Chapter 2, Jin Qi
As soon as they arrived at Yuncheng, on the border between Nanban and the Dajin Dynasty, a group of soldiers stood neatly on both sides of the road and stopped Mu Rouxi's carriage.
"Phew!"
December softly brought the carriage to a halt, without startling the occupants at all.
"I wonder what happened when Your Excellency stopped our master's frame?" November 1 got out of the carriage and stood in front of the carriage, taking on a defensive stance.
"In the car, she is the daughter of Hua Chengcheng, the first beauty of the Dajin Dynasty, the third lady of the Mu family, Mu Rouxi?" The person who took the lead saluted respectfully in front of the car, and then turned his head to November Road, and his voice was clear.
Before November could answer, the curtain was lifted, and a slender jade hand reached out first. Immediately afterwards, April got out of the car and stretched out his hand to help Mu Rouxi.
No one spoke, all waiting for Mu Rouxi to get out of the car.
The days of running around made her a little tired, but being a new mother made her more gentle and beautiful. She is like a fairy who has strayed into the world, so beautiful and holy.
In a restaurant next to the street, behind a half-open window, Jin Qi held the Jinpa in his hand tightly. Without alarming anyone, he departed again, leaving only a light breeze.
"I'm Mu Rouxi, I don't know what your excellency has to teach me when you stop me?" The red brocade robe wrapped around her petite body, her hands resting on her slightly bulging belly, and her tone was indifferent.
"Our king wants to invite the young lady to sit in the house." The man had a smile on his face, his attitude was more respectful than Fang Cai, and he didn't care about Mu Rouxi's indifference at all.
Mu Rouxi flicked her sleeves and said into ice: "What if I refuse to go?" ”
There was an indescribable glint in her eyes, and a small face tensed, and she turned to leave.
"The king said, if you go, he will tell you the news of General Shen." The man hung his head and didn't look at Mu Rouxi's face anymore.
Mu Rouxi's footsteps paused, and her face was a little anxious: "Hmph! How do I know if your prince is coaxing me to play? ”
The man took out something from his arms and handed it to November, asking him to take it to Mu Rouxi: "This is what the prince asked his subordinates to give you." ”
Mu Rouxi looked at the purse from her hand, and her eyes became gloomy. She took the purse, turned around and got into the carriage: "Take the trouble to lead the way." ”
There was a strange scene on the streets of Yuncheng today, and the southwest guard carefully escorted a carriage into the southwest palace.
The Southwest Palace, which has a style that Jincheng does not have, is gentle and delicate, and the cover is similar to the forest garden. It's a pity that Mu Rouxi doesn't have the slightest appreciation now.
She got out of the carriage irritably, and hurriedly urged the leader in front of her to hurry up, and she really looked like an ant on a hot pot.
She used all her strength to play a wife who was anxious to know the whereabouts of her husband. That little look, that little expression, is simply more expressive than the singing horns I saw in April.
If it weren't for her slow walking pace and always thinking about the child in her belly, April would have been deceived by her.
Turning the winding path and passing through the beautiful rockeries, Mu Rouxi finally saw the gardens and courtyards hidden in the rockeries.
"Steward Chen, who is this?" In the garden, a woman wearing a ginger brocade dress and looking a little like Mu Rouxi suddenly stopped them.
Mu Rouxi stood still and looked at her lightly. The woman didn't know what was wrong. Maybe it was too hot that caused her to be insane, or some other reason, her eyes swept viciously over Mu Rouxi's face.
finally stopped the resentment on her slightly bulging lower abdomen: "So that's the case!" I'll just say, there haven't been any newcomers in this palace for a long time. ”
Steward Chen didn't speak, and glanced at Mu Rouxi with some apologies in his eyes. In fact, he didn't know the relationship between his own prince and this woman.
"Steward Chen, but he has to take good care of this sister! After all, it's the first happy event in the house! The jealousy in the woman's voice was about to fill the sky.
Mu Rouxi lowered her head and smiled, there are really crazy people every year, there are a lot of them this year, and everywhere you go, there are these brainless women.
When she looked up again, her eyes were fierce, a little more vicious than the woman, and she smiled: "This aunt is really joking, what is her sister?" When you scream, I'm afraid that I will lose my life. Look at those wrinkles in the corners of your eyes, I want to ask you how old you are. ”
"With this spare time here to block other people's paths, it is better to go back and take a good look in the mirror and maintain your own face."
She has not used the poisonous tongue skills practiced by Mu Yan in Northern Xinjiang for a long time. Now, it's okay to play monkey games.
The woman's face changed, blue, red, white, green and purple, so wonderful. Looking at the smiling faces of the maids around her, Mu Rouxi added another fire.
"I heard that there is a kind of beast that can change the color of its whole body, but I didn't expect this aunt to be, no wonder it blocked the way of others for no reason."
After speaking, he ignored the woman's appearance of being angry to death, and walked forward by herself.
The moment the two passed by, the woman said fiercely in Mu Rouxi's ear: "You wait, see if I don't kill you." ”
Mu Rouxi stopped suddenly, and her backhand was a slap: "Auntie, it's unlucky to die!" I'll get rid of the bad luck for you! ”
After saying that, it was another slap, which just happened to symmetrical the woman's face.
"...... you" The woman pointed at Mu Rouxi's nose and wanted to say something!
Mu Rouxi slapped her hand away, looked at her viciously, and her voice was gloomy and terrifying: "If you provoke me again, believe it or not, let me see what the real devil is?" ”
Mu Rouxi has often used such an expression and tone to scare Huang Xiao in the past few days, but now she is even more handy, so frightened that the woman fell straight to the ground, and crawled to leave.
"You wait! Wait for me to find the prince to make decisions for me, you wait! She cried and was about to crawl away, Mu Rouxi took a step forward and kicked her ass, God was saying: "You'd better hurry up and hand over to your prince, I just want to ask, is this southwest palace so unruly?" This kind of hospitality is really flattering. ”
Steward Chen hurriedly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead on the side, and didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end.
Looking at the woman's embarrassed back, Mu Rouxi finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she received a message from Amu two days ago.
I heard that Sun Ying actually ...... Thinking of the dream that made her cry many times, she was in a stomach full of anger and had nowhere to vent!
The woman bumped into herself, and she could only be said to be unlucky.
"You'd better not let me see you again next time, or I'll really see you and beat you up once." shouted again, and the woman who had just stood up was so frightened that she fell to the ground again.
"Hahaha......" A series of low laughter suddenly sounded behind him.
Sensing that someone was approaching him, Mu Rouxi turned around alertly and distanced herself from the person.
"There is really no such interesting and quirky woman as you in the world!" The man looked at Mu Rouxi with a touch of tenderness in his eyes.
Mu Rouxi also looked at him and looked at him carefully.
This man is Jin Qi, the king of the southwest, she had never been in contact with him in her previous life, but she heard King Su say a lot of things about him.
Jin Qi's mother used to be the emperor's favorite woman. I heard that the woman and Empress Taizu are from the same place, which is Xiaohe's hometown.
She appeared in the palace all of a sudden, and no one knew when she came or how she got there.
In short, the world only knows that at a golden chrysanthemum banquet, Concubine Xiangniang danced beautifully, and also attracted winter butterflies to dance.
It is said that she has a faint fragrance of flowers all year round, and she got her name Xiangfei because of this.
In addition, Concubine Xiang is also a talented girl, and the poetry from her mouth is classic and no one can surpass it, and her name is comparable to that of Queen Taizu back then.
What she praised the most was the verse she chanted for herself: After the east fence puts the wine at dusk, there is a dark fragrance in the sleeves.
Such a wonderful woman ended up in a tragic end, because she wanted the emperor to be the only favor.
When she was talking about a lifetime and a couple, she was imprisoned in the cold palace. Since then, there have been desolate and sad songs in the palace every night.
