Chapter Twenty-Four: Sister Red Imprisonment Kaguya's Heart
Fujiwara Imperial Palace
Emperor Wenmu sat on the throne and watched with a solemn expression as Fujiwara entered the main hall in an orderly manner and bowed to him.
"Get up," Emperor Wenwu said lightly, "I haven't seen you for a few months, how is Fujiwara Gong okay?" ”
"His Majesty cares, and the minister is doing well." Fujiwara Bubi straightened up, although he said this, but listening to his vain tone, it is not difficult to guess that Fujiwara Bubi has no mental strength, and the end of his life has also taken most of his life, and the current Fujiwara Bubi is like losing his soul.
Emperor Wenwu didn't care about Fujiwara's tone, if it weren't for the particularity of the incident this time, the Fujiwara clan would have been driven out of Fujiwara Kyo a long time ago. Emperor Wenmu leaned forward and asked Fujiwara with great interest.
"Fujiwara Gong, you have seen that Kaguyahime, what do you think of this woman?"
"Well, this woman is one of the best things I've seen in my life," sighed, Fujiwara replied honestly, and then asked tentatively, "Could it be that His Majesty is also interested in that Kaguya?" ”
Emperor Wenwu smiled, and did not answer Fujiwara's words, but changed the topic and asked, "Fujiwara Gong, I have released Gongziji from the prison in the palace, and now I have taught her to still live in the old palace, but Fujiwara's daughter, Sister Hong, is still in the prison, I don't know what Fujiwara Gongsaku plans to do?" ”
"This ......" Fujiwara frowned when he heard this, sighed, and bowed to Emperor Wenwu and said, "It's all up to His Majesty." ”
"Then let her go home after a while." When Emperor Wenwu heard this, he casually decided this matter for Fujiwara Bubi, who had to bow down and thank him, and then withdrew from the main hall.
A month later. Fujiwara-kyo prison
There are two prisons in Fujiwara Kyochu, one is a palace prison located in the palace, which is held for those palace people who have committed crimes in the palace, and some special cells are used to hold the princess and concubines, Fujiwara Meihong's sister Fujiwara Miyako was imprisoned here before this.
The other is the Fujiwara-kyo Prison, located on the outside of the Imperial Palace, which is much more complicated, where rioters, criminals, ministers and their families, and all sinners who have nothing to do with the palace are imprisoned.
In the depths of the prison, there is a small single cell.
Imprisoned was a long, black-haired girl of about sixteen years of age, sitting on damp straw, her face pale, her wrists handcuffed, and a thumb-thick chain tied to the ankle of her right foot, the other end of which was embedded in the wall.
Fujiwara Meihong hugged her knees, her chin against her knees, and her black eyes were full of loneliness.
After being locked up for several months, Meihong spent most of her time sitting quietly like this, and could hear "Wronged!" from other places from time to time. "I'm not guilty!" Such a shout, but since Mei Hong was imprisoned, she has not said a word, the jailers are also quite interested in her, and they have the intention to carry a whip to give Mei Hong a whip, but they were stopped by the prison prison, the young jailers, you should feel lucky, if you dare to smoke Mei Hong, according to your dragon set attributes and the character of the author Sang Qiuhou to settle accounts, you definitely belong to the kind of people who are frustrated.
But even if the jailers didn't embarrass Mei Hong, Mei Hong suffered a lot of sins in the prison for several months, Mei Hong was locked in it was early summer, and the slowly hot weather filled the prison with an unpleasant rancid smell, and Mei Hong, who had never been in this kind of place, spit out the first time she smelled this rancid smell, and then gradually got used to this rancid smell and encountered new troubles - mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes in summer buzz all night and all day long, and when the sister was unprepared, they pounced on the red and sucked the blood of the sister red, leaving an itchy mosquito bag for the girl. It's not just them who are unbearable, when Mei Hong first finds a centipede in her cell, she screams and tramples the centipede to the ground. Then she cowered in the corner and cried softly.
She didn't understand why her father locked herself up in this terrible place, and the slap that day, was there something wrong she had done? So her father was punishing her......
Because the prison clothes have not been changed for a long time, they have become slimy, and they feel like they are sticking to their bodies, but fortunately there is no odor.
