Chapter 32: She Is Not She
Zhu Zhen didn't know how long he slept this night, and when he woke up, it was dark. She didn't call for spring and autumn, she just quietly hugged the quilt and lay on the bed, with her bright eyes open, thinking about what had happened in the past few days.
That jade bracelet, although it is in Fujin, but she is not very sure, this must mean that the person Prince Yu is really looking for is Fujin, but at least, this idea is much more promising than Concubine Liang, isn't it?
She clearly remembered that Concubine Liang had always cherished the black jade jade pendant carved with the "bandit stone bandit seat", but she had never seen any broken jade bracelet appear on her hand. In this story, what roles did Kangxi, Concubine Liang, Prince Yu, and Prince Yu Fujin play? What kind of emotional entanglement is there between them? Can the whole story really develop the way you envisioned it?
Thinking about these questions, which may never be solved, Zhu Zhen fell asleep again in a daze.
When I woke up this time, it was bright outside. Zhu Zhen lay on the bed, stretched a big lazy waist, it had been a long time since he had stretched his muscles and bones like this, and the whole person seemed to be in a lot of energy.
Pulling open the bed curtain, the bamboo hoop called in to cut spring and dye autumn. After some washing, Zhu Zhen realized that he had slept at the right time, but fortunately, Prince Yu was fine, and Zhu Zhen was not in a hurry.
Bamboo hoop is in a good mood today, a tender goose yellow wide piping flag outfit, covered with a turquoise green gown, just combed the hair when cutting spring and specially picked a branch inlaid with ruby bat orchid hairpin, Zhu Cheng knew that she took the meaning of "Hong Fu Qitian", so he only smiled and told her to hurry up on the hairpin. Now out of the house, I saw a piece of sunlight in my eyes, and a sudden bright feeling made Zhu Zhen can't help but sigh "It's good to be alive".
Without further delay, Zhu Zhen led Jianchun and Dye Qiu and walked quickly towards Prince Yu's courtyard.
In the house, Siluk was accompanying Prince Yu, listening to the maid's report that the bamboo basket was coming, he welcomed her into the house with a faint smile, and said, "Your uncle has been thinking about you all day, so go in and talk about something." After speaking, he led Qingya back to the house to rest.
Zhu Zhen knew that she was also tired for the past two days, so he only invited her to give birth to a good life, so he entered Prince Yu's house alone.
Although Prince Yu struggled back from the line of death, Zhu Zhen could clearly feel that the person on the bed was even weaker than before, and his vitality was flowing away from the person in front of him bit by bit. Thinking of this, the lightness when going out is much lighter.
Zhu Ji gently walked to Prince Yu's bed and whispered, "Uncle Fu, Ji'er has come to see you." ”
The moment he heard the sound of the bamboo basket, Fuquan opened his eyes. Zhu Zhen understood that what he was thinking about at this moment was the origin of that half of the jade bracelet. Zhu Zhen didn't want him to be anxious, took off the veil, took out the two jade bracelets from his purse, held them lightly in his palm, and said: "Uncle Fu, Ji'er doesn't know the reason for this jade bracelet, and I don't know which woman the 'Mei'er' in Uncle Uncle's heart is, but the half of the jade bracelet that Ji'er found is in the Fujin room." ”
Fu Quan seemed to be stunned, and he looked at the mouth of the bamboo basket steadily, as if to make sure that Fang Cai's words were indeed spoken from the mouth of the bamboo basket. After a long time, he said softly, "What's the matter?" ”
Hearing this, although Zhu Zong was helpless, he said: "What is the ins and outs of the matter, Zhu Er does not dare to say anything, the only thing that Zhu Er can be sure of is that this bracelet is indeed found from Fu Jin's room, and ......" paused, Zhu Zong said, "Fu Jin seems to value this bracelet very much, as for how Uncle Fu found this bracelet, when Uncle Fu is better, Uncle Fu will slowly talk to Uncle Listen." ”
Fuquan seemed to can't wait until then, and insisted on asking Zhu Zhen to make it clear now, but before Zhu Zheng persuaded him to say a few words, Fu Quan lost his energy, and Zhu Zheng said: "You see, your body has protested with you, if Uncle doesn't raise his body well, Ji'er will fight Uncle Blame, and he won't say another point." ”
Fuquan couldn't do it in the end, and followed the meaning of the bamboo basket.
