343 Hesitation
As soon as the emperor came in, the people inside and outside the house knelt on the ground, and before the people arrived, the incense breeze came first. 8 1 Chinese .β β 8 1 zγ .CoM
Xie Ning stayed in the house all day and couldn't go out, and at this time, his nose was special, and he asked with a smile: "The emperor is so fragrant." β
The emperor took a look, Fang Shanggong was not in this room at this time. This made him feel a little lost in his heart for a while, and suddenly a little happy.
In fact, the emperor is not ready for how to face her.
If Concubine Shen hadn't lied, then Fang Shanggong would not only be the only person who knew about the old things back then and now now, but could also be ......
After thinking about things for many years, all of a sudden, the answer was in front of him, just waiting to be revealed, and the emperor felt that it was a mess for a while.
He sat next to Shainin: "I went to see Lanxiu Pavilion just now, and it was almost repaired." Stood under the tree for a while, not beware of being sprinkled with flowers. β
Xie Ning stretched out his arm and plucked a golden osmanthus flower from the emperor.
"Did the emperor bring flowers to his concubines on purpose?" Xie Ning smiled: "But this one can't be made into incense powder, and it can't be soaked in head oil, what can the emperor ask his concubines to do?" β
The emperor sat beside her, and felt that his heart became steady.
I can't say why, maybe it's her smile, her breath, her eyes...... A heart that was hesitant just now seems to have fallen into place when it arrives here, and it is no longer afraid of panic.
"I've heard of osmanthus oil, but I've never seen it."
"What's so strange about this, Qinghe, go and take a bottle of osmanthus oil to the emperor to see."
This was originally a naughty joke, and Qinghe just pursed his lips and smiled. But the emperor also said: "Go quickly, I really want to see it." β
When the emperor said so, Qinghe couldn't help but go. However, this kind of thing is really not a rare thing, even Qinghe himself has two bottles, but it is not osmanthus oil.
Qinghe quickly took a new box of osmanthus oil. The oil was held in a shallow jar, and the oil paper wrapped around it was removed, and the jar was made of white porcelain, and the lid was painted with a slanting osmanthus flower.
Before you open the lid, you can smell the rich aroma of osmanthus oil.
Qinghe put the jar down and reached out to lift the lid.
The jar contains about two taels of oil, golden and translucent like the juice of gold, and there are a few osmanthus flowers soaked in it, and the petals have become crystal clear, shining brightly, as if carved from gemstones.
The emperor also saw it when Xie Ning was dressing, but he didn't pay attention to the oil used.
Xie Ning's hair is very good, thick and black, and the scene when the palace people serve her to comb her hair can almost be painted. I remember that there was such an open jar on the comb table at that time, and the palace people often used to dip the comb teeth shallowly in the hair oil or flower water, and then slowly comb it along Xie Ning's Ruyunxiu.
Thinking of this situation, the emperor suddenly felt a little itchy in his palms.
When Xie Ning recuperates, the emperor also wants to try combing her hair.
Qinghe took the hair oil away with a look in his eyes.
Xie Ning could see that the emperor's expression was different from usual when he first came in, but the two talked together for a while, and after looking at the oil for a while, the emperor gradually calmed down when he looked at it.
There was no one in front of him, so Xie Ning asked softly: "Did the emperor go to Yanfu Palace just now?" β
"Yes, the people below reported that Concubine Shen wanted to see me."
But what did Concubine Shen say and what did she do?
The emperor turned his head to look at the half-open window, Xie Ning had never seen such a look on his face. That's a kind of ...... It makes people feel desolate and can't help but feel distressed.
Outside the window, the sun is slanting westward, and the grass seeds are blown by the wind and flutter in the air, and the floating flotsam is reflected by the daylight, like a clump of golden fine yarn, which is soon blown away by the wind and does not know where to go.
Xie Ning gently held the emperor's hand.
"Your Majesty?"
"I'm fine. For so many years, I have been on my mind, and many people have seized on this and wanted to get what they wanted from me. I don't remember if I told you, but when I was about ten years old, a palace man secretly came to me that year and told me that she was my biological mother. β
The emperor's hands have always been warmer than hers, but now the emperor's fingertips are cold.
Xie Ning was not out of confinement yet, and her body was hotter than ordinary people, so she tried her best to use her own hands to cover all the emperor's palms and drive away the coolness on his hands.
But the chill on your hands may be easy to warm up, what about your heart?
"Later, of course, it was found out that she was a fake, and someone else was behind it." The emperor's voice was very soft: "Although I didn't fully believe her at the beginning, when I heard her words at that time, I was still willing to believe it. At that time, I was far more naΓ―ve than I am now, and I thought that no one would be so bad as to tell such a big lie without frowning. β
"Besides, she does...... It's very much like it's true. When I found out her identity and went to see her, I was reluctant to expose her for a while. She also measured the size and said she would make me two pairs of shoes. β
"Of course the shoes weren't made. I wanted to spare her life, thinking that after all, she was also at the mercy of others, and the damned person was also the one behind the scenes. However, she was still disposed of by her father. β
At that time, he really wanted to believe that his biological mother had escaped with her life and was still alive in this world.
So it's not that the other party is too clever in deception, it's that he is full of desire that this is true, and he is blind, just like a stupid person who covers his ears and steals the bell.
"In the first two years of my ascension to the throne, I was often haunted by nightmares. When I woke up, I always felt that I was not afraid of anything, but in my dreams, I realized that I had so many worries and fears. Now those dreams are almost forgotten, but only one dream is still remembered. I dreamed of seeing my biological mother, and I thought she was smiling in a trance, but I couldn't see her face clearly...... I woke up and cried. β
When others wake up from a dream, they are always glad that they woke up. But that time, the emperor hoped that he could sleep again, go back to dream, and see the person who had never seen clearly.
Although he couldn't see her face clearly, and he didn't hear her voice, he felt in his heart that it was her.
For a long time, the emperor was afraid of thunderstorms. It's not that you can't hear thunder. It's just that when he encounters such weather, he will inevitably remember that he was born in such weather. will think of the woman who doesn't even know her name and surname, and gave birth to him on such a thunderstormy day.
But birth is separation, and they don't even have a day of mother-child fate.
So then he slowly gave up. He thought she must be gone. If she was still there, knowing that he missed her like this, she would definitely come to him. Later, when he went to Jinfeng Garden, he always couldn't sleep well, and he always felt that there were a pair of eyes watching him in the dark. Maybe it's behind the tree, maybe it's in the corner of the candle shadow.
So now he didn't dare to ask for clarification.
He's been disappointed too many times over the years.