Cover The Sky With One Hand, Beat The Ground With The Other Chapter 65: Four Extras

The cell environment of Dali Temple is better than that of the punishment department. At least in this square inch, there is no need to be handcuffed with iron chains. It is equipped with a table and a chair, and the wooden bed is covered with a cover to keep out the cold.

I think I was the one who proposed to improve the lives of prisoners in Dali Temple at first. I planted melons to get melons, and I never imagined that I would benefit myself many years later.

Although I think I'm just a commoner today, I can't be treated as a political prisoner at all, but if you think about it carefully, after all, this is where Song Langsheng used to be on a errand, and the relationship between the upper and lower levels is also familiar. Here he will feel more at ease.

I've been in the Sky Prison for four or five days.

The chief of the Dali Temple came to see me with a basket almost every day, and he was filled with wine and vegetables, and there was not a single one. I didn't look like he was trying to judge me. He was so diligent, mostly because My relationship with Song Langsheng, I thought that maybe my fake princess could become the mother of a country, so I took good care of it. Several times, I wanted to discuss with him the laws of Daqing and analyze the structure of the imperial court for him, so that he would die. After thinking about it, I am afraid that I will not be able to live a stable life for a few days, so why waste it? Live up to this table of gourmet delicacies.

In this way, Chaos stayed for two more days, and finally someone came to visit the prison.

It's just that I didn't expect Tao Yuan to be the first to come.

When the jailer retired, Tao Yuan knelt down almost immediately and said, "Tao Yuan is late, the princess has suffered..."

I stood up from the bed, "Mr. Tao, I'm not a princess anymore, you can just call me by my name..."

Tao Yuandao: "No matter what your status is, you will always be the master of Mingjian Division..."

I shook my head slightly and helped him up, "What's going on outside?"

Tao Yuan said: "In the past few days, Xiao Jinglan was temporarily placed under house arrest for abusing the prisoner. The emperor went to Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation and found out that the empress dowager in the palace was someone who was faked by Xiao Jinglan, and everyone in the court was shocked. His henchmen took the opportunity to lead the army into chaos, intending to force the palace to usurp the throne... Naturally, he was eventually subdued by Yu Linwei. Now Xiao Jinglan is also being held in this prison... The reason why the emperor is not in a hurry to rescue you is also because this place is the most Safe, when the storm subsides, he will immediately send his subordinates to come down with the princess to explain in detail..."

Listening to Tao Yuan's "Emperor", knowing that he was called Song Langsheng, I couldn't react for a while, I said in a sullen voice: "He...is he really an emperor?"

Tao Yuan nodded slowly, "Now the parties are fighting fiercely, and it is difficult to say in a few words that the two previous emperors' edicts were so instructed that even if many people were unwilling to surrender, they could not find a more suitable successor to the throne. The choice... Right now the emperor has not yet ascended the throne, several parties in the court are eager to move, and the princes and marquis of various vassal regions are on their way to the capital, and the emperor's words and deeds are slightly wrong. Reassure..."

I leaned against the cold stone wall and took a deep breath, "I'm afraid... at least half of the people in the court have asked the 'Emperor' to kill me..."

Tao Yuan was a little surprised when he heard the words, and quickly said: "The emperor will keep you safe as soon as possible, and the princess doesn't have to worry about it."

I smiled noncommittally, "Is the queen mother really found?"

Tao Yuan was stunned and shook his head, "Xiao Jinglan will not say anything, I'm afraid..."

"No. He didn't know that the Empress Dowager was not his biological mother, so she wouldn't be so cruel... I think the Empress Dowager should be under house arrest somewhere..."

Seeing Tao Yuan's contemplative state, I raised my eyes and looked at him: "I wonder if you can arrange for me to meet him?"

Jing Lan was imprisoned in a VIP room in the deepest and lowest part of the Sky Prison.

The so-called VIPs mean that it has been rare for a number of years to have such a high-ranking traitorous party.

Although it took a lot of trouble, I finally got the approval of the Dali Temple Prime Minister to meet Jing Lan. But the Dali temple chief insisted that Jing Lan was the number one dangerous person, and would not say anything to the jailer to unlock it. I simply moved the stool from my room, sat outside the door, and then turned everyone away, wanting to talk to him alone for a while. .

The candles burned into tears and fell, and the lights in the wooden fence were bright.

Jing Lan heard the movement a long time ago, but he just kept his back to me and pretended that he couldn't sleep. After a long time, he saw that I had no intention of leaving, so he slowly turned over and put his head on one hand. Ning turned to me and said, "What are you doing here with me now?"

I don't know what to say when he asks that.

Jing Lan's face was a little hazy under the light and shadow of the lights, and it was not very real. I inexplicably remember when I was very young, I sneaked to the East Palace to play with the eldest brother. It was a warm spring afternoon. He lay lazily on the couch, casually flipping through a book, when he saw me coming, Qian He smiled and rubbed my hair and asked, "Little sister, what are you doing here with me?"

With a flick of a finger, those warm feelings have all vanished, and we have become strangers as if they had never existed.

I said lightly: "I live next door next door to you, because there are some things I can't figure out, so I came to ask you."

He looked at me blankly for a long time, then smiled abruptly, "You have come to this point, and you want to ask the whereabouts of the Queen Mother for Song Langsheng? Oh, you have always been so stupid that you will be banished and banished. The royal father used it until the last moment..."

I said: "You still call him father and emperor to prove that you still regard him as a family member in your heart..."

Jing Lan immediately fell silent. Seeing that I was still looking at him, he twitched the corners of his mouth, "I think of him as a family member, so what? What about him? What does he think of me as a **** to consolidate power and position? , and throw it away after use!"

I said silently: "Back then...it was you...the one who insisted on leaving after you met Miss Qiluo...otherwise my father..."

"Hahahaha..." Jing Lan laughed out loud, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, "Xiangyi, Xiangyi, do you think that it was me who abandoned you all for my own selfishness and went away alone? Is it?"

I looked at him puzzled.

He said: "Back then, when I saw that my father was too worried about the rebellion of the previous dynasty, the dragon body was getting thinner and thinner, so I wanted to help my father to find out the real culprit behind the previous dynasty's rebellion. To relieve the worries of the father and the emperor. At that time, because I was worried about your dealings with the 'big brother' of unknown origin, I sent someone to check his details. Unexpectedly, I found Jun Jinzhi from him, and even found out The big secret of the former Chaotian. I know that if he escapes, if the former secret land is opened in time, I am afraid that it will be another catastrophe in my Daqing..." His eyes turned to the jumping candle, "Therefore, I painstakingly Planning, on the one hand, sent people to hunt down the escaped Ruiwang family, and on the other hand, started with the Wu family... Although they were injured by the sword at that time and let Ruiwang and the others escape, they finally got the secret place of the former dynasty..."

He got up and looked at me, "I can't wait to rush back to the capital, wanting to report this to my father... and guess what? Ruiwang's family died while fleeing, and my father learned that I forced them to When I was in a desperate situation, Longyan was furious. Not only did he fail to appreciate me, he even scolded me ashamed in front of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, saying that I made an assertion and deployed troops without authorization. Such an important clue was cut off because of me... Haha , he didn't even notice that the clothes behind my chest were soaked with blood!"

I stared blankly at Jing Lan, he pointed to his nose, "I didn't understand at the time, I didn't understand what I did wrong, I was angry that the emperor didn't understand me, I didn't understand that everything I did was For him and for Daqing! So I didn't tell him that I found out where the secret place is... I think, one day, he can understand my painstaking efforts, and then I will tell everything frankly..."

Jing Lan's eyes gradually turned red, he closed his eyes, "But since then, the royal father's treatment of me has become more and more indifferent, no matter how well I do, no matter how hard I do it, he will not give me a second look. ...I started to feel depressed, ignored the government all day long and finally drank to relieve my sorrow... It was also at that time that I met Qiluo..."

Hearing this, my heart gradually sank.

It's not that the father can't see Jing Lan, but at that time, he had the heart to be indifferent to him, and it is extremely easy to go astray when the favored son of heaven is treated so coldly...

I couldn't help but say: "...why didn't you tell me at the time? Why did you secretly send honey to elope instead of me, but you didn't tell me about my elder brother's life experience?"

Jing Lan hesitated for a moment in the dark, then glanced to the side lightly, "Tell you what to do? If you find out that your sweetheart is the son of the former master, it will only add to your pain..."

He just wanted to protect his little sister.

I bit my lip and didn't speak. He only heard him whisper: "Afterwards...the royal father strongly opposed my marriage with Qiluo, and even in front of Qiluo made me have to choose between her and the crown prince...I was disheartened, I just think that this throne is meaningless. Since my father wants me to go, I will leave, as long as Qiluo can be with me... Heh, now that I think about it, my father is so angry, just because I chase after him. Killing his own son, the reason why he removed me from the royal family was just to pass on the crown prince position to Jingyan."

Jing Lan asked me: "After all, is it that I don't regard him as a father, or does he not regard me as a prince?"

I couldn't refute this point, he saw me speechless and smiled again, "Do you think I came back because I repented and fell in love with the throne again? You know, those few years Qiluo has suffered too much outside with me. I am full of financial resources, but when I reach the folks, I run into walls everywhere. Although I don't eat three meals a day, I always run around for a living... But even so, I never thought about it. Back to the original position..."

"Then...why..."

"Until Qiluo became seriously ill." Jing Lan took a deep breath and said, "I sold all my belongings and couldn't heal her. When I was desperate, I thought of going back to ask the emperor, so I brought Qiluo with me. When I arrived in front of the imperial city, I asked my old friend from the court to tell my father, the emperor, about my intentions, but I was turned away. I could only wait until the third day, when he sent someone to give me five hundred taels Yinzi sent me away...but that night, Qiluo...couldn't make it through..." His hands trembled slightly, "If...if he would come to see me earlier, even if the imperial physician in the palace would replace Qi earlier When Luo heals, Qiluo won't die! It's him! It's him who killed Qiluo!"

The lamp on the table flickered, and I felt a chill, Jing Lan said: "Since then, I finally understand that in this world, if you don't have power in your hands, you can't do anything at all, even... The most beloved can't keep..."

My heart trembled slightly, and he said, "You are different from me. When you eloped with Song Langsheng, there was still the father and the emperor paving the way for you, the money, and the help of nobles, who could buy a house at any time. Easy days..."

I looked at him in shock, "You...you know where we are?"

"You have used so many connections, how can I not find out..." He laughed at himself, "You want to live a clean life, why should I bother you... I thought, at least you wouldn't Stop me..."

I held the corner of my clothes tightly, "Brother, the Forgetting Soul Powder you put on me didn't kill me, it's enough to see that you still treat me as a younger sister, but why did you treat me like Jingyan? Killing intent...he after all—"

"Some things are done, so what's the point of talking about them now?" Jing Lan interrupted me casually, "Do you think I'm talking to you so much to gain your sympathy? No? , I only regret that I was still a little hesitant at the beginning, whether it was for you or Jingyan, in the end, I still lost to the so-called Yi Nian Zhi Ren!" He slightly raised his head and glanced at me, "This is the point, you think I am Will you also tell you where the Queen Mother is hiding?"

I was silent for a long time, "You are always cautious and do not trust others, so how could you trust the Queen Mother to be taken care of by outsiders? During Jing Yan's serious illness, you seldom left the palace, and the Queen Mother was most likely under house arrest by you in the palace. I don't believe that I can't find any clues in the palace." I slowly got up and watched his face turn pale bit by bit, "I came here just to ask for an answer, I didn't come here originally. Find out the whereabouts of the Queen Mother."

Seeing that I was about to leave, he took a step forward, "If the queen mother returns safely, do you think she will allow you to live in this world?"

He dragged the chain between his legs, put his hands on the wooden rail, and said coldly, "Royal father is gone, Jingyan is gone, and even your princess is no longer there...you It is very clear in my heart that at this stage, if you cannot be selfish once, you will have no hope in this life with him..."

I didn't expect him to suddenly mention this to me, and all of a sudden, "You..."

His ink-colored pupils reflected the jumping candlelight, "I lost, but I didn't lose to Jing Yan, nor to my father, nor to Song Langsheng. I lost to God, it was God who gave me such a destiny that was doomed from birth. You are the same... little sister."

He called my little sister.

I feel my shoulders shaking slightly.

I think this is the scary part of fate. If the elder brother is really the father's biological prince, maybe everyone's ending today will be very good.

"Go to rest early..." My eyes were filled with mist, and when I turned to leave, I heard my deep voice, "Thank you. Big brother."

The next day, the Dali Temple chief came to tell me that the queen mother was really hidden in the cellar of Gyeongbokgung Palace. Although she had been in a coma for two days, the imperial doctor said that there was no danger of her life, as long as she had a good life and rested. , will recover soon.

I smiled and said, "That's great, you can get promoted again."

He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Thanks to you for reminding...but you didn't let me tell them..."

What is the difference between speaking and not speaking.

I said that at most, I will add a credit to my death sentence and change it to life imprisonment. It is better to give more opportunities to promising young people, and it is also considered to have repaid him so many delicious meals. .

At first, I had a contract with this little brother, and I planned to say goodbye to him before leaving. Unexpectedly, that day and night, I was silently taken out by a group of people who seemed to be unknown. Dali Temple.

Under normal circumstances, the person who can take a death row out of the Heavenly Prison is either a prisoner or someone who uses power for personal gain. Considering that it is impossible for a prisoner to be silent, I was sent to the carriage by this group of people in my confusion. At that time, you can basically tell whose handwriting it is.

When the carriage slowly stopped and I lifted the curtain and saw the mansion in front of me, I suddenly felt that time had changed.

The palace of Princess Xiangyi.

The people on the carriage didn't follow. I pushed open the mansion door, and my palm touched a thin layer of ash. I thought, if Uncle Liu was still there, he would definitely not endure the dignified princess mansion door not being polished.

The night was cold and cold to the bone. I slowly walked into the mansion. There used to be a lot of flowers here, and the courtyard was full of roses and begonias. Now there is only one lake with water, and the cold moon follows the waves. All pride and prosperity are annihilated and silent.

Life is so fickle, I inexplicably think of the year when he was dazed and captured in the palace and said to him arrogantly: "Now that the boat has been made and the rice has been cooked, Song Langsheng, you should be the concubine, and you should be the consort. ."

At that time, the sky was high and the clouds were wide, the flowers were thick, and we were all ignorant and fearless.

The bluestones spread into the yong road at the foot of the steps, along the veranda all the way to the inner courtyard. On this path that used to be the only way to go back to the house with the concubine, the green vines spread and hang down. It was newly planted after the destruction of the mansion. .

At that time, when the concubine was on the expedition, I didn't know my own background. I just wanted to plant it well, so that when he returned home, he could see the vitality.

Unexpectedly, we never came back.

I walked, stopped, and my eyes fell on the green tree at the end of the trail.

Silver light is scattered, and the silhouette under the tree that I am all too familiar with is also extremely unfamiliar at this moment.

Song Langsheng heard the footsteps, and suddenly turned around. Before I could react, his body tightened and he was forced into his arms.

The warm breath is still the same, the embrace is still the same, it is still deep, addictive, and irreversible.

The cool breeze is mixed with the smell of vegetation and his hoarse voice: "I shouldn't have left you alone in the prison for so long."

Tears welled up in my eyes, I held it for so long, I almost couldn't stop it, I was speechless, he thought I was still annoyed at him and wanted to wipe my tears, but it was still in the air, " A-Tang, what I said in Yanfu Palace...is not..."

"I know, if you don't make this deal with Jing Lan, how can he allow you to enter the palace, how can you restore the situation if you don't enter the palace, and you don't follow the trend, what will I do at this time? See you in An Ran," I intercepted his words, looked up and wiped my tears, "Look, I'm so smart, how could I possibly misunderstand you for this kind of thing."

"A-Tang...I..."

I asked: "In that year, you rescued me from the fire in Chenjia Village. After we returned to the palace, we were very close, but it didn't take long for you to alienate me. No matter how I questioned, you turned a deaf ear. Kneeling all night in front of the palace, I wanted to accompany you, but you abandoned me again, did you know everything at that time?"

