Chapter 152. Timidity
"If you like it, in the next draft, I will pick a few good ones from the women of the family for you to keep." The emperor's smile was meaningful, and he saw that King Guojun was uncomfortable for a while, so he could only laugh at it as a stubborn word.
After talking for a while, An Lingrong looked at the sky and said, "Your Majesty, it's not too early, it's time to go back." ”
"Well, it's not early." The emperor nodded, pressed the king of Guojun who was about to get up, and after a few more words of care, he left Qingliangtai, An Lingrong followed, and the nurse also followed with Haoyue in her arms.
Only Wan Guiren cried so much that his whole body was weak, and he couldn't even stand up.
An Lingrong glanced back, a little unbearable: "Your Majesty, the concubine should go and persuade the nobles." ”
"No, if she wants, she will go back to the palace, if she doesn't want to, let her stay in Qingliangtai, and go back wherever the Tao comes from." The emperor walked on the royal sedan chair without looking back.
An Lingrong looked surprised, looked back again, and finally got into the sedan chair at the urging of Su Peisheng. After sitting down, she glanced at the completely different faces of the emperor and Fang Cai when they were laughing, and asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, what did you mean by that sentence just now?" ”
"The last time I summoned the noble lady, I woke up in the middle of the night, and heard her muttering 'Lord Wang', I became suspicious, and asked people to investigate, and found out that the noble lady had been living in Qingliangtai before entering the palace." The emperor shook the string of beads in his hand, "As soon as the noble man entered the hall, he couldn't wait to pounce directly on the old seventeen, and it was obvious that I would die?" ”
An Lingrong opened his mouth helplessly, he didn't know that there was still this layer of temptation and verification, he thought about it, and said: "It's all before entering the palace, after the noble Wan entered the palace, but I haven't seen King Guojun once." ”
"I've spoiled her for so long." The emperor didn't hear it, lifted the curtain and glanced at the noble man who was staggered out by Wu Xi's support, his eyes were full of coldness, but his face was a little better, "If it weren't for her face, I would have killed her a long time ago." ”
An Lingrong glanced at the graceful nobleman sitting in the sedan chair with some sympathy, and sighed helplessly in his heart.
But the next second, she reacted again.
Wan Guiren is so similar to Queen Chunyuan, is it possible that the King of the County is the Queen of Chunyuan...... An Lingrong suddenly stopped this speculation, and a spirit denied this speculation, but what followed was another speculation that really wanted to come out - could it be that the person who King Guojun loved was Zhen Huan?
Once this idea came out, it couldn't be stopped, all the details before and after were connected in series at this moment, and An Lingrong clenched his teeth hard so that he didn't show a frightened expression.
I see.
And so it was!
Between the lightning and flint, An Lingrong suddenly remembered the almost inaudible cry - that was Zhen Huan! Zhen Huan is in Qingliangtai!
In an instant, An Lingrong became anxious, just thinking about the royal car going faster, faster, and leaving here quickly.
In the cool platform, King Guojun stood in place with the old purse in his hand, speechless for a long time, until Zhen Huan came out from behind the screen, he suddenly spoke: "What is contained here is the small statue that you hung on the tree when you first entered the palace when you prayed in the Yimei Garden, and I have been carrying it all these years." When I first met Wan Guiren, she had just entered Beijing, poor, and was sent out by a group of blind shopkeepers who did not live in the store, I happened to pass by and rescued her, and placed her in Qingliangtai for a while, and one day she accidentally bumped into this small portrait, she thought it was her appearance, so she begged me to give her ......"
"The prince doesn't have to explain so much to me, none of this has anything to do with me." Zhen Huan was full of tears and said with her head down.
"Lord Wang?" King Guojun's face changed slightly, "Huan'er, why do you call me like that again?" Just half an hour ago, she called him "Yunli" so intimately.
