Chapter 106: The Former Queen's Ghost
The Empress Dowager has been ill since then, and the imperial doctors gathered in Cining Palace to discuss how to treat it every day.
The emperor was also anxious, and every time he went to Nalan Lan'er, the Sichuan character pattern between his eyebrows never spread.
On this day, the emperor came to Huayan Palace like this, and Nalan Lan'er gently asked him to sit down.
"Your Majesty, the concubine recently learned a way to soothe her sorrow from the imperial doctor, can I try it with you?"
When the emperor heard Nalan Lan'er's soft voice, he already felt that the melancholy in his heart had decreased, but now he heard her think about him like this, so he immediately nodded and said:
"Give it a try!"
So Nalan Lan'er gently pressed her slender jade fingers to the emperor's acupuncture points, then pressed gently, and kept talking to the emperor:
"Have you been satisfied with your meal lately?"
"Is the world going well?"
"What can you do in the palace?"
The emperor only replied casually one or two sentences, and he found that when he talked about the queen mother's body, the acupuncture points would hurt badly.
So he asked Nalan Lan'er, why is this?
Nalan Lan'er immediately said softly:
"I'm afraid that's where your worries lie, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, don't think about this for the time being, and let the concubines press it carefully for you. ”
Sure enough, after a while, the emperor felt refreshed, and immediately called Nalan Lan'er a fairy, and said that he hoped that she could bother more about the matter of the queen mother.
Nalan Lan'er obeyed her orders.
Anyway, this is also her purpose, such a way to soothe her mood, but when she was in the mountain village, her grandfather gave it to her.
She is now in Huayan Palace, although it is not much better than the Cold Palace, but she has never restored the title of imperial concubine, and she feels that she has no place in her heart.
She understood that the crux of the problem was the Queen Mother, so she did what she did today.
The emperor originally planned to go to Cining Palace with Nalan Lan'er, but because there was something temporary in the imperial court, he took the first step.
The rest of Nalan Lan'er, after lunch, slowly came to Cining Palace.
Of course, this is not the first time she has been to Cining Palace, but the strange thing is that as soon as she arrived at the door this time, she saw the eunuchs and palace maids standing at the door with panicked expressions, which immediately made Nalan Lan'er suspicious!
Fortunately, a steady old lady came out to greet Nalan Lan'er, and after hearing that she was sent by the emperor, after thinking about it, she also let her in, but when she approached the door, the old lady said:
"Niangniang, the queen mother has been in poor health recently, and sometimes she will say some faint words, don't take it to heart."
Nalan Lan'er nodded and walked into the palace where the Queen Mother was sleeping.
The furnishings here are very elegant, are some precious mahogany or pear wood furniture, from the bed to the window, all the carvings are extremely fine, most of them are cranes or peaches and other longevity things, the room is unified with Chen red, looking in, it is really like the queen mother's feeling in general, solemn and heavy.
Nalan Lan'er smelled the rich sandalwood again, and knew that the Queen Mother was a person who believed in Buddhism, so she felt even more cramped.
After a few rounds, she saw the queen mother lying on the bed and pretending to sleep, and the palace maids and eunuchs she met on the road this time, everyone was still stunned on their faces, and they were in a hurry to run when they looked at her.
This made Nalan Lan'er even more suspicious in her heart.
"Queen Mother, Lan'er has greeted you."
When she got closer, Nalan Lan'er knelt on the ground, her voice curling and soft, as if she was worried that she would wake her up.
Who knows, after the queen mother heard her voice, she immediately opened her eyes suddenly, and then shrank in the corner of the wall tremblingly, wrapped herself tightly with the futon, and shouted at Nalan Lan'er:
"It's you! It's you! You've come to seek revenge on the mourners! ”
Her crazy words frightened Nalan Lan'er back again and again, surprised.
She was worried that the Queen Mother would make a mistake, so she had to step back, and explained:
"Queen Mother, I'm Lan'er, Lan'er!"
But where did the Queen Mother still listen to her words, she just yelled at the people around her:
"Get her out! Get her out! Don't let her get me, don't let her get me! ”
Nalan Lan'er was confused when she heard it, and the people around her also looked at her and were afraid, only the grandmother just now invited her out.
and explained that the Queen Mother is like this to everyone, and the mother doesn't need to mind.
But Nalan Lan'er had an extra heart and asked Wan'er to inquire.
When Wan'er came back, she told her seriously that others said that she was exactly the same as the former queen.
Nalan Lan'er couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Where's the matter! I'm just a village girl, how could I have anything to do with the tall queen! What nonsense! ”
But when she said this, she noticed that a trace of horror flashed on Wan'er's face, and she didn't think it was smiling and asked:
"Why, you also suspect that I am the horror of the former queen?"
Wan'er was startled, and immediately knelt down and said:
"Of course not, the slave maid serves the mother every day, and she understands it tightly. It's just that they specially showed Wan'er the portrait of the former queen, and it is indeed very similar! ”
Nalan Lan'er was stunned in her heart, and immediately asked again, is this true?
Wan'er said that it had spread all over the harem, and Nalan Lan'er fell into deep thought.
After a while, she said, since everyone thinks so, then we might as well use this opportunity to make the matter of the former queen more and more intense.
So he whispered some plans in Wan'er's ear.
Wan'er nodded in response.
When the emperor heard that the queen mother saw Nalan Lan'er, he exclaimed that she was a ghost, and he was worried, so he rushed to Nalan Lan'er overnight, and when he saw her, he was really sad and had a bitter face.
"Lan'er!"
The emperor shouted her name as if he was about to hold her in his heart.
As soon as Nalan Lan'er heard the emperor's voice, the sadness on her face immediately dissipated, and a beautiful smile like a blooming flower bloomed in an instant, which reminded the emperor of the quiet orchid in spring and the plum blossom in winter and the bitter cold.
Immediately, his heart warmed, and he hurriedly pulled her into his arms and said:
"Lan'er was ever scared by the queen mother?"
"Where is it, Lan'er is worried about the Queen Mother, I don't know what else Lan'er can do?"
Hearing that Nalan Lan'er was not sad that she was scolded, on the contrary, she was worried about the safety of the queen mother, and the emperor doted on her by three points.
He even thought in his heart, should he take this opportunity to restore her title?
The rest of the night, Nalan Lan'er also helped the emperor to gently acupuncture points first, and then softly said some thoughtful words, which made the emperor feel much more comfortable.
When the emperor left early in the morning, he also said that he would return to Nalan Lan'er in the evening.
Tell her to prepare a hot pot.
Nalan Lan'er smiled and said, Okay.
The emperor was majestic and heroic, and left Huayan Palace with a yellow robe.
But when the queen woke up in the morning, she was not refreshed, but stormy.
"Ahh
Early in the morning, the queen's wail could be heard from Kunning Palace, followed by the sound of the rouge puff on her dressing table falling to the ground.
Shang Haohong'er was used to it, but she still had a very caring face and asked Yun Shan:
"Queen Mother, what's wrong? But what nightmare did you have? ”
When her eyes swept to the queen's mother, her eyes widened in astonishment, and she said tremblingly:
"Emperor, Empress, you, your hair, what's wrong?"
It turned out that a strand of hair on the queen's forehead was cut off, and the whole person looked without a sense of solemnity, as if she was cursed.
The two of them moved like this, and all the subordinates of Kunning Palace were provoked.
In the crowd, there was a little palace maid who trembled and said:
"Look, there's a burning hole in that screen!"
Everyone looked at it, and they felt even more frightened.
Yun Shan was also covered in a cold sweat, she also heard that the palace has not been peaceful recently, saying that the former queen who was burned to death came to ask for her life.
Seeing what happened to her, she suddenly thought, I'm afraid that it wasn't the former queen who was jealous that she had taken her place, so she came to ask for it!
At present, the six gods have no master, so I ask you what good advice you have?
There was a lot of talk for a while, but none of them could come up with a good suggestion.
Because for the souls of the dead, the best thing to do is to exceed.
But not to mention that the palace is not allowed to do this kind of thing, just talk about the former queen, she was a great rebel, and the former emperor died in her hands, and she couldn't worship.
When the queen heard everyone's discussion, she understood a little in her heart.
But the fear in her heart has not decreased, she was frightened by Qing'er some time ago, she was already deeply panicked about her soul, and now someone dares to cut off a strand of her hair on her forehead, with the strict security of Kunning Palace, this must not be something that people can do!
You must know that with the importance she attaches to her hair, she is missing half a strand, and it is like taking half of her life!
Thinking of this, the queen couldn't take care of so many rules, and immediately set up an altar in Kunning Palace, in order to let the former queen leave, and not to harm her.
Just hearing the news, the little palace maid who spoke suddenly left Kunning Palace.
The rest of the people also agreed with the queen's approach, after all, it was rumored that the former queen was also burned to death in Kunning Palace, and they had to do something to make her soul leave.
Soon, the altar was already arranged.
What the queen has always wanted to get in the palace will be completed as quickly as possible.
The altar is placed on the main hall of Kunning Palace, and there are all kinds of offerings on it, not only meat, but also vegetables and grains, and even gold, silver and jewelry.
Doesn't it look so rich!
When the incense of the sacrifice was lit, the queen knelt on the ground, saying something to ascend to bliss early, don't let us mortals stand in the way of your reincarnation, there are unjust debtors and masters, you have found those who took your life.
The queen leaned over, and everyone followed suit.
The queen spoke, and the crowd followed suit.
All of a sudden, Kunning Palace was full of smoke, and everyone knelt on the ground to worship, so religious!
The high ranking above, the spirit position of the first queen Nalan Yanran, is even more dazzling!
Just when everyone was pious, they suddenly heard a voice outside the door that frightened everyone:
"The emperor has arrived!"
Okay, it's ten in the morning, how could the emperor come to Kunning Palace!
Yun Shan was flustered at first, she didn't know what to do, Hong'er hurriedly ordered someone to clean up, but the emperor came in too quickly.
When he saw the spirit position, he immediately yelled at Yun Shan.
"I heard that there was smoke emitting from Kunning Palace, and I thought that I was only suspicious of whether there was any water, so I came to investigate in person, but I never thought that you, as the head of the harem, would actually promote such evil spirits in the harem! Empress! You don't know she's a rebel! You are so worshipped, but you want the Yun family to bury you! ”
Between the emperor's words, the momentum between his eyebrows is magnificent, and he rarely accuses the queen in front of his subordinates like this.
Yun Shan defended herself anxiously, but she couldn't say it clearly, the emperor was not used to seeing her, and roared a few more times, telling her to quickly clean up, and then angrily shook her sleeves and left.