After a difficult summer, although the weather began to get cooler, but in the same way, this has begun to make people feel uncomfortable, Mei Hong has seen several prisoners die of typhoid fever in prison, dragged out by the jailers, every time she sees such a scene, Mei Hong always shrinks in the corner in fear, not daring to take another look.
However, the good times did not last long, soon after, as the weather continued to get cooler, from this day on, Mei Hong began to cough non-stop, she was very afraid, at night, Mei Hong was afraid that she could not sleep, she hid in the corner of the cell against the wall, buried her head and cried softly, she was afraid of dying like this, Mei Hong listened to those jailers talk about the death of the prisoners here, if no one came to take it away, the jailers would load the body into the car, cover it with straw mats, and pull it to the mass grave outside the city, and throw it at random on the mass grave, and do not bury it, Most of the carcasses were eventually torn and devoured by wolves and wild dogs. ①
Thinking that her body was torn and devoured by wolves and wild dogs, Mei Hong couldn't help crying even more, and the subtle sobbing sound attracted the attention of the prisoner in the cell next to her.
Mei Hong was crying, and suddenly felt a warm and rough hand caress the top of her head. Mei Hong was startled and almost screamed. Through the faint candle flame in the corridor of the cell, Mei Hong saw clearly, it was an old woman in the cell next to her, the old woman was gray-haired, she reached out from the interval between the pillars between the cells, gently stroked the top of Mei Hong's head, showed a peaceful smile to Mei Hong, and asked with concern.
"What's wrong? Child. ”
Meihong's tears suddenly gushed out, and she rushed over and stretched out her hands across the space, barely hugged the old grandmother and continued to cry.
The grandmother was not in a hurry to ask, and gently patted Meihong's back with her hand.
While crying, Mei Hong intermittently expressed her grievances and helplessness about being sent to this place by her father without knowing it, and the fear when she found that she began to cough and might die.
The old grandmother listened quietly, still patting Meihong's back and gently comforting her.
"Don't worry, good boy, it's just a cold, you'll get better in a few days, you won't die, don't worry~"
"You, how do you know?" Mei Hong asked in a choked voice while crying.
"Of course the old body knows~" Hearing this, the old grandmother smiled peacefully, she stretched out a hand and wiped away Mei Hong's tears with the back of her rough and dry hand, which is also strange to say, obviously the back of the old grandmother's hand is very rough and dry, but when she touched Mei Hong's cheeks, Mei Hong felt that she didn't feel a little uncomfortable, but it reminded Mei Hong of a little bit of nostalgia that she had long forgotten.
Wiping away Meihong's tears, the old grandmother continued to smile and said, "The old body knows that the Buddha of great compassion will not take the life of a good child like you." ”
Hearing the old man say this, Mei Hong, who felt a lot more relieved, leaned against the pillar, nodded gently, and slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Mei Hong rubbed her eyes and woke up, and by the early morning sun, she finally saw clearly the appearance of the old man in the next cell who didn't know when he was locked in.
The old man looked very old, estimated to be about seventy years old, which was almost a rare miracle in this era, with an old face full of wrinkles, deep-set eyes, and gray hair.
Mei Hong pursed her lips, thinking about whether to wake up the old man and thank her, when suddenly, the sound of chains sliding outside the cell sounded.
The two jailers opened the iron cables of the cell and walked in, and when they saw Mei Hong, the previous jailer with a bunch of keys found a key in it, squatted down and untied the chain tied to Mei Hong's right ankle, and the latter jailer held a pair of wooden flails in his hand and walked towards Mei Hong.
Mei Hong didn't make a sound, let the jailer unshackle her, Mei Hong didn't know what she would do, but she didn't want to wake up the old man next door, Mei Hong didn't know why the old man next door was imprisoned, she didn't know what she could do for the old man, so Mei Hong just wanted to be as quiet as possible and not to disturb the old woman.
However, the slight noise still woke the old man, who opened his cloudy eyes and saw that Mei Hong was being taken out of the cell by the jailers, and she hurriedly called out to the two jailers.
"May I ask you, two adults, where are you going to take this child?"
