On the second day of February in the late winter of this year, Brother Jue, who was the emperor in the palace, finally sent someone to take me into the palace.

The night before leaving, the eldest brother and I had a long talk about the emperor's injustice and the affairs of Qin Duchu, and told me that there were sixty-five concubines in the harem at the moment. Maybe the probability of the concubine jumping into the well and jumping the city wall every day will be less.

If I stay at home, he has the power to keep me safe and happy.

I refused, "Thank you, but not needed." Since I was a child, my wish was to marry Brother Jue and be the queen. ”

The eldest brother saw that I was stubborn, and he was very angry, and hated that iron could not be made of steel, and said to me, "Your brother Jue? What did he promise you? said that after ascending the throne, he will immediately welcome you into the palace to be the queen above the ten thousand people under that person, and now he has been a queen for three years. Such a treacherous person, I can't imagine that you can still like it, it's really a shame for my family. ”

I glared at him, "You are not allowed to say Brother Jue, even if he has a queen?" Haven't you heard of the character Yang Guifei? There are 3,000 beauties in the harem, and 3,000 are pampered in one. I am Brother Jue's Li Guifei. ”

After a pause, I added: "The position of the queen, sooner or later, it is my Li Yingying, what kind of sick queen has fought for me?" ”

The eldest brother also glared at me angrily, "Yang Guifei is overwhelmed by the country and the city, the fish and geese are falling, you don't look at you, look back and smile at everyone, and the six palaces are colorful." How do you compare with Yang Guifei? What you're doing is just a good thing. ”

I replied to him, "Then what are you, you are Dong Shi's brother." Your back fascinates thousands of troops, and you scare off millions of heroes head-on. It really looks like Zhong Kui, a demon was born! ”

Then, my eldest brother and I scolded each other, and even implicated the eighteenth generation of my ancestors. The intensity of the words used woke up Daddy in his sleep.

Daddy got up and took out a rattan from the house and beat me and my eldest brother, warning me to go to bed quickly, so as not to affect Grandma.

The general's mansion has always been simple and unpretentious, there are few slaves and maids, and beating people is harsh for this kind of thing, and my father never makes a fake hand, and he takes pleasure in it.

Even if there are no less than 100,000 soldiers on the periphery. He also went up to the mountains every day to farm.

My eldest brother and I obeyed our father's orders, and before we could win or lose, we parted unhappily.

In the dead of night, I lay on the bed covered with a quilt, and the warm carbon fire in the room made a few burning sounds from time to time, and I listened to the sound, somehow it was a little sour.

Some of the reasons for leaving home are the long lonely nights that used to be very short.

On the second day, I rode into the imperial city in a carriage. On the way, I lifted the curtains and looked out, and there were some towering copper walls and iron walls, trapping the city.

Everywhere along the road stood soldiers wrapped in iron armor, holding halberds in their hands, guarding the imperial capital with sharp edges.

I looked at it casually and accidentally met one of them in the eye. The man's eyes were as sharp as a galloping arrow, and he plunged into me mercilessly, and I was startled to close the curtain in an instant, and sat down in peace. In this palace of hundreds of turns, I went around and around to my new home in the palace, Suning Palace.

The houses in the palace are more elegant and exquisite, huddled together. But at a very close distance, they built a high wall that was impregnable to block their communication with each other.

For example, if I want to make a door, I can reach my destination in a few steps. As a result, I had to go around a long circle under the high wall.

Before I entered the palace, I was inexplicably crowned as a concubine. became the first person in the harem promotion record to break the ground, and the future is immeasurable.

Because he had a place in the palace, he received his own palace as soon as he came. This palace, with green tiles and vermilion eaves, carved beams and embroidered households, is complete and beautiful, and my favorite peony flowers are planted on the side of the road paved with bluestone bricks in the inner courtyard. It's a little inferior to the structure of the palace next to me, but it's not as good as it could be.

I don't know much about the harem title, I don't know where this position is, I only know that others call me Li Jieyu, which is much higher than the average woman who has just entered the palace.

After entering the palace, I only need to wait in this new home for Brother Jue to come and promote me to my position, so that I can at least reach the rank of concubine.

But I didn't expect that the wait would be months.

The late winter is cold, the spring breeze is blowing by, the summer lotus powder is knotting, the autumn maple is falling, and the four seasons are bright and pleasant, but I have never seen my cousin.

In the past year, I have nothing to do, I am extremely bored, and every day in addition to the necessary greetings to the high-ranking concubines, is to paint in the palace.

From the earthworm that started crooked to the python that later had smooth lines. Witnessed my progress.

While the painting skills are improving, the daily treatment is declining.

I heard about the cruelty of the harem, but I didn't expect such a reality, and even food could be gradually deducted. A dry maid and servant don't bother to talk to you except every time they clean the temple.

Barely enough to make ends meet. The smell of meat has not been seen for a long time. I wanted to visit Brother Xia Jue in person, but I was always stopped outside the study, outside the court, and outside the palace of other concubines.

The palace people did not shy away from talking about my situation, and whispered as if I were hiding my ears and stealing the bell.

"I think I thought that if I could keep up with this young lady in the General's Mansion, I must be able to see more holy faces. When the time comes—"

"At that time, with your sister, you will definitely be able to win the favor of Your Majesty. Get out of this life. ”

I clutched my rumbling belly, sad, and just wanted to tell my eldest brother sadly that Li Guifei had failed to start a business and the middle way collapsed.

I want to go home.

Fortunately, Brother Jue came in the deep winter of the new year, and he still had a warm heart between his eyebrows and eyes, and he said to me with a smile, "Yingying, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

I haven't seen him for five years, and when I see him again, he is still as white as ever, lonely and handsome, always smiling at his eyebrows, like an ice lotus blooming in a snow-capped mountain.

I blamed him and asked him why he didn't come earlier, if he didn't like the warbler. Brother Jue just took my hand, bent his eyes slightly to look at me, and listened to my gushing complaints.

If it weren't for the waiting palace people urging me to eat, I would probably have pulled Brother Jue to talk about it for a day and a night.

Brother Jue ate with me, and when I used to eat alone, I felt that the food provided by the Imperial Dining Room of the Palace was unremarkable, but today with Brother Jue as my companion, I feel sweet and delicious when I eat rice alone.

Then, at the beginning of the night, there was only a frost-white moon in the inky night today, and the palace lit a lit candle, and Brother Jue asked me in the depths of the brightly lit bed veil, "Yingying, can I stay here tonight?" ”

My eyes on him finally knew why there were no stars tonight, because they all fell into his eyes, and they were so beautiful.

The meaning of his words is beyond words.

I was very self-aware and lay on the couch ready to sleep, waiting for the emperor's grace to come.

The red candles were beating, the atmosphere was somehow a little charming, and his tenderness and sweetness were all my name. Ask word by word, "Yingying, hand you over to me, I will take good care of you, okay." ”

I looked at him, nodded happily, reached out to wrap my arms around his neck, searched my intestines and squeezed out a few words from the bottom of my heart, "Brother Jue, Yingying will hand myself over to you." Let Yingying take care of you in the future. ”

He leaned down, and everything went smoothly. I hugged his neck, and raised my eyes to see the dragon and phoenix pattern embroidered curtains, filling my eyes.