At dusk that day, the holy car arrived at the filial piety tomb and stationed in the palace, Xuan Ye was busy and personally served his grandmother and grandmother, and when everything was settled, it was dark.

Xuan Ye went back to the dormitory to rest, and was about to step into the door, only to hear the little brother crying inside, and involuntarily stopped, so that he finally understood Shu Shu's good intentions.

The child's high-pitched cry would make him feel irritated when he was tired, at least for now, he really couldn't give birth to a loving heart and patience for a child, even if it was him and Shu Shu's child.

Fortunately, he was not disgusted, and accompanied Shu Shu through pregnancy and childbirth in October, knowing the preciousness of life and the difficulty of motherhood.

When I came to the door, I saw Shu Shu holding Chenghu around the room, and there were words in his mouth.

"Why are you crying so sadly?" Xuan Ye stepped forward and asked, "Are you tired after a day of carriage?" ”

"I accidentally smashed a rattle in his face." Shu Shu smiled and said, "I'm not happy." ”

Xuan Ye stretched out his hand to hug him, Shu Shu generously handed it over, the little guy arrived in his father's arms, opened his eyes curiously, and Xuan Ye said: "Don't cry, it won't hurt if you smash it, when you grow up in the future, Ama will teach you to wrestle and ride a horse, and it really hurts if you fall, but you are not allowed to cry." ”

Chenghu looked at his father's face freshly, after all, since he was born, the father and son have seen each other limitedly, and he forgot about crying for a while.

"I really don't cry anymore." Shu Shu said, "I cried just now and called grievances." ”

"Good son, better than your brother." Xuan Ye was triumphant and said to Shu Shu, "What's the matter, it's my son after all." ”

"Yes, it's the emperor's son." Shu Shu smiled, but he was happy, how could he be willing to ask him to work hard around the child again, motioned to the nurse to come forward, and ordered them to take Chenghu away.

Xuan Ye really breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the couch and said: "The imperial grandmother is in good spirits, I am relieved, although the imperial grandmother is still in good health, but in the end, I have not been far away for many years, I have been worried all the way, and I am clearly walking so slowly, as if I am so tired after a day of running wildly." ”

"The emperor takes a sip of tea and settles his mind." Shu Shu brought the wolfberry wild chrysanthemum tea that was just warm from the side, and said, "After eating for a while, go to bed early, tomorrow will inevitably get up earlier than the imperial grandmother, and there will not be much time left if you go to bed late." ”

Xuan Ye drank tea while raising his eyes to look at Shu Shu, and then asked, "Why are you crying on the road during the day." ”

Shu Shu's heart sank, took the teacup and said, "I said something I shouldn't have said, and I regretted that my intestines were green." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Xuan Ye became nervous, "So serious? ”

Shu Shu was full of guilt, she wanted to make the imperial grandmother happy and talk about her glorious deeds when she was young, who knows, she actually asked the most painful place in the imperial grandmother's heart.

It is unimaginable that the weak woman rode a horse and whip from Beijing to Horqin, and the situation in the imperial court at that time was still so chaotic and difficult.

"So there really is." Xuan Ye said, "I have heard of it, but when my little aunt died, Amma was still young, and I couldn't believe that the imperial grandmother could leave Ama and go to Horqin. By the way, did the imperial grandmother tell you who sent her? ”

Shu Shu shook his head: "I didn't mention it, I don't dare to ask again, the emperor, haven't you seen it, the imperial grandmother said so calmly, she went to send her daughter on her last journey, the calmer she was, I was afraid that in my heart, it would hurt no longer to hurt." ”

Just saying these words, Shu Shu's tears poured out, she is not a crying person on weekdays, but she can't stop being sad today.

