Chapter 24 Two Phases(1/2)
Ruyi didn't know why, but she told the emperor about her thoughts and hopes for all her life. However, she was still thinking, and she had a heavy palm on her cheek and was lifted to the ground. The slap was really sudden. She was lifted by the palm wind and hit the long mahogany carved table. The mahogany was solid, and the ribs were about to burst open after hitting it. Her mind was buzzing, like a noisy pouring rain, and white dots were flying in front of her. After a while, Ruyi could see the scene in front of her clearly. She really didn't know what she had made, and looked up in shock. The emperor breathed heavily and glared at herself, and a low and beast-like sound came out between her throat. "I have always known that you are by my side, but you are thinking about living the folk life with others and enjoying your joy."
The emperor was very serious. Most of her hair was scattered and she fell into her ears in disarray. With tears and eyes shining, a piece of snow looked cold. "Why is the emperor so suspicious and speculating?"
The emperor's tongue was hoarse and rough and said, "I'm very suspicious? You will know that I will not fall into the people to guard a woman for the rest of my life. Then what you think is not someone else!"
Ruyi sighed, "What does the emperor want to see the woman outside the palace look like? He can find so many beautiful women and dare to dance and disturb me. I just sighed and envied the peace of the people, so the emperor wanted to slap me, what's the reason?"
"There is no reason, I am the reason! In my life, I lost my mother at a young age, lost my wife and son at a middle age, had the queen mother at home, and had the government affairs outside. How many days will I live a peaceful and happy life? Now that I am a little happy and comfortable, you will have many obstacles. These two palms tell you that even if you are my wife, my queen, and you are my slave. Don't disobey me or resist me!"
She looked at him, as if she was looking at a completely stranger, and her heart was settled and there was a place to stay.
She once missed him like that, Hongli, who had missed her like that, in the past, the courtyard of the hidden residence was a little deeper. Since he left in the morning, she sat alone in the west window and waited hard until dusk. There was a continuous spring rain outside, never stopping. What she knew was the longing between heaven and earth, like her. When she finally heard the brass door knocking gently, her heart opened the door, like the tall figure coming in, waiting for the bright sky.
That is peace and happiness every day, and in the wind and rain, I hope you will return.
But the person in front of me was no longer the person at that time. Looking at each other, only disappointment was left.
I used to be deeply attached because I felt happy in my heart; but now my love is dispersed because it is less painful.
The emperor bent down and looked down at her, as if he wanted to find something from her face. His breath warmly brushed his face, which was the tide after the summer rain. "Ruyi, you have been unhappy for the past few years and have been against me. If you hadn't insisted on asking you to accompany you this time, I'm afraid you wouldn't be willing to follow me in the south. I've been thinking about whether you are so cold to me, starting with someone else in your heart, or after that person's death? If you were for that person's death, his death would be yourselves that Concubine Yu, and I didn't think of him to die."
Ruyi was depressed and looked disappointed, saying, "People have passed away. Even the so-called love affairs back then were rumored and speculated, and it was unnecessarily done. However, the emperor believed that I had done it, and was resentful and refused to let it go."
The emperor stared at her, stretched out his hand and gently stroked her eyelids, and whispered: "Ruyi, the eyes you look at me are full of coldness, coldness. I am so cold that I am being watched by you."
His hand stroked her skin that was silently invaded by the years, and his eyes were filled with glimmer like a sparse star and a bright moon. "Ruyi, how long hasn't you smiled at me?"
Ruyi pulled the corner of her mouth silently, pulling out a seemingly complete smile, "I will laugh."
The emperor looked at it and was disappointed. "You are not really happy, I can see that. You used to laugh, that's not like this."
Ruyi looked up at his eyes. She once loved his eyes the most, with black and white, as if she would hide her deeply in her eyes forever, "The Emperor, there is no past. Time is like the east water of the river, even if she is the emperor, she cannot be recovered."
