The emperor is hard to chase

Chapter 22

Zhao Jinqing raised her heart in an instant, without even putting on her outer robe, she ran towards the Palace of Compassion and Peace!

The dark sky, the sound of pattering rain, whimpering thunder, and occasional lightning lighting up the surroundings, with a kind of deformed light.

"The emperor is here..." Accompanied by the eunuch's loud announcement, just as Zhao Jinqing arrived at the door, the door suddenly opened. "Your Majesty." Nanny Li greeted her with tears on her face. "Go and see the empress!"

Empress Dowager Xiaoci sat on the bed, as if she had been waiting for him for a long time.Her handkerchief was full of blood, Zhao Jinqing felt a pain in her heart, and said in a low voice, "Where's the imperial doctor? Why hasn't Wang Lin followed up yet! Nanny Li, it's so serious, why don't you call someone?"

"Your Majesty, don't blame them. I didn't call them imperial physicians." Empress Dowager Xiaoci coughed lightly, covering her veil, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is very happy to see you coming. Come, come here..."

Zhao Jinqing walked over like a ghost, his mind went blank, and his heart throbbed incessantly.The pale woman in front of him, with almost no blood color, has disheveled hair. Is this person still his mother?His queen mother is the most groomed person in the entire palace, even in the most difficult time of falling out of favor, she always dresses up beautifully.

However, she looks like this now!

"Mother, son is late." Zhao Jinqing burst into tears as soon as the words came out.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoci looked at him lovingly, changed a clean handkerchief to wipe his tears, and slowly said in a hoarse voice: "How could it be too late? At least, the Queen Mother saw you. You don't know how happy the Queen Mother is." .”

"Queen mother, listen to me, let my son send someone to invite the imperial physician." Zhao Jinqing begged.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoci shook her head, and looked at Zhao Jinqing's face with a trace of nostalgia: "Qing'er, my mother doesn't want to make trouble anymore." She paused, and said guiltily: "Qing'er, my mother knows that you blame me, cough cough... "

Zhao Jinqing was about to say something when the Empress Dowager Xiaoci covered his mouth: "You, you are born to hate fighting. But mother, since entering the palace, she has been indoctrinated with the mission of the family. Mother was for them at first, and later, for Myself. You don’t know this harem, it’s a battlefield by nature. Ahem, mother has no choice but to. You don’t want to fight for the throne, but Zhao Yuan’s succession is fine. If your two elder brothers, can they let you go?”

Her words were intermittent, just like Zhao Jinqing's tears.He listened to his mother's confession, as if he was proving something. Zhao Jinqing knew that what he said half a year ago had completely broken her heart, but she wanted to use this broken heart to leave him with the last warmth.

A huge sense of guilt and regret hit Zhao Jinqing, how he wished he could turn back time and take back that sentence.

"Mother, my child knows that it's Qing'er's fault." Zhao Jinqing's eyes turned red.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoci smiled helplessly, and sighed: "Silly boy, ahem, you don't understand. The queen mother doesn't want you to say such things at all..." She paused, and whispered: "The mother has often regretted it in the past six months. You should let nature take its course. Maybe, if you were not restrained too tightly at that time, and you were not forced to fight with them, you would have a good life..."

She stared blankly at Zhao Jinqing, tears falling on the man's hair.Zhao Jinqing suddenly felt his body vibrate, Empress Dowager Xiaoci held the white handkerchief, and spit out another mouthful of blood.

The bright red color shocked Zhao Jinqing's eyes and occupied all his mind and soul.The Empress Dowager Xiaoci coughed for a long while, and finally she rinsed her mouth with the salt water Nanny Li had brought, and her movements were smooth, apparently like this often.

When Zhao Jinqing was in a daze, the Empress Dowager Xiaoci held his hand lovingly. "Qing'er, my queen remembers that you often combed her hair at that time." Her eyes glowed faintly: "Come and comb your mother's hair again. Comb the one you like the most, the one you said looks younger... ...cough cough."

Zhao Jinqing got up stiffly, and helped her over carefully, only to hear Empress Dowager Xiaoci nagging and saying: "I remember that when he first entered the palace, my father said he missed me every day. Later, when he died, I In Lenggong, I can't even see them for the last time. Now I can finally go to see them, and then I will tell them that I gave them a grandson of the emperor, and our Lu family can be regarded as a glorious family..."

Her voice was hoarse with a dry cough, some of which were almost inaudible.Zhao Jinqing pursed her lips, her eyes were completely blurred, but she didn't dare to wipe them.

"One comb to the head. Two combs to the tail. Three combs to white hair and eyebrows..."

The Empress Dowager Xiaoci looked at the face in the bronze mirror, and smiled slightly: "They all hate me, but so what? I still won after all!"

Zhao Jinqing didn't know how long he combed until Nanny Li knelt down beside him and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is dead."

There was thunder and lightning outside the window.The sound of the rain seemed to be beating the drumbeat of despair, and Zhao Jinqing was in a trance.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is already dead..." Nanny Li said again.

