Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Flower lottery

It was still early to return to the palace, and I saw the inner eunuchs and maids of the first palace busy watering the flowers and trees and loosening the soil in the courtyard.He couldn't help laughing and said: "The pear blossom has just bloomed, and you are in a hurry to urge it to bloom." Huanbi came up with a smile on his face and said, "Miss, there is a happy event today! The two begonias in front of the hall have burst into several flower buds." I happily said: "Is it true? I was only focused on walking in just now, and didn't look carefully. I should go and have a look together." The palace people are all young, and I mentioned it this way, who doesn't like to be lively, and they all hugged me and walked away to the outside.Sure enough, among the green branches and leaves, there are a few stars of red buds, like rouge, just dyed, looking as graceful as a virgin.It hasn't bloomed yet, but it has a faint fragrance.I smiled and said: "It is recorded in the predecessor's "Quan Fang Pu" that there are four types of crabapple. They are Xifu crabapple, Suisi crabapple, papaya crabapple and sticky stem crabapple. Although the crabapple flowers are delicate and charming, the general crabapple flowers have no fragrance. This Xifu crabapple is both fragrant and beautiful, and it is the top grade among the crabapple."

Xiao Yunzi immediately interjected: "Young master is knowledgeable and talented. The slaves listen to it and learn to be good. How respectable it is to talk in front of other slaves." I poked my finger on his forehead with a smile, which made everyone laugh, Liu Zhu said with a smile: "Only Xiao Yunzi's eloquence can make the miss happy, and it seems that our clumsy tongue is not easy to hurt." Xiao Yunzi looked up at her and said with a smile: "If Sister Liu is clumsy and tongue-tied, then we don't have all the teeth, so why don't we dare to talk in front of Sister."

Liu Zhu was so proud of being coaxed by him, "You are so good at making me happy, I will reward you by making a pair of insoles tomorrow." Xiao Yunzi made a bow, bent down and said: "Thank you sister, how dare we wear the shoes made by sister, I will put them on the bed every day to look at my sister's good son." Liu Zhu laughed so hard that he couldn't help spitting at him, "I've already made it, so I can't let it go, I will make a good pair for you." I said, "Since I've done it, I've even made Xiao Lianzi's pair together."

Both of them thanked each other, and everyone watched for a while before they gradually dispersed. In the blink of an eye, it was night, and after dinner, I sat in front of the red-lacquered five-bat birthday table and looked through it.Outside the window, the moonlight was faint, the wind and dew were fragrant, and it was an extremely quiet night.It was written in black and white, and in the past when I read it, I was always full of quarrels, but today I don’t know why, and my mind is always in a trance.The moonlight is like a beautiful, the tree in front of the window is blown by the wind, and the slightly swaying shadow is reflected on the window paper, as if it is someone's slender figure.While thinking about it, it seems that every word in the book has become a black pupil, sandwiched in the sparse shadow of apricot blossoms in front of my eyes, one layer is quiet and the other is cool.My mind suddenly turned and I recalled the things of the day, and my heart was as soft as silk.The candlelight in front of my eyes was shining brightly, reflecting the brilliance of the satin on the clothes, which reminded me that I was in the Yingxin Hall, and I gradually calmed down.I just don't know what's wrong with me, my face is hot and my ears are hot, I flipped a page of the book, but it was:

Prepare and pay, Samsung is in the sky.Tonight evening, see this good man?Zixi, Zixi, what is such a good man? Take precautions, and Samsung is in the corner.Tonight, what evening, see this encounter?Zixi, Zixi, why do you meet like this? Be prepared for Chu Chu, and Samsung is at home.Tonight and what night, see this charming person?Zixi, Zixi, who is so charming? Feeling ashamed and flustered, as if someone had found out what was on his mind, he closed the book in a panic and became annoyed again.I have a different identity from him, so where does the term "good man" come from, let alone "three stars"?Inexplicably, he thought of Wen Shichu's sentence "once entering the palace gate is as deep as the sea", and threw the book on the couch with a "slap".Jinxi jumped when she heard the sound, and hurriedly brought a cup of cherry dew honey over and said, "Young master is tired from watching, let's drink a cup of honey and rest for a while."

I drank it all in one gulp, still restless and bored.I caught a glimpse of the mottled and peeling lacquer on the red lacquered five-bat birthday table, and asked casually, "The paint on this table is not good. Why haven't the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs come to repair it and paint it on again?" Jinxi showed a slightly distressed look on his face, "Xiao Yunzi has already been there, and I think I will come here in a few days." I nodded, "The affairs in the palace are cumbersome, and they may be a few days late if they are too busy." I said "no" and just sat quietly.It happened that Peier whispered to Xiao Yunzi outside the window: "Why did Xiao Lianzi come back this afternoon with such a bad face?"

Jinxi's expression changed slightly, and she was about to speak out to stop her, but I immediately turned my head to look at her, and she had no choice but to remain silent. Xiao Yunzi said "hey" and said: "Didn't you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or come back after receiving a lot of sneering words." Perky said: "Isn't it just because the table needs to be painted, so I ran around like this several times without any result?" "What do you know?" Xiao Yunzi lowered her voice, and said angrily: "Those guys who look down on people with their dog eyes, just say a few words about Xiao Lianzi, and even the young master was ostracized and said a lot of dissatisfaction." If you don't do it clean!"

Jinxi's face was very ugly, she just frowned and wanted to go out.Seeing that my expression was normal, I had no choice but to endure it. Pei'er spat hard and said: "The bastards in the Ministry of Internal Affairs don't take the young master seriously like this? In winter, the young master's charcoal was withheld, if it wasn't for the concubine Hui sent some money Charcoal is not going to be suffocated to death by the smoke of those black charcoals. Now it is getting more and more lawless, even to make up a table is going to run people!" Xiao Yunzi said anxiously: "Keep your voice down, the young master is still inside, it will make you sad."

Pei'er's voice was suppressed, and she said sadly: "How can I do it? The days to come are still long, and we slaves will just make do with it, but the young master...since he is sick, he still has to suffer from these things." Idleness." After saying that, he resentfully said: "That Huang Guiquan, because he is a distant relative of Master Hua, is so rampant that he knows nothing about the heights of heaven and earth!" Xiao Yunzi said: "Good aunt, please bear with me! For fear that the young master will feel unhappy if he finds out, Xiao Lianzi can act as if nothing happened when serving in front of him, so you should keep it a secret anyway."

The two talked for a while and went to work separately.I felt a slight tingle in my heart, both touched and sad, I just pretended I never heard it, and just said lightly: "Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs is busy, it's okay to use it as it is, and it's not a big deal." Jinxi whispered: "Yes." I looked up at her and said, "I've never heard what I said tonight, and neither have you. Don't criticize them a word when you go out." Jinxi agreed.I sighed and said, "Following a little master like me has indeed caused you a lot of grievances."

Jinxi hurriedly knelt down and said eagerly, "Your master, why bother to say that, you killed the slaves. The servants follow the master, and they are not wronged at all." I asked her to get up, and sighed: "People in the harem tend to follow others, and it's just a common thing to worship the high and step down. Why should they pay attention to me, the little master who has been ill for a long time. We can live in peace. That's all." Jinxi was silent for a while, with tears in his eyes, and said: "If it wasn't for this illness, the young master, with your looks, may not be under the concubine Hua." After she said that, her expression was slightly startled, and she knew she had made a slip of the tongue. I calmly said: "Everyone has a share in their fate, so what's the use of forcing it." Seeing what I said, Jinxi hurriedly put aside the topic and said, "Young master is tired from reading, how about embroidery?" "Looking at the stitches all the time makes my eyes sore." "The servant girl held the zither and came to serve the young master to play the qin." "I'm so bored, I don't want to play." Jinxi observed the words and expressions, and said from the side: "The young master thinks that the long night is boring and boring, so why not invite the concubine Hui, the young master An and the young master Chun to come and play with the lottery." Thinking about it is a good idea, and only this good idea, said: "You go and prepare some snacks to eat, Ming Piner and the others go and invite the young masters over together." The little maids were eager for the excitement, so they immediately raised the lights and went together. After half an hour, I heard noisy footsteps, walked to the front of the hall to greet her, and heard Chun Chang's coquettish laughter: "Sister Wan loves to come up with new ideas. I just don't know how to get rid of it." What about this dawn?" I laughed and said, "It's fine if you don't get sleepy. You hide in your own room and sleep all day long, and you're almost sleeping like a cat." Chunchang smiled and took my hand: "My sister loves to make fun of me, I don't want to." Mei Zhuang came in with Caiyue's hand and smiled: "I heard Chun'er acting like a baby from a long distance away." Then he asked: "Why hasn't Mausoleum arrived yet?" I smiled and looked at her: "It's not easy to invite you, and I have to let my daughter-in-law watch over me, don't scare Sheng Jia." Mei Zhuang laughed and cursed, "This hoof's mouth is getting more and more tricky" while reaching out to pinch my face.I laughed and hid, begging for mercy again and again. Just as they were making noise, Ling Rong came in slowly with Ju Qing, who was still holding a bouquet of rhododendrons in her hand, Ling Rong pointed to the flowers in her hand and said: "There are a lot of rhododendrons in my palace, I see If the color is good, let someone pick some for Sister Guan to put in the bottle." I hurriedly let them in, and asked Jingqing to hold a vase to plug it in.Jingqing and Juqing were always on good terms, and they held hands and went to the next room to talk about themselves after suing Ann.I smiled and said to Ling Rong: "Please always think that I love these flowers. The narcissus brought on New Year's Eve is very good, and it dilutes the medicine smell in my house. Otherwise, the whole house smells like medicine, how can I live there?" .” Mei Zhuang said: "What are you talking about? I think the medicine smells very pleasant, better than my sachets and sachets." After entering Nuan Pavilion and sitting down, Jinxi has already set up a table of food: honey peanuts, walnut sticks, apple jelly, emerald jade bean cake, chestnut cake, two-color bean cake. Chunchang said: "The dishes handed down from the imperial dining room are really tasteless, and my mouth is always bland." Mei Zhuang said: "It's true that they are dealing with big dishes for the celebration. If it's really good, it's not as good as the fresh ones from our small kitchen." I said to Chunchang: "It's hard to say. Didn't you come to my place to try something new?" Chun Changzai had already stuffed a piece of emerald jade bean cake into his mouth, holding a handful of apple jelly candies in his hand, staring at the plate of honey and peanuts and said vaguely: "If it weren't for sister Guan, there are so many delicious food here. , I really want to fight famine." Mei Zhuang lovingly took a cup of fresh milk tea for her, and I patted her vest lightly: "Eat slowly, if you choke, go back and cry." Liu Zhu brought a boxwood stick with a handful of green bamboo flower name sticks in it, shook it, and put it in the middle.Mei Zhuang said with a smile: "I'll say it first, but it's just a joke in the boudoir, don't take it seriously." Everyone booed: "Who is serious? It's just for fun, what are you in a hurry for?" Mei Zhuang blushed slightly: "I'm just exhorting you in vain." Comparing everyone's age, Mei Zhuang is the oldest, followed by me, then Ling Rong and Chun'er.Mei Zhuang took a flower stick while shaking the tube and said: "I'll come first, just because I'm so unlucky, I've lost the lottery." He took it out and looked at it first, then smiled and said: "It's really just a joke. .” Handed it to us casually, a cluster of golden chrysanthemums was painted on the bamboo stick, and a Tang poem was written in small characters underneath. Ling Rong smiled and said: "You love chrysanthemums, and the place where you live is called 'Cunju Tang', and now you have a holy family, isn't it 'Luo Han Zhai Lixiang'? It's really true." Mei Zhuang spat: "Looks like she's used to Ling Rong, I only said one sentence, and she prepared ten sentences waiting for me later." Chun Changzai said, "Sister Hui originally liked chrysanthemums the most." Ling Rong covered her mouth and smiled: "See if I'm right? Sister Chun thinks so too." Mei Zhuang interrupted: "I'm fine, it's time for Huan'er." He pushed the lottery holder in front of me. I smiled and said, "Let me do it." I pulled out one casually without looking at it, and looked carefully, but it was painted with a light pink apricot flower, with the four characters "majestic scenery" written on it, and also A Tang poem was engraved.When I saw the pattern of "alpricot blossom", I was touched by the previous events in my heart, but even my face turned red, like a flying cloud. Chunchang wondered, "Sister Wan didn't drink, why are you drunk?" Ling Rong snatched it away and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Congratulations! The apricot, fortunately, is also the owner of your son-in-law. The apricot blossom is a sign of favor." Mei Zhuang went over to look at it with a happy face: "Really? Master Xing is recovering from illness, it seems that your illness is about to recover. You have been in bed for so long, and now that the weather is warmer, you should recover." Chun Chang was holding a piece of chestnut cake and said: "Didn't the sign say 'Spring Breeze and the First', but my sister is going to take the female champion exam, can I make a champion cake?" Ling Rong couldn't help laughing, so he hugged her and said, "I just think about eating, 'Spring Breeze and the First' means that your sister Wan's spring is coming." I raised my hand to cover Lingrong's mouth: "No one speaks these nonsense village dialects, and they teach Chun'er not to learn well." Then I said to Meizhuang: "This doesn't count, I'm so confused, just try Try your luck." "I've seen a lot of rambunctious ones, but I've never seen such a rambunctious one." Mei Zhuang smiled: "Who told you that you are the host, let you smoke again. It's just that this time you can't cheat anymore." I said "Thank you", lifted the stick and shook it carefully, and then I took one out of it and said, "This time it should be good." Looking up, it was a crabapple, still written The four characters are "Begonia Jieyu", and there is a small poem to explain it. I smiled and said: "It is not bad. I live in Tangli Palace, and the two Xifu Begonias in front of the hall have bloomed again this morning." Mei Zhuang looked at it for a while and smiled: "It's true. Begonia is also known as 'Jieyuhua'. Aren't you a lovely Xieyuhua?" Ling Rong has already brought the wine to my lips: "Come on, drink this cup to congratulate me." I raised my cup and drank it all down. Suddenly I got excited and called Liu Zhu Huanbi to come in. He said with a smile, "Dongpo's last sentence is yes. You go and get two red lanterns. If you want a big one, illuminate the one in front of the hall for me." Haitang, don't tell it to sleep." The two agreed to do it. Mei Zhuang caressed my cheek and said: "This girl is crazy today." Asked Ling Rong again: "You also smoke one to play." Ling Rong answered "Yes" with a smile, took one to look at, and looked at it himself, but let go of his hand and dropped the stick on the ground, his cheeks were flushed and drunk, and said: "This thing is not good, it is said to be a game in the boudoir , but how much nonsense is on the top." Everyone was puzzled, Chun'er quickly picked it up, but it turned out to be a tree of oleanders, betting underneath.Mei Zhuang covered the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I don't know much else, but I understand this 'tenderness and want to tell', but I don't know who Lingrong sister wants to tell her tenderness to." I suddenly recalled the old things, the night when I entered the palace, the mausoleum's suppressed crying seemed to resound in my ears again, my heart trembled, but I still smiled on my face, pretending to be unintentional, and said to Meizhuang: "This Tenderness is the tenderness towards the emperor, is there someone else? Since we are concubines of heaven, naturally there is no other man in our hearts except the emperor." Although I was facing Mei Zhuang, I was always looking at Ling Rong's reaction from the corner of my eyes. When she heard this, she lost her mind for only a short moment.Her eyes swept over my expression quickly, and she smiled brightly at us: "Lingrong is still young, how can I understand the words 'tenderness' that my sisters say." I smiled and said nothing, I have already said the words For the sake of it, Ling Rong should understand. Mei Zhuang said: "Lingrong dropped the flower lottery for no reason, she should be punished once. It's better to punish her three cups." Ling Rong hastily begged for forgiveness: "The capacity of the Ling is small, and you will feel dizzy after