"Okay, how can I be polite to you?" After saying this, when the meal was almost done, Gualjia suddenly said: "When I came here just now, I met Yushan."
Yu Shan? Ling Ruo thought for a long time before she remembered that this was the palace maid next to Shu Mulu. She put down her silver chopsticks, took the hot handkerchief that Yang Hai had put aside and said, "Uh, what's wrong with her?"
Guarjia held a piece of winter bamboo shoots on her chopsticks but did not eat it. After looking at it, she put it on the bowl and said: "The Liu family's Jin concubine's auspicious clothes were accidentally torn by the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When Shumulu knew it, she took the initiative
She said she wanted to repair it, so Yushan just took the repaired Jifu back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I saw it and it was repaired very well, with no trace of damage at all."
Ling Ruo's hand that wiped her lips slowed down, and then she threw the handkerchief back into the plate and said nonchalantly: "Isn't that great? It is said that the noble man is good at female beauty, good at repairing, and is willing to help others, with a kind heart like a Bodhisattva.
"
Guarjia raised an eyebrow and asked sideways, "Do you really think so?"
Ling Ruo smiled and said nothing, stood up and walked to the wenge tree under the window, folded a daffodil from the porcelain pot placed on it, put it under her nose and took a deep sniff, then said: "This flower has a delicate fragrance.
Pleasant, strong but not strong, fragrant but not turbid, so many people like it
Raise a few pots of orchids; but if you sprinkle a layer of fragrant powder on the flowers, although they will be more fragrant, it will have the opposite effect and make people want to vomit." Having said this, she returned to the table and put the orchids on the table.
Pinned in front of Guarjia's lapel, he chuckled and said, "It looks great pinned like this!"
Guarjia raised her hand and stroked the delicate white petals of the orchid, and said with a smile: "Flowers are beautiful, but when you say this, it doesn't sound like you are just talking about flowers."
Ling Ruo clapped her hands, her eyes slightly cold, "Shu Mulu and Liu were beautiful ladies who entered the palace in the same year. They were both regulars at that time. Later, one was named a noble by the queen and her eyes, and the other was
Then he was granted the title of noble because of his possession of the dragon seed. It can be said that these two people have been fighting, and now the Liu family is about to be granted the title of noble.
As a modest concubine, how could Shu Mulu be content with being called empress? But under such circumstances, she took the initiative to repair Liu's Jifu and asked the palace maid to send it back overnight. This feat of patience
, which you and I never had when we were this age. This Shumulu clan cannot be underestimated."
Guarjia listened quietly. She just thought of this and mentioned it to Ling Ruo. After Ling Ruo finished speaking, she stood up and said: "Otherwise, why would the queen find her as a pawn? I guess
It seems that she will not just watch the Liu family leap above her, and will definitely find a way to climb up."
"Everyone in the palace wants to climb up, but not one out of ten can climb to the top. Most of them fall down just before they reach the mountainside." Ling Ruo paused and then said: "But the Shumulu clan does have some problems.
Scheming, Mrs. Liu once told me before that the Queen’s order
She got rid of the Liu family's children, but she secretly formed an alliance with the Liu family, trying to hide the truth. She could not only perfuse the queen, but also not be charged with murdering the dragon fetus, killing two birds with one stone. How far such a person can climb, even me
It’s hard to say.”
Guarjia knew about this, and after nodding, he added: "It seems that the queen is not very good at using this chess piece. Ruo'er, do you think the queen knows or doesn't know about Shumulu's betrayal?"
?”
Ling Ruo laughed, took the chrysanthemum tea handed to her by the palace attendant, rinsed her mouth and said, "Our queen has such deep thoughts, how could I guess it?"
"Guessing is a great way to relieve your boredom." Guarjia chuckled and said, "Last time I bet on snow, I won. Let's see if I still win this time."
Seeing that she was so interested, Ling Ruo couldn't help but say, "Okay, what are you betting on, sister? Don't just give me anything to kill me."
Guarjia rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you bet on the golden silk butterfly embellished with pearls that you lost to me last time?"
Ling Ruo laughed at what she said, pursed her lips and said, "Sister, can you be serious? If you use the winnings to gamble and let people know about it, you should say that you are stingy."
Guarjia held back her laughter, raised her chin and said, "I'm not stingy, I'm just giving you a chance to win back what you lost. How about a bet?"
"I won't accept such an insincere bet." Ling Ruo pushed her aside and said, "Actually, it's the same whether the queen knows it or not. She never completely trusts a person, so sooner or later, the Shumulus family will be regarded as an abandoned person.
I threw it aside, but I think Shumulu wants to get rid of the Queen's control, so I don't know who can take the first step."
Guarjia licked the broken hair around her ears, nodded and said: "According to what you said, it seems that we can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?"
Ling Ruo straightened the hairpin on her bun and said, "Why, sister doesn't like it?"
Guarjia smiled casually and said: "How can I not be happy with such a good thing when I can watch others fight without harming myself?" This smile later turned into a sigh, and he looked down at the orchids on his lap.
He said in a condensed voice: "After fighting for so many years, I am actually a little tired of it, but I have to fight, otherwise my life will be cut off at will like this orchid."
"Live in this red wall for a day and keep fighting for a day. This is your life and mine. No matter how tired we are, we must continue." Ling Ruo opened the window and let the night wind roar in and blow on her face for a long time.
, she closed the window, turned around and said, "Sister, please play a game of chess with me."
"Okay, maybe I haven't played chess for a long time, but don't you have to be busy with the Liu family's canonization ceremony?"
Ling Ruo ordered Shui Xiu to get the chess pieces and said: "It's just a concubine. The things to prepare are not too complicated. I have already given general instructions. I just need to check it again in the past few days. It should be hers.
, I won’t miss anything; she shouldn’t be wishful thinking about things that shouldn’t be hers.”
Guarjia understood the meaning of her words and grabbed a handful of the chess pieces brought by Shui Xiu. The cold chess pieces kept taking away the warmth from the palms of her hands, "I'm afraid that some people won't feel at ease with the position beneath them."
"That depends on her own ability." After saying this, Ling Ruo said no more, took another box of chess pieces and placed it in front of her, concentrating on the game.
A small chessboard gives you the feeling of having your life in your hands and grabbing it at your fingertips. This is incomparable to anything else. Perhaps only life full of variables and unknowns can compare with it. No wonder some people say chess.
Like life, it’s really not bad at all.
This game of chess was played until the sky was filled with stars, but there was still no winner. There was no room for moves on the chessboard, and it ended in a draw. On the way to send the Guarjia family out of Wanfang and An, Ling Ruo remained silent.
She said, only holding Gualjia's always warm hand. She did not let go until she walked out of Wanfang He'an. Gualjia said funnyly: "When are you going to let go? I am not the emperor."