Biography of Qingwu

Chapter 30 Princess Yuqi
The hasty retreat that day, every time Zhao Huaining recalled the eyes of Xiangguo Pei Yi afterwards, he would feel cold sweat all over his body, sitting alone in Qingfengyuan, that extremely secluded palace, the grass in the garden was much more luxuriant, Zhao Huaining Sitting in the inner room was restless, with a splitting headache, standing in the garden trying to take a breath, but the weather in early August had entered into a turmoil, the sun was hot, the air was dull, sweat flowed from his forehead to his eyes, Zhao Huaining wiped it , even though he was wearing the thinnest cicada silk, he was still hot and anxious all over.

Zhao Huaining had to admit that he was very flustered at this time, since he forced the palace to kill his father, killed the chief supervisor, and killed Xu Shuyi, every time he dreamed back at midnight, he would wake up, especially when he was staying in the palace, he heard Yuqi crying in the middle of the night and wanted to find his mother, and panicked , Guilt, the incomparably huge sense of guilt will once again crush his taut nerves.

Pei Yi's probing eyes broke through the weakest line of defense in his heart, and he didn't dare to look directly at the old Xiangguo who was in his sixtieth year.

Zhao Huaining went back to the inner room and lay down on the rattan chair and fell into a drowsy sleep. In his dream, he dreamed that he was in court, and Pei Yi led the ministers, holding Shang Fang's sword, pointed at him angrily, and asked, "You killed the first emperor." , killed the supervisor, killed Xu Shuyi, right?Yu Qi broke in from the entrance of the palace, looked at him with eyes full of hatred, Cao Xiu scolded him for being unworthy, King Andu pulled him off the dragon chair, the bead curtain on his head hit the ground and broke the thread He hurriedly went to pick it up, and a pair of feet appeared in front of his eyes. Zhao Huairou, king of Anjing, smiled sinisterly, and pierced his chest with a sharp sword in his hand!
Zhao Huaining woke up from the nightmare, terrified all over his body, fell off the rattan chair, the dust on the ground was thrown up by him, he coughed a few times, only to find that his whole body was already sweating profusely, and put one hand on his forehead, it was already Fine beads of sweat.

"Yating! Yating!" Zhao Huaining shouted loudly. He was always protected by the two brothers Yaying and Yating, so Yating must be nearby.

Yating thought something happened, and rushed into the courtyard, but saw that Zhao Huaining was sweating profusely, and there was no danger around him, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Zhao Huaining swallowed, his throat was still dry and painful, "It's nothing, is there any message from Xianzhou?"

Ya Ting stepped forward to help Zhao Huaining's weak body, and replied: "Not yet."

"Send a letter to Wang An, send troops to Binzhou immediately, be sure to kill Zhao Huairou, the rebellious king!" Zhao Huaining's eyes became fierce, the dream just now is a kind of command, if he doesn't act first, then in the future, It was Zhao Huairou who attacked the imperial city.

Ya Ting helped Zhao Huaining to go outside, and when he reached the long street, Ya Ting saw that there was no one on the road, so he said: "Your Majesty, please find an imperial physician to take a look, you are always sweating profusely today."

Zhao Huaining nodded, "It's just a nightmare, so there's no need for the imperial physician to come here, just ask the imperial physician to prescribe some tranquilizing medicine."

A sedan chair came in at the corner of the long street, and when it saw Zhao Huaining coming from a distance, it stopped, knelt on the ground, quietly waiting for the emperor to pass by, but Zhao Huaining stopped before the sedan chair.

Zhao Huaining said in the softest tone: "Yuqi, come down and let my father hug me."

Yuqi lifted the curtain from the sedan chair, looking gloomy, the innocent and romantic little girl had disappeared.

"Father hasn't seen Yuqi for many days, how many autumns!" Thinking of the day when he returned to the palace, Yuqi flew over, threw herself into his arms, and said with a coquettish smile that she really missed her father, After so many autumns, Zhao Huaining thought about that day, and a pain came to his heart.Maybe I keep my duty, be a prince, and Xu Shuyi may have no love in my life, but I can still respect each other like a guest, and Yu Qi will not be like this.

Jun'er carried Yuqi out of the sedan chair, dragged her to kowtow to Zhao Huaining, Yuqi was like a sad puppet, only silently kowtowed, without saying a word.

Jun'er was afraid that Yu Qi would offend His Majesty, so he immediately said: "Princess didn't sleep well last night, and now she is not energetic, Your Majesty should not blame her."

Zhao Huaining went to hug Yuqi, but she broke free.

Zhao Huaining softened his voice a bit, "Have you visited the Queen's mother yet?"

