Chapter 55 Jade Seat Bead Curtain (15-2)

Gui Lian didn't say anything, didn't take a look in the mirror, just sat down and supported his head, not wanting to do anything. "Break up your spirits, don't act like this!" Yuzi said with a voice of admiration and envy: "Red walls, green tiles and black gutters, you have let it out." This sentence made Guilian think of the world outside the palace wall.Usually at home, I always talk about how prosperous and lively the capital is?Once there, you must have a leisurely stroll for a few days, and once you enter the palace, these thoughts will naturally be put away.Thinking about it at this moment, I couldn't help feeling infinite yearning, and suddenly my spirits lifted, and I stood up from the chair.

"Clean up quickly! Master Ming's big saddle cart is coming soon. Guilian," Yuzi said again: "The higher-ups have specially told you that you don't need to go up and kowtow, so as not to be sad. When you get to Master Ming, the higher-ups will naturally have more Grace. Here, I send you this." As she spoke, she took out a brocade box from her body and stuffed it into Guilian's hand. Opening it up, it was Yuzi's favorite jewelry, a pearl flower, and a note with her home address in Chengdu, Sichuan. "Sister Yuzi!" Gui Lian didn't know what to say, tears rolled down, and he didn't wipe it, letting it flow to the corner of his mouth and fall on the bead flower.

"Why are you like this? There's no need to be sad!" After saying the last word, Yuzi's voice was choked up, and she hurriedly turned her face away, wiping her tears with the back of her hand. Yuzi not only wiped away her tears, but also warned Guilian not to cry, which is a taboo in the palace, Guilian of course knows.At the same time, she is also a character who is competitive and unwilling to show others with tears, so despite the sadness in her heart, she can still listen to Yuzi's advice, wipe her face in a hurry, ask Yuzi to help her braid her hair, change her clothes, and start packing luggage.

At this time, there were already good sisters who got the news and came to express their condolences, but in fact they were much envious.Of course, some people were disappointed, planning that Guilian would become the emperor's favorite concubine in the future, but the hope of relying on her support fell through. While everyone was rushing to help her tidy up the boxes and cages, Xiao Li also rushed over to join in the fun. The man was so strong that he happened to catch up with Yuzi and asked him to help bundle the bunk.Xiao Li tightened the rope with all his strength, and said, "Guilian, you have a wrongdoer and a debtor, you must know it yourself!"

Before he finished a sentence, he stopped for Yuzi: "Damn, you're talking nonsense again! A good thing, it will change in your mouth! " "Don't scold Xiao Li either." Gui Lian interjected, "I know it well." "Don't listen to him, listen to what he says and cause trouble." Yuzi turned to the maids again and said, "Let's all disperse! Do what you should do!" Yuzi was the same as the manager, her word was an order, so the maids dispersed one after another, and there were only three people left in the room.Guilian really wanted to ask the emperor, but was hesitating about how to ask, when Yuzi was admonishing Xiaoli again.

"It's a happy event for Guilian to come out of the palace and have a home. Why are you talking so much! What's wrong with you? Be careful of your enemy. He can cure you, but you can't cure him. " This refers to An Dehai, Xiao Li sneered: "Let's see!" "By the way, just wait and see, don't open your mouth." "Sister Yuzi!" Gui Lian stopped her and said, "Don't argue with Xiao Li about my business." So he left An Dehai aside, and talking about the emperor, Xiao Li said that his hand injury was much better, but he still couldn't go to the study, and told the masters that the emperor had a fever from exogenous factors.Gui Lian listened silently, lost in thought, and wanted to say something to Xiao Li: "If Lord Long Live asks me, he will say that I have died of a sudden illness, and I will be a dog or a horse in the next life to repay the Lord Long Live!" Can't say it.

"Perhaps the car is coming," Yuzi pointed to the manager of the respect room who came from a distance, and said, "you can go!" When it came to the word "go", they both felt sad, Guilian took Yuzi's hand reluctantly, and they didn't let go until the manager of the respect room got a little impatient.When they walked together to the corridor, Gui Lian suddenly stopped, knelt down towards the Suishou Hall where the Empress Dowager Ci'an lived, and bumped his head. The Empress Dowager Ci'an did not go to court that day, because the Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly felt uneasy, and all "rises" were "withdrawn".Her heart was soft, and she wanted to find Guilian several times to comfort her, but in the end she was afraid that Guilian would cry and couldn't bear to see each other, so she just walked around in the hall, waiting for Yuzi to reply.

"Going away?" She asked Yuzi when she saw Yuzi. "Let's go!" Yuzi replied in a low voice. The Empress Dowager Ci'an was silent for a while, then suddenly sighed and said: "She really 'served' the emperor, it's all right!" "The slave doesn't quite understand what the master means." "Can't you stay like that?" It turned out that the Empress Dowager Ci'an was reluctant to leave Guilian.I don't know if she likes Guilian herself?Or does she love the emperor and feel guilty for driving away someone he likes?Or both minds?From Yuzi's point of view, it would be best for Guilian to leave like this, but she dared not say this, she just felt that the Empress Dowager Ci'an couldn't even protect a court lady, and had to listen to "the west" to make decisions, which was pitifully honest.

From this thought, I thought that the Empress Dowager Ci'an gave in everywhere. Although there are some things she can't do, or she is modest and willing to let the Empress Dowager Cixi be the master, but there are many times when she is forced to bully her.Feeling for a while, and the person who is about to resign from the palace, I feel that if I don't say anything at this time, there may be a day of regret in the future, so I decided to advise and persuade. "The master is really a Bodhisattva, easy to talk!" She said in a sighing voice, "There are some things that the slave sees and really refuses to accept, but the master is soft-hearted and willing to suffer, how dare the slave say it? Seriously, It's worth it to let others take a step, and to be able to make others feel at ease. It's not the same thing if you always give way on your side, but the other side takes an inch and doesn't let you go!"

The Empress Dowager Ci'an was silent, and there was no expression on her face. After a long time, she sighed and said, "So what if you don't let me go? Are you arguing with others?" "It's natural to fight when it's time to fight." "Tell me, those things should be disputed?" "We have to fight for the title! Now there are two empress dowagers, but they were not two empress dowagers back then." "It's because of her good fortune, and her stomach is full of energy." "Master, you don't have to keep thinking about it. Although the Lord Long Live was not born to the Master, the Master is the aunt after all. Besides, no one in the palace thinks that, the Lord Long Live is more filial to the Master than his own."

