Chapter 111: Self-Knowledge
In Bo Yan's daze, the palace people had quickly set up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Bo Yan had to get up and come to the bookcase.
The Empress of the Western Jin Dynasty poured a cup of tea, sat on the side and looked at Bo Yan leisurely: "Don't worry, just draw two pictures as you like." ”
Bo Yan lowered his eyes, turned the brush in his hand, smiled secretly, and saw the queen's expression now, he could be sure that leaving himself to paint patterns was just a pretense, she ......
A bulletin came from outside, interrupting Bo Yan's thoughts.
"Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is outside the palace."
Bo Yan was stunned for a moment, and the action of holding the pen paused, and he raised his head involuntarily, prince? Jin'an?
The queen took in Bo Yan's expression with satisfaction, straightened her clothes and got up: "Look at it, but it's a coincidence, why did he come, it's just that the two of you are not married after all, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to meet in private, so let's do it, you draw tricks in the inner room, and the palace will say a few words to Si Nian, and you will leave when he leaves, how about it?" ”
Bo Yan raised his eyebrows, no wonder, it turned out that he called himself because of this.
Bo Yan smiled and nodded: "Everything is arranged by the queen." While saying that he picked up the paintbrush and solemnly began to paint, since he already knew the queen's purpose, he didn't panic.
The queen smiled lightly and nodded, and said to the outside, "Let him in." As he spoke, he greeted him out.
Although Bo Yan is now in the northwest corner of the inner hall, although it is not far from the outside, there is a screen in front of it, and people can't see the situation inside at all, so naturally they don't know the existence of Bo Yan.
As soon as Jin An entered the door, he saw the queen sitting in the outer room dignifiedly, so he stood in the middle of the field and bowed: "Queen Mother." ”
The queen looked pampered and beckoned to Jin'an: "Come and sit." ”
Jin An sat down at the bottom: "The queen mother called me here, but there is something wrong?" ”
The queen was stunned and smiled awkwardly.
In the inner room, Bo Yan was concentrating on sketching the pattern, distracted to listen to the movement outside, and couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and shook his head.
Outside
The queen smiled: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and you don't come to see the queen mother." ”
Jin An said: "Recently, I have been busy with official business, and the wedding date is approaching, so there are many things to prepare. ”
The queen groaned: "Yes, now that Princess Jingyang has also arrived in the Western Jin Dynasty, it is true that the wedding date is approaching, but you must also pay attention to your body, just give orders for some things, and do it yourself everywhere." ”
The queen is just concerned, but it said to Jin An's heart, since the news of the marriage was confirmed, Jin An began to prepare for the wedding, the prince of Jin An, many things can be solved by moving his mouth, but Jin An wants to go into battle in person, and strive for everything to be perfect, this time of busy running is for this wedding, and he is indeed a little tired in the past few days.
Jin An lowered his eyes, in recent days, somehow, he can always think of the scene of the first time with Bo Yan, that is the Jiahe Emperor's post-sealing ceremony, the first time I saw that day was really amazing, the post-sealing ceremony was also really spectacular, Jin'an intuition did not want to lose to Jiahe Emperor, that was the post-sealing ceremony, the pomp was naturally not comparable, but he also had to be attentive to it, so he did everything personally, and even the dragon and phoenix candles of the day in the cave room were personally painted to find someone to customize.
There were a thousand turns in his heart, but Jin An just hummed and said: "This is a marriage between the two countries, don't be sloppy, rest assured, the sons and daughters are measured." ”
Jin Anxin knew that the queen had a bad impression of Bo Yan and was dissatisfied with this marriage, so she naturally wouldn't say what she really thought in her heart, lest the queen feel that Bo Yan was "blushing and ruined", so she only said it was for the overall situation.
In the inner room, Bo Yan lowered his eyes and held on to the brush, and his mouth was curled, ...... For the sake of the marriage of the two countries, is it ......
The queen nodded and said: "The wedding is scheduled for seven days later, and two days ago, Qiu Ran came with the news, saying that he was rushing back from the northwest, and it seems that he should be able to catch up with the ceremony." ”
Jin An: "Is her northwest matter dealt with?" ”
Queen: "I think it's been dealt with, I told your father the emperor when she returned to Beijing this time, and asked him to transfer Qiu Ran to a closer position, so that he doesn't have to travel far, what does a girl always look like when she goes to the northwest." ”
Jin An smiled: "Old General Bai should be very pleased, now that he is older, he is more and more reluctant to let Xiaobai leave, a few days ago he also told me to let me intercede with my father, the queen mother is earlier than me, and when Xiaobai comes back, I will go to my father and say that it should be no problem." ”
Bo Yan absentmindedly sketched the peony on the paper, well, Xiaobai...... Well, autumn dyeing...... Wait a minute! White autumn dyeing!
Bo Yan was stunned, his hand was deflated, and the red paint blurred on the paper was a big piece.
It's just that these Bo Yan didn't care about it at all, and there were only these three words left in his mind, "Bai Qiuran", the wife of Jin'an's last Ming Media who was marrying, a female general who was famous in Kyushu, although she had already been prepared for the realization, but when she suddenly heard her name, she couldn't help but feel uncertain.
"Qiu Ran is now eighteen years old, and he hasn't married yet, so General Bai is naturally anxious," the queen said, and then added as if unintentionally: "I asked you to choose one person to marry earlier, and I heard Bai Li Yu say that you think Qiu Ran is okay, you two have grown up together since childhood, and they are familiar with each other." ”
Jin An raised his eyebrows, he hadn't said this, he still remembered the last time Baili Gardenia handed him the roster on the order of his mother, he didn't say anything, but he heard that the queen mother saw Bai Qiuran, and I thought it was Baili Gardenia who said nonsense in order to make a deal with the same mother.
Thinking like this, in line with the idea of not demolishing Baili Gardenia, Jin An did not deny it, but compromised: "Fate is all determined by heaven, and Xiaobai will help her find a wishful husband when she returns to Beijing this time." ”
These words were originally prevaricating, but they had a different meaning in the ears of the queen and Bo Yan, both of them felt that Bai Qiuran and Jin An were a couple, and after listening to this preconceived idea, it made people feel that there was no denial that was affirmed, Jin An was affectionate to Bai Qiuran, but because of the marriage between the two countries, he had to cut off this marriage, which was quite a sigh.
The queen sighed, only feeling pity.
And Bo Yan is even worse, she sees all kinds of Bai Qiuran and Jin'an in the previous life clearly, and now it seems that Jin'an is also affectionate to Bai Qiuran, so she is a dove occupying the magpie's nest, and she forcibly broke up a fateful marriage.
Suddenly, Bo Yan's heart was depressed, and his paintings became more and more unshapely.
"This palace is now old, and I can always remember the scene when you were playing together, who would have thought that the little girl who ran behind you back then has now become a female general, and the women don't let the eyebrows go, it's really amazing." The queen narrowed her eyes and fell into the memory.
Jin An smiled and said: "Yes, she used to only call her brother behind her son, but now she can even go to the battlefield with me, I remember that three years ago, Ling Yuguan was victorious, or she led the troops to break off for me, I didn't expect that one day she would be able to fight side by side with me." ”
Listening to Jin An's smiling voice, Bo Yan's heart couldn't say what it felt, they grew up together since childhood, and they had the friendship of fighting side by side, compared to them, what can he and Jin An be worth.
The queen nodded with satisfaction, thought for a moment, and said in a half-joking tone: "Qiu Ran's child is a distant relative of the palace, and he grew up in the palace, his nature is pure and different, and there is the old general Bai behind him as support, the palace originally wanted the two of you to kiss and kiss, as a general, how many people dare to marry her, if you really can't get married, you will take her." ”
Jin An lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, although it was a joke, but what the queen mother said was serious, she understood in her heart, Jin An instinctively wanted to refuse, raised her eyes, and suddenly saw that the time had passed noon, thinking that this morning she had arranged for her to be filled with orchids in the residence prepared for Bo Yan, and she remembered that in the Changning Palace of Zhao Kingdom, the outside was full of orchids, and it was too late to plant now, so it should be the same to change to a potted plant, and I remembered in a trance that Pei Yao once said, compared to incense, Bo Rouge loves the clear and natural atmosphere of this bluegrass even more.
Thinking like this, Jin An's words of refusal came to his lips and went on, he understood the queen's personality, if she said the words of refusal, she would definitely want to convince herself at length, then she would be able to get out of it in a moment, for the sake of her ears to be less tortured, it is better not to be so straightforward, and she still wants to go home soon.
Thinking like this, Jin An thought for a moment and said with a smile: "The queen mother should ask Xiaobai, marriage must always seek the consent of others." ”
Jin An has his own plans, he and Bai Qiuran have always been brother and sister, there is no side, he thinks that Bai Qiuran is the same for himself, how can the people who beat together in the barracks have any personal feelings, the tone makes him listen to the mother's nagging, it is better to let the queen mother ask Bai Qiuran, Xiaobai refused, and the queen mother has nothing to say, so, the best of both worlds.
The queen raised her eyebrows, and her eyes lit up: "Really? ”
Jin An tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Naturally, take it seriously." "I'm sure of myself, Bai Qiuran won't agree.
Bo Yan looked at the peony in a mess under the pen, his heart sank to the bottom, put down the pen, silently clenched the paper into a ball, his fingertips were white because of the force, and the five flavors of mixed aging turned into a light sigh: Sure enough, he is indeed ruining his marriage, if he does not have himself, according to the trajectory of the previous life, the current Jin'an should happily embrace the beauty, instead of being sympathized by the people of Kyushu because he married himself.
The reason why the queen called herself today is to let herself clearly understand what Jin'an meant, although the marriage is for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries, but Jin'an's selfishness still has to be seen clearly, so as not to have any illusions.
People, the most important thing is to have self-knowledge......
Bo Yan smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, stuffed the paper ball into his cuffs, re-laid a piece of rice paper, and took up the pen to paint again...... I have never reported any expectations, but I can't help but feel heartache when the truth is in front of me, but this is ...... It's also good......