There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 361 Long time no see
Summer is approaching step by step, and there is a lotus pond not far from the yard that has already pulled out disc-like leaves and bloomed with tender lotus flowers, the scenery is very gratifying.

In the evening of summer, there is a faint mist in the mountains and fields, and waves of cooking smoke rise in the small yard, blending with the surrounding scenery, warmly like a beautiful dream in a midsummer night.

Tang Wanning sat on the side of the bed with a bowl of tonic, and fed it for Xia Houjue in a leisurely manner.

Just when a ray of golden sunset came in through the window, Tang Wanning suddenly smiled and said, "You can watch the lotus with me."

"it is good!"

"how to get to?"

"I'll hold you up..."

The scenery on a summer night was breathtakingly beautiful. The two lay on the grass by the pond. In order to prevent mosquito bites, the two specially lit incense burners with wormwood to repel mosquitoes. In order to prevent moisture, they even brought thick Thick papyrus cushions.

"Is it okay? If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me."

"Wanwan, don't be so busy, if you go back and forth for a while, the lotus in the pond will all be thankful."

"Okay, okay, I'll go one last time to get you a pillow, or you'll probably cough later."

"You..." Xia Houjue smiled wryly.

"Okay!" Tang Wanning smiled and took two soft pillows under the necks of the two of them, and they lay on the rush mat and rubbed their ears together.

"Are you comfortable?" Blowing the cool evening wind, smelling the fragrance of the lotus pond, and listening to the crowing of frogs one after another.

Tang Wanning almost fell asleep comfortably, but it was Xia Houjue's soft whispers that pulled her back from her dream.

He said, "Wan Wan? How about we make an appointment to be husband and wife again in the next life?"

He said: "Wanwan, do you know that I have been admiring you since the wedding night."

He said: "Wan Wan, I have failed you in this life, but in the next life, I will use my life to make up for you, okay?"

His words were soft and slow, like whispering one after another, like the summer evening wind, like his eyes that are as cool as water at the moment.

After being ill for so long, his cloudy eyes finally became clear again, but she dared not look at them.

"Wan Wan?"

"Wan Wan?"

He called twice, but she didn't answer, Xia Houjue smiled suddenly: "This girl, you can fall asleep after so long."

……

The evening wind blows one after another, for ten years, 20 years, 30 years.

The lotus is blooming one after another, and it will continue to bloom in the next ten years, 20 years, and 30 years, but some people will no longer exist.

I don't know how long it took, about an hour, or two hours, or maybe three hours, Tang Wanning finally dared to open her eyes and turned to look at him.

I saw that he still opened his eyes lightly, gently stroked her shoulder with his hand, and smiled lightly. The cold-faced him all his life finally showed the most relaxed, joyful, most yearning and expecting smile at the last moment.

"what!!!"

"what!"

Waves of heart-piercing pain hit her, and the pain she had endured for several years finally broke out at this moment.

Even if he had just been diagnosed with a serious illness, even if he was terminally ill yesterday, she had never collapsed.

She was afraid that he would be sad, that he would be lost, and that he would never let go of him, so she could only pretend to be indifferent.

But now, she was finally able to cry heartily. So many years of suffering, so many years of support, so many years of pain, finally broke out completely at this moment.

After the outbreak, Tang Wanning fell ill completely. At the worst time, she had a high fever for three consecutive days, and she kept talking nonsense in her dreams.

Even she kept having nightmares, in which she kept crying, laughing and screaming: "Xia Houjue, you bastard!"

That's right, he's a jerk, he clearly promised to go on a tour together, he clearly promised to travel all over the world, and he clearly promised to grow old together.

But why in the end, he abandoned her first and left first.

"What is this? What are you?" She cried heartbreakingly.

……

Illness comes like a mountain down, sickness goes like a thread.

It was the mid-autumn season when Tang Wanning recovered completely from her illness. At this time, Xiahou Shanchuan had already ascended the throne as the new emperor, and Tang Wanning was also honored as the queen mother.

She was supposed to live in the palace, but Tang Wanning looked at the past and shed tears all day long. She had no choice but to place her mother in a newly built palace.

Everything here is new, and there are no memories of the past. For the sake of excitement, Xiahou Shanchuan specially invited many lonely and helpless vagrants to live in it.

Whenever she watched the children read and write, she finally felt a little better.

In her spare time, she couldn't help but smile wryly: "What is this? Traveling through ancient times to open an orphanage?"

……

In the summer of the 21st year of Qinghe, Emperor Qinghe passed away, and the crown prince Xiahou Shanchuan ascended the throne, with the year name Taikang, which means peace and prosperity.

The first emperor passed away, and the new emperor was pure filial piety. He ordered the whole country to observe filial piety for three months. During this period, they must wear plain clothes, and marriages, play, gatherings, banquets and other entertainments are not allowed.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, especially those nobles with royal in-laws, strictly observed filial piety for one year, and they were not allowed to marry and take concubines, and they were not allowed to gather to watch theatre, and they were not allowed to hold banquets for entertainment.

As for the clan members within the royal family, they kept filial piety for 24 months, while Emperor Taikang himself kept filial piety for three years to show his filial piety.

With the emperor as an example, it is not good for others to say anything even if they have complaints, let alone no complaints.Emperor Qinghe worked hard all his life, making the Great Xia Dynasty, a so-called flourishing age in which gold and jade were ruined, but it was actually a precarious country.

No one can imagine how much effort and painstaking effort it will take to make the country as strong as it is now, with strong soldiers and horses, a rich country and a strong people, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

There are even rumors among the people that their wise and mighty emperor was exhausted to death.

It was passed on from ten to ten, and when the rumor became untrue through word of mouth, it often took on some mysterious mythological color, for example, Emperor Qinghe was originally the proud son of heaven.

Another example is that Emperor Qinghe came down to save the common people under the order of the gods in the sky, and now he has retired after his success and continues to be a god in the sky.

Such rumors soon spread to all women and children, and when it reached Tang Wanning's ears, she suddenly burst into tears and said lightly to Xia Houjue's spirit seat.

"Look, these people know what you've done, you didn't give in vain..."

……

In the first year of Taikang, in order to celebrate the new emperor's enthronement, envoys from surrounding countries, large and small, were sent to celebrate.

On the day of the reception, Xiahou Shanchuan attended in person. Standing on the magnificent Grand Hall of Supreme Harmony, he saw a familiar figure walking towards him from a distance.

Xiahou Shanchuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly greeted him with a smile.

"Uncle Six, long time no see."

(season finale)

(End of this chapter)