Things about Long Yue are always on my mind every day, and because of the respect for the concubine, it inevitably becomes an extremely important concern over time. www. As I get better and better, I often socialize with the concubines who come to greet me.
After about ten days, Weiyang Palace was filled with people and bustling every day.
Taking advantage of my free time, I thought about it carefully and said to Jin Xi who was dressing me up: "I'll ask Concubine Jing to speak later. I just said that I won't have time for a few days. The weather is good today. Please move her jade steps to Rouyi."
Gather in the palace."
Jinxi combed my hair carefully with a comb, and said with a faint smile: "Have you finally made up your mind?" She smiled silently when she saw me, and then said: "If Concubine Jing comes here with Emperor Longyue, I'm afraid,
It’s hard to talk.”
I randomly picked up the dozens of buds in my dressing box, picked out a rose quartz and lotus flower with trimmed wings, and put it on the hairpin. I wrote lightly: "I have always been indifferent to Concubine Jing these days. She can't possibly notice."
If you don't, you will naturally understand that I have something to say to her alone."
The imperial concubine arrived quickly, and before the tea in the cup had cooled down, the splendid curtain flashed, and her figure, Pingting, was already standing dignified in front of her.
I held my breath and watched quietly as this woman walked up to me. The concubine came from a prominent family and inherited court training at a young age. She wore a soft and light gold-woven bird-dyed dress, and a refreshing magnolia pattern with sparse honey hanging on it.
Wax Pearl, if she walks a little more randomly, there will be a rustling sound. However, she walks slowly, as quietly as the clear water of a cold pool. It is the "lotus step" of a woman in the palace, with a graceful charm and graceful grace. She
One step is not bad, just like a branch of sword lotus on Lingbo Lake, opening up one after another.
The first time I met her, she was still the prudent Feng Shuyi, who lived in a corner of Ziao City and was aloof from everyone. However, because of her past hatred for Concubine Hua, because of her position as the third concubine, and because of me and Long Yue,
She finally fell into the quagmire of right and wrong.
As I got closer, I noticed that her delicate, cicada-like temples were slightly fluffy. I knew in my heart that she would come in a hurry because of my invitation. The imperial concubine has always been elegant and elegant, and her attire is simpler than that of ordinary concubines, who are often sixty-seven.
She was still wearing her new clothes, which were simple and elegant even with pearls and jade. Besides, she was so familiar with me. Now she came in a formal dress, but there was a lot of unfamiliarity in this simple and casual look.
My heart felt a little cold. After all, she and I were separated.
When she came closer, I stood up with a smile and said, "It's rare that we have free time today, so we sisters should have a nice talk."
Concubine Jing said with a smile: "Concubine Shu invites you so kindly, how dare I not come?" After saying that, she looked at me and said, "Concubine Shu has just given birth, and she has to deal with all kinds of etiquette and trivial matters. I just wish I couldn't be separated, and I don't dare to do it often."
Come and disturb me."
I stared at her and said with a smile: "Sister calls me empress now, which shows that we are really at odds with each other. My sister and I are the same person, 'Shu Fei', but the slaves call me 'Shu Fei'. How can I be worthy of my sister?"
Here’s the phrase ‘Empress’.”
Concubine Jing felt a little unbearable, closed her sleeves, and said in a sweet voice: "Even though my sister is polite, after all, the dignity is still there." She was half happy and half emotional: "The position of the fourth concubine has been vacant for more than ten years, but it is my sister who has become the queen.
She was the first concubine in the Qian and Yuan dynasties, which shows that the emperor really cared about his sister - he even made an exception and allowed her to retain her title, which is a courtesy that only a noble concubine can have."
I personally poured a cup of jasmine flowers and handed it to her, smiling and saying: "In terms of moral character and qualifications, can't my sister be one of the four concubines? What's more..." The fragrance of tea curled up like mist, with a refreshing and pleasant warm fragrance.
, "Not to mention the word Wan..."
Concubine Jing showed a hint of envy at the moment she was stunned, "That's a very good title." Her hands lay quietly on her knees, as white as a piece of suet-wrapped jade tied to a ribbon.
No two, "In the few years since my sister left the palace, the Emperor happened to mention once that when I first met my sister in the Shanglin Garden where the apricots and willows were beginning to bloom, she smiled so beautifully that she was so beautiful that the three springs were eclipsed..."
I smiled faintly, ran my fingers across the satin skirt as smooth as skin, and said calmly: "The emperor praised you too much. When you were young, who didn't have a beautiful face that turned everyone upside down, otherwise how could you have a place in the palace?"
As soon as the words came out, the hall fell silent, and everyone felt a little embarrassed.
The beauties are cut off before they grow old, and they sit leaning against the incense cage until dawn... It’s not that they don’t know how to survive such days - beauties grow old in a blink of an eye, and they are only young in an instant. Who can save the best years?
No matter how good the appearance is, there will always be a day of decay. It is just watching the kindness of the king like water, and never looking back.
The women in Ziao City just live like this.
Standing at the beginning, you have already guessed the ending.
The moment their eyes met, they were both a little embarrassed, so they all avoided it, and just rolled up the curtains and looked out the window at the autumn colors, which were so clear and intoxicating.
The ground in Weiyang Palace is warm and warm. As soon as I entered the September Palace, there were already heaters everywhere. Everywhere I went, I felt the warmth of spring. In addition, Xuan Ling told Weiyang Palace that the flowers and trees in Weiyang Palace should always be in bloom and new, so the flowers and trees planted, such as cherry blossoms, were illuminated.
Water plums, tongue-out lilacs, etc. are all of the highest quality, and the imperial garden gardeners have been specially ordered to bring five-color plums, folded cranes, orchids, jade butterflies and other exotic flowers and herbs for viewing. Therefore, even though it is almost early winter, the Weiyang Palace is still full of flowers.
, the kindness is endless, and the weather has been fine these past few days, the flowers and trees have absorbed the bright sunlight, and become more beautiful and bright. There are also two flower trees named "Ye Luo Qian" paid tribute by Nanzhao, with thick golden flowers, bright colors
As bright as firebirds, every night until early morning, the flowers fall to the ground in colorful colors, just like money scattered on the ground, which is amazing.
I had already sent the attendants away, and the imperial concubine’s bead was also waiting outside the palace from a distance. I slowly peeled off a tangerine in my hand. The huge Rouyi Palace was as gorgeous and empty as an empty city.
It was so quiet that you could hear the sound of juice splashing when nails cut through orange peels. In the silence, the concubine's voice was as ethereal as a faint cloud of smoke, "The intoxication of autumn is better than that of spring." She casually picked up an autumn fan beside the bed, "
It's already late autumn, why is there still a fan beside Sister Shufei? Look at the fine workmanship, I think it's for daily enjoyment."
I glanced at the fan. On the raw white silk surface, there was an ink painting of the profile of a beautiful woman leaning on a railing. A few light strokes looked like white peony flowers painted in fine brushwork. They were pure and pleasant. Next to them were two lines of small regular script with hairpin flowers.
It was Li Yian's sentence, "There is no way to eliminate this feeling, so I only frowned, but it was in my heart." The handle was hollowed out and carved with white jade, with an apricot-colored tassel hanging from the bottom, falling on the elegant sleeves of the concubine.
On the top, it looks faintly thin.
I smiled slightly and said, "Why does it look good? It's just to remind myself from time to time - even Ban Jieyu's extraordinary talent can only end up being the only one in the palace, let alone us sisters."
Concubine Jing changed her color slightly and said with an embarrassed smile: "Sister Concubine Shu said such things, how can we be called to her?"
"Why is my sister like me?" I smiled and looked at her, "The emperor has given me such a high status and honor. To outsiders, it looks like flowers and fire cooking oil. However, my sister is as careful as hair and knows that I am no longer as reliable as my mother-in-law.
It's just like walking on thin ice."
"Your Majesty, he..."
My voice was calm and cold, "When you climb high, you will inevitably fall hard. The more prosperous I am now, if I am harmed by slander in the future, I will be shattered to pieces and never recover." I looked at the fan in Jing Fei's hand and said softly: "
When I like it, I go in and out of your arms, swaying in the breeze; once I don't like it, I just throw it away in the basket, and the kindness is gone - it's just like this autumn fan."
Concubine Jing smiled and said: "It is clear to all onlookers, sister, please listen to what I say - the emperor has a sister in his heart, and that is why he has been unable to let go of her for several years."
"Then..." I simply started the conversation, "Sister Concubine Jing has always been wise and has a clear understanding of world affairs. Since you know that the emperor does not regard me as contemptuous, why do you still go against me?"
Concubine Jing's face turned white in an instant, and she lowered her head in silence. The bright shadow of the sun cast on her left cheek became increasingly translucent, like white porcelain. A few soft strands of hair fell from her tall bun.
The bottom is hanging down and is greasy on the neck with cold sweat. On the bun is a warm and thick Hetian white jade phoenix, holding a long string of twisted coral beads and sapphire pieces in its mouth, almost motionless.
But her mood at the moment may not be so calm.
After a moment, she raised her head and looked at me closely, her expression was as hopeless as death, and she said quietly: "You know everything?"
"If you want others to know, you have to do it yourself. My sister has always been calm, but now she has miscalculated." I paused and asked, "Did my sister tell the queen about Jin Xi and Li Chang?"
She didn't say anything, and only looked at me deeply, with a look of helplessness. I said slowly: "I have been thinking about who leaked the news that day and caused such a big disturbance. Li Chang and Jin Xi are both cautious people.
, Be careful in everything. The only flaw is that that day, you saw that the willow leaf and heart-shaped necklace was made by Jin Xi. The only people present that day were Meizhuang and you, so Meizhuang would naturally not be among these.
Pay attention to things. But Concubine Jing, you often went in and out of the Queen's Fengyi Palace in those days."
Her voice was a little hoarse, her fingers curled tightly around the handle of the fan in her hand, as if she wanted to crush it, and she said with a sad smile: "Concubine Shu is smart, since she already knows, why bother asking me again."
"Why don't you deny it, sister?"
"Now that you are powerful and powerful, you naturally have good eyes and ears, so what's the use of denying it?" Concubine Jing sighed, then smiled, "It's good that you know, so that I won't be worried and restless all day long.
I hurt you like this, but in the end I can't help you."
I felt a little pity in my heart. I have known Concubine Jing for many years and I know that Concubine Jing is not a bad person after all. I stood up and put my arm around her shoulders, and said softly: "Sister does not fight for favor, and rarely gets into trouble with others. When Concubine Hua was the only one in power, she could endure humiliation and protect herself.
All the things I did today were just to keep Ogyue by my side."
Concubine Jing stared at me deeply, then suddenly lowered her head, her voice was as sad as the pale moonlight, "Without the moonlight, I would have no joy in the rest of my life." She looked at me quietly, with a vacant look in her eyes.
Silence and deep loneliness, "You have been favored by the emperor since you served the emperor. Even if you fell out of favor, the emperor has never really forgotten you. How can you understand the feeling of being hidden in the deep palace and wandering in loneliness day by day. During the day,
I am a concubine who is treated with courtesy by the emperor, and the courtesy is polite and not sincere. At night, do you know? My Yunzhao Palace has 1,326 bricks and stones, 31 of which have been
There are tiny cracks. I have counted each of these pieces countless times, otherwise, how would I have spent the long night?" Her voice was weak and lonely, floating like a cool breeze in the bright autumn colors, through and through.
Showing deep self-injury and exhaustion, "Actually, I realized early on that I was just a pawn used by the emperor to balance Concubine Hua. Concubine Hua is dead. If I don't behave properly, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to stay."
Already."
I was deeply shocked. She was as sensible and restrained as a concubine, but she also felt such deep helplessness and sorrow. She never said it, never said it, she only pursed all her regrets into a smile that would always be graceful at the corners of her lips.
She raised her head and looked at me, "When you left the palace, you entrusted me with Haoyue. Of course I am very grateful. When I entered the palace, my people only regarded me as a shortcut for them to rise to the top. If I can't do what they want, they will naturally continue to work together."
My life and death will not be taken into account. I have no peerless beauty, and I have no heirs to rely on. I agreed to raise Haoyue, firstly to find someone to rely on for myself, and secondly, to pass the long days of loneliness. But... Haoyue is so cute,
In my heart, she is no different from my biological daughter..." Her voice gradually became lower and lower, "I never thought you would return to the palace..."
My thoughts were dazed for a moment. My return to the palace not only changed my own life, but also disturbed the lives of others for no reason. However, her love and care for Long Yue really moved me.
I calmed down and said softly: "Sister said just now that I have many eyes and ears, so I know about my sister's going in and out of the Queen's Palace." I whispered, "Sister, don't you know that it is not me who intentionally pays attention to my sister's whereabouts, but the Queen clearly and explicitly
I."
Concubine Jing was slightly surprised, then smiled wryly in relief, "I knew the Queen was not a friendly person, but why would she be like this?"
I nodded lightly, "I don't know if I am kind to others. I only tell my sister that if the Queen is really good for her, she will definitely not let anyone know that her sister has been in Fengyi Palace frequently. But the news is clear.
Pass it to Rouyi Palace—sister, think about it carefully."
She pondered, and for a moment she was horrified, "The Queen is deliberately letting you know so that we can kill each other!"
"Sister is smart." I sighed softly, "Longyue has been under my sister's knees for several years. How come the queen doesn't know how much my sister values this child - and as Wuyue's biological mother, I must take my daughter back to me when I return to the palace.
As long as we stir things up a little bit, my sister and I will definitely become fire and water, and then the snipe and the clam will fight..."
Concubine Jing sighed dejectedly, "Then, the queen must be reaping the benefits..." A hint of shame appeared on her face, and she said softly: "I didn't mean to harm you. I don't want you to die, and I don't want to see you fall out of favor.
I only hope that Haoyue can stay with me for a few more years, but I see that you love this child so much, so you must keep it with you. By then, I am afraid that she will have forgotten me as an adoptive mother..." She lowered her gaze, "
I just want to use Jin Xi's incident to make the emperor think that you are not suitable for touching the emperor..."
Maybe it’s people’s selfishness! I thought to myself, if it were me, I wouldn’t be willing to hand over my own protection to others, let alone the apple of my eye and the sweetheart of my heart. I calmly took a sip of tea and said, “Then the queen
Tell me, the emperor will be raised by the imperial concubine before she gets married, and I am not allowed to visit her from time to time."
Her silence confirmed my suspicion, and her voice was like the murmur of a stone thrown into water, "You have been very popular since you returned to the palace, but the queen has been on the bed for a long time, so naturally she will try to suppress you." She paused and sighed, "I
I made an agreement with the queen to do it only this time. But this time, I have also fallen into the trap. Whether it is to use your hands to defeat me, or to use my hands to defeat you, the queen will be beneficial and harmless.
"
I shook my head and said softly: "Sister may not have thought carefully, she just had to take risks for Long Yue." I sighed in a low voice, "A mother's heart can blind people's eyes and cloud their minds, and they only want to protect themselves."
The most important thing is to take care of your own children. Most of the concubines in the past were like this. They sacrificed their lives in exchange for the future of the eldest son of the emperor and ended up unjustly. Could it be that my sister also wants to imitate the confusion of the concubine?"
When she talked about Long Yue, she couldn't help but feel attached to her. She said calmly for a while, "Besides you, I am the Queen. I have no other choice."
"Then," I put my hands on my heart, as if I wanted to try my best to calm my heart, "please ask my sister to raise Long Yue for me until the emperor gets married."
My words were very soft, but each word was filled with careful consideration and determination. She was shocked when she heard the words, as if she couldn't believe it, her shoulders shook slightly, and she murmured: "Longyue is your biological daughter, how can you agree?"
I bowed deeply and said sincerely: "Don't worry, sister, it's not a transaction, it's just a request for instructions." I said seriously, "Yun Huan and Han'er have just passed away. Even if they have a wet nurse and a nanny, I have to take good care of them.
Too busy to take care of yourself - it’s not like my sister doesn’t know that Han’er is the prince.”
She nodded, "I know how many people hate their eyes to bleed just for you, the prince."
I sighed softly, like the clouds falling and the rain falling, "There is another truth. Longyue regards you as my biological mother. If I forcefully raise her by my side, I will really break the fate of our mother and daughter."
Concubine Jing said: "Longyue's temperament is indeed somewhat stubborn."
I nodded and fiddled with a South Sea pearl on my sleeve. It was so round and slippery that I could hardly hold it in my hand. "If she were by my side, I really wouldn't be able to take care of her three children."
Concubine Jing's hands were covered with cold and greasy sweat, as if she had suffered a serious illness. Only the palm of her hand was still warm. She held my hand firmly and said, "Of course I know you are not exchanging with me - I want to thank you!"
Huan'er, thank you very much!"
I held her hand back and said warmly: "Apart from sister, I really can't think of any better place to go to where Ogyue can feel happy physically and mentally."
There were crystal tears on her crow-winged eyelashes, shaking, "With your words, I will do my best to protect Long Yue."
I smiled and said, "My sister has tried her best to care for Haoyue. Even I, the biological mother, can't help myself." I calmed down and said, "All I have in my life is my children. My sister is willing to take care of Haoyue for me, which is equivalent to helping me."
I will save these three children."
A trace of unspeakable sadness flashed through Jing Fei's eyes, "Being a mother is the greatest joy in a woman's life. I'm not afraid to tell my sister from the bottom of my heart. If I could have a son and a half, I would lose thirty years of my life."
I am willing to do so." A sad flower froze at the corner of her lips, "Now that I have passed the age of childbearing, I will no longer have such crazy thoughts - after all, I am not blessed."
My heart moved, and I walked slowly to the dressing table and took out a small buttoned Ruyi embroidered purse. The handiwork was exquisite and gorgeous, and I could tell at a glance that it belonged to an unusual concubine. I handed it to the concubine and said, "Sister, please be careful.
Smell what this is?" I asked earnestly, "Just take a small sniff and don't smell more."
Seeing that I was so solemn, she couldn't help but wonder. She gently put it to her nose and smelled it, and said: "This is the Huanyi incense that the emperor gave to Concubine Hua in the past. It was specially made for Concubine Hua by the Royal Fragrance Bureau. I once worked for Concubine Hua.
After living together in the palace for a year, this fragrance has a unique smell, and I am used to smelling it. I can’t go wrong with it." She looked at me with a suspicious look on her face, "Is there anything wrong with this fragrance?"
I couldn't help but sneer, "Hua Fei has been favored for many years but has no more children after miscarriage. Hua Fei is stupid, does my sister also think that it was just a miscarriage that hurt her body?"
Her eyebrows suddenly jumped, she stood up quickly, and said in a trembling voice: "Is there something in this fragrance..."
There was a brief silence. In the silent palace, the only sound was the intense sound of pearls clashing between clouds and temples when she suddenly stood up, like someone's heartbeat was in chaos.
I whispered two words, "Musky!"
Concubine Jing has lived in the palace for a long time, so she naturally knows how powerful musk is. Her face was as pale as paper, and her body was swaying slightly, "I lived with her for a year, and I smelled this fragrance day and night. Is it possible..."
I put the purse into her palm. Her fingers were so cold, as if they had been soaked in a snow cellar for a long time. I said softly: "Just ask the doctor yourself."
She whispered, with a sharp and stern look in her eyes, "No! - Why did the imperial doctor never tell me that I couldn't have children because of the musk?"
I looked at her calmly, "If an imperial physician refuses to speak, maybe he has selfish motives; if all the imperial physicians refuse to speak, my sister will have to think about who is behind them and not allowing them to speak." I said calmly: "Concubine Hua.
After his death, everything in Mixiu Palace was cleaned up. It took me a lot of trouble to find this. My sister can take it outside the palace and ask the doctor to see if there is any musk."
"Back then, Concubine Hua introduced Li Gui to serve the emperor and let her live in Mixiu Palace for two to three months. Li Gui was loved by the emperor but had nothing to do. Instead, Cao Qinmo, who lived elsewhere and was not favored by others, got her.
Pregnant - no wonder! No wonder!" Her eyes were blood red, ready to bleed, and there was a heavy sound in her throat. She squeezed the purse tightly, almost crushing it, "Just tell me, who is it?
Who is it!"
I have never seen such a respectful concubine. She has always been calm and calm. However, being unable to have children is her eternal fate.
"Back then, I lost my son due to miscarriage and suffered from musk. I thought someone had tampered with the spices I usually used, but I didn't want to accidentally find out the secret of Huanyi fragrance. I could have not told my sister, it was rare.
Being confused is not a bad thing! But today she wants to push my sister and I to kill each other, so why should I be patient? My sister just thinks about it, who asked her to live with Concubine Hua in Mixiu Palace that day?
And I have always heard that that person was good at pharmacology before entering the palace, and he also had the same aspirations as An Guifei, and loved to mix spices."
Concubine Jing was stunned for a long time, and sneered repeatedly. She smiled so vividly, as if she had never suffered in this world, "Is that what she had in mind? She is such a gentle, respectful and thrifty queen. I really thought she was wrong before!"
I held the back of her hand and said firmly: "It's not too late to know now."
She tried her best to calm down, and her trembling hands were messily arranging the rice beads tassels on her clothes. Suddenly, she exerted force on her hands, and the fine particles of rice beads scattered on the ground. She lay low in such a heart-breaking voice like broken ice.
Crying bitterly in my arms. Hot tears fell on my skin, burning like fire.
In the ten years I have been in the palace, I have never seen Concubine Jing cry so uncontrollably, as if there was endless sorrow and hatred coming out along with the tears, so desperate and mournful.
Such cries will never end in Ziao City.
I have never cried in such despair before, and only after being in such despair can I be able to make peace again.
After a long time, when she raised her head, there were no more tears. It was like scorched earth burned by wildfire, with no warm and peaceful breath at all. Her throat was dry and dumb, "I have been a chess piece since the beginning - I just ask you, does the emperor know?"
?”
I lowered my head slightly and finally said with pity, "No, he never knew."
There were faint traces of dried tears on her soft jaw, "I hope he doesn't know, otherwise this sixteen-year relationship will be a joke."
I felt lonely and sad, "I only want to say this to Concubine Hua."
She looked at me deeply and said, "In the past, I only envied you for being favored in your prime, but later I pitied you for your repeated misfortunes. To this day, I am sincerely convinced by you."
I was stunned: "Why did sister say this?"
Concubine Jing took a deep breath and said, "You knew she would treat you like this, but you could endure it till now. If I were your age, I would not be able to endure it."
I smiled calmly and said, "Sister is already very good. I only care about Sister Duanfei. Besides, there is some meticulous way to worship Buddha in Ganlu Temple for several years." I held her fingertips and said, "Sister, please don't be impulsive."
Concubine Jing's fingertips were cold in my palm, like ice picks hanging from the eaves in the twelfth lunar month. She said sadly: "There is a knife in my heart. I'm really afraid that I can't help it." There was silent and deep hatred in her eyes.
He said, "I'm afraid that if I see her one day, I'll slap her hard."
I smiled and said, "If it were back then, my sister would definitely do this. But now, my sister will definitely not be quick. What's more, my sister also wants to raise Wuyue with peace of mind and see that she marries the man she wants."
She bit her lip and burst out with a smile, "I am no longer the seventeen-year-old Feng Ruozhao. Even the seventeen-year-old Feng Ruozhao knows that he has to look at the right place before slapping him to avoid missing the point."
I smiled and said, "There are countless concubines in the palace. When the emperor chose my sister to restrain Concubine Hua, he probably took a fancy to my sister's strengths."
Her face was as sad as the dark night, with only the bright hatred shining through her bright face like the moonlight through the dark clouds. She stood up happily, "I'll take my leave first, sister, there's no need to see me off." She paused, "I
I just want to have some quiet time."
I sat upright and said, "Sister, please help yourself."
Concubine Jing turned around and walked very slowly step by step. She was still walking with the same graceful steps as when she came. However, I understood how difficult it was for her to take every step well in her current state of mind. The autumn sun was bright and warm.
Falling, she is like a piece of ice, unable to be warmed at all.
Only a long, cloud-pleated skirt remained, winding behind her like a wound that could never be healed.