The next day, the rumors outside spread like a virus. The general process is like this.
Palace Maid A: "Did you know? The Emperor almost strangled the Imperial Concubine to death last night! I saw with my own eyes that there were obvious bruises on the Imperial Concubine's neck."
Eunuch B: "I'm afraid there's something wrong with Concubine Tian. The emperor planned to strangle her to death yesterday. Maid A saw it with her own eyes."
Palace Maid C: "Do you know? There is something wrong with the Heavenly Concubine. It is said that she was unwilling to fall out of favor. The emperor discovered her charms at night and was going to strangle her to death. Palace Maid A and Eunuch B saw it with their own eyes. Hey~~
She is indeed a monster-like woman."
Palace Maid Ding: "Sorry, it's said that the fetus in Concubine Tian's belly is a monster. The emperor originally wanted to strangle Concubine Tian to death. I'm afraid he will get his hands dirty and he may not know when to kill her!"
Eunuch Wu: "Yes, yes, I have also heard that they are all monsters. I also heard that Tianfei always likes to be alone, saying that she practices charm and bewitches the emperor. If the emperor finds out, he can still
Spare her?"
Palace Maid So-and-so: "It's true~~~ah~~~It's so scary,,,——"
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I'm not surprised about this rumor either. Rumors have always spread quickly and widely. Although there are always people who explicitly say no to spreading rumors, it just fulfills the spring effect. The more suppressed they are, the more powerful they spread.
Just like that, rumors were flying all over the sky. After a lot of circles, they came to me, and they were already rumored to be the evil concubine. The content was bizarre and rich, far beyond my expectation. Suddenly, I felt that everyone in the palace was very kind.
He has a talent for writing novels.
Flowers were falling and blooming in front of the court, and more than half a month had passed. During this half-month, Concubine De, with a belly that was still normal, came to show off that she was pregnant with a dragon seed, how happy Emperor Xuan Tian was, how he pampered her, etc.
Wait, he kindly sent me blood bird's nests, saying that Emperor Xuan Tian gave too many. I couldn't finish them all, so he brought some for me.
The queen came to see me twice and told me not to mind the rumors outside too much. It is true that I take good care of my body. The weather has been changing recently and the resurgence has been serious. She said that if the room is not cleaned properly at this time, it is easy to get sick, which is harmful to the fetus.
No. Then I was asked to ask the maids and eunuchs of the Morning Palace to carry out a "big purge campaign."
Concubine Jin also brought the little princess here twice. I fell in love with the chubby little baby even more. I couldn't help but pinch her pink and tender face. But the little guy just flattened his mouth and continued to listen to Duke Zhou's story.
Go. It looks really cute and tight. I also heard that this little girl’s appetite is not very good, so I asked people to sort out the honey, milk powder, and goat milk powder in the morning palace, so that Concubine Jin could help her improve it.
Improve food.
However, Emperor Xuantian did not come, and I found that there were many fewer secret guards around me. Ling'er, who was loyal to Emperor Xuantian, explained to me that there was movement at the border, and Emperor Xuantian was busy with state affairs, so he had no time to come over.
I didn’t ask any more questions, just nodded to show that I understood. In fact, this is exactly what I wanted. It’s best for him to stay away from me again, and I’ll be clean. I’ll take good care of my baby and think about how I can protect it in the future.
Good mother and son are safe and sound. It's best to make him get tired of it and finally ignore it. But if I disobey him again and again, will he strangle me to death like he did a few nights ago?
I feel depressed, fearing that I will be miserable in this life.
It’s even more difficult to run away. It’s not like I’ve never run before, but it turns out just like what Emperor Xuan Tian said, they would kidnap me wherever I ran. And life was definitely hard. Even if I ran away, I would run wherever I could. In the past, I just wanted to find him.
Huang Fuzhe,
As a result, he said that I spoiled his interest. So what about this time, should I go to his wedding? Suddenly, I hated Huangfu Zhe even more, and I found that I could no longer bless him like I did with Lin Tian in my previous life.
Since they have arranged it
Why did he come to Zhongtian again? Even if he came to Zhongtian for his own country and his own plans, then why did he come to provoke me? It seems that those words by the lake are not true, I am afraid they are just his own hallucinations.
.I also hate myself, I am so stubborn, why do I still have such fantasies. Therefore, I also deliberately do not ask about everything outside. If I can’t see or hear, at least it can give me something
It was a good time.
