Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Apricot

When I got up early in the morning, it was raining. At first, it was just pattering like ox hair, and then it became heavier and heavier, gradually becoming a rainstorm, rushing like pillars, and countless water streams splashed along the tiles on the eaves of the temple. When it came down, it made a Martin clang on the eaves.The fresh air of the vegetation between the heaven and the earth is diffused by the water vapor, and there is a clear and cold fragrance. In the afternoon, the rain became heavier. I took a look at the sky and said in a low voice, "Liu Zhu, take your umbrella and go out with me."

Liu Zhu looked surprised and said: "Miss, there is no way to go anywhere under such heavy rain." Jingqing came up to persuade him: "Where are you going, my lord? It's getting worse with such a heavy rain on your upper body." Jinxi also advised: "It's better to wait for the rain to subside a little before going out, my lord." I just said "Go and come", and ignored their advice, Liu Zhu said helplessly: "Our young lady has always been like this, she always says what she says." She had to take a big umbrella and carefully help me out.

Walking to the swing, there is no one around, only the sound of rain on the ground can be heard in the sparse shadow of apricot blossoms.I looked down at the embroidered shoes and skirts that were wet by the rain, and sighed slightly, it turned out that he didn't come.It's funny to think about it for yourself, the majestic prince doesn't stay in the palace to enjoy the rain and chant poems during the heavy rain, why come to the palace in a good manner?Maybe he was just a joke yesterday, and I was the only one who took it seriously; or maybe he sincerely invited me to enjoy the score, but it was just inconvenient to enter the palace due to the weather.After thinking about it for a while, he is still the future.It was quite chilly in the wind and rain, Liu Zhu was next to me and whispered, "Miss, why don't we go back first."

I looked at the fine water curtain in front of me like thousands of threads, but I was silent, Liu Zhu didn't dare to speak anymore, I turned my head slightly, and saw her shoulder was wet by the rain, her body was still trembling slightly, and my heart was oily However, feeling pity, said: "It's hard for you, let's go back first," Liu Zhu hurriedly answered "Yes", and helped me all the way back.Seeing us coming back, Jinxi hurriedly cooked a thick dose of ginger soup for us to drink, and I asked Liu Zhu to go down immediately and change clothes. I was bored on a rainy night. I was sitting in the warm pavilion playing the piano. I was playing the song "Yu Linlin". Hearing the sound of rain splashing outside the window, I was a little dazed and my gestures became slow. Huanbi brought in fresh fruits and stood aside. Said: "Miss, are you playing "The High Mountain"?"

I came back to my senses and said, "How come your ears won't work after entering the palace? This is "Yu Linlin"." Huanbi was surprised and said: "Miss, listen to it yourself, but "Yu Linlin"?" I was startled, why did I believe that the piece played by Ma Youxuan was "The High Mountain", why didn't I know it?I called Liu Zhu in and asked, "How about the piece I played just now?" Liu Zhu said: "Miss, are you talking about the song "The High of the Mountain" just now? It used to be no better than other songs, but today I feel sore after listening to it for some reason."

My heart was cold, and it took me a long time to say: "Go and light a lamp of sandalwood." Liu Zhu answered "yes", and Huanbi said in a very low voice, "It's not the season to light sandalwood in spring. Are you upset, Miss?" I glanced at her and said, "I'm tired, go to sleep." I tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.Sandalwood was originally an incense for meditation.I know, how can I not be upset?The mountain is high, and the moonrise is small.The little moon, He Jiaojiao!I am thinking a long way.I don't see you for a day, my heart is quiet.The sound of the piano has always revealed people's hearts, but I am thinking about it, and can't let it go if I don't see it for a day?What a terrible and dangerous thing this is to me!

