11. The Mother of Memory

"Changyu, thinking about the future is already a luxury......"

Yihua bowed down in front of the Queen Mother, but he seemed to hear another similar sentence in his ears. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The young woman in the splendid silk robe closed her eyes helplessly, and politely but firmly rejected her plea, even if the plea was the queen's intention.

- "But if there is no hope for the future, why should we work now?" The young woman opened her eyes, and there was clarity in her dark eyes.

The clear memory made Yihua no longer hesitate, raised his head slightly, and said to the Empress Dowager Shangguan: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Ling Tangjing once said to her servant: 'If there is no hope for the future, why should we work hard now?'" 'If the future can still be expected, how can Your Majesty have such an idea?' The servant implores the Queen Mother to think twice! ”

"Xian Yan...... Ever said something like this? Like the crown prince Liu Zheng, in the mind of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, the mother who died early is a perfect existence, in addition to being full of admiration and remembrance, hearing Yihua say this, she really can't help but be moved.

"Yes." Yihua straightened his waist and knelt in front of her, with a solemn expression, "Back then, after thinking about it, I just wanted to be able to save my life today, even if I was incognito and humble all my life, but ...... Lingtang did not agree. ”

The Empress Dowager Shangguan took a deep breath and silently turned her face away: "I understand." ”

- Not to struggle to survive, but to strive to live for the infinite possibilities of the future.

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Crossing the long street straight road, the Queen Mother drove from Changle Xique into Changle Palace. The Empress Dowager Shangguan lived in Changxin Palace, the carriage drove slowly along the straight road in the middle palace, and just saw the three out of the palace in front of Changxin Palace, the emperor sitting in front of the palace heard someone behind him tap the wooden partition, and hurriedly asked: "What is your majesty's edict?" ”

"Stop." Yihua commanded softly, "Your Majesty wants to walk." ”

"No." The emperor did not dare to slack off, and flicked the whip in the air, and the clear whistle had reminded the entourage of the subordinate car to pay attention to the movement, and then slowly pulled the bridle and stopped the carriage.

The accompanying attendant immediately moved the wooden steps, Yihua pushed the car back house, leaned over and respectfully asked the queen mother to get out of the car, and his own attendant bowed his head and stepped forward, reaching out to support the queen mother Shangguan to step down the wooden steps.

After a little arrangement, the Empress Dowager Shangguan raised her head, waved her hand slightly, and motioned for the servants to retreat: "Yihua will go along, and you will wait for yourself." ”

"Respectfully."

Stepping out of the car, Yihua hurriedly followed the Empress Dowager who had already gone to the wine pool, but she was very puzzled in her heart, but the Empress Dowager Shangguan's obvious attitude of not wanting to say more made her silent.

Walking slowly along the brick-paved road, Yihua could only hear the sound of the black slug hitting the ground under the feet of the Queen Mother, and with the rhythmic sound coming into his ears, Yihua's heart couldn't help but rise.

"Long Imperial ...... Tell me about Xian Yan......" The Empress Dowager Shangguan suddenly spoke, her voice was very soft, and her tone was quiet, and Yi Hua almost didn't hear clearly.

"Mrs. Jing......" Yihua was stunned for a moment, not knowing where to start - after all, she was not very familiar with the Queen Mother's biological mother who was posthumously named Mrs. Jing.

Huo Guang's daughter-in-law, the wife of Shangguan Ji's only son...... Even if she was a close confidant of the queen, it would be difficult for the young woman to pay more attention, and of course, the young woman would definitely not be rude.

"Mrs. Jing is a very generous woman......" Yi Hua pondered and replied slowly, "Calm and decisive...... "Calm and decisive" After pondering for a long time, she still decided to tell the truth: "...... It is very similar to Xuancheng Hou. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I think it's ...... too."

Although she couldn't see the face of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, just listening to the voice, Yihua knew that she was smiling bitterly.

"Your Majesty......" As soon as Yi Hua wanted to speak, she saw a palace person dressed as a eunuch coming straight from the path, she couldn't help frowning and bowed her head silently.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen Mother." The person who came to bow and kowtow on the side of the road turned out to be the middle and long autumn Guo Chen.

"Is there a hurry?" The Empress Dowager Shangguan stopped and stood still, her brows furrowed. She has been in the palace since she was a child, and she has been exposed to it and practiced it, so she naturally attaches great importance to the rules.

If it is a new person who enters the palace, she will not care, but Guo Yan is a eunuch who served a heavy position when Emperor Wu was in charge, so he should not be so rude.