Only then did Zhao Jinqing bow his head stiffly, and the Empress Dowager Xiaoci leaned on him, with a smile on her lips, and her eyes were completely closed.Zhao Jinqing took the white handkerchief, wiped his face, and said in a trembling voice: "I understand. Pass on the decree, the queen mother is virtuous and merciful, the whole city of the capital is fasting, and lights are banned for three days."

He forced himself to finish speaking, and his whole body was exhausted.Nanny Li wiped away her tears, and told the little eunuch next to her to do something.Only then did he look at Zhao Jinqing, "Your Majesty, you should go back and rest first."

Zhao Jinqing nodded, and he walked slowly until he reached the end of the corridor of the Compassionate Ning Palace.Mulan was dressed in white and knelt there, as if she had been waiting for a long time.

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Jinqing glanced at her and sighed in a low voice: "The queen mother is dead."

The woman in orchid clothes raised her head, with a gleam of water in her eyes: "My concubine came to see Your Majesty."

"Mulan, I don't have time to talk about love between children. You go back!" Zhao Jinqing frowned, his eyes were a little empty.He didn't know what he said, and he didn't know what he wanted to say.From entering the Compassionate Ning Palace to now, he knew that what he said was the most formulaic explanation and the most straightforward reaction.

Mulan wiped her eyes, forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, are you sad?"

Zhao Jinqing sneered, sad?Mulan actually asked him if he was sad?Who will tell him how cold-blooded a son is to be indifferent to his mother's death?Zhao Jinqing looked at her coldly, and squatted in front of the woman for a long time.His eyes looked deeply at Mulan, like a deep black pool of water.Zhao Jinqing let out a mocking smile, and said in a low voice, "Mulan, I will send you out of the palace tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he stood up, but he couldn't move a step.A pair of soft hands tightly hugged his legs, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, you are not like this!"

Zhao Jinqing's body trembled and he closed his eyes.

"Your Majesty, how can you do this? Even if we have never slept together, I am your first concubine!" Mu Lan begged.

Mulan's reaction shocked Zhao Jinqing, except for his mother and concubine, he had never had the slightest nostalgia for anything in the palace.He has always treated Mulan like a younger sister, and respected him like a wife to outsiders, but in the yin and yang, how could this woman develop feelings for a person like him?

What was even more frightening was that he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't want Mulan to leave several times.If not, how could he have kept Mulan until now?Thinking of this, Zhao Jinqing suddenly came back to his senses, he suddenly realized that he should not be immersed in sad emotions, the most urgent thing is to send Mulan away!

Only in this way can he have no distractions.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jinqing shook off Mulan's hand, and walked quickly, trying to get out of the woman's sight.He didn't dare to look back, if he really turned back, he might not be able to let her go.

"Your Majesty..." Gao Shun winked at the eunuchs on both sides, and followed with an umbrella.

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"You said, after this disaster relief, His Majesty will send you and me to recover the money owed?" Rong Xiao leaned on a cushion, and beside him was a young man in white who was beating his shoulders.

Wang Cheng glanced at the young man uncomfortably, and snorted coldly: "Yes."

Rong Xiao rubbed his forehead and sighed: "He wants me to offend a large group of officials! Tell me, what exactly does he want to do, Your Majesty?"

"I thought that His Majesty wanted to attack the prince and support King Ning." Wang Cheng said.

Rong Xiao smiled, and said in a firm tone, "Impossible. He can support anyone, but it is impossible to support that kid Zhao Yuan!"

Wang Cheng was stunned, "Why? After all, King Ning is His Majesty's younger brother."

Rong Xiao said indifferently: "A younger brother is different from a real younger brother. How many younger brothers have you seen trying to rob your elder brother's wife?" Having said this, Rong Xiao snorted: "Your Majesty is too stupid to be used by traitors. .”

The two of you were chatting with each other when the door suddenly opened.Ling Chen, Rong Xiao's housekeeper who came in, said, "Master, Mr. Wang."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Rong Xiao frowned, feeling a bad premonition.

Ling Chen flicked his sleeves and said in a low voice, "The Empress Dowager Xiaoci is dead."

"What did you say?!"

Rong Xiao pushed away the young man who was beating his legs, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. "when did it happen!"

"The news from the palace just arrived." Ling Chen curled his lips and said uncomfortably. "Don't worry about these, the prince will go to the palace first!"

A look of anger flashed across Rong Xiao's face, "Didn't I tell you to tell me as soon as there is any news in the palace? You actually dragged me until now! Forget it, I'll settle accounts with you when I come back!"

He took a piece of clothing casually, ignored Wang Cheng, and went out alone.

Ling Chen shrugged, "That's his temper, Mr. Wang, let's go!" He turned around and left.

For a while, there were only two people left in the room.Wang Cheng glared at Sun Yuning and snorted: "What are you looking at? Do you want to fight?"

Sun Yuning smiled, the scar on his face was extremely hideous, "This is my house."

"..." Wang Cheng secretly scolded this group of people, isn't he the king of Dingnan?Isn't he the head of the palace?Isn't he just a little girl?Why are all of them worth two to five to eighty thousand!Especially that Sun Yuning, it's okay to stutter before, but now he stutters, his eyes are so creepy.I don't know which eye of Rong Xiao is crooked. If he didn't look at this beauty, why did he focus on a young man with a scar on his face!