Chapter 44 Chapter 46: The Wind and the Moon

At noon, a few of us went to Qinghe Palace for dinner. Qinghe Palace, as soon as you hear the name, you know that it is related to the lotus.It was midsummer, and in the lotus pond in front of Qinghe Palace, green and round lotus leaves spread out one after another, and the eyes stepped on the verdant pond, inch by inch, and the small lotus pond was infinitely open.The blossoming pink lotus jumped out of the water, like a slim fairy Lingbo, blooming freely and swaggeringly.The sun jumped into the lotus pond, gently caressing the fairy's pink cheeks, and then was blown away by a gust of wind, and rubbed into everyone's noses, bringing wisps of refreshing fragrance.

The red, pink, and green covers of the pond aroused everyone's great interest, and Jun Luobei even temporarily changed the banquet that was originally held in the palace to a gazebo by the lotus pond. The architecture of the inner garden of the imperial palace is really extraordinary. There is a small gazebo for appreciating lotus, six vermilion lacquer pillars polished to a bright light, and the eaves above the dark golden brackets are engraved with a mocking phoenix, one of the nine sons of the dragon, which symbolizes The glazed tiles on the roof of the pavilion reflect the dazzling light in the sun to deter demons and eliminate disasters.

After Jun Luobei took the main seat in the pavilion, Yan'e and Wujian sat beside him, followed by Xing Su and me. Xing Su seemed to like lotus very much. After sitting down, he looked into the pool frequently, and his joy was beyond words. She wore a blue dress today, still wearing a pair of open tops, revealing a large smooth chest and the delicate begonia, and a snowy plain belt around her waist, which accentuated her beautiful figure with large breasts and slender waist. Show everything. Perhaps because she was considering meeting the crown prince, she replaced the ox bone hairpin she always wore, and combed it into an exquisite half-up bun, wrapped around a gold wreath, and the phoenix hairpin was inserted obliquely, with a round pearl hanging on it. Hengsheng, with a pair of slanted eyebrows, and the ripples in Jianshui's eyes, with just a slight turn, you feel radiant, not inferior to the graceful pink lotus blooming in the sun.

I saw her staring at the lotus and almost forgot to eat, so I couldn't help teasing her: "Xing Su, your saliva is coming out." "Is there?" She pulled back from the lotus pond and asked me in surprise, her fingers couldn't help touching the corners of her mouth, her busy expression was straightforward and cute. I burst out laughing, causing her to give her a coquettish look, and her half-pushed cherry lips were glisteningly red. "Okay, stop talking and joking, the food in your bowl is almost cold." Wu Jian looked at me and said, and picked up another chopsticks of shark's fin and put it in my bowl.

"Young Master Yu, we all know that you love Xiaolan, but you don't need to bring the love from the house to the palace, right?" Xing Su said lazily, his eyes sparkling. I knew she was annoyed that I teased her just now, and deliberately said something to make fun of Wujian and me, so I smiled and said: "Are you jealous of us?" "Yeah, I'm so jealous." She curled her lips, picked up a chopstick and chewed the fish's lip vigorously, pretending to be a bit jealous. "Susu, stop messing around, His Royal Highness is still here." Yan'e tugged at Xing Su, and looked at Jun Luobei cautiously.

"It's okay." Jun Luobei said lightly, his eyes were downcast, and he was eating the food very intently. There was silence for a while, and everyone raised their chopsticks to eat silently, only hearing the wind blowing across the lotus pond, bringing the sound of green leaves whirling. When the banquet was coming to an end, Hei Xuan came to the table in a hurry and reported to Jun Luobei that several spies who visited the palace a few days ago had just been captured. As a court lieutenant, Wu Jian was in charge of the Lanchao Prison. Such an important matter should be interrogated by him in person, so he left in a hurry with Hei Xuan, leaving me, Yan'e, mother and daughter, and Jun Luobei to continue eating .

The sun at noon today is still mild, half shyly hiding behind the clouds, half lazily looking down at the earth, the wind mustered all its strength to run in the gazebo, blowing away everyone's temple hair and clothes. Jun Luobei raised his hand lightly, and the eunuchs and maids beside him quickly removed the food from the table and replaced it with a fruit platter and fragrant tea. "Miss Yan, you love the lotus in the pond so much, you might as well take a closer look with Ling Tang on a boat. There are small boats and eunuchs in charge of the boat by the pond." Jun Luobei said to Xing Su slowly, with a light touch on his mouth. Shallow smile.

"Okay, Xiao Lan, are you going?" Xing Su asked me happily. "That boat can only carry three people at most, you and Aunt Yan, I have seen this lotus many times." Three people; secondly, I also need to get along with Jun Luobei alone, some things are inconvenient for Yan'e mother and daughter to be present. Seeing the figures of Xing Su and Yan'e gradually disappearing into the depths of the lotus root, I turned my head to look at Jun Luobei, and said indifferently: "You did it too deliberately..." "Aren't you staying too?" He said softly, raised his hand and waved away the palace servants by the pavilion.

