Chapter 42: Taiye Lotus Pond Weiyang Willow

In the depths of Xiaohan, the early morning light at three or two, falling on the slightly withered branches and leaves, was clear, adding strands of gentleness to the solemnness of the winter in the Forbidden Palace.
Taking the opportunity of Yanxi Palace to leave Zhiyuan Hall, Qing Chen turned to look at Bai Lu Shuangluo, and reached out to the heights of Nine Heavens in the light of the sky, breathing the cold air deeply.
But when he turned around, he suddenly fell into a pair of deep eyes. A few steps away, Ye Tianling didn't know when she was standing behind her, looking at her intently, her sharp lips seemed to be pursed with a clear smile.
Qing Chen was startled, and cast his eyes down to avoid his bright gaze: "Four brothers."
Ye Tianling smiled faintly: "Go to Yanxi Palace?"
"Yeah." Qing Chen walked slowly with him, Ye Tianling didn't speak, and she was quiet for a while before asking, "Did you bring something to you?"
Ye Tianling nodded and said: "I watched. The others are down. There is only one named Wei Ping, who seems to have seen him in Jiudi's mansion a few years ago. He is the son of the Ninth Brother's nurse, but it has been a long time since he was seen. "
"King Ming?" This result was unexpected by Qing Chen, and asked, "Are you sure?"
Ye Tianling said: "It should not be wrong, I have asked someone to check it again."
Qing Chen lowered his head and thought for a while: "Once you get the medicine, you can try to get the truth from Luan Fei."
The corner of Ye Tianling's mouth twitched slightly, her eyes deep: "There are more than one or two people in this palace. It doesn't matter who it is, I probably know in my heart."
Qing Chen nodded. Naturally Ye Tianling knew more about these things than her. She suddenly remembered something: "Fourth brother, Ming Zhi said you allocated fifty thousand taels of silver to Mu Yuantang yesterday?"
Ye Tianling said, "Well, didn't you want him to administer medicine to cure the disease?"
Qing Chen's quiet eyes raised lightly, and asked, "Such a large number, don't you feel distressed?"
Ye Tianling thought of the disasters that had been coming in the past few days, frowning slightly, and said, "You have this heart, don't I have it? If you can buy Jingli with a small amount of money, it is easy to say."
Qing Chen smiled at him: "Then I will first thank the fourth brother for the people in the two places."
Ye Tianling only smiled indifferently, and the two of them walked in silence for a while, listening to his always cold voice ringing in his ears: "Did you sleep well these days?"
"Huh?" Qing Chen turned her head away, and saw Ye Tianling's eyes fall on her face, an imperceptible soft flash under her eyes, waiting for her to speak. She smiled, "Why, is my appearance ugly? It's a bit tossing, but I can hold it. But this winter is really cold. I don't like cold weather the least, so I don't feel comfortable."
Ye Tianling said: "It's just entering winter, and it will drip into ice until March 9th."
Qing Chen thought of the severe cold in the deep winter, reluctantly, on a whim, said: "It would be great if there was only spring and no winter."
Seeing her look of pure yearning, Ye Tianling moved a little with an inexplicable emotion in her heart, and said with a chuckle: "There is the deep cold of winter, and the warmth of spring can only be known."
Every time Qing Chen saw him smile, his heart was especially soft, as if it were the joy of winter and spring, making people so nostalgic and joyous. Just about to say something, suddenly the smile on Ye Tianling's lips stiffened and disappeared without a trace. Along his gaze, Concubine Lotus stood quietly by the white jade railing next to the Taiye Pond, dressed in white fur, with long and soft and flowing hair, which looked particularly thin in winter.
Qing Chen looked at Ye Tianling and saw that he was not moving forward. However, the distance between the mother and the child was as far away as the world, and could not help but urge him softly: "Four brother..." The concubine turned around from the Taiye Pool and saw Ye Tianling. Her delicate body was obviously shocked. The maid behind her hurriedly leaned over and said, "I have seen your Royal Highness and the princess."
Ye Tianling faintly replied: "Forget it." He bowed slightly, "Mother concubine." There was an indescribable distance and estrangement in the voice, but it suppressed a trace of complex emotions, which made people feel stagnant.
The maple tree that was once like a fire has withered, and the remaining leaves are flying. Concubine Lian's lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but after all she didn't say anything, only raised her hand, and silently led the maid to pass by Ye Tianling.
Qing Chen wanted to keep her, but couldn't speak, seeing Concubine Lian disappear in front.
Turning back to look at Ye Tianling, he was standing there, looking at the Taiye Pool in a daze, his sword eyebrows frowned. Qing Chen exclaimed: "Four brothers!" Ye Tian suddenly returned to his senses and looked at her.
With a "Oh," Qing Chen dragged him by the hand and turned him around: "You are all anxious to death. Go and go!"
Ye Tianling was dragged by her to turn around and walked a few steps, then pulled her backhand and said solemnly: "Don't make trouble."
Rao Shi Qingchen's self-confessed temperament that is neither impatient nor impatient is really overwhelming, so he stopped him and stomped his feet and said: "Is it that difficult to go to the Lotus Pond Palace? You really can stand it, you didn't see her look at you. The look in the eyes is so bitter and difficult!"
Ye Tianling's eyes fluctuated suddenly, and the hand that held Qing Chen tightly, Qing Chen frowned because of the pain in his grip. Ye Tianling's hand loosened, but did not let go of her.
Qing Chen allowed him to hold his slender fingers, and a dry and warm breath came from his palm. Suddenly, he felt that this rugged winter day was also much softer, and it quietly bloomed with warmth. Looking up, the Qing Ling that gradually floated in her eyes had blown away the previous dullness a bit. Her shadow was reflected in the center of the deep spring water, and followed the deep whirlpool with a strange feeling in her heart, making her speechless for a while, and she could only face him blankly.
Ye Tianling held her hand tightly and slowly let go. Qing Chen walked around and pushed him: "Go, isn't it more difficult than attacking the city? How come you are procrastinated when you see you swiftly and vigorously on weekdays? Go away, you are not allowed to go to Yanxi Palace to see the Queen Mother if you don't go to Lotus Pond Palace!
Ye Tianling has always been decisive. Everyone has nothing but silence in front of him. When he is forced to do something like this, he can't help but frown.
Qing Chen smiled at him: "I should be the one who frowns. It's really a frightening wind to meet a slow doctor. I've always consciously calmed down, but now I'm willing to bow down to the wind." Seeing Ye Tianling walked forward by herself, Withdraw his hand, "Well, what are you afraid of?"
Ye Tianling said, "I'm not afraid, but I don't know what to say."
Qing Chen said strangely: "I still want to think about it? Even if you don't say anything, just sit with her."
Ye Tianling was silent, and Qing Chen said again: "I have complained for more than 20 years, is it not enough? Can't you forgive her at this time?"
Ye Tianling sighed silently: "It's not that she blames her, but that she will continue to alienate her.
Qing Chen was taken aback, and then he understood his thoughts. The mother and son chose the same method. If you want to protect each other, you must not get involved in the battle that will come one day. She said: "She is your mother. If anything happens, you can't get rid of it. In other words, do you want her to be alienated to protect you, or do you want her to treat you like an ordinary person? You should also know how she would rather you Treat her."
Ye Tianling didn't want to know the answer, but he understood the painstaking efforts of Concubine Lian. When he arrived at the Lotus Pond Palace, Qing Chen said, "I won't accompany you in." Watching Ye Tianling finally stepped into the gate of the Lotus Pond Palace, he left with confidence.
Ye Tianling stood in the courtyard looking at this cold and clean lotus pond palace. The garden was originally planted with a pool of prosperous lotus flowers, but now the branches and leaves have long been ruined, leaving only the withered branches extending far into the smoke blue Sky.
The surroundings are quiet and desolate, as if there is no life at all.
I have never stepped into the lotus pond palace for many years, but everything here is very familiar. I always pay attention to other people’s comments on the lotus pond palace inadvertently. Over the past two decades, I have already settled the appearance of this palace in my heart. .
