Xuan Ling's Qianqiu Festival was hastily stopped because of this incident. Because he was seriously injured and did not wake up, the palace was panicked, and the concubines looked at each other with frowns, and could only cry. The palace was filled with mist and mist, which lasted for more than ten days.
Finally, at dawn on the sixteenth day after returning to the palace, the maid next to Xuan Ling came to report that the bleeding from Xuan Ling's wound had stopped, the injury seemed to be saveable, and his life was safe after all.
Although Lan Yi, who died tragically, had been buried and started to rot, Xuan Ling, who was still furious after waking up, ordered his body to be cut into thousands of pieces and abandoned in the wilderness. However, Xuan Ling pulled Tian Bi in front of him.
Because of her so-called "protective service", she was posthumously given the title of Concubine Tian. Yue Guiren was also rescued, but she lost one arm and became a disabled person. She was also given the title of Jieyu of the third rank, and was placed in a separate palace, and was given a reward by her father and brother clan.
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The dim yellow surface of the bronze mirror glows with a faint yellow halo under the dim light of the morning. Under the alienating halo, all the scenes in the mirror appear illusory like a floating dream, causing people to lose all sense of reality of existence.
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I casually grabbed a handful of poplar wood grates and clasped them firmly in my palm. The fine tips of the grates were densely rubbing against my skin, making me feel as cold as cold in the pain.
In the warm season of spring, the morning sky is as clear and transparent as a square of transparent glass, separated into several pieces by the branches covered with fresh green. A lingering wind blows through the courtyard, bringing down the branches as light as white snow, and filling the sky with it.
Flying. The long window was open, and some catkins were falling on the exquisitely carved dressing table. I picked up a few, squinted under the light and looked carefully, "Lanyi has done enough, Jin Xi, we can't just sit back and watch.
." I smiled as vaguely as the cold spring smoke, and showed a charm as cold as a blade, "The emperor is seriously injured, and all the concubines should visit him, even Hu Cairen, who is grounded, should not be an exception."
Jinxi understood, lowered her head and said, "I'll do it right now."
The spring color of Shanglin Garden is newly blooming, with dark reds and light greens everywhere. Once dyed by the moisture of the spring rain a few days ago, it takes on a hazy water color, making it even more soft and bright.
Hu Yunrong, a talented person who rushed from the dark and dilapidated palace in Yongxiang, had a look of panic and sadness on her face. She probably came in a hurry after hearing the news. She was only wearing a slightly dull apricot palace brocade, and her hair was covered with black hair.
She was combed into a hairpin and held loosely by a carved gold hairpin.
I watched her approaching with a sneer, and then slowly stepped out from behind the blooming flower trees. My sudden appearance made her stop in a hurry. After a moment of confusion, she saw clearly that it was me, and she couldn't help but get furious.
, "Bitch! How dare you appear in front of me!"
The cherry-purple palace dress looked as light as flowing clouds under the clear blue sky. I looked at the treetops covered with clouds and clouds and said, "Why not? Speaking of which, Hu Cairen has not yet congratulated me on lifting the confinement?"
Her face was red with anger, she stared at me fiercely and said: "I never cursed you with the art of hating victory, and I never buried those puppets. Why do you want to slander me?"
I looked at her calmly and couldn't help but laugh, "At that time, I was already grounded by the emperor at your instigation and was on the verge of being deposed. How could I still have the time and energy to set a trap for you? Talented people must be overly worried!"
She glared at me angrily and sneered again and again, "In order to compete with me for the position of queen, there is nothing you can't do! You must have ordered those puppets to be buried in my palace early. When the time comes, you can frame me. What are you thinking?"
So poisonous!”
I slowly fiddled with the bright and dazzling coral bracelet on my wrist, and said with a smile: "That's your fault. I may not know for a long time that I made a puppet into my Yanxi Palace."
She was furious, her eyes shot out a cold light, as if she wanted to kill someone, "Have you finally admitted it?" She grabbed my wrist and dragged me forward, "Come with me to see my cousin. I want my cousin to know that I
He was wrongly accused!”
