27.Chapter 27
When Concubine Hui died, Tao immediately turned red when he learned about it. Concubine Hui is her little cousin, a year younger than her, and she is also a smart and clever girl. When he was a child, Tao entered the palace to study, and Concubine Hui became Princess Yunzhu's little companion, and the two little sisters often entered and left the palace together, which cannot be said to be deep.
And Concubine Hui has liked the crown prince at that time since she was a child, and now Emperor Jiahe, the Tao family has long known about it, naturally, she has also persuaded this palace to be complicated, and when she enters it, she seems to have entered the battlefield, but she may not even know how she died. What's more, ruthlessness is the most emperor. But Concubine Hui said that if she could marry that man, she would be willing to go to the knife mountain and go down the oil pot for him. Later, she became the crown prince Liangdi as she wished, and after Emperor Jiahe ascended the throne, she was named Concubine Hui.
Over the years, the people in the palace said that Emperor Jiahe favored Concubine Hui the most, and the Queen Mother also took good care of this niece. But since last year, Tao has known that Concubine Hui's health is always not good, either coughing non-stop, or high fever does not go away.
Faintly, Dow was also uneasy, but he didn't think about it. Yes, Concubine Hui left, Tao was indeed a little surprised, but more of it was grief.
Tao half leaned on the bed, remembering some of the past, and couldn't help wiping his tears with a silk handkerchief, a pair of beautiful eyes were red, from time to time with crystal tears, the tip of the slightly upturned nose was also slightly red because of sobbing, and the delicate face looked more and more soft, so that people couldn't help but feel distressed.
Su Shaohua sat on the side and saw his wife like this, and naturally he was distressed to death. Since the eldest son suddenly came to the Zhenguo Mansion yesterday to tell him about Concubine Hui's death, his wife's tears have not stopped for a day and a night. At that time, when the Zhenguo Mansion learned the news, they were also a little confused, after all, many old people grew up watching Concubine Hui, and they couldn't stand it, and some even fainted. Seeing this, Su Shaohua was afraid that his wife would also be too grief-stricken, so he immediately asked his son to take his daughter and went back to the Rongguo Mansion first to appease his wife.
"Jin'er, the deceased is gone, don't think about it. Su Shaohua slowly took Tao into his arms, rubbed his shoulders lightly, and comforted him softly.
Tao Shi took the handkerchief and lightly touched it under his eyes, exhaled lightly, and said, "Where does the concubine not understand this truth, but these tears are always uncontrollable." She snorted lightly, as if she remembered something, and said, "The Queen Mother sent a message, saying that when the old lady comes back, let the concubine go in with her to see the Queen Mother." "Concubine Hui died, looking at the queen mother who grew up must not be very comfortable, yesterday when I returned to the house, someone came to the palace, said to let the old lady and Tao into the palace for a trip, and even pointed out, remember to bring the little girl at home for her to see.
And although this is only the order of the Queen Mother, it is also the will of the end, and it is naturally not easy to disobey.
When Su Shaohua heard this, his eyes flashed slightly, he hesitated, and nodded "um".
Five days later, the old lady should have learned of Concubine Hui's matter, and hurried back from the monastery. At noon, I just arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, went back to the house to pick up, changed into plain clothes, and took Tao and Su Xun into the palace in the afternoon.
The Queen Mother lives in Shoukang Palace, it is autumn at the moment, and there are many precious autumn chrysanthemums planted in Shoukang Palace, at this time, it is blooming, it seems to add some vitality to this splendid but cold palace, but, at first glance, you can see the full of white, but the more cold and gloomy.
Tao was afraid that Su Xun would run around, so he hugged her all the way and stayed in Shoukang Palace before letting go of her.
When the palace maid entered inside, several people first asked the queen mother to say goodbye.
The Queen Mother, dressed in a dark gown, sat there, supporting her forehead with her hands, her little finger wearing silver enamel armor slightly upturned, looking a little tired, and when she saw them coming, she straightened up, and her face was also calm as usual, smiling slightly, like a loving old lady.
"Get up, come and sit. The Queen Mother beckoned, her tone was cordial, and seeing them coming, her eyes couldn't help but fall on Su Xun, who was following Tao's side, looking at this little man who was wearing a plain embroidered moire gown, with a round and jade face and a delicate face, it really looked like Tao was a child, and it also made her feel like she had returned to the past.
The queen mother was stunned, the tip of her nose was slightly sour, she regretted it very much at this moment, obviously she lived in the harem by herself, and she also understood that it was very dangerous here, and she would fall into the abyss if she was not careful, but for a little selfishness, and for the sake of fulfilling the word, she still let the person who always laughed in, and finally died here.
"This ...... It's Yuanyuan. The Queen Mother forcibly suppressed the grief in her heart, her eyebrows were kind, and the corners of her lips raised slightly.
