Returning the Pearl and the Reborn Emperor

The elderly should not be frightened, especially the pampered and high-ranking elderly. Maybe they did some things that should not be done when they were young. When they get old, they believe in Buddhism and gods more and more, and they believe in karma. Even if you don’t believe it, read Buddhist scriptures every day , In the subconscious mind, the seeds of thought also germinated, and when the right time came, it would grow into a towering tree in an instant as if it had received some kind of radiation.

Simply put, the Empress Dowager's illness was a sudden shock, which caused complications of certain diseases. The elderly should pay attention to their heart and be careful of strokes. Getting old is not an easy task.

As for how the empress dowager was frightened, there is actually nothing special about it. When the empress dowager was chanting scriptures under the lamp at night, she accidentally saw a "monster with a bloody mouth and a strange shape" (in the words of Nanny Gui). There are monsters, but there is no direct evidence. The empress dowager is not allowed to accompany her when she recites scriptures, except Nanny Gui, so as not to be disrespectful to the Buddha. When the palace guards outside hear Nanny Gui shouting, they only see the empress dowager in the Buddhist hall Passed out, all supported by Nanny Gui, the guards only found some water stains and mucus in the corner of the Buddhist hall.

Qingting understood somewhat in her heart that both she and Concubine Cheng had seen suspicious animals before, and it might be the same animal again.The biosphere here is self-contained, and there are no natural enemies of beasts. Who knows how big the biggest fish in the water here is, where there is a huge snake hidden, and there may be a one-meter-long giant salamander. God knows what kind of amphibians crawled into it. Inside the Buddhist hall.There is a saying that looking at a beautiful woman under the light, the more beautiful it is, the more beautiful it is. It is scary enough to suddenly see a snake or a giant salamander under the light. As for the words that Nanny Gui described that thing, when people are in fear, their adrenaline increases, and they will exaggerate invisibly. The situation at that time cannot be counted in memory.

The emperor looked at the empress dowager, saw her breath was weak, her face was sallow, and knew that she was quite frightened, he went out of the room, frowning, and said to the empress: "How solemn is the Buddhist hall, there are no monsters." He also said, "Buddha is merciful and saves all living beings. Before the Buddha, all living beings are equal. People are neither high nor low, and naturally they are not nobler than other things in the world. People can worship Buddha and chant scriptures. Naturally, no matter animals and ghosts, they can also be converted by Buddha."

Qing Ting said softly: "Your Majesty, in this way, Yingtai produced a spiritual object. Maybe it was because she heard Huang Erniang chanting scriptures and was attracted by the scriptures, but accidentally scared Huang Erniang."

The emperor nodded and said, "Exactly, there are some monsters in the palace."

Qing Ting also nodded in agreement, but both of them were thinking in their hearts, if there is nothing weird in the palace, why should the palace masters have a certain number of people serving in the palace every night, and why there are taboos and buildings everywhere in the palace to ward off evil spirits? things.But no one will admit it, no one will point to something in the palace and say, look, this can prevent zombies, so that zombies can't catch up with you.

As a daughter-in-law, Qing Ting led her concubines to serve and take care of the sick Empress Dowager with all her heart.

Fortunately, the emperor has experience in how to make a filial son, and he looks like a model.

But the empress dowager was seriously ill this time, showing signs of a stroke, and was soon confirmed by the imperial doctor that the empress dowager really had a stroke.Qing Ting looked at the empress dowager who was lying motionless on the bed. The ruthlessness of the years was vividly displayed on her body. There was no flat square or flag head. After removing the jewelry and the intricately embroidered coat, the empress dowager seemed to have shrunk by a size. His face was full of sickness, without the dignified posture of the past.This is the woman who sits where Qing Ting is thinking of. This woman is carefully served and flattered by Empress Xiaoxian, Empress Nala, and Qing Ting. Her final outcome cannot escape life, old age, sickness and death.

