After all, who lost whom: broken glass

Chapter 13 Su Xinyue (1)
The next day was cloudy.

There are not many such cool weather in summer, when the wind blows from time to time, the lotuses all over the lake are in a swaying state, graceful and graceful.Sitting in the Wuxin Pavilion, Rong Yu can touch the tender petals with his hands, and his mood is as relaxed and carefree as the flowers in the lake.

Zhiqi brought over the greeting card, saying that it was a married woman who came to pay a visit, Rong Yu accepted the card, but after a closer look, it was Princess Qin who came to pay a visit to the palace, accompanied by some high-ranking married women, including Qin Xie.

Originally, it was the empress who ordered the wife and concubine to visit the palace, but after the death of Empress Xiaohui (i.e. Empress Liu), Xin Yu did not appoint another empress. Concubine Qi, who was the second highest, took care of it on her behalf. Concubine Qi was kind and honest, and she took care of today's affairs. Because Rong Yu was pregnant and couldn't move around, she accompanied Princess Qin to visit her.

Rong Yu knew that he couldn't evade, so he asked Zhiqi to welcome him well, and went to his room to change into formal clothes, and charged for negligence before entering the door, all the girls naturally made polite remarks, and sat down according to priorities.

Princess Qin came to the capital three years ago. At that time, the queen was still there, but Rong Yu had never seen her before. He only heard a servant say that Princess Qin's surname was Shen, and she came from a wealthy family. Although her status was not necessarily noble. , but after all, the family is rich, and the princess is beautiful and virtuous, so many people propose marriage to step on the threshold.It is said that the concubine's vision is very high, so she married later than ordinary women, but she can be regarded as picking up a noble son-in-law.There was a rumor in the palace that the emperor was childless, and that among the royal family King Qin was the most famous. I'm afraid that after a hundred years the place of Qian'an Palace will be reserved for Lord Qin.

Rong Yu speculates on these rumors, and then looks at the people in the audience. Princess Qin is about [-] years old, with a beautiful face and a lot of charm. She wears a lake blue dress, which is close to purple. She is dignified but not out of bounds. , unassuming, but very outstanding.At this time, she was talking eloquently, saying that the scenery in Chu is peculiar, with mountains, peaks and flat land, shrouded in clouds and mist all the year round, only when you enter the valley, you can know the beautiful water and strange rocks, the walls stand thousands of feet, and there are steles at the foot of the mountain, which are ancient relics from the Han Dynasty, and they were ordered by the king. The painter of the Wangfu made a record of the painting. The painter stayed in the place for more than half a year, and presented ten volumes of paintings.

Concubine Qi said with a smile: "Princess Wang is very knowledgeable."

There was a woman in the seat whose expression changed, and Concubine Qi said again: "It is said that Mrs. Qin is very knowledgeable, does she know that?"

When Rong Yu heard the word "Mrs. Qin", his eyes tightened, but he saw a woman in brocade clothes, sitting upright like everyone else, and her clothes and makeup were not a little stronger than others, but her eyes and eyebrows were flowing with thoughts, showing her own bearing.Beside Mrs. Qin stood a woman, who was not young, but she was very beautiful, and her plain clothes and face did not detract from her beauty. Her gloomy eyes swept over her, and her heart moved slightly.

But Mrs. Qin said: "When I was young, my concubine liked to see strange people and strange aspirations. There are ancient books saying that Zhang Liang traveled from Chisongzi in the early Han Dynasty, and his tomb lived in Qingya Mountain. The words are as if." As soon as the words fell, the plain-clothed woman beside her offered tea with both hands, and said, "Miss, drink tea." It was the first time for the plain-clothed woman to speak at this time, only four words, which were mellow and euphemistic. The sound of pearls and jade made all the women feel their hearts flutter, thinking: there are such sensuality in this world!

Mrs. Qin took the tea, moistened her lips a little, and said with a smile: "The ancients said that what is said on paper is always shallow, and the princess can really make people envious if she can experience it in person."

Princess Qin's expression turned pale, and she talked about the customs of Chu. Because Chu is remote and worships witchcraft, the folk customs are quite different from those of the Central Plains.Rong Yu thought in his heart: If Master Qin is transferred to Chu, it would be strange if you didn't cry.

While joking and joking, the sun was set to the west, and there was a dinner party at Cuihuju, and the concubine Qi was still the main one, accompanied by Rong Yu. After dinner, everyone enjoyed singing and dancing.The dance name is Green Waist.Rong Yu's temperament is indifferent, Cuihu is not prepared for singing and dancing, the singing and dancing were transferred from Yunshao Mansion, concubine Jin trained it all by herself, Rong Yu has heard his name for a long time, but this is the first time he has witnessed it.

