Chapter 60 Chapter Fifty-Nine

Kangxi seems to be in a good mood today, and I, Li Dequan, and Wang Xi waited on me for a walk in the imperial garden.Kangxi walked around and sat on a stone bench to rest.He looked peacefully ahead.It is golden autumn, and the yellow leaves of the trees seem to be transparent in the sun, and the pieces are full of charm. Kangxi tilted his head to Li Dequan and said with a smile: "Aunt Su Ma loves autumn the most, saying it is 'more beautiful than spring'." Li Dequan bowed and smiled back: "Exactly, I still remember my aunt singing under the golden ginkgo tree. !" Kangxi focused his eyes on the golden fallen leaves on the ground, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Yes! She can sing so many songs! Even the best singing nightingale on the grassland can't compare to her!" Make up your mind.

At this time, Kangxi's heart should be soft. He recalled the romantic time when he was young and the gentle girl and melodious singing in his memory.I made up my mind, went forward to kneel down, kowtowed and said, "Maidmaid tell a story to relieve the emperor's boredom?" Kangxi laughed and said, "Speak it! If it sounds good, you will be rewarded, if it sounds bad, you will be punished!" After I kowtowed and got up, I slowly said: "In the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a woman named Lu Zhu, who was the prostitute of the rich man Shi Chong at that time..." Kangxi smiled and said: "I know this, let me change it."

I said again: "There is a woman named Lin Siniang, who was originally a Qinhuai singing girl, and later became the favored concubine of Heng Wang Zhu Changshu..." Kangxi said lightly: "I also know this." I was quiet for a while, and asked: "Your Majesty, although these women have unfortunately fallen into prostitution, they are heroic and courageous. In order to repay their kindness, they will not hesitate to repay them with their lives. Are they also respectable?" Kangxi nodded and said: "Yes! A woman of integrity is a hundred times better than many men in the world!"

I knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, now there is a strange woman who is willing to sacrifice herself in order to repay her kindness." It tells the story of the intersection between Luwu and Shisan for many years.Kangxi's face was indifferent, and it was difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry.I kowtowed and begged: "I beg the emperor to grant it, let Lu Wu be a servant girl and sweep the courtyard for the Thirteenth Master." Kangxi stared at me quietly for a while, then said coldly: "Now you are really relying on my favor, dare to say anything, dare to do anything!"

The sadness in my heart was not for myself, I was ready to be punished when I begged Kangxi, but my heart ached for Luwu and Brother Thirteen.I kowtowed my head non-stop, and begged: "The emperor is benevolent and righteous, and I beg the emperor to fulfill Lu Wu's infatuation. The slaves are willing to suffer any punishment." Kangxi got up and said angrily: "Is her infatuation or your infatuation? Punishment ? I think it means that I took pity on you too much in the past!" After speaking, I was not asked to get up, and walked away. Li Dequan hurriedly followed, Wang Xi gave me a worried look, and hurriedly followed.I burst into tears.It's useless, Thirteen, how did you spend ten years alone?Luwu, you have a deep-rooted love for the thirteenth elder brother, every bit of his suffering is pierced in your heart, why are you dealing with yourself?

Kneeling from the sun in the sky to the slanting sunset, kneeling from the slanting sunset to the dark night.At first I could still feel the numbness and pain in my knees, but it was not as good as the grief in my heart. Later, I gradually became numb and felt that everything was indifferent. In the dark imperial garden, it was so quiet that only the sound of the wind caressing the leaves could be heard.A slight chill came from my legs, I touched my knees, and tried to move, but there was a burst of pain, numbness, and it was difficult to move, so I simply gave up.Looking up at the sky halfway, it was a moonless night, on the black and blue velvet, there were many rhinestones, flashing like a woman's teary eyes, and Lu Wu was probably weeping secretly.Can the thirteenth elder brother who is alone can only raise his head and invite Fan Xing as his companion at this time?No one knows the sound of the flute!

The chill on my legs gradually spread all over my body, I was hungry in my stomach, and the cold wind blew even more chills into my bones. I huddled into a ball, looking forward to the dawn soon. It is the coldest before dawn, which is extremely difficult. When the first ray of sunlight hits the brilliant yellow leaves, the whole garden glows in an instant, and the sound of chirping birds, one after another, is endlessly jubilant.I squinted my eyes and stared at the golden leaves under the sun, but I couldn't help thinking about fried eggs in my mind, and a wry smile escaped from the corner of my mouth, alas!It really kills the scenery, burning the piano and cooking the crane is nothing more than that, but the stomach is really hungry, and the elegance and sentiment are really things that are done after eating and warming up.

