My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 1 The Blind Old Widow

In the autumn of the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty after Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Chang'an.

The rising sun is like ink, shining over the palace, casting a layer of orange-yellow that is unique to late autumn on the simple and heavy Han palace.

Within the towering palace walls, the palace residents were like ants, carrying out their work today in an orderly manner: climbing up wooden ladders, or lifting long poles, and taking down the funeral lanterns and funeral cloths that hung all over the Changle Palace in sequence. .

——Three months ago today, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen passed away and the country mourned.

And today happens to be the day when the national mourning ends.

The national mourning is over, but it does not mean that the pain of the late emperor's death has disappeared in this world.

Inside and outside the palace walls, in the streets and alleys, people's low and plaintive sobs still sounded from time to time.

But today, what came out of the Changxin Hall of Changle Palace was not the cry of Queen Mother Dou;

The person weeping for is not the deceased Emperor Taizong Xiaowen...

"Woo~wuwu..."

"Mother~"

"My daughter is too shameless to live~"

"Woo~~~wuwuwuwu..."

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Empress Dowager Dou, who had just moved into Changle Palace, was currently sitting on the royal couch, dressed in mourning clothes with a filial piety belt on her forehead;

Holding the dove stick by his side with both hands, he leaned his forehead lightly on the top of the stick, his unfocussed eyes revealed endless sadness.

Next to Empress Dowager Dou, the woman looked to be about thirty or forty years old. She had already taken off her mourning clothes, was whimpering, and was already in tears.

If you just look at the mother and daughter, this scene seems like a woman whose innocence has been ruined and who comes to the Queen Mother to cry out;
But in front of the mother and daughter, there was another slightly childish figure kneeling...

"Aunt, don't cry, don't cry..."

"Thousands of mistakes are made, it's all because my nephew's mother doesn't know how to behave;"

"Auntie, please don't take it personally or get angry again..."

Liu Rong repeated this sentence over and over again today. He didn't know how many times he said it.

Just by looking at the tear stains on the woman's face, you can tell that Liu Rong apologized and apologized in every possible way, but the woman was stunned and didn't listen to a word. She just hid beside the Queen Mother and sobbed in aggrieved manner.

Seeing this, Liu Rong had no choice but to turn sideways, took the unknown handkerchief from the palace maid's hand, and then carefully handed it forward.

While coaxing her aunt Liu who was crying to tears, she was also lamenting her own tragic fate.

"My mother..."

Counting on the fingers, it has been more than ten years since we traveled to this era;
During his more than ten years of time travel, Liu Rong had a deep understanding of how far a deceitful old woman could persecute her son.

Who is Liu Rong's mother?
It was the most famous doctor in Qing Dynasty who even surpassed Bian Que and Hua Tuo. The Taoist Master respectfully addressed him as Li Ji.

According to the original historical trajectory, in another seven or eight years, the miracle doctor would shout angrily at the dying emperor's husband: "Old dog!"

Then, with his life hanging by a thread and half of his foot in the coffin, the emperor Liu Qi, who had more air coming out and less air coming in, would be so angry that he would force himself to come over.

The story that follows is of course that the nine Li Ji clans have been eliminated, and Liu Rong, who has been promoted to the crown prince, is also deposed from the throne by the "old dog", and is granted the title of king and vassal, and does not end well...

After realizing his identity and the fate he would face in the rest of his life, Liu Rong did not know how much effort he made to avoid that extremely tragic ending.

The old lady got angry, Liu Rong coaxed her;

I was tired, so Liu Rong stayed with me;

Even though my mother got into trouble as no one expected, Liu Rong also worked hard and wiped my butt.

I thought that after ten years of hard work, I would finally achieve some results;
To this day, Liu Rong can only admit that he is helpless: To this day, he is still living a miserable life of "one person writing in blood, begging my stupid mother to stop causing trouble."

Is this not?

If you are not careful, it will be a big disaster...

"aunt……"

"aunt?"

After coaxing her for a long time and calling her with pleading words, Liu Rong still couldn't see any sign of her cries weakening. Liu Rong had no choice but to turn his eyes for help to his grandmother, Queen Mother Dou, who was standing aside.

——It doesn’t matter whether the old lady can see or not, and it doesn’t matter whether the old lady can help or not;
At the moment, Liu Rong really has no other choice...

