Chapter 60: Compassion
After Tian Xiang announced the results, the water color stepped forward and was personally inserted by the main Su of the fang to insert a peony flower hairpin made of red gold to symbolize the identity of the oiran. The water body squatted slightly, and the tassel inserted the hairpin into her bun, and whispered close to her ear: "You did it, are you satisfied this time?" ”
"Naturally. Thanks to the owner for the cultivation, the water color will do its best to win glory for the Joy Square in the future. Mizuki meekly bowed to the tassel in gratitude.
"You know, I didn't want you to be too eye-catching, so you would inevitably become the target of public criticism. But you have the ability to do it yourself, and this 'Oiran' is well deserved. The tassel deliberately accentuates the pronunciation of the word "Oiran", which seems to have something in the words.
"It's all the owners." The water color gradually put away the illusion of docility, and the eyes looked firmly at the tassels. Tassel looked at her for a moment, then suddenly burst into a smile, leaving a sentence of "Come to my room when you're done" and retreated.
The dispute between the Oiran was settled, and some people were happy and some were sad.
The joy is naturally aqua and light yarn. Light yarn smiled and caught up with Shui Se, who was about to find the tassel: "Sister Shui Se, wait for me!" After the light yarn caught up with her, she slipped her whiskers and patted the horse: "Sister Aqua's dancing is so beautiful, it is better than the butterfly language!" I knew you were the ...... Oiran."
"Qingsha, if you help me like this, aren't you afraid that Yingge and them will embarrass you?" She clearly felt Yingge's hostility towards her.
"Afraid of what? They think of themselves as high-minded, and they have always looked down on me as a person who has sold my body. In the past, as long as I talked to Hua Wu a few more words, they would squeeze me, and I had enough of it! Or the color of the water hello, to everyone is kind and angry. "Light yarn is a wall grass, and she is the best at seeing the wind and rudder.
"In the past, I also looked down on the things that Hua Wu did in my heart. But now that I think about it, it's nothing, so what about selling my body? It's better than those who are sanctimonious. ”
"Sister Aqua is right! In the future, only the sister of the light yarn is looking forward! "Light yarn didn't expect the conservative water color to also open up, and quickly took the opportunity to set it up. Aqua smiled at her and patted her on the shoulder to find the tassel.
Shui Se came to the tassel door and was about to knock on the door, but the people inside seemed to know that she was coming, and directly called her in.
"The owner is looking for water?" The water color stood respectfully in front of the tassel.
"Shui Se, do you still know that I am the owner? Since you recognize me as the owner, why do you have something to hide from me? Tassel slapped the table hard.
Shui Se hurriedly knelt on the ground and tried to hide it: "The owner is angry!" I don't know what the owner is talking about! ”
"I don't know? Then I'll tell you! It's about Butterfly, don't say that Butterfly has nothing to do with you if you are caught. I asked you to accompany Yu Zitao that day, what did you say? What did you do? Say! The tassel was really angry this time, and with a wave of his sleeve, he brushed the tea cup on the table to the water-colored feet and smashed it.
Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, she kowtowed again and again to admit her mistake: "The owner of the workshop spares his life, the owner of the workshop spares his life!" I was also confused for a moment before I betrayed Butterfly Language...... It was that jade boy who threatened me that if I didn't recruit the truth, he would arrest me and go to jail! I'm also scared to ......" Shui Se thought that as long as she was willing to admit her mistakes, the owner wouldn't do anything to her, after all, people like them are selfish, what can you talk about the righteousness of the rivers and lakes with Maiko?
"Do you know that you were confused for a while, and you wanted Dieyu's life......" Yiren just found out the information, Dieyu couldn't stand the torture in prison and died.
"Butterfly Language...... He's dead? This is something Shui Se never expected, she didn't mean to die with butterflies. Seeing that Tassel was silent, she knew that Butterfly was definitely gone! She is not without regrets in this moment.
