Chronicles of the Modern Empress Dowager

The tragedy of her life began with the decision made by her elders.

In fact, she was not the best choice at the beginning. The second sister who was born to the same old lady was more suitable than her from age to birth, including her appearance, the second sister was also above her. But it is said that the second sister’s horoscope is at odds with the eldest sister’s, and she was selected as the eldest sister’s surrogate.

The cowardly mother has always looked forward to her auntie. After she was selected, her mother told her that she was dedicated to the future glory of the family.

Fascinated by this concept, Li Wei even felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. At the age of fourteen, she was sent to the palace in this way and became a concubine in charge of the man in the world.

She became a concubine as soon as she entered the palace. After the death of her eldest sister, she became a concubine. Within two years, she became a concubine. Because of her father's merits, she was promoted to the concubine. , It only took four years. She did not have a son and a half for the emperor. Two months after becoming a noble concubine, the emperor took the ninth daughter of the emperor Cheng Lai to Zhaoyang Hall and asked her to help raise her. She became the foster mother of the ninth daughter of the emperor. At that time she was eighteen years old and the ninth emperor was four.

From the concubine to the last queen mother, she didn't encounter many ups and downs in the harem, and she always understood that she was because of her sister's welfare.

But even if she became a queen mother, she was still innocent throughout her life. The one who married her still talked about her sister's name before she died, and she was not even a substitute.

This is her sad and pathetic past life.

Thinking of what happened back then, Li Wei felt a little bit emotional, but neither she nor Zhao Qian could go back to the beginning.

For a few minutes, neither of them spoke, each thinking about his own thoughts.

The guests at that table were a bit noisy, the waiter came up to apologize to them, Zhao Qian waved his hand, he didn't care.

"A Wei, I lived there for twenty-four years. The reason why I haven't married is because of you. I wanted to tell you about this a long time ago. It's terrible. You laughed. I also thought that you were always pretending to be the emperor. Such words are offensive to you. Today I will simply say that if you want to be annoyed, you want to fight, you will listen to it."

"Do you like me?"

"Yes."

"When did it start?" Li Wei asked him for the first time.

Zhao Qian answered naturally: "From the first time I saw you."

Li smiled. She didn't investigate how true or false this sentence was. No matter when there is someone who likes you sincerely, it is extremely happy to love you.

She lowered her head and drank the wine in the glass, and her cheeks gradually became hot, like peach blossoms blooming on branches in spring.

"What do you think of me, is it still an enemy?"

Li Wei shook his head and said, "It's not anymore."

"That's still uncle?"

Li Wei thought for a moment, and still shook his head and said, "No. For me, you are a little bit farther than a friend and a little closer than a stranger."

"Then I have also taken a step forward. This step is really not easy."

Li Wei followed Zhao Qian and laughed. Whether it was Li Wei or Zhao Qian, their smiles moved each other. It was a smile that came from the bottom of my heart and shed light on the past.

The cup touched again, and there was a crisp sound. The smile on Li Wei's face remained the same. She whispered, "This time it's a friend."

Zhao Qian took the opportunity to say: "Then give me a chance to protect you well, even in the name of a friend."

This time Li Wei did not immediately reject him, but said with a smile: "I can protect myself without you worrying about it."

"Then I once again wish you success in your life."

"Thank you, I hope you get what you want too."

The lightness right now is a rare time for them to know each other in these years.

The main course has been accepted, and the hot soup has been drunk. Finally, dessert and hot cocoa were served.

Seeing that it was one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Wei asked, "I heard Chen Zhu said that you have a shooting mission in the afternoon. Why don't you go back and make preparations?"

"I didn't have my shots for today's shooting, and we will make up tomorrow. So we have a whole day to make clear what we didn't have time to say before, and hope that after today, you and I will no longer have a knot in each other.

Li Wei did not believe that they could explain the grievances between them for decades. There are some things that have passed the time and have not been clear.

Li Wei's face was cold, and he lacked interest in everything. After sitting here for a long time, seeing the sunshine outside, she wanted to go out for a walk.

After Zhao Qian settled the bill, he followed out.

The snow on the roadside has been cleaned up by sanitation workers. The warm sun shining on her body didn't have much temperature. She pulled her coat quickly and wrapped herself tightly.

"In the fourteenth year of Xikang, you followed your mother to pray for blessings at Huanglong Temple, and the snow fell heavily that day. Originally, you only planned to stay in Huanglong Temple for two days, but because of heavy snow blocking the road, you stayed for another day. . I heard that because you were playful and accidentally caught a cold, the high fever did not go away. Taking the medicine of the accompanying imperial doctor had no effect. Later, I secretly asked Wan Su beside you about the situation, and she told me that the imperial doctor lacked superior It’s a good bezoar. After I knew it, I hurried down the mountain to find this medicine for you. It was shameful to say that the road was slippery on a snowy day, and I didn’t notice a fall when I went down the mountain. I finally found the medicine. When I came, I lay at home for five or six days."

Many years have passed since this incident, and Li Wei had no memory originally, but Zhao Qian suddenly mentioned it to her, and she vaguely had some impressions.

She glanced at Zhao Qian in a daze, and then said: "It's the medicine you helped me find. Why has Wansu never mentioned this to me?"

Zhao Qian said, "I told her to hide it from you, for fear of you thinking too much."

"At that time, your health was very bad, so you have been staying in Beijing. Such a fall must have made it worse. You are also a bit stupid. At that time, although I was very ill, I had to delay it for a day or two. It's not that you can't afford to delay, why bother to break yourself for me."

Zhao Qian said, "At that time, our status was limited. I couldn't give you much care. I could only work hard in these invisible places. It didn't matter whether you knew it or not."

"Is your health okay now? Are those stubborn illnesses cured?"

Zhao Qian nodded and said: "Don't worry about this. When I first arrived, I met a noble man who hit me. He helped me solve the problem of identity, and he also helped me hire a smart doctor. He recovered. Later he told me how to recover and how to exercise. Now I rarely get sick throughout the year. But the bite by a poisonous snake was indeed an accident that cannot be prevented."

Zhao Qian had been in a coma for a long time when he was attacked by a poisonous snake. If it hadn't been for the instruments to sustain him, perhaps he would have died long ago. She had a question that she had always wanted to ask but had no chance to ask. Li Wei turned his face, looked at Zhao Qian, and said, "Why did Song Youbin harm you?"