Chapter 16 Chapter 15 Silk

As soon as he returned to the imperial city, Yang Lian immediately entered the palace to report to the emperor, and the rest of the people dispersed separately.The emperor was overwhelmed by grief, and his condition fluctuated again. Even after he fell ill on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he still couldn't get out of bed.Yang Lian waited in the duty room of Qianqing Palace until it was time to light the lamps, and finally waited for the emperor to summon him.After the recitation, the emperor didn't have the strength to speak, but he specially rewarded him with a jade belt and left him some snacks.After lingering like this for a while, when Yang Lian returned to Qingfu Hall, it was already time to hold the lamps.Just after changing the court clothes, Mrs. Wen and Cheng Ning came in one after the other.Wen Canran's face was as frosty, and she repeatedly kowtowed, saying that she had not taken good care of Mrs. Lin.Yang Lian knew that Lin Juanjuan almost had a miscarriage after he had only been away for two days.

"There were no other people coming and going in the past two days. The servants in the palace had already been arrested and questioned, and they searched her house again and found this." Yang Lian took the box she presented, inside was a box of green ash medicinal powder, pressed into a square the size of a mung bean cake, and picked off a corner with an ear pick.He snapped the lid on. "How is it now?" "My concubine invited a doctor to come over and take a few doses of medicine, and the fetus was saved for the time being," Mrs. Wen said. "Which doctor did you invite?" He suddenly asked.

Mrs. Wen hurriedly said: "I have no idea at the moment, I only heard that the imperial physician Cheng Linghai's mother, Mrs. Zhang, is the best at Qianjin, so I invited someone here." Yang Lian nodded: "You have worked hard." Mrs. Wen waited for a while, but seeing that he didn't say what to do, she had to ask Ann and leave.Yang Lian was confused by this sudden accident, sat in the armchair and sulked for a while, finally got up after thinking for a long time, and quietly went to Lin Juanjuan's room alone. Lin Juanjuan had already been lying down, and when she heard the sound of the door latch, she immediately opened the tent to take a look.After seeing who it was, his eyes flickered, and he immediately put on his clothes and got out of bed.Standing by the fan, Yang Lian saw her standing sideways in the yellowish light, raising a pair of snow-white arms to straighten her loose hair bun, for a long time she had no intention of coming over to meet him.He snorted coldly, and threw the box into the bed: "Since you don't want a child, why don't you take all the medicine in this box?"

The corners of Lin Juanjuan's lips curled up slowly, and she said, "Why does Your Highness think so? This child is my amulet. If it wasn't for him, His Highness would have beaten me to death long ago for Mrs. Qin. Allow me to come to this season." The exquisite red-picked small round box slides between the beauty's jade-like fingers, like a panacea spit out by a white snake, but this panacea is fatal.Yang Lian asked, "Who gave you the medicine?" "Your Highness knows everything, why ask?" She said flatly. "I know. Xu Anzhao must know too."

Her face turned pale, as if she was about to blurt out something, but she held back after all. "Your Highness has always doubted my innocence, and I can't defend myself. Even if I cut my heart out, Your Highness won't believe it." He didn't want to continue this topic for a long time, but asked: "... Does the Queen Mother know?" Lin Juanjuan was stunned, shook her head and said, "Where did your Highness think?" In other words, it wasn't the medicine given by the Queen Mother. He breathed a sigh of relief, but the resentment in his heart did not lessen: "What do you say about this time?"

"Someone forced me, so I had to show them a show." She stared into his eyes and said seriously, "Whether your Highness believes it or not, although this child is my talisman, it is also a life-threatening talisman." "This place is heavily guarded, who can persecute you?" He said slowly, "If your family and parents are away, I can also protect you. What are you afraid of?" "My concubine has no roots, no family and parents, and Lin Daizhao is not my father—didn't your Highness know it long ago?" She sighed, turning sideways to turn on the wick.The copper screen in front of the lamp originally painted "Two Swallows Wearing a Willow Forest". It has not been wiped off for a long time, and it has been blackened by oily smoke, and the swallows are all hidden in the thick clouds and rain.He waited for a while, knowing that she would not say more.Then he sighed lightly, and said: "Give birth to this child well, you are still Mrs. Lin, and I will not treat you badly."

The light flickered, and her shoulders trembled, as if she sneered in disbelief.He added: "Don't do such dangerous things again, this medicine is extremely strong, if you take it again, I'm afraid that even your life will be lost." "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern." She replied in a low voice, her thin eyelids were slightly red like hibiscus petals, and it was unknown whether it was tears or traces of rouge.Even though she was ill, the side of her face sunk in the shadow of the lamp was still strikingly beautiful, as if with a flick of a finger, it would shatter into pieces like falling flowers and light clouds.

No, she won't - he collected himself and walked away, and she didn't ask to keep him as before.The room and room were mixed with traditional Chinese medicine qifaxiang, and he walked outside until he felt the knot in his chest loosen, and he couldn't help but stand still for a while and lost his mind.Suddenly seeing Wen Canran and two maidservants carrying lamps standing on the opposite corridor looking around, he beckoned her to follow.Wen Canran saw that he was alone again, so he sent the palace guards to lead the way with a lantern in person.The two walked in silence for a while before he asked, "Didn't you say that the people who served her had been replaced long ago? What went wrong?"

"My concubine doesn't know, everything was as usual yesterday..." Wen Canran knew that the employer had neglected him, so she didn't feel ashamed. She bowed her head in thought for a while, and suddenly remembered: "Only the Qingning Palace gave us a plate of Double Ninth Cake. However, The person who served her has checked carefully, and it is the kind of flower cake made by the dessert room, which everyone in the palace has eaten." "Is it a reward from the Queen Mother?" He asked suddenly. "Yes... the old lady of the queen mother said that Mrs. Lin had a hard pregnancy, so she specially gave her a favor." Wen Can said calmly.

Yesterday was the tenth day of September, the day after the Double Ninth Festival.Due to the new funeral of the eldest princess and the emperor's sickness, everything will be kept simple on the Double Ninth Festival this year.The palaces are just offering chrysanthemums to share cakes, just to make up a story.At the beginning of September, the Qingning Palace sent out the rewards for the festival, and after the festival, a plate of cakes came to reward someone.He thought of Lin Juanjuan's "reminder", and couldn't help feeling a chill run down his spine. "Mrs. Lin got up early and felt sick. The cake was kept in the cupboard and hasn't been eaten yet." Seeing his gloomy expression, Wen Canran said cautiously, "The concubine sent someone to take out that plate of cake, Your Highness will have a look at it again?"

It was indeed just a plate of ordinary white cake, which was like a stone after it had been cooled down. It was no different from the Double Ninth Cake bestowed by Qingning Palace every year.Yang Lian glanced at it, and suddenly said: "Who sent this cake? Before giving it to Lin Juanjuan, did you have a look at it?" Wen Canran was taken aback: "It was sent by Eunuch Zhang's subordinates. I read it carefully and broke off a small piece for the cat to eat. I thought it was all right and gave it to Mrs. Lin." "No problem... don't you think there is something missing in this Double Ninth Cake?" Wen Canran shook his head ignorantly. He sneered, "There are no pomegranate seeds." The Double Ninth Flower Cake in the palace is decorated with various fruits, not to mention crabapple, plum, ginkgo, walnut, etc. Pomegranate seeds are always indispensable for the festival, which means more children and more blessings.But on this plate of Double Ninth Cake, there is no partiality.I don't know if the queen mother ordered people to do this, or someone secretly removed the original pomegranate seeds from the flower cake.After two days, it was completely invisible. The emperor couldn't afford to be sick, and the queen mother also said that she was worried about the holy body and worshiped the Buddha behind closed doors, so the decision of the Mid-Autumn Festival case fell on the queen.Since everything points to Fu Wang's mother and son, the queen plans to demote the virtuous concubine to a virtuous concubine. She thinks about the cold palace, and everyone involved will be demoted or killed without showing any sympathy. Qu's daughter was also confiscated as a slave and thrown into the clothing bureau to serve.But the disposition of King Fu still needs to be decided by the emperor himself. The queen explained the situation and waited for the emperor to speak.The emperor sipped a cup of pitch-black concoction, pondered for a long time, and said: "Let the second brother move to the tenth prince's mansion for a while, and the matter of accepting the concubine will be postponed-if your family doesn't want to marry a daughter, I will trouble you." Choose another person for the second brother." In fact, even if nothing happened, Fu Wang would move out of Ouchi.The queen felt that Yang Xi should be sent out