Chapter 17 Chapter Sixteen

Because of Yang Lian's unspoken cares, Qin Taiwei stayed up all night, and the next day she looked in the mirror to do her makeup, and saw that her eye circles were red from the heat.She made up her mind, she simply stopped asking Yang Lian, and went straight to Xianyang Palace after eating snacks. Xie Yili was not very happy to see her, but he couldn't restrain his curiosity.After lingering for half an hour, Qin Taiwei finally knelt down in front of her cousin whom she hadn't seen for several months.Because the third elder brother was weak, the empress gave him special permission, making an exception in Xianyang Palace to start the stove early.At this moment, the warm fragrance in the room made her feel dizzy, and she couldn't even control her tongue.On the contrary, Xie Yili immediately understood when she heard her Qiqi Ai Ai utter a few words.

Qin Taiwei sees her cousin groaning silently, and thinks that the matter is messed up.Xie Yili's thoughts flew to nowhere, and after a while he said quietly: "This matter... besides me, who else have you told?" Qin Taiwei didn't realize that she had such a question, and immediately said: "I never told anyone about it, even His Royal Highness Zheng Wang never told him about it." Xie Yingli sneered inaudibly. Qin Tai was suffocated for a moment, and had no choice but to make amends: "Even if I said it, he wouldn't believe it. The palace man who framed the servant came from Qingning Palace and was a Xianfei. I didn't dare to say anything, but... ...It's just..." You didn't dare to say anything, but why did you come to beg Concubine Shu?It's just that I couldn't come out after a long time, so I had to say: "I beg my cousin to clarify my innocence..."

Xie Yili deliberately wanted to make things difficult for her: "It's the first time you have begged me like this in the past few years since you entered the palace. This is..." She suddenly whispered, "... Where did you get the courage?" Qin Taiwei was taken aback, looked up suddenly, but saw Xie Yili's lips were tightly pressed, his eyes were cold, and he didn't know what it meant. "Go and talk to the empress. You belong to her, and she should take care of this matter for you." After he finished speaking, he couldn't help saying, he got up with his sleeves and went in.At this moment, Qin Taiwei faintly realized that she was wrong.Yang Lian signaled her to tell Xie Yinli about the matter, presumably because Xie Yinli would definitely help this for the sake of the third prince, but he never thought that Xie Yinli would put on airs.In fact, it might be easier to talk directly to the queen.However, at this stage, she didn't know what to do.She was at a loss for a while, sweating profusely, and she didn't know how long she had waited in a daze, but no one paid any attention to her in the end, so she had to lift her skirt and stand up embarrassingly.Just as she was about to leave, she heard the rattling of the beaded curtain. With a carefully groomed pink face, the cousin came out gracefully: "Follow me to Kunning Palace."

The soft sedan landed in the Kunning Palace, and the car was luxuriant in front of the door, Qin Taiwei finally understood why Xie Yili suddenly wanted to come with her.It turned out that this day happened to be the first day of the new year, and the emperor had lunch in Kunning Palace as usual, but he didn't get up immediately after the meal as usual, and still sat down to discuss matters with Empress Xu.Seeing concubine Shu and sisters coming together, the emperor and empress were both surprised, and they announced their meeting after only a while.The emperor didn't say anything, he only asked the empress to ask the reason in detail, but he watched Qin Taiwei from a distance, dressed in plain clothes, kneeling behind the wide-sleeved concubine Shu, her figure was extremely petite and pitiful.

At first, Qin Taiwei was still blindly afraid, so she didn't want Xie Yili to tell her everything, from the stranger in the Qingning Palace on the Dragon Boat Festival, to how she "ran into" the relegated palace man in the silkworm altar, how to make people feel sad. Inquiring about the origin of the palace man, even she herself did not explain clearly to Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu embellished them perfectly.All she had to do was wipe away her tears and nod her head.Concubine Shu, who had nothing to do with herself and was as cold as ice and snow in the past, now has a lot of complaints, lamenting her cousin's ignorance and ignorance, and reprimanding the adulterer for her heart. When it comes to sadness, it seems that the innocent injustice It's not Qin Taiwei's suffering, but her own pain, which is really touching.

Hearing this result, the queen seemed not very surprised, and immediately sent someone to Xiancantan to fetch the messenger.After a while, I heard a reply, saying that the palace man died suddenly of a sudden illness last month.The empress then looked at the emperor, and the emperor frowned and said, "Since you are from Concubine Xian's palace, teach Concubine Xian to come and talk!" The queen hurriedly said: "The concubine thinks... whether it is better to return this matter to the mother?" "Mother's queen? Mother's queen won't protect her either!" The emperor stood up abruptly, walked a few steps with his sleeves shaking, and said bitterly, "The concubine doesn't want to raise the prince well, so she has such dirty thoughts! Ah Li is my grandson, I My nephew! She is a lowly servant who serves tea and water, but she dares to plot! What does she care about my face! The queen mother has always treated her mother and son leniently, so what does she care about the queen mother's face!"

"It's the concubine who failed to manage the harem well." The queen also pleaded guilty. The emperor did not take her word.The more he thought about it, the more frightening he felt. In order to give Yang Xi a chance to marry the Xu family, Concubine Xian designed to slander Yang Lian. That's all. The bait she chose was the delicate Qin Taiwei, the daughter of Xie Zitai. .Reminiscent of the good show on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor felt shuddering—how many secrets did Concubine Xian know about her youth?After more than ten years of experience in the royal palace and the deep palace, this obedient and simple girl has not changed her skin, could it be that she has changed into a scheming femme fatale?

Because of the secrecy involved, this public case must be resolved as soon as possible.The emperor called him a headache sufferer, and only taught the queen to interrogate him.Although Concubine Xian complained about her grievances, she had no choice but to prove it convincingly.Although Qin Taiwei was trembling with fright and her face was flushed red, she didn't have the slightest room to let go, not even the little palace lady who brought her to testify had no flaws. "Your Majesty!" Concubine Xian was anxious, "The Xu family had long intended to marry Miss Xu San to the second brother. Xu Anzhao told my brother more than once! Your Majesty, please think about it. Conquer the king?"

"It's been there for a long time?" The queen said softly, her eyes caught the emperor's face and his expression changed. Concubine Xian still didn't understand, she still pointed at Qin Taiwei and said, "How do you know that King Zheng ordered this girl to come here to falsely accuse the concubine and frame the second elder brother?" "Stop talking nonsense," the queen said, "Ah Lian doesn't like Miss Xu himself, so what's the benefit to him of framing the second elder brother?" "Why is there no benefit?" Concubine Xian was already in a hurry, and she said indiscriminately, "Your Majesty, you only have three sons, and it will be his turn to be the crown prince if something goes wrong! Why would you rather believe what your nephew said than tolerate it?" Your own flesh and blood?"

The emperor's face became increasingly ugly.Concubine Xian consciously said something, and immediately added fuel to the fire: "Yes, there is also Concubine Shu! What does this matter have to do with her, but she came to meddle in it! Concubine Shu is also waiting for the second brother to have an accident. ? She and King Zheng are of one mind!" Xie Yili immediately knelt down and bowed, but he was so choked that he couldn't speak a word, only weeping.Qin Taiwei also cried: "I am the one who wants to sue myself, and I don't do anything about my sister. If my sister is punished for me, I would rather die to atone for the crime..."

Seeing everyone crying together, the emperor was so angry that he didn't say a word.The queen hurriedly served the tea with her own hands, but she sneered in her heart: the emperor hates someone poking him in pain, but concubine Xian has not realized the way after following him for all these years. "Drag her down to me, slap her mouth fifty times." The emperor finally caught his breath. The internal officials took Concubine Xian out. "Miss Qin," the emperor asked suddenly, "is it true that Ah Lian doesn't know?" "Your Highness doesn't know." She said softly. "You look up and say it again." At this moment, she was very grateful that she was crying face, her eyes were filled with tears, so looking at the emperor's pale face distorted into a strange shape, she couldn't tell what the expression was, and her own eyes were probably the same. covered with tears. "I secretly came out to find my sister without telling His Highness. He doesn't know anything." This public case was settled very quickly, and the virtuous concubine Du Hongbo was deposed as a commoner.The emperor's original intention was to serve in the Huanyi Bureau, but the queen begged hard to move him to the cold palace and never leave the house for life.The matter of concubine Fu's selection was also over. The emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites to make arrangements within ten days and send Fu Wang to the vassal.Qingliu applauded for a while, but the princes of the Xu party couldn't