Chapter 132: The Night of First Grace
If she didn't say it, Liu Heng still felt that it was okay, and because this statement aroused his curiosity, he had to go in and take a look. So, Liu Heng broke in regardless of Yifang's obstruction, and the main hall, which was originally good, was full of cauldrons, with silk threads of different colors boiling in the pots, and a few little palace maids taking care of them.
"Do you really think of Guangyang Hall as a weaving room?"
Yifang had some grievances on his face: "The king didn't let the concubine go out, and now he doesn't let the palace people play with the concubine, so the concubine can only cook silk threads to pass the time." ”
"If you are really idle, you can ......" Liu Heng stopped in the middle of his words. He originally wanted to say that if Yifang felt idle and panicked, he would take him to heart, but he always felt a little embarrassed to say this.
"That's it, you can cook these silk threads if you like!" Liu Heng turned around and walked out, "Wu Ping, go back to the palace." ”
Wu Ping thought that Liu Heng would stay in Guangyang Hall tonight, and it seemed that today was still a day when he was popular with Su Mei. He shook his head helplessly, and he didn't know when Su Mei would be able to open up if this continued.
After sending Liu Heng away, Yifang ordered someone to move all the cauldrons down, and she sat on the main seat tiredly. It was simple and easy to dye her nails and boil silk threads, but it was very tiring to do, and her bones were about to fall apart for several days.
As soon as Zili and Tengling saw Liu Heng leaving, they also quickly entered the hall and sat down beside Yifang.
"You two will have to change this habit in the future, we are sisters when there is no one else, but if there are only outsiders here, you still have to show the relationship between master and servant. From a few days onwards, outsiders will often come to visit our temple, but don't forget the rules and cause others to gossip. ”
Zili was the first to hear what she meant: "Yifang, listening to your words, it seems that you will be able to get the favor of the acting king in a few days?" ”
"Hmm." Yifang nodded.
"Really?" Teng Ling finally became happy, "Are you sure about the beauty?" ”
Yifang continued to nod: "But I still need your help to do something." ”
"Of course." Zili asked bluntly, "What else do we need to do?" ”
"I was going to make a whole set of clothes out of those colored silk threads, but I didn't have time to do it, so only the outer garment was ready today, and the rest will be made in the next few days. When the garments are ready to be worn, you are to spread the news of the beauty of the garments everywhere, so that the ladies of the court may envy them, and it is better to discuss them more vigorously, and then reach the ears of the king. ”
"In this case, will the acting king come to our Guangyang Hall again?" Teng Ling asked puzzled.
The king's curiosity was very high, and the ladies of the palace had already mentioned their longing for the garment today, and he must have listened to it. If it weren't a long time later, the remarks about that garment would start to rise again, and he would definitely be very curious, and he would naturally come to the Guangyang Palace. ”
"Okay, leave the word to us, I'm the best at it." Tengling patted his chest and reassured.
"Yifang, are you really ready?" Zili was still a little worried, and couldn't help but mention, "Can you forget the things over there in Chang'an?" Gu Xiangshi ......"
Yifang quickly interrupted Zili's words: "If you come, you will be safe, some people are destined to have no fate in this life, so that's it, it's good to be able to protect him thoroughly." ”
The day after the clothes were ready, Tengling and Zili had already exaggerated the words that this dress should only be in the sky, and the rumors spread quickly, and there were many people in the palace who loved beauty, and they almost ran to tell each other.
Yifang sent away all the palace maids and eunuchs and sat alone in the bedroom. She looked at her face in the bronze mirror, if it weren't for this face, maybe Empress Lu would not have chosen her to leave Chang'an and come here. She put her hand on her cheek, and after a moment she jerked open the drawer again, and at the bottom was a box of sandalwood hairpins. Yifang carefully took out the box, and after opening it, a pair of butterfly hairpins came into view, which was given to her by Gu Wenzhou.
In fact, there is no point in missing these at this time, since the moment she decided to leave Chang'an and come to Daiguo, there was nothing between her and Gu Wenzhou. The former Shangguan Ansu has left this world forever, and now there is only Dou Yifang, and for Dou Yifang, Gu Wenzhou is just a stranger.
Yi Fang took the hairpin in his hand and looked at it carefully, the butterflies on it were still lifelike, but compared to before, it was obviously lifeless. Maybe it's old, or maybe it's the colors that you can't see in the dim light, but after all, people's mood has changed. Yi Fang's hand gently brushed it from the hairpin, and finally put it back into the box and stuffed it into the innermost part of the drawer.
Evening is approaching, Guangyang Hall was dressed up like a fantasy in the light under the command of Yifang, she originally didn't like to light so many lights, but today in order to contrast with the colorful clothes, the more lights are naturally the better.
Yifang was right, as soon as it got dark, the eunuch who went to inquire outside came back to tell him that the acting king had come this way. After the Yifang was dressed, he walked out into the courtyard and turned into a butterfly dancing under the tree.
Liu Heng did come to Guangyang Hall when he heard the rumors, he wanted to see the rare colorful clothes in the legend, and he also wanted to see the Yifang dressed in colorful clothes. So he finally got his wish, just arrived at the gate of Guangyang Palace, he intuitively felt that there was a fairy in the courtyard descending to earth, he stood not far away and looked carefully, the dance seemed to come from the sky, and then fell on his side, it belonged to him alone.
"You all go down, you don't have to follow." Liu Heng gave an order, and Wu Ping waved his hand to the eunuchs, signaling them to retreat outside the hall and wait.
"Wu Ping, you go down too." Liu Heng glanced at him and continued.
"But the king, it's late at night, and if you go back in a while, the slave will have to give you the lamp!"
"Did this king say that he wanted to go back?" Liu Heng looked at him obliquely.
"The slave understands, and the slave will take people down." Wu Ping suddenly realized, so he happily beckoned the eunuchs and asked them to go back to rest. He himself was still guarding outside the Guangyang Palace, although the acting king asked him to leave, but if he really left, the queen mother would not be able to answer the question, so he simply kept vigil here.
"Kanqi beats the drum, and snorts under it. There is no winter and no summer, and it is worth its heron feathers. When the Yifang dance was finished, Liu Heng read out loud, "Yifang's dance, I'm afraid that the ancients will be ashamed of themselves." ”
Yifang had expected him to come, but he still pretended to be surprised: "Your Majesty? Concubines see kings. ”
"Get up, don't be polite." Liu Heng stepped forward to help her up, "This king didn't know that there was such a stunning dance in the world." ”
"The king's praise may be nothing more than the credit of this garment." Yifang smelled wine on Liu Heng's body, and probably had a few drinks before coming.
"Clothes are good, but they're just icing on the cake." Liu Heng stretched out his hand to help Yifang tidy up his sideburns, "These days, this king has grounded you, do you have complaints?" ”
"The concubine doesn't dare."
"Don't you dare? This king sees that you dare very much. Although Liu Heng smelled of alcohol, his consciousness was still sober, "Since you came to the palace, one by one, which one did not you plan?" Dou Yifang, you have been calculating this king. ”
Yi Fang was shocked, he originally thought that these things were carefully designed, so it was logical, but he never thought that he had already seen it. Yi Fang thought of it later, he was the acting king, and he had naturally seen all kinds of women, and these tricks may have been used, but now he can see through them at a glance, and they can't work anymore.
"What is the king talking about? The concubine didn't understand. "No matter how smart Yifang is, there is no way to do it at this time, so he can only bite it and refuse to admit it.
"This king knows your thoughts, and thinks that flattery like an ordinary concubine is too ordinary, so you have to be a maverick and use false alienation to attract the king's attention, so that this king can be crazy about you, right?"
"The king misunderstood, and the concubine had no such intention. If the king is tired, please go back and rest early. Yi Fang quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind, since he was seen through, he would definitely be disgusted. The best way now is to be silent for a while, wait until he gradually forgets about the matter, and then find a new reason to reappear.
But Liu Heng didn't act according to Yifang's thoughts, he grabbed her wrist: "This king knows that you are designing this king, but you still jumped into your trap uncontrollably, and now you are getting deeper and deeper, are you very happy?" ”
Yi Fang was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Liu Heng's eyes, his gaze was very real, as if he was staring at a treasure that he had worked so hard to get.
"Your Majesty, you ......" Yifang wanted to say something, but was gagged by Liu Heng's kiss. She couldn't hold back from struggling, even though her heart was beating to the limit, and she was mentally prepared for what was about to happen during the day, but the closer she got to it, the more uneasy she became.
Zili and Tengling were originally in the yard, but after being reminded by Wu Ping, they went back to the house. Zili lowered his head and took two steps forward, then looked back at Yifang. She seemed to see Hu Xiaoshui back then, and she had to enter the palace for the safety of her brother Su Yu, and forced a smile to become the pillow person of the man she didn't love.
Liu Heng quickly picked up the Yifang horizontally and walked into the dormitory. Zili looked at the slowly closing door outside, and finally sighed, lowered his head and went back to his residence.
The next day, the news that the king had finally favored Su Mei spread in the palace, and the palace ladies speculated that it was the credit of the colorful clothes, so they all concocted the same way, and within a few days the water for boiling silk threads was all over the palace.
And after the acting king said what was in his heart that night, he simply threw his face out of the clouds. In the next half month, he never went to other concubines, except for when government affairs were busy, he almost spent the rest of the time in Guangyang Palace. Whether it's making pastries or dyeing nails, or flying kites or fluttering butterflies, he always loves to be by Yifang's side.