456 Three Wives and Four Concubines Make People Hate
So far, Hong Yuan has never been to the mountain again, and it is said that the imperial court has begun to intervene in the rumors about Feng Hong Luan and Hong Yuan in the capital. Anyone who dares to speak wantonly will be imprisoned.
As for Hong Yuan, Aunt Su sent news, saying that Hong Yuan was punished by the emperor to kneel in the Imperial Ancestral Temple for a day and a night, and was banned from the Imperial Ancestral Temple for the next few days to let him reflect on his past.
After all, the emperor still felt a bit of brotherly affection for Hong Yuan.
But a few days later, I heard that the emperor wanted Hongyuan to reflect in the Imperial Ancestral Temple for three years.
For three years, he was banned from visiting the Ancestral Temple.
Three years, even for ordinary people, is difficult to count, not to mention that in the Ancestral Temple, facing the ancestral tablets every day, there is no one else to talk to.
Although the emperor's punishment did not torture Hong Yuan's body, it still tortured Hong Yuan's heart.
Feng Hongluan deliberately attracted Nanny Su and asked her to tell the emperor what she saw and heard. Although she wanted the emperor to punish Hongyuan and suppress the rumors, she did not expect that the emperor's punishment would kill Hongyuan's most important role. Three years of vigorous life.
Well, after three years of training and self-cultivation, maybe Hongyuan will be able to reborn and not do such ridiculous things like having a crush on his brother-in-law.
Moreover, Hong Yuan's eyes were cold and clenched with fists that day. Thinking about it now, Feng Hongluan felt a little uneasy.
Now that she is confined to the Ancestral Temple, she has less chance to meet, or even no chance to meet at all, which is fine.
Three years, three years, maybe the world has changed a long time ago.
Those killings and disputes and bloodshed are good if they are out of sight.
Hongyan has already started to take action. The beauty from Japan who was rewarded by the emperor at home is actually from Hongyan. She can imagine that among the beauties sent by Japan and Korea, they are probably arranged by Hongyan.
The emperor also rewarded these beauties to his ministers, which means that nowadays, almost every official in the court has a Hongyan hidden in his or her home.
These informants are always reporting every trace of turmoil in the court to Hong Yan. Although Hong Yan does not know where he is, he has complete control over the entire capital's personal connections.
No matter what Hong Yan wants to do, she will support him without hesitation. She only hopes that Hong Yan will come to Beijing as soon as possible and the family will be reunited.
*
The weather has become warmer these days, and the peach blossoms have begun to fall one after another. When the wind blows, the colorful petals fall all over the yard, and the fragrant fragrance makes people feel happy.
Only the smile on Yuan's face became less and less day by day. Feng Hongluan knew that Huanjing was probably in bad condition.
I went to see Yuanshi this afternoon. As soon as I entered, I saw Yuanshi covering her face and crying softly, probably because she was afraid of waking up Huanjing, who was sleeping.
Huanjing looked very poor and his face was pale. As their mother, Feng Hongluan felt the same sadness for Yuan.
After spending a few days together on the mountain, she also felt that Mr. Yuan was a very gentle person.
Seeing that she was crying sadly, she quietly asked Xiaofu to go to the yard and prepare cakes and tea under the pavilion. She wanted to go with Yuanshi to see the peach blossoms to comfort her.
The sound of her footsteps entering the room alerted Yuanshi. Yuanshi raised her head and saw that it was her. She quickly stood up and said, "Sister."
"Sister is crying again. Her eyes are broken from crying. If Huanjing finds out, she will definitely feel distressed. The sun is very sunny today. Sister stays in the house all day long. I'm afraid she will get depressed. Why don't you go out and talk to me? Look at the peach blossoms, they are so colorful and beautiful."
Speaking of peach blossoms, Yuanshi cried even harder.
Feng Hongluan knew why, because Huanjing went up the mountain just to die under the colorful peach blossoms.
"elder sister!"
"Sister, there are some things I also want to say to you, which can be regarded as an explanation."
Explain?
Could it be that he wanted to explain Huanjing's funeral affairs and wanted to discuss with Feng Hongluan how to spend Huanjing's last days with him?
Feng Hongluan nodded and stepped forward to hold Yuanshi's hand. Yuanshi's hand was very cold, probably because she felt too sad.
In the octagonal pavilion in the yard, Xiaofu had prepared everything, and even thoughtfully brought two soft cushions. It was hot under the mountain, but it was very cool on the mountain. She was afraid that the cold air would invade the two of them sitting directly on the stone bench.
After sitting down and sending Xiao Fu away, Feng Hongluan filled a cup of tea for Yuanshi and said: "Sister, let's have a cup of tea. I heard someone said that you haven't had a good meal and rest for several days. If you continue like this, your health will be worse."
