Chapter 18: Old Dreams of the Imperial City
Several carriages gradually drove into the Suzaku Gate. Han Su gently lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the familiar but slightly unfamiliar environment outside. Those young faces, changed batch after batch, but they were still black hair, light clothes, palace maids were not allowed to use embroidered clothes, and the decoration was not allowed to be luxurious, all relying on a little young face and gradually disappearing agility to fill the majestic old of this imperial city.
The carriage turned many times, and the palace man changed her carriage to drive her carriage to Lingxiao Pavilion.
Intentionally or unintentionally, she once again entered the attic where she had lived countless times. The roof gate is constantly retouched, but the old house is new.
I got off the carriage and entered the yard, where there were still seasonal flowers and plants. There was only one blood-colored rose left in the dirt, and the rest bore orange fruit. And there are no lifeless branches and leaves, and the purple jasmine around is full of bloom, and the fragrance is melodious.
I don't know what the source is, she thought of a sentence "Evil purple snatches Zhu." ”
It seems that the attic has already received the news, and the affairs should be handled very properly. As soon as she entered, the two palace maids saluted her and called her girl. A silver jasmine was brewed in the teapot on the table, and before the lid was lifted, I smelled a melodious fragrance.
The teacup depicts a few traces of Xiangfei bamboo, which are cinnabar skimming leaves. The cup is not old, it is actually a long time ago, and it is familiar with the cinnabar color on the fingertips.
The light veil of the moon white group and blue plum in the room, the bronze lamp of the twelve eagle heads, the palace lamp of the delicate mechanism of the white glaze, and a picture of the creation of Emperor Wa hung on the wall, offering a lamp of clear water, a lamp of Tibetan incense, and a handful of pine and cypress bamboo leaves. Even the lines on the tablecloth are auspicious inscriptions in the morning.
All this was the habit of the previous owner of this palace, so long that she couldn't remember that it should float at three or four when making tea, so long that she couldn't remember that she had to offer a bottle of evergreen green leaves when she was worshipping the gods. Everything that has been familiar here for a long time is no longer familiar.
Han Shu looked at everything around him, and wandered for a while before asking, "Who arranged the furnishings?" ”
The palace maid Ming'er served a snack and replied respectfully: "Lingxiao Pavilion has never changed its furnishings since Han, and the queen mother often comes over, and nothing is allowed to be changed." ”
Han Shu took the small silver fork she handed over, and asked instead, "How long have you been here?" ”
"The slave came here three years ago, and she is responsible for some sprinkling and sweeping on weekdays."
Han Crisp nodded and tasted a bite of lotus cake, this Jiangnan dim sum is here, no matter how delicious it is, it seems out of place.
She said to a few people: "I'm a little tired, you guys stand down." I'll call for something, and I don't have to be on duty even at night. ”
The third floor of the attic is the former Xiao Qiushui's house, which is gorgeous and simple.
She opened the window and looked at the layout of the imperial city and the flow of people. Unconsciously recalled the scene of that year.
That night, the imperial city was full of torches, and she was wearing a dark shirt embroidered with a single-crowned crane, and she walked out of this door step by step to the Qianyuan Palace, pointing at the emperor and asking questions. The Emperor's head was about to fall at her feet. And the betrayal also appeared at that moment, and the torture of the heavenly prison after that, and the guillotine knife that did not leave the palace gate. Scene by scene, shadow puppets fell into front of me.
And the queen, the poor woman, must have had a thrilling period under her own burden.
There is no regret at this moment, and if you go again, you will definitely rebel without hesitation, just like the choice you made back then.
She looked at the unchanged furnishings on the wall, and suddenly remembered something, and pressed a hidden mechanism on the wall. There was a box opened in the pillar stone, and inside it was a cloth made of gold wire, which was the lower part of the cold ice true qi, and the cold jade was marked with the picture and text of the tendon running true qi, which was the node that she couldn't break through.
Remembering the rest of the mantra, she put away the gold silk cloth.
After a while, the queen ordered someone to bring a pair of clothes.
She took the clothes, returned the salute, and went to thank him according to the rules.
Walk through the royal courtyard all the way, step by step to the Kunyuan Palace.