He is the king of Qinghe, and I am a nobleman from Guan. There has never been any intersection between us, even though I am just a nobleman who lives in seclusion and has no favours.I understand that since I was recorded in the Yunyi Palace, I am destined to be the emperor's woman whose face I have never seen clearly in my life.For me to treat other men like this, especially Qiannian, the emperor's younger brother, is not beneficial to me at all.I turned over and sat up on the bed with a "huh", quietly watching the small jumping flames on the red candle burning on the flower candlestick beside the bed.I thought to myself, from this moment on, when I can still keep a distance from him, I will never be able to see him again.

Now that I made up my mind, I didn't go to the swing for three or five days.Meizhuang also didn't come for a few days, saying that the emperor had been drenched in the rain a few days ago and suffered from some wind and cold, so he wanted to go to serve him.I knew that the emperor was not feeling well, King Qinghe would definitely go to the palace to investigate, and he didn't even step out of the palace gate, for fear of encountering him again. However, I also felt uncomfortable. I was bored for a few days, and when I heard that the emperor had recovered from his illness, the princes and ministers who visited him also went back.Only then did I feel relieved to walk outside to relax.

She lives in Tangli Palace in seclusion on weekdays, but she wears the most homely plain dresses, and there are only a few sporadic pearls and emeralds on her head, far away from fancy dresses.Before going out, my heart was still tight, as if I was looking forward to it for a week, maybe I would meet again.Sitting in front of the bronze mirror again, he picked out an emerald hairpin and inserted it, and grabbed a handful of snails and silver pins and inserted them into the topknot in a half-moon shape.I was holding up a pair of dotted earrings to wear, when I saw Chang'e flying to the moon with the pattern on the edge of the bronze mirror from the side of my head, and remembered the poem of the predecessors "Looking at the blue sea and blue sky, what is the heart of this night and night?" The ground cooled slightly, and the gestures also slowed down.As soon as she let go, the pair of dotted earrings fell on the dressing table, twirling around, with a faint pearly luster.I felt quite depressed in my heart, I just felt that it was very stupid for me to groom like this. I have always "female as the one who pleases me", but I should not regard him as the one who pleases me.

Zhen Huan, Zhen Huan, it's in vain that you always pretend to be smart, but you can't even see through this?After asking this question, I became even more sad. I had seen through it, but am I still unable to restrain myself because I have seen through it?What's wrong with me? It's so abnormal. It's just a man who meets by chance but can't get it.The more I think about it, the more anxious I become.In the end, I was bored and walked out alone.Seeing me alone, Liu Zhu also came out to serve me. After the spring rain, the flowers and leaves grow more prosperously, and the stamens spit out overnight.The apricot blossoms of that tree did not wither and fall after the heavy rain, but bloomed more colorfully, like the morning light and shadow of a tree.It's just that Chunjing didn't thank her, but the person from that day disappeared.

My heart felt sad, Liu Zhu saw that I was not hesitant, and said: "Let me push Miss to play on the swing for a while, it's good to loosen your muscles and bones." I don't know if Liu Zhu was absent-minded, her gestures were extremely slow, and she swayed slowly a few times, and suddenly she heard a woman behind her sternly yelling: "Who is on the swing! Why don't you come over after seeing Mrs. Yu!" I was already displeased to hear someone talking to me like this, so I restrained myself from getting off the swing and turned around to look.But he saw a tall and slender woman Yingying standing under the tree, dressed in court concubine uniforms and emerald jewels, her face full of pride.A lady-like person beside me pointed at me and called, "I'm not coming, I'm talking about you." I was immediately annoyed, but I still tried my best to hold back, maintaining a smile on my face, but I couldn't stand.Liu Zhu frowned and said, "My young master is a nobleman from Tangli Palace." The court lady looked a little timid, and looked at me a few times, seeing that I was dressed plainly, she didn't seem to believe her, she just looked at Niangzi Yu.Madam Yu covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Is there such a person as nobleman Guan in the palace? I've never heard of it." The maid seemed to be trying to remember something, and said for a while: "Returning to my lord, there is a noble person living in Tangli Palace, but he has a chronic illness and rarely goes out." Madam Yu narrowed her gaze, walked closer and said, "Hello, Mrs. Wan." But her expression was very disrespectful, and she nodded slightly in salute without even bending her knees. I smiled lightly and said, "Hi, Madam Yu. Why do you have the pleasure to come out and walk around these corners?" Madam Yu's eyes flickered, and she said contemptuously: "My sister wants to serve the emperor, how can she be as free as my elder sister?" After a pause, she said: "My younger sister has something to advise my elder sister, since my elder sister is suffering from a chronic illness, she should not go out for a walk. So as not to infect others and make people feel more disgusted." After speaking, he smiled triumphantly and left.I was so angry that I was humiliated by her for no reason, Liu Zhu was so annoyed that even my eyebrows were raised. I changed my mind, and said in a manly voice: "Thank you sister for reminding me. As a sister, I know it well. But my sister also has something to tell my sister." She said "oh", stopped and looked at me proudly: "I don't know what's your opinion, sister?" I smiled and said: "I heard that the emperor always likes women with good etiquette. My sister wants to tell my sister that the ceremony she gave me just now is very bad. It must be that my sister is not familiar with court etiquette. How about this, I let me Liu Zhu, the maid, will show you." He said and glanced at Liu Zhu. Liu Zhu immediately understood, and said to Mrs. Yu with a blessing: "Please watch, my lord." After saying that, he bowed his knees and bowed to me, bowed his head and said, "Sister Hong Nige, Mrs. Yu, sees Mrs. Guan, hello Mrs. Wan. " I smiled and said: "I often hear the sisters in the palace praise my younger sister for being smart, so I must have learned it. Please follow Liu Zhu's demonstration and salute to this nobleman again." After hearing this, Madam Yu was already so angry that her mouth and nose twisted, she said sharply: "You are a nobleman who has no favor in the palace, how dare I let this young master respectfully pay respects to you, and you deserve it!" The maid beside her hastily pulled off her sleeves and said: "My lord, she... the status of nobleman Wan is indeed higher than you, how about..." Madame Yu became furious and slapped the maid on the face. The maid's face swelled up immediately, and she took two steps back. She scolded: "Eat things that crawl around! You are timid and timid, you are useless at all." "He sneered at me again: "Didn't the nobleman really think that you can be judged by your status? Whoever the emperor loves is respect, otherwise no matter how high your status is, you will be just a lowly person! Besides, your status is It's only two levels above me, why dare to order me?" Just as I was about to open my mouth, a familiar voice not far away said coldly: "If I ordered you to pay homage to the noble man?!" I heard the sound and looked, that face was very familiar, and my heart was suddenly confused, like a cold and fever in my childhood, my face was cold for a while, and then hot for a while, suddenly alternating, I just stared at it unconsciously. Looking at him, I don't know what to do.It seems that I don't believe it, but I can't help but I don't believe it. In the whole world besides him, who else dares to call himself "Zhen". Madam Yu's expression changed abruptly, she hurriedly knelt on the ground with the court lady, and said respectfully: "All blessings, Your Majesty." The emperor nodded and didn't ask her to get up. She asked cautiously, "Why is the emperor here?" The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Then why did you come here?" Madam Yu timidly said: "I