There were people
in Emei who were jealous
of Nagato and complained about the rise
of the White Moonlight: “It was a bad time for the Zhaoyi Empress to come. Just now Su Changshi sent someone to deliver your majesty’s oral order, and the people of the Autumn Palace have been summoned back to the Xuanshi Palace.” Outside
the Buddha Hall, Qin Zhaoyi led the maidservant holding a box of cakes and was stopped by the guards guarding the gate.
Her smiling, flowery face stiffened for fear that she might mishear: “What’s the matter?” Why did you go to the Xuanshi Hall again? But
the guards no longer pay attention to her, the king’s own oral instructions, if you want to ask, go to the Xuanshi Temple to ask, ask them what to do.
“People of the Autumn Palace, this will be your residence from now on, just like the Qingliang Palace. From now on, people of the Autumn Palace will still be the master of the bedroom.”
Su Wen pointed to the warm pavilion that had quarantine from a side hall, and with a smile, the maidservants placed Qiushui’s bags properly.
Qiushui thought that she would be in the Buddha Hall with the blue lantern in the future, but she received the order as soon as Ramadan came out. She didn’t want to come, but she was thinking about whether his body was good or not, and whether he couldn’t get over it.
Su Wen waited for her to settle down and went back to answer the king.
Liu Chang leaned against the bed, listened to the reply, nodded, heart way she came in the end, if not she really want to stay in the Buddha hall for a lifetime, he can also help her.
Su Wen is also pinched a sweat, the former king and Qiushui two make like that, he is scared out of his wits, this time if Qiushui does not come, I really do not know what kind of anger the king will send.
Now that he had survived the disaster safely, he was relieved and looked around inside and outside. Seeing that it was all right, he went back to rest by himself.
When Qiushuizhang came, perhaps she was late. The king had already gone to bed, and it was dark in the tent. She was afraid that she would wake him up again, so she put out the lamp and took a nap in the next room.
But as soon as she lay down, there was movement outside. She quickly got up and lit the lamp again, but she heard the king shouting in his sleep.
It was past September, and the room was pleasant and refreshing in the daytime through the wind, and it was no longer as hot as it had been in the cool hall.
But seeing that he even lifted the quilt, Qiushui had no choice but to look around and find a fan. Then he sat on his feet in front of his bed and fanned him.
Perhaps the wind blew away the heat, and finally did not listen to the king shouting heat, but bitter she wanted to sit beside him, can not leave a step. When
Su Wen came to change her in the middle of the night, he was surprised to see her take a round fan. After listening to Qiushui’s gentle exhortation, he wondered that he had not heard the king shout when it was hot a few days ago. Now the weather turned cool, but he was hot.
Could it be that the last cold was not good, and it was hot again?
He asked Qiushui to take a look, but Qiushui held out his hand hesitantly. While Liu Chang was sleeping soundly, he touched his forehead. After a while, he touched his forehead again. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Ah Weng, don’t worry. Your Majesty is at peace.”
“That’s good, that’s good.” Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief with her and waited for the king to drink the medicine. He didn’t want to go through it again, so he hurriedly put Qiushui back to rest, took her round fan, and fanned the king on the couch.
Fan is not long, watching the king wrapped in a quilt to sleep inside, thinking that it is cold at night, then put down the fan and go to the next rest, pay attention to waiting for orders. So
after a few days, Su Wen finally pondered over, not your majesty hot, is your majesty deliberately to find that one happy.
Really, in the past also did not see the king so stingy, this time people in the autumn palace are soft, but he put on airs, sleep well, why bother to torture her, must she accompany in front of the fan, is also afraid of the autumn palace people ran away in the middle of the night?
Look, the autumn palace people stayed up several times in the middle of the night, all more and more thin.
He felt sorry for the old master, but he didn’t dare to talk too much in front of the king. He should count the days today when he was on duty for the first half of the night and Qiushui was on duty for the second half of the night. He thought that when Qiushui came, the king should have gone to bed long ago. He couldn’t say that he could let Qiushui have a good sleep, so he wanted to find Qiushui to say something.
Who would have thought that he had not sent anyone to send a message, but a small yellow door came in, saying that people from Zhaoyang Palace came to say that Qin Zhaoyi was ill, not in good health, and wanted to ask the doctor. As soon
as Su Wen heard it, he knew what the master empress was up to, a Zhaoyi, the prime minister, jue than governors, is even the doctor’s order please move, why specially find someone to report to your majesty? Don’t you want your Majesty to have a look?
But he knew it, but he couldn’t answer for the king, so he reported the matter of Qin Zhaoyi as it was. Sure enough, the king frowned and said, “There is an imperial physician in the palace. Zhaoyi is not feeling well. Why don’t you go and ask for an imperial physician?”
“That’s what my subordinates say, but to the people at the Zhaoyang Palace, Empress Zhaoyi has a terrible headache. Perhaps it’s an old disease. I’d like to ask Your Majesty to go and have a look.”
He’s not a doctor. What can you see if you go to see him!
Liu Chang knew that the head disease was just a gimmick, Zhaoyi’s purpose was just to let him go, and in the past he was willing to accompany her to finish the play, but today.
