Queen Sun

Chapter 57 The Palace (2)
Mingda replied in a daze in his sleep, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, this is the unparalleled treasure left to him by Ruoshui, how can he let himself tell his daughter that your mother will never come back, it's not death , but a passing away more distant than death...

In Qingping Palace, the evening wind was blowing slowly, and bursts of faint fragrance came from nowhere.

Xu Hui sat in front of the window, thinking about what Zheng Ji said to herself last. His Royal Highness Yin’s surname is the eldest grandson, the first name is Zhi, and the last name is the last son. In fact, it’s not just the surname that is weird. The word implies the end, not a sign of good fortune.But if it was connected with the word "Mo Zi", her face suddenly turned pale. She had always thought that Mo Zi was just His Majesty's youngest son. Could it be that the fifteenth prince will always be His Majesty's youngest child?

So what is the difference between today's days and the past?For a concubine who has no children, she will end up going to the Ganye Temple to become a monk in the future. The doting for half a month is like irony, mocking herself who is alone in her dream.

Queen, everything started with the death of the queen. Xu Hui was finally able to say those two words in his heart. For so many days and nights, the palace has punished many people because of these two words.Until now, no one dared to say that the queen is no longer alive. Only now did she deeply understand that there are things in this world that the emperor dare not admit.

The empress and empress have a deep affection, which is known to the whole world, but what they don't know is that this affection has reached a terrifying level.The empress passed away, and the person in charge of the harem should have been Concubine Wei, but His Majesty has unilaterally overruled all opinions and delegated the power to the Crown Princess. The reason is simply because Empress Taimu passed away, and it was the Li family who took care of the Li family at that time. The daughter-in-law's empress.A pair of young princesses and princes left behind by the empress, His Majesty has always raised them by his side, without anyone's hands.What is even more unbelievable is that His Majesty actually hid the Queen's coffin, and no one knew where it was going.Now, she understands even more that in fact all concubines are just embellishments in the palace.

Then what kind of woman is it that can be deeply loved by the emperor of Tang Dynasty, and how can I be as good as her?

The next day, Xu Hui woke up with tears in her eyes. The maid who was close to her came in from the outside, but she didn't seem to see her and said, "My lady, I hope you can go over and talk about the post sent by the empress Xianfei early in the morning."

Concubine Xian?She frowned and muttered, "Let's just say that I have an appointment with the imperial concubine, and I will apologize to her another day." I remember that when she first entered the palace, Wei Guifei, who was extremely kind to herself, vaguely reminded that It's better not to get involved with the two concubines surnamed Yang.

The maid obediently responded without saying much, and her subordinates quickly changed and washed Xu Hui's clothes, and before going down, she asked: "Then the servant girl will go to the imperial concubine's palace to inform first?"

Xu Hui nodded, her mood was still disturbed, I am afraid that Concubine Wei also knew the reason why the harem has been quiet for the past three years, but she never reminded herself, why is this?

At noon, in the Anle Palace, Concubine Wei Gui sat kneeling in front of the table with a gentle face, brewing tea with her own hands, with a focused expression.

Xu Hui quietly watched the concubine's skillful movements, and couldn't help but praise: "Your Majesty seems to be very proficient in tea."

Concubine Wei smiled slightly: "There is nothing proficient in it, it's just that after staying in the palace for a long time, you will gradually free up a lot of time, not to mention tea art, what can't you learn?"

Xu Hui heard the deep meaning in her words, and remained silent, with a look of loneliness gradually appearing on her face.

"You are still young, you have to live like this in the future, even if you have to endure it, you have to survive." Wei Concubine suddenly smiled, "Are you still blaming me for not telling you about the fifteenth prince?"

"No, empress imperial concubine, I just..." Xu Hui lowered her head.

Concubine Wei smiled faintly: "It's my selfishness. I always thought that since you have such a similarity to the empress, His Majesty will see one day. If I had told you in advance, then I would have cut off your expectations for the rest of my life." , how can I bear it."

Seeing Xu Hui's distressed appearance, she continued: "You still don't understand that His Majesty's love for the past half month is the support for you to survive in the palace in the future. Five years, ten years, you can be like me now." same, slowly grow old and die in that memory.”

"The imperial concubine..." Xu Hui's tears flowed down unconsciously, and he choked up, "Why, why can't there be another way out?"

Concubine Wei closed her eyes, hiding the trace of sadness in her pupils: "You also understand, so why do you want me to say it?"

At this time, the voice of the palace lady's report came from outside the curtain: "Your Majesty, Princess Hepu has arrived."

