Chapter 181: Xia Cicada (19)
Until, he really attacked Rong Tan.
I heard that Rong Tan fell from a horse, I was very sick, but I still supported myself to get up, Zhao'er was serving by my side, and came out of the courtyard after changing clothes, and saw me standing in front of the standing mirror neatly dressed, I hung my head and kept coughing, Si'er had no choice but to listen to me, and tighten my belt so that I could stand straighter.
I was reaching out to arrange the butterfly earrings in my ears, but I still couldn't help coughing, one was unstable, was hugged by Zhao'er, and sat on the stool with support, "Queen Mother, you have been coughing all winter, and you finally survived until spring, it's a little better, what are you going to do?" β
"I, I heard that Uncle Tan fell from his horse and was not lightly injured, I want to go over to see him, you, you are holding me so tightly, my back hurts badly."
Zhao'er helped me to the couch, and then beckoned Si'er to go to Qingtai to rely on "Erchen just sent the imperial doctor, and the person sent to ask about the situation will also say, Uncle Tan broke his leg and ribs, and now he can't wake up, you go now, it is useless, it is better to wait for Uncle Tan to wake up, you go to visit again, and..."Zhao'er has always been a sensible child, I, his father and Rong Tan's affairs, he has also heard a little, but he has always taken care of me and refused to ask more."
"And what?" My back hurt from the frequent coughing, and I couldn't straighten my waist, so I had to bend over, and although my arms were weak, I still wore earrings on both ears.
"Moreover, my father has always disliked you to see Uncle Tan. Haven't you found out yet? Even if you say one more word to Uncle Tan at the palace banquet, your father will have one more concubine. If you look at Uncle Tan more, Uncle Tan will definitely be reprimanded the next day..."
"Your father, the emperor, reprimanded your Uncle Tan?" I've never heard anyone say that Your Majesty actually reprimanded Rong Tan?
"Yes, Uncle Tan is only a second-grade official now, with his talent and ability, for so many years, like his uncle, it is also good to rank as the third duke. That's it, because he's too much with you... No, it's just because he said one more thing to you. "Zhao'er understands, he knows that for so many years, even if Rong Tan and I talk in private, we are still abiding by our duties, polite and orderly...
I couldn't help but ask him, "Do you know me and your Uncle Tan?" β
Zhao'er nodded, and said with some bitterness in her mouth, "Queen Mother, it's okay to say that others don't understand, but the son understands through his own marriage." β
"Good boy, really worthy of being a good boy of my mother. Your father, the emperor, felt that it was because he was not enough to ask to marry the daughter of our Chai family, so he didn't even mention it in front of your grandfather and grandmother. So when it comes to you, he wants you to have no regrets. However, even if you were raised by a thousand nobles, you still failed to marry the person you love the most in the end. This is fate, and it has nothing to do with one's birth or status. "I couldn't help crying, a child understands the truth, why doesn't your majesty understand.
"Mother, haven't you ever liked your father? For so many years, he has also been impeccable to you. Zhao'er bent down and put on my shoes.
I paused and nodded, "I naturally like your father, otherwise with your mother's temperament, even if I go to jump into the well, I won't be with him for a day." It's just that I blame him, I blame him for never asking me what he thinks. When he married someone else, he could ask me if he would like to wait for him. I also blamed him, and didn't ask me if I would like to marry him. He just had to ask me, and we wouldn't be where we are. I should, and will do, better than I am now. β
After speaking, I heard a familiar footstep, and then wanted to kick away Zhao'er, who had already grabbed my ankle, "Stinky boy, you actually yin your old lady." β
His Majesty came out from behind the screen at the side door and looked at me with deep eyes.
The way he looked at me never changed, he always put me in the middle and buried me deep in it. How can I not be moved by such a look, but I also have my pride.
"Queen Mother, my son will go out of the palace on your behalf, and you will let your father accompany you well." With that, Zhao'er stood up and drifted out of my room like the wind.
I watched him disappear and was about to stand up, but His Majesty held him down, and he knelt in front of me, holding my feet with both hands like Zhao'er just now.
I'm angry," for fear that others wouldn't know that you were father and son. It's the same way. What are you holding me for? Can I still run? β
Saying that, I raised my foot and prepared to kick him, I was reluctant to kick my son just now, I was still willing to kick this bastard.
