Didn't Love You Enough

Kaitai 33 years

Candles were brightly lit in the study room of the Xuande Palace. A middle-aged man in a bright yellow dragon robe was seriously drawing on the desk. On the paper was a young man in a pea-green palace attendant. He was thin and handsome. Standing next to a small pavilion with exquisite painters, there is a faint smile on his face.

"Yuan Fu, look, does my painting look like it?" Xuanyuan Hancheng asked Yuan Fu, the eunuch who was serving at the side.Yuan Fu has been the head of the internal servants for more than thirty years. He is several years older than the emperor. His temples are frost-white and his face is already covered with deep wrinkles. Yuan Fu sighed secretly in his heart. He replied: "Back to the emperor, this slave looks like Lin Guiren when he was young."

"What does it look like?" Xuanyuan Hancheng whispered, in fact, the young man's appearance is already a little blurred in his memory, what he remembers most is that the young man has a pair of big watery eyes, a pair of small dimples, and he is very cute and cute when he smiles.Thinking of the boy's last blood-stained smile, the scene of that night 30 years ago, just thinking about it still hurts his heart.

Yuan Fu knew that the emperor was thinking about Lin Guiren again.Today is the emperor's birthday. Originally, the emperor's birthday was naturally celebrated with a banquet for all the officials in the harem.However, the emperor's birthday has been a taboo in the palace for 30 years. What happened at the emperor's birthday banquet 30 years ago has made the palace people who knew about it keep it secret.

Thirty years ago, Xuanyuan Hancheng specially held a family banquet to celebrate his 30th birthday, hosted by his beloved concubine Shu.Concubine Shu was originally the daughter of the fifth-rank Zhizhou, and was given to him, who was still the prince at the time, to be the prince's concubine.Xu Xueying is a woman with a beautiful appearance and a gentle personality, who is deeply loved by Xuanyuan Hancheng.If Concubine Shu hadn't been able to do anything for many years, Xuanyuan Hancheng would have wanted to make her a noble concubine a long time ago.

Xue Caiyu, the queen of Xuanyuan Hancheng, is the direct daughter of the side branch of the Empress Dowager Xue's mother's family, a marriage bestowed by the emperor's grandfather before his death.Xue was the successor, the younger sister of Minister of the Ministry of Officials at that time.Xuanyuan Hancheng's father, Huang Xuanyuan Zhaoshen, was the third son of the first emperor, the son of the queen of the Yuan Dynasty, who died of dystocia and blood collapse during childbirth.

After that, the first emperor appointed Xue, who had always loved Youjia, as his successor.The Xue family even used their advanced age to give birth to the tenth prince Xuanyuan Zhaohong for the first emperor in his later years.Xuanyuan Zhaohong is the old son of the late emperor, only one year older than Xuanyuan Hancheng.

The first emperor was greedy for power and position and preferred the youngest son of the Xue family and refused to establish a crown prince for a long time, which led to fierce struggles among the princes.In the end, the eldest prince of the first emperor joined forces with the fifth prince to force the palace and killed the second prince, and was finally suppressed by the third prince, Xuanyuan Hancheng's father.The first emperor was shocked and angry, and could not afford to get sick again, so he could only pass the throne to Xuanyuan Zhaoshen in desperation.Although Xue's youngest son was also a legitimate son, Xuanyuan Zhaohong, the tenth prince, was only 15 years old at the time, and there was nothing he could do if he wanted to be the throne.

Therefore, the Xue family begged the first emperor to make Xuanyuan Zhaohong the king of Li, and bestow it on a feudal land rich in supplies, and also married the daughter of Xue's offshoot to the emperor's grandson Xuanyuan Hancheng.Over the years, the Xue family's influence in the court has continued to expand, and they have been secretly helping King Li with constant tricks.It wasn't until the empress dowager passed away that the Xue family restrained themselves. Xuanyuan Hancheng had always wanted to get rid of the Xue family, but the Xue family was already deeply intertwined in the court and there was no way to hit it off with one blow.

Therefore, compared to the respectful queen, the gentle and beautiful concubine Shu occupies an important position in his heart.

It never occurred to her that it was the song and dance arranged by Concubine Shu, when the lead dancer came forward to receive the award after the performance.A white light flashed from the dancer's water sleeve, and a sharp sword with blue light stabbed towards him.The sword appeared to be poisoned, and the guards at the side quickly escorted it. At the same time, several dancers flashed out of the dancers and started fighting with the guards.For a moment, the concubine's screams and the escort's cries resounded through the palace.The lead dancer was not as weak and charming as before, her martial arts skills were very superb, her moves were deadly, her attacks were vicious, her target was pointed at Xuanyuan Hancheng, and the sharp sword was about to stab him.At this time, a person suddenly rushed in front of Xuanyuan Hancheng's chest, blocking the stabbing poisonous sword for Xuanyuan Hancheng.

At the critical moment, Ling Zhengfeng, the commander of the forbidden army in the palace, arrived with a large number of guards. The number of the forbidden army was so large that the assassins gradually fell into a weak position. After many guards jointly killed the assassin, they came to Xuanyuan Hancheng's side and covered him to a safe place. .However, the assassins were brought under control in a short while. Although most of the captured assassins committed suicide immediately, a few of them were captured alive.

Only then did Xuanyuan Hancheng see clearly that the person whose arms were already stained with blood was a person he had never expected -- Lin Anzhu, Lin Guiren.

Lin Guiren is a twin child, Xuanyuan Hancheng was drunk once when he was still the crown prince, and happened to see him dressed in a palace servant's well-behaved appearance, somehow his heart moved, and he used the strength of alcohol to rape him.Later, the queen mother gave Lin Anzhu to him as a servant.At the beginning, I also fell in love with her for a while. Of course, among all the beautiful concubines, especially the gentle and pleasant Xu Xueying, Lin Anzhu will never be a special one.

After he came back from the frontier fortress, he learned that Lin Anzhu had slipped into the water and had a miscarriage, and that he would not be able to conceive again in the future. With few heirs, he was very disappointed in Lin Anzhu who accidentally lost his child.Gradually, he became indifferent to him. Lin Anzhu's personality is quiet and well-behaved, and he doesn't know how to invite favors. Moreover, losing his child has hit him hard. He has been very sad and blamed himself, and his temper has become more and more silent and unpleasant. The servant slowly faded out of Xuanyuan Hancheng's sight.After he ascended the throne, he was granted a little nobleman.

The person in his arms was thinner than he had imagined, because of the sudden loss of blood and chills, his body was trembling in his arms, and the wound was already black.Xuanyuan Hancheng's heart was flustered at this moment, and he watched the facial features on his face slowly oozing blood, "Quick! Quickly pass on to the imperial physician." He stroked his blood-stained face, and there was no end to wipe off the blood.

"Don't be afraid, the imperial doctor will be here soon. Don't be afraid..." Rather than comforting the person in his arms, he was comforting himself.Xuanyuan Hancheng had never been so panicked before, feeling that something important in his heart was slowly being lost.Lin Anzhu slightly opened his bloody mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't make a sound anymore, so he forced a small smile at him, as if telling him not to worry, the attachment in his eyes, accompanied by the blood on his face, was shocking .

Lin Anzhu took a deep look at Xuanyuan Hancheng, and slowly closed his eyes.

"No...no..." Xuanyuan Hancheng shouted uncontrollably.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician is here." The commander of the guards brought several Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Hospital to report.

"Quick... come and show Guiren Lin." Xuanyuan Han promised.

The head of the imperial hospital saw the emperor's nervous appearance, and stepped forward to check, the person in the emperor's arms had already died.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Lin Gui was poisoned and has... passed away. My majesty asks for my condolences."

Xuanyuan Hancheng hugged Lin Anzhu, stared at him without speaking.At this time, the concubines who came to their senses stepped forward one after another, expressing their concern in one voice, and the queen asked, "Your Majesty, are you all right, Your Majesty?"

Concubine Shu stepped forward to see that Xuanyuan Hancheng's expression was wrong, and said cautiously with a sad face, "Your Majesty, you are not injured. I was really worried about the death of my concubine just now. Thanks to Mrs. Lin, otherwise... I am afraid..."

