Chapter 36: The Death of the Child
On this day, Yu'er saw that the little guy was a little weak, and she didn't laugh when she teased him, but she didn't pay attention to it because she had a cold. At breakfast, the little guy ate two bites, and suddenly cried, crying, crying, and vomiting. Yu'er was in a hurry and hurriedly ordered someone to invite Imperial Doctor Zhou. When Imperial Physician Zhou came, the child's face was already purple, and he had just started to twitch when he got on the pulse. Yu'er was anxious, holding the child with tears rippling. Imperial Physician Zhou finished his pulse and asked, "What have you given to King Rui?" Yu'er recalled carefully: "It's nothing special, Imperial Doctor, what's wrong with Jing'er?" Imperial Physician Zhou thought for a moment and said, "King Rui is afraid that he has taken an overdose of ginkgo seeds and has been poisoned!" ”
"What?" When Yu'er heard the word poisoning, she felt that the blood around her body stopped.
"Don't worry, Niangniang, Weichen has already written the recipe, and immediately let people fry it and pour it into King Rui, remember to let him spit it out."
"Soon, hurry.... Just go! ”
Jinxin took the prescription and hurriedly rushed to the imperial pharmacy. When the medicine was decocted, the little child was already in a daze and couldn't even cry, and the uncomfortable facial features nestled in the arms of the mother concubine were wrinkled together. Yu'er hugged him tightly in distress, hating to suffer for him. Seeing that Jinxin brought the medicine, he hurriedly picked him up. When the medicine comes to the mouth, the child just doesn't open his mouth. Yu'er had no choice but to order someone to break his mouth open, feed him in small mouthfuls, and finally feed a bowl of medicine clean, hoping that he would spit it out quickly. But after a long time, the villain in his arms did not move at all, Yu'er only felt that his body was getting harder and harder, and his face turned pale with fright, and he shouted loudly: "Imperial Doctor!" Doctor! Zhou Mingli hurriedly stepped forward to check the pulse again, pondered for a while, and became depressed. I saw him kneeling down, kowtowing heavily, and said with a crying voice: "Niangniang, Weichen is incompetent!" ”
"No, I don't believe it, you see that he still has breath, you save him, I beg you to save him."
"Ruiwang has been poisoned deeply, and now the medication to induce vomiting has no effect, but I am afraid that I will not be able to survive today!" Zhou Mingli slammed his head on the ground, his voice like a gnat.
"You talk nonsense, go! Go and find me the hospital judge, go and find all the doctors in the Tai Hospital, if you can't cure King Rui, this palace wants your entire Tai Hospital to be buried with you! Yu'er shouted hysterically. At this time, the emperor and queen who got the news also rushed over, and as soon as Chu Sheng entered the door and saw Chu Jing in Yu'er's arms, he immediately reached out and hugged him, carefully touched his little hand, and called softly: "Jing'er!" Jing'er! Father is here, open your eyes and take a look. But the child still didn't react, Chu Sheng still touched his little hand and face, and shouted: "Jing'er! Jing'er! ”
When the queen saw it, she also wiped her tears on the side, and said to Zhou Mingli, who was kneeling aside: "Didn't you hear Zhaoyi's words?" Hurry up and get the entire Tai Hospital to this palace. ”
"Yes! Wechen obeys! ”
A room full of doctors took turns to diagnose and treat, and the decoction was poured into bowl after bowl, and in the end, the child not only did not get better, but became more and more stiff. Yu'er couldn't stand his child being tortured like this again, so she stepped forward and grabbed it and hugged her in her arms, muttering: "Jing'er! The mother is here, don't be afraid, the mother will always be with you! The little man seemed to hear his mother's voice, and his fingers moved slightly, and he lost his breath. The doctors fell to their knees. Kowtow like pounding garlic: "Weichen is incompetent, please ask the emperor to atone for his sins!" Mother's Atonement! ”
Yu'er didn't feel anything anymore, she couldn't hear or see, only the medicinal fragrance in the room and the gradually cold body in her arms reminded her of the pain at the moment. Child...... She really didn't know what else she could do, and she didn't know if she could live without her child. In the end, he vomited a mouthful of blood with a "wow" and fainted. Finally, my heart didn't hurt so much......
When Yu'er woke up, the child had already been taken away, and Chu Sheng sat in front of her bed with tears on his face as if he had aged dozens of years all of a sudden. Seeing Yu'er wake up, she hurriedly pulled out a smile: "Yu'er, are you awake?" ”
Yu'er already understood what was going on in her heart, but she couldn't cry, she only felt that this body was no longer her own! She closed her eyes that had just been opened, and it was quiet and scary!
"Yu'er, don't scare me, if you are sad, cry well, I will always be with you when I am with you......" Chu Sheng said while crying, the pain of losing a child finally made him understand what it is.
Yu'er only felt noisy, she turned over and covered the quilt tightly on her body, still closing her eyes and saying nothing.
Seeing this, Chu Sheng was even more sad and could only lie on Yu'er and cry loudly. After a while, the queen finally couldn't help but walk in, and persuaded with red eyes: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that you are sad, and the concubine is also a mother, so she naturally understands, but you are the king of a country, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is counting on you, if you exchange your life for your life to bring King Rui back to life, the concubine is willing to change, but if you can't come back to life, you are sad and useless, the emperor ......" said and cried out loud, it was really sad for those who saw it and those who heard it were sad! After crying for a while, he spoke: "Your Majesty, the aftermath of King Rui is still waiting for you to decide!" Chu Sheng reacted at this time, and Li Fu saw that he was busy and asked the two little palace maids to step forward to help the emperor and send him back to Qianhe Palace.
King Rui's funeral was held according to the specifications of the crown prince, and her biological mother was promoted to a noble concubine, and the emperor even dropped out of the dynasty for three days to mourn. Yu'er has been bedridden since that day, neither crying nor making trouble, nor has she spoken, and she did not even attend Jing'er's funeral. The entire palace was solemn, and there was no celebration on the queen's birthday. Chu Sheng stayed in the Splendid Palace as long as he had no government affairs, and he didn't speak when Yu'er didn't speak, sometimes he sat quietly and sometimes cried silently.
On this day, Chu Sheng sat in Yu'er's dormitory for an unknown number of hours, and when he came out, his eyes were red, and when he saw it, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty ......"
The emperor glanced at it and said lightly, "What's the matter?" ”
"Your Majesty, the concubine sees her sister not eating, drinking, or speaking every day, and the concubine is really scared!" When Chu Sheng saw her mention Yu'er, his heart hurt again, and he thought that the person in front of him was Yu'er's own sister, and he must have felt empathy, and felt pity, and said: "Get up quickly, it's cold on the ground!" ”
Su'er stood up, with tears in her eyes, and then said: "Your Majesty, it's better to let your mother and Aunt Zhao go into the palace to accompany your sister, maybe you will feel better when you see your family!" ”
When Chu Sheng heard this, a long-lost smile immediately appeared on his face: "Why didn't I think that I would make an order." With that, he walked out quickly.
On this day, Mrs. Situ and Aunt Zhao were ordered to enter the palace. Aunt Zhao's tears fell when she saw Yu'er lying on the bed, in her eyes, the entire Splendid Palace was so magnificent, but her daughter, the noble lord of the first palace of the current noble concubine Niangniang, was lying there like a soulless rag doll, she didn't dare to cry loudly, she could only cover her mouth and follow Mrs. Situ slowly. When she came to the bed, she knelt down and shouted: "The people's woman Situ sees Yugui Concubine Niangniang, Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." ”
Yu'er finally reacted when she heard her mother's voice, she struggled to get up, but she hadn't eaten for many days, and her skinny arms were supported twice, but she didn't get up. Leaning on her sister's arms, Yu'er's blank eyes looked at it for a long time, and finally saw that it was her mother, who had not been masked for a long time, kneeling in front of her. She opened her mouth, and her throat, which had been dry for days, could only produce a rough and unpleasant single sound. Su'er felt that the sister in her arms was really skinny, and when she saw her in a cloak, she was not a human or a ghost, and she endured tears for a long time.
"Sister, Mother and Aunt Zhao have come to see you!" Su'er choked up and whispered in Yu'er's ear, for fear that a louder voice would startle her. Qiushui Yiren had already burst into tears when he stood aside, and since the accident, the two girls have also lost a lot of weight. Still clever today, he poured a cup of warm water and sent it to Yu'er's mouth. Yu'er took a small sip of her hand, and now her heart was also happy and cried with joy, Niangniang was finally willing to open her mouth, even if it was just a small sip of water, it showed that the master had no heart to seek death.
After drinking the water, Yu'er was finally able to speak, and she called softly: "Mother~Aunt~" The tears had already dried up, and she stretched out a hand to get the two of them up. Aunt Zhao couldn't help but pounce on her when she saw this, she didn't dare to hug her hard, she could only hold her hand tightly, and said while crying: "My daughter~~ How did you spoil yourself like this, I thought you entered the palace to enjoy happiness, who would have thought that even your life would be lost." If I knew this, I would have to stop it even if I was desperate! If you have three long and two short, how can I live! ”
When Yu'er heard her say this, she thought of her Jing'er again, and her already numb heart felt like someone was being pinched again. She slowly closed her eyes and let the tears of her loved ones wet her sleeves. Seeing that what Aunt Zhao said was not in order, Su'er hurriedly stopped her: "Auntie, the emperor asked you to persuade your sister, why did you come to make her sad." I finally entered the palace once, so don't cry. As he spoke, he wiped his eyes vigorously.
"Yes! Be! Be! You see I'm really old and confused, Nian Nian~ When you were at home, you loved to eat my fish fillet porridge the most, and my aunt will make it for you now. When Yu'er heard her long-lost name, she finally shed tears again.
The hot fish fillet porridge was served, and Aunt Zhao sat on the edge of the bed and took a small sip of cold and then slowly sent it into Yu'er's mouth. A room full of people watched with tears as the mother and daughter fed one by one.
Finally, more than half a month after Mrs. Situ and Aunt Zhao entered the palace, Yu'er was able to get out of bed. Although most of the time he still sat silently without saying a word, he finally had no worries about his life. Chu Sheng was very happy, and named Mrs. Situ and Aunt Zhao's five products, and Mrs. Xu'er as Lijieyu.
There is a time limit for foreign women to enter the palace, although the two Situ family are ordered to enter the palace, but the ancestral rules should not be too much, this day finally came, the two knelt in the main hall of the Splendid Palace, and kowtowed to the jade concubine and Li Ronghua with tears.
Yu'er stepped forward and helped the two of them up, and threw herself into Aunt Zhao's arms unwilling to let go. She really didn't want her mother to go, she was afraid that the heart-rending pain when she was alone would come and swallow her again. Aunt Zhao explained the method of fish fillet porridge to Qiushui in detail, and then followed Su'er and Mrs. Situ out step by step. Yu'er didn't send them out of the palace in the end, she was afraid that she would not be able to help but want to go with them, she was afraid that she would not be able to help but go to her Jing'er.
The main hall was lit with fine soothing incense, and the silver charcoal was burning in the brazier, and the occasional popping sound seemed to be someone groaning in pain. Yu'er sat in the hall alone in a daze, since Aunt Zhao left, she ate whatever she gave three meals a day, and she drank whatever she was given, and most of the rest of the time she sat quietly like now.
Chu Sheng still comes to see her often, but everyone in the palace says that the jade concubine, who was in the limelight in the past, is afraid that she will be silent from now on. Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the voice of the servant: "Concubine De has arrived!" Yu'er was stunned, except for Chu Sheng, no one has set foot in the Splendid Palace in the past few months, why did Concubine De come today. Jinxin helped her to stand up and came to the outside of the hall to pick her up. As soon as Concubine De saw her, she said, "Get up!" "The voice is light, and I can't hear joy or anger. Yu'er followed her into the main hall and sat down, and immediately a little palace maid came up to serve tea.
"Do you know why I'm here today?" Concubine De was the first to ask.
"The concubine doesn't know, and I hope that the mother will make it clear." Yu'er replied humbly.
Concubine De smiled lightly and said: "Since the first time I saw you, I saw my own shadow from you, when I entered the East Palace as a side concubine, everyone said that it was my ancestor who accumulated virtue and was fortunate to enter the palace as a concubine." But only I understand what kind of place the harem is, I have no power or power, it's just that my mother's family has some silver, but fortunately, the emperor treats me sincerely, in fact, I don't care if it's true or not, as long as I can spend the rest of my life safely, I'm content. It wasn't until I had a child that I finally had the sustenance to live well, but I still didn't give birth to him after all. Speaking of this, there were tears in Concubine De's eyes.
"Niangniang......" Yu'er also felt a pain in her heart.
"I know your pain is worse than mine, but you can't be so depressed, even if you don't want to be for yourself and your relatives, I heard that your mother has just left, can you bear to see her still worry about you at her age?" Yu'er remembered that her mother's hair had turned gray when she left the palace, and she felt the pain of losing a child like herself, could she bear to inflict it on her relatives. Thinking of this, Yu'er's eyes were also a little moist.
"Besides, aren't you the one who doesn't care about you for anything? Such a cute child said that it was gone, and you didn't think about why? Back then, I didn't care much about my child without the emperor, which also made me feel cold since then, but you don't like King Rui as much as the emperor, don't you want to avenge him? If you really want to abuse yourself so badly, so that your relatives will be bitter and your enemies will be happy! Concubine De finished speaking in one go, and her tone was a little excited and she was slightly panting. She hurriedly took out a pill from her small purse and stuffed it into her mouth, and the palace maid next to her hurriedly stepped forward and asked nervously for her: "Niangniang, speak slowly, be careful and get sick again." Concubine De waved her hand to stop talking.
Since Jing'er went, no one and no one dared to mention the child in front of Yu'er. At first glance today, Yu'er only felt that someone had taken a knife and cut her heart, she felt that the air in this hall seemed to be frozen, and she still felt breathless when she opened her mouth wide. In a panic, she suddenly stood up and ran outside the hall, and now she saw this and hurriedly bent her knees to ask for sin, and said, "Niangniang forgive your sins." So saying, he followed.
The curtain of the door was opened, and a cold wind blew around her face, and Yu'er felt better, and tears fell on the ground in front of her. She hates it so much, who is so ruthless! Her Jing'er! Children who can't even speak! They couldn't bear to kill him! Little by little, her sanity was recovering, and she felt that she had not been as energetic as she was now. She must be! She must not let her Jing'er give her life in vain!
Seeing that the master was still in tears just now, he suddenly showed a strange smile again, and this daylight was a little creepy. hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Niangniang, it's cold outside, you better go back, Concubine De Niangniang is still sitting inside!" ”
Yu'er took the silk and carefully wiped her face clean, and held Jinxin's hand back to the main hall step by step. She sat down on Huang Huali's chair and said to the head Yingying: "Niangniang, what did you see about the jade bracelet last time?" ”
Concubine De heard her suddenly mention the jade bracelet, she was obviously stunned, and replied with a calm face: "That's right, my family has been in the jade business for generations, and I have been able to recognize all kinds of jade since I was a child. ”
Yu'er already had the answer in her heart, and she was not surprised to hear it from her mouth now. She stood up, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Thank you Niangniang for reminding me, he will repay him in the future!" ”
Concubine De also stood up and said lightly: "Get up, I'm not here today to let you remember my kindness, I just can't bear to see you live like me, the coming day is long, you have to plan carefully!" ”
"Yes, the concubine will definitely not do stupid things again!" Yu'er was still kneeling.
"Okay, I'm done, let's go first." As he spoke, he stopped looking at Yu'er, and walked out holding the handmaid's hand.
The curtain of the door was opened, and a cold wind blew in the comfortable and warm people in the hall. Jinxin helped Yu'er up and shouted worriedly: "Little master~"
Yu'er smiled lightly: "Let the small kitchen stew some nourishing soup, I haven't drunk it for a few days, do you see that my complexion is very bad?" ”
"Yes! The slave and the maid will go. ”