Zhen Huan wiped the tears that were about to fall, shook her head and apologized: "Fang Cai, it's not a loss of manners, please forgive me, and please call me as before." ”
"Is it because of the Imperial Brother?" King Guojun stretched out his hand to grab Zhen Huan, but she dodged slightly sideways, "Or is it because of Haoyue?" ”
Zhen Huan just shook her head: "The arrival of the emperor will only make me more sober, but I am confused, and I have offended the prince." ”
After hearing Ah Jin say that King Guojun was forced to freeze in the ice and snow for a night in order to cool her down, Zhen Huan did have a moment of trance, thinking that he had to meet a lover, he would not dislike himself because he was the emperor's woman, let alone regard her as a stand-in because he looked like Queen Chunyuan, there was really only a moment, she wanted to be with the man in front of her for a long time.
However, things in the world always go wrong.
The emperor has never been to Qingliangtai, but he came today. Zhen Huan never thought that she would be able to see Haoyue again, but the emperor took her to Qingliangtai today.
The facts gave Zhen Huan a slap in the face, telling her, you once had a husband and were pregnant with children, how can you afford Yunli's pure love?
She doesn't deserve it.
"The snow outside has melted, so we'll leave tomorrow and go to the Lingyun Peak meditation room." Zhen Huan wiped away her tears and stopped looking at King Guojun, "Thank you for coming to the prince for a few days." ”
King Guojun looked at the back of Zhen Huan leaving, his nose was sour, his fingers clenched his purse tightly, and a monstrous hatred welled up in his heart.
Yinzhen, it's because of you again!
Why? I'm already going to let you go, why do you want to rob me!
Along the way, An Lingrong was a little uneasy, she knew that Zhen Huan would definitely not be in Ganlu Temple, if the emperor knew, the consequences would be unimaginable. But she thought all the way, and she didn't think of a suitable excuse to persuade the emperor to go home.
Just when An Lingrong was at a loss, the emperor himself opened his mouth: "Forget it, don't go." ”
"Your Majesty?" An Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly lifted a sigh of relief, today's things are one after another, she doesn't want any more accidents, it's better to ask clearly, "Okay, why don't you go?" ”
The emperor's face was slightly gloomy: "The appearance of a noble person reminds me of Huan Huan's questioning of me that day, she definitely doesn't want to see me again, why should I be bored." After that, he instructed Su Peisheng to turn around and return to the palace.
An Lingrong looked stunned, and suddenly realized that the emperor was cowardly in his hometown. His thoughts about Zhen Huan have reached their peak, but he is not sure if Zhen Huan misses him the same, if she is still like ashes, seeing that he avoids it, wouldn't it be a loss of face?
Looking at the Ganlu Temple farther and farther away, An Lingrong couldn't tell what mood he was in.
Some sour, and some painful, like dense needles pierced in the heart again, and then soaked into the vinegar jar. But fortunately, that's all, An Lingrong touched his heart, controlled his heartbeat that was about to go out of control, and slowly calmed down.
After returning to the palace, it was life day after day, as if nothing had changed, and it seemed that something had changed.
An Lingrong's status is unshakable, except for the old people such as Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing Shen Meizhuang, the most favored person now is the newly promoted Min Concubine, that is, the previous Hu Guiren, just like Fang Chunyi back then, innocent and brilliant, but with cunning cleverness, he is happy day and night.
Then there are the concubines, the jade nobles and the Shun nobles, Kang Chang is working hard but is still gracious, and it is not as good as the Mu Ne's little talk Sun to promise to sleep more.
Concubine Qi used up the soothing gum given by An Lingrong, and the injuries on her face were healed, although they could not be compared with before, but because she was the daughter of a hero, the emperor still met her once a month, even if it was a noble Jin, she would occasionally be summoned by the emperor, but it was the most favored noble person, and suddenly lost all her favor.
The day of the accident was the third day of the third month of March.
