I really wanted to embrace her in my arms, love her as in the past, lingering and compassionate, but I didn't have that kind of will and strength, and I couldn't help but be at a loss.

Suddenly, I realized that Ji Weiqi's heart had patched up all the flaws in her own feelings, like a broken mirror of reunion, to a more spiritual and transparent state of perfection than before.

"Lin Kun, do you know, why did I save you back then?" asked Ji Weiqi suddenly.

"When I was a child?"

"That's right."

"Why"

"At that time, I hadn't comprehended the Great Dao, and I had been receiving my own demons backlash, and it was as if there was a god fetus and a demon seed competing against each other in my body, and as a result, you mistakenly broke into the realm of Yuling, and were infected by the demon seed, and by mistake, I saved you, but I was no longer affected by my own demon seed."

"And for such a weird reason"

"You don't believe it, maybe this is fate." Ji Weiqi smiled, "Who would have thought that I would fall in love with that crying little kid back then." ”

Although Ji Weiqi's words are a bit metaphysical, it is not that Ji Weiqi does not really love me, but that her love has transcended the worldly love between men and women, and no longer pursues physical relationships, which may be an indescribable but deeper feeling, but it is not the kind I have always expected.

The spiritual connection between us allows us to figure out each other's subtle intentions without speaking.

"Can you feel it?" asked Wei Qi softly.

"Hmm."

I nodded.

"Lin Kun, forgive me, I really love you, but I really can't convince myself, I have my own selfishness, I use you."

I smiled, in fact, I could vaguely feel what the contradiction in Ji Weiqi's heart was, I had no doubt about her love for me, but behind this love, there was something she needed more.

It is dependent.

This kind of reliance will not be the reliance of "enjoying the shade under the big tree", nor is it the so-called happy marriage and family happiness after "finding a good man to marry", but behind every successful woman there is a man who silently guards her, and she needs my protection, so that she can do her own thing without distraction.

I smiled wryly and said, "I know, I've always known that as long as I'm the most important thing in your heart, it's enough, nothing else matters." ”

A smile of love escaped from the corner of Ji Weiqi's mouth, and she moved into my arms, but she didn't speak.

The two enjoyed the intoxicating feeling of direct contact between their hearts, but there was no ripple of love as before, just a sublimated spiritual handover.

Nor did I have the same impulse as I had to do before, and let her moving body cling to me, silently intoxicating.

Ji Weiqi slowly moved away from her delicate body, her beautiful eyes flashed with holy brilliance, and she said softly like water, "I want you to know how grateful I am to you for letting me taste love." And I'll always have only one husband for you, understand."

I let out a long breath and said with a smile, "If you don't understand, you can't do it, who told me to be able to receive the message from your heart without leaking." ”

Ji Weiqi smiled lightly and said softly, "Hmm." ”

Then, Ji Weiqi took out something from her arms, still keeping a warm body temperature.

"What is this?"

"You'll find out if you look at it."

I took it and it turned out to be a jade plaque.

"Jade card" I looked at Ji Weiqi suspiciously, not knowing what the meaning of this jade card was.

"Fool, I'm going to flip through your sign today." Ji Weiqi smiled slightly and snuggled up to my shoulder, "You can promise"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud in my heart, "Sister Qi, it's rare for you to be so active, I have to serve you well tonight." ”

"Virtue," Ji Weiqi said calmly, "This jade plaque was given to me by my mother herself, and I will keep it until I get married, but I have always hidden it and refused to give it to you, so I will treat it as the most precious gift to you and let it be disposed of." ”

I stuffed the jade card into my arms, and said with a smile, "Sister Qi gave me the most precious gift, but this thing is not very good, not free, I want to be close to you, and I have to turn over the brand, this is so troublesome, if I don't turn it over, it will be difficult to return it to me."

Ji Weiqi glanced at me and said with slight annoyance, "You are a person, how can people be willing to treat you like that," and then smiled slightly, "You remember, I will always be your wife, and I belong to you alone." ”

The so-called flip brand, is the ancient emperor to choose a concubine and a way to room, each brand represents a concubine, the emperor fancy which, the brand turned over, turned over which brand, the emperor will be fortunate which concubine. Some girls with red cards in green houses also use this method.

The hierarchy of the harem in the Tang Dynasty was already very complicated, in addition to the queen, there were "four ladies" of Zhengyi, namely the noble concubine, the lady concubine, the virtuous concubine, and the virtuous concubine; Zhengerpin nine concubines Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyi, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan; The twenty-seventh woman Jieyu is nine people and three products; Nine beauties are four products; Nine talented people are five products; Eighty-one royal wives Baolin twenty-seven people are six products; Twenty-seven royal maidens are seven products; Twenty-seven color girls are eight products. The Tang Dynasty had a certain order of accompanying the imperial bed, which was determined according to the full moon and the lack of the moon. The first fifteen days of the month are the gradual full, and the last fifteen days are the gradual shortage. Therefore, from the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year, it is the turn of the low-status to the high-level, and from the sixteenth to the end of the month, it is the turn of the high-status to the low-ranking one. The queen and the third lady have priority, and the nine concubines and below are "ninety-nine and royal", that is, every nine people share the favor for one night.

In detail, from the first to the ninth day of the new year, there are eighty-one royal wives, and every nine people share one night; From the tenth to the twelfth of the first month, there are twenty-seven women, and every nine people share one night; Thirteen are nine concubines; Fourteen is the third lady; Fifteen is exclusive to the queen. Similarly, sixteen is also exclusive to the queen; Seventeen is the third lady; Eighteen are nine concubines; Nineteen to twenty-one twenty-seven women, every nine people share one night; Twenty-two to thirty are eighty-one royal wives, and every nine people share one night.

On the whole, the queen has two nights, the third lady has two nights, the world wife has six nights, and the royal wife has eighteen nights. It is a fair distribution for concubines, but for the Son of Heaven, it is not a pleasant thing to not be able to choose freely, and to deal with many at once. Although the regulations for the harem concubines to enter the dormitory are clear, because of the large number of concubines, from time to time some people are unwell or menstrual affairs come, so the choice of the night on duty is very troublesome and troublesome, easy to cause drawbacks, so most of the palace set up a "female history" to manage the order of the concubines entering the dormitory.

In the Qing Dynasty, the dormitory system was more perfect. Every day at dinner, all the concubines who were fortunate and the eunuchs in the respectroom prepared one for them

A green plaque with the names of the concubines written on it. The style of the sign is the same as that of the official introduction of Beijing. Or more than ten sides, or dozens of sides. The eunuch put these signs in a large silver plate and presented them when preparing dinner, so they were also called meal cards. After the emperor finished his dinner, the eunuch was about to kneel before the emperor. If the emperor is not lucky, he will go. If there is an intention, that is, take the card and flip it, so that the card is back up, and the eunuch retreats. Give this card to another eunuch, who is responsible for carrying the concubine and placing her on the couch. At that time, the emperor was already lying on the imperial couch, and the lower end of the quilt was spread out. The eunuch who carried the concubine took off all his upper and lower clothes, wrapped them in a big hat, carried them to the front of the royal couch, removed the big coat, and the concubine climbed up from the bottom of the quilt naked. The head of the worship room and the concubine and eunuch were all waiting outside the window. If the time is too long, the manager sings that it's time. If the emperor should not, he will sing again. Three times in this way, the emperor ordered the eunuchs to enter the bedchamber. The eunuch dragged the concubine out from under the emperor's feet, still wrapped it in a large coat, and carried it away. After leaving, the chief eunuch knelt down and begged for a day to stay

The emperor said he would not stay. The chief manager went to the concubine and pressed the back femoral acupoint, and the essence flowed out. The emperor said to stay. The chief eunuch took notes on a certain day and a certain time in the book, and the emperor was fortunate to be a concubine. This is used as proof of conception for future reference. This is the custom of the ancestors in the palace ban of the Qing Dynasty. If the emperor lived in the Old Summer Palace, then such rituals would have been abolished, and he could love happiness at any time, just like ordinary people. However, the presentation of the meal card is still the same. Therefore, most of the emperors lived in the Old Summer Palace.

Seeing that I seemed to have relapsed, Ji Weiqi was not disgusted but happy, reached out and touched my cheek lovingly, kissed me lightly on the mouth, and said happily, "I remember." ”

I smiled and reached out to screw her eyelid. Ji Weiqi's beautiful eyes lit up, revealing an indescribable sweet smile.

There was nothing wrong all night, and it seemed that none of us took the bet with Ji Weiyu the next day to heart.

I looked calm, full of the leisurely meaning of strolling in the mountains and forests, slowly walked to the mourning hall, but found that Ji Weiyu arrived early in the morning, I smiled indifferently "In fact, victory or defeat is good, the most difficult thing to let go is not the victory itself, but the human heart, to good or evil determines the importance of victory and defeat itself, for me, victory or defeat is just a passing cloud, but Ji Weiqi is a wild horse, to control her, you must use extraordinary means, you must not really defeat her." ”

Ji Weiyu said calmly, "I naturally know how powerful Ji Weiqi is, and I am fully prepared." What you say today makes me look at you differently. ”

I nodded happily and said, "That's good, it's worthy of being the eldest sister."

"Passing the award, there is a lot of love and hatred, this is the eternal truth" Ji Weiyu smiled, "Ji Weiqi is indeed a rare genius through the ages, but her biggest weakness is to have feelings, Shakya teaches that the four are empty, that is, he knows the pain of being trapped in the world, and the only way to get happiness from suffering is to forget his feelings." And love comes from the flesh, and only when the flesh is abandoned. ”

Ji Weiyu is a monk, and she has the highest right to speak on this point, and in desperation, I am silent.

After a while, he said, "Today's game, you can decide"

"It's decided, I'll accept the gamble." Ji Weiyu said calmly, "As you said, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, this time, only ask right and wrong, regardless of victory or defeat."

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