Chapter 16: Empty Sorrow
Xiao Ziling and Su Zirong have a deep relationship, Meng Hongyu was afraid that Ziling would not be able to stand such a big blow after learning of Su Zirong's death, so he had already passed the order not to let Xiao Ziling know about Su Zirong's death, so although the people in Yongle Palace learned of Su Zirong's death, they were all tight-lipped and cautious not to mention it in front of Ziling.
However, even if there are heavy guards outside the Yongle Palace, there are still people who will try their best to let Ziling know about Su Zirong's death-
The palace maids and eunuchs in Yongle Palace were all cautious and looked abnormal, Xiao Ziling always felt that they had something to hide from him, and asked several times, but he couldn't ask anything. Yunu said that she was overly worried, so she was so suspicious and restless.
On this day, when I got up from a nap, a little palace maid sent a letter, saying that it was a letter from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the palace rules, the family to the palace concubines to carry letters, must be checked by the internal affairs office, confirmed that there is no danger before sending to the hands of the concubines, this regulation is to prevent concubines and family collusion to usurp power, and the second is to prevent concubines from having affairs with others.
In the past, the family brought letters, if there was something important to negotiate, they were all secretly brought by Zhan Zhan, but recently Zhan Zhan went to Jiangnan on a business trip, and the family occasionally brought letters through formal channels, saying that they were all trivial things, and Zi Ling was not very concerned. Therefore, when she took the letter, she opened it casually and looked at it, but it was an unfamiliar handwriting, with the news of Su Zirong's death!
Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Zi Lingden froze, her hand holding the letter paper trembled uncontrollably, and tears fell down without brewing, and suddenly, she felt dizzy in front of her eyes, and she almost fell.
Yu Nucha came in from outside the door with her freshly folded clothes, and when she saw this scene, she hurriedly ran over to catch her and helped her to sit down at the table.
Yunu asked anxiously, "Miss, what's wrong?" What happened? ”
Zi Ling's mind was blank, as if he had lost his soul, and he didn't seem to hear Yunu's words, but just kept crying. Yu Nu was in a hurry, and hurriedly broke her clenched fist, spread out the crumpled piece of paper to look at it, and only after reading it did she know why Zi Ling was so depressed.
Yunu was so anxious that she was about to cry, and hurriedly comforted Ziling: "Miss, don't be sad...... Miss, for the sake of the child in your womb......"
Suddenly, Zi Ling stood up in a daze and walked straight out of the door, Yu Nu hurriedly pulled her, crying and said, "Miss, where are you going?" ”
"I'm going to see Sister Rong, I'm going to see Sister Rong......" Zi Ling burst into tears and said tremblingly, "I don't believe it!" Sister Rong didn't die...... Sister Rong didn't die...... How could someone as strong as her commit suicide...... How could you commit suicide! ”
Before he stepped out of the threshold, Zi Ling's eyes were dark, and he fainted......
When you wake up, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and as soon as she opened her eyes, Zi Ling sat up, and the first thought that jumped into her mind was to find Su Zirong. was about to lift the quilt, but saw Meng Hongyu sitting on the edge of the bed and grabbed her arm.
He asked Ziling anxiously, "Where are you going?" ”
Zi Ling raised her head and looked at him blankly, as if she suddenly didn't remember him, gradually, her eyes overflowed with tears, and she said in a hoarse voice: "I...... I'm going to Xihuatang to find Sister Rong. At the moment when she said this, she seemed to realize that Su Zirong was no longer alive, and suddenly cried out loud......
Meng Hongyu put his arm around her, let her lean on his shoulder, let her tears wet his clothes, felt the heat blowing in his ears and neck as she wailed, he gently patted her thin shoulder, and unconsciously shed tears......
For a long time, Ziling cried so much that Meng Hongyu was afraid that if she continued to cry like this, the child in her womb would really have an accident, so he took up his clothes, gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and comforted her: "Ling'er, don't be sad anymore, if you continue to be sad like this, our children will really not be able to stand it." As he spoke, he gently stroked her slightly bulging belly.
Zi Ling gradually stopped crying, leaned on his chest tiredly, and said with a sob: "Emperor, Emperor, Sister Rong and Rong are dead in vain, Sister Rong and Rong are never, absolutely not, and will not commit suicide." ”
Meng Hongyu squeezed Ziling's soft tightly, and said with self-reproach: "It's because I can't stand her...... I hit her...... She can't think about it, so she ......"
He actually hit Sister Rong?! Although he knew that he had a "great achievement" of beating women, how could he beat his sister? He didn't know how important he was in Sister Rong's heart, he didn't know that Sister Rong had always lived by loving him, and now, he actually beat her - and also broke Sister Rong's crystal glass heart with his own hands!
Ziling became resentful in her heart, crying out for Su Zirong, she was powerless to accuse him and curse him, she just choked up and told him: "Your Majesty, do you know? Sister Rong, Sister Rong, she has also conceived a child for you. ”
Yes, Ziling finally decided to tell what Su Zirong had told her not to say, she deliberately said it - she wanted to make Meng Hongyu blame herself more, make Meng Hongyu more remorseful, and make Meng Hongyu sleep hard and pay the price for that fatal slap!
"What? When was this? You repeat? Meng Hongyu was as surprised as Zi Ling expected, and he kept asking in disbelief, "When did it happen?" How could I not know?! ”
Leaning in his arms, Zi Ling opened her mouth leisurely, telling Meng Hongyu what she knew, as if she was telling a distant story, she still remembered that day, Su Zirong was also around her waist like this, crying in her arms...... Before I knew it, the tears fell again......
"Nope! The Queen Mother would not do such a thing! Meng Hongyu shook his head vigorously, although he had believed most of it in his heart, he was deceiving himself and refused to believe this cruel fact, "How could I not know...... The queen mother wouldn't do that......"
Zi Ling sneered in his heart - this hateful man, he will always be a good son in front of his mother, he always chooses to believe in his mother, and refuses to believe in a woman who loves him as much as his mother - that day, he swore not to make Xiao Ziling the queen, and today, after learning about Su Zirong's misfortune, it is also the same.
Seeing that he reacted like this, Zi Ling was disheartened: "Sister Rong said this matter to Zi Ling personally, as for whether it was really the Queen Mother's doing, Your Majesty, you can go and ask the Queen Mother in person." ”
Leaning on his chest, Zi Ling heard his heart suddenly "plop" and beat wildly, and the hand holding Zi Ling's soft hand gradually strengthened, raised his head, and saw him with a gloomy face, with both sadness and anger in his gloomy eyes.
Suddenly, Meng Hongyu let go of Zi Ling, stood up, and walked straight out of the door-