The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 578 Tong Jiashi

Since that day, Chengqian Palace, which used to be full of people, has gradually become a cold palace.

The palace gate was keyed from the outside, and the imperial guards stood guard in front of the gate to prevent anyone from approaching.

Wanyu got off the sedan chair when she passed by Chengqian Palace two days later, she wanted to see what Rong Yue looked like now, but was stopped by the guards.

She looked at the gate of Chengqian Palace with gorgeous carvings and was silent for a long time, recalling all kinds of past events, she couldn't help sighing coldly.

Just as he was about to leave, there was a faint voice from inside the door.

"I know it's you."

She stopped walking, narrowed her eyes slightly and looked through the crack of the door, and vaguely saw a woman with gorgeous hair leaning on the other side of the palace gate with her bent body.

"Imperial Concubine, please stay safe."

There was a coughing sound with a wind whistle in the throat, and it took a long time to hear someone laughing: "You look forward to Ben Gong's death, but Ben Gong is destined to live, so you must be unhappy?" She paused. , the laughter became more and more shrill: "Seeing that you are not happy, I am very happy!"

Wanyan bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is worrying too much. Seeing that you are well, why is there any reason for my concubine to be unhappy?"

Rong Yue said calmly: "Don't use your tongue."

Wanyu approached the palace gate, gradually leaned down and said softly towards the crack of the door: "I remember that my mother has a half-sister named Rongyu?"

Rong Yue said: "Well, why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing." Wanyu shook her head and stood up, then turned around and got into the sedan chair under Yunchan's service.

Now in Chengqian Palace, only Yu Quezhen is serving beside Rong Yue. She was originally a death penalty, after all, the emperor wanted Rong Yue to serve him all these years, so he graciously kept Quezhen to serve him in Chengqian Palace.

Seeing Rong Yue wearing a thin cloak and sitting on the ground leaning against the door, Que Zhen felt a little anxious.

So he quickly stepped forward to help her up: "Your Majesty, what are you doing? The ground is cold, you can't bear it."

Rong Yue looked at her with a half smile but not a smile: "Is there anything I can't stand now?"

Fearing that her words would cause trouble, Quezhen winked and gestured for silence, then raised her finger to the palace gate to indicate that Rongyue has ears on the partition wall, and then helped her stagger towards the palace.

Rong Yue was afraid of the cold, Chengqian Palace was originally the warmest area in the palace, but now it has lost its popularity and there is no charcoal fire, making people panic all the time.

She was sitting on the couch, Que Zhen took out almost all the thick quilts and clothes in the palace and covered her body, but she was still shivering from the cold.

Que Zhen held Rong Yue's hand tightly, and said with distress: "Your Majesty is shaking so badly, this servant girl will warm you up with a few Mrs. Tang." She got up and wanted to leave, but Rong Yue stopped her and said, "Where is there?" Do you want the remaining firewood to warm the soup? You should keep it, you have to prepare hot water for washing and washing on weekdays. Don’t be too busy, you can talk to Ben Gong for a while.”

Que Zhen promised, and tucked up the quilt for Rong Yue.

Rong Yue's lips were slightly purple from the cold, she lightly bit the corners of her chapped lips with dead skin, and said softly: "I never thought that the person who is willing to stay by Ben Gong's side is you. Your biological mother has threatened you for many years. A few days ago your biological mother died of a long illness. I have no way to check and balance you. You can confess all my crimes in front of the emperor to seek a way out. But you kept silent , and is willing to come back to serve me.”

Quezhen shook her head and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are serious. The servant has been by your side for a long time, and has developed a master-servant friendship with your Majesty. I don't know how slaves and servants are, but my servant will definitely not betray your Majesty."

"You don't blame Ben Gong?"

Quezhen smiled warmly at Rongyue: "If it wasn't for your majesty, the life of this servant would have died long ago. Madam, don't be discouraged, Mr. Tong is thinking of you after all. Your uncle please return to Manchuria at this time. The emperor gave Tong's flag to carry the flag." Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the grace of giving the surname is for you, your empress. If you take care of yourself, there will be a day when you will turn around."

