The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

The rain is sad, the cloud is falling, and the world is shocked (2)

Five days later, at three o'clock on May 12, Longqing [-]th, Zhu Chengbi tossed and turned on the big bed carved with agarwood wood, only to feel the calming incense burning in the green-glazed and suede incense burner in the bedroom hall ringing non-stop. Putting on his clothes, he stood up, picked up the gilt brocade tent decorated with lotus flowers, and leaned half against the head of the bed.

There were trivial footsteps sounding outside the door, but it was Zhu Xi who pushed the door in: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is awake."

Yiyuan Hall, the door of the vermilion lacquer and gold-plated hall opened slowly with a "squeak", Gao Qianying persistently whisked the dust, and respectfully led Zhu Chengbi into the hall, and turned twelve red sandalwood carvings inlaid with the word "Shou". Qianying said: "Eunuch Gao, you should stop, I have something to say to the emperor in private."

When Gao Qianying retreated, Zhu Chengbi glanced slowly at the hall, one layer after another of the red-golden curtains were embroidered with patterns of golden dragons and auspicious clouds, sifting through the misty moonlight layer by layer. The taste became more and more offensive, with the faint bitterness of medicine mixed in it.

Zhu Chengbi stretched out his hand to hold the tassels on the curtain, looking through the cloisonné dragon chasing the moon candlestick on the floor, an infinitely melancholy halo seemed to flow in front of his eyes. The shriveled man seemed to be the King of Wei for 20 years, with a handsome face and a suave face. Even when he ascended the throne 12 years ago, why did he ever age so old?The so-called emperor also has such a time.

Stepping gracefully onto the inch-thick brocade woven gold carpet, the peony-shaped gold beads dangling from the golden steps of the twin phoenixes holding beads on the sideburns hit behind the ears little by little, and the gold silk lantern earrings on the earlobes rustled on the delicate Like drizzle falling on the window sill, there is a clear and shallow echo in the dark and dreary hall.

Zhu Chengbi pulled up the pearl arm veil on his arm, and the green and faint blue gemstones on the armor inlaid with gold and jade flashed, piercing into his eyes, with a penetrating coolness permeating the bones.Zhu Chengbi was in a trance, almost feeling resentful in his heart. If he hadn't entered the mansion 20 years ago, his life would not have been so hard. Walking on the tip of a knife, every step was swept away like a blade, and there was unspeakable pain.

Yidan closed his eyes slightly, only to see his frail chest heaving slightly, Zhu Chengbi settled down, and slowly poured a handful of pear fragrance into the large bronze cauldron with the tortoise and crane, there was a quiet pear fragrance floating, wisps of white mist were flowing, Winding and rippling between the curtains.

"Shifting light?" Yi Dan seemed to hear the sound, opened his muddy and weak eyes with great effort, concentrated for a moment, and finally recognized Zhu Chengbi, his sallow face seemed a little disappointed, "It's you."

Zhu Chengbi gave a blessing lightly, and smiled quietly: "The imperial concubine is in a state of illness. After visiting the emperor just now, she has gone back to Guanju Palace to sleep." After speaking, Zhu Chengbi picked up the bright yellow brocade curtain and covered it with nine-claw gold. Hooked it, caressed the delicate dragon pattern on the tent, and covered her delicate face with a smile, "Is the emperor thirsty?"

Yi Dan shook his head, his ashen complexion was slightly blurred by the candlelight: "No need, ask Yi Guang to come over."

Shifting light, shifting light, what a warm and affectionate name, even if the most beautiful words in this world come out of his mouth, they will seem so eclipsed.

Zhu Chengbi smiled lightly, gently lifted Yidan to lean on the pillow, and tucked in the golden Huguang brocade quilt: "If the emperor has anything to say, you might as well wait until the imperial concubine wakes up to say it. It's time, and the imperial concubine also Wake up soon." Zhu Chengbi smiled submissively, like a plump rose quietly blooming on the branches, "The emperor has been asleep for the past few days, and the imperial concubine and empress will come to the Yiyuan Hall at three o'clock every day to serve the emperor to freshen up. The emperor's complexion is not good, and the empress will inevitably weep secretly when she returns to Guanju Palace, so she will break her body."

Yidan leaned crookedly on the pillow, and couldn't bear to hear the words: "Forget it, let her sleep for a while first." After speaking, he sighed again after thinking about it, "I'm afraid there are some things that I won't have time to say to her again. .”

Zhu Chengbi suppressed the sneer that surged in his heart, the smile that floated up was like a sharp and white lightning, but turned into a soft whisper on his lips: "The emperor is not allowed to talk nonsense. When the emperor recovers, the Tonghua Terrace The Tangdi flowers are also blooming, and the Tangdi flowers are blooming, shining brightly."

