After all, who lost whom: broken glass

Chapter 18 Compassionate Palace (2)
In fact, the word "Guanju" used to be a very beautiful scenery. The queen mother smiled slightly and thought: It is said in the book that Guanjujiu is in the river continent. Women who have lost their faces, do gentlemen still think they are "good guys"?
She sneered, don't even think about it!Don't think about it!No one can replace her!
However, her heart was finally desolate, so sadly desolate, so desolate to the bottom of her heart, even if the entire flaming mountain was moved here, it would not be able to warm her heart.

At this time the night was already deep, Rong Yu was in the Compassionate Ning Palace, with his eyes open looking at the roof of the tent, there were delicate embroidery on the roof, as if there was a wind blowing through it.

She comes from a humble background, so she is not as delicate as an ordinary concubine. For example, if she chooses a bed to sleep, she can fall asleep easily, but this night she couldn't sleep, probably because this is in the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

In the imperial palace of the Daewoo Dynasty, everyone knew about a place like the Compassionate Peace Palace, but very few people had actually been there, because the Empress Dowager didn't like to be lively, not only didn't she like to be lively, she rarely even saw people.When Rong Yu was in Lanling Palace, he met the Empress Dowager twice, both on important festivals. He took a look at it from a distance, because the distance was too far, and he couldn't even see his face clearly. Very white, the rest is not clear.I heard from the servants of Lanling Palace that the Empress Dowager is unsmiling, but in fact, she has been in the palace for many years, and even Empress Liu Wei has never received any rewards from the Empress Dowager—but the empress came from a luxurious background, which is not comparable to the Empress Dowager, and she probably does not care for vulgar things .

Rong Yu found herself turning around and thinking about the queen again. Although she tried her best to avoid thinking about it, the weird smile on the queen's face when she was dying, just like the existence of Guanju Palace, was always in her heart prick.

There was the sound of clappers being beaten outside the window, a long sound and a short sound, and then the sound was cut off... It turned out that it was already the second watch.

Rong Yu concentrated on falling asleep, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.She opened her eyes and looked at the roof, thinking: If you are tired, you will naturally fall asleep.She was too engrossed in looking at it, and the beams on the roof became thicker and thicker, and gradually turned around, like a spider spinning silk, getting more and more tightly entangled. After a closer look, it turned out to be a diagram of eight trigrams.Rong Yu's heart moved and he thought: How can there be such a thing in the palace?Could it be my eyesight.

Maybe it was really dizziness... She felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and she really fell asleep.

The next morning, I went to greet the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager saw her after washing, and still held her hand like the night before to ask earnestly.Seeing her appearance like this, Rong Yu thought in his heart: With such a high position and power, she is as close as ordinary people in terms of blood relationship.

Naturally, I thank my mother for her concern.

The Empress Dowager had breakfast with her. The dining table was filled with various kinds of food. After round after round, the last thing served was preserved fruit. The preserved fruit was extraordinarily exquisite. With a big appetite, she ate the whole plate. In a blink of an eye, she saw Jiang Xiao, who was standing beside her, laughing in shock, and couldn't help but blushed and said, "Rong'er is greedy..." The queen mother had a kind face, and said again and again: "Just eat if you like it." If you can eat it, it will be even better... If you like it, I will ask Jiang Xiao to send you some more in the future."

Rong Yu hurriedly got up and thanked her: "Thank you, Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager helped her up, and said: "It's sunny today, you can go for a walk in the garden with me." Rong Yu naturally agreed.

It was already summer, and the flowers in the garden were blooming very lively. Because the sky was still early and the weather was not too hot, the morning breeze would blow over from time to time, and a couple of butterflies were flying among the flowers and trees, and the colors were more beautiful.The queen mother held her hand and walked slowly, pointing out: "The fragrant one is Du Ruohengwu, this is the orchid, that is the golden kudzu, the red one is Ziyun, the green one is Qingzhi, and there are green weed, red pepper, Wuwu, Fenglian..." When Rong Yu saw these exotic flowers and plants, he felt they were rare, and then thought: But they are all red and green, why did they come up with such good names?Because it was the empress dowager's kindness, I could only listen to it all the way, and listen to the empress dowager's detailed explanation of Du Ruohengwu's fragrance method, and the golden root and purple jade have many functions of stopping bleeding and improving movement.

