Chapter 218: Fireflies
Chu Mubai nodded and continued to chatter: "Shao Xiang also said that he would take her to Qianzhong Lake to see the peony, so that she could relax, otherwise she would be bored in the maple forest all the time, staying at home, and sooner or later she would get sick." She herself was reluctant to step out of the maple grove. ”
Mo Guhan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart: "Shao Ziqing has no power to restrain the chicken, Yuehua is not safe enough to go out with her, remember to tell Chu Jiu to follow closely." ”
Chu Mubai didn't pierce his mind, telling the bits and pieces of Yuehua's life, and his tone was unconcealable pampering.
"The ninth day of the first month is now pretending to preach the holy decree, and Xiang Shen treats him as a god every day. The two of you come and go, deliberately funny, to make Yuehua happy. ”
Mo Guhan raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?" ”
"Xiangshen's girl has a strong mouth, and she often bullies Chu Jiu, choking him so much that he is stunned. Once he made Chu Jiu anxious, he said that you promised him that if you protect your mother, you will promise him a condition in the future. ”
Mo Guhan was stunned: "I did say that there were many rewards, but I really didn't promise anything." ”
Chu Mubai smiled knowingly: "Chu Jiu said that if Xiangshen provokes him one day, he will beg you to give him Xiangshen." ”
Mo Guhan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled dumbly: "How can this junior high school learn to be so insidious and cunning?" ”
"But isn't it, since then, Xiangshen has died down, shut his mouth, no longer dare to tease him, and still treat him as a fairy, always worried. Niangniang does not break the conspiracy of the ninth day of the first month, and watches the excitement every day. ”
Mo Guhan's smile was even better: "It's rare that someone can clean up that girl, Yuehua doesn't protect her shortcomings at all." ”
"A few days ago, Ling Xi came to Fenglin to stay for a few days to accompany Yuehua to relieve his boredom. Han Yuchu, our new champion, was as anxious as a fire. ”
"When Yuehua said that he proposed to him, he was reluctant, but now he knows the baby. Hey, doesn't Mu Bai have a sweetheart yet? ”
As soon as Mo Guhan's words changed, Chu Mubai suddenly felt embarrassed and wanted to run away: "This question, the emperor seems to have just asked it the day before yesterday." ”
"Really?" Mo Guhan didn't care at all: "Two days is long enough." ”
Isn't the emperor very busy these days? Why do you still keep thinking about your marriage?
Chu Mubai said helplessly: "Weichen doesn't want to think about lifelong events for the time being. ”
Mo Guhan didn't preach today, and went straight to the point: "Yuehua once mentioned your marriage to me before. She said that she didn't worry that you were alone, and there was no one around you who knew the cold and the hot, so she wanted to give you the incense. ”
Chu Mubai's heart was stunned, thinking of Yuehua's often meaningful eyes and ridicule, thinking that what Mo Guhan said should be true.
Xiangshen grew up in the General's Mansion since he was a child, and he was like Yuehua's little tail, following everywhere, and he couldn't shake it off. In his heart, Xiangshen is still the little girl who drags her nose and has a happy mouth, it turns out that she has also grown up.
"Yuehua now has only Xiangshen by her side and a girl who can talk to her, how can Weichen win people's love?"
Mo Guhan checked Chu Mubai's embarrassment, and knew that Yuehua must have not pierced this layer of window paper in front of him, so he simply made this iceman by himself, and ordered the mandarin duck spectrum, so that he could rest assured.
"Now that you are under the same roof, it is a good time to cultivate feelings, and when Yuehua returns to the palace in the future, I will make the decision and promise you the girl Xiangshen, and wait in front of you first, Yuehua is also at ease."
Chu Mubai felt that the glazed tiles under his body were very squeal, and after sitting for a long time, he was a little sore, so he got up curtly: "If the emperor has no other instructions, Weichen will retire." ”
Mo Guhan was in a good mood, looking at the sky, now Yuehua should have rested, Kaien waved his hand: "Let's go." ”
Chu Mubai bowed, jumped off the roof, and disappeared into the shadows of the palace.
Mo Guhan sat alone on the roof, unfolded the oil paper bag in his hand, lowered his head and sniffed twice, and smiled slightly: "Tomorrow Shao Ziqing should be summoned to the palace to drink with me." ”
Below, Rong Xiang saw Chu Mubai leaving, and cautiously reminded: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, do you want to go to bed?" ”
Mo Guhan was silent for a long time, but reluctantly looked up at the bright moon in the sky, his eyes were clear and tender, and he was as tender as water.
Rong Xiang waited for a long time, but didn't see Mo Guhan speak, and whispered: "That slave let Concubine Lian rest?" ”
Mo Guhan seemed to fall from the clouds in an instant, and his heart was a little heavy.
The word "Concubine Lian" is a blasphemy in itself for such a night as white as silver.
He waved his hand impatiently, "Let her rest...... Rong Xiang, go with me to the Golden Bird Terrace. ”
Rong Xiang passed the order and immediately understood his master's thoughts.
When Mo Guhan is upset, he often climbs the Golden Bird Terrace, looks at it from a height, bathes in the moonlight, looks at the lanterns in the palace like stars in the sky, and listens to the summer insects "chirping" and singing in the dark corner, and the heart will calm down.
