The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 566

The empress dowager's illness, the emperor completely ignored the state affairs and stayed in the Compassionate Palace day and night, serving decoctions and medicines, and taking care of the emperor's grandmother's daily life.

On December 26th of the [-]th year of Kangxi, the Imperial Hospital reported that the Empress Dowager was critically ill. The Emperor personally led the princes and ministers from the Qianqing Gate of the Forbidden City and walked to the Temple of Heaven, praying to God, praying for the loss of his own life to increase the life of the Empress Dowager. number.

I even wrote a wish article in my own handwriting, and said with tears in my eyes: "remembering my weak age, I lost my trust early, and inherited my grandmother's knees. For more than [-] years, I have been taught by Ju Yang, and I have achieved success. If there is no grandmother, the empress dowager, I will never It is impossible to achieve today’s establishment, and the kindness of the same extreme is hard to repay in a lifetime. If you have a big plan or are poor, I would like to reduce the age of the ministers, and hope to increase the life of the empress dowager for a few years."

I prayed to touch God with the righteousness of true love and filial piety. When I returned to the palace that day, the condition of the Empress Dowager really improved, and her complexion gradually recovered. There were always one or two hours a day when she was still awake.

The emperor only thought that sincerity moved the heavens, and after five days of doing great things in the palace, he went to the Fengxian Hall to thank his ancestors.

Another three days, when I went to the Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager, I saw that the person was not sleeping on the couch, so I searched for him all over the hall, but I saw Lagu Su Ma walking around the backyard with the Empress Dowager supported.

Seeing that her complexion became much calmer, she was able to walk on the ground, the emperor was naturally delighted, but besides joy, there was also hidden worry.

It was still cold at the end of winter, and I was afraid that the cold air would infect the emperor's grandmother and make her sick again, so she caught up with the first two steps to support the empress dowager, and said with half joy and half blame: "Why is the emperor's grandmother like a naughty child? Fang has improved, so there is nothing to be afraid of." Then he looked at Aunt Su Ma, and shook his head helplessly: "Aunt Su Ma is the same, so you just indulge the emperor's grandmother like this?"

The Empress Dowager laughed twice, stretched out her hand to caress the smooth forehead of the Emperor, and said infinitely kindly: "I still remember that you had acne when you were five years old, and Aijia and your empress mother took care of you day and night. , I just recovered from a serious illness and went to play in the courtyard. But I still remember that Aijia was scared to death, what was the first thing you said when I found you?"

The emperor thought for a moment and then scratched his head and smiled: "The grandson said that if you are bored on the couch, people will sprout."

The Empress Dowager also smiled: "Yeah, like the imperial grandmother, she hasn't come out for a long time, can't breathe fresh air, and always feels tight in her chest." After speaking, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes and sighed happily: "Aijia I have lived in this Forbidden City for most of my life, and this is the first time I feel that I can smell the fragrance of the Horqin Grassland in this Forbidden City."

She turned her head to look at Aunt Su Ma, and smiled deeply: "Su Ma, you should smell it."

La Aunt Su Ma took a deep breath, but it was the usual coldness in winter that burned the trachea and made people want to cough. Where is the fragrance of grass and cattle and horses from the Horqin Grassland?

But she still complied with the Empress Dowager's words and even claimed yes.

The emperor and Aunt Su Ma supported the empress dowager to go into the hall, and when she was about to enter the gate, the empress dowager suddenly stopped and said: "Su Ma, the Ai family has something to say to the emperor, you go Just watch them make medicine in the small kitchen. You know, you have served the Ai family for so many years, and the Ai family cannot do without you. No matter how nice the others are, they are not as satisfactory as you."

Aunt Su Ma nodded her head in response, before turning around to leave, she was stopped by the Empress Dowager again: "Su Ma."

Aunt Su Ma stopped and turned around, looked at the Empress Dowager with a bright face, and suddenly smiled: "What else can the Empress Dowager order?"

The Empress Dowager took a deep look at her, waved her hands and said with a smile: "It's all right, you can go."

The emperor helped the Empress Dowager to the bed, and thoughtfully took off her coat, tucked in the corners of the quilt, and took the warm soup for the Empress Dowager to hold in her arms to keep warm.

After finishing all this work, she took fresh fruits and vegetables to peel for the empress dowager. The empress dowager saw him busy and waved her hands and smiled: "Stop for a while, I don't have much appetite, and now I just want to talk to you."

The emperor put the peeled fruit on a plate, took a plain towel to wipe his hands, and sat down next to the Empress Dowager.

"It's fine that the emperor's grandmother is fine, you're going to scare your grandson two days ago."

"It's no wonder that Ai's family wants to say a few words about you. You are the emperor, how can you be so willful, leave the state affairs aside and ignore them, and protect Ai's family every day?" : "You must put the world's affairs first, and then other things."

The emperor shook his head gently: "Without the emperor's grandmother, my grandson would definitely not be here today."

"You have today, it's all about you, not at Ai's house." The empress dowager took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Xuan Ye, you are an emperor, and you have done well. When I go to Ai's house in the future, see the late emperor. Seeing Taizong, I finally have an explanation to them."

"Such unlucky words must not be talked about by the emperor's grandmother."

The Empress Dowager shook her head with a slight smile, and said with a 'hi': "What is auspicious or unlucky, taboo or not, it's all just coaxing others. I have never seen anything in my life, and I always don't believe it. "

After she finished speaking, she waved to the emperor, signaling him to get closer to her.

She leaned on the couch, and gently embraced the emperor into her arms, as if the emperor was still a child in the past, snuggling up to her knees.

"How long has it been?" She asked herself and answered, "It's been a long time since I've been so close to you. It's no wonder that Aijia is weak. You are so old, is there any reason for Aijia not to grow old?"

"Grandmother"

"These days are sick and groggy. Aijia can always think of many things in the past. Think of Zhe Zhe, think of Hai Lanzhu, think of Na Muzhong. I will also think of Emperor Taizong, the late emperor, and Dorgon. The empress dowager patted the emperor's back lightly, her voice weakened: "Last night, Ai's family had a dream, dreaming that they all came to find Ai's family. They are still the same as that time, and they are still young." .It’s not like Aijia, who has been lingering in the world for decades, and finally ended up being thinner than Huanghua, but not as comfortable as them.”

The emperor frowned slightly, and he lowered his head, quietly buried in the empress dowager's body.

At this moment, he could clearly feel the signs of life weakening.

His heartbeat gradually weakened, his breathing became cloudy, and even the hand that patted his back fell very lightly, as if there was nothing.

He suppressed his tears and did not dare to look up at the Empress Dowager. He just listened to her quietly: "Xuan Ye, Taizong's mountain mausoleum has been in peace for a long time, so don't let the Ai family move lightly. Besides, the Ai family is also reluctant to part with you father and son. When the Ai family goes away, let's place the Ai family near the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the first emperor. The Ai family wants to guard you, and wants to guard you."

The emperor choked up a little to answer the empress dowager's request, and then he let out a long sigh of relief. Lang Lang smiled and said, "That's good, that's good."

The Empress Dowager leaned back slightly, and looked out the window with cloudy eyes: "Aijia will never go back to Horqin in this life. Taizong, Dorgon, and my sister can't go back."

(End of this chapter)