Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 299 The rift between the emperor and the queen

it's all my fault.

Haitang's tears couldn't stop falling again.How many years have you not cried?The last time I cried, I was in Dongzhuang. I thought I couldn't save Xie Ruitang, so I cried at a loss.The last time I cried, I was by the river. I saw the lifeless Xie Ruitang finally had a pulse, and I cried with great joy and sadness.

This time, it was himself who killed his beloved son.He is almost ten years old, and in autumn, he can go to the hunting ground that he has been looking forward to for several years. In order to go to the hunting ground, he goes to the martial arts field to practice riding and archery every afternoon, and his uncle personally teaches him.

"Queen Mother! Queen Mother! I practiced shooting at the target today, and I hit the red heart in one shot. My uncle gave me a bow! Queen Mother, please hurry up and make me riding clothes. I also want a pocket bag like my second brother. Bigger than his!”

"How big do you want it to be? As big as a bowl? Or as big as a plate?"

"As big as a basin!"

"Is that a fanny pack of yours? I didn't know, I thought I was following a gong player."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Nowadays, the pocket bags are ready, no matter how big or small, and the people who are asking for them are gone.

"Mom, it's late at night. You should rest early. You have to get up early tomorrow." Ji'er came into the room and took the clothes from Haitang's hand, with red eyes.

Yunqi was delivered by Ji'er himself. When he was born, Yunqi didn't cry. It was Ji'er who lifted his feet upside down and slapped his butt twice, which made him cry.Ji'er also laughed and said that he could no longer wash his right hand. Long Zi had beaten him, so gold was very valuable.

"Is the emperor back?" Haitang asked.

"Your Majesty, I have something to do today, and I said I would stay at the Yangxin Hall."

Hai Tang, who just stood up and was about to leave, sat down slowly after hearing the words, and said softly: "The emperor will not come back, so I will stay in Yun Qi's room, so I can spend more time with him."

Ji'er saw that the queen didn't speak anymore, so he stepped back.I came out to discuss with Shuang'er and decided to let Shuang'er go to the Yangxin Palace to explain the book to the emperor.The queen was also heartbroken after losing her son. Even the emperor could not break her heart any more.

In the Yangxin Hall, the emperor was still sitting in front of the case, and he had not even changed from the dragon robe he wore in the main hall during the day.Spread out on the table was a policy essay that Yun Qi had sent to him yesterday. There happened to be a typo, so the emperor took a pen and drew a circle for him, then wrote the correct word next to it.

Shuang'er hooked her fingers at An Qing from a distance, and An Qing came over calmly and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here? How is the guy over there? Alas! It's really a natural and man-made disaster."

"I'm here to report to the emperor about the book. The book was not given to the young prince by the empress. I have already found out."

"That's it. You go over with a glass of honey water and tell me slowly when you get there."

The waiter next to him quickly handed over the prepared honey water.

Shuang'er walked over with the honey water and put the cup in the emperor's hand. The emperor was still staring at the article without even raising his head.Shuang'er felt a little sad.When he was young, he and his brother fled to the capital. They met the third prince, and it was he who took them in. Although he followed Miss Haitang later, it was for the sake of the current emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."

The emperor then raised his head and nodded when he saw Shuang'er.

Shuang'er knew that the emperor had agreed, so she said: "After returning to the palace, the servants examined the little prince's personal maids and the little chambermaids on duty in each room in the palace. Several people said that they saw the little prince in the empress's little room. I flipped through the books in the study, climbed to the top of the shelf, got the book, secretly hid it and took it back, and threatened the little chamberlain in the study not to tell the empress." The emperor was stunned after hearing this, and when he mentioned the high shelf, he seemed to have some impression, The book was inserted into the bookshelf by myself.He remembered that in his rage today, he threw the book on Haitang's body in front of all the ministers.
"Queen. How is it now?"

"Your Majesty didn't eat dinner either, she just sat in the little prince's room in a daze."

"Call Chang Xi, I want to go back to Xuanyun Palace."

Xuanyun Palace is just behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and it is quiet inside. There is still light in the side hall where Yun Qi lives, and the emperor walked over directly.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is back." Shuang'er stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The lights in the room were turned off, and the queen's voice came from inside: "You wait for the emperor to sleep, and tell the emperor that I have already slept in the side hall."

Shuang'er was about to say that the emperor was outside the door, but the emperor waved his hand to stop her.

He knew that Haitang didn't want to see him.The bed in the inner hall was theirs' bed. Since she wasn't going back, it would be boring to go back by herself.The emperor stood outside the door for a long time, then turned around and slowly walked back to the Yangxin Hall.

In addition to the emperor and empress, there was another person who also stayed up all night.

The Queen Mother in Moyu Palace knelt in the small Buddhist hall and knocked on wooden fish all night long and chanted sutras all night long.What she had been worrying about for so long was finally coming to her little grandson!

Although the Queen cured Concubine Su's illness last time, the rumors spread by Concubine Su and King Kang were also exposed. The rumors about the Queen's knowledge of sorcery turned into a political struggle, and the rumors about the previous harem were put to rest.

But the Queen Mother knew in her heart that the few things that Mrs. Su used to spread rumors were all true.The Queen Mother quietly asked someone to inquire, and found out that there was indeed such an evil book. It had been banned in the previous dynasty in the early years. This book has rarely been circulated in this dynasty, so there was no emphasis on it.

It is said to be an evil book because as long as you use the techniques or methods in this book to save people and go against the will of heaven, you or your family will suffer retribution.After the Queen Mother knew about it, she was always worried and uneasy, even when she saw the Queen, she was not indifferent.

Something happened to Yun Qi today, and it was related to this book, so why not make the queen mother terrified?It must be retribution, and this retribution caused her grandson to die!
The Queen Mother didn't sleep all night, and fell ill the next morning with a haggard look on her face.

The emperor went to deal with Yunqi's affairs. After struggling for a day, the queen stood beside him without even looking at him.Just when they didn't know how to ease the awkward atmosphere between the two, someone came to report that the Queen Mother was ill.

"How about we go over to see the queen together? It just so happens that you can check for her and find out what kind of disease she has." The emperor finally found something to say to the queen, thinking that after we go for a walk together, he can honestly admit it. That's right, Haitang's anger should be gone.

Unexpectedly, the chamberlain who delivered the message said: "The Queen Mother has said that the Emperor will go alone."

When the queen heard this, she saluted the emperor and said, "I, my concubine, retire."

Seeing the queen always acting like this, the emperor was unhappy: My son is also lying in the coffin, don't I feel uncomfortable?If your mother doesn't ask you to go, it's not that I won't let you go. Don't ask anyone to get it.

Haitang didn't take it seriously that the queen mother didn't ask her to go there, her heart was empty, she just wanted to find a place to hide.In the past, no matter what difficulties she encountered, Xie Ruitang was always by her side, but now she felt that the man she had loved for so many years was getting further and further away from her time and time again.

The palace without Xie Ruitang, no matter how magnificent it is, is not her home.

(End of this chapter)