Chapter 12 Joyful and sentimental, the heart is successful, and it is worth winning people's hearts
In the cold dew season, the white plum blossoms. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info foggy and cloudy. A row of lonely geese flew south, and thousands of lonely geese poured into the sky. After a few frosts, the yellow leaves outside the city fell one after another. The whole city seems to have fallen into an endless hibernation, and there is no longer any life.
The Congtai of Shu Kingdom, because it guards a valley, it seems to be more and more cold. Even if there is a brazier in the house, it is not safe from the cold. Hao Xue held a small hand stove and a lunch box, and quietly came to the side hall all the way, she wanted to surprise Chu Yunhong.
On the table, in the food box, is a large plate of steaming mutton soup. There were also a few hot oil cakes and a small plate of tender rouge vegetables. Chu Yunhong was overjoyed: "In such a cold weather, it is the most suitable for eating these mutton and wild vegetables...... Where did you get that? ”
"It's getting colder and colder, and those soldiers are all warming," Haoxue said with a smile while listing the mutton soup, oil cakes, and rouge vegetables, "This is what I made myself in the kitchen, and we all have to eat mutton soup on this day of cold dew in Shu!" ”
Chu Yunhong listened to Haoxue say this, and unconsciously slowly broke his fingers. From the end of autumn to the time of cold dew, it has been half a month since he arrived in Shu. Time flies so fast, and it's about to start winter in a blink of an eye. I remember that when I was in the old capital, my mother would sew new clothes for him every winter.
Now that the times have passed, I can no longer find that warmth. Haoxue looked at Chu Yunhong with a distracted look, so she handed the small hand stove to him, and said softly: "I just went home and specially brought this small hand stove to you, so that when you write in winter, your hands will not be cold......
Seeing Haoxue treat himself like this, Chu Yunhong was grateful for a while. He took Haoxue's small hand stove, and he could feel a stream of heat, shuttling back and forth between the palms of his hands. With Haoxue's care in the past few days, Chu Yunhong feels that he is much happier, and he no longer has the grievances when he was escorted to be a hostage.
When Haoxue opened the dishes and chopsticks, Chu Yunhong put down the small hand stove. Picking up the chopsticks, I couldn't wait to take a bite of mutton to eat, but I was slapped by Haoxue: "The rules of Shu Kingdom, on the day of cold dew, mutton is to be dedicated to the ancestors!" ”
Hearing Haoxue say this, Chu Yunhong had to put down his chopsticks. turned to see Haoxue pick up a glass of wine and a bowl of mutton soup on the table, and then closed her eyes and clasped her palms together and prayed silently. After praying, she poured the glass of wine and the mutton soup into the snow outside.
"It's a pity," Chu Yunhong sighed, "It's really a waste of food to pay tribute to the ancestors like this." "I remember that when I just left Donglu, Chu Yunhong heard my father talk about it. There is a lot of snow in Donglu this winter, and coupled with the war with Chen, a lot of soldiers have been lost, and there is no one to cultivate anymore.
Now in the face of Haoxue's approach, Chu Yunhong suddenly felt that Donglu was no longer as strong as he was at the beginning. At one time, Xijon occupied Kyoto and turned over all the fields and rebuilt the palace. Although his father succeeded in recovering the country, it was difficult to resist the ensuing plague and flood.
This time the Song State was destroyed, after the war with the Chen State and the Shu State. The national strength has also been greatly reduced, otherwise how could he send Chu Yunhong to Shu as a hostage. This winter is a break for Donglu. For Chu Yunhong, it is also a challenge.
As for what kind of challenge it is, it depends on Chu Yunhong's ability. He watched Haoxue busy taking care of him, but it was actually because he felt guilty. So he wants to use Haoxue to deliver false news to Shu. So that Donglu can have a chance to breathe.
The weather was gloomy, but there was not a hint of wind. It seems that the heaven and the earth have been dull for a long time, and the flowers and plants in the yard are listlessly drooping their heads. At the end of the table is Chu Yunhong, who is feasting. He had never eaten such delicious mutton, but he felt that chopsticks were inappropriate.
Then he dropped the chopsticks, simply rolled up his sleeves, picked up the mutton and ate it in a big bite. While eating, he also took a spoon and brought mutton soup to his mouth to drink. "My sister's soup is good, and the mutton is also rotten," Chu Yunhong praised Haoxue's craftsmanship while eating, and did not forget to free his other hand to pinch the rouge vegetables on the plate and eat them.
Xu was not addicted to eating like this, but seeing that Chu Yunhong picked up another piece of oil cake, broke it from the middle, and stuffed the mutton and rouge vegetables into it, the mutton soup in the entrance was smooth and tender, mixed with sour rouge vegetables, it was really a delicacy in this cold winter. When you bite into it, it's delicious!
"What is my sister doing?" Chu Yunhong looked at Haoxue with her neck down all the time, and she didn't come over to eat. So I leaned over and looked, a basket of needles and threads, a thin embroidery needle. A light place, an indifferent care. This winter has just begun, and Haoxue is looking forward to making a winter coat for Chu Yunhong.
Although the winter in Shu is not as cold as in the eastern foothills, it is always mixed with a little moisture. Besides, if he hadn't delivered the news himself, Donglu would not have been attacked in Sangzhong. This winter coat can be regarded as making up for Chu Yunhong.
"The winter in Shu is cold and damp, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it...... Haoxue said without raising her head, "You just eat slowly, when you finish eating, sleep well, and my clothes will be ready." "She kept it from her father and brought it secretly.
Vaguely, Chu Yunhong's heart seemed to melt. He, a prince who was almost abandoned by his father, was accepted into the palace to be the crown prince, and no one treated him like this. This woman he didn't know was so kind to him, he burst into tears for a while.
"What's going on?" Haoxue, who heard the cry, hurriedly put down the needle and thread in her hand. Then he brought out a silk handkerchief and wiped away his tears. That Chu Yunhong dropped the oil cake in his hand and cried with a whimper. Large tears slid down his cheeks.
The wind was blowing outside the window, and the wind was bleak. The few remaining leaves between the branches were also knocked out of the water. Hao Xue unconsciously remembered her situation and helplessness, didn't she have the same fate trajectory as this Chu Yunhong in front of her.
Feeling sad for a moment, Haoxue's eyes were also moist. But she couldn't be said by Chu Yunhong, so she comforted softly: "What are you crying about, Your Highness will be the emperor of Donglu in the future......" Although she was crying, she was still heard by the careful Chu Yunhong.
He slowly collected his tears, took out the oil cake with mutton and rouge vegetables, handed it to Haoxue's hand, and said, "Sister, don't you blame me for eating this cake and crying without leaving it for my sister?" Looking at his innocent appearance, Haoxue couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After all, it was an eleven-year-old child, and it was so funny that he distorted it. Hao Xue waved her hand and said to Chu Yunhong with a smile: "Your Highness, eat, I still have to rush to make winter clothes." "Hopefully, before this heavy snowfall, we can prepare for winter.
After all, Congtai is an empty and cold place. In the past few days, Haoxue has also asked his father to brush an extra layer of grass and wood ash outside to resist the cold. It's just that her father didn't allow it, so Haoxue had to make a few winter clothes first, and then think of another idea.
"My sister is so good to me!" Since this winter, Chu Yunhong has gradually developed a feeling of attachment to Haoxue. In his eyes, only Haoxue would really take care of him. He even thought that he would take Haoxue back to Donglu and give her a stable life.
The sky outside the palace is high and the clouds are light, and the yellow leaves in the palace are varied. Flowing water flows through the stone arch bridge, mixed with windswept yellow leaves and fallen flowers, and flows slowly into late autumn. It is as if every withered leaf is like a tired butterfly, sleeping in this winter.
In the warm pavilion, a few candles lit the room like daylight, and Wanning was sewing winter clothes for Chu Junhao. Every needle and thread in her hand contains infinite attachment to Chu Junhao. I remember that I once promised Chu Junhao that I must make him a winter coat.
It's just winter, and the weather in the eastern foothills is quite dry. Despite a few light rains, there was a bit of dreary air in the air. Wan Ning wanted to make this thick cloak before Chu Junhao returned to the palace. When she thought of this, her heart warmed.
"Girl, Luan'er is here," it happened that Zuo Xiang went to Wang Ling today, and he had no time to teach. Qingluan was brought here by Lianyi to explain some things. Originally, Qingluan and Chu Yunzhao had agreed to collect autumn leaves together, but now it seems impossible.
Seeing Qingluan's sullen look, Wan Ning unconsciously took her little hand and asked softly, "Do you like to play with the little prince?" "That's right!" Qingluan's eyes lit up when she heard Wan Ning say this, "He said he was going to take me to pick up fallen leaves today......"
From this point of view, the relationship between Qingluan and Chu Yunzhao is relatively close. Wanning could hear Qingluan say this, so she had an extra success in her heart. According to what Lianyi said, if Qingluan is used to win over Chu Yunzhao, then there will be no chess pieces under Zuo Xiang's hands.
Although Qingluan was trained at the beginning, it was to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future. But that is also a long-term plan, it is better to take this opportunity and let Qingluan catch Chu Yunzhao now. Wait until the rights of the left minister are derogated, and then balance the relationship between Qingluan and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Chu Yunzhao in the future.
Many years later, Wan Ning recalled the decision she made with Lianyi. But there was more remorse, she didn't expect that Qingluan would establish a deep friendship with Chu Yunzhao in these six years. Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to China later, he could never return to the beginning.
still remembers that Qingluan at that time asked her with grievances: "I have always been a chess piece in the hands of Aunt Yan, this time, can I live for myself?" "Qingluan, who is in her prime, just wants to follow Chu Yunzhao wholeheartedly, even if it is to be a maid, she will never give up.
