Chapter 6:11 I Am Going to Tolerance, Not to My Old Lover (1)
Riding in the car on the way to meet King Qi, I was still very uneasy, very conflicted, and a little sentimental.
The sun and the moon alternate, and time flies. It's been another ten years since I last saw him in Mingyue Tower.
Thinking of the last time I saw him in Mingyue Tower that day, my sadness and despair at that time seemed to come back to my heart at this moment.
Saying goodbye to him was the saddest thing of my life. I didn't expect that ten years later, we would meet again. But this time, I didn't come for him, but for my husband.
At that time, I thought that I would love him until I was old, for the rest of my life, and this heart belonged to him. Even, I still fantasize that when the glitz fades, I can retire with him and stay together for the rest of my life.
At that time, it was really naΓ―ve and unrealistic.
I'll see you in ten years, and all I want to worry about is the emperor's situation.
Was it me who betrayed my emotions? Or was it that he was young and vigorous at that time, and he didn't understand what the real love between men and women was?
In a trance, the car had stopped. Seeing that I was still sitting still in a daze, Xiao Cui came up to me and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Isn't it, don't you want to see him again? β
Then I came back to my senses and said, "No, it's that I think things are in my mind, and of course I want to see him." Walking into the Mingyue Building, the shopkeeper enthusiastically led us to the elegant seat upstairs. This shopkeeper was invited later, and he never met me, but he knew Zhang Hua and Xiaocui, so his attitude was extremely enthusiastic.
The moment I entered the seat, I couldn't help but be stunned, I couldn't take that step for a long time. The shopkeeper asked in fear, "What's wrong?" Don't you like this one? The little one will give you another one. β
I quickly said, "No, no, this is good." β
The shopkeeper's Nono went down to make tea in a loud voice.
Xiaocui looked at me with a strange look on her face and asked, "What's going on with you today?" Always unsettling? β
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you know that the elegant seat you set is the one where I met King Qi back then." β
Xiao Cui looked up and down and said, "Really?" I didn't pay attention to that. I'll order this one. Just because this is the best room in Mingyue Building. The last time we came, we naturally chose the best choice. So, it's the same room. β
Speaking of this, she warned me with a "fierce look": "Let me tell you, you are now the emperor's wife, Meow Meow and the little mother." You have to keep that in mind at all times! Don't be like you used to be, when you see King Qi, you will be dizzy. The knife mark on your hand, you lied to the emperor that it was a fall on a stone, and only a simple person like the emperor would believe it, if you want to try it shrewdly? You are only allowed to talk to King Qi about business today, and then go back to the palace as soon as you finish talking. If you are cranky and stupid again, I will not spare you in the first place. The computer station is the fastest to update."
I laughed and said, "Where do you want to go?" I'm just suddenly touching the scene, how can it be as complicated as you think. β
"Touching the scene and giving birth to love", she said vigilantly, "What kind of love? So far. What do you have to do with him, I'll tell you, if you dare to ......"
"Alright!" I pushed her to the door of the throne and said, "You're wordy." Go down and watch it for me. Maybe the king of Qi has already come, and what is it for us to say that he heard these things here. β
Xiaocui reiterated another "warning". Then he went down slowly.
I sat down by the window. Look at the street below.
inadvertently remembered the horror of the Lantern Festival night and was separated from the emperor. Crying in the streets at midnight......
Then, I remembered that attack, I almost had a miscarriage, and in the end, King Qi took me to the hospital for treatment.
What I used to desire the most was to be held in his arms, and that day was a long-cherished wish that had been fulfilled for many years. But now that I look back, I don't remember anything about it, and I don't seem to have any special feelings at the time. Probably because, at that time, I was worried about the baby in my belly, and I didn't have time to take care of anything else.
That time the bosom was small. Thanks to him, otherwise, I wouldn't have this little baby daughter now.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
As soon as I turned my head, a figure stood at the door of the seat
"You're already up? Why didn't Xiaocui come to report it. "She's downstairs talking to the shopkeeper about making us something to eat, but I won't let her come up."
"Lord Wang, please take a seat." I got up and gave him up to the other end of the window, and reached down to pull down the curtain.
We can see Street View, but we can't be Street View ourselves.
Xiao Cui came up to pour us tea and then retreated, I pushed a plate of Tianxiang dates and a plate of Bazhen crisp on the table to him and said, "Please use a little as you like, I have come to my restaurant." β
He was pleasantly surprised, "How do you know I like both?" β
"The prince used to go to my house and put so many snacks, but I only saw that the prince had eaten these two, and the others didn't seem to have touched. Well, I also ate carp raised in my garden pond. β
King Qi said movingly, "I can't imagine that after many years, you still remember a small move I made back then." "Of course.
Although I lived happily with the emperor later, I can't deny that the day I met the king of Qi was still the most memorable day of my life.
Some things, perhaps because they are so beautiful, are not long-lasting, unreal, and more like a dream.
Now that I woke up from my dream, he seemed to be still dreaming. He was saying to me again, "What I remember most is what you said to me here that day." In my life, no woman has ever said something so bold to me and so shocking to my heart. It was like throwing a boulder into my heart, and from then on the water waves were turbulent, and I could no longer be calm. β
Why are our dreams always so out of sync that we are destined to miss them?
