Hatred of not being married when
Nagato complained: The rise
of the white moonlight after the waste of five years, she waited so long for the moonlight, finally appeared through the darkness.
“Do you remember what I once asked you about whether it is better to have spoils without love or love without spoils in this palace?” Chen Pao-lin stared straight out of the window, as if he had already seen another world through the screen window. “At that time you said you couldn’t understand, but now I tell you that in this palace, having a pet without love is as pitiful as having love without pet. But really, if you want to talk about it in the end, having love without pet is much better than having a pet without love.”
Spoil a person, but give her what she wants is enough.
And love a person, there will always be a lot of forbearance, all kinds of scruples and. Extremely reluctant.
“People of the Autumn Palace,” said Empress Paolin, “when you come into our Yilin Hall, you can think of it as your own home. You can do whatever you like. You don’t have to restrain yourself.”
Just after that, the autumn water arrived as promised. Green Hui hurriedly took her bags and laid the quilt cover.
Qiushui was embarrassed to get up. She came here, but she changed from a slave to a maidservant. How could she break the rules?
“Thank you very much for your kindness. Now that I’ve joined Yilin Xuan, I’m a member of Baolin’s family. If there’s anything, Miss Luhui can tell me what to do.”
“I wouldn’t dare.”
Green Hui smiled, and seeing that her bags were almost ready, Fang led her and said, “The people of the Autumn Palace haven’t been back for a few years. They must not be very familiar with Yilin Xuan. Empress Baolin has told the people of the Autumn Palace not to be busy waiting on them. Let’s go around with the maidservants first.”
“Nuo, there is Miss Lao Luhui.”
Qiushuidao thanked him and followed the footsteps of Lvhui, turning Yilin Xuan inside and outside.
Say is not seen for many years, in fact, Yilin Xuan has not changed much, left is just changed a few screens. When
she said this, Lvhui laughed again and said, “The people of the Autumn Palace have seen that we, Empress Baolin, don’t have any other hobbies. We only like to enjoy the moon, so all the screens are transparent.”. Sometimes if you don’t think you can look carefully in the room, the empress will open the door and take a look.
Oh Chen Baolin had this hobby, but she didn’t know it earlier. “It wasn’t like that when I entered the palace,” said
Lu Hui. “It’s only been like this in recent years.” As he spoke, he pointed to the wall of the courtyard next door. It used to be Hsu Pao-lin who lived there. He used to have a very good friendship with Chen Pao-lin, but since Hsu Pao-lin became a lover, Empress Pao-lin and her lover have gradually become estranged. Now there dwells the new envoys of Wei Shaoshi, who came last year.
A new person, all over Chen Baolin’s position, sealed as a young envoy, Chen Baolin she. What the hell is going on?
Qiushui hesitated for a long time and finally could not help asking in a low voice. When
Lu Hui heard this, she couldn’t help feeling disappointed. “Who says it isn’t?”? Our Empress Baolin has been in the palace for six or seven years, and I have heard that she has been very popular in front of Your Majesty.
She turned to look at Qiushui and hesitated to speak.
Qiushui understood. He nodded his head and said, “It doesn’t matter if you say so.” Then
Green Hui went on to say, “Listen to Lu Ju, who has been released from the palace. Since you went to Nagato, the empress seems to have changed. She is no longer as dexterous as usual, not to mention going to the imperial court to compete for favor.”
And why is that?
Could it be that Chen Baolin was implicated because she was deposed?
Qiushui was very puzzled, and when he asked again, Green Hui had already changed the subject and said something else.
As Zhao Jieyu said, in the five years after she abolished Nagato, the fourteen palaces in the east and west were full of people.
“The lower-ranking empresses are fine, but the higher-up empresses Zhaoyi, Jieyu, Ronghua, and Chongyi are not easy to deal with. If the people of the Autumn Palace see them in the future, they must be careful what they say.”
“But there’s no need for the people of the Autumn Palace to worry too much. Empress Paolin has said that the people of the Autumn Palace have suffered a lot of grievances these days. For the time being, they don’t have to go out with her. They can just rest in the house and wait until they are well again.”
Qiushui nodded slightly.
Qin Zhaoyi, Zhao Jieyu, Xu Ronghua and others are her old acquaintances, regardless of wealth or status, are far above Chen Baolin, Chen Baolin does not want her to go out, because they are afraid that they will use the past to embarrass her.
In fact, she was reluctant to go out from the bottom of her heart, not because she was afraid of suffering, but because she was afraid that they would have to deal with themselves and would not hesitate to involve Chen Baolin.
This is settled down in Yilin Xuan, with her friendship with Chen Baolin, Yilin Xuan’s days in Yeting is simply a heaven and earth.
Even though she wanted to do more work, both Lvhui and Chi-hsia stopped her. She was really tired of talking about it, so Lvhui brought her a needle and thread. “I heard from Empress Paolin that the people of the Autumn Palace used to have very exquisite needles, and almost no one in the palace could match them. If the people of the Autumn Palace are free, why don’t you make some tapestries for me?”.
Qiushui was extremely happy. When she was taken to the palace by the emperor’s aunt, she thought it was a short stay. She didn’t want the emperor’s aunt to have a good plan to keep her in the palace, so she really put a lot of effort into her work. She invited no less than ten embroidery ladies to teach her about the single needle.
Therefore, the green Hui said that her needle was unbeatable, but it was not a deliberate flattery.
With work, she lived in Yilin Xuan more and more at ease.
Chen Baolin was also at ease, and every day he would come to talk to her, and sometimes he would go to the palace of the concubine to say hello, and when he came back, he would say something interesting to her. On
the occasion of Qin Zhaoyi’s birthday, Chen Baolin led Chixia to Zhaoyang Palace with a birthday gift.
On the way, unfortunately, they met Zhao Jieyu, who had come to celebrate her birthday. When they met, Chen Baolin was in a low position and had to bow his knees.
That Zhao Jieyu temperament is tricky, the day before yesterday heard about the Yeting workshop, and heard that Qiushui was transferred to Yilin Xuan, the bottom of my heart can not help but re-weigh the quiet Chen Baolin.
