The concubine shook my hand and said: "The night is getting cold, and the mountains are no better than anywhere else. If you feel cold, why don't we go in. www."
I smiled and said, "Why is it cold? It's just that it's boring to sit on the stone bench all the time."
Jiuyun smiled and said, "If you feel bored, why don't you and our concubine go sit on the steps and I can clean them up?"
The concubine looked at me with a smile and said angrily to Jiu Yun: "Huan'er was born in a boudoir, so she is not as informal as we used to be in Pai Yi. I'm afraid she's not used to it."
I got up and took Concubine Shu Gui's hand and walked to the stone steps together. Without brushing the dust, I sat down on the steps and said: "I used to read Du Mu's "Autumn Eve" at home and said it was "Silver Candle".
The cold autumn light paints the screen, and the small light Luo fan flutters at the flowing fireflies. The sky is as cold as water at night, and I sit and watch the Altair and Vega. Today, the night is as cold as water, although it is not as luxurious as the silver candle autumn light painting the screen, nor does it have the luxury of the small Qing Luo fan fluttering at the flowing fireflies.
Elegant, but the mood of the concubine and I is the same when we sit and watch Altair and Vega, there is no difference at all." I smiled and said: "Sitting on the steps, the view is much wider than on the stone bench."
Jiuyun just smiled: "Toffee, do you think I am right? My wife is not that pretentious, she is also a person with a beautiful temperament."
The concubine smiled and nodded and said, "That's right. Otherwise, how could you be so close to me?" She smiled and said, "What you just recited seems to be the first palace poem."
I nodded, "That's what the concubine said."
She frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I used to live in the palace, and I often listened to the palace ladies reciting such palace poems. There is one song that the current Queen Mother often recited. It has been a long time, and I can't remember it clearly.
Yeah, it's vaguely like 'Your kindness flows eastward like water, and the sorrows of gaining favor and losing favor are transferred away'. The women we reject only know folk songs and don't learn poetry. These things are only gradually learned after entering the palace."
I was secretly shocked that the Queen Mother could read such a poem, so she must be quite sad. Presumably, after Concubine Shu Gui entered the palace, she was lonely in the palace and felt very self-pity and self-harm.
My smile faded slightly, and I said with emotion: "Your kindness flows eastward like water, and the sorrow of gaining favor and losing favor will be replaced by sorrow. All women in the palace probably have this kind of sadness."
The concubine smiled brilliantly and said, "I have never done that." She saw that I didn't seem to believe it, so she said, "Although the emperor's heart is easy to change, the late emperor has never treated me like this." She paused and said,
"Not to mention whether your kindness is like running water, even if that day comes, I will not be worried at all, because in my heart, I only remember the late emperor wholeheartedly. No matter whether he favors me or whether he can still love me, he is in my heart
In my eyes, I see the young emperor that I was when we first met. And the late emperor had the same attitude toward me, so I firmly believe in the theory that love is stronger than gold."
I saw her expression was intoxicated, and my heart suddenly became clear.
In the past, there were rumors in the palace that Concubine Shu Gui was favored by the late Emperor's special chamber, and she was the favorite of the Sixth Palace. I always thought it was just an ordinary relationship between a king and a concubine. But it turns out that Concubine Shu Gui and the late Emperor both had innocent hearts.
, Just like the love between husband and wife, only this love can be stronger than gold.
I was almost moved to tears by such affection. So I lowered my head slightly to hide the tears, thinking about taking over what the concubine had just said, and said: "This sentence seems to be Li Yishan's "Palace Ci". The second half
The sentence is exactly 'Mo Xiangzun preludes to "Flowers Falling", the cool breeze is only at the west end of the hall'."
The song "Flowers Fall" has been sung in the palace before. It seems that An Lingrong was sitting next to Xuan Ling at a banquet in the main hall, stretching his throat and singing loudly. Which banquet was it?
I really don't remember.
It still seemed that it was not An Lingrong, but me who was playing "Flower Fall" in Tangli Palace. It seemed that while I was playing, Xuan Ling was also smiling and staring at me.
The song "Flowers Fall", also known as "Plum Blossoms Fall", is the name of the flute music in Yuefu's cross-winding music. The prelude "Flowers Fall" was played in the imperial era when the kings were feasting and making music. Such music was indispensable.
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I recalled sadly that when the spring breeze triumphantly played "Plum Blossoms Fall" in front of the king's banquet, I never thought that a cool breeze would blow in the future and I would become one of the withered flowers. Today, the spring breeze is triumphant and is still on the branches.
It was An Lingrong who was fluttering in the wind.
The king's favor is like running water, flowing in an unpredictable direction, and the favor and fall out of favor of his concubines also changes indefinitely, just between day and night. The king's favor comes like water today, and will pass away like water tomorrow; the concubine will be favored today, and will fall out of favor tomorrow;
Once someone falls out of favor, the king's favor is gone like flowing water, and the sorrow of falling out of favor is like a river of spring water flowing eastward. Therefore, in the palace, no matter whether you fall out of favor or gain favor, the future that is waiting for you like a flower and beauty is almost
Unfortunately.
On the contrary, I must have achieved great liberation even though I was in the bamboo fence of that hut.
Seeing me thinking deeply, the concubine took my hand and said, "Huan'er, when you were in your boudoir, how did you spend Chinese Valentine's Day?"
I held a bunch of grapes in my hands, peeled them off one by one, and said with a smile: "In the past, at home, the old grandma always told us stories. In fact, she told us stories over and over again, that is, the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting in the Milky Way. Then we had dinner.
, when it gets dark, they will play a game of begging for skills with the sisters in the boudoir. First, they have to eat Qiao rice. Several female relatives get together and eat dumplings made early in the morning. In fact, there is a copper coin, a needle or something in the dumpling.
It is a red date, which should be wrapped in three dumplings respectively. Before begging for luck, you should eat one each and see what you get. If you get money, you will be lucky. If you get the needle, you will be dexterous. If you get the date, you will get married early. Then.
Well, we must worship the Weaver Girl with seasonal fresh fruits, such as lotus pods, white lotus roots, red water chestnuts, and grapes. Then we must burn incense and worship, and pray sincerely, hoping that one day we can find a good husband and bless ourselves.
They can be clever and everything goes as they wish. After burning incense, the girls have to "fight skillfully" by threading needles against the moon to pray for the Weaver Girl to give them skills; or they get together and hold colored threads in front of the lamp and shadow.
When it comes to piercing pinholes, those who can pierce seven pinholes in one go are called skillful and are called "skillful hands." Those who cannot pierce seven needleholes are called "losing skill" and are shamed for having their nose scraped. Or what?
"Catch a spider and put it in a box. If you open the box the next day and it has a web, it is called a coincidence." I chuckled and said, "But spiders are hard to catch and we are afraid of getting dirty, so we rarely look for them."
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In the past, every year in the boudoir, Meizhuang, Caiyue, Huanbi, Liuzhu, Bin'er or other sisters would play such games together. We would often look forward to Chinese Valentine's Day even before June.
Now, I am counting the days on my fingers day by day. On this day, I can have fun all night, and the wet nurse who usually gives strict instructions and follows step by step will not come to discipline or interfere.
By the way, on the Chinese Valentine's Day, we also have to make "begging for clever fruits". Huanbi has the most skillful hands. With ordinary oil, flour, sugar and honey, she can make all kinds of delicate and lovely fruits. The taste is sweet and the most delicious.
You won’t get tired of it.
Such a good time, in a blink of an eye, will never come back again.
What I didn't say is that in the past, in the palace, my Chinese Valentine's Day was just about accompanying the king, feasting, singing and dancing. Such festivals were always full of singing and dancing, intoxication and extravagance every night.
Thinking of this, I feel a little sad and sad about the past.
Concubine Shu Gui pointed at the cumulus clouds and said with a smile: "In the past, we were playing barbarians. Barbarian women love to sing and dance. The Chinese Valentine's Day is actually a night for men and women in the clan to sing to each other and express their love. They often light a song by the river.
Holding a bonfire, men and women sing love songs to each other across the river. If they are in love, the man will cross the river, take the woman's hand, and dance in front of the tribe to show that their love will remain unwavering and their love will never change.
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Men and women in Baiyi have always been single-minded in their love, and their folk customs are simple and unrestrained. No matter men, women, old or young, they are all frank and unrestrained by nature. They can pursue the person they like without any scruples. They often also like to use antiphonal songs to convey their love. This is very different from the conservative folk customs in the Central Plains.
Pay attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.
I said "Huh" and asked curiously: "What if it rains that day? Wouldn't it mean that if you can't light a bonfire, you can't sing?"
Concubine Shu Gui seemed to have infinite nostalgia for those years. "The Baiyi people call the rain that falls on Chinese Valentine's Day 'Lovesickness Rain' or 'Lovesickness Tears'. Because it is caused by the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, it is also called Happy Rain. If it rains like this,
, then the bonfire party will naturally be postponed. And there are always very few magpies on the Chinese Valentine's Day. The elders in the tribe say that they all go to the sky to build magpie bridges."
I just find this statement interesting, "Do the Yi people also have legends about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and how magpies build bridges?"
"It didn't exist in the earliest times. Later, the Pai Yi and the Central Plains were connected, and this legend gradually came into being." Concubine Shu Gui thought of interesting things, and her smile broadened. "That night, many girls who were not old enough to sing in antiphony, most of them,
A man secretly hides under a lush pumpkin shed. It is said that if he can hear the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they meet in the dead of night, then the girl to be married will be able to find loyal love and grow old with her beloved man.
old."
I covered my mouth and laughed and said, "This is really a lie. How could anyone overhear the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they met? The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were all busy reuniting on the Magpie Bridge. How could they have time to come to the human world?"
Concubine Shu Gui smiled and said: "How can this really be the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? They are just whispering to the men and women who have succeeded in singing, hiding behind others."
I heard it interesting, and unconsciously I also pursed my lips and smiled. Cuiyun stopped washing clothes and came over to join in the fun: "Also, we have to get up early on the morning of July 7th, because the elders in the clan said that on that day the seven fairies
If you go down to earth to take a bath, drinking their bath water can ward off evil spirits, cure diseases, and prolong life. This kind of water is called "Double Seven Waters". Because of its benefits, people rush to drink it when the roosters just crow on this day.
Go to the river to get water, and when you get it back, put it in a new vat and drink it later."
Jiuyun looked at Concubine Shu Gui with a smile and said: "In the past, Concubine Shu was the most naughty. She got up the earliest in the morning. She took me first and went to the river to get water."
Concubine Shu Gui smiled and said: "It's hard for you to remember the old things when you were young so clearly and use them to make fun of me."
Jiuyun laughed and said, "Young people are often the least worried about things. Later, when you get to the palace, how can you feel so comfortable?"
Concubine Shu Gui was slightly confused, with a hint of sadness that seemed like joy and sadness. However, it was also so faint, like the thin mist in front of the sun when she got up in the morning. She said: "Every Chinese Valentine's Day in the palace later,
The late Emperor accompanied me. The two of us would be quiet, drink tea for a while, and talk for a while. Or maybe I would play 'Sauvignon Blanc' and the late Emperor would play 'Eternal Love', and we would play a piece of music together, just like this quietly.
It's very nice to look at each other. But...the late emperor has passed away, and I, the only widow, is still alive in this world. I wonder if the late emperor felt lonely because he was not with me in Jiuquan?"
I know that Concubine Shu Gui was sad about the death of the late emperor and comforted her: "If the concubine had died with her own body when the late emperor passed away, the late emperor would have been frightened by Jiuquan and would not have peace. The late emperor loved the concubine so much that he naturally longed for the concubine to be with Qing Dynasty.
After the death of the late emperor, you can still live well and live peacefully and happily."
Concubine Shu Gui just stared at the distant black sky in trance. For a long time, she sighed sadly and said sadly: "If I hadn't had no choice, I am afraid that my withered body would have gone with the late emperor long ago."
I thought for a while and said attentively: "Since the concubine has no choice, please live well for this last resort and for the sake of Qing. Huan'er knows that without the concubine, even if Qing gets some peace and happiness, he will eventually be frustrated and boring for the rest of his life.
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Concubine Shu Gui suddenly turned around, looked at me deeply, her expression gradually turned loving, and said softly: "Huan'er, Qing'er is the greatest blessing to have you."
My heart skipped a beat and my face felt hot, so I folded my quilt as a courtesy and said sincerely: "Meeting Qing is Huan'er's greatest blessing."
Concubine Shu Gui quickly helped me up and breathed a long sigh of relief, her eyes full of care and kindness.
When I saw the moon was in the middle of the sky and it was already getting late, I got up and said goodbye.
Although the moon was clear and bright, the stars were as bright as diamonds. However, it was still the first quarter moon and was not enough to illuminate the road, so I carried a small wind lantern and walked back slowly.
The moon shrouded like a light white mist, and the mountain road was rugged and full of boulders. I walked cautiously. Occasionally, I heard some birds flying over, and their "chirp" suddenly flew high, which was very loud and ear-piercing in the deserted mountains.
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Although I was familiar with walking on this road, I was still careful after all. I was walking attentively, and suddenly there was a "pop" behind me, and someone's hand touched my shoulder. The surrounding mountains were dark, and the rocks were as jagged as animals.
My heart was beating wildly, and I screamed out loudly - "Who is it?"
What met me was a pair of smiling eyes, so familiar and warm. My heart suddenly settled down. I was surprised and happy, and threw myself into his arms, saying, "Why are you here?"
But it was Ah Jin who was beside him and said with a smile: "There was originally a banquet in the palace, and our prince pretended to be drunk, so the emperor asked him to be sent back to the palace as soon as possible. But when he entered the palace, he saw that the people in the palace were gone, and he immediately woke up from the wine.
Well, hurry up and rush here."
When I saw A Jin, I hurriedly ran out of Xuan Qing's arms and straightened my clothes. I was happy in my heart, but I said angrily: "Madman, the night road in the mountains is the worst."
He came close to me and whispered in my ear: "I want to see you."
My face turned red, I turned my head and spat: "You are coming if you want to see me. What does it matter if you don't come? Is there anyone waiting for you?"
He pinched my ears and said with a smile: "Of course you weren't waiting for me - you wouldn't lie, your ears are so hot."
I was about to argue when I suddenly remembered what happened just now, hit him on the shoulder and said, "Why did you scare me like this just now? You scared me to death."
He chuckled: "There is no one who is as focused on walking as you are. You only look at the road and don't even know that I am walking behind."
I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I just said to Jin, "You don't learn from him either. You just behave like your master."
Ah Jin complained, and said with a playful smile: "Don't be angry, madam, it's just because our prince came out so late."
I chuckled and said softly: "Who is angry?"
Xuan Qing then said: "I don't feel at ease if you walk alone, so I follow you."
I couldn't help but smile at the corner of my mouth, and said in a low voice: "Of course I understand." Then I asked: "Do you still want to go to Anqi to watch? Let's go and pay my respects to the concubine first."
He said "Hmm", handed the wind lantern to A Jin, and said: "You take the lady back in person, and I will go and pay my respects to the concubine first." He looked at me, with joy in his eyes, and said softly: "Wait for me.
return."
I bowed my head shyly, lowered my head and said softly: "Okay." Then he went to Anqi to watch alone. Seeing him walking back step by step, A Jin and I slowly walked back to our place.