Volume 1: Da Chu Chapter 51: Despair
"Yue'er, don't worry, the queen mother has already sent a letter to your uncle, and when your uncle comes back, he will definitely make decisions for Yue'er!" The queen comforted her with a firm voice, as if she were comforting herself.
Hearing the words uncle, Hanyue's laughter paused, she stared at her eyes and seemed to see a new hope, "Yes, yes, I still have an uncle, my uncle loved me the most when I was a child, and my uncle will definitely avenge me!" Yeah! ”
The queen touched her head distressedly, patiently pulled her scattered hair behind her ears little by little, and coaxed: "Does that Yue'er have to eat obediently to wait for her uncle to come back, how can you see the miserable fate of the barbarian if she doesn't take care of her body?" ”
Hanyue kept nodding: "Yes, yes, Yue'er wants to eat, Yue'er is hungry!" ”
The queen was comforted, and hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a large table of good dishes, which Hanyue devoured and ate, and I don't know if it was because she was hungry or simply wanted to live in order to see the tragic death of Tu Lie.
"A few of you, you must take care of the princess, food and clothing must be indispensable, if the princess has something to do, this palace will take your life to explain!" The queen sternly warned several palace maids in the Moon Palace, and the palace maids knelt on the ground tremblingly and said yes, and then immediately got up to serve Hanyue.
The queen watched from afar, and finally left the Moon Palace, it had been several days since she had ordered Ying'er to send the letter, and she didn't know if she had received a reply.
After returning to the Chengfeng Palace, the queen sent someone to bring Chu Ying into the palace, and at this moment the two were sitting in the Chengfeng Palace with uncertain faces.
"Win'er, are you sure you haven't received a reply from your uncle?" The queen still asked with some disbelief, usually as long as it is a letter sent by her, no matter how busy she is, there will definitely be a response, unlike now there is no news at all.
Chu Ying shook his head silently, with puzzlement in his eyes: "Queen Mother, will something happen to Uncle He?" ”
The queen was a little upset, and she didn't reply to the letter for a long time, and she couldn't figure out what was going on on her brother's side, so she held her somewhat swollen forehead and said helplessly: "You send someone to write a few more letters to try, and the palace will go to your father to inquire." ”
Chu Ying's head is down, he is now busy fighting against the third child, and the people under his command have been doing a lot of things recently, and he has to find a way to fight back recently, otherwise the third child is too arrogant, and his status as a prince is not as good as a prince.
"Alright, let's go down." The queen waved her hand weakly, she also knew that Ying'er had been in trouble in the court recently, so she didn't keep him too much.
The queen stood up after Chu Ying left, with a little tiredness on her face, she sat in front of the dresser, and the bronze mirror reflected a graceful and elegant face, but this face has experienced too much sorrow recently, and there are a few more fine lines at the corners of her eyes.
"Come on, dress up for the main palace!"
The queen stared at herself in the mirror silently for a long time before she asked someone to dress up again, she was going to see the emperor!
The palace maids carefully groom the queen, the queen was one of the best beauties in Da Chu when she was young, even after a few years of time, she is still beautiful, the palace maids only for her to apply a little powder to be able to overwhelm the crowd, and for her to change into a palace phoenix uniform, the aura of the whole person is a qualitative improvement, this is the queen of the world of Da Chu Muyi!
"Let's go, go with the main palace to the Heart Cultivation Palace!" The queen who had sorted out her mentality finally exuded her unique aura, and Wei Mo held her hand and walked all the way towards the Heart Cultivation Palace.
In the Heart Nourishing Palace, Emperor Chu was tired of playing and folding, and a pair of plain white hands naturally stroked his temples and gently pressed for him.
"Your Majesty, rest more when you're tired, these things are not as important as your body." The delicate voice seems to have a coquettish meaning, and you don't have to think about it to know that this person is the favored Rong Guifei.
Emperor Chu grabbed her little hand and patted it in the palm of his hand, pulled her to sit next to him, and said in a joking tone: "It's just some trivial things, I haven't reached the time when I can't hold the pen, right?" ”
Concubine Rong fell in the arms of Emperor Chu, and her little hand beat his chest: "Isn't the concubine distressed by the emperor!" ”
"Haha, I know, it's just some unimportant things, let's put it first, I should accompany Rong'er more first!" Emperor Chu seems to be very fond of Concubine Rong, the beauty is in his arms, and it doesn't hurt to watch it later.
Just as the two were flirting and scolding, Xiao Shunzi stepped forward and interrupted them very untimely: "Your Majesty, the queen is here and waiting outside." ”
"Oh?" Emperor Chu frowned, let go of Concubine Rong and tidied it up before saying, "Let her come in." ”
"Yes!" Xiao Shunzi stepped back and took the queen into the Heart Cultivation Palace.
"It turned out that the queen's sister came, and my sister has seen the queen's sister!" Concubine Rong didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Emperor Chu, and she didn't fall at all when she should salute according to the rules.
As soon as the queen saw Concubine Rong's face, she breathed a sigh of relief, she forced herself to calm down, and saluted directly towards Emperor Chu without looking at her.
Concubine Rong didn't care, she didn't want to be too ostentatious in front of the emperor, she consciously gave up her position and beat her back for Emperor Chu, as if she had no intention of leaving.
"Queen, get up." Emperor Chu raised his hand to let her get up, because Hanyue's matter made him not go to see the queen for several days, and when he saw her, he suddenly had some complicated meanings in his heart.
The queen stood below, as if she wanted to speak, but because of the presence of Concubine Rong, she couldn't say anything, so she had to hint at her with words: "Sister Rong, this palace heard that there are several more batches of heavenly silk in the Imperial Clothing Workshop, and she is preparing to make the first batch of clothes, my sister usually likes these the most, don't you want to go and see it?" ”
The words implied that Concubine Rong asked her to leave, and she had something to say to the emperor alone.
Concubine Rong is not a stupid person, how can she not hear the hint in her words, she secretly glanced at Emperor Chu, and only after seeing that he didn't say anything did she say: "It's hard for the queen's sister to remember her sister's preferences, and my sister will also want to go and see it, so I won't bother the emperor and my sister." ”
Emperor Chu nodded slightly, and Concubine Rong bowed down after bowing.
After Concubine Rong left, Emperor Chu didn't ask why the queen came, but just lowered her head and criticized the folds, the queen's face froze, and she spoke first to break the deadlock: "Is it okay for the emperor to come in?" ”
Emperor Chu didn't look up, just let out a soft "um", and his tone was lukewarm.
The queen listened, the expression on her face was almost unbearable, she took a deep breath, and asked again: "I heard that the concubine's brother has successfully taken Lianyun City, I don't know when he will be able to return to the court?" ”
Emperor Chu looked up at her when he heard that she was not here for Hanyue, and he didn't see the queen for a few days, and he seemed to be a lot haggard.
He sighed softly in his heart, and his tone softened a little: "General Hua is extremely brave, and I know that it will not be easy for him to take Lianyun City, so I issued an order to summon him back to the court three days ago." ”
Three days ago? The queen was a little surprised in her heart, she wanted to ask when she would be able to return to Da Chu, but she didn't expect that Emperor Chu's next sentence shattered her hopes like a hammer.
Emperor Chu said again: "Not long ago, there was a riot in Nanli Border City, where troops were raised to attack Lianyun, which my Great Chu had just taken, and General Hua had to stay to quell the riot, so the time to return to the dynasty has not been determined for the time being. ”
"What?!" When the queen heard this, she only felt dizzy in her brain, her legs couldn't help but weaken, and she couldn't sit on her knees on the ground.
Emperor Chu was startled, thinking that she was worried about General Hua's safety, he hurriedly walked down to help her up in person, and comforted: "The queen doesn't have to worry, General Hua is one of the best generals in Great Chu, just a little riot, there is no danger." ”
The queen opened her mouth in shock, and her ears echoed the words of Emperor Chu just now, General Hua was trapped by the Lianyun riot and couldn't come back for the time being... So, what about her moon?
Chu Huang's worry shook in front of her eyes, and her eyes were stunned, as if she was too frightened, "Someone!" Call the Imperial Doctor! ”
"The queen doesn't have to worry, if she really can't worry about General Hua's safety, I can ask General Hua to write a letter back to comfort her concern!" Emperor Chu thought that the queen was so frightened because he was worried about General Hua, so he opened his mouth to appease him, and he couldn't bear her like this in his heart.
The queen was recalled by his words, she looked at Emperor Chu in a daze, and muttered in her mouth: "What about Yue'er, what about Yue'er?" ”
Suddenly, Emperor Chu's arm holding her stiffened, the expression on his face also paused, and his eyes dodged, as if he didn't want to answer her words.
Seeing the emperor's appearance like this, the queen suddenly smiled, her laughter was desolate, and she still asked without giving up: "Your Majesty, what about the concubines asking you, what should we do with our Yue'er?" ”
Emperor Chu is the Ninety-Five Supreme, when did the question he didn't want to answer ever been forced to be asked like this, he was angry in his heart, and as soon as he let go of the hand holding the queen, the queen fell to the ground with a stumble.
Emperor Chu regretted it, but when he saw the queen's ungiving eyes, he just wanted to stretch out his hand to pull her and forcibly took it back, and angrily flicked his sleeves and stopped looking at her, letting her fall to the ground.
"Queen, you're tired, just go back and rest if you have nothing to do, as for General Hua, you don't have to worry too much." The expression on Emperor Chu's face returned to the lukewarm appearance he had just now, and an eviction order had already been issued in his mouth.
"Heh, does the emperor really want to marry Yue'er to the wild land of Beishuo? How can you be willing to let Yue'er go there to suffer, Yue'er is your favorite daughter! The queen shouted out word by word excitedly, for the sake of her daughter, she didn't even care about the consequences of angering the emperor!
"Queen!" Emperor Chu shouted loudly to stop her questioning, he is the emperor, the queen is his wife, as the most noble woman in Great Chu, she shouldn't question him here like a market shrew!
The queen was shouted back to her senses by Emperor Chu's shout, she woke up with a start, recalling the series of questions just now, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on her back.
"Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't have a heart, the concubine, the concubine just feels sorry for Yue'er, she is also the emperor's daughter, she is the flesh and blood of the concubine who was born in October, does the emperor really want to watch Yue'er sheep into the tiger's mouth?"
The queen changed her previous tone and became pleading, she was the queen for so many years and it was the first time she begged the emperor, why not be desolate.
Emperor Chu looked at the queen, his wife, he was not distressed and unbearable, but he couldn't, he was his father and the emperor of Great Chu, he had to think about it for the sake of Great Chu!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the concubines beg you to take back your will!" The queen knelt down sincerely and kowtowed fiercely, although she knew that the chance was slim, she still wanted to try her best to change.
"Hey, what's the trouble with the queen?" Emperor Chu sighed, thinking that he was the emperor of Great Chu, Jun had no jokes, and he had already promised Tu Lie, if he repented at this time, I am afraid that he would provoke a war between Beishuo and Great Chu!
So, he can't!
"The queen should go back, come on, send the queen back to the palace, and find a doctor to take good care of the queen's body by the way!" Emperor Chu made a final statement, never giving the queen a chance to speak again, the queen wanted to say something more, but it was too late, and no one could resist his order.
"Concubine, retire!"
God knows how heartbroken she was when she said these four words, and the queen only felt as painful as if she had been torn off a piece of flesh.