Reminiscences of the Past Chapter 7 The Years When Du Ruosheng Was Still the Empress (4)
After the turmoil in Shoukang Palace, Du Ruosheng became less cheerful than before, she became much colder, and she only enjoyed flowers and read books in the palace every day, and rarely went out of Huaqing Palace.
In the blink of an eye, it has been almost a year since he came to the Wan Dynasty, and since the Queen Mother separated the two of them a few months ago, Yan Qinghan has not appeared in front of him for a long time.
She rarely came out in her own palace, but she would hear some maidservants talk about it, and he seemed to be troubled by the affairs of the previous dynasty.
On this day, when she was idle, Tan'er happened to be not by her side, so she walked in the palace alone.
Although she has lived here for so long, she has not seen much of the palace of the Wan Dynasty, and today she looks at it, the palace of the Wan Dynasty is indeed much larger than Dongchuan.
Even the walls of this deep palace are much more majestic and taller.
Walking and walking, I don't know where I went, on both sides of the flowery corridor, a unique pavilion stood in the water, Du Ruosheng walked along the long road one after another, and came to the building, and there was a plaque on the door that said "Stargazing Pavilion".
Du Ruosheng pushed the door in, spiraled up the stairs in the house, and went up to the top, there was a large open space, where there was also a wooden tea set, and there was a wooden swing next to it.
Judging from the name of the pavilion and the structure of these furnishings, Ruosheng knew that this should be a place to watch the scenery and admire the moon.
Du Ruosheng has been sitting here alone for a long time, this place is very hidden, if it wasn't for his inadvertent idleness, he wouldn't have found this place.
She also found that there were no guards and maidservants and eunuchs around, and it was an excellent place to relax and relieve her worries.
After that day, when Du Ruosheng can't figure it out alone, or when she misses Dongchuan, she will come here, no matter day or night, when she looks at the boundless sky, she seems to have returned to Dongchuan, or the carefree princess of Dongchuan.
It's just that she didn't know that her actions had been silently watched by another person.
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Since Yan Qinghan became the emperor, he felt that he was out of breath every day, Lu Lan's own queen mother, never cared about herself, except for her bent desire to control herself and endless power, nothing else was important to her, sometimes he even wondered if he was the blood and blood she was born in October.
But as a generation of kings, how could he always show sentimental glances, so when a person was bored and distressed, he would go to the Stargazing Pavilion to relax, and in order not to disturb others, he specially ordered that no one should be allowed to approach here.
However, he didn't expect that when he came as usual, there would already be one more person here.
It was a quiet night, and when he went upstairs, he saw a lonely figure facing away, looking up at the starry sky, and vaguely seemed to see crystal tears across her cheeks.
When he saw it clearly, he realized that it was Du Ruosheng, he didn't disturb her, he just watched silently for a while and left.
He had never thought that Du Ruosheng would appear there and be so sad, he didn't know why she was sentimental, whether she missed Dongchuan or regretted it.
Since then, Yan Qinghan will always see her, in order not to run into her, he always deliberately avoids her, he doesn't want Du Ruosheng to know, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with Du Ruosheng, he can not hurt Du Ruosheng, but he can't believe Du Ruosheng, and his suspicion of Du Ruosheng has not stopped.
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Du Ruosheng and Yan Qinghan intersected again because of Du Ruosheng's birthday, and the palace wanted to set up a birthday banquet for the queen, and Yan Qinghan naturally couldn't be absent.
Just when the palace was busy preparing the birthday banquet for the queen, Du Ruosheng went to the Star Gazing Pavilion alone.
Although Du Ruosheng was born in the harsh winter, but there is no severe winter in the four seasons of Dongchuan, even in winter Dongchuan is still mild and warm, but the Wan Dynasty is different from Dongchuan, the winter here makes people feel cold and biting, Ruosheng This is the first time to experience the winter of the Wan Dynasty, and it is also the first time to spend his birthday in the Wan Dynasty.
When she came to the Star Viewing Pavilion, there were just pieces of snow falling in the sky, she reached out to pick it up, and the snow immediately turned into ice water after touching the temperature of the palm of her hand.
Soon, the surroundings were covered with snow, and everything seemed so spotless, Du Ruosheng looked at the scene in front of him, and the haze in his heart seemed to be swept away.
The winter snow is flying, covering the courtyard and deep courtyard, with flawless scenery and swaying figures.
On this day, Du Ruosheng made her birthday wish, she hoped that such a white beauty could be seen even on a warm day, although she knew that it was impossible to achieve, but Du Ruosheng had expectations in her heart.
And this wish of hers was clearly heard by the figure standing in the hidden place.
When the time was almost up, Ruosheng knew that it was time to go back.
Sure enough, when he returned to Huaqing Palace, the maidservants had already prepared the banquet palace clothes, and after Du Ruosheng bathed and changed his clothes, Yan Qinghan was already standing in the main hall waiting for him.
When Yan Qinghan saw Du Ruosheng again, he felt that the person in front of him was a little strange, thinking about it carefully, he hadn't seen her for a long time, and today she was not as elegant as in the past, with a light purple palace dress, elegant jade face, black hair hanging down on her waist, her hair was chic and chic, and she was wearing a golden silk black cardigan dress, and she was embroidered with beaded flowers around two pairs of golden phoenixes.
"The concubines see the emperor." Du Ruosheng saluted.
"I haven't seen the queen for a long time, but the queen is much calmer than before."
"The emperor works hard for state affairs, how can the concubines not go with him."
At this time, Du Ruosheng really made Yan Qinghan feel that she had changed a lot compared to before, and he had been letting Tan'er watch her every move, and Tan'er's return had never said anything unusual about her, so Yan Qinghan didn't want to make the two of them unhappy today.
"It's almost time, and it's time for us to go to the main hall." Yan Qinghan stretched out his hand and said softly.
Du Ruosheng was a little surprised by his actions, she couldn't tell whether Yan Qinghan was pretending or dispelling her suspicions.
But without thinking much about it, he handed his hand over.
When the two appeared in the main hall together, all the ministers under the seat greeted Du Ruosheng respectfully and politely, wishing Du Ruosheng his birthday.
After the banquet that day, Yan Qinghan stayed in Huaqing Palace, and Du Ruosheng never knew why Yan Qinghan suddenly changed that day.
That day was a very pleasant day for her in Wanchao, but she didn't expect that this was the first time and the last time.
The next day, when Du Ruosheng woke up, Yan Qinghan had already left, the situation of last night was still vivid, Du Ruosheng would blush and heartbeat when she thought about it, she felt that Yan Qinghan seemed to be opening her heart to herself, trying to believe in herself, thinking like this, her mood was also a lot happier.
"Tan'er, change my clothes for me."
When Tan'er came, she also found that Du Ruosheng was different from the past, although she would not be gloomy in the past, she would not be as happy as she is today.
"What's so happy about my mother? It's so pleasant today. Tan'er asked.
"Where, don't I do it every day?" Du Ruosheng said that he still couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Yes, yes, our mother should be so happy every day." Tan'er replied with a light smile.
After breakfast, Du Ruosheng was enjoying the flowers in the courtyard as before.
A little eunuch ran into the courtyard at some point, handed Du Ruosheng a note alone, and ran away without looking back.
Du Ruosheng looked at this little eunuch with raw eyes, and was puzzled in his heart, seeing that he didn't say hello, and he didn't even say a word, which was really strange.
Then, he opened the note in his hand, and it was written in a handsome font, "The Imperial Garden is waiting for you at noon, remember to come alone"
Du Ruosheng was a little puzzled, thinking that this font was sent by a man, and it was sent by a little eunuch with an eye, the imperial garden was the closest to Weiyang Palace, and after thinking about it, a person's name was born in his heart, Yan Qinghan, this note should have been sent by Yan Qinghan.
At noon, Du Ruosheng used a little cleverness to shake off the maid and Tan'er, and went to the imperial garden alone.
But when she arrived, what she was waiting for was not Yan Qinghan, but the person she didn't want to see the last time - the Queen Mother Lu Lan
When she saw her, she suddenly understood, this was just another trick she wanted to play, so it seemed that Lu Lan already knew everything about her and Yan Qinghan yesterday.
Du Ruosheng wanted to turn around and leave, but was dragged back by Rong Wan beside Lu Lan.
"Queen Mother, when you see the Queen Mother, have you even forgotten the number of etiquette!?" Rong Wan dog said with human power.
Du Ruosheng's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "The concubine has seen the queen mother, I don't know what the queen mother is looking for the concubine again?" ”
Ruosheng didn't hide from her anymore, she wanted to see what tricks Lu Lan could play.
"The mourning family heard that the queen's birthday banquet yesterday was very comfortable and happy!"
Lu Lan approached Du Ruosheng, and her edge was compelling.
"What does the Queen Mother want to say?" Du Ruosheng took two steps back and distanced himself from Lu Lan.
"It's nothing, it's just that I prepared a birthday gift for you, and I brought it to you today." A sly smile crossed the corner of Lu Lan's mouth.
Then he said, "Look at it, it's almost sent to Huaqing Palace, why don't you go back and take a look?" ”
Du Ruosheng was confused by what she said, but a premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and he turned around and ran in the direction of Huaqing Palace.
When she arrived, Yan Qinghan was standing in the Huaqing Palace with a group of guards, and when she saw her, her face was full of anger.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by bringing these people to my palace?" Du Ruosheng was puzzled and asked.
"Why does the queen knowingly ask?" Yan Qing asked sharply.
"The concubine doesn't know." Du Ruosheng shook his head slightly.
"For me to search, I can't let go of any corner." With Yan Qinghan's order, the guards began to search from the inside out.
Du Ruosheng knew that all this must have something to do with Lu Lan, "Your Majesty, why don't you come to question me, suspect me, and search my palace without investigating clearly?" ”
"Du Ruosheng believed you in vain, and I thought you were really being used by the queen mother, but in the end it was just your trick!"
"Your Majesty, I found it." A guard walked out of the inner hall with a letter and handed it to Yan Qinghan.
Yan Qinghan took it, and his originally solemn face became even more gloomy.
"Du Ruosheng, what else do you want to explain?"
Du Ruosheng could hear the anger hidden in his tone.
"What else does the emperor want to hear from the concubine, if the concubine says that this has nothing to do with the concubine, will the emperor believe the concubine?" Du Ruosheng suddenly understood, this was all designed by Lu Lan, although he explained it himself, what could he explain, saying that he didn't know, saying that everything was designed by the Queen Mother, but would Yan Qinghan still believe him?
"Do you know how many guards I've lost for what you've done!? Is this the result of my trust in you!? Yan Qinghan saw Du Ruosheng's attitude like this, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
That day, Du Ruosheng only remembered the way Yan Qinghan looked at her with disappointed eyes and the way she left resolutely, and Lu Lan was just a small design, which made the relationship between the two people shattered in an instant.
Du Ruosheng, who was still immersed in joy at the last moment, fell to the bottom again in an instant, and this was the real beginning of her tragic fate after that.