Time is probably the only existence in this world that can be obtained without paying, is not controlled by people, is not controlled by people, and is always determined to move forward regardless of whether the recipient wants to or not.

In the early spring of the twelfth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, in the north of Gusu City, the Qin Wang's Mansion was painted with green tiles, the eaves were raised high, and it was so clean and neat that it did not drag the mud and water at all.

He Hanchuan sat on the soft pillow of pinched gold silk indigo silk, and saw the big red lantern hanging under the beam at a glance through the boxy window in the room, and turned his head with a smile and asked, "A Cicada, our brother An is marrying today, right?" ”

"You're right! Yesterday, His Royal Highness King Qin also came to the gate of the courtyard to greet you, and I heard that you said that you would wait for two days to bring the bride when you took a nap. ”

The middle-aged woman in coarse cloth clothes beside He Hanchuan replied, with an unconcealed coaxing and reassurance in her tone.

He Hanchuan pursed his lips happily and smiled, and was about to speak, but a strong sweet smell gushed in his throat, and he coughed loudly, and only rolled a futon with a thin edge, and a red color instantly appeared.

"Cicada!" He Hanchuan didn't have time for the blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and called out repeatedly, "Hurry up!" Don't let others see it, hurry up and send it to Huanyi... No, no, let's wash ourselves and don't let others know! Today is a good day for Brother An, you can't make me happy! ”

As soon as she went out, the little girl outside the door reached out to pick it up, and the tears hidden in her eyes couldn't hold it anymore, and the tears fell down quickly, "Aunt Cicada, our side concubine is too pitiful... Today, her own son is married, and the concubine detains our side concubine in the house... Xiao Qin Wang too, yesterday came to order something, obviously told him, the side concubine coughed so much that she vomited blood... His Royal Highness nodded, and only asked me to stew more rock sugar pear cups..."

was probably sad and ruthless, and the little girl's crying suddenly amplified, "If the side concubine drinks some rock sugar pear soup, I am willing to stew from time to time, every day..."

The little girl's cry was sharp and thin.

A Cicada hurriedly covered the girl's mouth and scolded in a low voice, "You will cry!" A cicada lowered her head and saw the bright red, and her eyes were red, "Okay, okay, today's mother's spirit is better than yesterday's, let's not make the mother sad..."

The door was not closed tightly, He Hanchuan heard the sound outside the door gradually drifting away, leaned on the soft pillow and was stunned, his eyes motionless as he watched the wind blow the red lantern, and the big red spikes under the lantern were raised high, forming a beautiful arc.

He Hanchuan laughed with the gust of wind.

When you are old, others feel pitiful.

Think about it 20 years ago, who said that the kitchen girl of the West Sixth Institute was not envious, "That girl is lucky"... At the age of thirteen, he had a red case and a white case, and everyone ate well in the eight dishes, and went to the side of the fourth prince Xu Yi at that time, because he was honestly accused by the biological mother of the four princes, Shun Concubine Niangniang, to do Xu Yi's room, and later Xu Yi got married, and she followed him out of the palace to become his concubine.

Later, Princess Zhang of Qin couldn't give birth to a child, so she was stopped from taking medicine and gave birth to Xu Kangan, the eldest son of King Qin...

He Hanchuan smiled, but felt that the corners of his eyes were a little moist, and wiped the back of his hand, only to find that the tears had long been unstoppable.

Later, King Qin died suddenly, Zhang became the concubine of King Qin, and her son became King Xiao Qin. After Xu Kangan was born, she was carried to the main courtyard by King Qin, and she never held her child with her own hands, not once.

King Qin and the Zhang family regarded her as a poison, as long as An Ge'er was contaminated with a little, she would be doomed immediately.

"Whoa—"

Festive suona, the sound is very loud.

He Hanchuan was frightened, and then Fang Chang exhaled, there was a cup of rock sugar pear soup on the stool next to the bed, He Hanchuan reached for it with difficulty, and sipped it in his mouth, the taste was slightly bitter.

She frowned, took a spoon and scooped a spoonful, but the core of the pear was not removed, and if the core was not removed, the soup would be bitter.

He Hanchuan was stunned, simply put the spoon down, and drank it all with his head up.

Brother An asked her to drink, and she drank it.

She has been obedient all her life, listening to the housekeeper when she is a palace maid, listening to the four princes when she has a room, and listening to the princess when she is a concubine... Trembling all her life, in order to live this life, she has been afraid for a lifetime, even if the board falls on her one day - she has seen the person who was beaten to death by the cane, it was Xiao Qiu'er in Huanyi Lane, because she wrinkled a plain silk undershirt, she was rewarded with twenty rods by the inner attendant, and the flesh on her back was broken, damp, emitting a rotten and foul smell, and it didn't take long for Xiao Qiu'er to die.

He Hanchuan shrank in, and touched the book under the pillow, which seemed to have the cold pine and cedar fragrance on it, which made people feel slightly relieved.

At night, the ceremonial flowers outside the city of Gusu rushed to the sky one after another, reflecting the night as if it were day, and the people in the inner city cheered, and the wedding of the vassal king was a great event, which meant that next year's tax would only be less and would not be increased.

The Qin Palace's interior and exterior also revealed a joyful and boiling atmosphere, and the smell of wine and gunsmoke mixed together was everywhere.

He Hanchuan was swinging, curled up in a ball on the bed, sometimes chilling and sometimes feverish, A Cicada folded three layers of thick cotton wool for her, but she still heard her murmuring, "Cold... Cold.." A Cicada's eyes were full of tears, she held He Hanchuan's hand tightly, and shouted, "Go and call the doctor!" Call the doctor! ”

"What's the doctor?"

The door creaked open.

The room was filled with the unfamiliar hustle and bustle for a moment, and then suddenly fell silent as the door was closed.

A Cicada hurriedly knelt on the ground and knocked her head three times, "Concubine Niangniang, the side concubine has been playing since the afternoon, and she has been crying cold, I'm afraid it is... I'm afraid it won't work..."A Cicada kept kowtowing while crying, "I have to ask a doctor to come and take a look!" ”

The princess of Qin, Zhang, was dressed in a joyful red, with neat makeup and a solemn expression, and reprimanded, "Ridiculous! His Royal Highness got married, although the side concubine is an elder, it is not easy to commit taboos! The house outside the city is lively and joyful, but Concubine He wants to see a doctor, and others don't know that they think that our Royal Highness's biological mother doesn't want her son to be good, and she is taking a pie against her new daughter-in-law! ”

That's a big deal.

A Cicada hurriedly threw herself on the ground, burying her head, "Niangniang Mingjian, it's just a side concubine..."

The grandmother beside Zhang's stepped forward steadily, and gave two loud slaps to A Cicada with her round arms, "The master's quality can also come out of your cheap mouth?!" Mama had a cold face, "The daughter-in-law beside the He family has no rules, and she dragged down the cane and scolded her for twenty years, and she has a long memory." ”

The word "cane blame" was like a thunderbolt in the heart of He Hanchuan's brain.

"Cicada!" He Hanchuan screamed, opened his arms, and grabbed around, "Cicada! ”

With a wave of Zhang's hand, Mama quickly slumped Ah Cicada's shoulders down, stuffed a strip of cloth in her mouth and dragged it out.

In the house, only Zhang and He Hanchuan remained.

It was very cold, and only two or three candles were lit, illuminating people dimly and deformed, He Hanchuan felt two streams of heat flowing out of her nose, opened her eyes, and it was pitch black in front of her, but she could only make a whining sound when she opened her mouth wide.

"Chu'er...," Zhang's voice carried a smile that could not be ignored, "I still remember that I heard this name before I got married. ”

Zhang sat down pacing, and blew out a candle as he spoke, "Everyone knows that my husband has a well-behaved and beautiful maid by his side, who has good cooking skills, and has accompanied him for four or five years, and has become my husband's pillow person one step ahead of me." ”

I can't see it, I can't smell it.

He Hanchuan suddenly stopped being afraid, and tried to widen his eyes, but he could only catch Zhang's subtle sneer with his ears.

He Hanchuan felt a stream of heat slip out of his ears and eyes.

Zhang Shi looked at He Hanchuan's bleeding appearance, and only felt happy in his heart, "I think it is not a big deal for a man from Wang Gongxun's noble family to have a caring person by his side, just like raising a kitten and a puppy, when a man likes it, it is an object, and if he doesn't like it, he is not even an object." ”

He Hanchuan's ears began to buzz, but Zhang's voice was magically clear.

"But Xu treats you, but it doesn't look like you're waiting for a thing." Zhang let out a long breath, as if he was about to spit out all the turbidity in his chest, "He has been guarding against me, afraid that I will harm you." I can't have children, am I not able to have children? Xu Yi comes to my house to sit on the fifteenth day of the new year, and sits for a while and rests in the courtyard, how can I have children? Later, I understood that Xu Yi wanted you to give birth to his child justifiably, and he wanted his eldest son to crawl out of your belly. ”

It seemed that a thorn had pierced into He Hanchuan's brain, and Zhang's words were like a drumstick, hitting her chest one after another.

"Later, you gave birth to Xu Kang'an, Xu Yi asked me to swear to the ancestral shrine, let me swear by the ancestors of the Zhang family, and never touch you and your son."

Zhang's voice became sharper, "As long as I move my hand and have my heart, I, me and the Zhang family, he can't tolerate it!" ”

The drumstick was still beating.

He Hanchuan's heart began to contract tightly, as if someone was pinching her with a thin fingernail, she lost all her senses, but she could feel a sharp pain in her chest.

"How can a child in a partial house be the son of the world?" Zhang's Qing Ling laughed out loud, "Only by putting Xu Kangan under my knees can I be raised as a sister-in-law." I regard him as my son, and he regards me as his true mother, and I have never thought of harming him, so who would harm his own son? ”

Zhang smiled, his expression was as full as a snake that had caught its prey, "He respects me, is filial to me, and obeys me." When Xu Yi died, he was only two years old, I worked hard to raise him, married him, did my best to manage him, I kept my promise, I never did anything to you and your children..."

He Hanchuan's eyes were slowly closing.

Seeing this, Zhang shook He Hanchuan's shoulders violently almost madly, afraid that she would be freed, and even more afraid that she would miss the most exciting play.

"I kept my promise, your life is not my take, it is your son's hand!" Zhang laughed loudly, "It's your own son's hand!" If it is Xu Yi, how should he feel? Does he feel that the world is impermanent? ”

Zhang's eyes lit up.

He Hanchuan was like a folded floating willow, opening her eyes with difficulty, looking around with her unfocused gaze, her heart was suddenly contracted and then slowly released, she was like a drowning person, "Rock sugar... Sydney..."

She struggled to make a sound, like a blown air hole.

Zhang laughed so much that his tears soaked his clothes, "I told your son, what if the new daughter-in-law only gives birth to a mother?" You are alive, he will always be a concubine, his biological mother will always be a lowly palace maid, and his colleagues and friends will not look down on him, what should I do? In the future, he will not be filial to me, but only to you, what should I do? I said to your son, you have been sick for so many years, and if you were sensible, you should have gone with his father..."

Zhang straightened He Hanchuan's face and forced her to face to face, "Your good son really did it!" ”

At the end of the play, there will be a hammer.

He Hanchuan's seven souls and six spirits were scattered in the dust with this heavy hammer.

She gasped sharply.

Zhang's hands were shaking.

In the house, the window lattices were wide open.

The candle was blown away by the wind, and only one was still lit.

Zhang leaned over and lowered his head, and whispered secretly in He Hanchuan's ear, "You know what? You are exactly the same as Xu Yi's death, I wish you to go to the underworld and be a pair of weeping mandarin ducks. ”

The wind poured in through the window lattice.

"Whew-"

The last candle was extinguished.