Thousands of miles of frontier and iron horses
There are two nights that are the most memorable for Changle, one is the night when he and Jiayi sneaked into the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion to find that their eldest sister was still in the world and it was Luo Yunmen's meticulous work...... You're so nice...... Miss Weiyang must be glad to have you as a younger brother...... Mo Li is also very happy to meet you...... Wake up tomorrow and act as if nothing happened tonight? Listen to books, drink when you should drink, listen to music when you should listen to music, and continue to be your little overlord of Chang'an, okay? We will worry about those complicated and ugly things......
That was the first time he felt her mind, but after that, he always felt that he had overlooked something, and every time he thought of Mo Li, he was immersed in those wonderful young people's thoughts, and some clues and information were really directly ignored by him......
What is it exactly?
It was only when his most memorable second night came that the answer to that question came.
He pushed the door into the room in a hurry, and before he lit the candle, he looked up and saw Mo Li sitting alone at the table in the center of his room, the moonlight shining in through a window, enveloping her just right, reflecting her moon-white dress like a dream.
At that glance, he really felt that he was dreaming, that moment was so unreal, at that moment, he had been expelled for days, he smiled, and before he could take a closer look at Mo Li's expression, he walked forward directly with joy and called: "Mo Li......"
And as soon as he stepped forward to see Mo Li's face clearly, and felt the alienated indifference in her eyes, his heart dimmed for a moment, "You ......"
Mo Li got up, took a step back, and bent down to salute: "Slave Mo Li has seen the eldest grandson." "There is no mess at all, and he directly uses this humble way to draw a trench between them.
He still wanted to get close to her, but she stepped back, "Why? Why are you so ruthless? Ignore me if you ignore me? Do you have to let my father decide the matter between us? What's wrong with his objection? Mo Li, I just like you! It has nothing to do with your background! Who said how unattainable the Prime Minister's Mansion is? I can't decide where I come from, and neither can you, but we can decide for ourselves whether we want to be together or not!" He became more and more excited, and blurted out these passionate words, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to express his determination if he said one less word, and was eager to persuade her to change her mind.
"However, my decision is to stay away from you. Mo Li said coldly.
Changle was suddenly dumbfounded, like a fish in his throat, the young man's impulsive heart made him really unwilling, under the moonlight, he saw that his wide eyes were moist and faint, and his stubborn and unwilling face was tense, he jumped up and hugged Mo Li, hugged her tightly, and drank strongly: "No!
As close as this, the two of them didn't see the sadness in each other's eyes, Mo Li took a deep breath and controlled his voice not to tremble: "Eldest grandson, Mo Li told you a secret, in fact, the prime minister doesn't dislike my background, the reason why he will oppose it is because, I am a fine work, Luo Yunmen's fine work, and the long grandson's fine work has enough......
"Finesse?"
Is that the part he misses?
His limbs froze, and his eyes instantly darkened. Mo Li suppressed his nostalgia, pushed away Mu Ne's him, and the two were estranged from each other. Mo Li was finally satisfied, she felt that the purpose of this trip had been achieved.
"Mo Li is not a free body, so, please don't entangle the son anymore, it was Mo Li who was wrong before, so that the son had a misunderstanding, and in the future, I hope that the son will be self-respecting, don't make trouble because of this, and make the Prime Minister and Her Royal Highness the princess worried. She instructed, while he was still stunned, she bowed her jaw and wanted to leave.
Changle suddenly grabbed her wrist and told her to stop, he shook his head again and again, looked into her eyes, and said with great firmness: "No! I don't care if you are meticulous or not, what's wrong with meticulous work? Luo Yunmen's meticulous work is loyal to the country, which is admirable, since there are already so many eldest grandsons, there is not one more of you! Mo Li, don't let go for this reason, okay?"
She was shocked in her heart and couldn't calm down for a long time, but she still shook off his hand, turned around, and sneered: "You are really still a child......"
"I'm only two years younger than you!" he roared.
She shook her head: "But, I've already killed a lot of people, you don't, I can only live incognito, I can't recognize my family, you're not." I am a fine worker who lives in the dark, and you are a noble son with a bright future, and this is the difference between us. Don't be stupid, Changle Gongzi, just act as if nothing happened, as soon as you wake up tomorrow, you can play how you want, you can make trouble as much as you want, just don't worry about these fruitless things anymore. Mo Li made everything clear, and hoped that Gongzi would cherish it and say goodbye. ”
She resolutely left, and with a flick of her wide sleeves, the door opened and closed, and she disappeared like a gust of wind blowing by.
Changle stood alone in the moonlight, looking at the direction she left for a long time, and then he was tired, and fell on the couch, looking at the white moonlight that came in from the window, in the dark night.
Mo Li returned to the palace, late at night, the lights of Zhaoming Hall had been turned off, she entered the hall, closed the door, and then couldn't support it, leaned her back against the door, slid to the ground, and tried very hard to stop herself from crying, or shed tears, did not dare to make a sound, covered her painful and distorted face, and cried alone in the dark.
She has killed many people, but she may not shed a single tear, but what is more cruel than killing people in this world is the heart.
The next day, Changle resumed his normal schoolwork, since the completion of the Lingyan Pavilion, he did not go out of the palace according to the rules, he went to the Zhaoming Hall again, and he forcibly broke in. Jianing and Mo Li heard the commotion outside and came out to see that Changle was entangled with the secret guards who prevented him from entering.
Seeing him, Mo Li was very helpless, Jia Ning glanced at Mo Li, "It's okay, I'll go and persuade him." ”
Jianing made the guards stop, Changle resolutely rushed over, and Jianing was about to open his mouth to reprimand him: "Changle, don't want to see ......"
Changle didn't even glance at Mo Li behind her, and knelt down directly in front of her, interrupting her: "Imperial sister, I'm not here to find her! I'm here to see you, imperial sister!"
Jianing was slightly stunned, "What's the matter with you?"
Changle raised his head and let Jianing see his awe-inspiring and resolute face: "Imperial sister, I want to join Luoyunmen!
"Nonsense!" Jianing shouted angrily, she was really startled by Changle. His words blurted out, and Mo Li was like a hammer, and he almost lost his balance and fell backwards.
Changle bowed solemnly: "I'm not messing around, I'm really determined to join Luoyunmen as a fine worker, please make it a success!"
Jianing trembled a little with anger from him, and reprimanded him: "Eldest grandson Changle! You are simply ridiculous! What do you think of Luoyunmen? Wangyue Tower or Fengyuntang? Do you think Luoyunmen is also a place for your pastime?"
Changle bowed again: "Sister Huang, why do you think that I will only have fun? Can't I have some ambitions? Now that the war is coming, I want to join Luoyunmen to contribute to my family and country?"
"Ambition? Is your ambition here? Don't deceive yourself! You ask yourself if you really care about the safety of your family and country! If you directly admit that you are selfish, I still admire your honesty, but you actually use your family and country aspirations as an excuse! Ridiculous!"
Changle stubbornly said bluntly: "Imperial sister, if you want to think of me like this, I can't help it! Imperial sister! Anyway, if you don't agree, I can't afford to kneel in front of you, Zhaoming Palace! Imperial sister, you only treat me as a gentleman, I will let the imperial sister see my man's generosity......
Before he finished his righteous indignant words, he was stunned by Mo Li and fell straight to the ground.
Mo Li was worried and couldn't understand it, and she forgot the etiquette for a while, she stopped Changle's noise, looked at the fallen Changle, and hung her head and couldn't speak, "Your Highness......"
Jia Ning's mind was already upset, and she glanced at her and Changle sadly, "Let people send him out of the palace." After giving the order, Jianing turned and went to the inner sanctum.
Changle was sent back to the Prime Minister's Mansion by the Luoyunmen secret guards again, and when the eldest grandson learned of this, he was furious again, scolded him, and punished him for kneeling in the ancestral ancestral hall to introspect, kowtowing to the ancestral tablet and admitting his mistakes, so he worshiped the ancestors of his eldest grandson's family one by one, and said again for each worship: "I'm not wrong!" was so angry that the eldest grandson Prime Minister was depressed for several days and grounded him in the mansion.
Knowing that he was punished by Prime Minister Changsun because he wanted to join Luoyunmen, Huayin sympathized with him very much, and only Huayin sympathized with him, so this pair of happy enemies almost became "confidants in trouble".
The one who couldn't understand them the most was Jiayi, a few days later Jiayi went to the eldest grandson's mansion to visit the two of them, Changle was locked up in the ancestral hall, he knew that Jiayi would tell him those words of persuasion, so he didn't see Jiayi.
Jiayi had to go to Yilan Garden to find Huayin by himself, and learned the lessons of the previous times, this time he did not enter from the main entrance, he also climbed up the wall and climbed into Yilan Garden, fell into dust, and was so embarrassed that he didn't look like a prince, he walked to Huayin's room like this, and saw his maidservants snickering while saluting him, he motioned for them not to make a sound, and then quietly approached the room where Huayin was, and asked the maid to knock on the door for him.
Huayin thought that it was just a maid outside, so she opened the door, who wanted to see Jiayi who was embarrassed, she was still angry, and slammed the door shut, Jiayi refused to let go of this opportunity, knowing that she fell on the door and rushed in, her face hit the door, and her nose was swollen, but fortunately she finally entered the door of Huayin.
Huayin turned his back to him and didn't look at him, he rubbed his nose and muttered helplessly: "Huayin...... I'm like this, and you won't even look at me......"
She turned around and yelled at him unreasonably: "How did you know you were here today? Why didn't you come yesterday? Why didn't you come the day before yesterday? I thought you had given up!"
Jiayi had a bitter gourd face: "How could I give up?" It's just that the imperial sister asked me to behave more in front of Tan Guoshi and strive to become his disciple, these days I listen to the lectures of the national teacher, and it is not easy to leave the palace, so I can't come to see you......"
He explained like this, and instead of dissipating his anger, Huayin became even more angry, and smashed a cup at him: "Then you don't care if I'm angry or not! Anyway, what kind of storage position is what you care about the most! Just go and please the national teacher and make your imperial sister happy! Why bother me!"
"Painting......" he sighed, "Huh...... I know that not being able to enter Luoyunmen will be a big blow to you, so it's right for you to be angry at me, but if you have something to say, you can't talk nonsense, is it really that important for you to enter Luoyunmen......?
"So you still think it's unnecessary for me to enter Luoyun Gate?" she glared at him with anger.
He bowed his head and said, "I just don't understand, I don't think you need to be so obsessed......"
Huayin stopped getting angry, she raised her head and sneered: "There's no need to be so obsessed? Hmph! Su Jiayi, Luo Yunmen is not necessary for me, so is the storage position necessary for you?"
Being asked by her so suddenly, Jiayi raised her head in shock, and was speechless in shock for a moment.
It wasn't that her words were scary, but that he was starting to think about it.
In fact, Huayin was just angry, she was really unscrupulous, and she didn't expect her words to have any impact on Jiayi, and said: "Actually, I haven't wanted you to really get any storage position and be a prince, do you know? Hmph, you don't want me to enter Luoyunmen, this is your will, what about yourself? Are you really willing to be the prince? You have always acted according to your imperial sister's wishes, so what about your own wishes?"
"Su Jiayi, do you really want to be a prince?"
After a long time, he opened his mouth and replied with difficulty: "I...... I don't want to ......"
There was a second celebrity in the harem of the new emperor of Northern Liang, and for a time he was on an equal footing with the concubine who won the emperor's favor as soon as he entered the palace gate, that is, Zhou Meiren Zhou Jinse.
Her simplicity and liveliness are very popular with Xun Shaoling, and she is not as formal as other concubines, she can say whatever she wants, and she is bold and active, jumping up and down, which is really a touch of fresh and bright color in the Beiliang Palace.
For more than a month, Xun Shaoling has been wandering between the Jade Mullion Palace and the Splendid Palace, but there are still most times to go to the Jade Mullpool Palace, because compared to the tranquility of Weiyang's favor and humiliation, Zhou Jinse always has a way to leave Xun Shaoling.
At the end of the month, late autumn has arrived, the door of the Splendid Palace is closed, and before the middle of winter, a warm stove is lit, even so, Weiyang, who is leaning on the beauty, is still a little trembling. If it weren't for the poisonous sword, why would she be so weak? Especially whenever the toxins in her body were cold, she would have a seizure, tormenting her to the point of pain and emaciation.
"Niangniang, Your Majesty's Luan is coming. Ruyi ran in from outside the palace gate, they didn't expect Xun Shaoling to come tonight, Ruyi was afraid that Weiyang would have nothing to prepare, so she was in a hurry.
The pain spread from her shoulders to her whole body, she tightened her teeth, opened her eyes, and propped up her weak body: "En...... Hurry up and get groomed with me...... Pick up. ”
Yes, what else can she do as a concubine? If she doesn't put away her makeup, will she let him get tired of seeing her haggard?
Ruyi helped her up, Mallow came to help, helped her up the other side of her body, with such a move to get up, some cold sweat oozed from her forehead, Mallow was stunned, but Ruyi only took the fat powder to make her up, and commanded Mallow firmly: "Mallow Quick, help the mother tidy up the placket, take off the thick robe, and remove the stove." ”
Ruyi stood in front of Weiyang and quickly touched up her makeup, covering her pale face with rouge, after a period of chaos, the makeup was ready, the two looked at each other, Ruyi showed a little distress, and confirmed to her in a low voice: "It's okay, right?"
Weiyang bowed slightly.
Outside the hall, the voice of the eunuch came: "The emperor is coming to the Splendid Palace!"
Mallow opened the door of the temple, the master and servant went out to pick up the car, in the cool autumn breeze, Weiyang's body trembled, Ruyi grabbed her arm, helped her kneel, and made a safe appearance.
"Concubines greet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"
The voice sounded as graceful as the sound of the piano, and no one knew how to grit her teeth under the beautiful sound of "Long live", the pain of the wound made her think of it at the moment when the sound fell, Xun Shaoling, I don't want to die before you, if this pain will really cost me my life, I won't let you really "long live".
Xun Shaoling walked over and helped her with pity: "The concubine is flat." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty. She hung her face and struggled to get up, not looking him in the eye.
At this moment, she was in pain all over her body, so she tried not to touch him, followed him by his side, and walked into the temple together, and Ruyi in the back closed the door of the temple to prevent the cold wind from invading.
Xun Shaoling saw the stove that the mallow hadn't had time to withdraw, and said with some doubts: "Before the cold winter, the concubine needs to have a stove to keep warm?
Weiyang's gaze slid over the mallow, and he pretended to smile: "It's not that I'm unwell...... The concubine is just a little afraid of the cold. ”
It's not that she deliberately doesn't want him to feel pity, but at this time, she doesn't want him to pay attention to her alone.
Xun Shaoling looked at her deeply, approached her, reached out to touch her hand, she was a little cringe, he thought she was just shy, so he generously took her hand and put it into his palm, and couldn't help frowning: "Why is it so cold?"
She replied lightly: "I'm afraid of the cold, it's always been like this." ”
His gaze is too unpredictable, whether it is doubtful or distressed, or what he sees, no one can tell.
"The concubine serves tea to His Majesty......" Weiyang wanted to find a reason to break free from his hand, but he didn't let go, but held it tighter, added some strength, and directly pulled her body that wanted to leave, grabbed her shoulder, and wrapped her in her arms, her heart trembled, and her body trembled, and at that moment, the pain spread from her body to her heart.
He pressed into her ear, "Always?"
She didn't understand if he meant something else, and didn't look sideways at him, "Hmm." ”
He looked at the side of her face, reached out and stroked her cheek, making her look sideways at him, and staring at her face.
Weiyang is almost difficult to breathe, such a distance, such a silent gaze, no movement and no language, must rely on her own eyes to disguise, at this time, she seems to be out of balance in her heart, she is a little overwhelmed, and if she continues like this, she knows that she will definitely have a flaw to make him suspicious, maybe not let him be suspicious - that is what she is most afraid of.
She avoided his gaze, and he hugged her tighter, his arm pressed against her shoulder, and she couldn't help but frown and gasp.
He let go of her and looked at her shoulder, "Still saying it's not uncomfortable?"
She lowered her head and took a step back: "It's just a little trouble, it makes Your Majesty displeased, and the concubine is guilty." ”
Xun Shaoling's eyes were dark, looking at her calm and unfazed appearance, he sighed silently, and suddenly brushed his sleeves away: "Since you are sick, then rest early, I should go to the Jade Palace tonight." ”
Her lowered gaze froze, raised her eyes to look at his back, and said, "The concubine respectfully sends your majesty." "I was inexplicably a little self-deprecating.
Hearing her unfazed voice, he stopped, raised his head, sighed silently again, and turned around: "Oh, by the way, the queen mother proposed to let me make Zhou Meimei a concubine, what do you think?" He was expecting a little wave in those eyes that were as still as water.
But she didn't. She can really do nothing in her part, and only a gentle and generous concubine can make the king feel comfortable, so she replied gently and generously: "The concubine thinks that it is very good, very good." ”
She replied, and was about to salute him again, but he did not turn away again.
"Eh!" he was completely helpless, sighed, and turned back to her: "Concubine Yan, Concubine Yan, I can't do anything about you......"
Weiyang's eyes froze, and after a moment of trance, he had walked in front of him and shook her hand again: "Fang Cai, I coaxed you, you are not feeling well, but because of the residual poison, it has flareed up again? Recently, I have come to the Splendid Palace and snubbed you, and I came here tonight, thinking that you would mind, but are you too virtuous and generous or too indifferent? I really want to see how you don't look so indifferent......"
A trace of panic flashed in Weiyang's steady expression, she turned around, and slowly pulled out the hand he was holding: "Zhou Meiren serves Your Majesty thoughtfully, and is favored by Your Majesty, which is also a good thing, the concubine should be happy for Your Majesty and Zhou Meimei, why mind?"
Xun Shaoling was choked by her words, her heart was depressed, it was ridiculous to think about it, her soft words were neither happy nor angry, but he couldn't help but mind, he felt that sometimes he really couldn't know her mind, obviously he was a bosom friend and respected each other, but there always seemed to be a layer of separation between the two, why couldn't she express her joy and anger like Zhou Meiren?
Before long, Ruyi worshipped and served medicinal soup to Weiyang, Xun Shaoling took it and wanted to feed her personally.
He had never been so considerate before, not to mention the arrogance of the Ninety-Five, how could he have let go? After getting along with Zhou Meiren for such a period of time, he also had such a soft heart? Weiyang thought about this, and was distracted again, and was completely confused for a while, her hand shook, and she accidentally knocked the spoon he stretched out to the ground, she was horrified, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for forgiveness, and Ruyi on the side was frightened.
He didn't move, he just thought that she was really distracted, helped her up, took a silk towel from Ruyi and wiped the medicine stains on her hands, "It's hot, right? It's all red...... Does it hurt?"
On the second day, when Weiyang was alone with Ruyi, Ruyi secretly asked her: "Last night, why were you so flustered? ”
Weiyang frowned and pondered: "Xun Shaoling last night...... It's so unusual...... Suddenly condescended to ...... like that"
"Is that because of this?" Ruyi thought for a while, but was still puzzled: "Okay...... I think he's really emotional about you, otherwise why would he coax you like that?"
Weiyang sneered and shook his head: "No, Ruyi, you think too much, emotional? He didn't really feel emotional, and he listened to Shangguan Tianyuan's words to guard against me everywhere, how could he be emotional now? Xun Shaoling is the emperor, I am just a concubine, what is the difference between him and other beauties in the harem? He is not thinking of true feelings but warmth, Zhou Meiren is being favored by him, and he doesn't want to leave me on my side, half-heartedly, and he doesn't want me to be uncomfortable and make him unhappy. ”
Ruyi looked at Weiyang's calm and indifferent face, and wanted to say something, but he said: "That's the case, he is hypocritical, you should cater to his hypocrisy, what he meant last night is that he wants you to care about him and be jealous of him, you are always so indifferent, how can he know your "heart"?"
Weiyang smiled: "Okay, you can see it...... I deliberately distanced myself from him last night, otherwise how could he be so considerate to me?"
"But after the cold, you should get hot in time, right?" Ruyi covered her mouth and snickered.
He bowed his head thoughtfully: "Yes, it should indeed be "hot" for a while. It's time for Zhou Jinse to come to an end, it's time to do our thing......"
"Well, how can she always be proud?"
Thinking of Zhou Jinse, Weiyang's eyes lit up, and he sighed: "If you want to say emotional...... I'm afraid that only Zhou Jinse is really emotional......"
The middle of the month is an auspicious day, Xun Shaoling accepted the suggestion of the Empress Dowager Wei, in order to prevent the concubine from being alone in the palace, and named the Zhou beauty Zhou Jinse as the concubine of Jin, and gave the gold seal of the note. Weiyang gave her what he had exchanged for the risk of losing his life so easily.
In the evening of the same day, Xun Shaoling went to the Jade Linge Palace, and there was no guard of honor to follow, but he wanted to see Zhou Jinse on a whim. Entering the Jade Linge Palace, it was not only Zhou Jinse who knelt down to greet him, but also Weiyang.
"Why are you here?" asked Xun Shaoling subconsciously.
Weiyang replied: "Today, Concubine Jin's sister was sealed, and the concubine came to congratulate, and Concubine Jin's sister has not been seen for a few days, and she has talked a little more, and she has talked about it until now, and she is about to say goodbye, but I didn't expect Your Majesty to drive the Jade Mullion Palace so early today......" She smiled generously, glanced at Xun Shaoling and Concubine Jin, and said: "In this way, the concubine will not bother Your Majesty and Sister Jinfei, and will retire." ”
After Zhou Jinse and his party finished the ceremony, he intimately took Xun Shaoling's arm, leaned on his shoulder mischievously and smiled.
Weiyang saw that there was no change in his expression, and he retreated calmly, just took two steps, turned his head slightly, and glanced at her, sure enough, Xun Shaoling was still looking at her, her glance, like the hope of autumn water, with a dark light in her eyes, and it was obvious that she poured all the emotions and intentions she wanted to express into such a look.
After seeing this look, Xun Shaoling's heart trembled suddenly, and she suddenly didn't know what to do, she felt pity for the sorrow in her eyes, and was moved by such a look, thinking that she saw the depths of her heart that she never revealed.
She took another step, and suddenly, her wrist was grabbed from behind, "Concubine Yan......"
Weiyang turned around, looked at Xun Shaoling suspiciously, and noticed his slightly stunned expression, she knew that she had won, but this kind of win only made her feel satisfied, not happy.
"Does Your Majesty have any other orders?"
Xun Shaoling came back to his senses and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, let's go, how about I walk back to the Splendid Palace with you?"
Weiyang pretended to persuade him to stay with Concubine Jin, but he still picked up Weiyang and walked out of the Jade Palace.
Zhou Jinse had no choice but to pretend to be generous to send Xun Shaoling, but she was so angry that she complained in her heart that associating with Weiyang would harm her from being favored, and her maidservant also advised her to have less contact with Weiyang in the future.
However, after that, she became more closely associated with Weiyang, just like in the past, and often ran to the Splendid Palace.