Chapter 18: The Death of the Heart
The development of things is no different from what the dream said, and when the holy decree after the abolition came down, Qing Ning just laughed it off. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info as long as you can get your brother's peace back, everything is worth it.
However, there is one thing that Qing Ning is still grateful to Ming Xu, because he did not recall the cavalry he sent out according to the wishes of the ministers in the court, and he did not set up a card on the road. Let these 40,000 horses and horses rush to the grassland as quickly as possible.
There was news about the grassland, and no one hid it from Qingning anymore, and when he finally heard the news that his brother was safe and sound, and was planning to recapture the grassland from the Liukou tribe, Qingning breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
However, his father left after all, and Qing Ning had no way to return to the grassland in person, so he could only pray for his father in the palace every day, hoping that the god of the grassland could send his father to a beautiful and peaceful place.
Since the abolition, Ming Xu has not stepped into Fengyi Palace for half a step. Qing Ning said that he was not sad, it was false, but he couldn't do anything nonsense. The prairie people have always been free and easy, not to mention her proud princess.
"Princess, why don't you hurry up and think of a way, you can't be trapped in this palace all the time......" Qing Ning couldn't remember how many times An An persuaded herself.
An An didn't know, but Qingning knew. As long as there is still the power of Marquis Zheng in the court, she will never be able to sit on the throne.
"Did you get lunch?" Qing Ning didn't explain anything to An An, and asked instead.
"Princess......" An An looked at Qing Ning like this, and pursed her mouth a little angrily.
"I'm really hungry, and the child is hungry too......" Qingning stroked his already prominent stomach and looked at An Andao.
An An had no choice but to go down and prepare lunch for Qingning.
Life went by like this, because there was a small thing connected to her blood in her stomach, and Qingning never felt lonely.
On this day, Qing Ning ordered someone to move a reclining chair to cool off under the big tree in the courtyard, but he faintly heard that it was very lively outside.
"An An, An An......" Qing Ning called An An twice, and saw An An running over in a hurry, so he asked directly, "Is there something going on in this palace today?" Listening to this voice, it was very lively ......"
"I don't know much about this." An An was a little embarrassed, she was now the same as the princess, she couldn't get out of this Fengyi Palace, and she wanted to know about the outside world, so she had to ask the guards guarding outside.
"Listening to this direction, it seems to be from Fengyang Palace." Qing Ning muttered, "It's true that I haven't heard the sound of silk and bamboo in Fengyang Palace for a while......
The meal delivered today was more than twice as good as in the past, Qing Ning saw that it was a little strange, so he asked casually: "Today's food seems to be much better than in the past, is there any happy event in the palace?" ”
The mother-in-law who delivered the meal also had a smile on her face, looked at Qingning and said: "The princess doesn't know, Mrs. Zhaohua is pregnant, the emperor is happy, all palaces have rewards, and Fengyang Palace is even more rewarded!" ”
Qingning is no longer the queen now, and Mingxu did not re-give her the title or position, so everyone followed An An and called her a princess.
Hearing such news, Qing Ning only felt extremely tight in his chest, and he almost couldn't breathe.
Bright is pregnant? Could it be that he spent all this time in Fengyang Palace? For more than two months, he has never stepped into Fengyi Palace for half a step, never looked at himself and his children, and never said a word of greeting, is it because of the brightness?
Qing Ning actually wanted to laugh at this time, yes, he is a big king, some women are willing to give birth to children for him, and some women are dead set on him, he is just one of his many women, what difference can it make!
"An An, let the guard at the door pass the word, I want to see the king." Qing Ning endured the discomfort in his chest and commanded.
When An An heard this, she was happy and immediately ran outside.
This is the first time since she was under house arrest that Qing Ning took the initiative to ask to see Ming Xu, and Qing Ning thought it would be the last time, because she needed an answer now, she wanted to know if there was still a place for her in Ming Xu's heart.
Qing Ning and An An waited for nearly an hour before the guards who went to deliver the message returned. But there is no figure of Ming Xu, there is just a sentence that almost breaks Qing Ning's heart: busy with affairs, there is no time to see each other.
This sentence almost crushed Qing Ning's already broken heart again.
"Let the guards pass on the word again, and say that if you don't see it today, you will never see it again." Qing Ning held the chair on the side and said coldly, "I don't have to talk back this time, I'll wait until the moon passes in the middle of the sky." ”
Qing Ning didn't even use lunch, just sat in the courtyard, where he could clearly see the gate. An An watched from the sidelines, only unspeakable heartache and anxiety.
She was angry at the king's ruthlessness, but she hoped that the king would come sooner, but she was worried that the king would really not come. Such a complicated mood has never been felt by An An before.
At this moment, Qing Ning's heart was not the same, she stared straight at the door, and the armrest of the chaise longue that she had been holding on to was almost broken by her.
Time is always cruel, it passes little by little, and it is impossible to slow down half a minute for Qingning. When the sun set, An An finally couldn't help but step forward and said to Qing Ning: "Princess, you better go in, king...... I'm afraid it won't come. You didn't eat lunch, and now dinner has been delivered, so let's eat somewhat, you're not alone now......"
Qing Ning didn't speak, still sitting like this, looking at the door.
An An'an was anxious, and persuaded Qingning for a while, but it was useless after all.
It was getting dark, and there was still some cool breeze in the early summer evening, so An An silently put on a dress for Qingning.
"The moon is out......" Qing Ning looked at the extraordinarily bright moon in the dark night, and said in a low voice. A crystal teardrop fell unconsciously.
"Princess ......"
"There is still an hour."
Suddenly, in the silence of the night, a trace of bamboo sound drifted into Qing Ning's ears. Qing Ning's heart tightened, and the tears that she had tried to hold back flowed out unscrupulously at this moment, staining her cheeks.
The last hour passed in Qingning's tears. Qing Ning got up slowly, the tears were no longer flowing, I don't know if she was tired, or if there were no tears to flow at all. A cold voice sounded: "Close the palace gate, I won't see anyone from now on, and I won't take half a step out of Fengyi Palace." ”
At a corner not far from the gate of Fengyi Palace, a figure was hidden in the night, looking at the slowly closing palace gate, and his heart felt as if he had been pierced by ten thousand arrows.
Qingning, can you wait for me a little longer, it won't be long before everything will end, and no one will be able to hurt us in the future.
Similarly, in the brightly lit Fengyang Palace, a maid hurriedly ran in and said, "Madam, over there in Fengyi Palace, the palace gate is closed." ”
A smile finally appeared on Mingmei's face, and his heart seemed to have put down a thousand pounds of boulder. Finally, finally, everything was not in vain. Qing Ning, Queen? Our battle has finally begun!