Rebirth after waste

Chapter 126

After the Empress Dowager Ceremony, Gu Yunxian and the emperor took the same vehicle and headed towards Changqiu Palace, where they would receive worship from the harem concubine.

The emperor did not speak all the way.

Gu Yunxian looked at him from the corner of his eye for a moment, feeling something was wrong.He looked like he was suffering from illness, more like he had something on his mind.

Her thin lips were tightly pursed, her eyes were drooping, and there were many dark shadows inside, like a dark river with no bottom to see.

What happened?
However, even if she had doubts in her heart, she couldn't speak rashly.The curtain of the car window was wide open, and outsiders could see every move of the two of them. If someone saw the emperor and empress whispering to each other at such a serious time, it would be too immodest to spread the word.

All the way to the Changqiu Palace, I saw the sedan chairs of the concubines of the Six Palaces. Everyone had arrived and was waiting outside the Jiaofang Hall.

Seeing the two people, everyone hurriedly saluted.The emperor didn't make a sound, so Gu Yunxian could only smile and said: "I will go in later and give a big gift, so I don't need to be too restrained now."

Everyone stood up, Yu Zhaoyi smiled and stepped forward, "Congratulations to the Empress, Congratulations to Your Majesty."

"Zhuyang, you have a heart." Gu Yunxian smiled and turned to look at the emperor.

He was expressionless, as if he didn't hear Yu Zhaoyi's words at all.

After a while, he noticed that the concubines were looking at him carefully.Reluctantly raised the corners of his lips, he said: "Okay, let's go in."

The interior of the Jiaofang Hall has been completely redecorated, all the utensils and furnishings have been replaced with new ones, and even the orientation of things has changed. It is no longer what it looked like when Gu Yunxian moved it out three years ago.

Seeing the familiar yet unfamiliar scenery, Gu Yunxian couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

The two sat down in the upper positions, and the concubines of the six palaces stood up according to their respective positions.Yu Zhaoyi took the lead and knelt on the ground, with her right hand pressing her left hand, palm facing inward, she cupped her hands on the ground, and slowly lowered her head to the ground. , Your Majesty is safe!"

Behind him, the concubines followed Chief Ji to pay their respects, "The concubine sees Your Majesty, sees the Empress Empress, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, rest assured!"

Gu Yunxian watched everyone in the Six Palaces bow down in front of her, and his heart was surprisingly peaceful.Everything seemed to go back to many years ago, she was the mistress, and they were concubines, and they were always the ones who dwarfed her in front of her.

Nothing fancy.

"Yes." She said softly.

The concubines stood up separately. Gu Yunxian thought that the emperor would continue to be silent, and was about to greet everyone, but unexpectedly he spoke again, "It is a great joy for the queen to be restored today, and the six palaces celebrate together. I have ordered someone to prepare for you all. A reward is given."

Although he was talking about happy events, his expression was indifferent.

On behalf of the crowd, Yu Zhaoyi said: "My concubine, please thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

The emperor nodded, looking a little tired, "Okay, the ceremony is fine, let's all step back."

Everyone originally thought that the emperor would say something, no matter how bad it was, the empress Gu Yunxian would teach them a few words, but they didn't expect it to end so soon, and they were a little stunned for a while.

It was Yu Zhaoyi who was the first to react. After saluting, she led everyone away.

Seeing the figures of the concubines disappearing one after another, the emperor let out a sigh of relief.

Finally, all the people and things that should be dealt with have been dealt with, and he can let go of the tense strings of the day.

He felt so tired.

Even after practicing non-stop for two nights in the Habayashi Army as a teenager, I was never so tired.

It was as if he had just trekked through a desert where not a single blade of grass grew, and all he had seen along the way was deceptive illusions, ready to kill him at any moment.And the only thing he can do is hang his heart high and not relax for a moment.

Fortunately, the desert is finally over now.

There were only a dozen or so palace servants left in the Jiaofang hall, seeing his expression was not right, they dared not speak.

The hall was eerily quiet, and even the sound of the bead curtain being stirred by the breeze could be clearly heard.

He thought it was fine.He could finally be quiet and calm, and sort out his chaotic thoughts.

"Your Majesty?" A soft and tentative voice came into his ears, making his heart tremble.

By the way, he almost forgot.There are not only those palace people here, but also her.

She is here too.

He didn't look up, afraid that when he saw that face, he would think of something strange again.

In fact, he has been deliberately avoiding her sight all day today.The only exception was that after the successor announced the imperial decree, he noticed her gaze and couldn't help but look back.

Just at that glance, the sporadic fragments of the nightmare in the morning flashed again in my mind.

It made him almost lose his composure in public at the Empress Seal Ceremony.

Even now, he couldn't figure out how he could have such a dream.

In that dream, he saw Yunniang being designed by Bo Jinrou and Jing Fushu to overthrow Xing Wan in the plum garden, causing Xing Wan to have a miscarriage.But the self in the dream didn't believe her, thinking that she deliberately killed the emperor's descendant and gave her the death penalty.

He watched Yunniang drink the glass of poisoned wine with his own eyes, and laughed desolately before she died, hating himself for being foolish and wrong, hating himself for being too stupid.

If there were only these things, he would think it was just an inexplicable nightmare.Because in his memory, Bo Jinrou and Jing Fushu really wanted to plot Yunniang in this way, but not only did she fail to fall for Xing Wan, but she even saved her.

And he never gave her poisoned wine.

He could regard this dream as a hallucination under his headache, some random thoughts that reversed cause and effect and blurred the process.