But I completely underestimated the danger of this harem place. Maybe it was because Emperor Xuan Tian protected it too well before. As a result, I only felt that the only person who could really hurt me was him. When he was not here, I
I completely relaxed.
On the night of the tenth day of the lunar month, the night was as cold as water. As usual, I lay half-ly on a jade chair in front of the window, quietly bathing in the moonlight. As usual, I drank a bowl of tonic handed over by Ling'er. It was said to be stewed.
The ten-hour-old blood bird's nest with red date juice is sweet and moist. It is smooth in the mouth and is indeed the best among the best.
After finishing the drink, Ling'er took the bowls and chopsticks and retreated, while I continued to read Unofficial History. In modern times, many historical books have not been preserved. So here, I can also see many interesting anecdotes from history.
Especially the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms that have been deliberately ignored by modern historians. Just when I saw the fresh
When I was studying the history of the development of the Bei people, I felt the pain in my abdomen begin to intensify. I thought that this little guy would start to be dishonest before it was even four months old. But the further back I went, the more I felt something was wrong. This kind of pain was different from the sudden pain in the past.
There was a slight pain, but there was a dull pain that was almost ignored, and then gradually worsened.
I quickly called Ling'er, but no one responded. I was a little panicked. I usually tell them to go further away, but when I thought about them running to a place where they couldn't even hear my screams, they really thought I was a monster.
, stay away from me.
I could only bear the pain and get up, hoping to find someone outside. As a result, after taking a few steps, the pain in my stomach became worse. I felt like my stomach was sinking. A stream of liquid rushed from my lower body, and the smell of blood filled the air.
Come on. Fear grows like wild grass in summer.
I kept calling for people until Ling'er rushed in. At this time, I was in so much pain that I couldn't even say a word. Half lying on the ground, I was supporting myself with one hand and holding my stomach with the other. I just felt
Life was being cut apart. I twitched my lips, grabbed Ling'er's hand to support me, and said intermittently: "Quick, hurry up, call the imperial doctor over, hurry up, hurry up!"
At this time, I only had one thought - I must keep this child. He is now my only relative.
Ling'er also shouted loudly, and then there was a rush. The imperial doctor came, and the new female medical officer also came. The blood kept coming out, and basins of blood were brought out. And I, in the end
I still feel as if a part of my body has been cut off, and my whole body seems to have been hollowed out. This has become an eternal pain for me.
I don't know how long it took, but I woke up with unbearable pain in my abdomen. But my whole body seemed to have fallen apart and was lying on the bed. I couldn't make a sound.
Although it was a new bedding, there were still mottled blood stains, telling me the determined fact. The imperial doctor shaking his head and the basins of blood were still vivid in my mind. The air was filled with the soothing fragrance of Zen, but I couldn't suppress it.
The smell of blood. The air is filled with the sadness of loss.
Ling'er saw that I was awake and brought a bowl of stew over. I opened my empty eyes with anger, as if looking through her into the distance, thinking about my dead child, and my vision gradually blurred.
Ling'er sobbed and said: "Mother, the little prince will come again in the future. Don't let your body be tired and get the root of your disease. It's important to take care of your body."
I remained silent, feeling that I was really useless and couldn't even protect my own children. Why on earth was this? Could it be that my coming here was really a disaster and a disaster to everyone around me.
"Empress, I beg you, please drink something first. You will feel better in the future." Ling'er handed over the spoon full of porridge and put it to my mouth.
I still couldn't react, I just saw Ling'er crying, and said: "Why are you doing this to your Majesty? If the people who poisoned your Majesty and the little prince see this, it won't make them even happier. Your Majesty needs to get better."
, you must get better. Only in this way can we find out the truth and seek justice for the unborn little prince. Madam, you have been unconscious for a day and two nights. I beg you, please have a drink."
After listening to her words, I looked at her blankly. Ling'er seemed to react when he saw me. He scooped up a mouthful of hot porridge and put it to my mouth. I just opened my mouth blankly and swallowed the spoonfuls.
Waxy porridge. Everything seems to come from animal instinct.
After finishing the porridge, I fell into a deep sleep again, with plum blossoms blooming in my sleep.
Among the plum blossoms, I saw the face of a newborn baby, smiling at me with a pink face. Then he grew up, wearing the pair of rough-made socks and inner clothes I made for him. He smiled and called me "Mother"
I burst into tears, hugged him and cried loudly, shouting: "My child, you are my child." I thought that my child could not bear to leave after all, and he met me in my dream.
