Twenty-seventy-two: Strings
"The queen mother invites the queen mother in" The little palace people in the Changle Palace came out of the hall and said respectfully to Queen Zhang in front of the palace
"Got it" Zhang Yan responded, took a deep breath, and entered the Changxin Palace
The heavy curtain hangs low, the bronze crane beast head incense burner spits green smoke, and the smoked Changxin Hall is full of rich fragrance Lu Hou is dressed in gold and purple deep clothes, standing in front of the incense burner, is using a picket to pluck the incense ash in the furnace over the age of sixty, no matter how noble the status, gorgeous clothes, can not hold the footsteps of the passing years, the hair is dyed with a little frost and snow, not long ago The pain of losing her daughter, so that she is anxious and has only a pair of sharp and majestic phoenix eyes, which still shows that the queen of the Changle Palace who killed the Huaiyin Marquis was iron-blooded
"The Queen Rises"
She put down the plectrum in her hand, sat down with Su Mo's hand, and the corners of her lips curled, "Where is my old woman in the queen's eyes now?" Why be so polite, I'm afraid that my old wife can't stand it."
"Erchen doesn't dare" Zhang Yan knelt down again, cold sweat broke out on her back, "The queen mother is the mother of Your Majesty and the son-in-law, and the son-in-law's filial piety is not enough, the queen mother said this, it is really a torture to kill the son-in-law."
She said it very sincerely, but Empress Lu turned a deaf ear, and actually leaned on Su Mo to close her eyes, as if she was extremely tired
There was silence in the Changxin Hall for a while, Zhang Yan endured and endured, opened her mouth to speak, and Su Mo, who was waiting for Empress Lu, hurriedly waved her hand and gently persuaded, "Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has little sleep now, and today I finally have a little sleep, if the Queen is not in a hurry, I will go back first."
Su Mo really thought about her, and was afraid that she would offend Empress Lu, so she asked her to go back to Weiyang Palace first
Zhang Yan smiled bitterly, how could she be willing to do this? But Hanlian is still in the hands of Empress Lu, as the master of Hanlian, how can she ignore Hanlian's life and death, go back, and nothing has happened
I don't know how long it took for Lu Houshu to "wake up" from his slumber, and said confusedly, "Su Mo, let people come up with hot soup to serve"
In a blink of an eye, I saw Zhang Yan, who was still kneeling on the couch and waiting for a long time, "Yo, I'm old now, and I'm often sleepy, but the queen is still waiting here?" β
"Waiting for the queen mother is the blessing of the son-in-law" Zhang Yan reluctantly smiled, "The queen mother, this morning, the son-in-law heard that a chief emperor in the palace was taken away by the queen mother, I don't know what happened to her?" β
Zhang Yan felt that Empress Lu's gaze suddenly sharpened when he looked at him, and after a while, Rear Lu smiled, "It's not a big deal."
There was a hint of sarcasm in her smile, "It's just that I found out that the Qu family actually went to the Imperial Doctor's Office to get contraceptive pills in private, and as a female official next to the queen, she actually fornicated with someone and confused the court, even if she was killed, she didn't count" Then he looked at Zhang Yan's expression and said with a smile, "What, does Queen Zhang want to intercede for this cheap maid?" β
"Queen Mother," Zhang Yan called suddenly, cutting off Empress Lu's words
She took a step back, shook her body, knelt on the ground, and raised her head, "It's none of Qu's business...... The medicine was ordered by the concubine to take it."
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"The queen was hurriedly summoned by the queen mother again?" In the Xuanshu Palace, Liu Ying heard the news, and couldn't help frowning slightly, and her heart was still decided
"Everyone," Guan Sheng persuaded, "it looks a little bad, do you want to go to Changle Palace to have a look?" β
"You don't understand" Liu Ying put down the purple frost pen in her hand, and hesitated, "Ah Yan may not want me to pass" The last time, she said, she was afraid that he would pass, and the queen mother was dissatisfied with Ah Yan "Besides, although the queen mother and the queen have some discord, they have a long-term relationship"
"Everyone," Guan Sheng said hurriedly, "How could the slave not know this truth, only this time, the situation in the Jiaofang Palace looks really bad, it is said that the Queen Mother first announced the queen's maid and the female doctor, and then took the Changyu to the Changle Palace when Qu Changyu came out of the Jiaofang Palace, and the queen mother heard the news, and before rushing to the Changle Palace, she remembered to send a yellow door to the Xuanshu Palace to report the news."
Obviously, this time even she was not sure
Liu Ying's heart trembled, and an ominous premonition rose in her heart, and she instructed Guan Shengdao, "Drive immediately"
In front of Changle Palace, two yellow doors pressed a female official in silk clothes on the brick floor in front of the palace, and beat her back with a high stick The club hit her very hard, and after a while, the female official's back was blurred with flesh and blood, and the voice was high at first, but gradually, it actually went down
"What's going on?" Liu Ying frowned and asked
Xiao Huangmen was ordered to go, and after a while, he came back, his face had changed, "You are Qu Changyu of Jiaofang Palace"
"This morning, Qu Changyu offended the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother personally ordered her to come down and give her twenty rods in front of the Changxin Palace" The cane punishment is extremely heavy, and these twenty rods are down, I am afraid that Qu Changyu will lie on the sickbed for three or five months
Liu Ying's heart set off a stormy wave Qu Hanlian is the most faceable female official in front of Jiaofang, and she is the dowry maid who was brought into the palace from her mother's house when Zhang Yan got married
As the master of Qu Changyu, how can Ah Yan please him? His complexion changed greatly for a while, and he couldn't care about anything anymore, so he hurried to the front of the Changxin Palace, and asked Zhang Shidao, the great liberator who was guarding the palace, "How is the queen now?" β
"Everyone," Zhang Shizhi saw that it was Liu Ying, and hurriedly paid homage
Many years have passed, and the eunuchs around the Empress Dowager Lu are now old, "The old slave doesn't know that the queen mother is in it now, and only Su Mo is waiting in the palace."
Liu Ying took a deep breath and entered the Changxin Palace, and suddenly heard a "snap", the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came from the hall, and the mother's old and majestic voice came out, "You are so bold" and Ah Yan knelt on the ground, her waist was straight, her face was pale, a pair of teeth biting her scarlet lips, and her expression was guilty and a little resentful in the huge hall, and she looked extremely lonely
"Queen Mother," he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly called each other, and after a while, Fang Yu smiled,
"The weather looks good today, and the queen mother feels good when she wakes up in the morning. Doctor Gao said, if the queen mother is too angry, it is not good for her health, if Ayan has done something wrong, she is still young after all, you can punish a few words"
just walked to Empress Lu's side and inadvertently blocked his wife
Lu Houfeng's eyes were extremely high, and he looked very majestic, looked at Liu Ying who walked into the hall, and sneered, "Your Majesty rushed to me, but it was very timely?" β
"The queen is still young? ββ" Turning to look at Zhang Yan's pale, but young and pretty face, she sneered, turned flat, and said, "At such an age, she is the mother of a child, and she can still do things so ignorant of the importance of things, Liu Ying, are you confused by this woman, and you don't know what your surname is?" β
Her words were extremely heavy, and Liu Ying was overwhelmed, so she had to kneel down and say in a low voice, "Erchen doesn't dare"
"I think I, Lu Pheasant, have had a prosperous life, why did I give birth to such an indisputable son as you?" Empress Lu was angry, and her words became more and more mean, "It seems that you can't climb down from a woman, you indulge her like this, simply, don't recognize her as a wife, just call her a mother?" It's just that, with a "pop" sound, the lacquer box on the wenge wood case in hand was dropped, and the rectangular lacquer box fell on the ground, and the emerald herbs rolled out and sprinkled all over the ground, still with a special spicy atmosphere after concoction, "Do you know, what good things did you, the queen who holds the palm of her hand, do behind your back?" β
Liu Ying was stunned and asked, "What is this?" β
"Your Majesty doesn't know what kind of medicine this is?" Empress Lu smiled at Liu Ying, with a knife-like ridicule in her laughter, "This is Shengdizi and Ma Huancao...... Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and probably doesn't know pharmacology, so my wife will explain it to you: This herb is fried with water together with Shengdizi, and when taken afterwards, it can have a contraceptive effect."