I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on.”
Yuanshi nodded sadly and said, "I know, sister, I have a letter here. Please wait until King Xuan goes up the mountain to hand it to him."
Feng Hongluan suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Why didn't sister hand it over to third brother with her own hands?"
Yuan's eyes turned red and she was about to shed tears, but she held them back and said, "I'm afraid I'm too busy and forgot about this."
By that time, it will probably be the time when Huanjing is gone.
Feng Hongluan accepted the letter, but secretly remembered Yuan's expression in her heart. She was afraid that Yuan might have lost his mind and wanted to go with Huanjing.
I hope she is overly concerned.
After eating tea with Yuanshi, she comforted her all afternoon. Feng Hongluan was not a very talkative person, and she also knew that Huanjing was destined to die soon. The only way she could comfort Yuanshi was to make Yuanshi eat too much.
Some, sleep better, so that you can take better care of Huanjing.
Yuanshi nodded one by one. The wind was very warm that afternoon, and there was a smile or two on Yuanshi's face that had not shown a smile for a long time. Although she was not a stunning beauty, she still looked good when she smiled. Feng Hongluan was probably
Unexpectedly, this was the last time she saw Yuanshi.
As for where Yuan went, she had no way of knowing. She only knew that at midnight, the nanny in Yuan's house hurriedly came to look for her, saying that it was Yuan who wanted to see the crown prince. However, people outside waited for a long time but did not see Yuan come out.
, when he broke into the house, only Huanjing was left in the house, the window was open, and Yuan was nowhere to be found.
Yuanshi ran away. The shock at first turned into anger, and she just left the sick child and ran away.
Even if I have to leave, I still have to accompany Huanjing on the last journey.
But she just left.
This news was quickly sent to the capital, and Hongwen arrived in the evening of that day.
Regarding the fact that Yuanshi escaped, his dark face showed how angry he was.
Remembering the letter left by Yuanshi, she asked her to hand it to Hongwen in person. She hurriedly delivered the letter to Hongwen. After reading it, Hongwen slammed his iron fist against the wall, threw the letter on the ground, and turned around.
Then he said to Feng Hongluan: "Brother and sister, Huanjing is entrusted to you first. I will definitely find this bitch back."
After saying that, he turned around and left, and the letter fell on the ground.
Driven by curiosity, Feng Hongluan picked it up and took a look. After just one glance, she was shocked.
Original--
Huanjing was not Hongwen's child. Back then, Hongwen saw the Yuan family in the Mood for Love and married her as a concubine. Yuan family was already pregnant. Therefore, the child that Hongwen favored over the years was actually not Hongwen at all.
Wen own children.
The letter also stated that the child had been frail and sickly since he was a child, not because he was born in the womb, but because the concubine Zhuge knew that Huanjing Feihongwen was the author, so she killed Huanjing and smeared poison on the body of Huanjing's wet nurse.
When the child ingests the venom and interacts with it for a long time, the poison will become so deep that there will be no cure.
Yuan said in the letter that she would be trapped in Prince Xuan's Mansion for the rest of her life, suffering every day and depressed every night. If she didn't escape, she was afraid she would go crazy.
So, he left the child who was ten months pregnant and ran away.
Therefore, she cruelly ran away without accompanying Huanjing on the last journey.
No wonder she cried so sadly that day, as if Huanjing was gone.
Holding the letter in his hand, Hong Wen just came back, presumably to pick up the letter. Seeing Feng Hongluan's expression, Hong Wen smiled bitterly.
"Let my siblings see the joke."
"..."
Feng Hongluan didn't know what to say. The tiredness, pain, helplessness, loss, and anger on Hongwen's face made him look particularly haggard.
"I've known for a long time that Huanjing is not my child, and I've also known for a long time how Huanjing got sick. So all these years, I felt that I was the one who harmed him. If I hadn't known that his mother was already in love,
If he doesn't offer a marriage proposal, this child may be able to grow up carefree in the care of his parents, like all other children, instead of having to suffer so much."
Hongwen's mediocrity once made Feng Hongluan look down upon him.
Hongwen's great fatherly love once moved Feng Hongluan.
But now Hongwen's self-blame and guilt really made Feng Hongluan look at him with admiration.
He did nothing in the court, and he was stabbed in the back by everyone behind his back, saying that he was a good-for-nothing prince who got his salary for free, but his responsibility and kindness were not something that all men in the world could learn.
It was only today that Hongwen truly impressed Feng Hongluan.
Those gentlemen who claim to be great are just mediocre in front of Hongwen.
That marriage was not his fault, he was just a normal man who fell in love with a beautiful woman.
The mistake was that Yuan's family clung to the powerful, and they forced her to marry Hongwen even though they knew she already had someone she liked.
The fault lies with Zhuge. Although bloodline is important, there is no need to poison an innocent child.
At this moment, I suddenly felt a little disgusted with the system of three wives and four concubines.
If her father had not married two people, her mother would not have died.
If the emperor hadn't had thousands of beauties in his harem, Concubine Li wouldn't have died in depression.
If Hong Wen hadn't married three or three wives, such a thing would not have happened.
At this moment, she had never hated the system of three wives and four concubines so much.
However, who can change this world, who can change this deep-rooted thought.
Nowadays, Huanjing is in danger, Yuan's Tao is still alive, Hongwen is frowning, and Zhuge, who has probably tortured a child with his vicious hands, will have uneasy conscience in this life!
*
After all, Yuan was nowhere to be found, and this incident dealt a huge blow to Hongwen.
Probably because Huanjing would ask where his mother had gone every time he woke up.
And Huanjing finally ended their acquaintance of less than ten years on a sunny afternoon with warm wind and flowers.
After experiencing pain and torture, when his little body was lying under the tree covered with peach blossom petals, Feng Hongluan's tears fell with great distress.
Huanjing's body stayed under the peach tree for one night. The next day, Hongwen came to thank Feng Hongluan and transported Huanjing's body down the mountain and back to Beijing for burial.
At this point, there are fewer people in the garden and it is a little more deserted. Every time she thinks of Huanjing, Feng Hongluan can't help but feel sad.
After more than half a month, everything finally calmed down.
The scorching heat at the foot of the mountain has dissipated, and Feng Hongluan no longer has any reason to stay away from home all day long.
At the end of September, the peach blossoms on the mountain have just finished bearing fruit, but the sweet-scented osmanthus below the mountain is in full bloom.
He brought his party back to the capital. Everything in the capital was as before, the streets were bustling, and there was a lot of people. But when he raised his head, Feng Hongluan could clearly see that the clear sky was covered with dark clouds. It seemed that it wouldn't take too long.
Things will change.
In the past few years, too many people have passed away. When Feng Hongluan was sitting alone, she always wondered whether, in fact, she could have another way of living in this new life.
She was reborn full of rage and resentment.
It was clearly a sunny afternoon, but when she opened her eyes, all she saw was blood and revenge.
She had never regretted her behavior before, but recently, Wuhen's cold gaze made her think too much.
She was thinking that if He Jixiang and Dong were kicked out through a trick, Ling Che would also be suppressed and depressed for the rest of his life.
If Han Huiqing is not poisoned, if...
She remembered that she had had a dream, in which her mother said that all causes and effects are free to repay, and every cause has its own consequences. So, are she and those people entangled in the endless struggle of karma and consequences?
Because she poisoned Han Huiqing, Han Huiqing wanted to take revenge on her. Because she wanted to take revenge on Han Huiqing, so Han Huiqing tried every means to kill her and the child. Because Han Huiqing had the intention to kill her, she attacked Han Huiqing.
He had murderous intent, thinking that she had killed Han Huiqing, so Wuhen always looked at her like this.
The eyes were as cold as frost. They shouldn't be the eyes of a child less than two years old.
These days, Wuhen and Xiao Tangyuan are very close. Although most of the time it is Xiao Tangyuan that pesters Wuhen, but every time he sees the coldness in Wuhen's eyes, even knowing that he is only a two-year-old child, Feng Hongluan still feels a little agitated.
There is lingering fear in my heart.
She was just afraid that without hatred, she would do something that would harm the little glutinous rice balls.
And her fear finally came true in the afternoon of this day.
It rained in the afternoon and the weather suddenly became much cooler.
She was taking a nap when Sister Fang suddenly rushed in and cried, and when she saw her, she knelt down and said, "Master, the master is not good, the master princess..."
Feng Hongluan's sleepiness disappeared almost instantly.
"What's wrong?"
"The princess was burned. Although it wasn't serious, she was crying non-stop."
Feng Hongluan stood up.
Burned.
In addition to the wet nurse A Fang, there are several other people who take care of the little glutinous rice dumpling. Especially after the little glutinous rice dumpling is gone, they are afraid that she will fall. The nanny next to her is almost inseparable from her to serve her, so how can she get burned.
Not caring about all that at the moment, she hurriedly followed A Fang to the small glutinous rice dumpling house.
From a distance, I heard Little Tangyuan's heart-wrenching cries. Feng Hongluan felt distressed for a while, fearing that it was extremely painful, otherwise Little Tangyuan wouldn't cry like this.
She couldn't help but quicken her pace, wishing she could walk as fast as flying.
Afang struggled to follow behind and entered the house. The scene in front of Feng Hongluan's eyes really hurt her heart.
