On August 3, the weather was gloomy.

After an autumn rain, the sky also cooled down. When he got up in the morning, Liu Yu did not rush into the palace on an errand, but went to the South Paper Shop to get back the yellow paper that had been set. Then he stayed in the study alone for a long time, until Yang Lie, the new right commander of the Imperial Forest Army, personally came to find him to enter the palace.

"Commander Liu, the appointment and dismissal of generals at all levels of the Imperial Forest Army that you submitted has been approved by the emperor, and now the new generals are waiting for your lecture at the Imperial Forest Military Academy."

This time, the change in the position of the Imperial Forest officer is not too big, and it is only mentioned by one level. Liu Yu did not install many cronies.

"There is nothing to instruct, there is Lao Yang's right commander to give an order, let them each go to their new posts to familiarize themselves. Some low-level positions also need to be redeployed. ”

Yang Lie hurried to the school field of the Imperial Forest Army, while Liu Yu went to the palace. Because the Dongye Gate was closed, Liu Yu could only walk through the south gate, and before he arrived at the Imperial Forest Military Office, he saw Qi'er with red eyes and was sitting on the steps waiting for him.

"Brother Liu."

Seeing Liu Yu, Qi'er rushed over and hugged him. After worrying about her mother's affairs for a day and a night, Qi'er was about to lose her support.

Liu Yu comforted him again, but Qi'er still held on to him. Although the guards didn't know Qi'er's identity, even if she was a little palace maid, Liu Yu's behavior was "fornicating palace" and unseemly. Of course, no one dares to be a long-tongued woman, unless they don't want to keep it on an errand.

hugged and hugged the palace maid, and there was no substantive relationship, and it was not in the inner court, even if the emperor knew the way, he would only reprimand a few words.

Liu Yu couldn't persuade her, so he had to take her to Han Sheng to see if Han Sheng could help. Han Sheng spent the night in the palace. Just about to go back to rest. Heard Liu Yu's request. It's still very difficult.

"It's okay to go and see you, but you can only go alone." Han Sheng yawned and said, "You should go to help me investigate, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, and the truth is still in the past." ”

Qi'er is content to know whether her mother is okay, and she doesn't want to see it with her own eyes, and looks at Liu Yu with expectant eyes.

"Qi'er, you wait here, I'll go with Mr. Han to see your mother." Liu Yu said partingly.

The three concubines were temporarily detained in a palace in the inner court. On weekdays, it's a warehouse, so few people come. There were guards and female officials guarding the door, and they had to salute when they saw Liu Yu and Han Sheng.

"Open the door, the old man wants to go in and ask questions." Han Shengdao.

The female officer unlocked the door, and Liu Yu walked in behind Han Sheng, Han Sheng explained a few words and asked him to come out after reading it. and pointed out the room where Lin Meiren was imprisoned and handed him the room key.

The three concubines were separated and rested, Qi'er's mother Lin Meiren was locked up on the second floor of the palace, and Liu Yu went upstairs. Before I reached the door of the room, I heard a beautiful singing. Paused to listen, as if he was singing.

The tune of "Colorful Winged Butterfly" is about a pair of lovers swimming in the lake to enjoy the flowers, asking if the butterflies can form pairs, in order to express their love. The first half is a comedy, the smoke and rain are heavy on the side of the broken bridge, borrowing an umbrella in the rain, like a white snake will Xu Xian, and the second half is a tragedy, because the backgrounds of the two are very different, and in the end the good dream is difficult to come true, the man is depressed and dies, and the woman also throws herself into the lake to be martyred, "leaving colorful wings and butterflies in the rain".

Folk singing books are mostly love, such a play will definitely not be staged in the palace, if the palace maids and concubines have a mortal heart, isn't it the harem out of order? Liu Yu didn't know where Lu Daolin Meiren learned this tune, and she sang it very tactfully, and after listening to it, she couldn't help but hear the sadness in the heart of a lonely woman in the harem.

Lin Meiren is lucky, she has a daughter, and her daughter can always be by her side. For other palace ladies who were abandoned after being favored by the emperor, she at least had relatives by her side, and Qi'er's obedience and sensibility were also from Lin Meiren's careful teaching.

Liu Yu opened the door lock and pushed the door open, Lin Meiren was still singing, not only the melody was imitated vividly, but the movements were also like singing on stage. The wide sleeves turned around, and when he saw Liu Yu standing at the door, he was shocked, and he almost fell to the ground unsteadily.

"Be careful......

Liu Yu rushed forward and grabbed Lin Meiren's hand and lifted it to Lu, so that Lin Meiren stood firm. As soon as the person was stable, Lin Meiren immediately thought that this was a big taboo, and immediately withdrew her hand, fiddled with her sideburns, put away her panic and uneasiness, and gave a salute.

"Commander Liu......"

"Mother's courtesy." Liu Yu hurriedly arched his hand and said, "It should be the minister who gives a gift to the mother." ”

Lin Meiren looked up at Liu Yu and looked at him with a slight smile, this eager gaze made Liu Yu a little cramped and uneasy. There is something special in this gaze.

"Qi'er always mentions Commander Liu in front of her concubine." Lin Meiren's voice is extremely slow, not impatient, and very elegant and indifferent, with the unique calmness of a palace woman.

Liu Yue understands that Qi'er is a girl's heart, and she will show joy and sorrow in front of her relatives, it is rare that Qi'er loves him, and Qi'er's mother looks at him like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

"The minister was entrusted by the fourteenth princess to come to see if the mother was okay." Liu Yudao.

Lin Meiren's face was suddenly a little lost, probably thinking that the guilt this time might not be avoidable, and she would not be able to see her daughter in the future, so she was a little worried: "If the concubine is not there, there is Commander Lao Liu to take care of Qi'er more......"

It stands to reason that Qi'er's identity is special, and Lin Meiren will definitely not leave her daughter's comfort to an outsider to take care of, and she is not qualified to do so. But now, she is just like an ordinary mother, entrusting her daughter to her daughter when she is dying. It was the only thing she felt she could do.

"Minister...... Yes, sir. ”

Liu Yue knew that the poisoning case was basically difficult to clear the suspicion of Lin Meiren. It is an unsolved case in itself, and the most likely poison is the supreme emperor, who will not let the truth be revealed.

"What else does Niangniang have to say to the fourteenth princess?" Liu Yu didn't have much time, so he had to pick the key points.

Lin Meiren's expression was as calm as before the catastrophe, and she sideways picked up a wide brocade handkerchief from the table, which was densely covered with words like embroidery. Lin Meiren seemed to speak, with an innocent childlike brilliance on her face: "When the concubine was nine years old, the family invited an opera troupe and sang for a few days. At that time, the concubine was still a child, and I don't know why she was singing, but the sentence of "Colorful Winged Butterfly" attracted my heart like a magnet. Once you've heard it, you won't forget it. Later, I went to beg my mother, and my mother went to my sister who sang the opera and copied the words, and after two years, my mother embroidered it intermittently on this brocade. ”

Although Lin Meiren's tone was calm and wistful, Liu Yu could still hear the bitterness of the period.

"That mother's mother......"

Lin Meiren smiled happily and said: "Mother is sick, only half of the embroidery can not get up, another year, mother left." Two years later, the concubine was elected to the palace, and this brocade was the only personal thing brought from home. Commander Liu, you ...... Can you give it to Qi'er as a parting gift from the concubine? ”

Lin Meiren seems to be explaining the aftermath.

"Obey." Liu Yu took the brocade and felt as if he had a thousand weights, and his hands carried the hope of the two mothers for their daughters, hoping that they could find their true love to accompany them to the end of their lives like in the first half of "Colorful Winged Butterfly". It's a pity that Lin Meiren has been miserable all her life, and the palace door is locked and she can't do it as she wishes, so she hopes that her daughter will no longer follow in her footsteps.

Liu Yu is about to go, and Lin Meiren also seems to be worried, and asks with a smile: "Commander Liu is also a person who likes to listen to operas and sing operas, right?" When we met that day, I heard your lyrics, 'As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from now on'. Many days have passed, but I still can't forget it. ”

Liu Yu also smiled and said: "Chen has indeed learned some before, but there are not many bits and pieces. ”

Lin Meiren sighed: "After the concubine entered the palace, she listened to a lot of dramas, but unfortunately all of them were put together, and they were not as moving as Commander Liu's sentence." I don't know if Commander Liu, can you give a few more words to the concubine before leaving? Is it good to have no regrets about the concubine? ”

Liu Yue knows that Lin Meiren doesn't want to listen to the play, but looks forward to the beautiful world outside, and can look for beautiful and moving love like the people in the play. For a woman in her thirties, the affection in their hearts will not be diminished by the locked palace door.

"The minister did learn a song before, but the tune is not the tune of ordinary singing, and the singing is not good, please forgive me."

Looking at Lin Meiren's expectant gaze, Liu Yu sang:

"The cool breeze has a letter, and the autumn moon is boundless. Thinking about sorrow is like a year.

Xiaosheng Liu's surname is Wen Yan, and he loves the girl next door, Yun Yanyan.

Seeing the admiration of the voice and the temperament of the canal, he is both talented and beautiful.

Today, it is difficult to meet across the sky, and it is a lonely boat to calm the evening scene and cool day.

You see the slanting sun shining on a pair of double swallows, leaning on the canopy window and thinking quietly.

I heard the autumn sound of the leaves falling, and I saw the cold smoke of the flat bridge and the decaying willows.

The double curtain touches the scene and adds to the chagrin, and you are worried about the full moon. ”

Liu Yu sings poignantly, and the story itself is also very tactful, but Liu Yu turned the name of "Twelve Less" into his own, and sang it, as if Liu Yu was telling his feelings to the girl next door.

Even though Lin Meiren repeatedly endured, she still couldn't help crying. The most reluctant smiled and said: "It's so good to sing, Miss Yun, it's really fortunate to be favored by Commander Liu." ”

Liu Yu was ashamed and said: "Actually, this Yun Yanyan doesn't exist, the minister just sang it casually." In fact, there is a second half of this song, and it is not suitable for the minister to sing here. ”

In this lyrics, Liu Yue did it intentionally, and the "girl next door" is exactly the "daughter of the Lin family", and there is a reason for the words.

Lin Meiren smiled: "The second half of the que is a woman's response to a man, right?" ”

Liu Yu smiled and nodded.

Lin Meiren sighed: "I really hope that I have the opportunity to hear this second half again, if the concubine is gone, can Commander Liu let Qi'er write it down, and give a word during the worship and let the concubine listen?" ”

Liu Yu could hear that Lin Meiren had the intention of committing suicide. was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and said: "Don't worry, Niangniang, you will definitely have the opportunity to leave the palace and go outside to listen to "Colorful Wing Butterfly" again, and the minister will also find an opera troupe to sing the second half of the song to you." For the sake of Qi'er, you must hold on. The ministers will return the innocence of the mother, and they will never give up! (To be continued......)