Chapter 16: The Precursor of Bloody Storms
Ruyue trotted all the way, and ran to the Stopping Moon Pavilion in less than a cup of tea, and the Stopping Moon Pavilion was messed up into a pot of porridge, and Donghua immediately ran over when she saw her: "Is the princess going to scare the slaves to death?" ”
Ruyue hurriedly explained: "I walked to a cool place and fell asleep. ”
After that, Donghua seemed to remember something: "Yesterday, I heard that the Holy Lord fainted from heat stroke. ”
"That's not going to work." Ruyue immediately became worried, turned to Donghua and said, "Tell the kitchen to boil a bowl of lotus seed soup, and I'll go see my father." ”
Mrs. Xuanhua was busy in the China Palace, and personally went to the imperial dining room to boil medicine, everyone only said that the saint was hot and heatstroke, only she knew in her heart that the emperor was probably stimulated by herself, she stroked her slightly bulging lower abdomen with her hand, although the age of the saint was not exaggerated by her grandparents, but she indulged in the tenderness he gave, he also treated her sincerely, she had been sick for a long time, her face was haggard, he comforted her by her bedside and talked to her, but she had no intention of meeting King Jin, King Jin forcibly asked her in the Xuande Palace, and even visited more than once late at night, she has been keeping a secret in order to stay by the saint's side, but she doesn't want to be paper can't hold the fire after all, but the child is innocent after all, and she really can't bear this child.
"Ma'am." A maid stepped forward to greet you, "The Holy One has driven everyone out of the city and let you in." ”
She nodded, took care of the saint for the night, she looked very haggard at the moment, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, straightened her clothes, and walked in.
The emperor's bedroom was burning with soothing incense, and he only wore a bright yellow pajama embroidered with two dragons playing with pearls, and half leaned on the mahogany bed. Keep your eyes closed.
Mrs. Xuanhua walked over slowly, picked up the cloak on the hanger and covered him, between the flints, his wrist was grabbed by the emperor's hand, he opened his cloudy eyes, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes: "Why do you lose me?" ”
She was in pain, her wrist was held by the emperor in pain, and she knelt on the ground with a "poof": "The concubine is guilty-"
"Who the hell—" His voice was hoarse.
She knew that she was sorry for the saint, and she didn't want to see the father and son of the person she loved killing each other, so she didn't arch King Jin out after all.
Xuanhua held back her tears and knelt on the ground: "The concubine only wants to die-"
Before the words fell, the emperor suddenly grabbed her hand again, close to his mouth: "What a nice smell of nectar, if I remember correctly, the nectar of this flower is only abundant in the fiefdom of King Jin - this is also the smell on King Jin-"
Mrs. Xuanhua trembled, and even her voice trembled: "The concubine only wants to die-"
"I ask you." The emperor finally let go of her hand, and there was already a red mark on Hao's wrist, "Are you voluntary?" ”
Xuanhua bit her lip tightly, for fear that she couldn't help but cry, she sobbed and said: "It's because the concubine is afraid of death, she shouldn't have been able to linger, and she has also defiled the jade body of the King of Jin and the saint-"
The emperor lay down slowly, he thought about the first time he saw her, she was just a show girl to be selected, but the pear blossoms cried with rain, and the hall did not hesitate to die, and would rather die than marry someone he didn't love, he was curious, and forcibly left her, but he didn't force her, chatting and playing chess all night with her, watching plays, and feeding the fish, and then she herself kept him for one night - since then, the spring supper is warm, only envy the mandarin duck and not the fairy - Liu Yu appeared in his mind again - a tear flowed from the corner of his eye.
"I believe in you."
Xuanhua couldn't believe her ears, the emperor stretched out a hand from the bed, she couldn't care about her kneeling numb legs, and stretched out her hand to hold it.
"I've been unbelieving all my life—I'm so tired—I'm willing to believe it once—" he patted her hand, "Let's go down and raise the baby in peace first." ”
Two maids came in and helped her out, and the Holy Lord commanded, "Elect Lord Liu to meet her." ”
Not far from the Zhonghua Palace, Donghua took the white fungus lotus seed soup that happened to be in the middle of the day, and walked behind Ruyue chatteringly: "The emperor has been doing well recently, it must be the princess's credit."
Seeing that there was a lady's sedan chair in the distance, Ruyue hurriedly asked for peace, but no one answered in the sedan chair, and there was a faint sound of sobbing.
After the sedan chair passed, Donghua got up and supported Ruyue: "It's Mrs. Xuanhua's sedan chair." ”
Ruyue unexpectedly remembered what she saw in the Xuande Hall that day, and she didn't realize that so much time had passed.
"It looks like it came out of the emperor's bedroom." Winter Flowers muttered to herself.
Ruyue actually had a bad premonition in her heart; "Donghua, you don't have to follow me, go and ask why my father suffered from heat stroke yesterday."
"Yes." Donghua saluted and hurriedly followed the sedan chair.
Walking to the door of Daxing Palace, he bumped into Liu Xu, who was in a hurry but full of joy, he was startled when he bumped into Ruyue, tightly guarding the things in his arms, and even forgot to salute, and saw that it was Ruyue, so he breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Ruyue down in the corner, and said mysteriously: "Looking at the sky at night, I'm afraid that this East Palace is going to change hands again." ”
"But my eldest brother must be unwilling in his heart-" Ruyue didn't have time to speak before she was interrupted by Liu Xu. "Princess, look at it, presumably the princess has not had a good time this time, and after today, it will be the day when the princess raises her eyebrows." His face was full of pride, dark purple official robe, black hair was tied high, and he was suave, he let me take a look at the thing in his arms, and the yellow silk showed a corner, which was actually an edict.
Ruyue didn't have time to express his surprise, so he spoke: "The emperor must be anxious this time, princess, go and comfort him." After speaking, he hurriedly walked in the direction of Shuren Village.
Ruyue turned her head, facing a pair of eyes, and when she saw her gaze, the owner of the eyes was startled and hurriedly avoided it. It is Yu culture and. Yang Guang's favorite ministers were born with a clever mouth, a pair of narrow fox eyes, two mustaches, and gray hair. The uneasiness in Ruyue's heart slowly expanded, and she hurriedly walked into Daxing Palace.
Yu Wenhua listened to the conversation, hurriedly ran away, and found Yang Guang: "Is Your Highness ready for everything?" ”
Yang Guang looked confident: "Since the Heavenly Father Emperor fell ill yesterday, the King had a premonition that something was going to happen, and he has been preparing since then." ”
The candlelight in the dormitory was particularly dark, the black wooden table was scattered all over the place, the maids were all sent out by Ruyue's father, and even the requiem incense that he usually lit only when he went to bed was also burned in the copper furnace. I saw him sitting on the bed, looking anxious as if he was waiting for something. When he saw the moon coming, he made a gesture to get up.
"Father, what are you going to do?" Ruyue hurriedly walked over and picked up the cloak beside the bed, the golden dragon was majestic and majestic, and it was particularly discordant with the silent atmosphere.
While talking, Ruyue brought a cup of hot tea and wanted him to drink it.
"Yang Guang is a rebel." The emperor pushed away the tea in Ruyue's hand vigorously, and the porcelain pieces shattered to the ground, "He actually had an affair with Mrs. Xuanhua——"
Ruyue was shocked, and sure enough, it was discovered, and the uneasiness in her heart was finally verified, "This country is the hard work of my life-" His cloudy eyes looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, flashing a glimmer of light, "I can't give it to such a person-" His hand trembled and took out the jade seal from under the soft pillow, handed it to Ruyue's left hand, and held her right hand tightly with both hands, old tears, "Father also found out in the end that there is no one around him who can be relied on, Father is sorry for your eldest brother, Father Emperor Zhi, With your eldest brother's temperament, he will never hold a grudge against his father, he will help his father guard his father's country, this is the only thing that his father has, he will not live up to me-Xiaoyue, go help your eldest brother-go help him-"
The emperor's voice gradually weakened, and after saying this, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, his eyes were filled with teardrops, and Ruyue Zhilu said, Jiangshan is the only thing he has worked hard for half his life, and he can't risk handing it over to someone who has seized his nominal mother, and he will never allow anyone to destroy it. Ruyue wiped away the tears in her father's eyes with a handkerchief, he struggled to stretch out his hand, Ruyue gently held it back, and comforted: "Father don't worry, my father is the master of this world, who will inherit the unification in the future, it must be my father's intention, Xu is eldest brother is slower on the way, to Xiaoyue said, it must be the emperor's brother who is overjoyed, thinking about how to answer so he came late, Ruyue will go to urge." ”
After speaking, she put her father's outstretched hand in the quilt, tucked the quilt for her father, got up and called, "Someone." ”
The door "creaked", and immediately four palace maids knelt down in front of Ruyue.
"It's going to be night, my father should also drink medicine, you don't have to go out, and wait here, my father is tired today, you need to lean over to listen, so you can wait, don't be lazy."
"Yes. The slave and the maid obeyed. ”
Out of the Daxing Palace, next to the vermilion gate. The two stone lions face the afterglow of the setting sun, majestic and majestic, Ruyue looked at the long steps and did not have the courage to go down, those palace maids and eunuchs who were in a hurry to come and go must not have imagined that a bloody storm was about to start again. She looked at the sky, and there were birds flying by at dusk, where are you? These are all things I don't want to face, are you worried about me?
Closer and closer to Shuren Village, there is no eunuch palace maid around, quiet and a little unreal, Ruyue can't help but lift the skirt, but her heart begins to think crankily: Presumably the eldest brother has become accustomed to the ordinary life of male farmers and female weavers, is he still willing to take over his father's country? Besides, the eldest brother is so filial, how did Yun'er pass the level of the unruly queen? Will everything be fine after the accession to the throne? No, no, there will definitely be more troubles after ascending the throne, Yang Guang has already co-opted and cultivated so many ministers openly and secretly, will they support my eldest brother?
The more she thought about it, the more chaotic she became, seeing that Shuren Village was in front of her, Ruyue found that not only was there no guard at the door, but even the usually closed gate was open, she hesitated to stop, but there was no movement inside, she thought about it, immediately turned around, and was about to walk towards Daxing Palace, but she didn't want to have a person in the middle of the road, with a white beard, a pair of fox eyes narrow and cunning, with a light that was determined to win, Yu Wenhua and, Yang Guang's favorite ministers, Ruyue secretly screamed in her heart, and the jade seal in her sleeves was also secretly hidden a little deeper.