Huaibi

Beijing and China changed gossip the next day, and the group of idlers who gossip on the wind never cared about the truth of their minds, and just went to wherever the excitement was.

Early in the morning, it was rumored that the Sixth Prince and Marquis Wuyang were friends for a year-end friendship. When Emperor Hongxuan felt unwell, he didn't care about it. They spent the night talking and drinking in the brightly lit place outside the palace. The two were so drunk that they didn't know their names.

These words spread one after another throughout the streets and alleys of the city, and when the Sixth Prince heard about it, some people even said that the two of them didn't know how to behave, and they went to the Tibetan Jade Lane to have fun.

Ping Huaihao turned pale with shock, Emperor Hongxuan suddenly coughed up blood, fearing that the country would change hands at any time, he was anxious in his heart, so he invited Marquis Wuyang to talk for a while.It's just that the two of them were extremely cautious, but they found an unobtrusive vegetarian restaurant, and they dispersed before two o'clock. How could they dare to spend the whole night drunk in Cangyu Lane like the rumors said?

No matter how ignorant he is, he can guess who is deliberately taking revenge and doing it deliberately.

Ping Huaihao's chest was bulging like thunder, seeing the situation, he had no time to hate the prince, he was alone in the room, copying Buddhist scriptures without rest, and rushed to present it to Emperor Hongxuan respectfully.

Ping Huaizhen watched with cold eyes, and afterward ordered someone to send a string of Buddhist beads to the Sixth Prince's Hall, his mockery was undisguised.Ping Huaihao gritted his teeth with hatred, but in the end he couldn't do anything about it, he gritted his teeth and pinched the round beads in his palm, leaving one after another dents.

As soon as the rumors broke out, Emperor Hongxuan didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, as if he had never heard the slightest movement.

Gradually, as spring went to summer, the palace servants changed their bamboo-colored skirts, as if they were slowly calling the breeze from the bamboo forest into the palace. The lotus steps moved slowly and the skirts fluttered gracefully. Cool.

Only one hall is different from other places.

The Queen's body became weaker and weaker, and when the palace people went to and from the Fengyi Hall, she saw only gray shadows in her eyes, and her eyes were hazy. Standing in the courtyard at noon, she felt as if it was dusk.She raised her head and opened her eyes to stare at the first round of red sun, which made her sore and tears flow down her temples, but the red-gold fiery disc fell into her eyes and was cold, making her feel no pain for a long time.

Yantong couldn't find her, so he tried to find her in the vestibule outside the hall. Seeing the scene from afar, his heart felt cramped, his nose was sore and healed for a while, and he ran forward to support her with a trembling voice: " Empress, go back to the palace and rest."

The queen remained silent, and closed her eyes very slowly. The moment her eyelids closed, she finally felt a little bit of astringency in her eyes. She nodded and turned to go back with her.

Yantong carefully supported her, and carefully stepped on the road for her. The short and light walk of the past few feet is now slow and long, and every step seems to be stepping on a cliff.

The palace people in the courtyard watched from a distance without moving, all of them had sad expressions on their faces, thinking that this magnificent mother of the country once had a young age, when her appearance was noble and no one could bully her, she had fallen into the mortal world. A colorful phoenix in the room.Today, the phoenix is ​​old, her spine is still straight and noble, but her whole body is covered with loneliness and sickness. I don't know when it will weaken and its wings will completely fall down, making the feathers turn ashes.

The palace people dared to think but did not dare to speak, silently begging God to bless them in their hearts, so that this Fengyi Palace can be peaceful for a little longer, a little longer...

But in an instant, a piercing noise came from the hall, as if tables and chairs were toppled over, and bronze utensils fell to the ground.

Yantong waited for the empress to sit on the couch, turned around and called someone to bring warm soup and medicine inside, but before guarding her for a moment, the empress got up alone because of the panic in her heart-just now her eyes went dark, and she couldn't see anything. It is invisible, and not even a hazy shadow remains.

She staggered up a few steps, knocked over the short table by accident, and knocked down the Tayun purple smoke stove, which was burning a little bit of palace incense, on the table. Everywhere.

The queen listened to the ear-piercing sounds, and stared fiercely at the ground, her eyes were so scarlet that she couldn't see a single picture, her eyes were as dark as night.

Hearing the sound, Yan Tong turned back to the inner hall, before he could clean up the mess, he stepped forward to support her, and called "Niang Niang" very softly.

The queen remained silent for a long time, still staring numbly at the place just now, and touched randomly in mid-air with her fingers, her fingers gradually trembled, calmed down for a while, and fell to her side weakly.

"Yantong," the queen asked her dryly, "Is this palace no longer visible?"

"Your Majesty is just tired, let's take a rest..." Yan Tong burst into tears, but couldn't continue, and clenched her hands tightly.

The fact that the master of the main palace was blind quickly spread to everyone's ears. Emperor Hongxuan's cough was still difficult to recover, and every time the empress suffered from this catastrophe, it can be said that there were frequent visions within a year.

The people in the palace were full of emotions, bowing their heads to work cautiously, silently waiting in their hearts for the day when the sky will change, hoping that after that day, everything will be as usual, and they can still guard a corner of the deep palace to live a stable life.

Chiyang falls into gold, laying down mottled tree shadows one by one.

The palace walls were scorched hot in summer, and there were chariots passing by, and the palace people on both sides held high embroidered lotus canopies, sweating and dripping down without dropping their arms for an inch.

There was joy on the woman's face as she drove up, Concubine Yi shook the fan gently in her hand, the fan was full of flowers, just like a scene in full bloom in the imperial garden.

Many people came and went from Fengyi Hall in one day, but this time the one who was waiting was the most sad one.

Concubine Yi entered the hall and saluted gracefully, before she could finish saying "The empress is safe", she got up and sat on the couch by the window.

"Bold!" Yan Tong stared at her with red eyes, "Has the empress granted you a seat?"

Fudong who was beside Concubine Yi refused to accept it, relying on the fact that the empress is not as strong as before, and even her eyes can't be seen, she immediately replied for her master: "Who is so bold and presumptuous, how dare you treat me like this Speech?"

The fan in Concubine Yi's hand fell slightly onto Fudong's arm, preventing her from continuing, and responded with a light smile; "It's my concubine who is rude, so I got up now." After speaking, she still sat still, looking at her with a smile Looking at the master and servant, they felt extremely pitiful in their eyes.

"You!" Seeing that she was not inferior, Yan Tong had a teasing look on his face, and couldn't help being furious, but he had nothing to do with her.

Concubine Yi was overjoyed, she leaned lazily on the couch with her elbows propped up, and continued to look for her to be unhappy: "Yantong never liked me, I respect you as someone close to the empress, and I never care about you. But Today, the palace is kind enough to visit your empress, but you have committed such a crime..."

Before the words were finished, she was suddenly interrupted by the word "peace": "Get up."

The room was suddenly suffocated, the queen sat firmly on the head of the bed, although her eyes couldn't see anything, but her heart was clearer than ever before, neither angry nor sad, she suppressed her with a noble posture, and opened her mouth slowly Give it a mountain of pressure: "I didn't allow you to sit down, so I stood up and spoke."

Concubine Yi was stunned and remained silent, she hadn't expected that now she could still put on an air of aloofness, showing no signs of self-pity and decadence, she would inevitably feel ashamed and annoyed.Before she could react in a daze, another cold human voice came from outside, not to mention being polite to her: "The Queen called Yi Fei to get up, but Yi Fei didn't move for a while, could it be that she is deaf?"

Yantong's eyes lighted up slightly, as if grasping the tough straw in an instant, he looked up at the person coming.

Ping Huaizhen lifted the curtain to enter the room, glanced coldly at the couch, walked to the bedside without stopping, after saluting, approached the queen a little, held her palm that was resting outside the brocade quilt, and spoke softly when she spoke again Xu Wenrou: "Mother, the son is here."

Concubine Yi gritted her teeth and got up, because she didn't have the guts to act presumptuously in front of the prince.

"The prince is here." The queen pinched his fingers tightly, her face was full of spirits, her mind clearly outlined Aiko's eyebrows, lips and nose, and she slowly smiled.

"Well, my son came to talk to the queen mother."

Ping Huaizhen didn't mention a word about her blindness, but only talked to her about the trivial matters of Xu'an Palace, and ignored the concubine's life matters.On his side, he deliberately ignored it, but the queen really forgot about him while speaking, accidentally forgetting about it.

Concubine Yi was furious at this humiliation, and after a long while, she stood by the couch until her feet were sore, and then she disturbed the two mother and child's deep love with a smile, and said with a faint smile: "It seems that the concubine is here today. I don't want to be seen, so I won't disturb the queen and the prince, and the concubine will come to visit the empress some other day, so I will take my leave first."

"Why does Concubine Yi come again?" Ping Huaizhen didn't look at her directly, and casually put aside his sarcasm, without saving any face, "If you really have nothing to do, you might as well copy a few more volumes of Buddhist scriptures for the sixth younger brother. It will come in handy.”

Concubine Yi suddenly stared up and raised her head, clenching her teeth fiercely, with an expression as if she wanted to swallow him alive for a moment.After a long while, the hatred gradually faded away, and slowly sank into the depths of the deep pool, and then hung up the false feelings, and bowed away with the corners of his lips.

"What the prince said, I have recorded it."

There was a slight shaking of the curtain, and the sound fell into the queen's ears like ripples.

Now she can only hear the sound to distinguish the scenery and people. She heard the news and knew that Concubine Yi had gone. Thinking of the last words of injustice, she pinched the prince's finger bones and said: "I have endured it for a long time, and I have dealt with her for many years. Why come now?" Are you still talking fast?"

"The queen mother is the head of the harem, and I am the current heir, so Concubine Yi should not break the rules of dignity in front of the queen mother no matter what."

"What you said is reasonable, but for the matter of the harem, I should personally discipline her. You don't need to cause trouble."

Ping Huaizhen didn't understand, but just saw the scene in his eyes, how could he let that arrogant woman bully his mother and queen.He didn't want to say anything, but gently and slowly put the queen's hand back into the quilt, followed her thoughts and said a few words of relief: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the son has his own measure, if she doesn't make trouble Well, this son-in-law doesn't have the heart to criticize her."

The queen nodded when she heard the words, the palm of her hand suddenly couldn't touch Ping Huaizhen, and she felt a moment of loss and panic.However, she didn't show any emotion on her face, and she didn't want to make Ping Huaizhen feel worried, so she said with a gentle smile: "The prince should go earlier, I know you are busy. Your Majesty's dragon body is sick, and there are many things that need to be shared by you. Don't teach him to be disappointed."

Having been together for many years, Ping Huaizhen couldn't see what was in her heart, and couldn't bear to expose it, so he let her say it lightly: "I will save you, but today is not a busy day, and I want to spend more time with my mother."

"Xiao'er," the queen suddenly called him by his nickname, her voice was as soft as fluttering catkins, but also as steady as a rock, "Even though the empress mother can't see with her eyes, her heart is clear. The empress mother's heart is all in you."

Ping Huaizhen felt a pain in his heart, and replied: "I understand."

That heart had literally been all over him for years.

Clearly the rightful lord of the harem, Cardamom Nianhua Mingmei was marrying into the palace, and when Emperor Hongxuan came to power, she changed from a princess to a queen.In the eyes of outsiders, she has traveled smoothly all the way, full of glory and splendor, but only she knows the suffering, and knows that she has never competed for favor in this life. It is not because she has no love in her heart, but because she sees it too clearly. It has never had anything to do with me, so I don't force it.

Ever since Ping Huaizhen was brought up at her knees, the empress has spent all her decades of life for him.

When Ping Huaizhen was young, maybe he didn't understand enough, but now that he knows his life experience, he seems to have a clear mirror in his heart, so he can understand all the short numbers that the queen said.

The maidservant outside the palace brought new medicine into the room, Ping Huaizhen received it personally, took a spoon to mix it evenly, and carefully fed the queen.At this moment, I don't mention anything else, I don't hear the dangers of people's hearts, I don't see the twists and turns of the road ahead, but with a loving mother by my side, it's like the sun covering the body, driving away the bone-chilling cold for many years.