Xuanyuan Hancheng looked at the concubines surrounding him, all of them looked terrified as if they had survived a catastrophe.The queen was still dignified and calm as always, and Concubine Xu Xueying was already crying like rain.Concubine Song and Concubine Yu protected their respective daughters, who were also his only second son, and did not step forward.Looking at the person in his arms again, Lin Guiren's seat was not close to the front. In such a dangerous situation at that time, I don't know what kind of courage made him go forward to block the sword for him regardless of his own body.

Ling Zhengfeng, the commander of the forbidden army, stepped forward, "Your Majesty, a total of 4 people have been captured." The guards on the side pressed down on the assassin whose jaw had been removed.

"Take it down, you go to interrogate yourself, and you must ask the chief envoy. From now on, seal the city gate, and immediately send people to search for suspicious people in the palace. Let the captain of the capital send troops to search in the city." The mastermind behind the assassin, he I already had a guess in my heart, it must have something to do with his uncle Li Wang.It's just that how these assassins sneaked into the music workshop in the palace and assassinated him on his birthday, there must be internal reasons, and they must be found out immediately.

"Yuanfu, take Lin Guiren down for a good burial. Lin Guiren died to save me, and he was named Lin Guijun." Xuanyuan Hancheng forced himself to calm down. He knew that Lin Anzhu had always loved him, and his death Xuanyuan Hancheng was very sad, and really regretted his indifference to him before, and he swore that he would avenge him.

The results of the interrogation revealed that these assassins were all quack killers. Someone paid a lot of money to hire them to assassinate in the palace. These people had never met the chief envoy, but they all confessed that Bi Zhu, the eldest maid next to Concubine Shu, arranged for them to enter today's emperor's birthday. Among the band dancers at the banquet.

The spearhead was directed at Concubine Shu, and after being taken away, Bi Zhu confessed that Concubine Shu had bribed people from outside the palace to assassinate the palace.

"Report to the emperor, just now the guards in the palace found green smoke coming out of the Kunning Palace, as if someone was sending a signal to the outside of the palace." Yuan Fu hurriedly told the emperor when he heard the news from the guards.

"Come here, set up the Kunning Palace." He also didn't believe that Xu Xueying was trying to kill him. If it was the queen, then everything would make sense.

As the queen's palace, Kunning Palace is majestic.At this time, the Kunning Palace seemed to know that the emperor was coming, and the inside and outside of the palace were already brightly lit with candles.

"Your Majesty, you are here." Empress Xue Caiyu sat in the lobby of the main hall, speaking in a cold voice.

"The signal was sent to Uncle Li, right? They must have come to the capital secretly from the feudal land. Why? Why? Xue Caiyu Although you are the daughter of the Xue family, I have never treated you badly. Since you became my princess, I don’t say love to you, but I respect you and give you the dignity you deserve. After you ascended the throne, you were also named queen. Even if the Xue family needs to be cleaned up in the future, as long as you live in peace, I have no plans to touch your queen. position. Why do you want to betray me?"

"Decent, what is decent, you only dote on that bitch of the Xu family. I am a dignified daughter of a noble family who is going to be on an equal footing with the daughter of a small official. That is my dignity." The queen has long lost her usual calmness, regardless of her image. soundtrack.

Xuanyuan Hancheng looked at the crazy appearance of the queen at the moment, "Shut up, you poisonous woman. You have evil thoughts yourself, and you have to involve others. Concubine Shu is much more gentle and virtuous than you. I knew that Bizhu belonged to you, and said , Did you let her blame Concubine Shu?"

"I arranged for Bizhu to be next to that bitch very early on. She is capable. Hehe!" The Queen's next words made Xuanyuan Hancheng feel anxious.

"Do you know why you only have two weak daughters now? Your concubine Shu loves to make tonic soup for you, and every time I let Bizhu put a lot of things that are harmful to your heirs." Good medicine, King Li found it for you with great difficulty. That's why you have had few heirs in these years, and even if you do happen by chance, the ones who were born were all weak and sick and died young."

Xuanyuan Hancheng was furious in his heart. It turned out to be this poisonous woman. He always thought that it was because he fought and killed too much in his early years, and he killed too many sins himself, which made his heirs scarce.

