Chapter 54: The Gambling Contract
Li Zhi ordered Li Yan to bring this proposal, which suddenly made Shang Shang and Wu Meiniang fall into sorrow. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Although Wu Meiniang did not live in Jiuzhi Mountain for a long time, the two went in and out together every day, ate and slept together, and the whispering after the candle was extinguished at night made the distance between the two shorten a lot.
After that night's thrilling tribulation, Shang Shang and Wu Meiniang actually had some sympathy for each other, and the two were close in age, so they regarded each other as close sisters.
It's just that Wu Meiniang is so much older than Shang Shang, although she is reluctant to show her face on her face, she refuses to show her face, but laughs and says: "As the saying goes: There is no feast in the world, and I can have a fellowship with you here, which is also our fate." Now that the emperor has an order, Mei Niang should obey it, and the two of you have to have the last year of filial piety here, and it's not too late to go to me to play in addition to clothes. ”
The merchant reluctantly took Wu Meiniang's hand and said: "That's what I said, but with you with me these days, this day seems to pass faster, and you don't know which year and month you can see this time?" ”
She had something in her heart but didn't say it: Now looking at Li Zhi's plan, she decided to let Wu Meiniang enter the palace, but she is no longer working in the palace, and she wants to see her again, not to mention that it is difficult to climb to the sky, but she is definitely not free in this Jiuzhi Mountain.
Li Mo was reluctant to see the businessman holding Wu Meiniang's hand on the side, but there were no tears in his eyelashes, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart for a while.
Shang Shang accompanied him in Jiuzhi Mountain, although the two were deeply in love, but Shang Shang had no second companion except to talk to him on weekdays, and he looked very lonely.
"So be it! There is still more than a month to go before the Midyear Festival, so let Miss Wu spend the Midyear Festival here and then leave! It also got that Luoyang was not familiar with the place, and the festival was not lively. Li Mo thought about it and turned back to Li Yan.
"Childe! The palace test will start in a few days, if this period of time passes, how can the Wang family ease up? Li Yan was a little worried about the situation between the DPRK and China, so he couldn't help but ask more.
"It doesn't matter, even if they pass the release test, it only means that they can participate in the selection of officials by the ministry, as for what position they serve, they will have to be made by the ministry and submitted to the emperor for decision, and they will not have leisure to pay attention to other things in a short time." Li Mo waved his hand and said, "I wrote to the emperor in reply, and he naturally understands." ”
"It's good!" Li Yan nodded and went to catch the pigeons.
Shang Shang and Wu Meiniang glanced at each other, and the original thick sadness and farewell were all lightened at this time, and there was no need to leave immediately, the two of them had more time together, and they were a little happy in each other's hearts.
Spread out a piece of cut Chengxintang paper for Li Mo, and watched him pick up the pen and write down Wu Meiniang's departure after Zhongyuan on a piece of paper to inform Li Zhi, and the businessman was relieved.
Rolling the note into a small tube, the merchant smiled and handed the paper to Li Mo and said, "Thank you for treating Mei Niang in front of the emperor, and let her accompany me for a few more days!" ”
Li Mo looked at the playful smiling face of the businessman, and couldn't help but reach out and scratch the tip of her nose, and said with a smile: "You and me, why do you need to say thank you?" It's just a trifle. ”
Shang Shang grinned and let Li Mo's slender fingers gently slide over the tip of his nose, wrinkled his nose at him, made a grimace, and ran away like a girl with Wu Mei.
Li Mo looked at the backs of the two of them and couldn't help but shake his head.
The two ran all the way, and only then did Wu Meiniang feel a little out of breath, and the two stopped.
When they stopped to look, they found that the two of them had run out of the West Cross Courtyard and arrived on a hillside behind the village. The sheep fed on the Zhuangzi are leisurely grazing on the slope.
The evening sun shone on the meadow, reflecting the long grass on the slope into a thick green, and occasionally one or two small flowers, bright yellow, swaggered among the meadows.
The merchant put the skirt under him, pulled the clothes on his body, found a clean place on the grass and sat down, patted his side again, and said to Wu Meiniang, who was standing on the side and looking at her with a smile: "Sit down!" ”
Seeing that Shang Shang's face was suitable, Wu Meiniang only hesitated slightly, and then sat down happily at the place indicated by Shang Shang. Although I don't understand why Shang Shang insisted on bringing her here, the days she can stay in Jiuzhi Mountain are numbered, and I don't know if there will be such a comfortable life in the future.
Thinking like this, those scruples in the past seem to have dissipated with the wind, and I just want to live freely in the few remaining days, and when he enters the palace one day, such freedom can only be a dream!
"Mei Niang! You're about to enter the palace. The merchant looked at Wu Meiniang's side face with a faint smile with some wistfulness.
Although it is not yet time to enter the palace, they all understand that it is only a matter of time.
"Hmm!" Wu Meiniang looked at a sheep grazing with her head down not far away, and responded in a low voice.
"Don't you really think about your future days?" The merchant simply lay down, put his hands behind his head, and looked at the blue sky above his head, which was as blue as a puddle of water.
"I don't know." Wu Meiniang's voice sounded a little apprehensive.
"Can't you let go of Li Ke?" The merchant asked softly.
From Wu Meiniang to Jiuzhi Mountain, although the merchants also chatted with her and talked about some things in the palace in the old days, but Wu Wang Li Ke has always been a taboo, not only the merchants deliberately avoided it, but even Wu Meiniang herself always subconsciously did not mention this person, but at this time, the merchants could not help but mention it.
"Lee... Ke ......" Wu Meiniang's low voice seemed to be a sigh that had lengthened her tone, and her eyes became more and more confused when she looked into the distance.
To this day, Wu Meiniang herself is a little confused, whether she hates or loves Li Ke? If it is hate, why is there a faint pain in my heart when I think of him? Will there be reluctance? If it is love, thinking that he took his mother to Shudi, but ignored her and did not say a word to her, how could she be in love?
"I don't know, but what if you let go or not? I don't even have this life for myself, so why can't I let it go? Wu Meiniang shook her head passively.
"Mei Niang! It's not easy for a woman to live in the world, and I understand this, but no matter how difficult it is, you shouldn't go with the flow. Shang Shang looked at Wu Meiniang's indifferent face, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: "No matter how bad and difficult the situation is, you can always find something that is beneficial to you, you can use these to make your life better and more comfortable!" ”
"What's good for me?" Wu Meiniang smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"The emperor's obsession with you is convenient for you!" The merchant said firmly: "Li Ke...... Now it's obviously no longer hopeful, no matter how much you care about him, he can't reach you now, not to mention that he was gone in the first place, how could he ever miss you? ”
"The emperor is rich all over the world, even if he is a little interested in me now, it is only for a while, how can it last long?" Wu Meiniang shook her head disapprovingly.
How can the emperor have true feelings in his heart? Seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, what kind of beauty is not? She is a widow of a former dynasty, in terms of age, talent, appearance, and background, she is not as good as others, why do you think that the emperor should favor her alone?
"Mei Niang! Why should you be arrogant? If the emperor really doesn't care about you as you say, why did he go to great lengths to bring you out of the Ganye Temple, and arrange your background to protect you? The merchant couldn't help frowning.
Wu Meiniang's stubbornness really gave her a headache, why didn't this woman who got into the horns of the bull just can't understand her situation and the people around her who really care about her?
"Mei Niang! Let's make a bet! Shang Shang looked at Wu Meiniang's unbelieving appearance, and suddenly said.
"What bet?" Wu Meiniang was a little dazed.
"We have a ten-year period, if the emperor's favor for you has faded after ten years, then I will do my best to get you out of the palace! Can you bet on me? Shang Shang suddenly sat up and stared at Wu Meiniang's eyes.
"Ten years? What will I do when I leave the palace? It's just an old and decrepit person. Wu Meiniang looked at Shang Shang with a smile, and didn't understand why she would mention this gambling contract.
"You are only in your teens this year, and you will only be thirty in ten years, which is the age when the charm still exists, not to mention, if the emperor is really indifferent to you, wouldn't it be better for you to live freely out of the palace? This bet is good for you! Or is it ...... Are you afraid that the emperor is sincere to you? "The businessman did not follow the unforgiving questioning, and he looked like he would not give up until he reached his goal.
"Are you sure you'll get me out of the palace when the time comes?" Wu Meiniang looked at Shang Shang half jokingly and half seriously.
She also vaguely knew Li Mo's identity, but she actually knew in her heart that the question she asked was just too much.
"I'm sure I'm going to bet with you!" The merchant said solemnly.
Wu Meiniang looked at Shang Shang with a solemn face, but her heart couldn't help but move: If it is really as Shang Shang said, she is just using ten years to exchange half a life for freedom, wouldn't it be better than being in Ganye Temple for a lifetime of hardship? And this bet is only in your favor no matter which way you look at it.
If Li Zhi is sincere to her, it doesn't matter if she can't get out of the palace after ten years, if Li Zhi is not sincere, she can live freely out of the palace after ten years, no matter how you don't suffer!
"Good! I'll make this bet with you! It's just that if I leave the palace in ten years, you will be responsible for the rest of my life! Wu Meiniang smiled slyly.
The merchant raised his hand with a smile and said to Wu Meiniang, "Smack!" He slapped his hands and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this!" If I have a bite to eat, I will have you to eat! ”
The two looked at each other, and laughed in unison, and the crisp laughter reached the forest behind the slope, startling a flock of birds that had returned late.
Perhaps it was a conversation with Shang Shang that made Wu Meiniang finally let go of the entanglement in her heart, and her laughter could often be heard in the Zhuangzi in the following days, and she was full of energy when practicing with Shang Shang.
Such a change made Li Mo secretly wonder, and when she went to ask the merchants, she closed her mouth mysteriously and said straightly: The secret of heaven must not be leaked!
Although Li Mo has nothing to do, he is also optimistic. Although he asked a businessman to probe Wu Meiniang's tone and did not get any reply, but seeing that Wu Meiniang no longer had the original appearance of rejecting people thousands of miles away, he also vaguely understood in his heart.
Listening to the laughter that came into the study from time to time, Li Mo couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: It seems that the road that Li Zhi will face may be a little smoother! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )