The tall and majestic palace, with golden glazed tiles shining brightly in the sun.
Yuchen was familiar and unfamiliar with everything here. Familiar, because she has lived here for several years; unfamiliar, because she feels that it seems to be something in her previous life.
A young eunuch led Yuchen into the Huaqing Palace and said respectfully: "The emperor will be here soon, please wait a moment." The owner of the palace is just a puppet, and the real power is Yan Wushuang. This is the inner courtyard of the palace. Something that everyone knows. So even if I disdain Yuchen in my heart, he is very respectful on the face.
The tea has been changed three times, and Zhou Yan hasn't shown up yet. Madam Gui became a little angry, and asked the little eunuch who was waiting next to her: "Will the emperor come over?"
The little eunuch said with trepidation: "The emperor will definitely come, maybe it was delayed by something."
Yuchen stopped Grandma Gui and said, "It's okay, just wait a little longer." Zhou Yan didn't want to see her. This Yuchen knew about it. Forget it before, but this time she can't let Zhou Yan go. Nonsense.
It took another half an hour before Zhou Yan. Although Yan Wushuang did not kill Zhou Yan, he limited his words and deeds. In the past ten years, all the eunuch ladies who were closer to Zhou Yan will disappear soon. As for the gentlemen arranged by Yan Wushuang, they only taught him the Four Books, Five Classics, Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and the like, and they didn't teach the strategies and strategies of governing the country.
The life of a puppet for more than ten years has left Zhou Yan with no one close to him. This mental torture made Zhou Yan sensitive and fragile.
Seeing Yuchen, Zhou Yan asked coldly: "What are you here for? Didn't I say that I don't want to see you?"
Zhou Yan was very slimy Yuchen when he was a child, but now he is so indifferent that he doesn't even want to see her. This made Yuchen's heart twisted like a knife: "Yan'er, the prince has promised to choose another queen for you, why are you unwilling?"
Zhou Yan sneered and said, "I think Xia Jing is pretty good, and there is no need to change it." Although he also hated Xia Jing a few times and wanted to change people, he changed his mind when he had a chance this time. Because he knew that even if he changed Yan Wushuang, he wouldn't change him anything good.
Yuchen said in pain; "Yan'er, I know you hate me, but no matter how you hate me, you can't make fun of your life's major events! Yan'er, that's your life."
Zhou Yan laughed: "All my life? I'll be a puppet all my life, I would rather get rid of it sooner." He really didn't want to live the days when it didn't reach the end. But if Yan Wushuang didn't allow him to die, he couldn't die, so death had become a luxury for him.
When Yuchen heard this, she stepped forward to grab Zhou Yan, but Zhou Yan avoided him. Zhou Yan said, "Don't touch me, I am dirty."
When Yuchen heard this, he couldn't stand still, and was crumbling. There was nothing more hurtful than such words.
Madam Gui stepped forward to support Yuchen, and said angrily: "The emperor, how can you say such things to Niang Niang? If Niang Niang wasn't to protect you, she would not commit herself to Yan Wushuang. Anyone can say Niang Niang. , You won't make it."
Zhou Yan stared at Yuchen and said: "I would rather be killed by the Yan thief that day than to live like this. Also, you are obviously greedy for life and fear of death, but you still protect me in the name of protecting me, don't you think Are you ashamed?" Zhou Yan lived very depressed, so he acted a bit extreme. It's just that he was afraid of Yan Wushuang, so he was a little trembling when facing Yan Wushuang. But facing Yuchen, he could attack with the most vicious words.
Yu Chen asked: "The ants still steal their lives. How can you have the idea of committing suicide when you are so young?" After a pause, Yu Chen said: "I know you are having a hard life, and your mother has a hard time. But as long as we are There is hope if you live, and there is nothing if you die."
Zhou Yan looked at the pillar engraved with the golden dragon next to him and said, "I am dead or alive, and you don't need to worry about it. You have other things. If it doesn't, I will go back to the palace."
Seeing Zhou Yan's disgusting expression, Yuchen asked, "Yan'er, are you really not going to change?"
Zhou Yan said blankly: "Yan Wushuang won't let me leave an heir. If so, why bother to harm good people's girls." Seeing Yuchen and wanting to say it again, Zhou Yan said: "Do you know? I am. In fact, I really envy my sister. She left early and didn't have to suffer like me. "Those who survived, suffered instead.
Yuchen opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Zhou Yan took the little eunuch and went out, stopped at the door, turned his head, looked at Yuchen and said, "You will treat me as dead. Don't enter the palace anymore. Even if I enter the palace, I won't see you again. You." Since meeting is painful, why bother to see you again!
Far away from the palace, Zhou Yan stopped and turned his head and looked in the direction of Huaqing Palace, with tears in the corners of his eyes. In fact, Zhou Yan didn't hate Yuchen, he knew that Yuchen was also involuntarily, and he even believed those words that Grandma Gui said. But now he is the fish on the chopping board, and getting close to Yuchen will only bring disaster to her. He couldn't get out of this cage anyway, and he was alive in a few years. It's better to turn your face with Yuchen, so that at least after his death, she won't be sad anymore.
Seeing Yuchen in a daze, Grandma Gui said with some worry: "Manny, don't be sad, the emperor is all angry, don't take it to your heart."
When Yuchen heard this, tears fell again: "I don't blame him, I know his heart is suffering. It's all me useless. If I have Yuxi's ability, I won't let him suffer so much. It’s a crime.” It was because of her inability to change this status quo that she put her love in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, in order to escape the pain caused by reality.
Madam Gui grabbed Yuchen's hand and said, "Niang, you can't think about it. Niang, in addition to the emperor, you have the princess and the prince!"
Yuchen shook his head and said, "I'm not a good mother." Whether it is to Yan'er or Abao Achi, she is not a competent mother.
Before Grandma Gui could speak, Yuchen clutched her chest and muttered to herself: "If I hadn't been rescued back then, how good would it be? If I die, I will be a hundred, so I don't have to suffer this kind of heartache anymore."
Mother Gui's complexion turned pale, and Yuchen was in a dead end: "Niangniang, if the princess and Shi Ziye hear this, they should be sad."
Abao and Achi are very filial to Yuchen. Thinking of this, Yuchen's tears fell: "It is the misfortune of Abao and Achi to have a mother like me." Because of her remarriage, Abao and Achi were often criticized in private, and this, both It was caused by her.
After returning to the palace, Yuchen fell down.
Mother Gui looked at Yuchen who had fainted and was so frightened, she hurriedly sent someone to ask the doctor, and at the same time, she sent someone to inform A Bao and A Chi. Yuchen had drilled the tip of the horns now, and needed the company of Abao and Achi to cross this hurdle as soon as possible.
When A Bao returned to the backyard, Yu Chen had already woke up. A Bao said with great annoyance: "Mother concubine, I told you not to enter the palace, why didn't you listen?" In my memory, Yuchen feels depressed every time he comes back from the palace, and it will last for a long time. a period of time. Therefore, A Bao is very reluctant to Yuchen going to the palace.
Seeing Abao, Yuchen couldn't help but think of Zhou Yan, and tears fell again.
A Bao said helplessly, "What can you say? Crying can't solve the problem?" If a mother is strong, the child is weak, and if a mother is weak, the child is strong. These words couldn't be more suitable for Yu Chen. It was also because of Yuchen's weakness that A Bao had a very strong personality, and A Chi's face was not obvious, but it was not easy to bully.
Yu Chen choked up and said: "It's the mother concubine that has caused you all."
A Bao frowned and said, "What the hell happened? You tell me, we will find a solution."
Seeing Yuchen just crying and not speaking, A Bao threw the whip on the table next to him and said irritably, "Don't cry."
Madam Gui knew that A Bao's temper was a bit irritable, and she saw that the situation was not so good, and said hurriedly: "The empress is because of her identity, she feels that she is tired of the princess and the son."
A Bao said angrily and annoyed: "Did Zhou Yan say something unpleasant? Mother concubine, you still don't want to see him in the future. He didn't treat him like your mother, so why bother to find it uncomfortable! "
Yuchen shook his head and said, "Your eldest brother didn't say anything. My mother felt sorry for you." He didn't want A Bao to have a knot with Zhou Yan, which was not a good thing for Zhou Yan.
It's strange for A Bao to believe this: "Mother concubine, are you still protecting him? When did he give you a good face in these years?" She couldn't figure out what Zhou Yan thought, did she have to be a mother? He was willing to die when the concubine died.
At this moment, A Chi came over. Seeing Yuchen's pale face, A Chi asked with concern: "Mother, what did the imperial doctor say? Doesn't it matter if the mother concubine?" A Bao's personality is very outgoing, while A Chi is more introverted.
The grandmother said respectfully: "My son, the imperial physician said that the empress is overthinking and frustrated in her heart." If you don't relax your mind, your body won't get better.
A Chi stood by the bed and asked, "Mother, you rushed to the palace to see the emperor this time. What's the matter?" A Chi called Zhou Yan the emperor, and A Bao replaced him with that person. Neither of them called. Brother Zhou Yan's.
