144. Realized too late
Life in the palace is quite peaceful, except for the fact that he has to go with Ah Ping to ask his mother for peace every once in a while. [The palace rules basically let the Qingling girl teach them almost, mainly what etiquette to do when she was summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang and when she went to see Concubine Aping, and how to pay attention to it when there is a wedding banquet.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take care of me, after all, I am Ah Ping's wife, and it makes no sense for him to be a grandfather and often call his granddaughter-in-law to see him. But Ah Ping's mother is not, most of the time I went with Ah Ping to ask for peace, but occasionally I would be summoned when Ah Ping went to study in the imperial study. From the palace mouth, it has been learned that Aping's mother's surname is Lu, and she is the second concubine of Aping's father, because her father died early, and Aping is only the emperor's grandson at this time, so she can not be regarded as the queen mother, she can only be called Concubine Lu.
She was not kind to me, and this would not have been shown when Ah Ping went with me, but when she summoned me in private, her attitude was revealed. Sometimes they would make me stand outside the temple and wait for half a day, and then send me back without seeing anyone; Sometimes she assigned me to do things in her palace, such as serving tea, serving meals, and so on; Sometimes I would sternly warn me that I should not tempt Ah Ping with women, and I should advise him to study politics with his heart.
I can still bear all this, but the only thing that annoys me is that she asked me to go up to her side to copy the female precepts, the Tao Te Ching, and so on, and write them standing up. You must know that I am not interested in traditional Chinese, and I am really tired of copying these boring contents.
However, I remember that when Concubine Lu asked me to copy the book for the first time, her eyes were originally contemptuous, but when she saw me holding a pen and writing on paper, her eyes were more surprised, and I couldn't help asking: "Are you literate?" ”
I know why she is so confused, if I am really the daughter of the Ma family of Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, it would be fine, but she had already learned from Liu Qing that I was actually just a rural woman, so it was incredible to find out that I was literate.
I nodded and replied, "Originally, I learned some from my father when I was a child, and later Ah Ping taught me again. ”
Concubine Lu's mind was unpredictable, and she stared at me and frowned, probably still unhappy.
During this period, Liu Qingsui never gave me a good face when she was by Concubine Lu's side, and she didn't even hide the disgust in her eyes, maybe in her heart, I was not worthy of Ah Ping from beginning to end.
Originally, I thought it didn't matter if I looked at some faces, I couldn't change other people's concepts, I just had to be myself, not to mention that it was Ah Ping who lived his life. But then I found out that my concept was completely wrong, if Ah Ping was only in Ginkgo Village, he could still take care of himself like this, but when he became Zhu Yunwen, these people around him became the main body related to him.
Anyone can make me irreversible.
It's just that I realized it too late.
Every time I go to Concubine Lu's to let me come back, the time is basically just right, always before Ah Ping comes back from Fengxian Palace. I didn't want to complain to him about these trivial matters, so I didn't say a word. But somehow, I feel tired these days, especially occasionally dizzy. Is it the after-effect of being too pampered? Only a small plot of land was removed from the courtyard to grow vegetables, and the seeds could not come out for a while, so there was nothing to keep me busy. I really feel that being in this palace, it is better to stay in Yan Qi's house.
Ah Ping said that he would help me keep an eye on whether there was a free yard for me to make a vegetable garden, but he was so busy that he would not have time to find it.
It was rare to be quiet in the afternoon, and I was napping under the window, and when I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly felt a cramping pain in my abdomen, and I woke up directly. The heart said, is it a menstrual holiday? Wait, menstruation? How long has it been since I had a period?
Last time it was ...... On the way back with Zhu Gaoxu, I stayed at Ma's house for half a month, and I entered the palace for nearly 20 days, which is more than 40 days. My letter date has always been quite accurate, could it be because of the exhaustion and exhaustion of the journey? Still is...... Ah Ping's crazy energy flashed in his mind for a while, and he would be pestered and tossed a few times when he came back late.
Suddenly, I realized Ah Ping's intentions as if I had just woken up from a dream, and I have been married to him for more than a year, and my husband and wife life is normal, but so far my body has not improved at all. Now that I have remarried him and entered the palace due to the change of status, the best protection for me is to let me conceive his child. I didn't think much about it before, because I thought that how could a woman give birth to a child at the age of twenty-five or sixteen, and the example of giving birth to a baby at the age of eighteen or nineteen is our grandmother's generation, but I ignored the current situation.
The ancients pursued - there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great.
If I have nothing to do, I will be outside, and after a long time, rumors will spread that I can't give birth or something like that, and at that time, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Concubine Lu, I will definitely find a concubine for Ah Ping again.
So Ah Ping took precautions and wanted me to conceive a child in the shortest possible time. Just, now do I really have it? The colic just now came suddenly, and the pain only eased after a while, and at this time I only felt a faint pain.
If it was normal, it would not be hypocritical, and I would have drunk some sugar water and passed, but after thinking about that possibility, I didn't dare to take any chances. I took a deep breath and got up and walked out, pulled the door and didn't even call a few Qingling to see no one come in, so I had to go to the outhouse again. Suddenly a wave of dizziness hits, my eyes glaze up, and finally the only reaction I can make when the perspective rotates is to protect my abdomen.
The rest of the day I was in the dark, and I could feel that no one was coming around me, and I was glad that my stomach didn't hurt too much, but I couldn't come back to my senses. At this time, there was no concept of time, so I could only repeatedly tell myself that I must not faint, and shouted in my heart that Ah Ping would come back quickly, and I could only feel at ease if he came back.
But after all, the willpower is not so strong, and the dizziness comes fiercely, and gradually the consciousness is withdrawn.
When I became conscious, there was always a noise in my ears, which disturbed me, and it was only later that I became conscious when the sound was gradually recognized. I heard a familiar voice but a cold tone unlike anything I've ever heard before, and I heard footsteps moving back and forth, and these were invisible the moment I opened my eyes.
In the quiet space, a smell of medicine wafted throughout the room, and when I turned my head, I saw a palace lady napping beside me, but it was not Qingling who was always waiting by the side. I felt that my mouth was dry, and when I saw a teacup on the small table next to the bed, I reached out to take it, but my fingers were not flexible, and I knocked the teacup over instead of picking it up.
Xiao Gong'e, who was napping, was awakened and did not come up immediately after seeing me wake up, but ran out with wide eyes and shouted: "Niangniang is awake, Your Highness, Niangniang is awake." ”
I frowned, didn't this little girl see that what I needed more at the moment was a sip of water? If you want to report it, wait for me to drink some water. I only heard the footsteps coming heavily, and soon a figure blocked the light at the door, I squinted my eyes and looked, in fact, I could recognize Ah Ping just by the outline, but I inexplicably wanted to see the look on his face.
When he approached, he couldn't help but be surprised, how did he become so emaciated? With his chin full of stubble and red eyes, he leaned down and picked me up in his arms, burying his face in my hair.
Obviously, I felt that he was in low pressure, his mood was very low, his heart sank, and he didn't lose his memory because he remembered what happened before, and he had already counted his decadent appearance when he saw him again, but he still asked softly: "Ah Ping, is it ...... Got it and didn't have it? "I clearly felt the arms holding me freeze, and my mouth overflowed with bitterness.
"Lan, I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well." Ah Ping regretted bitterly behind his ears.
My feelings are very complicated, if I say extremely sad, it is not enough, I have not had time to know the suddenness of life and quietly left, psychologically the process of going from nothing to something and then from nothing to nothing, but I still feel sad and self-blame.
I would have thought that if I had found out earlier, I might have been fine, and I would have paid attention to many details, but what was the cause of my sudden abdominal pain, and why was there no one in the entire hall at that time?
It's not that I'm going to investigate the cause of the tragedy, at least I need to know what happened and what happened.
"What is the diagnosis of the doctor? Why do I feel faint due to abdominal pain? Did you eat something by mistake? "As far as I know, if you are pregnant, you need to be particular about your diet, and there are some foods that can cause pregnancy instability and even slippage.
But after I asked, Ah Ping was silent, didn't say a word for a long time, turned his eyes and couldn't help but feel at the bottom of his heart, it couldn't be because I was suffering from some disease, right? I am not afraid of anything else in this era, the most feared is the pain, this is an era when even cold and flu can cause death, so if there are some other diseases, it may be incurable.
Coupled with Ah Ping's reaction at this time, I became more and more frightened, and my voice couldn't help but be heavy: "You tell me the truth, what kind of disease do I have?" He was frightened by me, and his eyes came to me with fear and anxiety, "Daughter-in-law is not, you misunderstood, you are not sick, but ......" I couldn't stand him dragging his feet like this: "What's it?" ”
"You're just smelling the scent."
I was stunned, "What kind of incense?" What are those three words? What is that thing? I saw that Ah Ping didn't dare to come to see me, so he gritted his teeth and whispered: "That's a kind of incense that smells and will keep women from getting pregnant, but you and I have frequent intercourse these days, so the fragrance can't be suppressed, you are still pregnant, so you have a hedge with that fragrance, so it will cause you to have abdominal pain, dizziness and coma." ”
Listening to what he said, I gradually narrowed my eyes, that is, it was not an accident but a deliberate plan?
"Ah Ping, is that you?" The softest voice came out of his mouth, and he was shocked in his vision, and the astonishment in his raised eyes could not be hidden, and he opened his mouth but did not make a sound. The corners of my mouth curled slightly, and I sneered, "How could it be you?" If you really don't want it, you don't need to cultivate it night and night, it's your mother's concubine. ”
Every time I go, I can really smell incense in the hall, but I never cared about Concubine Lu's personal preference, but it turned out that fragrance can also become a murderous knife. I'm so stupid that I would ignore that this is a cannibalistic palace.
How much history can be learned, how many harem events are recorded, but I am still defenseless.