Chapter 12: The First Snow
Time passed slowly, like a pool of still water, calm and slow, and finally slowly moved forward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Time has been spent in the palace in spring, summer and autumn.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the palace was particularly busy outside the palace. First of all, they had to go to the Yihe Hall to the emperor to accept the congratulations of the civil and military officials and the people, and then the harem concubines went to congratulate the emperor and the queen, and finally the concubines above the concubine were taken by the emperor to participate in the night banquet.
As soon as the sky was dark, the green branch pushed the door in and dressed up Puyu. Puyu stared blankly at the woman in the bronze mirror, her makeup was exquisite, surrounded by pearls and emeralds, the aqua blue Lianyun Penglai pattern palace dress, her skin was as white as porcelain, and the whole person was like a clear spring water from the mountains, clean and cold, but she was like a stranger.
Puyu asked herself, time went round and round, she and Li Ruoyan were still close friends, and the two of them could spend the whole day without saying a word, as if nothing had changed. If it hadn't changed, then why would she wear the concubine palace dress today, and why did Ruoyan often frown and lose her mind in the distance.
Puyu shook her head slightly, it turned out that time did not spare anyone, slowly passing away, changing a person invisibly little by little. After four years, she and Ruoyan have changed a lot, and they can never go back to the time when they knew everything and said endlessly. They are silent and unwilling to admit it, unwilling to break the existing tranquility and beauty.
Green Zhi looked at Puyu and frowned lightly and shook his head, mistakenly thinking that Puyu didn't like it, and said sullenly while unbuttoning Puyu's shirt forward: "Little master, wait a minute, the slave will go to change another piece of clothing for you immediately." ā
Puyu pressed her hand and said, "The clothes are very good, there is no need to change them." ā
When the green branch heard this, he changed his depressed look, smiled contentedly, like a child who had got candy, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he raised his face and said proudly: "I know that the little master is gentle and quiet, like a begonia that blooms alone in the middle of the night, which is the most suitable for blue." ā
Puyu was infected by her joy, smiled softly like water, and asked, "Green Branch, why do you think I look like a begonia?" ā
She has heard countless people evaluate herself, and many people say that she thinks about the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and she is gentle and does not lose her aura.
Well, some people said she looked like a little fox.
When the begonia flowers are not blooming, the buds are red and gorgeous, like rouge, the flowers are delicate and moving, extraordinarily beautiful, known as "national beauty", more like the late concubine, Chen Jinlin's amazing and beautiful woman.
The green branch pondered for a while, and replied: "The slave maid thinks carefully that the little master is indeed not like a begonia, but more like an epiphany, and the little master is like an epiphany during the day on weekdays, hidden in the ten thousand flowers, ordinary and inconspicuous; When the little master concentrates on painting, it is like blooming in the quiet of a summer and autumn night, which is quiet and beautiful, dazzling, and intoxicating. ā
It is short-lived, no matter how beautiful it is, it is only an instant, and it is not a good meaning.
Puyu suddenly remembered Song Jin, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, she often didn't see him, and would think of him occasionally in her spare time, and she had never been able to accurately define his exact place in her heart. Now I seem to understand, Song Jin is the only epiphany in her long life, she met in the best age, she was instantly moved by him with a crown of jade, when she left the palace smoothly, after the passage of time, she will eventually forget him in the depths of memory.
Puyu and Li Ruoyan went to the Yihe Hall to congratulate the emperor and queen, and disappeared in the crowd of congratulations, and saw Song Jin and the queen as the main seat in the palace. The queen's phoenix crown is graceful and luxurious, and the mother is the world. Perfect match.
By the time the long congratulation was over, it was already noon, Puyu returned to the Jingyu Pavilion to take a nap, took off her palace clothes, frowned and changed into the clothes picked by the green branches, and participated in the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet.
Puyu is dressed in a plain straight brocade robe, with light-colored flowers embroidered at the round neckline, and peach-colored silk threads showing off a little red plum blossom at the cuffs.
Linglong was taken aback, her eyes widened and swept back and forth on Puyu's body several times, and she stopped talking.
Puyu bent her willow eyebrows, smiled gently, and said, "Linglong, is there anything wrong with my clothes?" ā
The person in front of him was light, his tone was soft, and he was as gentle as the mountains and rivers of the south of the Yangtze River, Linglong was sure that the person in front of him must be Puyu, shook his head, and said: "Miss is very beautiful in this dress, but she doesn't look like Miss anymore." ā
Puyu smiled, the dress was indeed not suitable for her.
Recently, she has not seen Song Jin, but she has been promoted to the position of concubine again and again, which has aroused some attention from her. Tonight is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, a good day to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, a group of concubines will naturally be dressed up with full skills, if she dresses lightly according to the past, wearing a plain dress, tonight's banquet will be particularly prominent, easy to provoke the eyes of others, and it will be more complicated to disappear silently in the palace in the future.
Ling stared at the door and entered, interrupting the conversation, "Miss, it's time to go out for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet." ā
Puyu went out to attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and only then walked to the door of the South Wing Garden, and the sky suddenly floated snowflakes, and the small snowflakes were like pear petals blown off by the wind, gently purple. Linglong turned back to the hall to get the umbrella, Puyu stood under the eaves, stretched out his hand to catch the snowflakes, the crystal snowflakes fell into Puyu's slightly hot palm, and then slowly melted, and finally turned into a drop of cool water.
Puyu sighed lightly, it turned out that she had been in the palace for almost a year unconsciously. She remembered that when she first entered the palace, the peach blossoms had just bloomed on the branches, and time flickered, and today was the season of the first snow.
At the night banquet, as Puyu expected, the concubines were all dressed up like flowers blooming in March, and as far as the eye could see, they were all shining with the light of the pearl and jade ring, and the hall was a bright scene of singing and dancing.
However, the most dazzling among the crowd is Chen Guifei Chen Jinlin, who has been favored since entering the palace, wearing a wide-sleeved wide-sleeved palace dress with blurry flowers and silk brocade, embroidered with moving begonias, light mist purple silk in the waist, hair combed with smoke hibiscus bun, lightly swept Emei thin powder on the face, bright and beautiful.
Beauty is always particularly eye-catching, Puyu glanced at Chen Jinlin, and her beautiful face was carefully dressed to be even more beautiful and beautiful.
Puyu always felt that something important seemed to be missing from this hall, and her heart was faintly uneasy, and she raised her eyes to look for it, but she couldn't find it.
Pei Pei walked to Puyu's side, smiled, and said to Puyu: "Pu Concubine, but what did you lose?" ā
Puyu retracted her gaze from Chen Jinlin, and turned to look at Pei Pei, she was wearing a light yellow spruce fir with a white palace satin silk embroidered dress, her abdomen was slightly raised, the whole person was extraordinarily warm, and the smile on her face was about to overflow, according to her background and stunning appearance, it was not surprising that she was treated so well. said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, the concubine has not lost anything." ā
Pei Pei followed Puyu's gaze just now, and saw Chen Jinlin chatting with the late concubine, laughing and trembling, thinking to himself, Puyu and Li Ruoyan often stayed in the South Wing Garden, rarely came out to walk around, socialized with people, and had no intersection with Chen Jinlin, who lived in the harem to the north. He asked faintly, "Then what are you looking for?" ā
Puyu was silent for a while, Pei Pei asked so directly, she was speechless, and she didn't know if she was looking for people or things.
Pei Pei continued: "You won't be looking for He Mengyao, right?"