2. Forced to return to Beijing
Jiangnan's affairs are really not simple.
I have already vaguely noticed that this incident has a lot to do with the Queen Mother, and I don't want this to be hosted by her at all. I also have a rough guess about the cause and effect of this incident.
She wanted to stir up public outrage. Speculation came and went, and I actually came to such a creepy conclusion. Of course, her plan was disrupted by me this time, and it doesn't mean that I can go so smoothly next time.
Seeing that under my intervention, everything slowly returned to order, I deliberately went home, but unfortunately my house was already overgrown with weeds, and I could only stay in the guest house when I returned to my hometown. Lament.
Jiangnan Inn, I wrapped myself in a quilt and read at night.
It is not a book that is read, but a letter that you cannot finish.
One by one, as if endless.
"Camel, if you don't come back, I'm going to kidnap your old winter melon." After reading the first line, I threw it away with a blank face.
Disregard.
"This road is long, this night is deep and shallow, I wonder if the son can intentionally spend a good night with the little girl?" Which estrus girl is this? How many times have labor and management shown that they already have sweethearts???
Angry.
"Detective Luoshen, I'm happy with you." That's too straightforward, isn't it? Fools??
Wrath.
I was drowsy, I couldn't lift my senses, and I was still thinking that tomorrow's medicine was the last pack, when would it ...... Go to the ghost doctor Bai ...... Not...... Not???!!!!
I was so frightened that I almost didn't tear the thin piece of letter in my hand.
Because the beautiful black characters written by the Queen Mother herself on the letter paper composed a sentence that frightened me very much.
If I were to summarize the content......
Are you going to kill me? I personally sent a letter asking me to return to Beijing to celebrate her birthday?!!! Looking forward to my gift???!!!! Promise to marry my beloved daughter????????????????? Am I sick????!!! Is this a false faith?!!!!!
Emma's angina is done again.
I collapsed on the bed, humming and chirping for a long time, almost not spurting out a mouthful of old blood in my depression.
Dead warped, dead warped. Isn't this trying to win me into her camp? If she wants this marriage to happen with a smile on her birthday, how dare I say a word in front of the emperor, a stupid filial son.
Hehe. Then I also became the right-hand man of the rebels, and together with Xiao Donggua, I fought the world for the Queen Mother, right?
Oh God, be gracious, let me die at the birthday feast.
Scare her a big jump and save a lot of trouble and suffering, anyway, I'm not afraid of losing face if I die, if I can scare the Queen Mother to death, it will be earned (but I don't think so when I think Xiao will definitely kill himself when he sees the Queen Mother die).
But what about my sweetheart?
Alas, since ancient times, how many men have suffered for love, it seems that I am also going to join that vast army.
I blew out the candle.
I went into the courtyard and saw the sky full of stars, which were bright and extinguished.
I suddenly wanted to play the piano, any piece of music. Just the thought that the two fools (cucumber and winter melon) were not there made me lose interest.
Perhaps, they are all here at the moment. The moon (cold) light in the clear sky flowed quietly, and they were all there, but I didn't notice it.
The snow stopped.
When I hurried back to Kyoto, the first person standing outside the city early waiting for me was Xiao Yueleng, who was also dusty.
"Huh? How did you? ”
I asked him in surprise, and although the question was not finished, the tacit understanding over the years made him understand me 100%.
"I just got back from a foreign land...... Suppress a small clan. Thinking that you were almost there, I waited outside the city for a while. ”
Xiao Yue was a little haggard, but it really didn't look like the radiant person I knew on weekdays.
"Let's go in together." I smiled, "Do you know that the Queen Mother wants me to marry the flower girl?" Xiao Yue's cold expression froze, "I know." ”
"Then you know, I don't want to get married. Right? I firmly believe that he will not take the initiative to tell the Queen Mother this sentence, although the Queen Mother may also know about my intentions.
"I know. I don't want to. He muttered. Sister Hua'er is both talented and beautiful, so she can't be planted on your stinky camel. ”
I looked at him with mixed and sad feelings, and was not noticed by him.
The queen mother has two children, she likes the eldest son, and wants to support the eldest son to become the crown prince, but the younger son who has never loved him became the prince first, and later all kinds of obstruction failed to prevent him from ascending the throne. The eldest son fell ill and died shortly after his younger brother ascended the throne. The queen mother actually hated the emperor all the time, but the emperor was soft-hearted and unwilling to hurt his mother. Now, under my repeated persuasion, I finally began to take precautions.
Not long after the death of her eldest son, the Queen Mother pretended to be kind and went to the people to take in many children, and slowly raised them, saying that she was afraid of loneliness when she was old, and in fact she was training these children to gradually take away the emperor's rights.
…… Xiao Yueleng was one of the first children adopted by the Queen Mother. So did the flowery girl. Zi Lanwei is the queen mother's confidant and adopted son.
I used to be a proper imperial faction and hated Zilanwei very much, and I couldn't look at it anywhere, but after knowing Xiao Yueleng (especially after being saved again and again by the sword carved with Zilan), it really became more and more pleasing to the eye. (No, I can't change my position!!) )
Xiao Yueleng said: "Actually, the Queen Mother asked me to persuade you." But I know you're stubborn. I don't want to talk too much. ”
"I couldn't agree more! Lord Xiao is very wise! I nodded my head again and again, pretending to be amazed.
He gave me a helpless look. "Where's your illness? Better? Do you have a home trip to Gangnam? ”
"Very good! You see I'm more energetic than you! It's still the same at home, so don't mention it. Xiao Yue was cold.
"Where's your side? Are you ready for any gifts for the Queen Mother? …… Actually, I didn't think about it either. He looked distressed again, and I couldn't help but feel sad at the thought of his imminent death.
"Uh...... Sending flowers? "It's too casual to wither."
"Sending foreign specialties?" "I won't be able to get it for a while, and foreign envoys will send it."
"Why don't you give her the one she likes?" "Where to get it?"
"Why don't you send something to watch?" "Almost everyone in Zilanwei gave this camel, you have a bit of a novelty, okay?"
"Jewelry?" "The Queen Mother is covered with all kinds of priceless ornaments......"
"Forget about giving you to the Queen Mother." Xiao Yue beat my head coldly. He's a lot taller than me now. I hehe. "She'll love it!"
"Hmph, then I'll send moon cakes!"
"I'll send camels too!"
"I'll send winter melon!!"
"I'll send shredded radish!!"
The two of us shouted and screamed, and the eyes of the few slaves who led the horses were about to fall out.
"Wow, go, go, let go! Dead camels! "The end of the game made their jaws drop. It was actually the famous god general Xiao Yueleng, who was pulled into the house by the ears of a sick civil official...... It's really refreshing.
"Oh, the old camel and the old winter melon actually came back at the same time?" The room was extremely warm, Fang Qing sighed in surprise and surprise, and served the prepared hot tea.
"Uh-huh! Cucumber, you go out and play by yourself first. Xiao Yue coldly covered her red ears with an unintimidating expression of "adults talk and children go away", Fang Qing was about to have a seizure unhappily, "I'll buy you a sugar gourd when I go back." The words made Fang Qing's eyes glow green, and the chick pecked the rice and nodded frantically and withdrew.
I laughed a few times.
"Yo, Fang Qing is becoming more and more like a little glutton." "He was."
Xiao Yue looked at me coldly and hesitated.
"Plum ......"
"Here you go." I took out a delicate white plum from my sleeve, which was whiter and shinier than snow.
His eyes lit up and he caught it.
"Is it really the white plum of your hometown?" His voice trembled slightly. I don't understand why he's so excited.
"I'm sorry. No. I picked it up in front of a temple on my way back. I whispered. I don't know how cruel these words at this time will be in retrospect in the future.
Xiao Yueleng was silent for a moment, and he lowered his head. Actually, I've never seen him so sad. It was as if I could hear what seemed to be a breaking sound from a long distance, and it made me feel an endless chill from head to toe.
"It's fine." It took him a long time to get his voice back, but it was hoarse. "I love it."
"I ......"
What else do I want to say in a panic, like "I have no ill will"? "I didn't find it"? Or "I didn't look for it at all"?
But I saw him smile at me.
"Thank you. If you have the chance, let's go to the bar again. ”
I looked at him in a daze. But I don't know how long the so-called "opportunity" has to wait until I don't know how long.
In the blink of an eye, the feast is about to begin.
And I'm suffering from illness over and over again. It's like a carriage running over and over you.
"Aren't you going to play with other kids? What's the point of keeping my sick number? I huddled in the corner, trembling as I looked at the books on the state of the Queen Mother in recent years, but I couldn't read a word because of the great pain and sadness that did not come from me.
Fang Qing snorted coldly. "What's the point of saying that now? There's no way I'm really going to leave you to play without a heart. It's never always me and the old winter melon who keep you sick? He loves his Queen Mother even more, I can't forget you too, right? ”
"I know you're dissatisfied." I shook my head helplessly, "It's okay. I went to find an old friend while the illness was not fully attacked. You just go play. That friend is a good doctor, and maybe he can put a damn down on my damn disease. Don't forget that I have to be there for the dinner in the evening. ”
"It's snowing outside, just wait a little longer." He was silent for a moment before replying. "Actually, you don't have to ......! …… Never mind. ”
I knew what he meant on my knees. It's just that how could I do that?
When the emperor is in danger, in order to repay him for his acquaintance and acquaintance, in order to repay his preference for trust, how can I avoid the limelight at this time?
Probably neither. It's just that when I received the emperor's meticulous greetings and warm-up soup every winter, I made up my mind to help him.
I looked out the window, and the snow seemed to never stop, but it just weighed heavily on my heart. As far as the eye could see, it was a vast white. The illusion separated me from reality.
I persuaded Fang Qing to persuade her, and finally calmed down for a while. Soon, I put on my coat and stepped out in the snow.
I walked past the parades and bustling bazaars and staggered from the back of the road to the old courtyard filled with the smell of medicine.
I exhaled a puff of white mist and pushed the door open. From the moment I smelled the familiar scent of medicine, I knew that the ghost doctor Baimei had returned.
I thought about it, I had to go back in the afternoon, and in the evening all the civil and military officials and talents from all over the country were present, and I was sadly named and said that I must go. Half a day, is it enough for me to suppress the evil poison in my body?
For some reason, the sky was blue. The clouds fade away. At night, there must be no snow.
It's just that the real wind and snow in this imperial city have just begun.