The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

Before winter came, Zhongshun finally asked the emperor for an order to return to the fief of Qingzhou.

After Xiao Rong heard the news, she ate for the whole day. She was really reluctant to part with it, but she also knew that when the child grew up, he would always have the life he wanted to live, so when the emperor came to pay his respects at night, she agreed to the matter. .

Before leaving, Zhongshun came to Changle Palace and kowtowed three times. Even though he was very reluctant in his heart, he could only kowtow for the kindness of nurturing.

Xiao Rong helped Zhongshun up with a slight smile, "Zhen'er, Aijia knows your good intentions, no matter where you are, as long as you remember that Aijia still cares about you in the capital, you must remember to come back to see Aijia."

Zhongshun endured the sourness in his eyes, and nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, my son will come back to see you every year."

"The Ai family doesn't like the scene of parting, so I won't see you off." She was already a little choked up as she spoke.Although this son has no blood relationship with him, he is very filial on weekdays, and he always tries to make himself happy. Now he is leaving too, and he is going to live the life he wants.

Zhong Shun wiped his eyes, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Xiao Rong, "My son bids farewell to his mother, and visits his mother to take care of the Eucharist. There will be endless happiness."

Xiao Rong turned around not to look at him, suppressed tears, took a deep breath, "You go..."

The footsteps behind him gradually faded away and disappeared.Xiao Rong finally walked to the soft couch step by step, and sat down staggeringly.Cui Momo hurried forward to caress, "Queen Mother."

Xiao Rong took Nanny Cui's hand, leaned on her arm, and finally whimpered, "Woooo... Zhen'er is gone, he is gone..."

On the palace road leading to the palace gate, a carriage alternated.

Zhongshun sat in the carriage, wiped away his tears, and calmed down.He knew that when he left the capital, it must be his mother who was most reluctant to part with him. Seeing his mother's aging face, he was also reluctant to part with him.If he could choose, he would also like to stay in the capital and spend the rest of his life with his mother, but... in this position, there is too much helplessness.

Now that the abolition of the princelings has been settled, the imperial power of the imperial brother has been tightly grasped in his hands, and no one can shake his position anymore. Once a person has no opponent, the suspicion will be even heavier.And the first person to suspect must be himself, the powerful prince.It's not that he doesn't believe in the brotherhood between the emperor and himself, but the emperor's heart, sometimes it's really unpredictable.He didn't want to go that far with the emperor's brother. He didn't have a biological mother since he was a child, and he wasn't treated by his father. It was his mother and the emperor's brother who protected him so that he could grow up safely. Now, he has nothing, and he doesn't want to Even the last family affection is lost.Leaving is the best choice...

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

Zhongshun was about to ask, when he heard a familiar voice from outside. "My lord."

It was...her voice.

Zhongshun didn't expect to see her before he left. He thought that since the last time he treated her like that, this person would hate and loathe him.

He lifted the curtain and saw the man standing in front of the car.She looked thinner, wearing an elegant purple long dress with a topknot. What was different from the past was that she had a jade hairpin tied on her head, which was a symbol of adulthood.

It suddenly occurred to her that she was only a few months younger than Yu'er, and she was already old enough now.

"Miss Chen, what a coincidence."

Chen Moxue originally came to look for Daiyu today, but she heard from Daiyu that King Zhongshun asked for an order to return to the capital. Thinking of this incident, she was restless and rushed out, but she heard Mammy Cui say He was saying goodbye to the empress dowager in the palace.So I thought about waiting here, maybe I could meet him.Now that I really met him, looking at the calm expression on that person's face, I don't know what to say.

She was stunned, and then said stupidly: "It's a coincidence."

The two were speechless for a while, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Zhongshun calmed down, pretending to be relaxed and said: "This king is about to leave the palace, is the girl going to find Anping?"

"I, I just came out from there, and I'm going back to my house."

Zhongshun nodded, and then said: "Oh, presumably the carriage of the mansion is already waiting outside the palace, so the king is going ahead."

Chen Moxue's heart tightened, but she didn't know what to say, as if she didn't need what she had prepared before, so she could only follow his words: "Yes."

