Chapter 12: The Strings of Jin Se (1)
In the Yueru Palace, Concubine Yue leaned her head on the emperor's shoulder, her hands clasped his warm big hands tightly, and the smoke of incense in the hall rose slowly, and time seemed so slow at this time.
"Does the saint remember how long Ah Yue entered the palace?"
"Twenty-five years, time flies so fast. But Ah Yue is still the first time I saw it, which amazed me. ”
"The saint is making fun of the concubine again. Twenty-five years ago in a small frontier town, the saint fought a victorious battle, and when he returned triumphantly, he drank a jar of wine in the tavern of the concubine's house, and the concubine saw you at that time, and he didn't know that you were the saint, and he only thought that you would not marry, even if the emperor came to marry the concubine, the concubine would not agree, and the concubine only wanted to be with you. ”
The emperor raised his head, recalled the past, and sighed, "When I saw you, I decided to take you back." ”
"Fortunately, we have the same heart, and this is the best result." Concubine Yue rubbed her head into the emperor's arms, as if she was coquettish.
The two were silent for a while, and Concubine Yue said softly: "I met Lord Qi a few days ago, she is a poor child, she has grown up in the palace since she was a child, although Concubine Ling treats her very well, but after all, she didn't let her feel what home is. She told me that she had someone else in her heart, but the emperor's marriage could not be disobeyed, but she cried bitterly for a while, which was too distressing. ”
The emperor sighed, he had already heard that there were three princes in Wanru Country suddenly, and now the role of the county lord of Qi is not as good as before, and he also watched him grow up since he was a child, and his heart of compassion suddenly rose.
"But I have already decreed that she and Xuanfu will be married."
"Holy Lord, you don't have to withdraw your holy will, just do the next one."
"Oh?"
"You just said that considering that the princess of Qi County is also the princess of Wanru Kingdom, the marriage should be decided by herself, if she is willing to marry Xuanfu, she can complete the marriage contract, if she has no intention of Xuanfu, she can also choose another good branch. It also shows your generosity and love. ”
"Ah Yue is thoughtful."
"It is the responsibility of the concubine to share the sorrows of the saints. The two children of the concubine, Xuanfu and Jueya, I also want to see them marry the love of their hearts, and they can be the same as the saint and the concubine. ”
"Don't worry, I'll make them happy."
Gu Peiqing understood what it meant to be dependent on fortune and misfortune, although his neck was injured, he had two months of vacation and an income of two thousand taels of silver, and the most important thing was that he actually sent Ah Ye to take care of his daily life.
Ah Ye flew into Gu Peiqing's small courtyard like a bird, and he changed Gu Peiqing's clothes with a smile on his face, cooked and cooked, and cleaned the room. "It's much better than the Internal Affairs Mansion here, I clean and clean every day in the Huaqi Pavilion of the Internal Affairs Mansion, and I will be scolded by the big eunuch if I do something wrong, Lord Gu treats people kindly, I like to be with Lord Gu." Originally, the saint arranged a palace maid to take care of you, but Feilan's father-in-law said that Lord Gu had not married a wife yet, and now he was the only one in the courtyard, if you arranged a palace maid to go in, she would inevitably be chewed by someone, so it was better to send a eunuch, and the saint agreed. Feilan's father-in-law said that I was familiar with the adults, and it was convenient to come over to take care of the adults, and he also said that he asked me to bring a message to the adults, saying that although I worked for the adults, I was still sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I didn't have to worry about this problem. Ah Ye grinned and said a lot of words in one breath.
The wound on Gu Peiqing's neck has almost recovered in half a month, and Su Xian has come here in the past half a month, he suddenly changed as a person, and cared about Gu Peiqing's injury, and then said that he was no longer in Qintianjian, and went to the household department to work under his father, and his tone was light, the dashing boy of the city didn't seem to exist anymore, and he didn't talk about the matter of the county lord, and there was a strange sense of alienation between the two.
Shen Feiming came five or six times in half a month, and told him about the Qi monarch, occasionally bringing a few books, occasionally taking some scar cream, and occasionally sending some soup, Ah Ye has been in the Internal Affairs Mansion, and like Gu Peiqing, he thought she was a red silk girl. Shen Feiming came with her maidservant Almond, she had already told Almond not to expose her, and every time Gu Peiqing and Ah Ye called her Red Silk Girl, Almond had to hold back her laughter.
Half a month later, Shen Feiming strangely didn't come, Gu Peiqing was still inconvenient to go out, so he only walked around his small courtyard, and suddenly Wu Yueran knocked on his door, and the man like Songzhu lost his previous arrogance, and only felt some solemnity.
"Brother Yueran, why are you here?"
"Come and pour out your worries." He shook the wine in his hand.
"Master Gu can't drink alcohol now." Ah Ye reminded on the side.
Gu Peiqing nodded and said, "Ah Ye thinks that I can't drink yet, so Ah Ye doesn't see it, even if I don't drink." Aye, go back to your own room and stay there. ”
Ah Ye frowned, and said seriously: "My lord, you have to take care of your body." ”
"Got it, you go into your house, rambling."
Ah Ye closed the door and sulked.
"At first, I thought Ah Ye was a restrained person, but I didn't expect him to be a copy of Su Xian." Gu Peiqing poured Wu Yueran full of wine, poured a glass himself, and the two raised their hands to clink glasses and drank it all.
"Su Xian has changed," Wu Yueran poured the wine again, "I don't know whether it should be happy or sad, it has become what everyone expected." ”
"I still miss the old Su Xian."
"No one can do what they want, everyone will grow up." Wu Yueran smiled, "It's just that we were too happy when we were young, and later more and more conspiracies surrounded us." ”
"Brother Yue Ran, do you have something on your mind?"
"I... I've heard some rumors. ”
"What?"
"I said that the Holy Lord was planning to marry Princess Jueya to me." Wu Yueran smiled helplessly and drank another glass of wine.
Gu Peiqing knew what it would be like to marry a princess, enjoying endless glory and wealth and a cut off career. Cangzhiguo prevents foreign relatives from interfering in politics, and the highest number of concubines in the court can only reach the fifth rank official, and Wu Yueran wants to make contributions in the court, and it is no exaggeration to say that he wants to enter the Taizhi Pavilion and become one of the six phases. He is brilliant and insightful, and many people speculate that he can indeed enter the Taizhi Pavilion, and if he marries a princess, it will all become a dream.
"That's just a rumor, don't take it to heart."
"What if this rumor is actually reliable?" Wu Yueran came another cup, his face was slightly drunk at this time, and said, "Pei Qing, what should I do?" ”
Gu Peiqing didn't know how to comfort him, just patted his shoulder and took a sip of wine. The two were silent one cup after another, and they fell down at the same time, Ah Ye came out of the room, put Gu Peiqing back on the bed, and put Wu Yueran back to the side room, and it wasn't until he was done taking care of the two of them that he panted and went back to his own room to turn off the lights and sleep. "None of them are worry-free." He said angrily.
Gu Peiqing had been injured for a month, and he felt that he was almost fine, and he could go out to play, and the wound maker, the Fifth Prince, appeared in front of his door. However, the fifth prince brought a coachman, and it was not a big battle, Gu Peiqing estimated that the fifth prince was here to apologize, thinking about dealing with the matter, blocked the fifth prince at the door, and said straightly: "The small courtyard is narrow, there are many sundries, and there is a lot of dust, the fifth prince, you will dirty your robe if you come in." ”
"It's okay, Master Gu, I'm here to apologize, I know you like Mengye Jushi's books, so I found you some treasured books." He motioned for the coachman to take out the books, Gu Peiqing looked at the two boxes of books for a while, shocked and excited, the two emotions were mixed with each other, they were two boxes of rare books, and there were even lonely books.
"It's... The books of the Five Princes are too precious. ”
"It's good if you like it, Master Gu understands that these books are precious and they are treasures, and they should stay with those who understand them." The fifth prince saw that he liked it, and his heart was also excited.
"By the way, Master Gu, it's really a life for you to call me the fifth prince, you call me Xuandao, how about I call you Pei Qing?"
"The identity of the five princes is precious, and we dare not trespass."
"Alas, after a month of retreat, as soon as the fourth brother came out, he was busy with his affairs and ignored me, I thought about apologizing to Pei Qing and meeting friends by the way, but I didn't expect Pei Qing to appreciate it at all, so I had to go back to the palace and stay alone." The fifth prince made a lonely expression, "My mother also told me that I must make friends, but it doesn't matter, in fact, I have always been alone." ”
Gu Peiqing really admired the fifth prince, and his lonely and pitiful look really looked like a stray puppy, "Xuan Dao, you can come often, anyway, I'm also alone." ”
When the fifth prince heard this, he pulled out a sun-like smile, "Then where are we going next?" ”