Chapter 41: How deep is the sorrow
"Qing'er, don't sleep, wake up quickly-" The bitter medicinal juice poured into her throat, and a panicked and trembling voice called in her ear, "It's all my fault, I didn't mean to treat you like that, I just, I just want to keep you, you wake up quickly!" ”
I didn't have the strength to answer his words, I was so tired and sleepy, I wanted to sleep.
When I woke up and opened my eyes, my throat was so dry and I was so thirsty. Someone handed me a glass of water, and I drank it without thinking about it. When I saw the person who handed me water, I shuddered and fell straight back.
Chen Qian was a little annoyed when he saw me like this, but he quickly calmed down, and called softly with some distressed eyes: "Qing'er, are you better?" ”
Countless thoughts raced through his mind, I was of no value to him anymore, now I was just a plaything in his hands, a wild horse that had not yet been tamed. He is still interested in me and has patience, but if one day his interest and patience run out, what will wait for me?
If I want to live better, to live longer, I should be interesting, I should be obedient, and if I look at him with that hatred, he will only be disgusted, and perhaps he will kill me in a fit of rage.
Chen Qian came to hug me, I didn't resist, he was a little surprised, a little happy, stroked my hair and murmured: "Qing'er, everything I did just wanted to keep you." I like you, it's weird, isn't it? I also thought it was strange, and I started to ...... I hate you so much, and then I got obsessed with trying to keep you......"
"Now that you're one of mine, don't be angry with me. Let's live a good life, okay? ”
I didn't answer him, he hugged me tighter and made a promise to me, "The matter of the Cixun Palace is an accident, and it will ...... In the future, I will protect you for the rest of my life, and I will no longer let you suffer a little grievance. ”
It's funny, I think I'm a woman who is three chastity and nine fierce under the influence of those stereotypical old masters, and I will obey him after being slept with by a man, and live with him for the rest of my life, from the beginning to the end, there will always be only this one man?! How could I be bound by the ignorant ideas preached by those old masters who defended the feudal way?
I am by no means the kind of person who has been bullied and hurt and will only swallow blood and tears. If others owe me, I will pay it back sooner or later.
Now I don't have any strength to compete with Chen Qian, I can only endure and not move, accumulate strength, and give him a fatal blow when he is defenseless, and let him fall into hell!
To take revenge, you must first live. If you want to live, you must be obedient and endure disgust, even in the most painful and humiliating way. As long as I live, one day, I will completely destroy this man!
Yunxi said that I was very sick, I fell asleep for five days and five nights, and I almost couldn't come back at the Ghost Gate. Chen Qian was in a hurry, and took the sword to threaten the imperial doctor to do everything possible to cure me. When the Queen Mother heard about my illness, she didn't pursue the punishment of kneeling, but only asked someone to send me a copy of "The Female Ring" and asked me to copy a few copies to her after I recovered from my illness, which was also considered a punishment.
For Chen Qian, I put on a cold and indifferent posture, not resisting, nor welcome, just like a woman in a desperate situation, under the heavy oppression, my heart is like ashes, and I am desperate and forced to accept the arrangement of fate. If I had been uncharacteristically gentle and tender to him now, he would have suspected that I had other plans. The play has to be performed like this, I have to succumb to him in order to survive and survive, not sincerely. This is the way an ordinary woman has no hope of giving in, and he will not doubt it.
I can only sharpen my knife in the dark and gather all the strength I can muster. Wait for the day to defeat him, destroy him, and be ashamed.
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Although the only assassin who was captured alive had committed suicide by poisoning, Tingwei still found clues from the people who usually came and went with the artists of the music room, and found an organization called the Fuliang Society formed by the remnants of the Southern Liang. Since Emperor Wu of Chen, Emperor Chen Ba first compiled the Liang Emperor to establish the Chen State, some of the absconding old ministers of the Liang State were unwilling to be destroyed, secretly colluded with each other, gathered into the Liang Society, cultivated forces, and hibernated, waiting for the opportunity to plot to restore the Liang. And those assassins lurking in Le Fang were part of the forces planted by the Fuliang Society, plotting to assassinate Emperor Chen.
It's a pity that Tingwei's side has just found out some clues, and all outsiders who know a little bit have been killed silently, and the clues have been interrupted, and it is impossible to know the hidden forces of the Fuliang Society, even if they are angry, they are helpless.
After copying "The Female Ring", I took it to the Queen Mother, and my body got better. Chen Qian began to announce that I would go to the Shiqian Palace to sleep, I knew that I couldn't hide from it, gritted my teeth, swallowed blood and tears, and went to the Shiqian Hall with a cold heart.
Chen Ji will enter the palace from time to time to accompany him, and when I go to the Shiqian Palace, I will inevitably see him. Outside the Shiqian Palace, I saw Chu Ke following him, and in just a moment, the hands of the two people clasped together, and they quickly separated, so fast that people suspected that it was their own illusion.
Passing by, I saluted him, Chen Ji just nodded with a smile and walked away gently, without any abnormality.
When I walked past Chu Ke's side, I was careless at my feet, and I fell down when I raised my head, but fortunately, Chu Ke quickly supported me with his eyes, so that I would not fall on all fours.
When I entered the dormitory, Chen Qian hugged me to his lap and looked at me carefully, "Your complexion is much better, and you look energetic." ”
I resisted the discomfort in my heart and didn't kick him away, and didn't answer.
Chen Qian looked at me steadily, leaned down and kissed my lips, sucking and kissing carefully, and her breathing became heavier.
I was disdainful in my heart, but I didn't show any traces on my face. Chen Qian carried me to the bed, and I remained motionless, allowing him to reach out and untie my clothes. I closed my eyes, well concealed the bitter hatred in my eyes, and my strong body gently covered my body, kissing, touching, hugging......
When I returned to Yilan Hall during the day, I sent all the palace people away, pulled out a note from the sole of my shoe, and a strange smile floated on my lips, "It must not be simple between King An Cheng and Chu Ke, there are really many secrets in this palace, and it is really a good show." ”
Yesterday they clasped hands as if to pass something, and I pretended to fall in front of Chu Ke and took the opportunity to steal the note from his sleeve as he helped me up. I guess he wouldn't have thought that one of my palace concubines would steal his note, and even if the note is missing, he will only think that he accidentally lost it somewhere.
When the note was spread, there was not a word on the paper. Unwillingly, I sniffed the note and found that it smelled of rice soup. I have heard people say that when you write on paper with rice water, the words disappear without a trace after the paper dries, and only when the paper is immersed in an appropriate amount of vinegar water, the words will appear.
I ordered someone to bring vinegar and water, and soaked the note in it, and sure enough, the words appeared: When the three or five mirrors are round, the wind will meet thousands of miles of mountains.
"The moon is full in three or five, and the toad and rabbit are missing (2)." Three-five, refers to the fifteenth of each month. The ancients often used a mirror to refer to the moon, and the mirror circle is the full moon. Qianyuli is synthesized as "heavy", and mountains and wind are combined as "arashi", and heavy lan, refers to heavy lange.
The meaning of the whole sentence is: When the fifteenth moon is full, Chonglan Pavilion meets.
Not only is the word invisible, but even the time and place of the appointment are so vaguely written. No matter who this note falls into, there is no need to worry about being recognized. King An Cheng is really cautious.
Tonight, it's fifteen.
Chonglan Pavilion is located in the middle of nowhere, and it has been abandoned for many years, so no one will come here at all, and it is the best place to make a secret appointment.
Walking in the corridor path of Chonglan Pavilion, watching the moon and the clear light spread in the deserted courtyard, with a corner of light yarn, still quiet and moving, there is a cold smell in the decadence, the frost in the courtyard is reflected in my eyes, the snow shines, and even the heart is cold and hard.
There was a person walking far away in the corridor, his sword eyebrows were straight, his dark eyes were dark, and his temperament was resolute and calm as always, and I greeted him with a smile, "Lord Wang, seeing that it is me, are you very disappointed." ”
Looking at the stunned, surprised, and confused expressions of the person opposite, I said casually: "Chu Ke is the person who the prince placed next to His Majesty." If His Majesty knew that his most trusted brother had secretly sent someone to spy on him, what would be the consequences? ”
"Just by the words of a woman, will the royal brother believe it?"
"The note that the prince wrote to Chu Ke is evidence, 'When the three or five mirrors are round, the wind will be in the mountains and mountains' should always be the handwriting of the prince. The prince is very cautious, but unfortunately I still peeped through the mystery. The corners of my eyebrows flew, and without waiting for Chen Ji to speak, I quickly grabbed the words, "Don't think about killing people, if I die, the matter of that note will be made public, and then the prince's situation will not be guaranteed." ”
Chen Ji's eyebrows were already faintly uncontrollable anger, and he roared, "What do you want?" ”
I wanted to smile, like a thousand flowers and trees ready to bloom, "Don't be angry, if I really want to be an enemy of the prince, I can go directly to report to Your Majesty, why bother to come on this trip." The prince must have asked for something when he places people next to His Majesty. The prince has something to ask for, and Qingqiang also has a request, why don't we cooperate with each other and take what we need, how about it? ”
Since Chen Ji returned to China, he has been appointed as the supervisor of the Central Committee by Chen Qian's edict, and he is in a high position, and he is hot, what is he not satisfied with, unless, what he wants is ...... That unreachable location. In ancient times, there were many cases of the royal family killing their brothers and seizing the throne, and Chen Ji probably wanted to do this.
The piercing gaze of the needle tip lingered on me for a long time, and said coldly: "Why do you want to cooperate with this king?" ”
"Just because I can help the prince get everything you want, power, ambition, status, and more." My tone was like a jade, and Shen Carp broke the ice, "As long as the prince believes in me." ”
There was no echo, the moonlight flowing like water fell silent, the long silence seemed to freeze the moonlight, occasionally the cold wind blew, and the irritable whirring wind struck on the heart, as if to exhaust people's patience.
Exegesis:
(1) The title comes from the Western Jin Dynasty Lu Ji's "Sad Xing" "Worrying a Deep"
(2) From the "Mengdong Cold Air Solstice" of the Two Han Dynasty, "Three or five bright moons are full, and four or five toads and rabbits are missing." ”