Chapter Twenty-Three: A melancholy and empty lovesickness
Su Liruo took the carriage back to Zhao's mansion, but unexpectedly found that the Zhao Zimo brothers and sisters were already at home.
"Sister Ruo, you're finally back!" When Zhao Zijin saw her, he greeted her in surprise. "After we got separated, my brother didn't say that if my sister was sent back by His Royal Highness, and dragged me home, I didn't see that I was going to look for you!"
Zhao Zijin, who was completely unaware, made Su Liruo feel a little distressed, and she reciprocated with a smile and comforted: "It's okay, I've returned safely." Her eyes glanced at Zhao Zimo, who was silent on the side.
Zhao Zijin was worried, "If my sister is your birthday today, I wanted to accompany you for a day, but I didn't even look at the flower party..."
"It's okay if you don't look at the flower club, just celebrate Liruo's birthday at home!" Zhao Zimo, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
"Okay! Brother, how do you say it's going to happen? Zhao Zijin immediately agreed.
Su Liruo was about to refuse, but after Li Moxiao's turmoil, she was completely out of mood, but it was not good to spoil the brothers and sisters.
Finally, in the courtyard in front of Zhao Zijin's attic, with the sound of Zhao Zijin's piano, Zhao Zimo drew his sword and danced a song, which was the score of "Drunken Acacia" that Zhao Zijin had just learned from Su Liruo.
Zhao Zimo is elegant and elegant, dancing with a sword posture, graceful and elegant, soft and enchanting.
Su Liruo secretly marveled at Zhao Zimo's sword posture in her heart, if it wasn't for Zhao's mansion, she would have wanted to dance a song.
The brother and sister performance ended, Su Liruo finally smiled, Zhao Zimo was relieved to see her laughing, in fact, he used the sword dance to eliminate her anger and apologize to her. It seems that she rejected Li Moxiao, thinking of this, his mood was instantly extremely happy, but it was quite strange why she rejected His Highness? With his understanding of Li Moxiao's past, is the woman he likes willing to let go easily? If you don't achieve your goal, you won't give up.
That night, it was late at night, and Zhao Zimo still couldn't sleep, so he got up and put on his clothes, and unconsciously paced to the east courtyard where Su Liruo lived.
Staring at the chamber, but never daring to step, demented for a long time, he was about to turn around, there was a light and soft sound of the piano in the chamber, the strings and the melancholy song came:
It's hard to continue,
The saddest,
Autumn Heart's First Acquaintance,
Remembering people.
The setting sun is haggard,
Fang Zhiku,
Xiangche BMW Fan,
but did not wake up.
The end of the world is wrong,
Gaze,
Bleak and pitiful,
Two lines of fog...
The piano stopped abruptly, and the song ended with a choked murmur.
"Sister Ruo, you are sad again..."Xiao Wei's voice sounded, since Su Liruo resumed her daughter's clothes, Xiao Wei changed her name to Zhao Zijin, and at that time, Grandma Xi also asked the two to be called sisters to avoid causing trouble.
Su Liruo sighed faintly and did not speak. After a while, the lights went out silently, and everything was quiet as usual.
Zhao Zimo's heartache was unspeakable, he never knew that Su Liruo, who was as gentle as water, had such a strong sorrow that could not be dissolved, she seemed to be full of sorrow and heart. From the lyrics, it is certain that she misses someone, so much so that she sobs at the end, does she already have someone in her heart?
Zhao Zimo left the east courtyard with melancholy and loss.
The next day, Zhao Zimo was invited by someone sent by Li Moxiao early in the morning, saying that His Highness had something to discuss with him. Li Moxiao is twenty-one years old, two years older than him, but he has already set up a side concubine and accepted a few beautiful concubines, and nineteen-year-old Zhao Zimo usually rides a horse and shoots with Li Moxiao to practice martial arts, and when he returns home, he is also obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting alone, and he is ignorant of the love between men and women. Li Moxiao wanted to give him a beauty last year, but he was so frightened that his face was flushed, he was ashamed, and even ran away.
It is said that when Zhao Zimo came to the prince's palace, he saw Li Moxiao wilting and leaning on the reclining chair in a daze. Catching a glimpse of Zhao Zimo coming in, his spirit was lifted: "Zimo, you are here, how about Miss Liruo?" ”
Zhao Zimo saluted respectfully, but he didn't know at a loss: "I don't know what His Highness is referring to?" ”
"Didn't she say anything when she came home yesterday?" Li Mo Xiao stood up with a very strange expression.
"No, I rarely meet her usually, she is mostly in Zijin Boudoir, but she didn't say anything yesterday!" Zhao Zimo thought that Su Liruo was not abnormal yesterday, but the melancholy sound of the piano and the mournful singing last night, but he didn't say it.
Li Moxiao paced back and forth in contemplation, "This woman is not simple, you don't know!" She actually knows how to do light work, and she has a good foundation. After a long time, he looked back and said.
"What?" Zhao Zimo was taken aback: "How could she be light?" That weak and delicate Su Liruo had surprised him with the lyrics she sang last night, why did she have something more shocking to make him stunned!
Li Moxiao didn't seem to have the patience to discuss how Su Liruo could do light work, he waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, I called you here to ask you, is there really a lifetime and a couple in this world?" Is there a woman in this world who dares to speak like this? ”
"This..."Zhao Zimo was stunned, and then said: "Ordinary people may have it, but the power of the rich and noble disciples is absolutely impossible, but it is unknown if a woman dares to speak like this!" He was very puzzled in his heart, why did Li Moxiao ask like this.
"So Su Liruo, this woman is not simple, she dares to refuse me, and she is not ashamed to have a couple for the rest of her life, and sneers that the prince has a concubine, and she is not qualified to have her at all..." Remembering that she hated him like a beast yesterday, and dared to order him to run errands, suddenly, a wave of anger struck her heart.
Zhao Zimo was completely stunned, he felt that he couldn't accept that Su Liruo subverted his previous understanding so much. He and Li Moxiao have been friends since they were twelve years old, although they are honest and honest with each other in private, he has always followed the etiquette and etiquette, and never dared to slack off. Where did she borrow guts? How dare you refuse and humiliate the current prince? "Your Highness is magnanimous, and there is no need to deal with her as an arrogant and ignorant woman..."
"Hubris... Ignorance..."Li Moxiao lowered his face, squinted, and sneered: "I see that she is very confident, is that a little arrogant and ignorant?" There is a bit of arrogance. After that, he muttered to himself: "It's surprising that the body is full of thorns, such a woman is rare in the world, and she is a couple for a lifetime... How can I meet her requirements..."
Zhao Zimo on the side secretly trembled, did not dare to speak, and pondered carefully.
Coming back from the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Zimo didn't dare to meet Su Liruo, first, he couldn't digest Su Liruo's deep concealment, and second, Li Moxiao's idiotic appearance.
Su Liruo always sighed faintly during this period of time, looking depressed, one day, she told Xiao Wei to be ready to leave the Zhao Mansion at any time. Xiao Wei didn't think so, and didn't pay attention to it at all.
During this period, Li Moxiao came twice, but Su Liruo refused to leave the door, so he had to hang his head and go away.
Zhao Zimo was secretly anxious on the side, but there was nothing he could do, he was afraid that Su Liruo would anger Li Moxiao, and he was worried that Li Moxiao would succeed.
Zhao Zijin knew Li Moxiao's thoughts about Su Liruo, and he was sad for a while.
Zhao Yue remained silent and took in everything, until Emperor Zhen was urgently summoned into the palace, and told him angrily that the prince was obsessed with his righteous daughter, and even played the two side concubines who had been set up to repatriate the concubines, and expelled a group of concubines.
Zhao Yue leaned to the ground in fear, and had to confess the plan in his heart, so that Emperor Zhen turned his anger into joy and ordered him to deal with it as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the prince continues to mess around like this, he will inevitably cause an uproar and endanger the prince's position.
When Zhao Yue returned home, he immediately asked people to call Su Liruo, and when he saw Su Liruo, he gave a courtesy and courtesy, which made Su Liruo stunned, but she then seemed to understand, and gently replied: "Mr. is such a big gift, Liruo can't afford it, what does Mr. command?" If you obey it! ”
Zhao Yue looked at the smart woman in front of him, and sighed helplessly: "Miss Su is both wise and brave, she looks like Shunhua, and she is unparalleled in the world." You are not only a guest of the house, but also a teacher of Zijin, and the old man is quite appreciative and grateful to her for her teachings, if there is a woman like this, it is really fortunate. But the old man is blessed, he doesn't dare to force it, the girl is not a thing in the pool, he will shine brightly, the old man is willing to cut the pain, send the girl out of the country of day, to the top of the mountain. ”
Su Liruo said lightly, "Mr. is falsely praised!" Li Ruo was wrongly loved by Mr. and took him to the house for nearly eight months, and this kindness could not be repaid. If you can do your best this time, Mr. Xie is worried, and Li Ruo will do his best. She naturally knew that if she provoked Li Moxiao, it would be a matter of time before she was expelled.
Zhao Yue saw that she was reasonable, but she felt guilty, and she didn't dare to tell her words honestly, so she thought for a while and said: "Miss Su can understand the old man, I am really gratified, although the old man is a guest of the day country and assists the prince, but he is just a strategist, and he does not dare to overstep his authority." ”
"Sir, don't feel guilty, please allow me to say goodbye to Zijin and start again tomorrow?" Su Liruo's eyes were at a loss, and she didn't know where to go? But knowing that this place is not a place to stay for a long time, it is also calm.
Zhao Yue was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect her to be so categorical, and he never thought that she would leave tomorrow in such a hurry. But he knew that the sooner this matter was, the better, otherwise Emperor Zhen would not be able to explain it, and the prince was messing around like this, if Su Li stayed for one more day, the situation would only get worse.
Zhao Yue nodded heavily.
Su Liruo said goodbye to Zhao Yue and returned to the east courtyard wing, Xiao Wei was playing with a few maids, she called Xiao Wei and packed her bags. Xiao Wei was immediately stunned, but he still obeyed the order to tidy up things, in fact, there was nothing to tidy up, the master and servant were stranded at the beginning, and now all they can take away is some poems and songs that Su Liruo has talked about in the past few months to comfort. As for the score she created, Su Liruo kept it and gave it to Zhao Zijin.
That night, Su Liruo came to Zhao Zijin's boudoir, Zhao Zijin was in a daze at the windowsill, and when she saw her pushing the door in, her face instantly became embarrassed. Ever since she knew that Li Moxiao liked Su Liruo, she avoided it. She was sad and heartbroken, sad that she regarded Su Liruo as a close relative, and admired her very much. But I didn't expect that one day I would share a man with her? Although Li Moxiao couldn't belong to her alone, she still couldn't accept that this person was Su Liruo. The heartache is that since he was eleven years old, he promised her to marry her as a concubine, and she bent her fingers to count the days and wait for him to marry. The promise was not fulfilled, but he waited for him to fall in love with Su Liruo, and asked to see her three times and twice regardless of his honorable status. He has already set up two side concubines, and if he marries another concubine, he can only establish a princess, so she and Su Liruo must have one of them who can only be concubines.
"If... Sister..."Zhao Zijin stood up in a panic.
Su Liruo smiled slightly: "I knocked on the door, but there was no response, and the door was hidden, so I came in." As he spoke, he handed her a few pieces of paper.
It should be that she was in a daze, and she didn't notice the knock on the door, Zhao Zijin took the note in a trance, and asked puzzledly, "What is this?" ”
"I have nothing to do on weekdays, but occasionally I feel it, and I compose some tunes, I see that you rarely go out recently, so I sent it to you to practice." Su Liruo held her hand, her eyes were bright, and she was thoughtful: "Zijin, I have a few words to explain to you." ”
Zhao Zijin pinched the music sheet with one hand, and Su Liruo held it with the other, she lowered her eyes and said, "Well, if sister, you say!" ”
"No matter how much you love someone in your heart, you must not lose the dignity of a woman, and if you are willing to break through the prejudices and shackles of the world for the sake of love, you must not humble the virtues of a lowly woman. In short, you can be brave in pursuit, but you can't get lost. If he is not your beloved, it is better to cut off him than to let him trample on your dignity. Su Liruo said.
Zhao Zijin suddenly raised his head, his eyes were shining, as if he was wet.
"I have also been chasing a person with thousands of mountains and rivers, and I still have no chance of the end of the world across the mountains and rivers, so I feel the same way about your thoughts." Su Liruo smiled bitterly.
Zhao Zijin was stunned: She already has a heart! Just as she was about to speak, Su Liruo had already pulled her to the piano. "Come, I'll teach you to play these songs..."
Su Liruo taught her to play until midnight, and then left Zhao Zijin's boudoir and returned to the east courtyard, originally to say hello to Zhao Zimo, but he thought that he had a great relationship with Li Moxiao, in case Li Moxiao was notified, he was afraid that he would not be able to leave.
When she returned to the wing room, she saw that Xiao Wei was reluctant to sit on the edge of the bed, she sighed and asked her to sleep quickly, and set off quietly tomorrow to save disturbing the Zhao family.
When Su Liruo woke up, she was stunned to find that she was lying in the delicate and comfortable chariot, and then saw Xiao Wei leaning against the car window. She settled down, quietly swept the corner of the curtain, and looked out: there were two teams of non-commissioned guards in front of and behind the slow and steady chariot, each holding a spear in his hand, and following the chariot in an orderly manner.