Lin Rong hugged her in his arms. Mother and daughter were lying on the bed and asked, "Why did you wake up? Is it hot?"
Ah Zhao shook his head: "It's not hot, it's chilly in the room. I just... I just dreamed about Dad. He is very ill..."
Lin Rong paused: "I can see my father tomorrow. His illness is almost gone."
Lin Rong said this so many times. Azhao was happy to hear it at first, but now he knew it was to fool her, so he just asked in a dull voice: "Really?"
Lin Rong lowered his head and looked at Azhao's slightly melancholy little face. It was far from the innocent and lively face of the past. Even if he was angry and anxious in the past, he would not shed tears like he does now.
Ah Zhao actually didn't quite believe it and said, "Is it true that we can see Dad tomorrow?"
Lin Rong felt sour in her heart and wanted to bite Lu Shen hard to relieve her anger. He kissed her forehead and held her in his arms: "Of course, we will definitely see you tomorrow. When dad recovers from his illness and the weather becomes cooler, we can take a ride." When taking a boat trip around the lake, the shores of the lake are covered with green weeping willows. Looking from a distance, the sky and the lake are the same color, and the lake and the mountains are the same color. In the vast river mist, the melodious and melodious singing of the little fisherwoman floats, just like a cloud emerging from the mist. It will be night before you know it, and if it starts to rain lightly..."
Azhao gradually listened and answered: "It's raining, so let's sleep in the boat..."
Lin Rong hummed softly, patted her back gently to coax her to sleep, and continued following her words: "Well, just lie in the boat, ask Ah Zhao to rest on his mother's arm, and listen quietly outside. The sound of rain falling on the thatch in the stream is different from the sound of rain falling on the river. When the night wind comes, the small boat ripples along with the water waves, and the wild boat rides across the green shade. Dense, the mountains are far away, and the moon is thousands of miles away..."
Ah Zhao seemed to be on the boat in the rain at this moment, as if the heat of June had dissipated a lot. His eyes slowly closed, and he was about to fall asleep, when he suddenly thought of something and asked: "What about Dad?" "
Lin Rong pondered, holding a fan in his hand, and slowly fanned Azhao, and said: "He...he sits next to him and fan Azhao, okay?"
Ah Zhao responded vaguely once or twice, and the sound was already full of sleepiness. Gradually, there was no sound, and only the sound of even breathing could be heard.
Lin Rong sighed, feeling very sleepy, but not sleepy at all. He lay there with his eyes closed. He didn't fall asleep after an unknown amount of time.
Or for an hour, or for two hours, the night gradually deepened, and the exposed wrist gradually became covered with a layer of coolness. She suddenly heard the sound of footsteps that seemed to be absent, and when she listened carefully again, she seemed to only hear the sound of the wind blowing on the treetops outside.
She wanted to sit up with her hands on her hands, but she was shocked to find that she had no strength and could not move at all. Suddenly, the bed curtain was slowly lifted, and the edge of the bed sank slightly, as if someone was sitting there.
Lin Rong seemed to be in a nightmare. She felt that she was awake and could hear sounds, but her whole body was weak and she could not even move her fingers.
It seems that a palace lady is asking in a low voice next to her: "Your Majesty, do you want to give me medicine?"
The man sitting on the edge of the bed didn't answer. He waved his hand and ordered him to step down. After sitting there for an unknown amount of time, he leaned down and kissed the sleeping woman lightly on her forehead. He said to her: "Don't blame me. If I depend on you, you will never come back to Luoyang."
Chapter 116
The maids and servants waiting in the corridor of Prince Anfeng heard the ringing of the bell inside, and immediately took the copper basin and brought water in.
The curtains had been hung up. Lu Xuan lay half-lying on the bed with his eyes closed and let out a sigh of satisfaction. Yu Shulan's clothes were very messy and she was sitting on the edge of the bed. She asked the maid to help her stand up and sat on a high table beside her to rinse her mouth.
Yu Shulan's belly was almost seven months old, and it was so big that it was scary. She sat there and allowed the maid to wipe herself and change clothes. She pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It's true, sir. The beauty I just sent to you is thirteen and fourteen years old and tender." Young people should go and see them often."
On a normal day, Lu Huang would naturally say a few words of comfort, but today he was not in the mood. He put on his clothes and sat up, asking her, "I forgot to ask you, did the Queen Mother say anything to you when you entered the palace yesterday?"
Yu Shulan shook her head and said: "I don't think it means anything, but when I entered the palace yesterday, there were people guarding every palace gate. It looked so strange that even the Queen Mother couldn't give orders."