"That's because I want to return this thing to you." I said as I took out the purple jade pendant in my arms. He glanced lightly, picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip before saying, "I've already given it to you." "My mission has been completed, and now I return it to Zhao." I pushed Ziyu in front of him, and I can no longer carry this thing in my arms for public or private use, or if Wujian finds out and asks about it, I can't bear it. There was no excuse. He put down his teacup, stared at me for two seconds before saying: "There is no possibility of taking back what I send out."

I pouted, this man is really domineering, but he may have used his domineering to the wrong target.I stretched out my thumb and index finger to pick up the piece of purple jade, shook it in front of his eyes, and said, "You mean, it's mine now?" He nodded but did not speak, his eyes were as clear as clear water filled with a lotus pond. I smiled at him with half of my mouth raised, and lightly raised my arms. The jade pendant between my fingers drew a graceful arc in the air, and quickly sank into the red flowers and green leaves. He stared at me fixedly, with green eyebrows flowing in the sparkling eyes, like the lotus leaves in the water, crisp and clear, so that I almost couldn't take my eyes off.

"As long as you are happy..." He suddenly smiled softly, his eyes were moist, as if water could drip out, and there was no anger or silence as I expected. I was a little dazed for a moment, his eyes and tone at this moment are very similar to the past, very much like the Jun Huangyue who invited me to live with him in Jingyuan. The warm wind in the afternoon suddenly became quiet, and the black hair that was fluttering on his forehead and temples just now fell down silently, leaving a strand of it on his rosy and thin lips, leaving an ink mark on his fair and transparent face. , but surprisingly softer. Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and many fragments of the past kept passing by before my eyes, as if it had never happened before, as if I had eaten an unripe orange in my heart, so sour that I almost shed tears Come. The wind started to blow again, like a loving elder, brushing over my face warmly, wiping away the moisture from the corners of my eyes. "Those who abandon me shall not keep the day of yesterday", even though some people have left deep traces in the chaotic steps of my life, but everything is like the willow bank, the dawn wind and the moon, looking back, only the can be forever. Thinking of this, my mood gradually calmed down, I looked back at Wen Run quietly, and smiled lightly. Seeing me so indifferent, he hid the smile on his lips, his eyes were gradually stained with thick ink, like a dark cloud that couldn't be dispelled, fainting a touch of loneliness... I lowered my head to drink tea, only to find tender green leaf buds floating in the cup. Unexpectedly, after nine months away from Lanchao, Yan Qi actually sold loose tea to the palace. Congratulations. How are the things going, it looks like I have to go to Xiang Mansion tomorrow. I put down the cup and glanced at Jun Luobei, the fair skin was crystal clear under the sun, exuding a noble luster, the black jade-like eyes returned to their usual silence, but there was a sneering smile on the corners of the rosy lips, It is so light that it can be blown away by the wind at any time. The atmosphere was a bit stagnant, I shrugged and said, "I thought you had something to say to me when you pushed them away..." "Originally there was," he maintained the arc of the corner of his mouth, "but there is no need to say it anymore." I was silent, picked up the teacup and continued to drink tea, it was not a big cup, and soon I drank it down to the tea dregs, put down the cup dumbly, and looked around boredly. The gazebo is built on the water, very close to the land, so there is no verandah connecting it with the land. Only five bluestone piers carved into lotus leaves rise out of the water one by one, connecting the pavilion and the land. It is quite ingenious, making the pavilion look like standing in the middle of the water from a distance, surrounded by overlapping lotus leaves. A few figures appeared by the lotus pond. I squinted my eyes and looked carefully. The slender blue figure walking in the front turned out to be Mo Siyou. The corners of his mouth could not help but curled up. He glanced at Jun Luobei and said, "Someone is looking for a husband." However, he frowned slightly, and soon put on an indifferent expression, looking at the person who came by quietly. Mo Siyou walked outside the pavilion, raised his hand and waved away the following palace servants, lifted his skirt and stepped on the bluestone pier, and came to the pavilion gracefully.Today, she is wearing the same blue dress as Xing Su, but the clothes are painted with silver dark cloud pattern, and the skirt is complicated. Compared with Xing Su's simple and neat, she is a bit more noble and dignified. Two golden phoenix hairpins of draped silk are inserted obliquely on the temples of the clouds, and two strings of emerald jade hang from the ears, with a calm and proud face. I got up and bowed my head to her, but I didn't hear her voice for a long time. I raised my head in some puzzlement, but saw her almond eyes were full of coldness and seriousness, and there was even a faint resentment. I was startled, and then I lowered my head and thought to myself, why does this woman look at me like this, I don't seem