Chapter 8: Reading History and Exploring the Roots 1
The old thing that Yingxue said, even after many years, seemed to turn into a yin wind whistling in Yingxian's ears at this moment, which made her shiver a few times, and her face became even paler. Seeing this, Yingxue gently stroked Yingxian's long hair, and comforted softly: "These things have passed for a long time. Don't overthink it. By the way, is there anything uncomfortable? Do you want me to see the imperial doctor for you? Yingxian hurriedly shook her head and said, "Sister, I entered the palace this time and did not report to the second princess. If she knew I kept seeing you, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid it's not quite right. I don't think I'll alarm more people. Ying Xue bowed her head and said: "Well, although you and I both have gold medals from the emperor, but frequent entry and exit of the palace will inevitably cause some gossip." I've been doing a lot of chores in the palace lately, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out of the palace in a month or two. When you go back to the princess's mansion, you still have to be careful not to make mistakes. Especially...... Especially the recent situation of His Royal Highness Shin-wang, if you hear anything, you should come to the palace and tell me. I'm okay too...... Know what to expect. ”
Yingxian couldn't help but ask, "There is something I still don't understand. The eldest princess lives well in the palace, why bother so much to keep track of the whereabouts of the second princess and King Xin? What exactly is all this for? Could it be that they pose some threat to Princess Celestia? Ying Xue's eyes jumped, and she wanted to argue something, but she lowered her voice and said: "Don't you know, although the eldest princess is the daughter of the late queen, her status is noble, but she is actually alone. Concubine Yuan around here, Gonggong Han, no one takes her seriously. Future...... God knows what will really happen in the palace in the future...... Who will be bad for whom. ”
Hearing this, Ying Xian secretly wondered: Isn't it that the eldest princess predicts that there will be disputes in the palace in the future, so she has to judge the situation as soon as possible in order to protect herself? But why did she hire a killer to kill a bully like Lu Changqing? Isn't this intentionally an enemy of that Han Gonggong? After thinking about it, Yingxue had already pulled up Yingxian's hands, sighed heavily, and said, "Yingxian, I know that you have been with the second princess since you were a child, and your feelings are very deep. If you want to spy on her, it will make you feel guilty. But you must know that the eldest princess was forced to do this. I hope you look at our sisterhood and be considerate of my sister. The second princess is outside the palace, and I heard that she is a cultivator again, so she can't stay in this embattled palace like the eldest princess. Since ancient times, as soon as the concubine enters the palace, it is as deep as the sea, in fact, even if she is a princess, why not! ”
"If the palace is so dangerous, why doesn't the eldest princess get married? Like the second princess, isn't it liberating? Ying Xian asked, puzzled. And sister, what about yourself? You didn't sell it to Princess Celestia, haven't you thought of another way out? The corners of Yingxue's mouth twitched faintly, and she frowned and said, "Yingxian, things are not as simple as you think. If the eldest princess can find Ruyi Langjun, she doesn't have to delay until now. Now that you have lost your memory, it's better to recover your memory first, and you don't have to worry about me. As for Princess Yuanxi...... Who called her the daughter of Empress Kong? When the queen was alive, she was so virtuous in the palace, and her daughter, her natural responsibility was no better than ordinary people. Ying Xian was silent, thinking of the life experience of the two sisters, she couldn't help but sympathize with Ying Xue in her heart, and said, "Sister don't worry. I'll just do as you say. ”
Ying Xue breathed a sigh of relief, got up and picked up a rose red sachet from the dressing table, handed it to Ying Xian, and said, "After you leave the palace, you must bring this thing to the Lingyun Temple at the foot of Qixiu Mountain in the southwest of the city within five days." This temple has been dilapidated for a long time, and no one will come. There is an old locust tree behind the main hall of the temple, and you can see a tree hole if you look for it, so you hide the incense sachet in the hole. Don't let anyone see it. Then I went to see it every seven or eight days. If you find anything in the cave within a month, you want to come to the palace and give it to me. …… Can you do it? ”
Yingxian took the sachet, nodded, and asked, "What if there is no response within a month?" ”
"You also come into the palace. I have my own countermeasures. Ying Xue said firmly.
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Yingxian didn't know when he left Jingyangzhai. At the time of parting, Yingxue inevitably gave some comfort and advice, but Yingxian was quite upset, and her head hurt hotly. When I went out, I saw that the sky was about to dark, and I was coldly oppressed down, and a strange gloom had quietly soaked the entire palace. The palaces with flying eaves and corners, the shadowy pavilions, and the various flowers and trees all became phantom in the twilight that transitioned from dark blue to gray yellow. Yingxian's mind has been completely occupied by Yingxue's today's narration, and the picture of Qu Wan'er's tragic death sometimes appears in front of her, and sometimes the mysterious back of Princess Yuanxi appears. I was in a trance all the way, sighing and sighing, turning east and west, and I didn't know where I went.
Suddenly, a gust of incense came to my nose, and a noise sounded in my ears. When I looked closely, there was a crowd of people in front of me, and it was actually a market. On the long road, the cars and horses are like a stream, and the traders gather, buying meat and rice, and there is an endless stream, a prosperous scene. What's even more incredible is that there seems to be a stunning beauty selling wine in the distance. The woman's posture is graceful, her ring is swaying lightly, and her gestures are full of noble demeanor. Yingxian stopped and watched for a while, and found that she was selling wine fake, and amusement was real; After a while, he put down the wine vessel and shuttled through the market, looking east and west to ask, but his expression was coquettish and arrogant. And when people in the past saw this woman, they all lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, asking and answering. Yingxian is wonderful, how can there be a market in this Sensen Palace? Where did the wine seller come from, swaying and inquiring like a city order? Although Yingxian is full of mysteries in her heart, her pace has not slowed down. Before I could think clearly, the figure in front of me gradually thinned out, and before I knew it, I seemed to have passed the market, and suddenly came to a majestic and magnificent palace.