Hu Yunrong was so strong that she dug ten long nails into the flesh of my wrist, and immediately there were ten points of blood. I pushed her away with all my strength and shouted: "Are you wronged? If you were wronged, you wouldn't have died years ago.
I worked so hard to forge the jade! If you were wrongly accused, you wouldn’t go out of your way to win over Ji Weisheng to frame me with the theory of celestial phenomena! If you were wrongly accused, Qing wouldn’t die in vain! Qing is also your cousin, how could you plot to win the throne?
he!"
She was startled for a moment, and then she laughed uncontrollably, pointing at me and being speechless for a long time. Her laughter was so shrill, as sad and uplifting as a ghost, and it shook the branches and made the flowers fall, as follows
A rain of colorful flowers floated between me and her.
After a long time, she stopped laughing, pointed at me and said sternly: "You finally admitted that the jade bi incident was your plan, and that Ji Weisheng was also used by you to arrange for me. You tried your best to frame me, not just for the sake of succession.
You are doing it for Xuan Qing!" She sneered and said proudly: "Sure enough! You really have an affair with him! I took the letter to advise the emperor, if you were selfless with him, how could he guard the border for two years? Every letter from home must be addressed to
Your sister asked about your well-being, huh! He is the son of a Yi woman, and he has half the blood of a Yi slave. How can he be worthy of being my cousin? I am the granddaughter of the majestic eldest princess, Lord Jinkang
My daughter, I disdain him as a prince, and become a second cousin to me!" She suddenly clapped her hands, "You finally admitted it, you are an adulterer, I must tell my cousin and ask him to kill you!"
I had some time to straighten out the clothes she had torn up, and said calmly: "Do you think the emperor will meet a woman who has deceived and deceived him for many years?"
She was shocked and angry, as if she couldn't believe it, "Didn't my cousin call me to serve?"
I smiled lightly and said, "It's just a miscommunication. I want to enjoy the poplar flowers and catkins with you. You see, spring has arrived. I have been away from the Forest Garden for several months. Don't you want to enjoy the spring scenery carefully?"
She stared straight at me, a look of horror gradually appearing on her beautiful and proud face, "What did you say?"
The broad sleeves were fluttered by the soft spring breeze like huge butterfly wings, dancing gracefully, "I heard that asthma is a disease where the most taboos are running, getting angry, and having repeated emotions. You have committed three taboos, so take care of yourself.
That's right." I stretched out my plain white hands and chuckled: "Look at these spring catkins, do they look like new winter snow?"
Her face turned white, and she panicked and touched the mint sachet she had brought with her. Her chest was heaving violently, her hands were shaking, and the sachet fell from her hands when she shook.
She couldn't wait to bend down to pick it up. The splendid two-color hibiscus shoes on my feet lightly touched the sachet, and she gently kicked the sachet into the nearby Taiye pool. There was only a slight "plop" sound, and the sachet fell into the water.
, was swept further and further away by the rising waves of Taiye. The waves rolled lightly, covering Hu Yunrong's beautiful face with a look of despair.
I turned around and stopped looking at her.
Countless catkins flew out from my lightly raised sleeves. The catkins were like mist curling up, and soon enveloped Yunrong’s frightened face. I turned around, picked up a piece of catkins, and sighed: "Human catkins have no roots."
"It's just like marrying the east wind. If you're good, you'll be in the blue clouds; if you're not, you'll be stuck in the dust. In fact, it would be better to be like a catkin, at least free and free, without being bound by fame, wealth, honor and favor. On the contrary, it's a human being who always can't think about it."
I turned my back to her and kept talking to myself, deliberately ignoring her heavy and rapid breathing behind me like a surging tide. She was in pain and struggling, and she kept cursing at me.
Gradually, her voice became lower and her breathing could no longer be heard.
Everything around is as calm as ever, with bright flowers and green leaves, and the chirping of orioles and swallows, creating a peaceful scene of spring.
I turned around slowly and saw that Hu Yunrong's eyes were bloodshot, his pupils were dilated, his lips were blue and slightly opened, and his fingers were curled up to the sky, as if to express his unwillingness and resentment. There were still a few strands of pink and white catkins at the corners of his mouth and nose.
If it stays, the wind cannot blow it away.
I called Wei Lin, who was waiting nearby, and said coldly: "Inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs that Hu Cairen accidentally inhaled catkins and suffered an asthma attack and died."
Wei Lin lowered his head and agreed. My eyes moved, and I looked at him and said: "The emperor has been seriously injured and his body is uneasy. I am afraid there will be no more princes in the future."
Wei Lin was startled and immediately understood, "The Queen's Holy Judgment must be like this."
I nodded slightly and smiled, "Hu Cairen, Concubine Yan and Concubine Tian passed away one after another. Li Jieyu is not suitable to serve the emperor after she lost her arm. The palace will definitely prepare a draft to enrich Yeting. The emperor is over forty years old.
, you are the head of the imperial hospital, you should use your skills well, and don’t let the emperor feel powerless between new favorites and old loves."
He lowered his eyebrows and said, "There are many ways to do this, so your Majesty, don't worry."
Jin Xi called several internal guards to take away Hu Yunrong's still warm body, and said to me Wen Yan: "It's time for your Majesty to visit the Emperor. The Emperor is still ill and it is not appropriate to know this sad news."
I nodded, "Of course."
The beautiful face on my temples shook my head, and I left calmly with my usual demure smile. My eyes stared straight ahead for a moment, letting the warm spring breeze blow away the surging sorrow and joy in my heart. Everything was different from anything before or in the future.
There is no difference in one day, I am still the dignified and luxurious imperial concubine, and I am no longer Zhen Huan who is in panic over the death of Lady Miaoyin.
The clear waves of Taiye were vast and red like rain. In a daze, I moved forward alone, no longer remembering where I came from.
Time is like a piece of fine silk, stained with the deep light and shadow and gorgeous appearance of Ziao City, intertwined with numerous dazzling lusters, and slowly unfolded day after day. Xuan Ling gradually recovered from his injury after half a year, but his health was not as good as after the injury.
In the past, it was inevitable that he would feel slack; and because the palace lost several concubines in succession, the draft was a grand event, and the young concubines selected into the palace bloomed in front of him like bright flowers after the rain.
, dazzled his eyes, his heart, and his energy gradually declined. I read all the political memorials first, and then selected the important ones to read and listen to him. I was already familiar with the affairs of the government, but
I still asked him what he wanted in detail, until he himself felt bored, and just asked me to deal with it suitably. Even on days when he was unwell, I would stand behind the curtain of the throne and listen carefully to the courtiers' advice for him, and then when appropriate,
Then relay it to him and listen to it.
Time flies by and it is already the 30th year of the Qianyuan Dynasty. Due to his declining health, calls for him to become a neutral prince have become more and more intense.
At this time, I was the only one with the most honorable status in Zi'ao City, so Yuhan was the most vocal in requesting the establishment of the King of Zhao based on the saying that "the son is more important than the mother". In addition, there were also many veterans who thought that "the young master is suspicious of the country" and proposed to establish the chief minister.
, with the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince. The court was immediately divided into two factions, and they argued endlessly. Those who advocated the establishment of the throne thought that "the King of Qi was mediocre, and the Princess of Qi was not of high birth, and could not be a mother to the world."
If the mother is strong, once the imperial concubine becomes the queen mother, she will definitely control the government, and the imperial concubine has been deposed and left the palace, so her son cannot be said to be rich because of his mother."
The dispute over the establishment of the crown prince has lasted for more than a year, and Xuan Ling could not bear the annoyance. However, his health was declining, and the country's fundamental affairs must be decided as soon as possible in order to stabilize the people of the country.
On this day, he still ordered me to stand behind the bead curtain on the throne and listen silently.
Above the Ye Ye court hall, all the officials stood solemnly like clay puppets. Only Sikong Su Suixin, with his eyebrows spread out and his face red, said, "I think that the master is young and the mother is strong. For example, Empress Lu, the Wu family is causing trouble in the court, and the imperial concubine Zhen is
He is not a good person, otherwise why would he be deposed and removed from the palace?"
