Chapter 45 Clouds

"Shuanger, why do you care so much about the wherefall of the tiger charm? Who does it fall into its hands? What does it have to do with us? Although the tiger charm is a symbol of mobilizing soldiers and horses, not all people can call for wind and rain with tiger charms. Will those generals of all armies and battalions listen to others casually with just a tiger charm? What's more, since my mother has her arrangement, what can we do? It's better to live a happy and peaceful life in this Anzhi Palace for a few days, and let them fight for it!" Zhuo Yuancan persuaded Shuang'er lightly, and then tasted the fragrant hot tea to quench his thirst.

However, how can Shuang'er listen to it? She said anxiously, "Your Majesty, what you think is so naive. Now you are still the emperor. The empress dowager is guarded for you. Naturally, you can live leisurely with your concubines in Lanzhi Palace. But if you are not the emperor one day and you can't even stay in this palace, what should you do? What should I do?

Zhuo Yuancan smiled and said, "Isn't that better? I've been tired of staying in the palace for a long time. How many people really care about me in the huge palace? It's either a person who cheats and fights with each other, or a person who wants to ascend to the sky in one step. Is there anything worth missing in such a ruthless palace? If it weren't for the barrier of the palace wall, if it weren't for the bondage of the dragon robe, and if it weren't for the fact that I was still attached to the owner of the Anzhi Palace, I would like to escape from the palace immediately!"

Shuang'er was stunned and completely desperate. Although Zhuo Yuancan's people were still in the palace, his heart had left for a long time, and he had been together for so many days. Although Zhuo Yuancan also loved him, he always missed the dead concubine, which simply regarded her as nothing!

Despair also brought a burst of resentment. Shuang'er looked at the man in front of her and couldn't wait to splash her tea on his face, but this was just thinking about it. Shuang'er lamented in her heart why her life was so bitter. It was so easy to survive to this day. She originally hoped to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy glory, wealth and peace forever. Worry, but I met a man who couldn't give her any happiness. At least, only getting everything she wanted is called happiness. Shuang'er has always been so determined.

She can't pin all her hopes on Zhuo Yuancan. The calm and leisurely days in Zhuo Yuancan's mouth are impossible at all. He is not only naive, but also stupid. He lost the throne of the emperor and left the palace. He is afraid that he is not as good as a peddler. Whether he wants to or not, she can only do it on her own. Fight for a future by yourself.

Shuang'er sat silently for a while, and then smiled at Zhuo Yuancan and said, "Okay, no matter what the emperor decides, my concubines are willing to follow the emperor and serve the emperor!"

Zhuo Yuancan was overjoyed. He put down the cup, pulled Shuang'er's hand across the table and said, "Then do you have a way to leave the palace? Can you find a way to let me sneak out?"

Shuang'er helplessly broke away from Zhuo Yuancan's hand, "Go out of the palace? What does the emperor want to do when he is in such a hurry to leave the palace?

"The mother has always refused to tell me where to bury Yingfei. When I was studying under Mr. Qi Kang with Brother Ruitong, I knew a few old acquaintances in the capital. I want to find them, give them some silver, and ask them to help me inquire. If Huanying can't be buried properly, then get out of the coffin and look for another feng shui treasure. Land placement, Shuang'er, Huanling is your old master. You will definitely help me, won't you?" Zhuo Yuancan said eagerly.

When Shuang'er heard this, her face suddenly changed, "Your Majesty, are you crazy? The Empress Dowager Li said on the same day that no one is allowed to ask about the whereof of Concubine Ying's body in the future. Who dares to inquire about it in private and kill her without mercy? What's more, Concubine Ying was secretly executed and secretly transported the body out of the palace. You are entrusted to beat her. Listen, who can find out?"

"I know that it was secretly sent out of the palace. It was sent by the little porcelain girl under Queen Zhen. The empress dowager has always trusted Xiaoci. The little porcelain girl will definitely deal with such secret things, but I have also heard that since that night, the little porcelain girl has not returned to the palace, and even the empress dowager is secretly looking for Xiaoci. It's falling!"

"I think it's probably robbed!" Shuang'er curled the corners of her mouth and said, "If you send the body out of the palace in the middle of the night, it's inevitable that you won't meet a bad person. I think the empress dowager is also unthinkable about this matter. Just thinking about keeping it a secret, why don't you think about how chaotic the capital is now? Your Majesty, I advise you not to worry about it. We are still difficult to protect ourselves now. If you really want to be yourself. That's the matter. You have to control the power of the throne, but you are not happy when it comes to taking power. Since you are hiding in the Anzhi Palace to live a clean life, how can we have the ability to touch the Empress Dowager!"

"You don't understand, Shuanger." Zhuo Yuancan shook his head and sighed, "Although my mother is strong, she does do her best for me. She just tried too hard. I couldn't breathe at all. My grand emperor can't even protect my beloved woman. What else is the point of what the emperor has done? What's the battle? It's just that you don't want to mess with the Empress Dowager. Anyway, I'm also worried that you will become the second concubine. Maybe one day, when I can regain my freedom, I can do what I want to do!"

Shuang'er was silent again and said in her heart, what's the use of filial piety? In the deep palace, you are fighting for life and death. Who still misses the love of flesh and blood? Even if your mother really loves you, but looking at you being so cowardly and incompetent, it is really not possible to usurp the throne and set up the descendants of the Li family. The disappearance of Li Ren may be that the Li family is too arrogant at ordinary times. Some people can't see it and break the idea of the Empress Dowager Li as soon as possible!

Of course, these words cannot be said to Zhuo Yuancan. When the Manchu Dynasty's Wenwu discussed how to deal with the uprising of the king of Wu, Zhuo Yuancan also had this indifferent attitude, which angered the Empress Dowager Li and gradually deprived Zhuo Yuancan of the right to control the government. In just over a year, Zhuo Yuancan witnessed his father, Emperor Su Wu. After his death, he witnessed the death of his brother Zhuo Yan and the former queen. His heart was full of guilt, but now he and Zhuo Yuanle are separated from each other. How can he face it with his personality? To put it bluntly, Zhuo Yuancan talked about the so-called family affection, and as a result, he became a puppet, but he didn't know how to regret it, and he had to make a mistake, but...

Shuang'er suddenly came up with another idea. Yuan Can and Queen Zhen have no Long Si. It is no wonder that Empress Dowager Li relies on the people of the Li family. If she is pregnant with Long Si, will Empress Dowager Li change her attitude and focus on the future of the Zhuo family, especially at the moment when Empress Dowager Li is seriously ill and has not improved, as long as She can replace Zhen Mei's position. Even if Empress Dowager Li dies of illness, she can still occupy the palace in the name of the emperor and the future prince. Zhen Mei can ensure that Queen Zhen lives well and use Zhen Mei to control the people of the Li family to deal with the King of Wu.

In the middle of thinking, Shuang'er was no longer so angry. She helped Zhuo Yuancan pack up the utensils. The two sat idle for a long time. This time, they returned to the palace. The next day, Shuang'er took the prepared nourishing soup and went to the Pearl Palace again.

Because the last time she searched for a tiger charm in the Pearl Palace, she was bumped into by Jiaolan. Although she prevaried, Jiaolan was obviously suspicious of her, so she did not dare to go to the Pearl Palace again for many days.

Sure enough, Jiaolan outside the Pearl Palace was polite but cold. "The Empress Dowager just took the medicine and lay down. It's inconvenient to disturb you. I think you'd better go back. Even if this health soup is sent to the Empress Dowager, she won't drink it."

"This soup is not poisonous. I kindly sent it to the Empress Dowager to nourish her body. If you don't believe it, I can drink it for you!" Shuang'er picked up the soup bowl and wanted to try it, but it was blocked by Jiaolan. "I didn't say that your soup is poisonous. Why do you have no silver here? Recently, the Empress Dowager is still taking medicine except medicine, and she has almost no appetite to eat anything, so I said that the Empress Dowager won't drink your soup!"

"Is it okay for me to visit the Empress Dowager? I don't disturb the Empress Dowager's rest. I just stay with her for a while, which is also my best for the emperor. Isn't it okay? Shuang'er was unwilling to return to the palace and still begged.

Jiaolan sighed, "Shuangmei, it's not that the maidservant doesn't let you go in to visit, but that the Empress Dowager has an order. She is not allowed to visit the palace. You can understand the maidservant!"

"Isn't Queen Zhen coming every day? Why can't I do it? And the emperor said a few words. He wanted to ask me to tell the Empress Dowager that Miss Jiaolan, for the sake of the emperor, please open up!"

Jiaolan raised her eyebrows and said, "Why doesn't the emperor come to see the empress dowager in person? I want you to tell her?" Cool beauty, the maidservant really doesn't have the right to let people go. Why don't you wait here? When the Empress Dowager wakes up, I'll ask her. If she wants to see you, that's the best. If she doesn't want to, you have to ask you to go back.

He was so angry, but he had to follow Jiaolan's advice, "There is Lao Jiaolan, please ask tens of thousands of ministers and concubines to say a few good words in front of the empress dowager and tell the intention of the concubine."

"I know!" Jiaolan turned around and entered the Zhuque Palace without looking back. She left Shuanger and the palace people who served the soup plate and stood alone outside the cold and bleak Pearl Palace.

After waiting for almost an hour, Jiaolan appeared again and said to Shuanger, "The Empress Dowager has woken up, but she is still not in good spirits. You go in and pick up important things. After saying what you want to say, just leave!"

Shuang'er was overjoyed. Although she had waited for so long, the conditions for the meeting were still so harsh, but she was always willing to see her. She happily followed Jiaolan into the Zhuque Palace. After the curtain, she saw that the Empress Dowager Li was half leaning on the bedside and dressed in a whole. She was not in good spirit as Jiaolan said. At present, she suspected that it was Jiaolan's intention. It's just that because the Empress Dowager Li was in front of her, she had to swallow her anger and kneel down and kowtow to say hello.

Empress Dowager Li said happily, "Get up quickly. I heard that you have been waiting for an hour outside the Pearl Palace. You must be tired of standing. Give me a seat!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, my concubine is willing!" Shuang'er deliberately pretended to be quite aggrieved and sat down on the chair by the bed. "I'm just worried about the empress dowager's body. I hope that the empress dowager will get better day and night. The family can't be ownerless, and the country can't be without a king for a day. Now the empress dowager is in bed, and everyone in the court is panicked and lost their backbone. Many things are waiting. Then you will be in charge of the overall situation!"

Empress Dowager Li sneered, "Oh? When the mourning family does something, don't we still have an emperor? Don't say it so nicely. In fact, the mourning family knows that how many people are looking forward to handing over the power to the emperor. Unfortunately, the mourning family also knows at the same time that they don't return the government to the emperor. Those people are not reconciled. They always feel that Yuancan was not set up by the previous emperor. The prince should not ascend the throne of the dragon, so even if the mourning family tries their best to defend the country for the former emperor, they will always find all kinds of reasons to plot against each other. There is no real right or wrong in the world, but interests drive the ears!"

Shuang'er was stunned. She didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Li would suddenly tell her this. Is it because she was seriously ill and helpless?

Empress Dowager Li sneered again, but asked in a rare gentle tone, "Why do you come to see the mourning family today? Jiao Lan said that the emperor had something to bring to his family?"

After a long time, Shuang'er chattered and finally stammered, "To tell the truth, the empress dowager, the emperor just asked my concubine to say peace to the empress dowager on her behalf. I wished the empress dowager a good health as soon as possible, but my concubine has the courage to ask the empress dowager..."

Empress Dowager Li squinted her eyes and looked at Ding Shuang'er. She smiled contemptuously and said, "The mourning family has expected that what's wrong with you. Just say it directly. While the mourning family is in a good mood today, she won't blame you."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Under the staring of the Empress Dowager Li, Shuang'er couldn't help feeling cold all over, but the words had been said, and she had to reluctantly calm down, "It has been some time for me to serve the emperor. I want to ask the empress dowager, whether the words that I promised to the concubine at the beginning still count. If I can be lucky enough to conceive a dragon heir, is the empress dowager willing to give a name to the future prince?"

"Oh, so you came here for this!" The Empress Dowager Li said lightly, "How can the mourning family never count its words? Don't worry, once you give birth to a dragon, the mourning family promises to immediately let the emperor's concubine and set up your emperor as the crown prince to protect your wealth for the rest of your life, how about it?"

Shuang'er was relieved and hurriedly knelt down and thanked, "Thank you for the empress dowager's grace. From now on, Shuang'er will try her best to serve the emperor and the empress dowager. Contrary to this, there will be a thunderbolt!"

"Get up. It's too early to say thank you now. When you have it, it's not too late to thank you. Well, if there is nothing else, you can go back and accompany the emperor. I'm tired of my family. I want to lie down again!"

Shuang'er should promise to withdraw from the Zhuque Palace. In addition to being relaxed, she was also trying to figure out how to conceive the dragon as soon as possible. If not, she even planned to be confused with pearls and plums.

When Shuang'er left, Jiao Lan helped the Empress Dowager lie down while taking a towel to wipe the sweat on the Empress Dowager's body. "Empress Dowager, you are so weak. Why do you pretend to summon Shuang'er? She doesn't deserve it at all!" Jiaolan complained.

"She doesn't deserve it, but the mourning family must show it to her, so that she can't allow her to take the opportunity to make trouble before the mourning family leaves the government!" The Empress Dowager Li let Jiaolan serve her and closed her eyes in a daze. "Jiaolan, did you bring the words that I asked you to bring to Zhen Mei?"

"Yes, Jiaolan has been talking for a long time, but according to Yi Jiaolan, Queen Zhen may not be able to deal with the cool beauty. The Empress Dowager brings words to her. I'm afraid it won't make much use!"

"Alas, the Ai family originally expected Zhen Mei to take over the Ai family, serve the emperor, and manage the harem for the emperor. Unexpectedly, her temperament is not much better than our emperor. In the past, emotionally, she could not compete with the eldest grandson Huanying in the emperor's mind. Now in the fight for power, she I can't fight again. I really don't know what to do with her. Anyway, I remind her that the Ai family has done my aunt's heart. The Ai family is very clear that the deadline of the Ai family is approaching, and I can't care so much about the children's affairs!"

"What are you talking about, Empress Dowager? No, Empress Dowager, you will definitely get better, you will!" As Jiaolan spoke, her eyes were a little moist, because she saw the Empress Dowager Li wave to her weakly, and then she was silent again.

Jiaolan stood for a moment and summoned up her courage to test the Empress Dowager's breath. She only felt that the Empress Dowager's skin was cold. At that moment, she rushed out of the back hall of the Pearl Palace and called all the imperial doctors who took turns to monitor the Empress Dowager's condition day and night to the bedroom and give the empress dowager an immediate diagnosis.

After a period of busyness, all the imperial doctors shook their heads and sighed. Jiaolan asked urgently, "What's going on earth? How long can the Empress Doo's condition last? Are you talking?"

A leading imperial doctor bowed to Jiaolan and said, "Forgive the incompetence of the ministers. The empress dowager's body has been excessively consumed and lacks conditioning for many years. Now it's time to dry up, and the ministers are afraid..."

"What are you talking about? You have said these words more than once. I just want to ask you, the Empress Dowager is in a coma now. What should I do!" The governor of Jiaolanxin was very important, and he shouted anxiously and harshly.

"Forgive my incompetence!" The leading imperial doctor repeatedly apologized again, "In the current situation of the Empress Dowager, there is no need to use medicine. Miss Jiaolan, even if you kill the subordinates, there is nothing you can do!"

Peo Lan trembled all over, "Then the Empress Dowager... Can't the Empress Dowager wake up again..."

"The minister is not sure. The empress dowager lies drowsy and may be delayed for three or five days. As for whether she can wake up again, the minister doesn't know!"

"You, you idiots, get out of here, get out of here!" Jiaolan roared in a low voice, and there was a cry in her voice.

Seeing this, the imperial doctors withdrew from the Zhuque Palace one by one. The silence in the Zhuque Palace fell for a moment, and there was no trace of anger. Jiao Lan easily wiped her tears and took a deep breath out of the palace. What should she do? If the Empress Dowager really died in a coma, who else could she rely on and who would she believe?

"Miss Jiaolan, Miss Jiaolan!" In the dusk and dim cool breeze, a voice is calling quietly.

Who? Jiaolan looked around alertly, and a man turned out behind the big pillar on the right side of the Zhuque Palace and waved to Jiaolan. Jiaolan fixed her eyes, but she was a slightly younger one among the group of imperial doctors just now.

Jiaolan walked over suspiciously and changed her cold tone, "What's the matter? Why haven't you left yet? Why are you staying here?"

"The minister is here to wait for the Jiaolan girl. Just now, there were many people, and the minister did not dare to say some words, and other imperial doctors did not dare to say it. However, the minister couldn't bear to see the girl anxious and thought about it. After thinking about it, he decided to secretly tell the girl, please weigh the advantages and disadvantages by herself and make a decisive decision!"

"What are you afraid to say?" Jiaolan stared at each other puzzledly, "Is it about the Empress Dowager's illness and hidden feelings?"