New·New Consort

Outside the emperor's bedroom, the prince let out a sigh of relief and rubbed his almost frozen fingers.His eyelids drooped slightly, and he was extremely tired, but he still stood upright with all his energy, looking around anxiously, as if he was waiting for some news.

The palace lanterns in the distance dimmed and turned on one after another, and a figure ran past those palace lanterns and came towards him.

The prince regained his energy, and without waiting for the person to get closer, he ran out a few feet and asked, "Zhang Aiqing, how is your sister?"

It was Zhang Shaomin who came.

Hearing the prince's question, his expression darkened: "The imperial doctors are guarding at the princess mansion, and Manager Wang also brought his mother there. I heard that it is true, but I am not optimistic..."

The prince's eyes were astringent, he choked up and said, "I want, I want to go see her."

When Zhang Shaomin thought of Tianxiang, his heart felt sore, but he still refused cruelly: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about that side, I have already dispatched people to guard it, and I guarantee that not even a fly can fly in. You can't go now, you are not a doctor. , but the Vice-Prince of the country. Even if you go, it doesn't make much sense--Your Majesty, is the Emperor awake?"

The prince was startled, and then shook his head after a moment of pause and said shyly, "I've fainted since I got the news from the Princess Mansion... I haven't woken up yet." He couldn't help but clenched his fists as he thought of something, gritted his teeth and said, "Yu Xian , what happened to Yuxian's miscellaneous hair?!"

Zhang Shaomin said coldly, "I'm dead already."

The prince was slightly surprised: "It's you—"

Zhang Shaomin shook his head: "No, he was seriously injured by the burn, and he didn't know what he said to the emperor in the alchemy room. He was tied to the burning alchemy furnace by the emperor, and his skin was burned to pieces. I'll take people in. When it was opened, it was full of burnt smell, and it was already, out of shape."

The prince's heart was terrified, but his face twitched: "It's not a pity for that bastard to die! If my sister has any good or bad, I will definitely smash him to ashes!"

Zhang Shaomin frowned and said: "He died as soon as he died, but his members of the Yuxian Gang are still all over Kyushu, and the guards of each state need to deal with the suppression. What's more, someone from the Imperial Army colluded with Jin Kanglong to assassinate Princess Mansion—I’m afraid the forbidden army is not trustworthy anymore. Your Highness, we need to replace the guards in the imperial city.”

The prince really felt dizzy when he thought about it, so he could only suppress his uneasiness and calm down: "You are right, what should we do now?"

Zhang Shaomin took a deep breath, stepped forward and talked with the prince in detail.

In the garden of the Princess Mansion, there was a desolate tranquility.

Standing in the garden, Mr. Wang looked up at the stars in the sky, and secretly put his hands together. He never believed in gods, but he patiently begged all the gods and Buddhas.

The dormitory was brightly lit, and the air was filled with the mixed smell of bitter soup and blood.

On the bed, Tianxiang was lying quietly, her breath was like a silk thread, her face was as white as paper, as if her three souls had lost her seven souls, and her whole body had lost all vitality.

Feng Suzhen sat by the bed and carefully fed her the cooled concoction spoon by spoonful, but she seemed unconscious and did not swallow at all, two of the three spoonfuls she fed were spilled on the pillow mat.Feng Suzhen felt shivering, and wiped off the medicinal juice on her body with a handkerchief.

Tao'er and Xing'er on the side were just weeping silently, but she burst into tears when she saw this, and Nanny Zhuang looked distressed, chanting something, praying for something—oh my God, if you really had eyes, you should have taken me away Old bones, why bother to make such a young child suffer!

Feng Suzhen turned her heart away, took a sip of the bitter soup, bent down, supported Tianxiang's neck slightly with one hand, stroked her throat with the other, and fed the medicine down to Tianxiang's soft lips.

drink down!

Everyone on the side looked happy, and Feng Suzhen was also very happy, and immediately transferred all the remaining medicine to Tianxiang one by one in the same way.

Seeing this, the old beggar who had been standing by the side immediately asked for wine, melted a few pills in her bosom, and asked Feng Suzhen to continue feeding them.

