Chapter Forty-Seven: The Dusty Past
Back at the Shanggong Bureau, Shuangdie pulled Qiao Hua aside and said in a low voice: "Sister Qiao Hua, since you have been in the Shanggong Bureau for so long, and then I see that you are familiar with Su Jieyu and King Sui, in fact, after the incident in the Zhongyuan Festival last night, I want to entrust you with some things." ”
Qiao Hua looked shocked, she didn't know what Shuangdie said.
More perhaps, Shuangdie and himself have been together in the Shanggong Bureau for so long, is it just to say such a sentence?
Qiao Hua didn't know why, and asked, "Jing'er's bracelet was really given by you?" ”
Twin Butterfly shook her head.
"Then why did you lie to Su Jieyu?"
Shuangdie didn't say anything, and said after a while: "Because I have more important things to tell you, which concerns His Royal Highness King Di and His Royal Highness King Qian." Now that you are close to His Royal Highness King Sui, before the death of Concubine Xian, she entrusted me with important matters, and now I will hand it over to you, hoping that you will agree. ”
The afterglow of the evening illuminated the anxious face of the double butterfly yellow, Qiao Hua had never seen the double butterfly show such a look, the double butterfly did not like to talk to people on weekdays, and the expression was always faint, as if sinking into his own world.
Qiao Hua turned his face sideways, avoiding the dazzling sunset, and his tone was a little hesitant: "Me? I'm just a palace maid of the Shang Palace Bureau, how can I help you? ”
Shuangdietao's lips closed slightly, Haoya bit her lower lip lightly, and finally spoke: "Qiao Hua, tell me, are you really a homeless person who was kindly rescued by Lu Si in the barren mountains and forests?" ”
Qiao Hua's heart seemed to have been touched by someone to stir the soft and easy to break string, she smiled and said: "Yes, Fu'an and I are both homeless people, we have lived in the barren mountains since we were children, and we were ......fortunate to be rescued by Lu Sishi."
In fact, from another aspect, this is true, the parents were exiled, and the elder brother was punished to guard the border, and it is fortunate that he did not lose his head. Aren't you a homeless person now?
It's not a lie.
However, Shuangdie suddenly reached out and grabbed Qiao Hua's right hand, and said, "But, but Fu'an was clear at the beginning, and he clearly respected you very much." If you have lived in a barren mountain since childhood, how did you learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? How do you become insightful? How can you be fearless in the face of danger and be calm under such a big change as the Midyear Festival? Qiao Hua, tell me, where are you from? If you don't say it, it's all right, but I ask you to accept my commission. ”
Qiao Hua's nose is pantothenic, the earnest teaching of her parents in the past floated in front of her eyes over and over again, the mother who accompanied her to practice dancing under the moon, and the brother who taught her to shoot with a bow and arrow on the outskirts of the city...... Everyone, how has she ever forgotten?
Qiao Hua blinked, her throat moved slightly, and said, "Sister Shuangdie, you used to follow Concubine Xian Niangniang, and you were indeed very thoughtful, but ...... But there are some things I can't tell you. ”
Shuangdie nodded, "I know, just like there are some things I can't tell Su Jieyu." ”
Qiao Hua was surprised, and his eyes looked directly at the double butterfly for a long time.
Twin Butterfly continued: "The more things you know, the more dangerous it is for those who know, isn't it?" Qiao Hua, I want to ask you to tell His Royal Highness King Di a word. ”
Hearing the word "King Di", Qiao Hua was even more moved, King Di is now being grounded in King Di's mansion, how can he pass the word to King Di's mansion?
Seeing Qiao Hua's embarrassed face, Shuangdie said again: "King Di is the son of Concubine Xian, and before Concubine Xian died, she handed over a letter to King Di. Now, it was time for King Di to open the letter. ”
Qiao Hua seemed to be in the whirlpool of the vast ocean, and said, "I...... Perhaps I can ask His Royal Highness to go and deliver the message, just let King Di open the letter? ”
"Yes, please."
After evening, the afterglow went down, the sky gradually became cold, Qiao Hua was busy for a while, but there was still a fine sweat on his back, until he returned to the bed, he felt a little cooler.
The morning sun of the next morning was as golden as a torch, like a surging wheat wave, sprinkled in bursts, vast and boundless, quite a bit of magnificent realm.
Qiao Hua waited for Su Jieyu to come back to the queen, so she came to Hanliang Hall to wait.
So the king really still came to ask Su Jieyu for peace, and Qiao Hua told King Sui what Shuangdie had entrusted to King Sui, but Su Jieyu still didn't know about it.