After appeasing Prince Yu, Zhu Zhen watched Prince Yu fall asleep again, and recruited two little servants to take care of him before returning to his yard. After only a few steps into the courtyard, I saw a small guy running over at the door of the house, and when he got closer, Zhu Zhen saw that it was Sun Gui of Babeile Mansion, and he had a lot of contact with him in the days when he lived in Babeile Mansion.
Sun Gui called a thousand and said hello to the bamboo basket.
Zhu Zhen smiled: "It's been a few days, are you here to look for me?" ”
Sun Gui said: "Back to the girl's words, my grandfather instructed the slave to give the girl a message." ”
"What's that?" Bamboo Shoe Road.
I only heard Sun Gui say: "Get up in the morning and dress carefully." ”
After Sun Gui left, Zhu Zhen entered the room and sat down at the table, holding a teacup. When the tea in the cup had become warm, Zhu Zhen said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”
Jian Chun and Ran Qiu listened, you look at me, I look at you, hesitated and no one spoke.
"Since you entered the house, you two wanted to talk and stopped, why did you call you two to speak now, but you didn't say anything?" Zhu Zhen put down the cup and looked at the two of them fixedly.
Gritting his teeth, Dye Qiu said: "The slave and maid trespass, but there is one thing I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”
"Say it." Zhu Zhen said softly.
"Not long after the girl fainted yesterday, Babel came to her. When the prince escaped, Lord Belle heard that the girl was sick, so he came to see the girl. The girl fell asleep, sat down for a while, and then returned. Later, every few hours, he sent someone to see if the girl had woken up, and it had been five or six times. "Dye the autumn flocculent.
Seeing that Zhu Zheng lowered his eyes and did not speak, neither of them dared to speak again, and after a long time, Zhu Zhen said slowly: "I know, you guys are busy with your go." Then the two of them bowed down.
Did you send someone to ask so many times just to tell her this sentence? Bamboo Basket exhaled heavily. If you put aside your identity, how can you not be moved by Babel's affection? His maintenance when he collided with Concubine Liang, his forbearance when he was disrespectful to him, his efforts to make himself happy, the unknown softness he showed in front of him, and his care today. Even Prince Yu, who has only been in contact for a few days, can see it, how can he not see it?
I can't say why, she is a little resistant to Babel's care, she can't feel the heart in Babel, but because of her identity, she doesn't dare to refuse directly, she has repeatedly distanced herself and hinted repeatedly, just hoping that Babel can understand, and then give up on her. And the person she wanted to get close to was only one person who deceived her, but after knowing his identity, this little thought could only be suppressed by her in the bottom of her heart.
Perhaps, should I put aside my worries, forget about the four beylers, and try to accept the eight beylers? As soon as he thought of this possibility, Zhu Zhen shook his head suddenly, after all, something was missing. Disturbed in his heart, Zhu Zhen simply stopped thinking about it.
Fuquan's body is getting better and better, and the atmosphere of the whole palace is also lively, only the bamboo basket sees the joy in his eyes and buries his worries in his heart.
After the lunch break on this day, Jian Chun came in and said, Prince Yu came to invite the bamboo basket over. Zhu Zhen said in his heart, Prince Xu Yu's body has recovered a little, and he can't hold it back, and he wants to know about the jade bracelet.
Before the sickbed, Prince Yu's body was still very weak, but it was obvious that the whole person had vitality. After greeting Prince Yu, he sat down on the round stool in front of the bed.
