This flower is lonely (3)

This flower is lonely (3)

I took the scroll and went back to my mother.

With a slight gesture from my mother, I opened it.

In the painting is a flower, a plum blossom, the faint brush rhyme outlines the straight branches, the half-opened flowers are delicate and pitiful, the white petals are like soft pearls, and the little ice and snow covering it add a clear and hazy temperament like ice and snow to this elegant flower. It's a flower, but when I look at it, I feel like I'm looking at a person, a beautiful woman. It's like ...... It's like my mother, who has seen it countless times reclining on the railing.

Before I could ask questions, my mother's words had slowly begun in my ears, she seemed to be telling a story with twists and turns, and it seemed to be pouring out a secret feeling.

“…… There was once a country, it was a strong and rich country......"

"There is a princess in this country, her bloodline is unparalleled in the world, and her appearance is not the first in the world, but also the most beautiful. Even the most famous genius of that country, the great painter, praised her as one of the five most beautiful women he had seen in his life, and painted her into the five pictures he had completed with all his life's work, praising her as a pearl of ice and snow. ”

"Since she has such unparalleled qualifications in the world, of course, she must also be worthy of a husband who is unparalleled in the world. ”

After she became an adult, for the sake of her family, her brother-in-law, who was the emperor at that time, and her mother, tried their best to select a suitable person who could match her among the aristocratic teenagers in the whole country. ”

And so. Almost all the children of powerful families gathered in the capital, eager to become her husband. ”

At last the princess chose a son of a wealthy family, and reported it to her mother, hoping to officiate for her. Hearing the princess's choice, the queen mother and the royal brother were a little surprised, this young man was actually not the most suitable candidate in their eyes, although this young man was born in the most noble scholarly family, the oldest wealthy and noble lord. Physiognomy is also one of the best talents. ”

"At that time, the country valued literature over martial arts, but this young man liked to practice martial arts. Although it can also be said that he is both civil and military, he also went all the way as a military general when he entered the court as an official. In this way, most of the year, he will run around the border gates, rarely return to the capital, and the queen mother and brother are reluctant to marry far away and suffer from the hardships of Biansai. ”

"They don't know the little secret inside her. The young man had been the companion of her emperor's brother when he was a teenager, and had lived in the palace for a long time, actually. Even then, she had already fallen in love with that outstanding teenager at first sight. ”

Since the princess insisted, everyone agreed to the marriage. ”

The two got married on a festive day in late autumn. The married life is harmonious and beautiful, and the husband and wife are ...... loving"

The mother's words froze here, she was silent for a moment, and then smiled sarcastically: "Perhaps, in the eyes of everyone, they are all white-headed and old." Let's match a husband and wife beautifully. Although the concubine rejected the emperor's proposal to promote him to an official position and stay in the capital, he still ran around the frontier and rarely had the opportunity to return to the capital, so that the princess often stayed alone in the empty house, but she still looked forward to the return of her husband with great happiness."

"Too deep feelings. Let the long and lonely wait become a kind of happiness......"

Soon after, however, things took a turn for the worse. Mother's voice was still flat, but it began to have a subtle trill.

"A newborn and more powerful nation began to invade their country. At first, no one panicked, they were too superstitious about their own strength. However, it was only later, when the cities of the border passes were continuously breached, and urgent documents were sent to the court, that they realized that although their country was rich and prosperous, it was actually there. But because of the long peace, the armament was slackened. The country's strength is declining. ”

"The soldiers and generals who have been in peace for a long time cannot resist those elite soldiers who have been in the battlefield for a long time, and can only retreat one after another. The enemy's troops and horses had approached the capital. Whether it was the emperor, the queen mother, or the courtiers, they were all panicked. ”

But the innocent princess was not worried, she trusted her husband like a superstition, and at that time, her husband, who was serving as a general defending an important border town in the east, was extremely stubborn in believing that her husband would come back, and come back to save the country, and to save her, and her children. ”

"At that time, she was three months pregnant......"

But in the end she did not wait for her husband's return, she waited for the news of his treason...... "A trace of pain and struggle appeared on the mother's face, as if the old wound had been cut alive after a long time, and then found that it was still painful, even deeper......

“…… She couldn't believe such rumors in the deep palace, and she would even rather die with him as a martyr. Nor could he believe that his talented husband was such a humble villain. She insisted on going and looking for her husband herself. When the capital was in crisis, when there was chaos everywhere, her royal brother and queen mother naturally blocked her way......"

“…… But there was one person who secretly helped her and helped her leave the capital. is the great talent who painted her portrait back then. He is not only a talented man who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also a person with outstanding knowledge. ”

He personally escorted her out of the city, and then he gave her a painting. It was the portrait that was painted for her back then. And told him that he observed the current situation and felt that most of the capital could not be preserved this time, and there was actually a proposal to move the capital to the north in the DPRK. They had already sent people to secretly transport the treasures and silver that had been accumulated in the treasury for a hundred years out of Beijing. ”

"If the capital can be preserved this time, they will naturally welcome me back, if not, then I hope I can take advantage of the opportunity to escape first, and the silver used in the restoration of the country is hidden in that scroll, and I will take it out of the city, which can be regarded as leaving the last ray of hope for the Liang country." ”

The mother's tone has begun to fog, and she can't tell the difference between "she" and "me".

With that faint voice, a great fear crept up from the bottom of my heart, I didn't want to hear it, I didn't want to see it, but all the words still entered my ears word for word.

I don't need her to continue to tell, I already know the next story, I already know who the princess is, and I already know her fate.

Outside the window, the sky was swept through the bright and dazzling lightning, accompanied by a loud roar, whipping the earthly world.

In this familiar room, an abnormal flush appeared on her mother's face, and a bright smile that she had never seen before slowly bloomed from the corner of her mouth.

Her slow voice wrapped around me like an eternal spell......

“…… Actually, I didn't go far, he had already sent someone there to wait for me, everything was in his calculations...... At the risk of being beheaded by his new master, he lied about my identity and hid me in the mansion, wasn't that just for this treasure map? Her gaze slowly turned to the scroll in my hand, and the corners of her mouth raised into an indifferent chuckle, and she said intermittently: "Now, I have given it to him, so that he will not have to work hard...... Do you take the new master who pleases him, or keep it for yourself...... Kept for another betrayal...... It's all with him......"

My body was trembling, my heart was beating wildly, as if it was about to burst out of my chest, and a thunderous roar sounded in my ears, more rapid and violent than the continuous thunder outside the window.

Such a cruel reality shocked me, suffocated me, and caught me off guard.

I never imagined that my mother, who seemed to be plain and silent, would have such an experience, and an amazing identity.

I have never known what mood she was in for twenty-three years in this little courtyard, and although I have been with her day and night, I have never really understood her.

In the confusion, something wanted to overflow from the chest, but it was firmly bound, and there was no outlet for catharsis. Under the tremendous pressure, I lost even the feeling of sadness, and only a trembling blank space was left that enveloped me with my mother's indifferent smile and dark tone.

Suddenly, a strong wind howled into the house from behind me.

The flickering candle flame struggled a few times, and then it was all extinguished in the rapid wind and rain.

I looked back in horror and saw my father's tall figure, finally appearing outside my mother's room for the first time after twenty-three years of anticipation.

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