"Let her wait outside for a while." Concubine Wei ordered, and then said to Xu Hui, "You go back through the side door first, you still have to be cautious in your words and deeds in the palace. I will block things for Concubine Xian for you go."

Looking at Xu Huiyuan's figure, Wei Gui secretly sighed, and called out: "Let the princess come in."

Princess Hepu was Gao Yang's title after marriage, but Li Lian was not happy in her heart. In fact, since she married into the Fang family, everything has never gone smoothly. Sitting in front of her adoptive mother, she gently bit her She bit her lip and said, "Concubine Mu, Lian'er has something to ask."

Concubine Wei took a sip of tea before asking, "What's the matter?"

"Yes..." Li Lian looked at the adoptive mother's unfriendly expression, hesitated for a while, and asked, "It's about the daughter's husband, and the bereavement is not the eldest son. It stands to reason that Doctor Yinqing Guanglu's official position is a rotation. But if the uncle is willing to give it up to the widow, do you think the father will agree?"

Wei Gui's face changed suddenly, he put down the teacup, and said seriously: "Lian'er, since ancient times, there has been an insurmountable insurmountable relationship between the elder and the younger, so don't mention this matter again."

Li Lian said unwillingly: "Concubine Mother, it's not that Yiai wants it, but that Fang Yizhi himself doesn't want to accept it. Isn't that okay?"

"What you said is so absurd. This Fang family has always been an upright family. If you hadn't oppressed others as a princess, how could Fang Yizhi have said such unreasonable and contrary to the emperor's favor!" Concubine Wei was furious. He said, since Li Lian got married, her rampant behavior in the Fang family has already caused a lot of trouble. Could it be that she really wants to make trouble in His Majesty's ears?

Li Lian saw that her adoptive mother, who was always gentle, was really angry, and she was also a little scared, so she reluctantly nodded and said: "Mother Concubine, it's my daughter's fault, please forgive me, Concubine Mother."

Wei Gui looked at her expression of inappropriateness, and felt a sense of disgust in her heart. If it wasn't for herself... Thinking of this, she immediately stopped her thoughts and said coldly: "I am also tired today, you should go back .”

Li Lian had no choice but to back out nonchalantly, thinking that the concubine mother could at least say a few words, who knew... Thinking of this, dissatisfaction arose in her heart, and she was even more angry at why she did not marry the eldest son of the Fang family. uneven.

On the way out of the palace, a group of people came from far ahead: "Lian'er, are you here to see the imperial concubine?" Concubine Yang Xian called to her with a smile on her face.

I don't know when Li Lian started to avoid Concubine Xian, but today, it was too late for her to leave, so she also smiled and said: "Yes, Concubine Xian, Lian Er hasn't seen you for a long time. "

Concubine Xian held a round fan, covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Our Lian'er has become more and more outstanding since she got married."

Li Lian felt unhappy for a while, and her face turned cold, but she heard Concubine Xian still laughing and said: "I heard that your husband and son-in-law are currently working under the King Wei's sect. Such a beautiful thing, others can't find it." I can't find it."

"Lian'er doesn't seem to understand what your empress said." Li Lian heard the deep meaning in Concubine Xian's words, so she said softly.

Concubine Xian's smile gradually oozes some coldness: "Ke'er happens to be at my place today, why don't you brothers and sisters have a good talk?"

Li Lian felt something strange in her heart, but when she remembered the ashes on her face when she met her adoptive mother just now, she smiled brightly, took the initiative to take the hand of Concubine Xian and said, "Okay, I haven't seen Brother Sanhuang for a long time either. Already..." A group of people walked towards Qing En Hall.

East Palace, inner hall.

At this time, His Royal Highness, who was supposed to be discussing the state affairs in the Hall of Liangyi, or planning a route to attack Gaochang with Hou Junji, was leisurely holding his eldest son who was born in March last year, sitting in front of the table and laying out the chess record.

Su Weixi came in with a pot of snacks, seeing the idle appearance of the father and son, couldn't help laughing: "Chengqian, are you so-called seriously ill?"

Chengqian took the snack from his wife's hand, pointed to his foot with unchanged expression and said: "This is what the imperial doctor said: 'If Your Highness does not take a good rest, the injury on this foot may never heal again.'"

Wei Xi embraced her son, shook her head and said, "That's what I said two months ago."

A gentle smile rose from Cheng Qian's mouth: "I will never compromise with His Majesty on that matter."

Wei Xi sighed softly: "There is no overnight feud between father and son. Since you changed the name of father, I can see that father's heartache is extremely painful. What's more, it has also affected the state affairs now. Is it worth it?"

