frightfiction Chapter 232 Depression
Chapter 232 Depression
It was two hours later when Xu Qingzhao returned to Ruiyunxuan.
It was not easy for Concubine Zhen to think of this method. She could not meet her openly, so she ordered Cai Qing, who had a similar figure to her, to come and disguise herself and go out from the corner door of Ruiyunxuan.
Because they would pass by Ruiyunxuan on the way to the Shangshi Bureau, others just thought that Caiqing went out to get food for Concubine Zhen.
Concubine Zhen told her many things, including interesting stories about her sister's childhood and some secrets of the palace.
It has to be said that the reason why Zhen Yuhuan was able to become a noble concubine was not only because her features resembled Xu Xingwan, but also because she was smart.
Now all the concubines in the palace are eager to move for that position, only Concubine Zhen is sitting on the mountain and watching the fight with ease. I am afraid she already knows who will be the next emperor.
And these ladies, did so much... just to clear some obstacles for that person.
Suddenly, she remembered what she had said to Concubine Zhen, that Ming Zhaoyi's surname seemed to be Wu...
Why was she the only one with a title despite being a Zhaoyi? It couldn't be simply because she was favored... She had been in the palace for a long time and could have heard some things.
She picked up a book and read it, on the one hand to calm her mind, and on the other hand to pretend.
Disguised as a harmless weak woman.
This way her plan to leave can be realized...
Her daily routine is to get up, read, and go to bed.
She wouldn't even leave the palace, staying inside the palace the entire day. Even the little maidservant beside her was getting a little anxious.
"Girl...it's sunny outside, do you want to go out and take a look~"
"Girl, I heard the lotus flowers in the warm pond in the Imperial Garden have bloomed. They are so pretty and pink~"
"I heard that plum blossoms are in full bloom in the Imperial Garden, and many ladies are going there to see them."
"Girl! It's snowing. This is probably the last snow of the year. Go out and take a look."
Finally, more than a month later, amid the little girl's relentless calls, Xu Qingzhao wanted to go out and see the snow.
This snow was not the heavy snow like sieved chaff before the New Year, because when she came out, there was already a thin layer of silver on the ground.
Small snowflakes fall from the sky from time to time, as if foreshadowing the end of winter, or as if it is the compassion unique to the late winter for the world.
The two little maids who served her were only three or four years older than Zhao Pan. Watching the two of them playing and fighting in the snow, she thought of the three maids in the Zhao family.
The first time I saw the three of them, they looked like three little beggars. Xiao Pan was carrying a bamboo basket almost as big as Xiao Nian's and using a small hoe to dig wild vegetables on the edge of the field.
Because the ridges of the fields in the village all belong to families, after being driven away twice, they can only dig in the wasteland.
She showed up a few times and took them to dig near her home. Later, when they met, they would sweetly call her Uncle Xu.
The skinny children worked hard to dig wild vegetables for a whole day, but were beaten and scolded by their mother when they got home. At that time, she didn't understand why she didn't love her own child.
Now she understood that it was because the parents did not regard their children as "people" at all.
The woman who came later when she married in no longer asked the three maids to go out to dig wild vegetables, and she was also happy for the three maids.
Unfortunately, only half a year later, news came out that Lu Feng was going to divorce that woman.
I thought she would return to her home, but unexpectedly she adopted three girls who had no blood relationship with her.
She also raised her three children well with her frail body.
"The spring breeze blows on my face, the peach blossoms smile, and the joy in my heart is hard to hide."
"I'm coming back... Huanhuan..."
She raised her hand, and a snowflake fell into her palm, but it melted and disappeared in an instant. But she still held tightly to the snowflake that once existed.
That night, Ruiyunxuan invited the imperial physician.
"Doctor Zhang, how is she?" Emperor Jinyang asked Doctor Zhang who was kneeling below, holding a memorial.
"Your Majesty... Miss Xu... is worried..."
"What's wrong with you?"
"I took Miss Xu's pulse and discovered she was suffering from emotional distress and liver qi stagnation, leading to qi stagnation and blood stasis. Furthermore, I asked the palace maids who attended to her, and they said she never saw the sun, never cried or laughed, and ate less than a child... Furthermore, Miss Xu caught a cold from the cold wind... These two symptoms... are the reason Miss Xu is bedridden..."
Emperor Jinyang put down the memorial, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Then according to what you said, how should it be treated?"
"This cold is easy to treat... I've already prescribed a prescription, but heart disease... requires heart medicine..."
"I understand, you can go down first."
"I will take my leave..."
After Doctor Zhang left, a trace of heartache appeared in Emperor Jinyang's eyes.
Eunuch Zhong, who was standing by, understood the emperor's thoughts, but he couldn't say it on his own initiative and could only wait for the emperor to ask.
"Zhong Yunhai... tell me, why is she like this?"
Hearing the voice of Emperor Jinyang, Eunuch Zhong came closer, bowed and said:
"I am a eunuch, and I can only guess at a girl's thoughts. Your Majesty, please treat this as nonsense."
Emperor Jinyang waved his hand: "Just say it."
"Then I said, although Miss Xu was raised in the Xu Mansion when she was young, I heard that Miss Xu was also playful when she was young. Later, she was fostered among the people for many years. I think she is new to the palace and is not used to it..."
"Then according to your words, what should I do?"
Zhong Yunhai was so frightened that he knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was just saying it casually. I have no other intentions, Your Majesty..."
Emperor Jinyang looked at him coldly and asked him to get up after a while.
Zhong Yunhai wiped the cold sweat from his head...If Miss Xu was not a good girl, he would not have said these things to arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Having been with the emperor for many years, he knew his temperament best. It was only because he could say a few more words to the emperor that anyone else would have been dragged out by now.
"I understand what you mean. She has been in the palace for more than two months. It's time to let her go..."
For some reason, the atmosphere in the hall was somewhat sad.
Emperor Jinyang looked at the burning incense beside him and sat there in a daze for about a quarter of an hour.
He sighed.
In the end... he still felt sorry for his daughter.
No matter what, she saved his life.
Even if he wanted to keep her in the palace to make amends, she did not belong to this world after all.
But she just couldn't accept it... Her mother was like this... She was also like this...
"Zhong Yunhai, draft the decree."
"Whoo."
On this day in early March, a layer of sadness hung over Zhao Huanxi's home.
"Dieyi, why are you leaving so suddenly? My farm stay will open in two months. It's not too late for you to stay for two days before leaving..." Huanxi looked at Zi Dieyi who had already packed her bags.
"That's right, Aunt Dieyi, Xiaonian doesn't want you to leave, can auntie not leave..." As she spoke, she actually grabbed the hem of Zi Dieyi's skirt and started to cry.