Chapter 5: The Purple Flail (5)
Because she couldn't hold the lamp for fear of shocking General Yunhe, Zi Flai's letter was written with great difficulty, but she didn't dare to be vague about a word.
After kneading his eyes a few times, he finally finished writing and put down his pen.
When she returned to the bed and looked at her sleeping husband, her tears fell one by one. Others may not understand, but she is like a mirror in her heart, whether it is her husband's life or the child in her womb, she can't save it in the end.
Leaning into her husband's arms, she still shed tears, and her tear-soaked clothes shone with a beautiful and faint sad purple light.
A few days later, General Yunhe took care of the things in the mansion and took the purple flail on the way to the palace.
When their carriage arrived at the palace, it was already night, but the eunuch with a palace lamp still came with the king's summons.
"Isn't it appropriate to enter the palace at this hour?" General Yunhe, who had dismounted, asked suspiciously in the face of such arrangements.
"Please don't worry about the general and the side lady, the emperor specially ordered the servants to wait here, just for fear that the people next to him will not take good care of them!" With a flattering smile, the old eunuch's shrill voice seemed unusually abrupt in the middle of the night.
Following him, General Yunhe held the purple flail tightly and walked towards the depths of the palace step by step.
"How about it, do you want to give it to the emperor, go to rest first, and then go tomorrow?" Feeling that every step of the person holding his hand was so difficult, General Yunhe said distressedly.
Shaking his head slightly, a sad smile appeared on the face of the purple flail as miserable as white paper: "Don't worry, don't worry about the princess, the emperor summons him, how dare he slack off!"
"However, since entering this palace, your face has been so bad, I am only afraid that Zhou Che's fatigue will affect you and the child in the womb!" General Yunhe carefully stroked his wife's belly, and his eyes showed joy.
But this joy made Zi Flail feel even more sad, gently brushed his hand away, and said, "I'm fine, don't worry, it's just, Xianggong, your weapon is just like this, don't you care?"
Reminded by her, General Yunhe subconsciously touched the matching sword on his waist.
"Father-in-law, where are we going now?" asked tentatively, carefully observing the guide man's expression.
"Returning to the general, I am going to the emperor's bedroom!" The old eunuch did not look back, and continued to walk briskly in front.
"Don't you need to remove weapons?" General Yunhe heard this, and a trace of uneasiness rose from his heart.
"Yes, General!"
Receiving such an answer, Zi Flails trembled in her heart. From the moment they stepped into the palace gate, she felt that she had no strength in her body, and her head was confused for a while, and she tried to make a decision, but failed.
"Xianggong, I will see the emperor in a while, you must be careful!"
"Hmm!"
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Lin'er's small brows were twisted together, staring at General Yunhe, who fell silent when he said this: "Later, did you see the old man of the emperor? What happened?"
"Dead girl, I don't understand the rules more and more!" I wanted to put away the handkerchief, but seeing her so anxious, I gently raised her head and patted her head first, "The general should not be surprised, it is the day that only teaches no way!" My apology came as light as tea.
"Miss Day!" Raising his head, General Yunhe's eyes were filled with tears, "Since I met the purple flail, I have known that she is not a person in this world, but no matter what she is, I only say that she is my wife, and now I am really sad that she suffers because of me for no reason!"
Hearing this, Lin'er had quietly wiped away her tears on the side: "General, what if you die like this?"
"I beg the girl, no matter what happens, I don't care, I just hope you can save Zi Flai's life!" General Yunhe's mood seemed to be very unstable, his face was flushed, and his eyes were full of urgency, "Can you save Zi Flaich's life?"
My heart was slightly sour, but the expression on my face was still calm: "I'm sorry, General!" took out his handkerchief again to wipe the blood on his forehead, and continued, "The little woman is just a businessman who runs a musical instrument shop in a small alley where no one cares, and your request is forgiven!"
Seeing that I refused to help, he became more and more excited: "Didn't the girl say that she wanted to make me a wish, but why would she regret it now?"
"Hehe, General, this has wronged me!" I said quietly, taking the blood-stained handkerchief back into the placket, "I thought that the general's wish would be to stay with her for the rest of her life!"
"That's it!" Xu I's words ignited his hope again, and he said impatiently, "But the purple flail is not saved, and the appearance is guarded, but it's just a fantasy!"
Looking at the graceful General Yunhe on weekdays, who ended up in such a field, I sighed in my heart that this world is impermanent!
"It's a fantasy or a dream!" I fanned the fine beads of sweat that came out of the tip of my nose, and I kept a shallow smile, "I'm afraid I can't even think about it!"
"No matter what, if the girl can help her stay with the purple flail in the next life, then even if she is broken in the next life, she will repay you!"
"The general said with a smile, the little woman only hopes that you can really remember the purple flail for the rest of your life!" Seeing his such urgent hope, I couldn't bear it in my heart, "In this way, everything she has done for you will not be in vain!"
After saying goodbye to General Yunhe and leaving the Da Nei prison, Lin'er and I didn't say anything all the way.
The next morning, before Lin'er woke up, I opened the door of the store alone and sat at the counter, drinking Baihua Brew while casually pulling the abacus.
It was about three strokes in the day, and Lin'er dragged her lazy body out of the back hall.
"Hah!" she yawned, looked at me with a somewhat wistful wink, and said, "Princess, it's all at this juncture, we don't think about how to save people, but you still have the heart to open a shop!"
I picked up a copper coin and threw it at her, I frowned: "There will be a distinguished guest coming to the door today, if you miss her, don't say to save people, it's hard to see you again!"
"But......" she seemed to retort, but her eyes were drawn by the wind chimes hanging on the threshold.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, a beautiful woman entered.
"Lin'er, go make a pot of chrysanthemums!" Seeing Lin'er's apricot eyes, her palms clenched into fists, I hurriedly glanced at her and supported her to leave.
Walking out of the counter, I owed a slight debt to the visitor: "Mrs. Yun, just hand over that thing to me, don't worry, the little girl will definitely deal with it!"
Putting the piano box on the counter, Mrs. Yun's expression was a little panicked: "Girl, you know that this piano is really ominous, you must be careful!"
Orchid fingers, I gently covered my mouth, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Madame is too careful, the piano is just an ordinary piano, but the human heart is ominous!"
"Please use tea!" put a bowl on the table, Lin'er's face was full of displeasure, "I'll go put the piano away, miss!"
Mrs. Yun, who was holding the bowl, had a very complicated expression, looked at me, but stopped talking.
"Madam, since you have done it, don't regret it, if you regret it, you shouldn't do it!" I poured another cup of Baihua Brew, and I sipped it little by little, "The general will be beheaded soon, and Madame will marry someone else!"
"Girl, this ......" Mrs. Yun's face turned red and white, as if a thousand words were pouring into her chest.
"Madam, don't think about it too much!" I waved my hand and smiled lightly, "You just chose your own happiness, instead of fighting for a man and breaking the net, it is better to fake the hand of the emperor, one hundred, and more outsiders to help, no worries, such a delicate arrangement, the little woman of the true religion admires!" I was smiling calmly, but at this time, my face was a little teasing.
Thinking that her trick was exposed, the bowl in her hand fell to the ground: "You, you, who are you, are you also a demon?"
"I'm just a merchant selling musical instruments!" I got up and bent over, and I cleaned up the broken bowls on the floor, "If there's nothing else to do, then please go back!"
Standing up, she staggered, almost hit the threshold with one head, and left in a hurry.
After closing the store, I lifted the curtain and entered the back hall, and saw Lin'er guarding the purple flail and wept secretly.
I walked over and stroked the purple flail, and found that the qi flowing on it was getting less and less.
"Lin'er, I'm going to go out of my body to find the purple flail later, you guard this place for me, don't be careless!" I moved my neck a few times, I inhaled deeply, and my right hand pinched the hour.
got up and went to check all the doors and windows, and Lin'er came back soon: "Princess, don't worry, I must be careful!"
Sitting cross-legged, I pinched my hands and chanted the mantra, and then it turned into a wisp of smoke, left my body, disappeared in a flash, and reappeared in front of the purple flail.
"Girl, why bother?" the purple flail that was locked to the rock did not open its eyes, and its breath seemed to be broken at any moment, "I am really worthless!"
Standing up in the air to make eye contact with her, I carefully tucked the hair scattered on her forehead behind my ears: "Even if I have already advised you, I can't bear to see you like this!"
"It's a pity that my poor husband was finally killed by me!" purple tears flowed down her pretty face, and she cried very sadly, "It's a pity that I can't go back to heaven and can't help him reincarnate!"
"Take this thing down!" I took a handkerchief from the placket of my robe, opened it, and inside was a tender green leaf, which I pinched and put to her mouth.
Without the slightest hesitation, she put it in her mouth: "What is this?" and chewed before she asked in confusion.
"Before I came, I took a trip to Zhaoyao Mountain!" folded the handkerchief, and gently wiped the sweat from her face, I said, "This is the leaf of the maze!"
Her body shook unconsciously, and then her face showed joy, and she opened her mouth to thank her again and again.
"Thank you, girl!"
Waving my hand, I chanted shallowly: "There is a wood of swagger, its shape is like a hub and black reason, its Hua Sizhao, its name is called a hub, and it is not confused!" After muttering, he asked, "Do you know, what do I want you to do with this thing?"
With a wry smile, she nodded silently, but saw two lines of light purple falling.