Yu Qi didn't talk to her, but her eyes were silent, and Jun'er said from the side: "Return to Your Majesty, I have already paid a visit to you yesterday."

A tinge of impatience grew in Zhao Huaining's heart, Yu Qi was indeed the child of Xu Shuyi, whenever something happened, she would use silence and alienation as a weapon, it seemed that no one needed to teach this point, both mother and daughter were born with it.

"Why doesn't Yuqi talk? Does your throat hurt? Jun'er will order Yuqi to make some soft milk cakes for Yuqi." Zhao Huaining knelt down and stroked Yuqi's face.

"I don't like milk cakes anymore." Yuqi's eyes were filled with tears, her nose was a little red, and she tried her best to control the tears that were about to burst into her eyes.

Zhao Huaining was stung by this expression. The culprit was himself, and he felt infinite guilt in his heart. He held Yu Qi in his arms, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault for not protecting your mother properly."

Yu Qi pushed him away again, and said: "Father went back to the palace that day and said that he wanted mother to make milk cake for his daughter the next day, but mother never came back. If I want to eat, I will eat milk cake made by mother. No matter how good others cook it, I won't eat it, I only have one mother, Xu Shuyi, not Jiang Huanian!"

The little girl's immature voice was resounding, she spoke firmly, her eyes widened with anger, and she did not back down at all. Zhao Huaining was stunned for a long time, and finally shed a line of tears. He had experienced the feeling of losing his mother many years ago.Seeing Yuqi like this, he was even more heartbroken and ashamed. That kind of shame was more terrifying than the accusation in a dream.

Jun'er knelt down and fell on the ground, "Your Majesty, the princess lost her mother. She had been suffering from nightmares for many days. She was depressed and didn't think about eating and drinking. Then she uttered wild words. Please read it for the sake of the late princess. Don't blame the princess." !"

Zhao Huaining raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears. He could no longer face Yu Qi. When he saw Yu Qi, he remembered the day when he pushed Xu Shuyi off the cliff with his own hands. Her panic and disappointment were vivid in his mind. He turned and said, "Take the princess back home."

Jun'er carried Yuqi into the sedan chair, and the four young eunuchs lifted the sedan chair onto their shoulders and left without looking back.

Zhao Huaining said to Ya Ting: "Go and deliver the decree to the Ministry of Rites to posthumously confer Xu Shuyi as Queen Huijia."

Ya Ting responded, and Zhao Huaining said to himself, "There is no turning back."

The desolate voice was even more desolate on the deserted long street.

Yuqi went back to Xiangyun Pavilion, the southeast corner of the palace, the most remote residence, which was chosen by herself, she just wanted to be far away from the people in the palace.Let all the attendants go down, leaving only Jun'er, Yu Qi sat on the bed, Jun'er took a fan to fan her cool.

Jun'er hesitated and said, "Princess."

Yuqi said sullenly, "Call me Yuqi, please, call me like my mother."

Jun'er's tears were almost uncontrollable, "Yuqi, if you want to have a good time in the palace, then don't fight hard with His Majesty. Our Xu family has no one, and we have no foundation in this palace, so we can only rely on His Majesty." You can only live with love and affection, and you are just a princess. I don’t know if you can understand these things. In short, our only support now is Your Majesty. You must never speak to Your Majesty like today. And the empress, you Those who deserve to be honored as queen mother, at worst should also be honored as empress, how can they be called by their first names directly!"

Yuqi nodded, "I know, this is not the palace anymore."

Yuqi actually knew it, but she was too young to describe it in many words.

"Aunt Jun'er, my mother said that you have been with her since you were a child, just like her sister. Tell me, what is my grandfather's house like?"

Tenderness appeared on Jun'er's face, "Your grandfather was the Minister of the Ministry of War, Xu Shiwen, and the Ministry of War is in charge of military resources. Your grandfather is a humorous old man. Our Xu family has a Xu mansion in the imperial city, but I and I Your mother didn’t grow up in the imperial city, she was in her hometown Zhuzhou before she was 16 years old, I grew up with your mother, I was an orphan, your grandfather saw that I was pitiful and helpless, so he took me to my hometown in Zhuzhou to be with your mother "

Jun'er narrated Xu Shuyi, Xu's mansion, Xu Shiwen, and the personnel affairs in his hometown of Zhuzhou in his memory, and Yu Qi was fascinated by it.

Yu Qi said: "I'm going to ask my father tomorrow, let's go to my grandfather's house to spend some time."

Jun'er thought that it would be good to divert her mind, she would not be bored every day, she had to abide by the rules in the palace, and it would be good to go to Xu's house, so she agreed. : "Then you have to tell His Majesty well, don't be stubborn anymore!"

(End of this chapter)