Yingju Garden is part of the Imperial Garden, and no master lives here, so the emperor rarely comes here. As long as she stays in Yingju Garden, if she doesn't go to Yuchi, it is impossible to meet the wind and smile.

In fact, occasionally she would think of the two nights she spent with him, strictly speaking, not two nights, but two. He is not a gentle man, domineering and indifferent, without any pity for the jade, she remembered his predatory look, and sighed in her heart, her favorite is still those obedient and well-behaved little Zhengtai. , this domineering emperor is really not her cup of tea.

Of course, she also knew that she was definitely not the emperor's cup of tea.

From the moment she returned to Yingjuyuan, she knew that she was being watched. The queen is not a foolish woman, she is very intelligent, wise and brave, since she is suspicious, she will definitely investigate to the end. She heard Dai Dongguan say that the queen suspected that it was a spy of the Jin State who used stealth to save Liang Cairen and the Liu guards, so she concluded that there had been a spy of the Jin State lurking in the palace.

In other words, to stare at her now is to see if she is connecting with anyone else. She didn't live her life with particular care, on the contrary, she was bigger and bigger than before. Sweeping the floor, looking for Dai Dongguan, eating delicious food, visiting the garden, life is more leisurely than before. I believe that the queen will withdraw her doubts about her when she sees that she is not guilty.

However, she missed one thing, that is, she met the third prince by the lake that day. At that time, no one followed her, so she showed her hand in front of the third prince. Now the third prince has concluded that she is a capable person. Concubine Ying is critically ill, and the third prince orders someone to find Long Chuxia, hoping that she will find a way to save Concubine Ying.

Long Chuxia naturally refused, and saved Concubine Ying, so he hurt himself. She is not a bodhisattva, and she does not sacrifice herself to fulfill the compassion of others. She is a palace maid, and she actually knows the art of Qihuang, and this alone arouses suspicion.

So, she said apologetically to the eunuch: "I'm sorry, I can't do anything!" ”

The eunuch left disappointed, the emperor came up, the imperial doctor came, and Concubine Ying didn't improve at all, on the contrary, her breath was getting weaker and weaker, and she was about to die. There is no way to find Long Chuxia, and now, whether there is hope or not, you must always give it a try.

During the dinner at Yingju Garden, Long Chuxia didn't want to eat because he ate rice balls at noon, so he squatted at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the orange sky.

There is a yin qi shrouded in the imperial city, this is a sign before Concubine Bintian, she thought for a while, turned around and asked the palace maids who were eating: "How old is Concubine Ying this year?" ”

A palace maid hurriedly said: "I know, Concubine Ying entered the palace at the age of fifteen, gave birth at the age of sixteen, and is twenty-three years old this year!" ”

Long Chuxia's heart was blocked, twenty-three years old, younger than her.

Several palace maids asked about Concubine Ying when they saw Long Chuxia, and they all started a gossip journey around the topic of Concubine Ying.

"Concubine Ying's beauty is rare in the harem, and even Concubine Hua is beyond her reach!"

"What is countenance? Compared to her radiant voice, her appearance is not worth mentioning at all. I heard that the emperor was attracted by her voice back then, and for three consecutive days, she turned over her brand. ”

It's a pity that she is too jealous, and loves to cry, the emperor doesn't like women to cry, and slowly, she reduced the emperor's grace and ended up in a pitiful end in the deep palace. Although the prince was born, his status was stable, but as a concubine, without the emperor's favor, no amount of gold, silver and jewelry could make up for his lonely heart! ”

These palace maids don't have to serve their masters on weekdays, so they are more presumptuous in their words, and they are not taboo when they talk about the concubine.

Long Chuxia suddenly stood up and said lightly: "The air is very stuffy, I'll go out to breathe!" ”

The palace maids were stunned, the autumn breeze was thick, the autumn was high and refreshing, where was the feeling of stuffiness? It's just that Long Chuxia has always behaved strangely, and everyone is used to it.

Concubine Ying lived in Qiuyan Palace, in the north of the imperial city. She was already a noble concubine when she first entered the palace, and her father and brother had meritorious service to the country, so as soon as she entered the palace, she was in a high position, coupled with her excellent appearance, she was talented, and it was reasonable to be favored by the emperor.

But she has a stubborn temperament, does not love wealth and loves. But she didn't know that the emperor was not her lover. His favor is nothing but a man's need for a woman, which is very different from love.

