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1
In the early autumn of the third year of ChengRong, I became a female history of Huan Yiji.
Entering the palace, I was voluntary, and it can even be said that in order to enter the palace, I went to great lengths at the age of sixteen.
Half a year ago, my mother-in-law died, and her grave was placed on the southern slope of the suburbs of Songyang County.
On the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I would carry the basket to my mother's grave with great fanfare, and every time I made a sacrifice, I would quietly crush the bread in the basket, sprinkle it around the grave when no one was ready, and then cry and cry, shocking the earth.
The south slope is forested, and there are many birds in the forest, which are circling around to forage for food due to famine in the famine years, and flocks are spectacular.
And I, whose name is worship, actually have other plans.
My thoughts were not in vain, and within three months, the tea houses in Songyang County were full of rumors of such a strange thing.
"I heard that, Zhou Xiancheng's daughter Filial Piety touched the heavens, and every time she worshipped her mother, there were flocks of sacred birds flying around to protect her."
"Cough, you just heard that I saw it with my own eyes, the girl cried so sadly in front of the grave, I can't help but cry when a rough man listens to it from a distance."
"There are gods and blue birds in the heavens, and there are filial daughters of the Zhou family in the earth, which is really respectable and lamentable."
"Who said it wasn't, this strange woman, it is clear that the great liang has the protection of the gods, maybe in the future we ordinary people will have a good life."
As I listened to this rumor spread more and more widely, more and more deeply, my heart became more and more determined.
Sure enough, half a month later, an old eunuch rode to the door of my house, and he condescended to look at me carefully with a pair of shrewd eyes, and I met his gaze, with a frank eyebrow, not humble.
He nodded with satisfaction and took out yi yi from his arms.
"The Zhou family has a daughter, sincere and filial piety, the virtue of heaven, the descent of the people, the empress dowager has compassion for her pure deeds, and specially summons the palace to show praise."
I secretly breathed a long sigh of relief in my chest, then fell to my knees, respectfully took the holy will, and slammed my head heavily on the ground.
In this way, I entered the palace as I wished, and became a low-ranking female historian of huan yiji.
There is a routine in the Daliang court, every three years to select a good family daughter to enter the palace as an errand boy, but unfortunately, the last time the palace was selected in the second year of Chengrong, and I, can't wait that long.
I have done so to the palace, not for the sake of glory and wealth, nor for the sake of receiving holy grace.
I was here to save my father, the former Songyang County.
2
In the late spring of the third year of ChengRong, my father was falsely imprisoned for inadvertently offending Songyang's assassin Shi Wangjin.
Wang Jin was the son of the chancellor of the dynasty, and he relied on the power of the chancellor to make a fortune in Songyang, as if he were the local emperor of the earth.
He was extremely narrow-minded, and only because my father failed to give a heavy gift at his wife's birthday feast, he was dissatisfied, and he casually found a mistake and arrested my father in prison.
After learning the news of her father's imprisonment, she swallowed her last breath in panic and despair.
With the help of my neighbors, I buried her in the south slope with tears, and entrusted my nine-year-old brother Jian Er to my cousin Zhou An, begging him to take Jian Er away from home and save the Blood of the Zhou Family.
And after all this was properly arranged, I bit my lips out of the blood with a mouthful of white teeth, determined to do everything to avenge my father.'
The father was sentenced to life in prison.
But in Songyang, knowing that he was wronged, no one dared to take my complaint, and when I filed a complaint in Beijing, I had no way out.
After thinking about it left and right, I came up with the only way to enter the palace for me to live in the Zhou family.
But when I entered the palace and walked alone under the red wall of Minwa, I realized that this road was actually more difficult.
In the Huan Cloth Division, I was a low-ranking female history, and although I did not have to wash my clothes myself, I did not have the opportunity to meet the emperor at all.
The plot in the play book where the palace women can meet and fall in love with the emperor at any time, it turns out that they are all fake.
What is even more irritating is that there is a palace girl with a fragile temperament in the Huanyi Division, and she is sad all day long, which makes the entire Huanyi Division shrouded in a faint sense of sadness.
Finally, one day, the aunt in charge could not stand up, and she told me with a bitter face: "Zhou Nüshi, you are clever and witty, I think there must be a way to discipline that depressing bag." ”
I took on this annoying errand and reluctantly pushed open the palace maid's door in the middle of the night.
Because she loved to cry, the palace maid in her room felt that she was obscure, and she had long moved out to live with others, leaving her alone in the whole house.
And as I pushed the door in, this lady was holding a handkerchief and secretly hurting herself by the candlelight.
I sat down beside her, staring at her with sharp eyes, and she was so disturbed by me that her shoulders trembled slightly, like a timid bird.
"Zhou, Zhou, Zhou, what are you doing?"
She shrunk her body into a ball, and a pair of peach blossom eyes shone with tears.
I sneered, "Jiang Yao'er, you actually know that you are afraid?" You cry and cry every day, and the whole Raccoon Division thinks you are obscure! Don't you have a number in your own mind?! ”
My tone was not good, and she did not hold back at once, and she burst into tears in an instant: "I don't want to--but I really want to -"
The beauty shed tears, and anyone's heart would soften by half a point, but I did not intend to comfort her, but continued to scare her.
"I'll tell you a story. There was a rich man in the former dynasty, he took a beautiful person as a concubine, the beauty was very sentimental, and shed tears on the moon at every turn, and finally one day the rich man's other concubines joined hands to strangle her to death with Ayako, and then told the rich man that she committed suicide because of excessive depression, and the rich man was accustomed to seeing her sad at every turn, so he believed it. You say, is this beauty wronged? ”
"Ah—"
Maybe this story of mine is too frightening, scaring the soft and weak Jiang Yao'er straight into the quilt.
"I really don't want this," she said to me in tears, "but the whole family is only one of me now, Zhou Nüshi, and I really miss my father." ”
3
Jiang Yao'er was also a lady of the official family, and his father was originally a protégé of Taifu, and later the Taifu clan was imprisoned for murdering relatives of the emperor and the state, and her family was also implicated.
Her parents and brother all died in prison, and she was sent to the palace as the daughter of a criminal courtier, becoming a rough maid of the Huan Yi division.
A Miss Qianjin who was once raised in a deep boudoir, ten fingers do not stick to the spring water of the yang, and now the day is washing the dirty clothes of the palace people, and a pair of hands are swollen like carrots.
The same fallen person at the end of the world, also experienced the collapse of the family, since the night I pushed open her door, I can't help but have a little extra care for the child.
But I was also only a low-ranking woman, and all I could do to help her was to assign her not too dirty clothes to wash, or to appear in time to say a few fair words when others ridiculed her.
And since listening to my story, She was obviously frightened, although she still looked like a weak willow wind all day, but after all, she was no longer tearful and annoying.
In this deep palace, I was the only one who helped her, and others were secretly pointing fingers at her, only because she was the daughter of a sinner, only because she cried and cried every day, only because she was too beautiful and hated.
Her female red was very good, and in order to thank me for taking care of her, she lit a lamp late at night and embroidered a sachet for me.
I took the exquisite sachet and couldn't help but praise her for "her hands are so clever, it is worthy of everyone's bridesmaids", only this sentence, she was so happy that her eyebrows flew and danced, and her face was like a peach blossom.
After entering the palace for three months, I could not see the emperor, but I became more and more intimate with my son.
She tearfully said that she was lonely and afraid, so I moved to live with her, she called me a "sister", and over time, I married her and regarded her as my own sister.
Whenever I see her, I think of Jane.
Since my cousin took Jane away from Songyang, I haven't heard from him, and I don't know where my brother is now and what kind of life he is living.
He is only a year younger than me, but his nature is as innocent and confused as a little girl, and his brain is full of thoughts.
She entered the palace earlier than me, first in the Division Room, and then to the Si Zhen Room, but each time she was transferred away by the aunt in charge of the matter within half a year, if it were not for me, I believe she would not be able to gain a foothold in the Huan Yi Division.
I was specially summoned to the palace by the empress dowager because of filial piety, and even if I was only a female history, the people of Huan Yisi were still very kind to me.
But I know it's not enough, I want to be blessed with holy grace and do justice for the Father.
4
In the moonlit night, she often thought of her family with tears in her eyes.
I don't like to shed tears because I know that tears are useless. But in her low whimpering, I couldn't help but feel sentimental.
I asked her, "Son, would you be willing to have the opportunity to wash away your family's guilt?" ”
He choked softly: "I am willing, but where will I have a chance?" ”
I looked firmly at the dark blue sky, where there were gray clouds, but I still couldn't stop the brilliance of the bright moon.
"To become the emperor's favorite concubine is an opportunity!"
"Spoiled concubine?" She wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and a pair of peach blossom eyes were delicate and timid, "But we are just slaves, and we can't even see the emperor's face." ”
"Then take the initiative to seek this opportunity," I said quietly, "son, although you and I are women, we are both carrying the honor and disgrace of the family, and in the future we will advance and retreat together, and if one of them is blessed, we must not forget to bring the other person." ”
"Grace?"
As she chanted these two words, her cheeks flushed with shame, she buried her head deep in my sleeve: "But I am an unpleasant person." ”
I smiled and patted her head: "Most of the people you meet in the palace are women, you are born so beautiful, it is normal to be blinded by women, but men-"
I deliberately didn't finish my words, because I was too shy to look like I was going to start reaching out and scratching me.
This little girl, sprinkled with petite, is also quite feminine. If her posture is really favored by the emperor one day, I don't know if she is lucky or unlucky.
If you are a slave, you may be able to live a plain life; if you are a spoiled concubine, if you accompany the king like a companion tiger, whether it is a blessing or a curse, who can judge?
But fate doesn't seem to give us much of a chance to be indecisive. Because it wasn't long before She actually met the Emperor and became the Emperor's woman.
On that day, she was ordered by her aunt in charge to go to the Wanfu Palace to deliver pulp and washed clothes, and the concubines of the Wanfu Palace were training slaves.
Zhenfei smashed a glass cup to pieces, and just as the fragment flew to the feet of The Noble Concubine who had just stepped into the palace gate, she was caught off guard, and a scream of "Ah" penetrated the Wanfu Palace, making Zhenfei's face blue and white.
"Where are the ladies so unruly?!"
Princess Zhen was full of anger and immediately ordered her to kneel under the acacia tree in front of the court, and just as she was kneeling shakily, Emperor Meng Chengji happened to enter the Wanfu Palace.
She didn't know that someone was approaching her, she just panicked excessively, so she was a black body in front of her, and she fell into the arms of the emperor delicately.
5
The emperor saw a beautiful and clean face in his arms, so he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
The great eunuch who followed behind him was very transparent, and two days later, he ordered someone to bathe and burn incense and dress up her, and sent her to the Luyuan Pavilion.
Luyuan Pavilion is the emperor's study, but also his sleeping hall, the emperor ascended the throne for three years, there are only a few women who were sent to Luyuan Pavilion, but somehow, the emperor left her.
Before going to bed, I put my arms around her shoulders and said in the firmest tone in her ear, "Yes, don't cry, this is the best opportunity, your parents and brothers are watching from heaven." ”
My words were like a needle in the haystack, which made her suddenly calm down.
Shao Qing, she calmed her mind to wipe away her tears, smiled at the palace people who came to pick her up, and then resolutely walked out of the Huan Yi Division.
On the second day, the emperor decreed that she be named Jiang Meiren and given her the Changle Hall.
She was a lowly raccoon woman who was favored by the emperor as a favored concubine when she was punished to kneel under a tree
As soon as they flew up the branches, the palace people who had been at odds with their sons came one after another to make amends or make amends, and they were accustomed to being blinded, and suddenly encountered such a great courtesy, and they were at a loss for a while.
It was I who rushed to the Changle Hall in time and said to the crowd in a kind voice, "Jiang Meiren Shengzhi Zhengnong, we and the beauty are old acquaintances, and some days in the future are reminiscent of the past, now let's all disperse first." ”
After saying that, I took out from my pocket the monthly money I had accumulated for half a year: "This is the reward of Jiang Meiren, everyone has a share, in the future, as slaves, we must relieve the worries of the beauty." ”
I spoke earnestly and sensibly, and everyone was satisfied with the reward and scattered away.
Seeing that there was no outsider, I wanted to hug me like a wronged child, and the wet tears were all over my face.
"Sister, last night —I was really scared!" Fortunately, His Majesty did not blame me. ”
"Did you cry last night?" I stroked her long hair and asked painfully.
He was embarrassed: "Crying—I promised my sister not to cry, but I didn't argue, Your Majesty spoke to me so gently, I remembered my brother, so the tears were——""
"Does Your Majesty like you?"
"Like it," she leaned her head on my shoulder in shame, "Sister, can I beg Your Majesty to rehabilitate the Jiang family?" ”
My heart sank, and my face suddenly changed: "No! I said emphatically, "When you first receive the grace of the Holy Grace, you will have to look forward to Shu, your majesty will be suspicious, and you must listen to your sister's words, don't open your mouth for the time being, just rest assured and pampered." ”
"But—"
Her tears came up again, and I wiped away her tears for her and said softly, "Come to Japan, you have to believe me." ”
6
I want to listen to my words this time, and I will only be a delicate beauty every day in the Hall of Long Music.
Between the concubines of the Harem of Daliang, there was not much intrigue. Empress Zhao was peaceful in nature and liked to farm in the Ling Xiao Garden; Concubine Zhen was arrogant and had a bad temper, but she never stirred up trouble; Concubine Mo Gui was bent on helping the empress take care of the harem, and was the most just in her daily life.
Although the other concubines had their own thoughts, but there was the empress dowager, the big Buddha, in town, and the harem never pickled things.
Therefore, although She had changed from a sparrow to a phoenix, no one had made it difficult for her.
She was alone in the Changle Palace, and Her Majesty sent many palace people to serve her, but she still often sent people to invite me to accompany her. Sometimes I couldn't separate myself, and I could only comfort her, "Since I am a concubine, I should use more snacks on Your Majesty and always think about what I do."
He was innocent and innocent, and sure enough, from then on, his heart was pinned on the emperor, coaxing him around.