Su Xun has always had a sweet mouth, and without waiting for the old lady and Tao to remind him, he nodded first, and then called softly: "The Queen Mother." ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes couldn't help but become softer, and she bowed slightly. Then, she ordered the palace maid to serve tea, then withdrew, and took the old lady's hand and said something considerate.
Su Xun nested in Tao's arms, naturally unable to sit still, but after a while, seeing the Empress Dowager stop drinking tea, she thought about it and said softly: "Empress Dowager, can Yuan Yuan go to Shulian Palace to see the Seventh Princess?"
The Queen Mother did have the intention of letting Su Xun play with the Seventh Princess, but now she didn't mention it, but when she saw that the villain had mentioned it first, she naturally nodded in agreement.
And the Queen Mother nodded, Tao couldn't worry about it anymore and could only let his daughter go, but fortunately, Mama Duan in front of the old lady also came today, and she accompanied the little girl, which was very peaceful.
Su Xun was accompanied by Mama Duan to Shulian Palace, but she didn't let Mama Duan hug her, she just wanted to walk by herself. Although she has never been to this palace, she has been here many times, and she is familiar with this way. And when she went to Shulian Palace, she specially chose the road to pass through Concubine Hui's bedroom, Zhilan Palace.
Walking to the vicinity of Zhilan Palace, Su Xun saw a young man dressed in apricot yellow and a four-striped dragon costume standing there thoughtfully, hesitating.
And this kind of costume is not today's prince Xiao Jingxuan, who else can it be?
Su Xun couldn't help but slow down, wondering in his heart: Hey, why is the prince here? It stands to reason that there should only be some palace maids in this Zhilan Palace......
When the prince saw someone approaching, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, he raised his eyes and glanced at the visitor, and saw that it was a small dough that he didn't know, he was stunned, but he immediately frowned slightly, and then left in a hurry without hesitation.
Looking at the back of the prince walking away, Su Xun stopped unconsciously, she glanced towards Zhilan Palace, but at this time, she faintly heard a soft mourning sound from inside.
Su Xun was stunned for a moment, and pulled Mama Duan into slowly.
I saw that the little girl who was dressed in plain white brocade and wore a small white flower on her hair bun was waving the hand of the palace maid beside her, crying intermittently, and shouting: "Don't go, don't go, I want to stay here......"
It is the seventh princess - Xiao Yitao.
She looks thin and weak, obviously she is eight years old, but her body seems to be only six years old, at this moment, a face is slightly red from crying, a pair of peach blossom eyes are full of tears, like a helpless kitten, Chu Chu is pitiful, people can't bear to look at it.
Su Xun looked at those eyes and remembered that in his dream, these eyes didn't know how many tears had flowed later.
With her memory, Su Xun knew that her eldest brother and the seventh princess actually liked each other, but neither of them had said explicitly that as far as the eldest brother was concerned, he was ambitious and didn't want to become a concubine. It was when Emperor Jiahe pointed out the Seventh Princess to a military general, Feng Heng, that the eldest brother did not express his feelings. And Emperor Jiahe pointed out his beloved daughter to Feng Heng, because he saw that his family background was innocent, loyal and honest, and he was a person who could be entrusted for life. It's just that I didn't expect that Feng Heng's mother was not a fuel-efficient lamp, not only did she move into the princess's mansion cheekily because of her injury, but she also thought about the law every day to toss the seventh princess. The seventh princess has a weak temperament, where is her opponent, and she is not a person who makes irresponsible comments, so she holds it in her heart. But day by day, the seventh princess finally couldn't stand it, and she became crazy. At this time, Emperor Jiahe had died of illness, and Emperor Deyuan had just ascended the throne, and after knowing about it, he made the decision to let the seventh princess reconcile and take her to the palace to take care of her. And her eldest brother proposed to Emperor Deyuan that he wanted to marry the seventh princess, but Emperor Deyuan dared to marry the crazy princess to a courtier, so he naturally refused. As a result, her eldest brother has never been willing to marry a wife.
Su Xun slowly approached, looked at the thin little man, took out the little meat hand into his arms, took out a few pine nut zongzi candy, stretched it out in front of her, and said softly: "Do you eat sugar? Su Xun is not very good at coaxing people, but as a snacker, she feels that she will be happier when she has something to eat.
The seventh princess was stunned, she was sad before, and she didn't notice anyone approaching at all. She looked at the candy on the little fleshy hand with teary eyes, slowly raised her eyes, looked at the strange little fleshy face, but for some reason felt very kind in her heart, bit her white lip, stretched out her thin and pale hand to pick up a piece of candy, stuffed it into her mouth, the sweet taste spread, the tears stopped slightly, and the mood calmed down.
Seeing this, the two palace maids around her were relieved, they naturally saw the little powder ball just now, but it was definitely not ordinary children who could come to this palace, so they didn't make a sound, just watched quietly, but they didn't expect to coax the seventh princess with a piece of candy.
Su Xun saw that the seventh princess didn't cry much, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it, touched his sleeves and chest again, took out a bag of pastries, stuffed them into the hands of the seventh princess, and said: "Eat, they are all pastries prepared by me, and I can't eat them in the palace, if you like it, I'll bring more of them in." ”
And with this move, not only the two palace maids, but even Mama Duan couldn't help but look the villain up and down, and said with a secret smile in her heart: I really didn't see that there were so many pastries hidden on this villain.
The seventh princess was also slightly stunned, looking at the paper bag in her hand, she couldn't help pursing her lips, but she felt better, sniffed, and looked at Su Xun suspiciously.
Su Xun knew what the Seventh Princess wanted to ask, she blinked and replied, "Seventh Princess, I am Su Qi from the Rongguo Mansion." ”
"Well, there is fate, they are all 'Xiao Qi'" and as soon as her voice fell, she heard a loud voice outside.
The young man who walked in was dressed in a plain white brocade dress, although his expression was very plain, but there was a trace of sadness between his eyebrows and eyes, it was Xiao Jingyu, the third prince. The third prince is fifteen years old this year, his personality is gentle, and he is also smart and clever, and he is said to be the most Xiao of the current emperor, but he has no intention of power, and when he grows up, he is also an idle king who likes to play in the mountains and rivers.
And seeing him come in, Su Xun's eyes couldn't help but fall on the young man who was following him.
Hey, her eldest brother Su Jueze also came over today.
When the seventh princess saw the third prince coming in, she immediately ran over and threw herself into his arms, her eyes were filled with tears again, she called "brother", looked at Su Jueze again, and called softly: "Cousin Ze." ”
Su Jueze's eyes were soft, but he said "um" very blandly, and then lowered his head, his attention was on the dough that came to him, he leaned over, touched the little girl's little head, and said softly, "Yuan Yuan, you ran around again." ”
When Su Xun heard this, she pursed her lips lightly, with a look of denial, she glanced at Su Jueze, and said secretly in her heart: She is helping her eldest brother coax her daughter-in-law. Thinking about it, as soon as the little head moved, a small meat hand stretched out into the sleeve of his coat, twisted it vigorously, and then pretended to have found something, and said, "Big brother, there is something on your face, Yuan Yuan will help you remove it!"
Su Xun knew that the eldest brother was for the sake of face in the end, so he couldn't pull his face to express his feelings, and he regretted his life, and today, she added something to the eldest brother's face.
And when everyone saw Su Jueze's appearance, they didn't know it, they all smiled slightly, but even the seventh princess pursed her lips lightly, looked at Su Jueze, and her eyes moved slightly.
The atmosphere in the Zhilan Hall eased for a while.
Tao Shi has always been relieved Su Xun, thinking about going to Shulian Palace, but when passing by Zhilan Palace, she seemed to hear her daughter's voice, she walked in suspiciously, stood outside the hall, and saw her daughter and the seventh princess eating pastries together, the third prince and the eldest son were also accompanying her, it was a warm scene, this heart couldn't help but warm, and she was looking distracted, but heard a gentle sigh from the side, and turned her head, she saw the ochre yellow robe.
"The concubine Tao knocked on the emperor. Dow lowered his eyes, but he saluted without humility.
"No excuses, please. Seeing Tao's salute, Emperor Jiahe took two steps forward, and said while speaking, his hand couldn't help but stretch out, wanting to help her get up, but before he could touch it, he saw the woman take a step back calmly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." There was also a sense of alienation in this look.
Seeing this, Emperor Jiahe's eyes sank slightly, looking at the alienated and delicate face, the corners of his mouth hooked self-deprecatingly, and he quietly withdrew his hand.
"The emperor also came to see the Seventh Princess?" Tao straightened up, looked at this Ninety-Five Venerable without fear in his eyes, and said lightly.
"No, I have important business to do. Emperor Jiahe shook his head lightly, and as he spoke, his hand not only clenched a secret letter between his sleeves, which was the result of the investigation he had sent someone, but he didn't know whether to read it or not. He glanced at Dow and said, "You go in first." ”
"Yes, the concubine is retired. When Tao heard this, he saluted again, and walked slowly towards the hall.
Emperor Jiahe looked at the back and walked away, withdrew his eyes, and turned away.
In the hall, Su Xun saw Tao come in, ran under her with little short legs, and said softly: "Mother." ”
Then she let Tao pick her up and walked to the Seventh Princess, but the moment she was picked up, this little brow couldn't help frowning, looked around, and said in her heart: Hey, why do you always feel that someone is staring?