Chapter 2 Chapter 1 How Deep is the Garden

In the sixth year of Qingyun, in the middle of July. Seeing that tomorrow is the fifteenth day again, it is the day when the princess goes out of the garden to greet the prince, Qiao Shan has already arranged the clothes that will be worn tomorrow, and after finishing her work, the princess who was originally sitting in the room disappeared. Look at the sky, it's half past time, and it's time to have dinner, so go out and look for the east of the garden. In Jixue Garden, peaches and willows are planted, orchids and peonies are planted, and there are many unknown exotic flowers and plants. The flowers bloom continuously in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and because the princess prefers peonies, a small garden is specially set up. For planting peonies, there are all varieties of Yaohuang, Weizi, Erqiao, Mokui and so on.At the far east of Jixue Garden, there is another small garden. In the center of the garden is a pond with a radius of five feet. Lotuses are planted in the pond. There is also a water pavilion built beside the pond, named "Liu Shui Xuan".

Just as the princess loves to linger in the peony garden, Liushuixuan by the lotus pond is the favorite place for Chang Princess Qingling to stop. Every summer, the pond is always full of white lotus, graceful and graceful.At that time, you can always see the princess sitting on the railing of the Liushuixuan, shaking your feet, looking at the white lotus in the pond, quietly listening to the insects and birds that are brought by the wind, if you don't call her, It is entirely possible to stay all day. In Qiaoshan's memory, it seems that since the princess could walk, it has been like this every year till now.

Sometimes she even wondered, the princess and the princess are both beautiful and beautiful. Could it be that the princess was reincarnated from the peony fairy, and the princess was the reincarnation of the lotus fairy? Otherwise, how could they like peony and lotus so much? ? He once whispered to Lingyu, but after hearing Lingyu, he giggled and nodded. Walking to the gate of the East Garden, you can see the pond full of slim white lotuses from a distance, and the doll in white clothes and socks like snowdrifts is sitting on the railing again, quietly looking at the swaying lotus flowers in a trance. Zhuang Yuzhuo looks like a little fairy child bred by a white lotus.

Qiaoshan once asked the princess, although the lotus is beautiful, don't you get tired of looking at it every day and every day? But the princess's answer surprised her. She said, I was counting the lotus pistils, but the lotus flowers in this pond always thanked before I finished counting them. How many stamens does a lotus have? Qiaoshan didn't know, but she thought, if she asked the princess, the princess would definitely be able to answer.But she didn't dare to ask, she was afraid of getting a definite answer.Looking at the small figure sitting on the railing, at that moment, her heart was soft and sore.This child, is she too lonely?

I think that when I saw the birth of the princess with my own eyes, the baby who could only cry at that time can now recite poems and write.Although it is a golden branch and jade leaf, but grew up with the princess in this snow garden since childhood, and seldom stepped out of the garden gate, let alone the palace. I don't know if it is due to this environment, or it is just like this, the princess who is only six years old His temperament was calmer and more sensible than that of the sixteen-year-old. Children of other people's age like to cling to their parents, act coquettishly, or play with their playmates all day long, but the Princess is not like that. She doesn't cling to anyone, and she...has nothing playmate.

There were few people in Jixue Garden, and she and Lingyu were the youngest servants who were more than ten years older than the princess, so the princess didn't have any peers around her.When the princess was first born, the palace had sent four five-year-old little girls, not only as a rule, but also to let them grow up with the princess, to get closer and to use for a long time.But the concubine asked someone to send her out of the garden after seeing it, so the two of them were always the ones who served her personally, and it was something they could not have wished for, but the princess...

Standing quietly in front of the garden gate, quietly watching the child in the water pavilion. They love this child with all their hearts, but facing this strangely quiet child, they have no choice but to take care of her daily life.Since the princess married into the palace, her temperament has changed drastically, she is cold and reticent. Although she loves the princess, she rarely shows intimacy in her words and deeds.As for the other sons and princesses in the palace, even though they are the younger siblings of the princess, but... well, let's not mention it. Maybe she should really find a partner of her age.

Qiaoshan walked over gently while thinking. "Princess, it's time to go back for dinner." The snow doll in the water pavilion turned her head when she heard the sound, looked at Qiaoshan, and said in a childish voice: "Aunt Qiao, mother said, when autumn comes, the lotus will bloom." "Thank you, thank you, I will watch it next year." Qiaoshan smiled. "Next year's flowers should be different from this year's." Qingling caressed a lotus by the fence with her little fingers. "All lotus flowers look the same." Qiao Shan explained.

Qing Ling shook her head, looked at Qiao Shan and said, "Aunt Qiao, next year I will be different from this year, so of course the lotus will be different." Uh?Qiao Shan was taken aback. "Let's go, I'm going back." Qingling jumped off the railing, took Qiaoshan's hand and walked back. This kid is really precocious.Qiaoshan looked at the snow baby who had just reached her waist at this moment, and felt a little heavy in her heart for some reason. "Princess, do you want a little playmate?" Qiaoshan asked softly. Qingling raised her head, looking at her with black eyes shining like crystals, with a little doubt, "Playmate? What are you doing?"

Qiaoshan knelt down to look at her. "A playmate is someone who accompanies the princess. For example, reading, writing, playing the piano, playing chess with the princess, and playing with the princess, such as hide-and-seek, or weaving grass and insects together. A playmate can be with the princess Do a lot of things together, do you want the princess?" Brushing Qingling's shoulder-length black hair, he said again: "If the princess wants it, the maidservant can tell the princess, let the princess tell the prince, the prince will definitely do it." Will agree."

Qingling thought for a while and said, "I can do reading, writing, playing the piano, and playing chess by myself, without a playmate." Qiao Shan was startled, then asked softly: "Is the princess lonely?" Qing Ling looked at her puzzled, "What is loneliness?" Qiaoshan couldn't answer this question, so she could only smile and said: "Forget it, as long as the princess thinks it's all right, let's go back and have dinner." On the second day, when Qiaoshan sent Qingling out of the garden, Ge Qi, the head of the palace, was already waiting in front of the door with two maids.On this day of every month, he picks up and drops off in person, and never leaves it to others, so Qiaoshan is very relieved. On that day, Qiaoshan sat on the corridor near the gate of the garden as usual, embroidering a handkerchief while waiting for the princess to come back.A few leaves of green lotus are outlined with green thread on the white silk handkerchief, which is embroidered for the princess.As she embroidered, she thought, according to the usual practice, the princess will accompany the prince to have lunch with several other young princes and princesses, and then have a cup of tea after lunch, and then Ge Qi will send it back, but Occasionally, the prince was busy with other affairs and did not have dinner together, so the princess would be back before noon, so she still had to make some preparations for lunch.What are you going to prepare for lunch today?But before she could think it over clearly, she saw one of the two maids who accompanied Ge Qi to pick up the princess in the morning ran towards this side quickly, and shouted as soon as she entered the garden gate: "Miss, go and invite the princess!" "What?" Qiaoshan was so startled by her anxious appearance that his hands trembled, and the needle pricked his finger, and Qing He was immediately stained with blood. "The princess is not good, please ask the concubine to save me!" The maid said anxiously, and then looked behind her nervously, before lowering her voice, "The maidservant came here under the order of the manager, the girl must be quick, otherwise... otherwise The princess will be whipped to death by the prince!" "What?!" Qiaoshan yelled out in surprise, and the handkerchief in his hand fell to the ground. "Girl, go!" The maid gave one last word and left in a hurry. Qiaoshan followed her and ran out of the garden. When he ran to the door, he suddenly remembered the phrase "please rescue the princess quickly", and his chaotic mind suddenly became sober. What's the use of going by himself? So he hurried back to find the princess to save him. Princess An Yu was painting at that moment, and Ling Yu rubbed the ink for her. After hearing this, although her expression changed suddenly, she remained calm, and told Qiaoshan, who was already flustered at the moment, to stay in the garden, and she went with Ling Yu . Half an hour later, Princess An Yu came back with Qing Ling in her arms, and Ling Yu followed behind with red eyes. "Princess!" Qiao Shan rushed forward to meet her. Princess Anyu didn't stop when she saw her, she just hugged Qingling and continued walking. When she got to the inner room, she untied the robe that was draped over Qingling's body. Qiaoshan only took one look, and her heart ached.The princess she sent out neatly in the morning was covered in blood and was unconscious at the moment. The white clothes she put on for her by herself had already been soaked in blood and torn like rags. "Princess, what...what the hell is going on? How could the princess... how could this happen?" Qiaoshan couldn't help crying and asked. But Princess Anyu didn't answer her, she carefully placed Qingling on the bed, and then ordered: "Lingyu, go get a basin of water, Qiaoshan, go get the medicine." "Yes." The two agreed, and quickly fetched water and medicine. Carefully taking off the clothes on Qing Ling's body, immediately revealing the vertical and horizontal whip wounds on her back, the skin is torn apart, and the small jade snow-like body is even more shocking. Qiaoshan and Lingyu looked at her tears, but they didn't dare to say anything. They helped the princess clean up the wound for the princess, wiped off the blood, applied medicine, bandaged it, and put on a clean, thin gauze that was as light as nothing. .During this time, Qingling remained in a coma, but even though she was in a coma, she groaned from time to time, and her brows were tightly furrowed, which showed how painful it was.When everything was settled, Qiaoshan and Lingyu felt that this short half hour was more tiring than a lifetime. Just as he was breathing a sigh of relief, Ge Qi, the head of the palace, came with a doctor.The doctor thought he had already been informed of the cause, so he just took his pulse and prescribed a prescription, ordered some avoidance matters, and then withdrew.Ge Qi saluted Princess Anyu and left. During this period, Princess Anyu remained silent to the audience. After Ge Qi and the others left, she only ordered Qiaoshan and Lingyu to go to the palace pharmacy to get medicine, and the other to prepare some meals that would be beneficial for the recovery of trauma. Qiaoshan and Lingyu stepped back in response. In the room, Princess An Yu looked at her dying daughter on the bed, and the tears she had been holding back finally burst out.Gently wiped off the sweat from her daughter's forehead due to the pain, thinking of her lying on the ground quietly and being whipped by King Anyu, her heart was cut like a knife. "I'm sorry, Ling'er." Tears fell like broken threads, and a few drops fell on Qingling's injured back. "Hmm..." Qingling, who was in a coma, suddenly hummed softly, and slowly opened her eyelids. "Ling'er! Ling'er! Are you awake?" Princess Anyu called out in surprise. Qingling opened her eyes, seeming to glance at Princess An Yu, but then closed them again, murmuring indistinctly: "Mother...why did my father hit me...I...I didn't do anything bad. ...Why did my father scold me like that..." "Ling'er!" Princess Anyu couldn't help being sad when she heard the words. But Qingling didn't agree, she was obviously still in a coma, and it was just an unconscious raving. The whole day, Princess An Yu stayed by the bed for a moment, and she didn't take a bite of the lunch prepared by Qiao Shan and Ling Yu. At night, Qingling finally woke up from her lethargy, opened her eyes, and saw her mother's haggard face and red, swollen and sad eyes under the candlelight. "Mom." He called softly. "Ling'er, you're finally awake." Princess Anyu stroked her cheek happily. "Mother, my daughter made you worry." Qingling raised her small hand to hold the hand gently caressed by her mother on her cheek, "My daughter will not make mistakes to anger my father in the future, don't worry." "Ling'er!" Looking at her young but sensible daughter, Princess An Yu felt even more sad, and tears floated in her eyes again, "It's all mother's fault, I'm tired of you, I'm sorry...Ling'er...Ling'er ..." I couldn't help but carefully hugged my daughter into my arms, and called out loudly, but I didn't know whether I wanted to comfort my daughter or get comfort from the calling. "Mother, it's okay. My daughter is still in a little pain now, and it will be gone tomorrow." Qing Ling said obediently in her mother's arms. "Ling'er, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Princess An Yu just kept apologizing inexplicably. Qiaoshan and Lingyu heard the voice inside and knew that the princess had woken up, so they hurried in with the warm meal and soup that had already been prepared.After serving the mother and daughter to finish their lunch and dinner together, Ling Yu forced Princess An Yu to rest, leaving Qiao Shan to take care of Qing Ling. Qing Ling didn't feel sleepy because she slept a lot during the day and her back hurt, she looked at Qiao Shan anxiously and said: "Aunt Qiao, I can't sleep, please talk." "Okay." Don't talk about talking, even asking Qiaoshan to sing and dance immediately to please the sick princess is also willing. So I moved a stool and sat down in front of the bed, and talked about those old things in a rambling manner. In fact, I had already told Qingling about these things on weekdays, but Qiaoshan had nothing else to say. She is not like the princess who has a stomach full of articles. Fortunately, no matter how many times Qiaoshan said it, Qingling never showed boredom and listened quietly, but she never interrupted, even if Qiaoshan said it to the extreme. At the funny place, she only had a faint smile in her eyes. After talking like this for two hours, Qiaoshan finished almost all the things in her mind, and drank all the tea on the short table in front of the bed. "Princess, it's time to drink the medicine." At this moment, Ling Yu came in with the decoction. "It just so happens that you are here, I'm going to fetch water." Qiaoshan got up by the way. Because it was inconvenient for Qingling to get up, she fed her medicine in a mouthful of Lingyu, and said while feeding: "Qiaoshan, is she telling the princess about the interesting things in Fengfu again? I don't know what she said for so many years." How many times, the Princess is still not tired of hearing her words." "No." The medicine was very bitter, Qing Ling frowned and swallowed. "It's been so many years since I've been in the palace, and she's still talking about the past, so I think she's really homesick." Ling Yu sighed. "Where's Aunt Ling?" Qingling looked up at her and asked softly. "The slaves also miss home very much, and miss the master and wife very much." Ling Yu replied quietly, "Although the wealth of the Feng Mansion is not as high as that of Prince An Yu's Mansion, life is much happier. And the young lady at that time... princess, have you never seen her?" You