Chapter 19 Extra episode Zhaoyang Riying
Wang Shao entered Prince Yun's mansion on a rainy spring afternoon.
The depressing and moist atmosphere indicates that a heavy rain is coming.Wang Lin asked her if she needed someone to serve her personally, but she refused.She has long been prepared to face the unpredictable future alone, and she doesn't need one more person to know her secret.
There are already four wives in Prince Yun's Mansion, and she is the fifth.
Among the four royal ladies, three were dressed in light and warm colors such as apricot, rosin, and calamus, and only one was wearing an orange-red shirt, which was a different color from the others, and looked particularly eye-catching.
Durian flowers are blooming outside the jade railing, burning in this weather.The woman in the orange dress stands under the tree, as bright as the color of the flowers.
Wang Shao bowed to them, secretly thinking in his heart, she must be Guo Wan.A well-known beauty in Chang'an, with a radiant face, and a beautiful couple of years, among all the concubines in the palace, Guo Wan was the one who stayed by King Yun's side for the longest time.
Wang Shao smiled and stood in front of them with a pure and docile attitude, allowing King Yun to hold his hand.Guo Wan, who has illuminated Prince Yun's mansion for many years, has become a bleak daylight from the first moment Wang Shao stood here.
The rain that had been holding back for a long time finally fell.The first raindrops fell on Guo Wan's cheeks, and she watched Wang Shao's pupils shrink like cats.
A woman's natural alertness when she sees a natural enemy.
"That Mrs. Guo, is she an old man next to King Yun?" When she was taking off her makeup at night, she casually asked people around her. Yongling, who helped her comb her hair, answered unhurriedly: "Yes, among all the wives in Prince Yun's mansion, she was the first to be established. Moreover, she grew up with King Yun in the palace since she was a child. After leaving the palace, she also came out, and she still has deep feelings for her." "My sister... When Wang Ruren married here, I heard that she also lived here?" Wang Shao stood up and walked to the front of the courtyard with long hair, looking at the small pond in the courtyard. Yongling nodded and said: "Yes, the prince thinks highly of his wife, and specially let you live here, one rank higher than everyone else." She turned her head slightly, looked at the slowly flowing water in front of the court with a pair of blindfolded eyes, and said slowly: "I dare not say that, after all, I came later, and I only dare to live here after the other four ladies." , I am also ashamed." "How can you be ashamed? This king asked you to live here," someone behind laughed, "Also, there is no such thing as first-come-first-served. Don't be too weak and let others bully you." Wang Shao looked back and saw King Yun, bowed his head in salute, lowered his eyelashes, just smiled and said nothing. King Yun took her by the hand, looked at her carefully again, and said in a low voice: "When I saw you in your house that day, I couldn't believe that there is such a beauty as you in the world—seeing now Looking at you, I still can't believe it... The Wang family, they protect you so well that they never revealed your existence." "I have been in poor health since I was a child, so I gave up in the Taoist temple. I thought... I was going to waste my years." Wang Shao bowed his head and smiled. "So, by fate, you have waited until now just to become my man." She snuggled up to his chest with a smile, and quickly went through everything she knew about this man in her heart—— King Yun, the eldest son of the emperor, his mother was humble and unfavorable.He was expelled from the Daming Palace when he was young, but what his future holds is still unknown. She had never seen such a person in Yangzhou before.What he needs is a pure and weak woman who clings to him and grows up, so that he can find a sense of satisfaction in life in the long-term frustration. Even if you play another person, what does it matter if you live a life of hypocrisy?Anyway, I don't love the person in front of me, it's just a way for me to survive for a better life. So when she was pulled onto the bed, she was so shy that she couldn't even lift her face.She thought about when she was young, her master said: "Wan Zhi, your talent for playing the pipa is the only one I have ever seen in my life." But even with the unique talent, she still practiced the pipa hard every day and night, without stopping for a moment .Because she thought, this is what she depends on for her life, and she must cherish it. But now, it was time for her to cherish the man in front of her. The clothes were lightly faded, she closed her eyes and hugged this unfamiliar person tightly, soft and submissive, as if cherishing the chance of her own rebirth. The rain outside the corridor finally started to fall, gently and slowly, with a lingering patter. The haze and mist in front of her eyes were entangled, and she saw Cheng Jingxiu in the haze, still the same as when they first met.He gave her a deep bow and said, the girl is the only beauty I have seen in this life, so please allow me to draw a picture for you. At that time, she was arrogant and naughty, thinking that it was another man who had found an elegant excuse to approach her, so she only gave him a sideways glance, took off a hairpin she was tired of wearing and threw it into the river beside her, saying, if you can help me If you find this hairpin. He looked at her in the sunlight with a helpless and indulgent smile. She still remembered that it was raining like this that day.She was worried that the roses in the courtyard would be ruined by rain and dew, so she got up early the next day.And Cheng Jingxiu was already standing under the roses in front of the court waiting for her. His whole body was wet, and what he was holding in his hand was exactly her hairpin. Life is really strange.If she hadn't seen Cheng Jingxiu, who was in a mess under the roses that day, with only a pair of clear eyes—wouldn't she still be in Yangzhou, playing a pipa in Yunshao Garden, accompanied by her flowery youth, living up to the time? . Everything seemed to turn into dust and smoke, and dissipated in a blink of an eye. She was left to groan under the other person, and shed two lines of tears when he hugged her tightly, as if the newly bloomed flowers could not withstand the storm that came at night.The pigeon blood hidden in the wax pill stained the brocade clothes on her body, turning red, the pain surging up in her chest and the disgust for herself made her secretly nauseous. In the end, everything subsided, she opened her eyes alone in the quiet night, listening to the sound of the rain outside, as if the drops were beating on her heart. Wang Lin told her that Cheng Jingxiu had left the capital with a snowy look.He has always been a tolerant and gentle man, knowing that he would become a stumbling block for her, so he buried everything deep in his heart and left. For a moment, she felt sorry for him.But then she thought again, how could he be worthy of her?In the past few years, it's just two people who shouldn't be together, who paid for each other's youth by mistake, and finally found that they couldn't give each other what they wanted. In this world, the only person she feels sorry for is her snow color. The color of snow... the color of snow. Soft, small, a piece of flesh that fell from her body, the little snow contained in the pistil of the plum blossom, afraid that the sun would shine on it and it would melt, such a delicate daughter.She will never see her mother again. Because, her mother was ruthless, cruel and decisive. As she thought about it, she raised her elbows to cover her eyes, curled up and lay down on the colored glaze and seven treasures agarwood couch. Beside another man, she said to herself, Mei Wanzhi, you have to live a good life.You have done things that are not as good as beasts just to covet the splendor and prosperity.If you don't live happily anymore, the world will not tolerate it! The room that Wang Fu lived in was gorgeously decorated, too complicated but depressing. When she first entered the palace, Wang Shao always wore light-colored clothes, light onion, light yellow, and faint blue. She knew that this would make herself look more slender and weak, dilute her own dazzling elegance, and make her look more like girl. She also had most of the decorations in the house removed, and the furnishings in the house also tried to be plain. When King Yun asked, she only held the book left by Wang Fu, and smiled awkwardly, "My sister's room is already inappropriate for me to live in, so I dare not furnish it gorgeously." "You are so young, don't be so obedient." King Yun joked with her. She smiled and lowered her head to read the book, so as not to reveal the faint sarcasm in her eyes. A piece of poppy petal caught in the album, faded to withered yellow, slowly fell down as the paper was flipped. She held the petals in her hands and looked at them, while casually reading the words on that page of the book. It is "Mrs. Xi" by Wang Wei. She felt as if her chest was being pricked by random needles. It wasn't a sharp pain, but blood was gradually oozing out.However, there was a more gentle smile on her face, so that King Yun couldn't help reaching out to embrace her, kissed her ear, and said: "It's really a little girl's mood, a withered petal, what's the matter?" good-looking." She lowered her thick eyelashes and made her lips more curved.Her gaze saw two words that were scrawled in the cracks under the page—— Such messy strokes can't hide the original beauty. It was Wang Fu's handwriting that she had become familiar with in recent months. She remained calm, leaned on King Yun's shoulder, and put the poppy petal back to its original place, covering the two small characters. It is already late autumn, and the fallen leaves are chaotic.She casually picked up a maple leaf next to it, flipped through the book slowly, and found a place to put it in again. King Yun hugged her shoulders and said in a low voice, "You are weak, you should go back to your room, lest you get a headache from the wind." She nodded in agreement, and was standing up from the corridor holding his hand, but unexpectedly she became dizzy and leaned softly on his body. King Yun quickly hugged her and asked, "What's the matter, do you really have a headache from the wind?" Before she could speak, she covered her mouth and retched.
The baby in her womb is more than a month old, which is the time to take care of the baby. Guo Wan was the first to visit her, and the wet nurse beside her was holding her daughter Linghui.She carried Linghui to her bed, let the child sit beside her, and said with a smile: "When I gave birth to Linghui, it was really smooth, so I brought her here today, and hope that the child in your stomach can be like Linghui." , don't torment mother." Wang Shao smiled, stretched out her arms to embrace Linghui, and said, "Thank you, sister Jiyan." Her hands pressed the child's knees and shoulders very accurately, so that she could not touch her stomach no matter what. Linghui seemed to feel pain. She stared at her with wide eyes for a long time, then silently crawled back to Guo Wan's side, and buried her face in her mother's arms.She is four years old and still can't speak, which is worrying. The other three wives in the palace also came one after another, and gave them all kinds of things for the children, creating a harmonious atmosphere of sisterly love for a while. In addition to the princess, the prince of this dynasty can marry two children and ten wives.Now the only child, Wang Fu, has passed away. They have nothing to do with each other, and they rarely meet each other, and they are polite.But now that she is pregnant, and the Langya Wang family is behind her, the smiles on everyone's faces are quite different from those in the past. When they left, Wang Shao looked at the things they sent one by one, but they were gold bracelets and silver locks, nothing surprising. It seems that in this Prince Yun's mansion, the most courageous person so far is herself.
That night, she lay down early, but was awakened by sobbing in the middle of the night.She got up and called Yongling, but there was no response.Hearing the constant crying outside the window, feeling irritable and helpless, he got off the low bed, held a silk lamp, opened the window and looked out. The porch was dry and cold with the winter wind blowing.On the pond opposite the window, there is a group of white shadows, floating in a trance on the dark water waves. Wang Shao took off the silk lampshade, and quietly blew out the candles inside. In the darkness, the white shadow appeared more clearly.The rippling waves swayed in a dazed way, revealing that it was the shadow of a woman in white. The distance is far away, and there is only a little blurred light in the darkness, and she can only be seen floating slowly, spinning slowly on the water. The face couldn't see the facial features clearly, only the skin was as pale as the clothes, which was terrifyingly pale. In the silent room, she stood alone, darkness enveloped her, deathly tranquility. She took a deep breath, making her voice as horrible as if forced out of her chest: "Come on! Come on—" No one responded, she ruthlessly threw the lamp in her hand to the corner of the wall, looked up at the faint light in front of her, the white figure of the woman was slowly spinning, sinking and floating in the water, dancing strangely, for a long time, sinking and floating The ground is gone. Yongling and several maids finally ran in from the next room, and asked repeatedly: "Madam, what's the matter? Did you have a nightmare?" Wang Shao pointed to the pool in front of him, unable to speak, but trembling. Yong Ling turned his head and saw that the white figure had slowly sunk into the water, his feet were so frightened that his feet went limp. Wang Shao tremblingly said: "You...you go and have a look..." Several people shook their heads in horror, not daring to go forward.Only a maid named Fang Fei tremblingly held on to the railing and walked to the pool, reaching out to catch the phantom. The white shadow sank completely, her hand was empty, and the palm hit the water, splashing a splash of water. She scratched a few times randomly, and didn't dare to grope in the water, so she quickly climbed back onto the corridor and curled up on the ground. The eunuch who was keeping watch outside had already arrived with a lantern.Everyone looked down under the light, the water was rippling, and in the small pond with a clear bottom, there were only a few startled koi scattered in panic under the light, other than that, there was nothing else. Wang Shao turned his head to look at Fang Fei, looked at her sleeves soaked in the water, and then slowly turned his head to look at Yong Ling who was leaning against the wall. Her face was pale, and she was muttering something in her mouth. Wang Shao listened carefully, but tossed and turned over and over again, but there were only three words "here it is again...". King Yun came to comfort her overnight. "I'm fine..." She whispered, but she held his hand and refused to let go, unconsciously holding his hand to protect her stomach. King Yun only felt endless pity surging from his chest, he hugged her tightly, let her lean on his chest, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will definitely protect you well, I want to take a look, this mansion Which ghost dares to cause trouble!" She let out a long breath, and snuggled up to him with a nervous smile on her face: "Your Majesty's awe-inspiring appearance, guarding the palace, how could there be ghosts? It's because I've been thinking about it day and night that I'm hallucinating..." He also smiled, and stretched out his hand to caress her long, smooth hair, and murmured in a low voice: "A Shao, you will never be like A Fu...never!" Wang Shao closed his eyes and hugged him tightly.
After seeing off King Yun, Wang Shao was free to look through a few books in the study next to him, and opened some scrolls and folded books, but he didn't find what he wanted. She was not in a hurry either, thinking to herself, since she was pregnant with a child and the clues had already appeared, then what should come would always come, so why rush for a while. Leaning alone on the couch, she slowly flipped through the collection of poems in her hand, and asked Yongling casually: "Before you came to my side, where did you all serve?" Yongling was a female celebrity by her side, and said, "The slaves used to be in the palace, and they followed the prince out of the mansion. After the prince appointed Wang Ruren, they were assigned here. After Wang Ruren passed away, the slaves stayed here all the time. Here it is." Wang Shao listened casually, and turned the book in his hand to the place where the maple leaf was sandwiched yesterday. Between the pages there, there are dense small scripts written—— So far, the writing has become more scattered, and it is impossible to see what is behind it. She nodded and asked, "Where are the other four maids?" "From all over the mansion, there are also women who used to be workers and waiters in the study. When Madam came over, Wang Fucheng picked a few stable ones to come here." "I think Fang Fei has a certain amount of advance and retreat. Did you serve her before?" "That's not true, but her sister is near Mrs. Guo and probably taught her something." Wang Shao smiled, closed the book gently, and asked, "I'm bored every day, I don't know my sister...Wang Ruren, how did you pass the time when you were pregnant?" Yongling was a little hesitant. Seeing her insisting on looking at him, he sighed and said, "Wang Ruren is a timid beauty, as beautiful as a hibiscus. It's a pity that her personality is quiet and cold, and her body is weak. When she was pregnant, she had nightmares every night. ...and bewitched..." Wang Shao turned his head and asked, "What's the matter with the evil spirit?" "Sigh... Maybe it's because I thought too much after I was pregnant, and I often woke up in the middle of the night, saying that I saw something unclean." Wang Shao put his hand on his lower abdomen and asked, "Is it like me last night?" Yongling saw that her face was slightly pale, so he stroked her hand comfortingly, and said: "Wang Ruren fainted from fright at the first sight, and the slaves didn't find her lying in front of the window until dawn, and they couldn't tell if they asked her. What happened. Later, Taoist priests and monks were invited in the mansion, and rituals were performed several times, but since then she has had nightmares every day, and she seems to be getting weaker day by day." "Where's the child?" she asked slowly. "I was born prematurely, and after giving birth, Wang Ruren died of blood collapse," Yongling said, still sighing in a low voice, "Now he is almost one year old, and he is still sick, not much older than others who are seven or eight months old. .Everyone said that they were born with deficiencies, and there was nothing they could do.” Wang Shao raised his eyes to look at the room, and said: "Looking at the books on the four walls, it must be that Wang Ruren read too many absurd stories when she was pregnant, and it was too sad." "That's right, the prince was also worried, so all the books in the house were taken away at that time. After she passed away, they moved back to restore the original state." "Ten months pregnant, so boring, didn't she hide a book and read it secretly?" "Yes, I've met it before... It's a bit similar to the one in Madam's hand." Yongling couldn't read, so he just smiled, "But in my opinion, the books all look the same." Wang Shao closed the book, closed his eyes and leaned on the bed, and said in a low voice: "I see. From my point of view, this residence is not clean. You should tell the prince to let me move in."
In the afternoon of that day, King Yun ordered Wang Shao to live with him, and the two of them lived daily like a folk couple.King Yun had someone to serve him, and she only brought Yong Ling with her. The people around her were very concerned, and Wang Shao paid attention everywhere. Her belly was growing day by day, and it was going well. Turning the new year to midsummer, she is about to give birth, and her body is quite inconvenient. In the evening of that day, news came out from the palace that the emperor was not in good health.Wang Shao sent King Yun out to see the sky, he will definitely stay in the palace tonight. She walked with Yongling all the way, passed the place where Guo Wan lived, and saw Linghui standing in a dark corner, looking at her with big eyes.In the hazy night, the eyes of Yuxue's cute little girl look exactly the same as Xuese's. She couldn't help but smiled at Linghui, and asked softly, "Why are you playing here alone? Where's your mother?" Linghui couldn't speak, but turned his head to look behind.Guo Wan slowly walked out from the darkness, with a smile on his face, he said, "Your sister's health is important, why are you still walking here so late?" Wang Shao also smiled and said, "Thank you sister for reminding me, I'll go back right away." Guo Wan lightly pressed his hand on Linghui's shoulder and said, "Look, Linghui, the little brother is about to be born, and when the time comes, you will have someone to play with..." Her tone was soft, but with a kind of erratic that made Wang Shao feel weird. But Linghui's eyes fell on her stomach, those snow-colored eyes stared at her motionlessly, which made her feel something was wrong.She subconsciously grabbed Yongling's arm, pulled her over, and calmly pushed her forward. Yongling happened to meet the rushing Linghui, and the two collided together, abruptly helping her block the force of Linghui's collision.And Linghui also fell to the ground, crying bitterly. Yongling was startled, and was about to hug Linghui, but Wang Shao had already called her: "Yongling..." Hearing her voice trembling slightly, Yong Ling lost all strength, so he quickly turned to look at her. Wang Shao stared at Guo Wan who was still standing there, and said calmly, "Let's go back." Guo Wan picked up the spirit emblem that was still on the ground, and walked towards her: "I'm sorry, the child is ignorant and surprised my sister..." Wang Shao put his hand on Yongling's arm, took a step back calmly, and said to Yongling: "It's getting dark, go back early." She walked back slowly all the way, and several times, Yongling felt her body trembling violently, and her whole body's strength was leaning on her. She asked in a low voice: "Could Madam want to..." "Go back first." She said, her voice panting slightly. As soon as she got back to her residence, she sat on the couch, endured the labor pains, and first ordered the two eunuchs to inform Wangfu Fu, and then ordered several maids to invite Chang Shi and Wen Po to inform the eunuch in charge today, and then sent someone Quick report in the palace. When everything was arranged properly, the pain in my abdomen was already tense. The maid outside came to report again: "The ladies came to visit, but they are all outside the door now. Mrs. Guo brought the little princess over." Wang Shao gritted his teeth and couldn't speak, only waved his hand.She was at a loss and was still standing there, Wang Shao finally couldn't bear it, and said word by word: "Get out!" The maid said in a low voice: "Mrs. Guo cried and said that the matter must have been caused by the little Princess, and she wants to apologize to Madam..." "Go away..." She tried her best to squeeze out a word. Yongling hurriedly sent the maid away.She was in pain, Wen Po was not yet here, and more maids were sent out, Chang Shi and the eunuch who rushed over were standing outside, but they were helpless, Yongling himself had never been married, so he was in a hurry. Just at this time, Fang Fei from the outer room came in with a lady Wen, and said, "Lady Wen is here, hurry up and boil the water." Yongling asked: "Didn't you send Yingluo there? Why did you find someone to come?" "This is my aunt, who lives nearby. I heard that Mrs. Wang is going to give birth, so I hurried to find her." "Thank you so much." Yongling quickly thanked her. Wang Shao propped herself up and half sat up. Before she could say anything, there was another burst of severe pain. She knew that the baby was coming out, and she was powerless to let this old woman go away. Unable to speak. Fortunately, this child is not like Xue Se, and it may be that the second child is better after all, and he fell to the ground without tossing her for too long. "Congratulations, madam, it's a boy." As soon as Wen Po hugged the child, Wang Shao took a breath, grabbed Yongling's hand, and forced out a few words: "Go...and watch!" Yongling hurriedly followed Mrs. Wen to wash the baby.Wang Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly swore in her heart that next time, she would never let herself be in such a situation surrounded by wolves. At this moment, Yingluo's stable wife finally arrives to take care of Wang Shao. There was a noise outside, and it turned out that King Yun had returned.Regardless of the dissuasion of others, he entered the messy room, sat on the front of the bed, held her hand, and asked with concern: "You... how is everything?" Wen Po laughed beside her and said, "Don't worry, my lord, mother and child are safe." Outside, Yongling also came in with the baby in his arms.Fang Fei's Wen Po followed behind, with a hesitant expression of joy. King Yun didn't notice it, and just smiled and asked them to go down to collect the wedding money. Wen Po walked outside, Fang Fei immediately asked about the situation, Wen Po hesitated and said: "Madam is a blessed person, this birth is faster than other people's first birth, the pain is not severe, it is better than some people's second birth Woolen cloth." Fang Fei heard the meaning of her words, turned her head and glanced at Guo Wan, saw her slightly raised her chin as a signal, and immediately pulled her to a corner to ask. Guo Wan glanced at them, and raised his hand to embrace Linghui. Although there was a smile on his face, the smile was cold.
King Yun was holding the child with a smile on his face, while Wang Shao leaned on the head of the bed, eating the ginseng chicken soup that Yongling fed to his mouth bit by bit.Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and then there was the sound of a woman's suppressed weeping. King Yun frowned, and the people around him quickly came back to inquire, and said with an ugly face, "Mrs. Guo... beat the Wen woman who just delivered the baby." "Awan? How could she be like this on such a beautiful day?" King Yun handed the child to Yongling, stood up and was about to go out, when Guo Wan had already dragged Wen Po in, and pushed her to the ground with a look of resentment. He also ordered Fang Fei to kneel down, and then turned to King Yun and said, "Seeing these two people slander my sister, I can't restrain my anger, so I bring these two people in and ask the prince to deal with it!" "What's the matter? Where did these two people collide with you?" King Yun patted her on the shoulder to comfort her. "They...they said some stupid things, referring to the younger sister..." She couldn't go on talking until now, pointing at her mother-in-law, and said angrily, "Say it yourself!" Wen Po lay on the ground tremblingly, looked up at Wang Shao, and dared not speak. Fang Fei straightened up on her knees, and said, "My aunt said, it's not the first time Mrs. Wang gave birth!" As soon as he said a word, everyone in the room was shocked.King Yun gasped even more, and turned to look at Wang Shao. Wang Shao leaned on the head of the bed, staring at Fang Fei, then turned to look at Wen Po, her lips trembled, she opened her mouth to argue, but there were already big tears falling from her eyes, her breath was choking, her face was already pale , at this time it is even more blue and white.After a long time, she looked at King Yun mournfully, her voice was hoarse and trembling: "My lord... I don't know who I am... Where do you say this?" Seeing her like this, King Yun was hesitant and angry.Standing by the bed, he scolded Wenpo, "Do you have evidence for what you say?" "My lord, when I was giving birth, my mother-in-law saw with her own eyes that the birth canal of a first-time woman was flat and narrow, while that of a woman who had given birth was round and wide. I have been delivering babies for many years, my mother-in-law, and it is absolutely true!" "At that time, you were the only one who saw it, but now my child has been born and the birth canal has been deformed. Now... what you say, I can no longer justify it, can I?" , barely speaking, "I am from the Langya royal family. The aristocratic family is well-established and well-established. How can you... these ordinary people can slander me? I know... You are definitely going to frame me... You will definitely not let the prince There is a child. I just don’t know, you guys are... unexpectedly so sinister, I just gave birth to a child for the prince today, and you are constantly trying to force me to death!" Listening to her bloody and tearful accusation, Fang Fei and Wen Po who were kneeling on the ground looked terrified. Guo Wan lowered his head and glanced at them, then turned his gaze to King Yun. Seeing that Wang Shao was dying and about to faint, King Yun couldn't bear it, so he hurried forward to hold her shoulder, but she held his hand tightly, the nails were deeply embedded in his skin, like a drowning man grabbing his hand. The only straw. She looked at him weakly, and asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, do you still remember... do you still remember that when I was just pregnant, I saw ghosts and phantoms on the pond in the garden?" King Yun nodded and said, "Fortunately, you are blessed by heaven, and ghosts are hard to invade." "No...that's not a ghost, it's...someone insisted on murdering my concubine...the prince's child!" She held his hand tightly, and said reluctantly, "My prince... there is a collection of poems under my pillow, Please look at the place where the maple leaves and flowers are placed." King Yun reached under her pillow and found a book. He opened it and asked, "This is... Afu's handwriting?" "Yes... I also discovered it by accident, so I know...it turns out that my sister, like me, encountered people pretending to be gods and ghosts during pregnancy, with the intention...to harm the child!" She said, looking up at him with tears in her eyes. , dying, "It was only when I saw the words left by my sister that I was able to know the inside story, and my sister...she was weak-minded, didn't know the truth, and let the murderer get away with it, so that..." At this point, she raised her hand to cover her face, sobbing bitterly, unable to say a word. King Yun turned his head abruptly, and saw Fang Fei kneeling on the ground, whose body was like a sieve, and his face turned pale with fright.Thinking of Fang Fei serving the two of them, he looked at her with a vicious look: "A Shao, do you know who the person who hurt you is?" "That day... she pretended to play tricks, but she failed to harm the concubine. The concubine thought that she was pregnant with a child, and it was not suitable to deal with it, so she thought about telling the prince in the future. Who knows that she failed in one plan, and made a poisonous plan..." Wang Shao turned her head, pointed at Fang Fei with trembling fingers and said, "Today... is the day I gave birth, and she is so cruel that she wants to collude with her aunt to slander my concubine on the day the prince and my concubine are rejoicing...Prince, what is she like?" They want to force me to death!" "Your maidservant... No maidservant..." Fang Fei was so frightened that she shook her head again and again, and argued, "My maidservant has never pretended to be a ghost, nor has she colluded with my aunt..." "You never pretended to be a ghost?" Wang Shao gritted his teeth, half sat up in the arms of King Yun with his last strength, and whispered, "Yongling, bring the things." Yongling responded, and hurriedly opened the cabinet in the back hall, took out a box from the bottom, and opened it. Inside are a few scattered pieces of camphor, and there are several thin bamboo threads tied into a spherical shape, supported by three bamboo threads underneath. Wang Shao stopped talking, and only raised his hand to signal Yong Ling. Yongling angrily threw the bamboo silk in front of Fangfei, and said sharply: "I saw the ghost that night, after you dispersed, Madam quietly ordered me to go into the water to find it. At that time, Madam concluded that the female ghost in white was the ghost on Zhusi. Covered with a white paper painted with a human figure, it is used to scare people when viewed from a distance in the dark! And when we are frightened, you go over first, and when you reach out to fish in the water, tear off the white paper outside and rub it They tucked into a ball and tucked them into their cuffs. The thin bamboo threads were not conspicuous at all in the water, so the eunuchs turned on the lights and found nothing." King Yun was furious, and asked again, "What is camphor?" "The servants found this in Fang Fei's room secretly afterward. The camphor swirled around in the water. At that time, the white paper female ghost wobbled because it was inserted into the camphor. It was very scary!" Yong Ling poohed Fang Fei for a while. Face, let out a mournful voice, "Your Majesty! Madam has kept the slaves quiet for the sake of the child in her womb. The servants have been walking on thin ice for the past ten months. I must be... Madam is even more pitiful..." Yongling and Wang Shao were crying together, while Guo Wan stood beside the bed with a frosty face. Fang Fei was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground. Her aunt quickly pushed her away as if she had just woken up from a dream, and slapped herself vigorously: "Oh, my lord, madam, this is terrible. My mother-in-law really doesn't know that my niece Such a villain! I... I just have doubts, in fact, some women are born with open birth paths, I don't want to... this is what happened!" King Yun hugged Wang Shao, who was still crying, and waved his hands without saying anything. Fang Fei didn't know where the strength came from, and rushed forward to hug Guo Wan's leg: "Madam, Madam, save me..." Guo Wan lifted her foot and kicked her on the ground, then squatted down and said fiercely: "You bastard, how dare you slander Mrs. Wang, you will dirty my clothes if you touch me!" Wang Shao leaned on King Yun's body and said as if talking to himself: "I don't