Song Langsheng was silent for a moment, "At that time, the emperor... Father Huang saw that I was unwilling to cooperate and sneak into the henchmen of the old dynasty, and in a fit of anger, he told me about your and my background... He told me, My real identity is the prince of Daqing, not the heir of the previous dynasty at all... At that time, I couldn't accept it, he gave me a second choice, if I was stubborn, he would make you and me public, I... "

So, no matter how much I plead, how much I misunderstand, he doesn't want to explain anything.

He has endured everything and concealed everything. He just hopes that I can always be that Xiangyi, the favored daughter of the emperor, the princess who is high in the eyes of the people, and never have to know about this cruelty. the truth.

Just how many things in this world can really be fulfilled?

I asked, "Have you already known about His Royal Highness's imperial decree?"

He nodded lightly, "He has always been worried about Jing Yan's condition. If something happens, he hopes that I can turn the tide..."

I looked up at him, "How come you never said a word to me about these words?"

He paused, "At that time, Jing Yan's physical condition was better than expected, and he was even more thoughtful about rectifying the military situation and handling the political affairs. I knew he could take on this important task, so I felt relieved and chose to leave with you. ..."

I interrupted him by muttering: "At that time, as long as you told me, I will never be willful enough to ask you to take me away from the barracks... You know me, I have never been a person who ignores the overall situation... …”

Song Langsheng looked at me quietly, his eyes, even in such a dark night, were still clear, "You have always wronged yourself...A Tang, I only want to see you live your life freely, not for Anything that hinders..."

My heart skips a beat.

What a wonderful wish to be free from anything.

But there is suffering everywhere in the world, and who can truly live freely? When I didn't know the truth, I was still able to do whatever I wanted among the people, but at that time, Song Langsheng, could he really let go of everything and pick chrysanthemums with a clear conscience?

If this is the case, how could he easily escape from the prison in Guangling and rush back to the capital?

I didn't speak, and Song Langsheng didn't continue to speak. The surroundings were very quiet. I looked around for a while and asked, "You picked me up from the prison in the middle of the night. Did a 'Xiao Qitang' take it for me?"

He was slightly startled, nodded and said: "I really don't want you to continue to be in prison, right now, it can only be done first, but as long as you give me some time, I will find a way to forgive you. .”

I shook my head and said: "In the years when I was in power, those who the father could not justly protect or who wanted to kill were not secretly ordering people to fabricate evidence through my hands. The purpose? Even at that time, the impeachment reports in the court were never interrupted, but most of the elders in the court could guess the inseparable relationship with the father and the emperor, so how could they really explain it? Everyone pushes it, not to mention the old hatred in the past, the emperor and the courtier have all changed to the third generation. You can see that there is a big change between the important ministers in the court and the father and emperor? This group of clan members has long been Tie a line, they won't let Jingyan shake them, and naturally they won't be willing to let you shake it. The so-called knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, this time, they dealt with me like this on the surface, but they are actually testing you. If you really ignore the alliance of their henchmen Li, insist on rectifying my name, then in the next step, you can completely shake their foundation - will they allow you to be their emperor? At least until you fully master the military power, you must not take this risk for me again, otherwise, you can't save me, and you can't even protect yourself."

His expression didn't change much, but his voice was very hoarse: "How can I not know what you said? But I can't watch you suffer and do nothing—"

I bowed my head, and my heart was sour: "How can you do nothing? At least you rescued me safely. When 'Xiao Qitang' in prison dies, no one will bother me anymore... …”

He shook my hand, his eyes filled with pain, "A Tang, if you want to leave, I know you want to leave..."

My arm hurts from his pinching, but I can't get rid of him at all. He is afraid of losing me, so why am I not. My mind was in chaos, and I only heard my own voice: "Then what should I do? Stay, hide in the corner of the capital, and live in disguise every day? I am afraid during the day that someone will expose me, and at midnight I look forward to you coming out of the palace to have a private meeting with me, and then watching you marry a concubine and have children outside the palace, and accompany you secretly all your life? Song Langsheng, what do you want, is this kind of company?"

The body was held tightly by him again, almost suffocated by him. He trembled: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I marry someone else? I have only liked you in my life, In this life, you are the only wife."

My heart hurts fiercely. In the past, I would have been filled with joy to hear such a loving confession from him, but at this moment, every sound and every word is piercing at me like a sharp needle. The pain in my heart was piercing, but there was no trace of it.

I did not continue arguing with him about what would happen to an emperor if he didn't marry a concubine. What a smart man he is, far more foresight than me, I can think of, how could he not think of it?

Maybe I was too hasty, eager to let things come to an end, maybe we should all slow down and give each other time to calm down, so as not to make a decision that will last a lifetime.

I heard the sound of the watch in the distance. It turns out that the fourth watch has passed. If Song Langsheng does not return to the palace at this time, it will only cause unnecessary trouble. He still had a thousand words to tell. I knew what he was thinking, so I said, "I won't leave silently, don't worry, I'll wait for you."

After Song Langsheng left in a hurry, his secret guard took me to settle in a town on the outskirts of Beijing.

It is indeed a quiet place. The small bamboo hut is surrounded by bushes. It faces the green hills in the north and the green lake in the south. There are also a few chickens in the courtyard. The leading dark guard told me that they I live next door next door to me. If I have any needs, such as what to eat, what to play, or to write a love letter to the emperor, they can do it for me.

After expressing my deep sympathy for the profession of dark guard, I entered the hut, intending to wash my face and go to sleep first.

I thought there was nobody inside.

I didn't expect to see a woman lying on the bed in the outhouse as soon as I opened the door.

Qing girl, Lin Danqing, my mother.

What I didn't expect was that Song Langsheng actually picked up my mother, and what I didn't expect was that he didn't even say a word to me about picking up my mother.

He later said about it that he wanted to surprise me.

That's why I suddenly appeared in front of Qing Gu, and when she heard the movement and opened her eyes, she was shocked.

The two looked at each other without saying anything but tears.

Sometimes I think, if the father and queen mother were able to face their birth defects calmly, then I should be the daughter of an ordinary doctor now, and Song Langsheng would be fine as long as he was not killed by other brothers. Destined to be an emperor who is admired by others.

I asked my mother why she had never approached me for so many years. At least she had a chance to tell me the truth in Chenjia Village.

The truth is far less important than my happiness, she said.

Maybe there is a certain number in the dark, so after such a long circle, we are still back to the starting point.

It's just that everyone's heart is devastated, and it is difficult for anyone to accept the ending at the beginning.

Including my mother.

On the fifth day after meeting me, she left with a note.

I woke up early in the morning to see the warm food and stationery on the table, and I rushed out of the farmhouse before I even took it apart and called the guards to tell them to split up and find my mother.

She really came and went without a trace. When I rode my horse up the mountain stream to see which way she was walking, I saw a thick fog.

I can't figure it out, how could she have the heart to leave me and leave again after we were separated for so long and finally reunited.

She has not recovered from the torture she was tortured, and the residual poison of the drug has not yet been cleared, so she is alone, and where can she go.

I unfolded the letter paper, and when the mist in my eyes turned into tears, the handwriting on the paper gradually became clear:

My mother is gone.

Don't be mad at me, don't worry about me, I'm leaving without saying a word, my mother is the best doctor and can take care of herself.

It's you, remember to go to bed and eat on time, and don't be self-willed, not for yourself, but also for the sake of the child in your belly.

Don't bother to look for me, my mother is used to wandering in my life, and I don't want to drag you down again and again, and I don't want you to let go of the person you cherish most because of your mother.

There will be a day when we meet.

Treasure. Do not read.

I read the letter three times with difficulty, and after reading it for a long time, I realized what the phrase "child in the womb" meant.

Suddenly I remembered yesterday that I couldn't get up and refused to eat. When she pulled me up, she held me by the wrist and was stunned for a cup of tea. I asked her what was wrong, and she pondered for a long time without saying a word.

It turns out that I am also a person who wants to be a mother.