Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Kite Mistake

Ever since I had this child in my womb, the novelty and exuberance of life have always delighted and amazed me. I have nothing to do on a quiet day, and I always like to put my hands on my lower abdomen, gently and carefully, for fear that the weight of my hands will also oppress him. .Gradually develop such a habitual posture, which is half to cherish and half to protect. The spring sun shines into the room through the bright cloud screens as thin as onion wings. The screens are as thin as ice, as if condensed with countless golden lights, and the Yingxin Palace is extraordinarily spacious and bright because of this light.The sunlight leisurely shines on the few freshly bloomed pale red peach blossoms inserted in the Ru kiln shrugging beauty cup on the desk table, and the bright color makes people fall in love with it.

I used the pastries of several colors on the table and picked up a book to read. Chun'erba hung his hands on the window sill and looked out at the boundless spring scenery outside the window.She looked at it for a long time, and suddenly muttered, "There are walls on all sides, so there's really nothing to see." Seeing that I was also sitting bored, she said happily: "The sun is so good today, sister will accompany me to fly a kite? I kept two beautiful kites from my sister's birthday two days ago." I put the book aside and said with a smile: "Your temper is always restless, and you never have a peaceful day. I heard that you smashed an enamel painting screen awarded by the emperor yesterday at your own place."

Chun'er stuck out her tongue, "Your Majesty won't blame me." Laughing and twisting her hips, she entangled her like candy and said, "It's good for my sister to go out to relax, but it's lazy to be around people all the time. I don't know my little girl in the future." Is my nephew a lazy man?" I couldn't help laughing, looking at Chunhe Jingming outside the window, I said, "That's fine, I'm bored all day long." The spring is picturesque, so why don't I want to take a walk in it, but I'm afraid that the wound will be stained with dust, and Du Liangdi's incident makes me feel lingering fear. So they called more people to follow, took a veil to cover their faces, and then went out together.

I chose an open place in Shanglin Garden, Chun'er's kite flying is very good, almost without the help of the eunuchs, she can fly very high, I think she was used to this skill at home when she was young.On the luxuriant grass, only her crisp laughter can be heard, like wind chimes swaying between the eaves.Seeing the kite flying high, she laughed and shouted, very proud of herself. She is naturally proud, she is the youngest among the favored concubines, Xuan Ling has always pampered her, and since I am pregnant, it is not appropriate for me to serve Xuan Ling often, so Xuan Ling often stays with her for the sake of proximity.Recently, Xuan Ling also mentioned that when Chun'er turns sixteen, she will be registered as a concubine.

I looked up at the kite in the clear sky, which was already a bit black, and remembered the spring afternoons when I was young. I was so bored that I almost dozed off when I was practicing female red at home. My head shook like pecking rice. Entering half of his head, he said with a smile: "Sister, let's sneak out of the house to fly a kite?" The spring breeze greens the willows year after year, and the time of childhood always flies away between the fingers at an unimaginable speed.It seems that I just flew a kite with my brother, dyed a few nails with impatiens in the courtyard, took a nap secretly under the eyes of Mrs. Xixi, and counted magpies under the grape trellis to watch the Cowherd and Weaver Girl pass the Qixi Festival. The carefree years passed quietly.

Now, I am about to become a mother.I looked at Chun'er with a smile, among the concubines in the harem, she was the only one who was so bright, like a bright and bright spring sun, and I gradually became a bright moon, even though it was clear, it belonged to the night and was also obscure. I lowered my hand to stroke my slightly bulging belly, but it was actually not obvious. It would be great if my child was as lively and bright as Chun'er, just don't be too naive.That's all for Di Ji, if it's a prince, naivety is definitely not suitable. Smiling and meditating like this, she suddenly heard Chun'er exclaim, the kite in her hand was broken, and the kite fled away.Chun'er was in a hurry and went to look for it, I hurriedly said to Xiao Lizi: "Follow your little master quickly and help her find the kite back."

Xiaolizi agreed with "yes" and hurried to follow. Chun'er stomped her feet, pouted and shouted: "One is not allowed to follow! Sister, if they go, they will only get in the way." That's right, so the palace people had no choice but to stop, looking at me hesitantly.I saw from a distance that the place where the kite landed was not very far away, and I couldn't resist her, so I had to follow her. Seeing her go away, I ordered a few small internal eunuchs to follow behind. Willows are planted all over the Taiye Pool. At this time, the willows are covered with light yellow and tender green leaves, and even the air is smoked green.The thin willows hang down in the middle, and the calm lake surface is stirred by the breeze, the catkins are flying like snow, and a green peach blossom is in full swing and reflected by the pool.The wind blows the shattered red into the blue waves, and the shimmering water is full of dark fragrance and sleeves.In the distance, a court lady paddled a small boat laughing and swimming, folded willow branches to make a wreath and put it on her head, and the laughter came from afar.I felt tired after watching it for a while, so I sat and rested on the feldspar under the peach tree.