help but slander, but God's will was hard to return, and even Xu Anzhao seemed to give up. An accident happened during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the ignorant Yang Chi also felt anxious and uneasy.However, in his imagination, the worst outcome would be that he could not marry Xu Anyuan, until Concubine Xian was suddenly abolished, and all the servants around him were replaced by the queen's confidants, and no palace eunuch would give him a good look. Only then did he realize how serious the matter was. His first reaction was to seek mercy from the Queen Mother.After finally reaching the Qingning Palace, the servants stopped at the door, saying that "there is something in the palace, and the queen mother does not see anyone."Yang Xi only said that the little ghost was difficult to deal with, and after waiting for a long time, Zhang Chun came out to speak: "Mr. Yes. I advise the second brother to be more peaceful, don't add trouble to the old lady, and go to Mianzhou safely, which is the filial piety of the second brother." Empress Dowager Xu had abandoned her son, and there was no news from outside the palace. The fifteen-year-old simple and honest boy fell from heaven to earth within ten days, completely desperate.Before leaving, he knelt at the gate of Qianqing Palace for a whole night, and his tears wet the jade steps. All he wanted was to see his birth mother for the last time, and even Zhou Lu couldn't bear to cry until the end.The emperor finally allowed him to enter the palace, and said a few instructive words through the curtain. "You are also my own flesh and blood, how can you not cherish it." The emperor said, "Your nature is as simple as your mother was when she was young. If you stay in this position for a long time, you will be used and plotted against. It is better to tell you to stay away from me." run away." "My son can't bear to part with his father and grandmother." Yang Chi cried, "Mianzhou has high mountains and far rivers, and I will never come back after this trip, and I will never see her again in this life." The emperor also felt sad: "On the day you left, Daddy saw you off. He sent you to Yongding Gate." Historically, when princes leave the feudal domain, the emperor at most just sends them out of the palace personally, and some princes who are not favored will not send them away.Sending him to the city was an unprecedented courtesy in the country, and Yang Xi was stunned by this honor. "Daddy can't live with you." The emperor sighed. Something really happened in Qingning Palace, and the palace was in chaos.Not because of Du's mother and son, but because Lin Juanjuan killed herself with a hairpin.It's not that Empress Dowager Xu never prevented her from committing suicide, who knows that it is impossible to guard against.The Empress Dowager ordered Zhang Chun to conduct a thorough investigation to find out who handed over the murder weapon to Mrs. Lin. After investigations and investigations, several small internal officials were dealt with and nothing was settled. When the news reached Qingfu Hall, Yang Lian only said that his concubine Ji had caused trouble to his grandmother, and he was very panicked, and she should have died at home directly.The internal official who sent the message dared not repeat his original words to the Queen Mother Xu.The queen mother fell back angrily. Lin Juanjuan did not go back to Qingfu Palace, Cheng Ning took Yang Lian's order and directly dragged out the corpse from Qingning Palace, and sent it to Jingletang in a roll of straw mats for melting.Yang Lian was not called a funeral, and no one from the Lin family cared about it. Cheng Ning sent people to inform the Lin family, only to find out that after Lin Daizhao passed away, the widow and a couple of children went back to their hometown in Lingnan.After further investigation, it was found that the family was robbed halfway, and none of them survived. "This matter is very strange, I think someone silenced it." After hearing this return, Yang Lian was not surprised at all. Only Wen Canran couldn't bear it in the end, struggled to get up in the first seven nights, and took a few small palace servants to quietly burn paper to pay homage in the banana grove.Qin Taiwei saw the flames in the white room, so she brought a lantern to look at it.Wen Canran handed her a string of ingots, and the two of them stared at the brazier in a trance. The rustling autumn wind swept black ash and sparks to the surface of the lake, and they disappeared in an instant. "She has always loved Chinese clothes and bead ornaments, so burn a few strings of money for her so that she won't have enough money." Wen Can said calmly, "If it were me, it wouldn't be so much." "Don't say such unlucky words." "It's just for you." Wen Canran smiled faintly, "She has gone, and I will burn the paper for her. When I go, will you burn it for me?" Qin is too dumb. "I'm already half-dead. Your Highness loves you very much. You can always live longer than me. I hope you look at the little affection in the past..." "Sister!" Qin Taiwei covered her mouth with a fan, not allowing her to continue, "Sister, this is just a moment of sadness, and that's why she has these random thoughts." Wen Canran looked at the water surface with twinkling stars: "The day she left, I seemed