know, if you see it, you will understand what it means to be stunning. It's just that after the young lady married into the palace, she completely changed herself. She stayed in this garden all day long, and the slaves felt heartbroken when they saw it. Since... since then , Miss is almost half dead. Oh, I really want to go home, but the master and wife are gone now, and we can't go back even if we want to." "Lingyu, what are you munching on!" Qiaoshan came in with a basin of hot water. Lingyu suddenly woke up, glanced at Qingling, saw her frowning, obviously worried about the bitterness of the soup, relieved herself, saw that the medicine was gone, and quickly poured her a glass of water to rinse her mouth, Feed her a dried plum to taste. Unable to take a bath due to the trauma, Qiaoshan knew that Qingling loves cleaning, so she fetched a basin of water to wipe her body, and reapplied the wound medicine Ge Qi sent.Ling Yu was helping, seeing the whip wound on his back, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and said in a hateful voice: "Why is the prince so ruthless in his heart! A girl, what if she gets a scar!" "The manager said that this medicine is the best gold-chuang medicine prepared by the imperial court, and it will not leave scars." Qiaoshan applied the medicine with a very gentle gesture, and asked with concern, "Is the princess in pain?" "It's not as painful as it was during the day." Qingling sucked in lightly. Seeing her biting her lips white, Ling Yu felt a little bit more distressed, but there was nothing she could do. She could only urge Qiaoshan to move faster, and at the same time complained that she was hurting the princess by using too much force. Qiaoshan was already feeling uncomfortable. After being told by Ling Yu, it was necessary to accompany her for a few words, so the two of them quarreled while they were busy, which made Qingling slightly distracted and relieved a little pain. It was Haishi when the medicine was finished. Qingling raised her face to let Qiaoshan wipe off the sweat that appeared on her forehead again, and after she finished wiping, she said: "Aunt Qiao, Aunt Ling, I'm fine, you go to sleep." "Well, it's getting late." Qiaoshan listened to the sound of the watch in the silent night, and said, "Lingyu, you go back and rest, I'll sleep with the princess, so I can take care of you." "Well." Ling Yu took the copper basin and medicine bowl, and comforted him, "The princess should sleep well, and the pain will be gone tomorrow." "Yeah." Qingling nodded, "Aunt Ling, before you go to bed, go and see if your mother is asleep. If she hasn't, you can tell her that the pain is gone and let her sleep peacefully." "Okay." Ling Yu felt very relieved when he heard the words, "Our princess is really filial." It's just... thinking of the candlelight in the princess' bedroom, she sighed secretly.How can the princess sleep tonight? "Princess, go to sleep." After Lingyu left, Qiaoshan helped Qingling change her posture, and put a long pillow on her chest for her to lean on, so that she could sleep more comfortably. "Yeah." Qingling closed her eyes obediently. Qiaoshan put down the gauze curtain, blew out the candles, and fell asleep on the couch outside. It's just that this night, I was very restless when I woke up. When I got up in the middle of the night, I saw the moonlight outside the window like a silver light pouring down on the ground, reflecting the room was also a silvery white. I went to the bed and opened the gauze curtain, and saw Qingling lying on her side with her eyes closed, sleeping Dean Ran, relieved at the moment, put down the gauze curtain and was about to walk away, but heard whispers behind him. "Aunt Qiao, I saw it." Qiaoshan was startled, turned around, and saw Qingling opened her eyes through the gauze curtain. "Auntie Qiao, I saw it." Qingling's voice was as soft as a whisper, her eyes turned to the window, "I saw the outside." The silver light outside the window seemed to shoot into those eyes, so bright Dreamlike. Qiaoshan's heart skipped a beat.What the Princess said outside, does it mean... outside the mansion?Could it be that she ran out of the palace during the day?It was because she left the mansion without authorization that the prince... "Auntie Qiao, don't tell mother." Qingling spoke again, her eyes shifted from the window to her body, those eyes were extremely beautiful, but they were not like the childish and ignorant eyes of a six-year-old child. "I'm just very happy, so I want to tell you. Don't tell your mother, or she will worry." Qiaoshan felt sore in her heart, then nodded, "Yeah." She opened the gauze again and sat down beside the bed, asking, "What did the princess see from outside?" "I've seen a lot." A smile floated on Qingling's face, "Outside there is..." Her tone paused slightly, as if she was recalling, but after a while, she just said softly, "It's very bright outside...very bright." "The princess likes to go outside? Then the slave girl will ask the concubine and the prince to tell the princess to go outside the mansion more often?" Qiaoshan said immediately. Qingling smiled when she heard the words, then shook her head