I saw grandma holding up the sleeve of Xiao Tang Yuan. On Xiao Tang Yuan’s left forearm, a large piece of delicate skin was covered with blisters and was red. Grandma was holding Xiao Tang Yuan, and the two hands were holding her.
Huhu wanted to ease her pain.
When they saw Feng Hongluan coming in, everyone looked ashen and frightened.
Feng Hongluan loved her daughter so much that she never yelled at her servants. This time when she saw Xiao Tangyuan acting like this, she yelled: "What's going on? How could you burn your hands when you're so good?"
"Empress!" Several people knelt down, holding the little glutinous rice balls in their hands, and looked at the corner with fear.
Only then did Feng Hongluan realize that there was a little man standing in the corner, with a cold expression and his eyes blankly looking at Xiao Tangyuan's hand.
"what happened?"
She roared angrily.
Mammy didn't dare to hide anything, so she replied tremblingly: "It was Master Wuhen who bumped into the slave. The slave was holding boiling water. She lost her balance and fell on the princess."
How much strength does it take for such a small person to hit such a big person and make him unstable?
Unless, it's not that he ran over accidentally, but bumped into him intentionally.
Feng Hongluan's face was startled, and she turned back to look at Wuhen with disbelief.
Wuhen's face turned a little pale, and he bit his lips subconsciously.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo was, of of..."
Made small glutinous rice balls.
Look at the copper kettle on the table. If the water on grandma's body is sprinkled on the little glutinous rice balls.
Feng Hongluan couldn't imagine it, and her face turned pale.
She looked coldly towards the corner, Wuhen bit her lip a little tighter, her lips were all white.
Feng Hongluan had to work hard to restrain herself from being slapped to death without regret.
Is this what my mother said about karma?
Will Wuhen have to repay the blame she caused for Han Huiqing?
Even if you want to retaliate, you shouldn’t retaliate against Xiao Tangyuan.
The water must be boiling hot. How could the child's skin withstand such torture?
I'm afraid no matter how good the medical skills are, there will still be scars on the forearm.
If Hong Yan knew, she would be so distressed. Not to mention Hong Yan, she would also be so distressed that she wished she could bear it for Xiao Tang Yuan.
Holding the child in her arms, she comforted her and asked Ah Fang to get some vinegar water to clear it up. When she glanced at Wuhen in the corner, she felt an infinite chill.
Wuhen's small body visibly shrank.
When the doctor came, he told Feng Hongluan with a very solemn face that no matter how good the burn medicine was, it would definitely leave some scars. The child's skin was tender and could not withstand the burn.
Feng Hongluan felt a pain in her heart, and Hong Yan asked her to take good care of the child and see what she did.
You've already seen the threat in Wuhen's eyes, right? Why Ha let him get close to the little dumpling.
Finally, Xiao Tangyuan's wound was bandaged properly. She was too tired from crying and fell into a deep sleep. She was still having spasms in her sleep because of the pain in her arm, making her sleep very uneasy.
Feng Hongluan looked distressed and stayed by her bedside for a long time, gently stroking Xiao Tangyuan's sweat-soaked forehead with her palms, her eyes full of solemnity.
It wasn't until the sky turned dark and Xiaofu came to persuade her to eat something that she said to Xiaofu: "Go and find Wuhen for me."
Xiaofu went out, but after a while he came back tremblingly: "Master, it's not good."
"What's up?"
"Master Wuhen, Master Wuhen is missing."
"What!"
"Mammy said that he made a mistake, made you angry, and hurt the princess, so she punished him by not having dinner in the house. As a result, he disappeared just after the servant went over."
No dinner allowed. Who dares to give such an order privately?
Although she was still resentful of Wuhen for knocking down her nanny and scalding the glutinous rice balls, but after she calmed down, she felt that she might have thought too much about the matter. Wuhen bit his lip and looked pale, which did not look like him.
He was deliberately trying to harm Tang Yuan. Although his eyes were cold and thoughtful, they were also full of guilt.
Besides, even if Wuhen was really intentional, she should decide the punishment.
These people who have taken advantage of the ambition dare to deny Wuhen food.
But what matters now is not this, but the fact that Wuhen is gone.
Where has he gone? Where can he go?
——Digression——
My little finger is cramped and I can’t code 8000 anymore. Huh...
I’ll write about Hong Yan in a few days. Hong Yan hasn’t shown up for a long time.
Supporting character fans, I will start writing extras about supporting characters when I have time and save them slowly.
Now I have decided to write only the extra story about Concubine Li, and the extra story about Wu Hen. (He is actually quite miserable, don’t you think? He obviously hates Feng Hongluan, but he also respects Feng Hongluan.)