Chapter 93: It's hard to break the mirror
"But Shen Lan, the child is innocent after all."
"A child who was sentenced to death by his father before he was born, even if he was born, was just the one who was neglected. Since it is already destined to be such a result, it is better not to be born in this world in the first place. ”
Concubine Xiang really didn't expect Li Shenlan to think like this, if Concubine Xiang was ready to lose this child from the beginning, then now looking at Yin Chen's attitude towards Li Shenlan, everyone wants to keep this child. It's just that it's hard to break the mirror, and looking at Li Shenlan's reaction now, I'm afraid that it will be difficult in the future.
"Shen Lan, the original incident has passed in the end, what if you have been so obsessed with it in the future? I thought it would be better to pass Bang Chun to the palace to accompany you, and I guess that she is about to give birth to you, so you two can exchange experiences? ”
"No need, I heard Qin Ye say a while ago that Bang Chun's body is not very comfortable, so don't bother her to run around on the road. Everyone thinks that I am now infinitely beautiful, but you see, it has been a month since I returned here, and the emperor has not been here once. My sister thought, why didn't he come? ”
Naturally, she didn't dare to come, and Concubine Xiang knew that Li Shenlan naturally knew it.
It's just that Concubine Xiang is an outsider, just like Li Shenlan said, she can't persuade Li Shenlan to forgive Yin Chen, after all, he really thought about giving up on her at the beginning, and he really always thought that she was the stand-in for Queen Rensi.
What made Li Shenlan feel ridiculous was that as soon as she told Concubine Xiang about it during the day, Hou Zhong passed the word in the evening, saying that it was dinner, and Yin Chen would come over to accompany him for dinner.
"Niangniang, the slave maid will go and order the small kitchen to prepare the emperor's favorite dishes." In the autumn, Li Shenlan and Yin Chen were only because Li Yunshan had always been embarrassed to meet, so when they heard that Yin Chen was willing to come over, they were busy thinking about starting to prepare, for fear that the two masters would have another suspicion.
But I don't want people to be stopped by Li Shenlan as soon as they take a step: "You don't have to go over, just let people know that the small kitchen has an extra set of dishes and chopsticks." ”
"Niangniang, the emperor will come in the evening......"
"Don't you understand what Hongu said? Go and prepare, this palace hates me and I want to go outside. ”
Harvest Autumn was a little embarrassed, but it was only a moment before Yin Chen came, and it was not good for Li Shenlan to go out at this time. It's just that the words of persuasion came to his mouth, and looking at Li Shenlan's black face, Shuqiu could only swallow it back raw.
As soon as the sun went down, the weather became even colder, and the leaves of the Imperial Garden had already fallen off, and the moonlight looked bleak and lonely through the branches. Li Shenlan shivered coldly, tightened her cloak in her hands, instinctively afraid that the cold wind would hit the child in her belly.
"Niangniang, it's very cold outside, especially at night, and there is no one around, the slave and maid look at the gloomy one, let's go back early."
Li Shenlan ignored Shuqiu and walked forward by herself, this person is easy to walk to the place where his heart knots when he thinks about it, and he doesn't know how long he walked before meeting is the ancestral hall in the palace dedicated to the ancestors' spiritual seat.
"It's all here, let's go in and meet Sheng Ping and Empress Rensi."
It was determined that Li Shenlan was really calm, and although she was a little scared in her heart, she still obediently helped her into the main hall.
The hall is brightly lit, and it is thought that the palace people are responsible for adding candles and cleaning them all the time, so that the deceased people know that the world still remembers them. Because Empress Rensi and Sheng Ping have just passed away, the spiritual seat has always been placed at the forefront. Li Shenlan stepped forward and took out the handkerchief from her arms, obviously there was not a trace of dust on it, but she still wiped it seriously.
"Niangniang...... "I was afraid that Li Shenlan would be too sad, and I just wanted to persuade her, but I heard the sound of Suosuo's footsteps outside.
Instinctively, Li Shenlan seemed to have guessed who it was, and hurriedly put down the spirit card in his hand and pulled Shuqiu to hide behind the screen.
Look at who it is not Yin Chen, it is ridiculous, he clearly called Hou Zhong to go to the Lilan Hall to spread the word, but after he was busy with things, he did not go to the Lilan Hall first but ran to the ancestral hall here. Li Shenlan signaled to Shuqiu not to make a sound, and then vaguely watched Yin Chen's every move through the screen.
Look at the incense that Yin Chen took from Xiao Dezi, although he didn't kneel and bow, he still respectfully inserted it in front of Queen Rensi's tablet. Then he naturally ordered Xiao Dezi to go out and guard, and he picked up the ranking of Queen Rensi and put it aside, muttering something in a low voice.
"Ah Ming, I'm afraid you'll forget about me when you leave.
On that day, you rushed to the Heart Cultivation Hall to question me, in fact, you already knew it in your heart, didn't you? Yes, I did what happened back then, so I really didn't think about touching her when I learned that there was Sheng Ping. You also know Shen Lan's good looks, I just want to compensate you and want to know what our children are like.
I know you've been thinking about our children for so many years, so I'm ready to send it to you when Sheng Ping was born. Shen Lan was definitely unwilling to send it directly, so I asked Qin Tianjian to speak. But at that time, I also made sure that the medicine was useful before I did it, and I blamed me, if I hadn't been so anxious to compensate you at that time, I wouldn't have given the dependent medicine to Sheng Ping.
Ming, I regret it...... I really regret it. ”
What Yin Chen said later, Li Shenlan didn't hear clearly, she only felt that her head was shaking badly, and Yin Chen's words were like knives stabbing her heart bloody.
"It turns out that I'm not the only one who is sad, that is, even the children are just stand-ins for the children back then."
When Li Shenlan returned to the Lilan Hall in a daze, Yin Chen had already arrived for a while. Seeing Li Shenlan come in, he hurriedly greeted her with a smile, and when he felt that her hands were cold, he naturally wrapped his hands and rubbed his hands for her, just to make people look like a good husband. Li Shenlan didn't react too much after all, but excused herself that she was hungry and pulled out her hand and slowly walked to the table.
Where would Yin Chen have thought that all the words he said in the ancestral hall at that time were heard by Li Shenlan, and he only thought that Li Shenlan was still angry that Zhong had put her in prison at that time.
"It's just a coincidence that I'm hungry, I heard that Shuqiu said that your appetite is not very good these days, so I thought that someone would buy shredded chicken and winter ginseng porridge from the Nuanyang Building outside the palace, the taste of his house is the best in the whole capital, I remember that you like to eat it."
Saying that, Xiao Dezi hurriedly put the porridge on the table, thinking that it was also sent quickly, and this time it was just warm.
Li Shenlan looked at the porridge in front of her and felt sick for some reason, but she couldn't save Yin Chen's face, Yu smiled perfunctorily and tried to feed it in her mouth. The taste of the porridge was really good, and the stomach immediately became warm when swallowed. If it were in the past, I was afraid that Li Shenlan would definitely be moved, but now Li Shenlan is sweet in her mouth, but she can't tell what it feels like.
Li Shenlan didn't move much on the table, and she didn't even finish the bowl of porridge. Yin Chen thought it was not to her appetite, so she hurriedly ordered someone to make sugar steamed cheese on the spot, but it was a pity that Li Shenlan was still uncomfortable after eating two bites. Yin Chen can't help it, although the matter of Nanban is over, the rest of the party has not been eliminated. In the past two days, the father and son of the Zhao family have often run at both ends of the palace and outside the palace, and Yin Chen really can't be idle. After dinner, she didn't stay for a while and was busy going over to deal with government affairs, but Li Shenlan was faint from beginning to end.
"Niangniang used so much for dinner, it is better for the slave maid to let the small kitchen prepare some snacks, and if Niangniang is hungry after bathing, it is better to eat more."
"Get on your knees."
"Mother?"
Shu Qiu was stunned for a while, and he didn't understand what he had done wrong, but seeing Li Shenlan's serious attitude, he still knelt down obediently.
"Do you know what you've done wrong?"
"Slaves don't know ......"
Zang Dong on the side saw it, and was about to step forward to intercede for Shuqiu, but he was frozen in place by Li Shenlan with a cold eye just after he lifted his foot.
"Who set up tonight's dishes? Who let you decorate! ”
Li Shenlan's voice roared very loudly, as if she was moved. Harvest Qiu hurriedly explained, after all, if you don't add those dishes, how can you say that the emperor comes to eat like that, it is really unruly, shabby and tight. It's just that I didn't expect Li Shenlan to be angry because those dishes were not just added casually, but they were also Yin Chen's favorite ones to eat on weekdays.
"Go outside and kneel by yourself, kneel until the palace bathes and you get up again!" Li Shenlan did not hesitate at all, and after the order came down, Shuqiu also recognized it, and honestly went outside to kneel quietly.
Li Shenlan was angry because of this, and she didn't want to give Yin Chen any good look, but the monarch and the minister were different from Li Shenlan, and it was not good to throw her face directly, so she deliberately didn't arrange the dishes in the hope that Yin Chen would understand. It's just that when the harvest is like this, it may make Yin Chen think that he has no reaction at all.
