The Rebirth of the Empress
Rebirth
The large courtyard was black and white, the floor was made of limestone, the pillars were vermilion red and there was an intricate Begonia pattern engraved on the fence. After raining all night, raindrops slid down from the foliage and fell to the ground.
The purple gold incense burner is made very beautiful like a small animal and currently emits the scent of costus root which smells very fresh in early autumn.
In every corner of the bed, small brightly colored tassel sachets hung fragrances. On the side of the sofa, two tall servants carefully fanned the person on the bed.
“The fever will get serious when someone falls into the water in such cold weather. Young Miss had been sleeping day and night and the doctor said that she should have woken up by now. Why is there still no movement?” The face of the green-clothed maid could barely hide her anxiety.
“Gu Yu, this is almost half shichen (1 shichen \= 2 hours). Why hasn't the doctor arrived?” Another maid dressed in purple said.
"Second Lady looked closely and this was considered a bad matter so the residence hid this matter." Gu Yu looked at the person on the bed, "Furen and Master are not in the capital and Eldest Young Master is not around either. Lao Furen is also biased towards the East page. Seeing that Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang had not returned after searching for a healer, they must have been stopped. Isn't this as good as pushing Young Miss towards the path of death! This can't be done. I have to go out and see.”
When those words were spoken, the person in the bed listened spoken in a weak voice.
"Young Miss is awake!" The purple-clothed maid called out in surprise and quickly ran to the bedside to see the young lady rubbing her forehead as she slowly sat down.
“Jing Zhe...” murmured Shen Miao.
"This servant is here." The purple-clothed maid smiled as she held Shen Miao's hand, “Did Miss feel any better? After taking a nap day and night, it seemed like his fever had subsided but he still did not wake up. This waiter is thinking of calling the healer again.”
"Does Young Miss want water?" Gu Yu handed him a cup of tea.
Shen Miao looked somewhat confused at the two people in front.
He had four first rank servants, Jing Zhe, Gu Yun, Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang. They are all very smart girls . Unfortunately in the end, there was nothing left.
When he became a hostage in Qin, in order to protect him from being humiliated by the Crown Prince, Gu Yun died at the hands of Crown Prince Qin. Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang, one died along with Wan Yu's wedding trip, the other died in the struggle to get help with Furen Mei in the Inner Palace.
As for Jing Zhe, she was the prettiest of them. At first, to help Fu XiuYi climb into the pitching and win the officials, the, Jing Zhe volunteered to be a concubine and used her beauty to lure the official's support but was eventually killed by the official's wife on random grounds.
After learning of Jing Zhe's death, Shen Miao cried to the point of almost having a miscarriage.
Now seeing Jing Zhe standing in front of her with her usual beautiful self and Gu Yu smiling at her, the two maids aged fourteen fifteen made Shen Miao a momentary trance.
After a while, he then smiled bitterly and closed his eyes, "The illusion that one sees before death is so real."
"What did Young Miss say?" Gu Yu put down the cup and touched Shen Miao's forehead, "Does her fever confuse you?"
Sensing an ice-cold hand touching his forehead that felt comfortable and real, Shen Miao suddenly opened his eyes and his eyes sharpened. He slowly lowered his head and looked at his own hands.
There lay a pair of beautiful and delicate hands with neatly trimmed nails. One would notice that it was a pair of hands that were spoiled for being delicate and adorable.
It's not his hand.
Dealing with the court matter with Fu Xiu Yi, his hands had already become rough during that situation. He copied every account book and was like a servant being ruled in the Qin state like a servant, fought in the Inner Palace because of Fu Ming and Wan Yu and washed the clothes in the Cold Palace whose hands were filled with calluses and their joints were swollen. How would they be in such a delicate appearance?
"Bring me a mirror" said Shen Miao. His voice was still very weak but his tone was firm.
Gu Yun and Jing Zhe looked at each other anxiously and in the end Jing Zhe took out a mirror and handed it to Shen Miao.
This was the face of a young woman who was praised by the Royal family for being able to 'bring good luck to her husband'.
