The prince is seriously ill

Twice the end of spring and winter came, this year, Xun Yu was seven years old.

Concubine Rong became thinner and weaker, her head was leaning crookedly on the head of the bed, her body was covered with a heavy quilt, her eyes were lifeless and sunken into their eye sockets.She seemed to be very ill, her face was bloodless, and every time she coughed, she had to open her mouth and pant for a long time before she could recover.

Concubine Rong glanced at the court lady Yueying, covered her chest and said, "How is the second prince's homework these days?"

Yueying was stunned for a moment, never expecting that she would suddenly ask about the second prince who never asked questions, she thought for a while and said: "The second prince has been writing three articles every day for the past three months, even if the servant is illiterate, he can still read it. As soon as the progress is made, this servant will show the second prince's homework to the empress for a review."

Concubine Rong waved her hand: "Forget it, you go down."

The cold wind came in through the gaps in the doors and windows, and the fire was bright for a while, and then covered with thick ash for a while.When the wind blew, all the ashes cracked and fell off, and the fire turned into a fiery sun again.The palace lanterns on the candlesticks kept flickering, leaving behind a flickering projection.

"Gu Lan, I want to take a bath and change clothes." Concubine Rong sat up and said, her pale face suddenly became a little rosy, and her chest was not as tight as before.

Lan Zhi was startled slightly, the hand that was pouring the tea stopped, she opened her mouth and said nothing after all.After a long time, he put down the teacup in his hand, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty is waiting, this servant will prepare it now."

Concubine Rong watched the fat and old familiar figure go out, and sighed secretly: "I'm tired, I can't walk with you anymore, you must take care of yourself."

Lan Zhi ordered the maid to move the bath water into the bedroom, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw that Concubine Rong had gotten up by herself and was sitting quietly under the dressing table.

He was so sick yesterday that he didn't think about eating and drinking, but in the blink of an eye, he was able to get up by himself?An ominous premonition welled up in Lan Zhi's heart, "Ma'am, do you want to wash your hair?"

"Let's wash it all. I feel that my body is very light today. I don't know when it will be when I wash next time." Concubine Rong smiled and said.

"Yes," Lan Zhi said, staggered over, and gently took off the hairpin on Concubine Rong's head. Her long hair hung down to her waist like a bead curtain. The weeds are yellow and depressed, without any vitality.A few strands of white hair were mixed in, which was extremely dazzling.

Lan Zhi used a sandalwood comb to carefully smooth out the knotted long hair, and then hid the fallen hair in the palm of her hand with ease. The broken hair in the palm of the hand gradually increased, and finally kneaded into an airtight black mass.

Looking at the uncomfortably thin person in the mirror, Lan Zhi couldn't help crying, how could this be a girl who was only 28 years old?It was clearly an old man with one foot in the coffin when the oil lamp was exhausted!It’s my aunt who harmed you, my child. If it wasn’t for my aunt who dragged you into this deep palace, you wouldn’t be in the situation you are today, let alone live such a short life. It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault!Thinking of this, the elderly Lan Zhi couldn't bear it any longer, covered her face and started to cry.

"Lan Gu, don't be sad, who didn't die?" Concubine Rong took off her clothes, soaked her body in hot water, felt the warmth of the hot air, closed her eyes and said: "It's true, I always go It's Lan Gu who is by my niece's side, and my niece is already satisfied."

Lan Zhi wiped away her tears, scooped up a spoonful of water and poured it lightly from her skinny shoulders, "Don't say such unlucky things, the empress is only 28, still very young, and she has to watch the second prince grow up with her own eyes. The emperor is only the second prince, and after a hundred years, he will always pass the throne to the second prince. By that time, the empress will be the queen mother, and no one will be able to threaten her position in the future, and the empress will..."

Concubine Rong interrupted her gently, "Gu Lan, you don't have to lie to me. Who doesn't know that the people on the emperor's heart are his concubine Shu and their precious prince Xun Jin? I already knew the identity of the third prince Xun Jin." It exists." She smiled self-deprecatingly, "The emperor has a lot of wives and concubines, and any concubine will give birth to him, so how could there be only one prince, that trash?"

Lan Zhi was stunned for a while, then sighed, "When did your empress know?"

"I knew it when Concubine Shu gave birth three years ago. Langu, do you know? I prayed hard all night, praying for the Bodhisattva to let her give birth to a girl, praying for her to die in childbirth, and even praying for both mother and child to be born together." Go to see the Buddha of the Western Heaven, heh, but if praying is useful, how can there be so many unsatisfactory things in life?" Concubine Rong said nonchalantly with an abnormal blush on her face.

"It turns out that the third prince knew it as soon as the third prince was born. This servant is really smart. No wonder the mother has become more and more hopeless towards the second prince in recent years." Lan Zhi said, she has been careful to hide the third prince Xun With Jin's existence, she was worried that once she knew that the second prince was no longer the emperor's only son, she would lose all her support until she collapsed completely.

Concubine Rong closed her eyes and said: "Hope is a good thing, although sometimes it is also called fantasy or delusion, and it is impossible to realize. But no matter how unrealistic hope is, as long as there is hope, then It's also good, it can also support people through the most difficult days. I am the same, if I don't have any thoughts about the second prince in my heart, I have been locked in this prison for so many years, I would have died long ago, how could I delay it? today?"

"Your Majesty always thought that there was still hope for the second prince? Even if the emperor has a third prince?" Lan Zhi asked in surprise.

Concubine Rong nodded, "Although the emperor has the third prince Xun Jin, the royal family is still scarce. Since the emperor has only given birth to one third prince in seven years, even if there are still children in the future, there will probably be no more. Where are you going? So far, there are only two princes in the royal family, Xun Yu and Xun Jin, the third prince. The fewer princes, the greater the chance of the second prince's success. As long as he is not disabled, it is not impossible to defeat a prince , and once he wins the third prince, the ninth-fifth position must be his."

"Your Majesty's words are very true," Lan Zhi said.Ever since she had the third prince, the faint light of hope she had for the second prince was shattered, but even so, she just chose to be patient in front of Concubine Rong, she hid her despair very well, She knew that there was nothing to look forward to, so she would never tell her about the existence of the third prince.Now it seems that she is worrying too much!Concubine Rong obviously thought farther than her. After she knew the truth, what she saw was a level that she had never thought of.It was she who underestimated her. She was far stronger than she imagined, and she was also very suitable for living in the deep palace. If she hadn't had to give birth to a freak, she never believed that her niece would fall so quickly.

"Time is running out, Lan Gu, help me change my clothes!" Concubine Rong said, "Whether the second prince will succeed or not, I can't see it. I will do one last thing for him when the mother and child are together."

Lan Gu was concentrating, and the circles of her eyes began to turn red, "What is your empress going to do?"

"Send him out of Zhaohua Palace," Concubine Rong said slowly.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Lan Zhi looked at her with wide eyes.

"After I leave, within three days, the emperor's imperial decree to announce that the second prince will leave Zhaohua Palace will arrive." Concubine Rong said indifferently.

Lan Zhi burst into tears, she understood what she meant, as soon as Concubine Rong left, the emperor would get the news immediately, no matter how much he hated Concubine Rong and the second prince, and how much he didn't want to see his crippled son, he would not Not facing the fact that the prince has no one to adopt, he has to appoint another concubine to raise him. It can be guessed that the concubine who was ordered to raise the second prince must be the most unfavored one!After all, Concubine Rong still loves the second prince a little bit, right?After all, no matter how bad the second prince is, it would still be the flesh that fell from her body.

"My maidservant is going to bring the second prince here, the empress hasn't seen the second prince for three months." Lan Zhi said, this time she wanted to make her own decisions, she didn't want her to leave without even looking at him.

Concubine Rong shook her head: "You know I don't want to see him."

"After all, the second prince is the mother's child. Could it be that the mother really..." Lan Zhi paused and said.

Concubine Rong suddenly changed color, Yintang between her brows and eyes squeezed together, her eyes glowed with hatred, and she said in a hateful voice: "I'm not afraid to tell you, every time I see him, I wish I could tear him to pieces! It's because of him." , I lost everything I owned, and I was tormented in this dark prison for seven years. I became what I am today, all thanks to him! Maybe he will become the emperor in the future, but he Even if I die, I will not forgive the pain he made me suffer, and the torture he brought me, and I will not die..."

She suddenly looked back ferociously, her eyes were wide open, as if she couldn't breathe, she opened her mouth in horror, her hands tightly choked her throat, her delicate makeup instantly became weird, amidst Lan Zhi's exclamation, He fell straight down on the bed, his clenched palms were like deflated balloons, and he couldn't let go. The next second, his whole body didn't move, except for the two eyes, which couldn't be closed until the moment before the burial.