Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Golden Wind and Jade Dew (Part 1)

When he came, it was already very late at night, and he knew he was coming, so the chai gate was not closed tightly. I sat inside, slowly mending an autumn coat by the candlelight.Hearing a slight "squeak" from the door outside, knowing that it was him, he hurriedly stood up. Huanbi had already opened the door outside, and she could hear her laughing voice, "The lord is here." Sure enough, he came by the moonlight.The copper button of the hair bundle was stained with a little dew from the night, shining brightly, and even the cuffs and the corners of the robe were also wet a lot, presumably from the grass blades while walking.Because of being wet, he will not be rolled up by the wind, but his figure appears to be stable.

I went to get a piece of silk, handed it to him, and said: "Wipe it yourself, it will be bad if you catch a cold." He wiped it himself according to the words, and smiled quietly: "I'm sorry, I was delayed at the concubine's place for a while. It's so late that you can't sleep because of waiting." I smiled and said: "I always sleep It's late, you know it." He was half worried and half emotional, "Is sleep still so shallow? How did you take the medicine last time?" I took another piece of silk, let him sit down, and wiped the dew on the copper buttons of his hair. I wiped the walls and said softly: "The medicine is very good. I rarely dream after taking it. It's just that I don't like it." Just go to bed early." He said with a smile: "You should believe in the medical skills of Dr. Wen."

He nodded, "Naturally." He looked at me with pity, and said, "If you have nothing to do, go to bed early." I stroked his neatly tied hair lightly, and said with a light smile, "Is it all right today?" After he packed it up, I took a closer look. The weather was hot, and he was only wearing a silver-gray embroidered thin robe, with only two silver-white sihezi patterns tattooed on the cuffs. There are faint traces, if you don’t look carefully, barely noticeable.With this appearance, he doesn't look like a prince at all, but looks like an ordinary scholar. I secretly praised him for his carefulness, and said: "Ah Jin said that you pretended to be drunk and rushed out in such a hurry, but your clothes didn't have any flaws at all. Walking on the road, who would have known that you were a nobleman and the prince of Jinzong."

He looked down, and smiled himself, "There is no shortage of such ordinary clothes in Qinghe Palace, is it just this silver gray..." I knew in my heart that because I was in the meditation room, what I usually wore was silver-gray robes, so he specially chose this color to match me. Huanbi laughed lowly, pointed to a long candle on the wooden table, and said: "Miss specially chose such a long candle today, so that it can burn longer. The slave girl thought it was because the young lady wanted to come from the palace. The imperial concubine came back late, I don't want to know that the prince is coming."

He was slightly puzzled with a smile: "Do you know I'm coming?" I lowered my head and smiled, just staring at him, "I know you may not be able to come, but I always have a thought in my heart, thinking that maybe you can come. Candles, I just need to do needlework or copy scriptures at night .” He didn't speak, just handed a bag of grapes to Huanbi, and said, "Go and wash." Huanbi responded. He Fang whispered in my ear: "After thinking about it, you met me on the road, and I came here. Isn't it?" In the red light of the candle, his complexion was as light as jade, with an expression of infinite joy.For a moment I forgot to go back to his words.

He didn't say anything anymore, just scratched my nose, and said with a smile: "My concubine said you love grapes, so she asked me to bring you some more." I looked at Huanbi's figure outside the house with a smile, and said: "The concubine misses me so much, it really bothers her." He smiled: "I think Mother Concubine loves you more than me." As he spoke, he pulled my sleeve, "Mother Concubine seems very happy today because you went to talk to her." He Looking at me, he said earnestly, "Thank you." I bowed my head and said, "What kind of words are you talking about? Do you still use words to thank you?"

He smiled deeper, "I'm so happy that my mother likes you so much." I suddenly thought of something, and my face suddenly became hot, and I asked: "The concubine specially brought you the grapes because she knew that you would come to me after leaving Anqi Temple, right?" He smiled and said, "Naturally, otherwise where would I go?" I was even more shy, and said: "How embarrassing is this, I will not dare to see the concubine in the future." He turned my body, looked into my eyes, and said: "Of course my concubine wants me to come to see you, so I gave the things to me. I am the son of my concubine, so she naturally knows my thoughts best."

