Chapter 42 A dream for years

The white mist is like smoke. It was vaguely snow again, just sprinkled down like that one after another, covered the whole body, but didn't feel cold. Jiang Chenyu thought: I seem to have seen this scene somewhere before. But after all, I can't remember it. So go ahead. The road is long, winding, and soft, and when you step on it, it seems to be covered in fog.Some kind of force is preventing her from moving forward, and another kind of force is urging her to move forward.She was entangled by these two forces, she couldn't escape, and she didn't want to escape. Because, deep in my consciousness, I seem to know a little bit that there are very important things ahead.

Then I saw a boat, looming through the mist, gradually approaching. One person stood on the bow of the boat, his clothes fluttering like a fairy. Staying closer, we can see that he turned to her, raised his hands, bent his knees, bowed his waist, and bowed deeply. It seemed that he had said something, but he couldn't really hear it. There were tears in Jiang Chenyu's eyes in an instant.Inexplicably sad, without knowing the reason, the bleakness that seems wronged, unwilling, and never willing to recall. "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?" A warm force came from her arm, shaking her awake.

In an instant, the mist cleared—the man was gone, the boat was gone, everything was gone. Jiang Chenyu suddenly woke up! At the entrance is Huaijin's anxious and worried face: "Ma'am, you are having nightmares again." Jiang Chenyu raised her hand subconsciously, and touched the wet tears on her face. The sad feeling in the dream has not dissipated, it still lingers deep in the body, vaguely, but real.When she thought of the man standing on the bow begging her, her heart twitched again. "Your Majesty." Huai Jin covered her face with a warm wet towel, and said softly, "Why don't you just get up?"

"What time is it?" "The second quarter of the application." "Shen Shi?" Jiang Chenyu was startled, thinking he had heard it wrong. Huai Jin nodded and said: "Yes. Your Majesty slept for a full 20 hours, during which time she still had a low-grade fever, but luckily it all subsided. The imperial doctor said, Your Majesty was overtired, and the weather was suddenly cold recently, and the cold air entered her body, so I just fell asleep. Fortunately, I woke up after all, and I still have time to attend the grand ceremony at Zishi." When Jiang Chenyu heard the word "Da Ceremony", she quickly lifted the quilt and got out of bed: "I overslept, and I don't know if those things are arranged properly..." As he spoke, he hurried to the door, just as he opened the door, he saw the door The scene outside, the sound stopped abruptly.

The sky is cloudy, snowflakes are flying, the corridor is long, and the palace lanterns are red and bright—in fact, many years ago, such a picture came into view. At that time, she entered the palace in a sedan chair to see her sister, and she still commented willfully on the wall carvings. Dragon and Phoenix thought they were tacky, and then, Princess Zhaoluan appeared, called her affectionately, and took her to watch the fun, that was the day she met Mrs. Xihe... The past is so vivid, it was still yesterday, why did it become back then in a blink of an eye? In the distance, someone was setting off fireworks, and the sky was illuminated by colorful lights.

Jiang Chenyu stared at those lights fixedly, as if infatuated. Huai Jin smiled from the side: "Is it an accident? You don't need to worry about the grand ceremony at night. Someone arranged it in an orderly manner early in the morning. It is said that the fireworks used in the palace this year are not produced in the country of Bi, but specially made from Yi. There is also a box in it, which was given to the empress by Yi Wang, and will be released when the empress attends the ceremony later." The Grand Ceremony is actually a custom since the founding of the country—every New Year’s Eve, the emperor would take important concubines to the city tower, light the ever-burning lanterns in person, have fun with the people, spend the new year together, and pray for good weather and peace for the country and people in the coming year.

Therefore, it can be said to be a very grand ceremony. In the first year of Tubi, Zhaoyin took Xue Ming to light the lamp; in the second year of Tubi, Zhaoyin brought his sister; in the third and fourth years of Tubi, he took Mrs. Xihe with him, and now...it was finally her turn. Finally it was her turn, Jiang Chenyu, to go up to the tower and announce to the people all over the world who is the most important woman in today's Bi Kingdom. However... Such an ending did not make her half happy. A scene from a dream seemed to float in front of her eyes again—the bow of the boat surrounded by white mist, the man kowtowed to her, which broke her heart.

Tubi... It's been seven years. Seven years of ups and downs, the country has experienced several turmoil: first, the Wang family took the former prince to rebel and was suppressed; then Zhao Yin forced the Xue family to rebel and was suppressed again; see.Fengshui reincarnation, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, in the fourth year of Tubi, the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people can predict that the prosperity will be gone, and the flowers will eventually fall to the Jiang family. It fell on Jiang Chenyu's head? Standing in front of the bronze mirror of Baihui Chaoyang, which is as tall as a person, Jiang Chenyu stared at herself in the mirror: the one pressing on the crow-like black bun was carved from Lantian white jade and embedded with ninety-nine South China Sea red beads. On the slender and plump shoulders is a phoenix cloak made of silver foxes from the Tianshan Mountains; behind the skirt is a celestial feather palace gauze woven with seventy-two neon colored silk...how noble , in order to gather all the treasures of the world?How noble does it have to be to be able to afford such a grand outfit?

But why did she only see her left ear when she looked in the mirror? In the left ear, there is a long-term companion, swaying and lonely. Jiang Chenyu couldn't bear to look any further, turned around and walked away.Two female officials stepped forward to help, and another twenty-eight palace ladies followed closely. Outside the hall, guards of honor in full costumes stood solemnly, and the majesty of the emperor came rushing forward. Under the respectful welcome of the female officer, Jiang Chenyu stepped on the treasured auspicious cloud chariot, the bells and drums on both sides rang, and after a long sound of horns, the coachman steered the horse and slowly drove towards the tower.

Golden tassels and snowflakes were intertwined, swaying before her eyes. Horses and chariots pass through Duanze Palace first. This palace is built on the lake, not touching the shore in all directions, just like a pocket island. If you want to enter the palace, you can only row a boat from the ferry in the east, and it will take a quarter of an hour at the fastest to reach the palace gate from the lake shore. It is said that it was because Ji Hu had a eccentric temperament and hated court etiquette, so he deliberately built his residence so independent from the world.She doesn't like to be visited, and she doesn't like to visit people.Therefore, most people in the palace only heard her by name and never saw her.

Jiang Chenyu stared at Duanze Palace with green tiles and red walls, the character who was heard as a myth back then, the talented woman whose literary talent made the literati of the four countries lose their color, and the elder sister of the man whom he had admired all his life... How many times have I thought that the truth behind the legend is actually like that. Nothing is more ridiculed than Si. After crossing the Dongda Bridge, there is Baohua Palace.The colored glaze is still gorgeous in the night snow, and the lamp shadows are like water flowing on the tiles, extremely colorful and spiritual. — Just like its former owner, it is impeccably beautiful. However, all the light comes from the outside, the window paper is deep, and the room is completely dark. Inside, no one was there. The Baohua Palace, once singing and dancing to promote peace, drunk and dreaming of death, has now become a palace of death. The wind and the sun, spring and autumn, this place will eventually be destroyed by time and turn into ruins. There will be no second concubine staying here. Because, she, Jiang Chenyu, does not allow a second concubine to live in this palace. In this world, there will be no second woman worthy to live in this palace. After Baohua Palace, we walked for about three quarters before arriving at Jianing Palace. —How familiar she was with this place. Here, she performed the first pilgrimage ceremony to her elder sister who is a nobleman. After the worship, Jiang Huayue put her arms around her waist and supported her to stand up, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't be too polite From now on, we can treat this place as our home.” She believed that her sister at that time said this sentence sincerely. However, the older sister is naive, and she is naive too. In the inner courtyard of the deep palace, how could a concubine who couldn't even control her own destiny and know her own future make it her home? The wintersweet in front of the courtyard has long since died.Two maids in plain clothes knelt in front of the court and kowtowed to her from afar. Jiang Chenyu couldn't help but reached out and wiped the pearl on her left ear. Thinking of that day when her sister took out the pearl from the box and handed it to her tenderly, her heart felt sour, and she quickly put down the curtain , do not want to look again. The carriage drove past Yuhua Gate and Jingyang Hall, and arrived at the Twelve Steps of Tianduan. The so-called Twelve Steps of Tiandu are the steps that take the Jingyang Palace as the center and spread out evenly according to the twelve o’clock directions. They are Zibi, Choubi, Yinbi, Maobi, Chenbi, Sibi, Wubi, Weibi, Shenbi, Youbi, Xubi and Haibi. And Jiang Chenyu's carriage stopped in front of the Wu steps, which were facing south and wider than the other eleven steps. A young eunuch stepped forward quickly and placed a jade-carved stepping stone under the door. Jiang Chenyu stepped on the stepping stone and got out of the car, holding the hand of the chief eunuch Luo Heng, lightly lifted the hem of her skirt, and walked down the steps. Heavy snow was still flying in the sky, but there was no trace of snow left on the ground. The snowflakes fell on the stone steps carved with the pattern of Nine Dragons Seizing Pearl and melted immediately.It is said that the Pingxi warm jade is paved here, with a natural constant temperature, warm in winter and cool in summer.It is hard for ordinary people to find a seat, but the royal luxury uses it to pave the floor. Jiang Chenyu sighed slightly in his heart. After the twelve steps were completed, hundreds of civil and military officials knelt down on the ground in a dense crowd at the tower in front of them. As the bell rang, Luo Heng came out and said loudly with a drawn out voice: "The auspicious time has come, the grand ceremony begins—" All the officials kowtowed in unison: "God bless Tubi, my dynasty will prosper." Jiang Chenyu took the ever-burning lantern from the attendant and slowly walked up the tower.There was a sudden noise outside the building, which spread like waves and gathered into one piece. Through the fence, Jiang Chenyu saw that across the moat, the people were waiting in line in the open space on the river bank, and when they saw her, they shouted excitedly. She stretched out a hand and