faint [rebirth]

In the 30th year of Chengguang, on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily during Choushi.

It was obviously the most quiet late night, but outside the bedroom of the East Palace, there were quite a few palace people walking back and forth with lanterns.

"Eunuch Ruan, has His Highness the Crown Prince got up now?"

A court lady in a green cloak was stomping her feet, as if she wanted to warm herself up. Seeing that the door of the bedroom opened quietly, a 36-year-old middle-aged eunuch squeezed out, and hurriedly went up to ask.

Eunuch Ruan's expression was very ugly, and he said: "The crown prince has been guarding the empress's sick bed for three consecutive days and three nights. It is rare to go back to the East Palace to take a bath tonight. Now counting it, he only slept for an hour..."

The maid in the green cloak hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Elder-in-law, you are an old man in the palace, what else do you not know? Our concubine Shen is the most bodhisattva-tempered, and she feels sorry for the queen's illness in her heart. I lost my mind, and just kept crying sadly. Is it because of Concubine Shen's helplessness for worrying about the empress, that this servant is here to invite His Highness the Crown Prince to do his filial piety for the empress? Do you preside over the overall situation?"

Bodhisattva temperament?Blindly sad and weeping?

Eunuch Ruan sneered from the bottom of his heart, looking at the heavy snow outside, thinking about the body of His Highness the Crown Prince, he finally couldn't hold back, and said a few words sarcastically: "That's strange, speaking of it, when the empress was only a little sick before, Shen The imperial concubine managed all the affairs of the palace with her own strength, and the rewards and punishments were appropriate, but even the emperor praised it. Why is it just a mere matter of taking care of the sick queen today? Are you relying on His Royal Highness for a child?"

The maid in the green cloak no longer apologized when she heard this.

The eunuchs on the left and right are also people that his master has been jealous of for a long time. He is only waiting for the death of the empress, and then this eunuch will be dealt with.

Anyway, in the heart of the Crown Prince, Concubine Shen is the most benevolent, and if he treats a slave in a mere way, the Crown Prince will not give face to Concubine Shen.

"Look at what Eunuch Ruan said. Regardless of whether our concubine Shen can take care of the affairs of the palace, as long as the concubine Shen can take good care of His Royal Highness and make His Royal Highness trust her with all his heart, what is this concubine Shen doing?" What does it matter when you can and when you can’t?”

Eunuch Ruan's face paled slightly.I don't know if it was blown by the cold wind or stabbed by the words of the palace maid.

"Besides, all goodness and filial piety come first. The empress is not only the biological mother of the crown prince, but also the aunt of the crown prince. It doesn't matter whether the empress is a big or small matter, as long as something happens there, can Mr. Ruan still be with you?" Like His Majesty, are you stopping me from telling His Highness the Crown Prince?"

The court lady was very eloquent, she stood in the corridor, chattered all over, and at the end she still did not forget to sarcastically say, "I see, father-in-law should wake up the prince quickly, otherwise the hour will be delayed, when the time comes, as long as our concubine Shen If this matter is mentioned in front of the prince, the father-in-law might not be able to keep his face in front of the prince today!"

Eunuch Ruan took a deep look at her, then turned around, intending to really wake the prince up.

After all, all goodness and filial piety come first, and this lady-in-waiting is right on point.

As a result, just as he turned around, the little eunuch from the Eastern Palace hurriedly led the nuns beside Concubine Shen to come.

"Wait! Eunuch Ruan, wait!" The nanny hurriedly yelled, her voice was not loud, but it was just enough to stop Eunuch Ruan.

Eunuch Ruan turned his head, glanced at the nanny, and then at the little eunuch who led the nanny privately.

The little eunuch flinched, and immediately knelt down in the heavy snow.

The mother pretended not to see the little eunuch, holding the hand stove, "creaking" stepping on the heavy snow, walked quickly to Eunuch Ruan, and said with a smile: "Eunuch, wait a moment, the empress coughed up blood earlier, Only then did the master send Lu Yi over to ask the prince to go down to preside over the overall situation. Now the empress woke up and knew that it was snowing outside, Tete ordered us not to disturb the prince.

The master was unwilling at first, but later saw that the empress stopped coughing up blood, and could swallow the medicine made by the imperial doctor by herself, obviously it was very good.Before I came, the empress had taken medicine and had to pull a few close palace people to talk.This is not the master who sent me over, saying that there is no need to invite the prince over.The prince has been tired for a few days, so he should take a good rest. "

Eunuch Ruan squinted his eyes and began to look at the nanny, and saw that there was indeed a trace of regret in the eyes of the nanny, as if it was a pity that the prince could not let the prince travel around in the snowy day.

Seeing this, Eunuch Ruan took another look at the heavy snow falling outside, and finally believed it, and said, "If that's the case, then please trouble Madam Xia and Luyi to get through this in vain."

The two of them said "dare not" repeatedly, and then left directly.

Luyi walked half a step behind Nanny Xia.