"What about going on? Will you still smile as much as before?"
"It's no longer the past, how can you still laugh like that? Your Majesty, that's the best time in our lives, but unfortunately, it will never be there again. All I have is to guard forever to grow up, watch him get married and have children, and live a peaceful life."
The candlelight dimmed little by little, and the candle tears fell like red coral. The night was confused, and two clusters of dark flames were burning in their eyes, splashing faint flames in the dark night. The emperor let out a long whistle, infinitely clear, "You resent me for him after all. I really don't understand why he is just a little guard, so why can you attract your attention? He is so lowly, if you look at him, you will be lowly yourself."
"Your Majesty, you're wrong." Ruyi stood up with her clothes, stood upright, and looked at him straight. He has always been a handsome man, with a clear face, sparse eyebrows, gentle eyes, straight nose, and rosy lips. She murmured gently, a lingering remark, "I have been to a man in this life, and I have always been. It's a pity..." She sighed quietly, "I can't find him in this life." She was immersed in herself.
In his miss, he said quietly, "I spent the best years with him. Unfortunately, whenever I was in danger, when I questioned, when I was lonely, he was never by my side. Even those who were willing to take me to be kind to me will be suspicious. That's because, in fact, he rarely believes in me and doubts me. Therefore, I began to be disappointed, and gradually got used to this kind of disappointment. After being disappointed for a long time, I was completely desperate for him."
The emperor was very sad, "Will there be no more hope?"
She suddenly turned her eyes and said quietly: "The emperor hasn't noticed that I haven't used green plum powder for a long time?"
That was when she first left the cold palace, the emperor carefully polished it and used all his heart to make it for her.
The emperor's tone stopped and said apologetically: "I forgot it, I forgot to send it to you again. When I return to the palace this time, I will definitely ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make another deal to send it to you."
"No need. If you don't need green plum powder for a long time, you will get used to it." She laughed lazily, took a step back, and kept a distance from him. "Even if I accept the emperor's kindness, the future is long, will I still be the suspicion, helplessness, and despair after disappointment?"
He was born with a slightly upturned corner of his mouth and fair skin, as if he was so gentle and affectionate to everyone. But there was actually no smile in his eyes. She had loved such a person.
It's really confusing.
The emperor's breathing sound was approaching, and he seemed to be trying hard to restrain something, "Queen, I am the one you used to be. As long as you figure it out, I will forgive you for your ruthlessness today."
She smiled gently, closed the scattered black hair, took a handful of silver cuts in her sleeve, and the bitter cold light flashed on her fingertips. She cut off three inches of helmet silk and saw them hang down to the ground. "Your Majesty, we are all people who have always cherished their hair, and use haircuts to indicate that their lovers die and keep their bodies firm. I am just like this when I treat the person in my heart. I didn't understand it before, and thought he could forgive everything, but now I can understand it, and only then did I realize that he was infatuated with others, admired others, and cherished others, and guarded him day and night. "
The emperor was so shocked that he was extremely shocked, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Ruyi shook her head confused, but she had a clear and firm look, "I know. Master, please allow me to be crazy for a while and listen to these crazy words. When both my left and right are clear, I always speak out and always suspicious of each other. Tonight, you can summon the singers from Qinlou Chuguan onto the Imperial Boat, aren't you crazy?" She smiled slowly and felt extremely sad, "Your Majesty, I came from a noble family, and I watched the farce of angry wives and concubines competing for favor since childhood. Even when my aunt was the queen, I was still infected by me.
?When I marry you as my concubine, even if I love you, I dare not ask for your whole heart. I just hope that you have a little bit of my heart. I can live with you with this touch of affection. But with you for a long time, I understand more and more. In fact, you don’t believe anyone. You lack the kindness of father and son, mother and son, and are isolated and helpless since childhood, so you are just ordinary to your son. So no matter Empress Xiaoxian, even if you are others, how much do you really believe? It’s just that when there is a turmoil, you will be suspicious and difficult to calm down.”
