CHAPTER XLIV
"In the thirty-third year of Tianhe, on the seventh day of the fifth month, the queen was sick, and the eldest son of the emperor was served."
"In the thirty-third year of Tianhe, on the thirtieth day of May, His Majesty's illness worsened, and the emperor's eldest son was sick."
"In the thirty-third year of Tianhe, on the first day of the sixth month, His Majesty died, and the second son of the emperor, Zhao Yichen, ascended the throne."
In less than a month, the replacement of a dynasty was completed, and in that pile of books, there was only one sentence about Zhao Yichen's record, and no one knew what happened in it.
Just when the entire court thought that Zhao Yitai would inherit the throne, an edict about Zhao Yichen's succession fell from the sky.
Song Zhi gently stroked the ink with his hand, but a few lines of words, lightly ended the old age of an emperor, and easily unfolded the shackles of the next generation of emperors.
She put the scroll away and put it back where it was missing, when it came to Zhao Yichen's private affairs, she didn't want to read any more, the matter was a foregone conclusion, even if Zhao Yitai had the potential to reach the peak at that time, the current emperor is also Zhao Yichen, this is a fact that cannot be changed.
She didn't notice it either, and a few pages further back, there were obvious signs of someone modifying it.
Song Zhi put the last box of books back into the library building, and the books that had been stored for several generations were completely sorted out.
"Concubine Niangniang, Your Majesty is gone." Qin's voice was a little anxious, obviously he came running.
"What's going on?" Song Zhi was a little dazed, this huge palace belonged to Zhao Yichen, and he didn't have to hide from people wherever he wanted to go.
"Your Majesty said that he wanted the list in the treasury, and ordered the old slave to go to the master of ceremonies to get it, but when the old slave returned to the Heavenly Temple, His Majesty was gone." Qin Neishou wiped the sweat from his head, "The old slave thinks that His Majesty has gone somewhere, and he has waited for most of the day without seeing anyone, and His Majesty has never been out for such a long time since he ascended the throne." It's getting dark now, and the old slave is worried..."
"Could it be that you are going to Concubine De?"
"The old slave sent someone to look for it, and he found everything he could."
"Qin Neishi, you are older than when I stayed by Your Majesty's side, if you don't know where Your Majesty will go, then I don't know even more." Song Zhi was a little apologetic, she has been avoiding Zhao Yichen recently, and she can avoid it.
Song Zhi had already politely rejected Qin's servant, but Qin's servant still lowered his head and stood next to Song Zhi unmoved.
She sighed deeply, committed to living in other people's places, how could there be a reason why the master was missing and not being found, "What other places have you not looked?" ”
"Back to Niangniang, I have searched for the four palaces and six courtyards, and even the former residence of that person has also been searched."
"Got it, you go back and rest first, I'll go and see elsewhere."
"The old slave thanked the mother."
After Qin Nei's servants left, Song Zhi and Qingyue were left in the library. The warm wind in May blew in through the window, and it didn't feel cold in the skin, and there was a sense of comfort in calming the nerves, Qingyue pulled Song Zhi's sleeve, "Niangniang is going to find Your Majesty?" ”
Song Zhi was silent for a while, then took Qingyue's hand, "I'll go alone, you go back to Yilan Hall and lay out the mattress, I want to sleep softer." ”
"Then I'll wait for you to come back."
Song Zhi walked alone on the palace street, in the past, she always felt that there would be cannibalism here, and even during the day, she often held fear in her heart.
After staying here for a long time, I almost forget the feeling of being scared.
She pinned the strands of hair that were scattered around her face behind her ears, and looked up to see a figure sitting on the wall.
A little further down the palace street, she would be able to meet the people on the city wall.
Song Zhi could have called Qin's chamberlains and asked those chamberlains to invite the man down, but she still made it up that staircase.
"Your Majesty, why is it that you stay here alone, and ask Qin Nei to serve them so that they can find it." I didn't realize how high the wall was when I came up, but now that I really stood on this wall, I realized that this high place was a little frightening.
"Come up and breathe, why are you here?" Zhao Yichen was still a little surprised by Song Zhi's arrival, he thought that no one would find this place.
"Qin's servant couldn't find His Majesty, so he found the concubine here." Standing on the city wall and looking down, Song Zhi realized that Jinzhou was so good-looking.
"I heard Xu Xingzhi say that you asked him today to collect the missing part of the book." Zhao Yichen followed Song Zhi's gaze, and the entire Jinzhou City was in full view.
"Your Majesty atonements, and the concubines don't know what they have to do with Your Majesty."
"It's okay, what you see is Xu Xingzhi and they have modified."
Song Zhi was a little surprised, history is written by the victors, and it is not the first time that Zhao Yichen has revised the case file, how can it come out of his mouth, he actually feels a little guilty.
"I don't really want to sit in this position." Seeing that Song Zhi didn't talk, and he was really depressed, he wanted to find someone to relieve him.
In life, there are always many reluctances.
I thought that this top position was so glorious and rich, but in fact, those who wanted it couldn't get it, but it fell into the hands of people who didn't want it.
"Back then, the mother didn't want to give birth to me, the queen already had Zhao Yitai, she didn't want to let herself fall into a party dispute, and she didn't want me to participate in the dispute for the establishment of the prince as soon as I was born. Later, when I was a month older, my mother also had feelings for me, so she was reluctant to beat me. ”
After a sip of spirits, spring came late, and the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River was just beginning to show its dew.
"So, Concubine Duanshu wants you to hide your clumsiness, so as to avoid the Queen Mother's eyeliner as much as possible." Song Zhi looked at Zhao Yichen with a side face, and was also a little greedy for the wine glass in his hand.
She snatched the wine from Zhao Yichen's hand, and didn't care whether men and women kissed or not, so she took a big sip of it.
"You're really different from her." Zhao Yichen looked at his empty hands and sneered.
On top of the spirits, he is not the emperor at the moment, and she is not a concubine, just two poor people who seek comfort from each other.
"How is it different?" Song Zhi's throat was a little hoarse by the spicy liquor, and his facial features were also screwed together.
"Although she has a good relationship with me, she always keeps her distance from me, and she doesn't even know that I like her." The corners of Zhao Yichen's mouth raised a little, and he took back the wine glass in Song Zhi's hand, "If she is here today, she will definitely take another cup and toast with me with enthusiasm." ”
The cool memories are coiled in the lanterns of thousands of homes in Jinzhou, condensed in the water vapor of rivers, lakes and seas, diffused in the moonlight, and the old things that have been dusty for many years come to my heart, gathered in the eyebrows and eyes, and circulated back and forth in the eye waves, without realizing that the mountain has arrived.
"I don't know if I can be a good emperor, the filial piety period is about to pass, and the queen mother is about to return...."Recalling the past, he couldn't help but have some tears in his eyes.
In this situation, Song Zhi didn't know how to comfort him, there was no honorific title between them, so it was very much like a friend he had just met.