Chapter 111: Falling Red
In the Ouchi Palace, Zhao Ji's bedroom is lit up. The young emperor wore a crimson swallow robe with a fox skin girdle draped over his shoulders.
He was crouching in front of the desk, holding a small lantern in his left hand and a wolf in his right hand, writing and drawing on the silk silk on the table, sometimes frowning and shaking his head, sometimes nodding with a smile.
Mo Yunxiao was already a little impatient standing opposite him. She didn't know what he was drawing, and her irritability had left her no time to take care of it.
She strode up, slammed her hands on the table, and asked angrily, "Official, do you care about Yunxiang's affairs?" ”
Zhao Ji glanced up at her and said with a smile: "Helu, come and see how I have this picture?" ”
Mo Yunxiao raised her eyebrows and said: "Official, I came to enter the imperial city by virtue of your status as a solicitation envoy, if my envoy is useless, the official family can take it back, and I will go to find Yunxiang!" ”
She turned around and left, but she regretted not taking two steps.
"Why is my temper so big? I'm here to ask for help, not to make a temperament, so it's chic to leave, but what should Yunxiang do? She thought this in her heart, but at the same time she was very contradictory: "But the words have been spoken, the wood has been completed, do you want to return by yourself?" That's too shameless, isn't it? ”
She thought as she walked, fortunately, there were only two of them in the dormitory at this time, if Zhang Di was there, he would definitely see her tangled expression and guess her thoughts.
"Zhao Ji, stop me quickly! Just when I beg you to be okay, you stop me! ”
She had already walked to the door of the dormitory, and when she was about to push the door out, she heard Zhao Ji call behind her: "Helu, you stay." ”
Mo Yunxiao finally let out a sigh of relief, withdrew the foot he was about to step out, and asked, "Is there anything else to do with the official family?" ”
Zhao Ji didn't speak, just put down the paintbrush and ran quickly to his side. He took Mo Yunxiao's hand and said with a smile, "Come and see." ”
See? What to see? Mo Yunxiao was puzzled and was pulled back to the table by Zhao Ji. He turned his work one hundred and eighty degrees to face her head-on.
Mo Yunxiao looked down and couldn't help but be stunned. Zhao Ji painted a portrait of a woman, the painting is not large, and the background is extremely simple, which is nothing more than a sketch of the mountains and rivers in the distance.
But this portrait is vividly and vividly. The woman was dressed in gorgeous clothes, holding a lantern in her right hand, and the orchid finger in her left hand was slightly cocked, and a butterfly fell on her finger.
This woman's eyebrows are tactful, her long hair is shawl, her body is graceful, and her demeanor is dignified, but her facial features are actually five points similar to herself, and her three points are similar, but she lacks that killing aura.
Mo Yunxiao found it interesting and couldn't help asking, "Who are you drawing?" ”
Zhao Ji smiled: "Naturally, it's your female brother Yunxiang." ”
"What? Yunxiang? Mo Yunxiao glanced up at him, and when she looked down again, she only felt that she looked like Yunxiang.
So she asked again: "You haven't seen Yunxiang, how can you sketch it?" ”
"When a leaf falls, you know the autumn of the world." Zhao Ji said proudly: "When I saw the Mo family's daughter, I can tell if Qunfang's true face is gone." ”
Mo Yunxiao's cheeks turned red, gave him a white look, and scolded: "I'm good at playing tricks!" Yun Xiang and I were not born to the same mother, and it would be child's play for you to draw her appearance just by guessing! ”
Zhao Jijiang's face turned pale and asked, "What?" I don't like to draw? ”
Mo Yunxiao nodded: "It's like it, but Yunxiang is not as virtuous and dignified as this." ”
"It's good to be like." Zhao Ji said: "I'll ask Zhang Di to take this picture, order someone to model it, and then distribute it, in order to search for people, isn't it inconvenient." Moreover, Er Miss Mo doesn't like to go out like the eldest girl, and no one should recognize her in the future. Even if you recognize it, just deny it. ”
Mo Yunxiao smiled and said, "This is a good way." ”
Zhao Ji bypassed the table and came to Mo Yunxiao, Mo Yunxiao was still unaware, she was just concentrating on admiring Zhao Ji's work.
"Helu." Zhao Ji screamed.
"Huh?" Mo Yunxiao didn't turn her head back, but just tilted her face slightly to his side, and her eyes never left the painting.
"How about you stay tonight?" Zhao Ji said.
Mo Yunxiao was taken aback, looked sideways at him and said, "This is not good, Yunxiang's whereabouts are unknown, how can I rest assured?" ”
"Just tell the people below to do those things." Zhao Ji said: "I know that you are concerned about your siblings, but I also think that I am full of lovesickness, and when there is news from outside, I will call Zhang Di to pass it in." ”
Looking at Mo Yunxiao's beautiful face, there was more enchanting demeanor under the dim light, Zhao Ji's blood was surging, and he only felt a sense of resentment in his chest.
So he stepped forward, grabbed Mo Yunxiao's waist with one hand, and supported her slightly leaning shoulders with the other, and firmly hugged her into his arms.
Mo Yunxiao's mind was dazed, and she suddenly felt the warm current coming from Zhao Ji's chest, which actually made her feel a little suffocated.
She gently pushed Zhao Ji's chest with her hand and complained: "Official! My brother is still suffering outside, how can you do this! ”
"I will save your daughter, and you and I will take it into the palm of my hand." Zhao Ji said.
"The official family is thin!" Before Mo Yunxiao finished speaking, Zhao Ji's kiss had already fallen on her lips.
Mo Yunxiao was about to push him away, but his hands did use force, but this power was very small, not enough to push Zhao Ji away, and Zhao Ji seemed to burst out with infinite power, like a whirlpool tightly wrapping her.
After all, Zhao Ji is a teenager, and he was a little carried away when he succeeded.
His hand began to roam in front of Mo Yunxiao's clothes, he grabbed her clothes belt and pulled it gently, and the clothes belt opened.
"Huh? Cannot! Mo Yunxiao was flustered, and the hand that wanted to push him away was held tightly by his hand.
Zhao Ji's hand had held the paintbrush and the jade seal, and now he held Mo Yunxiao's hand, telling her to break free.
Zhao Ji hugged her closer, almost making her breathless. The two looked at each other, Zhao Ji's eyes were full of gentle knives, and Mo Yunxiao realized that gentleness was indeed a knife that killed people without seeing blood.
She shook her head at him, signaling not to be light. But he just regarded his daughter's pretense as reserved.
He was about to make a more drastic move, but he saw the lights outside the window shining brightly.
Both of them were shocked, and the last fire accident caused them to have a considerable degree of psychological shadow.
So the two hurriedly separated, and when they came to the window to look together, all they saw were two teams of palace people carrying lanterns, followed by a gorgeous soft sedan chair.
"It's the Queen Mother!" Zhao Ji said with some horror.
Mo Yunxiao was a little flustered when she heard the word Queen Mother, the last time she saw the Queen Mother, she was inexplicably accused of marrying, what if we see each other again?
"Official, I'm leaving, I'll leave the matter of Yunxiang to you." With that, she ran to the window on the other side, trying to climb out of it.
Zhao Ji grabbed her and said, "You forgot that this is Ouchi, if you go out through the window, it will definitely alarm the forbidden army, and it will be even more difficult to clean up." ”
"That'...... How to be good! Mo Yunxiao was so anxious that she stomped her feet, and her heart was confused for a while.
Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "Now I can't get out of it, it depends on why the Queen Mother came, just deal with the past." ”
The Queen Mother's brigade stopped outside the dormitory, and the sedan chair slowly fell. A dignified palace maid came to the sedan chair, bowed down and exchanged a few words with the people in the sedan chair, and then came to the dormitory.
She climbed the stairs to the door of the dormitory, and said through the door: "The official family is fine, and the slave maid will ask a few words on behalf of the queen." ”
Zhao Ji's voice also came out: "The son is not filial, and the queen mother does not know that the queen mother has arrived, and he is out of welcome, and he hopes that the queen mother will be forgiving." ”
The palace maid said: "The official family doesn't have to blame themselves, the queen mother said, it was the cabinet that came uninvited, and it was no longer supposed to disturb the dream of the official family, so why bother to spend more time, but it seems that the cabinet is troublesome." ”
"Erchen doesn't dare." Zhao Ji replied.
The palace maid continued: "A few days ago, Xiao'er of the Cabinet has established the Shang Food Bureau as a talented person, why has the official family never been lucky? Isn't it true that the official family doesn't like Xiao'er? ”
"Xiao'er?" Mo Yunxiao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this was not herself. That day, I saw a name that the Queen Mother was talking about, and I left it behind after I finished speaking.
Zhao Ji and Mo Yunxiao glanced at each other and replied: "It's not that the ministers don't like it, it's just that the state affairs have been busy recently, and the sons and daughters have not been in power for a long time, so they are sincerely afraid, and they don't dare to think about dogs and horses." ”
Hearing this, Mo Yunxiao's face turned green with anger. He was rude just now, but now he is full of benevolence and morality, and he is really a master who lies and does not draft.
"That's a nice thing to say." She couldn't help but smomp on him. Zhao Ji endured the pain but didn't dare to scream, so he could only look at her with a wicked smile.
The palace maid said: "The official family should be encouraged to work for the country, but the continuation of the heir is also a major matter, and the official family should not be neglected." This cabinet is interested, and Xiao'er will be invited to sleep today, and the official family must not shirk. ”
"Huh?" Mo Yunxiao almost screamed, but fortunately, Zhao Ji covered her mouth.
