After the water show went down, Hongli said: "Now that the mountain road is open, let me help the emperor's mother down the mountain. When I came up just now, I felt a shaking. I don't know if Mount Wutai will still shake. In fact,
It's not very safe." Seeing that Ling Ruo didn't speak, he tentatively said, "If the emperor's mother doesn't object, I will have someone arrange a carriage to take the emperor's mother back to the capital."
Ling Ruo nodded and said: "After living here for so long, it's time to go back. Emperor, since you are here, go and see Concubine Xian. She has always missed you."
Hongli stiffened and said in a low voice, "I don't want to see her."
Ling Ruo stared at him for a long time and sighed: "It's been so long, can't you let it go?"
"She has vicious methods and bad intentions. Keeping her as the fourth concubine is the biggest concession I can make, but I really don't want to see this person again."
Ling Ruo shook his head and said: "Maybe Concubine Xian's methods are indeed a bit excessive, but she can't be said to be vicious. In the final analysis, she is more for self-protection. In fact, everyone has a title in their hearts. Do you think Concubine Xian has gone too far? I'm sorry.
Why don’t we think that the queen has gone too far?"
Hongli said sarcastically: "Why did Huang Eniang get involved with the queen? She was instigated by others to do such a thing."
Ling Ruo said nothing about this and only said: "No one is a saint, and no one can do anything wrong. If you can be tolerant to the queen, why can't you be more tolerant to Concubine Xian?"
Hongli looked strangely and said: "Don't the emperor's mothers dislike Concubine Xian? Why are you speaking for her all the time?"
Ling Ruo glanced at him and said, "What's wrong? The emperor feels it's harsh?"
"I don't dare. I just think it's a little strange. I had been tolerant to her before, but what she repaid to him was full of tricks, just like her aunt."
"She is her, and Nala Lian Yi is Nala Lian Yi. It seems unfair to Concubine Xian that the emperor confuses the two."
Hongli said disapprovingly: "I don't think that in the final analysis, she is responsible for all this. I don't know what she has said to you in the past few months, but there is not necessarily anything in her ten sentences."
One sentence is the truth."
Ling Ruo said coldly: "If you don't believe her, how can you believe the queen?"
Hongli said uncomfortably: "Empress Huang, why did you mention the queen again? She..."
Ling Ruo interrupted him impatiently, "Okay, the Ai family doesn't want to hear you talking about the queen's innocence. The Ai family knows it very well. Concubine Xian can endure her hunger and present the only steamed bun to the Ai family, but the queen
It may not be possible." At this point, her voice deepened and she said: "Anyway, the Ai family has said this, it is up to you whether the emperor is willing to see Concubine Xian."
Seeing Hongli's silence, Ling Ruo said deliberately: "If I had known that the emperor disliked Concubine Xian so much, he should not have saved her during the earthquake and let her die."
Hongli was suddenly startled and blurted out: "Why did the Queen say that? What happened?"
Ling Ruo said coldly: "Hasn't the emperor always been looking forward to Concubine Xian's death? Why is he so concerned about her now?"
Hongli said awkwardly: "When did I say that I hope that Concubine Xian will die? It's just...just..." He didn't know what to say next, so he could only change the subject and said: "Empress Huang, what happened at that time?"
What happened?"
"The earthquake cracked. Concubine Xian almost fell into the crack. Fortunately, A Luo caught her in time and saved her life." Ling Ruo's few words frightened Hongli for a while, and he finally fell asleep after a while.
He said in a low voice: "My son, I didn't know that such a thing happened. My son... I'm going to see Concubine Xian right now."
After Hongli left, Yang Hai whispered: "Queen Mother, do you really plan to promote Concubine Xian?"
Ling Ruo shook her head and said, "It's not a compliment. The Ai family just gave her a chance. Whether she can seize it or not depends on her. However, this trip to Mount Wutai really made the Ai family view her a lot better."
Yang Hai hesitated for a moment and said, "Aren't you afraid that Concubine Xian will become the second Nala clan?"
Ling Ruo said with great certainty: "Her love for the emperor is far deeper than Nala's love for the late emperor. As long as the word 'love' always binds her, it is impossible for her to do what Nala did.
However, if she really becomes like Nala, the Ai family will definitely not let her go!"
It wasn't until he left the wing where Ling Ruo was that Hongli remembered that he didn't know where Xianyue lived, so he asked Sixi to find a monk to lead the way.
When he arrived at the Xianyue wing, he didn't see her figure. Hongli walked around the room casually and unexpectedly saw a small drawer half open with a thick stack of letters inside. He opened the small drawer and saw only envelopes.
It has the words "Your Majesty's Personal Letter" written on it, as is the case with every letter.
A letter to him? Hongli picked up a letter curiously, opened it and read it. After reading it, he could no longer stop. By the time Xianyue came back, he had read all the letters.
Xianyue knew that Hongli had come to Mount Wutai, but she never imagined that Hongli would take the initiative to come to her. She was so stunned that she even opened a table full of letters without noticing, and just stared at Hongli blankly until
A Luo secretly reminded her to salute, and then she just woke up from a dream and knelt down to say hello.
Hongli raised the letter he had just read with a complicated expression and said, "Since you have written so many letters, why don't you send them to me?"
Xianyue didn't expect that Hongli would see the letter she wrote. She didn't know what to say for a while. It wasn't until Hongli asked again that she whispered: "The emperor won't want to read it. If that's the case, why bother sending it back to the capital."
Hongli remained silent, and after putting down the letter in his hand, he said: "The Queen told me that during the earthquake, you almost fell into the crack. Were you injured?"
Xianyue lowered her head and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I was just a little frightened and nothing serious."
"It's okay." After these words, the room became quiet. The two people who were supposed to be extremely close had nothing to say when they faced each other.
In such embarrassment, Hongli coughed lightly and said, "Please tidy up. We will go down the mountain later. We will go to the palace to rest for the night. We will leave back to Beijing tomorrow."
"Yes." Xianyue lowered her head and agreed. After Hongli left, Zhichun whispered: "Master, does the Emperor take the initiative to see you to mean that everything is okay?"
Xianyue helped her straighten the beaded flowers on her temples and said, "It can't be that simple. The Emperor will come over, most likely because of the Queen Mother's intention, but... it should be a good start."
That day, everyone descended from Mount Wutai, stayed overnight in the palace where Hongli lived, and rushed to the capital the next day. Along the way, although Hongli's attitude toward Xianyue was still a little indifferent, he occasionally said a few words to her. Compared with smallpox,
When that incident first happened, things felt a lot better.
In this way, after walking for more than half a month, they finally returned to the Forbidden City. Concubine Zhe knew the news of their return early and led the concubines and others to greet them at the palace gate.
Ling Ruo glanced at Concubine Zhe and others who were standing in the cold wind, and said coldly: "Where's the Queen? Why can't she be seen?"