Chapter 109: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
Seeing off Aunt Bitong, Wanying sat in front of the brazier stupidly, did not eat lunch at night, and waited in the room wholeheartedly, hoping that a familiar figure would knock on her door.
But the sunlight in the room, as it moved from the bed to the foot of the bed, crept back to the fire, and he still did not come. Maybe he'll come to him in the corner of the table. Wanying comforted herself like this in her heart.
Looking at the fine dust in the light, happily swimming in the hot spring of light, Wanying who was waiting also gave birth to some warmth. This warmth is not the heat of the furnace, but the heat of one's own heart. From the inside, the heart is warmed to the outside.
The sun played lazily in the house for a day, and was trying to slip away quietly, but was caught by Wanying, playing with the expectant gaze, holding the hands and feet of the light, still letting it slip away quietly, bit by bit, like a swinger who touched the flowers, stroked the inkstone, stirred the paperweight, and reluctantly said goodbye to a few wolves at the same time, and finally was surrounded by the high wall and dangerous eaves out of the sight of the beauty.
The sky is getting dark, Prince Rong is still without a shadow, and the warmth of waiting in Wanying's heart has long been consumed. The cold jade hand had watery nails, digging a few blood-red pits in the palm of his hand.
It was already dark outside. The room was even darker. The palace maid who holds the lamp lights up the palace lamps under the eaves of the corridor one by one. Wan Ying sat by the fire, watching the faint light fade into a dim yellow circle on the window paper. With this aperture, it's not dark in the room.
The round stool could no longer bear Wanying's boundless sorrow, so Wanying pulled the Eight Immortals chair in front of the bookcase over and leaned affectionately on the armrest of the Eight Immortals Chair. Just when she wanted to cry without tears, she heard the sound of the clear cloud board outside the palace wall, and Wanying quickly brushed away the confusion on her face, and counted it carefully, it was four.
It's not good, this is mourning, could it be that Concubine Liu has already traveled west? I couldn't help but shudder, my body was cold, and I found that the charcoal fire had already burned out.
At this moment, in the direction of the Imperial Garden Bell Tower, there was a bell, no more, no less. Concubine Liu really went. Although Wanying and the concubine did not have a relationship, tears also fell suddenly.
The death knell of the cloud board sounded in unison, and Concubine Liu had already driven the crane west.
In Concubine Liu's Changxi Hall, a few rough palace maids heard the death knell cloud board, crying and howling, and rushed to Anle Hall, and after a while, the courtyard was quiet again. Wanying and Yi lay on the bed and fell asleep unconsciously. Nothing was said all night.
This night, in the Anle Hall, seeing her sister breathing, Concubine Dong'an shed tears and shouted for a long time: "Fourth sister...... Fourth sister ......"
When she is alive, she can't speak, and even if she shouts when she is dead, Concubine Liu can't hear it.
After the funeral was completed, Concubine Dong'an collapsed in front of Concubine Liu's spirit and said to the palace maids: "Today is also the day when the concubine drives the crane to the west, and the palace is going to keep vigil for her, you all disperse, let the two sisters talk......
The voice did not fall, but listened: "The concubine should take care of her jade body, the mourning is smooth, the concubine has ascended to the fairy world, why should the concubine damage herself." A flattering old palace maid said very flatteringly.
The concubine stood up tremblingly, walked to the old palace maid, stretched out her jade hand, shoveled left and right, and the gold armor that had not yet been taken off was more than two inches long, and two blood marks were drawn on the old palace maid's face, and when she looked at it, it was like the beard on the face of a tiger.
", since you can laugh, it can be seen that the tears just now were made for this palace to see." Concubine Dong'an's eyes are like torches, how can she let her charming's tricks fool her eyes. What's more, Concubine Liu passed away, and Concubine Dong'an was grief-stricken. Suddenly seeing this kind of fake smile, of course you will be furious.
The old palace maid 'fluttered', knelt in front of the concubine's skirt, and kowtowed again and again and said: "The concubine is angry, the slave is not laughing, no......" The old palace maid tried to quibble, but she didn't know that it angered Concubine Dong'an even more.
Concubine Dong'an raised her ivory-trimmed riding boots, kicked at the old palace maid's heart, kicked the old palace maid back a few steps, and said undoubtedly: "Come on, beat this heartless old man who deceives his superiors and subordinates." ”
The old palace maid didn't know where she had offended this master at this time, and still defended herself by lying: "Concubine Niangniang, the slave is wronged, the slave is wronged!" ”
"Pull it down, hit thirty boards, and shout sixty, if you quarrel with the concubine's spirit, it won't be wronged to kill her."
When the old palace maid heard this, she couldn't get up, and she fainted with fright, and the two young eunuchs pulled the old palace maid out like dragging an old sow.
The room full of people in the black pressure was suddenly silent, and no one dared to say a word more.
The old palace maid who had lost her hypocrisy, the concubine's eyes suddenly fell on the eunuchs who were building the spirit shed outside, and several eunuchs seemed to have won gold ingots, laughing while tying ropes.
This scene was particularly piercing in the eyes of the concubine, and she shouted outside: "Where are you eunuchs?" ”
A eunuch who was standing on the pole of the mourning shed and pulling the tarpaulin was so frightened by this sound that he fell directly from the pole.
The joking eunuchs were so frightened that they crawled over and said, "If you go back to the concubine, the servants are from the pavilion." ”
Concubine Dong'an did not release her suspicions with Concubine Liu, or before Concubine Liu died; Concubine Dong'an also knew that the Pavilion Department did not use the whole ginseng for the concubine, and at that time, Concubine Dong'an herself also complained that the concubine betrayed herself, so she turned a blind eye.
However, now that the truth is revealed, and Concubine Dong'an herself feels ashamed of her sister, if she had used medicine earlier, her sister might have been able to live a few more days. "I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me" The deep hatred came from this, and the concubine of Dong'an had a cold light in her eyes, and said faintly: "The pavilion is ......"
"Go and call your head of the Pavilion Department."
Several little eunuchs were very embarrassed, and said tremblingly: "Concubine Niangniang, Grandpa Sun is not in class today, and his father-in-law is in the house outside the palace, and the keys have been placed in the palace at this time, and the minions are ......."
"What a big boldness, the master of the palace is gone, if he doesn't get out to serve, is it possible that if he wants to withdraw something from the palace, he still has to go to his outer house to invite him?"
In the past, several little eunuchs always laughed at the concubine Niangniang for ignoring the life and death of the concubine, and today there is finally retribution. Kowtow to the ground like pounding garlic.
"Since Grandpa Sun is not moving, he doesn't have to go back to the Queen Mother, he has been dismissed as the head manager, and he will never enter the palace again if he stays in the outer house."
For a while, no one inside or outside the hall dared to gasp loudly. Concubine Dong'an's henchman whispered in Concubine Dong'an's ear and said, "Niangniang, you want to mourn!" ”
"You have all seen it today, if any of you dare to disrespect the concubine, then stand up. The main palace has fallen together today. ”
Everyone is not angry in their hearts, who dares to commit a crime against the wind at this time, they will not kneel together.
"Let's all disperse, come over tomorrow early, let's disperse......" Concubine Dong'an's henchmen said to everyone.
As soon as everyone heard that they could leave, they hurriedly walked out, and they were already about to make a heavy and reluctant look on their steps and faces.
After a cup of tea, there were only two concubines and henchmen left in Anle Hall.
"You go out and hold the door, this palace wants to say a few more words to the concubine."
The henchman was ordered, pushed out the door, and closed the four doors of the Anle Hall with his hand. Only the concubine and the concubine lying on the mourning bed remained in the room.