At the table, there were two chess games
In the cool autumn evening, the prince saw Xun Shaoling put down the recital, and when he was resting, he beckoned in the eunuch who had been waiting for a long time. The eunuch presented the name plates of each palace to Xun Shaoling, and said, "Your Majesty hasn't turned over the cards tonight." β
Xun Shaoling looked at the famous brands, his eyes fell on the "concubine", and even the eunuch also noticed that every time he turned over the brand, his eyes would stay on this brand for a long time, but he never reached out to turn it over, and always flipped over other brands, and he didn't pay attention to which beauty it was.
"Tonight......" he retracted, "I won't turn over the cards." He said, raising his hand and motioning for them to stand down.
After a while, Zhan Ying came to present the information, and after the monarch and ministers finished their deliberations, Zhan Ying saw Xun Shaoling playing with Yuxun, and his expression was lost, how could he not know Xun Shaoling's thoughts? He sighed softly and muttered: "It's been a month and thirteen days......
Xun Shaoling said casually: "Yes, I haven't seen her for a month and thirteen days......
Zhan Ying said: "Since Your Majesty is so concerned, why don't you go to the Splendid Palace to have a look?"
He looked up and said, "How do you know I'm thinking about her?"
Zhan Ying replied with a smile: "Zhan Ying just reported a number, and Your Majesty knows what Zhan Ying is talking about, so it can be seen that Your Majesty is worried." β
"So you're cheating?" he laughed.
Zhan Ying said: "Zhan Ying didn't dare, he just told the truth." β
He nodded, pondered for a long time, and showed some tangled and distressed looks, and then seemed to have made some kind of decision, and said self-deprecatingly: "Yes, this is indeed the truth. What's the use of me running away all the time?" he got up and walked out of the Anyan Palace, Zhan Ying followed him, he turned around and said, "I am going to the Splendid Palace, you don't have to follow." β
Zhan Ying nodded and stepped back.
In the Splendid Palace, Weiyang sat quietly in front of the court, leaning on the beauty's lean, with a silk piano in front of her, but she had no intention of playing, dressed in thin red, but her skin did not show a trace of blood. Ruyi stood beside her, whispering something to her from time to time.
Mallow walked out of the dormitory, saw her in such a depressed state, shook her head and sighed secretly, took out a brocade robe, walked over, and gently covered Weiyang's body: "Niangniang, it's cold at night, take care of your jade body." Why don't you warm up with some sweet soup before drinking the medicine?"
Weiyang bowed slightly, looked at her, and smiled kindly: "It's still mallow thoughtful, and the sweet soup is excellent." Weiyang and Ruyi's eyes met for a moment.
Mallow was about to retreat to serve sweet soup, and when he turned around, he saw Xun Shaoling stepping into the Splendid Palace alone, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Weiyang also looked at Xun Shaoling, she hadn't seen him for so long, she didn't expect him to appear so suddenly, she didn't know how to deal with it, but this was just right, and her surprised expression looked more natural.
Weiyang got up from the beauty's back, supported her as she wished, and gave Xun Shaoling a salute: "The concubine sees Your Majesty." β
She knelt down, and the courtesy was good, but her every move showed a weak and delicate state, which made people pity. Xun Shaoling subconsciously wanted to hold her and not use her to make a big salute, but her hand was about to be raised, but she put it down, "Concubine Ai is flat." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Mallow and Ruyi helped her up, she lowered her head slightly, and stood in front of Xun Shaoling.
Xun Shaoling's gaze swept over the mallow and waved his hand: "You guys retreat." β
"Yes. Ruyi and Malvac both retreated to the side hall.
There were only the two of them left in the courtyard, Weiyang was silent for a while, her face was expressionless, and Xun Shaoling couldn't see her thoughts.
He spoke first: "I haven't seen you for many days, and Concubine Ai has lost a lot of weight......"
Weiyang suddenly turned his back and covered one side of his face, his emotions were slightly floating, and he felt a little lamented: "The concubine Fan Dai has not been applied, her makeup is not neat, and she is really a sin to be holy with a sick face." β
A woman is a person who pleases herself, and she cares so much about her face in front of him, how is it different from ordinary women?
