Chapter Ninety-Six: Settling Accounts After the Autumn

In the cold winter, the golden pavilion of the regent of Beijing, the bright moon is in the sky, the north wind is cold, the plum blossoms and snow are swaying, all the sounds are silent, and occasionally the wisps of plum fragrance float into the beige gauze tent, and the curling sandalwood. Liu Xiaolan was naked, reclining on the couch, looking into the distance, only a bright moon shone on the flower window in the silence of all things, the moonlight was like water, the blue waves were vast, the plum forest was like a hail, and the snow was the same color. The painter Yu Rushui is slowly outlining Liu Xiaolan's jade skin on the easel erected. Liu Xiaolan and Fish Like Water seem to be in a mysterious time and space that transcends the ages and connects the past and the present, and they don't know what the day is......

"Childe, have you finished drawing? I've had a pillar of incense in this pose, right?" Liu Xiaolan suddenly turned her head and asked, shrugging her sore shoulders.

"Lan Guifei, okay, okay, look at ......" Yu Rushui took off the painting and handed it to Liu Xiaolan, while putting down the paintbrush and paint, still staring at the naked Liu Xiaolan, swallowing his saliva.

"Since Childe has already finished painting, why didn't he tell people earlier? Still staring at people like this, Childe still wants it? Aren't you afraid of the regent?" Liu Xiaolan turned her head and smiled, and quickly put on her clothes.

It's just that the concubine was born with a good embryo, and every time she makes her fall in love, she can't help it today, she loses her three souls and six souls, and she hopes that the concubine will atone for her sins. The fish hurriedly knelt down and said.

"Okay, okay, people are just joking with Childe, Childe is serious. Hee-hee-hee-hee...... Childe is really extraordinary, worthy of the capital painting saint. Liu Xiaolan glanced at the painting and put it down, walked over gently, raised her hand and slowly helped up Yu Rushui, "Hey......" Liu Xiaolan suddenly fell into Yu Rushui's arms, Yu Rushui hurriedly hugged Liu Xiaolan, and the two hugged each other tightly. The heart of the fish like water "banged" straight up, and Liu Xiaolan's heart was also hot.

"Concubine Lan, it's okay. The fish blushed like water, gently pushed Liu Xiaolan away, looked around and said in a panic.

"Hee-hee-hee...... Childe's arms are so strong. Liu Xiaolan smiled.

"That'...... Lan Guifei...... The paintings were all drawn, and I retired first if I had nothing to do. Yu Rushui said in a panic, picked up the paintbrush and paint bag and opened the door and left.

"Alas........." Liu Xiaolan pursed her lips, flicked her sleeves and sighed, and the fawn in her heart also quieted down.

Liu Xiaolan stood at the window boringly, looking at the figure of the fish drifting away like water, and suddenly felt lonely and sad in her heart.

Suddenly, the palace maid outside the door, Abi, saluted and said, "Concubine Lan, the queen invites Concubine Lan to move to Cining Palace to listen to the music." ”

"Ah Bi, do you know what kind of song it is?" Liu Xiaolan shook her head and thought to herself, "Xiao Gon often asked me to avoid this Huang Taiji's widow, saying that she was ruthless and unscrupulous, so I was told to keep a low profile, and it was best to avoid her in case of trouble." Now she suddenly asked me to listen to the music, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? Could it be that she sees that Xiao Gon is now spoiling me and wants to win me over? Hehehe...... Thinking about it, Liu Xiaolan couldn't help laughing.

"Pipa Dance "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night". The queen said that Lan Guifei was born in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and had a gentle temperament like water, so she chose this Jiangnan song to enjoy with Lan Guifei. The palace maid Abi bent down and smiled.

"Oh, the queen has a heart. It's just that this "Spring River Flower Moonlit Night" is a song made by the lord of the dead country, which is not a good sign...... Is there anyone else?" Liu Xiaolan hurriedly asked, picked up the comb on the dresser and looked out the window, thinking to herself, "This weasel must not have a good heart for the New Year's greetings to the chickens, should I go or not? If I go, I don't know what the so-called thing is, it may be dangerous, and if I don't go, I will make the queen laugh at me in her heart." Alas, whether to go or not to go is really a question worth thinking about, and it is a headache. Liu Xiaolan paced back and forth, her heart was entangled.

"There is also Concubine Shugui, and the queen said that she invited the two good sisters to taste their Yehenala clan's secret Changbai Mountain wild sika deer placenta paste, beautify their faces together, and live a long life together. Abi smiled.

