Empress and concubine

Zi Yan understood, "The empress dowager has always wanted to make trouble since the time when the first emperor passed on her position as a saint. It's time to keep her for so long."

Zhao Yi nodded approvingly, "Someone quietly let Xia Yunjing know about Princess Qingjue. The sage knows how to choose until the Empress Dowager is not in good health."

"This..." Zi Yan hesitated, "If this is the case, it would be too coincidental."

"If these instructions are all from the mouth of a sage, no matter how coincidental, it's just that he made the right move in the game." Zhao Yi waved his hand and told Zi Yan to go down and make arrangements.

Sure enough, as Zhao Yi expected, after Xia Yunjing heard about this, he sent a letter to Aunt Wan, telling her to increase the dosage of the queen mother's medicine today, and to wait for news after Han Yu entered the palace tomorrow. Summoning Han Yu to the Empress Dowager's Palace, Aunt Wan immediately poured the Empress Dowager with the anti-inhibitory food, and prepared another manpower, so that Han Yu would not have a chance to stand up.

Aunt Wan first received Zhao Yi's message, and then Xia Yunjing's order, and she served the Queen Mother with peace of mind for an afternoon, before returning to her room on the pretext of making medicine.After returning to the room, Aunt Wan trembled involuntarily. Tears were the most taboo in the palace, and Aunt Wan had already stopped crying. She sat quietly by the door for a while, then stood up staggeringly, and opened her mouth. Clothes box, from the bottom of the box, I took out a hairpin and ring box that can only be opened with three keys, and opened it with the keys one by one. When I opened the box, I saw a set of jewels inside, a set of ruby ​​heads, emerald phoenix hairpins, warm Ring pendants made of jade, and carvings with complete blessings, wealth, longevity, happiness, and happiness, there is no one that is not a boutique among the boutiques.

Aunt Wan was picking inside, took out a plum blossom hairpin inlaid with turquoise, and pulled out the flower core, but she didn't expect a roll of tulle like cicada's wings to come out, which is now rolled into a ball, It's only the size of a fingernail, if you're not careful, it might disappear in no time.Aunt Wan threw away the hairpin and other treasures, and only held the thin gauze over her heart.Although there were no tears in her eyes, the sadness in her heart was already overflowing, making the air in the room sad. Aunt Wan was only in a daze for a moment, then she spread out the tulle, and the balls on top were far away. I just thought it was a small black dot, but in fact it was made by breaking the silk thread into a thread and then embroidering the characters.

Aunt Wan is getting old and can no longer see the handwriting on it clearly, but those handwritings were embroidered by her own hands when she was young in the past, stitch by stitch, word by word, with extreme care, it is nothing else, it is Aunt Wan's family. Names of relatives who died unjustly in Li country.It turns out that Aunt Wan was also the daughter of an official family in the Li Kingdom when she was young, with a strict father and a loving mother, with an elder brother who loves her and a younger sister who is well-behaved and obedient. Although she is not a princely family, she is more affectionate than ordinary official families.

If it is said that Aunt Wan's father is actually a good official, he just blocked the way of the second son of the emperor, that is, the father of Han Yu. Master Wan is the prince's man. Prince, this breakthrough is Aunt Wan's family.Not to mention the process, but the result is that the Wan family is up and down, and now Aunt Wan is the only one alive.Now that many years of wishing are about to come true, even if Aunt Wan wants to trade her own life, she is willing to do so.

Aunt Wan caressed the tulle that had been spread out, her face showed a different kind of gentle expression, her eyes were full of hope, and soon, Aunt Wan rolled up the tulle again, and did not put it back into the hairpin, but It was stuffed into her mouth, and she swallowed it. A crazy look gradually appeared on Aunt Wan's face, but she restrained herself very well, and slowly packed away the hairpin and jewelry box. Putting it back, she became the gentle Aunt Wan in the past, who was not sharp but strong and had almost no sense of existence.

Aunt Wan packed her things and went out to look for the palace servant who was cooking medicine in the small kitchen. The palace servant was also arranged by Xia Yunjing. He knew a little about medical principles, but he had a saw-mouthed gourd. It is a matter that satisfies the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother is worried about others about making medicine, so she only asks her to handle it.

"I'm boiling medicine right now, and the smell is strong in the room, aunt, let's rest outside." Seeing that it was Aunt Wan, the palace servant opened his mouth on his own initiative, which showed that he had a good relationship.

Aunt Wan waved her hand, and sat next to the palace man by the stove, "Sister Li, you are also polite to me, but do you dislike my old sister?"

Li Gongren hurriedly changed his words, "Look at what my sister said, it should be called that. Although my sister takes care of me, I can't cause trouble for my sister, right?"

Aunt Wan took out a bunch of keys from her folded sleeves and handed them to Li Gongren, "It is logical that you should have gone out to enjoy the blessings, but since I dragged you into that whirlpool, you will not be able to get out, now It's also my good fortune that you don't blame me, you and my sister, I don't have anything else, just a bit of honor is not bad, and I'll give it to you."

"Sister," Li Gongren turned pale when he heard this, and grabbed Aunt Wan's hand, but his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, "But?"

