Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 115

The monarch and his ministers walked for a long time, and finally found the courtyard where Rong Ruo and the others had just settled down. The guards broke down the door and entered, only to find that the place was already empty.Xuan Ye felt more and more strange about this matter, and ordered without thinking: "Pass my order and seal the city gate!"

Cao Yin added: "There is still a ferry, she may also go by boat!"

Xuan Ye said without thinking: "Let's go, let's go to the pier first!"

The emperor went to find a woman himself, and even Cao Yin felt that something was wrong.But Kangxi didn't give him a chance to speak, and ran out without looking back.Cao Yin had no choice but to send someone to lead the way, and the monarch and his ministers rode their horses and galloped all the way, causing chaos in the neighborhood, but right now, they couldn't think about it that much.There is only one thought in Kangxi's mind, he must not miss it, and he must never miss his phoenix again.

Maybe it was because of concern, or maybe it was too fast to ride the horse at such a speed in the city. Xuan Ye, who has always been a superb equestrian, accidentally fell off the horse.Cao Yin and the others watched the emperor being thrown out by the manic horse, they were all shocked, they rushed up but it was still a step too late.Xuan Ye fell heavily to the ground, gritted his teeth for a while, and finally couldn't help vomiting a mouthful of blood.

Cao Yin was scared out of his wits, and quickly ordered someone to take the emperor back to the palace for treatment.Unexpectedly, Xuan Ye pushed him away, endured the pain and climbed onto Cao Yin's horse.

Cao Yin knew that the matter was important, so he tried his best to stop him: "Master, you must not! Come down quickly, and let the imperial doctor come and show you!"

Xuan Ye didn't have the time to listen to his nonsense, kicked Cao Yin away, and forced the local soldiers to lead the way.The little soldier had already been petrified, he had no official position, so naturally he didn't dare to disobey the holy will, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to lead the way.

Perhaps Rong Huang and Xuan Ye's fate is not over yet, the big ship she and Rong Ruo are on has somehow broken down, and it will take some time before it can set sail.The two of them were okay, but the two younger ones couldn't sit still.Ruwan clamored to go to the toilet, but it was inconvenient for a big man to take her there, so Ronghuang had no choice but to hug her daughter.

When Ru Wan finished her convenience and Rong Huang carried her out, Xuan Ye happened to arrive at the pier.At this time, two large ships and thirteen small boats were moored at the ferry.Cao Yin's manpower was insufficient, and he couldn't clearly identify the emperor, so he couldn't completely block the ferry for the time being.

When Rong Huang saw Cao Yin from a distance, she knew the situation had changed, her heart sank, but she didn't panic, picked up her daughter and walked back to the cabin.After hearing the news, Rong Ruo kept guarding the door of the cabin, saw her and said: "I'm going out to hold the emperor, you take the child away while he's not paying attention..."

Rong Huang shook his head, but asked: "Dong Lang, how many of us are on the big boat?"

Rong Ruo vaguely realized something, and said, "Eleven."

Rong Huang nodded and said: "Let the servant girl who serves me change into my clothes, and send two trustworthy people to take her away in a small boat, the farther the better."

Rong Ruo said: "You mean to tune the tiger away from the mountain?"

Rong Huang said noncommittally: "Don't worry, they won't be in danger. Xuan Ye doesn't dare to hurt me, he won't shoot arrows or set fire rashly. When he and Cao Yin are tricked away, we will get off the boat first."

The plan was soon implemented, and the impatient Xuanye really fell for it, and personally boarded a small boat to chase after him.But he was not stupid, leaving a few people stuck at the pier.

Naturally, Rong Ruo and his wife would not leave a victim, Rong Ruo ordered the rest of the servants and guards to take the lead in making trouble at the pier, and their family took advantage of the chaos to escape from the ferry.

Because the departure time of the two ships was almost the same, the boat where the maid was in was quickly blocked by Xuan Ye and the others.Only then did Xuan Ye realize that he had been tricked, and hurriedly ordered someone to turn around and go ashore.

It's a pity that after a few times in the crowd, it's too late to meet again.When Xuan Ye finally knew how to turn around, all he saw was Rong Huang's profile and her back when she turned around.

There is also the man beside her in the jade tree facing the wind, and her pair of children.

This woman is his Ronghuang, his Phoenix!Xuan Ye firmly believed that he would not be wrong about the person he had been thinking about for so many years.He knew that after this chance encounter, he might never see each other again, so Xuan Ye, who was so infatuated with him, immediately gave the order to shoot and wound the four of them.

Cao Yin carried a bow and arrow with him, but firstly, the distance was far away, and secondly, his archery skills were not very good, so he missed three shots in a row.Kangxi grabbed the bow and arrow frantically, but he was injured just now, and his strength is really not enough to hit the target.

When the family of four who depended closely on each other finally disappeared from Xuan Ye's sight, he suddenly jumped into the water like crazy.The boat was too slow, he couldn't wait, he couldn't stand it.

Without her, he was going crazy!
Maybe there are tens of thousands of women in this world who are better than her, but no matter how good others are, they are not her.

He knew that he shouldn't look for her shadow in others, but if he didn't do this, Xuanye was afraid that he would not be able to survive!Only he himself knew that in the dead of night, Xuan Ye couldn't face himself who killed Rong Huang.

After Empress Xiaozhao died of dystocia, the imperial physician once said frankly that the empress’ dystocia was due to the misuse of a large amount of musk and Bizi decoction.At that time, Xiao Zhuang, the mastermind, was dead, and the queen mother was also hit because of Hui Zhu's incident, so Kangxi could only resent himself for killing the woman he loved the most in his life with his own hands.

He was the one who started it, so he deserves to be blamed.

In such regret and self-blame, Xuan Ye put all his energy into the important affairs of the court in order to temporarily forget Rong Huang for a moment.But he never stopped pampering his concubines who were similar to Ronghuang, which caused his overindulgent and overworked body to deteriorate, and he almost tortured himself to the point of being out of shape.

Before this day, Xuan Ye had always survived like this.But after that day, a dreadful thought suddenly popped up in his mind——

Perhaps, his little phoenix is ​​not dead.

So in the following days, Xuan Ye started a series of crazy actions.

Kangxi 17th year, spring.

In Niu Hulu's mansion in the capital city, Miss Gege from each family gathered together, chatting lively.

Princess Dai Jia said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and sister Rong Xin is much more beautiful. I think she is three times more beautiful than Empress Xiaozhao back then."

Rong Xin covered her lips and said with a smile: "Don't laugh at me, I can't compare to Sister Huang."

Miss Zhao's family, who came from a relatively humble background, hurriedly said: "Where is Gege? Empress Xiaozhao has passed away for a long time, and you are the 'No. [-] Beauty in the Capital' today."

Rong Xin raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard the words, and said calmly: "You mean... If my sister is alive, this title will not be my turn?"

Miss Zhao's family panicked all of a sudden, stood up and explained: "I, I didn't mean that..."

Seeing her appearance, Rong Xin suddenly smiled: "What are you afraid of? When my sister was still alive, you people may not have seen her face. After all, I am the one who knows my sister best. That's right, in terms of appearance, I am indeed not as good as my sister, but so what? Whether it's entering the palace for a draft, or being a concubine or concubine, it's not just about beauty."

"Yes, yes." Zhang Jia's gege also joined in: "Niu Hulu gege has a prominent family background, not to mention the position of imperial concubine and imperial concubine, even the throne of empress is just around the corner!"

Hearing what Zhang Jia said, the girls looked at Rong Xin with envy.Rong Xin smiled lightly, and after accepting the gazes of others, she shook her head and said: "No, that's not what I mean. There is never a shortage of beauties in the palace, and there is no shortage of beauties with status and background, it's just... …lack of people like my sister.”

After hearing this, the candidates for the show fell silent in unison.What Rong Xin said was right, and they had all heard about it. In recent years, the women that the emperor had been lucky with were more or less similar to Empress Xiaozhao, and whoever resembled more was more favored.Although Rong Xin can't be said to be very beautiful, she and Empress Xiaozhao are sisters of the same mother after all, and the emperor will definitely not treat her badly in the future.

It was because of this that these great ladies put down their posture one after another, and came here one by one to curry favor with Rong Xin.It's just that Rong Xin always has a calm expression, neither too affectionate with anyone nor too alienated from anyone, it's really hard to see through.

Because of his young birthday, Rong Xin did not participate in Kangxi's 17th draft.But Kangxi obviously cared about her, and at the end of the year, he announced their mother and daughter into the palace in the name of the Queen Mother.So in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Rong Xin met Xuan Ye who had been away for nine years.

Nine years ago, she was still a yellow-haired girl who didn't understand anything, but now she has reached the age of marriage in a blink of an eye.When Kangxi saw her, it was as if he had seen Ronghuang more than ten years ago, and he couldn't help hugging her on impulse.

Rong Xin was also stunned, a blush appeared on her usually emotionless face.

She really likes Xuan Ye.She was not sensible when she was a child, but she often dreamed of him.Later, when she grew up, she played with the phoenix hairpin that Xuan Ye gave to Rong Huang, and Rong Huang gave to Rong Xin over and over again.Just thinking about him makes her so excited that she can't sleep at night.

(End of this chapter)