know how dare this little servant girl repeatedly attack the prince's son?" King Yun hugged her silently, and his eyes fell on Guo Wan. She heard his heartbeat seem to speed up in his chest, but he remained silent and never spoke. So Wang Shao didn't say anything anymore, seeing Fang Fei and Wen Po being dragged down together, they were still yelling wildly, but then something was stuffed in their mouths, and there was a deathly silence around them. Wang Shao's body recovered very well, and within a few days, she was able to take a walk in the courtyard with her baby in her arms. With the family of King Yun and Langye, plus the newborn child, the palace quickly issued a decree, and she became the only child of King Yun. In the mansion of King Yun without a concubine, she was like the mistress of the mansion. It's just that the emperor's health is gradually getting worse, and the news came out again that day, King Yun could only reluctantly put down his newborn son, and ran to the palace to wait. Guo Wan was invited to meet Wang Shao with a spirit emblem. Wang Shao greeted them with a smile, then handed the baby into Yongling's arms, and asked her to take it inside to feed the wet nurse. Guo Wan laughed angrily and said, "I haven't hugged him yet, but Pianru is so stingy, he doesn't want to be touched by others." "Children are delicate, and sometimes they can't guarantee what will happen with just one finger." Wang Shao sat down with them in front of the court, his eyes fell on Linghui, and smiled slightly, "Besides, Linghui doesn't look like that. I like my multiple little brothers." Guo Wan said sadly: "I knew that Ruren still remembered this, Linghui is still young, she is not sensible..." "I know. Elder sister, wait a minute." She went inside with a smile, and brought out three cups of pastry, one of which was sprinkled with finely shredded red pecans. She personally handed it to Guo Wan.She gave Linghui the second one sprinkled with ground walnuts.The third cup of almond custard, keep it for yourself. Wang Shao had already moved back to the place where Wang Fu lived. The three of them sat in front of the courtyard in the afternoon, eating snacks in the rippling water, watching the lotus wind blowing past the lotus pond in front of which only one or two residual flowers were left. Linghui ate his own walnut cheese, and fixed his eyes on the red and green cheese in Guo Wan's hand.Guo Wan had already finished the cup of crispy cheese, but he didn't seem to like eating red and green shredded fruit, leaving most of the shredded fruit. Seeing Linghui staring at him, Guo Wan scooped out the shredded fruit and wanted to give it to Linghui. Wang Shao said lightly from the side: "I advise you, it's better not to feed your daughter." Guo Wan held the empty cup in his hand and looked up at her in puzzlement. Wang Shao signaled everyone around her to step back, and took the Linghui to the back by the way, then she clasped her hands, looked at the green lotus leaves in front of her, and said with an indifferent smile: "Otherwise, if your daughter will die forever If you can't have children, you, a mother, may feel a little regretful." Guo Wan looked down at his hands, then at hers, and then realized that the empty cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. She felt a slight pain in her abdomen, and a cold sweat broke out all over her body. She involuntarily lay down on the table, raised her finger and pointed at her, gritted her teeth and asked, "You...what did you eat for me..." "It's nothing, it's just adding some seedlings, which can make you sterilized for life, and you don't need to worry about how painful it is to have a child anymore." 她俯身看着蜷缩的郭纨，脸上笑容依然温和，声音也轻轻缓缓的，与此时的夏日清风一般，“你陪伴郓王多年，自有感情，所以你不喜欢我，我也可以体谅。只是你以后若有孩子，可能也是我的麻烦。左思右想，我只能出此下策，这样，以后你我就解开芥蒂了，各自过自己的好日子吧。” “你……你这般歹毒……王爷不会饶过你的……”她捂着肚子，摔跌于地，声嘶力竭地哀叫。 周围的侍女早已不见，庭前只剩得她们两人。 王芍拉着自己的裙裾，缓缓站起来，往后退到廊前，也不管郭纨腹痛如绞，面容扭曲。她只望着眼前的荷花亭亭，柔声说：“郭纨，你要是像其他人一样乖巧顺从，不就一切没事了吗？就算你当初指使芳菲害了王芙，与我又有何干呢？可你现在触犯到了我，我只能让你明白，你找错了人。” 郭纨疼痛难忍，冷汗涔涔，说不出一个字，只有喉口嗬嗬作响。王芍靠在身后的朱红梁柱上，悠然望着面前的夏日午后，想着一年前自己刚来时那一个闷热欲雨的春日午后。 那时郭纨站在石榴花下，穿着一件橘红色的衣裙，娇艳欲滴，颜色鲜艳。 耳边传来郭纨的痛苦呻吟，她听着如同清乐，不觉就笑了出来：“世间种种残忍，我都已经尝尽，甚至我也不惮亲手去做。你们这些没经历过风雨的女人，何曾知道我是什么人……”她的目光落在郭纨身上，端详了一阵，又面带不屑的微笑，仰头看天，“不知己，不知彼，还偏偏来招惹我，真是不智。你说，如今我要是把一切说给王爷听，那么你是得活，还是不得活？” 郭纨腹中的剧痛终于过去，她趴伏于地，只是哀哀号哭，不敢回答。 “得活……” 身后忽然有一个稚嫩的声音，艰难地挤出两个字。 王芍回头，发现是不知什么时候偷偷到来的灵徽，她怔怔地站在后堂门口，嘴巴张了张，又艰涩地说了一遍：“得活。” 四岁多的孩子，终于第一次开口说话，说的，居然是这两个字。 王芍死死地盯着她。这孩子，年仅四岁，圆圆的脸，大大的眼睛，她仰头盯着她看时，眼中那种天生的固执倔强，萦绕在眼神中，无法抹去。 有些孩子，为什么天生就是这样固执？就像她离开雪色的时候，雪色哭着，也是用这种仿佛一辈子都会记得她的眼神，一直盯着她，连眨都不眨一下。 王芍在这一刻，竟低下头，避开了这个小孩子的目光。 她那颗原本以为已经足够坚硬，再也不会有什么波动的心，也在这一刻隐隐抽搐着，挤压出疼痛的血，流遍全身。 她抬起手，示意刚刚赶来的侍女们将灵徽抓住。郭纨也不知哪来的力气，扑上前护住灵徽，就要抓挠她。 “别碰我！”王芍狠狠打开她的手，冷冷地说，“想活命的话，带着你的女儿，回你自己的地方去！” 郭纨的疼痛尚未过去，在侍女们的拉扯下，她悲哀绝望，只能咬牙牵着灵徽，慢慢地走向门口。 走到门口时，她们却正遇见从外面进来的郓王，郓王只扫了她们一眼，便转头对着王芍说：“父皇不豫，我回来收拾一下东西，可能又要去宫中守夜了……” 他还未说完，身边的灵徽牵住了他袖子，抬头看着他。 他诧异地低头看着这个从来不会说话的女儿。 “得活。”灵徽清清楚楚地说。 “什么？”他一时没听明白，目光从苍白的郭纨脸上漫不经心滑过，蹲下来看着自己的第一个孩子，略有惊喜：“灵徽会说话啦？你刚刚说什么？” “得活。”她又说了一遍，她不知道自己在说什么，却带着炫耀的笑容。 郓王还没来得及夸奖她，外面忽然有人疾奔进来：“王爷！王爷！陛下……驾崩了！” 郓王愕然睁大眼睛，呼的站起身，张了张口。 还未等他说话，外间已经传来杂沓的脚步声，那位通报的宦官喜极而泣，又说道：“如今……宫中仪仗已到，是要……接您到宫中登基了！” 所有人都“啊”了一声，呆立当场，不敢置信与狂喜交织在一起，久久无人言语。 庭中一时一片寂静。 唯有灵徽，还在一声声说着：“得活，得活！” “这下……我是真得活了啊！”郓王一把抱起自己的女儿，用力亲了两下，二十多年的压抑忐忑，如今一朝消散，瞬间让他眼泪都涌了出来。 王芍走到他身边，盈盈下拜：“恭喜陛下。” “阿芍……”他放下孩子，仓促地握一握她的手，说，“我进宫去了，府中一切交给你……以后，宫中一切也要你劳心了。” “陛下请放心。” 郓王什么东西都没收拾，立即转身离去。 郭纨站在门口，面色惨白，却没有任何人注意她。整个郓王府沉浸在欢喜之中，唯有她一人恍惚黯淡。 王芍望着她，声音和缓：“赶紧回去收拾东西，准备进宫吧，郭淑妃。” 她呆滞地转头，喉口挤出艰难几个字：“你叫我……什么？” 王芍浅笑着，依然是那种温柔无害的模样，只是郭纨仿佛这一日才发现，原来王芍比她要高一些，以至于她看着自己的时候，自然而然用的是一种俯视的姿态。 “你是陪在陛下身边最久的人，自然得有一个位置。” “你……你……”郭纨看着王芍云淡风轻的样子，浑身颤抖，眼中满是恐惧，“难道你真的……甘心让我，留在王爷身边？” “为什么不？”王芍笑一笑，瞥了她最后一眼，“毕竟，我还要感谢你呢。” 若不是郭纨设计鬼怪吓唬人，她又怎么可能将计就计，在生子之时将自己第二胎的嫌疑洗脱？她硬生生忍耐十月，直到孩子出生，自然不可能是为了替孩子积德，而是为了在万一之时，拿出来化解危机。 而且，她亦不在乎让郭纨在郓王身边保留一个位置。至少，一个早已被她断绝了后路的女人，对她而言是最没有威胁的。 而最令她感到欣慰的是，她不爱那个男人。所以，她能置身事外，将一切玩弄于股掌之间，只会得益，永不会受伤。 反正当王府媵、当孺人、当后妃、当皇后，都只是她如今存活于世的手段。她现在的人生，就是扮演一个合适的角色，活得锦绣繁华。 人生至此，欢喜圆满。
她的人生，真的和自己设计的一样，毫无偏差。 她成为皇后，母仪天下，纵横后宫多年，波澜不惊。 帝后恩爱，完美非常。 多年后有一次，昔年的郓王，当今的皇帝曾问她：“阿芍，为我弹一曲琵琶吧？初见时那曲。” 她穿着锦绣华服，坐在殿内铺设的地毯上，微笑摇头，说：“本就不喜欢琵琶，何况现在多年不弹，早已生疏了。” 皇帝诧异问：“咦，怎么会不喜欢？我记得那时演奏的琵琶曲简直是仙乐天降，人间少有！” 她抬眸朝他一笑：“陛下只是爱屋及乌吧，其实我当日真的弹得好吗？” “难道朕当时只是乐不迷人人自迷？”见她这样问，皇帝回忆当日情景，却只能清楚想起她怀抱琵琶向自己凝睇的那一笑。于是他也有点糊涂了，只能戏谑笑道，“总之，朕说好，就是好的。” 她颈项低垂，望着自己那一双手，微笑不语。 从离开程敬修与雪色的那一刻起，她便再不碰任何器乐。 她硬生生让自己手上那些日夜练习琵琶的痕迹消失。现在，这双手细腻柔软，肌肤如玉，已经没有残留下任何痕迹。 无人知道，多年前孤灯月下，她曾经彻夜弹奏那些泠泠乐曲，消耗了最美好的青春年华，才赢得一曲琵琶抵百人妖舞的名号。 无人知道，曾有一个男人在夜雨中捧着她的簪子，在蔷薇花前站到天亮。熬了一夜的那双眼睛，在看到她的那一瞬间，陡然明亮起来。 无人知道，她曾有过一个名叫雪色的女儿，如同含在梅花蕊之中的那一点细雪，怕日光照在上面就要融化。 除却天上月，无人知。
"That Mrs. Guo, is she an old man next to King Yun?" When she was taking off her makeup at night, she casually asked people around her. Yongling, who helped her comb her hair, answered unhurriedly: "Yes, among all the wives in Prince Yun's mansion, she was the first to be established. Moreover, she grew up with King Yun in the palace since she was a child. After leaving the palace, she also came out, and she still has deep feelings for her." "My sister... When Wang Ruren married here, I heard that she also lived here?" Wang Shao stood up and walked to the front of the courtyard with long hair, looking at the small pond in the courtyard. Yongling nodded and said: "Yes, the prince thinks highly of his wife, and specially let you live here, one rank higher than everyone else." She turned her head slightly, looked at the slowly flowing water in front of the court with a pair of blindfolded eyes, and said slowly: "I dare not say that, after all, I came later, and I only dare to live here after the other four ladies." , I am also ashamed." "How can you be ashamed? This king asked you to live here," someone behind laughed, "Also, there is no such thing as first-come-first-served. Don't be too weak and let others bully you." Wang Shao looked back and saw King Yun, bowed his head in salute, lowered his eyelashes, just smiled and said nothing. King Yun took her by the hand, looked at her carefully again, and said in a low voice: "When I saw you in your house that day, I couldn't believe that there is such a beauty as you in the world—seeing now Looking at you, I still can't believe it... The Wang family, they protect you so well that they never revealed your existence." "I have been in poor health since I was a child, so I gave up in the Taoist temple. I thought... I was going to waste my years." Wang Shao bowed his head and smiled. "So, by fate, you have waited until now just to become my man." She snuggled up to his chest with a smile, and quickly went through everything she knew about this man in her heart—— King Yun, the eldest son of the