Chapter 174: In the Extreme Temple, he changed his mind
When I woke up the next morning, I couldn't remember what had happened behind the dream. My memory is only in that section of the rope bridge, and I clearly remember that Tuoba Hong called Gao Xian "Rong Ling" in his dream, and my name was "Suyi".
Dreams may just be dreams that arise from ordinary thoughts. Maybe Gao Xian has been helping me recently, and I am afraid that the emperor will kill him, so I have such a dream.
I quickly put this dream behind me, it was just a dream after all.
Master Qingyuan left the palace too much, and the emperor released her from the palace. I didn't ask why the emperor summoned Master Qingyuan, maybe he just knew about my situation and wanted to ask the truth.
But I didn't expect that since the Empress Dowager also easily let go of Master Qingyuan, she didn't want her to continue to deal with me.
It's because you see that I'm really Rong Guifei, so don't you doubt it?
It's best for me to relax. But if I want to find out why Cui Boyuan came to the palace back then, should I personally ask the Queen Mother?
But will she pay attention to me?
If I really ask, will she know about my relationship with Cui Boyuan, or will she look at me as Yihua?
Does the Emperor know?
This time, I personally went to the Taiji Hall again, in the name of seeing Tuoba Hong's injuries.
When I went, Imperial Physician Jia was giving medicine to the emperor and came to give me a salute when he saw me.
After Dr. Jia had bandaged his wounds, Tuoba Hong waved his hand at me and asked me to sit on the kang next to him.
I asked him warmly, "How is the emperor's injury?" ”
Tuoba Hong smiled back at me, "It's almost ready, it doesn't matter much, don't worry Rong'er." ”
I smiled and said, "That's fine, otherwise, Rong'er is a sinner." ”
"Rong'er......" Tuoba Hong looked at me with a quiet expression.
He seemed to have something to say. I smiled and said, "The emperor can ask whatever he wants." ”
"You ......" he wanted to say but didn't want to say, slurring.
"The emperor asks, and the concubine will answer." I still smiled, in fact, in my heart I knew what he wanted to ask, and I could already guess from his expression, he knew more about me.
He looked at me hesitantly, and only then asked again, "Are you really Yihun's daughter?" ”
I'm still smiling.
He already knew, and it seemed that the King of the North Sea had told him. I didn't feel shocked, sooner or later this password would be known to him, just sooner or later, and it would be good if he knew it now.
"Yes, the concubine is the daughter of Yi Hun." I replied to him with ease, as if the password was not at all surprised.
"What about Otosa?"
I pursed my lips, "It's the concubine's sister." ”
"But you're ...... too," he said, as if he didn't want to say.
"The concubine is also a Yihua." I don't want to hide it from him at all, so I'll tell him the truth.
He was surprised, but he was not afraid of me, but looked at me with a little sadness in his eyes.
"So, what about Rong'er?" He asked a softer question, as if only he had heard.
In his heart, the person he likes should be Gao Zhaorong, not necessarily me.
The corners of my mouth quivered, and I kept looking at him, and I didn't know what to say to him.
He's waiting for me to answer, and I don't know what he wants to hear.
"Dead, died many years ago, died in Qilin Mountain, died on her way back to Pingcheng." I replied to him word by word, very seriously.
He should understand my words.
"So, it was you, not Rong'er, who I rescued from the Misty Forest back then." His voice was hoarse, and there were tears in his eyes.
"Yes." I replied to him without hesitation, "At that time, I was already in Gao Zhaorong's body, if it weren't for me, Rong'er would have long since ceased to exist, and even her body would not have existed." ”
Tuoba Hong didn't speak again, his emotions were a little uncontrollable, he was dull to himself, tears slid down his face, and drop by drop.
I looked at him, my mood swelled with him, tears welled up in my eyes, it was his affection that made it difficult for me to control my emotions.
His heart aches for Rong'er, his heart aches for her that she died back then, and he doesn't know it now.
He cried silently for a long time before he looked up at me again, "Why didn't you say that back then?" ”
I sniffed, wiped the tears that had fallen, and replied to him after calming down, "After waking up that year, the concubine had amnesia, the emperor didn't know it, the concubine's memory had not yet woken up at that time, and the concubine didn't know what was going on." ”
I paused for a moment before continuing, "After the concubine has a memory, she doesn't want to believe in the miracle of this incident, but it's true, it's all true. ”
"Who has that power?" Tuoba Hong asked very seriously this time, as if the previous words just now were all paving the way for this sentence.
I understood what he meant, and he wanted to ask who was bringing my soul back to life.
I looked at him blankly, and smiled faintly, "Cui Boyuan." ”
I said my uncle's name.
His gaze froze, as if he had heard a legend.
"Is it really him......" Tuoba Hong laughed, his expression I couldn't quite understand, was it doubt, excitement, or surprise?
I still think that I said that it was Master Cui, and I was affirmed.
Saying this, the emperor is also very clear about Master Cui.
"Where is he?" Tuoba Hong asked suddenly.
I twisted my eyebrows, it seems that the emperor doesn't know where Cui Boyuan is.
