Chapter 29 Chapter 29 The Truth

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Yin'er quietly left Jingren Palace with her big belly, and walked towards the well near Huaiyuan Hall.As soon as she walked to the corridor of Huaiyuan Hall, she suddenly felt her feet go weak, and a pang of sadness welled up in her heart.Last year, everything that happened on that bloody morning immediately came to mind, and she would never forget that it was from here that Master Zhen was pushed down the well by Cui Yugui and became a dead ghost. After the death of Master Zhen, the well was sealed, and a big stone was pressed on the mouth of the well.She came here to pay homage to Master Zhen.She was her slave during her lifetime, she should come and see her, in a few days, it will be the anniversary of her death.I heard that Lafayette had sent someone from Master Enzhunzhen's house to salvage her bones, and her family collected the remains and buried them in the ancestral cemetery in the western suburbs. The day of salvage was set on the anniversary of her death.

She wanted to see Concubine Zhen before she left, but it was a wish. Jane, I'm here to see you.As soon as Li Lianying left, Cixi walked to the mouth of the well and murmured, as if talking to the concubine Zhen in the well, and as if talking to herself: I swear to God, I don't want that.I wanted to kill your temper, but I made trouble with foreign devils.At that time, the guns had already hit the outside of the city. I was afraid that they would break into the palace and make you feel wronged.How did I know, they didn't enter the harem at all, I regret it more than you! If you don't want to let go of your hatred, just come to me, don't go to Yin'er.I blame me for this, and I blame that bastard surnamed Cui even more.I said a word of anger, and he took the feather as an arrow, don't worry, I will drive Cui Yugui out of the palace tomorrow!Did you hear that?You are not feeling well in the well. I have asked the eunuch Qin to choose a good day. On your anniversary, someone will fish you out, enshrine you in a fair manner, and bury you according to the rank of an imperial concubine.Yin'er's child is also the emperor's.If you love the emperor, you will bless her child to be born safely. When the child grows up, I will burn paper money for you and call you mother

Yin'er hid under the corridor, so she couldn't hear what Cixi was standing there.But Lafayette stood respectfully by the well platform in the middle of the night, lit incense and prayed to Master Zhen, which itself was a miracle.At least it shows that Master Zhen has a soul, and the mighty Lafayette has to give her some points.Thinking of this, she felt that she had come to the right place.To keep the child on her body, she can only ask Master Zhen to bless her. After Cixi and Li Lianying left the well platform, Yin'er stood there, looking at their backs as they went away, feeling indescribable.She didn't know what Ci Xi's clever tongue said to Concubine Zhen, but there was one thing, Lafayette killed Zhen Concubine with one hand, but he still had the courage to come here to burn incense for Concubine Zhen, which is impossible for many people arrived.

Yin'er walked to the well, facing the censer under the well which had been sealed for a long time, finally stretched out her stomach, knelt down on the ground with difficulty, put her hands together, and prayed devoutly to the master she had served . First of all, she wished Master Zhen a good family in the next life.Said that she came here to see her while she was still here.After crying for a while, she honestly told Concubine Zhen that the child she was carrying was not the emperor's, and begged her to bless her to give birth safely. If it is said that in Xi'an, before the emperor met her, she wished that the child would die in the womb.But at this moment, especially since the emperor had made a guarantee for her in private, and watched the child grow up day by day in the womb, and when everyone around, including the imperial physician, said that it was a son, she acted as if she cared for her eyeballs. The baby is holding the unborn child in her womb. This is the flesh and blood of her and Rong Qing's one-night love.Thinking of this, she would rather die herself than let her son be born!

She talked a lot to the mouth of the well, and finally picked up the incense from Cixi in the censer, bowed to the well platform three times, then inserted the incense stick back to its original place, and kowtowed laboriously on the ground: "Master Zhen, the servant girl is coming!" Urgent, I haven't had time to prepare incense for you, so I can only kowtow to you with someone else's incense.Master, take care of yourself, the slave will come to see you off on the day you leave After Yin'er kowtowed her head, she couldn't get up for a long time.She simply sat on the ground, panting heavily.Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind her.She hurriedly turned her face and found Cixi walking towards her in a hurry.Li Lianying led two young eunuchs to carry a soft sedan chair, and followed Cixi all the way.

Lafayette!Yin'er blurted out. I guess it's you, we two want to go together.Cixi stepped forward and took Yin'er's hand, and said excitedly, "Quick, get up, it's cold in the ground." Li Lianying hurried forward and helped Cixi lift Yin'er up. Yin'er had just stood firm when Yin'er felt an unbearable pain in her abdomen. She cried out and collapsed on the ground covering her stomach with her hands.Cixi was someone who had been there, and knowing that she was about to give birth, she pointed at Li Lianying excitedly, telling them to quickly carry Yin'er into their soft sedan chair and send her to the Imperial Hospital.This soft sedan chair was exclusively used in Lafayette's palace, and no one could sit in it except Lafayette, now I heard that Yin'er was going to be carried to the imperial hospital, all the eunuchs were stunned there, and Li Lianying didn't know what to do.

No, no, Lafayette's sedan chair can't sit on it even if the slaves are killed.Yin'er gritted her teeth.Not letting himself cry out, he waved to Li Lianying again and again. Silly boy, what time is this!While Cixi persuaded Yin'er, she scolded Li Lianying: Why are you still standing there?She is pregnant with a dragon seed, if something happens, she will have to skin you! So what is Lafayette sitting on?Li Lianying asked. Do not bother me.send her first!Cixi said categorically. Li Lianying and the eunuchs hurriedly lifted Yin'er from the ground into the soft sedan chair, and then hurried to the imperial hospital.Li Lianying supported Cixi, walking too slowly to keep up with the soft sedan chair, walking too fast and afraid that Lafayette would not be able to bear it, Cixi felt sorry for the child in Yin'er's stomach, fearing that something would happen to her on the way, so she threw away Li Lianying's arm in a hurry, and made sure to let her go He led the sedan chair and rushed to Tai Hospital as soon as possible.Li Lianying glanced at the old lady, hesitantly refusing to leave her behind alone.Cixi glared at him fiercely, and he had no choice but to catch up with the soft sedan chair and hurried to the imperial hospital.

Cixi watched the backs of Yin'er and his party gradually going away, even though she was extremely tired, she still followed them and refused to stop.She walked up and down slowly, and she had a full meal before arriving at the Tai Hospital. She entered the gate and heard the cry of a baby coming from the delivery room. The prince was born.She stood there in a daze with her hands on the pillars on the corridor, and she didn't make a sound for a long time, until Li Lianying repeated it again, she couldn't help but shed two lines of old tears. This thing is too amazing!No, she and Yin'er had just burned incense for Concubine Zhen, and Yin'er, who had been due for a month, suddenly had a severe stomachache, and then gave birth to a big fat boy.Cixi looked at the dim moonlight in the yard, and thought of Concubine Zhen lying in the deep well, and felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart.If Concubine Zhen has a spirit in the sky, it must be the prayers of her and Yin'er that have moved Concubine Zhen. Could it be such a coincidence?

Thinking of this, she felt a little guilty, because what she said to Concubine Zhen at the well platform was true, and she made it up, so if a person died, she might not know everything, if she didn't believe everything she said How could she bless Yin'er for giving birth to this son who was pregnant for eleven months?Thinking of this, she suddenly realized a truth, sometimes ghosts and gods can hide it! When King Rui handed over the edict of Empress Dowager Cixi to pardon Rongqing to Xiao Gege, little Gege excitedly kissed his father on the cheek, and rushed to Rongqing's house like a gust of wind. When Rongqing saw the imperial edict, he read it carefully. Several times, it is almost unbelievable that all the things he committed have been forgiven.

I'm really all right?He glanced at Little Gege, looking a little dazed. But it's gone!Little Gege said proudly.Is Ben Gege meaningful enough? Crack!This is your great kindness.His heart was hot, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Saying this is out of the question.Little Gege glanced at the other party affectionately, stretched out the emerald ring finger in his hand, and asked him in a low voice, do you still want it back? this Cheapskate.She felt the reluctance in his heart from his expression, so angrily she took the wrench from her hand and threw it on the ground.He hurriedly picked up the finger wrench from the ground, he was really reluctant to part with it, but considering that she had cleared himself of a huge crime, no matter how valuable this thing was, it couldn't compare to his life.He hesitated for a while, then put the wrench in her palm.

I will send you off. No regrets? No regrets.He squeezed the words through his teeth. Brother Qing!It's so kind of you.She hugged his neck happily and opened her mouth to kiss him. someone.He hastily wiped off the lipstick she left on his face. What are you afraid of?Whoever likes to look at it will look at it.She kissed him on the cheek again disapprovingly. Tell me, how did such a great grace come about?He let go of her arm and asked solemnly. My Ama was carrying it with me at first, but later I told the truth.You hit the big luck, caught up with Lafayette holding his grandson, and she absolved you of the crime with a swipe of a pen. Little Gege looked at Rongqing, intoxicated in the unique joy of a girl. The queen has a son?he asks. Where is her turn?It is said that since she married the emperor, she has hardly touched the emperor. That must be Concubine Jin.he asked again. No, she was trying to trick her. Newborn baby? That's not it.Otherwise, Lafayette smiled from ear to ear, making you lucky! This is wrong.At that time, the emperor was on his way and hadn't arrived in Xi'an yet. Apart from the empress and concubine Jin, there were no other concubines.he wondered. Not a concubine, but a court lady.She finally said her hole card. Maid?He was startled instinctively, and couldn't help but think of Yin'er, what's her name? Her name is Yin'er.Her father mentioned that this court lady was called Yin'er, she used to serve the emperor in Yingtai, and later traveled westward with the emperor to Xi'an, this court lady was lucky enough to give birth to the emperor's son, so she had to change her name to Empress! really her?When he heard that the maid who gave birth to his son was Yin'er, he blurted out excitedly.This child must have been in the arms of him and Yin'er that night on the road.Because she has absolutely no such relationship with the emperor, and in order to congratulate the two of them, Guangxu specially gave green jade finger rings.Looking at the finger wrench on Little Gege's hand, he couldn't express his regret in his heart, and felt that he shouldn't agree to give it to her, after all, it was rewarded to them by the emperor. do you know herLittle Gege was immediately alert, worried that this court lady named Yin'er was his old friend, because Rong Qing had promised to be engaged to her because of this court lady's photo. No no, I don't know.At that time, I was working next to the emperor and had heard of her name.He hastily denied it, but his heart was agitated.He counted the days carefully, and suddenly felt something was wrong, like a basin of cold water poured over his head against the cold northwest wind, cooling down to the bottom of his heart.No matter how he calculated, the time was almost two months late.If Yin'er was really pregnant with her son, she would have given birth two months ago. Could it be that she was born with Emperor Guangxu?He had stayed in the palace, and the rules in the deep palace were strict. There was a special record of which concubine the emperor slept with at night, and he would never put on a crown.Calculated according to the date, she should have been conceived between Taiyuan and Xi'an. At this time, besides Guangxu, there was no other man beside her!He gritted his gums, and a strong hatred welled up in his heart. If he had a knife in his hand, if Guangxu stood in front of him right now, he would kill him without hesitation. Brother Qing!You, what's the matter with you?Little Gege saw that his eyes were straight, his face was livid, and his two big hands were tightly squeezed together, trembling slightly.She hurriedly grabbed his hand and pressed it tightly to her chest.He doesn't speak.Something was wrong with her.His hands were icy cold, and he kept shaking all over, so frightened that she hugged him and asked him what was wrong.He stared, opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water, unable to utter a word for a long time.Xiaoge was in a hurry, hugging him and crying. Hearing Little Gege's cry, he felt her warm body clinging tightly to his body, and felt a warm current flow from her slowly into his heart, and then spread from his heart to his whole body.He stretched out his hand, stroked her long black hair, smelled the special fragrance wafting from her hair, and suddenly felt an unspeakable tenderness in his heart.In addition, this time, Little Gege has saved him for the third time. People's hearts are made of flesh. She helped him again and again, but he made her sad again and again, and even made her unable to step down.The reason why he did this was not all because of another woman, but this woman finally betrayed him and became the queen of the royal family. He tried not to let himself cry, but the tears burst out of his eyes. Brother Qing!She called him and reached out to wipe the tears in his eye sockets. Silver Willow!I'm sorry for lying to you again and again. He choked up and pressed his head tightly against her chest. No, no, let's not talk about it, she hugged his head tightly. Over the years, since her mother died, almost no one has ever called her that.At first hearing, Little Gege could hardly believe that these two words came from the mouth of her most beloved man.When she realized it was true, he called her this almost forgotten name in a trembling voice, she couldn't help it anymore, and burst into tears. Out of extreme disappointment with Yin'er, helplessness in the face of the fact that she gave birth to a prince and made her a nobleman, coupled with her parents' repeated persuasion, and Xiao Gege's kindness for saving her life many times, the disheartened Rong Qing decided to marry Xiao Gege. From then on, the relationship between him and Yin'er was broken.At this moment, Yuan Liu came to the door suddenly and told him about Chashuizhang, so a terrible revenge plan was secretly born in his heart.In order to implement this plan without hurting Little Gege, he decided not to marry her for the time being. One morning, he rode a fast horse to a royal cemetery in the eastern suburbs of Beijing, and found the tea badge that guarded the cemetery here.When Cha Shui Zhang saw Rong Qing, he held his hand. In this meeting that seemed like a lifetime away, he could hardly believe that this day would come.He looked at the old eunuch in the palace, who had been separated from him for more than two years. He suddenly aged a lot, the other party was at most forty-four or five years old, and many white hairs suddenly appeared on his temples. When it comes to the situation after their breakup, both of them are very emotional. It turned out that after Cha Shuizhang and Rong Qing got separated in Wuchang, he begged along the way and finally returned to his hometown in Hebei.Unexpectedly, the house in Baiyangdian was set on fire by the officers and soldiers, and his sister disappeared. He had nowhere to hide for a while, so he had to return to Beijing.In the end, he did everything possible to ask someone to find Li Lianying, and concealed the fact that he went to Zhang Zhidong with Rongqing in Wuchang, saying that as an old servant of Lafayette and the emperor, he really didn't want to offend anyone, so he quietly leave.Because the world is not peaceful, and he is a cripple who has cleansed his body, there is really no way to go now, so he asks Li Lianying to help him. Considering that when he was on duty in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor and Lafayette had conflicts over the New Deal, Cha Shuizhang and Li Lianying had reached a tacit agreement that no matter whose master won the fight, they would speak for each other.In this way, Li Lianying arranged the Chashui Zhang to guard the mausoleum outside the city, which is also a kind of punishment.Later, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing, and Chashuizhang made great contributions to protecting the mausoleum. After Cixi returned from Xi'an, she pardoned many people related to the Reform Movement of 1898.Later, Cha Shuizhang quietly went to Rong Qing's house to inquire about him, and at the same time left his address to their family members. Yin'er asked the emperor to take over the house.The two parties talked about the situation after their breakup, and Rong Qing talked about it with a straight face. Our family has also heard about it, but we always feel that it may not be credible.Yin'er is not that kind of person, nor is the emperor, especially after Master Zhen left him, he would not even see the queen for a cup of tea. Zhang mused, there must be a misunderstanding here! I thought so too at first.But she has already given birth to a son for the emperor, it can't be fake, right?Rong Qing asked the other party back. This is beyond words.Cha Shui Zhang said sullenly. Tell me, what is this called?I worked desperately outside for him, and he took my woman!Rong Qing was indignant.Words cannot be said that way.The emperor has always hated the queen. After he lost his power, he has been a loner and has never had a woman by his side. No wonder the emperor.Cha Shuizhang persuaded Rong Qing. Apart from the queen, there are a large group of concubines, who can't he look for, must she?The more Rong Qing talked, the more excited he became, and a wave of hatred sprouted in his heart. What are you going to do?In my opinion, forget about marrying Xiao Gege from Wang Rui's family.She devoted her heart and soul to you, and she loved you deeply. Let's talk about it.Rong Qing was silent for a moment, then suddenly lowered his voice, I want to ask you one thing. What's up? Lend me your palace badge. What do you want to do?Cha Shui Zhang stared at him vigilantly, seeing that his expression was wrong, and tried his best to persuade Rong Qing not to think wildly, you just got cleared of the crime, and you want to enter the palace to make trouble? Rong Qing bit his lip and did not speak.In fact, he himself didn't know what he was going to do in the palace.He heard from Little Gege that Concubine Zhen’s memorial day will be in a few days. While preparing to salvage Concubine Zhen’s body in the palace, a grand ceremony will be held. Concubine Zhen's family also sent someone to attend the chanting, and he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the palace.Once there, act on camera.He couldn't bear to attack Yin'er, and he didn't dare to assassinate the emperor.Because once he commits the great crime of wiping the king against the heavens, punishing the nine clans and beheading the whole family, this is not a crime that he can bear with his head alone, so his revenge can only fall on Yin'er and the emperor's children.As long as the situation permits, he is going to hide in the palace, and after dark, he will find a way to sneak into Jingren Palace to see him. If necessary, he will spare no effort to get rid of Yin'er's evil seed! No matter how Cha Shui Zhang tried to persuade Rong Qing, he couldn't swallow it, and finally took the opportunity to see Xiao GeGe, stole the badge of the eunuch in charge of Prince Rui's residence, and pretended to be an eunuch to sneak into the palace on Concubine Zhen's memorial day. Concubine Zhen's remains were salvaged a long time ago, put into a coffin prepared in advance, and placed in the lobby of Huaiyuan Hall.Dozens of lamas sat in front of the coffin and muttered sutras to save the souls of Concubine Zhen.Rong Qing was among the crowd, holding a small ball of cotton balls in his arms. He stole the bottle of Hedinghong from Xiao Gege's bedroom, and painted the colorless and transparent liquid on the cotton balls.As long as he can sneak into Jingren Palace, take advantage of the night, and wipe the cotton ball on the baby's mouth, everything will be solved. He should have taken advantage of the crowd to find an opportunity to hide.He had worked as a servant in the palace and was familiar with the situation, so this was not a problem for him.The reason why he didn't leave was to wait for Yin'er to appear.It stands to reason that she had served Master Zhen before, so she had to come here to see her off for the last time.As soon as she appeared, he immediately sneaked to Jingren Palace to attack her when she was not there.He waited for a long time, but Yin'er still didn't show up. After the lama had finished reciting a round of scriptures, King Rui ordered someone to crucify the coffin lid.Several eunuchs held nail hammers and walked to the side of the coffin, shouting to Master Zhen to hide the nails, and nailed the coffin lid to death with the five-inch long iron nails.At this moment, Yin'er suddenly rushed in from the outside, threw herself in front of the coffin and wept loudly. Master Zhen, you finally see the light of day.It's a pity that you don't even have anyone who throws pots and flags.If you don't mind, the servant's son will be your filial son and come here to see you off. While crying, she picked up the jars and jars in front of the coffin and threw them to the ground desperately. Originally a serious but not much sad puja was going on step by step according to the royal ceremony, Yin'er's sudden appearance, especially as the only noble person in the palace who gave birth to the prince, she cried so sadly in front of everyone, it suddenly disrupted order on the scene.First touched Concubine Zhen's family, including her sister Concubine Jin, couldn't help crying too.As soon as they cried, other people also cried, and the atmosphere of the venue suddenly became very sad.As soon as King Rui saw that the scene was in chaos, he immediately had Yin'er persuaded to leave. He asked the lamas to shake the scripture tubes in their hands around the coffin of Concubine Zhen, and separated the crowd from the coffin while chanting scriptures.At this time, Li Lianying and Xiao Hui learned that Yin'er had come to cry, fearing that she would hurt her body, they hurriedly dragged Yin'er off the ground and sent her to the side hall beside the lobby to rest. Yin'er walked into the side hall with the support of Xiao Huihui and others, only to find that Emperor Guangxu was standing inside, just as Yin'er was about to kneel down, Guangxu with red and swollen eyes grabbed her with both hands, not only did not let her kneel down, but Helping her to sit down on the kang couch by the window, Yin'er was finally persuaded, and couldn't help crying again. Guangxu persuaded her not to be too sad, but he couldn't stop Weeping, according to royal rules, Guangxu could not attend the sacrifice ceremony of Concubine Zhen.In order to express his condolences, he had no choice but to hide here and quietly see his concubine off.He could see the scene of Yin'er crying just now through the crack of the door, and he was very grateful for her sincere affection for Concubine Zhen.In order to save her and Rong Qing's son, it was totally worth it for him to bear this title.Guangxu and Yin'er glanced at each other. Although they didn't say anything, they probably understood everything in their hearts. The ceremony in the hall reached its climax, and the sound of crying and chanting and drum music mixed together.Rong Qing stood there, thinking about the scene of Yin'er crying just now, seeing that Yin'er was wearing noble palace clothes, and kept saying that her son was the filial son of Master Zhen, as if he was honoring her former master with the dignity of a prince's mother Rong Qing felt very resentful about his status.He gritted his teeth, took advantage of the turmoil in the scene, quietly walked away from the crowd, and walked towards the Yunwang Pavilion in the south, intending to leave the west gate from there and head straight for Jingren Palace At dawn, Cixi was awakened from her dream by the maid of honor.The old lady opened her eyes in a daze from the bed, and glared at the maid kneeling on the bed. Just about to lose her temper, she suddenly thought that if there hadn't been a terrible accident, the night watch maid would never have woken her up at this time.She sat up abruptly, before she opened her mouth to speak, Li Lianying crawled all the way from the door into the bedroom. Lafayette!Not bad, something happened to the prince!Li Lianying's clever mouth, which never sloppily speaks, could not utter a complete sentence for a long time, her head was pressed to the ground, and she did not dare to move. Cixi opened her mouth, and after a long time, she let out a hoarse howl from the depths of her throat.I just sent Concubine Zhen away yesterday, and I had a heartache. I didn't expect the sad news of five lightning strikes.The old queen's eyes darkened and she passed out on the bed. Li Lianying was so frightened that she hurriedly sent someone to tell the imperial doctor of the Imperial Hospital. Before the doctor arrived, Cixi had already woken up.She opened her eyes, didn't say anything, was hurriedly put on her coat by the waiter, and then took Li Lianying to Jingren Palace in a soft sedan.She had already considered the prince's safety.There are so many concubines around the emperor, including her niece Longyu, all of them have an indescribable hostility and jealousy towards Yin'er who gave birth to the royal dragon.Most of these concubines are daughters of famous families, and some of them are relatives of the emperor. They have been serving the emperor for many years, but they have not become popular. No one can swallow this breath.These people all gritted their teeth at Yin'er who became the mother of the crown prince overnight! Along the way, Cixi felt unspeakable regret.She originally planned to take Yin'er's child to Chuxiu Palace, and she would personally take care of her.Considering that the child is too young and needs Yin'er's milk at night (although there are two young nurses in the palace, Yin'er still insists on breastfeeding by herself), she has to wait until the child is a hundred days old before talking about it. problem occurs. With the support of Li Lianying, she walked into the Nuan Pavilion of Jingren Palace, and saw her little grandson, who was less than one month old, lying peacefully on the bed, covered with a piece of bright yellow soft silk, as if asleep.Seeing the arrival of Lafayette, several imperial physicians and a large group of court ladies and eunuchs knelt down on the ground with pale faces.The room was very still.It seems to be able to hear people's heartbeat. Whenever there is a big event, the old queen is always surprisingly calm, just like on the way west, no matter how hard she suffers, she will never reveal it easily.When she asked the imperial physicians one by one, and they all said that the prince was hopeless, she neither lost her temper nor looked very sad, but just stood there quietly, wondering what the problem was? In order to prevent accidents, she specially asked Li Lianying to send additional staff, four shifts a day, three maids in each shift, who took turns to wait here, not including the two eunuchs outside the door.With such strict precautions, how could such a thing happen?The strange thing is that the baby has not had any sudden symptoms.Since yesterday afternoon, at first I just couldn’t sleep well, then I refused to breastfeed, and then I had a fever all over my body, and then I couldn’t do it anymore. No idler has ever entered. After much deliberation, she felt that this incident was very strange. In order to find out the cause of the incident and not spread it to ruin the royal family's reputation, she decided to block the news, including Yin'er, and temporarily kept it from her. She waved it calmly. He waved his hand to make these people retreat, and asked Li Lianying to take all the court ladies and eunuchs present here, including the imperial physician, to the supervisor's duty room next to the Xitie gate and put them under house arrest to prevent the news from leaking out. Cixi stood there, staring at the baby on the bed, with an inexplicable sadness surging in her heart. This is the dragon species she was looking forward to with great difficulty, and she also contributed to it. Seeing that it has been successful, she did not expect a sudden change.The orthodox successor to the imperial throne of the Qing Dynasty began to walk towards the human world at the wellhead of Concubine Zhen's death, and then mysteriously left the world on the night of Concubine Zhen's death.Is this providence, or just a coincidence?Thinking of this, she couldn't help but tremble from the bottom of her heart. Cixi walked into Yin'er's bedroom.She came here to see her because she wanted to personally tell her the news of her son's unfortunate death. She had been hiding it from her for many days. Cixi didn't enter the door, so Xiaohui told her that Master Yin was crazy and advised her not to go in.Cixi didn't believe in this evil, so she wanted to enter.She couldn't let go of Yin'er in her heart.She was certain that Yin'er was a mother who gave birth to a child. If she could have her first child, she would be able to have her second child. Yin'er leaned on the bed, her face was pale, she hugged the pillow in her arms, humming and chirping as if she was trying to put the child to sleep, she didn't care about Cixi's appearance at all.It has been several days since her son died, and she has been arguing all day to hold him.The people below lied to her that her son was in Tai Hospital.She was going to the Tai Hospital, but they wouldn't let her go, and she seemed to know later that her son was dead.She asked the people around her, but no one dared to tell the truth.Later, she started to be in a daze, talking nonsense, talking about her son whenever she met, and nothing else except her son, as if everything in this world became meaningless to her except her son. Yingui people!Lafayette came to see you.Li Lianying helped Cixi walk to the bedside. Yin'er heard someone talking.Instinctively hugged a pillow beside her, hugged her tightly in her arms, and yelled at Li Lianying: Don't touch my son! All right, slaves don't touch it.Li Lianying hurriedly opened her arms and stepped back as she spoke. Yiner!Cixi called her softly.Seeing her holding the pillow in her arms like her dead son, the old queen felt an indescribable pain in her heart. who are youYin'er stared. Li Lianying was about to speak when Cixi grabbed him, put her face in front of Yin'eryan and said: "Look at who I am?" Very familiar.Who do you think you are?Yin'er stared at Cixi and said thoughtfully. master!This is Lafayette, why don't you kneel down quickly!Xiao Hui got anxious and reminded Yin'er loudly.Yin'er looked at Cixi seriously, she looked at it for a long time, and suddenly laughed out loud. Oh, it's really Lafayette!Let's get down on our knees.Yin'er lifted the quilt, got out of bed with the pillow in her arms, and was about to kneel down to greet Cixi. Stop kneeling, you are weak.Cixi reached out her hand to stop Yin'er, motioning for Li Lianying and Xiao Hui to help her sit down beside the bed.Yin'er was sitting on the edge of the bed, but she was screaming to kowtow.Xiao Hui pressed her hard, she could only twist her body on the edge of the bed, showing her respect for Cixi. Yin'er's illness has something to do with the people below not telling her the news of her son's death.It's not that the people below don't talk about it, but they dare not say it, because Lafayette passed on the decree, and she decides when to talk about this matter.Seeing that Yin'er became ill like this, Cixi's heart softened.She sat down beside Yin'er, took her hand and said: It's all my fault, I didn't let them talk about it.I'm afraid you'll feel bad, so I want to put it on hold for a few days before I tell you.It seems that it is impossible not to talk about it. The fire cannot be contained in paper, and I will tell you about this sooner or later. Lafayette, take it easy, the child just fell asleep Don't hurt me.Cixi wiped her eye sockets with her sleeves, comforting each other, the flowers bloom and fall every year, you give me a chance to give birth to a big fat boy next year. You heard it, next year you will be an older brother, Yin'er grinned happily and patted the pillow in her arms.To her, this was her son. Seeing Yin'er's serious expression, Li Lianying worriedly whispered in Cixi's ear: Lafayette, something is wrong.Cixi ignored him and continued to comfort him: Yin'er, I know you are confused.Don't worry, I will let you go.If it is found out that this matter is related to anyone, even the queen, I will never forgive her. Lafayette, who are you having trouble with?Yin'er stared blankly at Cixi, she was most afraid of Lafayette's tone, because someone would be in bad luck. Whoever can't get along with you, I can't get along with anyone. Is there no one who can't get along with me?Slaves do not cause disasters, and do not cause troubles, so you must not make things difficult for others! master!Lafayette wants to avenge Big Brother!Xiao Huihui couldn't help but said to Yin'er from the side.Perhaps apart from Cixi and Yin'er, no one is more sad than him. If Yin'er's child grows up and becomes the emperor, Yin'er will become the Lafayette, and he will naturally become the role of Manager Li. Now that the child dies, he It's nothing, after all, it's just a third-rate role in the palace. Isn't the big brother useless, where did another big brother come from?When Yin'er heard Xiaohui say that Lafayette wanted to avenge the eldest brother, she felt strange. On the way to Xi'an, the eldest brother was not deposed by Cixi, and sent to Xinjiang with him, King Amatuan.In fact, the child is not bad, but he doesn't like to study. Master, don't interrupt me.It is your own child, the emperor's own son.Xiao Hui explained to Yin'er. He is not the emperor's.he's mine.Yin'er hugged the pillow tightly, staring at Xiao Huihui and Cixi, fearing that they would snatch her and Rongqing's child away. Isn't that the same thing?The emperor is his father.Xiao Hui said patiently. No, it's not.Yin'er suddenly lowered his face, and said with a serious expression that his father is not the emperor. As soon as her words came out of her mouth, everyone present, especially Cixi, immediately froze there.Although Yin'er was a little crazy, she still surprised Cixi when she said such words. She savored the weight of these words in her heart, just like a drunk person who is delirious and can often speak the truth. Could it be that Yin'er is the old queen? I dare not think any further.Li Lianying stood up to the thief, and then Yin'er continued to ask questions. His father is not the emperor? Of course not.Yin'er said seriously. who is it?Cixi was startled, her whole body trembled, and she suddenly remembered that Guangxu had tried to deny that Yin'er was pregnant with his flesh and blood.Just as Yin'er was about to open her mouth to say Rong Qing's name, she was instinctively vigilant, coupled with the shyness of a woman's nature, she held back her words. Good boy, tell me, just tell me alone, Cixi leaned forward with nice words, coaxing Yin'er, and instinctively felt that there was something strange about it. You are not allowed to tell them.Yin'er pointed at Li Lianying and Xiao Huihui. I let them out, okay.Cixi asked Li Lianying and Xiao Huihui to leave here, and then asked her in a low voice, tell me, who is it? He, he is Yin'er, suddenly saw some kind of soul-stirring ferocity in Cixi's eyes staring at her, that gaze was like a steel needle piercing into her trance-like brain, and she couldn't help shivering. She hesitated for a moment, and finally swallowed Rong Qing's name back. Say, who is his father?Cixi was in a hurry, and reached out to snatch the pillow from Yin'er's hand, don't you say that I killed your son! Don't, I beg you, don't fall!Yin'er cried aloud, and with this cry, a strong heat flow rushed from her chest to the top of her head, which immediately opened her chaotic brain, and she suddenly woke up.She stared at Lafayette, and seeing that what he was holding was not her son, but just a pillow, she realized that she and Rong Qing had no more sons.She couldn't help crying loudly, and said while crying that her son was dead. Even if he died, he would have to find out who his father was?Cixi shouted sharply. The old queen stood there motionless, with indescribable anger and frustration in her heart.She never dreamed that Yin'er, who is usually honest and friendly, would hide it from her under her nose, pretending to be the emperor's dragon species with a wild species she gave birth to with a man she didn't know.The more she thought about it, the more heartwarming she became, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.She suddenly remembered the Chashui Zhang who guarded the ancestral cemetery in the countryside.He and Yin'er were her most trusted servants, and they both lied to her so thoroughly and so terribly.She said to herself in her heart: If you are human or not, you dare to rub sand in your eyes.In the past few decades, I still have a few really fragrant ones around me! Yin'er clenched her teeth, refusing to say anything about Rong Qing.Cixi issued a decree, neither forcing her nor punishing her, for fear that this matter would become the most absurd joke since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.She personally called Xiao Huihui and asked him to bring a message to Yin'er. If she didn't hand over the origin of that wild man, all the maids and eunuchs who followed her would be sentenced to death.Cixi knew that Yin'er was kind, so using this method to extract a confession was more effective than other methods. Xiao Huihui told Yin'er Cixi's decree, and at the same time begged her to hand over the man on behalf of all the servants of Jingren Palace to save their lives. You should only do good deeds and save our dozen or so school foxes!Xiao Huihui knelt down on the ground and begged Yin'er, he knew Lafayette's temperament, he could do anything when he was in a hurry. Don't bother, I can't tell.Yin'er said this on his lips, but his heart was indescribably flustered.她本想一命抵一命，自己一死了之，沒想狠毒的老佛爺竟要用宮裡的十幾條性命作為賭注。她想保住榮慶，就得讓這些人陪著自己一塊兒死。 其實你不說，我也知道。He can't run.小回回抬起頭，意味深長地望著吟兒。這件事他心裡早有底，不到萬不得已，不想由他嘴裡出賣榮慶而已。 You nonsense! 不是他才有鬼了，我還拿準了，就是西行路上那一夜！ 你別喊！她心裡說不出的慌亂。小回回不但認得榮慶，而且還替他倆傳過信捎過話。在縣城裡的那晚上，還讓他撞上過。 我憑什麼不喊？只當是攀上了高枝兒，誰想騎上匹瞎駱駝！真是露多大的臉現多大的眼呀！他心裡說不出的委屈。作為吟貴人身邊太監，他本指望跟著她步步高陞，沒想出了這麼大的事兒。她為了保住榮慶，竟然不顧下面十幾條性命。因此她不說，他可得說。 那是你自找的，又不是我讓你來我身邊當差的。 要是您實在不肯說，那只好我給您出首去。 Little back!你你不能這樣。She is in a hurry. 我也是逼到絕路上了，你變鬼也別怨我！he said helplessly. What are you going to say?她克制著內心的恐慌，想從他嘴裡套話，然後再拿主意對付他。 該怎麼說就怎麼說。他悶悶地看一眼她。 Oh well.趕到老佛爺問我，我就說全是你給安排的。咱們倆就一根線上的螞蚱，黃泉路上就做個伴兒。她為了救榮慶，突然想出個主意，反咬小回回一一口。 你，你想反咬一口？他心裡一驚，從地上站起。 咬不咬在我，信不信在老佛爺！她冷冷地望著他。 我說吟姑娘，你也夠狠的。 擠到地兒了，我也沒辦法。你變成鬼也別怨我。 就是我不出首，你也活不了啊！他盯著她臉上的冷冷的笑容，知道她不是隨便說著玩的。 只要不牽連他，我全認了。她語氣平和地說。 那那您也不會牽連我吧？他試探地問。 想洗乾淨？ 我，我本是好意，你不能害我啊， 那你想個法兒，給他遞個信兒，讓他趕緊躲躲，只要他沒事，你就沒事兒，要不 您說，我這會兒出得去嗎？he said helplessly.他聽出她後面沒說出來的意思，分明在威脅他。 你自個兒掂量吧！她說完靠在椅子上再也不說話，那意思再明白不過了：你要不幫我，我就拖你一塊兒下水。 為了救下面十幾條人命，更為了救自己，小回回終於找到了榮慶舅老爺，乾清侍衛恩海，將這石破驚天的消息告訴了他，讓他連夜通知榮慶趕快逃命。恩海起初張大嘴巴半天說不出話。最後當他回過神，知道吟兒原來懷的榮慶的兒子時，舌頭在嘴巴裡打了幾個轉，再也說不出話來。 還愣著幹嘛？Life is at stake!小回回丟下一句話匆匆走了。恩海一屁股坐在乾清門邊的台階上，雙手抱著腦袋，兩眼瞪著院子裡白花花的大太陽，心裡苦澀不堪地大叫：慶兒慶兒！你祖上究竟作了什麼大孽，生下你這個惹禍的孽種，一次比一次鬧得大啊！ 當榮慶從二舅那兒得知吟兒生下的兒子死了，這孩子不是皇上的種，是他作的孽，他頓時嚇呆了。 他躲在房間裡收拾東西，準備連夜逃離京城，一邊扳著手指頭細細算了一遍。可不，按吟兒懷胎十一個月計算，這兒子正好是他的。那一晚上的歡情，種下這個孽種，一想他錯怪了吟兒和皇上，特別想到是他親手害了自己的血骨，心裡頭那顆血淋淋的玩意兒像點著了一把火，在胸腔裡烤著他的五臟六腑。 他靠著炕沿坐在地下，雙手緊緊抱著腦袋。滾燙的血沿著他脖子往上爬，由下頷、耳根一路嘶嘶叫著爬上他額頭，令他太陽穴上的青筋急跳，腦殼疼得像要炸裂開，不可能啊，我怎麼會害死我自己的親骨肉？ 他想來想去怎麼也想不通，那天，他的確去了景仁宮，悄悄找到了小太子爺住的暖閣。他從後門爬上房梁，點起一支迷魂香吹進屋裡，幾名宮女頓時迷迷盹盹睜不開眼，一個個趴在那兒睡著了。他從懷裡取出那團劇毒的棉球，剛走到男嬰躺著的床邊，突然腳下躥過一隻大黑貓。他本能地一閃身，手上的棉球失手拋在孩子的小床上。他正想上前撿起棉球，順勢往嬰兒嘴邊一抹，了結了那個生命。不料門外的太監聽見屋裡有響動，一邊吃喝一邊跑進來。 他急忙溜到屏風後面。太監一進門便叫醒了宮女。要不是他們以為那隻黑貓搞的鬼，他準讓人發現了。趁著眾人打貓的亂勁兒，他迅速溜出後門，一陣風地跑了。他清清楚楚記得那隻劇毒的棉球沒沾上孩子。再說這種毒藥也不會像舅老爺所說，孩子過了一整天之後，在半夜裡毫無痛苦地死了。話又說回來，會不會嬰兒的小手碰上了棉球，然後又不知什麼時候吮他的小手，這樣悲劇才拖到了深夜發生。 他越想越糊塗，越想腦子越亂，怎麼解釋似乎都不盡合理。如果他是兇手，孩子的死況不對。如果他不是兇手，為什麼偏偏孩子在他去的那天出了事，難道除了他之外，還有一個更為神祕的刺客？ 有人敲門，他本能地從地下站起，問是誰，外面沒有回應。他覺得奇怪，抽開門栓，卻不見門外有人。他正疑惑，小格格突然一躍而起，伸手摟住他脖子。原來她敲了門，身體貼在門外的廊柱上，他一拉門，柱子正好擋住他的視線。 小格格雙手吊著他脖子轉了一圈，不等雙腳落地，便高興地叫開了，說她阿瑪想等新王府一建好，就給他倆辦喜事。 咦，你怎麼吶？unhappy?小格格盯著他，覺得他神色不對。 高興，高興。誰個說不高興啊？ 不對，你有什麼事瞞著我！ 格格，你先回去，我有點兒急事要辦？他按著她肩膀，好言好語地哄著她，心中生出一種深深的歉意，這不，他剛下決心跟她結婚了，又犯了這麼大的事，就是能結婚，他也不敢連累她啊。 不說什麼事，我不走。她不滿在看他一眼，臉緊貼在他結實的前胸，我早瞧出來了，你這幾天一直躲著我。要不我爸都說你了，唸完經你就打和尚了。 銀柳兒！這些年，我對不住你 我不想聽你說這個。她撫摸著他胸口，想起那天他抱著她上了床，想著他給她一個男人所能給的一切，心裡湧出一片柔情和羞澀，慶哥，這回不一樣，我已經是你的人了，你可不能扔下我一走了之啊！ how could be?how could be?你別誤會｜他喃喃地說，將她摟得更緊。嘴上否認。心裡卻說不出的惶然。這次他不但要拋下她遠走高飛，恐怕連家裡人也要栽進去。想到這兒，他覺得自己實在是個不孝子孫。他在外害外面人，在家害家裡人，從某種意義上說，小格格跟他在一起是個禍，相反，她離開他才是福。 慶哥，我跟你說了，你要是扔下我，我就不活了。 不不，你要活，好好活，你是個好人，人好心善，真要說起來，是我配不上你。 別跟我說這些，我不聽。說正經的，結婚的事怎麼說？ Listen to you.I'll listen to you. Well.說定了，今晚上你去拜我阿爸。她在他臉上狠狠親了一口。 定了定了。他邊說邊將她送到門邊。 你怎麼老往外轟我呀？ 他見小格格不肯走，只得騙她，說他一身臭汗，要洗個澡。小格格含情脈脈地看他一眼，故意開玩笑地說，怕啥，我幫你洗。他慌了，連聲說讓人看見不好，並指著床上取出的衣服，他真的要洗澡，要不晚上怎麼見瑞王爺。 小格格想了想，說好吧，晚上她在家裡等他，走到門邊，她又走回來，問他那瓶鶴頂紅藏在哪兒了。前些天，他答應一定娶她，為了不發生意外，讓她將那瓶劇毒的鶴頂紅交給他保管。她起初不肯，最後還是交給他了。她當然不知道他用了這種玩意兒去宮中害人。她讓他將鶴頂紅還給她，他慌忙說不能給她，等結婚那天再還給她。她笑笑，最後還是走了。 小格格一走，榮慶立即整好東西，趁著天色還早，跟誰也沒打招呼悄悄從後院走了。 榮慶來到城外他把兄弟元六的住處。元六的地址是茶水章告訴他的，巧的是茶水章也上這兒來了，他倆正坐在院子裡，圍著一張小方桌喝酒。原來茶水章為人老實，從不生事，這些年在陵園幹的不錯，加上崔玉貴被慈禧攆出宮，李蓮英一手遮天，念及舊情，關照他上了年紀，將他從城外調回宮中。在敬事房做外差。他剛接到調令，便上元六這兒喝酒，也算慶祝一下。 見到榮慶，茶水章和元六自然非常高興，一定要他坐下一塊兒喝酒。他想了想，毫不推讓地在這間小破院的方桌邊坐下。他深知這一走，天各一方，怕是再沒機會見面了。他這次犯下無可挽回的錯誤，誰也幫不了他，小格格也幫不了他，所以他決定今晚上連夜趕到天津，躲進洋人的租界，然後從那兒乘大輪去日本，永遠離開腳下這片黃土地。 三人一邊喝酒一邊聊天。元六前一陣子在鏢局做事，四處闖蕩，因為眼下不太平，這個行當越來越不好做，所以辭了工，與茶水章的外甥女英英結了婚，在城外安了家。正說著英兒回來了，見到榮慶，她臉上有些不自然，畢竟兩人有過那麼一檔子事。榮慶見英英老了許多，心裡頓生感慨。英英招呼過榮慶，說菜太少了，轉身進屋去替他們再做幾樣菜。 人生真快啊，從武昌那會兒分手到現在，一轉眼三年多了。當時散了，這會兒居然又齊了，但這次他這一走，可是出國啊，不知哪年哪月才能回來。朋友們如此，更何況吟兒，所以一想到這兒，心裡便說不出的無奈和茫然。 你為什麼不去找我？榮慶問元六，要不是章公公，我也找不到你這兒啊！ 這不怨他，你官復原職那會兒，我不讓他找你。茶水章替外甥女婿說。其實元六對榮慶與瑞王家的小格格訂婚有看法，覺得他不該投靠皇上的敵人，也不該忘了吟兒。 這會兒你也許用得著朋友了？憑著多年闖蕩的經驗，元六一眼便瞧出他又出事了，要不上他這來，帶著一大包衣服和雜物幹什麼。加上他來之前，茶水章已經聽到一些有關吟兒的風聲，說不定跟他有關係。 唉，又輪我唱《文昭關》了。果然如元六所預料，榮慶神色黯然地低下腦袋。 京裡待不住了？Yuan Liu asked. 我這一走，怕再也回不來了。 Why?茶水章問。雖說他聽到一些風聲，但沒想到這麼嚴重，心想再鬧還能比武昌出的事大。 反正這事兒鬧大了，不走不行了。 說上哪兒，哥哥送你。元六仗義地說，還是當年的老脾 送倒不用了。我我就是放心不下吟兒。 你不是早就跟小格格那個了，還記掛著她呢？元六不明所以地問。 說吧，有什麼事跟我說。這不，我又調回宮中了。茶水章說。 不不，榮慶看一眼茶水章，連連搖搖頭說，不能再連累你了。你好不容易熬過來了 不必顧慮，有什麼儘管說。 uncle!you?元六望著茶水章，心想您老就別多事了。茶水章明白元六意思，只是想到當初榮慶中因為自己帶著皇上的血詔，才將他拖下水的，這會兒他有了難處，他不能袖手旁觀。 說，憑我這把老骨頭，帶信還是捎話？茶水章仗義地。 這榮慶張大嘴巴，一時不知說什麼好。讓他告訴吟兒，說是他害死了自己骨肉，還是說他沒來得及下手？顯然不能。除此而外，還有什麼可說呢。 說呀，還發什麼愣啊？茶水章急了。元六一見這架勢，不定有什麼說不出口的事，藉口說進屋拿酒，抽身走了。 瞅著茶水章一天比一天老去的那張瘦臉，以及他那瘦削的雙肩，似乎風一吹就會散了架，榮慶心裡說不出的憐憫。過去，他在宮中救過吟兒，後來又暗中保護過他和吟兒，其實他早知道他倆的事，只不過裝作不知道，無論在哪兒，直至他們出了宮，這位守口如瓶的老太監也沒問過他一個字。這會兒，當自己就要遠渡重洋，他為了冒險替他辦事，才追問他. Speak.這會兒沒其他人。茶水章低聲說。 Eunuch Zhang!我我給您磕頭了！榮慶心頭一熱，雙膝長跪，不等他磕頭，茶水章拉著他雙手，連聲說使不得使不得。 您千萬別介。當不起，我當不起。跟你這麼說吧，咱家給主子磕了一輩子頭，你是正三品侍衛，又在旗，按說也是我主子，這可是折我的陽壽啊！要不，我也給您跪下。 茶水章這一跪，榮慶沒轍了，只得拉著對方，兩人一塊兒站起。茶水章催著他，他本來就心煩意亂，被他一逼，更不知說什麼好。 為了能和吟兒在一起，他這些年來，可以說機關算盡。他歷經了常人沒有歷經的事，吃了常人沒吃的苦，提著腦袋給皇上送密詔，與茶水章一起南下假冒皇上，西行路上又冒著洋人的槍炮追上皇上的車隊。總之，他已經盡了自己最大的努力，最後他還是失敗了。這還不說，為了他一夜情懷，吟兒懷孕，兒子不知是死在他還是其他人手中，更嚴峻的是既然宮中已經知道他們倆之間的底細，即便他能逃走，皇太后也不會饒過吟兒？ 這一切都是命，人是抗不過命的，他早就該認了這個命。他偏不，所以才鬧到這個下場。要是他和小格格結合了，吟兒也許真的會成為皇上的寵妃，放著兩人大好的前程不要，偏要往絕路上走，現在讓他給吟兒說什麼，他能說什麼呀，他終於想明瞭這個理，聲淚俱下地對茶水章說： 你讓她千萬保重，叫她忘了我，永遠忘掉。告訴她，我這輩子不可能再回來了。就說我對不住她！她的深情，她的厚意，這輩子沒法還了，來世再當牛做馬報答她要是她能放出宮外，你讓她找個好人家只要人老實本分就行了。