emperor, his mother was humble and unfavorable.He was expelled from the Daming Palace when he was young, but what his future holds is still unknown. She had never seen such a person in Yangzhou before.What he needs is a pure and weak woman who clings to him and grows up, so that he can find a sense of satisfaction in life in the long-term frustration. Even if you play another person, what does it matter if you live a life of hypocrisy?Anyway, I don't love the person in front of me, it's just a way for me to survive for a better life. So when she was pulled onto the bed, she was so shy that she couldn't even lift her face.She thought about when she was young, her master said: "Wan Zhi, your talent for playing the pipa is the only one I have ever seen in my life." But even with the unique talent, she still practiced the pipa hard every day and night, without stopping for a moment .Because she thought, this is what she depends on for her life, and she must cherish it. But now, it was time for her to cherish the man in front of her. The clothes were lightly faded, she closed her eyes and hugged this unfamiliar person tightly, soft and submissive, as if cherishing the chance of her own rebirth. The rain outside the corridor finally started to fall, gently and slowly, with a lingering patter. The haze and mist in front of her eyes were entangled, and she saw Cheng Jingxiu in the haze, still the same as when they first met.He gave her a deep bow and said, the girl is the only beauty I have seen in this life, so please allow me to draw a picture for you. At that time, she was arrogant and naughty, thinking that it was another man who had found an elegant excuse to approach her, so she only gave him a sideways glance, took off a hairpin she was tired of wearing and threw it into the river beside her, saying, if you can help me If you find this hairpin. He looked at her in the sunlight with a helpless and indulgent smile. She still remembered that it was raining like this that day.She was worried that the roses in the courtyard would be ruined by rain and dew, so she got up early the next day.And Cheng Jingxiu was already standing under the roses in front of the court waiting for her. His whole body was wet, and what he was holding in his hand was exactly her hairpin. Life is really strange.If she hadn't seen Cheng Jingxiu, who was in a mess under the roses that day, with only a pair of clear eyes—wouldn't she still be in Yangzhou, playing a pipa in Yunshao Garden, accompanied by her flowery youth, living up to the time? . Everything seemed to turn into dust and smoke, and dissipated in a blink of an eye. She was left to groan under the other person, and shed two lines of tears when he hugged her tightly, as if the newly bloomed flowers could not withstand the storm that came at night.The pigeon blood hidden in the wax pill stained the brocade clothes on her body, turning red, the pain surging up in her chest and the disgust for herself made her secretly nauseous. In the end, everything subsided, she opened her eyes alone in the quiet night, listening to the sound of the rain outside, as if the drops were beating on her heart. Wang Lin told her that Cheng Jingxiu had left the capital with a snowy look.He has always been a tolerant and gentle man, knowing that he would become a stumbling block for her, so he buried everything deep in his heart and left. For a moment, she felt sorry for him.But then she thought again, how could he be worthy of her?In the past few years, it's just two people who shouldn't be together, who paid for each other's youth by mistake, and finally found that they couldn't give each other what they wanted. In this world, the only person she feels sorry for is her snow color. The color of snow... the color of snow. Soft, small, a piece of flesh that fell from her body, the little snow contained in the pistil of the plum blossom, afraid that the sun would shine on it and it would melt, such a delicate daughter.She will never see her mother again. Because, her mother was ruthless, cruel and decisive. As she thought about it, she raised her elbows to cover her eyes, curled up and lay down on the colored glaze and seven treasures agarwood couch. Beside another man, she said to herself, Mei Wanzhi, you have to live a good life.You have done things that are not as good as beasts just to covet the splendor and prosperity.If you don't live happily anymore, the world will not tolerate it! The room that Wang Fu lived in was gorgeously decorated, too complicated but depressing. When she first entered the palace, Wang Shao always wore light-colored clothes, light onion, light yellow, and faint blue. She knew that this would make herself look more slender and weak, dilute her own dazzling elegance, and make her look more like girl. She also had most of the decorations in the house removed, and the furnishings in the house also tried to be plain. When King Yun asked, she only held the book left by Wang Fu, and smiled awkwardly, "My sister's room is already inappropriate for me to live in, so I dare not furnish it gorgeously." "You are so young, don't be so obedient." King Yun joked with her. She smiled and lowered her head to read the book, so as not to reveal the faint sarcasm in her eyes. A piece of poppy petal caught in the album, faded to withered yellow, slowly fell down as the paper was flipped. She held the petals in her hands and looked at them, while casually reading the words on that page of the book. It is "Mrs. Xi" by Wang Wei. She felt as if her chest was being pricked by random needles. It wasn't a sharp pain, but blood was gradually oozing out.However, there was a more gentle smile on her face, so that King Yun couldn't help reaching out to embrace her, kissed her ear, and said: "It's really a little girl's mood, a withered petal, what's the matter?" good-looking." She lowered her thick eyelashes and made her lips more curved.Her gaze saw two words that were scrawled in the cracks under the page—— Such messy strokes can't hide the original beauty. It was Wang Fu's handwriting that she had become familiar with in recent months. She remained calm, leaned on King Yun's shoulder, and put the poppy petal back to its original place, covering the two small characters. It is already late autumn, and the fallen leaves are chaotic.She casually picked up a maple leaf next to it, flipped through the book slowly, and found a place to put it in again. King Yun hugged her shoulders and said in a low voice, "You are weak, you should go back to your room, lest you get a headache from the wind." She nodded in agreement, and was standing up from the corridor holding his hand, but unexpectedly she became dizzy and leaned softly on his body. King Yun quickly hugged her and asked, "What's the matter, do you really have a headache from the wind?" Before she could speak, she covered her mouth and retched.
The baby in her womb is more than a month old, which is the time to take care of the baby. Guo Wan was the first to visit her, and the wet nurse beside her was holding her daughter Linghui.She carried Linghui to her bed, let the child sit beside her, and said with a smile: "When I gave birth to Linghui, it was really smooth, so I brought her here today, and hope that the child in your stomach can be like Linghui." , don't torment mother." Wang Shao smiled, stretched out her arms to embrace Linghui, and said, "Thank you, sister Jiyan." Her hands pressed the child's knees and shoulders very accurately, so that she could not touch her stomach no matter what. Linghui seemed to feel pain. She stared at her with wide eyes for a long time, then silently crawled back to Guo Wan's side, and buried her face in her mother's arms.She is four years old and still can't speak, which is worrying. The other three wives in the palace also came one after another, and gave them all kinds of things for the children, creating a harmonious atmosphere of sisterly love for a while. In addition to the princess, the prince of this dynasty can marry two children and ten wives.Now the only child, Wang Fu, has passed away. They have nothing to do with each other, and they rarely meet each other, and they are polite.But now that she is pregnant, and the Langya Wang family is behind her, the smiles on everyone's faces are quite different from those in the past. When they left, Wang Shao looked at the things they sent one by one, but they were gold bracelets and silver locks, nothing surprising. It seems that in this Prince Yun's mansion, the most courageous person so far is herself.