I thought that Prince Yu would ask him about the bracelet when he came up, but he didn't want to, but Prince Yu told the story, and Zhu Zhen vaguely felt that this story was their story.
That year, in the general election of Xiunu, Prince Yu is the brother of today's saint, and he is the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and he has not yet married Fujin, yes, and he is also the second most popular candidate in addition to Kangxi. What is commendable is that although Fuquan is a prince, his requirements for his concubine Fujin are just confidants.
The spring breeze is bright, the peach branches are dying, and Prince Yu, who has never been interested in the fat swallow of the ring, met a good concubine who is still a palace maid on the way out of the palace. She was dressed in the coarsest clothes, and stood behind several show girls with her head bowed, so quiet, so graceful, and the dazzling and gorgeous brilliance faded beside her.
It was such a side face that Prince Yu remembered her.
Later, Prince Yu, who had never set foot in Zhongcui Palace, stepped into the gate of Zhongcui Palace for the first time. Facing the surprise and shy show girl in the courtyard, Prince Yu never stopped, he just wanted to take another look at the quiet and beautiful woman that day. He is Prince Yu, but he also has Meng Lang once. But in the end, he was disappointed, he didn't find her.
The second time, when he had learned wisely, he had told his servants to inquire about it, and that was the first time he knew her name, Qin Mei, as fresh and elegant as she had brought to people.
Therefore, when he collided with her in a hurry that evening, and when he picked up the painting scroll that fell to the ground and spread out, Hanmei on the silk made her recognize her at a glance.
Hearing a strange man reveal his identity, she was a little flustered, took the scroll and ran away. But he smiled, this little woman who was different from the quiet and calm when he first saw him, but a little flustered, walked into his eyes.
He didn't go to Zhongcui Palace recklessly, and he just laughed at the emperor's jokes. He just silently collected everything about her, she loves plum blossoms, likes to paint plum branches, she is good at playing the pipa, and she likes to play "Chu Han", he can't imagine how such a delicate and gentle woman likes to play the majestic "Chu Han" song. For her, he felt more and more that he wanted to know more and more.
The last time I saw her was on one night. There was a banquet that day, and when I saw her, I was by the bamboo forest path, and at that time, she sat by the water, but she only had a side face, but she had already recognized her. She seemed to be different from before, but before he could figure it out, the commotion not far away made him feel bad in his heart. Thinking that she had noticed something unusual, she turned her head to check. The black shadow behind him came in a hurry, and she rushed over without even thinking about it. Everything happened in an instant, and by the time he could move, she had collapsed into his arms. He called her name and tried to help her up. But she, who had already lost her strength, pushed him away forcefully, refused to even look at him, turned her head and staggered away. He tried to catch up, but the Praetorian Guards had already followed, and all he found was a broken jade bracelet on the ground, the broken surface of which was stained with blood.
The story doesn't end here. In the next few days, due to the errand sent to him by the emperor to capture the assassin, he was never available to find her, and finally the matter came to an end, but he was shocked to learn that she had become the emperor's promise, and he, who was also appointed by the emperor to marry, was the youngest daughter of the Ming Antu family, Siluk. His innate nature made him choose silence, and this silence was twenty years.
The following story, there is no need for Prince Yu to tell, Zhu Zhen also understands that when a person is about to come to the end of his life, there will always be people who can't give up and cut off their love.
"Uncle Fu's story is finished, are you going to listen to Ji'er?" Zhu Zhen smiled sweetly.
Fuquan didn't object, smiled lightly and nodded.
There is a little girl who entered the palace draft at the age of fifteen. When she first entered the palace, she was often bullied because her background was not thick, but fortunately, she was born with a good temperament and never cared about it. Until one day, one of the show girls was embarrassed by the prince's family, and asked her to change the clothes of the palace maid and serve by the side. She didn't argue or make trouble, and quietly changed her clothes. That day, she saw him for the first time.
She loves to paint plums and play the pipa, but coincidentally, the little palace maids assigned to serve her are like-minded with her, and the two little girls have formed good sisters in the unaccompanied deep palace. That day, she learned that the good sister was in trouble, so she packed up some jewelry, and drew a picture of Hanmei, and asked the little sister to exchange some money for emergency, which was not a secret, but that day she was bumped into, and heard the other party reveal her identity, so frightened that the little palace maid hurriedly turned back to the house, and refused to take any more risks, and the painting was kept.
The emperor gave a banquet to everyone, but she had someone in her heart, for fear of being favored by the emperor and selected as a concubine, so when everyone was drinking the banquet, she found an excuse to slip out. She knew that he was also going to choose Fujin this time, but she never dared to imagine that she could be chosen. There was a commotion at the banquet, and when she followed the voice, she saw him! But she didn't have time to rejoice, she clearly saw the cold light that wanted to hurt him, she didn't know what she had done, but when the pain hit, she realized that she was already in his arms.
It was the first time she had been so close to him, and his arms were warm and thick, making her reluctant to leave. But when she heard him calling eagerly by another name that she was familiar with, she suddenly understood something. She didn't wait for him to see herself, then turned and ran away. She went back to the house to clean up the wound, only to find that the bracelet passed on to her by her mother when she entered the palace was gone, and she had no way to go back to find it, and the things that had been passed down from generation to generation were gone in her hands. I don't know if it's because the jade bracelet was lost, or because of his misidentification, she was powerless. Leaning back at the table, she lowered her arms dejectedly, and with a "ding" sound, half of the jade bracelet slipped out of her sleeve and fell to the ground, still stained with her red blood.
She didn't tell anyone about that night, she was careful to keep the half of the jade bracelet, she couldn't say why, but she couldn't bear to lose it, she thought, even if she kept this jade bracelet for the rest of her life.
But God seems to pity this woman, and a few days later, she actually received a holy decree to marry Prince Yu! It was something she had never dreamed of, she was ecstatic, she was restless, and she lived her life before marriage like all brides-to-be, or even more than any other bride.
He was as gentle and elegant as she had known, but she had never heard him call by his name as he had done that night, and he and she had always been gentle and respectful. How many times did she want to tell him that the person he called that night was her. But she was reluctant.
She didn't play the pipa again, she thought, he didn't even know that Fujin, who had lived with him for decades, could also play the iron and copper pipa. She didn't paint plum anymore, because of her name, he would often ask people to plant a few sunflowers, that was his intention, how could she not accept it? Slowly, Prince Yu Fujin learned to like sunflowers, and Prince Yu, the favorite in his heart, is still plum blossoms.
"Where's Aoi?" The bamboo basket stopped for a long time before Prince Yu spoke quietly.
"In the kitchen, I made soup and medicine for my uncle." Zhu Zhen replied, "Ji'er will go and find my aunt." ”
Fuquan didn't stop her and let her go.
In the kitchen, Sirukh's was carefully boiling medicine, she was surrounded by white gas, and the fragrance of medicine in the room made Zhu Ji can't help but take a few more breaths.
"Auntie, Uncle Fu is awake and calling you." Zhu Zhen said softly, for the rest, she didn't talk much, this should be a matter for the two of them, it should be the two of them to make it clear.
Sirukh answered, got up and said, "That's it." As he spoke, he skillfully strained the medicinal juice and went to the whole house with the steaming soup.
Zhu Zhen accompanied Siluk out of the kitchen, and when he was about to arrive at Fuquan's courtyard, he said goodbye to Siluk. Siruk smiled lightly and went into the house, the bamboo basket took a few steps, looking back, Siruk's figure was slender, and his whole body seemed to be dyed with a layer of brilliance.
Spring travel, apricot blossoms blow all over the head, and Mo is a young man who is full of romance. The concubine intends to marry and rest for the rest of her life. Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed.