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Originally a person who was extremely afraid of the cold, but he liked to watch the snow, the sky was gray and low, making people feel depressed, and the ink-colored clouds deliberately lowered their posture, luring the cold wind to wreak havoc in the streets and alleys, sending the cold into the bones, and then whistling away from all perception.
At this moment, the human heart is numb to the extreme, and there will be no more fear or disgust.
She deliberately avoided everyone, standing outside the former Deyang Palace for a long time, the wide hat covering her face, and the white cloak on her body when the snow first fell, which made her almost merge with the world.
The snow on the ground was getting thicker and thicker, and she left with a full body of cold, forgetting to brush off the snow on her body and to put away her thoughts.
Only a person who does not have any sense of existence wants to try to prove the meaning of her existence, and she has been doing such a stupid thing, and she is unconscious.
Since the Su family sent her to the Xue family many years ago in order to trade, she has become a stand-in for Su Yi, and it was, is, and may still be, and it is not a very beautiful thing to be shackled alive and does not like.
After a long walk, everything seemed to be back to square one.
After the former empress Yan was deposed, the two princesses and one prince who had previously been raised by her still lived in the Laiyi Palace, guarded by several aunts who had lived in the palace for many years, and the situation was very pitiful.
Among the three children, there was the so-called "biological" daughter of Su Jin, so everyone in the palace naturally thought that she should take over the three children, although the emperor did not say anything, but Su Jin knew that he had a lot of "love" for himself, and it was necessary to pay a price to get it.
She returned to Xue Mansion as the adopted daughter of the Xue family, and the ceremony was a little cumbersome, but it was much better than when she first entered Xue Mansion.
Qing Yao really became the young lady of the Xue family, and the fetus in her belly grew much longer, and in two months, she stood next to Xue Jingsheng and smiled and called her Concubine Xian.
Xue Jingsheng only smiled at her shallowly, caught a glimpse of the sadness hidden in her eyes, knowing that her life in the palace was not good, and some of the remaining sanity was almost swallowed up by the heartache.
But when I looked down, I saw Qing Yao's belly, and I heard the second elder of the Xue family talking and laughing with her very politely, and suddenly I was worried, and I rarely said a word all night.
After the banquet was over, Su Jin wanted to return to the palace as soon as possible, on a cold and snowy day, the guards waiting outside were only afraid of waiting impatiently, and she was inconvenient to stay longer, so she got up to say goodbye.
Uncle Cheng rushed to the gate with Xue Weige to stop her, and she remembered Xue Jingyang again, and her eyes were hot, but Xue Weige no longer called her mother.
Xue Weige said: "Little Daddy said that you have your own daughter, you can't call you that in the future, and even if Daddy is gone, you don't want to unsing." ”
When she returned to the palace, she was still depressed, sitting in the room for a long time, and her body was so cold that she shivered several times, but she refused to sleep.
Asking the hour, guessing that the emperor should not have fallen asleep, he asked Xingzhu Yingyan to change his clothes and go to the Qiankun Hall, but the father-in-law who kept vigil said that the emperor went to the Longyue Pavilion, and Bi respectfully closed the door in front of her.
"Long Yue Ge lives in Xia Cairen, Niangniang, you should have seen her that night you returned to the palace."
She recalled that one of the people who had been born that night was indeed beautiful and affectionate, with an aura in his eyes, more vivid than Su Iris, and a little dress was a beautiful group of people, even if he stood with the water beauty Su Iris, he could share the autumn color equally with it.
Harem beauties are like clouds, slightly higher than the crowd can be regarded as the national color of heavenly fragrance, like Xia Cairen is even more eye-catching, before entering the palace has been famous, after entering the palace, people can not underestimate her.
The next day she calculated the time to wait for the emperor to descend the early dynasty, so she went to the Qiankun Hall again, and Murr led her to the imperial study, and before she entered the door, she heard the Xia Cai person ask if she needed to avoid for a moment, she only hesitated for a while, and then listened to the people inside: "No need to avoid, just sit next to Yuan." ”
"But everyone in the palace said that the concubines were powerful, and the concubines were afraid..."
"She? She is not one in ten thousand of you, afraid of what to do? ”
"Everyone in the palace says that Concubine Xian is the best candidate for the new empress, and it is natural to be favored by Your Majesty with some skills."
"Who told you to make her queen?"
Xia Cairen spoke twice and said, "Everyone says this, since Concubine Xian returned to the palace, how your majesty treated her, the people in the palace can see it for all to see, and the concubines have eaten vinegar several times." ”
Su Jin motioned for Moore to back off first and stood outside the door for a while, until the sound inside was less harsh, and then it made a noise and walked in without a word.
She told the emperor that she would take Princess Yiling back to the Xianju Hall and raise her personally. Seeing that he hesitated slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, he said again:
"Princess Cheng Yu and Prince Liangqi can also be sent to the Xianju Hall before they find a new adoptive mother, so that their three children can have a companion."
"Concubine Dayi, thank you for solving this problem in front of you." He immediately raised an eyebrow and smiled, and Fang Cai's hesitation had disappeared.
"Then the concubine sent someone to take the three children and retreat first."
Her words were still not much, and a few steps out of the door, someone chased her out and stopped her, and suddenly said with some anger: "Shuo has not yet promised to let you go." ”
"What else did the Emperor command?" She asked, her tone cold almost comparable to the weather, and after waiting for a moment, she saw that he had nothing to say and left the Qiankun Hall.
Yi Ling was still more than a year old, and she remembered that the disaster in the Immortal Residence Hall was still sleepless, and this time to take the little princess back was the biggest concession she could make, even if that princess was Su Yi's bloodline, even if she was her own niece and nephew, as long as she saw the child, she would think of her son who died prematurely, forgetting and incompetent.
The child is always innocent, she just blames and can't take a child's life.
The wind and clouds in the palace were always changing rapidly, and after receiving the three children to the Xianju Palace, she became more and more tired of going out, and sometimes she heard Yi Ling timidly calling out "Mother Queen", and she always involuntarily opened her eyes.
All his thoughts instantly returned to that bloody night, and without saying a word, he asked the nurse to come and take the bell away, and he could not return to his senses for a long time.
Xingzhu said that there was almost no movement on the emperor's side, and the unsolved case that had suddenly begun to investigate was somehow terminated, and suddenly no one in the palace dared to talk about her child anymore.
She thought about it for a long time and couldn't find a clue, only to know that the people in the Immortal Residence Hall had been wiped out by the emperor, but Xingzhu said that there might be a turnaround in this, so she began to ask people to investigate, and she also curbed her determination to take revenge and did nothing all day long.
In the spring, the Father and Son of the Xue family wanted to lead the troops to Yanguan again, this time they vowed to beat the Si people to no longer have the strength to fight back, and Qing Yao and Xue Jingsheng quarreled for a long time, but the imperial order had been given that no one could resist the will, and she was even threatening with a big belly.
That escape almost killed Xue Jingsheng and Qing Yao, and was later rescued by Mu Shuo, who forced Mu Shuo to send a letter to the emperor saying that Xue Jingsheng and Qing Yao had meritorious escorts, and after returning to the palace, she became Xue Yuan's righteous daughter again, and the military power was returned to the hands of Xue Yuan's father and son, which was beneficial and harmless to her.
The number of letters sent by the Xue family to the palace was increasing, mostly in polite words, to show that the Xue family cherished her righteous daughter very much.
Uncle Cheng visited the palace on the orders of Xue's mother and sent a number of treasures that she had seen in the Xue family's treasure house, which meant that there was no need to say more.
During the conversation, I heard him talk about what qingyao had done after entering the palace, and I couldn't help but wonder, but Uncle Cheng was a bitter and vengeful look, and he shook his head repeatedly.
"The young lady usually had a small fight with the young master for three days and went to the house to uncover the tiles, and even quarreled with the old lady, saying that the old man was not useful, saying that the rules set by the young lady exterminated human nature, and made the whole Xue Mansion upside down." If it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant with the young master's flesh and bones, I was afraid that Madame would have driven her out of the house long ago, and such a woman would only be a scourge if she stayed. ”
"Qing Yao has never been bound by etiquette, and it is inevitable that she will not be able to adapt for a while, didn't she also cause some trouble when Jin Er first entered the palace?"
"But that was the young master taking Niangniang around, and Madame mentioned that Niangniang is still sorry, although Niangniang is also a member of the Xue family now, but she is only a righteous daughter, the position of the young lady..."
In the past, Uncle Cheng liked her when he was still in Xue Province, and if it were not for the changes in the way later, it would be Su Jin who should sit in the position of the young lady of the Xue family today.
However, Su Jin became a concubine and was inextricably linked to the Xue family, but she could not always make people feel satisfied.
The Xue family had Xue Yuan in the position of a great general, and it was worth celebrating to regain military power, but if it was to restore its former glory, it was indispensable to the hostess's careful management, and Qing Yao was far from Su Jin at this point alone.
Ru Zhu brought Yi Ling, Su Jin asked her to hold it to Uncle Cheng, who carefully looked at the princess for a long time, and said in a loud voice that this princess looked really good, and there was the heroism of the emperor between her eyebrows, but she did not lose the pleasing eyes that her daughter's family should have.
Cheng Yu and Liang Qi, under the guidance of Ru Yu, also came to greet Uncle Cheng, but they were very shy, but they were not as generous as Xue Weige.
"Niangniang has taken over all the things that the empress is going to do."
Su Jin smiled, instructed Ruzhu Ruyu to take the three of them down, and said softly: "They were born in the harem, and they do not have the ability to protect themselves, even if their father is the king of a country, he cannot ensure that they grow up safely, and this is all I can do at the moment." ”
"But Niangniang didn't have to do this, they were all still young, and they wouldn't remember Niangniang's great kindness at all."
"They don't have to remember."
As long as the emperor remembers, it is enough.
To bid farewell to Uncle Cheng, she went to the back garden to see the three children, heard a few noises and did not care much, only told RuZhu Ruyu not to let them get cold, she could not stand the cold, only a few glances and then went back to the room.
Xingzhu said that recently, the Xue family's father and son insisted on training soldiers in the army no matter how bad the weather was, and Xue Jingsheng was a rare general talent, who trained the newly recruited cavalry in the DPRK and The Emperor praised him, and even the empress dowager praised him, and the Xue family's weight in the DPRK grew day by day, and I don't know how many people who had fallen into the well were envious.
"That boy who has never grown up has finally grown up", she smiled, turned her head and looked at the apricot beads: "When will my palace token be ready to be delivered?" In a few days, we will go to the ancient temple, and only a few of us will go. ”
"Niangniang wants to pray for blessings?"
"Well, there's nothing to do anyway, just go out and relax."
"Well, the slave maid told someone to urge."
After staying in the room for a long time, the empress dowager suddenly sent someone to the Xianju Hall to invite her, and as a result, when she went to the Taifu Hall, she realized that the empress dowager was going to set up a banquet, and everyone who was invited had to attend, and the emperor could not refuse.
I thought that as long as I accepted the empress dowager's "advice against my ears", but it was such a scene, Su Jin stayed in the Xianju Hall every day, never wandered around the door to contact her feelings, so the makeup was dull, if it were not to see Uncle Cheng, she was afraid to stay in the room all day to see and write, sit with the three children during the meal, and even the clothes did not need to be changed.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw the room full of flowers red willow green warblers delicate, and then looked at her own dress, indeed much inferior, she couldn't help but smile, and walked in with apricot beads.
Xingzhu took the cloak for her and stood behind her waiting to serve, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart when she looked calm and relaxed.
"Why is the concubine dressed so plainly?"
It was the empress dowager who asked the question, and Su Jinbi respectfully bowed her head and said, "It was the negligence of the concubines, I didn't know that the empress dowager set up a banquet today, so she didn't have time to change her clothes when she went out, and I hoped that the empress dowager would forgive her sins." ”
"The Wailing Family sent invitations to the palaces early on, but you didn't even know that a feast was set up today?"