Yi Dan showed a slightly bewildered expression, as if there were countless fleeting beauties floating around in front of his eyes, he pondered for a moment and then said: "What's wrong with Liu Cainv?"

The corners of Zhu Chengbi's lips raised slightly, is it finally here?

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Zhu Chengbi got up and collected his clothes, then knelt down steadily, speaking earnestly, "My concubine was negligent and failed to see through Liu's plot."

Yi Dan was taken aback, and propped himself up vigorously, frowning with twists and turns: "What did you say?"

Zhu Chengbi kowtowed and answered, and said eloquently: "Liu's Yunxin is actually the younger sister of Zhao Quanxin, the former commander of the Xiaoqi camp. Zhao Quanxin was executed for assassinating Xiao Zhuyun, so Liu's name entered the palace under a pseudonym, intending to murder his concubines, and even colluded with Bo. Marquis Ling's confidantes will assassinate the emperor together with Ge Haizheng's daughter, Ge Minling!"

Yi Dan was startled, his anger grew stronger, he swung his arm and slammed the red and vermilion soup bowl on the table, the black soup dripped and stained the ground, it was very messy, Zhu Chengbi hurriedly kowtowed: " The emperor calms down! The concubines shouldn't have mentioned it, but they didn't dare to hide it..."

Yidan curled his hands tightly, his knuckles turned white slightly, and he clenched his teeth: "Say! What else I don't know!"

Zhu Chengbi hurriedly said: "The concubine followed the Liu family to investigate further, but never thought that the masterminds behind the scenes were Zhu Xiuyi and Pan Cairen. To dismantle it, Zhu Xiuyi and Pan Cairen have committed suicide by taking poison, but Liu Cainv has recruited a lot, for the sake of morality, the concubine has sentenced her to hard punishment, as an example to others!" After speaking, Zhu Chengbi walked from the star anise pear tree behind him. Taking a stack of thin rice paper from the case, he said calmly, "This is Liu's crime, may the emperor want to see it?"

Yi Dan waved his hand in disgust, and sneered again and again: "Okay! Very good! Did you treat me like a dead person! Once I fell ill, everyone dared to do something wrong!"

Zhu Chengbi comforted in a soft voice: "The emperor calmed down. Fortunately, my concubine found out in time, and Zhu Xiuyi also revealed the truth. Otherwise, His Highness the Sixth Highness would not be safely in Guanju Palace now."

Hearing this, Yidan's expression became more and more furious, his face was livid, almost like a storm was coming, and he shouted: "It is a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide, Zhu Xiuyi, Pan Cairen, and Liu Cainv, although they are dead, I still can't bear it! Dig my grave and disinter my body, and punish me with chariots!"

Surprised, Zhu Chengbi hurriedly stroked Yidan's skinny back, and comforted him softly: "It's for the concubine's sake, as long as the emperor doesn't get angry."

After Yidan spoke fiercely, he was already out of breath, and a strange blush appeared on his face: "How can I not be angry!"

For a moment of daze, there was a flash of snow-white lightning, and after a while, there was another bang of thunder, which made the world tremble slightly.

Yidan was silent for a while, her voice was hoarse: "Concubine Lin, I have something to ask you."

Zhu Chengbi replied respectfully: "The concubine must know everything."

"Apart from Zhiguang, the person I trust the most is you, do you know why?"

Zhu Chengbi was slightly taken aback, and only shook his head slightly.

Yidan was half sighing and half sighing: "In such a big harem, only you can bear that heavy responsibility. I don't trust others."

Zhu Chengbi was stunned, a little unbelievable, as if a thunder exploded in his ears, piercing his heart: "The emperor means..."

Yi Dan nodded: "In the past few years, courtiers have been arguing about the establishment of a crown prince. Although I am very fond of Qing'er, if I insist on this, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic. Ruined in my hands, Xun'er is cowardly, Ji'er is vicious, Fen'er is young, only Ling'er is the candidate I can trust."

Zhu Chengbi's lips trembled slightly, he turned his head to look at the messy soup on the ground, suddenly understood in a flash, when Concubine He had a miscarriage, Yidan once asked himself how to deal with it.At that time, I thought it was Yidan who was testing me, to find out if I valued the life of the emperor's heir. If I insisted on continuing to confine Xuanji because of Mrs. Yu'e and Marquis Boling, I would be fighting with the cruel and merciless queen who abused the emperor's heir in the past. No difference, he will naturally lose his emperor's heart.Now that I think about it carefully, it is clear, was Yidan actually imitating Emperor Han Jing and implying the intention of supporting Gu?

Yidan stared at Zhu Chengbi, and said calmly, "Aifei doesn't seem happy?"

Rao's mind turned like a wheel, but Zhu Chengbi didn't dare to lose his courtesy, and hastily kowtowed: "The concubine has never thought of the crown prince's position, let alone the emperor's position, so it was only for a while."

Yidan smiled slightly: "I value you the most, non-competition and generosity, if you are like Mrs. Yu'er, I will not tolerate you." After speaking, Yidan stretched out his hand to her, "Come here."

Zhu Chengbi was startled and frightened, but he didn't dare to hesitate, Rourou held Yidan's skinny hand, and sat beside him lightly.

Yi Tan stretched out his hand tremblingly, and lightly touched Zhu Chengbi's temple, as if he had a little nostalgia: "When you first entered the palace, you were only a 16-year-old girl."

Zhu Chengbi's heart moved, his eyes turned, and he said sadly: "Yes, it has been 20 years, and the concubine is already 36 years old, and she is already old."

Yidan laughed when he heard the words, coughed twice and said: "You are not old, you look like twenty people."

Zhu Chengbi was silent for a moment, only feeling that Yidan's bright yellow pajamas were slightly dazzling: "Your Majesty, I have always wanted to ask you something."

"You say so."

"Your Majesty, do you know that the King of Liang once fell in love with his concubines?" Zhu Chengbi hesitated, clutching the veil tightly, only staring at Yidan's deeply sunken eyes.

Yi Dan was startled, his expression became a little cold: "What do you want to say?"

"Your majesty must know that the concubine and the king of Liang had mutual admiration in the early years, and the king of Liang also begged the emperor to ask the concubine Shu at that time to call the shots and withdraw the marriage." Zhu Chengbi quietly pressed his trembling fingertips, quietly He said, "Then, why did the emperor insist on marrying his concubines into the mansion? At that time, the concubines also believed that the emperor's love for his concubines, even if not all of his love, was enough. The concubine's father was an imperial court official , The concubines are also familiar with "Nvrui" and "Taming Women", and after marrying into the palace, they serve the emperor wholeheartedly, but the emperor doesn't care much about the concubines."

Zhu Chengbi paused for a moment, and took a deep breath: "Then, this concubine has been wanting to ask for the past 20 years. In the heart of the emperor, is this concubine just a pawn to please the late emperor, or is he the emperor's favorite concubine?"

Yi Dan slightly avoided Zhu Chengbi's questioning eyes: "Why mention the old things?"

Zhu Chengbi was in a trance, suppressing the tears from the corners of his eyes: "That's right, the emperor didn't meet true love back then, so he accepted domestic favors widely. Since Concubine Shu entered the palace, the favor of the six palaces has only stayed in Guanju Palace. I only hate that you were born so early, if the emperor already had true love back then, would he still marry his concubines?"

Yi Dan gave Zhu Chengbi a cold look, with dark clouds gathered between his brows, as if he had understood what was in his mind, he hurriedly covered it up and resisted: "Concubine Lin is talking too much."

Zhu Chengbi smiled sadly: "The concubine always pretends to be affectionate, thinking that the 20 years of companionship will always be a little sincere. In the end, the emperor didn't even leave a word of comfort to the concubine, so the concubine has no choice."

Zhu Chengbi looked back at the soup dripping all over the floor, and seemed to see his own bright face: "The emperor promised the throne to his concubines today, not out of willingness, but because of the pressure of the courtiers, and also for the great plan of the country. The concubine will treat Concubine Shu's mother and child well, right?" Zhu Chengbi stood up lightly, with a distressed expression, "It turns out that what King Liang said is so right, the concubine is just a tool used by the emperor to protect Concubine Shu, if Concubine Shu did not come from For the sake of the future of His Royal Highness, the emperor will definitely treat his concubines the same way he treated Mrs. Yu'e! The emperor had long wanted to make Ling'er the crown prince, but he delayed saying it until now. The reason is very simple. For your sake, once Ling'er ascends to the crown prince position, the courtiers will definitely remonstrate, make ministers and concubines as empresses, and Concubine Shu will be subordinated again, how can the emperor bear it!"

Yi Dan was furious: "Have you said enough!"

Zhu Chengbi didn't take it seriously, and the corners of his lips raised a cold arc: "The concubine has been submissive and submissive in front of the emperor and Concubine Shu for so many years, does the emperor know the pain in the concubine's heart?"

"Concubine Lin, I haven't issued a will yet, if you continue to speak nonsense, I will immediately issue an edict to Qing'er!"

The golden steps of the two phoenixes holding pearls swayed slightly, there was a flash of gorgeous and bright golden light, reflecting the snow-white lightning coming in through the window, and a coquettish gesture passed by, Zhu Chengbi smiled loudly, without fear: "Then, in the future, my concubine, He will definitely not treat Concubine Shu, mother and son kindly."

"Gao Qianying! Gao Qianying!" Yi Dan patted the dragon couch vigorously, becoming more and more furious.

Zhu Chengbi smiled sarcastically: "Gao Qianying? It seems that the concubine has not yet reported to the emperor. Gao Qianying secretly accepts money from court officials and sells the official title. It is a heinous crime! The concubine has ordered Sun Chuanzong to take him to the Department of Prudence for strict interrogation." Zhu Chengbi smiled. With a smile, the white teeth flashed a icy cold light, "In other words, at this time, there are only the emperor and his concubines in Yiyuan Hall. Therefore, no matter which prince the emperor orders to succeed him, it is useless."

Yi Dan was stunned for a while, seemed to remember something, and glared at Zhu Chengbi: "Zhou Yizhen! You and him have a plan, don't you! You two, I don't have doubts! You have been having troubles, haven't you!"

"Since the emperor is suspicious, why doesn't he interrogate the concubine? It's because once the concubine is defeated, no one in the harem is willing to defend Concubine Shu, is it?"

Yi Dan became more and more angry, almost out of breath, his eyes were full of terrifying fierceness: "You are so courageous, relying on my trust in you, you dare to mess up the palace! How can you respect the world!"

Outside the window, there is only the sound of the wind rinsing, shuttling between the corners of the bucket arches, lingering among the leaves and branches, like weeping like complaining.

Zhu Chengbi said leisurely: "It's not as bad as the emperor said, and the concubines are just following the wishes of the people."

"Is it selfishness? Or your so-called people's will?" Yi Dan lay down powerlessly, his angry eyes finally cooled down a little bit, like the ashes burned in the incense burner, it was so cold that it was blown away by the wind, ethereal Indeterminate, chasing the dust, until finally annihilated in the dust, "Do you think that you have a reason for accusing me so much? In his position to seek his own government, in the future, Xuanling will be able to do the rain and dew Equally, not favoring only one person? The way of an emperor is far from being as simple as you think!"

Zhu Chengbi smiled brightly, and flicked the golden silk lantern earrings on the earlobe: "It's okay, but the most important thing is to hold the emperor's throne firmly in your hands. We will talk about the future, of course."

"You, very good!" Yidan's chest heaved violently, like surging waves, he coughed a few times shaking his heart and lungs, and finally lay down on the dragon couch, dying, exhausted after all the anger With all his strength, he slowly stretched out his hand, trembling like a withered leaf in the autumn wind, losing all vitality, with a hint of pleading in his voice, "I...I beg you...be kind to Yiguang...be kind to Qing'er... ..."

Zhu Chengbi smiled lightly, but was still extremely respectful: "Don't worry, my concubine, I will treat her well..."

The desperation in Yidan's eyes surged like a tide, he struggled to take another look at Zhu Chengbi's icy face, and finally returned to calm in despair.

For a long time, for a long time, Zhu Chengbi only felt tears streaming down his face, her heart was so numb that she seemed to have no feeling at all, she walked forward, gently closed Yi Danyou's unwilling eyes, and slowly walked out of the hall.Outside the Hall of Yiyuan, the moonlight is cold, just like the night when he married Wei Wang's mansion 20 years ago, Wei Wang was still sleeping soundly on the couch. Gorgeous canna.

The 16-year-old self pushed open the rich door and came out, the cool wind swept through, and there were tears pouring down.

The early morning of May 12 in the 37th year of Longqing was the same as the early morning of the ninth day of July in the [-]th year of Xianning.

Not far away, Liang Wang Zhou Yizhen stood quietly holding an oil-paper umbrella, and the cloak trimmed with black raccoon fur twisted and flowed faintly.

His heart seemed to be cut by an extremely sharp knife, and the tears that had been buried in the dust for 20 years burst into a bank.

"The emperor is dead!"

Note:

1. Carriage is to tie a person's head and limbs to five chariots respectively, harness them to horses, and pull them in different directions. In this way, the human body is torn into five pieces, so it is called car disintegration.

2. "Historical Records? A Family of Foreign Relatives" records: Emperor Jing felt restless and unhappy, and he belonged to the princes as the king. Yu Li Ji said: "After a hundred years old, look at him well." Li Ji was angry, refused to respond, and spoke contemptuously .Emperor Jing was angry, but he didn't express his heart.

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