Chapter 56: The Past
Inner chamber, inside the bed curtain.
The woman's face was like gold paper, and her anger was like a gossamer, and she forced herself to persuade the angry man in front of the bed: "The prince wants to blame them, the concubines are not comfortable, they are just concerned, why ......"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly clutched her chest, her face tightened, as if she hadn't mentioned it in one breath, and she couldn't say it anymore.
The man's displeased expression immediately turned to worry: "The princess has a heart disease again?" Quick, go get a doctor! With that, he turned sharply to the other two young women in front of the bed, who were dressed in fine clothes, and drove them out with a few words.
The woman was a little stunned when she saw this, and she reluctantly smiled and persuaded two more words, but she didn't want to, but her throat was sweet, and she vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted directly.
Before she fell unconscious, the expression on the woman's face was a little incredible, not frightened, worried, and so on.
Inside the vermilion lacquer gate.
The woman was dressed in a complicated and exquisite palace dress, but she was facing the sky, kneeling on the bluestone slab in a regular manner, hanging her hands and looking down.
The white-bearded and white-eyebrowed old chamberlain held a yellow silk in his hand, and said with a solemn expression: "There is an edict from the saint, and I hereby hear that the second daughter of Zhongwu Bolin Wenyong is gentle and generous, and has outstanding appearance...... Given as the side concubine of King Ping...... It will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor, and the ...... will be selected for a good day."
The woman's expression did not move, and she took the yellow silk with the words "concubine body to receive the order", but she seemed to stumble when she got up.
The old chamberlain drifted away, and a girl dressed as a maid behind the woman hurriedly helped her, and whispered with a sad face: "Master, what can I do about this!" How can there be such a thing, the side actually gave a noble girl from a higher background than you, and the days to come ......"
A hint of cunning crossed the woman's eyes, and after the corners of her mouth turned up slightly in a place where no one could see, she suddenly paused and covered her chest.
After taking a deep breath, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and her tone of voice was resentful with melancholy: "Alas, the holy will has been given, what else is there to say." It's just fate......"
Kasuga, Inner Courtyard.
The woman was pale and heavily dressed, and was surrounded by all the maidservants in the garden to enjoy the flowers. Although the dress is plain to the extreme, in this flowery brocade, it shows a faint beauty to the extreme.
Suddenly, a delicate female voice came from a distance, as if she was coquettish with someone. Soon, a young woman in a red dress walked up behind the grim-faced man.
She has exquisite makeup, is dressed in palace clothes, and the ornaments on her head and body are all valuable, and she is a noble lady of a family.
As soon as the two sides looked at each other, the woman in the red dress greeted her with a smile, almost blessed: "Why is my sister enjoying the flowers here alone?" Today's flower-viewing banquet in the palace is very lively, and the mother concubine also asked about her sister, but unfortunately you are not feeling well and can't leave the house......"
There was no smile on the face of the one wrapped in a plain fox fur, she coldly glanced at the two people in front of her, as well as the hand that the woman in the red dress "inadvertently" put on her waist to cover her lower abdomen, her eyes froze, and she suddenly stood up and turned around and left, only throwing down a cold sentence: "My aunt died early, but she didn't give me a sister." ”
Even if it was far away, the laughter behind him still echoed in the air for a long time.
That night, when the man came to explain, the woman only sneered: "Congratulations to the prince for getting his wish." ”
Mountains.
Two young women in Taoist robes whispered.
The round face said worriedly: "Master, did you really throw the door panel on the prince's face like this?" ”
The other said lightly: "Yes." Isn't it possible? ”
The round-faced woman hurriedly said: "This can't be helped, presumably the prince still has a master in his heart, why are you so stubborn?" Do you really plan to spend the rest of your life here recuperating? ”
The one who was questioned smiled slightly: "It's not good, but it's not bad if it's true." ”
The round-faced woman was even more anxious: "The one who has given birth to the eldest son for the prince is just full of ambition, if you don't cheer up again, I'm afraid of ......"
"Divorce me? Don't be afraid, he won't. ”
After changing the scene several times, it suddenly jumped into a snowy night.
There was a charcoal pot burning in the house, but the warmth it emanated was too faint to fight against the cold winter in the mountains.
The woman shrunk on the kang, wrapped in a thick quilt, like a polar bear, but she was writing something on the desk with great interest.
Suddenly, the window sash creaked, and a dark shadow jumped in with the fierce cold wind and rolled up the snow particles, but it landed silently. If it weren't for the cold air that came in, the woman who was concentrating on writing would never have noticed that someone had come.
She raised her eyes, immediately raised her eyebrows, and said impatiently: "I said that I won't go back, what are you doing here?" ”
As soon as she said this, she stroked her chest again.
The visitor said, "What would you do if you knew that something was about to happen, which would be extremely beneficial to you, but would cause great harm to the people around you?" ”
The woman was not interested, so she didn't ask rhetorically: "What would you do if you knew in advance all the things in your future, both good and bad, but you were powerless to change at all, and as long as you made a move that was inconsistent with the plan, you would be punished by fate?" ”
The two looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly laughed in unison, just like the candle that burst next to them.
Extremely luxuriously decorated in a horse-drawn carriage.
It's a pity that the mountain road is rugged, and even such a carriage can't move forward smoothly, shaking the faces of the people in the car are blue and white.
It was still the round-faced woman, but the sorrow on her face was replaced by joy.
"Master, you should have gone back a long time ago, at least for the New Year. You're not in the house, I'm afraid you're going to be called the king by a monkey~" After a pause, she said hurriedly: "I'm going back, why do you still read these Taoist scriptures?" And this robe, no, you have to change it quickly, what will it look like when you go back! ”
The woman who was robbed of the book in her hand smiled helplessly, and sighed slightly: "If you don't read it at this time, I'm afraid that I won't have a chance in the future." ”
The round-faced woman pouted, "It's good if you don't have a chance." Your temperament is really, the prince personally came to invite you a few years ago, and you refused to let go, but now you have changed your mind~"
"Hey, you don't understand, some things are predestined and can't be changed."
The master and servant were arguing painlessly, when suddenly they heard a terrible neighing of the horse, and after the carriage was shaken hard, it began to accelerate and gallop wildly.
The expression of the woman wrapped in the fox robe changed, a trace of deep helplessness and sorrow flashed in her eyes, and her lips moved slightly and said "I'm sorry" to the round-faced woman, who was pushed off the carriage by her hand before she could react.
In an instant, the mad horse galloped with the people in the carriage to a cliff.
A frightened female voice came from behind herself: "No-"
But the people in the carriage just closed their eyes silently, as if they were already familiar with the coming fate.
Pei Bao'er was sweating profusely and tried to struggle out of the water mirror, but she felt like she was trapped in a huge transparent jellyfish, and no matter how she danced, she couldn't find the point to break free.
"Let me out—" she cried out silently.
Those flashing fragments are like small puzzle pieces, slowly piecing together a person's past, which is not someone else, it is herself.
Pei Baoer felt that she was about to run out of breath.
Under the cliff, the head of the carriage was bleeding and dying.
She thought this was the end, but the fast-changing scene didn't stop, and after a few moments, she jumped to another scene.
A scene that was more familiar to her.
Dusty buildings, small rooms in all directions, children with innocent or indifferent expressions, old clothes washed to fade and patched, and a woman in a black dress with a solemn expression and deep nasolabial folds.
It's the dean!
Pei Bao'er almost screamed.
A cry of wow came out, and the woman in the black dress frowned and picked up a small swaddling cloth at the door. Inside is a baby who has not yet shed its vernix and has red skin, but he can already see his eyebrows and eyes, and he will probably be a handsome person in the future.
"How can such a good-looking child bear to be thrown here? It can't be some genetic disease, right? The woman muttered to herself.
But the woman took a closer look and found that it turned out that there was a red mark on the forehead covered by the swaddling edge and thick fetal hair, which was three points deeper than the red brought out of the ordinary newborn fetus, and the area was not small, covering almost half of the forehead of the little baby.
"It turned out to be for this, alas~"
Soon, the baby grew up, and for as long as she can remember, she has had thick bangs, the kind that almost covered her eyes. Even if she was laughed at behind her back by other children and classmates, saying that she was too gloomy and ugly, she could only pretend that she didn't hear it.
After that, Pei Baoer doesn't have to look at it anymore. Because, those are the most memorable past events she has ever experienced.
She closed her eyes, and crystal tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, and instantly blended into the surrounding "water mirrors", without a trace.
She didn't understand why that was the case. The so-called end is not the end, and the beginning is not the real beginning. Who is she, Pei Shu? Pei Baoer? Or is it all her?
An old and tired voice came from a distance, but the voice was faint, as if it was cut off by the transparent thing that wrapped her, and Pei Baoer couldn't hear it clearly. But she had a gut feeling that the voice seemed to be guiding her out of here.
She shuddered and opened her eyes, wondering whether to follow the direction of the voice.
At this moment, she saw that the water mirror was still like Fang Cai, automatically changing the life scene with her as the protagonist.
This scene is that she is working, and then, there is an accident in the laboratory, and she is overwhelmed by the heavy equipment, which happens to hit her head. Then, there are countless days of sleep in the white wards.
I don't know how long it took, half a year, a year, or more, one day she woke up, but she was found to be pregnant during a physical examination before being discharged from the hospital.
Pei Baoer's heartbeat almost stopped filming.
Why? Why is she unimpressed by all this? Was it really something that had ever happened to her?
The hand she was about to stretch out slowly put down, and she no longer struggled, just quietly watching the joys, sorrows, and joys of "herself".
After learning the results of the medical examination, "she" was incredulous, and then, "she" remembered the last time she saw the man, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
How is this possible?
But that's what happened.
"She" seemed to have accepted the reality, and after a few days of consideration, "she" began to go for regular prenatal checkups, changed into bloated maternity dresses, nurse shoes, no more makeup, and with a generous compensation, officially quit the job where she had been suspended for as long as she had been lying down.
Before the due date, "she" fell at home, the amniotic water broke and she was about to give birth prematurely, "she" struggled to take a taxi to the hospital, but the accident was not a one-way trip, and the taxi had a car accident. "She" was tormented by the double pain coming from the outside and inside of her body, and just as "she" was in a drowsy consciousness, "she" seemed to hear someone singing something in her ear, just like the tired and distant voice she heard in this strange space at this moment.
As if it was predestined, when "she" opened her eyes again, she became her, and she became the "she" before. The severed hand bodhisattva on the top of his head has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, looking down on the beings under the seat, compassionate and indifferent. The wheel of fate turns back to square one, like the Crystal Slipper spell that refreshes at midnight.
Pei Bao'er looked numb, and she didn't know what to say. After a long time, he gently pulled the corners of his mouth and evoked a helpless smile.
So, she's back to square one.