But she mistook that favor for love, she thought that the emperor had loved her, but now because of the gorgeous concubine Shufei and others, she is increasingly tired of her, and the love of the past is slowly decreasing.

She felt that he had changed his mind, and she clung to that little memory, and gradually fell ill in bed, lingering in the sickbed for months, and he came a few times, but the strangeness in his eyes made her no longer have the courage to live.

She would rather die than believe that he had never loved her.

The imperial doctor diagnosed that although there was no serious illness, she had seven emotions and six desires to hurt her internal organs, and she had no will to survive, coupled with a long-term lack of diet, which led to aggravation of stomach problems and gastric bleeding.

Now, it doesn't work right now. The Queen Mother came out of the Buddha hall to see her for the last time. The Queen Mother still likes Concubine Ying very much. She is well-behaved and clever, and knows how to figure out her thoughts, gentle and considerate, but her heart is too dead, and the women in the harem can't be too persistent.

The queen and Hua Guifei also came, the two entered the door almost at the same time, Hua Guifei and Concubine Ying were not in harmony in the past, and now people are dying, and they always want to do drama. Especially since she has a prince, if the prince can give her in the future, it can be regarded as a stable position.

Concubine Shu and Concubine Ying are like sisters, and they have long been with them at the sickbed. Now I'm crying like a tearful person.

When the Queen Mother came in and saw this scene, she couldn't help but say angrily: "What about the emperor? It's all this time, why hasn't he come yet? ”

An old eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor is now receiving the prime minister in the imperial study, and I heard that it is a secret report from the border pass." The emperor said that he would rush over as soon as he finished handling the matter. ”

The queen mother softened slightly, walked to the bed, and immediately a palace person moved a chair for her to sit down, the concubine knelt down to say goodbye, and the third prince also knelt in front of the queen mother and cried: "Imperial grandmother, you chant Buddha every day, and you are very familiar with the gods in the sky, you might as well ask the gods to save my mother's life!" ”

Tong Yan was unscrupulous, so that the strong Queen Mother almost shed tears, looking at Concubine Ying's sallow face, she sighed: "Concubine Ying, you really failed the hard work of the mourning family." I have already advised you not to cling to anything, not to ask for anything, and to follow everything. The emperor is no longer bad for you, so why do you ask for more? ”

Concubine Ying smiled miserably, she was still beautiful in the sickbed, her eyes were bigger because of her thinness, and her eyes were filled with a layer of tears, crystal clear, pitiful, which made people feel pity when they saw it. Even the Hua Guifei, who thinks too highly of herself, can't help but feel compassion when she sees it at this moment.

She said weakly: "It is the concubine's sin to let the queen mother worry." It's just that the queen mother doesn't have to worry about the concubines, the concubines have their own good places to go. As she said these two words, a sharp gasp surged up, and she coughed a few times with all her might, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

The Queen Mother hurriedly called the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor stepped forward to diagnose the pulse and shook his head and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, Concubine Ying's heart is hurt, and the blood is flowing backwards at the moment, I am afraid that I will ......." He glanced at Concubine Ying, and finally couldn't bear to spit out the last two words. It's just that everyone present knows what it means.

The queen stepped forward and sat in front of the bed, held Concubine Ying's hand, and said softly: "Concubine Ying, don't be afraid, we are all by your side, and we will definitely get through it." ”

It's cool autumn weather now, but Concubine Ying's sideburns are all wet, and her face is no longer pale, but flushed, and it was Fang Cai's cough that smoothed her blood a little. She grabbed the queen's wrist with one hand and begged: "Queen Mother, since the day the concubine entered the palace, the queen mother has treated the concubine as a sister, and now the concubine is about to die, leaving a son, afraid that he will be lonely, begging the queen mother to adopt him, the concubine does not ask him to become a talent, only asks him to grow up healthy and happy, Niangniang, please promise the concubine." ”

The queen was sour in her heart, and looked at the third prince, he was kneeling on the ground, hugging the queen mother's legs and crying loudly, a seven-year-old child, in the face of the death of his mother, what else could he do except be afraid of fear and sadness?

The queen choked up and said: "In the end, it's not as good as your biological mother, Concubine Ying, you have to live well, listen to the words of this palace, hold on, the emperor will come soon." “

Hearing the queen talk about the emperor, Concubine Ying felt a pain in her heart, the man she had loved for eight years, and this love was about to end with her death. She smiled sadly, her eyes looked at the door, at the door, Long Chuxia had just arrived, she touched Concubine Ying's eyes, her heart moved, and she said in her heart: This Concubine Ying is really a national beauty, even if she has been sick for so long, she is still outstanding. It's just that the sadness in his eyes is too strong. Isn't it too stupid to let yourself fall into such a situation for the sake of love?

Long Chuxia thought like this, and was hesitant to go in or not.

Suddenly, there was a shout from the chief manager Li Tong: "The emperor has arrived!" “

She was shocked, and hurriedly stepped aside and bowed her head, making a gesture of greeting.

She only felt a wisp of bright yellow flashing by her side, stirring up a trace of cool wind, and a trace of dragon fragrance spread in the direction where he disappeared, making people feel refreshed.

Feng smiled and stepped into the palace, seeing this situation, he didn't ask Concubine Ying first, but asked the imperial doctor, "How is the situation?" “

The imperial doctor knelt down on one knee and said in fear: "Weichen is incompetent, and the prescriptions prescribed have no great effect on Niangniang's illness." Now, the disease is terminal, and it can be saved without medicine stones! ”

Feng Xiaoxiao was slightly stunned, it turned out that the condition had reached such a serious point? He thought she was playing the old trick and pretending to be sick again. The people of Qiuyan Palace begged to see him several times, but he sent him back, it was really her favorite tricks in the past to pretend to be sick, so that he had a preconceived idea and didn't believe her.

A happy smile appeared on Concubine Ying's face, "Your Majesty, you're here!" The eyes were so obsessively glued to the handsome man's face, this face had appeared countless times in her dreams, and every time she reached out and touched it, the dream would wake up. She knew that such a dream was a warning to her to keep her distance from him, otherwise, she would not be able to get near him for the rest of her life.

The Empress gave up her seat and let the Emperor sit on the bed.

Feng smiled and reached out to touch her face, her face was cold, and her lips were chapped, a symptom of a long-term illness. Concubine Ying smiled happily, "The emperor came to see the concubine, even if the concubine died, she would have no regrets." ”

He shook his head and said, "Nonsense, with me, you won't die!" ”

Concubine Ying's face was shrouded in a layer of dream, death was no longer afraid in front of her, she felt that she had already obtained what she wanted. Although everything is just self-deception, even if he comes, it does not mean that he loves her. But she was about to die, and she preferred to believe that he had come to see her because he loved her.

It was getting dark, and lanterns were hung outside Qiuyan Palace. The tall plane trees were blown by the night wind, one by two, and withered to the ground.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and two people suddenly appeared in the flat ground, their faces were pale and even more terrifying under the dim light of the lantern.

These two people are the soul messengers of the underworld. They walked towards the gate of the palace, and as they walked by, the yin wind followed. When they came to Long Chuxia's side, the two were slightly stunned, and then stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Miss Long!" ”

Long Chuxia knew that the two of them appeared, and it must be that the time limit for Concubine Ying had arrived. She looked at the people in the hall, and the expressions on the faces of the others could be ignored, but the frightened and sad expression of the third prince made her heart ache. Life and death are commonplace, adults may be able to see it, but children don't understand it. When her parents died, she was still young, and although she had already begun to practice spells, she had not yet seen the way of life and death, and she cried for several days, finally knowing that they would not return. Thinking of himself at that time, there is probably no difference between him and the three princes now.

She said lightly: "The time has come for Concubine Ying?" ”

The messenger replied, "Exactly what the girl said!" ”

Long Chuxia waved his hand, "Go ahead!" ”

The messenger bowed and said, "Miss Xie! ”

After speaking, the two messengers were stepping in, walking towards Concubine Ying step by step. And Concubine Ying, who was on the sickbed, seemed to have seen the arrival of the soul envoy, and her face showed a look of sadness and satisfaction, and said softly: "You are here!" She said this very lightly, and the people present could not hear it clearly, they only thought that she was sick and confused, and she was talking to herself.

The soul envoy opened the notebook in his hand and read: "Bu Linying, born in the year of Ding You...... The young man is rich and noble, he enters the palace as a concubine, he is very favored, he has never been evil in his life, he is addicted to love, so that he is sick in his heart......." The soul messenger suddenly paused, his face turned pale, and the other hurriedly came up to see, his face was stiff and pale, and he closed the book abruptly and withdrew outside the house.