Later, she starved herself to death on a hunger strike.
Since her death, the emperor, who has been touched by true feelings, has not allowed anyone to mention her again.
Jin Qi has no mother, but because he looks like his mother, he has been the emperor's favorite prince since he was a child. This is also the reason why King Rong was the first to attack him.
The thoughts in Mu Rouxi's mind were spinning rapidly, and Jin Qi somehow smiled like a fool and asked, "Don't you salute when you see this king?" ”
"We are now in the opposing camp, you are a traitor, what am I saluting you for?" Mu Rouxi raised her chin and looked arrogant.
Jin Qi was not angry, he looked at her thin and somewhat sunken cheeks, and there was a little inexplicable distress in his tone: "After so many days of traveling, you are also tired." I'll have someone take you down and wash up first. ”
Mu Rouxi glanced at him vigilantly, and said with a little anxiety and coldness in her tone: "No need, please ask the prince to tell me the news of my husband." ”
"That man doesn't deserve to be so desperate for him! You'd better go bathe first, and when you're done, the king will come to see you. ”
I don't know what happened to Jin Qi, so his face suddenly changed, and Mu Rouxi was no longer entangled.
Obediently followed the housekeeper to a garden, which was called "Qing Garden".
Looking at the dragon flying and phoenix dancing, the two big characters that are vigorous and powerful, Mu Rouxi's eyes swelled with a touch of complexity.
Shen Muzhi's letter said that Jin Qi would not hurt her, and the reason was related to Huaihua Allure. and what Xiaohe said to her before, which still echoes in her ears.
"Mu San, although you have suffered a lot because of your mother, I still feel that you should thank your mother." At that time, Mu Rouxi had just finished seeking revenge on Mu Qingshan, Mu Yao and others, and went to the grave of Hua Chengcheng, and happened to meet Xiaohe and the nurse.
When the nurse was incense for Hua Chengcheng, Xiaohe pulled her aside and said something mysterious.
"Some people hate your mother, and some people love your mother deeply. In the end, he helped you a lot, and I was a little touched by him. ”
Mu Rouxi was immersed in her own thoughts at that time, and she didn't pay much attention to the meaning of Xiaohe's words. Now when I saw Jin Qi, I didn't know why I remembered those words for the first time.
"Ma'am, you've been soaking in the water for quite some time, it's time to get up." April's voice sounded outside the house, and Mu Rouxi was about to get up, when a figure quickly swept in.
"Hmmm! I see, you'll come back in a while. After Mu Rouxi looked at those eyes clearly, there was a touch of joy in her tone, and her tone became brisk.
"The slave will go in a quarter of an hour and change your clothes." April listened to her tone, and guessed the situation in the house, standing outside the house to watch the wind.
Mu Rouxi quickly climbed out of the bath, and before she had time to put on her clothes, she was hugged in her arms by someone who came. After hugging enough, he let her go and picked up the clothes on the side to straighten it for her.
He touched her belly, looked up and smirked and pulled the black cloth off his face and kissed her.
Hearing other footsteps outside the house, the man slid out of the window and disappeared. Although there was nothing to say throughout the whole process, the joy in Mu Rouxi's heart was unstoppable and she wanted to run out.
"The prince asked me to ask my sister, I don't know what the third lady likes to eat, but is there anything to eat?" A little maid who looked fifteen or sixteen years old stood in front of April in the palace, with a clear and ignorant light in her eyes.
April thought about it and whispered a few words in her ear, and the little maid ran away happily.
Looking at her jumping back, April put away the doubt in her eyes, pushed open the door and walked in. The maid looked a little different.
Mu Rouxi was already dressed neatly, and was holding a towel and twisting the water on her hair.
April hurriedly helped her to the bed and sat down, and took the cotton towel in her hand.
"Madam, the King of the Southwest has sent someone to inquire about your preferences!" April whispered in her ear, and Mu Rouxi didn't say much, just bowed her head slightly to indicate that she knew.
When Mu Rouxi's hair was dry, the little girl who had just come came came running again.
"Slave Qiuya has seen the third lady." The little girl knelt and kowtowed to Mu Rouxi respectfully, then raised her head to look at her, and said with some obsession on her face: "The slave maid has seen the portrait of the third lady for many years, and now she finally sees the real person." The third lady is more beautiful than a painting, and she is the most beautiful person the slave has ever seen. ”
Mu Rouxi was a little amused by her, and hurriedly asked April to give her a small handful of golden spikes.
Qiu Ya was so frightened that she hurriedly withdrew her hand and shook her head vigorously: "No, no, no, I can't take Miss's things, otherwise the prince will scold me." ”
"The prince is fierce to Qiu Ya, so he knows how to scold me." She pursed her lips a little aggrieved, looked scared, and shrank back.
Looking at her behaviors and actions that did not match her appearance, Mu Rouxi signaled April to come back, and personally helped Qiu Ya up, seeing her natural appearance. Her eyes flashed, and she asked softly, "Qiu Ya, how old are you this year?" ”
Qiu Ya thought about it for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "The doctor said that I am seven years old!" But the prince wants to say that she is sixteen years old this year, and she is a big girl. ”
After listening to her answer, Mu Rouxi's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, making it impossible to see what she was thinking.
"Ahh By the way, the prince asked the slave maid to invite the third lady to the front yard for dinner. Patting her head, Qiu Ya smiled a little silly.
"Qiu Ya, are you the prince's personal maid?" On the way, Mu Rouxi deliberately led Qiu Ya to say more, but she didn't know that Qiu Ya was mentally incomplete, but she was a chatterbox, and her mouth couldn't be closed once the gate valve was opened.
After a while, Jin Qi and her own old bottom were clearly explained.
"Yes! A few years ago, the slave was sold into the palace by the family's father. But the rest of the palace said that I was a fool and always beat me. ”
"Once I couldn't stand the beating, so I ran out as hard as I could, and somehow bumped into the prince. I was scared at the time, for fear that the prince would kill me. ”
"Who knew that the prince was a bodhisattva and left me by his side as a personal servant. Sometimes the prince looks fierce, and he will scold me and punish me. But the prince is the best person in the world for me. ”
Qiu Ya's big eyes sparkled, and her expression and movements when she spoke were very similar to Mu Rouxi when she was a child. Qiu Ya looks like Mu Rouxi.
In other words, Qiu Ya should look like the person in the portrait, like Hua Chengcheng. Mu Rouxi lowered her eyes and put away the emotions in her eyes.
"Sit!" Jin Qi just raised his head and glanced at Mu Rouxi lightly, with some annoyance in his tone.
Mu Rouxi sat opposite him, separated from him by the entire table, and her eyes were full of vigilance when she looked at him.
"You go down first." When Mu Rouxi sat down, Jin Qi waved his hand to drive people away, looking like he wanted to be alone with Mu Rouxi.
April was not at ease, and was just about to say something, when she saw Mu Rouxi's gestured eyes, and obediently followed Qiu Ya to retreat outside the door.
"I didn't mean to murder you before, I just remembered that Shen Muzhi was a little angry." After being silent for a long time, Jin Qi suddenly spoke, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
Mu Rouxi consciously ate the dishes with her eyes, looking unconcerned: "What kind of attitude the prince has towards me, Rouxi didn't take it to heart." After all, before today, we were two strangers. ”
"Nope! We are still from the hostile camp, so the prince does not have to be polite to me. ”
Mu Rouxi didn't raise her head, and put a soft lotus root stewed with chopsticks into her bowl, she just took a bite, it was really delicious.
When she returned to Jincheng, she was also stewed for her to eat.
"It's not like that! Rouxi, we are not strangers! Not even the people of the hostile camp! We should be brother and sister! Jin Qi's eyes became gentle, and he seemed to be remembering something.
