Chapter 14: Chinese New Year's Eve

The majestic palace was shrouded in snow, and the snow covered the majestic palace, and the red lanterns were hung high, swaying in the cold wind under the eaves of the palace. The garden flowers are decadent, leaving only plum blossoms to bloom proudly in front of all things. The plum and snow are three points white, but the snow loses the plum and a piece of fragrance.

Gu Hanxuan was dressed in a gold-embroidered Nine Dragons Flying Sky Moire crown dress, with a black satin and silver silk trim inlaid with jade brocade belt around his waist, and a gilded jade crown on his head, and his handsome face revealed a natural majesty.

He stood outside the snow hall and waited for the woman who greeted him, the woman was dressed in a golden silk embroidered phoenix wings soaring cloud pattern crown dress, echoing his Nine Dragons flying crown dress, her waist was wrapped in a red satin silk trimmed brocade belt, revealing her waist undoubtedly, setting off her graceful figure, and the luxurious and noble crown added elegance to her beautiful face.

Gu Hanxuan took her hand and got on the sedan chair, sat down with her in a dignified and elegant manner, and occasionally looked at her and smiled softly.

Gu Hanxuan turned around at the gate of the palace and stretched out his hand to Mu Yunqi.

Seeing her flutter for a moment, he put his hand in his palm, his heart warmed, and he took her hand and walked slowly inside.

The palace is no different from the usual without too much decoration, the emperor is critically ill, even if it is a Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, the queen has to set up a banquet to gather, singing, dancing and cheering will obviously not be.

Mu Yunqi watched the queen talking with Concubine Liu above and looked past her to look at the woman behind her who was hanging her head, she was dressed in a pink palace dress, her thin figure looked delicate and beautiful, and the curvature of her head was just enough for Gu Hanxuan to see her face clearly.

The queen above the hall had a gloomy face, and glanced at Mu Yunqi, who had just sat down, with a look of disgust.

"Come back and sit down next to the prince." The queen looked at Xie Xianjin and said kindly.

Xie Xianjin saluted and walked forward, walked to Gu Hanxuan and bent his knees slightly, and then sat down elegantly.

"Concubine Xian's March ban is full?" Gu Hanxuan said coldly.

Xie Xianjin's face turned pale, and he didn't dare to speak.

The queen picked up a bowl of jade soup and took over the words and said: "The palace took her out to pray for the emperor's blessing and New Year's Eve, how can the prince have a discussion?" ”

"After returning to my mother, the matter of the East Palace is the responsibility of the crown princess, and you have overstepped it." He glanced at the queen with displeasure on his face.

The queen angrily put the bowl on the table and asked sharply, "Can the crown princess do her duty?" The crown prince has not forgotten that her brother is attacking NATO. ”

"Queen Mother, Erchen doesn't want to say it again, the crown princess has married into the royal family, and she has no connection with the Mu family." He raised his tone, his eyes swept over the people in the main hall, and said solemnly to everyone.

The people at the banquet bowed their heads and remained silent, eager to get involved in the case a few times, unwilling to get involved in this dispute. As we all know, the emperor's time is short, and the prince in front of him will definitely ascend the throne, and no one dares to offend.

The queen's face was embarrassed, she looked at Gu Hanxuan and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh: "You are really a good son of this palace." Then her gaze swept over Mu Yunqi, and said: "The crown princess behaves aggressively and behaves rashly, can she have a little bit of the princess?" ”

Mu Yunqi sneered and said softly: "What the queen mother said is that the sons and daughters have indeed misbehaved. ”

"Hmph, this palace would like to ask the crown princess, about breaking into the hospital two days ago? What kind of medicine does it need to be taken by the princess to break into the hospital in person? The queen asked mockingly.

Gu Hanxuan suddenly got up and said, "Could it be that the Queen Mother wants to make it unharmonious on Chinese New Year's Eve?" The retainer took the princess back to the palace to pray for blessings, and then did not stay for the banquet. After speaking, he pulled up Mu Yunqi's body and walked away.

The queen was dumbfounded, distressed by Gu Hanxuan's actions, clutching her chest, speechless for a long time.

Concubine Liu Guifei walked forward and said softly with relief: "Don't worry, don't be angry with yourself." ”

The queen took the wine glass at hand, raised her head and drank it down, and then threw it on the marble floor in the center of the hall, and the glass fell to the ground and shattered, and the residue was broken everywhere.

