On that day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I originally wanted to spend it alone as usual. www. It was just me, Jinxi and Huanbi eating mooncakes together.
At dinner time, all the nuns in the temple went to the mountain to admire the moon. Only Jinxi and I were left, and Huanbi was still in the courtyard.
I smelled a horse bell ringing outside, and I heard it with my ears, so I said, "I don't know who is coming at this time. I'll go take a look."
When he opened the door and went out, he saw Ah Jin jumping off the horse with a basket of fruits. He said with a smile: "I know that all the sisters in Ganlu Temple have gone to admire the moon at this time. The prince wanted to come in person, but there was a banquet in the palace.
The Queen Mother is here again, so I really can’t leave and can’t come.” He handed the basket to Huanbi next to him and said, “These are the fruits that my wife likes to eat, and the prince specially asked me to pick them.
Come here, my wife, you need something to eat while watching the moon."
Huanbi took it and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is interested, I will thank you on behalf of our young lady."
I joked: "I thought you didn't dare to come to see us, but now you're running over in disbelief."
Huanbi stamped her feet and said shyly, "Miss, you just love to make fun of me."
Ah Jin scratched his head and said sheepishly: "I have made it clear what happened last time. I only regard Huanbi as my younger sister."
I smiled and called Jin Xi, "Don't we have moon cakes? Give a few to Jin to eat, and we can celebrate the festival together."
Hearing what A Jin said, something naughty suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he smiled and said: "Madam, when it comes to moon cakes, our prince also has moon cakes and asked me to bring them to Madam."
I was a little puzzled, so I just smiled and said: "What kind of strange moon cakes are you? Baba asked you to bring them."
Ah Jin just smiled and said, "You will know when I see it, the prince has told me to deliver it to you in person."
I turned my head and thought for a while, then said to him: "It must be something rare to ask you to bring me mooncakes so seriously. I wonder if they are snowskin mooncakes or stuffed with double yolk xianglian."
Ah Jin took out a small package from his sleeve, carefully opened the oil paper and plain handkerchief layer by layer, and sent it to me with great care, "You see for yourself, madam."
It just looks like an ordinary mooncake, and there is nothing special about it. Huanbi asked with a puzzled smile: "Isn't it the same as ordinary mooncakes?"
I was slightly confused, so I opened the mooncake and took a look. It turned out that the middle of the mooncake was hollow, with a small note embedded in it. I took it out and unfolded it, and there were four words "be prepared for anything" written neatly on it.
I couldn't figure out what it was for a while, so I asked A Jin: "What is this?"
Ah Jin said with a smile: "The prince said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he wants to reward those who guess the riddle, so he asked me to give the answer to the riddle to the lady, saying that the lady is very smart and will be able to guess the riddle."
Huanbi couldn't guess it at the side, so she smiled and said angrily: "Ajin, your prince is the weirdest. He guesses riddles and riddles, so of course he has to guess the answers. How can he guess the riddles when he is given the answers?"
Ah Jin spread his hands, frowned and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, we are only here to listen, how can we use words to refute it?" He smiled at me and said, "Madam, thank you for your trouble." After saying that, he stopped laughing.
, sighed quietly and said: "Our prince himself is not happy, but he still wants to make the lady smile."
Ah Jin has always been outspoken and quick-witted, so there must be a reason why he suddenly said this, so he didn't say anything and just glanced at Huan Bi.
Huanbi laughed and said, "This is a joke. Your Majesty is a noble man with a body of gold and jade. Even if someone offends, he will be punished with a stick. What's the point of being unhappy?"
Ah Jin said sternly: "This is wrong. Firstly, our prince is not such a person, and secondly, the things that bother him are the Queen Mother's wishes. The Queen Mother said that the prince is not young and has already arranged a young lady for him.
Princess Qinghe. The Queen Mother is very satisfied and said that she will arrange for the prince to meet her soon."
My heart was shocked, and I couldn't help but look at Huanbi. Huanbi was also greatly surprised, and lost her voice: "Are you serious?"
