117. Reject the son and become the emperor
After Bai Xianghua came back, the emperor wanted to canonize Bai Xianghua as the queen, Bai Xianghua left the palace for 20 years, and he didn't care much about the power or status in the harem, so he politely refused, the emperor followed her heart, and quit the matter of the queen, but in the end she was promoted to a concubine, and the Feng Guifei, who temporarily managed the harem, was reduced to a phoenix concubine.
In recent days, the emperor's body is not as good as before, lying on the dragon collapse for longer and longer, Wang Xin and his party have played, asking the emperor to recall the king of Runjun in the frontier to Kyoto, restore the crown prince, the emperor every time he thinks of this group of courtiers and those ladies in the harem urging him to establish a new prince, he has a headache, fortunately Bai Xianghua returned, thinking that he and she also have a son, the emperor was a little relieved.
It's not that the emperor didn't want to make his and Bai Xianghua's son the crown prince and let him inherit the throne, but twenty years ago, when Bai Xianghua had not left, he begged himself not to let Anwar inherit the throne, and said that she didn't want her son to grow up in the palace, she hoped that her son could become a martial arts master and a chivalrous person, and the emperor also followed her heart and didn't let him grow up in the palace, and sent him to Qingming Mountain to study with Cheng Zhiyou for nine years.
Bai Xianghua went to the Xiufang Palace where Yu Shuangmo used to live, and just after entering the door, she saw the potted chrysanthemums in front of the door, and always remembered that Yu Shuangmo's least favorite thing was chrysanthemums, and there were never chrysanthemums planted in this Xiufang Palace in the past, she always remembered that Mo'er's favorite was the pear blossoms on the old pear tree in the courtyard.
Bai Xianghua stood in the courtyard of Xiufang Palace for a long time, his mind kept thinking of the time he had with Yu Shuangmo before, his pupils shrank, his bright eyes flashed with loss, and he raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes.
When he landed, Shuo Qiu walked out of the room, and was taken aback when he saw Bai Xianghua, and for a moment thought that the person in front of him was a ghost.
Shuoqiu was only twenty-five years old, entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and spent only eleven years in the palace, and Yu Shuangmo's sister Xianghua who often mentioned passed away twenty years ago, so naturally he had never seen Bai Xianghua himself, but Yu Shuangmo once gave Bai Xianghua a portrait, and the person in front of him was very similar to the person in the painting.
The eunuch beside Bai Xianghua said, "Why don't you say hello to the concubine?"
Shuoqiu came back to his senses, walked in front of Bai Xianghua, blessed his body and said, "Say hello to the noble concubine!" ”
Bai Xianghua walked into the room, and Shuo Qiu followed behind her.
Bai Xianghua's eyes were gloomy, he sat on the stool, glanced at Shuoqiu, and asked gently, "When did she leave?"
Shuoqiu's drooping eyes lifted slightly, and he replied, "Ten days ago." ”
At this time, the eighth prince Liang Li walked into Xiufang Palace, and he had never seen the lady in front of him, and he was stunned. The eunuch beside Bai Xianghua reminded: "Eighth prince, this is the newly promoted concubine Niangniang. ”
Liang Li walked in front of Bai Xianghua, arched his hand, and said, "I've seen the concubine." ”
The eunuch looked at him, looked at Bai Xianghua and said, "Guifei Niangniang, this is the son of Yu Guifei, the eighth prince Liang Li." ”
In Bai Xianghua's memory, he never had a son other than Liang Yuan, and he thought that this should be Yu Shuangmo's son born later, but looking at this face, he was not at all similar to Yu Shuangmo.
Liang Li always felt that Yu Shuangmo's violent death must not be simple. Although Yu Shuangmo is not her biological mother, after all, she has taken care of herself for eighteen years, she regards him as her own, and Liang Li feels uncomfortable in her heart when she leaves. When the palace maid found that she was out of breath on the collapse and told the emperor, he found out that the mother concubine, who had always been in good health, also had to drink medicine, and asked Shuoqiu carefully to know that the mother concubine's body had been sick for many years, but it was well concealed and no one noticed.
After Yongyang instructed Shuoqiu to let the palace maid re-fry a bowl of decoction for Yu Shuangmo, he poured out the decoction in the medicinal dining room when there was no one, and secretly added a bowl to bring it into Xiufang Palace, and poured all the poisoned decoction into Yu Shuangmo's mouth, and put the bowl of decoction he had prepared on the table, and saw Yu Shuangmo lose his breath before brushing his sleeves and leaving.
After Yongyang succeeded, he coerced a small palace maid to report to the emperor that the concubine had died violently, and coerced the imperial doctor who went to the autopsy to let him prove that the concubine had indeed died violently.
Liang Li always suspected that there was something wrong with the death of his mother, and he also thought about investigating the cause in person, but in the end, he blamed himself for not having the ability to investigate thoroughly.
Liang Li took a breath, looked at Bai Xianghua and asked, "I don't know why the noble concubine came to my mother's bedroom?" ”
Bai Xianghua said: "Mo'er is a good sister of this palace, and when this palace heard the news of her departure, she was sad, so she came to this Xiufang Palace to have a look." ”
Liang Li hooked his lips bitterly, there are many mothers in this palace who have said similar things, but I have never seen any one who really cares about the concubine, just to confirm whether the concubine Niangniang, who assists the queen in managing the harem on weekdays, is really dead.
Liang Li glanced at Bai Xianghua lightly and said, "That being the case, then I won't disturb the concubine Niangniang to continue watching this Xiufang Palace." “
After speaking, Liang Li turned around and walked out of Xiufang Palace.
Bai Xianghua sighed softly, his eyes darkened, and asked, "How long have you been following Mo'er?" ”
Shuo Qiu said: "Back to the words of the concubine, eleven years." ”
Bai Xianghua sent the rest of the palace maids out of the room and asked, "What's your name?" ”
Shuoqiu replied, "The slave's name is Shuoqiu. ”
Bai Xianghua asked, "Shuoqiu, how has Mo'er been doing all these years?" ”
Shuoqiu's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "It has not been good in recent years. ”
Bai Xianghua frowned slightly, and asked, "What has happened to her over the years, you tell this palace in detail." ”
Shuo Qiu bowed slightly, and said: "Concubine Yu Guifei has been in poor health all these years, but she has never told anyone else except Shuo Qiu, and even when she sees the imperial doctor, she only sees Imperial Doctor Jiang, and she is never allowed to tell anyone about slaves and Imperial Doctor Jiang." ”
Shuo Qiu paused, raised his head and gently wiped the corners of his eyes, thinking that the person in front of him was Yu Shuangmo's best sister, so he said with confidence: "Concubine Yu and the queen used to be sisters, but in the past few years, the two have become more and more discordant. There are four people who Yu Guifei cares about the most on weekdays, one is the emperor, one is Niangniang, one is Prince Rong, and the other is Anwar. ”
Bai Xianghua was slightly stunned: "Prince Rong, who is it?" ”
Shuo Qiu said: "It is the second prince and the biological son of Concubine Yu, named Liang Yuan." ”
Bai Xianghua said in his heart: It turned out to be an abyss.
Bai Xianghua asked puzzledly: "Why was Liang Jian, the son of the queen, deposed as the crown prince?" ”
Shuo Qiu replied, "It's for an immortal, Emperor Qingqiu." ”
The legend of the Qingqiu fox fairy has always been said in the world, and the legendary fox fairies are all handsome, but I have never heard of anyone really seeing those fox fairies, and no one can even say whether Qingqiu really exists and where it is.
The legend of this Nanyue country, in addition to the Qingqiu fox fairy, is the An Zhan Shenjun in the Heavenly Palace, in contrast, the common people prefer to believe in An Zhan Shenjun, because the statue of An Zhan Shenjun is in the palace, almost responding.
Bai Xianghua knows this, but Liang Jian was deposed for a fox fairy he had never met, which sounds ridiculous.
Bai Xianghua closed her eyes, looked around, and her eyes fell on the pear tree outside the window, she still remembered that she had once enjoyed the shade under the tree with Shiqing and Mo'er, sighed softly, looked at Shuoqiu and said, "Shuoqiu, you will follow the palace in the future." ”
Shuo Qiu was stunned, and then nodded hurriedly.
Bai Xianghua heard that Shiqing was beaten into the cold palace, although she knew that she had suffered retribution, but she also wanted to know why she was beaten into the cold palace by the emperor, and asked: "What did the queen get into the cold palace?" ”
Shuo Qiu said: "More than a month ago, the Xili army attacked Nanyue, Nanyue suffered heavy casualties, Xili envoy came to the palace, took the initiative to make peace, because the palace is suitable for marriage The princess is only Princess Yongyang, the emperor plans to let Princess Yongyang go and kiss, the Xili envoy is worried that Nanyue will send the fake princess to go, so he asked for blood to recognize the family, who knows that the result of the blood test is that Princess Yongyang is not the emperor's biological daughter, the emperor is angry, and wants to execute their mother and daughter, but in the end he still remembered the love of husband and wife, and did not order the execution, Instead, Princess Yongyang was expelled from Kyoto and let her go to Qingling Temple, and the queen mother was also sent to the cold palace because of this incident. ”
Bai Xianghua didn't expect that Shiqing, who once loved Chongli deeply, would betray Chongli one day.
Thinking of herself again, she and Chongli have been husband and wife for many years, but in the years she was with him, she was never sure whether she was really happy, anyway, after coming back, she never had any joy in her heart.
Now there is almost only one person left in her heart, and that is ——— Anwar.
I still remember that twenty years ago, she went to An Zhan Shenjun Palace to watch and ask for a son, but when she came back, she really conceived a child, or a son born on the bank of the Luochen River where An Zhan Shenjun soared more than 3,000 years ago, for this, she was especially grateful to An Zhan Shenjun.
Twenty years ago, his health was not very good, Shiqing often boiled soup and medicine for himself to drink, but he didn't expect that every time she brought the soup and bowl were drugged, she was chronically poisoned and thought she was dead like this, but fortunately, Yan Aofeng's cousin Jiang Taiyi saved herself, and gave her a fake death medicine, and escaped from the palace by death, for which she also fell ill.
Bai Xianghua remembered the past with Shiqing, so he wanted to go and see her, and after arriving at the cold palace, he saw the queen in front of him sitting on the ground with her back to herself, talking to herself, crying and laughing, frowning slightly and asking, "Shuoqiu, what's wrong with her?" ”
Shuo Qiu beside him replied: "I heard that the queen is crazy. ”
Bai Xianghua asked, "Isn't there a doctor to see her?" ”
Shuo Qiu lowered his head slightly and said, "It has always been difficult to call the imperial doctor in the cold palace, and even the maidens who live in the cold palace have to listen to the palace maids. ”
When the queen heard a voice behind her, she turned around and saw Bai Xianghua standing in front of her, her eyes opened, her mouth opened wide, and she screamed in shock: "Ghost ............ Hell! ”
The queen's legs trembled, she propped herself up and kept retreating, and said in horror while pushing: "Bai Xianghua, don't come to me, don't come to me." ”
Wang Shiqing is crazy, Yu Shuangmo is gone, her husband is sick, if it weren't for her son Anwar, how could she come back to this palace.
Now that the emperor is getting seriously ill, the ministers of the court and the central government urge the emperor to choose the heir to the throne, and the ladies in the harem are even more eager for the emperor to let his son succeed to the throne before he dies, she still remembers that when Anwar was not born, the emperor intended to make him the crown prince, but she asked the emperor not to let her son be the prince, and the emperor would stop the matter. At present, none of the princes in the palace have particularly good talents, and in comparison, Prince Rong is still outstanding, but Wang Xin's group often talks about Prince Rong in the emperor's ear, and the emperor gradually dislikes him over time, so the suitable successor may only be Anwar in the eyes of the emperor.
There was only one thought in her heart, and that was that she must not let her son become emperor.