But even if the empress dowager was angry, she did not dare to pretend to be dead in the room and refused to let Emperor Jianxi in.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and remained silent for a while, her facial muscles moving as if she was about to cry. After a while, she said weakly, "Please invite the Emperor into the palace and help me change my clothes..."
In half a cup of tea, the empress dowager finished washing up and sat half of her butt on the edge of the bed with a drooping face, as if someone owed her money.
When Emperor Jianxi came in with the palace servants, he almost laughed out loud.
Holding back his smile, Emperor Jianxi bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Mother!"
"Get up!"
"Why did you think of paying your respects to me today?"
Because of the Yin Si De incident, it was obvious that the emperor was unhappy. He didn't pay his respects to her for several days. The most important thing was that he had never paid his respects to her in the middle of the night before!
Emperor Jianxi made up an excuse, but the empress dowager didn't care. She only cared about whether he would come tomorrow.
"You are busy with state affairs, so please don't bother with greetings!"
"No, no, I must be a filial son to my mother. As the Son of Heaven, I must set an example for the world!"
Seeing that Emperor Jianxi was not convinced, the Queen Mother said bluntly, "Then come back after the court session. Don't put such trivial matters as paying respects above state affairs!"
As the Queen Mother spoke, she couldn't help but use a tone of command and instruction. After all, she had been in a high position for many years, and the one in front of her was a bastard who had been blamed by her in the past. Naturally, she still felt superior from the bottom of her heart.
Emperor Jianxi maintained a fake smile, thinking that his biological mother was really interesting, very interesting.
Emperor Jianxi smiled faintly and nodded without making any comment.
The Empress Dowager, however, thought that Emperor Jianxi had agreed, and felt relieved. A tired look instantly covered her face. She gently raised her hand and ordered them to leave. "Since that's the case, Your Majesty, please go and get busy!"
Emperor Jianxi left obediently.
However, the next day, at three quarters past three in the morning, another deep voice shouted, "Your son pays his respects to the Queen Mother!"
I pay my respects to my mother, the Queen Mother...
Your son gives to your mother...
Your son...
The Queen Mother jumped up from the bed with a somersault...
For five consecutive days, the empress dowager had auditory hallucinations during the day, and the sound of Emperor Jianxi's greetings as loud as a bell seemed to echo in her ears.
The Queen Mother was completely dejected.
In the past, she was only awakened in the middle of the night, but as time went on, she became frightened and worried, always feeling that Emperor Jianxi had come to pay her respects. She could not sleep well and woke up from time to time. She originally wanted to learn from Emperor Jianxi, go to bed early and get up early, and spend time with him, but her neurasthenia was so severe that she could not sleep at all, not even during the day.
I asked the imperial physician to prescribe tranquilizers, but I still couldn’t sleep!
I can only wait until I feel very sleepy to take a nap.
Over the past five days, the Empress Dowager had become visibly haggard and weak, unable even to curse.
All the civil and military officials in the court knew about this, but they didn't dare to say anything. The emperor, who had the power of life and death, had been scolded by his illegitimate mother for many days before he came up with such a painless way of torturing her. It was really kind of him. If they said anything else, it would seem like they were bullying the current emperor.
If they bully them too much, the Queen Mother won't be harmed, but they will lose their heads!
So all the civil and military officials in the court acted as if they didn't see anything, and even the Censorate, which had the most trouble, kept silent.
Lord Wang Hongyin took out a pen and paper and wrote quickly, "In the thirty-fourth year of Jianxi, the Empress Dowager missed her daughter so much that she could not sleep. Your Majesty took the trouble to comfort her day and night. This is a great act of filial piety that should be emulated by all people in the world..."
Officials: Lord Wang understands the cause and effect...
There are also benefits to the Queen Mother not being able to sleep.
For example, on the sixth day, the empress dowager sat in the main hall with dark circles under her eyes for half the night, waiting for Emperor Jianxi to arrive.
As soon as Emperor Jianxi approached the Cining Palace, he found it brightly lit. He immediately laughed, then made another nasty move, waved his sleeves, turned around and led his men away...
Originally, the Queen Mother could have caught up on some sleep right after driving Emperor Jianxi away, but now, she waited with wide eyes wide open until dawn...
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her internal organs ached all over and her face turned blue and purple. The palace maids hurriedly called the imperial physician, who prescribed a lot of medicine and fed her many pills. The Empress Dowager finally calmed down.
Upon hearing the news, Prince Shou hurried over to persuade, coax and comfort the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was also a mentally strong and capable person. She gritted her teeth and endured it. She had breakfast and taken medicine. She had not had a good rest for many days. Finally, she could not bear it any longer and felt a little sleepy.
The Queen Mother was lying on the bed with calming incense burning in the corner. Prince Shou was watching beside her. Seeing that the Queen Mother's eyelids were drooping and she was about to fall asleep, Prince Shou silently drove all the palace people out, and then he tiptoed out of the bedroom. As he stepped out of the bedroom for the last time, there was a sudden sound, both crisp and milky.
"Grandson pays his respects to the Imperial Grandmother!!"
Prince Shou’s head buzzed.
Then, in sight, the Queen Mother sat up straight as if she had come back to life.
…
These days, Zhao Ying was busy with the funeral of Princess Side, and the children stayed in Guangming Palace. The older children were studying or practicing skills. Only Shangguan Qingyue was very idle and could only go to bother his father who was seriously injured and had not recovered yet.
"Daddy, don't move. Yue'er will wipe your face, just like you wiped Yue'er's... Daddy, why are you hiding?"
"This is the one that just wiped my feet..."
The little fellow pouted his lips and jumped off the bed in dissatisfaction to change his handkerchief. [We are all human flesh, why should we be divided into high and low...]
After wiping his father's face, the little guy was quiet for a while, sitting down to eat the cut fruit. Shangguan Shu read a book for a while, and after a while he heard footsteps approaching. He looked up and saw Shangguan Qingyue holding a piece of watermelon to his mouth, "Daddy, eat watermelon, it's so sweet!"
Shangguan Shu was touched and ate the melon cooperatively, praising, "Thank you Yue..."
[Mom said I can’t eat the watermelon if it falls on the ground, but I can’t eat it, but I didn’t tell Daddy not to eat it... Hehe, I’m so smart!]
Son……
"Daddy, let's play makeup! Don't move, Yue'er will draw your eyebrows and apply beautiful rouge... Wow, Daddy, you are so beautiful... Daddy, stretch out your hand, Yue'er will apply nail polish on you... Yue'er will comb your hair..."
"Daddy, your leg hair is so long, can you pull it out and make a brush for Yue'er..."
“Daddy…”
Shangguan Shu:
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