Those Years In Quest Of Honor Mine

in the palace.

An old eunuch entered Concubine Yu's palace.

Concubine Yu had a headache. During the day, Xuan Jing was very energetic. After Yu Shena asked Lin Si to no avail, she thought she would rather kill her by mistake than let her go, so she went to Xuan Qiong's mansion to make a fuss. Lin Si was not found.

Xuan Qiong has been unlucky recently, and his lungs exploded with anger. He went to the palace before dinner, vomited bitterness with Concubine Yu for a long time, and just left.

Concubine Yu sent her son away with great difficulty, exhausted both physically and mentally, and said sadly: "If the emperor doesn't appoint a crown prince, I'm afraid I will be tortured to death by these people first... Qiong'er also asked me to intercede with the emperor, this child really thinks it's a pillow. The wind is so easy to blow? I haven’t seen the emperor for almost two months, I just want to help him, how can I help?”

The palace attendant who served Concubine Yu comforted softly: "His Highness Fifth has suffered a lot of grievances recently, so I can only tell you that if you can see the emperor one day, it will be fine to tell His Highness Fifth."

"Don't mention this soon." Concubine Yu was worried, and her face became even worse when she mentioned this, "Last time, elder brother told me that in the previous dynasty, the first emperor wanted to make King Ning the crown prince, and the first thought he had was to kill Concubine Zhong. Not a few years older than Concubine Zhong, and with such a natal family, the emperor fears me more than the former emperor feared Concubine Zhong. If I intervene again... I am afraid that Qionger will be crowned prince in the future, and I will die to watch I'm on the throne."

Concubine Yu grabbed the palace man's hand and said anxiously: "After the elder brother said this to me, I was uneasy day and night. Do you think... the emperor has already thought about it? I have been thinking about it recently, what do I think?" Why do you feel that everything you said in the past is taboo!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry." The palace servant lowered his voice, "I have already found the person my Majesty asked me to find. This old eunuch has been working for us in Prince Yu's Mansion since the previous dynasty, but we don't know it. The old man is very strict. I was afraid to scare the snake away, so I asked the people in our house to tell him that the empress has been in a state of panic these days, and has repeatedly said that she has done wrong things. It is because Prince Yu can't stand it, so let him come and talk to the empress about the previous court, so as to warn the empress one or two , Your Majesty, don't let it slip for a while."

Concubine Yu thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, you are still considerate, I am useless to coerce and lure, the eldest brother's people... have always only listened to him, and will not help me until death."

The palace man sighed: "Yes, then shall I call him?"

Concubine Yu nodded.

Concubine Yu put down the curtain, waited for a while, and saw an old eunuch walking in tremblingly, kneeling outside the curtain.

Concubine Yu made up her mind, and intentionally put on an annoying look: "It's so late, what did Big Brother ask you to tell me?"

The old eunuch said in a low voice: "The lord said that the empress has been in a state of mind recently and acted... recklessly. Let this old slave come and tell the empress about ancient times."

Concubine Yu said: "Then tell me."

The old eunuch unhurriedly told the story of the late Emperor's attempt to kill his mother and keep his son, only a little more detailed than what Yu Mucheng said last time. Concubine Yu was anxious, and after listening to it, she fell silent for a moment, and said, "What is the matter with Concubine Zhong?" No one knows whether she intervened in the establishment of the reserve, I only know that she died in the end, what does the eldest brother ask you to tell me this? You will die if you intervene or not?"

The old eunuch shook his head: "Concubine Zhong Guifei died of illness."

Concubine Yu said coldly: "Who are you fooling? She died of illness, her younger sister also died of illness, and the two died together? Who will believe it?"

The old eunuch was like an old tree root that had been dead for many years, and it took a long time for him to utter a word: "That's true."

Concubine Yu moved her mind for a rare moment, and forced her to say: "I don't think so, why and when did Concubine Zhong disappear? She must have been gifted to death by the late emperor before his death."

