Chapter 201: Fanwai - Moon Falling and Fish Sinking (2)
I was very puzzled when I heard what my cousin said. Why did my cousin say that her uncle would be waiting for her? Isn’t she the queen?
I only know that the queen is the emperor's wife and her status is very noble.
But when I came in, I saw the emperor standing in the outer hall, looking at the inner hall without entering.
Later I found out that my cousin didn't want to see him.
At this last moment, my cousin just wanted to see my aunt, and she didn’t even want to see my cousin Zhao Yan.
When I came in, the prince's cousin was standing at the door of the inner hall. Later, my mother called me out and I stood with the prince's cousin.
I looked up at him curiously, and he looked at me too. He stared at my face for a long time, and finally he reached out and touched my head and said, "Hello, little Jiaojiao."
Everyone said that my mother-in-law and I looked very similar. I looked at the prince’s cousin, shook his head, and corrected him: “My name is Yue Chao, which is Yan Yan, not Xiao Jiao Jiao.”
The prince's cousin moved his lips and said softly: "I know."
He knew I was not Xiao Jiaojiao, but he still called me like that. I didn't understand it.
There are so many things that I don’t understand today. Although I am only a little over three years old, people around me praise me for being smart, but no matter how smart I am, I still can’t understand many things today.
After waiting outside for a while, I heard my grandma crying loudly from the inner hall. In an instant, people outside knelt on the ground and started crying.
I saw a tear streak across the cheek of the prince's cousin, and he slowly knelt down.
Grandma came forward and took me to my knees.
In the winter of the eighteenth year of Jingyuan, Queen Beiyuan passed away.
I will always remember the heavy snowfall in Beiyuan this year. It was like spring all year round in Baicao Valley. This was also the first time I saw snow.
For many years, I never saw heavier snow than this year.
My mother-in-law came out of the inner hall with a delicate box and fainted in front of me. I saw the prince's cousin suddenly change his expression. He knelt in front, closest to my mother-in-law, and caught him with quick eyes and hands.
Daddy quickly came forward from behind and took Aniang away.
I wanted to follow, but my grandmother held me back.
Grandma shed tears and said, "Yanyan, cry for your cousin. She has suffered so much in her life."
I couldn't cry. Before I came out, I saw my cousin's eyes looking at the bunch of red plums placed by the window. Her eyes were bright for a moment.
It was a look of relief. She also said that Makino was waiting for her. She was so happy when she talked about Makino.
It was many years later that I realized that perhaps staying in this world was the greatest hardship for her.
Because her life has indeed been too miserable. Except for my grandma, there is nothing that makes her happy.
Queen Qingyu endured for many years for her Jiao Jiao.
Now that her mother is in good health, has a family, and has children of her own, she can finally leave with peace of mind.
There is nothing in this world that worries her anymore.
After staying in the capital for two days, Aniang and the Xiao family returned to Yunzhou with their cousin's aunt's coffin.
My cousin's aunt was not buried in the imperial mausoleum, which caused a great controversy in the court at that time. The queen should be buried in the imperial mausoleum and buried with the emperor in the future.
Later, when I grew older and became more sensible, I realized that this was my cousin's last wish. She was trapped in the palace during her lifetime, and she only wanted to be buried where she grew up after her death.
But later I learned that my cousin’s tomb in Yunzhou was actually a burial mound. Her body was cremated and her ashes were scattered in the desert.
And in that tomb, there were two bundles of long hair braided together, one bundle was made of black hair, and the other bundle was long chestnut hair with alien characteristics.
My father, Que Wu, has such long hair.
After taking care of my cousin's funeral, we were about to start our journey back to Baicao Valley. Before we could go back, my mother-in-law collapsed.
This time, my mother was very ill and had a high fever.
My father and grandmother stayed with my mother all day long, and Yuexi cried day and night without my mother in my arms. I didn’t want to cry at first, but when I saw Yuexi crying, I started to cry too.
But I didn't want my father and grandmother to worry about me anymore. They had to take care of my mother-in-law and Yuexi, so I would sit in the yard every day and secretly shed tears.
Later, the second cousin came to live in the southwest for a while, but he always lived with his grandfather, who was Song Chuan, a famous general in the southwest. The second cousin came to visit my mother in the name of inspection.
During those days when my mother was ill, my second cousin took me to play in the border town where my grandfather was stationed every day, and he also taught me how to ride a pony.
He said that he used to take my grandma like this, but she was not in good health and could not go out, so he would always be beaten by his uncle.
He also said that my temperament is a bit like grandma.
However, everyone says that I look like my father, but Yuexi looks like my mother-in-law. She was very squeamish when she was a child.
But my second cousin said that my mother-in-law was actually very sensible when she was a child. All her squeamishness and crying were all due to her poor health. Most of the time, my mother-in-law would endure it and always hide and cry quietly, just like me.
After my mother got well, my second cousin returned to the border. In fact, he had only been to Baicao Valley a few times during his time in the southwest.
But on the day I left, I stood outside my courtyard and looked at my grandma from a distance for a while and then left.
After many years, my second cousin did not come to Baicao Valley again.
I obviously feel that my second cousin and my mother-in-law don’t have much interaction with each other, but the relationship between my second cousin and my mother-in-law gives me an indescribable feeling.
It wasn't until the year when my mother-in-law passed away that I got a glimpse of a strange emotion.
The secret and strong emotion hidden in the heart of my second cousin.
When I was thirteen years old, my mother-in-law passed away suddenly on a spring day in full bloom without much warning. When I woke up in the morning, my mother-in-law helped me comb my hair and was still talking to me with a smile.
When I got the news, Yuexi and I were still in the school in Baicao Valley. Yuexi was sitting next to me sleeping and her mouth was watering.
At that time, all the children in the school were stunned. Even the gentleman who was giving lectures dropped his books and walked out quickly.
I pulled Yue Xi, who was still sleeping, and ran towards home as if she was flying. I pulled Yue Xi and fell on the road, crying all the way back.
When I got home, I didn't dare to go in. I stood in the small courtyard in a daze, watching my master walk out of the bamboo house with a sad face.