249. Chapter 248
The first thing Huaiyang saw Shure sitting on the edge of the bed crying at first glance, and he struggled to raise his hand to wipe away the tears from Shure's eyes.
"Brother!" She cried more and more, as if she was a child who had done something wrong, Huai Yang knew that the person she was crying for this time was not Zong Zheng Yangfeng, but him, this was the first time he had seen her cry for himself in so many years.
"Brother, I'm cold, can you hug me?"
He stretched out his hand, and Shure threw himself into his arms, and after returning from the East Palace, it was the first time she had cried, and she leaned into his arms, and her whole body curled up, as if she had been abandoned and had seen her family.
Seeing this, everyone retreated, leaving the room to Huai Yang and Shure.
The liquid with temperature seeped into the placket little by little, and Huaiyang seemed to be burned, and the scorching heat was transmitted to the heart layer by layer along the placket.
"Brother, am I too willful?"
Huai Yang shook his head, "No, it's actually just right." ”
She sobbed, "Brother, I'm sorry! ”
Huai Yang touched her head, "It's okay, you're fine." ”
Huaiyang is healthy on weekdays, but he wouldn't have been able to do anything if he fell into the water, but some time ago, he stayed by Shuer's side day and night, which was already sad, and he didn't rest well, so he tossed it for days, and as soon as he fell into the water, his body collapsed.
Shuer said that he had to stay by Huaiyang's side in everything, even if he was not physically supportive, he would not leave, Xiuyan and others had no choice but to ask Ji Xuanyuan for instructions, and later moved Huaiyang to the side hall of the princess's dormitory to recuperate. This is not in accordance with the rules, but Shuer has always insisted, and Huaiyang knows that she is guilty in her heart, so she agreed, she has always understood it in her heart.
Xiuyan brought Huaiyang's medicine in and gave it to Huaiyang, "Mr. Huai, it's time to drink the medicine." ”
Huai Yang took the medicine and sniffed it under his nose, the strong smell of the medicine even Shu Er couldn't help frowning, Huai Yang immediately put the medicine back, "This medicine is really hard to drink, don't drink it, take it back!" After saying that, he glanced at Shure without a trace.
Shuer didn't notice his eyes, but when he heard that Huaiyang refused to drink the medicine, he became anxious, "If you don't drink this medicine, how can you get better?" ”
"This medicine is too hard to drink, don't believe the princess, can you try it?"
Shuer laughed, "My brother looks steady on weekdays, but sometimes he looks like a child, and he can play tricks than Lezhong." Shuer thought for a while and said, "Since my brother is also afraid of drinking medicine, why don't you do this, I have to drink medicine anyway, let's drink it together, okay?" ”
Shu Er didn't wait for Huaiyang to say whether it was good or not, so he asked Xiuyan to bring his medicine to Huaiyang's palace. On weekdays, Shuer refused to drink medicine no matter what he said, but now that he is willing to drink medicine, he naturally hurriedly went to the small kitchen to bring it.
Shure pinched his nose and said, "I'll count one, two, three, let's drink together!" ”
Shure really counted to three, and then drank the medicine in the bowl in one go. Huaiyang did not hesitate, and drank the medicine in one gulp.
Shu Er endured the discomfort and suppressed the feeling of nausea, and Xiu Yan hurriedly handed over a piece of candied fruit for Shu Er to take in his mouth to wash the smell of medicine.
After a long while, Shuer came back to his senses from the heavy smell of medicine and took Huaiyang's hand, "Brother, the flowers in Yichun Garden have bloomed, you have to get better quickly, so that we can go and see the flowers." ”
Huai Yang nodded.
Shuer's medicine had some soothing ingredients, but after a while, Shuer began to yawn and became sleepy, and soon fell asleep next to Huaiyang.
Huai Yang gently patted her shoulder, just like when she was a child, slowly coaxed her to sleep, and when she slept a little soundly, he asked Zhang Xian and Xiuyan to move the princess back to the dormitory to sleep.
Huai Yang stared at his hand for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses.
Ji Xuanyuan had already entered the hall, Huai Yang was stunned, and hurriedly got up to salute, but Ji Xuanyuan signaled him not to make a sound, so as not to wake up Shuer.
Ji Xuanyuan walked quickly to Huaiyang's side and sat down, and Huaiyang found that Ji Xuanyuan looked a little haggard than before. But at this time, the expression on Ji Xuanyuan's face was a little joyful and relieved.
"You just lie down! You are grateful not only to Shure in my heart for saving Shure from falling ill, but also to you. ”
Huai Yang shook his head and said, "Weichen is just for the princess, and he can't afford the emperor's words." ”
Ji Xuanyuan patted him on the shoulder, "I understand in my heart your intentions towards Shuer, I have ignored her a lot over the years, and I am very relieved to have you by her side." Shuer is not happy about Zongzheng's affairs, and I can't be happy in my heart, but I always have a last resort. Before, she always said that she refused to take medicine or speak, and she was depressed all day long. I was going to come and see her today. But I'm afraid you are the only one who can make her take medicine obediently. ”
Huai Yang paused, "Your Majesty, can Wechen take the liberty of asking the Emperor a word, when the incident in the East Palace happened, why did the emperor kill the two personal maids beside the princess, but saved Wechen's life?" ”
Shure she...... If even you are gone, I'm afraid she'll be even more sad. ”
Huai Yang looked at Ji Xuanyuan, the person in front of him was an emperor, but at this time, he was actually just a father.