The old eunuch shook his head slowly: "No."

Concubine Yu patted the Kang table angrily, her head full of pearls and emeralds jingling: "My elder brother asked you to tell me ancient times, is that why you are perfunctory to me?"

The old eunuch seemed helpless, sighed for a while and said: "It is true that Concubine Zhong Gui was not bestowed to death by the late Emperor. Speaking of which, Concubine Zhong Gui was implicated by Concubine Zhong."

Concubine Yu had never cared about this person before, she was a little surprised and said confusedly: "Little Concubine Zhong?"

The old eunuch nodded: "Little concubine Zhong did something wrong, so it can't be reported, so the queen mother... oh no, the queen at that time took advantage of the late emperor's funeral to take care of their sisters."

Concubine Yu was dumbfounded: "I haven't heard much about this little Concubine Zhong, I remember... the late Emperor loved Concubine Zhong Gui, but he has always been indifferent to this little Concubine Zhong, what could she do wrong?"

The old eunuch said: "Little Concubine Zhong entered the palace with Concubine Zhong Gui. She is young and not as beautiful and good-natured as Concubine Zhong Gui, so the late Emperor didn't pay much attention to her."

Concubine Yu said: "So? What did she do wrong?"

The old eunuch lowered his eyelids, and his voice was hoarse: "In the winter of Taiyu's 47th year, Concubine Zhong...was pregnant."

Concubine Yu didn't care about the date, she was stunned: "Is pregnant? I haven't heard of it. What's wrong with being pregnant? Could it be that she accidentally lost the child by herself? That's not right, it's not a crime of death."

The old eunuch shook his head, and his voice became softer, "It's not wrong to be pregnant, but it's wrong. At that time... the late emperor hadn't slept with her for five years."

Concubine Yu's complexion suddenly changed.

The old eunuch coughed twice, and continued: "Because of the elder sister Zhong Guifei, the little concubine Zhong can always walk around in front of the late emperor, but the late emperor really hasn't touched her for many years, the little concubine Zhong is unruly... ... When such a disgraceful thing happened, the Queen Mother knew about it, so the Queen Mother naturally couldn't keep her. This kind of thing would damage the reputation of the royal family and should not be publicized. Come down, and then use the funeral of the late emperor to give them a decent way to die."

Concubine Yu's face turned pale, and she lost her voice: "Is... is she crazy? Doing this kind of thing? No, no, no, little Concubine Zhong is unruly, why should Concubine Zhong Gui be..."

"Your Majesty." The old eunuch interrupted her, and said slowly, "If Concubine Zhong Gui and Concubine Zhong don't die, I'm afraid your Majesty won't be as rich as today. Do you want to ask again?"

"The empress dowager uses this to make use of it... so it is the empress dowager who really killed the mother and kept the child..." Concubine Yu panicked, "Then... who is the biological father of the child? Did the empress dowager kill that person too?"

The old eunuch raised his eyelids slightly and stopped talking.

Concubine Yu was terrified, "There is such a thing, no wonder their sisters left so unclearly..."

The old eunuch said in a low voice: "The first emperor wanted to establish a young child, so he really wanted to kill their sisters, and tried to test Concubine Zhong Gui several times, but in the end he didn't really do it."

Concubine Yu was restless, "It turns out that's the case...that's all, I don't want to hear it anymore, pretend you didn't say it, you can go now."

The old eunuch struggled to get up, and Concubine Yu hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, you... I might call you over in the future, what's your name?"

The old eunuch bent down: "Old slave Tang Qin."

"Oh, Tang Qin, I remember." Concubine Yu said in a daze, "Go, be careful when you leave, don't let others see you."

The old eunuch bowed and left.

Concubine Yu was shocked and sat alone for a long time, then regretted that she should not ask these things, so she called the palace servants and asked her to tell Tang Qin not to tell Prince Yu what happened today.

Concubine Yu leaned on the kang table full of remorse, thinking about what Tang Qin said just now, her eyes shrank suddenly.

