Chapter 45 Plum Fragrance Emerges in Autumn
Xiangying first met Pei Yaowei in the first year of Yanping.
Twilight, heavy snow, sunset, plum fragrance long autumn.
On the first day, he followed Xiao Zhu's side on an errand, and he was still nervous and cautious when he entered and exited the inner palace. As soon as I entered the long autumn, far away, I saw a woman standing under the red plum tree with a silver fox, red and white for a while, like a cloud like a fairy.
It wasn't until the Son of Heaven approached and called 'Yao Wei' that Xiang Ying reacted, this is the queen of the dynasty who became famous all over the world and stirred up the Xiao royal family to change the world.
Daliang founded the country and produced several queens surnamed Pei, but there is no doubt that Queen Renyi Pei is the one with the worst reputation.
Xiao Chai held her hand, complained that she was cold and windy, and didn't care for her body, and pulled her into the hall without saying anything. When Xiangying stood outside the palace, he looked at the plum tree in the court and thought, how could this queen be a person like Dajiyuxi?
After a short time, Sun Zhifang sent a message and summoned him into the inner hall. In the warm pavilion, the emperor and queen sat side by side on the Luohan couch, and the queen was dressed in red, laughing with the emperor from time to time, and it seemed that even the years were calm.
Xiao Chai introduced him to Pei Yaowei, and said: "Oh, this is the younger brother of Concubine Xian, the prince of Jiyang County's mansion, you always want to meet, and I brought it to you today." ”
Xiang Ying stood in front of him, and after saluting, he just lowered his head, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
"You're Min Dai's brother?"
Her voice is very good, in this cold day, like a slowly flowing hot spring, smelling it, only feel nourishing and comfortable. Xiangying replied respectfully yes, and then listened to her: "If this is outside the palace, you should call me sister!" ”
At that moment, in a trance, she almost blurted out as she wished.
Pei Yaowei said, she had already gotten up and walked towards him, and when she got closer, she personally handed the dim sum box she was fiddling with in her hand in front of him, and said with a smile that she had just figured out the new dim sum, and invited him to taste it, which was a welcome gift.
Xiangying was stunned, her mind went blank, and she just thought: It turns out that the power and deceit demon queen who is rumored in the world is like this.
When he came back to his senses, he was a little flustered, a little stunned, took two steps back, clenched his fists and said straight: Weichen doesn't dare.
The queen mother chuckled, and without refusing, she stuffed the white jade and red treasure box the size of two palms full of snacks into his arms.
She turned around and whispered a few words to Xiao Zhu, and then smiled with Xiangying: "You have to grow well, if you don't grow crooked in two years, maybe we can still become a family!" ”
At the age of fourteen, he served as Yulinwei as the noble son of Jiangmen. Later, because the queen mother intended to recruit as the son-in-law of the princess, she was more and more valued by the emperor, and she deliberately took it with her and cultivated it herself, and it was three years in a flash.
Until, at the end of the fourth year of Yan Ping, Changqiu died.
After Xiang Mindai came out of Yuze Palace, Xiang Ying also found a reason to leave the palace and guard the tomb for the first queen. Xiao Chai kept him once, and finally agreed.
And then there's today.
Sitting alone in the Hidden Garden, the barrenness in front of him seemed to coincide with the red plum and the snow in the Changqiu Palace, he silently read Xiangxiang, thinking of that possibility, he couldn't help but be surprised, happy, and afraid.
If there is a glimmer of hope, he hopes that the queen mother can have this opportunity and live again. However, her current identity is something that Xiangying is unwilling to accept no matter what.
There were many things he couldn't figure out.
One of them is, if this dove occupies the magpie's nest is true, then where does the real one go?
Will she ever come back?
She...... Will there be another day of departure?
Since Xiangying left from him in a gaffe, Pei Yaowei has been thinking about this matter in the past few days, and has been running to Dongyuan several times in a row, but there is no trace of Xiangying. Asked Xizhu, the girl only said that the master was busy with affairs, and she went out early and returned late for several days, so I am afraid that I will not see it.
But Pei Yaoyan always felt that Xiangying was deliberately avoiding herself.
"Girl, the spring flowers are blooming, can the slave go and pick two branches for you?"
On this day, she pounced on Jiusizhai as usual, and went out to Nanyuan, all the way to the side, Yu Zhi followed, always wanted to mention her interest, saw the Spring Festival Altar from afar, and excitedly pointed it out to her.
Pei Yaowei didn't see the baby for a day, and she was worried in her heart, for fear that he would find out something. But she herself was unhappy, but she didn't want the people around her to be worried, seeing Yu Zhi's worried appearance, she forced her face and smiled: "A good flower, just sprout branches, what to do with it?" ”
Yu Zhi's little face was about to collapse, so she continued: "Let's look the same in the past. ”
Yu Zhi clapped her hands happily, and the two walked to the Spring Festival Altar, and before they could stop, they suddenly heard a man's chuckle not far behind them.
Pei Yao's heart moved.
When I turned around, I saw a man in his twenties, dressed as a martial artist, but he was handsome, and when he looked closely, he was still a little familiar, and he was walking towards them while talking.
"I have pity for the wood and stone, why did I change the flesh and blood people, but I became a femme fatale?"
This is said politely, but the tone is flat, but there is a sense of nonchalance. Pei Yao frowned, and just had two guesses about his identity in her heart, and Yu Zhi beside her had already reluctantly saluted and said, "I have seen the second son."
