Chapter II

Many things happened when I was sick, and they were all told to me by Yongniang. First of all

Shoufu Ye Cheng was impeached and betrayed office, and then I heard that the punishment was very widespread, and everyone in the DPRK and China was in danger for a while.

lest it be counted as a "leaf party". Then there was the victory of Bae Kuang, the cavalry general who conquered Goryeo

His Majesty rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver. There is also a concubine in His Majesty's new book, very

is young and very beautiful, and is called "lady" in the palace, and it is said that His Majesty is very favored

She, even the noble concubine who temporarily took the sixth palace is dwarfed. Everyone is talking about whether His Majesty will or not

Named her queen, because such grace is really very rare. Whether it is a court situation,

It's still a palace thing, I listen to it with my left ear, and I listen to it with my right ear, and I forget it after hearing it.

I'm also impatient to hear these things, I don't think men's kindness is unreliable,

Especially the men of the emperor's family, in front of the world, what is a woman? Gu Jian said,

If a person wants to be an emperor, he will inevitably be hard-hearted and cold-blooded. I think he's right.

In the afternoon, it suddenly began to rain. Yongniang looked at the rain in the court

sighed lightly and said, "It's going to be bad now." ”

Although I was cured, I had a cough, and the doctor prescribed a lot of medicine

Fang, drink every day, drink every day, but it doesn't have much effect. So as soon as I coughed, Yongniang connected

He hurriedly took a cloak and put it on me, refusing to let me get a little cold. I also wish I had an early cough

It's better, it's better early, I can go back to Xiliang with Adu earlier.

No matter what my Xiliang has become, I will go back after all.

I sat in front of the window and watched the cherry blossoms in the rain, the delicate petals being beaten gradually

It hung low, like shredded silk, slowly soaked by the rain, sticking to the branches

Head. Yongniang has ordered someone to set up a brocade, which is a thing used by the Central Plains noble family to protect flowers, in flowers

Brocade was erected on the trees, so that the rain could not destroy the flowers. I looked at the cherries under the brocade

The flowers, and the brocade are surrounded by small golden bells, which are used to drive away the birds, golden bells

The wind shook slightly, and a faint bell rang.

Now I often be in a daze for a long time, Yongniang feels like I have changed as if I have changed,

I used to be too noisy, but now I'm so quiet, she always looks at me very worriedly.

Adu was also worried about me, she wanted to take me out more than once, but me

I can't keep my spirits up. I didn't tell Adu that I remembered the old days, I thought some

I'll just bear it on my own.

When the cherry blossoms are gone, the weather is completely warm. The palace has a new change of clothes

clothes, the East Palace also changed into a thin spring shirt, and it will be early summer in a few days. Yongniang called

I made a new swing in the atrium, and I used to like swings very much, but Li Chengyin admitted

Because that is frivolous and reckless, so there has never been a swing in the East Palace, and now Yongniang is calling for me

I made a new one, but I don't play that at all now.

I saw Pei Zhao when I installed the swing rack, and I haven't seen him for a long, long time

Past him, I haven't seen him since the last time he advised me not to associate with Yueniang on the road

He did. It's like the first time I saw him, I still remember him taking Adu's knife, I still remember

His frightened voice above the Lethe River. He wouldn't have known, I had already remembered it all

Here it is.

I'm not going to tell him that I'm reminded of the past, and he'll be on my guard

Fan. The Central Plains people can deceive people like that, I also have to learn a little, I want to hide from them, this

can find the opportunity to go with Adu.

Pei Zhao sent me things, and those were all gifts from the palace, and they were said to be Xiaoqi

The Goryeo trophies captured by the great general Bae Kuang have been given to many people by His Majesty, and I also have them here

One copy.

It's all antique jewelry, and I've never been interested in such things, so I'm just going to take it from Yongniang.

There is also a basket, Pei Zhao personally carried it in his hand and presented it to me.

I didn't answer, I just ordered Yongniang to open it, it turned out to be a kitten, just a fist

The size of the whole body, snow-white fluff, like a pink rabbit. But it's obviously a cat, with two eyes

The eyes are blue and blue, which is very interesting. It crouched at the bottom of the box, screaming softly.

I asked, "This was also given by His Majesty?" ”

Pei Zhao said: "This is captured by the father of the last general, and it is said to be a tribute from Siam, home."

The middle brother and sister are naughty, and they will not be able to raise much, so they will be brought to the crown princess in the end. ”

I picked up the kitten, and it lay in my palm and meowed, sticking out its little pink tongue

Head licking my fingers. The soft ** feeling brushed my fingers, numb and uncomfortable

I felt good, I immediately liked this kitten, so I smiled and said to Pei Zhao: "Then thank you for me."

Over the old general Pei. ”

For some reason, I felt as if Pei Zhao was relieved. I have no fear

Look at him and smile. At the beginning, he followed Li Chengyin to the west, and he did everything

Everyone knows that on the cliff of Lethe, he also watched me jump. But he

He has never missed a word in front of me, and I think he is actually loyal to Li Chengyin

Bright. If he had known that I had already remembered, would his expression change dramatically to me?

Be on the lookout? I will learn these tricks of the Central Plains people little by little, and I will take him

All the pain we have inflicted on me has been repaid to them one by one.

I teased the kitten and talked to it, "Meow, are you going to eat fish?" ”

The kitten meowed, and the tongue licked my finger again, and it tongued

The fine thorns on it made me itch, I couldn't help laughing, and held the cat to show Adu: "You."

Look, it's so pretty. ”

Adu nodded. I asked Yongniang to fetch milk to feed the cat, and then discussed it with Adu

What to name the kitten.

I asked Adu: "Is it okay to call Xiaohua?" ”

Adu shook his head, I also don't think it's good, this kitten is pure white all over, and it's miscellaneous

There is no hair, and it really shouldn't be called a small flower.

"Then let's call Xiaoxue..."

The kitten makes a nest, and I want to name the kitten... I don't even know when Pei Zhao left

Target.

But since having this kitten, I'm not so lonely in the East Palace. light snow

It's very lively, and you can play for a long time chasing your own tail. The peach and plum blossoms in the courtyard are red

Like snow, the fluttering petals blow in the air, and Xiaoxue always jumps up and scratches it with her paws.

However, it does not smell the piles of petals accumulated on the covered bridge, and occasionally a pink butterfly flies

Over, it's even worse, Xiaoxue can chase it all over the yard, and butterflies fly wherever they go

, it jumped wherever it went.

Yongniang said every time: "Where is this cat, it's even more naughty than a fox spirit."

Gas. ”

And so the days passed peacefully. watched Xiaoxue run around mischievously every day;

Look at the flowers in the courtyard blooming, the flowers are thanking again, and the cherries are hanging like pearls, hanging full of branches

Head; Look at the peaches and plums that also bear the size of soybeans, and they are adorned under the green branches and leaves.

Time is like water in the ditch, flowing silently, and every day passes quickly. Evening

I used to sit on the steps and watch the moon rise from under the leaves

Come. For thousands of years, the moon has risen quietly like this, without sorrow, without sorrow

Happy, silent, the wind and dew of the day, shining on the glazed tiles, like a thin layer of silver

Frost. The stars in the sky were silent, and the light snow lay at my feet, "Mimi" called, me

Touching its warm velvet neck, he took it into his arms. I waited quietly, I

Wait for the best time to escape from this delicate cage.

Originally, because I had been sick, I kept my mind simple in the East Palace, and many things were not

Ask me again. In the past, although Zhao Liangdi was in charge, many major events were ostensibly up to me

Presiding, I have been sick for so many days that I have not even been absent from the ceremonies and banquets in the palace. Wait for me

When his illness gradually improved, Xu Baolin became ill again.

She is very sick and there is no medicine after all, but no one seems to care about it in the East Palace, if

If it wasn't for Yongniang to say that she was gone, I didn't know that Xu Baolin was sick and dying.

For some reason, I decided to go see her. Maybe it's pity, maybe I want Li Chengyin to feel that everything is not unusual. Or, let Li Chengyin feel that I still do

It's the naΓ―ve and stupid princess who doesn't have any scheming.

Xu Baolin still lived in the most remote courtyard, serving her two palaces

The woman has already changed again. Although the matter of witch Gu did not make trouble, Zhao Liangdi got it

made excuses to treat her more and more mean. I was too busy to take care of myself after I got sick, so naturally I didn't take care of her

Whisk. I regret it very much, if I had found it earlier, she might not have gotten this disease

Shape.

She was as thin as a dry bone, her hair had lost its luster, and the ends of her hair were yellow, like

A mess of grass. I vaguely remembered the first time I saw her, when I was still in the palace, her

The child who had just lost his womb was described as haggard. But at that time her haggard was flowers

Hit by the torrential rain, so it fell to the ground. Instead of being like now, she was like a remnant in the west wind

The chrysanthemums in the room, even the last vein of Xianyan have withered.

I called her for a long time before she opened her eyes and looked at me, her eyes dazed

Leave.

She didn't recognize me anymore, but after a while, she lowered her eyes and fell into a deep sleep

Go.

Yongniang tactfully told me that Xu Baolin couldn't delay for a few days.

She is only eighteen years old this year, and the girl's beauty has long been fleeting, this loneliness

The East Palace is like a monster, constantly devouring all the beauty of Xianyan. Like flowers

The girl, in just half a year, withered and lost like this.

I felt very sad, and when I came out of the courtyard where she lived, I asked Yongniang: "Li Cheng."

What about Yin? ”

Yongniang didn't know, so she sent someone to ask, only to know that Li Chengyin and King Wu had bowed.

I walked to the main hall and waited for Li Chengyin, and waited until dusk to see seven or eight

The light horse, guarded by Yu Linlang, passed the Mingde Gate, and the rest of the people went down

The horse, with only one horse, passed far through the vast flat field in front of the temple and went straight to this side. I suddenly

However, I feel very confused, I haven't seen Li Chengyin for many months, a long time ago

Although I don't see him every day, every once in a while he will come to me in a rage and quarrel with me over messy things. But now I and him, gone

Noodles, no more quarrels.

I've been avoiding him all the time. After I remembered the past, I should have killed

He avenged all people.

Perhaps, I went to see Xu Baolin today, just to find one for myself, come

See his reason. I watched him ride over, and suddenly I remembered that he was in the desert steppe

He rode towards me, smiling like that.

He's never laughed like that, has he? After all, it was Gu Xiaowu, not the crown prince Li Cheng

Yin.

The chamberlain stepped forward to ambush Li Chengyin and dismounted, he threw the whip to Xiao Huangmen and stepped onto the stage

steps, like not seeing me.

I stood up and stopped him, and I said, "You go and see Xu Baolin." ”

He finally turned his face to me, and I said, "She's sick and dying." ”

He ignored me and went straight to the temple.

I stood there alone, the early summer wind blowing across my cheeks, with a warm air

Breath, spring has already passed.

If it was in the past, I would definitely quarrel with him and force him to see Xu Baolin, even if

Tie him up, and I'm going to tie him up too.

But now? I clearly know that if I don't love, I don't love, even if I have to swallow it today

What about the last breath, he was afraid that he had forgotten her a long time ago. Forget about the bright eyes and bright teeth

forgot that they had flesh and blood in the past, and forgot how much she had been

How many lonely times I look forward to in one night. It's like he's forgotten me, forgotten that I used to hate

He loved him, forgot that he once caught a hundred fireflies for me, and forgot that I was the last to decide

A leap of absoluteness cut off everything between me and him.

Isn't all this my seeking benevolence?

The weather was getting hotter day by day, and Xu Baolin fell into a coma, and she became more and more day by day

Weak, in the end he couldn't even get a drop of water. I went to see her every day, Yongniang persuaded,

She thought that I had just recovered from a serious illness and that it was not appropriate for me to linger around the patient for a long time, but I did not listen to her at all. I took care of her as if I were dying

of themselves.

I am staying by Xu Baolin's side, and those palace people will be somewhat jealous and dare not be slight

Word. It's much better than the previous carelessness. But Xu Baolin was already sick

In this way, all care is almost superfluous to her.

At dusk, the weather is hot, and there are dragonflies flying around in the courtyard, and banana leaves under the walls

The child didn't move, not a trace of wind. The sky was faintly purple, but the western sky was surging

Heavy clouds are rising, and it may be raining.

Xu Baolin's spirit was better today, she opened her eyes and looked at the people around her,

I held her hand and asked her, "Do you want to drink water?" ”

She recognized me and smiled at me.

She didn't drink any water, and an hour later she fell into a coma again, and then her breath faded

Weak.

I summoned the imperial doctor, and after he checked the pulse, he said to me, "Baolin is very good, definitely."

You can be safe and sound. ”

Although I don't have much knowledge, I also know that if the imperial doctor says such things, he will not be saved.

Yongniang tried to convince me to leave, but I just refused. Yongniang had to send someone to go quietly

Preparing for the future, the sky is getting darker and darker, the room is as hot as a steamer, and Gong'e is light

Skillfully, light the yarn lamp. The candlelight shone and shone obliquely on the patient on the bed. Xu Baolin's face

Pale and the corners of her mouth kept twitching slightly, I leaned to her lips to hear the two she said

The word, so light that there is almost no sound, turned out to be "Your Highness".

I felt very sad in my heart, maybe before she died, she just wanted to see Li Cheng

Yin.

But I couldn't persuade him to come here.

This man provoked her, but he left her behind, and left her alone

In the deep palace. But she couldn't forget him.

Even if it's lucky, even if it's negative, even if it's just careless.

She wanted so little, as long as he looked back once in a while, but he couldn't get it. I held Xu Baolin's hand, trying to give her a little last warmth, but her hand

It's getting colder.

Yongniang softly persuaded me to leave, because she wanted to change Xu Baolin's clothes and treat the funeral

There is a lot of love, Yongniang once told me. There are also high-sounding things, such as going to the book

Give the Ministry of Rites, maybe she will be posthumously registered with a slightly higher rank, or reward her family for being small

Official. I watched Gong E put a brocade pana on Xu Baolin's face, she was gone

What a voice, whether it is sadness or joy, everything is gone, short

The temporary years came to an abrupt end.

There was a dull thunder in the sky in the distance, Yongniang stayed to preside over Xiaoyi, and Adu followed me

Go back to the dormitory. As I walked up the covered bridge, I heard faint music floating from the main hall

Come on. The sound of music was far away, and I suddenly remembered that night by the river, me

Sitting there, the singing of the Turks wafted in the distance, it was a subtle and low love song, Turkic

The warriors will always sing outside the tent of their beloved maidens, and sing all the words of their hearts

Listen to her.

At that time, I had never felt that the singing voice was so beautiful, ethereal as Xian Le Yi

Kind. The fireflies flying in the grass by the river are like ethereal meteors, and they are like

Whoever sprinkled a handful of gold sand. I even think that those little glittering bugs,

They are the messengers of the gods, and they carry delicate lanterns, which flicker in the cool night

Village. On the other side of the river, the camp was also scattered with sporadic fires, and the laughter and laughter seemed to be separated

A heavy day.

I watched as his whole body rose into the air, and I watched him grab several of them

Fireflies, those elves flickered with a subtle light between his fingers, the martial arts of the Central Plains,

It's like a painting, a poem, swaying freehand. His every move was like a dance

But there is no such heroic dance in the world. He was in mid-air with an incredible look

The angle rotates, chasing those ethereal fireflies. A breeze blows up the sleeves of his shirt...

Those fireflies scrambled to fly, and the bright moon dispersed, turning into countless fragments

For a while, Gu Xiaowu and I were surrounded by these meteors, and their shining light

Our faces lit up each other, and I saw his dark eyes, staring at me...