Extras

If you want others to talk about it, you will probably think that the Queen Mother of Shengci Wang is a woman with a good life.

Yes, the most beautiful thing for a woman in this life is: to have a good father, marry a good man, and have a good son.

Although the Empress Dowager Shengci has a low background, her father can't reach it. But she changed from a small palace maid to Zhaoyi, and gave birth to two competitive and filial sons, but the rest of her life was inexhaustible glory and wealth.

This is the highest status and the greatest glory of a woman in the world.

I can't help but be envious.

How many beautiful women and talented women are there in the harem...... But in the end, there is only one person who can achieve positive results, and it can be called a success.

If you ask the Empress Dowager Shengci herself, is she happy or not, does she feel that the Empress Dowager has fulfilled her wishes in her life.

What would she say?

No one asked.

But one year, when I went out to escape the summer, I stopped halfway to rest. The emperor wanted to show kindness and proximity to the people, and did not let people drive the villagers away. From afar, the Empress Dowager saw an old woman with a cloth wrapped around her head and a child about two years old on her back, picking up something in the field. An old man came up with a basket of firewood on his back, and the two stood talking while the old woman put down the child on her back and poured water from the earthen pot for the old man to drink. The boy was not very steady walking, and swirled at the feet of the two of them. When he had finished drinking the water, the old man picked up the child on his back and carried the firewood basket with one hand, and the old woman hurriedly took it, and the two of them took the child and slowly walked towards the east with each other.

Cai Gu came over with tea and said softly: "Niangniang, taste it, this is tea cooked from a nearby spring, and it is not the same as that in the palace." She raised her head and followed the gaze of the Empress Dowager Shengci to look out, but saw nothing.

"What are you looking at?"

The Empress Dowager Shengci said: "The husband and wife are both a little old. ”

Only then did Cai Gu notice the figure in the distance: "It's not." It's not far from the capital, but it's always peaceful. Look at the fields, and the houses in the distance, are they like those drawn on the 'Farm Map'? ”

Although she is usually the most intimate, this time the Empress Dowager Shengci is not thinking about whether this scene is like a painting or not.

The two old couples must have been through ups and downs together for decades, raising children, male farmers and female weaving. Now that I have a grandson, you hold on to me, and I cling to you......

She suddenly remembered a long, long time ago.

At that time, she was still young, and when she went back to live at her uncle's house in the countryside, her cousin secretly took her out, gave her candy to eat, and promised her two good handkerchiefs, and let her wait at the entrance of the village. She made an appointment with one of them, and the two of them were talking in whispers behind the tree.

At that time, she was only ignorant, knowing that what her cousin did could not be known to her family, nor could she be seen by others. When my cousin came back, she hadn't eaten all her sugar. My cousin blushed and took her hand back.

Later, someone came to propose marriage, and it was the person my cousin saw that day. The aunt prepared the dowry, and wept and wept to marry her daughter. My cousin was so happy that she couldn't cry when she went out, she just howled.

Although that family is not rich, but the person is the cousin herself, I heard that life is very beautiful.

The population of the village is simple, and the life is simple. Even if the year is not good, and you are worried about food and clothing, the family is always together......

"Niangniang is tired?"

The Empress Dowager shook her head and asked her, "Do you have any sisters at home?" ”

Cai Gu smiled and said: "Niangniang forgot, I told Niangniang that I have an older sister and a younger brother at home. My sister has been married a long time ago, my younger brother has also married, and I have two or three children. ”

"Well, you've been by my side for all these years, and you've delayed ......"

Aunt Cai hurriedly said: "Niangniang, don't say that, there are many people in the palace who envy me." Niangniang has always been lenient, and over the years, Niangniang has treated me well, and no one is as blessed as me. Besides, I now have grade, I have a fortune, and I have decency. A while ago, when I brought a letter home, my sister still envied me, complaining about why my father didn't send her to the palace to enjoy happiness. ”

This may not be true.

The Empress Dowager Shengci also beat the palace maid all the way, how can she not know the suffering of the palace maid? After all, there are few people who can survive, and most of them have struggled in the palace for half their lives, and in the end, they have no landing.

If Aunt Cai hadn't entered the palace, she would have married a long time ago, and she would have taught her husband and children.

What if I hadn't entered the palace in the first place?

Maybe just like the old couple just now, the days are dull, the couple has a lot of discussions, and they support each other all the way, and decades have passed in the blink of an eye.

She has been in the palace for a few years, and she doesn't know what the emperor looks like. thought that he would be released from the palace after a few more years, but suddenly he was picked by the queen Chen at that time and sent to the emperor.

The palace people diligently served her to bathe, and she was stunned and could not say a word. The female officer asked her to kneel there, and she knelt honestly. After kneeling for a long time, her legs were sore, and she was leaning to the side to rest, when she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and hurriedly knelt upright, and then bowed.

The emperor stopped in front of her and asked, "What's your name?" ”

She whispered.

The emperor seemed a little careless and said, "Raise your head." ”

She hesitated, then slowly lifted her head.

From the moment I entered the palace, I heard people say how the emperor is, how the emperor is.

But this is the first time I have seen what the emperor is like.

It's not three heads and six arms, and it looks like a true dragon's qi protecting the body.

It's not like a beard and a lot of age.

He stood there with his hands outstretched. She slowly stood up and walked over, putting on the emperor's clothes.

But she hadn't done it before.

Untying other people's clothes and undressing yourself is completely different from your own usual dressing and undressing. The fingers didn't seem to listen to the call at all, and they didn't untie it for a long time. The emperor lowered his head slightly, and his breath blew on her exposed neck. She panicked, and she didn't know what to do.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen ......"

"How many years have you been in the palace?"

She finally remembered how she should reply: "Back to the emperor, the slave maid has been in the palace for four years. ”

The belt was finally untied, but the outer robe was easy to take off, but the bottom made her unable to get her hands on it.

The emperor chuckled softly and pinched her wrist.

At that time, her heart was very confused, and somehow, lying on the splendid incense couch, she remembered the scene when her cousin and that person whispered behind the tree in the countryside......

Also, when my cousin got married, the red wedding dress and the joyful smile......

She is married now, right?

It's just that, compared to her cousin, she doesn't have a red wedding dress. No one had ever whispered to her behind a tree.

The body aches, and the heart is empty.

Everyone else said that he had won the emperor's favor, which was a great blessing and happy event. But she felt that she had gained nothing but a lot.

When she gave birth to a child, she was trembling, afraid that she would not be able to save her life and that of her child. Later, although the mother and son were safe, they were forced to separate, and they couldn't even say a word.

Others say she is blessed.

But the Empress Dowager Shengci looked back and thought about it.

The grace of the emperor, the honor of the queen mother......

It's all so cold, you can see it, you can't touch it......

So many years have passed.

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Summer is coming, and the big orange is taking a nap, sleeping into a "piece" for a while, and sleeping into a "too" word for a while