Queen Sun

Chapter 2 Nirvana
One day in June of the second year of Zhenguan, the weather was extremely hot, and the entire Taiji Palace was in an atmosphere of anxiety and anxiety.The palace people cautiously shuttled through the narrow palace alleys, and did not dare to say a word when they met familiar people. The silence was so suffocating and frightening.

The Lizheng Hall, the dormitory of the Tang empress, became particularly busy and important due to the imminent delivery of the empress, and countless pairs of eyes stared at it.If it is a daughter, this will be the second princess of the Tang Dynasty. If it is a son, he will be the third son between the emperor and the empress, and also the first direct prince since the emperor ascended the throne.Therefore, regardless of gender, this child is particularly important to the entire royal family.But the queen, who had had very smooth births in the previous three times, encountered dystocia this time.

The 29-year-old emperor stood by the door of the inner hall with an ugly face. Among the concubines, the four wives who were only lower than the empress were also standing a few steps away from the emperor. Concubine Yang Shu, who had always been weak, was on the verge of collapse, and she sobbed softly when she thought of how kind the queen had been to her.Seeing this, Concubine Wei hurriedly asked the maid beside her to help Concubine Shu aside and sit down, then looked anxiously at the inner room again.

It has been a whole day, not only did not hear the cry of the baby, but also the Queen's cry was weaker and weaker, and what was even more shocking was that from the very beginning, there were pots of blood in it, the Queen was afraid this time...

What Concubine Wei was thinking was exactly what the other three were afraid of, but at this moment, no one was comforting the ninety-five-year-old emperor beside her.Because I am afraid that at this moment, in the deep palace, no one does not know that the reason why the queen's life is hanging by a thread is a woman, and she is the nesting princess Yang Shi.

Suddenly the curtain of the inner room was pulled up, and Shangguanping, the most experienced physician in the palace, stumbled out, knelt down in front of the emperor, and said mournfully, "This official is incompetent, empress... I am afraid that the empress is not well... "

The emperor's figure shook violently, and he pulled Shangguanping up from the ground. Just as he was about to yell something, he saw a sad but fearless face in front of him, but his hands suddenly dropped powerlessly, as if after a long time, he was looking at the people around him. The servant in the room ordered one sentence at a time: "Call the prince, the fourth prince, Princess Changle, and... Changsun Wuji." Speaking of this, the young emperor seemed to be unable to control his emotions for the first time. In the movie, that scene seemed to still reappear, Wuji said to himself: "I handed over my sister to you."

Suppressing the great panic in my heart, even in the fourth year of Wude, the [-] Xia army who led [-] soldiers to face Dou Jiande was not as scared as he is now, if... if... the emperor's hand starts It trembled, it was these hands... He had never hated himself like this moment in his life. He opened the curtain with trembling hands, and the frightening smell of blood flooded over. Every face inside was filled with only sadness and anger. Grief, without a shred of hope.He slowly turned his eyes to the face of his first-haired wife. That face was so pale that there was no blood, and the white dress was stained with blood. Only the struggle of the body let others know that she was still alive.

Li Shimin knelt down in front of his wife's bed, holding her cold hands. Suddenly, his wife's closed eyes opened, but they were so empty that they seemed to be out of focus, and her body tensed up. At this moment, the imperial doctor and The midwife let out a rare exclamation, followed by the weak cry of the baby.Li Shimin didn't have time to see the newborn child, he called out his wife's name loudly: "Ruoshui! Ruoshui! The baby is born!"

However, the young queen seemed to have exhausted all her strength in the last delivery just now, her eyes were still closed.The emperor pulled the imperial doctor over with one hand: "Quick! Look! Why isn't the queen awake?"

But the imperial doctor knelt down: "Your Majesty, the little prince is out of breath. Empress, I'm afraid..."

The emperor roared angrily as if he hadn't heard it: "I told you to go see the queen!"

The door curtain was pulled open again, the queen's three children and her elder brother looked at the figure on the bed in panic, and began to cry one after another.Changsun Wuji seemed to have lost his reason as a courtier. He pushed the emperor away, took his younger sister's hand, and softly called her nickname: "Guanyin maid, Guanyin maid, it's my brother."

"Brother..." The Queen's mind seemed to recover, "Peach Blossom, do you still remember the peach blossom by the well? And Brother A Liang, let's go together..." She spoke intermittently, her eyes slowly closing again on.

Everyone was crying bitterly, but Shangguanping saw that the queen's chest seemed to start to heave again, he couldn't restrain his ecstasy, and for the first time in his life, he shouted loudly in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The empress seems to be saved. "

Except for the imperial doctor, the medical lady and three or four court ladies, everyone was blocked from the inner room again.

In the middle of the night, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the news that the queen had turned the corner. Although the prince had died young, nothing was more important than the queen to the entire Tang Dynasty.

In the early morning of the next day, people who got up early in Chang'an seemed to see a whole piece of morning glow in the sky like a phoenix nirvana.

Yinshi, Liangyi Hall.

The important ministers who were waiting there for the inner court got the news of "retirement for three days", but because they had heard about the empress's unsatisfactory delivery and the premature death of the first prince, and today they did not see the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Sun Wuji. Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Li Gang and other important officials in the court were not surprised by the figure.What's more, the empress's life is safe, so that the turmoil in the court to make Yang a concubine can finally come to an end, but it's a pity for the Ninth Prince, at least most of the courtiers who only heard that the empress is virtuous and unparalleled think so of.

But there are still some ministers who have been Li Shimin's aides since the Qin Dynasty, or even earlier, have a heartfelt reverence for the queen who has spent several life and death with him. , they all have an impulse to thank the world.There is no doubt that the current emperor is a born hero and king, but as long as he is a human being, he will always make mistakes; but the empress is like a bodhisattva in the sky, perfect and flawless.

three days later.The Lizheng Palace at this time was very strange. From the outer hall to the inner hall, there were concubines and concubines standing in the harem according to their ranks, but further inside, there was no one to be seen.The inner room was still filled with the smell of blood yesterday, but today it smells of bitter medicine.The young empress already knew about the premature death of her youngest son, but what disturbed the emperor was that her face didn't seem to be very sad, it was rather weird.There was silence between the emperor and the empress, and the four wives standing aside were also reluctant to speak.

At this moment, the empress seemed to have thought for a long time, and finally spoke, her voice was still weak, but not weak: "Your Majesty discussed with your concubines the day before yesterday..." But before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the emperor Leo: "Ruoshui, I didn't think carefully about Yang's matter, so don't bring it up again from now on."

The queen heard the remorse and the closeness in her husband's tone, so she smiled slightly, but still followed the etiquette: "Your Majesty, please listen to the concubine's words. In fact, it is not necessary for the concubine personally to accept Yang as a concubine. There are so many objections, but there are two considerations that I have to say: one is that there are now four concubines, noble, virtuous, moral, and Shu, who have followed the emperor since the time of King Qin. The concubines can see them one by one, there is no fault at all, as long as the concubine is still the empress, they will never allow anyone to move their seats." At this point, she stopped and looked up at the emperor, who was a little haggard s face.

Li Shimin listened, held his wife's hand, and said in a gentle tone that he hadn't seen in a long time: "Yes, I understand, you miss the old love more than I do."

As soon as the emperor's words fell, the four concubines knelt down towards the queen, and the four couldn't hold back their sobs and were speechless.

"Get up, the tide is on the ground." The queen quickly signaled the palace maids to help the masters up, "Go out and rest for a while, I have something to trouble you later." At the same time, she also signaled the surrounding maids to step back first.

Then he continued to say to her husband: "The second is for Your Majesty. If we are an ordinary family now, the courtiers and concubines will never say anything about it. Marrying and obeying the husband, the courtiers and concubines have never forgotten this. But now Your Majesty is the supreme in the world. Wanmin's example, if he officially accepts his sister-in-law as a concubine and records it in the royal genealogy, such a violation of human ethics is enough to be spoken by the world and criticized by future generations. The emperor still remembers that the former emperor Yangdi accepted It's really a bad omen for Mrs. Xuanhua to become a concubine, and the former dynasty will be destroyed." Speaking of this, she took a deep look at the emperor, and she saw a trace of shock in his eyes. In this man's heart, the world is always more important than any woman.

Li Shimin also stared at his wife who seemed strange in front of him, feeling a little strange in his heart, but he couldn't feel anything in front of him for a while, so he held her hand tightly and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Ruoshui, I was wrong this time. You and our children are..." He even changed his address in front of his wife, waiting for the other party's response.

I saw the wife in front of me with a gloomy look at first: "Let's just assume that he has nothing to do with us." After finishing speaking, he suddenly smiled, and there was an indescribable agility in his eyes, "Second brother," he used a private conversation between the husband and wife. Said, "Then you can pay me the same."

There was warmth in Li Shimin's heart, he was still the same Ruoshui, he felt relieved, and immediately agreed: "Say it, no matter what, I will agree."

An unknown light flashed in the queen's eyes: "Second brother, after a while, I will call Sister Wei and the others in. No matter what you say, you are not allowed to object. Can you agree?"

The confident emperor smiled loudly: "It's not difficult, I just keep silent."

The queen called everyone in, and the emperor sat and watched his wife who seemed to be looking better, and listened attentively.

Concubine Wei Gui opened her mouth first: "Your Majesty, if you have anything to do, just tell me."

The Empress seemed to have had a hard time speaking before, so she drank some water before she said: "Sister Wei, you are calm and decisive in dealing with others, and I am very relieved when it comes to major matters. It happens to be able to take its strengths and make up for its weaknesses. Concubine Yinde and Concubine Yanxian are generous and dignified, and I am very relieved to entrust the harem to the four of you." At this time, the fourth lady seemed to hear something, and knelt down together. Call dare not.

This time, the queen didn't stop them from saluting, but just waved her hand slightly and said: "The Shangguan imperial doctor discussed with me yesterday, because of this delivery, my vitality will be seriously injured. Don't worry about it anymore, otherwise..." She sighed at this point, "Originally, there is really nothing I can't let go of in this palace, but the three children are pitiful. For this reason, the palace is too humid and not suitable for recuperation. I think that there is a villa on the outskirts of Chang'an, the terrain is higher than ordinary places, so I plan to live there for the first half of the year, and the four of you can discuss and handle the matters of the harem, and finally leave it to Sister Wei to decide."

The emperor listened to it for a while, and then he said in a voice: "The four of you just agree to come down."

This became an imperial decree, so Concubine Wei Gui led the other three people, thanked them with the decree, and then withdrew, fearing that it would take a while to figure it out.

There were only the emperor and empress left in the inner room, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's mouth: "So that's what you came up with."

After a long time, the empress seemed to be a little tired, she didn't look at her husband beside her, and she didn't make a sound, but she breathed a sigh of relief in private, it just happened a tough battle.Gradually, drowsiness welled up, and the eyelids slowly closed.

Li Shimin looked at his queen who fell into a deep sleep. The husband and wife of 14 years did not understand what is called Shangshanruoshui until today, but isn't it too late?The hand couldn't help caressing her white forehead, it was warm.

(End of this chapter)