Chapter 614: Pomegranate Tree Pomegranate Skirt

After the emperor finished explaining, he glanced at Yang Chengqian, and he saw indescribable fear in his son's eyes. The fear disappointed him a little, even though he knew that his son was still just a child. Such a secret would be intimidating even if it were told to an adult.

But he was still not satisfied, in his opinion, the descendants of the Yang family should not have such expressions.

"I know you're young, but you're already an emperor......"

He looked at Yang Chengqian and said word by word: "I have mentioned twice before, the descendants of the Yang family must be ready to sacrifice for the continuation of the Great Sui, and no one will be an exception, including me, including you." This is the third time, and you have to remember that you must not forget a word. ”

"Erchen ......"

Yang Chengqian's shoulders trembled slightly, and after a long while, he lowered his head and said, "Erchen has written it down, and he won't forget a word!" ”

"That's good"

The emperor's face softened slightly: "You go out, I still have something to say with your mother." ”

"Son's Retirement"

Yang Chengqian bowed and pushed out, and glanced at his mother before going out. He saw that his mother's eyes were tender and attached to his father's face, and his father had long lost his former demeanor. Now my father looks like a dried corpse, but my mother is not disgusted at all.

He didn't understand any of this, after all, he was still very young.

Besides, at this time, his mind was full of the secret that his father had said before, if the secret that the old dean told him before he went south had surprised him beyond measure, then the other secret that his father said just now made him feel chills in his heart and cold to the bones.

Like falling into an ice cave.

He didn't dare to think about it, he didn't dare to remember what his father had just said in his ear. Those words kept echoing in his head, making him more and more frightened and irritable. After he came out of the East Warm Pavilion, his steps became faster and faster, and finally he had begun to run wildly, as if some wild beast or evil demon Yaksha was chasing after him.

So embarrassed.

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, the emperor felt the queen's palm gently caressing his face, and he liked the temperature in the palm of his hand. Over the years, he has become accustomed to everything about her, and when he was outside, the first thing he thought about in his heart was the foundation of their Yang family, and the second was the woman in front of him who had been with him for decades.

She still seems to be so beautiful, and she has never changed. Although her forehead and the corners of her eyes were already wrinkled, although the skin on her face was no longer as explosive as when she was a girl, and although her figure was slightly out of shape as before, she was still so beautiful in his eyes.

"Actually, before I come back, what I'm most afraid of is not being able to see you one last time."

The Emperor rubbed his face against her palm.

"But I'm afraid to come back, so that you can see that I am not a ghost or a ghost. I'm reluctant to leave without looking at you, and I'm not willing to make you even more uncomfortable because I saw you for the last time. ”

The Empress bowed down and rested her head on the Emperor's chest. As it had always been, though his chest was thick and warm at that time, it was as dry and cold as a skin covering his ribs. When he breathed, it was like the sound of a broken bellows, and every breath was difficult, so it seemed that his chest was undulating and faint.

The Emperor raised his hand and stroked the Empress's hair.

"The concubine knows that Your Majesty pities me, but Your Majesty forgets that Your Majesty is Your Majesty no matter what you become, and your Majesty is always a concubine."

This was a bit of a mouthful, but the emperor understood.

"If you can......"

The emperor's gaze was a little confused: "What I think is that it's actually good not to be this emperor, just live an ordinary life with you, maybe there will be quarrels over trivial things every day, but there may be a lot of things left in the memory." Sitting together in a daze, worrying about what to eat for the next meal, writing some pairs together for the festival, rocking the boat together on the lake and saying some homely words...... But I'm the emperor, so that's all gone. After becoming an emperor, there are not many days with you that I can remember......"

"But the concubine knows that His Majesty's heart is always here with the concubine."

The Empress murmured in the crook of the Emperor's arm, just as she had done at the beginning. He is in the prime of life, and she is in the prime of life. He is her everything, and she is his life. Although the emperor was now emaciated and shriveled, she still seemed to be like a bird trying to find security in his arms.

"Be my wife, it's hard for you."

The emperor said.

His voice trembled.

But the concubine only felt sweet, and didn't know what bitterness was. It doesn't matter if you're an emperor or not, whether you're busy or not, I know that when you need to rest, you'll come back and lie down next to me, and that's enough...... I'm a woman with no talent, so I can't help you more, I can only do it without causing you a mess, and let you do what you want to do in a down-to-earth manner...... You have no regrets, how can I have regrets? ”

When Su was not afraid of death, the emperor thought that he had no tears.

But now, he was in tears.

"Come out for a walk with me, I want to see the pomegranate I planted with my own hands in front of your dormitory. I've been digging a pit for you to water for more than ten years, and I want to see if it's already very tall......"

"Good"

The Empress nodded, not telling the Emperor that the pomegranate tree had been dead for three years. No matter how she watered, fertilized, or saved, she didn't keep it.

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The empress pushes a wheelchair, on which the emperor sits covered with a thick blanket. The guards have cordoned off the area where they pass, and no one is allowed to enter. After all, the emperor has been dead in the hearts of most people in Chang'an City for a long time, and he doesn't want to make any more trouble for the crown prince.

"I remember that I promised you to build a small lake in this palace, but I never did."

