That night, the King of Han stayed up all night again.
After staying up for two consecutive nights, King Han's eyes were red, his eye sockets were sunken, and a short beard sprouted on his chin. He looked very depressed. With this look, it was not appropriate to go to see Concubine Cao Guifei.
The King of Han went to take a bath and changed into clean normal clothes. Then he went to Ganquan Palace.
He had expected that Concubine Cao Guifei's life would be difficult. When he saw the heavy copper lock hanging on the door of Ganquan Palace, King Han's nose suddenly sore, and tears almost burst out of his eyes.
The steward who was guarding the palace door opened the copper lock and pushed open the palace door.
Ganquan Palace, which used to be bustling and bustling, has been locked up for two years, showing endless loneliness and desolation. Even if the ground is swept clean, it still shows the decay and desolation.
Concubine Cao sat in front of the window in a daze, her hair all white, her body as thin as a handful of dry wood. There were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her eyes were dim, and she looked more than ten years older.
The King of Han felt like he had been stabbed in the heart, his whole body was shaking violently, he suddenly stepped forward and knelt down: "Concubine! My son is back!"
Concubine Cao's reaction was much slower than before. She lowered her head, glanced at King Han, and then looked again. She stretched out her hand tremblingly and touched King Han's head. Only then could she be sure that what she heard and saw was not a phantom.
Concubine Cao tremblingly hugged King Han and burst into tears.
Mother and son hugged each other and cried.
"You are finally back." Concubine Cao cried so hard that her voice became hoarse and she spoke intermittently: "In the past two years, I have been locked up in Ganquan Palace and cannot leave the palace. There is no one to deliver messages.
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"Your father is so cruel! Your royal grandmother also ignored me. My son, I thought that we, mother and son, would never see each other again."
The King of Han regretted and blamed himself, and cried: "It's all my son who has brought trouble to his mother and concubine! It's all my fault!"
Concubine Cao looked sad and wiped the tears of King Han with her hands: "That's all, just come back. There's no need to talk about the past. It's all in the past."
make life difficult for.
Someone secretly set a trap for him. He was caught off guard and stumbled.
The King of Han's eyes flashed with anger, and he whispered through gritted teeth: "Concubine, in the past two years, I have been thinking about what happened that day. That incident was not an accident. Someone was secretly plotting against me, the chamberlain in Concubine's palace.
It's an accomplice, Yun Shang, who led me to Luomei Palace, has been bribed a long time ago."
"It's a game from beginning to end!"
Concubine Cao took a breath and looked at King Han in disbelief: "Who has such courage and ability?"
The King of Han looked grim and slowly uttered two words: "Prince!"
King Qin and King Zhao do not have such means in the city. The only person with such ability in the palace is the prince!
Concubine Cao actually had doubts in her heart. When she heard the word "prince", Concubine Cao's eyelids jumped heavily and she subconsciously lowered her voice: "Shh! Shut up!"
"If this word gets out, you have just returned to the capital and you want to be sent to the imperial mausoleum again!"
As soon as the King of Han heard the word "imperial mausoleum", he felt cold in his heart. He exhaled heavily and whispered: "Let's not talk about this for now. Now that I'm back, I can always figure out what happened that day. The most important thing now is,
The first thing is to win back my father’s heart.”
"My father is willing to let me return to Beijing, and he also allows me to visit my mother and concubine. It shows that I have calmed down."
Concubine Cao reluctantly summoned up her energy and told her: "You should wait in the Hall of Supreme Harmony first, and don't reach out for matters related to the court."
King Han nodded.
Mother and son whispered for a long time.
Until there were footsteps outside the door, a palace attendant pushed the door open and said respectfully: "The Queen Mother heard that His Royal Highness the King of Han returned to the palace, so she ordered the servants to come to Ganquan Palace and invite the Imperial Concubine and the King of Han to go to Cining Palace."
Concubine Cao was full of resentment towards Queen Mother Cao.
The same goes for the King of Han.
However, mother and son knew that if they wanted to make a comeback, they had to rely on the influence of Queen Mother Cao. No matter how much dissatisfaction they had, they had to swallow it first. Concubine Cao and the King of Han looked at each other. Mother and son had a clear understanding and agreed together.
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Concubine Cao, the King of Han, mother and son went to Cining Palace together.
Concubine Cao, who had not seen the light of day for two years, shocked everyone when she appeared. Empress Dowager Cao felt heartbroken when she saw her niece's miserable appearance: "Look at you, you have been recovering from illness for two years, and you are getting more and more haggard."
, hair turned white."
The fig leaf cannot be pulled off. Even if everyone knows what Concubine Cao's "recuperation in the palace" is about, they still have to pretend.
Under the comfort of Queen Mother Cao, Concubine Cao's eyes turned red and she choked with sobs: "I have made the Queen Mother worry about my body."
The King of Han's ability to act was even worse than that of Concubine Cao. Although he tried his best to show intimacy and dealt with it carefully, the intimacy of the past was no longer there.
Empress Dowager Cao knew what was going on, but did not tell the truth. She just sighed heavily in her heart.
On that day, had she not begged for mercy tactfully, the King of Han would never have guarded the imperial mausoleum for more than two years.
It's a pity that people's hearts are not enough. Cao Guifei, mother and son of the Han Dynasty, don't know how to appreciate the gratitude, and they are probably still complaining about her, the Queen Mother, for not supporting her.
I didn’t even think about it. I just did something stupid to the King of Han and didn’t get the title and was exiled. That’s fine. Are you still thinking about continuing to be free and easy?
Empress Dowager Cao said a few words of comfort and then said she was tired. Concubine Cao, mother and son left together.
After leaving Cining Palace, mother and son went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
This time, after only waiting for half an hour, he was summoned into the palace and met Emperor Long'an.
When Emperor Long'an first saw Concubine Cao, he was also surprised: "Concubine, why are your hair all white, and why are you so thin?"
The King of Han was sent to the imperial mausoleum, and she, a noble concubine, was placed under house arrest in Ganquan Palace. She was in heaven and earth overnight. She can be considered strong-willed if she can survive these two years.
Concubine Cao did not dare and could not show her resentment. She knelt beside the dragon bed and cried sadly: "Your Majesty, I have been worried about the King of Han day and night for the past two years. Now that the King of Han is back, I have recovered from my illness. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
My concubine often comes to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to accompany you when you are sick."
Emperor Long'an knew that he didn't have much time left, and his cold heart was much softer than usual. Seeing Concubine Cao with gray hair and wrinkled face crying so hard, Emperor Long'an sighed: "Stop crying. When you want to see me,
, just come!”
Concubine Cao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and her crying gradually stopped.
At this moment, Eunuch Shen came in and reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and His Royal Highness the King of Zhao are asking for an audience together."
Emperor Long'an nodded slightly: "Let them all come in!"
After a while, Prince Qin and King Zhao entered the palace together.
King Zhao and King Han had the best relationship. In the past two years, King Zhao often sent people to deliver messages to the imperial mausoleum. The fat King Zhao rushed over first, hugged King Han, and choked with sobs: "Fourth brother, you are finally back.
Got it!"
The king of Han's eyes were moist and he called "third brother".
King Qin also stepped forward with red eyes and hugged King Han.
The prince was a little slower, but the brotherhood he showed was not weak at all: "Fourth brother, it's good if you come back."