of Beijing immediately to become a feudal vassal. Hearing what the emperor said, she was definitely disappointed.When he was about to argue a few more words, the emperor closed his eyes tiredly, and immediately someone came up to remove the cushion, and carefully placed his head on the pillow. "Isn't this crystal pillow too tight?" The queen said, "Since you are sick, please change to a soft pillow." "Return to your mother's words," the man whispered softly, "The emperor said that this pillow is the best to sleep on." When I looked closely, I chose to serve the Gui family.The queen vaguely remembered that when Gui Yuchou was on duty beside Concubine Shu, she was a very respectful and delicate person, and her appearance was not outstanding. After serving the emperor for half a year, she turned out to be as gentle as the spring sun shining on the water. The queen talked about Xu Anyuan again, now she was stuck in mid-air and couldn't advance or retreat, and she didn't dare to come to the palace again.The emperor sneered again and again: "I'm sorry for my father-in-law and your brother. I don't have a suitable son who can let the Xu family's daughter be the queen." The empress suddenly changed color: "Your Majesty's words, how do I let my concubines deal with themselves?" The emperor sneered: "If the third lady is willing to marry the eldest brother, I will make the eldest brother the crown prince tomorrow. With such a capable foreign relative, the throne will definitely be secure. It doesn't matter if the eldest brother is smart or not! " The queen was so angry that her hands trembled, she sneered and said: "Your Majesty has this intention, and my concubines are overjoyed. I'm afraid that before His Majesty's edict to establish the crown prince is issued in the Qianqing Palace, there will be a catastrophe in the court." The emperor chuckled: "Are you provoking me?" "How dare, the son of the concubine, only the concubine loves him, and the concubine only hopes that he will be safe and successful." The queen said, "Since your majesty values ​​our Xu family's girl so much, isn't there a third elder brother? There are no more girls in the same generation, but An Zhao's wife has a daughter who is just two years old and can be kept for the third brother. Although it is a generation behind—it is not without precedent!" With a bang, the emperor's medicine bowl fell to the ground and shattered.Empress Xu flashed lightly, without splashing any medicinal juice. When Gui Yuchou came over to pick up the porcelain pieces, the empress did not forget to say: "Concubine Shu gave birth to the third elder brother, it is very hard work, the emperor wants the rain and dew to be even. Don't have a new man, it will chill the old hearts." Return to Kunning Palace, remove the big shirt and phoenix crown, change clothes, cleanse the face and burn incense, and take a rest.Empress Xu only left Tang Qingqiu to comb her hair, and taught her to use some strength to massage the acupoints to get rid of the stuffy heat and sickness accumulated during the day. "I'm old," the queen laughed at herself, "I've only said a few words, and I'm exhausted." "Your Majesty, are you joking..." Tang Qingqiu kept moving his hands, but at the same time, he caught a glimpse of the gray hair on the empress's head, which was really glaring. The queen just stared at the mirror in a daze, and suddenly said: "The candidate for Tan'er's concubine is about to be decided. After the funeral of the eldest princess, I will give him a concubine." Tang Qingqiu felt a little surprised, and whispered: "Didn't you say it was procrastinating?" The queen was silent for a while, and said: "Second brother's marriage, they can delay it as they please, and it's not my business. Tan'er can't delay it, as soon as possible, the sooner the better!" Although Tang Qingqiu was shrewd, he didn't understand the queen's thoughts for a moment, he hesitated after thinking about it: "Your Majesty's meaning...is to ask the servants to talk to her?" The queen nodded, and suddenly said: "That's not right... For such an important matter, I should go and talk about it myself." "Your Majesty is truly a Bodhisattva." Tang Qingqiu hid the Empress's white hair inside, and put a pearl flower on her hairpin, "If your Empress opened the golden mouth, it would be possible." The queen stayed for a while, then sighed: "After all, she is the one who will be with Tan'er for the rest of her life, and she must be sincerely willing." When Queen Mother Xu found out about Lin Juanjuan, she lost her temper.As soon as Miss Xu San left the palace, the Empress Dowager immediately called Yang Lian and Mrs. Wen to the Qingning Palace to find out what happened. Even the matter of Qin Taiwei's departure last month was found out. "I heard that you beat her twenty boards a long time ago. I thought that you finally knew to harden your heart." The Queen Mother frowned, "If you make such a big mistake, hit twenty boards and you're done?" "There are a lot of twenties." Yang Lian said, "Ms. Qin was young and ignorant, she was deceived by an adulterer, and