Feng Suzhen took the juice mixed with the smell of wine and medicine in her mouth, and continued to feed the medicine to Tianxiang who had lost her consciousness.

In a daze, she remembered that the last time Tianxiang was hit by Yin-Yang Seizing Soul, she gave her the antidote in this way.

She was suddenly heartbroken, and tears almost fell from her eyes.

Tianxiang is so innocent, why does she have to suffer this dying pain over and over again!

Feng Suzhen stood up holding back her tears, and asked the old beggar: "Old man, after taking the medicine, Tianxiang will be fine, right?"

The old beggar reached out her hand to touch Tan Tianxiang's forehead, her expression darkened: "Son, although I have good medical skills, but Princess Tianxiang's situation, this is not poison, nor is it a disease, it is fate... Although you sealed it in time Her meridians have stopped the bleeding, but the injury is too serious, I don’t know if the princess can heal herself in time... If she can make it through tonight, maybe..." She didn't finish her sentence, but shook her head slowly. Shake your head.

Feng Suzhen's eyes were bloodshot: "Old man, I don't force you, I just want to know: What can I do? What else can I do?"

The old beggar showed a little empathy on her face: "The princess has a high fever and needs someone to watch over her. Why don't you stay with her for a night, and it's best to talk to her. If a person loses his consciousness, it's easy to lose his mind." Shengnian... I heard that even if people arrive... on Huangquan Road, you can hear the people around you talking, maybe you will have Shengnian again, and you will come back again..." She said so, Taoer The tears that Xing'er had finally stopped fell down again.

Feng Suzhen turned her head and looked at Tianxiang, who was in a daze, her eyes gradually became firm - "I understand, old man, please wait at the mansion. Tonight, I will guard her until she wakes up."

The old beggar nodded slightly, and staggered out the door.

"Tao'er, Xing'er, light more candles. If the room is too dark, the princess will fall asleep easily when she wakes up." Feng Suzhen ordered seriously, and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Yes..." Tao'er Xing'er's answering voice was full of weeping.

"My son-in-law, I have something to report." Shan Shiwen's voice came from outside the door. He had suffered a lot of sword wounds today, and it was only now that he had finished bandaging. His voice was still weak and hesitant.

Feng Suzhen thought for a while: "You come in and talk."

The night was deep and silent, and no one in the princess mansion could sleep.

Xing'er helped Nanny Zhuang to arrange the old beggar and Manager Wang's rest, and Tao'er led people to clean up the messy main hall with red eyes.

She moved the overturned wine table and carefully picked up backgammon pieces soaked in wine from the broken porcelain in the wine jar.

Tao'er's gaze flashed, and she saw the dice cup that was upside down on the ground.She paused, stretched out her hand, and carefully opened the dice cup.

two o'clock.

Tao'er burst into tears again.

Just one step away, princess, just one step away...

In the dormitory, Shan Shiwen's statement came to the end——

"This subordinate knows that the princess's safety is the most important thing right now. However, the girl's begging is really sad, and she and the old man are the people the princess cares about the most. I really don't know how to deal with it, and I am afraid that there will be long nights and dreams, so I have to ask Consort."

After Shan Shiwen finished speaking, he stood with his head bowed in Feng Suzhen's silence.

Feng Suzhen was stunned for a while, then came to her senses, quickly turned around and gently touched Tan Tianxiang's forehead, and gently twisted a cool handkerchief, dipping Tianxiang's hot cheek bit by bit.

You girl, you have done so many things behind my back...

It was Feng Shaoqing and Mei Zhu's whereabouts that Shan Shiwen asked to be screened out so that others could report to her.After coming out of Xiantai, he took Feng Shaoqing and Meizhu to Tianxiang's property in the capital for resettlement.Because Feng Shaoqing was swallowed by Yuxian's dumb drug, she couldn't speak at all, and Mei Zhu was anxious, so she begged him to come back and ask the princess for help.

What he didn't explain was that the scene where the little brother took off his hat and turned into a girl really frightened him too much, so he responded without thinking and rushed back.

Unexpectedly, this time, he just caught up with this assassination.

Feng Suzhen pondered for a moment, then said: "Take that old man and Miss Meizhu to the Princess Mansion. There is the best doctor here, and he must be able to heal the old man."

