Chapter 50 Autumn is cool and the night is long, and the sunset and dusk look at the clouds
In half a month, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. The weather gradually gets cooler www.biquge.info and you look up at the sky. In the vast and lofty sky, there are always rows of geese flying south. They screamed and fluttered their wings and flew south for the winter. The pale north seems to have lost some kind of vitality all of a sudden.
The leaves outside the window rustle in the wind. The candle flame also began to shake slightly, Wan Ning got up and cut the candle flame, and the wick became brighter and brighter. She stood silently to the side, her hands down. On the other side of the table, there is a world where Jun Hao reviews the folds.
For so many years, whenever Wanning was on duty. She would always stand quietly to the side, or warm the bowl of rice wine over a small charcoal fire. Now that the weather is a little cooler, it is better to drink rice wine while it is hot. It's just that in the past few days, the palace has been busy with Chen Xueying's funeral on duty, and Jun Hao's mood is not very good.
Wan Ning secretly glanced at Jun Hao, behind the faint candle flame. It is a pile of folds and scrolls, and the red pen in Jun Hao's hand is still carefully and carefully reviewing each fold. Now that Chen Guo is suddenly attacking, this is something Jun Hao never expected.
"If Ning'er is a man, she will be a general!" Jun Hao's seemingly casual words shocked Wan Ning's heart. Yes, the border camp was lost, and Wang Qibo retreated to sour dates. With such an important military matter, how could Jun Hao not know? These words can be seen to be deliberately sarcastic and tactful.
Calm as Wanning, she knelt on the ground and replied in a low voice: "The slave maid did not get the emperor's permission, and she dismantled the military newspaper without permission, and retreated to the sour dates." Everything is the responsibility of the slave and the maid alone, and has nothing to do with others. It's just that the military report is urgent, and the emperor is worried about the queen...... The slave just wants to share the emperor's worries......"
"How about Xiao Yihan, will he appear in sour jujubes?" Jun Hao coldly threw a copy of the report under Wanning's eyes. Wan Ning hurriedly looked back and forth, and sure enough. At noon, Xiao Yihan, together with Wang Qibo, and Chen Guo's soldiers, had a draw in sour jujube.
Wan Ning was shocked, and all kinds of doubts were confused: When did Xiao Lang come back? How do you know that sour dates are in trouble? At that time, Wanning completely understood one thing. Xiao Yihan's sudden appearance will definitely make Jun Hao suspect that it is him, and secretly correspond with Xiao Yihan.
So if you continue to speculate on this, save Xiao Yihan, who caused Jiang Lingyan to cause the war between the two countries. Isn't it all behind your own back? And she and Jiang Lingyan are sisters, otherwise, how could Xiao Yihan, who had already gone away, come back to support the sour dates? Wanning's heart skipped a few beats nervously at this time.
At this time, Wanning's work should take into account the overall situation. Instead of putting Donglu in a predicament for the sake of the so-called "private decision-making". What's more, the body is not afraid of the shadow oblique, as long as it is Donglu to defeat Chen Guo. Then Jun Hao will definitely not punish himself.
"Am I supposed to reward you?" Jun Hao put down the red pen in his hand, and then slowly walked to Wan Ning. In Jun Hao's opinion, since the restoration of the country, Wanning seems to have become more and more bold. It seems that he never consults with himself about anything.
I still remember that at the beginning of the restoration of the country, the flood struck and the people suffered. Wanning went to the streets with herself to distribute grain, grass and medicinal herbs to the people. is still in the harem, staying up late sewing winter clothes. At that moment, Jun Hao's heart was warm. He often wonders: If he has a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?
It seems that after Xiao Yihan entered the palace, Wanning's relationship with herself became more and more estranged. Especially after Liang Yuzhen stabbed herself, Wanning was ruthless and refused to look at herself. I often go to Changchun Palace, and I seem to have something to hide.
Even later, the time of spring plowing was as good as ever. Jun Hao was still thinking about it, in order not to let Wanning get hurt again, give her a marriage as soon as possible, so that she could leave the palace. Not only did she refuse to leave, but she joined forces with Liang Yuzhen and Xiao Yihan to expel Jiang Lingyan from the harem!
Naturally, about this one thing. Jun Hao is still grateful to Wanning. But Jiang Lingyan was a hostage asked by Chen Guo, but in the end she was rescued by Xiao Yihan. Wanning in the middle, is it mixed again, what ulterior secret? Jun Hao became more and more suspicious.
Now that Chen Xueying died suddenly, Wanning had to bury her in a hurry. It's a complete mess of the harem rules, and not only that. also opened and read the military newspaper behind his back, where is this what a maid in front of the palace does? Jun Hao looked at Wan Ning who was kneeling on the ground, and his heart became more and more resentful.
The night was as thick as ink, and the faint dots dyed the empty field of twilight. The cold floor is constantly chilling. The cold wind blowing from the crack in the door invaded Wanning's skin inch by inch. Her knees were numb.
When he just entered the palace, he offended Jiang Lingyan. And was forced to be punished, kneeling under the cold rain of Jiuqiu. Since then, my knees have been cold. Occasionally, when the weather is a little cooler, Wanning's knees will ache and ache.
How long have you been on your knees? Wan Ning didn't know. She knelt on the ground and begged for Jun Hao's forgiveness, but got Jun Hao's cold words: "When the war with Chen Guo is over, I will send you to the sedan chair!" "Is it to wake up to yourself too much, or to feel that you are useless.
Wan Ning smiled sadly and knocked on the ground with her forehead: "Slave, thank you for the emperor's holy grace!" She propped up the ground with one hand and the big red stone pillar next to her with the other. I struggled to get up, but my knees ached. She had no choice but to hunch her knees and move forward step by step.
Just as she wanted to reach out and pick up the tossed newspaper on the ground. But I heard Jun Hao say coldly: "Zhengyang Palace will not need you in the future, you just need to take care of your body and wait for marriage with peace of mind!" "But are you talking about yourself?
At that moment, Wanning's brain went blank. The newspaper in her hand slid lightly to the ground. It's really ironic that I entered the palace with great grievances. Just to seek a dignity, who knows that in the end, it will end up in such a field.
"It is said that a companion is like a tiger, and now the slave finally understands this sentence!" Wanning gritted her teeth and said this sentence with tears in her eyes. In the years she has been in the palace, she has used her own eyes. In exchange for Jun Hao's life, he used his youth to wait in the Zhengyang Hall for many days and nights.
If it weren't for the reluctance of Jun Hao, if it weren't for the reluctance to reluctance to the eastern foothills, Wan Ning would have wandered the world with Xiao Lang a long time ago. But just because of his own selfishness, he ruined all his future. So all the efforts I made before have been counted?
So what about her relationship with Jun Hao, is it going to come to naught? When he was a child, Xiao Yihan lived up to her waiting. Now in the face of Jun Hao, he wants to completely destroy himself. However, what is the winter night vigil, what is the promise after the snow, what is the common hardship of the jade pond, and what is the spring ploughing!
That's it, that's it. She has always been a little maid, how can she fight the so-called imperial power. She thanked the emperor again, pulled out the blood hosta between her temples, and smiled reluctantly: "The thing will return to its original owner." Then he limped out of the Zhengyang Palace. Turning around and looking at the three big characters of "Zhengyang Palace", he suddenly felt more and more unfamiliar.
Behind the gauze tent, the candle flame shook slightly. Jun Hao looked at the blood hosta on the table, and his whole body was blood red. It is like a gorgeous blood lotus, flashing a graceful smile from time to time. Yes, this blood hosta has been with Wanning for many years. Vaguely, mixed with a graceful smile like a flower.
Jun Hao used to always say that he wanted to marry Wanning. Even gave a holy decree, but they were all retreated back by Wanning. At that moment, Jun Hao's heart hurt a little: "Isn't it a little too ruthless for me to do this?" "But he is the emperor of the eastern foothills, the royal family of the Chu clan. Absolutely not, tolerate a maid acting as an agent of the court.
At dusk and sunset, the sky is full of clouds. The smoke willow is set against the backdrop of the sunset, like a bride in the sunset. The duckweed in the pond ripples up and down, and it has been floating for more than a few years. In the small warm pavilion, under the screen window, it is a quiet and lonely time.
When I was a maid in front of the palace, I was so busy that I didn't even have time to rest. Occasionally squinting secretly, I also feel that it is a luxury. Now that I'm finally free, I can do embroidery or something. That's probably what a girl should do. Looking at the needle and thread in the basket, she was about to pick up the needle and thread, but slowly put it down. Then I picked up the scroll on the side and turned a few pages, but I was bored.
Outside the window, the autumn leaves are withered, and the grass leaves are withered and yellow. She stood up and wanted to go to the imperial dining room to make rice wine, but when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped. Yes, Zhengyang Hall no longer needs her. She is no longer a maid in front of the palace, and in a few days, she will be able to leave the palace.
Leaning on the threshold alone, looking out at the familiar corridor. In the past, at dusk, she would always bring rice wine to her on time. Over the years, it hasn't changed. Now that she wants to be idle, she always feels that something is missing. At this time, Jun Hao must be reviewing the excerpts.
But who brought him rice wine? Who makes his bed when he sleeps? Who gave him wide clothes? Who brings him tea when he wakes up at night? "The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is the second batch of show girls who have chosen ......" Chen Xueying's words were still in her ears, which dashed Wanning's last glimmer of hope.
How could she forget that when she was choosing a show girl. Isn't that just for this day? In any case, Zhengyang Hall needs a maid. It seemed that she had thought too much, and she smiled lightly and sat back in her chair.
"What do you mean by that?" While talking, he saw Xianyun coming in a hurry. At dinner, she heard that Wan Ning had been expelled from the Zhengyang Palace. I didn't even bother to take the medicine, so I hurried over. In Xianyun's opinion, even if Wanning was at fault in the past, Jun Hao was just a small punishment and a big commandment.
However, this time, it seems that Jun Hao is serious. According to Xianyun's later recollections, the Ministry of Rites has prepared a wedding dress and a sedan chair. Even Qin Tianjian had chosen a date, which had never happened before. Xianyun felt panicked, she had just met Wanning and was about to be separated again.
Looking at Xianyun's anxious face, Wan Ning smiled indifferently. Stroking her haggard face, he said, "I knew there would be this day, but I never thought it would come so soon. She paused, and then asked, "How is the queen's funeral?" ”
"Why is the girl still worried about this?" As soon as Xianyun mentioned it, he was very angry. In the past few days, when he was resting in the palace, Xianyun vaguely heard people talk about it. Since the restoration of the country, Wanning has taken charge of many things in the DPRK and China. For this reason, Jun Hao will be very angry.
After all, the training of the harem that is not allowed to interfere in politics is a red line that cannot be touched. and Wan Ning was anxious to bury Chen Xueying, and tortured Die'er, which made Jun Hao even more annoyed. deposed her as the prefect of the palace, just to understand her identity in the future. Why don't you understand it now?
Wan Ning patiently listened to Xianyun's words, and then was silent for a while. Then he sighed: "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other." At first, he stayed in the palace to deal with Jiang Lingyan. Now that Jiang Lingyan has been removed, I am naturally relieved. It's just that Chen Xueying ......"
Flowing clouds, faintly telling the heart of Wanning. Those things that have never been regretted by Wan Ning in the past. If Chu Yunhong ascends the throne in the future, the Queen Mother will be Chen Xueying. In Wanning's view, Chen Xueying and Chu Yunhong have today's status, and they are all due to her alone.
In order to be able to assist Chu Yunhong in the future, and in order not to expose Chen Xueying's identity, Wan Ning will poison Chen Xueying and blame Die'er and Jiang Lingyan. According to her own words, it is nothing more than to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. What's more, Chen Xueying was poisoned, so she could suffer a little less.
So leaving the palace now can also be regarded as a way of life left by Jun Hao to himself. "There is no such thing as an impermeable wall!" Xianyun couldn't help but worry about Wanning's life, just to avenge her disfigurement. For his own selfishness, he has to involve so many people. This is not the Wanning she knew at the beginning. Could it be that the harem is really a big dyeing workshop, which can render people's hearts?
In the twilight of September, the season of white dew. Frost-stained windows, quiet night. Those past events are deeply imprinted in Wanning's heart. She will not forget what it was like to be under the fence at her cousin's house. She will not forget the days when she was insulted, abused, and disfigured by Jiang Lingyan.
Hatred took root years ago. If she wants to earn a good future, she has to give. When she met Jun Hao, she thought she had found a life that she could entrust. It's just that she forgot that she was a maid and Jun Hao was the emperor.
"The queen has been buried in the royal tomb, the girl can rest assured," Wang Lianying took advantage of the night and quietly came to the warm pavilion to tell Wanning the news. It's not that he doesn't know that Wan Ning has lost her rights, but he still has something to ask Wan Ning, "What the girl promised the old slave, can I honor it?" ”
Wan Ning clapped her hands gently, but when she saw the curtain behind the door, Xianyun had already rushed out. ran to Wang Lianying's side, crying with tears in her eyes: "Uncle, Yun'er, Yun'er thought that she couldn't see her uncle......" "Good boy, it's good to come back, it's good to come back," Wang Lianying was also in tears at this time.
Wanning on the side, her eyes slightly closed. Quietly listening to Xianyun and Wang Lianying tell about the pain of family affection, I felt very bitter in my heart. She has had no parents since she was a child, and now she is abandoned by Jun Hao. Even when Xiao Yihan returned to the palace, he never told her, and the grace at that moment was like a fish that had slipped through the net.
"Wang Lianying, I let your uncle and nephew meet, how can you thank me?" At the beginning, Wanning had been hiding Xianyun, just to win over Wang Lianying, the chief eunuch who was quite prestigious in the court. In addition, the crown prince Chu Yunhong is quite close to Xianyun's daughter, and this relationship can allow Wanning to be the maid in front of the palace again.
Wanning was unwilling to leave the palace like this, she was never a weak person. After all these years in the palace, she understood a truth. If you want to get it, you have to give, even if you have to do it by any means. Otherwise, let alone being expelled from the palace, it will be difficult to save your life.
Naturally, Wang Lianying also heard Wanning's words very clearly. He wiped away his tears and arched his hand: "Yun'er, I have been taken care of by the girl all these years. The old slave is really grateful, although the girl is not a maid in front of the palace now. But the old slave could see that the girl would come back sooner or later. ”
These words are not flattering. Wang Lianying has been in the palace for many years, and it is the first time she has seen a woman like Wanning. The humiliation is not shocked, and the clouds are light and the wind is light. The so-called people who achieve great things are not informal, and they are talking about such people. So Wanning listened to this and was very satisfied.
"Now that Chen Xueying is dead, there is only one person left in the palace, one thing," Wan Ning recounted one by one, "Die'er is Jiang Lingyan's maid, and now she has confessed to show her loyalty." But this person still bothered the prince. Seven days later, the second batch of show girls was selected and handed over to He Jing to do. ”
The wording is rigorous and the discourse is coherent. I can't see the so-called sad plot of Wanning at all. Wang Lianying nodded and took the order, but frowned again and said, "It's just that now, He Jing has been sent to the royal tomb to guard the tomb." "Grave guard? It must have been arranged by Jun Hao, he was going to cut off Wanning's right-hand man.
At this moment, Wan Ning's heart was very angry with Jun Hao. They have already deposed their royal fronts, why don't they let go of these little maids? Looking at Wan Ning's angry face, Wang Lianying reminded: "The queen has just passed away, and the emperor must not be in the mood to go to the draft again......"
"What the princess said is reasonable," Wan Ning thought thoughtfully, "He Jing is the aunt of the court, and she is responsible for the departure and stay of the show girl, this reason is enough for her to return to the palace...... "The harem affairs have always been in charge of the queen and the imperial maid, but now that the queen is not there, only the imperial maid is in charge, so Wan Ning is still in power."
After arranging the matter in the palace, Wanning only felt dizzy. She waved her hand and motioned for Wang Lianying to step down. Xianyun helped Wanning onto the soft couch and kneaded her temples. Who Dao Wang Lianying originally wanted to test Wan Ning's heart, but he was so bold, he decided to follow Wan Ning and sell her a message.
"I won a big victory in Donglu, and the border battalion was also recaptured," Wang Lianying said with a smile, "Thanks to the girl's strategy, Donglu turned the corner from danger...... Just wait for them to destroy the Song Kingdom, and then they can triumphantly ......" "Go back and let Wang Qibo come to see me," Wanning At this time, she just wanted to bring Wang Qibo to her side, and it was good to have military power.