(11) Old feelings
The thing was thin, not hard or soft, with a round shape with some irregularities and a glowing green.
- Jinghua's scales.
It was a strange feeling. Ah Mo hadn't seen it, but she recognized it at once.
The origin of everything, the origin of everything.
If it weren't for the loss of it, which caused Jinghua's spiritual power to flow and his life to be in danger, there would not be so many ups and downs in the future, tossing and turning, and of course, there would not be so many joys and sorrows engraved in his heart.
Ah Mo had mixed feelings, and she put it in the palm of her hand, as if facing an old friend who had known each other for a long time. There was a familiar aura flowing from it, and it was the aura of Jinghua—warmth, tolerance, compassion, and endless love.
There is a slight crack in the middle of the scales, and it can still be seen when you look closely, Ah Mo knows that it is the appearance that Jinghua barely showed after trying his best to repair it with spells, the original Zhen scales used to dry up and crack, dim and withered, and were ruthlessly broken into two petals, just like him once was.
"Okay, we Jinghua have worked hard, just like you, right?" Ah Mo stroked the scales with pity and muttered to herself.
"But Jinghua is really, such a valuable thing, why can't it be stored in his own room, but it is placed here, wouldn't it be a pity if he lost it?"
Ah Mo said, and put the scales back in the bag, and was about to tighten the rope, but he touched a small bulge in the corner of the bag.
It was a hand-embroidered word - Yao.
Ah Mo's hand froze, and she seemed to remember that a long time ago, on the Deyue Tower by the West Lake, Jinghua had told him the story of a boy and a girl.
In that story, the boy gave his scales to the girl he loved, but then fate played tricks, and the two ended up not together.
It was a sad story, and "Yao" was the name of the girl in the story.
Ah Mo was suddenly stunned.
An emotion that I have never felt before slowly grows in my heart, I can't tell what it feels like, there are some grievances, some unwillingness, and some annoyance......
There are still some hesitations.
Jinghua spent a lot of spiritual power to repair the scales, but why was she still in this bag that Xuan Yao gave her?
Is it a souvenir?
Did he forget that it was Xuan Yao's failure to protect the scales he entrusted him with, which caused him to be in trouble?
Or did he never hate Xuan Yao at all? Even if she did something like that to him, he still couldn't hate her?
Ah Mo was puzzled.
She hates Xuan Yao, and she has always hated it.
From the first time Gu Yuelou saw Xuan Yao, she deliberately stimulated Jinghua and caused him to faint. Later, in Yunmengze, she and that Chenhua came to visit him again, saying that they were visiting, but in fact, they asked Jinghua to ask Shuai Yin to go back.
It was at that time that Ah Mo knew that the scale was broken in her hands.
She said that she was forced by Jiang Yi to go, and she couldn't do anything. Hmph, pretending to be pitiful, only Jinghua will believe it.
That's Jinghua's chastity scales, Yinlong's top important thing, Jinghua completely trusts her so unreservedly and gives it to her, how can she let others spoil it?
If you were yourself, you would never hand over the knife holder around your neck!
He also said it several times in front of Jinghua, but he was not very happy, and he was forced to be anxious by himself, so he said lightly, "Xuan Yao is also a poor girl." Then, keep silent.
At that time, he was not in good health, and he was afraid that he would be angry, so he didn't have a hard fight with him. Later, Jinghua was better, and he was about to stand up, and as soon as he was happy, he forgot about the past.
But today, when I saw this scale, the past came to my heart again.
Thinking that Xuan Yao had damaged Jinghua's scales, she was angry!
Thinking that Jinghua actually put Zhen Scales in the bag that Xuan Yao gave him, she felt even more uncomfortable!
That's her Jinghua, and his scales are also hers, why is it in a bag given to him by another woman!
And why is he hiding here? Is he afraid that he will find out in the dormitory?
What he wanted to hide, was it the scales, or the bag with the scales, or the past, or both?
Ah Mo suddenly felt that this Nine Heavens was too big, so big that the distance between her and Jinghua had become far away. She didn't understand, what kind of life Jinghua had lived in the 2,800 years before they met, and what kind of person was he?
It's like he's read so many books, but he's never said it.
It's as if he secretly mended the scales, and he never said that.
It's like, the past between him and Xuan Yao......
Jinghua, you're going to tell me, right?
As long as I ask you, you will tell me that your whole heart is filled with foam, and you can no longer tolerate others, right?
She looked at the scales aggrievedly and muttered to herself.
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Jinghua is not in the palace.
This is to be expected. Jinghua has always been very dedicated, when he was a handsome man in the past, he had already managed every day, and now he is the emperor of heaven, and he is even more powerful.
Now that Ah Mo is here, he will try to bring back everything he can bring back to Chen'an Palace to do, accompany her to eat, chat, even if he doesn't have time to talk, it's good just to look at it like this. In the past, when Changning was in the palace, he couldn't even see his shadow.
But today, Ah Mo really wants to see him.
When I came back from the library in the morning, my heart was blocked, hoping to see him and explain it clearly, but when the sun set and dusk, Jinghua still didn't come back.
The sun and moon in the ninefold heavens were surprisingly large, and when the Pleiades Star Monarch was driving the golden wheel and the sun, when he was still thousands of miles away, there was already a thin spray of sunlight spilling out, bright and shining, splashing Ah Mo's eyes.
