Chapter 45: The Concubine
What ambitions, what feelings, he never thought to share with her.
On the day she didn't want her brother to go to Fu'an, he was angry and disappointed, and he only secretly said in the letter that "it's unbearable to talk about it", but he was never willing to explain it to her little by little like A-Niang.
Looking at her well-behaved and immature side face, he suddenly felt that this canary might not want to live just as a canary.
The palace banquet is naturally the "guest" and "master" to enjoy themselves, and after the three rounds of drinking, the men and women will have to divide the table, because the men have to prepare for a drunk before resting.
Mu Shuyuan spread the word and stayed with Afu for two hours, so Afu told A-Niang and her mother-in-law that she would wait for Shuyu to return to the house together, and let the two old people go back first.
She still followed the chamberlain through the long corridor, but this time she was accompanied by Sakura, and she didn't go to see the queen mother as a sentence, even if it was dripping into ice, she was a little excited in her heart.
Suddenly, an attendant who looked like a chief steward ran over breathlessly and said respectfully: "It's Second Mrs. Pei, right?" ”
Afu didn't know why, but didn't say anything.
The chamberlain who led them saluted respectfully and said, "Exactly, the slave is about to take Second Lady Pei to Chuxiu Palace for a talk, I don't know what Gonggong Chen has to do?" ”
This "Gonggong Chen" saluted Ah Fu again: "Second Mrs. Pei, the slave is in the palace of Qiao Guifei, and the concubine has long wanted to invite you over to talk about it, so she asked the slave to go to the Taihe Hall early to wait, you see, the slave's clothes are frozen." ”
Ah Fu fixed his eyes, but it was true, so he said: "Grandpa Chen, it's just that I have already made a decision to see Mu Niangniang, I don't know..."
Gonggong Chen arranged it with a kind face but without doubt: "Little particle, you went back to your Mu Niangniang, and said that our Qiao Guifei wanted to talk to Mrs. Pei, and then I, Chen Baoling, personally sent Mrs. Pei over, how about it?" ”
Afu knew that Concubine Qiao was noble, and her father, General Qiao, was originally friendly with the Pei family, and she didn't want to embarrass the little chamberlain, so she turned a corner with Gonggong Chen and came to Nanchi Palace.
When Concubine Qiao entered the palace six years ago, she was a concubine, which was an exception.
Her maiden name is Yuemei, and Daddy Qiao Feng is a first-class martial arts master, who started from a poor family, and relied on military merits to become the general of Zhenguo.
Although the Pei family is based on military merits, there is only one lone seedling in Pei Jingsheng's generation, so the martial arts of Wen, Shuyu and Shuyu's eldest brother are all learned from this General Qiao.
Six years ago, in the first battle of Nanshao, General Qiao Feng was in command, Zhong Ju and Shuyu were the left and right guards, and when they went out, three people walked together, but they returned with one person and two coffins.
Ah Fu didn't know how to face this Qiao Guifei.
She is Qiao Feng's only daughter, and after her father's death, there was only one aunt left, and now she is the wife of Zuo Xiang.
Thinking about it, he entered the temple.
The Nanchi Palace is very warm and elegantly furnished.
Unlike the queen's Jingren Palace, the dark red wall makes people tremble, everything in this Nanchi Palace is warm yellow, plus a few oil lamps, it looks particularly reassuring.
Qiao Guifei was dressed in a homely white dress, holding a long-haired Siamese cat, standing quietly under the round window.
Afu came in lightly and cautiously blessed her: "The concubine has seen the concubine Niangniang." ”
Qiao Guifei turned around.
This is not a stunning woman, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth, which is the appearance of a typical Northland woman.
But surprisingly harmonious, it seems loyal and friendly.
As soon as she let go of her hand, the cat jumped out of her arms and smiled at Afu: "This is Second Mrs. Pei, right?" It's really good. ”
Afu hurriedly thanked him.
Xu saw the doubt in Afu's eyes, and she explained: "Zhong Ju and Shu Yu are half of my father's sons, and now that my father and Zhong Ju are gone, I will worry about Shu Yu a little more." ”
Ah Fu hurriedly said: "The concubine once heard her mother-in-law say that the eldest brother and her husband are both practicing martial arts under the command of General Qiao, and they are teachers for one day and fathers for life. ”
Qiao Guifei looked very happy: "That's naturally good." I was relieved to see that Shuyu had married such a good lady. Seeing that it is the seventh year, I hope that my father and his old man will have a spirit in the sky, and he also knows that Shuyu is doing well now. ”
She smiled slightly, and she had never been able to hold up the shelf of a high-ranking person, but when Afu looked at it, she always felt that she was miserable in her heart and independent.
Afu couldn't help but take a step forward: "Niangniang, don't dwell on the past, those who come can be chased, General Qiao, I want you to live a carefree life every day." ”
Qiao Guifei smiled and touched Afu's arm: "Afu, it's Afu, right?" ”
Afu nodded.
"Sometimes it's not about dwelling on the past, it's about not being able to get out of this life." She said leisurely, "You are Shuyu's closest person, when he is too depressed, you enlighten him." ”
Looking at Afu's ignorant eyes, she smiled lightly and lowered her eyes, yes, she hasn't experienced it herself, how can she empathize? "Anyway, it can be hard to be his wife, thank you."
With a wave of her hand, the maid brought up a box, and when she opened it, there was a box full of beautiful Nanzhu.
"I can't give it away, so I will take it with you, whether it is accessories or medicine."
Afu hurriedly knelt down to thank him.