wedding dress

Chapter 246

Under the extra years
It was cloudy and rainy throughout July, and Empress Dowager Shengde went there on a morning when it was raining heavily.

In fact... In the hearts of many people, she was already dead.

It doesn't matter what happened to her when she was alive.After she died, the emperor would still give her some dignity—of course, this dignity was limited.

Caigu persuaded the Empress Dowager Shengci: "Madam, it's cold in Nanjing Palace, and just now...you don't feel comfortable these days, why go there in person? It's good to ask someone to do the funeral."

The Empress Dowager Shengci shook her head. Looking at the vast rain outside the door, she only said, "It's been so many years...I'll go see her off."

Empress Dowager Shengde has not yet been coffined, and she is parked in the side hall of Nanjing Palace.

If she didn't know who the person lying here was, the Empress Dowager Shengci would not be able to recognize it.

In her impression, the Empress Dowager Shengde's appearance has always been the same as when she lived in Fengyi Palace.

Wealthy, beautiful, say what you say.

But the person lying here now is haggard, with disheveled white hair all over his head, and only a sackcloth shirt on his body, his hands are tightly clenched, and his long nails are full of mud.

If you don't say it, who would know that she is the Empress Dowager Chen who once dominated the harem for decades?
Empress Dowager Shengci recalled the first time she met Empress Dowager Shengde—she was still Empress Chen at that time.

Empress Chen is wearing a tall fairy bun, which is beautifully embroidered and emerald, making people dare not look directly at it.

Empress Dowager Shengci remembered very clearly that Empress Chen looked at her coldly, with a hint of evaluation, as if she wanted to pierce her.

That look doesn't look like looking at a person, it looks like looking at an object, judging whether it is worth paying for it-and with undisguised disgust.

At that time, she didn't know what was waiting for her.

Later, she served the Empress Dowager Shengde for many years, and she was very careful to save her life.

Slowly, many things I didn't know before, I gradually learned later.

The emperor must marry the daughter of the Chen family, but it is said that the eldest daughter of the Chen family was going to enter the palace at that time, but for some reason, the youngest daughter was the one who was conferred the queen.

The eldest lady of the Chen family went to the palace to pay her respects after leaving the cabinet.In terms of being beautiful, intelligent, and dignified, this eldest lady is far better than Empress Chen.

Seeing that the pair of sisters were not getting along harmoniously, she couldn't help but have a thought - if it was this young lady who became the queen, then maybe her life would be easier, right?At least, this young lady seems to have a good temper and good manners.If you serve her, I'm afraid you won't be as prone to blame as you are when you serve the current Empress Chen.

The days when the emperor favored her were not many, and one time the emperor was half drunk and told her about it.

"She has her advantages... At least, what she's thinking can be seen from her face. If it's a successful one, the Chen family will be even more troublesome in the future..."

She pretended not to hear it, and dared not tell others.

I used to think that the emperor and the empress were a husband and wife, but later I gradually realized that the emperor is the emperor, but behind the empress is a series of relatives. The emperor's relatives are as close as a family when they are needed. I can't get rid of the tail...

If the queen is someone who has a city and a wrist, it is naturally not a good thing for the emperor.

She didn't dare to think deeply about those things, nor could she.

Besides, she didn't understand either.

She didn't know how to deal with these people, let alone calculate like them.

She only lives cautiously, thinking nothing in her heart, and showing nothing on her face.

She doesn't quite remember the days before entering the palace, as if she once laughed heartily at that time, running and chasing in the fields with her cousins, holding a pole to beat unripe dates, and building an earth dam by the river Catching fish, I remember catching several big fish, but there was no basket to put them in. One of the cousins ​​took off his clothes and wrapped the fish in it and took it back. He thought he could drink the fish soup, but when he went back, he was beaten by himself. scold……

Those distant things seem to be the same as in the previous life.

After entering the palace, it seemed that he hadn't laughed. There were endless errands in Yeting Palace, and he was afraid of making mistakes.After leaving the Yeting Palace, it was only more dangerous than before.She saw with her own eyes that Empress Chen beat the palace servants to death for no reason, and was punished to kneel after giving birth to a child before the puerperium period expired...

But she was still alive.

Live longer than anyone else.

The biological son of the former emperor and Empress Dowager Shengde, Prince Yuan, Concubine Cui, Zhu Jieyu... and many others...

Now even Empress Dowager Shotoku has gone.

They all left, leaving her alone.

Standing here, Caigu felt a cold air rushing up from the soles of her feet, feeling uncomfortable all over. She took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty..."

The Empress Dowager Shengci shook her hand, Caigu could only shut her mouth and step aside.

Caigu has served the Empress Dowager Shengci for more than ten or twenty years, and she has seen how eminent and majestic the Empress Dowager Shengde is, and how the Empress Dowager Shengci endured her grievances.

If Cai Gu is the Empress Dowager Shengci instead, this person will die as soon as he dies, why should he come and see him?Could it be that he still mourns her?It is magnanimous enough not to add insult to injury.

Caigu guessed the Empress Dowager Shengci's intentions, and said in a low voice: "Actually, it's not that the people in Nanjing Palace dare to be harsh and harsh... I heard that other clothes would be torn to pieces by her, and I can't let her be naked. It's not decent, so I wear this for her, at least it won't be broken. I don't dare to wear jewelry for her, she stuffs everything into her mouth. Not a few people in Nanjing Palace were beaten and scratched by her. Let her stay in the small courtyard and be guarded by eunuchs..."

"In fact, she had several chances to kill me back then, but by mistake, she didn't do it when she could, and regretted it, and there was no chance again. First she was concerned about the first emperor, and later she was worried about the emperor and King An... ..." The Empress Dowager Shengci sighed: "Actually, what the late emperor said was right. She has a bad temper and a straight temper. She is not made to be a queen. Although she has been beautiful for so many years, in the end..."

Caigu didn't dare to continue with these words, she just said: "Madam, it's cold and dirty here, let's go back first."

Fortunately, this time the Empress Dowager Shengci listened to the persuasion, Caigu heaved a long sigh of relief.

The weather was gloomy, and it began to rain when we left the South View Palace.Caigu helped the Empress Dowager Shengci to get on the chariot, and followed behind with her umbrella open.

The rain was getting tighter, and someone was seen rushing from the other end of the palace road from a distance.

Empress Dowager Shengci said suspiciously: "Stop."

Caigu stepped forward quickly: "Your Majesty, it looks like she is next to the Emperor..."

Needless to say, Empress Dowager Shengci has also seen it.

When the man came close, he knelt in the rain and tremblingly said, "Empress Dowager, His Royal Highness the Third Prince... has died."

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Why am I stuck at the end every time. .

It's been really bad these days.

(End of this chapter)