Chapter 227: The passionate prescription is a real man
The carriage drove into the imperial city and stopped in front of the Forbidden Palace. Shi Gan was about to go to the Chengtianmen Guard to register, but was stopped by Qin Lei, "Let's wait first." Shi Gan knew that the prince had something to say to Miss Nian Yao, and ordered the black guards to lead the carriage to the edge of the road and guarded it from afar.
Qin Lei closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he opened his eyes and said firmly to Nian Yao: "The Lone King has changed his mind and doesn't want to send you in."
Nian Yao did not change her expression when she heard this. She just held the corner of her skirt tightly with her hands, bit her lower lip lightly, and was silent for a while before she said quietly: "Didn't the prince say that I can choose freely?"
Qin Lei's face was stagnant and said with difficulty: "But Gu Wang knows that you don't want to walk a path. Gu Wang hopes you can live a happier life in the future."
Nian Yao looked at Qin Lei with a sarcastic look and said softly: "Can you be happy to follow the prince?"
Qin Lei was speechless. He didn't know how to make this girl happy? Do you treat her like Ruolan? Not to mention that the three women have filled his heart and can no longer find a place to stuff. Just say that Ruolan is really happy? Qin Lei dare not say it.
He had seen Ruolan's resentment flashing by, and he could not forget her back as she cried secretly. Putting aside her feelings completely, Qin Lei did not think that she would be so happy after following him.
But she did owe her a lot, and even almost ruined her life. Therefore, after a long ideological struggle, Qin Lei decided to let her have a real free choice. Even if she really imagined Ruolan, Qin Lei planned to accept it.
Qin Lei did not expect that Nian Yao just smiled sadly and said, "The outsiders of the swings in the wall are the same for Nian Yao now. Since that's the case, why bother Sister Ruolan."
Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "What if the Lone King sincerely invites you?"
Nian Yao shook her head firmly and said, "Beside the prince, I always remind Nian Yao of the past nightmare. Please let Nian Yao leave."
Qin Lei sighed and said slowly, "That's it, Gu Hui often goes to see you." As he said that, he knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the carriage slowly started and drove into the Forbidden Garden of the Deep Palace. A quarter of an hour later, he arrived outside the Cining Palace. When he was about to get off the bus, Qin Lei, who had been silent for the past quarter of an hour, suddenly asked, "If Gu Wang only gave you one option at first, would you accept it?"
Nian Yao slowly turned her head, looked at Qin Lei seriously, then lowered her head and said respectfully: "I don't know."
The old eunuch of Cining Palace had been at the door before, and knew that Qin Lei was the first to the old empress dowager, so he didn't dare to be negligent. He laughed and asked An, "I greeted the prince. Seeing that the prince was in good health, I felt relieved after I felt more at ease."
Qin Lei still remembered the old eunuch who was ravaged by Concubine on that day. He smiled and said, "Why do you still have to cow to greet me? It makes Xiao Wang look very glamorous."
Everyone carried the flower sedan chair and said a few words to listen to, which were good without any expense, and sometimes it was more valuable than rewards. Especially these old eunuchs who were not short of money liked to listen.
The two of them spoke warmly, and then Eunuch Qiu said softly: "Is the prince here to speak with his ancestors?"
Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "That's right, I brought the person I asked for by the time being." As he said that, he took out an envelope from his sleeve, and smiled faintly, "The autumn is cold, please add some clothes to Qiu Lao Tzu."
Eunuch Qiu said with a look of flattery: "If you can't do it, I dare not take the prince's money. If you have anything, just give me the order. After you finish it, you say ok, and I will be satisfied." As he said that, he really pushed out.
Qin Lei smiled and patted the old eunuch's shoulder and said, "Old Qiu just take it, the Lone King's reward, which little bastard dares to say what?"
Eunuch Qiu then took the envelope with both hands, smiled like a chrysanthemum and said, "Hahaha, that old slave thanked the prince for rewards. I wonder what the prince has to give?"
Qin Lei laughed and said, "How dare I bother Boss Qiu, it's nothing." As he said that, he looked at Nian Yao, who was looking down from behind, and said softly: "This girl is very important to the lonely. Mr. Qiu, please keep an eye on me, don't let the little guys bully you."
Eunuch Qiu never expected that Qin Lei was busy responding for this matter and said with a smile: "If you leave it on the old slave, you will definitely not let this girl suffer a certain grievance." As he said that, he glared at the eunuchs and palace maids around him, and secretly said: "Did you hear it?"
The eunuchs and palace maids around him knelt on the ground in silence, obviously very afraid of the old eunuch Qiu.
The old eunuch nodded with satisfaction, changed into a smile, and said respectfully to Qin Lei: "The Empress Dowager is worshiping Buddha in the meditation hall, so the prince must go in."
Qin Lei smiled and said goodbye to him, and stepped into the Buddhist temple.
The old eunuch ordered the palace maid to take Nian Yao for rest, and went straight back to the room and closed the door. Sitting on the bed, pulling out the heavy envelope from the sleeve, taking out the things inside, and looking at them, I couldn't help but say a whisper - I saw a thick stack of treasure money in the inner palace, all of which were ten thousand denominations.
The old eunuch trembled and then lit it again and finally panted and said to himself: "Five hundred thousand taels? These five princesses are not rewarding, they are obviously going to buy the miscellaneous family." He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, pushed the bedding away, and stroking on the bed for a while, a piece of the bed raised up, revealing the large iron box inside. It was exactly the same as the secret structure in the Xiangyang Lake Village and General Chu Luo's room.
The old eunuch Qiu took out the key from his arms, fiddled for a while before opening the iron box, and the room was filled with jewels. The old eunuch Qiu put the 500,000 taels of treasure money, took out an account book from it, wrote down the money, and then murmured: "Two,270,000 taels, another 230,000 taels will be..."
Not to mention the old eunuch counting money, Prince Long entered the meditation hall but did not see the Buddha statue. He only saw the old empress dowager sitting on a futon with a string of rosary in her hand, a stove of sandalwood in front of her, and another futon opposite her, that's all, nothing else.
Qin Lei sat down cross-legged on another cushion, imitating the old lady, closed her eyes and sat upright.
The grandparents and grandsons sat opposite each other, without saying a word for an entire hour. The whole meditation hall was very quiet. At first, the sound of Qin Lei's breathing could be heard, but later the sound became longer and lighter and less until it was inaudible...
Qin Lei felt that he was gradually leaving his body and stood in the air and staring at his heart quietly. Those hesitant, cowardly, dirty, despicable, greedy... all kinds of ugliness hidden deep in the heart, under this gaze, gradually the ice and snow melted, leaving only a innocent heart, unprecedented peace.
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang slowly opened her eyes, and Qin Lei opened her eyes as if he was aware of it, and looked at the old lady and smiled.
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang looked at her little grandson kindly and said warmly: "How calm is your heart?"
Qin Lei nodded and smiled and said, "The child is already calm." He said, "Grandma has never opened her eyes just now, how could she notice the child's restlessness?"
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled and said, "Anyone with great wisdom, great concentration, and great compassion can learn his mind."
Qin Lei suddenly felt creepy and forced a smile and said, "Does grandma know what the child is thinking?"
The old lady nodded kindly, but Qin Lei got goosebumps. Just imagine an old witch sitting in front of you. Even the person you are closest to is unavoidable. Qin Lei swallowed hard and spitted, and asked a sensation: "Don't you know what the child is thinking now?"
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, slowly opened her eyes, and smiled and said, "You are thinking: Never let that old witch know what I think..."
Qin Lei realized that he had been fooled. He looked at Empress Dowager Wenzhuang with a wry smile and said aggrievedly: "Grandma is lying to others, so she won't do this..."
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled and said, "Your Highness Prince Long, who is fighting wits and courage with the old thief Wen, was deceived by an old woman. Isn't it embarrassing?" With every move, you can see the faint traces of the upside down of all beings when you were young.
Qin Lei said with certainty: "Grandma must have loved to lie when she was young."
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang also refused and smiled and said, "The reason why people are deceived is because their hearts have flaws, worries, desires, concerns, and bonds, so they are taken advantage of by others."
Qin Lei smiled bitterly and said, "The reason why people are human is because they have desires. Whoever desires achievement, whoever desires love, and whoever desires wealth. If they are completely detached, they are no longer human."
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Success is a reward for continuous efforts, but excessive pursuit is a quest; love between men and women is the way of heaven and earth, and it is not wrong in itself, but excessive obsession is debauchery; treasures and silk can bring a comfortable life, which is not wrong in itself. But excessive pursuit is greed."
Qin Lei said solemnly: "The key lies in the degree."
"Everything is appropriate, but not as good as it is." Empress Dowager Wenzhuang praised: "If a person is eighteen years old, he will start to learn to think, and he can always make fewer mistakes than others." As he said, his eyes flashed with a bright light: "At your level, he is making fewer mistakes, not more achievements."
Qin Lei sighed when he heard this, "It is true. No matter how much credit you have, it cannot bring more glory to your child. If you want to go further, you have to rely on your opponent to make mistakes." This is ambiguous and can be explained no matter how you explain it. It can be regarded as the struggle with the two giants, or as the battle for the throne he said.
Wenzhuang heard this and looked at Qin Lei with a smile for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "Child, you are now at the three forks of life. Before you know it, you will step into one of them and get farther and farther away from the other one and will never be able to intersect."
Qin Lei Twins supported his knees and asked softly: "Which two roads are there in front of the child?" He remembered that he had just pointed out two roads to Nian Yao two or three days ago. Now it was his turn to choose.
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang looked calm and gently stroked the rosary in her hand and said, "You can choose to fight crazy and crazy. This is a flat road, and many seemingly beautiful things are placed next to the road, waiting for you to pick them. But you don't know that this road will lead you to glory or destruction. And you will lose a lot of things, even what you originally cherished the most."
Qin Lei nodded without saying a word. Then he heard Empress Dowager Wenzhuang continue: "You can also choose to be sober and face temptations and challenges with ease. This is a path full of fog. You can't see the future clearly and don't know what will happen tomorrow. You can only walk on thin ice trembling. But one day the fog dissipates, and you will find that the end of the road is a bright future."
Qin Lei's backbone was straighter and asked in a deep voice: "How can the emperor and grandmother want the child to leave?"
Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled kindly and said, "Let your own path."
Qin Lei stubbornly said: "The child asked the emperor and grandmother to give advice."
The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled helplessly, plucked a few rosary beads in her hand, and said warmly: "You child, grandma doesn't say it because I can't make up my mind either. As a grandmother, grandma certainly hopes that you can always stay awake, be safe and stable, and keep the clouds clear and the sunrise. But as the Empress Dowager, I hope that His Highness, Prince Long of the Great Qin, can fight bravely, and use the sword in her hand to break out a broad road for me, Daqin and yourself."
Qin Lei felt something: "Did the emperor's grandmother see the danger?"
The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang's eyes suddenly became bright and she looked at Qin Lei for a moment. The magic gradually faded. She said a little, "Grandma is old, it's not the time, and she can no longer support the sky for you brothers. If one day, the sky really falls, you can't hold on." She sighed and said, "If you give you another ten years, or even five years, you can support the sky for your brothers on behalf of Grandma. But the New Year is not a good New Year..."
The words of Empress Dowager Wenzhuang made Qin Lei feel a strong sense of crisis, and he felt a long-lost chess piece. He took a heavy breath and asked in a low voice: "Where is the father? Can't he protect the Qin royal family?"
A hint of disappointment appeared in the eyes of Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, and she said lightly: "Your father has his own considerations, and choices will naturally be different from you and me. If you put your hope on him, you will be disappointed..." After saying this, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang's mood became low, as if she was trapped in some kind of memory and could not extricate herself.
Seeing that the empress dowager had lost interest in talking, Qin Lei also stopped talking with tactfulness. After sitting for a while, he made an offer to pay homage to his mother, got up and took his leave.
When he was about to go out, the old empress dowager sitting on the cushion suddenly said in a deep voice: "Be careful of Wen Yanbo."
When Qin Lei turned around in surprise, the old lady entered a state of wandering again and said nothing more.
Qin Lei had no choice but to retreat in a bad mood, declined the kindness of eunuch Qiu's gift, and slowly walked on the stone path leading to Jinyu Palace.
As the autumn wind blows, the whole world loses its bright colors. Even with high walls, the flowers, plants and trees in the forbidden gardens begin to gradually become weak. The tenacious ones are as pine and cypress, and they still struggle to retain the green that is no longer clear, while the fragile ones are as leaves as peaches and plums, which have already fallen off their leaves, revealing bare branches, skinny and bony, and have lost all their charm.
Qin Lei walked forward aimlessly, and was still thinking about the conversation of the empress dowager just now. He admitted that the old lady had a sharp vision and was very clear about things. He was indeed facing a life choice. Should she fight against Li Wen's family in a high-profile manner, or to be low-key and tolerant and silently develop her strength?
To be fair, low-key and forbearance is more in line with the current situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak. Qin Lei also believes that with his existing strength, he will not suffer a catastrophe with his wings and waiting for the battle. At that time, he will be able to accumulate energy, sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, and wait until both sides are injured before coming out to clean up the situation.
But that will inevitably cause many people who rely on themselves to be hurt by their own inaction, such as Shi Mengzhuang Die'er and his wife, Xu Qianshan, Xue Naiying, and countless people who serve themselves and focus their future on themselves.
Thinking of this, Qin Lei knew that he had no choice. Although he fought against the two giants, many people would still die, and even he was likely to be filled in. But at least he had fought against him, even if he had no complaints.
"I believe they won't blame me either." A yellow leaf fell from the tree, and was caught by Qin Lei. He clenched his fists and crushed the withered yellow leaves without moisture. He opened his hand and the powder turned into the dead leaves was blown away by the autumn wind, and there was not even a trace of residue left.
"But Guantao wants to say that I'm too impulsive again." Thinking of this, Qin Lei raised his head with a smile, but found that the surrounding scenery changed, and there were no rockery flowers and plants. Instead, he was replaced by tall poplar trees and flat and spacious yellow grass. He had already left the harem and entered Hualin Garden.
Qin Lei angrily said to Shi Gan following behind him: "Why didn't you remind me just now when you passed by Jinyu Palace?"
Shi Gan said with a grievance: "You came out of Cining Palace and turned to Hualinyuan after walking a few steps. My subordinates also said that you want to see Princess Yongfu."
Chapter completed!