Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

Chapter 448: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn

After the court session, Li Zhong saw that the old emperor looked unwell, so he quickly asked Wei Xuan to call the imperial physician.

When the old emperor woke up, he only saw the bright yellow tent ceiling. The queen next to him was taking a short rest with a tired look on her face. After hearing the noise, she opened her eyes and looked at the old emperor with surprise.

She stayed here with the emperor for as many days as he slept.

After the queen helped the old emperor drink the medicine, she wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

The old emperor only remembered that he smashed several sets of cups, and then his vision went dark, and he remembered nothing. Looking at the dark circles under the queen's eyes, he said in a hoarse voice: "Let the people below handle these things, and you should also take care of yourself."

The queen shook her head and said, "Ever since the incident with Concubine Shu, I don't trust anyone. Your Majesty, you must take good care of your health. Both Northern Qi and I need you."

The young couple have supported each other all the way to where they are today.

In the old emperor's heart, the queen is an inseparable part of his life. No matter how many women there are in the harem, no one can compare to the queen.

"Ah? Ah, I'm so lucky to meet a woman as good as you. In my next life, I just hope to be born in an ordinary family and be able to spend my whole life with Ah Xu."

"When the time comes..." The emperor took a breath, his chest rising and falling, but he never let go of the queen's hand and continued, "As long as Ah Xu is alone, it will be fine. As long as Ah Xu is alone, it will be fine."

The Empress smiled, and through the Emperor's old face she seemed to see the young man of those days, who had met in the temple and fell in love at the Chaohua Festival. The elegant young man's face flushed, and he looked shy, but he said in a firm tone that he loved her.

From birth, she was destined to be the first wife of any major family.

Although she could not marry into the families of princes, nobles, and first-rank officials of the imperial court, she was worthy of the others, and her family doted on her. She had never thought of marrying into a wealthy family. She only wanted to find a good man, even if his family was not high-class. It was just right that they could support her and not let her suffer in her husband's family.

My mother also taught me to be a good wife. It was normal for a husband to have three wives and four concubines, and those people around her could not surpass her.

What she had always learned was how to consolidate her position, how to control the household, how to manage concubines, and how to be cruel to her husband when he was useless, and to kill him or save the children, instead of being jealous or sentimental.

Even when she was a young girl in love, she had never fantasized about being together for the rest of her life. She just wanted to marry a man with a good character, who would not be like some men who favor concubines over their wives, making her future life miserable.

But she happened to meet the prince, who made a lot of efforts to give her the position of the legal wife and was willing to accompany her to do many things she wanted to do.

On the day he got his first concubine, she stayed awake all night and kept looking up at the moon in the sky.

She could understand it. After all, a man of his status couldn't possibly be the only woman with him, but she still felt very sad.

It was also from that day that she put away the unrealistic ideas that were about to arise in her mind and became a qualified wife.

She thought, as long as he wasn't too heartless, it would be fine.

But I seem to have underestimated him. Even after he became the emperor, he would go to have lunch with me every day. Even if he was too busy with state affairs to spare time, he would still ask someone to invite me over.

No matter what he encountered in the court, he would always talk to himself at night. Sometimes he would complain that the Censor had impeached him again, and sometimes he would say that some ministers were taking advantage of their seniority and always opposed him, or he would say that some ministers had quarreled with another minister. Even if he accidentally stepped on someone else's foot, he would come to him, the emperor, to complain.

Every time at this time, she would always comfort him.

Sometimes when the emperor was very angry in the court, he would hide in her for comfort.

The Queen was in a trance for a moment. Sometimes she would think, if only he was not the Emperor, maybe she would be the only woman by his side, and they could really be an ordinary couple.

But when I come to my senses, I can't help but laugh at myself for wanting everything.

The old emperor considered himself an excellent husband to the man who had been carefully nurtured by his family.

But for my youngest daughter, who is homesick, I feel a little bit unqualified.

Fortunately, from the beginning to the end, he never promised that I would be the only woman, and he gave me all the honors, dignity, and dignity of a queen. So, all in all, he did not let me down.

This life has been quite satisfying.

Looking at the emperor who was hanging on to his last breath in front of her, she sighed softly in her heart, her thick eyelashes drooped slightly, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking at the moment.

She thought for a moment and said, "No one can tell what will happen in the next life, but my husband has said this. If you can still make me like you in the next life, then I will grow old with you."

She touched the old emperor's face gently, and her eyes seemed to be filled with an ever-burning candle flame.

She is his wife, how could she not understand his helplessness.

She watched him transform from a high-spirited young emperor, a wise and benevolent monarch praised by the people, into this state step by step, with too much distress and helplessness in her heart.

The two chatted from the time they first met to the present day, and also talked about many old friends, as well as the once innocent and cute princes and princesses who had never grown up.

Seeing that the old emperor looked a little tired, the empress helped him lie down and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, you have done well enough. Our little Li is the princess of Northern Qi."

"No." The old emperor interrupted her without thinking, looked at her seriously and said, "When you were pregnant with Xiaoli, Concubine Shu poisoned you. Since Xiaoli was born, the imperial doctors said that there were signs of premature death. You and I were so worried that we couldn't sleep day and night. We were worried whether it was cold or hot. We always had to check on her every day. We were relieved to make sure she was still breathing."

"At that time, I couldn't always be with her. You took care of her yourself day and night to make me feel at ease, and never asked anyone else to do it. It was you who snatched Xiao Li back from you step by step."

"In your heart, Xiao Li is more important than me."

At that time, the queen cried silently countless times because of her daughter's health. She prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky, just praying that her daughter would grow up safely.

On several occasions when Li Limu was seriously ill, the Queen almost died with him.

She broke down and cried, pulling at the emperor's clothes, begging him to bury her and Li Limu together if anything really happened to him.

Li Limu is also the child who receives the most fatherly love from the emperor, even the crown prince Li Changyi cannot compare to him.

In order to pray for Li Limu, he did not eat any meat for three years, for fear that the gods and Buddhas would think he was not sincere and take Li Limu away.

How could he and the queen watch their daughter, whom they had raised with great difficulty, jump into the fire?

The queen's smile was somewhat sad, but they were not ordinary people after all. Her daughter was a princess of Northern Qi and had been supported by the people of Northern Qi since she was a child.

Everything they have was given by the people.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. This is a truth that not only the emperor knows, but every royal descendant should know.

The old emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I die, I will never let our daughter marry. If she really has to suffer torture and humiliation, it would be better to do it from the beginning."

His eyes were moist, and he said, "I have only done one thing in my life that I feel guilty about, and I still don't know whether it was right or wrong. But regarding the rest, I dare to swear in front of all the gods and Buddhas, as well as the ancestors of the Li family, that I have never had the slightest selfish motive."

"But now I only have this little selfish desire, I just want to protect my daughter and let her marry a good husband. Even if he is not rich, as long as she can live a peaceful life, isn't that enough?"

The queen also started crying. How could she not feel heartbroken? This was undoubtedly like using a knife to cut out her heart, cutting her entire heart open alive.

The two of them didn't notice that a figure stumbled out quietly.