Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: A Dream in the Summer Harem

"The wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return..." The singing girl sings three times, and her sleeves are like flying. Such a tragic song is tactfully interpreted by the beauties in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is also a kind of sad sadness. Dorgon hit the gold bottle with silver chopsticks and beat the time, very drunk.These singing girls were bought into the mansion after Qi Lei entered the palace, Qi Lei's departure made Prince Rui's mansion so empty that they had to fill it with their singing and dancing rights. The wind is rustling and the water is cold.Jing Ke's assassination of the Qin Dynasty can be immortalized forever, but what about Qi Lei?If she succeeds in assassinating Huang Taiji, will there be an eternal legend?

From the day he sent Qi Lei into the palace, Dorgon has been anxiously waiting all the time, waiting for the news of the successful assassination to come from the palace.At night, this anxiety becomes more intense and meaningful. He guesses jealously that Qi Lei at this moment must be very enchanting, and Huang Taiji at this moment must be crazy. She has bewitched him for three months, why hasn't she done it yet?How long will his entanglement with her last?If she fails, will she confess herself?If she succeeds, will she be executed? He really wanted to get Qi Lei out of Yongfu Palace and ask her face to face.However, although the harem in Shengjing is not as strict as the Ming Palace, it is not easy for Prince Baelor to go in and out of the concubine's bedroom after all. You have to find an excuse, timing, and tacit understanding——Palace Courtyard Deep down, who is Dorgon's internal response?

I don't know if it's Concubine Zhuang's idea or Qilei's own thoughts. Whenever Dorgon visits Yongfu Palace, he is always accompanied by a maidservant. He rarely sees Qilei when everyone is watching. It is still difficult to reach the sky. His only way was to inquire about Da Yuer in a roundabout way, and uncharacteristically, encouraged his own Fujin to enter the palace frequently, and said: "Whatever you say, we are also Qilei's adoptive parents. Going to visit and walk around is the right thing to do, and it also shows that we have accepted the kindness of the Great Khan, and we will repay the kindness."

Prince Rui and Princess Rui couldn't wait to make a sound, and went to the palace every three days dressed up and down, bringing back a basketful of gossip every time.She was surprised that her husband was interested in listening to her chatter, so she recounted what she had seen and heard in the palace with more embellishments. The words were repeated two or three times. Dorgon patiently listened to Fujin's speech, but again and again, she disappointed him.Those messages are of no value, even if it involves Qi Lei, it is nothing more than how the Khan rewards her and how the concubines talk about her, which makes people even more angry.

So, every time he finished listening to those nonsense, he would call the singing girls in and make them sing and dance the song "Wind Xiao Xiao" endlessly.Always this song.Unless he succeeds, he doesn't intend to hear another song in his life. After waiting like this for three months, the news of the assassination of Xun'er still didn't move, but the news came from the palace that Qi Lei was pregnant, named Concubine Jing, and granted the construction of Guan Sui Palace. Qi Lei is pregnant?Dorgon hated it, he couldn't explain why he hated him so much, not only hated Huang Taiji, but even Qi Lei.This bitch, she actually got pregnant for Huang Taiji.She didn't let him die, but she wanted to live for him—to bear a child for him!

That afternoon, Dorgon locked himself in the greenhouse for a whole afternoon, not allowing anyone to enter, not even Prince Rui and Princess Rui. Sitting in the flower room, looking at Qi Lei's used makeup mirror and the bed she slept on, he felt a brand new emotion that he had never had before, called loneliness.The bone-piercing loneliness made him feel empty, as if he could float away at any time, dangling in the air, aimless, and had nowhere to fall. This moment made him understand more clearly than any other moment that Qi Lei was gone. Qi Lei has been gone for three months, but he has never recognized that she really left.Now, he is sure that she is really gone and will never come back.And the more he knew she was gone, the more vividly those memories of her presence came to mind.

