent, I can not swallow. Do
you know that this is dirty and cannot be eaten?
!」 I shook my head, a little afraid, afraid to tell her because I saw the ants moving the soil to eat before, and I was too hungry, thinking that the ants could eat, why couldn’t I eat?
But when I ate it in my mouth, I found it was bitter.
The fourth sister looked at me and held out her hand again, but the slap did not fall down in the end.
She looked around and then stared at me. “Where’s your mother?”?
“I pointed to the door.” I’m sleeping. The
fourth sister gave me a warning look. “Don’t eat anything!” Seeing that I was honest, she went into the house, but soon she came out quickly with a pale face. When I got closer, I found that she looked very ugly and trembled all over.
You just stay here and don’t move. As
she walked out of the yard, she did not forget to drop the words, “I’m going to call someone.”.
Then a lot of people came to our yard.
Mother, covered with a layer of white cloth, was carried out of the house. I wanted to wake her up and ask them where they were taking my mother, but in the end I did nothing but squat on the ground and watch them leave blankly.
The fourth sister loosened her hand covering my mouth. Her eyes were red. She put her arms around me gently. Now, we are all motherless children.
Remembering the words I had just heard in a trance, I turned to look at the fourth sister. They said that my mother was dead, and the fourth sister.. What do you mean, dead? The
fourth sister looked at me for a long time and then told me, “If you die, you can live a good life.”.
But you are crying. Pointing to her tears,
I was puzzled. Fourth sister, why are you crying?
“” Little fool. The
fourth sister laughed and scolded me softly.
I am happy.
“” Oh, so I’m happy.
The fourth sister said that when people die, they can live a good life.
This is a good thing, the fourth sister is the most intelligent, as long as she said, it must be true.
So later, when my grandmother, who was sent by my uncle to take care of me, fell asleep like my mother and could not wake up, I knew that she had gone to live a good life.
That night, I walked out of the small courtyard where I had lived for more than ten years. I wanted to find my fourth sister, but I lost my way because it was too dark. I met Yin Zhi, who was still a prince. He asked me if I was cold and why I didn’t wear shoes.
Later, I entered the palace and became his concubine.
「…… In the back, in the back I will be Ah Chih’s concubine, and I will live in the Hall of Peace and Celebration! As soon as the voice fell, I was hugged tightly by Yin Zhi, and then his obscure voice sounded in my ear: “I know Lesser Fullness of Grain is very hard.”.
But I didn’t know it would be so hard Lesser Fullness of Grain. With
what seemed to be a sigh, Yin Zhi kissed me on the forehead.
It’s not hard.
I yawned. I have a mother, four younger sisters, and a grandmother. Later, with you and cardamom, it was even less hard. In
the past, life was a little hard, but I really didn’t work hard. It was all the people around me who worked hard. How tired they would be to take care of my stupid child.
Especially the fourth sister, she is obviously younger than me, but she always worries about me. The night before I
entered the palace, she was still teaching me how to do it.
Although she warned me again and again not to miss her, and said she wouldn’t miss me either, but — “Ah, ah, ah.”.
“I looked up at Yin Zhi with expectant eyes.” Will you see my fourth sister? If
you see her, can you tell her for me? Just say … I listened to her and did what she wanted me to do. More importantly, I didn’t think about her. I really didn’t think about her.
“Ah Zhi was silent. After a while, he smiled.” I’ve seen Lesser Fullness of Grain’s fourth sister, and now.. Have a good life.
“” Really?
“I exhaled and said happily,” If the fourth sister has a good life, I will be fine.
Finally, he did not forget to tell Yin Zhi, “Ah Zhi, ah Zhi, the next time you see her, you must not forget what I asked you to say for me!” Yin Zhi pressed my head into his chest for a long time, and his voice was soft. “Well, I’ll tell you.”.
Nineteen days are plain and peaceful, but there seems to be something different.
Yin Zhi asked Li Yuyi to see me again, but this time instead of looking at my brain, Li Yuyi examined my pulse and then said to Yin Zhi, Your Majesty, the empress is happy. Inside the
temple, the little maid of honor, the little temple man, looked happy, and Yin Zhi, smiling, ordered Su Zhongguan to distribute the reward.
I asked Yin Zhi what is the meaning of happiness.
He touched my head and said gently, “Lesser Fullness of Grain I’m going to be a mother.”.
To be a mother?
I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide and look at him. “Am I going to be a mother?”? It’s
really incredible. Can a man like
me be a mother?
“” Why not?
Yin Zhi flicked me on the forehead and asked me a question in reply. Then he comforted me softly: “Don’t worry, I’m a mother Lesser Fullness of Grain. I just need to play with him.”. Although
he said so, I still hesitated, after all, in my memory, my mother was cooking and washing, not playing with me.
But Yin Zhi told me not to worry. He said, … I have a father for everything. As soon as
he said that, I really didn’t worry. I stayed in the Heqing Palace
every day, eating and sleeping. Fortunately, I was accompanied by cardamom. Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and I could finally go to find Jianing. Before
going out, Cardamom first tied a flat round pillow around my waist, and then dressed me in new clothes.
I don’t know why she did it, but it must be for my own good, so I didn’t ask anything, after all, even if she said it, I still wouldn’t understand. When Yin Zhi went to court
today, he couldn’t sit on his jade, so Baoyu helped me prepare a sedan chair.
Sitting in Cuiwei Pavilion, Jianing was basking in the sun. Although
it is the afternoon and it is about to the Beginning of Autumn, I still feel very hot, but she is lying like this, and I don’t know how to cover her.
Seeing me, she yawned lazily and said sleepily, “Here comes the Lesser Fullness of Grain.” I sat down on the recliner beside her and looked in surprise at her belly, which was much more round than mine. “Jianing, are you going to be a mother, too?”?
!」 Yes.
She narrowed her eyes, and her face was full of impatience. “I’m so bored. I want to sleep every day..” I thought about it, leaned over her ear, and asked a question I had wanted to ask for a long time: “Jianing, where was the baby born?”?
“” Hmm?
“Jia Ning gave me a strange look, suddenly enlightened, and then laughed mysteriously:” Tut, well.. Jianing Jianing.
“I threw my arms around her and shook her to and fro.” Good Jianing, just tell me! ” Perhaps it was really because I was so entangled, Jianing repeatedly waved his hand and begged for mercy: “Okay, okay, don’t shake it Lesser Fullness of Grain. I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you.” I leaned over, and she laughed quietly. “It came out of the bottom of your foot!” “Really..” I have some doubts, but looking at Jianing’s solemn appearance, I subconsciously believe what she said.
So when I returned to the Heqing Hall in the evening, I immediately asked Yin Zhi, Ah Zhi, is it true that Jianing said that the baby would come out from the soles of my feet? When
Yin Zhi saw that I was still tied up with a flat pillow, he took me back to the bedroom and took it off for me. Tossing
the round pillow aside, he kissed me on the cheek. “Jianing is right. The baby does come out of the soles of his feet. In March next year, the Lesser Fullness of Grain will see him.”.
Since Yin Zhi also said so, it seems that Jianing is not playing tricks on me.
I just don’t know why, but after that, Yin Zhi agreed to let me go to Cuiwei Pavilion to play with Jianing less and less, and the flat pillow tied to my waist with cardamom gradually became bulging.
During the whole autumn, I stayed in the Heqing Palace almost all the time, and I didn’t even go there Imperial Garden.
But I don’t play every day. I have something serious to do these days. Every day after he finished writing memorials to the throne,
Yin Zhi would begin to teach me to read a thousand words. Although I always forgot what I had learned, he never blamed me for anything. Instead, he continued to teach me more patiently.
the Winter Solstice day, Yin Zhi came back very early, and I was still writing crookedly on the paper.
Because I slept deeply at noon before, I got up late. When he came back, I only wrote five big characters, and they were not beautiful, so when I saw him, I felt guilty.
But Yin Zhi didn’t notice what I had written. He took my hand and hurried outside. As he walked, he turned to me and said, “are you happy to take Lesser Fullness of Grain out of the palace today?”? I can
hear that he is in a very happy mood now.
Of course, I’m the same.
To be honest, I haven’t played outside the palace yet. Remembering what Jianing told me, I clenched Yin Zhi’s hand more tightly. After
following him into a carriage, I finally remembered to ask Yin Zhi, “Ah Zhi, what are we going to do?”?
Yin Zhi helped me change into a simple set of clothes. Then he held my hand tightly. He looked at me and said, We are going to meet a very important person.
A very important person?
You should go and see him.
I leaned on Yin Zhi’s shoulder, a little hungry, but unfortunately, when the carriage stopped, Yin Zhi told me that I had to climb a mountain road.
In fact, I don’t want to climb the mountain, but Yin Zhi said that this person is very important. In the middle of the
climb, I pinched my limp leg and looked at Yin Zhi. He seemed to feel something. He turned to look at me and smiled.
He is not in good health, and now it is winter, and he begins to drink medicine again.
I was a little worried, but Yin Zhi comforted me that it didn’t matter, he could still hold on, and then continued to lift his legs and step on them.
So, finally, when it was getting late, I saw the very important person.