"Okay. Wait a minute, I'll comb it and go!" After that, Liu Xiaolan groomed in the mirror, grinned, and thought, "This queen mother really knows each other, this is obviously throwing an olive branch to me to show favor and win me over, hehehe......" There was a burst of joy in her heart, and Huan Huanxi followed the two palace maids to take the royal carriage to Cining Palace.

As soon as Liu Xiaolan walked into Cining Palace, the sandalwood in Cining Palace was curling, a group of dancers were dancing, and the leading woman in red was dancing while holding the pipa in her arms, plucking the pipa and gently playing and singing "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", Queen Xiaozhuang and Shuguifei were sitting there quietly enjoying "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night":

The tide of the spring river is even with the sea, and the bright moon on the sea is born together.

Thousands of miles with the waves, where there is no moon in the spring river!

The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlit flowers and forests are like hail.

The frost in the air does not fly, and the white sand on the Ting cannot be seen.

Jiangtian is colorless and dustless, and the lonely moon wheel in the bright sky.

Who first saw the moon on the riverside? When did the river moon shine at the beginning of the year?

Life has been infinite from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue looks similar every year.

I don't know who Jiang Yue treats, but I see the Yangtze River sending water.

The white clouds are gone, and the green maple is not worried.

Who's going to be in the boat tonight? Where is the Acacia Mingyue Tower?

Poor upstairs wandering for the moon, should be taken away from the makeup mirror.

The jade curtain can't be rolled up, and the clothes are smashed and the anvil is returned.

At this time, we don't hear each other, and we are willing to shine on you month by month.

The wild goose flies for a long time, and the fish and dragon dive into the water.

Last night, the dream of the idle pool fell, and the poor spring did not return home.

The river flows to the end of spring, and the moon falls in the river and the lake slopes westward.

The oblique moon sinks into the sea fog, and the stone Xiaoxiang has an infinite road.

I don't know how many people will return to the moon, and the falling moon will shake the river trees.

A wonderful song "Spring River Flower Moon Night", in the melodious pipa sound, it seems that a spring river flows silently, like turning away, the sea and the sky are the same color, the river and the sea are flush, and a round of bright moon is like a water hibiscus slowly gushing out with the waves at the junction of the sea and the sky. The moonlight is bright, the spring river is slender, the empty moon hangs in the blue sky, and a soft silver world is quietly presented, without a trace of dust, without a trace of filth, as if coming to a bright and transparent world. The souls of the people, who had been cleansed by the soft moonlight, were in a state of clarity, purity and simplicity, and the rays of light seemed to have obtained the wisdom of Manjushri. Thousands of rivers and lakes return to January, and January shines on thousands of rivers and lakes. At that moment, the entire Cining Palace and even the entire imperial palace were shrouded in the light of this bright moon. It's beautiful, it's unimaginably beautiful. In the illusion, the river sings smoothly and zigzagly, the Fangdian on both sides of the river is misty, completely intoxicated in the painting, the moonlight gently embraces the flowers and trees like a mist, the flowing moonlight silver glow is like a faintly floating mist, the silver white satin looms in the mist, and the dark flowing silver moon Suhui is like a fresh mist, as if a touch of water vapor that will not be condensed. Everyone's eyes followed the river, followed the boat to the sparkling silver distance, sailed to the vast universe, and chased the lonely moon hanging in the sky. Everyone was immersed in the scene and was fascinated.

"The queen is auspicious!

"Concubine Lan is here, let's get even. Empress Xiaozhuang looked at Liu Xiaolan and said, "Concubine Lan, sit down quickly, the mourning family heard that Concubine Lan has been very busy recently, I don't know how good her health is?" The mourning family specially asked you and Concubine Shu to come over together to taste our Yehenala clan's secret Changbai Mountain wild sika deer placenta paste, this deer placenta paste can not only beautify the face, but also prolong life. ”

"Thank you, Queen, Xiaolan is all right. No wonder the skin of the queen mother and sister Shu is so smooth and delicate, it turns out that it is the miraculous effect of this deer placenta cream. Liu Xiaolan sat down, picked up a cup of deer placenta paste, and praised with a smile.

"Sister Lan, what are you talking about? The queen mother is the first beauty in the Manchu and Han dynasties, and I don't dare to be on the same page as the queen mother. Concubine Shu took a bite of deer placenta paste and explained to herself, "I also touched Sister Lan's light today to eat this bowl of secret deer placenta cream." ”

"Alright, alright. Lan Guifei, our Yehenala clan's secret Changbai Mountain wild sika deer placenta paste is the imperial doctors take out the water tire from the belly of the pregnant sika deer, dry the water tire into powder, and 24 precious medicinal materials such as ejiao, tortoise shell, deer antler velvet, etc., boiled into it, taking this ointment can be energetic and prolong life. Hurry up and taste it!" said Empress Xiaozhuang with a smile.

