Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Green Riverside Grass

So I chose a sunny day, and Huanbi hugged "Sauvignon Blanc" and followed me to the back mountain.But I saw a white horse parked outside the door, with a red tassel ball hanging around its neck, gnawing young grass leisurely.I glanced at it, and suddenly a thin cloud of joy rose in my heart, it was "Yufeng".It saw me and neighed happily. I caressed its ears, and Huanbi couldn't wait to open the door and go in.There was joyful chatter inside the door, which was temporarily stopped by Huanbi's push of the door.I picked up my clothes and entered, and I could already hear Huanbi's crisp "Prince".

As far as I could see, he was wearing a moon-white gauze shirt, standing beside Concubine Shu Gui with his hands behind his back, and he looked at me with astonishment and even more surprise when he heard the sound.He said: "Mother concubine just told me about you..." I understood, I nodded to him, and then bowed my knees to Concubine Shu Gui as a salute.The concubine came to help me with a smile, and said: "It's true that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here, so we can't tell people behind their backs." Pointing to Xuanqing, she said: "I just came back from Sichuan and Shu, and I haven't even had time for the palace. Go back, it's a coincidence for you to come."

I smiled and said: "Seeing that the weather is quite good today, let's bring 'Sauvignon Blanc' to the concubine. I have to trouble the concubine to make up for the trouble I caused." The concubine said lovingly: "Silly boy, it makes people feel distressed to keep talking stupid things." I pointed to Huanbi and said, "This is my personal maid, and I specially brought it here today to greet the concubine." Huanbi bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings to the concubine and the prince." Xuan Qing smiled and said: "It's rare for Huanbi to give me such a big gift. Today is the glory of my mother and concubine."

Concubine Shu Gui beckoned Huanbi to come closer, took her hand and looked at her carefully and said: "The eyebrows and eyes are very neat, with thin skin and white flesh." The concubine smiled at me and said, "Especially these eyes, they are so beautiful. It looks like you." I didn't want the concubine's eyes to be so sharp, so she quickly smiled and said, "Yes." Xuan Qing also laughed at the side: "I didn't look carefully before and didn't think much of it, but now I hear about the mother and concubine, and there is indeed a bit of similarity."

Huanbi bowed her head shyly, handed the piano to Cumulus, and sat down to drink tea together.Xuan Qing looked at me warmly and said: "This is the newly picked 'Xue Ding Han Cui', just rushed up, you have always liked it." The tea cup is made of snow-white new porcelain, which makes the tea in the cup full of green.He knows my likes and dislikes.It's just that when I suddenly saw this tea that I used to drink when I was in the palace, I couldn't say it was sad or happy, I just felt embarrassing.The teacup is new, and the tea leaves are also new, but I, the tea taster, are still the same as before.

Xuan Qing just came back from afar, and Concubine Shu Gui loves her son dearly, so she inevitably took his hand to ask about his health and concerns. Concubine Shu Gui and Qing had a few conversations in Baiyi language, but I didn't quite understand them, so I couldn't help but slightly frowned and listened carefully. Seeing me frown, Huanbi whispered in my ear: "Princess Shu Gui is talking to the prince in the dialect of the barbarians, telling the prince to be careful in the palace, and to be careful of his own body at ordinary times, as long as he keeps himself safe on weekdays."

Huanbi spoke in a low voice, but Concubine Shugui was close enough to hear her.Can't help looking at Huanbi, with two beautiful eyebrows curled up like round beads, and asked: "Do you know the Baiyi language?" Huanbi hesitated a little, and said: "Understood." She settled down, "Because the slave girl's mother is a barbarian girl." I was shocked, no wonder Huanbi had to follow her today, it turned out that her biological mother was also a barbarian woman. Concubine Shu Gui said "Oh", with a look of joy in her eyes, she said: "Is that so?" She asked a few words in Baiyi language.

Without hesitation, Huanbi answered very fluently in Baiyi language, and greeted Concubine Shu Gui with the etiquette of Baiyi people who have met their elders. Concubine Shu Gui really laughed and said, and waved with a smile: "Come here, let me take a good look at you." Huanbi approached according to his words, bowed his knees and blessed him again with the etiquette of the Central Plains, and said: "Mr. Concubine Shu Gui, Wanan." Concubine Shu Gui lifted her chin with her hand, looked at her carefully for a long time, and asked softly, "Are you a slave in Lady Zhen's house?"

Huanbi bowed her head unconsciously, her voice was almost inaudible, "Yes. It is the former servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zhenfu." The concubine pondered for a while, then suddenly her eyes lit up, and she asked: "Is his name Zhen Yuandao?" Huanbi nodded lightly, "Exactly." When I asked about my father, I couldn't keep my mouth shut, so I told him: "Zhen Yuandao is my father, and Huanbi has been at my side since I was a child. I'm called a slave, but I love her like a sister." Xuan Qing's gentle smile is like the white floating clouds in the sky, "Huanbi grew up in the Zhen Mansion since childhood, when the lady was in the palace, Huanbi was also by her side, and now we share joys and sorrows."

