19. The Wind Rises in Northern Xinjiang (1)

The Queen Mother arrived at Qingyi Garden, casually walked around Wanshou Mountain, and took a boat for a while, then got up and left, obviously very cold to Qingyi Garden, this is normal, it will be winter soon, it is a place of water, no one can stay, leave Qingyi Garden or go to Xiangshan first, all the way along the neat and wide mountain road, holding Tang Wufu's hand to the top of Xiangshan, seeing the mountain full of red leaves, the autumn wind blows, the red leaves seem to jump up like a flame, the autumn is high and refreshing, but a little cold, the Queen Mother sweated, but had to put on a cloak, Today is not the serious day of Chongyang, so there are not many people in the Martyrs' Shrine, and the guards did not clean up the Martyrs' Shrine, but just vacated the main hall, the Queen Mother straightened her clothes, solemnly incense, and there was no minister who accompanied the sacrifice today, so she just twisted three incense sticks, prayed silently, and the ceremony was over, and the Queen Mother walked along the main hall to the west, and there was a continuous stone tablet, which was engraved with the names of the people, which was the name of the generals and soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the west.

The Queen Mother was silently visiting, Tang Wufu entered the main hall, and said worriedly, "Master," he wanted to speak and stopped, "There is news in the palace,"

The Queen Mother looked at the names of the people who died in battle, and when she saw Tang Wufu's expression, she had a bad premonition in her heart, and sighed, "What news?" ”

"Concubine Xun Niangniang suddenly had abdominal pain today and had a miscarriage."

Concubine Xun opened her eyes, the emperor's pale face appeared in Concubine Xun's eyes, and when she saw Concubine Xun wake up, she asked with concern, "Are you awake?" The emperor's voice tightened, "Does it matter if you want your body?" ”

Concubine Xun was about to say something, but there was a painful expression on her face, and the queen wiped her tears on the side, "Concubine Xun, the child is gone, don't be sad." ”

The palace is miserable. The emperor held himself back, turned his head and shouted in a low voice, "If it's gone, it's gone, if there's anything tight, let me out, don't make a noise to the concubine!" ”

The eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting came out one after another. didn't dare to disturb the emotions of this ninety-five honor, the queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and she didn't know how sincere this sadness was. "Why did this good thing suddenly fall off?"

Concubine Xun wept silently on the bed, and there was a smell of blood in the hall, and the queen felt a little evil, "The imperial doctor said that your body is weak, and the first two months are difficult to bear," the emperor said Wen Yan, and tucked the concubine's quilt. "Hello to recuperate, don't worry about anything else, the child will always have it in the future."

The emperor got up and said to the queen, "You take care of the concubine, I have gone to the Heart Cultivation Hall to approve the folds." ”

The emperor got up depressedly and silently went to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, which was the closest to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. The emperor didn't pass the sedan chair either, but just walked all the way over. The eunuchs didn't dare to disturb, they just silently accompanied Zhou, the weather in late autumn, the wind was a little cold, and the emperor didn't feel cold, and walked to the apse of the Yangxin Palace. Entered the warm pavilion, sat cross-legged on the kang, absentmindedly read a book "Please open the Chahar Coal Mine to prepare for the Coal and Iron Bureau", read it for most of the time, and did not know what to say. It's just that he scribbled a "I know" and put it aside, Chen Shengwen came in with tea carelessly, "Long live the lord, drink some tea to moisten your throat." ”

"Well, you sent a decree to invite the concubine's mother to come in and take care of her, she has no children," the emperor was depressed, "It is inevitable that my heart will be depressed, and it will be better to see my family." ”

"Yes," Chen Shengwen said, "the frame of the Queen Mother has entered the Shunzhen Gate." ”

The emperor frowned slightly, "Why did you alarm the emperor's mother?" ”

"It's the news that the father-in-law of De Ling has spread."

"That's it," the emperor stretched his eyebrows, "The unfilial piety of being a son also makes the emperor worry about it, you send Wang Qingqi in." ”

The emperor stared at the gray sunlight outside the window in a daze, and was stunned for a while, I don't know how long later, when he heard the sound of talking outside......

The Empress Dowager Cixi took An Dehai's hand and looked indifferently at the man in the five-grade civil official uniform with his head bowed in front of her, "You are Wang Qingqi?" ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager's words, Weichen is Wang Qingqi," Wang Qingqi knelt down to ask for peace, "Jinshi in the ninth year of Tongzhi." ”

"In those years, being able to work as an errand in the Hanlin Academy and walk in the Hongde Hall must be rare," the Queen Mother asked Wang Qingqi to stand up, "Your last excerpt was quite radical, do you really mean this in your heart?" ”

"Please forgive the Queen Mother," Wang Qingqi replied, "Now this officialdom has always been alarmist in order to have some influence, and in order to become famous, Weichen has to make amazing words." ”

"You are frank," the Queen Mother said, Wang Qingqi raised her head, the Queen Mother saw Wang Qingqi's appearance clearly, first slightly surprised Wang Qingqi looked handsome, and then a little puzzled, "Have I seen you before?" ”

Wang Qingqi replied: "Weichen, this is the first time I have seen Tianyan. ”

The Queen Mother turned her head and asked An Dehai, "Lord Wang seems to be very kind, we have met before?" ”

An Dehai looked at Wang Qingqi in surprise, as if he was about to recognize some flowers on his face, he also looked at it for a long time, and seemed to be surprised but a little confused, "I also think the face is very familiar, but I don't know where I have seen it, maybe it is Lord Wang's face." ”

"It's about the face of the public," the Queen Mother immediately stopped thinking about it, "I'll go in to see the Emperor." "The Queen Mother is here, and Wang Qingqi is naturally waiting for the emperor to summon her. An Dehai and Wang Qingqi stood together under the eaves outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, the sky suddenly became overcast, the original bleak sunlight disappeared immediately, the dark clouds gathered, and then it rained, An Dehai's expression changed uncertainly, and he raised his head from time to time, glanced at Wang Qingqi meaningfully, and then lowered his head, but Wang Qingqi looked calm, hanging his hand and silently looking at the autumn rain outside the eaves.

The emperor hung his head and heard the sound of crisp footsteps, "Emperor," a gentle voice remembered, a warm hand was on the emperor's shoulder, and the auspicious clothes of the golden silk embroidered ministers seemed to be transmitted to the emperor, the emperor was shocked, raised his head, and realized that it was his mother, "Huang Eniang," the emperor's originally tense body relaxed, he stood up and faced the queen mother, "You are here." ”

The Empress Dowager put down her hand and sat opposite the emperor, smiling at the emperor through a thick stack of twists and turns, and the lampstand that was lit, her smile was so gentle, completely different from the hearty smile that the emperor often saw in the past, just like the dim light, warm and sweet, "I heard about the concubine, so I rushed back immediately, you are still so young, there will be more children in the future, don't be too sad." ”

"It's just a little depressed," the Emperor cheered up, "it's okay, Huang Eniang." ”

"It's okay," the Queen Mother smiled, "I don't care about anything else, I must take care of your mood, Emperor, the Ministry of Communications will arrange it quickly, and this big event can also be prepared." (To be continued.) )