"I'm suspicious?" The emperor sneered, fragile and panicked, "How can I not be suspicious? What I have seen since childhood is that the emperor's mother competes for favor with your aunt, and they do everything they can. When I open the palace and ascend to the throne to the emperor, what have you done? For the sake of children, for favor, and for fame, you also do everything they can? When your skin looks at your gentle and gentle smile, you often wonder, what are you thinking? What are you planning for me? You think Lian has never been afraid, and my children die one by one, and your hands are completely clean?"
She never expected that when he turned to speak such words, a thunder blew upwards of his head, and his heart thrust into pain, making her breathless. In an instant, shock, sadness, bitterness, regret, guilt, and fear all rushed up, surging in the air. She was covered in the spot, her mouth was dry and speechless. The tears burned into a hot area, and her heart was extremely discouraged. She had to pay back what she did.
"You actually shed tears?" The emperor stretched out his hand. His fingertips were dry. There was a slight thorn in his cheek. "I suspect you and Ling Yunche, you have never cried. I have been alienated from you for many years, and you have never cried. I just asked if your hands were dry, but you cried." He was very tired and shook his head gently, "I don't want to know what you have done, nor do I want to guess. But I'm just disgusting. It's really disgusting."
Ruyi nodded slightly, letting tears fall, "Yes. It's just as disgusting as the fetal pill the emperor gave Shu Fei."
He looked down at her coldly, sadness as deep as the fog, spreading deeper, "Ruyi, are you still the Qingying from the past? Why do I think you are like a crazy woman and unconscious?"
"Qingying is gone. The person she and I hope for in my heart will probably be together forever, but I will never find it again. But I and the emperor will get along for a long time, exposing each other to each other and get tired of each other." She opened her eyes, calm and clear, "Your Majesty, it's true. Every day I'm in the palace, I'm crazy, doing crazy things that I feel incredible. Gao Xiyue is, Jin Yuyan is, Su Lujun is, Bai Ruiji is, Eryinzhu is, Lan Xi is, and you are. We are all crazy, but I clearly remember that we were not like this at the beginning!"
She raised her scissors and cut off a strand of hair again, choked up sadly and cried, "This strand of hair has been given to Uranara Green Cherry."
The emperor was so shocked that he could not speak. Suddenly there was a sound outside, and it was Yan Wan and Princess Hejing who broke in. Seeing this, they were stunned. He Jing turned his mind first and shouted: "My mother, what are you doing?"
Yan Wan woke up like a dream, knelt down and cried, "Empress, please stop!"
The emperor was so angry that he sneered: "What are you here to do? Do you still feel that it is not embarrassing enough?"
He Jing hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor, and stroked his chest repeatedly, "Emperor, I am afraid that the emperor's mother will hit you, so I came here specially. Emperor, everyone should not break their hair easily. You are very disrespectful!" She said, and then she wanted to go forward and grab the scissors from Ruyi's hand, "Emperor, if you do this, don't blame Erchen for not recognizing you!"
How could Ruyi let Hejing grab it? She raised the scissors in her throat and said coldly: "Princess Hejing, your mother is only Queen Xiaoxian, why bother with me?"
Yan Wan kowtowed repeatedly, holding the corner of Ruyi's skirt, "The Queen thought twice. You cut off your love with the emperor after you cut off your scissor."
Ruyi kicked Yanwan away with disgust, but just said nothing.
The emperor's lips were white and he gritted his teeth and said, "Crazy! The queen is already crazy."
Ruyi was deeply saddened and sighed calmly, "Your Majesty, you don't have to doubt what I did wrong. I have too many mistakes. What you are suspicious, your woman, your descendants, are all my faults. I wish you, I am too tired and tired to be your queen by your side. If you have a next life, I must leave here, the farther away, the better."
