Chapter 22: The Draft and the Banquet
"A song of Changling, don't waste it again. The past is gone, don't let the future rest. Murong Zhi said this lightly. Singer Pei Yao, born in the dust but with a seven-trick exquisite heart, a Yaoqin, all over the world, the sound of the piano is penetrating, love and hate hurt the body. It's not that he is not talented, but he will die in the end.
"I remember it clearly. If the mourning family is not mistaken, when Pei Yao became famous, Niangniang was still the head of the child. Concubine Zhao's words were very much like a temptation, and she unexpectedly gained a glimpse of Murong Zhi's lack of warmth. She doesn't like to bend around, especially when she is clever in front of her. "The mourning family is sad for a while, and I ask my mother to forgive me. It's really the mother's appearance that is too similar to the old man. ”
The shallow and indifferent tone brought everything lightly. Murong Zhi could see her unconsciously clenching her hands when she talked about her old friend. Although she rarely made eye contact with others, if she looked at it like this, there were sparkles in the depths of Concubine Zhao's light brown pupils, as if she was happy to see hope. This is where she doesn't understand. She and this so-called concubine have never met, how can they have such feelings?
"The deceased? The concubine is afraid that she looks down on the concubine. I don't know what the meaning of the concubine Niangniang mentioned such a singer? When she was a child when she was Gu Lingge, her only impression of Pei Yao was a lyre with carved clouds and tassels, pear blossoms falling, she sat cross-legged under the tree, green as a tree, lining her more and more elegant. She smiled at her, the expression on her face changed a few times, but it was all a taste of happiness, and then her little self would hear her clear and clear voice like the sound of a flute, and softly call her nickname: "Little Song ......" as if in a dream.
She has always felt that she was a gentle and amiable mother, so she could become a killing machine for her, she could calmly see how many vicissitudes of life in this world still did not give up her ideals, and she could force herself to enter the mortal world to meet the fit. Her smile will always be the holiest flower in the blue world, and it will always be the strength that supports her.
That's her mother
"The mourning family just hopes that someone who knows her well will sing me the Changling song again." Concubine Zhao's face instantly turned pale, her voice became old, and the full loneliness was piled up on her face, which made Murong Zhi even more inexplicable. She has seen the expressions of many people in front of her, there are those who spare their lives and don't want to die, there are bitter words under the guise of mother-in-law, there are indifferent and relieved people who are inescapable, and of course she has seen paleness, but she didn't expect that a person who has been crawling in the deep palace for decades would actually show such vulnerability to people who have just met for a short time, is it too much belief in herself or a trap?
Whether it is Gu Lingge or Murong Zhi, they no longer believe in feelings, how can they believe in that person's original innocence?
"The Changling Road is difficult and dangerous, and it is difficult to worry about you.
The concubine also has nothing to desire, only to seek the health of the king.
If you return in the future, don't forget to break the branches and plums.
The breeze blows thousands of miles, and the lovesickness scares my heart. "Murong Zhi didn't sing it, and no one could sing the Changling song anymore. Pei Yao only hummed once when she was performing, and she didn't leave a score or teach it to her apprentices, so she should naturally be lost when she died. In this regard, Concubine Zhao didn't feel anything, but when she heard it again, her heart was densely filled with feelings.
This is a song they used to like so much, after Pei Yao created it, the two of them used to stay up all night to compose the music, and it took three days and nights to complete it, and the smiling faces of the two people at that time were like the moon season in full bloom in summer, delicate and brilliant. But now, the lyrics are still there, and the beauty is long. The next sentence of things is human and wrong, it will always be a pain in the heart and lungs.
"Thank you, Queen." It took a long time for Concubine Zhao to come back to her senses. Even if it's just a recitation, the voice of the person in front of me is really similar to the voice that dreams every night, and it feels like it's back to that time, and it's really uncomfortable.
"The concubine is also tired today, go back and rest as soon as possible." Murong Zhi didn't know what Concubine Zhao was suddenly crazy, she was just thinking about her own affairs, and she couldn't get anything out of her mouth, so she simply ordered the expulsion. Concubine Zhao is also an interesting person, knowing that her reaction today is too aggressive, and continuing will only give Murong Zhi the impression that she is messing around, but it is not worth it. So he took Grandma Sun's hand and nodded goodbye.
"Master, what do you think?" Yunshuang would never call Murong Zhi "Niangniang", that was the identity in the palace, and she despised this thing from the bottom of her heart. It's obviously a shackle, how can it be worthy of her respect?
"I don't know for the time being, my father didn't give me any information about this person. She seemed to be very familiar with her mother. Staring first, tell me if there is something wrong, if it's a big deal, you can do it directly. "Murong Zhi doesn't trust anyone in this palace, even if Yunshuang has already mentioned the entire Fenglan Palace, now she still doesn't trust anyone except Lixia.
Yunshuang once thought that if the master would concentrate on taking on the responsibility of her queen when he entered the palace, the calmness and calmness that he had honed before would slowly be corroded, but now it seems that this is not the case. This realization made Yunshuang's heart full. As long as Gu Lingge hasn't changed, then no matter what happens, it's too late.
Gu Lingge is their belief.
Three days later, Yongyuan Palace
"Do you have any other things to discuss besides the incident of the Southwest Garrison?" The voice of the chamberlain next to him was calm. The most important thing in this morning's court meeting is to face the problem of garrisoning troops in the southwest, Qing Ruifan, just like what was discussed before, directly sent Chang Dong and Chu Zhaonan to the southwest, and the country will not be returned. And nothing else has been brought up yet.
"Back to the emperor, the ministers have something to do." The person standing at the front on the left slowly stood in the middle of the aisle with a white jade ivory long wat with an ugly face but a loud voice. Qing Ruifan looked at his teacher below, and the importance in his heart was also raised, and his face was pleasant: "Taifu, please speak." "If he knew what Taifu was going to say, he would definitely not be like this.
"Although the new emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, Ranchen thinks that only with a prosperous family can we build our dynasty. And there are only four masters on the jade book in the new queen's palace, and the number of people is inevitably scarce. Therefore, the ministers are invited to select the world's beautiful women to fill the harem, firstly, to open up branches and leaves for the royal family, and secondly, to balance the family and the country. Li Yu was talking about not a good scene, and at the same time he was angry with his granddaughter.
is also that Li Zhen is naïve, obviously Qing Ruifan has clearly expressed his disgust when the lantern goddess is selected, this person is not giving up, and wants to enter Qing Ruifan's harem wholeheartedly, and even instigated other official ladies to go to Liu Yu in order to achieve the goal, and scared a good lantern goddess enough, I heard that she is still in bed.
It's okay if it's just like this, but Li Zhen comes to grind him every day, and when she sees her every day, her tears fall down like she doesn't want money, Li Yu looked at her stubborn, and she didn't surrender, and suddenly remembered that she died early, Mrs. Taifu, who also had a clear love and hate, but she was still the same delicate and bright, and Li Zhen had seven or eight points of similarity. It is estimated that this is the case, Li Yu actually agreed to Li Zhen to say such a thing regardless of his identity.
The officials have this heart to some extent, after all, there are people in the palace who are good at blowing the pillow wind, but Qing Ruifan didn't mention it, and no one dared to ask, and now someone is the first to say it, how can there be a reason not to agree? For a while, there were a lot of people bent their waists below, and their mouths were all saying that they wanted a general election.
Qing Ruifan knew their concerns, but he also understood that as long as he agreed, the hat of the lustful faint monarch would definitely be buckled on his head. He had only been on the throne for a few days, and it was too early to think about it. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in Li Yu's direction. It is impossible for Li Yu not to know this medium and heavy, and he is willing to take such a risk, mostly for the sake of that doting granddaughter. It's not easy to subdue the court, if such a thing is not handled well, it is estimated that people's hearts will be scattered.
"It's still the period of the emperor's funeral, and my ascension to the throne is already unreasonable, if there is a general election now, do you want to send the widow down?" Qing Ruifan's voice was very relaxed, completely unaware of the shock that his words brought to the people below.
"Well, let's do it first. This month, the fifteenth queen will hold a summer banquet. If you have a suitable girl in the house, bring it over to play, and we'll talk about it when the time comes. "On the third day of the new year, the emperor's words are clearly to do it, but not big. Li Yutou suddenly raised his head and looked into Qing Ruifan's eyes, only to see a calm and deep place. This time, it was really his own excesses, and Qing Ruifan did not expose him, but lightly maintained it, and he did his best.
"Okay, if it's okay, let's retreat." Qing Ruifan looked at Li Yu and made a look, Li Yu slowed down, and finally followed Qing Ruifan into the inner hall.
"The emperor forgives the sins." As soon as he entered the palace gate, Li Yu knelt down with a thud, and the body of the sixtieth year was acceptable or not, and the muffled sound on the ground was even heard clearly by the blue clothes outside.
And Qing Ruifan just lightly helped people up, and lightly asked people to sit and make tea. After finishing his work, Qing Ruifan sat down and flipped through the long tassels in the box in his hand, the warm fabric and delicate tassels gently brushed the palms of his hands, with a faint sense of tranquility.
"Teacher, but because of Li Zhen?" Qing Ruifan is not a stupid person, Li Yu has always done things in a certain way, it is impossible to be so abrupt. Li Yu's hand holding the teacup shook slightly. He knew he couldn't hide anything from this man. His eyes were always sharp, and his mind was always clear.
"I'll take care of this. It's just a teacher," Qing Ruifan looked at the appearance of the tea leaves stretching in the teacup in his hand, the light yellow tea, the green leaves, and the white bone china cup, harmonious and peaceful, but what he said was not like this, "Teacher, you can protect her for a while, but you can't protect her for a lifetime." If she gets into the queen's eyes this time, then I won't blame the rest. ”
Li Yu's body trembled, and entered the queen's eyes? In other words, all the school-age ladies at the summer banquet have to pass not the emperor's pass, but the queen? Li Yu had never seen this queen, and he didn't know where she came from. But I heard that he was the one who fought a key battle for Qing Ruifan's ascension, and he must also be a ruthless character, otherwise how could he squeeze the infatuated Yang Li'er down at the same time?
"I understand." In the end, Li Yu just had the corners of his mouth weak, lowered his head and responded sullenly. Li Zhen's domineering temperament, he really doesn't have the heart and strength to discipline, maybe entering the palace gate can make her sober. "The old minister only asks the emperor to spare her life." Qing Ruifan saw the white hair on Li Yu's sideburns, and his heart still tugged. In this world, only family members will think about themselves wholeheartedly, Li Yu is like this, and Qing Haoxuan is also like this. He couldn't bear it either, so he could only agree. Li Yu has spent most of his life for himself, and it is not too much for him to take this reward now.
After sending Li Yu away, Lan Yi was called in: "Go find the Ninth Prince and let him enter the palace." The blue clothes obeyed, and Qing Ruifan also took people and walked straight to Fenglan Palace. He wasn't worried that Murong Zhi would lose her temper at all, this was the difference between her and Yang Li'er, and what won his heart.