my grandson thought it would be enough to teach her a lesson. If you go deeper, you will involve others, which is not good." The queen mother was startled, and suddenly sneered: "You said she was deceived by an adulterer, which adulterer is it?" "Doctor Zhang." "But you didn't deal with Mrs. Zhang." "Grandson dare not." The queen mother felt that he was a little emotional, so she was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "There are only three concubines in your house, and you have made a mess. It is because of the lack of strict family style!" "The grandson is convicted." The queen mother seemed to be a little restless and walked a few steps, and suddenly sneered: "Twenty boards are too easy. According to me, one hundred boards is enough. It's just that you can't bear to kill the little girl of the piano family. Then Distribute the eighty boards that were not enough to the three of them, and each of them will play another 27 boards. Hit them all again, so as to teach them that if one person makes a mistake, everyone will be punished. In the future, we will see who dares to act recklessly Presumptuous. Don't you think so?" Before Yang Lian could react, the Empress Dowager had already counted them one by one: "Write down Lin Juanjuan's board first, and then beat her after she gave birth. Today, I will beat Wen Shi first, and after beating her, I will play Qin Taiwei again!" As soon as the words were finished, the nurse in charge came up to support Mrs. Wen.Wen Canran originally hid silently at the side, but he was so frightened that he would call out "His Royal Highness" repeatedly after suffering such an indiscriminate disaster.Yang Lian also persuaded: "So it has nothing to do with her." The queen mother said slowly: "Isn't she the wife of the assistant? Why has nothing to do with her? What's more, Lin Juan almost had a miscarriage. For such a big matter, don't ask her for negligence?" Yang Lian was at a loss for words, and Wen Canran was dragged out. The empress dowager taught all the servants in the palace to evade, and then said to Yang Lian in a low voice: "The doctor surnamed Zhang must be dealt with. If the matter of Lin Juanjuan is also related to her, let alone be lightly forgiven. If you are inconvenient to do something, I will come down." Purpose." "Thank you grandma." Even though he said that, Yang Lian didn't mean to appreciate it. "It's just killing her. It's just a pawn. If one dies, there will be another one. Grandson has never been missing here." Over this kind of person." The queen mother felt that he meant something, but she couldn't refute him, she said angrily: "I will send some capable nuns to watch that day, but you just push back. If you follow my arrangement, how can something happen? ?” Thinking of the dish of Double Ninth Cake, Yang Lian said: "Whether something will happen, my grandson will not guess." The allusion in the words could not be more clear.The queen mother's complexion changed suddenly, her pupils converged, and she suddenly raised her right hand.Yang Lian stood motionless, but there was a bang in his head. He didn't know why for a moment, and saw in a trance that she smashed the bucket color pressing cup in her hand in a rage, and the hot tea splashed on the gold brick floor, and a piece of wet water rose up. Mist, blindfolded. He calmed down and waited for the expected storm, but the queen mother did not speak, so still, outside the cane rose and fell, making a dull and rhythmic sound as it fell on the flesh, as if there were drops of blood falling on the brick floor The ticking sound and the woman's low sobs. The cup just slid slowly to the ground and didn't break.The palace attendant picked up the cup and retreated silently. "Lin Juanjuan..." The Queen Mother finally managed to calm down, "I will arrange her affairs. No matter what you think, this is a descendant of the Tian family, my great-grandson, and no one will allow anyone to harm me." "That's all I can say. It's just looking after your grandson for your father..." The Queen Mother sighed deeply. Yang Lian hated her mentioning her father to him the most, but it made his eyes sore and his heart hurt, embarrassing him and he had to feel her.Yang Lian endured the resentment in his heart and kowtowed: "Thank you for your love, grandma." The servants of the Qingning Palace were quick to beat the twenty-seven boards, and Wen Can passed out, bloody, and poured another ladle of cold water before waking up, and moved towards Yang Lian lips.The queen mother glanced at it, and ordered: "Send Mrs. Wen back to Qingfu Hall, ask a reliable doctor to have a look, and then bring me Qin Taiwei." "Grandmother—" Yang Lian was in a hurry, and rushed forward, "Her twenty-seven boards, let's write it down first." "Why?" The queen mother gave him a sideways look. "I'm afraid she won't be able to take it anymore." Yang Lian said, "Because the eldest princess passed away, she was overly sad and sick all the time." "It's reasonable..." The Queen Mother sneered again and again, "It's just that you write it down, and I also write it down. Isn't this