Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Nine Machines

The spring and summer of this year have passed in such sweetness and joy.As if stretching out your hand to hold it, it slipped slowly through your fingers. When you slipped away, even the first touch of sweet fragrance when the dew moistened the roses was carried in the gaps between your fingers, which made people very happy. In the afternoon of that day, it was originally a sunny afternoon in late summer, and the coolness just after the scorching heat receded, which made people sleep peacefully.With the occasional cool breeze, I was taking a nap in my clothes on the bed by the window. The half-warm and half-cool wind blew past lazily, and the sunlight outside sprinkled mottled through the shadows of the trees, giving off a hint of coolness.I was half awake and half asleep when I heard faint voices outside.Slowly opened his eyes, and lazily called out: "Huanbi—"

At this time, Huanbi was supposed to be drying her winter jackets outside, so she came in in response, "Miss, Ah Jin is here." Immediately, I lost all sleepiness, I licked my temples and stood up, and said: "What's the matter at this time?" It was Ah Jin who came in, slapped Qian'er and said with a bitter face: "The news from the palace said that the emperor is ill, and he hurriedly asked the prince to enter the palace to serve the sick. This illness seems to be not serious, I'm afraid I won’t be able to come back for ten days and a half months.” I said "Oh" lightly, and said, "What kind of disease can it be?"

Ah Jin scratched his head and said: "This servant doesn't know anymore. I just heard Xiao You next to the emperor say something, as if he vomited blood while staying in Fu Jieyu's palace. What is the reason? Keep it secret. I only heard that it happened in Fu Jieyu's palace because of this, even Fu Jieyu was grounded." My heart was slightly touched, and I just said indifferently: "The emperor has deep thoughts, and it is inevitable that worrying too much will hurt the body." I thought for a while and said: "I don't know what the disease is, and I can't say when it will be cured. Will the prince still live in the Louyue Kaiyun Pavilion after this trip?"

"yes".Ah Jin said worriedly: "My lord has been ordered by the queen mother to enter the palace with King Qishan and King Pingyang to serve the sick. Even the emperor's own sister, Princess Zhenning, who is married in Linzhou, has come back. Look, the emperor this time Really sick." I silently turned my head and looked out the window.The sunshine in summer is elegant and dense, and those spots are sprinkled down from the gaps between the leaves, with strands of transparent green flavor and a hot, spicy and sweet aroma that is mature and flourishing to the end.Huanbi patted the clothes skillfully with the clap again and again, and there were fine dust stained with gold flying finely.The sound of "pop" sounded very lonely and loud in the quiet courtyard.

I said softly: "He can't go out of the palace these days, can he?" Ah Jin nodded, suddenly showed a mischievous smile, and said: "My lord has to wait in the palace and cannot come out, but Ah Jin is fine." He took out a small flower note from his bosom, and said : "The prince knew that he couldn't come to see his wife these days. He was afraid that she would be bored, so he wrote a poem specially, and asked the lady to sing along with each other when she was free. Ah Jin would come here once a day, and he would write what the lady wrote to the prince, and what the prince wrote to the prince." lady."

I slowly opened the flower note, but it was a short poem: a machine, picking mulberry trees and trying on spring clothes.The wind is sunny and the sun is warm and weak.On the peach blossom branch, the warbler sings and speaks, and refuses to let people go home. After I read it, I couldn’t help laughing out of my sorrow. He obviously couldn’t leave the palace due to illness, but he just said that the flowers are singing and the birds are staying. He is the only one who can have such a leisurely and insane heart in the midst of worries. . But after thinking about it for a while, I found a piece of paper written by Xue Tao. The small red letters were clearly written on it, and it said: "Two planes, pedestrians will be delayed immediately."I can't bear to pay lightly.Turn your head and smile, go back to the flowers, lest you be known by the flowers.

I handed it to Ah Jin and said: "You don't have to ask the prince to bring it back every day, one is too conspicuous, and the other is that the prince is serving the sick in the palace, it is very hard to come here, how can there be so much time to come and talk. " Ah Jin laughed and said: "The lady really cares about our prince." I smiled and poked my finger on his forehead, and said: "You run in and out every day like this, but who is taking care of the prince's daily life in the palace?" Ah Jin said: "Ms. Mo pointed to Cai Ge in the mansion and followed her to serve. She is an old woman, don't worry, my lady." Ah Jin made a grimace and said: "My lady is more at ease, Cai Ge is already forty years old. .”