heard that the emperor likes to come here to relax recently, I think the scenery must be very beautiful, so I also came to have a look." The emperor smiled, with a slight sarcasm in his tone, and said: "It can be seen that you are dishonest, what you said is not true." Madam Yu saw the emperor with a smile on his face.Without thinking deeply, she said in a flattering voice: "The concubine just wants to spend more time with the emperor." The emperor's voice froze, although he was still smiling, his gaze was cold: "Why do you know my whereabouts very well?" Seeing that something was wrong, Madam Yu trembled, and immediately bowed her head and said nothing. He smiled at me, I just stared blankly at him and didn't speak, Liu Zhu hurriedly pushed my arm, and then I woke up, knelt down to him in a daze, and said: "Mr. Concubine Tang Ligong Zhen's visit to the emperor, the emperor is blessed." Liu Zhu also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. He lifted me up, and said with a pleasant face: "Your body has not recovered yet, why bother to perform such a big ceremony." Then he leaned closer to my ear and whispered: "I missed the appointment that day, and it was not on purpose." I blushed and said: "The concubine dare not." "I've come here to wait for you every day these days, why don't you go out?" I said anxiously, "Your Majesty." While casting a winking look at Mrs. Yu, I hinted that he had someone else present. He called Liu Zhu to get up, and said: "It's good to support your young master, she is weak." He suppressed his smile, looked at Yu Niangzi who was kneeling on the ground and did not dare to show his breath, and said slowly: "Your old lady The problem has not been corrected, it seems that the punishment I gave you last time was too light." Madam Yu heard the conversation between me and the emperor, and the sweat on her forehead was already dripping down. Now hearing the emperor's tone of punishment, she quickly knelt down and took two steps forward, grabbed the corner of the emperor's robe and cried, "Your Majesty! , Chen Qie knew it was wrong. Chen Qie offended the noble sister today because of her muddleheaded mind, Chen Qie is willing to take the blame to Guan noble, and ask the emperor to forgive this time." The emperor gave her a disgusted look, but did not answer. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Madam Yu hurriedly took off the pearl hairpin earrings and knelt in front of me, kowtowed and said, "My sister made a big mistake today, so I dare not beg for your forgiveness. But please forgive me." Since you are serving the emperor together with me, please beg the emperor to spare me." I glanced at Mrs. Yu, who was crying embarrassingly with disheveled hair, and couldn't help feeling compassionate. I pushed Liu Zhu's hand away and walked to the emperor and said softly: "Knowing mistakes can be corrected. There is nothing good about it. The concubine thinks that Mrs. Yu really knows her mistakes." Please, please forgive her this time." The emperor glanced at her, and said: "Since the nobleman Guan personally pleaded for you, I don't want to slap her face too much. It's just that you refuse to change after repeated admonitions, it's really abominable!" A servant in the yellow gate in his fifties and more than a dozen guards from the Yulin walked out from behind the tree. He greeted me and saluted me. The emperor frowned and said, "I know you are following me. That's all, Li Chang, tell me According to the decree, Yu Shi will be demoted to change clothes, and move out of Hongni Pavilion immediately!" Li Chang lowered his head and answered "Yes", and was about to turn around and go down when the emperor glanced at Mrs. Yu who was shivering, and said, "Wait a minute. Yu Changyi , Didn’t you say that nobleman Guan’s status is only two ranks higher than yours? Li Chang, pass the decree to the Sixth Palace, nobleman Zhen from Jin is the concubine of Wan.” Li Chang was taken aback, and his expression was distressed: "Your Majesty, Wan... I am afraid... that it is against the rules for the young master to be promoted before going to bed." The emperor's expression changed, and there was a chill in his words: "Your errand is getting better and better, and I have to ask more about my will." Li Chang was shocked, kowtowed his head twice and confessed his crime, and went down to deliver the decree. The emperor looked at me with a smile: "Why are you overjoyed? Even Xie En has forgotten." I knelt down and said solemnly: "Firstly, the ministers and concubines have no merit in the country, secondly, they are helpless in the dragon's veins, and thirdly, they have not yet served in bed, so they really dare not accept the grace of the emperor." The emperor smiled and said, "Kneel at every turn, and don't worry about tiring yourself. Since I said you can afford it, you must be able to." My heart was moved, the emperor didn't even look at Mrs Yu, but only looked at the frightened palace maid next to Mrs Yu, and said in a weak tone, "Those who rely on people's power, go to the Department of Punishment and do hard labor!" The two quickly thanked and helped each other Stumbled away.