Chapter 178: Affection and Routine
Things have come to this point, the emperor will go to Jingyang Palace, as for whether Concubine Qi Shu can keep it, it all depends on herself.
In order not to disturb the Queen Mother's nap, Wen Wanrong said goodbye and left after dinner.
She walked in the corridor, looking at the autumn sun, thinking of Peony, thinking of Concubine Qi Shu, thinking of the rights and wrongs of the harem, and then thinking of Qin Yang and the vanished Qin Yu, and the deployment of troops at Yankou Pass, for no reason to be impetuous.
knew that sending the peony into the palace was a risky move, but he still did it.
Wen Wanrong asked herself, how to choose between the country and the family, the righteousness and the small righteousness.
She thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't come up with an answer.
may be in response to Peony's words, Wen Wanrong is also a woman, no matter how smart and methodical she is, she can't watch her beloved worry about her life, and she can't put her child in danger.
Or perhaps, before sending Peony into the palace, she subconsciously wanted to stop the war and leave Qin Yang in Yandu, no matter what means she used.
Wen Wanrong walked all the way and thought all the way, passing through one corridor after another, and for the first time felt that the huge palace was like a magnificent and dangerous spider web, and like a huge dark vortex, no matter how calm the surface was, if she wanted to escape, she would either give up her life or give up her life.
A sense of oppression went from the tip of her heart to the bottom of her heart, and she suddenly wanted to Qin Yang, and wanted to find peace of mind and comfort from the people closest to her.
Wen Wanrong subconsciously lifted her skirt and sped up her pace.
She wanted to get out of the palace quickly, but she didn't pay attention to the people around her, and as soon as she got out of a corridor, a figure suddenly rushed over, only to hear a bang, and the two bumped into each other.
Wen Wanrong touched the shoulder that was hit in pain, stabilized her mind, looked up and saw the other party, stunned.
The palace people who followed behind rushed forward in a panic, and after greeting Wen Wanrong Fuli, they hurriedly said to the other person who was hit: "Peony girl!" Hurry up and go back to the Baohe Palace with the little ones, otherwise the emperor will come back to you and you won't find them, and the little ones can't afford it. ”
Peony was reluctant in every way, deliberately pretending not to know Wen Wanrong, and only said to the palace people: "I want to come out to breathe, and I will go back in a while, don't follow me." ”
Wen Wanrong found that she was a lot thinner, and couldn't help frowning.
The palace people had sharp eyes, and when they saw that her face had changed, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute and hurriedly explained: "Your Royal Highness Princess, this is the peony girl who was fortunate to be the emperor at the last lotus appreciation meeting. ”
Wen Wanrong looked each other up and down like a stranger, snorted lightly, and turned to leave.
The palace people behind him were still persuading, and they asked Peony to return to the Baohe Palace.
Peony was entangled with a group of people, but he didn't go back.
Wen Wanrong guessed that Peony took advantage of the emperor's trip to Renshou Palace, risked being discovered, sneaked out, and deliberately bumped into her, she must have something to say to her, but what to say.
She couldn't ask, and she didn't guess.
Just thinking about it, Er Peony caught up, grabbed Wen Wanrong's arm in a big way, and knelt down and begged: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, please make the decision for the people's daughter, talk to the emperor, and let the people's daughter leave the palace." ”
She shook off the palace maid who stepped forward to pull, grabbed Wen Wanrong's arm tightly, her mental state was abnormal, and she was babbling nonsense: "The emperor is your father, he must love the princess very much, and he will definitely listen to you, right?" Right? ”
The palace maid next to her saw that something was wrong with her, and several people worked together to pull her away, and while pleading guilty to Wen Wanrong, she said to Peony: "Peony girl, don't harass Princess Wanyi!" ”
Peony ignored it, shouted words of pleading in her mouth, and was pulled away with a whimper.
Wen Wanrong touched her wrinkled sleeves, recalled Peony's words, her heart couldn't help sinking, and she quickly walked out of the palace from the noon gate and went straight to the Privy Council.
Qin Yang was napping, but he didn't expect Wen Wanrong to come to him at this point, take people to the council room, and ask what is the matter?
Wen Wanrong closed the door, told him in detail about her encounter with Peony, and finally asked, "What does she mean by this?" Do you really want to leave the palace? ”
Qin Yang groaned for a moment, rubbed his chin, and said no.
Wen Wanrong was full of doubts: "If not, how does she know that I will leave the palace late today?" Does she know my every move? ”
Qin Yang suddenly laughed, but before the ridiculousness reached the bottom of his eyes, he disappeared, he leaned into her ear and whispered: "It shows that Qin Yu should be more than one peony in the palace." ”
Wen Wanrong was stunned for a moment, and then heard Qin Yang say: "Any action you make in the palace will be stared at. ”
"What are they staring at me? I didn't do what they asked, so what! ”
Qin Yang pulled her to sit down, dragged a chair by himself, his voice was not loud, but he could hear it clearly: "The emperor checked the details of the peony, of course Qin Yu wants to prevent you from defecting, in case the peony is exposed, the biggest breakthrough is you." ”
"But I ......" Wen Wanrong thought of what Renshou Palace said about Concubine Qi Shu's complaint today, and said goodbye to grievances, "Qin Yang, I feel tired." ”
Qin Yang pulled the delicate and delicate twing, pinched it, and comforted: "It's okay, isn't there still me?" ”
Wen Wanrong raised her eyes to look at him, lowered her head again, and remained silent.
Qin Yang touched her face, leaned closer and asked, "What's wrong?" What happened in the palace today that upset you? ”
He thought of Peony and explained to Wen Wanrong: "She is pretending to be crazy and stupid in order to gain the emperor's trust as soon as possible, you don't have to care." ”
Wen Wanrong frowned, squeezed onto Qin Yang's lap, leaned into her generous arms, and told her about Concubine Qi Shu, and said that for her sake, she also specially pleaded with the Queen Mother.
Qin Yang understood what she meant, hugged Xiang Xiang's shoulder, and patted: "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, you and Concubine Qi Shu have a grudge, and the bridge will return to the bridge and the road in the future." ”
Wen Wanrong nodded obediently, rubbed it in his arms, and whispered: "Qin Yang, I don't want to enter the palace, Peony's move, whether it is right or wrong, is already like this, I don't want to worry about the rest of the matter, and it's not something I can worry about." ”
Qin Yang said that he knew, lowered his head and kissed his white cheek: "You just rest in the mansion for a few days from tomorrow, don't run to the palace all day, I will go back to accompany you after I finish handling things." ”
Wen Wanrong was like a wronged child, holding his waist motionlessly, and let out a "hmm" for a while.
Seeing her sullen little appearance, Qin Yang laughed and teased her: "Fragrant sheep, you have changed." ”
Wen Wanrong raised her head, buried her head back again, played with the buckle of his shirt, and said in a muffled voice: "I've always been like this, where has it changed?" ”
Qin Yang smiled, pinched the flesh on her waist, and said by the way: "Become clingy, you come to me for big and small things now." ”
"You're just a!" Wen Wanrong got up from his arms, pushed him away, and was hugged by the waist as soon as she got up, "Let go!" Let go! I'll go back, so I don't want to be said to be clingy. ”
"It's nice to be clingy." Qin Yang laughed, buckled his waist and didn't let him go, and coaxed, "Okay, you don't fart, I'm bumpy." ”
Wen Wanrong sat back on his lap, tilted her head, and said nothing.
Qin Yang then coaxed: "Okay, I'll go back with you after I'm done with the official business at hand." ”
Wen Wanrong nodded and said that she would wait for him in the council hall.
Qin Yang got up, bent down and kissed her, and opened the door to go out.
So the subordinates of the Privy Council discovered another secret, as long as the general's wife was there, General Qin was in a good mood.
At the same time that a group of calamities lamented that Qin Yang was completely subdued by Wen Wanrong, Xiao Jing came out of Renshou Palace and drove directly to Jingyang Palace.
When he entered, the light in Jingyang Palace was dim, unlike on weekdays, even during the day, the palace lamps were lit, illuminating the palace with folds and brilliance.
Concubine Qi Shu was lying on the couch, her face was haggard, her face was pale, Zhu Yan's lips were burning, and she was very pitiful when she saw it.
She burned and slept in a daze, only to hear a voice flickering in her ears: "Niangniang, Niangniang, the saint has come to see you." ”
Concubine Qi didn't hear anything else, so she heard the word "saint" and forcibly opened her eyes.
When he saw the bright yellow dragon robe, he gritted his teeth and got up, ignoring the fever, got up and got out of bed, and bowed down.
Xiao Jing grabbed her, helped her to rest, and said softly: "Since you are sick, it is good to lie down." ”
As long as Concubine Qi Shu can hear the emperor's voice, let alone a fever, she will be half cured of any illness.
With tears in her eyes, she nodded obediently, and said weakly: "Concubine Xie Emperor is compassionate." ”
Xiao Jing stroked her messy hair on her sideburns and said with concern, "Have you drunk the medicine?" ”
Concubine Qi Shu said that she drank, and as she spoke, she took Xiao Jing's hand, crying with pear blossoms and rain: "Your Majesty, the concubines know that you have every opportunity, and it is not easy to take the time to come and see the concubines, but can you sit for a while and accompany the concubines?" ”
She is sincere, he is not sincere.
It is precisely because of this sincerity that Xiao Jing left her life in the harem and continued to be her concubine Qi Shu.
Of course, there are also factors that involve Qi Chenxiang.
However, aside from all this, let's just talk about Xiao Jing's feelings for Concubine Qi.
Maybe it's just about good feelings.
As for Xiao Jing's sincerity, it is estimated that he had already brought it into the coffin with someone and buried it under the soil.
At this point, he can't love anymore, and he can't love any woman, even if he likes the appearance, a freshness is no more than three months.
really responded to the sentence "flowers are not red for a hundred days".
Concubine Qi is like this, Peony is like this, and the three thousand beauties in the harem are like this.
Qi Shufei doesn't understand?
She knows better than anyone else that as early as when Queen Du was in the limelight, she heard that the queen unintentionally mentioned the woman who made the emperor really tempted.
Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud.
It is said that the emperor wrote these two lines of poetry at the seventh hour of the woman's first year and placed them in the coffin.
It can be seen that the emperor is true love.
Every time Concubine Qi Shufei thought of this, she imagined that she would one day be able to take the place of this woman in the emperor's mind.
Since the emperor has never forgotten this woman, it can be seen that he is not a ruthless person.
It's easy to be ruthless, but it's hard to be emotional.
She has worked hard for several years, but she still can't get Xiao Jing's sincerity, no, no, no, let alone sincerity, even if it is a moment of true love, she has never gotten it.
Xiao Jing saw her crying sadly, so she didn't leave immediately, let her hold her hand, sit on the edge of the bed, and accompany her for a while.
Concubine Qi Shu knew that the emperor's patience was limited, and after crying for a while, she stopped crying, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said in a thick nasal voice: "Your Majesty, the concubines can see you, most of them are sick, and your imperial study is busy with official business, if the concubines stay with you for too long, the queen mother will blame the concubines for delaying the emperor's diligence." ”
Ming Peng didn't want the other party to go, but he didn't dare to force him to stay, Xiao Jing didn't hear her intentions, clapped his hands, sighed, and rarely showed his heart: "Why are you bothering?" ”
Concubine Qi Shu raised her eyes to look at him for a moment, lowered her head with a sour nose, and choked up: "The concubine knows that the emperor is devoted to the government affairs, and the concubine does not ask the emperor to be wholehearted, but only asks the emperor not to dislike the concubine sincerely." ”
She didn't dare to say that I love you has nothing to do with you, she can only be respectful and respectful, and say insincere words.
Xiao Jing touched her face and didn't say a word.
His silence represents his attitude.
Concubine Qi Shu was also silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, when the concubines are cured, they must drink medicine every day according to the prescription of the imperial doctor, and strive to extend the heirs for the emperor as soon as possible." ”
She wants to keep someone who can't keep him, and it's good to keep a child by her side.
Xiao Jing hesitated for a moment and said hello.
Concubine Qi probably didn't expect him to agree to her request.
looked at him stunned for a moment, suddenly his eyes were red, he struggled to get up, knelt on the couch and bowed deeply, and said, "Concubine Xie Emperor Longen." ”
She thought that in this life, she could not get the supreme love, so she could only prostrate herself and look up.
Xiao Jing was also very kind to her today, and had dinner together before leaving Jingyang Palace.
Concubine Qi actually wanted to stay with the emperor overnight, but her fever did not subside, so she couldn't sleep, so she had to give up.
This Xiao Jing drove back to the Baohe Palace, and the little eunuch of the Baohe Hall hurriedly looked for it, saying that the peony was not very good.
Xiao Jing frowned slightly, first asked someone to go to Renshou Palace to reply, and then asked the little eunuch if he invited the imperial doctor?
The little eunuch said respectfully, saying that Imperial Doctor Zhong had gone, and he had just given the needle and was quiet, but there were words in his mouth.
"Say what?" Xiao Jing cast a cold gaze.
The little eunuch shrunk his neck and stammered: "Return, if you go back to the emperor, Mu, the peony girl said, please let her out of the palace." ”
Xiao Jing stretched his brows, waved his hand, and motioned to return to the Baohe Palace.
The Baohe Hall is filled with a strong ambergris incense, and the white smoke wafts out of the flower carving of the beast's head copper furnace, and it gently drills into the curtain tent of the auspicious clouds and dark patterns, and the shadows in the tent are sufficient, diluting the sadness of the Jingyang Palace.
Xiao Jing walked quickly to the edge of the collapse and sat down, picked up the peony who kept babbling, and called the palace maid to ask, what is the reason?
The palace maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed, ran the peony out of the Baohe Hall at noon, and the incident with Wen Wanrong was explained in detail.
After listening to this, Xiao Jing's tone softened slightly, and asked, "What did Princess Wanyi tell her?" ”
The palace maid shook her head again and again: "When I go back to the emperor, Princess Wanyi didn't say anything, it seems that she doesn't know the peony girl, after the slaves and maids pulled them away, the princess left quickly and left the palace from the noon gate." ”
Xiao Jing didn't speak anymore, waved his hand, and signaled to go down.
The old eunuch who was guarding outside understood and sent all the palace people away, leaving the emperor and Peony alone in the dormitory.
Peony heard the movement, woke up slowly, and saw Xiao Jing's first reaction was to get up, pull up the quilt and hide in the corner of the bed, looking at him with pleading eyes, like a frightened deer, pitiful.
Xiao Jing beckoned to her, her voice slightly hoarse: "Come here, I will see you." ”
Peony wanted to shake his head, but as if he was sincerely afraid, he climbed a few steps forward, knelt down in front of him, and didn't dare to look up: "The people don't dare to disturb the emperor." ”
Xiao Jing saw the bruised kiss marks on the back of her white and tender neck, smiled lightly with deep meaning, reached out and dragged the person over, hugged Ying Ying's thin waist, and bit her earlobe: "I will be lighter tonight." ”
Peony wanted to push him away this time, and shirked: "The emperor is very important in working on state affairs, and the people are afraid that they will miss the emperor's major affairs." ”
Xiao Jing laughed, his Adam's apple rolled, and said: "It's also romantic to die under the peony flower." ”
As he spoke, he pressed the person to the couch and kissed him without hesitation.
Peony went from pain to fear, from fear to numbness, she lay under Xiao Jing, like a walking corpse, crying or trembling, and she became more and more crazy about Ying Ge'er and Qin Yu in her heart.
Since she gave birth to Brother Ying'er, Qin Yu has stayed overnight a few times, and she knows that he doesn't really like it, but it's just a responsibility, but he didn't go crazy like Xiao Jing to vent and ask for it on her.
When Qin Yu was sober, she never hurt her.
So she liked him, and even risked her life to carry out this mission, because Xibo Khan promised that as long as she could get Xiao Jing's core information and send it out of Yankou Pass, she could break away from her identity and return to normal life.
Qin Yu stopped her at the beginning, but she didn't listen, said that she wanted to gamble, and said to Qin Yu with a smile: "If I live, you want to marry me, even if it's for Brother Ying'er." ”
How did Qin Yu answer at that time?
Peony was pulled back to her thoughts by the pain in her body, and she couldn't remember what he said.
It seems to be a rejection, but it is not a rejection.
However, Peony should be recognized by Qin Yu.
She deceived herself for three or four years, and she didn't care about continuing to live.
It's just that when she saw Wen Wanrong, she couldn't pretend anymore, she pretended to be crazy and stupid, in fact, she wanted to find an opportunity to ask Brother Ying'er about her situation and ask if the child was doing well.
But when the two met face-to-face, she regretted that she was impulsive, but fortunately, the other party was also very rational and cooperated in acting in a play.
Peony kept thinking nonsense, like a flat leaf boat, from sunset to moonset, rising and falling in Xiao Jing's surging, and finally both of them were exhausted, and he hugged her from behind and fell asleep.
The early dynasty is bound to be late.
The ministers stood in the Fengtian Temple, whispering.
There is no such thing as an impermeable wall.
A few old ministers heard the news from somewhere, saying that the emperor hid Jiaojiao in the golden house in the Baohe Palace, and hid it all night and night, and was confused by the disaster and didn't even want to take care of state affairs.
Qin Yang didn't hear it when he heard it, thinking that the emperor would really be confused by the peony?
Thinking that Queen Du failed to force the palace, the emperor staged a big drama.
Is it because these old ministers don't know about the saint, or is the saint hiding too deeply......
Qin Yang didn't dare to speculate.
But he glanced at the ministers and found something interesting.
Song Zhi didn't come today, he didn't find this guy early in the morning, and the other, Dan Ze and Qi You, were among the early dynasties.
According to the responsibilities of Dali Temple, many words can not be reported openly in the court, so Danze does not come to the early court, there is no regulation, the emperor has something to summon, and they are all in the imperial study to talk privately.
The Duchayuan has a similar temperament, but it has greater power and responsibility than the Dali Temple, although it can directly impeach any official, but it is also to summon the imperial study and talk privately with the saint.
What makes Qin Yang even more puzzled is that Qi You is just a mere imperial history, and he also joins in the fun with the court?
Or is his appearance not accidental.
But the appearance of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not a good thing, especially Qi You is in charge of Yandu's case.
Qin Yang subconsciously retracted his gaze and tightened his shirt.
The emperor was the same as yesterday, half an hour late, after listening to the excerpts reported by several old ministers, he threw a sentence to discuss it at a later date, and then announced his retirement from the court, and then returned to the Baohe Palace in full view.
The old ministers discussed in private, and the emperor was completely fascinated by the red face and trouble, how to do it.
Qin Yang had a different opinion, the deployment of Yankou Pass was carried out in an orderly manner, and his battle plan was submitted to it, and it was repaired again and again, proving that the emperor was diligent in government.
But why did the emperor give people a false impression of confusion?
And why the people of Dali Temple and Duchayuan also came to participate in the court meeting, I can't figure it out.