Chapter Twenty-Six: The Phoenix Eyes
Li Shushen was in a trance, and unconsciously walked to Chuntang Garden.
The begonia flowers blooming on the trees are bright and full, trembling, fluttering, fragrant, and intoxicating. Shushen likes begonias, but not just like its patterns, but begonias have a graceful and luxurious temperament since ancient times, it is not like the peony standing the king of flowers, nor is it as delicate as roses, but has its unique color. That's what she loves.
Shushen walked to the flower, wanting to pick one and play with it in her hand, but she didn't want a breeze to blow and the petals drift through her hand. She smiled slightly, but gave up.
There is a guqin in the Flower Moon Pavilion in the Chuntang Garden. Shushen is very familiar. It was a few days ago, and she ordered someone to put it there.
Suddenly, she seemed to see her figure flicking the strings standing in front of her, and the person opposite looked at her affectionately with a light smile. That was a long time ago, and it doesn't seem to be long. Just a few days ago, she was playing the piano with Chu Luohua, but now, she is the only one left.
Li Shushen stepped forward and sat alone in the Chuntang Garden and stroked the strings, the sound of the piano was melodious, both rising and frustrating, deep, tactful and passionate. Shu Shenyu's hand was light, and she saw her slender jade fingers playing quickly on the strings, the moonlight was like light, and the sound of the piano echoed in the bleak place. After the song "Lovesick Fu", Li Shushen had tears in the corners of her eyes.
Slow singing and dancing and condensing silk bamboo, the king does not see enough.
But her king never wanted to keep his eyes on her.
Thinking like this, Shushen almost burst into tears.
"This song should only exist in the sky, how many times can I hear it in the world."
The moment a familiar voice sounded behind her, Li Shushen almost suspected that it was her own delusion, and the moment she turned around to see Chu Luo, tears burst into tears.
She looked behind her and saw dozens of people standing behind the emperor, Cheng Dehai and He Sheng were standing on both sides with their hands tied. She couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that she was so obsessed that she didn't even hear such a big movement.
She leaned down to greet the emperor, but the tears in the corners of her eyes were difficult to contain.
At this moment, Li Shushen was extremely grateful for the long night, because of this, he couldn't see the tears in the corners of her eyes, she was always smiling and graceful in front of him, and this was enough.
Chu Luo stepped forward to support Shu Shen and said with a smile, "The queen played that song really well. ”
Shushen quietly reached out to touch the tears on her cheeks, and said calmly as usual, "The concubine just played at random, and I didn't see the emperor come up." ”
When she said this, Chu Luo found that there were tears in the corners of her eyes, and when she looked around, she saw that there was no palace person around the queen, thinking that she must have suffered some grievances, and her tone involuntarily increased a little, "The palace people in this Fengluan Palace are really more and more ignorant of the rules, how can the queen be left alone to sit here at night, it really deserves to be punished!" ”
Shushen changed color when she heard this, and said with dignity, "The emperor misunderstood, it was the concubine who wanted to come alone to relax, so he sent the palace people back......"
When Chu Luo heard this, his face softened slightly, he pondered for a moment, and smiled warmly, "If the queen has any troubles, it is better to tell me about it." ”
Shushen's heart trembled, looking at the palace people standing around, and suddenly thought that this Chuntang Garden was the only way to go from Mingde Palace to Chonghua Palace, and her heart was already clear, so she owed, "What can the concubine worry about?" It's just because life in the palace is too boring, so I want to come out and relax. After finishing speaking, she glanced at the Ming Huanglong carried by the four of them, and the corners of her mouth reluctantly pulled a smile, "The emperor is going to the palace of the virtuous concubine, right?" The concubines still don't bother the emperor. ”
Chu Luo's eyes were deep, thinking about today's fact that he ordered Zhong Yuxiu to replace the queen, it must have provoked everyone's criticism, and at this time, seeing the queen alone here stroking the qin, he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he waved his hand and retreated from everyone, and said in a deep voice, "The queen is dancing for Zhong Meiren?" ”
Shu Shen's eyes were shocked, and she smiled instead, "How can a concubine worry about such a trivial matter?" Sister Zhong danced very well, and was appreciated by the Queen Mother, and it was no better to perform at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and the concubines were really happy for her. ”
Before the words fell, Chu Luo had already heard the strangeness in her words.
After all, they are a young couple, although the two have been very close since they got married, but after living together for so many years, Chu Luo still knows Li Shushen. She is like this now, it really doesn't look like she is sincerely congratulating.
He took her hand and sighed lightly, "You are the queen, you have to do something that is in line with your identity, I know that you also want to make the Empress Dowager smile, but if you play this kind of thing in the hall, you should leave it to others to do." ”
She chuckled for a moment. Chu Luo told her that she was the queen and wanted to do things that were in line with her identity, and the queen mother told her the same. So since she is the queen, what should she do? Do take into account the overall situation, persuade the emperor to rain and dew evenly, so as to give up his children's private affairs. In the past seven years, has there been a day when she hasn't done this? When they were in the palace, they praised Princess Lin'an for her beauty and wisdom, and her diligence and thrift; After entering the palace, the world said that the queen was virtuous and virtuous, and she was a model of a virtuous queen, was this what she wanted? The face is glorious, but the back is lonely. Why doesn't she want to be a woman like Shen Changan? has the sincerity of his sweetheart.,Immersed in the love of only one person all day long.。
But she couldn't, just because she was born to be the daughter of the royal family, and she wanted to be the queen. So from the beginning, it was destined that she would never become Shen Changan.
At this moment, decades of kindness and hatred came to her heart in an instant, and she was only so heavy that she couldn't breathe.
Chu Luo saw that the sadness between her eyebrows was getting heavier and heavier, and he couldn't help but lose his voice and call her.
"Prudent ......"
He called her out of the heavy memories of the past.
She stared at him, the same beautiful outline between his eyebrows. It's just for the sake of the person in front of her, she admits it, even if she is called to death now, she is willing.
"The emperor hasn't listened to his concubines play the piano yet, right? Don't count the talents, is it good for the concubine to play another song? When she raised her eyes, her eyes were full of the affection of her daughter's family when she was young.
He bowed his head gently, "Okay." ”
The emperor and queen held hands on the gazebo. At a glance, the image is very similar to the sixteen-year-old King Lin'an and the seventeen-year-old Princess Lin'an.
Li Shushen sat behind the guqin and flicked her hands. She played the famous "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" this song.
After the song, Chu Luo stroked his palms and smiled, "The queen's skills in stroking the qin are becoming more and more superb. "After that, he seems to have fallen into a deep memory, "I thought that when I was young, I knew that my cousin in Luoyang City was exquisite in playing the qin, and I had never listened carefully to it. ”
She smiled slightly, but remained silent.
However, he had already gotten up, and said in a low voice with a smile, "It's not too early, the queen should go back to the palace to rest early." ”
Only this sentence, but she could hear the urgency in his words, so she stood up and bowed and said, "The concubine respectfully sends the emperor." ”
Chu Luo nodded, and got into the sedan chair. Her gaze followed the dragon and gradually left, and she refused to look back.
When Chu Luo arrived in the Chonghua Palace, it was already three o'clock, and Chang'an was wearing a plain bedgown at that time, sitting in front of the mirror to make up. As soon as she saw Chu Luo, she hurriedly left the silver ornament in her hand and flew towards him.
She snuggled into his arms and whispered, "Why is it so late?" I thought you weren't coming tonight. ”
Chu Luo gently stroked the three thousand green silks she had scattered, and comforted her gently, "Aren't I here......" He pondered for a moment, and then spoke again, "Just now I met the queen on the way here. ”
Hearing this, Chang'an raised his head from Chu Luo's arms and wondered, "Empress? What is she still doing outside so late? ”
Chu Luo sighed lightly and said in a deep voice, "I thought so too, so I stopped to talk to her for a while. ”
When Chang'an heard this, he immediately broke free from Chu Luo's arms and pretended to be angry, "Then what did you say?" ”
The corners of Chu Luo's mouth raised slightly, and the smile was full of connivance and pampering, "Do you really want to know?" ”
"Of course." Chang'an raised his eyebrows, walked to the front of the collapse and poured a cup of tea, and said to Chu Luo, "Come and sit." ”
Chu Luo smiled helplessly, walked in front of Chang'an, and looked at her with interest.
Chang'an also poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "I haven't seen the queen for a few days, and she was suddenly left out in the cold, and I'm afraid it's not good in my heart." ”
When Chu Luo heard this, he groaned slightly, "Even you think that I have snubbed the queen?" ”
Chang'an Qi'er smiled, "Otherwise? I'm really glad that I didn't marry you first. ”
Chu Luo frowned again and again when he heard this, "What do you call this?" Even if you're the first to marry me, can I still dislike you? ”
Chang'an stuck out his tongue and said angrily, "That's not accurate." ”
Chu Luo also came up with interest, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”
"The first person to marry you must be the one who has been with you for the longest time, since you are familiar with everything about her, it will be difficult for you to have a new interest in her, the old love is not as good as the new love, it is always a truth."
Chu Luo laughed unconsciously when he heard Chang'an's words, "You have been married to me for four years, which is not a short time, but when did you see that I lost interest in you?" ”
Hearing this, Chang'an put down the teacup in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and said sharply, "You dare!" ”
Chu Luo smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand to rub one of her hair, and said softly, "If you are my first wife, are you willing to be my queen?" ”
Chang'an's eyes were light, she couldn't tell whether she was happy or angry, she pondered for a moment, Fang Qiao smiled, "It doesn't matter if the queen does it or not, I am willing to be a favorite concubine for a lifetime!" ”
"Oh?" Chu Luo approached her slightly, and the warm breath gently brushed in her ear, "Then I let you see, what is the good ...... of being a favorite concubine?"
Before Chang'an could react, Chu Luo picked her up, lifted the curtain, and walked towards the dormitory.