"That's it. It is better to die, so as not to say something that should not be said under torture. Aqua, you're now an Oiran as you wish. But you must know that the greater the fame, the greater the responsibility, in the future, you must do things for the community wholeheartedly, and do not make mistakes because of selfish desires. We can't afford to lose any more important people......" Tassel sighed and motioned for Shui Se to get up.
"Yes, Shui Se understood. Owner...... Is there anything to do with the robbery? "Shui Se wondered if the butterfly language was in vain.
"You shouldn't ask about this, don't talk too much, step down." The tassel instantly became vigilant, turned away from the water, and let her go back to rest on her own. Shui Se didn't dare to ask more, but she intuitively felt that things were not so simple, maybe it had something to do with Joy Fang, and Butterfly's death would not be the end of the whole thing.
In mid-May, Concubine Shu came out of Sanqi, and Duan Yulin was true to his word this time, canonizing her as a bamboo picker on the grounds of Muzhu's loyalty and benevolence to her master. Mu Zhu and the emperor's enthusiasm was in full bloom, and there was a matter of dividing the emperor's favor - Jiang Lianhuan found out that she was two months pregnant, and the emperor promoted her to be a concubine of Lian. There were two pregnant concubines in the harem all of a sudden, and with the new favorite of Mu Zhu, Duan Yulin was in a good mood, and even his worries about political affairs were diluted a lot.
In a blink of an eye, it was the end of May, and the twenty-ninth day happened to be Duanwen's first birthday. Han Qianyu had too many emotional ups and downs when she just gave birth to Duanwen, and she was depressed during the confinement, so that her body was not as good as before after the confinement; Moreover, the lack of postpartum conditioning also made the stretch marks and loose skin on her body not recover well. Therefore, Han Qianyu is completely out of favor, and she often blames Duanwen for being a girl. Even if today is the first birthday party of her youngest daughter, she has never given a good face.
"Little lord, the dishes for the princess's first birthday banquet are ready. The concubines of each palace have sent congratulatory gifts, and there is a mutton fat jade collar slave who looks very auspicious, why not put it on for the princess? Feiyan babbled, just to let Han Qianyu divert her attention, she has recently become a little emotionally out of control because the emperor would rather pamper a palace maid than come to see her.
"Feiyan, where do you say that Muzhu is good? It's just a lowly palace maid! Emperor...... Don't you come to see me, and you don't come to see the princess? Han Qianyu suddenly grabbed Feiyan and said excitedly: "The princess is one year old, the emperor will come today, right?" Are all the dishes prepared today that the emperor loves to eat? ”
"Yes, little lord. The emperor will come over at lunchtime, should we invite other concubines to ...... together" Feiyan thinks that the princess's first birthday banquet should be more lively, only the emperor and the little lord are too lonely.
"What do you call them to do? Didn't they come to disturb my time with the Holy One, fools! Go down! Han Qianyu angrily scolded Feiyan, Feiyan didn't dare to make a sound, and retreated silently.
It's time for lunch, Feiyan first puts the cold dishes and fruits on the table one by one, and now waits for the emperor to serve other hot dishes as soon as he arrives. Han Qianyu waited eagerly for half an hour, but what he was waiting for was the news that the emperor and several ministers were still discussing the affairs of the Ten Thousand Dynasty Meeting and were unable to do so. Specially asked Fang Da to inform him that he couldn't come for lunch, and if he was free in the evening, he would come to see the princess, and if he couldn't be free, he would send someone to take the princess to the imperial study for him to see at dinner.
After Fang Da finished passing the message and left, Han Qianyu angrily swept away the things on the table, and Feiyan hurriedly stopped: "Little master, what are you doing?" It's the princess's birthday party! ”
"What a birthday feast! What is the significance of the emperor not coming to this banquet? Han Qianyu burst into tears and pointed to Duan Wen, who was awakened in the nurse's arms, and scolded: "It's all because of this money-losing goods!" Just because you are a girl, the emperor doesn't value you! The emperor doesn't favor me anymore! Duanwen seemed to feel her mother's disgust, and cried. Han Qianyu was annoyed by Duanwen's crying, snatched her daughter from the nurse's hand and pinched her arm fiercely, and said viciously: "You know how to cry!" If you cry again, I'll strangle you! ”
Duan Wen was pinched and cried even more, Han Qianyu raised her hand to fight angrily, but was interrupted by a sudden shout: "Stop!" As soon as Wen Feng entered the main hall of Dengyu Pavilion, she heard Han Qianyu's cursing voice and the princess's cry, and hurriedly entered the side hall, and sure enough, Han Qianyu was about to raise her hand to hit the child, but she didn't even think to stop it immediately.