"I was ten years old. At the Golden Chrysanthemum Banquet that year......"
Jin Qi has not been protected by his mother since he was a child, and he has suffered many losses in the harem, not only by his brothers. and be counted by the women who have children in the harem.
Every time he saw those brothers being protected by his mother, Jin Qi, who had been calculated, would be envious in his heart, but unfortunately, he had no mother.
At that golden chrysanthemum banquet, Jin Qi was involved in a storm of mutilating the royal heirs.
A pregnant concubine in the emperor's harem had no children, and everyone pointed out that it was Jin Qitui's person. Only Hua Tingcheng said a fair word, she gently touched her stomach, and asked those people without being salty: "You are obviously standing farther away than me, why can't I see clearly, but let you see clearly?" ”
As soon as her words came out, the people who had previously testified against him all started talking, and Hua Qingcheng crossed his waist and couldn't speak for the noble ladies who scolded him with his own strength.
Later, when the concubine woke up, she told the truth. Jin Qi was just taken out of that turmoil.
On that day, looking at the appearance of Hua Chengcheng protecting him, he experienced the warmth of his mother for the first time.
When the emperor and the queen were judging the case, Hua Chengcheng happened to go to the garden to sober up. Jin Qi took advantage of everyone's inattention and quietly followed.
He will always remember that day, next to a cluster of red chrysanthemums, Hua Qingcheng in a ginger dress smiled so gently.
"Why did you run out with it?" She turned her head to ask him, a glint of kindness in her eyes.
When he was framed and almost died, Jin Qi didn't cry. But when Hua Chengcheng asked this sentence, for the first time, he ran into her arms and cried like a child.
"Good! Shrewd! Don't cry! Know you've been wronged! Don't cry anymore. Hua Chengcheng's tone was so reassuring and warm.
Jin Qi, who stopped crying, whispered in her arms, which was a title he had never had a chance to call out.
Maybe Hua Chengcheng didn't hear it clearly, maybe she felt sorry for him, in short, she didn't say anything, but took out a piece of brocade to wipe his crying face for him.
Jin Qi secretly hid the handkerchief.
In the following months, every time he entered the palace of Hua Chengcheng, he ran to the queen's palace to ask for peace, and went to Hua Chengcheng to beg for candy.
It was the happiest day of his life.
"From that day on, in my heart, my mother is my mother, and she gave me a second life. Later, the case involved King Rong's mother and King Gong's mother, and the two of them killed each other. ”
"I overheard King Rong say that he would kill his mother. I want to protect my mother, so I want to sit in that position to protect my mother. ”
"I couldn't protect my mother, but I will definitely protect you and won't let you get hurt." When he said the last sentence, there was a scorching light in Jin Qi's eyes.
Immediately, he looked at Mu Rouxi gently and said, "Third sister, you should call me second brother." ”
Mu Rouxi didn't know how to respond to him, so she didn't speak at all, just eating the food in front of her.
Jin Qi's tone was soft enough to drown someone, and he laughed lightly: "I know this matter is too sudden for you, but you just have to rest assured." I'm not going to force you, I'm going to take it slowly. ”
Mu Rouxi sighed, looked up at him and said, "Then can you tell me the news of my husband?" ”
Hearing her mention Shen Muzhi, Jin Qi's eyes swelled with anger again, fortunately, his self-control ability has always been good, and looking at her face that was exactly the same as Hua Chengcheng, he sighed and said softly: "He is not worthy of you!" You don't think about him anymore, okay? ”
There was even a slight request in his tone, Mu Rouxi did not change, and said coldly: "Shouldn't the prince want to use a story to coax Rouxi to obey you?" Then you really think too much! I'm not a three-year-old, so I believe all sorts of nonsense. ”
"If you want to threaten my husband with me, you're really miscalculated." She was cold and ruthless, with sarcasm in her eyes.
"How are you going to trust me?" Jin Qi looked at Mu Rouxi, with some anxiety and helplessness in his eyes.
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