She was lying on a couch in the garden, taking a nap. At this time, the plum blossoms in the garden are fragrant, and she happens to be full, and she can always sleep soundly this night.
But today, she also lay down at this point, but she didn't fall asleep at all.
She simply got up and went outside, so as not to worry about waiting for Jinghua to wait.
She remembered that when Changning left, she asked her to visit Jing'an from time to time and add a few small flowers in front of her spiritual seat.
Ah Mo cut a few cold plums that bloomed just right, brought two peaches, and went to Jing'an's clothes mound for a long time.
Wufuhai is the royal mausoleum of Yinlong, only the royal family is qualified to rest there after death, and ordinary people are buried elsewhere, and the maidservants of such an identity as Jing'an are buried in the northwesternmost part of the Heavenly Palace, a place called Xiyuan.
When Ah Mo arrived at the rest garden, he found that there was already a person standing in front of Jing'an's grave.
It was a girl who looked about the same age as Jing'an, although she was also a maid, but she looked like a maid with some status in the palace, and she was dressed very gorgeously.
"Hmm, this immortal monarch, is he also here to worship Jing'an?" Xiaohui is very sophisticated, and when she saw Ah Mo, she took the initiative to ask with a smile.
Ah Mo nodded "um", she was in a bad mood today, and she didn't want to talk too much, not to mention that although the girl in front of her was enthusiastic, her eyes flickered and she was sycophant, which always made her feel uncomfortable.
Xiaohui saw Ah Mo take out the plum blossoms in the basket, and said in surprise: "You are also from Chen'an Palace?"
Ah Mo nodded.
Xiaohui was still smiling, but there was a trace of disdain in her heart.
When she saw Ah Mo for the first time, she felt that although the other party was dressed ordinarily, there was a sense of luxury in her demeanor, which was formed from a young bell ringing and eating, poetry and books, and hairpins.
After a long time, it's only in Chen'an Palace. I think that after Jing'an went, there must always be someone to serve and take care of His Royal Highness, so he was transferred from elsewhere, and he was born with face.
Xiaohui immediately put on the style of her housekeeper, and said proudly: "Which palace were you from before? Why haven't I seen it?"
Ah Mo had something on his mind today, and he didn't care about the other party's disrespectful tone, and said casually: "I wasn't anywhere before, I just came." ”
"You were transferred to serve Your Majesty when you first came? ”
This sentence made Ah Mo laugh, she put the flowers one by one in front of Jing'an's tablet, and inserted a beautiful shape, but did not explain.
Xiaohui said again: "Did you know Jing'an before?"
"I don't know. Ah Mo shook her head, "Changning has something to do, ask me to come and send her some flowers every day." ”
"Oh. Xiao Hui was even more sure that the other party was just a little palace maid in Chen'an Palace, and her official rank was still below her.
Although she is sophisticated, her heart is not bad, but she saw that the other party was lower than herself, and she became confident for no reason, and her mood was relaxed, and she pulled Ah Mo and said affectionately: "I should come often." Alas...... Jing'an is also miserable, she is introverted and doesn't have many friends. Except for me and Changning, basically no one came to see her. ”
Ah Mo smiled slightly, "Are you also a friend of Jing'an?"
"Ah, you don't even recognize me, I'm Xiaohui of Fuyan Palace, and I'm the person next to my mother. Xiaohui said proudly: "In the past, His Majesty and Niangniang were close, and Jing'an was also close to me." By the way, I'll just tell you this, don't go out and talk nonsense. ”
Ah Mo's heart ached, as if he was electrocuted by a jellyfish, but he deliberately said quietly: "Oh, Your Majesty and your mother, were you good before?"
"Of course it's very good! I'll tell you, it's just a little bit, and the two of them will become!" Xiaohui said mysteriously, and sighed again: "Hey, if it weren't for the previous Jiang Tianhou provoking, how could Niangniang marry King Xuan, the whole Heavenly Palace knows that Your Majesty and Niangniang are the best match!"
"The entire Heavenly Palace knows?" asked Ah Mo biting her lip.
"Of course, they have been good for so many years, childhood sweethearts, and concubines!"
Xiaohui said proudly: "You don't know how good Your Majesty is to our mother, at that time he said that he wanted to marry her, and he sent Zhen Liang over without saying a word." Later, Jiang Tianhou had another problem, saying that he wanted him to go to Mobei to seal and praise his father, so he agreed to marry his mother. You don't know how dangerous it is, but Your Majesty went without thinking about it. ”
Ah Mo had a calm face.
Jinghua said that he wanted to marry her!
Jinghua didn't say a word and gave her Zhen Scales!
Jinghua was able to marry her, and he spared his life to seal Kuafu!
She felt that the jellyfish in her heart bit her three times in a row.
"But that's all in the past. Xiaohui pulled her and walked out together, and took care of her all the way in an old-fashioned manner: "Now that Your Majesty is about to become the queen, we can't chew the root of our tongue as subordinates, if we say the wrong thing and upset the master, it will not be good." ”
Ah Mo took a breath, kicked the jellyfish in his heart, and said loudly, "Yes, you are right. His Majesty is about to become a queen, and he must like the new queen a little more in his heart!"
Xiaohui burst out laughing, as if she felt that she was very innocent, and sneered: "Who knows this? Time can't go back, even if Your Majesty can't forget the old love, you can only put our mother in your heart." He and the new queen have only known each other for a few years, you say, can they be worth more than 2,000 years of affection?"