Chapter 17: The Liquid Pool
After that time, Qingling didn't need to serve tea and cloth, just did some chores in the Buddhist hall and Wanxin, but you can also see the emperor coming to Renshou Palace every day to ask for dinner, and sometimes he will come to the Buddhist hall to worship and chant. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Qingling gradually faded out of the emperor's sight, the palace was as beautiful as a cloud, it was not surprising that the emperor didn't remember, so it's okay, a romantic man, why bother to worry about the fate of a chance encounter in Qianlichi, unintentional but relaxed.
Qingling sat in front of the window of the hut, looking at the bright moon outside the window, silently thinking about his thoughts.
She is staying in the palace, and summer is coming in a blink of an eye, when will she be able to get out of the harem? Is it difficult to survive until the day when you become an old palace maid at the age of twenty-five and are let out?
If the grandmother really died, Wang would definitely not be able to get out of it, at that time, she was a little woman, what could she do? In the harem of constant storms, can she live until the day she leaves the palace?
"Sister, what's wrong with you? Ugly face? Wan Xin came in from the outside and saw Qingling frowning and his face pale.
"Oh," Qingling realized that his stomach was uncomfortably swollen and a little nauseous, "I ate a few more sesame balls at night and accumulated food." ”
Wan Xin's big eyes flickered a few times, and her face was full of concern, "Sister, I'll go and give you less hot water, maybe it will feel better if you drink it." ”
Qingling smiled, "Silly girl, do you think hot water can cure all diseases!" However, boiling a little lotus leaf tea in hot water can be consumed after drinking. ”
"The pool is full of lotus leaves now, I'll pick some." As he spoke, he was going out.
Qingling pulled it back, "Silly girl, you go to boil water, I'll pick lotus leaves, and when I come back, your water will almost boil." ”
"Sister, you have to hurry, it's time to close the palace gate."
To get from Renshou Palace to Taiye Pool, you have to go through the long Yongxiang.
The moonlight is like water, swaying with silver light, and the eternal alley under the moonlight is bleak and silent.
This is the second time Qingling has walked through Yongxiang after entering the palace, the first time is to die in despair, and this time, she can finally walk calmly and freely, although she still can't understand why the Queen Mother will forgive her from dying, but she clearly knows that if a palace maid wants to live a long time in the harem and walk steadily, she must be recognized by the master.
After going through so much, if she can't see through it, isn't she incurably stupid? A cold smile appeared on the corner of Qingling's mouth, the Queen Mother could take her life, or she could keep her safe and sound.
At this end of Yongxiang is the cold palace, where the most pathetic and pitiful women in the harem are held; On one side of the cold palace is the Xin Zhi Library, and the people in it are called cheap slaves by the palace people.
At the other end of Yongxiang is the palatial palace backyard, in which is the noble master, separated by a high wall, are two different lives.
She walked calmly, bypassing the rockery, which was the liquid pool. There is a protruding rock next to the rockery, and clusters of lotus leaves grow green and verdant next to the rock.
Qingling came to the edge of the pool and leaned down to pick a lotus leaf.
Under the moonlight, the pool water is rippling, the silver light floats, and the tentacles are warm. Because it is summer, it is rare that the pool water is neither lukewarm nor cool, and it is rare to be quiet at night. Qingling is interested, if you put your feet in the water to play for a while, how comfortable it should be!
Qingling looked around, climbed the rockery and slowly moved to a very hidden rock to stand still, at this time, even if someone came over, he couldn't see that someone would be here.
Qingling smiled softly, her eyebrows flowed with innocent happiness, she sat on the rock, took off her shoes and socks, and just wanted to put her feet into the water to play for a while, when she suddenly stopped, because she heard the sound of talking from the side of the rockery.
"Niangniang, the slave maid will help you go back to the palace, it is cold at night, and Niangniang's body is important." Fang Fei's soft and crisp voice.
"Fang Fei, the emperor doesn't come, the Fengzao Palace is cold and the ice cellar is the same, the palace is still in the Taiye Pond to enjoy the lotus, the emperor also likes to come to the Taiye Pool on weekdays." The imperial concubine said introvertedly and slightly sadly.
"Niangniang, when Qingling was in Fengzao Palace, didn't the emperor see the sky to visit the eldest prince. Now that Qingling has gone to Renshou Palace, the emperor will not come. When I arrived, all the palaces were going to come to the door, Yu Guiren was pregnant, unwell, the emperor went to Yuxiu Palace, at this time the emperor may have rested, the slave or help you back to the palace! Fang Fei's crisp voice drifted into Qingling's ears word by word.
Qingling's heart was stagnant, wasn't the Qingling mentioned in Fang Fei's words exactly herself? But isn't it, when she was in Fengzao Palace, the emperor came to Fengzao Palace to see the sky, and now she has gone to Renshou Palace, and the emperor also came to Renshou Palace to have a meal.
Qingling shrank up, didn't care about her bare feet, and shrunk back and leaned against the rockery wall behind her, for fear that the imperial concubine and Fang Fei would come over and find her.
His back suddenly leaned into a soft chest, Qingling turned his head and faced a pair of warm and clear eyes, which was the man who was somewhat similar to the emperor on the queen mother's birthday.
Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she couldn't help but open her mouth wide and let out an exclamation.
