Chapter 14: Night Talk at the Palace
Last night, she put forward her own request, if she wants to marry, she will marry the son of the heavenly family, today, she saw Shen Ke's efforts for it, and she also destroyed Shen Ke's efforts regardless of the consequences, Ning Cheng Ning Chao Ning Ning Chengyou She is not worried, she is just worried, the fourth prince of the medicine jar!
A prince who is deeply favored by the emperor but has no party supporters hanging by half his life, would perform such a play with the emperor's most important courtiers at this juncture to stimulate his brothers? This assumption is so flawed that it doesn't stand up to scrutiny! Ning Zhiyuan has always stayed away from the government, and the emperor didn't have the heart to let him interfere, and his brothers were embarrassed and opposed, and there was no benefit to him, of course, he could rely on the emperor's favor to do whatever he wanted, but that was what a fool would do, Ning Zhiyuan didn't look like a fool at all, he was very shrewd! You must know that if he does whatever he wants, he will inevitably dislike the emperor, if he loses the emperor's favor, his brothers pinching him to death is as simple as pinching an ant to death, a prince whose mother died early and was sick can live to this day, on the one hand, he has the emperor's care, but on the other hand, it also means that Ning Zhiyuan is also a little scheming, he can't do things that are not a little beneficial to himself and have a lot of disadvantages, if you assume that this is a play that he plays with Shen Ke, then there is only one possibility, It was Shen Ke who gave him the benefit of preferring to offend his brother! If not, it's him, who really has that mind!
Of course, she is willing that Ning Zhiyuan is just conspiring with Shen Ke to act, although her impression of Ning Zhiyuan has changed a little bit today, but for the person in her heart, it is far from enough! Her husband can't be a careerist!
The moon is as cool as water, it is already late autumn, the night is more dewy, sometimes it dances, and the fog in the dark night can completely make people's eyes become decorations, so that the world returns to chaos!
In the dark night, the white fog, there was a dim lone lamp, reflecting a white and heavy shadow. At the end of the dim light, a black shadow was slowly approaching.
"Is the news true?"
"For three days in a row, I have received the same news, it must be true!"
"I know, you can help me go to Jingcheng to check one more thing! You go to find out for me, how did Shen Ke, who was only a captain of the cavalry battalion, meet Du Yiyi! ”
"Whoa!"
The man in black nodded vigorously as if he were mechanically and quickly left.
The wind rose, the white mist was swirling, and a little lonely lamp could no longer withstand the wind and dew, and it went out!
"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, and Weijia is returning to his hometown. Ande warriors guarding the Quartet? ”
In the fog that had darkened, the deep and heavy voice faded away, and gradually, it also disappeared!
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The white fog is shrouded, the heaven and the earth are discolored, there are stars in the lights of ten thousand homes, only the red-walled and blue-brick palace in the northernmost part of the capital, you can also see a few red, red, green and green walls and green tiles in the thick white fog.
In the palace wall, the lights are sparse, and in this autumn wind, it is lonely.
"Your Majesty, rest early!"
A woman who had washed off her black hair shawl was holding an orchid finger and holding a silver hairpin with a silver phoenix that had been blackened by candle flames, and was teasing the wick of a candle that was a little crooked! The woman was dressed in an apricot yellow collared brocade bedgown, the bedding was wide, and it was ironed on the woman's shoulders, which set off the woman's beautiful figure, and the exposed collarbone under the neck made her look even more thin and weak! The wind rose, blowing the ironed bedclothes, and the wide sleeves hanging on the woman's arms flew up, and the candlelight reflected on the sleeves, illuminating the two golden phoenixes embroidered with gold threads.
"Just let those minions do these things, it's late at night, you can rest early, I'll go after reading these excerpts!" The man sitting on the wide Nanmu chair lowered his head and looked at the fold in his hand, with a solemn expression, this wide chair is enough to do seven or eight people, but except for him and a few of his women with his permission, no one can sit on it, this is a chair that everyone in the world wants to sit on but sits on the most uncomfortable chair, not back, left and right can not reach the armrests, is sitting dangerously, always worried about the historian's comments, always have to save my body, for fear of not doing well enough to be scolded by the people poking the backbone, from the moment he sat on this chair, He lives this 5-to-9 life, all for the sake of a wise reputation!
His excerpts today are just some trivial things, so he also deals with them quickly, if he changes the past, so many excerpts, he will have to review them until midnight.
"Don't let me worry about it at all." Putting down the fold in his hand, he sighed, a little annoyed, but he didn't know who to be angry with, thinking about it, he felt a little frustrated, shook his head, and could only pick up the pen and approve a few words.
The wind was manic, blowing the rice paper on the bookcase.
"Books are like a sea."
The father-in-law, who had been standing outside the door, hurriedly entered and saluted respectfully.
"Close the window, what are so many people doing to eat, and you can't even do this little thing!" He flicked his pen in annoyance, and a little bit of cinnabar splashed on the table, spilling onto the white folded pages.
