Chapter 257 Today, I must teach the emperor to attend the ceremony of conferring the queen
Di Qianao looked dejected. His feelings made her suffer. He could only bring disaster to her. From the beginning, he knew that people like him were destined not to have love from the moment they were born. He was just a tool to maintain stability.
.He hid her in the beginning, and it became increasingly difficult to hide her day after day. Now that he has revealed it to the world, it has affected the interests of many parties and is beyond control.
It was not that he had never thought about abandoning his family and country regardless of everything and disappointing his gray-haired mother. However, as soon as this thought appeared, it was deeply suppressed by his reason.
However, when he woke up, he could not neglect teaching Jiangshan Sheji, nor could he disappoint his mother, but he could not help but feel wronged to Luo Changan.
His steps were a little unsteady. He took two steps back. He closed his heart tightly. He needed to let Luo Changan go.
Aunt Mei immediately whispered to the silent Di Qianao: "Chang'an will inevitably be anxious when she is separated from her child. Now she has taken away her child three times a day. You will have a queen soon, and you need to move around the harem frequently. In troubled times,
She is just such a person now, it is enough if she can hold on without falling. Let her calm down for a while. Emperor, please don't keep forcing her, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Do you think she can't be abandoned by you like a pair of worn-out shoes and become a waste?
While I am doing my best to be a free wet nurse, I can still welcome you happily."
"Emperor, you need a family and a kingdom. She only needs a harmonious and beautiful home." Seeing that the emperor was silent, Aunt Mei added, "If you don't want to be husband and wife, you can still be friends after many years, so you won't cause trouble now."
It’s so embarrassing that even my friends don’t have to do it.”
"Take good care of her." Di Qianao nodded and walked out of the house. He had always been pressing her step by step, but stepping out of her life today was like a bone scraping torture.
His face was filled with coldness and his eyes were hurt. He could be friends with everyone in the world, but he was not satisfied with just being friends with her...
How could I have brought my life step by step to this sad point, where my woman actually needs to seek protection in the arms of another man? What a failure I... was!
He came to the lake and stepped into the lake. In the late autumn, the water was already cold, and the dragon robe taught the lake water to soak up to his calves. He squatted down and took the sachet containing hair knots that Luo Changan had discarded from the lake.
He took it out and held it tightly in his hand. There was a sudden rush of saltiness in his throat, and a few dazzling traces of blood spilled from his pale thin lips.
Cang Miao put her hand on Di Qian'ao's pulse, "The fire is attacking your heart, Di Qian'ao, calm down. You are in a very bad situation. If your heart pulse bursts, even the gods can't save you."
"I'm fine." Di Qian'ao smiled softly, "I lost all my hair. She really doesn't want me anymore. I'm so lonely in this vast world."
Cangmiao sighed: "I warned you at the beginning not to keep her in the harem, she will turn your life upside down. She is not an ordinary harem woman that you can mess with. She has her own thoughts, and she does not agree with this at all.
The system, you can’t control her at all.”
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Luo Changan felt much more relaxed under Liu Qin's comfort. In addition, Jinhe arrived as promised at noon and evening that day. She had hope and was not filled with sadness.
"Chang'an, how hard are your bones?" Aunt Mei looked at Luo Chang'an who was making tiger-head shoes for Jinhe, and said softly: "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to coax the emperor around, and hold on to all the gold and silver mountains.
It's in your own hands. How much is love worth these days? What you can see is yours. When the prince is older, not to mention six or seven years old, but at most three years old, he and his mother will welcome you back sooner or later.
.Why bother with the Queen Mother? Why reject the Emperor thousands of miles away?"
Luo Changan reflected on himself because of Aunt Mei's words. These days, he was immersed in the heartache of losing his beloved son, and completely ignored the pressure Di Qianao was under. As a woman, she was willful and stubborn, and everyone tried their best.
The emperor who tried her best to win over was forced to leave by her.
The moment the hair knot was thrown away, she couldn't say that she didn't feel regretful. She also deeply blamed herself for trampling on his feelings. But... she couldn't control herself at that time.
Now that the matter has come to this, there is no room for reversal.
It boils down to the wrong fit, wrong time, and wrong person.
In the past few days, Jinhe came three or four times a day, sometimes at night, because the palace couldn't bear the coaxing and had to send people here. After arriving, he was no longer sure how many times he needed to come in a day.
When Di Qian'ao sent people over, he refused to let them in. Instead, he asked Haiyin to send Jinhe in, while he waited on the carriage outside the house from a distance.
Haiyin sent Jinhe in, but he hesitated every time he wanted to speak, as if he was ordered not to tell Luo Changan what happened.
Luo Changan and Xiao Yu have become very close recently. They often attend chambers of commerce together, choose cloth shops together, discuss decoration layout, and target future customer groups. They don't need to worry about national affairs, let alone face differences in status.
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Luo Changan felt that getting along with Xiao Yu was very comfortable, very equal, and they had a common language and no class differences.
About half a month later, Luo Changan bought a shop, asked Liu Qin to handle registration and other matters, and worked hard to pick up the Bai family's business. It will be opened soon.
There was only one thing that kept in mind. All the bones of the family were found and buried in the Bai family's ancestral graves, except that of younger brother Bai Ze.
Luo Changan raised hope in his heart, could it be that his younger brother was still alive? But Liu Qin said that the court said that there were many wolves in the burial place, and it was possible that the wolves had taken him away.
Because Jinhe came more frequently and could occasionally stay overnight, Luo Changan's initially violent heart gradually softened a lot and became calmer. His words and actions were no longer full of thorns, and his aggressiveness was also reduced.
many.
On this day, Jinhe came again late at night. The child would cry when he saw his mother in the palace at night. When he came to Luo Changan, he usually ate and slept normally, and soon fell asleep.
The night after, there was a sudden heavy rain, with lightning and thunder, often lighting up the night sky.
Haiyin whispered outside: "With such heavy rain, will the Emperor get soaked outside the courtyard?"
"No way." Aunt Mei said hesitantly: "I'm afraid Chang'an won't let you in, so it's better not to invite in. It should be fine in the carriage."
"Rain will pour in through the carriage window." Haiyin said distressedly, "If you add God Lord..."
When Luo Changan heard this, he put on his shoes and came to the door.
Haiyin and Aunt Mei both stopped talking at the same time and were respectful and silent. They used to think that the emperor was difficult to talk to, but now it was the other way around. Instead, they felt that Luo Changan was intimidating, and the emperor became the pitiful one.
"Where is the emperor?" Luo Changan asked. He would bring the child to her for so many days, no matter the weather, and she would see him running around five, six, seven or eight times a day, and she could not remain indifferent.
Haiyin was overjoyed, "Outside the hospital."
Luo Changan walked outside the courtyard with an umbrella, and saw Di Qianao leaning on the carriage holding a dark umbrella. Most of his clothes were wet. His lips were very white. He had lost weight after not seeing him for three months.
"Why are you here? It's windy and rainy." When he saw Luo Changan, Di Qianao was slightly surprised and said, "Go back. You are not in good health."
Luo Changan saw his clothes that were almost soaked, and his eyes sore for no reason, "Come in."
Di Qian'ao looked at the yard, then thought about her resistance to him, and then smiled bitterly, "No, I can just wait here for Jinhe. You can go back."
Luo Changan held his sleeve, the cool touch between his fingers was familiar yet unfamiliar, and said softly: "We're in. It's raining heavily."
Di Qian'ao looked at the hand she held on his sleeve, and couldn't help but feel moved. He nodded and followed her into the house.
Haiyin and Aunt Mei looked at each other and were very happy to see that they had relaxed.
Luo Changan went to find his brother's dry clothes, took them and handed them to Di Qianao, "Take off the wet clothes you are wearing, don't catch a cold."
Di Qianao obeyed and took off his wet coat and put on Liu Qin's clothes. Liu Qin was not as tall as him and the clothes obviously didn't fit him, but the most ordinary clothes became uncomfortable on him.
Became normal.
Luo Changan hung his wet clothes to dry in the vent, then sat by the bed and patted the child.
Di Qianao came to the bed and stood up, touched Jinhe's forehead, and said softly: "The little one sleeps so soundly here with you."
Luo Changan nodded, "It's been more than four months, and he's fully recovered."
"He was on the couch in Jiu'an Palace that day. I was unprepared. Suddenly he would turn over and roll around on the bed in your room."
"Jiu'an Palace."
"Ah, yes." Di Qian'ao moved to Jiu'an Palace in the past few months and lived in the house where she lived. However, after removing the golden plaque above her door, Jiu'an Palace became the only palace without a plaque.
, it was said that he put it down, and he whispered: "Jiu'an Palace."
Di Qianao took out the resignation letter that Luo Changan handed him from his sleeve, placed it beside the bed and slowly pushed it to Luo Changan, saying with ease: "It's stamped, I've always wanted to give it to you, but I never had the chance.
"
When Luo Changan saw the stamped resignation letter, he suppressed what he said. He originally wanted to ask him what he meant by the moment of grievance, the moment of aunt, and what he planned behind the scenes.
Yes, she spent three months trying to soften her hard bones and understand how difficult it was for him.
At this time, she received the stamped resignation letter. She did not get the relief and freedom she expected. Instead, her eyes turned red. She hesitated, "Okay. Thank you."
"You're welcome. And I'm sorry, I almost hurt you that day." Di Qianao's smile was also a bit astringent.
"It doesn't matter." Luo Changan had an urge in her heart to get entangled with him, but her reason told her not to.
"I heard that your shop opened on September 15th."
"Um."
"I have something to do that day, so I can't go to cut the ribbon and say congratulations. The Queen Mother chose that day to hold the Queen Mother Ceremony on the Phoenix Stage." Di Qian'ao explained, "She has set up defenses for me and may not be able to escape."
"Yes, I understand. I was busy that day and couldn't congratulate you." Luo Changan said softly, folding the stamped resignation letter and putting it in his hand.
Di Qianao stood up. The backs of his clenched hands were covered with scratches, which looked shocking. "I'm going to the guest room to rest."
Luo Changan didn't know how his hand was injured. When she heard that he was leaving, she stood up and walked him to the door. She saw with her own eyes that he went from being autocratic and domineering in the past to letting her go free now. She didn't know why, but she felt inexplicably distressed.
When Di Qianao came to the guest room and closed the door, blood spilled from his mouth. He took out the sachet containing the hair knot and stared at it deeply.
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September 15th is a sunny day.
The Queen Mother had dressed up early in the morning, and looked at Gongsun Ya who was wearing a phoenix robe in front of her. Her eyes were full of joy. She ordered the people around her: "Today, you must teach the emperor to attend the ceremony of conferring the queen, and there must be no mistakes. The ceremony of conferring the queen is celebrated by everyone in the world.
It will be held on the Phoenix Stage, which we can look up to. If the emperor does not attend, it will be a disaster for the world."