CHAPTER XXXI
Just after the palace gate of the plum garden, I heard the sound of the silk bamboo piano playing in the garden, the more I walked, the music became clearer, and the eyes suddenly became clear after turning the corner from the plum tree.
Among the guests, the two sat high in the hall, and the two of them talked and laughed in a low voice while enjoying the graceful dancing on the open-air stage, and the ministers in the audience saw the emperor and queen and Ruqinse, and the couple were deeply in love, and they couldn't help but feel happy for them in the audience.
Meng Le smiled when he saw me coming, and suddenly stretched out his hand to high-five, Gong Le suddenly stopped, and the dancing palace maid also stopped dancing and retreated with her long sleeves, and everyone put down the cups in their hands and looked at the queen who was high-fived.
I saw Meng Le Yingying smile and said with slight disgust, "The head of the Ye family is finally here, so ask the palace and the emperor to wait!" ”
The person sitting next to her half-lowered his eyes, looking down at the cup in his hand, Meng Le smiled at him after opening his mouth, he looked back deeply, and the love and pampering on his face overflowed.
The green branch pushed me forward a few steps, knelt beside me, and said, "Slave maid, meet the emperor and queen." ”
I saluted with my hand and said with the green branch, "The sin slave Ye clan greets the emperor, the queen's mother." ”
I only heard the man say coldly with a little impatience, "Okay, let's be even!" ”
Meng Le looked at me with a smile and said, "The musician who just played Xun lost his hand, and the emperor who ran in front of the palace was unhappy, and some people recommended that the Xun music of the Ye family master was up to nine days, and it can be regarded as a fairy sound." As soon as the emperor heard it, he became interested, there is a way that it is better to enjoy it alone than to enjoy it, so the head of the Ye family will play a song to help the fun! ”
Hagi Shin walked down from her side and handed me a red clay rock Xun, I forced a smile and said, "The queen mother said that she laughed, the sin slave is not ........... to Xun"
Meng Le still had a smile on her face, but the smile did not enter her eyes, and she slowly opened her mouth to intercept the words I had not yet spoken, "It is the emperor who invited you to play music, is the head of the Ye family resisting the decree?" ”
My heart gradually sank to the bottom, and after taking the soil in Hagi's hand, I looked at the person who had made me worry and disheartened, and asked Yanran, "What does the queen want to hear?" ”
Accompanied by the distant and ethereal Xun music, the long-sealed past is like a horse watching the lantern replay in front of you.
Nine turns of water before the sparse shadow slanted, he sat in plain clothes under the pear tree, eyebrows and eyes smiling, clothes gracefully dancing with the wind, I excitedly blowing Master Ji's gourd Tuxun, a song "pear dress" was blown by me plain, and he smiled lightly caress the strings, echoing my Xun song, pointing to the ripples of the piano.
On that day, I asked him if he was qualified to play a song for a big banquet in the palace, not to mention stunning the four seats, but also to get a praise in front of the foreign envoys, and he laughed lightly, and saw that my expression was very approving of it.
Now that the words have become a prophecy, I really showed my face at this palace banquet, facing the people I didn't want to face, playing a song like mournful music.
After finishing the song, Meng Le nodded, suddenly turned his eyes and smiled at the people in exotic costumes in the audience, "His Royal Highness the Prince, are you satisfied with this song?" ”
The man nodded and said in praise and then disappeared, only to see Meng Le suddenly say angrily, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what's the matter?" Just now, I was so clever that my tongue was like a lotus, why did I suddenly regret the words like gold. The person in front of you is Miss Ye Hao, the head of the Ye family, didn't you say that you have been friends with her for a long time, and you hate to see her late? These days, the emperor has to see her, and now the emperor has nodded and the person has also been invited, but you are so quiet, are you right about the emperor and the palace! ”
I saw that the man got up and hugged his fists and smiled, "The queen forgives me, although Azit and Miss Ye have been friends for a long time, but this is the first time they have met, Azit is very excited in his heart, and he is afraid that he will rashly open his mouth and surprise Miss Ye, so he doesn't dare to speak." ”
After the man apologized to Meng Le, he turned around and smiled at me stupidly, "I've seen Miss Ye in Lower Azit." ”
"Azit and Miss Ye have been friends for a few days, and it is my blessing to be able to see the girl's appearance today, and I will have no regrets when I return to China in the future."
The speaker was a strong man with broad shoulders and a broad waist serving in a foreign country, with dark blue tattoos on his wrists, thick eyebrows and round eyes, and a strong and honest atmosphere when he spoke.
I looked at the prince in front of me, who did not look like a prince, and he seemed to notice that I did not understand what was going on, and continued to explain.