The father-in-law named Shu Ruhai trembled and responded to a promise, tiptoed around and walked to the window and closed the window, the cold wind blew on his face, blowing the hot sweat on his forehead and cooling suddenly, blowing his heart was also up and down, he had already closed the window, the emperor said boring, and opened it again, Shu Ruhai is an old man who has served the emperor for many years, and the emperor's temper and preferences he has touched very clearly, he understands very well, the emperor is just annoyed that no one is angry, and he is just angry with himself, but Rao is so, He was still scared into a hot sweat, the king's heart was unpredictable, and he was on an errand under the emperor, who didn't always be 120,000 careful? When today's good thing Yushi handed over the excerpt, he expected the emperor to have such a reaction.
"Your Majesty, it's windy, add some clothes!" The woman took a fluffy coat from the hanger and draped it over his shoulder.
"Concubine Chen, don't stay up late with me, go to sleep!"
This woman with a charitable and demure face is Concubine Chen, one of the four concubines of the harem, and Concubine Chen has no heirs and can be ranked as the fourth concubine, which is enough to see the emperor's deep friendship with her.
Rubbing the back of Concubine De's hand, the emperor let out another long sigh, and said slowly after a long time: "Their brothers always don't let me worry, and even the child Zhiyuan also goes to join in the fun, hey......"
Concubine Chen lowered her eyelashes, and softly changed a sentence to the emperor, her eyes touched the wild grass handwriting scattered with cinnabar on the fold, her eyebrows jumped, and she softened in an instant: "Your Majesty, they have all grown up, and it is inevitable that they will have some ideas, no wonder they are." ”
"You've always protected them like this, huh...... If Jinhe is still alive, he should be the same age as them! "Tonight's emperor seems to have endless sorrow.
As soon as the word Jinhe was mentioned, Concubine Chen, who had been pursing the corners of her mouth and had a soft complexion, also shrugged the corners of her mouth, and her eyes became astringent and red. "Your Majesty, Jin and Fu Bo, there is no such blessing!"
Concubine Chen actually had a son back then, but because she had a thin foundation and was difficult to give birth to, the child she gave birth to was sick, and the people in the imperial medical department worked hard, and the child died after only five months, so the emperor was furious, and also demoted the official position of the director of the imperial medical department, and sentenced the imperial doctor who gave Concubine Chen a safe baby to be imprisoned for five years before being released, and Concubine Chen spent too much effort because she gave birth to this child, and her body has been very weak since then, and she has never given birth to a prince, but the emperor remembers her friendship with her and Concubine Chen's decent, dignified and virtuous, Feng a childless woman became one of the four concubines, Concubine Chen is quiet by nature and does not fight with others, and has been living in the palace for many years and rarely has contact with the outside world with the courtiers, and the other two concubines because they have to think about their sons, they will always try to win over the courtiers if they have nothing to do, which makes the emperor very displeased, but is close to Concubine Chen, who has no heirs in the future.
"All these years, it's hard for you!" As soon as the emperor raised his head, he met Concubine Chen, who was red but biting her lips without making a single movement, she was such a character, she endured everything alone, the pain of losing her child and the pain of losing her fertility, and his unqualified husband could not share it with her.
"Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't feel embarrassed, as soon as you talk about Jinhe, I think of the child Zhiyuan, when Concubine Su gave birth to him, it wasn't ............" Concubine Chen said while gently scraping the tears off her face with her fingers, these years, she has endured a lot of hardship, the women of the harem, no son, just no future, but she still has something after all, although she shares a husband with so many women in the harem, but this husband, after all, is still sincere to her, contented and happy, with today, she is already very satisfied. When Concubine Su gave birth to a prince but died of premature hemorrhage, the son she left behind was also hanging with half a life, the emperor was merciful, she always knew it, otherwise the emperor would not have named her a concubine and would not particularly favor Ning Zhiyuan, the king is ruthless, but the emperor in her eyes is flesh and blood.
"I know what you mean, they have always been used to making trouble, today's incident, the fault is not Zhiyuan, I will not blame him! Go to sleep! The emperor raised his hand and tightened the robe on his shoulders, and his eyes fell on the fold splashed with cinnabar: "Chang Liu said that Zhiyuan's illness has begun to improve, but it will take a while to be cured, and it will take a while, too, he has been holding back in the house for too long, no wonder he also wants to relax!" ”
"Your Majesty, when you talk about today's events, I think of a thing, Cheng'er and they are all older, the emperor is not anxious, my sisters and sisters are anxious, yesterday I was in Concubine Chang's palace, and she was still talking to me about it!" Thinking of the happy thing, the haze in Concubine Chen's heart suddenly dissipated, although she has no son, but she is not a blessed person, a few princes treat her well, the people in the palace are also kind to her, the emperor also has kindness to her, there are losses and gains, and there is nothing to worry about.
"Yes, in the blink of an eye, these children should also marry wives, now that the grassland has just calmed down, let's wait for a while!" When the emperor was still the crown prince, for some reason he did not accept the crown princess, or after he was the prince for five years, the emperor began to accept the concubine side concubine room for him, and after succeeding to the throne, the emperor did not have a large draft and abundant harem, and because of this, the emperor's pillow was quite quiet, there were not so many intrigues in the open and secret, and the emperor got the benefit of being late married, and naturally he was not in a hurry to choose a concubine for his children.