He glanced silently at the top of his head. Su Wen pondered his thoughts and hurriedly said, “The people of the Autumn Palace are on duty for the second half of the night. I’m afraid she won’t be able to hold out, so I’ll let her go back and rest earlier. I’ll come back later to replace her.”
“Mmm.” Liu Chang turned the finger wrench on his hand and looked up to ask him, “What time is it now?”
“Your Majesty, it’s past Youshi, and it’s almost Xushi.” There are still two hours left for
ion fashion, which is enough for a round trip.
He thought to himself.
Qin Zhaoyi entered the palace two years later than Qiushui. His temperament was gentle, but his body was too weak. When Qin Ming was not prime minister, he was worried that his daughter would not be able to have children when she entered the palace. It was he who deliberately promised Qin Zhaoyi a high position that made Qin Ming put his heart down and search for the evidence of Zhangsun Yan’s guilt.
After Qiushui was demoted to Nagato, Qin Zhaoyi was the head of the six palaces. She always kept her place. With her, the concubines at the bottom failed to stir up trouble.
Now that she said she had a head disease, whether it was true or not, he went to see it once, which was worthy of her father’s assistance in those years. Thinking
like this, he hurriedly ordered Su Wen to drive to the Zhaoyang Palace. When
they got there, they saw Qin Zhaoyi lying on his bed, with a headache so bad that he couldn’t even greet the king in person. As soon as he saw the king coming, two lines of tears fell down: “It’s all my concubine’s fault. I’ve lost the chance to greet him far away, and I’m worrying Your Majesty again.”
“What did Zhaoyi say? You’re always in poor health. It’s important to ask the Imperial Physician to take a look at it and drink the medicine.”
He sat down and let Qin Zhaoyi hold his hand. “The Imperial Physician has come to see him, and they all say that his stubborn illness is unsolvable. I’m afraid it’s..” I’m afraid I can’t serve your majesty in the future. It is said that my concubine has been suffering from serious and minor illnesses since she entered the palace. Thanks to Your Majesty’s generosity, she has not disliked my concubine. If not, I really don’t know what face I would have to come to see Your Majesty.
She sobbed in a low voice, and Liu Chang kept patting the back of her hand to comfort her, but out of the corner of his eye he saw that the incense burning in one side had already burned more than half, and he was afraid that it was three quarters of an hour.
In a quarter of an hour, it will be midnight.
Liu Chang felt a little anxious and wanted to put Qin Zhaoyi’s hand down, but she held it more and more tightly. “Your Majesty, it’s the first month of the lunar year, so I’ll stay with you for one night.”
Yes, it’s the first ten-day month.. The first ten months of the month.. Liu Chang answered absent-mindedly, and the more he wanted to go, the more he could not leave.
He could not argue with a sick man, so he had to stare at Su Wen in the dark. “Your Majesty, it’s getting late,”
Su Wen said with a quick bow. “Let Empress Zhaoyi rest early. Your Majesty should go back and rest. Tomorrow morning, General Zhao at the Tuohe camp said he wanted to talk back.”
“Zhaoyi, look at me..”
Liu Chang pretended to be a little embarrassed, but as expected, Qin Zhaoyi stopped sobbing. She gently pinched the veil and wiped away her tears. “Your Majesty is so busy with chores that I shouldn’t bother you any more. I only hope that your Majesty will at least miss me, and I will be satisfied.”
“I know. I’ll come and see Zhaoyi when I’ve finished my work.”
Liu Chang pulled back his hand, coaxed her again and again, and ordered the attendant in the Zhaoyang Palace to take care of her to rest. He left the Zhaoyang Palace in a hurry.
As soon as he went out, he ordered Yu Linlang to go quickly. Along the way, he kept asking Su Wen if it was going to be midnight.
Su Wen was urged by him is also impatient, pinching the time, probably to the time. Sitting on the dragon chariot,
Liu Chang was so anxious that he refused to put down the curtain for fear that he would walk slowly outside. When he heard that he had arrived, he ordered people to stop. He jumped down from the dragon chariot and began to run to the Xuanshi Hall with the hem of his clothes.
Su Wen couldn’t catch up with him, so he wanted to tell him to slow down and step carefully, but he was afraid that people would hear him in the dead of night, so he clenched his teeth and ran with him for his life.
In my heart, I only said that I really didn’t know what he wanted. I had been so afraid of that one to know, so why bother to go this way?
He ran more and more slowly, and finally ran to the king. Before he could speak, he saw that the king was already stunned. He quickly followed the king’s eyes. Under the eaves of the silent corridor
of Xuanshi Hall, Qiushui was already standing there. It seems like a long time. The two small yellow doors waiting on the
left and right were all busy bowing to the ground when they saw the saint coming back. Without shouting,
Liu Chang shook off his sleeve, wiped his sweat with a guilty conscience, and said with a smile, “In the room..” It’s a little hot in the house, so I’ll come out and cool off. His eyes, painted with
autumn water, looked across the steps. It was as clear as rain and dew, and his words were also very clear: “Isn’t the Wulan Garden in the Zhaoyi Niangniang Palace cool?”.
