Chapter 32: Accompanying the King Like a Tiger (2)
During the illness, the queen sent people to visit, and the concubine also came a few times, but there was only one of them, who was actually Concubine Ya.
"I was detained in the palace a few days ago to learn the rules, and I was not allowed to go out, and I finally learned to go to ask for peace, but I didn't see you, so I knew that you were sick, so I came to see you. By the way, how do you feel now? Are you feeling better?" she looked at me, not particularly worried, but a little concerned.
I leaned on the big pillow, smiled reluctantly, and said, "After taking the medicine, I am better, and I am tired of Concubine Ya's mother." ”
She waved her hand and said, "What's this, speaking of which, I also want to thank you!"
"Thank me?" I was stunned.
"yes," she shrugged, "If it weren't for you, how would I know that Concubine Zheng is not a good person!"
I was shocked and hurriedly said: "Yafei Niangniang......"
"Oh, don't be afraid! this is your palace, and I brought my own people. She pursed her lips with a big grin and said, "When I was learning the rules, I specially asked what the Twenty-four Divisions of the Sixth Bureau were, and I knew that Concubine Zheng made fun of us as servants! I danced for the emperor, and she couldn't eat grapes, saying that grapes were sour!"
I smiled and said softly: "I didn't expect Yafei Niangniang to be so fluent in Chinese and know how to use idioms!"
She smiled proudly: "What is this, my second brother's Chinese is really good! He lives in the Central Plains for most of the year, and if it weren't for his different appearances, I don't think anyone would have guessed that he was Turkic, hehe." ”
I was suspicious in my heart, and asked tentatively: "...... second brother of Concubine Ya?"
She immediately knew that she had said the wrong thing, and changed the topic in a curtive manner: "Ah, he went back to the Turks, don't talk about him." The emperor has named you Jieyu, I haven't congratulated you yet!"
"What's there to congratulate about this, it's just a joke in the eyes of others. I said lightly.
She looked very disappreroving, and said: "How can you think that? Just because others laugh at you, do you want to give up on yourself? I won't do this! Actually, I know that they, those weird women, are laughing at me behind my back, and I have to feel sorry for myself because of their ridicule? Ha, I don't fall for them! The reason why they are like this is completely because they are jealous of me! On the contrary, I want to live a better life and be more favored by the emperor, hum!"
I looked at this girl in front of me who was wearing Hanfu but looked of a different race, and I never thought that she would be able to say such a thing! She was burdened with the mission of peace between the two countries, and she would live a lifetime in this silent harem. In this life, if the two countries are reconciled, if the two countries go to war, she will be the first to lose her life.
She knows this, so she lives more wanton and enthusiastic than others, right?
I nodded secretly and said with a smile: "Concubine Ya's words made me pause." Yes, I can't just be depressed, I have to pick myself up and deal with those ...... Hehe, weird woman. After a while, I asked, "But I'm the same as them, don't you think?"
"How can you be like them?" she seemed surprised.
I laughed self-deprecatingly, "Perhaps, I have talked about you behind my back." ”
She smiled and said, "No, you're different from them." The tone was affirmative.
"Why?"
She thought for a while and said, "We grassland people think that dance comes from the soul, and those who can dance such a pure and beautiful dance have a pure and beautiful soul. ”
I was stunned for a while, and said with a smile: "If you say this, even if we can't become friends in the future, I hope we won't become enemies." ”
She winked at me, "I've already made you a friend!"
I hid my sleeves and smiled, instinctively saying that her words were from the heart. I really didn't expect that reliving a life would turn a strong enemy into a "friend" by mistake.
But how can we be true "friends"?
For we must have a husband!
Even if I disdain to compete for favor like Concubine He, there is still a Seventh Prince between me and her!
Shen Yizheng's medical skills are indeed superb, and with Concubine Ya coming over every once in a while, I will put aside the holy will for the time being, so that my illness will heal even faster.
In a few days I was able to get out of bed and walk around, and when Concubine Ya saw it, she had to go out with me to swim in the lake. Because in May, the scenery of Meixia Garden begins to appear, and there is a lake named Weiyang in Meixia Garden, which is a tributary of Penglai Pond. Although the lake is not big, it is full of lotus leaves, and the locust trees and acacia are planted all over the four sides, which are lush and green, and the fragrance of flowers strikes people.
Concubine Yafei affectionately took my arm, pointed to the bunches of white flowers on the tree and asked, "What kind of flowers are they?
I said, "It's the acacia flower, and the honey of the locust flower is taken from it." In the previous dynasty, there was a favored concubine, good at making acacia cakes, but the method is extremely complicated, to choose the half-bloomed tender flowers on the branches, need to be flawless, take it off, there must be no damage, three distillation and three distillation, only take its dew, filter it with silk yarn, and then mix it with flour to become a cake. At that time, thousands of locust trees were picked in the palace, but it was only a meal. ”
Concubine Ya couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this: "It's so troublesome, it's a shame that the favorite concubine can figure it out." ”
I laughed, "It's also a shame that the emperor allowed her to act like this." ”
"With such arrogant concubines and dim kings, it is no wonder that the previous dynasty will die so quickly. Behind me, a cold and grim voice came, and I turned around, the sun shining on the two of them through the dappled leaves, looking a little hazy.
They took another step forward, and I saw clearly that it was the second prince and the fifteenth prince born to Concubine Zheng Guifei.
The one who spoke just now was the expressionless second prince.
Concubine Ya's body shrank back, I stepped forward to salute, and the fifteenth king returned the salute, but the second prince stood proudly, only nodding slightly.
"Don't you think it's a big deal to talk about the loss of the country in front of the beautiful scenery?" the second prince raised his eyebrows and asked unkindly.
I calmed down a little and said: "The ancients often said that taking history as a mirror, concubines touching the scene are also self-alert, and they must not act like the favorite concubines of the previous dynasty." ”
"Ji Jieyu is so skillful, even my mother and concubine are not your opponents, let alone me? Forget it, Uncle Fifteen, let's go, it's a waste of time to reason with women. ”
I still lowered my eyes, and I listened to the gentle voice of the fifteenth king and asked, "Jieyu is fine, right?"
raised his head, fell into the pair of black and white eyes, and said, "It's no big deal." ”
The fifteenth king nodded, turned to the second prince and said, "Let's go!"
The second prince glanced at me, no, it should be said, he glared at me, and turned away.
They are the same age, but their personalities are completely opposite, and it is strange that they can come together. However, it seems that the second prince attaches great importance to the fifteenth king.
Is it just because the fifteenth king is his elder?
I shook my head secretly, waited for them to leave, and asked Yafei, "Are you afraid of him?"