Two months later

The team of the Southern Tour of Beijing was slowly returning to the Forbidden City, and Xuan Ye sat on the shoulders carried by eight people, smiling.

In the canopy carriage that followed, Chunxi sipped tea with a smile, and smiled with Mu Hui and Shuanghua.

"I heard that Miyi's days after marriage were good, and now that I'm back in Beijing, you can go and see her in two days. Let's also go to Nalan Mansion and take a look at Fu'er. Chun Xi instructed Mu Hui.

The honey wedding was before the southern tour, and Chunxi prepared a rich dowry for her and personally sent her to marry. A few months passed, and she missed that girl very much. Miyi didn't want to get married, but she was reluctant to let her, like Mu Hui, only guard herself all her life. Mu Hui has missed a good relationship, and it is impossible to tolerate other men in her heart, which is a pity. But honey is different, she is still young, and she must always find a lover, and her life will be safe and smooth, and she will be happy and healthy.

"Don't worry, the minions will take a good look at them for you." Mu Hui happily agreed.

"Whisk?" Shuanghua was puzzled: "But the one next to the mother in the past?" Later, she married Nalan Rongruo, the first genius of the Qing Dynasty? ”

"Exactly." Mu Hui nodded: "When she got married, you hadn't entered the palace yet." Come to think of it, you were only born at that time. ”

"Wow, in this way, Sister Mu, you are a lot older than me." Shuanghua said without fear of death: "I heard that Fu'er is a few years younger than you." ”

"You're also disgusting with the mother." Mu Hui waited for Shuanghua and said: "Be so open-mouthed, be careful that the emperor hears and plucks your head." ”

"She's telling the truth. Hongu is over forty years old now, and he is indeed old. Chun Xi didn't care about Shuanghua's words, but smiled.

Mu Hui shook her head: "Niangniang is not old at all, and she is only in her early twenties." ”

"You don't compliment this palace less, no matter how well maintained this palace is, how can you look like a woman in her early twenties?" Having said that, these words are very useful, and Chunxi is very comfortable listening to them.

"The slave doesn't dare, the slave is telling the truth." Mu Hui smiled lightly: "Niangniang doesn't look old, and Niangniang has been properly maintained for many years, and her natural appearance is still the same." ”

"Even so, in another decade or two, the main palace will be like a withered flower, falling with the wind." Chun Xi smiled bitterly: "People will always get old." ”

"It's going to be old, if it's not that everyone is afraid of getting old, afraid of the day when people will be old and yellow, and they will no longer be loved by their beloved, how can Concubine Min be afraid that those young and beautiful Jiangnan women will be favored by the emperor and brought back to the palace." Shuanghua said: "In the early years, when Concubine Min was young, she wouldn't care about these beauties." ”

"Even when she was young, she was quite jealous." Mu Hui dismantled the stage and said: "You know, when Wang Chang entered the palace, how many people hated him. If it weren't for jealousy, how could Concubine Min play tricks to control Wang Changzai in the palm of her hand. It's just that the good times didn't last long, and Wang Changzai still discovered her thoughts. ”

"You say, if the people of this palace are old and yellow, will the emperor also like those young and beautiful women, and dislike the women in this palace who are no longer beautiful?" Chunxi suddenly reached out and touched her face, and began to worry.

"No, it won't." Mu Hui and Shuanghua said in unison: "Niangniang is different from the emperor. ”

When she heard their words, she suddenly smiled.

I hope that as they said, for Yu Xuanye, she is different from others.

The procession back to Beijing was huge and very lively. And among those who were isolated, there was a lost figure.

Obviously, she should also be in that gorgeous carriage, but why would she stand so far away with these mediocre people, so far away that she could only sway to each other, so far away that she shouted at the top of her throat, but was also drowned out by the cheers of the crowd.

She was squeezed out of the crowd little by little, she wanted to squeeze in again, to the front position, to a position closer to Xuan Ye, but she was squeezed out again and again.

Her eyes red from crying, she retreated lonely, and stood at the back of the crowd, unable to see anything but the back of her head.

On the second day, Zhang Jia Chuzhen came to the Shenwu Gate and begged the guards guarding the door to let her in. She told who she was over and over again, but she was thrown out of the door again and again as a madman.

Lying on the ground like a soldering iron, she looked helplessly at the indifferent faces, her heart like ashes.

She tried to break in, but in vain.

"If you dare to be presumptuous again, I will take you for sin. How can the lady in the palace be like you, don't talk nonsense, let's leave quickly. The guard at the door was impatient, and dropped this sentence fiercely, and no longer paid attention to the stinking woman.

"......Boom" The sky began to thunder, and it was still sunny just now, but now it was covered with dark clouds.

The summer weather is always so capricious, and this rain came inexplicably.

