Rebirth of the famous family

Chapter 558 Winter Solstice
The winter solstice is another big day among the three festivals of the year besides the Wanshou Festival and the Spring Festival. Although there is still one day before the winter solstice, the courtiers have already bathed and no longer listen to the government. Walk the streets and alleys to greet each other.Even though it is mid-winter, the palace is full of flowers, and there are many flower and tree bonsai carefully cultivated by greenhouses. Red lights are hung everywhere, and every corner of the palace is filled with a festive atmosphere.

In previous years, the Winter Solstice Palace also held a grand feast for the ladies in the palace and the officials and their families to congratulate each other. The difference is that the banquets in previous years were presided over by the Empress Dowager, but this year the Empress Dowager actually wants to have fun with everyone in person.The queen mother has lived in the deep palace for many years, rarely participated in various activities, and appeared in the eyes of everyone. However, this year is different from previous years. Greetings from several wives.This made the officials and the ladies with great political acumen smell something different again.

Before dawn in the early morning, the Empress Dowager Zuo had already packed her clothes. Wearing a grand and luxurious court dress and a big court crown with red gold and phoenix tails, she sat majestically on the warm kang covered with thick black fox fur in the hall. Zuo Lijing sat dignifiedly on the high-backed brocade chair beside her, with her hands folded on her knees, a silk handkerchief twisted between her plain white fingers, her fingertips looked pale and distorted due to too much force.

Seeing that her movements and demeanor were extremely awkward, the Queen Mother stared at her, and couldn't help but frowned and said sharply: "Look at your talent, why didn't you know how to be afraid when you attacked Donggong back then?! Since you made a move, you have to cover it up. Don't let anyone catch you! You are stupid, you did something stupid, and now you are discovered by the emperor, the whole city is full of suspicion, and Aijia will beg the emperor humbly for you, and say all good things for you! You If you don't look like the mud can't support the wall, get out of Aijia as soon as possible!"

Since Zuo Lijing was beaten in the East Palace that day, after the emperor visited Dongpinghou's mansion at night and learned the truth, he became angry with Zuo Lijing. In the past three months, the emperor hadn't heard of Zuo Lijing's convalescent mansion. ask.Zuo Lijing showed her favor to the emperor many times, but the news she sent to the palace fell into disarray, without any response.The Empress Dowager cooked in the palace and invited the Emperor to come over. It can be said that she had good intentions and used the mother-child relationship to speak well for Zuo Lijing, but the thorn in the Emperor's heart was obviously still not pulled out.

It's just that when a couple has a problem, the sooner it can be resolved, the better, but Zuo Lijing's injury has not healed for a long time, she has been lying on the bed, she can't enter the palace, and the emperor won't go out of the palace to see her , this matter can only be delayed.The Empress Dowager is determined to let King Yi, whom she raised, ascend to the throne. Now is a critical moment, so she is naturally extremely anxious.Now that Zuo Lijing's injury finally healed and she was able to enter the palace, she immediately arranged for the emperor to meet with Zuo Lijing, hoping that Zuo Lijing could quickly bring the emperor's heart back.

Today she still wants to summon the wives. Before that, she ordered Zuo Lijing to be called over, and then ordered the palace servants to invite the emperor because she was unwell. The emperor must be on his way now.She paved the way for Zuo Lijing, but Zuo Lijing sat there with a look of panic and complete bewilderment, the Empress Dowager naturally couldn't get used to it.She was afraid that she would waste the opportunity that she had created for her. In addition, she already had resentment against Zuo Lijing for hiding her actions against the prince, and she was also resentful because Zuo Lijing dragged her down, so she inevitably reprimanded her.

When Zuo Lijing heard this, she hurriedly said: "My niece listens to my aunt. When the emperor comes up, my niece must beg him to forgive my niece, and I must find a way to win back the emperor's heart."

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager calmed down, and said: "It's good to talk about it, but it's hard to avoid the embarrassment in the emperor's heart. There is a saying among the people that there is no overnight feud between husband and wife. This is the worst kind of hatred." Hurt feelings, it's a big deal again, as long as women can put down their bodies and coax them, they will all be gone. You are too delicate to have this injury for two or three months. I don't know if the emperor has been hurt by others these days. You are more blamed for instigating, this time you must come up with some means to cage the emperor's heart, and if my grandson's business is delayed, the Ai family will be the first one not to entangle you."

Zuo Lijing naturally knew that it would be better to win back the Emperor's heart as soon as possible, but she not only suffered a skin injury, but more importantly, her leg was broken, and her tendons and bones were injured for a hundred days. Now that she can get out of bed in three months is already a Not bad anymore.At that time, she did not dare to tell the emperor and the queen mother about the matter, hoping that the broken leg would be healed, but things turned out to be contrary to her expectations. Although she was not disabled, the broken leg could not be as good as before.

The bones of her leg were extended, but it was broken compared to the other one, and the right leg, which was originally soft and straight, is now twisted and twisted after taking off the dress, without a trace of beauty at all. She felt terrified even when she saw it.

She was heartbroken by this matter, and she didn't know how many times she got angry, but the fact was settled, she could only find a way to make a pair of special embroidered shoes with inner soles that were two fingers higher than the left embroidered shoe, and put them on I walked back and forth in my own yard on my feet for two days, and now my legs are covered by layers of skirts, so that they don't look damaged when walking, as usual.

Hearing that the Empress Dowager asked her to come up with some means to win back the Emperor's heart, Zuo Lijing naturally understood that the Empress Dowager wanted her to be gentle with the Emperor, but now that she looks like this, just taking off her clothes won't satisfy the Emperor's appetite?She felt bitter in her heart, but she could only respond repeatedly, and scolded the queen in her heart.

But at this moment footsteps sounded outside, the queen mother hurriedly glanced at Zuo Lijing, Zuo Lijing hurriedly stood up.

It was indeed the emperor who came here, he heard that the queen mother was ill and rushed over, when he entered the hall, he saw the queen mother was sitting upright, but Zuo Lijing was kneeling on the ground and crying.Seeing the empress dowager's serious face, she was obviously blaming and reprimanding Zuo Lijing, seeing this scene, he understood in his heart, turned around and wanted to leave the palace.

Seeing the emperor's happy face, the queen mother felt happy, and her heart fell to the ground. She hurriedly stood up, walked over quickly, caught up with the emperor, and said: "The queen mother has taught her severely, and she also I have already realized my mistake, but the child is innocent anyway, and the emperor will see that the child will leave before it is too late."

Today when Zuo Lijing entered the palace, the Empress Dowager ordered Zuo Lijing to bring her daughter here on the grounds that she had never met Princess Anle. At this moment, she said that Yun Nai, who was holding the child, pinched the child very cruelly. Immediately, he burst into tears, and the emperor's footsteps stopped.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager walked out of the hall quietly holding the hand of the nanny beside her, and Zuo Lijing also stood up from the ground, took the child from the hand of Nanny Yun and gently coaxed her, and in an instant, only the emperor and him were left in the hall she.At this moment, the sky outside was not bright yet, and the light in the hall was even more gloomy. The burning horn palace lantern was filled with a hazy yellow light, shining on Zuo Lijing.

Seeing her plainly dressed, her face full of tears, gently shaking the child in her arms, biting her lip with her white teeth, her face was full of panic and embarrassment, and she didn't even dare to look at him, the emperor's heart softened, thinking that maybe she It was really because of the eagerness to love his son, and because of the anxiety, that he did something against his will, and afterward, because he was afraid of losing his favor, he concealed it in every possible way.

The emperor stood silent, Zuo Lijing also lowered her head, bit her lips and dared not speak, dared not plead for guilt, as if she was afraid that if she made a sound, she would hear the emperor's unforgiving words.Her appearance of fear and panic made the emperor's heart soften even more. After a while, Zuo Lijing saw that the emperor neither spoke nor left from the corner of her eye. She knew that her performance had worked, so she raised her head to look at the emperor. With tears streaming down his face, he said in a trembling voice, "Does the emperor not want me and my daughter?"

Today she is wearing a simple and elegant light blue jacket, a dark green embroidered belt, and a moon-white turbulent skirt. Yue's conditioning had already restored her pre-delivery gracefulness and exquisiteness. Under the light, her little face was stained with tears, and she looked fresh and elegant, flamboyant and weak, and pitiful.No matter how you look at her, she doesn't look like that treacherous and ruthless person. Looking at the peony pearls on her hair, the emperor inevitably remembered that when the two first met, she was standing in front of a bouquet of peony branches. Give flowers.

After Zuo Lijing said that, the baby in her arms began to cry again. The child was a hundred years old, and when he saw He Xisan, his appearance changed drastically. A small face sculpted in pink and jade, big black eyes, the small appearance was very cute people.

With this situation, recalling the past, all the resentment and dissatisfaction in the emperor's heart disappeared. Seeing the emperor standing silently, Zuo Lijing quickly walked a few steps with the child in her arms and knelt down on the emperor's knees, crying. In front of him, he said: "Sanlang, I know I was wrong. I, a mother, only gave birth to Fan'er. He has grown up so much. I have never done anything for him, so I became confused and murdered the prince for a while. I have already known the sins of the past. Saburo will not forgive me, and I have nothing to say. These days, I have been haunted by nightmares every night, and my conscience is uneasy. I can't bear it. I am willing to die for my life. An Ning, but my daughter is innocent, she is now a hundred years old, and she has only seen her father... As a mother, I am ashamed of my two children."

When she cried, the child in her arms was frightened and cried hoarsely. No matter how hard the emperor kept his face, he finally let out a low sigh and bent over to support Zuo Lijing.

Zuo Lijing shook her body, raised her head and looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes, but she didn't stand up. Instead, she sobbed and hugged the child with one hand, and hugged the emperor's leg with the other, crying, "I thought the emperor didn't want us anymore." ...I was wrong, I really know I was wrong..."

Seeing her like this, the emperor lost all his anger, and supported her with his arms, Zuo Lijing snuggled into his arms and wept.Seeing this scene outside, Grandma Yun quietly entered the room and took the child out, leaving the two of them a chance to be alone. When she stepped back, she and Zuo Lijing looked at each other, and Zuo Lijing's tear-washed eyes showed a clear vision. It's all about joy and triumphant smiles.

(End of this chapter)