Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Youmeng

Hailan knelt in front of the Buddha statue, and slowly moved the tourmaline beads in her hand for a long time, once and again.If it weren't for such sluggish movements, suggesting that she still had a breath of life, then she, who was dressed in dark blue and half palace attire, would be no different from a withered plant. Concubine Wan signaled the maid to step back, walked slowly to Hailan's side, and said softly, "Sister Concubine Yu, my life is no different from yours, asking me to come and see you, is it any different from seeing myself?" Hailan slowly opened her eyes, struggled to distinguish Wanbi's dim and blurred face against the light, and smiled softly: "There are not many old sisters in the palace, and the only ones who came out of the big hidden mansion together Me and sister Wanpin, are you?"

This sentence aroused Wanpin's pent-up sadness, and she sighed like an autumn wind, "For so many years, only my sister is willing to miss me. In the eyes of others, we are the same when we are panting and not panting, right? " Hai Lan's long nails peeled off and touched the old bluestone brick floor, making a hoarse and astringent sound.That voice had distant and subtle echoes in the terribly quiet hall, and after listening to it for a long time, I became less lonely.She said indifferently: "It's been so many years, how many years has it been? It's been almost ten years since the day when the Queen's sister lost her hair in Hangzhou."

Concubine Wan silently lowered her gray hair, and she broke her skinny fingers. The dark golden ring shone faintly in the dark hall, "That's right. The day the Empress of Yikun Palace lost her hair was the second day of Qianlong's 30th year. On the eighteenth day of the lunar month, it will be ten years." She smiled bitterly and bitterly, "The empress of Yikun Palace has passed away for many years, and now the only ones in the palace who dare to mention her are our old sisters." Hailan glanced at her, her smile was as faint as the epiphyllum in the night, "Aren't you afraid?"

Concubine Wan smiled unnaturally, and stroked her gray hair, "What's so scary about having no children and no favors for a lifetime? I'm just talking about the Yikun Palace Empress in the palace, and I'm afraid no one will pay attention to it." ?" She tilted her ears, staring at the lively sound of firecrackers outside the window, it was already the twenty-fifth of the first lunar month, and the excitement in the palace hadn't subsided yet.The sound of firecrackers is pleasant to hear, but it is disturbing. "Huh? Who is singing Kunqu opera in the palace? It's really nice."

Hailan stretched out her hand, and slowly shook off the thin dust on the skirt of the five-petal plum with dark blue embroidered silver thread, "It was the imperial concubine who passed on the opera troupe, but apart from the concubine Jin who loves to entertain, few people went there." Concubine Wan counted the days with her fingers, "The ninth day of September is her birthday. This year's fiftieth birthday, the emperor will always cheer her up. There is still some face for this. After all, there is a good way out for children to strive for success." Hailan lazily said: "Ninety-nine Chongyang, she can really pick the time of birth, no wonder she is so blessed."

Concubine Wan was a little sentimental, "Speaking of which, Sister Concubine Yu's birthday is the fourth day of May, and mine is the 20th day of December. I'm afraid no one will remember it except the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Japanese prince got angry and somehow sent someone to send ten rolls of silk as a tribute from Huzhou. I was so happy that I didn't know what to do. But the eunuch who sent the silk said that the emperor was congratulating me on my birthday. It was only October 10th. Four, it has nothing to do with my birthday." She clapped her hands mockingly, "But then again, I've lived like this all my life, so forget it."

Hai Lanzhi got up from the cushioned futon on the ground, lit a bouquet of incense and held it high in front of his forehead, and said lightly: "Since my sister passed away, I have never celebrated my own birthday. Ulanara Ruyi is dead, and the living Keli Ye Tehailan is nothing more than a walking dead. If I didn't read that Yikun Palace once told me not to commit suicide, if it wasn't for the orphan Mianyi left by Yongqi, if it wasn't for taking care of my sister's Yongxi, my old bones What's the point of being alive?" Wanbi looked at Hailan enviously, and helped her to sit down beside the brocade couch by the long window.Although the brocade couch is said to be made of brocade brocade, it has been used for an unknown number of years, and the corners are covered with fluffy fluff, reflecting the dim yellow sky, revealing a miserable white appearance.Hai Lan didn't care, and personally took an old white jade and green plum five-petal teapot, poured a cup of green tea and handed it to Concubine Wan, and said in a harmonious voice, "Try it, it's the new tea that the emperor rewarded next year, and it's good for you." Give me and Mianyi a new one."

Concubine Wan took a sip, looked at the utensils in the palace, and sighed: "The tea is the best. It can be seen that the emperor still misses his sister and Mianyi, and there are many rewards in the next year. Speaking of it, among the emperor's grandchildren, the emperor is the most The pain is endless." She said softly, "Since that's the case, why should my sister be so hard on me? These things are too shabby to use." Hailan caressed the white jade and green plum five-petal teapot, "All these things in my palace were gifted by my sister when she was here. People, I can't bear to throw them away after using them to create feelings. Old lady, what else do you care about?"

Concubine Wan shook her head knowingly, "In the whole palace, only my sister still thinks about the goodness of the empress of Yikun Palace. In the third year of junior high, Concubine Dun gave birth to the tenth princess. The emperor is very happy. I went to see it." , The tenth princess looks really cute, and she looks like she was carved out of the same mold as the fifth princess many years ago." After she finished speaking, she seemed to realize what she had said wrong, lowered her head in habitual surprise, and took the silk handily. Pressing her nose, she said: "Now, Yikun Palace doesn't even have any trace of the empress's life. The new favorite concubine, the new child, all fell there. Everyone is happy. Ling The imperial concubine will also be happy, isn't she the one who has the most children? This fiftieth birthday, she is really blessed."

Hailan played with the teacup in her hand, her fingers were so dry that the texture was as deep and dark as her voice, "Sister Wanbi, you are wrong. Concubine Dun's temperament is like that of Yi who lived in the mansion when she was young." The empress of Kun Palace, the tenth princess looks like the fifth princess reborn. With them, the shadow of sister is indispensable in Yikun Palace. From the moment Concubine Dun enters the palace, it is a settled matter. It is the emperor's intention. But whether the imperial concubine can celebrate her fiftieth birthday is up to you."

Concubine Wan jumped down, stared at Hailan with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "Sister Concubine Yu, what are you talking about? Such words are unlucky, if they fall into the ears of the imperial concubine, it will cause a lot of trouble." Hailan smiled softly and virtuously, but she couldn't help shrinking inward because she saw that Wanbi was hairy all over.Hai Lan said softly: "What did I say? If Sister Wanpin doesn't understand, why is she hiding?" She took a sip of tea calmly, "I just talked to my sister today, and I realized that my sister has been silent in the palace for many years. The words, but also pretending to be full of thoughts." She touched her gray temples and said softly, "Rewards belong to rewards, and offerings belong to offerings. The emperor took care of face, and we were not treated badly for a single day. However, wrinkled, White hair, who has looked at it? Every day I live here, is there any moment I live for myself? Birthdays can be misremembered, and faces can be forgotten, but what about this breath and this life? Did they all come to this world for nothing?" Concubine Wan seemed to be a little scared, and made a small voice, like an ant struggling to survive in the corner, "Sister Concubine Yu, I have lived a life of obedience, even when Emperor Huixian and Empress Xiaoxian lived , and Empress Yikun Palace, I won’t offend anyone, I won’t say anything nonsense, I’ve lived half my life in peace, I don’t ask for anything.” "People don't make a sound when they're alive, and they don't even make a sound when they're dead. What's the difference between living like this and ants? I've been a concubine for decades, and the last time I went to bed was the 25th year of Qianlong. At that time, if If Wei Yanwan didn't use you to collect the emperor's poems mourning the death of the Xiaoxian Empress, and use you to shake up your sister's position, how could you have those few days of favor? But, in the end, it would be futile." Hailan said slowly, "I will die in the future. In the end, how will you be recorded. The Wan concubine, the Chen family, was Qianlong's hidden mansion. During the Qianlong period, I promised to progress to Wan concubine. These few words will not take much trouble from the historian, and even those who die in any year may not be written down. Well, where will we be buried in the future? We can be companions for a lifetime. The emperor built Yuling for himself in the 17th year of Qianlong. Just be a companion coldly." Wanbi looked at Hailan with a calm smile in fear, stretched her neck timidly, and couldn't hold back her curiosity, "What do you want me to say?" Hailan slowly shook out a roll of thin cloth from her sleeve, and threw it in front of her, "Everything that the imperial concubine Ling has done these years is here. You can do as you say." Like a bird with broken wings, the cloth fluttered lightly in front of Wanbi, splashing vigorous light golden dust, swirling in the low air, and flying freely.Hailan stared at her, slowly bewitching, "Take a look, you must also want to know many things. Then take a look, and nothing major will happen if you take a look." Wanbi seemed to be tightly bound by invisible ropes, she shrank her body stiffly, not daring to move, her eyes stared at the boss, as if she was about to melt the cloth.Hailan ignored it, just picked a string of tourmaline beads in her hand, moved them slowly, and used the cold touch of fingertips and beads to resist the long and long breathing at this moment. I don't know how long it took, Wanbi finally couldn't help stretching out her hand, shaking off the cloth, and read every word.Her snort became heavier and her lips opened silently, like a dying fish lingering on its last breath.She suddenly raised the cloth in her hand, suppressed and said in a sharp voice: "No matter how much the imperial concubine does, why should I do it! I won't go!" Hailan's thin lips evoked a soft smile, and she stretched out her hand to caress the lotus-colored cocoon silk embroidered with rice beads and embroidered balls of brocade on Fu Wanfei's body. The master usually can't stand the slightest shock, "Even if you are tired of living, I haven't. The Queen's sister is dead, Yongqi is dead, and I am still alive. Not only for the little blood and blood left by Yongqi. There is also a There is a more important thing. That is, only I understand. If I die, who can remember every bit of the Queen's sister's life in this world. The Queen's sister is gone, but the time we spent together Every day, every day goes through my mind, and I remember everything." Concubine Wan had a look of shock and disbelief, she held the cloth ball in her palm with one hand, stared blankly at Hai Lan's ashen and haggard face, and said infatuatedly: "You are like this, thinking about the empress of Yikun Palace like this. ?” Hailan stared at the bouquet of green plums in the ice-patterned celadon vase in front of the Buddha statue. The snow-white cracked lines of ice, like cocoon threads, spread clearly as if smashed into her heart.She could even hear the ear-piercing sound of the crack, which was continuous and painful.Numerous past events, with Ruyi's clear smiles falling like snowflakes, crystal clear and cold to the bone. There was warm moisture in the fundus of the eyes, and the Buddha's merciful and merciful face was dim and indistinct in the shadows.She just thought it was absurd, so absurd that it was unreasonable.In the chaos of the world, only Ruyi remembers her, but even Ruyi can no longer be by her side.She hoarse her throat, letting the tears flow down her cheeks, "I don't miss the queen, how can I not miss the queen? In this life, apart from my children, the only person who thinks about me is the queen sister. Concubine Wan , you are the clearest, people live for a lifetime, just trying to remember. Someone remembers you, cares about you, and misses you, so it’s not a lonely walk in the world, isn’t it? " Crystal tears glistened in Wanpin's eyes, and a dark fire burned in those tears.She twisted her body, and almost rushed out the door, but her feet were firmly planted on the ground, as if they had taken root, and she cried out in a low voice, "You have to remember, just say it yourself! What do you do with me!" Hailan approached her unhurriedly, letting her tears flow freely, her tone almost melted, "I'm going? Will the emperor believe me if I go? In this life, my sister and I are the best friends, everyone knows. The emperor will not believe my words, he will not believe anyone who has a good relationship with others. It was like this in the previous dynasty, and so is the harem." "But that's impossible!" Concubine Wan wanted to be stunned, tightly clutching Hailan's sleeves, and approached her, "The imperial concubine has sons and daughters, and every time she falls out of favor, she has the ability to turn around. The empress of Yikun Palace is dead. Later, she monopolized the power of the Six Palaces! What am I, I am just a little concubine, a little concubine who can't even hear her loud voice." "It doesn't matter if others can't hear you, as long as the emperor can hear you." Hailan stared at her meaningfully, with a cold light like ice in the deep sea, "Only you can try this kind of thing." Wiping away the tears on her cheeks, she straightened her body and sat upright, "It doesn't matter if others can't hear you, as long as the emperor hears it. Don't think that the imperial concubine has such a great honor and favor. After all these years, she has already been vulnerable. As long as you come out The person who punches is the emperor. That is what no one can resist." Concubine Wan still resisted, "No! Why don't you let Concubine Dun go? She is so favored, the