"This palace wants to see how long the prince will be like this." She regained her complexion, her expression dark.

Outside the hall, the snow was falling, and everywhere the eye could see, it was white. Gu Hanxuan wiped the snowflakes off Mu Yunqi's body, and pulled her to enter the house, Mu Yunqi paused and said, "Your Highness, the concubine wants to play a tune." ”

"Why the sudden interest?" He asked with a chuckle as he looked at her.

Mu Yunqi felt a pain in his heart, for the sake of parting, for your love. She turned around and ordered Yingfu to put the piano in the courtyard clearing, Yingfu tied the red fox for her, she stepped into the snow, and sat on the mat.

You said, that year, the snow was flying in the sky, and you fell in love with me at first sight, and today, in this situation, I played a song to express my gratitude.

The two feelings are difficult to share, how can they be shared, how dare not sue with you

Only the song can be smooth, and the gathering and scattering are endless

Gu Hanxuan stood at the door of the room with his hands in his hands, staring at the shadow in the snow affectionately, the heavy snow fell on her, a red shadow was embellished with a little snow, and the shocking face of the woman's beauty smiled lightly.

Between heaven and earth, whether it is the flying snowflakes or the arrogant cold plums, how can they compare to half the color of a woman's face.

The melodious melancholy sound of the piano, and the gentle and sad sound wandered through the courtyard, which made him feel sad in vain.

He stepped into the snow and stopped her jade fingers from stroking the harp.

"Okay, it's freezing, let's play it in the future." He led her into the snow and took the hand stove handed by Cheng Huan to her.

She took it and sat on the soft couch, raising the corners of her mouth slightly, "After the dinner, the prince wants to take a break at this moment?" ”

"Hongu is here to accompany you."

Outside the door, there was the sound of panicked footsteps entering the house, and then the curtain was lifted, and a eunuch ran in and knelt down, trembling and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Emperor... The emperor is dying......"

Before he finished speaking, there seemed to be a gust of wind beside him, and there was no Gu Hanxuan in the room, and Mu Yunqi immediately followed closely.

She stood outside the main hall of Rihui Palace, watching several palace concubines cover their mouths and cry, and sneered in her heart.

The queen scolded in front: "The emperor is just critically ill, what are you howling? , don't you want to live anymore. ”

The palace concubine behind her was frightened by this and immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy, and the queen was restless in her heart, and sent them out of Rihui Palace with an order.

The closed red vermilion lacquer door was suddenly opened, and Gonggong Li leaned over and said to the queen: "Niangniang, the emperor wants to see the crown princess."

The queen was stunned for a moment, gave her a cold look, and turned away without saying a word.

Mu Yunqi stepped in, she looked at the couch, Gu Hanxuan knelt on the side of the couch, and Gu Jingyun turned her head with difficulty to look at the woman who came in.

He looked at her in a daze, and it took a long time for him to come back to his senses.

She leaned over and saluted, looking up slightly.

"Do you hate me?" The Emperor asked with a strong spirit.

Mu Yunqi looked indifferent, and said lightly: "Father asked like this, and the son didn't know how to answer. If you say hate, you don't know when to hate, if you don't hate, you are now alone, all thanks to your father. ”

"But I also hate, hate her for trampling my heart to the ground, hate her for growing wantonly in my heart all her life. But I also regret it, regret that I didn't take her away in the first place, and regret that I met her. In the intertwining of love and hate, the poison cup is integrated into the meridians, and there is no cure. He looked at her and said, as if he wanted to express his years of self-pity.

Of course, Mu Yunqi understood that he was not telling her, but he was coveting his similar face to her when he was dying, he was just looking at her and thinking about his old friend.

Her mind couldn't help but think of the woman, how her life could be so unforgettable.

After Gu Jingyun finished speaking, he gasped heavily, Gu Hanxuan got up and sat on the edge of the couch and caressed him.

He wanted to get up excitedly, but he couldn't do it anymore, so he looked at Mu Yunqi and said, "You should hate me, but the prince treats you sincerely, do you hate him too?" “

Mu Yunqi's eyes wandered, and after pondering for a moment, he raised his voice and sneered, and said to the father and son on the couch: "Under the imperial power, how can you be sincere? “

She is not only talking to Gu Jingyun, but also Dao and Gu Hanxuan.

Gu Hanxuan didn't want her to think like this, and there was a tingling pain in his heart for no reason, and his gaze on the couch gradually became cold.

