Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 259 As if in a dream

The funeral was canceled immediately, and the real young emperor became a stand-in, who died without a sound, without even a beautiful burial.

Xie Yanniang couldn't help but sigh when she heard that, because of power, her biological mother was not even willing to give her son a funeral.It is estimated that at most they cried secretly twice, quietly burned some paper money, and then just uncovered it.

No wonder the eldest princess doesn't like her, the empress dowager is like this, it makes people feel cold.

The empress dowager was originally worried that the substitute would be a big deal, but at first she held it in her hands and asked about everything.

Gradually, I realized that the stand-in was really obedient and well-behaved, with a cowardly temper, which seemed easy to handle at first glance, and I couldn't help but secretly delighted.

It was God helping her, sending an obedient and timid substitute, perhaps it was God's will.

The empress dowager was relieved, and gradually hid behind her back, no longer intervening openly.

The courtiers had already had some opinions on her, but now that she retreated, many people praised her and won her a good reputation.

It's just that the stand-in still came to report after a while. Seeing that he had no other intentions, the empress dowager noticed something was wrong.

She called the maids around her to inquire around, and found that many things had been concealed by the substitute.

Immediately provoked a hornet's nest, the empress dowager was not happy.

She called the double over, waved the others away, and the two met alone.

"You kneel down for me!"

The stand-in stood motionless, with a half-smile expression on his face: "Could it be that the empress has forgotten that the emperor kneels to the sky, but he doesn't kneel to others."

"What kind of emperor are you? You're just a lowly stand-in. Why don't you kneel down for me? Make decisions without permission. Do you still have me, the empress dowager, in your heart?" The empress dowager was so angry that she grabbed a porcelain cup and threw it away. past.

The stand-in nimbly avoided, looked at the porcelain cup shattered on the ground, and sneered: "You are the one who says I am the emperor, and you are the one who says I am humble. If it weren't for me, the queen mother would still be sitting here peacefully." ?"

The empress dowager's face turned red with anger, it was really something that was not on the table, and it didn't take long to hold it up, and she had already forgotten her identity?
"Set you upright, and I can remove you. Don't forget, it's easy to find a substitute. Don't go too far. If you are angry with Aijia, you will disappear in the palace forever." No trace!"

The stand-in patted his chest, showing a scared expression: "Don't be angry, mother, I will be obedient in the future... Does the empress dowager want me to say that? It's a joke!"

He sneered, and glanced at the empress dowager with disdainful eyes: "I am the emperor, sitting on the imperial chair, no one can let me leave, even the empress mother...doesn't have the qualifications."

"Qualification? How dare you tell me your qualifications, you lowly stand-in?" The empress dowager was furious, grabbed the things at hand and threw them over.

The stand-in avoided in embarrassment, and the hem of his clothes was still a little wet from the tea.

He stretched out his hand to flick the hem of the elastic clothes, and said casually: "The queen mother misses the father, and has trouble sleeping and eating, and now she is getting sicker and sicker, so she can only rest in the palace."

"I will let the imperial doctor come to see the queen mother, let the imperial forest army watch outside the palace, and don't let people who don't have long eyes disturb the queen mother."

This is clearly to imprison her, the empress dowager couldn't help but panic: "How dare you! To imprison Aijia openly, do you think the courtiers will have no objection?"

"The queen mother is wrong. Not only will the ministers have no objections, but they still agree with it. They have endured the queen mother for too long. It is a great shame to be dictated by a woman. If the queen mother is not my biological mother and the queen of the first emperor, I'm afraid they have been given a white silk long ago."

The stand-in pursed his lips and smiled, still looking harmless to livestock, but the empress dowager shuddered when she saw it.

"Or, the queen mother can't wait to go to the Nine Springs to meet the king father? I don't mind if the queen mother is fulfilled."

"You, you..." The empress dowager trembled her hands, her face was startled and angry: "Don't think that you will be safe when you sit on the throne. There is a regent watching over you. Without the support of Aijia, you will not sit for long."

"The queen mother can rest assured that the regent has never been interested in the throne. He has promised me that he will never interfere with the royal affairs." The substitute smiled and said: "The queen mother didn't find out, is there no one to disturb our meeting? ? Thanks to the help of the regent, no one came to disturb the queen mother."

The empress dowager felt her heart ache this time, and she didn't expect the regent to get involved in this matter: "Don't think that the regent is willing to help you, he must have other plans."

"Who doesn't have ulterior motives, isn't the mother too? If I have no use value, I probably would not have known that my mother would send someone to kill me and throw it to the dogs." The stand-in said expressionlessly, and said: "If you want something, you have a weakness. If you don't want anything, it's hard to deal with. I know better than the queen mother what kind of person the regent is."

The empress dowager was trembling all over, obviously very angry.

The substitute turned around and left: "The queen mother can take care of herself, and I will come to see you again."

The door of the palace was closed, and the empress dowager sat in a daze. No one came in for a long time. Obviously, the place was really controlled by the regent and the double.

Could it be that she couldn't escape?
The empress dowager didn't notice that there were several incense burners in the corner of the hall.

Bursts of fragrance lingered in the hall, and by the time she recovered, it was too late.

After the substitute left, he went all the way back to Qionghua Hall.

In the hall, a man wearing a mask stood with his back facing him, and turned his head when he heard the sound.

The stand-in respectfully said: "My lord, the matter has been settled."

"Very well, I will take good care of your sister, and when things are done, I will let you reunite with her." With a wave of his hand, the regent left quickly.

Seeing him leaving, the stand-in collapsed and sat on the soft couch for a long time without regaining his senses.

He thought that when he was only five years old, he was kidnapped from the door of his house and brought to the palace.

A child from a poor family was sensible early on, so he soon knew that he was going to be the young emperor's stand-in.

He tried to escape, but was trapped in a dark and remote palace day after day.

If they do not do well, they will not be able to eat and will be beaten.

He had had enough, but unfortunately no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape the palace even a foot away.

He started not to eat, thinking that it would not be a bad idea to die like this.

It's just that those people threw their parents' bodies in front of him and told him that if he didn't obey, the next time he saw him would be his sister.

The stand-in accepted his fate, and honestly learned all the habits of the young emperor.

With every gesture, he is the real young emperor.

But the young emperor didn't like him, even disgusted him.Always come quietly and teach yourself a lesson.

The substitute can't resist yet, because there are people guarding him.Sometimes even in order to enjoy the young emperor, he even put medicine in the food in advance, making his hands and feet weak, and he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand to cover it.

At that time, he felt that he was not even as good as an animal, and was despised and tortured, but now he was relieved.

Thinking that her sister was by the Prince Regent's side, she no longer had to worry about it, the stand-in smiled slowly.

He watched the year when the young emperor ascended the throne, but he was not as happy as he imagined.

The emperor doesn't always have everything he wants. With the ministers watching and the people watching, he can't make a mistake.

In front of people, the young emperor looked like he was learning how to be a wise emperor from the late emperor, but when he turned around, he could only vent to him gloomily.

He heard a lot of mutterings in his mouth when he was hit. It was nothing more than that the regent was in the way, and the four major auxiliary ministers were more verbose than the other and wanted to take power, which is not a good thing.

The stand-in rubbed his forehead, and he promised the regent An'an to stay on the throne for a few years, and then he retired and took his sister away from Beijing to live an ordinary and stable life.

He can't wait to meet his sister again in a few years.

The substitute smiled wryly again, even if he had other intentions to stay, the regent would not allow it.

Thinking of the pills he swallowed, and seeing the miserable appearance of the young emperor, he had already stopped thinking about the little things in his body and mind.

A few days later, a eunuch came to report in panic: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is... crazy."

"Crazy?" The stand-in hooked his lips. Although he didn't understand what was in those incense burners, he also knew that it was definitely not something good.

Unexpectedly, it actually made the empress dowager crazy, which is not bad.

He doesn't have to kill the empress dowager, there are so many eyes and ears in the palace, it's hard to hide it.

It's good to be crazy now, so that I don't worry about it.

"Let the imperial hospital send someone over there, and I will go see my mother right now." The double pretended to go over to care, but unfortunately the empress dowager screamed in fright when she saw him.

As a last resort, the imperial doctor had no choice but to invite him out, and said carefully: "I am afraid that the queen mother will see the emperor and think of the late emperor, and feel sad. I understand that the emperor wants to be filial to the queen mother, but the dragon body is important. If the queen mother hurts you Oh no."

After all, I just told him not to come here, so he didn't have to be frightened by the empress dowager's madness.

A substitute was something he couldn't ask for, so he pretended to be sad and told the imperial physician to prescribe a prescription for the empress dowager so that she would not hurt herself.

When he returned to Qionghua Hall, he waved back and forth, and finally couldn't help laughing so much that he rolled on the bed.

This pair of evil mother and son finally ended up like this, what a joy!
The eldest princess and the son-in-law are sticky, as if they want to make up for the lost days before, and they don't hear anything outside the window at all.

Knowing that the empress dowager went crazy, it was half a month later, she couldn't help but sigh.

That old woman didn't know how many unreasonable things she had done, this must be retribution.

Not only did the retribution fall on her own son, but she herself also failed to escape.

The son-in-law was recently fed the soup stewed by the eldest princess herself, and her face was flushed, and her complexion looked much better.

When Xie Yanniang came to the door, the sick face before seeing the eldest princess had long since disappeared.

Busy every day, washing soup for the son-in-law, tailoring clothes, like the little wife of an ordinary family, taking care of everything for her husband, not to mention how happy she is.

The son-in-law felt sorry for her, and occasionally took the eldest princess to the yard to play chess, and insisted on letting her accompany him to the garden, never wanting her to be tired.

The eldest princess let him take him out of the kitchen and strolled in the yard.

She had thought about such a day countless times, but she shed tears after waking up from the dream.

Now it has been realized, but there is always a feeling that it is still in a dream.

(End of this chapter)