Rong Yu smiled secretly: It turns out that nagging is a hobby of all old people, no matter the mother of the emperor or the old woman from a poor family.Thinking about it this way, I feel that the queen mother is much closer, not as uneasy as when we first met.

The two walked very slowly, but it didn't take much effort, and they reached the depths of the flowers and trees, and the attendants gradually fell behind.The Queen Mother pointed to a clump of blue flowers and said to Rong Yu: "This kind of flower is called hyacinth. It is not a product of our country, but it comes from a country that can only be reached by crossing rivers and oceans. There are many rare things in that country. It is said that there is a kind of flower with the color It is very beautiful, and its appearance is also very handsome, but it will not bloom when it is idle. When will it bloom? It is said that it will wait until a bird called nightingale stands on its branch in the brightest moonlight, and the branch will bloom. The thorn on the chest is inserted into his chest, and then the blood bleeds, falling drop by drop on the unopened flower buds. The bird has to endure such pain and sing, singing for a whole night, and when the sky dawns, the flower It just opened—people in that country say that the nightingale's song is the most beautiful in the world, and the flowers it pours out of blood are also the most beautiful in the world."

When Rong Yu heard the words, he looked at Hyacinth and thought: Why is it that the flowers poured out of red blood are such a bright blue color?He couldn't help frowning slightly, and thought again: Ants are still stealing their lives, how can there be such stupid birds in the world?The name is nice!

Seeing her expression, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "Did you think it was a hyacinth? No, that kind of flower is called a rose."

Rong Yu said with a sneer: "Rong'er is ignorant."

The Empress Dowager said: "It doesn't matter what you don't know, it's not good to know too much."

Rong Yu was startled, unable to figure out what the Empress Dowager meant, wondering if she was using such words to raise himself, so he only squeezed a faint smile.Fortunately, the Empress Dowager came back immediately, saying: "Hyacinth is a very common flower in that country. In spring, when there is a strong wind, it can be seen all over the mountains and plains, because the flowering time is always a few days in a year, and the time is never missed." , so the name Fengxin is called, and people use it to express the meaning of keeping promises..."

Rong Yu inspected the flower carefully, it has five petals, the color gradually becomes lighter from the edge to the inside, the stamen is pure white, because it grows densely, at first glance, you can only see deep and light blue, it makes people dizzy if you look at it too much.But the Queen Mother said calmly: "...this flower was presented by King Ping Yi to the late Emperor."

Hearing the words "King Ping Yi", Rong Yu lifted his spirits and said, "Prince Ping Yi has put a lot of thought into the flowers that are so far away."

The Queen Mother turned her head to look at her, and said with a smile, "Have you heard of King Ping Yi?"

Rong Yu recalled Xin Yu's confession last night, "If the queen mother calls and mentions Liu's family affairs, you can just pretend that you don't know about it." Immediately, his back felt cold. Is there such a mother and child in the world?This is the same as preventing and avoiding each other!He said naturally: "Rong'er heard that King Ping Yi is the first king with a different surname in this dynasty. He has made great contributions to this dynasty. He must be a great hero."

The Empress Dowager was taken aback when she heard her say this, and said: "It's not bad to have made great contributions to this dynasty, are you a great hero..." She was in a daze for a while, and finally sighed: "It's not bad to say so."

Hearing that her tone was wrong, Rong Yu silently observed the Empress Dowager's expression and thought: Could it be that the Empress Dowager has something to do with him?No wonder the palace is so taboo against the Liu family... She planted the hyacinth in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, maybe it means nostalgia... There is a ballad in Qiantang saying: If I knew the tide had faith, I would marry and play with the tide... She probably also resented Liu I don't believe it.

She was dazed with thoughts, the queen mother reached out to pick a hyacinth, and said slowly: "Prince Ping Yi presented this flower, but he didn't have any good intentions..."

Hearing this, Rong Yu's face has changed. She really wanted to know about King Ping Yi, but she definitely didn't know it from the Queen Mother—knowing such court secrets is like a poison planted on her body, which may flare up at any time. Took her life.

Thinking of the word poison, Rong Yu remembered that the Queen Mother had poisoned her a few days ago, and he didn't know what kind of strange poison it was, so even the dancing horses of the Tang Sect couldn't tell the difference between a cup and a pot—— Maybe it's because of her short life that the queen mother is unscrupulous, not afraid that she will know... Rong Yu's lips were slightly pale, she was afraid of being seen by the queen mother, so she lowered her head to cover it up.Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was concentrating on the hyacinth in her hand and had no time to pay attention to her face.

"The first emperor used to have a younger brother who was enfeoffed as the king of Qi. If he can live to this day, the emperor will also call him an emperor's uncle," said the queen mother, "The king of Qi entrusted the land to be rich, and the imperial court has been fighting against Jing every year. The king of Qi took advantage of the emptiness, raised his troops into the court, and said that he wanted to clear the king's side - of course everyone knows that the king's side has nothing to clear, what he actually thought of was nothing more than the position in the Qian'an Palace At that time, soldiers approached the city, sealed the news, and the court was helpless. In the end, King Ping Yi went out of the city to ask for help, and rescued the siege in one fell swoop. Ronger, what do you think of King Ping Yi's contribution?"

Rong Yu previously thought it was the history of the imperial palace, but he didn't think so, but when he heard this, he knew that it was not the case at all, so he immediately replied: "The merits are not as high as saving one's life."

"It's such a meritorious service!" The Queen Mother crushed the hyacinth, threw it into the flowers, sneered three times, and then said: "At the celebration banquet, the great general Han Qi congratulated each other with wine, saying: "The merit of King Yi!" It is the highest, there is no reward, it is better to pass it on to the Liu family after a hundred years." The first emperor threw a cup and promised."

When Rong Yu heard that King Ping Yi led his troops to save him, he already felt that something was wrong, and now he knows the reason - the merit is too high to be rewarded, King Ping Yi is already doomed, not to mention the great general Han Qi To say—this is to dig a grave for Ping Yiwang, the boss. All the emperors hope that they will be emperors for generations to come. Even if they have to agree due to the situation, they will inevitably refuse to keep their promises afterwards.King Ping Yi probably thinks that he has the power to overwhelm the world, and he is not afraid that the emperor will not keep his promise, but he doesn't know that power is the most unreliable thing.

Not to mention that he offered this hyacinth to the emperor, as long as it wasn't for the swords and guns, the emperor would always find a way to get rid of it-the emperor would never be a gentleman, and a gentleman would never be an emperor no matter what, even if he was lucky He couldn't sit on the dragon chair, so King Pingliu couldn't sit on the throne of God after all. The one sitting in this position was Duan Xinyu.

Rong Yu thought endlessly in his heart, but he only said decisively: "It's so rebellious!"

The Empress Dowager said: "It's good that you know." Only five words were struck like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. Rong Yu thought about his behavior, there should be nothing out of the ordinary, but he didn't know what the Empress Dowager meant by these words.

The queen mother said again: "Although the Liu family is rebellious, they have made great contributions to this dynasty, and this dynasty will not treat him badly, so Luo'er is still the hereditary king of the county...so Rong'er doesn't have to worry too much about him."

Rong Yu let out a long breath, and said sincerely: "Rong'er knows."

Seeing her appearance, the Queen Mother couldn't help but smiled, and said: "After walking for half a day, the weather is hot again, let's go back to the palace, there is cold sour plum soup in the palace, you probably like it."

Rong Yu was frightened and frightened for a while, but at this moment his hands and feet were already limp, so he naturally wanted to go back quickly, so he helped the Queen Mother to turn around, and walked back along the way he came, seeing butterflies still flying among the flowers and trees along the way, but he didn't feel tired at all.

Rong Yu and the Empress Dowager returned to the main hall, and after a rest, the Empress Dowager ordered her servants to serve sour plum soup, and then the preserved fruit served for breakfast, and told Jiang Xiao, "Prepare more and put them in Concubine Rong's room."

Jiang Xiao took the order, Rong Yu was very sorry, but the preserved fruit seemed to have a special aroma, which made her want to stop, so she had to thank her again and again, the queen mother helped her up, looked at her carefully, and said: "You were frightened last night, It's not suitable to go back now, so let's stay in my Compassionate Ning Palace for three to five days first."

Rong Yu didn't know what the Empress Dowager meant, but she felt that this time when she met the Empress Dowager, she was a hundred times more kind than the previous few times. She said this out of good intentions, so naturally she couldn't take her meaning away, so she said hello.

After chatting some gossip with the Queen Mother, he retreated to his room to rest.

In the afternoon, due to some sweating during the afternoon nap, I told him to take a bath.A maid prepared a wooden bucket of fragrant flowers, and Rong Yu immersed himself in the water very happily. When he got out of the water and changed his clothes, he casually glanced at the wooden bucket, and his face changed color—all the water in the bucket turned into blood. red!She put her hands on the wooden barrel, and it took her a while to hold back her dizziness, and she also understood what the Queen Mother meant by keeping her—has the Queen Mother finally decided to help her get rid of the poison?
With mixed feelings, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

She put her hands on her abdomen, and she could vaguely touch the child's soft hands and feet, and said to herself, "How long can you protect me?"

In the next few days or so, I will just accompany the Queen Mother to visit the garden and talk in my spare time. The Queen Mother will not let her work too hard, and even the sound of silk and bamboo is rarely heard.Sometimes when the emperor brings something new, she will accompany the queen mother to meet the scene.
After taking a bath, the blood color gradually thinned, and Rong Yu knew that the poison was almost gone.

This night she still stayed in the Compassionate Ning Palace, perhaps because the poison on her body was cleared, her spirits improved a lot, she sat on the edge of the bed, took a handful of preserved fruit to eat, and casually asked a maid standing next to her that she was named Hanyan Said: "How long have you been in the palace?"

Hanyan replied, "13 years."

Rong Yu was taken aback, this court lady had no face, she couldn't tell her age, so she couldn't help asking: "How old are you?"

Yanyan smiled and replied: "25."

Rong Yu wondered: "The rule of this court is that the general court ladies will be released after nine years in the palace, why do you..."

Han Yan said: "The court ladies who have been blessed by the emperor will not be let out."

Rong Yu was startled, and looked up at her. She wanted to find any trace of sadness or sorrow from her eyes and expression, but there was none. The smoky face was like a sculpture. There is no smile, and of course there is no sadness.

Rong Yu said: "Then...will you stay here forever?"

Han Yan answered her without hesitation: "Naturally. My family members are all dead, and I have no one to rely on when I go out of the palace. The Empress Dowager is generous, and life is not difficult."

She spoke frankly, and Rong Yu seemed to be telling her own destiny... If she didn't meet Xin Yu, or if it was just a one-night relationship and he forgot about her afterwards, then she is another Han Yan—or even It's worse than smoking, because she has such a restless heart.

She lay down on her back with half a candied fruit in her mouth, the sweetness in her mouth, but she couldn't fall asleep again, she remembered the method last time, looked up the beam, her vision gradually became blurred, the sky was spinning, and it turned into the shape of a gossip diagram In a trance, she knew that Hanyan had retreated, and in a trance, she felt that she had seen that gossip image somewhere. She thought about it carefully, but she couldn't remember where she had seen this picture. It landed on the ground, and there seemed to be something on the shock, the more she thought about it, the more strange it became, she stepped towards the shock in a trance, and when her foot fell, she suddenly felt cold all over her body, she woke up suddenly, thinking When he was about to scream, he quickly covered his mouth to prevent himself from making a sound——

(End of this chapter)