Volume 9 Chapter 18 Picturesque Country + Epilogue (End)

Chapter 18: Picturesque

In the fog, a bright light shone into her eyes from the corners, making her already weak eyes hurt.

Su Mi felt as if she had smelled the fragrance of gardenias, the fragrance was like the afterglow of ice and snow pearls hitting each other, long and long, and like the tireless advice of her father-in-law in her ears in her childhood, warm and peaceful.

There seemed to be a distant bell ringing in her ears, and the sorrow and pain made her toss and turn, unable to sleep.

She barely opened her eyes, and then she saw the familiar curtain that appeared even in her sleep.

The dormitory of Caiwei Palace is still the same as before.

After a moment's pause, she felt her strength gradually return to her limbs, though her body was still aching.

At this time, a cheer of surprise sounded beside her: "Niangniang, Niangniang, are you awake?!" ”

It was Mi Qing's familiar voice, and her joyful and excited voice was transmitted outside. Immediately afterward, it seemed that the whole court was jubilant.

The cacophony of voices came into my ears continuously. She turned her head, and the first thing she saw was Chen Yan's eyes full of ecstasy, and he looked at her blankly, as if there was no other existence in this world.

And behind them are Xiao Luzi, as well as Miqing, and then behind, there are countless palace people, Taiyi...... The faces were full of joy and relief.

What time is it now, and what's going on?

Memories were like a surging tide, gradually flooding up, tapping and beating at her heart. She recalled the desperate and helpless blue fragrance on the tower of Shenwu Gate, recalled the dreamlike whispers in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, recalled the fireworks that bloomed in the far-reaching and endless sky, and recalled the cold and desperate eyes he left in her heart.

It was too much pain that made her unconsciously want to hide into the abyss of sleep, it was too much tiredness that forced her to unconsciously want to hide forever, but the reality made her wake up again and again.

She closed her eyes again in weariness, but the sound still reached her ears without hindrance.

". Mi Qing didn't bother to wipe the tears off her face, and said with a smile while crying: "Niangniang." You've been groggy for almost two months now. Just now, General Mu, they came to ask......"

Accompanied by the non-stop sound of bells in the distance, Mi Qing's non-stop words took on a dull tone.

It's been two months!

Only this sentence swirled in her mind, and the rest of the language vanished like a breeze passing through her ears, leaving no trace.

It turns out that he has been asleep for so long.

Her heart had been shattered into countless pieces, but not a single tear could fall.

The two people she has loved in her life, one she can't even see the last side, and the other. But she could never see any of them again.

In a trance, her enemies have been far away from this earthly world, and her relatives have also passed away. All her love and hatred came to an abrupt end in front of the giant scythe of death.

In the distance, there was a distant sound of bells, long and short, endless.

"It was the bell for the funeral after the emperor was buried, and it was already the seventh day. I saw Su Mi looking out the window. Mi Qing explained.

"What time is it?" She finally asked, struggling to get out of bed.

A pair of hands grabbed her limp body and lifted her out of bed.

She raised her head and saw Chen Yan's concerned eyes,

He carried her to the temple gate.

Walking out of the temple door, she was greeted by an endless white color. With the cold and gloom of winter, flying and circling in the sky.

"These days, you have been groggy, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and the whole palace is in a hurry. In the past two months, the officials of the various ministries in the court have been dizzy, and they all rely on General Mu and the prince of Yan to support the overall situation. Chen Yan whispered in her ear. In his tone, there was self-blame that was difficult to hide, why did he always leave her by chance at the most critical moment. When he was discussing his next move with Mr. Ge in Donglai Building, he heard about this earth-shattering upheaval. His remorse was indescribable.

Along with his words, Su Mi recalled these two months of hazy chaos. During these two months, she was not completely unconscious, but the constant tiredness made her seem to be sleepless and confused. In the drowsiness, the information from the outside world was still transmitted into her heart without reservation.

She had vaguely seen countless eyes looking at her, either concerning, or burning, or impatient, or ......

She vaguely heard the white-bearded physicians gathered at her bedside, anxiously debating what to argue about, and heard the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette sitting at the bedside, whispering about the progress of the disease, and discussing how to hold various affairs in her absence. Hearing Mu Qinghan explaining something to Mi Qing on the edge of the bed, his tone was anxious and concerning......

She also felt the figure she was still familiar with kneeling in front of her bed, and through the translucent splendid screen, his still clear and warm voice came in: "Minister...... Border...... Horse Leather Shroud ...... Never set foot in the capital ......"

She wanted to scream, she tried to struggle to get up, but she lost all her strength, all her determination, and she couldn't even muster the courage to look him in the eye.

She could only keep comforting herself, deceiving herself, and only falling into a coma again, forcing herself to think that the news could not stir up the slightest ripple in her backwater heart.

Until today.

"Participate in the Queen Mother!"

"See the Queen Mother!"

“……”

Dowager?!

Su Mi's fluttering thoughts were interrupted by this series of respectful calls.

She couldn't help but turn her head blankly, and looked around, it turned out that Chen Yan was holding her. I have already walked outside the Caiwei Palace.

Countless palace people bowed down and knelt down respectfully. Palace maids, guards, internal supervisors, all of them, knelt down everywhere Su Mi could see.

It was like the whiteness of the sky that took up all her sight.

Under the white background, these figures also looked ethereal.

Before Su Mi had time to react. In the two months she spent groggily escaping from her sickbed, the history of the future was a foregone conclusion.

Ninety-five supreme Qi Long. Qi Hao, the Prince of Yu, and Ni Yuan, the King of Yan, the three strongest pillars of Great Qi collapsed at the same time on a cold winter night, so that the Great Qi regime, which had just experienced a new life, was once again on the verge of collapse.

The only edict left by Qi Long was the edict canonizing Su Mi as the empress of the main palace.

Fortunately, at the same time, he also left a prince for this world that had just escaped the raging war and restored peace.

With the joint support of Mu Qinghan and Ni Tingxuandi, the son of King Yan. The three-year-old little prince ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and the lotus concubine Su Mi, who was still in a coma, was the queen mother.

"Second Miss, it's over, and it's about to start again. Chen's clear voice interrupted her thoughts. She turned her head and looked at Chen Yan's calm and determined gaze.

Yes, everything is in the past.

There are too many things to be busy with in this nascent court, the first thing that needs to be handled is Qi Long's funeral, and then the enthronement of the little prince to succeed to the throne. And then ......

There are so many things that they need to keep busy, that they don't have the time or the opportunity to grieve for the moments that passed. The civil and military officials of the entire Great Qi Land, and the people of the entire Great Qi. They are all immersed in this new beginning, in this vibrant future.

Everything in the past has passed, and the world has been restored to unity and peace after two hundred years of war, and a new order and a new dynasty have arrived.

"Get well soon. Chen Yan whispered in her ear: "For yourself, but also for the child in your belly." ”

Child?

Child!

Su Midi's thoughts stopped turning in an instant, and it took all her strength to gradually digest the meaning of the word.

"The Imperial Doctor has diagnosed that you are almost three months pregnant. Chen Yan explained softly.

Su Mi's thoughts immediately returned to that frenzied night, the desperate and helpless Great Qi Emperor.

……

She was in a trance of memories, but she heard a child's cry behind her, and she turned back in a daze.

Originally. Behind you. It was Mi Qing who walked up with the little prince who had just turned three years old.

"Niangniang, now the ministers have agreed. His Royal Highness the Prince is invited to ascend the throne. She looked at Su Mi, with faint tears in her eyes, but a hopeful smile on her face, and said, "I'm still waiting for Niangniang to give the prince a name." ”

Name......

Enthronement ......

Su Mi's thoughts finally returned to her daily feeling, and in confusion, she looked around.

It's already March, spring is back to the earth, and everything is recovering.

It turned out that the bleak white that had just occupied all her sight was nothing but the white flags used for mourning, and the snowflakes scattered in the sky were nothing but fluttering paper money.

It turned out that all the gardens in the palace were blooming with a little bit of tender green goose yellow, and under this layer of white, they faintly poked their heads out, and stubbornly insisted on climbing upwards.

She originally thought that this deep pavilion, with heavy cornices, would never see the end, and she originally thought that such a long winter, continuous snowflakes, would never see the end.

But everything is still in the past, all love and hatred, all prosperity and silence, everything, have left her.

Spring has arrived, before she knows it.

The old pattern has passed, a new moment has arrived, a new world, a new great Qi stands in front of thousands of people, and an era belonging to the people of the world has arrived.

She finally chuckled softly.

It turns out that really everything is over, and everything is going to start again.

Dowager......

The twenty-one-year-old Queen Mother......

Who knows, she's only twenty-one years old!

She buried her head in Chen's chest. As if he was soaking up the last ray of warmth, no one saw her expression at that moment, and no one saw the little water left on his shirt after she left.

All they saw was her, and she raised her head. The tone is calm and the gaze is strong. She said, "Let me down, I'm going to go by myself." ”

There was a glimmer of light in the sky,

At her feet, the dew on the branches reflected the morning sun, trembling gently and crumbling on the tender green leaves that had just been released. The newly bloomed flowers underneath are white and pink. A gust of wind blew, and the dew fell down and fell among the stamens. Overwhelmed, the flower tilted its body, and water droplets overflowed like a tear, gliding over the tender petals and landing silently.

Volume 9: Lotus Moves the Kingdom of Fortune #8226; Nine-fold Bead Fall (End)

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Qi History: The fifteenth day of the first month of the third year of Emperor Qi Cheng's Tiantong. The remnants of the Liao people lurked in the palace, and assassinated the important ministers of the Great Qi with poison at the night banquet of the Zhongyuan Festival, Ni Yuan, the king of Yan, and Qi Hao, the prince of Yu, all died at the hands of the Liao.

Loyal and benevolent, Emperor Cheng was inexplicably sad and collapsed by vomiting blood.

……

April 1. Emperor Cheng Zi Palace out of the Shenwu Gate, buried in the west of the city Chengling. The nickname is "Cheng".

In his short life, he finally succeeded in ending this troubled era that lasted for more than 200 years and returned the world to unity. But in this life, will he succeed or not? What is it and who is it? It will only be left to posterity to comment.

At the end of April, the funerals of Prince Yu and King Yan were completed one after another, and the Zhenwu general Mu Qinghan and the prince of Yan Ni Tingxuan joined the courtiers to support the prince Qi Yi to ascend the throne. The era name was changed to Jingyan.

At the enthronement ceremony on May 12, all the ministers congratulated him. Ni Tingxuan, the son of King Yan, asked for the title of King Yan. Please go to Juyuguan to guard.

Later, he was allowed in court and changed his title to Yan Guogong. Awarded the general of Pingyu, and led the chief general of Yuguan.

Since then, he has guarded the frontier all his life and has never set foot in the border again.

……

The new emperor was only three years old, and the filial piety Empress Dowager Su Mi was the regent of the dynasty.

……

On September 9 of the first year of Jingyan, there was a vision in the sky, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen gave birth to the widow of Emperor Cheng in Caiwei Palace, named Zhao.

……

The world is established, the great Qixing, the four seas are peaceful, the queen mother is the general leader of the government, lenient and thrifty, correcting it with punishment, Ming with etiquette and music, love with kindness and thrift, and law with etiquette. Make every effort to get rid of the old. He also recruited talents from all over the world, did not remember his background, and did not teach the past. The cloth cloth scholars in the world are vying to be the first to serve. Ge Chengming, the son of the old guard, and others successively entered the court as officials.

More than ten years later, Deb is the world, and the four seas are peaceful. The children of the drooping hair know courtesy; Dai Bai is old, and he doesn't know soldiers. The captives did not dare to take advantage of the moon to commit crimes, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows to complain.

……

Emperor Jingyan was a child when he was broken by the Liao country, was killed by the Liao people, and was heavily injured, although he was treated by the imperial doctor, the old disease was difficult to get rid of, and finally died in the Qianqing Palace in the ninth year of Jingyan.

After that, the ministers supported the Empress Dowager's concubine Qi Zhao to succeed to the throne and changed the Yuan Yongchang, that is, Emperor Qi Wen in the later generations.

……

In the first month of the seventh year of Yongchang, the Liao people invaded the border pass, and the general Ni Tingxuan led the army to attack, and defeated the Liao army under the Juyu Pass, but he died in ambush, and the Ni family was cut off.

Before his death, he left a testament to return the fiefdom of Yongzhou to the imperial court.

Since then, the world and Kyushu have been one.

……

In April, Emperor Yongchang got married, and Mu Zimo, the daughter of Mu Qinghan, the secretary of the military department, was the queen.

In May, the Empress Dowager returned to Emperor Yongchang and left the palace to go to the Hanshan Temple of Danfeng Mountain on the outskirts of the city to retreat and pray for the blessing of the country.

Emperor Ren Yongchang worked hard to keep it, but he did not change his mind.

All the way to Hanshan Temple, all the people in the accompanying palace were sent back, and there were only two or three people left around.

Pure simplicity and clumsiness, the world is called virtuous.

……

Later, Emperor Yongchang inherited the wind of Jingyan, opened the prosperous era of Yongchang, opened the imperial examination, diligently bowed to the government, persuaded the farmers to return to the fields, and returned to the people.

After more than 50 years in power, the world is peaceful, and the history is known as the "rule of Yongchang".

End

In the spring of March, the soft branches of the willow tree stretch out in the air, spitting out tender green shoots. A gust of wind passed. The branches swayed, and the little green became nothing, which is exactly the "light smoke seeping willow color" written in the poem.

A slender hand stretched out from the carved window railing of the magpie's plum, and the spring onion fingers playfully twisted a willow branch that floated through the window.

She turned her face casually, and it was a face as beautiful as a full moon, brighter than the light outside the window, and softer than the willow branches in her hands.

She was sitting on the windowsill and looking at the infinitely beautiful * light in the courtyard. His gaze rested on two pairs of swallows flying over the branches, holding a book in one hand. One hand unconsciously kneaded the wicker, and between the beautiful eyebrows, there was a faint infinite melancholy and yearning.

At this time, a soft call from the door interrupted her thoughts: "Miss, Miss." With a light and bright cheer, a little girl with a bun on her head ran into the house.

"Ah, are you looking at the biography of the concubines of the past dynasties?" Her eyes widened as she turned to the book that her young lady held in her hand. glanced at the page that he opened, and couldn't help asking, "Is it the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen again?" There are so many biographies of the concubines, why does the young lady like to watch the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen the most? It was all hundreds of years ago. ”

"Of course, it's because the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen is the best Empress Dowager in these hundreds of years. Miss said with infinite yearning: "She is not only the concubine of Emperor Cheng, the mother of two generations of emperors, but also a generation of heroines, after Emperor Cheng died of illness, she assisted Emperor Jing, who was just three years old, to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne. Get rid of old diseases. He also assisted in the upbringing of two generations of emperors. In the sixteen years she has been in charge of the government, many civil and military honors can be said to be incomparable to even many men in the world. She said in a conclusive manner. "If it weren't for her careful teaching, would Emperor Qi Wen become a generation of Ming monarchs who will go down in history? Such a beautiful, noble and pleasant woman......"

"But doesn't the book say that the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen was born as a palace maid?" Yahuan asked suspiciously.

"What's wrong with the palace maid's background?" The young lady immediately retorted, "Think about it. From a palace maid, who was favored, from no attenuation, until giving birth to a prince and ascending to the throne, what a beautiful life this is! ”

"But a few days ago, I heard in the storytelling hall on the street that the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen had a relationship with Prince Yu, the elder brother of Emperor Cheng at that time...... Even Emperor Wen is actually a ......"

"Nonsense!" Hearing that her idol was rumored, the young lady who looked soft and weak jumped up, and without waiting for Yahuan to finish speaking, she reprimanded righteously and sternly: "This is all made up by some boring literati to slander people." Just look at the official history. At a banquet, Emperor Cheng met an Assassin. At that time, she was only a talented Empress Dowager Xiaozhen, and she only stepped forward to block the sword for the emperor to save Emperor Cheng, and their first child lost the ground because of this. is so affectionate, how can he have anything to do with Prince Yu?! ”

While speaking, the young lady's delicate eyes were foggy, and she couldn't help but secretly think, I don't know if I will be able to meet a person who makes me willing to block the sword for him and die without regrets. Thinking like this, her face couldn't help but heat up.

"Miss will enter the palace to participate in the draft in a few days, and the emperor will definitely be named a mother when he sees Miss's beauty. Yahuan looked at her young lady's expression, and immediately understood what she was thinking, clapped her hands and laughed.

"What nonsense, poor girl, don't forget, this draft also has the Miss of the Li family of the Hubu Shangshu, and the Miss of the Wei Shanghou Wu family...... How can you be sure that your young lady will be selected? Hearing Yahuan's words, a flush immediately appeared on the young lady's face, and she retorted shyly.

"Miss is the most beautiful, what are those Wu family, Miss Li family, there is one who is comparable to Miss You?" Yahuan said with a smile: "When the young lady enters the palace, the emperor must be very favored, and when the prince is reborn, maybe he will be the queen." Isn't this like the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen? ”

Hearing this, the young lady fell silent for a while, and Fang said softly: "If I can really accompany the emperor, I don't want to be the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen." ”

"Why? Miss just said that she was most envious of others. Yahuan looked at her suspiciously and asked.

"Of course it's because of ......" A trace of melancholy appeared on Miss Miss's face, she looked at the blue sky outside the window, and said slowly: "Although the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen later had the power to dominate the world, she lost her beloved, Emperor Cheng died young, and even the later Emperor Wen was a posthumous son. Alas, she has a deep love affair with Emperor Cheng, even if she owns the world, who can understand the loneliness and sadness in her heart? Otherwise, how could he leave the capital gloomily and retire to Danfeng Mountain after returning to Emperor Wen? ”

This slave also knows that it is said that when Emperor Wen went to the mountain to meet him, he would avoid it from time to time. Yahuan also said.

The young lady nodded and did not speak.

Seeing that the young lady looked depressed, Yahuan hurriedly said: "Then the slave maid wishes the young lady to be favored like the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen in the front, and later, just like ...... Just like Emperor Wen and Empress Ming Zheng, they grew old together. ”

"Kill you poor girl, how can you let others hear these words?" The young lady was amused by this sentence, but she became embarrassed and threatened to fight.

The girl hurriedly smiled and begged for mercy.

At this time, a maid ring outside the door ran in, and said with a happy face: "Miss, Miss, the people from the Ruyi Embroidery Workshop just came, saying that the new clothes prepared for entering the palace have been embroidered, and the slave maid has just taken a look, but it is beautiful!" Try it out for yourself. ”

"Really?!" The young lady asked in surprise and delight, "I'll go over now." ”

As he spoke, the man was already running impatiently towards the door.

Several girls rushed out.

The room was immediately empty.

Only the history of the concubines of the Great Qi was thrown on the table, and the page of the biography of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen was turned.

A spring breeze blew, and the pages of the book "boomed" and turned,

It only took two or three pages for this short biography to be turned over.

There was only a breeze left, and it still refused to stop drifting away......

The Complete Book (End)

The text of the golden branch is over by now. Since the serialization began in March, it has been more than half a year.

sprinkled more than 600,000 words, telling the most tortuous part of Su Mi's life, this ending is not only the end of her story, but also the beginning of another rebirth.

I don't know if you're happy with this ending, but if you're not satisfied, you can wait for the appearance ^_^ of the article

Tomorrow will start serializing the extras, and a few extras will explain some foreshadowing that has not been fully explained before, and the story after Su Su became the queen mother.

So, the monthly pass, the monthly pass, with teary eyes, folded hands in prayer......

Ladies and gentlemen, whether you are satisfied with this ending or not, those who still have monthly passes in their hands, finally support the lights and support the "Golden Branch" that has accompanied you for most of the year. Thank you...

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