Chapter 143: Sowing Discord
Soon, it was time to start the table.
The ministers and concubines came to the Taihe Hall one after another to sit down and have a meal.
The Taihe Hall was full of voices and laughter. During the banquet, they staggered and talked about the wine, and they were happy.
After the banquet was dismissed, Wanliang was about to go to Fucui Palace to see Xuanyuan Panxiang again, but was suddenly stopped by Du Heng: "Imperial Concubine Niangniang!" β
"Uncle Du, what's the matter?" Wan Liang turned her head to see that it was Du Heng and asked with a smile.
"Imperial Concubine Niangniang, can you speak further?" Du Heng asked in a low voice.
"Yu'er, you go and pour a glass of water for the palace." Wan Liang branched out of the feather beside her.
"What's the matter with Uncle Du?" Wan Liang saw Yu'er leave and immediately asked.
"I beg the imperial concubine to find a time to come to the house to see my poor virtuous nephew!" Du Heng looked at Wan Liang and spoke earnestly.
"Hongyu? Hongyu: What's wrong with him? Wan Liang said with concern.
"A few days ago, my cousin sent Yu'er to the old minister's mansion to seek a famous doctor in Yandu, and the old minister learned that he was a good nephew...... He suffered from a serious heart disease. The doctors all said that if he couldn't untie the knot again, the medicine would be useless! Yu'er whispered Niangniang's name in the middle of the night every night, thinking that he must have wanted to see Niangniang. Therefore, the old minister dared to ask Niangniang to go to the house to see Yu'er and enlighten him. When Du Heng talked about his infatuated nephew, his tone was full of sadness and heartache that could not be hidden.
"Hongyu ......" Wanliang thought of Du Hongyu, and couldn't help but feel sad in her heart, this person, she seems to have been living up to it, from beginning to end. Immediately, Wanliang said to Du Heng gently: "Uncle Du, you go back and ask Hongyu to take care of his body, and tell him that I will go to see him in two days." β
"The old minister thanked the imperial concubine on behalf of the virtuous nephew!" Du Heng said with sincere gratitude.
"Uncle Du doesn't have to be polite. After all, it was me who failed Hongyu, and I couldn't stand him......" Wanliang was about to say something, but at this time, Yu'er had already walked over with a water cup.
"Imperial concubine, the old minister retires!" Du Heng turned and left.
Wan Liang didn't know that the conversation she had with Du Heng just now fell into Ziying's ears standing in the corner on the right.
After listening to their conversation, the corners of Zi Ying's mouth hooked, a sinister smile, and she secretly said in her heart: "Imperial concubine, I really didn't expect that you would still be good outside the palace!" Is it called 'Hongyu'? If the emperor knew......" Thinking of this, Ziying's eyes became treacherous, and the treacherous smile on his face became a little more meaningful.
"Mother, your water." Yu'er walked over and respectfully handed the water cup to Wanliang.
"Okay." Wan Liang took the water cup and took a small sip. Originally, it was colorless and tasteless boiled water, but at this moment, she tasted an astringent taste for no reason. She thought that if Hongyu had never met her in his life, he would still be the uninhibited, cynical, and unruly young master, and he would live a casual and happy life.
"Alas......" Wanliang held the water glass, looked ahead, looked sad, and sighed slowly. γ~ & Fastest Updateγ
After that, Wan Liang has been thinking about how to tell Xuanyuan Chen about the palace. If you tell me frankly
He, she wanted to go out of the palace to visit Hongyu, and he would definitely not agree. Chen's temperament, she understands, even if he agrees with her to visit Hongyu, he will inevitably follow him. The two of them have always been incompatible, if he goes to visit Hongyu, he will only add blockage to each other's hearts for no reason, and no one is happy, how can it be beneficial to Hongyu's condition!
How on earth should she tell Chen?
On the last day of May, Xuanyuan Chen stayed in Fengluan Palace, got up in the morning and had nothing to do, he leaned on the head of the bed and quietly watched Wanliang grooming, in the morning light, there was also gentleness in caring for each other.
"Let me come." Suddenly, Xuanyuan Chen walked out of bed in his middle coat, came straight to Wanliang's side, snatched the wooden comb from Yu'er's hand, and began to comb her black and shiny hair, with gentle movements.
Xuanyuan Chen clumsily put on a flowing cloud bun for Wan Liang, and the bun was a little loose, which could only be said to be a general. Partial birth, he felt good about himself, and he also held his cool face and looked at it, and said proudly: "Well, the lady is so beautiful!" As he spoke, he also inserted a butterfly-shaped golden step for her, and praised: "In this way, the lady is even more beautiful!" β
Wan Liang smiled and turned her head shyly, "The old husband and wife are not afraid of other people's jokes." β
Xuanyuan Chen deepened his smile and said: "The lady said that we are old husbands and wives, how can we be afraid of jokes as husbands?" β
"I didn't say it to you." Wanliang stood up and said softly: "Chen, it's almost morning hour, let me change your clothes." β
"Okay." Xuanyuan Chen smiled contentedly.
Wanliang thought about it for two days, and finally thought of the words to leave the palace, and after putting on the dragon robe for Xuanyuan Chen, she looked at him with a smile and said, "Chen, I want to go to Uncle Du's mansion." Back then, the Mu family was wiped out, and the corpses of my father and brothers were fortunate to be collected and buried by Uncle Du, otherwise they would all be discarded in mass graves, and the corpses would be in the ......wilderness," Wan Liang paused, "I suddenly want to pay tribute to my father, brothers." Chen, is that okay? β
"Okay." Xuanyuan Chen gently took Wanliang into his arms with one hand and gladly agreed.
After breakfast, Wan Liang walked out of the palace gate accompanied by Shi Qing and more than a dozen other guards.
Subsequently, Wulian reported Wanliang's departure from the palace to Ziying. Wulian is Ziying's personal maid and Ziying's only henchman in the palace. In the past few days, Zi Ying has given her the task of supervising the imperial concubine's actions from afar.
Zi Ying heard Wu Lian's report, hooked her lips and smiled. She used to be a secret guard in the palace, and she was very familiar with the terrain of Yandu City, and she knew that she could reach it in half an hour at most by taking a sedan chair from the palace to the Hanlin Bachelor's Mansion.
"The concubine sees the emperor!" Ziying estimated the time in her heart, and after half an hour, she walked into the imperial study with the pastry Shi Shiran.
"Flat!" Xuanyuan Chen glanced at Zi Ying lightly and continued to write something on the table.
"The emperor is working state affairs, and the concubines have made a snack for the emperor, your majesty, you can taste it." Ziying brought the pastry to Xuanyuan Chen's desk.
"Put it down, I'll eat it later." Xuanyuan Chen didn't raise his head, and continued to hold the brush and write.
At this time, Zi Ying deliberately muttered to herself: "Originally, the concubine also made an extra pastry for my sister
My sister sent it, but I didn't know that my sister was not in the dormitory. Yesterday, the concubine overheard her sister say that she was going to visit a friend named Hongyu, could it be that my sister went today? Her voice was neither big nor small, just word for word, and it clearly came into Xuanyuan Chen's ears.
When Xuanyuan Chen heard the word "Hongyu", his face changed instantly, and the pen in his hand paused instantly, and then he slowly raised his eyes to look at Ziying, hiding anger on his calm face, "What did you say?" Let's be clear! β
"Back to the emperor, the concubine also heard my sister talk about what house she was going to visit a friend named Hongyu yesterday, and the rest of the concubines didn't know. Emperor? Didn't my sister tell you? Zi Ying deliberately said it in a proper way, as if Wan Liang had really told her. Actually, Wanliang didn't tell her about it at all, but she heard it from the corner of the wall.
The next moment, Xuanyuan Chen rushed out of the imperial study like a whirlwind.
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Zi Ying turned to look at the empty doorway, and smiled.
When Wanliang arrived at Master Hanlin, she came to Du Hongyu's room with Mrs. Du. Wanliang blocked Shi Qing and his party from the door on the grounds of talking to Mrs. Du.
Wanliang saw Du Hongyu lying on the bed with a sallow and haggard complexion, his eyes were closed, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, the dark circles under his eyes were obvious, lifeless, and the whole person was so thin that he was almost out of shape. Since the beginning of the year, February on the prairie has been goodbye, and he has only seen him for two or three months, how can he be thin like this! With just one glance, tears burst out of her eyes, and she called softly in a trembling voice: "Hongyu ......"
Although Du Hongyu closed his eyes, he didn't fall asleep, just now, he also heard the sound of pushing the door, and thought it was the maid who brought him the soup, so he ignored it at all. Unexpectedly, he heard the voice of his own thoughts, suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the person in front of him, and said in disbelief: "Wanliang? Wan Liang ...... Is it really you? β
"Wanliang! Cool! ......" Du Hongyu found that he was not dreaming, and he was so excited that he wanted to get up and get out of bed.
"Hongyu ......" Wanliang sat on the edge of the bed one step ahead of him, frowned, trembled slightly and stretched out his fingertips to touch his emaciated face, tears came out of his eyes again, "Hongyu ......"
"Wanliang! ......" Du Hongyu hugged her violently, with so much force, as if he wanted to embed her in the flesh, his eyes were moist, "Wanliang, let's go to the prairie!" It's like living in the prairie in the past, being an ordinary couple......" He paused, and thought to himself about the bits and pieces when he lived with her on the prairie, those bits and pieces, those happy pictures, and felt incredibly happy when he thought about it!
He turned to hold her shoulder blades, face to face with her, and continued to murmur: "It's okay not to be husband and wife, let's live together as confidants and friends, be each other's companions, and talk ......" His voice gradually became miserable, and he looked at her with a look of longing, "Wanliang, is it okay?" β
His demeanor was like that, as if he was afraid of loneliness, and he longed for someone to be with him, which made people unbearable to refuse.
Wan Liang was moved by his unwavering heart for her, and her eyes were wet again
Run, looking in the mist of tears, saw that he had a sincere face, and choked up: "Hongyu...... Aren't you tired? "Bear him and hurt him, and the cycle repeats, hasn't he had enough?
He swallowed a slight swallow in his throat, and his pulse was fixed on her: "As long as I can see you, I can see you every day...... I'm satisfied......"
He was stunned and said bitterly: "I don't ask for anything else......
Wanliang cried again, but was speechless for a while.
For a long time, he stared at her with his eyes, his eyes were like a traveler walking in the desert begging for fresh water, and said in a low voice: "Wanliang, is it okay?" β
When Wan Liang saw him like that, she suddenly felt a pain in her heart, and an indescribable guilt came to her heart.
That's right! It's guilt!
She has a husband and children she loves deeply, and in this life, she can't hurt the two people she cares about the most because of anyone or anything! They are a family of three, and it was not easy for them to look forward to today's reunion, how could she not cherish it!
In this life, no matter how much he loves her, she can only live up to it! Fail him as a person! also live up to his love, his heart.
Wanliang couldn't bear to look at him, turned her head away, and said with difficulty: "Hongyu...... Sorry ......"
Du Hongyu stared at her for a long time, his complexion gradually turned gray and haggard, and he stopped speaking. Suddenly, he coughed violently.
(End of chapter)
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