After recuperating for a while, when I could get out of bed a little, I called Yunxi and Li Fei to help me go to the Imperial Garden for a walk. The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, since there is no way to avoid it, it is better to fight back, anyway, with Chen Qian's guarantee, he will not let me die, wouldn't it be too much of a loss for me to be so bored in Yilan Palace.

It is the cool season of autumn and brightness, the sky above Hualin Garden (2) is clear and clear like a clear ice, and a large piece of thin and bright glazed light falls, reflecting the flowers and trees are also bright and dazzling, and the light is rippling. The autumn breeze is full of the crisp coolness and the smell of the fragrance of the flowers, which is refreshing and pleasant, and the originally hazy brain is also vibrating.

I found a quiet place around the rockery and sat down on the bluestone table. There are several osmanthus trees standing sparsely and sparsely on the ground around the periphery, which are full of wind, dense branches, and green leaves are wrapped into green curtains. The white flowers are finely broken and spread in the melaleuca dense leaves, but they are like small beads in the ups and downs of the green waves.

The wind moves the fragrance, the osmanthus fragrance is like the splashing of the sun, dyed everywhere, spreads all over the body, the lush fragrance almost intoxicates people, Yunxi greedily absorbs the fragrance of the flowers, and smiles brightly in the sun: "The osmanthus blooms so well, it is so fragrant." ”

I sighed slightly, "Although the osmanthus is good, it is not as good as the rose I love." ”

"Rou Xiuyi likes roses?" An abrupt male voice slammed into his ears.

On the side of the rockery, a handsome figure slowly walked out, wearing a four-clawed python robe with blue and wide sleeves, sword eyebrows and straight eyes, dark pupils like bottomless night, and a calm and resolute bearing.

I straightened up and saluted him, "I've seen the prince." ”

"I have never had the opportunity to thank the prince for saving his life, and Qingqiang has thanked the prince here today."

"It's just a gesture, no thanks." Chen Ji replied lightly.

"Listening to what Rou Xiu Yi just said, it seems that I like Rose very much." Chen Ji half-hooked the corners of his lips and smiled slightly, "There are thorns under the rose, Rou Xiuyi is not afraid of being pierced?" ”

There was a distant smile in my eyes, and I bent my eyebrows, "I like roses because they have thorns, and roses have thorns to protect themselves." If a person with bad intentions wants to pick it, he will get a hand of blood, and he will be deterred. Unlike other flowers, which are delicate and incompetent, picked up lightly, thrown by the roadside, or imprisoned in vases, the rose is free to live in her own world. ”

"The people of the world either hate or sigh that the rose has thorns, and regrets that they can't get close." A flash of brilliance flew through Chen Ji's dark eyes, and he smiled lightly, "Rou Xiuyi likes roses precisely because of the thorns, eclectic, ingenious, and refreshing." ”

"Don't dare, Qingqiang is just saying what she sees and feels." I smiled back.

Chen Ji looked at me half-time, half-thought, and said with a smile, "According to Shaoshi, Rou Xiuyi likes roses, and I am also like a rose, a rose with thorns. ”

"It's a pity that no matter how beautiful and good the roses are, there will be times when the flowers fail."

A wanton and charming laughter broke in, and when she looked sideways, Kong Guifei walked with a smile between her eyebrows, dressed in rose-red embroidered pomegranate curly grass branches, and her skirt was decorated with snow-colored jewels. The colorful butterflies on the hibiscus Guiyun bun are flying, and the golden steps are shaking and shining, reflecting her face very gorgeous. A pair of phoenix eyes are charming and natural, wanton and arrogant, and beautiful, which is a kind of charm that penetrates into the bones, and a smile is all amorous.

"Flowers are not red for a hundred days, and people are good for a thousand days." Concubine Kong added faintly.

This time, Chen Qian did keep his promise and did not come to Yilan Palace, but went to Han Xiuhua and Xu Jieyu, who were pregnant. In the eyes of others, it means that Chen Qian's freshness to me has passed, and there is a faint momentum to snub me, most of which is about to fall out of favor.

Kong Guifei is sarcastic, am I becoming a yellow flower yesterday, and I am going to be rejected by others?

I don't know why these women in the harem always compare themselves with flowers, don't they know that flowers can only bloom for a few months, and they are very thin?

As if I had nothing to do, I looked at Chen Ji silently, my voice as light as water, "I don't agree with what the prince said, I never compare myself with flowers." ”

An interesting light crossed Chen Ji's black pupils, "Why?" ”

My face was blank, and I said loudly: "Although the flower is beautiful, it is life thinner than paper, once defeated, it will fall into the soil, and there will be no future, and it will be trampled on at will." People are different, they can get up from where they fall, and they will not be easily overwhelmed and let others look down on them. ”

On the surface, it was a response to Chen Ji's words, but it was a silent counterattack against Concubine Kong.

Concubine Kong Guifei's slender white jade fingers stroked the golden step on the bun, and said with a slight style: "Sister Xiuyi is really articulate. ”

"If you don't compare yourself with flowers, then what do you compare yourself with?" Concubine Kong glanced at me obliquely, her eyes rippling.

"There's no need to compare yourself." My smile is like a water lotus, "Everyone is unique, why use other things as metaphors." If I really want to compare, I would like to compare it to a stone and to steel, although it cannot be said that it is infallible, but it will not be broken with a single blow, and it will be easily bullied. ”

Chen Ji looked at me with a deep smile, "What Rou Xiuyi said always made Shao Shi unexpected. ”

"Sister Xiuyi, Your Majesty hasn't been to your place for a few days, has it?" As soon as Concubine Kong moved, she looked at me with a dazzling smile.