"Where do they care about my life?" Rong Yue coughed violently twice, panting heavily: "If this palace is executed by the emperor, all the officials of the previous dynasty and the people all over the world will criticize Mrs. Tong, so this palace is Tong." The lingering shadow and stain of the clan. The voices of the people are raging, and the hustle and bustle is raging. Your words and I are like murderous knives. What they want to keep is themselves. How do they care whether Ben Gong dies or not? Is it possible that you think that this palace is still alive now that it is so lingering? Just have the status of imperial concubine, even if you die in Chengqian Palace in the future, it will be Tong's honor."

Seeing that Rong Yue was coughing continuously, she hurriedly changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, take good care of yourself, and this servant will bring you a cup of hot water. There are many sweet roots left in the former palace, and using that thing to soak water to cure coughs The best, this servant will prepare it for you."

Rong Yue nodded, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and calmed down.

Quezhen turned her back, took the sweet root, put it into a cup, and added boiling water on the stove to brew it.After finishing all this, he looked back at Rongyue who was still concentrating with his eyes closed, and lightly took out a finger of brown powder from the sachet attached to his waist, with a cloudy smile on his face, without even thinking about it. Add it to its cup.

When the water was slightly warmer, he helped Rong Yue get up and half leaned on the couch, and waited for her to drink up the water in the cup one by one.

When Wan Lai returned to the palace, she saw the emperor sitting under the Ling window with a cup of hot tea and a scroll of calligraphy, as if waiting for her to come back.

She took off her cloak and handed it to Yun Chan, and softly ordered her to go out and wait on her. She sat in front of the emperor alone and asked, "Why is the emperor here?"

The emperor raised his eyes to look at her, and said with a little guilt: "Are you blaming me?"

The warm sunlight outside the Ling window shone on the emperor, reflecting his sharp-edged outline.

Wanyu refilled a cup of hot tea for the emperor, then shook her head and smiled lightly: "The concubine knows what the emperor wants, and she doesn't want to embarrass him."

The emperor fixed his eyes on her, and took a long breath: "I always feel that you are different from before."

Wan Yu still smiled brightly, and did not avoid the emperor's puzzled eyes: "How is it different?"

The emperor frowned, and quickly smiled again: "If it was in the past, you would definitely have a quarrel with me. It took me enough courage to come to see you. If I knew you were so magnanimous, I wouldn't have to worry about it. I slept all night I can't sleep anymore."

Wanyu showed a bit of a coquettish temperament, and said with a light snort: "Does the emperor think that the concubine is a small family?"

The emperor pulled her into his arms, and almost said close to her face: "I don't know if you are a child of the Xiao family, but I have something to tell you. When the chaos in Junggar is settled, in my heart, I want to Make you queen."

Wan Lai's brows furrowed deeply, and she immediately shook her head: "Your Majesty, Niu Hulu's family is not allowed to have two empresses in one dynasty. Please think twice, Your Majesty, and don't draw people's tongues."

The emperor sighed faintly, and said helplessly: "Since Yide left, the throne has been vacant for ten years, I."

"The crown prince has been established, and the concubine has ten elder brothers and one son. If he is established as a successor, then Yin will be the first son, so how should the crown prince deal with himself?"

　Remarks ①: Sweet root, licorice (scientific name: Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch) Alias: Guolao, sweet grass, Ural licorice, sweet root.Legumes and licorice are perennial herbs with strong roots and rhizomes. They are a kind of tonic Chinese herbal medicine.A kind of medicine that is very good for the human body. The medicinal parts are roots and rhizomes. The root is cylindrical in shape, 25-100 cm long and 0.6-3.5 cm in diameter.The outer skin is of different tightness, and the surface is reddish brown or grayish brown.The rhizome is cylindrical, with bud scars on the surface and pith in the middle of the section.Slight gas, sweet and special.Functions and indications: heat-clearing and toxic substances removing, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, abdominal distension and so on.

　　
　
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