Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 62
I know everyone is well-intentioned, but the so-called mother-daughter bond, if the mother and concubine die, I must be the most sad and painful.But sometimes people's ability to adapt is really strong when they are strong. After more than two months of illness, my mood has changed from initial shock to irritable, and finally calmed down, painfully choosing to accept the reality.

What's more, it is precisely because I am my own daughter that I can feel that it is the mother and concubine herself who is unwilling to live anymore.

At the end of August, the concubine mother was on her deathbed.That night, she woke up like a flash of light, and begged me lovingly for a long time, and I couldn't help crying again.Then she talked about the good things she had accumulated over the years, which were left to me, and which were given to Rujuan and the others to think about.

In the end, she said: "After I die, remember, Pei'er, cut off my hair, and when you marry outside, remember to burn it at the Hall of Valor."

I was surprised that the "Heroic Martial Temple" was the place where the generals who died in battle of the Great Zhou Dynasty were buried, and it had nothing to do with my mother and concubine.

Concubine Mu nodded, but she was unable to explain anymore. She turned her head to look out of the window, and murmured: "It's autumn again, and it's such an autumn. The concubine's first payment, and the front of the folding flower door. Lang Qi Bamboo horses come and grow green plums around the bed. Living together in Changganli, there is no suspicion between the two. Lu Li, Ah Li"

Lu Li, I seem to have heard this name before.But what shocked me even more was how the concubine mother would mention a man's name.Before I could change my mind, my mother, with a smile, swallowed her breath.Finished her 35 years of life.

My tears flowed instantly, and I couldn't care about anything.

On August 35th of the tenth year of Zhengzhang, Jiang Shi, who was trained as a concubine, died at the age of [-].The Empress Dowager proposed her posthumous title Huai because of her meritorious service in giving birth to the Empress Dowager, and was buried in the mausoleum of the first emperor as a concubine of virtue.

In the eyes of others, the mother and concubine's life is really smooth and silent, and even the affairs behind her are silent.But Lingxi Xuepo and the others are afraid that I will be too sad, so they come to accompany me every day, Xue Po once asked me quietly if I would like to leave the Sanshou Palace, she can ask the Queen Mother to open a small pavilion near the Fanghua Palace for me to live in .

I know she is not out of politeness, but sincerely hopes to share one or two for me.To be honest, I am very touched, after all, I am a half-sister, all these years I get along with Xue Po only because I have to be careful, and sometimes I am really angry with her princess, but there is a layer of concubine in the middle difference.But now her concern is really touching. After all, she sincerely regards me as a sister.

But I still declined her kindness. Firstly, I was reluctant to leave this place that bears so many memories of our mother and daughter. Secondly, it was because of her strange words before she died, which made me suspicious.

Could it be that besides the late emperor, my aunt has someone else in her heart?This is a suspicion that I dare not say until I die, but I still can't help but investigate a little bit.

I also asked someone to find out, if it was Lu Li that my mother might know, there really was one.It was the deputy leader of King Qi's palace who died in the battle of refugees this time. In his early years, he served as the escort of King Pingyang, the spearman of the Yulin army, and the guard of the palace.It is said that he was highly regarded by King Qi, and even married the dowry maid of Princess Qi Xu.But in general, he is just a mortal, if he didn't die for his country in the end, there would be no difference.

But it just so happened that his death was almost at the same time as his concubine's illness.

But I still noticed that he, like his concubine, came from Pingyang Palace.At that time, like his mother and concubine, he was probably fifteen or sixteen years old.Moreover, the mother and concubine did not get married within seven years after entering the palace, until King Qi became a matchmaker and could not refuse.

I searched carefully and found that on the bedside of the concubine's agarwood wood carving, there are dozens of crooked "li" characters in different shades and colors. It is not completed once or twice.
I suddenly remembered the six poems my concubine mother often chanted before she died:

Burst of the first recap, fold flower front drama.

Lang rides a bamboo horse to get around the bed to get green plums.

Living together in Changganli, the two little ones have no suspicions

If it goes any further, it will be about the married life of a merchant woman, but the concubine mother has never recited it, not because she read too little and can't remember it, but because the stories in the future have nothing to do with her.

She is a concubine from the palace, how can there be a young man who loves endlessly?
This guess was confirmed when I met Aunt Bixi, the concubine's maid, a few years after I got married.

It turned out that such a quiet lady also had such a deep and persistent love, even though it was not for her father.

Although it is difficult to accept, I know that my father has had many concubines throughout his life, and he has no shortage of women.And the concubine mother is so involuntary that she can't even say that she likes someone.As a daughter, how can I not take into account her little sorrow at the end of her life?

Concubine mother, Mr. Lu, I said in my heart, I hope you will not be so helpless in your next life.

Life is going to go on, the spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu, Zhengzhang Yizhao has ushered in his No.12 year.Although being beaten to the door of the emperor's house made the emperor lose his face, it is an indisputable fact that Tie Le is at the end of his battle. After one winter, thousands of old and weak and countless cattle, sheep and horses starved to death on the grassland, making the already barren Tiele was at a dead end, and even with powerful cavalry, he was no longer able to fight Da Zhou and had to surrender and ask for peace.This collegial meeting confirmed the fledgling achievements of the emperor's brother, and also marked the arrival of the "rule of justice" praised by later history books.

During that time, the harem was quite unsettled.Concubine Jing fell out of favor completely. Fortunately, she gave birth to a concubine, so that the emperor would still remember that there was such a person as her, but she was not convinced, and became more and more obsessed with dressing up, hoping to regain favor.Of course, it was just what she wanted.Xu Xiaoyi, who was originally favored and generous, was implicated by her uncle Xu Kechang, and her original concubine was ruined.But after all, she did not have the cultivation base of a human being, so it was inevitable that she would show some grievances in daily life. After the emperor learned about it, he was naturally unhappy and gradually left her in the cold.

And Xun Jieyu's uncle took over Jing Zhaoyin's position, which is also considered a great joy.Comparing the two sides, this pair of good sisters who entered the palace together and comforted each other when Concubine Jing was favored finally drifted away.And Xun Jieyu also has her own troubles. The most important thing in the palace is not the moment of prosperity, but the breath of the child, but she has been in favor for more than a year, but there is no movement at all. From time to time, the palace people rumored that she went to ask for medicine again. , I understand in my heart that Concubine Jing probably spread the rumors. Although there are always rumors and rumors in the harem, the groundless rumors may not be without reason.

On the contrary, Concubine Jin Gui, who was pregnant, raised her baby in the house peacefully and did not get involved in these matters.

(End of this chapter)