Shan Shiwen was about to step back when he was ordered, he paused and said hesitantly, "Don't worry, my son-in-law, the princess is auspicious, she will be fine."

Feng Suzhen nodded slightly at him.

Shan Shiwen exited the room, and there were only two people left in the bedroom.

Feng Suzhen turned her head sadly, the other person in the room could not respond to her confusion.

"When did you know..." Minor questions overflowed from the corners of her lips like moans. Looking at Tianxiang's pale face, Feng Suzhen felt her mouth was full of sourness.Before Tianxiang passed out, she tried her best to keep her alive, to live with Li Zhaoting...to live longer than Li Zhaoting...

It turned out that she knew it all along.

"When did you know...I thought...just tonight, I told you..." Feng Suzhen grabbed Tianxiang's fingers, lowered her sleepy and swollen eyes, and put that hand on her forehead, "I'm sorry , I am a liar, I lied to you..."

No, I lied to you.

Tian Xiang, who was in a deep sleep, said in her heart.

She was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, but it was as if she opened her eyes, she could see everything around her, and she could also see the tears and pain on Feng Suzhen's face beside her.

It feels like being in a dream.I am the protagonist in the dream, but like a god, I can see everything.

Heh, maybe all of this, this rebirth, this change, this forbidden love, was just a big dream...

Could it be that the moment I woke up, I realized that I had become that respectful and compassionate princess again?

Yes, no?

All of a sudden, the world spun, as if he was riding on a galloping horse, the scenery in front of him retreated like flying.Tianxiang panicked, don't, don't, she doesn't want it all just a dream.

Everything in front of me gradually calmed down.

Tianxiang saw a room, and she was lying on the bed in the room—the one who had been soaked by 20 years of wind and frost.

She saw the autumn-scented bed curtain, and also saw a streak of ocher yellow and a green figure.

That was the emperor's nephew from the previous life, and the eldest daughter of Feng Suzhen and Li Zhaoting, Li Xiang.

"How's Aunt?" It was naturally the young emperor who said this.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the eldest princess is much better today. Although she is still asleep, she can eat some broth." Li Xiang smiled politely.

"It's really hard for Mrs. Liang," the emperor said gently. "Thanks to Mrs. Liang's skill in distorting yellow, Mrs. Liang took good care of my aunt during these days when she fell ill. Otherwise, I really don't know what would have happened. "

Li Xiangqian said: "Princess Dachang fell ill when she was visiting Jiaci, and the folk woman's medical skills were taught by her mother when she was young. In terms of emotion and reason, all women should do their part for Princess Dachang."

The emperor paused for a moment and said, "Mrs. Liang, do you know how Lingtang and my aunt met?"

Tianxiang knew that the emperor's nephew was completely unaware of the female son-in-law's case.After all, that part of the past is too long away from him, and it has been hidden from the history books.Even though he and Zhang Shaomin had analyzed Dongfang Hou's rebellion and the hidden meaning behind receiving Xiantai, he had no idea about Feng Shaomin who was involved.He grew up in the court since he was a child, and as the eldest princess, he controls the government affairs, so naturally no one will talk nonsense about this folk drama in front of the imperial court.

Li Xiang shook her head: "The women don't know the details, and I didn't know until the day of worship. My mother knew the eldest princess..."

The emperor shook his head and didn't ask any further questions, but just sighed: "It's been so long, auntie... can she still wake up?" He quietly looked at Tianxiang on the bed: "Auntie, what have you done? A long dream..."

Tianxiang also became melancholy, yes, it was really a long dream...

"Li Xiang's skills are not high, maybe Your Majesty should ask other imperial physicians?" Li Xiang's voice was hesitant.

"Imperial doctor?" The emperor sneered, "Everyone can only practice Tai Chi with me—Madam Liang, don't learn from them, just tell me the truth."

Li Xiangdao: "The eldest princess has worked hard for many years, and her mind is depressed. She drank strong alcohol and was depressed in love. There was already a sign of wind disease. It must be that the strong alcohol stimulated the emotions on that day, and the blood turned against the brain. That led to fainting."

The emperor asked anxiously: "Then what should we do now?"

Li Xiang shook his head helplessly: "We can only wait."

The emperor was taken aback: "Wait?" His bright eyes dimmed instantly.

Li Xiang comforted: "Maybe three to five days, maybe one or two years, maybe...Your Majesty, she is too tired, maybe she needs to rest for a while."

"Yeah, she's too tired..." The emperor frowned with regret, "It's a pity that I can't stay in Miaozhou for a long time. My aunt has taken care of me for ten years, but I can't even take care of her for ten days. Even if I can come out of the palace today, it is also an opportunity I have fought for."

Tianxiang was disappointed, her nephew of the emperor was trapped in the Forbidden City since he was a child, not to mention leaving the capital, even leaving the palace only a few times, it is really pitiful.

It is better to be free than to rise above ten thousand people.

Li Xiang comforted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Rui and Eldest Princess Nianzhu are here to do their filial piety for His Majesty. Especially the Eldest Princess, since she came to Miaozhou, she has personally come to wash and change her clothes every day, taking good care of her." It's all about it."

Scrubbing and changing clothes... Tianxiang continued to be disappointed, the eldest daughter of the emperor, who used to be thin and petite, let her comb her hair and braid it, but she was able to serve her aunt with a condescension, what a good child.

"The thing my aunt loves the most is her niece, she should do her best—" the emperor paused, and suddenly became angry, "As for Prince Rui, I have repeatedly asked him to take care of my aunt, if it wasn't for him Laziness, how could my aunt drink strong alcohol when she went to the grave? This, this unfilial and disrespectful bastard, I, I must punish him for his crimes!"

Tianxiang felt a little guilty, the emperor's nephew was always soft-hearted, saying that the punishment was just to detain King Rui's Juelu.This Prince Rui's nephew was always extravagant and playful, so if he was detained like this, he might have to sell his collection of Wenwan in order to survive.And the aunt who loves him the most can't lend him money right now...

Li Xiang seemed to hesitate for a moment, but still said: "Your Majesty, the Eldest Princess' illness has a long history, and it was not created overnight. Besides, the princess hid the wine in her sleeve that day, and Prince Rui was also innocent in this matter. Please, don't get angry."

The emperor was slightly startled, and turned his head to face Li Xiangqing's peaceful face. Her expression was indifferent, neither humble nor overbearing, and she didn't seem to be panicked by defying the emperor.

Tianxiang was also taken aback.

Even if what the emperor said was just angry words, Li Xiang insisted on clarifying right from wrong.

This behavior is quite old-fashioned and dull, but... oh, it's really... too similar...

The emperor calmed down: "Yes, you are right. This is not Prince Rui's fault at all, this is my fault." He sat on the side with a sullen expression, and said in a low voice: "...after years of hard work, Depression and drunkenness, this is the real reason why my aunt can't afford it. It's all my fault..."

"Actually, my aunt shouldn't stay in this palace," the emperor muttered to himself. "When I was a child, my father always said that I envied my aunt, that she was like a real bird. The sky and the earth are big, let her fly... it's all for me, It was all because of me that my aunt had to fold her wings and stay in this huge palace for ten years..."

Li Xiang lowered his head and remained silent.

The emperor came to his senses and returned to his usual calm appearance: "Mrs. Liang, you go to rest first, I am here to accompany my aunt and talk."

Li Xiang withdrew from the room, the emperor sighed, twisted a towel from the basin, and wiped the face of the heavenly fragrance on the bed.Tianxiang couldn't help but leaned closer, carefully studying the appearance of the emperor's nephew.His eyes were bluish and black, and he must have had a hard time since he fainted.

After a lot of busy work, the emperor seemed to finally realize that there was really not much he could do.One is because of the difference between men and women, and the other is because he has never touched the spring water since he was a child, so even if he wants to do something, he can't do anything. He stood blankly for a while, and finally sat down at the side, talking to Tianxiang to himself stand up:

"Auntie, you have been in a coma for more than half a month, I just came to see you, I'm really sorry..."

Is it only half a month?It's been more than half a year in my dream...

"At the beginning, the spies said that my aunt's body could not move easily. I wanted to come to Miaozhou to visit when I got the news, but Zhang Shao—Master Zhang refused."

Tianxiang's heart skipped a beat.

"I quarreled several times with the elders in the cabinet, and even used the court stick. I hit Master Zhang with ten sticks..."

What?You brat!Although Zhang Shaomin is in the prime of life, he is still an old bone. This thick court stick will not be scrapped if it is beaten!

The emperor didn't notice Tianxiang's flying eyebrows and staring eyes in the air, and he still said to himself: "Auntie, I let someone keep my hands, and I didn't kill them. I just need to stay in bed for a few months."

The emperor hesitated for a moment: "Auntie, in fact, he asked me to beat you."

"He said, it's a big deal for the emperor to go out. If the minister doesn't stop him, he is disloyal; if he insists on stopping him, he is not human. So I must be furious, I must beat him, and I have discounted his popularity. Only with the civil and military aura of the court, he can continue to serve as my royal minister, and I can continue to be the king after my aunt falls."

Tianxiang was taken aback.

Zhang Shaomin, who has held power for 20 years, is finally willing to let go...

"Auntie, he also said that without you, there would be doubts about the master and the country, brothers fighting against the wall, and the country's foundation. Over the years, no matter how hard he has overcome obstacles in the outer court, it is just a sharp knife, but you are the one who will weigh you." front sight."

Fortunately, Tianxiang didn't say that I was a weight.

"Before I left Beijing, he handed me the brochure. He said that he had known his aunt for more than twenty years. Lacking rare medicines, all he has is this white jade Maitreya that he asked for many years ago at Dule Temple in Miaozhou, and asked me to give it to my aunt, so that she can dispel evil spirits and fix her soul." The emperor said, stuffing a small white jade Maitreya Arrived under Tianxiang's pillow.

The emperor was silent for a while, and then said again: "Aunt, actually, I have heard about the incident between you and Master Zhang many years ago. I don't know what would happen to me if you really became husband and wife back then." The emperor gave a wry smile, his face full of shame, "Although I know about the luck of Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang...but I dare not imagine...if Master Zhang becomes my uncle, you become Mrs. Zhang, the outer court and the inner court, I'm afraid it will be messed up. So all these years I have been pestering my aunt to stay in the inner court, and put Master Zhang in the outer court, trying to prevent you from seeing each other. Even now, I can't easily let you two become husband and wife. Aunt, I'm sorry, people are always selfish..."

Tianxiang is melancholy, silly boy, you really think too much...

The emperor held Tianxiang's wrist: "By the way, aunt, before I left Beijing, the empress diagnosed a happy pulse...Auntie, you must get better, my prince and daughter, even pointing to the fact that you can hug her in my aunt's arms." A hug."

Huh?The queen is pregnant?This is really a great thing!She has been an aunt for a long time. There are already several princes and daughters of my elder brother, but this is the first child of the emperor's nephew!

Tianxiang couldn't help being happy for this nephew who had borne too many burdens since childhood.

Suddenly, the emperor seemed to have seen something, his expression changed suddenly, he got up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Doctor! Mrs. Liang! Auntie seems to have opened her eyes!"

The light and shadow in front of her eyes suddenly dimmed, Tianxiang felt that the world was spinning again, and she fell down suddenly, and fell into the body lying on the bed.

In the shackles of this physical body, she fell into a dead darkness.

Tianxiang panicked and anxious, wanted to shout and struggle, but found that she had lost all senses and could do nothing.

She was a little at a loss, what does this mean? Could it be that she will be imprisoned by this useless body and become a sober living dead forever?

How to do……

His body in the previous life was already dead, and his body in this life was also severely injured. Could it be that he became a lonely soul.

Could it be that these two worlds have lost their place?

How could this be so, how could this be so, obviously, in these two worlds, both dream and fantasy, there are so many people who love her and she loves...

Especially, in that dream of rebirth, there was Feng Suzhen who she had cared about for 20 years!

Time seemed to stand still, as if the running water on the top of the cornice instantly condensed into icicles, and the water droplets from the hourglass also stopped in mid-air. The world with bright voices and colors turned into a stagnant chaos, and she also sank into a dark place. middle.