lightly, "I won't go anymore." "Huh?" Qiao Shan was puzzled. However, Qingling stretched out her hand to hook Qiaoshan's hand, and said: "Aunt Qiao, don't tell others what I said to you today, let's make a promise." This is what Lingyu once told her, as long as you hold hands What was agreed must be done. Seeing her appearance, Qiaoshan couldn't help but smile, and said: "Okay, Aunt Qiao promises you." "En." Qingling felt relieved after hearing this, and closed her eyes again, "Aunt Qiao, I'm sleeping now, so you should too." "Okay." Qiaoshan watched her sleep for a while before putting down the gauze lightly, and went back to the outside room to lie down. Qing Ling in the gauze tent quietly opened her eyes again, and slightly raised her head to look out the window. Although the silver moonlight was dazzling, it was still not as dazzling as the bright sun she saw outside during the day. Closing his eyes again, his father's cold and disgusted gaze when he was whipped, and the never-to-be-forgotten scolding came to mind again. Although the "outside" made her remember deeply, the look in the eyes of her father and mother made her unforgettable even more. There are still many things in this world that the six-year-old Qingling has not understood. For example, why did mother live alone in Jixue Garden with her? For example, brothers and sisters can meet their father every day, but why does she only see her once a month? For example, why did the mother never meet the father and king? For example, why did her mother never take her out of the house? For example, why did her father never allow her to leave the mansion? ... But there are some six-year-old she can already understand. For example, the indifference and hatred in the eyes of her father when he looked at her for a long time. For example, the resentment and hatred in each other's eyes when father and mother looked at each other today. Father doesn't like me. Father and mother hate each other. My mother will be very sad when my father beats me. I don't know why, but...as long as An Fen stays in Jixue Garden and Prince Anyu's mansion as usual, he won't offend his father, won't be beaten or scolded, and mother won't be sad... ...then all is well. Before falling asleep, six-year-old Qingling was thinking about it. Days passed, the green lotus withered, and the osmanthus was fragrant again. Xu is that the medicine Ge Qi sent was really effective. Qingling's wounds were all healed with scars in only half a month. After another half month, some of the scars began to fall off. No trace was left, which made Qiaoshan and Lingyu very pleased. After he recovered from his injury, he still went out of the garden to greet him as usual, but King Anyu was as indifferent as before. One day, Princess Anyu brought Qingling to the study room, pointed to the books in the room and said to her: "Ling'er, mother has already taught you how to read and write. From today onwards, you come here to read and study more often. Here The more than a thousand books you have written are the dowry that your grandfather gave to your mother back then, and these books are the result of the wisdom of the predecessors, you can increase your knowledge, broaden your horizons, and understand how to behave in the world by reading them." "En." Qingling just nodded obediently to her mother's instructions. Princess Anyu squatted down to look at her at the same level, stroked her head, and said: "Ling'er, mother has made mistakes in this life, and I don't know how to make you better, so mother only hopes that you can learn from the wisdom of the predecessors." Take the way in the middle, don't be like Ruo Niang." Qingling nodded again when she heard the words, and promised her mother in her childish voice: "Mother, don't worry, my daughter will study hard, and if she doesn't understand, she can ask mother for advice." Princess Anyu felt sad and happy when she heard the words.Up to now, her only comfort and joy is to have such a smart and well-behaved daughter, but it is this daughter who she feels most guilty about, and it is her smart and sensible person who is pitiful. "Ling'er, don't underestimate these books. The wisdom in them can rival thousands of troops. Mother only hopes that you can learn the ability to protect yourself from them, and also know the path you will take in the future." Qingling looked at her mother, and after a while, she stretched out her hand to grab her mother's hand, and met her mother's deeply worried eyes with those dark eyes that were so bright that they were not childish, and said: "Mother, my daughter knows, My daughter will do it too." "Okay." Princess Anyu held back the sadness in her heart for a while, got up and opened a cabinet door, took out a guqin from it, placed it on the piano table, sat on the piano stool with Qingling, and said: "Ling'er, this is Known as the best piano in the world, the Guqin 'Qinglingyue' is a relic from the previous dynasty. It has been treasured in the palace for a long time, but His Majesty gave you this piano when you were born. You can't live up to his kindness, and don't Disgrace the name of the first piano." Qingling looked at the simple, dark and unadorned guqin in front of her, and couldn't help stretching out her fingertips to pull it out gently. Suddenly, a wisp of clear sound rose, and then faded away, leaving the lingering sound endless. "Mother, this violin is better than the previous ones." As soon as she pulled it out, Qingling fell in love with the violin, and she couldn't help saying to her mother happily. "Of course." Princess An Yu smiled lightly. "Then can I play it all the time?" Qingling looked up at her mother slightly. Princess Anyu smiled again, and said: "Someone else's family may want to present the imperial gift as a god, but we don't need it. Of course he gave it to Ling'er in the hope that Ling'er can use it." "Yeah." Qingling nodded with a smile, her fingers reluctant to leave the qin, "Mother, this qin is called 'Qinglingyue', does the daughter's name come from the qin?" Princess An Yu bent down and stretched out her hands to caress her daughter's delicate and pink face, her eyes blurred for a moment, and after a while, she sighed softly, "Half." "Huh?" Qing Ling was slightly puzzled. "Part of it is due to the qin, and the other half..." Princess An Yu turned and walked to the window, her eyes cast into the distance, and after a long while she heard her voice faintly, "Your name is specially given by him, it is his. Mind, Ling'er will understand in the future." "En." Qingling stopped asking after seeing her mother's appearance, but carefully observed the guqin under her hand. The study was suddenly quiet, and after a while, Princess An Yu came back to her senses, looked at her daughter who was fondling the qin, and said: "Let's forget about it today, and you can come to the study to study tomorrow, and you can take this qin back to your room. Keep it for yourself." "Yeah." Qing Ling carried the Qin to the ground and walked to the door. Ling Yu took the Qin from her arms and sent her back to her room. Outside the study, Qiaoshan watched Qingling's small figure disappear into the shadows of the trees, turned her head to look at Princess An Yu by the window, opened her lips several times, but failed to speak, but Princess Anyu noticed it, a little strange He asked, "Is there anything you can't say today?" "Miss, Qiaoshan is afraid of saying the wrong thing." Qiaoshan walked into the study and said. "I always regard you and Lingyu as sisters. It doesn't matter if the whole family says something wrong." Princess Anyu turned back from the window and looked at her softly. Qiaoshan raised her eyes and saw that she had been serving the young lady for more than ten years. Although it was nearly thirty years, the wheel of time had not left traces on her body, but such a peerless youth had to be so lonely. ? "Miss, since you have already entered the palace, for the sake of the little princess, why don't you and the lord..." The words suddenly stopped at this point, only because of Princess An Yu's eyes that suddenly turned cold. The air in the study seemed to be condensed by the cold. Qiaoshan was worried, but she didn't regret what she said just now, it was what she wanted to say a long time ago, both for the sake of the princess and the young lady.Just as she didn't understand how the lady married King An Yu in the blink of an eye, she also didn't understand what happened in the past that turned her bright and beautiful lady into today's indifferent princess overnight. After a long time, Princess An Yu said: "Are you asking me to curry favor with him? Qiaoshan, don't say such things again. I and him, we can't think about it in this life!" The last words were absolutely cold, like ice falling into a cold pool. Qiaoshan was silent when he heard the words, but his heart was cold and astringent. "Qiaoshan, Ling'er grew up in this garden, although she is a bit lonely, but on the other hand, it is not a kind of luck." After a long time, Princess Anyu suddenly sighed. Qiaoshan doesn't know what kind of luck it is, but she only hopes that her little princess can really do what the princess said. Since Princess Anyu confessed, Qingling really went to study in the study every day, almost staying in the study for most of the time.Sitting in front of a desk that was several times her size, reading and writing earnestly, she never found it boring, but Qiaoshan and Lingyu were very happy to see such a small body of the princess buried in the pile of books every day. My heart aches, I advise the concubine not to work as hard as the princess, it is too tiring to read so many books day and night. Princess Anyu looked at the little figure quietly reading in the study, and sighed softly: "Although I let her study, I didn't ask her to work so hard every day. This child doesn't look like a child." Yes, our little princess was never like a child.Qiaoshan and Lingyu sighed in their hearts.In desperation, I had to make some snacks or make a good soup for my beloved little princess every day, or forcefully push away those books to let her rest, or pick some flowers and weave some gadgets to amuse her. Play. If it is necessary to say that Qing Ling still has some childish nature, then it is picky eaters, her mouth is extremely tricky. Although King Anyu never came to Jixueyuan, and Princess Anyu never stepped out of Jixueyuan, there was never a shortage of anything in Jixueyuan, and even the cost of food and clothing sent to Jixueyuan was always the most expensive. Okay, and every festival, the Snow Collection Garden has never been missed in the rewards from the palace. Therefore, the Snow Collection Garden is never short of exquisite and rare food. However, no matter how labor-intensive something is, if it is not tasty, Qingling will not eat it. No matter how rare and precious it is, no matter how well it is made, as long as it is something she doesn't like, she will not move at all. Princess Anyu once sighed with a smile: "Should this child say that she has a very high material desire, or that she has a very low material desire?" Ling Yu's answer made some sense: "No matter how tall or young, one thing is certain, our little princess is not easy to raise." This child who is not easy to raise, looks at it from another perspective, but it is extremely easy to raise. Because of peace of mind. When I was a baby, as long as I wasn’t hungry, I wouldn’t make any noise, and when I got older, I could walk and talk, and I didn’t need to worry about her disappearing in the blink of an eye like those lively children, or that she fell into the mud today and tore a piece tomorrow. clothes, she will always sit somewhere clean and refreshed.It was Qiaoshan and Lingyu who tried their best to tease her, she looked at you with a pair of dark eyes, and finally smiled slightly.Such a quiet and well-behaved appearance makes Qiaoshan and Lingyu feel that they are the children. Now, since she recovered from her injury, she seems to be quieter.In the past, she would ask her mother, Qiaoshan and Lingyu about something she didn't know, and occasionally asked them to tell her something interesting.Now she doesn't ask any more questions, and she reads the book quietly to find answers, and there seem to be more strange and interesting things in the book that attract her. Qiaoshan would sometimes ask her what she read from the book. The little Qingling replied with her childish and dependent voice: look at the world. Yes, look at the world. There is a whole world in the book. There are mountains and rivers, flowers and trees, thatched tall buildings, emperors and generals, high-ranking officials and poor people, slaves and beggars, power to fight, leisure and leisure, a prosperous age of singing and dancing, and a chaotic age of blood flowing into rivers... All these things that she couldn't see in Jixue Garden, she saw them all in the book. Books gave her a vast world. The days in Jixueyuan are spent in such a quiet way. Seeing the fall of autumn leaves, the frost and snow, the red plum blossoms again in the blink of an eye, and turning around again, it is already spring water like green, pink peach and white plum like clouds. Half a year has passed, and it was the most beautiful spring in March, but Princess Anyu caught the wind and cold, and her condition was so serious that she couldn't get out of bed. Qingling was very worried. The next day, Princess An Yu's condition was very good. Seeing the beautiful spring outside the house, she thought that the peony should be blooming, so she wanted to go and have a look, and asked Qing Ling to bring the qin with her. In the peony garden, there are already many early flowers blooming, and others with buds, purple, white and red.Yellow ones, pink ones, one tree after another, in the spring day and the wind, they are beautiful and fragrant, which makes people feel refreshed when they see them. "Such a good weather, such a beautiful flower, it would be a pity if I missed it." Sitting next to the promenade, Princess An Yu sighed slightly at the bright spring scenery in front of her, looked back at her daughter beside her, and said: "Ling'er, there is a garden full of national beauty and heavenly fragrance here, and it is suitable to play a song "Favorite Youth"." Qingling played the piano as she said, and played a piece of "Fang Hua". In spring, the sun is warm and warm, the slight breeze is intoxicating, the sound of the piano is like water, and the fragrance is lingering and refreshing. The promenade is like a belt, meandering among the swaying peonies, there are people on the corridor, purple and white, the color is as beautiful as the moon, the nature is difficult to describe, and the magic pen is difficult to draw. Qiaoshan and Lingyu came to taste the tea and fruit, and saw such a scene, they couldn't help but stop and enjoy it quietly. During the Chinese New Year, Qingling was already seven years old. Over half a year had allowed her to grow a lot taller, her round face was also elongated, and her facial features were extremely exquisite. It was foreseeable that she would have an extraordinary appearance when she grew up. "The appearance of the Princess is just like that of a princess." Qiaoshan sighed while looking at the two people on the corridor. Ling Yu heard the words and said: "Fortunately, the face shape is different, otherwise the princess will not be exactly the same as the princess when she grows up, it will be indistinguishable." Qiaoshan nodded, looked