"It turns out that it's because of this." He didn't answer my words, but reached out and held my face, I looked down and didn't look at him, only by him and said, "After so many years, I wish you could tell me why you just refused to look at me again, but now, I understand." β
"Rong Tan, he is always different from me. He took care of me, and I've really benefited from it to this day. I can't help but look at him, I can't help but talk to him. However, after so many years, we have become like friends, maybe we have been just friends from the beginning, you don't have to be too harsh with us, we really won't do anything. You know my character, and if I really want to do something, you can't keep me. Little minion..."At this moment, my heart was filled with tenderness, I raised my head and glanced at him, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes, "This is the first time you call me a little minion since we got married, but it is just for that man." β
He stood up, as if something was wrong, that there was a detour, and there was no turning back.
"What did you do?" I asked subconsciously.
"What will I do?" His eyes dimmed, I smelled blood, and then I suddenly understood, and then I also stood up, "You, you still attacked Rong Tan?" Or is it that the matter of the Yu Wang's family was yours from the beginning..."I didn't dare to say any more, because I had already been confirmed in his eyes "You, you..."
I bent over and coughed violently, feeling as if I was going to pass out at any moment, but I still wanted answers.
"The cloud... Queen, you are not in good health, just rest in the palace. I don't have to go out of the palace recently. With that, His Majesty had already walked to the door
I thought for a moment and said, "If you want me to die, you lock me up." β
"If you want King Yu and your Chai King family to be buried for you, you try." As he spoke, he walked out a little indifferently, and I looked at his back, and my heart sank.
When Zhao'er came back, she saw me sitting on the couch crying, and immediately leaned over, "Queen Mother, how did you talk to your father?" β
I stretched out my hand to grab Zhao'er and said to Zhao'er, "How is your Uncle Tan?" β
Zhao'er originally wanted to say something else to reassure me, but after seeing my eyes, he had to tell me the truth, "The imperial doctor and the palace doctor of King Yu are here, and they all said that Uncle Tan is really sick, the small bone of his left leg is broken, and three ribs are broken in his chest, one of which hurts his lungs, and it is very likely that he will not be able to hold on." Mother, mother, don't cry. There is still good news. The princess invited Master Yu He over, and he might have a way. β
"How? He's a bell-rattling, a spirit-summoning bastard, and he's said you'll have something bad before you're twenty-five. What else could he do? At this I fell between my arms and began to cry.
After Zhao'er left, I still couldn't maintain my spirit, fainted, and when I was half-asleep and half-awake, I seemed to hear someone call me again, and then someone poured bitter and astringent medicinal soup into my mouth, and then I fell asleep again, and I don't know how long it was.
When I woke up, the Queen Mother was sitting next to me, and she was like my mother, touching my hair and looking at me.
"Mother, motherβ" I looked at her, and before I could say a word, tears flowed from my eyes.
"I know, I know." As she spoke, the Queen Mother still touched my hair, and then smiled at me, "Over the years, I have also been the one who has watched you all the way." And Rong Tan's kid is a real righteous gentleman, and he has also been good to his wife Xu over the years. With that, the Queen Mother picked up my medicine and fed it to me in one mouthful. I didn't want to drink it, but the Queen Mother fed it, so I naturally had no way to refuse.
I nodded, and then the tears couldn't be stopped, "Queen Mother, I have never been sorry for Your Majesty, I don't know why he is so suspicious of me." β
"He's no longer the little minion who always dangles in front of you, he's always been a man, and now he's an emperor." As she spoke, the Queen Mother wiped the tears off my face with a handkerchief.
"Do you know what your son calls him?" Speaking of this, I was really embarrassed, I wanted to explain, but the Queen Mother shook her head, "You don't have to explain, I know." Your aunts and nephews have always been like this, even if they are good, they will not say it properly. As she spoke, she looked at me as if she had seen my aunt from me.
"Rong Tan can't hold on now, I, I've always felt ashamed of him, if it ends because of me, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive." I recalled Rong Tan's kindness to me again and again, he was really a very good person, gentle and casual, and always protected me.
When I was young, my brother was always very good to me, he liked to carry me on his back, and then took me around to play, I pulled his hair, his ears, he was not annoyed, later, I thought that all the men in this world should be like my brother, the little slave at the beginning, and later, Rongtan was the same.
He was always with me, thinking of me even somewhere else, writing me long letters, and then bringing me some local goods, and even sending me a local flower.
I thought about it carefully, and finally cried uncontrollably, the Queen Mother was on the side with me, and after my mood stabilized, she slowly said to me, "Don't cry, Rong Tan is alive, and you won't be able to die for a while." β
"Really? Is Rongtan still alive? "As soon as I heard the news that he was still alive, I immediately felt relieved and my spirits were much better.
The Queen Mother saw that my face softened, and patiently wiped away my tears with a handkerchief, "It's all the faces of two children, and I'm going to be a grandmother tomorrow, so I'm still so childish." Your aunts and nephews always want so many things. I've never had any love, and I've never been cherished. β
After listening to it, I suddenly felt sad for the Queen Mother's words, "Really? β
"In my life, there is only one man in the first emperor, and except for him, there is no man who looks at me more. The first emperor never gave me an extra look. He is a person who is cold and indifferent to every woman except the concubine. Even when my poor boy went, he didn't even give me a hug. β
After I listened, I sat up, and found that I was really much better, stretched out my arms, and wanted to hug the Queen Mother, the news that Rong Tan was still alive really relieved me, and I had other thoughts to care about others.
The Queen Mother was very disgusted, but she didn't push me away, let me hug her, and then she smiled coldly, "How long do you want to hold me?" β
"Alright, alright." I let go of the Queen Mother a little embarrassed, smoothed her shoulders, and I crumpled the plain Tuanhua brocade, this cloth costs 100 gold, and it is difficult to clean up when it is crumpled, I like it very much, but the Inner Court Division still gave it to the Queen Mother and made this gorgeous brocade robe.
"I've seen it for a long time, but your aunt is still struggling to indulge in it, pursuing some so-called love. If a person really doesn't have you in his heart, it's useless to pursue hard. The Queen Mother was very calm, and in her eyes, she was already indifferent.
"That Chen Guifei, I saw her once. The appearance is not as good as my aunt's, and the posture is not as graceful as yours, and it is not even as gorgeous as Xiao's. And she is a very shallow person, how could the first emperor like her? The Queen Mother heard this and smiled faintly, "This is the radish and cabbage, each with its own love." I don't know what Your Majesty likes about you. The first time I saw you, I felt that you were no different from those who bullied and ridiculed him. Whoever Your Majesty likes, it is their heart. As the so-called gentleman's heart is unpredictable. But your mind is still very easy to see. From beginning to end, you have only liked Your Majesty alone. You are to Rong Tan, but he is good to you, just to fill the hole in your heart, and then because he is too good to you, so you have always felt that you owe something. It's time now, queen, you really have to look forward, otherwise the next time you will suffer, it will be the entire family of King Yu. To tell you the truth, since King Lian handed over power, His Majesty has wanted to do something to King Yu's family for a long time. After speaking, the Queen Mother stood up, she looked at me condescendingly, but her eyes were still very gentle, but she was motionless, staring at my eyes, I nodded, "I will, I will." β
I won't, how can I let go of a person who is so kind to Rongtan. Yes, maybe I really didn't love Rong Tan, but Rong Tan is different from others to me, he is my friend, even my relatives, how can I tolerate others hurting him.
I recovered from my illness, and strange to say, I was coughed up for a winter, and after a big sleep, I got better quickly. And then I was still standing in front of the mirror of that day, clothed.
"Niangniang, you are really much better, you haven't coughed all morning." Si'er put on my skirt and was lowering her head to tie my belt, and I said to Si'er, "Tie it tighter." β
"Yes," Si'er strained her hands, and I straightened my back again.
After putting it on, the chariot frame out of the palace was already waiting for me outside, I bent over and sat on the chariot, and after sitting down, looking at the phoenix head on the ceiling, it was the first time I sat on this.
The news that I was leaving the palace soon reached His Majesty's ears, and we finally met in front of the Dongwei Gate, and he looked up at me, and the person who carried me immediately stopped saluting, and I was still sitting inside, looking at him, in fact, I was no longer looking at him.
He was wearing a black court robe, and he thought that he should have hurried over from the court.
He walked up to me, his fists clenched, and I understood that he was suppressing himself from doing anything irreparable to me. I just watched, motionless.
