Two days later, the order to release Jin Xi and Li Chang came down.WWW.tsxsw.COM Xuan Ling did take into account the queen's face. Although he did not severely punish Jin Xi and Li Chang and retained their previous responsibilities, he still
A year's monthly fine is a small punishment but a big punishment. But compared to life, this little money is completely insignificant.
On that day, I led Huanbi to pick up Jinxi in person early in the day. However, after only three or five days, Jinxi had lost a lot of weight, and her whole body was haggard and disorganized. As soon as she came back, she drank a lot of water in one go and then kept silent.
I was speechless. At first I thought she would cry because of the grievance. However, Jin Xi’s personality is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. How could she cry? She didn’t even complain - because she didn’t want to speak at all. She just washed up hastily and then
He went back to his room to rest.
For several days in a row, Jin Xi only asked, "Is Li Changke okay?" I answered "Yes", and she slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said nothing more.
Jinxi also declined the matter and asked Huanbi to follow. I knew that she didn't want to see anyone, and I knew that she was very strong-minded and didn't want to force it. Huanbi and Huayi couldn't help but try to persuade them several times, but they were also rejected.
I stopped her with all my strength. This was Jin Xi's knot in her mind. If she couldn't think of it herself, no matter how much others tried to persuade her, it would be in vain.
It's no wonder that Jinxi doesn't want to go out. Except that the Weiyang Palace is quieter, and even this quietness is deliberately and cautiously quiet. After leaving the Weiyang Palace, the chattering tongues outside all take this matter as a joke. Even if I persuade Xuan.
Ling, but couldn't stop everyone's mouths and disdainful and curious eyes.
I sighed silently, rumors are as powerful as any killing weapon! Even Jin Xi, who had always been tenacious and courageous, became exhausted.
However, if she does not cheer up, her sorrow and fear will become even more overwhelming, and she will be unable to breathe day after day.
That night, Xuan Ling sent Li Chang to bring a product of coconut milk, red dates and snow clams. I took it with gratitude. To avoid the embarrassment of Jinxi being around, I just asked her to go to the small kitchen and watch the braised golden hook fin on the stove. It lasted for a few days.
Suddenly, Li Chang had aged rapidly, and his spine had become a little stooped.
I sighed and said, "My father-in-law has lost a lot of weight and has been suffering these past few days."
Li Chang raised his head slightly and said with a wry smile: "I always thought that my body was still strong, but after only doing rough work in the rape room for a few days, my body is so weak. It is really useless!"
I gave him a seat and said warmly: "Where is the place for people to stay in a violent room? If I hadn't visited Jinxi with my own eyes, I wouldn't have known that there was such a hot and humid place where no one could see people. Now that my father-in-law can come out safely,
It’s a blessing.”
Li Chang coughed lowly, looking like he was enjoying the pain, "This is what I think about the rest of my life after the disaster. It's okay for me to be thick-skinned and thick-bodied when I was in the rape room. I was just a little tired at most." He said.
His voice was even lower, "Now that the slave is out and still walking beside the emperor, I dare anyone to make irresponsible remarks, but Jin Xi..." There was worry and compassion hidden in every wrinkle of Li Chang's face, and he said no more in a mute voice.
Can't go down anymore.
I wiped the rouge on my cheeks with silk and said calmly: "My father-in-law actually knows very well that Jin Xi will be criticized because she is with me. I will return to the palace.
How many pairs of eyes are staring at my faults. If I am careful again and again, they will go after the people around me. This is just an example." My tone was quite aggrieved and forbearing, "If it weren't for me, I would be useless.
, and it won’t involve you and Jin Xi anymore.”
Li Chang stood up hurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, you are hurting yourself very much by saying this. Your Majesty is the first-class celebrity around the Emperor. How can others not be jealous and resentful? The more they talk about your rights and wrongs, the more it becomes clear that your Majesty is the emperor's most important person."
It’s different in my heart.”
I said slowly with a deep nasal voice: "Last time, I insisted on going to the prison room to visit Jinxi. I was afraid that if we didn't see each other again, we would have no chance, and I would have to go even if I had to punish the Queen.
It's a pity that I didn't see my father-in-law in the end. In fact, how did my father-in-law know that what happened this time was that the queen brought Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan to the palace, saying that Concubine An accidentally bumped into the father-in-law and dropped the necklace.
The trouble caused. Come to think of it, Concubine An Gui has always been careful. The matter is so big that even the queen has to come to investigate in person. I try my best to save you two but there is nothing I can do - fortunately, the emperor cares about the old relationship."
Li Chang listened silently, then suddenly moved the corners of his lips, revealing a silent sneer, and said: "Yes, Concubine An Gui was reckless for a moment... and even the Queen was taken by her!" His sneer only lasted for a moment, and soon it was gone again.
Returning to his usual submissive and humble smile, "The slave will remember the lesson."
I pursed my dry lips and said meaningfully: "Not only my father-in-law must remember this lesson, but I will also keep it in mind."
Li Chang looked at Jin Xi's residence and said sadly: "Then Jin Xi..."
I smiled and comforted him, "Don't worry, I will help her." Li Chang nodded and silently stood up to say goodbye. At that time, the setting sun was like blood, casting bright light and shadow in the gaps between the many palaces. Li Chang's long figure
Then it was slowly stretched longer and longer in the blood.
I have had a good appetite in the past few days, and Wen Shichu also said that the delivery date is approaching, and it would be good to take more nutrients to increase my strength. I had already finished the cup of coconut milk, red dates and snow clams when Jinxi came in, and she was holding a purple clay pot of braised golden hooks.
Use a silver spoon to scoop out the golden and thick soup into a small white jade porcelain bowl. The soup is made by adding old pigeon, keel bone, rib eye, beef and ham shreds with a wing needle and simmering it for five hours, during which time you have to keep scooping
Remove the floating oil and fine texture, and separate the residue after the soup turns golden brown. Simmer the shark's fin in this boiling soup to make it soft and glutinous but not rotten. Add good chicken broth, simmer and add appropriate amount of Yuan Xin water and ginseng soup.
Only then can you enter.
Jinxi mixed the soup sadly and said quietly: "He's gone?" I responded, and she said again: "He's old." I remained silent, Jinxi didn't say anything else, and just brought the wing soup.
In front of me, she said, "Mother, please use some while it's hot!" She sat quietly in front of me, her eyes were empty and scattered, with no place to land.
The fusion of shark's fin and chicken soup filled the room with a warm and heart-warming aroma. I slowly turned the silver spoon in my hand, as if casually, "Jinxi, look at the people in the palace and the flowers in Shanglin Garden."
There are just as many children, so who are the people in the palace?"
"Master, or slave." Her words were short and indifferent, without even raising her eyelids.
"So," I looked at her and said, "among these masters or slaves, which of them are your old friends, and which are the people you can trust and rely on?"
"Except for Rouyi Hall and Li Chang, there is no one else."
"Yes! After leaving Rouyi Hall, the only person you know well, Jinxi, is Li Chang. The others are all irrelevant people." I looked at her carefully, "Since we are irrelevant people, what they said is very interesting."
Just listen to what you want to hear, and what you don’t like to hear is just like the wind blowing by your ears. Jin Xi, what we do and say can only be done for ourselves, not everyone else’s likes, and we can stop everyone’s mouths.”
Jin Xi looked at me deeply, and the corner of her mouth turned into a helpless and dry smile, "My dear, everyone knows that some things make sense, but it is even more difficult to do them."
"Why don't you do it because it's difficult? Never face it? Or do you think that as long as you cover your ears and calculate your eyes, nothing outside will really happen?" I smiled and said firmly, "Jin Xi
, you have never been such a person." I gently held Jin Xi's hand. Her hand was cold, moist, and had a astringent touch. I said with emotion: "It was because of me that you had no choice but to give in to Li Chang.
, if you are not really willing, you can just use this excuse to end it now. Jinxi, you really don’t have to force yourself."
There was a long silence, and when she and I faced each other, it seemed as if we were in a deserted place, and there was no sound at all. Jinxi turned her head and looked at the red leaves on the maple tree. The bright red was reflected in the misty night.
There was also a strong whisper. After a long time, Jinxi turned to look at me, with a hint of relief in the corners of her eyes, "There are some words that I told you when I was in the room."
I nodded, with a hint of relief in my heart, "Yes, it is a rare opportunity to be able to share hardships with people who I thought could only be rich and powerful. Jinxi, since you know this, you must also understand that if you are sad and depressed, Li Chang will feel sad in his heart."
It will also be more uncomfortable." Jing and I smiled, "Jin Xi, we live well not just for ourselves, but also because we want the people around us to live a better life because of us, so that our loved ones will not suffer and our enemies will be happy.
"I squeezed her hand harder and said earnestly: "It is extremely stupid and worthless to hurt someone who loves and protects you just because of rumors."
Jin Xi remained silent. It was time to turn on the lantern. The silk-red palace lantern outside the window emitted a hazy and warm red light, which shone on Jin Xi's thin face, illuminating the faint traces left by the passage of time.
I was a little startled, perhaps, those traces are not only the painful imprints left by life, but also a kind of understanding and fullness.
When I got up the next day, it was Huanbi and Huayi who helped me get dressed and dressed as usual. I saw the doors and windows in Jinxi's room were closed, and Huanbi handed over a leaflet, saying: "Jinxi seems to have not gotten up yet."
I nodded, put rouge on my lips, and said, "Let her sleep a little longer." After washing up, Huanbi and Huayi helped me to the Queen's Zhaoyang Palace.
August has come, the autumn wind is blowing, the weather is cool, and the grass and trees are shaking and dew turns to frost. Moreover, it is also early in the morning, and even the air has a faint and desolate atmosphere. It is still early, and the queen probably has not gotten up, so there are two or three people gathering outside the courtyard.
Several concubines were talking about something enthusiastically. As they got closer, they heard the voices of Mu Guiren and Xiang Concubine, who were excited for a short time, "Sister Xiang Concubine just said it well, just like any kind of master.
The slave in Weiyang Palace was someone who never forgot to seduce the emperor in the Buddhist temple, and the maid next to her was also a master who had sex with the eunuchs. I didn’t believe it when I heard Sister Xiangbi talk about it that day, but now that I think about it
I was so disgusted that I almost vomited out the next night’s meal.”
Concubine Xiang said proudly: "Although the emperor downplayed the matter, it caused a big fuss. Let's see how she can take back this face!"
Heng Ci Li Qi's concubine came over with the palace maid, and said with a smile: "How can I save my face? The whole palace has been humiliated. If I were her, the master and the servant would hide together and never leave the gate of Weiyang Palace again.
"
When several people saw that it was Qi Concubine who had come, they hurriedly greeted each other. Because the Queen said it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xuan Ling was extra gracious and let Qi Concubine out of the ground. Mu Guiren laughed and said: "How can she have the face?"
What? When I look at her, she is always shameless."
Concubine Xiang raised her eyebrows and said, "She herself is shameless, and the people below her are also making trouble. I heard that the two aunts Huichun and Jianqiu, the Queen, personally searched for those things in the slave's room. It's really funny."
How disgusting!”
Qi Bin twisted a piece of maple leaf in her hand and said with a mysterious smile: "Cui Jinxi is her confidant. Maybe she used those things to seduce the emperor? It's just that someone below is keeping them for her.
That’s all.”
I was listening and suddenly became furious. Huanbi turned blue with anger and couldn't help coughing. Those people were talking deeply, but when they heard the sound and turned around, their expressions suddenly changed.
Concubine Xiang and Concubine Mu were timid after all, so they knelt down and curtsied. Only concubine Qi bowed slightly and stood with a proud smile, her expression becoming more and more arrogant.
I smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations to Concubine Qi for finally coming out." My cold eyes swept over Xiang Concubine and Mu Guiren behind her, and I smiled to myself: "I must have been bored when Concubine Qi was confined.
Get stuck in the heap of right and wrong."
Qi concubine lowered her head and plucked the pearl buttons on her clothes without looking at me. Shi Shiran said, "I know who is right and what is wrong, as if I have a clear mind. Why should I refer to a deer as a horse and confuse right and wrong?"
I didn't feel dissatisfied, I just smiled implicitly, "The Queen is gracious. In order to reunite with the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, she specifically asked the emperor to release Qi's concubine, but she didn't think that all the hard work would be in vain." Concubine Xiang was confused and whispered, "
"Huh!" I said slowly, "Isn't that right? The queen thought that she would be released after having learned a lesson, but she didn't expect that she would still be so irritable. Could it be that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, she was grounded again for some reason?"
Qi Concubine had a cold expression on her face for a long time, then she suddenly picked up the silk and laughed softly, saying: "Anything that is wrong with me is only my own fault. I can't compare to the people around you who do such shameless things. I don't know what it is."
It’s not that the upper beam is out of alignment and the lower beam is crooked.”
Just as I was about to speak, I felt a sudden warmth on my shoulders. A snow-catkin gauze cloak had been draped over me, but it was Jin Xi's voice that said warmly: "It's cold when I get up early, and Hua Yi doesn't know how to put on a cloak for the queen.
If you catch a cold, the emperor will feel distressed again."
I was overjoyed, my heart settled firmly, and I said, "Are you here?"
Jin Xi held my elbow firmly with her hand and said calmly: "Yes. It was the servant's duty to accompany the empress to greet the empress. The slave was ill and could not get up two days ago. Now that she is well, it is her duty to serve the empress." Jin Xi
Xi was dressed rigorously and her expression was steady as usual. She turned to look at Qi Concubine, respectfully but without losing the solemnity that an aunt should have, "As a palace concubine, Qi Concubine should have said what she just said to Concubine Wan Guan? So-called
The upper beam is not upright and the lower beam is not right, the empress is one of the three concubines, and the mistress is only a concubine of the fifth rank, and there is a distinction between superiority and inferiority. Could it be said that the mistreatment of the palace servants in the past by the mistress was also because of the misbehavior of the empress? Qi concubine Xiao
The Lord is speaking too forcefully."
Qi Bin was so angry that she choked and said bitterly: "It's you Cui Jinxi who is making such strong arguments! It's obviously you who messed up the palace..."
Jin Xi interrupted suddenly and said coldly with a smile: "My master is wrong. I am on good terms with Li Chang, so what? Even if I don't like it, it's okay, I just have to bear the responsibility for the words "filthy and messy palace".
I'm sorry. The one who forgives the slaves for leaving the palace is the emperor. If I say that the slaves are filthy and messing up the palace, doesn't it mean that the emperor is shielding the slaves and condoning chaos in the palace? I wonder what the master's intention is in slandering the emperor like this?"
Qi Bin twisted the silk in her hand and gritted her teeth with hatred, "Cui Jinxi, you..."
Jin Xi ignored her, and only slowly looked at the concubines beside her and said, "Do you empresses and mistresses have the same thoughts as concubine Qi?"
Mu Guiren first lowered his head and blushed, "I don't dare, concubine."
"So, where is the little mistress Xiangbi?" Jin Xi smiled faintly, "Is the mistress still recovering from her nightmare?"
Xiang Concubine hurriedly lowered her head and said, "I don't dare to make any rash comments."
Zhou Ronghua, who happened to live with Qi Concubine, brought his maid over and saw that I was busy and blessed. I chuckled and said: "Sister Ronghua is now the head of Cuiwei Palace. Although she is young, she is very sensible. My sister lives with Qi Concubine.
, I should teach Qi Bin well if I have anything to do, and don’t let her make any mistakes and hurt my sister again.”
There was a rift between Zhou Ronghua and Qi's concubine. Her position as Rong Hua was gained due to Qi's concubine's demotion. She immediately said: "I would like to follow your empress' teachings." After that, he went to attract Qi's concubine and said with a smile: "Sister's age.
The eldest brother is not young anymore, why is he still so imprudent in his words and actions? Let the younger sisters laugh at him."
Qi Concubine was so angry that she was about to speak, but Jianqiu came out and said that the Queen had gotten up, so everyone stopped talking and went in together.
After greeting everyone one by one, the queen was a little surprised to see Jin Xi accompanying me and said: "Jin Xi is here too today."
Jin Xi smiled and said respectfully: "It is the duty of a slave to serve Concubine Wan."
The queen stared at her for a moment and smiled slightly, "Yes. You should serve Concubine Wan well." The queen said seriously: "Jin Xi, you are an old man in the palace. You should serve Concubine Wan very carefully and don't cause any trouble.
Come and make Concubine Wan worried."
Jin Xi looked at the Queen calmly and said, "Thank you, Queen, for your concern. The Queen was worried about Jin Xi's last incident, but it's not really a big deal. Since the Emperor didn't even pursue it, it doesn't matter much."
The queen smiled meaningfully, and a cold gleam flashed through her deep eyes, "Really? But it seems that it is not a small matter to make the emperor speak to me about this."
"Is the queen talking about the matter between the slave and Li Chang?" Jin Xi said calmly: "The things at hand are complicated, and the matter of the slave is really insignificant." She was so frank that others could not say anything.
The Queen smiled faintly and did not comment. She only said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and I heard that King Qinghe will return to Beijing soon. In addition, Concubine Wan and Xu Jieyu are about to give birth, and even Shen Shuyuan is pregnant. Your Majesty means to take good care of her."
make arrangements for."
Everyone said in unison: "But it is up to the queen to make the decision. I will be very happy to see you."
My throat is so dry and painful that it feels like I've swallowed a chestnut in my throat. I can't swallow it or spit it out. I just feel choked and stinging. My heart is beating heavily, one after another, and my ears are pounding.
I just think about that sentence - King Qinghe will return to Beijing in the near future. He is coming back! He is coming back!
I don’t know how I got back to Rouyi Hall, my heart is in a daze with no where to go. I must not be absent from the Mid-Autumn Festival. After waiting for so long, looking forward to it for so long, he is finally coming back. But my heart is so painful.
I am confused, how should I face him?
Between such sudden joys and sudden sorrows, the days slowly transitioned to the Mid-Autumn Festival.