Concubine Shu Gui remained silent, staring at Huanbi for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Who is He Mianmian to you?" Huanbi's body shook suddenly, and a thin layer of mist suddenly floated on a pair of bright autumn eyes. Tears rolled in his eyes, and his voice trembled slightly: "It's my mother." I was also taken aback, this was the first time I heard the name of Huanbi's biological mother.All along, I only knew that Huanbi was my younger sister, and no one told me about her mother, so I was at a loss. But, Mian Mian, with such a lingering name and a background in poverty, how can there be such a charming and charming woman?

Concubine Shu Gui sighed, showing a look of relief, and said: "Sure enough, the mother and daughter look so alike, as if they were carved out of the same mold." She said with concern: "Is your mother okay?" Huanbi couldn't answer for a while, her throat was choked up, tears were already rolling down, she could hardly answer, so she had to turn around and wipe away her tears.I answered for her: "When Huanbi was born, her mother passed away. So my father brought her back and raised her in the mansion since she was a child." Concubine Shu Gui sighed melancholy, and said for a moment: "Yes. After Mianmian and I were both criminal ministers, she was confiscated into slavery forever and was not allowed to turn over. Naturally, she couldn't marry into an official's family as a wife and concubine. No wonder she wanted to be called a concubine. You are Miss." As she spoke, she couldn't help crying, she lowered her head and sobbed, "It's a pity for Mianmian." Then she beckoned Huanbi to come forward, stroked her forehead, and said, "My good boy, I have really wronged you. " I was also sad in my heart, I looked up and saw Xuan Qing's eyes fixed on my face, I hurriedly turned my head away not to look at him, and only said to Concubine Shu Gui: "Huanbi's mother, is she familiar with the concubine?" Concubine Shugui patted Huanbi on the shoulder comfortingly, and said to me: "I came out from the barbarians in the past, and I was with Cumulus Yun. At that time, the army was in chaos and people were in panic. Zhou's Mianmian." The concubine was very emotional, "At that time she was not called Mianmian, but Bizhu'er. Mianmian is the name she later changed herself." Speaking of this, the concubine just looked at me silently, silently. There are only clear and clear eyes with deep and far-sighted eyes. My heart suddenly lit up, as if lightning flashed across my heart, Qingming suddenly shone, and I blurted out: "Green grass by the river, Mian Mian thinks of a long way! Because her father's name is Zhen Yuandao, so she changed her name to Mian Mian, right?" Concubine Shu Gui nodded heavily, and sighed: "That's right. Mianmian loves your father wholeheartedly, that's why she changed this name, with a deep meaning and unswerving determination. Although she is in a crime, her affection is probably also greatly appreciated by your father." moveable." I looked at Huanbi, her face was crying like pear blossoms with rain, she was so weak.Concubine Shugui said that Huanbi looks a lot like her mother, except that her eyes and pupils are similar to mine, everything about her is born out of her biological mother, she has soft cheeks, small jaw, and gentle temperament .Then that Mianmian is naturally as graceful and beautiful as Huanbi.What's more, the Baiyi women are good at singing and dancing, and they have the unrestrained persistence that the Han women in the Central Plains do not have. It can be seen from the fact that she changed her father's name. Huanbi lay on Concubine Shu Gui's lap, sobbing, "Daddy said, Mother still called Daddy's name when she died, and she took her last breath." The palpitations in my heart are like clouds rolling in the sky. In fact, father and mother are just ordinary couples of officials and officials, so it cannot be said how loving they are.However, having children and being by our side for many years, there are some feelings after all, at least in the eyes of our children, we always respect each other as guests.Moreover, Dad also has a concubine in the house, who was bought from Jiangnan more than ten years ago.At that time, Mother always said that Daddy was an official after all, and there was no concubine in the house, so it would be a shame, and she was afraid that people would say that she would be jealous, so she decided to buy it for Daddy.It's just that this aunt is just a decoration, I don't see my father getting close to her a few times in a year, but this aunt usually spends a lot of time serving her, and in her free time she only teaches us sisters how to play the xun or the flute.My aunt has no pets and no children, so I can't shake my mother's status in the slightest.So my mother accidentally said something, always saying that she was lucky, marrying an official family like my father who is not good at women and doesn't marry three wives and four concubines, but she will spend her life peacefully and peacefully. However, Niang is such an ignorant and unconscious person.She didn't know that after her peaceful life, there was such an affectionate relationship hidden between her husband and other women. The green grass beside the river makes you think about the long way! The cypress trees planted around have a thick and long-lasting spicy smell, which makes people dizzy.I was thinking about it, and suddenly a strange idea came to me.If... If, Mian Mian hadn't died so early, or she would one day become her father's concubine, or one day she would suddenly surpass her mother because of her father's favor, or she would be righted again.Then, am I still the noble daughter of the Zhen family?Perhaps today, I will change with Huanbi.Thinking of this, I glanced at Huanbi unconsciously, and forced myself to swallow a mouthful of saliva to calm down, but cold sweat was breaking down my back. Concubine Shu Gui's voice came softly beside her ear, "Daddy? Your name is Zhen Yuandao's daddy?" She thought for a while, and said clearly: "Yes. How could Mianmian's