Chapter 24: The Death of Xue Yuanshan
The next day, Mo Chenghuan brought a hundred-year-old wild ginseng and went to Bingxin Garden to ask Concubine Jing for peace, there are rules in this palace, although it is not like the general regulations of other national deep palaces, low-grade beauties must ask for peace from high-grade concubines, but there are also clear regulations that once the low-grade beauties who are rewarded must ask the concubines of the main palace on the second day, but Mo Chenghuan's Chanxin Garden does not have a main position, so it is natural to think of the highest-grade Jing Concubine in the nine gardens - Lu Yuchan.
When he came to Bingxin Garden, he found that the door was closed.
"Master, why don't we go back, we don't need to ask this Concubine Jing for peace, when the emperor is lucky, go to Ruihua Hall and make it difficult for Concubine Rui. Ning Xiang didn't look down on this Lu Yuchan very much, but now Mo Chenghuan wanted to come to Lu Yuchan to say goodbye, and he was naturally unhappy in his heart.
"Nonsense, isn't this the truth, I'm just a sidekick, no matter how I say it, I'm inferior, if I act like no one in my eyes now, then how will I live in the future!" Mo Chenghuan frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice.
"But......" Ning Xiang wanted to argue again, but Mo Chenghuan obviously didn't want to give her this opportunity, so he tilted his head to Ling Xue and ordered, "Go knock on the door." ”
"Yes. Ling Xue did not hesitate, received the order and stepped forward to knock on the door.
After knocking on the door a few times, a palace maid ran out and saw Mo Chenghuan's face suddenly pulled down.
"Who?"
Ning Xiang was a little breathless and wanted to come forward to theorize, but fortunately she was stopped by Ling Xue in time.
"The tiredness was heard, and Mo Chenghuan of Chanxinyuan came to say goodbye to Concubine Jing. Jin Suxiao knows the rules and etiquette, and calmly stepped forward to explain his intentions.
When the palace maid heard this, her face changed again, and she hurriedly said, "You wait!"
Not long after, the palace maid came out again, and reluctantly put on a calm face and said to Mo Chenghua and the others: "Come in." ”
Mo Chenghuan smiled casually, led a few girls behind him to follow the palace maid into Bingxin Garden, and walked all the way through the front yard to the main room where Concubine Jing lived.
"Concubine Jing Niangniang, please say goodbye," Mo Chenghuan stepped forward and directly gave Concubine Jing an irreproachable gift.
"Don't get up with the side, Lei Banjia is not going to salute Mo Sui's side," Concubine Jing said to Lei Minying casually.
This Lei Minying's family is not bad, her father is the second leader of the Ministry of War, it should be said that she is the first batch of show girls to enter the palace, she seems to be only thirteen years old when she enters the palace, according to her appearance and family background, she is still the most watched show girl when she enters the palace, but for some reason she has not been favored by the emperor for many years in the palace, and she is just a companion, and now she can only barely survive in the palace under the wings of Concubine Jing.
"No need, the highest grade in these nine gardens is Concubine Jing, and if you want to salute, you should pay tribute to Concubine Jing. Although Mo Chenghuan can't get used to this Lu Yuchan, he still understands this basic rule, and it's not a good story to dominate on other people's territory, and people will only say that she Mo Chenghuan doesn't know etiquette.
A complicated emotion flashed in Concubine Jing's eyes, and she continued: "Mo Suibian was not lucky, and he didn't have to ask the palace for peace, why did he come here today?"
"Where is Concubine Jing, the highest grade of this Jiuyuan is you, the concubine first came to Jiuyuan, and I hope that Niangniang can give more guidance on everything," Mo Chenghuan knew that this Concubine Jing was deliberately looking for fault and wanted to make things difficult for her, of course she would not be stupid enough to dig a hole for herself, so she didn't mention anything about the emperor, and her words were full of respect for Lu Yuchan.
Sure enough, when Lu Yuchan heard this, her face improved slightly, but she also tried not to show her face, and pointed at Lei Minying lightly and said: "You haven't asked Rui Guifei Niangniang to say goodbye, I don't think you know Lei Companion, it's good that you are here today, you both live in these nine gardens, and it's good to get to know each other." ”
Lu Yuchan's implication is to tell Mo Chenghuan that you have not yet been blessed by the emperor, don't be happy too early, and although this Lei companion is not favored, he has served the holy driver, and in terms of seniority, Lei Minying is still higher, and you Mo Chenghuan should ask Lei Minying for peace.
A small flame quietly rose in Mo Chenghuan's heart, but he still nodded at Lei Minying with a smile: "Lei Companion is set up." ”
Lei Minying relied on Concubine Jing to support her, and her courage was naturally a little bigger, and she thought that her father and Mo Chenghuan's father were the most difficult to deal with in this military department, and naturally she would not give Mo Chenghuan a good look on her face, so she nodded proudly at Mo Chenghuan slightly, and turned her face away.
Mo Chenghuan is still like a spring breeze, today is the first time she has confronted the people of the Sima family, she can't fall into any tricks to make them criticize in the future.
"I don't know what else is going on on Mo Sui's side, if there is nothing to do, the palace is also lacking, you can go back first," Concubine Jing is not a hopelessly stupid person, this Mo Chenghuan was a little eunuch who had a bad relationship with him some time ago, but now he dares to come over to ask for peace for himself, isn't that self-defeating, if this Mo Chenghuan is really smart, how can he be embarrassed by himself.
"There is indeed something, some time ago, the ignorant little eunuch in the courtyard disturbed the interest of the mother and ruined the mood of the mother, and now he deliberately came to make amends for this ignorant person," Mo Chenghuan directly said that Fu Yuheng was a person in his courtyard, and showed Concubine Jing that this Fu Yuheng was already her person, she was in Baoding, and hoped that Concubine Jing would not worry about Fu Yuheng again.
"It's all a trivial matter, why bother to come here in person," Lu Yuchan sneered at the corner of her mouth, her eyes were full of anger, and she dared not speak angrily at Mo Chenghuan.
Originally, this was a trivial matter, that Fu Yuheng was unlucky to block the fire, she happened to be angry because of the emperor's care, this little eunuch appeared, she originally thought that a little eunuch's life was worthless, and it was good to kill him to vent her anger, but what she didn't expect was that yesterday because of this worthless little eunuch, the emperor actually came to her in person to ask for someone.
The emperor hasn't come to her Bingxin Garden for a long time, but she didn't expect that this time it was for a little eunuch who was not as good as an ant in her eyes, and what made her even more annoyed was that all this was just because of this Mo Chenghuan in front of her.
I think that when she first entered the deep palace, she also received the emperor's meticulous care, so she knew the emperor's temperament and understood that this Mo Chenghuan was really on the tip of the emperor's heart, so Mo Chenghuan's affairs were all major events, and everything else was insignificant.
She still vaguely remembered that at that time, she also asked Dong Tianji to help intercede with Concubine Rui, but at that time, it was her family's life, and Dong Tianji had never dealt with it personally, at this time it was just an insignificant little eunuch in Mo Chenghuan's courtyard, and he came to the door in person, how did this make her not angry.
"Where, the people who serve in the courtyard are not sensible, after all, the concubine is the master who has not taught her well, so today the concubine naturally wants to come over in person to compensate Concubine Jing. Ling Xue quickly took the hundred-year-old wild ginseng we brought over to Concubine Jing. ”
Mo Chenghuan could see that Lu Yuchan was already trying her best to restrain her anger, but her original intention was to ask for a way out for Fu Yuheng to survive, where did she dare to show a little unhappiness, even if Lu Yuchan stumbled on her, she didn't dare to say a word, she was afraid that she would anger this Lu Yuchan now, and then Lu Yuchan would find an opportunity to retaliate against this Fu Yuheng, after all, this incident did make Lu Yuchan lose face.
"It's really a blessing for the emperor that Mo Suihuan is so sensible, it's rare for Mo Suibian to run in person, so it's better to go back after dinner, right?" Lu Yuchan couldn't find Mo Chenghuan's handle and didn't want to embarrass Mo Chenghuan, so she wanted to stay with Mo Chenghuan for more time, and after getting along for a long time, she was not afraid that she would not find her Mo Chenghuan's flaws.
"Very good," Mo Chenghuan knew that this Lu Yuchan was uneasy and kind, but this meal was really unshirkable, once she refused, it would fall into Lu Yuchan's arms, and give her a good opportunity to play on the topic, so she had to accept it first, and see the trick depending on the situation.
Lu Yuchan talked with Mo Chenghuan again, and after a stick of incense, Zhu Ming suddenly visited.
"The slave has seen Concubine Jing, seen Mo Suibian, and seen Lei Companion," Zhu Ming's voice was loud, respectful and polite, and people couldn't find a trace of fault.
"I don't know why Gonggong Zhu is here?" Lu Yuchan had a bad premonition in her heart.
"It's nothing, it's just that the emperor made an appointment with Mo Sui to enjoy the lake, but he didn't see a trace for a long time, the emperor ordered the slave to come to find it, and the slave went to Chanxinyuan to know, it turned out that Mo Sui came to ask Concubine Jing to say goodbye. "Zhu Ming is an old fritter in the palace, and it's easy to make excuses for such trivial things.
"Ah, the concubine actually forgot about this matter, maybe she was too fascinated by chatting with Concubine Jing," Mo Chenghuan followed Zhu Ming's words and continued to make it up.
Lu Yuchan sneered, silently watching Mo Chenghuan and Zhu Ming sing and harmonize.
"But the concubine has already agreed to Concubine Jing to stay in Bingxin Garden for lunch," Mo Chenghuan pretended to be embarrassed.
"It's okay, you can change the day for dinner, but the emperor's appointment can't be postponed," Lu Yuchan squinted with a smile, and her appearance was very gloomy.
"Then don't go with the minions. Zhu Ming saw that Lu Yuchan was relieved, so he didn't delay any longer.
He has served Dongtianji for many years, and naturally he has already figured out Dongtianji's thoughts, this Lu Yuchan is already a person who has fallen out of favor, although he lives in this Jiuyuan, he is actually no different from the cold palace, how can a concubine without any future be compared to a new favorite with a strong holy favor, and it is also a new favorite with a huge family background and amazing appearance.
"Then Concubine Jing, the concubine will leave first," Mo Chenghuan has long been tireless, and now Zhu Ming is not in a hurry to leave this ghost place like grasping a life-saving straw when he arrives.
Concubine Jing nodded reluctantly.
Mo Chenghuan came out of Bingxin Garden, and was led to the Proud Garden by Zhu Ming, and the East Tianji stood calmly by the lake, heroic and heroic, like an ancient painting.
Seeing this, Mo Chenghuan was in a trance, she seemed to recognize the person by the lake as "another person", after approaching, Mo Chenghuan came back to his senses, and then he couldn't help but laugh at himself for being too persistent, at this time, the person in front of him, no matter which mask he was wearing, he was always the person she wanted to serve all her life, in this case, which mask is he wearing now is still heavy?
"The concubine has seen the emperor," Mo Chenghuan bowed slightly.
"Come, let's go with me, you don't have to follow," Dongtianji waved back left and right, wanting to be alone with Mo Chenghuan for a while.
Dongtianji picked up Mo Chenghuan and walked towards the depths of the garden.
"How long has it been since I've been holding your hand around the garden like this?" Dong Tianji took Mo Chenghuan's hand and tightened it again, as if he could no longer hold it in the next moment.
"It's been a few years, and I've almost forgotten if you took me," Mo Chenghuan felt mixed in his heart, and he didn't know what to do, so he had to smile slightly bitterly.
"In the future, I will often hold you like this, walking all over the huge Jinbi City, walking all over the huge thunder, and walking all over the huge world," Dong Tianji felt a sour feeling in his heart, and now he said the promise he had always wanted to say to Mo Chenghuan, but anyone understands that as an emperor, the saddest thing is nothing more than this.
"Okay," Mo Chenghuan also knew that it was impossible, maybe she was still willing to use trust again and again to make Dongtianji happy.
Dongtian bowed his head and smiled bitterly, Mo Chenghuan's words made him feel extra warm in this harsh winter.
"It's all right," Dong Tianji's footsteps suddenly stopped.
"Alright," Mo Chenghuan said.
"Really?" Dongtianji confirmed again.
"Hmm," Mo Chenghuan nodded vigorously.
"Are you ready?" Dongtianji looked up at the gray sky stupidly.
"Almost," Mo Chenghuan was lying, but he was still a little panicked.
"Something is going to happen to Lion Ridge, if you are better, I don't have to delay it any longer," Dongtianji lowered his eyes and looked at Mo Chenghuan seriously.
Mo Chenghuan was blushed by Dongtianji, and lowered his head to avoid Dongtianji's blazing gaze.
"After Lou Yuyu saw me in Mu Xue Hall last time, did he come back to look for you?" As soon as Dong Tianji thought of this, the corners of his mouth outlined a sly smile.
"I found it, I was very angry, but I sent it away, probably because I couldn't help me, do you want him to find a chance to take revenge on you," If Dongtian dared to deceive her like this, she would also retaliate fiercely.
"Then I have to endure it silently, report it back, he is willing to let me go There are a lot of adults, and it is natural that he will not let me go, after all, we are asking for help," Dongtianji is not the kind of person who evades responsibility, he should bear it, and he will never shirk.
Mo Chenghuan smiled, she knew that Dongtianji was such a person, so she would be willing to believe in him and be willing to entrust her life to him.
Suddenly, snow fell from the sky.
Mo Chenghuan glanced at the sky and said, "I'm going back." ”
"Okay, I've been away from them long enough, I can't go back sooner," Dongtianji reluctantly joked to himself.
"Be careful yourself," Mo Chenghuan thought of the dragon and crouching tiger hidden everywhere around Dongtianji, and the heart in his chest was panicked all day long.
"I've been here for so many years, don't worry, but you always let me rest assured, how long has I been in the palace for a long time, I have been deeply poisoned twice, and my body will not be able to withstand it in the future!" Dong Tianji listened to the news of Mo Chenghuan's poisoning again and again, but he couldn't do anything.
"I have my own plans," Mo Chenghuan knew the uneasiness of Dongtianji, but it was impossible to seek benevolence in everything.
Dong Tianji was no longer speechless, and he also understood that sometimes it was not possible to have both.
"I'm leaving," Mo Chenghuan will share all the bitterness and pain for Dongtianji, she can just chew and swallow her bitterness herself, Dongtianji shoulders the fate of the whole country, and she doesn't have that much ability, the only thing she can do is to share the pain for Dongtianji, she is here to help Dongtianji, not to increase the burden on him.
Dongtian wanted to stretch out his hand to brush the snowflakes off Mo Chenghuan's head, but Mo Chenghuan had already turned around and left.
Three days later, Fu Yuheng struggled to get up from his hospital bed and threatened to swear allegiance to the death.
Mo Chenghuan laughed at it, this was the result she had guessed and wanted, so naturally she wouldn't care, and told Fu Yuheng to rest.
Spring is about to start in a blink of an eye, and it is approaching the Spring Festival, and every year the concubine prepares for this annual prosperous era one month in advance.
Mo Chenghuan is different from previous years this year, she just entered the palace last year but was just a wonderful person who was not taken seriously, of course she had no chance to become a member of the Spring Festival feast, but now it is different, she is favored by Dongtianji, so she naturally wants to attend.
"Master, in half a month, it will be the Spring Festival feast, why does Ni Caiyuan tailor it for the master in the future?" Ning Xiang suspected that someone was making a stumbling block, otherwise how could Mo Chenghuan, who was highly valued by Dongtian, be treated so lightly.
"Ni Caiyuan is under the control of Rui Guifei, if it is not authorized by Rui Guifei, Ni Caiyuan does not dare to go against the emperor," no matter how good Jinsu's temper is, he will get angry when he encounters this kind of thing.
"Concubine Rui just wants to give her master a dismissal, but now she can only endure it, master, this anger can't be moved," Ling Xue is in the angry Chanxin Garden, I am afraid that she is the most sober person except Mo Chenghuan.
"Otherwise, she is Concubine Rui, and I am just Mo Sui's side," Mo Chenghuan understood very well in his heart, what she couldn't offend now was Sima Yi.
"Let's go to Ni Caiyuan, if they don't come, we'll look for him," Mo Chenghuan took the case.
"Isn't this embarrassing?" Ning Xiang pondered again and again, and felt that it was inappropriate.
"It's better to be embarrassed than to offend people, isn't this the result that Rui Guifei wants, let Rui Guifei see what she wants, and Rui Guifei will naturally not use this matter to embarrass her master in the future," Ling Xue naturally wanted to turn a big thing into a small thing, and solve this matter in the simplest way.
"I'm thinking it's better to tell the emperor not to forget it," Mo Chenghuan casually said perfunctory words against his will, wanting to scare people with this.
"I can't help it!" Fu Yuheng rushed in from outside the door and shouted for restraint.
"Where have you been?" Ning Xiang recalled that it seemed that she hadn't seen Fu Yuheng for a day today.
"I went to Ni Caiyuan, and I wanted to ask about this matter, and I couldn't let our master be wronged in vain. Saying that, Fu Yuheng walked to the stove and roasted the fire.
"What did you hear?" Mo Chenghuan sat back in place steadily.
"Not only did this Ni Caiyuan not come to us, but the beauties of the three grades failed to welcome this Ni Caiyuan," Fu Yuheng was saved by Mo Chenghuan, and he stayed in Chanxinyuan for more than a month, and he hadn't done a decent errand for Mo Chenghuan, and now was a good time for him to share his worries and solve problems for Mo Chenghuan.
"Why is this?" Ling Xue felt strange no matter how she heard it, how could there be a reason not to cut new clothes for the beauties in the palace in the New Year.
"It is said that there is an accident in Lion Ridge, there are bandits, and the court is now busy reorganizing the army, so this year's Spring Festival feast advocates simplicity, and the second year of junior high school will go to Shengling Mountain to pray for blessings, and this year's beauties below the third grade will not be given to make clothes," Fu Yuheng told all the news he heard.
"That's it, no wonder it's good that there are no impulsive bad things," Jin Su was secretly frightened, but fortunately he didn't mess with bad ideas.
"Then let's start with Jane, shall we choose the clothes that can be attended?" Mo Chenghuan still had the heart to think about the Spring Festival feast, and now her mind was full of Dongtianji's words.
What happened to Lion Ridge, what made her prepare earlier, these words made her have a bad premonition.
"Little Hengzi, you are relatively well-informed, can you go and inquire, who is the court going to send to clear the bandits?" Mo Chenghuan thought of a key question.
"Okay, but I'm afraid it will take a month for this army to be arranged, and I'm afraid I won't be able to inquire about it now, but the minions will try their best to inquire about the master. Fu Yuheng said his considerations, he wanted to do his best for Mo Chenghuan, but he didn't want to disappoint Mo Chenghuan.
"Understand, go ahead," Mo Chenghuan also thought of this question, but he was really anxious.
An hour later, Fu Yuheng ran back excitedly.
"Niangniang, I inquired," Fu Yuheng shouted as he hurried into the house.
"Who?" Mo Chenghuan already had a clear name in his heart, and asked Fu Yuheng to inquire just to confirm her conjecture.
"Xue Yuanshan Xue Deputy Commander," Fu Yuheng was not familiar with Xue Yuanshan's name, but simply felt that he became the deputy commander of the Beiding Army at a young age, and he must have his ability to reach the sky.
Mo Chenghuan was cold all over his body, but he didn't dare to show his face more, he drank tea coldly, trying to make himself act calmer.
Ning Xiang was the person who knew Xue Yuanshan best, and he could see that Mo Chenghuan was a little abnormal, so he asked one more sentence: "Master, what's wrong?"
"No, you've been teaching those ignorant people a lot lately, don't let them get into trouble for me again. Mo Chenghuan didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he quickly changed the topic.
Several people in the room looked at each other and stopped talking.
At the beginning of spring, the soft spring is still no match for the stubborn winter, so that the winter continues to firmly occupy its position.
The Spring Festival Feast is held on the first night of the new year, starting from the six halls in the center of the Nine Gardens, and the red lights illuminate the whole night with joy and peace.
Rui Guifei opened in the Deyi East Garden, and the invited beauties entered from the south gate, dressed up one by one, and the brocade robes lined with the brilliance of each beauty.
The seats are determined by the rank of everyone present, Rui Guifei and the emperor sit in the right seat, on both sides are Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian, and then down are Jing and Ning Erfei.
At the beginning of the banquet, Dong Tianji took the stage to make an opening speech, and it can only be said that Dong Tianji gave full play to the words of mediocrity and incompetence, and a few short sentences of opening made Rui Guifei remind him several times, fortunately, all the concubines present were Dongtianji's concubines and no outsiders, otherwise Dongtianji, as the respect of a country, would really lose the face of the ancestors and ancestors.
This spring feast was much more dreary than usual, and Dongtianji was drowsy in the face of the joyful scene of singing and dancing, and the concubines naturally lost their interest in laughing and playing.
Before the Spring Feast was halfway through, Dongtianji was called away, and it seemed that the person's face was anxious, and he could also think that it was related to the bandits in Lion Ridge.
As soon as Dongtianji left, Rui Guifei didn't have the heart to stay any longer, so she retired from the table under the pretext of illness.
On the second day, Rui Guifei and Dongtianji hurriedly went to Shengling Mountain to pray for blessings, according to news, the Beiding army has arrived at Lion Ridge, and the reason why Dongtianji left the scene during the spring feast yesterday was because of the military emergency.
News came from Lion Ridge that the Beiding army was attacked by bandits when they were camping, and the Beiding army hurriedly met the attack, although they repelled the bandits, but they were still burned half of the grain and grass.
After another half a month, the news of Lion Ridge kept coming back, which was an insignificant matter to others, but it clenched Mo Chenghuan's heart all the time.
Mo Chenghuan's heart was full of Lion Ridge, and he was worried all day long, and he immediately lost weight after half a month.
Early that morning, Mo Chenghuan woke up from a nightmare and couldn't sleep, feeling that something was going to happen, and asked Fu Yuheng to wait for the news in the Rising Sun Palace, as expected, Fu Yuheng came back before noon.
"Master, there's news," Fu Yuheng had already understood the relationship between Mo Chenghuan and Xue Yuanshan during this time, and fully understood the significance of Lion Ridge to Mo Chenghuan, so he didn't dare to slack off.
"How?" Mo Chenghuan may have guessed the ending, but he just wanted to deceive himself for a while before getting a confident answer.
"Xue Gongzi...... sacrificed," Fu Yuheng couldn't bear to see Mo Chenghuan sad, but he still gave up the whole implementation.
Mo Chenghuan closed his eyes in pain.
"Master," at the beginning of the incense condensation period, he thought that Mo Chenghuan was ruthless to Xue Yuanshan, but now it seems that Mo Chenghuan is not completely ruthless.
"Xue Yuanshan, maybe this is your fate," Mo Chenghuan understood what Dongtianji meant, Dongtianji no longer needed this mask, and it was time for Xue Yuanshan to leave safely.