The queen ignored his murderous eyes and continued: "Of course, your concubine Aifei also wrote about these children who died young. You thought she was so kind. She regarded Bizhu as her confidant all these years and secretly asked her to do it. There are a lot of things, those concubines who gave birth to miscarriages are all caused by her. Otherwise, how capable do you think she is as a daughter of a small official, and it is not because I help her secretly that there will be no traces." Queen Said proudly.

"No, it's not true." Xuanyuan Hancheng didn't believe what Xu Xueying would do. Xu Xueying had never had a child.He also said that he would treat his child as his own, and he thought about taking Li Bin's son to her to raise, but unfortunately, the child was always weak, and passed away after a cold.

"If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself, haha. Xuanyuan Hancheng, you think you are a good emperor who is both intelligent and brave. Haha, it's not like you were played and applauded by us two women."

"You are already married to me, and you are still helping Uncle Li. What good have you done all these years? Once the assassination succeeds this time, what will happen to you, the queen, do you know?"

"I entered the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager since I was a child, and I met King Li very early. I...I adore him, and I am willing to do anything for him. When I married you as the Crown Princess, I knew it was impossible for you Let me give birth to a child with the Xue family's blood, and I don't care about giving birth to your child haha. I am willing to be King Li's pawn, to do things for him, and I don't care about anything for him."

"I'm going to abolish you!" Xuanyuan Hancheng was furious when he heard that the queen had an affair with his uncle.

"I don't know if there is any concubine in this palace who is not for fame and wealth, but for power and position, and who is sincere to you." The queen mocked Xuanyuan Hancheng, and then shook her head, "I'm afraid there is someone who is sincere to you." Well, Lin Guiren, that idiot, unfortunately he is already dead, very dead. Hahahaha!"

Xuanyuan Hancheng felt sad when he heard the queen mention Lin Anzhu and remembered his death.

"His child was also made by your gentle and virtuous Concubine Shu. He was pushed into the icy pool in the cold, and he could no longer conceive a child. This Xu Xueying is still cruel, not even letting go Pass." You must know that Shuang'er is very likely to give birth to Shuangwa, and Lin Guiren is not favored, so there is not much threat to Concubine Shu.

"Such a woman who looks gentle on the surface but is actually cruel and ruthless, you still treat her as a treasure. You really have no eyes." The queen shouted at Xuanyuan Hancheng as if she wanted to vent her resentment over the years.

"I'm going to abolish you, as well as King Li, and the Xue family. I won't let any one go." Xuanyuan Hancheng was beaten to pieces by the queen's series of words, but the emperor's dignity did not allow this woman to see his jokes.

"It's late, it's late. King Li knew the plan had changed when he saw the signal I sent. He must have escaped from the capital a long time ago, and nothing will happen. Hahahaha, King Li will definitely succeed!" said the queen. After finishing, he slammed into the pillar next to him fiercely, blood poured out immediately, and he slowly fell to the ground along the pillar.

Yuan Fu went up to check, and touched the queen's breath. "The emperor, the queen... is dead."

Xuanyuan Hancheng returned to the imperial study room. He had experienced too many things today, and his temples were aching.If what the queen said was true, then he was as ignorant as a fool in the harem all these years. "Yuan Fu, ask Zheng Rong to come and see me." Zheng Rong is his secret guard chief, who is usually used to inquire about news and carry out secret missions in courtiers' homes.Is one of his henchmen.

"See the emperor." Zheng Rong entered the imperial study for an audience after a while.

"Go and bring Bizhu up to me alone, and check it out for me. I want to know everything. Start when I was still the crown prince." Xuanyuan Hancheng ordered.

Sure enough, after Li Wang received the signal, he knew that the plan had not succeeded.He led his troops out of the west city gate and fled back to his domain.In the same year, when the army rebelled, King Li quickly took down several cities around the feudal land and established himself as king.Xuanyuan Hancheng fought against him for several years before finally eliminating him.After cutting off the head of Li Wang Xuanyuan Zhaohong with his own hands, Xuanyuan Hancheng said silently in his heart, "I avenged you." There was no joy after victory in his expression.