to see her. She said that the person in Shenliutang was not her." Qin Tai was taken aback for a moment, not understanding what this sentence meant. "What does the matter of Shenliutang have to do with her?" Wen Canran shook his head. Qin Taiwei suddenly panicked.She has always believed that it was Concubine Xian who ordered the palace servants to lure her to Shenliu Hall, and she followed Yang Lian's wishes to file a complaint before the imperial court, which made Concubine Xian, mother and child in crisis completely lost their Sacred Heart, and had no power to turn around.But... isn't she a concubine Xian? The dead Lin Juanjuan said "the people in Shenliu Hall are not me", Qin Taiwei tried her best to think for a long time, but she couldn't think of any connection between Lin Juanjuan and Xianfei.Concubine Xian's cries immediately sounded in her mind, the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, fearing that she had framed the pair of mother and child.She tugged at Wen Canran's sleeve and asked repeatedly: "Can't my sister guess it? This is so strange." "You want me to guess?" Wen Canran said with a wry smile, "Is there anything to guess, she must have gone crazy at that time. His Highness always felt that she was trying to harm you, so he asked me to pay attention, and probably questioned Shenliutang about it. Pass her. So she always remembers, and she has to say it again before leaving. " Qin Taiwei was slightly relieved, and thought that Lin Juan didn't really like to talk to her when she was alive. It turned out that she had been questioned because of herself, so she murmured: "She doesn't want His Highness to wrong her. In fact, His Highness has long known that Shenliutang is wrong." None of her business." "There has been a long-standing grievance, and it's not the only one." Wen Can sighed, "Now that she's gone, I'm not afraid to say it. Your Highness doesn't know why, but she always felt that when she was her daughter's family... she was innocent. So, no matter No matter how diligent and careful she was later, it was useless. She knew it all the time, and she always told me that every day counts." "Innocent?" Qin Taiwei didn't realize it for a moment. Wen Canran said slowly: "But, it doesn't matter if you are innocent or not. Even if the jade is flawless, won't it still be abandoned by him like a piece of trash?" She staggered, her face was like gold paper, and her hair was as silvery in the moonlight, as if the dying years had passed overnight, Qin Taiwei's chest was filled with indescribable fear.At this time and night, Du Shuren was insane in the cold palace, Fu Wang Yang Xi was crying in the empty bedroom, and Lin Juanjuan had turned into a solitary soul.She repeatedly said in her heart that these things were beyond her control.But she also knew that even if she had only seen, heard, or passed by, some things would disappear from her heart forever, and what was left to fill the void was endless loneliness and fear. After Lin Juanjuan passed away, Yang Lian locked himself in the Tianlai Pavilion to study, not asking about anything.At first Cheng Ning only said that he was bored and that he could just hide for a few days.Unexpectedly, Yang Lian still did not go downstairs on the sixth day of October.Today is his twentieth birthday.Because it was a whole birthday, the rewards from Qingning Palace were slightly more than last year, but Yang Lian not only refused to enter the palace to kowtow, he even didn't see the envoy.Cheng Ning had no choice but to say that His Highness had a small ailment and couldn't get out of bed, so he made up his own mind to socialize. Fortunately, the visitor didn't ask much.In the evening, Yang Lian still didn't show up, but some internal officials came up to deliver food, and all of them were kicked out. Cheng Ning was afraid that he would be hurt if he was hungry for a long time, but he didn't dare to provoke him, he couldn't do it right or left, so he had to come to Qin Taiwei in the empty room.Qin Taiwei naturally agreed.Opening the food box and looking, I saw a plate of plain silver noodles without soup, which was completely cold; there was also a big blue and white ball longevity cup wrapped in cattail, which contained hot winter bamboo shoots, shrimp and chicken soup.Cheng Ning said: "I didn't eat the noodles after cooking them three times before. The noodles were lumpy. The lady persuaded His Highness to pick the noodles in a small bowl and pour a few spoonfuls of hot soup on it. There are also some side dishes and fruits underneath. It's all His Highness always likes." It was the second watch at that time, and a group of people came to the gate of Tianlai Pavilion along the climbing corridor.Qin Tai called His Highness a few times in a soft voice, but no one answered, so she simply opened the door and went in by herself. The room was dark, and the figure of the man was sitting quietly in front of the window, with disheveled hair, and the ground was mottled with bright red blood. Qin Taiwei's chest twisted and she almost fainted, but Cheng Ning whispered in her ear: "Miss, be careful of the debris under your feet." She took a closer look, and it turned out that it was not blood, but fragments of coral. Yang Lian slowly turned to look at them, seemingly at a loss: "Taiwei..." Seeing this scene, Cheng Ning knew that his anger was over, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly beckoned to leave quickly.Qin Taiwei tiptoed around the coral fragments on the ground, walked up to him, combed his hair with her fingers, tied a purple-blonde beard, and smiled reluctantly: "Men in the ancients were twenty. How can your highness So you don’t even comb your hair?” "I was crowned at the age of fourteen." He said lightly. According to the regulations of the country, the prince can be crowned when he reaches the age of fifteen, and then he can accept the concubine, leave the palace, and the vassal. The favored prince can also be extended until the age of seventeen or eighteen.No one really waited until twenty according to the ancient system, but few were crowned as early as fourteen.She knew that she had said the wrong thing, and she couldn't think of what to say to make him happy. She was so anxious for a moment, she took out a sachet and stuffed it into his hand: "That one did it last time." No, you refused to wear it, so I made another one." It was another sachet in the shape of a rice dumpling, with delicate purple flowers embroidered on the green satin, the needlework was indeed much more delicate than last time, and the jade rings hung on the silk ribbons, it was the pair of jade rings floating in purple and emerald in her makeup box A perfect one.He looked at her suspiciously. "I don't have any good things for myself, but this is the only thing I can give you." She drooped her eyes. "Thank you." He smiled. Feeling as if she was making him a little happy, she immediately cleared the table, covered the bowls, carefully picked out a small bowl of noodles and pushed them in front of him. Unexpectedly, he only glanced at the oily flowers on the noodle soup, and hummed, "I don't want to eat it." Qin was too anxious, and couldn't help but said: "Your Highness has just turned twenty years old, and the future is still far away. Your Highness will marry the princess again, and there will be a little son... There is a definite number in reincarnation. That child If I have a destiny with His Highness, I will come back in the future. Today was originally a good day for His Highness, but His Highness has starved himself for a whole day. If it is too..." She wanted to mention the crown prince and princess princess, but she couldn't bear it when she said it, and said it abruptly Turned, "If the queen mother finds out, she might think about it." He was taken aback, looked at her and said with a sneer: "Cheng Ning has become more and more capable, and actually made you say such things to me." She was stunned, and said for a long while: "I said something wrong myself, and it has nothing to do with Eunuch Cheng. Please forgive me, Your Highness..." She bent her knees and wanted to kneel. "Forget it, there's no one else here, who are you kneeling for?" He sighed. They were frozen for a while, she peeked at him and seemed to have no anger, but her brows were furrowed even tighter, her complexion was as pale as iron.She thought for a long time, and said bravely: "Your Highness doesn't want to eat noodles, and I have some fresh milk and chestnut soup..." "Forget it," he shook his head, "you can leave the box here." This is to teach her to leave, she refused to leave, deliberately dawdled, and suddenly saw that the osmanthus branch in the bottle had withered, so she took it out.Yang Lian suddenly asked, "Why don't you get a new one?" "This year's sweet-scented osmanthus has finished blooming, and this is the last branch." She said, "However, the hibiscus on the opposite side of the water cloud pavilion has formed buds and will bloom in a few days. Does your highness like red or white?" "White is good..." He pondered, and asked again: "I always feel that near Tianlai Pavilion, I can occasionally smell a unique fragrance. The fragrance is like sinking water, fresher than sinking water, and there are some orchids and osmanthus. It's sweet... I don't know what kind of flower's fragrance it is, but it keeps on all year round." She thought for a while, then wondered, "Could it be that daphne tree?" He realized it: "No wonder, it turns out that this is daphne. This tree is the same species as overseas agarwood. It loves shade and fears drought, and it only grows in the south. It has always been famous and has never been seen. Unexpectedly, there is a tree in the palace." "There is a Daphne tree in Hangzhou." She said, "This tree is also called Penglai flower, and it happened to be planted on Penglai Island. It is very suitable for the occasion." "Why have I never seen it bloom after I have been here for several years? Is it because the Northland is too cold?" He murmured, "Since you know this tree, show me it next time." Seeing that he said a few more words and his expression became more gentle, she quietly pushed the noodle bowl forward another inch. He moved the bowl helplessly, and just as he put a piece of chopsticks noodles into his mouth, he suddenly heard her say "Hey": "This is birthday noodles, you can't bite it off." It was the first time he heard this saying, and for a moment he didn't know how to eat this noodle, so he put down his chopsticks and said, "Since it's birthday noodles, there's no reason to eat it yourself. You can eat a bowl too." She had