"In the winter of Taiyu's 47th year, Concubine Zhong was pregnant."

Concubine Yu's face turned pale, and she felt that her whole body was covered with poisonous snakes.

Concubine Yu's scalp was numb, and she lost her voice: "That's right, isn't that child just..."

In the other courtyard of Prince Yu's Mansion, Yu She suddenly had a headache.

"what happened?"

Zhong Wan looked over.

Yu She didn't care too much, put away the notebook in his hand, "It's time to sleep."

That night, the two fell asleep together.

Zhong Wan slept inside, and Yu She lay on the outside with his clothes on, with a few bundles of hemp ropes around the wrists between them.

Zhong Wan was only wearing a thin layer of underwear, and his wrists that hung outside the quilt were itchy from the hemp rope. He scratched, "This rope...can you put it under the bed first?"

Just laying down, Yu She must have not fallen asleep, but he seemed not to hear, with his eyes closed and motionless.

Zhong Wan thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, there are some rumors about you recently, have you heard of them?"

nonsense.

Yu She moved a little, but still ignored Zhong Wan.

Zhong Wan tried to persuade him: "The rumors are very hard to hear. At the beginning, it was just that you would beat people and attack people in the house. Now it's... very unbearable. You still put the rope on the bed and spread the word tomorrow. It’s just a fact that you have that kind of obsession!”

Yu Amnesty couldn't ask for more.

"It's hard to say." Zhong Wan scratched his arm again, picked up the hemp rope, and discussed in a low voice, "Can I put this first..."

Yu She finally spoke, "If you dare to throw this off the bed, I will tie you up for real."

Zhong Wan paused, undecided for a moment, not knowing whether to try or not.

Zhong Wan's Adam's apple twitched, "How to tie it?"

Yu She closed his eyes and said in a calm voice, "Tie your hands together and tie them to the head of the bed, separate your legs and tie them to the feet of the two beds, take off your clothes, apply some medicine, and release you after you can't help crying out loud. open, and then..."

"Stop talking..." Zhong Wan hurriedly interrupted Yu She, and said in a low voice, "If you talk about it again, I'm really going to throw it away."

Yu She: "..."

Yu She took a few deep breaths, then suppressed, "You like that?"

Zhong Wan was distracted, "Okay, it seems to be quite exciting."

In the darkness, Yu She looked at Zhong Wan in disbelief.

Zhong Wan waited for a long time but fell asleep because of Yu She's sleepiness.

Yu She opened his eyes, his heart was shaking, and he couldn't sleep for a long time.

An hour later, Yu She struggled with his tone: "I... didn't expect you to like this before."

Zhong Wan had a good dream, and was woken up by Yu She.

Zhong Wan opened his eyes and said in a daze, "What, what's the matter? Is it dawn?"

Under the moonlight, Yu She sat up, looked at Zhong Wan with a complex expression, and suddenly asked, "You also grew up reading sage books, why do you like this?"

Zhong Wan's eyes were clouded, and she sat up, her voice still nasal, "What do I like? It's not dawn..."

Yu She seemed very troubled, he looked at Zhong Wan puzzled, raised his hand, and put it down again.

Yu She closed his eyes, not knowing whether to say to Zhong Wan or to himself: "You are not in good health, you can't do this."

Zhong Wan's eyes lost their focus: "What can't be done?"

Yu She looked at Zhong Wan, hallucinations appeared in his eyes, he felt that he had really tied Zhong Wan to the bed, forcing Zhong Wan to beg him impatiently...

"That's all." Yu She lay down, turned his back to Zhong Wan, and exhaled, "Go to sleep."

Zhong Wan was confused, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

In the early morning of the next day, Yu She handed Zhong Wan a few pages of paper.

Zhong Wan looked down...

Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra.

"Copy it ten times to clear the turbidity in your heart." Yu She gave Zhong Wan a hard look, "When you come back next time, bring it with you."