Northern Qi Kingdom, Qi Palace, Dongjiao Pavilion.

The Dongjiao Pavilion is located on the east side of the Qi Palace, which is a place dedicated to the study of the prince. After the prince in the palace is born, he must be breastfed by the nurse, and there are four or five elderly palace daughters who are waiting for him, so that the prince can grow up with peace of mind, not from the doting of the mother concubine, and not from the interference of relatives. For generations, the Dongjiao Pavilion is full of the sound of young people's books, and the younger princes are also held in the courtyard or under the trees to listen to the reading of their brothers, and the emperor will give marriage, mansions, and titles after the prince becomes an adult, and the prince will leave the palace at that time.

However, the Dongjiao Pavilion of the Thirteenth Dynasty of the Northern Qi Dynasty is particularly deserted. For more than ten years, there have been a few little princes who have lived here, but none of them left alive.

In the ninth year of the Thirteenth Dynasty, the emperor rewarded Xie Huichen, the minister of the second grade, for his contribution to pacifying the border war, and welcomed his second daughter into the palace as a concubine, and the following year, the concubine gave birth to the seventh prince of the Thirteenth Dynasty in panic and uneasiness. The Seventh Prince has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he almost couldn't survive several times, thanks to Concubine Shu's maiden Xie family, he sought medical advice everywhere and found a good prescription for his life, but I am afraid that he will not be able to pass this level.

"Queen Mother, please, the imperial doctor said, I'm afraid the Seventh Prince can't pass this level, you just let me, the mother, hug him again, please, Queen Mother, please." The lady concubine Niangniang in the past outside the Dongjiao Pavilion is now kneeling in front of the queen, the beads on her head are scattered, and the makeup on her face is crying.

The queen sat at a round table outside the door of the Dongjiao Pavilion, sipping tea and new tea, and did not look at the concubines on the ground, historically, many concubines in the palace were reluctant to have their children, and once a month to meet each other, many concubines arrived a few hours in advance, for a long time, I don't know which dynasty the father-in-law in charge of the hall asked for a decree, and set up such a seat outside the Dongjiao Pavilion for the concubines to rest, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach the Dongjiao Pavilion.

In the past, this side sat small, and Concubine Shu often sit. When she entered the palace, there was no child in the palace, and she finally got pregnant, and she went through many twists and turns before she was born, but the day after the seventh prince was born, she was carried into the Dongjiao Pavilion according to the ancestral system, and she didn't hug it. From the third day, the prince had a high fever, and the concubine didn't get out of bed and ran over, in the past four years, the seven princes have also experienced many illnesses of all sizes, and the queen's methods are cruel, if it weren't for the strength of the mother's family, I'm afraid the seven princes would not even be able to give birth.

"Sister Shufei, what are you doing, it's been a few hours, get up quickly, don't make people laugh anymore." The queen put down the teacup in her hand, took out her handkerchief and wiped her lips gently, and glanced at the palace maid Luping beside her. Luping understood and quietly retreated.

"Queen Mother, the Seventh Prince has been sick since he was born, the Imperial Doctor has never said such a thing to the concubine, the Queen Mother, the Seven Princes are afraid that they really can't stand it, and please be considerate of the concubine's mother's thoughts, the concubine just wants to hug her child again." The Queen's Mother. ”

Everyone present was heartbroken by Concubine Shu's hoarse cry, and many palace daughters standing next to her secretly began to wipe their tears.

In addition to the queen mother, and the guards with knives standing in front of the door of the Dongjiao Pavilion.

The queen put away her handkerchief and gently straightened her clothes. spoken.

"Sister, this palace knows that you feel sorry for your child, although this palace has no children under your knees, but you are also a person who has sat on your mother, whose child is distressed, I know."

The palace maid beside Concubine Shu sighed in her heart that it was not good, and the mother was negligent for a while and forgot about this.

The queen leaned down gently and stretched out her hand to Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu was dizzy, the queen mother who didn't dare to approach half a point in the past actually put her hand up today.

"But sister, I can't help it, this rule, but the ancestors set it, this palace is the head of the harem, and it should abide by the rules."

The queen stared at this woman who was ten years younger than her, her family background was not inferior to her, she had both ability and political integrity, a delicate face, and the most important thing was that she was ten years younger than her, in the past five years, she had really seen enough of this face, but today.

The corners of the queen's mouth rose slightly, and she sneered. Concubine Shu was frightened by the queen's vicious eyes and this sneer, and she remembered where she was and who the person in front of her was.

"Emperor, Queen......"

"Otherwise, Concubine Shu, you go and ask your ancestors for mercy yourself, and see if I can put you in today."

The strength of the hand continued to increase, and those who were close could even hear the sound of Concubine Shu's bones.

