Chapter 17 Dusk as Concubine Chen
Chen followed the Liang system, and the harem had three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one royal wives. The three ladies have concubines, concubines, and concubines, and the nine concubines have Shuyuan, Shuyi, Shurong, Zhaohua, Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Xiuhua, Xiuyi, and contouring, and the nine concubines below have Jieyu, Ronghua, Chonghua, Chenghui, and Lierong, and a little lower is a beauty, a talent, and a lover.
When I woke up in a daze and in pain under my body, a palace maid actually called me "Niangniang". After asking, I learned that Chen Qian had already issued an order to seal me as a cultivator, and also gave me the word "soft", which is not low, and even made me rank among the nine concubines.
Yunxi, the palace maid who served me, said that I had a high fever that did not go away, and I was tortured with a cane, and my body was covered with blood, and my clothes and pants were stuck with the flesh, so I had to apply hot water to me, and I took off my skirt so that the imperial doctor could give me medicine. After three days of coma, the fever subsided, and then I woke up.
It is said that when Chen Qian heard the news that I was punished with a cane, he hurriedly sent someone from Si Zhengsi to save me from being unconscious, and also ran to Chonghua Hall to train Kong Guifei.
Yunxi said to me with a smile, "Your Majesty treats Niangniang so well, and suddenly gave Niangniang a Xiuyi, and her position is higher than that of several Niangniang who have princes." ”
Okay, I pinched my nails, he treated me so well! First designed to let me suffer twenty boards, and after beating me half to death, he pretended to save me, set up Kong Guifei as the number one enemy for me, and hypocritically sealed me as a cultivator, ranking among the ninth concubines.
When am I a fool? I, a palace maid with no name, jumped into the nine concubines at once, without merit or virtue, but my status is more noble than several concubines who have princes, how much will this make waves in the harem, and how many pairs of poisonous eyes are staring at me?
On the surface, it seems to be infinitely honored, but in fact, it pushed me to the forefront and became the target of the harem. I climbed to the position of Xiuyi so quickly, how many people are red-eyed, how many people are jealous, those women in Chen Qian still don't hate me so much, then the open guns and dark arrows in the harem will be sent to me, where can I stop it?
What kind of favor is this, this is Chen Qian changing the law to deal with me, it is simply a needle hidden in the cotton, and he has no good intentions.
I saw that Li Fei, who served me like Yunxi, was a clever and old man, not as simple as Yunxi, so I smiled at her gently, "Li Fei, I just entered the palace, and I don't know many things, and I need more help from you in the future." ”
Li Fei seemed to be accustomed to seeing the world's sophistication, and replied respectfully and calmly, "It is the blessing of the slave to be able to share the worries of the mother, and the slave will definitely serve the mother with all her heart." ”
I nodded, and then sent someone down, sighing and lying on the light pink flowered begonia folding branch brocade quilt, looking at the cherry purple gauze tent embroidered with hibiscus and lotus leaves on the top of my head, my heart was confused.
Raspberry lotus petal algae pattern Dan window, carved gold-coated pomegranate group flower mahogany dresser, entangled green plum honeysuckle pattern bronze mirror, peach blossom carved yellow rosewood chair, coral red crystal long curtain, flowing butterfly love flower branches painted nine palace screens, gilt silver Boshan furnace incense wisps, smoke and clouds.
The Yilan Hall is beautiful and elegant, and where my eyes fall, I only feel empty and lonely.
When it was time to drink the medicine, the thick black medicinal juice brought by Yunxi was bitter and unpalatable, and he couldn't help but spit it out before he swallowed it, and I asked Yunxi to add three spoonfuls of sugar to the medicine again and again before he was willing to drink it.
When he was resting in bed after drinking the medicine, Chen Qian came, wearing an ordinary yellow and white robe, and the gold-embroidered three-color dragon was brilliantly outlined on his chest, making it more and more majestic and awe-inspiring, with an inviolable kingly domineering.
"Your Majesty, you took my bamboo flute a few days ago, is it time to return it to its original owner now?" I tried to calm the resentment in my heart and asked with a smile. After all, he is the emperor, and if he goes against him, he is simply asking for his own death.
"Oh" Chen Qian's lips curled up with an inexplicable smile, "You are so anxious to return your bamboo flute, it can be seen that you cherish that bamboo flute very much, or rather cherish the person who gave you the bamboo flute." ”
In order to clarify the facts, I pretended to be surprised and said, "How did Your Majesty know that someone else sent it?" ”
Chen Qian didn't answer my words, but chuckled: "This person must be very important to you." ”
I didn't understand the meaning of his words, so I just replied, "Yes." ”
Chen Qian showed an expression that was really like this, and smiled proudly, "It's your lover." ”
Ahh......h How can it be considered ...... My lover ...... "When did I have a lover, this speculation is too outrageous."
"You're too underestimated to think I don't know?" Chen Qian smiled meaningfully, "That bamboo flute has an extraordinary origin, and there is a love allusion, so it is also called a love flute, which is a thing of love between men and women." Who else would give such a thing, if it's not your lover? ”
Ah, my eyes are wide open, it turns out that there is such a meaning behind the bamboo flute sent by Yuwen Yong, I always thought it was just an ordinary bamboo flute.
