The wind carried a drizzle of rain drifting in from the window. I opened the cabinet door and took out the package that had not been touched for a long time.
He walked to the table, put it down, opened it, unwrapped the package, took out the arrow, and rubbed it carefully with his hands, with a smile on his lips, and the scene at that time came to mind.
At that time, he hugged himself tightly with a look of fear on his face. Thinking about it now, his stunned expression was still so clear. It was his subconscious actions that gave him hope again and supported him through it.
Many sad days.
My heart felt warm for a moment, and I stroked it for a while before slowly putting away the cloth bag.
He stood up and looked at everything he had arranged in the room, his eyes fixed on the two pairs of cups. He walked over, picked them up, put them in front of his eyes, and looked at them carefully.
Suddenly there was a flash of light outside the window, and there was a sound of thunder. I stopped my hand, and the cup fell to the ground with a 'snap'. Yinzhen's smiling face on the cup instantly shattered in front of my eyes.
When I stay still, my internal organs are afraid of the cold.
There was another flash of lightning outside the window. I suddenly came to my senses and ran out of the room. As soon as I reached the door, I bumped into Nan Fu who rushed in with her head lowered from the rain. I fell to the ground and there was a crisp sound.
, the ring on his finger shattered with the sound, and there was a sting in his heart. He turned over and scolded: "Why are you so worried about something important?"
Nanfu has never seen me lose my temper since she entered the house. When she first heard that I was angry, she stared at the broken ring on the ground with a frightened face. She was stunned for a moment and then said softly: "I heard from my sister who lives in the same room that Li was just angry."
I promised to go to the Qinzheng Hall again, I thought to myself..." How could Xiaoling go at this time? She was shocked again, she hurriedly staggered around, bypassed Nanfu, and plunged into the rain.
Behind me, Nan Fu ran in, grabbed my sleeve, and asked in surprise: "My dear, where are you going in this stormy weather? Tell your servants to prepare first." I threw her hand away and continued to walk toward her.
I ran forward, but she caught up with me again, and I angrily yelled, "Go back."
She paused and did not stop. She continued to trot, but she no longer dared to speak.
It was raining heavily and the ground was slippery. As soon as I ran out of the Xinghua Spring Pavilion, I fell down again. Nanfu helped me up. I took off my flowerpot-soled shoes and ran towards the boat on the lake. Nanfu was already shocked by me and hurriedly picked me up.
Shoes, helped me onto the boat, and scolded the little eunuch who was hiding in the cabin to take shelter from the rain, and rowed quickly.
When the little eunuch saw the two of us, his face was stunned, and he hurriedly ran to the bow of the boat with his mouth slightly open.
Nanfu was shaking slightly, standing beside me, lifting the cabin curtain with her hands. I was so anxious that I stood at the cabin door, with my hands clenched into fists, staring at the other side, tears kept rolling in my eyes.
Qinzheng Hall.
There was no one at the palace gate, and I felt relieved. Maybe... A trace of luck came to my mind. Maybe he was just discussing something. He held the corners of his robe with both hands and walked towards the palace door step by step.
Walking into the main hall, several ministers stood around in front of several cases. My heart suddenly fell to the ground, and my body swayed. Nanfu who came in quickly supported me and whispered: "Your Majesty."
Hearing the sound, everyone turned around, Hongli, Zhang Tingyu, Eertai..., and my body swayed again.
A few strands of hair stuck to my forehead, and the dripping clothes were tied tightly to my body. It was a bit difficult to move forward, but I still walked forward step by step with all my strength.
Hong Li's eyes darkened, he came over to help me turn around, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't look, go back first." I smiled blankly in my mind, walked away, and walked slowly to the cases.
At the foot of the steps in front of the desk, a palace maid was lying on the ground, with a pool of scarlet blood under her body. Follow the speckled blood stains forward, and there is another pool of blood, but there is no one there. Follow the blood stains and look forward, in front of you.
When I was dark, I hurriedly clasped the edges of several cases with my hands.