The heavy rain soaked Zhang Jia Chuzhen's clothes and drenched her heart. The dirt on her face was washed away by the heavy rain, and the smell on her body disappeared little by little with the heavy rain.

Zhang Jia Chuzhen stood up with her body strong, she walked back in despair, walking aimlessly. She didn't know how many times she had been drenched in such rain, but she had never been so desperate as she was now.

Her heart really hurts, more painful than she was humiliated, and more painful than her trekking back to the capital. The rain covered her eyes and her heart even more. She stumbled, not knowing exactly where she lay ahead.

The luxury of the past appeared in front of her eyes, those exquisite jewelry, those luxurious clothes, the honor that she hugged before and after, she reached out to grab but could not touch it.

The Forbidden City, the palace city that everyone yearns for, will she never go back?

She closed her eyes and fell to the ground, letting the wind blow and the rain wash away. She wanted to forget, but everything in the past was clearer.

"Bold, dare to stop the sedan chair of the four beylers, don't you want to live?" A deep male voice rang in her ears, and she felt herself being pulled up and tossed aside.

Four Baylors? Who? Who is it? Is it Yinzhen?

The pain brought her to her senses, she got up, and shouted loudly towards the sedan chair: "Yinzhen, save me...... Help me......"

For a moment, she felt the bone-eating coldness around her, and she felt the chilling blade of the sword around her neck.

"Wait." The moment the sword fell, she heard his voice.

Yinzhen walked out of the sedan chair, holding an oil-paper umbrella painted with lotus flowers, and walked slowly towards her. Finally stopping by her side, she felt his fingers, felt his messy hair being pulled away by him, and then she heard him say, "Take it back." ”

In Yikun Palace, she listened to Yinyu tell interesting stories she had heard from Western missionaries over and over again, and she always kept smiling and patiently listening to her son. Yinyu said it vividly, and when he was excited, he danced with his hands, which caused him to laugh more than once.

"Mother." Shuanghua walked in, her face not very good.

Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, she motioned for her to retreat first. After Yinyu finished telling the story and left after having dinner with her, he summoned Shuanghua again.

"The slave got the news that Lord Sibeile rescued a beggar outside the Shenwu Gate, and it seems to be the missing Concubine Min." After holding back for an afternoon, Shuanghua finally had the opportunity to talk about this matter. Her expression was still solemn, a little worried.

But her words did not arouse the slightest emotion, but saw that she was as calm as ever. Seeing that she was silent, Shuanghua asked curiously: "Isn't Niangniang worried that her hard work has been in vain?" ”

Chunxi smiled and asked rhetorically, "Do you think she can return to the Forbidden City?" ”

Shuanghua was asked, thought for a while, and then said, "With Sibeile here, it's a matter of time before you return to the Forbidden City." ”

Chunxi shook her head and said disagreeingly: "She can't come back, even if her body comes back, her heart can't come back." After two months of wandering outside, her immortality shows her tenacity and desire to return to this place. However, her wishes are good, but the truth is cruel. ”

Shuanghua didn't quite understand, looked at Chunxi in puzzlement, and listened to her again: "In the past two months, there are many people who know the news of her disappearance. Although the emperor suppressed this matter for the sake of royal face. But there is no impermeable wall in the world, how long can such a thing be hidden? She came back suddenly, from the emperor to the servants in the palace, who can look at her again? Even if she has been guarding herself like jade for the past two months, no one may be able to believe it. Besides, she was found in rags, like a beggar. After going through so much, her will has long been worn out. After returning to the palace, how long can she last in the face of overwhelming gossip? ”

"However, she still has thirteen elder brothers and two little Gege." Shuanghua threw did not understand the words of Chunxi.

Chunxi smiled again, she looked at the place where Yinyu was sitting before, and then said, "It is precisely because of those three children that she can't live." Even if the emperor is merciful, no matter how strong her heart is, she can't stop the gossip. The two months since she disappeared are a mark on her body that will never fade. And this brand will only bring shame to the thirteenth elder brother and the two little Gege. She desperately returned to the palace, just wanting to die in the Forbidden City, just wanting the emperor to see her miserable appearance and pity her, so as to be better for her three children. If she continues to disappear or die tragically, who knows if there will be even worse words coming out in a while. ”

"In this way, Concubine Min has long been lifeless." Shuanghua relaxed and stopped worrying.

Chun Xi said: "The day she was swallowed up by rumors was when she died. You don't have to worry about anything, just find someone to watch the Four Baylor Mansion and see what this Four Baylor wants to do after saving people. ”

"Do you want to inform Concubine De about this?" Shuanghua asked.

Chun Xi shook his head: "No need, let's see what the four Baylors are going to do." ”

The relationship between Lan Xin and Yinzhen has not been very good, if this matter is known to Lan Xin, Lan Xin will definitely intervene. It would not be a sin to make the mother and child unhappy because of this?