The spring is so intoxicating, but I don't know how thrilling it is.I suddenly recalled the dangerous situation of viewing flowers in the queen's palace, and the hands behind me pushing me out. Afterwards, he did an open and secret investigation, but he didn't know that he couldn't find any traces of that person.No wonder, there was a panic at that time, who would pay attention to which hands behind me pushed me into danger. However, it's not that I really don't know who it is. I recalled several times afterwards that I was familiar with the fragrance between the clothes and belts, but she forgot such details.However, I am so reticent because there is no conclusive evidence, and the second reason is that this person may be very useful to me in the future.

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a floating shadow of cherry red.Before she could make a sound, Jinxi beside her had already greeted respectfully: "Cao Jieyu is well." Her eyes turned slightly, just in time to meet those deep and narrow eyes. Cao Qinmo was only wearing a silver-white inner garment with a pattern of treasured faces, covered with a layer of translucent light cherry red crepe, holding a moon-white handkerchief in her hand, and asked me to come down with a smile: "Grand concubine Jin An .” I stretched out my hand to help her: "Sister Cao, get up, why be so polite."

She smiled gracefully and had clear eyebrows. In fact, her appearance was only above average, but the gentleness was added to her smile. Such a plain yet gorgeous dress also made her more attractive.She smiled and said, "I don't want to meet your concubine here." I sat down with her and signaled Jinxi and the others to watch from a distance, not to hear us talking. I smiled and said, "My sister is stranger to me, I'd better call my sister." Seeing me sitting alone with her, leaving everyone behind, she smiled vaguely: "My younger sister doesn't seem to go out much since she was pregnant, so she is extra careful, how can she put everyone aside now?"

I narrowed my eyes, and smiled softly: "Sister Cao is just joking, how can I be worried? If my sister is with me, if I make any mistakes, it will be my sister's fault. Of course, my sister will do my best to take care of my sister. What's more... ..." I smiled slightly, and my eyes seemed to glance at her unintentionally, "There will be no one here to push me." Cao Jieyu was taken aback for a moment, but her expression did not change. She smiled like a flower and said, "Sister is really good at joking. Who would dare to push you? I'm afraid she wouldn't even dare to stretch out her finger?" Did someone push you?" She put her hands on her chest and said in a startled manner: "My sister doesn't know, did my sister tell the emperor?" She is so impeccable, for a moment I thought I suspected the wrong person, but then I was sure, I gave her the things that Xuanling rewarded me privately, how dare she give it to others, I don’t know the smell of honey and fragrance Smell wrong. Thinking of this, I didn't comment, just casually said, "How is Empress Wen Yi doing recently?" She was alert immediately, like a mother bird guarding her young, and said, "Your concubine, don't worry, Wen Yi just has a little cough, it's fine." I seemed to be unintentional and said: "Yes. As long as there is no such thing as making a mistake of cassava flour, the body of the emperor's daughter will be fine." Her expression froze suddenly, and she lost her composure just now, and said in a dazed voice: "The emperor has already dealt with Xiao Tang who made a mistake of cassava flour, so it seems that such a thing will never happen again." I Ninghe smiled and said: "I hope so. Now that I am about to become a mother, I can especially understand the feelings of being a mother. It is not easy for Sister Cao to raise Di Ji. I heard that when my sister gave birth to Di Ji, it was still difficult and thrilling." Very much." She was slightly moved: "It's really not easy to be a mother. I have to worry about her all the time. If she feels a little uncomfortable, I feel as uncomfortable as cutting out my heart. I am willing to bear the pain for her." I nodded and looked her in the eyes, "Sister Cao is a very smart person, so she naturally knows how to raise Di Ji. I don't need to say anything about this. I just told my sister that it is good to be protected by others, it depends on who the person is." Isn’t it? Otherwise, I would suffer so much that I can’t tell what happened.” She was stunned for a moment, her face was a little displeased, and she said: "Sister is stupid, I don't understand what your concubine sister said." I brushed off the falling flowers on my body with a handkerchief, and smiled slowly: "Since my sister doesn't understand, my younger sister will understand even less. It's just that my younger sister understands the same. Me, I also accept her." Seeing her complexion changed, I smiled more easily: "My sister also knows one thing, there is no good end for a tiger, and turning to the dark is the best way to protect yourself and others ——My sister naturally knows how good birds choose trees to live in." Her expression was cloudy and uncertain, and after several changes, it finally remained as usual, "Whether it is bright or dark is still unknown." She was silent for a moment, seemingly hesitant, and finally uttered a few words: "Go and see Let's go." He said and left in a hurry. I couldn't understand what I heard, and when I saw the sun setting, I suddenly remembered that after so long, none of the people who went to accompany Chun'er to pick up the kite came back.At that time, the setting sun was like fire, reflecting on the green peach tree like a tree gushing with blood, I felt vaguely ominous in my heart, and immediately ordered people to look for it everywhere. Chun'er was found soon. When Jinxi came back to report at night, her face was full of sadness and shock. I heard her heavy footsteps and I was already frightened, but I didn't plan for the worst—at most, it was because I made some mistake and was caught by someone. The concubine beat me. However, after the silence, Jinxi remained sadly silent, and the side hall where Chun'er lived next to her was already filled with the suppressed cries and wailing of the palace people. I fell heavily on the chair. Jinxi only said, "Fang Liangyuan drowned in Taiye Pond. When she was found, she was still clutching a broken kite." I was almost stunned, with warm liquid rolling down my cheeks, the sourness was unspeakable.How can I believe that Chun'er, who was still dancing around in the afternoon, has become a cold, lifeless corpse drowned in the Taiye Pool, Chun'er, she is only fifteen years old!How can I believe it?How can you accept it? ! Not long ago, she was still flying a kite in Shanglin Garden; she was playing "catch seven" and smashed the painting screen; she was still waiting to be canonized as a concubine happily when she turned sixteen; she was still eating the delicate food I prepared for her. The pastry was telling jokes; she also said to me that she would be the aunt of the child in my womb, and the jade pendant as a betrothal gift was still there, but she suddenly disappeared... Seeing that my expression was not right, Jinxi rushed to push me, I still refused to believe it, until it was said outside that Chun'er's body had been enshrined in the Yannian Palace, I cried "wow" as if piercing my heart , pushed the person away and ran outside. Seeing that I couldn't be stopped, Jinxi hurriedly called for someone, and I went straight to the outside of the palace gate. Xiao Yunzi knelt in front of me and blocked the way, her face turned pale with anxiety, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You can't go! The Emperor said you have The people in the body couldn't see this, so they were sent to the Hall of Yannian! Your Majesty!" While talking, Jinxi had already chased me out, hugged my legs desperately and shouted: "Your Majesty, think twice, you will be shocked if you go like this, please take care of your own flesh and blood, I really can't see this!" The night wind hurt my eyes, I burst into tears, and they carried me back to the bedroom. I didn't make a sound, I just held tightly the mutton fat jade pendant that Chun'er gave me and wept silently.When Xuan Ling got the news, he hurried to comfort me and forbade me to go out. He was also sad and sighed endlessly.I couldn't sleep repeatedly, regretting that I shouldn't go out to fly kites with her, let alone let her go to pick up kites by herself and let the inner prison follow far away.Xuanling couldn't help it, so he had to order the imperial physician to give me a sleeping medicine. Xuanling promised to do his best to mourn and honor, and made Chun'er his concubine afterward, and ordered the funeral to be carried out according to the rituals of noble concubines. Reluctantly calm down, regardless of Xuanling's persuasion, she went to Yannian Hall to guard Chun'er's spirit.In the dimly lit hall, the snow-white spiritual streamers fluttered and fluttered, and the scent of the incense candles silently suffocated people.The palace servants in Chun'er's palace cried and fell on the ground to burn paper money for her, and several concubines who were lower than Chun'er wept dryly. When I saw the curtain of Xue Bailing's tent, I felt sour in my heart, and my tears had already flowed down.Han Bei took the joss stick and offered it, waved to the concubines and said, "You are tired too, go down first." They didn't know Chun'er well at all, and they couldn't help being jealous when they saw her being favored as a young girl, but they had no choice but to be ordered to guard the spiritual seat, and they wished they could leave without a word. Chun'er's body was enshrined in the spiritual tent. Because of the swelling after soaking in water, there was no painful expression on her face, as if she was asleep on weekdays, she was peaceful and serene. I was so sad in my heart that I bit the silk and sobbed and cried.In the middle of the night, there was no sound except crying, when suddenly a figure walked up to me, hugging the hem of my robe and kowtowed sadly: "May I ask you to be the master of my young lady." I took a closer look, who wasn't the maid Cuiyu brought into the palace by Chun'er?Quickly pulled her up and said: "What's going on? You speak slowly!" Cui Yu refused to get up, looked around and said boldly: "If you go back to your mother, my young lady was killed by someone!" Chun'er died suddenly, I had great doubts in my heart, and said to Cuiyu: "This is not a nonsense." Cuiyu's eyes were wide open, she suppressed her grief and anger, kowtowed her head twice and said: "My young lady grew up by the lake, and she is very familiar with water, so she will never drown. This servant really thinks that young lady's death is strange!" At first, I was just saddened by Chun'er's sudden death, and wept so faintly that I gradually calmed down and my mind became clearer. I felt that there were too many things wrong, so I called the eunuch who followed Chun'er that day to ask, and they all said that Chun'er picked up After getting the kite, she ran too fast and disappeared after passing Zhichunting. Everyone said that she fell into the water by mistake, but now it seems very suspicious. I suddenly remembered Cao Jieyu's similar warning words, the white candle in front of me flickered, and my heart shivered—she knew What! More likely, her appearance in Shanglinyuan was just to hold me back so that I wouldn't find out that Chun'er hadn't returned so quickly. I hated him so much that I turned the tiger away from the mountain—but I also knew that if I questioned Cao Jieyu, I wouldn't be able to find anything. Forcibly suppressing the fanatical hatred, she asked Cuiyu, "Do you have any evidence?" Cuiyu's eyes turned red in an instant, but she was unwilling to accept it, and said angrily, "No." I was sad, and under the sadness was my grievance and unwillingness for Chun'er.She was only fifteen years old, and at such a young age as a flower bud, she was supposed to be carefree and laugh at her parents' knees. I was silent for a long while, trying to suppress the sorrow and hatred surging in my heart, helped Cuiyu up, took a slow breath and said: "Now you can't speak nonsense without proof, you come to my palace to serve first, let's wait for the time." Cuiyu was tearful and silent, but she was helpless after all. Outside the temple is the endless darkness of the night, and even the half-moon moon cannot illuminate the thick night and the sorrow of the dead.The huge harem is as quiet as a tomb, with a bone-biting chill, the chill accumulated by countless innocent souls.Even the two immortal palace lanterns outside the Yannian Hall are like phosphorus fires, the eyes of ghosts.With sharp hatred in my eyes, I looked at Chun'er's body and said word by word: "If your young lady is really murdered by others, I will definitely avenge her and never let her die in vain!" On the day of the funeral, the queen and all the concubines came to the Yannian Hall.I suppressed my grief and took the dress I had already prepared to dress up the dead Chun'er. Seeing that I changed Chun'er's clothes, the queen stood beside me and couldn't help crying. She sighed and said softly, "Fang Liangyuan entered the palace at a young age, and it's only been a few years now? It's just a good age and the emperor has pity on her, why not?" It’s a pity that Hao Duan Duan went away suddenly like this!..." Concubine Hua also sighed: "It's a pity to be so young!..." Concubine Hua, Concubine Kui, Concubine Jing, and Cao Jieyu were all wiping their tears.I had stopped crying, and looked coldly at Concubine Hua who was standing far away from the palace gate and weeping, feeling unspeakably bored and disgusted. At this time, Xuanling's decree arrived, which was sent to the Ministry of Rites and sent to the Sixth Palace: "It was also ordered to move the Zigong to the Taifei Mausoleum in seven days to be buried with the previous Concubine De, Xianfei and the concubines who died early. . The Si people are gone, so there is only so much Xuan Ling can do.There are constantly low-ranking concubines whispering, rejoicing for Chun'er: After death, the mourning is so prosperous, it is not in vain!As for me, I would rather Chun'er not have these vain titles, as long as she lives well. She was in a daze, as if she was still in my palace, and suddenly pointed to the crabapple tree, tilted her head and said with a smile, "Sister, may I go pick a flower?" It was so lively and lovely. I knew it was her. I turned my eyes to look at Concubine Hua, and clenched my fingers. This is the living life that died beside me. If there is really any trick that caused Chun'er to die, I must, must get it all back! -------------------------------------------------- --- Notes: