Chapter 525: Widowed Mother and Widow
Qian'er was stunned, but after a long time, she came over tremblingly, took out a handkerchief, wiped the foam from the queen's mouth, and asked in a low voice: "Imperial concubine, master, what's wrong?" ”
"Lost consciousness...... "Fu Yin took the handkerchief, carefully let go of the queen's shoulders, and saw that she was quiet and no longer moving, before letting go of her hand and began to wipe her, and said in a low voice, "If a person who is overly grieved is strongly stimulated, his mind will be like this when he breaks down—what did she see just now?" ”
Qian'er wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said sneeringly, "No...... Nothing. The queen's master watched the flowers here for an afternoon-the imperial concubine also knew that the queen's master liked this. It's been quiet all the time, probably ...... Yes, maybe it's too dark and the wind is blowing loudly, which scares the queen's master, right? ”
Fu Yin listened quietly, wiping the queen's face with a hand towel, while shaking his head and sighing: "It's just a snow, where can this be ......"
Qian'er was stunned again, shook her head, and looked puzzled. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't help it.
Fu Yin's hand towel covered the queen's face, rubbed it gently, and suddenly, I felt the face under the palm of my hand move, as if something hot and humid was pouring out. She hurriedly removed the handkerchief, and saw the queen crying again.
There was no longer any expression on that face, and the queen looked at the snow curtain outside in a daze, her shoulders shaking violently, and she sobbed. Fu Yin and Qian'er followed her gaze, and in the dark courtyard, the flowers and trees were swaying in the blizzard, and there was not a trace of abnormality. Large snowflakes fell densely, covering the bluestone slabs with a thick layer.
Fu Yin looked at it, a little puzzled. Just lowered his head and wiped the tears on the queen's face with a hand towel. However. Suddenly, the quiet queen moved. hugged Fu Yin's family tightly, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
"What's wrong? Sister, what's wrong? Fu asked softly, and although she was also very scared in her heart, she did not push her away.
In an instant, there was only the sound of whistling wind and snow in the courtyard, and the woman's intermittent whimpering.
Fu Yin looked at the courtyard, and the yellow leaves were falling in the wind and snow. Mixed with remnants of flowers - it was a red acacia flower. Tears gleamed in her eyes. She gently lowered her hand and stroked the collapsed queen in her arms.
The Queen's gaze was fixed, looking into the courtyard.
"Snow ...... Acacia ...... Blood. Suddenly, faintly, Fu Yin heard the queen in her arms say something, she was startled, and looked down at the queen, however, the queen's eyes were still in a trance. Fu could feel her body trembling and hugged her tightly. His fingers trembled and pointed to the snow curtain outside: "Blood, blood......"
She followed the Queen's gaze. Looking at the snow on the bluestone under the porch, she saw the red dots above, the falling acacia flowers, and the withered yellow leaves—no blood...... Where is the blood?
"There...... It's all blood. The queen's hand trembled and hugged her tightly, Fu Yin lowered her head, only to see that the face that had been blank was full of inexplicable fear, she just raised her head, her expression was broken, "It's all blood." The Emperor ......"
"The wind is so strong, the queen master is careful of getting cold." Qian'er shook off the mink cloak that had just slipped, wrapped the queen, and said with concern.
The queen struggled for a moment, but as if she was afraid of something, she fell silent again, and regained the blank expression on her face, staring at the thick snow under the eaves outside.
"Snow ...... Acacia-" The Queen's eyes slowly condensed, and it seemed that it took countless efforts to say those words--The slender fingers grasped the garment, almost torn, and her eyes were still erratic, as if it was difficult to recover from fear and panic, "Look, look—the flowers are blooming!" ”
Fu Yin looked at her finger in some surprise, but strangely enough, the queen was not pointing at any flower tree, but at the snowflakes flying in the air. There, the snow was misty, and the pale red flowers of the acacia fell with the yellowish leaves.
"My sister is here......" At this time, the queen saw Fu Yin's family, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Sister......" Seeing the queen's appearance, Fu Yin couldn't help but shed tears.
Of course, she knew why the queen was the way she was.
The queen's heartache, she actually feels it.
The violent death of Emperor Tongzhi brought them not only the grief of losing their husbands, but also huge embarrassment.