Ajin said with a sad face: "Of course it is serious, otherwise the prince would not be happy. In the past two years, the queen mother has been pressing her hard, saying that the prince is twenty-four, how can there be someone at this age who still does not have a concubine, and does not even have a concubine?
, not worthy of the royal family. So this time I decided on a young lady from the Pei Kingdom family. Her name was You Jingxian. I heard she was very kind and gentle. Not only did the Queen Mother praise her, but even the concubines praised her.
"
Suddenly there was an indescribable chill in my heart, as if someone's hand had been immersed in the ice water in winter and then covered my heart to keep warm. I knew that this chill was inexplicable and shouldn't be there.
Yes, he hurriedly concealed his He Jing smile and said: "This is a good thing. If the prince's age were different, I am afraid that others would have many children. It is time to marry a princess and take care of the housekeeping."
Huanbi said softly: "Miss..."
I looked at her with a smile and said, "It's a good thing that the prince wants to accept a concubine. Besides, the queen mother naturally has very good taste. Let's just congratulate the prince first."
When Ah Jin heard what I said, he said "Hey", with a hint of displeasure in his words, and said: "Our prince is very unhappy about this matter. I thought that the prince treats his wife as a confidant, and she also
I must understand the prince's thoughts very well, but I don't want my wife to say these words of congratulation to the prince. Jin doesn't like to hear it, so I'll take my leave first." After saying this, he jumped on the horse angrily, whipped his whip and walked away.
The wind stopped silently, and there was silence all around. I held the piece of paper I took out of the moon cake in my hand, clenching it tightly. Huanbi held my arm and said, "The night is getting cold, let's
go in."
I heard a rather sad tone in her voice, which was different from usual. I looked back at her and found that she indeed looked lonely. I sighed silently and said softly: "Huanbi, do you blame me for saying such a thing just now?"
Huanbi shook her head, then nodded again and said, "Does the young lady really want to congratulate the prince? Ah Jin doesn't know, but he can't hide it from this slave."
My sorrow stretched out like spring grass. I tried my best to ignore it and asked Huanbi, "Then what do you think I should say? There is nothing I should say except congratulations."
Huanbi's fingertips were as cool as a drop of dew on the leaves, "This is a happy event, but no one will be happy." She lowered her head slightly, "Didn't Ajin say that the prince is not happy either?"
"Whether you like it or not, the prince has reached his age, and it is the queen mother's will. Can you really disobey it?"
I didn't turn around and slowly lit a stick of sandalwood. The smell of fireworks and the warm and peaceful aroma of sandalwood made my heart feel a little more at ease, but also made me feel more miserable.
Huanbi leaned against the door, watching my movements, and said faintly: "When young lady is upset, she loves sandalwood the most."
My hands trembled slightly, and then I calmly said, "Do I think I'm upset?"
Huanbi just shook her head, smiled and said: "If the prince has a family, he will definitely not be so comfortable, and he will never be able to see him once in a while like now."
I sniffed the scent of sandalwood hard and said for a long time: "Do you look forward to seeing the Six Kings more often?"
In the end, I didn’t want to say any more.
It was the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon was full and full, and all the nuns were going to evening classes. Xuan Qing came under the milky white moonlight and stood in front of the door.
When he moved within my line of sight, I realized he was coming.
Slightly startled, he stood up quickly and said, "You have never been here, why are you here today?"
His expression was leisurely, as if nothing happened. He just approached me and smiled and said, "What are you doing?"
I put down the brush in my hand and said with a faint smile: "What else can I do? Zuo is just copying Buddhist scriptures for the Queen Mother. Fangruo will come to pick it up again in a few days."
He said "Huh" and quietly flipped through the scriptures I had copied. After reading for a while, he slowly said: "Your writing has improved again. It's just..." He pointed at the words and looked at me and said, "Are you feeling unhappy?"
Ning, these words are a bit too loose."
