Love in the Red Chamber is full of Xiaoxiang

The sky is a bit gray, and it is already spring in terms of solar terms, but there is still a chill and bleak air.

The wind in spring is very strong, and it is still biting on the face.Shui Rong pulled his collar subconsciously, his nose was already a little red from the cold, and there was no follower around him, so he hurried on the road in a hurry.On the field in front of the vast and lonely palace, his figure looked a little lonely.

Shui Rong passed through the second vermilion palace gate, and was about to go to an alley, and after exiting the alley, he could leave the palace after another palace gate.His mind is full of water, he just hopes to get out of the palace as soon as possible, he still has a lot of things to do.Finally saw the figures of Liu'er and Shun'er, Shun'er led the horse, and Liu'er came up to meet him: "Why did your lord delay for so long?"

Shui Rong rubbed his hands, as if he was about to freeze.Just as he was about to get on his horse, he suddenly saw a red-clothed eunuch rushing towards him: "Prince Bei, the Queen Mother is here to invite you."

Shui Rong had no choice but to follow the eunuch to Changchun Palace.He walked very fast, and the eunuch who came to deliver the message was obviously unable to keep up.When they arrived at the Changchun Palace, the maids had already opened the curtains and invited the water to dissolve in.

Shui Rong bent over to the front, hurriedly greeted An and saluted, only Concubine Shun was with her on the couch.The Empress Dowager was lying on the couch, her expression was not very good.Seeing him wanting to sit up, Concubine Shun and the maids hurriedly supported her and gave her pillows.

"Rong'er, you're finally here." The queen mother's eyes were dull, the situation was not looking good, of course, Shui Rong didn't think too deeply, she knelt in front of the bed and said respectfully: "If you have anything to say, just ask the queen mother. "

The queen mother sighed: "I just had a dream. I dreamed that your father was coming. Seeing that his face seemed a little unhappy, when I asked him something, he didn't say anything, as if he was blaming me, the queen mother, for not managing my natal family well." matter. Rong’er, this matter cannot be delayed any longer.”

Shui Rong understood what the Empress Dowager was referring to, and quickly kowtowed: "The Empress Dowager promised me that the time limit will be two years. It's not yet a year, so let's wait another year."

"One year, what has changed in this year? Isn't your daughter-in-law still unable to give birth, and Ai's family seems to be unable to give birth. Could it be that you want the Shui family to end their children and grandchildren? In the past, your side concubine had I was pregnant, why is there no news from me now?"

Shui Rong couldn't answer, Concubine Shun was in front of her, she was the concubine's cousin, Concubine Shun's mother was from the Bohan family of Jinxiang.Naturally, he dared not say anything wrong with the princess. Although he and the princess lived in the same mansion, they were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, so they couldn't say these things.Now what the Queen Mother says, he can only respond.

The empress dowager spoke a long article, and her spirit was a little weak. Concubine Shun comforted her: "Empress dowager, take a rest, it's time to take medicine. The prince of the north has been kneeling for so long."

The queen mother was upset, thinking about how to meet the ancestors of the Shui family one day when she went underground.He waved his hand: "You go back, you must remember what I said. Neither you nor I can be sinners of the Shui family."

"Yes!" Shui Rong hurriedly knelt down, and then said: "I hope the Queen Mother will keep her word and remember the two-year period."

The queen mother was a little angry, pointed at Shui Rong and said angrily: "Two years, two years. If I die tomorrow, I'm afraid you will get your wish."

Shui Rong was startled, and quickly kowtowed for mercy: "The empress dowager appeases her anger, such disrespect, I really dare not."

The queen mother was so angry that she didn't even want to use the medicine, and she didn't want to see her grandnephew, so she let him go out.

Concubine Shun hurriedly comforted: "The queen mother calms down, there is no need to rush this matter. You have to plan slowly, the queen mother is not clear about the temperament of the prince of the north, and he will not take the hard ones. If you force him like this, I am afraid it will backfire. This Shui family We still have to rely on him to prosper. Besides, King Bei is still young, so there will still be opportunities in the future. We should go find a few more imperial physicians with outstanding medical skills to show Princess Bei. A woman who looks healthy and healthy can't give birth anywhere. "

The queen mother clapped her hands and said: "The Ai family sees that he is soft and hard, but he dared to confront me because of a sick Xi Shi."

