Chapter 3 Copying Books in the Middle of the Night
Qiwu Palace is not far from the East Palace where the prince lives, and there have been princesses of higher rank in all dynasties, and in this generation, it is the emperor's baby pimple, the princess of Nanchen Kingdom.
This Qiwu palace was also renovated in that year, all in accordance with the preference of Lou Nuan Jin to renovate, the princess does not like the splendor, but only to the small bridge in the south of the Yangtze River is quite fond of flowing water, so the pavilions and pavilions in the palace, meandering and scattered, planting a large number of phoenix trees, to the flowering season, the phoenix flowers bloom, the palace is full of red, so that people can see, can shock to the bones.
Therefore, compared with the majesty of the East Palace, this place is more like another paradise, every place has been carefully polished, and the exquisite one is comparable to the Qiande Palace, and there is Cen Run who participated in the construction of that year. Maybe he knew that Nuan Jin liked phoenix flowers, but he didn't know what method he used to transplant such a large number of phoenix trees. When Nuan Jin saw it, he was shocked for a long time, and felt that Cen Run deserved to sit in the position of the chief manager.
The moonlight is thin, and it is not yet the flowering period of the phoenix tree, and there is less of that scorching heat, but it is a little more quiet. Cen Run took a breath, and what he was thinking about in his mind was those years on the Splendid Mountain, the days were not long, and they only occupied an inconspicuous corner of his life, but they were also the most precious memories, and he didn't dare to forget them at all.
The eunuch in charge of Qiwu Palace, who was followed by him, had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a while, saying that Princess Nuanjin was losing her temper, and he smiled very rarely after hearing it, shook his head helplessly, and still paced unhurriedly.
This is the rule of the palace, and those who are slaves can't lose their sense of proportion in front of their masters, and they will run away? That's not in line.
After the corridor, Princess Nuanjin's bedroom is in the back, it doesn't look like a palace, not so grandiose and majestic, but like the embroidery building of a rich and noble family, full of grace, this is what he spent his painstaking efforts, no one knows how much painstaking work he used to build this Qiwu Palace.
Cen Run stood still at the door, bowed his head and said, "Slave Cen Run see Princess Yan." ”
There was no sound inside, and Cen Run was not in a hurry, just waiting outside respectfully, the moonlight crossed his delicate side face, plated with silver brilliance, and the beauty was not what it looked like.
After a few moments, a voice answered, "Come in." ”
Cen Run dusted off his sleeves, and the purple rolled cuffs flashed with fine light, which was a high-quality material used to distinguish the difference in status. He dusted very carefully, after all, it was a night in March, and it was inevitable that he would be contaminated with the cold all the way, girls were born afraid of the cold, and he was afraid that the cold would be too cold for her.
The palace door was opened from the inside, revealing a delicate little face, it was Lou Nuanjin's personal maid Tao Tao, seeing Cen Run, he first asked prettyly, "The boss is good", and then frowned and glanced inside, and lowered his voice and said: "The princess is losing her temper inside, saying that the book is too thick, and she can't finish copying it until dawn, and Mrs. Rong doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, this time his old man's ancestors have been taken care of by the noble lord for eighteen generations!" ”
Cen Run soothed the corners of his lips, revealing a faint curvature, nodded and walked in.
The candles in the dormitory were bright, and the red-clothed palace beauty was lying on the desk at the moment, and when she heard someone walking in, she didn't look up, and said in an unfriendly tone: "The chief manager is on duty?" I thought you were going back to your home to rest! ”
Cen Run stood at the bottom, and after listening to Nuan Jin's ridicule, he didn't explain, and still saluted in a proper manner: "The slave Cen Run has seen the princess, the princess Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”
Nuan Jin was finally willing to raise his head and threw the brush casually: "This is the two of us, don't follow me Chitose, I really live a thousand years old and I won't be an old monster!" Why did you come? I thought you had a lot of nobles, and I couldn't get into the eyes of your adults for the little things of a princess. ”
Cen Run held his head in his head and said respectfully: "No matter how small the master's affairs are, they are big things, but they are not idle in the afternoon, the emperor recruited the ministers into the imperial study, and the servants just returned to the palace to sleep, and the servants came non-stop." ”
"Gotta get it, you slick mouth, ordinary people can't talk about you, come on!" Nuan Jin beckoned to him: "Mrs. Rong, Fu is black-hearted!" I have to copy such a thick book, but now I have only copied 20%, and I feel that I am about to be reborn! ”
Cen Run pursed his lips and smiled, and slowly walked to the table, where the homework that had been copied was stacked in a disorderly manner.
He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, picked up one and looked at it, the handwriting of the warm brocade was beautiful and atmospheric, in the end, it was not an ordinary girl in the boudoir, she was born with the spirit of a king, and through the tip of the pen, she could still vent it vividly.
"Tao Tao! Why don't you hurry up and prepare paper and ink for the tea in the manager! Let's beg for others now, and people are uncles! Nuan Jin said while pulling Cen Run over, at first he didn't dare to sit, he didn't hear of any palace where the master stood aside and the slave was sitting, this is a big disrespect, you don't need to reward you for pulling out the board, you can cut off your head directly.
"Let you do it, you sit! What are you afraid of, this is in my palace, whoever dares to talk about half a sentence, this palace will cut off his tongue! Besides, you have a heavy task today, and you can't finish copying the book, so I will have to be punished tomorrow, and I will have to find you to pad my back if I am punished, so this is a matter related to the two of us to settle down, you should be serious and correct your attitude to the point where you are facing my father! After speaking, he waved his hand to the maids and eunuchs in a room, "Come on, don't stare at this, go down, there is a big manager here, there is no way!" ”
"Yes, slaves and slaves are retired!"
Cen Run is funny, she is obviously a princess, but where is the slightest master's frame in her speech and demeanor? But she is not the same for any minion, and she is upright in front of others, and she can only be so close to herself. He was a minion, he couldn't ask for more, and having her treat him so kindly was a blessing he couldn't imagine in his life.
"Don't worry, princess, the slave will do her best." After speaking, he picked up the brush next to him, and continued to copy the handwriting of Nuan Jin.
Cen Run is reliable, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the position of the chief manager, although he did not guarantee that he would finish copying, but at least he did not refuse, which means that he is sure. He is good at this, he does things in a measured manner, and he never relies on his words to get things, such a person is stable, and he has peace of mind by his side for one hundred and twenty.
Nuan Jin was bored, with Cen Run, she could rest assured, and it happened that there was a bird's nest next to her, so she leaned on the beauty couch, stirring the crystal in the white jade bowl for a while.
"Cen Run ......"
"Huh?" Cen Run raised his phoenix eyes from between the pen and ink, and saw that Nuan Jin did not look at him, but still looked at the white jade bowl in front of him in a daze.
"You are the person next to your father, you must have heard about the queen mother and Mrs. Rong, right?"
Cen Run's face remained unchanged: "What does the princess mean?" ”
Nuan Jin knew that he was playing Tai Chi with herself, and she was not annoyed: "This is not what those of us juniors should discuss, in fact, I know that Xuan Ning knows some of it, but he doesn't say it to me, so he thinks I don't know anything."
"There are always some gossips in the palace, not to mention that my mother is favored by my father, and there are more people in the palace who are red eyes of the concubines and nobles, and it is not strange to slander the queen mother behind her back."
Nuan Jin paused, and a rare touch of sorrow climbed up his eyebrows: "Those words can make people go back to their backs, they say, they say...... My mother's water-based Yang Hua first married Mrs. Rong, then married my father, and finally got along with Mrs. Rong, and wore a big green turban for my father......"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is so smart, how can she believe these gossips?" Although Cen Run couldn't see anything on his face, he was a little shocked in his heart, this matter was originally a secret, and he didn't expect that even Nuan Jin knew about it.
"I don't believe the gossip, or I feel a little sad......"
Cen Run sighed, and just wanted to continue to comfort, but Nuan Jin over there complained very much: "I blame myself for being such a big beauty, and he is not tempted to dangle in front of Taifu Rong!" It turns out that there is a person hidden in the bottom of my heart! It's not good to hide anyone, but to hide my mother, how can I fight? Win and lose, have no face, plainly let people poke their backbones and say that our mother is in love with the same man? Don't look at my mother's usual gentle personality, she can take my yellow ribbon off! ”
These words were shocking, and Cen Run, who had seen the wind and waves, was also so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, and looked at Lou Nuanjin with some astonishment.
Lou Nuanjin took the time to catch a glimpse of the shock in his phoenix eyes, and then he realized that he was open-mouthed, and he felt that it was nothing when he thought about it, there were too many people in this palace who wanted to harm her, but no matter who it was, it would not be her little brother.
"Princess, you must never say this to a second person, not even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you must remember."
Cen Run took the warmth in Feng's eyes and looked at her seriously, the latter nodded a little scared, just like when she made a mistake when she was a child and was lectured by her brother and Cen Run in turn: "Don't be so fierce, don't make me afraid, isn't this with you, I dare to say something from my heart." I've never told anyone about this, including Xuan Ning, don't worry, don't say it again? ”
Lou Nuanjin held the white jade bowl and looked at Cen Run pitifully, causing infinite ripples in his heart, but it was only a moment, and he returned to his usual formality: "The princess is serious, how dare the slave murder you, but this matter can be big or small, it is related to the reputation of the queen mother and Mrs. Rong, it is better to be cautious." Not to mention ......"
Cen Run frowned, there was not a deep trace, and some unknown loneliness overflowed from the phoenix's eyes, which was subtle and imperceptible: "The princess is still young, no matter how good Taifu Rong is, after all, he is also your master, and the difference in rank is unreasonable." ”
"I know......" mentioned this, it made Nuan Jinchou's heart, liver and lungs hurt, she didn't care about age, although he was much older than her, but what could this be? The youngest concubine of the father and emperor is only as old as himself, so age is not a problem, but the problem is that there is an identity gap between them, that is her master, and if she insists on being with him, it is against ethics, and the ancestors will be disgraced.
Her ancestors are different from others, and they can't afford to offend.
Mrs. Rong is the first person she likes since she became sensible, and she didn't think that she would fail miserably before she began to experience the fun of love, what is so good about being a princess? As usual, I am sad for a gentleman.
The two of them were speechless, and the dormitory was instantly silent, only the occasional sound of a candle bursting and the crisp sound of a spoon colliding with a white jade bowl became the only sound in this silent palace.
After a long time, I heard Cen Run's gentle voice, stained in the night, and gently wrung out the water: "..... princess like Mrs. Rong?" ”
Sleepiness struck, and Nuan Jinqiang opened his eyes and looked at the man holding the pen in front of the table. The candle flame was reflected between Cen Run's eyebrows, trembling slightly, vaguely as if it was about to form a layer of dew. They are also childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and in my memory he is still the little brother on Splendid Mountain, beautiful, smart and calm.
"Well, I like it, Mrs. Rong looks good, knowledgeable, and looks like a fairy at that station." Nuan Jin closed her eyes slightly, her voice gradually softened, she didn't hear what Cen Run said behind her, what she was thinking repeatedly in her mind was that the world is changing, how could she have thought that she had become a noble princess of Nanchen Guoyan, and the little brother with a warm smile in her memory has become a lowly slave who can never turn over.