In the eighth month of the sixth year of Jiayou, I learned that Deng Baoji came from Tokyo and sent me a secret decree: I will also enter the palace to serve on the same day.

I was surprised not to expect that only a year after my deportation, I would receive this amnesty. When I saw Deng Duzhi solemnly announcing that I had entered the side hall alone, I thought that he had brought an edict to give death.

"Yes...... Does the princess speak for me? After receiving the order, I whispered to Deng Duzhi, who said "congratulations" to me.

Deng Duzhi sighed: "What the princess did for you, how can the word 'Jinyan' be generalized...... After discovering that you left Beijing, she entered the palace and begged the official family to summon you back, crying so much that she almost fainted, but the official family only comforted you with gentle words and never agreed. So the princess cried all day long, whether in the palace or in the princess's house, in the face of everyone who tried to persuade her, she would only say one sentence angrily: 'Give me back Huaiji!' She wanted to hang herself in the house not once or twice, so frightened that Concubine Miao Xian hurriedly asked the official family to summon her to live in the palace, and stayed by her side all day long, not daring to leave for a moment. In the past year, she has hardly been happy, except for crying, begging, and scolding, she is just in a daze and sleepy. In mid-July this year, Dong Gui gave birth to thirteen princesses. One day, Princess Yanguo went to see this little sister and played with the thirteenth princess, so she smiled a little. At that time, the eleventh princess was also by Dong Niangzi's side, and the nurse fed her porridge, she shook her head and didn't drink, and said 'taro' in her mouth, probably because she wanted to eat taro cake, and Princess Yanguo was stunned when she heard it, and she didn't move for a long time. Miao Niangzi saw that she was abnormal, and immediately asked people to take the thirteenth princess away, and Princess Yanguo also let them take her sister away, and walked out silently. Miao Niangzi followed her out and took her to the back garden to relax. The princess had been very quiet, but when she came to a well, she suddenly jumped into it, and no one around her could hold ......"

As if I had been hit hard, my chest was full of blood and my voice trembled: "Princess...... Something went wrong? ”

Fortunately, I soon met Deng Duzhi's head. "Fortunately, the attendants reacted quickly and quickly rescued her." He said, "Miao Niangzi hugged her and cried to death, and the princess did not say a word, and her eyes were not bright, like a wooden man, until the official family came, she did not speak, but what she said was still the same sentence - 'Return me Huaiji.'" ’”

I lowered my head slightly, and in silence I secretly bit my tongue, so that the pain in one place was suppressed and the sensation in the other place was reduced, until I tasted the sweet taste of blood.

Miao Niangzi became more and more sad when she heard this, and bowed down and begged the official family to summon you back. The official sighed again and again, very embarrassed. After comforting Miao Niangzi's mother and daughter, he went to see Dong Niangzi again and told Dong Niangzi that he was going to enter her as Jieyu. Dong Niangzi gave birth three times in three years, and finally gave birth to the thirteenth princess and had a difficult birth, her body was very weak, and she has been lingering on the sickbed. After hearing the official's words, she immediately got up, knelt in front of the official, resigned from the matter, and asked the official family if they could turn this reward into a promise to help her fulfill a wish. When the official asked her what her wish was, she replied that she hoped that the official would forgive you for your sins and summon you back to the princess. ”

Alas, autumn and ...... She also has a wish herself, but she uses every opportunity to fulfill her wish to fulfill others. I couldn't thank her enough, but I remained silent in the face of Deng Duzhi's account, because I couldn't find any suitable words to express the touch that her kindness had touched me.

"After listening to Dong Niangzi's words, the official family still didn't express his position, but he must have moved the idea of calling you back. And in the end, it was another person who made up his mind. You can't guess who this person is. Deng Duzhi said again.

I raised my head and cast an inquiring glance at him, but he didn't sell it, and directly said the answer: "It's the concubine Li Wei." ”

Under my astonished gaze, he continued: "After hearing about the princess's throwing into the well, Li Duwei entered the palace and asked to see the official family, knelt in front of the official family and kowtowed. The official thought that he had come to plead again, and said impatiently: 'This matter has nothing to do with you, so go back.' Li Duwei said hesitantly that there was something he wanted to ask the official family to agree to, but the official family asked what it was, and he said, "Please call Mr. Liang back." ’”

At this point, Deng Duzhi stopped and looked at me, as if waiting for me to say something. And I was completely speechless, and I had nothing to say to him, and after a long time, I asked, "Did he ask for the reason for calling me back?" ”

Deng knows: "No. The official family also asked him, but he didn't explain the reason, just kept prostrating his head and repeatedly begged the official family to call you back. ”

Deng Duzhi and I didn't stop and hurried back to Tokyo. When we arrived near the Tokyo City Gate, it was getting late, and Deng Duzhi knew that the time to close the city gate had passed, but he was afraid that we would not be able to enter the city today, and when he walked to the city gate, he found that the door was still wide open and not closed. Deng Duzhi was surprised and asked the guards guarding the door, and the guards replied: "The thirteenth princess is out for the funeral today, and the official family ordered that the palace gate and the city gate should be kept, and they will not be closed until the funeral person returns." ”

The thirteenth princess died? I turned to Deng Duzhi, he nodded, and said in a low voice: "The situation of the thirteenth princess has not been good since she was born, and she was critically ill when I left Beijing. ”

Counting the days, this little princess only survived in the world for two months. My heart was gloomy, and I couldn't guess how sad Qiuhe would be.

Deng Duzhi led me into the city, and when the envoy of the prison gate inquired about my identity, he disguised and said: "This is the minister of Xijing." ”

When I entered the city, he whispered to me: "When you return to Beijing this time, the official family does not want people to know, especially the Taiwanese advice, so they sent me to pass on the secret decree, and also told me not to tell people about your identity on the way, otherwise, the Taiwanese will know that you are back, and there will be something to say." ”

I lowered my eyes and remembered the accusations he had made at me. Deng Duzhi walked silently for a moment, and suddenly turned to me and said, "You probably haven't heard of it yet?" In mid-June of this year, the official family accepted the suggestion of the ministers and moved Sima Guang to the living house, and the same as the Zhiyuan ...... In just two months, Sima Guang has been on more than ten or twenty slashes, and has become the current counselor with the most advanced words. ”