Chapter 634: Extra: Twenty Years in the Deep Palace
The Queen - to be precise, she should now be called the Queen Mother.
The emperor is dead.
Emperor Chengxi succeeded to the throne.
She became the Queen Mother from the Empress Dowager (to distinguish her from the previous Empress Dowager, she will be referred to as the Queen Mother of Chu below).
Queen Mother Chu never dreamed that
Her first time in the true sense was with Fan Jingzhou.
The story begins with the Buddha's Birthday Festival.
The Buddha Bathing Festival is over and everyone returns.
Halfway through the journey, heavy snow began to fall without any warning.
Heavy snow would not affect travel.
But, as luck would have it, when the temple bell rang, it resonated with the thick snow on the mountain, causing a small avalanche.
The avalanche was swift and sudden, and the escort team was scattered. Queen Mother Chu's carriage rolled down the mountain and was stuck in a narrow place somewhere in the mountains.
The shaft of the cart was broken and the horses were thrown to death.
There were only two or three guards left.
This place is hidden and hard to find, and the guards will not be able to find them for a while.
Several people hid in the only shelter, feeling heavy-hearted.
In such bad weather, if you stay, you will freeze to death.
If you rush out without finding the right path, you will die faster.
No matter what choice you make, it's a dead end.
At first, the guard wanted to shout loudly to attract people.
The Queen Mother of Chu immediately stopped the guards.
On the snowy mountains, it is most taboo to make loud noises.
Their position was extremely tricky. If another avalanche occurred, they would have no way to escape and would be buried alive in the snow.
The snow was falling heavily with no sign of stopping.
The sky is getting darker and darker.
It got even colder after dark.
Queen Mother Chu looked at the people who were almost at their limit and secretly made up her mind to order the guards to dismantle the carriage and burn it for heating.
When Aunt Frost heard that Queen Mother Chu wanted to burn the carriage, her eyes turned red: "Queen Mother, the carriage is the only place that can protect us from the wind and snow. You should think twice."
The guards also said, "Empress Dowager, let's go find some branches and firewood."
Queen Mother Chu shook her head.
It's snowing so heavily, let alone finding branches and firewood.
Even if we found branches and firewood, they would be damp and cold and could not be lit.
Besides, there is no time left.
Burning the carriage was the only option.
Queen Mother Chu said, "According to your order, burn the carriage."
"We are not burning the carriage randomly, but to send out a distress signal. You will follow my command."
The guards split the carriage in half with their swords.
The Queen Mother of Chu used flammable materials such as screens to set fire to the broken wood.
She sorted the wood chips into three piles.
The smoke concentrations produced by the three piles are different.
She ordered the people adding wood to maintain the current smoke.
Time passes by little by little.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Queen Mother Chu's heart was getting heavier and heavier.
If the sky gets completely dark, the smoke will also disappear into the darkness.
By then, their only hope of survival was gone.
It was snowing heavily and it got dark very quickly.
As night fell, no one noticed the thick smoke and no reinforcements arrived.
Queen Mother Chu looked at the people who were shivering from the cold and whose lips were purple, and sighed, "It seems that God wants to kill them."
"Azhen!"
Just when Queen Mother Chu thought she was going to be trapped here and die, a familiar voice suddenly came from above.
"Azhen, are you down there?"
Upon hearing this voice, Queen Mother Chu felt her heart skip a beat.
This voice belongs to Fan Jingzhou.
He is here.
He really came.
Tears rolled down Queen Mother Chu's eyes.
This method of surviving in the midst of war was taught to her by Fan Jingzhou a long time ago.
With the idea of giving it a try, she set the carriage on fire, hoping someone would understand her distress signal.
She won the bet!
"I'm here." Queen Mother Chu's voice choked with sobs.
"Great! I finally found you." The familiar voice said, "Don't be afraid. It's quite steep here. I'll have Qing Huang come down to pick you up."
After a while.
Qing Huang appeared in front of Queen Mother Chu.
He took the lead in bringing Queen Mother Chu upstairs.
Fan Jingzhou looked Queen Mother Chu up and down, and was relieved to see that she was not injured.
He draped the cloak over Queen Mother Chu and said, "It's getting dark, and it's dangerous to travel any further. Let's go to Plum Blossom Village and rest for the night."