Half a year later, the emperor was overjoyed and raised her rank from beauty to concubine.
She vomited in the palace every day, and I was so distressed that I frowned and personally made her her favorite food on weekdays, but she seemed to change her taste, and covered her nose when she smelled it.
The heirs of the harem are thin, and the emperor attaches great importance to the birth of the child, so he often drives to the Changle Hall, obviously she cannot serve the bed, but he is very willing to accompany her.
One day, when the emperor came to the Changle Hall again to accompany her, she fell on his knee and cried very deeply.
"Your Majesty, if you have no father and no wife, only Zhou Nüshi and I are sisters in the palace, if you are distressed about concubines, then transfer Sister Ling Yi to the Changle Hall to accompany me."
The Emperor stroked her green silk, as if coaxing a small child: "Is it the history of the Huan Yi Si Zhou that you often mention to You?" The harem is in charge of the queen, you go to the queen. ”
"No, there is only Your Majesty, and Your Majesty cannot ignore him." ”
The more powerful the man, the more he could not stand the beauty of The Woman, and when she made such a fuss, she caused me to go from huan yisi to the Changle Hall.
Since then, I have become the palace maid in charge of the Changle Hall.
And in the Changle Hall, I met The Emperor Meng Chengji.
He was noble and arrogant, heroic between his eyebrows, and quite a ninety-five-year-old Xuan Ang. From the first time I saw him, I felt that he would definitely overturn the case for my father.
He didn't say much, and his mood was not revealed, but only once when he entered the Hall of Changle, his face had a thick sullen color.
He carefully coaxed him: "Your Majesty, what is wrong with this today, is it because you want to do something wrong?" ”
He reluctantly smiled, but the corners of his eyes were still indignant: "There are a few old men in the imperial court, and they actually carry guns and sticks to satirize the origin of the empress dowager, so as to embarrass them!" Damn it! ”
As I stood by to serve tea, I couldn't help but feel a silent chuckle at the corner of my mouth, and the emperor's eyes were sharp, and he actually found my laughter in an instant.
He frowned, "Why are you laughing?" ”
I bowed my knees and replied respectfully and calmly: "The slave maid is laughing at the ignorance of the world, and the rich family is the loser, that is the one who should be ridiculed the most, but the poor family is the empress, that is the protection and kindness of heaven, and everyone should celebrate it." ”
7
My words were not hurried, and they were in the mind of the emperor.
After listening to it, he was stunned, and then he laughed loudly: "It was Shuo who was confused by those bad old men, and Shuo Tomorrow will give a decree to blast the losers of their family out of the capital to make a living for themselves, to see what else they are arrogant about!" ”
When she saw that the emperor's eyes looked at me a few more times, she wasted no time in saying: "Your Majesty, the empress dowager is the kindest and most blessed old man she has ever seen, and Sister Ling Yi said that the empress dowager is the queen mother's mother." ”
"You are the Zhou Lingyi who was specially summoned to the palace by the empress dowager for filial piety?" He looked at me with burning eyes.
"It's the slave."
"Sure enough, he's a clever and clever one," he said with a smile, "not bad, very good." ”
He came with a furious body, like a spring breeze, and when he left, he took my hand and said eagerly, "Sister, you have been coming to the Changle Hall for some time, and you have also entered Your Majesty's eyes, so I might as well create some opportunities for you earlier." ”
I hesitated: "But now you are holy and righteous—"
"Sister," she said fiercely, "I am a man of no idea, and if I offend Your Majesty in the future, I will have to be protected by my sister." We said before that one person is going to fly yellow and tengda, and he will definitely bring another person, has my sister forgotten the original intention of entering the palace? ”
Yes, I have not forgotten that I have planned everything to enter the palace in order to receive the grace of the Father, and now that the opportunity has come, how can I be afraid of my hands and feet and retreat from the battlefield?
Moreover, a woman who can become the emperor, even if her name is low, is also high for me.
Women who enter the palace, with better fates, will be released from the palace or promised by the master to be a langjun when they reach the age, but most of them will die in the palace, and the red face will not be white before the old man.
And I, for the sake of my father, for the sake of Jane'er, had to take a step forward. Because, that was my destiny, and it was also the way out for the Zhou family.
After receiving my acquiescence, She was more attentive to the Emperor, and she often invited him to the Changle Hall for reasons, and each time she would intentionally or unintentionally pretend that she was tired and leave me alone to serve him.
I quietly wrote down all his preferences. His favorite drink is snow camellia, he sleeps for half an hour after lunch, and the incense he uses on weekdays is vanilla.
He often had headaches due to the affairs of the imperial court, so I privately begged the imperial doctor to teach me the art of massage, and every time he was upset and anxious, I gently massaged him on the side to soothe his spirits.
He asked me if I had read books, and I replied that I had read the Four Books and Five Classics, especially liked to read history books, and he was quite surprised and asked me a lot of allusions.
