Chapter 36: Tribute
"And then?"
"The emperor has always blamed the queen for your death, and threatened to abolish her, but after so many days, nothing happened, and he also rewarded the queen's mother with some tribute."
Calamus suddenly swelled up with a burst of desolation, and forced a smile: "Maybe they only let me and Yun'er die, and the queen is wrong, after all, she is still the queen?" ”
"You...... Do you really think so? ”
"Otherwise, what does the prince think?"
"I heard that since you 'died', the emperor didn't think about tea and dinner for four or five days, and the whole person has lost weight. It can be seen that he still has a lot of heart for you. ”
Calamus's hand shook slightly, the tea in the bowl almost spilled, and she handed it to Sun Qi: "He is the emperor, it is inevitable that he will show some mercy." ”
Sun Qi took the tea bowl and looked at him heavily: "If I say that the emperor treats you differently than others, what will you do?" ”
"I don't understand what the prince means."
"Then let me ask you in a different way, if I told you in advance that I would take you out of the palace, would you agree?"
Calamus was silent.
"Answer me."
She looked up: "No ifs, because I'm gone now." The prince still has to cling to the previous question, isn't he deceiving himself? ”
After she said this, Sun Qicai took the tea bowl and blew the tea float on the face: "I heard that the back of the East Palace is full of gladiolus?" It's beautiful in May and June, and it's a different kind of scenery. ”
"That's the thing."
"Gladiolus is also called gladiolus?"
"I've never heard of that."
Sun Qi put down the tea bowl and looked at the calamus: "So...... Ten years ago, in the city of Gusu, a little girl pushed a man who scolded her into a lake, causing him to almost drown. You should know that, right? ”
Calamus looked at Sun Qi with a blank look: "How did the prince know about this?" ”
Sun Qi also looked at the calamus: "Because that man is the emperor." You've been around for a long time, and he's been obsessed with you for ten years. ”
Calamus shook her head, incredulous.
She still remembered what happened that day, she took the family maid to go boating on the lake, and suddenly a person beckoned to them by the lake: "Boat lady, come here, I want to take a boat." ”
He called them boat girls, and Calamus threw the oars beside him in a fit of rage, and the man hurriedly dodged to the side: "I didn't expect you to be so spicy at such a young age!" ”
"You say I'm spicy?" Calamus smirked, "You come here." ”
The man approached: "You think I'm afraid of you?" ”
The calamus stretched out her hand and pulled, and the man stepped on the air with his front foot and fell into the water at once.
"Save ...... Help me...... I can't swim ......."
Calamus grinned and watched him flutter in the water: "Who told you to say that I was spicy?" ”
"Help......
"Let's go."
Later, when she came ashore, Calamus saw a number of people coming, as if to save the man, but she didn't remember what it was.
The person back then was Sun Wen?
Sun Qi stood up: "He wants you, he has been planning for a long time, and he is bound to win, he has been waiting for ten years." ”
Seeing that he was leaving, Calamus couldn't help but stop him: "Lord Wang." ”
He stopped: "What's the matter?" ”
"Did you remove me and Yun'er from the palace for us, or for yourself?"
Sun Qi turned around and smiled slightly: "You rest, I have to leave beforehand." ”
Calamus took a breath, looked at the tea bowl he had drunk, and reached out to touch it, there was still residual warmth.
Whether it was Sun Wen or Sun Qi, she didn't know who she could rely on and who she could trust, because she didn't know them well enough.
Walking to the edge of the bed, she went to arrange the pillow, found something under the pillow, and took it out to see that it was the bag.
Sun Wen gave her the tips at the beginning.
Out of the palace, back to the palace, out of the palace again, after many twists and turns, this bag has not left the body.
She suddenly became curious and wanted to find out.
When I opened it, I found a pair of jade rings inside.
Warm as jade, crystal clear.
There was also a small note inside, and looking at the line of words, she burst into tears and smiled astringently.
At that moment, she wore the jade ring on her hand.
Whether she can or can't, she has to gamble.
For a period of time after Calamus "died", Sun Wen was almost depressed and depressed all day.
Ren is Wen Jieyu and Fu Rongbao took care of and patiently comforted them, but they did not improve.
Several times, he went to the East Palace alone to feel the breath she had left before. In fact, Calamus had left the East Palace for a long time, but he still felt that she hadn't really left.
The gladiolus behind the house gradually blooms after spring, pink, yellow, crimson, purple...... Most of them are white, which makes you linger for a long time.
Sun Wen was so obsessed with it, Fu Rongbao couldn't bear to see it: "The Si people have gone, and the emperor should take care of the dragon's body." ”
"I used to look at these flowers with anticipation, but now I don't have that expectation anymore."
Fu Rongbao asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the servants order someone to get rid of these gladiolus?" Seeing Sun Wenyin's gloomy face, he hurriedly said, "The slave doesn't mean anything else, I just hope that the emperor won't be looking at things and thinking about people." Otherwise, the mother will not feel at ease. ”
"Maybe you're right, I can't change anything with these flowers." Sun Wen laughed helplessly and laughed at himself, "Fu Rongbao, order someone to get rid of these gladiolus." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sun Wen finally took a deep look at the gladiolus in the garden: he wanted to let the gladiolus live in his heart.
Seeing that he was leaving, Fu Rongbao suddenly remembered something: "Your Majesty, Master Huikong of Jokhang Temple is already waiting in Chengqian Palace." ”
"Well, I'll go back."
Sun Wen went out of the East Palace and went to the dragon chariot, and was carried back to the Chengqian Palace by the palace people.
Huikong saw Sun Wen hurriedly saluting: "See the emperor." ”
Sun Wen barely cheered up: "I invited the master into the palace today to discuss the matter of reciting scriptures to the late Concubine An. ”
Huikong's temples were all white, and he looked compassionate: "The poor monk heard about Concubine An and the little prince, Amitabha." ”
Sun Wenqiang endured his grief: "I want to go to the Jokhang Temple in person and do my best for their mother and son." ”
"The emperor is so benevolent, presumably Concubine An and the little prince will definitely know."
"Since ancient times, it has been stipulated in the palace that every newborn prince should ask for a peace charm, and I want to prepare one for Concubine An's child."
Huikong nodded: "The poor monk will definitely do it." ”
"If you need anything, just tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Yes, the poor monk has retired."
Huikong just turned around and turned back and asked Sun Wen: "Your Majesty, forgive the poor monk for asking a lot, is there a Ding in the palace of the prince of Qi?" ”
Sun Wen was surprised: "Why do you ask that?" ”
Huikong smiled kindly: "A few days ago, the prince of Qi came to the Jokhang Temple to ask for peace charms, and the peace charms of the day have been distributed, and the poor monks asked the prince to go to the temple to get them in a few days, but these days no prince has not gone to the Jokhang Temple." ”
"He asked you for a peace charm?"
"Yes." Huikong smiled slightly, "Could it be that the poor monk made a mistake, the prince may not be asking for peace charms for the little prince." ”
Sun Wen shot two rays of light over: "When did he look for you?" ”
"It's been four or five days."
Sun Wen looked at Fu Rongbao, and he immediately remembered: "In those days, the prince of Qi did not go to the court, saying that he was sick. ”