Chapter 139: Reluctantly Accept Your Fate
This spring is also destined to be unforgettable for Zi Xiao, and he has to make a head for his fate.
Zixiao's mother, Xiao Ying, is proficient in medical science, but she can't withstand the loneliness of the deep palace, and the body and mind are tortured with thousands of holes, and she is almost exhausted.
Xiao Ying's heart originally belonged to the vast land, but because of his greed and high spirits, he was still the prince at the time, and because of his oath to hold the hand of his son and grow old with his son, he sent himself to the cage of the deep palace. The old man loves late, and he is infatuated, in exchange for a lifetime of loneliness and regret.
When Zi Xiao heard the news that his mother had fainted, he appeared in Qihuang Hall in a hurry, and looked anxiously on the side of the couch, and his hand probed the pulse of the concubine.
Xiao Ying, who was lying on the couch, looked at the anxious Zi Xiao beside her with a sickly and loving face, and persuaded back: "The mother concubine is fine, the old problem is old, Xiao Er, don't worry."
Zixiao's side concubine Ayaya entered the hall with the freshly boiled medicine, and when she saw Zixiao, she was stunned at first, and then her face was full of joy, and she saluted, "The concubine has seen His Royal Highness."
Zixiao is already very famous in the court, and there is an endless stream of people looking for him to heal, so he has been busy, so he simply lives in the Pharmacist's Mansion for a long time.
Aya felt lonely, and also to do her filial piety for Zi Xiao, she has been living in Qihuang Palace, waiting for Xiao Ying, which makes Zi Xiao feel both grateful and apologetic.
Glancing at the supple and decent Ayaya, Zixiao's expression was a little unnatural, and he said softly: "Get up."
"Yes!"
Aya responded in a low voice, seeing that Zi Xiao was not even interested in looking at her, she was secretly sad in her heart.
Zi Xiao didn't want to step into the palace where he had lived, in addition to avoiding Aya, but also because when he returned here, he would feel depressed and sad, and in his young memories, there were many hateful things that could not be looked back.
Zi Xiao saw from the beginning, his mother was always sad and depressed, he understood the bitterness in his mother's heart, in his memory, his father almost never came to Qihuang Palace, no matter how good the mother and son were in medical skills, they could not cure their heart disease. The cause of the mother's heart disease is that it is impossible to overcome the helplessness of leapfrogging, and the mother's illness is like this, and it is caused by long-term stagnation of qi and blood.
Turning his face and looking at the sick-looking concubine, he thought that he was either going to the four seas to practice medicine or hiding in the pharmacist's mansion, so he neglected to care for his mother's concubine, Zixiao felt very uncomfortable and felt guilty.
"Mother, you should be more active, so that it is beneficial to ...... Resolve the stagnation, now that the spring is just right, let the son accompany the mother and concubine and go to the garden for a walk?"
"Okay!", Xiao Ying happily agreed.
Xiao Ying was supported by Xiao and Aya Aya, with a happy smile on their faces, and the three of them came to the garden of Yuqing Palace, and the garden scenery was beautiful:
The distant mountains are verdant, and the buildings are high eaves.
The strange stone carving is splendid, and the embankment is willow yellow.
The lotus leaves in the lake are green, and the flowers compete for glory.
The victory is unique, and the man is a colonel in the painting
Zi Xiao pointed to everywhere and explained carefully, Xiao Ying's face was full of happiness, overflowing, and the three of them lingered, enjoying a great spring......
The warm picture of filial piety and motherhood has also become the scenery in the eyes of Jun, Xiangfei and Jade Beauty who are standing on the mountain and looking at the pavilion.
In the deep palace, who is not lonely in their hearts? Who will not lack true love? The most lacking is what they want the most, and if they think about it but can't get it, they will give birth to sorrow, and if they have more grievances, they will give birth to jealousy and hatred.
"Go! summon Concubine Ying and His Royal Highness the Seventh."
Jun ordered the internal officials expressionlessly, and the warm picture in front of him touched him quite a lot, he hadn't seen Concubine Ying for three or four thousand years, how could he be weak and need to be supported? The tenderness in Jun's heart was gently touched.
"Yes!", the internal officer should leave.
