Empty White

On the day of Xiaohan, the sage was lazy in governing the country.

All officials were on leave, and everyone in the court and the country suddenly had a day of leisure, and the towering imperial city was filled with loneliness.

I remember that my birthday was neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the month, and neither the Li family's sons nor their wives were in the palace.

That day and night, the two slaves fought to the death, and the saint and I fought to the death. That time, no one from the Li family watched.

Walking through the imperial city, the ground is frozen and the sky is cold.

That afternoon, I entered the Taiji Palace.

When Concubine Feng was young, she was nearly strangled to death in the Shaoyang Courtyard of the Eastern Palace. Prince Anle of Luoyang was scratched by someone by the Donghai Lake in the Taiji Palace.

From then on, whenever I entered the palace, I was not allowed to wear gold hairpins, silver hairpins, bone hairpins, jade belts, or pearl hairpins...

Gold, silver, and jade ornaments, in my hands, are all murderous weapons that disrespect the laws of the Li Dynasty...

That day, all I had on me was a crown, a flute, a fish, and half a jade disk, nothing else.

Ah Xiang was stopped outside the palace.

Taiji Palace, Empress Dowager Feng ordered me to enter alone.

When I entered the palace, daughters from all the states and wealthy families were expelled from the Taiji Palace one after another.

Eunuch Dong told me that the Empress Dowager gave them gold and released them because the emperor did not value them.

Among them, some were crying and some were laughing, some wanted to stay and some wanted to leave. In short, they were all different, but I was neither happy nor sad.

The ladies went out, and I went in alone.

I stopped and stood there for a long time. Naturally, they were surprised to see me and looked at me.

The Taiji Palace that day was as cold as snow, even more like blood, as dead as silence, even more like a sacrifice.

I sensed the danger, but like them, I was powerless and could not be the master of the Tai Chi Palace. Whether to advance or retreat was not up to me.

Eunuch Dong and I walked for a long time, but there was not a single palace maid or eunuch in the palace.

It's strange and weird, and I feel something is wrong.

When going to Xingqing Palace, you pass by Jishan Palace.

I haven't seen Concubine Tong for a few days, and I miss my mother, Concubine Zhaoyang, very much. I told Eunuch Dong that I wanted to go to Jishan Palace to pay my respects, and Eunuch Dong agreed with a smile.

When I went there, Concubine Tong's nephew was also there. He came to the palace to visit the Concubine and brought her some appetizing red fruits.

I entered the temple and he left.

That day, Concubine Tong looked at me, then at Tong Yousheng, and she called out to Tong Langjun, she was in a good mood.

My mother couldn't bear to see me alone and miserable, so she wanted me to marry Tong Yousheng.

Concubine Tong would never harm me like the mistress of the Yan family did.

She thought Tong Yousheng was good, so he must be good.

Between life and death, marriage is too young.

To reassure my mother, I didn't think twice. I threw my vow of not marrying behind my back and handed a red fruit to Tong Langjun...

I wish to use this red fruit to bring us eternal happiness.

Tong Yousheng was very respectful, and his face was flushed. He took the red fruit with both hands.

He smiled and said that marrying my sister was the greatest blessing in his life.

Tong Yousheng and I just made our marriage contract in front of Concubine Dong, and the Saint from Yongle Palace came in a hurry from somewhere.

On that day, Your Majesty did not wear a Taoist robe or a Taoist crown, but wore the emperor's clothes and wore the emperor's crown.

The human race is conceited and the imperial power is supreme.

That is a true monarch, that is a true emperor.

He was furious, he refused to give in, he was furious.

His Majesty snatched the red fruit from Tong Yousheng's hand and smashed it hard on the ground, breaking it into pieces and revealing the core.

"Four years, four years, a full four years..."

Your Majesty speaks for himself.

"Yan Bingli, I value you and indulge you, unwilling to use the name of the Son of Heaven to threaten you. For four whole years, I accompanied you in your mischief. Ah Yan, you have been disloyal to the emperor for many years, but I did not ask you for your crime. You should also measure sincerity with sincerity. You should also think carefully. Which emperor would tolerate you like this?"

The saint caught me.

"I am the emperor, I am the Son of Heaven, I am a saint, I am the only master of this Taiji Palace, I am your lover, I have tolerated you until now, you should be content..."

The king of Taiji Palace squeezed my hand.

"I tell you, today is the last day of your life where you can act recklessly and willfully!"

The emperor was furious and the whole palace was listening to his lecture.

My death is today.

My death is not a pity, but if I implicate Concubine Tong, I will be a heinous criminal.

The saint of that day was not an emperor, nor a tyrant, but a tyrant.

No one in Jishan Palace said a word, and the tyrant ordered the imperial guards to take Tong Yousheng away.

No charges, no reason.

The sage ordered Tong Langjun to be imprisoned, and Your Majesty sentenced Tong Langjun to death.

The bright red fruits fell to the ground, and Jishan Palace was in a mess.

The blood vomited by the concubine was even brighter than those red fruits. The medical officers surrounded the concubine Tong, and the entire Jishan Palace was imprisoned in the Taiji Palace by the saint.

Tong Yousheng had no official position, no wife, and no concubine. He was just a lowly and obedient disciple in the Chang'an Imperial College.

If you have never had the chance to see the emperor, why don't you say a few words? If you are negligent and offend the saint, he will start a massacre.

Could it be because of me?

I can't marry him either?

Tong Yusheng is far inferior to Du Tingfang and Zheng Zihuan...

His aunt was a concubine in the palace, and the Tong family gained some wealth because of this. He was only slightly better than Yang Yanji in terms of family background.

The saint was tyrannical and cruel, and he was innocent and wanted to sentence Tong Yousheng to death by cutting him into pieces.

On my birthday, I "escaped" from Jishan Palace and knelt in front of Xingqing Palace.

Empress Dowager Feng summoned me into the palace, but refused to see me.

The Tai Chi Palace was very cold and quiet that day.

I knelt from day till nightfall until the palace gates were locked.

The sunset is picturesque, but I have no intention of appreciating its beauty.

The gates of Taiji Palace were closed, while the gates of Xingqing Palace were opened.

Eunuch Dong was ordered to invite me into the palace.

From the moment I knelt down, the owner of Xingqing Palace was only the Saint Empress Dowager, and no longer my mother.

My knees felt like they were broken. I stood up and took a few steps before kneeling down again. I knelt at the feet of Empress Dowager Feng.

"Tong Taifei's days are numbered. Please, Empress Dowager, grant the Imperial Taifei a peaceful death. I am willing to die to appease the Emperor's wrath."

I lowered my head and begged the Queen Mother.

"Regardless of Tong Yousheng's crimes, please ask the Queen Mother to issue an order to allow him to return home safely. This will be a way to appease the Concubine Dowager. When Concubine Dowager Tong passes away and is buried in the imperial mausoleum, I will not care whether the Tong family lives or dies."

I lowered my eyes, and when I looked up again, I realized that I hadn't seen Empress Dowager Feng for more than half a year, and my mother was far from the same as before.

The Queen Mother is a beauty in her middle age.

"Mother, are you ill?"

My tears suddenly fell and I asked rudely.

"I'm not sick, I'm old."

Empress Dowager Feng smiled.

"The Queen Mother is in her prime, and it's because she's busy with state affairs. It's because I'm not living up to my expectations that I'm causing her to worry," I said.

"I'm old, tired, and can't take care of things anymore. It's time to give up power and return it to politics..."

In Taiji Palace, mother and son fought, the son won and the mother lost.

"Right now, the Li family's Taiji Palace is no longer under my control. Li'er, don't keep thinking about dying. If you want to save the boy from the Tong family, if you want to protect the Imperial Concubine, you should go to the Emperor and ask for help in Yongle Palace, not come to your mother's Xingqing Palace."

Empress Dowager Feng abandoned Concubine Tong and asked me to ask His Majesty the Emperor in Yongle Palace.

"Mother, you know, everyone in the Taiji Palace in Chang'an knows that the Saint has never been fond of slaves. If I go to beg His Majesty, my life will not be enough to compensate. Isn't this a dead end?"

I told the truth about what I was thinking. It would be better to lose my life in Xingqing Palace, at least I would still have some weight.

"You haven't asked in person, so how do you know He Nu doesn't like it? You haven't begged in person, so how do you know you have no chance of winning?"

This was the last sentence Empress Dowager Feng said to me that day.

Hearing this, I stood up and bid farewell to Empress Dowager Feng.

When I walked out of Xingqing Palace, the sky was already dark.

Frost and snow fell at night, and the way out was bleak.

The lights in Chang'an are twinkling, but the Taiji Palace is as dark as a dead star.

On the night of my birthday, a cold snow fell from above, from the sky to the ground, from far to near, from small to big.

Holding the palace lantern, I ran to the Yongle Palace in the light snow.

Along the way, there was still no one to be seen. The Taiji Palace that day looked like an isolated city without children.

Empress Dowager Feng was helpless and her only way to survive that night was in Yongle Palace.

I have to beg, I have to beg.