Chapter 18: The Birthday of the Pear Lady
Li Ling sighed a little, Dong Qilin is no longer in the Mo Shang Palace every night, but the number of times he comes to the Mo Shang Palace is the most, but Li Ling still feels a little depressed in her heart, although she knows that this is because after Yu Anqiao recovered from her illness, she put a lot of pressure on Dong Qilin, but Li Ling always felt that it was not a good taste.
Soon after Wen Xin'er entered the cold palace, Li Ling also went to see her once, at that time, she had become mute, probably someone was afraid that she would say something that should not be said, about Princess Qiling's falling into the water, it has always been something that Li Ling has not figured out, Wen Xin'er has become mute, and she will not say anything.
It's been almost a year since Liling entered the palace, it's only been a year, she has been demoted, she has been in the cold palace, she has been seriously ill, she has been framed, she has been poisoned, Flower Silhouette and Qiu Qi have died, it's only been less than a year, so many things have happened, I don't know what will happen in the next so many years, how should I live in the next so many years?
On February 18, Liling's birthday, Dong Qilin held a small banquet for her in the palace, in addition to inviting the concubines in the palace, there were also Li Jingzong and his wife, Gu Minghe and his wife.
Pear Ling didn't want to hold this birthday banquet, but Dong Qilin insisted that he wanted to do it, but Pear Ling couldn't screw it, so he had to go with him.
After such a long time, Li Ling saw Jiang Zhenxiu and Li Manrou again, and the events around the Mid-Autumn Festival last year are still recalled in Li Ling's mind, which is really a thing or a person.
Li Manrou is still like that, her dissatisfaction with Li Ling is still written on her face, and she doesn't know how to converge at all.
Li Ling didn't care much either, she didn't care about other people's eyes, let alone someone like Li Manrou, but after suffering Gu Minghe, she was destined to be sorry for Gu Minghe for the rest of her life.
"Today's seventeenth birthday of Concubine Xi Ai, all of them are from their own families, you don't have to be too restrained, you can do it at will." Of course, Dong Qilin was the first to speak.
Today, except for Dai Yanshan, who excused herself for being uncomfortable and Jiang Meiren, who didn't come because she was pregnant, the other palace concubines came, which can be regarded as giving pear Ling enough face.
"Thank you very much for coming." The pear raised her glass and drank it all.
"I wish my mother every year today, and every year today." Jiang Zhenxiu was the first to respond, and the wine in the cup was also drunk.
Pear Ling, nodded yes.
Li Ling looked at Jiang Zhenxiu's smile, and felt a chill in her heart, she wouldn't think that she would forget the good things Jiang Zhenxiu had done with these two sentences!
At the dinner, Jiang Zhenxiu had been flattering Liling, while Li Manrou looked at Liling with a displeased face, as if Liling would disappear immediately.
Gu Minghe looked at the pear Ling sitting next to Dong Qilin, this person, it was not his before, it is not now, and it will not be in the future, if he insisted on a little bit and married Li Ling as his wife, it should not be the situation today, she has married someone else, but he married her sister, thinking of this, Gu Minghe looked at Li Manrou beside him, but saw Li Manrou looking at Li Ling with a look of envy, Gu Minghe smiled bitterly.
Li Ling noticed that Gu Minghe was a little gloomy, he was not having a good time these days? I think so, Li Manrou married her, what happiness does he have? For a while, Li Ling also felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. During the banquet, Li Jingzong didn't say anything, just sat quietly in the banquet, not like Li Jingzong at all.
"Father, daughter toasts father." Li Ling walked up to Li Jingzong and wanted to toast Li Jingzong.
"I don't dare." Half-pushed and half-drunk the wine, Li Jingzong looked at his daughter who was becoming more and more beautiful, and felt a little emotional for a while.
"The daughter thanks her father for all these years of teaching." Pear is drinking a cup.
"It is a blessing for the mother to share the worries and relieve the work for the emperor, and the minister has not done anything." Li Jingzong is always humble, and no one knows what he is thinking.
"Anyway, thank you, father." Pear Ling smiled, teaching? Li Jingzong didn't give her any lessons, and what she gave was always just a lesson.
Li Jingzong no longer spoke, but silently drank the wine of Li Ling's toast.
"Mother, this cup of daughter respects you." Li Ling walked up to Jiang Zhenxiu and wanted to toast Jiang Zhenxiu.
"The courtiers don't dare." Jiang Zhenxiu didn't expect that Li Ling would toast herself, and stood up a little overwhelmed.
"It should." No matter what Jiang Zhenxiu thinks, she has already done it first.
"Where's the mother?" Jiang Zhenxiu pursed her lips, and then drank the wine, she really didn't know what kind of medicine was bought in this pear gourd.
Li Ling doesn't care what Jiang Zhenxiu has in her heart, anyway, Jiang Zhenxiu had better be honest, otherwise, she won't be polite.
"This last cup of concubines, respect the emperor." Ri Ling returned to her place and toasted Dong Qilin.
"You can't drink anymore." Dong Qilin looked at Li Ling's already slightly drunk face with some helplessness.
"It's okay, this cup has to be honored to the emperor." The pear didn't help but say, so she drank it directly.
"If you drink it again, you'll be drunk." Dong Qilin half-supported the pear ling, thinking about how to quietly stop the pear from continuing to drink.
"The concubine won't get drunk, the emperor can rest assured." Ri Ling broke free from Dong Qilin's hand and stood in her place.
"Since the pear girl entered the palace, thanks to the care of the sisters, there is something offended, and I hope that the sisters Haihan, the pear will do it first as a respect." Saying that, the pear is already in the stomach with a glass of wine.
Dong Qilin looked at Li Ling with a little headache, what happened to this woman tonight? Drinking so much alcohol on purpose?
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Dong Qilin returned to Moshang Palace with the already drunk pear ling.
"I ...... It's okay......" The words in Liling's mouth slurred.
Dong Qilin shook his head, looked at the person in his arms, and lost his mind for a while.
"I'm happy...... Happy......" Pear Ling said, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
Dong Qilin looked at the tears in the corners of Liling's eyes, a little surprised, this woman, he didn't seem to see her cry much, she didn't cry when the flower silhouette died, she didn't cry when she was wronged into the cold palace, and she didn't cry even when she was dying, what's wrong with this today, so sad?
"My previous birthday...... There are only Niang and Qiuqi, but there are so many people today...... Happy......"
Crying with joy? Dong Qilin smiled.
"However, Niang and Qiu Qi are gone...... "Liling's voice gradually lowered.
It turns out that because of this, because the people who have been with me are gone, so sad so much? Dong Qilin guessed.
"No one in this world will understand me...... There will be no more ......" The pear girl seemed to fall into a low cry, and then sang softly again: "The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost, and the people are ...... In the water ...... One side ......"
Dong Qilin listened to what the pear said, and quietly put the pear on the bed.
Looking at the gradually sleeping pear Ling, Dong Qilin was a little distracted.