I don't know why, whenever he thinks of her, the most vivid image in his memory is not the appearance of her with heavy makeup, nor the tricks she used to seduce him, but only her pitiful appearance when she was injured.She lay there so weakly and truly, without any pretense, completely giving her life to herself, what kind of fate was that? He remembered that when she just woke up, he fed her porridge, but the long-term medication had made her lose her appetite for digestion. Not long after she drank the porridge, she suddenly vomited it all over him. .He didn't give up, changed the bowl of porridge, helped her up, and continued to feed her.She ate with difficulty, took a few mouthfuls, vomited it up again, and shook her head weakly.He didn't allow her to be weak and forced her. If you can't even deal with a bowl of porridge, how can you deal with Huang Taiji?If you don't eat anymore, you will lie on this bed for the rest of your life, and you will never get up again. So, what about your hatred?What about hate?She propped herself up, and reluctantly began to swallow the porridge again.

At this moment, the scene of feeding the porridge vividly reappeared in front of his eyes, repeated over and over again, and now he knew how full and satisfied he was at that moment.If he could feed porridge for Qi Lei for the rest of his life, how happy he would be, and how meaningful his life would be. But now, she left him, completely uprooted herself from his life, and abandoned her like a scrap.She belonged to him, and he gave her life. How could she betray him and give birth to someone else? She really failed him! How much he once loved Qi Lei, but now he hates her.Dorgon wished he could rush into Yongfu Palace and strangle Qi Lei to death.However, all he could do was cut off a branch of Yan Lai Hong, which was used for vases, and crushed it in the palm of his hand.

The juice of the slightly fishy flower oozes from between the fingers, like blood. On this day, Prince Rui dressed up and entered the palace with great fanfare early in the morning.At noon, Dorgon finished discussing political affairs in the previous court, sweated profusely and kept his meal. The Eight Banners generals have never been used to eating quietly and slowly. When the wine was slightly drunk, the interest gradually became stronger. Some people proposed guessing fists, throwing pots, and even fighting wrists. , wrestling, and there was a commotion in the Shiwangting Square. For a while, Azige refused to admit that he had lost the wine fight with Hao, and the two quarreled.Huang Taiji originally liked to be lively, and fights and fights among banner people's children are common, as long as they don't hurt people's lives, they don't need to bother.So instead of persuading him, he watched the battle with great interest, and took the lead in placing a bet on who would win between the two.

Seeing the commotion was unbearable, Dorgon slipped in by surprise, and went straight through the East Gate of Chongzheng Hall to the harem, thinking all the way, when someone questioned him, he only said that Xun Fujin would pay a visit to Concubine Zhuang when he returned home. Fortunately, it was hot at noon, except for the deacon and eunuch serving the banquet in the front court, the rest of the servants and servants took time to hide for leisure. Walking all the way from the Phoenix Tower to Yongfu Palace, except for the humming of cicadas and the shadows of flowers, there was actually a single shadow No, there was no sound, even the cats and dogs were dozing off.

