novelraw Chapter 22: How to Feel Good
Chapter 22: How to Feel Good
There is no need to ask, I can only find a comfortable place and prepare to listen to the story.
Yan Buzhou followed with the official's letter, and when he saw Zhao Zhen again, he had to pretend to be confused before revealing his identity with some words of thanks.Although she knew that it was better to stay away from the royal secrets, Zhao Zhen even took the initiative to come to her door, and the consequences of refusing to listen would probably push Zhao Liu, a friend, away.
It will be impossible to find a completely quiet and undisturbed place in the tile shop. Even if the Qushuxuan is closed at all times, there are many times when there are many times around. "If you don't mind, let's go to the back door of Qushuxuan."
Zhao Zhen nodded indifferently. It doesn't matter where he goes to drink, he just wants to talk to someone.
Some troubles and doubts have been unsolved for nearly ten years, but at the moment when he finally learned the truth, he really wanted to say that he would never enter the emperor's house in his next life.
"Peony is known as the king of flowers. Black peonies are extremely rare and hard to find. Many years ago, a pot of ink crown Jinghua was sought after by countless flower lovers. He managed to get it in his hand.
This flower was given to his favorite woman.It seems to show that people are more delicate than flowers, no matter how many wives the Ming media have been marrying in the Yamen, that woman is the one in the palm of their hands. "
For more than ten days, Zhao Zhen has been paying attention to the killing of Lu Hao.This has something to do with the movement of Qing'an Palace that he has been following closely. When Guo Huai quietly left the palace to avoid people's eyes and ears, he sensed that something big was bound to happen.
The eunuch next to Liu E seems to have been quiet for many years, and there is a tendency to live in the palace for the elderly, so what is the important thing that Guo Huai needs to do in person?Those who followed Guo Huai discovered that he was visiting a patient, not a high-ranking official, but a young man with a weak constitution.
Xu Cheng, nearly [-] years old, earns a living by doing odd jobs in the capital, has no family and relatives, and is no different from an invisible person when he is quiet.He only mentioned one or two sentences that he could survive with the help of kind people in time, but he was suffering from incurable diseases, so he was just bargaining with the king of Hades to talk about living.
Unavoidable to startle the snake, the dark guard did not approach Xu Cheng rashly to find out what happened. Who would have thought that Xu Cheng would die the next day.
Soon it was revealed that Xu Cheng and four family members of the patients formed a revenge team, and it was they who blocked the way and killed Lu Hao.
Zhao Zhen was momentarily stunned when this string of news hit him head-on.If you are not stupid, you can see that Xu Cheng did it intentionally for the Vengeance Squad. How could there be no shadow of Guo Huai behind this matter?
As the empress dowager's eunuch, Guo Huai would give money to help a poor patient for no reason?Didn't he know that Xu Cheng once spent his family's money to treat Lu Hao's mother's illness, but Xu's mother passed away not long after Lu Hao took over?
No, Guo Huai must know everything, deliberately approached Xu Cheng, and instilled in him the idea of revenge.
However, both Lu Hao and Guo Huai are Liu E's subordinates, and Guo Huai would never dare to kill Lu Hao without Liu E's consent.Or should I ask, why the ultimate move?
Sometimes it is true to rule out all possibilities.
When Zhao Zhen learned that Lu Hao's medical skills were not top-notch, he also wondered why Liu E chose Lu Hao from the Imperial Medical Office instead of other imperial physicians to be in charge of her pregnancy consultation.
He had vaguely guessed that when stepping into the deep palace, extraordinary abilities are important, but keeping his mouth shut is even more important.Lu Hao became Liu E's confidant not because of his extraordinary medical skills, but because he was obedient enough.
What secret did Lu Hao keep for Liu E?This secret actually caused him to be exterminated more than ten years after he left the Imperial Medical Office?
Zhao Zhen continued to talk about old things to Yan Buzhou, "The yamen gave a pot of precious black peonies to the outer room who was raised outside and couldn't even be called a concubine, how could he hide this from his wife Guo Shi.
Guo is not the first wife in the Yamen, she is the second wife, she thought her life would be better than the previous woman who died early without having a child, but after more than ten years of marrying into the Yamen family, she felt that her fate was not good. How ironic.
Ya Nei had five sons, three of whom were born to her.But regardless of whether she was born or not, the five sons died before they grew up.
At that time, Guo experienced the pain of bereavement for the third time, and suffered severe physical and mental injuries.She knew that time was running out, but when she heard that Ya Nei had kept an outhouse longer than she had been in the mansion, and even bought a black peony, Bo Jiaren Yile, she became very happy.
Ah Yan, guess why Guo's mood brightened all of a sudden? "
Boom!
This question seemed like a thunderbolt, directly hitting Yan Buzhou's head. Right now, she really wanted to reduce her wits quickly.
This story of Zhao Zhen is about the old events between Emperor Zhenzong, Empress Dowager Liu E and Empress Dowager Guo who died young.Moguanjinghua was bought by the first emperor as a gift to Liu E. At that time, Empress Dowager Guo suffered the third bereavement and could not recover.
Back then, as long as it was a normal person, it would be difficult to calm down.
As a wife, she couldn't get her husband's favor, and she didn't even save her face, and the Queen Mother Guo was running out of time at that time.There was only one possibility for her to suddenly become clear - Liu E was going to be in bad luck.
"Black peony flower." Yan Buzhou contacted the story of this exotic plant for a while, and he guessed what it was in an instant. It is recorded in the Xishan Jing that there is a kind of strange flower called scorpion plant, which will bloom monsters. Different black flowers, eating them will make people childless.
The appearance of the flowering of the scorpion has not been specifically recorded. From the original records, it has a rhizome like a platycodon, leaves like a hydrangea, and black flowers without bearing fruit.
The black peony of Moguan Jinghua is also said to have a unique appearance. Perhaps in the process of transplanting and cultivation, the appearance of the rongrong has slightly changed to become more like a peony, but what remains unchanged is its characteristic of making people childless.
In the official history, Liu E had no children, and Zhao Zhen was not her own child, but the child of Li Shi, a maid brought into the palace by Liu E.In this non-official world, could it be that the civet cat was exchanged for the prince?
Yan Buzhou thinks that this possibility is really not very big. To slander a person who gave birth to a civet cat, is it to treat other people's IQ as being eaten by dogs?However, in a world that is not surprised by the existence of ghosts and ghosts, it cannot be said that it is impossible.
Right now, Yan Buzhou didn't rashly open his mouth to speculate, but just looked at Zhao Zhen quietly, his eyes only said 'curiosity killed the cat.Believe me, I am really not attached to the truth at all, please let me go. '
"Haha——" Zhao Zhenben was drinking wine one after another, he was confident in his ingenuity, and he didn't need to let him reveal his name, he must have already understood the cause and effect.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he met eyes that were so aggrieved that he didn't want to.It was the astonishment of guessing everything at one point, and I didn't want to accept any anguish that the palace was secretive but dared not speak of.
This made Zhao Zhen laugh at once.The beauty is bitter in her heart, but the beauty doesn't say it, it's so good.
"Ayan, keep this expression, let me laugh a little longer."
Calm down, be calm.
Yan Buzhou kept saying to himself not to be impulsive and not to turn his face, just take it as a thank you to Zhao Zhen for sending the identity document in time.
Zhao Zhen really laughed for a long time, until the corners of his eyes were slightly red before he stopped.
Then, he drank the rest of the wine, was silent for a while, and finally said in a low voice, "She admitted that I am not her child. That pot of black peonies made her unable to have children in this life."
The truth often hurts.
Hurtful but still stubborn to ask.
In order to find out what kind of secret Lu Hao kept for Liu E, Zhao Zhen went to Qing'an Palace to find Liu E with full of doubts.
As in the past more than ten years, Liu E refused to answer coldly, and did not want to explain Zhao Zhen's doubts at all.