I spat at him and said with a smile, "Even if she's only fourteen, why should I worry about it?" Ah Jin smiled and carefully put the Xue Tao note I wrote in his arms, and said with a smile: "This must be put away. The lord can't leave the palace these days, and this letter of flowers is to be seen as a treasure. If you look at it at night, you can see characters as if you see people, how many of them you can’t let go of.” I was ashamed, angry and funny, and called Huanbi one after another, "Come here, Huanbi, and tear off the mouth of this monkey bastard. His master is not here, and he is becoming more and more crazy in front of me."

Ah Jin begged for forgiveness again and again, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid our prince can't come, the lady feels a little uncomfortable, so I want to make the lady smile. The prince said, if the lady didn't smile today, the slave will not be able to hand over this job." I smiled slightly, "You can go on a business trip today. It's just that although the palace is good, it's inevitable that there are still some imperfections. You have to keep a close eye on what your prince lacks." Ah Jin said with a bitter face: "It's not easy to be a close follower of the prince. You have to run errands and be a messenger, and you have to make the lady laugh. But seeing the lady and the prince happy, the servant is happier. Don't disturb the lady. The prince is still waiting for a letter from this servant." After saying that, he said goodbye.

In this way, even though Xuanqing couldn't come, his affection was deep and meaningful, but it was melted into my handwriting, and it came into my hands every three days.Often, the moment before I open the flower paper, I feel worry and joy in my heart. I am naturally happy when he comforts my heart and expresses lovesickness.However, this joy is also telling me that he still can't come back in these two days.With such joy and sorrow in my heart, I wrote poems that sang with him one after another. With three cards, Wu Can has already fled.The Dongfeng banquet is over at Cheung Chau Court.Qingxiao reminds me to take advantage of it, and the maid of the palace wants to change her dancing clothes.

The banquet in the palace was suspended due to Xuan Ling's illness.Purple Olympic City without singing and dancing must be deserted and lonely.And in the palaces under the silvery moonlight of Purple Austrian City, Xuanqing, what are you doing? Four machines, frowning secretly.Weaving weaving lotus seeds back and forth.It's easy to tie up flowers, but it's hard to fix a worry, and your pulse is chaotic like silk. "Lotus" is the same as "Lian", and "Silk" is the same as "Thinking". Maybe you can't see my missing.However, the lotus in Taiye Pool can express my silent lovesickness.Maybe when you see the lotus leaf fields in Taiye Pool, you miss me the same way. Five machines, weaving Shen Lang's poems in horizontal weave.No one will understand the central sentence.Don't say sorrow or hatred, don't say haggard, just send lovesickness. It has been fifteen days since you left me.Qing, you didn't tell me the embarrassment of parting, you just told me that when the wind is clear and the moon is bright, you miss me too. Six cards, every move is playing tricks.There are even more butterflies among the flowers.Stopping the shuttle for a while, I watched for a long time alone in the shadow of the window. The butterflies are in pairs, playing among the flowers, and the wings of the butterflies create a superposition of light and shadow like water waves blurred and swaying.In the free day and night, without you, I'm just so lonely. With seven machines, Yuanyangzhi hesitated again.For fear of being lightly cropped.Flying in two places, a separation of hatred, what plan to follow each other again. When the two places are separated like this, you are accompanied by my ex-husband.Violet City is a forbidden place in my memory.Is it what you heard, what you saw, or the faint worry in your heart that is as indescribable as mine. Eight machines, palindrome know that is the poem.Woven into a sense of desolation.After reading it all over, I was speechless and couldn't bear to think about it. When I was free, I read Su Ruolan's "Palindrome Poems". Every word and every line of painstaking effort is her longing for her husband Dou Tao.I feel ashamed that I don't have such a good talent, so I can only bring my understanding of her, and I am speechless. Nine machines, double flowers, double leaves and double branches.Since ancient times, there have been many farewells.From the beginning to the end, tie the heart and thread it through a thread. Xuanqing, when you sent this "Nine Zhangji", it was already the twenty-seventh day.You haven't come back yet, you just talk about it from the beginning to the end, and you only think about it. How can I not understand?My heart is like the king's heart, they are all the same. The moment I picked up my pen to respond, a familiar hug slowly wrapped me up from behind me.I hugged my knees and curled up in your arms. "Qing", I sighed, "I almost watched the stars set and the moon set, and I missed you all night. It's a pity that you can't keep seeing me like this." "me too".His body temperature surrounded me heavily, "Brother Huang is cured." He kissed my earlobe, "Huan'er, walk with me." It is already autumn, and the autumn light is so bright, I walked slowly hand in hand with him. Among the long velvet grass, the autumn rhododendrons blooming sporadically in the mountains and fields, dark red, light red, lavender or white, are the most beautiful autumn scenery. "The soul of the cuckoo has changed, and the blossoms are like swallows; the blood spots leave double petals, and the crows stain the branches. The autumn cuckoo is a sad flower." Xuanqing sighed softly, and there happened to be a cuckoo from the branch. Flying by, the sound of cuckoos is a sad cry. I held his palm and said softly, "Did I hear something, or did I see something? This time when you come out of the palace, I think you are always unhappy." His lake-colored robe has simple lines and is gently rolled up by the wind with the fragrance of flowers, "Fu Jieyu is dead." "Fu Jieyu?" "Last year's draft, Fu Jieyu was the most outstanding, and she is also the most beloved concubine of the emperor's brother." I asked, "Is she beautiful?" "It's really beautiful. It's delicate and beautiful, and its beauty is not inferior to that of Concubine Murong Hua in the past. From a distance, it looks like an exiled immortal." Xuan Qing rarely praised a woman like this, and now he uses the word "exiled immortal" to describe it, which shows that The beauty of women.However, another sentence of his comment came again: "However, beauty is beautiful, but it has no soul, and it is an empty wooden beauty." This sentence seems to have been said by him before, my eyebrows twitched, "Fu Jieyu, is that the Fu Wanyi you mentioned to me before?" "It's her." "Then what about your family background?" "It's not too bad. When you enter the palace, you will be named Xiaoyi. If you continue to be favored like this, you will not only be a noble concubine, but even a concubine will be just around the corner. I heard that when the emperor brother discussed with the queen, even the title had already been drawn up." . " Xuan Qing's smile is somewhat meaningful, "It's a word 'wan'. It's graceful." I was startled, my voice was hoarse, and I said shyly, "She's beautiful? She's as beautiful as an old friend, isn't she?" Fangruo once said that the current harem is no longer the harem when it was created in the early years of Qianyuan, and all the concubines entered with high positions.Most of them are regulars and started as servants.Last year's draft, so in just one year, I have jumped from Xiaoyi of the fifth rank to Jieyu of the third rank. I have not been pregnant but will be registered as a noble concubine in a few days. It has to be regarded as a strong enemy. Xuanqing's silence confirmed my speculation. He said: "There are always six or seven points similar to the late Chunyuan Empress. On the day of the draft, it was a sign left by the emperor himself. The future prosperity of the Holy Grace can be foreseen on that day. It is." Xuan Qing said: "Because the emperor dotes on Fu Jieyu, even though he did not become the lord, he granted her to live alone in the first palace and treat her as a noble concubine, and because of her, only five people were selected in the draft that year. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the other four are low-ranking, but it is just a matter of occasion. In this year, even the concubine Changgui who was born noble and gave birth to the concubine Hemu and the concubine Angui who had always been favored Forget it, let alone the other concubines." I sneered, and my voice was as clear as ice: "I was thinking just now, since I am a wooden beauty, why would I be favored like this, so it is!" I remembered Ah Jin's words, "Did the emperor vomit blood in her palace?" "yes".His voice was deep and sad, "Brother Huang is seriously ill this time, and he vomited blood. The root cause of hematemesis, according to the imperial doctor, is that Brother Huang took too much Wushi powder and drank a lot of strong cold wine." As a result. And the five stone powder was found in Fu Jieyu's palace, she couldn't evade it at all. Even she herself showed signs of taking five stone powder." Five stones? !When I heard it, I was only terrified. Five stone powder was very popular among the princes and nobles in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.About five kinds of ores, stalactite, amethyst, white quartz, stone sulfur, and red stone fat, are ground into powder and mixed for use.Among the five herbs, stalactites, white quartz, and stone sulfur do have the effects of strengthening yang and warming the lungs and kidneys, but after a short time after the effects of the medicines, the body will become extremely cold and hot.Those who take it for a long time "have no soul, no blood, no color, fresh smoke, and a haggard appearance, which is called a ghost". I was shocked, "This is a forbidden item in the palace, where did Fu Jieyu get it, and why the emperor took it, the imperial physicians don't even know!" "The imperial brother is proud of Fu Jieyu. He never leaves her day and night. He often hangs out in her palace all day long. He often doesn't even see the queen, let alone the imperial physician. The five stone powder is confessed by the maid beside Fu Jieyu. It was used in a secret play, and Fu Jieyu got it from outside the palace to attract favor and damage the dragon's body." I lowered my head and meditated silently. The mountain road was rugged and deep, as if I couldn’t get to the end. The sound of the leaves touching each other was blown by the wind, and it was even more terrifying in the open place. Xuan Ling, has he behaved like this?I thought hard in my mind, and suddenly said: "No! According to what you said, Fu Jieyu looks exactly like Queen Chunyuan, and the emperor loves her so much, why should she use Wushi powder to attract favors. And Wushi powder is Forbidden medicine in the palace, even if she wants to attract favor, she can ask the imperial physician for the secret aphrodisiac in the palace, so why take the risk of getting it from outside the palace by herself. Besides, she is not pregnant yet, and only the emperor is the only one to rely on, how could she be so easy To damage his dragon body, isn't self-injury fundamental?" Xuan Qing stared at me with piercing eyes, "Do you remember what I said just now? The Emperor's brother almost favors her alone, leaving the concubine in the cold, and even the Empress doesn't see her often." My eyelids twitched suddenly, "You also realized that maybe someone framed you?" I thought about it, and said in surprise: "Could it be the queen? Is it the five stone powder used by the queen?!" Xuanqing pressed my shoulder and said quietly: "Since the empress entered the palace, she has always loved the emperor's brother very much. Even if she framed Fu Jieyu because of jealousy, she would definitely not hurt the emperor's body with Wushi powder. " My mind calmed down, and I slowly said: "However, there are many concubines in the palace who don't cherish the emperor." "Yes. Afterwards, Fu Jieyu made excuses in every possible way. However, there were already complaints in the palace because of her being favored. She was young, and she didn't know how to persuade the emperor's brother to share the rain and dew when she was in power. As a result, today the wall collapsed and everyone pushed, which made the Queen Mother furious. Order to hang and depose Fu Jieyu's family as ordinary people." My mind turned cold in an instant, and I said quietly: "The queen mother wants to kill her, not just because of the five stones." Xuan Qing was silent, with a ray of sadness and sorrow in the corner of his eyes, "With the lessons learned from my mother and concubine, how can the Queen Mother allow Fu Jieyu to monopolize her favor, she will never tolerate it." I understood, "Wu Shi San is just an excuse, because the evidence of Wu Shi San is solid, even the emperor can't say anything." "The empress dowager and the empress acted resolutely. When the emperor woke up, Fu Jieyu was dead. Even if the emperor wanted to excuse her, he would not be able to excuse her. However, the emperor never mentioned Fu Jieyu again. Even if I found out that he was lost, he I didn't mention it again." Xuanqing said slowly: "He only said that a beautiful woman is hard to come by again." His arms hugged me tightly, "Huan'er, I have to be afraid. Brother Huang, in his dream, he called I have been sick in the palace for twenty-seven days, although I only heard the emperor call your name vaguely once in his sleep, even though it was only once, I was also afraid. Huan'er, I am afraid of losing you." My heart was pounding and I pressed my face against his shoulder.How ridiculous, when I slept with him, he called "Wan Wan" in his dream, but now he calls me. "Seven pieces of machine, mandarin ducks are hesitant to weave. I'm afraid they will be cut lightly. Flying in two places, a separation and hatred, there is no plan to follow each other. So, you will write seven pieces of machine like this to me, right? "I said softly: "Then in the emperor's sleep, the person who is often calling is Empress Chunyuan? Wanwan, is it?" "Yes. However, it's not in my sleep. When the emperor's brother is recovering from his illness, he often looks through the relics of Queen Chunyuan alone." I nodded, and calmly said: "When he is awake, he misses Queen Chunyuan, and he calls my name in his dreams, probably because..." I smiled coldly, "It's because I have three points like Queen Chunyuan. He just thought of my unruly shadow occasionally when he missed Empress Chunyuan himself." I raised my eyes gently and said to him: "Besides, I am a person who was expelled from cultivation, how could I go back. So , you won't lose me." He hugged me tightly, and I could almost feel his heavy heartbeat, "Huan'er, I found out that I am such a timid person, afraid of losing you." I buried my face in his chest, feeling his warm and reassuring breath, "Qing, I was too timid to accept your affection. Now, we are together and rely on each other. Qing, with you here, I will no longer be afraid."