Chapter 25 First encounter with Mianning
I got up in the morning and opened the tent on the bed to see the brilliance on the window, thinking that it was a sunny day, the daylight had come out, and I looked out the window, it turned out to be not daylight, but it snowed heavily overnight, and the Forbidden City ushered in the first snow of the year.
Rumian came in and shook off the snow on his body, and said with hot air with his hands: "Master, the emperor who is always there has fallen, it is beheaded, along with his family, this is the crime of bullying the king to exterminate the clan, but it is cheap to concubine Jian." ”
The green calyx said in a "bah" and said, "Don't say these unlucky things in the morning." ”
Miao Chang was executed, and the sharp knife cut her snow-white and delicate neck, sweeping away the blood stains on the ground, and life and death were no more than a scar. From then on, the palace never dared to mention Miao Chang in this person, as if this incident had not happened.
The charcoal in the golden carved charcoal basin of the Yangxin Hall was burning red, Yongyan was leaning on the couch and reading leisurely, and I was fiddling with the quartz clock given to the emperor by the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Yongyan closed the book, "This year's snow came earlier than the snow in previous years, I remember the scene when I and the second elder brother Mianning rode a horse in Donglin Horse Garden last year, galloping on the white snow, Mianning was full of spirits. Yongyan's deep eyes were full of fatherly love.
I smiled and said, "The emperor is strong and in his prime, and he can still ride a horse with the second elder brother this year." "I sent a peeled chestnut to Yongyan's mouth.
Yongyan shook his head and patted my hand and said: "Yu Jue doesn't know, Mianning has loved martial arts since he was a child, he followed his grandfather to hunt when he was ten years old, and captured a deer. ”
Yongyan stood up, I got up and followed, "The emperor is very upset, the second elder brother heard that he has rushed back from outside the gate, and it will be these two days." ”
As he was talking, Gonggong E came in and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is waiting outside." ”
Yongyan raised his hand without thinking and said, "Let her in." ”
I was interested, looked at the scenery outside the window and said: "The scenery on this snowy day is very good, if you don't go to watch it, it will be too disappointing, since the emperor has the sister of the concubine, I will not talk to you." ”
"Wear more clothes, I'll feel distressed if I'm freezing." Yongyan held my hand.
"The concubine retired first." I walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall and touched the front of Ru Guifei, and I gave a salute: "Concubine to the concubine to say goodbye." ”
"Get up." Ruguifei smiled charmingly, and walked into the inner room without saying a word.
The palace maids and eunuchs outside were busy clearing the snow on the road, "Master, where are we going, why don't you go to Enchang to sit there?" Rumian asked.
I shook my head, "Let's go to Yuhua Pavilion," I said lightly.
"Master, what are you doing in Yuhua Pavilion," Rumian asked puzzled.
Yuhua Pavilion is the largest Buddhist hall in the palace, located outside the Chunhua Gate, and ordinary people will not go anywhere. Yuhua Pavilion is a pavilion-style building with a peculiar appearance and a strong Buddhist architectural style.
Walk into the Yuhua Pavilion, the Buddha hall hangs the plaque of the emperor's imperial inscription: "Zhizhu Heart Seal" four words, a total of nine Buddha statues, a total of more than a dozen lamas chanting here.
I knelt in front of the Buddha Amitayus with my hands folded and sincerely confessed myself, hatred is the most powerful weapon in the world, I didn't expect to harm Miao Chang's family, it is really my sin, I only wish the Buddha to alleviate my sins.
I closed my eyes and said softly: "Ruan Tangru, a believer, has done such a sinful thing, she does not ask the Buddha for forgiveness, but only asks for the liberation of the dead in that life, and the believer is willing to go to the Buddha all her life." ”
If Mianmian sees that I already know eight or nine points in my heart, it is not good to speak again.
Walked out of the Yuhua Pavilion, passing by the Fubi Pavilion, the eyes were white, I walked on the thick snow and deliberately stepped on the snow very loudly, and the shoes at the bottom of the flower pot stepped out of a strange shape one by one.
Rumian tied the cloak of the snow fox to my body, and I seemed to find fun, stepping on it like a child at play.
I touched my arms and found that the handkerchief was gone, it was given to me by the new moon, I thought it was just fallen in the Yuhua Pavilion, so I ordered Rumian to find the handkerchief, I continued to play there alone, squatting on the ground and making a white snowball on the ground.
Not far away, a blue figure watched all this with interest, and the corners of his mouth rose, thinking that this woman was very interesting.
After a while, I heard the sound of walking in the snow behind me, getting closer and closer to me, I had an idea to smash the snowball in my hand, I laughed and said, "Ha, Rumian has caught you, you have been tricked!" “
I turned around and saw a handsome face, about my age. Sword eyebrows and starry eyes, dressed in blue, dark blue cloak embroidered with python patterns, seemed to be shocked by my action.
I stumbled and said, "You, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I thought it was ......"
He stretched out his hand to pat the snow trails left by the snowball on his body, and his gestures revealed a noble temperament, "You are not a concubine in the palace, are you?" ”
I wondered in my heart, why am I not like a concubine in the palace? I opened my mouth and asked the stranger in front of me, "How do you know that I am not the emperor's concubine?" ”
"The concubines around the emperor are all cautious and virtuous people, look at your appearance is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and you are such a naughty little girl, how can you be a concubine." The young man in blue said thoughtfully.
I think it's funny in my heart, this young man should be the second elder brother Mianning. I pretended to go around to him mysteriously, and looked around: "If I guessed correctly, you must be the second elder brother, I heard the emperor say that you are coming back soon, but I didn't expect to see it today." ”
"Then you're smart, girl, tell me who you are?" He looked at me with a smile.
Girl? Silly boy, I'm still half your mother's concubine, my eyes rolled to tease him: "You guessed right, I'm not a concubine, I'm the niece of Prince Qing, my name is, well, Begonia." ”
All I know is that there is a Prince Qing who made up a name randomly.
"It turned out to be Uncle Seventeen's." Mianning looked at me.
"Then, Begonia Gege I'm going to go to my father and queen mother to say goodbye, I'll leave first, and I picked up your handkerchief," he shook it proudly in his hand, and said, "But I won't give it back to you, haha, I'm leaving, girl." ”
After speaking, the braid flicked and left only a blue back in the snow. Before I could react, he walked away, and I smiled in my heart, this half-son of mine is so cute.
Rumian ran back out of breath, and said breathlessly: "Master, I, I didn't find it." ”
"I found it, but it was taken away by a monkey, and the monkey is the emperor's monkey." I said helplessly, and saw a surprised face, "What? Monkey, master, what are you kidding, where did the monkey come from...? ”
I was amused by the surprise she looked, and I giggled, and our laughter drifted through the snow.
Since the second elder brother Mianning came back, Yongyan's frowning brows have been relaxed, and they all say that the second elder brother Mianning must be the best candidate to inherit the throne.
Mianning went to the queen, the queen didn't see her son for a year and missed her very much, and she smiled when she saw Mianning: "Mianning, the emperor misses you very much, and blames you for sending you to such a far place, and the queen mother won't let you go when you come back this time." “
Mianning leaned down and said: "Huang Eniang, the sons and daughters are determined to be in all directions, how can they stay in the high walls of this deep palace, and the sons and daughters can't always ask the emperor to say goodbye, and they feel guilty." “
The queen looked at her only son with satisfaction and was very relieved, as long as her son could ascend to the throne, she would not care about anything.
Mianning said suspiciously: "Why don't you see Princess Qing's aunt, I saw her niece just now." “
"What are you talking about, Princess Qing is not here, what's wrong?" The queen said suspiciously, why did her son talk nonsense here just after he came back.
"It's okay, Erchen may have been wrong," Mianning muttered, and then she realized that she had been deceived.