faint [rebirth]

Empress Shen died.

Just like the previous life in Xiao Wuchen's memory, he passed away on the same day.

Xiao Wuchen knelt in front of the bed in a daze, his eyes were red.

Huan'er, the palace maid next to the queen, suddenly screamed "Queen", and couldn't help crying loudly.

The inner room and the outer room were not closed at all, but separated by a curtain.

When Huan'er yelled, everyone outside guessed what was going on inside, all the palace people stopped their hands and feet, and immediately bowed their heads and knelt down.But no one dared to really cry when they were sure whether someone was really dead inside.

Concubine Shen had long since lost her mind to look at Nanny Xia on the ground.

She heard the commotion inside, and immediately stood up, the jewelry on her head didn't make any sound, and she walked quickly towards the inner room.

Then she saw the queen whose eyes were closed.

"elder sister!"

Concubine Shen rushed towards the bed in the room.

But Xiao Wuchen and Huan'er were already kneeling beside the bed.

She couldn't squeeze Xiao Wuchen away, so she could only knock Huan'er down at once, and accidentally knocked the roll of paper in Xiao Wuchen's hand into pieces.

Concubine Shen was startled, the tears in her almond eyes could not stop flowing, she still did not forget to ask: "Chen'er, is this the decree left by my sister? What is it written in?"

Before she finished her question, she saw that Xiao Wuchen had already opened Yizhi by himself - that is, the roll of paper that the queen had been hiding in the vase.

"My son is dust-free, filial and respectful since he was a child, talented and intelligent. However, the wise are jealous. Although my son has seven openings in his heart, his body is sick and weak, which is no better than others. As a mother, I deeply hate making her weak in the womb. Weak. I deeply regret it, regret it, and wish I could replace it with my body... I feel deeply that my life is coming to an end. In my life, I have never demanded half of my son. However, when I am dying, I leave this book as a reminder My son has no dust. At my funeral, I cannot kneel in the daytime, keep watch at night, and keep filial piety and food for a hundred days. If my son refuses to respect my life, I will be buried underground and never sleep peacefully..."

Neither Xiao Wuchen nor Concubine Shen had imagined that what the empress would leave behind would be such a decree.

Xiao Wuchen thought of his previous life, because he was obsessed with keeping filial piety for the queen, he never left for the first seven moments, and he was a vegetarian for 27 months. As a result, his mother's filial piety period just passed, and his father died again.

In this way, Xiao Wuchen had been a vegetarian for five or six years, and the two funerals made his poor health even worse.

Filial piety is what it should be, and Xiao Wuchen never felt that there was anything wrong with it before.However, now that I think about it carefully, rules are indeed important, but three years of filial piety is also harsh.

It's just that he never expected that his mother would leave such a decree.

Xiao Wuchen rolled up Yizhi again, leaned over and kowtowed three times, and finally said: "Son, follow the mother's will, and you will cherish yourself and live a long life!"

After all, he stopped kneeling and stood up instead.

Concubine Shen's complexion suddenly changed.

She had never been stupid, nor dared to be.She had been guarding against this trick from her queen sister before, so that the prince would not have to keep his filial piety, and there would be one less chance of harming the prince's body.However, she was on all possible precautions, and she placed so many people around the queen, but she never found out when the queen hid this thing.

"Chen'er, although this is left by my sister, the world values ​​filial piety. If you really obey this will and don't keep filial piety to your sister like ordinary people, I'm afraid you will be criticized by the world, and your crown prince will be criticized. , or disadvantageous."

Concubine Shen was only a little surprised, but she quickly realized that the queen's will was good for Xiao Wuchen's body, but such a will was contrary to ordinary filial piety. If it was done properly, no matter Xiao Wuchen Whether Chen abides by it or not, it will be seized by those who want to use it to attack his position as the crown prince.

That's why Concubine Shen reacted quickly and said these words - she not only wanted Xiao Wuchen to be attacked, but also wanted Xiao Wuchen to become weaker and weaker.Of course, it would be even better if Xiao Wuchen could do something else to Xiao Wuchen when the Holy One had not returned and Xiao Wuchen missed his biological mother and had no intention of guarding against outsiders.

It's a pity that the current Xiao Wuchen is no longer the young man who trusted and relied on him.

"Concubine Shen is too worried." Xiao Wuchen stood up expressionlessly, shook his body slightly, his face was as pale as paper, and said, "Now that things are up to now, no matter what I choose, it is better to abide by filial piety like ordinary people Regardless of whether it is to obey the queen mother's last will, those who do not understand the mother's painstaking efforts will definitely use this to attack Gu in the court. Since Gu can't escape, it is better to accept the mother's painstaking efforts and take good care of the body. .”

Concubine Shen was shocked when she heard the words, and immediately cried: "What's wrong with Chen'er? But what did your aunt do that made you misunderstand? Why did you suddenly become estranged from your aunt? Chen'er, you know, Auntie and Tan You are the only one I can rely on. We are the last people who will not treat you badly. If you are alienated from your aunt and Tan'er, how uncomfortable will your aunt and Tan'er feel? Your mother loves Tan'er the most and cares about Shen Home, if she knows that you are alienating us like this, wouldn't she be safe underground?"

Concubine Shen cried when she said she wanted to cry, not the kind of pear blossoms crying with rain, but crying bitterly, as if she was extremely sad.

Xiao Wuchen stared at her blankly for a long while, until Concubine Shen's crying body was shaking, he took a step forward, supported Concubine Shen, and said in a low voice: "Don't cry, auntie, just now, I was thinking too much." Yes. I think the culprit is that Aunt Xia who spread the words of my aunt. My aunt has always treated me well, so how could she do everything possible to trap me? It’s just that my aunt wants to have a good trial of Xia Nanny. Look at Xia Who is Mammy, and why did she provoke you and me like this."

What else could Concubine Shen say?

Although she didn't want to lose Xia Nanny, a loyal slave, but now Xiao Wuchen was obviously suspicious, she didn't want to lose, so she had to lose.Even because of this, she couldn't even talk about persuading Xiao Wuchen to stay and be filial like ordinary people.

"That's right." Xiao Wuchen looked at his mother for a while, and suddenly said casually, "Tan'er is still young, when my aunt calls him over, don't forget to put more clothes on him. And He can't touch meat dishes anymore, and children can still eat some eggs, so don't ban them for him."

Concubine Shen's heart moved when she heard this, and she only said yes on her face.She knew that Xiao Wuchen really didn't intend to follow the usual rules to honor the empress's filial piety, so she urged Xiao Wuchen to leave.After all, in the Queen's will, there is a clause "cannot keep watch at night", which shows that the Queen also knows that the weather is cold, especially at night, Xiao Wuchen's body is not suitable for the cold at night.

Xiao Wuchen also knew the intention and painstaking efforts of his mother.

He kowtowed three times again, and really took the people away.

He still sat on his shoulders and left with the warm hand stove in his arms.

Concubine Shen looked at Xiao Wuchen's back with a complicated expression.

When Xiao Wuchen was born, due to the queen's dystocia and premature delivery, not only Xiao Wuchen's health was not good after giving birth, but the queen's health was also not good.Therefore, the queen could not look after Xiao Wuchen.Concubine Shen already knew the deep love between the Holy Majesty and the Empress at that time, in order to gain a foothold in the harem, she took care of Xiao Wuchen who was still a baby day and night with her clothes on and off, and she had to taste everything that was going to be in Xiao Wuchen's mouth.

After ten years like this, she took care of Xiao Wuchen like a slave for ten years before she got a concubine, as well as the trust of the Holy Majesty, Empress, and Xiao Wuchen.Of course, she also spent ten years to make Xiao Wuchen, who was weak in body, more and more energetic. No matter how weak his body was, he would not lag behind others in homework or other aspects.

Even if it is a daily walk in the palace, Xiao Wuchen would never sit on the shoulders when seeing those emperors and grandchildren walking.What's more, today is the Queen's death...

Concubine Shen looked at Xiao Wuchen's back with a complicated expression for a while, and then told Luyi and Hongqing beside her: "Drag Madam Xia to our palace, it's life or death, it's up to fate. Also, go send someone to call Zhong, bring the eighth prince again, remember, don’t wear too thick clothes, but you must not freeze the eighth prince, coax him to drink a bowl of thick ginger soup, and let him run all the way crying Come to Jiaofangdian."

Lvyi and Hongqing were the ones who entered the inner room with Concubine Shen. They heard what the prince said and knew that Nanny Xia's life was destined to be lost.Although things hurt their kind, they were even more surprised by Concubine Shen's cruelty to the Eighth Prince.

"Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince is only three years old, how can he bear this suffering?"

Concubine Shen's eyes flickered slightly, and her heart ached, but she still said: "So what if you are three years old? If you want to blame, you can only blame him for being unlucky and being born in the belly of a concubine. He wants to live a good life in the future. Right now, you must be able to bear this hardship, and you will have a bright future in the future!"

Lu Yi and Hong Qing lowered their heads in an instant, neither of them dared to persuade them any more.

Xiao Wuchen sat on his shoulders and quickly returned to the East Palace.

Ah Yao and Ah Zhuang had already been one step ahead of him. They cooked thick red dates and ginger soup, boiled hot water, and waited for Xiao Wuchen to drink the ginger soup. go to sleep.

Empress mother, the son was not filial in the previous life, so only being the real master of the world is his first priority.

But now, his son understands that the first thing he has to do is to protect the Xiao family's country, and then live a long life.