drinking one cup. How can you withstand three cups? No, no." I saw that the red candle burning on the table was a bit dim, so I pulled out a silver hairpin on my head to polish it. Unexpectedly, the candle wick exploded with a "snap", and the candle flame lit up with a huge knot. A lantern flower.Mei Zhuang said: "What day is it today, so many good omens are in your palace?" Ling Rong was also beaming with joy: "It seems that my sister's body is really getting better. How about this, my sister sings a song to congratulate her." "This one is fresh and elegant. I've never heard Sister Rong sing. Let's listen to Sister Rong." Ling Rong gathered up his clothes and sang "Good Things Are Near" carefully: The flowers move the two mountains in spring, and the green surrounds the green season.When the rain rises and the dawn comes to the lake, the sky is clear. Move Zun Lanzhao to press the deep waves, sing and blow with the dust.Should be to the shade of broken clouds, see the true colors of lakes and mountains. There was silence for a moment, and when Ling Rong finished singing, Chun'er said in a daze, "Sister An, you sing so beautifully, I don't even want to eat the most delicious walnut paste." I was pleasantly surprised: "What a mausoleum! It's really hidden, I didn't know you could sing so well. It's really 'This song should only exist in the sky, so how many times can you hear it in the world'!" Mei Zhuang was fascinated when he heard it, and said: "If you had heard her song earlier, what is the lady 'Miaoyin'? You can't count the word 'Miaoyin'." Ling Rong blushed and said humbly: "It's nothing more than a trick, but it makes my sisters laugh." "What a joke, after listening to this song, I won't know the taste of meat for three months." After joking and joking for a while, she urged Chunchang to draw a flower lot to look at. She put it in my hand and said, "Sister Wan, please read it for me, but I don't understand." , next to it, there is another small character "Tiangong Weaver Girl Hairpin Flower". I felt a chill in my heart, suddenly felt ominous, and immediately smiled and said to her: "This is a good word." Then I persuaded her: "Take what you like to eat, there are some left in the small kitchen, you go pick something you like." I'll ask the little maid to pack it for you and take it home." She obeyed and jumped happily to the kitchen. Mei Zhuang asked with concern: "What? Did you get any bad ones?" I smiled: "It's nothing, it's just not as good as our two." After thinking about it, I said: "The flowers are good, but those words hurt people's heart." Ling Rong asked: "How do you say?" "Tiangong Weaver Girl's hairpin. It is said that women in the Eastern Jin Dynasty wear hairpins on Tiangong's Day to wear filial piety for... Weaver Girl." Ling Rong's face changed slightly, Mei Zhuang forced a smile and said: "It's just a boudoir game, don't take it seriously." Just as he was talking, Caiyue, a girl from Meizhuang, came in and said, "My lord, the emperor has rested at Hongni Pavilion today." Mei Zhuang said lightly: "Understood. You go down first." Seeing her go out, he said in a gentle voice: "What a lady Yu, she turned over so quickly!" Ling Rong was puzzled: "Didn't you just let go of thinking behind closed doors?" Mei Zhuang held a peanut in her hand, but she didn't eat it, she just twirled it between her fingers, and the layer of red coat attached to the peanut fluttered down between her white fingers, leaving a piece of broken red crumbs.Mei Zhuang clapped his hands and said: "This is his skill. Today is already the third night, and within a few days after being released, he has given grace three times..." Mei Zhuang gritted his teeth slightly, but stopped talking. "How did you turn over so quickly?" I asked. "I heard that she knelt outside the emperor's Yiyuan Hall and sang all night, her voice became hoarse, which made the emperor feel sorry for her again." There was a hint of worry between Ling Rong's brows, and he twisted the silk in his hand and said: "That one has always been at odds with Sister Hui. Although her position is low, she is very arrogant. Now it seems that the emperor may promote her again. points." While speaking, he secretly looked at Mei Zhuang's expression. I stood up, brushed off the peanut crumbs on Meizhuang's skirt, and said, "Since even you are jealous of her, others are even more so. If her arrogant character doesn't change, I'm afraid I won't bother you." I can't help but start." Mei Zhuang understood: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never take action lightly." I smiled sweetly: "It's just dirty things, it's not worth our trouble." Everyone was silent, just sat and listened to the "tick-tick-tick-tick" sound of Genglou.Mei Zhuang just raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's getting late, let's take our leave first." I sent them out of the palace gate, and then went back to the back hall to rest.In the midnight dream, I vaguely heard the sound of the drum again and again, and I always felt that there was a smile like a bright sun breaking through the overlapping shadows of apricot blossoms, shining in front of me. -------------------------------------------------- --- Notes: