Volume 1: Chang'an Night Change V: The lotus pond is gloomy
"Eat slowly, be careful and become a big fat man!" he gently stroked its soft fluff, like cotton, and it felt very good.
Ah Li also likes to be touched by him like this, lying in his arms and gnawing carrots frantically, and squeezing his body back from time to time, wanting to get closer to him.
The sun is shining today, and it's stuffy to stay in the house. He carried the rabbit out of the room, sat down on the steps where the sun could reach, and enjoyed the sun to the fullest.
The sun shone in the courtyard, rows of shelves were neatly arranged, and from time to time there would be a crisp sound, that is, the herbs had been drying for a long time and cracked. There are several herbs on the steps, and the leaves of the herbs are as green as jade, and the leaves are crystal clear as if flowing with water.
There is a lotus plant planted in the water urn in the corner, the lotus is in full bloom, and the white and red lotus is like the delicate face of a woman, seductive and pure.
Suddenly, he felt movement in his arms. At the bottom, it turned out that the little rabbit was moving, because he only cared about being in a daze and stopped petting, and the little rabbit was angry and didn't eat well.
"It's so clingy!" he fondly tapped on the bunny's nose, and the bunny rubbed his hand, and the pink tongue licked lightly on his fingertips.
His heart stopped, as if he was provoked by this blow, and his hand gently rubbed the other party's head.
"How are things going these days, I heard that the results have not been found out yet!" In the back garden of the palace, the empress was leisurely enjoying the scenery in a small pavilion.
The garden is full of spring, and the spring breeze is proud. Under the eyes of the empress, everything is competing for beauty, wanting to show her most perfect side to this strongest woman in the world.
Only this pond of lotus, when the lotus is in full bloom, it closes its buds tightly and disdains to compete with everything around it. Even if the people here are the empresses of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the owners of this garden, it still goes its own way, leaving only the lotus leaves swaying in the breeze.
"Dali Temple has begun to investigate, and after Lord Di reported, it seems to be related to the night change in Chang'an ten years ago. Shangguan Wan'er, the female officer on the side, said.
"Chang'an night change?"
"That's right, not long ago, Lord Di's shadow guard returned to Chang'an with death and found unbloomed flowers in his belly!"
"What!" Hearing this, the empress was no longer calm, and slapped the stone table with her hand, and the whole table was trembling.
The powerful aura made the people around him fearful, and the palace maid behind him knelt directly on the ground and trembled, only Shangguan Wan'er's face was normal.
"It's not blooming, isn't it clean that has been wiped out?
"Although the flowers are gone, the people are not finished! This is what Master Di said. ”
The empress withdrew her coercion and returned to normal.
"People are not finished, this sentence sounds murderous!" the empress sneered.
Even the voice sounded panicked to her.
"Master Di is afraid that he has a murderous intent this time, do you want to ......" Shangguan Wan'er hesitated for a moment and said.
"No, just let him go, he should release it after enduring it for so long. Besides, even if you really want to stop it, can you really do it?"
Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er's face changed greatly, and she knelt down with a sigh, "Wan'er is the female official of the empress, she is the empress in life, and she is the soul of the empress in death, even if the empress wants Wan'er to die, she will not hesitate." ”
"I'm tired of hearing beautiful words, and I want to see what you do. ”
"Your Majesty, please. ”
"Kill him!" the empress pointed to the man on the opposite shore, who was more beautiful than a woman, and his demeanor revealed everyone's style, like an immortal.
The man who can appear in the empress's back garden must be her harem.
Seeing the man, Shangguan Wan'er was also stunned. She already recognized it at a glance, this was her younger brother Shangguan Qingyi, who was sent into the palace by their Shangguan family to entertain the empress and use it to fight for the rights of the harem.
"Yes!" even her brother did not hesitate in the slightest.
An ink pen appeared in his hand, and he waved it up and down in the air, writing a rune between the strokes.
"Go!" With a stroke of the pen, the runes flew towards Shangguan Qingyi. Shangguan Qingyi, who stretched out his hand to the lotus, maintained such an action, elegant, pure, and even kept a smile on the corner of his mouth, which was a fantasy of the empress's smile pampering herself.
There has always been a taboo in the palace, that is, the queen's back garden is not allowed to be stepped into at will. Especially the pond of lotus flowers, except for the empress, no one is allowed to touch it, even the most intimate Lord Shangguan is no exception.
Long before Shangguan Qingyi entered the palace, Shangguan Wan'er had reminded him that he must not go to the back garden, let alone approach the pond of lotus flowers.
Now Shangguan Tsing Yi is still here, he is standing in front of a lotus, and the lotus that has not bloomed for ten years is blooming at this moment.
Tong!
He fell on the grass behind him, as if he had fallen asleep, and his posture was graceful, like a god in the sky.
Even the beautiful flowers and plants around him can't compare to his beauty.
But so what, this beautiful figure was worthless in the eyes of that woman.
"Send it home for burial, you can mention it casually, if someone is not convinced, kill it. The empress said lightly, turned around and left directly.
The people knelt on their knees until a long time later.
Chang'an is lively during the day, but it is very quiet at night, except for the night market, most places are quiet. It is said that it is the intimidation of murder, but it is better to say that it is the characteristic of Chang'an.
In the thirteenth lane of Xicheng, where Li Qinglian is located, there is a peaceful atmosphere in the evening.
There is often a group of people gathered under the big locust tree and the old willow tree, all of whom are old people, who have nothing to do to play chess or gossip and so on to pass the time.
In summer, the days are long, the weather is hot, there are not many trees in the city, and there are even fewer places to block the heat.
Li Qinglian likes to stay here when she has nothing to do, watch the game of chess, and listen to the gossip of the elderly, which is also quite fun.
"Boom!"
A bell rang in the distance, and it was Master Sanzang ringing the bell.
"Scattered, scattered, go back to their own homes!"
Hearing this bell, people all went home with stools, and the rest was Li Qinglian alone.
Because of the proximity to the small courtyard, he was not in a hurry to go home. At this time, it is the time when the sun is setting, and he likes to sit quietly under the big tree quietly at this time, watching the sunset slowly set.
In these few short minutes, he felt more than a day's spirit. There is no impatience in my heart, no heat, no distress, and I calmly go to a pool of clear water.
Life is always in the midst of constant irritability and irritability, and there are countless things and changes to deal with every day.
But fixed, learn to be at ease. It's always okay to sit down quietly and take a few minutes to meditate.