On November 22, the twenty-third year of Jingyuan, the night before Princess Yonghui and King Yong returned to the north, this night was destined to make it difficult for many people to sleep.

Emperor Jing in Zhong Yu Pavilion had already written several words incorrectly in a row, although Emperor Jing's face was as usual, but his breathing was obviously chaotic, Lu Shen noticed the turmoil in Emperor Jing's heart, and stepped forward to ask: "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the princess and the Seventh Highness to come over." ”

Emperor Jing changed a piece of rice paper, pressed it with a paperweight, and after breathing slowly, he put pen to paper again and wrote four big characters "Hongyan returns south!" ”

"No need! Seeing them at this time, I'm afraid they will be even more uncomfortable, anyway, I will send them tomorrow. ”

Lu Shen leaned aside, and no longer persuaded.

……

Jingren Palace, the Queen Mother is worshipping the Sanqing Tianzun, accompanied by Fan Changling to pray together.

"Sanqing Tianzun, bless my two grandchildren with safety, and pray every day for the old body, I wish them peace and success for the rest of their lives....."

Xu Changling: "Niangniang, Tianzun will hear your prayers, and the princess and the Seventh Highness will definitely be safe." ”

Queen Mother: "It's time for God to open his eyes, my old woman's tears have dried up all these years." ”

Xu Changling got up and stepped forward to help the Queen Mother up.

"Niangniang, you will leave tomorrow, do you want to go and see?"

The Queen Mother shook her head: "No, let the children worry less." ”

Xu Changling: "It is estimated that His Royal Highness Seventh will not be able to sleep tonight, Niangniang, let's go and have a look." ”

Queen Mother: "It's good to take a look outside." ”

Xu Changling nodded, and helped the Queen Mother out of the viewing hall.

Xiao Siyu was tossing and turning in bed at the moment and couldn't sleep, he looked up at this dormitory, since he was a child, he spent most of his time in this dormitory, but he was going to leave after tomorrow, he didn't have too many things that he couldn't give up, anyway, he didn't like Taichen Palace, he always stayed in Jingren Palace, he didn't have any friends, only the fifth brother and the sixth brother were closer to him, but the fifth brother died, and the sixth brother was going to separate.

What he couldn't let go of the most was his father and grandmother, especially his grandmother, thinking that if he came back, his grandmother might not be there, Xiao Siyu couldn't help but feel sad, he got up from the bed and shouted.

"Someone, change the clothes of this king, this king is going to see the emperor's grandmother!"

The surrounding palace people came over: "Your Highness, it's too late now, I'm afraid the Queen Mother has already slept!" ”

"I don't care, quick!" Xiao Siyu cried out sadly.

didn't care about dressing, pushed open the door of the hall and ran out of the door, He Yuanlang followed without saying a word, turned to the palace maid behind him and said, "You don't have to follow!" ”

"Grandmother! Grandmother! Yu'er is afraid! Yu'er is afraid! ”

Xiao Siyu shouted and ran to the Queen Mother's Palace, when he was a child, whenever he had nightmares or thunder outside, he ran to the Queen Mother's Palace and threw himself into his grandmother's arms, only there did he feel warm and safe.

"Grandmother, Yu'er is afraid!"

The Queen Mother stood on the top of the cloister, looking at the little grandson who was crying and running towards her, that child had grown up, from so small, so small, how could he grow up overnight, and he would leave him tomorrow.

The old queen mother held back tears and stretched out her arm: "Yu'er, don't be afraid!" Come to Grandmother. ”

"Grandmother! I don't want to leave you! ”

Xiao Siyu hugged the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother held him tightly in her arms, and slowly stroked his hair with her hands, Xiao Siyu calmed down, closed her eyes, and muttered: "Grandmother, if Yu'er is not by your side, what do you want me to do?" What should I do if Yu'er misses you? ”

"Grandmother, what if I never see you again?"

"Grandmother, what should I do!!"

