(a)

Inside the Shangyang Palace. The Empress Dowager and Liu Shen continued to discuss my serious pregnancy reaction.

Liu Shen suddenly had an idea.

He said: "Queen Mother, it is better to summon Qin'er's mother's family to Yunjing to take care of her." After the canonization wedding, she was alone in Yunzhou, and she hadn't seen her mother's family for a long time since her last miscarriage. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "Her mother's family is now also a withered family, and after the general, apart from her aunt and sisters, what other people close to her can be seen." ”

Liu Shen said: "Although the company of her aunt and sister will make her feel cordial, they are just women in the family, they have not seen much of the world, and they can't tell much reason, I'm afraid they can't solve her deep depression." The son had an idea that Ding Youren, the general's uncle, might be able to summon him to Beijing and meet Qin'er. ”

Liu Shen said: "When Qin'er and the general were in Yantang Pass, they used to live with Ding Youren's family. When the general was fighting in the grassland, Ding Youren was responsible for protecting and taking care of Qin'er. Ding Youren is like another adoptive father to Qin'er. Ding Youren is a national official, a local minister for many years, if he is willing to visit Beijing as an elder to persuade Qin'er, Qin'er's depression may be relieved. ”

Liu Shen's mother said: "Then what are you waiting for, if Ding Youren can't get out without an urgent business trip, the emperor will immediately issue a decree and summon him to Yunjing." Let Ding Youren stay here for a few more days, take care of the affairs of the Lingnan Palace, and come into the palace to talk to the queen and persuade her. Perhaps, when she met the people close to her mother's family, the words in her heart that she couldn't confide in our mother and son would allow someone to talk to and release the grief in her heart. The whole person will be a little easier. ”

Liu Shen received the order and said: "That son will issue an edict tomorrow to send Ding Youren to Yunjing." ”

The Queen Mother thought for a moment and said, "That's right. I also remembered that there was a chief guard beside the general, who was very good-looking and smart, and once galloped all the way from the Hot Spring Palace to send newly blooming peach blossoms to the palace. also married a Rong Xianmei as a daughter-in-law, is called Xie or something. ”

Liu Shen said: "Xie Shuangcheng." ”

The Queen Mother said, "Yes, it's him." Where is he now? ”

Liu Shen said: "After the general was killed, I have already transferred him back to Yunjing. He is now at Fu Tianliang's place and gives Fu Tianliang a start. ”

The queen mother said: "You might as well spread more rumors that his husband and wife entered the palace, and ordered him and his wife to go to Zhaoyang Palace to sit there." ”

The queen mother said: "Let Xie Shuangcheng and Fu Tianliang go to her more to greet and visit." She met the old people around these great generals and listened to them more. The heart will not be so cold. Oh, and that Xu Zaitian. They are all loyal to the general, they have followed the general for many years, they have a friendship of life and death, and they have deep feelings, and they must not be able to bear to see her like this, and they will definitely help find a way to persuade her and comfort her. ”

Liu Shen hesitated slightly. Say, "Yes." The son obeyed his mother's will. ”

The Queen Mother looked at the subtle expression on her son's face, and added, "It's come to this point. For the sake of my grandson's son to land safely, you don't have to think so deeply, and then calculate so much and worry so much. ”

Liu Shen bowed his head and said, "Yes." The son will no longer calculate and calculate. ”

(b)

Rong Xian's concubine in the Donghua Courtyard dormitory.

The third watch has been knocked, and Liu Shen is still lying on the bed, tossing and turning. I can't sleep when I open my eyes.

Concubine Rong Xian looked at him uneasy, and felt pity in her heart.

"Your Majesty, it's past the third watch, Your Majesty can sleep peacefully for a while, and I'm going to get up again on the fourth watch."

Liu Shen reached out and hugged her. He said vaguely, "Okay." I sleep. But his eyes were still open, looking at the wooden beams of the dormitory.

Concubine Rong Xian said: "The concubine knows that Your Majesty is thinking about the queen in her heart. If you really can't rest assured, Your Majesty will get up and go to Zhaoyang Palace to see her. After reading it, I was relieved. If you are worried and tossed and turned over like this, you will not have a good rest. ”

Liu Shen said: "I can't sleep, I also make noise to you, and you can't sleep well." ”

Concubine Rong Xian said: "The concubine is also concerned about the queen's body, so it's better for the concubine to accompany His Majesty to go over there to have a look." ”

Liu Shen shook his head and said, "Alas, let's sleep, don't go." ”

Concubine Rong Xian said: "When a woman is pregnant and works so hard, she all hopes that her husband can be by her side day and night. ”

Liu Shen said: "That's your own mind. ”

Concubine Rong Xian said: "Women, their minds are the same. ”

Liu Shen shook his head and said, "That's different. ”

Liu Shen said: "Queen, she doesn't need me to accompany her. What she needs is "

Liu Shen stopped talking.

"What is it?" Concubine Rong asked.

Liu Shen said: "-- It's quiet. ”

(c)

After the news of your death came, your uncle Ding Youren fell seriously ill in Yantang Pass.

Because he has no children in his life, in his uncle's mind, he has always loved you as his son.

Even though he knew you wouldn't live long, when death did happen, in such a tragic way, he was so devastated and grieved that he couldn't afford to get sick.

He was ill for a long time and did not fully recover.

When Liu Shen's summons arrived, he had not yet recovered from his illness and got out of bed. As a result, he was forced to arrive in Yunjing with a delay of two months.

During my illness, he wrote me more than 10 letters, asking about my condition and comforting me with the loss of you. But I didn't reply to him. I only replied to him every time.

I had no way to talk to him about it.

I'll need a little longer to talk about it.

When he arrived in Yunjing, I was almost six months pregnant.

Since the day I was in the warm pavilion with Liu Shen, I have been in a very bad physical and mental state.

I haven't been to the Warm Pavilion for a long time. I haven't stepped out of Zhaoyang Palace for a long time.

I felt very tired, I didn't want to see anyone, I didn't want to care about anything.

In all my pregnancies, I've never been so tired.

As soon as my uncle entered the palace, he judged from all kinds of clues that Liu Shen had not appeared here for a long time.

He asked the palace people how I had been doing these days.

The palace people said that since the death of the general, the queen just became less talkative, and often went to sit alone in the warm pavilion, and there was nothing abnormal about anything else, the battle of Dongcheng, the opening of the national dynasty, the canonization of the harem, and the repair of the palace, these things were carried out normally.

The palace people said that after the new palace was repaired, things were not so busy, and the queen became more silent, more like to stay alone in the warm pavilion, and more and more often, the queen always felt tired.

After pregnancy, the queen's health has been poor, often feeling weak and needing to rest in bed to recuperate, but nothing else.

When my uncle heard this, he felt that his heart was like a knife.

He asked the palace people if I cried about the general's affairs during my mourning for the general.

The palace people said that they didn't cry much at that time, except for the day when they went to the Lingnan Palace with His Majesty to pay tribute, they didn't cry much after that, and even tears were rarely seen.

When my uncle heard this, he didn't speak for a long time. (To be continued.) )