Jun saw the internal official convey the will, saw Xiao Ying and Zixiao looking up at this side, and followed the internal official over, Xiao Ying's figure pulled Jun's thoughts back to Errao......
Jun, who was still the crown prince at the time, was wounded in the back while fighting against the rebels, and in the camp tent, he was treated by Xiao Ying, a doctor who had been trained in the army.
Jun clearly remembers that Xiao Ying, who was cheerful, hearty and youthful when he healed himself, flashed his big black eyes, and dared to order him directly, "The prince's injury is very serious, don't move!
"It's going to be tiring to lie like this all the time, so why bother?"
The young gentleman would not listen to a doctor, he twisted awkwardly, trying to change into a comfortable position, "Ahhh......h
"Look, I can't move, it hurts, right? I can't move anymore, if I don't obey, I'll ......"
"How are you?"
"I'll just ...... I'll tie you to this couch."
"Presumptuous!"
Xiao Ying looked up with a red face, stared at the young Jun with big eyes, and said, "What about being presumptuous?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a patient, I am a doctor, and patients can only listen to the doctor, here...... I've calculated, when the prince's injury is healed, I can go anywhere to play majestic, but now...... Don't think about it!".
In the face of such a doctor who did not know life and death, and did not know how to respect and inferiority, the young gentleman obediently listened to the words. The treatment process is very boring, he likes to listen to Xiao Ying the most, and he goes to the mountains and rivers to find medicine and healing, Xiao Ying's cheerful and cheerful appearance deeply touched the young Jun.
After all, he was young, and under Xiao Ying's careful care and treatment, the young gentleman recovered quickly, and the two fell in love.
On that day, the young gentleman held Xiao Ying's hand, sang and laughed all the way, and climbed to the top of the mountain to watch the rising sun.
The two sat on the top of the mountain snuggled up to each other, watching the red sun erupt out, and the golden-red light shone brighter and brighter, illuminating a pair of lovers embracing each other, like a golden red wedding dress.
The young Jun turned his head to look at Xiao Ying, who had a bright face, kissed her emotionally, and muttered stupidly, "Ying'er, Benjun likes you! I like the sunshine in your eyes, it's so warm! It's so bright...... I like the dimples you laugh at, and they all get drunk and melt my heart...... Ying'er, marry Benjun, Benjun will definitely make you happy!".
"This ?......", thinking that there are still many places where she has not asked for medicine, Xiao Ying is a little hesitant.
"Ying'er, don't let it go! This gentleman is pleased with you, holding the hand of the son and growing old with the son, this gentleman will not fail you!"
The young Xiao Ying looked back affectionately, and the young gentleman in front of her was in her prime, and she knew that she couldn't extricate herself from what she loved, and in order to fulfill the love in her heart, she chose to give up the cherry
Xiao Ying bit her lip and replied hesitantly, "Hmm?...... Alright!".
Jun remembered that on the day Xiao Ying got married, she was dressed in a red wedding dress, which was dazzling, radiant, and smiling......
"The concubine has seen the king"
"The son has seen his father"
"The concubine has seen her father"
The side concubines Xiao Ying, Zi Xiao and Aya Aya supported each other, came to the stone table where Jun was sitting, and knelt down to salute.
Jun's mind was recalled, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Xiao Ying, who was haggard and calm and indifferent, he was actually in a trance, where was there still a star and a half on Xiao Ying's body, how young he looked back then?
The true feelings in the memories are still vivid, there is a touch of tenderness and love in Jun's eyes, he slowly stretched out his hand, and said gently: "Ai Concubine, flat body, come here."
"Thank you!"
Xiao Ying got up and came to the seat where Jun glanced and asked Yu Meiren to get out of the way and sit down.
Jun ignored the unhappy resignation, and was pouting, making a jade beauty to him.
Pulling Xiao Ying's hand, Jun can feel that her body trembled slightly, her eyes suddenly looked at each other, and the misery and loneliness in her eyes fell into the eyes of the other party, Jun sighed, and said angrily: "Concubine Ai's face is so pale, why don't you know...... Take care of yourself?".
"It's okay to be a concubine, you don't need to worry about it"
Xiao Ying replied politely, she had loved the man in front of her deeply, and she was even more resentful. Tens of thousands of years, her heart has long been cold, she thinks she thinks thoroughly, she doesn't love or hate, but in the face of Jun's tenderness, she is still in turmoil.
Jun knew in his heart that Xiao Yingqi was ruthless and encircled her into the harem and became a caged bird, and he also knew that her heart was blue, but in order to balance the relationship between various ethnic groups and need more heirs, how could he have more love for anyone?
"This monarch ordered you, you must take care of yourself, if you need anything, you must bring it up, do you hear?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubines will keep it in mind"
Xiao Ying, who had already accepted her fate, still replied politely and generously, her heart yearning for freedom was imprisoned in the deep palace, and she had already slowly withered and withered, lifeless, and the only thing she could do was to find some comfort from her son Xiao's experience.
"My sister's face is so bad, I'm afraid she's sick?......, right? Can you make the famous pharmacist mansion master apprentice not be able to heal?"
Changyu's biological mother, Concubine Xiang, pretended to be concerned and said, Xiao Ying got into today's situation, she didn't conspire to frame and add fuel to the fire, and when she saw the warmth of Xiao Ying's veins, she was jealous in her heart.
Not wanting Jun to misunderstand Zi Xiao, Xiao Ying hurriedly replied, "Oh, sister, where is this......? It's just that I didn't sleep well, and His Royal Highness the Seventh has prescribed medicine, and he has done his best to take care of the drum."
Jun Da didn't like Zixiao, because he was the least close to him among the nine sons, not only did he deliberately avoid himself, but he always felt resentful in his eyes.
Jun has always felt that Zixiao is timid and silent, so he has never paid attention to cultivating him, knowing that he is close to his son Guiyan, he handed the two over to his eldest son Qing to discipline.
Later, Zi Xiao opposed the arrangement of the eldest son Qing, insisted on inheriting his mother's business, firmly chose to study medicine, and personally chose to worship the pharmacist as a teacher. I was disgusted that he only wanted to do the skills of practicing medicine, but he had no ambitions and didn't know how to lift, but when I thought about it, I also felt that I couldn't expect anything from him.
Zixiao has a great reputation in the medical field of the four seas, after all, he is a blood relative, and his son has made achievements, and he is still very happy and relieved in his father's heart.
Jun listened to Concubine Xiang's provocation, and thought that Zixiao only cared about traveling to find medicine and practice medicine, and there was no family in his eyes, let alone his father, who was as strange as a passer-by between father and son, and he couldn't see his shadow at family gatherings.
Jun looked at Zi Xiao, who was polite and cold as water, and he didn't feel angry in his heart, and deliberately found fault and said: "Zi Xiao, you are a doctor, and you can't even take care of your own concubine, what's the reason......? Didn't serve with all your heart?".
Zi Xiao heard the meaning of the reproach, in the spirit of thinking that more things are better than less, he didn't want to argue, and calmly admitted his mistakes, "Back to my father, it is my son's ministers who take poor care, and I will not dare to slack off again if I serve my mother in the future."
Seeing that Zi Xiao was held accountable, Xiao Ying hurriedly played a round, "Your Majesty, the concubine is also a physician, she knows her body, and His Royal Highness the Seventh is ...... to the concubine It is very filial".
Jun turned his face, looked at Xiao Ying, and patted her hand, which was regarded as a response.
The alienation on Zixiao's face still made Jun feel uncomfortable, but it was not good to blame him on this topic. Thinking of giving Zi Xiao a marriage, the father and son have never met, married for 4,000 years, and don't even have an heir, think about it, Zi Xiao is dissatisfied with the marriage, and it is expected that the couple will not be harmonious, maybe it is because they are angry with themselves?
Thinking of the scholar's dance, Jun felt uncomfortable, the two sons were not clear with her, for her to dare to break into the private prison, in order to protect her life, willing to suffer three years of ice blade snow arrow torture, thinking of Zixiao and the scholar's pulling, the scholar's blood, betting to deceive the old gentleman's magic weapon, and Xuanyuan's protection everywhere, the more Jun thought about it, the more upset Jun became.
Glancing at the generous and decent Ayaya, Jun glared at Zi Xiao angrily, and then spoke: "Since it is filial piety, how long have you been married? Zixiao, if you don't care about this matter again, and dare to think of it, this monarch will not spare you."
The jade beauty rubbed her shoulders for Jun, looked at Zi Xiao like the breeze and the moon, and whispered in a coquettish voice: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness has only one side concubine, and she wants an heir...... Naturally, it is difficult, and there are two ...... in the palace of concubines Wouldn't it be better for a very good-looking woman to be bestowed by the king on the Seventh Highness?"
"Hmph!", Concubine Xiang glanced at Yumei Rao's charming appearance, and couldn't help but hum softly.
After hearing this, Zi Xiao was suddenly a little flustered, and hurriedly said: "Xie Yumei's kindness, father, son, son and Aya are in love, and they will definitely be concerned about the matter of the heir, the mother and concubine are not in good health, Zi Xiao has no intention of anything else, please forgive my father."
"Yes, the right should believe in you, and if there are no more children, the father will give you ...... Marry separately, let's all be even."
Jun attaches great importance to the flourishing blood of the family, and saw that Zi Xiao was disgusted with being given marriage, so he did not answer Yumei's words, and when he forced his eldest son, he used this wink
"Thank you, father!", Zi Xiao and Aya Aya got up.
Because he thought of the scholar's dance, Jun's heart has been haunting, he tried Qingqing, but found no signs of the two still interacting. But Zi Xiao has never had an heir, maybe the two are still in contact, Jun wanted to probe Zi Xiao's attitude, and suddenly spoke, "Zi Xiao, you are practicing medicine in the court, have you ever heard that Lao Jun plays chess...... What about gambling and losing?".
Traveling around the world for thousands of years, Zi Xiao has matured and stabilized a lot, and suddenly understands his father's thoughts, if he is seen as a clue, the dance may be in trouble, facing his father's spicy and exploratory gaze, Zi Xiao stabilized his mind and calmly faced it.
"Father, my son has heard a little, but I don't know the specific situation"
His eyes stared at Zixiao, and Jun asked again, "Aren't you ...... How could you not know such a big thing?".
"Father, Erchen knows that Xuanyuan Zhenjun has been detaining the apprentice who made a mistake in the Siguo Cave and can't see each other, so naturally there will be no contact anymore, Erchen has been traveling all over the world, and many situations are indeed unknown"
Jun suspected in his heart that Zixiao was emotionally entangled with the scholar, so the couple was not harmonious, and he wanted to test more, so he asked relentlessly, "Then you...... What do you think about this?".
"Erchen knows that Zhenjun's apprentice is very good at drinking, and he has a hundred glasses without getting drunk, and Lao Jun regards her as a drinking friend, so it should be possible. Erchen thought that Lao Jun was the god of Dacheng, and he must have lost the chess because he was drunk, and as for the rest, it should be groundless gossip."
Zi Xiao generously stated his judgment, looking like he had nothing to do with himself, proving that the scholar had nothing to do with him.
After listening to this, Jun didn't notice that Zi Xiao was in an abnormal mood, so he asked again: "You ...... Believe in her so much?".
As my father knows, Erchen and Ninth Brother, who were apprentices of Xuanyuan Zhenjun, had some interactions when they were young, and knew that their temperament was pure and simple, and they were not people who did not know self-love. What's more, the prince's brother has been trained very well for a hundred years, and she can be regarded as knowledgeable, and in addition, the apprentice taught by Zhenjun must not be ...... As unbearable as the rumors, Erchen would never believe that Lao Jun could be fooled. ”
The jade beauty smiled coquettishly, and Yingge Yan danced: "Oh, that's it, the concubine thinks...... His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness analyzed it very much, and the concubines never believed it, how could there be anything stunning...... Can you confuse Lao Jun? are all boring people, chewing their tongues for fun."
Jun still didn't notice anything unusual, but from Zixiao's calm response, he saw his maturity, stability and reason, and felt a different kind of relief in his heart, and his tone eased a lot.
"Okay, Zixiao, take good care of your mother, if you neglect again, I will never spare you. Father will send an experienced old maid...... Go to your palace to take care of you, your father and your mother are looking forward to it, you can have an heir as soon as possible, and you must not live up to this heart. It's not too early, so get on your knees."
"Yes!