I glanced at it lightly and said casually: "Your Majesty, please be careful. I can't hide any of this from you." Seeing Huanbi come in with tea, I smiled slightly and said: "Thank you for the moon cake yesterday. I was so happy for a while.
The writing is so impetuous."
Xuan Qing's eyes lit up, a warm smile appeared on his lips and teeth, and he said: "You guessed it."
The tea Huanbi made was made from Hangzhou white chrysanthemum. The slightly yellow flowers bloomed one by one in the boiling water. The bright and fresh flowers bloomed one by one, revealing their original white color. Even the tea had a green color.
The color is beautiful. When you lower your head slightly, you can smell the refreshing fragrance.
I know Huanbi’s intentions. Naturally, I was unhappy when Ah Jin said what he said yesterday. And Ah Jin has always been outspoken. He will definitely tell Xuan Qing exactly what I said when he gets back, so Xuan Qing will definitely not be happy.
She was so happy. So she didn't choose any other tea to make, but only made white chrysanthemum, which was a calming tea.
I slowly took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Being prepared is the answer to the riddle. It's really hard to guess the riddle. I also thought about going to "Three Kingdoms" for a long time before I found out, but I didn't know if it was accurate?
It’s up to the prince to decide.”
He held the tea in his hand and just smiled, "Please tell me and listen."
"Bei, in "Three Kingdoms" it refers to Liu Bei, the uncle of the Han Dynasty emperor. Liu Bei's life achievements led to the founding of Shu and became the leader of Shu. And being free of trouble means peace." I flicked my fingers lightly on the fine porcelain tea cup.
The sound was crisp and sweet, tinkling like a bell. My smile was relaxed and calm, "Sichuan is close to northern Sichuan. Your Majesty wants to tell me that my parents and sisters who are far away in northern Sichuan are all safe and healthy."
His smile stretched with relief, "You guessed it all. The people I sent have come to report back. Your parents are in good health and have no pain at all. In the past two years, your father has built water conservancy projects and dug channels to facilitate shipping.
His political achievements are quite good, his reputation among the people is also good, and he is very popular."
In the barren land of northern Sichuan, my father and mother were both well, so I was a little relieved. I was moved in my heart, and my tone became gentle, saying: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for telling me this." Then I said worriedly: "It's bitterly cold in the border areas, my father's.
My legs and feet have not been in good condition all the time. How can I get better if my body and bones are sore?"
When Xuanqing smiled, his eyes would curve into the shape of a beautiful crescent moon. He said: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, winter will begin, and I'm afraid the weather will get worse. Yesterday, an envoy came to Sichuan, so I asked Imperial Physician Wen to find some
I sent the plaster to remove dampness and loosen bones to Mr. Zhen."
I felt comforted and grateful for his thoughtfulness, so I said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking the trouble."
He laughed loudly and said: "Why should I bother? The person who bothered was Imperial Physician Wen. When he heard that the plaster I was going to go to was for Mr. Zhenyuan Dao in northern Sichuan, he selected the best medicinal materials overnight, developed a new plaster and sent it to me.
I'm just a favor to the family."
She sighed softly in her heart, feeling relieved. Fortunately, there was Wen Shichu in the palace. However, she did not want Xuanqing to be too worried, so she reservedly smiled and said: "Mr. Wen and my family have been friends for generations, and now we are willing to
This kind of help is rare." Weiwei felt sad, in this world, there were so many icings on the cake, but so little help in times of need, so it was difficult for Wen Shichu to be fully attentive to her.
However, a smile appeared on his face, and he said with half annoyance: "It's just that the prince's riddle has many twists and turns. It's really difficult to guess it."
"If it's simple, with your intelligence, you must have guessed it immediately, so what's the point." He snapped his fingers and smiled, as if he was savoring the elegant taste of white chrysanthemum tea, "Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, I guess you will know
I miss home, so I specially chose a difficult puzzle to soothe your homesickness."