Originally, Qiao Hua planned to tell Su Jieyu, but Shuangdie told her that Concubine Xian intended to hide it from Su Jieyu, so Qiao Hua gave up her plan to tell Su Jieyu about it.
After hearing this, the king was a little confident, and said: "Later, I can ride a horse to the palace of the king of Di, you can rest assured, the father and the emperor just let the second brother ground, and outsiders are not allowed to visit on the surface, but the brotherhood between the king and the second brother, even if the father and the emperor know, will not be guilty." ”
Qiao Hua was moved in his heart and said: "I heard that this matter is not known for His Royal Highness King Di, but also for you, and for the forbidden army of Daming Palace." The slave maid is a person from the deep palace, and he doesn't understand why, he only knows that the commander of the forbidden army of Daming Palace is Lord Sikong Jun. ”
Speaking of the three words "Sikong Jun", Qiao Hua is still a little discolored, difficult to hide, maybe just to cover up, but only she knows best in her own heart.
Then the king nodded: "Then I won't tell my mother about this, before lunch, I will definitely let King Di open the letter." ”
Qiao Hua nodded, "Shuangdie said that the letter had been forwarded to His Royal Highness King Di a long time ago, but His Royal Highness King Di may have forgotten it himself. Shuangdie also said that now is a good time to open, so that His Royal Highness King Di must chew the words and consider carefully. ”
Then the king was a little puzzled, "Is the letter very vaguely written?" ”
Qiao Hua was a little dazed, and said: "His Royal Highness the King should go and come back quickly, in addition, I also have to ask His Royal Highness to let the envoy hurry up and send a message to Lord Sikong Jun, so that when he comes back from Queensland, he can catch all the bandits." ”
After the two discussed, Qiao Hua retreated and hurried back to the Shanggong Bureau; Then the king removed the palace, stepped on the horse, and hurried towards the palace of the king of Chang'an City with the sound of horses' hooves.
The crowd was bustling all the way to the market, so the king deliberately took a detour to avoid the crowd rushing to the market before he successfully arrived at the palace of King Di.
Sure enough, when the guards saw that the king was coming, they allowed the king to enter, and the king was "reasonable" and gave two small bags of silver to the guards.
The Di Wangfu gives people a slight sense of decadence, and it seems that everyone knows that there is a prince who has lost the emperor's love, so everyone snubs him. Then the king held the scabbard of his right hand tightly and approached the main hall with steps.
Seeing King Sui come in, King Di was quite surprised, "Fifth brother? ”
Then the king hurriedly helped King Di to sit down and said, "Is the second brother okay?" ”
King Di looked at the geese flying outside the sky with his eyes, and said: "I have to feel much more at ease here, and I am not afraid that someone will lead me to trouble." ”
"Second brother," then the king said earnestly: "Second brother, you clearly know that someone is deliberately framing, and a discerning person can see at a glance that it is clearly the third brother......
King Di's expression gradually relaxed, it seemed that the more nervous King Sui was, the more interesting King Di felt, and gradually King Sui stopped talking, and King Di quipped: "Fifth brother, how do I find that you are getting more and more ......?"
"I, what's wrong with me?"
"You...... Why are you becoming more and more like your mother, I remember that Su Jieyu also likes to tell me thousands of times, and it is really the son's heart towards his mother. ”
Then the king was also amused, and said, "Are you laughing at me for being verbose?" Second brother, I really have the heart to persuade you. ”
King Di breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't have anything bad here, it's better to be careful when you are in the palace, after all, our opponent is definitely not someone who can be easily defeated." ”
Hearing this, King Sui nodded, and said helplessly: "The second brother is very clear about the situation. Second brother, do you remember that before Concubine Xian died, she asked someone to pass you a letter. ”
"My mother?" King Di's expression moved slightly: "The mother concubine did ask someone to hand me a letter at that time, but I haven't taken it out until now, as if it is said that it is not the right time, so don't take it out, so as not to worry too much?" ”
Then the king was relieved, and his voice was a little relaxed: "Since I have come to visit you today, it is time for you to open this letter. Second brother, virtuous concubine Niangniang, she ...... She must have something to tell you. ”
The two got up, and then the king followed the Di Dynasty to the bedroom, and the Di King walked to a delicate iron vessel, which was carved with the pattern of dragon and waves, and the side was a relief of Hou Yi shooting the sun, which was extremely valuable.
King Di pulled an awl, and the dark grid of the iron box was slowly sent, and the letter inside lay there quietly, as if waiting for the day when he would see the light of day again.