Chapter 8: Bad News Comes One After Another
Rui Wangfu is under the root of the imperial city, because he is the emperor's sibling, he has always been favored, and the palace is naturally one of the best in the capital.
Mrs. Tai and Liu got out of the carriage, entered the gate, and got into a bright carriage with a dark color, and after a pillar of incense, they came down, and a girl led them into the main room of Qi Yunxuan.
After hearing only one maid's passing, a mother quickly lifted the curtain and came out, and when she saw Mrs. Tai and Liu's eyes, her eyes immediately turned red, "Mrs. Tai, Mrs., come and see the princess, now only you two can persuade." โ
Liu was shocked in vain, and immediately walked in, and Qi's mother behind her helped the old lady to follow.
The inner room was full of maids of all sizes, but no one dared to say a word, walking and doing things with their heads down and not daring to go out, only a heavy gasp came from the head of the bed.
"Ping'er!" Liu walked a few steps to the bed, and when he saw his daughter, he immediately felt a pain in his heart.
Xiao Jinping is exactly twenty-two this year, which is the most delicate and beautiful age for women, but the woman on the bed is pale and thin, described as withered, like the withered grass in autumn.
As if hearing her mother's cry, Xiao Jinping slowly opened her eyes, a smile appeared on Mu Ran's face, and she only heard her whisper: "Mother, are you here...... Daughter, daughter is not filial......"
"Ping'er, my Ping'er, why did you become like this, you want to hurt your mother!" Liu lay on Xiao Jinping's body and whimpered and cried, and the surrounding maids couldn't help but sob.
Mrs. Tai took a closer look, the expression on her face suddenly changed, her heart was sour, and she called in a low voice: "Ping, girl......"
"Grandmother......" Xiao Jinping turned her face sideways hard, and saw that the old grandmother's tears immediately flowed, "Ping'er embarrassed her grandmother, but Ping'er couldn't bear it...... Grandmother, you must be disappointed in Ping'er......"
The voice was weak, and then he gasped violently, Liu was about to go to Xuan Taiyi, and his hand suddenly tightened, but it was Xiao Jinping's thin hand that grabbed her, "Mother doesn't have to go...... The daughter's body and the daughter herself know that it has long been gone...... Otherwise, how could I be so reckless......"
"Nonsense! You're still so young, it's just that you're too hardworking, and you're out of breath when you're beaten by that slut, I heard my mother say, Rong'er is still young, you can't just let it go, otherwise what will Rong'er do, who do you let him rely on to ...... a motherless child?"
It seemed to say that in Xiao Jinping's heart, her eyes lit up for a moment, and then slowly darkened, "I'm afraid I can't do it...... Mother, Rong'er, my Rong'er, you must take care of him...... After the prince has passed filial piety, the new lady will enter the door, and there will be new children...... I don't worry about him......"
"Then take good care of your illness, Miss Ping!" Mrs. Rao Shitai couldn't help but reddened her eyes no matter how hard-hearted she was, this was the granddaughter raised in front of her, a girl as delicate as a flower.
"Grandmother...... Ping'er is not filial...... At this point, you have to worry about the old man......" Xiao Jinping seemed to have no strength, and only after panting did she continue: "The prince's step-room is to choose one of my sisters...... Grandmother ......"
"Ping, girl!" Mrs. Tai held her hand and couldn't help but tremble.
"Grandmother!" Xiao Jinping shouted loudly, her eyes widened, and she looked at Mrs. Tai blankly, "Only in this way can Rong'er be the safest, and I can rest assured...... I begged my grandmother......"
"Mother......" Liu was already crying breathlessly and pleaded.
Mrs. Tai nodded, "Okay." โ
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Xiao Jinping's pale face, and she only heard her muttering, "I must hold on...... I'm going to wait for the prince to come back...... I'm sorry for him......"
But in the end, she still didn't wait for his husband.
When Zhao Jingyi was born, Prince Rui asked the Taoist monks of Huguo Temple to calculate a hexagram, and the Tao was twenty-five is a hurdle, and after passing it, he would live a long life of 100 years. It's been exactly twenty-five years now, and the catastrophe is coming, but I didn't expect it to be such a big catastrophe.
Today's Great Xia Dynasty has lasted for hundreds of years, and the emperor has been passed down for several generations, and the iron-blooded army of the โกโก emperor at that time has also become a thing of the past. Now that scholars are talking, the country is stable, and the emperor is heavy on literature and light on military force, it is difficult for an outstanding general to appear. When the northern Hunu made a comeback, it was found that the court could not find a person who could lead the troops to fight, so the border was forced to rob and loot.
Zhao Jingyigui is the son of Prince Rui, and he was born with a golden spoon. Prince Rui's requirements for his son are very low, as long as he doesn't provoke the crime of rebellion, he will break the sky, and as the nephew of the emperor's concubine, he will be fine.
But he didn't want the young Zhao Jingyi, seeing his father's sighing appearance every time he heard the news of the defeat of the imperial court, he silently decided to be angry, practice martial arts diligently, and often read military books.
Finally, when he saw his imperial uncle throwing a chapter for another defeat and belittled the courtiers, he recommended himself.
The genes of the royal family have been improved from generation to generation by many beauties, and their children and grandchildren have grown well. Zhao Jingyi was born even taller and more handsome, usually quiet and quiet, and looked very reliable. There are not many children of the royal family who are so positive, and they are nephews, the emperor carefully summed up, if he wins, it really improves morale, so he forcibly resists the pressure of the courtiers, and leaves behind many objections such as young and inexperienced, anyway, after so many years of experience, he can't win, and after the armament is ready, he chooses an auspicious day of the zodiac, and hangs the commander of the three armies to go to Hunu.