"Now that the princess has gone to sleep, does the emperor want to go and see the princess?"
Ji Xuanyuan shook his head, "I won't go, I'm afraid that when I see her, she will feel more sad, when she gets better, I will come to see her again!" On weekdays, you take good care of the princess. ”
Ji Xuanyuan walked out of the princess hall, but Huaiyang noticed that Ji Xuanyuan had always been depressed. Huaiyang suddenly had a bold idea, in fact, the emperor is also very lonely!
Even if no one said that the emperor had come up, but Shuer knew as soon as he woke up, Huai Yang did not deny what she said, but asked, "How do you know that the emperor has come up?" ”
"Because I smell mint and it's something that only Daddy can use, and only when Daddy is upset." ”
With that, Shure fell silent. She obviously understood in her heart that the emperor's upset had something to do with her.
Huai Yang asked her, "Then will you blame the emperor?" ”
Shure nodded, but shook his head again, as if he was very entangled when he thought about it, "It's not that I don't blame Daddy, but I just can't be ruthless." But although he couldn't blame his father, he didn't want to see him. After saying this, he may feel that this seems to be too unfilial, and hurriedly added, "I just don't want it now, not that I don't want to see it in the future." ”
After this incident, the only thing that shook him during Huaiyang's recuperation was the death of Ren Qiwan, and the cause of death was suicide by swallowing gold. Huai Yang recalled this Ren Niangzi, and could only think of her always following the queen on weekdays, and then the eyes of the emperor standing beside him that night in the East Palace.
Although it was just a glance, Huai Yang was extremely sure that most of the revelations of the East Palace had something to do with Ren Qiwan, otherwise, the person who had been standing by the emperor's side was the queen, why would it be her? Then there is the relationship between the queen and Ren Qiwan.
Huaiyang privately speculated in his heart that no matter how well the Zongzheng family covered it up, in fact, the emperor still suspected that the relationship between the queen and Zong Zheng Yangfeng and the princess was related, or as Zong Zheng Yangfeng said that day, the emperor actually suspected that the queen actually instructed Zong Zheng Yangfeng to seduce the princess!
And Ren Niangzi's unexplained suicide is a confirmation of this.
The emperor is already very dissatisfied with the queen's practice of taking over power for her relatives, and Ren Niangzi may be a victim in this tug-of-war, and she is also an example of killing chickens and monkeys. Since the queen arranged for Zong Zhengyang to be the candidate for the crown princess, the emperor's vigilance has become heavier day by day.
If you explain it this way, it may make sense, Ren Qiwan's suicide is actually just to hide people's eyes, after all, it is a big crime for the concubines in the palace to commit suicide for no reason, and generally no one will do this, and the emperor did not react after knowing Ren Qiwan's suicide, let alone implicate the Ren family.
One day, when he was bored, Huaiyang happened to talk to Shu Er about Ren Qiwan, but Shu Er said, "When I was in the East Palace that day, I knew it, even if Zong Zheng Yangfeng really cared about me, but for Xian Xian, this is an opportunity that can be used, and I will know when Ren Niangzi accompanied her father in front of me." She probably wanted to use this method to force her father to agree to me to join the Zongzheng family, and she originally knew that with the Zongzheng concubine, it would be even more difficult for Zongzheng Yangfeng to get involved with the royal family again. But neither I nor Grandma expected that this time my father's attitude would be so resolute. In Daddy's heart, no matter how much I was hurt, it was because of her, and she thought that she could be rich and dangerous, but she didn't want to cause Daddy's dissatisfaction. Not only am I wary of her, Ren Niangzi is dead, and now even the concubine is afraid that she will be implicated, and the position of the crown princess is not to think about it, but I am afraid that even the prince's heart will be lost. Shuer suddenly sighed, "I realized that, as Zong Zheng Yangfeng said, in fact, neither I nor Grandma have ever really understood Daddy. In the past and now. ”
Huai Yang was surprised that she would say these words, and she thought about it a lot during her illness, and every sentence revealed her heaviness and price. At the same time, he was also surprised that she was able to call Zong Zheng Yangfeng by his first name, instead of using the word "Zipei".
Maybe no matter how much she wants to be free and easy, she still has a little unwillingness and resentment, even if it is light.
It was in such an unconscious situation that Huai Yang felt that the princess in front of him who needed to worry about him all the time had gradually matured, or rather, in fact, she had already matured, but she didn't really want to grow up. But she still needs to grow up eventually, then become a wife and mother, and then grow old.
Just thinking of this, Huaiyang couldn't help but feel a little sour.