When Chen Shao walked out of the check-in room, he saw four or five people standing in the corridor talking in low voices while looking towards the direction of the palace.
He stepped harder, and those people turned around in a hurry.
"What are you doing?" Chen Shao asked with a frown.
Several people hesitated for a moment, then one of them stood up.
"It seems something happened in the palace." He said.
Chen Shao immediately darkened his face.
Something happened in the palace? How could he know that something happened in the palace?
"A concubine fell down." The man continued quickly.
What a nonsense! This is a big deal!
Just when Chen Shao was about to speak, someone came running over there. Seeing them gathering, he waved excitedly.
"I know, I know, Concubine An fell." He shouted.
After he finished shouting, he saw a few people in the group winking at him and wiping their necks. Then he saw Chen Shao standing among them, and he immediately stopped and looked embarrassed.
However, Chen Shao did not reprimand him, but took a step forward with a slightly surprised look on his face.
"An Fei?" he asked.
The man breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly.
"Yes, it's Concubine An. She accidentally fell down the steps." He said.
"Then the imperial fetus...?" Chen Shao asked.
The atmosphere in the Queen Mother's palace was tense, with cries and shouts continuing.
The concubines gathered in the corridor lowered their heads and raised their heads from time to time to peek into the palace. No one spoke, and they only occasionally looked at each other and made eye contact. It can be seen that their expressions were very strange.
The palace door was closed, but the emperor, queen and queen mother were all inside.
The Queen Mother sat with a pale face and muttered something. Her expression was a bit depressed, and her hands in front of her were clenched tightly, showing her nervousness and worry.
On the other side, the emperor paced back and forth, listening to the shouts and cries inside.
"Can you do it?" he shouted, raising his feet to go inside. The palace ladies who had received the order quickly stopped him and knelt down to persuade him.
The emperor had no choice but to turn back angrily and continue pacing.
"Your Majesty, please invite Mrs. Cheng to come."
The Queen's voice sounded.
Lady Cheng?
The emperor turned to look at her. The queen was sitting there. Her already sick face became paler and her voice trembled.
"Your Majesty, I am my concubine..." The queen looked at the emperor, as if she could no longer suppress her emotions, and tears flowed out, "I, my concubine, can't bear it anymore. Please invite Mrs. Cheng to come. Can't she bring the dead back to life?"
"Queen, don't talk nonsense, you are talking nonsense!" The Queen Mother on the side opened her eyes and shouted.
The emperor looked at the queen with sadness in his heart.
Fear…
Very scared…
Those fragile children are like sand in the hands, it is so difficult to hold them.
"Zhao Cheng..." The emperor turned around and shouted.
Before she finished speaking, Concubine Neili's crying stopped.
The emperor, empress, and queen mother in the palace immediately stopped breathing and looked inside.
Doctor Li came out.
"Doctor Li, is it hopeless?" the emperor asked directly.
If there is no hope, you can go and ask Mrs. Cheng.
Doctor Li also heard this meaning from the emperor's words. He wanted to smile, but knew that he couldn't laugh at this time, not to mention that he couldn't laugh either.
"Your Majesty, it's hopeless, but there's no need to invite Mrs. Cheng," he said.
Behind him, the doctor from the Imperial Medical Bureau bowed her head and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, Concubine An gave birth to a prince, but...it was stillborn," she said.
Night enveloped the palace. Although the palace was brightly lit, it still looked gloomy due to the large number of palaces. The summer wind echoed in the palace, seeming to have a whistling sound, which made the gloominess even more intense, especially today.
The crying in the wind makes people feel more real.
The much-loved Concubine An lost her prince today, the prince who was highly anticipated and cared for by the emperor.
When Concubine An woke up, she was crying desperately, refusing to take medicine or food, and wanted to die. At this time, there were a lot of people in the palace guarding her.
The emperor did not stay in front of Concubine An. In fact, when he heard from the imperial doctor and the doctor's wife that the baby was stillborn, he did not come near Concubine An again.
The Qinzheng Palace seemed even more lonely in the outer palace at night. In the summer, the doors and windows were closed. The servants in the corridor outside the door were all anxious, but no one dared to open the palace door until a group of people came from a distance with lanterns.
"Queen, she is the Queen."
The waiters saw the person coming clearly, whispered in surprise, and hurriedly greeted him.
Without any notice, the queen opened the door and entered the palace.
There were only two lamps lit in the palace and it was dim. The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair. He didn't even raise his head when the door opened and someone came in. He put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes as if he was asleep.
"Your Majesty, go back and rest," the queen said.
The emperor hummed.
"I will watch a little longer. If I watch a little more today, I will watch a little less tomorrow." He said calmly.
The voice and ideas are clear.
The queen walked to him, knelt down, stretched out her hand and took the emperor's hand.
"Your Majesty, these court affairs can't be avoided tomorrow if you watch more today." She said, "The more you watch, the more things will be delivered tomorrow."
The emperor smiled and opened his eyes.
"Then according to the queen's intention, the less I see, the less affairs there will be in court?" he said.
The queen smiled and held the emperor's hand tightly.
"I want to say that Your Majesty, don't be impatient and take your time," she said.
The emperor reached out and patted her hand.
"There's no hurry, time doesn't wait for us," he said.
The queen looked at him and shook her head.
"Your Majesty, the days are still long in the future." She said, "Look, I have been sick for so long, and now I am slowly getting better. Your Majesty, you have to stay with me, and I will also stay with you. We are slow.
If you walk slowly, you can still walk for a long, long time. Your Majesty, don't be anxious and don't be afraid. I am here and I will accompany you."
How long can he go?
He originally thought he could walk for a long time, but behold, his body, which was constantly suffering from major and minor ailments, actually got dragon's disease again.
He thought this was God's approval of his body, but it turned out not to be the case.
That dragon son is still gone...
No more…
Almost from the moment he became an adult, having a child became the single most important expectation, but he was disappointed again and again.
Looking back now, it seems that he only had these two emotions in his life, hope and disappointment, hope and disappointment intertwined repeatedly, and they never changed from beginning to end.
In the end, it’s all just disappointment, but why can’t you get used to it? Why do you still want to look forward to it?
"Your Majesty, let's go back and have a rest." The queen said, standing up and holding the emperor's hand tightly, "It's impossible for you not to have a rest. You are not yourself. Many people are counting on you. Concubine, Sixth Brother
Son, Queen Mother..."
Sixth Brother…
The emperor was so excited.
"Father, father, I know which river is..."
"Father, when I grow up, I will walk around the map myself, and I will walk around for my father..."
Sixth Brother…my Sixth Brother….
Yes, he can't be anxious or afraid. Without him, what will the sixth brother do? Others can take care of themselves, but his sixth brother can't...
His sixth brother can only rely on others for the rest of his life...
The emperor's eyes finally became a little dull, and he raised his head and stood up.
"Yes, rest. We will do things tomorrow." He smiled and said, "The Queen's wise words."
The queen smiled slightly.
"Wise words should be understood by others," she said.
The emperor smiled, nodded, said no more, and took a step forward.
The queen followed, and the servants outside the door breathed a sigh of relief. The atmosphere suddenly became lively, and they held up lanterns to guide the way.
The emperor stopped after stepping out the door.
"Who is on duty in the Imperial City Department today?" he asked.
Immediately, a chamberlain came quickly.
"Your Majesty, little He Zheng." He said.
"He Zheng?" The emperor read it over and over and smiled, "That's a good name."
He Zheng was busy giving thanks.
"Here, He Zheng, investigate the disaster that happened to Concubine An today." the emperor said.
As soon as these words came out, the scene instantly froze, and even the night wind seemed to have stopped.
"Your Majesty," the Queen said softly, reaching out and pulling the Emperor's arm, "This was just an accident."
The emperor held her hand and stepped forward.
"There are too many accidents. I don't want to see any more accidents."
At this time, the lights in the Cheng family courtyard were brighter than before. Fan Jianglin and the Huang family also moved in because they had to take care of Cheng Jiaoniang's marriage. There were so many people in the courtyard that it seemed lively day and night.
"Banqin, you can't stay up late anymore, your eyes are turning red just by looking at it..."
"No, the lady's wedding dress must be driven out..."
"You don't need to embroider it."
"I have to watch, otherwise I won't worry."
The two maidservants were chatting and laughing as they walked, feeling that the lanterns swaying in the night wind were laughing as they walked.
After so long, I can finally feel happy and excited.
The maid sighed a little, since she came to this lady, she has experienced all kinds of frights, sorrows, worries, and restlessness, but she has never experienced this, which is what a normal woman should have.
Although it came later, it is still better than the one who came here.
She looked up at Cheng Jiaoniang who was walking upright in front of her, and quickened her pace to keep up.
"Madam, can you send a message to Mr. Cheng and the others?" she asked.
As soon as she finished speaking, Cheng Jiaoniang stopped and raised her head slightly to look at the night sky.
"No need." She said, raising her hand and pointing to the starry sky, "Look, the time, place, and people are all right."
When it got dark, Chen Shao walked out and saw that breakfast had been laid out.
"Are you still going to Mrs. Cheng's place?" Mrs. Chen asked.
"I won't go." Chen Shao said, while eating slowly, he paused and said, "Add more makeup."
Mrs. Chen smiled.
"That's natural," she said, telling him what she was going to give him.
The couple were talking when a young boy walked in quickly from outside the door. He whispered a few words to Chen Shao. Chen Shao nodded and the young boy withdrew.
Chen Shao continued to eat.
"There's no need to worry about adding makeup for now." He stopped using his chopsticks and said.
Mrs. Chen looked surprised.
"What happened?" she said, her hands holding the chopsticks shaking.
There are so many things going on in Mrs. Cheng's life, so many accidents, many surprises, and many fears. Ever since she learned that the King of Jin'an County proposed to marry and the Emperor and Queen Mother agreed, she had prayed so many times in her heart that she would never marry her this time.
Something went wrong again.
But every time I think about it, the most common thought is, is it really okay this time? Is it okay?
The result is still...
Should I say that I am really satisfied, or should I reach out and slap myself in the mouth and curse?
"It's okay." Chen Shao shook his head and said, after a pause, "Concubine An's prince died yesterday."
Concubine An’s prince is gone?
"Why is it gone?" Mrs. Chen asked in surprise.
Everyone has heard how much the emperor valued the unborn prince. The emperor must have taken good care of him if he valued him so much. How could he suddenly disappear?
"It's not the one that disappeared." Chen Shao said, "There's nothing strange about it."
It has always been rare for the emperor's children to be born and raised safely, but now he only has one son.
However, the death of an emperor's son is a big deal for the emperor, but for courtiers like them, it doesn't matter how many they lose, as it is enough for one to inherit the country and the country.
Mrs. Chen nodded.
"Then what does this have to do with Jiao Niang?" she asked hurriedly.
Chen Shao frowned.
"What does it have to do with her?" he asked.
Mrs. Chen was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed.
Yes, what does this have to do with her!
"I'm so nervous." She laughed, "I'm afraid something will go wrong again."
Chen Shao nodded and took a sip of tea.
"But it will have an impact after all." He said, "The emperor will not be in a good mood. I am afraid that the marriage will be postponed."
But those are all trivial matters.
Chen Shao and his wife continued to chat about family matters.
Compared to Chen Shao's indifference, the dining table in Gao Lingbo's hall was in a mess, and the bowls, chopsticks, cups and plates were obviously smashed.
"Why are you telling me now!" Gao Lingbo shouted with a livid look on his face.
The servants and guests in front of me were all trembling with fear.
"Sir, this matter has nothing to do with your Majesty..." the boy said in a low voice.
Before he could finish his words, he was slapped by Gao Lingbo and fell to the ground.
"This has nothing to do with the empress?" Gao Lingbo raised his eyebrows and shouted with a red face, "Then who is being imprisoned now!"
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