Chapter 30 Dead to see the corpse, alive to see the man
He really didn't care, such a big mess was thrown to me in the blink of an eye.
It's a little more ruthless.
I was complaining, thinking about where to go from here, and Mama Xu rushed over.
Before she stepped into the hall, her voice arrived first, "Princess! Oh no! Like smoke...... Ruyan knows about the death of the prince-"
I stood up, "Where did you find out?!" ”
"Then I will be in the backyard to see them boil medicine, and I don't know what happened, after I went back, it was the girl who was waiting on the side said, saying that it was a guest from Ruyan Pavilion, and I heard Ruyan call someone for Lord Guo, Xu is a person who mourns the prince, and is also familiar with Ruyan, and I turned to Ruyan Pavilion by the way, and then Ruyan began to be out of breath, old body...... I know that the princess is busy, but there is no other way......"
Mama Xu's eyes were red, and she cried hard to explain the cause and effect.
I listened to her, took off my filial piety clothes, and hurriedly followed her to Ruyan Pavilion. I really don't know what kind of sins I made in my last life, a group of living ancestors in this life.
In the Smoke Pavilion, as soon as the smoke eased up, I was begging for water with the girl to drink, I rushed to the side of the bed in three or two steps, touched her vein, she saw the person who came, and the water was no longer drinking, grabbing my hand and crying, "Where is the prince?" What about the prince!? Hasn't the prince come back yet? ”
"Lord Wang, for the time being..."
"Don't lie to me! Don't lie to me! He's dead, isn't it! He's dead, isn't he? Master Guo just came to the house in person to tell me that he is dead! "Like smoke out of nowhere, my sleeves were grabbed and deformed in his hands.
"'Master Guo' is the person you call to raise you at all costs?"
I caught a blind spot.
Ruyan cried sadly, but also nodded.
I immediately asked someone to call the housekeeper of the concierge and asked how many people surnamed Guo had passed the house tonight.
The housekeeper said, only one Guo Gonggong came at night, but after a while, he hurriedly left again.
My eyes suddenly became much brighter, and after Mama Xu cleared the scene, I comforted me like smoke, "Can you see it now?" Then Lord Guo, where is Lord Guo? It's just a father-in-law in the palace, a cronie around the emperor, do you have to believe his words too? ”
I comforted her and half lay down, Ruyan calmed down a little at this time, but she still didn't believe my words, "But Mama, these girls, they cry all day long, Mama is even more distracted, her eyes are red, the red lantern at the door is removed, don't lie to me, princess don't lie to me-"
"I don't lie to you, like smoke," my hand was still on her vein, but I looked at her eyes seriously, and said word by word, "Lord Wang, now, at most, life and death are uncertain——"
"That is, it's possible..."
"Yes—"
My sound was right, and my weak pulse suddenly beat fiercely again.
"But, it's possible to live—"
I continued to persuade, "I know I shouldn't say such a thing, but in order to persuade you, I have to rebel - if the prince goes, you are the only one who is pregnant, and you are the only one who can do the continuation of the prince's bloodline, and it is not impossible to be crowned a side concubine tomorrow, you don't want to 'wander away and be a mermaid', in this way, wouldn't it round your mind?" If the prince comes back alive, because of your identity, he may not give you more favor, compared with the two, one once became the side princess, and the other may be robbed of the child and imprisoned in the Ruyan Pavilion for a lifetime......"
"Thank you so much for the princess for thinking so much for me, but a little woman in Ruyan District has no ambition, this child only came to the world because of the prince, if the prince is gone, we will go with him!"
It's a sincere and tough woman.
"In this way, it is the intention of the person in the palace - he can send people into the Ruyan Pavilion, why can't he directly kill your mother and son to prevent future troubles? Besides, you have betrayed him, you have no use value now, why didn't he just send you west? I paused, and then said, "Because the prince is not here now-he doesn't take us in his eyes at all, I obviously told the whole government, including the people sent by the palace to help, I have repeatedly emphasized that you are not allowed to tell you about the death of the prince, but he prefers to send Guo Gonggong to tell you the news of the prince's death with his real name and surname, make you uncomfortable, torture you, and then see that you run out of oil, but he does not make any effort, making the relatives painful, and the enemies are happy!" I have said so much, if you understand, you should know my painstaking efforts! ”
Ruyan wiped her tears with a towel and nodded as if she didn't understand, "You can't call him Ruyi!" ”
"That's right! So you have to eat more, drink more, and laugh more! gave birth to a healthy baby, if he didn't want the Manchu Dynasty to be civil and military, and the imperial relatives and relatives had prejudices, he would have to take care of your orphans and widows! ”
Ruyan listened to the warm decoction on the side, and nodded heavily.
And I finally broke out in a cold sweat, coaxing people like this every day, who occasionally comes to help me carry it clearly?
Waiting for the smoke to settle down, I went back to Xinyuan, at this time it was past midnight, I am usually most afraid of demons and monsters, but today I am surprisingly bold, full of thoughts, if Zhou Lingqing can show up to see me, I have to talk to him about my salary, in short, five thousand gold is far from enough!
In Xinyuan, Xiao Jiu came and went to help me carry the hot water for washing, but I had no heart, and the fatigue of the past few days made me just want to lie on the couch and hurry up to sleep.
But before he could fall asleep, he fell asleep on the coffee table.
It's a pity that Zhou Lingqing didn't fall asleep, only to wake up as if he was pressed by a ghost.
Xiao Jiu slept soundly on the side of the cold hot water - Xu Shifang couldn't bear to wake me up.
I put on a coat for him, and floated to Zhou Lingqing's mourning hall like a wandering spirit, I am not sleepy, not hungry, not tired, I just want to die and see the corpse as soon as possible, and live to see people.
With such anticipation, finally on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, my brother led me to the palace to "face the saint", and I wore the clothes of the attendants he brought and followed him into the carriage.
We sat face to face, but I didn't know what to say, I wanted to say thanks, but I swallowed back, if this matter angered the emperor, I didn't want to burden my brother, just a fluttering thank you, and only a few pounds?
My brother saw my apprehension, he stretched out his hand and stroked the top of my head, patted it, "You don't have to be upset, everyone called me stupid when I was a child, even Leping was ashamed to have a brother like me, only you, everywhere care about my dignity, my brother shouted sweetly." I'm so glad that one day, you'll be able to use me—"
When I heard what he said, I was weak-hearted. All my compliments and compliments are almost unobtrusive and outspoken, but I don't want him to remember them for so many years.
I nodded, looking away.
Outside the palace gate at noon, the car stopped, and I followed my brother far behind my book with a scroll on my back.
After a long palace street, I finally arrived at the cabinet hall, the officials did not come completely, but those who came stood in their places according to the size of the official position, my brother stopped at the third to last position in the left column, and I mixed in with the waiting attendants at the entrance.
After about half an hour, it became lively, and the cabinet was crowded with people, all officials, the imperial family, and the prince were among them.
It was not until the end that the emperor made his grand appearance, and everyone knelt down, and I followed them to the ground, and when he sat on the throne, the officials began to read the year-end speech one by one.
After the report of the principal official, he raised his hand and flipped through the scroll to report on his duties.
I seized the opportunity and raised my hand high, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!" ”
I shouted and rushed out of the attendants, the imperial guards were quick and quickly stopped me, the emperor only heard the commotion, glanced over, and said, "Come forward and reply-"
Only then did I break free from the shackles of the guards and crawl to the front.
I stretched out my hand to tidy up my appearance, blessed me again, and then looked directly at him, "Everyone is busy with the New Year, and the officials have also gained a lot in the past year, but Ling Wangfu, in a piece of silk, grief-"
The emperor has a good memory, he heard my voice, he raised his eyes to look at me, still with a calm face, "It was Princess Ling, Prince Ling's bones are not cold, you don't keep a guard for your husband, come here in such a strange costume, what's the matter?" ”
"The emperor refuses to see me, so I naturally have to think of my own way-"
"When did I not see you? What hasten do you do, this is the Cabinet, how can you and other women set foot at will? "I couldn't hear his emotions, but I knew he was impatient.
"The prince sacrificed his life for the country, how can he not see people in life and corpses in death? A well-dressed mound stands there, and the emperor, as the elder brother of the prince, can he have a clear conscience? Le Ming is not a princess today, only as the wife of the prince, to seek justice! I knelt down and burst into tears, "Please ask the emperor to find the prince's body, if the emperor doesn't want to get involved in this matter again, please let someone take Le Ming to the realm where the prince sacrificed, and Le Ming will go to find it himself——"
With all that said, it's time for another grace.
"I can see that you are a woman with affection and righteousness, but Prince Ling's team of eight people went into the enemy's abdomen alone, and after a chaotic battle, the flesh and blood have long been blurred, and besides, it has been eight days since the news came back to the present, and even if there are bones, they will have ...... long ago."
"Even so, Le Ming has to die on the spot-" I stared at him again, looking like I had to go.
"That's good, I'll fulfill you, give you a team of elites, and lead you to death—"
"Le Ming still has one more thing to ask for - there is a concubine in the house who has been pregnant for three or four months, and the widows of the prince, after Le Ming leaves, please treat the emperor kindly." I finished and kowtowed.
"You're thinking about it," the emperor looked at me, his eyes unfathomable, "The concubine in the palace is pregnant, why don't you report it to the Internal Affairs Office as soon as possible?" ”
"Ruyan's body is thin, I don't know if I can survive March, and my brother thinks it's not too late to report later-"
The door of the cabinet suddenly opened, and I turned my head when I heard the sound, only to see that Zhou Lingqing was also coming.
My brain exploded, and a moment later, I ran through the crowd and plunged into his arms.