Chapter 7: The Mystery of Rebirth
Crown Prince Ji Rong, as the eldest son of the Great Zhou Emperor, was naturally the first to get up and start the introduction. He is sixteen years old, dignified, and very handsome. His biological mother was Mrs. Jiang, who was born in a famous family, and her grandfather was Taishi Jiang, one of the Great Wednesday Princesses.
The Jiang family assisted the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years, and it is said that the ancestor of the Jiang family was the Yan Emperor Shennong in ancient times. Empress Zhao has not yet given birth to a prince for His Majesty the Emperor, so the Jiang family, who gave birth to the eldest son for the emperor, relied on the prestige of his mother's family to naturally seek the position of crown prince for the eldest prince, and he also became the head of the three ladies, second only to Empress Zhao.
Subsequently, the second prince Ji Qi, the third prince Ji Min, the fourth prince Ji Tai, the fifth prince Ji Gong and the sixth prince Ji Yu made introductions one after another. The seventh prince Ji Jun and the eighth prince Ji Qi were introduced by their biological mothers Wei Shuyuan and Qi Xiuyi respectively because they were too young.
Wei Shuyuan is the small county lord of the Wei Kingdom, who was presented to Zhou Tianzi by her father Wang Jin four years ago, and is now twenty years old, and her appearance is very beautiful.
Qi Xiuyi was nineteen years old, and two years ago, King Qi was looking forward to tying the same heart with Zhou Tianzi forever, and did not hesitate to send his youngest daughter to the Great Zhou. Qi Xiuyi was also very competitive, and she became pregnant in less than half a year after entering the palace.
The eldest princess Changting was born to Zheng Ronghua, Zheng Ronghua is not very favored, and most of them are also from a humble background. Originally, the Zheng family was just a small royal wife, but she was occasionally pampered once and became pregnant and gave birth to the eldest princess. The emperor only saw that she had a merit in giving birth to the eldest princess, so he promoted her from a royal wife to a world wife, and then to a concubine.
It's just that she gave birth to a princess, and she is not favored, where can she be promoted to three levels in a row? This is mostly due to the fact that the Great Zhou has always respected the elder and the eldest princess, and the identity of the eldest princess is ultimately different from others, and furthermore, for the sake of the princess's future marriage, the biological mother cannot be too low. Therefore, although Princess Changting is a noble eldest princess, she always has a somewhat submissive appearance and is not very close to the emperor.
When it was Hexuan's turn, she stood up slightly, bowed slightly, lowered her head slightly, and said softly: "Princess Hexuan on Tuesday has seen Gongzi." ”
In fact, she wanted to rush over and beat the man, and ask him why he had abandoned her love for her, and why he ignored his miserable situation. But she held back, the hand hidden in her sleeve clenched tightly into a fist, and she told herself that she must not lose her temper on this occasion. And even if she did rush over and ask, the ten-year-old hairy boy would definitely not be able to answer the questions she wanted to ask before she died.
Therefore, she only blessed her body, and sat down without waiting for the other party to reply, making it clear that she didn't want to say anything more to him.
The emperor and the concubines did not notice the strangeness of Princess Hexuan.
He Xuan is a gentle and generous girl, since she was a child, she likes to dance and ink, and she has also made great achievements in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although the emperor has been pampered and praised since she was a child, she is a rare child who loves to be quiet and does not like to make trouble. Therefore, whenever he is in public, He Xuan sits there quietly, not very talkative.
Mi Xian smiled politely and returned the salute. At this moment, Mi Xian felt more and more that the second princess seemed to be very dissatisfied with herself, but she didn't show anything on her face. He was a little worried about his future days in the Great Zhou, and he was thinking about how to make this high-ranking princess change his opinion of himself.
He looked at the third princess Yunjing, who had already begun to introduce herself, but he didn't hear what she said at all.
Princess Yunjing is from Mrs. Xuanyuan, who has just turned eleven this year, and she has swept Emei lightly, with jade bones and fairy postures, giving people a feeling that can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed from the inside out. In He Xuan's impression, Yunjing likes to wear light blue clothes the most, and his temperament is a little arrogant and cold, but he is willing to help at critical moments. This Lady Xuanyuan was of noble birth and had a cold temperament, but she was the most blessed person in this harem. In addition to Princess Yunjing, Mrs. Xuanyuan also has the second prince Ji Qi and the seventh princess Ruo.
Then there is the fourth princess Ximeng, and the fifth princess Tianwei. He Xuan turned his head slightly to Tianwei, pretending to be full of smiles on his face, looking at the delicate girl in a peach-colored dress.
Tianwei is four years younger than her, Xiao Mixian is two years old, and He Xuan is twelve years old this year. Tianwei was still an eight-year-old child at this time, and her face was immature and innocent, as before. But who would have thought that thirteen years later, he would be killed by this harmless little girl in front of him?
He Xuan only felt that there was nowhere to confide in her head full of doubts, and what Tianwei said was only in her left ear and out of her right ear.
On this occasion, it is nothing more than everyone smiling at each other, pretending to be friendly and cordial, and saying something inconsequential.
He Xuan just wants to go out and find a place to be quiet at the moment. She took a sip of the Pu'er tea placed in the corner of the table, patiently listened to everyone's self-introduction, and finally found an opportunity to sneak out under the pretext of going to the toilet.
"Princess, aren't you going to the toilet, how do you go in the direction of Yuting Lake?" The little palace maid behind Princess Hexuan reminded anxiously.
He Xuan had been immersed in his thoughts, and after a while, he said slowly: "This princess feels uncomfortable in the main hall, and wants to come out to breathe." You just have to follow along. ”
The little palace maid cautiously followed behind Princess Hexuan, and said in her heart, the princess is a gentle and elegant person, and she is also extremely friendly to her subordinates, why is her tone of voice strange today?
He Xuan walked to the edge of the endless Yuting Lake, and sat down leaning against the pillars of the pavilion, his eyes as if looking at the turquoise water.
He Xuan silently sorted out his thoughts in his heart, and after the death of the previous life, his soul wandered around in the palace of Chu State, and saw the true face of her husband Mi Xian and the imperial sister Tianwei.
On the first seven days, she floated to Tianwei's canonization ceremony, and she cried bitterly when she touched the scene. Then she somehow suddenly changed the sky, the wind howled, and her soul seemed to be swept away by the storm.
When she woke up, she was back to when she was twelve. Yes, it seems that she was indeed born again. But how long can this rebirth last?
Thinking of this, he was terrified, for fear that he would become a lonely soul that the world could not see or touch.
"Look, princess," a call brought He Xuan back to reality from his thoughts again, and the little palace maid said excitedly: "There are a few cranes on this lake!" Although we are in the palace, it is the first time I have seen so many white and fat cranes appear at the same time! ”
Princess Hexuan stared straight at the frolicking cranes on the lake, and echoed: "Yes, it's the first time I've seen it." ”
They are so free to play in the water, they are happy to find the small fish in the lake to eat, and when they are full, they flap their wings and fly away. Once again, she felt the beauty of life, even though it was only the crane that happened to stop here, but it was so palpable.
The youth of his last life was dedicated to Mi Xian, and his heart was only happy with him, and he was only troubled by his troubles. So much so that she not only ignored the existence of other people around her, but also ignored the beautiful scenery in front of her. The result is just a bamboo basket for water, and a dream for yellow sorghum.
She has a firm belief that in this life, she must live for herself in this life. You can live a chic life, you can live a wonderful life, but you can no longer harm others and yourself because of your willfulness and stupidity.
She should cherish the comfortable life in Dazhou now, as for whether she can meet someone who makes her heart move, she will do it casually and never force it. As for those two people, it's best to roll as far as you can, and swear in this life that you will never be their pawns again.
He Xuan finally clarified his thoughts, only to feel that he hadn't felt so happy in his heart for a long time. When she didn't know Mi Xian's true face, the green years she spent with Mi Xian were indeed beautiful, but that beauty never made her feel at ease. Perhaps subconsciously, she always has an indescribable sense of alienation that although she is favored by Mi Xian and the husband and wife respect each other like guests.
Now that I think about it, this sense of alienation is real and believable. It can be seen that working hard to get what you want, but living a life of fake love for decades with fear does not make people feel happy.
On the contrary, what is reborn at this moment is so beautiful, and it has been a long time since I have been like today, and I am once again full of expectations for the future. She regained her former youthful appearance, got up and walked in the direction of the Purple Cloud Palace.
As he walked, He Xuan suddenly heard a few palace people talking about something under the stone statue outside the side hall of the Purple Cloud Palace. She motioned to the little palace maid who followed her not to speak, then stopped, leaned sideways and hid behind the wall around the corner, listening quietly.
"This prince of Chu is really handsome, his clothes are also very gorgeous, and his bearing is even more extraordinary, which simply compares the protons of Wu and Yan." A fourteen or fifteen-year-old palace maid dressed in light green clothes smiled at another palace maid of the same age and delicate appearance next to her, wearing sky blue clothes.
"Who's to say it isn't? I think only the proton of Qi can barely compete with it. Have you heard, Empress Zhao seems to be intent on letting Mrs. Cai take charge of raising Gongzi Xian on her behalf! This second princess is really blessed, not only is she deeply favored by His Majesty, but she can also face such a humble gentleman every day, in other words, I will definitely be happy that I don't even have to eat every day. The palace maid in sky blue clothes joked playfully.
He Xuan showed a sneer on his face when he heard this, a humble gentleman, is Mi Xian?
In his previous life, he was deceived by a good skin in this life, he put him first in everything, worried about him all the time, and lost himself long ago. But how did he reciprocate? Hehe, this is a painful lesson that she paid for her young life.
He Xuan said silently in his heart, he must not let his mother raise him, so that she should not face his face every day, let alone think of ways to deal with his traps every day.
At this time, she recalled that in the previous life, Empress Zhao asked her mother to raise Mi Xian. Although the protons all lived in Yonghe Palace, Mi Xian came to the palace of the concubine to invite An to dinner, and spent four years with their two sisters and brothers as companions.
used to be a good time for childhood sweethearts, but now I just feel that things are wrong.