Looking at Li Shenlan's puffing appearance, Zang Dong swallowed the words he originally wanted to say back into his stomach.
"I'll go to the kitchen and order to boil ginger soup, it's windy outside, I'll kneel there for a long time, and don't forget to stare at her when I go back."
The cold Li Shenlan came to say this, which made Zang Dong stunned behind him, and then laughed again. "Niangniang is still distressed about harvesting autumn, my sister did something wrong this time, and Niangniang still remembers his body after she lost her anger."
"She's just smart and smart, and you will do it honestly whatever this palace says in the future, don't always think about doing unnecessary things for my good."
Zang Dong should be silent, but his heart is still happy.
At night, the cold wind outside became more and more intense, blowing on the windows, as if it was going to tear the window paper at any moment.
Li Shenlan sat in the quilt, looking at the wooden window that vibrated from time to time, and for some reason tears remained. Thinking of what Yin Chen said in the ancestral hall, it is ridiculous to say, he obviously knew his status and knew his position for a long time, but it was just an ethereal illusion. But when she really heard Yin Chen say it herself, she still couldn't accept it.
On the table, the snacks that were prepared early in the autumn morning were unsurprisingly placed on the so-called sugar steamed cheese that she liked to eat.
In fact, Li Shenlan didn't like to eat any sugar steamed cheese at all, but because when he was rescued by Yin Chen that year, he recommended it to him. Li Shenlan only thought that what he recommended was good at that time, in fact, every time she ate too much, she couldn't help but get tired in her mouth, but every time Yin Chen would prepare it for her, she originally thought that he was really for his own good. And now that I think about it, where is what is good for myself, that dim sum has always been the queen's favorite food.
It turned out that from beginning to end, he just regarded himself as Dong Siwan back then.
Then Yin Chen would come to accompany Li Shenlan to dine for two days in a row, and it could be seen that he had been pleasing himself, but the so-called patting on the horse's buttocks, Yin Chen's so-called love would only make Li Shenlan even more disgusted, and even disgusted.
That night, seeing that he had already eaten dinner, Yin Chen never said that he wanted to go, but played several games of chess with Li Shenlan, but Li Shenlan was absent-minded and played five games, and none of them won a game.
"I've heard Concubine Xiang say that you have excellent chess skills, why can't you be defeated after so many games tonight, I look very absent-minded?"
"The emperor is too careful, the concubine has been unwell while pregnant, and it is indeed a little overwhelming to have so much energy every day."
Yin Chen's eyes darkened when he heard this, and then he laughed in a matter of moments, as if nothing had happened.
"Since you're not feeling well, let's rest early." After Yin Chen finished speaking, he casually threw the chess pieces in his hand back into the flag box, but he didn't look like he had to leave.
Li Shenlan was about to get up and take a bath, but she couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Yin Chen's movements. "Won't the emperor go back tonight?"
"What, aren't you happy that I'm staying with you?"
Li Shenlan smiled a little stiffly, and wanted to reply with a happy sentence, but when the words came to her mouth, it became "Then the emperor is free." Then, without waiting for Yin Chen's reaction, he went to the ear room by himself, leaving Yin Chen alone to freeze in place. Hou Zhong stood next to him and didn't dare to squeak at all, for fear that Yin Chen would be unhappy and cut him off to vent his anger.
That night, Li Shenlan went to bed early and lay down, even if Yin Chen lay down behind, she was indifferent. The two of them just lay quietly and looked at the top of the bed curtain, and neither of them spoke. After a long time, Yin Chen said calmly: "Turn around." ”
Li Shenlan heard it, but there was no movement, and after a while, she turned over directly and turned to the other side, directly facing away from Yin Chen. This move completely annoyed Yin Chen, Li Shenlan only felt that his arm hurt and he straightened his body, and saw Yin Chen staring at his eyes with an angry face, and his eyes were covered by dark clouds and thunderstorms. Li Shenlan clearly knew that Yin Chen was moved, but her mouth was still unforgiving:
"Why, the concubine's body is uncomfortable, the child in her womb has been very weak, the emperor can't bear it, and he wants to use it?"
"Li Shenlan, how long are you going to play tricks?" Yin Chen almost gritted his teeth and asked, but when he said this, Li Shenlan couldn't help laughing.
"Why didn't the emperor call his concubine Lan Guifei?"
She still remembered the day Sheng Ping died, Yin Chen slapped her in the face, her mind was confused, but she kept calling her Concubine Lan, and the words were indifferent and alienated.