Chapter 90: The Crusade (Part II)
Yun Qing's eyes shone in the darkness, fleeting. Then she said a little depressed: "If I say that the concubine was killed by the resentful soul of the peony, does the princess believe it?" ”
My heart shook violently, and the darkness hid my pale face.
Yun Qing didn't know the impact of her words on me, and continued to say, "After that loud noise, everything fell silent. I immediately opened the door and wanted to go out to see what was going on, and by the way, let Fengqiu take care of the concubine, but I didn't expect that when I opened the door, there was a gust of wind that made me unable to open my eyes. When the wind stopped, I noticed that the concubine was pointing at the wall with a frightened face, but she could not make a sound. Only then did I notice a faint blood-colored figure on the wall, and I immediately thought of the peony described by the princess! I was so frightened that I collapsed to the ground and trembled and crawled to the concubine's side, and the two hugged each other tightly. Peony's stay in Chunhui Hall was very short, but later, the concubine began to feel unwell. Ay! I don't think anyone would believe me and think that I was shirking my responsibility, so I chose to hide it, so as not to make people suspicious of me. ”
I'm long gone. Yun Qing's words confirmed the terrible inference in my heart. Without saying a word, I turned around slowly and staggered away. The concubine died because of me! It's hard for me to accept that, but it's the truth I know!
After that, I lived in a daze, like a puppet, without a trace of expression, without a thought, just stupidly in front of the tophyll. No matter who tried to persuade me, I was indifferent. It wasn't until the concubine's funeral and her coffin was sent to Zhaoling that I woke up as if I had just woken up from a dream. Due to the sudden relaxation of the strength that I had been holding in my heart, my overdrawn body could no longer support it, and I fell ill all of a sudden.
I chose to forget, I chose to escape, and I was in a coma for several days. I vaguely remember that the only time I woke up was to ask Yuhan about Chu Qing's news. In Yuhan, I learned that Chu Qing woke up safely and was recuperating at home, so I fell into a coma again.
I slowly regained my consciousness after five days, and the emperor specially ordered Imperial Physician Chen to take care of me. I was well cared for by everyone, but my body did not improve much. Doctor Chen often reassured me that I should let go of my worries, but how could I let go? The guilt of Concubine Zheng, I'm afraid I will bury it in my heart for the rest of my life.
I lingered on the sickbed for several months, staying at home, the scorching summer has slowly left, and the autumn is full of autumn. The mighty foot has healed, but in addition to the daily routine physical training, it always guards me in Qiuyizhai the rest of the time, and never leaves an inch.
Chu Qing has also come to see me several times, but there is a peony between us, and it is inevitable that we will be a little embarrassed to meet again. Although I wanted to be spoiled by him and tell him about the bitterness in my heart, I finally held back. Every time Chu Qing leaves, I will breathe a sigh of relief, I am more willing to face the simple and clear majesty than Chu Qing.
The Empress vigorously disposed of a group of people whom she considered derelict in her duties and had something to do with the death of the concubine. These people are innocent and implicated, which makes Peony's sin and anger deeper.
It turned out that only Yun Qing and Feng Qiu stayed behind the maids around the concubine, and the rest either entered the Yeting Palace and were punished as hard labor or were sent out of the palace by the head of the inner court. Because of the relationship between Yunqing and me and Mingda, Yuhan took the initiative to leave Yunqing and Fengqiu in Yiyuxuan.
Approaching the 15th of August, the chief of the inner court sent chrysanthemums of different shapes. I coveted freshness, so I asked Yunqing to set up a small table by the artificial lake, put a tea set, and asked her to cook mellow Wuyi rock tea for me. And I basked in the golden autumn sunshine and admired the colorful chrysanthemums. This time, the people of the flower room worked hard, not only the common varieties such as treading the snow to find the plum, the snow bead red plum, the phoenix flapping wings, the West Lake willow moon, the green cloud, the black chrysanthemum, etc., are competing to open, and there are even many precious varieties such as green peony, red clothes and green clothes, and ten zhang hanging curtains.
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