Yuchen didn't know how to speak. Seeing this, A Chi looked at Grandma Gui.
Grandma Gui weighed and said in her heart: "The resurrection son, this time the empress is looking for the emperor after the election. The second girl from the Xia family is so cruel and cruel, she has already taken more than ten lives. The empress thinks of such a woman. Not a good match, so I asked the prince to change. The prince agreed, but the emperor himself disagreed."
A Chi looked very calm, and asked, "Since the emperor does not want to change, it must be his concerns and thoughts."
A Bao interjected: "Mother, since he himself doesn't agree with the substitution, what are you anxious to get angry with?" At the young age, I don't know how a mother feels.
Yuchen smiled bitterly: "It's not that your eldest brother doesn't want to change people. He is resenting his mother for deliberately working against his mother. But this marriage is a lifelong event, how can you be stunned."
A Bao was very impatient.
Achi thought for a while and asked: "Mother, just now, the mother said that the second girl of the Xia family was cruel, is this true?" Seeing Yuchen nodded, Achi said: "Mother, if this is the case, let the minister choose again. Personal choice!" Zhou Yan disagreed, as long as his father agreed to the substitution.
Yuchen was a little tangled, and Zhou Yan would be even more angry if this happened.
Achibi Abao must be determined, and said: "Mother, if you feel embarrassed, I will tell your father. But what kind of girl you want to choose for the emperor, you have to tell your father yourself." This is not the case. What a big deal, A Chi felt that there was no need to be entangled like this at all.
Yuchen said: "I have already told your father, I want to choose a girl who is gentle and knowledgeable for your elder brother."
Achi nodded and said, "I'll go and tell my father."
Yuchen took A Chi's hand and said, "A Chi, it's useless mother, I'm embarrassed by you."
A Chi shook Yuchen's hand with his backhand and said, "Mother, what are you talking about? I am your son. If I don't help solve any problems you have, who else can solve it?" Fights within the palace With Qingpa, Achi also matures prematurely.
Seeing Achi walking out, Abao said, "Mother, I'll go with my brother." If the father doesn't agree, she will grind hard, and he must get his father's consent.
Yuchen's heart was bitter and astringent.
When he arrived in the front yard, Achi asked Abao to wait outside. He was afraid that Abao's violent temper would be bad. Although Abao was reluctant, he knew how to measure and waited outside.
Seeing Yan Wushuang, Achi asked, "Father, did the second girl of the Xia family really have a dozen lives in his hands?" He had to really confirm the authenticity of the news.
Yan Wushuang nodded and said, "It's true."
A Bao opened his eyes wide and said: "So cruel?" Don't even look at A Bao's hand holding the whip, but at most it will smash the skin and make you half of the pain, and there is no human life on his hand.
Achi said: "Father, if Miss Xia becomes a queen, her father will definitely be criticized." The minister of civil and military affairs must say that Yan Wushuang was deliberate.
Yan Wushuang looked at A Chi, and said with a smile: "Who dares to criticize this king?" If he dares to criticize him, he will be killed. Of course, Yan Wushuang meant the face, and he couldn't hear him behind the back.
Ah Chi didn't mean anything, and he said directly: "Father, choose a woman who is knowledgeable, rational and gentle for the emperor. It will not arouse criticism, and my mother does not have to be sad. Isn't this the best of both worlds."
Yan Wushuang liked A Chi's frankness, and said with a smile: "It's rare for my son to speak, but my father agreed." It was a face to his son.
Achi respectfully said, "Thank you, Father."
Meng Nian sent Achi away, and after turning back, he said, "The prince, you can let the prince come into contact with the government."
Yan Wushuang nodded and said, "When the first month of the Chinese New Year is over, let him get in touch with government affairs." In terms of talent, Achi is equal to Yun Qihao. But A Chi is a waste material in martial arts, this is not as good as Yun Qihao, and this is also the most depressing part of Yan Wushuang.
Knowing what Yan Wushuang was thinking, Meng Nian said, "No one is perfect. The son of the elder does not know martial arts, so just choose some powerful personal protection from martial arts."
Yan Wushuang thought about one thing and said, "I remember that Yun Qihao was born on the first day of the first month. It was the second half of the night to the outside world, but we couldn't find out the specific time. You said, Yun Qing and Han Yuxi had Yun Qihao. Is it possible to hide so tightly at the time of birth?"
Meng Nian felt that Yan Wushuang was thinking too much, and immediately said, "How could this important matter of birth date be leaked out. If it is taken by someone with unpredictable hearts, don't harm the child." Only parents know about it, and very few outsiders know about it.
Yan Wushuang frowned and said nothing more.
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