Wishful Things

There is a group of people and horses in sight, and the people on horseback are all in the military uniform of Dali Temple.

Mammy was concerned, she hurriedly put down the curtain of the car, and didn't say much, now that the word Dali Temple is the last thing to be mentioned, the empress will definitely feel flustered after hearing this.

But just now when she raised her eyes, Concubine Rong had already seen the pedestrians clearly.

People from Dali Temple...

With such a dignified appearance, it is obvious that he was ordered to run an errand——

This pedestrian is heading south...

Even though she has not been out of the palace to come here for some years, but the place where she grew up is very familiar... If she remembers correctly, not far south of here is Mingkangfang!

And when she left the palace, she also heard those little eunuchs say that the emperor had ordered Dali Temple to take Xia Tingzhen into custody...

Therefore, these people must be going to the Xia Mansion to take people at this time!

Concubine Rong frowned tightly.

This Xia Shoufu didn't do anything for several days in a row, and he didn't even try to ask the emperor to see him—could it be that he wanted to wait to die like this?

She had thought about it carefully in the past few days. If she was alone, she would not be able to think of any feasible solution. After much deliberation, she might have to use Xia Tingzhen's help...

After all, if it is subdivided, Yue Lang and the other party are now on the same boat.

But this so-called Master Chief Assistant, is this the only ability? !

She hasn't really made up her mind on how to negotiate with the other party, but now the other party is about to be detained in Dali Temple!

Who doesn't know that the reason why Xia Tingzhen has been able to stand upright in the court these years is because of the sacred heart, but once he enters the Dali Temple, it will be difficult to see the emperor, and he will become useless by any means... so Under the circumstances, is there any room for recovery in this matter?

It is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. Right now, Xia Tingzhen's path is obviously not going to work...

Concubine Rong clenched her fingers tightly, her eyes were full of anxiety.

In any case, she must come up with a solution as soon as possible...

While thinking about it, the carriage quickly arrived outside Rong's house in Tonghua Hutong.

Upon hearing Xin'er, the Rong family rushed out to greet her.

Concubine Rong entered the courtyard surrounded by everyone. What she saw along the way was both familiar and unfamiliar. She never came back after entering the palace, and even some faces seemed unfamiliar.

Accompanied by everyone from the Rong family, she went straight to the residence of Mrs. Rong's family.

"Mother, take a quick look... it's the second sister who came back to see you!"

Before the sick bed, the elder of the Rong family choked up and said.

The person on the bed was so thin that it was shocking. Concubine Rong held her mother's hand like dry wood, tears welled up in her eyes: "Mother, it's me, it's Han'er..."

Mrs. Rong turned her head slightly with difficulty, opened her mouth, and made a whimpering sound.

Those eyes were full of turbid color, as if they were covered with a layer of veil, slack and hazy, people couldn't tell where their eyes were falling, whether they saw the person in front of them clearly.

"Mother, Han'er came back late..." Concubine Rong burst into tears.

After all, it was the mother who gave birth to her and raised her. Even though her mind was disturbed by other things, the grief at this time was not adulterated.

Mrs. Rong seemed to be nodding her head slightly, as if responding.

And after a while, Concubine Rong saw that those eyes were open but never moved again, like the sun sinking to the west, losing the last gleam of brilliance.

Concubine Rong suddenly mentioned in her heart: "...Mother?"

The Lang Zhong who was watching at the side stepped forward to feel his pulse, shook his head, and let out a long sigh.

"Mother!"

Uncle Rong cried and knelt down.

The rest of the female relatives and juniors also knelt down, and the whole room was full of mournful crying.

Concubine Rong clutched that hand tightly, tears fell one by one like a broken thread.

She stayed by the bed for more than an hour.

"Han'er, your mother is holding her breath just to see you for the last time. Seeing you here, she can go with peace of mind..." Master Rong raised his hand to cover the old wife's eyes, and said to his daughter in a hoarse voice : "As for your mother's funeral, you don't have to worry, everything has been arranged by your two elder brothers."

Concubine Rong's tears flashed sarcasm.

As a son of man, should he use it to claim credit for her?

"Help your lady to the wing to rest for a while..." Master Rong turned his head and told his daughter-in-law.

Concubine Rong didn't say much, she was helped up by the nanny, and accompanied by two sister-in-laws and a younger sibling who had just entered the door, she left the bedroom.

Walking to the side of the curtain, she turned her head to look at the mother whose head and face were covered on the bed for the last time.

Mother is gone too...

If Yue Yuelang wants to leave her like his mother, who else can she rely on in this world with her empty heart?

Concubine Rong's feet were a little vain, her eyes were blurred from crying, and her head began to ache.

Young siblings supported her by one arm. As soon as the group arrived in the outer hall, five or six women who were wiping tears rushed to salute.

These are the guests from the family, most of them are the female relatives of officials and eunuchs who have good friends with the Rong family's wife. Recently, they know that the Rong family's wife is seriously ill, and they will visit the house every few days.

One of the long-faced women wearing a plain blue ruyi buckle fine silk cloak saluted, stepped forward and held Concubine Rong's hand: "Your Majesty, please mourn..."

The hand was suddenly held tightly by someone, knowing that the other party put on such a familiar look in front of others was just trying to get close to her, Concubine Rong felt disgusted in her heart, and when she was about to withdraw her hand, she felt Something cold was suddenly touched between the fingers that were in contact with the other party——

Concubine Rong frowned slightly, and when she was about to look down, she saw the woman shaking her head imperceptibly at her, her eyes full of reminders.

"..." Concubine Rong's eyes changed slightly.

This is the wife of the Liu family...

She heard from her mother that the Liu family secretly climbed into the Xia family two years ago...

During this gap, the woman stuffed the thing into her hand through the cover of the wide sleeves, and patted the back of her hand: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable, the empress must be careful."

Concubine Rong held the object, lowered her hand, and nodded slightly.

The rest of the women also came forward, either to comfort, or to say some of the last words of the Rong family's wife today, and they only said that they would never leave the Rong noble concubine.

Concubine Rong didn't want to do more to deal with it, and the sisters-in-law of Rong's family looked at her, and quickly helped her to the wing.

"I want to be alone for a while, the two sisters-in-law and younger siblings should go get busy."

Concubine Rong's voice was still a bit hoarse, they nodded in understanding, after a few words of persuasion, they all went out.

"I want to be alone—"

Looking at the nanny and Gong'e who were still standing aside, Concubine Rong said again.

"Yes." Gong'e retreated first.

The nanny hesitated and reminded: "Your Majesty, we have to go back to the palace before dark."

It is the emperor's grace to allow the empress to leave the palace, but concubines are absolutely not allowed to stay outside the palace overnight.

"I know, I just want to sit here for a while..."

The mammy didn't say much: "When the lady has something to do, she will call the maidservant, and the maidservant will stay outside the door."

"Um……"

Mammy backed away suspiciously, and after closing the door of the wing room, she didn't forget to go around and close the window lattice tightly.

Gong'e took another look.

Is Mammy afraid that the mother's cry will be heard?

Little did he know the pain in Mammy's heart.

The empress has too many moths, she is even worried that someone will sneak out and rob the prison...

Going out to the palace is frightening, you must watch people closely all the time.

Now she has seen through it thoroughly, persuasion is impossible, she can only watch, and when she sees that Yue Pei is dead, everything will be fine.

Every day, she was looking forward to the quick death of that useless man——

Niangniang has been going to the small Buddhist hall every night these days, and she doesn't need to think about it to pray for the safety of that good-for-nothing man.

She will also go, and once in the morning and evening.

Besides, she hasn't touched any meat for several days.

In terms of sincerity, the empress is not her opponent.

Concubine Rong didn't know anything about this, she was just taking out the thing that had been hidden in her sleeve.

It was a moon-white porcelain bottle with a delicate and exquisite body.

Concubine Rong pulled out the cork, and the first thing she saw was a rolled up letter paper.

She took out the letter paper and unfolded it, and the densely packed writing on it caught her eyes.

"..."

Concubine Rong's eyes fluctuated violently, even though all the people in the room had been pushed back, she still looked around nervously, not even letting go of the beams.

Her every move seems to be under the control of others...!

Xia Tingzhen expected that she would definitely leave the palace because of her mother's affairs, and also knew that her mother would not have a good life, so she arranged for Mrs. Liu to come to the door...

And thinking about it, even if she didn't leave the palace today, the other party must have other ways to hand over the things to her.

The other party really knew her secret...

It wasn't that she was suspicious at first!

Concubine Rong didn't have time to think about why the other party knew such secrets, when did she miss the clues and let the other party see it——

She was still terrified by the content on the letter paper, she had thought of many ways, but she never dared to have such a thought!

She also thought that Xia Tingzhen would try to solve the predicament in front of her, but she also never thought that the other party would dare to make such an idea...

She hastily put away the letter paper, intending to burn it right away, but in the early autumn there was no charcoal basin, and it was not yet time to light the lamp, the fluffy piece of paper was hidden in her sleeve and she was afraid of accidentally falling, so she had no choice but to start again in fear. Roll up and stuff back into the jar.

It was also at this time that she saw that there was indeed something else in the porcelain vase...

Concubine Rong's forehead was covered with sweat, she held on to the porcelain bottle tightly, unable to calm down the turbulence in her heart for a long time.

She didn't know how long she sat tense like this until the door knocked.

The voice fell in her ears as if it came from outside the sky, which woke her up instantly, and she raised her eyes suddenly, only to realize that the room had darkened at some point.

"Your Majesty, it's time for us to return to the palace."

Mammy pushed the door open and reminded softly.

back to the palace...

Concubine Rong's eyes flickered, she nodded and said, "It's time to go back..."

After saying that, he propped up the chair with his hands and stood up sideways.

Nanny stretched out her hand to help her, and when she touched her, she felt that her palm was covered with cold sweat, and then looked at her face, which was pale, even her lips were pale, and her eyes were full of indistinguishable emotions——

"Ma'am...what's wrong with you?" Nanny asked tentatively.

If this grandma really got seriously ill at this time, it would be a godsend.

"...I'm fine, I just don't want to part with my mother."

There are some things that only she knows.

After Concubine Rong returned to the palace, Yongfu Palace quickly set up dinner.

Seeing her sitting there without moving her chopsticks, Mammy was about to speak a few words of persuasion when she suddenly heard the voices of court ladies and eunuchs saluting from outside the hall——

"Slave sees the emperor..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is coming." The mammy gently pushed Concubine Rong who had lost her soul.

The emperor is here?

Concubine Rong's heart trembled and she got up quickly.

Emperor Qingming quickly walked in.

"Your Majesty's holy driver came here, why didn't you ask someone to tell you? The concubine's movements were slow and did not meet in time, and I hope His Majesty will forgive me..."

"It's because I didn't ask them to disturb Aifei." Emperor Qingming sighed slightly: "I've already heard about it...so I came here to take a look at Aifei."

While talking, he glanced at the food on the table, saw that it was hardly moved, and said in a distressed tone, "You should use as much as you need, your body is important."

The thought that he would be able to stabilize the situation soon made him a little more patient-and he was never short of patience with people who were still useful.

He also needs a noble concubine to add a few more princes for him.

"The concubine has no appetite, I really can't eat..." Concubine Rong forced a wry smile, she knew that she was strange all over at this time, but with the death of her mother, the emperor should not be suspicious.

"If you really can't eat it, then ask someone to stew some supplements." Emperor Qingming said in a pampering tone, he shook her hand while speaking, and wanted to pull her to sit on the couch.

The moment her hand was held by the emperor, her body reacted faster than her thoughts, and she pulled her hand away almost subconsciously.

Thinking of Yuelang's situation at this time, it became even more unbearable for her to have any contact with the emperor.

Emperor Qingming's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at her, seemingly puzzled.

Meeting those eyes, Concubine Rong's heart beat wildly, and she hurriedly said: "This concubine wants to make a pot of tea for His Majesty..."

Only then did Emperor Qingming smile: "Leave these trivial matters to the people below, Aifei should rest well."

He shook her hand again.

Concubine Rong did not dare to break free this time.

It was also at this time that she gradually calmed down.

Just for a moment, she did have the idea of ​​"making tea" for the emperor.

Thinking about it now, it was too impulsive.

Not to mention whether she can succeed, even if she succeeds, something happened to the emperor, but what happened in her Yongfu Palace, after the incident, someone will definitely suspect her...

She is not afraid of death, but she can't make Xia Tingzhen's wedding dress for nothing!

She wants Koshiro to live, and she naturally wants to live.

Therefore, it is necessary to choose a time that is as thorough as possible to avoid future troubles...

"...My concubine, remember to take good care of your body. In three days, I will accompany you to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices."

Emperor Qingming's voice reached his ears, and Concubine Rong's eyes moved slightly.

That's right, we have to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao every time in Simeng...

Now it is the month of Meng Qiu.

On the day of the sacrificial ceremony, not only the concubines of the harem would accompany them, but also officials from the clan and the Ministry of Rites and ministers of the third rank and above...

There will be a lot of people at that time, and she will follow the emperor closely, so she is not afraid that she will not find a chance!

Since Xia Tingzhen had made such an arrangement, she would definitely not plead guilty easily before she could act... Yue Lang could still wait for just a few days.

Concubine Rong made up her mind, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty..."

Three days later...

She will definitely go.

...

Goodnight everybody.