Chapter 20 The deep love between mother and child
This night, the middle palace was not at peace.
Concubine Shu has been waiting for her son to come to greet her since dusk, until she turned on the lamp and saw no one.
On weekdays, I'm used to the province in the morning and dusk, and even if I am the emperor, I don't lack the rules, but I don't know what's going on today.
When she couldn't see her son for a day, Concubine Shu only felt panicked, and she often felt that her son was getting farther and farther away from her now. That feeling is indescribably uncomfortable.
She didn't dare to make a noise, for fear that the Queen Mother would find out and punish her for not being strict with her godson, so she had to secretly find a eunuch to go to the Guande Hall to ask.
Concubine Shu couldn't eat the rice, and the flickering candle flame made her even more uncertain.
The eunuch who came back whispered that the emperor had gone outside, and there was no news coming in this time, so I was afraid that he would not be able to come back tonight.
Gong E next to her persuaded: "Concubine Niangniang, Your Majesty is filial, I'm afraid that something will stumble up, otherwise there will be no reason to come." Settle down and have dinner first. ”
Concubine Shu waved her hand, "No, you go and hold the Heart Sutra, and I'll recite it." ”
Seeing that Concubine Shu refused to eat, the palace ladies didn't dare to make a sound, so they found a corner and found a snack to pad their hunger first.
The old lady was sitting precariously, and when it was the second watch, she saw the news that the emperor had come in.
The accompanying little Dezi came to pass the word, saying that the emperor was tired, and he would not be here today, so please have a good rest for Concubine Shu, and come again tomorrow morning to say hello.
Concubine Shu didn't speak, and Xiao Dezi was so frightened that she knelt down and pleaded guilty, and she didn't dare to raise her head.
"This is how you serve Your Majesty, how did you instigate him to leave the palace again.
To be honest, did you go out to see some beauty?
If you tell a lie, I'll let you tear your mouth apart. ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, the little one is just waiting at the palace gate, leaving the door for His Majesty.
Followed out were Xiao Anzi and several first-class guards of the Inner Court Division. ”
"Talking nonsense again, someone ...... come"
Xiao Dezi hurriedly kowtowed twice, and said hurriedly: "Concubine Niangniang, I heard that Your Majesty brought a beauty into the palace tonight and placed her in Yuxiu Palace. ”
"Oh, that's really growing. Stand down, and say a word to the emperor. ”
"Yes, yes, the little ones know the right things." Xiao Dezi retreated and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Heart, this old woman from Pennsylvania is really spicy.
The emperor approved the fold and returned to the Guande Hall to fall asleep, and it was already the third watch, and he couldn't sleep left and right, and he didn't fall asleep in a daze until dawn.
There was still a sea of lights in the dream, just like the scene last night, and when the girl in the distance turned around, it was really her.
He mustered up the courage to pull her, but he couldn't, she fell from the bridge into the lake, and in the winter there was a pool of lotus flowers to hold her up, and it rose up, and each lotus flower swelled bigger than a copper pot, and the flower stem became unusually thick.
He picked her up, and suddenly his arms were empty, and he woke up from his dream.
"Stinky boy, what kind of good dreams are you doing, pulling the old lady's sleeve and not letting go." Concubine Shu sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her sleeves.
The emperor smiled, "Mother, why are you here?" ”
"Ji Fansheng, you have a chance, the newly established beauties haven't had the time to pamper them, but they are swimming outside the palace.
Do you know where we are now?
I have never forgotten the scene when I fled last year, and I dare not forget it. ”
"Mother, there is no place for us to stand in the palace, so many families are staring, do you think I can spoil those beauties?
Behind each of them are their relatives, and when the little prince with their blood is born, will there be a way for us to live? ”
The emperor's eyes were filled with infinite sadness, resentment, and unwillingness.
However, in the blink of an eye, his expression changed, and he became the kind of determination that he was determined to win, and his eyes were full of courage to change all this.
"Yes, we're running out of time. My mother picked a jade concubine for you, and she will be your good helper. ”
"The Pei family is indeed deep-rooted, and my mother will definitely be satisfied with the one I chose."
"Hmph, is there a more suitable ally than the Pei family? The old man is old, the eldest son is a bag, and the younger son is a squirrel, and he is not at our disposal. ”
"The second child of the Pei family, this time let him go out to lead the troops to try his edge. In short, mother, you don't have to worry about it, I'll watch it happen.
Back then, our mother and I could survive selling cloth, let alone now. ”
The emperor patted Concubine Shu's hand and motioned for her to relax.
"When it comes to selling cloth, my tears want to fall, you were only 12 years old at the time, and you were weak and weak, but you could provoke the life of our mother and daughter in the city.
It's useless for my mother, and it's hard for my son. When Concubine Shu remembered the past, she really squeezed out a few tears.
"This early in the morning, what are you singing, hurry up and wash your face, let's have breakfast together."
The emperor wiped her tears, half coaxing and half persuading, as if she was still at home in Pennsylvania.
Concubine Shu was angry and pointed in the direction of Shoukang Palace, and the emperor nodded.
Xiao Dezi next to him interjected in a timely manner: "Last night, there was a word that His Majesty was not in good health.
The Queen Mother said that there are many ceremonies in the New Year, so don't be so rigid every day, just don't be negligent when you worship the temple. ”
Concubine Shu smiled lightly, "The Queen Mother is from a family, and she is really virtuous and knowledgeable, so you can't neglect her." Even her nephew, you have to mention something. ”
The emperor said yes, and the two of them cordially held hands and went to breakfast.
The others who watched were very envious, such a close mother and son could not be seen in the palace.
What is common in the palace is that mother and son rely on each other, the mother is precious to the son, and the son is proud of the mother, not that there is no true feeling, but where are there so many opportunities to show it?
Besides, everyone has to be self-conscious. Let outsiders look at it, it's always so rusty.
Ji Fansheng is different, he and his mother have been together since childhood, and the two of them have supported each other and gone through the most difficult years.
My father has slowly faded in my memory, but my mother has always been by my side.
This is his responsibility and the starting point of all his emotions.
When he stubbornly set up a cloth stall in the cold wind, he knew that there was still a mother at home who needed him to support, which was his lifelong concern.
The wind and frost in Haojing are not as fierce as those in Pennsylvania, but the wind and frost are forced against each other, not necessarily the climate, but also the human situation.
Ji Fansheng called Haojing, and he felt that he had not slept at ease for a day, and all he was waiting for him was to swallow his eyes, those contempt, those threats, and those ill-intentioned inquiries.
But after today, it's different.
Ji Fansheng found a new support, and his soul had a new support.
Xiao Dezi followed suit, he always felt that His Majesty the Emperor today looked different from the past, but he couldn't say what was different.
Could it be that the woman who was brought into the palace by His Majesty last night had such a peculiar charm?
Xiao Dezi tried to resist the curiosity in his heart, followed two steps, and accompanied the emperor's mother and son to breakfast.