The two jailers looked at each other, and one of them spoke.
"The order from above is to release this Fujiwara lady, and we are going to send Fujiwara back to her house."
When the old man and Mei Hong heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and after the old man heard the word "Fujiwara", he thought of more, but in the end, the old man moved his gaze to Mei Hong, who was a little speechless, smiled kindly, and said.
"Good boy, go back quickly, don't come here again, you're still young.
"The old man wishes you peace and good luck in this life."
Mei Hong was stunned, her eyes became a little blurry like a sudden layer of fog, and finally, Mei Hong's eyes were red and nodded vigorously to the old man, and the old man also responded with a smile.
Then, Mei Hong turned around, and under the guidance of the jailer, she left the prison where she had been held for several months, and got into the carriage sent by the Fujiwara family, and the carriage, driven by the servants, drove quickly towards the Fujiwara Mansion.
Fujiwara Meihong's prison life ends here, from beginning to end, Meihong and the old man don't know each other's situation, the old man only knows that Meihong is the daughter of the Fujiwara family, and Meihong doesn't know anything about this old grandmother, this episode will not have an ending, but in the end, it will bring a new future to Fujiwara Meihong.
The author Sang only knew today that the day before yesterday was "World Kissing Day", and he didn't complain on such a slotted festival, which was really a failure, and he made up for it today, borrowing this little episode that belongs to Fujiwara Meihong, the author Sang wishes everyone a safe and auspicious life.
Back to the topic, the carriage drove to the gate of the Fujiwara Mansion after a while, Mei Hong had already changed a set of clothes in the car, got off the carriage, Mei Hong found that the mansion in the past had become deserted, and there were even dead leaves in front of the gate, which was very bleak.
Back in the house, seeing Fujiwara Bubi and others, Mei Hong was surprised to find that her father looked almost twenty years old, Fujiwara Bubi did not explain to Mei Hong why she was imprisoned, Mei Hong did not ask, after these months of prison life, Mei Hong found that she seemed to have become something different.
Sister Hong's room
Listen to the servants scramble to tell themselves about the gossip that has been spread outside about various fathers who proposed to Kaguya but were humiliated.
"Kaguyahime......" Mei Hong firmly remembered the name in her heart.
It is said that not long ago, even the gods admired Kaguyahime's beauty, and after sending someone to invite Kaguya into the palace and was refused, he did not hesitate to go to Mt. Yoshino to meet Kaguyahime, and I heard that I just saw Kaguyahime through the curtain, and I was already fascinated by her beauty and couldn't extricate myself.
Mt. Yoshino. Hot spring village
"There's no way to get past this day...... Kaguya said weakly as she leaned on the table.
Shangyang shrugged, this is the brand effect.
"I thought that if I got these guys, I would live in peace for a while," Kaguya complained in distress, "Why didn't so many people pursue concubines when they were in the Moon Capital......?"
Seeing Kaguya's appearance that she has no desire to live at all, even love covers her mouth and endures it, it's so pitiful, it's already pitiful to the point where people just want to laugh.
"Now, Shang Yang, love, is there a complete solution?" Kaguya turned his expectant gaze to Shang Yang and Ai, "Otherwise, how will the concubine spend the remaining hundreds of years of exile." ”
Hearing this, Shang Yang put down the teacup in his hand and thought about it, thinking about it, it was indeed like this, looking at the appearance of Kaguya, he was completely used to living here, if he had been complaining about marriage proposals for hundreds of years, he really couldn't live this day...... Wait a minute! Hundreds of years?!"
Suddenly catching a keyword, Shang Yang looked at Kaguya with some surprise.
"Princess, you still have a few hundred years left in your sentence?!"
"That's right," Kaguya nodded as a matter of course, "Didn't the concubine body say it, originally Yue's decision to face the concubine body was to be executed directly, and after the concubine body was executed and resurrected, they found that they couldn't kill the concubine body and changed it to exile, the original decision was to be exiled forever, but Yonglin interceded for the concubine body, so it was changed to a few hundred years, but after returning back, it is estimated that he will be imprisoned in the moon capital forever, so how can he not be happy for the remaining hundreds of years?" ”
For his future, Kaguya is completely indifferent, but this news has a different meaning for Shang Yang.
Kaguya will be on the earth for hundreds of years, so what's going on with Kaguya-hime's return to the moon in "The Tale of Taketori"?
[There are three possibilities, the first is the fault of the world, maybe the world of "Taketori Monogatari" has a short time for Kaguya's exile and execution.] The second is Kaguya's fault, maybe the so-called Kaguya's return to the moon in "The Tale of Taketori" is a play written and directed by Kaguya. ]
Miss Lord God quickly summed up the possibility, but before she could finish speaking, Shang Yang picked up.
In the end, Kaguya has been on the ground for hundreds of years, but later records only record a limited number of things about Kaguya, so the time of these things is subconsciously compressed, and even the age of the suitor and the so-called emperor is very long, which is commonly known as Shichen (Shichen)'s fault?
Shang Yang touched his chin and concluded.
If that's the case, you'll need to make a choice......
"By the way, princess, that means you don't have the slightest expectation of returning to the Moon Capital?" Thinking of this, Shang Yang asked casually.
"Of course," Kaguya still lazily lay on the table, and replied casually, "Life on the ground is so lively, it's much better than the coldness of the moon capital, and the concubine was also looking forward to the change back then, so she took the Penglai medicine made by Yonglin Zuò, and now it seems that this result is quite good." ”
Saying that, Kaguya straightened up, rarely looked at Shang Yang and Ai with gentle eyes, seeing the two of them looking puzzled, Kaguya couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile, "The education that the concubine received in the moon capital is that everything on the ground is dirty, it is 'filth', and the moon capital is to refuse to change, refuse to 'filth', in order to enjoy the eternal pure land world, although the concubine body is very puzzled about these contents, but the moon capital has no other words, the concubine body will believe so, this is why the concubine body can bring ' The reason for swallowing it after swallowing Penglai's medicine of change, well, maybe the concubine body is not Anfen's character, but in the past ten years with Shang Yang and love, the concubine body feels that the moon is wrong."
"Uh~" When Shang Yang heard this, he looked at Kaguya with confidence in some surprise.
"Don't say anything else! The Moon Capital refuses to change," Kaguya rightly blamed the Moon Capital, "Isn't there no new games and animations to play and watch?!" This is definitely an evil way within an evil way! ”
This is a bit of a nonsense......
The corners of Shang Yang's mouth twitched, but in the end he didn't complain, sure enough, it was Neet Ji, forget it, it's okay for you to think like this, it saves me a lot of trouble.
But after saying that, Kaguya was a little depressed and fell on the table, and his voice became a little sad.
"But after all, is the 'change' that Penglai's medicine brings to the concubine's body limited? In the end, the concubine body will have to be bound forever, and wait for the end of eternity in the Moon City......"
"That's a bit sad to say...... Shang Yang touched his chin and nodded, "But according to the nature of the people of the moon, waiting for the end of eternity in eternity, well, it is very much in line with their words." ”
"Well, that's why Shang Yang Ru will take the concubine away," Kaguya suddenly changed his words and asked Shang Yang casually, but anyone who has had a lot of experience in GALGAME knows that Kaguya is actually looking forward to this result.
"Or ......," said Kaguya, who rolled his eyes and asked with a smile, "If the concubine is imprisoned in the Moon Capital, and the concubine calls for help to you and love, will you come to save the concubine like a male protagonist?" ”
"Yes." Ai Yan said her thoughts succinctly.
Kaguya hears the love in response, and the smile on her face is even better.
Looks like this is an important flag......
Shang Yang scratched his head in distress when he heard Kaguya's words, and turned his gaze to love, and love also moved his gaze to him at the same time, his eyes intersected, and his blood-red eyes were flat and unfluctuating, and in an instant, Shang Yang understood the idea of love, nodded, and Shang Yang turned to stare at Kaguya.
"Princess, go back to the moon once."
"Huh?!"
PS: (1) Let's take this as described in an ancient prison, so let's take it as such.
Ask for recommendations, ask for collections, just like we said, we know that July 6 is such a slotted holiday as "World Kissing Day", it's a pity......
Another: the title is correct.