Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 298
The next morning, of course, was the morning the emperor thought.

When Chen Wenxin was woken up, the hour hand on the pocket watch pointed to 4.

She thought she was dreaming, so she lay down again in a daze.

"Nian Nian, it's time to get up."

The emperor came to call her in person, she opened her eyes dimly, and saw that the emperor had already dressed and washed.

"Oh……"

She didn't seem to wake up yet, her eyes were half-closed, and her hands were wrapped around the emperor's neck.

The emperor straightened his back and took her up from the bed.

It was better when she was away from the bed, and Bai Lu helped her to change and wash, and she gradually regained consciousness.

"Bai Lu, bring me my pocket watch."

Bai Lu said softly: "Master, isn't the pocket watch on your body? And..."

Before she could finish the second half of her sentence, she saw Chen Wenxin touching her body, and finally took out the pocket watch full of jewels.

"What, it's only four o'clock! I just dreamed that I got up at four o'clock!"

Chen Wenxin was crying, can it be called morning at four o'clock?
It's still night!

It's still dark outside!
Bai Lu looked helpless, why did she dream of getting up at four o'clock?Obviously she just looked at the watch once.

Bai Lu wanted to say this in the second half of the sentence, but was interrupted by Chen Wenxin.

Seeing her bitter face, Bai Lu looked at the emperor who had already had breakfast in the outer room, and lowered his voice.

"Master, the emperor wants to go back to Beijing to meet the empress dowager as soon as possible. Just let this day be a grievance, ah."

When the Empress Dowager was mentioned, Chen Wen felt sober.

It's because she got up too early today, which made her confused and forgot about the great event of the Empress Dowager.

She put on layers of clothes in a hurry, "Oh, don't wear these for now. With so many clothes, I can't lift my hands to eat breakfast."

She had already put on three sets of clothes, and she sternly rejected Bai Lu's move to put on the fourth one.

Bai Lu thought that it would be fine to wear it after dinner, since she was still indoors, warmed by a charcoal stove.

When Chen Wenxin sat beside the emperor, the emperor happened to have not finished his breakfast.

She was in a hurry to start, the emperor handed over a cup of hot milk tea first, "Warm up first before eating. It's still a bit dark, so I can't leave now."

It was late in winter, and the emperor got up so early because he was impatient.

Then I found that I couldn't move now, so I slowed down the meal and waited for Chen Wenxin.

Chen Wenxin wanted to cry when she heard this, she got up at four o'clock, and at least had to wait at least six o'clock for the daylight to set off, right?

With this skill, it is better to sleep a little longer.

She didn't dare to complain in front of the emperor, but her mouth pouted unconsciously.

Seeing her dazed look just now, the emperor knew that she was not awake.

For a person who sleeps late all the year round, it is naturally difficult to get used to getting up early in the morning, just let her wake up for a while.

He said: "There are no good fruits in Shengjing in winter, only frozen pears and frozen persimmons. They came in from outside, and they were meant to be eaten on the road. Do you want to try something new? It's really delicious when paired with milk tea."

"Okay."

As soon as fresh food was mentioned, Chen Wenxin's eyes lit up, and he was no longer sleepy.

So the two of them ate their breakfast slowly, sat for a while, and waited until the sky became light before getting up.

It snowed again along the way, and the wind and snow were mixed, making it more difficult to travel.

The emperor had no intention of stopping to rest, so the large group had no choice but to speed up their pace and hurry on their way.

The group set off at dawn and didn't stay until dark. After traveling day and night, they finally arrived in the capital on the eighth day.

The emperor blocked the ministers who wanted to greet them, and rushed towards Shenwumen without stopping, just wanting to see the empress dowager quickly.

Unexpectedly, outside the Shenwu Gate, the guards guarding the gate have already launched white filial piety...

Looking inside, all the palace people were dressed in plain clothes and walked in a hurry.

The white spirit streamer was replaced by a pennant, fluttering above the high palace wall.

The emperor looked at everything in front of him and fell silent. The hard work of running around for days made his slightly thin cheeks covered with a layer of gray stubble.

Chen Wenxin stood beside him, looked up at his profile, and tasted a bit of the vicissitudes of life.

The emperor has never been so sad. He is like a statue of a god falling from a high step, breaking the gold and silver shell all over his body.

The essential, helpless child was revealed.

In front of the Empress Dowager, he will always be just a child.

"Xuan Ye, let's go to see the imperial grandmother, ah. The imperial grandmother is waiting for us, let's go."

She took the emperor's arm, helped him back into the carriage, and then ordered the carriage to drive directly outside the Empress Dowager's Compassionate Ning Palace.

Li Dequan's voice came from outside the carriage, "Ma'am, this is impossible..."

There has never been such a rule. When a carriage returns from outside the palace, it must be carried in a sedan chair in the palace. How can it be driven in directly?

In the carriage, while comforting the emperor quietly, Chen Wenxin kept stroking his face and wiping away his tears.

The emperor with this appearance cannot be seen by outsiders.

Hearing Li Dequan's words, she blocked the emperor behind her, and suddenly lifted the curtain of the carriage.

"Whispering! Now there is nothing more important than letting the emperor see the empress dowager, hurry up and drive, I will bear any responsibility!"

As soon as Chen Wenxin said this, even Li Dequan, who had seen him often, was terrified by this majesty.

"Quick, hurry up and drive!"

