When I got on the carriage, it was a little stuffy, so I asked Huanbi to roll up the curtain to let some air in. Swallowing Novels www. I lifted the curtain from the carriage, and there was a vermilion oil-walled carriage parked next to it, with a rich cyan hanging opposite the red.
The embroidered curtain with folded branches and piles of flowers is actually an ordinary pattern, but the material of the curtain looks familiar. After thinking about it carefully, I remembered that in the past, when the ladies of various prefectures in Beijing entered the palace, the chariots and horses loved to use this kind of satin-free material.
, does not get wet when exposed to rain. Even better, under the sun, this Ling Ni satin naturally shines like neon, so it is called Ling Ni satin, which is very rare. Moreover, its horses are luxurious, and even the attendants who drive it are tall and tall.
They were dressed neatly and escorted on both sides, and they didn't speak a word. They must be slaves from a wealthy family accompanying their masters when they go out.
I smiled softly and said, "I wonder which rich family's daughter travels so luxuriously?"
Huanbi shook her head and smiled: "I don't know, she must be a daughter of a noble family to be in such a splendid situation."
The servant leading the horse outside heard us talking and said with a smile: "You two ladies don't know where the rich lady is. She is Miss Gu from Liuhuan Pavilion."
When I heard the name of Liuhuan Pavilion, my heart skipped a beat, my face turned red, and I had a vague understanding.
Huanbi didn't know, so she asked, "Liuhuan Pavilion? Where is it?"
The servant laughed and said, "The two ladies must be in deep boudoir. No wonder they don't know that Liuhuan Pavilion is the place where men love to go most and are reluctant to leave. It is also the most famous gold-selling den in the capital.
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Huanbi said "yeah", already understanding, and lost her voice: "That's a brothel." She also felt out of place and said: "She is a fireworks girl, how can she have such a pomp?"
Suddenly Xuanqing got in the car, took out a bag of things from his arms and handed it to me. Heyue smiled and said, "Try it and see what it is?"
I picked it up and smelled it, and I couldn't help but smile. "It's the osmanthus and pine nut candy from Rongfuji." So I took one and ate it, and said with a smile, "It still tastes the same as before, and it hasn't changed at all."
She looked at him and said, "Did you just run down here just to buy this?"
He just looked at me, "Didn't you mention that you used to love eating?"
I lowered my head and smiled, glanced at him, and said, "I just said something casually that day, but you take it seriously. Why go out and buy it?"
He said with a smile: "Glory and blessings are recorded in a small alley. Is it possible to drive a carriage and swagger in?" I glanced at him lightly and just smiled and said nothing.
Huanbi was half-joyed and said: "Young Master treats the young lady so well. I remember everything the young lady says."
Xuanqing looked at Huanbi and smiled, took out another bag of things and gave it to Huanbi and said, "Huan'er said you like the plum candies from Rongfu Ji, so I got them for you too."
Huanbi smiled unconsciously, bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."
So we were so harmonious that I didn't say anything more and just said, "Let's go."
The coachman agreed, shouted and was about to urge the horse forward, when he suddenly turned around and said with a bitter smile: "Miss Gu's car over there wants to go first, we're afraid we won't be able to grab it."
I smiled and said, "Then there's no point in snatching it. If she takes a step forward, we'll let her go." I turned to Xuan Qing and asked, "Qing, do you agree?"
His hand slightly covered the back of my hand, with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Okay."
The coachman then stepped aside for a few steps, turned around and said with a smile: "My wife and my husband are really in love. My car has carried so many ladies and husbands of officials and families enjoying the autumn together in the car, but I saw that my wife and my husband are the most harmonious. Not only are they harmonious
, and the handsome man and the beautiful woman are the perfect match, just like the characters in the painting.”
My cheeks turned red, and I lowered my head and smiled.
Xuanqing held my hand tighter and said happily: "My wife is naturally the best."
Huanbi smiled faintly at the coachman and said, "You are so sweet-mouthed, I will reward you more later."
The driver was so happy that he hurriedly bowed and bowed. Before he could finish his words, he saw the curtain on the oil-walled light car next to him being gently lifted, revealing an arm as white as lotus root, as beautiful as white jade. Behind the white jade was a face of lotus beauty.
He flashed by quickly, and his voice was crisp and crisp, "Thank you very much."
Just then I remembered that it was Miss Gu who was thanking us for giving way, so she whispered: "Girl, you're welcome."
Before she finished speaking, she had already blown down the curtain and left for the car. The sun outside the curtain was as bright as gold, and the beautiful face of lotus seemed to be swaying in front of my eyes. Although it was just a glimpse, I couldn't see it very clearly.
She just felt a little familiar, as if she had seen her before somewhere. However, her appearance was really beautiful. After the carriage passed by, her dazzling face seemed like lightning piercing the sky, and she was so beautiful that people were caught off guard.
When he came back to his senses, the coachman laughed and clapped his hands and said, "Miss Gu is so beautiful. She not only attracts men, but can't even ladies like this?"
I turned around and asked Xuan Qing, "Did you see her just now? That Miss Gu does have a very outstanding appearance, but she also looks familiar."
Xuan Qing said "hmm" and said, "Is there any? I didn't see it just now."
Huanbi joked: "I heard that Miss Gu is famous far and wide for her beauty, and the young master has always been suave, don't you know?"
Xuan Qing said seriously: "I really don't know, and I never go to a place like that." He laughed, "I'm afraid I don't know as much as this coachman."
When the coachman heard this, he became more and more excited and said enthusiastically: "This Miss Gu is the number one girl in Liuhuan Pavilion. It goes without saying that the princes and grandsons who pursue her are many. There are also many fights in Liuhuan Pavilion.
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I smiled slightly: "When Wuling was young, he was struggling with his head, and he sang a song called Red Thread. He is indeed a high-profile person, and his reputation is romantic."
Xuan Qing turned his head and said: "The silver grate on the tin head is broken into pieces, and the bloody skirt is stained by wine. This year's laughter will return to next year's, and the autumn moon and spring breeze will pass easily." He pondered for a while, "If you wait until the door is deserted and there are few cars and horses, you will come and go in the evening."
When the color is different, it is also pitiful."
I raised my sleeves to cover my lips and said with a chuckle: "Qing Lang is always so compassionate."
Xuan Qing seemed to be sighing, "I'm just sighing for her life experience. Even though she is so prosperous now, I'm afraid she won't even be able to marry a business woman when she gets old."
I looked at him closely, and understood very well what he was feeling, and said softly: "I understand. A woman's life experience is wandering, and there is no distinction between north and south when she is frustrated in life, just like Zhaojun and Nagato Chen Ajiao both have the same fate. Thinking back to those days, Chen Ajiao
As the daughter of the eldest princess and the nephew of the late emperor, she married the emperor's cousin and won the special favor of the Golden House Cangjiao. Naturally, she was very proud." I sounded sympathetic, but spoke frankly, without hurting my life experience. Xuan Qing understood.
He couldn't help but put his arms around my shoulders. I smiled and said, "If this Miss Gu is really smart, she should end her fireworks career early and quit her country to become a good person."
Although the coachman ignored what I just said to Xuan Qing, he said after hearing this sentence, "There are naturally many people who want to take in this Miss Gu. She has just been pampered by her mother-in-law since she was a child, and supported by the princes from all over the world. She has been used to it."
She has high eyes, and looks down on everyone." He thought of something, and told it as an anecdote: "A few years ago, she almost became a good person, and the other party was also a son of a minister, with a high family background, and he was obsessed with her.
He even left his parents, wife and children at home. I heard that his wife was still pregnant at the time, which is really pitiful."
Huanbi listened with rapt attention and asked again and again: "What happened next?"
I suddenly felt uneasy and uncertain, as if a storm was about to come, and my chest was so tight that I could only vaguely feel that the woman's appearance, even at a glance, vaguely resembled that of An Lingrong.
Seeing that Huanbi was interested in listening, the coachman became even more happy and said, "I heard that the young master's sister was the empress in the palace. When he found out, he became very angry. In the end, in anger, the young master didn't even want his father and mother, and his wife
I don’t want my son anymore, and I don’t even want the sisters who are the queens in the palace, so I left the house and moved in with Miss Gu.” He said with a “hey”: “Now that you are beautiful, you really don’t want anything. It can be seen that
Miss Gu is so powerful. That young man is so lucky to have Miss Gu's heart." He said this while tutting his tongue, as if he was filled with envy.
At this point, Huanbi's face turned a little pale, and her voice trembled slightly, "What then?"
"Then", the coachman scratched his head and said, "We were not together either. I only know that the young master later repented and went home again. He was appreciated by the emperor and was appointed a high official, and he never went back.
Find Miss Gu."
My heart was pounding loudly, and the tip of my tongue was trembling slightly. I finally asked, "Is Miss Gu's name Jiayi?"
The coachman clapped his hands and said loudly: "Sure enough, the lady knows it too."
When Xuan Qing heard the word "Jiayi", he suddenly understood the whole story. He held my arm and said, "Huan'er! Calm down."
The coachman didn't know the whole story, but he still said: "Later, the young master's family committed a crime, and he was exiled a long way away. His family was ruined, and even the empress was kicked out of the palace by the emperor. It's really pitiful. I heard that their family's bad things were still
It's related to Miss Gu. By the way, that young master's family name is Zhen, I remembered it!"
My body felt cold, and I tried my best to restrain myself, pressing Xuanqing's hand that was holding my arm hard.
Huanbi knew it was not good and hurriedly said to the coachman: "Our wife is not feeling well and needs to rest. You should go away first."
The coachman, the second monk, was confused and afraid of something happening, so he said "oh" and walked away.
Cold sweat ran down my temples, and I slowly uttered three words, "It's Jiayi."
Huanbi stared at me, "Miss, let's ask her, let's ask her, why did she harm our Zhen Mansion like this? Why!" There was a faint hatred in Huanbi's eyes, like a will-o'-the-wisp burning.
My heart burned with anger, and countless grief, anger and questions rushed into my mind. I broke away from Xuan Qing, stood up and jumped out of the carriage, "Qing, I want to find her! I want to ask her!"
I want to ask her, so many grievances, so many questions, the joints are all about her, how can I not ask, how can I pretend not to know anything. I can't! I can't! Because I am the daughter of the Zhen family.
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Huanbi followed me closely and ran out. Xuanqing chased me out and held me tightly in his arms, "Huan'er, do you want to die? How can you ask her!"
I struggled hard, but Xuanqing's strength was so great that I couldn't get away even if I struggled hard. Huanbi pulled Xuanqing's arm hard and begged: "Your Majesty, I beg you, please let our young lady go."
Go and ask, she has to know. This is our family's business. Miss, we can't let our Zhen family suffer such unjust injustice!"
Xuanqing held my body tightly, no matter how much I struggled. He frowned hard and shouted in my ear: "If you ask like this, will she tell you? You have to know that she could talk back,
It proves that she is the Queen's person. As long as you ask her, the Queen will have ten thousand ways to deal with you, and then deal with your family members whose life has become a little more stable!"
As I listened, my chest felt as if someone had suddenly hit me hard, and I immediately became quiet. I just stood there numbly listening to him. Seeing that I was quieter, he slowed down and said, "Although you are outside the palace, you are still alive."
You are still in danger, and the Queen does not want to let you go easily, so in the first two years, the Queen Mother will ask Aunt Fangruo to visit you once a month, and ask you to copy scriptures and let her take them back to the palace.
I'm afraid that something will happen to you and someone will kill you. Although the queen is more relaxed now, she may not want to eradicate the root cause if there is any trouble. And Haoyue in the palace is the first to bear the brunt. When a new member of the palace is elected, the queen will no longer pay attention to it.
You, but if you go to find Jiayi like this, not only will you not be able to ask anything, you will only alert the enemy and ask the queen to pay attention to you again and guard against you. Do you understand?"
After I listened quietly, my feet suddenly felt sore and weak. I couldn't stand for a while, and my whole body became weak.
Xuanqing hugged me tightly and sat on the ground without saying a word. Huanbi bent down and sat down in a daze, looking sad and mournful, sobbing: "Miss, we can't do anything, we can only watch like this."
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I leaned in Xuanqing's arms, with countless thoughts running through my mind, all messy and messy. I finally calmed down, put aside my messy hair, and said slowly: "That's right, we can't do anything right now. Huanbi
, a letter came from home. Although my father was far away in northern Sichuan, a remote and cold place, he did a good job in his job. My brother was also in Lingnan. Although the place was remote and deserted, his life was safe and there was nothing wrong with it. If we...we just need to do it now
One wrong step, just one small step, will make it impossible for them to save their lives. Huanbi..." I shook my head sadly, "Now, even if Jiayi is in front of us, will she listen to what we say? Is she willing to tell her?
Are we the whole story?"
Huanbi shook her head and said dullly: "She refused."
Xuan Qing patted my shoulder comfortingly and said, "Don't be anxious, let's take our time, there is always a way to think of something."
"Any idea?" I suddenly sneered, "Even if Jiayi is willing to say it, will our Holy Emperor believe it?" I turned to Xuanqing's arms and sobbed: "The emperor didn't believe it at that time, that's why the Zhen family exists.
He was completely defeated. If the emperor had been willing to believe more, if he... Zhenmen would not have been like this." I swallowed hard and choked my sad voice, and said bitterly: "He didn't believe it when I was in the palace before, but now I have been demoted.
After leaving the palace, the empress who framed me that day, An Lingrong and Guan family, are all standing tall in the palace. I also heard that the emperor is very fond of An Lingrong and Guan family, and they have just been promoted to the title. So now
What's the use of what I say?" I buried my face between my knees, "If there was anything to argue about at the beginning, if I hadn't reached the point where I was so disheartened and unable to turn around, no matter how unwilling I was to give up,
The humiliation will remain in the palace to repay it later, and I will not let my Hazy Moon leave me when she is still in her infancy." The more I spoke, the more painful it became, and my heart was filled with emotions, surging over and over again.
Xuanqing was heartbroken. He hugged me tighter and said softly: "Huan'er, think deeply, if you really ask about Jiayi now, she is willing to retract her confession for you, and the emperor also understands your family's grievances, then what will happen?"
What will happen?”
"What will happen?" I murmured: "My father and brother will be redressed, they will return to the court, their officials will be reinstated, and the Zhen family will still be prominent." I sadly turned around and shed tears, "But my sister-in-law and Zhi
Ning will never come back, never come back."
"Then even if the imperial brother avenges your father and brother, will the status of the queen be shaken at all?"
"Queen?" I was angry and sad at the same time.
"That's right." Xuan Qing's tone was calm and rational, "As long as the Queen Mother is here, the Queen will still be the Queen who governs the Sixth Palace and cares about the world. And even if Jiayi retracts her confession, she is not completely sure to point the finger at the Queen. Since the Queen
If everything is safe, then in order not to implicate yourself, An Lingrong will also be safe, or even the Guan family will not be implicated. After all, they have not come forward to do anything about your family's affairs. If the matter is really complicated, the involvement will be too great.
, so in order to stabilize the foundation of the imperial court, even if the emperor knows that there is an injustice, he will not investigate it." Xuan Qing's voice was a little sad and helpless, "Because he is the emperor, the imperial court is the most important, and he will not do anything for one person or one thing.
Doing things that harm the foundation of the imperial court. You must understand this. And your father and brother, even if they return to the imperial court, will still be officials, but they will be surrounded by powerful enemies, which is like entering the tiger's mouth again. If something happens again, they will still be able to withstand it.
How many times do you get up?"
"How many times can I withstand it?" I seemed to be asking myself, "When I return to the court, my father will have to fight openly and secretly with others again. My father is already old and no longer has the energy." I laughed silently and said feebly:
"Qing, if my father and brother can be innocent, then they will return to officialdom to fight endlessly with others; if they are not cleared, it will be me, an unfilial daughter, who keeps their father and son separated from the north and the south, and
It's hard for my family to get together. Qing, what should I do?"
He shook his head understandingly, "I'm afraid if you do something, your father and brother's grievances have not been washed away, and you, Haoyue, your father, brother and family will already be in trouble."
I felt trapped in a dilemma, endless misery, and couldn't say anything for a while.
"Miss," Huanbi suddenly called me, looking into the distance and saying in a daze: "Prince Qinghe has thought carefully about everything. We really shouldn't take this step rashly. But..." Her eyes suddenly jumped,
As if being ignited by something, blazing flames burst out, "Your Majesty, there is one most important thing that he has not said yet."
She suddenly turned her gaze towards Xuan Qing and said calmly: "My lord, do you have no selfish motives at all when you advise me not to act rashly?"
When Xuan Qing heard what she said, he slowly lowered his head and said, "Huanbi..."
Huanbi was dressed in green, tied with a light cyan silk ribbon, and she was as graceful as a butterfly in the wind. Her figure was hidden among the luxuriant grass, and seemed to blend in with the surrounding greenery. The only thing left was her delicate and delicate face.
His face was as white as snow and without any trace of blood, and his pair of pupils seemed to be gazing into two pools of stagnant water. "Although Huanbi is a slave, she understands this matter very well. The prince is trying to persuade the young lady like this because he is afraid that if Zhenmen is not guilty, the young lady will also
If you will return to the harem and return to your royal brother, then you and the lady will really be cut off from each other, right?"
I smiled bitterly, and my tone was as deep as the autumn rain and mist, "Huanbi, many years after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, have you ever heard that concubines who left the palace to practice can return to the palace? Do you think everyone is Wu Zetian, or just a human being?
All emperors are as affectionate as Li Zhi. What's more, the emperor drove me out of the palace not because of my father and brother, but because he was angry that I had offended the first emperor and was not docile. This is why the queen no longer pursues me.
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Huanbi said quietly: "Having said that, the young lady is the biological mother of Emperor Longyue after all. If the Zhen family is avenged, the emperor may miss the old relationship and think of the young lady. At that time, he will not be able to take the young lady back to the palace even if it is due to etiquette.
, I will also come to visit the young lady often. In such a situation at that time, could the prince and the young lady still come and go freely like this?"
"Huanbi..." I was shocked and unconsciously looked at Xuan Qing.
He may be selfish for thinking this way, but is he wrong to be so selfish?
Or will I be so selfish when that day comes?
Xuan Qing lowered his head for a moment, then suddenly raised his clear eyes, smiled slightly and said, "Huanbi, you are so smart."
Huanbi was stunned for a moment, and then she woke up. A forced smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she leaned forward and said, "When the prince said this, did he praise me or ridicule me?"
He shook his head slowly and said softly: "Huanbi, you do know my selfishness. But if it weren't for all the reasons before, maybe you can really think that I am a selfish man. But..." He smiled faintly, as if brushing against this gloomy scene.
The breeze above the long grass said: "Then if it were you, would you like your father and brother to go back to the palace to fight, even the peace of the second half of their lives would not be guaranteed; would you like your eldest sister to go back to a palace?
Go to a man who doesn't cherish her, don't love her, don't trust her, and then fight with countless women..."
Huanbi's face was cloudy and uncertain, as if the weather was still changing after a summer shower. After a moment, he raised his head and said: "Your Majesty..."
Xuanqing stopped her and continued: "Since you are connected by blood with their flesh and blood compatriots, tell me, do you want your relatives to live such a life? Just like your eldest sister, if she wins in the palace,
Then it means that she will have to fight and kill different women throughout her life; if she loses, she may not even be buried. You are her sister, tell me, do you want her to live such a life?"
Huanbi was panicked and shook her head repeatedly.
Xuan Qing sighed and said: "What kind of life she lives in the palace, you can't know it best if you are by her side. Do you want her to suffer again? Since you don't want to, then
I regard her as my lifelong treasure, so naturally I am even more unwilling to do so, do you understand?" He said, holding my hand firmly.
Huanbi was so shocked that she couldn't help but froze there with her mouth agape. I was also deeply moved, and slowly shed tears. I also held his hand with my backhand, lowered my head and said, "But they are my biological father and brother, I can't just watch.
Watching them divide the two places, families cannot get together."
He whispered: "Don't forget, although I am an idle clan member, I am also a prince and the sibling of the current emperor. Your father and brother live in northern Sichuan and south of Lingnan, thousands of miles apart. If possible, I will do everything possible to bring them back."
I'll be transferred to another place. It's just a little unfair to you because you won't be able to see your father and brother all the time."
I lowered my head and wiped my tears and said, "If it can bring comfort to my father, even if I can't see them again while I'm alive, what does it matter?"
Huanbi looked at Xuanqing steadily and said, "Can the prince do it?"
Xuanqing looked at me seriously and firmly and said, "I will definitely do what I promised Huan'er."
Huanbi wrapped her fingers around the silk ribbon on her clothes, pondered for a moment, and said: "Huanbi can see the prince's feelings for the eldest sister and understand it naturally. Since the prince said so, Huanbi will thank the prince on behalf of his father, brother and eldest sister."
After saying this, he bowed to the end as a courtesy.
When he raised his head again, Huanbi's eyes were already shining brightly, and he said softly: "Just now, Huanbi's words were rash and offended the prince."
He said tolerantly: "It's nothing, you just told me the unspeakable things." After saying that, he helped me up, called the driver back, and said to me softly: "It's getting late, we'd better go back first.
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It was September, and the crops on both sides of the road were ripe, and there were all the shepherds and wheat falling. Occasionally, the wind passed by, and the waves of wheat rose and fell like the waves of the Yellow Sea, and the turbulent peaks were like the ebb and flow of the tide, which also seemed like the endless worries, sorrows and joys in my heart. I was so happy for
Xuanqing didn't have to worry, although his face no longer showed sadness, but the carriage jolted slightly, and infinite thoughts surged up again.
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12 From "Pipa Xing" written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty. These lines describe Pipa Girl's career as a singing prostitute when she was young and prosperous.