Although the imperial court had announced that Emperor Tongzhi had died of "typhoid fever", rumors about the emperor's other cause of death had quietly spread in one day.
"Poor son of heaven with smallpox!"
Although all the people in the palace were silent, the Empress of the Erut clan and the Hui Concubine Fuyin, who had the closest relationship with Emperor Tongzhi, were under unprecedented pressure.
Because they know very well in their hearts why Emperor Tongzhi died!
"How can this acacia flower bloom on this cold winter day...... Fu Yin noticed that the queen's gaze was always lingering in one place, she followed the queen's gaze, and immediately saw the acacia tree that had bloomed.
"If you bloom, you'll probably die...... the queen muttered.
"These flowers are the children of this tree...... "The queen said as if to herself, and as if she were speaking to Fu Yin, "I will die soon after I am born, just like my children......"
Hearing the queen's incomparably sad voice, Fu Yin's heart couldn't help but feel a pain.
"Sister! Stop it! Sister! Fu Yin cried.
Although no one told her, Fu Yin knew that after the establishment of the new emperor, in order to prevent the dangerous situation of "fighting for the country", the queen's child had been secretly given to Prince Jing as Prince Jing's son!
"Sister, I know that you are good to me, you and I sisters get along with each other, and we have always ......been like flesh and blood," the queen suddenly turned around and hugged Fu Yin's family, "Can you help me think of a way to let me see the flesh and blood of Emperor Daxing......"
Hearing the queen's pleading, Fu Yin's tears rained down, and she couldn't help but hug the queen.
"Sister......
"Sister, the emperor has always spoiled you and loved you. You can help me talk to the emperor. Let me meet him. Okay? The queen hugged Fu Yin tightly and pleaded heartbreakingly.
Hearing the queen's cry, Qian'er and Jing'er and the little palace maids standing aside couldn't help but shed tears one by one.
Fu Yin looked at the queen with tears streaming down her face, her throat choked for a while, she couldn't speak, she just nodded vigorously.
"Good sister, thank you......"
That's when it happened. The door creaked open, and a line of eunuchs carrying lanterns walked in.
The queen and Fu Yin turned their heads in unison, and saw the Empress Dowager Renxi who was walking down the imperial chariot with the support of Li Jintai, and the palace maids and eunuchs beside her.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager Renxi came so late, the queen and the Fu Yin clan were surprised, and they forgot the number of greetings for a while.
Fu Yin's clan was the first to react, and quickly pulled the queen, and the queen came back to her senses and hurriedly stepped forward with Fu Yin's to take over.
The two of them helped the Empress Dowager Renxi into the warm pavilion one by one, and the Empress Dowager Renxi glanced left and right at the Empress and Fuyin. A hint of love flashed in his eyes.
"What just happened? Who's shouting 'blood' and 'blood'? Empress Dowager Renxi asked.
"The acacia flowers in the yard bloomed and fell to the snow. When my sister saw it, she thought it was blood. Fu Yan replied.
"This acacia blooms in winter?" Empress Dowager Renxi said curiously, turned her head to look, and sure enough, she saw red stains in the snow, like blood.
"Someone, hurry up and sweep it, look at it weird and scary." Empress Dowager Renxi frowned and ordered.
"I know you sisters haven't slept at this moment." Empress Dowager Renxi said, "I can't sleep at this time, I don't worry about the queen, so I came over to take a look, I didn't expect Lan'er you to be here......" She gently held Fu Yin's fingers, smiled and nodded.
"Lan'er can't rest assured that her sister is always running over to take a look, besides, doesn't the emperor want Lan'er to take care of her sister more. ......" Fu Yin helped the Empress Dowager Renxi, lowered her head, her eyes were red, and said softly, "Just now, my sister missed Emperor Daxing, and she was still talking about Emperor Daxing, and she wanted to take a look at Emperor Daxing again......"
"Emperor Daxing has gone, and the queen must not be too sad." Hearing Fu Yin's words, Empress Dowager Renxi's heart shrank, she was worried that the queen had found a short-sighted view because of her grief, so she immediately turned her head and looked at the queen with concern.
Seeing the night of this snowy day, the Empress Dowager Renxi did not avoid the severe cold and came to visit her in person, the queen was moved in her heart, and she couldn't help but shed tears again.
Seeing the queen crying, the Empress Dowager Renxi knew that she must have remembered the recently deceased Emperor Tongzhi, and couldn't help but sigh.
"How is the queen's body today? Is there any discomfort? Empress Dowager Renxi wanted to divert the topic from the sad matter of Emperor Tongzhi's death, so she asked.
"Back to the emperor's mother, the daughter-in-law is just a little dizzy today, nothing else...... the queen replied softly.
Empress Dowager Renxi looked at her carefully, and found that she was a little haggard except for her face, her eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously cried just now, and nothing else was unusual, so she nodded.
"The queen must not be too sad and cry badly." Empress Dowager Renxi's eyes unconsciously glanced at the queen's wrists and neck, and after not seeing any scratches, she said with concern.
Hearing the words of the Empress Dowager Renxi, the queen suddenly got up desperately, knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Renxi, and bowed again and again.
"Ouch! You! You! What are you going to do? The Empress Dowager Renxi was shocked when she saw this, quickly got up from her seat, and stepped forward to support the queen, "It's a cold day, how cold it is on the floor!" You! Are you dying?! ”
"The daughter-in-law begs the emperor's mother, and I hope the emperor's mother agrees!" The queen looked at the Empress Dowager Renxi with teary eyes and said sadly.
"Hurry up! Get up and speak! Empress Dowager Renxi was anxious, and pulled the queen's arm hard, asking her to stand up, and Li Jintai on the side also quickly ran over and held the queen's other arm.
"Get up, hurry up! You kid! Don't be so cheap, can you? That's a terrible thing! Empress Dowager Renxi said hurriedly, "What do you want, let's discuss it, you must not be like this!" Okay? Good boy! Get up! ”
The queen slowly got up and cried: "Please let me see my child and let me see him......"
Listening to the queen's plea, the Empress Dowager Renxi was sad for a while, and she couldn't help but shed tears.
"Huang Eniang, I beg you, let me meet him. See him......" cried the queen. "I know. You haven't seen him since the day he was born, but he is the flesh and blood of Emperor Daxing, your grandson......"
"Miserable child!" Empress Dowager Renxi lamented.
As the supreme ruler of this old empire, she certainly understands what the new emperor's accession to the throne means to the "untimely" child born to the empress.
"Huang Eniang, if you don't agree. The daughter-in-law is willing to go with the Emperor Daxing......" Arut cried.
"Don't say such stupid things!" Empress Dowager Renxi said sharply, "You listen to me!" He's gone, you're gone, you've got to give me a good life! ”
Fu Yinshi heard that although the words of the Empress Dowager Renxi were severe, but they were full of love, she hurriedly stepped forward and comforted the queen softly, "Sister, don't cry, your body is important, the emperor's mother has agreed, sister, don't cry." ”
Listened to Fu Yin's words. The queen no longer pleaded with the Empress Dowager Renxi, but she still cried non-stop.
Empress Dowager Renxi didn't expect Fu Yin to say such a sentence. She looked at this cousin and niece and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Sister, don't cry, the emperor has spoken just now, I want you to live well, just so that you can see the child!" The clever Fu Yin clan didn't wait for the Empress Dowager Renxi to speak, and hurriedly added another sentence, choking the Empress Dowager Renxi there for a while.
When the queen heard Fu Yin say this, she slowly stopped crying, and just looked at the Empress Dowager Renxi with tearful eyes, her eyes full of hope and sorrow.
Empress Dowager Yi Renxi has a strong heart, and she doesn't seem to dare to face such a pair of eyes.
"Huang Eniang, you say, isn't this Li'er?" Fu Yin came to the side of the Empress Dowager Renxi, took her hand, and asked coquettishly, as if to force the Empress Dowager Renxi to give a definite answer.
"Hmph, you're talking about light!" Empress Dowager Renxi snorted, "You insisted that the queen give birth to this child, did you think that this child would ascend to the throne in the future, and you would have the merit to support it?" ”
Hearing Empress Dowager Renxi's words that seemed to be a reprimand, Fu Yin's face turned white all of a sudden, and she hurriedly knelt down.
"Lan'er doesn't dare!" Fu Yin kowtowed again and again. The queen's eyes on the side suddenly darkened.
