Lin'an in October is not cold, as if trying to drag the tail of late autumn. It's sunny for several days. However, the golden sun can't keep the few leaves on the branches. The semi yellow green leaves can't fall in the wind. Finally, they fall down and lie on the ground, like the poor abandoned ones.
Although it was a fine day, the Forbidden Palace was shrouded in gloom. Since the Mid Autumn Festival, Empress Dowager Rui had not been very refreshing and gradually became bedridden. There were a group of doctors around her every day, but they were helpless. The emperor's face was getting gloomy day by day, and all the doctors were walking on thin ice. They always felt that the day when their heads left their necks was not far away. In private, Wei Zhongqing told the emperor that the Empress Dowager's heart disease was due to the stagnation of Qi in her spleen and lungs. Day by day, it would only dry up like an oil lamp, so she had to be treated with heart medicine.
What does the emperor know about empress dowager Rui? It's nothing more than the royal heir. He was probably angry that he didn't mean what he said. In the Mid Autumn Festival, he refuted her face and drove xiuyuanshuang out of the palace. It was always piled up together, and now it's like this.
Nearly two months later, Empress Dowager Rui, who had been rich and graceful, was now so thin that she had only a handful of bones left. When the emperor went to see her every day, he felt pain in his heart. Empress Dowager Rui in the hospital bed had no spirit to force him any more. Most of the time, he was in deep sleep. The emperor looked at a bone under the quilt, and his nose was sour. He knew it was time to make a decision. He didn't want to lose his only family.
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the emperor sat on the Dragon chair, looking at a bunch of sunshine coming in from the edge of the window, but none of the courtiers at the bottom dared to take it lightly. The emperor seemed careless, but their words and deeds all fell in his eyes. If there was any mistake, the emperor's eyes would turn to them.
After the discussion, tsai'an, the censor of the imperial court, and his colleagues took a look around and stepped out of the queue. "Your Majesty, I beg you to reconsider the election. It's almost the end of the year. If you don't choose this year, you'll miss the chance. The emperor's holy candle shines high. He knows that the crown prince is the most important thing for the stability of the country. For the sake of the East Vietnam, you'd better listen to me and choose..."
The last time he made the emperor angry, he was almost beheaded by the queen of autumn, but he knew that if the emperor really killed him for the election, how many ministers in the court would be cold hearted? The emperor was Mingjun. He was angry at that time and suffered a lot, but he would be released afterwards. Sure enough, he was released within a few days. After he survived, he became more and more courageous, and he would mention it every other month. He was a loyal minister, who ate the Emperor's salary and shared his worries. What he did was his duty Be worthy of the emperor.
I thought that the emperor would ignore his admonition or walk away as he did several times before. Unexpectedly, the emperor sitting on the high seat said calmly: "sure."
The sound of "quasi" was like thunder on the ground, which surprised the courtiers present. After the emperor refused to accept the election for such a long time, not only the courtiers had a lot of discussions, but also the folk had a lot of anecdotes. Some said that the emperor loved Bai Qianfan too much and was determined to live for her. Some said that the Emperor didn't want to learn from the former Emperor and used the back palace to involve the ministers in the court. Others said that the emperor injured the key parts during the war, which was not good.
Most people scoff at the first one. There are many spoony people in the world, but they will never be the one sitting in the golden palace. As for the second and the third, we all expressed our own opinions. We didn't have a definite opinion. We didn't dare to discuss them. We closed the door and came from our family. After dinner, we said that it was OK.
Now the emperor's word "Zhun" smashed all his guesses. The courtiers woke up and immediately prostrated on the ground, shouting "long live wise".
Under the court, all the courtiers were red, as if they were going to marry concubines. In full bloom, they began to fight with each other, thinking about the girls to be married in the family? The emperor's back palace is empty, which can be filled with a large number of people. Those with high official positions naturally stare at the four concubines, while those with low official positions don't dislike Jieyu's low rank. As long as they are in the eyes of the emperor, with his previous love for Bai Qianfan, it's easy to jump to the top of the branch. At that time, the marquis will not only be in favor for a while, but also carry the family, which is a good business with huge profits.
Instead of going back to the South study as usual, the emperor went out through the corridor and along the flower wall to the West. There was a simple and majestic hall dedicated to the tablets of the ancestors of Murong.
The little eunuch who was guarding the gate saw the emperor coming, and immediately went down with an inverted cut onion: "please, my servant."
The emperor waved his hand and his voice was calm. "They all stepped back. I want to be alone."
The little eunuchs turned to look at Hao pingguan, and when they saw that he nodded, they retreated quietly.
The emperor stepped up the steps and opened the heavy door with his own hands. The creaking sound seemed to open a long river of years. The dry river bed filled up immediately. The emperor forced his eyes to close and then opened it. A line of tears fell down.
It was dark in the hall. He walked slowly through the dim tears and went straight to the desk. There were lots of tablets, each of which was painted with gold paint. Only two of them were empty and stood quietly in the corner.
From these two tablets to Changsheng hall, the emperor came here for the first time. Even the anniversary ceremony a few days ago was the paper money that Hao pingguan brought with him. He has been escaping, unwilling to face, people can escape for a lifetime, but the emperor can not, so he came.He ordered incense, put it in the copper censer, bowed his hands and bowed down for the last time, but he didn't come up for a long time. He opened his eyes, watching a crystal water drop down, one by one, gradually became a string.
Qianfan, are you complaining that I didn't come to you? I haven't come to you for such a long time. In my dream, daughter-in-law, if you don't come again, I really want to forget what you look like
Or you are not dead at all. In the past year, I have sent people to search all over Dongyue, but I can't find you. Where did you go? Is it really you lying in the tomb beside the imperial mausoleum? If it is you, give me a dream and let me have a good look at you.
Qianfan, I'm here to plead guilty today. I'm going to break my promise. I'm afraid I won't come to you so soon. When I became an emperor, I realized how much responsibility I had on my shoulders. At the beginning, I seized the land in a rage, but the country is not a joke. Look at the memorial tablets here. The ancestors of Murong are looking at me, and the people of the world are looking at me. I'm tied up in a cocoon, and I can't get rid of it The least free man in the world.
No matter what they say, I stood up to the wind and rain for you for a whole year, but now, Qianfan, I can't keep on. I can have no wife and no son, but Dongyue can't have no prince. I will be the one you hate from generation to generation. But Qianfan, those women are meaningless to me. You are my only wife and you will always be my only one.
And the Empress Dowager. She has been ill for a long time. Wei Zhongqing has been showing her all the time, but nothing has improved. I know it's a heart disease. Only a heart medicine doctor can cure it. She says that thinking of her grandson is actually for me. She is afraid that I will be despised by people all over the world and that I will become a sinner of the Murong family. Even if I stay dry, my parents will still think of their children. She is my only parent People, Qianfan, I'm sorry for you.
The emperor could not help himself with tears and grief. He slowly bent down and shrunk into a ball. For a whole year, he lived like a stone. But at this moment, his hard armor fell off. He was not an emperor, just a sad man who lost his precious wife.
Hao pingguan stood outside the door, looking at the sobbing figure through the thin crack of the door. With silent tears, he pulled his sleeve to wipe it from time to time.
Ning Jiu stood under the tree, his face was expressionless, but he raised his chin slightly. He had never cried in his life, but the emperor told him to look up at the sky and let the tears flow to his heart.
The big tree in front of the hall stood in silence, as if stretching bare branches to the sky. A bird stopped at the branch and flew to the sky with a puff. The little figure gradually turned into a small black spot and disappeared in the blue sky.
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I don't know if I will be scolded. Yes, I will...
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