The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 213
The hall was extremely quiet, even the breathing of the master and servant was particularly harsh at this time.

There was a faint wry smile on Rong Yue's face, and she sighed helplessly: "Then you go back to Ama for me, whether you can be the empress of the Qing Dynasty depends on the emperor's will, if the emperor likes me, I will I will accept it calmly. But if it weren't for me, I wouldn't try my best to fight for it! The Tong family has a lot of sisters of the right age. If Ama thinks that my daughter is weak and useless, she can send a newcomer into the palace. their vision."

After Rong Yue said that she lay down again, regardless of Lian Xin still kneeling, she tucked up the quilt tightly: "Ama and Er Niang know my nature best, no matter when, in any situation, I don't want to do it just to please others. Do things against your will. Lian Xin, remember what I said, everything in this world will have its retribution. You must never do anything that harms others."

May [-]rd is the death anniversary of Empress Renxiao's collapse. On this day, the emperor rushed to Changchun Palace after paying homage to her in Gonghua City.

When the emperor came, Wanyu had already rested, and Linlan was the only one left in the corridor to watch the night with a light on.She saw a flash of bright yellow from afar and panicked, she quickly knelt down to pay her respects and said: "Your servant kowtows to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live."

The emperor raised his hand and ordered her to stand up, and said with a tired face: "Your master has rested?"

Lin Lan said respectfully: "If you want to return to the emperor, today your empress will burn incense and pray to Empress Renxiao in the Fengxian Hall. She has been tossing and tossing for a whole day before returning to the palace to rest."

"Wan'er has a heart." The emperor pondered for a while, and said: "I'm going to see her, you should watch her outside."

When the emperor opened the door and entered, Wanyu had already fallen into a deep sleep.

He sat quietly on the edge of the couch and looked at Wannai, her delicate face was even more sympathetic under the hazy moonlight.Because the weather was getting hotter in summer, Wannai's forehead was sweating unconsciously, the emperor tiptoed to wipe off the sweat for her, and took the round fan that was on the desk to fan Wanya to cool off.

The wind blows and floats the blue hair, the scene suddenly feels familiar to the emperor.

When he was married to Empress Renxiao in the past, because of a high fever and serious illness one day, the emperor sat in front of the couch fanning the wind to wipe off his sweat, and guarded her for a whole day and night.Now that the old man has passed away, and there is only a new love in front of him, he can't help but sigh in his heart.

At that time, all kinds of pasts with Empress Renxiao kept coming to mind. During the daytime worship, the emperor hindered the emperor's face and did not shed tears. Now that the night is quiet, he can no longer suppress his sorrowful emotions and sobs softly.

Wan Lai slept very lightly at night, and suddenly heard the movement and slowly opened her eyes, but she caught a glimpse of the emperor sitting in front of the couch from the corner of her eye, she couldn't help being startled.

She vaguely called the emperor, and the emperor hurriedly wiped away his tears, and after a while he forced out a bitter smile: "Did I disturb you?"

Wan Lai saw that the corners of the emperor's eyes were red, and the remaining tears hung on his fine eyelashes, giving off a silver shimmer.Today is the anniversary of Empress Renxiao's death, Wan Lai immediately understands why the emperor is like this.

She is a very smart woman, so naturally she would not mention the emperor's weakness, so two dimples were sunken on her face, and she raised a warm smile and said: "Why does the emperor look at my concubine like this, without making a sound, It’s going to scare the concubine.”

"The weather is so boring today, I can't sleep at night, so I want to come to your palace to talk to you."

With the emperor's support, Wanyu got up and lit the lamps in the hall: "It's always like this in summer, the heat is always unbearable, and the emperor is worried about the state affairs and wars, so it is inevitable that he will not sleep well."

She took a sedative medicine prescribed by Bai Changqing for herself, mixed it with water, and presented it to the emperor with both hands: "If my concubine can't sleep well at night, she will feel much better with the sedative medicine prescribed by the imperial hospital, your majesty." try?"

The emperor shook his head, put the bowl on the table beside him, and said with a gloomy expression: "The mausoleum has not yet been built, and Shuyu's Zi Palace is enshrined in Gonghua City. In such a hot day, she can't rest in the ground. I can't stand her."

"Your majesty." Sitting beside the emperor, she leaned on his shoulders and comforted him softly, "Empress Renxiao is bound by the emperor's friendship, and she will surely rest in peace under Jiuquan. The concubine heard that Gong Huacheng is the celestial child of April. Then I started to transport ice from the Forbidden City to properly protect the Zi Palace of Empress Renxiao, and I think Empress Renxiao has a deep blessing, so it should be safe."

After listening to Wan Lai's reassurance, the Emperor's mood gradually became more stable: "Did you go to see Bao Cheng recently?"

Wan Lai nodded, her eyes full of love and tenderness, and she said: "Bao Cheng has become more and more handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes have added a bit of the emperor's air of heaven."

The emperor turned his head to look at her, and asked curiously, "Wan'er thinks so too?"

"Naturally, even the eldest sister and the concubine Xian said the same thing. Baocheng's body is much stronger than that of ordinary one-year-old children, and he has never suffered from illness since birth. Presumably it is because of the blessing of Empress Renxiao's spirit in heaven. "

The emperor nodded with great satisfaction, and after a moment of silence, he decided: "I told you before that I wanted to protect myself as the crown prince, but now I often dream of Shulai every night, and in my dreams she often speaks to me, saying Because she couldn't let go of Baocheng, she always didn't want to enter reincarnation. She was thinking in her heart that in order to hope that the child would grow up, she could let go of her worries as a legitimate son. Only then will I entrust her dreams to me day by day. I intend to fulfill her wish and immediately become the Crown Prince."

Wan Yu's face froze for a moment, although she knew that the emperor had such intentions, she didn't expect it to happen so soon.

In fact, Wan Yu didn't care much about when and who the crown prince was established.

She and Concubine Yi have no heirs, and even if they are lucky enough to give birth to an emperor's heir in the future, their status will not be comparable to Baocheng's legitimate son.

But the emperor's decision was so sudden, and Baocheng is only one year old now, let alone the Qing Dynasty, even looking at the ancient dynasties, there is no precedent to be found.

"The emperor is in his prime, and if he establishes a crown prince so early, I'm afraid it will provoke criticism from the officials of the previous court. Moreover, the family law of the ancestors stipulated that the crown prince should not be appointed before his death. If the emperor behaves like this, the empress dowager and the empress dowager will not agree." Will applaud."

"Baocheng is the great-great-great-grandson of the Empress Dowager, and the grandson of the Empress Dowager. Even if the two of them have slight remarks, they will not hinder them too much. As for the courtiers, the establishment of the crown must be a family affair first, and then a state affair. Say something."

Seeing that the emperor's attitude is so tough, it is not easy for Wanyu to shake his mind, so she can only obey the emperor's words and say: "The emperor's words are also reasonable, but the emperor must be concerned about the thoughts of the empress dowager and the empress dowager. Therefore, it can only be considered a good thing if it creates a rift between each other."

The emperor gently stroked Wan'er's smooth black hair, and said lightly: "I often say that Wan'er understands my heart best, and after talking to you for so long, my heart has settled down a lot."

(End of this chapter)