Over time, when he encountered slightly complicated political affairs, he also liked to come to the Changle Hall to listen to my suggestions, and every time I used snobbery to guide himself to a good strategy.
My untraceable ice and snow intelligence was seen by him, and he laughed and called me the "female Zhuge Ge" of this Great Harem, and the look in my eyes was also a little more ambiguous.
On a late autumn afternoon in the middle of the day, he was slightly drunk with sake, and while I massaged his forehead, he closed his eyes and casually asked, "Is your hometown beautiful?" ”
I replied softly, "It's beautiful, and the slave misses her hometown." Fortunately, in a few years, the slave maid can leave the palace, and then return to her homeland and never leave again for the rest of her life. ”
Before my voice could be heard, the emperor suddenly opened his eyes and frowned at me fiercely: "You want to leave the palace?" Who allows it? ”
I met his gaze, and there was a hint of mourning and complaint on my calm face: "The slave maid is a female history specially summoned to the palace by the empress, and when she is twenty-five years old, she is bound to leave the palace according to the law." Could it be that when the slave is old, she will not be able to rely on this harem? ”
"You can't allow it, you can't go if you want to!"
The moving appearance of my grief made him feel a surge of excitement, and in the afternoon the sun was intoxicated, and the incense in the temple was incense.
He carried me into the golden bed and casually lowered the pale golden curtain behind him.
8
My father, Zhou Jingting, was a well-known talent in Songyang when he was young, and I was influenced by him since I was a child, which can be called a well-read book and resourceful.
I won the favor of the emperor with a long time, and also exchanged the identity of a concubine, and the emperor also specially gave me a title, Hui.
One year after entering the palace, I was transformed from a low-ranking female shi of Huan Yisi to a Hui Jieyu, and the belly of the child was getting bigger and bigger.
I did not want to leave my son, so the emperor allowed me to continue to live in the Hall of Changle and accompany her day and night.
When she heard the good news about me, she almost fainted with joy, and if she hadn't been worried about the fetus in her belly, she would have danced.
She laughed uncontrollably, laughing and laughing but crying loudly, but before I could advise her, she cried and cried and laughed again, like a crazy.
The more she reached the time of delivery, the heavier her mind became, she often thought wildly, and she could not sleep at night.
"Sister, there are rumors in the harem that Your Majesty loves me because my appearance is similar to that of the Shen family cousin he once admired, so he loves me, sister, so I am confused and made a stand-in, right?"
The night was as cold as water, she asked me sadly.
I stroked her forehead and gently exhorted, "Don't be stupid, Your Majesty's kindness to you is real, can't you tell?" ”
"But," her tears flowed into her sideburns, wetting my sleeves, "I don't want to be a stand-in, I don't want to—"
I have always been able to speak eloquently, but looking at the mournful eyes of the child, I could not say a word.
I would like to say that we are all fighting for the favor of the family, that is, why bother to be a stand-in; I want to say that in this deep palace, the true love of the king is already rare; I want to say that since she has become the woman of the emperor, she cannot be willful and arbitrary, but can only endure and seek perfection.
But I couldn't say a word. Because she is innocent and pure, and I am so worldly and deep in heart compared with her.
On the second day of March in the fifth year of ChengRong, the baby was finally in the pot, but it was difficult to give birth.
The child's fetal position is not correct, the whole hospital is busy, and the child is already weak, after nearly a day and a night of torture, the child is still not born, and she seems to have lost half a life.
I kept standing in front of her bed, watching her go from pain to crying and screaming to exhaustion, and I fell into the bottomless dark abyss, unable to calm myself any longer.
"Don't cry, son! Sister is here! ”
I held her hand tightly and held her strength, but she was pale and haggard, where she was still half a point of the style of the first beauty in the harem.
"Sister," she said, her breath weak and her eyes confused, "I have no strength, and you—can help me please Your Majesty—I have something to say." ”
I held back the tears, my legs were like lead, and finally I fulfilled her wish and invited the emperor.
I knew what she was trying to say, and I knew it wasn't a good time, but I couldn't stop her because I couldn't bear it.
9
The emperor has been guarding outside the Changle Palace, and the harem stipulates that concubines give birth to children, and the emperor is not allowed to enter, but at this moment, I can't care about the palace rules.
I knelt down and invited him into the temple, and before I could say a word, he looked at me and understood eight or nine points in his heart, so he hurried into the temple, and the attendant eunuchs did not dare to stop me.
"Your Majesty," said the child, who had a deep affection for the emperor, and as soon as she saw his figure, tears of grievance and attachment rushed out.
"Your Majesty, I am afraid that it is not good to have a son— if you are fortunate enough to die to give birth to your child — can you grant a request?"
The emperor was cold and warm, in fact, he was a good man, at least, he really pitied his son.
