Chapter 172
In the blink of an eye, it is Tanabata, the street corners are lit up with lights, and the young women who are most interested in this day are still young, and the night has not yet arrived, many women have changed into new clothes.
At noon, Yin Moxi was sitting by the door and napping when she was called up by her aunt, if nothing else, just to let Yin Moxi go to the tailor shop to pick up her new clothes.
"What's the hurry, the clothes won't run away by themselves......" Yin Moxi rubbed his eyes and walked out of the door, but at this moment, Qingge, the maid of the palace, came towards him with something in her hand.
Qingge handed the burden in his hand to Yin Moxi: "Miss Yin, the Chinese Valentine's Day is here, and the prince asked me to send this dress to the girl." ”
"Give it to me? Why? Yin Moxi hesitated and didn't dare to pick it up.
"I don't know, the prince has his own reasons for doing this." Qingge put his clothes on the table, "I brought the things, then, let's leave first." ”
"Walk slowly."
Yin Moxi looked at Qingge's distant back, and then looked at the clothes in his hand, puzzled, inexplicable, why did the prince give her clothes?
"Xiaoxi, the one who just entered the store, looks like a maid from the palace?" Yin Jinyue walked in from the backyard.
It's indeed a maid in the palace, but if you let your aunt know that she lost the golden lock, then she will die a miserable death!
"I ...... She saved her in the alley that day, and as a token of gratitude, she gave me a dress. ”
"Sending you?" Yin Jinyue picked up her clothes and touched them, "It's the best material, give it to you?" ”
"Well, the palace is no better than other places, and it's understandable that Qingge often receives some rewards, right?"
"Dead girl, if you have some martial arts, you only know how to show off everywhere, and one day you get into trouble, see how you get it!" Yin Jinyue handed the clothes to Yin Moxi, "Even so, why don't you change it quickly?" ”
"Ah...... Oh......"
Yin Moxi didn't want to change it. The clothes sent by the prince? She had only met King Fengge once, what was the purpose of giving clothes? However, if you don't change it, your aunt will definitely doubt it.
Pick up your clothes and look left and right, there's nothing wrong with it, so let's change into clothes and go to the door another day to say thank you.
The material of the clothes is very soft and very comfortable to wear, but after all, it is not tailor-made, the clothes are a bit big, but the belt is not visible.
"Yes," Yin Jinyue nodded, "It's very energetic, but it's ......"
"But what?"
Yin Jinyue still looked at her with the expression of "I don't believe it if I killed her" in her clothes, and she felt numb in her heart.
"I won't mess around with you, I'm going out to enjoy the lanterns!" Yin Moxi saw that it was futile to defend himself, and ran out of the inn as if he was flying.
Where does she want to see the lanterns! Every year, the lantern festival is lively, and many palace people go out of the city to "have fun with the people", but this kind of noisy atmosphere, Yin Moxi is the least like, every time he is urged by his aunt, lazily turn around a few times or be pulled around by good friends. In contrast, she would rather find a place to be quiet, or listen to the whispers of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl under the pumpkin stand.
Seeing that it's still early, find a place to be quiet.
It was a big melon rack, on a slope. Due to the long-term unattended, the melon vines are wrapped around the shelf, and the head under the shelf is very cool, but it is too far away from the city, and it is really tiring.
didn't care too much, Yin Moxi lay under the melon shelf, looking at the little light from the green leaves on the top of the shelf, sprinkled on her body, itchy, very comfortable......
Probably because there was no lunch break, or maybe it was because the sun was too comfortable on his body, Yin Moxi only felt that everything in front of him was getting more and more blurry, and his eyelids were fighting without obeying, and after a while, he didn't know anything.
It was still the sea of fire, and the screams made her head ache as if it were about to crack.
"No...... No! Yin Moxi sat up suddenly, his heart beating wildly. It's not a nightmare, it's just some strange sights, why is she so scared, and even a little heartbroken?
