Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Emperor's Return
After the queen left, the lantern did not appear, during which Yun Fenghuang drank a lot of water, and slept for an hour, and the medicinal properties of the drug went to seventy-seven eighty-eight, watching the twilight fall, but refreshed.
So he beckoned Nianxuan to him and asked about the ins and outs, especially if there was any news about Gong Xiangxiao or Qi Jiulu?
But Nian Xuan shook her head and said that in the past two days, everyone had been revolving around the two concubines, and she couldn't take care of the others at all, and she whispered in Yun Fenghuan's ear: "Niangniang, have you forgotten?" The prince accompanied His Majesty to a distant land, and he was not in the valley at all. At this time, I am probably also accompanying His Majesty to rush back. ”
"......" Yun Fenghuang pursed his lips, on the day the emperor was going to a distant land, Gong Xiangxiao and others were indeed among them, after all, these people had a good life, but they came here under the scorching sun just to accompany the emperor to hunt.
Except for the two accompanying concubines, because they are female dependents, it is not as convenient as men to go out, and they were left in the villa, so they left part of the forbidden army to guard, and everyone else followed, even if someone wanted to retreat at the end, it was impossible, as soon as the emperor left, there were two concubines left in the spring villa, what do you want to do when you stay?
It's just that Gong Xiangxiao and Qi Jiulu have ulterior motives, and they don't know what excuse they found to turn back and do things......
Her heart sank, Chunjia seemed to be gentle, but in fact it was delicate, the valley was on fire and the Chunban Villa was destroyed, it was impossible for him not to suspect Gong Xiangxiao, who left halfway.
This is the prince of the regent in the end, and even if the regent really intends to change the younger son, it is impossible to say that the eldest son will be handed over to the emperor for punishment.
Especially the royal family, the uncle and nephew are now in love, and no one wants to fall out with each other, so if the emperor catches something, the regent must be a scapegoat.
For example, Qi Jiulu.
Yun Fenghuang lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and said softly: "What can the queen say to you in the past two days?" ”
Nian Xuan said: "After the queen mother came, she only asked about your physical condition. ”
After thinking about it, he said, "And when you were asleep just now, the queen sent someone to ask us how much we used." ”
These are all inconsequential trivial matters, and there is nothing to guess, Yun Fenghuan is anxious but there is nothing to be done, so she can only go down to rest.
Nian Xuan didn't worry about her in the end, so she temporarily ordered a second-class palace maid named Hanlu to keep vigil instead of herself.
Hanlu served her master alone for the first time, she was very frightened, she didn't sleep well this night, she basically didn't stop tossing and turning, she was afraid and didn't dare to make a sound, she trembled and thought about a lot of terrible ends, and almost didn't cry on the spot. In the morning, Nian Xuan finally came over to change shifts, and almost cried with joy.
It's just that Yun Fenghuan shouted to Nian Xuan to dress herself, and Nian Xuan had to let her continue to fight.
"Niangniang, the people on the queen's side just now, Your Majesty should be able to arrive before noon, and she is asking someone to prepare lunch." Nian Xuan whispered while cleaning up Yun Fenghuang, "Mrs. Yaoning's side passed the imperial doctor before dawn, and I don't know what's going on." ”
She said this, but her face was clearly suspicious Gu Zhen heard that the emperor was coming, and she pretended to be seven points for three points of illness, so as to win the emperor's pity.
Yun Fenghuan heard it, but only said "um", and said: "Then wait a while, you will see if we have anything suitable for visiting the sick here, and send some over there, which can be regarded as the intention of this palace to be a sister." ”
As for visiting her in person, forget it, one Gu Zhen is annoyed when he sees her now, and going to visit her in person is equivalent to blocking her in person; Second, she didn't settle the lawsuit herself, where can she have time to play with Gu Zhen?
