Chapter 8: Venting

The next day, Dai Qing was ordered by Empress Lu to send Liu Ying thick clothes, and saw many palace maids coming out of the Xuanshu Hall one after another. Dai Qing grabbed a palace maid and asked why, the palace maid said that the emperor had recently called some palace maids and eunuchs into the Xuanshu Hall to ask where a woman named Jing Tian was. Dai Qing was shocked and hurriedly asked the palace maid how to answer, the palace maid waved her hand and said that she really didn't know anything about Jing Tian's person, Dai Qing took a long breath and let the palace maid go.

Dai Qing entered the Xuanshu Hall with clothes in his hand, and Liu Ying leaned on the couch and slept with her eyes closed, not realizing that anyone had entered.

"Are you looking for Jing Tian from the Fish Algae Palace?" Dai Qing suddenly spoke, suddenly breaking the original silence of the Xuanshu Palace. Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, sat up from the couch and looked at Dai Qing, and closed her eyes and pretended to sleep without speaking. Dai Qing said that Empress Lu asked her to come over and bring him clothes, Liu Ying closed her eyes and said a faint 'um', told her to put it on the case, and said, "Don't pay attention to my actions, don't ask me everything." Dai Qing answered in a low voice and went out.

Within two days, news came from Yongxiang that Mrs. Qi cursed Empress Lu and her son Liu Ying day and night, cursing them for not dying well. Empress Lu was angry and ordered someone to cut out Mrs. Qi's tongue. A day later, the eunuch of Yongxiang said that Mrs. Qi looked at the direction of Changxin Palace day and night, with infinite curses in her eyes, Empress Lu was furious, and ordered someone to gouge out Mrs. Qi's eyes, drink medicine, and smoke her ears and shave off her eyebrows, and throw her into the toilet to fend for herself, and no one was allowed to approach Mrs. Qi. Jing Tian cried so much that he couldn't get up. When Empress Lu heard that Mrs. Qi was worse off than dead in the toilet, she released a smile in her heart that had been aggrieved for a long time.

The next day, Empress Lu went to Yongxiang to watch Mrs. Qi's ugly state, and saw her wriggling on the ground like a man and beast, and Empress Lu sneered, sarcastically mocking Mrs. Qi like a dying caterpillar. Mrs. Qi could hear the voice of Empress Lu, screaming 'whoop', miserable.

"If there is a curse, it is really retribution on you, and the mourning family has sworn more than once that one day you will eat meat and skin!" Empress Lu said angrily to Mrs. Qi. Mrs. Qi hammered the ground and screamed hysterically. Empress Lu ordered someone to call Liu Ying, wanting her son to see the tragic end of Mrs. Qi.

Liu Ying was invited, looked at the wriggling things in the toilet and was curious, and asked Lu Hou what it was. Empress Lu looked directly at Liu Ying and said simply, "This is Mrs. Qi." Liu Ying was shocked, with a wave of nausea in her heart, she covered her mouth and wanted to vomit, she looked at Empress Lu with resentment, her hand trembled and pointed at Empress Lu, and she vomited blood and fell to the ground unconscious without saying a word. Empress Lu was shocked, and hurriedly asked someone to carry him back, and he followed him into Liu Ying's palace to serve his son personally. Two hours later, Liu Ying woke up, opened his eyes and thought of the scene he saw Mrs. Qi in the toilet wriggling like an insect, Liu Ying still had goosebumps all over her body, and looked at Empress Lu with a sideways face, the woman in front of her was his dearest mother, but the means were so cruel, Liu Ying thought that Empress Lu had always participated in government politics recently, and the long-standing resentment in his heart was like a volcanic eruption, Liu Ying howled and cried, tearing her heart. Crying made Empress Lu at a loss, Empress Lu knew that she couldn't comfort Liu Yingbian and wanted to leave. Liu Ying stopped crying and said, "This is not done by people, how can the queen mother do it?" The queen mother's inner palace is vicious, the foreign government is resolute, and the minister is the queen mother, so she can't govern the world after all. Empress Lu looked at Liu Ying in shock, couldn't speak for a long time, and left suddenly.

Two days later, the eunuch of Yongxiang came to report to Lu and said that Mrs. Qi had died in the toilet. Empress Lu looked at the window with an indifferent expression, the resentment in her heart towards Mrs. Qi did not seem to have decreased much with Mrs. Qi's tragic death, Empress Lu took a long breath and ordered, "Accompany the burial of Changling." The eunuch was ordered to go. The next day, Empress Lu went to Changling to worship Liu Bang, the high tomb in front of her was the place where the first emperor Liu Bang rested, Empress Lu stood in front of Liu Bang's mausoleum, without saying a word for a long time, she felt that she was the most quiet at the moment. Lu Hou unconsciously remembered many things before, or depressed, or beautiful, or quiet, or turbulent, no matter what the situation, she walked with Liu Bang, Liu Bang once said to her, 'hold the hand of the son, meet the elderly' is never possible. Empress Lu sighed and looked at the small sealed soil in the burial area, which was the tomb of Mrs. Qi, who had just been buried, in the northwest of Liu Bang's tomb, standing alone. Empress Lu's eyes have always been resentful of Mrs. Qi, even if it is the same mausoleum, even if Liu Bang and Mrs. Qi both enter Jiuquan, Empress Lu is not afraid, Mrs. Qi has become a 'human being', will Liu Bang under the Yellow Spring still like her as always? Empress Lu turned his gaze back to Liu Bangling, added a handful of soil to his sealing, stood in front of Liu Bangling, and said lightly, "Twenty years have been ......" The four words are extremely desolate and indifferent, and there is no cold grudge in the past. Empress Lu turned around and left silently.

For more than ten days, Liu Ying couldn't get up from the bed, no one was seen, and the court affairs were temporarily taken out by Empress Lu. After dealing with the government every day, Liu Ying lay on the couch, opened her eyes straight, didn't cry, didn't laugh, didn't talk or make trouble, and turned a blind eye to anyone who came, like she was stupid. Empress Lu knew that Liu Ying had been blaming her, and every time she came, she only stayed for a while and went back, without saying anything, just asking the palace people to take care of the emperor. A day later, Dai Qing came to visit Liu Ying, Liu Ying's cold expression made Dai Qing feel frightened, Dai Qing knew that Liu Ying had suffered too much damage this time, and Dai Qing did not dare to mention anything about Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi in front of him.

"Jing is here," Dai Qing kowtowed, "and in the future, she will be here to serve you." ”

When Liu Ying heard this, she turned her head to look at Dai Qing for a long time, and Dai Qing understood his intentions, got up and went outside the hall to pull in Jing Tian. Liu Ying got up slowly from the couch, it seemed that the long-term lying down made the muscles and bones not seem to be flexible, when she saw Jing Tian no longer had the same look as before, her eyes seemed to be red forever, and a pair of originally clear and beautiful eyes suddenly became vicissitudes and coldness, Liu Ying knew that she suffered with Mrs. Qi, Liu Ying felt a burst of guilt in her heart, and Jing Tian looked at each other for a long time, and the two of them never said a word, and they both knew each other's hearts. In Russia, Jing tilted his head to Liu Ying, kowtowed to the ground, and couldn't get up for a long time. Liu Ying hurriedly knelt on the ground to help each other, holding her shoulders tightly, and when the four eyes met, Jing Tilt cried bitterly in front of Liu Ying, and Liu Ying also cried loudly, holding Jing Tilt into his arms and crying for a long time. Dai Qing saw this, silently closed the door of the temple and went out. It turned out that after Mrs. Qi's death, Dai Qing immediately found Jing Tian and asked Empress Lu to stay in Liu Ying's palace to wait, Empress Lu remembered that Jing Tian was Mrs. Qi's maid and refused to agree, Dai Qing pleaded in every possible way, and Empress Lu agreed slightly.

Another ten days. Lu Hou heard that Liu Ying's mood was better than some time ago, but she still didn't like to say much every day, but just mechanically watered the mountain red to make it grow. Seeing this, Jing Tian could only persuade Liu Ying that the previous things had become history after all, and that he had to deal with the things in front of him. Every time Liu Ying heard Jing Ting's words, she had to squeeze out a smile.

In the spring of the first year of Emperor Hui.

The eunuch showed Liu Ying the recital of the minister in the court, and the further he looked, the more angry Liu Ying became, because every recital was attached to the judgment pen of Empress Lu. Liu Ying was still holding back her anger and watched the performance, and suddenly saw Xiao He and Chen Ping playing the chapter, Liu Ying picked it out and opened it, and both of them said: The first emperor dynasty, Chang'an City has not been built. This spring, I ask Your Majesty to build the city. The inscription of the attached Lu Hou at the back: Qing Yanshan. Liu Ying immediately arched the fire and overthrew the song to the ground, so frightened that the palace people lowered their heads. Jing Tian didn't say a word, picked up the pieces one by one, and put them on a few cases. Liu Yingjian stepped to the front of the case, pressed Jing Tilt on the ground with one hand, and wanted to vent the anger in his heart physiologically, but when he wanted to kiss Jing Tilt, he saw Jing Tilt looking directly at him. Liu Ying seemed to feel that something was wrong, got up and ran out of the hall, and went to Hongtai to order someone to call singing and dancing. For a time, Hongtai Yanle was leveled. Liu Ying felt that her heart was blocked and there was nowhere to vent, and she felt that the vocal music was noisy, so she stopped singing and dancing, ordered people to leave the hall, and left two maids alone to pour wine for her. Liu Ying drank and laughed, and finally fell drunk on the couch. A maid stepped forward to tell him to get up and sleep on the couch, but was dragged to the ground by the drunken Liu Ying, Liu Ying forcibly had a good time with the maid, and the other maid ran away screaming. Liu Ying suddenly felt that there were no worries at the moment, how carefree her life was after drinking.

The next day, when Liu Ying of Chongming Hall slept to the end, he woke up and suddenly felt a headache, turned his head to see that there was a sleeping maid lying beside him, Liu Ying was startled, slapped his head, regretted not being at the beginning, Liu Ying put on his clothes and left silently. Back in the Xuanshu Palace, Jing Tian prepared a breakfast, Liu Ying did not go to Jing Tian, and went to the former dynasty to deal with the government after eating breakfast sullenly.

Morning meeting.

Liu Ying ordered Xiao He to be solely responsible for the comprehensive renovation of the Chang'an city wall, and Chen Ping was the overseer.