Seventh Pagoda

Tang Youzhu stayed in the Compassionate Palace for three days before she could barely get up, so she came to see Yu'er in the secret room that night.

Under the dim candlelight, the secret room was in a mess. There were several dead mice lying next to the food scraps on the floor, and there was a strange smell. Yu'er lay on the ground, lifeless.

Tang Youzhu was so flustered that she couldn't control it, she went to hold Yu'er tremblingly, her voice trembling pitifully: "Yu'er, Yu'er, spit it out, spit it out quickly..." While talking, he went to scratch Yu'er's throat.

Yu'er was tormented by him and regained her senses, she was extremely weak: "Brother Zhu'er...you are back..."

Tang Youzhu burst into tears and then she burst into tears: "I'm back, I'm back, Yu'er, spit it out quickly, spit out what you eat..."

With a pale face, Yu'er forced a smile: "Yu'er didn't eat anything... If brother Zhu'er doesn't come back, Yu'er can't eat..."

Holding the person who woke up in his arms, and looking at the dead mouse nearby, Tang Youzhu's heart seemed to be poured with scalding hot water, and he was sad and happy for a while, which made him bear it a bit Can't live.

Limbs tightly wrapped around Yu'er's body, feeling the body temperature gradually returning in her arms, and then barely braced up, took out the cheese that was secretly hidden, took a mouthful of it in his mouth, and then fed it to Yu'er's small mouth .

She hadn't eaten for three days, and Yu'er's lips were chapped. Tang Youzhu stuck out her tongue to moisten Yu'er's lips while feeding cheese.

At least after feeding some food, Yu'er's breath stabilized, and Tang Youzhu also delayed for so long, so she didn't go back to fear the palace to make trouble.

He hugged Yu'er tightly, and kept exhorting: "Yu'er, from now on, you are not allowed to eat the food I gave you, you are not allowed to drink the water I gave you, and I am not here in person. You are not allowed to talk to anyone. People go, live well, wait for me, remember?"

Yu'er was so hungry that he was dizzy, but he heard Tang Youzhu's words clearly, and nodded obediently: "Yu'er will remember, Brother Zhu'er, don't worry..."

Tang Youzhu tightened her arms and kissed Yu'er's forehead: "Wait for me."

No one knew what kind of change had taken place in the boy's mind. Xu Shi was no longer an ignorant and innocent boy the moment he followed Eunuch Zhang out of the secret room.

He knows how to be gentle and obedient in front of people, knows how to speak harshly in front of people, knows when to show weakness and act like a baby, and knows when to show his fangs.

In the deep palace and heavy courtyard, Tang Youzhu's sense of propriety is not bad at all. The crown prince's seat is as solid as gold, the empress dowager's favor is growing day by day, and Xianzong favors him more and more. In this way, it doesn't seem so difficult to deal with a Wangui concubine.

It's just that Yu'er's singing is missing in the huge East Palace, Tang Youzhu can't sleep every day, and his temper becomes more and more violent. If he can't bear the anger, he sneaks to the secret room and listens to Yu'er's singing, so he can be regarded as a little popular.

Seven years passed quickly, Emperor Xianzong passed away, Concubine Wan Gui had run rampant in the palace for many years, relying on nothing but Emperor Xianzong's favor, now that Emperor Xianzong was gone, it was expected that Concubine Wan Gui would lose power.

With the empress dowager and elders in control of the situation, the new emperor ascended the throne and everything went smoothly, and the reign name was changed to "Tianyou".

On the seventh day of July in the third year of Tianyou, it was an auspicious day, the blue sky was like washing, and the clouds were thousands of miles away. In the imperial study room, the closed booklets were piled up as high as a hill.

When the emperor has a lot of useless places, after the draft, he wants to be a concubine, and when the concubine is finished, he wants to be a queen.

Holding his breath in his heart, the young emperor pushed Zhezi away and strode to the Palace of Clear Water.

Yu'er was dressed in a moon-white satin robe, embroidered with more than ten groups of auspicious patterns in flat gold, and her eyes were covered with a white silk. Just looking at him, Tang Youzhu's whole heart was inexplicably soft and peaceful.

Before he could open his mouth, Yu'er, who was already familiar with his footsteps and breath, got up from the table, smiled at the direction he came from, and bowed to salute him: "The emperor is here."

Tang Youzhu hastened a few steps forward to hold him by the arm: "I told you not to call me the emperor."

Yu'er pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't speak.

The first time I came to the Bishui Palace, I happily called "Brother Zhu'er". The Queen Mother accidentally dropped the teacup. Although Yu'er couldn't see her eyes, her heart was like a mirror.

Tang Youzhu didn't force him, but helped him to sit down, and the moment he took his hand away from his arm, he felt a little empty and lonely in his heart, and finally wrapped him in his arms and placed him on his lap, just like his son look like.

Yu'er naturally refused, Tang Youzhu clung to his ear and coaxed him: "Be good, don't make trouble."

When I was a child in the secret room, when Yu'er lost his temper and refused to eat, Tang Youzhu held him in his arms and coaxed him like this, calling his name aloud to tell him not to mess around, and Yu'er was in a trance for a moment , finally settled down in Tang Youzhu's arms.

Gao Min came in quietly and leaned next to Tang Youzhu. The order from the Palace of Compassion and Ning came, and the Empress Dowager called urgently. I."

The atmosphere in the Palace of Compassion and Ning was a little tense, and the Empress Dowager looked anxious: "You sent the phoenix crown to the Palace of Clear Water." It was not in a questioning tone, but it was obvious that she was about to get angry and ask for responsibility.

After seeing the ceremony, Tang Youzhu gave an open and aboveboard answer: "Not bad."

Back then, the empress dowager supported the new emperor's ascension to the throne. She investigated Yu'er who suddenly appeared, and found out that Yu'er was born of Kabuki and guards. The empress dowager was furious.

With such a lowly status, Tang Youzhu insisted on going his own way to invite him to be a national teacher, which is absurd!How can a teacher of a country behave like a model in the world?

The empress dowager decided immediately to get rid of the future troubles forever. It was Tang Youzhu who made a big fuss, so the empress dowager reluctantly spared his life. It was called resettlement, but in fact it was coercion. Tang Youzhu didn't even have a word of complaint about the next selection of concubine Jin.

Now when the Empress Dowager was about to become a queen, the Empress Dowager had just ordered Supervisor Shang Bao to make the queen's phoenix crown and pearl hairpins, and Tang Youzhu sent all the phoenix crowns and pearl hairpins into the Palace of Clear Water, and the Empress Dowager was so angry that her eyes stared.

After the empress dowager finished losing her temper, Tang Youzhu spoke calmly.

"Grandmother, if you want your grandson to choose a talent show, your grandson will listen to you; if you want your grandson to accept a concubine, your grandson will still listen to you; no matter what you want your grandson to do in the future, your grandson will also listen to you. As long as Similarly, if you want your grandson to be the queen, either the grandson will make Yu'er the queen, or the emperor's grandmother will make Yu'er the national teacher. In this way, whoever the emperor's grandmother wants the grandson to make the queen, the grandson will make the queen. "

Tang Youzhu looked at the Empress Dowager firmly: "The Empress Dowager is still appointed as a national teacher, and the emperor's grandmother can choose one for her grandson." After resigning from the Empress Dowager, he did not return to the Bishui Palace.

Gao Min is helping Yu'er with her hair. Her black hair hangs down to the ground, hiding her extremely pale face. She has stayed in the secret room for too long and has not seen the sun all year round. Her skin is so pale that it is almost transparent, weak and pitiful.

With a wave of his hand, Gao Min led the palace people back, Tang Youzhu stepped forward, and personally wrapped hair for Yu'er.

On the table is a golden dragon and phoenix crown inlaid with emerald beads and stones. The whole body is decorated with emerald greens, pearls and precious stones. The kingfisher feathers used are all bright blue, with fine and dense hairs, neatly arranged, and silky luster.

The crown is covered with emerald and auspicious cloud patterns, with a beaded emerald phoenix bird on the left and right sides, embellished with emerald emerald clouds, three golden dragon hairpins inserted vertically, hanging pearl strings, and pearls inlaid with colored gemstones on the bead strings.

The center is decorated with pearls inlaid with ruby ​​six-petal bead flowers and sapphire six-petal bead flowers, and the bezel is also inlaid with gemstones. The whole phoenix crown has more than 100 pearls of different sizes and more than [-] red and sapphires.

Next to the phoenix crown is a five-phoenix tin inlaid with jewels inlaid with golden silk and emerald green.

The front of the tin is decorated with five golden silk phoenixes, with pearls and gems inlaid on them, pearls and gem tassels in the mouth.The mouth of the tin is lined with nine gold Zhais, made of silver and gold, with pearls, coral, turquoise, lapis lazuli, red sapphire and other wreath tassels in the mouth.Yingluo is also embellished after tin.

This tin uses more than [-] large pearls, hundreds of second- and third-class pearls, and more than [-] precious stones.

There is also a vertex emerald tin, which has a simple shape. The hat body is made of black gold velvet wrapped with silver thread. It is composed of pearls, corals, jade, and tourmalines. It is decorated with various colors, lined with emerald greens, and a gold-plated copper base.

The flower decorations include Swastika, Butterfly, Lianqian, Crane, Ganoderma lucidum, Orchid, Longevity Peach, Ruyi, Pen, Gourd, Flower Basket, Dragonfly, Tianzhu, Pomegranate, Xiangyun, etc., implying longevity, longevity and wishful thinking, very elegant.

There is also a pair of dot emerald inlaid with stone phoenix wearing peony pattern head flowers and a dot emerald inlaid jewelry Ruyi hairpin, a bright blue of water, so dazzling.

But Yu'er couldn't see it, so Tang Youzhu tidied up his hair, took the phoenix crown and put it on. The head was heavy, and Yu'er raised her hand to take it off, but Tang Youzhu stopped him: "Good Yu'er, just wear a small crown. Just a moment, dear."

Yu'er couldn't beat him, so he had to let him go.

The first time he saw these ingenious hairpins, he knew that there was no one more suitable than Yu'er in the palace.Tang Youzhu stared at him bewilderedly, ironing the post with eyes full of heart.

Touching the white silk with her fingertips, Yu'er did not dodge, but rubbed against Tang Youzhu's fingertips attached: "In a few days, Yu'er's eyes will be able to see, brother Zhu'er, don't worry."

Tang Youzhu was surprised and delighted: "Yu'er, you are finally willing to call me brother again."

Yu'er laughed: "Brother Zhu'er, you have talked about many scenes in the past, the fish biting the moon in the water, the stars blinking in the sky, Yu'er really wants to see it with her own eyes."

Tang Youzhu kissed his eyes, and smiled softly: "When Yu'er's eyes recover, I will accompany you whatever Yu'er wants to see."

Yu'er didn't answer, she seemed to murmur: "Brother Zhu'er, let Yu'er sing another song for you."

She sang "Longevity Girl".

"A spring feast, a glass of green wine and singing again. First, I wish my husband a thousand years; second, I wish my concubine a long and healthy life; third, I wish that I will be like Liang Shangyan, and see you again every year..."

Yu'er smiled sweetly, but her voice was as thin as a person's. She finished singing thinly, and raised the wine glass beside the table thinly. This wine was sent by the Empress Dowager after Tang Youzhu left the Palace of Clear Water.

Yu'er held up the wine glass and bowed to Tang Youzhu, the smile on her face didn't decrease by half, she raised her head and drank it down, and threw herself into Tang Youzhu's arms like a child and acted like a baby: "Brother Zhuer, brother Zhuer, my love elder brother……"

My dear brother, it’s not that the water given by you is not allowed to drink. Yu’er has remembered it for many years, but this time, it is absolutely impossible...

Tang Youzhu hugged Yu'er tightly, and responded to him one by one: "Yu'er, Yu'er, I am here, I am here..."

Yu'er only felt that her eyes were getting darker and darker, even the shadowy lights and figures were gradually darkening, the whole world was dark, like a bottomless abyss, nothing was heard, nothing was seen, only boundless darkness remained, boundless Endless silence...

"National teacher, national teacher..." Someone whispered in the ear, as if the voice was wrapped in a quilt in the water, the barrier was swaying, and there was a roar in the ear.

"National Teacher, National Teacher..." Yang Yulin opened her thick eyelids, the sky was dazzling, and she unconsciously narrowed her eyes again. In front of her eyes was Jing Fulin's face, which seemed to overlap with someone in her memory.

Yang Yulin didn't realize it, she stretched out her hand to caress his face, and when she was about to speak, she realized that her voice was hoarse and broken, and Jing Fulin held his hand: "Is the national teacher awake? I cried all night, I think my voice is hoarse." , don’t be in a hurry to speak.”

Yang Yulin dazedly raised her hand to touch her face, her hand was dripping with water, and then she realized where she was, and jumped off Jing Fulin's body, covering her face and blushing.

Seeing that he recovered, Jing Fulin stood up and shook his clothes: "Master Guo Shi is so ruthless, he hugged him and cried all night last night, and then he opened his eyes and was about to abandon him like a pair of shoes?"