Su Qin still clearly remembers that when she first met him, she was twenty-five years old.

It was the thirteenth year of eternal life, the seventh day of the eighth month.

There are not a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the steward eunuch outside has already greeted him, saying that there will be a florist with a batch of newly bred chrysanthemums into the palace today.

This is the practice in the palace, before each festival, there will be a florist to bring flowers into the palace, in the palace for a while, and when the flowers bloom, the emperor will reward the palace with decoration.

Now, because there is more Concubine Chrysanthemum in the palace, there are a lot of chrysanthemums every year. Although some will be cultivated in the palace, there are some special varieties that cannot be cultivated well in the climate of the capital, and must be paid tribute from all over the world.

This made Su Qin, who had been in charge of the Autumn Flower Garden for five years, not dare to slack off, and in less than five watches, she got up early, packed up and went to the palace gate to greet her.

It wasn't dawn yet, and everywhere was a dark purple blue.

The blades of grass were still stained with crystal dew, the crisp air smelled refreshing, and a layer of white mist floated on the hibiscus pool, gradually dissipating in the morning light.

Taking a breath of fresh air, Su Qin knew that after this season's errand, she would be able to leave the palace.

The twenty-five-year-old palace maid, neither outstanding nor made any big mistakes, has not been listed in the eyes of any master and noble, as long as she has done a good job up and down and reported a weak illness, she can leave the palace and return home in the grace of the previous year.

This is Su Qin's ambition set when she entered the palace at the age of eight, and it took her seventeen years to achieve it. Therefore, this last errand is even more inadmissible.

As the palace door slowly opened, the imperial chefs and gardeners who were on an errand in the palace checked the waist card, and the fish entered, and with the leaders of all places, they went to their respective posts.

Although there are many people, except for the occasional whisper, they are always silent.

Suddenly, the guards pulled out a man from the gardener's ranks, "You, raise your head!" ”

Su Qin looked back in amazement, and just crashed into a pair of eyes without warning.

Clear, translucent,

It is like a clear sky after rain, and it is like the well in the palace that is occasionally exposed to direct sunlight.

It felt like a door in my heart that was slammed open, and it was like my brain was suddenly pulled out. Su Qin, who has always been calm and cautious, suddenly couldn't control herself.

"You're not Hong An, who are you?" Even though it was still dark, the guards' eyes were still sharp. Finding that this handsome young man was not the gardener on the waist card, he immediately drew his spear.

The young man did not panic, still holding the pot of flowers in his hand, and replied honestly, "I am Hong An's apprentice, he suddenly fell ill before going to Beijing, and he called me here temporarily." ”

According to Su Qin's temper in the past, she would never talk too much about such things, but today for some reason, before her brain could think clearly, people stepped forward to speak.

"Steward Zhou greeted me yesterday, so let's be accommodating. After all, the nobleman's flowers matter. ”

A silver ingot was quietly stuffed over, and the guard's cold face softened, "Since Aunt Suqin is pleading, then don't make an example." But what is your name, you still have to re-register. ”

Su Qin laughed and asked the young man to register his name.

Hi Yang.

Ordinary and rustic, at first glance it is - fake.

Su Qin didn't say anything and came in with someone. Along the way, I closed the door of my heart, filled my empty mind again, and arranged my affairs as usual.

But what's the difference?

I just couldn't help it, and secretly looked at that Yang Xi a few times.

Although he is full of wind and frost, and his hands are rough, he does the work of a gardener, and he is also clear-eyed, but Su Qin knows that he is a fake. This young man should have an extraordinary background.

Fortunately, there are not no such people in the palace. Some of the convicted officials and their children were also punished as eunuchs, so this Yang Xilai as a florist is not too eye-catching.

It's just that Su Qin is a little strange, he did everything possible to sneak into the palace, why didn't he go to a few places where it was easier to get ahead, but instead came to the flower room and became a florist this season?

Soon, Su Qin knew.

Because, this little florist actually took the opportunity to send flowers to Jutang and quarreled with Concubine Ju.

Or it should be said that it was he who scolded Concubine Ju and cried.