When I was stunned, Chen Qian looked at me with a smile, "I don't know who your lover is, say it, I will think about letting you have a lover and eventually become a family, and it is not impossible to fly away." ”
I sneered, "Your Majesty would be so kind?" ”
As if grabbing my handle, Chen Qian smiled deeper, "If you don't say it, you're afraid that I will not be good for him." You really have a deep affection for him. But even if you don't say it, I know who he is. ”
"Is it because His Majesty didn't kill me?" I asked tentatively.
Chen Qian said far-reachingly: "His beloved woman is in my hands, and he has to weigh what he wants to do in the future." ”
I frowned, so to speak, Chen Qian did know that Yuwen Yong was the owner of the bamboo flute, but he didn't know that Yuwen Yong sent me the bamboo flute to pretend to be a play, and when he saw that I had a bamboo flute in my hand, he thought I was Yuwen Yong's woman and wanted to use me to contain Yu Wenyong, so he didn't kill me? Unexpectedly, it was Yuwenyong's bamboo flute that saved me.
Seeing me like this, Chen Qian gloated: "You are worried about him, you should worry about yourself first." ”
He thought I was worried about Yu Wenyong? I really laughed to death. I and Yuwen Yong's Liangzi have already formed a relationship, and we only have grudges against each other, where do we have to worry. I can't tell him that, though. He thought that I was Yu Wenyong's lover who saved my life, if he knew about my bad relationship with Yu Wenyong, would my life still be saved?
Not only did I have to hide this, but I also had to pretend to be Yu Wenyong's lover, so that Chen Qian was convinced that I could contain Yu Wenyong, so that my head could grow on my neck forever.
I was also a lot relieved to know the reason why Chen Qian didn't kill me, and when he asked about it in the future, I would also deal with it skillfully, not letting him find out the flaws, and buying myself a longer time to live, so as to wait for the future and fight back.
After recuperating from the injury for more than half a month, my body gradually got better, and I was finally able to move freely.
My injuries were healed, so Chen Qian sent someone over, saying that he was coming tonight, and asked me to prepare for bedtime. When Yunxi and Li Fei heard the news, they excitedly cleaned up the dormitory. But my heart was a cold snort, my injury was just right, he asked me to sleep, so eager to show the people of the harem his favor to me, it seems that he is determined to push me into the harem, a big dye vat that eats people.
I'm not afraid, I'm waiting for him in the Yilan Hall at leisure, I don't believe that he will be interested in a woman who slapped him a few times, and even if he is interested, he will only be interested in how to torture me. The so-called bedding is just a show for outsiders.
Eating and drinking as usual, Ren Yunxi and Li Fei didn't listen to how they persuaded me to dress up, just when a gust of wind blew in my ears, I just passed by, and I lay in the pear wooden chair with a book and watched idly.
Under the faint flickering candlelight, I flipped over the pieces of paper, looked at it with a straight screen, and heard Yunxi and Li Fei shouting "Your Majesty" in unison, and knew that it was Chen Qian coming.
Yunxi and Li Fei consciously retreated, listening to the steady and powerful footsteps gradually approaching, impacting my hearing, I simply put down the book and got up straight.
When I met Chen Qian's eyes, I didn't bother to pretend with him, pointed to the soft couch on one side, and simply asked, "Your Majesty, do you sleep on the couch or do I sleep?" ”
Chen Qian chuckled lightly when she heard this, and looked at me with some interesting eyes, and her tone was as soft as Fang Fei's first dispersion, "What nonsense is Qing'er talking about, you and I are going to have a good night together tonight, how can we sleep on the couch?" ”
An intimate "Qing'er" called me a chill, I didn't have the heart to act with him, so I made it clear directly, "Your Majesty, you and I both know it, and we are just making a show for outsiders, so we don't need to act with each other anymore." ”
Without waiting for him to speak, I chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Oh, Qingqiang forgot, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can I wronged you to sleep on the couch, naturally Qingqiang slept on the couch." ”
I picked out the topic, and Chen Qian couldn't hold back his face anymore, and snorted lightly, "You still have self-knowledge." ”
I took a thin coat embroidered with white silk embroidered manman acacia and covered it, half lying on the couch covered with fine flowers and white cherry blossoms, and took a book and flipped it carefully.
I vaguely heard the sound of Chen Qian taking off his shoes and squirming on the bed, and was quiet for a moment, and then heard him tossing and turning, and there was a creaking sound under the bed, which was very annoying.
It's so noisy, how can I still read a book. I closed the book and turned over angrily, but I looked at Chen Qianqing's rippling eyes, the candlelight flickered lightly on the jade-colored handsome face, dark and unclear, but it added a vague and charming style, such as looking at flowers in the flowing lan, looking at the moon in the smoke and water, exploring the bamboo by the floating clouds, hazy and beautiful.
But who knows, under the seemingly elegant and handsome face, there is a ruthless heart hidden.
An angry and dissatisfied voice sounded, "The sound of your book flipping through is so noisy, how can I sleep?" ”
I didn't think he was making a big move, but he thought I was turning the book and making a noise to him? The sound of my flipping book is as soft as the wind, can it disturb him? Obviously, he is not quiet, and if he has to say that I have quarreled with him, he will push me on the head if he is really unsatisfactory.
Exegesis:
(1) The title is based on Wang Wei's "Xi Shi Yong" in the Tang Dynasty: "The dynasty is the Yuexi girl, and the twilight is the concubine of the Wu Palace." ”