Gu Jingyun's breath was panting, he sat up, and said, "Under the imperial power, how can you be sincere?" That's what she did in the first place, that's what she thought..."Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, Gu Hanxuan was shocked, and wiped it away for him.

"Father should not be so obsessed with the past, it will speed up your poisonous hair." Mu Yunqi looked at him and said.

He shook his head with difficulty, his face looked relieved, and he raised a self-deprecating smile: "I have no power to return to the sky, what else to fear?" ”

"Father, why do you think about it, maybe she doesn't want to live in the deep palace, and she doesn't want to be locked in a cage." Mu Yunqi didn't know why she thought so, this was the cognition in her heart, and she also felt that the woman should be like this.

Gu Hanxuan raised his eyes to look at her sideways, his eyes were vague.

Gu Jingyun smiled, and a mouthful of blood spurted out and sprayed on the imperial satin quilt on the couch.

"Father." Gu Hanxuan shouted, looked at Mu Yunqi and roared angrily, "You go out of the palace." ”

Mu Yunqi ignored his words, quickly pulled out the silver needle in the silver needle bag, stepped forward and brushed away Gu Hanxuan's hand blocking her, twisted two fingers into the back of Gu Jingyun's neck, and pricked another needle into others.

"Father......" She took out the silver needle, looking at the silver needle in her hand and was surprised, it turned out that he had really run out of oil and dried up, and it would be difficult to survive tonight.

The corners of his mouth were red, and he looked at her with a smile as deep as the sea, which made her heart sad.

She stepped out, unwilling to stay in the room longer.

"Spread my will, Mu Yunqi... No talent... No virtue, embarrassing mother of the country... Ren, Prince... Enthronement can never stand... It is the aftermath. It seemed that he had exhausted all his strength before he finished speaking, and he gasped rapidly, so frightened that Li Wen shouted for the imperial doctor to come in.

Gu Hanxuan got up and knelt down, and said hurriedly: "The son is unwilling, so he begs his father to take it back." ”

Gu Jingyun understood the meaning of Mu Yunqi's words, and was willing to fulfill her.

She slowly turned around, looked at the person on the couch and smiled gratefully, then stepped out of the room.

Snowflakes are falling outside, and the sky is cold.

The queen stood up, covered with snowflakes that had drifted in from outside the railing, and she burst into tears, exuding grief all over her. She put away her sobs and looked at Mu Yunqi's face slightly distracted.

Immediately, she walked in front of Mu Yunqi with her head held high, and stepped into the house.

At this moment, the sky has grayed, and Chinese New Year's Eve will become a national mourning, which is doomed to have no joy to celebrate.

Walking to the gate of Rihui Palace, several princes hurriedly came, and when they saw Mu Yunqi, they didn't have time to salute, so they hurriedly entered the hall, only Gu Hanyi glanced at her when he passed by.

Before she left the palace gate, she heard a cry of collapse from the room, and the entire Rihui Palace was enveloped in the sound of wailing and crying.

Her heart trembled, and after being slightly sad, she quickened her pace and returned to the Snow Dumping Palace, and she walked to the apse to inspect Gardenia's injuries.

Lan Gu entered the house and said with a solemn face: "Crown Princess, everything outside the palace is in order, but now that Yu Xia is injured?" ”

Gardenia looked up and said, "The princess doesn't have to take care of the slaves, the slaves don't want to drag the princess down." ”

Mu Yunqi lifted her jacket and was asked, "Can you go to the ground?" ”

Gardenia slowly stood up on the edge of the couch, took two steps slowly, and was supported by Lan Gu. She looked at Mu Yunqi, a little annoyed.

"The emperor died, and Gu Hanxuan's shadow guards during the state funeral will be transferred to the Rihui Palace. Today, the emperor left a will, and the palace will never be the queen, and he was blocked by Gu Hanxuan, presumably he will not let the palace go to kneel and mourn to cause controversy. Mu Yunqi looked at Lan Gu and said, Lan Gu was slightly surprised, and then nodded knowingly.

The death knell sounded, shaking all the palaces and courtyards one by one, and the screams of mourning came from the palaces, and the entire palace fell into a state of sorrow in an instant.

Mu Yunqi walked out of the room, walked to the open space and sighed to the sky, the snowflakes floated on her face, quickly melted into water, and the cold penetrated into her heart. The painful cry I heard in my ears was a little true, the harem concubines, who could resist the woman in his heart, he was just a poor person after all.