Chapter 459 Lin Fujia's Reluctance
East Palace, Cheng'en Hall.
The night is as dark as ink, so thick that it cannot be dissolved.
The dim candlelight flickered on the desk, illuminating Tiantian's quiet little face.
He picked up his brush again and slowly wrote down on the rice paper the fragment of the poem that Yan Xingtian had engraved on his palm:
——There is a sunflower in the marsh, which is eclipsed at dusk.
Today, the Grand Tutor was teaching how to interpret the meaning of Chinese characters, and he specifically asked about the character "隰".
"Xi" refers to a low-humidity place.
If it is separated, it becomes "阝(阜)" and "湿", which alludes to the word "虞".
Xiyu was a country with many lakes and rivers.
"Xuan" refers to the mother in the Xuantang. Here, it may refer to the aunt.
"Eclipse" refers to a solar or lunar eclipse that swallows up light, and is extended to mean betrayal and destruction.
"昃" means the sun sets in the west, which not only refers to the direction of the west, but also implies a sign of overthrow and decline.
Therefore, the correct interpretation of the broken poem on the palm is obvious:
Xi (Western Yu) has Xuan (aunt), who rebelled in Ze (west)!
Looking at the clear conclusion on the paper, Tiantian was silent for a long time, without much surprise in his eyes.
The strange death of Jiahe's cousin, all the clues have already pointed to her aunt.
But... he still felt a little bit unbelievable.
My aunt was so cruel that she dragged Jiahe into this and sacrificed that innocent little girl.
"That's all."
A soft sigh dissipated in the candlelight.
Sometimes, a person's destiny cannot be fully expressed in words.
He brought the piece of rice paper close to the candlelight, and the orange flame licked it greedily, turning it into ashes in an instant.
He stood up and pushed the door open.
Chi Shun, the eunuch guarding outside the hall, hurried forward with a lamp and carefully illuminated the way forward for him.
Every day I look up and see the lonely, cold moon hanging high in the sky, and a figure inexplicably appears in my mind.
What is "Yan Xingtian" doing at this moment?
Thinking of this, his steps involuntarily turned towards the Pineapple Palace.
Inside the Pineapple Palace.
Wen Li'er patted Zhao Zhao's back gently and hummed a soft folk song.
After this disaster, Zhaozhao seemed to have grown up a lot.
Her arm has been in a sling for over two months. I thought that with her lively personality, she would be anxious and cry.
I never thought that this little girl could be so calm and spend most of her time practicing music, chess, calligraphy and painting with Miaomiao.
He learns very quickly and is much smarter than Miaomiao, who is often kept after class by the teacher.
Wen Li'er glanced at Miaomiao who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and she couldn't help but hold her chin with her hands, feeling a little guilty.
This child doesn't seem very smart... probably because of me.
Just as I was feeling discouraged, Tiantian's voice rang out from the door.
"What is the Queen Mother thinking about?"
Wen Li'er didn't even think about it and blurted out, "I was thinking... Fortunately, except for Miaomiao, the rest of you have inherited your father's brains."
Tiantian was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing.
He walked forward, glanced at Miaomiao's round little face and innocent sleeping expression, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"It's better to be like the Queen Mother. So cute."
Wen Li'er is old, and she blushed when her son praised her for being cute.
"Why do you stay up so late every day? Are you worried about something?" she asked with concern.
Tiantian looked out the window at the dark night and said, "I have something I want to ask my father for advice on, and I came to see my mother on the way."
Wen Li'er never asked her son what confusion he needed to solve.
If his little head couldn't figure it out, she probably couldn't do anything about it.
But...she could go with him.
After instructing Nanny Qin and others to take good care of the children, Wen Li'er took Qiuying and Hua Zhan with Tiantian to the imperial study.
At this moment, Your Majesty should still be reviewing memorials.
However, the lights in the imperial study were on, but no one was seen.
The eunuch on duty reported that His Majesty went to Hanyuan Palace tonight.
Wen Li'er and Tiantian looked at each other and saw a hint of solemnity in each other's eyes.
It seems that something big is going to happen in the palace tonight.
"The Queen Mother is pregnant and should not work hard. Why don't you go back to the palace and rest first?" Tiantian spoke first.
Wen Li'er gently stroked her swollen belly and shook her head, saying, "Mother will go with you to take a look."
Tiantian knew her temperament very well. She looked gentle on the outside but was very stubborn on the inside.
He could only turn to Qiu Ying and Hua Zhan behind him and solemnly instructed them, "Take good care of our mother and don't let her get hurt."
"As you command!" The two of them quickly bowed in response.
When the group arrived outside Hanyuan Hall, they ran into Luo Yunzhen and Zhang Sicheng leading the imperial guards, escorting a large group of people into the hall.
The team included Princess Taiping, Princess Xiyu Yuyao and their delegation, as well as the entire Lin family.
Among them was a veiled woman. Although I hadn't seen her for many years, her temperament and figure had changed.
Wen Li'er recognized her at once - Lin Fujia.
Lin Fujia also saw her.
When her eyes fell on this woman who was over thirty but still as beautiful as a newly blossomed pear blossom, Lin Fujia was in a trance for a moment.
The memories of being selected into the palace and then becoming a concubine in the Eastern Palace are still vivid in my mind.
When she first met Wen Li'er, Lin Fujia had an inexplicable intuition - this girl would definitely be favored.
It's not that she is stunningly beautiful or talented, but that there is a comfortable aura around her that makes people want to get close to her.
She was indeed close to Wen Li'er, and in this deep palace, the two of them were as close as sisters.
She thought that as long as she clung closely to Wen Li'er, she would be able to gain a foothold in the palace and even live a good life.
But she ultimately overestimated her own determination and underestimated the surging emotions in people's hearts.
Seeing his former friend continue to be favored, rising in rank, loved by his husband, and surrounded by children...
The poisonous ivy called "jealousy" quietly took root in her heart and grew wildly with what she saw and felt day after day.
Gradually, it seemed as if two people lived in her mind:
One tried hard to maintain superficial calm, telling himself to stay true to himself;
The other one was devoured beyond recognition by jealousy, leaving only endless resentment and madness.
Yes, how can I be willing to accept this?
A woman who is inferior to me in every way, but lives a thousand times better than me.
While I was struggling in the mire, she was being held in the palm of someone's hand, having a smooth journey without any dust or dirt!
This huge gap tormented her day and night, and the two thoughts tore fiercely in her mind.
In the end, reason failed and unwillingness prevailed.
"If I can't have it, why should you have it?"
This thought was like a devil's voice filling my ears.
"Let's destroy it! Let's all be destroyed together, and fall into the abyss and become rats in the gutter!"
"Isn't it the love between sisters? If we can't share happiness, we will bear the difficulties together!"
That time at Meixiang Pavilion, she just waited for Wen Li'er to be defiled by those men and become filthy, and the emperor would definitely dislike her.
At that time, she would kneel down and "beg" the emperor to spare her life and send her to the cold palace to live out the rest of her life.
She would naturally take "extra care" of this "good sister". Together, they would watch the emperor visit the new bride, watch the three palaces and six courtyards filled with beautiful women, and watch the deep palace always being replaced by new brides.
Because, in her heart, no woman in this world is worthy of enjoying the emperor's love alone!
But why?
Why can Wen Lier always turn danger into safety?
Why is her life so good?!
It’s not fair! How unfair God is!
Wen Li'er is still as glorious as ever, but he himself has fallen into the trap of living in a nunnery with green lamps and ancient Buddhas, spending the rest of his life!
The overwhelming hatred grew and spread like weeds in my heart, covering the sky and the sun.
She hated it so much! She hated it so much!
Since the heavens are blind and the world is unfair, she will be the judge!
She tried her best, even giving herself to the disgusting old thing in the nunnery, before she was able to get in touch with Xiyu!
He also tried every possible means to drag Princess Taiping into this muddy water.
Why? Why did it still fail?!
Wen Li'er looked at the deep hatred swirling in Lin Fujia's eyes and slowly turned her head away.
I had already guessed it in my mind, so there weren't too many surprises at this moment.
But she felt that Lin Fujia's hatred was so violent and extremely... inexplicable.
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