After a long silence, I was embarrassed to respond to him, "At that time, I was too young to think that the world could be controlled and decided by myself. I think that no matter what I want, as long as I want it. If you work your own, you can do whatever you want regardless of the eyes of the world and only based on your personal preferences. Then. It's so unbelievable. β
"Don't keep saying you were too young, you're still young. Moreover, it is more beautiful than before. β
Seeing that I lowered my head and remained silent, he said meaningfully, "In fact, as long as you are willing, many things can be decided by yourself." β
What exactly is he trying to express?
I try to remind myself. I'm not here today to talk to him about the old feelings, I'm here to discuss with him about the affairs of the court! Why did I talk for a long time, not only did I not get into the topic, but I seemed to meet the old lover, while sighing at the clutch in the past, and on the other hand, we were testing each other to see if there was a possibility of rekindling the old love?
Oh my God, don't think like that. It was I who didn't control my center of gravity from the beginning, and I started thinking cranky from the moment I sat in the car. Now sitting in this place where I had a date with him that day, I am more and more uneasy.
Before coming. I also said to myself very calmly that I was just going to see him for the emperor and for the great events of the world. I'm out of tolerance. It's not a private meeting, it's not a private affair. So I'm above board. Sit up straight, even if the emperor knows, it doesn't matter, just make it clear.
But now look at the ambiguity between me and King Qi.
I despised myself a thousand times in my own heart.
And what I can't resist the most is that he is more ambiguous than me! Wasn't he always known for his chastity, self-control, and self-purity? Over the years, he has not set up a side concubine, and there have been no scandals, and the Fengyue place has become extinct.
In the emperor's nobles, an emperor and a king of Qi are all notoriously dedicated to men. For the rest, life is so erosive that it can.
Like the king of Runan, he is old, and the last time he came to the capital and was retained by the former emperor, it is said that because most of his wives and concubines stayed in the feudal country and did not accompany him, he searched for beauties in the capital. Those guys who tend to be inflammatory, they took the opportunity to send women to the door, and made his mansion in the capital smoky, and women are about to become a harem
So did Sima Wei, the king of Chu. After returning from Jiangnan with us, he soon married a new princess and accepted a side concubine. Now he enjoys the blessings in the palace every day, and it is easy not to enter the palace to meet his imperial brother.
The royal family's affection is so weak, unless the emperor has real power in his hands and can give them benefits. Otherwise, they would not bother to do so.
King Qi is already a rare outlier among these princes, but now he is "secretly sending autumn waves" to a married woman to me, and I am still his nephew and daughter-in-law in name, which cannot but surprise me.
"I ......," I said embarrassedly, "I have never been beautiful, your princess, Sister Quan, is a famous beauty." β
"You're different from her. You don't think it looks like at first glance, but the more you look at it, the more beautiful it becomes. And the most rare thing is that the beauty of your place is increasing day by day, not only does not pass with the years, but shines in the years. Otherwise, how could the emperor be infatuated with you all the time, and only with you? Do you know that in the entire Jin Kingdom, especially in the minds of women in the Jin Kingdom, you are already a legend and a myth? Now there is a popular saying among the people that giving birth to a daughter should be like Jia Nanfeng. β
I shook my head and laughed, "Is there such a thing?" You made it up to make me happy, right? β
He said solemnly, "I didn't make it up, it's true." Because the common people have listened to some bad rumors and think that you are ugly. But you have been favored by the emperor. So, they admire you more and more and think that you are an amazing woman. It is not easy for a beautiful woman to get the emperor's favor, not to mention that she is not a beauty. β
"But I don't even have a name now, so there's nothing to admire." I sighed softly.
He comforted me and said, "It's only a matter of time before you become queen." If it drags on any longer, the courtiers will stop doing it. Because what kind of system is this? How can the emperor ascend the throne for a year, and the harem concubines can't be canonized? Nothing like this has ever happened in all dynasties. β
"Yes, our emperor's harem is about to become a joke when it comes out. In a harem of Nuoda, there is not a single woman with grade, it seems to be all a rabble, and the concubine ......, "I'm embarrassed to continue." "That's because the Yang family has always refused to let go. It is said that in the past year, many ministers have written to request the canonization of the queen. Yang Jun refused to accept it for a long time, wasn't it because he wanted to canonize Concubine Yang? But Concubine Yang has no children, and she is not favored by the emperor, and her qualifications for entering the palace are much shallower than yours. It was really difficult to convince the public to make her queen. But the Yang family was unwilling to do this, so they had to keep delaying, hoping for a miracle. For example, the emperor suddenly empathized and fell in love with Concubine Yang, or Concubine Yang suddenly became pregnant with another child......"
Listening to him talk and talk endlessly about the various battles for the throne, I finally couldn't help but ask, "Why do you stay at home every day, but you know so much about the affairs of the emperor's harem and the inside story of the struggle for the throne?" β
He stopped abruptly, and only after a while did he speak, "Because this is a matter of great importance to your future and destiny." β