Chapter Eighty-Eight: Brightness and Darkness (1)
Suddenly frozen, and at the end of the song, Fang opened his lips jerkily: "Yijing Changdi Ji ......"
"Here and now, it's just you and me. Don't be so cautious. ”
I didn't look at her, I looked at the exquisite floral decorations on the window lattice, and I was calm: "There is no gentleman on the beam, and there is no eyes and ears on the partition wall." Up and down the harem of Zhongshu, you can do such things with ease, and people with such skills can't find a second person besides you. No need to cover your ears and steal the bell anymore, the song ends. ”
Dead and silent, the face of the end of the song seems to blend in the darkness, like a stone statue that can breathe. I sighed lightly and said with a light smile: "After all, we have been together day and night for nearly ten years, you can see that I am easy to get used to, and I naturally know that you suspect and even know my origins." It's strange but familiar, it's terrifying. ”
"It's just the end of the song." Finally turning my head, I finally looked at the woman beside me: "It seems that the person who overestimates the friendship between you and me is always me." How did you know that lotus seed and aloe vera soup was strange, and whether the letter that Zong Zhengxu said persuaded you according to my handwriting existed, and ...... Lan Tang and I are not good friends, but why did he stand up and die for me. Later, since you know that I am in Huru, why don't you contact me......"
"When I returned to Lianghong, at first I thought that you were separated from me because of the skin I was wearing, which reminded you of Fanjin, of the night, and of the pain of leaving your hometown five years ago. But now when I look back on the past, when I was Xiao Yuemu, how could you really treat me with your heart even for a moment? If you have never paid the truth, your heart is like a rock, and it is only because you have a mission...... After you heard the conversation between me and Wang Gushan, after confirming the true identity of Fanye Yijing, you didn't hesitate to tell Empress Lianghong to expose it without hesitation, regardless of the fact that once I was exposed, even you yourself would not be able to escape, why? ”
"How did I treat you badly, or did I never know how sorry I was for you, or did you really have something unspeakable......
"She chose me."
Suddenly interrupted me with a question, and Qu Ling's eyes were gray, like a pool of stagnant water: "If the person she chose at that time was not me, I might take advantage of the disaster of Lanbufang in the future to escape from all disputes, and be free from any restraint from now on." But ......"
"So you blame your mother for all your misfortunes? That's why you didn't report what Wang Gushan did, turned a blind eye, and watched your mother die in vain? ! ”
I suddenly got up, finished the front curve, and whispered angrily: "If you say so, if you don't recommend and prompt the queen, the queen will never set her eyes on me and my mother, and I won't have the pain of leaving my hometown and sending people under the fence!" You don't have to follow me from country to country, and you won't be able to get rid of it! If so, isn't the cause you?! ”
“…… That's your life. Replied indifferently, at the end of the song, Fang wanted to say more, but was preemptively rejected by my sneer: "For you, it's your mother's fault, and for me, it's the numerology?!" Don't you think it's ridiculous?! It's man-made, what you should hate is Zong Zhengxu? Just because you can't resist his father and son, you tie your hands and think that the road they paved is the way you must go?! I vented my resentment and resentment on my mother and me?! Stupid and pathetic! ”
A room of silence after anger. After a long time, my breathing gradually subsided, and I laughed at myself: "I really don't know how there is really a hard-hearted person like you in the world." …… Let's go. Go back to your master, or wherever you go, and have the right to break off your grievances and grievances with me over the years, and to stop the guards from rushing into the Mirror Flower Palace on the day I return you, so that I can finally say a few words to Zhufeng. ”
I looked at me in surprise without saying a word, and the end of the song only stared at me. I looked away and couldn't help but sigh: "You told the queen, although she was skeptical, but I dispelled her doubts. At this time, you are suspicious to her, and you are suspected of sowing discord. If I have a dislike with the queen because of this, whether it is the intersection between the two countries in Lianghong and the night, or her own situation in the harem of Zhongshu, it will be harmful and useless. At that point, how do you think you'll be? Will she turn to me and denounce you again, and go down the boat to exchange your death for my closeness to her? ”
"In this harem, it's too simple to make a person disappear silently." I sighed lightly and sat down, closing my eyes: "Tomorrow I will go to the queen, and I will complain to you at will, and she will naturally follow my wishes, send you to service, or send you out of the palace." After that, I believe you have your own ability to get through it. ”
“…… I don't know who the eldest emperor is going to choose to replace the slave maid? "At the end of the song, I still call me the eldest emperor. The corners of my mouth were slightly raised, and I still closed my eyes to recuperate: "That day, Yaomei was stabbed in the back of her foot, and the palace maid who followed her to serve tea with her gently helped her, and things were so smooth." Do you think that the palace maid was really scared stupid and didn't have time to react? ”
“…… Be. "Needless to say, Qu finally understood that I had designed to save the palace maid from death, so as to thank Dade for being used by me. Since I know that the song ends with two hearts, how can I sit still and guard against her. The trust between me and her has been shaky since the moment I returned to Lianghong's harem.
The next morning, I went to Yongning Palace to say goodbye, and then returned to Jinghua Palace in the afternoon, and the palace maid in charge had been replaced by Yaolu. Yao Lu was just a lowly palace maid when she was in the Xianglu Palace, and she had nothing to do with what Wang Gushan and Yao Mei did. The queen also knew that the crimes committed by the whole palace were inevitably a bit indiscriminate, so even if she saw that Yao Lu was the one who served tea that day, even if I didn't care, she turned a blind eye and didn't know what to do.
A few days later, I met Yao Lu while strolling in Maotong Garden. After he gave the salute, he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and I instructed Yaolu to look around carefully, and he was in the rockery that he recognized again.
"Teiji." Reaffirmed the safety of the surroundings, Shan Guo said: "The incident happened suddenly that day, and then many eyes watched, and Shan Guo failed to say a greeting in time." The emperor wasn't hurt that day, was she? ”
In the past few days, I have tried not to think about Zhufeng, I dare not think about Huan Ke's reaction after learning about this, and I don't want to think about what happened that day. But like a spell that can't be avoided no matter what, the queen, Concubine Min Xian, Xiao Wangshu, and Shan Guo ...... It seems that in this huge palace, everyone has to shout when they see me.
I smiled slightly bitterly and shook my head slowly, just because I didn't want to recall the bloody scene of that day, I clenched my fists apologetically, and quickly opened the topic: "Wang Ren is dead, and there is no one in the Lianghong Dynasty who can barely fight with King Hu Ru Kaiyuan." Hu Ru's offensive was already fierce, and it was even more powerful in the past few days, and a small army led by King Kaiyuan himself had arrived in Yuxiang. ”
Yuxiang ...... It was the place where I stopped on the way to the Western Wilderness with Huan Ke and Zong Zhengxu, and it was only a hundred miles away from Zhongshu.
My mouth was astringent, I pursed my lips and was silent, and said for a while: "It is the duty of the courtiers to share the worries of the emperor." You need to be more cautious when you do things in front of the emperor. General Ling Kun's side is quite improving? ”
"Yes. Although the few cities conquered were all on the border and relatively remote, they were always undefeated. The emperor was also very pleased. Shan Guo understood what I meant, and hesitated and whispered: "What does the emperor mean...... Do you want to recommend General Ling Kun to the emperor alone? ”
"Now no one in the Lianghong Dynasty dares to take Hu Ru's hot potato. General Ling Kun has not failed so far, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and may be able to compete with King Hu Ru Kaiyuan. And he is the younger brother of the queen's mother, loyal and trustworthy, so he doesn't have to worry about his relatives in power like Wang Ren. As for the Western Wilderness, the situation is much easier than Hu Ru's, and there is no need to consider the possibility of no one to fight. ”
I smiled and lowered my voice: "You only need to mention a few more words about General Ling Kun's heroic deeds with the emperor, and the emperor will naturally think about the candidate to fight against Hu Ru." In this way, even if General Ling Kun loses in the future, it has nothing to do with you, and the emperor will not blame you. ”
After answering the call, I told him a few more words before leaving from the exit of the rockery alone. The situation was urgent and severe, and I heard the news in the evening of the same day, saying that Ling Kun was ordered to return to Zhongshu from the Western Wilderness, and Xiao Xuan personally met with him, and named him the general of Zhenguo in person, and ordered Ling Kun to go south to fight Huan Ke. In the past few days, the queen has breathed a sigh of relief because she has solved Wang Gushan, and she can't help but be worried again.
The next day, when I went to Yongning Palace again, the queen told me worriedly that when Ling Kun fought with Huan Ke for the first time on behalf of Wang Ren, Huan Ke stared at Ling Kun's face, and after a long time, Fang yelled, "You must cherish it when you are alone", and then turned the horse's head and died down.
When the queen was thinking about the fear of fraud, I almost couldn't hold back my tears. In the following days, Hu Rudu only sent a small team of men and horses to confront Ling Kun, and whenever Ling Kun led the whole army to be cautiously tempted, Huan Ke would order the army to retreat. In this way, Yuxiang was once again in Lianghong's pocket.
Who cares if this is a victory without a fight. was able to recover the city from the unrivaled King Hu Ru Kaiyuan, and Ling Kun was in the limelight for a while. Xiao Xuan was overjoyed, and directly ordered Ling Kun to take the position of the secretary of Wang Ren's military department, and crowned the official and knighted the glory of the whole family, looking like the original Wang family. The only person who still has sanity to doubt this is the Queen. But facing Xiao Xun's happy face, she couldn't say anything other than thanksgiving.
The sun and the moon are like shuttles, and the copper kettle is dripping. In the blink of an eye, it's May. The armies of Lianghong and Hu Ru have been in a stalemate for several days.
In the past few days, I have only been going back and forth frequently between the concubines and palaces in the palace, and what I talked about was nothing more than praising Ling Kun for using soldiers like a god and being the pillar of the country. The queen is becoming more and more uneasy, and the morning and dusk are fixed and the concubines are talking about this matter, and she has not let go of her brows from beginning to end.
Such obviously exaggerated words, Xiao Xuan should have heard it thoroughly in the past few days. I counted the days, risked and ordered Yaolu to avoid others to find a single pass, and asked him to buy two more sugar paintings for me in Long Lane, one for ingots and one for bells.
Yao Lu replied that he was too happy to respond, and joked a few words kindly. I laughed with her on my face, but in my heart I prayed that Xiao Xianhui would understand me. Wang Ren was convicted of fabricating a letter with the same party as an accomplice, and I asked Xiao Xianhui to give a gift to the Ling Mansion, although it was a constant change, but it also touched Xiao Xian's bottom line. It's just that Xiao Xianhui should not have any gold or silver in his hands, and he still needs to contact Zong Zhengxu, and I don't know when this back and forth will have to wait.