Well, it's really him, the eldest son of Mrs. Zuo, Xiangyao.
She bowed and said, "Second brother, has just come back from the army?" ”
When Xiang Yao heard this, he seemed to be a little surprised, and he was a little interested, "You didn't hear my words clearly?" ”
Pei Yao said in her heart, I heard it clearly, but I don't like to take care of you.
"Second brother's words, I heard them clearly." She smiled lightly: "It's just that I'm not the person in the second brother's words, so I won't sit down affectionately." ”
Unlike Xiang Ying, who entered the Shi from Yulin Wei, Xiang Yao entered the real three-armed camp in his early tens, and he didn't go home often over the years, and he didn't have much contact with Xiang Ying. It's just that, even if he is less obedient, he has some understanding of Xiang Yu's temperament.
She's never been a verbal character.
The eighteenth change of the female college in her heart said, Xiang Yao snorted and asked: "Yinghuai's marriage, her mother being blamed, and her illness and death are all related to you." Are they all wronged to you? In my words, you can take your seat, and you are not self-inflicted. ”
"The second brother misunderstood." She said slowly: "I mean, I don't have much pity for wood and stone, and it is better to hang on a branch and look at it for two more days than to hold it in my hand and wither it instantly." As for the ...... to people Whether I am a femme fatale or a well water that does not violate the heart of the river water, it is all up to the other party. ”
Xiang Yao looked at her playfully for a moment, and approached with a smile.
"So good at talking?" As he spoke, his smile widened again, and he called the accompanying maid and instructed: "The fourth girl is not obedient to her brother, and she is punished for kneeling under the Spring Festival Altar and thinking about it, and she is not allowed to get up without my words." ”
Pei Yaowei took a deep breath, the smile on her face did not decrease, and she was about to speak, but at this time, Yu Zhi couldn't help it: "Second son!" My girl is now a serious daughter! It's not something you can just think about! Even if you don't look at my wife's face, you can weigh whether His Royal Highness the King of Chu can afford to provoke you! ”
Pei Yao was dying of sorrow.
This girl just can't learn well.
Xiang Yao laughed, and pretended to be surprised: "Yo, then His Royal Highness the King of Chu pressed me?" ”
He is a person who is used to the battlefield, as long as he has a heart, any tone and action can make people feel murderous, Yu Zhi saw him smile clearly, but at this moment, he shuddered inexplicably because of his words.
Immediately, he snorted, and whispered to Pei Yaoyan: "Heh, isn't this unmarried!" ”
Pei Yaoyan didn't want to conflict with him, but said: "The lesson of the second brother, the little sister respects." The maid doesn't know anything, don't be like her. With that, he picked up the hem of his clothes and knelt down.
Yu Zhi couldn't bear it, and she wanted to speak, but she was also dragged by her and knelt down together.
Xiang Yao laughed, leaned over and said in her ear: "If you really have this blessing, after sitting firmly in the position of Princess Chu, it is not too late to come back and settle accounts with your brother." ”
After that, he was about to leave, and before leaving, he lightly ordered the maid and rewarded Yu Zhi with ten slaps.
That night, in the bedroom, Yu Zhi covered her face with tears rippling, Yu Xu took the ointment, and just about to apply it to her, she was robbed of her errand by Pei Yao.
"You, don't be beaten, I don't think you have a long memory!" She pretended to be vicious, and said while giving Yu Zhi the medicine: "I see if you dare to owe like this next time!" It's all used to you! Can I not know you for my heart? But if you blindly contradict it, when will you get good fruit to eat? ”
Yu Zhi was just bitter and didn't answer, seeing her say this, all the complaints about Xiyuan didn't dare to say.
However, Yu Xu persuaded from the side: "The second son returned to Beijing this time for the funeral, and I don't know how long I will stay." Fortunately, the marriage between the girl and His Royal Highness the King of Chu was decreed by the Queen Mother, so there is no need to postpone filial piety. Now that the wedding date is approaching, girl, if you meet the second son again, you can bear with it, you don't have to have another turmoil, and it is not worth it to delay the major events of your life! ”
Pei Yao thought about the situation in the daytime, couldn't help laughing, and said in her heart, I am afraid that the well water has to violate the river water, and it will not be able to avoid the disaster.
In the West Garden, Xiang Yao saw his father come back from Lixinglou, and the eldest girl Cunyu went back and forth, saying that he went to the Spring Festival Altar early in the morning to pass on the words of the son, and now he has been exempted from the punishment of the four girls and sent her back.
"The words of the prince?" After thinking for a moment, he hummed and said, "It's really interesting, I haven't seen you for a long time, Chang Chu has taken up the four girls......"
"One more thing, Childe," Cunyu worried, "there is one less colorful frog you brought back, and the slave maid has been assigned to find it all over the house, and there is no news yet!" ”
When Xiang Yao heard this, his face changed slightly, "How could there be one missing?" ”
Cunyu shook his head and said: "The ten colorful frogs were in the hands of the slave maid, and the slave and maid asked the mother-in-law to send them to the old man Qian, and it was still fine at that time. I don't know when I lost it! ”
Xiang Yao had a calm face, "Add more people to find it!" Human life is at stake, that thing has a highly poisonous body, and the medicine fed every day can only keep it safe for twenty-four hours, and after these two days, whoever tells him to take a bite will have to return to the west immediately! ”