Zhongshun lowered the curtain, and the car started to drive slowly.The rattling sound made Chen Moxue feel more and more depressed and confused, and finally when the car was about to go away, Chen Moxue called out in that direction: "My lord."

The car stopped again.

Chen Moxue ran over with her skirt in her hand. She ran so fast that she almost stepped on the corner of the skirt.When he ran to the carriage, he was out of breath.

She took a few deep breaths, looked up at the person who looked at her worriedly, "My lord, will you come back?"

Zhongshun was taken aback, "You're just asking this question?"

"Yes." Chen Moxue nodded.

Seeing this, Zhongshun smiled lightly, his magnificence made Chen Moxue's mind flash.

"Will do."

Chen Moxue finally laughed when she heard the words, the smile was pure and true, "Okay, I'll wait for you in the capital."

With the return, I have the courage to continue to wait.

Zhongshun was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Chen Moxue to say this suddenly, he just wanted to say no need to wait, but felt that he was not qualified to say such a thing.The fox blinked for a moment before saying, "Then, see you next time."

The carriage moved again.

This time, Chen Moxue did not stop the carriage, nor did she call him back loudly.She only knows that now she has expectations, waiting, and someone she can yearn for.

Brother Zhen, I'll wait for you.

Since Zhongshun went to Qingzhou, Xiao Rong's heart has been empty.Seeing that Xiao Rong was unhappy, Daiyu slowly let go of the knot in her heart. Qin Lang has already left, and the living still need herself.

Now that Brother Wang is gone, I have to be more filial to my mother.

Daiyu's worries didn't last long, and a happy event happened in the palace, which made Xiao Rong ignore the depression in her heart. Xue Baochai gave birth years ago.

Ever since Xiao Rong's health became worse and worse, the emperor no longer let his old lady watch his concubines give birth.So this time Xue Baochai gave birth to the child, and the queen sat in the Zhongcui Palace.

After a day and a night of tossing, this rather tossing fourth prince was finally born.Before the coming of the new year, it is indeed a great joy for the royal family to make a decision.

The emperor himself named Yuanxin.

Believe it or not.This can be regarded as reassuring Wang Ziteng's heart.

Because there are a few more children, this year's New Year is especially lively.Xiao Rong imitated those elders in modern times, giving each child a red envelope and saying some auspicious words.Although these children couldn't understand, their mothers were overwhelmed. They took the red envelopes and listened to Xiao Rong's suggestion. After returning home, they made a storage box for the children to store the children's red envelopes.Let's see how much money this child can save when he grows up.

With this precedent, a kind of ethos has formed in the entire harem.When we meet during the New Year, we will say auspicious words, and the elders will give red envelopes to the younger generations, no matter how much, this is what we pay attention to.

Later, Xiao Rong was worried that there would be comparisons, so he made a rule that all concubines in the palace should give red envelopes according to their own rank, and they could not exceed that rank.

In this way, it saves the difficulties of many concubines who are not high in proportion.

Zhongshun also sent many New Year's gifts from Qingzhou, but because he just went to Qingzhou and had to deal with many things, he did not return to Beijing for the New Year this year.

Looking at the room full of rouge, gouache, and year-round clothes, Xiao Rong sighed, it seems that Yu'er doesn't need to buy these things before she gets married.

The new year is fleeting, and the joy is slowly fading away, Xiao Rong slowly feels that everyone's atmosphere is becoming more and more different.

It seems to be another sign of the coming rain.

The emperor seldom went to Changle Palace these days, and even when he did, he never relaxed.The mother and son talked, and avoided talking about government affairs between the lines.

The emperor didn't want to talk about it, and Xiao Rong didn't want to ask either.

In the original book, Prince Teng died suddenly.Now that he is alone, he has started forming cliques for personal gain and cultivating his own sect.This kind of blatant challenge to the imperial power has already made the emperor murderous.

Above the imperial power, there is no room for sand. It seems that a new round of court battles is finally about to begin.

The author has something to say: I originally wanted to write it lightly, but it turned out that the writing became more and more heavy as I went to the end.