"The queen mother thinks long-term, and the son is grateful." Zhao Ji said a little embarrassed: "It's just that today's sons are extremely tired, and there is no other thought, if the queen mother wants to summon Xiao'er to sleep, she can change it to another day." ”
The palace maid said: "The official family is tired, and someone should serve them." Xiao'er's girl is demure, and this pavilion likes it very much. The cabinet sent someone to summon her, so that the official family would not have anything else to say. ”
"It's over, it's over, it's time to show the stuffing!" Mo Yunxiao muttered to herself in a panic.
Zhao Ji also hurriedly said: "The queen mother doesn't have to bother, Xiao'er is here!" ”
The palace maid was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look in the direction of the sedan chair. The Queen Mother lifted the sedan curtain to a corner, only nodded, and didn't say a word.
The palace maid understood, so she said: "In this case, call her out, and this pavilion has something to say to her." ”
The palace maid finished the message and turned back. The Queen Mother looked at her kindly and praised, "You said it well." ”
After a while, Mo Yunxiao pushed open the palace door and came out. She lowered her head, cautiously walked to the queen mother's sedan chair, knelt down and saluted.
The sedan curtain of the sedan chair was carried by two palace maids with bamboo poles, and the queen mother could see her intuitively.
The Queen Mother smiled slightly and said, "Xiao'er, I haven't seen you for many days." Are you in the dormitory, have you ever slept in the dormitory? ”
"I didn't ...... No. Being asked this kind of question in front of so many people, Mo Yunxiao only felt very embarrassed.
The queen mother's smile stiffened for a second or two, and then she said: "This pavilion knows that this is none of your business, but the official family doesn't like this pavilion to stuff women for him." ”
"No, it's not." Mo Yunxiao hurriedly defended: "The official family always mentions the Queen Mother, and they are very grateful for the Queen Mother's kindness. ”
"Humph! You said this from the official, right? The Queen Mother shook her head disapprovingly, and continued: "Since the official family has announced that it is for you, it is intended for you. Later, when you go back, pass on the message of the Pavilion, and say......"
The Queen Mother lowered her head and pondered for a while, and continued: "It means that the early pavilion sent someone to take down the red." ”
"Falling red?" Mo Yunxiao was dazed for a moment, but immediately understood. The so-called "falling red" is the mark of virgin blood stained on handkerchiefs or silk silks, and women who are not allowed to have sexual intercourse.
The meaning of the Queen Mother's words could not be clearer, she wanted to force Mo Yunxiao and Zhao Ji to have a physical relationship.
Thinking of this, Mo Yunxiao was really ashamed and annoyed, crying and laughing and having nothing to do. She really wanted to jump up and shout: "Feudal dross! Ritual cannibalism! ”
But she didn't dare, because she knew what was going to happen. This is not the filming site of a film and television drama, and she is not the heroine of Shuangwen, rashly contradicting the Queen Mother may be able to keep the "falling red", but she will also be rewarded with "a red zhang".
"Queen Mother, slave ......" She hurriedly raised her head and was about to fight, but the Queen Mother also raised her hand to stop her words.
The Queen Mother is graceful and luxurious, and she is not angry and arrogant. As soon as she raised her hand like this, Mo Yunxiao couldn't say anything even if she had thousands of words.
"Don't thank me. If you fight to save the lives of the officials, this cabinet will not treat you badly. The Queen Mother smiled again and said: "But I have to say ugly things in front, if your belly is not strong and you can't conceive the dragon species, this pavilion will have to find someone else." ”
After the queen mother finished speaking, she signaled that the sedan curtain could be lowered on both sides, which also meant that the sedan chair would return to the palace. An internal official sang sharply: "The Queen Mother returns to the palace!" ”
So the sedan chair was lifted, and a team of people turned back, leaving Mo Yunxiao alone to kneel on the spot.
She gritted her teeth tightly, and glared angrily in the direction of the Queen Mother. Xiang Xiang's words before leaving undoubtedly stung her greatly.
For women in ancient times, it was a normal admonition, but to Mo Yunxiao's ears, it was absurd and ridiculous.
But she could only endure this breath, and slowly got up and returned to Zhao Ji's bedroom.
Zhao Ji hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Helu, what did the Queen Mother say to you?" ”
"The Queen Mother said that she would send someone to take down the red tomorrow." Mo Yunxiao said: "The Queen Mother wants you and me to ...... today"
She couldn't go on, but when she looked up, she found that Zhao Ji showed a hint of joy. Her anger could no longer be contained, and a "snap" slap hit Zhao Ji's face.
Zhao Ji didn't think it was wrong, but he was also very surprised, and asked, "Helu, why did you beat me?" ”
Mo Yunxiao stared at him and said, "It's actually some obscene thoughts, shouldn't it be beaten?" ”
"You and I are in love, how can you say it's a lewd idea?" Zhao Ji asked puzzled.
Mo Yunxiao's face flushed. She hurriedly avoided his gaze and excused, "I didn't fall in love with you. ”
Looking at her side face, Zhao Ji let out a long sigh and said, "Even so, we should also think about how to coax the Queen Mother to go." ”