“…… What is the point of living for a shameless woman like you? There is also a face to appreciate the chrysanthemum, which is simply an insult to the nobility of the chrysanthemum! ”

Su Qin really didn't mean to eavesdrop on the corners of the two, but she was cautious by nature and was used to controlling everything that shouldn't happen under her name.

Yang Xi was brought into the palace by her, and if he broke into any trouble, she would definitely be implicated.

Therefore, even if she would offend people, she still walked out from behind the rockery. He lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk about it!" Over here...... It's really not the place to speak. ”

If you really want to quarrel, I'll find a place for you.

Fortunately, the much-loved Concubine Ju Niangniang was a reasonable person, so she quickly collected her tears and left in a hurry.

Su Qin took Yang Xi back to the flower room, hesitated for a long time, and didn't know how to persuade him.

But Yang Xi, who scolded people, was obviously not happy, sat there in a daze, and suddenly asked her if she had any drink.

Su Qin sighed in her heart, "The people in the palace are not qualified to get drunk if they want. Even Concubine Ju is no exception. ”

Is it true that a woman who is spoiled on the bright side is really very beautiful?

She enjoys treatment comparable to that of a queen, but the old people in the palace know that the Mu family is actually a concubine without a serious title.

Ridiculous, right?

Because her entry into the palace that year triggered the dispute between the emperor and the queen. Empress Meng couldn't stop Emperor Cheng from bringing a little girl who could be a granddaughter into the palace, but as the queen, she had the right to refuse to canonize the concubine.

Therefore, in the first emperor's dynasty, although Concubine Ju already had the emperor's holy decree and gave the title and treatment of the concubine, it was only unilaterally recognized by the emperor, but it could not be recorded in the history of the harem.

As for the arrival of this dynasty-

Su Qin smiled bitterly, a son who forcibly occupied his father's concubine, is he embarrassed to give this stepmother a fanfare title?

Therefore, Concubine Ju, the most prominent existence in the harem, is also the most humble existence.

Sometimes thinking about it, Su Qin feels that she is not as good as herself. Even if she is a slave, she is justified, but she ......

There were some things that Su Qin couldn't say, so she could only tell Yang Xi who was full of grief in a low voice.

"In the years since I entered the palace, I have never heard that Concubine Ju took the initiative to ask for a pot of chrysanthemums. Every year, these flowers are rewarded by the emperor. Whatever she gives, she receives. Something else, too......"

Jun's grace is vast, and it is natural for those who are willing to accept it. But for those who don't want to accept it, it is a painful steel knife, even if it hurts deeply, it can only be survived.

Su Qin didn't know if her words had any effect, but Yang Xi at least stopped targeting Concubine Ju like that. It's just that there is a more painful look in his eyes, which makes people sad.

The folk chrysanthemums gradually withered after Chongyang.

But because of the constant flowers in the palace at four o'clock, even if it is November, when the snow falls, there must be a supply of fresh chrysanthemums in the flower room.

However, at this time, the number has gradually decreased, after all, manpower is not enough to win the sky.

Su Qin knew that as long as she held out until the plum blossom daffodils in the Winter Flower Garden bloomed, she would be able to retire and leave the palace. Although the world outside is not peaceful now, you can go out of the palace, after all, you can live a comfortable life for a few days.

For those who have no ambition and just want to be able to eat and sleep in peace, it is enough.

On this day, another heavy snow fell, and when she went to the Winter Flower Garden to see that the early plum had already budded, Su Qin was really happy in her heart.

Back in the flower room, even others can see the joy. quipped, "Aunt Yue is leaving, I'm afraid I'm going to get married and have children immediately, right?" Do you have a good brother waiting for you at home? ”

Su Qin scolded with a smile, but the corners of her mouth were so upturned that she couldn't hold it back.

There is no good brother waiting for her outside, but she can find an honest and honest man to live. After staying in the palace for so long, his heart is somewhat more open-minded and understanding than ordinary people. As long as the family is together, she is not afraid of hardship and tiredness.

As for that person, Su Qin glanced over quietly, and her heart was a little gloomy.

Even if the man was now so downtrodden that he was a gardener who was worse than her, it was not something she could afford to think of.

Perhaps, it is lucky to meet such a person in this life.

Su Qin is not a sixteen or seventeen-year-old, longing little girl, she knows what she can and can't want.

It's just that Su Qin didn't expect that when she heard the news that she was leaving, Yang Xi took the initiative to find her, hesitated for a while, and then begged her for the first time, "Can you help me see her again." ”

If it had been before, Su Qin would not have agreed to such a request. But looking into his eyes, she still agreed.

But she didn't expect that her temporary soft-heartedness would cause a disaster.

Emperor Jing's Empress Wen is no more reasonable than Emperor Cheng's Empress Meng, she hates Concubine Ju and hates this woman who is the same age as her daughter and has attracted all the attention of her husband.

Therefore, when her minions found out that Concubine Ju had a private meeting with a gardener, even if they didn't do anything and didn't even have time to say anything, they were quickly caught by Queen Wen as a crime, not only beating Yang Xi to the ground, but also punishing Concubine Ju.

Su Qin couldn't protect herself anymore.

These are two lives, if the emperor can't be dragged forward, they will all die here today.

"The queen mother, it's all the slave's fault. It was the slave maid who wanted to leave the palace and wanted to save more silver, so he asked Xiao Yang to urge a few pots of flowers and make a little trick, wanting to make Concubine Ju happy, so as to cheat some rewards, it was all the slave's fault. ”

Empress Wen still wanted to have a seizure, but the clever palace maids under Concubine Ju also shouted out their grievances. said that Su Qin said that she moved her, and asked her to invite Concubine Ju to come over for a walk, but she didn't know that there was such a thing.

After a little more delay, the emperor arrived.

Queen Wen had no choice, but she also hated Su Qin because of this.

Of course, if at that time, Su Qin wants to leave, it is not impossible. But she thought about it again and again, but she still stayed.

Not for anything else, just because of Yang Xi's eyes. After being beaten, he never opened his eyes.

If she was gone, she knew that he would die if he was left unattended. And in order to avoid suspicion, Concubine Ju is powerless even if she has the heart.

Su Qin persuaded herself that even if she missed this year, there would be next year.

But she didn't expect that she would be like this year after year.

Because Yang Xi didn't want to go.

Su Qin knew that after he recovered from his injury, he quietly went to see Concubine Ju again. Even if it was just a glance from afar, he could be happy all day.

Concubine Ju deliberately ignored him, and sent someone to ask Su Qin to drive him away.

Su Qin knew that this was for his good, but when she was about to be ruthless, she unexpectedly saw Concubine Ju being bullied by Queen Wen in the imperial garden, and stood silently under the tree and shed tears.

That day, Yang Xi also saw it, and then he was absent-minded all day long, and cut several pots of flowers.

If Su Qin wants to drive him away, this is the best time. But she couldn't tell how uncomfortable she was.

Su Qin tried to convince herself that this is not something you can control, and that you should think about leaving quickly. But she clearly knew that once she left, even if Yang Xi stayed, she would definitely not be able to communicate with Concubine Ju anymore. Secretly, cautiously, there is no chance.

If she was a little more selfish, Su Qin should have blackmailed Concubine Ju or Yang Xi to compromise some things. Several times, Yang Xi hinted at her like this, and took the initiative to hand over his meager monthly money, and Concubine Ju also quietly sent someone to reward things, but without exception, they were all returned by Su Qin one by one.

She didn't know what she was holding onto, or rather, what she was holding onto.

But Concubine Ju stubbornly survived against the infamy, Yang Xi stubbornly refused to go, and she also stubbornly stayed in the palace.

After a few years of mixing up like this, Emperor Jing collapsed.

changed the Emperor of Mourning, but this name was added by later generations, and he was not this name at that time.

Yang Xi's face showed a rare brilliance.

He wanted to escape, so he took Concubine Ju with him.

For this day, he even bought medicine. Anyway, Queen Wen always wanted to kill her, and then she said that Concubine Ju had misheard the rumors and absconded from the palace. I don't believe it, the royal family can still make a big show to arrest a fugitive concubine with such an embarrassing identity.

Su Qin suddenly felt a little inexplicably sour.

Over the years, Yang Xi has treated her like a sister and doesn't hide anything from her. He even said, "When we leave the palace, I will take care of my aunt for the rest of my life." ”

Wait, what is he talking about? Su Qin asked in surprise, "We? ”

"yes." The man who was no longer young said with a faint smile at the corner of his eyes, "If my aunt wants to find her relatives, I will send you back, and if you are willing to join us, you will naturally be treated as a sister." By then—"

He didn't finish his words, but those sincere and joyful eyes said it all.

He will tell everything and everything at that time, and he really wants to be kind to Su Qin.

But what Su Qin wants, is this kind of gratitude?

The sourness in her heart was even heavier, and she only said, "Let's talk about it when we can go." ”

In a word, it is a prophecy.

After Emperor Wai, who was the same age as Concubine Ju, ascended the throne, he didn't think about how to work hard to clean up the rivers and mountains when the Great Zhou Dynasty was already stormy, and he, as the third person of the Great Zhou royal family, forcibly occupied Concubine Ju again.

even forced Concubine Ju's mother's family, the entire Mu clan, and those weak sons who were never allowed to take charge of heavy troops to go into battle to meet the enemy and kill their relatives.

The Mu family's century-old family has many in-laws, and there are several thieves in the world, which one does not connect with them with their children and in-laws? For the sake of a Great Zhou Dynasty, how many relatives do they have to kill to be enough?

The Mu family refused, so Emperor Mourning imprisoned the whole Mu clan in Shengpingfang and worked hard for the palace. As for Concubine Ju, she vomited blood raw.

In fact, as far as the elements are concerned, Concubine Ju is not an extremely beautiful woman. When it comes to talent, he is not the most outstanding in the palace.

If you have to say, it's just that the wind is excellent, and there is a natural freshness and elegance. No matter how much dirt and ugliness she has experienced in the palace over the years, and how many prosperous graces she has seen, she has never really touched her heart.

Just like the chrysanthemums in this autumn.

The good is good in this unique part, and the bad is bad in this unique part. That's why the men of the Great Zhou royal family fell into such a demonic obstacle one after another, unable to extricate themselves.

Yang Xi was seriously ill, and Su Qin finally rescued the person, but she became like a walking corpse and lost her spirit.

On that day, while working in the flower garden, she suddenly heard the little eunuch shouting "Old Yang Lao Yang" and ran over, Su Qin turned her head in surprise, only to find that Yang Xi, who was three years younger than herself and full of green hair, actually had frost flowers on her temples.

At that moment, she couldn't tell what mood she was feeling.

Bright autumn sun was shining hotly on her body, but her heart trembled like an ice cave.

Within two days, taking advantage of a surging autumn rain, she hid Yang Xi in the palace privately, and quietly pushed him into Concubine Ju's bedroom at night.

The country is unstable, and the palace guards are no longer as strict as before. As long as you have the heart, you can always find loopholes.

Yang Xi hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, and Su Qin scolded in the rain, "I haven't read a book, and I don't understand any reason." But if I were to spoil those beasts all day long, I would rather do what I wanted and be happy! Even if you have to fall into the eighteen layers of hell after death, what is there to be afraid of? ”

Yang Xi looked at her with a strange brilliance in his eyes. Eventually, he turned and went in.

Su Qin looked up at the sky, letting the pouring rain drench herself. I want to wash away all the sourness that gushes out of my heart and eyes, and wash it all away.

After that, Yang Xi really came back to life.

Although the gray hair on his temples is still there, his eyes are shining. For three months, no one dared to believe that Concubine Ju was pregnant.

When she learned about this, Yang Xi excitedly held Su Qin's hand for the first time, she was dozens of years old, she was as happy as a child, her eyes flashed with water, "She has a child, she has a child!" ”

Su Qin was as excited as he was, and even burst into tears, "God have mercy! On this day, there is finally a hope. ”

There is no need to wonder who this child will be. If not, he wouldn't have survived in this world at all.

As time passed, the days in the palace became more and more difficult.

Many slaves and maids in some doors began to run away, and some people invited Su Qin, but Concubine Ju was about to give birth, how could she leave?

The melon is ripe and falls, and once it is delivered.

Full-term baby boys are born in danger of dying with the end of the dynasty. The frenzied Emperor Wai knew that the general trend was gone, so he killed the entire Mu clan and asked everyone in the palace to be buried with him.

Concubine Ju handed the child to Su Qin, "Take him away, go with him." After that, they will ask you. ”

The two of them, which two people he refers to, Su Qin knows well, but she can't accept it.

"Niangniang, Niangniang, you must be good, you can't let this child be born without a mother......"

With tears in her eyes, Concubine Ju put a piece of jade on the child's neck, "I can't be a qualified wife and a qualified mother, you can do it for me, right?" ”

There are some words that women don't have to say explicitly. Su Qin choked up and couldn't speak.

But Yang Xi came, took the soft soft, hugged the child, and pulled Su Qin away. He sent her out of Miyagi, looked into her eyes and said, "When the child grows up, tell him that his father's surname is Dou, his name is Dou Yang, his mother's surname is Mu, and his daughter's name is Yinqiu." They are the original husband and wife, and they both love him. I'm sorry, sister, I'm all please. ”

Then, without giving her any chance to speak, the man stuffed the child into her, and walked away without looking back.

Su Qin's tears have not stopped like beads with broken threads, where is he going? She knows. She wanted to keep it, but she couldn't.

The little thing in the swaddling clothes was not what she wanted, but she hugged the child tightly and remembered this entrustment.

But soon, after years of vigilance, she found that someone was following. Of course, the target won't be her little palace maid, that's this child, right? In the eyes of outsiders, this may be the last child left over from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Su Qin wiped away her tears, hugged the child and began to hide in Tibet. Then that day, she met an old palace maid she had rescued, she was penniless, and sought Su Qin's help. Su Qin thought kindly, if she could save one person, she would save one more.

I didn't expect that the old palace maid actually secretly took away the child and wanted to raise a person for herself to support the elderly.

It's a pity that she became Su Qin's substitute ghost.

I don't know if it was the conscience before death that found out that the old palace maid hid the child separately.

But Suqin didn't know.

When she found out that the child was lost, Su Qin was going crazy!

She promised the child's father and mother that she would take care of the child for them. What about children now? Where did the child go?

In a daze, Su Qin returned to the palace.

But I was not surprised to hear about Concubine Ju's death.

Everyone saw that Concubine Ju was sitting on a boat and died in the lake. But only herself, and only Su Qin knew that it should be Yang Xi, or rather, Dou Yang, who rowed the boat to the center of the lake for her at that time.

Life is different, death is the same cave.

The two of them can have such an ending, maybe it will be a kind of fulfillment for the two of them.

But what about Su Qin?

She felt that she should stay in the palace, in this place she knew best, and wait for her end.

Secretly, she always felt that the child would come back one day.

Many years have passed, she waited until the emperor ascended the throne, waited until the lord of Jiashan returned to the court, and waited until the appearance of an emperor's little boy.

It's just that before she could find a chance to meet the little boy, she was sent by the queen to clean up the harem and guard the imperial mausoleum.

It's nothing, she just keeps waiting.

As long as she can't find the child for a day, she won't die for a day, and she would rather suffer this torture than be worthy of her stubbornness back then.

Until the death of Emperor Daliang, the princes and grandsons helped the coffin of the Great Zhou Gaozu to be sent into the tomb, and she suddenly saw a boy in the crowd.

The boy was in his teens and followed Princess Shouning. I heard that this is the little fiancé that Princess Shouning chose for herself, who used to be a beggar and later worked as a little gardener in the palace. Neither can speak, nor has a prominent family background, but the strange thing is that before the death of the emperor, he actually made this family affair.

Now the child was sent to Princess Shouning's biological mother, Zheng Guifei's mother's family, and Princess Jiashan also recognized him as a nephew. Such a child can have such a good life, and it is really good luck in his last life.

After that, Su Qin didn't listen to a word.

Before she knew it, she had already stepped forward, looked at the child's eyes that were exactly the same as his father's, trembled, and said dryly, "Child, remember, your father's surname is Dou, his name is Dou Yang, your mother's surname is Mu, and his daughter's name is Yinqiu." They are the original couple, and they both love you. ”

In her life, she finally waited for her own end.

Wangcai: I'm starting to write about it, what do you want to see, or if you want to make a cameo, hurry up and leave a post. Then I can secretly tell you that Yang Xi's name comes from Xiqi Yangyang, and Su Qin is the number king?

Bai Shu: I guess she will use other readers' names later, in fact, you can consider asking her to charge.

Author:...... RS