Chapter 97 Section 4 A few forgotten women

The autumn wind is blowing up again, cold and depressed, spring leaves and summer flowers are driving down and falling.There are old crows screaming, because they can't protect their nests.The nest was blown by the wind, and fell from the treetops, and the eggs were broken and the chicks died. In Xianyang Hengzhen Palace, incense is lingering around, a woman is lying flat on the couch, her eyes are empty.She was old, very old.Many years ago, she had a name called Xia Ji.Today, Xia Ji has been annihilated in the long river of time, but she is still alive as Queen Mother Xia.In the past, she was just one of the many concubines of King Xiaowen, and she was not favored.Fortunately, she gave birth to a son, a different person.After Lu Buwei supported Yi Ren as the King of Qin, she was respected as the Empress Dowager Xia and was worshiped aloofly.

Empress Dowager Xia suddenly became ill, and she was unable to cure it after delaying the doctor.At this time, the Empress Dowager Xia was on her deathbed.She understood that she was the one who was going to be killed by the comet.Instead of panicking, she felt relieved that the day had finally come. She tried to think back to her girlhood.At that time, she was so young, although she could not be called a peerless beauty, her appearance was still quite beautiful.However, there are so many beautiful women in the harem, she is like a leaf hidden in the forest, unable to get King Xiaowen's attention at all.Those few lucky encounters became the most treasured memory in her life.Did anyone ever give the poor woman even the slightest glance when she was alone by the lamplight, weeping for her fate?

In her most beautiful time, she has never been loved.When she was most worthy of being loved, she could only be accompanied by a lonely lamp, sleeping empty every night.Her fleeting appearance was easily exhausted in the endless waiting.Now, her eyes are dim, her face is full of wrinkles, her body is thin and stiff, and she is no longer round and elastic as before.The bronze mirror stole her beauty and never returned it.She felt that she had begun to stink, she hated herself, despised herself. The Empress Dowager Xia slowly turned her eyes, lovingly looking at the boys kneeling in front of the couch.Qin Wang Yingzheng, Chang'an Juncheng Chengyu, etc., the young and the old are different.They are all her grandchildren, and they continue her blood.Among them, Chang'an Jun Chengyu, who was seventeen years old, was the most beloved by Empress Dowager Xia.On the contrary, it was Ying Zheng, who was very familiar with her grandma. Ying Zheng was nine years old when he returned to Xianyang, taciturn, and neither loved nor loved anyone.If it wasn't for her sudden serious illness, Ying Zheng would not have appeared in Hengzhen Palace.Emotions need to be cultivated since childhood, and Cheng Yu grew up beside her, which made her feel the long-lost happiness in her twilight years.Empress Dowager Xia sighed slightly, she had nothing to worry about when she left, only Cheng Yu was the only child, but she was very worried.Without her protection, would he be hurt?