"Your Majesty, please come to the Nuan Pavilion for dinner." The palace servant's shrill voice sounded in the palace. Hongli responded, put down the ink pen in his hand, got up and walked out. When he passed by Xianyue, he paused in his steps and lowered his head.
He said: "Why don't you get up yet?"
Xianyue raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me the truth about my concubine." For this reason, she must find out what happened to Yong Cang.
Hongli's pupils shrank, he stared at her for a moment, then he walked out with his sleeves rolled up. One hour, two hours, three hours... Hongli never came back.
Jinping, who was kneeling in the hall with Xianyue, listened to the sound of the watch outside and said softly: "Master, it's the third watch. It seems that the emperor will not come back. How about we go back first and come back tomorrow?"
Xianyue looked at the dark sky outside the window and said resolutely: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting here for the emperor." After a pause, she looked at Jinping and said: "If you are tired, go back first."
Jin Ping shook his head and said: "I am not tired, I am just worried about my master's health."
"I can hold on." After saying these words, Xianyue stopped talking and knelt quietly in the hall. After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the door opening was heard behind her, and the sound of footsteps came from far to near, and finally stopped.
After a long time behind them, Hongli's voice came from behind, "If I don't tell you, are you prepared to kneel here for the rest of your life?"
"Yes." This is the answer Xianyue gave Hongli, and it is also the only answer.
With a long sigh, Hongli walked up to Xianyue, squatted down and said with a complex expression: "So what if you know, it's just one more person to worry about."
Xianyue stared into his bottomless eyes and said slowly: "Do you still remember that I said before that the emperor does not want to face all the difficulties alone? We are husband and wife, and we can share wealth and wealth together.
A couple in trouble; also, Yong Cang is my concubine’s child, even if I am worried now, it is better than a sudden disaster in the future!”
"I will..." Before Hongli could continue, Xianyue had already said: "I know that you will do everything you can to ensure that it will last forever, but there are too many uncertainties in the world, even if you are the emperor and the king of a country.
, and there is no guarantee that Yongxing will be fine." said
At this point, she stretched out her hand and held Hongli's no longer warm palm, "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, even if I am a dodder flower, it is still a dodder flower growing on a towering tree.
As long as the tree does not fall, the dodder flower will be fearless."
Hongli didn't speak, but stretched out his trembling and cold palms and stroked Xianyue's face over and over again. After a long time, he finally said: "Okay, I'll tell you!"
After pulling Xianyue to sit down in the chair, Hongli took a deep breath and revealed the secret that he originally planned to keep from Xianyue for a lifetime, "Do you still remember the day Yongxun was born?"
Xianyue nodded and said: "Of course I remember that it was the 19th day of the seventh month in the fourteenth year of Qianlong's reign. When I accompanied the emperor to the altar to pray for rain, I had a fetal movement and gave birth to Yong Cang in the Zhai Palace of the Temple of Heaven."
This sentence brought Hongli's thoughts back to thirteen years ago, and he said slowly: "Yes, as soon as Yongxun was born, it rained heavily, which relieved the drought in the capital. I was very happy, and immediately sent a message to Tang Qizhang for Yongxun.
Calculate
He told me that there is a lot of water in the birth horoscope, and when he was born, there was rain from the sky, adding water to the water. Life is precious, but his horoscope is on the light side. Such people are often... very easy to die young!
"
Although she had been prepared, when she heard the last four words, Xianyue still tightened her hands suddenly, and a bone-eroding chill quickly spread through her limbs, freezing her little by little, including her thoughts, vision, and pain.
, hearing...
I don't know how much time passed, but Hongli's anxious voice could be heard vaguely in her ears. Xianyue's eyes barely focused, and she saw both Hongli and Jinping looking at her nervously, their mouths opening and closing, but she still couldn't listen.
Know clearly what you are saying.
After talking for a while, Hongli seemed to be anxious. He stretched out his hand and pinched her cheeks, forcing her to open her mouth. Jinping breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the handkerchief to wipe Xianyue's lower lip. When he saw the bright red blood on the handkerchief,
At that moment, Xianyue finally felt a hint of pain and said hoarsely: "What's wrong with me?"
Jin Ping wiped the blood that was constantly oozing out of Xianyue's lower lip, and replied: "Master, after you heard the emperor's words just now, you bit your lip hard and refused to let go even if it bled. You didn't respond.
But it frightened the emperor and his servants."
"I'm fine." Xianyue took the handkerchief and wiped it casually a few times, stared at Hongli and said with difficulty: "In other words, the emperor already knew about the difference in Yong Cun's fate thirteen years ago?"
"Yes, I told Tang Qizhang that he must find a way to complete Yongxun's destiny. As for me, I searched for a way to complete the destiny in Buddhism and Taoism. A few years later, I finally found one in Ziyun Temple.
, born in the same year, month and day as Yong Cang with the number ninety-nine
The boys' painstaking efforts were supplemented by secret methods to make up for Yongxing's missing destiny. Although the ninety-nine boys soon arrived, Yun Zhongzi believed that this method was too sinister and violated the meaning of Taoism, so
He has been reluctant to cast spells for a long time, and is only willing to pray for Yong Cang with Kong Jing."
"So the emperor keeps expanding the Ziyun Temple and Wanshou Temple?"
"Yes, I don't want to hurt so many lives unless it is absolutely necessary. As Yun Zhongzi said, this is to destroy the longevity of Yongxing. Therefore, in the past ten years, Ziyun Temple and Wanshou Temple have been expanded again and again, praying for blessings.
The number of people increases again and again
However, it’s a pity that the results are still unsatisfactory.” At this point, Hongli sighed and said, “Yong Cang almost died at the tiger’s mouth first, and then he got smallpox, and his life was hanging by a thread. I can’t wait endlessly any longer.
.”
"So the emperor killed dozens of people in Ziyun Temple?" Faced with Xia Yue's question, Hongli nodded and said: "Yes, Hong Zhou led troops to Ziyun Temple on my behalf, hoping to force Yun Zhongzi to submit, but this veteran was helpless.
He was so tough that he would rather watch his disciples and grandchildren being killed than agree to it. It happened that at this time, Yong Cang survived smallpox, so I spared his life and sealed the matter."
After trying hard to digest Hongli's words, Xianyue asked again: "What about Wei Xiuyan? What does she have to do with this matter?"
Hongli was silent for a moment and said: "Not long after this incident, Yun Zhongzi told me that in addition to the ninety-nine boys, there is another way to complete the eternal destiny, and that is Wei Xiuyan; this person has a special destiny, she
The child born can bear the disaster instead of Yongxun, exchanging his life for his life!"
Hearing this, Xianyue suddenly realized, "So the emperor suddenly changed his mind and spared the Wei family from being exiled to Ning Guta, and placed Wei Xiuyan in Guangxiu Garden despite his objections."