After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 44 Past events

The moonlight is like water, diagonally crossing Zhuhu.

The bedroom of Gyeongshou Palace became quiet. The two people lying on the bed and under the bed knew that the other was not asleep.

After a while, Qin Baozhu's voice rang softly in the quiet night: "Can a daughter of the people ask Your Majesty why Your Majesty is a woman?"

Ye Qinghuai thought for a while, then smiled bitterly and said: "Everything is fate, you can't control it at all."

Ye Qinghuai talked about the past.

"The name Ye Qinghuai is actually not my name, but that of my royal brother. In the 21st year of Xingrui, I was born in Prince Liang's Mansion. At that time, my father was just the prince and my mother was just a concubine. I

Before I was born, the He family was in decline. That year, my uncle went to Zhongzhou to supervise river construction and was implicated in a case of embezzlement of charity funds and was imprisoned. My father cherished his reputation, although he did not demote his mother from the position of concubine.

However, because of this, the queen was restrained. It can be said that at that time, the entire He family was on the verge of collapse and they were pointing at the child in the queen's belly. "

"Aunt Fanghua said that it snowed the day I was born. It was the first snow after winter, and it fell very hard. That winter was very cold, and the emperor fell ill. My father moved into the palace to accompany him.

, the queen mother gave birth to a pair of twins, a dragon and a phoenix, alone in Prince Liang's palace. This was originally a gratifying and great thing, but I didn't expect that the little grandson who came first died when he was born, and I was the only one alive.

Come down."

"The queen mother and her uncle were also twins. They grew up together and had a close relationship. The queen mother was worried about her brother and her mother's family, so she made a terrible decision. She beat the midwife who delivered the baby that night and announced to the public that she had died.

She was the daughter, and the one who survived was the son. The news spread to the palace, and the He family started to make connections again, and let the officials get some information. As expected, the uncle was released from prison unharmed, and even found a job as a guard in the palace.

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"Ever since I was born, my mother has taken very strict care of me. It can be said that she stays close to me, does everything by herself, and doesn't let others interfere in everything. When I was four years old, my father ascended the throne, and my mother gave me the title of Concubine Shu. After entering the palace, the prince

They all moved to Qianxi Palace, and only I still live in the Yilan Palace of my mother. People in the harem say that my mother was particularly nervous about my 'son' because she experienced the pain of losing her daughter during childbirth.

.No one knows that the Queen Mother is afraid that others will find out that I, the Fourth Prince, am a fake."

"When I was very young, my mother told me that my royal brothers and I were different. The royal brothers were real dragons, and I was just the shadow of the real dragon. My identity and name were all stolen. Once the shadow

If you see the light, you will be doomed, so my mother never let me step out of Yilan Palace. When I was a child, I once thought that I would spend my whole life in this small courtyard. No one cares about me and I am unknown.

, until it withered silently like a fallen leaf in a corner of the palace, becoming a down-and-out prince who was simply mentioned in the history books, carrying a name that did not belong to me." Ye Qinghuai paused, and her voice became a little...

lonely.

"When I first remember, that is, in the years when my father first ascended the throne, my mother wanted to have another child and took a lot of medicine for this. Unfortunately, she never got her wish. Later, after my father died, I

I once heard someone in the front yard of Taiyuan Hospital say that after his father ascended the throne, his body was strained very quickly and his vitality was not as good as before. This is indeed the case. After Qin Guifei gave birth to his sixth brother in the second year of Shunping, there was nothing left in the harem. The sixth brother

He was also born weak and died within a few years."

"With no hope of heirs, my mother could only place her future on me. When I was six years old, I finally walked out of Yilan Palace, moved into Qianxi Palace, and began to live and study with the imperial brothers. Aunt Fanghua has been He followed me around, always telling me to be careful about my identity. At that time, I encountered the two things I love most in my life - reading and painting. So my vision for the future changed again. I looked forward to growing up. , after performing the crowning ceremony, he invited himself to leave the capital, entered the Zongzheng Temple, asked for a title, and then took his mother to live a happy life in the fiefdom of a border town."

"I have been carrying this secret and this thought for many years. Unfortunately, God does not grant my wishes. When I was thirteen years old, the Renshen Palace Incident happened."

Ye Qinghuai sighed softly.

"I still remember that day. My fifth brother had not come to class for several days, and I was the only one in the entire Qianxi Palace. When I was getting ready to go to bed that night, my uncle suddenly came to the Qianxi Palace with some guards to look for me. He was wearing armor. , wearing a helmet, looking panicked, saying that there was a change in the palace, and asked me to follow him immediately. Then my uncle took me to Yilan Palace to find my mother, saying that the eldest brother had initiated a palace change, and asked my mother to return with us to congratulate her. The queen mother refused. She said that she was the concubine of her father and she would die in this palace. If she left the palace without authorization, she would be immoral. Not only would her reputation be ruined, but she would also implicate me. Listen. After understanding the situation, I also decided to stay in Yilan Palace with my mother."

"Why?" Qin Baozhu suddenly interrupted and asked.

"Because in my opinion at that time, there were only two possible outcomes for this palace coup. The eldest brother of the emperor would win or the prince would win. The eldest brother of the emperor is suspicious by nature, and the palace coup would usurp the throne. If he wins, no matter where I escape to They would not let me go. I hid back to the He Mansion, but I couldn't help but save my own life, and I was afraid that the whole He Mansion would be implicated. And if I stayed in the palace, the eldest brother might be able to keep the He family alive. As for the Crown Prince, The second brother has a gentle temperament and does not want to be an enemy. Moreover, he is a legitimate son. There is no need to kill me and damage his reputation. If he wins, he will only drive me away from the capital. Therefore, I am safe no matter where I am. There is no need to hide out of the palace and make people talk."

Qin Baozhu didn't ask again. Although Ye Qinghuai always said that she had no intention of power or ambition, she had such an accurate judgment on the situation and people's hearts at the age of thirteen that Qin Baozhu couldn't help but admire her.

"My uncle saw that he could not persuade me and the queen mother, so he had to leave a few of his guards to guard Yilan Palace, while he rushed to Jingshou Palace to protect my father. My mother and I stayed up all night in Yilan Palace, and the palace walls You can hear the sound of fighting in the distance outside, and the fighting is going on in the distance, but too many people died, and you can faintly smell the smell of blood in Yilan Palace. I have been sitting in the yard at the door of the house staring at Yilan Palace. The door was closed, wondering whether the eldest brother or the second brother would open the door next, whether it would be a guillotine for beheading or an edict to leave the capital."

"After a whole day and night, when the second night was approaching, the closed palace door finally opened. But no one expected that the person who came was neither the eldest brother nor the second brother, but an unfamiliar eunuch. Behind him were a group of warriors whose armor was stained with blood and lined up neatly. I can still remember the way the firelight reflected in their eyes. Just by looking at their eyes, you can tell that every one of those people is not afraid of death." Ye Qing The scene from that year seemed to appear in front of Huai's eyes. She was silent for a while and continued, "The eunuch is here to read out the imperial edict. It is my father's imperial edict to make me the prince. The edict is very short, only two sentences. There are also no lengthy elaborations and eulogies usually found in imperial edicts."

Ye Qinghuai chuckled softly: "When I heard the decree, four words suddenly popped into my heart." Ye Qinghuai paused, and her voice suddenly sounded as cold as the moonlight. She said word by word, "Those who steal the country will be punished.

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(End of chapter)