He finally stood one step away from me, bowed his head, and said, "Are you really going?" β
"I am, must go. It's just that I'm the queen, and Your Majesty can rest assured. If you want me to go in any other capacity, then I want to go too. When he heard this, he actually laughed, but certainly not because he was happy, but because I laughed angrily.
"Yun'e, Chai Yun'e, you really know how to make me angry. I'll go with you. As he spoke, he lifted his steps and was about to put on his shoulders. I looked at him, and then I just wouldn't give up my place next to me.
He paused, then asked me again, "Are you really going?" β
I still nodded.
"Okay, I'll let you go." With that, His Majesty turned around and left the place, and the sedan chair began to move again, and I sighed and looked back at him, and he was also standing there looking at me, and I turned my head back and stopped looking at him.
Zhao'er was waiting for me at the gate of the palace, and he stood in front of the horse, and when he saw me coming out, he rode and came to me. I looked up, and Zhao'er shook her head, "Queen Mother, can't you bow your head once in front of your father?" β
I was also very helpless, and shook my head, "If I can bow my head, it won't be me." β
"Queen Mother, when will you understand the deep affection of your father."
"I understand, son, I know your father too well." After that, I stopped talking and looked straight ahead.
When I arrived at King Yu's Residence, I looked at this place that had been built for me, but this was the first time I had come here since it was completely built here.
Xu greeted me at the door, these days to take care of Rong Tan, she was very haggard, I looked at her who was saluting, let people help her up, she walked to me in a few steps, took my hand and looked at me with tears in her eyes, her hand was very cold, I asked "Tan... Is the prince of King Yu okay? β
"The prince woke up today, you, you can go in and see him." With that, Xu greeted me and walked into this mansion.
I walked into his yard, and it was really as big as he said.
As soon as I entered the courtyard door, I smelled a strong smell of medicine, through the corridor, into his room, the maid and Zhao'er beside me, very suitable did not follow, and Xu, also stopped at the door, I looked back at her, her eyes were full of tears, I don't know how to comfort her, but I really want to go in and see him.
He has always liked a well-lit house, so this room is very bright, and everything is arranged according to his character.
In front of the desk, there was a pen that had not had time to be washed, I saw that he was still asleep, so he stepped forward lightly, picked up the pen that had dried up, and put it in the pen washing pool, the sound of the pen touching the wall of the pool, although it was very weak, but it still woke him up, and I heard him breathe a sigh of relief, "Hey, only you can see this at a glance." Thankfully, someone finally washed the pen. This is a good wolf pen, if it is dyed through the ink, it will be useless. β
"You're awake, how are you doing?" I hung the washed pen on the side shelf, turned and walked to his bed.
He was wearing a loose bedgown, his long hair was scattered, and he was covered with a brocade quilt, and I couldn't see a trace of injury on his body, but just looking at his pale face, I knew that he was still badly injured.
"After lying down for a few days, people are going to fall apart, what about you? Is the cough getting better? "Instead of answering my question, he asked me a question.
"I'm naturally fine, I'm good to come to see you." I spread my arms and walked around his bedside, with a faint smile on his lips, and at this time the spring was halfway over, and it was the best time for the sun, I looked at his smile, as if I had returned to the banquet where I saw him for the first time.
"You've lost weight" He patted the stool next to him and motioned for me to sit down, and I didn't squirm, sitting next to him, looking at him with a smile on my lips.
"I've been in bed for a few days, but it's good to be thinner, and after giving birth to Jue'er, I have always felt that I am getting more and more rounded." As I spoke, I touched my face, and sure enough, the flesh on my cheek had disappeared without a trace.
"You quarreled with Your Majesty?" He asked me.
I didn't deny it, and nodded, "I remember, I always quarreled with my brother before, but I didn't quarrel with you or him, this is the first time." β
He didn't have the strength, but he was in good spirits, and his eyes were still bright, "Well, but it's really not a good sign." However, this big stone of mine, which has always been in His Majesty's heart, should soon not be in his way. You're finally together. β
"I don't allow you to say that, I already know what he did to you. You'd better get better for me, otherwise I won't look at him again or pay attention to him in my life. "I can't help but play with my child's temper in front of him, which I can feel myself, and my mouth is pouting because of the grievances in my heart.
"Yun'e, our Yuwang clan is also thanks to you." Rong Tan said something that made me seem to understand, and then he diverted the topic, "What is the weather outside today?" Do you see the May snow in the yard? Is it all over the yard? β