But after Yunniang died in his dream, he actually saw her waking up in the Jingsheng Pavilion in the middle of the night.He looked terrified, as if he had just dreamed of something extremely terrifying.

Facing the darkness, she hesitated and asked, "Is it...a dream?"

At that moment, he suddenly understood.She dreamed the same thing as him.She also watched herself being framed, convicted and killed.

So, she was so scared.

After the night of the dream passed, he watched her verify the reality of the dream with his own eyes, watched her test again and again, watched her finally give up, and sat with a gray face on the porch of Jingsheng Pavilion, facing the snow-covered ground. He said to himself: "Live again?" The voice was so soft that he couldn't hear it if he was not careful, "Could it be that God sees that I am not reconciled, so give me a second chance?"

He was struck by lightning.

What happened next was what actually existed in his memory.

Yunniang went to the plum garden again, this time she was well prepared, avoided Bo Jinrou's schemes, and successfully protected Xing Wan's child under Lu Chuan's nose.

He watched her fall under the plum tree, hugging Xing Wan's weak body.The pink and white plum petals fluttered in the wind, and some of them just landed on her lips.

Such a strong color reminded him of her vomiting blood again.

shocking.

The nightmare has since ended.

He opened his eyes profusely with sweat, and in front of him was the Dazheng Palace full of kneeling people. Lu Chuan picked up the crown and held it in his hands respectfully, while he was looking at him with worried expression.

"Your Majesty, are you alright, Your Majesty?"

The fear in his eyes did not disappear, and he tremblingly said after a while: "What happened to me just now?"

"You, you seem to be in pain and confused, and you are haunted by nightmares."

Is it a dream?
Is everything so real, just a nightmare?
He clenched his right fist unconsciously, and even the joints began to turn white.After a long time, a strange smile appeared on his lips, and he said softly: "Yes. I was nightmared. It's just a dream."

The voice was not so much acknowledging Lu Chuan's words as hypnotizing himself.

Taking a deep breath, he said slowly, "What day is today?"

Lu Chuan was taken aback when he heard this question, "Today...today is the day when His Majesty will hold the conferment ceremony...."

"The empress ceremony?" He pursed his lips, "Who is the queen?"

Lu Chuan had already sensed that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to hesitate any longer when he heard the words, and immediately replied: "Concubine Gu Xian."

"Yunniang?" He suddenly realized, and muttered to himself, "Yes, that's right. It's her. I want to make her a queen."

That nightmare was so confusing that he could hardly tell what was real and what was unreal.But now he's sure.Today is Yunniang's conferment ceremony, a day they have been looking forward to for a long time.

He Jin opened the curtain and came in, only to see a room full of people kneeling inside, who were so frightened that they knelt down before they understood the situation.

"Your Majesty..." he trembled.

The emperor turned to look at him.

He Jin visibly flinched under his gaze, "Zhang Xian, Imperial Physician Zhang...has been waiting outside...."

The emperor frowned, and looked at Lu Chuan again.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan quickly kowtowed, "Damn it, I ordered He to go in and teach the imperial doctor. It's really because your majesty's dragon body violated peace, and I'm worried! Your majesty, you can punish me any way you want, please let the imperial doctor Let me show you!"

He was silent.

His temples were still throbbing, reminding him of what had just happened.

"What time is it now?"

"Every hour and every moment."

"That is to say, there is not much time left before the auspicious time?" He said softly.

"Yes……."

He looked at the flowing clouds in the distant sky, and his black eyes contained emotions that others could not understand.

As if confused, as if suspicious, and as if sad.

After a while, all these emotions dissipated, replaced by a helpless tenderness, "Today is the day when she becomes my wife again, how can I be late?"

No matter what happens, no.

"Your Majesty?" Seeing that the emperor has not answered, nor looked up at himself, Gu Yunxian frowned slightly, "I heard that you sent the imperial doctor to Dazheng Palace early this morning, did you have a headache again? ? Otherwise, the concubine will order someone to invite all the imperial doctors to show you together?"

As she spoke, she wanted to get up and tell the palace man, but he grabbed her hand.

She turned back.

The emperor slowly raised his head and looked at her quietly.

Under his gaze, Gu Yunxian felt hairy for no reason, and the uneasiness that had troubled her all morning surfaced again.

She knew that something must have happened, and looking at him like this, it seemed that some decision had just been made.

He smiled suddenly, "I'm fine, you sit down first."

She was pulled by him to sit down next to her, her hands still tightly held by him.

The force was too great, and she felt a little pain.

The emperor seemed to want to gossip with her, so he said calmly, "I remember we chatted last night, Yun Niang, you said, you believe in reincarnation, right?"

His eyes were locked on her tightly all the time, so he didn't miss the moment when she froze after hearing this sentence.

Raising her head, she replied with a smile: "Yes, I believe it."

"Why?" He stroked her cheek tenderly.

"Because my concubine believes in Buddhism." Gu Yunxian said, "Buddhism pays attention to reincarnation. Isn't it natural for my concubine to believe in this?"

The emperor said, "Is that so?" Suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of which, I remember Yunniang, you didn't believe in Buddhism very much in the past, but because your mother was devout, you helped her copy Buddhist scriptures. But now, you The letter is even stronger than the queen mother."

"Buddhist scriptures are full of profound meanings, and my concubines have benefited a lot, so I started to be devout." Gu Yunxian said.

Is that the case?

Is it because of the wonderful scriptures that convinced her, or because she has experienced life and death, so she began to believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world?

(End of this chapter)