Eastern Palace Chapter 33: Yuanshui(2)

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I am impatient to hear these things. I think the kindness of men is unreliable, especially the men of the emperor's family. Before the sky, what are women? Gu Jian said that if one wants to be emperor, it is inevitable to be hard-hearted and cold. I think what he said is right.

In the afternoon, it rained suddenly. Yong Niang looked at the rain in the courtyard and sighed slightly, and said, "The flowers are going to be bad now."

Although I have recovered from my illness, I have suffered from a cough. The imperial physician prescribes a lot of prescriptions to drink and drink every day, but it is not very effective. So when I coughed, Yong Niang hurriedly took a cloak and put it on me, refusing to let me take a cold breath. I also hope that the cough will get better sooner, so that I can go back to Xiliang with Adu earlier.

No matter what my Xiliang has become, I will go back after all.

I sat in front of the window and looked at the cherry blossoms in the rain. The delicate petals were gradually drooping, like cut silk, which was slowly soaked by the rain and stuck to the branches. . Yongniang has ordered people to put up the brocade, which is used by your family in Central Plains to protect the flowers, and put the brocade on the flower tree, so that the rain can't destroy the flower tree. I looked at the cherry blossoms under the brocade. There were small golden bells hanging around the brocade. They were used to drive away birds. The golden bells were swayed slightly by the wind, and they rang faintly.

Now I often stay in a daze for a long while, Yong Niang feels like I have changed. I used to be too noisy. Now I am so quiet, she always looks at me very worried.

Adu was also very worried about me. She wanted to take me out to play more than once, but I couldn't get enough energy. I didn't tell Adu that I remembered the past. I think there are some things that I can bear on my own.

When the cherry blossoms die, the weather will warm up completely. New clothes were changed in the palace, and thin spring clothes were also changed in the east palace. It will be early summer in a few days. Yongniang asked someone to make a new swing in the atrium. I used to like swinging very much, but Li Chengyin thought it was frivolous, so there was never a swing in the East Palace. Now Yongniang asked someone to make a new swing for me. One, but I don't play that at all now.

I saw Pei Zhao while installing the swing stand. I haven't seen him for a long time. Since he was on the road last time when he advised me not to interact with Yueniang, I have not seen him again. It's like seeing him for the first time. I still remember the knife he took away from Adu, and I still remember his horrified voice above Wangchuan. He must not know, I have all remembered it.

I won't tell him that I remembered the past, so he will definitely guard me strictly. People from the Central Plains can deceive people like that, I have to learn a little bit, and I have to hide from them, so that I can find the opportunity to go with Adu.

Pei Zhao brought me things. Those were gifts from the palace. It is said that they were the Korean trophies captured by General Xiaoqi Pei Kuang. Your Majesty has given many people, and I also have a copy here.

They are all antique jewels. I have never been interested in such things, so I just ordered Yongniang to accept them.

There is also a holding basket, Pei Zhao personally carried it in his hand and presented it to me.

I didn't answer, so I asked Yongniang to open it. It turned out to be a kitten, just the size of a fist, and the white fluff all over, like a pink rabbit. It's obviously a cat, but his eyes are blue and blue, which is very interesting. It lay on the bottom of the box, screaming softly.

I asked: "This is also bestowed by your majesty?"

Pei Zhao said: "This is captured by the father of the Admiral. It is said to be a tribute from Siam. The younger brothers and sisters in the family are naughty and must not be raised, so the Admiral will bring it to the Crown Princess."

I picked up the kitten, and it lay in my palm and barked, sticking out its little pink tongue and licking my fingers. A soft and itchy feeling brushed my fingers, numb and uncomfortable, I immediately liked the kitten, so I smiled and said to Pei Zhao, "Thank you, General Pei for me."

I don't know why, I think Pei Zhao seems to be relieved. I looked at him without fear and smiled. When he followed Li Chengyin on the westward march, he knew everything about it. On the cliff of Wangchuan, he also watched me jump down. But he has never missed a word in front of me. I think he is actually loyal to Li Chengyin. If he knew that I had already remembered, would he immediately change his expression and be more on guard against me? I will learn these tricks of the Central Plains people bit by bit, and I will repay them all the pain they inflict on me.

I teased the kitten and talked to it: "Meow, are you going to eat fish?"

The kitten yelled "meow", and the tongue licked my fingers again. The fine thorns on its tongue made me itchy. I couldn't help but laugh and hugged the cat to show A'du: "Look, Its eyes are so beautiful."

Adu nodded. I asked Yongniang to fetch milk to feed the cat, and then I discussed with Adu what name for the cat.

I asked Adu: "Shall we call Xiaohua?"

Adu shook his head. I also feel bad. This kitten is pure white and has no miscellaneous hair. It really shouldn't be called Xiaohua.

"Then call Xiaoxue..." I talked to A'du babblingly, wanting to make a nest for the kittens, and to name them... I don't know when Pei Zhao left .

But since I have this kitten, I am not so lonely in the Eastern Palace. Xiaoxue is very lively and can play for a while after chasing her tail. In the courtyard, the peach and plum blossoms were fascinated and red like snow, and the flying petals were blowing in the air. Xiaoxue always jumped up and scratched with his paws.

But there are piles of petals on the bridge, but it can’t smell it. Once a white butterfly flies by, it’s even more serious. Xiaoxue can chase it and jump around the yard. Where does the butterfly fly? Just jump there.

Yong Niang always said: "Where is the cat, it is more naughty than the vixen."

The days passed smoothly. Every day, I watched Xiaoxue run around mischievously; watched the flowers in the courtyard blooming, and the flowers faded again, the cherries drooping like crimson beads, hung all over the branches; the peaches and plums also bear soy-sized fruits, Decorated under the green branches and leaves.

Time is like water in an imperial ditch, flowing silently, and every day passes quickly. At night, I often sit on the steps and watch a bright moon gradually rise from under the leaves. For thousands of years, the moon has risen quietly, without sorrow, no joy, silent, and the wind and dew of a day shone on the glazed tiles like a thin layer of silver frost. The galaxy in the sky was brilliant and silent, Xiaoxue leaned on my feet, "Mimi" yelled, I touched its warm and fluffy neck, and hugged it into my arms. I waited quietly, I want to wait for the best opportunity to escape from this delicate cage.

Originally, because I have been ill, the notes in the East Palace have been simplified, and many things have never been asked to me. In the past, although Zhao Liangdi was in charge of affairs, I was responsible for many major events on the surface. I was sick for so many days, and even the palace ceremony and banquet were absent. When my illness got better, Xu Baolin became ill again.

She is very ill, and after all, the medicine is ineffective, but no one in the East Palace seems to have bothered. If it weren't for Yongniang to say that she had left her mouth, I didn't know Xu Baolin was dying of illness.

For some unknown reason, I decided to visit her. Maybe it's pity, maybe I want Li Chengyin to feel that everything is no different. Or, let Li Chengyin feel that I am still that naive and stupid princess, without any scheming.

Xu Baolin still lives in the most remote courtyard, and the two court ladies who served her have already changed people. Although Wu Gu's affairs did not cause trouble, Zhao Liangdi got an excuse to treat her more and more harshly. After I was sick, I couldn't take care of myself, so naturally I didn't take care of her. I feel very regretful, if I find out early, she might not be so sick.

She was as thin as a dead bone, her hair had lost its luster, and the tips of her hair were yellow, like a mess of grass. I vaguely remembered the first time I saw her, when she was still in the palace. She had just lost her baby in her belly, describing her as haggard. But her haggardness at that time was that the flowers were slapped by the torrential rain, so she was hanging down. Rather than like now, she was like a chrysanthemum in the west wind, withered even the last pulse of Xianyan.

I called her for a long time, before she opened her eyes and looked at me, her eyes dizzy and blurred.

She didn't recognize me much anymore, and for a while, she lowered her eyes and fell asleep again.

Yongniang tactfully told me that the doctor said that Xu Baolin could not hold back a few days.

She is only eighteen years old this year, and the young girl’s beauty has long since passed away. This lonely East Palace is like a monster, constantly devouring everything that is beautiful. The young girl like a flower had only to wither for a short period of time.

I felt very sad. Coming out of the yard where she lived, I asked Yong Niang: "Where is Li Chengyin?"

Yongniang didn't know, she sent someone to ask, only to find out that Li Chengyin and King Wu had gone.

I went to the main hall and waited for Li Chengyin. I waited until dusk when I saw Qiba Qingqi, surrounded and guarded by Habayashi Lang, and passed the Mingde Gate. The rest of the people were dismounted, only one Riding a long way through the vast flat field in front of the temple, came straight here. Suddenly, I felt very confused. I had not seen Li Chengyin for several months. Although I could not see him every day a long time ago, he always came to me aggressively for a while. Quarrel with me. But now he and I have stopped seeing each other and quarreling.

I actually kept avoiding him. After I remembered the past, I obviously should kill him and avenge everyone.

Maybe, I went to see Xu Baolin today just to find myself a reason to see him. As I watched him riding over, I suddenly remembered that on the desert grassland, he ran toward me with a horse, showing such a brilliant smile.

He has never laughed like that, has he? After all, it was Gu Xiaowu, not Prince Li Chengyin.

The servant came forward to serve Li Chengyin and got off his horse. He threw the whip to Xiaohuangmen and stepped onto the steps, as if he hadn't seen me.

I stood up and stopped him. I said, "Go and see Xu Baolin."

He finally turned his face to look at me, and I said, "She is dying of illness."

He ignored me and went straight to the temple.

I stood there alone, the wind of early summer blew across my cheeks, with a warm breath, and the spring was over.

If it were in the past, I would definitely quarrel with him and force him to see Xu Baolin, even if I tied him, I would also tie him.

But now? I clearly knew that not loving is not loving, even if he had to swallow the last breath today, he was afraid he had already forgotten her. Forget the woman with bright eyes and white teeth, forget that they once had flesh and blood, and forget how many nights and how many lonely times she had been expecting. It’s like he forgot about me, forgot that I once hated him and loved him, forgot that he once caught me a hundred fireflies, forgot my last decisive leap, and cut everything between me and him. .

All of this, isn't it just me asking for benevolence?

The weather became hot day by day, and Xu Baolin fell into a coma. She became weaker day by day, and in the end she didn't even get in. I went to see her every day, and Yong Niang persuaded that she thought that I had just recovered from a serious illness and should not stay with the patient for a long time, but I did not listen to her at all. I took care of her as I took care of the dying self in my heart.

I stayed by Xu Baolin, those palace people would be a little more jealous and dare not make any more criticisms. It's much better than the way he didn't care about it before. But Xu Baolin is already so ill, all care for her is almost unnecessary.

At dusk, the weather was hot and there were dragonflies flying around in the courtyard, and the banana leaves under the wall remained motionless and there was no wind. The sky was faintly purple, but there were thick dark clouds in the western sky. It might be raining.

Xu Baolin's spirit is better today. She opened her eyes and looked at the people around her. I held her hand and asked her: "Would you like to drink water?"

She recognized me and smiled at me.

She didn't drink water, and after an hour she fell into a coma again, and then her breath gradually weakened.

I summoned the imperial physician. After he checked the pulse, he said to me: "Baolin Fuze is extraordinary, and he will be safe and sound."

Although I don't have much knowledge, I also know that the imperial doctor is not saved by saying this.

Yong Niang wanted to persuade me to leave, but I just refused. Yongniang had to send someone to quietly prepare for the funeral. The sky became darker and the room was sultry like a steamer. Gong E's footsteps were light, and she lit a lantern. The candlelight dimmed, shining obliquely on the patient on the bed. Xu Baolin's face was pale, and the corners of her mouth kept moving slightly. When I leaned to her lips, I heard the two words she said, so soft that there was almost no sound, it turned out to be "Your Highness."

I feel very sad, maybe she just wanted to see Li Chengyin before she died.

But I cannot persuade him to come here.

This man provoked her, but left her alone, leaving her alone in the deep palace. But she couldn't forget him.

Even if it's lucky, even if it's sad, even if it's just careless.

She wants so little, as long as he looks back occasionally, but he can't get it.

I held Xu Baolin's hand, trying to give her the last warmth, but her hand gradually cooled.

Yongniang softly persuaded me to leave, because she had to change Xu Baolin's clothes, and there were a lot of funeral affairs. Yongniang once told me. There are also some high-sounding things, such as writing a letter to the Ministry of Rites, maybe chasing her a slightly higher rank, or rewarding her family for being a small official. I watched Gong E put a Jinpa on Xu Baolin's face, she had no sound, whether it was sorrow or joy, everything had disappeared, and the short life came to an abrupt end.

There was a dull thunder in the sky in the distance, Yong Niang stayed to host Xiao Lian, and A Du followed me back to the bedroom. When I walked onto the covered bridge, I heard a faint sound of music floating from the main hall. The sound of music is very far away. Suddenly I remembered that night on the riverbank, I was sitting there, and in the distance came the singing of Turkic people. It was a subtle love song. Turkic warriors would always sing outside the tent of their beloved girl. Sing to her what is in his heart.

At that time, I never felt the singing sound so beautiful, misty like a fairy music. The fireflies flying in the grass by the river are like misty meteors, and like a handful of golden sand scattered by someone. I even think that those shining little bugs are the messengers of the gods. They carry delicate lanterns and shimmer in the cool night. The camp on the other side of the river was also scattered with dots of fire, and the laughter and laughter seemed to be separated from each other.

I watched him rise into the air. I saw him grabbing several fireflies. Those elves gleamed with subtle light between his fingers. The martial arts of the Central Plains was like a painting. , A poem, freehand brushwork. His every move is like dancing, but there is no such heroic dance in the world. He spins at an incredible angle in mid-air, chasing those misty fireflies. His sleeves bring a breeze...

Those fireflies flew up eagerly, the bright moon dispersed and turned into countless fragments of meteors. For a time, Gu Xiaowu and I were surrounded by these meteors. Their glittering light illuminates each other’s faces. I see His dark eyes are looking at me... the singing is so far apart, like the sky between the earth and the sky.

My blood was pouring up inch by inch, and the ink-like sky in the distance suddenly flashed a hideous electric light. The purple arc flashed like a sword, winding and flickering, drawing a gap in the sky.

I said to Adu: "You go back first."

Adu refused, and followed me for two more steps. I untied the gold wrong knife from her waist together with the scabbard, and then said to her: "Go and clean up and take the important things. Come on, when I come back, we will leave for Xiliang immediately."

Adu's eyes were full of doubts, she looked at me puzzled, and I urged her repeatedly, but she had to turn around and leave.

I am determined to stop everything today.

I walked slowly into the main hall, only to find that there was no feast here, there was no one in the hall, and Gong E, who was on duty, didn’t know where he was going. Li Chengyin sat by the window alone, playing the flute. tube.