The slump in the emperor's eyes gradually burned out and became cold and dead ashes. He shook his head resolutely, "My queen can die and be abolished, but you must not say disgusting, despise the emperor and lose your duty as a minister!" He paused, his tone even more, "Ulanara, you are really crazy. There must be a great destruction to cut off your hair. You actually broke your hair in front of me, and you were crazy and confused! Instead of being so crazy, it would be better for me to destroy you and give each other a peace of mind!"
"I'm abolishing me?" Ruyi calmly, "I've been thinking that the woman I'm chasing by the emperor must be loved by the emperor? Whether it is Empress Xiaoxian, Empress Huixian, Empress Zhemin, and Concubine Rong, does the emperor really cherish them? It's just that this shows his deep love. From beginning to end, you are like your favorite daffodils, looking at yourself in the water, just cherishing yourself."
The emperor shouted loudly, and was uneasy. "What are you talking nonsense in front of your children and concubines? Come!"
Yan Wan seemed to be frightened and begged: "Don't rest your anger, your anger,"
Hejing only protects the emperor, "Take care! The emperor is crazy, you can't be angry anymore."
The emperor gasped and shouted again, "Come!"
The palace people outside heard the sound of anxiety and didn't dare to come in. After hearing this call, they hurriedly rolled in.
The emperor Leng Ruohanbing, "The Empress Ulanara is crazy and cannot bear the heavy responsibility of the Queen. She ordered Fu Ling'an to be sent back to the palace for treatment overnight. Without my will, I will not be able to leave Yikun Palace. No one is allowed to know what happened today, otherwise I will not want to keep your heads."
Li Yu dared not ask too much, and was about to reach out to help Ruyi. The emperor seemed to remember something and said, "Li Yu, as the chief supervisor of the imperial court, you don't know how to dissuade the queen and disturb the sage. You don't have to serve me in the future, go to the Old Summer Palace to serve as a job."
Li Yu's figure shook, his face pale, and he had to agree, and took his hand away. He stepped forward, held Ruyi's arm, and walked slowly out.
Ruyi struggled gently, "Emperor, in the past half a lifetime, you have told me that you should be relieved countless times, but I have never let go of my heart. Today's mundane things are over, so I can be relieved." She leaned over and bowed deeply, calmly, "I will leave today and meet forever. The emperor takes care of you."
She was half supported and half held onto the boat. The moon was setting west.
The lake is silent, with only the sound of flowers and the sound of birds coming from far and near. It was the night heron that was returning late, making deep calls in the depths of the green reeds. The bright moon is like frost, falling with a bleak white light.
She had a illusion in her trance. The night she married Hongli was like this. He called her with a smile: Sister Qingying.
Looking back, she was confused about the road she came and the road ahead. The sky and the earth were finally filled with the vast moon and water that made people despair. And the only calm intention was that she understood that even if she was determined, she would be bound by him throughout her life and would not forget him.
The next day, two decrees came down. One was that the queen was in a critical condition and was sent back to the palace. The other was that the imperial concubine Wei Yanwan was promoted to the imperial concubine and took charge of the affairs of the six palaces.
This incident happened too big and unexpectedly. When he was walking inside, he became panicked and wanted to go to the imperial court to find out. Unexpectedly, the eunuch in charge had changed from Li Yu to Jinzhong overnight, which was even more bizarre. Although Yan Wan was so happy that she didn't know why, she knew to calm down immediately and appease her. Outside, there was the minister Fu Heng, and inside, Princess Hejing and the imperial concubine Wei, who suppressed all the rumors. Even if everyone speculated, they dared not say much. On that day, Hejing stayed with the emperor for half a day, and persuaded the emperor to have dinner before he came out.
In the evenings in the south of the Yangtze River, the hot summer also has a moist atmosphere. However, the sudden change in the palace makes people look gloomy and inexplicable. Even the sign of the air is faintly sticky, which makes people unable to breathe.