When I met her, I looked at her coldly and saluted her, but I didn’t raise my voice. I just laughed and said, “I usually look down on Chen Pao-lin, but he’s so calculating at such a young age.”. But don’t blame me, sister, for not reminding you. If you’re trying to hide it as a treasure, it’s a hot potato. Be careful if you don’t invite him to become a saint, you’ll hurt yourself again. Most of the people who
can survive in this palace are wise people. There was something in
Chao Chieh-yu’s words, and Chen Pao-lin naturally understood. Smiling indifferently, he bowed his head and said, “Empress Chieh-yu’s teachings are right, but I don’t know if Empress Chieh-yu has ever heard the story of Huizi Xiangliang.” I
heard that when Chuang Tzu went to see Hui Shih, who was the prime minister of Liang, someone told Hui Shih that Chuang Tzu had come to Liang to replace him as prime minister. So Hui Shi was very afraid and searched the capital for three days and three nights. Chuang Tzu knew this, so he went to see him and told him that there was a kind of bird in the south. Its name was. It took off from the South China Sea and wanted to fly to the North Sea. If it was not a phoenix tree, it would not perch, if it was not bamboo, it would not eat, and if it was not sweet spring water, it would not drink. At that moment, the hawk picked up a putrid mouse and flew in front of it. The hawk looked up and said, “Drink!” He shouted angrily, thinking that he was going to rob him of the rotten rat. Sister, isn’t it funny to hear that?
“Oh!” Zhao Jieyu was so angry that she laughed back. Unexpectedly, she compared her to Keiko. A
mere Baolin dared to ridicule her.
Chao Chieh-yu’s long fingernails almost touched the tip of Chen Pao-lin’s nose. “We’ll see.”
She wanted to see what kind of mouse Chen Pao-lin was trying to catch.
Chen Baolin did not take Zhao Jieyu’s warning seriously, and when he saw her gone, he stopped saluting and stood up on his own. She was so
frightened that Chi-chia turned pale. “Why is Empress Pao-lin talking to Empress Chieh-yu like that today?” She asked. “She’s not a good friend.”
Chen Baolin did not speak.
They all thought that they had pulled Qiushui to invite their pets, but they didn’t know that they had always invited their pets.
“Chixia, why do you think Your Majesty has never called someone to bed on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar?” She straightened up and slowly looked up at the prominent plaque of Zhaoyang Palace.
Chi-hsia didn’t know what she was doing when she suddenly asked, so she replied honestly, “It’s probably to observe the ancestral system. The first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar are the days when the empress can go to bed.”
“But now that there is no queen in the palace, for whom is this ancestral system kept?”
The red flaw is silent.
Some people don’t understand, but some people understand, but still not reconciled, only think that they can replace that person. Place in Your Majesty’s heart.
Why bother to come? It’s better to be happy like Zhao Jieyu.
“Empress Bao Lin has arrived.” In the Zhaoyang Palace, as soon as the attendant Gong E saw Chen Baolin’s master and servant coming, she quickly raised the bead curtain and passed it on. The
room was full of laughter and laughter, but it was quiet in an instant.
Qin Zhaoyi’s expression was so gentle that she did not seem to see the change in the faces of the people below. “Please ask Chen Pao-lin to come in,” she ordered with a smile. Then he pointed to the nearest place under his head and said, “Set up a seat for Chen Pao-lin.”
“Promise.” Gong E took the order and left. When
Chao Chieh-yu heard this, she couldn’t help but hide her mouth and chuckle: “Oh, sister Chen Pao-lin’s status is really rising with the tide.”
Qin Zhaoyi smiled without a word, and when Gong E moved the seat, he beckoned to Chen Baolin to sit down.
Chen Pao-lin offered a birthday gift and sat down next to Chin Chao-yi. He saw Chin holding her hand and patting her, saying, “I’ve heard that someone new has come to my sister’s palace. That person is also an old acquaintance of our sisters. I haven’t seen her for many years. I don’t know how she is now. When my sister is free, she might as well take her out and walk around more.”
“Yes.” Chen Baolin respectfully answered. Since
she loves to play virtuous and virtuous, she is also willing to accompany her to play a clever and docile role.
Below the imperial concubines these days more or less have also heard, the former empress Zhangsun Qiushui was demoted to Yeting, and from Yeting was transferred to Yilin Xuan, which the ups and downs of the outside world do not know what has become.
Everyone was so curious that they all wanted to know the truth. Today, they thought it was Qin Zhaoyi’s birthday. It was not good to mention the empress who had been pressing on Qin Zhaoyi’s head. Unexpectedly, they did not mention it, but Qin Zhaoyi himself mentioned it. For a moment, they pricked up their ears for fear of missing something.
Now looking at the way Qin Zhaoyi wanted to get close to Chen Baolin, the two monks were confused and did not know what medicine she was selling in her gourd.
However, if you can really see the former queen turned into a little Baolin’s maid of honor, it is also a good thing, so that everyone has some thoughts of waiting to see the good play. Looking at Chen Baolin’s timid and undistinguished appearance at
first, he did not expect to come to such a hand without saying a word, so he looked at her with a bit of inquiry.
Chen Baolin is still calm as usual, listening to Qin Zhaoyi and Xu Ronghua and others said to take advantage of today, good health to hold a banquet.
“Your Majesty also sent someone to give you a reward this morning. I dared to ask Your Majesty if he was free today. Your Majesty estimated that there was nothing important ahead, and he said he would come to join in the fun.”
“It seems that Your Majesty really loves Sister Zhaoyi. In the past, we celebrated our birthdays, but we didn’t see Your Majesty’s favor.” Although she was smiling, her words were somewhat sour. “In that case, if our sisters come, won’t it disturb their sister’s and Your Majesty’s interest?” Embarrassed,
Qin Zhaoyi stroked her temples and said shyly, “Don’t tease me, sister. Although when the Empress Dowager died, she strongly advised Your Majesty not to be filial for her children, the younger sisters all know that Your Majesty is the most filial. These days, when you come to the harem, you just sit and rest and then go back.”. It’s rare that Your Majesty is in the mood today. Let’s all get together to relieve Your Majesty’s feelings.
“It’s strange that your majesty loves your sister, but she is so considerate of your majesty.” Zhao Jieyu hated her for putting on airs and showing off her virtue. She was not modest. Besides, her majesty was here today. Since she was invited, how could she not come? But she could not come alone.
The elder sister sincerely invited me, but the younger sisters had no choice but to be disrespectful. Chen Baolin is also here now. Sister Zhaoyi just said that she wanted Chen Baolin to bring the people of the Autumn Palace. It’s good for the sisters to meet. I think it’s better to hit the sun than to choose a day. It’s better to let Chen Baolin bring the people of the Autumn Palace to the banquet in the evening. It’s a pity that I’ve lived in seclusion in Nagato for so many years, and then I’ve gone out of Nagato and into the court. I don’t know how many good things I’ve missed. Today, no matter what, I have to mend them for the people of the Autumn Palace.
She was clearly anxious and well-intentioned.
Chen Pao-lin was just about to say no for Chiu-shui, but on the other side, Chin Chao-yi nodded in agreement: “Sister Chieh-yu is right. I heard that the people of the Chiu-kung Palace were hurt a few times ago, and I don’t know how they were hurt. But Tseng Ta-an, Chen Pao-lin might as well bring her here, so that my sisters and I can feel at ease when we see her.”
“Empress Paolin said that if the people of the Autumn Palace could bear it, whatever Empress Zhaoyi said, they would not hear it, and it would be all right to get through the night.”
Chixia peeked at the Zhaoyang Palace attendant who was leading the way in front of her and whispered to Qiushui as she walked.
Never seen such a difficult person, for fear that Chen Baolin did not take Zhangsun Qiushui in the past, that group of empress masters actually kept Chen Baolin, and that Xu Ronghua added fuel to the fire, saying that he was afraid that Qiugong people were too thin-skinned to come, but he wanted to invite them in person.
Fortunately, Qin Zhaoyi was stopped and only sent a close Chamberlain over.
Chen Baolin had no choice but to send her together and bring the words to Qiushui, hoping that she would be careful.
Zhangsun Qiushui nodded, she knew that this pass would come sooner or later, so she was not too surprised, but.
“Are you serious about what Qin Zhaoyi said? Will Your Majesty come tonight?”
She asked in a whisper. Chi-xia gave a hum and said, “Look at Empress Zhaoyi. It doesn’t look like she’s faking it. You from the Autumn Palace..”
“I’m all right.”
Qiushui motioned for her peace of mind. She had done all the things she had done to stop the
royal road, but she was going to a banquet. What was so terrible about it? Moreover, she is now a maidservant, like the court slave, is still not qualified to see the king, honest to serve their own master empress is, beside her also can not care much.
He was there, and she was just a little more cautious than usual.
Chixia didn’t want her to be so calm when things came to an end. She sighed that she was once the empress after all. This calm and calm bearing was not comparable to that of ordinary people. When they
arrived at the Zhaoyang Palace, the Chamberlain, who was in charge of the palace, said, “Hurry up and go in, ladies.”
Qiushui followed Chixia up the steps and saw at a glance two small yellow doors that were very familiar with each other standing at the threshold. They were both in the Xuanshi Hall. Presumably the king had arrived.
Little Huangmen, who had been standing by with his hands hanging down, felt a little stiff when he saw her coming. He opened his mouth and did not know what to call her. He could only smile and say, “Your Majesty and the empresses are sitting in the Wulanyuan Garden.”
Qiushui thanked them. She had been
to Zhaoyang Palace before, and she knew most of the furnishings in the courtyard. As for Wulanyuan, it was the first time she had heard of it.
Chi-hsia answered, “The Wulanyuan Garden was built last year on the birthday of the Goddess Zhaoyi. The people of the Autumn Palace know about it. The Goddess Zhaoyi is naturally weak. She can’t stand the wind and rain or the sun. The Wulanyuan Garden is warm in winter and cool in summer. It’s a good place to keep fit.” As she spoke, she suddenly felt that it would be inappropriate to mention this in front of Qiushui. She was a little shy for a moment. “However, although the Wulanyuan Garden has been built, I heard that Your Majesty..” I don’t come here often.
“That’s a pity for such a nice place.”
Qiushui doesn’t care.
She has always known that he is actually a very considerate person, willing to be good to you, even if the stars in the sky, he is also willing to let people to pick down.
Moreover, Qin Zhaoyi’s father was the new prime minister of Qin, who was quite upright and had always been appreciated by him, and it was reasonable that Qin Zhaoyi was favored. As they
talked, they went to Wulanyuan. As Chixia said, Wulanyuan was built very elegantly. One mountain, one water, one stone and one wood were all pleasing to the eye. Inside, the walls of the house hung gauze. When the breeze came slowly, it was very pleasant.
Through the hanging gauze, the situation in the room was dimly visible. The king and Zhaoyi were probably sitting upright at the top, and the two rows at the bottom were all placed on the food table. The empresses of each palace sat gradually according to their positions.
Maybe it’s time for a banquet.
Qiushui and Chixia stopped under the eaves of the Wulanyuan Garden, and immediately a small palace lady lifted the curtain and came out, saying, “Are you from the Qiugong Palace of Yilin Xuan?”? “Empress Zhaoyi is asking you to come in with me.”
Qiushui nodded, moved the lotus step lightly, and followed her. When they
entered the room, they knelt down and kowtowed. “Greetings to Your Majesty,” they said. “Greetings to the empresses.”
Qin Zhaoyi was talking and laughing with the king, and when he saw her kneeling down to worship, he did not know how to feel for a moment.
Five years ago, the person who knelt on the ground to worship was still her, but now, in a blink of an eye, the two people have changed. Is this what the
world often calls the turn of the tide?
She clasped her tangled fingers in her hand, then looked up with a smile and said, “The people of the Autumn Palace, please get up quickly. There’s no need to be too polite.”
“The maidservant, Empress Hsieh Chao-yi.” Qiushui stood up straight, but still lowered his head slightly, never looking up.
When she is really a queen, she will remember her duty, and when she is a palace person, she will do her duty.
Liu Chang held a cup of tea, and since today was a family banquet, he changed into Zhu Zi’s regular clothes. He did not wear a crown, but only a crown of heaven. Originally wanted to come over to rest and then go, but unexpectedly Qiushui also came.