Want to hit me? Unfortunately, I won't be hit. What does it matter to me if Chen Qian doesn't come, if he doesn't come, I'm happy.

I smiled back with a bright spring smile, "Your Majesty is sympathetic to Han Xiuhua and Xu Jieyu being pregnant, and you should care for them more." ”

"Sister is not disappointed?"

"Why, I'm not happy enough." I smiled and looked at Concubine Kong, "The harem should be wet with rain and dew, and the blessings should be shared." Sister Guifei, don't you say? ”

Kong Guifei didn't hit me a little disappointed, and her smile faded, "My sister is really sensible and sensible." ”

When I met her, the interest in appreciating the flowers was about to be lost, I didn't want to stay longer, so I chatted a few words hastily, and then said goodbye to Kong Guifei and Chen Ji. I also met a lot of palace concubines along the way, and they probably thought that I was snubbed by Chen Qian, and sarcasm, mockery, and pity were indispensable in my speech. I don't make arguments with my tongue, no matter what they say, I just turn a deaf ear, smile and leave, and be angry with them.

Not long after, Chen Qian, who hadn't seen her for a while, actually came to Yilan Palace, full of fun, and her smiling eyes were dazzling: "I don't want to be a delicate flower that is maintained by others, but I want to be a stone that is exposed to wind and rain, and steel tempered in the fire, Qing'er's idea is really peculiar." ”

He meant what I said today, King An Cheng and the Chen Qian brothers have a close relationship, and King An Cheng is often edicted to enter the palace, presumably this was told to him by King An Cheng.

"I didn't understand before, Qing'er is not a beautiful woman who has captivated the country and the city, and she has no talent, how could Yu Wenyong fall in love with you?" Chen Qian looked at me playfully, and a smile broke out of her lips, "Now it seems that you are quite interesting." ”

At the mention of Yuwen Yong, my brows jumped suddenly, the reason why he still let me live is entirely because he wants to use me to contain Yu Wenyong's relationship, and he must not let him know about my grievances with Yu Wenyong, otherwise my life will not be guaranteed.

My eyes were filled with fine ice, and I squinted my eyebrows and smiled: "What is so good about the flowers that are cared for, they are delicate and weak, they don't know the sufferings of the world, they fall when the wind blows, they break when the rain hits, and they step over when the wind and rain come." It's better to be a stone, and the wind and rain can't help it, if anyone wants to move away, they can hit his foot. ”

Chen Qian's eyes gathered a little and fell between my eyebrows, "It seems that what Brother Wei said is right, Qing'er is really a prickly rose, it will hurt people, I have to use a pair of scissors to cut the thorns on your body." ”

"Is a sheared rose still a rose? It's just a puppet without a soul. I glanced at him, and my tone unconsciously carried a hint of sarcasm, "Rose is not hurting, but people ask for it in vain, I don't hurt anyone and hurt me, in order to protect herself, Rose has to erect thorns all over her body." If anyone is stabbed, he will also be wrong, and he deserves to bring it on himself. ”

I reminded him with a smile that if he hadn't hurt me in the Tsukazai Mansion that day, there would not have been me slapping him later. Chen Qian was a little uncomfortable stared at by me, and tilted his head to avoid my gaze.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry that I will do something unfavorable to Wan Zhaoyi." I solemnly said clearly, "Although Qingqiang is not a good person, she is not an evil person. I have always been that the well water does not interfere with the river water, people do not harm me, I do not harm others, everyone is safe, and I will not take the initiative to harm others. ”

Hearing me say this, Chen Qian's face loosened and he settled down. My gaze tightened, and my tone hardened, "But if anyone wants to harm me, I will definitely treat others in the same way, and I will also pull a cushion in death." ”

Chen Qiangang's expression became nervous again, stared at me for a long time, his eyes were cold, and he moved his lips, "I know." ”

It's good to know, as long as you don't trouble me in the future and deliberately embarrass me, I won't provoke your beloved Wan Zhaoyi.

I'll just say, a peerless beauty like Wan Zhaoyi, how could Chen Qian be willing to snub her, looking at Chen Qian's nervous appearance, she must be in love with that Wan Mei. Chen Qian, finally let me grab your pigtails, with a graceful beauty in hand, see if you dare to use the concubine to make me stumble.

Seeing that Chen Qian was deflated because of Wan Zhaoyi, I walked around Hualin Garden more unscrupulously.

The southeast corner of Hualin Garden, the begonias in the Tang Garden are lush and green, several trees are blooming together, the green smoke clusters are thick, the jade jade moves in the wind, the blue shadow is heavy and Huazi, the Jiamu becomes a forest, the leaves of Juanjuan are full of coral red fruits, and the green leaves are a touch of red, and the wind is more lining.

I walked around the Tang Garden, and the trees stood firm and upright, some years. Faintly heard the muffled snort of a child, and looked at a begonia tree, a small boy, about four or five years old, like an octopus half climbing on the trunk of the begonia tree, his eyes staring straight at the bright red and moist begonia fruit on the branches.

The child trembled like a floating green ping in the water, and was blown away as soon as the wind blew. Sure enough, the little boy's feet shook, his hands slipped, and with a panicked "ah", he fell from mid-air.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Li Bai's "Autumn Wind Words" in the Tang Dynasty: "The fallen leaves gather and disperse, and the jackdaws are frightened." ”

(2) Hualin Garden: Hualin Garden is a famous royal palace in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and is the imperial garden of the Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin Dynasty and Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties.