Chapter Seventy-Two: The Dawn
Xue Tianao pretended to be surprised: "How did my aunt know?" Tianao prepared a birthday gift for his aunt, but Tianao deliberately went to Qilian Mountain to find the honey made from snow lotus powder, Tianao guaranteed that this was the only one in the past five years, Tianao felt that only this kind of honey was worthy of his aunt's use. ”
The thing is unique, and the mind is also chic, Xue Tianao's gift this time is on par with Xiao Wanyao, which can be regarded as out of the limelight.
Xiao Wanyao stood outside the hall and basically heard clearly, Xue Tianao also took great pains for Empress Dowager Xue's birthday, no wonder he can be so arrogant on weekdays, that is, people not only have a good background, but also can be a person.
Snow lotus honey can have the function of moisturizing the heart and lungs, can make people prolong life, eternal youth, coupled with the snow lotus growth environment is harsh, high altitude, short flowering period, with snow lotus honey, it can be said that it is very difficult, so an average of five years can get a jar of honey, and this jar of honey often does not know who to sell to, even if it is royal, may not be able to get this jar of honey.
Xue Tianao's ability to bring snow lotus honey shows that he has put a lot of effort and effort into getting such a jar of precious honey in the Qilian Mountains.
Thinking of this, even Xiao Wanyao couldn't help but swallow her saliva, this legendary precious honey is not only a high-quality ingredient, but also a rare medicinal material.
It's a pity that I didn't have a chance with it, and it's already a blessing to be able to take a look.
Xue Tianao was basically the finale, not only was the Empress Dowager Xue happy, but even Tang Siqi couldn't help but ask the Empress Dowager for a mouthful of precious snow lotus honey to taste.
Xiao Wanyao looked at the time, no matter what, she had to go back at this time, so she called licorice and slowly walked towards the open space by the lake in Funing Palace.
The sky was slightly dark, but all the palace lamps in the Funing Hall had already been lit, and the brightly lit open space was like daytime, making people not feel a little dark night coming.
The kneeling ceremony has been completed, and now it is a joyful feast, and every table is filled with palace dishes made by the imperial dining room, which are exquisite, and Xiao Wanyao has been tired of eating these delicate and excessive meals in her previous life, and she has lost her appetite after eating a few bites, only the japonica porridge Xiao Wanyao can still drink, and she also eats it with relish.
On stage, she was singing one of Empress Dowager Xue's favorite operas, Xiao Wanyao didn't study much about opera, she only felt that the babbling was very lively, and it looked like it had a different taste.
But Xiao Wanyao didn't listen carefully, and it wasn't until Xue Tianao appeared on the elevated stage on the other side of the lake that Xiao Wanyao concentrated.
Empress Dowager Xue looked at Xue Tianao with great interest, and Xue Tianao was dressed in gorgeous clothes, standing on the stage with blazing eyes, and with the sound of various instrumental music, Xue Tianao sang: "Hanshou Pavilion Marquis, Qinglong Yanyue gods and ghosts are all worried; In front of the white horse slope, the text is ugly, and it ...... in the ancient city"
No matter how good it sounds, Xiao Wanyao has to roll her eyes, how monotonous Xue Tianao is! It's always these few lines that are sung back and forth!!
"Aside from anything else, Xue Tianao really has a naturally good voice, no wonder the Queen Mother likes to listen to him sing operas, I heard that this is the one I like the most......" Xiao Man played the beat with one hand and sighed, "I don't hear it every year, it all depends on the mood of this Xue Gongzi." ”
Xiao Wanyao couldn't help but raise her eyebrows after hearing this, no wonder! Xue Tianao likes to sing this song so much, it turns out that this is also one of his means to please his aunt!!
But in all fairness, Xue Tianao's singing is really good, in comparison, Xiao Wanyao's singing is not so good, although it is not unpleasant...... But it can only be said that it is very ordinary.
So even in the previous life, Xiao Wanyao was very smart to avoid performing music in front of others, so as not to be laughed at by insiders.
Xue Tianao sang a paragraph, which won the unanimous approval of the audience, and the applause was thunderous in a short time, and the Empress Dowager Xue couldn't help but applaud, and was still talking to Tang Siqi about Xue Tianao's good voice.
Tang Siqi wouldn't mind Xue Tianao being in the limelight in this regard, because he was a monarch himself, and he only needed to see what these excellent and gentlemanly disciples did, and he didn't need to learn it at all.
The performance after that was nothing more than regular singing, dancing and drama, Xiao Wanyao looked up at the dark night sky, dark clouds churning in the sky, although there was no sound, but it would definitely set off a big storm.
Xiao Wanyao looked at the rolling dark clouds for a long time, and finally saw it gradually gather together, and then a roaring thunder sounded in the sky, "June Day Child's Face", a rainstorm without warning, just said that it would fall.
Everyone didn't expect it, even the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting didn't prepare umbrellas for a while, the palace lights were swaying in the wind and rain, one-third of them had been blown out, and the whole square became dark, but fortunately, the officials and nobles who came were all people who had seen the world, and they were not messed up because of a heavy rain.
It's just that the pavilion looks stuffy on a summer night, Tang Siqi, Empress Dowager Xue and the queen are greedy for coolness, and they all sit in the open air to enjoy the show, and now they are also drenched by the sudden rainstorm.
God is fair to everyone, and the raindrops will not fall on you just because you are a nobleman.
Xue Tianao ordered people to go to the Funing Palace to get umbrellas first, and then let another group of people prepare the carriage, preparing to send the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Queen back to the palace first, and then make arrangements for the rest of the people.
At this time, no one could take care of Xiao Wanyao, and no one found Xiao Wanyao standing in the pouring rain looking up at the sky.
The big raindrops smashed on Xiao Wanyao's face in a line, feeling a little painful, but her heart was extremely happy.
God opened his eyes, the qiē of the previous life is being staged again now, this rainstorm, Xiao Wanyao has been waiting for it for almost a year, and now it is too timely!
As if ushering in the dawn of victory, Xiao Wanyao showed an imperceptible smile in the pouring rain.
Empress Dowager Xue was picked up by the carriage that hurriedly drove into the Funing Palace, followed by Tang Siqi and Xue Qingyi, when he left, Tang Siqi also looked left and right a few times, because there were many people, so he didn't see Xiao Wanyao, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only tell the eunuch to send her back when he saw Xiao Wanyao, and then took the carriage back to the Xuanshu Palace.
"What are you looking at?" Everyone was gone, but Xiao Wanyao was still in the rain, she was already soaked, but she didn't care, she didn't even notice that Xue Tianao walked to her.
This is the first time that Xue Tianao has seen the light of expectation for the future in Xiao Wanyao's expression.
Xue Tianao stepped forward to hold an umbrella for her and talk to her, and she came back to her senses and looked at Xue Tianao slightly confused.
Xue Tianao pursed his lips and smiled, and then took out a silk handkerchief from the placket to wipe the rain on Xiao Wanyao's face, Xiao Wanyao did not dodge, this is not the first time, Xue Tianao has been so gentle with her.
"I'll send you back." Xue Tianao handed her the silk handkerchief, and then looked up at the smoke and rain on the lake, and his expression was also foggy.
This is the summer of the third year of Yuan Shuo, the most ferocious heavy rain in the north, this heavy rain came suddenly, but it fell for three days, only these three days, let the river surge, broke one of the dikes, affected several surrounding cities near the river, and also laid a hidden danger for the shortage of grain and grass in the Wei War a few years later.
However, the most important thing at the moment is that Tang Siqi had a slight cold after being drenched in the rain, but Empress Dowager Xue couldn't afford to be sick and had a low-grade fever for three days.
The imperial doctor came batch after batch, and many kinds of prescriptions were used to make Empress Dowager Xue's low-grade fever go down, and the condition continued to make Tang Siqi very worried.
And after Xiao Wanyao returned to the other courtyard, she was no different from usual, she was quiet every day, and she could be ignored by almost everyone.
But now her mood is different from before, and now that the first big stone in her heart has been put down, she feels that life is much lighter.
Three days later, Empress Dowager Xue's low-grade fever began to turn into a high fever, and she was very sick, and the aunt who was waiting for her found that a small lump appeared on Empress Dowager Xue's thigh, and the lump became more and more obvious day by day.
Tang Siqi was worried about his mother's comfort, on the one hand, because of his filial piety to his mother, and on the other hand, because Tang Siqi still needs to rely on his mother to maintain the relationship between the previous dynasty.
The only thing the imperial doctors could do was to reduce the fever of Empress Dowager Xue, and the safe way was to cool down with a towel with cold water.
But when it comes to the increasingly obvious lumps, there is nothing anyone can do.
Tang Siqi specially posted the emperor's list for this purpose, looking for talented people from all over the world to enter the palace to treat the Empress Dowager Xue's illness, and anyone who could cure the Empress Dowager Xue's illness, Tang Siqi promised a reward of 1,000 taels and a hundred households.
Seven days have passed in a blink of an eye, and the lump on Empress Dowager Xue's leg has gradually become an egg-sized tumor, and Empress Dowager Xue's body is getting weaker and weaker, and it has been so thin that it has fallen out of shape in just seven days, and it looks like it can't last a few days if it can't be treated.
All the people who can come have already come, and the methods that should be tried have been tried, but the results are all invalid, which has cast a sad haze over the entire palace, and Tang Siqi has also lost a lot of weight, and he should have fallen into despair because of this incident.
Empress Dowager Xue calmed down a lot, it seems that she has begun to accept such a fate, her situation has been good and bad, when the fever subsides during the day, she will comfort Tang Siqi who is guarding the side, and tell him to deal with the flood matter, don't worry about her anymore, life and death, no matter how worried there is no way.
Tang Siqi was also sad about this, watching his mother's life pass quickly in front of his eyes, and he couldn't do anything, he was obviously the Son of Heaven, but he couldn't do anything, in the face of illness, he was just a helpless ordinary person.
"Holy! Someone has unveiled the emperor's list! It was the eunuch Xiao Lizi who came in to spread the word, and now he has withdrawn from an ochre eunuch uniform and changed into an official uniform embroidered with a royal blue brocade embroidered with a white snake Songhai.
Now Xiao Lizi is already the chief eunuch, and his wish for many years has finally come true with the help of Xiao Wanyao! R1154