"Okay, okay~"

"You are already so old, but you still cry in front of your nephew. Isn't it embarrassing?"

Perhaps the eye disease was not too serious, and she could vaguely see Liu Rong turning his head towards her. Empress Dowager Dou finally spoke to stop her daughter Liu's sobs.

However, although he stopped crying, Liu's prostitution did not stop there;
Wiping the tears on his face with a handkerchief, he started crying and complained. "My daughter, my daughter is the only daughter of the late emperor and the queen mother, and the eldest sister of the emperor's mother;"

"Not to mention her position as 'Mrs. Li Ji', even the queen who lives in Jiaofang Palace should leave some dignity to her daughter?"

"She was doing well. Her daughter came to visit with gifts. She didn't even have time to say a few words. She even beat and scolded her and drove her out..."

"Woo~wuwu..."

"Daughter, how can a daughter have the dignity to survive in this world~"

"Woo~~~~~wuwuwu..."

Within a few words, the air-raid siren sounded again, which made the people outside the palace frown. They wanted to cover their ears but didn't dare, so they had to move and move away.

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Liu Rong did not dare to show any impatience. However, Queen Mother Dou on the side was first annoyed by her daughter's endless crying.

"enough!"

"Have I heard less crying in the past few months?!"

"Do you have to let me, a blind old widow, cry with you, a bastard?!!"

There were a few loud roars without warning, and Liu Piao was stunned to the spot. Even the few tears that fell from his eyes stopped on Liu Piao's face in fear.

Then they saw Queen Mother Dou turning her head with a gloomy expression, frowning and looking at the eldest grandson Liu Rong in front of her.

"Does the eldest son of the emperor know what happened?"

The cold words made Liu Rong break into a cold sweat. He quickly bowed and said, "Sun, grandson knows..."

I know I know it, but Liu Rong is really too shameless to mention it...

"This morning, the emperor just issued the edict to end the national mourning, so he had to rush to find that cunning woman and feel uncomfortable!"

“Isn’t it your father who we mourn in March of national mourning?!!”

"On the day after the national mourning, we have to rush to marry Gillian?!!!"

He was already ashamed of what his mother had done, and seeing his grandmother reprimanding Liu for prostitution in front of him, Liu Rong just buried his head lower, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

Shame on you...

"okay."

"Let's end this matter."

"The eldest son of the emperor has made amends and apologized. Even for the sake of his nephew's pure filial piety, don't hold on to him anymore."

In a tone that left no room for doubt, Empress Dowager Dou ordered Liu Rong not to pursue the matter any further. Empress Dowager Dou once again cast her cold eyes on Liu Rong, who was looking for cracks in the ground.

Feeling her grandmother's eyes on her, she realized that what Empress Dowager Dou just said was not only a decision for today's events, but also a tactful farewell;

Liu Rongdang stood up, bowed to the two women in front of him, and repeatedly promised Liu Piao that he would come to the house to apologize soon, and then resigned and left in shame.

Liu Rong raised his feet and stepped out of Changxin Hall. Liu Piao's endless tears stopped and he looked to his side cautiously.

"Mother, mother?"

After a tentative word, Queen Mother Dou took a deep breath and stood up gropingly: "Stop it now."

"She, Li Ji, doesn't like Gillian, so she won't marry the emperor's eldest son."

"Don't you believe that with my old face, I can't find a good marriage for Gillian?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Piao's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly stood up to support Empress Dowager Dou, his tone full of anxiety.

"Mother~"

"Gillian, that is my mother's most precious heart~"

"If she can't become a princess, how can Gillian have a good life in the future?"

"Can the Queen Mother tolerate Gillian..."

"——Who said that if you don't marry the emperor's eldest son, you can't become a princess?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Empress Dowager Dou's calm words, and Liu Piao could not help but be startled again.

But they saw Empress Dowager Dou taking steps towards the back hall, muttering something on her lips.

"Li Ji doesn't want Gillian as her daughter-in-law. I, a blind old woman, can't be the boss of the emperor's eldest son."

"But I am also the emperor's mother after all. I have already moved out of Jiaofang and moved into Changle;"

"——The Queen Mother, whose mother is in the world, can't even decide on the matter of appointing a prince, right?"

"To appoint a prince, I still need a blind old woman to issue an edict, and then personally take the prince to worship the ancestors and report to the temple together..."

(End of this chapter)