After walking out of the huge East Palace, he turned his head and glanced at the green tiles and red walls of the East Palace covered by heavy snow, and couldn't help but say, "Nurse, why did the master suddenly change his mind? Didn't it mean that the Queen just happened to be unconscious when His Majesty was away?" , do you want the prince to work hard?"

After all, even for ordinary people, after a few days of occasional fatigue and being blown by the biting cold wind in a snowy day, it is necessary to go home without a cold.

In particular, the prince was born prematurely, and his body was not good when he was young. Before he was ten years old, he had been taking medicine as a meal. That is, in the past three or four years, the prince's health has finally improved, but he can't compare with ordinary people. .If the prince is ill, then the whole body must be hollowed out more.

Although Concubine Shen was deeply trusted by the Crown Prince, the Holy Majesty and the Empress had always attached great importance to the Crown Prince's diet and daily life. She had some thoughts and did not dare to tamper with the Prince's daily diet.As a last resort, he thought of a way and planned to make the prince weak again due to the reason of "running around in the cold night for the queen".

Even, what Luyi didn't know was that her master planned to want more than these.

Mother Xia heard the words and said meaningfully: "You are so young after all. You only know that the master is plotting against the prince, but you don't know that the master is plotting against the prince everywhere. It was a plot to let the prince stay in front of the queen's sick bed for three days and three nights earlier. It is a calculation to ask you to call the prince to get up again when the prince fell asleep for a few hours, and to go to the Jiaofang hall to serve the sick, so now the master ordered me to come to prevent the prince from going to the Jiaofang hall, which is also a calculation. "

Luyi listened to it in a daze, thought for a long time, and suddenly said joyfully: "According to Mammy, who is it that is finally going to get worse?"

And when that one was finally "bad" to the point of dying, the prince was resting in the East Palace, and even refused Concubine Shen's invitation to go to Jiaofang Palace to preside over the overall situation. If word spread in the future...

Thinking of this, Lvyi couldn't help feeling happy.

As the saying goes, if one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven, the master will be fine, and the slaves below will be fine.Of course, she hoped that their master would truly get what he wanted!

Nanny Xia just smiled, but her back was straighter than usual.

East Palace.

Eunuch Ruan is not a foolish person, but a wise man has a lot of worries, and he will make a mistake.What's more, he was worried about the prince's body, so although he had doubts, he pushed open the door of the prince's bedroom, took the cold air away from his clothes, and went into the inner room to look at the pale boy who was sleeping deeply on the bed. Eunuch Ruan was a little reluctant to wake up the prince, and told the prince about the inappropriateness of concubine Shen's servant.

However, when Eunuch Ruan was hesitating in his heart, he saw that the prince who was sleeping deeply on the bed suddenly had a nightmare.

Eunuch Ruan was in a hurry, he didn't dare to call the prince lightly, he only dared to gently push the prince from the side.

Unexpectedly, he just pushed slightly, and the person on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.

"Ruan... Eunuch Ruan?" Xiao Wuchen's voice was hoarse and apologetic, and he smiled wryly, "I didn't know that the first person I saw after my death was actually someone I couldn't forgive. Eunuch Ruan, when you You are right, it is true that I was blinded by bad people, and that is why I was so tired that my father-in-law died. However, I don’t know if the next person I will see after seeing you will be the uncle of the emperor? You must know that in my life, I am the most unforgiving person , it is the emperor's uncle..."

Xiao Wuchen only thought that he had entered the underworld after death, and when he met an "acquaintance" in the underworld, he couldn't help but began to express his apology.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Ruan seemed to be stupefied by fright, and hurriedly stepped forward to cover Xiao Wuchen's mouth, and said repeatedly: "Your Highness, is this a dream? Are you talking nonsense? What is true or false? Some Words, but only the sage can say it, although your highness is under one person and is deeply favored by the sage, you should be cautious in your words and deeds!"

Xiao Wuchen was startled.

Your Highness?saint?Prudence in words and deeds?

Why can he understand every word that Eunuch Ruan said, but he can't understand these words together?

When Xiao Wuchen was ignorant, he suddenly thought of something, sat up from the bed suddenly, and looked at his hands in a daze.

Slender, pale, thin.

This is not the hand of the 27-year-old Emperor Cheng Ning, but the hand of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy!

Xiao Wuchen couldn't help trembling slightly when he thought of the order given to him by the scarlet monk he met by chance.

"This year, what year?"

"Chengguang for 30 years." Eunuch Ruan grew up serving Xiao Wuchen. Seeing that there was something wrong with Xiao Wuchen's expression, he couldn't help but say a few more words, "Your Highness forgot, half a month ago, the Holy Majesty He has just passed his 30th birthday, so isn’t this year Chengguang’s [-]th year? It’s just that the Empress is seriously ill, and the Holy One cherishes the Empress and refuses to do anything serious, otherwise…”

Before Eunuch Ruan could finish his sentence, Xiao Wuchen suddenly lifted the blanket and ran straight for the door!

In the 30th year of Chengguang, on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was heavy snow, and the successor of Emperor Chengguang, the Shen family, died.