to pick a bowl of noodles for herself.He watched her pick out a noodle and rolled it carefully on the tooth chopsticks, and swallowed it like a cat yawning. He thought it was a little funny, so he rolled a few noodles accordingly.Unknowingly, I ate up a bowl of noodles before I felt a little hungry.Taking advantage of the situation, she brought out a plate of snacks, and seeing him pick and eat everything, she breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to pick up the red corals on the ground. It was a rare red coral, which grew thousands of miles away in the depths of the sea, and its branches were two feet high. It was as beautiful as a living thing, but it was broken by him.She picked up the coral fragments one by one, pocketed them in her handkerchief, and couldn't help but said: "I used to read in the book that Shi Chong and Wang Kai fought for supremacy and smashed the Royal Coral Tree with Iron Ruyi. I always want to fight What a broken coral tree looks like, don’t have the opportunity to try it. Today is considered to be an experience.” He said slowly, "If I were Shi Chong, would you be willing to be a green bead?" She looked at him suspiciously, seeing that his expression was so gloomy that there was no hint of a joke, she paused for a while, and said after a while: "Your Highness, how can you compare yourself to that ominous person...that means I was wrong..." "Hehe, just talk about it." He gave a short laugh, and then sighed in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, one day, I will make arrangements for you." She was so anxious that she almost cried, knelt beside his legs and begged, "Your Highness, what did you think? Mrs. Lin has been away for the past few days, and both the queen mother and the queen have issued orders to appease them, and they have no intention of accountability. Your Majesty There was no movement there either..." He pressed his fingers to her lips, and there was a moment of silence in the pavilion.They stared at each other for a long time in the dark, only to hear the pine wind blowing outside, the faint sound of waves, and no one spoke except the sounds of nature. She held his fingers, feeling as cold as jade, and for a moment wondered whether he had eaten the bowl of noodles just now. "I just don't know what to do," he said softly. "It's over," she advised. "This is just the beginning." He shook his head and said, "She died, and the Xu family and I are completely torn apart." She stared at him in surprise. "Lin Juanjuan is not a girl from a good family," he sighed. "I knew it when she first married me. Because it was given by the queen mother, I can't say anything. I can only send someone to investigate secretly. She is in Yangzhou. Growing up on a painting boat, Lin Daizhao was entrusted by someone to buy her, pretended to be a righteous daughter, and sent it to the Queen Mother through Zhang Chun's door. She looks a bit like... Concubine Shu, who can also paint, The Queen Mother naturally gave her to me. I didn't find out who was behind her, but I thought that when she first got married, she kept her own place, so if you keep it, you can keep it. Later, when you came, I found out that she was plotting against you. Do you remember that time someone poisoned your medicine? Chen Yanluo is an honest person, she can't do things like poisoning and killing people, so who else but Lin Juanjuan? I just wait for her to show her feet Come to catch the net. That time she had someone abduct you out of the palace, it was a chance to get rid of her, but she had a child... I am sorry for you for that incident, and you were punished for nothing." She looked up at him in surprise, but saw him rubbing his forehead and sighing: "It's just that since I have a child, even if I don't do anything, the Xu family will not let her go, and even the Queen Mother may not be able to keep her. Now that her mother and child are both dead, this scene has to continue... I don't know what the queen mother thinks, but I am really bored... This is not the first time." She vaguely heard that a concubine Ji died in pregnancy before, and she was startled: "Why is there such a deep hatred?" He frowned and said: "To allow me to live, I have seen that the Queen Mother raised her hand. Besides... maybe it is for Miss Xu San? Probably they don't want to see the concubine born early." "Then... what about the previous concubine?" She remembered in horror that his original concubine also died without a place for three years. "You mean An Lan? That's not the case, after all, her surname is Xu. In fact, it's because she has been ill all the time, but it's just in name..." When he talked about Xu Anlan, his tone was suddenly soft. Noticing this, she couldn't help but feel a bit of sourness in her heart, and then remembered that in Hangzhou in those years, her father had a close relationship with him, and his original wife, the princess, was still alive At that time, she absolutely didn't know that there was such a person as him in the world, and she never guessed that today she would be lying on his lap and listening to him talk about all kinds of old love in the past. "After my father passed away, I was confined in the Qingxia Residence of Kunning Palace. After the succession, the Empress Dowager moved to Qingning Palace, and I also moved into Shenliu Hall. When Nafei left the palace, there was no one around me. An old man from the East Palace, even his childhood wet nurse is missing. Cheng Ning and the others were originally Empress Dowagers. As for the servants who are in charge, almost all of them are Xu's dowry. people." "At that time, I was young, and when I first arrived in a different place, I didn't have a single confidant around me. I didn't know what to do. I just thought about how to avoid the Xu family's eyes and ears all day long. As for the princess, I couldn't even look at her too much. Later, I got to know her. My father often left the palace with excuses, and followed him around quietly. After two or three years, one day the princess suddenly sent someone to me, saying that Yun Li was pregnant and was almost plotted against, and suggested that I set aside a certain I don't know these things, but Yunli is her dowry maid, so I entrusted her to her, and it was safe for a time. After all, I am a wife, and I am not grateful to her. It's a pity not In half a year, even she died of illness. "Yunli died before the princess's funeral. I can't find out, but I just said that she died of excessive grief while attending the funeral for the mother. Later I heard from Cheng Ning that I walked around privately in those years. The Xu family was not I didn't know about it, and it was thanks to Princess Wang who tried her best to cover it up... Now that I think about it, I was the one who got her into trouble. Although she is weak, if she hadn't married me, she might have lived a few more years." Now in the minds of the people in Zhengwang's mansion, Xu Anlan seems to be just a name on the spirit card, with no voice, no relics, and few people even mention it.Before, she almost never heard him take the initiative to recall his dead wife, so she thought that he must not like this Xu family woman either.However, although the look of sadness on his face was very light, it was true and unpretentious.And the woman named Yunli, I think she has the same attitude as Chen Yanluo, or more gentle and pleasant, otherwise, under such circumstances, how can a dowry from Xu's mansion win his favor alone?At that time, he was just a boy of sixteen or seventeen who had just learned about human affairs, and his heart was more sincere than today. How did he treat that woman, was it the same as Xie Qian treated her in the past? She tried her best to suppress the wild thoughts in her head, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "The princess left early, Your Highness is very sorry..." He nodded, and said again: "If Yunli's child is born, he will be three years old now, and he can be slowly taught to read and write." "It's too early for a child who is only three years old to read and write." She pretended to be relaxed. "I've been reading since I was three years old," he frowned. "Why can't he?" She wanted to argue a few words, but felt that she could no longer be entangled with the child who had long since disappeared, so she asked: "I can read at the age of three, but I don't know who is His Highness's Enlightenment Mr.? Is it Uncle Zheng?" "It's Mr. Dai." He said, "However, before the enlightenment, I have already learned nearly a hundred characters with my father. I was too young at that time, and I can't remember many things clearly, but I still remember this one clearly." His fingers were still as cold as iron, and he slowly slid across her face.She looked at him helplessly, as if something inexplicable was stuck in her throat, choking her speechless for a while. "Why don't you speak? Are you scared?" He asked suddenly. "What's there to be afraid of?" "My woman, there is no good ending." She shook her head and said, "I never thought about the ending." He was slightly surprised, stared into her eyes for a while, and suddenly smiled: "I shouldn't scare you, it will be fine." She wondered what this meant, but then she heard him say: "Taiwei, actually I envy you very much." She forced a smile and said, "Teasing me again." "I'm telling the truth." He shook his head and sighed, "You are your father's jewel. Although Mrs. Xie died young, she has raised you for several years. Your father has made good arrangements for your life long ago, and I don't want you to eat a little. Bitter. The Xie family has a high position and authority, and they are willing to take care of you. Even if you did not marry your cousin, but fell into my hands, this is your bad luck, but I also like you. Look at you, no matter what ..." There was a bang in her head, and she couldn't help but suspect that she had heard it wrong.His voice was soft as if he was talking to himself, and the shadow of his long eyelashes fell on his face as delicate as jade.With the pine branches under the moon and the clear springs on the rocks, she suddenly felt relieved, how could she hear wrongly?She understood early on. Seeing that she was only in a daze, he asked again: "Taiwei?" "Hey." She responded dreamily, and murmured, "If this is enviable, then do you know how much I envy you in my heart?" For a moment he didn't know what she was talking about.She didn't dare to look up at him, she just rested her head on his lap.The unpainted cheeks are clean and fragrant, reminiscent of stamens hidden in the dark, suddenly illuminated by a bright moon.