He stretched out his hand and put his hand around her shoulder, so that she faced her head-on, and said softly: "Aifei is too worried, I just feel sorry for Aifei's frailty." Concubine Ai can make the six palaces without makeup and makeup, even if she is sick, who can compare?"
"Then why don't you come......" She looked up, her eyes rippling with tears, the most direct sentence was worth a thousand words.
He didn't answer, he couldn't.
There was no moon tonight, and he did not enter the dormitory, but played the piano in front of the court. She served her with fragrant tea, her beautiful eyes drooped, and her joy and anger were invisible.
The sound of the piano is as slow as a trickle, beautiful and light, from slow to urgent, exciting, occasionally like a whisper in the middle of the night to whisper tenderness, suddenly the silk strings are like war drums sounding gold, tragic and painful, just like the epic of the heart, when the piano is flattened, but there is no tenderness, poignant and heartbroken, endless sadness, and the aftermath surrounds people's hearts and ends.
He sat across from the piano case, his expression was gloomy, and he was concentrating on stroking the piano, and there was nothing between the two of them except the sound of the piano. Between the toasts and the drop, Weiyang's eyes caught a glimpse of the saber at his waist.
There are forbidden sword soldiers in the palace, why did he come here tonight to wear a sword? What did he want? Why didn't he pay attention before?
As the song "Tang Gong Yan" suddenly turned into a tragic sound, she immediately understood, her heart was shocked, her hand trembled, and she hurriedly stabilized, her expression did not change, and she looked for a countermeasure.
The last note fell, and when the aftermath echoed clearly, there was silence in the court, his gaze fell on her face from the piano, she raised her beautiful eyes slightly, and offered him a cup of tea: "Your Majesty has played this song "Tang Gong Yan" to the best level. β
He smiled: "The concubine is too famous, how can my piano skills be half as good as the concubine? I've got an axe. β
"Your Majesty Xie praised, since Your Majesty said that Banmen has an axe, Rongchen's concubines and concubines also have an axe in Banmen?" She picked up the jade Xun in front of him, looked at him, and put the Xunkou close to the red lips, the jade fingers lightly covered the Xun hole, the Xun voice was clear, the fingertips were green, and the red lips were dripping, making a picture of itself.
Xunyin is even more poignant, in this solemn autumn night, such a Xun sound into the ears, people don't know whether to sigh Xun Yin is wonderful or the song is very sad, the beauty is like jade, Xun sound Fu Yurong, low grace implies generosity, Xun sound is like crying like a complaint, people's hearts are exquisite.
He stroked the piano and played "Tang Gong Yan" is the best interpretation of this song, and she played the song "Tang Gong Yan", which is the deepest understanding of the meaning of this song, the sound of the piano is moving, and the sound of Xun is hurtful.
After the Xunqu was finished, Xun Shaoling's eyes were sad, he did not comment on Xunyin, but said slowly: "It is difficult to give up the natural beauty, and once it was chosen on the king's side." Looking back and smiling, the six palaces have no color...... Yu Yang Mo came agitatedly, breaking the song of neon clothes and feathers. The nine-fold city is full of smoke and dust, and thousands of people ride southwest...... In the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty, the concubine favored the harem, the Tang Ming Emperor disregarded the society for the beauty, and almost buried the Tang Dynasty, the concubine finally died at the foot of Ma Wei Slope, and the jade face and fragrance soul are difficult to find, and the Taiye Hibiscus is not Yang Liu, and the spring color of the Tang Palace is still ...... The people of the world sighed at Yang Li's pathos, who understands the weight of this country? Only at the moment of ten thousand horses, the soldiers are under the pool, and the king knows that the emperor's prestige cannot be lost......"
He took a sip of his tea, avoiding her gaze.
Weiyang's heart was cold, and when he finished speaking, he was silent for a while, Weiyang looked up, and his eyes were quite sad: "The weight of the country, how can there be a "love" word to accommodate you?
