Chapter 276: The Prince
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These wealthy families are always a little tired of thinking in them, and he looks at them indifferently.
Lonely Crane scratched his head: "Then shall we go back to the palace next?" ”
"No, I'm still going to the palace." Zhu Xinzhi showed a little irritable: "Today is the fourth brother's death day, the mother concubine is in a bad mood, and she must be unhappy." She has always had clear grievances and grievances, and she will not make angry moves, but today her temperament has changed greatly, not only embarrassing the princess, but also punishing the princess in public, which has never been done before. Although she refused to say it, as a child, she always had to solve problems for her parents and do her best to soothe the pain in her parents' hearts. ”
The lonely bird listened quietly, and his heart was a little sad for a while.
He has followed Zhu Xinzhi since he was a child, grew up with Zhu Xinzhi, and had a lot of contact with Qu Guifei, in his impression, Qu Guifei is very reasonable, so Emperor Xuanqing is willing to talk to her about any difficult things, and there are almost no unreasonable times like this.
Fang just accompanied Zhu Xinzhi into the palace, and saw that Concubine Qu always refused to speak, which was very different from her gentle appearance before, no wonder Zhu Xinzhi was not at ease.
The carriage turned around and went to the palace.
Entering Qinglin Palace, Qu Guifei was leaning on the railing, looking at the gardenia in front of the court with blank eyes. The fragrance in the courtyard was intoxicating, but Qu Guifei's eyes were a little helpless, faintly with tears.
"Mother." Zhu Xin's heart was uncomfortable, and he stepped forward to hug Qu Guifei's shoulder: "Are you thinking about the fourth brother again?" ”
"Why are you here?" Qu Guifei was shocked, and when she raised her head, her eyes were fluttering.
"I don't worry about my mother." Zhu Xinzhi said in a low voice: "Today is the death day of the fourth brother, the mother concubine is uncomfortable, how can the son ignore it?" I just left because I had some important things to deal with, and I can't delay it, so please don't blame me, mother. ”
"Child......" Qu Guifei burst into tears, hearing his considerate words, her heart was even more uncomfortable, and two lines of tears crossed her cheeks uncontrollably: "I've been upset recently, I didn't mean to embarrass your princess, let alone make trouble for you." I was just...... It's just that...... The older you get, the easier it is to linger on old things in your heart. ”
Zhu Xinzhi quietly hugged her, and responded softly when he heard the words: "I understand." Cheng Yin didn't think much about it, she just came over, and she asked me to accompany my mother more. ”
"She's a good child, and the mother is just in a hurry." Concubine Qu sighed, revealing a look of shame and guilt: "Go back in a while, you will bring that Hongyan Title Jade back to her." ”
It was newly rewarded to her by Emperor Xuanqing, and she was reluctant to put it out, so she kept it in the warehouse.
Zhu Xinzhi: "My son thanked his mother for her. After a pause, he said: "Mother, it's June now, it's hot outside, you are not in good health, you will not be able to stand it if you stay in the sun for a long time, so let's go to the house and rest early." When you gave birth to your son, you fell into a lot of confinement diseases, and you always had a headache when you were heated, and you couldn't stop drinking medicine, and your son didn't want to see your mother suffer this. ”
"Okay." Qu Guifei listened to his words, relieved her depression a little, and followed Zhu Xinzhi's support into the hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, it was a lot cooler, Zhu Xinzhi helped Concubine Qu to sit down, looked back at the outside, and couldn't help frowning.
On such a hot day, she knelt outside for an hour, her knees were swollen, not to mention, I don't know if she was unwell, Qi Meng should still be taking care of her, right?
Zhu Xinzhi felt guilty, and secretly pondered for a moment, when she went back, she still had to bring her some food she liked to make up for it.
But as soon as he raised his hand, he touched the letter in his arms, and all his thoughts stopped, and he couldn't turn a penny.
She calculates him, but he still thinks of her!
At this time, she may already be planning her next step, right? Whether he sent food or heart, if she really cared, she would have listened to her own words a long time ago and suppressed all her actions. She's not an obedient person in the first place, it's like a wild wolf, you make her a vegetarian, is it possible?
"Nobuyuki, what are you thinking?" After Qu Guifei sat down, as soon as she looked up, she suddenly saw Zhu Xin's preoccupied appearance, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhu Xinzhi shook his head: "It's nothing. Mother, today is the fourth brother's death, do you want to go to the small Buddha hall to pay respects, and the retainer will accompany you. When the fourth brother was there, he loved me the most, I was still young at that time, my mother was pregnant with my third sister, and I didn't have much time to accompany me, so the fourth brother took me to study and learn words. ”
As he spoke, he seemed to have fallen into dusty memories, and a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
His four Zhu Xiaoyu are only two years older than him, people say that the eldest brother is like a father, Zhu Xiaoyu is full of love for him, what is delicious and fun, the first one thinks of his brother. At that time, the people in the palace still laughed at him, saying that the fourth prince was the little housekeeper in Qinglin Palace, and he was in charge......
Qu Guifei's expression darkened: "I went to worship the Buddha again and again, I don't know this intention, whether your fourth brother can understand, and whether you blame the mother concubine." ”
"The fourth brother won't blame the concubine." Zhu Xinzhi whispered: "Life and death are fate, don't blame yourself too much for your mother, the fourth brother is filial, and she won't feel at ease when she sees her mother depressed." ”
"It's best if he's not at ease." Qu Guifei's face changed suddenly, and a gentle person on weekdays suddenly gritted her teeth: "If you don't feel at ease, you can keep your soul away, whoever harmed him, he will go to find someone to come back." One report and one report, my Yu'er shouldn't end like this, shouldn't! ”
"Mother!" This is really unheard of, Zhu Xinzhi was already stunned!
Qu Guifei's hand pinched her sleeve tightly, looked up at him, her eyelashes were stained with tears, she looked pitiful, she said hatefully: "Believe it, you have grown up, there are some things that the concubine has always wanted to tell you, but the time was not ripe before, and the concubine couldn't speak." Now that the Meng family has fallen, the mother concubine has no fear. You have to remember that this blood debt of your brother, we must get it back for him. The mother concubine endured and endured, after so many years, she really couldn't help it! ”
"Didn't my brother die of illness?" Zhu Xinzhi was silent for a long time, his intuition was beating faster and faster, and for a moment, his head went blank.
Concubine Qu shook her head: "No." ”
Taking a breath slowly, Concubine Qu Guifei motioned for Qingsha to go to the door, and no one was allowed to approach the door of this palace, before she covered her face and cried: "Your fourth brother did not die of illness, but was killed by someone." Back then, you were still young, and there were many truths, and it was inconvenient for the mother to tell you. Faith, do you remember the events of that day? ”
On June 13, the tenth year of Xuanqing, on that day, Zhu Xiaoyu died of illness in Qinglin Palace.
Zhu Xinzhi nodded: "Erchen remembers." ”
How is it possible to forget?
On that day, everyone in Qinglin Palace cried bitterly, and the sorrow of the mother concubine could be heard from miles away. His gentle mother had never been so out of shape, holding her son's body tightly and motionless, not allowing anyone to approach, not allowing the maids to tidy up her appearance, her mother's face was full of tears, and she yelled for everyone to get out, including her father, who couldn't get close to her three feet away.
The palace people knelt on the ground, Qingsha cried bitterly and begged over and over again: "Niangniang, the fourth prince has gone, you can let him rest assured!" ”
"No, no, I didn't go, my Yu'er didn't go!" The mother concubine sat on the bed with the fourth brother in her arms, her shoes kicked aside, she let the fourth brother lean on her arms, and the tears hit the fourth brother's closed eyes, and the mother repeated over and over again: "Yu'er didn't leave." Yu'er will wake up, he will wake up. He's just asleep, you all shout for me, he's going to wake up......"
The father kept sighing on the side, he was a little scared, and he didn't dare to step forward by holding the hands of the palace people.
Mama Gong cried in his ear and said, "Fifth Prince, you go and persuade Concubine Qu to let the Fourth Prince enter the earth with peace of mind." ”
He won't, and Mama Gong said: "You just go to Niangniang, hug Niangniang, and let her see you, just like the third princess, you all go and hold her." ”
Mama Gong gently pushed him and the third sister, and the third sister took his hand, a little scared and didn't dare to approach.
He walked to Qu Guifei's side, climbed onto the bed of the concubine, the concubine cried and raised her foot to kick someone, saw that it was him and the third sister, let go of her feet in a panic, and hugged the fourth brother and cried silently. He and his third sister hugged his mother left and right, and as soon as he opened his mouth, tears fell: "Mother, look at your son, don't you want your son?" ”
With just one sentence, the mother broke down and cried bitterly.
The mother let go of the fourth brother and hugged him tightly, and he heard the mother cry and say, "Child, my child ......"
Seeing that she finally let go of her hand, the palace people quickly rushed forward and moved the fourth brother away from the bed, and the mother let go of him and the third sister, and she didn't even care about wearing shoes, so she rushed over to hug the fourth brother like crazy. The father ran over from the side, held the mother concubine, and held it in his arms. The mother forgot everything, and when she couldn't move, she pulled out a pair of hands and kept beating her father's chest, and her mouth was fierce: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, you killed Yu'er, I hate you!" ”
In the end, the mother concubine failed to keep the fourth brother.
The fourth brother was sent away, put into a coffin, and buried in Beiling. Because the prince died of minority, the mother concubine could not be sent, and on the day of the burial, the mother fell asleep in Qinglin Palace for a whole day, as if she deliberately wanted to forget about it.
For several years, the mother concubine couldn't accept the departure of the fourth brother, and on the day of the death, she couldn't fall asleep.
It wasn't until later, in the sixteenth year of Xuanqing, that he fell ill, and his mother took care of him undressed, so busy that he forgot the death of his fourth brother. After he got better, the mother opened a small Buddha hall in Qinglin Palace to pray for the fourth brother. In the blink of an eye, seven years have passed.
Suddenly hearing that his brother was killed by someone, Zhu Xinzhi was taken aback: "Mother, my brother was killed by someone, where did you start with this?" ”
"Do you still remember the death of your brother, then do you remember that you were forced by your father to swear that you would not compete for the throne in this life, and only be a good king?"
"I don't remember." Zhu Xinzhi shook his head: "It seems that it is also the tenth year of Xuanqing." ”
Qu Guifei gritted her teeth: "You don't remember, the mother still remembers, it's August of the tenth year of Xuanqing, the Mid-Autumn Festival." After the palace banquet was dispersed, your father left you alone and swore to your ancestors with blood that you would not compete for the throne in this life. ”