Passing through the carved corridor is the gate of Yongfu Palace. Liandong came out with a little maid respectfully: "Prince Rui and Concubine Jing went to Qingning Palace to pay their respects to their concubine. Concubine Zhuang took a new bath and is taking an afternoon nap." Dorgon only felt a slight movement in his heart, and a strange feeling passed through him. The word "New Bath" brought him an inexplicable stimulus, which made him suddenly want to see Concubine Zhuang right away, and he couldn't take it easy for a moment.But what to see her for?He didn't think about it. "I have a secret affair to play to the empress." He waved his hand, "You don't need to follow me in to serve you." Concubine Zhuang was indeed taking a nap. Just sleep in the yard, under the flower stand, on the cool chair. The palace garden in the afternoon is quiet, a few cranes are dozing by the pool, and even the parrots on the corridor are lazy. The sleepy court lady leaned against the tea stand and fanned Concubine Zhuang every now and then, her eyes were half-opened and half-closed, and she was already hazy. When she saw Dorgon, she thought for a while before she came to pay her respects. But it has been stopped by Dorgon's gesture.He took the fan: "Go out. I'm here." This sentence is extremely unreasonable.With you here, why should we go out? But the maids didn't think much about it, they were used to obeying, and they were used to not thinking about it.They retreated meekly and quietly, their skirts dragging on the falling flowers without making any sound. Their positions just now were replaced by Dorgon. He took the fan, but didn't wave it, just sat quietly beside Concubine Zhuang's couch and looked at her, seeing her long eyelashes covering half a crescent moon under her eyelids, seeing her soft cheeks glowing from deep sleep Yan Hong also saw that the brocade quilt half-draped on her body slipped off, revealing a lake-like beauty bone and half of her breasts. Looking at it, he became restless, tentatively stretched out his hand, and gently stroked along the direction of the bone, again and again, slowly like a fan. Concubine Zhuang fell into a deep sleep, unconscious, or, she had already woken up, but she didn't want to wake up? His hands gradually went deep, moving to Concubine Zhuang's chest, stroking and teasing, then, he tightly held the pair of crispy breasts, making them form two little birds in his giant palm, kneading Pinch, play with, even press your hot lips on it, gently bite and lick. Concubine Zhuang's body began to twist, like a snake, soft and charming. "Hmm..." She couldn't help moaning, it was the sound of desire bursting deep in her body. It was like an order. Dorgon couldn't bear it anymore, he threw off the brocade quilt suddenly, turned himself into a quilt, leaned up, pressed down, penetrated, hit, twitched... "Crash!" The deck chair couldn't bear the passion of the two and collapsed. However, the crazy man didn't care about those things, and didn't even allow the woman to turn over and sit up, so he held her down and continued to twitch. The overwhelming passion was violent and violent, like the wind blowing on the grassland, like ten thousand horses galloping... "Ah..." Finally, he shot, his body calmed down, still shaking slightly. The woman under him seemed to be dead, her eyes were tightly closed, and there were two tears in the corners of her eyes. He looked at those two tears, feeling strangely satisfied and peaceful in his heart.Huang Taiji had sex with his woman, and he had sex with Da Yuer, and they evened out.He said to himself, this is the first time, there will be another time, the third time, and the fourth time, Huang Taiji made Qi Lei pregnant, and he must also make Zhuang Concubine pregnant with his own child. Only in this way can the harm Qi Lei caused him be washed away. He held Concubine Zhuang's face, sucked away the tears carefully, picked her up, walked into the bedroom step by step, placed her gently on the couch, and did not forget to pull another brocade quilt to cover her, and then left . When he left, he felt that he had abandoned Qi Lei, his expectations and trust in her, and his longing and admiration for her. The two of them betrayed each other. And from the beginning to the end, Concubine Zhuang never opened her eyes. As if, just a spring dream. At night, Liandong served Concubine Zhuang to sleep, and she lay down outside, but suddenly she heard sobbing in the tent, hurriedly got up and came in, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, are you dreaming?" After asking twice, there was no answer. Knowing that the empress does not like others to pry her mind, she just misheard and went back to the outside room to lie down. After a while, I could faintly hear deep sighs inside, Lian Dong hesitated, and finally dared not go in again, only listening to Concubine Zhuang tossing and turning inside, suddenly angry and happy, as if she had infinite thoughts. Liandong listened with bated breath, even though she didn't know what happened during the day, Yue Mo guessed it.When the Fourteenth Master went out, she was careful not to let other palace people in, but went into the yard by herself, and saw the rattan chairs collapsed, the brocade was thrown away, and the empress' obscene clothes were torn to pieces. , can not help but be surprised.Looking at Concubine Zhuang, she was lying on the couch as if she was dead, she was breathing slightly with her eyes closed, her cheeks were flushed, she only opened her eyes slightly to take a look when she heard Lian Dong coming in, she wanted to speak but was powerless, she still closed her eyes and seemed to be asleep, He didn't dare to be disturbed, so he quickly cleaned up the mess, put down the curtain for the empress, and opened the door for others to come in. I have served Concubine Zhuang personally for many years, although Concubine Zhuang is strict and unsmiling, but every time I meet the Fourteenth Master, he is very close, and whenever I get involved in sex, the Fourteenth Master still likes to move his hands and feet, even in front of the maid. She was never careful, although Concubine Zhuang was annoyed on the face, she was actually half-pushed and half-convinced, depending on the situation, she was willing to show her face.Lian Dong had somewhat guessed what was going on in her mind, but she wasn't sure where the relationship between the two of them had gone. Judging by today's appearance, it was probably successful. Niangniang has been married to Dahan for so many years, although she is the master, she is not necessarily very happy.Especially since Qilei entered the palace, she has become more preoccupied and depressed, Liandong always thinks of some ideas to make her happy, but it doesn't work.If she really fell in love with the Fourteenth Master, it would be a good thing, and it would not be in vain for her beauty and intelligence. However, it is such a big deal that the concubine has an affair with the prince, if it breaks out, she will lose her head.Not only the head of the empress is not safe, but also my own maid will have to accompany her life, so what should I do? Thinking of this, Liandong was very uneasy, she was angry and happy, tossing and turning, she heard Zhuang Concubine snoring slightly inside, she was already asleep, but she couldn't sleep anymore, thinking about it all night long. Da Yuer saw Dorgon in his dream, and was lingering again to death. She seems to have returned to the prairie, where there is no harem, no war, no competition for favor, only a man and a woman.Her Dorgon is such a handsome young man with light fur and horses, and she is as beautiful as a flower, innocent and lively. They love each other heart-to-heart, and they follow each other like shadows, and never separate for a moment.The sky is a dome, and the grass is made of brocade mattresses. They hug, kiss, and endlessly toss and turn, tirelessly. When she woke up, she still felt Dorgon's dense kiss at the corner of her mouth, and Dorgon's firm body temperature still remained in her embrace.It wasn't until this moment that she believed that she and Dorgon were truly one. Dreams are more lucid than reality. She left Horqin at the age of 12 and went to Liaoyang to marry Huang Taiji accompanied by her brother Wu Keshan.In the second year, Huang Taiji ascended the throne and proclaimed Khan. Everyone said that Da Yuer was very lucky, but the superficial glory could not make up for the pain in her heart. In the eyes of others, she was the side Fujin of Khan; is an orphan. Leaving the familiar prairie and the loved ones, for a 12-year-old concubine, it is not her true intention to invite pets and fight for beauty. Her greatest pain is loneliness.In this palace, Da Khan and her aunt should be her closest relatives, but this is not the case.Da Khan is more like her opponent, while Aunt regards her as a pawn. At the age of 12, she can neither become a good flirt nor understand the way of playing games.Faced with Khan's neglect and her aunt's complaints, she felt frustrated and even more helpless, besieged on all sides and helpless. And the only consolation is Dorgon. Dorgon is another orphan in the Khan's Palace. His father died, his mother was martyred, and his throne was seized. Dorgon suffered the three most tragic tragedies in the world overnight. He not only became an orphan without father and mother, but also became a thorn in the eyes of the new Khan King Huang Taiji's brother.His life is at stake, and his life journey is full of thorns.He became taciturn, restrained and surly, rejecting everyone in the palace except Daishan and Da Yuer. Two lonely children form the closest companions. They read together every day, practice archery, ride horses, play games, and regard each other as the closest people in their lives.All the loss of family affection must be recovered from the other party, and all the feelings that cannot be paid are dedicated to each other without reservation.They once swore to be together forever, but as they grow up day by day, those vows fade away day by day. Although she still believes that he is the closest in her heart, if the communication between men and women wants to develop, it will always come down to physical entanglement in the end.Purely with the strength of the spirit, unless it is unreasonable lovesickness, which is simply hidden in the bottom of my heart and never sees the light of day, it will always wear away in the day after day of forbearance and depression. One is the great Khan's side Fujin, and the other is the enfeoffed Prince Rui. The distance between the two is getting farther and farther, and every time they meet, the distance between them will only be further increased - because meeting is nothing more than a reminder Knowing their mutual identities, tell them that all the friendship in the past has passed, and at this moment, he and her are just relatives of the monarch and his ministers who respect each other. Until this beautiful summer afternoon like a spring dream. This charming and indulgent afternoon, this magnificent dream, this passionate intercourse finally brought the two of them together again, so close that there was not even a single gap between them. It not only awakened Da Yuer's feelings, but also reawakened her body. She has been wary of physical entanglement since the night she married Da Khan, the tearing pain, the little blood stains, and the violent impact all made her frightened and disgusted.Although she had also actively participated in the battle for favor among the concubines, it was not really for favor or need, but only for face and dignity. But it's different from Dorgon's love affair. Everything happened so unexpectedly, but it happened to be perfect and romantic like a well-arranged performance.It makes Da Yuer seem to return to the carefree childhood sweetheart relationship, and she should have known at that time that she and Dorgon are the real couple.After ten years, they finally came together, is it too late? This morning, the first thing Da Yuer did after washing up was not to greet Zhe Zhe, but to send someone to Prince Rui's residence to invite Fujin into the palace for a talk. Yesterday's fight with Dorgon was so exciting, how could she let this scene go unnoticed?However, the meeting between the prince and concubine is incomparable. As a side concubine, what reason does she have to call the prince into the palace? Therefore, the only way to do it is to let Prince Rui, who is closest to Dorgon, do it for him—even though Da Yuer is so unwilling to admit this. The whole process of yesterday was like a dream, which made her think again and again, but she couldn't figure out how everything happened.She desperately wanted to meet someone with whom she could talk about Dorgon, speak his name, tell his story.Who else could this person be other than Prince Rui? Da Yuer's various thoughts, Princess Rui wanted to break her head, but she didn't expect it. She had a kind of naivety to choose the good in her nature. She only heard Concubine Zhuang say that she was bored, and she wanted to find a sister to talk about the family life, so it was wishful thinking He was very happy, and found out what to say to relieve her boredom.After talking about it, it is natural to talk about Dorgon, Prince Rui - apart from Dorgon, where is there anything else wonderful in her world? Through the frequent conversations with Prince Rui, Da Yuer felt that he and Dorgon had met again, and they had a tryst during his wife's conversation, and smiled knowingly at each other.She didn't worry that this stupid princess would not report back to Dorgon about today's conversation, so when she spoke to her, what she saw was Dorgon, and she felt that she was talking to Dorgon, So that frown and smile has a new meaning. She never tired of this game, until one day she heard that Dorgon was going to follow the Great Khan to go hunting outside the Great Khan, which made her lose something suddenly and became depressed. She racked her brains to figure out how to meet Dorgon again, and for the first time in her life, she broke her principle of being a person who would rather be known than to be seen by others, and without avoiding suspicion, she let Lonicera quietly leave the palace and sent a letter to Dorgon, Tell him to try to enter the palace no matter what. However, she never thought that they would miss the day Dorgon entered the palace. And Dorgon, after waiting for a long time, finally met Qi Lei alone. It was Shuhui Gege's birthday that day, as usual, Prince Rui prepared some golden lock slices longevity noodles and the like, and wanted to send them to the palace to curry favor with Concubine Zhuang. She had already started talking about it two days earlier, but on the day before her departure, she woke up early in the morning complaining of a headache , had to hand over the happy bag