When the sobbing continued in the dormitory, Shen Zhixi was already sitting with Song Lianzhou in the side hall.
The imperial doctor has been here for a while, and just announced that Concubine Yu was gone.
The whole room was filled with cries, especially Princess Zhaoheng's heart-wrenching voice, which made her throat hoarse from crying. Shen Zhixi's brows furrowed when he heard those words begging his mother not to leave.
Of course she was thinking of when her mother went there many years ago.
That scene was not much duller than today, and it instinctively resonated with her.
"you……"
"I'm fine."
Song Lianzhou noticed that she was in a low mood, so she spoke out but was ignored by her. Song Lianzhou still locked her profile, so she turned back and smiled at him, but the smile was a little forced.
"You don't need to worry about me. You should pay more attention to your sister. Your sister is not well yet. She may be hurt if she is too sad. I think your sister and Concubine Yu seem to have a very good relationship, but I think Concubine Yu is older than your sister." A lot more."
Song Lianzhou nodded and looked towards the bedroom.
"Concubine Yu is the old man in the palace and the first woman around the emperor. When the emperor was still a prince, Concubine Yu entered the palace and became a concubine. Calculating, she should be eight or nine years older than my sister."
He is eight or nine years older, so he is almost ten years old.
The current emperor seems to be exactly Xi Shi's age.
"Then your sister...I remember you said that your sister is seven years older than you."
"Yes." Song Lianzhou took a deep breath and raised his head slightly as if recalling the past, "My sister married into the palace at the age of sixteen, and the child she gave birth to the next year is now the third prince. The third prince is almost thirteen, and my sister is also thirty. ”
"Look at it this way, the emperor is ten years older than your sister."
Logically speaking, a sixteen-year-old girl should not want to marry a man so many years older than herself.
Song Lianzhou saw her doubts and immediately explained her doubts: "Originally, my father secretly decided on another well-matched man to be my sister's husband. Later, during a spring hunting, the emperor, who was still a prince at the time, rescued my sister, and then they I fell in love quickly. My sister was naturally free in love, but in the end she was trapped in this deep palace because of love."
Speaking of this, Song Lianzhou seemed to express regret.
Perhaps he also felt that this deep palace should not be her sister's destination.
Okay, to bring out his bad mood, Shen Zhixi hurriedly changed the subject and asked: "What about Concubine Yu? Does she only have one princess on her knees?"
Song Lianzhou shook his head and replied angrily: "Concubine Yu must have entered the palace when she was sixteen or seventeen years old. She gave birth to a boy the next year, but when she was three years old, the child had an accident and died in a fire. After that, she had nothing to do for many years. , first Princess Zhaoheng was born."
"son."
son.
Shen Zhixi kept repeating these two words in his heart, his fingers trembling uneasily.
"Yes, if that prince was still alive, he would be twenty-two or three years old now."
Twenty-two-three.
Shen Zhixi pursed his lips, becoming more and more nervous.
After a while, he asked again: "Do you go into the palace to see Concubine Yu often, or...Princess Zhaoheng?"
Song Lianzhou turned around and laughed angrily, saying: "How can I see so many people? Just look at today. Whenever there are other concubines in the Queen's Palace, I have to avoid them. What's more, Concubine Yu has been in poor health since she lost her son. It is rare for her to attend palace banquets of all sizes. As for Princess Zhaoheng, she has also been in poor health since she was a child, and her mental state... often uses a knife to harm herself, and she rarely appears in front of others. I have never seen her in so many years. .”
"Why is this happening? What stimulation has Princess Zhaoheng received in the past?"
"I don't know." Song Lianzhou shook his head and quickly changed the subject, "Are you very interested in the affairs of Concubine Yu and her daughter?"
"No way." Shen Zhixi looked away, lowered his eyes and just asked: "When can we leave the palace?"
Song Lianzhou sighed and stood up, and replied: "Today's matter has nothing to do with us. Concubine Yu's funeral will be taken care of by the people in the palace. I will send someone to tell you to send you out of the palace first."
When everyone in Changning Palace disperses, he must still stay to talk to the queen. If such a thing happens, the queen will definitely not feel comfortable. But it was already very late by then, and Shen Zhixi knew that Song Lianzhou didn't want her to stay here.
Not long after he left the door, he quickly turned back.
"Let's go, I'll take you out."
Hearing what he said, Shen Zhixi stood up and followed her out. She thought Song Lianzhou was going to ask the palace maid to see her off. She didn't expect that he would come to see her off in person. He didn't tell her, and she didn't ask, but she understood Song Lianzhou's attitude. Mind.
Now she and Song Lianzhou have a cooperative relationship, closer than before but...
Without thinking deeply, she sat in the sedan chair outside Changning Palace with Song Lianzhou.
"After we get out, I'll ask Wei Hong to take you back first. You go back and have a good rest. You don't have to think too much about today's affairs, but you have to think carefully about Wan Ying's affairs."
He was referring to what he said before about sending Wan Ying to Uncle Guo's house.
"You are right. Since Wan Ying is my daughter, I naturally want to develop a relationship with her, but I won't force you. If you want her to be named Shen, then she should be named Shen."
Hearing this, Shen Zhixi raised his eyebrows and glanced sideways at him.
He also turned around, met her eyes, curled his lips and said with a smile: "Anyway, we will have children again in the future."
Shen Zhixi looked back, scratched his ears and thought he was here again.
The sedan stopped at the entrance of the palace. Watching Shen Zhixi get on the carriage, Song Lianzhou turned around and sat back in the sedan.
This time, Yuanyang and Shen Zhixi got into the car together.
"What's wrong with you?" Shen Zhixi asked Yuanyang. The girl was usually very talkative. In the past, she would have chased her to ask her what happened in the palace, but today she was particularly silent.
"No, miss."
Yuanyang blinked her eyes as if confused. Maybe she didn't notice anything strange about herself. Even though she said nothing, her fingers kept intertwining with each other, which betrayed her upset mood.
"Yuanyang, I want to ask you something again. When you were taken away by Song Lianzhou, did you really not say anything to him?"
"Miss, you still don't believe me. I really swear, if I say even half a word, I won't be able to..."
"Okay, okay, if you don't have it, you won't have it."
Shen Zhixi pressed her hand that was about to swear, thinking that the problem should still lie with Song Lianzhou. He must have known the truth through other channels, but she had not thought of it yet.
After she stopped talking, she gradually realized that something was wrong and Yuanyang was in a trance.
From time to time, he would raise his eyes and glance forward, as if he was looking at something outside through the curtain of the carriage.
Outside...it's Wei Hong.
"Yuanyang, Song Lianzhou and I just entered the palace. You and Wei Hong were waiting for us outside. You...he didn't bully you, right?"
"No, no." Yuanyang objected with all his heart, and his attitude was extremely serious, "He is very nice. He didn't bully me. He was the one who arranged my accommodation and food during the last few days when I was taken to my uncle's house. He, He's not a bad person."
"oh."
Shen Zhixi looked at her expression carefully, thoughtfully.
"But Yuanyang, your marriage really can't be delayed any longer. Mother Cui has already found a good family for you. I hate men and can't accept men. It's my own problem, but I won't ask others to be the same as me. , Besides, the secular world treats women..."
"Miss, I've been saying for a long time that I don't want to get married. I grew up with Miss, and I don't want to leave you."