The dragon chair fell to the ground, and he, dressed in royal robes, was also lying on the ground, with a pool of blood on his face and under his abdomen.
After watching for a while, the sadness and helplessness in his heart suddenly disappeared. Without Lu Siniang, he still went like this. This is the ending, without any deviation.
He chuckled numbly, not knowing why he was laughing, and Hongli called softly: "Empress."
As if I hadn't heard anything, I turned around, went down the stairs, and walked out, as if I were stepping on the clouds. My steps forward were a little shaky. Hongli's voice came from behind: "Send the empress back."
With a smile on her face along the way, Nanfu kept calling softly: "Mother, mother, mother,..." as if she was afraid that if the voice stopped, I would lose my mind in front of her.
After entering the pavilion, I let her change her clothes and lay on the bed. After a while, I felt a trace of consciousness in my mind. I stood up and Nan Fu in front of the bed quickly placed a soft cushion behind me and asked, "What do you want, my queen?"
Order?"
I breathed out softly and said, "Bring Honghan to see me." She nodded, glanced at me worriedly, then turned and walked out.
I stroked the white traces left by the ring on my finger and looked at everything in the room quietly. My heart suddenly twitched. The traces of yesterday were still there, but today the people were separated.
Honghan sat by the bed, held my hand and said, "Mother, what happened?"
My heart was aching, but a smile escaped from the corner of my mouth and I asked: "Han'er, your emperor has passed away."
His face turned pale, he was stunned for a moment, then he stood up with a look of disbelief and said, "But Ama was fine yesterday."
I shook my head and said, "As soon as your Ama's funeral is over, you will take Lan Qi out of the palace." He nodded blankly and asked, "Mother, what will you do when Lan Qi and I leave the palace?"
I caressed his face and said, "Eniang has her own place where she wants to go."
He stared at me blankly and asked in confusion: "Where?" I was silent for a while and then said: "When you leave the palace, take all the portraits of E Niang with you."
By the time I handed everything over to Hong Han, it was already getting dark. I stared at Hong Han and said, "I'm a little tired, so go ahead." He frowned and said, "Han'er will wait until my mother goes to sleep before leaving."
I felt warm in my heart, shook my head, smiled at him and said, "Let's go, so that my mother can sleep peacefully." He turned around and left the house step by step.
I got up, washed myself, took out the scissors from the sewing basket, lay back on the bed, and slashed my wrist hard with the scissors, and blood spurted out.
My body became weaker and weaker, and my consciousness became more and more blurred.
The light in front of me gradually dimmed, until finally the brightness disappeared, and I said silently in my heart: "I'm here, Yinzhen."
My body was burning and my wrists hurt. I struggled to open my eyes, and I was a little stunned. It was actually Xinan Pavilion. I raised my arms and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Could it be that death was a luxury for me.
Fu Ya, who was walking over with a wet handkerchief, saw me waking up and said happily: "Your Majesty, you are finally awake." I smiled bitterly, and she hurriedly changed the handkerchief on my head, and said with slightly red eyes: "Your Majesty, you are finally awake."
Do you really have the heart to leave Han'er and Lan Qi behind?" I smiled slightly and said, "With you here, I don't have anything to worry about."
Tears fell from her eyes, and she was about to speak again when the door was pushed open with great force. Hongli walked over quickly, stared at me silently, with hatred in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Is there really nothing in this world that you can miss?
Can’t bear to part with it?”
I smiled and said, "Let Honghan take Jier out of the palace."
He closed his eyes in silence for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said in pain: "Is it true?"
Fu Ya's body trembled and she said softly: "Your Majesty, I'm going to call the imperial doctor." Hongli didn't say a word, and Fu Ya stepped back gently.
I sighed heavily and said with a smile: "Han'er has been sensible since he was a child. The only one that worries me is Lan Qi. Fortunately, they are also in the capital. If they are in trouble, I believe you will not stand by and watch. I am very relieved."
He swayed slightly and laughed softly. After a long time, he stopped laughing and said calmly: "Then wait until Jie'er grows up and you are not worried, and then we can talk about other things."
I smiled miserably and said, "Do you think I can still survive?"
He bent over and lowered his head, stared into my eyes, and said: "I regret taking over the jade shop and restaurant. Even after taking over, I should have sold them as soon as possible. I even regret letting Han'er leave the palace and let him enter and leave the shop freely.
, I regret even more why Huang Ama didn’t ask for you first before he recognized you..., What I regret most is why I am an elder brother and can’t do whatever I want."
I smiled bitterly, you have many regrets, and why don't I? Why did you leave your parents and go to Shenzhen? Even after coming here, why can't you control yourself, why do you like him.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, he straightened up, suppressed the expression on his face, and said softly: "Some things have happened, and there is no use regretting them, but I can still control the future. I will let Fu Ya do it every day
To accompany you, Han'er can freely enter and exit the palace and garden, but Lan Qi will stay with you."
I smiled bitterly, he arranged it like this, if something happens to me, Fu Ya will definitely be implicated.
The autumn wind gradually picked up, and the injury on my wrist had healed. Hongli really asked Fu Ya to sleep in the same room with me, eat at the same table, and stay with me day and night.
I stood in front of the window, silently watching the fallen leaves floating down. Fu Ya put on my coat and said, "My dear, your body cannot withstand the cold wind." I sighed, turned around and walked to the table, and silently started grinding. Behind my back
Fu Ya also sighed softly and said, "You haven't eaten since this morning. How can your body bear it?"
The door was pushed open with a bang, and Lan Qi rushed in. Fu Ya hurriedly stopped her and whispered: "Ji'er, my wife hasn't used her lunch yet." Lan Qi came over and pulled my sleeves, raising her little head.
Face, said: "Mom, I will eat with you." I felt sad and nodded. Fu Ya was happy and hurriedly ordered to put it on the table.
I wasn't hungry at all, and some of the food I didn't taste tasted good. Maybe Lan Qi was running around outside and was really hungry, but she ate with gusto.
Fu Ya pursed her lips and smiled, and I shook my head. Fu Ya's personal maid outside the door softly called her out and spoke in a low voice for a while. Fu Ya's face changed slightly, she turned around to look at me, and waved her hand to let the maid back.
He got off, walked up to him, and said with a smile: "Madam, Ya'er will go out for a while."
I smiled and nodded. She took two steps, turned around and told Lan Qi: "Before I come back, I must accompany my mother." Lan Qi nodded while eating.
Fu Ya left in a hurry, and I looked at Lan Qi silently. She seemed to have remembered something, swallowed the food in her mouth, frowned and asked me: "Mom, why do they all say that sooner or later, I have to call my brother Ama?"
"
I was stunned, but I didn't expect that on this floor, Hongli was in charge of politics in Yangxin Hall, but he lived in Xinuang Pavilion, which was really against the rules.
When I got up, Lan Jie got up and was about to follow me. I said warmly: "Jie'er, be good. When you finish eating, E Niang will be back." She nodded, sat down and continued eating, and I walked out of the room and walked towards
Walk towards Yangxin Hall.
"...Although we Manchus can kill one brother and marry his sister-in-law, she is none other than your emperor's concubine. Mother has given her several months, why haven't you figured it out yet?
, you want E Niang to tell her that the person who killed the emperor was Cuizhu, the maid in her pavilion, and what is the name of that maid..., Guerjia. Lan Dong, you want her to know
"?" It was Concubine Xi's voice.
I swayed, and 'Cui Zhu' and 'Gua Erjia. Lan Dong' flashed through my mind alternately. In an instant, the past events were connected, and Guerjia. Lan Dong, who had never been found, actually entered the palace, and was there.
Around us, no wonder she would bring the incense burner into the palace. Could it be that she said she was not in the palace when her parents died? Could it be that she is so taciturn?
It turns out that all this is still related to me. I stood at the door of the palace in a daze.