Seeing that she was dressed in blue and blue, and her face was light and elegant, she looked a little more energetic than before.
I think I’m having a good time recently. Qin Zhaoyi’s eyebrows and eyes, which were
hidden under the crown of Tongtian, were slightly dark. On one side, Qin Zhaoyi was still talking to Qiushui: “Today is my birthday. I didn’t want to make it so public. It’s just that it’s rare for Your Majesty and your sisters to have time to show their faces, so I made a fun host and invited everyone to get together.”. Heard that the autumn palace people are now in Yilin Xuan, our sisters have not seen for many years, I do not know if the autumn palace people have been well, now see can be at ease is not? If the people of the Autumn Palace don’t mind, we might as well sit down and talk.
Her words were extremely sincere, but Qiushui thanked her and said only, “Now that the maidservant has entered Yilin Xuan, how can she be on an equal footing with all the empresses?”? Let the maidservant wait on Empress Paolin. As he spoke, the man had already walked steadily behind Chen Baolin, standing with his hands down and his eyes not squinting, like other palace women.
You can’t find a single fault.
The imperial concubines had seen her when she was queen, and had not seen her, but whether they had seen her or not, they could not help sighing that she was really able to bend and stretch.
From the Lord of the six palaces to the maidservant of Baolin, she was neither humble nor pushy, neither ashamed nor annoyed, and she was the eldest daughter of the prime minister who lived up to her reputation.
It is a pity that her obedience did not make those who wanted to see her laugh give up. As the banquet was being
held and the imperial concubines were smiling and wishing each other well, they heard a voice like a warbler singing at dawn: “It’s rare that Your Majesty and Sister Zhaoyi are in the mood today. Why don’t you ask people to sing and dance to add to the fun?” There was an imperial concubine in
the slanting thorn who didn’t know why. She took over and said, “If you want to get people to sing and dance to add to the fun, you should have sent someone to the Taile Department earlier. Now you’re in a hurry. Where can you go to find someone?”
“What’s the hurry? Don’t we have a ready supply here?” The woman who spoke was pretty, and she covered her mouth as if she could not suppress her joy. She looked straight at the emperor sitting above her and said, “Your Majesty, it’s Sister Zhaoyi’s birthday today. Let’s have a song and dance to add to the fun. What do you say?”
“What kind of song and dance do you want to see?” Liu Chang turned the jade cup in his hand, quite carelessly.
“I’ve heard for a long time that the people of the Autumn Palace are the best in the six palaces, but I’ve never seen them before. Since Your Majesty has agreed, you might as well ask the people of the Autumn Palace to compose a song to add to the fun.”
“Mmm.” The king
sitting on the high platform was noncommittal. With the help of the wind,
Xu Ronghua became more and more energetic and said happily, “Your Majesty, is this a promise?”? Then there are people from the Laochiu Palace. He hurried to fetch the harp.
Suddenly there was a whisper of refusal in the corner: “No need!”
She looked back in surprise, but saw that Qiushui had already come out from behind Chen Pao-lin. She straightened her back and knelt down to pay her respects: “Although the maidservant was born in the court, she never entered the music department, much less the song and dance hall. She never knew how to serve others with her art. She even asked the empress to withdraw her order.”
“You!” Xu Ronghua’s smile stiffened. Unexpectedly, she dared to say so. She straightened her neck and scolded in a low voice. “How could this be my order? Didn’t the people of the Autumn Palace hear it just now?”? Your Majesty also asked you to sing to add to the fun. Are you going to resist the decree now?
“The maidservant does not dare.”
“I dare not. Why don’t you go and fetch the harp?”
Xu Ronghua scolded her more and more eagerly.
Just a palace maid, but also when he is the master of the six palaces in the past year, she can not listen to her words, your majesty’s words do not listen to it?
Qiushui is still kneeling.
Qin Zhaoyi and Zhao Jieyu and others looked at each other, trying to say something, measuring the king’s look, but did not dare to speak.
Chen Baolin looked at Qiushui kneeling there, she thought they might humiliate her in words, but did not think they dared to let her go to singing and dancing to add to the fun.
After all, how can a person who used to be the queen do what the lower class does? “Your Majesty,”
she said, “the people of the Autumn Palace are new here, and they don’t know the rules. My concubine will take her back and teach her well. Please show mercy to Your Majesty.”
She doesn’t know the rules?
She knows more rules than anyone else in the six palaces.
Liu Chang put down his jade cup and asked in a cold voice, “Your master Chen Pao-lin interceded for you, saying you don’t know the rules. Do you know you’re wrong?”
The maidservant.. I don’t know!
Qiushui look definitely, she can be a slave, can be a maidservant, but can not be an actor. How to
resist the decree, how to be disrespectful, left is just a death, early death and late death, now there is no difference for her.
This is the queen he used to be, forbearing, determined, and ruthless.
“If you don’t know your mistakes, then kneel down until you know them.”
When Liu Chang stood up in a huff, the imperial concubines saw that he was annoyed and were in a panic. They all got up to see him off.
All of a sudden, only Qiushui and Chen Baolin were left in the bustling Wulanyuan. The mosquitoes were chirping in the
summer, and Chi-hsia had to wait for the king and Chin Chao-yi to go away. She hurried into the room and tried to help Chen Pao-lin up. “What’s the matter, Empress? It’s fine. Why is Your Majesty so angry?”
Chen Pao-lin sighed and looked at the autumn water on the ground. After a long time, he waved his hand to Chi Xia and said, “There’s no need to help me up.”
“This..” The red flaw is a little curious.
Your Majesty only said to let Qiushui kneel, but never let Chen Baolin kneel, although it is now midsummer, but Wulanyuan hanging gauze on all sides, and near Qushui, into the night will be cold, always so kneeling how can you afford?
Chen Baolin does not say much, because she can not afford to eat, she can not get up, accompanied by her, or may let Qiushui escape this difficulty. If she is gone, how can autumn water spend the long night?
“Empress Paolin and the people of the Autumn Palace, please get up quickly. Empress Zhaoyi has asked Your Majesty for a reward through her birthday. She doesn’t want anything but Your Majesty’s forgiveness of the people of the Autumn Palace. Your Majesty has already agreed.” Deep
into the night, as Chen Baolin had expected, Qin Zhaoyi sent someone to allow them to go back.