A soft cotton palm reached out from behind, covering her grown mouth at the right time when she exclaimed.
The man wrapped his arms around her from behind, and his other hand reached over and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Qinglinghe was once so thin by a man, she was extremely annoyed, struggled hard, trying to break free from the man's embrace, the man lowered his head, his warm lips touched her ears, and said softly: "Do you want to be quiet for a while, or do you want to drag you and me into the water?" ”
Qingling's mouth was covered by his hand, and he couldn't speak, but he heard the voices of the imperial concubine and Fang Fei talking closer and closer, and stopped by the rock.
"Niangniang, you have the eldest prince by your side, what are you afraid of, since the emperor likes to go to Renshou Palace, it is better to take the eldest prince to Renshou Palace to walk around." Fang Fei softly persuaded her.
The imperial concubine sighed, Fang Fei only entered the palace to serve after that incident, who knows, after that incident, the queen mother and the emperor were very indifferent to her, and she didn't necessarily get any better than she could please her.
Of course, she will not and dare not tell anyone about these inner troubles, she can have the position of the imperial concubine today, and she can keep the eldest prince growing up safe and sound, and she has been duly rewarded.
"The palace should be content with the emperor's side, what else is there to be afraid of? Hongu is also tired, so let's go back! ”
The footsteps of the two faded away, and there was no other sound around them, and the man let go of his hand.
Qingling was very annoyed, what the imperial concubine and Fang Fei said later, she was not in the mood to listen, as soon as the man let go of his hand, he left his embrace, glared at him fiercely, and found that he was staring at his bare feet, with a smile in his eyes.
Qingling became more and more ashamed, hurriedly put on his shoes and socks, and climbed the rock to leave.
The man leaned on one side, leaned on the rock, blocked the way, chuckled, and his warm eyes fell on Qingling, "If I am not mistaken, you should be the palace maid Qingling of Renshou Palace, I heard the words of the imperial concubine clearly, I didn't expect that you are a little palace maid, and you are so valued by the imperial brother, which attracts the queen mother and the imperial concubine to compete for you." ”
Qingling was stopped by him, there were only two layers of thin shirts between the two of them, she could almost feel the man's warm body temperature, she had to take a step back, her eyes were slightly condensed, and she said angrily: "Please get out of the way, the slave doesn't know what you say!" ”
The man still leaned against the rockery, clasped his hands around his chest, looked sideways at the delicate moon wheel in the air, and then looked at the sparkling waves of the Taiye Pool, his eyes finally fell on Qingling's face, and said with a smile: "In addition to the appearance can be compared with the lotus, I really don't see any difference between you and the women in the harem, I'm really disappointed, when did the emperor have these vulgar tastes in his eyes." ”
Qingling saw that he had no intention of giving way, and was indignant for a while, and when she heard that she and the lotus flowers were in the same taste, she immediately became interested, the corners of her mouth raised, and she chuckled: "Jin Taoqian said that out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons." And Tang Li Bai's poem said, the hibiscus flower in the past, and the broken intestine grass today. It can be seen that it is a clear ripple or a vulgar thing, not in the lotus, but in the hearts of people. I don't know if today's lotus flower has fallen into the heart of the laity, or the laity don't understand the heart of the lotus, and it has more vulgar meaning? ”
The man stared at Qingling for a long time, and said with a dumb smile: "Zhuang Shengxiao dreams of butterflies, and hopes that the emperor will trust the cuckoo in spring." It's just mundane things, not in lotuses, not in butterflies, it's all in people's hearts......"
Qingling was afraid that he would continue to entangle, but after the man sighed, he dropped a sentence, "The palace maids in the harem are so interesting, no wonder the emperor lingers and can't think about it." ”
He turned and walked over the edge of the rock, and his slender and handsome body landed on the edge of the pool and flew away.
Qingling quickly passed through Yongxiang, gasping for breath and entering Renshou Palace, when the hour had arrived, and there was a sound of locking behind him.
Wan Xin greeted her, holding her eyebrows and muttering, "Sister, why did you come back, I'm worried about death, the boiling water is estimated to be cold at this time?" ”
"I ran back and forth to the Taiye Pool, and my stomach was much more comfortable, I don't need to boil lotus leaf water to drink, Wanxin, let's go back, don't disturb the Queen Mother and Mama Ji." Qingling whispered, "I have something to say to you." ”
Back in the hut, Qingling told Wanxin everything about the imperial concubine and Fang Fei, and the two of them had no clue when they analyzed and analyzed.
Qingling has been living with his grandmother in the old garden outside the city, and there is no friend of the boudoir on weekdays, nor has he participated in any banquets related to the emperor's relatives, let alone any intersection with the imperial concubine and the queen mother.
Even the emperor also had a relationship with Qianlichi and secretly took a few looks. At that time, the emperor just thought that they were ordinary people dressed as men and picking up lotus roots, how could there be a royal concubine's mouth that she never forgot and was worried?
Tossing and turning all night, waking up the next day, Qingling asked Wanxin to go out to inquire, and the prince rested in the palace last night. Wan Xin snickered, and skimmed Qingling calmly, "Sister came back late yesterday, shouldn't she have met someone?" ”
"Someone you've met, don't you know if you go and inquire, and ask me here?"