Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 109

"You want to go back to the palace instead of me, continue to be the queen, and be the fourth elder brother's mother?" Rong Huang hugged the baby in her arms tightly, and said in a deep voice: "You are dreaming! It doesn't matter if you want to replace me as the queen, but you Don't even think about taking my child away!"

"It's up to you." Mei Luo grinned grimly, and was about to come over to grab someone, when she heard anxious voices from a distance, all calling "Rong Huang".Mei Luo's expression changed, and she frantically came to snatch the child.Rong Huang ran as fast as she could, but she was exhausted after giving birth, and within a few steps, Mei Luo slashed her with a hand knife from behind, and she passed out in a flash.

When Rong Huang opened his eyes again, he found that the surroundings were completely dark.She didn't know where she was, whether she was dead or alive, she only knew that her arms were empty.

Child, was snatched away...

Rong Huang was silent for a while in the dark, and finally couldn't help crying loudly.At this moment, there was a sudden light in front of her, and a man walked towards her holding a candlestick.

It's Rongruo.

Her crying stopped abruptly, and she asked anxiously, "Where is my son?"

Since Rong Ruo appeared here, she must have gotten rid of Mei Luo's control.What about the fourth elder brother?Was fourth elder brother snatched away by Mei Luo?

Rong Ruo's eyes dimmed, and he sat down and said, "Don't get excited, just listen to me."

Rong Huang nodded hastily.

"This is at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, which is the imperial forbidden area opposite the Shenwu Gate. Our horse just went berserk suddenly, and I managed to restrain it, only to find that you and the fourth elder brother are gone, and Princess Roujia and Rulan are also dizzy I saw you missing for no reason, so I jumped out of the carriage and looked for you around there, calling your name over and over again. When I found you, you fainted at the foot of Jingshan Mountain."

"What about the fourth elder brother?"

Rong Ruo held her hand tightly, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is really strange. Not only did I not find the fourth elder brother, but when I found you and went back to the Shenwu Gate, even the princess's carriage was gone. Already!"

Rong Huang suddenly took a breath.What exactly is going on? !
She couldn't help but wanted to stand up and look for her son, but before she could stand upright, her feet went limp and she almost fell down.Rong Ruo quickly hugged her in his arms, and persuaded in a gentle voice: "Believe me, you really can't find them. So if you look for them again, the result will be the same."

"I know, I know..." She knew that Rong Ruo didn't lie, it must be Mei Luo's good deed, but she didn't know why her body was not taken away by Mei Luo, could it be because of Rong Ruo?
"It will be dawn soon, but we failed to meet with you, Ama, as planned. They will definitely take action. You are weak now, so you should not act rashly. Rest here first, and I will send someone to deal with Ye Zhongtang connection."

Rong Huang was extremely anxious, but she knew that what Rong Ruo said made sense.Even if she went out with her current virtue, she would not be able to help her, so she might as well stay here quietly, accumulate strength, and think about what to do.

After Rong Ruo left, Rong Huang quickly fell into a drowsy sleep again.This time she had a long, long dream, which was like a long old movie, connecting the events that happened in the past seven years through her time.She dreamed of many, many people, including Ama, Erniang, elder brother, Rongruo, Roujia, Xuanye, foster father Obai, foster brother Namufu, and Hesheli Shi, Ma Jia, Tong, Wu Ya, etc... This dream was too long, and when even Rong Huang in the dream felt impatient, all the images suddenly disappeared.

There was only one face left before her eyes.

She couldn't be more familiar with that person because——that was her own face.

She clearly saw that unreally beautiful face shattering from the middle bit by bit, and finally turned into powder and disappeared.

Rong Huang screamed and sat up suddenly.Rong Ruo, who was guarding the bedside, moved when he heard the sound, then opened his eyes and looked at her nervously.

"You're finally awake!" Seeing Rong Huang sitting up, Rong Ruo hurriedly held her hand, and touched her forehead, seeing that her fever had subsided, she felt relieved for the time being.He hugged her in his arms and whispered, "You scared me."

Rong Huang let him hold her in a daze, and even forgot the words for a moment.It was Rong Ruo who first discovered what was wrong with her, let go of her and asked cautiously: "Little Fenghuang...do you feel uncomfortable?"

Rong Huang shook his head.

"Then...do you still remember who I am?"

Rong Huang nodded.

