Finally came out of Ningshou Palace, fortunately, Cixi had the habit of taking a break at three o'clock in the afternoon every day, so I was able to take a leisurely time, and I turned a few directions, and it was already far away from Ningshou Palace. At this time, the scenery of the Imperial Garden is the best, with many walls leaning on the inside and outside, and a few exquisitely carved pavilions standing in the garden, which are comfortable and wide. The ancient cypress and old acacia are planted all around, and the strange stone jade seat, the bronze statue of Jinlin, the potted flower pile scene, the scene in the garden is varied, and the layers are distinct. The ground is inlaid with pebbles of various colors to form symbolic patterns such as "Fu", "Lu" and "Shou", which is probably to take the meaning of auspiciousness. Duixiu Mountain is the place where the Double Ninth Festival ascends in the palace, the stacked stones are unique, the road is coiled, and there is a stone carving dragon spray shadow wall under it. Listen to Zai Yan said, in winter, green bamboo, whitebark pine, and several jade leaf plums outside the wall, the three echo each other, but also to form a pine, bamboo, plum, "three friends of the year" of the wonderful environment.

Several green bamboos are graceful and charming, slender and soft, and the warm sunlight sprinkles thousands of golden threads from the leaves and branches of the bamboo forest, flooding the blue sea and golden waves. A light and delicate, ununearthed before the knots, thin leaves, sparse knots, the leaves are trembling slightly, the wind blows, the slender stretched branches and leaves are dancing lightly, when closing the eyes and concentrating, it seems that you can also hear the "rustling" bamboo language.

The green bamboo surrounds six pale green sword stones of different lengths, the petals of the ink peony in front of the stone are overlapped, the flower color is beautiful and colorful, the beauty is graceful and luxurious, the beauty is gorgeous and delicate, and the beauty is shocking. There are rumors: Wei Hongbo, the prime minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was an honest and honest official, and he loved to raise flowers, especially peonies. Prime Minister Wei learned that someone dug up a black peony from the mountain, approached to watch, the peony ink color smudged just right, one more is gaudy, one less is bland, between the blue and red, just right up and down, not embarrassed or embarrassed, knowing that it is a treasure in the peony, so he spent a lot of money to buy it. After several years of careful cultivation, he became the king of flowers at that time.

"He boasted that there is no match in the world and monopolized the first fragrance in the world." One sentence is from this allusion.

In the afternoon, the weather was excellent, the sky was clear and blue, the clouds were not stained, and the light blue sky was like a clean velvet, inlaid with yellow gold edges, and there was not even a trace of floating flocculents.

Bai Ge helped me pick a big stone and took out a silk to brush the dust. I sat down peacefully, and saw the pieces of fallen flowers that adorned the soft grass, and I couldn't help but add a few wisps of sadness in my heart, the petals trembled lightly in the wind, and a few struggles but still drifted helplessly in the wind, like a twilight beauty with tears in her eyes, her sad eyes were full of deep sighs, and there was a melancholy in the dark knot of the heart that wanted to say goodbye, and there was a resentment and sadness after the elegance faded in the lonely figure. The grief is endless, as if my end was predetermined before it even began. I don't want to think about it at all, but sometimes reality forces me to think about it.

The warm wind blew softly, slowly stirring the dense pear blossoms on my side, and the silky soft petals fell on me little by little, white as snow, shining silver, like the white gauze skirt of a fairy, fluttering in the wind.

I said, "The pear blossoms are pale white and the willows are deep green, and the catkins are full of flowers when they fly." ”

was gloomy in his heart, and a woman's scolding suddenly came from behind him: "Who is there?" How can I see the queen and not come? ”

I was not happy, and when someone spoke to me like this, I got up and looked back, Longyu was dressed in a bright yellow flag suit, embroidered with the pattern of "Eight Treasures Flat Water", the big wing-like bun was decorated with layers of tassels, pearl lapis lazuli dotted with emerald canopy, ruby pendant horns, there should be a "auspicious and happy" goodwill head. She stood tall under the tree, her face full of dark fire like a turbulent whirlpool at the bottom of the river. Ru'er, the palace maid beside her, pointed at me and called, "Don't come yet, Niangniang is what she said." ”

I was annoyed for nine points in an instant, and I still tried my best to maintain a peaceful smile on my face, walked over slowly, and saluted: "The slave greets the queen, and the mother is auspicious." ”

After Bai Ge followed to ask for peace, he glared at Ru'er vigorously and said: "My little master is a concubine, where is your turn to be a slave and maid!" ”

Ru'er's eyes showed a little timidity, looked at me twice, looked sideways at Longyu, and whispered aggrievedly: "The queen mother ......"

Longyu stared at me, covered his mouth and smiled: "This palace wants to call you, can't you?" ”

I smiled faintly and said, "It's naturally okay for the queen to be called a slave, but how can the queen mother come out and walk around like Yaxing today?" ”

Long Yu's eyes narrowed, "How dare you dare to mock this palace so secretly!" ”

I snorted in my heart and thought contemptuously: Sure enough, these feudal women with extreme inferiority complex can't communicate well with others, no matter what they say, they feel that others are mocking themselves.

I bowed my head and said in a manly voice: "The slave doesn't mean this, the slave and the mother are both people in the harem, and they should work together to take care of the emperor's well-being." It's just that the queen mother really rarely comes out and walks around on weekdays, and she is just curious for a while. ”

The corners of Longyu's mouth flew, and his tone was full of disgust for me, "There is a saying in this palace to advise Zhen Concubine, Zhen Concubine takes care of the emperor's hard work at night, and she has to serve Lafayette in Ningshou Palace during the day. ”

The anger in my heart was completely unbearable, and Bai Ge on the side was also so annoyed that his nose was rude. I thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Niangniang's teachings to the slave, the slave should abide by it." But the minion also has something to say to the mother here. ”

Longyu looked at me squintically and said impatiently, "You say." ”

I smiled and said, "First, the minions are not here to play in the imperial garden today, but to collect fresh petals and cook tea for the emperor." Second, no matter what the slave says, he is also a master," his eyes slowly moved up, staring at Ru'er beside Longyu, "The slave should salute the master." ”

Longyu let out an "oh" and said, "Ru'er is the palace maid next to the palace, do you want to ask Concubine Zhen for peace?" ”

I chuckled and said, "The slave is not demanding anything, but the emperor and Lafayette have always liked the etiquette in the palace, and the slave actually wants to tell the mother, why can't the emperor always ask for it......"

Before I finished speaking, Longyu hurriedly interrupted: "Stop! ”

Longyu glared at me viciously, pointed at me and said, "Give this palace a slap to the concubine, ten strokes!" ”

I was not afraid to say: "It is said that the queen is a mother of the world, smart and virtuous, and she is the niece of Lafayette, so she should be able to abide by the palace rules and not abuse lynching!" ”

Longyu glanced at Ru'er, Ru'er immediately understood, walked towards me, and threw a slap on my face, and immediately I felt a hot pain in my left cheek, and stumbled two steps, Bai Ge hurriedly supported me. Longyu's eyes were full of cold light, and he said with disgust: "I don't know the height of the sky!" As she spoke, she probably felt that she was not relieved enough, so she had to come up and do it to me again: "There are still nine left!" ”

Ru'er hurriedly pulled down her sleeve and said, "Niangniang, the little lord Zhen is now in the holy family, it would be bad if the emperor knew, it would be better to ...... Never mind. ”

When Longyu heard this, his face became more and more ugly, and he glared at Ru'er angrily, and then turned his hand to "snap" two slaps on Ru'er's face mercilessly, Ru'er didn't have the strength to eat for a while, and fell straight backwards, Longyu Sensen's eyes glanced sharply at Ru'er, and then fell coldly on my face, slowly approaching step by step, eyebrows struggled, just raised his hand and waved it in mid-air before it fell, it was intercepted by a person, "Niangniang, please respect yourself!" ”

It was originally Narsu, the first-class guard beside Zaiyan, and when he saw him for the first time in the Qianqing Palace, he felt that this person's temperament was cold, arrogant, and lonely, but he was arrogant, like an eagle in the night. Longyu was in pain, his wrist was weak, and he yelled at him angrily: "With your little guard, you dare to take care of the affairs of the palace!" ”

Seeing this, Ru'er hurriedly got up from the ground, hugged Narsu's arm, and tore it: "Let go of the queen mother!" ”

Narsu opened Ru'er with his elbow in disgust, but with a cold smile on his face, he spread his hand neatly with a somewhat nonsensical expression.

I was about to open my mouth, when a familiar voice floated not far away, and said coldly: "I want to see who ignored the palace rules first, and who abused lynching in front of the public when spring and summer were prosperous?!" ”

I heard the sound and looked, that face was no more familiar, and I had been with me for a whole month, and the emotions in my heart were suddenly chaotic, and the anger that was burning in Longyu's heart suddenly turned into endless grievances and pains, and the two feelings stimulated me alternately, tears gradually filled my eyes, and my hands unconsciously clenched the tassels on my skirt.

Wearing a dark color narrow-sleeved python robe, the cuffs are inlaid with embroidered gold thread auspicious clouds, the scarlet and white jade belt around the waist, and the white jade exquisite waist is hung on it, the posture is thin and straight, and the steps are gentle, such as the Zhilan jade tree, the light wind and the moon, and the whole body exudes indescribable dignity and elegance.

The handsome and uncast face, with a hint of displeasure, slender and long single phoenix eyes, hidden in a kind of awe-inspiring eyes, and under the high bridge of the nose are two thin lips with pride.

Long Yu saw that it was Zaiyan, and the gaze in his eyes changed sharply, as gentle and bright as the clouds of autumn watercolor, and said respectfully: "The emperor is auspicious." ”

Jae-yun nodded, ignoring her. She stepped forward to curry favor and asked, "Why does the emperor have time to come to the imperial garden?" ”

Zai Yan raised his eyebrows, "You can come, why can't I come?" ”

Longyu's face was full of humility, and he said cautiously: "The servant heard that the emperor likes to come to the imperial garden to relax recently, and the scenery must be very good, so I also want to come and have a look." ”

Zai Yan frowned and said, "Listen to people? Listen to whom? He glanced at Fan Changlu who was following behind him, and Fan Changlu hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave really doesn't know anything. ”

Zai Yan let out a "hmm" and waved his hand lightly, "You get up." ”

Longyu said timidly: "Minion...... The slave listens to some gossip. ”

Zai Yan sneered: "It can be seen that you are not honest, and you are so untrue when you talk to me, half hidden and half exposed," and added, "If the harem gossips a lot, this is the queen's responsibility to be not strict." ”

Longyu said in a pretentious tone: "The slave just wants to know more about the emperor, so that he can accompany the emperor in the future." In the end, how to manage the six palaces, the slave still has to learn more from Lafayette. ”

Zai Yan's body trembled, and he said coldly: "The scenery in the imperial garden is good or bad, after all, it depends on people's state of mind, and the realm is not enough, and the eyes are just cheesy and red." To manage the affairs of the six palaces, it is natural to consult Lafayette more, but in my opinion, Ningshou Palace has been going to the concubines more these days. ”

Zai Yan smiled at me, I only looked at him in a daze and didn't speak, I was slapped firmly, where can I still speak.

I slowly knelt down and kowtowed.