Chapter 13: Eavesdropping
Spring goes to summer, this is the best season of the year, but it is a pity that the summer heat in Nanchen Kingdom is heavy, and it will be stuffy at noon, but fortunately, the ice cubes in the palace are sufficient, and the masters of each palace can get some.
Since the last incident, the harem has been quiet a lot, I heard that the queen mother has been ill for a long time, and even the palace concubines have been exempted, Nuan Jin has visited twice, and sat there and said a few words and then withdrew.
In the end, it can't compare to the ordinary people's family, the family affection of the heavenly family is indifferent, even if it is a relative ancestor and grandson, it feels like it is 108,000 miles away.
As for that incident, her mother also knew, Nuan Jin thought that if they met, how could the queen mother explain to her, but she was born with a cold temperament, even if she went to Kunjin Palace to ask for peace in the future, the queen mother never mentioned this matter, and still asked if she ate well, whether the new master could understand the coursework and so on.
Her good wife, who rarely appears on weekdays, except in the study, she really can't see it anymore.
Summer flowers bloom, compete for the beauty of the show, Kunjin Palace and the imperial garden compared but look much lighter, the queen mother loves the magnolia tree, so there is nothing else in the palace except magnolia. It's just that the magnolia flowering period has long passed at this time, and it looks just ordinary green trees up and down, so I really can't see anything unusual.
Since the incident passed, Nuan Jin has almost not stepped out of the door, except for asking his father and mother to say goodbye, and the rest of the time he hides in the Qiwu Palace and does not come out. Her prince's brother could see it, thinking that she was hurting for Mrs. Rong, this time she was hiding in the palace to heal, anyway, it was the little love of the little daughter, and she couldn't get on the table, and she was stuffy in the quilt and howled twice, and she couldn't die.
After the afternoon, the summer is strong, the day is hot and upset, Nuan Jin thought that it would be time for the queen to take a nap, so he thought about going to ask for peace, and by the way, he could ask for a bowl of osmanthus soup.
Passing through the weeping flower gate and meeting the moon viewing corridor, the lush magnolia trees on both sides are luxuriant, glowing with fragrance but no flowers blooming.
The Kunjin Palace was built extremely exquisitely, and every place was careless, and his father spent a lot of effort to build this Kunjin Palace. Nuan Jin remembered the rumor again, if it was really as the rumor said, she really couldn't understand the thoughts of the queen mother, her father was the emperor, the most noble master in the world, it was rare that he was still a dedicated emperor, he could be regarded as the first person in the past, loved by such a man, why would the queen mother still have other hearts?
The mind only turned a few corners, and when Nuan Jin came back to his senses, he had already entered the Kunjin Palace, strange that there was no one guarding outside, and he could only vaguely hear the conversation of a man and a woman in the palace.
Nuan Jin was shocked that something was wrong, the man's voice was as clear as the ancient Yaoqin, echoing in such an afternoon, especially long and long.
She was a little short of breath, and subconsciously hid behind the door and quietly looked inside. On the bed sat a palace beauty, and there were no traces of age on her cheeks, but her slightly pale face revealed her illness.
Next to the bed sat a silver-haired man in a smoke-blue brocade robe, because his back was to Nuan Jin, she couldn't see his expression, the man didn't know what he was saying, making the woman smile warmly, and occasionally coughing low attracted the man's worried pat.
It's not that I'm not familiar with this voice, it's just that I can't believe it, such a cold person can have such a gentle time.
Nuan Jin only felt that her heartbeat could not be controlled, as if she had peeked at the most unsightly secret.
The two of them had such an open and honest private meeting, and they didn't even have anyone to guard it, in case, in case her father suddenly came...... Nuan Jin stiffly shook his spirit, wanted to leave but couldn't take a step, so he hid behind the door in a daze.
"Although the weather is warm now, your body is different from others, if you catch a cold, it will cause old diseases, you can't be too willful."
The queen smiled, and after a low cough, her originally pale face flushed slightly, and she looked a lot more energetic: "It's such a big person, I don't always have to ask you to tell me in the back, if the children see it, I don't know how to laugh at me." ”
"Don't always worry about people when you know you're an adult, how can I rest assured that you're like this?"
"In short, it's such a dilapidated body, I don't know how long I can survive." The queen sighed, leaned against the couch and exhaled.
"Listen to the song!" Rong Taifu roared, an anxious tone that Nuan Jin had never heard, "How many times have I told you, as long as I am here, you will always be fine, you will live a hundred years, you will be full of children and grandchildren, you will look at Nanchen Guotai Min'an, you promised me." ”
The queen shook her head tiredly: "Rong Yuan, I've been tired for so many years, dragging such a body, I don't have to see the end, what you said...... I'm afraid it'......."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Rong held the queen's palm and protected it in the palm of her hand, "We have walked such a long road, how can you bear to throw me down at this time, how many times have you left me in your life, if you do it again, you call me, you call me ......"
Mrs. Rong didn't continue, her voice was a little hoarse, the queen looked distressed, and patted him on the shoulder with her other hand: "I have been tired of you all my life, and the love that is not over in this life can only be left in the next life." ”
"Don't tell me about the next life, the debts you owe in this life will be paid off in this life, and if you want to owe debts, I won't allow it!"
The queen couldn't help but hide her lips and smile lowly: "If Taifu Rong is so unreasonable, if your students see it, they will be so shocked that they won't be able to find the north." ”
Mrs. Rong shook his head dotingly, but did not refute.
"Rong Yuan, what I'm most worried about now is the children." Speaking of Xuan Ning and Nuan Jin, the queen's eyebrows that had just stretched frowned again. "Xuan Ning has been smart and calm since he was a child, and he has become a prince again, if he is dedicated to court politics, I don't worry much, but the one in his palace has always been a hidden danger, Yan Yu's identity is not an ordinary person, after all, he is the remnant of Yanping Kingdom, even if he saves her life, but how can the hatred of the country and the family be easily let go?
"Youlan destroyed Yanping Country with her own hands, how can this hatred be said to be put down, she is now quietly doing the maid of the East Palace, but who can guarantee that she is not waiting for an opportunity? The prince is different from her, I, the mother, know best, put her by her side, who can guarantee that she is not a sharp knife stabbing at the prince? What's more, there are very few people who know her identity, not even the Queen Mother, if he is passed on by someone with a heart......"
Perhaps the terrifying scene was imagined in her mind, the queen's face turned even paler, and she held Mrs. Rong with her backhand: "Rong Yuan, you must help me guard him, he is the crown prince, it is related to the country and the society, he must not have an accident!" ”
"Don't worry, with me, he will never have an accident."
"Well, if you say that, I'll be relieved." The queen nodded, "And Nuan Jin, she is not like her brother, a pure child who has not gone through the wind and waves, she will definitely suffer setbacks on the road of love, she ...... I, alas......"
Nuan Jin heard the queen call her name, and hurriedly pricked up her ears, but she listened with bated breath for a long time, and listened to her mother sigh in that mourning for a long time, but she didn't say anything, what does this mean? When it comes to her, is it incurable?
But no matter what, this is a trivial matter, looking at the closeness between her mother and Mrs. Rong, I am afraid that the secret in the palace is true, and her mother and Mrs. Rong are old friends.
Nuan Jin swallowed her saliva, her heartbeat rumbled, and she was so shocked that she had no boundary, her mother was bold and dared to wear a green turban for her father, did the two of them think that their lives were too long?
She stepped back cautiously, not daring to imagine what would happen if the matter fell into the eyes of others. But as soon as he turned around, the bright yellow flying dragon brocade suit suddenly broke into sight, the dragon pattern was hideous, the needles were fine, the warm brocade was shocked, and he was about to jump up and scream, the emperor reached out and dragged it, and hurriedly covered her mouth.
The emperor's face was gloomy, his phoenix eyes were dark, and he looked at Nuan Jin and raised his chin outward.
Nuan Jin was so frightened by her father that the three souls and seven spirits moved their positions, and the legs were weak and couldn't exert their strength at all, so they could only nod desperately, the emperor sighed, and pulled Nuan Jin out of Kunjin Palace with half a drag and half a drag.
"Father, Father, why are you here? Just you? What about Mr. Cen? Not with you? ”
The emperor stood with his hands in his hands, standing under a magnolia tree, his phoenix eyes were still as black as ink, looking at the Kunjin Palace and not knowing what he was thinking.
"You saw it all?"
Nuan Jin's knees weakened, and he knelt on the ground with a puff: "What did the father say?" What did the son see? ”
The emperor smiled rarely, and then snorted coldly: "Look at your appearance, your knees are weak when you encounter something, and you don't look like your queen mother at all." After thinking about it, he continued, "It's not like me!" ”
Nuan Jin pouted aggrievedly: "Erchen is just out of luck, and he panics when he encounters a big event." ”
The emperor shook his head, a little hated that iron could not become steel, but he didn't say anything, and continued to look at Kunjin Palace, his expression was a little sad, and with an extremely rare gentleness.
"Father......" Nuan Jin thought about it, felt a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before asking, "Father has always known?" ”
The emperor didn't speak, he held his hands in his hands, and the emperor stood up to the sky, as if no wind and rain could defeat him.
Nuan Jin felt that his father might not answer, and just wanted to kneel, he heard the emperor reply faintly: "Hmm." ”
Nuan Jin was shocked: "Then you still ......"
"What else? Can I still tolerate your queen mother and that damn bastard? The emperor asked rhetorically, but he didn't really expect Nuan Jin to answer, she was still young, and it was normal to not understand their grievances and hatreds, "Your mother came to Nanchen Kingdom alone, and her brother was left in Beiyao Kingdom and could not be reunited, and her own brother died tragically in her arms, she was not in good health, and suffered so much. When I am alone, I often think, what will happen if there is no trace of your mother in this Kunjin Palace one day? ”
Nuan Jin didn't dare to answer, still kneeling on the ground honestly, looking up at the emperor.
"Later, I thought about it for a long time before I realized that as long as your mother is still there and alive and healthy, the rest of me can indulge her."
The weather was surprisingly good that day, and there was a breeze blowing in the afternoon, so Nuan Jin didn't feel too stuffy. Later, the emperor didn't say anything more, waved her hand to let her retreat, she blessed her body, there was an inexplicable sourness in her eyes, she didn't dare to let her father see it, so she could only lower her head, fortunately, the emperor didn't look at her, and still looked at Kunjin Palace with his back to himself.
The emperor's back is a little lonely, and a man like heaven and earth has a love that he can't cross after all.
Nuan Jin retreated quietly, and the two lines of tears that she endured finally fell, she somewhat understood, what is love.
is like a queen mother, suppressing her emotions and trapping her whole life within the walls of this palace. is also like Mrs. Rong, for the sake of the woman he loves, he willingly gave up his freedom and struggled in this imperial city.
Or, like her father, for the sake of his mother, he would rather bear gossip and eternal pain, hold up a dense world for her, and protect her tightly in his heart, even if he lets go and fulfills it......
As long as she's still ......
Someone came to him, walking slowly, barely audible in the breeze, and the man stopped, standing ten paces away, causing Nuan Jin to look up.
On the silent palace road, there is a warm afternoon sun sprinkled, through the branches, it looks mottled. Nuan Jin watched quietly, and his breathing was still, and the breeze lingered, holding up the hem of the man's clothes, quiet like a dazzling ink treasure......