"Your Majesty, Tingwei Temple has written a letter, please re-investigate the cause of Empress Gong's death." Guo Yu didn't look up, and reported in a hurried tone.

"So what?" The Empress Dowager Shangguan looked indifferent, and was a little puzzled by his panic.

Guo Yu was a little stunned because she had nothing to do with herself, looked up at the Queen Mother, her eyes swept over Yi Hua, who was slightly nervous, lowered her head, and said softly: "After the Empress Wai is exempted, the service of the female doctor is simply determined by His Majesty. ”

Although it is only a routine procedure, the imperial physician ordered that the list of female doctors selected must be sent to the Changxin Palace, and the queen mother will only enter the palace to serve after the queen mother approves the seal.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan's face changed greatly, and she stared at Guo Yan deadly: "You mean, I plotted to kill Xu Pingjun!" ”

"That's not what the minister meant!" Guo Yan was shocked, and hurriedly defended, "The minister is only afraid that the prison officials have this intention!" ”

The Empress Dowager Shangguan snorted coldly: "Are you worried that the county official has such intentions!" ”

Guo Yan was speechless for a while, so he could only kowtow and ask for guilt, but he listened to Yihua say slowly: "The maid is worried that the county official has no such intention, but he will use this matter to clean up the personnel in the palace." ”

Empress Dowager Shangguan's face softened slightly, and she turned her head and asked Yihua, "What is there to worry about?" ”

Yihua glanced at Guo Chen, the corners of her lips raised slightly but she didn't speak, Guo Chen understood what she meant, and said stubbornly: "Your Majesty has not experienced it, everything in the palace needs to be connected by the palace people, if the palace people do not value Your Majesty, the minister is afraid that Your Majesty will never hear about the palace again." ”

The Empress Dowager Shangguan didn't have much interest in power, state affairs, or anything, and when she heard this, she just responded without necessity, but she didn't take it to heart.

Yi Hua and Guo Yan glanced at each other, both a little helpless, but suddenly heard the Empress Dowager Shangguan say coldly: "It's not so much that Qing and the others are worried about me, it is better to say that the Qing and the others are worried about the authority of the Changxin Palace in the future." ”

"Panic!" Guo Zhen really felt panicked.

Yihua knelt down calmly and explained unhurriedly: "The servant doesn't know the way, but he has also heard that 'the king is worried about the minister's labor, and the king humiliates the minister's death.'" 'Now the East Palace is all looking up to Your Majesty's protection, and if you plan for yourself, you must plan for the king, please let Your Majesty know it. ”

Her words were so clear that the Empress Dowager Shangguan could only smile bitterly. Flicking her sleeves to signal the two of them to get up, she pondered for a moment: "Go to Linhua Hall and prepare a pen." ”

"No." Guo Yu immediately responded.

Linhua Hall is on the edge of the pool, open the door window of Qi sparse green and trivial, you can see the lotus in the pool, although there is no other scenery, but, in the middle of summer, the scenery of a thousand feet of blue color, a few points of vermilion is the most refreshing.

After the Empress Dowager Shangguan gave the order, she did not spread the word, but still walked slowly with Yihua. When the two arrived at Linhua Palace, Guo Chen naturally had already prepared everything. On the bookcase, there is a special ruler board for the emperor and the queen mother, next to it is a pen, and the lacquered sand inkstone in front of the pen contains the researched ink.

Yihua helped the Queen Mother sit down on the couch behind the case, bowed her head to serve, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, what kind of seal is ready?" "This is to ask the Queen Mother whether she plans to write a private letter or a seal letter?

The Empress Dowager Shangguan paused for a moment to hold the pen, and thought for a moment before saying, "Take the Empress Dowager's seal." ”

Yihua was a little surprised, but he didn't say much, and Guo Yu next to him immediately retreated outside the hall and summoned the person who was still the seal to take the seal.

Seeing the Empress Dowager Shangguan writing to the Imperial Doctor, Yihua couldn't help but be surprised, but he didn't dare to disturb the Empress Dowager in the writing - wasn't it written to Jinshang? β€”β€”When he saw what the Empress Dowager Shangguan wrote, Yihua almost exclaimed.

The content of the letter is very simple, when the person who came to present the queen mother's tiger button jade seal, Yihua has tied the letter and the seal properly, and when the person arrived, he used a gilt copper pestle to take the purple mud of the warrior from the mud next to the inkstone and pressed it into the seal tooth of the rope, and then watched the person put the seal on it.

After a while, after confirming that the seal was complete, Yi Hua re-presented the letter to the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan glanced at it, and then instructed Guo Chen: "Send it to the Imperial Shi Dafu Temple and hand over Bing Ji in person." ”