It’s time to go back to Beijing earlier. No matter how good the scenery in Jiangnan is, how can it reach the capital?
He Jing thought this way, and looked up at Fu Heng coming, and asked An, "Uncle Da'an."
The uncle and nephew were close, and Fu Heng asked, "Can the princess have time? Let's go together?"
"He Jing looked back at the hall, nodded and said, "Okay. I'm just talking to my uncle."
The night breeze is blowing, and the smell of gardenia and night fragrance comes quietly. The snow-white fragrance smell is too sweet and I don’t like it, so I frowned without realizing it.
Fu Heng didn't pay attention, but only said concerned: "The Emperor is still angry?"
He Jing sighed: "I was so angry that I was so angry that I couldn't turn around. I kept threatening to depose the queen. Uncle, what happened to the Ulanara?"
"Fu Ling'an sent someone to talk back and forth. It was very quiet along the way, and nothing major happened. I just hoped to return to Beijing safely, if something went wrong on the road... "
He Jing looked at Fu Heng's worried face and said decisively: "The matter will be a big deal. Wen Jing returned to the palace. No matter how big the matter happened, the wall of the Forbidden City was so high that it would cover everything. This matter was already in trouble in Hangzhou, and no matter how bad the holy reputation was reported."
Fu Heng said calmly: "I am in everything. It's just a princess. I'll make the imperial concubine look very shameful in front of the emperor these days."
When He Jing heard about Yan Wan, he felt a little disdainful, "The Imperial Concubine is the same as the deputy queen, so she is cheap."
Fu Hengyao looked at Yan Wan's residence and shook his head unconsciously: "That person is so arrogant. I am afraid he is not satisfied with the position of an imperial concubine."
Hejing's face was as gloomy as a black cloud over the city, "It is no longer worthy to let the Ulanara succeed to the throne. If she still wants to become the queen and her mother, it would be even more delusional. This time, I must borrow her power, but if I still want to climb up, I can't tolerate her."
Fu Heng smiled when he heard this: "Wai's arrival at the imperial concubine, naturally had ambition. But she lacked foundation and had to rely on the power of the princess. Of course, both the princess and I were unwilling to do so."
He Jing nodded vigorously and clenched his fingers, "Uncle is the same as I think. The imperial concubine makes her sly-hearted and leveraged her hands to do things, but if she wants to use our power to become the queen, I will never refuse. My mother is the most virtuous queen around Emperor Ama, and no one deserves to be on par with her."
There was a slightly crystal clear look in Fu Heng's eyes, "The princess said, "On the day when Ulanara ascended the throne, I asked the princess to be patient. Nothing else, just because she was proud, but we were unable to do so, so we could only watch her ascend to the throne and be glorious."
A trace of cruelty flashed across He Jingjiao's face, "But I have never forgotten the sadness and pain that Ulanara brought to my mother. Uncle, Fucha's blood is also flowing on me. How can I let Fucha's enemies be in a high position forever? No, they can never compare with my mother. My mother is the woman that Emperor Ama loves the most and the most virtuous queen. No one can replace her, absolutely nothing."
Fu Heng gently patted Hejing's shoulders and comforted her emotions. The two of them met silently, and knew their feelings, and then they dispersed.
In Jianghua Pavilion, the empress dowager's expression was a little anxious and uneasy. The smooth white copper hookah in her hands seemed to have traces of aging after years of caressing her hands.
The emperor had finished what he was about to say, "The empress has not been ruthless since its enthronement. My son visited Jiangsu and Zhejiang this time with the emperor's mother. When he was in celebration, the empress suddenly changed her nature and could not abide by filial piety in front of the empress. Last night, his actions were particularly obedient and crazy. His son could only order him to return to Beijing and take charge in the palace. The empress acted in a miserable manner and contradicted him for no reason. Even if his son was deposed, it would be natural."
To be continued...