The emperor was trapped in memories, but he was not miserable but guilty: "I still remember, after planting the pomegranate tree that year, you said that you wanted to put paper kites, and I also wanted to accompany you, but I told you that you are already the queen, and you are the main dignified of the harem of the mother of all people. You haven't said anything like that to me since, and I know you're not blaming me, but trying to do what I want. ”

The queen kept herself laughing, even as tears flowed down her face.

"Didn't Your Majesty secretly take me to the Imperial Garden at night to put a paper kite?"

She laughs.

"But I still regret it"

The emperor shook his head slightly: "You have been following me since you were fourteen years old, and I always asked you to do this and that, but you never asked me to do anything. You don't like to be lively, and I always thought that you would be very satisfied with letting yourself be quiet in the dormitory. Later, I learned that you deliberately let people plant flowers all over the yard because they were too lonely, and they talked to the flowers. ”

"So you sent someone to find a pair of precious birds, who can learn human language, and amuse me."

The queen said.

The emperor said, "But how can that be enough......

"How is it not enough?"

The queen asked rhetorically.

The emperor had no way to answer, so he had to smile apologetically: "What is the first thing you taught that bird?" ”

The queen's face blushed slightly, and she shook her head but did not answer.

"How are you?"

The emperor laboriously pulled his hand out of the thick blanket and held the hand of the queen's cart: "Although you are also in this palace and I am in this palace, it is very common not to see each other once in half a month." I knew you wanted to ask me if I was okay, but I couldn't do it, so you learned what you said to yourself, and I accompanied you...... How are you, Shiro? ”

The Queen's tears flowed silently down her cheeks, but she still smiled happily and contentedly.

"It turns out that His Majesty knows."

She said.

"yes...... I know all of them, but I still haven't found time to spend more time with you. I've forgotten how long it's been since we've walked and talked like this. It's not about those annoying state affairs, it's just about saying something good. ”

The queen wanted to tell him that it had been seven years, nine months, and sixteen days, but in the end she didn't say it.

"I forgot too"

She replied.

The emperor smiled, not exposing the queen's heart-warming lies.

"I remember the first time you and I met...... You wore a lotus-colored gauze dress, and you were only fourteen years old, and you stood there timidly like a hibiscus out of the water, not daring to look at me. At first glance, I knew that you were my man, and no one was allowed to snatch it away. Whoever robs me, I will fight with whomever I want. ”

The queen said softly: "What I think is that this person doesn't look as handsome and handsome as my father said, his beard is messy, his hair is messy, and the clothes on his body are messy, and he looks like a lazy person." ”

The emperor laughed and coughed up blood with laughter.

"Yes, before that day, I drank with a few brothers at night until half the night, if it wasn't for Lao Qi's persuasion, I wouldn't have gone to see you...... At that time, our brothers still had some true feelings, and my father was still healthy, so his heart was much simpler than later. I still remember that night I lost to the old Liuyi pair of jade unicorns...... I haven't given it to him yet. ”

"Because His Majesty saw me the next day, I forgot what I promised before."

When the queen was not a queen, she would often say such witticisms to him.

"Haha......"

The emperor laughed unscrupulously, not caring at all about the cough that would be caused by laughing, and coughing would vomit blood, and his chest would hurt terribly. There was not a trace of pain on his face, nor a trace of concern. And the queen still pretended to be casual and reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth for him, not saying anything to worry about or be afraid.

Such a tacit understanding.

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The two of them said something that seemed to be very casual, and then cried and laughed very casually, it seemed that she was pushing him to walk slowly on the Taiji Palace and there was nothing in a hurry, but he and she were in a hurry, anxious to feel the last time the two of them were together.

When he was about to arrive at the gate of the queen's bedroom, the emperor suddenly smiled and said, "I know that with your temperament, after I die, everything you will have will be left to Chengqian, so you will not allow anyone to hurt him in any way...... However, he is my son and a descendant of the Yang family, and there are some things that must be faced. ”

"The concubine knows."

The queen hung her head and straightened the emperor's windswept hair: "Cheng Qian is my child, I want to protect him, but he is also your child, how can you harm him?" I believe in you. ”

She said.

The corners of the emperor's mouth trembled slightly, and he did not continue.

"When the old dean accepted Lao Qi as an apprentice, Lao Qi came back to me and told me that the old dean was a fairy, at that time I ran to him and asked him outside if I could practice, but the old dean didn't go out, just told me that living is practice. At that time, he may have seen that I was sick, but he didn't say it explicitly. I'm selfish...... So later, I thought of many ways to try to prolong my life for a few more years, so I went to the northwest when the old dean told me that my life was not far away, because only those disgusting insects could renew my life, but I couldn't do it in the palace, not only because I was afraid that the people below would know, but I was also afraid that you would hate me if you knew it...... I know, you're most afraid of bugs......"

The queen smiled and said, "Your Majesty has forgotten that the concubines like everything about Your Majesty." ”

The emperor was silent for a while, and then smiled: "Why am I not? ”

The Empress pushed the Emperor to the door of the palace, and the Emperor saw the dead but still uncleared pomegranate tree.

"Push me over and water me again."

The emperor said.

"Your Majesty...... The concubine failed to revive it......"

The queen said.

But she found a kettle anyway, and then took his hand and the two of them watered the dead pomegranate tree.

"I just want to...... Die here. ”

The Emperor smiled.

Contented.

The kettle hit the ground, splashing her dress.