He slowly walked inside. Concubine Lian was not happy, and it was too quiet here. After a while, he ran into a maid waiting on Concubine Lian. The maid was surprised when he saw Ye Tianling. Forgot to do: "Four... Your Highness..."
No one thought he would come here, not even Ye Tianling himself. He looked at the palace lady in silence for a moment, and asked indifferently: "Where is the empress?"
The palace lady came back to her senses, and Ye Tianling was so distraught, she leaned down and said, "The lady is in the bedroom, and the slave and maid will go to report."
"No need." Ye Tianling stopped her, "Go down."
"Yes..." The court lady stepped back cautiously, and Ye Tianling stood there for a while, and finally walked towards the lotus concubine's bedroom. Just like the palace maid just now, she was surprised to see Ye Tianling with Concubine Lotus's personal maid Yinger by the Taiye Pool. However, she reacted much faster and immediately bowed down and said: "I have seen the Four Highnesses..."
Ye Tianling gently raised her hand to interrupt her, watching the vaguely figure in the palace, the sound of piano faintly heard. Different from Qing Chen's clear and elegant piano sound, this string is soft and weeping, and it is difficult to say that the person who touches the piano seems to have endless sorrow, and they all talk lightly on this lyre.
"...Mother...is in there?" He listened for a while and asked.
Ying'er hurriedly replied: "The empress is playing the piano, please, please." She has followed Concubine Lian for many years, knowing her concerns, and hurriedly set up the quiet bead curtain to let Ye Tianling in, and stayed consciously.
In the depths of the bedroom, the golden beast octagonal heater could not dispel the deep cold of winter, let alone conceal the loneliness in the tangled strings.
Because of the sound of footsteps behind her, Concubine Lian gently slowed her finger down, and whispered in a low voice: "Ying'er, didn't I mean not to disturb me, let me be quiet for a while?"
There was no reply behind him, and in a peaceful silence, Consort Lian suddenly heard a cold voice and slowly said: "Irchen, please peace to mother and concubine."
The string sounds suddenly chaotic, and a very discordant note rose up. Concubine Lian turned her head in astonishment and saw Ye Tianling standing not far behind her, within reach.
The lingering smell of agarwood is floating and intermittent, lingering between mother and child, as if separated by a layer of mist.
Consort Lian trembling stretched out her hand, a burst of blood surged in her chest, and she suddenly coughed with silk covering her lips.
Ye Tianling frowned and saw that Concubine Lian was coughing hard. She wanted to step forward to help, but she seemed to be fettered by something and couldn't reach out. She only said: "It's cold in winter, but the mother concubine is suffering from cough and asthma again?" The concubine is weak and often suffers from illnesses in autumn and winter. Ye Tianling knew about it.
Concubine Lian calmed down a bit, turned around and looked out the window: "You don't want to be careful, what are you doing here?"
Ye Tianling said indifferently: "The court affairs are not complicated for the children."
Concubine Lian said: "You just returned to the capital, and you took the errand in Northern Xinjiang. How many things are waiting to be done, and how can it not be complicated?"
The corners of Ye Tianling's lips suddenly rose slightly, and the coldness on her face melted a little: "The mother concubine can't leave the harem, I know that the child minister has to deal with this."
Concubine Lian was slightly stagnant, would she not know? Whenever a mother does not care about his son’s every move, sometimes Yinger just listens to her from other palace maids, which is enough to comfort him for a long time. He finally grew up peacefully as she hoped, excellent and outstanding, so what else can he hope for? She hardened her heart: "I'm tired, you can go back."
Ye Tianling's expression was constricted, and she stepped forward to Concubine Lotus, and said quietly: "Mother concubine, how long will you keep hiding from me?"
Concubine Lotus was surprised: "You...what did you say, what do you know?"
Ye Tianling said slowly: "The child minister is no longer ignorant of the children back then, why bother with the mother and concubine? You already know what you should know, the father, the emperor, and the child minister understand."
Concubine Lian looked at Ye Tianling's cold eyes. The unquestionable determination, calmness and deep arrogance in it was like a lake that had been quiet for thousands of years suddenly burst and drowned everything. She grabbed Ye Tianling. : "You are not allowed to talk nonsense!"
Ye Tianling held her backhand: "I'm not talking nonsense!" For the first time in so many years, the mother and son looked directly at each other, and Concubine Lian's hand trembled uncontrollably in Ye Tianling's hand.
Ye Tianling looked at the face of Concubine Lian who was shrouded in melancholy all day long. Over the years, he indulged in resentment, hatred, pain, and wounds, and finally couldn't bear blood thicker than water. He solemnly knelt down in front of his mother: "Children are not filial, let mother Concubine suffers."
A line of tears burst into her eyes, and Lian Fei trembled: "I...my child..."
Ye Tianling supported the lotus concubine: "From today onwards, the child minister will no longer make her mother and concubine sad."
Concubine Lian's eyes were faint, and the more she stayed the night, Tianling looked at the lotus pond palace a little bit deep over her shoulder, as if she was talking to Ye Tianling and saying to herself: "How many years has it been since the first emperor attacked my Rouran clan, Rouran couldn't resist, and was defeated in the city of Riguo. After surrendering, my father Khan dedicated me to the celestial dynasty. Rouran died. I stayed with the emperor for seven years. The people said that the emperor knew about me. Appearance, that’s why I raised troops to destroy Rouran, calling me the one who was a rosy face and an ominous person. Until the first emperor passed away, I wanted to eat fast and recite Buddha at Qianmen Temple but died. Who knows that the emperor called me into the palace on the first day of his ascension. When I went to bed, I realized that I had you in my belly. The Emperor of Heaven built the Lotus Pond Palace and made me a concubine, but I was cast aside by everyone. I was dead and out of line. Even my own son could not be raised properly. Without you, I have no longer nostalgic for this world." Her voice that was as far away as the sky came faintly, as if the wind had blown away, and fell everywhere, and the sound of fragmentation could still be heard vaguely.
During the reign of Emperor Mu, there was a large-scale campaign against the Rouran people in the north. The Rouran tribe was defeated in the war and surrendered to the city of Riguo. Since then, they have been devastated, and they have been wiped out by the Turks and ceased to exist.
Concubine Lotus was originally the daughter of Jie and Khan of the Rouran clan. She has been known for her beauty since she was a child, and even the Central Plains has circulated various sayings of her peerless beauty. After that battle, Concubine Lotus was brought back to the capital, and Emperor Mu was very fond of him. Folk legends are varied, and it is said that Emperor Mu had attacked Rouran for the purpose of Concubine Lotus.
Thousands of soldiers acted as confidantes, carrying the infamy of annihilating the clan, and was also despised by courtiers and harems for serving the two emperors. What if the country was overwhelmed?
Ye Tian Ling's eyes flashed across the forest and Limang, and said coldly: "Mother concubine is relieved. If they want to talk nonsense, I will take this world to the mother concubine. I want no one of them to dare to say anything. The mother concubine said no."
Concubine Lian was shocked and shook her head hurriedly: "Don't say anything, don't do anything, Ling'er, you don't know..."
Ye Tianling categorically said: "Mother concubine, my heart is determined." Concubine Lian looked at Ye Tianling's tall figure. She had to look up to look at him. The sharpness in his eyes made her suddenly unable to say a word. .
It was no longer the infant who was waiting to be fed that day, but the general who swept across the frontier for thousands of miles, and the prince who left and righted the situation in peace, fighting for the world to give to me, no one could stop him.
Concubine Lian looked at Ye Tianling quietly for a while, suddenly a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, her eyes slowly drifted away again, as if she had left the world, but with silent mockery. Ye Tian Lingxuan frowned, looking at the appearance of Concubine Lian, there was a faint worry in his heart, and said: "I may not be able to visit my mother concubine from time to time, but I will let Qing Chen have time to talk with you, mother concubine The palace is too cold."
"Qing Chen?" Concubine Lian said softly, "Is that the girl from the Feng family?"
Ye Tianling nodded. Concubine Lian said: "Why are you so close to her?"
Ye Tianling said lightly: "It's destined."
Concubine Lian smiled slightly again: "It's an exquisite woman, but it's a pity that she belongs to the Feng family."
Ye Tianling also smiled slightly: "She is just Qing Chen."