The secret guard learned a lot of evidence from Bizhu that Concubine Shu had murdered the emperor's heir, and everything was true after investigation.In addition to Concubine Shu, the other concubines also found many things.Mutual framing among concubines emerges endlessly.When these criminal evidences were put in front of Xuanyuan Hancheng, Xuanyuan Hancheng laughed at himself.Unexpectedly, no one is clean, even if they have not murdered their children, they often vent their anger on court ladies and eunuchs, and they have many lives in their hands.Xuanyuan Hancheng didn't care about Xu Xueying's defense, and was extremely disappointed in her, leaving her in limbo.

And the only one who was clean was Lin Guiren, he had never framed others, and was even harshly treated by his slaves because he was not favored. Thinking of Lin Anzhu living such a life in the palace, Xuanyuan Han couldn't help but be furious.

Xuanyuan Hancheng tried his best to recall the details of being with him, but he couldn't recall many details.It turned out that I hadn't paid much attention to him, but Xuanyuan Hancheng frantically and persistently collected everything about him in the next few years.

Xuanyuan Hancheng went to the small side hall where he lived, looked at the decorations in his palace, and learned about his preferences from the maids who had served him.I know that he has a gentle personality and has no temper with his servants.

Looking at the pile of copybooks he had copied, Xuanyuan Hancheng's eyes turned red.Xuanyuan Hancheng once wrote a few random words to teach him. Lin Guiren didn't know many words, so he was full of admiration for him, which made him very useful.I still remember saying something by the way, asking him to copy carefully and check his homework later.But Xuanyuan Hancheng forgot about it afterwards and never mentioned it again.

When I saw the words written on several thick stacks of rice paper, because the texture of the rice paper I received was not very good, some of it had already melted, like ink-colored teardrops sliding down.Thinking of the scene where Lin Anzhu was alone in the deserted palace, writing quietly, waiting for him to come, Xuanyuan Hancheng's heart ached.

Xuanyuan Hancheng even visited the small village where he was born.In a small mountain village not far from Peixian County, called Linjiacun, is where he was born.

Lin Anzhu's real name is Lin Jiabao, he is a twin.There are six brothers and sisters in the family, ranking fourth in the family.Lin Jiabao's parents didn't treat him badly because he was a twin, instead they named him Jiabao, meaning the treasure in the family, and loved him even more.Although the family is poor, but parents love, brothers and sisters love.Lin Jiabao had a happy childhood. He was well-behaved and capable at home. He started helping his parents with housework and taking care of his younger siblings at a very young age.Jiabao, such a treasure was always by his side, but he ignored it and missed him.

In the fourth year of Yuntai, Lin Jiabao entered the palace as a servant at the age of 12. After entering the palace, he was renamed Lin Anzhu and arranged to arrange flowers and plants in the imperial garden. After being raped by him at the age of 15, the queen mother gave him a servant.He has always been quiet and well-behaved. After he ascended the throne, he was named a nobleman and lived in a remote and deserted palace in obscurity until he died of bleeding from his seven orifices in order to help him block the poisonous sword.Lin Jiabao was only 20 years old when he died, so he spent a short life in the palace.

"Your Majesty, it's time, you should rest, you have to go to court tomorrow." Yuan Fu interrupted Xuanyuan Hancheng's memory and reminded.

Xuanyuan Hancheng felt disgusted at the thought of tomorrow's court meeting, and he was discussing the establishment of a reserve again.Xuanyuan Hancheng's body was conditioned by the imperial physicians in his early years, and the toxins in his body were also cleaned up.Later, after the re-draft, several princes were born one after another.

After Xuanyuan Hancheng abolished the queen, he never made another queen.And these princes are either mediocre or ambitious. As they grow older, they start to form cliques in the court, and they have the momentum to seize the heir.

Xuanyuan Hancheng looked at the painted portrait on the table again, thinking that if his precious child was still there, it would be very big.I don't know if it will be a mischievous kid, or a cute and cute twin like him.

Before going to sleep, Xuanyuan Hancheng kept imagining this beautiful scene with the baby and the child in his mind, and slowly fell asleep.