Harem Empress

Chapter 8 Losing Yafu
With her head down, Ta Xue hurriedly said cautiously: "Little master, let's talk about it after returning to the palace." Holding Ta Xue's hand, he left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

There is no bedtime tonight. It seems that tomorrow I will be the butt of jokes in the court. Let’s make jokes. Anyway, there is no loss to me. It just so happens that I don’t have to repay the Queen’s favor. Forget it, these are not my concerns of.Now I just want to know what happened in the palace that made the emperor slam the door and leave. Could it be that Concubine Yuan or Concubine Jin saw through the queen's mind and gave the queen a heavy counterattack. Is it that simple?Gently shook his head.

The summer night is not as hot as the day, and the slightest cool breeze blows to caress my cheeks. At this time, the green sleeve has already been standing outside the door of Xiangyuan Pavilion, waiting for it. With tears streaming down his face, he choked up and said, "My lord, what is going on!"

Smiled at her shallowly, wiped away the tears on Lu Xiu's face with the silk handkerchief in his hand, and said, "How long have you been standing here, aren't you afraid of mosquito bites? You see, several mosquito bites have been bitten on your face." Bao! Come, enter the house, I'll wipe it for you, don't cry." Holding the hand of Luxiu, he entered the main hall.

Since I went back very late last night, I got up a little late in the morning. I rubbed my sleepy eyes and looked around the room. It was very quiet. I combed the strands of black hair with the horns on the dressing table, "Who outside."

Lu Xiu came in with a copper basin and put it on the shelf, "What time is it?" He asked faintly, "It's three o'clock."

Since I didn't go to bed last night, I couldn't go to the Queen's Palace to pay my respects this morning. I think the Queen must be very angry at this time. I wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but in the end it was nothing. Came over and gently tied a simple hanging cloud bun for me. No makeup was applied on my delicate face, and then I put on the white magnolia flower gauze dress, which looked delicate and elegant.

"Go out and call An Guoshun over." Lu Xiu retreated in response, and An Guoshun came in after a while, and Lu Xiu gently closed the door, "My lord, what do you want?"

An Guoshun bowed his head and said: "Go out and find out what happened in the harem last night? After you find out, come back and report immediately."

"Hey, I'm going now, slave." An Guo followed his voice and retreated.Looking at the busy palace people outside the window through the thin crepe gauze, she said to Lu Xiu: "Go and get my book."

After a while, Lu Xiu took the book from the study and made me a cup of jasmine tea. The faint fragrance of jasmine was refreshing.

After a cup of tea, Taxue came in and said, "My lord, An Guoshun is back and is waiting outside." Putting down the tea in his hand, he said, "Pass." Then An Guoshun followed Taxue in, and Taxue gently After closing the door, he put down the book in his hand and asked, "How is Tan doing?"

An Guoshun saluted and said, "My lord, something happened to Lanxiang Palace last night."

Hearing the words "Lanxiang Palace", the tone of An Guoshun's words was aggravated, and An Guoshun's words were interrupted. His dilated pupil eyes were full of doubts, and he slowly fell into deep thought. There was indeed some loss in his heart. From last night to now I never doubted that it would be Concubine He. It seems that I misjudged her. In fact, like other concubines, she yearns for the emperor's favor and covets the posthumous position. The concubines are all the same.

"My lord, it was true that Lanxiang Palace had an accident last night, but it was not Concubine He, but Princess Yafu who had the accident. Princess Yafu passed away last night." "What?" Standing up abruptly, unexpectedly The teacup on the desk was swept away, and fell to the ground with a bang, Lu Xiu hurriedly picked up the broken cups on the ground, and Taxue quickly picked up a handkerchief to dry the tea on my legs, mouthing non-stop. He said: "My lord isn't lying down, my servant is going to get the burn ointment right now."

Hearing that Yafu passed away, holding his hand on his heart, it hurt like being bitten by thousands of insects, and tears fell down: "When did it happen?" Looking at An Guoshun, who was kneeling on the ground, coldly in surprise asked.

Hearing my shock, An Guoshun knelt there with his head lowered and whispered: "Haishi, I heard that the little princess was out of breath when the emperor passed by, and the concubine was kneeling in the garden holding the little princess with tears all over her face. In a daze, several high-ranking empresses in the palace have passed, and the queen mother has also passed. The emperor stayed until the early morning before leaving Lanxiang Palace."

No wonder the emperor's voice was full of anger when he slammed the door last night. Yafu is his second child. Although she is a girl, Emperor Jingyang always loves this daughter far more than the eldest prince. Yafu Fu's face appeared in front of me again, so innocent, so lively, so cute, and he sighed, "You child is innocent!"

At this time, Taxue took the scald medicine and gently wiped my scalded arm, waved his hand and said softly: "Forget it, you go down first!" Feeling a little bit of coolness, he turned his head and looked at the back of his hand, which was covered with ointment, and it was already starting to swell.

Tears flowed down again. Compared with the pain of bereavement, this pain is nothing compared to the pain of losing a child. How can the pain of flesh and blood be compared with the pain of heart? He said coldly: "Let's go to Lanxiang Palace." After finishing speaking, he walked out In the main hall, Taxue trotted up and followed, but swallowed what he wanted to say.

When I arrived at Lanxiang Palace, I was brought to Hefei's bedroom by Su Xin. At this time, Hefei was leaning on the bed, leaning on a backrest with dark flowers behind her. Her skin was already fair, but she looked even paler now, but still I could vaguely see the tear stains on my cheeks, my long black hair was draped over my thin shoulders, and I was staring into the distance with blank eyes, not aware of my arrival at all.

Until I walked gently in front of her and followed her gaze, it turned out that she was looking at the painting again, Yafu who was in the flowers, smiled innocently, her eyes began to blur, and wiped gently Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Su Xin moved over to a sandalwood chair, sat down, and gently held her pale hands. The fingers were still slender and white, but they lost the luster of that day.

"Sister." I looked at the helpless woman in front of me sympathetically, she didn't seem to hear me, she was still staring at the painting, tears dripped down her cheeks on my hand, warm The tears made me feel extremely desolate. They were tears of despair over the loss of my beloved daughter. The tears flowed down uncontrollably, and I choked up and shouted again: "Sister, I am Qin Shuang! Let me see is you."

It was a long time after I finished speaking that Concubine He came back to her senses, looked at the painting on the wall with blurred eyes and said, "Yafu likes this painting the most, and she will be very happy every time she sees this painting. But But." Concubine He was crying so hard that she couldn't speak, seeing the Concubine He now and thinking of Concubine He in the Hundred Gardens back then, it was a completely different person.I couldn't bear to lower my head, "My heart was emptied the moment Yafu lost her breath. My soul has already gone with her. What's the use of leaving this empty body?"

(End of this chapter)