Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 158

Zhong Liye nodded, then shook his head again, "It's just the past. After my confidants who stayed with my mother and King Kang were expelled from the palace, I don't know much about your movements."

The emperor has achieved his level, what else can he hide from others?What else can't be admitted?
He continued: "In my rage, I sent a woman to Xiao Xun's mansion, but King Kang later communicated with Qin and Luo, confusing my sight. The queen mother will not know what he intends to do, but you can do whatever you want." He acted arbitrarily, just to make me think that he is at least not Yu Shaoheng's accomplice—but you also made me unable to reuse Qin and Luo, you know?"

He stood up slowly, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Mother, that's how I became a loner. Now I can only do nothing, drink and have fun. I can't count on it. If Kang Wang has that talent, the mother will let him Take back the real power. If he can really do it, I will definitely give up that dragon chair."

The Empress Dowager could no longer stay here, she wanted to stand up, but she was unable to do so, and needed the maid to help her up.

On the way back to the palace, the queen mother remembered what happened a few years ago.If it weren't for Zhong Liye's words today, she would have almost forgotten about that incident.

That night, King Kang stubbornly stood in front of her and asked her to help marry him.

But the person Kang Wang wants to marry is the one Zhong Liye has his eyes on.

She reprimanded Kang Wang sternly for a long time.

Kang Wang wept in front of her, and asked her in a low voice: "I have only one wish in my life that needs to be fulfilled by my mother, why can't you promise me?"

Why?It should be, because of this matter, she always insisted on letting Zhong Liye marry the first queen, and she always seemed determined.

She wanted to fulfill King Kang after the emperor's wedding.I didn't expect...

If she had fulfilled Zhong Liye's wish and helped her with all her strength, now...wouldn't it be the case now?
Later, she forgot about it—it was because she didn't want to remember it.As a mother, who is willing to admit that she has been unfair to her child in some things?
"Mother, that's how I became a loner."

Zhong Liye's words rang in her ears repeatedly.

Her son has become a lonely family, and whether she intends to or not, she has contributed a lot.

Her son, who is diligent in politics and loves the people, thoughtful, and occasionally willful, has always felt too lonely, right?

The only thing she was willing to help him was to make him sit on the throne more securely in the first few years.She has never treated Kang Wang like a son, caring and caring for him everywhere.

"That's how I became a loner."

She thought of these words that were endless but without resentment, and over time, they became words of hatred.

Before today, Zhong Liye treated her with filial piety and respect.

If he hadn't come to this point, if he hadn't reached the point of extreme confusion and hesitation, he would never have said what he said today, right?

The queen mother who had not shed tears for many years suddenly stopped and shed tears.

Back in the palace, the Queen Mother summoned King Kang.

Mother and son faced each other, and the queen mother asked straight to the point: "Why did you insist on marrying Ye Xizhao? Is it the woman you want, or Ye Xiang's power?"

"...." Caught off guard by the question about his past life, King Kang was at a loss for a moment, and then asked, "Why does the queen mother ask about this?"

"Just answer me!" The Queen Mother said in a cold voice, "At this point, don't you still not see the inextricably linked relationship? What I need to know is that you intended to compete with your elder brother for the influence of the Ye family. , or because of beauty."

Kang Wang was ashamed, thinking that I can say nothing?That time he was willingly used by Xiao Xun - he could not only swing the bell with Li Ye, but also gain Xiao Xun's trust, it was a double win.

With Xiao Xun's protection, he would be able to know in time when Zhong Liye developed ill intentions towards him, and he no longer needed to live a tense life all day long.If it weren't for Xiao Xun and Yu Shaoheng, how could they embrace the beauties as they wished now?
Otherwise...how could a seven-foot man cry just because of a woman?If you want to get the person you like, it is the right way to fight and use tactics. Crying bitterly with your mother, no one knows that it is useless and useless.

However, how could such a thing be said to the queen mother?It hurts so much.

In the end, Kang Wang bit the bullet and lied, saying: "I want the power of the Ye family. When I saw that the emperor's brother also had this intention, I rushed to ask my mother."

The queen mother looked at Kang Wang with complicated eyes.

Kang Wang was worried that the queen mother thought she was coveting the imperial power, so he hurriedly explained: "At that time, I was too young to do anything, and I was acting on my will. Don't misunderstand my mother. Now that I have got the person I like, I will no longer have delusions and ambitions. Mother just rest assured." Then he bit the tip of his tongue and lied It's tiring to try to lie.

It's good that the Queen Mother didn't listen to his explanation, but she almost fainted from anger when she heard it, "You! You don't have the backbone of a royal heir! Now your brother has no intention of governing, and you have such a hopeless mind..." Said He stood up as he spoke, pacing back and forth anxiously, "I only hate that I was confused by you, just like your elder brother was confused by you before... You! You sinner!"

Kang Wang secretly sighed, thinking that he had better stop talking.After hesitating for a moment, he gave the Queen Mother a sad look, knelt down on his knees, and looked like he was letting her be disposed of.

In the dream, Ye Xizhao still felt physically and mentally exhausted.

When giving birth, it feels like you are in the process of falling into the abyss.It seems that there is always an invisible force trying to push her into the dark eternal night.That pain, heart-wrenching, seemed to tear her apart and hollow her out.

And on the other side of the abyss is her husband, her daughter, her unborn child.They are a ray of light in the dark and helpless, and a warm light that gives her courage and strength.

After going through this process, the whole person is like being reborn.

The child has landed safely, it is a boy.

Finally, the wish was fulfilled, and there was no more worries.

She thought of this in her dream, was delighted by it, and woke up suddenly.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Yu Shaoheng.

"Shao Heng." Ye Xizhao called softly, and then his eyes wandered around, looking for the child.

"Brother Rui has been taken to the main room, mother is watching."

"Oh." Ye Xizhao pursed his lips and smiled, "There's nothing wrong with Brother Rui, right? Did you choose a wet nurse? By the way, who does Brother Rui look like?"

"The child is fine, there is nothing wrong with it." Yu Shaoheng first answered her worries, and then asked her other questions, "Mother has already chosen a wet nurse. Who does she look like... Haven't you seen it?"

"I was too tired at the time, so I couldn't see clearly."

Yu Shaoheng smiled, held her hand, kissed her, and said, "I heard from your mother that she looks like me."

He must have seen the child, but could not be sure of that.Ye Xizhao didn't know if he was as slow as her in this matter, or if some parents were like this - they couldn't see it in a short time when facing a little person with a similar appearance to his own.

Zhilan's voice sounded from outside the screen: "Ma'am, are you awake? Have something to eat? The servant has already brought it."

Ye Xizhao responded with a smile: "Okay, you can come in."

Yu Shaoheng knew that she was still a little weak, so he helped her up, and then took the pillow and put it on her back.

Zhilan came in, served Ye Xizhao to drink a bowl of soup, and waited for the little maid to serve Ye Xizhao to rinse her mouth before leaving with a smile.

Yu Shaoheng sat beside her and helped her pin a strand of hair behind her ear, "Do you feel better?"

"Well, it's much better." Ye Xizhao found his hand, absorbed the warmth of his palm, stared into his starry eyes, and asked with a smile, "I heard that before the child fell to the ground, someone was impatient and wanted to barge in?"

Yu Shaoheng was a little embarrassed, "Indeed." He squeezed her hand a little more, and said, "I think you should want me to be by your side."

"With you here, how can I have a baby?" Ye Xizhao's thoughts turned, and he realized that he had no imagination for that kind of situation at all, and his smile became stronger. Take care, nothing will go wrong."

"It's something like having a baby..." Yu Shaoheng whispered, but didn't finish the sentence.What he wanted to say was that if he had been by her side last time, he would never have allowed her to have this second child no matter what—to experience that kind of waiting, that kind of fear, a moment is too long, let alone a whole day. Most of the day.Those half-day scenes almost exhausted his patience and determination in his life.

Ye Xizhao understood his mood and didn't want to continue this topic, so he asked about Sister Xin.

Yu Shaoheng laughed, "Walking around my mother, the grandfather and grandson are looking at Brother Rui together."

"It's getting late, let mother go back to her room to rest."

"Okay." Yu Shaoheng arranged her to lie down, "The second and third siblings came here to worry about you. I'll let them come back tomorrow."

"Well, this could not be better." Ye Xizhao closed his eyelids, but he was thinking about the third wife. This person is just like Yu Shaohuan, and he doesn't know how to be impatient - how long has he been married?Her heir has two children despite the difficulties.It's time for the couple to have a baby.

At this moment, the third lady was sitting on the big kang by the window, rushing to make a small jacket for Rui Ge'er herself.She specially ordered the clothes from Mrs. Tai, and the inside and outside are very soft, so they won't hurt the little man's skin.

While flying the needle and threading, the small appearance of Rui Ge'er flashed in my mind again and again.The child was born at full term, chubby, with clear eyebrows and eyes, a typical appearance of a man from the Yu family.

Sister-in-law should not favor that child too much in the future.Thinking of this, she raised the corners of her lips and smiled happily.

At this moment, Yu Shaohuan came in and sent the maid who was serving in the room to sit beside her.

Sensing that he was carrying the cold outside, the third lady frowned, "Go warm up by the fire, it's cold." Although the weather this year is not very cold and it's not yet the season for lighting the stove, but because Ye Xizhao's room has already Huo, Mrs. Tai and the second and third bedrooms also enjoyed the blessing early.

Yu Shaohuan ignored it and just asked, "For Brother Rui?"

"Yes, otherwise which one?" The third lady showed him the style and color of the clothes, "How do you look?"

"Not bad." Yu Shaohuan took a serious look, "The needlework is getting better and better."

The third lady smiled, glanced at the stone blue brocade robe on his body, which she made for him, "It's just that you don't dislike it. I can't compare to sister-in-law's needlework." Then she lowered her head and continued to do the work at hand .

"It's good to have this intention." Yu Shaohuan's gaze fell on her face.

This year, she has become more demure and calm in front of him day by day.Occasionally, I saw her helping to take care of the internal affairs. At that time, her eyes always had a shrewd light, like a little fox.

No way, she now respects and obeys her sister-in-law from the bottom of her heart, and the reason is naturally that she has never forgotten the help her sister-in-law gave when something happened at home.As for the second sister-in-law, she hasn't changed her attitude since she entered the door. She always criticizes the second sister-in-law for being too cautious in everything, and now she is clearly teasing the second sister-in-law to complain about trivial matters every day, and she takes this kind of thing as a joke up.

He remembered what Mrs. Tai said to him: "Siniang is actually a smart one, and she is used to judging the situation. Your sister-in-law and I helped you choose the man, but when the Hou Mansion is in turmoil, we can't always mention it. We each have our own problems, and we always feel that this is our fault. Therefore, there are some things that you should not keep in mind. Now Si Niang is smart and capable, and she abides by her duties, so you can live a good life."

It seems that my mother said this more than half a year ago, maybe even longer.

In fact, once the husband and wife had rifts and knots, he had to admit that he was also responsible.Seeing her making her own decisions, I was only annoyed, and I didn't have the patience to remind and criticize, and then I simply became a cold-eyed bystander.

Thinking of this, he took the needle and thread in her hand, threw it aside, and asked softly: "There are already four children in the house, have you ever thought about when we will have another child?"

The third lady couldn't help but blushed slightly, "This, this is not what I said, and you are always so busy..."

Yu Shaohuan laughed lightly when he heard the words, picked her up without hesitation, and walked to the bedroom, "No matter how busy you are, you must make time for it."

The third lady first let out a low voice, punched him reproachfully, and then raised her eyes to look at him.

He was also looking at her at this time, with a pleasant smile in his eyes and burning eyes.

While she breathed a sigh of relief, her heart missed half a beat.

This guy really sees her in his eyes and takes her to heart now, right?
She is now tempted by him, right?

It's not easy for two people who have no interest in their children's affection in their bones to develop affection.

After a while, there was a slight rustling sound of clothes in the bedroom, and the men and women were breathing more and more quickly and panting.

The woman complained in a low voice: "Don't bite me... Where the hell have you been? It's so cold... itchy! Don't..."

"Guan Siniang," the man said with a strong smile in his voice, "This is no good, that's no good, when did you start being so delicate?"

The woman snorted softly, and after a moment of silence, she still couldn't help complaining again: "Be gentle..." She couldn't finish her words, and was sealed with a kiss.

Zhong Liye was the last one in the palace to know about Ye Xizhao's birth.

After listening to the eunuch's report, he looked down at the amber wine in the gold bottle, and smiled in a trance, "Good thing. Go and send the best jade Ruyi to Yongping Hou's mansion. Tell Yong Marquis Ping, he will be able to invite his son to be crowned prince tomorrow."

"..." The eunuch hesitated, but didn't respond.The emperor was too impatient, the child was given such a heavy reward just after he was born, and he wanted to be canonized as the heir of Yu Mansion as soon as possible... He didn't remember such a precedent.

Zhong Liye's tone became more serious: "Do it!"

"Yes! The servant obeys the order!" After the eunuch responded, he took a peek at the emperor, and felt that the emperor seemed to be a different person at this time, extremely lonely, like a forgotten child.Because of this, his eyes were a little sour, and he suggested, "Your Majesty, how many people can I send to accompany you?"

"Come to accompany me?" Zhong Liye shook his head with a smile, "The more people there are, the more empty my heart will be. No need. I want to see you, but I refuse to come. I want her to be jealous... It's because I think too highly of myself."

The eunuch's eyes were red.Originally, he only had a slight sense of master-servant affection for the emperor, but after hearing such words today and seeing such an emperor, he couldn't restrain his heartache.

"Let's go. Let's all go." Zhong Liye shook the empty jug, "Just bring me a few jars of spirits."

After the eunuch bowed and retreated, he did everything the emperor ordered one by one. In the end, he went to the main palace in the deep night to meet the queen.

"Empress, you should go and see the emperor. The emperor... the emperor is too depressed, the situation is really not good..."

Not too good?Yu Shaoyun frowned slightly, directly interpreting these words as Zhong Liye was really sick, and very sick.After hesitating for a long time, he took an imperial physician and went to Furong Garden.

After seeing Zhong Liye, at first he felt that the eunuch's words were alarming, but after looking at him for a while, he agreed again.

What happened to this man?
Thin and pale, but there was always a faint smile on his lips.

Yu Shaoyun walked over and sat down opposite him.

Zhong Liye raised his eyelids, those beautiful phoenix eyes were no longer calm and deep in the past, they were extremely innocent and fragile eyes.

What broke him?

The lines of the smile on Zhong Liye's lips deepened, and there was an invisible mist in his eyes, "You are here."

This is nonsense, and Yu Shaoyun didn't respond.

Zhong Liye raised his hand and rubbed his face.

The joints of those hands became more and more clear, and the veins were distinct.

"I've been thinking too much these days, and all the ins and outs are running through, and I found out that it's not you who are wrong. It's me who is wrong, and my fate is wrong." After Zhong Liye said this, his eyes wandered to the front, for a long while Then he found another empty glass and put it in front of Yu Shaoyun, "Drink a few drinks with me. I don't know if I'm drunk or awake at this time, you must have regarded me as a drunk, so, if you have something to say, wait until I wake up. "

Yu Shaoyun didn't refuse, took the jug and poured wine for each other, "I seldom drink wine since I entered the palace, so I will indulge you once today."

(End of this chapter)