What else can he do as a slave, the emperor is obviously very sad seeing the palace people wearing sackcloth and filial piety, so he doesn't speak.

Now I can only follow Chen Wenxin's instructions, as she said, it is a big deal for the emperor to see the empress dowager first...

The carriage rushed towards the Compassionate Ning Palace at high speed, the road in the palace was flat and it was easier to drive than outside the palace.

Drivers don't care about stability anymore, they just want to go faster.

If the emperor can't see the empress dowager for the last time and blames him, then he will die without redemption.

The palace people walking on the road were all startled when they saw a carriage driving fast in the inner palace, with the escorting guards running behind them.

When you look closely at the bright yellow pattern of carved dragons and embroidered phoenixes on the carriage, you will know that it is the emperor's carriage.

The reason why the emperor is in such a hurry is to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to see the Empress Dowager for the last time, right?

Just now there was bad news about the Empress Dowager, and everyone in the palace was ordered to wear sackcloth and filial piety to prevent the Empress Dowager from rushing into her.

Now that the emperor is here, I don't know if the empress dowager has her last breath...

"The imperial grandmother may not have already gone, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs is preventing her from going for a while, and the palace people dressed in red and green fields ran into her old man! We still have time to get to the Palace of Compassion and Peace!"

Chen Wenxin tried desperately to persuade the emperor in the rickety carriage, but luckily this was the emperor's carriage, and the workmanship was extremely careful.

The driver was driving so fast, the degree of shaking was better than Chen Wenxin imagined.

The emperor came back to his senses for a moment, opened the curtain on one side and looked out, the Compassionate Ning Palace was in front of him.

Chen Wenxin also saw the scene outside the carriage, and finally said, "Let the imperial grandmother look at the emperor in good spirits and look decent, so don't tell her to go and feel uneasy, okay?"

She reached out to tidy the emperor's hair and clothes, and wiped his face with a handkerchief, trying to maintain his dignity.

The emperor held her hand and nodded vigorously.

The carriage stopped for a while, and the two of them got out of the carriage and hurried inside.

Only the eunuch of the Compassionate Ning Palace shouted, "The Emperor is here, Concubine Qin is here!"

It was quiet inside, but suddenly the crying sounded louder, causing both of them's hearts to hang in their throats.

After entering the main hall, I saw all the concubines, concubines and elder princesses kneeling on the ground, greeting the emperor one after another.

"Where's the imperial grandmother?"

Concubine Tong Gui was about to answer when she pointed inside, the emperor had already strode inside.

Chen Wenxin followed behind, stopped when she saw this, and said to the people on the ground: "The emperor cares about the emperor's grandmother very much now, and he is still polite if he doesn't care about you, please get up."

After she finished speaking, she also followed the emperor's pace towards the inner room.

The emperor was in a hurry to see the empress dowager and didn't ask everyone to excuse her, if she didn't make a sound, I'm afraid everyone would still be too polite to get up.

So she kindly said something, in the eyes of everyone, she was considerate and considerate, and she didn't make them feel sad.

Only in Concubine Tong's view, this is an exasperating and hateful behavior.

She is still kneeling on the ground as a noble concubine, how can there be room for a concubine who is not as high as her to speak?
Chen Wenxin asked everyone to stand up, it seemed that she, the noble concubine, was about to salute Chen Wenxin, the concubine.

She was so angry that her face was embarrassed. Seeing that everyone was getting up separately, she had no choice but to struggle.

The emperor and Chen Wenxin have already gone in to see the Empress Dowager, what she wants to do, she has to finish the matter of the Empress Dowager first.

When the emperor rushed into the inner room, he saw that Madam Su, who was wearing the empress dowager's close-fitting clothes, was not wearing sackcloth, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The palace people outside wore sackcloth and filial piety for fear of being caught off guard, Su Mama was beside the Empress Dowager, she didn't wear it, which meant that the Empress Dowager hadn't died yet.

The emperor sat on the edge of the bed and saw the empress dowager lying flat on the bed with a calm face.

Xu Shi heard the voice outside, her eyes widened and she looked straight at the emperor.

"Grandmother, grandmother! The grandson is back, and the grandson is here."

She stretched out a hand tremblingly from the brocade quilt, and the emperor hurriedly held her hand when he saw this, "Grandmother, do you have anything else to say?"

There was a kind smile on the face of the Empress Dowager, her voice was weak, "I have nothing to say. The emperor handles the government affairs very well, and the Ai family is very relieved and satisfied."

She assisted three emperors in her life. The first one was her husband Huang Taiji. At that time, she was still young and could not play much role.

The second one is her son Fulin, he is also a good emperor, but unfortunately his life is not long.

The third one is Xuan Ye.

He combined the advantages of Huang Taiji and Fulin, diligent in government and caring for the people, accepting advice with an open mind, and knowing people well.

There is another advantage that I don't know if it is an advantage, and that is infatuation.

He is the most outstanding achievement in the life of the Empress Dowager, and it is also the last achievement.

The empress dowager's eyes turned to Chen Wenxin who was behind the emperor, and Chen Wenxin hurriedly handed it over to the empress dowager.

She was muttering something, but her voice became weaker and weaker, making it hard to hear.

The emperor anxiously pressed his ear to her lips, and after a while, he raised his body in a daze.

When she looked at the Empress Dowager again, she had already closed her eyes heavily.

There was still that kind smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she had no regrets in this life.

(End of this chapter)