498 Zetian (27)
When she opened her eyes, it was far from nightfall, but there were no lights and candles in the dormitory, and the curtains were lowered, the doors and windows were closed, and she looked at it suddenly, and thought it was night, and her head was tilted, and the first thing she did was to look at the pillow next to her, There was no one on it, and when she turned her head again, she saw two palace people kneeling in front of the bed, and when she saw her, they all bowed their heads and stepped forward: "Your Majesty." β
She wanted to sit up with her body propped up, her arm was sore, and she didn't get up for the first time, The palace people wanted to come to support, She waved her hand away, grabbed the bedpost with both hands and sat up slowly, her feet were randomly on her shoes, and she stepped on the plush lion's head on the slippers to the end: "What about Wan'er?"
The two glanced at each other, and one of them said, "Shangguan Cheng aims to treat the crime in the hall." β
She was slightly stunned, but she was not surprised, she didn't bother to raise her hand, so she only raised her chin: "Call her over." β
The palace people went out gently, and after a while, Wan'er came in, took off her coat, and got rid of the hairpin ring, before she crossed the threshold and bowed to the ground: "Wait for the guilty concubine Shangguan Wan'er to meet Your Majesty." β
She beckoned to Wan'er, wanting the little thing to get up and come over, but Wan'er walked forward on her knees, and bowed again in front of the bed, she stretched out her hand with difficulty and pinched Wan'er's face: "Are you angry with me?"
Wan'er raised her head and looked unusually calm: "Don't be angry." β
She was a little surprised, looked at the little thing's face repeatedly, and pulled her up from the ground: "Are you really not angry?"
Wan'er got up obediently, leaned on her side, and saw that her hands were still on the edge of the bed, so she climbed to the bed, took out a few pillows, put them on one side, and helped her to sit. She knew that Wan'er was indeed not angry, but for some reason, she was a little disappointed, holding Wan'er's hand and letting her sit side by side with her: "Why aren't you angry?"
Wan'er let her hold her hand, combed her sideburns with the other hand, lowered her head, and said lightly: "Your Majesty just did what she had to do." β
She held Wan'er in her arms, and was speechless for a long time, and after a while, Wan'er sat up straight from her arms, wrapped her arms around her back, put them on her legs, and kneaded them gently: "Are you tired?"
She shook her head, nodded again, and waited for Wan'er to rub it for a while, then raised her other arm as well, leaned down even more, stretched her legs, and fell half-lying on the bed, Ren Wan'er changed her arm and continued to pinch, her eyes were slightly closed, and after a while, Fang said, "Awan." β
Wan'er snorted, but didn't speak, pinched her arms for her, and rubbed her shoulders, she opened her eyes to look at her, the little thing was respectful and gentle, as usual, just like her, there was a little tiredness between her eyebrows, she didn't know where this tiredness came from, she stretched out her hand, and her fingertips traced on Wan'er's eyebrows: "What's wrong?"
Wan'er still didn't speak, then changed one shoulder, lowered her head to beat her legs for her, she bent her legs, avoiding Wan'er's movements: "What's wrong?"
Wan'er looked up at her, and said for a long time: "If you are only Ah Cao, not the emperor, how good it would be." β
She smiled bitterly, wiped the back of her hand on Wan'er's face, and wiped away the tears on her cheeks: "If there is no one, you can only treat me as Ah Cao." She had to dry Wan'er's cheeks with her sleeves, seeing that the little thing was still crying, she simply took her into her arms, let her lean on her chest and cry, stroked Wan'er's shoulder and arm with one hand, and said softly like coaxing a child: "Don't cry, don't cry." Nearly 70 years have passed, the lyrics have been forgotten, and the sound and tune are like ears. She has not been back to her hometown for a long time, although she is not attached to it, but it is inevitable that she will have some melancholy, humming, her voice will gradually become smaller, and in the last sigh, she is not talking about her father or hometown: "When I was in peace, I often sang these songs for her." She was so big, so thin that she was a pine needle, and when she was four or five years old, I could pick her up with one hand. β
She sighed again, and gently patted Wan'er's hand on the shoulder of this little thing: "The first time I saw you, you were similar to her, thin and small, and it looked like you could lift it with one hand. But you're much smarter than she is. Thinking of the little girl in front of the Hongwen Pavilion, she unconsciously brought out some smiles: "More than 30 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and there were so many people in front of the Hongwen Pavilion that day, and now only you and I are leftβit's also fate." β
He lowered his head and gently wiped his hand on Wan'er's face: "The sage said, 'Seventy and do what you want', when I was a child, I always felt that when I was studying, people can do whatever they want when they reach seventy, but when they really reach this age, they find that 'seventy do what they want', not because they are old and can do whatever they want, but because they are old, what they can do is already limited, so people are not afraid that you can do whatever you want - you can't do anything anyway." And when a person reaches such an age, he is ready to do what he wants to do, and if he doesn't do it quickly, who knows how late he will not be able to do it? You young people, who have a long time, and although you are familiar with the commentaries of the scriptures, I may not be able to understand these truths, but I have personally felt these truths, so sometimes you see that I am a little willful, not because I don't care about you at all, I don't want to take care of your feelings, but because I am old, and I am afraid that I can't waitβdo you understand?"
Wan'er finally stopped crying and looked up at her: "You are seventy years old, and you can feel this truth firsthand." My Ah Cao is also seventy years old, and I am with her day and night, how can I not feel this truth? With Qi Niang, I want to Ah Cao. With Ah Cao, I want to be long. I can't think about each other for long. It's a pity that no matter whether it's long or inseparable, nothing can be counted on. β
Wan'er's eyes overflowed with tears again, and she tilted her head higher, as if she could hold back the tears - in fact, it just flowed faster, directly from the corners of her eyes, and dripped on her hands, she looked at Wan'er with a smile, and wiped her tears with her hands: "A few years ago, you still had a lot of ambitions, coaxing me to let you go outside and compete with those men for the limelight." I didn't agree, and you quietly and silently made an appointment with Taiping and started this women's club. When you are looking at people and pointing out the country, I don't see you thinking of the 'infernal affairs'. Why is it suddenly trivial and trivial, and the love of children has grown?" Seeing Wan'er straighten her neck to argue, she smiled and stretched out her hand to point her mouth: "I don't blame you for this. In life, parents, children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, lovers, kings and ministers, friends... And when people come in the world, parents are the first fate, then brothers and sisters, a little older are friends, then there are husbands and wives, lovers, and then children. Although lovers are heavy, they are always one of the fates, and they are not exclusive. Don't say me, it's you, even if you get along with me, can I ask you to abandon your aunt, your uncle, aunt and cousins, and your friends who are like-minded?ββ I used to have such thoughts, but think about it, if I really want you to do this, can you be happy? I don't want to ask you like this, and I don't want you to give up your wishes because of me. Lovers are important in a person's life, but they are by no means the only important thing. This is true for me, and even more so for you. Staring at Wan'er, she chuckled: "Promise me, don't forget your own life ambitions because of you and me, whether before I die or after I die." β
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