Qing Ting fed her the prepared decoction. It was not easy for the Empress Dowager to take a bowl of decoction due to a stroke, and it was very slow. Qing Ting was very patient. If she needed to feed the medicine drop by drop, she would do it, just The empress dowager was not very willing to see her, she still hated her very much, she couldn't expressly hate her.

Qing'er also served the Empress Dowager side by side all day long, she worked tirelessly, her belt gradually became wider, her beautiful face became thinner, but she had no complaints.She still feels guilty towards the empress dowager, and when she is free, she kneels in front of the Buddha and prays that the Buddha will bless the empress dowager.

Qing Ting sometimes advised her instead: "Mother Huang Er knows that your filial piety is commendable, but don't tire yourself too much. Many young people don't know how to take care of their bodies. When they reach the age of Emperor Er Niang, they will regret it."

Qing'er said: "The mother of the queen's love for her daughter, the daughter will remember it in her heart, but the mother of the queen is also doing her best to take care of the mother of the emperor, the mother of the queen is not caring about her hard work, how can my daughter be lazy."

Qing Ting happily took Qing'er back to Kunning Palace and asked her to drink tea.Qing Ting sighed: "Let's just tell the truth, your Mama Mama looks a little dangerous this time, and it's really hard to say what will happen when you are old. I'm afraid that when the time comes, your Majesty... Your Majesty A body of ten thousand gold is the foundation of the prosperity and stability of the world, if it is damaged, the world will not be peaceful."

Qing'er said: "Huang Ama has always been filial. During this period of time, even if the emperor's mother didn't say anything, the daughter knew that Huang Ama had to care about the emperor's mother and was busy with state affairs. It was quite hard work. My daughter can do it." I can only do more filial things for Huang Ama in front of Huang Mama."

Qing Ting sighed a few more times, and said: "It's also thanks to the filial piety of you juniors. These days, not to mention you and Lan Er, even the princes don't have free time. They are all working hard for the empress dowager's body. , the Empress Dowager always treats you badly because of her poor health and uneasy mood, which makes you all feel wronged."

"Emperor Niang, my daughter has never felt wronged, and all brothers and sisters are also willing. As descendants, it is only natural to be filial." Qing'er knew it in her heart.

The relationship between one's son and daughter-in-law is tense, which hinders the word "filial piety" and cannot be an unkind and unfilial emperor or empress. The empress dowager, for the sake of her own status and face, cannot directly tear herself apart with her son and daughter-in-law.

Qing'er is peaceful and pleasing, and several princes and queens are friendly with her. Qing'er often goes to take care of the empress dowager, and often meets other princes and daughters who go there. Qing'er often sighs to them, saying how hard the emperor and queen are, He also sighed that the empress dowager was in a bad mood all day long, which made the emperor and empress quite distressed. It is said that if the seven emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, joy, love, evil, and desire are not restrained and adjusted, they will hurt the body and mind. During illness, this is even more detrimental to the body and mind, because bad emotions are also harsh on those around you. The princes and princesses who went to visit the sick have experienced this, and then heard the empress dowager blaming the emperor and empress for being unfilial. But in his heart, he said that the empress dowager was in a bad mood because of her illness and angered the emperor and empress.For this reason, everyone felt sorry, because from the appearance of the empress dowager, one could tell that she was not going to have many days, but she treated her son and daughter-in-law so badly, so no one believed that the empress dowager was not filial.

The empress dowager became more and more drowsy, and in the end, she couldn't even blame the emperor and empress.The empress dowager has been lucky all her life, from Gege in the hidden mansion to the honorable empress dowager, but the changes that happened later were beyond her expectation, and she refused to give up the rights in her hands. She always wanted to hold more, which annoyed her. Don't mess with people.

The empress dowager survived the winter of that year. Everyone knows that if a seriously ill person can survive the winter, even though they are lingering in bed, it is not a problem. Eye.

There is still a bit of coldness in the spring, but it is not difficult. The emperor behaves like a filial son, so he does not have to suffer from the heat wave in the dog days, the cold wind in the cold weather, and the great fortune in misfortune. Being a filial son is not easy. Time and geography will also be too hard.

The emperor said to Qing Ting: "No one knows my suffering."

Qing Ting could only pretend not to know, she just cared about the emperor's diet and daily life, and let him live as comfortably as possible during this time.

There is no empress dowager in the palace, but the emperor feels relaxed, and he no longer has to pretend to be her son. He also forgot long ago, he even forgot her name, so naturally he would not feel guilty about her lost life.

And Qing Ting has never been unable to sleep because of guilt. The loss of a boss above does not have much impact on her life. She holds the power of the harem even tighter. A lot of joy, and as a queen, she repeatedly ordered the concubines in the harem not to show off, and did things that were not in accordance with etiquette.

A few months after the empress dowager's funeral, the sadness in the palace eased, and the emperor was in full swing again.

Busy with state affairs all day, no time for the harem, the women in the harem still lamented that their beauty was unlucky.

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One night, the bamboo was cool and the moon was waning, Qing Ting didn't feel sleepy, so she continued to study the chess game under the lamp. The shadow of flowers and trees outside the window hit the window, trembling slightly.Qing Ting looked up out of the window, was a little lost in thought, then lowered her head, and continued to stare at the chess game.

Qing Ting seldom thinks about her and the emperor these few months, not to mention that neither of them is a person who values ​​love. Taking a step back, even if she admires her, the emperor may not condescend, or the emperor wants to treat her Warm and warm, how can you be sure that you can't just look at the flowers in the mirror and want to pick them up.

That being the case, it is better not to think about it.

I don't know if the emperor thinks the same way. He is less tender and caring towards her, but he is still sure of her ability and trusts her very much. They are more like partners.

When Qing Tingdeng was playing chess, he was reviewing memorials in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. They were all people who would not relax themselves.

During this period of time, the emperor only entered the Kunning Palace during the day, and what he talked to the empress was only about matters in the palace, or simply came to see his daughter.

The estrangement between them was covered up by the empress dowager's serious illness and death, but all the confidantes around knew that the emperor and empress were not as harmonious as before, but the emperor still respected the empress and valued her opinion, and the empress also respected the emperor. There is no excessive immorality, that's enough. The emperor and empress don't have to be extremely affectionate, and those who need to be anxious are the mother Rong and others beside the empress.

A game of chess, played by one person, seems tasteless, but it can be saved, but it has a different taste.Qing Ting thought that thanks to the emperor often asking her to play chess, she learned a lot. The chess game is much more complicated and interesting than before.

A few days later, the emperor came to her bedroom and saw that her chess game had changed again. The emperor stared at the chess game, thought for a moment, and said: "I remember that you are on the white side. Now that the white piece is at a disadvantage, you An interesting guy who likes to meet tough opponents."

"If you lose this game, maybe you will win the next game. If you don't have a good opponent in this chess game, and your chess skills are not perfect." Qing Ting said, asking Qiu Si to bring the prepared Pu'er tea.

"I'm lucky. Every time I meet the queen, there's my favorite tea here." The emperor took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang, "Come here."

Qing Ting sat on the kang as she said, and watched the emperor take a sip of tea, and she also brought a cup of tea, but didn't drink it. "My lord, what are you doing here?"

"It's okay, I can't step into your bedroom and talk to you privately?" the emperor asked back. "This water is

Snow water collected last winter. "

"Last time, it wasn't because I couldn't speak that I displeased the emperor. How dare I expect you to come and sit with me when you're free and have a private conversation with me. The emperor knows tea best, and this water is from last year. Snow water on pine leaves collected with children."

"When did I get angry? Come on, put the chessboard on and play a game with me." The emperor didn't seem displeased.

Qing Ting followed her words and let go of the game with the emperor. She thought to herself: The emperor will never come here just to play chess.

"The queen's temper is getting bigger and bigger. When I talk to you, you dare to lose your temper."

"Your Majesty, what you want to say and listen to is very embarrassing. You want to hear what is in your heart, but what is in your heart has to be blurted out to be true, and what you have thought about is not what is in your heart."

"Could it be that you lied to me, this is the crime of deceiving the king."

"It is precisely because lying to the emperor is a crime of deceiving the emperor, I dare not say it casually, and, the emperor, you ask me what is in my heart, and when you ask me suddenly, I don't know what to say. I really want to say a thousand words to the emperor, but when I really want to say it, I can't say a word."

"Your temper is really not likable. I have changed other concubines, and I don't know how many heart-to-heart words to say to me, but it's you, the mother of a country, who makes me angry. Forget it, I don't want to." I am angry with you, you have always been like this, you love to screw with people."

"This is my blessing. The emperor is magnanimous and doesn't care about me. Your majesty, I will never catch up with your chess skills. After a while, I will be defeated."

The emperor smiled and said: "Could it be that you still want to win me? You are in this harem, and it's not a problem to win Lan'er and the others. Put it on the other concubines—whose skills can compete with you, Concubine Shu can count." One, it's a pity that she can't calm down, not to mention, she is short-sighted, and she would be overwhelmed if she gets some benefits, but it's just a pity that her talent in chess has been ruined."

Qing Ting wondered why the emperor suddenly mentioned Concubine Shu, and the emperor knew very well about Concubine Shu's temperament that she would be bright when she got a little sunshine, and had already told her about it, so why did she bring it up again. "People will always change. Concubine Shu is much calmer now. After all, she is someone who serves the emperor, so she should improve."

"Progress is not necessarily a good thing, but in my opinion, you can completely suppress her. Hmph, as long as she doesn't have that temper, no matter how she develops, it's the same." The emperor said leisurely.

Seeing that she was showing signs of defeat again, Qing Ting wondered how she should settle. "Sister Concubine Shu...can't hide things in her heart, be straightforward, she is simple and easy to get along with." Concubine Shu is relatively simple compared to some women in the palace. level than her

Gao, she is not one who can endure and restrain herself, but Qing Ting likes her character at the moment. It is better to have such a woman in the harem than to have too many women who are too good at strategizing.

Qing Ting asked the emperor if he wanted the new nobleman to sleep with him.

The emperor looked at her and said with a smile: "If I want her to sleep with you, you won't be jealous."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it was more than 20 years ago. At that time, I might have been jealous. Now, it is too boring to be jealous. Your Majesty, people can live with me. I put people in front of my eyes and put them in my heart." Thinking wildly, isn't it against yourself."

The emperor looked at her face carefully, and said deliberately: "Let me think about it—then—forget it, I still have a lot of things to do."

"Then don't waste your time, Your Majesty, then, will you eat here later, or go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"

The emperor looked at the western wall clock in the room and said, "Keep this game of chess, and I will play with you again when I have time."

Qing Ting sent the emperor away, and she didn't want to go to the fifth north school and the third south school to call the children over, so she had a meal alone. She asked Nanny Rong to accompany her for a meal, but Nanny Rong refused, so she sat on the small stool. The maid set up a table and put on the dishes ordered by the empress for Nanny Rong.

Qing Ting instructed the maid: "Pick some more elbows for Mammy, these elbows are very badly stewed, easy to swallow, Mammy is just right to eat."

Mother Rong said: "I don't dare to bother the empress, the empress should use more, otherwise the old slave will feel uneasy."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "Nurse, you can eat in peace, we still have something to discuss later."

Qing Ting understood what the emperor meant. The emperor wanted to promote Concubine Shu. After all, her qualifications were higher than other concubines, and as the emperor said, her temper was easy to suppress. What the emperor was worried about was that Concubine Shu If his self-confidence is inflated again because of his promotion, thinking that he can make some troubles, the emperor doesn't like the harem to be too troublesome.

Nurse Rong is not very optimistic about the promotion of Concubine Shu's status. After all, Concubine Shu is discouraged and no longer thinks about it. It is not a good thing to be promoted again and become a noble concubine. Nurse Rong doesn't believe it. Concubine Shu There will be no moths.

"If you want to make waves, you also need to have that ability. Why do the women in the harem make trouble? It is not enough to have a position. You also need to have the prince by your side. More importantly, you must have the emperor's favor. How dare the concubine Ling give it to me from time to time? Wearing small shoes, deliberately causing some small things to make me uncomfortable. She doesn't have a son, and she is relying on the emperor's favor. Knowing that small things, if I get angry, I am not generous or virtuous. Concubine Shu gave birth to a son, It's a pity that she passed away, and the emperor didn't want to spoil her anymore, precisely because she had nothing, so it's better to let her be a noble concubine than Yingfei to be a noble concubine." However, Concubine Ying will become her noble concubine sooner or later, but her

Being born in Mongolia became her flaw.

"Master, when Empress Xiaoxian was around, Concubine Ling lived cautiously, and Concubine Shu didn't dare to show it off at that time, but later on, everyone's heart became bigger, that is, one with a little trick was more favored, and the other Not clever enough and not very attractive to the emperor, today is not what it used to be, but human ambition is so small, as long as there is the slightest chance, it can emerge from the soil like a weed, and you are not afraid to raise it, empress. Tigers are infested."

Qing Ting sneered, and said: "Could it be that this palace will never be promoted, not even a noble concubine, and it will take a while for the empress dowager to go. The emperor doesn't have to be a descendant like those outside, but has to be a filial son." In [-], the emperor wants to raise the position of the harem at this time. If it is reasonable, I am the queen anyway, who can surpass me. Besides, the position of the concubines in the harem remains the same. Some people spread rumors, saying that the empress of the main palace has no tolerance for people, which is not good for me. Concubine Shu is ambitious, but the emperor also wants me to suppress more."

Mother Rong immediately said: "Since the emperor said so, then the queen's master doesn't need to be polite to her. When she can be punished, she will never be spared."

Qing Ting shook her head, and said slowly: "Press her too hard, and the people below will not follow suit. The emperor hates the mess in the harem the most. If it wasn't for——it wouldn't be her turn to be promoted to concubine." Qing Ting continued Sighing, "I don't even remember what happened when she entered the palace as a nobleman - so many years have passed." Qing Ting fell into deep thought.

"Master, what are you lamenting?" Mother Rong saw the empress like this, she was afraid that the empress would sigh "the beauty is gone".

Qing Ting woke up, and said with a smile: "It's nothing. Mother Rong, I want to stay with Concubine Shu for dinner tomorrow, it's best to let her follow me to the Royal Garden to see the scenery, we sisters need to have a good talk."

Mother Rong agreed, and heard Qing Ting say: "If you can't get the emperor's favor, the women in the harem, if they get old and can't be seen by the emperor, they will use other women to tie the emperor. The nobles in her palace are always there. The family is not bad, there is money to honor the eunuchs, even if there is no, Concubine Shu will not be reluctant for her own sake."

Nanny Rong understands that the empress can't worry about this matter, she will arrange it on her own.

When Qing Ting was sleeping at night, she seemed to dream of the year Concubine Shu entered the palace, a young girl who was supposed to be a nobleman, secretly hiding in the house and crying, but she didn't dare to let others know, she was bored in the quilt, crying herself She didn't serve the emperor well, the emperor didn't let her keep the dragon seed, the emperor didn't like her, and she seemed to have no future.She thought that no one knew about it, but she didn't expect that Empress Xiaoxian and the Nala clan at that time knew about it. As for whether anyone else knew about it, she didn't know.

The author has something to say: the annual summary, a high paragraph, there is still some time before the year-end inventory, so we must grasp it well.

Girls who are over 25 years old and have not married themselves have to go through blind dates. I am very sad. When I am 25, I don’t even have a boyfriend. Blind date, here is a special reminder to all the beauties, if you go on a blind date in the future, don’t let your relatives introduce you, all kinds of unreliable, don’t think that you are relatives and really think about you, I am still my father’s sister, my aunt.But the most unreliable thing I think is that I only met that person once, and within an hour, my aunt asked me if I could get engaged——

The most tragic thing is that my cousin and I belong to the same company, so even the colleagues who left my job knew about my blind date—————