Chapter 170: Shangyuan Festival (Part II)
There are many rules in the harem on weekdays, and even loud noises will be punished, but today the palace is full of laughter and laughter, and the rules in the palace have all been released.
However, although other places in the palace are lively, there is one place that seems to be very quiet, this is Zhao Heng's current dormitory Yanqing Palace, the Funing Hall where Zhao Heng originally lived, but Zhao Heng, who was seriously ill, needed to be quiet, and the Yanqing Hall was relatively quiet, so he moved here, and now no one around the hall dared to make a loud noise.
Liu E dragged her tired body back to the Yanqing Palace, although the whole country was celebrating the festival, but she did not have the slightest relaxation, but still read today's recital, and then returned to the hall, after all, even if it is the Shangyuan Festival, there are still a lot of recitals sent from all over the country, and she does not dare to slack off.
At this time, a palace maid brought hot water and wanted to scrub Zhao Heng's body, because Zhao Heng had been sick in bed for a long time, and if he didn't scrub it often, it would be easy to get bedsores, but when Liu E saw this, she suddenly said: "Put it down, I'll scrub it for Your Majesty in person!" ”
"Yes!" The palace maid also agreed at the moment, and then Liu E stood up straight with the table, stepped in front of Zhao Heng, reached out and picked up the towel in the basin and wrung it out, and then carefully wiped Zhao Heng's face.
Zhao Heng is now tormented by illness, his old face is covered with old age spots, there is no trace of luster on his loose skin, his eye sockets are also deeply hidden, his mouth seems to be open and closed, and a few strange noises come out of his throat from time to time, indicating that he is still alive.
Liu E's tears have long been dried, and now she looks very calm, after helping Zhao Heng wipe his face and chest, he turned him sideways, and then scrubbed his back, from beginning to end, there was no fake hand, the palace maids and the chamberlains are also used to it, in fact, as long as Liu E has time during this time, she will take care of Zhao Heng with her own hands.
After scrubbing Zhao Heng, Liu E put down the towel, and then the palace maid made another basin of water, she also cleaned her hands and face, and then sat down to rest again, but at this time, she suddenly looked at Zhao Heng and was stunned.
Zhao Heng is the most important man in Liu E's life, and it is precisely because of Zhao Heng that she changed her identity as a singer of Shu and became the queen of the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhao Heng brought him to the position of the mother of a country, but it also made her bear extraordinary pressure, especially after Zhao Heng fell ill, she took over government affairs, others only saw her scenery, but never saw the efforts behind her.
"Your Majesty~" Liu E suddenly sighed lightly, and her long eyebrows furrowed, Zhao Heng's body could no longer hold on, in fact, a month ago, the imperial doctor had already told her that Zhao Heng's limit was probably within this month or two, which made Liu E grief, but also worried about Zhao Heng's death.
Zhao Heng died, Zhao Zhen will definitely ascend the throne as the emperor, there is no difference, but Zhao Zhen is young, he will definitely not be able to govern himself, according to the rules, it is generally the queen mother's auxiliary government, but Li Di and these people are worried about the fall of the imperial power, and they have opposed Liu E to handle government affairs on behalf of Zhao Heng, if Zhao Zhen ascends the throne, they will definitely take this opportunity to seize power to Zhao Zhen, which is also one of the main reasons why Liu E drove Li Di out of the capital.
However, Li Di is gone, but no one is to contain Ding Wei anymore, and Liu E is becoming more and more distrustful of this treacherous villain, but she has no choice, because in addition to Ding Wei, the ministers in the court either insist on opposing her auxiliary government, or their qualifications and prestige are too shallow and not enough to reuse, so they can only keep Ding Wei for the time being, but they have to guard against the other party from time to time.
Thinking of the above, Liu E couldn't help but sigh again, the burden on her body now is too heavy, even if it is like today's Shangyuan Festival, it can't make her relax.
"Big Lady!" But at this moment, I suddenly heard a crisp cry, and then I saw Miao Yuan running in quickly with a lantern, and his little face was also red, I don't know if it was because he was happy or frozen? And behind Miao Yuan, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen also walked in quickly with lanterns.
"Why are you three here?" Seeing Li Zhang and the three of them, Liu E couldn't help but show a warm smile.
"Today is the Shangyuan Festival, and everyone outside is celebrating the festival, so the eldest lady will also go to play with us!" At this time, I saw Miao Yuan running to Liu E's side, and then grabbed her arm and said, Li Zhang asked about Liu E just now, but Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan didn't know what Liu E was doing, so they kept coming to Yanqing Hall to look for her, and sure enough, they found her sitting here in a daze.
"I ...... I'm not going, you guys go play! Liu E was pulled up by Miao Yuan at this time, but she said helplessly, she really wasn't in the mood to go out to play now.
"Auntie, come with us, I heard that a dragon lantern has been erected in the palace, let's go to the imperial city together to have a look!" At this time, Zhao Zhen also stepped forward to persuade him, and he was also very heartbroken when he saw that his mother was still tired like this during the festival.
"Yes, as the so-called combination of work and rest, don't exhaust yourself!" Li Zhang also said at this time, he knew that Liu E had no rest today, so he came to find her with Zhao Zhen and them, in order to let her relax.
Seeing that the three children were all persuaded by themselves, Liu E also showed an expression of no choice, so she had to nod and say, "Okay, then let's go to the imperial city to see it for a while and then come back!" ”
"Great!" Seeing Liu E agree, Miao Yuan also cheered, and then pulled her left and right with Zhao Zhen to leave, but after walking a few steps, Miao Yuan suddenly remembered something, suddenly turned around and ran back, and then crawled on the hospital bed Zhao Heng muttered a few words in his ear, and then ran back happily.
"Miaoyuan, what did you say to Your Majesty?" Liu E also asked very curiously at this time.
"It's nothing, I just told my father that we will take the eldest lady out for a while, and we will return the eldest lady later, so as not to worry him!" Miao Yuan raised a small face at this time and said innocently, but her words also caused Li Zhang and Liu E to laugh.
Nanxun Gate is the main gate of the Imperial City, outside the door is the famous Royal Street, but also the most lively place of the Shangyuan Festival, and in the square outside the City Gate, also set up a dragon lantern as high as several zhang, the street also sets up a string of lanterns, so that the whole Royal Street is brightly lit, and people come and go endlessly.
Liu E took Li Zhang and the three of them to the Nanxun Gate, looking at the lively crowd outside the imperial city, although they couldn't really participate, but they still made Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan dance happily, usually they can only move in the palace, and the periphery of the palace is the imperial city, and only at this time, they can board the imperial city to enjoy the scenery in Tokyo.
Li Zhang looked at the lively scene under the city, and couldn't help sighing, he was supposed to accompany the raccoon dog to play in the city together, but unfortunately in order to accompany Zhao Zhen's brothers and sisters, he can only watch from a distance now.
"It's so lively!" Liu E looked at the scenery outside the imperial city and couldn't help but whisper praise with her eyes, and her face also showed a look of reminiscence, and she didn't know what she remembered again?
The wind on the city wall is strong, and now the weather is cold, Liu E is worried that Miao Yuan's body is too weak to stand the cold wind, so she stands on the city wall for a while and wants to go back, but Miao Yuan is full of reluctance, until Li Zhang quietly whispered a few words in her ear, which made Miao Yuan happily agree.
"Cousin, what did you say to Miao Yuan?" Zhao Zhen asked in a curious low voice at this time.
"It's nothing, I just promised to bring Miao Yuan some food sold on the street." Li Zhang smiled and said, just now he found that Miao Yuan stared at the food stall on the royal street and sniffled, although the city wall is high, but the smell of food below can still float up, although Miao Yuan has been dressed in fine clothes and jade food since he was a child, he has never eaten the food sold on the street, so he will be so happy when he hears that Li Zhang promised to bring her some outside food.
"I want it too!" Zhao Zhen immediately shouted.
"Yours are indispensable!" Li Zhang immediately laughed again.
After getting off the city wall, Liu E also felt a little hungry, she didn't go back to Yanqing Palace, but went to Zhao Zhen's Jingfu Palace, and asked people to prepare a sumptuous dinner, let Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang accompany them to eat and chat, and even after eating, Li Zhang also proposed to play cards, Liu E has not played cards, but she can't stand Miaoyuan's begging, so the last four people played until the second half of the night, Miaoyuan couldn't hold it and left.
Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen didn't plan to sleep, but Liu E still went back to rest, after all, she was old, and her energy couldn't be compared with that of young people, and Li Zhang also played with Zhao Zhen until dawn, and then dragged his tired body home, at this time the lights on the street were also extinguished, and in addition to the drunkard who was drunk last night, there were very few pedestrians on the street.
Li Zhang slept at home for a whole day, and woke up in the evening, this time he didn't have to enter the palace again, but accompanied the raccoon dog and them to play on the street, although the raccoon dog they had played all night last night, but tonight was still interested, pulling Li Zhang to run east and west, almost turning the most lively place in Tokyo City.
The Shangyuan Festival has finally passed, and the city of Tokyo has slowly returned to the order of the past, with Li Di's departure from Beijing, the court suddenly became a little unusually quiet, and even the imperial history that was very noisy in the past rarely participated in the book, but everyone knew that under this quiet surface, there was an undercurrent surging, because everyone was staring at Zhao Heng in the palace.
On February 19 of the first year of Qianxing, it was originally a very ordinary day, but on this evening, Zhao Heng, who had been sick for more than a year, finally couldn't hold it anymore, and after spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, he came back to his senses, and then summoned Liu E and Zhao Zhen to his bed to explain what happened.