Chapter 304 Death
"His name is Hu Lang, Ying Hu Lang."
"I like this name." Hu Bazi said this with a faint smile on her lips, but suddenly there was a hint of pain on her face, and the strength in her body seemed to be drained, and she quickly declined.
The maid next to her screamed in panic, "Blood, so much blood..."
Blood seeped out from under the quilt, and a pool of blood appeared on the ground without anyone noticing.
"You!" Zhao Yuanxi looked at Hu Bazi in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"
The palace maid hurried to call the imperial physician.
Zhao Yuanxi lifted the quilt and found that she was covered in blood. At this moment, she looked like she was lying in a pool of blood.
Hu Bazi didn't know what was wrong with him. He just felt cold all over. The hands holding the child could no longer hold on, and he weakly handed the child back to the empress dowager.
"I..." She opened her mouth, her vision blurred, and she subconsciously grabbed Zhao Yuanxi's sleeve.
After examining him, the imperial physician shook his head slightly at Zhao Yuanxi and said, "Empress Dowager, the Eighth Son is hemorrhaging. I can do nothing for him!"
Hu Bazi shed tears, looked deeply at her child, and raised her eyes to look at the Queen Mother pleadingly, "Your Majesty, I know I have made too many mistakes, but this child is innocent. Can you, for the sake of the king, raise him?"
Zhao Yuanxi lowered his eyes, looked at the child in his arms, and said to Hu Bazi, "I will find a suitable mother for him so that he can grow up safely."
This was the only promise Zhao Yuanxi could make. She did not have the extra energy to raise another child. There were many childless concubines in the harem, and any one of them was more suitable for taking care of children than her.
Hu Bazi's eyes were dim, and he let go of his hand dejectedly, muttering, "This is fine."
She forced herself to cheer up and said, "Empress Dowager, can I ask you for one more favor?"
"you say."
"After I die, can you send my body back to Donghu? Then bury me in the grassland. Then I can see my father and mother when they drive the cattle and sheep past me."
She thought she could become the favorite concubine of the King of Qin, but the facts proved that she failed. Now she just wants to go home and be the daughter of her father and mother again. She can be a good daughter.
"I promise you, I'll have someone plant some flowers there, and then they'll know where you are!"
"Thank...thank you."
The person in front of me slowly closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep peacefully.
Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed deeply.
Hu Bazi's funeral was very simple.
Her rank was not high, and because of the mistakes she had made before, Ying Zheng did not posthumously confer a title on her. However, according to her last wish, he sent someone to secretly send her body back to Donghu.
The Qionghua Palace was only silent for one day before returning to normal, as if nothing had happened. Perhaps in a few years, no one would remember that there was a Hu Bazi in the Qionghua Palace.
Zhao Yuanxi chose a concubine from among the concubines who was not of high rank and was not favored, but had a gentle personality and was kind to others, and gave Hu Lang to her to raise.
"Eighteenth Son doesn't need to be excellent in all aspects of military and literary skills. You only need to teach him to be an honest and kind child. If there is anything he needs, just send someone to Ganquan Palace."
"promise."
Zhao Yuanxi glanced at the child in Jiang Liangren's arms. A month later, the child had grown a lot and was round and cute. He actually looked a bit like his parents.
She couldn't help teasing the child a few times. The child giggled and grabbed one of Zhao Yuanxi's fingers and put it in his mouth.
Zhao Yuanxi squeezed his hand and said with a smile, "Be good and don't cause trouble, or I will punish you."
Jiang Liangren lowered her head and dared not speak. For some reason, she felt a chill on her back when the Queen Mother said this.
A young eunuch bowed his head and reported, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, the King requests that you go to Shanglin Garden."
Zhao Yuanxi withdrew his hand and asked, "Did the king say anything?"
They usually meet in the Qin Palace or the Zhangtai Palace. This is their first time in Shanglin Garden. It can't be that he came to settle the score with her because Zhuangzhuang bit his peacock!
Now Zhuangzhuang is getting bigger and wilder. In Ganquan Palace, only Zhao Yuanxi can control him. It is difficult for others to make him behave himself.
Zhao Yuanxi was worried that Zhuangzhuang might hurt someone, so she sent it back to Shanglinyuan to be raised. Now it is a neighbor of her mother.
However, a few days ago, the peacock that was obsessed with flying flew around again and broke into the yard where Zhuangzhuang lived. It was played with by the peacock and most of its feathers were worn out. In the end, the palace servants who raised the peacock arrived in time and saved the peacock's life.
Zhao Yuanxi felt that Zhuangzhuang was not to blame, and that the peacock should be disciplined.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at the young eunuch's unfamiliar face and asked casually, "Are you new here?"
"Yes, I used to work under Eunuch Lu Le. After Eunuch Zhao was executed, the king changed everyone around him. Eunuch Lu Le recommended me, and now I serve by his side."
Zhao Yuanxi nodded slightly. In fact, on the day of Zhao Gao's execution, he sent someone to tell her that he wanted to see her, but Zhao Yuanxi didn't have the time to listen to his quarrels. Going to listen to his last words would only bring bad luck to herself.
However, Zhao Yuanxi still gave him a gift and let Li Si be the executioner. As the saying goes, it is fair that Li Si beheaded him once this time.
As autumn deepens, the trees in Shanglinyuan are dyed with various colors. The whole mountain and field are filled with warmth, and the ground is covered with golden color.
A breeze gradually rose, and the leaves were rustling. The rolled-up fallen leaves were like butterflies flying in the air. The forest was full of fruits. Zhao Yuanxi saw quite a few fruits and thought to himself that he could pick some for Fusu and the others to taste when he returned.
She was just imagining the taste of these fruits when there was a loud bang—
She shuddered with fear, and all the extra thoughts in her mind disappeared. "What's going on?"
A cloud of smoke rose in the distance, and the faint smell of gunpowder wafted in. Zhao Yuanxi immediately guessed what had happened and ran over in a panic. Seeing Ying Zheng still standing there in one piece, he finally felt relieved. "What are you doing?"
Wang Ben walked out of the smoke, his face covered in dust and dirt, his clothes torn in several pieces. "Ahem, Empress Dowager!"
Ying Zheng rubbed his ears and came to his senses, but his head was still buzzing. Wang Ben had just brought a few black balls to him, saying they were some powerful things and insisted on demonstrating them to him. As a result, they suddenly exploded as soon as they were ignited.
If he had not stood far away, he would have been in the same situation as Wang Ben, who might have been thrown into prison for suspected murder of the monarch.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at their embarrassed appearance and said with a smile, "You asked me to come here just to see this thing, didn't you?"
Wang Ben felt a little embarrassed and knelt on one knee to explain, "Li Shangqing said that this item was a gift from the Queen Mother and it is quite powerful. He demonstrated how to use it to me before, so I wanted to let Your Majesty see it first. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me for disturbing you."
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