Lu Xuan rubbed the rosary beads in his hand and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Yu Shulan thought again: "I sat with the Queen Mother for a while, and then the Queen Mother said she felt unwell, and called for the imperial physician to come over. After diagnosing the pulse, she asked about His Majesty's condition again and again, asking over and over again. The Imperial Physician actually said that His Majesty's condition has improved. It only took half a month to recover slowly. The Queen Mother didn't seem to believe it when she heard this. Later, the female official came over and asked how much ice was used in the palace this year and which palace used it the most. .The female officer didn’t say anything at first, but she couldn’t do anything about it later..."
At this point, Yu Shulan had already realized something. She covered her mouth in shock and looked at Lu Huang: "No...it can't be..."
Lu Huang sat there and said: "Your Majesty returned to the palace from Jiangzhou and has not seen the ministers for five days. The requests of ministers from the six clans and ministers were rejected. The Zhu batch sent was also written by the queen. The important ministers jointly wrote I asked the imperial doctor to explain His Majesty's pulse, but my aunt rejected it. I'm afraid all the ministers are already aware of this reason."
Yu Shulan held the handkerchief tightly with both hands and stood up suddenly: "Your Majesty has..."
Lu Huang frowned and said coldly: "Silence!" He stood up and walked out: "Isn't it tomorrow's birthday for the noble concubine? You will see clearly then."
Yu Shulan nodded hesitantly and asked, "What can I do for you?"
Lu Huan said: "Don't do anything, don't say anything, just look at it with a pair of eyes."
Yu Shulan stood up to see him off and unconsciously walked to the door. Only then did she realize that Lu Huang was not going to the study room in the outer courtyard, but to the side courtyard. Her face stiffened, but she squeezed out a smile and told the maid: "Quick, pick up the lamp." In front, take me to Miss Xu’s yard."
Lu Huang only said: "What kind of girl? She's just a girl from outside."
The smile on Yu Shulan's face was a little genuine, and she pushed Lu Huan gently: "Okay, I will do whatever I say, it's just a girl."
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When Lin Rong woke up the next day, it was already past three o'clock. When he opened the curtain, he saw A Zhaoan sitting quietly on the couch. In front of him was the picture book that Lin Rong had drawn for her when he was in Jiangzhou. , seven or eight thin pages, I have turned it over countless times, but I still read it with my jaw open and read it with relish.
Lin Rong put on his clothes, walked to her side, touched the top of her head, didn't say anything, and just stayed with her quietly. Ah Zhao flipped the picture book over again, remembering Lin Rong's words, and raised his head: "Mother, can I really see my father today?"
Lin Rong nodded, stretched out three fingers, and said solemnly: "Mom, I promise, I will take Azhao to see daddy tonight!"
Ah Zhao looked at her, actually not quite believing it, but finally nodded: "I believe you!"
Not long after, Jing Qin came in with clothes in his arms. Seeing Lin Rong still sitting, he said anxiously: "Master, why are you still sitting? I heard the little girl said that you woke up early. Today is the birthday of Concubine Gui. You said it last night." I have to go. If I sit down again, I'm afraid the tables over there will be scattered."
Lin Rong waved his hands and had no choice but to stand up and sit in front of the makeup mirror. He thought to himself that he didn't know what kind of medicine Lu Shen gave him at night, so that he could sleep like this. He slept for seven or eight hours before waking up.
As soon as Jade Qin finished speaking, an old nanny came outside and replied: "The birthday banquet is about to start. The Queen Mother sent an old slave to ask the Queen, are you going to survive today?"
Lin Rong ignored her and just told her to wait outside. He slowly combed his hair and changed into clothes. Then he went out and said calmly: "Let's go!"
When Lin Rong arrived at the Queen Mother Cikang Palace, everyone was already seated and everyone was singing on the stage. Seeing Lin Rong's Queen's ceremonial guard from a distance, all the wives inside and outside, except the Queen Mother, stood up and saluted: "The Queen!"
The Queen Mother, Concubine Guo, and great-aunt were sitting in the middle. Lin Rong walked slowly over to greet the elders: "Since I returned to the palace, I haven't met any of the elders yet. I hope you'll forgive me for being rude." After saying that, he waved his hand and Kingfisher presented the brocade. Box: "This year, a yellow jade of rare color came in. I heard that the concubine was a person who worshiped Buddha, so I ordered someone to carve a statue of Guanyin."
Concubine Guo Gui was originally a marginalized person, but the Queen Mother was old and had no one to talk to in the palace, so she gradually started to take her more seriously. She took it in her hand and said in surprise: "Queen, thank you for taking the trouble."
The Queen Mother looked at her and hummed, but she didn't make things difficult. She waved her hand and said, "Okay, sit down. The play has just started. Magu's birthday greetings. It's a good play."
After three rounds of drinking, I didn’t know how many times I had sung on the stage. Lin Rong was sitting there with her chin propped up, as if she was a little tipsy. Suddenly she saw Aunt Yu next to the Queen Mother coming over and smiling: "The Queen Mother, please come over and talk." Well, I wonder if it’s convenient for your Majesty to bring you some sobering soup?”
Lin Rong nodded, turned around and saw that the Queen Mother was no longer at the table. She asked Jingqin to help her stand up. Her steps were a little shaky, but she said: "That's how I am. I just drank two cups and my face became wet." It’s like drinking from two big pots, but it’s actually nothing.”
As they walked along the Qushui Corridor Bridge, the Queen Mother was standing by the bridge. When she saw her coming, she asked, "Is the emperor's illness getting better?"
Lin Rong shook his head and did not explain clearly. He only said: "My wife shouldn't ask me, and I have nothing to say to my wife. I can't make the decision on such a matter."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother suddenly turned her head and looked at her: "You are very happy." After saying that, she said nothing more and turned to leave.
Lin Rong yawned and went back to the table. The old aunt had left the table at some point. She sat there again and watched the play for half a day, and then went to the Xuanzheng Hall during the lantern lighting season.
She lazily sat on the beauty's couch, took off the pearl emerald phoenix crown on her head, and threw it aside. She looked like she was extremely drunk, holding her chin up and looking at the glazed lamp on the small table in confusion.
Kingfisher hurriedly brought tea in, picked up the phoenix crown, and said: "Master, why do you drink so much wine?" Then he waved his hand and said to the palace lady who was waiting: "Why are you sitting here in a daze? Go and prepare some water. Master probably Need a bath."
After everyone left, Jingqin leaned into Lin Rong's ear and whispered back: "Master, you are right. The Queen Mother sent someone in the afternoon, saying that it was your order to deliver something to Your Majesty. Also. She took several ministers outside with a note in her hand, saying that she had something to report to His Majesty. The people Shen Yan left behind did not let her in, and they had to force her way in. However, the masters were not here, and they had no idea. People. It was the eldest princess who came back and had a fit, so she asked people to retreat."
Lin Rong took a sip of tea and hummed: "He can lie down if he wants to. He can lie down for the rest of his life. Who cares about him?" He put the tea aside again and ordered: "Go and coax Ah Zhao, don't bark. She was anxious."
Kingfisher nodded: "The little princess is angry, saying that you don't keep your word. You have to coax this yourself, and no one can do it for you."
Lin Rong closed her eyes, looking extremely uncomfortable: "I'll sit there for a while and then go in and see her."
Kingfisher nodded, put another pillow on Lin Rong, and quietly left.
I don’t know how long it took, but the door creaked and someone slowly pushed it open. There seemed to be subtle footsteps outside the palace. Someone from the palace reported back: "Your Majesty, the queen drank some wine at the banquet and just fell asleep."
Lu Shen hummed, waved her hand and ordered her to leave, and walked to the beauty's bed. She saw some hairpins and phoenix hairpins scattered everywhere on the ground. The young woman was half leaning on the jade pillow, her cheeks were a hazy blush, because of the weather. It was hot, and the palace robe had faded to the waist, and the sky-blue tube top made her skin look like jade.
Lu Shen gently stroked it, from the rouge flower on her forehead to the plump and moist red lips, and gently pulled on the laces of her tube top. The two nephrite balls slid out tremblingly like milk. He Ask: "Is it hot?"
Lin Rong seemed to be very drunk and hummed unconsciously.
Lu Shen asked again: "Shall I carry you to bed?"
Lin Rong closed his eyes, as if he didn't know who he was talking to, and hummed again.
Lu Shen hugged Lin Rong in his arms. The cold green silk was pressed against Lin Rong's chest, which seemed to make her feel particularly comfortable. He murmured unconsciously. The sound was soft and shallow, like a kitten, scratching his heart. .
The bed curtains were lowered, and the layers of gauze were hung down, covering up the spring light in the room. After an unknown amount of time, Lu Shen asked her, "Let's have another baby, okay?"
It's a pity that the woman was already asleep at this time and didn't even murmur.
Lu Shen raised the tent and stood up, and someone from the palace asked outside: "Your Majesty, are you still giving me medicine today?"
While Lu Shen was putting on his clothes, he hummed: "Don't feed her too much. Once she sleeps for a day, the traces on her body will be gone."
Immediately, two maids came slowly, one brought medicine, the other poured hot water, slowly opened the curtain, and saw Lin Rong sitting on the bed, with a calm face, except for the rosy rhyme of happiness on her face. How can you tell that he is a drunk person?
The maid holding the medicine bowl was okay, but she was so frightened that her legs went weak. She knelt down and asked: "Mother, are you awake?" The little girl holding the hot water was a little timid, and she splashed the water in fright. In one place, I was stunned, not knowing what to do.
When Lu Shen heard the sound, the hand holding the belt paused. He turned around and looked over. He saw Lin Rong opening the bed curtain with a calm face. Her tight little face looked a little pale at this time, and her hand holding the curtain stopped. He couldn't help but tremble, and looked at Lu Shen and said coldly: "Yes, I disappoint you. I'm awake. I'm so awake that I can't wake up anymore?"
Lu Shen froze there and said, "Are you not drunk?"
Lin Rong didn't answer his words, even though he already knew in his heart that he was not dead. Now that he actually saw him, he couldn't control his anger. After a while, he asked him: "How dare you lie to me like this, Lu Shen? "
The only thing I had planned was to question him and confront him. As soon as I said these words, the tears fell uncontrollably.
Chapter 117
Then she caught a glimpse of the medicine bowl held in the hand of the palace lady and rushed towards Lu Shen. Suddenly she heard the sound of celadon breaking, and the thick black medicine spilled all over the floor. She pointed at Lu Shen and asked, her fingertips trembling slightly. : "You also gave me medicine, what kind of medicine is this?"
Lu Shen did not answer, and the expression on his face suddenly changed from the initial shock and surprise to calmness, so calm that Lin Rong could not see a trace of emotion. He stood there and silently put on his jade belt and waved his hands to order the ladies to step back. Then he slowly came forward, his tall figure covering the candlelight, causing Lin Rong to hide in the misty shadows.
Lin Rong was furious, but his tears fell down, and his momentum was reduced by half. It only made people feel that the most pitiful thing is for a beautiful woman to shed tears.
Lu Shen sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. He gently touched it with his slightly calloused fingertips and was knocked down by Lin Rong with a snap as soon as he touched it.
Lin Rong seemed to be so angry that his voice was trembling: "Aren't you shameless? It's like this every time. You say one thing and do another. When someone exposes you, you act shamelessly like nothing happened? You said you want to? Just do whatever you want, and then set up such a big trick to fake death to trick me into taking Azhao back to Luoyang?" She became angrier as she spoke, her fingertips became slightly numb, and she sat there holding on: "You have always been When you lie to me like this, you can do whatever you want. But how can you bear to let Azhao be so sad, and how can you bear to ask your great-aunt to run around at an advanced age? "
The more she talked about it, the more her tears flowed. She could hardly help herself, so she had to turn her head away and grit her teeth to hold back, so as not to look so rude.
Lu Shen silently handed over the silk scarf, and after she wiped her tears and calmed down a little, she slowly said those words that she had drafted countless times and thought about many times at night: "Yes, I admit it. Shameless and despicable, I never intended to keep you outside the palace. I went south to Jiangzhou and used all my tricks and tactics just to take you back to Luoyang."
As expected, this bitch had never intended to let him go. As expected, he had been lying to himself all along. Lin Rong turned his head and looked directly into Lu Shen's eyes, but heard him continue: "If you really hate me so much, if you really If you don't have me in your heart at all, then that's fine. But it's not the case. I gambled with my life in exchange for a glimmer of hope. How can you ask me to be willing to do that? "
Lin Rong wanted to walk away, but asked him to hold his wrist tightly: "If you are really as careless as you said, you will know the extent of my injuries on the day I was hit by the arrow. You are a doctor. If you check it yourself How can you not discover the truth even if you explore the wounds of the corpse? But you dare not go. Did I lie to you, or did you lie to yourself? "
Lin Rong sat there in a daze. She never thought about these things, nor did she dare to think about them. These things scared her and made her feel out of control. In the past, she would naturally blame Lu Shen for all these things, blaming him for being cunning and resentful. He is shameless. However, that day on the boat, if I hadn't seen him hit by an arrow and thought of the dream about him dying due to the arrow, and therefore become confused, then I definitely wouldn't have been able to deceive myself. Not only was I confused that day, but I was also so confused that I didn't dare to look at his body on the way back to Luoyang. In fact, if you think about it for a moment, the fishiness in this is obvious.
At this time, Lu Shen was asked to peel them off one by one, and there was no point where she could argue. She looked at Lu Shen, and her tears stopped. Most of the anger in her voice suddenly dissipated out of thin air, and became lighter for a long time. Then he said: "So what? Why don't you lie to yourself and then be fooled by you like a fool?"
so what? These words sounded like celestial music to Lu Shen. He looked at Lin Rong with bright eyes. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a cry coming from the left hall.
Shaoqing, Jade Bird came from outside the palace and stood outside the curtain. He saw two figures sitting faintly inside. He was startled and asked: "Master?"
Lin Rong opened the tent, got out of the oppressive ambergris in the tent, and asked, "What's wrong?"
The curtain was opened, and I saw Your Majesty sitting there with an evil expression. Kingfisher was so shocked that he opened his eyes wide, lowered his head and reported back: "Just now, the little princess had a nightmare, and she was frightened."
Lin Rong asked: "Crying?"
