CHAPTER XLV
I slept until I woke up naturally, Bai Xiaoqiu's words lingered in my ears last night, and I poked my head out of the quilt and looked out of the window, and saw that the sky was gray and seemed to be about to change again. If I offend the third princess, I will definitely not let me accompany me today, which is good.
Thinking about it, there was nothing to do, so I shrank my head into the quilt and continued to sleep. After sleeping for a while, I felt a little hungry, and poked my head out of the bed again, and looked at the table, which was empty and had nothing to eat. It was already past the meal, and the head slept too deeply, but I was afraid that when the palace maid came to knock on the door, no one answered, thinking that no one in the house took the food away.
Hungry and unable to sleep, he turned over and jumped out of bed, and sat alone in the room for a long time, walked to the door and craned his neck to look out, and saw a rockery not far ahead, almost next to my room.
The life in the palace that everyone envies is actually not as good as imagined, and there are few people inside and outside the huge palace all day long, so it is easy to have a leisure to stand in the courtyard to watch the fish and enjoy the flowers. A woman she saw was followed by two little girls dressed as palace maids.
The woman was dressed in a blue emerald cigarette shirt, embroidered orchids on the fabric with dark brown silk threads, her hair was tied up high, and a hollow golden hairpin was inserted diagonally in a bun, decorated with a little purple jade, and her eyes were full of spring water. He glanced at me and didn't speak. The palace maid behind her yelled at me, "Bold, the lady is here, don't hurry up and salute."
I hurriedly knelt down and said, "Say hello to the lady."
The lady stood before me and asked, "Who are you, and why did you enter this garden?" ”
I hurriedly said, "In Xia Su Feifei, I was ordered to enter the palace to accept the reward, and then I was arranged to accompany the Turkic princess to play in the palace and enjoy the flowers."
The lady lady said, "You are Mr. Su Feifei, Mr. Su, the chivalrous girl in Luoyang."
I hurriedly said, "I don't dare to be in the next place."
Concubine Niangniang smiled and said, "Look at your young age, it's amazing, you can get up."
The lady didn't say anything more, walked straight in front of me, and turned into another corridor in a blink of an eye.
I glanced at the past from behind, Concubine Niangniang, it was the same lady I had heard about a long time ago.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as I stood up straight, I saw another woman walking towards the garden from the right side, followed by a little girl. I didn't say a word, I knelt down directly with my knees bent, and said loudly, "Say hello to my mother, my mother is blessed with Jin'an."
The woman smiled and said, "Yes, get up." After finishing the road, he left directly.
It seemed that the garden could not stay, so he turned back to the yard and held the stump without moving.
In the past few days, the Turkic princess has been in a state of high tension physically and mentally, for fear that something will go wrong, even though she is extremely cautious, she is still injured, but fortunately it is not serious. The princess was angry and didn't let me accompany me, and I was happy and at ease.
But this is too leisurely, staring at the front with empty eyes, not even seeing a flying insect for a long time, and there is no trace of wind, time and the picture seem to be still, and I can't help but sigh three times.
Fourteen young people came at some point, stood silently behind me, and said, "Are you so breathless?" ”
Hurriedly turned his body around and shouted "Fourteen is good".
Fourteen Shao still had no expression on his face, and asked me, "Are you so breathless?" ”
I looked at him with inexplicable eyes, my mind racing to think about what he meant.
Fourteen Shao asked again for the third time, "Are you really so breathless?" ”
This time I understood, and replied, "It's not me, it's the princess who is too unreasonable."
The fourteenth young man's face sank, and he sighed lightly and said, "Seeing that you are thoughtful and cautious on weekdays, I didn't expect to be so willful, in the end, it was nothing, and I was already very unhappy when I made a fuss that day, and I am grateful to the seventeenth brother to help you round the field." Knowing that the Khan is not a good person this time, why do you still let them seize the handle, fortunately they will leave tomorrow."
I happily asked, "Princess, they're leaving tomorrow, is it true?" ”
Fourteen rarely saw my happy appearance, and couldn't help but smile faintly, "Are you so happy, of course it's true, seeing you like that, I can't wait for them to leave immediately."
I tilted my head to look at him and said, "I can't feel at ease with them, just talking about me, aren't you also uneasy, aren't you the same as the saints?" ”
The fourteenth young man finally smiled and said, "I won't quibble with you." After finishing speaking, he looked into the house, and said, "If there is anything to be cleaned up, hurry up and pack it up, and after lunch, we will go back."
My face sank and my face was gloomy, and I did not want to see the princess and the prince again, let alone eat with them, and I sighed softly.
Fourteen Shao saw my displeasure, and chuckled, "I was very happy just now, how can I say that I changed my face."
I cast a pleading glance at the fourteenth young man, folded my hands, and said, "The noon feast, can you not call me to go."
Fourteen Shao's eyes narrowed, and said, "It's not good if you don't go and be afraid, this is a send-off banquet."
I smiled weirdly at him and said, "Fourteen young people are talented and intelligent, you know what to say."
Fourteen Shao laughed again and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
I was so happy that I jumped up and down towards the house, and the fourteenth young man told me behind me, "Before they leave, everything must be careful and cautious, and you must not slack off."
I nodded heavily at him.
At noon, a palace maid came to bring me food, I was in a good mood and ate a lot, and I began to pick it up after eating, this time it was not as good as last time, I didn't bring so many things, I thought I would be able to rush back to Baifu on the day of the seal, but it was delayed for a few days, but fortunately I was going to leave in the afternoon.
After picking it up, I began to wait for a long time, thinking that if I had known that I had brought a book to pass the time, I wouldn't be so bored.
Lying on the bed and waiting, lying on the window and waiting, standing in the yard and waiting, holding the stump and waiting, from a piece of sunlight above his head, to the sunset in the West Mountain, I haven't seen Bai Xiaoqiu and the major generals coming, and even the Xuanqi has not seen anyone, I secretly comforted myself in my heart, it's okay, it's okay, maybe it will come in a while, after all, the Khan and the prince and princess came all the way from Mobei, and of course they have to talk about it at the banquet.
After waiting for too long, one fell asleep on the table carelessly, and I don't know how long it took, when I suddenly heard someone pushing me, and Xuan Xuan called me "Sir, sir, wake up, something is wrong."
I was startled, my head instantly cleared, and I asked "What's wrong, what's wrong, what about those brothers of yours?" ”
"They are all kneeling in the Chengyan Hall now, and they have been kneeling for a while, and the Holy One is furious, saying that they are disobeying the order."
I asked anxiously, "Why are they kneeling in the Chengyan Temple, but you should tell me."
From the description of Xuanxi, I heard a rough idea, at noon at the banquet was eating, everyone toasted each other and said polite words, after eating for a while, suddenly the second Turkic prince stepped forward, bowed in front of Emperor Jin, asked Brigadier En, gave me to him as a princess, and said what admired my bearing and talent. The scene was quiet for a while, Emperor Jin just smiled, said polite words, and said something to thank the prince for his appreciation of Huide's bachelor, if he left, it would be the loss of my Great Jin Kingdom, and so on, his words were vague, not to say yes but not to refuse on the spot, his attitude was ambiguous. The major generals sat in the audience and did not dare to speak out. In the end, the Turkic prince let out a cruel word, and this was his first and last prayer to the Holy Lord, hoping to give him a satisfactory answer. Although the khan hurriedly apologized to Emperor Jin, the child was reckless or something, and said that he would let the saint think about it carefully, hoping to agree to this family matter.
After the banquet, as soon as the Khan and his people returned to the room to rest, the major generals went to the Holy Lord to intercede with me, which made Long Yan furious.
I sat down on the stool, not expecting such a thing, anxious and a little apprehensive. The fourteenth young man had already reminded me that the Khan was not a good comer, but I didn't know how to restrain my heart, and I quarreled with the princess in the imperial garden, and almost got into a fight, how could I be so ignorant and cause trouble.
Let's not talk about anything else, just rely on the distant Mobei, where the environment is extremely bad, sandstorms will happen from time to time, the people there are rude and arrogant, and the second prince, at first glance, is a tricky person, if I follow him, I don't know what it will be like, the mountains are high and the road is far away, who will comfort me if I am wronged, in case of a catastrophe, who will care about me, I am afraid it will be difficult to go back to Luoyang after I go, let alone go back to Jizhou.
No, no, I can't go anywhere, I can't marry a Turkic prince, I can't leave the Great Jin Kingdom, I must go to stop Emperor Jin and find a way to persuade him, don't agree to this marriage. I can't think about it anymore, and I don't want to wait for me in the house anywhere, and I stumble out of the room.
Chengyan Hall is the dormitory of Emperor Jin, it is not easy to ask a palace maid to show me the way, staggered all the way to the door of the dormitory, the father-in-law guarding the door stopped me, and I was not allowed to enter the temple without the summons of the saint. I stood at the door, anxious, I heard the sound of falling things in the hall, and then I heard the roar of Emperor Jin, "You are all against each other, but you are a bachelor, it is her honor to be married, and it is also her creation, you dare to stop me from giving orders, you are all major generals, pillars of the country, good people who protect the family and defend the country, and today you are so bold, you dare to make a big fuss in the Chengyan Palace, and I have been vain for many years."
Immediately afterwards, I heard the seventeen young words "Please be gracious to the saint and take back your fate".
The major generals said in unison, "Please be gracious."
After all, I failed to enter the palace, presumably it would be in vain to enter, and it would cause the saint to lose his temper even more, in case it was self-defeating Emperor Jin and gave me to the second prince of the Turks, then there would be no room for maneuver.
When I returned to the house, Xuan Xuan was lying on the table, already asleep, I gently removed his shoes and socks, put him on the bed and covered the futon, and sat in the room by myself to ponder.
Although these two princes do not seem to be very old, according to their customs in the northwest, they are afraid that the family has already had a group of wives and concubines, and he does not admire my talent. Judging by the confrontation I had with him in front of the palace that day, he was also a man of great knowledge and deep knowledge in the city, and if the fourteenth young man competed with him, I am afraid that it would be difficult to surpass him, and it was very likely that it would be a draw. It can be seen that he doesn't really want to marry me, he must be deliberately trying to make things difficult and embarrass the saint.
The major generals here have already interceded for me, and if I intercede again, I am afraid that it will backfire, and the bell must be tied to the bell.