Liu Chang looked back in astonishment and stared coldly at Su Wen.
Su Wen was so frightened that his back was cold and he spread out his hands.
Heaven and earth conscience, the king went to Zhaoyang Palace is really not what he told her. Who else would it be if it wasn
‘t you? Liu Chang still stared at him.
Su Wen bowed his head and stared at the two little yellow doors kneeling on the ground. These two bastards are really useless. Why did Your Majesty rush to Zhaoyang Palace? Can’t they think about it?
Even if I can’t think of it, I shouldn’t have said anything when the people of the Autumn Palace came. The
two little yellow doors were stared at by him until the top of his head was numb. He half looked up and then suddenly lowered them again.
Who would have thought that Your Majesty would go and come back? They told the people of the Autumn Palace that Your Majesty would stay in the Zhaoyang Palace. They were also kind and wanted the people of the Autumn Palace to go back and sleep a little longer.
I.. I went to the Zhaoyang Palace because Qin Zhaoyi had a headache. You know, when she had a headache, she would die or live.
Into the hall, Liu Chang took off his clothes and went to bed again, watching the autumn water light the lamp and carry the water inside and outside busy, can not help but explain.
Qiushui was silent, waiting for him to twist his veil and wipe his face before going out, but suddenly he pulled his sleeve.
She turned around in puzzlement, only to see his long arrowhead-like eyebrows twisted together. His face was calm and full of displeasure. “I’m talking to you.” Just
say it. Didn’t she listen?
The autumn water also locked the willow’s eyebrows. Liu Chang was so angry that he said in a low voice, “Then why are you so silent?”
Should explain he explained, afraid of her misunderstanding, he also deliberately want to come back at midnight, what is she unhappy about?
“Don’t forget that I am the emperor!”
Even if he really went to Zhaoyi Palace to stay overnight, what could he do? Didn’t she persuade him to share the rain and dew at the beginning?
He growled in a low voice, and Qiushui stood still, his bright eyes shining in the candlelight. “I know Your Majesty is the emperor, so I dare not talk nonsense.”
When she was the queen, she could not detain him and forbade others to get close to him. Now that she was a maidservant, there was no reason to detain him.
“But you clearly sighed just now.” Liu Chang stared at her beautiful face, she has always been tolerant, almost rarely sighed.
Qiushui pursed her lips, sighing not for herself, but for the woman of the Fourteen Palaces.
Everyone wants the favor of the king, but there is only one king, and there are always times when he is favored and not favored. Favoured, such as Qin Zhaoyi, can let the king go to Zhaoyang Palace overnight to visit. Do not favor, such as Zhang Shunchang, sent to the door also ended up a king.
It’s just that she thought about it in her heart. She couldn’t say anything in front of the king, so she waited for him to wash up again. “It’s getting late,” she said. “Your Majesty, you’d better rest early.”
Seeing that she was neither sad nor angry, Liu Changshen thought that he had made a mistake in running back overnight. If he had known that she didn’t care, he might as well have rested in Zhaoyang Palace.
He turned over sullenly, and Qiushui still sat in front of the bed and fanned him, as if he had fluttered fireflies when he was young.
In fact, such a result is already very good for her, after all, not everyone can be like her, every night in front of the king. It was enough that
she knew he was well.
As for the rest, she dare not expect, also do not want to expect, silent palace, long night, she can accompany him through this life, for her is the greatest luck.
“People of the Autumn Palace, where are you going to put this bluegrass?” Outside the window, Gong E was calling her.
When Qiushui woke up after a nap, he hurried out of the door and said, “The bluegrass is delicate and difficult to raise. You can’t take care of it. Let me do it.”
“Ah.” Little Gong’e put down the flowerpot with a crisp voice and squatted beside her to watch her change the soil for the orchid. “Who had the heart to give this to the people of the Autumn Palace?”
Qiushui smiled and said, “It was sent from the Baolin Empress.”
When she left Yeting, she forgot the orchid grass in a hurry. Thanks to Cuiye’s care, she brought the orchid grass out of Yeting and took good care of it. When
Xiao Gong’e heard this, she said with a smile, “Empress Baolin is very kind to the people of the Autumn Palace.”
Unlike those empresses, who often looked at the absence of your majesty and thought about the next life. Fortunately, the people in the Autumn Palace were on duty at night and slept in the daytime. They had never met those empresses. Otherwise, I really don’t know how much grievance they would have suffered.
In late autumn, the coolness becomes heavier and heavier.
Qiushui stayed in the warm pavilion for several days, but the old cold in his body had dissipated a lot, and his complexion looked much more ruddy than when he had just entered the court.
She used to be on duty with Su Wen, but after Liu Chang went to the Zhaoyang Palace that time, somehow she was transferred to the tea, but on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she was still on duty in front of the emperor.
But that was good, at least he didn’t have to hide from her and sneak to the palaces any more, and she ended up out of sight and out of mind. All the maidservants in
the Xuanshi Palace knew that Qiushui had a special status, and judging from the attitude of the king and Zhongchang attendants towards her, they thought she was a person who could not afford to offend, so they were very pleasant when they met.
Now that she had gone from the head of the office to the tea table, she had a lot of contact with the ladies of the court, and everyone knew that she had a good temper and a tender temper, so they were very close to her. Now that she had come out with tea, several ladies of the court who served her in front of the emperor came forward with a smile and said, “I heard that today is the birthday of the people of the Autumn Palace. It’s time to celebrate the birthday of the people of the Autumn Palace.” If
they don’t mention it, Qiushui himself will forget it. “It’s just an ordinary day,” he said with a smile. “You don’t have to be so polite.”
Everyone laughed and asked her to set up a table, and said that they had prepared a birthday gift, only waiting for her to open the banquet.
Qiushui didn’t have to stay overnight today, and he didn’t have to catch up on sleep during the day, but he had time to play with them, so he agreed to come down. The giggling voices of the
girls leaked through the window into the inner hall. Liu Chang looked through the window with a smile on his face. After a while, he saw them walking away playfully. He called Su Wen, “Have you prepared everything I told you to prepare?”
Su Wen came forward and nodded with his waist in his mouth. “Everything has been prepared according to your majesty’s orders.”
“Remember, don’t let the cat out of the bag.”
“Is Your Majesty not at ease with your subordinates?”
This is carefully prepared for that one. If it falls into his hand, does he still want this head?
Liu Chang also knew that he had done his job properly, so he took a nap and got up. It happened that the prime minister of Qin had something urgent to report to him. The monarch and his subjects sat on the ground and talked for a long time. After that, Liu Chang said to the prime minister of Qin, “Qin Aiqing hasn’t seen Zhaoyi for some time, has he?”? In the past few days, Zhaoyi’s old illness has broken out again. I’ve sent the Imperial Physician to see her, so I have to stay in bed and rest. Qin Aiqing won’t go back to the mansion first. Go and see Zhaoyi.
This was his sympathy for his subordinates as a king. The prime minister of Qin was so flattered that he was about to kneel down and kowtow to thank him.
He was already an elderly man, and Liu Chang was not willing to let him kneel down. Moreover, he accepted his daughter as his concubine, and the two of them could also be called half a son-in-law. So he picked up Qin Xiang and sent him out of the Xuanshi Palace, and asked Xiao Huangmen to lead him to the Zhaoyi Palace to see Qin Zhaoyi.
Seeing that several female officials in the courtyard were not there, he thought he was going to find Qiushui to eat birthday wine, so he walked to the side hall, and sure enough, he heard a burst of laughter and laughter in the side hall.
Had not seen her so happy for many years, Liu Chang slowed down the pace, could not bear to go in to disturb, just to turn around, suddenly saw a slightly shaded place unexpectedly growing a clump of orchid grass, color green, or very precious blue cold orchid.
Qiushui loved orchids since she came. At that time, she was the queen. There were all kinds of precious orchids everywhere in Fengzao Palace. Later, she was demoted to Nagato. The orchids in Fengzao Palace were neglected and withered gradually. They were no longer the grand occasion of the past.
He was so resentful that he didn’t look for anyone to take care of him. It was rare to see a wild one
now, and he thought Qiushui would like it very much when he saw it. He rolled up his cuffs and uprooted the orchid grass. He hurried back to the Xuanshi Hall and urgently summoned Su Wen to look for a clay basin. At first,
Su Wen wondered how he had sent Qin Xiang out to find out what the earthen basin was for. When he saw an orchid in his hand, he stared round and asked him, “This orchid..” Where did Your Majesty get the orchid?
“Why do you care so much? If you are told to look for a pot, you will find one.” Liu Chang carefully cleared the bluegrass leaves and brushed away the dust on them. Looking back, he saw that Su Wen was still there. He could not help frowning and scolding, “Why, are you deaf?”? I told you to find a basin. What basin
are you looking for! The more
Su Wen looked at the bluegrass, the more frightened he became. “Your Majesty, you didn’t pick it from the side hall, did you?”
“Well, did you see that too?” Liu Chang held up the bluegrass. “Then why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“Hey, tell me what, Your Majesty, you picked the bluegrass planted by the people of the Autumn Palace!” How can
this be good, that is the autumn palace people specially transplanted from the flowerpot in the past, is afraid that it is not easy to raise, now the king to pull out, do not know whether it can live. What did
you say? Is this planted in Qiushui?
Liu Chang held the hand of the orchid grass and lowered it a little. She served tea and water in front of him all day long. When did she go to plant the cold orchid?
That.. Then why don’t you plant it back! Can you
plant it back? With a bitter face, Su Wen wanted to take it from the king, but there was already a voice outside, and it turned out that Qiushui had come back after eating the birthday wine.
In a twinkling of an eye, he saw a cage on the king’s cuff, which covered the roots and leaves of the bluegrass. He was startled and hurried to cover it.
When Qiushui entered the door, he saw his master and servant standing in a strange way. He could not help but look slightly sideways. After a while, he said, “Your Majesty and Su Changshi have something to do.”
“Nothing, nothing.”
“No, no.”
Liu Chang and Su Wen both spoke in unison and shook their heads in unison. Fearing that she might see the clue if she continued to look, Liu Chang quickly cleared his throat and told her, “Where have you been? I haven’t seen anyone for a long time. I’m thirsty. Go and make a cup of tea.”