In the middle of the night, there was no wind, An Lingrong was cutting spring clothes for An Kang and Honghao, and suddenly, a sharp "walking water" resounded through the palace, An Lingrong was so frightened that a needle pierced his finger, and the red blood dyed a small blood flower on the cloth.
didn't have time to think about it, she hurriedly asked Cardamom to go out to inquire, Cardamom came back after a while and said: "Niangniang, it is Chengqian Palace that is burning, and the noble Wan is still inside, Wu Xi and Bai Tao are crazy, but the fire is too big, and no one dares to rush in to save people." ”
"How did it burn?" An Lingrong was about to change his clothes.
Cardamom hesitated, and only after a while did he say: "It seems that the noble man set fire to it himself." After a pause, she explained, "Before the fire started, Wan Guiren deliberately opened Wu Xi and Bai Tao, leaving only himself alone in the dormitory, and then closed the doors and windows tightly, and after being alone for half an hour, the eunuch who swept the courtyard saw Wan Guiren light the curtain at the head of the bed, and then the door curtain and the like, and seemed to smell the smell of osmanthus oil, but in a moment, the fire burned big." ”
Hearing this, An Lingrong stopped what she was doing, looked at the red-hot half of the sky outside the window in a daze, and sighed deeply: "For her, maybe it's also a relief." ”
When the emperor learned the news that Wan Guiren had died by self-immolation, he was in Yikun Palace and Min Concubine to review a picture album, and when he heard the words, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "It is a big crime for a concubine to commit suicide. After passing the decree, the Fu family of the Chengqian Palace, disregarded Jun'en, stripped of the title, demoted to a concubine, dismissed all her father's positions, and was never allowed to be hired again. ”
"Yes." Su Peisheng left in response.
Concubine Min smiled skillfully on the side, and turned over the matter in a few words.
After An Lingrong learned about it, he was silent for a long time, and told Dill to find someone to bury Fu Ruyin, and then did not say anything else.
Whether Fu Ruyin had unilaterally intended for King Guojun, or she had a heart-to-heart relationship with King Guojun, in the emperor's view, that day's trip to Qingliangtai was enough to prove that Fu Ruyin was deeply affectionate and unforgettable to King Guojun, which was simply a great shame!
Now that she has set herself on fire, it is the embarrassment that the emperor wants to deal with, but is reluctant to deal with her face.
Wan Guiren's death, like an epiphany in the palace, was fleeting, and after one night, except for the ruins of Chengqian Palace, no one seemed to remember her anymore.
No one knew that the beautiful woman danced in the firelight that night, not the shocking dance, but Fu Ruyin's favorite Hu Xuan dance, barefoot golden bells, graceful waist, flying and dancing in the fire again and again, with a satisfied smile on the corner of her mouth, she closed her eyes, as if she had returned to the happiest time - back to the time when she was still Fu Ruyin.
"She's a poor person, too." After listening to An Lingrong talk about what happened in Qingliangtai that day, Shen Meizhuang sighed.
An Lingrong was silent, glanced at Shen Meizhuang, frowned slightly, and said, "My sister seems to have been a lot haggard recently, what's the matter?" She looked at Caiyue on the side, quite reproachful.
"Don't blame Caiyue, it's just that I'm tired." Shen Meizhuang gently patted the back of An Lingrong's hand, and said with a wry smile, "The Queen Mother is sick again, Haoyue has been crying at night for some reason recently, and I have slept a lot shorter, so I look haggard." ”
"Why is the Queen Mother sick again?" An Lingrong has no time to take care of anything else recently, a heart is all on a pair of children, Honghao just can climb, Ankang is noisy again, just two days ago I just chose to teach Mama, she let go of her hand and breathed a sigh of relief, "Wasn't it a lot better a while ago?" ”
Shen Meizhuang sighed, lowered his voice and approached An Lingrong and said, "I heard that it was because of the emperor's handling of Long Keduo's matter, the queen mother and the emperor had a dispute, and they were in a hurry, so they fell ill." ”
An Lingrong remembered that a few days ago, he seemed to hear a sentence in a trance, Long Keduo died violently in Changchun Garden, and now it seems that it is probably the emperor who ordered the extermination - is the queen mother so sad about this?
(End of chapter)