Chapter 239: Back to Xuanshan
"It's okay, I'm not familiar with this palace, plus there are too many people in the palace, I don't like to be lively, there are a lot of noisy people here, I've been in Xuanqingguan for a long time, and I found that it's still more suitable for me, when I'm fine, I can go out for a walk, go see the first emperor, and talk to him." The corners of the Empress Dowager's mouth rose, maybe only the first emperor could make her mood better.
"Imperial sister-in-law, the palace is also your home, since you are back this time, don't go to that poor country in the future, there are sparsely populated there, and there is no fun, it is better for the imperial sister-in-law to move back this time, don't go back to Xuanshan." Emperor Jianqing also followed the persuasion, he knew very well what Empress Dowager Wen's departure meant to Empress Gongsun.
"Imperial sister-in-law, what the emperor said is, since you insist on going back to Xuanshan, then wait for the imperial doctor in the palace to heal the injury on your hand, after all, the doctor outside is not as good as the top imperial doctor in the palace, if it is not handled well, the wound infection is a life-threatening thing, the imperial sister-in-law left so happily, but in vain we are worried, it is better like this, when the imperial sister-in-law's injury is completely healed, the palace will prepare a practice banquet for the imperial sister-in-law." Empress Gongsun said with a smile, her face still unfazed.
Emperor Jianqing was stunned when he heard this, even the Empress Dowager Wen didn't expect that Empress Gongsun would easily let her go back to Xuanshan, didn't she think that once she left the palace, others would definitely criticize the Empress for assassinating the Empress Dowager.
"Then it's hard work for the queen." Empress Dowager Wen didn't have any unusual expression, although she was very confused in her heart.
"These are what this palace should be, you are the eldest sister-in-law, it should be so, imperial sister-in-law, it's not early, you rest early, it will help the wound heal, and this palace will come to visit you in the future." Empress Gongsun smiled softly, and after speaking, she turned around and left the queen mother's bedroom, and Emperor Jianqing also followed out of the palace.
"The Emperor's ......"
As soon as the husband and wife stepped out of the door, the voice of the Queen Mother came from behind them, the voice was extremely gentle, like a shy woman, the voice came into the ears of Queen Gongsun, and she frowned unconsciously.
The two of them stopped at the same time, and Emperor Jianqing took the lead in turning back, "I don't know if the imperial sister-in-law has anything else to say, or what do you want to tell me?" ”
Emperor Jianqing turned his eyes and saw Empress Dowager Wen lying on the couch, her face was unusually pale, but the eyes that looked at him made him startled.
"The Shuangshu in the emperor's bedroom should have bloomed by now, right? The flowers are not big, whether they look good or not, and I think it's time to bloom in this season, so I want to ask the emperor. Empress Dowager Wen spoke slowly.
Shuangshu is the nobility of the peony, when the flowers bloom, there will be a branch of pink, and a branch of purple, when it blooms, it is particularly amazing, that is the variety of Xichang country as the national flower, but the climatic conditions of Nanyan are not suitable for the growth of Shuangshu. The first emperor of that year, in order to capture the heart of the Empress Dowager Wen and make the beauty smile, tried his best to get many Shuangshu, but there were so many Shuangshu, but only one survived.
Empress Gongsun outside the door, the fist under the cuffs, couldn't help but slowly clench, and the Empress Dowager Wen seemed to be hinting at something to her with her shuangshu.
"It's blooming, it's beautiful." A strange look flashed in Emperor Jianqing's eyes.
"Then can I bother the emperor to have someone pluck a branch and send it to Chang'an Palace? So that I can also appreciate and appreciate, I think back then, I also learned from the first emperor in this Chang'an Palace planted a lot of double shu, but the pair of shuangshu is tricky, I planted in the end all died, only the first emperor planted a surviving plant, now in this Nanyan, I am afraid that only the emperor's bedroom has a double shu. I wonder if the emperor can agree to my reluctant request? Wen Empress Dowager's words were a little lonely.
The softness in Emperor Jianqing's heart was opened, "Tomorrow, I will definitely have someone send Shuangshu, and then you can enjoy the flowers." ”
"Your Majesty."
When the Empress Dowager Wen raised her eyes, the two looked at each other, and quickly changed their gaze, and Emperor Jianqing turned around and left with Empress Gongsun.
Empress Dowager Wen was alone in the dormitory, and after a while, a sly smile began to appear on her face, and Fang Cai's sentimentality and sadness disappeared in an instant.
"At the beginning, only one Shuangshu survived, and now the two of them leave one person." Empress Dowager Wen muttered, the expression on her face was unpredictable.
Emperor Jianqing and Empress Gongsun walked on the road together, although the husband and wife walked together, they looked like they were separated, and the two of them had their own hearts, but their hearts were all because of the sentence "Shuangshu" from the Queen Mother just now. ”
"I didn't even notice that the twin trees were already blooming?" Empress Gongsun suddenly took the initiative to break the silence and was the first to speak, but her face changed when she mentioned Shuangshu.
Emperor Jianqing was still silent, did not reply and only raised his eyes to look at Empress Gongsun, after a while, Empress Gongsun said lightly, "That Shuangshu only blooms once a year, and the concubines have not seen it bloom with their own eyes, thinking that the imperial sister-in-law is going to leave the palace, it is inevitable that the first emperor will miss a little when he was infatuated, when the first emperor planted the palace full of double shu for the imperial sister-in-law, but only one plant survived. ”
Emperor Jianqing's face became extremely ugly when he heard this, "The Queen Mother can't go back to Xuanshan." ”
Emperor Jianqing's words were in the ears of Empress Gongsun, but they were full of sarcasm, and she didn't care, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, "Your Majesty, is this reluctant?" wants to keep the queen mother by himself. But don't forget, Your Majesty, no matter how infatuated you were back then, the person she loved was not you, no matter what you did for her, she was your sister-in-law after all, your imperial brother's wife, even if you took care of Shuangshu for her preference, it was just her thoughts about the emperor, this is the arrangement of fate. ”
Empress Gongsun poured out all her dissatisfaction with Emperor Jianqing over the past few days, but the next second Emperor Jianqing raised his hand angrily, and at the moment of raising his hand, he caught a glimpse of the loneliness in Empress Gongsun's eyes, and Emperor Jianqing suddenly put down his hand.
"Don't you know that I'm here for you? When the queen mother leaves the palace, the world will only think that you, the queen, aggressively drove her away, and when the time comes, you, the mother of the country, will become the jealous woman with a small belly in the mouth of the people. Emperor Jianqing roared angrily.
"The concubine wants to do this, but the emperor, you didn't see it, you were a confidant with her back then, you don't know if Empress Dowager Wen really wants to leave the palace, she wants to stay just to save face, and she needs someone to keep her, only in this way can she stay in the palace openly." Empress Gongsun's words were full of sarcasm and sadness.
If she was really afraid of her reputation, then she would rather the emperor not send Empress Dowager Wen away for the sake of her reputation.