"Yes, Lu Hao was murdered by Xu Cheng and five people. Even if Bao Zheng found out that Guo Huai had rescued Xu Cheng, he could not be convicted as the instigator.
It was kindness to let Lu Hao out of the palace back then. There is no evidence to prove that you planted a killer for the Lu family many years ago.But the family members of these patients have a hard time hating the doctor who killed their relatives. It has long been in your consideration, isn't it?Once Lu Hao changes, taking his life will be nothing. "
Zhao Zhen finally couldn't bear to express his guess, "Mother, you and I should be the closest people in this world. Why, you keep everything from me? Am I your child?"
This sentence hit the bull's-eye and pierced Liu E's heart the most.
Liu E has long been trained to be indifferent to emotions, but when Zhao Zhen clarified this question in front of her, the secret that she had painstakingly concealed for more than [-] years made her change her expression unbearably.
Lu Hao was killed, but Hu Wei, who was robbed halfway, brought another secret.
It turned out that the pot of black peonies never entered the palace by mistake, and it was Guo's fatal blow behind it.Mrs. Guo hated her, and the reasons for hating her couldn't be more common. Whoever let the first emperor care about her was an orphan girl who had been married.When Guo Shi lost the life of her three sons soon, she will not be able to be consummated in this life.
"Yes, you are not my son. You are the son of my dowry maid Li Shi, the Concubine Li Chen who passed away two or three years ago. It was I who gave her the title of Concubine Chen before her death.
When she gave birth to you, she was only promoted to a talented person. Later, I named her as Wanyi, and after the late emperor passed away, I named her as Shunrong. These are all clearly recorded on the file.You should understand that the late emperor didn't value her very much. She gave birth to you only through the pretext that the late emperor had negotiated with me. "
Liu E said lightly the secret that should have been brought into the coffin, "Zhao Zhen, you should investigate my past clearly. I will not say that I am an innocent and good person, selling myself into the prince's mansion , when I chose Zhao Heng who was still the prince, I knew what kind of path I chose.
I was expelled from the palace by the decree of Emperor Taizong, and I waited for 15 years as a concubine. After the first emperor ascended the throne, I was able to have the title of Liu Meiren.At that time, I was no longer young, and I longed for a child, but the Guo family cut off the fulfillment of my life. "
hate it?It must be hated.
Liu E originally thought that the misuse of the ghost medicine for infertility was an accident, but now she finds out that someone deliberately bred such a flower.
"I am not reconciled, and neither is the first emperor. After discussing, we decided to choose my maid, Li Shi, and let her child become my child, and I can be named empress according to my son.
Mrs. Li agreed to this request, which was not done openly enough.But other than that, I have never treated her badly, and I have taken good care of her.In this imperial palace where blood is not seen, there are mistakes, but I think that I have done my best. I didn't leave my son and mother, and I didn't treat her harshly. "
Liu E didn't care how bad Zhao Zhen's face was, she never thought of killing Li Shi with poison, and she had all the love of master and servant in the past.
"In the past two or three years, I have become more and more reluctant to talk to you. Letting go of power is not easy. I am getting old, what else can I hold on to besides power? Born in the emperor's family, Zhao Zhen, are you still naive? Do you want to ask for more? Father’s love, mother’s love, intimate companionship, and children around your knees, these are all just thinking about it, and persistence is useless. In this life, your fate has been fixed since birth, and the late emperor and I have nothing more to ask for you , I only hope that you will be an emperor."
August night wind blows.
Zhao Zhen looked at the bright moon that was getting rounder in the sky, and it was four days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was difficult for him to enjoy the joy of two full moons.He simply half-covered and vomited out his thoughts, and finally felt a little better.
Yan Buzhou was forced into a black peony secret, and was finally told that the seemingly inconspicuous key figure Hu Wei had committed suicide.In this way, who knows how the rare and exotic grass came to the world, and who boldly started to cultivate it?
Sure enough, one person's happiness is often based on another person's depression.