Chapter 156: The Phoenix Passes Away
When Lou Xuanning and Nuan Jin entered the warm pavilion, they saw the emperor sitting on the edge of the bed and talking and laughing with the queen's mother, the queen's face was ruddy, and she didn't see any serious illness at all, they were a little confused, just like every ordinary afternoon, it always made people feel that there were days and nights to come.
Lou Xuanning didn't know why, he could detect the strangeness of this quiet and peaceful, he turned his head sideways, and saw that Rong Taifu was standing behind the screen and watching every move in the room, he looked at him inquiringly, Rong Taifu's eyes were slightly red, this was the first time he had seen him fall into the red dust so much, and finally he just looked at himself and shook his head, raised his hand, and motioned for him and Nuan Jin to go in quickly.
Lou Xuanning's heart sank to the bottom, but even so, he still cleaned up his expression and walked in with Nuan Jin.
"Son, please greet my father! Greetings to the Queen Mother! ”
The emperor and queen noticed that Lou Xuanning and Nuan Jin were coming, and hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Come to the queen mother." ”
Nuan Jin wanted to cry out loud, a sense of fear that she had never felt before almost annihilated herself, she looked at the queen like this, and felt that she was going to be unable to live.
"The Queen Mother." Nuan Jin had tears the size of beans in his mouth, desperately not daring to fall.
The queen was a little distressed, touched it in her arms, but couldn't find a handkerchief, and finally gave up, and simply wiped the tears of Nuan Jin with her fingers: "Such a big girl, don't cry your nose at every turn." ”
"Erchen knows." Nuan Jin sniffed hard, and saw that the queen was happy, "In the future, you will marry Jin Xiaowangye, and you will respect him like a guest, do you know that you are old with a white head?" He is a good man and will definitely treat you well. ”
Nuan Jin nodded desperately, biting her lower lip fiercely, for fear that the whimper would overflow.
"Xuanning......" the queen sighed, "you have to think about what the queen mother said to you that day." ”
"Erchen knows." Lou Xuanning had tears in his eyes, but he was still smiling, her son was only fifteen years old, he was already so outstanding, he was really a natural emperor, but he was pitiful of the original childlike nature, and there was nothing left of it" There is still ...... There are some things and people that should be constantly disturbed, you see. ”
Lou Xuanning knew that the queen was talking about Yan Hehuan again, and he was unwilling to disobey the queen's wishes at this time, so he nodded and said, "Queen Mother, don't worry, my son knows what to do." ”
The queen smiled, her expression gradually began to become tired, her eyelids were a little heavy, and the strength around her body was also passing little by little.
The emperor noticed the change in the empress and hurriedly called: "Rong Yuan." ”
When Mrs. Rong heard this, he hurriedly walked over from behind the screen, looked down at the queen's appearance, and listened quietly with his pulse, and then took out a brocade box from his arms, opened the lid, and contained a dark pill inside, he took it for the queen, and took the osmanthus nectar, and let the queen drink it, so as to dilute the bitterness in his mouth.
"This medicine can reduce some of the pain of the queen's mother." Rong Yuan's eyebrows were tightly locked, he didn't want the queen to leave so painfully.
After Taifu Rong did all this, he just wanted to retreat, but his wrist tightened: "Don't go!" ”
The queen's weakened voice sounded, and he was shaken.
"Don't go, any of you." Maybe you know that your limit is approaching, and you always want to keep the people you care about by your side.
A room of palace maids and eunuchs kept kneeling on the ground, until Cen Run said "Your Majesty, the little prince Jin is here" beside the emperor to interrupt this oppressive quiet.
"Let him in."
"Yes."
Jin Xiangrong walked in quietly, the warm pavilion was miserable, the emperor frowned, the prince knelt on the edge of the couch with a mournful expression, and Nuan Jin snuggled up to the queen's mother, her head resting on her hand, and her eyes were already red and swollen from crying.
He felt sad in his heart, although he hadn't seen the queen a few times, but there are still rumors of the past when she was deeply bound by the emperor back then.
"Weichen greets the emperor, and greets the queen."
The emperor answered, Jin Xiangrong got up and came to the bed, the queen mother was already a little half-conscious, looking very weak, but even so, she was still beautiful, and Nuan Jin inherited her beauty, so she would fall out of the country and the city.
"Is the little prince here?" The queen opened her eyes slightly, but there were only some vague shadows.
Hearing this, Jin Xiangrong hurriedly replied: "It's the queen's mother, and Weichen is here." ”
"Hmm." The queen raised her hand with great difficulty, and Jin Xiangrong hurriedly handed it over when she saw this.
"Queen Mother, Weichen is here."
"Compatible, this palace will hand over your own palm pearl to you."
"The Queen's Mother...... Weichen swears to you that he will love and accompany the princess with his life. ”
"Queen Mother......" Nuan Jin could no longer control the heartache that grief came from, and forcibly suppressed her low cry.
The queen became more and more sleepy, and her eyes were gradually replaced by darkness, and there seemed to be Yun Lingfeng standing not far away, it was her brother, I guess I came to pick her up.
It's not that there is no regret and reluctance, but it's too late to say anything now, her breathing is a little heavy, her body is cold, and she can vaguely hear the bitter crying of the prince and Nuan Jin, what about the emperor?
By the way, the emperor can't cry for himself, the reigning son of heaven, one cry the death of the emperor, the second cry of the heavens, and the third cry of the country's ruin, so no matter how sad he is, he has to endure it, this is the pain of the monarch, and his tears never belong to himself.
There was a loud knock outside, and the queen finally opened her eyes with great difficulty, and she heard Rong Yuan's voice beside her.
"Ge'er, the snow has stopped outside, and the new year is here......"
The queen curled the corners of her lips: "It's good, the Chinese New Year's Eve has passed, and it's always a new beginning...... ......"
"Mother?"
"The Queen?"
"Your Majesty, the queen has collapsed!"
That night was the most heart-wrenching night since the emperor ascended the throne, he sat alone on the edge of the couch motionless, the people kneeling on the ground in the room, even the concubines in the courtyard of Kunjin Palace were kneeling and crying there, and the whole palace was filled with crying in an instant, and the sadness filled every corner.
The snow stopped, after all, everything will pass, there is never anything in these red walls that is eternal, and the change of dynasty is still impermanent, let alone the people here.
The emperor smiled faintly, holding the queen's hand over his eyes, he is the emperor, he can't shed tears for the queen's death, but close his eyes, he is just a man who has lost his beloved wife, the emperor's shoulders trembled slightly, although it was such a silent choke, but it was enough to make people break their hearts and intestines.
He was a little self-deprecating, what kind of man is this, even if his wife dies, he can't cry out loud, the identity of the emperor is both glory and shackles, and there is too much helplessness.
From now on, in this huge palace, there will be no more queen, and the bowl of fragrant peach blossom soup in spring, and no matter what thrilling stories have happened, there are only a few strokes left in the history books in the end, but half of it cannot depict the pretty woman who once had flesh and blood.
The collapse of the queen is the death of the country.