In the distance, a small eunuch in the palace of Concubine Shu hurriedly ran over, followed by Lu Ping, who had just left. The queen glanced at it, the corners of her mouth curled even more, let go of Concubine Shu's hand, sat up straight, and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the hand that was stretched out to Concubine Shu just now. The little eunuch knelt beside Concubine Shu and didn't dare to raise her head.

"Niangniang, there is news from outside the palace, the evidence of Mr. Xie's collaboratorship is conclusive, Xie's family, the house has been raided."

"What!" When Concubine Shu heard the news, she sat down on the ground again, her eyes glazed and completely out of proportion.

Luping quietly returned to the queen, "Niangniang, it's all done." ”

The queen didn't answer, but just glanced at the guards in front of the Dongjiao Pavilion, and one of the guards opened the door and entered.

"Well, what about the father, where is the father now? What about my brother and sister-in-law. ”

"Master Xie, he ......"

"What nonsense, say it quickly."

"Niangniang, Mr. Xie committed suicide, Mr. Xie and his wife tried to escape, but they were beheaded on the spot by the forbidden army. The little boy disappeared in the chaos, and the young lady has been locked up. ”

"What, what ......"

Concubine Shu didn't know what to do, there was no rumor, and her home was over without any warning. All of a sudden, sorrow came from the heart, and tears flowed down uncontrollably. My father and brother have died, and my sister-in-law, who is pregnant, is gone, my nephew is gone, and my niece is ......

"Lady Concubine, it seems that you have to deal with a lot of things, your father and brother are dead, let's not talk about it for the time being, it's better for you to go back first and find a way to save your brother's little girl, otherwise, such a young child will only be a slave and a maid in the future." Bengong remembers that when the Seventh Prince was one year old, that little girl, didn't she still sing songs, but even the emperor said yes at that time. If you can only be a prostitute in the future, wouldn't it be a pity? Well? You tell me? ”

Concubine Shu came back to her senses and looked fiercely at the queen who couldn't hide her feelings, yes, yes, who else could there be.

"It's you, Queen, it's you. You did it! ”

Concubine Shu rushed forward, but she was kicked away by the palace maid Luping without even touching the queen's foot.

The queen's face changed, and her palm slapped hard against the stone table.

"The Xie family collaborates with the enemy, it is a big crime of the Jiu clan, the Xie family is now the daughter of a criminal minister, and there is no shame to see the saint again, come to someone, and don't throw this woman to the cold palace in this palace."

"Yes."

The eunuchs around the queen quickly came up from behind, grabbed the concubine and dragged her away.

"Let go of me, what are you, queen, you slut, you poisonous woman, you must not die well! I won't let you go! ”

The queen watched this scene leisurely.

"Sister, I think you're angry and crazy. Don't hurry up, Xie dragged it away, don't disturb the prince's tranquility. ”

Concubine Shu seems to have just remembered the seven princes in the museum. looked back suddenly, but saw the nurse of the Seventh Prince walking out of the door, kneeling in front of the concubine with a white cloth.

"Niangniang, the Seventh Prince, gone."

"You say, what?"

Concubine Shu stopped moving, and the eunuchs stopped dragging her for the time being.

Seeing this, the queen slowly stood up and threw the handkerchief in front of the concubine.

"Sister, let's mourn."

The queen turned around, left the concubine, and left. In the blink of an eye, the people in front of the Dongjiao Pavilion were scattered, and the white mourning hall had been arranged in the hall, and white cloth was covered everywhere. The eunuchs saw that the former concubine on the ground seemed to be stupid, several people exchanged colors and began to tear the clothes on her body, the eunuch who came to report the news and another palace maid tried their best to stop but to no avail, the bead hairpin accessories earrings were pulled down with skin and flesh, but they didn't listen to her cry out of pain, and they didn't blink their eyes. Until there was only one undergarment left on her body, a few eunuchs stopped and planned to drag her to the cold palace. At this time, Concubine Shu went crazy and cried, and quickly slammed into the closed door of the Dongjiao Pavilion......

In the thirteenth year of the thirteenth dynasty of the Northern Qi Kingdom, the Xie family, who had been fighting against the Yanlan family, the mother of the queen of the current dynasty, for 20 years, was raided for collaborating with the enemy and punished the nine clans. The concubine of the Xie family in the harem apologized for her sin with death, and the only living seventh prince died of illness.

In the queen's Fengqi Palace, the emperor and the queen had dinner together.

The emperor had no appetite and had to eat in front of the empress. The queen packed up a heart stone today, she was in a good mood, she ate a lot, and she saw that the emperor put down her chopsticks and put down her chopsticks.

"Your Majesty, what, don't you have an appetite? Today, the concubines specially cooked for the emperor and prepared dinner, does the emperor think it is not to taste? Then the concubine went to do it again? ”

The Emperor looked at the woman sitting across from her. My heart was full of puzzlement.

"Queen."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine is here."

The Emperor looked at the woman who was smiling at him, the wife who had been by his side for more than twenty years, the woman who had killed her children one by one.

"Queen, how can you eat. That's my child, too. That's your child, too. ”

The queen's face turned cold all of a sudden, and she looked like two people before.

"That's not the concubine's child, the concubine's child died many years ago, doesn't the emperor remember?"

The emperor was speechless.

"Are you enough! I told you a long time ago that what happened back then was just an accident! I just did that to keep you from being sad! ”

"The emperor is really enough! kept saying that it was for the concubine, but he still did such a thing, watching the concubine's child die, and wanted to hide it from me, a mother! ”

"That's not true, it's all an accident, I!"

"Enough! The emperor doesn't need to say more, the emperor only needs to feel the pain in the hearts of his concubines. ”

The Emperor looked at the empress's side face.

"Queen, I feel it, I really feel it, I beg you, please don't do it again, do you really want me to have no successor!"

The Emperor looked at the Empress pleadingly. The queen's breath gradually calmed down, and gradually, the queen's expression changed a little, and her eyes were about to fall into tears. When the emperor saw this, he sighed, got up and left without saying anything.

In the Fengqi Hall of Nuoda, everyone was cautious, and they could only hear the queen's soft sobbing.

"Your Majesty, the concubines don't want to. But. ”

Luping took a new handkerchief and walked lightly to the queen's side.

"Queen Mother, the emperor has gone to the Dongjiao Pavilion."

The queen turned her face and said to Luping, "Luping, do you know? Hongu doesn't want to, you know? ”

Lu Ping put the handkerchief in the queen's hand, bent down, grabbed the queen's hand and lifted it to her chest, and looked at the queen with teary eyes.

"Niangniang, the slave knows, they know, Luping knows."

The master and servant hugged each other and wept bitterly. The aunt gestured to everyone, and everyone in the temple quietly withdrew.

The emperor stood at the door of the Dongjiao Pavilion, looked up at these three words, and wanted to smash the plaque, his seven princes and four princesses all died here. Thinking that they didn't even walk out of the Dongjiao Pavilion, they died one after another, it was their fathers who didn't fulfill their duties and didn't protect them. When I came back to my senses, I saw the pool of blood on the door again.

"Concubine Shu, Xie's funeral."

"Back to the emperor, although the Xie family apologized for the crime with death, but the identity of the daughter of the criminal minister could not be removed, and someone had been sent to bury it in the western suburbs and set up a sign."

The great eunuch Gong Zhuda has been with the emperor since he was a child, and he knows a little bit about the emperor's thoughts. For this Xie family, the emperor naturally really likes it a little, otherwise he would not go to great lengths to keep the Seventh Prince, for the current situation, the emperor has done a lot.

After hearing this, the emperor did not speak, and only stepped into the door of the hall for a long time.

The emperor didn't see the body of the little prince, but just stood in the mourning hall for a while and came out. I walked to the study where the prince studied on weekdays and sat down. Gong Zhu asked someone to bring tea to the emperor and extinguished a few candles. If nothing happens, the emperor will sleep here tonight.

"Miyatake."

"The minions are here."

“……”

The emperor just called the great eunuch and said nothing. The emperor's heart was also painful, and he didn't know what to say. Gong Zhu stepped forward and took a few pieces of paper from the bookshelf behind and presented them to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, look, this is a painting drawn by the little prince on weekdays."

"Oh?" The emperor took it and looked through them one by one.

"The prince is still young, and often sick, he doesn't know how to write, he is really good at painting, and the slave also accidentally saw it when he sent snacks to the prince last time, and the prince didn't let the slave see it, and the slave secretly saw it, and the painting was good."

The emperor looked at them one by one, with a smile on his face that could not be concealed.

"Yes, you see, it's really good. Is this one a horseback riding? ”

The great eunuch stepped forward.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's horseback riding."

The Emperor looked at the painting quietly and became sad again.

"I promised the little prince that when he recovers, I will take him to the horse farm to ride a horse."

The great eunuch bowed his head and said no more.

"Miyatake."

"Yes, the minions are here."

"As soon as the funeral is over, let's go to the military region in the eastern suburbs to stay for a few days."

"Yes, the minion will arrange it."

The emperor put down a few pieces of paper in his hand and closed his eyes.

The big eunuch slowly withdrew from the study, looked at the white of the palace, and sighed deeply.

The moonlight is still cold, and I don't know how many people's hearts are about to be frozen again.