I couldn't be more ashamed, "Puchi" laughed, and fell into his arms. He asked me softly, "Are you sleepy?" I looked up at him with a smile, "Do you want to hear the truth?" He was taken aback, and said, "Naturally." I rubbed my chin, tried my best to hide my smile, and said mischievously, "I just passed my drowsiness, and now I feel very energetic." He smiled more and more, stretched out his hand to hold my hand, and said: "Then let's go for a walk, shall we?" I smiled happily, put my hand in his palm, and the two walked out hand in hand.

After walking for half an hour, I didn't know where he was going to take me.I just feel that being held by him like this and walking and walking, no matter where I go, I feel very peaceful in my heart. He actually walked restlessly, with a small transparent pouch made of gauze tied around his waist.The mountain road is quiet and long, and occasionally dark blue fireflies fly by.His technique was extremely fast and his vision was accurate, he caught those fireflies flying in twos and threes at once, and put them into the gauze bag. I smiled and reproached me: "I don't walk well, like a naughty boy."

He didn't make a sound, just slowly collecting all the way. The mountain road winds down, and in a blink of an eye, it has reached the river at the foot of the mountain.The river flows slowly to the east, and only the sound of splashing water and the rustling of the long grass on the bank of the river can be heard, which makes it feel more peaceful. I smiled and said, "Do you want to listen to music? At this time, Anu is sleeping, so I won't bother you." He smiled and pulled me over, pointed to the boat that Anu ferryed during the day and said, "Let's cross the river."

I waved my hand and said, "You're crazy, you want to cross the river in the middle of the night." He said, "I'm here to be the boatman." Seeing that he was very interested, I said without thinking, "Okay." The two jumped into the boat, and he slowly rowed the oars towards the center of the river, with very skillful gestures.I think of the scene when I ran into him in Taiye Pool in the past, and it was the same situation. He was paddling at the bow, and I sat quietly in the boat. The fragrance of the last bunch of lotus flowers in Taiye Pool seemed to be flowing in nose.In the smoky water shimmering floating, vaguely still in that year and that month, I sat on his boat, my heart beating like a rabbit.But time flies, like the river beside me is flowing forward, and now I can walk hand in hand with him. Looking back, I am also full of emotion, I never thought, there is still today. I was in a happy mood for a while, and I couldn't help humming a song to beat the beat: "Little girl treats her lover--deep kindness, don't let her down--a relationship, when you meet her--treat her well, don't you see me?" When she is in front of her—I have to worry about it seventeen or eight times a day!" This song is often hummed by Anu when he is ferrying. Xuan Qing listened to my singing, turned her head and smiled and said, "I seldom hear you sing, so you can sing so well." I was slightly ashamed, and said with a smile: "What's so good, I just listen to Anu singing every day, no matter how stupid I am, I can learn it." He murmured and smiled: "When you don't see her face—you have to worry about it seventeen or eight times a day." He only looked at me as he spoke. My heart was clear, and I laughed "Pu Chi", "Do you seem to like this folk song very much?" He said: "Naturally. Compared with poetry, folk songs are more direct to people's hearts, without such a roundabout way. The joyful hearts of men and women are also expressed more vividly and straightforwardly." I smiled gracefully: "Everyone has twists and turns in their thoughts, it's better to say it directly." His slender back was reflected on my body, as if the whole person was covered by his shadow.The sky and the earth are shining brightly, and it is not as safe as being enveloped by his figure at this moment. Unconsciously laughed softly, looked at him and said: "The rowing gesture is still so proficient, don't you often go to Taiye Pool to practice?" He chuckled lightly, "Even if you often go boating in Taiye Pond, do you think you can meet a woman like you who sneaked out pretending to be a court lady every time?" He looked at me, "You were so courageous back then. Darling, how dare you sneak away to see Concubine Hui, who has been restrained?" "Sister Meizhuang? I don't know if she is doing well now?" When I think of Meizhuang, I always think about it. He looked at me reassuringly, and said, "She's fine, I saw her today. It's just that she doesn't interact with people as before." I remembered what he called Meizhuang just now, and I couldn't help but slightly frowned in doubt: "Concubine Hui?" "yes".He pondered for a while, and said: "On the first day of July this year, just six days ago, according to the order of the Empress Dowager, the emperor's brother was promoted to Shenmei Village as a third-rank noble concubine, moved out of Chang'an Palace, and lived in Yanqing Palace as the main seat. Build and store the chrysanthemum hall to live in." Hearing that it was the Queen Mother's decree, I knew in my heart that the Queen Mother must still protect Meizhuang.The Yanqing Palace is one of the several larger palaces in the palace, and it is a very good place to live next to the Chang'an Palace where Meizhuang used to live, which is the palace of Concubine Jing.So he felt a little relieved, and his expression relaxed. "But..." Xuan Qing continued: "Concubine Hui refused." I was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Why, is it the queen making things difficult, or An Lingrong making things difficult?" He shook his head slowly, "Not at all. Concubine Hui herself refused. She asked herself to live alone in Tangli Palace." Tangli Palace, I was startled, it was my former residence in Zi'ao City.I immediately understood that Tangli Palace has naturally become an ominous place in the eyes of many concubines after being imprisoned and expelled from the palace. . I was expelled from the harem, and I was ordered to lead me to practice. Naturally, I will die outside the palace in this life, and I will never go back.So instead of the palace I used to live in being occupied by other concubines according to order, as my best friend, she will naturally not stand by and watch, and would rather live by herself. After all, I have been in the palace for several years, and Tangli Palace has been my only shelter for many years. Xuan Qing also seemed to be very emotional, "Concubine Hui does not want to live in the magnificent Yanqing Palace, but asks to live in Tangli Palace, which is regarded as an ominous place by everyone in the palace. Even thinner." I couldn't help but blurted out and asked, "Wouldn't the Empress Dowager stop her from doing this?" He shook his head with pity, "You have been friends with her since you were young, don't you know her temper? Besides, the queen, An Shi and others hope that she will fall out of favor, so they will naturally push the boat along." Xuan Qing's paddling gesture promised It was because of her mood that she slowly calmed down, "I think what she means is that she wants to guard the Tangli Palace for you and live alone." I was shocked in my heart, it turned out that she rejected Xuan Ling's kindness and wanted to move to the palace, so she had such a deep meaning.Tangli Palace is the place where Xuan Ling and I bid our final farewell. Xuan Ling has a deep heart, so naturally he won't let other concubines live in it.And once someone lived in Tangli Palace, Xuan Ling naturally didn't want to take another step.It also means that whoever lives in Tangli Palace is no different from being neglected by the emperor and never seeing each other again. Mei Zhuang, oh Mei Zhuang, she is so resolute to Xuan Ling. However, with her temperament, she would rather be lonely in the old palace than to turn around and beg for mercy from Xuan Ling. I was both moved and worried.Thinking of Mei Zhuang being so young and beautiful, but living alone in my Tangli Palace, melancholy for the rest of his life, with mixed feelings in his chest, he was extremely worried, and said: "Mei Zhuang's life is really a pity." Xuan Qing put his hand on my cheek and said with pity: "Do you think her life is a pity?" I thought about it deeply, and the more I thought about it, the more sad it became. However, in the midst of my sadness, a little bit of relief gradually emerged, and the sadness gradually disappeared, and finally I showed a little comforting expression, "It's not like my eyebrows are in my eyes." It is a great favor to leave me, and I have to deal with the Queen, An Shi, Guan Shi and others on my own, I hope that she can live safely in Tangli Palace, at least she will not have to worry about her life, and she can grow old safely." I stretched out my hand Go and shake Xuan Qing's hand, "With the protection of the queen mother, and she is out of favor, the queen and the others will not harm her. As long as Mei Zhuang is safe, I only want her to be safe. Don't live so hard." Xuanqing's palm is warm, and it permeates into my heart little by little through my skin, and my heart gradually calms down. My family has changed, I have left, my mother and daughter have been separated, Mei Zhuang may not want to avenge me.But in today's palace, she is alone and alone.No matter how much she hates and how caring she is, the queen mother can't tolerate her doing anything for me.And the queen mother must have known her very well, and the queen mother must have promised her something, so that Fang Ruo would come to see me every month and ask me to present the scriptures transcribed every month to prove that I am still alive and to ensure that I am still alive. live.So, what does it matter whether Meizhuang is favored or not?Because what I hope in my heart is for her to live well, live in peace and tranquility.