Chapter 53 The Princess’s Beauty Agent (9) (1/2)

Chapter 53 The Princess’s Beauty Agent (9) (1/2)

The emperor had owned this sachet for many years, but he never thought that there was something hidden inside.

I can't blame him for this. After all, the sachet is either for good-looking display, or it is common sense in this dynasty to soothe the nerves and drive away evil spirits. What's more, the time when Concubine Liu gave him the sachet was when he was at his freshest and sweetest, so the reward was also It's just that it's always worn by the side. Once Concubine Liu fell out of favor, the sachet also fell out of favor.

But he never expected that the thorn that had been hovering in his heart for many years would be uprooted by this little sachet.

The emperor picked up the three yellowed papers hidden among them and looked carefully at what was written on them.

Sure enough, there are still three acrostic poems.

The words used are economical and the combination is very wonderful.

This is why he determined that these six poems were left out of the world by Concubine Liu. Unlike the concubines in the harem who could only read and endorse books, Concubine Liu had been taught by her father since she was a child. She wanted to practice martial arts, but Concubine Liu had a gentle temperament and stayed in the house to do the homework left by her father when her brother couldn't help but go out to play.

What she loves most is reciting poetry.

When Concubine Liu and the emperor were in love, they once went out to enjoy the moon and recite poems together. The emperor had no talent for poetry, but this did not prevent him from admiring his concubine who could write poetry. However, Concubine Liu was shy by nature. Even though he had once mentioned, as if jokingly, why Concubine Liu composed poems for trees, flowers, and clouds, she had never composed them for her husband. At that time, the fair-looking woman's fair cheeks turned red with embarrassment at his words, and she lowered her head. He lowered his eyes and was speechless for a while.

Seeing the beauty making this gesture, he put the matter behind him, laughed and carried her directly to the bed to start the human-making exercise.

At that time, it was all about fun, but after Concubine Liu passed away, she ordered the palace servants to burn all the papers in the palace. The half-true and half-false complaints at that time turned into resentment.

He loves to write poems so much, but he never wrote one for me.

He burned the entire palace's papers before he died. How could it be said that he had no evil intentions in his heart?

The emperor never said this to anyone else. He only believed in his own heart that Concubine Liu did not love him and was just afraid of his power in the palace.

Of course, he selectively ignored that his original purpose of letting Concubine Liu enter the palace was to make Mr. Liu feel uncomfortable as a father.

Unexpectedly, his wish came true, but after Concubine Liu's death, he was affected by the original incident for more than ten years.

He didn't want to think of Concubine Liu, but things in this world always backfired. The more he didn't want to think of some things, the more they would appear in his mind in the dead of night.

Concubine Liu's frown and smile.

Concubine Liu boldly invited him to fly a kite together.

Concubine Liu gave birth to her eldest daughter. He went to visit her bedside despite the obstruction of the palace people. The air was still filled with the smell of blood. The stunningly beautiful and pale woman was lying on her back on the bed. Cold sweat was clearly pouring from her forehead, but she still looked at him. He smiled.

"Has your Majesty seen the little princess?"

"Mammy said she looks more like Your Majesty."

That was the emperor's first child, but he had seen many younger brothers and sisters before he ascended the throne, but every time he saw the children were already open, with cute jade snow and big grape eyes. I did see the swaddled baby being held by the nanny, but the red-skinned frowning look with eyes closed looked nothing like him or Concubine Liu.

A heavy "My daughter is too ugly" signal flashed through the emperor's heart, fearing that Concubine Liu would be irritated when she saw it, and he would try to comfort her on his face.

"I saw it, and it does look very similar to me."

"Your Majesty, can you give me a name?"

"got it."

The emperor doted on Concubine Liu and thought that she would be a prince this time. He did not expect that she would be a princess. Without any hesitation, he said the name he had prepared for the prince.

"Huyang, from now on, she will be my Princess Huyang."

"I will protect her and live a happy and prosperous life."

The smile on Concubine Liu's face became more and more beautiful, and her eyes, which were always full of shyness and tenderness, showed exhaustion. Before she could say a word, she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The emperor sat by the bed and held her hand. For some reason, he knew clearly that she was just tired after sleeping with the child, but he felt huge uneasiness in his heart.

It seemed that once she fell asleep like this, she would never wake up again.

Will not.

Concubine Liu was just tired after giving birth. She would wake up naturally after taking a nap.

When she wakes up, she will definitely recite poetry, paint and fly kites with him again.

She would hold up the kite with a smile, her beautiful skirt fluttering in the wind, like a fairy, standing there with a smile and calling him.

"His Majesty……"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

The serving eunuch carefully moved his waist up to the waist, and cautiously and respectfully called to the emperor who was sleeping peacefully on the bed.

"Your Majesty, it's time to get up."

"His Majesty……"

The old prince on the bed slowly opened his eyes in response to his voice. For a moment, he didn't know whether he was in a dream or reality.

He stretched out his hand tiredly to rub the center of his brow, and stood up slowly. When the serving eunuch silently came forward to help him lie down, he suddenly asked in a hoarse voice, "How is Concubine Liu?"

I really don’t know where the rules in the palace came from. The palace concubine was not allowed to visit when she gave birth to a child. Concubine Liu always abided by the rules. Except for the day she gave birth to Huyang, he was not allowed to visit for the rest of the day. As a result, he could only She asked those around Concubine Liu to take good care of her and ask her every day for fear that something might go wrong.

The old eunuch who had served the emperor for almost half his life replied puzzledly, "Your Majesty, isn't Concubine Liu in service?"

"Asshole!!!"

The emperor was furious and waved away the eunuch who was trying to support him. He stood up suddenly, his bloodshot eyes full of anger.

"You idiot!! How dare you curse my beloved concubine!!"

How could Concubine Liu die?

She clearly gave birth to Huyang just now, so she should be recuperating in the palace now!

The old eunuch had been serving him for half his life. As soon as he was pushed away, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy, "Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me. Concubine Liu was indeed sent to prison early!!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!!"

His voice had always sounded honest, but now he was in a hurry and sounded a bit spies. The harsh high-pitched sound reached the emperor's ears, causing him to wake up suddenly while he was still immersed in his dream.

The emperor's hair was disheveled, he staggered back two steps and fell beside the bed.

Yes, Concubine Liu is deceased.

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

What happened in the first place.

Didn't Concubine Liu resent him?

But if he was really resentful, why did he give him this sachet with the acrostic poems hidden in it, and why did he write those poems.

The old eunuch knelt on the ground, quietly raised his head, and looked at the emperor who had white hair on his head and looked confused.

After a while, the emperor said in a hoarse voice, "Go to the cold palace and bring back the old man who was serving Concubine Liu."

"yes."

The old eunuch quickly saluted, stood up slowly, and carefully walked backwards while still keeping his bent posture, and left the palace.

The emperor named him to go, but naturally he couldn't direct the young eunuch to go, so after leaving the palace, he headed towards the cold palace.

He happened to meet the eldest prince on the road, and he quickly knelt on the ground to salute. The eldest prince seemed to be in a bad mood, but he still asked him to get up warmly, and asked a few questions about how the emperor was doing recently. Although winter had passed, his father was old. You guys must take good care of him.

The old eunuch knew that the eldest prince wanted to ask him where he was going and what he was doing, but he was worried that the emperor was always the most taboo about asking about his whereabouts, so he kept silent.

He was able to escape after he said with familiarity, "Your Highness, you respect and care so much about His Majesty, this old slave will tell him truthfully how much you love him."

Before escaping, His Highness stopped him and gave him a nice jade ring.

He said that he had worked hard to serve his father and would serve him more in the future.

The old eunuch quickly came out with a look of tears of gratitude.

How could he not see that even though the eldest prince had a gentle face, he still had contempt and disdain for the eunuch hidden in his eyes.

Anyway, I have long been used to it. In this palace, eunuchs are despised by others. If they do not climb to a high position, the fate of the eunuchs is either to die due to various reasons before reaching the age, or to be killed after old age. Expelled from the palace, he can do nothing but serve people, but because he cut off the thing under his body, most of them will have hidden diseases after old age. People who are eunuchs are often looked down upon by their families. They have no children or grandchildren, and naturally other family members are not willing to do so. The end result of being a supporter is that your body is covered with filth and you die without dignity.

Compared with those eunuchs who only want to climb to a high position, the old eunuch's goal has always been to leave the palace.

