Chapter 30: White Fiber
"Xiao Qi, would you like to hear me tell a story?" Bai Xian's mind has drifted away, she slowly stood up, gathered her coat, her eyes gradually became as deep as the blue sea, like smoke The past scenes appeared in front of her, she seemed to be deeply immersed in it, recalling her past.
"That year, as a beauty, I was presented to the emperor of Dajin by our steppe king Nutsmujin, but although the emperor loves beauty, he is afraid of beauty, so he gave me to the general Chen Shi'an, who is the brother of the queen Chen Wan.
I was even afraid that I would feel homesick, so I specially bought two grassland female slaves from Yahang to accompany me.
When I first came, I made a lot of jokes due to the language barrier, so I didn't want to communicate with the Central Plains people anymore. He has been fighting wars outside Cyprus all the year round, and he is familiar with the languages of the peoples outside Cyprus. It was he who patiently taught me to speak the Chinese dialect little by little.
Every time he came back from a trip, he would bring something for me. Sometimes it is all kinds of snacks, sometimes it is some gadgets, although it is not very valuable, but it is found with heart, he knows that if it is too valuable, I will not want it, because except for a gold hairpin forged by his own hands, I accepted it, and I returned the other gold and silver jewelry that I gave me before, and I still have the idea of returning to the grassland in my heart, because my only relative, my aunt, is still in the grassland.
He promised me, 'Bai Ji Medoer, when the war in the south has subsided, I will send you back to the northern steppe to reunite with your mother.' ’
Wearing a battle robe and armor, he is as imposing as a rainbow, brave and good at fighting, and invincible.
Stripped off his armor, he is a humble gentleman, the son of a family of Zhilan Yushu.
He was always humble and polite to me, and he never exceeded the rules, and the stranger was like a jade son.
When he fulfilled his promise, when the moment of parting with him really came, I found myself in love with him.
But for the sake of my mother, I gave up this relationship, I didn't care in front of people, and when I was left alone, I would remember his kindness to me, tears wet pillow towels.
At that time, I only hoped that he could marry a good wife, a virtuous wife, a filial piety, and enjoy the peace of the world.
But he didn't expect that a year later, his younger brother, Chen Shining, the second son of the General's Mansion, came from the Central Plains and told me that he was poisoned and his life was in danger, and his last wish was to see me again.
At that time, my aunt had passed away half a year ago, and I had no worries, so I immediately packed my bags and went on the road with him, and before leaving, I also took away the medical book written by my mother who had devoted her life to it, which contained a record of Gu poison, and my mother was a witch doctor in the grassland.
I don't know how many days and nights passed, and when I arrived at the Dajin Kyoto General's Mansion, I was shocked by the red words and the red silk fluttering in the wind.
And he stood in front of me with a happy face, as if everything was under control, and he said to me, 'Lady, you are finally here. ’
He called me Niangzi, I understand that Niangzi is a wife to a man in the Central Plains, a person who accompanies him for a lifetime, does he also like me?
Looking at his hand stretched out to me, I was surprised, happy and annoyed, so I deliberately ignored him, but he suddenly picked me up, put on my wedding dress, and pulled me to worship.
I became his wife in a trance, and became the mistress of the Protector General's Mansion, this man is my heaven, my dependence, and during that time I was like living in a honey pot, how happy it was to be pampered by my beloved husband. ”
The white slender in front of her took a golden hairpin from her bun, put it in the palm of her hand and rubbed it gently, staring, cherishing it as if she were her own life, and her face was filled with happiness.
"I thought that he and I would be able to be happy forever in this life......" Her expression turned from happiness to sorrow, and she slowly closed her blue eyes, as if she was revealing an old scar, and the pain was unbearable.
A year later, on the night of the second brother's marriage, Shi'an drank a few more glasses of wine because he was happy, but after returning to the room, he began to vomit blood, I wanted to ask him for a doctor, but he did not agree anyway, and sought medical treatment on a happy day, which he thought was unlucky.
I cried profusely, but he comforted me: 'I'm fine, it's okay, maybe the old injury has recurred, just find a doctor to prescribe a few patches of wound medicine after today.' ’
I had no other way but to take care of him carefully, thinking that as long as I survived tonight, I would hurry up to the doctor tomorrow morning to see, Shi'an's body and bones have always been strong, and this night will be able to carry it.
But I was still wrong, and the next day Shi'an fell into a coma and never woke up.
The second brother invited all the famous doctors in Kyoto, and one by one they came with confidence, and left with a long sigh.
The general who led thousands of soldiers to defend the country, expand the territory, break the cauldron and sink the ship, and annihilate the enemy is now at such a point, not dying on the battlefield, but suddenly unconscious in his own house, for unknown reasons, can you not let Dajin sigh?
Until a famous doctor reminded us that the general was not a recurrence of an old injury, nor was he poisoned, but poisoned.
I listened to it and my heart churned, and I flipped through my mother's medical book, but I found nothing, my mother's record was relatively superficial, only a few Gu poison symptoms were recorded, but there was no solution.
Later, the second brother told me that in fact, when he went to the grassland to find me, Shi'an was indeed poisoned by Gu poison, and the emperor sent a national teacher to treat him before he could get his life back. Since then, the house has been very careful with food, clothing, housing and transportation, but I didn't expect to be on the road again.
I asked the second brother why he didn't go to ask the national teacher to drive away Gu anymore. The second brother sneered, the emperor didn't want to cure Shi'an at all, and found an excuse for the national teacher to travel away and disappear to prevaricate him.
Naturally, I will not give up and go into the palace to ask to see the queen. Since the queen is Shi'an's own sister, how can she not care about the life and death of her own brother.
I took a lot of effort to meet the queen, because I was wrong again.
The queen didn't want to see me at all.
I knelt outside the Fengluan Hall where the queen lived, and after a day and a night, I finally saw the queen covered with veil.
She told me to go back, and she would figure out a way to deal with Shi'an's affairs. Without further ado, I was asked to leave by the maid beside her.
I felt that the queen had something unspeakable, so she didn't really leave, and secretly turned over and hid on the beams of the Fengluan Palace while people were not paying attention.
A maid lifted the queen's veil and carefully wiped something on the queen's face, and from my angle I could only see the queen's back, so I moved a few steps lightly on the beam, and then I saw the terrible red marks on the peerless face, as if she had been slapped fiercely, and her cheeks were swollen.
The maid beside her was medicating her, and said in a choked voice: "Niangniang, the emperor's hands are too heavy, and that Concubine Li is even more vicious, and she will fan the flames all day long." Now the general's life and death are uncertain, and Niangniang doesn't even have anyone to rely on, so the future should be even more sad! ’
The queen smiled bitterly and pulled up her puffy face, "Ah Jin, you don't have to say more, I was listened to carefully, and I lost my life in vain, I am now in danger, I only sigh that my brother's life is miserable, my useless sister can save him once, but she has no ability to save him again." But if I give up the back seat to the Li family, and she helps me intercede with Your Majesty, with the degree of Your Majesty's favor for her, Shi'an will have a glimmer of life, Ah Jin, don't you say? ’