"What does it matter to you that I hit my child? Who called you here? Han Qianyu let go of Duanwen stupidly, turned around and sat back in the chair.
Wen Feng stepped over the ground and came to the nurse, took Duan Wen in her arms and coaxed her softly, and said coldly to Han Qianyu: "She is not only your child, but also the princess of the Great Han Dynasty, how can you beat and scold casually?" What's more, tiger poison doesn't eat children, look at your attitude towards your own daughter? How can you not love her, when you gave birth to her? ”
"Princess? It's been a year since she was born and she didn't even have a title, what kind of princess is it? I'd rather not give birth to her! "She worked hard for this child, but it turned out to be a daughter! not only made her empty happy, but also caused her body to be deformed and disgusted by the emperor, which really outweighed the loss.
Wen Feng heard her say this, and thought of the child who had no chance with her, her heart couldn't help but throb, and at the same time, her disgust for Han Qianyu also increased: "Since you hate the princess so much, just hand her over to someone else to raise, so as not to suffer with a mother like you!" ”
"Phew! If you can't keep the child yourself, are you going to come and rob my child? Don't! Han Qianyu rushed over to snatch the child back, pointed to the direction of the gate and shouted to Wen Hao: "You get out of here!" You are not welcome at Nobokaku! Wen Feng was so angry that he put down the congratulatory gifts he had prepared for the princess and left Dengyu Pavilion.
On the way back, the gentle maid forgot to complain indignantly: "Concubine Yu really doesn't know what to do, the little lord is kind enough to see the princess, but she treats you like this!" ”
"I don't care what she does to me, but I just can't watch her beat and scold the princess. The princess is still so small and so cute, how can she bear it? Although Wen Feng hated Han Qianyu very much, she had an indescribable love for her children. She decided to do something for the child, so she took her worries and went straight to the imperial study.
When Wen Feng came to the imperial study, the emperor was still discussing with the minister and had no time to see her, so she was not in a hurry, so she sat and waited in the East Warm Pavilion next to the study, and the wait was three or four hours. It wasn't until the time of the war that the meeting in the imperial study was dismissed, and it was time for the emperor to have dinner.
"Fonda, what time is it?" Duan Yulin felt tired and didn't want to move a step.
"Back to Your Majesty, it's already time to fight. Do you need to pass the meal? Or do you want to move to the Feather Pavilion? "Fondake still remembers that today is the princess's first birthday.
"Look, I'm so busy that I forgot my daughter's birthday! But I'm really lacking, so go and fetch the princess for me to see. I'll rest in the West Warm Pavilion today, and I'll put dinner over. "Usually, Duan Yulin is late to deal with government affairs, so he won't go back to Zhaoyang Palace, and will stay overnight directly in Xinuan Pavilion.
"The old slave obeyed. By the way, the emperor, the little master of Chun Concubine has been waiting for the face saint in the East Warm Pavilion for nearly four hours. Do you want to see the emperor? Fang Da chose the right time to file Wen Feng's request.
"Why is she here? It's been this hour, and I must not have eaten yet...... In this case, please come and dine with me and the princess. Duan Yulin thought that he hadn't been to Shang Lixuan for a long time, maybe Concubine Chun really had something to discuss.
"Yes." Fang Da first went to invite Wen Feng to move to Xinuan Pavilion, and then went to Dengyu Pavilion to pick up Duan Wen. When Fang Da went to pick up the princess, Han Qianyu still hoped that the emperor would invite her to go with her, but she didn't expect the emperor to mention this stubble, so angry that Han Qianyu smashed several ceramic vases afterwards.