The Queen Mother's questioning and anger made Shui Rong's heart feel a little heavier. He knew that he could no longer sit still and had to do something, so he naturally thought of the person surnamed Shi.Why did the princess think that she killed him, she didn't even know what this person looked like, so she would become a murderer?Shui Rong asked Meng Yi to investigate, but there was no clue at all, which made him a little at a loss. He thought that he had found the key to the matter. As long as he untied this knot, he would be able to untie the knot in Wang Hao's heart, but he didn't know it was impossible.

"Why is your lord drinking again?" Youyun smelled alcohol before entering the room.

Shui Rong said: "Leave me alone, let me sit alone for a while."

Youyun pouted, not daring to persuade.When Xiyue came over, Youyun waved her hand and said, "Sister Xiyue, please don't go in."

Xiyue looked flustered, and hurriedly said: "Something has happened, why don't you go in and report it." So she went straight into the house, but saw Shui Rong sitting there drinking by herself, not sure if she was sober or drunk .

Xiyue knelt down: "My lord, something is wrong."

Shui Rong looked back at her, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiyue replied with tears in her eyes: "The eunuch came to Cai Palace and sent word that the Empress Dowager has passed away."

"What!" Shui Rong said in astonishment, leaning on the desk and getting up slowly, feeling a little dizzy.Although he drank a lot of wine, his heart was as clear as a mirror, and he quickly calmed down again: "Order, get the car and sedan chair ready. There is also a message from Yiyuan and Xin'er, so there is no delay. By the way, Cheng'er You should go too."

Xiyue said: "I've already gone to spread the word, my lord, please change your clothes first, besides, you don't smell of alcohol right now."

Shui Rong felt irritable and smashed the flagon on the table.I thought to myself that when I went to pay my respects two days ago, it was fine, why it suddenly collapsed.Xiyue was busy packing his clothes, Shui Rong said: "The birthday gift was only sent in, and there is still half a month, why can't we wait."

Xiyue said: "No one can say the word life and death clearly. The prince has to take care of his health. He hasn't had a good night's sleep these days, and he still drinks so much wine every day. He can't stand it anymore. Tomorrow, he should invite an imperial doctor to help him." Look, my lord."

"I'm not sick, please ask some imperial doctor. It's not so hard to talk about such a big thing. Hey, it should be faster." Shui Rong was busy pulling up his clothes, and there was no time to change other shoes.It was still chilly outside, so I put on a small azurite hat and hurried to the flower hall.

He didn't have time to wait for Princess Wang and Shui Xin.It happened that Meng Yi also came, Shui Rong hurriedly entered the palace in a sedan chair, and Meng Yi escorted the affairs of the princess and Dun Hui.

There was already a lot of crying inside and outside the Changchun Palace. Many princes and ministers kneeled outside the palace, and concubines, princesses, princesses, princesses, etc. knelt inside the palace.

The emperor walked up to him with difficulty and took a look. The queen mother still had a slight smile on her face, and the maids serving in front of her cried to the emperor about the situation of the queen mother before she died.The emperor couldn't help but shed tears. Although she wasn't his biological mother, after all, she had raised him for a while, and he felt a lot of sadness in his heart: "Mother, why did you leave? In half a month, it will be the [-]th birthday, son. I'm still ready to give you a good time, so why just let go."

Concubine Jing and Concubine Shun persuaded for a while, the emperor watched the empress dowager being buried, and had to endure his grief and ordered that King Duan, King Zhongshun, and Shi Heng, who had already been named Prince Heng, come out to preside over the Queen Mother's important affairs.

It used to be preparing for the birthday gift, but now I have to prepare for the funeral, which caught people off guard.Although Shui Rong was not named by the emperor, he has been working under King Duan these days, and he can only return home after dark every day.

Concubine Bei was not yet fully recovered, she ran to the palace every day and lived in Xiefang Palace for several days when encountering such an important event as the Empress Dowager, of course Concubine Shun had nothing to dislike.This is the niece of her natal family, and it is rare for her to wish for someone to talk to herself in the palace.

During the past few days when she knelt for quite a while, Princess Bei couldn't take it anymore, she wanted to go back to Xiefang Hall to rest, so she took a nap, and Concubine Shun came back.

Princess Bei hurriedly got up: "Your Majesty is back, are you still busy ahead?"

Concubine Shun is also exhausted these days: "Busy and busy, I really can't hold on anymore, Concubine Jing is taking care of you in front. I heard that you are not in good health, so come back and have a look."

Bei Wangfei hurriedly said: "It's nothing, the empress is worried."

"Hey, how can I not be worried. If something is broken, Prince Bei asks me to get someone up, how can I explain it?"

Bei Wangfei said indifferently: "He has so many things to do every day, how could he take care of me."

Concubine Shun observed many unusual things in the past few days, and Princess Dunhui revealed some unintentionally. Seeing that there was no one else in front of her, she asked Princess Bei: "Is there anything between you and Prince Bei?" Is there anything unsatisfactory?"

The prince of Bei looked surprised: "Your Majesty, what you said is..."

Concubine Shun's face was a bit tired: "No, I have noticed it these days. You and your husband don't seem to be so harmonious. Are you encountering any troubles that are hard to talk about? Tell your aunt, or I will learn from it. Help you untie it."

How could Princess Bei be able to open her mouth like this? Besides, she couldn't talk about those things, so she had to stammer: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we're fine, there's nothing wrong."

Concubine Shun sneered, and continued: "I don't care about the matter between you two. It's just that the queen mother kept talking about your family before she died. Angry. Before, I heard people say that the Queen Mother wanted to use some girls from good families of Prince Bei as a backyard, but Prince Bei refused. Ms. Lin may have something to do with it. But let me tell you, your body doesn’t look that bad. How can you do it at a young age? My cousin and sister-in-law brought a few of you, and everyone is fine. Didn’t your sister-in-law bring several of you too, why did you come here..."

Concubine Bei felt very uncomfortable, she couldn't explain to Concubine Shun, so she could only say: "I don't know what to say, maybe it is destined to have no children."

Concubine Shun didn't seem to take her very seriously when she saw her, and her doubts grew deeper and deeper. There must be something between the two couples, but outsiders don't know.As the natal family of Princess Bei, Concubine Shun naturally hoped that she would be rich and honorable, and that she would be safe for the rest of her life.It's just that I am also an outsider, so I have no choice but to persuade more people.

Princess Bei lived in Xiefang Hall for a few days, thinking of causing trouble for Concubine Shun, but afraid that Concubine Shun would see something.Fortunately, there are not so many things in the future, so I went back to live in the palace.

The Empress Dowager's funeral is naturally very lively, needless to say the pomp and circumstance.At this funeral, someone was unlucky, and that person was none other than Prince Heng Shiheng.However, if there was a small omission, the emperor would not let him go, and he was fined half a year's salary for this.Concubine Jing pleaded for her son, but the emperor was determined to rule the old Liu party, so he didn't see anyone pleading for Shiheng.

Shiheng's sudden loss of power is really good news for the eldest son Shijin.Thinking that he is the eldest son, but he wants to lower his younger brother in every way.Isn't it because of his humble background, the concubine's mother's family has no power or influence.What's the use of being the eldest son, he has been suppressed by his younger brothers all these years, even Shiying is stronger than him, and even won the title of prince.

Shijin thought to himself that he had finally seen hope, and he was very diligent every morning and evening, and he was always trying to please the emperor.

Nothing happened this afternoon, Shijin found Shui Rong again, and talked with him for a while, to the effect that he wanted Shui Rong to come out and help him.Shui Rong's attitude seemed a little cold, and Shi Jin was a little annoyed: "It was a supreme grace to confer four kings with different surnames back then, and the titles were returned to hereditary inheritance. Don't you want to serve the court when you come here?"

Shui Rong said: "What does His Royal Highness Ke mean by these words? Our Shui family has also made a lot of contributions, and now it has been passed on to me. I tried my best to maintain the honor of our Shui family. Why would I refuse to serve the court? Your highness is so Said, I can't bear the water solubility."

Shijin straight to the point and said: "Let me just say it straight, you used to work with the sixth son. Now that the father is treating him coldly, why don't you follow me to do a few big things. Don't worry, you won't be able to escape the glory and wealth in the future." .”

Shui Rong raised his eyes and glanced at Shijin, understanding his thoughts, but he was calm enough, and the expression on his face was still calm: "I don't understand what your Highness said."

Shijin patted him on the shoulder: "Boy, just hang out with me. If the sixth child can promise you benefits, so can I. I can also promise to be better than him."

Shui Rong pondered for a while, then Fang asked: "What does Your Highness want me to do?"

Shijin raised his glass and said with a smile: "It's very simple, you still remember what happened to the third child. I know that the Northern King is also involved in this matter, so I don't dare to trouble the Northern King. The Northern King has made a contribution to the matter of the third child." , this time the King of the North will follow suit."

Shui Rong thought to himself, how could the two things be regarded as the same thing, Shilang's matter is not simple at all, besides it involves so much.Anyone with a discerning eye can see Shi Heng's matter, and the emperor will use this matter as a raft to extinguish their arrogance.Shui Rong doesn't want to be glorified in front of others, but he only wants to protect the people around him and protect the people in the house well.Shui Rong drank two sips of tea, and said slowly: "I have already understood His Highness's intentions, please go back, Your Highness. You are embarrassing me."

Seeing that Shui Rong was not happy, Shijin felt angry: "Come here and say a few words to you, that's what I think of you. Fortunately, those people in the court who don't know what to do are still saying hello. Tell me what you are capable of. I really don’t know what is good or bad. Forget it, I can’t count on it, and I don’t want to ask for it anymore, just go and don’t regret it in the future.”

Shui Rong turned his face away, didn't want to pay any more attention, and asked Meng Yi to see him off.Shijin had no choice but to go back in disgrace.

Shui Rong felt a little displeased, Meng Yi came back after seeing off the guests and discussed with Shui Rong, "I'm afraid King Ke is not feeling well, what kind of anger will the lord suffer."

Shui Rong said: "He still doesn't recognize clearly, what can I say. This matter is very important, I don't want to get involved, otherwise there will be no peace in this mansion in the future. Now let's take a step and see."

Meng Yi said with a smile: "After all, the prince is a safe person."

Shui Rong smiled wryly: "So what if I'm not safe, I'm worthless. I'm afraid the ancestors of the Shui family will blame me, I'm really a weak person. But you have to be principled, even though I don't get much from King Heng. It’s good, but he’s not too bad for me. He hasn’t fallen yet, if I rush to make trouble, one day I will smash my own foot.”

Meng nodded a little: "That's the case, the prince's decision is correct. The prince doesn't need to think too much."

Shui Rong said: "I'm a little sleepy, let's go to rest for a while. You don't have anything to go back."

Meng Yi stood up and said, "Okay, I'll take my leave first. The prince will be there as soon as he has something to say."

Shui Rong went back to the house to rest, Xiyue and other maids were serving in the outer room.Not long after I lay down, I felt uncomfortable all over again, and couldn't fall asleep no matter what.He had no choice but to get up, put on some clothes, and walk around, hoping to refresh himself.

When passing by Yiyuan, Shui Rong went in to have a look.The princess was meditating in Zen and ignored him.Shui Rong sat bored for half a cup of tea, and had no choice but to leave embarrassingly.Then I went to visit Shui Xin again, she quarreled with the servant girl and refused to eat in anger.

Shui Rong said: "Look at you, you are playing petty temper again. Do you want to give up only when you are starved to death?"

"Brother, just leave me alone, I'm afraid I still have to live happily for a few more days."

Shui Rong frowned and said: "As an older brother, shouldn't I care about you? If my parents are still here, I don't have to care about you."

Nanny Qin was so anxious that she said below: "My lord, what the princess is doing, it will be fine after a while. Is the lord still not clear about the princess' temper?"

Shui Rong said: "I'm too lazy to talk to you, you have such a bad temper, who would dare to want you in the future."

After walking around, he originally wanted to go to Qixia Courtyard to see Daiyu, but in the end he didn't step through the gate, because Shui Rong was afraid of disturbing her.Although we often meet each other these days, we haven't been able to say a few words.Coupled with the fact that too many things have happened these days, I thought I should let her rest for a while.Hearing that Dr. Gan said that her illness had recurred again and she wanted to rest, of course he didn't want to make trouble for her.

Shui Rong came to the back garden and saw the red plum blossoms in the garden.Thinking about being so busy, he almost missed the flowering period. Seeing the red plums blooming on the branches of this tree, his originally depressed mood suddenly became brighter.

At this time, I heard the voice of someone speaking, which was very familiar.Shui Rong looked for it slowly, and later saw Daiyu and Chunhua sitting there chatting.Seeing Shui Rong, the two quickly got up.

Shui Rong was startled, thinking how the two of them got together.Chun Hua left after saying a few words, and Shui Rong never cared.Daiyu was also about to leave, but Shui Rong stopped her: "Miss Lin, please wait, I have something to say to you."

The distance between the two was dozens of steps, and Shui Rong took two more steps forward.Seeing that the clothes on her body were a bit flimsy, she couldn't help feeling pity, and wanted to hold her hand, but Daiyu hurriedly avoided, and said in a hurry: "If you have anything to say, just tell me."

"It's still freezing, why are you standing here, isn't it cold?"

Daiyu replied: "I originally went to see the princess, but the princess is doing her homework, so it's inconvenient to disturb her. I happened to meet Sister Chunhua again, so I invited them to have a look at the flowers in this garden."

Shui Rong looked at the clusters of red plum blossoms in full bloom in front of him, and the scene from a long time ago naturally appeared in his mind. He remembered that day was also among the plum blossoms, and Daiyu was wearing clothes of the same color as the red plum blossoms. , At that time, she was still so timid, seeing that she wanted to hide and lie to herself, she didn't expect that so long had passed.It seems that there is still not much change between the two.

Shui Rong grabbed Daiyu's hand and felt it was cold, so he hurriedly and carefully warmed her up, with a warm smile on his face.Daiyu was slightly taken aback by this smile, and suddenly felt like a spring breeze, driving away the chill around her.Her face was slightly hot, she didn't dare to look directly at him, she lowered her head slightly, her hands were still tightly held by him.

"A lot of things have happened in the past few months, and I'm busy every day, although I don't know what I'm busy with. By the way, how are you? I always wanted to ask you personally."

Daiyu replied shyly, "It's all right, thank you, my lord, for your concern."

"It's still the same kind of politeness between you and me. You clearly know that I don't need these things. You don't ask for anything, even if you give me a smile at the right time, I will be very grateful." Shui Rong's tone softened again. Seeing her with a little sadness on her face, she suddenly felt pity and said: "I know you are not happy these days, and I want to give you a good solution. It's a pity that I haven't had a chance, but You are always avoiding me. No matter what, I hope you are well. No matter what difficulties you encounter, it doesn't matter, and the days will pass after a long time. "

Daiyu's heart trembled slightly, she felt that her face was getting hotter, she turned her body half sideways, and said in a low voice, "My lord, please worry, I'm doing well."

Shui Rong smiled: "If it's really good, then I can feel relieved."

Daiyu raised her eyes to look at Shui Rong, and saw that those phoenix eyes were full of pity, and suddenly felt as if her heart was filled with something, but she immediately realized that it was wrong.She withdrew her hand and stood there with her head bowed.

Shui Rong said again: "As far as love goes, it goes deeper and deeper. Maybe one day, all difficulties will be solved. If there is such a day, is Miss Lin willing?"

Daiyu had no choice but to pretend not to know, and walked away: "You needn't say it, the lord, women are stupid and don't know what the lord said." Before they had gone far, they suddenly saw Ma Rong leading Shi Heng coming.

Shui Rong was taken aback for a moment, thinking why did he come here?

Daiyu hurriedly stopped, saluted slightly, and did not look at Shiheng.

Shiheng nodded, and Daiyu said goodbye.Shiheng followed her figure until he could no longer see her.

Shui Rong stepped forward and greeted Shi Heng with a smile: "Why is His Royal Highness King Heng here?"

Shiheng said: "I'm ashamed to say that I came here uninvited. I don't know if I disturbed the Northern King."

Shui Rong thought to himself, since he came to your door, why don't you bother?All the way, he invited Shi Heng to sit in front.

Just a glimpse, already left a deep imprint on Shi Heng's heart.I thought that I hadn't seen Daiyu for a long time, and that all-over magnificence hadn't changed at all. I was still depressed at first, but after meeting Daiyu, I felt a lot of joy in my heart.