Facts have proved that the emperor's decision is really very wise, Zhao Jingyi has been successful after the expedition, and now he has captured the prince of Hunu alive and escorted him to Beijing.
Zhao Shizi was proud of the spring breeze, but he didn't want a bad news to come, his father died suddenly because he was too happy to drink a few more cups!
The news came too suddenly, and when Zhao Shizi accepted the facts and was about to leave the army and come back quickly, another blow came, and the mother was grief-stricken and died!
knew that these two old people had a good relationship, but they didn't expect it to evolve into life and death, if it weren't for the quick eyes of the guards around him, Zhao Shizi almost fell off the horse.
But no matter how sad he was, he couldn't change the fact of losing his parents, and he endured the grief in his heart, so he took his guards all the way to the capital, and he didn't know how many horses died on the way, and finally saw the city gate, but he didn't want to think that someone was already waiting here.
Zhao Jingyi didn't know how he felt when he walked into the palace, he always felt that it was still this place, but it seemed that it had been more than ten years, and he was a little unrecognizable.
He saw Xiao Jinping lying quietly, with the dress she had changed into when the princess was canonized, her head was dazzling, and her face was carefully makeup, as if she was just sleeping quietly.
At this time, his feelings for Xiao Jinping are complicated, he is ashamed, he doesn't know her grievances, he has hatred, his heirs are already thin, and no one can accept that her concubine was killed by her live rod, but now she is dead.
Once he wanted to live a good life with this woman, just like his father and mother, even if he didn't have a lot of affection, he also hoped to raise his eyebrows, but unfortunately he ended up being a stranger.
She is a well-known talented woman, she likes poetry and songs, he is just a martial artist who dances with knives and guns, and has always scoffed at these things. She doesn't like his side concubines, in fact, he doesn't necessarily want these warblers and Yanyan, but how can he not accept the gifts given by the palace? How can he refuse the gifts from the elders? and the relationship behind these women can not be explained.
He is the son of Prince Rui, three wives and four concubines are ordinary, she is his wife, he respects her the most, if these people she doesn't like it, the palace is big enough, and another place to settle it. It's just sour words, sharp and mean, even if he is not the son of the world, he will hide his anger, and the relationship between husband and wife will quarrel every three days, quarrel every five days, and slowly disappear under the cold war of half a month.
The women in the backyard are all his, and each of them is looking forward to it, and some are gentle and obedient, so why should he wronged himself?
Even if Xiao Jinping's edges and corners were slowly molded away, Zhao Jingyi was reluctant to get closer, she had a sister-in-law by her side, and her status was already firm, as for his love, it was dispensable.
However, even if Zhao Jingyi didn't like her and hated her, he never thought that she would die, leaving a heavy mark in his heart in this way. Even later, he had someone he really liked to the bones, and sometimes he was embarrassed when he looked back.
The funeral of my father and mother has just ended, and the cemetery of my wife and son has been prepared. If it weren't for Zhao Shizi's perseverance and habit of seeing life and death, he would have been crushed if he was a little fragile.
Think about it in less than a month, he fell from a high-spirited national hero to a widow and loneliness who lost his father, mother, wife and son, and his only sister-in-law was hurriedly brought into the palace on the day of the death of the princess and handed over to the care of the queen mother.
This tragic experience, Rao has rummaged through the epic, and he may not be able to find a more tragic one than him, that is, the person who hates him to death, and he does not hold a handful of sympathetic tears.
Zhao Jingyi gritted his teeth, summoned the chief of the palace and the chief eunuch, arranged the Xiao family's funeral, and did not look at the Yao family, who was still locked up in the backyard, and rode a fast horse straight towards the palace.
There was an explanation at the gate of the palace, and Zhao Jingyi drove straight in, all the way to the Queen Mother's Fengci Palace, and saw his son-in-law.
The grief finally erupted after seeing his son's sleeping little face, and the dignified seven-foot man knelt in front of the bed with his hands over his face and suppressed his crying.
Daxia pilgrimage quietly came to Fengci Palace, at this time the entire Fengci Palace was also secretly weeping, the Queen Mother cried particularly hard, and the four concubines led by the imperial concubine were comforting while wiping the handkerchief, but before the words were half a sentence, they were crying breathlessly, and the sadness was like the death of their respective sons.
The emperor is with a weak heart, his nephew shed blood for him to defend the frontier, and now he has returned to the court in triumph, but he has not taken care of his nephew's family!
If the younger brother died in an accident, then the younger brother and sister couldn't think of it because the care was not enough to explain it. Of course, the couple is deeply affectionate, and they can't be comforted, and the nephew must be able to understand it, but because the dispute between the wife and concubine and the concubine leads to a conspiracy and trickery, which leads to the death of the wife and the son, it will be completely slapped in the face. What's more, the princess was married by the emperor, and the side concubine Yao was given by the imperial concubine!
As soon as the queen mother saw the emperor, she cried even more sadly, and kept saying that her brother's life was bitter, and her nephew's life was bitter, and she kept nodding her head in response, and only made the emperor's majesty cry one head and two big, and promised on the spot that she would give her nephew an explanation, and make up for the spirit of his brother in heaven.