"Grandmother won't blame you, and neither will I." Xuan Ye got up, held her cheek, and coaxed, "Turn around and let people see that your eyes are red and swollen, do I still want to promote the queen's filial piety, come to pay tribute to the emperor, and cry all the way to the filial piety tomb?" ”

Shu Shu choked: "I'm just distressed, Your Majesty, it's not easy for the emperor's grandmother." ”

"I know, don't cry." Xuan Ye patted his back and coaxed, "Some cry, it's better to be filial to the emperor's grandmother, so that in this magnificent life, you can have a peaceful and quiet old age." ”

The next day, before dawn, Xuan Ye and Shu Shu had already gotten up, and when Yu'er opened her eyes, Su Mala said that the emperor was already waiting outside, and Yu'er said angrily: "What are they doing so nervously, it's just a pillar of incense, I go to my son's grave, do I still have to make rules?" ”

Su Mala said angrily: "But the emperor is in front of his old son's grave." ”

Yu'er smiled: "Don't you think I speak vulgarly? Becoming more and more unseemly? ”

Su Mala said: "I can make you happy, but I can't do anything." ”

When the master and servant were joking, washing and combing their hair, and putting on their court clothes, Shu Shu came in and surrounded the imperial grandmother to dress her with court beads.

Yu'er pointed to the lip paper on the dressing table and said: "Child, what are you doing like this, look at the lack of complexion, you go and dye the lip color, it doesn't have to be too strong, but the spirit is always stronger." ”

Shu Shu said frankly: "My grandson was afraid that the makeup would be too gorgeous and disrespectful to the emperor, so he didn't dare to apply grease and powder." ”

Yu'er said: "Decentness and flamboyance, after all, are not the same, when Empress Taizong Xiaoduanwen was alive, she often talked to us to be decent and decent." ”

Su Mala has brought lip paper, please Shu Shu sipped, and then wiped it thin with his fingers, the lip color is bright, and the complexion is immediately better.

Yu'er smiled: "It's not strong at all, look at the spirit, a young child, it should be fresh." ”

After both the ancestors and grandchildren were dressed neatly, Xuan Ye had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and soon the queen mother also came, and they went to Xiaoling with the emperor.

The car drove into the filial piety tomb, Yu'er lifted the curtain, looked at the solemn archway and palace, remembered the Shengjing Fuling in that year, she followed Huang Taiji to Fuling many times to pay respects, and she still remembered every word that Huang Taiji said on the mountain.

"Have you met Fulin?" Yu'er read silently, "Don't blame him, don't be too him, he's sorry for you, and he's sorry for me, but the son is at least worthy of future generations, and he gave birth to a good grandson." ”

The carriage stopped suddenly, Yu'er came back to her senses, and heard the person outside the car say: "The Empress Dowager has arrived at the mausoleum of the first emperor, please get off the car and change the sedan chair." ”

At the same time, Lingzhao led Hui Concubine, Rong Changzai, Nalan and others, and the nursing mother hugged the eldest brother, the third elder brother and the princess, and paid tribute to the incense in the Fengxian Palace.

The Fengxian Hall was solemn and solemn, even if the third elder brother occasionally babbled, the people next to him did not dare to pant loudly, until after the ceremony, they withdrew from the hall one after another, and then relaxed.

The eldest brother asked his nurse in a milky voice: "Can you speak?" ”

Everyone's eyes were attracted, and Ling Zhao was just about to look at the mouth, when he saw Hui Concubine Shi Shiran walking forward, squatting down and saying with a smile: "Big brother, Hui Niangniang will take you to play, there are a lot of beautiful butterflies in the imperial garden, shall we catch them?" ”

The eldest brother timidly hid behind the nurse, and when he saw Hui Concubine reaching out to pull him, he immediately cried.

"Hui Concubine Niangniang......" Rong Changzai couldn't help it, "Big brother, he doesn't like to play with strangers." ”

"Strangers? I am his mother-in-law. Concubine Hui sneered, raised her face to look at Ling Zhao, "Concubine Zhao, the concubine wants to play with the eldest brother and cultivate more feelings, which is also what the queen mother promised before." ”

Ling Zhao frowned: "Will the queen mother promise you?" ”

Hui Concubine said: "The queen said that I can't take away the eldest brother without authorization, or play with the eldest brother without authorization, everything must be told to the mother, and the mother can nod." But now that the queen is not in the palace, you are respected, so the concubine will ask you to ask for a decree, can the concubine go to the elder brother's house and play with the eldest brother. ”

"Niangniang......" Rong Chang was full of pleading eyes and asked Lingzhao for help.

"No, the eldest brother is taken care of by the nursing mother, and the nursing mothers will play with him." Ling Zhao said, "You really want to go, wait for the queen mother to come back and make the decision." ”

"It turns out that Concubine Zhao can't call the shots?" Hui Concubine said.

"I said, you can't go." Ling Zhao was angry, "Don't mess around, this is outside the gate of the Fengxian Palace, and the ancestors and ancestors are watching you." ”

Concubine Hui sneered: "The ancestors and the ancestors are looking at me, but the ancestors and the ancestors didn't say that I can't accompany the eldest brother, Concubine Zhao, now I want to go, you have to give me a convincing reason not to let me go." ”

Concubine Zhao scolded: "I said no, you'd better get acquainted, the palace maids and eunuchs of the elder brother will not let you in, you don't have to inch in, and in the end I had to lock the door of your Zhongcui Palace." ”

Hui Concubine said, "It's ridiculous, you're locked." ”

Rong Changzai couldn't help but ask: "Concubine Hui, the eldest brother doesn't want to play with you, the eldest brother ......."

"You used to follow my ass, how affectionate were my sisters and sisters?" Hui Concubine glared at Rong Changzai and said, "All of a sudden, you have to be spoiled and have a child, not only ignore me, but also laugh at me behind my back, right?" Sister Rong, your status is low, it is not good for the eldest brother, I have already thought of the best way out for you, I will raise the eldest brother, the eldest brother will have a noble mother from now on, and he will have a future career. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but when they saw that Hui Concubine rushed straight to the eldest brother, she herself was not big, and it was not easy to pick up a three-year-old child, plus the eldest brother was frightened and yelled, and the two almost fell to the ground.

Rong Chang was so anxious that he stepped forward to hug the eldest brother, and Hui Concubine stood up in embarrassment and scolded: "Give me the child, I am for the good of your mother and son." ”

Ling Zhao couldn't bear it anymore, and said sharply: "Come on, send Hui Concubine back to Zhongcui Palace, and after that, no one is allowed to come out of Zhongcui Palace without my order." ”

Hui Concubine was furious: "Niu Hulu Lingzhao, you dare to ......"

However, before Concubine Hui went crazy, a middle-aged grandmother stepped forward to do it, she was so petite, she took people away like catching chickens. Hui Concubine yelled, getting farther and farther away, Rong Changzai knelt on the ground with his eldest brother in his arms, trembling with fright.

Ling Zhao calmed down and instructed Rong Changzai: "Send the eldest brother back, appease him well, and when the time comes, you leave by yourself, and all the rules of the elder brother, even if you are the biological mother, you can't trespass." ”

"Yes......" Rong Chang was holding the child and walked away without looking back.

A farce ended in a hurry, and then Concubine Hui was really grounded by Concubine Zhao, although it stopped for a while, but the shadow left for Rong Chang could not be shaken, and she never imagined that a bigger nightmare had just begun.

On the fourth day after the holy driver left the palace, according to the plan, the emperor should have served the empress dowager to go to Tianjin Wei Youxing, but on this day, there was an epidemic in the capital.

As soon as the news entered the palace, not long after the doors were blocked, some people in the palace fell ill, and news came from Zhong Cui Palace, saying that Hui Concubine had a high fever and asked to see a doctor.

"Is she really sick?" Ling Zhao asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?" ”