“Promise.” Qiushui looked suspicious, but after all, she knew the rules, and the king had orders to follow, so she obediently went out and poured tea. As soon as
Liu Chang saw her walking away, he hurriedly stuffed the orchid grass in his arms into Su Wen’s hand. “Quick, take it out and bury it.”
“Bury..” Where to bury it? Su Wen intuition is not right, the autumn palace people are outside, he wants to take back to bury, is not to let her see? If you can
‘t bury it, then.. Then send it out of the palace and give it to the King of Jiangdu. When she asks, she will say that the King of Jiangdu went to the palace yesterday and saw that the orchid grass was growing well. She wanted to give it to the Princess of Jiangdu, so she pulled it back.
Liu Chang made up a good reason, can not be better, to the princess of Jiangdu, even if the autumn water will not be happy, but will not say anything.
“Is that a good idea?”
Su Wen hesitated, but before he could put the orchid into his sleeve, he heard someone behind him say, “Of course that’s a good idea.”
He shrank his neck and involuntarily startled the king who was standing on the same side.
Look, a flower that just opened was covered by him so that two petals fell off, and the long leaves were broken into several pieces! With a straight face
, Qiushui held the bluegrass in the palm of his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more distressed he felt.
Liu Chang looked at her, and the more he looked at her, the more frightened he became. He rubbed his hands and said carefully, “I..” It was only when I saw that the orchid was really beautiful that I picked it back, thinking..
“Thinking about what?”
Qiushui gave him an angry look. “Your Majesty is always like this, but whenever he sees something beautiful, he likes to hold it in his arms!”
Hey, hey, hey, what does that mean?
Liu Chang suddenly opened his eyes wide and rolled up his sleeves. “Tell me clearly,” he said. “When I see something beautiful, I take it into my arms.”
Don’t think he can’t hear that she’s making an innuendo, a pun.
Heaven and earth can be learned, he married with her in those years, have you ever looked at others, is not she in order to be a virtuous queen, insisted that he share the rain and dew?
Now you say he’s canvassing? What did
he pick up?
“Make your words clear to me.”
Su Wen watched the king’s sleeves rising higher and higher. It was really not very decent. He hurried to stand in the middle and stopped him. “Your Majesty, calm down,” he said. “The people of the Autumn Palace are unintentional.” It’s strange that
she has no intention. He sees that she has a clear intention!
“Zhangsun Qiushui, you can’t kill anyone but nod your head to the ground. You’re going to kill your heart!”! Come on, let’s sit down and talk. How come I’m holding something beautiful in my arms?
Liu Chang said on the energy, originally he broke her bluegrass, he was in the wrong, but she said this matter, he can have a lot of words waiting for her. Unable to persuade her,
Su Wen saw Qiushui holding the orchid grass in her hands. She was so angry that she didn’t even say a word. She couldn’t help but come to her senses and persuade her: “People of the Autumn Palace, Your Majesty originally thought of moving the orchid grass to the people of the Autumn Palace because he saw that the orchid grass was beautiful. I didn’t know that it was planted by the people of the Autumn Palace on purpose. It was all an unintentional mistake.” What can I do
if I have a heart? It’s just a clump of bluegrass. Does she still want to argue with me? Liu Chang is also angry. Who will not be
angry, see who is more angry than who!
Both sides are deadlocked, Su Wen persuaded to persuade but vaguely feel that this situation is somewhat familiar, usually in the Fengzao Palace, two people have been so noisy, often he and Wu Xing to reconcile, occasionally also need to come forward.
Unexpectedly, after five years of separation, he was able to come in handy as a peacemaker, and I don’t know if it was a good thing.
“Your Majesty, or you will..” Just bow your head and admit your mistake?
Su Wenchao winked at the king.
Liu Chang turned his face away, just staring at the autumn water, other mistakes can be recognized, but this mistake he can not recognize, otherwise who knows how much sooner or later she took out to bring up the past with him?
He crossed his arms to see what else she would say. In the midst of
all this commotion, a blind little yellow man suddenly knelt outside and raised his voice, saying, “Su Chang Shi, the beauty of Qi outside wants to see Your Majesty.”
Come on, here comes the good-looking one!
Qiushui was finally willing to move his eyes away from the bluegrass, and his eyes, which were as clear as black jade, came over, and the anger in Liu Chang’s heart went down. In the silence of the
room, Su Wen saw that the king was like a defeated rooster, laying down his flag and drums, stretching his arm to stop him, and unconsciously putting it down silently. There was a sneer in
my ear when Qiushui left.
He bowed gently and asked the king in a low voice, “Does Your Majesty want to see the beauty of Qi?” What else do you see
now? Liu Chang touched his nose and intuited that it was foolish for him to fill the fourteen palaces with resentment at the beginning. Otherwise, how could he lift a rock only to drop it on his own feet today?
“Akimiya, Akimiya..” In the warm pavilion of the
side hall, Qiushui carefully moved the orchid grass into the basin and smoothed the long leaves one by one, so that the gas in his heart could disappear for half a minute.
Suddenly he heard someone calling from outside. He opened the door and came out. He saw that it was the small yellow door in front of the emperor. “Your Majesty said that he wanted the people of the Autumn Palace to go to the Xi’an Gate. There is something to tell the people of the Autumn Palace.”
When Qiushui heard this, she looked up at the sky. It was already dusk, and the palace was about to get off. What was she going to do at Xi’an Gate now?
The little yellow door shook his head and said he didn’t know, but urged her to hurry up.
She had no choice but to put aside the matter of orchid grass, comb her hair, straighten her clothes, and go all the way from Xuanshi Hall to Xi’an Gate. When
they reached the gate of Xi’an, they saw a carriage parked there. Perhaps they heard her footsteps. The curtain on the carriage was suddenly lifted, revealing the king sitting upright inside. “Come up quickly.”
“Where is Your Majesty going?”
Qiushui was stunned, not knowing what he was going to do, but Liu Chang didn’t have time to explain. He leaned out, reached out his hand, and pulled her into the car. “You’ll know when you get out.”
With these words, he ordered Su Wen to drive. Although Jin Wu, who was
guarding the gate, did not know the true face of the king inside, he saw that he was often driving in front of the emperor, and he knew that the vehicle could not be stopped, so he bowed down and watched the carriage go out. Sitting in the car
, Qiushui’s body swayed slightly with the moving horses and carriages, and his face was full of curiosity: “Where are you going?”
Liu Chang pretended to be mysterious and said, “I didn’t break your orchid. I’ll pay you for one. But you have to go and see it yourself.”
What? Hearing the rumbling wheels, Qiushui couldn’t resist her curiosity. Finally she dared to lift the curtain of the cart, and she saw the crowd surging like water and the hustle and bustle of all kinds of stalls. Her starry eyes were wide open, and she could hardly believe it: “Is this Chang’an Avenue?”.
“Exactly.”
Liu Chang followed her and looked out of the car with a faint smile. “I know there are many rules in the palace, and they always restrain you. Tonight you can rest assured that we will only go out with ordinary people. You can do whatever you want and say whatever you want.”
There is no need to worry about court etiquette, no need to care about the ears of the wall, and no need to get along with him through the identity of heaven and earth.
Just be a pair of mortals and see that their mountains and rivers are safe and the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful.
He stretched out his hand and clenched it in her surprised eyes. “There are so many people here. Don’t go with me..” I got separated.
Qiushui stared at his stiff side face, moved his fingers, but did not pull them out, and let him lead her out of the carriage and walk out along the crowd.
Chang’an City is probably the favorite place for Chang’an women, where there are the most fashionable silks and satins, the most exquisite jewelry, the most refreshing spices, and the constant snacks. When she
was not married, Qiushui had followed her brother to bring her sister Qiuyan twice, but because there were many people coming and going in the street, her brother was afraid of accidents and never dared to let her sisters get out of the carriage. She just turned around to make them happy and went home.
In this way, today is her first visit to Changan.
Looking at the row upon row of stalls on both sides of the road, she did not know where to start for a moment.
Liu Chang took her by the hand, and seeing her dazzled, he couldn’t help laughing. “Don’t worry, we can take our time. Just say what you want.”
“Mmm.” Qiushui nodded happily, and seeing that the brocade shop was the nearest, she went there first.
Look at which one is good to see, pick up this, and then go to look at that, left and right to choose, Liu Chang intuition funny, the satin in the palace is the most inferior than these in her hands, usually did not see her happy like this.
“You don’t know that, do you?” Chiu-shui whispered to him with a low smile. “Everyone in the palace has it. I don’t want it. I like what the palace doesn’t have. Look, this satin is embroidered with orchids.” Orchids
again! All her life,
she was probably born of an orchid sperm.
Liu Chang smiled and beckoned Su Wen to come forward. “Go and ask the shopkeeper how to sell it. Buy it for your master.”
“Ah.” Su Wen promised neatly, went up to ask the price, and asked someone to wrap up all the satin that Qiushui had seen.
When Qiushui heard this, he quickly said, “We don’t need that many. One horse is enough.”
“Don’t worry, we can afford it.” Liu Chang pressed her hand and came out once a year. If he didn’t enjoy himself, wouldn’t he come out in vain?
Besides, he is the emperor, the emperor wants to buy things for his own queen, is it difficult to be stingy, petty mix is not decent? Say out, don’t let the world laugh!
“Su Wen, go and buy it all.” He gave the order.
The autumn water could not stop her, and no matter how happy she was, she did not dare to look around. She hurriedly led him to the jewelry shop again. The things that drifted into the folk must not be as precious as those given by the emperor, but they were plain and simple. She took a fancy to a sapphire hairpin and weighed it in her hand.
Liu Chang has taken the past, directly for her hairpin on the bun, beautiful jade gift beauty, really good scenery.
Qiushui pursed her lips in embarrassment and picked up the hairpin. Suddenly she saw a pair of rabbits made of jade inside. They were very naive. She held them in her hand and refused to put them down again. She looked at Liu Chang with two bright eyes. “Once my aunt gave me a pair of jade pendants made of golden roosters. I thought they were good enough. Now I realize that rabbits are more pleasant than golden roosters.”
Liu Chang could not bear to laugh: “I thought it was a rare thing, but a pair of rabbits wearing jade, since they like to buy it.” He went to ask the shopkeeper how much the pair of jade pendants cost.
The shopkeeper is used to selling jewelry, long in the noble pile, at a glance, he saw that the two of them had an extraordinary background, and saw that although Liu Chang was wearing a very simple and elegant black blue robe, Qiushui was just a simple green lotus skirt, but the pattern of the dark cluster was extremely rare to see on the market, and the two of them were different from each other, knowing that they were coming. He cruelly held out three fingers.
“Thirty baht?” Liu Chang looked at him and thought that he was a real family, and that thirty baht was not expensive.
Who would have thought that the shopkeeper would shake his head and draw a circle again, saying, “Lang Jun is joking. It’s thirty taels.”
Thirty taels? As soon as
Liu Chang raised his eyebrows, he said he was honest, but now the lion opened his mouth, knowing how many things he could buy in the folk at thirty taels? It’s just a pair of rabbit jade pendants with flaws. Do you dare to ask for thirty taels?
Tomorrow he must call the mayor of Nanshi and ask him how he manages Nanshi.
He thought about it in his mind, but when he saw that Qiushui really liked it, he didn’t say much. He waved his hand and asked Su Wen to take out the silver again.
Su Wen didn’t expect to ask for thirty taels for a pair of broken jade rabbits. Touching in his pocket, he couldn’t help feeling surprised. He bowed his head and whispered in the king’s ear, “Your Majesty, we don’t have enough silver.”
Joke, the world is his, his silver can not be enough? Liu Chang frowned and looked back and asked in a low voice, “Didn’t I tell you to prepare everything? I still need to mention such a small thing.” “It was prepared,” said
Su Wen hurriedly, “but..” But who would have thought that the king was so generous, that a car of cloth spent a lot, and then added a pair of jade rabbits, it is really stretched.
“Or..” Tomorrow a subordinate will send someone to fetch the money and buy it back.
“Come on, what are you going to do tomorrow?” Liu Chang was slightly displeased. Seeing that Qiu Shui was only playing with the Jade Rabbit and not looking at it, he whispered in Su Wen’s ear, “Leave something for the shopkeeper and tell them to go to the Jiangdu Palace to get the money.”
Why, that’s a good idea!
Jiangdu Wangfu is not far from Nanshi, and it is convenient to find someone, so he pulled out a sign from his pocket and whispered a few words to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was also a man who had seen the world. He saw that they had an extraordinary background and heard that they were going to Jiangdu Wangfu to get the silver. His heart jumped. His intuition was that he saw the king and princess of Jiangdu, and he dared not talk nonsense any more. He quickly found a boy and made him go to Jiangdu Wangfu. He stayed more carefully with Qiushui and Liu Chang.
Qiushui heard only 30 baht, and thought this pair of jade rabbits was worth 30 baht. When he saw that the shopkeeper wanted to wrap them up, he said to Liu Chang, “Don’t look at the low price of this thing, but there’s nothing to say about its craftsmanship.” Low
price? Liu Chang turned his face away and suppressed a smile. He wanted to tell her that he had bought it for thirty taels. He was afraid that she would no longer feel that the craftsmanship was good.
Qiushui didn’t know it yet, so he untied one of the jade rabbits and handed it to Liu Chang as if shyly: I often hear that a gentleman never leaves his jade for no reason. If. If you don’t mind, this one is for me to offer to the Buddha.
Liu Chang took over and looked at her, and suddenly felt that thirty taels was worth it. Strolling half a street
for a while, Qiushui did not look at other desirable things, those spices and other things because she did not like to use, so they were also skipped over. Seeing that she didn’t know what to do,
Liu Chang said, “Are you hungry after all this time?”? If not, let’s go and see what we can eat.
That.. Go and eat the chestnut cake.
Qiushui raised her face, and the moonlight like water covered her whole body, like a fairy falling into the world.
Liu Chang laughed again: “What’s there to eat with chestnut cakes?” Can there be a shortage of these in the palace? Since it is to come out, at least also eat folk things.
Qiushui, however, said, “Let’s just eat the chestnut cake. I remember I haven’t eaten it for years.”
How so? Although she was in Nagato, he had never withheld her food, and it was not difficult for her to eat chestnut cakes.
Qiushui bit his lip, eating chestnut cake is not difficult, but if a plate of chestnut cake almost lost half his life, who dares to eat it again?
She lowered her head slightly and turned away from her face, pretending to look at something else.
However, the more she did not say, the more Liu Chang understood that she must have had an accident in Nagato.
Chestnut cake was her favorite, and many people in the palace knew about it. If Nagato had not withheld her food, someone had tampered with the chestnut cake.
As for what had happened so that she dared not eat chestnut cakes in the palace for so many years, he knew when he thought about it.
Suddenly his chest began to throb, and he clenched her hand and looked at her pure and clear eyebrows and eyes, not knowing what to say.
She clearly treated everyone in the palace with sincerity, and he thought that no one would embarrass her, but he did not expect that her good intentions would result in such a vicious stratagem.
“Well, then eat the chestnut cake.” Since
she did not say, he also no longer asked, holding her hand to find the largest and richest wine shop in Changan, went in and called Su Wen to find the shopkeeper, just to serve all the good wine and food in the shop, as well as chestnut cake, now only in October, it is the time when chestnuts are ripe, to be fresh.
The restaurant was also a discerning person. Seeing that there were only two of them, they asked for such a table of dishes. Their clothes and clothes were all unusual. It was obviously the style of a big family. They hurried to prepare according to the orders.
Qiushui, after all, had been the master of the palace, and was born rich, especially the food beside it, the unique chestnut cake, tasted two more.
Liu Chang put down his chopsticks and watched her eat for a long time. Then he said slowly, “When I was in Nagato, I told the guards at the gate that if you wanted to come out and beg me, they didn’t have to stop you. Why did you..” Not even once?
He was afraid that the guards would comply in public but not in private, and he once drove past Nagato, thinking that if she wanted to ask him, she would hear him.
But he never once saw her walk out of Nagato.
Even though she ate the chestnut cake and almost died there, she never came out.
Chiu Shui-yuan was enjoying the meal, but he didn’t want to be stuck in the chestnut cake. After thinking about it for a while, Fang replied softly, “Because I feel guilty, I don’t dare to ask for anything.” He
knew that he wanted a legitimate eldest son, but he was still cruel to give up without telling him.
He knew that his aunt and father had ulterior motives, but he still hoped that he could coexist peacefully with them.
He knew she was his wife, but he left him in the end.
He’s always been so good to her, it’s herself. She had chosen the most difficult and dangerous road, so how could she ask him to forgive her sins.
Even today, it is like a dream. When he
woke up, he was still a king high above the masses, and she was still just a palace maid serving tea in the Xuanshi Palace.
They are separated not only by past grievances, but also by an insurmountable natural barrier. The
return journey was quiet and long, but no matter how long it was, it would come to an end. Hearing the voice of Jin Wu outside, Qiushui’s eyes flashed unconsciously, and her hands on her knees tightened slightly. From now on, I’m afraid she and he will never be so close again.
With Su Chang in attendance, the chariot was quickly allowed to go in, but because it was incognito, it could not stop in front of the Xuanshi Hall. Su Wen found a quiet corner and handed the chariot and horses to the attendant who was waiting there. “Your Majesty, it’s time to get off,” he whispered to the king in the chariot.
“Mmm.” Liu Chang answered him faintly. He lifted the curtain and came down from inside. He turned around and held his hand to Qiushui. “It’s too late. Be careful under your feet.”
“Promise.” Qiushui nodded, but did not take his kindness and went down alone from the other side.
Liu Chang stretched out his hand slightly. Unexpectedly, she obeyed the rules so quickly that she would turn against him as soon as she entered the palace?
His eyes were dark, and after two quick steps, he grabbed her hand and held it tightly, and went to the Xuanshi Hall without saying a word.
Qiushui could not break away, and he was afraid that people would see him. When he was in a dilemma, he met someone he shouldn’t have met. Under the
dim palace lantern, Zhao Jieyu stood in full dress in front of the porch, kneeling around the yellow door, thinking that she had come for a while.
Qiushui was so shocked that he was about to pull his hand back from Liu Chang, but he didn’t want her to move more and more tightly, totally ignoring the rules and manners.
“Your Majesty..” Qiushui’s language was low, almost pleading. She was a maidservant, and she had to salute when she saw her master.
Even if you don’t salute, you shouldn’t. You shouldn’t talk to the king like this in public.
However, her low request, Liu Chang this will not listen to, she is his wife is married, is the palace once with his general dignity, this should not. I shouldn’t have been so wronged. She should
not salute others, not to mention that this other person may be the one who makes her dare not eat chestnut cake any more.
Zhao Jieyu came today because she couldn’t listen to what Qin Zhaoyi and Qi Meiren had said. The king was confused by the abandoned queen. It was not because they had no ability to keep the king. It’s just
a waste queen. The king really has a heart. Why did he abandon her in Nagato for five years?
Had it not been for her great life, she would have died in Nagato five years ago, and now there is no time for her to be a maid.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was Qin Zhaoyi and others who were alarmist. Hearing that General Zhao had been in the palace recently, she wanted to take this opportunity to ask the king how he was and explore the situation by the way.
Unexpectedly, the Xuanshi Hall was silent. Your Majesty and Zhongchang Shi Su Wen were not there. Zhangsun Qiushui was not there either. Wasn’t she the most disciplined? Where else can I go if I don’t serve in the Xuanshi Palace?
Asked the little yellow door and the Chamberlain, one or two seemed to be mute, unable to say a word, she knew they were hiding something, never thought they were hiding it.
She looked coldly at the clasped hands of Liu Chang and Qiu Shui. She was so angry that she didn’t even bother to pay her respects. She only looked at Qiu Shui and said in a cold voice, “People of the Autumn Palace, you forgot the rules in Nagato before, but now you’ve been in the palace for more than a few months. Haven’t you heard the doctor of the palace say that palace women can’t charm the Lord?”
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