punishment just empty talk? This board has already been taken out, and it can't be taken back easily. Why don't you do it for me?" She took it." These words made him feel cold again. He passed the court rod, and the queen mother suddenly remembered it.On that day, the crown prince died suddenly, the late emperor was seriously ill, and chaos arose inside and outside the palace, so she locked him in Kunning Palace and did not allow anyone to see him.How does a boy in his teens understand his grandmother's painstaking efforts to secretly collude with outsiders in order to escape from the palace, and when he is captured, he accuses his grandmother of being a harem meddler and that he is the current Wu Yan and Lu Zhi.She was originally depressed and distressed, but in a moment of anger, she gave him twenty sticks to make him bedridden.He gritted his teeth and refused to beg for mercy. After receiving the twenty sticks, he asked for another twenty sticks. It was a gesture of begging for death. In the end, Zheng Banshan tried hard to persuade him to come down. Thinking about the past, the Queen Mother couldn't help being sad.But Yang Lian quickly kowtowed to thank him, walked quickly to the outside, took off the Yishan crown, removed the jade belt, rolled up his robe and knelt down, waiting for the internal officials to come over with canes.Purple-red blood beads were condensed on the gold brick floor.Suddenly recalling the tragic situation when playing the piano too slightly, he smiled wryly in his heart.However, after waiting for a long time, the executioner did not come out. Wen Canran slept extremely unsteadily, fell into a drowsy dream at one moment, and was awakened by the wound on his leg at another moment.There seemed to be thousands of needles pierced in the legs, all the way to the heart, and I don't know how many hours passed.There is no evening photo in the east wing, it is as dark as night, maybe it is indeed the second or third watch.The palace people didn't know where they all went, there was no sound in all directions, and the medicine was boiling in the furnace, making a hissing sound. His face was cold, probably tears from his dream.She wiped her eyes, and suddenly saw a figure falling on the tent, her heart skipped a beat.The man seemed to hear it, and smiled deliberately. Knowing who it was, she felt cold and asked after a pause, "Why did you come here?" "I gotta go." "Gone?" Wen Can was puzzled, "Where are you going?" "Empress Dowager Yizhi, let me go to Qingning Palace to live in the fetus." Wen Canran congratulated a few words casually, and said: "There are many good doctors in the Qingning Palace, so we must have a good life and raise him. In the spring of next year, I will give birth to a healthy baby for His Highness, and the whole family will be happy." "I wish it to be as my sister said." Through the curtain, I heard her chuckle a few times like a breeze blowing a bell, and said: "My sister suffered such a big grievance today, all because of me. I'm here to apologize Yes, I'm afraid my sister won't accept it. Since my sister said so, I'm relieved to leave." Wen Canran felt uncomfortable, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Everyone is fine, the past is over, why not worry?" "My sister is kind-hearted, and there is always nothing wrong with what I say. I have something from the bottom of my heart, and I always feel uncomfortable if I don't say it. How many people will die because of it. Now I'm leaving, so I have to tell my sister." Lin Juanjuan She said, she suddenly opened the curtain, leaned into Wen Canran's ear and said quickly: "The person in Shenliutang is not me..." Wen Can was taken aback, and hurriedly leaned forward and asked, "What do you mean?" The white gauze curtain swayed down slightly, as if someone was waving his hand outside the tent again.In the room, for a moment she suspected that she was just dreaming.There seemed to be crackling footsteps in the courtyard, and the servants were moving things, and it seemed that someone was whispering.But after a while, everything quieted down again. She lay back on the pillow with difficulty, and suddenly felt the coolness on her face, probably tears, Lin Jujuan must have seen it just now. The earth dragon in Qingning Palace was burning hot, and Yang Lian was drowsy on his knees until Zhang Chuntuan smiled and came to help him: "The empress dowager has something to say, please go back to the palace to rest early. What is your status? Can you kneel here for a concubine?" He seemed to inadvertently shake off the old eunuch, and stood up by himself, but saw Zhang Chun with a serious face, and said to the left and right with a sharp voice: "Who dares to go out and say a word about today's matter, kill him—" The word "death" was suppressed first and then raised, with an extremely long ending, which made his heart tremble for no reason. Hurrying back to Qingfu Palace, Lin Juanjuan had already been taken away by people from Qingning Palace.The embroidered curtain was raised high, Cheng Ning bowed and came to answer, but he didn't listen carefully.The half-old door curtains are raised high, embroidered with gold thread as peonies and nymphs flickering in the setting sun.It was pitch black inside the door, and there was no spark in the smoke cage, but there was a lingering cold fragrance, lingering in the bleak air of late autumn. Qin Taiwei stood under the eaves of the Qingfu Hall for three whole hours, except that when Wen Canran came back, she went to deliver wound medicine once and helped Cheng Ning arrange staff for serving.Seeing Mrs. Wen still crying in a coma, she didn't know what to do, she was anxious at the moment, and regretted at the moment, and then she went to Qingning Palace to plead guilty and punished, and went back to Yang Lian, but was stopped by Cheng Ning again and again.When someone came from Qingning Palace, Lin Juanjuan was carried away by a soft sedan, and when she passed by her, she suddenly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and took a deep look at her. Walking to the backyard, I saw Yang Liansu wearing a silver crown, standing under the cypress branches in front of the west chamber, lost in thought.At that time, the night wind picked up lightly, and the scattered fallen leaves swirled on the ground, making a rustling sound.The lantern under the eaves made his expression unclear, as if he had been covered with a thin layer of frost. She stood in the dark for a while, summoned up her courage, and then slowly walked in front of him, apologizing in a low voice, almost a whisper. "It's nothing to do with you!" He said irritably, and suddenly seeing her pale face, her lips trembling and unable to speak, he immediately lowered his tone: "You don't have to be afraid, the queen mother should not pursue it anymore." She nodded blankly, and saw that the hem of the lotus green robe on his body was full of folds again, she felt more and more uncomfortable, and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but the words twitched in her stomach several times, but what she said was: "Are you still hungry? There is milk porridge in the kitchen..." Hearing her mention, he really felt hungry, so he took her back to Qingfu Hall. Wen Canran supported the palace man's arm and walked slowly to the door. The wound on his leg had only dried up not long ago, and it seemed that every step he took was on the tip of a needle.After Lin Juanjuan left, she didn't fall asleep for a moment, thinking about that weird "that person is not me".Could it be that Lin Juanjuan hoped that she would bring these words to Yang Lian... She followed his voice and walked to the door, just as she opened the curtain, she saw the two leaving arm in arm. The palace man asked: "Madam, do you want to invite Your Highness..." She shook her head immediately.The palace people didn't dare to talk too much, so she just bit her lips and remained silent, enduring the pain with all her energy, and slowly moved back to the bedroom.She didn't let go of her teeth until the lights were blown, the curtains were lowered, and no one moved around or asked questions.Xu Shi endured it for so long that he couldn't even cry a single tear. Recently, Yang Lian didn't come to Penglai Mountain very often, but he threw the key of Tianlai Pavilion to Qin Taiwei and taught her to go up and clean it from time to time.Qin Taiwei knows that he always likes to be alone, so every time she goes up the stairs, she is alone, not even carrying her earnestly.Occasionally, I saw that the quilt on Luohan's couch was messy, and knowing that he had slept here overnight, I refolded the quilt and made the bed, and opened the window to let in air.As the weather was getting colder, she tried the quilt and it was still a little thinner. She was afraid that it would not be warm at night, so she found a light, soft and thick Songjiang quilt, smoked it thoroughly in her room, and carried it to the Tianlai Pavilion . At that time, the old sweet-scented osmanthus in front of the Guanghan Hall was in full bloom. She climbed to the top of the mountain and coaxed the little servant on duty to climb the tree with lotus root candy and plum cakes, and collected some fresh flowers for her to make sweet-scented osmanthus dew.Another unique flower branch was picked and cut off, brought back to the Tianlai Pavilion, kept in a bronze cong-shaped bottle with clean water, and placed on the desk in front of the window.The green leaves and golden stamens, with a floating sweet fragrance, added a bit of freshness and aura, blending some of the icy breath of Dipterocarpus pine, but I don't know if he likes it or not. But this time, Yang Lian didn't come here often.On the contrary, the longer she stayed in the pavilion, the longer she came to understand why he likes to stay here alone. Open the door and walk to the platform outside, that is, climb up and look far away.Although the autumn sun is shining brightly at this time, the west wind is approaching and the jade steps are cool.She couldn't help but think of looking at the lotus in the lake and the Weaver Girl with him in the summer night, it was as vague as a dream. When the box from Xie Concubine's Mansion arrived, Qin Taiwei was extremely surprised.When she met Xiaoshuang in Yongning Temple, she only mentioned that she wanted to get back her parents' old things, but even if Xiaoshuang was willing to tell Xie Qian, Xie Qian might not be able to do so.The nanmu box is still the one her father left her, and the big brass lock has not been changed.Apart from the key, there was also a note in the envelope, whose handwriting could not be discerned, except for the item list, there was not a single word on it. She weighed the key, hesitated, suddenly saw Xu Weichi beside her, and said: "Xiaoqi, you go to Qingfu Hall." "After the box entered the palace, it was first carried over there before being delivered here. Your Highness already knew about it." Zhun Zhun interjected. She shook her head: "I have to talk to him again." After waiting for half an hour, Xu Weichi came back, and said: "Your Highness said, the lady's own cage, you can just open it and look at it yourself." Then he said, "My godfather is here, and I am talking with Your Highness in secret, so I have to wait for a long time I bought some." I also brought back a suitcase, which contained a plate of Zhouwangfu lotus root candy, a plate of Yunzima leaf smiling noodle fruit cake, a plate of Dushan red water chestnut, and a plate of exquisite Western frankincense. The cakes are all uncommon snacks in Beijing. It is said that Tian Zhihui brought them to His Highness, and His Highness said they would all be rewarded to Mrs. Qin. These dim sums seemed to be selected according to her taste, Qin Taiwei became suspicious, and asked: "Did His Highness teach Eunuch Tian to buy it, or..." Xu Weichi smiled and said: "Master taught me to greet Mrs. Qin. This is a little kindness from my master, and naturally it is also the meaning of His Highness." Qin Taiwei thought that it must be strange for him to be courteous for nothing, so she taught people to put away the snacks.Only then did I open the box, and took out the books, calligraphy, paintings, hairpins, hairpins and bracelets one by one, and compared them with the list to check them properly. In the evening, Yang Neem came, and dinner was served here.After the tea and dinner were finished, Qin Taiwei then Jiao Zhun and Sheng Sheng took out the box and showed the contents inside to Yang Lian. "When my mother got married, my grandmother gave a gift of 500,000 taels of silver, plus three Zhuangzi with a total of 700 hectares of fertile land. They each set up a house in Beijing and Hangzhou. The house in Beijing is in Baihua Hutong. It is not big. It was originally There are forty boxes and cages for my parents to live in when they return to Beijing. They are nothing more than antique utensils, gold, jewelry, shells, silk and satin. That's what daddy told me." "My mother has been married to my father for six or seven years, and most of these things have not been used. In the winter of the second year of Shenxi, my father sent me to Beijing, and took the forty boxes and cages left by my mother, together with the bank notes, land deeds and All the house deeds were brought back to Xie's house, entrusted to my grandmother for safekeeping in front of the whole family, and handed over to me when I got married. The dowry he left me with 30,000 taels of silver was also handed over to my grandmother." "30,000?" Although 30,000 is a lot, it is a bit different from the dowry Mrs. Xie left for her daughter. "Although Dad has been an official for many years, he didn't save much money. He told me privately that the thirty taels was almost all of his savings. However, Dad left me some letters in his hand. Those are the most important ones, I have always kept them in my room, and now I have brought them back..." There are several books in the box, related to overseas anecdotes, customs, customs, and anecdotes, as well as several volumes of Star Maps and Mountain and Sea Chronicles, all of which are rare editions that have never been seen in the palace or in the public. There is a yellow booklet in the depths, but it looks very familiar, so I don't feel startled. Wasn't it the scroll of letters that Qin Taiwei had been hiding in the pillow all this time? He couldn't help picking it up, and flipped through it twice pretending to be casual.The content of the notes remains the same, but the letterhead is no longer there.And her expression was calm as usual, if he hadn't been so familiar with her, he definitely wouldn't have seen the uneasiness hidden in his eyes.She showed it to him on purpose. He shook the book in his hand: "Mr. Qin's notes, can you lend me a read?" She nodded as if she was relieved, and said in a low voice: "Be sure to hide it well—don't break it." He sighed inwardly, but felt embarrassed again.At this time, the two had their own thoughts and tacit understanding, but they used those irrelevant words to perfunctory them.The last volume of the manuscript was all in Western script, he wanted to ask her if she could understand one or two of them after studying these days, but he was afraid that he would puncture the window paper if he asked, so he silently rolled up the booklet and hid it as if he hadn't seen it. in the sleeve.She leaned on the dressing table, staring at him lost in thought, for some reason, her cheeks that had been pale as paper in recent days turned slightly red, wet in the mirror light, like rouge dripping with tears. Two exquisite jade rings were added to the dressing table, one was intact and the other was split in two, so Yang Lian picked it up to check.The double-ringed jade is white and greasy like suet, and there is a strip of green and purple variegated color like waternweed floating in the air, which is really amazing.He suddenly remembered that when he was young, he had seen a jade bracelet on the Empress Dowager's wrist. It was also of this rare quality of jade. The jade craftsman was ingenious and used that strange color to carve a green phoenix with a purple sesame in its mouth. The phoenix's tail was wrapped around on the bracelet.The Empress Dowager loved this bracelet so much that she never left her wrist. The pair of jade rings are obviously made of the same piece of jade, as if they were carved from the core of the bracelet.Qin Taiwei saw that he was just distracted while holding the jade ring, so she murmured: "It was originally a double ring, and one ring was broken by my mother, and it has been left idle. When I was young, my wrist was thin, and my mother took the whole ring." This one was worn by me as a bracelet for several years, and then I took it off when I grew up." "It's a pity that it fell into pieces... Find someone to set it up, and you can still wear it on your body." He held her hand, feeling the slender finger bones and soft skin, which made it hard to let go. Although she didn't understand what it meant, she lowered her long eyelashes and nodded obediently. After lingering until late at night, Yang Lian finally took time to leave.Qin Taiwei always felt that he had something on his mind, and if she wanted to ask more questions, she was afraid that it would provoke him to think otherwise.Sending him across the bridge, the family walked back slowly with their own thoughts, counting the rustling bamboo shadows in the courtyard, and the moss marks on their feet just lost their minds. When they walked to the moon gate, they suddenly stopped, and told Zhun Zhun to go to Qingfu Hall quickly, quietly Call Xu Weilai to come over. After waiting for half a cup of tea, Xu Weichi tiptoed over.Seeing no one around, Qin Taiwei asked face to face: "Xiao Qi, what did Eunuch Tian come over today, what did you say to His Highness?" Xu Weichi smiled and said: "It's just news from the government and the public. It's just... Your Highness didn't tell the lady?" "He didn't tell me anything outside." Qin Taiwei said. "Then it's inconvenient for me..." Zhunzhun said: "Speak quickly. The lady has been standing in the wind waiting for you for a long time, and you are acting like a fool!" "I said, I said... it's actually King Fu." Xu Weichi hurriedly said, "I heard from the people at Qianqing Palace that after the fall of His Majesty, he has been not very cheerful, and he summoned Concubine Xian to see him yesterday. The vague meaning is that he wants to keep King Fu in the capital and leave him as a vassal without teaching." Qin Taiwei thought for a moment, and suddenly felt startled.The eldest son is stupid, and the youngest son is immature. The emperor is reluctant to part with his only adult son. Could it be that he is worried about his age? "What else did Eunuch Tian say?" "It's nothing else..." Xu Weichi said slowly, "Just to say, Concubine Shu is probably the first one who can't sit still, but she won't say anything." Qin Taiwei became more and more puzzled. Seeing this, Xu Weichi had no choice but to lower his voice to remind: "That time when His Highness and Lady met in Shenliu Hall, there is no more to say..." "Since Eunuch Tian has this idea, why don't you tell me directly?" Her voice turned cold. "Godfather's thoughts, how do I know..." Xu Weichi was dumbfounded for a moment. Qin Taiwei shook her head and remained silent.Xu Weichi probed again: "If my lady thinks something is wrong...do you want to ask His Highness again?" All she was thinking about was him, every word, every frown and smile tonight had a deep meaning.He clearly wanted her to beg Concubine Shu, but he still held back and didn't say a word.According to his temper, after all, he felt that he couldn't talk about it.What if she doesn't ask, guess?Or did he know she was bound to figure out his intentions?Thinking of this, she felt a bit of bitterness in her heart. Seeing her lost in thought, he hurriedly shouted at Xu Weichi: "Since you have this news, why didn't you tell me earlier, but you were waiting for the lady to ask you. Now His Highness is gone, it's all up to you!" Xu Weichi begged for forgiveness repeatedly. All night she just tossed and turned on the pillow, counting the cats and calling them in the distance, and the autumn wind and iron horses urged each other; when it was dawn, she looked in the mirror, and sure enough, her eye circles were all black and blue.