Chapter 49: The Palace
Su Qinghui followed a maid into the bedroom to freshen up, his chest was stuffy, and he was led around by Cai Wei. Crossing the corridor and crossing the bridge, going around and around is no longer the direction,
Cai Wei stopped and hesitated: "Niangniang, you wait here, there is still a way ahead for the slave to explore." ”
"Okay, be careful."
After waiting for a long time, she didn't see Cai Wei, Su Qinghui had to look around, and she was watching her wrist suddenly being pulled by someone, and she looked back and saw that it was a little girl, so she was relieved.
"Which girl's girl are you?"
Su Qinghui glanced at his dress, dressed in plain clothes, with a wooden hairpin on his head loosely holding his hair, and it was no wonder that people misunderstood. She squatted down to support the little girl, and said with a smile: "Then which courtyard are you?" ”
"Are you lost?"
"How do you know?"
The little girl showed a look of spirit: "I know that no one here will take this road." ”
"Why?"
"Hmph, why did I tell you, you only said, do you want to go out."
Su Qinghui nodded: "Then can you wait, I have a friend who is still inside, let's go together." ”
"Inside? Then your friend may come out faster than you, let's go, I'll take you out first. ”
Su Qinghui said as he walked: "What did you just mean that she came out faster than me?" ”
The little girl was impatient between her eyebrows: "Why do you talk so much, do you want to go out?" ”
Su Qinghui was a little helpless, this little girl is small, and her temper is quite big.
After a while, the little girl pointed to the road ahead and said, "Well, when it's here, you can go out along the way." ”
Su Qinghui was a little suspicious: "Are you sure, I didn't walk this road when I first came." ”
"Hey, you use your brain, this place is accessible in all directions, you can't get there, you have to go all the way to the end."
Su Qinghui couldn't cry or laugh: "Okay, I know." She said that when she saw the little girl's outstretched hand, she was slightly stunned, and after understanding what the child meant, she discussed: "Is this okay, I owe it first, and I will make it up to you later." ”
"Poor ghost," the boy said, glaring at her, and running away as fast as he could.
Su Qinghui was left alone, crying and laughing in place. She turned to look at the path, which was a little strange to look at, but there was no other way here, so she had to go forward.
Walking through a forest of dead leaves, a small courtyard appeared in front of her, Su Qinghui tried to buckle the door, no one answered, she circled twice, and made sure that there was no way to know that she was deceived by the little girl. I was helpless.
Pushing open the courtyard door, the place was bleak, as if it had been abandoned for a long time. Su Qinghui bypassed the front yard and was about to go to the backyard, when the door behind her creaked, and she was busy hiding behind the pillar.
"Come out."
Su Qinghui pursed his mouth and walked out with his head drooping.
As soon as her shoulders were hot, she lowered her eyes slightly, and saw that the knuckled hands had wrapped around a knot and tightened the cloak steadily.
There was only cold air floating around, and a trace hit her eyes, as if she was about to freeze into tears.
Jing Rong let go of her hand, her eyes moved up, she seemed to have lost a lot of weight in her eyes, and the eyes lined with her were even more pitiful. Jing Rong sighed in his heart, and finally couldn't bear to say half a word.
"Why are you here?"
Su Qinghui wrenched his hands, it was hard to say that he would meet a tiger on the mountain, after many years, he called a little girl to deceive him.
"Tricked by someone?"
Su Qinghui raised her eyes in disbelief, she was so obvious?
A hint of helplessness flashed in Jing Rong's eyes: "Let's go." ”
Su Qinghui responded weakly, silently followed behind Jing Rong, and after a while, Jing Rong pushed open a room, Su Qinghui looked around, this room seemed to be cleaned up by someone, and it was very tidy. Faintly, there was a faint fragrance in the air.
Su Qinghui followed Jing Rong into the inner room, and saw him kneeling down in front of a portrait, very respectful. Su Qinghui raised his eyes and saw that the woman on the portrait was scattered, smiling gently, and there was a three-point resemblance between her eyebrows and eyes.
Jing Rong kowtowed and got up to see Su Qinghui kneeling beside him, and his eyes softened.
"Do you know who this is?"
Su Qinghui shook her head, she just looked at Jing Rong kneeling, and always felt that she was just standing and was not very respectful, so she followed and saluted.