He crouched down in front of the bed and held her hand tightly: "No, there is a fall, you must be safe mother and child." ”
"No, Your Majesty, I beg you to forgive my mother's sins, although the Jiang family has no one, but please—"
The emperor did not expect that she would have such a request, and her face suddenly changed color, but he still comforted her: "When Taifu plotted to kill the emperor's relatives and relatives of the state, it was handled by Yuan, and you can rest assured that in the future, you will consider it as appropriate." ”
"Later? Your Majesty, if you are already a dying man, you should be—"
"The matter of Taifu did affect your mother's family, but how could it be easier—you can rest assured—"
The emperor's patience was worn away by the entanglement of the prince, but he was considerate of a woman who was about to be born, and besides, this woman was indeed favored by him, and his blood and bones were in her belly.
But She suddenly seemed to be mentally mad, and she sat up with all her strength, a pretty face almost twisted, and she was rarely angry: "Why should Your Majesty be embarrassed!" The concubine knows that Taifu is plotting to kill your sweetheart! You must hate it to the bone, how can you forgive the sins of my mother's family!" Oh, the concubines and the Miss Shen family really have a bad relationship, my family is broken because of her, and it is because of her that she is favored! If it weren't for the fact that my appearance resembled her, how could His Majesty have looked at me more! Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with what you said?!"
She must have been desperate, mad, and her words were cursed, and these words entered my ears, and they were even more alarming.
I looked at the emperor in horror, and sure enough, his face was iron blue, there was embarrassment, there was pain, there was disappointment, there was forbearance, there was suddenly exposed to shame and anger, he spread his hand, and the cold Sensen stood up and turned around.
Taking two steps, he finally couldn't bear it, turned his head and looked at The Want, but the Wanted Er seemed to have exhausted her last breath, and she fell down in despair and closed her eyes, covered her face with the quilt, and said coldly.
"Concubines send your majesty."
The emperor was finally enraged, and he swollen his face and left the Changle Hall, while behind him, a group of tai doctors shouted and surrounded the comatose child.
After being exhausted, he gave birth to the second young prince of the Great Liang Harem.
However, I knew that her qi and blood had been exhausted, and only a wisp of her soul remained.
I have always been difficult to shed tears, but with my young child in my arms, my tears could not stop flowing.
"Well, you open your eyes and see how good this child looks, like you."
However, She was already unable to open her eyes, and she stretched out her pale and thin arm to touch the little prince's face, and tears continued to flow down the corners of her eyes.
She asked weakly, "Is he all right?" ”
I smiled deliberately, but it was worse than crying: "Look at what you said, this child is crying loudly, it's good." ”
She also laughed: "Good. ”
I held her hand tightly and whispered, "Yes, don't cry." I will raise the child myself, and the Affairs of the Jiang family are wrapped up in me, in addition, do you have any wishes? ”
"Sister," she said, "she is already on the verge of a candle, her eye sockets are sunken, and her face is withered, "tell another story—to the children." ”
"Well," I said in a dead voice, "once upon a time, there were two sisters in the Heavenly Palace, and the younger sister was beautiful and loved to cry, because she was made of water. One day, my sister gave birth to a child for the man she liked, and then—"
Before my story was over, the child's wrist slowly hung down in the palm of my hand, my heart was desperate and mournful, my fingers were as cold as falling into the winter ice cave, but my mouth still did not stop.
"Then—the sister returned to the Heavenly Palace to continue to be a fairy, and the sister raised her children."
Inside the Hall of Changle, the candles were dim, the palace people fell to their knees, and the whimpering sound was like a cry, and I wiped the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes for the last time, but I fell to her ear and burst into tears.
I said, "Son, don't cry." ”
10
The aftermath of the child was handled by Mo Gui concubine, which was appropriate and comprehensive.
Although the emperor was annoyed that her mouth was not inferior, he actually pitied her and posthumously named her a concubine of Jiang Gui, so that she had the qualification to be buried in the imperial tomb.
The great Hall of Changle, without Jiang Yao'er, but with a delicate and tender little baby.
The emperor gave the little prince the name Meng Xuanjue, and he had the intention to find him an adoptive mother with a distinguished status.
It was I who knelt down outside the Qi Ren Palace for seven consecutive days, knocking out Yin Yin's blood stains on my head, which made the empress and Concubine Zhen and others extremely moved, and the empress dowager sighed and promised to entrust Jue'er to me to raise.
I knew that I was a humble person, but I was just a concubine, and my father was still wearing a sinful body, and I was not qualified to raise a prince at all.
However, looking at the entire Daliang harem, who could be more suitable for taking care of Jue'er than me?
I Zhou Lingyi, for the rest of my life, will regard this child as my own, just because his mother-in-law is called Jiang Yao'er.