As if a rumbling thunder sounded above Liu Ying's head, Liu Ying was dizzy, looking at the herbs on the ground in a daze, and after a while, his gaze raised and slowly moved to Zhang Yan
She knelt on the hall for a long time, her lips pursed into a stubborn arc, only a pair of apricot eyes were full of tears, with extremely complex emotions, like panic, as if regret, her eyes were also weak, staring at her own gaze, tears fell down, with a slight pleading
My heart gradually sank, and I felt very gray
He didn't believe it, but there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart, this medicine was not found by Ah Yan for his own use, but just looking at Ah Yan's eyes, he understood that such a terrible thing was all true
"Zhang Yan," Empress Lu looked at Empress Zhang, her eyes were cold, with a chill that she had never seen before, "It is a felony for the palace concubine to use contraception in private" Her voice was sober and cold, "What's more, now that the emperor's heirs are thin, you are the queen of the middle palace when you need the prince the most, and you actually do such a thing."
Her voice raised slightly, "Do you really think that you have become a queen, and the mourning family has no way to take you?" You must know that there are still many girls in the Zhang Lu family, and if this palace can make you the queen, it will be able to abolish you."
"Queen Mother," Liu Ying suddenly raised her voice,
stopped her words, turned around, and bowed stiffly to her mother, saying, "The son knows about this matter, the queen is just acting according to my wishes, and there is no big fault to say it, the queen's position is related to the country, and it is not easy to move Today, it is too late, the queen mother, please rest earlier, I will go back to Weiyang Palace with the queen first" After finishing speaking, ignoring the angry look that appeared behind Lu, he took Zhang Yan's hand who was kneeling on the ground, turned around and left
Zhang Yan stumbled out of Changle Palace with him, and shouted vaguely, "But Han Lian and Chun Yu ......."
Outside the hall, Liu Ying's angry shout came out, "Bring those two minions back to Weiyang Palace for me."
In the Changxin Palace, Empress Lu trembled with anger, and it took a while for the "injustice" to calm down and speak, "This kid is talking nonsense with his eyes open like this, does he still have me, the queen mother, in his eyes?" β
Su Mo was at a loss, "Queen Mother, everyone is not a ...... with a heart" The voice stopped abruptly, she couldn't say it After all, even she felt that such an excuse was too powerless
Lu Houfeng's eyes were sharp, and his voice was quite resentful, "I worked hard for him, and in the end, he repeatedly disobeyed me, but it was all for a woman"
Su Mo's scalp was faintly numb
In my impression, the last time such a fierce conflict broke out between Jinshang and his mother was when King Zhao Yin died, but at that time, Empress Zhang actively ran and resolved the knot between mother and son This time, Empress Zhang is already difficult to protect herself, how will this matter end?
"Get out of here"
It was rare for the palace people in Jiaofang Hall to see this gentle emperor so angry, and they all retreated in silence
There was silence in the temple
Zhang Yan sat on the couch paved with soft silk, tears on her face, and said in a panic, "Hold it, you have heard the explanation" looked up and saw Liu Yingjing's phoenix eyes like the deep sea, and somehow, she couldn't speak for a while
Liu Ying reluctantly let the corners of his lips hook, "That medicine," he asked, "Is it true?" β
Zhang Yan lowered her eyes, and the bitter smile on her lips was extremely astringent
In front of Liu Ying, she found that she could choose to hide something from him, but she couldn't use lies to perfunctory this man, so she could only reply softly, "Really"
Liu Ying's body shook slightly, only to feel a salty taste in her throat, and she barely held back and asked, "Why?" The voice contained a deep exhaustion, and the discouragement that could not be concealed under the exhaustion
He stared at the woman in front of him, extremely serious, as if he had only seen her for the first time today, and he had never known her in the past ten years
She sat on the brocade couch, wearing a goose yellow Chen Liujin deep dress, which looked very messy in the process of kneeling and pulling back before, the green silk on her head also fell, her eyes were slightly dilated, and she looked a little embarrassed, but even in such an embarrassment, she was still beautiful, and it could be seen that she was a real beauty.
Ah Yan has a warm and sincere temperament, although the emotions are sunny and rainy, but they are all true and innocent, and when they love it, they will be desperate, and when they are discouraged, they turn around and leave, although they may lose their willfulness, but they are still bright and lovely over the years, because she is eight years younger than him, and she has been a junior since she was a child, and he is naturally very indulgent to her when she gets along with each other, and she also knows and understands, and she is in harmony with herself, and the days when the husband and wife are together, sometimes laughing, sometimes fragrant, sometimes happy and soft, As long as she can always be by his side, gazing at him with the warm and loving eyes of a girl, he feels that no matter what the cost, it is worth it
They have gone through so many ups and downs before they finally came together He has always thought that they are in love with each other as much as he loves her deeply, and his wife should have been loving him warmly and continuously, just like the mother who fell asleep in his arms on the winter night at the time of marriage seven years ago, just like the girl queen who cried bitterly under the despair of Anling on the first night of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, her love for him is hidden in the trickling life, but it has always been as bright and warm as ever, and has never faded
He has always believed in this way, but in the face of the reality spread out in front of him today, he suddenly couldn't help but wonder if the love that was more passionate in the past began to hide it again after it was realized
If not, how could she bear it, how could she bear it, and not want to give birth to her own child?
Zhang Yan's body trembled slightly, she reached out to grab Liu Ying's clothes, looking at Liu Ying's expression at this time, she clearly knew that this time, Liu Ying was really hurt by her and comforted in a panic, "Hold on, I know I'm wrong, don't be angry with me, okay?" A pair of bright eyes were tearful, cowardly and helpless, "As long as you say it, I will listen to you, and I will not assert yourself anymore, I will be afraid"
Liu Ying smiled bitterly and turned her head to look at the screen in the hall
This winter, the six-legged lacquered wooden screen that entered the private house, with a gold painting carved dragon and phoenix Xiangxiang, the lines are smooth and vivid, as if a pair of dragons and phoenixes can take off and fly into the sky, "Why do you want to use medicine?" β
He asked again
Zhang Yan cried bitterly, "Hold on, it's me who is not good, I have done something wrong, I shouldn't hide it from you, you don't want to be like this, okay?" β
Liu Ying looked at his wife who was crying in front of him, only to feel a depression rising from his chest to his throat, he pressed it down alive, and he felt that his chest was depressed and depressed, but after all, he was depressed in his heart, he had nothing to say, turned around, turned around and walked out
"Hold onβ"
Zhang Yan looked at his slightly mournful back, only felt that the fear was abnormal, and he actually had a feeling that if he really let him walk out of this room like this, it would be really irretrievable between them, and he who gave birth to this kind of thought, he only felt very scared, and he couldn't remember to think about it for a while, and he had only one thought in his mind, leaving his footsteps behind and rushing forward to jump on Liu Ying's back, entangled him to prevent him from continuing to move forward
"Uncle, uncle, don't be angry with me"
Her tears crackled and she said incoherently, "...... I don't want that...... I don't want to ...... either. So I'm hiding it from you...... I thought I would be able to hide it until the end...... I didn't expect this to happen, don't be angry with Ah Yan...... Even if you are angry, it is okay to beat me and scold me,...... Whining...... Don't ignore me."
Liu Ying squinted her eyes, turned her head, and looked at her wife's face, she hugged herself hand and foot, with great strength, and her face was sobbing and crying, crying like a child
Ah Yan has always loved beauty, and when she was ten years old, she would never do anything that damaged her posture and etiquette, and she hadn't cried like this for many years, and she could make her so flustered, and call herself an uncle again, regardless of her image, she wanted to keep herself, and she always cared in her heart?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but rise back to a trace of anticipation in my heart, warmed up a little, looked into her eyes, and asked repeatedly, "Why?" β
Zhang Yan choked up crying, took his hand, and raised his head, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I did it wrong this time, even if you blame me and blame me, you should be, but you don't want to ignore me, I ......"
Liu Yingqian cut off her words, "Ah Yan, don't you like children?" "The question is crisp and clear
Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment,
His eyes were slightly painful, and he said hurriedly, "I like it."
"I like our child, no matter which one it is, I like it and I have also thought about what it will be like if I have another child, he will be a manly child, eyebrows like you, look like me I like it very much, one night, I also dreamed of him He is a very beautiful boy, his facial features are exactly the same as those of his hold, but his face and smile look like me, he called me a mother, and then I woke up and felt uncomfortable in my heart, but I didn't dare to think about it at all"
Her words were fluctuating, and even some words did not reach the meaning, but Liu Ying sighed softly in her messy outpouring, only to feel that the breath that had accumulated in her chest before gradually dissipated, and her eyes gradually softened, seeing the tears rolling on Zhang Yan's face, she stretched out her hand and wiped away the tears with her sleeve
Zhang Yan was stunned, looked at her husband, and only felt that his whole person was out of the gloomy anger of Shicai, although he still had a little frowning, but he had already calmed down
"Silly boy, what are you crying about?" Liu Ying's voice said softly, with a straight face, with a hint of scorn
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"In that case, why on earth would you want to take your medicine privately?"
After all, it is necessary to ask this question clearly, Zhang Yan sighed, "...... Me,"
"I didn't mean to have children,... I just want to think that it doesn't matter if this child is reborn in a few years, I want to take care of it for a few more years."
Liu Ying was stunned, "What does this have to do with good?" β
"Over the years, I always think, I'm sorry I can't help it" Zhang Yan cried, "It's me who is too careless, I was pregnant with her at a young age, and I don't know how to maintain it, so tired she is in my belly with the bumps, and I should always do more for her when she falls into such an incurable disease, even if she really can't do it, she will grow up in the future, and she can always remember that her aunt is caring for her children to push back a few years, it doesn't matter much, but the most important thing for her is the past few years."
She suddenly cried bitterly, "These days, I am also very hesitant in my heart, thinking for a while that maybe I really can't open my mouth, what I have done all these years is just in vain; For a while, I thought, maybe tomorrow, I can call my mother? β
She looked at Liu Ying's face that covered all her emotions, her heart was shocked for a while, and she said in a low voice, "I know I did something wrong, although I am a good mother, but you are also a good Ah Weng, about good things, you are also an uncle who has the responsibility to make decisions, don't be angry with me, I have also thought about telling you, but I am afraid that if you listen to it, it will only increase the discomfort and always expect that it will be good soon, and I will secretly stop the medicine again, and I will be able to give birth to all the water without a trace, isn't it the best?" But I didn't expect it to be revealed in the end."
"I didn't think that you would be like this, don't be angry with me, I'm not afraid of anything, I'm just afraid that you will complain about me"
Is this just the reason? Liu Ying was stunned and wanted to ask again, but she couldn't help but smile bitterly on her lips, isn't this kind of thing exactly what Ah Yan's temperament can do, Ah Yan's temperament is wise but affectionate, if she doesn't meet herself, such a temperament will suffer anywhere?
"Now that this is the case, what are you going to do?"
Zhang Yan was extremely bitter in her heart No matter what, Empress Lu had already noticed this matter and was furious, this front, she couldn't go any further, not to mention, she made this decision at that time, although she was bitter but resolute, at this time, in retrospect, she really couldn't help Liu Ying had made him so sad, how could he continue to go his own way?
"I don't know either"
She said, with a slight dazedness, and her apricot eyes were full of tears, "I don't know how to be right now, but whether it's good, or the children in the future, you are their Ah Weng, you have the right to decide, from now on, I listen to you, if you think I should use it, I will use it, if you think I did something wrong, I will take care of my body from now on."
Liu Ying smiled bitterly and suddenly asked, "Do you still have medicine in your room?" β
Zhang Yan was slightly stunned, but nodded, turned around, and took a bottle of medicine from the box under the bed, "That's it...... Because of the previous filial piety, I didn't use medicine for a long time, and this bottle was prepared after the filial piety period, and I didn't eat it a few times."
Liu Ying looked at the medicine bottle, it was made of pottery with a long mouth and round belly, about the size of a fist, and there were dozens of round pills in it, and he took it quietly, held it in his hand, and said, "No matter what, this medicine always hurts your body, since you have stopped for three months, don't take it anymore and leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry about it, rest well."
Zhang Yan was stunned, understood, only felt tears welling up in her chest, a heart like soaking in honey water, obviously a catastrophe, but couldn't stand the sweetness, couldn't support it, tears fell down, wanted to stop, but somehow, couldn't stop
This chapter counts as two days, and I'll continue to work hard to write about tomorrow.
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