Fan Jingzhou brought Queen Mother Chu to the home of the village chief of Meihua Village.
The village chief's house often receives distinguished guests and is in excellent repair.
Lame Uncle San specially made antique soup (ancient hot pot) to drive away the cold for everyone.
The Queen Mother of Chu was rescued by Fan Jingzhou when she was in despair. She was emotionally unstable and drank a few more cups.
It was these few cups that brought out the emotions she had hidden for more than twenty years.
That night, she and Fan Jingzhou had sex.
The two people panting fell asleep in each other's arms...
She couldn't describe the feeling.
The body is like a floating duckweed.
White lights kept flashing in my head.
After a ridiculous night, she finally realized what happened last night.
Only then did she realize how ridiculous it was for her to have done such a ridiculous thing as the Queen Mother and a role model for women all over the world!
"Go now." Queen Mother Chu said to Fan Jingzhou with a cold face, "Let's just pretend that what happened last night never happened."
Fan Jingzhou looked at the woman who was passionate last night and wanted to become one with him, but was as cold as ice this morning.
Fan Jingzhou was like an abandoned puppy, aggrieved: "A Zhen, you don't want me anymore?"
When Queen Mother Chu heard the word "again", her heart felt like it was being grabbed tightly by a huge hand, and the pain was so severe that she almost suffocated.
Back then, the Fan family and the Chu family were in charge of the Fan family army and the Chu family army respectively.
The two armies are equally strong, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are at their peak.
The higher-ups will not allow the Fan and Chu families to marry.
This is something that both families are aware of.
Therefore, even if they have feelings for each other, they cannot be together.
The day before she was to marry the emperor, Fan Jingzhou came to see her.
That time, Fan Jingzhou said nothing, but just looked at her deeply from a distance.
She saw it, but could only pretend not to see it, and could not call him to stop.
Fan Jingzhou's back as he left looked like an abandoned puppy.
At that time, both she and he had no choice.
Now she and he are still helpless.
She was the empress dowager of the Dayu Dynasty and a role model for women all over the world.
Her every move concerns the country and the people.
She has no right to be willful.
Queen Mother Chu turned her back to Fan Jingzhou, tears welling in her eyes: "Azhou, don't force me."
When Fan Jingzhou heard these three words, he fell silent.
After a long time, he sighed deeply and left.
After Fan Jingzhou left, Queen Mother Chu lay on the bed, buried her head in the quilt, and tears kept flowing down.
Shuangjiang sat beside Queen Mother Chu and asked, "Have you ever met Qin Shuqing, the eldest daughter of the Qin family?"
"I heard that Qin Shuqing is Lord Qin's niece and was adopted as his daughter. She looks almost exactly like Lord Qin's adopted daughter, Miss Feng Qing. It's really amazing."
"In this world, who cares about what's true or false? When you go out, your identity is given by yourself."
"The Chu family is no longer the Chu family of the past."
"The Fan family is not the same Fan family as before."
"The world is no longer what it used to be."
"It's time for you to live for yourself."
Queen Mother Chu was stunned.
Live for yourself.
These words exploded in my mind like thunder.
She has dedicated more than forty years to the Chu family and the royal family.
She should live for herself in the remaining time.
After Queen Dowager Chu returned to the palace, she found Emperor Chengxi.
Emperor Chengxi was shocked, but also expressed understanding.
The previous emperor had no roots, and the Queen Mother Chu had been a widow for half her life. It was time for her to live for herself.
A few days later, Emperor Chengxi set a fire himself.
The fire killed the "Queen Mother of Chu". Emperor Chengxi buried her in the imperial mausoleum with the highest ceremony for a queen mother.
The other side.
Chu Zhen appeared in front of Fan Jingzhou wearing her favorite light blue dress.
She smiled and said, "Azhou, I heard that you have been to many places, seen many beautiful places, and eaten many delicious foods."
"Would you be willing to take me to see it?"
Fan Jingzhou looked at the woman in front of him.
In a trance, she still looked as bright and beautiful as she was in her youth.
It was as if something had traveled through time and space, turning into tenderness at this moment.
"I'm very happy to do so." Fan Jingzhou heard himself say.
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