Chapter 10 - Memories of Magnolia Garden
Mo Rui greeted the prestige, but saw a man wearing a red gold straight-collared embroidered unicorn pattern robe slowly approaching in front of the courtyard gate with snow and silver light.
The man was followed by many little eunuchs, carrying several cages of meat rabbits to the back kitchen of Cining Palace, and he was still explaining something.
It was His Royal Highness the King of Liang, who brought some rabbits raised by the people to nourish the Queen Mother.
She looked around, but she didn't expect the man to come towards her.
Mo Rui hurriedly got up and saluted in front of him, "His Royal Highness King Liang." ”
She had occasionally been photographed a few times in her previous life, and she already had an impression.
King Liang always stands out from the crowd because of his golden costumes, which is particularly easy to distinguish.
"You are the woman Qi Wuyu found?" Liang Wang Qing Yuchen raised his extremely slender eyes and looked at the extraordinary-looking woman in front of him from the bottom up.
"Yes."
"Qi Wuyu really has a good eye, in this huge Forbidden City, Gu has never seen such a gorgeous and extraordinary woman, she can really compare with the former Concubine Zhao." As he spoke, he stroked his hands and paced around her.
She lowered her eyes, even though she was nervous in her heart, the expression on her face was neither humble nor arrogant, "I don't know what King Liang commands?" ”
In his early years, I heard that King Liang was a child who grew up doting on the Queen Mother, acting perversely, speaking unreasonably, and being even more unruly.
King Liang stretched out a hand to prop up Mo Rui's chin, and she was forced to raise her eyes to meet him.
His long eyes were full of blatant desire, greedily and boldly looked at her, and his thin lips were also very mean at this moment, "It's a pity that Concubine Zhao is a stupid person who follows a cowardly and incompetent master." If she had been a lonely princess, she would have taken pity on her and would not let her suffer any grievances.
But you follow Qi Wuyu, think you're a smart person, right? ”
The meaning of these words was obvious, and she quickly bowed down and took a step back, her chin away from his cold claws.
"If Your Highness has something to ask the slave maid, the slave and maid will do it immediately. If nothing happens, the slave and maid will retire first. She bent over, her eyes staring at the snow without wavering.
It was helpless for her to follow Qi Wuyu for the time being, but this did not mean that she was going to be involved in the terrible royal battle again.
She didn't want to be stupid and be a victim again.
King Liang smirked contemptuously and put his hand back on the stove, with a smile between his eyebrows and eyes, but the blade hidden in the smile was self-evident, "Lone is just joking with you, look at your nervousness."
Qi Wuyu is a lonely person, his intentions are naturally clear, you can follow him well, and you can work for Gu on the pillow in the future. ”
Mo Rui turned around and was about to leave, but he stopped him again.
"Finding you alone has something else to do." He looked at the woman who slipped faster than a rabbit and found it amused.
In the future, Daqing will be all his, and he is afraid that he will not be able to get a woman?
"King Liang commands."
"Lone can't find Qi Wuyu, and Jiang Quanyi's kid doesn't know where he went. You go outside for Gu to look for it, and Gu is waiting for you here. Qing Yuchen said, and sat on the wooden chair she was sitting on just now without any scruples, half-leaning on her body, graceful and domineering.
"But the Overseer has instructed that Morry be not allowed to leave this backyard." She was in a quandary.
Qing Yuchen glanced at her impatiently, and her voice was instantly different from just now, "If you want to go, what kind of thing is Qi Wuyu?"
It's just a lackey who is pulled up by a lonely hand, and the lonely one doesn't listen to you, but obeys him.
Can you tell the difference between the big and the small? ”
Mo Rui had no choice but to salute, quickly turned around and left to find someone.
Before leaving, he heard a disdainful snort from behind him, "Another idiot." ”
She sighed, pressed her head and walked out of Cining Palace quickly.
She walked all the way with her head down, looking around all the way, but fortunately, it was fast to nightfall this winter.
The twilight was heavy, and the palace road was dim, which made an excellent cover for her appearance.
But now, it seems that finding the Overseer has become a problem.
Her mind was like a mess, and the whole villain was like a headless fly scurrying around the palaces.
How could she know the Governor's whereabouts? She wasn't a roundworm in his stomach, how could she know where he was......
But then again, since Qi Wuyu was brought into the palace by King Liang to the Queen Mother, it is not difficult to understand that he is still intact now.
Since King Liang grew up, the queen mother has wanted the emperor to abdicate and let her own son ascend the throne, so the party struggle between the emperor and queen has been so fierce in recent years.
And Qi Wuyu is the person of King Liang, who is a eunuch with real power in the harem, commanding the Nine Gates Forbidden Army, and leading the Minister of the Guard.
In this way, all the emperor's whereabouts can be controlled in his hands, and he can also be closely monitored, it seems that the emperor has indeed fallen into disadvantage over the years.
However, as long as you become an official, why do you insist on entering the harem as a eunuch?
While pondering, Mo Rui found Qi Wuyu's figure in the palace.
Since I didn't know it, I walked into the magnolia garden.
The magnolia garden was specially ordered by the emperor in the previous life to be planted and built for her, just because she loved magnolias.
It was also here that the high-spirited new emperor of Daqing, holding a few white magnolias, promised her, "In my life, even if I am forced to drink 3,000 of this weak water, you are the only one who I take to heart."
In the future, when I can truly rule all the powers, I will crown you as the queen.
I just want to be with you, a couple for the rest of my life. ”
At that time, she was still young, and she couldn't understand the relationship between children and daughters, nor could she understand the emperor's promises, but she felt that he was a brother who treated her very well, and she also trusted the emperor very much.
But now that I think about it, it's really a matter of things.
She smiled faintly, raised her incomparably cool eyes, looked at the dead wood branches that had now lost all the branches and flowers, and muttered, "It's not the season for magnolia to bloom now, the green leaves and flowers are gone, and the big trees can only be covered with heavy snow." ”
There was no light in the Mulan Garden, and only the heavy snow shone on the tip of her heart, revealing an imperceptible coolness.
Mo Rui let out a long breath and was about to turn to leave, but he saw a faint flickering light and shadow between the bare branches.
She pressed down and approached quietly, only to find that the person turned out to be Qi Wuyu.
On a cold winter night, the magnolia tree was only left with its dry branches, and only a little snow hung on the branches to add a bit of color, and he was holding a lantern in his hand, leaning alone between a decadent magnolia tree.
The snow reflected the warm light on the lantern, and the scattered and dappled light illuminated his figure in obscurity, sometimes blending into darkness, sometimes facing the candlelight.
It's just that the red mite robe is overshadowed by the scenery everywhere, and it has lost its original sharpness.
Would the Overseer hurt himself like that?
Mo Rui held her breath, lowered her body and walked towards the depths of the garden, and her small figure gradually disappeared into the Mulan Garden.
The faint warm light was blocked by her body, and it disappeared completely.
At this moment, Emperor Qing Jinghuan stumbled here from the Yuejiao Pavilion not far away in a trance, and there was rarely a childlike panic on Fengshen's handsome face, and the palace people behind him were in hot pursuit, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ”