Chapter 41
On the New Year's Eve, Qi Xiao shut down everyone in the warm pavilion of the Prince's Mansion and celebrated the festival with Bai Ren.
Bai Ren was still savoring the letter from the Princess of Lingnan. He was a little stunned. Qi Xiao picked up a piece of white jade tofu for Bai Ren and chuckled: "I just miss your mother so much?"
Bai Ren felt a little embarrassed, lowered his head and smiled, "I haven't seen you for almost half a year..."
Qi Xiao shook his head and smiled: "Children."
Bai Ren looked at Qi Xiao's heart and it was rumored that Empress Xiaoren hanged herself when Qi Xiao was in her infancy. I think... it was much more painful than myself.
During the festival, Bai Ren didn't want to make Qi Xiao think about these things, and he smiled and said, "These pots of longevity flowers bloom so well. I used to have two pots in my house. I didn't take good care of them, and I lost before winter."
Qi Xiao turned his head and glanced at the flowers, and smiled and said, "You like tomorrow, I'll let them carry some pots for you."
"I dare not work." Bai Ren was amused and crying, "I just said this casually. Your Highness is a little too good to me, Bai Ren can't bear it."
Qi Xiao smiled softly: "That's fine?"
Qi Xiao picked up the wine cup and drank it all, and smiled: "I heard from Jiang Deqing that my father had once ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a hundred flower platform in my mother's harem, and collected famous orchid seeds from all over the world for her to enjoy. It was cold in the imperial city, so my father asked someone to light a cage around the flower platform day and night, and it was extremely extravagant... Later, because my mother could not bear to watch it, she persuaded her father to destroy the hundred flower platform. Now the orchid bushes in front of Fenghua Palace are the ruins before."
Bai Ren looked at Qi Xiao. What Qi Xiao said now is definitely not the emperor or the queen...
Qi Xiao did not avoid Bai Ren. His life experience was no secret. Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "Compared with my father, this little benefit to you is nothing."
Bai Ren put a cup for Qi Xiao and whispered: "I have heard of this. I heard that Empress Xiaoxian was afraid that later generations would say that Emperor Wu was stupid when he saw Baihuatai, so he ordered people to demolish it. It is rare for Emperor Wu and Empress Xiaoxian to have a deep relationship."
Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "The couple has a deep love... It's a pity that they haven't lived together..."
Qi Xiao had another glass of wine. Bai Ren realized that Qi Xiao was not as happy as before. He looked at Qi Xiao's face carefully and comforted: "Emperor Wu died young, and Empress Xiaoxian couldn't bear to be lonely under the spring... so he went to accompany him. In this way... it was a matter of being with him forever."
Qi Xiao laughed sarcastically: "Do you think my mother committed suicide back then?"
Bai Ren's heart skipped a beat, and he paused in a hoarse voice: "Can it be that it was..."
Qi Xiao took the wine pot to fill himself with wine, and smiled softly: "Do you want to know the old things back then? This is a secret matter of the royal family... Even now, few people know about it."
Bai Ren's face turned pale and his face was full of disbelief: "Who is so brave... Is the people in the clan's house dead after murdering the queen?! The clan's people were watching it?!"
"Zen Ren Mansion?" Qi Xiao laughed, "The clan order that day was Qi Jing, the clan family... There were also people in the clan family who wanted to stand up and speak, but they were outnumbered and useless. Moreover, when the clan members received the news, my mother had already hanged herself."
Bai Ren frowned: "Your Highness said... Didn't Empress Xiaoxian voluntarily buried her with her..."
Qi Xiao drank another glass of wine and laughed sarcastically: "It's true that she hangs herself, but it was not her own voluntary... Bai Ren, have you never doubted it? No matter how deep the husband and wife of Emperor Wu and Empress Xiaoxian are, Empress Xiaoxian will not leave her son who is not yet full-month-old to commit suicide..."
"The great mourning that day, Qi Jing sent her to become the princess... It is the current Queen Feng who sent her to send a piece of white silk to my mother and told her... She kept her son, and then Qi Jing would still be named the crown prince after she ascended the throne, so that she would still be named the crown prince and keep me rich throughout her life; or she would be named the queen mother and queen after she ascended the throne, and would still be allowed to live in Fenghua Palace and worship her continuously... If you don't choose, then wait for the mother and son to see Emperor Wu together."
"My mother angrily scolded Cheng's princess and ordered the palace servant to blow her out. While strictly ordering the palace servants to guard the palace gate, they urgently summoned the most capable generals of Emperor Wu to the capital. It's a pity..."
"It's a pity that it's too late. The generals were labeled as treason for treason before they even entered Beijing. The men of my grandfather's family were with the army. They could not relieve their near thirst. My mother waited in the palace for three days, and only waited for the obituary that the grandfather's family was killed by the Northern Di bandits..."
Qi Xiao's eyes were red, and he took a deep breath and said slowly: "My mother was unable to turn the world back, so she had to Xuan Qi Jing into the palace and asked Qi Jing to swear in front of the Emperor Wu to treat me kindly, haha... My mother also knew that Qi Jing's words were unreliable. Before leaving, she tried to meet Princess Dunsu privately and asked her aunt to be careful of Qi Jing. She entrusted me to her aunt and hanged herself in the bedroom..."
Qi Xiao looked at Bai Ren, his voice hoarse: "I'm sorry, when my mother was celebrating the sky, she was just twenty years old..."
Qi Xiao picked up the wine cup and drank it all. With the help of the strong wine, he suppressed the pain in his heart and whispered slowly: "My mother, my grandfather, all of them died in the hands of Qi Jing's son... the blood debt is paid for, and I will calculate this account sooner or later."
Bai Ren endured several times, but he couldn't hold back his eyes until he could not hold on. Qi Xiao said it lightly, but Bai Ren could also guess the situation in the palace that day and Empress Xiaoxian took everything with all his strength. He knew... the woman who could give birth to Qi Xiao must not be that weak person.
Qi Xiao looked up at Bai Ren and chuckled: "Why are you crying... Thinking of your mother? Don't feel uncomfortable, Bai Ren, you are better than me."
Bai Ren turned his head and wiped his tears. Unexpectedly, the more he was afraid of being ugly, the more he could not cover it. He felt like he was stabbed back and forth by a dull knife. The more he was underestimated, the more uncomfortable he felt. His eyes seemed to be no longer his own, as if he was about to shed all the tears of Qi Xiao over the years. Qi Xiao laughed: "Blame me, I'm so good, I shouldn't mention these..."
Bai Ren shook his head, put a wine cup for Qi Xiao, and said in a hoarse voice: "If I can succeed in the future, the Dongling clan's 19 cities in Lingnan will do their best to help Your Highness... help Your Highness eradicate the slander as soon as possible and to uphold the mountains and rivers."
Qi Xiao's heart was filled with depression, and he smiled and picked up the wine cup and clinked the glass with Bai Ren, and said happily: "Okay, if I succeed you in the future, I will take the position of King Lingnan for you!"
Bai Ren raised his head and drank the wine. When he thought of what Qi Xiao said just now, he felt uncomfortable again. He pounded the table and roared in a low voice: "That's the queen! How could he dare to do so..."
Qi Xiao stood up and hugged Bai Ren into his arms, laughing: "Don't be angry... OK OK, good boy, you'll almost burst my heart..."
As if he had suffered so much grievance, Qi Xiao coaxed and hurt, and said softly: "Don't feel uncomfortable... My mother left me a word before leaving, do you want to listen?"
Bai Ren looked up at Qi Xiao, nodded in a choked sob, and Qi Xiao slowly said in a hoarse voice: "Before my mother hangs herself, let Princess Dunsu tell me... She said... Xiaoer, if you know the past tomorrow, you don't have to worry too much. Life and death matters have never been a reason."
"Your father died in battle for Daxiang, and after his death, the heroic spirits will stay in the country forever, protecting the world for you every year, and keeping you peaceful and peaceful; I am the queen of mother, and I will die for you. After his death, my soul will always guard the imperial city, pray for you for good health and blessing you for a long life."
"Even if there is a 100% unhappy future, if you think about it... your parents are actually here, you don't have to be sad.
"So... don't have to pity me, and I don't have to sympathize with others." Qi Xiao's eyes were light, gentle and firm, and he pointed to the sky and smiled, "My father and mother looked at me from heaven. I am the orthodox son and the noble man born to be a noble man. No matter how Qi Jing covers it up... this is something he can't change. The ancestors and clans of the Qi family are all protecting me. This deep revenge will be avenged sooner or later."
Baibian's tears wind down and nodded constantly. Qi Xiao hugged the person in his arms and quietly looked at the night sky outside the window. He didn't know which stars were his mother's queen outside the window. He didn't know if she saw it. Qi Xiao was lonely for almost twenty years, and finally someone was unwilling to suffer for him and shed tears and pain for him.
The next day, Bai Ren was awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside the window. Bai Ren frowned slightly: "When will it take?"
Qi Xiao sat at the head of the bed, smiled and said, "Just till the hour of Mao, let's sleep for a while..."
Bai Ren cried for too long yesterday, and his eyes were still uncomfortable now. He rubbed and murmured in a low voice: "Why do you get up so early every day..."
"Is this early?" Qi Xiao smiled. In fact, if Bai Ren wasn't there, he would have slept a little. Qi Xiao leaned over and took something and handed it to Bai Ren and smiled: "Look."
Bai Ren took it and saw that his face turned slightly red. This was the jade ring he gave to Qi Xiao yesterday. Qi Xiao asked someone to make a spike with golden thread and put it into a jade pendant. Bai Ren gently stroked the pattern on the jade ring and whispered: "If your highness doesn't like it in the future, even if it is smashed and destroyed, don't give this to others."
Qi Xiao chuckled: "How come I don't like what you gave me?"
Bai Ren frowned slightly: "Your Highness, I'm serious. If you don't wear it in the future, you should put it away properly or ruin it. Never send it to others."
Bai Ren is so stubborn. Qi Xiao just thought he was acting cute and nodded and responded: "Don't worry, I will not give it to others. You are too worried. I said I will wear it all the time. Don't you believe it?"
Bai Ren smiled: "That's the best... This is to keep you safe, and I heard it's very effective."
Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but tease him: "Since it works, why didn't you wear it before?"
Bai Ren shook his head and smiled and said nothing. Qi Xiao looked at him with red eyes and sighed. He twisted a cold handkerchief and sent it in. He personally applied Bai Ren to his eyes and whispered: "You are so strong on weekdays, I became a child last night... Don't leave today. His Royal Highness, the Prince of Lingnan, went out of our mansion with red eyes during the New Year. This will become a big deal if it is transmitted to the outside."
Bai Ren felt very uncomfortable when he remembered what happened last night, and was embarrassed, and whispered: "No, yesterday... probably because he drank alcohol..."
Qi Xiao couldn't hold back and smiled: "A pot of wine, have you had three cups of wine? I really scared me. I was scratched by Qi Hua's beast before and couldn't see you crying. I cried like that last night..."
Bai Ren blushed: "Don't... stop talking."
Qi Xiao naturally knew why Bai Ren cried. He got the advantage and acted obediently, and said with a smile: "If you don't say it well, then you promise me first and don't leave today."
Not only did he not leave, Bai Ren didn't even want to come out of the door. He always endured himself in front of others. Now he didn't want to go anywhere with these eyes. Bai Ren nodded, and Qi Xiao smiled with satisfaction: "I'll ask them to go to your mansion to get your court uniform. Let's go together in the palace tomorrow."
Baibian nodded and nodded.
The author has something to say: Thanks to the cream biscuit, gyla, dada, yjg, learnwait, Ruoyan, Qianqian, Gongzi Wuyou, A Shuishui, Bendbean girl's mine, thanks to the two mines of the Miao Princess, thanks to the grenade of the eldest girl from the koot
Apologize and apologize. I closed the chapter yesterday. You probably saw Qianhe’s leave note? t-t, because I ate too much and vomited so much that I was dehydrated... If I hadn’t been able to update it, I really didn’t want to tell everyone, it would be too embarrassing.
I couldn't come up yesterday, so I'd like to give you a blessing today, wishing girls a full Mid-Autumn Festival, everything goes well, and the family is happy. I love you, Momoda
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Chapter completed!