Chapter 120: Sweet and Salty
Tokyo's Shitokuden, the dining room is bright and magnificent. Countless candles on the brass stands illuminate in all directions, and lanterns hang on the walls, and the orange light flows on the delicate and wonderful decorations, like a dream. The palace maids dressed in ayara light veils around them were better dressed than the mistresses of the large family, and they lowered their eyebrows and were respectful and docile. If you walk into the temple from the "mortal world" in Tokyo, you will definitely feel as if you are not in the same era or world, and this place is completely different from the city.
The pictures of famous ladies on the wall are graceful and luxurious, and their expressions are vivid, but the portraits are always just portraits, and their beauty is not as good as the ladies here, and they are not the same. The picture of the lady hanging on the wall may not be used to show off her beauty, but to contrast the living people in the dining room...... Because compared to the people here, the lady on the painting is completely ugly.
However, Fu's demeanor was not as divine as the person in the portrait, and her face was dull, as if she had been wandering all the time.
On both sides of the lower head sat Jing Niang and Qing Xu, Jing Niang quietly glanced at Fu from time to time, but Qing Xu was eating a lot...... Her face was pure, and her lips were small and thin, but she saw all sorts of delicacies stuffed into her little mouth, and she ate more than anyone else; It's like there's nothing better in this world than eating good things.
"I want to come ......often," Qingxu burped, "Sister Queen, you are really the best person in the world." ”
The palace maid next to her was flushed, and she gritted her teeth before she couldn't hold back her voice.
Qingxu said again: "Can that bracelet be sold?" Jing Niang sandwiched a thin piece of mutton and put it in a clear bowl: "Hurry up and eat!" ”
At this moment, Fu picked up the glutinous rice pastry in the bowl. The palace maid had already dipped this delicate dessert in the powder of sesame seeds, fried soybeans, and sugar, and Fu slowly put the dessert in a white ceramic plate and dipped it again, she probably knew that she should dip it in some spices to eat this kind of thing.
The palace maid standing next to her widened her eyes, because the white plate was filled with salt water! But the palace maid didn't dare to stop it, who dared to care what the queen wanted to eat? Even Jing Niang noticed Fu Shi's action of dipping dessert in salt water, and couldn't help but look at her quietly.
Fu Shi silently recited the words translated from the secret letter on the rune paper in his heart: Last time I (I) knew that you were sick, for fear that you (you) would have three longs and two shorts, if you didn't come back to life, my heart would definitely die with it, and the world would become bleak and meaningless......
She has read this letter hundreds of times, and she remembers every word clearly, and she is more familiar with it than the classics and articles that everyone must read. Fu felt that he could turn his back backwards.
She put the salted pastry to her mouth and took a gentle bite. Jing Niang and the palace maids stared at her, as if they wanted to say: Is the sweet and salty taste delicious?
But Fu Shi chewed slowly, his face expressionless, and he didn't react at all. The salty and sweet taste turned out to be still edible, or maybe she didn't even pay attention to what it was, maybe she didn't even know what she was eating?
Translated the letter into a secret letter, from the hand of Jing Niang. Jing Niang knew why.
Fu's mind was blank, and from time to time he flashed a few words, some fragments, he said: There will be an emperor who will come to protect you and love you......
I want to thank you for how desperate and frightened I would have been without you, and I was afraid of death. But now, I'm not scared because there's an even stronger emotion that takes over my whole body, missing you every inch from my hair to my toes.
The woman I love the most, I know it's not right ((because it's ridiculous and sinful, Guo Shao received a lot of money from the emperor, but he loves his woman, this kind of thing is not tolerated by the morality of the troubled times in all dynasties), but I can't control myself, this emotion has trumped my life, even if I die, I won't change......
Maybe I'll turn to ashes and meet you again somewhere in Unai; Maybe I will become a soul and be reincarnated as a human, and in the next life, when we meet by chance, will you still look back and smile?
You're like a goddess, no! You are a fairy who has been reborn, that is my faith. I don't know what the meaning of war is, try to find meaning, that is, for the nobility and glory of the goddess, I truly believe that you can grant me good luck and strength; May I be able to capture Shouzhou, and may victory and glory eventually belong to the warriors favored by the goddess.
How I wish I could die on the battlefield at the last moment by pronouncing your name, not just a surname......
Fu Shi was a little uncontrollable emotional, and the depths of her bright eyes were full of tears, from her eyes to her throat to her heart, so sour, so astringent, she swallowed her tears silently. Brother Shao...... Brother Shao...... Fu Shi silently called out in his heart: I heard your roar and shouts in the battle array, I heard your prayers, but I can't go to the battlefield instead of you, I can't even intercede for you, because this will be worse.
You fight in battle, but I can only eat here without taste.
Be patient, although this kind of oppression is very uncomfortable, but there is always a reason for it in the world. Shao Ge'er has a lot of courage, he dares to do this...... Fu Shi could have guessed his mind a long time ago, but it was really unexpected, and he could only be so unscrupulous when he encountered an insurmountable hurdle and even his life was threatened.
