After all, who lost whom: broken glass

Chapter 32 Returning to the Palace (1)
Rong Yu got into the carriage and drove for more than half an hour before finally arriving at the destination. Although the place is far away, there is no depression in the market.

As soon as she got out of the car, someone led her into a side tent, and a person in the tent turned his back to her. Hearing footsteps, he turned around and saluted, "Your Majesty, Jin'an!" It turned out to be Zhu Ying!Rong Yu had a thrilling journey, when he saw her suddenly, he felt very kind, and blurted out: "You are still alive!" He was extremely pleasantly surprised.

Zhu Ying has always been serious, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but smile, and said: "Thanks to your mother." Then she said: "My family's lord and Lord Rui are waiting for your mother in the tent. After all, your dress is not suitable."

Rong Yu knew that she was going to help him wash away the disguise medicine, and thought: I was taken all the way to Youzhou by Liu Luo, but I don't know what excuse he made up in front of King Rui.

After washing away all the disguises and changing into women's clothes, a maid came to lead her into King Rui's golden tent. As soon as Fang entered, she saw Qi Shushua kneeling on the ground, saying: "My lady, Wan An!" Rong Yu hadn't seen her for a long time. Having received such a courteous reception, he sank his heart and said, "Excuse me!"

Everyone sat down according to their priority.

This is the first time for Rong Yu to see King Rui. He is not very similar to the emperor. Maybe he was tempered by the wind and sand outside the Great Wall. He has a beard, rough, and his voice is firm and powerful.Naturally, there was delicious food and wine at the banquet. King Pingjun and King Rui drank wine together. Rong Yu listened carefully to their conversation and realized that the reason why King Pingjun told King Rui to take her out of the palace was that there were too many jealous women in the palace. It is hard to guard against.

Rong Yu thought to himself: With Xin Yu's method, who would dare to make trouble in the harem!

King Rui nodded in agreement, and said: "Concubine Jin's assassination and other things will happen. Brother Huang really should find someone to be the queen and tidy up the harem. I think Empress Rong has an extraordinary bearing, so she is the right candidate."

Rong Yu groaned in his heart, if these words reached Xin Yu's ears, half of his life would be lost.But in his mouth he only said: "My lord is worrying too much. How can I take on such a heavy responsibility? What's more, the emperor has his own points in his heart."

Liu Luo glanced at her with great interest, and said, "Isn't Empress Rong willing to share the emperor's worries?"

Knowing that he must be brought up again, Rong Yu gritted his teeth with hatred, and blurted out: "Prince Pingjun is so enthusiastic, why don't you ask him to rectify the harem."

Liu Luo and King Rui laughed loudly when they heard the words, King Rui spat out the wine and stained the table, so he had to ask someone to come up to clean it up and serve the dishes again.Liu Luo could only say: "Your Majesty is eloquent, sorry Xiao Wang can't answer."

At this time, there are songs and dances, but the dance is nothing, the music is vast and far away, compared with the exquisite and complicated music in the palace, it can be regarded as a unique style.Rong Yu was fascinated by the sound, and suddenly King Rui said: "Your Majesty is in danger in Youzhou, so it is my responsibility. Now that Your Majesty is going back to the palace, I have nothing else to say, only one sentence: I guarantee your Majesty a safe journey."

Rong Yu knew in his heart that it must be Liu Luo who was playing tricks again, and thought: It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to return to the palace, the emperor must not cut Rui Wang's face.So he stood up, gathered his clothes and saluted, "So...thank you, my lord!"

King Rui said: "When is your empress going to leave?"

Rong Yu said: "Just...tomorrow."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he suddenly thought of Xin Yu, who has been away from the palace for so long, will he have a new favorite concubine?It's like an arrow to return home for a while.

After singing and dancing, Rong Yu excused being tired, left the table early, and walked far away, and could still hear heroic laughter coming from the tent, she thought to herself: A person like King Rui...would rebel?
Returning to the side tent where she lived, Zhu Ying was waiting for her inside, saw her come in, took out a small bottle of medicine, and said: "My lord said that you are going back to Beijing, this is the antidote, take one pill every day."

Rong Yu knew that although she seldom showed good looks to him, she did not hurt him after all, so he said in a low voice: "Ming people don't lie in front of you, seniors should know that King Pingjun is not capable of poisoning every gesture." .”

Zhu Ying's complexion did not change, she still threw the medicine bottle to her, and said: "My prince doesn't poison, so it doesn't mean that others can't poison, this medicine is hard to come by, don't waste it."

Rong Yu put away the medicine bottle and said, "Is there anything else?"

Zhu Ying shook her head and said: "From Youzhou to the capital, the road is high and the water is far away, you should be careful. Don't come out again after returning to the palace, and stay away from my prince in the future." She turned to leave, Rong Yu asked quietly behind her : "You used to be Lin Lang's maid?"

Zhu Ying was shocked, and went out without answering.

Rong Yu sat alone in the tent for a long time, touched the medicine bottle in his sleeve, sighed, asked the servants for the Four Treasures of the Study, and then said to the outsider, "Go and invite Hero Yu." He was invited to go, and it is said that Prince Rui had given him another reward.

Not long after, I saw Yu Qian coming, and Rong Yu handed him the map he had drawn just now, and said: "Hero Yu escorted him all the way, I can't repay him, this is the Liu family's stronghold in Yangzhou, I dare not say that there are hidden treasures The map must be here, but it is hundreds of times more likely than being in Youzhou." Yu Nian was about to speak, but Rong Yu stopped him and said, "Although Brother Yu disdains treasures, there are no riches, only those who are virtuous Here, the Dugu clan has guarded the treasures of the Chen Kingdom for nearly a hundred years, and it really shouldn't have ended up like this."

Yu Nian was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty is kind, Yu dare not resign."

Rong Yu explained again: "The Liu family has an agency here. What I know has been noted on it, and there may be others I don't know. Hero Yu is careful. I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow, so it's inconvenient to meet with Hero Yu again. In... I will take care of it.”

When Yu Nian heard the words, he saluted her and said, "Your Majesty, take care." After receiving the map, he disappeared into the night without knowing what to do.

Rong Yu looked at it for a while, then turned around, couldn't help taking half a step back, and said, "Why are you here?"

Leaning against the wall, Liu Luo said frivolously, "I came to see my mother for something, but I saw a good show."

Rong Yu said in a low voice: "He saved me... There is nothing wrong with me fulfilling his wish, it's better than someone gone forever."

Liu Luo sneered, "You knew that I had already taken out the things in Yangzhou, and you still sent him to die—so that's how the empress treats the savior."

Rong Yu knew that he had seen through him, so he had no choice but to tell the truth.From the Poison Sutra, she found that it is really easy to get rid of the poison of rouge drunk. She just needs to grind pearls into powder and drink it in water.Yu Nian deceived her that she didn't know how to detoxify, so he used another poison. Although it could temporarily suppress Rouge Drunk, the toxicity was far superior to Rouge Drunk.What an astute person Rong Yu was, he had to swallow it in order to escape, but after Zhu Ying woke him up, he immediately understood.

Rong Yu said: "...he must have never expected that I would gift him something so easily...so he poisoned me, probably because he wanted to kill people after he succeeded...he kept saying that he didn't covet the treasure, but he In Youzhou for three years, all I have been waiting for is this opportunity."

Liu Luo said angrily: "You know he has evil intentions and you go with him!" He didn't know why he was angry, he clearly hated the person in front of him, but when he thought that she might be killed, he still sweated in his palms Come——she has exactly the same face as his mother, and she is no different from the previous women in Cuihuju, but when he was poisoned, she stayed by his side and never left him.

Seeing him getting angry, Rong Yu felt relieved, and said: "You haven't come back, I don't know what happened outside, so I was eager to escape... Yu Nian has a ruthless spirit, and he can bear it, but in terms of scheming, how can the city compare?" Qin Xiang, his trick of pretending to be close to you and me is probably instructed by Qin Xiang. Since Qin Xiang asked him to sing red-faced to win our trust, he will naturally tell him not to hurt me... So, don't worry about it. But you, then I'm afraid it's very dangerous for one night."

Liu Luo didn't want to say much, but simply said: "That night when I left the Hou's mansion, I found out that Xilin Temple had changed. Aunt Zhu didn't know where to go, so I had to come to ask for help from Lord Rui. Unexpectedly, Aunt Zhu came here one step earlier than me. "He was very thoughtful, and he knew from the very beginning that the person Qin Mi dared not mess with on the ground in Youzhou was King Rui, so he lied to him when they met, making Qin Mi believe that he would not come to King Rui, but secretly called NO. 11 came to deliver the letter, but everything after that was unexpected.

"Who did what happened to the Xilin Temple? The collapse of the pagoda must have been done by you."

Liu Luo turned her face away, "I blew up the pagoda. The matter of Xilin Temple is only known to be done by Jianghu people, and I can't find out for a while."

Rong Yu thought to himself: Even the abbot has escaped, how could he not know who the murderer is, nine out of ten it was Qin Ni and his gang who did the crime.Knowing that he would not say anything, he changed the subject and asked, "How did you guess that I would go to the tomb of King Ping Yi to worship?"

Liu Luo said: "I didn't guess it. Aunt Zhu guessed it. I couldn't find you, so I had to try." Pingliu Wang Liuyan seldom mentioned his parents' tomb in Youzhou. Liu Luo had never been here before, so she didn't think about it, but Zhu Ying knew a lot about the past, so she guessed right.

Rong Yu nodded and said: "My lord is a believer."

When Liu Luo heard the words, she paused word by word and said: "I'm afraid that after the empress returns to the palace, she will completely change the wording."

Rong Yu knew that this was the purpose of his coming to find her.Rong Yu didn't know exactly what kind of crime would be charged against the emperor's concubine, but if he had nine clans, none of them would be able to escape. When he took her out of the capital, he probably never thought of letting her return to the palace alive. Now But for some reason he changed his mind.She knew that she was still in danger - if he didn't want her to die at someone else's hands, it didn't necessarily mean that he wouldn't kill her, as long as he was a little careless, it would be easy for him to take her life, so she solemnly replied: " Don't worry, my lord."

Liu Luo smiled lazily, and said: "How can I rest assured, please tell me." He was originally handsome, but with this smile he looked like a picture, but in Rong Yu's eyes, it was the eighteenth level of hell The King of Hell is also prettier than this face. She knew that she couldn't be fooled, so she said, "On the day the Empress died, the Emperor went to Lanling Palace." Liu Luo didn't know why she suddenly brought up this matter, so she accepted it. Waiting for the next sentence with a smile.

"I didn't know what the emperor said to the empress, but now I know. On that day, the emperor must have mentioned your mother to the empress, and the empress must have asked the emperor when he was about to leave: Is the emperor going to Cuihu Residence? In this way, when the emperor thinks of the old man, his heart is hard to calm down. Naturally, he must kill me. That's why I believe the secret note sent by the queen, and believe that only by going to Lanling Palace to meet you can I save myself.

King Pingjun and the Empress worked so hard to force me to stand on the same boat as you, and she did it.

I know King Pingjun is worried about me, but King Pingjun should know the emperor better than me, as long as the emperor knows that I met you in private in the palace, no matter what I have done or not, he will not forgive me, King Pingjun is worried about me talking nonsense after returning to the palace. In fact, I should be more worried than King Pingjun. Who does the emperor trust, who does the emperor favor, and who is the emperor most reluctant to kill? King Pingjun should not pretend to be confused. "

Rong Yu finished these words in a very stern tone, Liu Luo's complexion had changed several times, but in the end he didn't get angry, he just said: "It's best if you understand in your heart."

Rong Yu said: "I was stunned by medicine in the palace and sent out of the palace. Fortunately, King Pingjun rescued me. I am here - thank you King Ping." Liu Luo knew that she wanted to speak with him, but She spoke the last five words so slowly and gnashed her teeth so that he suddenly thought at that moment: She probably hates me.

There was a feeling of being at a loss.

On the second day, he set off to return to the palace, and his heart was like an arrow. Fortunately, King Rui did what he said, and he returned to the capital without any danger. Report: "The emperor is here!"

Was it Xin Yu who came to pick him up in person? Rong Yu's heart moved and he went out to welcome him. It was indeed Xin Yu. After being separated for more than two months, seeing his face again, she couldn't help but shed tears. Xin Yu saw her like this Described, knowing that she had endured hardships, hugged her into her arms, and comforted her softly: "It's good to be back."

When the two returned to the palace, everything remained the same in Cuihujuzhong. Zhiqi even refrigerated the sour plum soup as usual, as if she had always been here and never left.But the lotus on the lake has withered its flowers and bore fruit. The lotus pods, large and small, are as green as water.

Xin Yu stayed with her for a whole day, and didn't ask where she had been or what happened to her. He just accompanied her on a boat, drew her eyebrows for her, and peeled lotus seeds with her own hands. Really far away, Rong Yu hugged Xin Yu and said, "Rong'er will never leave Your Majesty again." No matter what happens in the future, whether he is an emperor or a commoner, she will accompany him, even if one day he doesn't If she was willing to keep her by her side again, and refused to look at her more, she also admitted it—it was she who was willing to bet her heart on it, and she would admit whether she won or lost.

How did Xin Yu know that she had so many thoughts, he just said: "Of course, wherever I am, Rong'er will accompany me wherever I am."

For several nights, Xin Yu stayed at Cuihu Residence.

When Xin Yu issued the ban, he said that Concubine Rong was not feeling well, so no one was allowed to visit her, and even the Empress Dowager felt ashamed.He came to see Rong Yu every day after the court, chatted and laughed with her, watched plays, listened to music, and even brought unfinished memorials to Cuihuju. Everyone in the palace said that Concubine Rong came back this time, more than before. Ten times favored.

He has never asked where Rong Yu has been outside the palace, who he has met, but Rong Yu himself felt uneasy. According to what he discussed with King Pingjun, he told Xin Yu everything, omitting the one in Youzhou. In case of distress, just say safe journey.Xin Yu smiled and said, "As long as you are safe, I will help you seek justice."

Summer is coming to an end, and there is an autumn wind, Rong Yu's belly is getting bigger and bigger, the imperial doctor comes every day to take the pulse of Ping An, saying that the mother and fetus are both good, Xin Yu sometimes puts his ears to listen, or tries to grab the baby's little hands and feet , making Rong Yu giggle.

Although he still comes to live in Cuihu every day, but it is inconvenient for Rong Yu, so he gradually stops staying overnight in Cuihu.Rong Yu occasionally heard that he went to Concubine Qi's palace, or took in a new concubine, but he was not dissatisfied - as long as he treated her well and was willing to keep her by his side, she would have nothing to ask for.

In her spare time, she read the Poison Sutra, and at night she still sent Xin Yu a supper, but only she knew what was added in it.

Rong Yu woke up again in the middle of the night, and saw the man in black robe beside the bed. He hadn't appeared for a long time, so long that Rong Yu suspected that he was no longer alive.

Seeing her wake up, the man in black robe said: "Congratulations to your mother for returning to the palace safely." Since Rong Yu returned to Beijing, I don't know how many people have said this to her, but from what she said, it only made her feel Gusts of gloomy wind passed by, chilling to the bone.

She didn't want to see him again.

She knew that he just wanted to find someone to share his thoughts and regrets from many years ago. He only wanted her because she resembled Lin Lang... At one point, she wanted to know more about Lin Lang, and more importantly, about the emperor. But she finally decided to let go.

If even Lin Lang's mother could have said 20 years ago: After I die, let all the past things go, and the grievances will end here.Then 20 years later, why is she still trapped in this vicious circle that is obviously a dead end?
She already knows what she should know, and she also knows what she shouldn't know. King Pingyi's ambitions, tragedies in the Jianghu, and all kinds of turmoil. She is just a favorite concubine in the deep palace. The emperor let her have a baby. Just live, if one day the emperor wants her to die, even if she survives by chance, living will be more difficult than dying—does she still have the strength to trust another person, does she still have another heart? Love and hate?
Seeing her silently not answering, the man in black said again: "Let him sleep and eat, toss and turn, Mistress Rong, you can be very proud, you are the second in 20 years."

Who is the first one?Rong Yu heard that his heart couldn't help asking questions, but another voice held it firmly, not asking, not thinking.

The black-robed man's throat rumbled for a while, and he didn't know if he was laughing. He said, "Madam, do you want to ask, who is the first one? Actually, you have heard of the first one before, it is Concubine Yu. "

Rong Yu thought he would say Lin Lang, but immediately remembered that Lin Lang was from 20 years ago, and the one who moved his heart in the past 20 years—I don't want it to be Concubine Yu—but Concubine Yu just ended up like this.

Rong Yu grabbed the sheet under him, bit his lips tightly, and didn't speak.

The black robe said: "When you went to Youzhou, did you see something and hear something?" Seeing that Rong Yu didn't answer, he continued: "You don't need to say anything, but my ninth brother's token, please Give it back to me, empress."

Ninth brother...Rong Yu blurted out in shock: "It's you..." So the person who has been following Liu Luo to protect him is actually the emperor's dead man?No wonder Liu Luo asked him that night: "Who is going to kill me?" He only replied, "It's not me!"

Naturally... not him.

She took out the iron token, and the man in black stretched out his hand to take it, saying: "Twenty years ago, the Lord made the twelve-sided token with a cold iron sword, so that the living can live and the dead should die. Ninth Brother is really careless this time." gone."

He weighed the iron plate and said, "Youzhou...I have been there too."

On August 19, 21th year of Emperor Yao of the Qing Dynasty, King Ping Yi went to Youzhou;
On September 19th, [-]th year of Emperor Qing Yao, the princess Xuanji committed suicide, shocking the government and the public.

On September 19th, the [-]th year of Qing Yao Emperor, the palace held a funeral. The little prince Liu Yan placed the portraits of his parents side by side on the throne. People were astonished, and those with high morals asked: "Prince Pingyi is in Youzhou, why curse him to death?" Liu Yan replied solemnly: "Since my mother is dead, my father will never live alone." After a while, there was a message from Youzhou that King Dao Pingyi died suddenly. Counting the time, it was indeed the same day as Princess Xuanji committed suicide.At that time, everyone obeyed Liu Yan's foresight.

It was autumn at this time, and the vegetation was bleak.

The power of the Liu family and his sons were all over the government, so naturally more people came to worship than the carp crossing the river, and the people gradually dispersed until the mid-day of the moon.The Liu family is not prosperous, only the Liu brothers and sisters are left kneeling in the big mourning hall. King Ning has married Liu Wei at this time, so he kneels with him as his son-in-law. Black cloth and white curtains are deserted.

The door was pushed open, a sudden gust of cold wind came in, banners fluttered, and there was a sound of hunting. Linlang approached step by step at the opening of the door, holding a food box. She walked very slowly, as if she was exhausted with every step. strength.

Liu Wei stared at her coldly, such cold eyes, like sharp knives, split the air on both sides, piercing into people's eyes, strangely cold, strangely cold.Just as Lin Lang was about to step over the threshold, she suddenly raised her voice, "Come on!"

Naturally, there were servants waiting, and Miss Liu coldly ordered: "Shoot this person out!" She said "beat him out" instead of "coax him out" or "drive him out". It's not allowed, but under Miss Liu's prestige, how dare the servants say "no", someone stepped forward, and before they got close, they heard the young prince shout: "Get down!"

(End of this chapter)