Chapter 43: The Rising of the Sunset (17)
Before dawn, Jing Wu ran to Zhaotai with a food basket, and the oblique path forked in the path, but he bumped into a black-clothed and black-faced person who was so weird, the man covered his veil and put down his long hat, almost covering his entire face. Jing Wu couldn't see her face clearly, but he could feel that she was obviously flustered, deliberately avoiding Jing Wu's gaze......
Jing Wuhu looked back suspiciously, only to see that the black shadow was walking in a hurry, staggering slightly, she was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, the shadow had already disappeared.
Jing Wu paused slightly, and then still carried the food basket and walked towards Zhaotai Palace.
The sound of the bronze ring striking of the auxiliary head resounded again in the silent night. At this time, the night has gradually been awakened by the whistle of dawn, and the sky has a white belly.
Zhaotai finally came to life.
How many times has Jingwu been here, she always comes quietly in the stars and the moon, and when she leaves, she tries not to alarm anyone, so no one in Yichun/Palace knows about her relationship with Zhaotai.
She looked up at the Zhaotai plaque that was too familiar to be familiar with, no one had been brushed for a long time, and it had been surrounded by branches sticking out from the side, and a plaque without spirituality gradually gave birth to the meaning of green.
Jingwu walked in.
Beyond the nine-song corridor, there is another scenery.
Qiu Niang cleaned up the leftover cups, lit a stove of incense, and whispered: "Burn some incense to cover the fragrance on the master's body, the little princess Jingwu has a very smart nose, don't teach her to see through." ”
Huo Chengjun was still sitting, and he didn't have the slightest intention of retreating and avoiding it.
Qiu Niang reminded: "Master, should you leave as soon as possible?" Princess Jingwu is already not far from the door, and I'm afraid I'm going to bump into it if it's too late. ”
Huo Chengjun remained silent, raised his hand and folded a fresh peach blossom in the porcelain bottle, put the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then played with it in his hand, she was so impatient, she tore off the petals one by one, and after playing for a while, she threw it on the table again, pulled it again, and threw it again......
"She's ...... Is it Xu Pingjun's appearance? ”
After being silent for a long time, she suddenly asked.
Qiu Niang couldn't figure out Huo Chengjun's temperament, and she didn't know if she would be angry when she rashly mentioned "Xu Pingjun", so she was silent and didn't dare to answer.
"Like?" Huo Chengjun asked.
"This ......"
"Don't dare to say it, this palace won't eat you again." Her smile was as bright as the light of an April sky: "This palace ...... It's been a long time since I cannibalize. ”
In the second half of the sentence, there is a sense of helplessness and desolation.
Yes, even if she wants to "eat people", she can't chew the bones.
"Yes...... So ...... A little ......" Qiu Niang nodded hesitantly, looking back, but she felt that something was wrong, because she said, "Servant...... The maid can't remember the shadow of Queen Xu for a long time, how can she tell if the image is not like it? ”
"You're used to talking." Huo Chengjun pulled a petal and handed it to Qiu Niang - she was obviously in a good mood at the moment.
"Master, will you hide? She...... She's coming. ”
"It's a pity, I don't see her very often, and I don't even know what she looks like." Huo Chengjun finally got up and threw a peach strip that she had pulled out of shape on the table: "You clean it up!" With that, he got up upside down and stretched slightly: "I have to go." You can say it well, the little girl is not scheming, and she can use it. I want to see His Majesty - you know, the sooner the better, I want to see His Majesty, I have to see. ”
Huo Chengjun looked out with deep eyes, and added: "You must see him before his teeth fall out and his gray hair is gray." ”
Her pupils reflected the boundless loneliness, and this lost but persistent tone really hurt people when they heard it.
"The servant will do it."
"Or ...... It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, right today? Huo Chengjun was a little lost, her eyes were covered with a layer of tears at some point, and she looked miserable.
Qiu Niang didn't know that her master was on the verge of madness, so she naturally had to do something a little crazy.
When Jingwu stepped into the familiar palace, Huo Chengjun had already "disappeared", and in the empty palace, only Qiu Niang was waiting alone.
She sat in front of the desk familiarly, and she was still fine, but she didn't know from which moment she noticed that something was wrong, and she quickly became alert: "Qiu Niang, has someone been here?" ”
"This ...... How does the little princess say in? "Qiu Niang is very smart, she doesn't say yes, she doesn't say no, she tells a lie, if she is recognized by Jingwu, she will startle the snake. It's best to be ambiguous this way.
"It doesn't taste right." Jingwu said: "The smell of spices mixed with the side is not only not good, but it can also produce disgust, but unfortunately, I would not be so sensitive, but I am too disgusted by the mixed smell of this spice, I really can't smell it." Because he pushed the spice box forward: "The material is mixed, no matter how good the fragrance is, it can't burn a good taste, it's a waste." ”
Suddenly, there was applause in the inner tent, Jing Wu was stunned, and said to Qiu Niang: "Why are you still Tibetan?" ”
Qiu Niang was also confused, thinking about it, she didn't know that the people in the tent would come out loud, this step was a complete accident in the chess game they arranged.
And Jingwu is the most unexpected one in the full game of chess. With her, rampage, without rules, no one knows what to do next.
It was an accident, but Huo Chengjun decided to strike first. Yin smiled: "Princess Jingwu has such a powerful nose!" You're right, spices are naturally problematic, and ...... It's you. ”
"Can't it......" Jingwu was not alarmed, and replied with a smile, as if he didn't care.
Jing Wu looked at the person carefully, it was originally a woman, with a very long figure, wearing Hanfu plain clothes, and her posture was curly. After a closer look, I found that this woman is no longer young, the corners of her lips are outlined with a smile, but I always feel that there are some vicissitudes of life, and those eyes, full of deep meaning, are very beautiful, but they are inevitably too "deep", like a pool of water, and I can't look at the end. This is a characteristic that only people who are a little older, no matter how well-maintained the wife of an official family, even if she looks young, the vicissitudes of her eyes cannot be hidden. That's something that young beauties don't have.
"Yes!" Huo Chengjun smiled and was really bright and bright, bright and moving, even Jingwu didn't feel stunned, but saw her gently wrapping her arms with both hands, and with the most beautiful and noble posture, she said the most ruthless and cold words: "Princess Jingwu, the fragrance you hate is what I like, oops, my hand shook when I mixed the fragrance, and I added ingredients that shouldn't be added, you are not prepared, I am afraid that you will inhale a lot, at this time, it is good to cover your lungs and burn!" Hahaha......"
"What did you put in it?" Jing Wu hurriedly covered her mouth and nose, of course it was too late, she was also smart, although she was flustered for a while, she knew that it was not a long-term plan to mess up in front of the enemy, and later it was possible to be constrained by the enemy, because Gu Zi calmed down, but she still pretended to be frightened on her face: "What did you add to harm me?!" This...... This ......" refers to Qiu Niang: "Qiu Niang, where did this crazy woman come from?" I've always been good friends with you, but I've never had a bad relationship! You—you're going to have to help me......"
Jing Wu hated to shout out: I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid of death! I'm just going to pretend I'm scared of death! If you have anything to say, don't bother!
Huo Chengjun walked across from her and looked at Jingwu carefully: "The little face melon seeds are quite beautiful." So he reached out and picked her chin, pinched it, and rubbed it round and flattened, so boring.
"No matter how beautiful it is, it's almost rotten!!" Jing Wu shouted out, and he couldn't stand it anymore: Do all this bad guy like to twist and turn so much? Alas, how nice it would be to go straight to the point! Save her from having to act......
Huo Chengjun approached her: "Look at me carefully, don't you really know me?" ”
Jing Wu rolled his eyes, his eyes widened and widened, and he was sure that the woman in front of him was really not even familiar, because he said, "I really don't know it!" ”
Huo Chengjun laughed: "Have you ever seen a female ghost?" ”
Jing Wu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "-It's you!" Her mind quickly turned to the situation where she had bumped into the wandering "female ghost" in the rainy night of Shanglin Yuan earlier...... "Are you ...... Suddenly...... Huo Chengjun? ”
She remembered what Qiu Niang said that the "female ghost" she bumped into in Shanglin Yuan at that time was Huo Chengjun himself, who had fallen out of favor and was deposed, but ...... From Qiu Niang's mouth, Huo Chengjun had already died! Because she couldn't stand the drop from a high position, she committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam with a high heart!
The man in front of him...... How is it Huo Chengjun again?!
Fortunately, Jingwu was not stupid, he quickly reacted, glared at Qiu Niang and said, "Are you lying to me?" ”
Qiu Niang approached her and sighed: "Little princess, you guessed correctly, I was lying to you." Therefore, the lord became the king...... Not dead. ”
Looking at Huo Chengjun's broken and broken posture, Qiu Niang knew that today was the time for a big event, Queen Huo wanted to see His Majesty, today, now, now, now!
The plan was unreasonably advanced, and she couldn't help but be a little nervous in her heart.
Fortunately, Zhaotai Palace has always been rarely crowded, and Princess Jingwu is trapped here, and no one will know about it for a while. They still have time to plan temporarily, and if they go correctly, they will be able to meet Queen Huo's expectations today.
Huo Chengjun went straight into the bend with a single knife, and didn't want to go around the bend anymore: "Don't talk nonsense, this palace is going to borrow your hand today......"
What?!
Jing Wu was furious......
Isn't that so...... This woman is so ruthless......
In a hurry, he said: "If you dare to do this, the prince's brother must have chopped off your hand!" Ah no, chopping one doesn't solve the hatred, and a pair of companions! Yes...... There's something to discuss...... Why bother...... That one...... Hey, I just learned how to make osmanthus sweet stuffed cakes...... 陛xià cute eat...... If you don't have your hands, you can't do it, so there's no excuse to attract Your Majesty's attention, and there's no excuse to 'trick' Your Majesty into living in Lin Yuan...... You, you...... Huo Chengjun will not see His Majesty! Eternal, life, eternal, eternal, world, I can't see Your Majesty! ”
"......" Huo Chengjun dragged her hand: "Who said...... Going to chop off your hand?? Then it was stained with red clay, and a mark was pressed down, and the silk cloth was penetrated......
"This ......" Jingwu rolled his eyes: "This is the end?" "I roared in vain just now......
"Come here! Lend your hand again, write a note to Your Majesty, and teach him to come to Zhaotai Palace to taste the cakes you made, I must see Your Majesty today! ”
Looking at her determination and tenacity, people who don't know still think that she is anxious to see Her Majesty in order to sue the emperor! Jing Wu shook such a thought, so he held on to it, guessing that it was possible that Huo Chengjun really wanted to sue the royal court to overturn the case? I heard that the Huo clan was exterminated by the clan back then, because of a rebellion case, if this ironclad case was really turned out of the "inside story", it would be reasonable to sue the royal court.
"Your Majesty won't come......"
"No, I've planned it, with your identity, if you call him, he will come."
Jingwu only felt that the person in front of her was strange, why did she have such confidence? Doesn't she know that she has seen the king forsaken for many years? Your Majesty won't take care of this princess!
Jingwu kindly reminded: "I am the youngest child of the queen mother, my birth, the death of the queen mother, my father hates me deeply because of this matter, so many years to abandon me in the corner of Chang'an Street, he doesn't care about my life or death, let alone because of a silk letter and condescend to visit me in Zhaotai Palace...... I'm afraid your wishful thinking is going to come to naught. ”
"Oh?" Huo Chengjun was unmoved: "Princess Jingwu? ”
"Yes, it's me."
"Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"Bet?" She's never bet on anyone......
"Bet your father will come! Do you want to try it? Well, we don't have to turn these corners! Huo Chengjun reduced a lot of cumbersome details and went straight to the point: "I was going to let you make that cake...... Thanks to the blessing of someone under the underground palace, lead your father to the Zhaotai Palace, and I will meet him. But now, it doesn't have to be so cumbersome, just you and I are in blood, I said that I want to kill you, you press your fingerprint for help, and try if your father will enter my Zhaotai alone because of you, how about it? ”
Jing Wu thought about it, but decided to nod his head first to save his life, because he said: "Then let's say it first, what kind of strange fragrance did you inhale for me, you have to give me an antidote at that time - you see that I can't breathe, it's very uncomfortable." ”
"Uncomfortable?"
"Then you try!"
“……”
Huo Chengjun was still good at talking, took the cloth and pulled the knot into strips, tied Jingwu up, tied it to the chair, and after a little preparation, he taught Qiu Niang to take the antidote, and fed Jingwu with water to eat, and did not let her suffer too much.
"Isn't it too early for you to tie me up? Shanglin Yuan is away from Jianzhang Palace, and there are still some steps! "She seems to have found a very strict problem......
But Huo Chengjun didn't seem to plan to let her go.
The silk letter asking for help has also been sent out, according to Jingwu's method, directly to the imperial palace, before the face of His Majesty, the prince first looked at it. Because the crown prince cares too much about this sister, if he sees it, he will cry bitterly and beg the emperor to present the blood silk book to His Majesty......
In this way, it was possible to ensure that the silk book would eventually be seen by His Majesty, and not mixed in with the minister's recital, which would be discovered by the emperor after several days.
Jingwu is quite smart.
This girl is really smart......
Huo Chengjun walked over, and glanced at her "collaborator" at this time, the bound little princess Jingwu, with a complicated mood, and suddenly, he raised his hand and slapped it hard, smashing Jingwu into tears!
Jing Wu glared at her in a daze:
"What are you doing?!"