Chapter 17 Chapter 5 Xingyun Chu's dream is half broken

The weather is gradually cooling down, summer is over, and autumn is in full swing. It is rare for the palace to hold a "Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet", and all relatives of the emperor and ministers above the third rank are ordered to attend.All of a sudden, the sound of silk and bamboo singing and dancing can be heard throughout the imperial garden. The banquet was surrounded by various colors of chrysanthemums in full bloom, with floating cores and pistils, swaying and glowing in the mild sunlight, giving a feeling that autumn is better than spring.Coupled with the cool breeze from time to time, the fragrance of flowers bursts, and you feel drunk.

The emperor sat upright on the imperial case gilded with gold in Kowloon, and beside him was the empress concubine Ning, who was specially favored by the harem.She was dressed in a palace dress of blue sky and water, and even the shawl wrapped around her arms was only embroidered with a touch of silver chrysanthemum, which was elegant and simple to the extreme.The most colorful thing on the whole body is probably the hollowed-out flying phoenix golden step between the black and blue silk, with several groups of pearls and jade spikes inlaid, hanging down among the black temples, like curling waves falling in the light of the sun. , Ping Ping Ting Ting, a different kind of charming and enchanting.

Meng Lengqian's case was at the very bottom of the queue, and he couldn't help being slightly dazed for a moment when he looked at it from afar.But after all, he didn't dare to take a closer look, only took one look, and hurriedly lowered his eyes.Maybe he was overthinking, he just felt that the emperor's eyes were always sweeping over from time to time. From the beginning of the banquet to now, Meng Lengqian has been in a daze. Looking at it, he can only feel that there are smiles in front of him. The emperor is smiling, the concubines are laughing, and the ministers are laughing... all kinds of smiles, as if there is no one in the world. Nothing but laughing.

The ministers came up to toast one by one according to their ranks, and Mu Ningyan was already too strong to drink.But seeing his family members, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and had already drank several cups before he knew it. Just before the banquet, the first cousin Princess Yongshou and the second cousin Princess Yongan met her in private.Naturally, she couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, but she could only try her best to suppress it.She just asked the princess to tell her two cousins ​​and uncles and aunts that everything is fine with her, so don't worry about her.

Princess Yongshou naturally knew that she favored the harem, so she covered her sleeves and smiled, her eyebrows curved: "The son-in-law also asked me to tell my mother that everything is fine at home, don't read it. You are in the harem now, so be careful in everything. And... and , don’t forget to plan everything for yourself..." She... what can she plan for herself?As soon as he entered the palace gate, he couldn't help himself. "The son-in-law also said that many things in the world are in a moment of thought. Life is like morning dew, and the past is full of hardships! Everything is just a few decades in a hurry."

Amidst the moving silk strings and soft sounds, the dancers constantly change their beautiful and graceful dancing postures, like butterflies fluttering, or swallows startled by flying swallows. My cousin said: "Life is like the dew in the morning, and the days will be bitter!" Many things in the world can be thought of in one thought.Mu Ningyan was in a daze, in a thought, in a thought... Unknowingly, it was the turn of Master Mengjun and his newlywed wife, who is also the princess of King Anding, to toast.Li Huaixue, the princess of King Anding, was dressed in a crimson palace attire, with exquisite eyebrows, and Tingting stood beside her.Looking at it this way, Meng Lengqian and Meng Lengqian are indeed a couple.

With a thin smile on his face, Baili Haozhe raised his head and finished the job.Putting down the jade cup, she looked at Mu Ningyan from the corner of her eye without any trace.She was looking in the direction of Meng Lengqian, she seemed to be in a daze, and after a long time she covered her sleeves, and then drank the wine in the glass. Afterwards, Meng Lengqian and his wife both sat down.Mu Ningyan stared at it for a long time, only wishing lightly in her heart. Baili Haozhe stared at her, holding the jade cup tightly. After all, he drank a little too much, but after half a cup of tea, when the strength of the wine came up, he was already a little dizzy.Baili Haozhe naturally felt that she was a little fuzzy, leaning against him softly without moving, this was definitely not her appearance when she was sober.She is usually the most upright, even if she is with him, she can't wait to draw a Milky Way, facing each other from a distance.About the things that other concubines like most, she avoids most.

Hugging her, he couldn't help but smile, and his mood got better again.Asked in a low voice: "Would you like to go back to the palace to rest first?" Mu Ningyan nodded, let the maid help her up, and bowed gracefully according to the rules: "Please forgive me, the concubine will leave first." After returning to the palace, he waved back and forth, and was alone in meditation.Thinking about just now, the two cousins ​​mentioned that their aunt missed her very much, and they gave her a sachet, saying that it was embroidered by the aunt. Mu Ningyan rubbed her delicate stitches with her fingers, her eyes became sore.That big lucky character probably contains all the wishes of my aunt.I wish her all the best and good luck.

Alas, my aunt is so old, but she still does her best for her.In this deep palace, it is usually difficult for her to see her once. In the past, my aunt always ordered someone to make all kinds of soup and bird's nest for her, and sometimes she would drink it up with her own eyes.At that time, she either disliked the taste of traditional Chinese medicine in the soup, or felt it was sweet and greasy... Now, now, it is a luxury to want to try it again. About the same.Sometimes I don't know how to cherish it, but now that it is gone, it is so uncomfortable! If... If she hadn't entered the palace, even if she got married, she could go back to visit her aunt and uncle from time to time.But... now no matter how much I think about it, I can only meet in a dream.

Thinking about it, thinking about it, I couldn't help feeling sad, and shed tears unconsciously. Suddenly, someone lifted the curtain and came in. Mu Ningyan hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes with one hand, and hid the sachet in her sleeve with the other.Looking up, I saw Baili Haozhe standing in front of the couch. She trembled, not knowing whether he had caught the tears just now, hurriedly got up, bowed her head deeply: "All blessings, Your Majesty." Baili Haozhe had already seen the faint tears in the corner of her eyes.The scene of her bowing her head and smiling slightly after meeting Meng Lengqian's eyes when Meng Lengqian toasted in the royal garden just now flashed in front of her eyes.

Was she crying for Meng Lengqian just now?When she first entered the palace, she kept putting off illnesses, refused to sleep with him, and even refused to conceive his heir, could it be because of Meng Lengqian.She can never forget him... He pondered coldly, as if he knew everything. Although she knew that she and Meng Lengqian had a marriage contract, even before entering the palace, the two met in private.But at this time, jealousy was already burning in my heart.He loves her so much and dotes on her, because she doesn't expand the harem, and he only dotes on her.Did she pay him back like this? Just as she was about to turn around and leave, a picture suddenly flashed in her mind - she seemed to be hiding something in her sleeve just now, her heart sank.What was it that he couldn't see?Could it be—— He slowly stretched out his hand to help her up: "Stay flat. Didn't you say you were tired? Why don't you lie down and rest?" Mu Ningyan thanked her, and asked softly: "Why is the emperor here?" The atmosphere at the banquet was very strong, and he was also in high spirits just now. The emperor sat down on the couch, and took her hand: "I drank a little too much, and my head is swollen." The tone became softer and lower: "Come, stay with me." Unable to hold back his strength, she fell into his arms. He lay on her side, his hands and feet were like vines, holding her tightly.Listening to his heartbeat, she felt that the air around her began to thin out, and she wanted to struggle to move slightly, but he refused to let her, and reflexively hugged her hands tighter.A muffled voice came from her hair, faintly filled with tiredness: "I'm tired, take a rest with me." He had never talked to her so tiredly, probably because he drank too much alcohol.But after a while, her breathing became even, but her hands and feet were still wrapped around her domineeringly, preventing her from moving a bit. Leaning so close, she could feel his warm body temperature, steady heartbeat, every beat and beat.Listening like this, listening, she was also confused in the end. After a long time, Baili Haozhe suddenly opened his eyes, the eyes were refreshed and radiant, without the haze of just waking up.His hand moved gently and reached into her sleeve. It was a red brocade sachet, with a big blessing character embroidered on both sides, the stitches were intricate and exquisite.He sniffed lightly, and the scent of bergamot came faintly, calming the mind, and it smelled very good. It was just a sachet, why did she hide it secretly?He frowned, he had never seen this before, but she was crying at her face, could it be, could it be that it was related to Meng Lengqian. At the banquet just now, she paid close attention to Meng Lengqian.After looking in his direction several times, he was in a daze for a long time.She is already his concubine, haven't you forgotten the one surnamed Meng? The scene of her privately meeting with Meng Lengqian before entering the palace and Yingying talking softly flashed through her mind again. If he was one step later, wouldn't she have already become Meng Lengqian's wife?If so, today's banquet will be Meng Lengqian bringing her to toast with him! And she has been using musk all the time.Naturally, she didn't know that he had already changed, but he could still smell something like musk from her body every day. She resented him so much and hated him so much, so she would never want his heir! He stared at it coldly for a long time, but he couldn't help himself from the ups and downs of his thoughts.Extremely angry, he raised his hand and threw the sachet to the gilded copper stove, smashed it on the copper stove, and rolled down on the thick carpet... In the haze, Mu Ningyan only felt that there was something warm looking for her lips. After touching her lips lightly, she kissed, sucked, and gnawed hard... She only felt pain and woke up faintly... He covered her body and kissed her mercilessly, so rough, as if he was confirming something. She pushed him, moaning: "Hmm...it hurts..." But he ignored it, pushed harder, and then meandered down... What happened to him?He has always been careful, gentle and gentle, and has never treated her like this. She was in a trance, and he seemed to have noticed it.But only with this kind of entanglement, with lips and teeth intertwined, will she seem to be alive every inch, just like the one in her memory. She was his, she really was his. Only when she is in his arms so clearly can he feel at ease and prove that she is really his.Never leave again.He will never be left alone in this cold deep palace again! Before you know it, it's winter.In the afternoon, I flipped through a book of poems on the couch, and before I knew it, I was extremely tired and fell asleep.When he dimly opened his eyes, the maid was already holding a lamp in the corner.The hall was deep and silent, she half closed her eyes, and fell asleep again in a haze. Suddenly, his voice came in a low voice: "It's time to get up, I've slept all afternoon. I'll go back to sleep now, at night... At night, I should open my eyes again until dawn." She turned her head in surprise, it turned out that it was he who had come.I saw him standing quietly by the couch, holding something in his hand.Taking a closer look, I saw clearly just now that it was the sachet given to her by her aunt.It probably fell out of the sleeve while she was asleep! She remembered saluting according to the rules, and he waved his hand: "No need, just sit down and get up again, and be careful of getting dizzy." He held it, looked at it for a long time, and then said leisurely: "I didn't expect that your female celebrity is so beautiful. So fine. When will you make me one too?" She lowered her eyes: "I made the emperor laugh. The ministers and concubines have nothing to do, they just pass the time, how can they be on the stage. If the emperor needs it, the weaving bureau can rush ten or eight out tomorrow." About this The sachet was a gift from my aunt, so she didn't want to mention it. Her side face is extremely beautiful, because the eyelids are lowered, the black and thick eyelashes on the eyes are like two pairs of butterfly wings slightly closed. Baili Haozhe has already pinched his fingertips tightly, the soft and smooth silk is like the skin of a hedgehog at this moment, and everything hurts.Could it be that the word "Fu" embroidered on that sachet was really embroidered by her for another person, so she wears it on her body every day? He paced slowly.The gilded copper stove was lit with lily incense, and thin smoke curled up.She got up anyway, sat sideways by the couch, took the poems that were put aside, moved her fingertips slightly, and turned a page.When he looked like this, he could only see that his fingers were like green onions, greasy and white like jade.A head of black hair was slanted into a bun, and only a golden flying step was inserted majestically. The fine gold tassels hung down, and when it moved occasionally, it trembled and shattered, and there were little ripples at the beginning. He was startled for a while, before lifting his foot again.The pace was slow, but only I knew in my heart that I was so irritable that I faintly burned the sachet.Unknowingly, the deerskin boots kicked into the charcoal stove. With a thought in his mind, he let go of his hand, and the bright red sachet with the word "Fu Chi" fell into the charcoal stove with a soft "thump". At this moment, his hand also touched the side of the copper stove, and he called out "ah".She raised her eyes: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Her eyes were instantly attracted by the burning copper furnace.She stood up suddenly and ran towards him. His heart trembled slightly, and his heart suddenly warmed up. He removed his hand from the hot copper stove, and after touching it for so long, it must have already bubbled.But she didn't even look at him, she brushed his sleeve coldly, stretched out her hand, and was about to go to the charcoal stove to get the half-burned sachet.A maid stopped her... He finally knew what it meant to be ashamed.The temperature of her body cooled down little by little, and she stood there numbly, watching her turn around and call for someone.A maid and a servant came in, and a group of people were busy moving in front of their eyes. Although they finally took out the sachet, there was only one corner left.But she took it out of the water basin with utmost care, frowning slightly, and slowly stroked it with her fingers. He just stood there quietly, without feeling the burning pain on the back of his hand, as if the whole person was no longer his own.After a long time, about several lifetimes, he turned his head and said: "Shi Quanyi, drive back to Chengqian Palace." Shi Quanyi answered "Yes" from a distance, separated by several layers of curtains. She stared blankly at the direction in which he disappeared, secretly lost in thought.After a while, she came to the bronze mirror and looked at the clear and delicate person with rolling eyes. She saw the redness and swelling on his hand just now, but, but, she pretended she didn't see anything.