"I didn't expect Miss Yin to have this suppression, so she ran this melon rack and rested."
Yin Moxi, who had palpitations, looked at the source of the sound behind his left.
Yin Moxi stood up, "It turned out to be the second son of the Cheng family in Tang County, Moxi is polite." ”
In fact, he didn't recruit her to provoke her, but he had seen too many bullying and wealthy masters, Yin Moxi didn't want to deal with this kind of person, but out of politeness, he had to say hello anyway.
"I didn't expect Miss Yin and I to play hide and seek, hiding here and refusing to come out." The second young master of the Tang family walked over, and he didn't mean to stop when he was almost in front of her.
Speaking of hide-and-seek, Yin Moxi's head was like a river and a sea.
Originally, she didn't pay attention to this kind of pampered son, they weren't opponents at all, but the sudden pain made her put her hand on his shoulder very shamelessly.
She tried to control her discomfort, but to no avail.
"I thought Miss Yin was a tall person, but I didn't expect to learn the trick of throwing yourself into your arms, but it's exactly what I want, it's better to ......" He took advantage of the situation and hugged Yin Moxi's waist, "This son will send you back?" ”
Yin Moxi had already greeted his ancestors in his heart, there were few ordinary people here, and today was Qixi Festival, so there were even fewer people passing by.
It's not good to meet anyone, but I encounter this kind of helplessness! What's worse is that she is now completely powerless.
"It's better for this king to find someone to carry you back."
The second son of the Tang family followed the voice, but suddenly his whole body trembled as if he had encountered a snowstorm, and he didn't know how to reply.
Li Xuanzhen stepped forward, "What are you still doing in a daze, do you really want this king to find someone to teach you a good lesson and carry you back?" ”
"Grass people... Didn't do anything! The prince is angry, angry! The second prince pushed Yin Moxi to Li Xuanzhen beside him, he knew that King Fengge was not easy to mess with, so he fled the scene without looking back.
"Moxi!" Li Xuanzhen caught Yin Moxi steadily.
"Lord Wang, I'm sorry......" Yin Moxi felt that everything in front of her was out of place, and the ground under her feet was also soft, as if she couldn't bear her. I felt like I had a dream, but when I woke up, I felt so uncomfortable......"
"Moxi? Moxi! ”
She lay down on the shoulders of King Fengge as if her whole body was falling apart, no matter how King Fengge called, Yin Moxi in his arms did not react.
When a strangely dressed man hugged Yin Moxi back, Yin Jinyue was stunned and couldn't think of any expression that could reflect her mood at the moment. The man was followed by the nearby lady, Dr. Zhong, and the maid of the palace, who had come at noon.
"Where's Moxi's room?"
"Upstairs." If it weren't for Li Xuanzhen asking, Yin Jinyue would have forgotten about this, she immediately went out of the cabinet to show Li Xuanzhen the way, "Follow me." ”
Li Xuanzhen put Yin Moxi on the bed, and then motioned for Dr. Zhong to come over.
"How's it going?" Yin Jinyue asked anxiously.
"Miss Yin's pulse is unstable, it seems that she has been stimulated by something, but it's okay, I'll prescribe a few pairs of calming soup, and I'll take it when she wakes up." Doctor Zhong said slowly.
"There's Dr. Law."
"The prince is too polite." Dr. Zhong shook his head.
Li Xuanzhen handed over a piece of silver and sent the doctor to the door, "Qingge, follow the doctor to get the medicine." ”
"Yes, lord."
"Dare to ask the prince, what is going on?" Looking at Yin Moxi, who was unconscious, even if the other party was the prince, she couldn't care so much.
Li Xuanzhen was not flustered or confused, just staring at the door, "Maybe I remembered something that shouldn't be remembered." ”
"What shouldn't I remember? What does the prince mean? ”
"I just want to ask Shopkeeper Yin to take care of Jing'er, it's not a good thing to be isolated."
"Who is Jing'er?"
Li Xuanzhen just smiled, "Shopkeeper Yin, this king is very familiar with you when he sees you, and he seems to be an old friend." With that, Li Xuanzhen walked out without looking back.
Li Xuanzhen took a casual attitude towards this, but Yin Jinyue was a little worried, and the footsteps of him going downstairs seemed to step on her heart.
Should she trust him? What did he know? I don't know what life is like outside, but I know very well that the court life that everyone outside the palace yearns for is not as good as they imagined. It is a fact that the clothes and food are beautiful, and the pampering is good, but behind the glitz, everyone in the palace knows it, but no one will say it.
Since I was born in the twenty-first year of Kangxi, I have not been able to escape this fate.
My E-Niang is Concubine Wu Ya, and she already had a five-year-old brother when she was born, so Huang Ama is very fond of E-Niang, and my birth has brought honor to E-Niang.
Weiyang is my name. Eniang told me that it was given by Huang Ama. This name contains Huang Ama's love for Eniang, which means endless.
Thirty-seven years of Kangxi. I turned sixteen. It is a joy for me to grow up to this age, both for Eniang and Huang Ama, before I was born, I had already lost a sister, most of the girls in the royal family died early, and I also survived the dangerous years of my childhood under the careful care of the palace people.
1. Welcome Princess Rongxian
Today's palace is very lively, especially the most festive on the Huang Ama's side. My imperial sister, Princess Gulun Rongxian, and Efu returned from Mongolia to the province, and the imperial sister has been married for six years, and this is the first time she has returned to Beijing.
E-Niang has sent someone to prepare gifts, and plans to give them to the imperial sister and Efu at tonight's banquet, they are busy in the house, and I sit alone in the pavilion on the rockery, although I have a scroll in my hand, but I haven't seen anything.
The air was slightly cool in the crisp autumn weather, so I put down my book and started to move, and a small breeze blew into my collar. At this time, I was the most bored, the imperial brother was reading his four books and five classics in the imperial study, and the little fourteen was practicing riding and archery with Saddle, and no one came to accompany me.
In the blink of an eye, the royal brother is already twenty-one years old, and the emperor Ama has recently been discussing with Eniang about giving him a blessing; Even the little fourteen is eleven, his wings are getting harder and harder now, and when he was a child, he was at the mercy of my imperial sister, but now, it's hard to instruct him.
"Gege, be careful that you catch a cold." My personal palace maid Shan'er went up the rockery with a snow coat cloak in her hand, put the cloak on my shoulder and said, "Gege, Niangniang asked you to go." "What are you looking for me for?" I didn't want to move around, so I sat down and threw a compote into my mouth.
"Niangniang said that Princess Rongxian came back to save her relatives today, and you should also prepare a gift." Shan'er said, "Got it." I answered casually, picked up the book and glanced at it twice, but I was really in no mood to read it, so I gave the book to Shan'er and went down the rockery with her.
E-Niang was waiting for me in the warm pavilion of Yonghe Palace, and when she saw me coming, she beckoned me to sit next to her, holding a white jade horse in her hand. "This is still what your emperor Ama brought back from Jiangnan last time, do you think your imperial sister will like it?" E-Niang asked me with a smile. "E-Niang thinks it's good." I've never been up to the idea of gift-giving, so I'm not going to make any suggestions.
Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, Eniang patted the back of my hand and said, "Weiyang, Princess Rongxian has been playing with you since she was a child, she loves you very much, I haven't seen you for so many years, you should also show it." "Got it." I bowed my head. At a glance, I saw that Eniang asked people to pick out a lot of delicate things to put on the case for alternatives, and I saw a coral hairpin at a glance, so I asked Shan'er to find a box and put it away.
"Weiyang, wait a while for Yubin to enter the palace, if the fourth child is ......" E-Niang wanted to speak and stopped, looking at her expression, with a look of embarrassment. Yu Hui is the granddaughter of my grandfather Emperor Shizu's brother Wang Yuele of Chang'an County, that is, my cousin and the daughter of Princess Shuo Roujia and Prince Geng.
But the royal brother just doesn't like this cousin, and when Eniang is away, he always calls her "silly girl".
After being silent in the room for a long time, Eniang continued: "I don't understand, Yubin is a good girl, but why doesn't the fourth child like her." "The answer to this question, I think I know, but I can't say anything.
I just sighed helplessly with E-Niang.
Yuhan's own sister, Geng Yuwan once entered the palace when she was a child, and I still remember the situation at that time.
I was only seven years old and my brother was twelve. Huang Ama and King Anjun went outside the city to welcome Prince Geng and Princess Heshuo Roujia back to Beijing, but Prince Geng was killed by the Mongolian army, and Princess Heshuo Roujia committed suicide, leaving Sister Yuwan with her.
Huang Ama and Princess Heshuo Roujia grew up together in the palace since childhood, and they were very sad when they saw their cousin commit suicide, so they brought Sister Yuwan back to the palace. Sister Yuwan was eleven years old that year, and when she was the same age as the imperial brother, the two of them were often together, and they would always take me around to play.
Later, Huang Ama named Sister Yuwan as Princess Heshuo Duanshun, and soon after that, he married her to Tamutong, the king of Mongolian counties. This change caught the imperial brother a little off guard, but he has always been a steady person, and after Princess Duanshun went to Mongolia, he was even more silent than before.
Now, Huang Ama actually wants to marry Sister Yuwan's own sister, Yubin, who has the same blood as her, into the palace, which is indeed a threshold for the royal brother.
Just as he was choosing a gift with his mother, the royal brother came back. As soon as he entered the hall, he first greeted Eniang, and then sat on one side. The royal brother has the shadow of Huang Ama on his face, resolute and decisive, which can also be reflected on Xiao Fourteen's face.
Eniang took a sip of tea, and then said, "Fourth, I'll go to greet Yuhui later." "Yes, E-niang." The imperial brother replied expressionlessly, I saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and immediately said: "Eniang, the prince and the third brother are all in the imperial garden, saying that they are going to wait for dinner to perform a show for the imperial sister, and the imperial brother and I should also pass." After a while, Sister Yu came and sent a servant to call us. I said that I had already gotten up, and Eniang nodded and said, "Go, you brothers and sisters haven't seen Princess Rongxian for a long time, so it's time to be lively." ”
In response, the imperial brother also got up, saluted, and the two of us left Yonghe Palace in a blink of an eye.
"Brother Huang, you weren't there just now, and E-Niang mentioned Yuhan again." I whispered, every time I mentioned Yuhui or Yuwan, I used a cautious tone. Fortunately, the imperial brother didn't think much about it, but said helplessly: "That stupid girl came to the palace, she is completely a sacrifice, and I am not in a hurry to choose Fujin, but Huang Ama and Eniang have to organize it for me." ”
"That's no way, the adult brothers in the palace didn't register Fujin with you and the fifth brother." I say. The imperial brother's pace slowed down a little, he turned his head to look at me, and then said with a faint smile: "It's really not good, I'll always guard your sister!" ”
I was stunned for a moment, knowing that he was joking, so I frowned and said, "Brother Huang, you should also think about yourself." Can't because of jade...... Let's hurry up. "I didn't want to just come out of one embarrassment and fall into another, so I quickly changed the subject.
When I arrived at the Imperial Garden, there was already a group of people there, the crown prince, the crown princess, the eighth elder brother, the third elder brother, as well as the pure princess Danyue and the Wen Ke princess Chu Jishan. When he saw them, he first put aside the unhappiness in his heart, and pulled the imperial brother and walked over quickly.
Danyue and Chu Jishan are still young, the two little girls are eating under the pavilion, a few palace maids are waiting, and on the other side, the prince and the third elder brother and the eighth elder brother are talking about something.
Seeing me and the imperial brother coming, the prince smiled and said, "You two came really early. ”
She has been hearty and outgoing since before, and even now as a Mongolian princess, she is as energetic as a little girl.
"Xian Lin greets Huang Ama, and Huang Ama is auspicious." The eldest sister curtsy, and the emperor Ama was already happy at the banquet, and hurriedly said: "Flat, flat." ”
The one next to the eldest sister is the forehead, he is burly and strong, with a typical Mongolian man's face. He was the grandson of Gon, the first king of Bahrain, Sebuten, and now he inherits the title.
"Gon greets Huang Ama for peace and auspiciousness." After the Emperor Ama had bowed, he calmed him down, and immediately gave him a seat.
"Come on, it's a good day, I'm happy! Come on, serve the wine. Huang Ama Lang said with a smile, the eunuchs and palace maids entered the Wenhua Hall one after another with wine glasses and jugs, and retreated after pouring wine in front of everyone, Huang Ama raised his wine glass and said: "Today is a family banquet, you don't have to be restrained, you must have fun!" Since there is Huang Ama's words, everyone drank all the wine in the cup, and several princes drank a lot of wine, and added a few more glasses to themselves.
The court playwrights came in with musical instruments, and they stopped in the middle of the hall to begin a song and dance performance. I drank the wine dry, and the spicy taste made me cry, but my heart was happy.
The royal brother on the other side glanced at me and frowned, I knew that he would have to count me down again when the banquet was over, I smiled at him, and then ate a sweet fruit, and the taste in my mouth came back a little.
At the end of the song and dance, Huang Amma's applause was particularly loud, and it was time for me to perform.
I got up and went out through the side door, changing into a colorful butterfly dress, this is what the eighth elder brother said was going to dress me up like a fairy, right? I really admire his vision. I pulled my sleeves, heard the music of the palace inside, turned my back to the emperor and danced into the main hall.
Fortunately, when I was bored in the palace in the past, I also learned some dance steps with a few court musicians, and when I had nothing to do, I danced for myself to see, and now it really comes in handy.
Dancing gently with the melody, the sleeves of my shirt really pulled me around the hall like flying petals, and at the end of the song, the eldest sister was the first to applaud.
After I saluted, I retreated, changed into my colored clothes, and returned to the main hall, where I saw the imperial brother leaning on the pillar by the door on this side and watching Chu Jishan play the guqin in the middle.
"Brother Huang, what are you doing here?" I asked curiously, and the royal brother looked at me and said, "I'm a little tired." Following his gaze, E-Niang sat down with Yubin. She wore a purple cheongsam, embroidered with some dexterous mountain birds, and a butterfly on her black bun, which looked cute and smart.
"It's really like Sister Yuwan." I muttered that for a while, I forgot not to mention Sister Yuwan in front of the imperial brother, and I realized that it was too late. I glanced at the imperial brother, only to see that he was in a daze, but fortunately he didn't hear what I said.
Sister Yuhui and Sanfujin were chatting to the end, showing some shallow smiles from time to time, and I suddenly remembered that when the imperial brother was telling jokes to Sister Yuwan, Sister Yuwan had such an expression.
"Perhaps, there's nothing wrong with you accepting Sister Yubin." I said, the royal brother just exhaled noncommittally, and then said, "Go back to the show." ”
I was assigned to marry the current emperor and the crown prince at that time, but I was still ignorant but I had to start learning to take on various identities and be a concubine. My husband was a very good man, he was only 16 years old at the time, but he was mature and sensible under various educations. He became the path that led me to a mature woman, and since that night in the cave I am no longer the little girl who can be innocent and unworldly. My identity became the crown princess, the wife of the future prince, and the queen of this country in the distant future. I began to learn how to deal with the affairs of the inner house, although my family itself is also the family of the eunuch, the family is big, but I am still a girl at home, I have never had a chance to contact these things, but now I am the mother of the prince's mansion, what will the future be? In the twenty-fifth year of Xuanwen, the emperor died, and my husband, my god, really became the son of heaven, and I naturally sat in the position of queen.