Chapter Twenty-Nine: The West Palace
CHAPTER XXIX
Four or five days down, Chai Xiyun is already a lot more comfortable, staying in the house for days, it is really boring, fortunately Liulang troubled Zheng Yin to bring into the palace a parrot with quite aura, Chai Xiyun used it to pass the time in his spare time, now Zhao Fuping came to the interest, knowing that she was good, so he took the newly made shuttlecock to the West Palace.
The sun is very good, with a warm spring, the Empress Dowager Zhou ordered someone to move an embroidery stool in front of the palace, put the fruit on the table, and lit the incense with her own clean hands, and then sat down to order tea.
Opposite, Chai Xiyun and Zhao Fuping with Lingyu and Zhiyu have started a "fierce battle", talking about Keju and shuttlecock, Chai Xiyun recognizes the second, no one in the palace dares to admit the first, Zhao Fuping knows her ability, and will take Zhao Yuanwei as an alliance every time, even so, the outcome is difficult to decide, today Zhao Fuping is righteous, always thinking that Chai Xiyun has not yet been able to fight well, and proposed a two-on-two battle method, Chai Xiyun did not refuse, recently she does feel that her body is weak and weak, if there is no helper, I am afraid it is really difficult to defeat her.
"Oops~" Zhiyu shouted softly, but saw that the shuttlecock rose and jumped out of the courtyard wall, Chai Xiyun laughed and quipped, "Fuping, look at the girl you taught, even the shuttlecock can't kick steadily." ”
"It's a shame to be white!" Zhao Fuping made up a joke, and didn't wait for Zhiyu and Lingyu to move, thinking that he was close to the palace gate, so he turned around and ran out, Lingyu only stepped forward and climbed Zhiyu's shoulder to laugh, Chai Xiyun stabilized his breath, took a cup of tea handed by the Empress Dowager Zhou, and when she finished drinking, she didn't see Zhao Fuping turn around, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Why did you go for so long, auntie, I'll take a look at her." ”
Chai Xiyun said and put the tea cup steady, only to listen to the Empress Dowager Zhou's advice, "If it falls on a high place, remember to go back to the palace and call someone." ”
"Daughter knows" Chai Xiyun responded, so she carried the corner of her skirt down the steps, and when she crossed the corner of the palace wall, she was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of her.
"Fu... Ping..."
Zhao Fuping had already picked up the shuttlecock, and when he got up, he was greeted by a handsome figure, such a clean and hearty face, as chic as ever, just one glance, she recognized him clearly, and had an epiphany in her heart that she shouldn't meet Xu Zhan like this, just wanted to escape quickly, but she was in a hurry, her heels were not stable, and she was planted backwards.
Xu Zhan has the ability to never forget, and he is even more accurate in knowing people, he can distinguish Zhao Fuping's figure, he has recognized her since she ran out of the palace, but unlike the cold and solemn face in the past, she is wearing a slightly delicate pink narrow-sleeved short coat today, with a light white fairy skirt, a high comb bun, with not cumbersome jewelry, with a shallow smile on her face, very delicate, Xu Zhan can't help but be a little stunned, this has always been a cold beauty, there is such a side.
He thought to himself, and he had already met Zhao Fuping's gaze, he knew that it was not Chai Xiyun in front of him, and he also found out that there was also a princess of Pingning living in the Nanqing Palace, Pingning, this title has a good meaning, but why is she called "Fuping"!
Duckweed.
Xu Zhan didn't have time to think about it, he had already stepped forward to catch her waist, Zhao Fuping thought that he would fall hard, but he didn't expect a warm embrace, his eyes were shining, it was Xu Zhan's Yingting appearance, close at hand, people couldn't breathe, Zhao Fuping only felt empty, frozen in the air, not knowing how to move.
Seeing Chai Xiyun break in, the two hurriedly divided into two places, Chai Xiyun knew Xu Zhan, she wondered why he was here, but she was also very happy for the scene in front of her, and there was a smile on her lips, Zhao Fuping was surprised that she was acting imprudently, and was about to step forward to explain, only to hear an exclamation suddenly from behind her, from Xu Zhan, and her tone was undisguised! There is also a bit of joy that can't be concealed!
"It's you?!"
The handsome boy in front of the market that day, the beautiful woman in front of him, turned out to be her, and she was the Lord of Cheshire.
Bright eyes and bright teeth, delicate and moving, yes! She is the only one in the world.
……
Zhao Fuping was ashamed in his heart, he really didn't have the heart to stay in the West Palace, and hurriedly said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Zhou, Chai Xiyun didn't keep her, she could still feel Zhao Fuping's thoughts, but Xu Zhan She couldn't understand it, Zhao Fuping was ashamed to speak, but Chai Xiyun had already regarded himself as an outsider, so he didn't have a lot of evasions, and he could test Xu Zhan's mind with peace of mind.
Chai Xiyun sat down on the stone bench, the wind in the courtyard was strong, and she was sweating again, Qing Xuan was worried that she was suffering from the wind cold, so she turned into the inner palace and took an emerald finch silk cloak, and while waiting to wear it, she advised, "This body is not good yet, but don't be greedy for the cold and suffer the wind cold again." ”
Chai Xiyun responded shallowly and ordered, "Go and get two black glazed tea cups, and let the palace people retreat!" ”
"Yes" Qing Xuan bowed, first signaled the girls to disperse, and slowly walked into the inner palace, Chai Xiyun rearranged the tea table, Qing Xuan also took the tea cup, placed it securely and retreated to the side, Chai Xiyun made the tea soup, waved his hand and motioned to Xu Zhan on the opposite side to drink, Xu Zhan said the salute first, Fang picked up the tea cup and tasted it carefully, and said with a smile, "Thank you for the county lord's kindness." ”
Chai Xiyun smiled slightly, and also took a sip of tea, only to hear Xu Zhan smile lightly, "I really didn't expect that the famous Yong'an County Lord turned out to be you."
"Childe thinks it shouldn't be me?" Chai Xiyun raised his eyes and asked rhetorically.
Xu Zhan shook his head lightly, and replied with a smile, "Yes, in fact, the county lord doesn't have to bother with it, if Zhan saw you that day, he knew that you belonged to him, and he would never ruin his marriage, His Royal Highness and Yang Liugongzi are a pair of beautiful people." ”
Chai Xiyun lowered his head and pondered for a moment, Fang Qi's lips said softly, "You and Sister Pingning are also a match made in heaven. ”
Xu Zhan's eyes froze slightly, and then asked, "In this way, the county lord deliberately wants to promote Princess Pingning in Xia." “
"Yes, but no." Chai Xiyun replied calmly, "At the luncheon that day, if the palace goes, I am ashamed of Liulang, and the palace does not go, and I will disappoint my uncle, so I made this decision, let Princess Pingning take the palace for the palace, temporarily made up my mind, and did not have time to think about it, and then the palace saw that the person was you outside the screen of the flower hall, and I felt that the child's appearance was very compatible with Pingning's sister, so I had this intention. ”
Xu Zhan couldn't help but laugh and replied, "The county lord said he was laughing. ”
Chai Xiyun also smiled and asked rhetorically, "I don't know when Gongzi saw through this situation." ”
Xu Zhan chuckled twice and replied, "Actually, when I saw the princess that day, I hesitated in my heart, the princess's temperament and demeanor are very different from the rumors of His Royal Highness the county lord, I thought, the rumors in the market are always wrong, His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the Nanqing Palace, will never find a fake county lord to coax me!" Later, when I was eating wine in the "Drunken Peach Garden", I met the Pan brothers, and what they said made me even more puzzled, but it happened that on the day the county lord entered the palace, Zhan was invited to the Nanqing Palace, and he met Princess Pingning. ”
"So Xu Gongzi came to the West Palace today to catch the palace off guard and see how the palace can fulfill this lie." Chai Xiyun took over the words and gave him a scrutinizing look.
Xu Zhan covered his lips and chuckled, and said, "If you don't have this intention, it's Zhan's deception, if it's all for this, then Zhan is wronged, Zhan came today, first, to visit the Empress Dowager Zhou, and secondly, to see the true face of Lushan under His Royal Highness the county lord." ”
Chai Xiyun said, "Seeing Gongzi and Sister Pingning today, I finally don't think about this palace, Fuping, she is a gentle and cautious person, what will happen in the future, I hope that Gongzi will plan carefully." ”
Chai Xiyun snorted, picked up the teacup like Xu Zhan, Xu Zhan raised her eyes, and was meeting a pair of water-cutting autumn pupils, for some reason, her eyes were so clean and clear, but with a bit of deep meaning, people couldn't read, Xu Zhan didn't think much about it, but also picked up the teacup, and said with a smile, "Please." ”
Chai Xiyun put down the teacup, turned sideways slightly, and met a resentful look sent by the Empress Dowager Zhou after coming to the door, Chai Xiyun lowered his eyes slightly, and the Empress Dowager Zhou sighed lightly and turned into the inner palace.
If the most worried at this time is undoubtedly Zhao Fuping, she doesn't even know how she returned to the palace, that young man, bright, upright, enthusiastic, she never had the luxury of expecting such a near-perfect man to break into her life, Zhao Fuping panicked.
Emotional?
Xu shouldn't be, he is the big medium of the country's uncle, he is the son-in-law of Chenglong selected by the Fu family, and he belongs to the lord of Yong'an, even if Chai Xiyun has a heart and likes Xu Zhan, it should not be himself.
Zhao Fuping slowly moved to the palace gate, replaying the picture of herself jumping into his arms over and over again in her mind, his arms did not make people feel at ease, she had not been at ease for a long time.
"Don't be obsessed, don't be greedy, the world is like water, and you can be at peace with what happens."
In a word, hovering in the ears for a long time.
This sentence, from Zhao Fuping's mother, the first emperor's Qi Niangzi, no one knows her real name, let alone where she came from, only know that it is a lonely and weak woman rescued by the first emperor on the south road, no illustrious family background, let alone a foreign family want to help, but it is just a woman of unknown origin, but she has been favored by the first emperor's special room, when she was favored in the past, even the current concubine is not as good as what if, the emperor's summons for several months, gold, silver and jewelry were sent into the deep palace brocade courtyard like a stream, but the favor and love, but short-lived, the birth of the princess, did not exchange for her glory and wealth, but secluded and confined to the ground, abandoned like a shoe, the emperor did not board her door when he saw the year, some people said, she was not a beautiful person, but had a fiery temperament, the first emperor was just a fresh; Some people also say that she didn't understand the rules and touched the emperor's scales; Twelve years later, when everyone couldn't remember Qi Niangzi, she used three-foot white silk to hang on the beam and shake the royal family.
The concubine committed suicide, which was a great crime of extermination, Zhao Kuangyin was furious and threw down a decisive holy decree. That is Zhao Fuping's mind to his father and emperor not much memory, is really chilling, Zhao Fuping does not know where she got the courage, dare to kneel in front of the Wende Hall all night, she also does not know where her maid Jinyue got the courage, dare to cry overnight to open the palace door of Queen Chaoyang, but she begged, asked for the stability behind the mother concubine, and also begged to break off the father-daughter relationship between her and the emperor, that kneeling, it seems to have exhausted all her strength, so that Princess Pingning, who has survived in the palace since then, is as light as water, and has no desires.
If Xu Zhan doesn't come, maybe he will be indifferent for a lifetime, and he won't fight for any marriage or wealth, but fate dictates, he is here after all, but this dazzling young man, for Zhao Fuping, is a blessing or a curse, and it is still unknown.