Xuan Ling waved his hand and said: "I have already said that the imperial concubine left the palace to pray for blessings and the fate of the country, not to depose her."
Sikong did not give in, "It is a state law that if a concubine leaves the palace to pray for blessings, the emperor should respect her, but Zhen was deposed. It is obvious that her moral character has failed!"
Xuan Ling was speechless for a moment, but Sikong still didn't let go and raised his voice: "King Zhao is young. If the emperor insists on making him the prince, please follow the example of Emperor Wu of Han and prepare for a rainy day!"
Xuan Ling's eyes showed confusion, "What are you planning for a rainy day?"
Sikong said: "In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to make his youngest son Liu Fuling the crown prince, but he was also afraid that Fuling's biological mother, Madam Gou Yi, would imitate Empress Lu's story and give birth to human pigs when she was in her prime, and even cause a hen, Si Chen, to cause trouble in the government. So we made excuses.
It was only after Mrs. Gou Yi died that Fuling was made the crown prince." He stepped forward and said loudly: "I think that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very wise in his decision-making!"
Xuan Ling was startled, and his voice was filled with anger, "You want me to give death to the imperial concubine?"
Sikong showed no fear and said loudly: "Yes."
fed up!
After taking the throne, I suddenly opened the beaded curtain and stepped out, saying in a deep voice: "Sikong spoke without hesitation in front of the Holy Emperor and wanted to massacre the harem. Why doesn't the emperor kill these ignorant people to correct the atmosphere of the court!"
The ministers exclaimed in surprise when they saw me. Xuan Ling frowned when he saw me coming out, "I told you to just listen behind the curtain. How could you come out rashly in the court?"
Si Qingqing was stunned and kept saying, "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is causing trouble to the imperial court and we are absolutely incompatible with each other."
I smiled with a very measured smile and said solemnly: "If I don't come out again, I'm afraid I won't be able to see clearly anymore. I also hope that the country will be restored to justice. I also hope that the emperor will forgive me. Please listen to my words."
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Xuan Ling turned sideways and whispered: "If you have anything to say, tell me when you return to the harem."
"Your Majesty, please listen to me." I didn't compromise, I just persisted.
Xuan Ling had no choice but to avoid the glaring gazes of the court officials and said, "Your Majesty, your concubine."
I bowed down in joy, my true red and gold double embroidered Begonia Jinchun gown spread out like clouds, and my purple and gold flying phoenix and jade-winged crown hung down with silver beads to cover my face. I said seriously: "Your Majesty
, Yu Han’s qualifications are mediocre, and his concubines are virtuous and incompetent and cannot teach, so Yu Han is not suitable to be established as the prince.”
As soon as the words came out, everyone in the house was shocked, even Sikong couldn't help but be stunned. I solemnly bowed down and asked: "The fourth son of the emperor, Yurun, is talented and intelligent. His biological mother, the concubine Huiyi, was born in a famous family. He was smart, virtuous and virtuous. He was the most successful during his lifetime."
The Queen Mother loves to appreciate you. The fourth son of the Emperor is the most worthy successor to the throne."
The fundamental issue of the country is whether to establish elders or nobles. Yu Li is too mediocre, Yu Pei is silent at first, Yu Han has been criticized because of me, but even Xuan Ling has not cared about it, and there is also a young son Yu Run. On
Yurun is the most suitable candidate for the crown prince, regardless of her birth mother's background, virtue or qualifications. Even I can be taken into consideration. I am Yurun's adoptive mother. I can't handle government affairs behind the curtain, but I can be treated well until I grow old.
This is the best choice to avoid everyone's sharp gaze.
The ministers could no longer argue and all agreed, and Xuan Ling had no objections.
The fourth son of the emperor, Yu Run, was appointed as the crown prince and was raised by the imperial concubine.
The silver pearls hanging from the crown perfectly covered my face with makeup and the cheerful smile on my lips.