That night, she lay down early, but was awakened by sobbing in the middle of the night.She got up and called Yongling, but there was no response.Hearing the constant crying outside the window, feeling irritable and helpless, he got off the low bed, held a silk lamp, opened the window and looked out. The porch was dry and cold with the winter wind blowing.On the pond opposite the window, there is a group of white shadows, floating in a trance on the dark water waves. Wang Shao took off the silk lampshade, and quietly blew out the candles inside. In the darkness, the white shadow appeared more clearly.The rippling waves swayed in a dazed way, revealing that it was the shadow of a woman in white. The distance is far away, and there is only a little blurred light in the darkness, and she can only be seen floating slowly, spinning slowly on the water. The face couldn't see the facial features clearly, only the skin was as pale as the clothes, which was terrifyingly pale. In the silent room, she stood alone, darkness enveloped her, deathly tranquility. She took a deep breath, making her voice as horrible as if forced out of her chest: "Come on! Come on—" No one responded, she ruthlessly threw the lamp in her hand to the corner of the wall, looked up at the faint light in front of her, the white figure of the woman was slowly spinning, sinking and floating in the water, dancing strangely, for a long time, sinking and floating The ground is gone. Yongling and several maids finally ran in from the next room, and asked repeatedly: "Madam, what's the matter? Did you have a nightmare?" Wang Shao pointed to the pool in front of him, unable to speak, but trembling. Yong Ling turned his head and saw that the white figure had slowly sunk into the water, his feet were so frightened that his feet went limp. Wang Shao tremblingly said: "You...you go and have a look..." Several people shook their heads in horror, not daring to go forward.Only a maid named Fang Fei tremblingly held on to the railing and walked to the pool, reaching out to catch the phantom. The white shadow sank completely, her hand was empty, and the palm hit the water, splashing a splash of water. She scratched a few times randomly, and didn't dare to grope in the water, so she quickly climbed back onto the corridor and curled up on the ground. The eunuch who was keeping watch outside had already arrived with a lantern.Everyone looked down under the light, the water was rippling, and in the small pond with a clear bottom, there were only a few startled koi scattered in panic under the light, other than that, there was nothing else. Wang Shao turned his head to look at Fang Fei, looked at her sleeves soaked in the water, and then slowly turned his head to look at Yong Ling who was leaning against the wall. Her face was pale, and she was muttering something in her mouth. Wang Shao listened carefully, but tossed and turned over and over again, but there were only three words "here it is again...". King Yun came to comfort her overnight. "I'm fine..." She whispered, but she held his hand and refused to let go, unconsciously holding his hand to protect her stomach. King Yun only felt endless pity surging from his chest, he hugged her tightly, let her lean on his chest, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will definitely protect you well, I want to take a look, this mansion Which ghost dares to cause trouble!" She let out a long breath, and snuggled up to him with a nervous smile on her face: "Your Majesty's awe-inspiring appearance, guarding the palace, how could there be ghosts? It's because I've been thinking about it day and night that I'm hallucinating..." He also smiled, and stretched out his hand to caress her long, smooth hair, and murmured in a low voice: "A Shao, you will never be like A Fu...never!" Wang Shao closed his eyes and hugged him tightly.
After seeing off King Yun, Wang Shao was free to look through a few books in the study next to him, and opened some scrolls and folded books, but he didn't find what he wanted. She was not in a hurry either, thinking to herself, since she was pregnant with a child and the clues had already appeared, then what should come would always come, so why rush for a while. Leaning alone on the couch, she slowly flipped through the collection of poems in her hand, and asked Yongling casually: "Before you came to my side, where did you all serve?" Yongling was a female celebrity by her side, and said, "The slaves used to be in the palace, and they followed the prince out of the mansion. After the prince appointed Wang Ruren, they were assigned here. After Wang Ruren passed away, the slaves stayed here all the time. Here it is." Wang Shao listened casually, and turned the book in his hand to the place where the maple leaf was sandwiched yesterday. Between the pages there, there are dense small scripts written—— So far, the writing has become more scattered, and it is impossible to see what is behind it. She nodded and asked, "Where are the other four maids?" "From all over the mansion, there are also women who used to be workers and waiters in the study. When Madam came over, Wang Fucheng picked a few stable ones to come here." "I think Fang Fei has a certain amount of advance and retreat. Did you serve her before?" "That's not true, but her sister is near Mrs. Guo and probably taught her something." Wang Shao smiled, closed the book gently, and asked, "I'm bored every day, I don't know my sister...Wang Ruren, how did you pass the time when you were pregnant?" Yongling was a little hesitant. Seeing her insisting on looking at him, he sighed and said, "Wang Ruren is a timid beauty, as beautiful as a hibiscus. It's a pity that her personality is quiet and cold, and her body is weak. When she was pregnant, she had nightmares every night. ...and bewitched..." Wang Shao turned his head and asked, "What's the matter with the evil spirit?" "Sigh... Maybe it's because I thought too much after I was pregnant, and I often woke up in the middle of the night, saying that I saw something unclean." Wang Shao put his hand on his lower abdomen and asked, "Is it like me last night?" Yongling saw that her face was slightly pale, so he stroked her hand comfortingly, and said: "Wang Ruren fainted from fright at the first sight, and the slaves didn't find her lying in front of the window until dawn, and they couldn't tell if they asked her. What happened. Later, Taoist priests and monks were invited in the mansion, and rituals were performed several times, but since then she has had nightmares every day, and she seems to be getting weaker day by day." "Where's the child?" she asked slowly. "I was born prematurely, and after giving birth, Wang Ruren died of blood collapse," Yongling said, still sighing in a low voice, "Now he is almost one year old, and he is still sick, not much older than others who are seven or eight months old. .Everyone said that they were born with deficiencies, and there was nothing they could do.” Wang Shao raised his eyes to look at the room, and said: "Looking at the books on the four walls, it must be that Wang Ruren read too many absurd stories when she was pregnant, and it was too sad." "That's right, the prince was also worried, so all the books in the house were taken away at that time. After she passed away, they moved back to restore the original state." "Ten months pregnant, so boring, didn't she hide a book and read it secretly?" "Yes, I've met it before... It's a bit similar to the one in Madam's hand." Yongling couldn't read, so he just smiled, "But in my opinion, the books all look the same." Wang Shao closed the book, closed his eyes and leaned on the bed, and said in a low voice: "I see. From my point of view, this residence is not clean. You should tell the prince to let me move in."
In the afternoon of that day, King Yun ordered Wang Shao to live with him, and the two of them lived daily like a folk couple.King Yun had someone to serve him, and she only brought Yong Ling with her. The people around her were very concerned, and Wang Shao paid attention everywhere. Her belly was growing day by day, and it was going well. Turning the new year to midsummer, she is about to give birth, and her body is quite inconvenient. In the evening of that day, news came out from the palace that the emperor was not in good health.Wang Shao sent King Yun out to see the sky, he will definitely stay in the palace tonight. She walked with Yongling all the way, passed the place where Guo Wan lived, and saw Linghui standing in a dark corner, looking at her with big eyes.In the hazy night, the eyes of Yuxue's cute little girl look exactly the same as Xuese's. She couldn't help but smiled at Linghui, and asked softly, "Why are you playing here alone? Where's your mother?" Linghui couldn't speak, but turned his head to look behind.Guo Wan slowly walked out from the darkness, with a smile on his face, he said, "Your sister's health is important, why are you still walking here so late?" Wang Shao also smiled and said, "Thank you sister for reminding me, I'll go back right away." Guo Wan lightly pressed his hand on Linghui's shoulder and said, "Look, Linghui, the little brother is about to be born, and when the time comes, you will have someone to play with..." Her tone was soft, but with a kind of erratic that made Wang Shao feel weird. But Linghui's eyes fell on her stomach, those snow-colored eyes stared at her motionlessly, which made her feel something was wrong.She subconsciously grabbed Yongling's arm, pulled her over, and calmly pushed her forward. Yongling happened to meet the rushing Linghui, and the two collided together, abruptly helping her block the force of Linghui's collision.And Linghui also fell to the ground, crying bitterly. Yongling was startled, and was about to hug Linghui, but Wang Shao had already called her: "Yongling..." Hearing her voice trembling slightly, Yong Ling lost all strength, so he quickly turned to look at her. Wang Shao stared at Guo Wan who was still standing there, and said calmly, "Let's go back." Guo Wan picked up the spirit emblem that was still on the ground, and walked towards her: "I'm sorry, the child is ignorant and surprised my sister..." Wang Shao put his hand on Yongling's arm, took a step back calmly, and said to Yongling: "It's getting dark, go back early." She walked back slowly all the way, and several times, Yongling felt her body trembling violently, and her whole body's strength was leaning on her. She asked in a low voice: "Could Madam want to..." "Go back first." She said, her voice panting slightly. As soon as she got back to her residence, she sat on the couch, endured the labor pains, and first ordered the two eunuchs to inform Wangfu Fu, and then ordered several maids to invite Chang Shi and Wen Po to inform the eunuch in charge today, and then sent someone Quick report in the palace. When everything was arranged properly, the pain in my abdomen was already tense. The maid outside came to report again: "The ladies came to visit, but they are all outside the door now. Mrs. Guo brought the little princess over." Wang Shao gritted his teeth and couldn't speak, only waved his hand.She was at a loss and was still standing there, Wang Shao finally couldn't bear it, and said word by word: "Get out!" The maid said in a low voice: "Mrs. Guo cried and said that the matter must have been caused by the little Princess, and she wants to apologize to Madam..." "Go away..." She tried her best to squeeze out a word. Yongling hurriedly sent the maid away.She was in pain, Wen Po was not yet here, and more maids were sent out, Chang Shi and the eunuch who rushed over were standing outside, but they were helpless, Yongling himself had never been married, so he was in a hurry. Just at this time, Fang Fei from the outer room came in with a lady Wen, and said, "Lady Wen is here, hurry up and boil the water." Yongling asked: "Didn't you send Yingluo there? Why did you find someone to come?" "This is my aunt, who lives nearby. I heard that Mrs. Wang is going to give birth, so I hurried to find her." "Thank you so much." Yongling quickly thanked her. Wang Shao propped herself up and half sat up. Before she could say anything, there was another burst of severe pain. She knew that the baby was coming out, and she was powerless to let this old woman go away. Unable to speak. Fortunately, this child is not like Xue Se, and it may be that the second child is better after all, and he fell to the ground without tossing her for too long. "Congratulations, madam, it's a boy." As soon as Wen Po hugged the child, Wang Shao took a breath, grabbed Yongling's hand, and forced out a few words: "Go...and watch!" Yongling hurriedly followed Mrs. Wen to wash the baby.Wang Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly swore in her heart that next time, she would never let herself be in such a situation surrounded by wolves. At this moment, Yingluo's stable wife finally arrives to take care of Wang Shao. There was a noise outside, and it turned out that King Yun had returned.Regardless of the dissuasion of others, he entered the messy room, sat on the front of the bed, held her hand, and asked with concern: "You... how is everything?" Wen Po laughed beside her and said, "Don't worry, my lord, mother and child are safe." Outside, Yongling also came in with the baby in his arms.Fang Fei's Wen Po followed behind, with a hesitant expression of joy. King Yun didn't notice it, and just smiled and asked them to go down to collect the wedding money. Wen Po walked outside, Fang Fei immediately asked about the situation, Wen Po hesitated and said: "Madam is a blessed person, this birth is faster than other people's first birth, the pain is not severe, it is better than some people's second birth Woolen cloth." Fang Fei heard the meaning of her words, turned her head and glanced at Guo Wan, saw her slightly raised her chin as a signal, and immediately pulled her to a corner to ask. Guo Wan glanced at them, and raised his hand to embrace Linghui. Although there was a smile on his face, the smile was cold.
King Yun was holding the child with a smile on his face, while Wang Shao leaned on the head of the bed, eating the ginseng chicken soup that Yongling fed to his mouth bit by bit.Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and then there was the sound of a woman's suppressed weeping. King Yun frowned, and the people around him quickly came back to inquire, and said with an ugly face, "Mrs. Guo... beat the Wen woman who just delivered the baby." "Awan? How could she be like this on such a beautiful day?" King Yun handed the child to Yongling, stood up and was about to go out, when Guo Wan had already dragged Wen Po in, and pushed her to the ground with a look of resentment. He also ordered Fang Fei to kneel down, and then turned to King Yun and said, "Seeing these two people slander my sister, I can't restrain my anger, so I bring these two people in and ask the prince to deal with it!" "What's the matter? Where did these two people collide with you?" King Yun patted her on the shoulder to comfort her. "They...they said some stupid things, referring to the younger sister..." She couldn't go on talking until now, pointing at her mother-in-law, and said angrily, "Say it yourself!" Wen Po lay on the ground tremblingly, looked up at Wang Shao, and dared not speak. Fang Fei straightened up on her knees, and said, "My aunt said, it's not the first time Mrs. Wang gave birth!" As soon as he said a word, everyone in the room was shocked.King Yun gasped even more, and turned to look at Wang Shao. Wang Shao leaned on the head of the bed, staring at Fang Fei, then turned to look at Wen Po, her lips trembled, she opened her mouth to argue, but there were already big tears falling from her eyes, her breath was choking, her face was already pale , at this time it is even more blue and white.After a long time, she looked at King Yun mournfully, her voice was hoarse and trembling: "My lord... I don't know who I am... Where do you say this?" Seeing her like this, King Yun was hesitant and angry.Standing by the bed, he scolded Wenpo, "Do you have evidence for what you say?" "My lord, when I was giving birth, my mother-in-law saw with her own eyes that the birth canal of a first-time woman was flat and narrow, while that of a woman who had given birth was round and wide. I have been delivering babies for many years, my mother-in-law, and it is absolutely true!" "At that time, you were the only one who saw it, but now my child has been born and the birth canal has been deformed. Now... what you say, I can no longer justify it, can I?" , barely speaking, "I am from the Langya royal family. The aristocratic family is well-established and well-established. How can you... these ordinary people can slander me? I know... You are definitely going to frame me... You will definitely not let the prince There is a child. I just don’t know, you guys are... unexpectedly so sinister, I just gave birth to a child for the prince today, and you are constantly trying to force me to death!" Listening to her bloody and tearful accusation, Fang Fei and Wen Po who were kneeling on the ground looked terrified. Guo Wan lowered his head and glanced at them, then turned his gaze to King Yun. Seeing that Wang Shao was dying and about to faint, King Yun couldn't bear it, so he hurried forward to hold her shoulder, but she held his hand tightly, the nails were deeply embedded in his skin, like a drowning man grabbing his hand. The only straw. She looked at him weakly, and asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, do you still remember... do you still remember that when I was just pregnant, I saw ghosts and phantoms on the pond in the garden?" King Yun nodded and said, "Fortunately, you are blessed by heaven, and ghosts are hard to invade." "No...that's not a ghost, it's...someone insisted on murdering my concubine...the prince's child!" She held his hand tightly, and said reluctantly, "My prince... there is a collection of poems under my pillow, Please look at the place where the maple leaves and flowers are placed." King Yun reached under her pillow and found a book. He opened it and asked, "This is... Afu's handwriting?" "Yes... I also discovered it by accident, so I know...it turns out that my sister, like me, encountered people pretending to be gods and ghosts during pregnancy, with the intention...to harm the child!" She said, looking up at him with tears in her eyes. , dying, "It was only when I saw the words left by my sister that I was able to know the inside story, and my sister...she was weak-minded, didn't know the truth, and let the murderer get away with it, so that..." At this point, she raised her hand to cover her face, sobbing bitterly, unable to say a word. King Yun turned his head abruptly, and saw Fang Fei kneeling on the ground, whose body was like a sieve, and his face turned pale with fright.Thinking of Fang Fei serving the two of them, he looked at her with a vicious look: "A Shao, do you know who the person who hurt you is?" "That day... she pretended to play tricks, but she failed to harm the concubine. The concubine thought that she was pregnant with a child, and it was not suitable to deal with it, so she thought about telling the prince in the future. Who knows that she failed in one plan, and made a poisonous plan..." Wang Shao turned her head, pointed at Fang Fei with trembling fingers and said, "Today... is the day I gave birth, and she is so cruel that she wants to collude with her aunt to slander my concubine on the day the prince and my concubine are rejoicing...Prince, what is she like?" They want to force me to death!" "Your maidservant... No maidservant..." Fang Fei was so frightened that she shook her head again and again, and argued, "My maidservant has never pretended to be a ghost, nor has she colluded with my aunt..." "You never pretended to be a ghost?" Wang Shao gritted his teeth, half sat up in the arms of King Yun with his last strength, and whispered, "Yongling, bring the things." Yongling responded, and hurriedly opened the cabinet in the back hall, took out a box from the bottom, and opened it. Inside are a few scattered pieces of camphor, and there are several thin bamboo threads tied into a spherical shape, supported by three bamboo threads underneath. Wang Shao stopped talking, and only raised his hand to signal Yong Ling. Yongling angrily threw the bamboo silk in front of Fangfei, and said sharply: "I saw the ghost that night, after you dispersed, Madam quietly ordered me to go into the water to find it. At that time, Madam concluded that the female ghost in white was the ghost on Zhusi. Covered with a white paper painted with a human figure, it is used to scare people when viewed from a distance in the dark! And when we are frightened, you go over first, and when you reach out to fish in the water, tear off the white paper outside and rub it They tucked into a ball and tucked them into their cuffs. The thin bamboo threads were not conspicuous at all in the water, so the eunuchs turned on the lights and found nothing." King Yun was furious, and asked again, "What is camphor?" "The servants found this in Fang Fei's room secretly afterward. The camphor swirled around in the water. At that time, the white paper female ghost wobbled because it was inserted into the camphor. It was very scary!" Yong Ling poohed Fang Fei for a while. Face, let out a mournful voice, "Your Majesty! Madam has kept the slaves quiet for the sake of the child in her womb. The servants have been walking on thin ice for the past ten months. I must be... Madam is even more pitiful..." Yongling and Wang Shao were crying together, while Guo Wan stood beside the bed with a frosty face. Fang Fei was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground. Her aunt quickly pushed her away as if she had just woken up from a dream, and slapped herself vigorously: "Oh, my lord, madam, this is terrible. My mother-in-law really doesn't know that my niece Such a villain! I... I just have doubts, in fact, some women are born with open birth paths, I don't want to... this is what happened!" King Yun hugged Wang Shao, who was still crying, and waved his hands without saying anything. Fang Fei didn't know where the strength came from, and rushed forward to hug Guo Wan's leg: "Madam, Madam, save me..." Guo Wan lifted her foot and kicked her on the ground, then squatted down and said fiercely: "You bastard, how dare you slander Mrs. Wang, you will dirty my clothes if you touch me!" Wang Shao leaned on King Yun's body and said as if talking to himself: "I don't know how dare this little servant girl repeatedly attack the prince's son?" King Yun hugged her silently, and his eyes fell on Guo Wan. She heard his heartbeat seem to speed up in his chest, but he remained silent and never spoke. So Wang Shao didn't say anything anymore, seeing Fang Fei and Wen Po being dragged down together, they were still yelling wildly, but then something was stuffed in their mouths, and there was a deathly silence around them. Wang Shao's body recovered very well, and within a few days, she was able to take a walk in the courtyard with her baby in her arms. With the family of King Yun and Langye, plus the newborn child, the palace quickly issued a decree, and she became the only child of King Yun. In the mansion of King Yun without a concubine, she was like the mistress of the mansion. It's just that the emperor's health is gradually getting worse, and the news came out again that day, King Yun could only reluctantly put down his newborn son, and ran to the palace to wait. Guo Wan was invited to meet Wang Shao with a spirit emblem. Wang Shao greeted them with a smile, then handed the baby into Yongling's arms, and asked her to take it inside to feed the wet nurse. Guo Wan laughed angrily and said, "I haven't hugged him yet, but Pianru is so stingy, he doesn't want to be touched by others." "Children are delicate, and sometimes they can't guarantee what will happen with just one finger." Wang Shao sat down with them in front of the court, his eyes fell on Linghui, and smiled slightly, "Besides, Linghui doesn't look like that. I like my multiple little brothers." Guo Wan said sadly: "I knew that Ruren still remembered this, Linghui is still young, she is not sensible..." "I know. Elder sister, wait a minute." She went inside with a smile, and brought out three cups of pastry, one of which was sprinkled with finely shredded red pecans. She personally handed it to Guo Wan.She gave Linghui the second one sprinkled with ground walnuts.The third cup of almond custard, keep it for yourself. Wang Shao had already moved back to the place where Wang Fu lived. The three of them sat in front of the courtyard in the afternoon, eating snacks in the rippling water, watching the lotus wind blowing past the lotus pond in front of which only one or two residual flowers were left. Linghui ate his own walnut cheese, and fixed his eyes on the red and green cheese in Guo Wan's hand.Guo Wan had already finished the cup of crispy cheese, but he didn't seem to like eating red and green shredded fruit, leaving most of the shredded fruit. Seeing Linghui staring at him, Guo Wan scooped out the shredded fruit and wanted to give it to Linghui. Wang Shao said lightly from the side: "I advise you, it's better not to feed your daughter." Guo Wan held the empty cup in his hand and looked up at her in puzzlement. Wang Shao signaled everyone around her to step back, and took the Linghui to the back by the way, then she clasped her hands, looked at the green lotus leaves in front of her, and said with an indifferent smile: "Otherwise, if your daughter will die forever If you can't have children, you, a mother, may feel a little regretful." Guo Wan looked down at his hands, then at hers, and then realized that the empty cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. She felt a slight pain in her abdomen, and a cold sweat broke out all over her body. She involuntarily lay down on the table, raised her finger and pointed at her, gritted her teeth and asked, "You...what did you eat for me..." "It's nothing, it's just adding some seedlings, which can make you sterilized for life, and you don't need to worry about how painful it is to have a child anymore." 她俯身看着蜷缩的郭纨，脸上笑容依然温和，声音也轻轻缓缓的，与此时的夏日清风一般，“你陪伴郓王多年，自有感情，所以你不喜欢我，我也可以体谅。只是你以后若有孩子，可能也是我的麻烦。左思右想，我只能出此下策，这样，以后你我就解开芥蒂了，各自过自己的好日子吧。” “你……你这般歹毒……王爷不会饶过你的……”她捂着肚子，摔跌于地，声嘶力竭地哀叫。 周围的侍女早已不见，庭前只剩得她们两人。 王芍拉着自己的裙裾，缓缓站起来，往后退到廊前，也不管郭纨腹痛如绞，面容扭曲。她只望着眼前的荷花亭亭，柔声说：“郭纨，你要是像其他人一样乖巧顺从，不就一切没事了吗？就算你当初指使芳菲害了王芙，与我又有何干呢？可你现在触犯到了我，我只能让你明白，你找错了人。” 郭纨疼痛难忍，冷汗涔涔，说不出一个字，只有喉口嗬嗬作响。王芍靠在身后的朱红梁柱上，悠然望着面前的夏日午后，想着一年前自己刚来时那一个闷热欲雨的春日午后。 那时郭纨站在石榴花下，穿着一件橘红色的衣裙，娇艳欲滴，颜色鲜艳。 耳边传来郭纨的痛苦呻吟，她听着如同清乐，不觉就笑了出来：“世间种种残忍，我都已经尝尽，甚至我也不惮亲手去做。你们这些没经历过风雨的女人，何曾知道我是什么人……”她的目光落在郭纨身上，端详了一阵，又面带不屑的微笑，仰头看天，“不知己，不知彼，还偏偏来招惹我，真是不智。你说，如今我要是把一切说给王爷听，那么你是得活，还是不得活？” 郭纨腹中的剧痛终于过去，她趴伏于地，只是哀哀号哭，不敢回答。 “得活……” 身后忽然有一个稚嫩的声音，艰难地挤出两个字。 王芍回头，发现是不知什么时候偷偷到来的灵徽，她怔怔地站在后堂门口，嘴巴张了张，又艰涩地说了一遍：“得活。” 四岁多的孩子，终于第一次开口说话，说的，居然是这两个字。 王芍死死地盯着她。这孩子，年仅四岁，圆圆的脸，大大的眼睛，她仰头盯着她看时，眼中那种天生的固执倔强，萦绕在眼神中，无法抹去。 有些孩子，为什么天生就是这样固执？就像她离开雪色的时候，雪色哭着，也是用这种仿佛一辈子都会记得她的眼神，一直盯着她，连眨都不眨一下。 王芍在这一刻，竟低下头，避开了这个小孩子的目光。 她那颗原本以为已经足够坚硬，再也不会有什么波动的心，也在这一刻隐隐抽搐着，挤压出疼痛的血，流遍全身。 她抬起手，示意刚刚赶来的侍女们将灵徽抓住。郭纨也不知哪来的力气，扑上前护住灵徽，就要抓挠她。 “别碰我！”王芍狠狠打开她的手，冷冷地说，“想活命的话，带着你的女儿，回你自己的地方去！” 郭纨的疼痛尚未过去，在侍女们的拉扯下，她悲哀绝望，只能咬牙牵着灵徽，慢慢地走向门口。 走到门口时，她们却正遇见从外面进来的郓王，郓王只扫了她们一眼，便转头对着王芍说：“父皇不豫，我回来收拾一下东西，可能又要去宫中守夜了……” 他还未说完，身边的灵徽牵住了他袖子，抬头看着他。 他诧异地低头看着这个从来不会说话的女儿。 “得活。”灵徽清清楚楚地说。 “什么？”他一时没听明白，目光从苍白的郭纨脸上漫不经心滑过，蹲下来看着自己的第一个孩子，略有惊喜：“灵徽会说话啦？你刚刚说什么？” “得活。”她又说了一遍，她不知道自己在说什么，却带着炫耀的笑容。 郓王还没来得及夸奖她，外面忽然有人疾奔进来：“王爷！王爷！陛下……驾崩了！” 郓王愕然睁大眼睛，呼的站起身，张了张口。 还未等他说话，外间已经传来杂沓的脚步声，那位通报的宦官喜极而泣，又说道：“如今……宫中仪仗已到，是要……接您到宫中登基了！” 所有人都“啊”了一声，呆立当场，不敢置信与狂喜交织在一起，久久无人言语。 庭中一时一片寂静。 唯有灵徽，还在一声声说着：“得活，得活！” “这下……我是真得活了啊！”郓王一把抱起自己的女儿，用力亲了两下，二十多年的压抑忐忑，如今一朝消散，瞬间让他眼泪都涌了出来。 王芍走到他身边，盈盈下拜：“恭喜陛下。” “阿芍……”他放下孩子，仓促地握一握她的手，说，“我进宫去了，府中一切交给你……以后，宫中一切也要你劳心了。” “陛下请放心。” 郓王什么东西都没收拾，立即转身离去。 郭纨站在门口，面色惨白，却没有任何人注意她。整个郓王府沉浸在欢喜之中，唯有她一人恍惚黯淡。 王芍望着她，声音和缓：“赶紧回去收拾东西，准备进宫吧，郭淑妃。” 她呆滞地转头，喉口挤出艰难几个字：“你叫我……什么？” 王芍浅笑着，依然是那种温柔无害的模样，只是郭纨仿佛这一日才发现，原来王芍比她要高一些，以至于她看着自己的时候，自然而然用的是一种俯视的姿态。 “你是陪在陛下身边最久的人，自然得有一个位置。” “你……你……”郭纨看着王芍云淡风轻的样子，浑身颤抖，眼中满是恐惧，“难道你真的……甘心让我，留在王爷身边？” “为什么不？”王芍笑一笑，瞥了她最后一眼，“毕竟，我还要感谢你呢。” 若不是郭纨设计鬼怪吓唬人，她又怎么可能将计就计，在生子之时将自己第二胎的嫌疑洗脱？她硬生生忍耐十月，直到孩子出生，自然不可能是为了替孩子积德，而是为了在万一之时，拿出来化解危机。 而且，她亦不在乎让郭纨在郓王身边保留一个位置。至少，一个早已被她断绝了后路的女人，对她而言是最没有威胁的。 而最令她感到欣慰的是，她不爱那个男人。所以，她能置身事外，将一切玩弄于股掌之间，只会得益，永不会受伤。 反正当王府媵、当孺人、当后妃、当皇后，都只是她如今存活于世的手段。她现在的人生，就是扮演一个合适的角色，活得锦绣繁华。 人生至此，欢喜圆满。
她的人生，真的和自己设计的一样，毫无偏差。 她成为皇后，母仪天下，纵横后宫多年，波澜不惊。 帝后恩爱，完美非常。 多年后有一次，昔年的郓王，当今的皇帝曾问她：“阿芍，为我弹一曲琵琶吧？初见时那曲。” 她穿着锦绣华服，坐在殿内铺设的地毯上，微笑摇头，说：“本就不喜欢琵琶，何况现在多年不弹，早已生疏了。” 皇帝诧异问：“咦，怎么会不喜欢？我记得那时演奏的琵琶曲简直是仙乐天降，人间少有！” 她抬眸朝他一笑：“陛下只是爱屋及乌吧，其实我当日真的弹得好吗？” “难道朕当时只是乐不迷人人自迷？”见她这样问，皇帝回忆当日情景，却只能清楚想起她怀抱琵琶向自己凝睇的那一笑。于是他也有点糊涂了，只能戏谑笑道，“总之，朕说好，就是好的。” 她颈项低垂，望着自己那一双手，微笑不语。 从离开程敬修与雪色的那一刻起，她便再不碰任何器乐。 她硬生生让自己手上那些日夜练习琵琶的痕迹消失。现在，这双手细腻柔软，肌肤如玉，已经没有残留下任何痕迹。 无人知道，多年前孤灯月下，她曾经彻夜弹奏那些泠泠乐曲，消耗了最美好的青春年华，才赢得一曲琵琶抵百人妖舞的名号。 无人知道，曾有一个男人在夜雨中捧着她的簪子，在蔷薇花前站到天亮。熬了一夜的那双眼睛，在看到她的那一瞬间，陡然明亮起来。 无人知道，她曾有过一个名叫雪色的女儿，如同含在梅花蕊之中的那一点细雪，怕日光照在上面就要融化。 除却天上月，无人知。