Moonlight not only filters the dust of the heart, filters out irritability and anxiety, but can also sometimes make people feel uncomfortable and breed ingenious inspiration.
Rong Xiang followed him every time, watching him alone, walking in the empty and lonely Forbidden City, the moonlight stretched his figure extremely long, and it became more and more lonely and desolate.
He knew who his master was thinking, and he knew what direction he was looking in every time he ascended.
He also misses the queen, when the queen is there, the corners of his master's eyebrows and eyes are full of jumping cheerfulness, and even when he speaks, he has a strong human touch.
The master is happy, and the minions below are having a better life, and the burden on their bodies is also light. Unlike now, when he has a dark face every day, the minions in the entire Qianqing Palace feel like a dark cloud covering the top, so dull that they can't breathe.
How long has it been since you heard the emperor's hearty smile?
Rong Xiang didn't know much about the things above the court, he just wondered, why the queen was infatuated with the emperor, and she could tolerate the arrogant and domineering Concubine Ling, and she was still friendly with the original Jun Shuyuan and Lan Jieyu, why couldn't she tolerate Concubine Lian? I would rather leave the emperor and stay alone in front of the Fenglin tomb than take a step back.
And his own master is also strange, obviously he likes the queen and likes her to the bones, but he ruthlessly drove her out of the palace, and he was melancholy day and night.
Rong Xiang thought about this, and also sighed lightly.
The night deepened and deepened, and a cool night breeze rose. Many of the lights in the palace were extinguished one after another, and the entire Forbidden City fell into silence.
Mo Guhan stood on the Golden Bird Terrace, motionless, bathed in the moonlight, like a sculpture.
Rong Xiang slowly climbed the stairs and approached Mo Guhan's side, wanting to remind him that he should go back to sleep peacefully, and he would have to go to court early tomorrow.
In the distance, there was a faint yellow-green fluorescence, one after another, hazy, jumping and dancing in mid-air, and it was very obvious in the gradually darkening night.
Rong Xiang paused and asked in surprise, "What is that?" ”
Mo Guhan slowly withdrew his gaze towards Beicheng, turned his head, and frowned.
"What's that?"
Rong Xiang jumped to his feet and looked: "It seems to be the leisurely hall of Concubine He." ”。
Mo Guhan groaned slightly: "Go over and take a look." ”
The two of them descended the stairs and went straight in the direction of the Leisurely Palace.
As we got closer, there were sporadic lights dancing in the air, like fluorescent light in the night sky, falling in all directions.
"It's a firefly!"
Rong Xiang reacted first.
Mo Guhan has been in the deep palace since he was a child, and he has seen one or two such small things, but such a large area of flying fireflies is really rare and feels fresh.
"How can there be so many fireflies in the palace?"
He was a little confused.
"This kind of little thing likes to have damp water or where the vegetation is flourishing, and there is a pool near the Leisurely Temple, and this year it is secluded, so it may have grown a lot."
The two continued to move forward, and the vicinity of the Leisurely Hall was surrounded by fireflies, flying insects hovering up and down, fluorescent flickering, bright and dark, making the Leisurely Hall as if it was in a dream.
"Insects fly, insects fly, carrying lanterns to chase ......"
Someone was humming in a low voice, and the sound was like the sound of a piano.
Mo Guhan and Rong Xiang followed the sound and saw Gong E, who was holding a glass bottle, catching the fireflies flowing in the night sky. There are already a lot of them in the glass bottle, and the bottle is hazy and bright.
Gong E was born delicate, her every move was light and lovely, she was unaware of the footsteps of the two, and she still hummed in a low voice, her posture was graceful, and she danced.
"Daring, what palace minion!"
Behind him, Rong Xiang scolded in a deep voice.
The girl turned around in a panic, and saw that it was Mo Guhan, and the glass bottle in her hand "snapped" and fell to the ground, rolled twice, and then the fireflies in the bottle swarmed out along the mouth of the bottle.
The girl screamed regretfully again, and then knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The maid of the Leisurely Palace has knocked on the emperor to see him." ”
As soon as Mo Guhan heard her, he remembered that there was indeed such a girl by Concubine He's side, but she had only seen it a few times, and she had never felt so outstanding.
Some time ago, he had a misunderstanding with Yuehua, and Concubine Crane came to him to persuade him to say a few words, praising Yuehua greatly, and every sentence went to his heart, which made him instantly impressed by Concubine He.
In the past, Concubine Crane preferred to make trouble, her heart and eyes were the size of a needle nose, she couldn't tolerate others, her sharp mouth was sour and mean, and her methods were extremely ruthless. Since Cui Zhaoyi's incident, Mo Guhan has never looked at her squarely. Even when she was disfigured because of Jun Shuyuan, he didn't comfort her much, completely ignored it, and became more and more cold.
Unexpectedly, during the period of her dedication to self-cultivation, her heart and temper all changed, and Mo Guhan's heart couldn't help but soften.
"Where's your master?"
Xian Ge raised a small face with clear eyebrows: "My mother is still chanting and praying for the emperor, and she doesn't rest until the third watch every night, and it's still early at this time." ”
"Get up."
Mo Guhan spoke indifferently, then turned around and went straight to the Leisurely Palace.