Xuanqing is always like this, silently moving me in a silent place, not the impact of happiness like a stormy sea, but sneaking into the night with the wind, moistening things silently bit by bit, screaming
I won't resist unconsciously.
My heart felt warm little by little, like white chrysanthemums soaked in water in a tea cup, stretching comfortably.
Suddenly I remembered what Huanbi said last night - "If the prince has a family, he will definitely not be so comfortable, and he will never be able to see him once in a while like now."
I can't even meet him once in a while, he can't, and neither can I.
Thinking of this, I felt a little sad in my heart, and my expression became lonely.
It happened that Huanbi came in with a large bouquet of chrysanthemums. They were just ordinary silver-threaded crab-claw chrysanthemums. They were not a precious variety, but they had a natural appearance, were as white as frost, and were very elegant and beautiful.
Huanbi just stood far away under the south window, carefully changing the bouquets and vases. Because she was there, I didn't speak for a while, and Xuanqing couldn't speak, so we just sat in silence and drank tea.
For a moment, Huanbi hugged the half-flowered yellow chrysanthemum she had replaced. She walked in a hurry, and a few petals leaked from her arms. They were brown to black in color and curled up slightly, as if they were a little sluggish.
Anxious heart.
If he didn't tell me about his marriage, I wouldn't even mention it to him. I would just pretend that I don't know, so what can I say?
After a long time, the tea had cooled down completely. He finally said: "Yesterday, Jin made you angry?"
I shook my head, keeping a faint and distant smile on my lips, "Ajin always speaks straightforwardly, and I won't be angry if he says anything."
His eyelids were half-closed slightly tiredly, and he said softly: "He has a lot of mouths." He thought for a while and then said: "So, you know?"
I moved my fingers across the table indifferently and said, "I understand. I'm just happy for the prince." I said slowly, "The young lady from Pei Guogong You's Mansion is naturally good, not to mention the Queen Mother likes her." I took it in my mouth.
With a sip of tea in his mouth, the tea was cold on the tip of his tongue and throat, and he said calmly: "Dong Pei Guo fought on the battlefield with Emperor Taizu, and fought through life and death. Only then did he achieve this fame, and he fought back with one sword and one shot. Pei Guo
The public family is prominent and has been glorious for hundreds of years. Although it no longer has real power in its hands, the tutoring is very good. The daughter she brings out will definitely be a lady with outstanding elegance. Jingxian..." I said with a slight smile: "As soon as I heard it, I was surprised.
Now that I know it is the name of a gentle and generous daughter, I would like to congratulate you first."
I don't know why I talk so much incessantly, as if I can't help myself. The more I talk, the more desolate I feel in my heart, rolling up one by one like mist.
Xuanqing's expression dimmed bit by bit with my words.
He was silent for a long time, and suddenly a beautiful, night-blooming smile appeared on his face. With a hint of sadness, he looked at me and said, "Are you sincerely congratulating me?"
For a moment, I wanted to turn away, very much. But I finally restrained myself and smiled in the softest state, "Of course I sincerely congratulate you."
He just kept silent. I didn't dare to look at him, but the shadow he cast in the tea was so clear that I had to see it.
His hand stretched out a little, trying to grab my hand. I was startled and instinctively retracted, not daring to raise my head again.
His smile became colder and colder. Although he was smiling, there was no joyful emotion at all. It was like an empty mask. When people took a look at it, they felt that the autumn wind had suddenly blown through their hearts, leaving only the pulse of the setting sun.
His hand was kept just an inch away from me, and I could almost feel the coolness on his fingertips. His voice was still calm, "Whether you're being unreliable or not, I'm just telling you, I don't like it."
You Jingxian." He slowly stood up and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands. The bouquet of silver crab claw chrysanthemums shone brightly in front of him, and the leaves of the sycamore outside the window fell silently. "There is a sentence that I can just bring.
"Express my thoughts at the moment." His tone was a little weak, revealing an unchangeable determination. "Out of the east gate, there are women like clouds. Even though they are like clouds, it makes me think. 1 No matter how good You Jingxian is,
The place is just not what I like."
There are women like clouds, which make me want to live. He actually used this sentence to express his thoughts.
I had nothing to say, so I just sighed and said: "But the Queen Mother is very fond of Miss You, and the prince is indeed of age to get married. Do you want to keep delaying it like this?"
His eyes were as scorching as fire, as bright as red flames, "The Queen Mother doesn't know, but you do know that those who wear silk clothes and scarves are the only members of Liao Le. 2"
My heart was shaken violently. I am wearing a silk robe and a scarf.
Even if you understand your intention, so what? So he said: "Even if the prince doesn't like Miss You, the Queen Mother will choose other matching marriages for you. If the prince can reject Miss You, can he also reject everyone? The Queen Mother
The phoenix spirit is not easy to express politely." I cleared my somewhat vague voice and said, "The prince just said, 'We are wearing ony clothes and scarves, let's have fun chatting with our people.
It may not be the prince's thoughts about her, so why should the prince bother?"
Autumn leaves were fluttering like butterflies, with such golden colors, it was actually the autumn season when the weather was cool. He stood in front of countless fallen leaves and said slowly: "Even if the mother is determined to propose marriage, I will fight to the death and refuse."
No matter how much my mother insists, she will never be able to overcome my own will. I am not a monarch, and my marriage will not affect the fate of the country, and my mother will not force me too hard." He looked at me, the heat in his eyes not retreating at all, but
Just like the rising tide, the rising tide lifts all boats. "As for whether the person in silk clothes and scarf has the same intention as me, I just insist on my own intention and wait for her. Because Qing believes that with sincerity, there will always be a day when gold and stone will be opened."
This is the first time that he has expressed his feelings to me so frankly.
I took a deep breath, and when I returned to my breath, I could feel the warmth spreading bit by bit. I almost wavered for a moment, but finally I didn’t think about it anymore. I simply didn’t want to talk to him anymore, and just said: "Sincerity is what it is.
Maybe there will be a day when gold and stone will open up. But my heart is like an ancient well, and I vow not to make trouble again. No matter how sincere I am, it may not be useful, so why use my heart in vain."
But he greeted my indifference with a calm smile and said: "If gold and stone are different, Qing Ji will give my best sincerity." He looked at me and said: "Qing Ji only hopes that Madam will never say the word 'congratulations' again.
Qing is really scared."
I sighed sadly and said with a smile: "Okay. I won't say it casually. But when the day comes, won't you let me sincerely congratulate you?" His brows frowned, and I hurriedly said: "Okay.
Okay, I won’t say anything.”
His smile finally warmed up and he said: "You know, last night Jin told me that you congratulated me, and I was really going to be mad at you. I wanted to run out of the family banquet and argue with you right away.
"
I spat and said calmly: "I have good intentions, why do you need to argue with me." I smiled and said, "King Qinghe has always been conceited, leisurely, and a humble gentleman. I never knew that you would be so angry and frustrated."
"You are the only one who can make me angry like this." He sighed leisurely with a wry smile, "You are the only one who can make me angry like this."
I laughed softly and said no more words.
Note:
12 From "The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng·Out of the East Gate". The full text is: "Going out of the east gate, there is a woman like a cloud. Although she is like a cloud, I want to save her. She is dressed in silk clothes and scarf, chatting with me. Come out of the gate.
There is a girl in the sky. Although she is in the tea, I think about it. She is dressed in silk and is like a weed, and she can talk and have fun." After translation, it means: "Walking through the east gate of the city, there are as many beauties as clouds in the sky. Although there are as many as clouds, they are not.
The person I think of. Only this plain clothes and green scarf make me fall in love. Walking outside the city gate, there are many beauties as white as thatch. Even though they are as white as thatch, they are not what I want. Only this plain clothes and red scarf can entertain and love each other.
." This poem is a man's expression of his love and specialization.