Chengqian took a closer look at his wife and asked, "Is it because of me that someone in the palace embarrassed you?"

Wei Xi comforted his son while feeding his son snacks: "It's nothing, my father's concubine and I get along very well, even if there are some problems, Aunt Guangyue and the others will remind me .”

There was a hint of deep meaning in Cheng Qian's eyes, but he didn't say it, he just smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will go to court in a few days."

"There are some other things, I don't know if you have heard of them?" Weixi said with some concern, "I heard rumors outside, saying that it is about the reserve position."

Cheng Qian's face changed, and then he asked in a deep voice, "Where did you hear that?"

Wei Xi said softly: "Actually, in the past two years, every decision made by the emperor can make people think about things, but this time, it seems that it came from the palace."

Chengqian was silent for a while, before pondering: "You should pay attention to this matter first, it's best to ask Aunt Danyun to check it out herself, which palace and which person said it first. "

Wei Xi nodded quietly, reached out to hold her husband's hand and said, "Don't worry, we will take care of everything together, but the father..."

"Weixi!" Chengqian interrupted, "You don't need to persuade me anymore, as long as your majesty doesn't bury your mother for a day, I will never call him father or father emperor again, and don't expect me to be his Good son."

There was a hint of helplessness in Wei Xi's smile, this pair of distinguished father and son, each was more stubborn than the other, Cheng Qian even deliberately acted like a dissolute, ignorant of government affairs, and died of foot disease, which made the father angry again and again, He even hinted in public several times that King Wei could also inherit the Datong, but Chengqian acted as if nothing had happened.At first, she was a little skeptical, even a brother of the same mother, could he be so unconcerned, after all, what lay between them was the supreme imperial power that no one thought of, but Chengqian said this to himself, Xi, you don't understand, as long as Qingque and I have promised our mother something, we will never break it.That's so decisive, so until now, even though the news of Yi Chu is getting louder and louder, and even though their family has less and less contact with Wei Wang's family, she has never doubted the blood relationship between their brothers.

At the same time, the situation in the Hall of Liangyi was like a storm that was about to come, causing the ministers below to cry secretly.

The emperor had already put on a straight face, walked among the courtiers, and asked the prince and Taifu Ma Zhou: "Where is the prince? Doesn't it mean that the foot disease is almost healed?"

Ma Zhou groaned secretly, the battle between the father and son was indeed on the verge of breaking out: "Your Majesty, the prince may have to rest for a while from his injury."

"Recuperate!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "The injury suffered in Zhenguan for eight years, and he didn't hurt his feet in nine years, why did he suddenly have another problem in the past two years! It's all excuses. Uncle, spoiled one by one!"

When Changsun Wuji saw that the emperor's anger spread to him, he had no choice but to argue: "Your Majesty, the prince's foot injury is due to an old disease that has not healed and he has not had a good rest, so it suddenly flares up. This is the diagnosis of the imperial physician, not a subject. their lies."

Li Shimin glanced at his brother-in-law, held back his anger, and left a sentence: "Wuji, come with me." Then he walked away.

Changsun Wuji shook his head helplessly, and had no choice but to follow after everyone's sympathetic eyes.

Back at Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin stood by the window with his hands behind his back for a long time, as if long enough to make his grandson Wuji think that His Majesty had forgotten himself, only to hear the emperor's cold voice saying: "Wuji, after seven days , I want to be lucky in Luoyang, and I will leave it to you to take care of the accompanying matters."

Changsun Wuji was quite surprised, he thought that His Majesty would not leave the capital when he said he was marching west to Gaochang, but it seems that this time, his brother-in-law couldn't stand being provoked by Chengqian.

"I'm leaving Chang'an to Chengqian this time, let's see what he can find?" Li Shimin's tone was very flat, with almost no waves, "Wuji, I know you also don't believe it in your heart, and you must think that I put If the water is hidden, right?"

Changsun Wuji was stunned, bowed his head in silence, how could he believe this?Living people can still run, but how can a dead person disappear out of thin air?On the night Ruoshui left, only the emperor was guarding in front of the couch, but the next day, when they entered again, they were told by His Majesty that Ruoshui had disappeared, as if he had returned from Asura Hell. …

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji's silence, and suddenly waved his hands wearily: "Forget it, you go down and prepare first, you can decide the name of the accompanying officials yourself."

Changsun Wuji was also bitter in his heart, but he couldn't say any words of comfort, so he could only retreat silently, leaving Li Shimin alone in the memory that perhaps only he knew best.

(End of this chapter)