Chapter 43. Sunset

Concubine Duan remembered the past, and sadness came to her heart: "If I can have a daughter, I will fight with my life to protect her." Unfortunately, I no longer have the ability to have children. Xu is atmosphere is trouble, or knowing that An Lingrong knows some inside stories, Concubine Duan suddenly talked about the events of the year, "I can't forget how I was poured saffron by Concubine Hua back then, even after so many years, the taste of that medicine is still in my mouth." ”

"Mother, don't be sad." Jixiang comforted Concubine Duan, but also with a sad face.

An Lingrong held Concubine Duan's hand, and her heart was desolate: "Niangniang, one day, she will come to the end." ”

"I'm holding on to this breath just to wait for that day." Concubine Duan looked at An Lingrong with watery eyes, "You have a good relationship with the nobles of Guan, this is very good." ”

Later, Concubine Duan didn't say any more, but An Lingrong could guess it somewhat.

The night is as cool as water.

At that time, at the night banquet in Changchun Garden, Zhen Huan was overwhelmed with alcohol, and took Cui Jinxi's hand out to breathe, and walked all the way to Tonghuatai.

"Tonghuatai? It is rare to have such a chic and beautiful name in the palace. Zhen Huan listened to Cui Jinxi's words, and suddenly became a little curious, "I don't know what kind of place it is." ”

"The slave maid heard before that this sycamore is the most chaste and loving tree, so this platform was built by the first emperor for Concubine Shu." Cui Jinxi has been in the palace for a long time and knows a lot, so he can't help but sigh when he talks about it, "It's a pity that Concubine Shu was favored in the first emperor's time, but now she is a Taoist, which is really a pity." ”

It wasn't until I walked to a desolate place that I saw the tung flower platform.

Cui Jinxi said again: "After the emperor ascended the throne, the queen mother disliked Tonghuatai too extravagantly, and few people came on weekdays, so it gradually fell into disuse. ”

"No matter how beautiful and good the love affair is, it is only a moment of floating clouds. Tonghuatai is like this, what about the love between the first emperor and Concubine Shu? Zhen Huan also sighed, looked up at Tonghuatai, suddenly became interested, and stuffed the fan in his hand into Cui Jinxi's hand, "You wait here, I'll go up and take a look." ”

Climbing up the stairs, the scenery of Tonghuatai is really extraordinary.

Zhen Huan looked up at the moon, as if she had a glimpse of the scene when Concubine Shu was in full favor back then, and now, there are only wildflowers and weeds left here. A small morning glory bloomed on the wall, and Zhen Huan got closer to take a closer look.

Around the corner, a figure looked at Zhen Huan vigilantly, his eyes fell on her face, and his eyes suddenly froze. The blood droplets behind him asked if he wanted to dispose of Zhen Huan, but the man raised his hand to stop him, and whispered to him to retreat first: "No need, this king will deal with it, you go back first." ”

The drops of blood dodged and disappeared into the night.

He looked at Zhen Huan from afar, a familiar figure appeared in his mind, and the look in his eyes suddenly surged, and it took a while to tidy up his expression and stroll out, smiling and attracting her attention: "Don't you know what kind of flower it is?" ”

"Who?!" Zhen Huan was startled and looked back.

It turned out to be the king of Guojun.

King Guojun was full of smiles, and a pair of peach blossom eyes were full of affection: "Why are the nobles of Dongguan so panicked every time they see Xiao Wang?" ”

Zhen Huan's face stiffened, remembering that on the day of Wen Yi's first birthday banquet, she went out for a walk, and suddenly took off her shoes and socks to tread water and frolic but almost fell into the water. Although she ordered Liuzhu not to spread this matter, she was still a little embarrassed in the end.

Containing her emotions, Zhen Huan saluted to King Guojun: "The prince loves to suddenly appear behind people every time, which will inevitably make people frightened. ”

King Guojun chuckled: "Obviously, the nobleman walks in front of Xiao Wang every time, but he doesn't realize that Xiao Wang, it's not that Xiao Wang loves to hide behind the nobleman in Guan." ”

"Tonghuatai is lush with trees, maybe I was overlooked, but why didn't the prince speak out earlier?" Zhen Huan has always been articulate.

King Guojun didn't want to argue with her, so he stopped pestering after a few laughs, and instead said: "The night banquet in the palace is happy, why did the nobles of Dongguan come out?" ”

Zhen Huan glanced up at the moonlight and said, "Tonight is Qixi Festival, so naturally the moonlight is more moving." ”

"Exactly." King Guojun nodded, stepped and sat on the fence, his tone was tight, "When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless people in the world, if this good night is staggered, it is really a waste." ”

"As the prince said, I'm lucky to be elegant." Zhen Huan smiled coincidentally, reached out and stroked the little flower in front of her, and stopped talking.

King Guojun didn't want to miss this opportunity, and said: "The nobles of Dongguan seem to like the little flowers in Taijiao. Seeing her nodding, Fu said again, "This flower has another name, called Xiyan, and it blooms and sets, so the flower of thin life should not appear in the palace." ”

Zhen Huan was puzzled: "Do flowers also have a thin life?" I thought only women could be called thin lives. ”

"There were people who said that this flower was humble, only opened in the corner, bloomed at dusk, withered tomorrow morning, and no one appreciated it, so it was said." King Guojun remembered the events of the old year, and hatred rolled up in his eyes.

At that time, his mother was forced to a desperate situation by the queen mother, and had to go out of the palace to enter the door of Taoism, and the rest of his life could only be accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green light, and the palace could not even keep this tung flower platform, and the queen mother even bluntly said that he used this flower to ridicule his mother's short life, and it was difficult to last long.

He swallowed his anger, did a small volt, and forbearance for many years before he gained a firm foothold in the palace, and even had to flatter and please in front of the Queen Mother, so that he has today, but even so, he still can't even mention the name of his mother.

"Is that a life?" Zhen Huan's voice was clear and clear, like a gust of wind, blowing away the dense fog in King Guojun's heart, "I think this flower is very different." Sunset, is the meaning of a beautiful face in the sunset? What does the prince think? ”

King Guojun looked at Zhen Huan's face, and felt that she looked like Chunyuan, but not like Chunyuan, if it was Chunyuan, he would never say such a thing today, but would only advise him to be cautious in his words and deeds.

His heart softened, and King Guojun's eyebrows drooped: "Such a beautiful flower, I really don't want to crown it and say a thin life." The nobles of Dongguan have unique opinions, but Xiao Wang is narrow-minded. He smiled and said, "On the night of the heavenly family's wealth, the nobles and the little king are hiding here, which seems out of place. ”

Zhen Huan pursed her lips and smiled: "I have always been short-sighted, and I only see a small sunset in front of me." ”

King Guojun was slightly stunned, and then chuckled: "The nobles of Dongguan are pampered, and they are really exquisite. But Xiao Wang still has to remind the nobles, set pets in one, but also set grievances in one, Xiao Wang can't bear to see the nobles in a predicament. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Zhen Huan avoided King Guojun's amorous eyes and bowed.

Guojun Wang Fu said again: "Sometimes Xiao Wang will also be glad that he is not an emperor, and he does not have to weigh the pros and cons of the Six Palaces. What I want in this life is to get a sweetheart to accompany me for a lifetime, not to ask for a beautiful wife and concubine. Seeing Zhen Huan chuckling, he said again, "Xiao Wang privately thinks that if you treat a person sincerely, you must love him and don't make him feel sad in the slightest." ”

Zhen Huan's heart was slightly touched, something seemed to be about to break out of the ground, she suddenly woke up and suppressed her thoughts: "As the prince said, it is the luck of the seventeenth fortune in the future." ”

Seeing that she was unmoved, King Guojun was a little surprised, no woman could refuse his words, she was special.

"What the prince said today is really good for me. After coming out for a long time, I said goodbye first. Zhen Huan smiled and thanked King Guojun, then turned around and left.

"Last time, the noble man was abrupt, but it was not what Yunli wanted." There was a hint of interest in King Guojun's eyes, but his mouth was still polite and polite, "On the day of Princess Wenyi's birthday, it was when Eniang entered the palace that year, Xiao Wang recalled the old things, and he couldn't hold himself for a while, and he lost his manners. ”

Zhen Huan's eyes flashed, her heart relaxed by two points, and she also accepted this kindness when she saw this: "I don't know when the prince said, I don't remember it." ”

King Guojun smiled: "Yes, I don't remember either." ”

Zhen Huan looked back and smiled at him, this matter was like a secret between two people, buried forever.

The Qixi night banquet ended in a hurry In the news that Princess Wenyi spit up milk, Concubine Hua took care of her for three or four days without her clothes, but it still did not improve.

On this day, An Lingrong was serving in the Qinzheng Palace, so he talked about it.

"Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Princess Wenyi has been unwell a few days ago, and she is feeling better today?" An Lingrong scooped a bowl of lotus seed and lily soup for the emperor and handed it over, and asked with concern.

The emperor was worried about this, he didn't have much appetite, so he ate two spoonfuls and put them aside: "Concubine Hua came to report yesterday and said that Wen Yi was a weak disease brought by her mother's womb, and she had already seen it, but this morning I still heard Wen Yi's crying voice." He frowned, "This group of imperial doctors is also useless, and they can't even see a child well, so they have dragged on for so many days." ”

An Lingrong blinked lightly and said softly: "The concubine said something that shouldn't be, and Concubine Hua is not very good at taking care of children." Spitting up milk is a common thing for babies, but Princess Wenyi is so repeated, if it is said that it is a summer heat, the Qingliang Hall is the coolest place in the Old Summer Palace, and it should not be spit up so often. When Cao Guiren personally took care of the princess before, the emperor had never heard Wen Yi spit out milk. ”

"Are you saying that Concubine Hua doesn't care for Wen Yi wholeheartedly?" The emperor raised his eyes to look at An Lingrong, his eyes were sharp.

Sensing that this was a precursor to the emperor's anger, An Lingrong stabilized his mind and said slowly: "Concubine Hua is bright and moving, I am afraid that the emperor has the heaviest weight in her heart, although she loves Wen Yi, but her makeup and dress are not as simple as Cao Guiren's, and the princess is the most important everywhere." People's hearts are already biased, and Concubine Hua just values the emperor more. ”

Hearing this, the emperor eased his expression and nodded slightly.

Seeing that the emperor thought for a while, An Lingrong said again: "Why didn't the emperor mention the position of Cao Guiren?" She is now raising the princess, which is really a bit unjustifiable. "According to the rules, the only person in the palace who can raise Princess Brother is above the concubine position, even the concubine position, so she can only send it to Brother A, not to mention the nobles.

"The queen said that Cao Gui's family background is not obvious, and he has never given birth to a prince, if the position is too high, I am afraid that the harem will be difficult to convince the public." The emperor originally thought about this when Wen Yi was one year old, he doted on Wen Yi, and even had more friendship with his biological mother Cao Guiren, but when he heard the queen say this, he did it.

An Lingrong was slightly stunned, lowered his eyes and said: "The concubine is also from a humble family, but she can be crowned a nobleman, and she misses the emperor all the time in her heart. ”

The emperor smiled, stretched out his hand to invite her to sit beside him: "My Rong'er will not always have a humble family background, your father is very good, I just mentioned him as the commander of Songyang County, and he has made some achievements." Since the beginning of the summer, drought has been reported in various places, only Jiangsu and Zhejiang have made arrangements early in the morning, and the growth of agricultural mulberry is excellent. I intend to promote your father again, but if he behaves well, he can't say what will happen in the future. ”

An Lingrong looked surprised and hurriedly thanked the emperor.

"You also reminded me today that Cao Gui's position is not high, and it is indeed inappropriate for Wen Yi to be by her side." The emperor pondered for a while, "Concubine Hua, it's not appropriate." ”

"When it comes to raising children, it is most appropriate to be the queen's mother." An Lingrong leaned next to the emperor and said.

The emperor thought about it, but still shook his head: "The queen is taking care of Xia Changzai, and I am afraid that Wen Yi will be too tired of her." ”

An Lingrong lowered his eyes slightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to raise Wen Yi to others, Cao Guiren has taken care of her meticulously since she gave birth to Wen Yi, and no one in the palace can compare to her biological mother, the concubine thought, if the princess leaves Cao Guiren, I am afraid that she will have to suffer for a long time." ”

Hearing An Lingrong say the word "love", the emperor suddenly remembered that during the first birthday banquet, Concubine Duan looked at Wen Yi's eyes: "Concubine Duan also loves Wen Yi very much, and she also gave her dowry to Wen Yi as a birthday gift that day." ”

"Duanfei Niangniang?" An Lingrong showed a little surprise on her face, "The concubine remembers that Concubine Duan's health is not very good, and she has been recuperating from her illness." ”

The more the emperor thought about it, the more satisfied he felt, and he couldn't stop nodding: "That's right, Concubine Duan's health is not good, Wen Yi is in her name, but it is just to raise her identity, and Cao Guiren is still responsible for daily care." ”

Just as he was talking about this, Su Peisheng came in to spread the word that Cao Guiren was here.

Guojun Wang OOC warning, the character will be very different from the drama version, it is the author's own speculation and in order to combine the plot of this article to make a large adjustment, unacceptable babies can abandon the text in advance, it's okay!

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