Because in Qingluan's heart, Chu Yunzhao is the only one who can bring her happiness. At the Zhengyang Palace, His Royal Highness Chu Yunhong, the crown prince who returned from Shu Kingdom, became more and more strange to her. It seems that when they were young, the innocent joke between the two has long since ceased to exist.
So about Qingluan's fate, it's like her mother. is hopelessly in love with a little prince, but Chu Yunzhao is different from her father. Chu Yunzhao is an inseparable part of Qingluan's life.
But who had predicted the future, when the remnants of Xirong counterattacked the eastern foothills, and wanted Qingluan to join the outside. She had no choice but to be used as a hostage by the imperial court, and then pressed into the prison. Then he watched Chu Yunzhao being sent to Xirong to slaughter her people in Xirong.
But what can Qingluan do, what can she do. If she knew, it would have come to this. At the beginning, he would not have agreed to Wanning to serve Chu Yunzhao. Who knew that in the end, the master she served would cruelly trample on her hometown.
Maybe at the beginning, leaving the palace with his mother would not have been so painful. What is the homeland of the country, what is the homeland of mountains and rivers. It's just a means to maintain peace in the world in the court of Donglu, he locked Qingluan in the palace, but he never cared about her feelings.
The wind blows, and the hibiscus flowers are everywhere. Patches, petals, and clusters, under the twilight autumn sunset, converge into an elegant poem. And the old music of Yuefu will be composed into a new chapter. Singing the most beautiful color in the world, depicting a roll of ink and blue.
Year after year, years have passed. Wan Ning gently stroked Qingluan's little hand, and then asked, "Luan'er told her aunt, how old is this year?" What do you usually play with the little prince? Through Qingluan's perspective, I believe that even if Zuo Xiang moves a little, he will not be able to escape Wanning's eyes.
"Skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock, playing hide and seek," Qingluan tilted his head and blurted out, "Let's play swing together a while!" "Why are all girls playing?" Is there anything that the little prince likes? Wan Ning burst out laughing, this Qingluan is a little girl after all.
Who knew that at this time, Qingluan listened to Wanning's words. Immediately, he crossed his hands on his hips, raised his head and said: "The little prince has always listened to me, and he will do whatever I ask him to do!" Looking at Qingluan's arrogant appearance, Wanning smiled like a flower.
Seeing this, Lianyi on the side unconsciously gently pulled Qingluan's sleeve. Why does this kid not care about anything when he speaks? "Girl, blame me for not teaching well on weekdays, Luan'er speaks too extremely......" Lianyi was a little embarrassed, and Qingluan forgot to clean up the good etiquette.
On the contrary, Qingluan ignored Lianyi and continued to say to Wanning: "Aunt Yan doesn't know, the little prince usually doesn't like to read the most, but the master asked him to read some ways of governing the country. The little prince refused, so he sneaked out, and the master asked me to take care of him! ”
Listening to the smugness in Qingluan's words, and the smug look on her face. Wanning smiled even more, yes, she just wants such a Qingluan. Like Wan Ning's expression when she first entered the palace, she was bold and dared to say and do.
"Please forgive the girl!" Lianyi grabbed Qingluan, then knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Wanning to admit her mistake. Lianyi shouldn't have indulged Qingluan so much in the first place, letting her read something. Now when I talk about it, it's becoming more and more unorthodox.
Xiao Qingluan also knelt on the ground, and he didn't dare to make a sound. She had always been most afraid of Lianyi, but now when she heard Wanning ask her, she lost her etiquette for a while. I saw her bow her head and be silent. and Fang Cai's eyebrows fluttering, judging like two people.
"Luan'er is like me," Wan Ning slowly took a sip of tea, then asked Qingluan and Lianyi to get up, and said to Lianyi with a smile, "I thank you for cultivating such a woman, and she will become a great thing in the future!" Then he said to Qingluan, "My aunt has given you a task, can you complete it?" ”
Hearing Wan Ning praise herself like this, Lianyi was overjoyed. She kowtowed again to thank her, then pushed Qingluan and whispered to her: "If you want to see your mother, you only need to promise your Aunt Yan, understand?" As soon as Qingluan heard that she could see her mother, she immediately nodded happily.
Here Wanning glanced at Lianyi, and Lianyi pushed it out and closed the door. There were only two people left in the room, Wan Ning and Qingluan, and Qingluan was relieved that she was gone. She stepped forward and asked, "Auntie is talking, but she has to count!" ”
"You just need to follow what your master said, and serve Prince Qing for a good life," Wan Ning said slowly, "You must respect him like a master, and take care of him like a brother, understand?" Such a statement will not attract Qingluan's doubts, but will also bring the relationship with Chu Yunzhao closer.
What's more, Lianyi is Chu Yunzhao's aunt, and Chu Yunzhao always wants to come to see Lianyi. I believe that it won't be long before Chu Yunzhao is from their side. In addition, Liang Yuzhen returned to the palace as a concubine and raised Chu Yunzhao, wouldn't she Yan Wanning have a chance to win, and it seemed that the light was just around the corner.