"Miss Ye didn't know, Azeit was originally going to Beijing to escort the tribute, but the heavy snow closed the mountain and could not return to China for a while, Azit suddenly heard a burst of fairy music in his ears when he was enjoying the snow in the palace, the sound was distant and ethereal, into the heart of the heart, Azite followed the fairy music all the way to find, and finally found the source in Qiu Ling Xuan. Because foreign men are not allowed to enter the harem, Azit had to leave quickly, since hearing the girl's music after the dream will always have sex with the girl, Azit can't stand the pain of lovesickness, so he asked the queen mother for the crime of trespassing in the harem, and the matter of Azit and the girl's divine friendship 1510 explained, the queen mother is well aware of the righteousness and is moved by Azit's persistence and is willing to help Azit fulfill his wish, and today specially invited the girl to this hall to meet. ”
So that's the case, looking at his face and speaking attitude is quite sincere, I smiled slightly and was about to say one or two innocuous official words, only to see the prince step forward and say something like thunder,
"Azide is sincere to the girl, if the girl is willing, Azit is willing to marry the girl through the door."
After saying that, with a sincere smile and a powerful thumping of the chest, this rolling thunder rumbled to my heart and exploded.
It's really providential, the first time I was interested in blowing Xun after entering the palace, and this benevolent brother listened to it, and after listening to it, he also pulled out these ridiculous things, only to see him look at me with a pair of thief eyes, looking forward to me answering him with a mouth.
After looking at that sincere and sloppy little eyes, I sighed faintly in my heart, made up my mind, I looked up and smiled at the prince, "It is Ye Hao's blessing to be liked by the prince, but Ye Hao has an old illness, and she is not worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince." Since I have a relationship with the prince, it is better for Ye Hao to give Master Ji's Tuxun to the prince for the prince's leisure. ”
When the prince spoke, I could see the expressions of the people in the palace clearly, some of the guests were smiling, some were indifferent, and some were purely watching a good show.
And the two people sitting on it, Meng Le had an inquiring and playful expression on his face, while the other one was as cold as frost, with a hint of vague inquiry in his eyes, and his cold gaze swirled around me and Azit.
I haven't seen him for half a year, and the indifference of the celestial man on his body has been wiped out by the imperial power, and the eyebrows between the slightly locked eyebrows are no longer indifferent, but replaced by a heavy heart and a trace of impatience, a trace of dark circles faintly appeared under his eyes, there were many more red bloodlines in his eyes, and the clothes were gradually widening and the jawbones were slightly convex.
I suddenly remembered the interesting story of the palace that Cai Qing said before, and I realized in my heart, no wonder there have been a lot of additions in the palace recently, and there was a laborer who was willing to contribute to sit here!
After listening to my words, Meng Le opened his mouth and smiled: "It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach a man to fish, the Ye family master endured the pain and sent Aixun out, but he didn't know that Prince Azite didn't know Xunle, since the Ye family master also had a good impression of the prince, it was better to teach the Xunqu he had learned in person, and it would not be in vain to send a piece of his heart." ”
I looked apologetic to Meng Le, and said guiltily, "What the queen mother said is very true, how can there be no His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the heart of the criminal slave, and it is probably the wish of most women to be able to end up with His Royal Highness the Prince." It's just that the criminal slave understands that his identity is too low, and he is worthy of raising eyebrows with His Royal Highness the Prince. More importantly, the slave of sin has a disease. How can such a body be worthy of living with the prince and getting along with each other. Not to mention damaging the prince's reputation, it will also provoke the criticism of the whole country, but it is better to continue to be a divine friendship, and the mutual friendship will become forgetfulness....."
Before I finished speaking, I saw that the prince hurriedly intercepted my words, "Miss Ye's words are wrong, our vassal country and the whole country attach great importance to character and virtue, the girl's worry will never happen, if the girl hesitates, Azit is willing to return to China in person to inform his father and mother, and then personally bring the dowry gift to the princess to the girl, and then the girl will return to China with Azit to hold a wedding banquet, how about it?" ”
When he spoke, his tone was sincere, and his eyes were shining, and I bowed my head and pondered, and there was a hesitation in my heart, this Azit was an honest man who had no thoughts, and this confession would be whether he was used as a gun or lost a bet. In addition, what is the intention of the emperor and the queen to bring me here today, are they testing whether I have the intention of leaving the palace, or seeing that the Ye family has no threat and wants to find a reason to kick me out, if I accidentally think wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Just as I hesitated, I only heard Meng Le laugh and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Azit, marrying is the most important thing for his daughter's family, it is better to let the Ye family master think about it, I can't eat hot tofu if I am in a hurry." ”
The prince nodded heavily, and said with a happy smile, "What the queen mother said is very true, Miss Ye thought slowly, Azit is willing to wait." ”
I couldn't help but laugh out loud when he laughed, although this prince spoke more straightforwardly, but his every move was full of thick sincerity, sincere and honest, even if he was still a little embarrassed at the beginning, but now he is relieved a lot, but there is a kind of friendship that has not been seen for a long time, is it possible that we are really friends in the dark!
Xu had not been out for a long time, and I was only halfway through the banquet, and I was tired and a little tired and unable to do anything, and Azit saw my weakness and took the initiative to ask me to enjoy the flowers alone in the plum garden. The emperor left not long after the banquet began, and only Meng Le was in the town, and as soon as Azit opened his mouth, he smiled and agreed, and his nodding attitude was quite quick and neat.
I was a little refreshed after stepping out of the sleep-inducing music, and Azit was babbling on and on about some interesting things he knew, and I listened to him with a strong smile and a low response to him due to fatigue.
Suddenly, "Click! A crisp sound interrupted Azit's conversation, and at the same time I felt the wheelchair under me suddenly shake forward, and the sudden strength and change made me almost fall out, and the tiredness that was wrapped around me suddenly woke up in that moment.
Green Branch squatted next to the wheelchair and said a little urgently, "Miss, the wheel of the wheelchair is caught in the crack of the stone and can't move." ”
Azit also leaned over to look, shook his head and said, "The card is too strong, even if it is pushed out, I am afraid that it will not be strong." ”
"Ahh Miss, what can I do about this? ”
I looked around, except for the snow-covered plum trees that bloomed, I couldn't see half a figure, and I sighed secretly in my heart, it was rare to find that such a thing happened to the door, it was really disappointing.
I turned my head to the green branch beside me and said, "Green branch, you go to the internal affairs office, find a familiar father-in-law to come up with an idea, if you don't find a familiar person, you can find some convenient tools yourself, whether it is to unload the wheel or to chisel stones, after all, you have to make a way out, I am here to accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to talk, you go and come back quickly." ”
"No way, no way!" Azit hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This is very cold in the plum garden, which is not suitable for the girl to stay often, and besides, Miss Ye is weak and has just shown her fatigue, Azit is looking for the girl to leave the banquet with her head and wants the girl to take the opportunity to go back to rest, how can you leave the girl in this snow nest to talk because of this trivial matter, it is better for Miss Ye to rest first, and Azit can talk to Miss Ye from time to time in the future." Although Azit has been in the palace for a short time, he has heard some trivial things in the palace, and the green branch girl is afraid that she will not find any good helpers when she goes to the internal affairs office alone, so it is better to let Azit's close entourage accompany the green branch girl, presumably it will get twice the result with half the effort, and Miss Ye doesn't have to hold on here, Azide will send you back to rest! ”
These words really warmed my heart, although there are some small palace maids and eunuchs in the palace who are friendly with me, but I don't seem to have a familiar palace maid in such a high threshold as the Internal Affairs Office, even if there is a logistics miscellaneous who can't speak, this Azit is willing to let his close entourage accompany the green branch to go with him is silently supporting me, and those who want to come to the Internal Affairs Mansion do not dare to make random mistakes.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!" I smiled at Azit, my eyes were full of gratitude, and I hesitated a little for a moment, "It's just that I can't move for a while without a wheelchair, so it's better to let Green Branch find a new ........ Ah.....h
Before I finished speaking, I saw Azit suddenly bend down and pick me up from the wheelchair, this sudden move made me exclaim, Azit smiled and said, "Although I, Azit, am not a gentleman and Confucian who is humble and courteous, full of poetry and books, but I have strength all over my body, Azit is willing to be Miss Ye's wheelchair, and Miss Ye will hold Miss Ye wherever she wants, and she will not let go for the rest of her life." ”
I think I have teased countless girls from good families in my life, but I have never been held in my arms, my brain buzzed for a while, my face was hot to the root of my ears, and I hurriedly refused, "You...... You put me down, this ..........."
"Miss Ye rest assured, Azite definitely doesn't mean to blaspheme the girl, but she doesn't want the girl to be frozen in the cold weather, and Azit also knows a little about the rules of the Central Plains, as long as the girl is willing Azite is willing to marry the girl as a wife, she will live up to the girl in this life."
Originally, he was a vassal and didn't know the strictness of etiquette in the Central Plains, but now that I am a criminal slave, there are very few people who are truly good to me in the cold deep palace. This palace is too ruthless and indifferent, Azit's friendship is like the last ray of light in winter, bright, warm, this is what I have long given up and miss very much, whether this warmth is short-lived or not, and I ........... Now I just want to covet this long-lost warmth again, and let the rest go........................
I gave up refusing, lowered my eyes and smiled shyly, "Ye Hao, thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his kindness." ”