The palace concubine Zheng'er is taking a long step into dressing up is extremely cumbersome and time-consuming, especially the most powerful Xi of Yunfeng Huang
Le Sheng didn't know about life and death, there was a close attendant by his side, and second-class palace maids such as Hanlu were inexperienced, so even if they did, they were in a hurry. After picking it up, he was finally neatly dressed and his makeup was exquisite, and a report had already come from outside, saying that the emperor and his party were already five miles away, but the mount was not strong under galloping all the way, so he could only take a short rest and arrive later.
Empress Ji then notified the two concubines and asked if they could go to the temporary camp together to greet the holy driver?
Of course, Yun Fenglian wanted to go, but Gu Zhen confessed, saying that he twisted his foot when he withdrew from the villa, and it was not easy to move at this time, for fear of losing his honor in front of the emperor.
So the concubines put on their hats and went to the gate of the camp to wait for the door, and Yun Fenghuang saw the current valley through the tulle that fell from the hat, and couldn't help but lose his mind slightly.
This valley is now devastated beyond recognition, and there is no way to see the appearance of the beautiful mountains and rivers before.
It is all charred black, far and near are uneven ash of thickness, and even the water not far away is like a good landscape painting that has been maliciously smeared by the water and vigorously smeared with many disorderly ink balls, which ruins the artistic conception and beauty.
Although a lot of medicine was sprinkled around the camp, and the copper furnace not far away was still burning with the incense of bisu to ward off evil, and a gust of mountain wind swept in, it still carried a little fishy smell of birds and animals that had not been burned out after they were burned.
"Later, Your Majesty won't know how sad it will be when you see this." As if sensing Yun Fenghuang's thoughts, Empress Ji, who was standing in front of her, said slowly, "The Spring Villa was built in the private house of the Empress Dowager, and every grass and tree was done according to Your Majesty's preferences. ”
Reminded by her, it took Yun Fenghuang a little effort to confirm that the ruins of the Chunban Villa were on the small hill opposite the slope, yes, it could only be the ruins, because the villa had been completely burned down.
This is not surprising, after all, there are many plants and trees in this area, but there is no production of bricks and stones.
Empress Dowager Yuan wanted to surprise the emperor at the beginning, and let people rush to work without telling the news, of course, she used local materials to build purely wood.
Therefore, there is nothing up and down the Spring Villa that cannot be set on fire, and in this fire that swept through most of the valley and was barely controlled by the desperate rescue of the forbidden army by the water and the water, there was no piece of burning tiles.
"Fortunately, Your Majesty was not in the villa before." Yun Fenghuang stared at the ruins for a while, slightly hooked his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes, and said lightly, "Otherwise, if you see the villa collapse in the fire, it will be called a cone." After all, people are not in front of them, and it is okay to receive bad news afterwards; If you are in the middle of it, watching the little embers you care about burning in the fire, but you are helpless and helpless, are you not desperate? ”
Empress Ji didn't seem to hear the tactful thorn in her words, and chuckled, but didn't say anything more.
The concubine waited silently, and after two incense sticks, she finally saw a group of people galloping at the end of the ashes.
The one who started was the emperor, and the distance was far away, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he felt that he was wearing a ginger red silk pinched gold arrow coat in the field behind the fire. The arrow clothes are much slimmer than the regular clothes, and the more Chunjia has wide shoulders and a thin waist, and the figure is beautiful.
The horse he rode was also a divine horse, completely black, without a trace of variegation, and its muscles slid as it ran, like a shiny satin.
As the distance narrowed, I saw that the emperor's eyes, which had always shown gentleness and generosity, narrowed slightly, his face was cold, and there was no trace of a smile.
This made Yun Fenghuang subconsciously twist his handkerchief, because he didn't know if the emperor knew it, and he didn't know how much he knew.
"The queen is hard." The emperor dismounted ten steps away from the concubine, but he still lifted a piece of ashes, so that he didn't say anything, and even the concubine suffered from it.
The queen and Yun Fenghuan both wore hats, and the veils dragged down their waists,
The palace maid helped pat the skirt and that's it.
The emperor was sturdy and sprinkled, but he didn't care, he casually raised his sleeves to wipe his face, and raised his hand to avoid salute while greeting him, and asked, "What about Yaoning?" Why not here? ”
"Your Majesty, rest assured, Sister Yaoning is fine, but she twisted her foot." The queen handed him her handkerchief and said in a harmonious voice, "It's Mao Jieyu who frightened the concubine this time, and the people around her panicked and caught the wrong ...... of the tranquil soup."
As he spoke, he had accompanied the emperor into the empress's tent.
Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the last opportunity to quickly glance outside the camp: the people who accompanied the emperor on the hunting before have now followed back, and the one who followed the emperor closely behind him was still Gong Xiangxiao.
He was accompanied by Qi Jiulu, all of whom were dressed in hunting attire, with bows and arrows hanging on the saddle, small prey, and some light-colored robes that were far away, as if they were stained with the blood and stains of the prey.
Although there was no frolicking in the face of the fire in the valley, it could be seen that they were not nervous or panicked, thinking that the emperor's hunting trip was very smooth.
Whether it is Gong Xiangxiao or Qi Jiulu, it is natural as if nothing has happened during this period.
Qi Jiulu didn't even glance at Yun Fenghuang's side.
Yun Fenghuan paused for a moment and entered the tent, where the queen was already waiting for the emperor to wash his face, and was persuading him to take off his robe and change it: "...... The fire started too suddenly, and when I found it, I couldn't save it. Therefore, the people in the villa can only protect the two sisters to escape first, and as for the things, they really don't care how much they take. You left in the cage of the villa to grab one, the concubine came over and looked at it, it seems that they are all pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so I asked someone to go to the palace overnight to get some commonly used things. ”
The emperor praised the queen's thoughtfulness and carefulness without being salty, and then asked the cause of the fire: "The grass and trees around the villa are flourishing, and now it is the time when the seedlings are strong, and it is not easy to walk the water, not to mention that there is water in the valley, and the tap water is abundant, how can such a disaster occur?" ”
"The concubine also felt that she couldn't figure it out." Empress Ji showed a puzzled and embarrassed look, "The concubine rushed over after receiving the news, so she asked the people below, but a group of people couldn't understand...... The concubine went to the place where the fire started yesterday, and the soil and ashes were a little different from the ashes, and the people at the bottom said that it seemed to have been poured oil, but they didn't see what kind of oil. ”
"There are forbidden army guards around the villa, why haven't you even found such hands and feet?" The Emperor snorted and said, "Fortunately, there is nothing important in the Villa, otherwise it would ......"
He frowned and asked the Empress, "That's it, call the leader of the forbidden army here and me in." ”
This is to personally investigate the root cause of the fire, Yun Fenghuang was worried, seeing that the queen ordered the palace maid to call someone, he avoided the screen, bit his lip, and then moved to follow, but the emperor who had never looked at her before suddenly "tsk": "What's wrong with Concubine Ai today?" How do you look at the ...... who are so preoccupied Lost all the usual jumps? ”
Yun Fenghuan was stunned, and subconsciously looked at him, and saw Chunjia looking at himself with a smile, his eyes seemed to be particularly meaningful.
"Xu was scared." She hesitated for a moment, but Empress Ji had already answered on her behalf, and sighed, "Your Majesty doesn't know, because I found that it was the middle of the night when I walked into the water, and the two sisters rushed to avoid trouble, although Sister Yaoning hurt her foot, and Mao Jieyu's close attendant Xile was nowhere to be found......
"Really?" Before the empress finished speaking, the emperor pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a strange smile, "That's really a coincidence, on the way back, I happened to meet a person with burns all over his body and unrecognizable, claiming to be Xile, a close attendant of the concubine." ”
The first queen and the first concubine could barely control their expressions and screamed in surprise!
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