Seeing that she didn't lose her memory, Rong Ruo breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "This is the other courtyard I bought in the suburbs of Beijing. We are safe now. Si... Si elder brother was brought back to the palace by someone, and he is also safe. All right, just..."

Rong Huang bit her lip and said, "It's just that we can't take him out of the palace now, can we?"

Rong Ruo couldn't bear to nod his head, but that's the truth. "You don't know, you have been in a coma for more than ten days, and now it has been Kangxi's ten years... A few days ago, the empress dowager died of illness, so the emperor rushed back to Beijing."

Hearing the news of Xiao Zhuang's death suddenly, Rong Huang couldn't help but startled for a moment, unable to tell what it was like.But in the end she just said indifferently: "He should be about to collapse now...the most dependent grandmother is dead, and the queen is gone." Rong Ruo naturally knew who "he" she was talking about.

But he didn't know what was going on, Rong Ruo's face was a little weird when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.

In his opinion, Rong Huang's reaction was too calm, which made him faintly uneasy.He thought for a while, and said with relief: "I haven't entered the palace due to illness these few days, why not wait until I enter the palace... and then find a way to go to Concubine Yi to see the fourth elder brother."

What happened that night made Rong Huang feel lingering fear to this day, the calm just now was just a pretense that she hadn't recovered yet.At this time, she heard that the fourth elder brother was with Concubine Yi, and she finally settled down for the time being. It seemed that the nobleman was over.

Thinking of this, her senses gradually returned, she looked up at Rong Ruo and said, "Now that the emperor has returned to the palace, don't take risks rashly...and...fourth elder brother...he shouldn't be my child in the first place... "

Rong Ruo couldn't understand what she meant, but he knew one thing, that Rong Huang was not feeling well right now.He didn't want her to pretend to be herself when she was sad, so he found a reason and went out.

As soon as Rong Ruo left, Rong Huang collapsed on the bed in a daze.

That night Mei Luo came to snatch her body, but because of Rong Ruo's interruption, Mei Luo seemed to have failed.But she successfully snatched away the fourth elder brother, and returned to the palace in Roujia's carriage.It seems that Mei Luo herself can transform into a physical body, but she didn't have enough time to practice, so she recruited Rong Huang from another world to fill the space.

Mei Luo originally wanted to pretend to be the queen, but unfortunately her magic power was not enough to maintain Rong Huang's appearance, so she died not long after returning to the palace.

Perhaps it was because of this that Rong Ruo showed such an expression just now when he mentioned the queen's death?
But now, none of that matters.Those things in the palace have gone away from her, and now she is finally free.

After leaving the Forbidden City, Mei Luo's mana had no effect on Rong Huang, and Rong Huang's abilities also disappeared.She doesn't feel distressed about this, anyway, these are things that shouldn't exist in this world, if she doesn't have to intrigue in the harem, she doesn't have to rely on them to survive.

Now she is not yet 20 years old, she has Rong Ruo by her side, her life has just begun, she should forget everything about the past as soon as possible.

In order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, after Rong Huang woke up, Rong Ruo went to the palace to be on duty as usual.After a period of time, Rong Huang's body gradually improved, Rong Ruo claimed to be sick again, and planned to leave Beijing by feigning death.Because he is "recovering from his illness" in his own mansion, it is not difficult to hide the truth.

After everything was settled, it was already June of Kangxi's tenth year.When Rong Ruo came to reconcile with Rong Huang as agreed, he brought her a lot of latest news inside and outside the palace.

It is said that when the emperor received a letter from Rong Huang accusing the nobleman of harming her, Xuan Ye was almost furious.He was about to go back to Beijing to visit Ronghuang's mother and son, when he received news from the capital that the queen had dystocia and died.

As soon as Xuan Ye heard the news, he vomited blood and fainted on the spot.When he woke up the next day, he mounted his horse and drove towards the capital like crazy, and none of the ministers could stop him.Who would have heard another bad news before entering Beijing—the Empress Dowager died of illness.Now the ministers didn't stop him anymore.The Qing Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and the empress dowager was gone, so the emperor should go back to mourn.

Kangxi lost his loved ones one after another, and was hit hard. When he returned to the palace, he was so thin that he was almost out of shape.He first went to the Empress Dowager's coffin to kowtow and burn incense. He couldn't wait to run to Kunning Palace before keeping her vigil.

At this time, the fire in Kunning Palace had already been extinguished, but it still looked like a mess.However, Xuan Ye seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and called the maid in charge of Kunning Palace for questioning.

(End of this chapter)