When Meng Jiayuan from Northern Xinjiang searched for Meng Lin everywhere, he visited Xinshou Palace and the side hall in Chang'an.
In the outer hall filled with the smell of medicine, in the east of the tent, which is silently held up by a mutton-fat jade ruyi hook, Concubine Mo's legs are slipping weakly from the wrist of the King of Gaomi.
The imperial doctor next to him looked at King Gaomi's face and cautiously touched his pulse. Cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He took a deep breath, and after a while he spoke with teeth chattering: "I, I'm telling you, your lord, my lord, my lord, your concubine... The empress has passed away!"
King Gaomi remained silent and stared at the remains of his mother. Maybe it was because she had just arrived. At that time, Concubine Mo seemed to be sleeping soundly. The skin of the concubine, who was over sixty years old, had already become loose with many lines. , but because of years of pampering, she is still rosy.
Since I was ill during that period of confinement, I didn't use any fancy decorations. I wore a loose pony bun with a pine bun, and inserted a fairy's phoenix, coral, and emerald ear hairpin at an angle.
Looking at it, you can vaguely see Yongxuan, who was unparalleled in his glory back then.
There is a scar on her cheek that has not completely healed, which ruins the charm of a MILF.
Cheng Huan's childhood love, the earnest advice when he was a teenager, all kinds of private conversations between mother and son after getting married, are very... those past events that are painful and regretful, but when you think about it carefully, you feel that it is inevitable.
Decades of time passed by in a hurry, and finally settled into a pale red and weak face that would never wake up again.
"Your Majesty?" The trembling voice of a confidant awakened King Gaomi from his deep thoughts. He unconsciously touched his face, only to find that tears had flowed down his face unknowingly.
That made him hesitate for a moment. He once thought that because of the many barriers, he would not cry when the concubine went.
No, I didn't cry on purpose, but I couldn't cry at all... because of the past, those gaps, those hurts and regrets that I couldn't bear to say but couldn't forget...
But who would have thought that in front of everyone, he would be so spontaneous and unconscious
At that moment, King Gaomi melancholy thought: "If not after his father's appointment of him as the crown prince was blocked by Huan Guanlan, he would honestly no longer have any ambitions and just become a free king, so that he could have a child with Ziye. , be filial to your mother and concubine, and raise your children... Isn’t it possible that there weren’t so many ups and downs in those years?”
Especially, the son who had always been a pain in his throat, Rong Shuihe.
Wouldn't it be possible to treat him with thorns and thorns, but treat him with sincerity like Gongsun Su and Shengjia did
He will have a happy and harmonious home full of happiness and sweetness. Even if he is over fifty next year, he will still be pleased with the intelligence and filial piety of his children and grandchildren, and he will be able to sleep peacefully every night.
Instead of being like Ru Ming, thinking about all kinds of intrigues day and night, seeking to fight against the Meng family, and guarding against being poached by his own son... Looking at herself in the mirror, her temples are blooming early, her granddaughter is almost ready to be a mother, but she is still Unable to concentrate on taking care of myself...
A life filled with such troubles and hard work cannot last a lifetime...
A hundred years pass by in this world. Which one of our aspirations and Dharma can be considered a failure
All kinds of sadness and sorrow were intertwined in his mind, otherwise such weak annoyance lingered in his mind for a moment, and then he forced it away.
Some things are not destined, and the so-called regrets can happen in the blink of an eye, and given thousands of opportunities, people at that time will not make the same choice.
For example, Huan Guanlan was wrong for his insistence on having no direct descendants, for example, he was wrong for his persistence in being emperor.
"It's a done deal, it's useless thoughts, it's just a waste of time!" Looking up, King Gaomi's eyes were suddenly red, but his expression had returned to normal, and he calmly ordered: "Instruct the three armies to send troops to Linyuan immediately to avenge the concubine. !!!”
"Although Bidong in Linyuan is a substitute, the Queen Mother..." The close friend Shidong's conscious reminder was interrupted by him: "Although the Queen Mother is the late emperor's concubine and the biological mother of Xuanjing, she helped the Meng family to usurp the throne, so she has already died. The late emperor, I have renounced the Rong family! In this case, how can I be so shameless and call myself my aunt?! From the Ming Dynasty onwards, we no longer have to be that bitch queen mother, we can all be called Meng family!!!"
After saying those words, he walked for a while and then said softly, "Report the news of the death of the concubine to the Gaomi Palace and invite the concubine to come and preside over the funeral affairs!"
But a short while later, Rong Qingzui, his wife and Tong Lian arrived with the grandchildren of King Gaomi, but the princess was nowhere to be seen.
"My mother-in-law has not been well for the past two months. When I heard the news of my grandmother's death, I felt uncomfortable and couldn't bear it. It was difficult to move." Looking at the ugly face of King Gaomi, Rong Qingzuo murmured and tried to help Princess Gaomi. In defense, "So I sent them here first to wait for orders... Before leaving, my mother and concubine repeatedly warned them to be safe and take care of my grandmother."
The bad relationship between Princess Gaomi and Concubine Mo is almost as good as not being known to everyone. How could King Gaomi not know that it was all an excuse
He couldn't bear to blame his son and wife, so he asked them to stay in the side hall to clean up. He hurried out of the palace, returned to the palace, and took three steps at a time to Xiangji Hall.
After entering the door, I saw that the front yard was silent. There was only a little maid in a green undershirt and a double bun. She was holding a colorfully dyed feather duster and dusting off the dust on the railing.
When he saw King Gaomi, he hurriedly threw down his duster and came to pay his respects.
"Where is the princess?" Wang Gaomi asked with a livid face.
"Your Majesty is in the pavilion in the pond at the back..." Before the little maid could finish her timid sentence, King Gaomi had already left her behind and she hurried towards the pavilion.
When we got to the back, we saw Princess Gaomi and Aunt Zhao walking and standing in the pavilion. When we got closer, we could smell the aroma of wine and food.
He was angry in his heart. After entering, he kicked up the table and said sternly: "The mother-in-law is gone! Am I satisfied?! I'm satisfied enough to put a drink there to celebrate?!"
"What is he satisfied with?!" Seeing his aggressiveness, Aunt Zhao's expression changed. Dong consciously wanted to block Princess Gaomi, but Princess Gaomi pushed her away, stood up, and looked directly at King Gaomi coldly. Smiling, he said without any shame, "My biological mother is gone. I feel sorry for her, grieve for her, and come to him to ask for forgiveness... He asked him whether he went there, but he didn't know his crane. Will he be wronged in the same way?!"
King Gaomi opened his mouth. He was originally full of anger, but for some reason he was just tired and unable to express himself.
But Princess Gaomi didn't want to just let it go, and kept asking questions: "Rong Jing! He had nothing to do with me back then, but because the late emperor asked to pave the way for my future, he forcibly matched him to me so that the Zhao family could make a living. I use him! He and the Zhao family were originally innocent, but they were forced into the situation because of our royal family’s fight for the heirloom! Let’s not talk about that, let’s talk about it from the time he became my princess until He’er disappeared, I say this with conscience To be honest: He can't fault me, my birds, my mother..."
She laughed coldly, "Can't you fault my good cousin?!"
"...But they can't fault me!" King Gaomi said hoarsely, looking at her with a desolate expression, "Can it be that for more than ten years, we have tortured each other so badly?! If Ming's mother and concubine are gone, why is it so unexplainable? Pass?!"
Princess Gaomi Yidong laughed loudly: "I don't know what his biological children are like now?! I actually have the nerve to say the word 'revealed'?!"
She turned around, picked up a glass of wine that had been placed next to her and kept it from falling to the ground because the beauty was leaning on her. She splashed it in King Gaomi's face and said word by word, "He will never know how to do it forever." Disclosed to our mother and son!!!"
After saying this, King Gaomi's expression turned pale and he walked away with a wave of his sleeves!
Aunt Zhao wanted to chase after her, but after thinking about it, she stopped and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't blame the princess... Princess Qingfang came just now to say whether the Marquis Huaiyuan was guarding the city gate, and an envoy happened to come over to report. I got some bad news: Princess Huihe... had a difficult delivery and didn't make it through. Both mother and son... are gone!"
King Gaomi was stunned for a moment before he realized who Hui and the princess were talking about.
The couple's youngest child was not a girl, so she should have received the most pampering from her parents and the care of her brothers and sisters.
However…
Although he was not kicked out of the house like his second brother Rong Qingzui, and he was granted the title of princess at the insistence of Princess Qingfang, he was still rejected by his parents.
So when she reached the age of leaving the court, regardless of whether she was the King of Gaomi or the Princess of Gaomi, they all thought of seeing things out of sight and marrying her off to a distant husband's family.
Although it was said that since the daughter came out of the cabinet, the couple had been prepared not to see each other until death. Apparently Huihe Princess knew this and had no further contact with her parents' family.
Could it be... At this moment, I heard that the daughter was gone, and not even the nephew was left here. King Gaomi couldn't help but look at the vast blue waves outside the pavilion. The lake water in that season was gentle and soft, with sparkling waves, just like the year before. Children who are innocent and ignorant of worldly affairs are so peaceful and bright, without the slightest haze.
After a while, he closed his eyes heavily and left without saying anything.
After a while, Mrs. Qin, who hurried to the palace, looked at her daughter in front of her with a headache: "I am not a grandmother, even Jian'an wants to have a child, why can't I be so ignorant?! That's my mother-in-law! No matter how much I wish for her to die, she will eventually die. I have met someone who calls me "mother concubine"! And she is only the prince's son! As a princess, it's fine if I don't take care of her funeral affairs myself. Why? Can you not even show your face?!”
Mrs. Qin was angrily, "If word gets out about that, what will outsiders think of the Zhao family?! My nieces and future nieces and nephews are asking to leave the cabinet and become human beings?!"
"You can announce that his unfilial daughter will be kicked out of the house!" However, Princess Gaomi did not accept that trick at all and said coldly, "That will not affect the noble family tradition of our Zhao family!"
"... He doesn't mean that!" Mrs. Qin was stunned, and even came up with a new explanation, "I am not at odds with Concubine Mo, and that matter has never been a secret. There is a decent person in Chang'an, guess I can also guess that the concubine must be responsible for He'er's affairs! Then, it's excusable if I don't agree with her!"
"Is it possible that He'er was fine at that time, but I didn't even participate in the funeral affairs of the concubine? How could I not sympathize with her and arrange for me?!"
"The truth of the matter is that I am clearly the one who suffered the loss and was wronged."
"Qu Chu has won people's hearts... Don't I feel aggrieved at all?" ! "
Princess Gaomi was still cold and cold: "The thing he regrets most in his life is that he listened to your teachings and was too sensible about the overall situation! Now that he has lived, it is time for him to be willful! Otherwise, will he be able to do anything in his life? Isn’t it better for him to live for you guys than to live for himself?!”
Mrs. Qin's face turned livid when she was choked. After a while, she said: "Then I don't think about other people or myself. What about He'er? I beg him to be told that he has a person who is ignorant of etiquette, virtuous and unfilial. mother?!"
Those words hit Princess Gaomi's weak point, and her expression couldn't help but change!
Mrs. Qin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and kept up her efforts: "I didn't know what the situation in Chang'an was at that time! No matter how much I resented the prince and tortured him to the point of defeat, I taught the prince how to deal with himself?!"
Seeing that her daughter was silent, the old lady added, "Your Majesty obviously has a grudge against He'er. Although he is not responsible for it, can you honestly say that I am not good at all? Please don't let me build such a big palace." Those years of being lonely and lonely, separated from flesh and blood, otherwise everyone would feel that the confinement period was boring, and he might not be angry with He'er to the extent of Ru Ming!"
"Even if He'er's future looked good at that time, if the prince is willing to settle the old feud with him and reconcile the father and son, what can Dongtai do that can stop them from fighting together?!"
"We are a good family, and we don't want to be in such a mess... ugh!"
She showed a sad look, "I will be in a particularly bad mood tomorrow. Why didn't Qingfang come and tell me about Huihe? If I had known Mingyue, why bother? He had already said that I was like that because of He'er. If you treat Qingzui and Huihe wrongly, you will regret it sooner or later!"
"He has nothing to regret!" Princess Gaomi suddenly smiled coldly and said, "He told me earlier that he would act as if he had never given birth to them!"
The princess raised her head and glanced at Mrs. Qin lightly, "Is it because of Qingfang that he is in a bad mood?"
"He's really fed up with his daughter who always doesn't have the same heart as him!"
"If I had known she was so annoying, I shouldn't have promised her to Yuan Liuguang in the first place. Otherwise, like Huihe, I should have married Yuanji, so that I wouldn't have to spend all day irritating him!"
"..." Mrs. Qin was so angry that she didn't shut up for a while. After a while, she stood up with a sullen face, "Forget it! Let's do whatever we want! He is so old and worries about this and that, and he begs for help when he is angry. I endured being coaxed one after another...it has been like this for so many years!"
She choked out in grievance, "Why did he suffer? Anyway, he didn't expect to live for a few years at that time. What kind of situation could scare him?! Let's look at our respective blessings, no. I despise that old woman who is always meddling in other people’s business!”