Xie Xiang

When he walked out of the announcement room, it was not too late, the sun was scorching, and the heat in the world was rising.

When Xie Yi arrived at the prime minister's mansion, the servants helped her change her clothes, and brought water to wipe her face, so as to get rid of the heat.

There is ice in the room, which is cool and refreshing.Xie Yi wiped her face and sat down on top.The servant girl brought an ear cup and put it in front of her, saying: "This is freshly brewed sour plum soup, it is very refreshing, please drink a cup."

Hearing she said it was sour plum soup, Xie Yi's outstretched hand stopped, his expression dazed.The maid waited for a long time, and soon she took it, she couldn't help being surprised, but the house rules are very strict, she didn't dare to speak casually, just knelt on the ground, holding the tray high.

Until her hands were sore, the tray shook slightly, and the sour plum soup in the earcup splashed out. The other servant girl was afraid that she would fall, so she boldly said, "Your Majesty."

Xie Yi came back to her senses, brought the ear cup to her eyes, there was a slight coolness in the cup, the color of the soup was pleasant, and there were three or two sour plums in the bottom, just looking at it made the tongue salivate.

She took a sip, the taste was similar to the one in the palace, but she paid attention to maintenance, took the soup out of the ice cup, let it dry for a while, it was not so cold, and it was served squarely, while the one in the palace was much colder.

When the sour plum soup came, she wanted to remind His Majesty not to use too much ice, as it would easily hurt the spleen and stomach, and also cause dampness, but she forgot when Chang Pinghou disturbed it.

Next time I see His Majesty, I must remember to persuade him.Your Majesty has a thin body, so he should pay more attention to the subtleties.

When something happens to her, Liu Zao is always concerned about her.His Majesty is a very good boy, no one needs to worry about it.Even so, Xie Yi was still worried.

She is diligent, and she is worried that she is too diligent and will damage her body.Her majesty became more and more serious, and she worried that everyone would fear her, and no one would dare to treat her sincerely.She is not very fond of pleasure. In the inner palace, money is piled up. Last year, she rarely wanted to build a palace, but when she turned around, she forgot. The officials often praised His Majesty by this, but she was afraid that she would be harsh on herself.

She often worries about it like this, but now, she starts to reflect on herself. It is her fault to act like this.She was too concerned, and His Majesty couldn't let her go even more.

Xie Yi took a roll of bamboo slips and spread them out, but the bamboo slips were empty, she picked up a pen to write the word "Chen Yi", the tip of the pen paused, and after a while, she continued to write.Her hands were trembling for some reason, she concentrated her efforts, controlled the pen in her hand, and wrote "Shangzuo, Your Majesty the Emperor, please resign from the position of Prime Minister" with all concentration. At the end of the writing, her hand suddenly lost strength, and she paused Takes a bit and leaves a stain.

Xie Yi put down her pen, her expression was perplexed, she was a bit dazed, her heart seemed to be hollowed out, as if she was suddenly helpless in this world, not knowing where she was going, not knowing what to do with the rest of her life.

Vulnerability appeared in her eyes, Xie Yi frowned, but she was not blaming anyone, but dissatisfied with herself.She made up her mind, took another scroll of Hsinchu slips, and transcribed the sentence just now.

This memorandum was not presented to Liu Zao's desk until the end of autumn, when the heat dissipated, the rain fell, and the months-long drought passed.

When Liu Zao saw Xie Yi's melody, she habitually took it out first to read it, and when she opened it, she froze.

"It's just one more word from me. The sun and the moon are different, because your majesty reluctantly gathers together in one place. If there is a fruit in this marriage, the sun and the moon will blend together. If there is no fruit, I'm afraid they will be separated from each other. It will be difficult to see each other again."

Last summer, Fang Xiangshi's words rang in her mind verbatim.

She was leaving after all.

Liu Zao stood up without saying anything, and went straight out of the palace gate. Hu Ao was startled and hurriedly followed, but saw that His Majesty was walking faster and faster, walking straight forward until he reached the outside of the Jiaofang Palace.

She opened the door and went in, turned her head and said to him: "You guys wait here." Then she closed the door.

Because people often come to the Jiaofang Hall, it is not empty and lonely.When Liu Zao walked into the hall, he saw the coral tree.She walked over, raised her hand and stroked it lightly, and tears fell down suddenly.

Why did Xie Xiang leave? Is she not doing well enough?It must be, it must be that she made Xiang Xie unhappy, so she completely abandoned her.

Liu Zao stayed in the palace until dawn the next day, while Hu Ao and other palace people waited outside the palace all night.Although they were worried, none of them dared to violate the emperor's order and enter the palace without authorization.

When Liu Zao came out, her face was extremely haggard, and she held a roll of bamboo slips in her hand, which was the standard form of imperial edicts.Hu Ao couldn't help thinking that His Majesty wrote an imperial edict in the palace.

When Liu Zao saw him, he opened his mouth and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Move the coral tree in the hall to Xuanshi Hall."

Hu Ao didn't dare to ask any unnecessary questions, so he quickly agreed, but he didn't worry about others, so he took several eunuchs there personally.

Liu Zao went back and didn't do anything else. She took a nap, made her complexion look better, and ate something, and then waited until dusk, counting the time, guessing that Prime Minister Xie was about to leave the office, so she changed her body In the newly made Xuanyi, he tied up his hair again, took the imperial edict and the coral tree, and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When they arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they happened to meet Xie Yi who was returning home.

Xie Yi got out of the car, walked up to her, and bowed to her.Liu Zao said no.

This time, it was regarded as farewell, but after saying goodbye, Liu Zao didn't know what to say.Xie Yi bent her lower lip and said, "Your Majesty, please enter the residence."

Liu Zao nodded, turned his head, and looked at the mansion. The mansion is tall, majestic and solemn.She doesn't come many times, but every time she remembers it in her heart.She suddenly thought that after Prime Minister Xie went to the country, she would come here often because of missing, but she was still afraid of being emotionally affected by the scene, so she dared not come again.

Xie Yi saw that she didn't move or urge her, so he looked at the mansion together with her.She has lived here for more than ten years, and she has long regarded this place as a writer.

Liu Zao watched for a long time, then Fang walked in, Xie Yi followed behind her, silent.

Enter the mansion, go to the hall.Sitting down on the couch, Liu Zaoling carried the coral up, and said to Xie Yi, "I wanted to give it to Mr. Xie a long time ago, so I brought it today."

Xie Yi recognized that this was the one that she had taken a fancy to when His Majesty invited her to visit the treasure not long after he came to the throne. Later, this coral fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager, and His Majesty managed to snatch it back.

She was about to get up to thank her, but Liu Zao pressed her hand and said to her, "Don't thank me, and don't kneel down."

While she was talking, her eyes were full of begging, Xie Yi almost didn't dare to look at her, nodded and said, "Okay."

Liu Zao smiled, the smile was clear, matched with those deep eyes, it was unbearable to look at.She took out the imperial edict from her bosom, handed it to Xie Yi with both hands, and said, "Take a look, if there are still gaps, let me tell you so that I can make up for it."

Xie Yi opened it, and the edict was a grant to her, increasing the fiefdoms of the Marquis, bestowing many treasures, and giving her various preferential treatments, but what surprised her most was the addition of a sentence at the end, "Every prince who enters the capital to meet, Gong It is not necessary for the marquis to come in person, but to send envoys instead."

Xie Yi read this sentence repeatedly in her heart, the more she read it, the more empty her mind became.With this sentence, they will never see each other again for the rest of their lives.

Liu Zao noticed that her gaze stayed at the end, and knew which sentence she was looking at, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I know the reason for your departure, and I know that once you leave, you must not want to come back. I I don't have any extravagant requests, I just want to beg to thank you, and if you encounter a difficult matter or feel unwell, you must send an envoy to Beijing and say something." She paused, thinking that if she didn't say anything, there would be no chance, so she burst into tears Courage, added cautiously, "I will miss you very much."

Xie Yi looked at her young face and agreed.

Liu Zao breathed a long sigh of relief, and Xie Yi also reminded her to take care of her body, speak out when she has something on her mind, don't be bored, if you feel uncomfortable, you can't force yourself to support her, the inner palace is sufficient, and occasionally you have something you want, Don't be too restrained, don't treat yourself badly.

But she stopped midway through her words.Because she remembered that His Majesty has no place to talk about his thoughts, and the old lady can't talk about everything. She has worries, so she can only hide them in her heart and support herself. Now she still pays attention to them all the time. , who can really care about His Majesty, and who can persuade her when she is wayward.

Hearing that she stopped, Liu Zao thought that her advice was exhausted, and obediently agreed: "Thank you, don't worry, I will write it down." She didn't mention a word of difficulty, she came today, not to keep her, but to let her Leave Beijing without any worries.

Xie Yi was speechless in an instant.

Liu Zao waited for a while, seeing that she had stopped talking, thinking that she was implying that she should go, she felt extremely sad.They were about to part, and maybe they would never see each other again, so Xiang Xie didn't want to stay with her for a while longer?

It's just that now that things are going on, she is even more unwilling to go against her will, so she wants to leave, but seeing Xiang Xie looking at her with extreme tenderness.There were ripples in her eyes, and a soft light shone in them, reflecting her appearance.Liu Zao seemed to see a deeper emotion besides heartache and reluctance, but that emotion only lasted for a moment, before she could see it clearly, it disappeared.

Xie Yi turned his gaze away, and said with deliberately calm voice, "It's getting late, His Majesty should return to the palace."

Hearing her urging, Liu Zao didn't dare to stay any longer, she gave Xie Yi a deep look, stood up, and said, "Then I'll take my leave."

Xie Yi got up to send it off.Liu Zao's eyes were already red, she shook her head and said, "Don't send it off." Her voice was already hoarse.

She didn't want to cry in front of Prime Minister Xie, and she didn't want Prime Minister Xie to recall her tears in the future.

After she finished speaking, she stepped up and walked to the door. She stopped, turned her back to Xie Yi, and said, "I'm the one who let you raise a child in vain, and made half of your hard work go to waste. You had to avoid another country, which made more than ten years of achievements in vain, and your whole body was buried. You can only be an idler. If there is an afterlife, I will hide far away and never come to drag my aunt again. "