"Don't be afraid," Aunt Wan pulled Li Gongren's hand and put the key in her palm, "I know your nephew is capable, and he lost his parents since he was a child. Thanks to you for his upbringing." Subsidy, he has long been willing to take you out to take care of him. I was worried at first. You know so many things, I am afraid that he will not tolerate you. Fortunately, the daughter-in-law Tsing Yi married by your nephew a few years ago is a good one. She is with Concubine Shu. Your Huaying is a direct sister, with the relationship of Concubine Shu, she will not cause any major trouble to your family, you have suffered all your life, go back and be an old lord with peace of mind."

Aunt Wan saw that Li Gongren wanted to talk, so she quickly covered her mouth, "There are some things that shouldn't be said, and I don't need to teach you, you understand, you should just be a saw-mouthed gourd and enjoy life in the future." You will go home tonight. I called someone else over to make the medicine, and someone will deliver the things to you. Just remember, when you leave the palace gate, everyone and things in the palace have to be taken care of. Forget about it for me."

Li Gongren closed her eyes and shed two lines of tears. She nodded and didn't speak any more. She just pulled Aunt Wan's hand off and leaned against Aunt Wan's body, as if she couldn't sleep when she first entered the palace. That little girl is relying on the man in charge of them, but she is relying on the man in the palace to love her.

The atmosphere became quiet for a moment, only the crackling of the firewood in the stove was heard, and after a while, Aunt Wan said, "The medicine is ready, so you help me pour it for the last time, and you can count as helping me to serve."

Li Gongren nodded, didn't say anything, just as usual, poured the medicine into the small bowl that the Queen Mother used to use, and put a delicate spoon aside, then watched what Aunt Wan sprinkled into it Powder, even if it was more than usual, Li Gong people just couldn't see it.Aunt Wan took out the medicine as usual, but she never saw each other again.

"Why are you late today?" Seeing that Aunt Wan brought the medicine and drank it all in one gulp, the Queen Mother asked, "Usually you would come in at the quarter when the bell rings, but today you are three minutes late, but you were delayed on the way?"

Aunt Wan took the bowl from the Empress Dowager's hand, kept it in the food box, and offered candied fruit, and then said, "Your Majesty, didn't you agree to go to Li Palace's house a few days ago? Today is the last day. After this At that time, it was time for Palace Li to leave the palace. Today, she happened to be guarding and brewing medicine for your empress. The servants felt that she was dedicated, so they specially found some things for her to take out, and also told her nephew to be filial to her. Who would have thought that going back and forth this time would waste three minutes more effort than usual."

"It turned out to be her," the queen mother nodded, "it's only three points, and it's not bad, but her fate is good. Although she has no biological children, she has a filial nephew who is willing to take her to enjoy the happiness. She I have always been a loyal and quiet person, so you can find some things from my storeroom that don't have the imprint of the palace and give them to her. There is no delay in leaving the palace, so you just find it quickly and give it to her, so she doesn't have to come here Thank you."

"My servant thanked the empress on behalf of the Li Gongren." The Wan Gongren showed a mild joy on his face, and seeing that the queen mother was a little tired, he said, "The empress dowager, why don't you take a rest, the saint will come to visit the empress later. "

"Who cares about him to visit?" The queen mother said about Xia Yunjing, and her anger rose from her heart, "That scoundrel is so bold and reckless, I knew that I should have strangled him as soon as I was born, and I wanted to make me act according to his face, hmph, ben The palace is tired, Aunt Wan, send him away later."

"Your Majesty," Wan Gugu opened her mouth, seeing the Empress Dowager like this, she didn't try to persuade her any more, she had no choice but to wait for the Empress Dowager to sleep before going out.Sure enough, Aunt Wan searched for some good things to send to Gongren Li, and then personally sent Gongren Li to the gate of the palace. When she came back, she really met Xia Yunjing coming over to make a show. Xia Yunjing just asked a few words about the plan, Aunt Wan After answering [-], he took the initiative to mention the matter of Li Gongren, which was regarded as a record. Xia Yun nodded, expressing that he didn't care about it and would not pursue it. Aunt Wan was relieved.

In addition to Xia Yunjing's place, Zhao Yi also specially called someone over to say hello to Chu Yao, let Chu Yao know, and take care of her a little on weekdays, this is the matter of Li Gongren, she is rare in this palace Blessed are you.

This night, no matter whether it was inside or outside the palace, there were not many people who could sleep well. Whether it was life or death, it was extremely rare. The only one who slept well was probably the queen mother who was kept in the dark, ignorance , is also a blessing.

The next morning, Li Gongren got up early in the morning, and before his nephew and niece came to say hello, and before the Buddhist altar that he rushed to put back last night, he smelt a stick of fine gold thread incense , "If the gods and Buddhas really have spirits, believer Li Shi, I hope the master will go smoothly today, and sister Wan can get what she wants."

Li Gongren finished speaking, put the incense in the incense burner, and whispered again, "If there are gods and Buddhas in the sky, they should have come to rescue them, why wait until today, you can see that I am a temporary hug, and I have never been sincere."

The smoke of the golden incense sticks rises in strands, winding and rising, but it is not blinding to the eyes. It is really a rare and useful thing, but I don’t know that the golden incense sticks can really communicate with the gods and Buddhas and bring good fortune. ?

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