emperor will listen to her!" Hailan smiled, her smile light and light, "Concubine Dun? She is just a shadow of my sister. Her existence reminds the imperial concubine all the time that my sister has not left here, and she is still in the heart of the emperor." Wanbi stared at her suspiciously, stayed for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "But, I will die." Hailan held her breath and sat upright in the shadow of the corner of the couch. The sour branch wooden couch was covered with half-worn gray-green velvet mattresses, making her more and more like moss growing in the damp corner of the wall, gloomy. Lian Mian was not angry.After looking at it for a long time, it seems that people have become logs, dull and stiff.Thinking of the continuous sound of firecrackers outside, crackling, crackling, it is the enthusiasm and blooming of gunpowder.The excitement belongs to others and has nothing to do with them.Hailan sneered, "Is there any difference in the eyes of others whether you live like this or die like this? You are still panting, but in the eyes of many people, you are dead! Walking dead! Just like me! Listen to the firecrackers outside , then there is still a short sound, and there is no movement. What about you, who remembers you?" Wanpin listened in a daze, and after an unknown amount of time, the noisy smell of firecrackers dissipated, she bent down weakly, leaned against Hailan's knee, twisted the plain silk scarf tightly in her hand. "It's been decades, and I've been serving the emperor for decades. In these decades, I have received favors, and I can count them on my fingers. The emperor gave me a place, gave me favor, he counted Don't let me down. But in this life, he has so many women, so many concubines, he will never remember me." She moaned softly, like a self-deprecating smile, but also like a sad cry, "So As far as the emperor is concerned, what is the difference between me and a pillow or a quilt in the bedroom? I use it as soon as I use it, and forget about it. Sister Hailan, I just want the emperor to remember me, I don’t want to be a concubine. A silent dead soul in a small tomb. Everyone has been favored, but I am the only one who picked it up. I am just a little maid in the hidden mansion. I was favored by the emperor by chance, so I can live in this palace Come on, I know that I am humble, and I know that I have received a blessing that I shouldn't have. But I am also a woman, and I also have dreams and fantasies. I live so long that I can be remembered once, and once is fine." Hailan sat quietly, listening to her sobbing and crying, and slowly shed tears. That night, no one knew what the Concubine Wan in Tsing Yi and simple dress quietly followed Li Yu into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, what she said to the Emperor. The red dragonfly shines brightly all night. Concubine Wan just sat tiredly in the small sedan chair at dawn, and when she saw Hailan waiting in her palace, she said softly, "I have never said so much to the emperor in my whole life. But the emperor, he is willing to hear about it." for so long." Hailan embraced her, and said with a soft smile, "That's because what you say is very nice, and the emperor likes to hear it." Wanpin rested her head on Hailan's shoulder wearily, "You forced me to say these words. But being forced by you like this is really a pleasure. I have never been so happy. I like whoever I like or hate whoever I like. It's over. Even if the emperor drags him out immediately and chops his head off, I won't regret it!" Hailan stroked her face calmly, with a calm expression, "Your voice is really nice. You are the only one in the palace who can say such nice things to the emperor. The emperor likes to listen to you." Wanpin closed her eyes, her eyelids trembled slightly, and she flapped her eyelashes like wings about to fly.Her makeup melted a little in the morning light, but her face was extremely peaceful, "I know, because I have lived half my life without fighting or fighting, and I am not attached to anyone, nor offended by anyone. A speck of dust is worth it. But, I’ve been talking for so long, I don’t even remember what I said.” Hailan smiled softly, "Well. When a person lives with one breath, the words die away with the breath. It's okay if you don't remember. It's just the emperor, what does the emperor remember?" Wanbi's eyelids twitched, "I forgot what you taught me once I said it, but I remember what I said firmly." Hailan's old brows had uneasy wrinkles, "Yourself? What did you say?" Concubine Wan sighed, "No matter how much you say, the emperor will inevitably believe it. He asked me, he looked into my eyes and asked me. How do I know these things so clearly? I said, Your majesty, you don't care about me, others He also underestimated me, but he didn't know that the more so, the more I saw more clearly quietly. The emperor was half-believing, so he asked me, why did you come to tell me at this time?" Hai Lan's tone was as gentle as the wind under the eaves of March with flowers raining, but her eyes were fixed on Wan Concubine's neck, like sharp needles, almost piercing through her tired body, "What did you say?" What? Don’t hide your grievances in your heart, throw them all to the emperor. Tell him to take a good look, the woman he has neglected for decades is full of blood and tears.” The momentary silence was almost suffocating.She felt the scorching heat of the liquid, and a few tremors suddenly erupted in her heart.Many years ago, she also relied on another person in this way, thinking that by supporting each other in this way, she would be able to spend this noisy and boring life.But it turns out that they don't even know where the ends of their lives are scattered, and they can't even see them. Wanpin closed her eyes, as if she was terrified, curled up in her arms, opened her eyes suddenly, looked straight at Hailan, and said forcefully: "Yes. I will tell the emperor, but I know that my grievances are not serious. It's important. The emperor felt pity for a while, and the past is over. I know what the emperor is most afraid of, I know." She lowered her voice, like a snake spitting out its core, and hissed, "I looked at the emperor, and I said, Your majesty, the ministers and concubines didn't dare to say it before, but now the fifteenth elder brother has grown up, handsome and courageous, and will be the pillar of our Qing Dynasty in the future. The ministers and concubines are desperate, so they dare not say it." She gritted her teeth and got off "I said, Your Majesty, if the fifteenth elder brother becomes a great weapon in the future, and there is a concubine like the imperial concubine, who will fall into our Qing Dynasty?" Hailan was shocked to the extreme, "You said such a thing?" Concubine Wan nodded heavily, with unconcealable confusion, she held her sleeves and said, "I know, since I said this today, if I can't put the imperial concubine to death, there will still be mine in the future." Is there a way to survive? Compared with Jiangshan, what are decades of kindness? Although I have never won in these years, but things have come to this point, and I must not lose." Hailan tried her best to calm down her somewhat disordered breathing, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, gently stroking Wanbi's gray and fluffy temple hair, and said with a clear smile: "What? Do you also hate the poisoned imperial concubine?" "Originally, I said the words you taught me just to save my breath. It should also be for me, for you, and for the deceased Yikun Palace Empress. Because after so many years, what I do is like what I do. She looks like a maid at the bottom, looks like a maid, looks like a princess, and looks like a concubine, but she doesn't look like a person, dare not speak, dare not act, dare not move. Now I say The more I read, the more I realize that in the past few decades, I have had so much hatred in my heart, because in my loneliest years, it was her who bloomed like a raging fire in the emperor's tenderness and lingering affection." Hai Lan's voice was soft enough to make people intoxicated, "What the emperor hates the most is not how many people she has harmed, but how she has arbitrarily exercised power and has no eyes on the emperor. Isn't it the same when she harmed the queen's sister back then? " Wanbi was slightly lost in thought, and squinted her eyes, "But even if I say that, the emperor may not believe it." Hailan smiled softly, "It doesn't matter. I never wanted the emperor to be convinced, I just want the emperor to be suspicious. Suspicion breeds dark ghosts, and the emperor has the most suspicious temperament. How many people died of the word 'suspicious', I don't believe her I can escape." Concubine Wan clutched Hailan's skinny hand with bulging veins, "Sister Hailan, now I know why Empress Yikun Palace likes to be with you. Your hands are so warm, and your words make people feel comfortable. Don't you Let's go, you stay here with me, we sisters, just a companion." Hailan looked at the gradually brightening sky outside the window, like a woman's face of despair painted pink, shedding red tears.It is so lonely to watch the sunrise and sunset alone every day. Loneliness to the bone. But the half-old woman beside him, why not?At least I have had Ruyi, I have had Yong Qi, I have had the descendants of Yong Qi's bloodline for generations, and I have had the emperor's short-lived but much longer-lasting favor than Wanpin.So she has thoughts and memories, supporting her through every similar and boring day.Therefore, she understands Wanbi's loneliness, that kind of silent loneliness, which will slowly corrode people into wormholes, and then weathered into wisps of dust blown by the wind in the deep palace. When the emperor saw Hailan again, it was in Meiwu.Although the emperor cared about the daily life of Mian Yi, Yongqi's bereaved son, and treated Hailan quite favorably these years, the two of them had never talked face to face in more than ten years.Meiwu has been built for many years, and it is the first time for Hailan to come back. She carefully looked at every arrangement of Meiwu, and tears filled her eyelashes. The emperor patted her on the shoulder and valued her opinion very much, "Look, do you like this place?" Hailan couldn't bear to look away, "Meiwu is full of plum blossoms. The concubine likes it very much." After hearing this sentence, the emperor was very satisfied, but he talked more about the newly born emperor's tenth daughter and Princess Xiao.The ten daughters of the emperor were born in the Yikun Palace, and they have won the emperor's supreme love.Such deep affection for a father makes people suddenly think of the fifth princess He Yi who was also born in Yikun Palace many years ago but died young. The emperor also mentioned the recent situation of Yongqi's bereaved son Mianyi, and sighed endlessly.At the end, the emperor suddenly became interested, and took out a dendrobium of South Sea pearls and gave them to Hailan. Each of the pearls was the size of a pigeon's egg, and they were shining brightly.Even though Hailan had seen Ruyi's sexiness before, she was secretly amazed. The emperor signaled to Li Yujiang to hold a handful of pearls to Hailan. Hailan just glanced at it lightly, thanking her with a smile, neither surprised nor pleased. The emperor said: "I heard that you eat fast and chant Buddha all day long, and stay behind closed doors. Yanxi Palace is originally cold and damp, and it is not suitable for living in seclusion. It is better to come and chat with me often. Counting the people who come to the mansion, only you and Concubine Wan are the only ones." gone." Hailan smiled and resigned, "The concubine is old and dull, and I'm afraid I won't be able to answer the emperor's words. This pearl..." She thought thoughtfully, "When my sister was here, I loved pearls. It's a pity that the precious pearls are also yellow. when." The emperor understood, "You want to say that Nagato has no grooming, so why bother with pearls to comfort the lonely?" Hailan smiled lightly, "No, the emperor has favored the Sixth Palace, and the concubines are very grateful. I heard that the emperor has newly given the imperial concubine a watermelon tourmaline, which is as big as the palm of your hand." The emperor smiled: "I have ordered someone to carve it into the water lotus that the imperial concubine likes, and let her hold it in her hand and play with it." Hailan wanted to laugh, but she still pursed her lips reservedly. The emperor hadn't received such a generous reward for a long time, and the imperial concubine must be very moved. However, the emperor was not in the mood to continue the topic of the imperial concubine, and the plum blossoms in the imperial garden were even more favorable to him at this time of year. Hailan understood and accompanied the emperor out. The emperor's gentle eyes swept away the coldness of the cold moon in the first month, and put a sable cloak on her shoulders with his own hands.Hailan did not express any flattery.The emperor expected her calmness, and gently took her hand, "Concubine Yu, accompany me to the imperial garden." Li Yu understood, and hurriedly led the palace people back ten steps, and followed from a distance. The winter is sunny and cold, and the sky is blue and blue.The emperor sighed slightly, "It's been decades, and you haven't walked away with me." Hailan smiled slightly, and said briefly: "Yes." The emperor apologized slightly, "Yongqi passed away young, you are lonely under your knees, I can't spend more time with you." Hailan was respectful and natural, "The emperor is worried about the people of the world, so he doesn't have to be a mere concubine." The emperor stopped and stared quietly, "You don't seem to care about being favored or losing favor." Hailan's eyes looked at the ground, where there were traces of meaning and ice accumulated in the ravines carved on the bluestone slabs.Forever and ever, the flowers bloom side by side, but they are just dead frost marks, with no hope of vitality. Seeing her, the emperor was speechless and coughed uncomfortably, "I know, you don't like pearls. The one who likes pearls is Ruyi." Hailan was a little surprised when he mentioned the name so suddenly.She raised her face suddenly, causing the burnt kyanite beads on her temples to tremble.She quickly calmed down, "Because among all the jewelry, only pearls are related to life, which makes people feel weak. Therefore, the emperor doesn't like pearls either." The emperor nodded, "People are old and pearly, and living things are always easy to fade away. I will also grow old, so Hailan, I like long-lasting shining things. It can remind me that at least there are things that don't change." He paused After a pause, "I rewarded you with pearls because I thought that you should like what Ruyi likes." Hailan smiled indifferently, "Not necessarily. For example, my sister likes the emperor, but my concubine does not." With such bold and meaningless words, even the emperor didn't realize that his color had changed, and he was quite uncomfortable.Hailan bowed gently, her eyes were clear, "The concubine admires the emperor, and my sister likes the emperor. This is the biggest difference." The emperor focused his attention for a moment, snorted lightly, and sighed: "Yes. If Ruyi knows how to admire from the bottom up, not just like it, maybe she and I will not be the same." The wind from the long street made half of Hailan's face stiff. She tightened the soft and warm cloak around her body. Silver hairs protruded from the tip of the sable's fur, brushing softly on her face. Like before, she gently supported own hands. At that moment, she was about to shed tears, but she was surprised to find that she was not used to crying in front of this man.She choked up slightly, "The concubine thought that the emperor would never think of my sister and would always hate her so much. But the emperor never thought that the reason you liked my sister back then was because my sister liked you." "I don't hate Ruyi." His voice was very soft, a little indistinct in the wind that was traveling freely, "I just can't accept it. In the end, both Ruyi and I have changed from the original appearance." He caressed her shoulder, "Hailan, thank you for always being there for her. So you keep the pearls and treat them as hers." Hailan thanked her softly, took out a ruby ​​powder ring from her bosom, and said softly: "This ring was held by Ling Yunche when my sister ordered her concubine to kill Ling Yunche, but Ling Yunche refused to let it go. My sister never Such an unrefined and expensive thing, the concubine really wants to know, is it because of this ring that the emperor believed that his sister had an affair with Ling Yunche? The concubine didn't dare to ask her sister, so she had to hide it by herself. Now, it should be returned to the emperor. .” "It looks familiar." The emperor took it and held it in his palm.He stared at it for a moment, as if trying to think about something.The fragments of memory in Youmou deepened his existing suspicions.This ring had appeared on the hand of a middle school girl for a long time.And it seemed that after Ling Yunche's death, the ring was no longer on those hands. Heh, he deeply remembered that there was a saying in the concubine Wan's meeting last night that the imperial concubine had an affair with Ling Yunche, but she blamed Ulanara.And the person who came later did not deny it. So is this ring an ironclad proof? The emperor turned over and saw the marks on the back of the ring. His heart felt cold, but the corners of his mouth smiled: "Oh, it's Yan Wan. Yan dances among the clouds. Concubine Yu, you already knew it, so show me such an ironclad proof. Is it?" Hailan said quietly: "The emperor believes that my sister has an affair with Ling Yunche, and has misunderstood for many years." Hailan looked more and more pale. "On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, there are still 20 days left, which is the day when my sister and the emperor will have a complete separation." The emperor shook his head sadly between his brows: "Yes. It's been ten years in a flash. I remember that Ruyi was forty-nine years old when she left." Hailan took two steps closer, and smiled slightly: "The imperial concubine has passed her birthday, and she is also forty-nine years old. I don't know how to organize his fiftieth birthday this year?" The emperor smiled, but there was a flash of coldness in his eyes: "Really? The lifespan of the imperial concubine may not be as long as that of Ruyi." His words were like a joke, but he stretched his arms and put on the hood of her cloak, softly She smiled, "Let's go back. I'm leaving too. If I go here, I can stop by to see Concubine Wan. Maybe I haven't seen her for a long time." This was a rare tenderness, and it was also a kind of indescribable relief. She respectfully watched the emperor leave, with her left hand curled up in her sleeve, tightly clutching a gold silk inlaid pearl turquoise butterfly dance plum blossom sachet.After a long time, she suddenly remembered that the emperor forgot to take the cloak from her. As Hai Lan thought about it, she suddenly thought of Wan Yin, the person she most wanted to see had already arrived. Concubine Chunhui passed away in Zhongcui Palace, and only concubine Wan lived in it.For decades, she lived quietly and lonelyly, without being disturbed for a long time, just like every plant and tree here was stained with dust and old peace. When the emperor walked in slowly, Wan Yin was concentrating on drawing at her desk.It wasn't until the maid who was also good-tempered turned around to add water, that she saw the emperor standing by the door with a smile on his face.Shun Xin hadn't seen the emperor coming here for a long time, and she didn't react for a while, so she saluted in panic, "Your majesty...how is it the emperor..." With no other distractions, Wan Yin carefully traced the profile of the man in the pen, without even raising the corners of her eyebrows, she just whispered softly, "Don't talk nonsense, Your Majesty hasn't been to Zhongcui Palace for many years." Shun Xin hurriedly said: "My lord, my lord, you are really the emperor. The emperor has come to see you." Wan Yin raised her head in surprise, the brush in her hand dropped, and the ink stained the soft rice paper.Wan Yin wept with joy: "Your Majesty, how could it be you?" The emperor walked in with a smile, and said softly, "I told you, I will come to see you when I have time. Concubine Wan, have you been hiding here to paint all these years?" Wan Yin was very embarrassed and wanted to reach out to cover the portrait, but how could that thick stack of paper cover it?On the contrary, the emperor's hands were quick, and he had already read it carefully. The more he read, the more touched he was: "All the paintings are by me, young and old. Concubine Wan, you really look like you." This sentence almost drew Wan Yin's tears.With tears in her eyes like snow, she said softly, "I have been painting for a lifetime, and practice makes perfect." The emperor put down the portrait in his hand and sighed unconsciously: "Concubine Wan, concubine Wan, I have failed you for all these years. I will treat you well from now on." Wan Yin's body trembled, tears flowed unknowingly, and she couldn't say a word for a moment. The emperor stroked her cheek with a smile, "What? Did I scare you?" Wan Yin knew she was impolite, she shook her head again and again, the smile on her face grew stronger, but the tears couldn't stop falling, she looked very embarrassed.After finally calming down, Wan Yin said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this concubine has a request, can you sit in front of this concubine and let this concubine draw a picture of you?" The emperor was surprised: "I'm here. Do you still want to draw?" Wan Yin stared at the emperor obsessively: "Your Majesty, this is the first time for me to draw you so close to you. I didn't draw from my own impressions and memories..." Before finishing the sentence, the emperor was also moved. Seeing the simplicity in the palace, he sat up on the couch, took Wanyin's hand, and said solemnly: "Okay, I will let you draw well. I will let you draw well in the future. " Wan Yin was excited and wanted to say something, but unconsciously bowed deeply, leaning on the emperor's lap, and refused to let go. The emperor stroked her neat bun, and said softly, "Concubine Wan, you are the most far away from right and wrong. I never thought that you would be the one who pays so much attention to tell me all this." Tears welled up in Wan Yin's eyes, and she said apologetically: "In the past, the concubine was instigated by the imperial concubine, which made the empress of Yikun Palace sad. This is what the concubine owed her, and the concubine has to pay it back." The emperor smiled sourly, "Owe to Ruyi? Heh, the person who owes her the most is..." Wan Yin raised her head, her no longer young face was full of tears, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this concubine knows how humble she is, and having you is the greatest blessing in her life. This concubine has been looking forward to it for a long time. You can look back and see this concubine with just one glance. , just a glance." The emperor's heart suddenly softened, and he said softly: "Yes. Concubine Wan, you and I are both old, and we will grow old together." Wan Yin wanted to say something, her throat became hot, and it turned into a low whimper, scattered in the wind. The sky was already clear, the emperor sat in front of the empress dowager, and affectionately handed over a cup of ginseng tea, "Emperor mother, the weather is unbearable, you have to take extra care of yourself." The Empress Dowager was getting older and more benevolent, looking at the Emperor with a smile and groaning.太后早已不管后宫中事，前朝之事更是听也不肯多听一句，只是赏花养鸟，游园听戏，每日逍遥度日，十分安闲。这一来，皇帝也更放心，二人逐渐亲近，母子情分到渐渐浓厚起来。再加之皇帝有补报之心，对太后极尽恩养，每逢大寿更加尊号、奉厚礼，操办隆重，天下同喜。这些功夫下来，彼此更见和睦。 此刻太后眯着眼听皇帝说完，便问：“你一问，她倒都说了？这么看倒也不是忠仆，怎么肯对你竹筒倒豆子一并都说了？” 皇帝眉间有阴沉之色，“澜翠身死，她就吓怕了。总觉得自己知道太多，命不久矣。便将这几十年的龌龊事，一并说了。” 太后默然片刻，叹道：“午后倒是永璂来给哀家请安，这孩子，总是闷闷的。” 皇帝也是感伤：“没有额娘，性子越发内向了。”他想一想，还是问，“皇额娘，儿子正好想问您，若是做额娘的实在卑劣，而儿女辈却出色，该如何处置？” 太后打量皇帝一眼：“当初汉武帝欲立刘弗陵为帝，弗陵之母钩弋夫人年少多媚。汉武帝怕子少而母壮，再现吕氏之祸，下令去母留子。汉武帝的举措虽然决绝，但不失为一个好法子。” 皇帝这才微现松弛之色：“皇额娘说得是。儿子也是这个意思。” 太后眼底有多沉重的复杂，“哀佳话到这个岁数，什么都看淡了。人活一世，想过想不尽的荣华，受过咬碎牙根的委屈。还有什么放不下的。皇帝，咱们母子都是高寿的命相，积德养福，早日放下介怀之事才好。” 皇帝缓一口气，沉声道：“等事儿一并了了，才是真正放下。有些人的心太大了。儿子还在呢，就借着儿女婚事几度弄权。儿子想着她出身寒微，急欲找些依傍，也不说什么。可如今有些龌龊事她自己做了，还把脏水泼了别人。儿子倒觉得，这样的额娘，如何教出汉昭帝这样的明君呢？” 太后微微点头，伸手拨弄着瓶中一支晚梅，似叹非叹：“这么多年，是该收拾收拾了。” 皇帝唇角一抹若有若无的笑意，伸手抚摸着那枝条遒劲的花朵，神色却犀冷如锋。