I sank my eyes and said faintly, "When the Empress Dowager summoned Cui Boyuan into the palace, does the emperor know?" ”
He took a light breath to make himself feel comfortable, and slowly replied to me, "I was still young at the time, and I didn't know it at the time, but it was only after the death of my father that I slowly learned a little bit of news. ”
I don't understand, what does Cui Boyuan's entry into the palace have to do with the emperor.
Tuoba Hong's eyes were hollow and his expression was dull, as if he was recalling his father.
I didn't interrupt him, I still watched him quietly.
"At that time, my father died suddenly, and when I saw my father's last face, blood flowed from his mouth, black blood, which was a sign of poisoning, and I remember the scene of that day clearly. If his father had not been poisoned, it would have been impossible for him to die suddenly. ”
He sneered, sneering.
"Who can kill the father, in this palace, who is so bold to kill the father?"
"Who else can it be if it's not the Queen Mother!"
He sighed helplessly.
"I was too young to show it even if I knew it in my heart. I grew up in the palace with resentment, and every year, I never forgot to find out who offered pills to my father and asked for my father's life. ”
I was a little surprised. In this way, the emperor found out that the empress dowager let Cui Shibo enter the palace back then, and the alchemy was dedicated to the emperor, and the pill was poisonous, is this what it means?
Tuoba Hong looked at me with a trembling smile, "What does Rong'er think, what I said is true?" ”
Yes, how should I answer him.
He knew that I was Yi Zhu at this time, and Cui Boyuan rescued me in Li Yi's cemetery back then, and Tuoba Hong must have known the relationship between me and Cui Boyuan at this time.
He asked this, which was to prove that he thought in his heart that I must have known the purpose of Cui Boyuan's entry into the palace - in order to give the empress dowager alchemy, and the elixir was for the emperor.
"I don't know if the concubine believes it back then?"
I replied to him plainly and quietly, very honestly.
He furrowed his brows, and his expression was frozen for a while before he smiled coldly, "I believe you." ”
I looked at him quizzically. Does he really believe it?
He turned his head sideways, lowered his eyes, and said no more.
I thought he didn't want to pay attention to me, but when I wanted to leave lest he didn't want to see me, he took my hand and said quietly, "Go somewhere with me." ”
He got up and pulled me up.
I did not refuse, and followed him to a mountain and stone forest on the edge of the lake in the palace.
There is a large hall in this garden, which is called the Extreme Upper Hall. I've never been here since I entered the palace, and I don't know what this palace is for.
Tuoba Hong asked Gong Yi, who was following behind him, to open the door. This temple is locked, and it is cold to see, and perhaps no one has lived in it for many years.
I was dragged into the hall by Tuoba Hong in confusion. The main hall was no different from the ordinary palace hall, until he took me into the inner room, only to find that there was a door in the inner room, and after this door was opened, I found that the room inside was abnormal.
This secret room is very wide, with a Dan furnace, and all the props in it look similar to the Dan furnace room in Cui Boyuan's Flowing Frost Water Pavilion.
In this way, the Empress Dowager must have been banned here when she detained Cui Shibo in the palace.
Seeing my expression, Takubahiro had already guessed what I was thinking.
He said quietly, "This is a secret that I only learned about two years ago, when I went to the Imperial Grandmother and asked her face-to-face, and she confessed. ”
I frowned and looked at Tuoba Hong, and asked, "What did the Empress Dowager say?" ”
Tuoba Hong half-narrowed his dark eyes and replied to me blankly, "The imperial grandmother explained that when my father asked for immortality, the imperial grandmother invited a Taoist priest into the palace and asked him to refine the elixir, which was requested by my father himself, not forced by her. ”
He sneered, "I don't believe it, but I have to believe it, if my father really doesn't want to eat, will my grandmother really persecute him?" However, I really suspected that my father might really not want to take these pills, but it was the emperor's grandmother who coerced him to eat them, which would cause my father to be poisoned and die from taking the pills. ”
"Your Majesty, do you hate Cui Boyuan?" I looked at him.
Tuobahong's face instantly became gloomy.
Seeing his expression, he must have hated in his heart, hating Uncle Cui for ruining his father.
"Maybe Cui Boyuan couldn't help himself back then." I said in a daze.
The Empress Dowager forced Cui Shibo to stay in the palace, he may not be able to, but will the emperor in front of him believe it?
"So I want to meet Cui Boyuan, and I want to hear him say in person."
Takubahiro looked at me again.
He was waiting for my answer, thinking I knew the whereabouts of Uncle Cui.
"The emperor must have been looking for Cui Boyuan for so many years, but with your ability, he hasn't found it, how can the concubines know."
I'm telling the truth.
Takubahiro stared at me and groaned, "You really don't know? ”
I laughed and said, "The emperor must have also checked, after Cui Boyuan appeared in Li Yi's cemetery, the Empress Dowager asked King Dongyang to arrest him all over the country, but it is not without a clue." ”
"But you ......" the emperor looked at me with deep eyes, "don't you know the relationship between you and Cui Boyuan?" ”
Does he not believe me, does he not believe me in his heart?
I smiled dumbfounded.
It turns out that in his heart, I am no longer his face. He knows I'm her, so that love has gone bad?
But why didn't he kill me, and still saved me from the Queen Mother.
In order to get Cui Boyuan's whereabouts out of my mouth, is this the case?