Huyang is waiting for a result.
But I couldn't wait any longer.
Half a month had passed since Bai Zhong brought the imperial physician to the princess's residence for consultation.
Outside the window, everything is white. It is snowing in the capital.
The first snow this year came earlier than in previous years.
Princess Huyang went from being initially proud and expectant to being disappointed and then to despair.
A pair of eyes also lost their luster.
She laughed at herself.
She overestimated herself and underestimated the two people in the palace.
This time, Hu Yang was really sick and was lying in bed unable to get out of bed.
There were three snowfalls throughout the winter, and each one was a torment for her.
She lay in bed for a long time without moving. If it weren't for her eyes, she would have looked like a corpse.
Her heart was ice-cold.
Do you have any resentment in your heart?
Of course there is.
If Wuwang had not boarded Queen Gu Jiu's pirate ship and gone to Xiliang, she and Wuwang would always have had a chance to meet.
Nothing needed to happen, she just wanted to see him.
One glance was enough to satisfy her.
However, that person was in Xiliang, and without the order of the Queen and His Majesty, he would die in Xiliang.
Hu Yang's heart was broken by reality.
…
Gu Yu and Chen Min, along with their children, traveled all the way back to the capital before the New Year.
The couple brought their children to the princess's residence to visit Huyang.
"Mother, what happened to you? How did you become so sick?"
Chen Min knelt down on the footstool and started crying, unable to control herself.
"I will send for the imperial physician right away and he will cure my mother's illness."
"No need!" Hu Yang said weakly.
Chen Min looked at Hu Yang eagerly and held her hand tightly. "What can a daughter do? Mother, please cheer up, please don't..."
Hu Yang laughed softly, like a leaky bellows, his laughter was dry and made a rumbling sound.
"I'm glad you're back. I didn't expect your child to have grown up so much after being away from Beijing for so many years."
Hu Yang looked at his grandchildren without any emotion.
She doesn't love children and doesn't like children.
She doesn't even like her own children.
She is a selfish person by nature.
Chen Min kept chattering in her ear, talking about the children's situation.
Hu Yang's eyes had long been empty. His gaze passed over the children and seemed to see Xiliang thousands of miles away and Master Wuwang.
"Empress, someone is coming from the palace!" The maid's report woke Huyang up.
She came back to her senses, confused at first, then she started laughing again.
Is the palace finally willing to give her a response?
"Please invite the person in quickly."
The person who came to the palace was still Bai Zhong from Chang'an Palace.
Chen Min wanted to stay with Hu Yang, but Hu Yang insisted on driving her away.
There are some things that Minmin cannot hear.
Bai Zhong brought a letter and a portrait to Huyang.
When Hu Yang saw the letter, his heart tightened and he almost fainted.
The handwriting is familiar yet unfamiliar. It is the handwritten letter from Master Wuxuan.
The portrait is a life-size portrait of Master Wuwang, with a solemn and dignified appearance and the demeanor of a great man.
Looking at the portrait, Hu Yang's eyes were instantly filled with tears.
She reached out her hand and stroked the person in the portrait. "He's old too!"
Bai Zhong said softly, "Her Majesty specially sent someone to paint a portrait of Master Wuwang and presented it to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Princess Huyang laughed, with tears in the corners of her eyes.
"Thank the Queen for me!"
In the end, Gu Jiu did not watch Hu Yang die, but she would not call Wu Wang back.
A life-size portrait and a letter represent her feelings.
"Is he okay?" Hu Yang asked cautiously.
Bai Zhong nodded. "Master Wuwang is very good! He has been spreading Buddhism in the Western Regions and is a recognized monk with great enlightenment."
Hu Yang burst into tears of joy, "I'm so happy for him! I knew he would become a truly great monk."
Bai Zhong reminded her, "Princess, don't you read letters? This is Master Wuwang's handwritten letter, written to you by him, and sent back to the capital along with the portrait at full speed. It just arrived yesterday, and today we were ordered to bring the letter and portrait to the princess."
Huyang stared at the letter with a smile. It was written on it, "From Huyang personally"!
Just four words made Hu Yang shed tears of happiness.
She smiled and said, "The Queen is thoughtful! I misunderstood her before and thought that the Queen had forgotten me."
Bai Zhong said, "Xiliang is too far away, so far away that the Empress isn't sure what will happen. Therefore, the Empress has been cold to the Princess, not wanting to give her hope, only to be disappointed."
Hu Yang cried out, "She is really thoughtful. I am grateful to her from the bottom of my heart."
Tears dripped onto the envelope.
Huyang wiped it hurriedly, very nervous.
Bai Zhong tactfully said, "I have to return to the palace to report. So, I'll take my leave now! Princess, take care of yourself!"
"Thank you, Eunuch Bai."
With Master Wuwang's letter, Huyang regained its vitality.
However, her body has been overdrawn.
Her age meant that her body was destined to suffer such damage that it would never recover.
Then Hu Yang did not regret it.
…
The fourth year of Jingming was destined to be a turbulent year.
In February, Huyang passed away.
Before she died, she drew up a list of burial objects for herself.
In addition to various gold and silver utensils and funeral supplies, she specifically requested that hopeless letters and portraits be buried with her.
To this end, skilled craftsmen were specially invited from the Shaofu to ensure that the letters and portraits would not decay for hundreds or thousands of years in the underground palace.
She doesn't care what people will think if one day they open her mausoleum and find letters and portraits.
She just needs long-term companionship after death.
Queen Gu Jiu left the palace and went to the princess's residence to visit Hu Yang for the last time.
When Huyang was dying, he had a last glimmer of light.
She was smiling, a warm smile.
She said happily, "I thought I would never love anyone in my life, and that being a heartless royal princess was fine. I never thought that one day I would fall in love with someone. Although we can't be together forever, I feel happy because I have love in my heart. Looking at his portrait and reading the letters he wrote to me, it's as if he is right next to me."
Gu Jiu asked calmly, "Do you hate me? I didn't let him come back to see you one last time. Do you hate me?"
Hu Yang slowly shook his head. "I'm so ugly now, how can I let him see me? He's right not to come back. This way, I'll always be the most beautiful Hu Yang in his eyes. Do you think he still remembers what I look like?"
Gu Jiu nodded solemnly, "He remembers! He drew your portrait himself and always carries it with him."
"Really?"
Hu Yang was pleasantly surprised. "He actually has a portrait of me! It would have been great if you had told me earlier."
Gu Jiu slowly shook his head, "If I had told you earlier, you would have chased him to Xiliang."
Hu Yang smiled and said, "No! I was born into a life of luxury. I'm used to a life of luxury. I can't stand running thousands of miles, eating sand and drinking wind. I'm a person who has deep love, but I can't let go of material things. In fact, my love is not pure. From the beginning to the end, I am still the selfish Hu Yang."
Gu Jiu asked: "Do you really love him?"
Hu Yang was bewildered at first, then he nodded and said, "That's right! To have been thinking about her for twenty years, what else could it be but love?"
Gu Jiu asked again: "Regret?"
Hu Yang laughed. "My nephew's wife, this should be the last time I call you that. You don't have to feel guilty towards me. You just did what you were supposed to do, and no one could do it better than you. I have no regrets, and I don't hate anyone. I'm just a little sad."
Gu Jiu nodded heavily, "I understand."
"I would like to ask the Queen two favors."
"you say."
Hu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't let Gu Yu and Min Min leave the capital, okay? Life is so hard out there. You can be an official anywhere. Being an official in the capital is also very good. Min Min is a bit stubborn. If the Queen can take care of her, I will be very grateful."
Gu Jiu agreed to her, "I promise to let them stay in the capital."
Hu Yang laughed and said, "Tell Minmin to burn incense for me every Qingming Festival to fulfill the mother-daughter relationship."
"I will remind her."
"The second thing is, if Wuwang ever returns to the Great Zhou, to the capital, can you please have him come to my grave to look at it, talk to me, and recite the Diamond Sutra to me? I haven't heard him recite the sutra in years, and I've always missed it. Other people's recitations don't have the same flavor as his. After all, he is a highly accomplished monk, and no one else can compare to him."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Okay! If he comes back, let him go to your grave and chant sutras."
Hu Yang smiled, a warm smile.
Gu Jiu seemed to see the high-spirited and reckless Hu Yang again.
It is inevitable that many emotions arise in my heart.
All the funeral arrangements have been made.
The day after Gu Jiu visited Hu Yang, Hu Yang closed his eyes and left the world with expectation.
Emperor Liu Zhao ordered the Shaofu to arrange Huyang's funeral in accordance with the etiquette for a princess.
Chen Min cried very sadly.
"My mother passed away, and there wasn't even anyone to carry out the funeral."
She was a married woman from outside the family and had no right to open the coffin or break the pot.
Therefore, she was deeply saddened.
No matter how much hatred or dissatisfaction there is, when a person dies, everything disappears, and the only thing left in one’s heart is the kindness of one’s biological mother.
The more Chen Min recalled her good deeds, the more he felt guilty.
"I should go back to Beijing earlier and spend more time with her."
Gu Yu comforted her: "The princess passed away peacefully, which shows that she had no regrets."
Chen Min cried until her eyes turned red. "How can I not be sad that there is not even a descendant to keep vigil for my mother? I want to keep vigil for her!"
"Okay! It's all up to you!"
Chen Min kept vigil as a filial daughter and sent Hu Yang on his final journey.
Half a month later, the funeral ceremony was over and the body was officially buried.
Princess Huyang's underground palace is near the imperial mausoleum.
After the burial, it was already March, when spring was in full bloom.
…
Years ago, Gu Rui returned to the capital with the first batch of students from the Military Academy. The entire Marquisate and the Gu family were in a state of excitement.
But the good times didn’t last long.
In March, flowers are in full bloom, colorful and beautiful.
Old Madam Wei fell ill.
The old lady, Mrs. Wei, is a rare long-lived person. She is already in her eighties and has five generations living under the same roof.
The Gu family was shocked.
The old lady is the pillar of the family. If anything happens to her, it will be a disaster.
As the queen, Gu Jiu ignored traditional rules and insisted on going to the marquis's mansion to visit the old lady.
However, even Liu Zhao stopped her.
"You may think this is nonsense, but the fact is that all patients who have been visited by the Empress or the Emperor generally do not live long. I am worried that if something happens to the old lady after you visit her, you will blame yourself."
Gu Jiu was very sad. "You also object to me visiting her?"
Liu Zhao hesitated for a moment. "Normally, the emperor and empress would only visit the patient on their deathbed. In a similar situation to Aunt Huyang, they would visit her for the last time the day before she died."
Bang!
Gu Jiu smashed the teacup on the table.
The palace ladies were silent as a cicada, not daring to breathe.
The Empress rarely punished the palace maids, but her natural majesty always made people fear her from the bottom of their hearts.
Liu Zhao held Gu Jiu's hand tightly and said, "If you must take the risk, I will accompany you. Afterwards, I will bear the blame for you."
Gu Jiu shook his head, "Forget it, I won't go."
After all, the identity of queen has too many restrictions.
In her heart, she knew that the time had come for Old Madam Wei to pass away, and human efforts were powerless to save her.
Birth, aging, sickness and death are the laws of nature that no one can change.
After the old marquis passed away, Madam Wei was able to hold on for nearly ten years, having already exhausted all her efforts.
The reason why she was holding on was for the sake of the Marquis' Mansion and her family.
When Gu Rui has made great achievements and is able to support the Marquis's Mansion, the old lady Wei will lose her temper and will be in trouble.
As Qingming Festival approached, old lady Wei was on her deathbed.
Gu Jiu traveled in a low profile and quietly arrived at the Marquis' Mansion.
Except for the Marquis and his wife, and Gu Rui and his wife, no one else knew that she would come to the Marquis' Mansion to see the old lady off for the last time.
So when she appeared in front of everyone, everyone was surprised.
Everyone was asked to leave the bedroom, leaving the space for the grandparents and grandchildren.
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