at the two beautiful faces surrounded by peonies, and said: "The princess has an oval face, and the princess has an oval face, which makes me look like a prince." Ling Yu turned his head to think about it when he heard the words, and then smiled lightly as if he remembered something. Qiaoshan looked back at her with doubts. Ling Yu covered her mouth, and said: "I just remembered the appearance of the prince, His Majesty, and King Yicheng in the past. At that time, the lady was not married, and we were all still in the Fengfu. The three of them, as princes, often came to the mansion. Everyone in the whole house went to see them, and after seeing them, they sighed and said, "Why do these three people look so alike? Not only are they about the same height, but they even have the same description, and they are all young and handsome men. This will let our lady choose who it is good'." Qiaoshan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "The three of them are brothers from the same mother, so of course they are alike." The two were chatting and laughing, but the sound of the piano stopped, but they heard Princess An Yu's cough, so they couldn't help walking over quickly. "The concubine is still ill, and there is no wind, so let's go back to the room and rest." Qiaoshan poured a cup of hot tea to moisten her throat. "That's right, I'll come to see Peony when I'm fully recovered. Anyway, I won't run away from my home." Ling Yu also said. Princess Anyu drank tea, stopped her cough, and felt more comfortable. Seeing that the three of them looked concerned, she said, "Forget it, anyway, I saw the spring scenery today." As she spoke, she got up, and said, "Ling'er, you don't have to accompany me." I, if I want to enjoy flowers, I can enjoy flowers, if I want to play the piano, I can play the piano, and I don’t want to read every day, so as not to be regarded as a nerd.” "Yeah." Qingling nodded, got up to see her mother off, "If my mother is well tomorrow, my daughter will accompany you to enjoy the flowers." "En." Princess An Yu nodded.Qiaoshan helped her to go back. "Aunt Ling, you can go too." Qingling said again. Knowing that she always likes to be alone, so Lingyu didn't insist, put down the fruit plate in her hand, and said: "Well, remember to come back early for lunch." "Yeah." Qingling nodded. Lingyu followed suit. For a while, there was only Qingling alone in the garden, facing the spring scenery all over the garden alone, accompanied by a few colorful butterflies.After playing a few more casually, he also took a break, took the silk and wiped the guqin.The body of the qin is made of sycamore wood, and it is not painted with color. However, it is old and the wood color is dark and smooth. Although it is not decorated, it is not extraordinary at first sight.On the left side of the middle of the body of the piano, there are two rows of small characters in regular script: High Mountains and Flowing Waters Forever Thinking.Guanzi can be seen in the strength of character of a person, and the person who engraved this word must be a person with a noble character.Looking at it, Qingling couldn't help stretching out her fingers to caress. When her fingertips touched the words, her heart skipped a beat. Alpine and flowing water. She knew this allusion. 母亲曾经说过那个琴师和他的朋友的故事，母亲说“知己相交当如是”。是以，自那两人之后，后世皆以“高山流水”来形容知己情谊。只是这古琴上却为何刻下这几字呢？是不是当年这琴的主人也曾有过一位“高山流水”的朋友？那这琴的主人是谁？他的朋友又是谁呢？若并非如此，那当年又是谁刻上去的？又为什么只刻了这几字？这几字又有何特别的意义吗？ 一时间心思竟全沉到了这八字之中，指尖反复的摩挲。 高、山、流、水、永、以、为、记…… 一个字一个字的抚过去，来来回回的慢慢抚摸着，摸着摸着，忽觉得指下的触感略有些不同，于是再摸一遍，这回知道了，是“高山流水”四字略高于下排的“永以为记”。 高、山、流、水。 抚着这四字，倾泠不自禁的微微一笑。琴曲中是有一曲的，母亲曾经教过她，这么想着时，指尖便忍不住在这四字上一字一字的按着的调轻轻敲了起来，一边敲一边想着，这才是真正的“高山流水”在奏。 只是当她一曲敲完时，奇事却发生了！ “永以为记”四字忽地弹跳起来，于是琴身上便露出了一个长约两寸的小口。 倾泠当场呆住，实想不到这样奏一曲竟会奏出这样的结果，待得回神，从小口看去才发现竟有物藏于琴腹之中，当下取出，触手柔软，竟是折叠齐整的白绢，只是色已变黄，想来年代久远。 惊奇之下，她翻开白绢，却是一大一小两块白绢折于一起，绢上皆有墨迹，虽年久失色，但依可清晰辩认。于是她先看了那块小的白绢，只见其上记有:予今日抚琴，信手弹来竟为《倾泠月》，此曲自与无缘别后再不闻，予亦不曾弹起，多年过去，予竟记忆清晰，不觉默然。昔年天支山巅，予与无缘知己相约琴歌相合，然自别后，予周游天下，寻幽访胜遍阅世间奇士，却不曾再与无缘一会，亦不曾闻其踪迹。山河壮丽，天地无垠，竟不能留君兮？ 此曲乃当日无缘随心所弹，此琴亦是其当日所用，予今日再抚，心头怅然，神思茫茫。 “倾尽泠水兮接天月，镜花如幻兮空意遥。” 忆无缘当日曾念念此语，感君之意，念君之心，予今日便以此曲为凭，写心法一篇，既和此曲亦酬知己，以记天支一夜。 风夕于延治十二年七月七日 这些字写于白绢右侧，但其后又记有数行，字小且紧凑，想来是后来添上去的。 皇朝十九州以玉州最为秀逸，予与息常游于此，近日再游，邂品琴大会，天下名琴皆聚于此。忽记当日别时，无缘曾曰“《倾泠月》中记我一生所学”，细察，果于琴身中觅得白绢三幅，分“君策”、“兵言”、“武学”三篇，阅毕，予叹服。然息定不屑一观，更不愿子孙后代习玉家之文武。可此三篇乃无缘一生心血所结，岂能就此绝世。予思量再三，'君策'、'兵言'若现民间反生祸端，是以予留之。《倾泠月》琴谱、心法及玉家武学予复藏琴中，以琴遗会，愿有缘者得之，他日武林可再现玉家风采。 再，得者须记，汝之师，乃“天人玉家”玉无缘，汝得其绝学，当芝兰品性君子行事，切不可有辱玉家之名。 风夕于延治十五年七月七日 白绢的左侧又另记有数行字，还有一些似字似图的符号，但倾泠一看便知这些是琴谱，估计这谱就是绢上所言的《倾泠月》，而另外那几行字想来就是契合此曲的心法。倾泠便先放下了又取过另一块大的翻看，这一块上虽也记有许多的字，却未有任何言语，只是记着“玉珥心法”、“无间之剑”、“御风指”、“撷云掌”等字，上还画有一些小人图。那些小人或躺、或卧、或蹲、或坐、或跳、或跃、或是执剑、或是屈指、或是抬掌、或是握拳……等等各式模样动作，图旁还记有文字，倾泠一时也看不懂便先收起重又研究起小的白绢来。 从绢上的文字猜测，风夕应是一名女子，曾经是此琴的主人，而这琴起先应该是她的朋友玉无缘所有，玉将琴赠与了风，风在延治十二年时想念起她的朋友便记下了玉曾经弹过的琴曲以及她所创的心法，并在延治十五年时与她的夫君息同游玉州时将此琴遗在了那一年的品琴大会上，想来此琴当日定是一鸣惊人夺得天下第一琴之称，尔后可能是辗转民间，再于百多年前由皇家收于皇宫内，最后陛下在她出生时赐给了她。 此琴名“倾泠月”，可琴曲中若有《倾泠月》此曲那定当是与琴一般名扬于世，但母亲说起历代名曲时并未有提到，想来此曲定是自玉、风之后即绝音于世，由此看来，这琴许就是这位玉无缘所制，琴名则可能是他又或是风夕所命，然后从延治十五年的玉州品琴大会后流传于世。 延治十五年，到今日已过去了两百二十年了。“倾泠月”是第一琴，那这《倾泠月》的琴曲是否也是妙绝天下呢？ 当下，倾泠的注意力便全集中于琴谱之上，细细研究起来，直到巧善到园门前唤她用午膳才醒起，忙小心原样的收回去。抱起琴走到园门前，巧善帮她接过。回去的路上，倾泠一直想着琴身里的白绢，想着要不要告诉母亲，再一想，母亲的生辰快到了，不如等她学会了此曲到时弹给母亲听让她惊喜一下。