Therefore, no matter when you step into Kunning Palace throughout the year, you will not see a trace of decay. There is spring scenery in spring and winter scenery in winter. It has always been full of vitality. But now... If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, Hongshi would not have seen it.
I can believe that this is Kunning where Nala lived.
Looking around, except for a few evergreen trees, the rest of the palace is in dilapidated condition. There is no trace of life at all. Such a scenery makes people feel uncomfortable. I really don’t know what the Queen is doing every day.
How do you feel about this scenery?
The more Hong Shi thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and the tip of his nose became sore. Just as he was about to walk in again, Xiao Ningzi came out with a basin. Seeing Hong Shi, he was very excited. He quickly stepped forward and said with a trembling voice: "Slave, please give me a sip."
Second elder brother, please say hello, second elder brother, long blessings!"
Presumably, Xiao Ningzi has never been so happy to see Hong Shi in her life, as if she were seeing a living Bodhisattva.
"Get up." Hongshi suppressed the thoughts in his mind and said, "Where is the Queen?"
Xiao Ningzi quickly replied: "As for the second elder brother, the Queen is lying in the inner hall."
Hongshi glanced at the sky and said a little strangely: "It's already this hour, hasn't the Queen got up yet?"
He remembered that Nala was very self-disciplined. He would get up at dawn every day, and then he would sleep for a while in the afternoon, but never more than half an hour. How could he still lie down when it was not even three quarters? Thinking of this, his eyes
Glancing at the basin held in Xiao Ningzi's hand, her heart tightened and she asked, "Is the Queen's mother sick?"
Xiao Ningzi sighed and said: "I don't dare to hide anything from my second elder brother. Since the master was banned, the palace's expenses have been completely cut off. Except for three meals a day, there are only three meals a day.
There was nothing left, not even a piece of charcoal for the whole winter. The master just endured it like this. Now he finally got sick and couldn't stop coughing all day long.
In the past two days, I didn't even have the strength to stand up. I asked the gatekeeper several times for help to ask an imperial doctor to look at the master, or to report it to the emperor, but they refused to agree. The slave was extremely worried and didn't know what to do.
What should I do, second elder brother, you are here, second elder brother, you are here, does it mean that the ban has been lifted?"
"Not yet." These three words turned the expectation on Xiao Ningzi's face into shock. After a long time, she said: "Then why can you..."
Hongshi was not in the mood to explain to him at the moment, so he only said: "We will talk about these words later. I want to see Huang Aniang now."
Hearing this, Xiao Ningzi also reacted. He quickly turned aside and said with an apologetic smile: "Second brother, forgive me. I was so happy that I forgot about business. Please hurry up. If the master sees you coming, he will be very happy. Say
Maybe this disease will be cured."
After Xiao Ningzi put the basin in her hand on the ground, she walked with Hongshi to the inner hall. Because there was no window, the farther inside, the darker it seemed. And I don't know if it was Hongshi's illusion.
It felt like there was a rotten smell in the air.
As soon as he entered the inner hall, he heard several coughs. Hongshi's steps paused slightly, and his expression became complicated. He recognized that this was Nala's voice. It seemed that Huang's mother was seriously ill.
Xiao Ningzi was about to speak out, but Hongshi raised his hand to stop her. She could only watch Hongshi walking towards the bed step by step.
Hearing the footsteps, Nala opened her eyes. Because it was too dark in the room and the person was sick, she could only see a silhouette of a person, and said: "Xiao Ningzi, please rub my back for me.
I feel very uncomfortable.”
Hongshi didn't speak, just walked to the bedside, then leaned over to help Nala, holding her with one hand and gently stroking her back with the other. He felt that Nala's breath was stronger than before.
After balancing, Fang spoke up: "Is Huang'e Niang feeling better?"
As soon as the words came out, Hongshi felt his body stiffen under his hands, a kind of stiffness that even stopped breathing. Nara turned his head stiffly, stared at Hongshi with his eyes wide open, trying hard to
She could see him clearly, but it was too dark in the room. Even though he was so close, she couldn't see clearly. She raised her bony hand and gently stroked Hongshi's face several times before tentatively saying:
"Hongshi...it's you, right?"
That call almost made Hongshi shed tears, and he quickly held her hand and said, "Yes, the emperor's mother, this is my minister, and my minister is back."
Nala cried and said: "It's really you, Hongshi, E Niang's son. E Niang thought she would never see you again in this life!" Hearing Nala's voice seemed so excited that she even called her
They're all a little confused.
Hongshi hurriedly said: "Why did the emperor say such unlucky words? Isn't my son by your side now?"
Nala nodded vigorously. After seeing the figure behind Hongshi, she said: "Xiao Ningzi, quickly open the window and let me take a good look at Hongshi. I haven't seen him in almost a year."
Xiao Ningzi quickly opened the window that had been closed, allowing the bright skylight to pour into the palace, driving away the darkness that had been shrouding the palace.
In the light of the sky, Nala looked at Hongshi carefully and said with great distress: "You are much thinner. Look at these cheeks. There is no flesh at all. I heard that you went to Henan to implement the New Deal. Is it true?"
of?
"Yes, I was originally going to go for a year, but Henan's new policy was implemented smoothly, so I was able to return to Beijing early." As he said this, Hongshi choked up and said: "My son just lost some weight, but the emperor's mother is.
I have lost too much weight, and my appearance is haggard. I am unfilial to my son and minister, and failed to serve the Emperor's mother in front of the bed. I ask the Emperor's mother to punish me."
Before Hongshi could kneel down, Nala had already held his hand tightly and said, "You can't be blamed for this. It's Huang's mother who is fine. She got sick despite everything. It's getting more and more useless."
Already."
"It's not that the Queen is useless, it's that the current Kunning Palace is not a place for people to live at all. Xiao Ningzi has already said that this winter, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not sent a piece of charcoal to the Queen. What do you want?
It’s nothing.” As he spoke, he became more choked up and said with red eyes, “I have really wronged the Queen.”
Nala shook his head slightly and said: "This is not the first day that Huang's mother has been wronged. There is nothing to be sad about. It's just that I have missed you very much these days. Hongshi, don't you hate Huang's mother?"
Upon hearing this, Hongshi quickly leaned on the bed and knelt down, choking and saying: "The emperor's mother is devoted to her son, but the son was provoked by an adulterer and said disrespectful words to the emperor's mother. The son and minister are unfilial, and the son is unfilial."
I deserve to die!"
Nala was greatly moved when she heard what she said. She stroked Hong Shi's cheek and said warmly: "Don't say such things. It's not your fault. Moreover, Huang's mother has never blamed you. When she scolded you, she was just angry for a moment."