"This is my little comfort!" Empress Dowager Ci'an replied happily. "Again," Yuzi said taking advantage of the situation, "Long Live Lord is filial to Master, and Master should protect Long Live Lord a little more!" The Empress Dowager Ci'an's smile suddenly subsided, and she looked at Yuzi intently, as if she was about to get angry. This look was rare once or twice a year, and Yuzi was a little scared.Unexpectedly, not only was she not angry, but she was quite appreciative, "You are right," she nodded deeply, "I want to protect him a little more." But the matter of Guilian going out of the palace is always irreversible, so we can only deal with it cautiously.So the next day when the emperor came to Changchun Palace to say hello, Yuzi handed tea to the emperor herself, while watching the emperor's expression carefully. The emperor seemed a little confused, wondering why he didn't see Guilian to serve him?But he didn't open his mouth to ask, he kept watching the figures passing by outside the window, sat for a while, got up and resigned. Sitting on the soft sedan chair, he asked Xiao Li, who was helping the sedan chair, "Why is there no shadow of Guilian?" "Guilian?" Xiao Li said easily, "Dead!" The emperor was shocked, but the rules he had learned since he was three or four years old restrained him, he would not be flustered, he just had doubts in his heart, and he was anxious to go back to the palace and ask Xiao Li carefully. "How did Guilian die?" He asked when he reached the Hall of Mental Cultivation. "It's a sudden illness. The servant can't figure out what it is." "Don't inquire about it! And don't tell me, the real bastard, I raised you trash for nothing!" Seeing the emperor's angry and sad look, Xiao Li knelt down with his knees bent, "It's all because of the pain in the hand of the Long Live Lord. I am afraid that the Long Live Lord will be upset, so I dare not report it." "Then, why didn't you inquire about the sudden illness?" This is an unexplainable error.Even if you don't blame the past, go to "inquire" at this moment and fabricate the "sickness" to play back and forth. Although it can be prevaricated for a while, if the emperor learns the truth from others, he can certainly use the words of the head of the respect room to pass on the decree and not to disclose the truth. Prevarication, but the emperor will definitely say this: You help others to hide it from me, what use do I want you for?Then he would immediately fall out of favor, and maybe the emperor would just find a mistake, order the respect room to clean the boards, and be transferred to do drudgery such as cleaning the latrine.Isn't that fun?Among other things, at least An Dehai's revenge would not be avenged. Thinking of this, Xiao Li came to his senses, but the emperor was impatient and kicked his knee and said, "What's the matter? Are you dumb?" When Xiao Li heard about it, he elongated his face, curled his mouth, squeezed his eyes twice, squeezed out a few tears, fell on the ground and cried "Woo, woo". The emperor was shocked and deeply suspicious. When his tears were shed for Guilian, Guilian must have died a terrible death, so he hurriedly shouted: "Why are you crying? Say it!" While crying, Xiao Li was aggrieved and said intermittently: "This slave is so embarrassed to death! Don't say it's deceit, a slave can't be without conscience. If you say it, you will die immediately!" "why?" "My mother, the empress dowager, whoever wants to say something, will be beaten to death! I will not be afraid of what others say, but I must not be afraid of the decree of the two empress dowagers. Long live God can't save me." The emperor was even more amazed, so he must think carefully, first, if he died of a sudden illness, what can't be said about it?Second, the Empress Dowager Ci'an has never said such harsh words. From this point of view, there must be something hidden in it. The emperor also knew the temperament of the eunuchs very well, and he could tell them to do anything, but he couldn't kill them.As long as he can not be "beaten to death", Xiao Li will naturally tell the truth.So he said calmly, "Don't cry! Let me ask you something first." "Yes!" Xiao Li wiped away tears and raised his head. "How can you dare to tell the truth?" "The master is sympathetic to the slave. The slave tells the truth, but the master pretends not to know. Only then does the slave dare to speak." The emperor was a little reluctant to agree. After thinking about it for a long time, due to the situation, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Tell me." So Xiao Li explained in detail how Gui Lian left the palace. Of course, it was not true. The most important change was that she had been assigned to a Lan Ling guard in Heilongjiang and had already left the customs. .Because if the truth was told, the emperor would cause a lot of trouble if he refused to give up. "Then," the emperor let out a voice from his tightly closed lips, "How did the Empress Dowager know that I gave Guilian a ring? Was it Xiao Anzi's mouth?" "Long live Lord Shengming." "Okay! Keep it for the general account!" The emperor gritted his teeth and said this, and then asked: "Where's Guilian? Are you crying?" "I cried all night." "how do you know?" "Guilian's eyes are swollen to the size of a peach. When the slave helped her pick up her luggage, I saw it with my own eyes." "Oh, you also helped her pick up her luggage?" "Yes! The servant thought to himself, Guilian is the beloved of the Long Live Lord, and the servant should do his best." "You still have a little conscience." The emperor asked again, "How was she when she left?" "Don't dare to cry when you leave. The rules in the palace don't allow it." "Then," the emperor seemed disconcerted, "she just left? She didn't miss it at all, so she just left?" How to answer this question has to be considered.Xiao Li was thinking that if the emperor wanted to die, it would be better to tell Gui Lian how unfeeling, but that was not what the emperor liked to hear. At this moment, he had to find a way to coax him, so as not to cause unexpected