pressed it lightly, and the sound immediately stopped. Everyone looked at her quietly, and countless pairs of eyes focused on her through the flying snowflakes. ——The so-called "all attention" is nothing more than that. Luo Heng raised a yellow scroll over his head and presented it in front of her, but Jiang Chenyu shook his head, pushed the scroll away, took a step forward, and raised the ever-burning lamp so that the people below could see it more clearly. Then, looking straight ahead, he opened his mouth and chanted: After finishing speaking, he lit the lamp line, and only heard a few buzzes, and the ever-bright lamp slowly rose under the drive of the airflow, and the people below cheered. At the same time, fireworks were everywhere, and in the north, a huge cluster of blue light flew into the sky, exploded in the air, and turned into a big fish. "Wow..." Even the guards on the city tower raised their heads and opened their mouths in amazement. After swimming a few times, the blue fish bloomed for the second time, turning into dozens of pear blossoms of different sizes, slowly falling. Jiang Chenyu knew that these were the fireworks specially sent by King Yi that Huaijin said before, and while amazed by this extraordinary skill, what floated in his heart was a faint sense of melancholy. The scene of that day is vivid in my memory, even the creases on the other party's clothes and the desolation between the brows are clear—— He Yi said: "I will wait for you for three years. In three years, no matter when you change your mind, you can come to me." She replied, "What if I don't change my mind?" He Yi smiled, such a bright and free-spirited man, when he laughed, his eyes were so sad: "Then, I'm going to get married." He didn't continue to say the following words, but how could she not know? In three years, He Yi will be thirty years old.A king who is thirty years old and has not yet married, and has no heirs, cannot be accountable to his subjects. The whole country is under heavy pressure, even if He Yi has always been wanton and indulgent, he can't bear it. He Yi couldn't bear it. She, Jiang Chenyu, couldn't bear it even more. Therefore, the so-called three-year agreement is nothing more than an obsession in the end. He Yi.He Yi.He Yi... It turns out that in this world, there is really a kind of kindness that cannot be repaid, cannot be repaid, and dare not be repaid. The ever-bright lamp curled up, and it seemed that there was only one lamp left in the vast sky, which was lit between the sky and the earth, within Qian and Kun, and in everyone's heart. The royal monks in cassocks puffed up their arms and rang the bronze bell: when-- when-- when-- Twelve times in a row, there was music everywhere, and the fireworks were bright. The crowd, who were just watching, suddenly surged up. Everyone had a lamp in their hands. Eight characters: "Fangchen is always good, and life is as long as the sky." Jiang Chenyu was taken aback. Yes, the first day of the first lunar month is not only the beginning of the new year, but also her birthday. In a blink of an eye, she was eighteen years old. Thinking back to Jiji's year, it seems like a lifetime away. Luo Heng whispered from the side: "These are all arranged by Mr. Xue." Jiang Chenyu couldn't help turning her head, and saw Xue Cai standing at the bottom of the steps with Baiguan, her eyebrows lowered and her eyes lowered, expressionless.At this time, Luo Heng fell to his knees and shouted loudly: "I wish my emperor Fang Chen a happy life and a life as long as the heavens. Long live, long live, long live." I wish my emperor Fangchen good luck forever, live as long as the sky, long live, long live, long live... I wish my emperor Fangchen good luck forever, live as long as the sky, long live, long live, long live... One sound, one by one. Jiang Chenyu suddenly turned around, and saw that all the people present bowed their knees and kowtowed to the ground, then went up to the sky and into the ground, and in an instant, no one stood taller than her. Jiang Chenyu finally remembered what the man said in the dream when he kowtowed—— What he said was: "Farewell, Your Majesty." A dream for years.There are tears like pouring. Ji Ying, Ji Ying, did you foresee my fate?So when you bid farewell to me in the dream, you announced my end. Ji Ying, Ji Ying, the world says you are Bai Ze reincarnation, and you came into the world specially to support Mingjun.It turns out that the king you want to foster is actually not Zhao Yin, but me... It's me! You tempered me, taught me, and persecuted me, step by step, until now. Step up to the throne of the emperor.Become the master of this universe. However…… However…… However…… The king's land is not what he wants, and the deer cart is finally empty. I, Jiang Chenyu, only want to be loved by you.Like a woman loved by a man... Everything in front of me overlapped with the picture in the previous dream. In the sky, the fireworks gifted by King Yi were set off brightly; On the ground, Xue Cai, who was in the year of Wai Fu, looked at each other from a distance. In the seventh year of Tubi, in the midst of heavy snow and beautiful fireworks, the money arrived. This year was the first year that Jiang Chenyu ascended the throne after three full years of proclaiming himself emperor, under the circumstance that all the ministers and tens of thousands of people petitioned to proclaim him emperor. On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the female emperor called herself Emperor Rui, designated Qianqiu, the original capital, as the capital of the gods, and changed the name of the country to Li. The history of the four countries has been rewritten again, and this time—— The era of ginger pear has arrived.