"I'm not going to have a lot of things, I'm here"
Jing Rong stretched out his hand to hold down Su Qinghui, who was about to get up, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and he said softly: "No, she will be very happy to see you." ”
Su Qinghui was stunned, and then looked at the portrait, he was still independent, looking forward to it.
She straightened her posture again and bowed three times in a proper manner.
Jing Rong's gaze on the side became more and more like water and mist.
Out of the small courtyard, the two looked at each other all the way without saying a word, and when they arrived at the folding corridor, Su Qinghui reached out and untied his cloak and handed it back to Jing Rong, biting his lip and turning around without saying a word.
"Su Qinghui"
She restrained her steps, and her feet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and she couldn't move.
"I'm scared"
"Also, I miss you so much"
The wind blows, and the bell under the corridor shakes softly, tinkling non-stop.
Without the cloak to cover her, the cold air around her seemed to be pouring in all at once, and she felt cold all over.
Su Qinghui pinched his hands fiercely, only then did he suppress the urge to turn around and throw himself into his arms, lift his steps, turn the folding corridor step by step, Su Qinghui rushed into the house and closed the door, only then did he dare to let the tears surge.
For so many days, no matter how difficult and bitter it was, she didn't want to show weakness, and she looked proud, but only she knew how frightened and uneasy she was. But today, with just a few words from him, he easily broke her disguise and made her so aggrieved.
At the banquet, Jing Rong looked at the empty seat, his eyes narrowed.
The Taichung pianist held his hand to stroke the qin, the music was playing, Jing Yu turned his head sideways and asked Zhao Pu: "Where is the concubine?" ”
"Back to the emperor, Cai Wei came to Concubine Jing and suffered a cold, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up."
Jing Yu snorted coldly: "Really? Then I'll have to take a look. ”
Jing Yu was talking, and the sound of the piano in the audience was interrupted.
There was a silence in the middle of the field.
"The emperor forgives the sin, and the people are afraid."
Jing Yu frowned.
Zhao Pu hurriedly said in a shrill voice: "It has disturbed the emperor's interest, and it can't go on." Zhao Pu turned his head as he spoke, hooked his waist and said, "Your Majesty, it's the slave's fault, and the slave has been replaced." ”
"Don't take it as an example."
"Yes, yes."
On the side, Zhao Cun got up suddenly and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if there is a candidate for Weichen." ”
"Say"
"Rong Chen buys a pass, and the emperor will know when he hears it." Zhao Cun clapped his hands as he spoke, and a masked girl slowly stepped forward holding the piano: "The little girl has seen the emperor." ”
As she spoke, she spread out her position, revealing her slender and white neck, her hands slowly turning her green fingers, and the strings trembling, curving like a breeze.
Jing Yu swept Zhao Cun's tentative gaze, and a hint of coolness flashed in his eyes.
After the song, everyone was amazed, and Jing Yu rubbed the mouth of the cup and shook a cold look.
"Concubine Qi, you come."
Wen Yun also seemed to be frightened, shook his shoulders, and then slowly got up.
Walking up to the woman, she said softly and softly, "Offended." ”
The woman bit her lip and reluctantly got out of the way.
Wen Yunyi sat on the corner of his skirt, plucked a few times, and a few broken sounds flowed out. The periphery began to exchange ears.
Wen Yun was not disturbed in the slightest, and raised his hand to retune the strings.
In the end, a single sound sounded, and it spread out alone, and another pair of overlapping tones rose in succession, from low to high. Wen Yun also waved his hand, and the sound of the piano poured out, tactfully without losing his strength, like water and stones colliding, and like rain falling on a bamboo forest. Soft and rigid in harmony. The transposition technique is even more subtle. The audience was fascinated.
The continuous sound of the piano is like a rain in dry land for a long time, which makes people feel comfortable from the inside out.
After finishing the song, Jing Yu had a smile on his face, and turned to Zhao Cun and said, "Lord Zhao, I don't know who loses and who wins compared to your surprise and this piano sound?" ”
Zhao Cun got up suddenly, his face was extremely embarrassed: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Qi's piano skills are like heavens, and Weichen doesn't dare to cross the rules." ”
"Really? Then Lord Zhao must put his mind into practicing hard, lest I have to help you tune it. ”
"Yes, yes"
Jing Yu turned to Wen Yunyi and said, "Concubine Qi has merit today, I have a reward, come and sit down." ”
Wen Yunyi turned his head to look at Wen Yunqing, who turned his gaze and urged her to go up. Wen Yun also bit his lip and moved over slowly.
For a while, the people below exchanged glances and didn't dare to squeak again.
The atmosphere fell into a subtle one, Zhao Pu piled up a smile, and said: "Your Majesty, there is a song specially prepared for you by the Lelisi in the back, you see"
"Put it on and see."
"Yes"
Zhao Pu clapped his hands, several music girls came in with silver bells and water sleeves, all of them danced lightly, and the field was active again, Jing Yu glanced at the person who sat down, still not interested, and did not move half of the wine and food in front of him.
"The Emperor"
Jing Yu turned his head, Wen Yun also seemed to be a little scared, dodged his gaze and said, "The concubine heard that Concubine Jing is sick, but is it serious?" ”
"It's okay, it won't be long before you're alive."
Wen Yunyi said: "Concubine Jing is weak, the emperor should send a doctor to take a look." ”
Jing Yu raised his eyebrows: "Are you asking me?" ”
"Yi'er doesn't dare, Yi'er, I'm just worried about Concubine Jing."
"You really don't leave Concubine Jing for three sentences."
Wen Yun also lowered his head: "Concubine Jing is good to her concubines, and concubines are really happy with her mother." ”
Jing Yu was silent for a while, and suddenly remembered those unspeakable rumors in the palace, and his face was difficult to look at.
Even if the person is not there, her shadow is indispensable when she sits down and sits, adding blockages to people one by one. Jing Yu let go of Wen Yunyi's hand.
"I'm tired, and everyone loves to enjoy it."
"Yes, congratulations to the emperor."
After Jing Yu left, Jing Sheng suddenly leaned around Jing Rong and whispered, "Brother, there's a letter from over there." ”
Jing Rong finally changed his expression: "You go out first, and I'll arrive later." ”
After a while, Jing Sheng waited for the figure.
"Brother, Wang Ke is dead."
Jing Rong furrowed his brows: "Then there is something wrong with Xing Zhou." ”
According to the letter, a few days ago, Xing Zhou's old mother suddenly became seriously ill, and that person must have figured out Xing Zhou's filial piety, and took advantage of the gap between his return to his hometown to find someone to seal Wang Ke's mouth. Xing Zhou was furious when he found out, and returned to the Imperial Ring Division overnight, but he didn't come up with a result after interrogating all the officials of the Imperial Ring Division. ”
Jing Rong said: "You can check the Zhao family." ”
Jing Sheng said: "Look at Zhao Huan's self-jumping posture today, it is necessary to check it carefully." ”
"Jingsheng, you secretly pull a line to Xing Zhou, don't let him find out."
Jing Sheng said helplessly: "Yes, brother, I will never make the mistake of last time this time, this Xing Zhou is really a hard bone, I don't know, if you help him, he will bite me back, fortunately, I have a breeze on my sleeves, otherwise I have to make a monstrous wave." ”
"He can find you, which means that this person's talent is far beyond our imagination, and since he is a talent, he should not be missed."
"Then naturally" Jing Sheng stopped talking as he spoke, and suddenly felt that something was wrong: "Wait, how do I think my brother has already felt about Xing Zhou's investigation of me." ”
"Although Xing Zhou's ability is strong, he is also too cautious, if he doesn't let him know this and know the other, it will be difficult to go in the future."
Jing Sheng was angry: "My brother is really far-sighted, and he sells a good favor." ”
Jing Rong patted Jing Sheng on the shoulder and relaxed his tone: "I'll make it up to you when I go back." ”
"No, I don't need to, I've heard a lot of you guys talk like that." Jing Sheng said that he was speechless, and coughed lightly to turn back to the topic: "By the way, he came to the palace to hold a winter banquet at this juncture, what kind of tricks are he playing, I have already arranged for people to guard the capital, and if there is any news, it will not be left behind." Brother, you have to be careful, don't let him grasp anything. ”
Jing Rong nodded, not saying anything else.
The drums in the hall were still ringing, and from time to time people came in and out, Jing Sheng looked at the place and walked up.