Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Incense Soul Has Dispersed
"Qiaoqiao, what's going on outside?" Concubine Mei came out of the hall and asked.
Chen Qiao shook his head and replied with a smile: "It's okay, Niangniang, it's just that a little eunuch passed by and accidentally knocked over the servant's basin and disturbed Niangniang." β
Concubine Mei said gently: "It's okay, it's that the palace is not good, it has fallen out of favor, dragged down the people of the entire palace, and caused you to be bullied." After speaking, Concubine Mei hid her face and wept and sighed.
Chen Qiao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, what did you say?" The slave is your person, and if you say anything about dragging it down or not, just now he was just bumped into by a little eunuch who didn't have long eyes, and the slave scolded him. β
At this time, Ming Shen outside the door heard Chen Qiao say that he was a eunuch, he was angry and funny, he didn't know what to say, the corners of his mouth twitched for a while, and he couldn't make a correct expression, so he had to throw off his sleeves and leave.
After finishing the work, when he returned to Yang Guifei's palace, he bowed deeply and said: "Guifei Niangniang, what you entrusted the slaves to do, the minions have all been done, and the dance costumes have been sent to your dormitory." β
"Okay, very good," Yang Guifei squinted her Danfeng eyes slightly, peeled a moist lychee and put it in her mouth, chewed it for a while, spit out the core, she wiped her lips lightly, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's my godson, and doing things is neat, I want to see if Concubine Mei's amazing dance is great, or my neon dress and feather dance is better......"
At night, Emperor Tang Ming saw that the moonlight was very good, so he remembered that Concubine Mei had danced under the moon, like a fairy. He thought to himself that he might not have seen Concubine Mei for a long time, and was about to go to her palace, when Yang Guifei sent someone to say, saying that he had a new dance costume and wanted to invite His Majesty to enjoy it.
When Emperor Tang Ming heard this, he politely refused: "I said that I would go to Concubine Mei today, you have no jokes, you go back and tell Concubine Gui that tomorrow, I will go to her palace again." β
"This ......" The maid looked embarrassed, and asked the emperor to go over because the concubine was determined to win, but she didn't expect the emperor to be so interested today that he would refuse the concubine.
"What? Can't I call you? Emperor Tang Ming was already dissatisfied with some of Yang Guifei's arbitrariness and arrogance, and when he saw the palace maid replying, he pushed and shoved, and the happiness in his heart suddenly disappeared.
"Yes, the minion will reply." Seeing that Long Yan was slightly angry, the maid was immediately frightened and trembled, and quickly ran away.
At this time, Concubine Mei also received news that the emperor was coming.
"Qiaoqiao, the emperor wants to see my amazing dance, you can help me get my clothes." The joy in Concubine Mei's heart can't be hidden.
Seeing this, Chen Qiao couldn't help but smile and said, "Niangniang, who said some time ago that you won't see the emperor again?" β
"You stinky girl, you have a bad mouth, I really spoil you." Concubine Mei feigned anger and said, "Why don't you help this palace find the clothes." β
"Yes." Chen Qiao was also happy in his heart, and was busy changing clothes for Concubine Mei.
When the emperor arrived, she had been standing under the moon and waiting for a long time.
"Aifei, it's so cold, why don't you go into the house and wait for me?" Emperor Tang Ming saw that Concubine Mei was thinly dressed, and stepped forward to hold her cold hand, feeling a little distressed.
"The concubines miss the emperor tightly, and they don't feel cold." Concubine Mei said with tears in her eyes, "The emperor has really not been here for a long time......"
"It's not good for me, because of the matter of the concubine, I always snubbed you, and I ...... in the future"
Before he finished speaking, a eunuch came to report in a panic.
"Report ...... Report to the emperor! β
Emperor Tang Ming glanced at him coldly and said, "I talked to Concubine Mei well, but I interrupted you, I really don't understand the rules......"
The little eunuch knelt on the ground and said, "The slave should die, the slave should die...... But the emperor, the concubine said, if you don't go, she will ask for death. β
"Is she threatening me?" Emperor Tang Ming was very dissatisfied with Yang Yuhuan's ignorance, "You can rest assured, the concubine cherishes life and can't die." β
"Ann...... Lord An is also waiting for you in the Imperial Concubine Palace......" the little eunuch said.
"Huh?" Tang Minghuang raised his eyebrows, "What is he here for?" β
"Say yes, if you tell you."
After hearing this, Chen Qiao's face suddenly turned cold, and he said regardless of the occasion and identity: "It's a big night, why is Lord An in the palace of the concubine?" Is there something important to discuss tomorrow? β
Concubine Mei was also silent, although she had no quarrel with the world, she knew the correspondence between An Lushan and Yang Guifei, and they were bent on herself, and she was also clear in her heart.
Emperor Tang Ming glanced at Chen Qiao and was a little surprised: "Unexpectedly, there is a tough maid next to Concubine Ai......"
Chen Qiao also looked at Emperor Tang Ming, put down his shelf with some weakness, and didn't speak anymore.
After thinking for a moment, Emperor Tang Ming still said: "I still go to the palace of the concubine to have a look, this dance, I will come to see it tomorrow, and the concubine will help me remember it first, okay?" β
He knew that she would not refuse him.
"Yes......" A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Concubine Mei's mouth, and she bowed, "Concubine, send the emperor ......"
Chen Qiao looked at the back of Emperor Tang Ming's departure and sighed deeply.
ββYang Guifei in the palace
"What the hell is the matter with you?" Tang Minghuang said impatiently.
Yang Guifei saw that the emperor was upset, so she restrained her arrogance a little, and said coquettishly: "Do you have to ask the emperor to come up like this, and the emperor is willing to come?" The concubine has also prepared a dance for you to see. β
When Tang Minghuang saw her like this, his temper disappeared a lot, and he asked, "He Wu?" Show me......"
"Yes!" Yang Guifei was secretly happy, and then turned her back to look at the depths.
Shen Shen understood and immediately released a white mist, creating a dreamlike stage scene, Yang Yuhuan wore a gorgeous neon dress and feather coat, and slowly appeared on the stage. As soon as the water sleeves flew, they merged with the mist, and then waved, and became a fairy cloud, the skirt mopped the floor, rotated, like a flower blooming, Yang Yuhuan looked at Tang Minghuang, the corners of his mouth were full of charming smiles, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of style, some of which were different from the background of this fairy spirit, but they had a different charm.
Emperor Tang Minghuang was stunned unconsciously.
The mist released from the depths of the darkness had the effect of psychedelic hypnosis, so he took advantage of this and said to Tang Minghuang: "Godfather, is it good-looking?" β
"Beautiful...... It's beautiful. "Emperor Tang Ming was fascinated.
"Then Concubine Mei, don't go again......"
"Good ......"
Seeing this, Shen Shen realized that the task had been completed, and the senior brother would never fall in love with that woman again, so that night, he withdrew from An Lushan's body and returned to his hometown.
The scenery in the peach blossom forest is changing every year, only an old man will stand in the same place, waiting for him to return, and he gradually takes seeing her as a habit, every time he goes back, there will always be an inexplicable expectation.
"Female teacher......" Shen Shen said softly.
Chen Qiao turned his head slightly and said, "Coming?" β
"Well," Shen Shen nodded, "Senior Brother won't be bewitched by that woman anymore." β
When Chen Qiao heard this, he smiled sarcastically: "In this life, your senior brother is really planted in your hands." β
"The female teacher's words are wrong, why would I hurt my senior brother......" Shen Shen didn't think it was wrong.
"Where is the right and wrong in this world, where is absolute, you are so stubborn and unwilling to be flexible, one day, you will suffer a big loss......" A cold light flashed in Chen Qiao's eyes, "Look at it." β
After speaking, Chen Qiao turned around and left.
Shen Shen hurriedly called out to her: "Master Girl, where are you going?" β
"It has nothing to do with you, it's just ......" Chen Qiao reached out and took a petal and said softly, "I'll never come back." β
There was a panic in his heart, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't shout, and could only watch her go without looking back. He slowly recalled their first encounter:
"What's your name?" Shen Shen asked.
"My name is Chen Qiao, but you can't call me by my name, I am the teacher of the Jade Emperor, a demigod who knows the past and present, you have to call me a female teacher." Chen Qiao said proudly.
"Then why are you a human?" Shen Shen asked.
"You, the god of creation, aren't you also a human body!" Chen Qiao pouted, ready to leave.
"Lady Teacher, where are you going?"
"It's not about you!" Chen Qiao grimaced at him, took Senior Brother Shenshen's hand, and shook it away.
Unexpectedly, this time she said the same thing, smiled bitterly, and a clear tear flowed in her red pupils.
The next day, Emperor Tang Ming did not go to Shangyang Palace, but sent someone to send a pearl to Concubine Mei, at this time, Concubine Mei was seriously ill.
When she saw the round and bright pearls, Concubine Mei did not react, she gently put those pearls upside down on the table, watching them roll around "da-da", she remembered that when she first entered the palace, Emperor Tang Ming had promised her that every time she thought about her, she would send someone to send a pearl, and these years of thoughts, worries and resentment, not to mention this pearl? Concubine Mei felt a little funny, and looked down at Yu Jue, who had been with her for many years, and the jade Jue gradually saw bloodshots, thinking that her life would be short.
Later, she was slowly forgotten by Emperor Tang Ming.
Many years later, An Lushan intended to rebel and launched the Anshi Rebellion, on June 13, the first year of De, at dawn, Xuanzong only ran away from Yanqiu Gate with Yang Guifei's sisters, princes, concubines, imperial grandsons, Yang Guozhong, Wei Jiansu, Wei Fangjin, Chen Xuanli and close eunuchs and palace people. The concubines, lords, and grandsons who were outside, including Concubine Mei who was trapped in the cold palace, were all abandoned. On this day, all the officials did not know that the emperor had fled. Later, in order to appease his subjects, Emperor Tang Ming gave Yang Guifei to death, and at that time, he was already fifty or sixty years old. When he recalled all the things back then, he didn't quite remember when he fell in love with Yang Guifei, and he didn't know when he forgot Concubine Mei.
One day, Concubine Mei gave a dream to the emperor, and Concubine Mei said: "When Your Majesty fled, I died at the hands of the rebels, and there were people who took pity on me and buried me under the plum tree on the east side of the pond." Finally, under the plum tree by the hot spring pool, the body of Concubine Mei was found, wrapped in a brocade mattress, and piled with almost three feet of soil on top. Inspect Concubine Mei's body with knife marks under her ribs. Tang Xuanzong cried loudly and was buried with a concubine ceremony. He also ordered people to plant all kinds of plum trees around her cemetery, and wrote a memorial message for her with his own hands.
And Concubine Mei's piece of jade, there is no trace, but on the day of the funeral, there was thunder in the sky, but there was no rain, and this phenomenon lasted for several days until the end of the funeral.
Si people are no more, the incense soul has been dispersed, hated in this life, and even more in the next life.