In the future, he will be the bone in my bones, the flesh of my flesh, the scales and glory that I was destined to do.
Since the death of The Emperor, the number of times the Emperor came to the Changle Hall has been much less, and I know that he did not want to, but that he had a thousand knots in his heart.
But the king does not come to me, I come to the king.
Since becoming a concubine, I am filial piety and courtesy, quite praised, and since I have Jue'er, I have never slackened off a day.
Every day when the sky was dark, I carried Jue'er to Qi Ren Palace, and the empress dowager liked this little grandchild very much, and she was distressed that he had no mother-in-law after he was born, and often instructed me: "Jue'er is still young, there is no need to hold him every day to ask for peace, strange and pitiful." ”
But I smiled and said, "Although Jue'er is a young son, is the empress dowager going to stop his filial piety?" ”
After coming out of Qiren Palace, I went to Xianning Palace. The queen has a grand prince and a grand princess around her knees, and naturally knows the hard work of taking care of a small child.
She was considerate of me: "You are so tired that you have dark circles, tomorrow you will sleep more, so you don't have to ask for peace." ”
And I just smiled: "Jue'er misses his mother." ”
Luyuan Pavilion, I also hold Jue'er often to go. As the saying goes, people are afraid of meeting trees and being afraid of peeling the skin, and the number of times they have seen it has increased, and the emperor's affection for Jue'er has become increasingly strong, and gradually, he has also taken the initiative to set foot in the Changle Hall again.
In a flash of three years, Jue'er became the liveliest, brightest, and most filial child in the harem.
Every day, he took the initiative to hold my hand to ask the empress dowager and the empress for peace, but whenever they had a headache and brain fever, his small face was anxious to frown, and the bitter medicine soup was brought up and he rushed to try the medicine.
He was even more attentive to his father and emperor, thinking of warming the bed for his father in the cold winter, and clamoring for his father to fan for his father in the heat, but if there was any good food, even if it was covered, it was left for the father to eat.
Everyone in the harem said that Hui Jieyu was worthy of being a great filial piety, and every sweat pore of the children she raised was written with the word "filial piety".
Meng Chengji looked at this handsome, filial and precocious child, and often turned around to wet his eyes with tears.
I know, he's thinking about it.
In the eighth year of Chengrong, the emperor decreed that I be promoted to a concubine of Hui Gui and reward me for my hard work in raising the prince.
11
In fact, I am more distressed than anyone else about Jue'er's early wisdom.
However, when it comes to filial piety, there is a reason for my deliberations.
After I was promoted to concubine, all the wives of the imperial court entered the palace to celebrate, and when the wife of the prime minister came to the Changle Hall, she gave me a box of extremely precious Dongzhu beads, and when I saw her as I was, I smiled and smiled, and warmly retained her for lunch.
At dinner, the small kitchen brought a pot of ginseng stewed chicken soup, and I casually complained: "Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer ginseng with good quality." ”
She immediately offered her courtesy triumphantly: "Niangniang Mo is not troubled, how difficult is this, tomorrow the concubine will send you a basket of thousand-year-old ginseng, and it is excellent for you to supplement your body." ”
I smiled very kindly and affectionately: "Then thank you Madame." ”
The next day, the emperor came to the Changle Hall for lunch, and it happened that the prime minister sent someone to bring ginseng, and when he asked about it, I answered truthfully, and then said one more word.
"The Prime Minister's Mansion is really spacious, and now such a good ginseng can't be enjoyed by the Empress Dowager on weekdays."
After the emperor left in the morning, I led Jue'er and leaned on the jade railing in front of the Changle Hall, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of my mouth.
Over the years, the prime minister has formed a party for personal gain, and has already violated the emperor's anti-scales, and I have casually said it countless times, and over time, he has unconsciously entered his heart.
This basket of thousand-year-old ginseng, hehe, but it is really a big supplement.
Half a month later, as I expected, the emperor raided the chancellor's mansion for the felony of rebellion, beat the old man into prison, scattered the trees, and his friends were also hunted down, including his son, Songyang Thorn Shi Wangjin.
Two days after Wang Jin was reprimanded, the officials of Songyang County wrote to the capital collective, requesting that the case of Zhou Jingting, the former Songyang County, be re-investigated, and Zhou Jingting had always been clean and upright, and the capital quickly found out the unjust case, invited Zhou Jingting out of prison, gave him a thousand taels of money, and sent him back to his hometown.
And all this was secretly planned by my cousin Zhou An.
After I became Hui Gui's concubine, Zhou An quietly returned to Songyang with Jian Er and quietly exchanged letters with me.
Since he left the palace, he took Jian Er's anonymity to Chuanze County, a hundred miles away, where he made a living by telling fortunes on the street, while Jane Er worked as a bartender in a liquor store.
He was learned, and had been urging Jane to read and write for many years, and now, Jane was also a fourteen-year-old langlang teenager.
Knowing that my father and Jane Er were reunited in their hometown, I sat upright in the Changle Hall for one night, and Jue'er also worriedly accompanied me all night.
That night, I didn't cry, I just remembered the child, remembered the words I had said to her many years ago: "Although you and I are women, we are both carrying the honor and disgrace of the family, and we will advance and retreat together in the future." ”
Now that my father has been wronged, my sister will keep her promise and exonerate the Jiang family.
12
In the harem, the second prince Meng Xuanjue had quite my demeanor.
He was filial and sensible to his elders; he was friendly and humble in the presence of his brothers and sisters; he was considerate and tolerant in the presence of slaves.
His only shortcoming was that his birth mother was humble, and his maternal family was a sinner.
The emperor always had a very subtle and complicated fatherly love for Jue'er.
He was always ashamed in his heart, but he couldn't help but be close, and Jue'er was very generous and had a bright moon, and every time he saw his father, he was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart.
Thus, the complexity of adults is defeated by the innocence of children.
Meng Chengji was defeated by Meng Xuanjue.
He willingly became a good father and deliberately made up for his past mistakes, or regrets.
Since someone has this in mind, everything is easy to handle.
I have always been a "female Zhuge Ge" in the harem, although concubines are not allowed to interfere in politics, but every time the emperor is worried about the government, he always likes to discuss with me, and I say everything, but I don't say anything, all the decisions are the emperor's own, and it has nothing to do with me.
One day, the emperor was cold, and after dinner in the Changle Hall, a slave brought medicinal soup, and when Jue'er saw the medicinal soup, he preemptively drank it and tried the medicine for his father.
But suddenly, he had just taken a sip, and then he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground, frightening the emperor and his legs to go weak.
It was I who went forward to hug Jue'er, touched his hot forehead, and said painfully and apologetically: "Your Majesty, it is the fault of the concubines, Jue'er has a high fever today, and he is too worried about your dragon body, so he fainted in a moment of urgency." ”
The emperor hugged Jue'er, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
"He himself is sick, still rushing to try medicine for Yuan?"
I nodded tearfully, "Your Majesty, this is your Jue'er, he is your son, and he respects you and loves your son." ”
I fell to my knees, and one of my heads slammed into the ground, knocking my forehead out of a frightening blood stain.
"However, such a sensible and filial prince has been pointed out by everyone for the crime of his mother's mother," Your Majesty, do you really bear it?"
"The deceased is gone, but it is just a false name, and the forgiveness of the Jiang family's sins not only shows your benevolence, but also fulfills your intention to lick the calf, is it not worthy of such a good Jue'er?"
I feel as if I'm going back to three years ago, when I was going to cry blood every word, and I'm going to have a heart today.
I had always been cautious and respectful, and regarded him as a husband and a gentleman, and he was amazed at my righteousness and stared at him sheepishly.
Then, I saw the emperor holding Jue'er with red eyes and slowly standing up.
He looked at me fixedly, his eyes as deep as the sea, and I met his gaze, not evasive, firm and courageous, and finally he sighed softly and opened his mouth.
"As I said, you are a wise woman, and you are not as good as you."
13
The eighth year of Chengrong is a good year, the wind and rain are smooth, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Most importantly, my father was wronged, and the Jiang family was also blessed by the emperor and pardoned for his crimes.
Inside the Changle Hall, the palace door was closed, and I quietly burned the paper money.
With the flames of fire and the ashes flying, I ordered Jue'er to fall on her knees: "Jue'er, you remember, your birth mother Jiang You'er is the person who hurts you the most, even if she is no longer alive, you must engrave her on the tip of your heart." ”
Jue'er is truly filial piety, even though she has only seen the portrait of The Noble One, after listening to my words, she still fell to her knees and cried into tears.
I suddenly remembered myself in the third year of ChengRong.
At that time, I went to the southern suburbs to worship my mother, and each time I crushed the bread to attract birds, and then I cried.
In fact, I am not selling fame and reputation, but I really miss my mother, and I know that Jue'er now, like me, must also really think about her.
A dream in the deep palace, a sister, the candles in the Changle Hall were red, and I led Jue'er to walk in front of the white jade steps, smiling at the crescent moon in the sky.
"Don't cry," I murmured as I looked at the moon, "my sister has not failed you." ”
Little Jue'er tugged on my sleeve and said to me in a childish voice, "Mother-in-law, don't cry, Jue'er is with you." ”
A gust of wind blew through, the bamboo shadows in the palace were shaking, the flowers were swaying, and this time my laughter was from the heart.
I know that for the rest of my life in the deep palace, I am not lonely, because there are Jue'er on the earth and important children in heaven, and they are all with me.
The three of us, all our lives, are on the tip of each other's hearts. (Original title: "There are good people in the palace: Jinlan Sisters")
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