The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 102

Wan Yu knelt on the hard stone slab in front of the Qianqing Palace, and the golden sunlight of autumn shone through the cracks in the withered leaves on her face.

Her thin body was bathed in the bright light and shadow, however, the golden sunlight did not bring her the slightest joy. On the contrary, in this warm sunlight, she felt as if she was embedded in the The floor was like stone bricks, hard and cold and dim, but a living person could not get out of the red-walled cage of the Forbidden City, serving his seriously ill mother to fulfill his filial piety.

There was a cool wind blowing violently, like needles with hidden sharpness piercing through, piercing into her white and creamy skin with coldness.

Wanyu couldn't help trembling a few times, only then did she see the gate of Qianqing Palace slowly open, the emperor's bright yellow body was even more dazzling in the sunlight.With a bit of pain on his face, he went down the steps and helped Wannao up, and said to her in a very gentle voice: "You go."

It turned out that when she was in a coma, Concubine Yi also begged like the emperor, she was so respected that she couldn't leave the palace without authorization, she just begged the emperor to let Wan Lai leave the palace for a day and say goodbye to her mother.

Wannai didn't have time to go back to the palace to clean up, so Liang Jiugong sent her out of the palace before the key was released, and ordered the imperial eunuchs to escort her all the way back to the mansion.

The night walk was slow, this was the first time she walked back to the mansion from the Forbidden City.

The groom was skilled at controlling the horse, the carriage did not bump at all, but Wannao's heart couldn't stop trembling.

At the end of the long street just around the corner is Niu Hulu's mansion, the accompanying eunuchs are holding the lamp in front, Wan Yu couldn't help but clenched her fists tightly, the closer she got to the gate of the mansion, the more nervous she felt.

The gate of the mansion was closed tightly, and the accompanying eunuch knocked the doorknob three times, and the person who opened the door was the servant in charge.

Ding, who was in charge, was tortured because he entered the palace a few days ago and was questioned about Shen Ye. His legs and feet were obviously inconvenient. Seeing Wannai, he knelt down emotionally, bowed to her three times, and said with tears in his eyes: "Slave, The servant kowtows to nobleman Wan."

Wan Lai helped him up, ordered him to settle down with the accompanying eunuchs, and asked Shu Shujue about Luo Shi's situation.

The servant had tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and shook his head, then went to the guest room to meet the accompanying eunuch.

At the end of the east courtyard is the east wing where Shu Shujue Luo lived.

After walking this way, the number of servants serving in the mansion has decreased by more than half compared to before.

This place was the home I was most familiar with.

But now when I come back here, I feel very desolate.

Wannai walked into the quiet and spacious side courtyard, the door of the east wing was slightly opened, looking through the crack, there were only a few candles burning inside, but it was even darker than not burning. Bottom.

She hesitated for a long time, and finally walked in quietly under the color of silver moon everywhere.

Behind him was a bird nesting on a branch, flapping its wings and landing on the ground to peck at the rice grains sprinkled by the servant. That figure looked like a black ghost, caring about its greedy mouth, but not paying attention to Wannai's footsteps.

That's right, today's Niu Hulu Mansion is still as prosperous as it was back then?

Who cares when people leave the tea to cool down?
Wan Lai pushed open the heavy mahogany door with lake blue lacquer, and a pungent rancid smell came out from inside, choking her to nausea.

She didn't know how to describe the smell.

It smelled like a dead body.

There were only three candles burning in the hall, and on the candlesticks covered with putty, the flames swayed embarrassingly with a gust of cool wind from outside, almost dying out.

Wannai walked towards the dormitory, and with a ray of bright silver moonlight, she saw her mother lying on the bed and groaning weakly, a big hole was cut in the quilt of the rear hip, revealing the gauze covered with herbs but soaked in blood.

Ama, on the other hand, stood by the couch, tightly holding her mother's hand.

Wan Lai called softly: "Ama, mother."

Only then did the two of them hear the movement, and slowly raised their heads to look at Wanyu.

He looked at Ama's graying hair overnight, and his mother's shriveled and wrinkled face like dead wood, and he couldn't help but feel pain in his heart.

Ye Bilong stood up slowly, nodded to her, then knelt down, weakly said: "Weichen." He paused, then changed his words: "Criminant, Niu Hulu, Ye Bilong, please refer to Mr. Wangui. "

Wannai was startled by this scene. He looked at Ama, who used to be so heroic in strategizing, now collapsed like a majestic mountain into ruins in an instant. She couldn't hold back her emotions anymore, tears welled up in her eyes, and stepped forward to help Yebi Long, he knelt down with a 'plop', choked up and said: "My daughter is not filial, my daughter is sorry for you."

Shu Shujue Luo Shi on the couch smiled dryly, his voice hoarse like an old crow: "Say something stupid, get up quickly, let mother take a good look at you."

Wanyu got up and sat in front of Shu Shujue Luo's couch, her eyes swept over the blood-soaked gauze, tears burst again.

I don't know where Shu Shujue Luo's strength came from, but he tremblingly raised his hand to wipe away the tears for her, Wannao grasped her withered and cold palm, kept calling 'Mother', but couldn't say anything else.

"Wanyou, it seems more beautiful than before." Shu Shujue Luo Shi coughed a few times, the vibration of her body tore her wound and hurt her, she gave a slight 'hiss', and asked again: "Yide wrote a letter saying you are very annoying If the emperor likes it, that's good. I'm afraid that you will miss your life and make you resent your mother."

Wan Lai shook her head violently with tears in her eyes, squeezed out a smile and said: "Everything is fine, the emperor treats me very well, mother, you hold on, the emperor has ordered the best imperial physician in the palace to come out of the palace to treat you, you will be safe !" She looked at Ye Bilong again, and asked, "Ama, where are the imperial physicians sent by the palace? Why don't you see them serving?"

Ye Bilong was a little embarrassed, and explained with flickering words: "We are all waiting in the kitchen to make medicine for your mother." He got up again, patted Wanyu on the shoulder, gave her a look, and said, "Ama Let's go to the kitchen to see how the medicine is cooking."

Wanyu sent Ye Bilong out of the east wing, and then saw him slumped against the beams and pillars, the moonlight outside the house was bright, Wanyu saw it for real, it turned out that Ama had been tortured beyond recognition.

Seeing Ye Bilong's hunched back, she sobbed helplessly, but she herself stopped crying to comfort her.

Ye Bilong lost his mind and smiled wryly: "This old man's life is pitiful after all. After all, he has to rely on women to survive. If it weren't for you and Yide, Ama would end up in the same fate as Aobai now, if it weren't for you Mother confessed those sins behind my back, and it should be me who is lying on that sick bed now."

He was tearful, like a lonely old man in his twilight years: "I thought that what I cared about was the power of the previous dynasty, but now it's over, everything is like a mirror image, and the family love that can only be held in my hands is held by myself. ruined."

Wanyu didn't know how to comfort Ye Bilong any more, she just wiped away the old tears gushing from his face without words.

Suddenly, Ye Bilong grabbed her hand, frowned and shook his head, and said in pain: "I ruined your life with Yide, and even your mother's life!"

(End of this chapter)