"Obey my father's orders!"
Xiao Ying and the three of them left, and then they didn't care about the scenery, so they went back to the Qihuang Hall together.
Xiao Ying took Aya Aya and the others, leaving only Zi Xiao in Dianzheng
Zi Xiao scooped the decoction with just the right temperature, sent it to Xiao Ying's mouth, and said softly: "Mother, the son-in-law fed you the medicine, but the son-in-law was not good, and he didn't take good care of the mother."
Xiao Ying drank the medicine in the spoon, picked up the medicine bowl again, drank it all, and Zixiao used a handkerchief to help her mother wipe the medicine stains on the corner of her mouth.
Xiao Ying smiled, smiled very sweetly and satisfied, grabbed Zixiao's hand, held it in her palm, rubbed it gently, and after a while, she raised her head, stared at Zixiao's eyes, and comforted her softly: "Xiao'er, the concubine doesn't think about it...... It's so fragile, the mother's body is not very patient, don't worry."
Zi Xiao held his mother's hand back, there was endless shame in his heart, and tears appeared in his eyes, "Mother, it's all about the son, the son is too selfish, he only cares about himself, mother, you blame the son, so Zi Xiao is ...... in his heart It's going to feel better."
Xiao Ying raised her hand, wiped the tears shed for Zixiao, and choked up: "Xiao'er, don't think like this, you are doing ...... The mother wants to do it, but she can't do it, the mother is too late to be happy, how can she blame you? The mother knows that you are bitter in your heart, and you have not loved it, and you can't love it."
"Mother, how do you know?"
"Silly child, you are the heart of the mother's concubine, the mother and son are connected, how can ......the mother's concubine not know? That's it, Xuanyuan Zhenjun's apprentice, right?"
Zixiao's heart suddenly hurt, he didn't want to think about the dance, but he often thought about her, missed her, and worried about her, Zixiao didn't want his mother to worry, he knew that he really should let go, and replied in a low mood, "Yes......! It's time to end!".
Patting Zi Xiao's hand, Xiao Ying raised her head and smiled bitterly, "Creation makes people, there is no fate in this world...... Not to mention thousands of things? Unsatisfactory things are often eight or nine times, and there is no chance...... Just try to put it down, Xiao'er, don't be difficult for yourself anymore, the mother princess looked at ...... Xiao Er, try to ...... Try to cherish the people in front of you, Ayaya...... is a good woman, the mother never wanted to force you, but your father ......."
Looking up at the mother's face full of care and worry, and seeing the loneliness and misery in the mother's eyes, Zixiao felt sad for a while, he couldn't let the mother worry anymore, and comforted: "Mother, don't worry!
"Xiao'er, tonight...... Just stay here."
Zixiao was stunned for a moment, looking at her mother's expectant eyes, understanding that she was worried about her promise to her father, and also knew that she was looking forward to her grandchildren around her knees.
Zixiao's heart softened, he pondered for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Son, listen to the arrangement of the concubine."
Xiao Ying arranged the palace people very thoughtfully and lit a pair of tall red candles.
Aya, who had already received the news, was both excited and apprehensive, and she waited in a panic in the side hall.
Zi Xiao has been wandering outside the palace for a long time, and he has a skin-to-skin relationship with other women, and he is no longer a clean person with one person and one heart who wants to dance! What else does he have? How can He De compete with the prince's brother?
Wu has a heart of the prince's brother, seeing that they love each other, although his heart is very painful and sad, but Zi Xiao decided that he will continue to take care of this love from afar, as long as Wu is safe and happy, he should be content.
Looking up at the night sky, Zi Xiao pressed his eyes and silently said goodbye to his first love......
Zi Xiao accepted his fate!
Entering the bedroom with a body of air conditioning, Zi Xiao saw at a glance that a pair of red candles were burning brightly, and tonight should be his real cave candles.
Zi Xiao sat on the couch, let the shy Aya Aya, serve him to take off his shoes, when the curtain fell, Zi Xiao rolled the Aya belt onto the couch, he knew that the well-behaved woman at this time was not the one he loved deeply, but the woman he had to stay with for the rest of his life.
Zixiao's heart aches like a wrench......
A sorrowful feeling, 10,000 years away, wrong! wrong!