I put the book aside angrily, "Since Your Majesty is noisy, Qingqiang won't read it." ”

Then he said, "I'm bored, what kind of book do you read, read a paragraph to me." ”

After a while, I was noisy, I stopped reading according to his wishes, and planned to sleep, but he was bored and didn't let me sleep well, and asked me to read to him, which really didn't make me feel better, right?

Spreading out the book, I read listlessly, "Rats have skin, but people have no manners!" If people have no ceremony, what is it to not die? Rats have teeth, but people don't stop! People are endless, why not die? The rat has a body, but the person is rude! People are rude, and Hu is not going to die? ”

By the time I finished reading, Chen Qian's face was already pressed by black clouds, "What kind of book are you reading, insinuating that I am shameless, and cursing me for dying early, um!" ”

Isn't it shameless to use me as a shield to defend oneself for one's shameless acts, and to think of all kinds of ways to torture me, which is inhumane? He won't let me get better, and I won't let him get his way. I deliberately read the poem "Xiang Mouse" to satirize his shameless behavior, so that he could know what kind of face he was, and also to express his resentment at the end of his stomach.

I was pitiful and innocent and said: "Your Majesty forgives me, this is just Qingqiang reading at will, and there is no other intention." What's more, Qingqiang was born in the countryside and only knew a few words, and she didn't understand the meaning of the words. ”

Chen Qian's face was full of disbelief, his muscles protruded, he strode out of bed, came to my side, snatched my book, opened it almost torn, pointed to a certain poem, and ordered me in a gloomy manner, "Read this." ”

When I saw it, it was "Qi Ao", which praised the good character of a gentleman. Ho, I almost laughed out loud, he wanted to show that he was not a shameless villain, but a virtuous gentleman? Even if the villains in the world are dead, it will not be his turn to be a gentleman, thinking that whoever asks me to praise a gentleman is a gentleman?

My heart was full of sarcasm, and I reluctantly recited, "Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo." There are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting and learning, such as grinding, stinging, and stinging. There are bandits and gentlemen, and they must not be ridiculed. Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo. There are bandit gentlemen, full of ears and ears, and will be like stars. Nervous. He is embarrassed, there are bandit gentlemen, and he can't be embarrassed in the end. Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo like a basket. There are bandit gentlemen, such as gold and tin, and gui and bi. Wide and heavy. Good at banter, not abuse (3). ”

……

I don't know if Chen Qian deliberately retaliated against me for reciting poems to satirize him, and kept asking me to read some poems praising virtue, and I didn't rest until the middle of the night, I was sleepy and thirsty and didn't dare to sleep.

Chen Qian's eyes were shining, he was full of energy, and he was very happy with my hard work, until I was so sleepy that I was about to fall to the ground, he refused to let me go.

I fell asleep as soon as I got on the couch, groggy and dreamless all night.

When the sky was gray and almost bright, I was torn off the couch by Chen Qian, who was holding a dagger as cold as snow in his hand, and he was full of brilliance.

I knew what he was going to do, and I didn't wait for him to do it, so I took the dagger from his hand and slashed it on my middle finger with a ruthless heart, fast and accurate. Walked quickly to the edge of the bed, and the bright red blood beads on his fingers dripped on the thin jacket.

"You-" Chen Qian was probably surprised by my initiative and ruthlessness, and was speechless at me.

I took a piece of red silk to wrap the wound, I looked at him coldly, and I didn't hum pain, "That's okay, right?" ”

On the thin jacket, there is a red condensed by my blood, which symbolizes the red of a woman's chastity.

I don't know whether it was joy or anger, there was a strange streamer in Chen Qian's pupils, "You are really ruthless." ”

I said with a resolute and cold smile: "Sometimes, when the damage is unavoidable, it is better to hurt yourself than to wait for others to hurt you. In this way, if no one else wins, you don't lose, no one wants to get a bargain, and I won't let anyone who wants to hurt me be proud. ”

"You're unreasonable."

Chen Qian's face froze at that time, and he flicked his sleeves angrily and left.

According to Li Fei, the queen was generous, sympathetic to the concubines' daily hardship, and only received the concubines' greetings on the eighth, fifteenth, and twentieth days of the lunar month to show kindness. As for the queen mother, she lived in a simple place, and simply avoided the invitation of many concubines, and only stayed in the Cixun Palace every day to eat fasting and worship the Buddha, participate in the study of Buddhism, and would never summon the concubines if there was nothing special.

The first day after the nominal bedtime was twenty, and I had to take Li Fei to the Xianyang Hall to greet the queen.

Because of Chen Qian's unusual love for me, I suddenly became a hot figure in the harem, which naturally attracted the attention of other people. I really don't want to deal with these women of Chen Qian, who knows what kind of heart they have, and I don't want to act with these women, pretending to call each other sisters. The eternal topic of these women getting together definitely revolves around the Emperor, and I don't want to hear them speak of His Majesty one by one. What annoys me the most is Chen Qian, isn't it very troublesome to discuss Chen Qian with them.

But today, there is no way to avoid it.

The roof of the Xianyang Hall is a single eaves and four corners are pointed, covered with spike yellow glazed tiles. The phoenix ring pattern vermilion purple palace door, the green and the Danqi, the Haobi Yao, the Stanley Tree, the rainbow beam, the caisson, the exquisite window, the Wei Wei Huang, the very gorgeous atmosphere.

The queen wore a noble Lingyun bun, a five-phoenix sunrise hanging bead hairpin, a phoenix wings in the middle, and a wide-sleeved long skirt with a red and red gold Luan phoenix Zhai pattern, and was sitting in a chair with a double phoenix handover with a ruicao lacquer, with a dignified and calm temperament.

"Concubine Xiuyi Xiao, meet the queen." I bowed respectfully.

"No courtesy." The queen spoke softly and looked at me with a smile, "This is the new Xiuyi sister, like a flower, beautiful and beautiful, born very good-looking, no wonder Your Majesty likes it." ”

The queen is no longer young, her complexion is slightly yellow, and there are thin crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, she is obviously about the same age as Chen Qian, and she looks older than Chen Qian in her thirties. It was about Chen Qian who was well-maintained, and his handsome face looked like he was in his early thirties, much younger than his actual age.

Also, looking at the warblers and swallows beside her husband, all of them are like beautiful flowers, and her heart is inevitably depressed and unhappy, and no matter how good the natural maintenance is, she can't hide the marks of the vicissitudes of time on her face. It is not like Chen Qian, it is like a jade beauty, more energetic and radiant.

No wonder the queen wants to stipulate three times a month to ask for peace, probably because a large group of little wives who don't want to see their husbands, adding blockage to their hearts.

I politely modestly said, "The queen is overrated, and the concubine is not as good as you say." ”

"Rou Xiuyi doesn't have to be humble." A lukewarm voice came, "Your Majesty took Rou Xiuyi back to the palace for a private visit to Weifu and put it by your side to serve." It's only been a few days since I became a palace maid, and all of a sudden, I have crossed several levels to seal you for cultivation. Such a favor can be seen that Xiu Yi is beautiful and jade, and he is very liked by His Majesty. ”

I looked up, and it was a palace concubine with a beautiful face and a graceful body, delicate distant mountain eyebrows, big bright eyes, a beautiful nose, and red lips and teeth. Take a closer look, the lip line is particularly soft, Qionglu is shining, and there is a little more charming temperament under the glamorous.

Li Fei quietly reminded me that it was Liu Zhaohua, a few levels higher than me, I got up slightly to salute, and said with a humble smile: "I've seen Sister Zhaohua." ”

Knowing that I was brought back from outside the palace by Chen Qian, I sent someone to find out my details so quickly, and Liu Zhaohua didn't know what the intention was.