Hongli was silent in the hall, and Fu Ya's voice rang out: "Eniang, don't misunderstand, the emperor has no other intentions, it's not what Eniang thought."
Concubine Xi said: "The queen understands your thoughts so well, so I won't hide it. At that time, E Niang knew what you were thinking, and she also had the idea to ask your emperor to marry her. However, Xiao Xiao
Although Wen seems to be an ordinary palace maid, is she ordinary? As soon as she entered the garden, it happened that your fourteenth uncle admitted the wrong person at the palace banquet, and then the queen asked her to come again, but she was in Kun
I have only been in Ning Palace for a few days, and there happened to be one less person serving tea beside Your Majesty Ama. Have you ever used anyone by your side? Your Majesty Ama tolerates everything she does, which makes um.
Why did mother say this..., mother knows that you are not stupid and will not really marry her, and you also know that you only want her to live in front of you, but..."
Before she finished speaking, Hongli said in a deep voice, "Mother, don't say any more."
Concubine Xi sighed softly and said: "You want her to live well, but do you know in your heart that sometimes life is more painful than death."
A "pop" sound came from the main hall, and Fu Ya said in horror: "Your Majesty, your hands are bleeding..." Silence returned to the main hall, and I smiled miserably in my heart, turned around and walked back.
Concubine Xi sat opposite, with a worried look on her face, but she still smiled slightly and said, "Sister, why did you come to see me?"
I handed her the note in my hand, with a slight smile on my face: "I believe this shouldn't be difficult to find." She took it, unfolded it, looked at it, her face suddenly turned pale, and she stared at me and said, "You want..."
I nodded and said, "You are right, sometimes life is more uncomfortable than death." She was stunned again, and I handed her a letter and said, "This letter is for the emperor."
She hesitated for a moment, took it, stood up, bowed to me, and said, "Sister, thank you for your help." I smiled and shook my head and said, "It's you who helped me. Tonight, you think of a way to trip up Fu."
Ya." She nodded, sighed slightly, her eyes were slightly red, and turned around and walked out.
Sitting silently and waiting, my heart was unusually normal and a little bit relaxed.
There was a light knock on the door, and I pursed my lips and chuckled. She was so fast. I got up, walked over, and opened the door. Standing at the door was Zhang Yuzhi.
I was stunned for a moment. He was dressed in guard uniform, stared at me for a while, and then walked into the room. I was stunned for a while, then I came back to my senses and hurriedly closed the door.
He looked at my hand and asked: "Is your wrist healed?" I stroked the long and slender scar and asked doubtfully: "How did you know that you didn't go back to Tianmu Mountain? Why are you here?
.That person on the street that day, was that you?"
His eyes darkened and he said, "Time is tight. I'll make a long story short. Since I returned to Beijing, I have been working as a guard in the palace. They are all good at fighting and kicking, secretly protecting the emperor." He took out a piece of letter from his sleeve and handed it to me.
.
I pulled it out doubtfully, and the familiar handwriting came into view: "Follow him", but the date of signing was today.
My body trembled, disbelief, surprise, and fear all mixed together in my heart. My eyes were fixed on these words, and I read them over and over again. He said, "Let's leave now."
I raised my head, tears streaming from the corners of my eyes, and asked, "Is he still alive?" His eyes were filled with pain, and he stared at me silently. After a while, he nodded.
I was so happy that I burst into tears and couldn't stop them.
I asked: "The people in the hall...?"
He replied: "That's just a guard, similar in stature to the emperor, but his face was ruined."
I asked: "Whose is that pool of blood in the middle?"
He replied: "Li promised. If she hadn't blocked the knife first, I'm afraid the emperor..."
I asked: "Then she...?"
He replied: "Killed on the spot."
My nose felt sore and I asked again: "When Prince Yi goes, will you be with me?"
He shook his head and replied: "When the prince went, only the master was there, and the master ordered the coffin himself. When he came back, the prince's coffin was picked up by the people around the emperor, and the people in front of the funeral were all palace guards.