Chapter 1: Smile
Twenty-three years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty
Meili knelt on the white marble surface outside the Cining Palace, she didn't look up, the sky was gloomy and seemed to be raining, in the slightly humid air, the flowers in the yard were extraordinarily bright.
She inhaled softly, so fragrant...... For more than two years, she had not smelled the fragrance of flowers, and in the desolate and desolate Hall of Tranquility, there were only weeds and unscented dandelion flowers...... Free.
She couldn't help but turn her eyes to look at those colorful colors, such beautiful things, making her feel strange, as if she had only seen it in her previous life, just like the gorgeous and majestic Cining Palace in front of her!
When she retracted her eyes, she unintentionally saw the four show girls standing in front of the palace gate all looking at her with strange eyes, she smiled at them, and sure enough, they all flashed their eyes. In two years, she had become accustomed to being looked at with contempt, and she had learned to appreciate the sympathy of others. Accept compassion...... In fact, it is a difficult thing to do, when she can smile and respond to the sympathetic eyes of others, it is not her who is uncomfortable.
There was a low voice of laughter, several women came out of Cining Palace, and the eldest aunt Yu'an beside the Empress Dowager personally sent them out, which shows that the status is extraordinary.
The delicate flower pot bottoms stopped beside her, and as she passed by, Meili heard a young sweet voice whispering, "Is she the one who stepped on the dead on horseback?" ”
"Hmm." It should be her mother who answered, after all, Lao Cheng, and after a rough response, she scolded lightly: "Let's talk about it when we go out." ”
Downcast?
That's right. Meili picked the corners of her mouth, she was very depressed, not because she was riding a horse on the street and causing death, but since the death of her Ama Eniang and the family property fell into the hands of her uncle, she has already tasted the taste of despair. It's just that she was young and ignorant, and she once thought that by fiercely emphasizing her status and emphasizing her bloodline, she could erase the impression of defeat in people's hearts. She suppressed her self-deprecating laughter because she heard Aunt Yu'an say that she should let her go to see her ancestor.
She didn't look up, she didn't dare to look up.
The kind old lady sitting on the kang was strange and awe-inspiring to her, she could keep saying that she liked her very much and doted on her, or she could leave her in the cold palace and ignore her for a few years, so that she, who thought she was tough in the background, could taste the heat and coldness of the world.
"Meili ......" Xiaozhuang was silent for a while, and his voice was a little choked when he called her.
"The slave is here." She responds with a playful voice and follows the rules.
Xiaozhuang was silent again, is this really the little girl who was unscrupulous and didn't know the height of the sky? "You look up."
"Wow." She replied obediently, slowly tilting her face.
"Yikes!" Xiaozhuang wiped away the tears that welled up with a handkerchief in admiration, the original beauty of the glass was so stubborn that she loved and hated, and the current beauty of the glass made her feel distressed. "My little Meili has grown up and is so beautiful."
Pretty? Meili pursed the corners of her mouth. It's the ancestor who is comforting her...... She and Pretty have long been incompatible. Not to mention the rough life in the past two years, she unconsciously glanced at her left arm - in order to meet her ancestors, an unknown father-in-law gave her a set of clothes - under the gorgeous clothes, if the ugly scar less than two inches above her left wrist was seen by the ancestors, would she still praise her like this? When she looked at it herself, she found it disgusting and disgusting.
"That fire scared you, didn't you?" Xiaozhuang was sad again, it was not that she ignored her, as a condition for not demoting her to a commoner, she promised the emperor that during the period of confinement of her, she must ignore her. The emperor is disgusted with Meili's arrogance and wants to really make her taste the pain and change her ways. In fact...... As long as she wants to, she doesn't need to come forward in person, as long as the people with heads and faces around her go to the Anning Hall to give an order, Meili will not suffer such a big crime, but ...... She also wants to let this child see the world clearly, sharpen the edges and corners of the thorns, and find a stable and happy life in the future.
She is a fallen royal family, her mother's family has no power, coupled with such an arrogant and indulgent temperament, how can her husband love her, and how can her in-laws allow her to spoil her? A serious illness requires strong medicine, although forcing a naughty and delicate little girl to be like this is not a good thing for her in the future.
"I'm worried about the old ancestor, Meili is fine." She said calmly.
The fire...... Around the Anning Hall is the "widow's house" of the Forbidden City, where many widows and concubines of the former dynasties who have no children and no power are confined to live here. An old lady got up in the middle of the night to burn incense in front of the Buddha, and her old eyes were dizzy and the spring wind was dry and dry, so she burned the banner and curtained to cause a fire, which burned several adjacent palaces. She remembered that the leader of the guards who led the fire extinguishing loudly and angrily scolded the inner prison for letting people get up in the middle of the night to light incense, the leader of the guards must be new, in this dead city in the Forbidden City, there is no day and night, only loneliness and despair, only pain and helplessness. There was no one to talk to, full of words...... Only to the Buddha.
"It can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, the emperor has decreed that since the Anning Hall has been burned down and it will take time to rebuild, let you go home in advance."
"Thank you for the emperor's grace, thank you for the grace of the ancestors." Meili replied cautiously.
Her courtesy was too thoughtful, but it made Xiaozhuang sink his eyes, "Get up." You haven't been home for more than two years, and the Dijingxuan of your Qianwang Mansion has helped to take it back......" Seeing Meili's eyes flickering slightly, Xiaozhuang stopped with some regret and sighed, "You go back and have a look first." Recuperate for a few days before entering the palace to see me. ”
"Wow." Mei Li Fufu, she thought that she would not be heartbroken when she heard his name again, but now it seems that it still can't work. It's funny, the obsessive dream has long woken up, why is her heart still so dull.
Just as she took a few steps back and was about to turn around and leave, Xiaozhuang stopped her again, "Meili, do you complain about the emperor and the ancestors?" ”
She straightened up and said without hesitation, "No." ”
"Oh?" Xiaozhuang looked at her half-drooping little face, her long and curled eyelashes drooping, sincere and calm.
"Ancestor, in the past two years, the slave maid has been alone in the deep palace, calming down to read the scriptures and worship the Buddha, and I have learned a lot of truths that I didn't understand when I was a child. The slave and maid are sincerely grateful to the emperor and ancestors. The suffering suffered by Meili is too insignificant compared to the old woman who lost her life because of Meili, and the family of the old woman who lost her relatives because of Meili. Even if the emperor asked Meili to resist her fate, it was natural, and the slave maid was already very grateful to the emperor and the ancestors for the grace of reincarnation. ”
"I hope you're telling the truth." Kangxi's cold and calm voice came from outside the door, and before the words fell, people had already come in.
Meili hurriedly knelt down to perform a big salute, but was stopped by Kangxi impatiently.
"Excuse me." He walked to the side of the kang and sat down, Xiaozhuang complained with love and blame why he didn't make the palace people pass, Kangxi smiled at her, and looked at Meili with a sinking face, "If you can really think so, the cold palace for more than two years will not be in vain." ”
"Yes." Miri hung her head.
"Go back, later...... Shape up or ship out. ”
Meili respectfully withdrew, so self-sufficient, so self-sufficient, this is the most instruction she has heard in her life.
Turning out of the door, she didn't think there was still a person standing in the hallway. He had the light on his back, his face blurred, and she hung her head quickly, she didn't have to look, she knew who it was.
The chaos and heartache are only for a moment.
She stood up and saluted him, and now that he was the prince, she was the lowest rank of Gege, and according to the rules, she should kneel and kowtow.
"Excuse me." He said coldly, he hadn't seen him for two years, and he was even more noble and majestic when he spoke, worthy of being a clan nobleman who controlled heavy troops.
She took two steps back, ready to turn around.
"Your carriage is outside the Xihua Gate." For two years, he rarely thought of her, and even when he did, he was relieved that he had broken off her unwarranted entanglement. Hearing that she was released from the palace ahead of schedule, he briefly thought about meeting her, but he was angry and scolded him for being ruthless and unjust, and insisted on asking the emperor to punish her heavily, or that stinking temper was still haunted and shamelessly obsessed with him...... I didn't think she would be so bland. When he regretted saying such a thing to her a little, for fear of arousing her infatuation again, she smiled faintly at him when she heard this.
His heart twitched without warning, and she could smile at him?
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