The Three Thousand Harem of the Fake Empress

Early in the morning, after Ren Shiqing paid her respects, she came out of the Concubine Chen's hall, and the soft sedan chair was prepared not far away, and she rarely waved her hand.

Now, where is the mood to enjoy the service of servants, only holding on to the maid's elbow, stepping on the thick frost, and walking forward slowly.

Staying away from the bedroom behind him, I thought I could feel better, but things backfired, the conversation inside made me uncomfortable, and I couldn't understand it.

Chief Manager-Qi Fu got this job, so he could not help but show his talents. While showing his outstanding ability, he took the opportunity to curry favor with the concubine Chen, and explained everything in a leak-tight manner. The scriptures on the corpse are covered, which is so large that it is buried in Fengshui.

The silver fox light fur cloak was fluttering, it was really too cold, Ren Shiqing clutched the hem, put her hands close together, and wrapped her body completely, even so, the cold air that hit her face cracked her skin, and she said "Ah Qiu" two times in succession. .

"How is Concubine Xi?" she asked.

The maid bowed her head and replied in a low voice: "I heard from the slave that I can't drink the ginseng soup. I screamed in pain. I can only drink some Mabosan. The pain relief effect is obvious. Only the eyeballs can turn, it is a living dead."

I don't know if it's because the weather is too cold, or because of the depression in my heart, the tip of the small nose is flushed, Ren Shiqing choked up and said: "The old man is about to say goodbye, the fate is gone, how can we not see it off in person. Let's go, go to the Palace of Huanxi."

The hoarfrost is like a blanket, and the shoes step on it, winding into a path. The two masters and servants are walking in the cold wind with support. Above their heads, there are birdsong, and the sound cuts through the silent and chilling palace.

Looking up, it was actually a flock of crows.The tone is high and rapid, like a call, more like a declaration.

No one dared to open their mouths to link death with crows, but everyone knew it well. In the past few days, these beasts gathered more and more, and the fate of Concubine Xi was getting thinner and thinner.

Walking into the courtyard, Ren Shiqing stopped, raised her hand and pulled out the pearl hairpins from her bun one by one, gently took off a pair of golden jade hibiscus bracelets bestowed by the empress, and also took off the red jewels on her ears.

The maid hurriedly took out a clean handkerchief and spread it in her palm, took the gorgeous ornaments, and wrapped them up.

"You are guarding outside," Ren Shiqing wiped off the saliva on her lips with a handkerchief, and said: "In addition, order people to shoot all the crows around the palace on the spot and burn them out collectively. Do not stay."

"Yes." The maid responded quickly.

After explaining, the palace servants lifted the curtain, and Concubine Ren stepped lightly into the Hall of Huanxi. She took off the fox fur and roasted her frozen hands on the charcoal fire. On the couch, in the crook of his arms, was the dying Ah Xi.

"Your Majesty," Ren Shiqing stood in the corner, and asked cautiously, "I want to talk to Concubine Xi about something personal, just for a while."

Hearing the sound and seeing someone begging again, Qin Yan didn't stop her, she got up from the couch, covered Ah Xi with the quilt, kissed him on the forehead, and then left.

Ren Shiqing had never seen such an empress before, her eyes looked like a dry well, the hardened mud was chapped with several uneven cracks, and there was not a single ray of light when she probed to the deepest point.

The empress without light exposed her helpless fragility.

Ren Shiqing was very distressed, she wanted to give him a warm hug, but she couldn't.

Mutual warmth cannot dissipate the wind and frost in the heart at the moment, and warmth is never based on giving or taking. If you want to be warm, you must first warm your heart.

But my heart, like the empress, is also icy cold.

Ren Shiqing stepped forward slowly, looking at the numb Axi, like a child who has made a mistake and faced her husband, she held the corner of her robe, hesitated again and again, and murmured: "I'm sorry."

A pair of round eyes moved slightly, Ren Shiqing knew that the other party was awake, and she was very pleased to have such an opportunity, she turned her face to the side, not daring to look at anyone, seeing the red candle on the table was about to burn, a burst of sadness came from her. The bottom of my heart welled up, and I couldn't help but said: "I'm sorry, I should have come to see you a long time ago... You complained of illness a few days ago, I thought you had a cold, so I didn't feel relieved, how could I know..."

"No, it's not that I didn't worry about it, but I thought you would get better soon, so you don't need to mobilize people."

Shiqing hates her lies and stupidity, it's come to this moment, what else is there to cover up?

She stomped her feet anxiously, turned her face, bit her lip and confessed: "I thought you were pretending to be sick, but the empress was happy with me every day | Well, for this reason, I still laughed at your poor methods, and now I really regret it."

Axi pulled the corner of his mouth with difficulty, turned his eyes to other places, and didn't want to look any further.

"But I didn't come here today to show off to you." Ren Shiqing knew that Axi had misunderstood herself, so she stepped forward, sat down next to the bed, held the corner of the quilt tightly, and talked to herself while facing the nothingness in front of her , "I'm sorry, I've been confronting you all this time. The ironic word 'beggar' is on my lips."

She really didn't want to humiliate Axi.

The once-famous oiran recalled the past, and had to ask himself. The sincerity that had been hidden for a long time caused the lies to disappear in an instant like clouds under a strong wind, and what remained were all heartfelt words.

Ren Shiqing smiled wryly, patted her thigh, and laughed at herself: "I think back then, the Chen family in Qiantang devoured the family, and they were separated. Afterwards, she sold it to a local lame butcher who was blind in one eye for a copper coin. The eight-year-old concubine was unwilling to do so, and her mother used her life to pave a way for her to escape..."

"But what good results can an eight-year-old child have? What's more, he has a beautiful face."

"So, she was successfully captured by the gangsters and sold to Jinling."

A Xi's eyes gradually shifted, let Shiqing touch her hand, her eyes were moist, and she began to sob, "You know that the reason why bad people are called bad people is because they do all kinds of evil! Virgins can buy a high price, as long as they don't break it, play Why not play?"

"So, every time you say I'm dirty, what I think of is not the peaceful days in the brothel where a few people fiddle with you...

It was those months, the horrible past of being treated as a child molestor, that was the real pain point, making my life worse than death. "

Yes……

Dirty tongue and liquid are viscous ghosts that cannot be washed off. They stick to the skin|flesh and melt into the body.

Every bath is an execution.

Someone tried to scratch the skin and force out the filth that was inside, but without exception, the result was scars and deep despair.

In the dark night, they broke into someone's dream and locked him in a dungeon. Under the repeated attack of the six devil claws, some people opened their mouths but couldn't shout, strode their legs desperately, but couldn't run, despite being dragged Into the quagmire, repeatedly suffocated.

Ah Xi's five fingers did not move, and his thick eyelashes were glittering, and he blinked.

"This is a disgusting thing, I never mentioned it to anyone..."

Ren Shiqing held each other's hand tightly, and gradually revealed a smile, which was as bright as a hibiscus flower, and comforted gently, "Your dirt is dust and sweat, which can be brushed and washed; but mine can never be washed away. In fact, I always call you little beggar because I envy you from the bottom of my heart, it doesn’t matter if you are hungry, you are as free as the wind.”

'Like the wind' Axi said silently in his heart.

She looked at the sky, and in the years, apart from the huge pain caused by her brother's death, she was really carefree and at ease.

"And I practiced my dancing skills hard in the attic. When I was resting, I often leaned on the railing. No one knew my wish, and no one believed me when I said it. I just wanted to be a beggar. I was rejected by others and pushed away. People are willing to touch, no one will spoil me... eat a sweet potato, and then find a place where no one is around and sleep soundly all day."

Ah Xi was surprised, she never thought that Ren Shiqing's wish was actually this.

She gritted her teeth, trying to move her tongue to speak, but after struggling for a while, she failed, and her protruding chest was sunken again.

……

The past is a delicacy with endless aftertaste.

Ren Shiqing still remembers that when Yutai won the championship, the Empress caught her eye and spent a staggering sum of money.

At that time, the oiran who read the crowd didn't know that the other party was a woman, she almost wept with joy, and being able to hold hands with a woman for a lifetime was something she couldn't wish for.

Because since the age of eight, I have hated and hated men so much.

When she was traveling with the empress hand in hand, a little beggar who had snatched the empress' buns followed her repeatedly, and was finally pushed to the ground by the guards, yelling ignorantly.

The empress naturally forgave, some people stammered and offered to be a girl, saying that they wanted to find a long-term job, but in fact, everyone could see that the little beggar was already in love.

Ren Shiqing patted the back of Axi's hand lightly, and said with a smile: "I still remember back then, when His Majesty poked the fire and said with a smile, she didn't lack girls or women, and asked if you would like to do it...

At that time, you ran away in shame, didn't run a few steps, stumbled heavily, lay on the ground for a while, got up, and turned back in shame, making everyone laugh. "

"You still...remember..." Axi struggled to open his mouth, breathing rough and intermittently, "the...me in those days."

"No one can remember such a lively little person." Ren Shiqing sighed, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's really a coincidence, the identity I have always yearned for, and I have the thing I dreamed of together with myself."

Ah Xi lowered his eyes, flexed his five fingers with all his strength, two tears slipped down quietly, and muttered, "Ren...Ren."

"You think that I regard myself as an oiran and look down on your down-and-out status. In fact, I have always hated God. As for deliberately finding fault with you, it is also because of everyone in the palace. Speculation, you can fight each other for a long time. If I want to change to the personality of Feng Yan and Xu Xicong, wouldn't we be bored?"

Ren Shiqing leaned forward, wiped Axi's tears with her hand, and said sincerely: "What Your Majesty loves is our character, who follows the rules like palace people, and is a pool of stagnant water. How can we continue the hard-won love in the future?"

"What's more, don't you feel that you were deflated and irritated by me, and ran to look for your majesty. Didn't your majesty coax and pamper you?"

"Ren... Ren Shi..." The person on the sickbed seemed to have a firm attachment. Even though the chest was full of poisonous blood, the heart was soaked in it and had long lost its vitality. , the blood congealed into a force, breaking through the rotting throat and mouth.

Ah Xi finally called out the name of the person in front of him completely.

"Ren Shiqing!"

"I'm here~"

Shouting and answering, the two of them laughed and wept at the same time.

"The misunderstanding is resolved, but it's too late..." Ren Shiqing rolled down her tears, unable to control her crying, "Axi, I'm useless, I can't do anything for you, and I can't delay your majesty's last time with you. What do you wish for?" , I'll do my best to try."

The stiff five fingers finally clasped Ren Shiqing's hand tightly, and there was an unprecedented sense of relief in the human eyes.

At this moment, Ah Xi's body and mind are as light as a bird.

She continued intermittently: "Help... me, take care of... well... Your Majesty."

Her voice seemed to be run over by a boulder, Ren Shiqing nodded heavily, and said hoarsely: "Definitely!"

How many times in life can you reveal your sincerity, and you will deliver Jixi.Fortunately, at this last moment, they shook hands and promised.

……

His heart was opened, and Ah Xi felt that he had regained some energy, and his stomach, which had been empty for a long time, was a little hungry, so he hummed to eat.

Qin Yan immediately ordered someone to bring delicacies from mountains and seas, but the person on the sick bed firmly refused.

Axi wants to eat steamed buns, especially want to eat.

Qin Yan thought about such a request for a moment, then she couldn't help saying that she took the host and went straight to the kitchen.

When the empress arrived, the royal chefs knelt together, everyone was terrified, and they didn't know what had gone wrong.

Not long after, it was shocking that the empress wanted to make steamed stuffed buns by herself?

This kind of trivial matter is naturally easy. The leading imperial chef vowed to take the initiative to take the job, but was rejected. He had no choice but to leave the kitchen with the others, and stood in the big yard, squinting and peeping, while whispering and whispering.

There is only one fire girl left in the kitchen.

Lighting a fire for the Son of Heaven is unprecedented.

Obviously lighting fire is the little girl's unique skill, but at the critical moment, one hand trembled and two petals trembled.

The fire-burning girl couldn't light the fire anyway, so she called her mother anxiously. In order to save her life, she resolutely put her hands together and bowed to the stove master again and again.

Looking at the dancing sparks on the firewood, some people cried with excitement.

The fire rose, and the girl who burned the fire did not know where her curiosity and courage came from. She slowly tilted her head, and one eye appeared from behind the stove, boldly peeping at the emperor and concubine.

The empress is too different from the empress in my impression, the burning girl thought.

Shouldn't the empress know nothing but govern the country?

Why are the kneading, kneading and stuffing so smooth?

Not much worse than the royal chef!

It's just that during the operation...something crystal dripped into the dough.

The empress is crying? !

The burning girl covered her mouth and opened her long eyes, feeling deeply incredulous.What kind of injury is it that can see the emperor cry?

The sound of hemoptysis continued, and the burning girl looked at the person on the chair, weak and pale, which made people feel distressed.

The atmosphere in the kitchen was pretty good, the girl who set the fire was relaxed, the emperor spoke kindly, and was speaking heartfelt words the whole time, the concubine Xi struggled to speak, if you look carefully, you can vaguely see that she is always in a state of tenderness.

At this moment, the imperial concubine is like an ordinary couple.

The burning girl is envious, she is envious of this silent love, which is warm and long-lasting, and even more envious of being able to win the emperor, washing hands and cooking.

The fire was strong and everything was in order.

After an unlucky hour, a basket of steamed buns came out of the pan.

The burning girl didn't have an order and didn't dare to leave without authorization, so she could only leave from the entrance of the hall and knelt on one side.

It's a pity that the emperor's call didn't have much effect, and Mrs. Xi didn't seem to respond.

Qin Yan lay beside Axi's legs, looked up at the dying person, and finally burst into tears.

She kept shaking the man's hand and called out: "Axi, wake up, the steamed stuffed bun is ready, the steamed stuffed bun I made for you is ready, take a bite, take a bite before leaving... Just take a bite."

Axi was walking on a long and dark road, originally sad and sad, but because of the wind and snow on the road, and her fingers were broken, she was alone, cold and lonely, like the harsh winter of the year when she was eaten.

Her heart was in great pain, she really couldn't figure out why she had to walk into this world of ice and snow?

Why not stay in a warm home, in the arms of mother?

Looking up with difficulty, I can't see the end, I can't touch the edge, I just feel that the wind and frost are like hidden knives, cutting my face, a bloody and furious attack, my swaying body, being torn apart crazily.

Ah Xi wrapped her torn jacket tightly, curled her body up as much as possible, the cold wind was still merciless, blowing her thoroughly, ice and snow flowed down her neck violently, and her five internal organs were frozen to death.

Why do you want to go this way!

why!

The moment the tears came out of the eyes, they were frozen and fell straight down, hitting the ground, fragmented, like a dying ice flower.

Can we stop moving forward? !

Can you turn back? !

Ah Xi stopped and turned around, full of expectation.

The disappointment pays off to the miserable people, and the ice flowers are blooming in the tundra, petal by petal, pitifully broken.

It's not that I got lost.

Yes... Where, there is still a way home.

"It looks like I'm going to die in this snowstorm..." Ah Xi muttered to himself.

But at this moment, there was a voice behind him, calling softly.

Ah Xi remembers it all his life.

It was my brother's call, as warm as the sun.

Ah Xi remembered that his elder brother had died many years ago.

My parents died long before my brother.

It turned out that I was an orphan and a beggar long ago.

The eyelids, the corners of the mouth, and the limbs are bleeding, reminding people that the area under their feet is a place of death.

That being the case, what are you yearning for and looking forward to?

For whom is the lingering heart still beating in the chest?

I tried to open my eyes, trying to see clearly, but unfortunately my eyes were full of wind and snow, and I couldn't see the unknown figure, and I couldn't return to the warm place.

After a long sigh, Axi decided to turn around and join his brother.

On Huangquan Road, with her brother's guidance, she should not be afraid anymore.

It was time to say goodbye, Ah Xi grinned for the first time, she laughed at herself as having no culture, and could not say good sentences with long charm and thought provoking, so she could only silently recite her wish, what exactly was the wish?

It's very simple, she wants to eat buns, she wants to eat buns in someone's arms.

This wish is a joke, in the endless snow, who will catch up, who will give a hot bun to a beggar.

"Bao'er...Bao'er...My brother is here, behind you..." The voice of calling became stronger and stronger, it was my brother, calling his baby name.

Ah Xi gradually lowered his face and stopped stopping.

She should go, and go with her brother.

The moment he stepped forward, at the end of the confused land, a tall figure pierced the wind and snow.

The man's blue hair was raised high, his teary eyes were full of tears, and he could see that he was struggling and desperate.

"Axi...Axi...I am here, right in front of your eyes..." The crying sound was heavy and very sad.

Ah Xi instantly remembered what he was waiting for and what he was looking forward to.

I understand the reason why I have been hesitating and refusing to leave.

It turned out that she was waiting for someone.

She is waiting for someone who will give her buns, warm her, and give her a home.

Ah Xi suddenly opened her eyes, she had been drowning for a long time, panting heavily, she saw the Empress holding her and howling.

For some reason, I suddenly thought of a sentence, as if it had been dusted for thousands of years, I had to say it!

She blurted out, "Concubine, Your Majesty is finally here."

Restraining her crying, Qin Yan tore the bun in her hand into small pieces the size of a thumb, and brought it to Axi's lips. The latter had completely lost the ability to chew.

Tears flowed down the dimple and into the corner of her mouth, Qin Yan slowly opened her mouth, took a bite of the bun, and chewed slowly.

The dough and minced meat, which were stained with sweetness, were passed into Axi's mouth with trembling lips.

Ah Xi knows that this is the sweetest steamed stuffed bun in the world.

She rolled her throat, swallowing gulps, trying to eat as much as she could...

In this way, when he arrives in the underworld, he will not be a starving ghost.

After feeding the three steamed buns and a small bowl of chicken soup, the wandering hunger for more than ten years finally did not extend to the shadow of death.

Qin Yan hugged him, and the temperature on her fingers dropped rapidly. She took off the dragon robe, put it on Axi, and wrapped her tightly with the cloak.

Ah Xi's tears, and the Empress' tears merged and mixed.

Ah Xi smiled clearly, she reached out her hand suddenly, touched the empress' tears, looked at the person affectionately, and said goodbye, "Your Majesty... my concubine, I have eaten enough, dressed warmly, and have no regrets... that's it, On the road."

"A Xi!!!"

The cold wind will carry away the mournful howling and blow to the corner of the sky and the cliff of the sea.

In the ruthless world of mortals, there are cracks and heartaches that cannot be sewed up. Those beautiful and short years will finally disappear completely, leaving only a thin memory in the weeping.

The heaven and the earth mourn together, and the cold wind brings pieces of crystal clear, enough to cover a person's cold body.

……

The winter solstice, the first snow, happy concubine, mourning.