Sometimes a person is willing to pretend to be good, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. The previous hypocrisy came in handy at the critical moment.
Chi-hsia is delighted to help Chen Pao-lin up, and hurriedly goes to help Chiu-shui again. “The people of the Autumn Palace are suffering today.”
Qiushui shook his head, where is the pain of flesh! She has experienced
more bitter things.
Chen Pao-lin also said, “Maybe this is just the beginning. Sister Qiushui, can you think about the rest of your life?” If it goes on
like this, there will be all kinds of people using all kinds of ways to humiliate her. She can avoid it once or twice, but can she avoid it for a lifetime?
Qiushui was silent. She understood what Chen Baolin meant, but since ancient times she had only seen new people laugh and old people cry. Besides, the enmity between her and him was much deeper than they knew. He did not kill her, which was the greatest kindness to her. How could he care about her kindness?
“It’s getting late,” she said. “Let’s wait on Empress Paolin and go back to rest.” After kneeling for half a night, her knees were already numb. Qiushui staggered up and supported Chen Baolin. She could not allow her to say anything more, so she turned around and walked out. Out of the corner of his eye,
Chen Baolin glanced at her face, which was as quiet and beautiful as the moon at night. He really did not know how a woman with such a soft face could give birth to such a hard heart.
She can see things, how she never care? What
is it that has brought the most loving emperors and empresses to the point where they are now falling apart? For the first time,
Chen Baolin was confused about whether his decision was correct.
Wulanyuan, there are disadvantages, but also has its advantages, the disadvantage is just to let the concubines see Qiushui now down and out, the advantage is because of your majesty’s obvious hatred, the imperial concubines for a time dare not deal with Chen Baolin, naturally will not come to harass Qiushui.
Chen Baolin has always been happy to be quiet, and so is Qiushui, who is still idle in Yilin Xuan, embroidering her.
Compared with the calmness of the two of them, Green Hui and Red Flaw have some hidden worries.
They Baolin empress already enough not to be favored, now received the autumn palace person, also offended Qin Zhaoyi they, only feared that the future day will be more difficult.
“As usual, Your Majesty will come once a month, but this month it’s almost bottomed out, and Your Majesty hasn’t come to our Yilin Xuan once.” “If your majesty doesn’t come again, and our empress is still so young and childless, how can we live like this?”
Lu Huiyuan was also worried, but when she heard that she had even thought of her children, she couldn’t help laughing. “You girl are so ashamed. How could you say such a thing?”? Not to mention our empresses, even the favored empresses, who have any children?
“We don’t have those empresses now, but we’ll have them in the future. It’s not like our Baolin empresses, who don’t fight for them on weekdays. It’s good to have them, and we can’t fight for them.” With a deep sigh,
she turned her head and smiled again. “Of course you’re not afraid. Anyway, you’ll be out of the palace at the end of the year, and you have your lover waiting for you. How can you expect to get our hard work?”
You.. What nonsense are you talking! Green Hui blushed and ran after Chixia, then turned her face away.
The two of them laughed, and suddenly a little yellow door came over, saying that today the king of Jiangdu took the princess to the palace, and your majesty left a family banquet for dinner, and asked all the empresses to go to the banquet. Going to dinner
again?
Green Hui and red flaw suddenly feel worried, the last banquet is so unbearable, this time who knows what will happen!
“Empress, why don’t you say you’re sick and won’t go?” Green Hui thought of a way.
Chen Pao-lin did not answer her, but asked Chiu-shui, “The Princess of Jiangdu is coming today. Is Sister Chiu-shui going to see her?” Will
the autumn geese come?
Qiushui put down the needle and thread in her hand, and she never heard the news of Qiuyan since she went back to Yeting. She went back when she worshipped the emperor’s aunt at the end of the seven, and didn’t want her to stay in Chang’an.
She and Qiuyan had deep feelings since childhood. Qiuyan was five years younger than her. Before she got married, Qiuyan always clung to her sister in the prime minister’s mansion. She was inseparable inside and outside.
Even after she entered the palace, Qiu Yan was accused of marrying the King of Jiangdu, and the two sisters had a lot of contacts.
For one thing, Liu Xu, the king of Jiangdu, was the younger brother of Liu Chang. When the new emperor ascended the throne, no one could trust him. Naturally, he had to entrust his younger brother with an important task. So the king of Jiangdu did not rush to the fief immediately. He still lived in the mansion where the prince was enfeoffed.
Second, Qiuyan was originally the youngest daughter in the family. Her parents doted on her, and she and her elder brother, the eldest grandson, protected her. She thought she was lively and straightforward, and was quite arrogant. Moreover, Qiuyan was only fifteen years old when she married, and she was still a girl in the boudoir. Seeing that the palace was not far from the Weiyang Palace, she often slipped into the palace to look for her after the king of Jiangdu went to court.
Qiuyan was also fond of eating and playing. At that time, she had a very good relationship with Liu Chang. Liu Chang also loved this clever and naughty sister-in-law. Whenever she came, she always sent someone to reward her. Qiuyan was generous. When she got a good thing, she would give it to whoever she liked. There was a lot of laughter and laughter in Fengzao Palace, so Ruyi and others liked her.
That year, the eldest grandson clan was in distress, and she was banished to Nagato. The only good thing was that the youngest sister was married and did not have to be affected by her family and her.
Originally she was worried about whether Qiuyan would be left out in the cold because of family affairs, but when she saw her angry and unruly intrusion in Yeting, she knew that the King of Jiangdu must have treated her very well all these years, so that she had no scruples.
So she was relieved and said to Chen Pao-lin, “My sister has a hot temper. If she doesn’t see me, it’s all right. If she sees me like this, I’m afraid something will happen. The maidservant won’t accompany the empress to this family banquet. Please ask the empress to be considerate.”
Chen Baolin used to be treated very well by Qiushui in Fengzao Palace, because she was as old as Princess Jiangdu, and there were some old friends between them. She knew Qiuyan’s temperament without Qiushui saying much.
The Wulanyuan incident had just passed, and she understood that Qiushui did not want to have another incident, so she did not force her to do so. “Sister Qiushui is in the house to have a good rest,” she said. “I’ll be back as soon as I go.”
For a moment, the master and servant went out with the green Hui and the red flaw dressed properly.
The family banquet was held at the Jinhua Terrace on the edge of the Cangchi. Previously, the Little Yellow Gate said that it was for the purpose of staying with the King of Jiangdu and the Princess, but it only gave a general idea.
Along with the king of Jiangdu into the palace, there are several children of the imperial clan, also with their families. Most of
them were about the same age as Liu Chang and Liu Xu. They grew up together and had a good relationship. No wonder the king invited them to dinner. On
the Jinhua stage, the maidservants in the palace had already prepared a food table, with the women inside and the men outside sitting around the king near the water. After half a round of
drinking, the actors of the Taile Department were about to finish a dance. The King of Jiangdu led the King of Huainan and other sons of the imperial clan to propose a toast to Liu Chang. As soon as the cup was picked up, a woman over there said in a loud voice, “Some of their men are singing and dancing to add to the fun. Why are we so desolate here?”? In my opinion, it’s better to sing and dance.
Someone chimed in with her: “The Princess of Jiangdu is right. In that case, why don’t you ask someone from the Music Department to come and dance for us?”
“Why call someone from the Taile Department? Don’t we have enough people here?” Princess Jiangdu’s voice and expression were clear and clear, and her voice was loud and clear. “I’ve heard that all the empresses in the palace are beautiful and talented. Why don’t we open our eyes and see something now?”. Qin Zhaoyi, a descendant of poetry and books in your family for generations, came to write lyrics. Zhao Jieyu, you are the general behind the door, I think there is some kungfu, it is better to play for us. Hsu Jung-hua, your aunt once praised you in public for your excellent performance on the piano and in painting.
She read them one by one, and all the imperial concubines named by her changed their looks.
Zhao Jieyu was so angry that she clenched her veil and said, “Isn’t the princess joking with us?”? There are people from the Royal Music Department and the Song and Dance Workshop who have come to the palace for the Yan Dance. Isn’t this the way the princess wants to associate us with that actor? What happened to the
actor? Aren’t actors also born and raised by their father and mother? What’s the difference between them and the empress?
Princess Jiangdu seemed to smile, and the imperial concubines sitting below saw her intentions no matter how dull they were. She had clearly heard something, and she wanted to find a way to vent her anger on her sister.
Since it is understood to come over, the imperial concubines will not dare to touch her bad luck at this time, have covered their sleeves to avoid her eyes. Although
Princess Huainan and the others did not know why Princess Jiangdu had suddenly launched an attack on Qin Zhaoyi and the others, seeing that she had come for a bad purpose, she quickly laughed and said, “You are still so naughty. You are sitting and eating well, but you want to learn from others to watch songs and dances.”? Sit down quickly and let the empresses see the joke carefully.
There’s nothing to laugh about. I’ve heard that empresses love to watch people sing and dance to add to the fun. Now that the empresses don’t want to show off their skills so that we can gain experience, the wild geese are not talented, but they would like to show off their ugliness.
“Oh, what does Princess Jiangdu want?” The princess of Huainan did not know why, and she was still joking.
The wild goose looked around coldly, then reached out and pulled out a long roll of something from his sleeve. “I’m not as good as Chin Chao-yi in literary talent, nor as good as Chao Chieh-yu in kung fu, nor as good as Hsu Yung-hua in the sound of the piano.”. It’s just that just now the empresses were modest to each other and refused to perform. I don’t have anything to show off. I only used to play with whips when I was young, or I could use them to make everyone laugh. But I’ve got this soft whip today, and it’s not very handy. Don’t take it amiss if the whip doesn’t play well later and startles the empresses!
What, she brought a whip?
Qin Zhaoyi and others could no longer sit still and were about to avoid it when they heard a crackling sound and a long soft whip wagging its tail like a poisonous snake, coming straight at the imperial concubines. On
the Jinhua stage, the flowers turned pale and the cups were broken.
Zhangsun Qiuyan red clothes such as flames, a long whip dance rise, watching Qin Zhaoyi and others holding their heads, panic at a loss, the heart do not know how happy.
Her elder sister is the daughter of a noble family, is the wife of the emperor Ming matchmaker, even if it is down and out for a while, it is not their turn to bully these concubines! If
she doesn’t show her power, she really thinks that the eldest grandson clan is dead! The wine cup of the king
of Jiangdu was in the air, and when he heard that the princess of Jiangdu had caused trouble, he threw the wine cup, ignoring the eyebrows and eyes of the king of Huainan and others, and hurriedly picked up his robe and rushed over.
Zhangsun Qiuyan played enough, a wrist flower, a dance whip before the curtain fell, Qin Zhaoyi and others shrank into a ball did not dare to get up, Huainan Princess also scared out of shape.
Fortunately, she was merciful, so she didn’t bother Huainan Princess and the others. When she stopped, she held her head high and looked at a remote corner and said, “Chen Pao-lin, you and I used to be old acquaintances. We’re the same age, and we’re about the same size. I’m not good at this whip dance today, and my clothes are wet. Can I borrow your clothes?”. How could
Chen Pao-lin not say so? He quickly stood up from the corner and said, “I’m glad the princess doesn’t mind. My concubine has some newly made summer shirts. The empress can go with my concubine to change them.”
“Well, that’s a lot to pay for.”
Qiu Yan rolled up his soft whip and put it in his sleeve as usual. He straightened his sleeves and did not look at Qin Zhaoyi, Zhao Jieyu and others. He followed Chen Baolin and went out. He was so angry that all the imperial concubines stamped their feet and cursed others. The King
of Jiangdu caught up with Chen Baolin and Qiuyan, who were coming out. He quickly dodged and grabbed Qiuyan behind Chen Baolin and whispered, “What are you doing? Hurry up and come back with me!”
Qiuyan gave him a white look, snorted, and shook off his hand. “I’m very busy now. If you want to go back, go back by yourself. Don’t bother me.”