The Queen Mother stroked him, this child is almost as tall as the Queen Mother, he looks so good, beautiful eyes, a towering nose, a small mouth, it's so good-looking, the Queen Mother watched him grow up from such a small point, the Queen Mother gave birth to two children, but none of them grew up by her side, only Yu'er was brought up by the Queen Mother since childhood, and the Queen Mother regarded him as a treasure, the meat of her heart.

The Queen Mother cried many times, but her tears had already dried up in those bloody rains, and she was crying at the moment, she quietly wiped away her tears, and then looked at her little grandson carefully, and said word by word.

"Yu'er, don't cry, remember that a king's tears only flow at two times, when acting and when he is alone, and don't show any real sadness to outsiders, that will make you weak, and kings can't be weak!"

Xiao Siyu wiped away the tears on his face, and forcibly held back not to let any tears fall again, he let go of his grandmother's hand, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times: "Grandmother, Yu'er is grateful to her grandmother for raising her as an adult, and she is grateful to her grandmother for her earnest teachings to Yu'er, Yu'er will not forget what her grandmother said." ”

The Queen Mother watched him kneel down and kowtow, and after saying this, the Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, and said: "From now on, your identity is no longer the young Xiao Siyu, you are the Prince Yong of the Liang Kingdom, you are the seventh prince of your father's emperor, grandmother is waiting for you to come back here, and grandmother hopes that when you come back, you will become the prince of Liang Kingdom." ”

Xiao Siyu buried his head deeply: "Grandmother, grandson knows!" ”

The Queen Mother said to He Yuen Long, who was standing aside: "Yuen Long, take care of the Seventh Highness, this is the entrustment of the palace!" ”

He Yuanlang knelt down and said, "Grandmother, Yuen Long remembers." ”

……

There are more than 100 palace maids and eunuchs standing on the courtyard of Jiaxi Palace, and everyone is talking to each other, because the princess will leave tomorrow to marry Wei State, not all of them in Jiaxi Palace will follow the princess, most of them will be assigned to other palaces tomorrow, and some of the old palace maids will be dismissed from the palace.

Yonghui came out of the hall, sat on the chairs placed on the porch, looked around, and said, "Many of you have been with this palace for several years, and this palace is grateful to you. ”

Everyone knelt down and said, "The slave doesn't dare, thank you for your master's care!" ”

Yonghui said again: "This palace goes to Wei, there is no return date, you all have relatives, if you are not willing to follow this palace to Wei State, each palace maid will give three hundred taels of dowry, and each palace person will give one hundred taels of silver, plus three acres of fertile land, for family support, you don't have to be restrained, you make up your mind, go to Su Qing to receive a reward of silver and land deeds." ”

Su Qing sat on the table next to him, with a roster in front of him, and two small boxes next to him, one containing a silver ticket and the other containing a field deed.

Yonghui: "You don't have to worry, this palace has already told Gonggong Lu about this matter, no matter how old the palace maids in the palace are, they can go out of the palace and return home, support their parents or get married, whatever you want, it can also be regarded as the friendship between the palace and your master and servant." ”

After Yonghui finished speaking, several older palace maids stepped forward to cry and salute: "Master, we still have an old mother in our family, and the younger brother needs to be taken care of, I hope the master is not strange!" ”

Yonghui smiled and nodded: "Chunling, Yuanchun, Xiulan, you are not young, go back to find a good family, go!" ”

The three of them wept bitterly and kowtowed: "Your Royal Highness Princess Xie, thank your master for your mercy!" ”

got up and went to Su Qing to get the silver, and as the three of them got the silver, most of them chose to go forward and kowtow to the princess, and then went to get the silver, and finally only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old little eunuch and a princess's personal palace maid Li Lin, after all, most people are still unwilling to leave their relatives forever and leave their homeland.

Su Qing's face was a little ugly, but Yonghui didn't care, but asked the little eunuch with a smile.

"If this palace is not mistaken, your name is Zhang Gui, right, it should be that Jingyuan was assigned to Jiaxi Palace in the twenty-first year, and it has only been two years with this palace."