There were no guards in the main hall, and the door of the hall was closed, but the sound of a woman's laughter came from inside the hall. But that voice is crisp and joyful, and it is incomparable, but if you listen carefully, you can hear an irrepressible sense of self-pity and self-pity. Ying Xian couldn't suppress her curiosity, and when she saw that no one was around, she walked to the door and peeked in through the crack in the door. It's good that you don't peep, but a glimpse can bluff Yingxian half to death. I saw a long case built into the lobby of the brocade curtain bead curtain, and a young beauty was full of **, with her right hand bowing her head, lying horizontally on the case, and the green silk was scattered. Under the light of the lanterns, the flawless skin shines brightly. The beautiful eyes are looking forward to it, the jade cheeks are faint, and the smile is really bewitching and indescribable. The whole person is like a rose blooming snow, lonely in this Geng Genghua Hall spraying the heat and charm of youth. Although there has been no shortage of absurdity in the palace since ancient times, Yingxian was still stunned when she saw this breathtaking ** beauty with her own eyes. I don't know who put it here, so I can only quickly turn around and escape.
I was out of breath and walked for a while, but my head hurt even more. I wandered into a garden. The garden is full of plum trees, flowers are gone, remnants are scattered all over the ground, and the air is still filled with a fresh fragrance. The twilight was inadvertently solemn, and the slanting light hit the plum garden, dyeing the grass and trees and stone paths with a poignant color. To the south of the garden, a three-story attic is outlined in the sunset. Yingxian approached, looked up, and suddenly saw a plain woman in the east of the building looking into the distance on the railing. The woman was thin, no, she was about to float downstairs in the wind. The face is pale and very elegant, but there is an unspeakable sadness in the eyes, which collects the eternal loneliness. This silent sorrow hit the strings, as if encountering the death of a spring at the end of the flower. Yingxian stared for a while, but the plain-clothed woman didn't move, just kept her posture from afar, unchanged for a long time. Yingxian couldn't bear to be disturbed, sighed and quietly walked out of the garden, but the infinite loneliness of the eyes lingered in his mind.
Yingxian wandered in despair, and the surrounding scene became more and more blurred, and the shadows and shadows were different. The whole palace seemed to have fallen into a yellow sand, and I couldn't see anything, I couldn't hear anything, and even my own breath was forced to rise. Yingxian dragged her heavy legs, like a lost bird trying to find its home. Just in the dizziness, I saw three people dressed as eunuchs in the distance pushing and shoving a woman with her hair and feet, and staggered to a well. Before Ying Xian could react, two of the eunuchs had already picked up the woman, and despite her desperate struggle, they threw her headfirst into the well and fled. Yingxian shouted "It's terrible" and ran to the well. Looking down, the black well is secluded and bottomless, where are there any women? A few screams are also not right. Looking around again, the eunuch had already disappeared without a trace. Ying Xian staggered back, and then ran wildly. I don't know how long I ran in a panic, my eyes were black, and I was about to vomit if I ran one more step, but the palace in my sight suddenly returned to its original appearance. Under the twilight, the walls are all golden tiles, the eaves are pecked high, and the light is as good as before, but he has stood in front of the Guangyun Gate when he entered the palace.
It turns out that I have already walked out of the palace!
Yingxian was shocked, her heart was pounding, she subconsciously touched her injured neck, and shook her head vigorously, but she couldn't understand whether this encounter was really illusory. Three steps and two steps back to the princess's mansion, it was already completely dark.
When I entered the mansion and asked, I realized that Situ Su had had dinner and was reading in the study. Yingxian changed her clothes, ate something indiscriminately, and knocked on the door of the study with her trepidation.
Situ Su's voice came faintly: "Come in."
Yingxian pushed the door and entered, and saw Situ Su sitting at the desk, white clothes and snow, and the yellowed scroll was placed on the table. On the agarwood bookshelf behind it, the new volumes of ancient books are silently lined up one by one. An intricate and elegant gilded bronze lamp rises beside the table. With Luanfeng as the base, the length of the lamp pole is divided into three sections. A cross-shaped bracket is placed in each section, and carved blades are inserted in all directions. A small lamp is propped up at the end of each leaf, and a peony-shaped lamp plate is installed at the top of the pole. The candles on the plate burst into flames, and the sunny light interacted with each other, reflecting Situ Su's slender figure very clearly.
Situ Su raised his head slightly and asked, "I won't see you after the afternoon." Where have you been?"
Ying Xian had already thought of what to deal with, and replied: "Princess, I was suddenly bored in the afternoon, and I didn't want to trouble others, so I went to the city alone to see if I could remember anything." “
"Do you remember anything?"
"It's a pity that it didn't ...... Still, I have an idea. “
"Tell me about it."
"After I lost my memory, I didn't know anything about the history of Yu Kingdom. That's not a good thing. So, I wonder if the princess can ...... Can you tell me about these old things? In that case, I have a basic idea. Otherwise, I always feel that I am unfamiliar with the people here, and I don't have a sense of security. ”
Situ Su pondered for a while and said, "That's it." It's getting late today, and tomorrow I'll give you what you want to see. ”
"What is it? Is it a history book of the Yu Kingdom? ”
"It has only been more than 30 years since the founding of the country, and there is nothing earth-shattering. However......" Situ Su paused for a moment, and then said: "However, as for how Yu Guo died Xiang Guo, there is indeed a record. Once upon a time...... Also known. As she said this, she calmly raised her eyes to meet Yingxian. Two deep eyes emanated from the eye sockets, soaked in this fragrant book, like a dream, like a mystery.
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