Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 120

Since Kangxi's first southern tour in 23 years, Emperor Kangxi sent people south many times to look for Ronghuang, but in the end they found nothing.So the emperor, unable to hold back, finally approached Concubine Yi again, threatening and luring her.

"If you tell Zhen Ronghuang's whereabouts, I will reward your family and bring your Tong family into the banner. But if you still refuse to say anything, then don't blame me for disregarding the relationship between brothers and sisters."

Compared with the first time when she faced Xuan Ye's persecution, Concubine Yi seemed much calmer at this time.She looked at Xuan Ye calmly, with a faint smile on her lips: "What does the emperor want to do?"

Xuan Ye sneered: "Don't you like the fourth elder brother the most? I took him away from you and gave him to other concubines to raise."

Concubine Yi calmly asked back: "The fourth elder brother was personally entrusted to me by the Empress before she died. Do you want the Empress to die with peace of mind, Your Majesty?"

"you!"

Concubine Yi said without showing any weakness: "Empress Xiaozhao is no longer alive, the emperor will not come again to make things difficult for my concubine!"

Xuan Ye suddenly froze all over.He took two steps back as if he had lost his soul, and finally fell powerlessly to the ground.Concubine Yi was startled, and quickly knelt down to help him, but saw the emperor turned his head away, his shoulders twitching faintly.

After all, Xuanye is her cousin, even if Concubine Yi saw this situation, she felt a little distressed.She hugged Xuan Ye silently, and said softly: "Your majesty, I know that you are sad, but it is not a problem that you are always like this. I beg you as a concubine, let go, and bury the past in the past." From the bottom of my heart, okay?"

Kangxi did not speak for a long time.After a while, he said in a low voice: "If possible, I would like to let go. Unfortunately, I can't let go, I can't forget, I can't forget!"

When he dreamed back at midnight, he often dreamed of Rong Huang, sometimes she dreamed that she was crying, and sometimes she dreamed that she was laughing.In fact, Xuan Ye didn't know that the person he dreamed of was not Rong Huang at all, but Mei Luo, Rong Huang's copy.

Rong Huang had already been completely disappointed in Xuan Ye, so she was not willing to enter his dream at all.

Xuan Ye still did not give up looking for Rong Huang.The subordinates he sent couldn't find anyone, so he made many southern tours to find her in person, but it was a pity that he never saw her again.

In the 28th year of Kangxi, the imperial concubine Tong was seriously ill.The members of the Tong family were afraid that they would lose support in the palace from then on, so naturally they refused to let it go.They followed the clues to find the person who poisoned the Tong family behind the scenes, but they didn't expect that person to be the sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren's mother, Niu Hulu Rongxin, the imperial concubine Xi.

After the incident was revealed, not only Tong Jia's people were taken aback, but even Xuan Ye was taken aback.He never thought that Rong Xin would be such a person.In his eyes, Rong Huang is gentle and quiet, and has always been "no one offends me, I will not offend others", so he took it for granted that her sister should be like this too.

He was disappointed with Rong Xin.So after the incident, he didn't go to Beisan Office to take a look at her.It wasn't until Yun Shu inadvertently mentioned in his ear that day that Rong Huang's mother-in-law Shu Shu felt that Luo Shi had entered the palace and explained something to Rong Xin that Kangxi realized that perhaps Rong Xin also knew something about Rong Huang.In the past, he always thought that Rong Xin was young and didn't know anything, but now it seems that Rong Xin is not a simple person.

So he went to the North Third Institute and saw Rong Xin for the last time.

Rong Xin still didn't say anything.

The noble man died, Ye Bilong left, Concubine Yi was critically ill, and Rong Xin refused to say anything.All the clues about Rong Huang seemed to be broken.

Nearly in despair, Xuan Ye did the most absurd thing in his life—digging up the corpse.

After many years, the emperor actually proposed to examine the queen's body, which is simply absurd.However, the [-]-year-old emperor seems to be an uncompromising emperor, and no one dares to question his decision.So the coffin of "Rong Huang" was excavated.

Xuan Ye anxiously waited for the result.Back then, the two imperial physicians, Lu Ling and Hou Zheng, and several stable wives insisted that the queen died of dystocia. At that time, he was heartbroken and cried so hard that he didn't think much about it at all, so the queen's body Then he was buried hastily.And all of this was presided over by Concubine Yi.Thinking about it now, everything that happened back then was questionable.

When several imperial physicians from the imperial hospital and the most outstanding assistants in the capital announced the result, Xuan Ye was stunned for a moment.

They actually said, not sure.

Not sure if this is the bones of Empress Xiaozhao, not sure if it is, and not sure if it is not.

This is tantamount to giving Xuan Ye hope and at the same time making him give up completely.

After the coffin was opened and inspected, Xuan Ye not only did not get relief, but fell into deeper entanglement and pain.

This entanglement lasts a lifetime.

Later, as he got older, Xuan Ye's thoughts on women faded.He still sent people to look for Rong Huang, but he would not leave the palace in person.Because his physical strength no longer allowed him to travel through mountains and rivers to find his sweetheart.

No one in this world needs another person to live a life.So Xuan Ye, without Rong Huang, still survived.

It's just that I couldn't live well.

He has suffered and been sad all his life. Although he gradually let go as he got older, the emperor has already had a knot in his heart, and it is impossible to let go.Originally, this knot should go to the mausoleum with him, but what Xuan Ye never expected was to see Rong Huang again before he died.

But on this side, it is better not to see.

In the 51st year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi was seriously ill and recuperated in the Old Summer Palace.With the help of Empress Xiaoyi's younger brother Long Kedo and others, Prince Si Ageyong blocked the Old Summer Palace.

Of course, it is impossible for Rong Huang to appear here for no reason.

As early as many years ago, because Kangxi took the princes with him on many southern tours, Rong Huang thought about meeting the fourth elder brother.She originally thought that she only had to take a look at him from a distance, and didn't intend to disturb his life, but she didn't expect Yinzhen to recognize Ronghuang at a glance.

Rong Huang was surprised and asked him at the time: "How did the fourth elder brother recognize me?"

The usually taciturn young man suddenly turned red when he heard the words: "Whether it is in Qianqing Palace or Kunning Palace, there are even several portraits of you in Chengqian Palace. I have also seen Aunt Roujia's daughter. My mother-in-law looks very similar."

When Rong Huang saw this son whom he had cared about for many years, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and finally couldn't control his emotions and hugged him violently.Tears were falling down, as if they would never end.

This is the child she lost, the child she owes the most, and the child she misses the most.Rong Huang never imagined that she would be able to embrace him like this in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River in her lifetime.Thinking that her Yinzhen didn't blame her, didn't push her away from her embrace...Rong Huang felt that this life has been completed, and there is nothing more to regret.

"You know I'm not dead, that means you read the letters in Wonderland, right?"

The fourth elder brother nodded, and told Rong Huang little by little what happened over the years.It was from this year that the mother and son began a secret relationship.

This situation continued until the 51st year of Kangxi when the emperor became seriously ill.

Over the years, Kowloon's concubine made Kangxi restless, many events were moved forward by three, five or even ten years due to the butterfly effect of Rong Huang's crossing.Kangxi was originally the longest reigning emperor in Chinese history, but due to years of indulgence and worry, his lifespan will also end prematurely.

Although Yinzhen didn't resent Ronghuang, he grew up beside Xuanye after all, and he couldn't bear to see his Ama suffer so much for so many years.So when Kangxi was dying, Yinzhen found Ronghuang, hoping that Ronghuang could send Kangxi off for the last time.

Rong Huang was actually curious about what Xuan Ye would look like later on, but she never got close to the capital for safety.This time, after the fourth elder brother ensured everything was safe, Rong Huang reluctantly sneaked into the Old Summer Palace.

It was also thanks to her appearance that she hardly changed, she changed into the clothes of a court lady and easily followed Yinzhen into the place where the emperor stayed.

After Yinzhen took her there, he shunned the maids and guards, leaving only Xuanye and Ronghuang in the room.

The old Xuan Ye lay motionless on the bed.

Rong Huang held his breath and concentrated, and walked towards the bed step by step.

She saw an expression of extreme pain on the man's old and frail face.She could hardly believe that the ashen-faced old man in front of her was the all-powerful Emperor Kangxi back then.

too terrifying.What's scary is not only Rong Huang's almost unchanged appearance for many years, but also Kangxi who is too old.

Rong Huang was as beautiful as before, almost not old, but Kang Xi looked like an old man in his dying years.Rong Huang had been separated from him for so many years, and there was no resentment or hatred in his heart.She looked at Xuan Ye now, as if she was looking at a familiar stranger.She will not gloat over Xuan Ye's situation, nor will she intervene in it.Because although he was her first man, all their previous bonds had already disappeared except for the fourth elder brother.She has two more children, and he is even more, the father of dozens of children.

Xuan Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

Rong Huang was startled, and took a step back subconsciously, before he could take the second step, Xuan Ye grabbed his wrist.His strength was astonishing, but his hand was as thin as a dead wood branch.

(End of this chapter)