Extra: Night Rain and Light Cold (1)
Extra-Article: Night Rain and Light Cold (1)
Night Rain and Light Cold (1)
Through the bead curtain, she put down the fold in her hand and said, "Just do this thing, you think it out very well." It's been a hard time. ”
"The Queen Mother has won the award, and it is within the responsibility of the ministers. I bowed back.
A gentle breeze blew through the carved windowsill, and with a whistling sound came into the room, lifting and lowering the pale gold silk curtain on one side.
Under such a heavy cover, I could not see her expression clearly, I could only see her head tilted sideways, as if she was thinking about something. Halfway through, I heard her clear voice faintly sounding: "Qinghan, you...... Do you have a sweetheart? ”
My heart couldn't help but skip a beat, it was the first time she had called me that. I couldn't help but look up, but I immediately forced myself to lower my head, not daring to look at the vague but clear face under the veil.
"Wechen didn't. I heard my own voice say.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and then, her quiet voice broke the silence, and the words that followed by her red lips made me taste the sourness of loss very clearly.
"Have you ever thought about getting married?" She asked.
Get married?! The word seemed to me more distant than ever before in the face of her, but it became so close at this time.
I didn't answer.
She closed her eyes and continued in a tone that was close to sighing: "I heard that the daughter of the Shen family of Ruiguo Gong has both talent and virtue, and her appearance is not bad, and she is a good match, and I have also seen the daughter of the Sheng Ting Hou Jia family. She was a virtuous and gentle woman......" She mentioned the famous ladies of Daqi in a soft and slow voice, and then asked me, "Do you have a favorite person?" ”
Maybe it's because I'm used to saying yes in front of her, or maybe it's my mother's repeated nagging at home that makes me realize that I really need a wife.
I looked up at her, it seemed like a moment, it seemed like an eternity, and then I looked down. I heard my own voice say, "Wechen...... Leave it to the Queen Mother's arrangement. ”
The Shen family of Ruiguo Gong is one of the most famous families in Daqi, if it was before the war. With my status in the land, it would have been a fool's dream to marry such a woman, and now she is only one of the many places I can choose from.
After the end of the Rebellion of the Heavenly Rule, there are not many surviving gate lords and nobles, and their power is not as strong as before, but it is still not to be underestimated, how to suppress them and appease them at the same time. It has become a pressing issue for the DPRK and China. We need to rely on such marriages to strengthen our team and expand our power.
"I'll arrange it for you another day, you can meet these ......"
"No need!" I interrupted her abruptly, with the eagerness of a rude overstep, and then came to my senses, slowed my voice, but still said firmly: "Please let the Queen Mother be the lord of the courtiers." ”
It doesn't matter if you marry any of them, or even any of them in this world. Would it be fundamentally different for me?
For my fiancée, I don't have any deep feelings.
As far back as I can remember, I once had a fiancée.
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It is said that the day I was born was a rainy day.
The rain was sprinkled from the sky, drawing thousands of silver lines. The weather of early summer is bleak and cold, like a cold autumn.
I was born in this cold and rainy day, and my name is Qinghan.
My father said that the word "Han" means broad and inclusive, and he hoped that I would become a wonderful person in the future and revitalize the long-decayed family.
This is the name he left me, and it is also the relic he left me closest to my life.
Our Mu family used to be one of the most famous families at the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, and even had two generations of princes and a queen in a row, but it began to decline a few decades ago.
After his father inherited the family, he was determined to revitalize the family. As soon as he got married, he said goodbye to my mother. Embarked on the battlefield. In this troubled time. There is no more glorious and precious feat, but there is also no place more dangerous than the battlefield.
Unfortunately, my father was ambushed by the enemy when he first set foot on the battlefield. After a bitter battle, he was mortally wounded and reluctantly returned home with the army, never again ill and unable to fulfill his lofty ambitions.
When I was three years old, he died, leaving behind my lonely mother and my only son.
When I was a child, I was happy, although the Mu family declined, but still had a fixed property and property, and my life was still rich and happy. And at that time, I didn't have to feel the pressure of the decline of my family. Except for my mother's strict demands on my studies and martial arts every day, there were no worries.
Her mother was a strict and strong woman, and after her father's death, she supported the family and the side branches on her own, so that no one dared to underestimate her.
She had extremely high expectations for me. She lives a frugal life, but when she hires a master of civil and military affairs for me, she never skimps on silver taels.
My mother was widowed at home, and if it weren't for the fact that she had to, she wouldn't have gone out, and when I was young, I was firmly bound to the house, and only during the holidays would my mother take me to the homes of some relatives and friends. Except for one, the Shi family who lives next door to us, perhaps because the residence is so close and convenient, we move around with their family much more frequently than other families.
It is said that the youngest daughter of their family is my fiancée. At that time, I didn't know the exact meaning of the word fiancée, but I knew that every time I went to their house, someone would happily say, "My aunt is here!" "Then he would kindly bring out a delicate sugar cake and pastry for me to eat.
Sometimes, I would also meet the little girl who was said to be my fiancée, and in my memory, she had big sparkling eyes and pink cheeks. Whenever I stood with her, I would hear the person next to me laugh and say, "Look, my aunt and Miss are so compatible!" ”
These days did not last long, and when I was six years old, the Shi family moved.
It is said that it was because my future father-in-law, Uncle Shi Qian, was a guard in the palace, and he had won the trust of the emperor in recent years, and he really did a few errands that satisfied him, and he was about to be promoted to be the commander of the guards, so their family moved to a bigger and more beautiful house.
My only regret is that I won't be able to go to their house as often as I can eat those delicious cookies and snacks. Even during the holidays, we still visit their new and magnificent homes.
As I grew older, my mother took me to her house less often, because according to the etiquette system, unmarried men and women should not see each other.
The impression of her in my mind gradually blurred, only the little girl who was made of pink jade was left, and when I recalled it, I couldn't tell whether it was admiration or indifference, maybe it was just that I was used to having such a fiancée.
The incident between me and her happened on the New Year of the third year of Longhui.
On that day, the Shi family came to visit according to the custom of previous years, but all the people who came were unknown servants, and their housekeepers brought them valuable gifts.
They said very polite words in their mouths, explaining the reality that their young lady was about to enter the palace to be elected.
I don't know if I was feeling humiliation or anger, because before I could feel these feelings exactly, all the feelings turned into fear.
My mother, who was already in poor health, was so angry that she fainted on the spot!
When she came to her senses, her mother readily agreed to withdraw from the marriage, and then drove all the gifts and people out of the house, and became ill. As a result, my relationship with this fiancée was severed in this way, at least on the surface and etiquette.
But my real and complete decision with this fiancée came on a cold, rainy night in late spring.
That night, because of an inexplicable secret letter and a brilliant Jinpa, the last conjecture between me and her was ended, but miraculously connected me and her. It ended one of my dreams, but gave me another more magnificent and intoxicating dream, and at the same time, it also gave me a broader and far-reaching life and the opportunity to rise to the top.
I will always remember the pale blue figure that walked towards me in the drizzle of confusion that filled the sky, the long skirt of her flowing skirt that fell to the ground, and the lotus forehead of her jasper carving. She suddenly appeared on that cold and rainy night, appeared in my life, and the trajectory of my whole life was rewritten.
From that night on, the turquoise figure as bright as the snow and the moon approached me, standing closest to my heart, but also standing out of my reach, forever out of reach.
Continue to persistently ask for a monthly pass, everything is up to everyone ^_^. . .
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