“Well, you..” The king of Jiangdu was stunned by her and did not wait to say anything more, but saw that she had already followed Chen Baolin away. The king of Huainan and others, who had
heard the news, also followed the king and came over, looking at a mess on the Jinhua stage, all of them were in a daze.
One of the sharp-eyed concubines watched the emperor’s arrival. Despite her fear, she hurried over, holding the emperor’s sleeve in her arms and sobbing, “Your Majesty, I’ve just scared my concubines to death.”
Liu Chang looked helpless and patted her on the shoulder. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Go in and talk.” Lingli,
a palace man, opened the door of the Guangming Hall not far away and lit the lamp. Su Wenping retreated and offered a teacup, leaving only himself to wait on the king, Xu Ronghua and the King of Jiangdu.
“We didn’t say anything that day, but when the princess came in today she was furious. The whip in her hand was so long that it hit the ministers and concubines.” As he spoke, he pointed to the skirt of his coat. “Look, Your Majesty, the clothes are all torn.”
Liu Chang glanced at it, but without saying a word, Liu Xu, the king of Jiangdu, hurriedly bowed down and confessed: “Your Majesty, it was I who failed to discipline you, so that my wife had no form and disturbed all the empresses.”
“Not only did she disturb me, but did she not hear that she had beaten all my concubines?” Liu Chang sank his voice. “Yes, yes,” said the King
of Jiangdu hurriedly. “When I went back, I scolded my wife for whipping the empresses. Since I’m not good at it, I should throw it away as soon as possible. How can I beat the empresses? I really shouldn’t. I really shouldn’t. I’m really ashamed. I’m here to apologize for my wife to the empresses and Your Majesty.”
“Are you sincerely pleading for your princess?”
“Sincerely plead guilty!”
“Why do I think you’re happy to say that?” Liu Chang looked at him and said, “Why, you think your princess is very capable of beating up my concubines, don’t you?”
“Oh, brother Huang, you’ve really wronged your brother!” When the King of Jiangdu heard this, he quickly bowed down again and again. “How could I be happy when Qiu Yan made such a fuss?”? My brother and I are deeply grieved, abhorrent, and regretful for the big mistake made by the princess.
“All right, all right, put away your face!”
Liu Chang saw that the more he talked, the more ridiculous he became, and the more energetic he became. He really didn’t know what to say to this brother, so he interrupted him with a headache: “Last time she made a scene with the Empress Dowager, I ordered you to take her back and scold her. This time she didn’t even let go of my family banquet. Tell me how you scolded her when you went back.”
I.. She. Last time she made a scene with the queen mother, my brother went back and reprimanded her, but. But Qiu Yan’s temper, brother, you know, has been strong since she was a child, and she can’t compare with the empress.
Cough! Behind him, Su Wen’s hand, clinging to his tail, quietly reached out and pounded the back of the King of Jiangdu, who did not know how to speak. The King
of Jiangdu was suddenly aware of this and quickly stopped talking, but Liu Chang didn’t seem to care. When he heard him talk about Qiu Yan’s temperament, he shook his head and sighed, “The queen’s temper is also very strong.”
It’s just that compared to Princess Jiangdu, she’s stronger and more tolerant.
“Ah, yes!” The king of Jiangdu accompanied him with a sigh. The daughter of
the Zhangsun family is not to be trifled with. He
also blamed his brothers and concubines for being too many, and they were all too stupid. It was not good to bully anyone, so he had to bully the empress.
Who doesn’t know that the broken bones between Princess Jiangdu and the empress are also connected to the tendons. How can she sit idly by when her sister is humiliated?
He said that it was light to frighten him with a whip. When he had a quarrel with the princess, the princess had even taken out a knife.
Thinking of this, the king of Jiangdu felt a chill in the back of his neck.
Liu Chang was most impatient to see his worthless appearance. He waved his hand and said, “Well, since the King of Jiangdu has made amends for the princess, I can’t go into it.”. You take your princess back and tell her that if you want to stay in Chang’an for a long time, you should behave yourself and stop making trouble.
He can indulge her once or twice, but he can’t indulge her all the time. The king
of Jiangdu also knew that the king’s patience was limited, and he was glad that he would not pursue the matter. He quickly thanked him for his kindness and said, “My younger brother has thanked Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of my wife. My younger brother will take her back and tell her what Your Majesty has said, so that she can live in the house and think about it.” Said, lest the king go back on his word, hurriedly withdraw.
When Xu Ronghua heard this from the beginning to the end, he saw that the king was about to turn a big thing into a small one and a small thing into a small one. He was so angry that his teeth were about to be broken. He held his cheek against Liu Chang’s eyes and said, “Your Majesty has always spoiled her. You see, this time she has beaten my face into a blur. I really don’t know what else she can do next time. I’m afraid.”
Liu Chang gazed at the marks on her face like pinched nails and smiled. “You just heard the King of Jiangdu say that the Princess of Jiangdu has that temper. You can just keep her away from her.”
“Your majesty–” Xu Ronghua wriggled. Since he couldn’t bring down Princess Jiangdu, he had to stretch out his hand to keep Liu Chang. “My concubine is frightened today. Your majesty will stay with my concubine.”
“Today is the end of the month, and the second half of the month is not the day for you to go to bed.”
Liu Chang reached out his hand and pinched her chin. “Since I’m frightened today, I’ll go back early and let someone take care of me. I’ll go to see you in the first ten months.”. The king of Huainan is still out there. I will go out and see them.
He never lost his sense of propriety in the matter of serving the bed. Xu Ronghua knew that if he continued to make trouble, it would be improper. He had no choice but to bow down and watch him go away.
Chen Baolin took Lvhui and Chixia to the banquet. Qiushui had nothing to do in Yilin Xuan, so he took out his old clothes and lit the lamp to make up for them.
As soon as she had made up a patch, she heard someone open the door. She quickly put away her clothes and picked up a palace lantern to greet her. “Is this Empress Paolin?”? I’m back early today.
Chen Pao-lin led Princess Jiangdu all the way through the door. He heard Qiushui ask, but before he could open his mouth, he saw Princess Jiangdu stepping out with an arrow: “Sister!”
The palace lantern flickered, and Qiushui thought he was wrong. When he got closer, he said in surprise, “Qiuyan?” As soon
as Zhangsun Qiuyan shook her hand, he turned to Chen Baolin and said, “Mother Baolin has been walking all the way. I think she should be tired. There are people from the Autumn Palace here. Let her take some clothes and put them on for me.” “Why don’t you two wait on Empress Paolin to have a rest?”
Green Hui dumb, unexpectedly she came here to be the master.
Chen Pao-lin knew that she had such a disposition, and he didn’t care about her. Besides, she also wanted to let her sisters talk in private, so she crouched down and said, “Since the princess has said so, my concubine won’t be polite to the princess, so the people of the Autumn Palace will serve the princess in front of her. My concubine will go to rest first, and then come back to talk to the princess later.”
“Go, go.” With a wave of her hand, Chiu Yan watched Chen Pao-lin and the others enter the house. She hurriedly tugged at Chiu Shui. “Where does my sister live?”? Let’s go and talk in your room.
“You..”
Qiushui made her confused. Didn’t he say that the emperor had left her to have dinner with the King of Jiangdu? Why did she come back with Chen Baolin on the way? And the clothes. What’s going on?
She looked up and down at Qiuyan and saw that she was dressed in a really grand way. “In the past, what you didn’t like most was this red,” she said. “Why are you wearing it today?”
Qiuyan was impatient to explain more to her. That time in Yeting, she was worried about people talking too much, but she couldn’t talk to Qiushui even when she went there. Later, Qiushui was transferred to Yilin Xuan, and she had already made up her mind to talk to Yilin Xuan. Today, it was better to choose a day than to hit the sun, so she shook her arm and said, “Sister, I’m very tired all the way.” Let’s go into the house quickly, and we’ll talk about it when we have something to say.
“You!” Qiushui has no way to take her, even if it hinders the identity of two people today, she should not easily associate with her, but because I haven’t seen her for many years, I really miss her in my heart.
Fortunately, Chen Baolin had no one here, and Chen Baolin’s master and servant were not talkative, so he let Qiuyan go, led her into his place of residence, and brought her tea.
Qiuyan looked around her room. The place was simpler and narrower, but it was much better than Yeting.
As soon as she first learned that Qiushui had been banished to Yeting as a slave, she hated it in her heart.
What’s more, two days ago, she even heard that Qiushui had been humiliated, which made her even more angry. Although she was relieved for Qiushui tonight, she was still a little upset. Holding the teacup, she said angrily, “Sister, he doesn’t treat you well at all!”! If I had known this, I might as well have married Yu Lin Lang!
She didn’t point out who it was, but Qiushui knew it in her heart. She took a teacup and sat down opposite her. “What nonsense!” She said with a smile! You’re already a princess, but you don’t know how to restrain yourself. Sooner or later, how can you change your temper?
“Who cares!”
Qiuyan curled her lips and said, “He kicked my father, mother, and brother out of the house, and ruined you, sister. What’s the point of leaving me alone as this princess?”? If he doesn’t like my temper, he’d better demote me to the court as a slave and keep me company with my sister.
Don’t talk nonsense! If you come here, what should you do if you call the King of Jiangdu? Did the King of Jiangdu treat you badly? Qiushui couldn’t help scolding.
Qiuyan snorted and became red-eyed. “He’s treating me well now, but what about the future?”? The emperor used to treat his sister very well, but once he fell out with her, he banished her here.
“That’s different.” Qiushui is helpless.
“What’s the difference?” Qiuyan sniffed and choked up and said, “The men of the Liu family are all the same. The emperor is, the king of Huainan is, and the king of Jiangdu will certainly be.”. The vows of eternal love that were said in the past have all been forgotten in a twinkling of an eye? Your majesty was not the elder sister as a treasure, now I do not know how many large and small concubines, he led them in the front to eat, drink, play, sing and dance to promote peace, but let the elder sister in the back to eat bran and pharynx vegetables to be looked down upon, with him as an example, how long can king of Jiangdu treat me? It’s just a matter of time.
“They’re different, Qiuyan.” Qiushui sighed, knowing that she was going to get into a dead end because of her own affairs with Liu Chang. She comforted her. “Your Majesty is the emperor, and the King of Jiangdu is just a prince. They.. It won’t be the same.
As an emperor, there are always many things that you can’t help yourself.
But as a prince, there are too many places to choose freely.
So she wasn’t worried that the King of Jiangdu would change his mind about Qiuyan, but she was worried about Qiuyan: “If you can live a good life with the King of Jiangdu, I can feel at ease.”
Zhangsun Qiuyan turned away, in the matter of reasoning, she said but Qiushui, but she did not understand after all, he treated Qiushui like this, Qiushui did not resent him?
Qiushui shook his head. “I don’t hate him.”
In the palace, everyone has their own unspeakable difficulties, she has, Liu Chang also has.
In the past, when I was young, I could speak clearly between husband and wife, but later I found that there were many things and many words that I didn’t know how to say, and now I don’t need to say a lot of words. In
terms of resentment, I’m afraid Liu Chang’s resentment is more.
Zhangsun Qiuyan didn’t expect her elder sister to be so spineless that she could still endure being bullied like this. She was deflated for a moment and drank a few mouthfuls of water before she suppressed her anger and said, “That’s all right. My elder sister was born with a good temper. If you don’t hate him, you don’t hate him.”. It’s just that you can’t go on like this all the time. When is the end of being a slave? Sister, why don’t you come with me to Jiangdu? The
scenery of Jiangdu is very beautiful, with beautiful weather and beautiful mountains and rivers, which is the most suitable for raising people.
Qiushui did not know that Jiangdu was good, it was because it was good that your majesty would seal his brother as the king of Jiangdu.
Can say to go to Jiangdu with Qiuyan. Qiushui lowered her eyebrows and said, “I’m afraid I can’t get out now.”
“How can you not get out?” Qiuyan was in high spirits. Holding her hand, she said eagerly, “Didn’t Chen Pao-lin befriend his sister?”? Originally, her sister had been kind to her, and now it was time for her to repay her. Besides, it’s not for her to do anything harmful, but for her to give up her sister to me. If she needs help later, I’ll give her another eight or ten.
“How could it be that simple?”
Qiushui patted her on the back of her hand and laughed.
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