child not belong to Zhen Yuandao? Because your mother is After the guilty minister, you naturally cannot be recognized as his daughter. So you call your elder sister Miss, and she treats you like a younger sister, right?" Huanbi nodded and wiped away her tears, "Miss, she really treated me very well." Concubine Shu Gui nodded repeatedly, and said: "Mianmian's nickname was Bizhu'er in the past, and your father named you Huanbi because of this reason." Xuanqing was quite surprised. He looked at me, then at Huanbi, and finally his eyes stayed on our eyes, and said: "No wonder your eyes are so similar. It turns out that you are half-sisters. The first time I When I saw Huanbi and heard that she was your close maid, I just thought that you grew up together and got along day and night, that's why your eyes look so similar." Huanbi looked up at him, smiled bitterly, and said: "Although Miss and I share the same father, my mother is not even considered a concubine. I am just... an illegitimate daughter." I never knew that there were so many entanglements between Huanbi's mother and father, and my father never told me about it.Only I know Huanbi is my sister.Even my mother never knew about this matter, she only thought that Huanbi, like Liuzhu, was a girl brought back from outside. I feel pity for Huanbi even more, if not for Mianmian's background.Presumably in the past at home, Huanbi was also the delicate and reserved second lady of the Zhen family.She was originally a year younger than me. Xuan Qing pulled her up, and comforted her with kind words: "There is no such thing as illegitimate birth or not, in the hearts of the few of us, we never think so." Huanbi wrung her hands, lowered her head and bit her lips desperately, and said in a low voice, "Now... you all know..." She suddenly raised her head, her clear and beautiful eyes were full of tears, and suddenly burst into tears, and said in a low voice : "My lord, don't look down on me." Xuanqing was slightly taken aback, glanced at me, and then softly said to Huanbi: "Of course not, your mother and my mother and concubine are old friends, and they are both clansmen. We all have the blood of the barbarians. How could I look down on you." The light in Huanbi's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he didn't believe it, he asked, "Is it true?" Xuan Qing said with a smile: "Of course I take it seriously. How many times have I lied to you?" Huanbi nodded vigorously, Ligou slowly filled with a smile like a spring breeze, and lowered her head.I was startled suddenly, and I only felt that her complexion at this moment was as delicate and beautiful as lilac dew and jewels.I have never discovered that Huanbi can be so beautiful.But seeing Xuan Qing comforting her softly, he seemed to be watching from afar, as if separated by several layers of veils, so unattainable.A sense of insipid loneliness and loneliness grew in my heart. I tried my best not to turn my head to look at them, but said to Concubine Shu Gui: "Dad, should I meet Mianmian first... Is it Aunt He, or my mother first?" Concubine Shu Gui said sadly: "Fate is something that comes first and then arrives. Mianmian and Zhen Yuandao only met after Zhen Yuandao got married. Presumably Mrs. Zhen also knows that your father and your mother never met before they got married. It’s even more impossible to talk about acquaintances. They entered into a marriage contract, but it was the Han officials who followed the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmakers.” With a slight fever on my face, I whispered: "Yes." "Then your Han family is different from our Baiyi monogamy, you can marry a concubine." I nodded again, and the concubine said: "Although we met later, why doesn't your father want to marry Mianmian as a concubine to stay together forever?" Well. It's just that Mianmian's life is miserable, and the family suddenly offended, so he lost the opportunity to be with your father." "Don't the concubine feel that my mother is also very pitiful?" I smiled perplexedly, and met the gaze of the concubine Shu Gui and said: "My mother, she has been the wife of my father all his life, but she never knew that my father liked it in his heart." It has always been another woman. Although my father has no way to give Aunt He a title, but because of the debt, because of longing, and because of Huanbi, my father must always miss my aunt in my heart. Compared with my mother, I don’t know who it is It's even more pitiful." Xuan Qing turned her head and stared at me with shining eyes, I just lowered my head and didn't notice it.Concubine Shu Gui was silent for a long time, she looked at me gradually with compassion, she sighed: "In this world, there are always countless poor people." I am blessed and said: "The concubine is very true. My aunt passed away many years ago, and my father and mother were also sent far away in northern Sichuan. The dead are already dead, and the only thing we can care about is the living. Huanbi is my sister , even if I am down here today, I will not let her ignore me. There is something I can't do, so I can only do my best and ask the concubine and the prince for help." Concubine Shu Gui said: "Let's talk and listen." I said: "Huanbi is not young, and I don't want to delay her life because of me. I ask the concubine to make the decision and choose a good family for Huanbi to marry. It's my aunt but she has a problem." wish." Concubine Shu Gui smiled and said: "As a sister, you are indeed a good child who has thoughtful plans for her. I didn't expect you to have such a heart." She said to Xuan Qing with a smile: "Qing'er, the mother concubine is here to ask It's clean, it's not easy to interfere with such things, and I can't interfere. Huanbi is the orphan of my old friend, and also the younger sister of the person you want to protect. Mother and concubine can entrust this matter to you. You must do it for Huanbi. Bi is looking for a good family." Xuan Qing smiled lightly, like a floating light, "Mother and concubine's instructions, my son will definitely remember them in my heart."