CHAPTER XIII
I was suddenly startled in my heart, and I looked up and asked, "You.... You can see that I am ......."
I saw him smile indifferently, looked me up and down, and said with a smile, "What kind of place do you think this is, if you can't even see this, it will collapse long ago." ”
"That old bustard ........"
"From the moment you stepped through the door, she knew you were a daughter. It's just that there are rules in the alley for a person, and the guest is the guest, regardless of the source or identity. As long as you wear men's clothes all day, she treats you as a man. ”
"That's it!"
I really thought I had become a successful cross-dresser! I don't want to be recognized early.
He turned around and walked into the gauze tent, took the piano out, sat down in front of me, tuned the tune, and asked with a smile, "What tune do you want to listen to today?" ”
I know his rules, guests have always listened to the piano in three steps outside the gauze tent, why did it suddenly .........
"You want to ask me why I don't play the piano in the tent."
I nodded, only to see him smile faintly, pick the strings, and said gently, "You are the first person who makes me curious and out of the gauze tent, and the first person who makes me admire, I want to make friends with you, since you are a friend, why bother to be in the middle through the gauze tent." ”
"Friend......... "Happiness came too suddenly, and I didn't know what to say for a while."
Seeing that I was struggling, he frowned slightly, and asked, "You don't want to?" ”
I hurriedly waved my hand and explained, "No, no, no! Willing! Willing! It was just so sudden that I ....... all at once Happy silly! ”
"Dare to ask the girl's name?"
"Ye Hao."
"The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming. Miss Ye, I'll give you a song "Tao Yao", okay? ”
"Okay."
Later, I often went to look for him in the alley of a man, and although he was willing to see me, he politely refused all the gifts I offered.
Over time, we got to know each other a little bit. It turns out that the title of Lian Gongzi is just a gimmick when the tag is listed, his surname is Liu, his name is Xiuyuan, and the small character is Ah Huan.
His adoptive father was an illiterate house slave, and when he got his son, he was so happy that he spent ten copper plates to find a down-and-out Xiucai, and gave him this unworldly and progressive name.
Once, when we were sitting and chatting, he was very surprised to know that I was the daughter of the Ye Mansion, and asked me suspiciously, "I see that all the women in Kyoto who are related to the royal family, which one is not full of pearls and emeralds, wearing red and purple." It's different from you, always dressed in plain clothes, and always wears a plain hosta on your sideburns, not at all like someone with such a family background. If you don't say it, I really can't imagine that you are the eldest lady of Yefu who serves the royal family. ”
I explained to him that I have always liked plain colors, and I am used to wearing plain clothes, and I was born with no relationship with the red and purple, and I not only can't wear that delicate temperament, but also looks extremely awkward.
As for the plain hosta on the bun, it is a little plain. But, anyway, I made it myself, and it was easy to carry and look comfortable. Besides, it's not a straw on the head, what do you do with so many hair accessories, just have a satisfactory one.
He smiled indifferently and said that I was born with Buddha nature, and also said that if I held the scriptures and cultivated for a few years, I would break away from the mortal womb and soar into an immortal.
I knew that he was ridiculing me, so I asked him, "My heart is also strangely tight, please solve your doubts." Since the first time I saw you, you have always been dressed in white and blue, and you have never seen any embroidery thread except for the pattern of the crescent moon cloud shadow embroidered on the sleeves. You say I'm always plain, I look at you more than me, why is this, but there is a reason? ”
I saw him laugh lightly and explained, "There are many similar embroideries in the world, I don't like to collide with others, and I don't like others to be the same as me, so I just leave a clean one." ”
I didn't like to bump into others, no wonder he didn't accept the tortoiseshell folding fan I sent last time, and this is the reason.
Since I was cured, the fox and the flower girl came to the house to teach again, and I stayed in the inner house all day and couldn't go out, and I was very bored at the thought of not being able to see him. One day wandering in the back garden, I met my mother and Erniang talking in the pavilion, and faintly heard some words about a big feast.
It turned out that my father's birthday was approaching, and my mother and Erniang were discussing how to organize the birthday banquet and who to invite to the banquet. When I heard it, I was sad, my father is on his birthday, what kind of gift do I want to give!
My father doesn't live often, only a few times in so many years, once I happily created a jade wrench as a gift, but my father continued to comment on how poor my workmanship was, and in the end I almost got angry.
Later, I no longer dared to give things made by my son, and I chose to give medicinal materials and supplements as birthday gifts as others.
Do you want to change this year.............. When I think about my father's liver fire, my heart is pounding and panicking, or I don't change it, in case I get annoyed again, don't be scolded.
At dinner, my mother took the opportunity to talk about the birthday banquet, and my father listened to it and said nothing. Erniang pretended to know just now, and followed the trend after the end of her mother's words, and the two of them cooperated with each other, if I hadn't bumped into them early to discuss in one place, I would have been really blinded by this divine acting.
Father put down the bowl, shook his head, and said lightly, "Forget it this year." ”
The mother was puzzled, so she asked why, only to see the father sigh and sigh, explaining, "Now it is not like in the past, the emperor is not in good health, he has not been to the court for several days, there is no master in the court, those civil ministers and military generals, secretly huddle together, and make friends with the princes in private." The eunuchs and palace women in the palace were cautious in their words and deeds, for fear that they would be killed if they were not careful. Recently, there has been more and more martial law in Kyoto, and maybe one day the death bell will ring, and there are many people in the court who are not used to our Ye Mansion, and it is better not to do it at this juncture, in case of attracting villains. ”
The mother nodded, and Erniang suddenly realized, "When Miss Meng entered the mansion the day before yesterday, I still wondered, why did this unseasoned General Meng suddenly return to Beijing, and after such a stroke, I understood!" ”
The mother sighed and said worriedly, "Even General Meng has returned to Beijing, there won't be any chaos in the court!" Most of the people in Kyoto are looking at us with hot eyes, so why don't we go back to our hometown while it's still too peaceful? ”
"No way!"
The father's face was straight, and his eyes were full of firmness, "The emperor is not thin on my Ye family, and the prosperity of my Ye family today depends on the emperor's grace." The gold-lettered signboard of the Yuxiu Pavilion is the glory of the entire Ye clan, and with the great grace of the king, how can he escape from the battle! ”
As soon as my father stalked his neck, my mother knew that this matter was in vain and gave up the idea of returning to her hometown.
Erniang comforted her mother, "Don't be worried, madam, at best, it is a matter of the royal monarch choosing the throne, and at the smallest, that is, the father should choose his son to inherit the family business." These are all their internal affairs, and we ordinary people can't talk or help. An An shared our own days, no matter how big the fire in this imperial city burned, it couldn't burn outside the palace. Besides, if we don't make mistakes, no matter how much red eyes there are in Beijing, they can't come up and bite us! ”
Erniang's words finally reassured her mother, and her mother sighed, a little puzzled, "What do you say this emperor thinks, he has not set up a prince for so many years, if there is a prince among the princes, and someone in the court is in charge, it will be like now!" ”
I opened my mouth and persuaded, "How do you manage how to mess with others, anyway, there are only two results, either Mingjun is on the throne, or the faint monarch is ......"
"Presumptuous!"
My father interrupted my words with a scolding, and my mother hurriedly protected me behind me, and said to my father dissatisfiedly, "The child is not sensible, what do you say, always reprimanded like this, and I am not afraid of scaring her courage!" ”
My father glared at me coldly and reprimanded, "I don't know what to do! No matter who sits on the dragon chair, it is Mingjun. The monarch is the lord, the monarch is the sky, and the monarch is always right! If you say this, it's a big rebellion, just this sentence, do you know how many lives will be harmed to our family! ”
My mother secretly tugged at my sleeve and motioned for me to apologize to my father, but I felt a terrible hair, and a desolation welled up in my heart, and this chill seemed to throw me into cold water.
I should not forget how disgusted my father was with me, and that whatever I did or said in front of him was always wrong.
"What the father said is that the daughter knows that she is wrong!"
The father sighed, but did not speak, the air gradually stiffened, only to hear Erniang chuckle, and said, "We have been outside the palace all day, I don't know what the scene is in the palace." The people who came to our Yuxiu Pavilion were all high-ranking officials and nobles, princes and nobles, and all of them could not be offended. If there is chaos today, we can neither show friendship with anyone, nor can we cold anyone at will. Master, you are well-informed and have always had a vision, so let's talk about the current trend of the DPRK, we have a good bottom in our hearts. ”
"There are many holy princes, five of whom have fiefs and four of whom are in Beijing. Among the princes in Beijing, there are three who are fighting and cannot be opened. The forces behind them also have their own factions, fighting each other openly and secretly. The general trend of the DPRK and China will change at any time, if you want to decide who is hot and who is cold, sooner or later something will happen! ”
Erniang asked, "What should I do?" ”
My father thought for a moment and sighed, "It's going to work as usual." However, in all royal business, be extra careful, and don't make any mistakes at this juncture. ”
The mother asked curiously, "Master, you just said that three of the princes in Beijing are running for the throne, so who is the last one?" Why is there no movement? ”
"It's the fourth prince, he has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he has been good and bad all day long, how can he have the heart to fight for the throne. In the early years, the emperor saw that he was raised in the medicine jar from time to time, and felt sorry for him, so he gave him the title of King Shou, hoping that he could be healthy and enjoy the life of ordinary people. Who knows, several times almost passed. Alas! Besides, his mother was originally a princess of Heqin, and just a few days after giving birth, she learned that her mother country had died, and she passed away with excessive sadness. A prince who has no relatives, no military power, and a weak body has this heart, but he doesn't have this ability. ”
The mother sighed, "Poor! ”
"That's right!"
The father's face suddenly changed, and he said to his mother and Erniang very solemnly, "You pay more attention to these two days, see who has a son of the same age as Zhen Zhen, if there is a good one, see if you can recruit a son-in-law, the family background can be lower, the important thing is that people must be upright and have a good heart!" ”
"Sir!" The mother hurriedly interrupted her father's words and whispered, "Zhen Zhen hasn't finished yet!" There is no hurry. Besides, we can discuss this kind of thing privately, in front of Zhen Zhen, don't you have the intention of embarrassing her! ”
Erniang winked at me, I understood her meaning, got up and saluted my father to say goodbye.
The father coughed dryly and said, "My father is afraid that the national funeral will suddenly cause your marriage to be delayed for three years, so I didn't think it through, and I embarrassed you rashly." ”
"The daughter knows her father's kindness."
"Then go and rest first! By the way, it's not been peaceful outside recently, I heard that there are a lot of rivers and lakes wandering around the city, you don't have to go out, if you have to go out, bring some nursing homes with you, just in case! ”
"Thank you for your care!"
"Go ahead!"
I've been depressed for so long, and I feel even more upset at the dinner table with such a blow, so I simply asked Cai Qing to secretly bring some wine and drink it alone in the room.
My father has always been dissatisfied with me, he has never given me good words for so many years, and he has never even rewarded me with a smile, I am a daughter,
This is indeed not what he wants, but because of this, it is too much to look at me everywhere!
The more I drank, the clearer my mind became, and the grievances and dissatisfaction that had accumulated over the years came to my heart, and I didn't know where the courage came from, I had the idea of running away from home, and staggered up, pouring the treasures in my box into the baggage, taking advantage of the thick night, avoiding the girl's mother-in-law and quietly going out of the back door.
I have a good plan in my heart, first stay in the inn for one night, tomorrow when the city gate is opened, I will go out of the city, as for the city gate where to settle down I have not yet figured out, but the world is big, I don't believe I can't find a paradise.
Although I am very reluctant to let my mother and second mother go, as long as I think of my father's disgusting eyes, the idea of leaving home is stronger in my heart.
Xu is drinking, Xu is the night is thick, I have been circling in the same place since I went out the back door, I remember that as long as I went out of the door and walked south, I would walk to the main street, but ..... But after a long time, I will eventually turn back to the same place.
"You don't stay in the boudoir on this big night, walk in circles to lose weight!"
The familiar voice came from above, and I looked up, only to see a group of red-clothed trees lying on them, smiling at me with their heads slightly sideways, and the demonic face was like a mountain stream, so that the night did not dare to get close and quietly disperse.
I smiled happily, tilted my head and asked, "Fox, what are you?" Every time I see you, I'm in a tree! ”
The fox flicked his sleeves, and a crimson silk flew out of his sleeve, and I was watching as I felt a sudden tightening around my waist, and I looked down to see that the silk had wrapped around my waist several times.
I saw the fox flick his hand, I only heard the wind in my ears, when the wind stopped, I was already sitting on the thick branch, the fox withdrew the silk, slender fingers across my face, smiling like a flower, glowing like a demon.
"This palace belongs to the dragon, Zhen'er belongs to the phoenix, we are the best match in one place! How about it, do you want to think about our marriage! ”
I tilted my head to look at the huge and bright moon in the sky, and asked him in confusion, "In the zodiac...... Got a phoenix? ”
"Is this in a good mood, or in a bad mood, why did you drink so much wine!"
I just giggled and ignored him, he took off my burden and asked, "What is this?" ”
"Baggage, inside is my baby!"
"You... Is this going to run away from home? ”
I nodded, only to feel the strength of the wine gradually up, I looked down, my heart suddenly shocked, if I fell down, I must go to the Hades Hall to drink tea, I moved carefully, to the fox a little closer, if I have a careless can also pull a cushion back.
The fox suddenly laughed, pointed to the unopened baggage and asked, "This is the baby you prepared for running away from home?" ”
I nodded and asked suspiciously, "This.... Is there anything wrong? ”
The baggage is filled with the star picking stones that Yu Yi gave me, as well as all kinds of rough stones that I have worked hard to collect, these are all treasures, and it is a rare boutique to create one at will.
The fox smiled and said, "You don't have anything in this burden except for a few stones and half a tael of silver, even if you want to run away from home, you will definitely not stay in Kyoto, come out of the city gate and the nearest is Xiao County, although it is close, but there are dozens of miles of wasteland on the way, and two or three mountains." Without a silver tael, how are you going to get on the road, is it difficult to go all the way through? ”
I tilted my head and thought about it, took out a rough stone from my baggage, held it in front of the fox, and said, "I can send this rough stone to the gold shop and sell it for money, and the gold shop will definitely be willing." ”
"The opening time of the gold store is the same, at that time, the government is afraid that the eldest lady of Zi'er has been found missing, no matter if you go to any gold store to change money, you will be caught in the net."
"I ..... I can use my jewelry as a mortgage for the rental car and plan to do it when I go to Xiao County! ”
As soon as I finished speaking, the bun suddenly loosened, and the hair was loose and scattered on the shoulders, I turned my head to see that the fox was holding the plain hosta I often wear, he smacked his lips, and said, "Say that you are stupid and don't want to listen, this hairpin is from your hand, and you will know where you have gone and where you have settled after a little inquiry, you are not waiting to be caught!" ”
"Or ...... How about you lend me some taels of silver, and I'll pay you back another day? ”
The fox squinted his eyes in confusion, leaned against the trunk of the tree and whispered, "Instead of borrowing money from this palace, it is better to talk about what sad things have happened to you, and you want to run away from home." ”
I told the story from beginning to end, only to see the fox smile up to the sky and ask me, "That's why you ran away from home?" ”
"This... It's not serious enough for my father to he... Look at me everywhere, don't give me any good words, obviously don't care about me! ”
"Wrong!"
The fox suddenly said with a straight face, "I don't go well with you everywhere, but I look at you right now." I didn't give you a good word, but I talked to you. If one day he doesn't even want to give you a straight eye, and he doesn't even bother to say anything in the face of you, he doesn't care if you live or die, then you know what it means to really don't care! ”
I looked at the fox with a confused expression, the fox was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed out loud, "Zhen'er hasn't experienced real despair again, so naturally she doesn't understand." ”
"It's hard for you to say this, you can feel it, you can say it, I'll break it!"
The fox was silent for a moment, and smiled faintly, maybe I was too drunk, and for the first time I felt a trace of misery in the fox's smile.
"Bengong's father is from a famous family, he is relatively rich, and his biggest hobby is to marry wives and concubines. Since the palace was sensible, I remember that he has changed four eldest ladies, and as for the number of aunts, there can't be more, and they can't be counted at all. The mother of the palace is one of the many concubines, the father's back house is abundant, and I heard the nurse say that since the day the mother of the palace was pregnant, I have never seen my father step into the mother's room again. My mother stood at the door every day and waited and waited, from sunrise to sunset, and the four seasons were finally looking forward to it. And in order to help his mother, Bengong climbed the highest tree in the house every day, and watched which room in the back house was lit again, and which room his father walked out of. ”
"Once Hongu had the opportunity to meet his father and saluted him happily, guess what he said?"
I rubbed my eyes and said sleepily, "What did you say?" ”
I only heard the fox sneer, and then said, "He asked who Bengong was, and then took a few taels of silver and threw it in front of Bengong, impatiently let Bengong leave, and after speaking, he turned his face and changed to another appearance to flirt with his beautiful concubine." ”
"And then?"
Later, the mother became unwilling to wait like other women, and used some small means, and since then she has become the person who cares most about her father's heart, and this palace, the son has become the heir of the family by virtue of his mother. It's just that later, the family went down, and his body also went downhill, and he left a last wish for me to revive the family before leaving. ”
"You.... When you were young, you entered the palace as a companion to Princess Seondeok, which was fake? ”
"It's true, it's also a coincidence!"
Sleepiness hit, I didn't care about the difference between men and women, I lay on his lap and didn't talk to him, he didn't chase me, let me use his leg as a pillow.
I don't know how long I talked to him, I seemed to be slighting him in a daze, I don't know if he was angry or not, I woke up again when I was lying in my room, the hosta was quietly placed next to my pillow, and the burden was put back into the box.
I sat up and only felt lightheaded, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and it didn't take long to see Cai Qing come in with a washbasin, I just woke up and was uncomfortable tight, and lay back to sleep, until the sun was three poles before washing up.
Hua Niang sent someone to pass the word, saying that there was something to teach today, let me practice by myself, Hua Niang knew that I was so lazy, and sent a senior sister to supervise me.
"Miss! Miss! ”
Cai Su suddenly ran over in a hurry, urging me with a happy face, "Miss, the house is happy!" Madame is looking for you for something, go quickly! ”