"Lan'er begged the emperor to let her sister give birth to the child safely, not for her own selfishness. Lan'er just thinks that this kid ...... It's so pathetic! Fu Yin said, tears also fell, "Huang Eniang, that's also your own flesh and blood!" ”
"Huang Eniang, Emperor Daxing has gone, if my sister doesn't have this child anymore, do you think, can she still live?" Fu Yinshi stepped forward with two steps on his knees, grabbed the hand of the Empress Dowager Renxi with his hand, and said with a hissing cry.
Empress Dowager Renxi's body trembled violently, she looked at the Fu Yin clan, and then at the empress, and in a trance it seemed that she had returned to the time when she was young and served Emperor Xianfeng with Rentai......
"Hurry up...... Empress Dowager Renxi burst into tears and gently patted Fu Yin's hand.
"I can't imagine that you two sisters can be as ...... as my sister and me," Empress Dowager Renxi said in a choked voice.
"Huang Eniang, did you agree? ......" Fu Yin asked slowly as he got up and said in a hoarse voice.
"If I don't agree to you, how can I get by with my own heart!" Empress Dowager Renxi sighed.
"Daughter-in-law Xie Huang's mother is complete!" The queen was about to kneel down and kowtow again, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager Renxi.
"Don't worry, you two, this matter will fall on me!" Empress Dowager Renxi looked at the Empress and Fu Yin, and finally made up her mind.
The snow stopped at some point, and the dark clouds in the sky also dispersed, revealing a bright moon.
Under the moonlight, in the shadow of the branches of the acacia tree, despite the cold wind, there were still a few flowers on the branches, which had not withered, and swayed tenaciously in the wind.
When I returned to my bedroom "Danfeng Xuan", it was already a little late, and under the service of the palace maids, the Empress Dowager Renxi lay on the bed, turned off the lights and went to bed, but it was difficult to sleep for a long time.
Although the queen just now gave herself a problem, this problem is not very difficult to solve. It's not because of this that I can't sleep.
The empress's words reminded her of the current little emperor Chengtian.
Among the current courtiers, many still believe that they chose the young Chengtian to inherit the throne in order to continue to hold on to power. As for the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces "hanging the curtain to listen to the government", those people were even jokingly called "Si Chen" in private!
What a joke!
The weight of the burden of national politics, how can people who are not personally shoulder it!
If there is a more suitable adult than Chengtian among the children of the clan to inherit the throne, she really can't wait to let go and stay in the garden all day to recuperate!
Back then, he selected Su Ru, a famous minister, among the courtiers, to teach his own son Emperor Tongzhi, just so that he could be pro-government as soon as possible and let himself unload this burden!
It's a pity that his biological son, somehow, not only failed in his studies, but also regarded handling government affairs as a "chore"!
What made her even more sad was that her son, under the teaching of a group of Taoist gentlemen, not only did not become an upright gentleman, but went to another extreme and became a gentleman who was greedy for beauty!
It is precisely because of his son's excessive indulgence that he is not satisfied with the beautiful queen Erut and his niece Fuyi who he found for him, and he is a palace maid in the palace, and he listened to the instigation of his companion Cheng Ming and Wang Qingqi, and took an overdose of "secret medicine", and as a result, he died of deyang at a young age!
Thinking of his son's untimely death, Renxi's heart was saddened.
In fact, his son is talented and intelligent, and he is very similar to his husband Emperor Xianfeng!
It's a pity that both father and son are the same, Emperor Xianfeng died at the age of thirty, and his son Emperor Tongzhi was only nineteen years old when he went! (To be continued......)
PS: A middle school janitor in Chengdu, 65-year-old Uncle Zhou was forced to resign because he was repeatedly harassed by the school flower, saying that young people nowadays are really unbearable. It is said that the school always runs to the guard room when he is fine, likes to talk about some privacy issues, and pretends to faint and insists on Uncle Zhou's artificial respiration. Uncle Zhou had no choice but to resign, and the principal repeatedly retained him before continuing to work. In order to avoid similar incidents, the school asked Uncle Zhou not to drive a Bentley to work in the future, and Uncle Zhou also said that he would change to a Mercedes-Benz.
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