Chengyu three years, winter, heavy snow, flying all over the sky, the huge imperial city is snow-white, the streets and alleys are set off with fireworks, fire trees and silver flowers fly down, the palaces are full of lights, so lively.

I opened my eyes slightly, looked at the queen who was sleeping on the crook of my arm, carefully pulled out my arm, a night of pressure, a little sore, fortunately I could still move, rubbed my shoulders, and then walked to the window, looking at the colorful fireworks that exploded in the sky, mixed tastes.

When I was still a long time ago, I had seen such fireworks, which was with my mother, Concubine Heng Guifei, sitting on the terrace of Liangyi Palace, which was the most open place in the entire palace, and I could see the sky outside the imperial city at a glance.

"Mother, why did you come to see me, I miss you."

"Baby, call me Mommy."

"Mom, why did you come to see me, I miss you."

"Are you a repeater?"

"What is a repeater?"

"It's a fool's machine for repeating a word."

"Does the concubine think I'm stupid?"

"Why, the baby is the smartest child, isn't it for me to call my mother?"

"Oh, Mom, why did you come to see me, I miss you."

"Mom is leaving, I can't take care of you, the queen will be your mother in the future, you have to be obedient."

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"What's wrong with the emperor?" The queen's voice suddenly came, and I heard the voice, and suddenly woke up from my memory, turned to look at the queen, and said, "The fireworks are brilliant, I want to take a look."

The queen stayed, took the cloak and tied it to me, the cold wind outside the window was blocked for a while, holding her hand, and said lightly: "The queen has a heart."

Looking at the queen's smile, my heart does not have much ups and downs, this huge harem, there are all kinds of women, the queen is full of poetry and books, gentle and elegant; The concubine is glamorous and flamboyant; The lady is open-minded and hearty; Defei Wende has ...... So many wonderful people, in my eyes, are like fireworks that bloom, although they are gorgeous and considerable, but they cannot be held in the palm of their hands.

"Sleep." I took the queen by the hand, went to the bed together, and fell into a deep sleep.

How to love, how to spoil, love but not pet, pet but not love, are all the cultivation of an emperor.

The next day, I woke up early, and the queen had already prepared a meal for me, "Your Majesty, please eat." ”

The queen sandwiched a little bit of each plate of food, put it in a jade plate, and put it lightly in front of me, although the dishes were varied, but they were not appetizing, and after barely eating a few mouthfuls, she went out of the palace and rushed to the court.

On the way, I heard that the queen mother was suffering from a cold, and thought that it was still early, so I turned around and went to Cining Palace.

Since her father's retreat, the queen mother has moved from the Yang Palace to Cining Palace, and has lived a leisurely life as the queen mother.

As soon as I entered the hall, I smelled a smell of medicine, and the queen mother was lying on the couch, I was in a hurry, and hurriedly stepped forward, and said with concern: "How is the queen mother?" Are you okay? ”

"It's okay, the emperor doesn't have to worry."

"It's cold in winter, and the queen mother should pay attention to her body."

The queen mother looked kind and nodded to reassure me, "It's not too early, let's go to the court." ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired."

When I came out of Cining Palace, I hurried to the court, and before I sat down, a minister played, saying that the heirs of the harem were not prosperous, and there were disadvantages in the royal family, and they actually asked me to expand the six palaces.

Seeing that I didn't refute, the minister thought that I had approved his proposal, and said, "The minister thinks that he can draw up a decree and start the draft this month."

Although my father once told me to weigh the pros and cons and strike a balance with the minister, I felt uncomfortable listening to the minister's words, "Why don't you make an order?" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!" The minister fell to his knees for a moment, trembling.

"Retreat!"

Since I got out of the court, I breathed a long sigh of relief, and began to complain about my father, why don't you have more princes, so you can also choose one or two, I don't have to let me inherit the throne, face this group of ministers every day, deal with a lot of political affairs, and there is no time to be at ease.

After three bends and two turns, I arrived at the Liangyi Palace, where the concubine who was once favored for a while, but now the palace is empty and lively.

I still remember that when I remembered, the queen mother told me that my biological mother was Concubine Heng and asked me to come to Liangyi Palace to ask for peace.

At that time, I was a little timid, but when I saw Concubine Heng, an inexplicable sense of intimacy pulled into the distance between me and her, and I didn't know where the courage came from, so I said, "You are my biological mother?"

She was slightly stunned, then hugged me in with a smile, picked up a few more pastries and stuffed them for me, and said, "The queen told you that?"

I hugged the pastry, devoured a few bites, my mouth was full, and I couldn't speak, I just nodded.

"Drink some water, don't choke." She brought the water to my lips, and I took a few sips before swallowing the cake in my mouth.

"Mother, why don't you want me and give me to the queen mother to raise?" Since I read the book, I know what is the deep love of licking calves and what is the affection between mother and son, and I am very puzzled by the practice of the concubine.

"The mother concubine can't stay with you for long, and the queen mother will take care of you, so you can rest assured."

I have heard these words many times, but I don't understand the deep meaning, every time I ask, she also prevaricates, so that until he was awarded the seal of the prince when he became an adult, in the same year, the mother was seriously ill, and the father abdicated in advance, and returned to the mountains and forests with the dying mother, and never showed up again.

"Your Majesty!"

The person who saluted was Xin'er, the close maid of the former mother's concubine, since her father and mother returned to seclusion, Xin'er stayed in Liangyi Palace to sprinkle and sweep.

Seeing her face the same, I was a little relieved, as if I saw the current appearance of my mother, "How is Aunt Xin'er lately?" ”

"Emperor Xie is worried, everything is fine with the slave and maid." Xin'er smiled, as if she remembered something, hurriedly entered the hall, took out a box and handed it to me, and said, "Niangniang said that when the emperor is weak, she will present this thing."

I was amazed, and my hand holding the box trembled involuntarily, and I asked, "When did the mother order you?"

"Just when my mother was seriously ill and dying." There were tears in Xin'er's eyes.

I couldn't wait to find out what was in the wooden box given by my mother, so I quit Xin'er and hurried back to Xuanlin Palace.

When I entered the hall, I saw Wei Guifei wearing a gauze dress, half lying on the desk, her eyebrows and eyes were affectionate, and her lips were smiling, but I was all about the wooden box, so I was naturally not interested.

Wei Guifei saw that my mind was only on the wooden box, and she didn't look at her squarely, so she said coquettishly for a while: "Your Majesty, can the wooden box look good with a concubine?"

I didn't like the things of Fengyue, and I usually soothe fatigue, but now when I see her like this, I feel full of pretentiousness, my heart is annoyed, and my tone is heavier, "Go back to your palace!" ”

Wei Guifei since entering the palace, I have the most rain and dew, naturally think that with the grace of the saint can be bold, at first glance I said a heavy word, angrily bit her lip, got up and stepped forward, snatched the wooden box in my hand, and then fell to the ground, the wooden box was broken, and a book with the words "Guiguzi" appeared in front of you.

I carefully picked up the book and turned to the first page, only to see a sentence written crookedly on it, "The art of the emperor is unfathomable, read more of this book to help you in your life." ”

Needless to say, except for the mother concubine, the people next to him couldn't write it, thinking about it, not only lowered his eyebrows and smiled.

And this Wei Guifei really couldn't see her position clearly, and wanted to snatch the book and tear it up, I was angry, so I beat it into the cold palace, so that the situation of the three concubines in the harem was broken, and the position of the concubine was always vacant.

After this experience, the harem concubines did not dare to act boldly, disobey me at will, I also have a lot of leisure, I have time to calm down and look at the book left by the concubine for me, I don't know if I don't read it, I was shocked to realize that there are such smart people in the world, pushing the wisdom of struggle strategy and power tricks to the peak.

I was tired of watching, so I went to the imperial garden to change my eyes, but I didn't expect to meet Concubine Wande, and stepped forward and said, "Why is Concubine De here?"

After Concubine Wande saluted, she said: "The concubine learned that Concubine Xianheng once liked to go to the imperial garden to watch peonies, so she wanted to see how graceful and luxurious this thing was, which attracted the love of Concubine Xianheng."

Hearing the mention of the mother concubine between the words, I couldn't help but look at her a few more times and praised: "Concubine De is really wonderful."

"The emperor has won the award." Concubine Wande shyly entered my arms, and I led her back to the dormitory.

For a few days, I summoned Concubine Wande to bed, and every time she would try to mention her mother, I was still used at first, but I slowly found out that she did it on purpose, so I became cold to her.

Time flies very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, I have reached the age of establishment, and at that time, I only have one son under my knees, which is the eldest son born to the queen.

On this day, August 15, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I sat on the terrace of Liangyi Palace, looking at the full moon in the sky with a lot of thoughts.

My relatives, my father, the emperor and the princess, will they also enjoy a round of bright moon with me today and drink a glass of osmanthus wine?

They were so affectionate, they were flesh and blood, they shed the same blood, they lived together, and even then, there were quarrels, and that was the only time I heard them.

When I was 12 years old, when I went to greet my mother, I heard a quarrel between the two at the door, and at the same time learned a shocking secret.

"Why do you always want to push me away, I don't want to go anywhere else, I just want to stay with you all the time!"

"You know, I won't live long, I can't accompany you!"

"Isn't it just the loss of thirty years of life? Life or death, I want to be with you! ”

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It wasn't until that moment that I understood why my mother kept saying she wanted to leave, I see! I hurriedly ran back to Weiyang Palace, begged for a long time, and the queen mother told me the whole story, I was shocked for a long time after listening to it, and I had insomnia for several nights, and finally went to ask my father to ask the emperor to come and play with the illusion beads, so that I slowly returned to normal.

My thoughts drifted far away, and it wasn't until the queen sent me the moon cakes that I came back to my senses, picked up and ate half of it, and felt that it didn't taste good, so I said: "The queen uses it slowly, and I will go out of the palace."

Hidden in the moonlight, the horse galloped, but half a burnt incense time, I arrived at a hidden mountain forest, through the dense bushes, I saw a little candlelight in the hut in front of me, flickering and flickering, although a little faint, but very warm.

When I got closer, I saw clearly, a man and a woman sat hugging each other at the stone table, both of them looked up at the moon, and the woman pointed to the full moon and said: "Do you know, the moon controls the tides of the earth, and today's gravitational pull is the strongest, so the folk proverb says: The tide rises on the fifteenth day of the first month."

"What you said is very strange, and it really makes me yearn for your world." The man kissed the woman's earlobe and fed her another piece of mooncake.

The woman took a bite and praised: "It's still delicious with this ham filling, and the five-kernel mooncakes are simply unbearable!"

When the man saw the wind, he carried the woman back to the house, and I saw the two of them go back to the house, walked out of the bushes by themselves, picked up the moon cakes on the stone table, and tasted them, the world is delicious, but that's it!

A few pieces of moon cakes were in my stomach, and the candles had been extinguished in the thatched hut, and I smiled with relief, "Father, mother, children, I wish you to have today every year, and every year there will be today." ”

I have dreamed for thirty years, what if I lose my life, the blood of my mother can awaken the illusion bead, how can I know that my blood can't?

But what is the most precious thing about an emperor?