Chapter 8: The Second Sparrow
I laughed, mocking myself and fate.
Then he walked to a lonely grave behind the peach tree, knelt down and said, "It's me, I'm here again." I know I should avenge you? But, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I have deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb all these years and avoided seeing you, I am sorry for you. ”
I don't know what to say, it's my fault.
I looked at the tomb and my heart hurt so much that I couldn't breathe, and I could only bury myself here after I died.
He should be revered by all men while he lived, and he should be honored after he died, but now there is no one to worship.
They all believed the bad lies, and none of them believed you.
bears the stigma and dies without a whole body, but can only stand a well-dressed grave.
I can't even wash away your humiliation and restore your innocence.
Filled with guilt and regret, I left the mansion.
"Let's go back to the palace!"
"Yes."
I was wobbly in a carriage.
Suddenly asked Mama, "Have you arrived at the palace gate?" ”
"Yes."
When you lift the curtain, you can see the high red palace wall.
Not only solemn, solemn, but also suffocating.
It was at this moment that I suddenly understood why the late Concubine Jia loved to fly kites.
Why wait every time until the kite flies to the highest point and then cut the kite string short with one scissor.
She wanted to go out, she wanted to be free.
That high-flying kite carries her own wishes and hopes.
Because he couldn't get out, he wanted to let the kite replace him over the high palace wall, pass through layers of confinement, and feel freedom and happiness.
The people in this imperial city have everything, but they don't have freedom.
The people on the outside want to get in, and the people on the inside want to come out.
It's funny.
And now I'm trapped, just like my mother.
I laughed stupidly, and even laughed out of tears, "Mama, you know what? When I was a child, I was, ah, no, Your Majesty, and when he was out of the palace, he accidentally met a person who stopped us and said that he wanted to approve the number. ”
"Princess, what is the signature?"
"He said I was a bird."
"The words of the charlatans are not credible."
I didn't believe it at the time. But you see, I'm trapped in the palace right now. Like the dying canary. Can't get out and can't break free. ”
"Princess, don't think about it."
I looked at Mama, she was really worried about me.
I hugged my grandmother tightly and said, "Okay, okay, I'll talk about it casually." ”
"Princess, I am your own relative. The old lady is gone, and the girl is too, don't you have anything to do! ”
"Oops, I see. Don't worry, if I'm gone, I'll also arrange for you in advance and tell you. ”
I looked at Mama Lin and was about to cry, "I won't say anything." ”
I was silently thinking about the signature that had annotated me in the first place.
* The red wall is vermilion and dry bones, and the golden prison finches. *
Actually, it's pretty accurate, isn't it?
The janitorial army at the gate saw the sign on the carriage and immediately let us in.
The closed palace door slowly opened, as if it were a huge beast.
I watched as the walls of the palace and drew closer and closer to engulf me completely.
"Boom!"
Then the shackles fell and locked me inside.
I stuck my head out and looked at the square and narrow sky above me, living a life that was repeated every day, without hope, without freedom.
My life has been in the deep palace.
I don't know what my ending will be like.
Wouldn't it be like my mother?
Start here and end here.
This may be my "fate", the same fate as the canary.