As the sun grew brighter, my head began to feel dizzy, whether it was from hunger or kneeling.With his eyes closed tightly, there was nothing left in his mind, and he had no energy left to think about it. "Sister! What's the matter?" I opened my eyes weakly, and Yutan was squatting opposite me.I shook my head, signaling her to leave.She cried: "My sister didn't come home yesterday. I just heard that she was punished to kneel in the Imperial Garden this morning. Sister, what happened?" I said: "Go back! Long live Lord is angry. Knowing that you came to see me, maybe he will take his anger on you." Stop listening?" She bit her lip and stood up, stood silently for a while, then turned around and walked away step by step.

The wind that had always been gentle suddenly turned stronger, and the branches of the trees were blown by the wind.The strong wind blows down the yellow leaves on the trees and stirs up the fallen leaves on the ground. Amidst the dancing autumn leaves in the sky, there is thunder and thunder from far and near.I didn't even have the energy to sigh bitterly, I just knelt in a numb state. A few bolts of lightning danced wildly like golden snakes and tore through the dark cloud-covered sky. Amidst bursts of thunder, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky.After a while, it was another thunderbolt, deafening.In an instant, the raindrops connected into a line, and with a bang, the heavy rain poured down like the sky had collapsed.In an instant, the whole body was soaked, and the torrential rain hit the body. At first, it was a little bit painful, but then it gradually became numb, and the strong wind blew over the body, causing waves of chills.In the dark world, it seems that except for the wind and rain, I am the only one left. I am the only one who faces the raging rage of the world and bears its thunderous wrath.I closed my eyes tightly, bowed my body slightly, and let thousands of raindrops fall. All I can rely on is my back.

The boundless rain, the gloomy sky makes it hard to tell the time, the body keeps shaking, time seems to stand still, it seems that this rain will fall like this forever. I don't know how long it took, but I bent my back, put my arms against my legs, and held my head in my hands. I just felt that I couldn't be frozen, my body was so stiff that I couldn't even shake.Feeling that someone was staring at him, he gritted his teeth in a daze, and slowly looked up. Not far away, the fourth elder brother was standing upright in the rain with a black-faced bamboo umbrella in his hand.This is the first time we have met since brother thirteen was imprisoned.

Through the wind and rain, we couldn't see each other's expression at all, but I could feel the pain and anger in his eyes, and the two stared at each other silently.In the dark sky, with the jet-black umbrella and the dark gray robe, only his face was shockingly pale in the gloom. He threw away the umbrella with a jerk, walked over step by step, and stood beside me quietly.I stared at the umbrella that was involuntarily circled by the wind, swaying on the ground.Time passed little by little, and the rain did not change. The violent wind and the torrential rain were like countless whips, ruthlessly beating everything in the world.Although the body is already cold, but the heart is gradually filled with warmth.It's raining all over the sky, and there is a person who is with me!Take it!It hurts!boil! I tugged at the hem of his robe, he knelt down and looked at me, his gloomy eyes were as cold as the heavens at this time, but his gestures were extremely gentle, helping me smooth out the wet hair sticking to my face, I Staring at him, he said, "Go back! I understand your thoughts!" He stared at me for a while, then hugged me into his arms tightly and forcefully, pressing my ribs hard, but the pain was warm and desolate. despair.I rested my head on his shoulder, and the tears mixed with the rain slid down my face and soaked into his clothes. A bolt of lightning violently exploded above my head, I suddenly came back to my senses, and hurriedly raised my head to push him away.In the flash of lightning, the eighth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother stood side by side in the rain curtain.My mind went blank and I just stared at them. The fourth elder brother looked back at them, slowly let go of me, stood up, and turned around.The three looked at each other through the misty rain.The fourteenth elder brother was wearing a blue robe and holding a green bamboo umbrella. His face was calm, his posture was indifferent, and there was a hint of shock and anger in his eyes. Under the white satin umbrella, the eighth elder brother was wearing a moon-white robe, the hem of which danced in the wind, his complexion was as warm as warm jade, and his figure was as elegant as a crescent moon.Everyone is a little bit embarrassed in the darkness of lightning, thunder, wind and rain, but he is like a white lotus in the dark night, independent and spotless.Although there are fourteen by his side, and there is even a slight smile on the corner of his lips, but the flying clothes seem to cover all the loneliness in the world, and Shengxue's white clothes gather all the coldness in the world. Time seemed to be frozen, in the sound of the rain, I don't know how long it had passed, the fourth elder brother turned his eyes away, walked past them step by step, picked up the umbrella that was still rolling on the ground, and walked away slowly, his figure faded away , finally hidden in the wind and rain. After he disappeared, Elder Fourteen rushed to my side and said in a low voice, "Ruoxi, how dare you..." The words just started, but stopped, only the veins in the clenched fists were faintly visible.The eighth elder brother came to me with an umbrella, covered me with the umbrella, squatted down next to me, and looked at me faintly. I bowed my head and knelt dumbly. I knelt for a day and a night in the wind and rain. I was exhausted physically and mentally. Everything seemed to be indifferent, and I was punished at will.The three of them stood, squatted and knelt in the rain, silent.The sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella was mixed, just like the mood of the three of them. After a long time, Eighth Brother sighed, took a square towel and wiped off the rain on my face, and said, "Even if you don't love yourself, you should take care of Ruolan. She is weak in the first place, and you still let me Is she anxious?" My heart ached, and I looked at Eighth Brother, and he said: "I have ordered no one to pass on the message. But how long can I keep it a secret?" I bit my lip and said nothing. The hem of the white robe was dragged in the muddy water, I subconsciously stretched out my hand to help him roll it up, he quickly opened my hand with a wave, the two hands touched lightly, and with a 'pop', he took it back as if nothing had happened.I froze in mid-air for a moment, then slowly retracted Kong Luoluo's hand. He squatted quietly for a while, stood up and said to the fourteenth elder brother: "Go back!" The fourteenth elder brother said: "Please go back first, my eighth brother, I have something to ask her." The eighth elder brother said: "This matter you and I There's nothing I can do, I can only look at her own good fortune." After a pause, he continued: "Even the fourth child can only watch! Acting on a whim will not help, and may even anger Huang Ama." The fourteenth brother said: "I just have some things to ask." The eighth brother was silent for a while, and said: "The chess game is closing. Although I have the upper hand in front of me, but if I make a careless move, I will lose the whole game. Quite a lot." After speaking, he turned and left. Brother Fourteen covered me with an umbrella, knelt down, looked at me silently for a while, groped in his arms, took out a small bag and handed it to my eyes, beckoning me to open it.I opened the small bag, and it turned out to be a few pieces of hibiscus cake. I couldn't help being overjoyed. I immediately grabbed a piece and stuffed it into my mouth. He said anxiously: "Slow down, there is no water now, I'm choking!" He said, avoiding me The hand that wanted to take it again motioned for me to swallow it before taking it again. I quickly swallowed it, and then he handed it over to me for another piece, and I suddenly realized: "The emperor may not allow me to eat." He laughed angrily, "I ate everything, what's the difference between one piece and two pieces? We looked carefully when we came, and there was no one around." I smiled, and hurriedly continued to eat. It didn't take much time to eat all the pastries. I was already too hungry and felt a stomachache, but I didn't feel hungry anymore. After eating this time, I felt more and more hungry, so I had to hold back.I didn't drink water all day and night, and after eating a few pieces of pastries, I suddenly felt dry and uncomfortable in my mouth and throat.I poked my head out of the umbrella, but Shisi wanted to pull it but I didn't. I had already drank a few sips of rainwater, wiped my mouth, and retracted again.Smiling towards him who was full of surprise, he said, "Water without roots is the cleanest, and literati save it for tea!" He sighed: "I will always remember that you are not a lady at all." I smiled slightly, and he stared at me and asked, "Is it worth it?" I stared at the flowing water on the ground, as if I had never heard of it.He said in a fixed voice, "Answer me." I still ignored it.He shook my shoulders and said softly, "Ruoxi, answer me, I beg you!" I looked at him in surprise, his face was fraught with anger, but he tried his best to restrain himself, his heart softened, and he replied: "I only did what I thought I should do and what I had to do, nothing worth it or not If you have to ask me why, maybe I can only say that if Elder Brother Thirteen faced the same scene, he would definitely do the same thing for me, even if he knew the consequences would be unpredictable." He took a deep breath and asked, "If it were me, would you still be like this?" I looked at him and didn't answer.He sighed: "I know, you must be thinking again. Brother Thirteen would definitely not ask such a question. He understands you! But it is precisely because I don't understand that I have to ask clearly. Ruoxi, tell me To tell the truth, even for the sake of our acquaintance since childhood." I said softly: "I don't think so. Whether it's the tenth elder brother or you, I will do it. Although the temper is more congenial with the thirteenth elder brother, everyone's affection is the same." There was a faint smile on his lips, "Then when I was in the grassland that day, even if there was no starling, you would help me, right?" I nodded, looked at the hem of his robe and said, "It's all wet, go back! When the emperor's anger is over, everything will be fine." He stuffed the umbrella for me, and I shook my head and said, "It's already soaked, can it be more wet? Besides, the emperor didn't allow me to kneel while holding the umbrella." He stood up holding the umbrella, took a deep look at me, turned around and walked quickly Go, the speed is getting faster, trotting, striding, the figure quickly disappears, only the sky and rain are left. The rain fell endlessly, the sky was getting darker, the only sound in the world was the sound of rain, my body was shaking, my body was hot and cold, my consciousness gradually became trance, and finally there was only the sound of rain that was getting farther and farther away from my ears , the body softened, and everything fell into darkness and silence.