box of hearts

Chapter 170
He took a white silk to cover her, a girl who was once impeccably beautiful from hair to toes.She was locked in one cage for the first half of her life, and another cage for the rest of her life. When she was happy, she only had half the pregnancy period of autumn and half winter, and the other half of pregnancy period in spring and half summer. At that time, her so-called husband would give her something other than food and clothing.Qi She didn't understand why Xiangshou chose such a path. He was no longer the one who could kill their child so cruelly when he was young, and abandon her into deep-cold oblivion.She will always be his princess, her children will inherit his title, and he will give her everything except love.They will become a husband and wife in name, respecting each other as guests, and never interacting with each other. Isn't every pair of king and queen a couple like this?What a perfect ending, she should have had such a perfect ending, as long as he treated her a little bit better, maybe just a little bit, it would be enough.

Qi She rubbed the back of Xiangshou's palm with his thumb, and put the other four fingers into her cold palm.He felt that he was the biggest bastard in the world, and she—"fool", facing a white silk that was as thin as a beauty, he murmured and repeated, "little fool."

The concubine's maids cried for a while, and went back to their rooms late at night.Wanwan wiped her red eyes, put a bowl of hot noodles with shrimp balls and shredded chicken on the kang table, and then climbed up the kang, "I've been locked up for a whole day, are you frightened? Come, eat something to calm your shock." , it's all right."

The top of the kang was covered with dusty warbler branches, with knees hugged dryly, a skirt was crumpled, and a pair of big eyes looked like a deep pool on the face, with gurgling water splashing constantly, "Sister, I don't understand, Mother Yao is doing it for the concubine, but what about Youyan?"

Wanwan was a little lost in thought, the silver-plated bead flower on her hair must have been worn for a long time, the color was dirty, a little cloudy. "I can guess, maybe it's for the purpose."

"But Miss Cuiyi has been dead for so long, and besides, our mother treats Youyan so well..."

Wanwan sighed deeply, grabbed the ends of Yingzhi's hair that hadn't been rolled up in time, and curled them lightly with her fingertips, "Youyan and Cuiyi grew up together, better than sisters, and later Cuiyi Because one of Miss Duan’s cats lost her life, Youyan has been secretly sad for a long time, maybe she always holds a grudge.” Shaking her head, she sighed again, “I don’t know, women’s resentment towards women is often unreasonable Yes. Let’s not talk about it, there are no people left, and I have suffered such a torture before, no matter how serious the crime is, I should pay for it. And the princess——, alas, this thunderous turmoil hastened to pass Come on! Come on, eat quickly, if you don’t eat any more, the noodles will be soaked.”

Yingzhi obediently stopped asking questions, lowered her head, and swallowed a bowl of fine noodles that had become muddy, with tears in her eyes.

14.
One day later, the Regent's Palace announced that "the princess died of a sudden illness".For this case of one corpse and two lives, there was an edict in the palace, saying that the concubine Wang Xiangshou was "soft and gentle, gentle and respectful", and gave 1 taels of funeral silver.The Wangfu also arranged for special personnel to check the case and respectfully manage the funeral.And day and night, the monks and Taoists prayed to the altar for confession and offering sacrifices, and the sound of gongs and music to mourn could not conceal a secret rumor: the princess who was born as a "skinny horse" did not die of illness, but committed suicide.The best evidence for this statement is that after the concubine was buried, the regent wrote the book and asked for the honorary title.

On the second day after the manuscript was handed in to the palace, there was a summons, but it was not in the East Palace, but in the West Palace of Compassion and Ning Palace.The Eastern Empress Dowager Wang was also present, sitting side by side with Xihe on the porch to enjoy the flowers. Hearing Qi She say, "The minister asks for the decree", she said in a joking tone: "The regent still wants the decree? You are not always alone, Break, do it alone, do it?" These words are not only a sarcasm, but also an insinuation that Qi She has a disabled leg.So as soon as the words fell, the surroundings changed, and the eunuch Wu Ran, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly stuffed the emerald mouthpiece of the bamboo pipe in his hand, "Master smokes", which made Wang unable to speak out.

Ningyuan incense, which soothes the liver and soothes the nerves, wafts out from the hall, the fragrance is strong, Xi He still feels a surge of anger, angrily gouges out Wang's eyes, then returns to Qi She with a faint smile, the smile is full of sorrow and misfortune "Thinking about a few years ago, the treasury was exhausted, the government was corrupt, and the laws were ineffective. It was all up to the prince to judge the situation and implement reforms. Now there are no hungry people in the wild, and there are virtuous ministers in the court. Everything is due to the prince's credit. And the favor of the prince Chen Zou The scandal of hurting people and betraying officials, leading to the sudden death of the concubine, is due to the sincerity of the prince, who is too busy with state affairs and has no time to take care of family affairs. I think that the reduction of the title, my sister and I think it is unnecessary."

In the shade of the verandah, Qi She sat on a rattan stool with his hands on his knees, huge and heavy. "The empress dowager is so considerate, and I am really grateful. It's just that in the past six months, I have asked myself and reported that I have no place to be ashamed. I beg the two empress dowagers to observe the subtleties and fulfill them."

Xihe pondered for a moment, and there were two cat eyes hanging from a golden inlaid lotus flower on Tianluan's bun, and she swayed softly, "If that's the case, then remove the initials of 'Emperor Uncle Regent' Let's change it to 'Uncle Regent'. It is also the meaning of the prince's self-policing, not punishment. In addition, the prince said that tomorrow he will leave for Huairou Jiudu River's other garden "Jingjizhuang" to recuperate. The prince mourns the sudden death of the princess. Ruining Yuheng should avoid disturbance for a while, and return to Beijing after the concubine's funeral in August. It's just that it's been three months, how can it be done without a competent person around? Isn't Zhou Dun's case closed? I don't think we need to stay in prison anymore, let's go together." With a gentle smile, he turned to Wang and asked, "Sister, is this okay?"

(End of this chapter)