to have offended her at all, right?Is it because I was alone with her husband in the gazebo just now, which aroused her jealousy? "Madam Tingwei, please, I didn't expect you to return to court yesterday, and Siyou saw you today. This is a great surprise." Just as my thoughts were spinning, Mo Siyou finally spoke, elegantly. The voice is gentle and amiable, and there is no such coldness as I saw just now. I silently returned to my original position and sat down. I smelled a fragrant wind passing by my nose, but it was Mo Siyou who sat down on the square stool between me and Jun Luobei. "How does the queen mother look today?" Jun Luobei Xu Hua's voice wafted in the pavilion. "When the concubine had dinner with the queen mother at noon, she saw that the old man looked very good, and the concubine asked the concubine to pass on a message to you, so after the concubine couldn't find you in the imperial study, she came to Qinghe palace according to Xiaochangzi's words. .” "When did Xiao Changzi become so talkative?" Jun Luobei said indifferently, "What did the queen mother say?" "This..." Mo Siyou's voice was a little hesitant, and he raised his eyes and glanced at me, obviously implying that I was an unnecessary outsider.I snorted coldly in my heart, if you don't want to say it, I don't want to hear it yet. "It's okay, let's talk." Jun Luobei's tone was indifferent, and after glancing at me, he quickly turned away. "The queen mother said that you were stabbed by spies a few days ago. I hope you will rest more and stop staying up late to review the memorial." Mo Siyou said softly, his voice full of concern. I raised my eyebrows in surprise. What are the origins of those spies? They not only visited the palace at night, but also stabbed Jun Luobei. "It's just a small injury." Jun Luobei said casually. "Small injury?" Mo Siyou exclaimed, "So much blood..." "Okay, I'll go to greet my mother when I'm free." Jun Luobei raised his hand to stop Mo Siyou from finishing his sentence. Embarrassment and grievance flashed in Mo Siyou's eyes, but he still maintained a proud and dignified expression on his face. He paused for two seconds, turned his head to me, and said with a smile: "Madam has a very special fragrance. Well, it seems sweet but not sweet, I don't know what kind of powder is used?" I smiled faintly, unexpectedly her nose was so sharp that she could smell the chocolate smell from Jin Xiangyu in my arms. "It's not the incense powder, it's the smell of this golden fragrant jade." I took out the precious Qionghua that Feili gave me, and handed it to Mo Siyou. "Jinxiangyu? It is recorded in the book that this kind of jade takes hundreds of millions of years to form, and it also exudes a charming fragrance. It is extremely difficult to find in the world, and it is extremely precious. It is a rare jade through the ages. It is said that the jade seal of Feng Kingdom was carved from Jinxiangyu." Unexpectedly, its appearance is so simple and unassuming, no wonder the predecessors would say 'you don't know Jin Xiangyu with eyes'!" Mo Siyou was so amazed that he opened his mouth to tell a lot of allusions about Jin Xiangyu, and it really didn't Bear the name of her talented daughter. "The Jinxiangyu that Siyou can know now is the jade seal of the Feng Kingdom. I don't know where the madam's Qionghua came from?" Mo Siyou's eyes were warm, mixed with a trace of envy and jealousy, "I can take it Do you want to see it?" "Look, if you touch this jade with your hands, the same fragrance will stick to your fingers, and it will last for a long time." I smiled and put Qionghua in her palm, and told her about the fragrance of Jinxiangyu. Another characteristic of her, but did not tell her the origin of Qionghua. She pinched the viburnum between her fingers with joy, walked to the fence of the gazebo, raised the viburnum to the sun, and watched it carefully in the sun. "If I remember correctly, the founding emperor of the Feng Kingdom carved two things out of a piece of Jinxiangyu. The four drops of morning dew represent Empress Baili Qiong's 40th birthday at that time, and for three hundred years since then, Qinglu Qionghua has become the inheritance of every generation of queens of the Feng Kingdom." Jun Luobei said lightly. , looking at me fixedly, complex emotions flashed in the deep black pupils. I was dumbfounded by his sudden words, yes, there are four drops of crystal clear morning dew on the viburnum flower that I have stroked and watched countless times. My mind suddenly became confused. Since Feili gave me this extraordinary viburnum flower, his thoughts are self-evident. It seems that my guess in Shanghe Palace was correct. Sure enough, the friendship deteriorated, he fell in love with me, and he loved me so forbearingly, so calmly. My heart couldn't stop clenching, my chest was stuffy, filled with melancholy and sadness, Feili, why are you bothering... From now on, who will be able to drink with me in the bright moon and sing to wine?Those sunny days will eventually fade away in the memory... "Oh!" Mo Siyou cried out, interrupting my thoughts. "Qinglu Qionghua fell into the lotus pond!" Her words almost made me dizzy on the spot. "Ma'am, I'm really sorry. Siyou was too excited to watch just now, and the sun dazzled his eyes accidentally, and he couldn't hold his hand firmly..." Mo Siyou walked up to me and said in panic, with eyes in his eyes Not apologetic at all. I looked at her bitterly, never believing that she accidentally dropped Qionghua into the lotus pond.