He raised his eyes and looked at her directly, as if there was something unspeakable, but she smiled with tears, "Later generations have a neon dress and feather dance through the legendary neon dress and feather coat, and the concubine has specially asked for advice from the Youzhou Music Fang dance girl when she was in the boudoir. β
He smiled reluctantly: "Concubine Ai is still good at dancing? However, the solo dance of the concubine is not less interesting, and it just so happens that I have also learned this "Song of the Neon Dress and Feather Clothes", and I am willing to accompany the concubine with the sound of the piano. β
Weiyang got up and gave a salute: "The concubine is honored." β
In front of him, she untied the knot under her neck, the silver silk brocade robe to cover the cold slipped down, a red dress reflected her skin as white as snow, her posture was slender and moving, a few steps back, the phoenix eyes and his eyes touched, the water sleeves were raised, half covering the jade face, his piano sound also rose, the tone was round, touching the heartstrings, she brushed her sleeves and danced beautifully, and her posture stretched, as if there was a prosperous world in front of her.
No matter how beautiful it is, it's not as beautiful as tonight's dance, and no matter how beautiful it is, it's not as beautiful as tonight's music. They dance in harmony with each other, tacit understanding blends together, one person and one piano, one person and one red clothes, it is enough to outline a faction of singing and dancing, in this Beiliang Imperial City, the palace is deep, it seems to be the prosperity and charm of the Tang Palace, beautiful to the extreme, wonderful to the extreme.
There is not only Xun Shaoling who has a tacit understanding with Weiyang, but also Ruyi. From the moment Xun Shaoling stepped into the Splendid Palace, she noticed the saber on his waist, but the mallow was next to her, she couldn't communicate with Weiyang, after returning to the inner palace, she took the mallow branch to make the bed, she went out of the dormitory on the grounds of preparing refreshments, but in fact she hid in the shadows, to make sure that no one could notice her hiding place, she covered the sleeve arrow under her sleeve, staring at the direction of Xun Shaoling and Weiyang, she was always ready, if Xun Shaoling really killed Weiyang, she would break the cauldron and sink the boat, and the net would be broken, and it would be a big deal to die with Xun Shaolingγ
The music gradually came to an end, Weiyang and Le Pian rotated, their arms raised their jade fingers and pointed straight into the sky, but their slender bodies were full of generosity, the red clothes were delicate, and the dancing posture was charming.
In the tree on the other side of the dormitory, Ruyi stared at Xun Shaoling's back, and suddenly felt someone approaching from behind, she stabilized her mind, put down the other hand covering her arm, put away the murderous aura on her face, and pretended not to notice anything.
It wasn't until the man patted her on the shoulder that she looked frightened and turned around: "...... Mallow" covered her mouth again to stop herself from screaming, and stared at Mallow's eyes wide.
Mallow stared at her face critically and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you go to prepare refreshments?
Ruyi turned back and glanced at the situation in the courtyard through the gap between the branches.
She bent down to pick up the plate of refreshments placed next to her, signaled to Mallow that she had really gone to prepare refreshments, and then pulled Mallow into the inner hall and explained to her: "I just see the beautiful dancing of the mother, and Your Majesty personally accompanies the mother of the piano, which is really rare, so I just hide there and want to see more." Good mallow don't tell your mother. β
Mallow temporarily believed her explanation, and said: "Niangniang and Your Majesty are happy to be together, how can we, as subordinates, secretly peep? β
Ruyi thought that she was already very good at pretending to be a palace maid, but she didn't expect that Mallow was more real than her, Ni glanced at her and ignored it, anyway, there was no evidence in her hands.
Malallow still had suspicions, pretending to touch Ruyi's arm unintentionally, but found that there was nothing abnormal, how did she know, Ruyi had already wiped the sleeve arrow on her upper arm, and the sleeves were wide, how could she see it?
Round after round, round after round, she was about to fly, brilliant like a fairy, her eyes flowing, her hair was lightly raised, her fingertips were plucked on the silk strings, but her eyes always moved with her, amazing, amazed, surprised.
When the aftermath was approaching, her eyes froze, and she suddenly rotated to his side along the dance posture, and when he was unprepared, she pulled up the saber on his waist, and the silver light flashed in front of his eyes, he was startled, and his fingers broke the strings.
However, Weiyang did not stab Xun Shaoling, she knew that she killed Xun Shaoling at this moment, she and Ruyi also couldn't escape, their life and death are trivial matters, only afraid of big things, now Xun Shaoling has proved his true body, and the big war is imminent, if he assassinates him as Nan Ke Xizuo, it will only give Beiliang more reason to go south, and the war will definitely be more intense at that time.
But she can't let Xun Shaoling kill herself, so let's break the cauldron and make a fight.
She pulled out her sword, held the hilt of the sword with both hands, turned her posture, put the sword on her neck, looked directly at Xun Shaoling with tears, and the long sword that was as bright as Bai Lian reflected her poignant face in the night.
"What are you going to do here, put down your sword quickly!" Xun Shaoling was so startled that he suddenly stood up and shouted at her. He might not have been surprised if she had drawn her sword and stabbed him, but she had drawn her sword and swung it at herself, so decisively and so suddenly.
Weiyang retreated away from him, took out all his disguised skills and wisdom, every look, every word hit the heart, she said: "The concubine entered the palace and did not taste the true face of the Son of Heaven, a little piano skills, fortunately Your Majesty was pity, and was able to meet Your Majesty under the moon, and regarded Your Majesty as a bosom friend, and entrusted her with sincerity...... Recently, the grace has been declining, His Majesty has not set foot in the Splendid Palace for many days, and the concubine thinks that the concubine must have her own shortcomings, and secretly regrets it, and only hopes to see Your Majesty again......" She paused, tears drooped, and Xun Shaoling's eyes met.
"And when you say goodbye, your majesty comes with a sword...... A song "Tang Palace Yan", the concubine knows His Majesty's heart...... Your Majesty wants your concubine to die. The concubines were puzzled, how could Your Majesty regard her concubines as Yang Yuhuan, Zhao Feiyan and the like? Was Your Majesty afraid? Your Majesty was afraid of treating your concubines with sincerity? Or did Your Majesty suspect that the concubines had bad intentions? That's why they alienated their concubines? That's why they sent people to spy on their concubines? That's why they had murderous intentions toward their concubines?"
She complained bitterly, questioned loudly, most directly revealed his thoughts, this most cruel thoughts, torn between them, how should he answer?
"Concubine ......"
Seeing that his expression was rippling with tears, Weiyang gritted his teeth and made a final attempt, "Your Majesty is the king of a country, and he is always worried about the safety of his family and country, so he can't tolerate any hidden dangers, and the concubine understands." His Majesty has already doubted the concubine, and the concubine can only prove her innocence once she dies. The concubine died without regrets, but can Your Majesty have no regrets? Finally, please remember a word that can remind your family and country that there are many people who are careful about everything, but I am afraid that there are not many who can defend you with their own arrows. Her tearful eyes glanced at the qin on the long case, and finally glanced at Xun Shaoling: "The bosom friend string has been broken, since then people are strangers, Your Majesty, don't go over the concubine!"
"Don't!" Xun Shaoling pounced on her. The sword in her hand rubbed against her snow-white neck, and a bloody mark was wiped out in an instant, but fortunately, he grabbed the sword edge and pulled it away with great ease, knocking off her hand holding the sword, his own hand was slashed by the sword, blood flowed out, and the long sword fell to the ground.
Xun Shaoling ignored his hand injury and hugged Weiyang, who was paralyzed, into his arms. Weiyang's heart finally landed smoothly, and she escaped the catastrophe of hanging by a thread, she was even ready, it was a big deal to kill herself in front of Xun Shaoling, although the mission failed, but fortunately, the secret was preserved, she didn't expect that Xun Shaoling was as ruthless as Xun Shaoling was still soft-hearted at the last moment.
Similarly, she was not surprised that Xun Shaoling suspected that she wanted to kill her, but she was very surprised that Xun Shaoling saved her.
His injured hand rested on her shoulder, and through the tulle garment, she felt the warmth of his blood, and his nervous breathing. She asked, "You don't want me to die?"
He said the most sincere words: "Yes, I can't bear it." β
The surrounding noise cleared, and silence returned to the night sky.
Weiyang knew that she still won, but why did this victory make her feel sour?
Xun Shaoling kissed her tearful face, kissed her lips, kissed her neck, and kissed her scars......
He was glad he hadn't lost her, but she felt that she was suddenly in some indescribable danger that would be even more difficult to get out of. Her heart throbbed, and she suddenly hugged Xun Shaoling tightly and buried her face in his arms, "You won't leave again tonight, will you?"
"Yes. He lifted her to her side.