035 The emperor died
Seeing the injury on Nangumo's face, I couldn't calm down: "Did he beat her like this?" ”
She deliberately avoided my gaze and shook her head.
I encouraged her and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll help you." ”
"No, it's not." She has repeatedly denied it.
"What are you afraid of? It's not who else he is, where is he, you take me to meet him. "I felt guilty and felt like she was beaten like this because of my avoidance.
"It's really not him! It's because I'm useless, and I made a mistake in doing things in Qingning Palace. She told the truth in a hurry.
I thought about it and asked, "What did you go wrong?" ”
She sighed: "He said that he was anxious to see you, I had been thinking about it when I was doing embroidery work today, and I accidentally pricked my finger, and the blood flowed to the embroidery scarf, so I could only be punished, who made me not concentrate." ”
"That's why you were beaten like this...... "I frowned at the wound on her face, "why don't you find a piece of ice yourself, it's a girl's house." ”
She sighed softly: "It's like this." ”
I'm speechless.
She suddenly looked up at me again, and her big dark eyes flashed again: "You just said that you would like to see him, when?" ”
I avoided her flickering gaze, looked at the soup on the table, picked it up and continued to drink it up, put the bowl back into the food box for her, and said, "That's not a hurry, you can go back first." ”
She was pushed out the door by me with a look of disappointment.
Early in the morning, I rushed to the Qingning Palace, this place I have been to once before, and that was when the prince was selected to be a little palace maid.
I appeared at the gate of Qingning Palace, the palace people were busy, and soon the clever palace maid saw me and greeted me: "Yo, Father-in-law Qing, you are here, today is ......"
"The prince is busy with government affairs, so he asked me to come and have a look. By the way, I also do some personal business. I said as I walked inside.
The palace maid was quite smart, and immediately understood the point of my words, and followed me and asked, "......What is the private matter that Father-in-law Qing refers to?"
"Yesterday I heard that my sister did something wrong, and I personally came to apologize for her." A cold smile appeared on my face.
"Who is Father-in-law's sister?"
"Nanakumo." I made it very clear.
Her face changed suddenly, obviously she knew about this matter, and soon she laughed twice: "I don't know this matter very well, Father-in-law Qing wait a minute, I'll go find them." ”
It didn't take long for Nangumo and a eunuch to hurry over. There is no doubt that it was the eunuch who beat people yesterday, whether it was instructed by the palace maid or not, she must find the executioner to carry the black pot for her.
Nangumo was very surprised when he saw me, and then looked at the big palace maid next to him, as if he had understood in his heart what I was here for.
It was also clear in my heart that the eunuch kept his head down, and his body trembled a little, and he did not dare to look at me.
I said, "This father-in-law, my careless sister has caused you trouble, and I have come to make amends for her today." ”
After I said this, the eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and he slapped himself repeatedly, very loudly: "There are a lot of Qing fathers, I have no eyes, I deserve to ...... damn it."
I listened quietly as he slapped him, without speaking or stopping. I'm really angry, he's half a man, and he is so black to a little girl, and let him taste it.
After a while, Nanakumo took two steps closer to me, and stopped talking.
I saw her worried eyes and knew what she was worried about, it was cool to help her vent this time, but I was afraid that she would have a hard time in the future.
"Alright." I looked at the eunuch and said, "Look at you, I'm here to make amends sincerely, why are you still beating yourself, this makes me feel so guilty......
"It's me who should be beaten, it's itchy if I don't fight, and my father-in-law doesn't have to worry about it." He's the best talker.
The moment the eunuch raised his head, I was stunned for a moment, not because of the redness and swelling on his face, but because I actually knew this person, no wonder I was a little familiar with what he said just now.
He was stunned for a moment when he saw me, and apparently recognized me as well.
"It's you!" I felt a little crying and laughing. Speaking of which, he was the first person I knew after I crossed over, that is, the benevolent brother who slept next to me in the small dark room, and he relayed the news to me when I went to choose the prince's attendant.
I can't imagine that he is running here to do things now, and we meet in this way, life is really wonderful.
When I left the Qingning Palace, I stuffed some silver taels for him and the palace maid, one was to make a point for Qiyun, she had to stay here in the future, try not to make enemies, and it was not wrong to say that it was a sweet date given after a slap. Second, after all, I knew the eunuch before, and today I feel unbearable on my face.
At this time, I really think that power is a good thing, no wonder so many people flock to it, even if I taste a little sweetness now, I feel addicted, although after I leave, they are likely to scold me for being a dog, or even worse than this, but what does it matter, there are gains and losses.
I didn't go far, Nangumo chased after me, as if he had something to tell me, and he held back for a long time before he said a few words: "Thank you." ”
I could see that she was genuinely grateful to me, after all, in this cold court, there were very few people who did not do things for profit, so I smiled and did not speak, and continued to walk.
She didn't follow, but just asked behind her, "Do you still want soup?" ”
I paused and looked back at her: "Don't drink it, there is a time to put your face in ice, and a girl doesn't care about it." ”
When I said this, she seemed to remember the wound on her face and lowered her head in embarrassment.
Although this girl doesn't know what her position is, her heart is definitely not bad, and she has an indomitable spirit, every time she comes to pass the word I refuse, she still persists.
I knew it wasn't easy for her to make soup for me, and she had to wait until late at night when no one was around before she had a chance to sneak into the dining room, and before leaving, she had to reset everything so as not to be discovered.
A few days later, the crown prince returned to the East Palace and resumed his normal life, not because the emperor was well, but because the emperor's illness never improved, and he had to prepare for a long fight.
The prince's daily life has opened two new tasks, going to the court and dealing with government affairs, he likes to be self-respecting, but he hates to be buried in the folds and reviews, and most of the time he was originally eating, drinking and having fun.
And the most headache for him is that the old emperor can't completely rest assured that he will handle government affairs, so he has to let the waiter read him the review before the sickbed, and once the prince has something to deal with, the old emperor immediately summons the prince over and teaches him Yunyun in person.
The prince seems to have become a child who is about to take the college entrance examination, and he collapses and is reborn in a mountain of question banks all day long, disgusted but helpless.
His temper also intensified, becoming more and more irritable, and the entire East Palace became a parent accompanying the student, serving him properly in fear.
I grind around him, and when he is too entangled, he will ask me what I think, of course I don't dare to talk nonsense, although I am a modern person, I know what the crime and the end of interfering in the government is.
All I can say is: "The slave is shallow and does not dare to judge." ”
But he didn't know me at all, he didn't believe what I said at all, and in the end it became a situation where he pinched my face fiercely, and shouted: "Hide your mind in front of this palace, remember that this palace is your sky, no one can touch you if you want to keep you, and you don't even have scum left if you want to kill you." ”
The hero doesn't suffer the immediate loss, so I have to nod and compromise. But to be honest, I don't know much, it's a mountain and river project, it's disaster relief and flood control, and it's a frontier war, except for what I've heard on CCTV news, where have I ever come into contact with these things, but I just relied on eating white rice for so many years in the 21st century to tell him my personal thoughts.
In addition, I found that he was not as stupid as I thought, he would listen selectively, and his solutions were becoming more and more mature, especially when it came to warfare, he seemed to have a great talent and always came up with a winning strategy.
Because the emperor has been bedridden, the New Year is approaching, and the palace is not in a hot manner, but just a plain formality.
It seems that everyone is busy, the crown prince is busy dealing with state affairs, the queen is busy with the New Year's ceremony and rectifying the harem, the entire Taiyi Yuan is anxious about the emperor's illness, and even the emperor is supervising the prince while being sick.
I don't know what King Mu is busy with, since he came back from hunting, he has only seen him twice in a hurry, it seems that the emperor is sick, and he has also shared part of the responsibilities.
It was another heavy snowfall, and the sky and earth were covered in silver, white and quiet, covering the joys, sorrows, blood and tears of the year in the palace, as if nothing had happened.
In April of the following year, the weeping begonia on the side of the corridor of the East Palace bloomed, delicate and full of trees, I remember that I also saw this flower when I first arrived at the East Palace, and this year it is growing better than last year.
Late yesterday night, the chief eunuch suddenly came to summon the prince to the emperor's bedroom, when he and the prince whispered a few words and hurried away, I did not hear the slightest information, but judging from the look of the chief eunuch at that time, it seems that the situation is not good. Until today, the prince has not returned.
Until the sun set, a eunuch came to announce: "The emperor has died......"