He stood on the high stone steps, dressed in a black robe.
He’s a Taoist priest.
It turned out that Yin Zhi left the palace to take me to see a doctor.
But the Taoist priest would only let him into the thatched cottage. I had no choice but to squat on the stone steps and wait for him to come out. After
what seemed like a long time, or maybe just a little while, I looked up and saw the moon rise. Finally, as my stomach growled with hunger, the door opened from the inside.
“Ah Chih!” I stood up and looked up as he came down step by step and stood in front of me. Only then did
I see the red around his eyes, the whole person looked happy and sad, looking very strange.
“Ah Chih, what’s the matter with you..” He didn’t speak, he just looked at me all the time.
For a long time, he stretched out his hands to me, and the next moment, I was gathered into a lukewarm embrace.
“Silly Lesser Fullness of Grain..” He sighed in an obscure tone. “Didn’t I tell you not to come to me again?” I don’t know what this sentence means.
Yin Zhi also did not explain, he just took me down the mountain. It was always faster
to go down the hill than up the hill, but by the time we got to the street, it was getting late at night. After
getting out of the carriage, I found that there was a heavy snow in the sky. Through the moonlight, I saw white snowflakes falling on my hair and Yin Zhi’s hair.
I pointed at him and smiled happily, “Ah Zhi, your hair is white!” He gently touched my eyebrows and said, “Lesser Fullness of Grain, my hair is white, too.”.
I exhaled, and the whole street was quiet and dark, except for a lamp hanging in front of a wonton stall not far away.
Yin Chih led me over, sat down, and then asked for two bowls of wontons stuffed with wild vegetables. Through the hot mist, I heard the stall owner reply neatly, “All right!” The stall owner moved quickly, and soon two bowls of wontons were placed in front of us. The
boiling soup was steaming, which hurt my tongue. Even though I was hungry, I chose to cool it slowly.
Blowing, the stall owner suddenly ran not far away.
I turned to look and saw that it was his wife who had come to pick him up. The stall owner took the child from her hand and scolded her intimately, “It’s so cold. Why did you come to pick me up?”?
With a Lesser Fullness of Grain.. Lesser Fullness of Grain ?
I looked at him, surprised and delighted. “My name is Lesser Fullness of Grain, too!” Yin Zhi just laughed indulgently.
“Stall owner!” I looked at the family approaching and wondered, “Is your child also called a Lesser Fullness of Grain?”?
“Yes!” The stall owner shook the child in his arms and taught him to speak. “Come on, tell the little lady, what’s our name?”?
The boy, with two pigtails, answered loudly and loudly, “My name is Lesser Fullness of Grain!” I nodded and asked.. Was he born Lesser Fullness of Grain, too?
“” No.
This time, it was not the stall owner who answered me, but the wife of the stall owner. She said, “Lesser Fullness of Grain’s birthday is the Winter Solstice.”.
the Winter Solstice, isn’t that today?
Since the Winter Solstice has his birthday.. Then why is it called Lesser Fullness of Grain?
I can’t figure it out. I was born in Lesser Fullness of Grain, so my name is Lesser Fullness of Grain. But he was born in the Winter Solstice, so why is he also called Lesser Fullness of Grain? The wife of the
stall owner walked over to the child and tightened her collar for him. Her eyes were gentle. “I don’t want my child to be rich and noble. I just want him to have a little success in his life.”.
“” a little consummation?
I repeated it softly, looking at the wonton in a trance, but Yin Zhi suddenly called me, and then I realized that I was actually in tears.
But why did I shed tears?
Lesser Fullness of Grain, mother’s Lesser Fullness of Grain.. Bodhisattva, do me a favor and give her a little fulfillment. A gentle and desperate voice came from my mind.
I remember now. Who is she.
“Ah Chih.”. With a dull pain in
my throat, I looked at Yin Zhi. I remember.
Actually, my mother likes me.
If she didn’t like me, she wouldn’t have held me in her arms and made a wish over and over again on the night she left, hoping that my life would be a little complete.
But I was so scared that I forgot her kindness and only remembered the coughs and slaps.
“I forgot her kindness..” I scooped up the warm ravioli and stuffed it into my mouth spoonful by spoonful, as if I could do so without feeling sad. “How could I forget her kindness?” My mother has always liked me.
“Live, Lesser Fullness of Grain, live well..” Tears fell into the soup bowl, and the fourth sister said that her mother had gone to live a good life.
But what to do, fourth sister.
I miss her. After I went back
that night, I had a dream.
I dreamed of Yin Zhi when I was a child. He was still so tall in my eyes.
He waved to me, and I crawled out from under the broad banana leaves and walked happily to his feet, licking the sweet cakes in his hands. When I woke up
the next day, I wanted to tell Yin Zhi about the dream, but somehow, as soon as I took his hand, I forgot what I was going to say. How did
my memory become so bad? Unable to bear my frustration,
Yin Zhi rubbed my head and said in a soothing voice, “It doesn’t matter. When the Lesser Fullness of Grain remembers, can you tell me?”?
That’s all I can do. Who told me not to remember. How
time flies! In the blink of an eye, I came to Lunar New Year’s Eve. I also spent the previous year’s Lunar New Year’s Eve in the Heqing Palace, but Yin Zhi was discussing with the ministers for most of the night. When he came back, I had already fallen asleep. Lunar New Year’s Eve
this year, Yin Zhi took me to watch the fireworks.
Lesser Fullness of Grain, you will have a very happy life, no illness, no disaster, and full of children and grandchildren.
Yin Zhi looked at me, his eyes full of seriousness.
I thought he was making a wish, and I picked up his words and learned to make a wish.
Zhi must live a long life.
Yin Zhi just smiled, held out his finger, touched my eyebrows, and then watched the fireworks in the sky with me. Under the
bustling night sky, he seemed to murmur in a low voice: “This life is also a common white head…” I didn’t hear clearly and asked, “Ah Zhi, what did you say?”?
“” Nothing.
“Yin Zhi held me in his arms.” I mean, Lesser Fullness of Grain will live a long life, too.
“Mmm!” I nodded my head vigorously. “We’re all going to live long!” This year has passed. On the first day of March, the first month of the lunar year passed in a lively way
, and the first month of the lunar year passed in a flat way. My flat pillow could not be more bulging.
Cardamom accompanied me to turn over the rope. As I turned over, I sighed, “I haven’t seen Jianing for a long time.”.
Perhaps my mouth was open, and that night I saw Jianing. Something seemed to have happened in the
palace. The first thing Yin Zhi did when he returned to the Heqing Palace was to order Cardamom to pack up and send me to the White Deer Terrace.
He took the little key from around my neck, kissed me on the forehead, and said, “Wait for me.”.
I obediently followed Baoyu and Cardamom, tied my round pillow, and walked toward the White Deer Terrace.
Along the way, I looked around and realized that the White Deer Terrace was really far away from the Heqing Palace, but why didn’t I find it before?
Empress, the White Deer Terrace is coming.
As Baoyu spoke, I nodded. Far away, I saw Jianing standing at the gate with a big belly. I waved to her and called out to her, Jianing! Ka Ning! When the sedan finally stopped, I walked happily to her side and put my arms around her. “Jianing, I miss you.”.
“” That’s a shame.
“Jianing gave me a sidelong glance.” If you don’t come to me, I’ll eat and drink and sleep soundly.
That’s good, that’s good.
I looked at her with a smile. If she ate well and slept well, she would be in good health. In fact, I also slept well.
She seemed to choke, looked at me several times, and then scolded me leisurely: “Little fool.”.
This sentence sounds familiar, just like the fourth sister.
“Chia-ning Chia-ning–” Chia-ning walked inside the gate, and I pestered her. “You can call me a little fool again, OK?” “You are so annoying!” “Chia-ning, that sounds like it too!” Like what?
“Like my sister!” What sister?
I’m older than you. Call me sister and I’ll see if it’s all right. 「……」 On the third day of March, that night, Jianing suddenly complained of a stomachache.
Soon, she was taken into the room. Cardamom took me into another room and told me that Jianing and I were going to have a baby.
“But, but I don’t have a stomachache..” Jianing said she had a stomachache, but I didn’t feel anything yet.
Cardamom helped me to lie down, still looking gentle and gentle: “The empress is good. Every little baby is different. Maybe you’re lucky, so you don’t have a stomachache.”.
“Oh, so that’s it.”.
I lay on the bed obediently. Cardamom fed me a bowl of hot sugar water and began to coax me to sleep. When the empress wakes up, she can see the baby.
Her voice was so soft that it surrounded my ears and made me very sleepy.
I yawned and fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up
again, the sky was bright, and Yin Zhi, with red eyes, took my hand and sat on the edge of the bed.
“Ah Chih..” I rubbed my eyes and smiled at him.
Is confused, suddenly remembered cardamom said, wake up to see the baby, sleepiness immediately ran away.
Ah Chih, where is the little doll?
!」 Yin Zhi smiled and pinched my face soothingly.
Then Cardamom came in with something soft in her arms. She looked at me and said, “Empress, it’s a little prince!” The cloth wrapped around him was exactly the same as the round pillow, and it was my child! But he is so small that I dare not hug him.
Don’t be afraid.
Yin Chih took my hand to touch his face. I was startled by the warm, soft touch, but I couldn’t help but rejoice. Lesser Fullness of Grain and give him a baby name, okay?
I was a little hesitant. It was very difficult to choose a name, but Yin Zhi insisted that I take it, so I’ll take it. I looked at
my child. He had a round face and a round mouth. I suddenly had a name in my heart. I looked up at Yin Zhi and said, “Just call him yuanyuan, OK?”?
“” Good.
“Yin Zhi looked at me in a good temper and said,” It’s all right to take anything Lesser Fullness of Grain.
Finally, he suddenly asked me, “Are you happy to be the queen Lesser Fullness of Grain?”?
But without waiting for an answer, he added, I am very happy.
If Yin Zhi is happy, I will be happy.
So I nodded to him, “I’m happy, too.”.
“But –” Ah Chih, what about Chia-ning?
I didn’t even see Jianing. Where did she go?
Yin Zhi’s smile suddenly paused, then slowly dissipated. He held me in his arms and said in a deep voice, “Jianing is out of the palace, but she has something to tell you.”.
I was a little reluctant, but I was still happy for her. “What are you talking about?” I asked?
Yin Zhi was silent for a long time.
Long enough for me to think he wouldn’t tell me.
But in the end, I still heard the words left by Jianing.
Jianing said, Lesser Fullness of Grain, I’m going to live a good life.
Twenty-one yuan yuan is growing so fast.
It seems that yesterday I was lying by the cradle watching him, and today when I opened my eyes, he was already standing in front of me, calling my mother crisply.
I learned the thousand-character essay with him, and it was clear that I had learned it a long time earlier than he had, but when I was still learning “Dragon Master, Fire Emperor, Bird Official, Human Emperor,” he had already learned that “if you insist on elegant exercises, you will be proud of yourself.”.
And when I finally learned his progress, yuanyuan was eleven years old and had already started reading more difficult books.
Yin Zhi comforted me, saying that everyone learns at different speeds. yuanyuan learns quickly, which shows that my child is talented. I should be happy.
yuanyuan is smart. Of course I’m happy.
But I always feel that he is good everywhere, but he has a stupid mother, which is too humiliating for him.
Originally, I only told Yin Zhi these words, but later it was known by yuanyuan. He said that I was always cranky, so he suggested to Yin Zhi that I be punished to write three more big characters every day.
Yin Zhi thought about it, but he only punished me to write one more. On the first day of
writing, yuanyuan came to see me.
As soon as I saw him, I felt a little aggrieved. But I am not as literary as the young teacher’s wife, nor as virtuous as the minister’s wife, yuanyuan, I am not as good as other mothers.
I looked at the beautiful and delicate boy in front of me and felt that there was no better child in the world than him.
My child took a pen dipped in cinnabar and circled it for me to correct my lessons. As he circled it, he said lightly, “Will the young teacher’s wife play with me like you?”? Will
Mrs. Shangshu worship me like you? No matter how powerful
other people’s mothers are, in my eyes, they are not as good as you. Just as
I was about to say, “yuanyuan, you are so kind,” I heard him go on to say, “Well, I have to correct all the bad things I have written. With a shrunken mouth,
I discussed with him, “Can you change it when your father comes back?”?
“” Yes.
yuanyuan agreed very naturally. She turned her head and looked at me. I will stay today. Even if Dad comes back, Mother still has to change herself.
I quietly looked at the cardamom, and before I could ask for help, I heard a word from my side, “Don’t look, Aunt Cardamom can’t help you.”.
Cardamom smiled and spread out her hands, then shook her head regretfully.
I had to rely on myself, picked up the pen, and began to revise word by word.
When Yin Zhi came back, I had already changed two big characters, and he praised me for the first time, and Baoyu nodded with a smile.
Now with Yin Zhi, it is still Su Zhongguan, but it is no longer Mr. Chong. It was only later that
I learned that Baoyu was the adopted son of Mr. Chong, and his surname was Su. Mr.
Chong Jiu left two years ago. Before he left, he gave me the box.
Yin Zhi took me to see him. He had lost a lot of weight and his hair was all white. But when he looked at Yin Zhi and me, his eyes were still kind and gentle. “The emperor and the empress are both good children.”.
」…… From winter to summer, yuanyuan has grown much taller.
This year’s Lesser Fullness of Grain, the weather is very good, Yin Zhi and yuan yuan prepared many birthday gifts, cardamom made longevity noodles for me, Baoyu also sent a rabbit. The moon is really beautiful
tonight.
I’m thirty.
If there is no accident, I will be like today, after my birthday of forty years old, my birthday of fifty years old.. Until one hundred years old, after the last birthday, Yin Zhi and I will go to another place hand in hand and live a good life.
At that time, will I meet my mother again?
Grandma and the fourth sister, are they waiting for me?
And Jianing, she said she would teach me to ride a horse, does it still count?
Su Zhongguan’s box, I protect very well, and every time Yin Zhi drinks medicine, I will supervise in the side, he knows, will certainly praise me?
These questions seem so difficult that even Yin Zhi has no answer.
He just hugged me and said with a smile that he would know later.
His temper has not changed at all, and he is still as good as ever.
I remembered that seventeen years ago, he put on a fox fur coat for me and asked me if I was cold and why I didn’t wear shoes. I was in a daze and thought this man was really good.
At that time, I never thought that I would become Yin Zhi’s concubine.
Unfortunately, when I entered the palace, I found that he didn’t seem to remember me. I only saw him three times between the ages of fourteen and sixteen.
Later, he happened to kick shuttlecock in Imperial Garden, but he was lucky to meet him and became his imperial concubine. When he
had yuanyuan, he became his queen.
He likes me, and I like him, and that’s the nicest thing.
In these fourteen years, I finally understand the difference of love.
For example, the fourth younger sister and cardamom, cardamom and Yin Zhi, I do not like them equally.
It’s just that I still don’t understand what the different likes are.
But it doesn’t matter. Yin Zhi and I will be together for a long time. He must be able to teach me.
I’m so determined.
But this firmness only lasted until I was thirty-three years old.
The Taoist priest is here.
Twenty-two, I know Yin Zhi is not in good health.
But I didn’t know that his health was so bad.
In the past, every time he drank medicine, I asked him if it hurt, and he said it didn’t hurt at all.
But this time, after he drank the medicine, he smiled at me and said, “Lesser Fullness of Grain, I’m in pain.”.
Yin Zhi said he was in pain, but there was nothing I could do.
I found that I could do very little for him, and I could only watch him decline day by day.
In this way, it lasted until the Winter Solstice.
This morning, Yin Zhi woke up very early.
He woke me up gently, dressed me, combed my hair, cleaned my face and drew my eyebrows. After all this, he hugged me and kissed me again and again.
I always felt flustered and pulled him to beg, “Ah Zhi, won’t you go to court?”?
But Yin Zhi just shook his head.
I am the emperor, Lesser Fullness of Grain. As usual,
he smiled and said to me, “How could the emperor not go to court?”?
Yes, I can’t be so capricious.
Finally, Yin Zhi chose to drag his sick body to court.
I watched his back leave, telling myself in my heart, don’t worry, don’t worry, wait until the evening, Ah Zhi will come back. He
used to come back, and he will come back today.
But I overestimated myself.
I couldn’t wait for him to come down. After writing the five big characters in the afternoon, I couldn’t sit still any longer. I stood up and ran to the Zichen Palace.
「…… I’m going to find Ah Chih! Perhaps my action is too sudden, cardamom has not had time to react to come over, I ran out of the Heqing Palace. There was a sound of “Empress” in the distance
behind me, but now I just want to see Ah Chi as soon as possible, and I can’t care about anything.
Heqing Hall and Zichen Hall were very close, and no one stopped me along the way.
But when I arrived at Zichen Palace, I still didn’t see the person I wanted to see. It was none other than Yin Zhi who
stopped me. The door
of Zichen Hall was locked from the inside, but I knew he was inside.
“Ah Chih, Ah Chih..” I stuck it on the door. I didn’t know why he wouldn’t open the door. I was terrified. “Would you open the door? I’m afraid..” Before he had finished speaking, tears fell down.
I’m so useless, Ah Zhi. I can only cry, and I won’t argue with you for a breath.
Perhaps it was too annoying for me to cry, and there was finally a response in the Zichen Palace, but what came was yuanyuan’s slightly choking voice.
Mother, don’t cry, don’t cry.. Daddy! Open the door and let your mother look at you, just once. The words behind gradually disappeared, and yuanyuan was crying.
“Round..” I sniffed. I didn’t know what to do. I had to whisper over and over again, “Ah Zhi..” There was a cough behind the door, and then it slowly stopped.
For a long time, Yin Zhi sighed and finally opened his mouth to call me.
Lesser Fullness of Grain.
He just said two words, and the sadness in my heart was overwhelming, and tears began to burst: Ah Zhi, I’m afraid.. “Why don’t you open the door? I want to see you. Will you come out? I’m afraid..” I choked until I was incoherent, and I couldn’t help crying, and my mood almost collapsed.
“Lesser Fullness of Grain!” Yin Zhi emphasized his tone, and when I slowly calmed down, only after sobbing softly, he continued to speak: “Lesser Fullness of Grain, listen to me.”.
His voice was as gentle as ever, and it seemed that he had not changed for so many years.
Lesser Fullness of Grain I know. I’m sick. As soon as
the voice fell, there was an oppressive cough behind the door. I pressed the door tighter to listen to the voice inside. My heart was pulled high, and it was crowded with worries.
Fortunately, the sound of coughing behind the door soon stopped, and Yin Zhi spoke again:.. Don’t be afraid. This disease can be cured.
“” Really? There was a glimmer of hope in
my heart that if the disease could be cured, he would never feel pain again.
Of course it’s true.
“Yin Zhi gave me a positive answer. He chuckled,” Lesser Fullness of Grain, you know, I have never lied to you.
Yes, Yin Zhi has never lied to me.
So then he told me he was going away for a while, and I knew it was true.
The Taoist took me to cure the illness.. I’ll be back when I’m well.
I knew it was a good thing, but I was full of reluctance. How long will it take you to come back? What should I do if
I miss you?
“Yin Zhi told me gently and firmly,” I’ll be back when I finish reciting the thousand-character essay Lesser Fullness of Grain.
“Ah Chih said,” When I finished reciting the thousand words, he came back.
Good.
I wiped away my tears and promised him earnestly, “I will endorse you seriously, and you will come back soon.”.
Yin Zhi agreed.
Finally he said, “Lesser Fullness of Grain, recite the beginning of a thousand words.” What I taught you before.. I covered my chest and recalled the scene of Yin Zhi holding me and teaching me to read sentence by sentence. He taught me seriously and patiently, but I didn’t live up to expectations. After so long, I could only recite the beginning.
Heaven and earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is prehistoric.
The sun and the moon are full, and the morning and evening are full.
Winter comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter stores, autumn harvests and winter stores.. I was in a bit of a panic. I couldn’t remember the last sentence, but it was obvious that I could recite it before. Subconsciously, I began to ask Yin Zhi for help: Ah Zhi, what’s behind? It was quiet
inside, and there was no response. I wanted to cry
again, so I patted the door gently, holding back the cry and continued to ask, “Ah Zhi, what’s the last sentence? I can’t remember. You say something..” I’m afraid.. After a long time, a broken response finally came from the temple.
Runyu Chengsui, Lv Lv Tiaoyang.. “That’s the one, mother, you must remember..” Twenty-three after Yin Zhi left, I moved into the Kangshou Palace.
yuanyuan will come to see me whenever she has time, but he is always very busy. Sometimes, I can’t see him for days.
I am not sad, but very distressed.
Being an emperor is a very hard thing, I have always known, but yuanyuan has just turned fifteen this year, I look at it, I always feel that he is still a child.
I want to help him very much, but I can’t. It’s really frustrating.
Cardamom told me not to think too much, she said that as long as I am healthy and safe, yuanyuan has no worries, it will be much easier.
I thought it was reasonable. Although I couldn’t help him, I couldn’t hold him back.
So I paid special attention to eating and dressing.
That day yuanyuan came to see me. Seeing that I was so good, she was very happy and stayed for a long time. He also accompanied me when
I recited the thousand-character essay.
‘Alas.
I sighed, annoyed with myself.
If I had followed Yin Zhi to read more attentively, I wouldn’t have opened the book now to know that there were still many new words that I didn’t recognize.
yuanyuan helped me circle all the unfamiliar words and promised to teach me when she was free.
Mother should be more serious.
yuanyuan looked at me and told me earnestly, “If you finish reciting the thousand-character essay earlier, Dad will come back earlier.”.
I nodded, and naturally I had to recite it carefully. I
used to study fishing for three days and drying the net for two days.
Sometimes when I want to be lazy, I will act coquettishly to Yin Zhi. When his heart softens, he will let me rest.
But now, I spend time reciting thousands of words every day! Although I always recite and forget, forget and recite, I still feel that I will be able to recite soon.
Time is fleeting, and I will be 35 years old in a twinkling of an eye.
yuanyuan held a lively birthday party to celebrate my birthday. At this time, he was also a father.
His first child was a boy. “Mother,”
said yuanyuan, “give the child a baby name. It’s easier to say. Now
I dared to hold the soft baby. I smelled the pure milk on his body and thought he was really cute. So I told yuanyuan, “Just call him Xiangnu, OK?”?
“yuanyuan nodded and looked at me with a smile.” Well, mother can take anything.
In the evening, after the banquet, I went back to the Kangshou Palace, found my pamphlet, and wrote neatly: yuan yuan gave birth to a child.
I hid the pamphlet under my pillow and lay down contentedly.
This pamphlet records all the things that make me feel happy. When Ah Zhi comes back, I will show him, and he will be very happy.
I want to let him know that I have been obedient in his absence.
Ah, I also want to tell him that yuanyuan is very good at being a father.
So at the age of forty, I added another sentence to the pamphlet: “yuan yuan has given birth to many children.”. Some of
these children are still in swaddling clothes, and some are already able to run. Every day, many small guests come to visit the Shoukang Palace. Some come by themselves, and some are brought by their respective mothers.
I like them and they like me.
The only bad thing is that I have less time to recite.
But when I see the smiling faces of the children, they also feel that it does not matter, so many lovely faces, each one is like a child’s round, looking at how happy it is! They chattered merrily like a flock of birds and kept calling me, “Granny Huang!”! Granny Huang! I promised one by one.
Girls always want to be quiet. Cardamom and I like to comb their hair and dress them up beautifully, which makes people feel painful.
The boy will be much more solid, and the vases in Shoukang Palace have broken dozens of baskets.
I watched them grow up slowly, become handsome teenagers, become beautiful girls, and then grow into little adults.
That’s nice.
So fresh and young, their lives have just begun.
I’m already old. The hair in the
mirror is no longer thick black, the corners of the eyes have quietly climbed up many wrinkles, even the back of the hand, also began to become dry.
Maybe one day when I was 53 years old, I suddenly realized that yuanyuan had not come to see me for a long time.
I asked Cardamom, but Cardamom only said that he was busy and would come to see me when he was free.
Yes, I nodded and continued to recite. The more
I read the book, the more I wanted to sigh. The words on the book were getting more and more blurred. Next time I had to ask Baoyu to bring me a new one.
But I haven’t seen Baoyu for a long time.
One or two, how can they all be so busy? I sighed, turned out the pamphlet under my pillow, and wrote: “yuanyuan is so busy. I miss him a little.”. When I
finished, I looked at the few words, but they were written in a crooked way, but I didn’t intend to change them.
I slowly put the pamphlet back, muttering in a low voice as I put it down: “Tell you not to come to see me, tell you not to come to see me, I will complain to your father..” As soon as he sat down trembling, there was a sudden sound of striking the bell in the distance.
One, two, three.. I slowly counted a total of twenty-seven hits, no more, no less, exactly the same as the bell on the night Yin Zhi left.
I looked at the cardamom, and my eyes were blank.
Not long after, someone came to the Kangshou Palace. I looked at him and called out tentatively, “yuanyuan?”? Granny
Huang.
The man smiled, but his eyes were red. “You’ve mistaken me for someone else,” he said. “I’m not Dad.
I looked at it carefully for a while and found that I had mistaken him for someone else.
“It’s Xiang Nu. Look at the memory of the emperor’s grandmother!” I patted my leg and pulled him to sit down beside me. “Xiangnu, you haven’t come to see Grandma Huang for a long time. Grandma Huang keeps your favorite Poria cake for you every day!” Then I was about to call someone to get it, but I was stopped by Xiang Nu.
The boy had a good temper and looked like his father. Now he was holding my hand and said in a gentle voice, “Granny Huang, Xiangnu is not hungry.”. As he
spoke, he seemed to be trying to endure something. After a while, he continued, “Granny, Daddy has something to tell you.”.
I looked at him confusedly and asked, … What words?
Xiang Nu was still smiling, but I always suspected that he was going to cry. But in the end, instead of crying, he said to me, Grandma, Dad is going to be away for a while. He asked me to tell you not to worry. He will be back soon. Frustrated,
I complained in a low voice, “How can one or two be like this?”?
His father wouldn’t let me see it, and he wouldn’t let me see it. After
complaining, I couldn’t resist asking, “Did he say when he would be back?”?
Xiang Nu nodded and looked at me and said, “Dad said he would come back when you finished reciting the thousand-character text.”.
This child is exactly like his father.
“I sighed and told Xiang Nu,” You help me tell him that I know, and I will endorse it seriously.
」「…… Granny Huang, Xiangnu has something to do. I’ll come and see you next time! Xiang Nu stood up and almost ran away. I was startled. The child was in a hurry. What if he fell.
I shook my head, picked up the book and continued to read. Cardamom came over and advised me to rest early.
I thought about it. Yes, it’s so late. It’s time to have a rest. The
candle was blown out and the room darkened. I lay on the bed and stared at the curtain.
Suddenly, a familiar and strange voice came. Will the
young teacher’s wife play with me like you? Will
Mrs. Shangshu worship me like you?
I sat up and looked around in amazement. Round? No matter how powerful
other people’s mothers are, in my eyes, they are not as good as you.
I propped myself up on the bed and ran to the outer hall, looking around in a hurry? Where are
you?
Don’t hide. Mother really can’t find you. “Empress!” Cardamom was awakened by my noise. She got up hurriedly, lit the lamp, and rushed to my side. “Empress, did you have a nightmare?”?
!」 I shook my head and looked anxiously at Cardamom. “Cardamom, I just heard the sound of yuanyuan!” You must be tired of reciting.
Cardamom supported me and sat down on a chair. Tomorrow I’ll go and ask the imperial physician of the Sung Dynasty to give you a list of dietary supplements. As soon as
she said this, I began to suspect that I had misheard.
Just want to look up and say something, but suddenly stunned, I wonder, when did cardamom become so haggard?
I saw her a few days ago, and she was very energetic.
Suddenly I felt a little guilty. I lowered my head, and when I looked up again, I was already back to my normal appearance. I heard it wrong. Cardamom, go to bed quickly. You will get sick if you don’t sleep.
She wanted to send me back, but I insisted again and again, “You sleep first, you sleep first. I can’t sleep. Sit down for a while.”. The
room was neither hot nor cold. Cardamom put on a dress for me and obediently went back.
I sat back in my chair and stared blankly at the thousand characters on the table. I can’t
remember the books I have recited, and my mind is full of circles.
He was smart and filial from an early age, and he never disliked having a stupid mother.
「…… In my eyes, I am not as good as you.
At that time, I loved to lie by the cradle and watch him sleep, and when I watched, I would always fall asleep carelessly. When I got up
slowly, I found the swaddling clothes he had wrapped in when he was a child in the cage, then returned to the chair and sat down and hugged it tightly.
This is the only thing I’ve ever made myself. When
he was born, I saw that his face was round and his mouth was round, so I said to Yin Zhi that his name was yuanyuan.
Yin Zhi obeyed me.
Later I will write the name, the third is yuan yuan, the fourth is Yin yuan, but whether it is the third or the fourth, they all belong to my children-accompanied me for 35 years, but left tonight. The
house was empty, the moon was round outside, and I was the only one in the world who whispered softly, “My child is the most powerful.”.
Twenty-four yuan yuan gives birth to a lot of children. When
his children grew up, they added up to more children.
I changed from the emperor’s grandmother to the great grandmother. It’s a wonderful feeling to
watch these children grow up while they grow old.
Of course, it’s not just me that’s getting old, but Cardamom.
But in my eyes, she seems to be no different from the gentle and beautiful elder sister of that year. Together,
we watched the children running around the Kangshou Palace, slowly becoming adults and getting married.
The children call me grandma, and the children of the children call me grandma. I am old
and have a bad memory.
I began to be confused between them and their parents.
But what is more sad is that I have been used to the bustling Kangshou Palace, but recently I do not know why, the children do not come to play here, the surrounding has become deserted, no one calls me too grandma, I always feel lonely.
Later, I learned that Xiang Nu, seeing that I was old, was afraid that these children would collide with me, so he asked their parents to restrain these leather dolls.
I’m angry. If they don’t come, who will play with me?
Xiang Nu is also true, do not ask me.
I was so angry that I couldn’t even eat. Just as I wanted to go to him on crutches, Cardamom came back. As soon as
my mouth deflates, I will complain.
“Cardamom, Cardamom, do you know Xiang Nu?” Eh?
I opened my eyes wide and tried to look more carefully. Hidden behind the cardamom, it seemed to be a.. Beautiful girl doll? Well
, I fell in love with her at first sight.
I forgot to get even with Xiang Nu and looked at the cardamom.
Come on.
Cardamom gave way to the girl doll behind her and said in a gentle and loving voice, “Call me Grandma.”.
For a long time, a timid voice came:.. Too grandma.
“Hey!” I promised loudly and looked at the little girl in front of me with a smile.
She looks lovely and pathetic.
That’s nice. At the age
of seventy-six, I got a little darling.
Twenty-five little darling has no name.
Cardamom said that her life experience was pitiful. As soon as she was born, her father died fighting for the country. Soon after, her mother remarried. From an early age, she was kicked around by relatives like Cuju, and finally sent to the Kindergarten. I was very sad when I
heard it. How can a little person of
five or six years old have to suffer so much.
Looking through all the words I knew, I gave the little darling a name-Changxin.
It means a long time of joy.
Usually, Cardamom and I are used to calling her Xinxin.
Xinxin is a clever but very awkward child, she seems to really can not get used to others to be good to her.
Cardamom sent Xinxin to the school in the palace to have classes with other children. She went to school on the first day. I wanted to make her happy and went to pick her up specially.
Seeing me, Xinxin was stunned.
Although she said nothing, I could see that she was very happy.
But the pleasure lasted only after the lights were lit at night.
Maybe I waited a little long before, and there was some cold wind. Unfortunately, I caught a cold and began to cough.
In fact, it was not serious, but Xinxin began to be unhappy.
The next day, she didn’t want me to pick her up again. Cardamom didn’t understand, but I agreed.
I know. She doesn’t want me to get sick for her.
I don’t know why, obviously Xinxin didn’t say anything, but I can understand what she wants to express.
This is probably the fate that Ah Zhi said before, isn’t it?
Otherwise, why did I like her so much the first time I saw her? After
having Xinxin, I never felt lonely again, and I was happy every day.
Until Cardamom told me that Xinxin was bullied in school. Before
that, I never knew that I was such a person who was partial to protect my shortcomings. On crutches,
I ran to settle accounts with Xiang Nu.
Whoever bullies Xinxin is his child’s child.
Injustice has a head, debt has an owner, I should find him to be the theory of the emperor’s grandfather.
And Xiang Nu, as expected, had no way to take me.
Xiang Nu doesn’t love Grandma Huang anymore. Whoo, first I bullied Grandma Huang, then I bullied my Xinxin.. Granny Huang, look at what you said. How dare Xiang Nu bully you?
! How can a grandchild afford such a charge.. Xiang Nu took the veil to wipe my tears, but I grabbed it: “You are a bully!”! You don’t let the kids play with me.
Then he wiped away his tears and continued to cry: “Pity my Xinxin. I’ve suffered so much at such a young age, and it’s not easy for me to get into the Kangshou Palace. Alas, it’s all my fault that my grandmother is too old and useless to protect her..” Xiang Nu was so helpless that she coaxed me in a good voice: “Granny, don’t cry. You can give me whatever you want.” Where is Yin Chen?
Hurry up and get him over here! Hearing this, my cry immediately became a little smaller. When
Xiang Nu saw this, his voice grew louder and he urged, “… …” What are you waiting for? Hurry up! After teaching the daredevil who bullied Xinxin a lesson, I unceremoniously asked for a lot of compensation, and then went back to Kangshou Palace with pride and elation, and Xiangnu personally sent me.
Xinxin should have waited for me at the gate of the palace for a long time, and her little hands were cold and stiff.
I was so distressed that I quickly pulled her back to the palace.
Great Granny. Holding the walnut cake in her hands
, Xinxin lowered her eyes awkwardly and said, “Actually, it’s not a big deal. You don’t have to bother so much.” “No, it’s not!” I looked at Xinxin and told her very seriously, “Xinxin has been wronged, which is a big thing.”.
Xinxin suddenly began to cry.
I just wiped her tears, not advised her not to cry, the child must have suffered a lot of grievances in the past, crying is a good thing.
When Xinxin finished crying, the imperial edict just arrived.
“My Hsin-hsin will be a little princess from now on!” I touched her head, and in the past few days, she has finally been whitened by me and Cardamom. If anyone dares to bully you in the future, she won’t be able to stand on her crutches! “Great Granny..” Xinxin put down the imperial edict and slowly leaned into my arms. She was about to cry again: “How can you be so good? How can you be so good?” “Because Hsin Hsin is good!” I patted her on the back and looked at her with a smile. “Grandma likes Hsin-hsin, very much!” Hsin-hsin also likes her grandmother. The little hand
holding me tightened a little, and the child in his arms sniffed, “I like it very much..” This is really a good coincidence and wonderful.
I like and like my Xinxin, who grew up slowly and became a beautiful and gentle girl.
Perhaps there was a shadow, and every time she saw Yin Chen, she hid.
Yin Chen had no choice but to come to me and say, “Granny, please help me. I really know I’m wrong, and I really like Chang Hsin..” I snorted, clutching my crutch and shaking my head. “I’m not going to help the bad guys who bully Hsin Hsin!” Cardamom was really amused and advised him to go back first.
Yin Chen was stubborn and refused to leave.
After a while, Xinxin came to accompany me to recite, Yin Chen’s eyes lit up, but Xinxin was frightened to turn around and run away, he hurried to catch up. Cardamom and
I followed them quietly to the small garden of Kangshou Palace. Xinxin refused to talk to Yin Chen. He was so anxious that he cried. I finally felt that I had a great revenge in my heart.
Hsin-er, I really like you. From the first time I saw you, but I didn’t know what to say, and I was obsessed with bullying you.
He suddenly took Xinxin’s hand and said to himself, “Hit me, hit me!”! If it’ll make you not hate me.. Xinxin seemed to be frightened, cardamom was about to go out to stop, but was stopped by me, and then slowly left with me.
Back in the lobby, Cardamom asked me why.
I told her, “Xinxin is blushing!” After a while, Xinxin came back, I smiled at her, Xinxin’s face, more red.
Hsin-hsin, have you thought about it?
I took her hand, and in fact I already had the answer in my heart.
“Great Granny..” Xinxin leaned on my arm, a little embarrassed. “Actually, he was very nice. Although he always played tricks on me when I was a child, he also protected me and forbade other people to bully me.” This man is a mallet.
“I quite agree, but:” Although it is a mallet, it is also a good mallet, and most importantly, Xinxin also likes this mallet.
“Hsin-hsin was so ashamed that she said,” Granny! ” I said nothing more, but looked at her and smiled.
…… I don’t know when I began to like basking in the sun. The
warm light shone on the body and face, making people feel comfortable and sleepy.
Especially in autumn, it is even more sleepy.
I leaned back in the sun on the recliner, closed my eyes slightly and yawned. There was a gentle wind blowing
around me, and cardamom came over and put on a thin cloak for me so that I wouldn’t catch cold.
Empress.
Her voice was gentle and soft, with a sense of reassurance: I went to pick up Xinxin after class. I was too
sleepy to speak, so I could only nod gently.
Cardamom got up and left slowly.
Today’s weather is really good. The leaves are breaking overhead. Everything is so sunny and beautiful.
No wonder Jianing likes to bask in the sun so much. The
warm sun really makes people sleep soundly.
Twenty-six, “Great Granny..” Hsin Hsin is cold, Hsin Hsin is hungry.. The tender cry echoed in my ears, I woke up from a dream, this voice. It’s my Xinxin! Lifting up my heavy body, I hurriedly lifted the quilt and saw that I could put on my shoes and get out of bed, but I was stopped by the person beside the bed: “Great grandma!” “Don’t stop me, don’t stop me!” I was in a hurry, but the little girl in front of me wouldn’t listen to me: “Just lie down and I’ll take whatever you want.” “Ouch!” I was so anxious that I patted my thigh. “I heard Xinxin crying!”! She said she was cold and hungry, so I had to hurry to the Children’s Home to pick her up! The little girl in front of me, who was wearing a woman’s bun, suddenly froze. I looked at her twice, and just as I was about to say why she looked so familiar, I heard her sob “Grandma,” and then hugged me and cried loudly.
“Don’t cry, don’t cry..” I subconsciously began to comfort her, strange, see her sad, how can I feel so distressed?
When she finished crying, I was confused again: What was I going to do just now?
I looked at the little girl with a red nose, and the more I looked at her, the more I liked her: “Girl, you look really familiar.”.
“I thought and thought, and finally I knew why. Pointing to her face, I was pleasantly surprised:” You and my Xinxin look so much alike! No wonder I like it when I see you. “Great Granny..” She seemed to want to cry again, looking at me choking, “I am your Xinxin..” “Liar!” “Xinxin has gone to school. Cardamom is going to pick her up after class. She will be back soon.”. The little girl
in front of me must be married, but my Xinxin just went to school this year, so how can it be the same person! “I know!” In a flash of inspiration, I suddenly realized, “Your name is Hsin Hsin, too!” “What a coincidence! It’s the same name as my Hsin Hsin!” The little girl was slightly stupefied for a few breaths, and then nodded gently: “Yes, what a coincidence.” I pulled her to ask questions, and finally I was a little surprised: “Xinxin also likes to eat walnut cakes, and you still look so much alike.” When Hsin-hsin grows up, she’ll be as beautiful as you! The little girl just laughed, and as she laughed, tears fell down.
‘Alas.
I sighed and wiped her tears. “Don’t cry,” I said. “When you cry, it hurts me.” I won’t cry, I won’t cry.
The little girl managed to squeeze out a smile, but it was even more painful.
“Grandmother, let’s recite together..” This little girl is really nice.
She comes to talk with me almost every day, recites thousands of words, and basks in the sun with me. I really like her.
But recently, she seems to be sick.
Her face looked so pale that I told her to go home quickly. After staying here for a long time, her husband must have missed her very much.
She didn’t want to leave, but at my strong request, she left obediently.
To tell you the truth, in the days when she was away, I was actually very lonely. Xinxin had to go to school, and Cardamom had to pick up Xinxin from class. In the Kangshou Palace, there were only me and the little ladies.
I thought about it and asked someone to prepare a lot of delicious food for the children who grew up in Kangshou Palace.
Somehow, it seems that I should do so.
As for why, I don’t know.
Twenty-seven the Winter Solstice this morning, I finally remembered who the little girl was.
So, she is really my Xinxin.
I have a bad memory. Even Xinxin has forgotten it. How sad she should be.
Thinking of this, I was eager to see her, so I called the little maid of honor, clamoring to see Xinxin.
After waiting for a long time, I finally saw the figure of Xinxin in a hurry. I was so
happy that I shouted, “Xinxin!” Stunned, she slowly walked to my side, tears falling down: “Grandmother, do you remember?”?
Come to think of it, my great grandmother has remembered everything.
“I held my little girl in my arms and felt very guilty.” I’m really sorry that Xinxin has been sad for so long.
Xinxin shook her head and slowly leaned on my shoulder. Xinxin is not sad.
“Great grandma is good, Xinxin is good..” I laughed, only to feel that the child is really silly, obviously Xinxin is good, too grandma is good.
But none of that matters.
I pulled Xinxin and said a lot of words. After seeing her off, I had a good meal at noon, basked in the sun for a long time in the afternoon, and had a good sleep. After
dinner, the ladies played with me, and I asked them to comb my hair and change my clothes.
I don’t know why I’m doing this.
Perhaps it was because I found myself becoming very sober, like the fog that had been hanging around me all the year round, and finally dispersed. The Winter Solstice, at the age of
89, I wrote down a whole thousand-character article from memory for the first time. After writing the last
word trembling, I clearly felt that the man who had been gone for 56 years was coming back.
Late at night, it began to snow.
I stood in the front hall and looked at the gate of Kangshou Palace with my eyes burning.
Squeak-the gate was opened.
The man, with white hair and a gentle smile, stood in the snow and held out his hand to me.
I ran towards him and held the hand tightly. Two
old faces, two snow-white hair, look at each other in silence, look at each other and smile.
That’s nice.
I waited for him after all.
Yin Zhi knew from an early age that he was his father’s only child.
Of course, he became the crown prince.
But he also knew that his father did not like him.
Without it, just because his birth mother’s status is humble, but is a rough maid in charge of sweeping in Zichen Palace, and he is the product of a drunken.
His father felt that he was a stain on his body, but he was forced to hold him by his side and teach him carefully. After all, he was the first surviving child of his father, and of course, he might be the last.
From the generation of Emperor Mingzong, the royal blood began to decline. For
two hundred years, those children either died in the womb or died young, and few of them were living adults.
In the generation of the emperor’s grandfather, he was even thinner. He had only one son and one daughter, and they were both weak and sick.
Father is good, do emperor these years, rely on Dan medicine to hang, will raise carefully, did not give birth to what deadly disease.
But Danyang’s aunt was not so lucky. After she gave birth to Jianing, she died of hemorrhage.
It is also true that there is a sense of sympathy between Jianing and him. The people who took care of Yin Zhi in the
palace thought that he did not understand, and seldom spoke behind his back, so he knew that his mother had a difficult birth on the day she gave birth to him, and his father only wanted to have a child, so he decisively chose to go to the mother and leave the child, so the imperial doctors raised their knives and fell-the anniversary of his mother’s death was the Winter Solstice. In the history books,
she is just a cold Li.
She gave birth to a prince, but no one remembered her, but Yin Zhi remembered, so since he was sensible, he never said a birthday.
His father was very strict with him, and he was supposed to be a ruthless and decisive successor.
Unfortunately, he followed his mother. To put it
nicely, it is kind and gentle, but in his father’s eyes, it is cowardice. The last thing
a king should have is cowardice. When he was
four years old, he passed by the plantain bushes after class and met a snow-white kitten.
Maybe it’s just born, and it can’t stand up yet.
He looked around but couldn’t find the big cat, so he became greedy and decided to raise it himself.
It was Lesser Fullness of Grain, so he named it Lesser Fullness of Grain.
The Lesser Fullness of Grain is very good and naturally close to him.
Whether it’s touching its head or rubbing its stomach, it never resists.
Since then, the first time Yin Zhi went to see the Lesser Fullness of Grain after class every day, feeding it and talking with it. There is a gap in the
dull world.
Yin Zhi’s aptitude is not very good, his schoolwork is only above average, his mother died early, his father is indifferent, he is a prince, he has too many things, but he has never really grasped anything.
So holding the Lesser Fullness of Grain, he was really happy in his heart.
But the joy lasted only two months.
My father stood on the steps, looking down at him on his knees. His eyes were full of disgust and disappointment. A plaything loses its ambition, and it cannot be built up! With these words, he grabbed the Lesser Fullness of Grain. For the first time in his life,
Yin Zhi summoned up the courage to embrace his calf and kept begging, “Your Majesty, please let it go!”! I will never come to see it again, really. I won’t.. How ridiculous ah, clearly father and son, but he did not dare to cry, more dare not call a father.
But this begging only brought deeper anger, and the emperor, with his eyes full of cold scrutiny, accused: “Look at you now!”! Stupid, cowardly.. How could I have a prince like you? As soon as the voice fell, the snow-white soft thing was smashed on the stone steps, and a soft creature disappeared in front of his eyes.
The father looked at him coldly and turned away.
Yin Zhi looked at the small group that kept twitching, and the white fur was gradually soaked with crimson.
After all, nothing can be kept.
He stretched out his hand and tried to wipe the blood from his forehead, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not wipe it clean.
“Lesser Fullness of Grain..” He smiled, but tears fell down in big drops. “If there is an afterlife, don’t come to me again.” From then on, no matter how terrible things happened, Yin Zhi never cried again.
He learned restraint.
But on the night of Song Guifei’s dystocia, he couldn’t help losing his temper.
At that time he was seven years old, if Song Guifei this child can fall to the ground, and is a boy, the father will certainly change a prince.
Yin Zhi did not have a sense of crisis, in fact, he even looked forward to the arrival of the child.
But Song Guifei’s luck was not good.
Yin Zhi, with a pale face, stood beside his father, watching the pots of blood being brought out. At first, there would be the screams of Song Guifei inside, but later it was completely silent. Once again, the
father made that decision.
But the child did not have his luck, the doctor just opened the abdomen, is a boy, just to report the good news, but was shocked to find that it is a dead child.
One body, two lives, both mother and son.
The father was so disappointed that the palace people held the child in their arms and turned away without even looking at him.
The palace people turned back, perhaps carelessly, swaddling clothes fell to the ground, a bloody, blue baby, appeared in front of everyone.
Yin Zhi couldn’t help it any longer, holding the pillar and vomiting.
The father looked at him and sneered, as if to say, “What are you afraid of?”?
Look how lucky you are, now, no one will come to rob you of the crown prince.
But he did not know that it was not the child who made Yin Zhi sick, but the cold-hearted emperor.
That’s sad.
Even if you become an emperor, what’s the point?
Time passed quickly. In the winter of the 37th year of Zhengyuan, Yin Zhi was sent out of the palace in a hurry. The reason was very simple. His father knew the real murderer of the royal family.
A Taoist priest accidentally discovered that when the palace was built, the craftsmen poured a large amount of mercury into the palace to prevent ants from eating. No one thought that such a precious thing would quietly empty people’s bodies. Two hundred years of blood and tears of the
royal family, is such a ridiculous reason! The father could not accept it for a while and fell ill in the hall. On the day when the palace was renovated, the emperor, who never looked at him, finally closed his cold eyes.
Say a big unfilial words, Yin Zhi only feel relieved.
Later, Yin Zhi changed from prince to emperor, and the palace became empty. When
the officials were discussing in the court, they constantly forced him to accept the imperial concubines, so as to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family.
Yin Zhi accepted four concubines at random, one of which was his cousin Jianing, two of which were other people’s works, and the remaining one was a woman who was stuffed in at random by Su Zhongguan.
He didn’t pay much attention.
These civil servants are loyal on the surface, but in fact they have their own evil intentions. When
his great-grandfather was on the throne, he valued literature and despised martial arts. His father was afraid that the foundation of the country would be unstable, so he tried his best to suppress the military generals, so that the civil power was so fierce that even he, the emperor, sometimes had to avoid the edge.
But what was worse was that Gaozu’s king of southern Yunnan, who had a different surname, was still ready to move and was eyeing covetously.
Yin Zhi’s aptitude is mediocre, and he knows very well that he can only be a conservative king.
It’s not that I haven’t thought about handing over the throne.
But one day, he met her, the woman that Su Zhongguan had brought in. A little girl
, to be exact.
Her eyes were so clean that he felt strangely familiar with them.
At that time, he was being advised by the princes to give birth to the prince as soon as possible. In order to stop their mouths, Yin Zhi had to find someone to love him.
Jianing out of the palace, the remaining three, one is the prime minister, one is the king of southern Yunnan, it seems that only she can, strange is that he did not feel disgusted.
Then she, Yin Zhi thought, looks really too easy to coax.
But after chatting with her, he realized that the reason why she was easy to coax was that her mind was still in childhood.
Because of this, she still remembered his kindness at that time.
Lesser Fullness of Grain , Lesser Fullness of Grain .
Yin Zhi repeated her name softly, and she was also called Lesser Fullness of Grain.
He asked Mr. Shigei, why her? Mr.
Chong Jiu mentioned her father.
Many years ago, a father’s unintentional praise made a young man leave his pregnant wife and willingly fight in the frontier.
Bring the Jade Dragon to die for you.
But if he knew what kind of life his wife and daughter lived later, he would feel that it was not worth it. Who would have thought that his brother, who was usually kind and gentle, had hated him for many years?
But it doesn’t matter, he has taught him to vent his anger for Lesser Fullness of Grain, but unfortunately, the fourth sister of Lesser Fullness of Grain’s heart, because of heart disease, has already died in the spring of last year.
Yin Zhi looked at the carefree Lesser Fullness of Grain, really good ah, she never felt sad. People who don’t know
anything are the most relaxed.
Obviously, she said she liked it first, but it was Yin Zhi who learned to love first.
Li Yuyi said that the Lesser Fullness of Grain is the day of disability, the body looks at the beautiful flowers, but in fact the deficit is so severe that they probably will not have their own children.
Yin Zhi thinks of his mother, thinks of Danyang aunt, thinks of Song Guifei, that basin of blood. Maybe not having children is a good thing for Lesser Fullness of Grain.
Jianing doesn’t want Tang Mingyuan’s child. He wants it Lesser Fullness of Grain. When she
has a child, she is her own queen. The depth of
love is for the long-term, Yin Zhi is really everything for her to calculate.
Except for two things.
One is Lesser Fullness of Grain, the other is Jianing.
Yin Zhi really did not expect that Lesser Fullness of Grain was the kitten when she was young.
The black-clad Taoist priest’s tone was light, but when he heard it, it was like a thunderbolt: “She died because of you in a previous life, so you must give her a happy life.”.
Her father broke the seven orifices of the Lesser Fullness of Grain, so when she was born, she was doomed not to be an adult.
But she came to him anyway.
Ignorant and desperate, she still chose to return to him.
Silly Lesser Fullness of Grain.
Yin Zhi hugged her and wanted to cry. Didn’t he tell you not to come back? Why are you so disobedient?
But he was so glad that she was not obedient.
His insignificant point was good, but Lesser Fullness of Grain he kept it firmly in mind for two lifetimes. On the
day Jianing gave birth, Yin Zhi returned to the White Deer Terrace with the key to the imperial seal in his hand. He heard the palace people say that the empress had collapsed. His legs were weak and he frantically searched for the Lesser Fullness of Grain. When he saw that she was sleeping soundly, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was only later that he realized that the Lesser Fullness of Grain was not pregnant. Then the phrase “the empress had collapsed” meant that Jianing was dead. Before she
died, she said to Yin Zhi, “Cousin Zhi, tell the Lesser Fullness of Grain for me that I have gone to live a good life.” So he told the Lesser Fullness of Grain that Jianing had gone to live a good life. I
believe it Lesser Fullness of Grain.
She lay on the cradle and watched yuanyuan sleep, not knowing that she was asleep.
Yin Zhi stared at her and him as if he were staring at the whole world.
Suddenly, I felt that it was really worth it.
I have an emperor’s heart, and after he left, she was free from illness and disaster, and her children and grandchildren were full, and I could see her for the last time.
Worth it, worth it.
Yin Zhi looked at her with white hair and ran towards him.
Lesser Fullness of Grain .
A little consummation. The person who has a
happy life is actually him.
One’s own father is different from other people’s father.
Yin yuan thought, Shangshu and Shaoshi beat the child, but the father did not beat, Shangshu and Shaoshi did not hold the child, but the father held. The most common thing
Dad said was, “yuan yuan, you did a good job.”.
One’s own mother is not the same as the mother of others.
Yin yuan laughed involuntarily, and when he realized that all the people in the school were looking at him, he immediately stiffened his face again.
But his mother’s face was not obedient and always appeared in front of him.
“yuanyuan, why are you so awesome?” “yuanyuan, why are you so nice?” “Round..” Other people’s mother, will not be like his mother, worship to look at him, eyes full of admiration.
When he was a child, what Yin yuan saw most was that his father taught his mother to study. His father taught him a sentence and his mother read it.
Mother always said she couldn’t remember.
Dad always says it doesn’t matter.
Later, Yin yuan grew up slowly and began to teach his mother to study.
He was not as loose as his father, and every time he finished his homework, he would watch her finish it.
At first, my mother always wanted to be lazy. After being caught by him, she was punished to write big characters. After writing several times, she no longer dared to cut corners in her schoolwork. When
his father found out, he always said to him, “yuanyuan, your mother is still young. Let her be.”.
In fact, I don’t need my father to tell me, but he will give in to my mother.
Otherwise, how could she just be punished to write big characters?
Father also said, “yuanyuan, when you grow up, you must be filial to your mother and visit her more often.”.
Yin yuan nodded, but in fact, there was no need for Dad to say that.
He grows up day by day. At the age of
fourteen, my father said, “yuanyuan, you were born to be an emperor.”.
Yes, he is not like his father, nor is he like his mother. He is ambitious and wants to open up territory, not to keep the inheritance of his ancestors.
yuanyuan did what she thought the emperor should do. When
Yin yuan was only the crown prince, his father gave him the imperial seal and told him, “Don’t be afraid. My father is here.”.
He held the imperial seal in his hand, and when he heard this, he was really not afraid of anything.
Dad is always here.
Yin yuan thought, “As long as Dad is here, nothing is difficult for me.”.
When he saw his mother, he thought, “As long as my mother is here, I can suffer any hardship.”. For
so many years, Yin yuan has been the happiest child in the world.
He thought Dad would never leave.
But Dad would only stay with him for fifteen years.
Father said, “yuanyuan, your mother is Bai Jianing, and your father is Tang Mingyuan.”.
Dad tells you that it’s not that he doesn’t want you, but that people should know where they come from. You have to remember that you will always be the favorite child of your parents.
“My father also said,” I have had a son like this for fifteen years, and I have no regrets for my father’s life.
Before he left, his father called him to the Zichen Palace. Every word was entrusted and every sentence was explained, but he refused to let his mother see him for the last time.
Yin yuan looked at his father who was sleeping in bed and tried to cover his mouth, not daring to let himself cry. Outside
the hall, the mother’s sad voice came.
She is asking, Ah Zhi, what is the last sentence after autumn harvest and winter storage?
But now, he is the only one who can answer this question.
Daddy’s gone.
Mother began to recite the thousand-character text very carefully. When
Yin yuan became emperor, he saw Tang Mingyuan guarding the border.
It’s him.
Yin yuan was a little disappointed that such a person was really not worthy of his mother’s love.
He and he are just the monarch and his subjects.
Later, Yin yuan became a father again.
Every year on the night of the Winter Solstice, he thought, “Daddy left so early.”.
Dad, after so many years, yuanyuan has never learned how to be a child without a father.
Fortunately, my mother is still here.
But his fate with his mother is also very shallow, only thirty-five years.
However, with this thirty-five years, yuan life without regret.
When Yin yuan realized that he had to leave, he finally understood why his father refused to let his mother see him for the last time.
I can’t bear it, and I dare not.
Called his eldest son Xiang Nu, Yin yuan entrusted every word, every sentence explained, the moment before closing his eyes, trance, he seemed to see the face of his father.
That’s great. He’s the happiest kid in the world.
Yin yuan slowly closed his eyes and smiled softly, “Go and tell your grandmother..” “When she finishes reciting the thousand-character essay, yuanyuan will come back..” [Extra Chapter 3] It’s night. It was snowing heavily outside the
house. In the
darkness, Changxin suddenly woke up from a nightmare.
Yin Chen intuited that his arms were empty and he woke up.
However, he found that Changxin was covered with sweat, his face was pale, and he kept panting.
Hsin-er, did you have a nightmare? As soon as
the voice fell, suddenly a bell rang from far away-in the direction of the palace.
Changxin covered her mouth with tears in her eyes and waited quietly for the bell to stop.
Twenty-seven hit, the sound of great mourning.
And such a regulation, only in the palace. Chang Xin’s tears fell down, she did not care what, got out of bed and ran out, but her legs were soft, almost fell to the ground.
Yin Chen’s eyes also became red, he hurriedly followed to help Changxin up, but Changxin pushed away his hand, even shoes are not allowed to wear, and ran to the outside in a mess.
She sobbed and waddled in the direction of the palace gate.
Yin Chen could not stop her, conveniently picked up a cloak, after all, he is a man, even if the heart again sad, but still retain due reason.
At this point, the driver was not there, and the palace of the Prince of Qin was some distance away from the palace. The carriage was moving too slowly. Yin Chen whispered and quickly ordered the servants to prepare a fast horse. At the same time, he caught up with Chang Xin and put the cloak on her.
“Hsin-er!” He picked her up. “Calm down!” The man in his arms did not speak. He looked down and saw that Chang Xin was already in tears and choked with sobs.
Yin Chen tightened his arm, took Changxin on the horse, and ran all the way to the palace. The palace gate on the
west.. Tai’anmen is close to Grandmother. It’s on the way from Wangfu to Taianmen, which is closer than main gate. Crying voice came from
his arms, and quickly covered up in the wind and snow, Yin Chen pursed his lips, whipped a whip, and got up faster.
In a hurry, I finally arrived at Tai’an Gate. In
the heavy snow, you can see the vermilion door closed in the distance. As soon
as Changxin got off her horse, she ran over there, but she stumbled and fell in the snow. She didn’t seem to feel any pain. She got up and ran on until she reached the vermilion gate.
She banged on the door, looked desperately at the iron ring on the door, and cried, “Open the door!”! Open the door-Open the door-Open the door.. Somebody, open the door. Great Granny.. Grandmother.. All this happened too fast, and when Yin Chen reacted, Changxin had fallen to the ground, her long hair loose, looking around in despair, not knowing what to do. It was against the rules to enter the palace at
Tai’anmen Gate. Just as the general was hesitating, Yin Chen hurriedly shouted, “I am the king of Qin. I am in a hurry to knock at the palace gate with Princess Xian’an at night. If you open the door, my husband and I will be punished by Your Majesty.”. After a moment’s thought,
the general waved his hand and opened the palace gate.
Yin Chen supported Chang Xin and went on his way in silence.
By the time they arrived at the Kangshou Palace, people were kneeling inside and outside the door-concubines, princes and grandsons, and even ministers who lived close to them. A large area of black pressure.
All of them have red eyes.
Into the Kangshou Palace, Changxin slowed down, the expression on her face was wooden, and her tears had dried up. The king of
Qi and the king of Chu looked at each other and sighed lightly in their hearts. Remembering what the empress Dowager had sent a few days ago, they choked up in their throats. When they
grew up, they spent less time with the empress Dowager, but she still remembered what they liked to eat.
Xian has been with the empress Dowager since she was a child, and she has been brought up by the old woman herself, and she is affectionate. I don’t know how painful it is.
Changxin broke away from Yin Chen’s hand and walked slowly towards the person on the bed. They were so anxious that they forgot to put on their shoes. So Changxin’s feet were red with cold, but she walked slowly to the side of the empress Dowager as if she didn’t know the pain.
The old man closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep.
The new emperor wiped his tears, sighed, and gave up his seat to Changxin.
Changxin squatted down, holding the old man’s hand beside the bed in both hands and sticking it to her face. She felt that the old hand was still as warm as before.
So Chang Xin thought, too grandma must be asleep, just wake her up.
So she opened her mouth.
Great Granny. With red eyes,
Chang Xin said in a low voice, Xinxin is hungry. Xinxin wants to eat walnut cake.
But Granny ignored her. She was so worried that she couldn’t help raising her voice: Granny, Xinxin is cold, Xinxin is hungry.. Grandmother, Xinxin wants to eat walnut crisp. Said, tears fell down again, Changxin felt sad and helpless, she gently shook the old man’s hand, incoherent.
Xinxin is hungry, Grandma. Xinxin. Walnut crisp, I want to eat walnut crisp.. Grandmother.. Since Changxin is sensible, she has always been gentle and clever, even crying is just quietly shed tears, have you ever broken down and cried like this?
She took her grandmother’s hand, like a child without sugar, and repeated only a few words over and over.
Mingming this morning, the great grandmother also let her come to Kangshou Palace to eat walnut crisp, but only seven hours, but only seven hours-she can no longer eat the great grandmother’s walnut crisp.
Grandmother would never wake up and hug her and call out Xinxin.
“Great Granny..” Chang Xin was full of despair, and her face pressed against her hand and refused to let go.
Her grandmother is too old to remember many people, but she still remembers that Xinxin loves to eat walnut cakes.
In the morning, she also said that she would wait to hold her and Yin Chen’s baby and make clothes for Xinxin’s baby.
Xinxin’s little baby hasn’t come yet, but her grandmother has gone.
Such a nice grandma. She’s gone.
My God, why did you take her sun?
Chang Xin’s eyes turned black in waves. She looked at the serene grandmother, and finally she could not support herself and fell down in a mess. The moment before she closed her
eyes, she saw Yin Chen with red eyes and rushed to embrace her, but her ears echoed with the words she had said in the morning. If
this bad boy bullies you, Xinxin will complain to his grandmother. If
he dares to come to the Kangshou Palace. Like a child,
the old man shook his fist in a fit of pique. Granny beat him. Take it out
on my Xinxin. It
was clearly agreed that I would spend the New Year with Xinxin.
Grandmother, we agreed to live a long life-you still owe a whole eleven years.
. Focus on not getting lost ~