A slightly dissatisfied voice sounded, "In the past few days when Rou Xiuyi was sick, His Majesty has not summoned any of his concubines, and he only thinks about Rou Xiuyi. Even when Wan Zhaoyi was favored, His Majesty never forgot your sisters, but when Rou Xiuyi came, His Majesty completely forgot about us. ”

Li Fei whispered to me that the palace concubine with pearl hair who spoke was Pan Ronghua. During the period of recuperation, I also heard a little about the concubines in the palace, this Pan Ronghua has five princes and six princes in a row, but he is still a Ronghua under nine concubines. And I, a palace maid with no roots and no foundation, was promoted to Xiuyi, and her position was even higher than her, so she was naturally unhappy.

"Speaking of Wan Zhaoyi, why didn't you see her come to say hello today?" A beautiful and elegant palace concubine looked around.

It was Zhang Xiurong, the mother of the Nine Emperor Sons, who spoke, with a slender physique, and looked a little pitiful.

Yan Shuyuan, the head of the nine concubines, has been sitting gently and elegantly, and she will talk, and said softly: "Wan Zhaoyi's body and bones have not been good since she gave birth, and she has not left the decoction every day, it's not that she doesn't want to come, but she is really powerless." ”

"Sister Shuyuan is too protective of her." Liu Zhaohua frowned slightly and said, "It's been a few months of miscarriage, so it's time to get better." If it's not a real illness, it's disrespectful to the queen. ”

Yan Shuyuan just smiled lightly when she heard this, "My sister is too careful, Wan Zhaoyi has always been kind to others, gentle and decent, and everything is done with the queen first, how can you be disrespectful to the queen." ”

Liu Zhaohua disagreed, "This road knows the horsepower from afar, and it will see the hearts of the people for a long time." Maybe she pretended to be respectful to the queen in the past, or how could she pretend to be sick and not come to ask for peace when she found an opportunity. ”

Pan Ronghua stroked the beads on the side of the bun, and said with a smile on her pink lips: "It's not that Wan Zhaoyi is disrespectful to the queen, it's just that she just lost her child and is sad, but Your Majesty has a new person at this time, this old love sees a new love, and she will always be sad ......."

The words are not finished, the meaning is clear, and the implication is that Wan Zhaoyi doesn't want to see me so she can't come because she can't come?

The queen didn't say anything, just listened quietly, with a faint smile on her face.

Wang Guifei, who was sitting at the bottom right of the queen, looked cold and arrogant, and said quietly: "It's just that Han Xiuhua and Xu Jieyu can't get pregnant, and it is reasonable for Wan Zhaoyi to be unwell." But Concubine Kong didn't come without illness or disaster, why is this? There was also a slight disdain and contempt in his tone.

After she said this, I looked around, and I really didn't see Concubine Kong who was flying and beating me with a cane that day.

I took a closer look at this Wang Guifei, not like the thin eyebrows and white skin of an ordinary Jiangnan woman, her eyebrows are darker and thicker than ordinary women, honey-colored skin, very natural and sunny complexion, black eyes like obsidian, brilliance, radiant, like a proud and heroic woman.

"Alright." The queen finally couldn't hold back the smile on her face, her voice was slightly dark, and she instructed the palace maid next to her, "Qin Se, pass on the order of the palace, Han Xiuhua and Xu Jieyu are pregnant with a dragon fetus, so they don't have to come to ask for peace in the future, just need to raise the fetus with peace of mind." Wan Zhaoyi is unwell, so she doesn't have to come again, when she recovers, she will come to the palace to say goodbye. ”

"No!" The palace maid named Qin Se replied politely.

The queen's words avoided the important and light, never mentioned the matter of Concubine Kong, and deliberately lightly revealed, and the concubines were not interested in talking about Concubine Kong, so they each found other topics to talk about.

Exegesis:

(1) The title is based on Ouyang Xiu's "Yulou Chun Zun Qian Plans to Say the Return Date" in the Song Dynasty: "Life is a lover, and this hatred is not about the wind and the moon." ”

(2) From "The Book of Songs, the Wind and the Rat", satirizing the shamelessness of the rulers.

(3) From "The Book of Songs, Wei Feng, Qi Ao", a poem in praise of men.