Chang Anqing

Chapter 5
When the carriage slowly drove into the Daming Palace, the rain had already started to light up, and until the inner palace, Li Sui got out of the car, and the delicate embroidered shoes embroidered with pearls and jade stepped on the wet floor tiles. When looking up, there was a place that was all too familiar, the same city tower. The same palace wall, only the emperor sitting on the Mingtang is different, things are right and wrong.

Looking at the battlement on Xuanwu Gate, Li Sui recalled the moment when he jumped from there. It turned out that the tower was so high, and he didn't remember whether it hurt or not when it fell.

Maybe even when she died, those old officials just wanted to applaud.

Li Sui smiled lightly on his lips, took another look, then slowly withdrew his calm gaze, and turned to the Lizheng Hall.

Although the weather was rainy and rainy, the Palace of Lizheng, where the Queen lived, stood in it without any loss of majesty and extravagance.

When Li Suifang walked to the jade steps outside Empress Yang's bedroom, Empress Yang's confidant, Shang Gong Jiamo, greeted him, smiled and bowed.

"The county master—"

Li Sui nodded and smiled, lifted Jia Mo and said, "What is my sister doing?"

Jia Mo then stood up, and while welcoming Li Sui inside, he said, "Your Highness has been feeling a little sluggish and uncomfortable these days, so I asked the imperial physician to come and take a look. I'm currently examining my pulse."

Hearing this, Li Sui's heart moved slightly, and he guessed something. Before he said anything, he just walked to the apse, and sure enough, he heard the happy congratulations from the palace people.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, His Highness—"

At this moment, Li Sui and Jia Mo looked at each other, how could they still not understand the meaning, the smile was still hanging on Li Sui's lips, but the heart was slowly sinking.

Everything is really like a revolving lantern, walking according to her Nanke's dream, the world is rejoicing for the arrival of this child, but she is the only one who knows the fate of this child and the catastrophe he will bring.

Such a feeling corresponds to that sentence.

Everyone was drunk and I woke up alone.

But how can she, who is awake, watch her sister's heartache in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Sui's hand under his sleeve tightened little by little.

"Aman-"

Hearing the woman's familiar and gentle voice coming into his ears little by little, he looked around and saw the woman's indistinct figure through the raised veil, but it seemed like she was in a dream.Li Sui couldn't help but want to cry. At the moment when she supported the Yang family alone, competed with the world, and truly became a loner, this soft and familiar voice echoed in her ears many times, but it was It was out of reach. It had been a long time since Li Sui had not heard her sister call her. Li Sui couldn't remember.

She only remembered that after she lost her child in her previous life, her elder sister changed. She lost the noble demeanor of a mother and the eldest daughter of the Yang family. In the end, unable to bear such torture, he ended himself with a white silk.

Even if it seemed like a lifetime, that scene still clearly fell in front of Li Sui's eyes.

With her plain face facing the sky, her sister, who was not stained with fine dust, only wore a plain white dress. She hung swayingly on the high beam, like a gust of wind, and disappeared in the Daming Palace.

At that moment, she knew that my sister had become so haggard, and she would turn into a red face and withered bones in such a decisive way.

In the second month after my sister left, the current Yuan Chengdi suffered from hysteria, but he died suddenly at the end of the year.

Because the emperor had not yet arrived at the time of his death, and he had no children under his knees, the old officials who were loyal to the Zhou family tried their best to enthrone the nephew of Yuan Chengdi. Even so, Yang Chongyuan was still in charge of the government.In the end, the new emperor only ascended the throne for three months, and was forced to write a letter of abdication, giving way to the sages. Yang Chongyuan gave up three times and received the mandate of heaven. He ascended the throne as the emperor and the country was named Liang, and became the new emperor of Liang Wu.

"Just now they said that you entered the palace. I'm still thinking, what should you do if you wet your clothes and get cold on such a rainy day? I didn't know that when you came, you would be able to share such good news with me."

Empress Yang, who was seated in the seat, spoke softly and smiled softly. She was wearing a begonia-colored corset embroidered gold dress. From a distance, she seemed to be simple and elegant without any decorations. Come wood hibiscus.

"The rain was a lot lighter when we came-"

Looking at Empress Yang's gentle eyes like water, seeing her reaching out to call her, Li Sui's heart was touched by the softest part, so she stopped being polite. She smiled and said while walking over naturally, holding Empress Yang. With warm hands, he sat down and rested his head on Empress Yang's legs naturally. In his heart, he felt a sense of peace and relaxation that he had not felt for a long time.

"Thinking about my birthday tomorrow, and my eldest sister holding a banquet for me in Huacalyx Xianghui Building, how could I not come to thank my sister for her heart."

"Between you and my sisters, why do you need to say these words?"

Empress Yang smiled and finished speaking, looking at the little lady in her arms, with her long beautiful stretched hair lying on her lap, she couldn't help reaching out and gently stroking her fingertips. Putting the broken hair behind the little lady's ear, she smiled gently, and turned to the imperial physician, Sun Zhong, and said, "The baby in my womb will be taken care of by the imperial physician."

Hearing this, Li Suicai caught a glimpse of the person standing below, still leaning against Empress Yang's arms, but unconsciously staring at the pale-bearded old minister under Feng Jia, and said seriously, "I will do my best to answer. All out."

At the suggestion of Empress Yang, Jia Mo personally sent a red seal to the imperial physician order, and then sent the person out.

"The county lord likes cheese cherries, go and serve a cup for the county lord."

Hearing Empress Yang's order, Li Sui saw Gong E who was in front of her respond, and then she slowly raised her head and carefully touched her sister's unobtrusive belly with her right hand: "If aunts and the others know, they should How happy."

Hearing this sentence, Empress Yang's lips became even warmer.

"I hope this child can have a safe and smooth life, and someone will call me aunt in the future."

After hearing this, Queen Yang chuckled softly and pulled Li Sui to sit beside her.

Just then, Gong E came up with a cheese cherries and respectfully handed it to the case beside Li Sui.

Seeing this, Queen Yang turned around and said, "You like this the most. For a long time in the future, the taste will change after you taste it."

Li Sui picked up the cup, the red cherries that had been cored were full, poured a layer of sweet and rich sweet cheese on the top, and wrapped a layer of sugarcane pulp. The sweet and sour taste of Ying is combined with the sweetness of cheese and sugarcane syrup, which is delicious but not greasy.

"It's best to eat this in summer, do you want it?"

The two sisters have often shared meals since they were young. Seeing that the little lady raised her cup and silver spoon at this moment, Empress Yang smiled without hesitation and leaned forward to take a sip.

"Niang Yu-"

An overjoyed voice came along with the eager footsteps, and when he heard the sound, he looked over and saw Yuancheng Emperor Chen Xuan, who was dressed in normal clothes, walk in, and Li Sui, who was standing beside him, greeted him in a friendly manner: "Aman is here too. "

Li Sui stood up and gave the next salute. Emperor Yuancheng, who had already stepped forward, only said to get up quickly, so he personally pressed the body of Empress Yang who was about to get up, and excitedly supported Empress Yang's shoulders and said, "Sit down quickly."

Empress Yang pursed her lips and smiled, her lips filled with the happiness of being a wife.

"It's a coincidence that Ah Man is here today."

Hearing Emperor Yuancheng talking to him, Li Sui raised his head and smiled and said, "Cousin wants to give me a good luck."

Emperor Yuancheng kept saying goodbye, his brows and eyes were full of the joy of being a father, as if today was the first time he was a father.

"I heard from the imperial doctor's order that this time this child-"

Seeing the worry in Emperor Chengdi's words, Empress Yang comfortably put her hand on the back of her hand, shook her head with a smile, and said, "The Imperial Physician ordered that this child has only a few signs of congenital insufficiency. No problem."

Seeing the worry still lingering in Emperor Yuancheng's eyes, Li Sui frowned, but Empress Yang reassured her: "Don't worry, the Imperial Physician's Order is the holy hand of the Imperial Physician's Office, and with his medical skills, it will be guaranteed. This child is safe and sound, and these days, I will try my best to make myself eat more so that I will never starve him."

Seeing that Empress Yang was full of comforting words, Emperor Yuancheng reluctantly put his mind at ease, tightly holding Empress Yang's hand back, and instead rambled and instructed the people in the Lizheng Hall to serve them well, as if he didn't say a word, the palace people would Serving is not good.

It wasn't until he finished speaking that Emperor Yuancheng finally looked at Empress Yang and said, "Since the imperial doctor's order said that you need to rest in peace, then you will have a good life. Those trivial official duties will be handed over to Concubine Shu and Shangguan Zhaoyi for the time being. Ask them to report and decide with you, you can see."

Hearing Emperor Yuancheng's arrangement, Empress Yang agreed. Seeing Empress Yang's tired expression, Emperor Yuancheng was busy and carefully helping Empress Yang against the throw pillow, and then he remembered Li Sui beside him.

"Your sisters have had a good relationship since childhood. These days, Ah Man takes more time to come to the palace to accompany your sister."

Li Sui listened, smiled and nodded: "Cousin, don't worry, even if you don't tell me, I will often enter the palace."

Emperor Yuancheng smiled and looked at the little lady in front of him and said, "That's good."

Saying that, Emperor Yuancheng seemed to suddenly remember something, looked at Empress Yang with a smile and turned to Li Sui, who was on the side, and asked, "Do you see if this pair of nephews are destined? You have good news today, and she will be born again tomorrow, look. Our children are eager to attend Auntie Aman's birthday party tomorrow."

Empress Yang smiled knowingly, but Li Sui sat beside her and said softly, "I heard that there are a lot of people coming to the birthday banquet of Huacalyx Xianghui Tower tomorrow, and now my sister is inconvenient, which may affect the abortion, so it is better to stay. Rest in the temple."

"I have Jiamo and the others serving me, so they are so squeamish."

When Empress Yang heard this, Fang shook her head, but Emperor Yuancheng was thinking of something, put her right hand on Empress Yang's lower abdomen, turned to look at the little lady beside her, and made a decision: "Aman is right. , Since the baby has some deficiencies, you should be careful, tomorrow you will have a miscarriage in the palace, and I will congratulate you on Aman's birthday."

Facing the persuasion in Emperor Yuancheng's eyes, Empress Yang was reluctant, but she couldn't stand the persuasion of the two, and finally agreed.

When Li Sui left the Lizheng Hall, Emperor Yuancheng still accompanied Empress Yang, and everything was so warm and touching.

The rain outside had stopped long ago. Li Sui walked between the corridors. Two swallows slid past under the tile eaves and flew into the distance. In the densely cloudy sky, they merged into a black spot that gradually drifted away.

The embroidered shoes stepped on the water-filled floor tiles and made a slight noise, but Li Sui gradually fell into contemplation.

At the moment when the child of the previous life was born, with the expectations of the parents and the whole country, she became the first person in the dynasty to be established as the prince at birth. Due to congenital insufficiency, his body was so weak that he could not bear the wind and died suddenly before full-term.

Li Sui will never forget that sister's heart-wrenching cry day and night.

Not to forget her despairing destination,
Now the past life is gone,

But in her mind,
The death of that child has become a sticking point.

In this life, she must protect that child for her sister.

Can't let my sister go on such a decisive road again.

Seeing that it was sent to the gate of the inner palace, Li Sui got on the carriage with the help of Jia Mo, but the carriage just walked a few steps, just when Jia Mo was about to turn around and go back, the carriage and horse stopped leisurely, and Nian Nu smiled. He walked over and said, "The county lord said that he almost forgot. When he came, Mrs. Taiwei asked the county lord to bring the fire fox skin hunted by Saburo to his highness.

Jia Mo has always had a delicate heart, and since he understood that Li Sui had something to tell him, he whispered to Gong E, who was accompanying him, to wait, and followed him into the carriage alone.

"The county lord."

The moment the car curtain fell, Li Sui didn't say much. He only gestured to Yu Nu, who was serving on the side, to hand the fire fox skin to Jia Mo, and then said, "Sister is in a difficult condition now. I will ask you to take good care of you these days."

Hearing that, Jiamo was about to bow down to answer humbly, but his arm was firmly held by a pair of hands. When he looked up, he saw Li Sui slowly saying: "I know that Shang Gong has been by my sister's side for a long time, and my sister is also to Shang Gong. I have never been different from others, and today I would like to ask a question for my sister and the child in her womb—"

Speaking of this, Li Sui's eyes were shining like stars under the candlelight, and her voice gradually became low and clear: "In Shang Gong's heart, you are from the elder sister or the Yang family."

Hearing these words, Jiamo raised his head in a daze, and met Li Sui's calm but clearly piercing eyes, his heart was shaken, and he suddenly realized the intention of the lady in front of him, he immediately restrained his expression, knelt down upright, There was no apprehension or panic, and he only saluted with both hands, with a seriousness and firmness that had never been seen on his face, which was always old and unhappy, and said: "The servant was selected by Mrs. Taiwei to enter the mansion, and pointed to Her Royal Highness as a servant. Since the age of ten So I stayed with His Highness, who was three years older than His Highness, and for the past 15 years, my servants have already regarded His Highness as their relatives and younger sisters."

Speaking of this, Jia Mo's face was full of sincerity and emotion: "The words of the slave are arrogant, but a pure, kind and gentle person like His Royal Highness treats us like relatives."

"No matter how others see it, Jia Mo has always been His Highness's loyal servant. Now that His Highness is pregnant, in Jia Mo's eyes, there are only His Highness and His Little Highness, and no one else."

After saying that, Jiamo bowed down, and touched the ground with his forehead to cut down on the railway: "If Jiamo violates today's words in the future, he will not end well."

Looking at the woman in front of her, Li Sui trusted her. When her elder sister left in her previous life, Jia Mo followed the coffin to Zhaoling. When the elder sister's coffin was placed, Jia Mo touched the pillar without any hesitation before everyone responded. Death.Emperor Yuancheng was grateful for Jiamo's loyalty, and named her the Lord of Zhongyi County, and buried her in Zhaoling, fulfilling her swearing to follow her heart.

"Sister, don't blame me—"

Li Sui leaned over and held up Jia Mo's arms, and when they looked at each other, Jia Mo saw that the lady in front of him rarely showed the softness and gentleness that only Queen Yang had.

"Now there is one thing, only Shang Gong can do it for my sister and me."

While speaking, Li Sui leaned into Jiamo's ear and said solemnly, "The Imperial Physician Ling is an important person to keep my sister's fetus safe and sound. I hope you will pay attention to it."

When Jia Mo heard the sound and thought, he felt that Li Sui gradually retreated, and then a light and fluttering words fell into the carriage.

"Niannu, send it to Jiamo."

When the carriage gradually moved away behind him, Jiamo walked towards the road he came from, and recalled the conversation just now. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and the more certain Li Sui's words meant.

The county master wanted her to find a way to keep an eye on the imperial doctor's order. Not only did she have to do it quietly, even the emperor, even the Yang family members who were connected by blood, such as the Taiwei and Taiwei's wife, could not know about it.

When Jiamo came up with this intention, and then contacted the current situation, he couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat, and only felt a coolness coming out of his back.

She knew that the princess and the queen had been dependent on each other since childhood. Although they were not sisters of a mother's compatriot, they were already close by blood.

She believed that since the county master made her act like this, it must be for the queen's good, and that was enough.

Here, the carriage is still moving slowly.

Li Sui calmly leaned against the wall of the car, closing her eyes and thinking.

Just now, she saw the surprise in Jia Mo's eyes turned to shock. In fact, even she was shocked by her unspoken suspicions.

But the moment she walked out of the Lizheng Hall, all kinds of past lives lingered in her mind, but gradually condensed into a result that made her unable to calm down.At that moment, she seemed to have suddenly figured out something.

Li Sui couldn't be sure that her suspicion was the truth, but she knew that if she went on according to the situation in her previous life, the prince died early, the elder sister committed suicide, Yuan Chengdi couldn't bear the pain of losing his wife and child, and died of hysteria and depression. The tragedy of Yang Chongyuan ushered in Yang Chongyuan's enthronement as emperor, sitting on the world.

It's all too coincidental.

In love and in her heart, she didn't want her suspicions to come true.

That child, after all, is the blood of the Yang family, the grandson of Yang Chongyuan.

But in the imperial family, is there less about murdering fathers and sons?
Li Sui, who had died once, knew that in this political battle, her family was extremely fragile. She couldn't be as naive as Yang Yan, with ridiculous trust and lack of defense, in exchange for endless betrayal.What she wants is to be foolproof, that the person who loves her beside her is safe and smooth.

The imperial physician ordered Sun Zhong's medical skills to be known to her. If the prince died prematurely, it would be God's will.

And there are a few people who can keep him silent and dare not disclose it.

Thinking of this, Li Sui is more worried now, worried that if all this comes true, how can a gentle person like my sister withstand such a blow.

"Jade slave—"

Yu Nufang, who was on the side, turned her head, and before she could answer, she saw the little lady in front of her suddenly open her eyes, and her bright eyes looked at her silently, and the low and light words entered her ears.

"Find someone for me—"

(End of this chapter)