Chapter III. impermanence
Hanyuan Hall was destroyed in a fire, Qin Tianjian's Si Ming said that this was not a good omen, I asked if it was a bad omen, Si Ming was ambiguously vague, and the words did not seem to be.
Gaozu built a palace, the Canghe River branch palace is eight in all directions, Zichen and Hanyuan sit in the center, overlooking the palace and scattered palace groups, according to feng shui, it is yin and yang. Zichen is the sky, the sex is yang, the yuan is called the earth, and it belongs to the yin. Yin and yang were blended, and the royal family and even the Great Zhou were reconciled. It is a paradox that the land of yin is destroyed in the fire, and the independence of Zichen is lost.
People who engage in astrological gossip always chatter when talking about feng shui, I looked at His Royal Highness spitting on the stars flying sideways, bored with my fingers to tap the armrest of the chair, with his words looked at the palace where I had lived for a long time, and finally couldn't help but interrupt his words: "The lord said that the Zichen Palace is yang, and the woman in the palace lives in it, isn't it also a loss of yin and yang?" ”
Si Ming, who was still talking about the sky in the last second, was stunned when he heard my casual words, opened his mouth but couldn't speak, his face was flushed, and he held back a sentence for a while: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty spares your life! ”
What do you mean by that? Adults learn to be rich and five cars, and teach the palace to admire. These words reminded the palace that the rebuilding of the Hanyuan Hall could not be put down. Although the palace is now in charge of state affairs, and no one lives in the Hanyuan Palace, if it is a small loss, I am afraid that the palace will also be blamed. Since the adults have studied the feng shui of the palace, then the repair will be handed over to the adults to do it, I don't know what the adults want? I smiled at him, still in a faint tone.
Seeing me smiling, Si Ming Xu felt dazzled, and hurriedly wiped it a few times to confirm that I was still looking at him and smiling, and kowtowed again and again...... Be! Ministers, ministers obey! ”
The smile on my face deepened: "The palace hopes that the Hanyuan Hall will be completed before the palace's birthday, I don't know if the adults can do it?" There are still some days, and the adults must finish this matter, otherwise ......" My eyes lit up, and Si Ming was so frightened that he immediately shuddered.
"If it doesn't work properly, this palace will send you to the Netherworld Mansion to tell the ghost about these feng shui yin and yang!"
A flock of crows flew out of the dilapidated houses of Hanyuan Palace, flapping their pitch-black wings, hovering in the sky, making a lonely sound.
Gao Lianxi, the lord of Hudong County, was introduced to the palace by me at noon to eat, and was disturbed by the crows when he passed by the Hanyuan Palace, and Lianxi was pecked by crows in the chaos.
Lian Xi was uncomfortable for a while under my gaze, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, if you don't eat well, beware of being choked...... Sizzle! As soon as she said her words, she suddenly clenched her teeth in pain. The imperial doctor who bandaged her observed the expression on my face with concern, and saw that there was no big change, and said: "Fang Cai Weichen was in a trance for a while, and he hurt the county lord, and I hope that the county lord will not blame Weichen." ”
Lian Xi waved his hand and said, "I am more generous than Your Majesty, you don't have to make amends with me...... Sizzle! ”
The imperial doctor was in a trance again, and Lian Xideng, whose hand shook and hurt, burst into tears. I couldn't help but feel funny, put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Lianxi: "You can't live if you do your own evil, I know now that this sentence can be explained like this." ”
Lian Xi withdrew his hand and waved the imperial doctor away, the imperial doctor asked me what I meant with a timid look, I nodded slightly and motioned for him to retreat, and finally only the two of us were left in the room, and the atmosphere instantly became quiet.
In the middle of the night, I picked up the silver chopsticks again, put a basket of lotus-fragrant mandarin fish into the bowl of Lianxi, and asked casually: "Do you know what my sister is looking for you today?" ”
Lian Xi took two mouthfuls of rice and said, "Since the Shangyuan Night Banquet, Your Majesty and I have not eaten together like this for a long time, Your Majesty must be nostalgic." ”
I laughed: "So you came because you obeyed the order, or because you were also missing?" ”
"Come for the questions in your heart." Lian Xi swallowed the food in his mouth, and when he looked at me, his eyes were clear, revealing a bit of scorching edge. "I don't believe that you were with the Turks back then, and you really ...... it for me"
A pair of fish-shaped jade ornaments were handed to me and her, and I interrupted her words and said, "This is what Pei Shaoyi entrusted me to give to you when I was in Liangzhou." Do you know what he wants? ”
"Pei Shaoyi?" Lian Xi was a little surprised, "Isn't it the idle thirteen young man in the Xiaoyao Mansion?" What does he have in mind for me? ”
Looking at Lian Xi's unaware appearance, I understood, in addition to feeling a little funny about the deep love of Thirteen, I was more helpless and sighing, "You take this first, and then promise me one thing, and I will answer the question in your heart." ”
Lian Xi was stunned, thought for a long time, and finally reached out to take the jade ornament.
"What does Your Majesty want me to promise you? But it doesn't hurt to say that. Lian Xi didn't dare to disobey. ”
I silently watched Lianxi's increasingly mature cheeks, when the girl who used to coquettishly ask me if I wanted candy to eat can't grow up suddenly became alienated from you one day, that is more chilling than her angry and scolding you. In this way, I can only get straight to the point: "I can fulfill your long-cherished wish, leave Chang'an, and be the princess of Yan Kingdom, okay?" ”
This time, Lianxi stared at me for a moment, as if he wanted to see me through for a long time, but he could only give up and shake his head: "I don't understand you, and I don't know whether I should promise you." ”
"You don't have to think about me, just follow your heart. Do you still love him? I asked, and the figure of the man's white clothes fluttering appeared in front of me, just so white, like mist, that would disappear in the blink of an eye.
Lian Xi nodded lightly, a little harder, and his eyes showed firmness: "I love." ”
Just two words, I got the answer. I bowed my head and said nothing, she silently sandwiched the delicate and delicious dishes on the table, and when the lunch was over, the two of them were silent, and there was a table of leftovers that were cold.
When I sent Lianxi away, I took her hand and found that it was even colder than my palm. I said with a smile: "For the people you love, you can go anywhere you can be in Chang'an." This is who I was back then, and it will be your way forward. There is no doubt that when you give birth to a baby, Da Zhou will give him supreme glory. ”
The crow's lonely cry was extremely harsh. Looking at Lianxi's distant back, I can see what she will look like in the future, how she will not be as lonely as today, but she will only be more lonely than today.
"No...... No...... Don't leave me...... I...... I ......"
"Scared!" I sat up from the bed abruptly, it was already twilight outside the window, my forehead was covered with cold sweat, and my mind was blank.
"You're awake." Qi Ye's business sounded beside him, not an inquiry, but as if he had said a greeting casually.
I recall the scene in my dream, where countless crows perched in the plane trees that covered the sky, dense as if dark clouds. They all flew towards me, turned into the appearance of Yuwen Qiye, and let out a long, poignant and lonely cry at me, almost breaking the sky. I was so frightened that I retreated, and in the blink of an eye, a golden arrow stabbed straight at me, and the crows fled in all directions, scattering into the sky in all directions.
I turned my head and looked at Yuwen Qiye blankly, still stuck in that dream and never came back to my senses for a long time. There was no lamp in the dimly lit dormitory, and his silhouette came and went to my eyes, like a dancing flame. He seemed to be looking at me too, his eyes were as unpredictable as the tide, and he might swallow me up in the next second.
I leaned on the head of the bed, through the carved window lattice, I saw the bright full moon rising on the surface of the Canghe River in the distance, a few leaves of lotus boats floating on the river, and the palace lady who picked the lotus dew sang the fishing song of Qingyue, and the soft and glutinous voice swayed over the Canghe River, which was extraordinarily quiet.
"I've rarely seen anything like this in the palace." I suddenly opened my mouth and talked to Qi Ye about homely things, "In my impression, the Canghe River is always frozen, and it makes people feel extremely cold when they think about it. ”
Qi Ye raised his eyebrows, noncommittal, one hand stroked the hair covering the corners of my eyes for me, my body trembled suddenly, his hand moved for a moment, and then hung down.
"Pack up and eat. The king of Liang presented an excerpt and implored the prince of Liang to return to the fiefdom, and I don't know how you should decide this matter. ”
I got up and put on a blouse, icy and greasy, ironing my sweaty skin, "The rules of my ancestors can't be changed, even if I'm just in charge of state affairs, no one is allowed to take advantage of it." I looked at him and asked lightly, "Kuro, do you feel the same way?" ”
This "Jiulang" has not been called for a long time, and as soon as it comes out of his mouth, it makes the atmosphere instantly subtle. I was bitter for no reason, and I just wanted to find another conversation, but he hugged me into my arms. He wrapped his arms around me and rubbed me into his chest as if I was going to disappear in the next moment. Listening to his steady heartbeat in my ears, accompanied by a faint fishing song, I called him softly, and muttered to myself in a weak and almost inaudible voice in my chest: "Only once, Canghe makes me feel warm, because you are ......"
My arms tightened a little more at my side, and I could barely breathe. I broke free from his embrace, looked at him, was silent for a long time, and showed a smile: "How about we go boating on the Canghe River?" There's a little cooking room in the boat, and I haven't tasted your food for a long time. ”
It may have been a long time since I showed tenderness, Qi Ye was stunned at first, and then a slight light lit up in his eyes, raised his hand and pulled the thin shirt that I slid down my shoulders, and said, "Then it's up to you once." When you come back, you can't be lazy anymore. ”
I nodded, overjoyed: "Let's go, if you say such a bad thing, beware of all the excerpts in the future." ”
Qi Ye heard my joke, didn't answer, took my hand and walked straight out. When the servants in the Zichen Hall saw me and Qi Ye in such shapes, although they were curious, they didn't dare to ask more, and they attracted a lot of attention along the way.
"Today is looking at the sun, and the bright moon shines for thousands of miles, which is very suitable for boating." On the Canghe River, Qi Ye poured me a glass of sake and once again agreed with my proposal.
I drank it on my back and smiled, "That's true." I'm afraid that only this situation can teach me to tell you a few more truths. ”