imperial psychologist

Chapter 343 Dying
In a blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of May.

That night, Bo Ling sat in his room a little uneasy.

She woke up early today as in the past, and accompanied by Shisi, she went to the palace to visit the Queen Mother.

However, the guards at the palace gate did not let her in today.

According to the guards, this is a personal order from the Compassionate Ning Palace, and the Empress Dowager does not want to see anyone today—including Bo Ling.

Bo Ling turned back suspiciously, and after sending her home safely, Fourteen immediately went into the palace alone, while Bo Ling stayed at home and waited for the news.

And by this time, Xu time had passed.

If the Empress Dowager's usual schedule was followed, if everything was as usual, then she should have fallen asleep by now.Bai Ling pricked up his ears to listen to the sound of watchmen outside, and the worries in his heart climbed up little by little.

Wei Shishi has not come back yet.

Bo Ling sat in his room for a while, and then simply went to wait in the living room.The dining table, which is big enough to sleep on, is now full of congratulatory gifts for Bao Yuan tomorrow.

There are many of them that Wang Yuzhang specially helped her choose a few days ago, and each gift has a saying. After a whole set of auspicious sayings, the added congratulatory gifts piled up half the height of a person.

According to Wang Yuzhang, five and nine are both odd numbers, and the auspicious time for weddings is about being in pairs. Therefore, not many people would choose this day to get married.

Therefore, when you meet a family who has set such a date, it is usually because the horoscopes of the two people are very special. The two families come together and find that the date that can be set for a year is only a few days, and they will retreat. Secondly, find an ordinary day to organize the marriage.

Bai Ling didn't understand this aspect, so she just nodded all the way, listening to Wang Yuzhang's introduction of the local customs and customs of Zhou people like Bai Xiaosheng.

Under his suggestion, Bai Ling has already entrusted someone to give the gift - early in the morning, someone will come to the yard of Bai's house and help her carry this generous gift to Gao Xiucai's house on Ruzi Road. Bring all the etiquette and sayings of the car with glory.

Bo Ling gently stroked the silk and satin of the brocade box, and his mood gradually became peaceful.

A girl like Bao Yuan who has ideas and is willing to do things, no matter whose family she marries into, she can choose the whole family well.

There was no light in the room, and both Bai Shijun and Bai Yi had already fallen asleep. Bai Shijun would snore occasionally, but he would calm down after snoring twice.

There was the sound of Bai Yi turning over again from inside.

Bo Ling gently pushed away some gifts, revealing a blank table corner, she leaned sideways on it, quietly waiting for the news brought back by Fourteen.

……

In the dimness, she seemed to hear someone calling her name.

"Burling..."

The voice was a little nasal, as if it was crying.

It seems to be the voice of fourteen.

Bai Ling was in a trance—is this a dream? She dreamed that Fourteen was crying.

"Berling, wake up."

Bo Ling opened his eyes, and the moonlight outside cast a layer of light in the room.

Wei Shishi squatted in front of him, the moonlight illuminated his silver hair brightly, but made his face in the shadow more difficult to distinguish.

In the silence, Bo Ling seemed to hear Wei Shishi trying to suppress his breath, and she reached out to touch Wei Shishi's face with some uncertainty.

At the moment of touching, her eyes were filled with surprise—there was still a cold and wet touch on Fourteen's face.

Bai Ling woke up completely, "What's wrong with you?"

"Follow me... let's go to the Palace of Compassion." Wei Shisi said in a low voice, "Queen Mother, I want to see you."

It was night, and Wei Shishi once again took Bai Ling to leap forward under the night sky of Pingjing City.

However, this time, Bo Ling could clearly feel the difference in Wei Shishi—his footsteps tonight were no longer as steady and light as before, and he almost fell off the edge of the branches several times, even causing a group of patrolling guards to startle aware.

The two hid under a dark roof for a long time before barely evading the search.

"Are you okay?" Bo Ling asked softly, "Do you want to take a rest first?"

Wei Shishi did not answer, but jumped to the next fulcrum with more concentration.

When the night wind fluttered and jumped from a high place, Bai Ling was blinded by the wind several times. She leaned on Shisi's back and fully felt Wei Shishi's urgency tonight—he was desperately bringing With Bo Ling approaching the Compassion Palace.

The moon in the sky gradually moved westward, and the palace lantern of the Compassionate Ning Palace finally came into the sight of the two of them.

This time, Wei Shishi avoided all the palace men wearing iron masks. He slipped in through a window on the side of the wall, and directly brought Bo Ling into the Queen Mother's bedroom.

In this place, Berlin had rarely come here before.

She saw a dark golden gauze hanging on the bed at the northernmost end of the room, and at this moment, there was no one in the empty hall except them.

Bai Ling walked quickly to the bed, and the old woman she was very familiar with was lying there quietly at the moment.

Through the gauze curtain, Bo Ling saw that the queen mother's hair was completely loose, and the soft silver hair was scattered on the pillow.

The old man's wrinkled face showed slight pain, as if he was having some unpleasant nightmare.

Bo Ling looked back at Wei Shishi who was standing behind him.

He stood not far away, his heart heaving violently.

Looking at the nearly dying old man on the bed, Wei Shishi's eye sockets had turned completely red.

Until this time, Bo Ling finally confirmed the meaning of the phrase "The Queen Mother wants to see you".

She was silent for a moment, and finally stepped forward slowly, raising her hand to lift off the golden veil.

Bo Ling gently knelt down beside the queen mother's bed, and she reached out to hold the old man's cold left hand.

"Queen." Bo Ling said softly, "I'm here, do you want to see me?"

The old man on the bed slowly opened his eyes. Those cloudy eyes first looked at the zenith blankly, and then slowly turned to Berlin.

The old man's expression didn't change much. When she saw Bo Ling, she frowned suspiciously, and then slowly withdrew her hand from Bo Ling.

Wei Shishi looked at the scene in front of him—obviously, the Empress Dowager could no longer recognize who Bo Ling was.

He clenched his fists and let out a low, choked sob unbearably.

There was a strong wind outside the house, which blew out a few candles by the window.

Bo Ling turned his head and waved lightly at Fourteen.

"Fourteen, come here too," Bo Ling said softly, "Maybe the Queen Mother still recognizes you..."

Wei Shishi approached the bed step by step, he gritted his teeth, and slowly knelt down beside Bai Ling.

"The Queen Mother..."

The old man on the bed looked at the two people in front of him with some vigilance.She squinted her eyes and tried to see Wei Shishi's face clearly, but in the end her eyes fell on the little swiftlet embroidered on his collar.

The swiftlet is the official swallow, and also a symbol of the hidden guard.

Looking at the embroidered bird, the Queen Mother slowly frowned, her gaze suddenly became far-reaching, and then her expression softened little by little, as if recalling some good memories.

The old man turned sideways, and slowly stretched out his left and right hands to Bo Ling and Wei Shishi.

Bo Ling and Shisi also quickly raised their hands, and their young and full hands tightly held the almost withered fingers of the Queen Mother.

The old man's gaze fell on Bo Ling again - this time, Bo Ling suddenly felt a little strange to this gaze.

That was not the way the Empress Dowager looked at A Ling in the past.

(End of this chapter)