Empress Dowager

"Han'er..."

Concubine Chen galloped wildly, chasing the advancing team, shouting with all her strength.The jade rod Gao Han was riding on was surrounded by a group of guards, and she couldn't get close at all.In desperation, he had no choice but to abandon his horse and climb up the hill and run all the way, looking at the slow-moving Yuren from a distance, his eyes blurred with tears.

"Han'er..."

Concubine Chen raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears that filled her eyes, her voice was already hoarse, but she didn't see the intention of the marching team to stop.

In fact, as early as the first time Concubine Chen called Gao Han, she heard it. Her heart tightened, and Wu Yingying's eyes were full of pain and sadness, which couldn't be opened.

"Shu'er, it's her, Chen..." Rong Yu didn't expect that Concubine Chen would chase after her, which meant that she might know Gao Han's identity.She vigilantly tightened the arms holding Gao Han, as if she was afraid of something.

"I know!" Gao Han replied coolly, looking down at the crabapple flowers in her hands, the crabapple flowers that grew longer in the new dynasty, she picked some back.

The petals lay quietly in her palm, losing their charm little by little, and the expression on Gao Han's face suddenly became a little painful.When she returned to China this time, she wanted to take one last look at that person to know her situation, but she unexpectedly saw her own child. All she was thinking about was Zhiruo, but she forgot that before leaving Then go and say goodbye to that person secretly.

However, it doesn't matter anymore, everything doesn't matter anymore.She knew that she was soft-tempered. If she saw her, she might really lose control of her emotions. Since there was no chance in the end, why bother to get involved?

Gao Han smiled foolishly, raised his hand and threw the crabapple petals out of the car. A gust of warm wind blew by, and the snow-white crabapple flowers fluttered and fell in the air.

At that time, Concubine Chen, who was kneeling on the hill, stared at Gao Han's chariot with her idiotic eyes, and finally collapsed completely when she saw the crabapple flowers flying in the sky.She heard it, she heard herself calling her, but she didn't want to see herself again.

Does she know something?She didn't even leave a word for herself, she must hate herself to the core!Concubine Chen covered her tear-stained cheeks with both hands, and a mournful cry escaped from between her fingers.

She tilted her body to the side, and she fell down, the tears in the corners of her eyes were still lingering, but her cold heart was frozen.

"Wait a minute!"

Gao Lixin caught up with them and jumped on the jade scorpion with lightness kung fu. The guards of the group had seen Gao Lixin and knew her relationship with the king. They naturally did not dare to act rashly before the king gave orders.

Gao Lixin got into the car, squatted in front of Gao Han, took a few breaths, then reached out to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and said in a low voice: "I know you are the second imperial sister, since you don't want to recognize each other, I I don't force you."

Gao Lixin handed her the things he brought, with melancholy in his eyes, "Elder Sister once promised you to draw a portrait of you, and now...the promise has finally been fulfilled. And this... ·In the purse are Zhiruo's hair and the bowknot she folded by herself, you put it away."

Gao Lixin gently shook Gao Han's hand, showing a happy smile, "Don't worry, I will love Zhiruo as my own child, if you miss her in the future, come and see her, here... Will always be your home."

Looking at Gao Han who was crying but not speaking, Gao Lixin sighed and said: "Okay, Elder Sister is gone, take care of yourself!"

Gao Lixin got up to leave, but Gao Han suddenly stopped her in a hoarse voice, "Elder Sister, thank you!"

Hearing this, Gao Lixin raised her head and let out a long sigh of relief, hot tears fell down the corners of her eyes, she turned around and smiled at Gao Han, then jumped into the air, jumped on the horse and turned around to leave... ·

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Although the life in the palace is lonely, Concubine Zeng Chen still has the will to live, but after experiencing Gao Han's incident, she seemed to see through the world overnight, and she actually had the idea of ​​ending her life.She tried cutting her wrists and taking poison, but every time she was saved in time by the maidservant.

The empress dowager was worried that she would do something stupid again, and after thinking about it again and again, she ordered Chen dowager to move into Changning Palace.Under the empress dowager's careful guidance every day, Concubine Chen slowly came out of the gloom.

Today, the warm sun shone in through the Liuling window, and the golden light shone on the wound on Concubine Chen's wrist, as if revealing her unbearable memories of the past. trembling.

"Left and right are all in the past, why bother yourself?"

A brocade handkerchief was gently placed on her wrist, Concubine Chen only felt a chill on her wrist, and she woke up. She opened her eyes to look at the people beside her, and just happened to see a puddle of tenderness like water.

Concubine Chen got up slightly and wanted to salute to the Empress Dowager, but she was pressed by the empress's shoulders, "You just sit, and there will be no one else in the future, so these vain gestures will be avoided."

Concubine Chen raised her eyebrows to look at her, and said in a daze, "Why do you help me so much? A pathetic person like me should have died a long time ago." As she spoke, she suppressed the despair and misery in her eyes again, blushing Looking at the bustling scene outside the hall, my heart seemed to be stabbed again.

"Because you and I are poor people, maybe I feel pity for you!" After speaking, the empress dowager's delicate black eyebrows were curved, her elegant face was lightly covered with makeup, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. But it is more charming and graceful, "Ai's family is ten years older than you, and you still look forward to living a little longer. Seeing the day when the Great New Dynasty is strong and expands its territory, what is your youthful age?" You can easily die?"

"But the queen mother is not old, she is still graceful and luxurious, virtuous and virtuous, and her mother respects the world, but she is a concubine..."

"What's wrong with you? You still have something that others envy but can't ask for, but you can't see it yourself." The empress dowager stretched out her hand and scraped the bridge of her nose, pretending to sternly said: "Humans are not grasses, nothing can do nothing. However, your nature is not bad, it's just that the environment is compelling. In the future, don't mention the past in front of Ai's family, let alone say the word "death". "

Concubine Chen tensed her body and pursed her lips, her eyes clearly showed a little timidity, she murmured: "Yes!"

Seeing her plain face was dim and staring at her timidly, the Empress Dowager sneered, really there was nothing she could do about it?Her eyes were in a daze, but it was difficult to combine the concubine Chen who had an affair with Gao Jin with the person in front of her, they were clearly two people with very different temperaments.

One is delicate and charming, the other is fresh and beautiful. It seems that time and environment can really change a person.

The empress dowager sighed secretly, but she was very pleased with the change of dowager Chen.

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Since Gao Lixin came to the throne, he has been diligent and studious, doing everything by himself, knowing the importance of peace of mind, and specially amending the tax system, adopting the method of conditional tax reduction and exemption, and treating recalcitrant and good households differently, so as to alleviate the suffering of the people.In terms of rectification of official style, we should know people well and assign rewards and punishments clearly. Officials who have both ability and political integrity and are loyal and diligent are bestowed with the word "blessing", titles and ranks, and officials who are corrupt, accept bribes and bully the people are severely punished.

In just a few months, the reform of the government has achieved profound results. A total of 36 high-ranking officials were investigated and dealt with one after another. I can't help being in awe of the queen.

In November of the first year of Zhide, Empress Chu Yingxuan gave birth to Princess Hanyue in Yongfu Palace, named Gao Qi.

"Xuan'er has worked hard."

Gao Lixin went out of the palace to investigate the situation of the people, and as soon as she found out about Chu Yingxuan's birth, she hurried back from outside the palace, and ran into Yongfu Palace without even changing her private clothes.

At this time Chu Yingxuan was still a little bit exhausted, seeing Gao Lixin coming back, she forced her tired eyelids and asked softly, "Have you seen our little princess?"

The first time she saw the child, she first thought of Gao Lixin's reaction, wondering what expression she would have, would it be the same as her own?

"No! As soon as I come back, I will come to see you first." Gao Lixin looked at her softly, brushed away a few strands of hair sticking to her cheeks, and saw that her face had not yet returned to rosy, and her burning eyes couldn't help but dye. A bit of pity.

Chu Yingxuan looked at her intently, and after a while her haggard little face wrinkled into a ball, and she was about to cry, "The little princess is so ugly! She doesn't look like me at all."

Gao Lixin was taken aback, then rolled his eyes helplessly, what does this mean?

She spread her hands and smiled, "That looks like me!"

"It's not like you, anyway, it's ugly." Chu Yingxuan cried so hard that she was very sad, "The girl's family is so ugly, how can she marry in the future?"

"Is it that exaggerated? Don't they say that newborn babies are not very good-looking?" Seeing her crying hard, Gao Lixin hurriedly reached out to wipe her tears, and said a few words of comfort, "Besides, no matter how ugly she is It's also my daughter, if she can't get married, she won't marry, and I will support her for the rest of her life."

"How can this be done? Being raised by a mother for a lifetime is so worthless! If it spreads out, someone will poke your spine." Chu Yingxuan retorted anxiously, pulling her arm closer to her She leaned forward, covered her ears that were red from the cold with both hands, and said distressedly: "Is it cold outside?"

"Well, it's a bit. However, it's warm and tight now." Gao Lixin smiled and leaned over to hug her, lowered his head to rest on her body, took her hand and brought it to his lips for a kiss, his whole heart would be crushed melted.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the little princess to breastfeed." Ji Rou hugged the little princess outside the door and shouted softly.

Gao Lixin straightened up abruptly, curled his lips, why are these words so ambiguous?

After receiving the little princess, Gao Lixin was full of smiles, her amber eyes slid around the little person in her arms, the small eyes and small nose were very cute, the skin was white, tender and elastic, Gao Lixin's mouth was grinning He opened his eyes even more, and murmured in a low voice: "It's not ugly!"

Gao Lixin leaned against Chu Yingxuan's back, resting his chin on her shoulder, smiling at her daughter lying in Chu Yingxuan's arms who was eating with gusto, stretching out her long arms to hold a big one and a small one in her arms, and said in a warm voice: "Hard work, Xuan'er, to bear children for me!"

Chu Yingxuan frowned and smiled, raised her head and kissed her lips, "The concubine loves it so much!"

The author has something to say: it's over, every work is finished with a lot of regrets, and there is always a deviation between the original idea and the later development.Sometimes, if the conceived plot cannot be written in time, it seems to change the feeling after waiting a long time to write.very sad······

The happiest thing about writing this article is probably that I met a lot of caring readers, who are very heartwarming. Every time I see your comments and support, I have the motivation to continue to persevere.

The process of writing an article is really painful and joyful, especially for people like me who are easily influenced, sometimes when I see very heart-warming comments, I can't help but look at them a few more times and read them repeatedly; When I encounter some radical comments, I will read them again and again. Every time I read it, I feel sad once. After all, writing this article also earned me a few tears.Fortunately, I survived.Of course, whether it is encouragement or criticism, I should say thank you to everyone!It is you who let me know myself clearly, and also gave me the opportunity to work hard and improve.thank you all!Thank you readers who have been supporting me by leaving messages!

I will take the next article "Love is not a last resort" seriously, and I hope there will be progress!Thanks again!

Bye bye fate!

Merry Christmas everyone!

2017. 12, 25