troubles. So he said: "Gui Lian is not that kind of heartless person. When she was leaving, she bumped her head in the Suishou Temple far away." "What?" the emperor interrupted him and asked, "Didn't you kowtow to your mother, the empress dowager?" "Yes!" Xiao Li replied, "My mother, the empress dowager, told Yuzi to tell her that there is no need to go up, so as not to be sad." The emperor was silent.He knew that the Empress Dowager Ci'an had always liked Guilian, so when he said goodbye, it made her feel unbearable.But why don't you say a word and leave her behind, why do you listen to the Empress Dowager Cixi in everything? Thinking of this, he felt a little bit of resentment towards the two queen mothers, but then he condemned himself, thinking of this was unfilial.It's just that a mouthful of resentment can't be swallowed, so this thought can't get rid of in his chest, so he can only ask Xiao Li some more words to dispel it. "She..." The emperor always felt that Guilian should express something, that he would not be so willing to raise his head out of the palace, but he didn't know how to express this idea?But Xiao Li saw it. "Guilian really has a lot of grievances in her heart, but she can't tell. She also has a competitive temperament. When she left, she refused to shed a tear and raised her head high, as if she didn't care about anything. Actually..., oh !" Xiao Li sighed in front of the emperor, confident that he was favored. There were unfinished words, but the emperor couldn't imagine, so he followed his words and asked: "How about it?" "Actually, she will never forget the favor of the Long Live Lord in her whole life. Even if her hair turns gray, her teeth fall out, and the house is full of children and grandchildren, she still has the appearance of the Long Live Lord at this moment in her heart." Xiao Li said this passage with "emotion and prose", and the emperor was greatly moved. He remembered many poems at once, and understood what "love", "hate", "infatuation" and "love" are all about. "Lifelong Hate"! So his eyes were a little red, and his heart was sour, sweet, and hot, and he couldn't tell if it was uncomfortable or good?I just thought I wanted to write something, so I captured this wonderful feeling in my heart and said it out. He said and did it, and immediately began to conceive unconsciously, fidgeting and walking around in the hall, staring straight at his eyes, holding the tea bowl with his hand and calling "take tea", but he refused to drink the hot tea.Seeing this look, Xiao Li panicked: "Long Live Lord, don't you think that you have lost your mind and become obsessed?" He kept asking himself in his heart like this, but he didn't dare to speak. In the evening, when it was time to settle down, the emperor suddenly said: "I will make a poem!" "What are you afraid of? I won't be going to the study tomorrow." The emperor said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I already have the manuscript." It turned out that the emperor was thinking about poetry just now, no wonder he looked like a bookworm, Xiao Li felt relieved now.Anyway, writing poetry is also doing homework, and you are not afraid of reprimands from "superior".So I am happy to serve the book case. The emperor's poems, at his age, can be regarded as passable.In the "window class" not long ago, Woren gave a topic of "pine wind", and the emperor's concluding sentence was: "Nan Xun can relieve anger, and grows in Shun Qin", which is combined with the "south wind" in "Historical Records". The fragrance of the sun can relieve the anger of our people", and the two allusions in "Book of Rites" "Shun made a five-stringed qin and sang the south wind".The masters were all delighted, and went to tell the audience. Wo Ren said it was the words of a benevolent and benevolent monarch; Moreover, speaking of words can be seen as the status of an emperor, and his reading has indeed improved; and the most proud is Weng Tonghe, because the homework of poetry is his "inheritance".And the poems of this "Son of Disciples" have already been enlightened, and they talk about "Taoist words", but there is no "Taoist spirit" in the words. Be smart. The five-character quatrains have been learned, and the emperor is now learning the seven quatrains.According to his original idea, it is best to do two Qilu poems on this topic, and the topic is called "Untitled".But verses have to talk about antithesis and use allusions, but the masters have never taught romantic allusions and lingering allusions, and I secretly read some in my stomach, after all, there are not many.Therefore, with self-knowledge, it is not yet time to do Qilu, so I decided to imitate the Gongci in Tang poems and make four or six poems and Qijue. I just thought about it for a long time, and I have a general idea, but telling Xiao Li that there is a "constant draft", it is a lie. The first sentence was ready-made, and the emperor wrote it with a pen: "One farewell, the sound and appearance are both vague." While writing and reading, the syllables are still clear, but there is something like an elegy, and I feel discouraged, and the word "don't" is wrong, I never said goodbye to Guilian, so I picked up a pen and crossed out the word "bie" and changed it to "go", but I felt that the word "yiqu" was silent, so I got impatient and simply crossed out the whole sentence. "It's a good word," Xiao Li said beside him, "Why don't you want it?" "You don't understand!" the emperor scolded, "Don't talk about me next to me!" Xiao Li, who hit a wall, stepped back a little.The emperor flipped through the book and looked up the rhyme by himself. Before finishing a poem, Zhang Wenliang hurried in and shouted: "Long Live!" "What?" asked the emperor without raising his head. "Mother, Empress Dowager, came to see Lord Long Live." This statement immediately interrupted the emperor's enthusiasm for poetry, and his first thought was not to let the Empress Dowager Ci'an see his poems, so he grabbed the manuscript and stuffed it in a drawer, and shouted to Xiao Li: "Quick, Quick, put away the books." "Long Live Lord," Xiao Li hurried forward and said in a low voice, "My mother, the Empress Dowager, will definitely praise me for doing my homework so late." What Xiao Li meant was that the books do not need to be put away.Because as soon as the book is collected, the Empress Dowager Ci'an will definitely ask: It's so late, why haven't you asked the emperor to arrange it?At that time, there was no reason to explain that those who served the emperor would definitely be scolded. The emperor was reminded: "Okay, I won't accept it." Not only did he not accept it, but he also took a few books and spread them out on the table, and then followed Zhang Wenliang out of the hall to greet him. West One Long Street, two rows of palace lanterns, coming from the north and the south, the emperor greeted him from a distance, greeted the soft sedan chair, and then supported the sedan chair with his right hand and asked: "It's so late, the emperor Mother still coming?" "I sleep a lot during the day." The Empress Dowager Ci'an said, "I'm worried that you haven't slept yet. Let's take a look. What are you doing?" "I'm reading." The emperor said with a smile, "I also sleep a lot during the day. I won't go to the study tomorrow, so I can't bear to sleep." When they arrived at the East Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Empress Dowager Ci'an first went to see the emperor's bedroom, and asked Zhang Wenliang and the eunuch who was sitting on watch to ask about the emperor's daily life. admonition.After playing the match, all the eunuchs retreated, and all the maids waited on the porch. Only the queen mother, the emperor and Yuzi were left in the room. The three of them felt that it was time to say something private. Empress Dowager Ci'an originally came here for something.She had discussed with Yuzi that sooner or later the matter of Guilian would not be concealed from the emperor, rather than coaxing the emperor to say good things when the matter broke out, it would be better to comfort him in advance.Yuzi thinks that her idea is very good, saying that the emperor is filial, if he can do this, the emperor will feel wronged, and he will definitely look up to his heart and forbear it, so he strongly encourages this trip.But at this moment, seeing the emperor's demeanor as usual, he is not unhappy, so one thing more is worse than one thing less. The Empress Dowager Ci'an was silent, and the emperor was worried that Xiao Li would be "beaten to death", so naturally he didn't dare to ask first.But thinking of An Dehai, he couldn't calm down, so he was gossiping with the Empress Dowager Ci'an, but he kept thinking in his heart, should he take this opportunity to sue An Dehai, and if so, what should he do? Tell Empress Dowager Ci'an to punish An Dehai according to her wish? After making up his mind, when the gossip came to an end, he suddenly asked: "Mother Huang, what do you do when you are the emperor?" One sentence made the Empress Dowager Ci'an in a daze, "Really!" She was very displeased, "Where have you read all your books? Didn't the master teach you?" "I have taught. The masters said that when the emperor has to govern the world, he must teach the people to live and work in peace and contentment. But who will rule? Outside depends on the governor, inside depends on military aircraft, various ministries, and the most important thing is to rely on the sixth uncle. The emperor's forehead Mother, is it like this?" "Why not? Don't you understand everything?" "I don't understand a little bit." The emperor asked, "Does it mean that what Sixth Uncle says is what you have to listen to?" This was a strange question, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an felt that the implication was very serious, so she asked with a straight face: "What did you hear? Your sixth uncle is a virtuous king, and it is all thanks to him these few years! I'm listening to the villain. Who is instigating behind the scenes? Absolutely no!" The emperor heard that the Empress Dowager Ci'an had misunderstood, and this misunderstanding was no small matter!If you want to pursue it, you must be suspicious of Xiao Li. That innocent disaster can kill his head, so I panicked, and hurriedly argued: "No one provoked me, and I'm not saying that Uncle Six is ​​not good. I'm too soft-hearted, I dare not offend anyone." "What do you mean by that?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an reprimanded lovingly, "You just said things that I don't understand today." Seeing that the Empress Dowager Ci'an's expression tended to ease, the emperor was half relieved, calmed down, and replied cautiously: "If I go on, the Empress Dowager will understand. The masters said that the most important thing to govern the world is To employ people, you must be close to the virtuous and far away, but who should be employed and who should not be employed must be asked by the sixth uncle. There are villains who should not be employed, and the sixth uncle is a good person and does not speak, so what should we do?" This question is still reasonable, but there must be something to point to, Empress Dowager Ci'an asked: "Who are you talking about?" "Emperor Niang, you don't care who it is. Even if there is such a person, even the sixth uncle is a little bit jealous of him, so he knows he is bad and dare not touch him..." The Empress Dowager Ci'an suddenly understood, and softly shouted: "Stop talking!" "Emperor Niang understands!" The emperor forcefully asked, "What should I do?" Empress Dowager Ci'an doesn't know what to do?Nor can she say.At the same time, she also hoped that the emperor would talk less about this matter, but such a warning would not please the emperor, so she just grabbed her son's hand and squeezed it tightly. This grip received great comfort and encouragement from the emperor.Not only did the warmth in the loving mother's hands spread to his heart, but it also made him feel the strength and support of a queen mother!He was relieved, he knew that he would take some severe measures against An Dehairu, and Empress Dowager Ci'an was on his side.