Liu Xiaolan took a bite of deer placenta paste, feeling delicate and smooth, warm and warm, her body was full of qi and blood, her face was ruddy, and she praised again and again: "The queen mother's deer placenta paste is really the best in the sky, it is hard to find in the world! Thank you for the queen mother's love!"

"Hehehe...... If you like it!" Empress Xiaozhuang smiled.

"Sister Lan, we Jurchens have a secret recipe for beauty that has been popular for thousands of years, that is, this deer placenta paste, there has always been a saying in the Qing Palace: the emperor drinks deer blood, and the queen eats deer placenta cream. Emperor Taiji often ate dishes cooked with fresh venison to satisfy his palate, the regent Dolgon often drank deer blood to nourish his body, and Empress Xiaozhuang had to drink a few sips of soup made from deer antler slices every morning after getting up, so as to keep her youthful, energetic and prolonged. My sister is really stained with your light today. I don't know how to thank my sister?"

"Sister is polite, thank you for not needing! But I heard that this "Spring River Flower Moon Night" belongs to the old title of Yuefu's "Qing Shang Ciqu • Wu Sheng Song", and this old title was concocted by Chen Shubao, the king of the Chen Dynasty, who was spurned and criticized by successive dynasties, and it was not pleasing. I don't know why I listened to this song today? My sister is still not knowledgeable, and I ask my sister to give me advice. Liu Xiaolan looked at Concubine Shu and smiled.

"Yes, the Qing Shang song created by Chen Shubao, who eats, drinks and has fun on weekdays, has gorgeous words! Empress Chen beckons the female bachelors and royal literati in the palace all day long, gathers together to drink and laugh, write poems for fun, get drunk and dream of death, won't you lose the country? Now that the Qing Empire has just won the country, there is such a fox spirit as you! All day long, the devil confuses the people, reverses black and white, and turns the regent obsessed! What kind of Han etiquette, marrying a Han wife, and worshipping the Han generals? ! Do you see whether the Qing Empire is the country of the Jurchens or the world of the Han people? ! Empress Xiaozhuang stood up suddenly, her face turned pale, and she dropped the jade bowl containing deer placenta paste in her hand and shouted, "Come on, catch this fox spirit who has brought disaster to the country and the people!" Empress Xiaozhuang was emotional for a while, her body trembled slightly, and Concubine Shugui felt that she stood up and helped Queen Xiaozhuang.

"Queen Mother, spare your life! Queen Mother, spare your life! Xiaolan really doesn't know about the Manchu and Han Dynasty, and Xiaolan also became Lan Guifei by mistake! If the queen doesn't like Xiaolan, you can let Xiaolan out of the palace and be a commoner...... It's okay to be a nun! Ask the queen mother for mercy! Don't kill Xiaolan......" Liu Xiaolan knelt on the ground, crawled forward to Queen Xiaozhuang on both knees, and kowtowed and begged for mercy while pulling Queen Xiaozhuang's skirt.

"Someone, bring it up, do you know this painter?!" Empress Xiaozhuang kicked Liu Xiaolan away with one foot, and pointed her fingers at the fish like water brought up by several guards.

Liu Xiaolan, who had a trace of blood stains on the corner of her mouth, turned her head to look at the fish like water, and said categorically: "Queen Mother, wronged! I don't know this person! I have never seen this person!"

"You ......" Yu Rushui pointed at Liu Xiaolan and stopped, her face turned blue with anger.

"Concubine Lan, you are still hard-mouthed when you are dying! Then how to explain this painting?! Open your dog eyes and give the mourning family a good look! Isn't the person in this painting you?!" Empress Xiaozhuang took the painting handed over by Abi. It turned out that Na Abi was a close confidant of Empress Xiaozhuang in the Regent's Palace.

"Queen Mother, I don't know! I don't know anything! Who framed me, I want to see the regent! I am ......innocent," Liu Xiaolan continued to pull the hem of Empress Xiaozhuang's skirt and begged.

"Concubine Lan, you can't spew blood! I framed you?! The queen mother Shengming, the queen mother is the master for me, it is obvious that Lan Guifei has repeatedly seduced me! I am worried every day...... I ......" the fish blushed, slapped himself, and fell to his knees crying.

"Okay, okay! The mourning family heard that "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" was made by Zhang Ruoxu. Xiaoyu, if the mourning family is not mistaken, this Zhang Ruoxu is also from Yangzhou, is it your fellow villager, right? At the turn of the early Tang Dynasty, in the words and rivers and lakes of masters, your fellow countryman Zhang Ruoxu only relied on this poem "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" to suppress the whole Tang Dynasty, with the light of all things, arousing the true feelings of the world, and the mourning family admired him very much! For the sake of your fellow countryman Zhang Ruoxu's face, the mourning family will let you, a pair of dog men and women who are male prostitutes and female thieves, listen to it one last time today!" Empress Xiaozhuang said, the dancers danced again, and the sound of the pipa lingered inside and outside the Cining Palace. At this moment, the moonlight of the river in the sound of the pipa is like the snow light outside the palace, cold and biting, like the cold light of death in the eyes of the god of death, inch by inch into every inch of Liu Xiaolan and Yu Rushui's skin, penetrating into the bone marrow of the two of them, completely freezing the two of them;

"Lan Guifei, tsk...... Look at the one you tarnished this title! You are born with a cheap life in your bones, and you really think that you have flown up from the chicken coop and become a phoenix! I heard that you abandoned your old lover in Hanzhong for the sake of glory and wealth, and you still wiped your tears in front of the regent every day and begged for some kind of hanging garden for yourself, do you think you are Chen Ajiao? Do you fantasize that the regent Jinwu Zangjiao will pamper you to heaven?" You are born a nasty embryo, and it is cheaper to live in the Qinglou, and you should be thrown directly into a cave or a sinking pig cage! You don't pee and take care of yourself! Why are you embarrassed to mingle with the royal family?! I really don't know where you got the courage? Look at you thick-skinned, you're about to catch up with Bingliu'er on the city tower!"

"Queen Mother, spare your life! Queen Mother, disturb the people...... The villain didn't dare anymore...... The villain doesn't dare anymore......" Liu Xiaolan and Yu Rushui kowtowed together and begged, their foreheads quickly broke and they were bleeding.

"Sister, look, this dog and dog are either kissing or licking. People are either deceiving or acting. The cold gun in the back, the camouflage in front of you. Is it the desolation of troubled times, or the indifference of human nature?!" Empress Xiaozhuang glanced down at Liu Xiaolan and Yu Rushui, and then looked at Concubine Shugui beside her and asked coldly.

"My sister said that what was going on was what it was, but my sister didn't know. Concubine Shu replied.

"Hehehe...... Punish the fish like a water rod for a hundred, cut off the limbs, gouge out the eyes, soak them in the wine jar, and punish them with the punishment of 'bone drunkenness'! Change the surname of the fish like water to 'owl'. Chop off Liu Xiaolan's limbs, gouge out her eyes, cut off her nose and ears, make a 'human biao', and throw her into a pigsty, leaving her whole body to rot and die of pain! Empress Xiaozhuang gave an order, and the palace guards escorted Liu Xiaolan and Yu Rushui to start the execution.

"Concubine Shu, save me! Didn't we say yes at the beginning?! After the matter is completed, you will allow me three mansions! Concubine Shugui...... Concubine Shu ......" Yu Rushui pleaded again and again, but was beaten by the guards on the ground with a cane, and he was beaten until his skin and flesh were opened, and he fainted.

"Sister, what did you say to this fish boy?" Empress Xiaozhuang looked at Concubine Shu and smiled.

"Queen Mother, I didn't say anything, I just invited this famous painter in the capital to drink a cup of tea for half a month, and chatted a little bit about the beauty plan and Liu Xiaolan in "Three Kingdoms", and Diao Chan played Lu Bu's chapter. I don't know why this great painter just talked nonsense about me, presumably this great painter must have been stupid by his sister's words just now, and said some inexplicable crazy things. It's really hateful, don't pay attention to him!" said Shuguifei while waving her hand again and again, and walked over and kicked the fish like water a few times.

"Hehehe......" Empress Xiaozhuang said with a smile.

"Ahh......h

"Sister, wouldn't my sister be too cruel?" Queen Xiaozhuang looked at the bloody ground, covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief and asked coldly.

"My sister is so merciful, and let that brute Liu Xiaolan survive in the pigsty for a few days! If it were me, I would immediately cut off her head, so that she could not see the sun tomorrow. Concubine Shu said with a smile.

"Hehehe...... She can't see it now!" Queen Xiaozhuang patted her sleeve and smiled, "Let's go! Accompany the mourning family to the imperial garden for a walk, and break the smell of blood on this body." ”

Empress Xiaozhuang took Concubine Shugui's hand and went for a walk in the imperial garden. Later, when Dolgon heard about this, he rushed to the pigsty to take a look at Liu Xiaolan, but he was so miserable that he vomited on the spot and his eyes were red. Under pressure from Sony, Aobai, and the Yehnara clan, Dolgon said nothing about the matter.