box of hearts

Chapter 53: Welcome the Cyclamen (18)
Zhou Dun took a peek at Qi She's complexion, and continued: "I have a bruised nose and a swollen face, and I haven't opened the door for business for two or three days. Yesterday, Mr. Zhu Yiqing came to sing, and Mr. Zhang Yanshu was also there, with his new son-in-law." , asked Miss Duan in front of a table of people, whether she had anything to do with Zhuangyuan Lang—oh, it was pierced, and it was bleeding."

Qi She looked down at a drop of blood slowly bulging out of the wiped palm, like a red bean from palm prints. "Leave it alone," he gritted his teeth, "talk about you."

Zhou Dun shook the snow handkerchief in his hand, and took a corner to hold back the bleeding, "Ms. Duan denied it outright, and she spoke smoothly. She served Mr. Zhu and Zhuangyuan Lang with a meal, and the host and guest had a great time."

"It's done." Qi She withdrew his hand, holding a small wound in his palm, and boundless silence between his lips and teeth.

On the other hand, Zhou Dun folded up the handkerchief and tucked it into his sleeve, and said slowly, "My lord returned from Tatar at the age of 17, and my slave was 11 that year. Since then, I have been following you day and night. It has been [-] years by the prince's side today. I dare not say that I can guess the thoughts in the prince's heart, but they are always close to ten. Only this girl, I can't figure it out. The former princess will not mention it. Now the government Although there are many concubines and masters in the palace, some of them were married by the prince to win over the family. Wrestling with the Wang family the day before, it's not uncommon to create a team of fans for entertainment after being exhausted. To say something disrespectful, a lot of Jiren's little masters are the same as those little Longyang who accompany the prince for fun in Lianzi Hutong They are just half a catty. The prince has always been ambitious, and has never paid attention to his sensuality. In the impression of the servant, it seems that the prince was only infatuated with the former concubine concubine for a while, and then he threw it away when something happened. Speaking of this girl Naturally, the talent and appearance are also first-class, but the prince has never seen anything before, and the daughter of the boudoir with the same talent and appearance is also regarded as nothing, why is he so fascinated by such a person who sells jokes on the floor and accepts it? Until recently these two My God, the slave seems to understand a little bit."

There were lights under the window, and Qi She's eyes burst into smiles, "Elder-in-law is my confidant."

"These words can kill the servant!" Zhou Dun kowtowed to the ground and scratched the back of his head again, "The servant has also learned a lot of polite and beautiful words from the prince over the years. It's hard to find a confidant', I'm afraid the prince's confidante will finally fall on this girl Duan—soft but not curly, hard but not broken, sincere in love and wise in mind, pure in mind and clear in heart."

Qi She smiled and kicked forward, "Don't pay attention to this politeness, let me ask you, how is the long knife that I told you to learn from the martial artist?"

Zhou Dun knelt there, pushed the cuffs on both sides, and beat Qi She's legs, "Master Cheng Meng can see it, how dare the slave not be careless? You have learned it early. Yesterday I fought with He Wuwei twice, that guy It is no problem to say that with the slave's current skill, it is no problem to fight in close quarters."

"Heh, I am very proud of my father."

"That's not just for fun! As we all know, Zhao Sheng, who was in front of the Empress Dowager, was a practicing family son before he entered the palace. The slave in the eunuch is called the second, so no one dares to be the first. Think back to when the prince was imprisoned, the slave would accompany the prince to open the iron bow every day. For so many years, as long as he is not on duty in front of the prince, he must devote himself to practicing hard. It’s not a slave boasting, I’m afraid there are not many soldiers in the Chinese army who can hold ten stone bows.” Zhou Dun raised his face proudly, his face was clean and youthful, like a big child.

However, Qi She sighed, and his gaze was full of regret, "You are honest, shrewd in dealing with the world, resilient, and not afraid of hardship. If you weren't such a prisoner, you might not be a good person wherever you put it." boy?"

Zhou Dun's eyes flickered twice, and his eyes were full of heroic spirit, "Master, have you forgotten? Four years ago, I fought against the Tartars. This servant wanted to go to the battlefield with my master. All the generals laughed at this servant." , Said that fighting is a matter for people who pee standing up. The master resisted all opinions and gave the slave a set of silver armor, and said to the slave: "Work hard and prove that you are a man. The place is not in the hut, but in the battlefield." 'On that day, the slave's battle clothes were stained with blood, and he killed 38 enemy soldiers. From then on, when the big guys saw the slave, they would clap their arms and call the slave: 'Brother Zhou!'" Zhou Dun stared straight at the slave with his clear eyes. Qi She said, "Although the slave has an incomplete body, the slave never treats himself as a useless person in his heart, because the prince never treats the slave as a useless person."

A moment of silence came, and in the silence were the drums and horns on the battlefield, the deafening life and death together.The master and servant laughed together, Qi She reached out and touched Zhou Dun's head, "Get up, take a walk outside, the moon is good today."

Zhou Dun immediately got up and put his hands on his back, "I like the stars the most, and I have always disliked the moon. He said that he covered up all the stars, why did he suddenly become interested in admiring the moon?"

"Nonsense, what should I do if the stars are not here? Why don't you want to look at the moon? Why don't you suffocate yourself?"

"The slave follows this sentence and continues, Master, listen, can you speak to the heart of the master? If you don't have a sweetheart, you must have someone on the bed. A warm seat and pillow is better than nothing."

Qi She shook off the support with one arm, muffled and happy.

Zhou Dun also grinned, "Master, you should tell the servant, who is the master who will serve the bed tonight? The servant should send someone to prepare it earlier."

"Anything is fine."

"Come on, the servant will arrange it for the master."

Qi She waved his hand to signal him to go, and stretched his other hand forward, pushing open the back door by himself.

There is a full moon in the courtyard, and a pot of silver light is poured on the head.He looked up at the moon for a long time, and when he lowered his head, there was a sweet wry smile.No matter how much he tried to get rid of that thought day after day through endless busyness, it held him tighter day after day.Whenever he was under the night sky, the stars or the moon, or the deep darkness, this thought was always the first to pop up—he missed her.And he didn't even need to think about it, he knew everything she had experienced at this moment: being hugged by someone in his arms, with a stinking mouth stuck on her cheek; embroidered gums, strange hands and familiar greed, bloody Like skinning an animal, strip her naked.

Qi She didn't know if things would be simpler if he treated her the way other men treated her, or the way he treated other women.All he knew was that he couldn't forget her—he managed to climb from a deposed prince to the peak of imperial power, but he couldn't forget a single person.Yes, the man was only a lowly whore, but had she not shaken the earth and knocked his soul out of him?Hadn't she made a gap in the full moon before his eyes?From there, one can glimpse another incredible world on the other side, that is the flood light from the other side, shining on his face.

Qi She pondered silently, and finally decided that since she was the only miracle he saw in the dark, then he should love her like a god of love: to accept all the most difficult trials, to be solemn and fearless .

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and someone said softly: "My lord, the young master Ji has arrived, wash up and rest."

He turned around and nodded.

The passionate and warm woman is waiting in the quilt in the bedroom, allowing him to relieve the heavy fatigue of a man, just like the panting, sweating and solid hand-to-hand fights he has with the wrestlers every morning, that's all.The bed and the bright moonlight in front of the bed have nothing to do with each other.

The satisfaction of the flesh caused sleepiness to strike quickly. In a trance, he felt that the woman beside him was being taken away, and then someone would massage her acupuncture points and feed her a cup of herbal medicine.Qi She heard himself snoring, the woman probably thought he was asleep, and asked in a low voice: "Mother Cui, why does the lord never allow us to stay pregnant and not have children?"

"Shh..."

After that, there was no sound, or he fell asleep.

12.
Such rapid and sound sleep is, for some people, the greatest luxury.

Qingtian has begun to get used to sleeplessness, and sometimes he can fall asleep, but when he falls asleep, he dreams.In the dream, she stood on the misty wilderness, surrounded by emptiness, the sky was dark, and the black sky fell from the top of her head like a coffin board. It was crushed to the end of blood.Or she was buried directly in the coffin, scratching her nails and peeling off one by one, and she became more and more out of breath. There were many people walking up and down on the ground, but no one could hear her.Or it was lying naked, with a deep and long gap from the collarbone to the lower abdomen, and Qiao Yun just lay there, pulling out her five internal organs and liver one by one with his mouth and eating them. Looking down at her with blood all over her face, she smiled, but she was in pain, the pain was heart-piercing.So real pain, so real that you can touch it.I always sit up suddenly, lose my hair in handfuls, break out in cold sweats all over my body, suffer from stomach cramps, and the pain lasts until dusk.

However, after dusk, she looked different. During the feast, she greeted her eyebrows, sang and lowered her glass, but she knew that if she lowered her head a little, she would burst into tears.Even the most blind-eyed people noticed that she had lost weight, but they only praised her for looking good, saying that she used to be "lotus pink and drooping", but now she is "green sleeves and shocking wind".She rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "'The king of Chu has such a thin waist, and the palace is so starved to death'. You are 'to kill'." Everyone laughed.All the guests from all over the world felt at home, and an old guest also returned after hearing the news.

(End of this chapter)