Chapter 625: Words from the Heart
Xie Zhenzhen recuperated for several days due to postpartum weakness before she recovered.
Her body gradually recovered, and she immediately realized that there was a problem behind the emperor's taking the princess away from her.
Xie Zhenzhen was full of disappointment, hating herself for not being angry, and hating God for not being able to fulfill herself. However, even if there is no prince, her credit for giving birth to the eldest princess is indelible.
With her child not around, the more Xie Zhenzhen thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, and every time she saw something that the emperor sent to send a reward, she felt that her breath was blocked in her chest. "It's been ten days." Xie Zhenzhen had a calm face and looked at the palace maid who beat her legs. "The emperor hasn't been here in the palace for ten days."
The palace maid lowered her head when she heard this, not daring to answer. Xie Zhenzhen didn't want her to answer, supported her head with one hand, and said, "He doesn't come to the palace, and he doesn't go to others...... only stayed in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and only that Shen Dan was by his side, accompanied by ...... Hum! A humble and lowly palace maid, I don't know what to do! She muttered to herself, and the more she talked, the more angry she became, and she raised her foot and kicked the little palace maid. She can't kick Shen Dan, can't she kick others to be angry?
This kick was kicked in the heart, and the little palace maid didn't dare to speak, and knelt down with red eyes.
Xie Zhenzhen dressed up and went to the Heart Cultivation Palace. At this hour, the emperor is mostly dealing with political affairs, and now, he is really tired. Changsheng lay on the couch sideways, pillowed Shen Dan's legs, closed his eyes and recuperated.
Xiao Chunzi kept an eye on the movement in the outer hall, thinking to herself, it seems that Miss Shen is sleeping again tonight.
Someone in the outer hall reported: "The queen has arrived." Xiao Chunzi raised her eyebrows slightly, very surprised. The queen mother has not yet come out of confinement, how can she walk around at will, and she is not afraid of seeing the wind and catching a cold.
Xie Zhenzhen couldn't wait for the little eunuchs' briefing, so she stepped in. "Blessed mother...... Mother, your body ......"
Xie Zhenzhen looked unkind and glared at him: "Where is the emperor?" "His Royal Highness is taking a nap, Niangniang wait, the slave will go ......" Xie Zhenzhen didn't wait for him to finish, so she went straight around him and went directly to the inner hall behind the curtain.
Her sudden move caused everyone to be slightly startled. Xie Zhenzhen lifted the curtain and saw the emperor and Shen Dan intimately together. The emperor was on her lap, as if he was sleeping, looking peaceful. She was stunned, and a hint of grief flashed in her eyes.
Why is he always with her?
Shen Dan saw that the queen suddenly came here, she panicked for no reason, she raised her eyes and looked at the queen, seeing the bitter hatred welling up in her eyes, she unconsciously straightened her back, suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, took a deep breath and said: "Blessings to the mother!" ”
She reached out and gently stroked the emperor's shoulder, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the queen is here." ”
Xie Zhenzhen stood in place with a stiff expression, gritted her teeth, watched Zhou Youchen slowly open her eyes, glanced at herself lightly, and then sat up: "What's wrong?" After speaking, he instructed the palace people to show her a seat. She's still in confinement and shouldn't be out and about.
Xie Zhenzhen took a deep breath and blessed her body a little, which was considered a salute. "The concubine greets the emperor! Your Majesty, if the concubine has something important, I want to tell you. After she said this, she glared at Shen Dan fiercely: "You retreat first!" ”
Shen Dan lowered his head and replied yes.
Changsheng eased his nerves a little, stood up, and walked in front of Xie Zhenzhen. "You're too weak to be here."
He stroked her shoulders and told her to sit down slowly. Xie Zhenzhen's face was very ugly. "The concubines shouldn't come, it's all the concubines who are not good, and they disturb the intimate time between the emperor and Miss Shen."
Hearing this, Changsheng silently withdrew his hand, and said lightly: "You don't have to say such things, I'm really tired today." ”
Xie Zhenzhen said quietly: "The concubine doesn't want to disturb the emperor, the concubine just wants to ask the emperor for something." The concubine wants to bring Her Royal Highness back. She's been born for so long, and the concubine hasn't taken a good look at her......"
"The concubines can understand the emperor's filial piety to the queen mother. But the concubine wants her daughter back......" she said, and she burst into tears.
Changsheng stared at her face, watching the tears she shed, and only one question in his heart.
Is she sincere, or fake?
Changsheng retracted his gaze, came to the table, and personally poured her a cup of tea: "The child is handed over to the mother, you have nothing to worry about. ”
Xie Zhenzhen said in a firm tone: "The concubine wants the princess to come back." The Queen Mother is unwell, how can she take care of her? "No one in the palace knows that Meng Xilan is very sick and even blind.
The child is so young, what if the illness passes?
"I don't have this plan yet......" Zhou Youchen said lightly, making the expression on Xie Zhenzhen's face even more ugly.
"Why? As a queen, can't the concubine raise her daughter herself? Xie Zhenzhen's tone was slightly excited, and her hands were clenched tightly. Changsheng sat down in front of her and poured himself a cup of tea: "Empress, I really thank you. You gave birth to Xinyue, my eldest princess. ”
"Xinyue?" Xie Zhenzhen was slightly surprised, and reacted: "The emperor has already given the princess a name?" ”
Changsheng smiled faintly: "It's not me, it's given by the queen mother." The fragrant Xin, the moon of the moon, the queen mother gave her a nice name. ”
Xie Zhenzhen also felt good when she heard it, but she couldn't be happy now.
"Queen, I am very relieved to leave Xinyue to the care of the queen mother." Xie Zhenzhen frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that there was something in the emperor's words.
"Could it be that the concubine takes care of the princess herself, and the emperor is not at ease?"
Her sentence hit the nail on the head.
Changsheng's silence made Xie Zhenzhen's eyes widen: "Could it be that the emperor really thinks so?" ”
Changsheng's slender fingers gently stroked the mouth of the cup, round and round. "On the day Xinyue was born, I waited in the outer hall. The queen remembers......"
Xie Zhenzhen naturally remembered: "The concubine knows. ”
"When Xinyue was born, what did the queen say, do you remember?"
Xie Zhenzhen looked at him in a daze, reacted for a moment, and then said, "How can the concubine remember...... The concubine was so exhausted that she didn't remember anything. ”
There was something unnatural about her tone.
"What the queen doesn't remember, I remember it clearly." Changsheng sighed deeply: "To be honest, I am very disappointed in you, and I am very grateful. You have given me the best gift, so I will treat you well and let you sit in the position of queen for a long time! ”
Xie Zhenzhen's face was red and white, she stood up suddenly, and then went to kneel down in front of Zhou Youchen: "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't know what she said?" On that day, the concubine worked hard and was so tired that she was in a trance, and it was inevitable that she would say the wrong thing for a while. The emperor can blame the concubines, but he can't just snatch the eldest princess away from the concubines! ”
Changsheng lowered his eyes to look at her, stretched out his hands, and gently helped him up. "You get up, I have no intention of reproaching you, you are my queen, I will treat you well."
Xie Zhenzhen stared at him with an uneasy expression. "Your Majesty, when will the concubine see the princess?"
Changsheng's gaze was uninteresting, and his tone was light: "Wait until the right time!" "The queen mother once said that only those who have lost know what cherishing is!
……
The night was deep, and the queen was full of anger and walked away in the night.
Shen Dan stood under the porch, just looking at her back and knowing that she was angry. Seeing her leave with a full stomach of resentment, Shen Dan was secretly worried. She returned to the inner hall, and saw that the emperor also had a bad face, so she silently retreated again.
Xiao Chunzi frowned and said, "What's wrong with the masters?" ”
Shen Dan shook his head slightly: "Don't ask, I don't know." ”
It's about Her Royal Highness the Princess, and she can't get involved at will. Everyone in the palace is rumoring that the emperor sent her out of the palace because he didn't like the princess. But Shen Dan knew very well in his heart how much the emperor cared about Her Royal Highness the princess. He handed her over to the Queen Mother, because she was the emperor's closest person and most trusted person.
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It was nearly April, and Meng Xilan's body was getting weaker and weaker.
Jiao Changqing asked her to rest in bed and was not allowed to walk around easily.
Song Qing'er was by her side every day, serving left and right, and taking care of Xinyue from time to time.
Meng Xilan was getting thinner and thinner, she couldn't even hold a jade bracelet on her wrist, her long hair was loosely pulled up with only a white hosta, her skin was fair and clear, and the blood vessels below were faintly visible.
Song Qing'er looked at her like this, in addition to being sad, she was also afraid. If Meng Xilan is gone, what will be the scene inside and outside the DPRK? Will the situation of the Meng family covering the sky with one hand change?
"Xinyue cried." There was a faint cry in the outer hall, and Meng Xilan gently ordered: "Bring her over." ”
Song Qing'er was stunned, got up and said, "The concubine is going now." ”
Xinyue had just woken up, and after the nurse had been feeding, she still didn't want to sleep. Meng Xilan hugged her and asked Song Qing'er, "Who does Xinyue look like?" ”
Song Qing'er chuckled when she heard this: "The child is still young." However, it looks more like the queen's mother. ”
Meng Xilan said thoughtfully: "I don't know what happened in the palace?" ”
Song Qing'er understood the meaning of her words, and after thinking about it, she said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, the emperor will take care of everything." ”
Meng Xilan smiled lightly: "The matter between women is not so easy to solve. ”
"We're all from here, and you've seen it with this palace. How did you and I get here? ”
All the things of the past, when I think about it now, it still makes people shudder.
Song Qing'er smiled slightly: "How dare the concubines forget those bloody lessons?" Niangniang, what you are worried about, the concubine is also worried. But what can we do...... The most important thing at the moment is that the mother has to take care of her body. ”
Meng Xilan seemed to be smiling, but just shook her head: "To be honest with you, Bengong's illness will not be cured." ”
Song Qing'er was shocked when she heard this, her eyes widened in disbelief, she looked at Meng Xilan, and shook her head again and again. "Don't say such things......
Meng Xilan hugged Xinyue and shook her body gently: "Really, the time of this palace is running out." You've always been a smart person, and these days, you've been by Hongu's side, can't you see it? ”
Meng Xilan blinked her empty eyes: "Bengong really won't live long......"
Saying these words calmly will make her feel better.
There was a long silence on the other side of the "......". Song Qing'er didn't say a word, she covered her mouth hard, and couldn't hold back her sobbing sound.
Meng Xilan could still feel her crying...... She smiled lightly: "What are you crying about?" "Why should she weep for her? Although they have been together for a long time, she has always succumbed to her shadow, and she is afraid of her, so she has to obey her.
"Why do you shed tears for this palace, in fact, you have always hated me all these years."
Song Qing'er's heart trembled, and she shook her head again and again: "The concubine didn't, the concubine has followed the mother for all these years, and she did have complaints in her heart, but the concubine is more grateful to the mother." The mother is good to her sister, and the concubine dare not forget! ”
"You don't have to be grateful to Hongu. Hongu has always really liked her sister.,She's a likable child.。 In addition to worry-free, the most painful thing in this palace is her. ”
When her dark eyes looked over, her heart softened.
Song Qing'er wiped a handful of tears and reached out to press Meng Xilan's knee: "Niangniang, what did Imperial Doctor Jiao say?" ”
He's a miracle doctor! How can you be helpless? Even if Jiao Changqing is helpless, he can still find someone else! "Mother, now is not the time to be discouraged! The emperor can post the emperor's list and invite famous doctors from all over the world to see a doctor for his mother. There must be a way......"
Meng Xilan saw that her tone was excited, worried that Xinyue would be uneasy, so she summoned the jewel and took her away. "Niangniang, let's go back to the palace, let's go back now......" Meng Xilan pressed her slightly cool hand and patted it gently: "You also know what a powerful person Jiao Changqing is!" If even he can't do anything, who else can this palace trust? This palace only trusts him, and can only trust him! ”
"But ......" Song Qing'er lowered her tone, as if she was worried that someone outside would hear: "Niangniang, you have always been thoughtful, you should plan more for yourself!" ”
Meng Xilan knew that she had good intentions, and smiled slightly: "There is nothing left in this palace to plan for yourself." Everything that this palace should do has been done. Hongu is tired, it's time to rest. ”
Song Qing'er was stunned on the spot, she couldn't believe that this was the words that came out of Meng Xilan's mouth.
Meng Xilan still gently pressed her hand: "Don't worry, this palace will arrange everything." Mei'er is the only sister of the emperor, and his love for her is no less than that of this palace. He won't let his sister be wronged. ”
Song Qing'er held her hand back: "The concubines know, the concubines know." But Niangniang, don't you want to go back and get together with the emperor? ”
Meng Xilan seemed to smile: "Look at the current appearance of this palace, if the emperor sees him, what will happen to him?" He's going to have heartache, he's going to be upset......"
Song Qing'er bit her lip with tears.
"I can't let him see what I am." Meng Xilan sighed softly: "This palace will always stay here." If you want, then accompany Hongu. After all, His Highness still needs someone to take care of ......"
When she first came here, she felt that it was a place where people could feel at ease. So, she chose this place and left quietly.