Chapter 7: The Death of the Peach
In the early morning of this day, Chang'an faintly heard a noise outside the hall, so he woke up. Chu Luo was no longer in the palace, Chang'an estimated that he should have gone to the early court at this time, and then looked into the palace, and found that none of the palace people were inside, so he tentatively called out, "Cold smoke." ”
The woman outside the hall walked in quickly and humbly blessed Chang'an, "Master, you called me." ”
"Where have all the people gone?"
Han Yan smiled and didn't answer, but said, "Master, I'll serve you and get up." ”
Chang'an saw that this girl looked mysterious, and she was still puzzled in her heart, so she didn't ask any more, but Hanyan brought water to serve her to clean her face, put on palace clothes, and sat in front of the carved jade bead flower bronze mirror with a bun.
"The emperor has gone to the court?" Chang An picked up a gold-inlaid jade-inlaid jewelry bracelet and played with it in his hand, and asked indifferently.
Han Yan's movements stopped for a moment, and then he smiled again, "The emperor just went." ”
"Just going?" Chang'an frowned, and the doubts in his eyes became heavier and heavier, "It's already past the fifth watch now." ”
"This ...... The slave and the maid do not know. The cold smoke was like a flowing cloud bun, and he gently inserted a silver-gilded and gem-inlaid tourmaline hairpin and a cloud sideburn flower Yan Jin Shao, and said with a smile, "The master will go out and see." ”
When Chang'an heard this, he hurriedly stood up, and was about to go out with Hanyan's hand.
As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, Chang'an was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Outside the Chonghua Palace, it turned into a peach forest overnight, the peach blossoms in the garden are all blooming, the peach trees are swaying, Chu Chu is moving, the butterflies and bees are crazy, the palace people are like weaving, shuttling in the forest. In the depths of the peach blossoms, it is a charming scenery, the pink buds are delicate, clean and flawless, the jade is beautiful, and the dew is dewed. The breeze blows, the peach petals instantly fill the courtyard, the fragrance ripples, and the momentum is majestic from a distance, like the sea and the tide; Pretty and charming, like a girl's first makeup. The peach blossoms are blooming, like a hundred miles of rouge clouds falling. A heart of Chang'an also floated with this peach blossom, and they all fell in the peach forest.
Wanxiang first saw Chang'an, smiled smartly, looked back and called Xiao Dezi and Xiao Shanzi, and went to Chang'an to greet her together.
Chang'an bowed slightly, muttering, "This season, how can peach blossoms bloom so well......
Xiao Shanzi raised his eyebrows and smiled, and stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, it is said that the water and soil of Luoyang are to raise people and flowers, and the peach trees from Lin'an City, once they come to this capital, they are actually blooming very well, which is really a spectacle." ”
Chang An raised his eyebrows slightly, "You mean...... This peach blossom is from Lin'an? ”
"I don't know yet." Xiao Shanzi smiled respectfully, "The emperor asked people to move the entire peach forest in the Lin'an Palace, and now they are all planted." ”
Chang'an's heart warmed, stroked the red jade bead tassel earrings in his ears, and smiled slightly, "This palace said that this peach forest is so familiar...... Only the peach blossoms in Lin'an City will bloom so well. ”
The corners of Hanyan's eyes flew, and he whispered to Chang'an, "The master doesn't know yet, this peach tree was planted by the emperor himself last night, and we were all frightened when we saw it, how dare we let the emperor do it himself, and persuaded the emperor to go back and rest, but the emperor didn't, and he didn't go to the court until after five watches......"
Chang'an listened, warm tears flashed in her eyes, and she seemed to have seen the scene of Chu Luo planting this peach forest for her in the courtyard.
On the day she got married, Feng Guanxia was in the clouds, and Chu Luo also used the peach forest in this court to marry her and enter the door.
The peach is dying, scorching its glory. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room.
A tree of peach blossoms and a tree of poetry, who is the language of a thousand trees and flowers.
On this day, Chang'an was always lying in front of the window, waiting for Chu Luo to come to her Chonghua Palace.
The curtain flickered, Chang'an's eyebrows jumped, and when he saw that it was Hanyan who lifted the curtain and came in, he immediately got up and asked, "Is the emperor here?" ”
Han Yan smiled bitterly, "Not yet, it was Miaochun from the queen's side who sent something." ”
Chang'an's excitement completely subsided, and he didn't ask carefully, but said lightly, "Put it there, see what the queen has sent, and let Wanxiang send some things over." ”
Han Yan didn't say anything more, put aside the tea in his hand, and then retreated.
"Cold smoke." Chang'an said loudly, "Do you know whose sign the emperor turned over today?" ”
Han Yan thought for a while, and said suspiciously, "I haven't heard that the emperor flipped the brand, ......" Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled, "The emperor comes to the Chonghua Palace every day, how can he still use the flop, the Internal Affairs Office even saves the work of making a green card." ”
Chang'an didn't want to listen to her joke at this time, and only waved his hand to signal her to go down.
It's already the third watch, and the emperor didn't come to Chonghua Palace, nor did he go to the queen or Zhao Meiren, so he must have rested in Mingde Palace at this time.
Chang'an thought like this, and prepared to go to sleep in the dormitory. When I looked back, I saw a familiar figure.
"Waiting for me?"
He spoke softly.
Chang An couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes, and stepped forward a few steps to hug him tightly.
Chu Luo stroked one of her green hairs and said in a moist voice, "Why are you still crying?" ”
"Nope." Chang'an quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
He suddenly smiled, "If I don't come, won't you sleep yet?" ”
"Who said that?" Chang'an stubbornly raised his head, "I'm about to go to sleep." ”
Chu Luo laughed, and then hugged Chang'an into his arms, "I gave you a peach forest, do you still like it?" ”
She smiled silently.
On the night of the wedding, he picked up her golden thread silk Luo red cover, the two looked at each other and smiled, he also asked such a sentence, "The peach forest that this king gave you, Chang'an still likes it?" ”
I like it, I like it very much.
She was dressed in red and stared at him, "Chang'an prefers the prince." ”
"Chang'an prefers the emperor."
Chu Luo's heart moved, and the warmth came spontaneously, and he suddenly remembered that in the autumn solstice of that year, he gave her joy with peach blossoms, and she became his side concubine; Today, with a peach forest, she has become his virtuous concubine.
Everyone in Lin'an said that Chang'an, the daughter of Shen Da's family, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, could marry the prince, which was really her good fortune. But Chu Luo didn't think so, it was his Chu Luo's blessing to be able to meet Shen Chang'an, she was the last woman he married into the palace, and the only wife he had in his heart.
But whether it is a side concubine or a virtuous concubine, he can't give her the best in the end.
Thinking like this, he hugged her a little tighter.
"Chang'an, I will never fail you."
Chang An smiled faintly, "I believe it." ”
Ever since Shen Changan married Chu Luo, from the moment he swore to her on his wedding night, she had stubbornly believed that everything he said was true.
She closed her eyes slightly and hugged Chu Luo with her backhand.
Before meeting Chu Luo, Shen Changan never thought that men and women were so happy when they were happy.