Chapter 46 After dusk, hand in hand with the long pavilion, see the old man in early autumn
On an August afternoon, the sunset hangs lazily on the hills. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info will sprinkle the last afterglow in the palace. So the ponds, willow trees, small bridges, gravel paths, and bamboo fences in the palace garden are dotted around, as if it is a Jiangnan ink painting splashed with ink.
On the meadow, there are a few bright red roses. I think it was the wind and rain last night that fell into the flowers. Now the fragrance remains, leaving only a dark fragrance. "Remember here?" Jun Hao turned around and looked at Wan Ning into a reminiscence.
The glazed octagonal pavilion depicts all kinds of flowers, birds, fish and insects under the eaves. Above the pavilion, there are three big characters in the big book "Yilan Pavilion". Yes, how could Wan Ning forget this. When she followed Xue Ziruo into the palace, she was curious at night and stepped into this imperial garden and approached this Yilan Pavilion.
At that time, Wan Ning was just curious about Jun Hao. She never imagined that she could see a strange man drinking alone at night. The autumn breeze is blowing, mixed with a hint of coolness. That lonely figure reminded Wan Ning of a familiar person.
She just regarded Jun Hao as that person in a trance. Jun Hao has always been his shadow. However, after a long time, Wanning slowly understood. Who is his heart towards, especially this time, it has been very clear to Wanning.
Are there some emotions that are too fragile to withstand the passage of time? No one predicts the future, and no one is always by your side. Sometimes, there are things that really need to be confirmed by time. Xiao Yihan, Wanning will never hear this name again in the future.
"Ning'er," Jun Hao looked at Wanning's somewhat dazed expression, and unconsciously stretched out his hand and said softly, "I want to repeat the story of five years ago with you." At this time, Jun Hao smiled, and his words were full of care. A gentle breeze blows, mixed with a slight scent of gardenias.
That big hand once carried Wanning through five long years. For the sake of Jun Hao, Wanning was tired, and even lost her eyes. followed Jun Hao to escape to Yuchi, and worked with him in Daqing Mountain, those days of sharing joys and sorrows, Wan Ning never forgot for a moment.
Is it that in the future, Jun Hao will not drive himself away. Is it that in the future, Jun Hao will always be with him. Is it that in the future, Jun Hao will only let her accompany him, and there will be no second person. Jun Hao's eyes were full of expectations.
At that moment, Wanning's eyelids were a little moist. She slowly stretched out her small hand, and then placed it in Jun Hao's warm big palm. This is Wanning's happiness after that, a warm harbor. Jun Hao gently took Wanning's hand, as if embracing the whole world.
On the small stone bench, thick cushions have been laid. Wan Ning sat opposite Jun Hao, feeling a little embarrassed. She lowered her head, and could feel Jun Hao's fiery gaze. So she hung her head lower, and her hands kept twisting the skirt.
"These days, it's been hard to condense it," Jun Hao gently raised Wan Ning's wrist, and then took out a blood-red bracelet from his arms, "This bracelet is with the blood hosta, and I haven't had a chance to give it to you." It's just right today, just as I thank you......"
I still remember the blood hosta, after being thrown into the pool by Wanning. was picked up by Jun Hao, and when Wan Ning pinned it to her sideburns again, she never took it off again. Blood hosta, blood jade bracelet. The skin that is as graceful as snow is more and more beautiful like a blood lotus flower while the bracelet is taking advantage of it.
Many years later, Wanning still wears these two objects. At that time, although Jun Hao was gone, the hairpin was still there, and the bracelet was still there. She raised her wrist, and the bracelet was full of Jun Hao's warm care. It is like the embrace of Jun Hao, guarding Wanning's life.
The flames on the small stove danced, and a small dark casserole was clustered. The heat that slowly bubbles up wafts out the fragrance of gardenias. Among the ingredients of rice wine, Wanning is added gardenias, which have just opened in spring. It is fresh and elegant, and the flavor of rice wine is mellow and mellow.
When the charcoal fire was in full swing, Wanning lifted the lid of the pot. Scooped a small bowl of rice wine with a small spoon, and brought it over with a smile: "Your Majesty, how about tasting it?" "Jun Hao usually likes the rice wine that is boiled gracefully, and now I smell the smell of gardenia, as if I have returned to spring.
The rice wine that has just been eaten is the moment it glides between the lips and teeth, and the taste of spring is recalled. Jun Hao closed his eyes slightly, and asked casually: "Hong'er also said that the rice wine you boiled is the most delicious......" Hearing this, Wanning's heart was as if she had eaten honey.
"Thanks to the rice wine you boiled, Hong'er has the energy to deal with the government," Jun Hao's light words seemed to mean something, "It's just that Hong'er is still young, Ning'er, as a maid in front of the palace, should also ask the queen for advice or two, so that you can carefully assist Hong'er." ”
Wan Ning is so smart, she has been by Jun Hao's side for five years. How can you not know what the meaning of Jun Hao's words is. said that Chu Yunhong was acting as the government of the government, but he talked about the rice wine he boiled. Or the word "thanks to", doesn't it mean that if there is no himself, Chu Yunhong will not be able to take care of government affairs?
The sound outside the strings is naturally Wanning has the meaning of "transgression", especially the last sentence. emphasized that her identity is "the maid in front of the palace", and she wants to remember her position gracefully. asked her to consult with the queen to see if she would have the same rights as the queen in the future.
At that moment, Wan Ning was stunned. She never thought that Jun Hao was actually still on guard against herself. Is it because he has been meddling in too many things in the past few days that Jun Hao feels a "crisis"? So Jun Hao took this opportunity to say this.
"The emperor probably forgot that Ning Er is already Xiao Lang's wife," Wan Ning turned to smile instead, "This is to assist His Royal Highness, naturally the queen mother and those old ministers ...... "The holy decree issued last time, in fact, Wan Ning is not a royal maid for a long time."
If it weren't for the many things that happened in the palace, maybe Wanning would have galloped the grassland with Xiao Yihan a long time ago. It's just earthly things, and it's always unpredictable. Since Jun Haoken said this, he had already clearly told Wanning that she was still a maid in front of the palace.
However, for the suspicious Jun Hao, Wan Ning still thought that it was right to excuse herself. With retreat as advance, Jun Hao will definitely let himself stay in the palace and help His Highness deal with political affairs. Not to mention what acting queen takes care of the harem, and what Wanning said is true, she was originally Xiao Yihan's fiancée.
"What if I have to keep you in the palace?" Jun Hao suddenly leaned down and looked at Wan Ning's eyes full of indifference, "What's more, you haven't bowed to heaven and earth, so you are not husband and wife at all." "At this time, for Jun Hao, he just needs to keep Wanning.
Although he knew that Wan Ning had some meaning of overstepping his bounds. If one day after a hundred years of staying with herself, Wanning is gone, such a weak queen in the palace, plus a minor prince. But how to deal with the government, Jun Hao is really not at ease.
What's more, Jun Hao's heart also really wanted to stay Wanning. This can also dispel her thoughts about Xiao Yihan, and the more time passes, the more worried he becomes. The last time he was assassinated, Jun Hao was worried about whether he would die like this, and he would never see his Ning'er again.
Naturally, he was also wary of Wanning. He told the crown prince Chu Yunhong that he must treat Wanning with the same respect as an elder, and as casually as a maid. If Wan Ning really makes decisions in the future, Chu Yunhong can expel her from the harem in accordance with the palace rules.
"Jun Hao," Wan Ning called his name, squatting lightly beside Jun Hao, then leaning her head on his lap and whispering, "What you say in the future, what Ning Er will do...... Ning'er stayed in the palace and didn't go anywhere...... With you, okay? ”
The wind is light and the water is blowing. The blue waves are like washing the pond, and a few lotus leaves are floating alone. Relative to the late return of the sunset, who is willing to listen. A curtain of autumn rain will wet the hot summer quite silent. On this thin early autumn morning, a faint layer of mist shrouded in the palace.
Even though it was the beginning of autumn, the weather was still hot. Those autumn cicadas are making their final roars and struggles. On the eaves of the corridor, Wanning kept pacing back and forth. Since she got the news that Xianyun had returned to Kyoto, she sent Wang Lianying to look for it on the streets.
Now it's been half a day, and Wang Lianying is still missing. When Die'er on the side saw it, she unconsciously brought over the tea, and smiled and relieved: "Auntie is worried, the princess is the niece of the princess, and this will inevitably bring you ......"
Wan Ning was about to take the teacup when she saw a figure walking on the eaves of the porch. It's Wang Lianying, that's right! Wan Ning hurriedly greeted him and asked anxiously, "How?" But found it? "Girl, look—" Wang Lianying took a step back, and a pale-faced girl walked out.
"Fiber, Fiber?" Wan Ning's voice trembled, but she still couldn't recognize it. The haggard and emaciated girl in front of her turned out to be a slender cloud that she hadn't seen for half a year! Wan Ning walked over slowly, looking at Xian Yun's coarse linen clothes and messy long hair, she didn't feel a sour feeling in her heart.
When Xianyun left Kyoto, Wan Ning was accompanying Jun Hao in Daqingshan to hold a spring ploughing ceremony. I didn't have time to say goodbye to Xianyun, and I didn't write a letter of greetings. When she came back from Daqingshan, she hadn't asked Ming Xianyun's whereabouts.
Although she knew, Xianyun must have gone to Jiangcheng to find a husband. I thought I would come back in a few days, but what I didn't expect was that it would be more than half a year as soon as Xianyun left. In the past half a year, Wanning has been circling between the courts, thinking about how to take revenge, but she has no time to take care of Xianyun.
It was when she arrived at Zhengyang Pavilion and saw Qingluan and Lianyi that Wan Ning felt that there was one less person by her side. That person accompanied him through the traceless years, but he was busy with his own affairs, and he didn't leave a place for Xianyun to miss.
Now that she saw Xianyun again, she didn't feel a slight pain in her heart. It turned out that in the past years, he used it for selfishness, and Xianyun treated himself like this. To make Wanning's heart feel a little guilty, her trembling hands unconsciously slowly put down.
"Girl, don't you know Yun'er?" Xian Yun looked at Wanning's somewhat unfamiliar face, and really felt that this master, who had been with him for four years, had become a little distant at this time. Is Wanning still there, complaining about her original farewell?
But at that time, what could be done about Xianyun? What can she do? Since learning the news of her husband's death, her heart has already flown to Jiangcheng. Although Qingluan was still young, although she didn't tell Wanning, Xianyun couldn't hold back her thoughts.
She always thought that Wanning was blaming her. So I didn't speak to her all the time, "If the girl wants to punish me, I will punish it, I left the palace without permission, and I didn't tell the girl......" Xianyun said, and knelt on the ground. She didn't want Wanning to feel too embarrassed.
"Hurry up and talk!" Wan Ning hurriedly got up and personally helped Xian Yun up. Her eyes were already moist, and her heart was moved by Xianyun's words, "I'm looking forward to your return, how can I not know you?" Xianyun, it's good to come back, it's good to come back-"
In the afternoon, a cool breeze blows, blowing the sunset that is about to end. In the long corridor, Wanning took Xianyun's hand. Just like the sisters back then, the sunset stretched the shadows of the two for a long time. At that moment, Wanning's heart was warm, and in the days when Xianyun was there, she would not become lonely and lonely in the palace.
On the west side of the Zhengyang Palace, there is the Zhengyang Pavilion given by Jun Hao to the mother and daughter of the Fiber. The pavilion faces north and south, so you can see the warm sunlight even in winter. Around the pavilion is a small flower shelf, which separates the main hall from the side hall, leaving a small space alone.
It was also when Qingluan grew up, this was where she and Chu Yunhong played. Whenever Qingluan pursed his mouth and called "Brother Hong" aggrievedly, Chu Yunhong would definitely appear in front of Qingluan and give Qingluan the warmest comfort.
At dusk, Xianyun and Wanning sat on the rattan chairs under the flower shelves, watching the two children play happily. I will be very relieved in my heart, at least Qingluan lives a very happy life. Xianyun often thinks that one day, when Qingluan grows up, he will take her to Jiangcheng to see her father.
At that time, Xianyun hadn't told Qingluan yet. About her life experience, it doesn't matter, wait until Qingluan is older. will take her away, Xianyun even thought about never telling Qingluan. Otherwise, Qingluan will definitely misunderstand Jun Hao, and be separated from Chu Yunhong, and then he will have to give birth to right and wrong.
Qingluan, Duanmu Qingluan. Xianyun looked at the sleeping Qingluan, and didn't feel warm in his heart. This name is still the name given by Duanmu Kang. Although he is gone, he has left behind a lovely daughter. Qingluan is Wanning's only reliance.
"Xianyun, come here, I have something to say to you," Wan Ning beckoned to Xianyun and said softly. Xianyun stroked the tears in the corners of his eyes, and then covered a small mattress for Qingluan. Fang Cai walked out of the room lightly, and then slowly closed the door.
In the glazed pavilion, there is a wisp of fresh wind blowing. Wan Ning looked at Xianyun's red and swollen eyes, and knew that she must have remembered Duanmu Kang. He reached out and stroked her shoulder. comforted softly: "The Si people have passed away, and the festival mourns and changes." Luan'er is still young now, and she still needs your care—I have some things here that I need your help with......"
So on that sunny and warm afternoon, Wan Ning walked away from the clouds. How did Liang Yuzhen "fake death", and how did he, together with Wang Qibo, Liang Yuzhen's fake death, He Jing and others, suppress Jiang Lingyan. In the end, Xiao Yihan was in the palace again, and told Xianyun about Jiang Lingyan's rescue one by one.
"You also know that although Die'er serves me here, in the end it is the person around Jiang Lingyan," Wan Ning still doesn't trust Die'er very much. Now that Xianyun is back, Wanning can take advantage of this opportunity. drove Die'er out of the palace, in fact, Wanning was worried that Die'er would still have contact with Jiang Lingyan.
Or, maybe it was Die'er who was in the palace to make an internal response for Jiang Lingyan. Whether it's true or not, Wanning has to be on guard. She looked at Xianyun's absent-minded expression, and unconsciously took her hand and said, "I know that you have also suffered a lot, but you should also know." You are the princess of Xirong, and you are the remnant of Xirong. If you want to save your life and Qingluan's life, you must believe in me......"
Yes, Xianyun is tired. But as long as Wanning has a task, Xianyun will definitely do it without hesitation. Wanning is right, Qingluan is still young now. She is Wang Lianying's niece, and the current emperor naturally can't move her. But who can guarantee that you will be safe for the rest of your life?
In other words, even Chu Junhao didn't move her. The next generation of emperors will always have to do it, and Wanning's words are not unreasonable. Now it is necessary to firmly grasp Chu Yunhong, His Royal Highness the Prince, and clean up the harem. For the future, but also for Qingluan.
Xianyun held Wanning's palm with his backhand, and said seriously: "Girl, rest assured, Xianyun will definitely live up to her trust!" I just don't know, what should I do with Xianyun? "You rest first these days," Wan Ning patted her on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I'll go back to you." ”
Wan Ning raised her head, and she could see the sunset outside the window. Dark, vaguely revealing the accumulation of years. Now Wang Qibo has been sent outside to continue to find Xiao Yihan's whereabouts. Chen Guo also sent an envoy to intercede. On the harem side, Wanning thought that it was time to remind Empress Chen Xueying.