The mirror in Shen Miao's hand suddenly landed on the floor and a clear sharp voice sounded. When the sound of shards echoed in his heart, it triggered a huge storm surge.
He pinched himself ferociously and two rows of tears fell.
Heaven does not turn its back on people. Heaven does not turn its back on him!
He has returned!
Gu Yun and Jing Zhe jumped in fear. Gu Yun quickly went to pick up the pieces on the floor and anxiously said, "Young Miss must be careful not to injure someone's leg."
"Why is Young Miss crying?" Jing Zhe wiped Shen Miao with a handkerchief but saw Shen Miao looking back strangely as she muttered, “I have returned.”.
He grabbed Jing Zhe asking, "What year is this?"
Jing Zhe was a bit scared but replied honestly, “Ming Qi sixty-eight years old. What's wrong with Young Miss? Are there any unhealthy body parts?”
“Ming Qi sixty-eight years, Ming Qi sixty-eight years.” Shen Miao's eyes widen. He was fourteen years old in the sixty-eight year old Ming Qi. As she meets Fu Xiu Yi and falls foolishly in love with Fu Xiu Yi, she forces her father to marry her off. This was the year when she forced Fu Xiu Yi to marry her!
And now..He heard Gu Yu's words in his ear, “Young lady shouldn't scare us servants. The fever is only slightly subsided, it could be that his mind is still unclear. Eldest Young Miss is really too cruel, this is practically calling the life of Young Miss ... "
In the past, Shen Miao was mostly on Fu Xiu Yi's side running errands for him and the days in the Shen residence were completely bland. But he could remember this incident clearly, he could remember everything related to Fu XiuYi clearly.
Shen Qing told him that Fu Xiu Yi wanted to come to Shen's residence to visit the Second and Third Shu, so he pulled her over to take a sneak look. Reaching the garden, Shen Qing pushed him down from the rock garden.
After being lured out of the pool, there were also other officials around and it saw him as Shen Miao's joke. His obsession with Prince Ding for the past half a year had spread throughout the capital and with this incident, it only made him a laughingstock.
In his past life, after he woke up, he accused Shen Qing of pushing him into the pool but no one believed him. Shen Miao suffers grievances and is punished by the Old Lady for being locked up in the temple and unable to get out until after the mid-autumn celebration. Shen Yue secretly let him out and took him to the chrysanthemum appreciation festival of Yan Bei Hall and he made a lot of mistakes.
Shen Miao closed her eyes.
There are three households in the Shen family, Shen Xin heads the first household and she is Shen Miao's father and is the son of old General Shen and his Yuanpei Furen. Yuanpei died at middle age and General Shen married his second wife and she gave birth to Shen Gui of the second household and Shen Wan of the third household. After old General Shen died, the second wife became the current Old Lady. The Shen family is inseparable and the three interfere with each other supporting each other with a good relationship and this becomes an anecdote.
The Shen family had a lineage in the military field. When it reached the Shen Xin generation, in addition to the first household to hold military power, the second and third households took the route of literary officials. Shen Xin often went for military expeditions and Shen Furen followed her husband's forces. Shen Miao was left in the Shen residence under the tutelage and teachings of the Old Lady and the two Shenshen.
After teaching this and that, he got nothing and was still a fool and an incompetent straw bag that would stick to the man he met shamelessly.
In her previous life, she only felt that her aunt and the Great Mistress treated her very well and neither Shen Yue nor Shen Qing needed to learn the rules and etiquette and she did not need to do so. Now it seemed like it was a plan to make him fail because of the excessive praise from them.
Distracting her because her parents and older brother were not by her side and showing the side in front and showing the other side when the back was rotated, she said, this made Shen Xin and Shen Furen feel that this princess was even more like a straw bag every time they came back to the residence.
In this life, he wanted to see how these people shamelessly repeated the same old trick!
Just as he was thinking, he heard the girl who was outside sweeping the courtyard running in and saying, "Young Miss, Second Miss is here to see you."
