49. Hajj
When Su Yao came to his senses, it was already dark, and there was no movement in the Fengwu Palace. Su Yao has always disliked being too bright, there is no ever-bright lamp in the Fengwu Palace, just because the brocade kite stays outside to watch the night, leaving a lamp outside, but the dim and beating light shadow at this time makes Su Yao a little puzzled.
She didn't know how long she had been dreaming of this dream, she only felt tears in the corners of her eyes, and her heart hurt uncomfortably.
It was noon when she went to the Qinzheng Hall to look for Ye Lin today, but she didn't expect to eat a closed door, and she didn't have the heart to eat when she returned to the Fengwu Palace, so she didn't set the meal, and she didn't know when she fell asleep.
When Jin Kite heard Su Yao's voice, she hurriedly got up, and crawled in, and said in surprise: "Niang Niang woke up?"
Su Yao said "um", rubbed her stomach and glanced around, she remembered that Ye Lin came in a half-dream and half-awake, as if she had kissed her secretly, but then she fell into a nightmare, so she didn't know what happened later, "When did Your Majesty leave?" ”
Jin Kite tilted his head and thought for a while, and replied, "Your Majesty will leave in about three minutes." I came again at dinner, but the mother didn't wake up yet, so she only left the pastries. ”
Jin Kite is a clever person, and she has been by Su Yao's side for a long time, knowing that her favorite is the pastries of the former East Palace, seeing Su Yao rubbing her stomach, she immediately got up and went to the outer room to get the food box and put it in front of Su Yao.
"What time is it?" How long had she been haunted by the nightmares? Why do you only think it's a matter of a while, when you open your eyes, it's dark, and even dinner time has passed.
Jin Kite pinched his fingers and said firmly: "It's already been the third watch, and after a while, Your Majesty will be early." The queen doesn't want to go to Her Majesty now, right?
Su Yao just nodded, eating the pastry and laughing. This person is really interesting, at noon she went to deliver the summer soup, and in the evening he came to deliver pastries? It's a courtesy, and it's not ambiguous at all. They can be regarded as raising their eyebrows and respecting each other...... Although Su Yao has always felt that these two words to describe husband and wife are not describing a happy married life.
After eating enough, Su Yao's brain also began to work, and he couldn't help frowning when he thought of the scene in his dream. She was going to find the rosewood box in her dream. I always felt that Su Yao's death was not so simple, and that stack of letters also had another hidden meaning. In the past, she only focused on moving forward and didn't ask about Su Yao's past, but Su Yao's past didn't seem to be so simple, which directly affected her life. This made Su Yao finally determined to find out, trying to understand the life of her host.
"Jin Kite, when you were in my house before, did you see a rosewood box? The kind with a carved pattern and a lock all around? Su Yao frowned and gestured to the size. Jin Kite has been serving by Su Yao's side since she was a child, and she knows a little more naturally, she has never seen the rosewood box since she woke up, and she doesn't know what happened after Su Yao committed suicide.
Jin Kite's legs were weak, and she knelt down all of a sudden, and said, "What is Niangniang doing when you bring up these old things?" I don't remember the brocade kite, didn't the mother forget it too? ”
Seeing Jin Kite like this, Su Yao strengthened his belief that Su Yao's death had another hidden meaning. It seems that the brocade kite not only knows, but also knows a lot. Raising his eyebrows, Su Yao said: "You must know, I really forgot before, but it was just a dream, which reminded me of the past." I committed suicide, but why do you all sue me that I am sick? What happened after I fell unconscious? ”
She had never lost her temper with Jin Kite, and she thought that if she was deceived like this, Jin Kite would be able to tell the truth, but Jin Kite just shook her head with an ugly face, bit her lip and didn't speak.
"What, don't want to say?" Su Yao grinned, but the smile on Mingyan's face was a little infiltrating, "Jin Kite, you are the only maid I brought from the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”
Jin Kite naturally knew that since Su Yao woke up, she was very good to her, and she also regarded Su Yao as the only master in her heart, and she had never had any crooked thoughts, but Su Xiang had strictly forbidden her to mention it, and she was also in a dilemma, it can be seen that Su Yao is like this, if she doesn't say it today, Su Yao will definitely not leave her to serve in the palace anymore.
Gritting his teeth, the brocade kite leaned over and kowtowed, saying, "It's not that the slave doesn't want to say it, it's just that ...... It's just that...... It wasn't the slave maid on duty that day, it was Sister Jinse who was serving, and when the slave maid and Mrs. Xiangye arrived, the mother had passed out, and the details were indeed unknown. ”
Who is Jinse? Su Yao frowned, she didn't know that she also had a maid named Jinse. Thinking that something happened when he was on duty in Jinse, the Prime Minister would not stay. "Why didn't I see her, but I was sold?"
Jin Kite suddenly choked up at this time, shook her head and said: "The slave only knows that after the mother fell into a coma, Sister Jin Se hanged herself that night."
Hanged yourself? This Su Yao is really clean, leaving her with a problem.
Su Yao sighed and raised his hand to cover his eyelashes.
On August 19 of the first year of Taiping, the pilgrimage team of Miao Nan arrived at the Honglu Temple of Changning Jingyi Hall to greet him, and the next day the new emperor and Empress Su held a banquet in the Yanxi Palace, and received 300 Gu masters and the seventh princess of the king of Miaonan.
Su Yao was wearing a dark purple shirt, dressed in a sloppy manner, with a high bun and a beautiful hairpin, a straight waist, very tired, only thinking about the rosewood box in his heart and suddenly lost his mind, and didn't care that the person on his side who was heroic and upright and imposing looked at her from time to time.
After a high-sounding greeting, Miao Nan's envoy really brought up the matter and introduced the princess of Miao Nan, who had never shown up, to explain Miao Nan's idea of marriage, so he stood with his head held high and waited for Ye Lin's reaction.
The hundred officials saw the silver ornaments of the princess of Miao Nan walking into the hall, and the slim red dress showed her graceful posture undoubtedly, with a veil on her face, only revealing a pair of strong seductive eyes, and she didn't know how many people's souls were hooked between the pan and the glow. Empress Su, who was sitting high on the main hall, was already an outstanding beauty, but she didn't expect that as soon as this person appeared in the hall, it was difficult to tell which one was better.
The princess was also generous, stood under the high throne, leaned over and gave a Miao Nan gift, and said crisply: "Miao Nan's daughter Liao Mulan greets His Majesty on behalf of her father."
Ye Lin's mind was not on the princess of this Laoshizi, he was all focused on the absent-patient beside him. Since the day Su Yao went to the Qinzheng Palace to meet Bai Fansu, he has eaten three or four closed doors, and he has never seen Su Yao in the past two days, and he has never discussed the matter of the princess of Miao Nan with her, and he has no bottom in his heart, where can he take care of others. Therefore, Ye Lin just glanced at Liao Mulan a few times, and gave a faint "um", without showing much enthusiasm and interest.
Baiguan saw Ye Lin's attitude that his whole eyes were about to fall on Su Yao, thinking of the twists and turns about enriching the harem that had been repeatedly suppressed before, and he was even more sure in his heart, Ye Lin was afraid of the power of the Pingxi Su clan behind Empress Su and Empress Su, and it was not easy to speak, you quietly me, I will look at you, and I actually left the dignified Miaonan princess under the main hall.
Liao Mulan is not the kind of shy woman with a small family jasper, seeing that Ye Lin didn't pay attention to her, she actually said frankly and loudly: "My father sent his courtiers to Changning Jing, because he wanted to marry the wild goose, presumably the excerpt of the pilgrimage has been written very clearly, I don't know what His Majesty's plans are, I understand that I have instructed with Mulan."
Baiguan secretly sighed to himself, in the end, it was a woman from the remote Miaonan, so straightforward and bold, without the slightest sense of shame, as if she had never been civilized, but it made them laugh shamefully.
Ye Lin withdrew his gaze from Su Yao, was silent for a second or two, and said: "There is no prince of the right age in Beijing yet, and I see that you are not old enough, why don't you stay in Beijing for a year, and wait for the sixth prince to be weak next year, and then marry you?"
Liao Mulan pursed her lips and said loudly: "I have heard that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince is suave and suave, unparalleled in the world, and he must be a good match, but His Royal Highness the Sixth Emperor has not yet been weakly crowned, Mulan can't wait, so I can't obey my fate."
Ye Lin frowned, and before he could speak, he saw Yiren coming out of the hundred officials, it was the regent Shizi Feng Ce, who had been silent for more than a month.
"Why are you so embarrassed, the minister has a good way, I don't know if I can talk to your majesty?"
"You say." Ye Lin's voice was cold, if Feng Ce wanted him to ask this Liao Mulan to be the princess, it sounded like a foolproof strategy, but he would never agree to it. Liao Mulan is the daughter of the Miaonan royal family, and she represents the Miaonan royal family behind her, if the regent palace gets her, then she still has it?
Unexpectedly, Feng Ce did show a fox-like smile, and said: "Your Majesty has newly ascended the throne, it has passed the year of the weak crown, and now the vacant harem is not safe, this princess is just like a fairy, why not enter the harem and seal a concubine, not only is it empty of beauty, but it is also a good thing to make peace between the two countries."
As soon as these words came out, the hundred officials who were already active in their minds were even more like you look at me and I look at you, and for a while, their eyes were furious, and the whispers were endless.
Ye Lin raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Feng Ce to interject like this, and he didn't know what he meant by this, he subconsciously glanced at Su Yao, who was expressionless and speechless behind the bead curtain, and was about to refute, when he heard Liao Mulan surprised, "Huh?" "Yes.
Looking at it, Liao Mulan was unashamed and pointed at Feng Ce and said happily: "Which son is this, but it is indeed an extraordinary momentum that is quite in line with the eyes of the courtiers." If His Majesty refuses to accept Mulan as a concubine, don't let the courtiers be allowed to do so, so let it be given to this son! ”
The pitch-black pupils shrank suddenly.