.
Suddenly, the child in my arms stopped responding. When I looked down, I saw that he had his eyes closed tightly, with a painful expression on his face. I called him, but there was no response. Suddenly, the child's appearance suddenly changed to that of little Yaoyao.
Appearance: A gust of cold wind blew by, and the fiery red plum blossoms instantly turned into black and withered. The child in his arms was also confused.
I looked around and called the child, but then I remembered that I hadn't officially named him yet. My voice was so stuck in my throat that I couldn't make it out. The anxious factors were spreading in my body, but I couldn't find a breakthrough. It seemed like it was trying to kill me alive.
It felt like I was suffocating to death. Finally, I closed my eyes and only let out my own shrill scream: "Give me back my child."
The wind seemed to have stopped, and I opened my eyes, only to see dots of scarlet oozing out from the black petals on the ground. The scarlet spread and expanded, dyeing the entire earth red. I looked closely and saw that it was blood, bright red blood.
They were surrounding me. The child's face was reflected in the blood, and he actually smiled horribly.
I was shocked and opened my eyes. I saw myself lying on the bench of the Peony Pavilion. Opposite me, Concubine Jin was holding the little princess and standing in the Peony Pavilion, smiling and giving her juice. I was about to walk over, and suddenly
The little spoon in her hand fell to the ground. The juice was smoking, and the little princess closed her eyes, while Concubine Jin was looking at me bitterly, as if she wanted to cut me to pieces. She shouted: "It's you!"
I was shocked and wanted to say why it was me, not me, no.
"Empress, please wake up, Empress!" I heard Ling'er's call in my ears. I opened my eyes wide and wanted to confirm if this was a dream, but the pain in my belly made me understand that I finally woke up.
When Ling'er saw that I was awake, she took a handkerchief and carefully wiped my sweat. I looked at her intently. Her eyes were much more bloodshot and her dark circles were heavy. She was afraid that she was tired from taking care of me in the past two days.
I couldn't help being moved and asked, "Why don't you ask other palace maids to take turns guarding you? In fact, you don't need to be so tired."
"They are worried about guarding the slave. When the queen didn't wake up, she scared the slave." She said while wiping and handed over a bowl of medicine.
I didn't refuse. I drank it in one gulp, rinsed my mouth, and said, "Now that I'm awake, I'm much better. You can go and have some rest. If anything happens, I'll call someone."
"That won't work. Just now, I saw that the empress seemed to have a nightmare. She kept mumbling and sweating. It was all the fault of Concubine De. She said that the emperor had come back in the past two days and wanted to give the emperor some surprise, so she transferred many people in the garden.
, otherwise it wouldn’t be like this." I took the cup in my hand and said worriedly.
As soon as I mentioned the nightmare, I recalled what happened in the dream and asked, "How is Concubine Jin?"
Ling'er seemed to be wondering why I was still thinking about other concubines, so she replied: "I'd better not ask, my dear. It's important to take good care of yourself."
An ominous premonition came over me. I grabbed Ling'er's arm and asked urgently: "Is something wrong, little princess..."
"Mom, please don't worry. Little princess..." Ling'er supported me and was about to continue talking when she heard the voice of Emperor Xuan Tian: "Everyone, please go down."
Behind the bead curtain is the slender figure of Emperor Xuan Tian. He is back. No matter whether I love him or not, the child is his after all. I feel sour, bitter, salty, and maybe a little bit of sweetness mixed together. Because I feel unprecedented
Empty and confused, and the pain of separation, I feel really
My whole body was empty and cold. It looked like it had been dismembered and thrown around on the floor. No matter what he did to me in the past, I was just a woman, a woman who had just lost her child. Suddenly I was very greedy for one.
A shoulder, a shoulder that I can lean on for a while.
My vision was blurred and I couldn't see his expression clearly. My throat was so congested that I couldn't even utter a word. I just used my last strength to raise my hand.
He walked over slowly, held my hand, and took me into his arms. I hugged him. This was the first time I responded to him actively except on the wooden bridge in Baihualin. I let my tears flow freely.
He stroked my head and wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and didn't say a word. He just looked at me complicatedly.
Is he in pain? The pain of losing his son must be the same for him. No matter how he treated me before, no matter how hateful he was before, at this time, he felt the same pain in his heart as I did. I felt that I had never felt anything like this in his arms.
I felt comforted. I thought, maybe this kind of pain can make me think about everything with him again.