He adopted several abandoned babies early on, raised them as his own sons, and used his finances to buy properties outside. He planned to leave the palace and be supported by his sons, and have money with him, so that he would not have to spend his days and nights. He was worried that if he said something wrong, he would be dragged out and beheaded.

But he never expected that because of his serious and cautious service, the emperor did not want to let him out of the palace, but continued to keep him by his side.

For other eunuchs who want to climb up, this is a privilege, but for the old eunuch who only wants to be taken care of by his sons and enjoy his old age, it is a torment.

But there was no way, the emperor was the biggest man in the world, so he could only still serve him respectfully, hoping deep down in his heart that when he was old and the emperor no longer wanted to use him, he could leave the palace.

Eunuchs have holidays, but those young eunuchs have no power. Even if they have holidays, they can only stay in the palace. The old eunuchs serve the emperor, so they naturally have some authority.

Every holiday, he would go out of the palace to visit his adopted sons.

They all grew up and respected themselves very much as their adoptive father, who gave them food and allowed them to live without worries. The eldest child had already married and gave birth to a grandson.

The old eunuch adopted several sons just to provide for his old age, but he felt pain for his soft and tender little grandson.

He just wished he could leave the palace as soon as possible and bring up his grandson well.

But before he left the palace, his grandson was already dead.

He is only five years old and even walks a little unsteadily.

When he went shopping with his parents, he encountered a fast horse riding by. The horse's hoof stepped directly on his small body, killing him on the spot.

When the old eunuch found out, he almost fainted and died.

When he adopted his sons, he was not as free as he is now and could only find time to visit. However, after his grandson was born, he went out of the palace to visit him on holidays and watched him grow from infancy to babbling. Toddler.

Soon, before he even had to ask what was going on, someone in the court accused the second prince's cousin of riding a horse in a downtown area and trampling to death a five-year-old child.

In the end, this matter turned into a big deal and a trivial matter.

The long-dead five-year-old child was said to have deliberately teased the horse, causing it to lose control.

At that time, the cousin of the second prince was already trying his best to restrain himself, but because the horse lost control, he could only watch the child who had caused the trouble die under the horse.

The old eunuch went from anger to despair and then to numbness.

He had served the emperor for many years, and he knew what the emperor was thinking just by looking at him.

Faced with the impeachment scandal, the emperor was only annoyed.

What is irritating is not that the five-year-old child died, nor is it that his son's cousin rides a horse and commits murder in the city, but that the third and fourth princes stand in a united front against the eldest and second prince.

The death of a five-year-old child was just an excuse to fight for power between them.

The old eunuch had seen many such things happen, but it was not his family members who died, so the matter had nothing to do with him. Only when his relatives died unjustly and had nowhere to redress, did he understand the hopelessness that can exist. What a pain.

He knew there was nothing he could do.

Whether it's for the son who lost his child, or for the loss of all his grandchildren.

On his face, he still served the emperor respectfully, and there was nothing unusual about his treatment of the second prince.

Sure enough, the second prince quickly found out that the child was his nominal grandson. After all, he was concerned that he was the most capable father-in-law around the emperor, so he sent a valuable gold rockery to the old eunuch's palace outside the palace for use. Make up for the child who died.

When the old eunuch learned about this, his eyes turned black.

He wanted to buy his grandson's life with a rockery made of gold, but he still had to put on a smile, grovel in front of the second prince, and said in an understatement, "That child has no blessings, so it is not worth your highness's trouble."

As expected, the second prince no longer took this matter as a big deal, but the old eunuch buried his hatred deeply in his heart.

He thought he would never have the chance to avenge his grandson in this life.

But he didn't expect that three years had passed since the incident, and when even the second prince couldn't remember it, someone would actually come to him.

The old eunuch has been in the palace since he was a child. He has always acted cautiously throughout his life and never made a wrong step.

But this time, he chose his grandson.

It would be fine if the grandson died innocently, but those people still refused to let him go. They insisted on adding charges to his little body and put all the faults on him, who was innocent.

The old eunuch stood up slowly and saluted the eldest prince's departing figure, his expression still respectful.

But in my ears, I seemed to hear the sound of a small child giggling and shouting.

"Grandpa, I like grandpa the most..."

"General."

Shen Huan was defeated miserably for the nth time.

He looked at the chess pieces in his hand that were still waiting to be played, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Brother-in-law, is this really your first time playing chess?"

The weather is getting better and better these days. Lin Shiheng, who always wears a heavy cloak, also took off his winter clothes and put on a green one that made his body even more frail. At this moment, he was kneeling in front of the table, his long and beautiful fingers slowly touching the table. The upper chess pieces were slowly withdrawn.

"A small soldier can defeat a general. Isn't that what you just said?"

"I'm right."

Shen Huan was still confused, "But this is your first time..."

"I have been smart since I was young, and I have always learned what I can do. Your Highness, you don't need to be too serious."

Nowadays, people have to praise others implicitly. How can Lin Shiheng praise himself without blushing at all? However, Shen Huan has been worn out by this brother-in-law during this period. Hearing him brag like this actually feels natural. nod.

"That's right, how can I compete with my brother-in-law? Otherwise, we should stop playing chess. The weather has been nice recently. How about we go for an outing together, or go hunting on the village in my name?"

He was very interested. "My brother-in-law, I don't know that many game foods taste very delicious after being cooked, but they are not as good as hunting them by hand. How about we take our bows and arrows, ride there together, and come back in the evening?"

Of course Lin Shiheng knew what was going on in his brother-in-law's little restless mind.

I just want to beat him once.

When he couldn't win at chess before, he made a fuss about playing chess, which Lin Shiheng had never played before. When he lost again at chess, he started planning to go hunting again.

He put away the chess pieces and asked in a calm voice, "Does Your Highness really want to beat me?"

Seeing through his little thoughts, Shen Hu'an smiled cheekily, "Sister said, if I can beat my brother-in-law, I won't need him to teach me how to read in the future."

Lin Shiheng reminded him, "The princess is talking about playing chess."

"But when my sister said this, she didn't specify that she could only win by playing chess."

Shen Hu'an was very confident, "My brother-in-law taught me that in order to win, it's okay to use small tricks occasionally. Isn't Hu'an giving back to my brother-in-law's teaching now?"

"I also taught His Highness how to defeat ten guilds with one force."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Brother-in-law, please let me go. Ever since brother-in-law married my sister, I have been detained by my sister to study every day, and I have to endorse it when I return to the palace. I haven't been able to feel relaxed for a long time."

A faint smile appeared on the handsome face of the scholar in green, "Didn't His Highness himself say that he wanted to compete?"

"If I don't teach your highness, how can your highness fight with them?"

Shen Hu'an pondered for a few seconds, and sadly found that what he said really made sense.

"But, it can't be like this every day. I've been relaxed and happy for so many years, and suddenly it's like this. I can't adapt."

Lin Shiheng nodded, "Your Highness has been relaxed for so many years, which is equivalent to using up all the relaxed days in advance. Now that the relaxed days are used up, it is natural to start working hard."

"Okay, the chess game is over, it's time for Your Highness to study."

Shen Huan, who once again tried to persuade but was counter-persuaded, hung his head and stood up weakly to read.

Shen Huyang knocked on the door and saw his younger brother reading a book seriously with his back straight, and he couldn't help but smile.

Hu'an has always been lazy, but after studying with his consort for many years, he was able to change his bad habits. It seems that his consort taught him very patiently.

She walked up to the scholar in Tsing Yi who was also reading and said softly, "Are you feeling tired, Prince Consort? Do you want to take a rest?"

Shen Huan, who would get hit by the board if he didn't straighten his back while studying, pitifully put down his book and said aggrievedly, "Sister, I feel tired too, please let me rest for a while."

"You are strong, but you are always tired."

Shen Huyang had long been accustomed to catching his coquettish brother from time to time. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Read well."

Lin Shiheng put down the book in his hand, stood up, and smiled at Shen Huyang with a gentle smile on his handsome face, which actually left her stunned.

"What the princess is saying is that after teaching Your Highness for a long time, you are indeed a little tired. How about we go to the garden to feed the fish and enjoy the flowers?"

Shen Huyang would never refuse his proposal. After hearing this, he immediately smiled and said, "Of course it's good, but there's still a bit of cool wind outside. I'll go get a cloak for the prince-in-law."

The cloak was quickly brought over, and the couple went out together, leaving Shen Huan alone to continue studying miserably.

