Chapter 37: The Great Funeral (I)
Xiao Heng fainted, Xiao Daocheng was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly summoned all the imperial physicians to the Xianyang Palace to see him, but the imperial physicians came and said that Xiao Heng was just in a hurry, and there was no big problem, it was evening, Xiao Heng had not woken up, Xiao Daocheng was restless, anxious to wander in front of the sickbed, several older princes were also standing in the dormitory waiting, others were waiting in the main hall with the concubines and princesses, and the ministers who went to the banquet today were outside the palace, Xie Zheng and Huan Ling were outside the palace.
Xue Changqing knelt in front of the sickbed to guard Xiao Heng, and when he suddenly saw her open eyes, he was naturally overjoyed, and exclaimed: "The princess is awake!" ”
The good news spread to the main hall, and from the main hall to the outside of the hall, some people were happy, and some people were worried.
Xie Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Xiao Daocheng hurriedly walked to the sickbed, looked at Xiao Heng, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, you are finally awake!" ”
Unexpectedly, Xiao Heng didn't pay attention to him, but looked sideways at the children behind him, and she was not relieved until she saw Xiao Heng standing there unharmed.
She called: "Changqing, help the mourning family up." ”
Xue Changqing got up and helped her to sit up, Xiao Daocheng felt that he was cold-eyed, and he was even more flattering to Xiao Heng, and said with concern: "Aunt Tai, you must be hungry, I will ask someone to boil some porridge for you." ”
"No need, you all stand down."
Xiao Heng waved his hand weakly, and ordered everyone in the house to go out, but he called Xiao Heng to him alone, ordered him to sit down, and then grabbed his hand, tremblingly wrote the word "escape" in his palm, and then wrote the word "Liang Jun".
Xiao Zhen looked at Xiao Heng with surprise in his eyes.
"Aunt Taizu is old, there are not many days left, and in the future, I can't protect you anymore......" Xiao Heng will never be at ease with Xiao Zhen, Xiao Zhen is also sad in his heart, he whispered: "Aunt Taizu......"
Xiao Heng sighed lightly: "You, you are impatient, follow your father, impulsive, reckless, always do things recklessly, and have suffered a lot of losses for this. ”
"I have a long memory, Long'er has a long memory," Xiao Zhen responded, but as he spoke, his eyes turned red.
"You must think twice before doing anything, you can't be as presumptuous as before, you have to protect yourself, you know..."Xiao Heng clenched Xiao Zhen's hand and choked up: "Long'er, the most reassuring thing for Aunt Taizu is you!" ”
"Aunt Tai, don't say that, Long'er still has to do filial piety under your knees......" Xiao Zhen said, his nose was sore, and the seven-foot man actually wet his eyes.
Xiao Heng put down his hand and said without hesitation: "Long'er, no matter what you do, as long as you don't betray the ancestors of the Xiao family, Aunt Taizu will support you." ”
Xiao Heng doesn't want their fathers, sons and brothers to kill each other, what does it mean to "not betray the ancestors of the Xiao family"? is to tell him not to kill Xiao Daocheng and his younger brothers in the future.
He nodded and replied, "Long'er knows." ”
Xiao Heng smiled at him and said, "Go ahead, no matter what happens, don't look back." ”
"Okay, don't look back," Xiao Zhen held Xiao Heng's hand again, and sobbed: "Aunt Tai, you must take care!" ”
Xiao Zhen got up and walked outside the dormitory, although his face was full of reluctance, but he didn't look back.
Seeing Xiao Cheng away, Xiao Heng instructed Xue Changqing to invite all the guests inside and outside the palace, only to call Xiao Daocheng, she was still sitting there, but Xiao Daocheng entered the house, she didn't say a word, he knelt down with a "poof", and said: "The car is not filial, please punish your grandmother!" ”
Xiao Heng still didn't want to pay attention to him, and only asked: "Che'er, the mourning family asks you, Long'er, is it your eldest son?" ”
"Yes..."Xiao Daocheng knew that Xiao Heng wanted to blame him for being ruthless, and he was very ashamed in his heart.
Xiao Heng then asked: "Then he, is he unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial?" Or is it a heinous crime? ”
Xiao Daowei wanted to mention that Xiao Zhen brought troops into Beijing without permission today, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare to say more, so he held back for a long time before replying: "No ......"
"Since he doesn't, then he, as the eldest son of the emperor and the queen's concubine, should be the prince, why do you want to abolish him? Or even want to kill him? Xiao Heng's face was expressionless, but his eyes were quite bright, staring at Xiao Daocheng intently, as if interrogating, and said, "Just because he is not the most favored son?" ”
Xiao Daocheng was already panicked, arguing: "Grandmother Ming Cha, Long'er is the eldest son of his nephew, and it is impossible for his nephew to kill him no matter what!" ”
"Won't you be murderous?" Xiao Heng laughed, "Then you should tell the mourning family, why did Chen Xianda lead troops to guard the Fengzhuang Gate?" ”
"My nephew doesn't know ......" Xiao Daocheng had no confidence and didn't dare to look at Xiao Heng.
"You don't know? If there is no order from you, Chen Xianda brings troops into the palace without permission, it will be a rebellion! What the mourners have seen with their own eyes is absolutely true, why don't you go and punish him? ”
Hearing that Xiao Heng had labeled Chen Xianda as a rebel, Xiao Daocheng was naturally panicked and hurriedly explained: "Grandmother, you misunderstood. Yes, it was indeed the nephew who arranged for Chen Xianda to lead the troops into the palace, but he came to escort him, and the nephew was just worried about everyone's safety. ”
"Really?" Xiao Heng smiled coldly, "That's really difficult for you, in order to hide people's eyes, I specially ordered the people of Yulin Supervisor to pretend to be the Northern Army to guard Dongfu City, and let the Northern Army pretend to be Yulin Supervisor to guard in the palace, and then set fire to Dongfu City, so that the birthday banquet could only be held in the palace, and then logically let Chen Xianda take the Northern Army pretending to be Yulin Supervisor to ambush near Hualin Garden, in the name of escort, in fact, it is to kill your son!" Che'er, although the mourning family is old, do you really think that the mourning family is confused? ”
Xiao Daocheng was already stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Tiger venom doesn't eat children, but you ...... But you will kill your own son! You ask yourself, what did he do wrong! Xiao Daocheng! Are you worthy of the ancestors of the Xiao family if you do this! ”
Xiao Daocheng bowed his head and didn't dare to speak, Xiao Heng was in tears, and his whole body trembled everywhere when he spoke.
"The mourning family is already half of the body buried in the loess, at this age, I just want to enjoy a few years of family happiness, but you! You don't want to let the mourning family get your wish! first killed Ah Jiang, and now, now he wants to kill Long'er! Tell me, who else do you want to kill? Kill the mourners? You might as well kill the mourners as well! ”
"Grandmother, don't be angry, my nephew knows it's wrong......" Xiao Daocheng kowtowed again and again, and squeezed out a few tears.
Xiao Heng sighed, suddenly smiled bitterly, and said: "Che'er, do you remember, when you were young, there was a fortune teller who said that you had the appearance of an emperor, and then my grandmother asked you if you wanted to be the emperor, and you said that you didn't want to, because if you become an emperor, you will become a lonely person, you used to be very affectionate and righteous, but now you ......" She said this, smiled bitterly, and then said: "In the final analysis, all this is because you are too suspicious and too greedy for power...... Man, always insatiable. ”
"Grandmother's lesson is that the car knows that it is wrong, and the car knows that it is wrong," Xiao Daocheng kowtowed again and again, and his forehead hit the ground heavily, making a muffled sound.
Xiao Heng said earnestly: "You must remember the lesson of the royal family of the previous dynasty fratricidal!" ”
Che'er remembered her grandmother's teachings.
Xiao Heng sighed again, as if he was exhausted, and said lightly: "The mourning family is tired, you can step down." ”
"Grandmother is resting, the car is gone," Xiao Daocheng stood up, turned back three times in one step, and reluctantly left.
Xue Changqing approached and whispered, "Princess, the slave will help you lie down." ”
Xiao Heng shook his head and only said, "You can go out too." ”
Xue Changqing was not very relieved, and replied: "Then the slave will go to the door to guard, if you have anything, call out." ”
Xiao Heng was silent, just looked at the end of the bed with a dull gaze, and when Xue Changqing took the door out, she suddenly said to herself: "Ah Jiang, the girl sitting next to Boyu today really looks like you......"