During the conversation, she heard a eunuch from outside the palace informing the emperor of the arrival, and she replied unhurriedly: "Indeed, I don't know, fortunately, Empress Fang cai also sent someone to call a concubine, otherwise it would be really rude." ”
Also coming in with him was Xia Cairen, dressed in a luxurious and glorious way, which invisibly made people think that they were driving after a country, and they saw that everyone in the palace looked at each other sideways, but when they saw her full of spring breeze, which was very different from this winter cold, she thought that she was blessed with the emperor's favor, and her eyes were full of pride that ordinary people did not have.
The empress dowager had always hoped that the emperor would look at Concubine Shu more, and now that Xia Cairen was in the way, Su Jin was also happy, and only then was she criticized for dressing simply and inappropriately for this banquet, and she was wronged for not taking the empress dowager's orders in her eyes, and now there were people who were angry for themselves.
The empress dowager organized this banquet in order to gather the harem concubines together, invisibly exert some pressure on the crowd, and at the same time create some opportunities for The Lady to be selected by the emperor to serve.
During the banquet, there were entertainers singing and dancing, and the laughter was not lively, but Su Jin felt trapped badly, but she could not retreat first.
It was not easy to sing and dance, and a large number of people actually played a talent competition again, and the winners were naturally mostly Lady Concubines.
"Lady Lady is versatile and truly admirable."
"Sister is too prestigious, this palace is just a carving insect skill, all the sisters in the palace are called talented, and this palace dares to get an axe."
Su Jin listened drowsily, turned back to xingzhu and made a look, xingzhu understood, turned and walked out.
After a while, someone hurried in, saying that the three children of the Xianju Hall would not be able to see Su Jin and refuse to sleep in the middle of the night, and how the grandmothers and maidens coaxed them would not help, and now the entire Xianju Hall would be turned upside down.
With the Crown Princess as an excuse, naturally no one can see the mystery.
She took the children to her side for only a few months, but she established such a relationship with them, and the image of a loving mother jumped in front of everyone, and the simplicity of her whole body was explained.
By the time she successfully escaped and returned to the Immortal Residence Hall, the three children had already fallen asleep, and there was no need for her to coax them.
At the end of February, Qing Yao came to the basin a few days in advance, giving birth to a big fat boy for Xue Jingsheng, and the good news spread to the Xianju Hall, Su Jin hurriedly let people take out all their belongings, count them one by one, and let people pretend to send them to the Xue family when they met the right ones.
I remembered the small wooden box that I had been carrying with me in the past, and there were several jade pendants in it, all of which were valuable things, and the meaning was beautiful, which was very suitable as a gift.
Unfortunately, when she was in Dengzhou, she only cared about luring the man in black away, and thought that she could not hide from that fate, so she did not take it, and later returned to the palace, she did not have the opportunity to ask Xue Jingsheng whether he had brought back the box.
Several people were busy in the study for a while, Su Jin remembered the "Art of War of Sun Tzu" that he personally copied with the best sheep, the Xue family is a family of martial generals, naturally there is no shortage of such a military book, but thinking that he has now become the child's aunt, he always has to send something ingenious to be considered intentional, so he let people take those rolls, carefully wrapped them in satin, and put them in the box.
Yingyan put the jewels that did not need to be sent to the other side, and Su Jin saw that there was a long-life lock inside, and quickly ordered Yingyan: "Take out the long-life lock and send it over." ”
"Yes! Niangniang, you should be more generous, anyway, there is not much left in this room. A few days ago, these three princes and princesses were picked up, and the rewards sent by the emperor were all that point, and now they will be sent away by you. Yingyan sighed and shook her head pretentiously.
Xingzhu couldn't help but sour her a little, and said, "What, are you afraid that your master will not be able to give you a reward when he is poor?" ”
Su Jin smiled, saw that there were a few jade hairpins inside, took them out and looked at them in the light, and casually handed them to Xingzhu and said, "These are others, you pick some things for me that my daughter's family will like, and I will send another copy to Wei Ge." Xue Fu had more of a young prince, and she was inevitably going to be snubbed, just to give her some relief. ”
Xue Yuan named his grandson Heyao, and Su Jin asked someone to invite a jade smith to come, and picked two pieces of fine jade pendants to engrave the names of the two children of the Xue family, both of which were unique, and it was impossible to see who preferred them more.
The emperor quietly appeared outside the door, signaling the apricot pearls to welcome Yan they were not allowed to make a sound, Su Jin sat on the ground busy selecting gifts and did not have time to notice whether there was anyone behind him, Leng Buding saw that there was a dagger with gems in the box, and for a moment of happiness, pulled out and said to Yingyan: "Do you say that Wei Ge will like this?" ”
"Three children here are not enough for you to worry about, and you even have the heart to worry about whether other people's children will like it?"
As soon as she heard the voice, she knew who it was, and she quickly closed the dagger and threw it back into the box, turned back to salute him, and the emperor helped her up and snorted: "The dagger is not allowed to be given away, but this is specially given to you by Yuan, dare to turn it around to see how Yuan's hand can clean up after you." ”
"Why does the emperor have time to come over today?"
"What's wrong with coming to see the three children?"
Su Jin glanced around, the whole study was almost turned over by them, it was really chaotic and there was nowhere to get off, so she pointed to the direction of the door and said in a respectful tone: "Cheng Huan, Liang Qi and Yi Ling are all in the right wing, Your Majesty if you want to see it, go over there, the study is really unsightly here, it is not good to be wronged by Your Majesty." ”
"You also go with you."
The emperor couldn't help but lead her outside, and Su Jin turned back to signal them to continue to choose, with a reluctant face, but helpless.
When he had rarely had such free time, Su Jin would never take the initiative to find him, he could only come over by himself, but he saw such a scene again.
At night, su jin wanted to wash the three children and coax them to sleep, but he stopped them, instructed the nurse to take good care of the three children, and then took her back to the room.
After half a day of getting along, he could indeed see that Su Jin had the qualifications to be a loving mother, but his heart was vaguely blocked, and it was even more angry to see Su Jin's always desireless face.
When she was about to lie down, she remembered that there were still some things in the study that had not been resolved clearly, and she quickly got up and wanted to go out, but she heard the person behind her shouting: "Stop!" Don't think you don't know what you're thinking! Others say that you are as cold as frost, and in the eyes of you, you are tasteless. If you want to play enough tricks, stop it, don't force you to be rude! ”
I really liked to want to get away with it, and it was good to say that she had to catch it, but she only remembered the indulgence, and then she didn't do anything, and made up her mind to exile him to another woman.
Su Jin swooped down and knelt down, bowed his head deeply, pretended to be panicked, and said, "The emperor forgives the crime, the concubines do not know where to upset His Majesty, and please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”
"Still want to be silly with you?"
She raised her eyes, her eyes were full of soft waves, and she looked very chuchu and moving, and said with some grievance: "The concubines don't know, why don't the emperor come to teach the concubines how to serve in order to make Your Majesty happy?" ”
There will be four years to enter the palace, even if she is wandering outside for a few months, but it is not that he does not understand anything, he thinks that his meaning is obvious enough, and she is deliberately confused.
Angrily putting on his clothes and preparing to leave, Su Jin respectfully made a gesture of please, and even more angry with him, and finally whisked his sleeve away.
Xingzhu Yingyan was frightened by his anger and trembled, afraid that the emperor would do something unfavorable to the Xianju Palace when he was extremely angry, but Su Jin just smiled lightly, and after the three children were asleep, he did not hesitate to say: "I can't raise these three children for him in vain, unless he finds a more suitable adoptive mother for the child, otherwise he will not easily do anything to us, rest assured." ”
"It turns out that Niangniang, you brought these three children to another plan, and I really underestimated you."
"Just do a business, he has no worries, I have a talisman, and it will not be a problem to be safe for a lifetime."
Xingzhu Yingyan covered her mouth and smiled, and shook her head again, talking about Xue Mu, knowing that Su Jin had learned some skills under her, but she had not shown it, so she also "understood the spirit of the heart".
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