He really wanted to be lazy while his sister and brother-in-law were away, but every time his brother-in-law came back, he would be randomly checked. If he couldn't recite it, he would be punished. After a long time, Shen Hu'an didn't dare to be lazy anymore.

Outside the door, unlike Shen Hu'an's idea of ​​her sister and brother-in-law happily feeding fish, admiring flowers, and having fun, Shen Huyang followed her husband to the path. Seeing that there was no one around, he softly said, "Prince-in-law, I feel very uneasy. You "Say, could something go wrong?"

"Princess, feel at ease."

The scholar in Tsing Yi stretched out his hand and patted the back of her hand gently.

"Eunuch Zheng has always been with His Majesty. Every time His Majesty goes to bed at night, he will take off the sachet together with his clothes. He can conclude that Your Majesty has never opened the sachet and looked at it."

"But what if my father looks at the sachet and is indifferent?"

Lin Shiheng patted her hand again and said warmly, "Since the princess followed the prince's word "hu", even if the empress fell out of favor later, she must have had feelings for your majesty at the beginning. All I ask is that your majesty can look at the sachet after looking at it. The princess and your highness feel a little guilty."

"At that time, there is no need for us to do anything else. The cold disregard for more than ten years will naturally make His Majesty cherish the memory of His Majesty and bestow favor on the Princess and His Highness."

Shen Huyang always believed in her husband. She breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. When she looked into her husband's eyes again, she felt a little more affectionate.

"It was Huyang who brought the Prince Consort into trouble, and allowed such a prestigious figure to make plans for Hu'an."

"Princess, why do you say that? You and I are one husband and wife, and I will definitely solve all the princess' worries."

Shen Huyang's heart softened, "Then are you serious about not telling Hu An about this?"

Lin Shihengwen smiled and said, "His Highness has a clear temperament, so it's good that he doesn't pretend. If he really knows about this, I'm afraid His Majesty will get the clues."

Shen Huyang nodded, but he still couldn't restrain his admiration for the consort in his heart.

"The consort can come up with such a plan and persuade Eunuch Zheng, who is beside our father, to help us. Huyang feels ashamed."

The handsome prince-in-law smiled and held his wife in his arms, "Everything I think about is just for the princess."

Shen Huyang's face turned red again, and he leaned obediently into the consort's arms, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

Seeing her like this, Lin Shiheng didn't tell her that the reason why he decided on this strategy was because the old eunuch was the first to find the acrostic poem in the sachet.

The reason why this matter can be hidden from the emperor is that everything is true.

It is true that poetry is hidden in a sachet.

It is also true that he wrote countless poems about his admiration for the emperor.

It is also true that before the crisis, he was frustrated because of the emperor's neglect and ordered these poems to be burned.

Only the sachet that the old nanny was carrying was fake, after all, the original poems had been burned long ago.

Shen Huyang is now happy that this strategy can make the emperor no longer indifferent to the two siblings.

But how could she be happy if she knew that Concubine Liu was indeed affectionate for her father at first, but ended up with hatred because of his coldness.

"Consort."

Maybe there was a tacit understanding. When Lin Shiheng was thinking about this, Shen Huyang suddenly raised his face and asked, "Did you say that the mother-in-law was really neglected by her father..."

"how come."

The scholar in Tsing Yi's expression was as serious and gentle as ever.

"The queen has a princess and his highness under her knees. She would never be so worried about a pair of children. It was only because she was suffering from a long-term illness and no medicine could cure her that she had to pass away."

"I guess so."

Shen Huyang leaned on his shoulder and complained childishly.

"My mother-in-law doesn't really like my father. My father is not good to her at all."

As she said this, it seemed that Concubine Liu died early because she was convinced that she was ill, and she couldn't help but lean closer to the consort.

"When the weather gets clearer, let's go hunting together."

"The prince-in-law doesn't know how to use a bow and arrow, can Huyang teach you?"

She hasn't given up on trying to get her consort to exercise more and keep fit.

The scholar in green raised his lips gently and responded softly.

"Okay, just follow Princess."

"The empress wrote those poems when Your Majesty stopped coming to Chang'an Palace often..."

"The princess was young at that time, and the empress was weak while pregnant with the Fifth Highness. She would compose poems in her room every day and put them in a box. When the box was full, she would put in a new one."

"My servant was not at my side to serve the queen at that time, so I only saw her crying while holding the box once during a night watch. At that time, your majesty..."

When the old woman said this, she seemed to have some scruples. She quietly raised her head to see the emperor's face, but was so frightened by his gloomy face that she quickly lowered her head.

The emperor looked gloomy. Seeing the old slave stop talking, he ordered, "Continue!"

"Slave... I don't dare to say..."

As she spoke, she kowtowed again. The look of snot and tears streaming down her face made the emperor so irritated and disgusted that he wanted to kick her away. But because he wanted to know what happened back then, he endured it and said angrily, "No matter what Whatever you said, I will forgive you!"

"yes……"

After hearing this, the old mama calmed down and continued, "Your Majesty was very good to Concubine Yao at that time. Concubine Yao was still a talented person at that time. She once came to visit Concubine Liu. Her health was not very good at that time. She couldn't get out of the bed and couldn't see the holy face. She didn't have a good relationship with the empress in the palace, so she wrote a letter and asked Concubine Yao to take it to your majesty. "

"Concubine Yao came again a few days after she agreed. At that time, the slaves and others were all shunned. I don't know what she said to the concubine. I only know that after she left, the concubine cried every night, and her already weak body became even more unbearable. good."

The emperor clenched his fists suddenly.

He had never received a letter from Concubine Yao, and he had never heard her mention even a single word with Concubine Liu.

What did Concubine Yao say to Concubine Liu at that time!

He knew clearly what was going to happen next, but he still asked masochistically, "What next?"

The old nanny didn't raise her head, and naturally she didn't see the emperor's bloodshot eyes. Maybe she was talking about old things, and she cried harder and harder, and said in a crying voice.

"From then on, the empress no longer wrote poems or asked to see His Majesty. She just took the paper in the box and read it every time. Shortly after giving birth to the Fifth Highness, the empress asked her family to come to the palace to meet. After that, she asked us to put those things into the palace. The paper was burned, and that night, she vomited blood. Before the imperial doctor arrived, the empress had no pulse..."

"The slave's life was saved by the empress. When burning those papers, I guessed that the empress was not dead. At that time, the empress wanted to put the sachet she was carrying close to her body into the fire, but she hesitated several times and never put it in. Finally, Instruct this slave to wait until she... waits until she dies before burning this sachet."

The emperor's eyes were red and he took out the two sachets from his arms.

The colors and styles are exactly the same, but the only difference is that the owner of one of them has died early.

The old mama was still saying, "I knew at that time that after the empress left, the slaves would be sent to various palaces and would no longer be able to go to Chang'an Palace in the future. Thinking of the empress' reluctance to part with this sachet, she was obsessed with it for a moment, so she took advantage of it. He hid secretly, wanting to see Siren..."

"I beg your majesty to spare my life. I really don't know that there is something else in this sachet. I have been in the palace since I was a child and cannot read at all. I beg your majesty to spare my life!!"

The slaves and eunuchs were not allowed to be literate in the palace, so it was a serious sin to carry a piece of paper with writing on them. The emperor looked at the old woman below who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, and all the previous events flashed through his mind.

After a while, the plainly dressed woman pulled the kite string and looked back at him in surprise.

"Your Majesty has so many government affairs, why do you come to fly a kite with me?"

After a while, she was standing with him in front of the table. She was blushing with embarrassment, and he was holding her hand and drawing.

He laughed at her, "She paints flowers and birds so meticulously, so why is she so constrained when it comes to painting landscapes?"

She glanced at him shyly with her watery eyes, and argued in a low voice, "I have been at home since I was a child. I entered the palace and never left the palace. How can I draw it since I have never seen landscapes?"

"It doesn't matter, I will draw it now. In the future, if my beloved concubine tells me what she wants to see, I will draw it one by one."

She was even more ashamed, and looked at him with bright eyes that were always gentle, "What your Majesty is saying now is, what should I do if I don't fulfill it?"

"If I don't fulfill my promise, my beloved concubine will draw a flower for me and exchange it with me for a painting you want."

After a while, he was surprised by the new beautiful ladies who had entered the palace. He was planning to go to Chang'an Palace with some guilt in his heart, but he saw two sneaky palace ladies on the road.

"I heard that Concubine Liu had an engagement outside the palace?"

"You don't want your life! Where did you hear this!"

"I'm just telling you that there is a new palace maid in the room we live in. She lives in the same room as Concubine Liu. She told me personally that Concubine Liu and her cousin are in love. If If His Majesty had not recruited Concubine Liu into the palace, she would have been married long ago. "

"Stop talking, or you may cause trouble!"

After the two palace maids finished speaking, they turned around and met his livid face.

"Drag it down and kill it with a stick!"

Soon after, all the people in the room where the two palace maids lived were beaten to death with sticks, and the eunuch who was with him that day was also silenced.

He went to Chang'an Palace, but he didn't see the gentleness and tenderness in Concubine Liu's eyes.

At that time, he was blinded by anger, and he thought that Concubine Liu wanted to stay and fly with her cousin.

Especially after he ordered her cousin to serve as an official in a miasma land, and soon after receiving the news that he had died in the line of duty, the relationship between the two fell to the freezing point.

At that time, he still had a glimmer of hope.

As long as Concubine Liu shows mercy to him, he will forget about it.

But until Concubine Liu died, he could not wait for a soft word from her.

No, that's not right.

The emperor stood up unsteadily with a pale face. He wanted to take two steps forward, but he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

The old eunuch on the side quickly supported him, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, are you okay? Your Majesty..."

"painting……"

"painting……"

The emperor finally muttered, ignoring the nanny kneeling on the ground, and staggered out amidst the anxious shouts of the old eunuch.

He was already old and was not as strong as he was when he was young. When he arrived at Concubine Yao's palace, Concubine Yao was having a meal and saw him. She stood up in surprise with a gentle look on her face, "Why are you here at this time, Your Majesty?" "

"Concubine Yao, I'm asking you."

The emperor was wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head. Everything was neat and tidy, but for some reason, he looked very embarrassed.

He panted, staring intently at the concubine in front of him who gave birth to the second prince.

"Did Concubine Liu give you a letter before she died?"

Concubine Yao's eyes flashed with panic, and she quickly denied it.

"Where did your majesty hear this? I have no friendship with Concubine Liu. How could she write to me?"

The emperor did not miss this trace of panic.

His expression gradually became furious.

"Okay! You won't say it, right?"

"Come here! Bring the second prince here!!!"

"His Majesty?!"

Concubine Yao looked in disbelief at the emperor in front of her who had smiled at her yesterday, "What does it have to do with Ling'er now?"

The emperor looked at her as if he were looking at a dead person.

"If you don't tell me, I will let him leave the palace and send him to a miasma land. He will never be able to return to the capital. You said you didn't tell me!"

Concubine Yao was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Ling'er is your biological son, Your Majesty!"

But no matter how much she begged, the emperor remained silent. Looking at that, no matter what she said today, he would not listen.

The two men faced off for several minutes.

The emperor was so angry that he laughed out loud, "It seems that the second prince is not that important in your heart, okay! I will help you now. When you come, I will immediately pass the decree and send the second prince to the miasma land, and he will never return. Beijing."

"His Majesty!!!"

Concubine Yao, who originally thought that he would not be so cruel to her own child, cried so hard that she trembled all over. Seeing that he was about to leave, she quickly hugged his leg.

"Please have mercy on Your Majesty, please have mercy on Your Majesty!!"

The emperor had no intention of being merciful and turned around to leave. Concubine Yao had already been confused. In panic, she shouted, "Concubine Liu did give me a letter back then!! It's just that there was only one picture in it!" There is nothing else but the orchid picture, I dare not hide it, please forgive Ling'er!"

The emperor paused.

The words of the past are especially in my ears.

——"If I don't fulfill my promise, my beloved concubine will draw a flower for me and exchange it with me for a painting you want."

He staggered a few steps, his vision went dark, and he could hardly stand.

"flower……"

"Sure enough...it's a flower..."

There was a sudden pain in his chest, and before he could react, he heard the frightened screams of the people around him.

"His Majesty!!"

The emperor stretched out his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, only to realize that it was blood.

Blood?

He took two steps forward in a daze, and seemed to see the woman in plain clothes standing in front of him with a smile and calling him.

"Yu'er..."

He screamed, feeling pain in his chest again, and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

It turns out that the person who missed it was me.