Fu Shixin said: But I don't blame you.
It is said that Shouzhou is difficult to attack, and Brother Shao'er is limited to one month to make a military order, I am afraid that it will really fail. Fu pondered, his life must be worry-free for the time being, he had just saved the queen's life, and the official family did not consider the merits and hard work of the Battle of Gaoping and the Battle of Shu, so they should also take care of grievances...... The key is that Brother Shao was defeated, but it was not an essential mistake such as rebellion, and he was a person without threat, was it necessary for the official family to kill him? A sentence that you saved the queen's life will block people's mouths in public.
At this time, if you don't ask and ignore it, the official family will take care of the queen and the Fu family. It is useless to intercede, and it can only add to the chaos in turn. If the official family has ignored the Fu family, will they still bother to plead; If you want to take care of it, it goes without saying better.
Don't blame me for being ruthless! Occasionally, I really want to go to Huainan in person immediately and beg the official family in person, regardless of what considerations I don't have to consider...... But it still doesn't have to, what's the use of doing it except for showmanship? I'm sure he understands my heart.
Brother Shao can't die, but this time I'm afraid it will be difficult to get up. The position of the commander of the Xiangdu is not only possible by the relationship between the queen, even if it depends on the emperor, it may not be possible, it also depends on the size of the ability, and the official family will not affect the combat power of the entire Zhou Dynasty army for personal likes and dislikes. In order for him to make his soldiers desperate, he must show a definite attitude and approach; If you can get to the top by relying only on relationships, who wants to go to the battlefield and fight for their lives?
Brother Shao only has such a foundation, and the Shouzhou Army has a big defeat, can he afford such a toss? Fu felt that it was difficult for him to get up again, and even if there was still a little hope, it was very difficult; She is the queen, not the emperor, and she can't give Shao Ge'er anything directly.
In this world, if a person without strength has too high vision and too much courage, it will be a bad thing and a bad thing for him. Whether it is Fu himself or Brother Shao, if he doesn't have the strength, he can't do anything, and what he thinks and desires has no effect.
Fu Shi was very uncomfortable thinking of this...... She felt very helpless about this whole thing, the kind of place in Shouzhou was sent to Brother Shao'er, it was not his problem; but to bear a disappointing outcome.
Finally, after a dinner meal, several people rinsed their mouths with water and drank weak tea. Jing Niang said: "The queen seems to be unwell, I won't let Qingxu bother you tonight, and we will come back tomorrow morning to thank you." ”
Fu came back to his senses and said softly: "Good life serves the distinguished guests of this palace. ”
"Whoa." The ladies of the palace curtfell on their knees in response.
Fu returned to the dormitory of the Zide Palace, and Mu Shanggong stepped forward to ask for instructions: "The slaves and maids have prepared the hot water, please move the mother." ”
"Forget it tonight, it's boring." Fu waved his sleeves.
Mu Shanggong hurriedly said: "Then I will ask someone to fetch water and serve the mother to wash her feet." ”
"Don't wash it!" Fu's tone was very unhappy.
"Yes. The slave didn't dare to disturb the maid ......" Mu Shang Palace stepped back and gave a look to the palace maid next to her, and everyone followed her out of the dormitory.
Fu Shi walked around on the carpet in a purple curtain, dragging his long skirt, like a glamorous ghost.
At this moment, I heard a voice at the door shouting cautiously: "Niangniang...... Niangniang, Cao Tai begged to see him overnight, and the slave didn't dare to disturb, but Cao Tai said that it was good news. ”
"Let him come in and talk." Fu's secluded path.
After a while, Cao Tai entered the house and said, "The slave family is in a hurry, so they rushed here." Two things, the first one, Guo Shao won a great victory in Shouzhou, captured Shouzhou City, captured the famous Southern Tang Dynasty general Liu Renzhan and more than 20,000 people, and had already gone to face the saint to ask for a reward...... The slave family thought that with the merits of this battle, General Guo should be able to build a festival......"
Fu's face changed suddenly, and her rich and subtle expressions changed rapidly and alternately in the curtain, but she didn't say a word.
Then Cao Tai said: "Second, Han Tong has been ordered by the privy envoy to lead his troops out of Beijing and to Huainan. Fu Shi almost didn't hear this sentence, and she didn't know what Cao Tai was talking about.
Cao Tai didn't hear the sound, and said tentatively: "The slave family is finished, retire." Without hearing a response, he silently withdrew from the dormitory.
After a long time, when Fu came back to his senses, he found that there was no one in the dormitory, and he couldn't remember when Cao Tai left for a while.
She was suddenly in a trance, could it be that she was distracted just now, and the imaginary scene, in fact, Cao Tai never appeared? But she pondered for a moment, making sure that it had really happened.
A smile appeared on Fu's face, and in an instant, the purple, dim hues of the dormitory seemed to light up a little, as if a hundred flowers were about to bloom.
She decided to give Guo Shao a reply, thought about a lot of words, and finally swallowed them all in her stomach, and there were only two words left by her.