to Dorgon and take it into the palace. Since that day, Dorgon had skin-to-skin relationship with Concubine Zhuang and accepted Lonicera's letter, and he has been thinking about finding another chance to relive the mandarin dream.With this excuse, it was convenient for Shi Shiran to break into the harem when he came down to court, and when asked by people, he only revealed the package and said it was a gift from Shuhui, but the little eunuchs did not dare to stop him, so he came all the way into Yongfu Palace In the palace, only Qilei and Duo'er were picking flowers in the palace. Seeing Dorgon, Duo'er hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects, and said: "I don't know if the Fourteenth Master is visiting, and the concubine Zhuang will accompany Shuhui to the Imperial Garden." I went shopping, and the servant will invite you." As the saying goes, if you want to plant flowers and flowers without blooming, you can plant willows and willows in a row if you have no choice. Since Qilei entered the palace, Dorgon has found many opportunities to see alone but can't. Qi Lei, feeling the surging desire and longing in his heart, only then did he realize that he missed her so much, this peach-like woman, it hurts his heart, even face to face, he still feels far away. , feel thirsty, feel hopeless. However, her face was as cold as ice and as beautiful as peaches and plums, as always, with no expression at all. It reminds him that she is not his lover after all, but only his accomplice.There is a big secret between him and her, and she hasn't given him an answer yet. His voice also became cold immediately, almost threatening: "Why don't you do it?" "He promised to let Lin Danhan go." Qi Lei replied frankly, with a calm voice and ethereal eyes, as if her soul had been emptied. He promised to let Lin Danhan go.In just eight words, there is no redundant word.However, her will has been expressed clearly. He knows that this is not an explanation, but a declaration—a declaration of ending the cooperation. She was no longer his accomplice. All along, he regarded her as another self, thinking that she was him, and that she entered the palace to avenge him.But all of a sudden, she reminded him that she was herself, and was always just a person outside of him.They come from different tribes and have different missions. Although their enemies are the same, the combined hatred of two people still cannot bring comfort. For a long time, he has been walking alone in this world with a hatred on his back. There are people and scenery everywhere, but no one can help him unload the burden.Suddenly met a fellow traveler, he thought she could communicate with his breath and soul.But she abandoned him in the wilderness without any hesitation. All along, he has been acting passionately and acting on his own.His sorrow has always belonged to himself, and her heart has never really opened to him.She walked into his life domineeringly, and with his help came back to life, but she was like a vampire bat, once she was full, she would fly away, never caring about the body that she had emptied. Body. Dorgon felt a failure, a failure he had never had before; he felt even more lonely, a loneliness he had never had before. He lost Qi Lei. Maybe he never got it. But on the night she seduced him and rejected him, he thought she loved him.The way she used that night was to play his mother and reenact the situation before his mother was buried.This made him fall for her, and at the same time think that she had him in her heart. He never really loved anyone.On the eve of his mother's death, the long embrace with Daishan became his only understanding of love. That silent embrace and hopeless waiting were the most sacred and beautiful love in his heart. There was a night when he wandered in front of the window of love. He always thought that if he could have the courage to knock on the door and enter, maybe he could embrace love.But because at that time, what was loaded in his heart was not the desire for love but the blazing desire for revenge, he missed this only chance to get the true love in his heart. But at least he longed for it. Now, her answer shattered even this poor imagination.Then he knew that even if he broke in that night, he couldn't have her.She didn't belong to him, to anyone, but only to her Chahar tribe.She fought desperately for Chahar, and serving a tiger with her body can also endure humiliation for Chahar. It's not that she has no feelings and loyalty, but all her feelings and loyalty have been given to her tribe, and her own part of humanity has already been shed with blood during those days when she was unconscious. She and him have nothing to do with each other from now on, just like two strangers who once passed each other and never met again. When Dorgon left Yongfu Palace, he walked out with his head down.Outside the palace gate, there is a wilderness, from primitive to eternal. No one knows whether he shed tears.