The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said loudly: "Her Royal Highness the princess remembers correctly, the slave Zhang Gui, who arrived at the Jiaxi Palace on the third day of the eighth month of the twenty-first year of Jingyuan, was on an errand in the princess's inner library. ”

Yonghui asked softly: "Why don't you go to get the silver and the land deed, don't you have no relatives?" ”

Zhang Gui raised his head and said with a firm gaze: "Master, the slave Zhang Gui is a homeless from the North, who fled from the Northland, because he couldn't live, he entered the palace at the age of twelve, just to exchange some money and food for his parents, younger brother and sister to live, the princess treats the slave very well, and there are rewards for the New Year's holidays, so parents, younger brothers and sisters can not only eat enough, have a place to live, I also sent my younger brother to a private school to enlighten, this is the kindness of the master, so Zhang Gui only recognizes one master in this life, the master goes there, I will go there!" If the master tells me to die, I will die! Zhang Gui doesn't understand the big truth, but Zhang Gui's family can live well because of the master. ”

Zhang Gui said sincerely, his eyes were clear, Yonghui was actually a little moved in his heart, he didn't expect a little eunuch who didn't have much knowledge to say such a thing.

"Zhang Gui, okay, then from today on, you will be promoted to the Great Yellow Gate, and you will be the chief eunuch of the palace, you go to receive five hundred taels, plus ten acres of land deed, this is the reward of the palace, you can support your younger brother to continue his studies, don't worry about his livelihood!"

Zhang Gui kowtowed excitedly and said, "Thank you, master!" ”

Yonghui smiled: "Go ahead!" ”

The surrounding people who had already taken the reward saw that Zhang Gui had won such a heavy reward, and a few of them stepped forward and said, "Master, the slave is also willing to follow the master to the Wei Kingdom." ”

"Master, the slave is willing to swear to follow the master!"

"Master, we don't want to reward silver, we just want to follow the master!"

Yonghui sneered and said to the guards on the side: "All those who have taken the reward will leave Jiaxi Palace immediately, and whoever is stranded will be killed!" ”

"No!"

The guards all drew their swords, and the palace maids and eunuchs present walked away in a moment.

Yonghui looked at the palace maid who was left behind, she smiled, because this palace maid was Li Lin'er, a playmate who grew up with her, Yonghui didn't say anything.

Li Lin'er smiled: "Princess, if you go there, I will go there." ”

Yonghui just smiled and replied, "Okay! ”

In addition to the slaves, craftsmen, and farmers arranged by Emperor Jing, only three people were left in the entire Jiaxi Palace to accompany the princess to the Wei Kingdom.

……

In the Fengyi Palace, the queen took off her makeup and looked at her aging face in the mirror, Emperor Jing had not been to the Fengyi Hall for several months, and she suddenly thought of Yonghui's face, which made her disgusted, because she was so like that woman, the woman who made her extremely disgusted.

She has endured it for twenty years, and after tomorrow she finally doesn't have to see that face, she couldn't help but smile, and took out a wooden box from the side, which contained a yellow-white paste, the queen wiped it with her hand, and gently scratched it on her face, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes slowly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the queen smeared the paste on her entire face, neck, and arms, and after a while, the woman in the mirror seemed to be ten years younger.

Xu Changling on the side said with a smile: "Niangniang, the illusion cream given to Niangniang by this prince is really a masterpiece, Niangniang is beautiful and moving, and she is rejuvenated!" ”

The queen sneered: "Ten twenty-eight years old virgins are just changing this small box, and it is naturally extremely effective, this is Miao Jiang's secret technique." ”

"That's, that's!"

Xu Changling had a smile on his face, but the corners of his eyes couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Queen: "Slut, after today, everything you have will disappear from this Taichen Palace!" ”

"Hahahaha!!"

A burst of terrible laughter came from the Fengyi Palace, echoing in the empty palace.