"Sister, you're thinking too complicated, aren't you?" Xia Shu laughed at her thoughts, "I'm here to be this liaison just to escape everything in the Xia family. ”

"Then you don't need to be the contact." Luo Ge became more and more puzzled.

Looking at her worried expression, Xia Ju smiled even more. He said: "I told Su Ling's Wang Balamb before, as long as I am not in Kyoto, I want to go wherever I want." Moreover, if according to the old man's idea of the previous emperor, he would have recognized my ancestors and returned to his ancestors. And then give me the throne. ”

Luo Ge was shocked by what she heard, Xia Ji looked at her expression and said with a smile: "Don't be so shocked, besides, that throne is only liked by a fool like Su Ling." If you bring it to me, I don't want it. ”

"Why?"

"That's what it means to put your head on the chopping board. If you do a good job, future generations will praise you as a Ming monarch, if you don't do well, then you can only pray that there will be no rebellion during your reign, otherwise you will be infamous through the ages, and future generations will give you the title of tyrant and faint king. I'm not happy to do this kind of thankless task. It's better to be a liaison that no one knows, as you do now. ”

"Then didn't you say before that the old emperor didn't recognize you, so how could you think of giving you the throne?"

"You don't know this, Mrs. Luo, my mother. It can be said that she is the real first talented woman in Su Qianguo, and my sister has at most half of her knowledge. At that time, my mother was a beautiful woman that everyone coveted, and if she hadn't had a marriage contract with Xia Shiren, then she would definitely be the most favored concubine in the palace now, and there would be no subsequent events.

"Of course, if Xia Shiren is not such an easy person to sell his wife for glory, then my mother will not have anything to do next. My mother was actually given to the emperor as a gift by Xia Shiren. At that time, the emperor did not expect that as long as one crown princess could be exchanged for my mother.

"Xia Tianqing, when she was named the future crown princess, was less than two years old. At that time, it was already three months since my mother entered the palace. I heard from the old slave in the family that I didn't know how happy I was when Xia Shiren received the canonization letter from the crown princess, and he didn't even have four grades at that time. Who knew that ten years later, my sister came back from Jiangnan, and he became the prime minister of Yipin. At that time, my mother had been dead for four years. And I'm only 11 years old. You say that with a beauty like my mother, the emperor will not be moved? Will you not let me inherit the throne? ”

After telling these stories, Xia Ge let out a long sigh of relief, but Luo Ge's heart lifted. Although she said that she had heard the stories told by the old people in the palace of Su Qianguo, she never knew that her mother was given to Su Xuan by her father. and then used this in exchange for his official promotion and his crown princess position.

Luo Ge was sad from it, and he wanted to cry but had no tears, so he could only sigh lightly. Xia Ju on the side thought that she was sad for her own life experience, raised her hand and patted her back, and said, "Sister Luo Ge, don't be too sad." After all, it's not your story, but my sudden compassion for others makes me not very accustomed to it. ”

Luo Ge shook his head.

Seeing that the moon outside the window had climbed into the sky, Xia Shu got up to say goodbye, and coquettishly said that he would come often in the future.

Looking at the place where Xia Yu left, feeling the cold wind blowing from the window, Luo Ge felt a little unrealistic. She worked hard to digest the news brought by Xia Shu before, and suddenly tears burst into her eyes. She wants to release all the pent-up emotions that have been reborn until now. At that moment, she looked as helpless as a young child who couldn't find her way home.

Luo Ge didn't know how long he cried and fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning, it was already the time when the Queen Mother came to Zhaochun Palace with people. Lu Zhi hurriedly woke her up, and after a simple makeup, she went to see the Queen Mother with those eyes like red cherries.

The Queen Mother looked at her red and swollen eyes and said in a concerned tone: "What happened to Concubine De last night?" Why are your eyes so red and swollen this morning? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, it was caused by the concubine drinking too much water before going to bed yesterday. The edema of the body will be cured by noon after this morning. ”

Listening to her words, the Queen Mother looked at it suspiciously, and then changed the topic. She took the gift box carried by the palace maid beside her, opened it and said: "According to the ancestral system, the concubines who have participated in the hunt every year must take a look at the mourning family on the day of the beginning of spring, and then prepare gifts for you." According to previous years, the mourning family will not go out to the palaces, this year you just changed to a new palace, and the mourning family likes the flowers and plants in your palace very much, so I came to see you. ”

The Queen Mother didn't say what the gift was, but just opened it and glanced at it and asked the palace maid to hand it to Lu Zhi. After Lu Zhi took it, Luo Ge got up. At this time, the queen mother went directly to the garden of Zhaochun Palace with the support of the palace maid.

For the garden of Zhaochun Palace, Luo Ge really didn't think there was any difference with the Imperial Garden or the Garden of Qingxia Palace, and it could even be said that it was not comparable. But the Queen Mother said that she liked it very much. Luo Ge was puzzled.

Looking at the grass and trees in the garden, the Queen Mother sighed: "This garden is still like this after so many years. ”

She sighed, only to hear the elderly palace maid beside her say: "Niangniang has not been in this palace for many years, but the old palace maid in the palace still cleans this courtyard according to Niangniang's preferences." ”

Hearing her words, Luo Ge understood that this Zhaochun Palace was originally the residence of the Queen Mother, and she came today to see if she had moved in this palace, but according to the preferences of the Queen Mother, it must not be so simple.

Sure enough, before she could say a few words, the Queen Mother asked Luo Ge directly: "Concubine De, how are you doing lately?" The king didn't agree to let the palace come to visit after you slipped last time,"

"Back to the Queen Mother, the concubine's health is already very good. Thanks to the fact that the king had always arranged for the concubines to regulate the concubines' bodies, it didn't take long for the concubines to get out of bed. It's just that I've been taking medication lately. ”

"Hey, it's a shame to think about it. Originally, I thought that you could fill in another dragon for the king, but I didn't expect to be persecuted by the queen like that......" Although the queen mother's words were full of regretful words, there was no pity in her tone.

After Luo Ge heard it clearly, he said: "It's not to blame the queen, they are all concubines and concubines, and they have nothing to do with this dragon." The other day, I dreamed of him. It was a boy who looked like a king between his eyebrows. ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and then asked anxiously: "Do you remember the boy's appearance?" ”

Looking at her anxious appearance, Luo Ge said: "He looks a little like the queen mother between his eyebrows, but his whole outline is not like the king." ”

"Who does it look like?"

"Hmm......" Luo Ge looked at the Queen Mother for a moment of hesitation, and said, "The concubine feels more like the Queen Mother." ”

After hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled. Looking at her appearance, Luo Ge quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then secretly congratulated himself that the pharmacology books he read in the early years mentioned that someone looked like his father.

For a long time after that, the Queen Mother visited the small back garden of Zhaochun Palace with a happy mood, and Luo Ge was not troubled by her.

Before lunch, the Queen Mother went back to the Qingxia Palace, and the tired Luo Ge went directly back to the Hanxiang Palace, and Lu Zhi came to ask her if she wanted lunch, and she fell asleep after refusing.

This night, Luo Ge slept for two whole hours, and did not wake up until before dinner. In her sleep, Luo Ge returned to three years ago in her dream, when she was still Xia Tianqing. One day she received her first letter from her father. She received the letter at her grandmother's house in Jiangnan, and she didn't go into the mountain that day because the master went out, and the senior brother happened to come from Mu Jinguo.

The day she received the letter, she remembers. The ninth day of June. It wasn't a special holiday, but Master happened to receive a doctor's request from a common person and needed to go to a small county town ten miles away.

The man who came to deliver the letter that day was named Chang'an, exactly the same name as the main street of Kyoto Castle, he was the same age as himself, but he was already a capable look.

When she received the letter, she looked at him with a puzzled face and asked, "You said this letter belongs to my father?" ”

"Miss Hui's words were written by the master himself. Let the minions ride fast horses overnight and send them from Kyoto. ”

"And what did he say?"

"The master instructed that Miss must watch it when she is alone."

After Xia Tianqing said that he knew, he returned to his room, locked Mu Ziqin who was following him out of the door, opened the letter carefully and read it, the content of the letter was written like this:

My son is enlightened.

The news of your mother's death must have been known to you, and you are deeply saddened by your father, because your father did not take good care of your mother, so that she was poisoned by others and was not in the palace. Today, my father received an edict from the king, saying that he wanted to marry the Xia family, and asked his father to marry you to the crown prince Su Ling. This Prince Su Ling is a sick man, he can't stand the wind since he was a child, and he lives in the East Palace all the year round. My father originally wanted the emperor to ruin this marriage, but the emperor decreed that you must marry into the palace, so my father specially revised the book to inform him. I hope you can leave for Beijing today, and the wedding date will be two months later, August 15.

Xia Tianqing has read these lines of the letter countless times. It wasn't until she was sure that the letter was Xia Shiren's note that she opened the door.

Mu Ziqin, who was standing anxiously waiting outside the door, asked anxiously after seeing her face, "What's wrong?" Why did your father, who had never been in touch, send you a letter today? ”

Xia Tianqing said disappointedly: "Senior brother, my father came to repair the book, so that I am ready to leave today and return to Beijing to marry the current prince." ”

"Why so suddenly?"

"Didn't I tell you before that my mother died suddenly in the palace, and my father couldn't find out the reason. Today, he said in his letter that in order to make up for my family, the emperor asked me to marry the crown prince Su Ling and become the crown princess. ”

"And what do you think?"

"My father said that he had tried to make the emperor repent of his marriage, but he couldn't. Although it is not clearly written in the letter, according to rumors, this emperor is cautious, and he must be threatening the lives of hundreds of people in the Xia Mansion. Otherwise, my father would not have agreed to this family business. ”