The concubines and concubines gathered around the emperor and queen, and the warblers and swallows were laughing and laughing. The emperor drank wine, a little tired, and his whole body was noisy, and he felt very bored. He had always been moody, and while walking towards the river, he said, "What is the puzzle that the queen has proposed?" ”

Fucha said: "The concubine drafted the word "firefly". Seeing that the emperor was surprised, he lowered his eyes and said: "I don't know if the emperor can still remember, the concubine was just named Fujin that year, and at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, you gave this lantern riddle to the concubine, and the concubine thought about it and thought, but now I can't guess it." ”

Thinking of the past, at that time, she was dressed in a red riding suit, flicked her whip and chased after her, staring at her apricot eyes and asking, "Are you the fourth Belle?" ”

A pair of eyes are heroic and hearty, making people unforgettable.

But now, she is dignified and virtuous, and she is also the one who behaves well, and she is no longer so clever and alert.

According to Qingcheng's rank, she can only follow the emperor and queen's honor guard. Although it was noisy, she was as safe as a pool of autumn water, silent, enjoying the bright moon in the sky from afar, and slowly pacing along the royal river.

Cai You stepped forward and saluted Shuang'an, and said with a smile: "Little Lord Wan'an." "Since she was promoted, it's the first time I've seen Qingcheng.

Qingcheng remembered her kindness, so he helped her and said with a smile: "You are also the master now, so you don't need to be polite." ”

Cai You made an affectionate "belch", grabbed Qingcheng's arm, greeted him for a moment, and asked: "Listen to Ling Rong, the answer sheet you handed in is a lotus picture, but what is the allusion?" She asked frankly, Qingcheng didn't think much about it, and smiled: "The ancients believed that "rotten grass is a firefly", and the word "grass" is the word "grass" when it is opened, is the firefly grass?" So the riddle is a "flower" word. ”

Cai You is already smart, and when he heard Qingcheng say this, he was transparent for nine points, and suddenly smiled: "I see." She quietly stroked the silk flowers on her temples and said, "I know that the little master doesn't like to be lively, so I won't bother." After saying that, he blessed Qingcheng and went to the side.

The autumn night was cold, and Ling Rong said: "Hai'an, you go back to Zhongcui Palace to get a cloak for the little master, the little master's illness will be better, but don't blow the wind again." ”

Hai'an agreed, and Ling Rong smiled: "Little master, do you want to go to the other side to have a look?" ”

Qingcheng stood by the river and said: "The royal car is here, how can you walk around, so you can be patient and follow the car." ”

Ling Rong's face was sneering, and the guard of honor suddenly made a commotion, and a little eunuch in front of the emperor ran over from the front, and asked when he met someone: "Can you see the little master Su of Zhongcui Palace?" Qingcheng was confused, and she didn't know what was going on, and she was about to say hello, but she didn't want Ling Rong to suddenly reach out and push her into the river, but before she could react, she had already fallen into the water.

The royal river is extremely wide and huge, half of it is used for lotus flowers, and half of it is used for the emperor's concubines to cruise for fun. The water is very deep, cool and cold, the green orange keeps falling down, falling down, surrounded by a piece of inky black, looking up, faintly visible streamer-like brilliance, grace and glory, all separated by a thin layer of water. All the noise and distractions of the world are gone, and her heart is very quiet and quiet.

I remember drowning when I was a child, like someone choking my throat, and I thought I was going to die, so I was so frightened that I struggled desperately. The brother carried her ashore, with water still dripping from his wet eyebrows, and scolded her, "Don't run around." He gently carried her on his back, walked halfway through the city of Suzhou, and brought her home. The sky is as blue as the sea, the white clouds float on the eaves and tiles, and in the smoke, he stepped on the bluestone slab one deep and one shallow, and said: "You are not good at swimming, and I will not be there in the future, so don't walk by the water." ”

She forgot all about such warmth.

Under the light of the lanterns, Wu Shulai bowed and held an arm-wide piece of plain paper, and the emperor looked at it with his back hand, his eyes clear and deep, and he was silent. There are only a few pens on the paper, and I see a vein of green lotus budding in the wind, the petals are slightly rolled, and a few scattered raindrops are falling.

There is another Junxiu small block inscription on the side: the rain on the light thunder pond outside the willow, and the sound of rain dripping and breaking lotus.

He chewed softly: "The sound of rain dripping and breaking lotus." Seeing that the emperor was very agreeable, the queen smiled, and asked Chao Shanrou, "Why haven't you seen Su Chang coming over to see the driver?" ”

Aunt Shanrou said respectfully: "I have already sent someone to summon me." After a while, a little eunuch stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Emperor Qi, Queen Qi, Su Chang accidentally fell into the pool water..."

Before the words fell, I only heard the emperor ask: "Can you be saved?" ”

The emperor has always been silent and introverted, never anxious in front of people, and he was a little impatient at this time. The little eunuch was also an internal servant who had been in front of the emperor for several years, and when he saw the emperor like this, he hurriedly said: "The person has been rescued and sent back to Zhongcui Palace by the Internal Affairs Office." ”

The queen looked at the emperor and said, "Hurry up and let the imperial doctor go over to diagnose the pulse, and then order someone to boil two bowls of thick ginger soup and send it." He said to the emperor again: "Two days ago, the concubine heard from Concubine Lu that Su Changzai was sick, and now she has fallen into the water again, so she is afraid that she will have to take a decoction for a while." ”

The emperor bowed his head and said, "Call the imperial doctor to wait." ”

The little eunuch got the order, answered the voice repeatedly, said goodbye, and retreated and hurried to the imperial hospital. Wu Shulai took the scroll, and then looked at the emperor, the emperor's face was already normal. He quietly asked someone to put away the scroll separately, and ordered someone to take down the lantern next to the tree, and took out the answer sheet and presented it to the emperor.

The three words "Firefly" were written crookedly on the paper, and the emperor recognized the handwriting, and said with a slight smile: "Shu Yao, this is what you wrote?" Tell me, how did you guess? Concubine Gao took half a step forward from the queen's side, and Shu Lang smiled: "The concubine really guessed right?" ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Look at this word..."

The noble concubine said angrily: "The emperor is not allowed to say that the concubines are ugly." Others didn't dare to say "no" in front of the emperor, only she dared.

The emperor's smile deepened, and he said, "Not only are the words ugly, but the lantern riddles are also wrong." ”

The noble concubine suddenly lost her lustre, and pouted sullenly: "The emperor is laughing at the concubine again." ”

The emperor reached out to her, and she hurriedly took two steps forward and placed her palm in his. He whispered, "How about I go to your dormitory tonight?" Although it was inaudible, the queen was close and heard it clearly, and her heart was shocked, and she was angry with the handkerchief in her hand, but she did not dare to speak. The noble concubine said: "The queen has made a will, and the person who has guessed the mystery correctly can sleep today." ”

She stared at the queen, the corners of her lips curling.

The queen just ignored it, and the emperor said loudly: "Didn't anyone guess right yet?!" As he was talking, a scarlet figure suddenly fell to the front of the emperor and said, "The concubine just thought of a mystery, I don't know if it's right or not." The emperor squinted and saw that it was a low-level concubine who did not wear auspicious clothes, although he had not seen him for many days, he still recognized it at a glance, the palace maid who had lost her ear by the imperial pool.

The matter of the concubines fighting openly and secretly, the emperor has seen it since he was a child, how can he not know, seeing her so bold and reckless, he frowned unconsciously. Cai You saw that the emperor didn't speak, so he had to kneel quietly, sincerely afraid.

Half a ring, I heard the emperor say: "You say come and listen." ”

Cai You kowtowed, took off the silk flower of the sideburns and held it high, and said calmly: "This is the mystery." As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar. The emperor's eyebrows jumped, and he said, "Go on." ”