Chapter 44: I Didn't Break My Promise
Wen Zhaoyi heard my conversation with the emperor, the sweat on his forehead had already trickled down, and now when he heard the emperor's tone, there was a great sense of severe punishment in his tone, and he hurriedly knelt down and took two steps forward, grabbed the corner of the emperor's robe and cried: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that she is wrong." The concubine was confused today and collided with Sister Guiji, and the concubine was willing to plead guilty to Guiji, and asked the emperor to forgive the concubine this time. ”
The emperor looked at her in disgust and did not answer, Wen Zhaoyi saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly took off the bead earrings and walked to me on her knees and kowtowed and cried: "My sister made a big mistake today, and I dare not beg your concubine for forgiveness." But for the sake of serving the emperor with me, please ask the emperor to spare me. ”
I glanced at Wen Zhaoyi, who was crying in embarrassment, and couldn't help but feel compassion, pushed away Qiushui's hand and walked up to the emperor and said politely: "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, and kindness is great." The concubine thought that Wen Zhaoyi really knew that she was wrong, and asked the emperor to spare her this time. ”
The emperor glanced at her and said, "Since you are pouring your concubine to intercede for you personally, I don't want to save her face too much." It's just that you deliberately found fault just now, it's really hateful! As my concubine, she is not worthy of virtue, which really makes me feel cold!! The emperor walked a few feet away, clapped his hands, and a fifty-year-old Huangmen attendant and more than a dozen Yulin guards came out from behind a few dense trees, stepped forward to greet me, and saluted me, the emperor frowned and said, "I know that you follow me." That's it, Li Defu, pass on my will, and from now on, Wen Zhaoyi will be reduced to the fourth grade Wen Shuyi! Li Defu, the director of the Inner Palace, lowered his head and answered "yes", and was about to turn around, when the emperor glanced at Wen Shuyi, who was trembling, and said, "Slow down." Wen Shuyi, didn't you say that the position of the noble concubine is much lower than yours. Li Defu, the six palaces, Jin Gui Ji Hong fell into the city as the concubine from the second grade. ”
Li Defu was taken aback, and his face was embarrassed: "Your Majesty, dump ...... The little master was promoted from the sixth grade to the second grade all of a sudden, I'm afraid it ...... Unruly. ”
The emperor's expression changed, and there was a chill in his words: "Your errand is getting better and better now, and I have to ask more about my will." ”
Li Defu was shocked, and hurriedly kowtowed two heads to accuse him of sin, and went down to deliver the decree.
The emperor looked at me with a smile: "Why are you overjoyed?" Even Shane forgot. ”
I knelt down and said, "The concubines are helpless in the community, the second is helpless in the dragon vein, and the third is not yet in bed, so I really don't dare to receive the emperor's grace." ”
The emperor smiled: "Kneel at every turn, and you are not afraid of tiring yourself." Since I say that you should be, you will be. ”
I was moved in my heart, the emperor didn't look at Wen Zhaoyi, he only looked at Su Gong, who was frightened and colorless beside Wen Zhaoyi, and said in a weak tone: "You dog slave, not only tends to be inflammatory, but also a dog fights with human power, and the rod is twenty blamed!" Su Xiaojin hurriedly thanked En, and stumbled away.
When everyone saw that they had finished their work, they all withdrew. The autumn water disappeared at some point, and only me and Emperor Dorgon were left. I panicked slightly, and the warm wind blew the loose strands of hair on my sideburns on my face, itching for a while. The Emperor took my hand and walked silently, and Asakusa made a subtle trembling sound under his feet, and the sound of his clothes was broken. His hands were a little warm, and he could feel the cold lines in his palms. I didn't dare to withdraw my hands, my face seemed to be burning, and I only knew how to walk quietly with my head down. Looking down, I saw a pair of soft satin embroidered shoes under my feet, which was a favorite embroidered object in my spare time. The thin and delicate begonia petals embroidered with the extremely light mercury white spring silk thread of rose purple are like a thin heart that I have just learned about the world at this moment. A pair of butterflies flying with wings embroidered on the tip of the shoe, the butterfly whiskers are decorated with small and round silver beads, step by step on the green and fresh grass, the style has a slight Lingling soft voice, as if the lotus flower is in full bloom all the way. The butterfly seemed to flutter on my heart, and its wings fanned one by one, making my heart beat violently. Walking to the Jilan Pavilion not far away, it was only a few dozen steps, and it was like walking a very far road to the sheep intestine mountain, and the legs were faintly sore.
Entering the pavilion, the emperor's hand loosened slightly, and I immediately put my hand in my hand, only to feel that the greasy layer of moisture on the palm fingers was another layer of wetness. He stood in front of me with only his hands, looked at me and said softly, "It rained heavily that day, and I didn't mean to miss the appointment. I didn't dare to answer, but it would be disrespectful for the emperor not to answer, so I had to bow my head and answer "yes" very softly. He also said: "On that day, I had already arrived at Changchun Garden, and the Queen Mother suddenly sent a decree to me to gather in the queen's palace, and I hurried to go, but I was drenched in the rain and suffered from the wind and cold for a few days. ”
When I heard this, I was in a hurry, knowing that his body had healed, and I happened to stand in front of me and talk to me, but I still involuntarily blurted out: "The emperor is very good?" After speaking, he also felt that the question was stupid, and it was a gaffe, so he couldn't help blushing again, and said in a low voice: "The concubine is stupid." ”
He smiled softly and said, "Later, I thought that the rain was so heavy that day, and you were recuperating again, you would definitely not come out." ”
My voice was almost inaudible: "The concubine did not break the appointment. ”
His eyes lit up suddenly, and he said happily: "Really? Then you are drenched in the rain, have you hurt yourself? ”
When he asked me this, my heart was both weeping and joyful, as if the bitter and sorrowful bowels of the past few days had dissipated like a thick fog meeting the sun, and said, "Thank you for the emperor's care." The concubine was not drenched in the rain, and the concubine was fine. ”