Da Suining

Chapter 277 Tablet
The three-tier tablet stood eerie.

Xiang Daying removed the tablets one by one, opened another hidden compartment, and there was another layer of tablets inside.

With the faint light of the candle, Xiang Suining saw that the tablet standing in the middle was the tablet of Emperor Chengzhao.

Chengzhao Emperor Guo Fang, the eldest son of the Empress Dowager.

After the death of Emperor Chengzhao, according to the convention, his tablet should be enshrined in the temple of Xuanguo.

Xuanguo changed from generation to generation, and the tablets and portraits of the emperors of all dynasties were enshrined in the palace.

Unexpectedly, Xiang's family secretly enshrined him.

Next to the tablet of Emperor Chengzhao, there is another tablet, which is small.

The tablet reads: Xiang Suixin.

Xiang Suixin.

Xiang Suining's heart suddenly ached.

Such a small tablet has stayed in this dark dark space for so many years, so many years alone.Perhaps it is too old, and the tablet has faded.

"This is your younger brother, Suixin. When I married your mother, we had two children, you and Suixin, in our stable married life. At that time, I told your mother, Suining, Suining, have this Two children are enough. On the day Suixin was born, many magpies fell on the banana tree outside the door, chirping, not to mention how happy he was, and he was able to giggle at us three months after he was born. When he was four months old, he stopped feeding at night, he was obedient and quiet, his body was strong, and his small arms were like lotus roots. Even your grandmother liked him very much. Your mother Tang's syndrome is even more precious. "

"and after?"

"Later, one day later, the first emperor suddenly became seriously ill, vomiting blood and dying. He summoned several of our ministers to stand by. According to the order of the first emperor, he wanted to make his only son, Guo Lan, the emperor. That night when the first emperor died, our ministers were killed by Guo Zhengchan. He said it was the will of the first emperor, and made him emperor. Guo Zhengchan tried to correct the order, and several ministers stood up to refute it, but Mei Guang beheaded him directly."

Mei Guang is the father of the mighty Uncle Mei Tong and Concubine Mei Ruhua.

Back then in Emperor Chengzhao's reign, military generals led troops and colluded with Guo Zhengchan. Seeing that Emperor Chengzhao was critically ill, Guo Zhengchan promised him wealth and honor for generations, and he was the first to turn against Emperor Chengzhao.

"At that time, I also wanted to speak out against Guo Zhengchan, but I thought that Emperor Chengzhao still had a son, and the late emperor's pulse could not be broken, so I could only flatter Guo Zhengchan. Guo Zhengchan secretly went all over the palace to arrest the late emperor's son, Guo Lan. If Guo Lan If it falls into their hands, there is only one way to die. At that time, your grandmother took your younger brother Suixin to the palace to meet the old queen. Go and see. Guo Zhengchan's men led troops to search the old lady's harem, seeing Guo Lan's end. Tablet, staring blankly at the quiet Basho in the courtyard: "I handed your brother Suixin to the queen mother, and Guo Lan to your grandmother. The two children are very small and fleshy. Guo Zhengchan himself doesn't care about the children." Many, and with the testimony of the imperial physician Zhuang and the old queen who was trusted by the late emperor at that time, Guo Zhengchan took Suixin away."

Full of sadness.

Speaking of the past, Xiang Daying clenched his sleeves tightly, his face was solemn in the glowing firelight, and he kept holding back his tears from falling.

Xiang Suining didn't know what to do.

Is it to comfort him?
Where can I find comfort?

Xiang Suining could no longer remember that small tablet, and the Sui Xin on it.

One could imagine that he was her younger brother, a baby born in October of Tang's pregnancy just like her.

My heart is sour.

"Later. Follow him."

"Later, I heard that Suixin was put in the late emperor's coffin by Guo Zhengchan, who had the coffin crucified and carried into the late emperor's mausoleum. I inquired later, and I heard from the coffin bearer that he was delivering the late emperor's coffin along the way. , I can still hear the cry of a child, but the sound gradually disappeared, your brother Suixin is suffocating to death."

Xiang Daying's nails were almost embedded in the flesh.

"Your mother, Mrs. Tang, saw that the child who came back from the palace was not her own, so she didn't want to. Later, she couldn't hide it, so she told her the truth. Your mother couldn't stand the blow, couldn't see Guo Lan, and couldn't stand the demons. Gradually, she became a little bewildered. The old doctor Zhuang also gave her medicine in those years, but when she was awake, it was far more painful than when she was bewildered, so she no longer let her wake up. Maybe she was bewildered, so don't think this matter"

"But father still neglected my mother later, married Tang Xiaoniang, and had a child with Tang Xiaoniang."

"Tang Xiaoniang is Tang Wu's younger sister. She served Guo Zhengchan at that time. After Guo Xiachan ascended the throne, he said that I had meritorious service in setting him up and rewarded him with silver and beauties. Tang Xiaoniang was rewarded by him. Tang Wu and Tang Xiaoniang were singing in the old queen's palace back then, and they overheard the fact that the former prince was not dead and hid in our mansion, so they threatened this matter, if I don't pamper Tang Xiaoniang, she will go to the palace to report, not only our mutual understanding If the family is not safe, Guo Lan will also die. These years, no matter whether it is Tang Wuda Qiufeng or Tang Xiaoniang who is doing evil, I just turn a blind eye and close my eyes. After all, Guo Zhengchan rewarded her to me, half as a reward and half as a surveillance Right? If I don't treat her well, one day she will go to Guo Zhengchan to say something, then we will really be guilty of exterminating the Nine Clans. Fortunately, she gave birth to Xiang Yan, and she was tied to the same boat as us, but Tang Fifth, I haven't come to the mansion for a long time, so I hid in the palace, but now that he is dead, this secret is even more secretive."

Xiang Daying seemed relieved.

Gently picked up the three sticks of incense to ignite it, and slowly inserted it into the copper incense burner.

The fragrance diffuses.

Xiang Daying looked at Xiang Suixin's memorial tablet and murmured: "Suixin, after all, it is father who is sorry for you. But at that time, father had no choice but to ask for your forgiveness. If there is a next life, let father be a cow and a horse. Redeem."

The plantains in the courtyard sway in the wind, and the leaves are green.

I always thought that Xiang Daying doted on Tang Xiaoniang and neglected Tang, and was a big scumbag.

It turned out that he also had his own reasons.

Maybe he couldn't help sleeping on the same bed with Tang Xiaoniang.

Involuntarily marrying her, and involuntarily having children with her.

This secret has been concealed since Guo Lan was still held in his arms until now, Guo Lan has become Xiang Guoxin, and Xiang Guoxin is now a fifth-rank general.

Xiang Daying's hair has also turned gray.

She exchanged the life of her own child for the life of the late emperor's son.

I don't know what kind of friendship between the first emperor and Prime Minister Daying during the first emperor's reign.

But on Guo Lan, Xiang Daying has done his part as a courtier.

Over the years, he was misunderstood, looked at coldly, was in a dilemma, and was entangled in his heart. He also insisted on this secret and never said it to outsiders.

"If I hadn't told you these words, I'm afraid my father would have taken them to the grave." Xiang Daying patted Xiang Suining on the shoulder: "From now on, only the two of us will know these words, and we will keep this secret. Until We are dead."

Xiang Daying wiped Cheng Zhaodi's tablet with his sleeve, and then gently wiped Xiang Suixin's tablet, then closed the hidden grid, and put back the three-layer tablet of his ancestors one by one.

Everything went back to the way it was before.

This small Buddhist hall was also seen by outsiders, it was the Xiang family's own small Buddhist hall.

"Crack." There was the sound of a flower pot falling to the ground.

"Who?" Xiang Daying was vigilant, quickly blew out the candle, and chased him out to see. When he chased out, there was no one except the broken flowerpot.

"Who did you see? After all, I was negligent. I shouldn't be talking about this here. If someone listens to it."

"Father, there is no one else. It's a cat. That stray cat knocked over the tea pot in grandma's room a few days ago, and now it knocked over the flower pot. I saw that cat jump up the wall."

Xiang Daying looked up, and sure enough there was a black cat standing on the east wall.

The black cat has a pair of yellow eyes. It stands on the east wall very vigilantly. Its eyes are full of energy at night.

Xiang Daying breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiang Suining knew it was not a cat.

It was just to comfort Xiang Daying.

That familiar taste is Xiangguoxin.

Sure enough, in a corner of the corridor, I met Xiang Guoxin who was sitting blankly.

I don't know how much he heard those words.

"It's so late, why is Guo Xin still not going to bed?" Xiang Suining sat beside him.

"Second sister, so my name is Guo Lan." Xiang Guoxin's tears dripped down: "So your younger brother is Xiang Suixin, and I am the child of Emperor Chengzhao. Sister, do you hate me?"

He heard it all.

Xiang Suining didn't know whether to comfort him or herself.

Obviously want to comfort him, but don't know where to start.

"Guo Xin, it's not your fault."

"It seems to be my fault. Who made me the late emperor's child? I hurt my mother, and I also hurt Suixin. Sister, I really want to be your real brother. I wish I was your real brother. I won't You have hurt so many people." Xiang Guoxin leaned on Xiang Suining's shoulder, a dignified boy, crying like a child.

He is no longer the young man who climbed a tree to catch birds.

Early the next morning, when Xiang Daying opened the door, he found Xiang Guoxin kneeling at his door.

Xiang Guoxin was always naughty, so Xiang Daying shouted hard before he was willing to say a few words to Xiang Daying.

When the door opened that day, Xiang Guoxin kowtowed to Xiang Daying. Xiang Daying looked left and right to make sure that Xiang Guoxin was not threatened, and touched his forehead, but it didn't feel hot.

Xiang Daying quickly helped Xiang Guoxin up, but Xiang Guoxin suddenly fell into his arms.

Xiang Guo fainted.

Xiang Daying panicked, and hurriedly sent someone to call the doctor.

Prime Minister Suining went to invite Lu Yu in person.

Lu Yucai came out from the palace.

I came to see Xiang Guoxin, and said he was fine, but he had some unresolved knots in his mind, and he would get better after drinking some medicine to help him sleep.

Lu Yu brought a message to Xiang Suining.

Concubine Mei Gui in the palace died.

And it was Guo Cong who killed his mother himself.

Xiang Suining couldn't believe it.

However, Lu Yu said it clearly, he was the one who prescribed the medicine to Concubine Mei Guifei that day, and Concubine Mei died soon after drinking the medicine. He went to the scene to see that the medicine in the medicine bowl contained enough heartbroken grass.According to the maidservants, Guo Cong boiled the medicine himself and brought it to his mother to drink.

If there is something wrong with Lu Yu's prescription, then he can't get out of the palace.

Moreover, after the death of Concubine Mei, the emperor decreed that everything should be kept simple, declaring to the outside world that Concubine Mei died of heartache.

The emperor found out about Concubine Mei and asked Guo Cong to figure it out. Guo Cong chose Qiancheng for family affection.

Guo Zhengchan praised Guo Cong for having the character he had back then.

I don't know if this is a compliment or a curse.

Concubine Mei was buried in the palace, and Guo Cong felt that he was alone and weak, and the matter of making him the crown prince in the court gradually died down.

After being bedridden for many days, Xiang Guo lost a lot of weight.

Xiang Yan is about to give birth, and her body is heavy, so Xiang's family has to visit the palace.

Tong Siyue from Liuyunfang specially brought clothes for Xiang Guoxin, whenever he had something to do, she always made new clothes for him.

This time, Xiang Guoxin didn't answer.

Tong Siyue's eyes turned red immediately after brushing Tong Siyue's face like this.

"This green shirt is pretty good." Xiang Suining boasted.

Xiang Guoxin said, "I don't like it."

Tong Siyue left with red eyes holding the clothes.

"Is it because you don't like the clothes, or because you don't like people?"

"None of them."

In the past, Xiang Guoxin liked Tong Siyue very much, and he also liked her coming to the mansion. After lying silently for a few days, when we met again, he didn't like her anymore.

It was inconvenient for Xiang Suining to say more.

The family came to the palace in a carriage.

"It's getting late, why are you still lying on the bed?" Tang Xiaoniang entered Xiangyan's bedroom and saw someone lying on the bed, so she went to lift the brocade quilt, and when she opened it, she found that it was Guo Kai under the brocade quilt.

Tang Xiaoniang quickly put down the brocade quilt.

Xiangyan came in with the help of her maid, wearing a shirt embroidered with lotus flowers, and wearing a snake bun, she held her forehead when she entered the door.

Now my stomach is getting bigger and bigger, and my delivery is imminent. I want to go to the toilet during the day and night, but I can't sit or stand. It's very uncomfortable.

"It's always a crime to have a child, and the imperial physicians in the palace are also incapable. With such good medicinal materials, they still make you suffer like this."

The whole family sat and talked for a while, but Guo Cheng was still lying there.Pouted her buttocks and pointed at Tang Xiaoniang.

That doesn't seem very polite.

"Did the prince not sleep at night? He still fell asleep at this time."

"I've been falling asleep like this recently." Xiang Yan sighed.

"Is the prince's illness all cured? What does the imperial physician in the palace say?"

"Recently, Imperial Physician Lu is seeing a doctor, and Imperial Physician Lu has already gone to the palace to answer."

Lu Yu checked Guo Kai's pulse and found something was wrong.

The pulse condition is sometimes empty and sometimes floating, unstable.

It just so happened that the imperial physician Xu Zhi was taking the emperor's pulse, and the imperial physician Xu Zhi had also treated Guo Kai before, so he happened to talk about it together.

Speaking of Guo Kai's illness, the imperial physician Xu Zhi's forehead was sweating, he had been treating Guo Kai for so long, it must have been a few months, but Guo Pao didn't get well together, so the emperor asked Lu Yu to see him.

"What disease?" asked the emperor.

"Flower willow."

"What did you say?" The emperor almost crushed the teacup in his hand, and the imperial physician Xu Zhi also knelt down in fright.

"Second prince, Guo Kai, has a willow disease." Lu Yu paused every word.

Flower and willow disease, it is a disease that must die.Even if the wealth can rival the country, there is no cure for this disease.

In retrospect, red spots appeared on Guo Kai's neck from time to time, and there were rumors that Guo Kai often couldn't help peeing his pants. Considering that Guo Kai likes to search for flowers and women, it is not surprising that he has this disease.

Willow disease.It doesn't sound good to spread the word.The face of the royal family is the most important thing.

"It's because the veteran's medical skills are not good, and the veteran is willing to return to his hometown for the elderly." Xu Zhi hurriedly kowtowed.

The emperor seemed tired.I closed my eyes and didn't speak for a long time.Nuo Da Zheng En Temple is gloomy and terrifying.

Coming out of Zhengen Hall, Xu Zhi walked in front with the medicine box on his back, and Lu Yu walked beside him.

(End of this chapter)