In Qingya's blur, she struggled and wanted to cry out but it was in vain. At this moment, someone pulled her hand, and she suddenly woke up in reality. Only then did she realize that the scene just now was a dream, and that she was holding her hand. Hers is Xiangxiang's warm hands.
Seeing that her head was sweating profusely, Xiangxiang anxiously asked someone to bring a hot handkerchief to wipe it for her: "Madam, are you okay? But did you have any nightmares again?"
She gently held the edge of the bed and lifted her heavy body - "It's not that dream yet. I have to do it again every night. I'm used to it. I just don't know who the person in this dream is."
Xiangxiang massaged her legs and swollen hands and said, "Xu is not a specific person, it's just because the lady is pregnant and her vitality is weak. I used to serve a lady named Xie in the Song Dynasty. That lady I often dreamed of men during my pregnancy, and the best imperial doctor in the palace said that this is normal."
"I've had dreams like this since I was a girl. Maybe...maybe it's because I haven't been in good health."
She leaned on the bedside and touched the jade pendant under the pillow to look at it.
Someone outside the house announced that Wan Yanyong was here. She had been alienated from Wanyan Yong for a month because of the previous wedding ceremony. This time after hearing the servant's report, she hid under the quilt again to avoid him.
But Wanyanyong walked quickly and walked in soon, and saw her getting under the quilt.
She leaned over and closed her eyes.
Wan Yanyong sat on the edge of her bed, carefully leaned over and asked, "Qingya, are you okay? Are there any discomforts?"
She said calmly, without opening her eyes, "No!"
He gently leaned over her body, sighed first, and then held his hand: "Madam, I know that what happened a few days ago was the King Gu's fault, but Madam, after so long, King Gu is still I hope you can forgive me!"
"Look, you are pregnant now, so being angry is not good for the baby! Just ask, whatever you want, the lonely king will provide it for you, as long as you can..." Before he could finish, she He closed his eyes and turned his body sideways.
"Qingya!"
She curled her lips slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I don't want to talk to you about this now. Your Majesty, you don't have to care about my feelings. I'm pregnant, and I don't want to hear you say this."
"My King, you are not wrong. You did not expect that Daddy would treat me like this, so this matter is not your fault." After saying that, she took a deep breath - "It's just that during this period, there are too many complicated things. , I’m a little worried, I just want to rest quietly and give birth to this child, I don’t want to mention the past.”
"I know that you are not willing to listen to me when you are pregnant with a child, and I won't say anything anymore. But Qingya, the lonely king should have retained you at that time, and should not have let you move out of the house. This is my fault first. , I am ashamed of you and the child."
"Now, I always think about what I can do for you to make up for my mistakes and make you happy."
He was talking to the side, and Qingya slowly closed her eyes - "I am the most comfortable now, the king is good enough to me!".
She gently closed her eyelashes, her eyes were full of exhaustion, and her face was not as good-looking as usual. Seeing this, Wanyanyong's Adam's apple moved up and down slightly, and he leaned down to kiss her forehead and tuck the corner of the quilt for her. , left quietly.
One sunny day, the imperial concubine Mingxuan invited Qingya to come to the garden to bask in the sun. Originally, he moved a bed in the courtyard for her to sit and drink tea first. The servants also told her to wait for a while. The imperial concubine was sitting there. Dressing up, but after hearing this, she stood in the garden and curled her lips and said, "Your mother-in-law is really like a lazy cat. It's boring for me to wait for her alone in this garden. I won't wait. If she misses me and If she speaks, she will come to me in person!"
The servant pursed his lips and agreed, watching her angrily walk out of the garden.
She walked along the bright corridor in the spring light, walked to a pavilion, sat down next to the corridor chair, leaned on the railing with one hand, and fiddled with the pearls hanging on her clothes with the other.
Suddenly, she smelled a fragrance, which was very fresh. She came closer to smell it and asked, "What kind of flower is this? The fragrance is so fresh."
Xiyi pouted at the side and put her hands on her hips: "This is the precious lily bred by that arrogant and unreasonable lady in our house."
After hearing this, Qing Ya realized that it was the person who spread the fragrant feather seeds, so she curled her lips and said, "I have been basking in the sun in this pavilion in the past few days. Why didn't I smell it before?"
Xiangxiang replied: "On Lady Ling's birthday a few days ago, the king promised her to plant all the lilies she likes in this garden for her to watch at any time! Therefore, these lilies are just planted."
"This spring, lilies have just bloomed. It smells very fresh at first, but after smelling it too much, I feel tired!"
After hearing this, Qingya waved to them to stop talking and murmured casually: "This servant San is a crooked person, but his favorite flowers are noble."
She lazily put her hands next to the railing and fell asleep, bathing in the warm spring sun.
After a long time, Mingxuan looked for her. Seeing her sleeping, he picked a leaf from a small tree nearby and teased her crimson ears. She only felt itchy, so she touched her ears and opened her eyes to look. When she saw Mingxuan beside her, she yawned lightly again and leaned against the railing.
"When did I become a lazy cat?" Mingxuan asked, "You are so brave, you dare to call me a lazy cat!"
She continued to smile and gave a quick look: "You made me wait in vain, why didn't you say anything."
"Oh! Now that I have flesh and blood, I won't be afraid of anything anymore!"
Qingya smiled and shook her head, continuing to lie on the railing.
"Is it hard to carry a baby these days?"
"It's okay! It's okay."
After Mingxuan nodded, he seemed to have thought of something, his facial expression became solemn, he looked at the silk in his hand, and looked at her again from time to time.
Qingya noticed something and asked, "What's wrong with the queen? She suddenly stopped talking?"
Her melancholy eyes told her that something must have happened in the court, and now the Liushou Mansion was on the cusp of the storm.
"Your Majesty... cut off the salary of the Liushou Mansion and gave it only half of what it used to be every year. The Yellow River burst its banks. He collected relief materials from various royal houses. I saw the amount written in the decree. It was almost as if the amount accumulated by the royal family over the years was All my savings have been plundered, it will be good if we can live a good life without starving in the future.”
Qingya was shocked: "The imperial treasury is full, why is he plundering the royal family's money?"
"In recent years, he has built a new imperial capital, overhauled a summer palace, and planned to build a capital in Bianjing, Henan. On weekdays, he also enjoys the rare and precious treasures at will. In addition, in recent years, there have been continuous uprisings in the country, and Shanxi has suffered from droughts for many years. , I’m afraid the treasury has been squandered long ago.”
"He forced the royal family to donate money, just to test it. The obedient prince would grit his teeth and donate money, and then wait for himself to starve to death. The disobedient one would be killed by him."
The more she spoke, the more uncomfortable Qingya felt, and she slowly put down her hands - "Even if you can only make ends meet, you still have to donate, otherwise, the family will be pushed to the forefront."
She turned her head, and the tassel was placed on her hairpin. She gently plucked it, pulled out the hairpin with tassels, and put it in Mingxuan's hand: "For me, the king gave me many precious things before. Crowns and jewelry are also of limited use."
"I don't need your jewelry. The family's money is enough to pay for the disaster relief. But I must be more frugal in my future life," she returned the hairpin to her hand and shook her head.
Mingxuan put a green branch in his hand and said, "A few days ago, King Chong died in infancy. His Majesty ordered that dozens of doctors, servants, wet nurses, and teachers of King Chong be killed."
Mingxuan was looking at her, watching her reaction. But she didn't do anything extra, she just caressed her belly.
"Your Majesty, now you also have your children around your knees. The queen's prince, Concubine Rou's concubine Princess, Concubine Yuan's concubine Princess Heru and Prince Chong." After Mingxuan finished speaking, he sighed again: "It's a pity that Prince Chong, He was only...five years old, and he went!"
"Now that King Chong has gone, His Majesty has become moody and often kills people for trivial matters. The ministers in the court are in fear every day."
"When I heard what the king said, I felt scared. Many people have died over the years. I am really afraid that the Holy One will attack our family one day. The king has been a local magistrate for many years. There is a rebel army in Liaoyang. There are floods in Jinan and drought in Datong.
There is chaos in Kaifeng. If the king hadn't always been vigilant and found ways to deal with the situation in a timely manner, the frequent accidents in recent years would have killed us several times. "
After Mingxuan finished speaking, he looked at her again, his deep eyes filled with unfathomable mystery.
"Now, once again, I don't know what to do..."...
Qing Ya was confused. This was also her lingering doubt. However, due to her status as a concubine, she shouldn't have interfered with family affairs. But now that she thinks about it, it seems that Wan Yanyong has always been afraid of being with her for no reason over the past few years. Frightened, even if everything was safe in the place where he belonged, he was still trembling and walking on thin ice. The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't help but ask -
"Mother, in fact, your Majesty has managed the place very well these past years, right? Even if the Holy One punishes you, you will not be punished! Why do you two give me the feeling that we are living an ignoble existence and are afraid all the time?"
Hearing this, Mingxuan hesitated for a while before stepping back and sitting closer to her: "I shouldn't have said this to you, because... due to my status, but over the years, everyone has been watching, Your Majesty. I have never treated you as a concubine, so I think you should know these family matters."
"Your Majesty, we are secretly forging armor weapons! We plan to save millions of people from the fire and water, so we are also afraid that the Holy One will focus on us. In that case, the matter of forging armors will be easily exposed."
After hearing this, Qing Ya could only tighten her hands, and a bright light flashed in her eyes. She was silent in a situation where she could not be silent. Her face was as if the spring water outside the pavilion could not stir up even a single ripple, but her heart was like a stormy sea crashing on the shore.
How could she not know that this so-called "saving the people from fire and water" is to kill the tyrant and become emperor.
Her husband wants to kill the person she once loved deeply, but she can't do anything now. She is the concubine of King Yong.
Wait for her to say quietly - "Well, it's useless for me to hear these big things. The empress is the mistress. Knowing these things can help the king solve his problems, but I am a concubine and I don't have much brains and knowledge. After listening, I can only support it from my heart."
Mingxuan saw her calm posture with her own eyes, smiling calmly without a trace of distracting thoughts, and then she relaxed.
"Do you support the king?"
She replied again: "I don't support anything, this is a good thing..."
She did not deliberately avoid or be aggressive. She paused for a moment and then changed the subject - "In the current situation, the Holy One is killing his ministers, how can we protect ourselves from the crisis! How can we make the Holy One stop paying attention to us."
"I don't know, there's no way yet."
