Chapter 314: Meeting the Concubine
The cold palace is a perennial existence that no one cares about, even if the owner here is replaced by the emperor's biological mother, no one else has seen it in the past month except for the palace maid who delivers food.
Concubine Bo is indeed hindered by the identity of the emperor's biological mother, and lives a different life as a concubine who has been put into the cold palace.
Her food is comparable to that of a concubine, although the decoration in this cold palace is not very good, but the clothes she wears are still very expensive, but it is not as good as her in the concubine palace.
Therefore, the two palace maids specially sent to serve her are also very clever, very diligent in their hands and feet, and do not dare to be disrespectful to Concubine Bo.
They continued to whisper.
"Now the concubine doesn't punish the palace maids at will, the palace maids and slaves in the concubine's palace often disappeared in the past, and I don't know how many groups of people have disappeared, I heard that all of them have been disposed of."
"Don't say it, Concubine Niangniang has punished us in the past month, and her temper will change."
After that, there was no sound in the room.
Father-in-law De looked at the emperor and found that the other party did not have a displeased look, so he said loudly: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
Not long after speaking, the two palace maids were so frightened that they almost threw out the needle and thread in their hands.
They hurried to see the concubine sleeping in the room, and as soon as they entered, they found that the concubine had already gotten up, and her eyes were looking at the two palace maids with deep meaning.
The two palace maids were frightened, they were very quiet when they spoke, could it be that the emperor and the concubine heard it?
A wave of despair hung over their heads, and just when they wanted to kneel and beg for mercy, they heard Concubine Bo say very unhappily: "Get over here and dress this palace!" Didn't you hear that the emperor was coming! One stayed, and the other invited the emperor to come in and sit, the wind outside was strong, and the emperor's dragon body couldn't blow for a long time. ”
The two palace maids were still worried, and the waiters who were waiting to dress hurriedly got up to dress the concubine. The one who went to open the door also went to invite the emperor into the palace.
Concubine Bo didn't wear any rouge gouache at night, anyway, it was her son who came, and he was not the emperor, so she no longer had to wait for the emperor with sincere fear.
As soon as Murong Hao opened the door, he saw a palace maid kneeling on the ground, shouting: "Slaves and maids see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”
Her voice trembled, and her thin body looked pitiful.
Murong Hao's eyes were no longer so stern, and he stepped in and said, "Get up." ”
"Your Majesty."
"Where's the concubine?" Murong Hao didn't see the figure of his mother's concubine, naturally it was the little palace maid who had just gotten up, and when he asked, the little palace maid who had just gotten up knelt down again.
The palace maid lowered her head and said worriedly: "Back to the emperor, the concubine is in the inner room, and she will come soon." ”
Murong Hao would not be interested in a timid palace maid in normal times, but after listening to the conversation between the two of them outside the door, he could naturally tell that this palace maid was the one who had just asked the other palace maid not to chew his tongue.
He didn't find a chair to sit down, but just stood in front of the palace maid and said, "You have been kneeling because you don't want to make tea for me?" ”
The palace maid desperately looked down at the hem of the clothes that were close at hand, embroidered with dragon patterns, and only one person in the entire Daqi could wear them.
After listening to the emperor's words, I was scared enough. Not to get up right away, not to kneel still.
Murong Hao saw her fear, and didn't know whether to be happy or depressed, what kind of tyrant or something did he do? Let the minions of the harem be afraid of this. That's beyond the realm of respect.
He glanced at Father-in-law De, who understood, and ordered on his voice: "The emperor asked you to get up, but you still don't get up to make tea?" ”
The palace maid then thanked her and got up to prepare tea, at this time Concubine Bo had already dressed and came out of the room, her clothes were still very good fabric, but in the end she was beaten into the cold palace, so the Internal Affairs Office did not dare to give her too bright materials.
Concubine Bo didn't apply powder, and her hair was simply coiled up, so it looked like a big change from before, and Murong Hao felt that his mother had suffered in the cold palace.
Concubine Bo was unconscious, looking at her son, her eyes moist.
It's so deserted here, so cold that she doesn't dare to sleep deep every night, it's a light sleep. She felt that her son was a little strange, and even that many people were strange, and they all had the same cold face.
When facing the next person, she can still scold her with a straight face, but every time in the dead of night, there are always a lot of people around her, countless people around her, or pressing on her, she can't move, they are all shouting Concubine Niangniang, Concubine Niangniang.
The bloody and hideous faces were not human, they would scratch her face, whip her, and choke her neck.
Every time she thought she was going to die, she tried to break free and those people disappeared in an instant, she was a little sleepy, and when she closed her eyes, those people came again.
It's terrible, she knows that she is haunted by ghosts, Concubine Bo thinks that this cold palace is not clean, she wants to live here at all, but it is also dangerous outside, the guards at the palace gate have the same face, expressionless, hideous looking at her.
She didn't dare to go out, and she didn't want to stay here, she was in a trance during the day and scared at night.
But at this moment, her son is here, her emperor is the Ninety-Five, the true son of heaven is supreme, with him, those demons and monsters will not dare to appear again!
How did Murong Hao know what Concubine Bo was thinking, he only knew that he, the domineering concubine, had lost a lot of weight at this time, her face was haggard, and her mood was very complicated.
"Mother."
Concubine Bo's tears fell silently, and she said in a trilling voice: "Emperor, don't be angry, the mother concubine will never say those things that you are not happy about, okay?" ”
After speaking, he looked at him carefully, as if he was ready to admit his mistake as soon as he saw Murong Hao's dissatisfaction.
Murong Hao's heart twitched, how did his mother become a ...... So carefully.
He tried to relax his face, showed a smile, stepped forward to hold Concubine Bo's cold hand and said, "Mother, your sons shouldn't be angry with you, today is your birthday, don't you remember?" ”
"Birthday?" Concubine Bo has been tortured a little unconscious by these days, where do you remember that today is her birthday.
Thinking of previous years, when her birthday was not a big event, those dignitaries gave her gifts and licked her face to please her. Now that she is nesting alone in this remote place, is she still the mother of the current emperor?
Thinking of this, the tears of grievance in my heart flowed again.
Murong Hao hurriedly coaxed her and motioned for Father-in-law De to make a move.
Gonggong De first laughed flatteringly, and then said: "Concubine Niangniang, you see, the emperor has always remembered your birthday, specially made a few dishes that you like to eat, and personally came to congratulate you on your birthday."
Concubine Bo didn't think it was interesting for her and her son to eat a few dishes, where was the excitement of holding a banquet. But she was able to survive in the former emperor's harem, and it was a lie that she didn't have any skills.
Even if she didn't like it in her heart, she was very moved on her face, she held Murong Hao's hand, and said with tears in her eyes: "The emperor still remembers the birthday of this palace, but this palace doesn't remember it." The emperor who is so cold has come over in person, and he has a heart. The mother was very happy ......"
At the end, I sobbed a few times.
Murong Hao asked Father-in-law De to put the food on the table, helped Concubine Bo to sit down at the table and said, "Mother Concubine has suffered during this time, are you hungry?" Let's eat something first. ”
As soon as Concubine Bo heard Murong Hao say that she had suffered recently, she knew in her heart that there was a drama in leaving the cold palace, no matter how stiff the two of them had a quarrel a month ago. Look, now her son isn't coming to coax her.
She is the emperor's biological mother, and she sent her biological mother into the cold palace, so she didn't believe that no one would speak out about this kind of unfilial behavior.
Concubine Bo smiled kindly, took the chopsticks handed over by the palace maid, and said lovingly: "Eat, the dishes sent by the emperor himself must be delicious." ”
Murong Hao saw that his mother's concubine's personality had changed so much, and he also had some thoughts in his heart to take her out of the cold palace, as long as she was willing to cut off contact with that thief, she was willing to stay in her concubine's palace with peace of mind, no longer meddle in the affairs of the previous dynasty, and no longer frame those loyal ministers.
The thought quickly burned. In addition, today is his mother's birthday, but it is really inappropriate to stay in such a deserted place.
He was still thinking, but Concubine Bo glanced at him and lowered her head to eat the vegetables. After moving the chopsticks twice, he said that he was full.
Murong Hao looked at his mother who had only eaten a little bit, and frowned slightly, "Mother, are you not hungry?" How can I eat so little? ”
Concubine Bo shook her head with a smile: "The concubine's appetite has decreased a lot recently, and I just saw that this dish is hungry, and I feel full after eating a few bites." ”
Father-in-law De looked at Concubine Bo's expression without a trace, it didn't look like she was lying, but what it meant, I'm afraid only she knew.
Murong Hao looked at the palace maid standing behind her and asked, "Has the concubine always eaten so little?" How did you wait? ”
His tone was faint and couldn't be heard to be angry, but it made people feel panicked behind their backs.
The two palace maids knelt down together and explained: "The emperor spares his life, the concubine Niangniang has had a bad appetite since she entered the cold palace, and often only eats one or two bites before putting down the chopsticks." The emperor spared his life......"
Concubine Bo glanced back at the two palace maids who were kneeling on the ground and trembling in fright, looked at Murong Hao and said, "Your Majesty, what are you doing, the concubine really can't eat it." That...... The mother concubine eats some more, you don't have to embarrass the palace maid. ”
However, her expression was clearly very embarrassed.
Of course, Murong Hao didn't have to force his mother to finish eating these dishes, so he stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "Mother concubine, Erchen didn't mean that. It's just that you've lost a lot of weight, and if something bad lasts for a long time, there's something wrong with your body. ”
Concubine Bo looked at the emperor and smiled, with a very touched expression. However, she thought to herself, if she cared so much about her, why didn't she let her out? She is the emperor's biological mother, although she also knows that the emperor can't do whatever he wants, but letting her out is just a matter of one sentence, which hinders the minister of the previous dynasty?
There are very few women in the harem who are not good at acting, and Concubine Bo has a lot of means, and she has failed to negotiate with the emperor on both soft and hard, and this time she chose to use family affection to influence him.
The queen mother's woman actually brainwashed her son to make him so obedient, she had to change her strategy.
Concubine Bo had a lot of thoughts, and finally responded to Murong Hao by nodding. Then he cared about the emperor and said: "The emperor should pay attention to his body when he is in charge of the government, you only say the mother concubine, the emperor looks at yourself, I haven't seen you for a month, and you are even thinner." It's good to combine work and rest, don't always light up at night and stay up late at night, it hurts your body. ”
Murong Hao looked at the worried look of his mother concubine, and he blamed himself very much. He looked at the dishes on the table that seemed to be untouched, the pointed chin of the concubine, the coldness of her hands...... Let him make a decision.
Tomorrow is something, rest for the day!