First, the accompaniment comes on stage, one person holds the drum, the other holds the tooth board, both of them are dressed in black. When the party starts, the drum beats suddenly like rain, and then gradually slows down to the extreme. Every blow is as if in the heart. Jump out of the general.At this time, the Yaban holder struggled out of the drum beat with a snap, but was confused by the tone of the Yaban. Fortunately, the rhythm of the Yaban was slower than the drum beat. There was a light or heavy sound, just scratching the itchy place, ecstatic, and when he couldn't get rid of it, the long-sleeved dancer floated onto the stage.

The dancer is wearing a dark blue dance dress, the blue is very deep, like the sky surrounded by evening clouds, deep and vast, the sleeves are as long as dancing, and the train is as long as dancing.First, there is a figure from the back, the shoulders are slender, the waist is plain, as light as snow and flowing wind, and as enchanting as fire dancing with silver sand, because the syllables are extremely slow, it actually gives people an elegant and graceful feeling.The dancer's face slowly turned from the right shoulder, with a fair complexion and flowing lines, but only half of the makeup was left on the face, and the whole face could not be seen.

The drum beats are getting faster and faster, and the rhythm of the teeth is also echoing. The dancer's waist, skirt, and skirt seem to have life. Breaking the waves, like snow dancing in the wind, flying every now and then, as if they were about to fly away in the air - at that moment, the drumbeat stopped abruptly, the tooth board protracted to hit the last note, and the dancer turned slowly, as if every inch moved Exercising great strength, but also being very shy, teaches people to feel pity.When the sound of Yaban fell, the dancer had just turned in front of the crowd, and her plain face was as beautiful as a hibiscus emerging from water.

Everyone was shocked by the magnificence of the dancing posture, they couldn't say a word, and let the dancer stand in the field, smiling.

"How?" Mrs. Qin was the first to speak.Concubine Qi smiled lightly and said: "Sister Concubine Jin has put in a lot of thought." Concubine Jin just smiled and remained silent, while Concubine Qin praised: "The ancients said that at the end of nine autumns at the Huayan, you can fly your sleeves to blow the clouds and rain. matter." Other noble ladies also echoed one after another, admiring the beauty of the dance and the merit of training.Rong Yu turned his face to look at the woman in plain clothes behind Mrs. Qin with a calm expression, as if the extremely beautiful dancing posture just now could not move her in the slightest, she thought about it, and asked with a smile: "What does Mrs. Qin think?"

As soon as this question came out, everyone turned to Mrs. Qin.Mrs. Qin was slightly startled, and said: "The song is the best, and the dance is also the best...The dancer used to learn Zhezhi dance, right?"

Concubine Jin smiled and said: "Xiaoman really learned from Zhe Zhi first, and then from green waist. Mrs. Qin is really astute." Then she said to the dancers in the scene: "Have you not come up to ask Mrs. Qin for advice?" Mrs. Qin was busy Pushed: "The concubine is guessing wildly, the empress is not going to be killed."

But the dancer really approached and kowtowed to thank him. When he looked up, he could see the powder, still childish and innocent.

Then Concubine Jin waved them to go down, and everyone talked nonsense, drank some tea, saw the moon was rising, and left one after another.Zhiqi saw the guests off for Rong Yu, and when he arrived at Madam Qin, he suddenly whispered: "My mother heard that Madam's servant girl is very good at rhythm, and would like to borrow it for a few days, I wonder if Madam can give me some noodles?"

Mrs. Qin was startled when she heard the words, and said: "You can't—" It was only after she said the words that she realized that something was wrong, she hurriedly corrected: "Xiaoyue is rude and has no manners, I'm afraid she will disturb the empress..." Zhiqi smiled and said: "No Hurry up, my mother has a gentle temperament and will not take trivial things to heart. Madam, don't worry, after three or five days, Madam will definitely return Madam to a perfect little moon girl." Madam Qin still wanted to speak, and the plain-clothed woman beside her Whispered: "Miss, don't worry."

Mrs. Qin looked at her for a long while, and said: "That's it...you have to restrain your temper and don't annoy your empress. If you accidentally annoy your empress, please ask Miss Qi to save your life... This concubine will take care of the Qin family first. Thank you." After saying that, Yingying bowed down, and Su Yi Nu also bowed behind the mistress.Knowing that it was too late to block the game, he had no choice but to accept it stiffly, and couldn't help secretly praising: "What a powerful Mrs. Qin."

Mrs. Qin gradually walked away behind the wife.Zhiqi said to the girl in Suyi: "Miss Xiaoyue, please—"

The woman in plain clothes walked through the corridor with Zhiqi, the corridor was full of hibiscus, and under the moonlight, you could see the snow-white flowers all over the ground. The woman in plain clothes saw a little surprise in her eyes, but she was exquisite and good at dancing, so she didn't ask much.Zhiqi took her to the door of Yizhu, knocked it lightly three times, and someone inside the door responded: "Come in." The plain-clothed woman has the ability to never forget, so she naturally knows that the door is the concubine Rong Chen who is today's favorite concubine. .

Zhiqi led the woman in plain clothes to enter the door, and retreated to the side of the door with his hands down.Rong Yu said: "You stand guard outside the door, don't go too far." Zhiqi answered "Yes", turned around and went out.

The door was closed tightly, but the people inside could still be vaguely heard talking, Rong Yu's voice was asking: "Madam Qin's 'how' question at the banquet today is you?" Su Yi Nu replied respectfully: "Empress Mingjian..."

At this time, the summer heat has all dissipated, the wind is a little cool, Zhiqi is standing outside the door, the shadow of the palace lantern is under his feet, very faint, as if the wind will blow away like light smoke.

Zhiqi turned her face, and there was also a thin shadow on the wall, which became clearer because she was close. She looked up at the moon hanging in the sky, and then at the shadow on the wall, and suddenly remembered that when she was very young, she Passing by the study room, the husband was teaching his elder brother to read. He said that he was toasting to invite the bright moon, and there were three people facing each other.She was lying on the window sill to watch, when the husband heard the sound, he shouted: "Who is it!" The elder brother said, "It's a cat, there are a lot of wild cats in the house recently." He turned sideways and made a face at her...

It was spring, and it was always raining, and sometimes there was lightning and thunder, and the water poured down like a torrent. The water under the eaves was strung together like a chain. It flew onto his body and got wet within a short time. My brother secretly handed over half a cube of sugar from the window sill, which was hidden in his book. Because it was hidden for too long, it was almost melted, and it was very sticky to the hand.

The husband inevitably frowned again, and reprimanded him: "Concentrate!" The husband seemed to like to use this word to reprimand his brother. He could easily find that his brother was distracted, but he could never see the small figure on the window sill.At first she thought it was because she hid it well, or her husband had poor eyesight, but after a long time, she grew up day by day, and when she was able to understand the ways of the world, she realized that it was not that her husband couldn't see her, but he just didn't want to see her. She, because her husband firmly believes that a woman's lack of talent is virtue.Even so, he didn't drive her away, he just ignored her existence.

My elder brother was mischievous since he was a child, and he didn't understand most of his studies. He went out with his father as a guest and sat silently. , A wise man sees wisdom." In a word, there are no disadvantages, and outsiders say that Yu Shangshu's son is beautiful, and they also say that silence is worse than ten thousand words.Mr. Zhi and father know that this guy is purely an idiot, and he is a headache at home.

My elder brother doesn't like to study, but he likes to come to play in the courtyard where his mother lives. Sometimes he takes some weird booklets from his mother, but his father catches him, and he just beats him by twisting his ears.The father only beat his elder brother, and did not blame his mother. Sometimes he sighed, and his mother would always say, "This kid can't learn literature, he can't even learn martial arts, how can he stand in the world." The father just frowned, and at first he said a few words, and later Seeing that my brother is really useless, I don't want to pursue it anymore.

She still didn't know if it was a mistake for her mother to teach her brother martial arts. In the end, her brother caused trouble and had to go to the frontier. Her father hadn't visited her mother for a whole year. Even the most important ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping at home did not allow my mother to participate. On the night of New Year's Eve, my mother stayed alone in the lonely lamp, and the shadow was very bleak.

The elder brother went away for many years, and then too many things happened, the elder sister entered the palace, and then she was also sent to the palace.When my sister entered the palace, the aunt cried a lot, and when she was sent to the palace, the mother only held her hand and talked about family matters. She talked about the flowered clothes she liked when she was young, and said that when she was young, she liked to hide behind the rockery. easy to find.In the middle of the night, she finally couldn't help asking her mother: You can teach your brother martial arts, why don't you teach me?

The mother stroked her hair and said: "It's not good for my daughter's family to be too powerful..." Then she said: "If you are young, you can protect you a little bit, but it's a pity..."

Yu Nian was her elder brother's name, and she vaguely knew why her mother taught her elder brother carefully.She disapproved of her mother, she felt that her brother was better for her sister than herself, because they not only had the same father, but also the same mother.But that was of no use, as soon as the elder brother left, there was no news, and their sisters entered the palace one after another. The gates of the palace were like the sea, even if the elder brother could occupy a high position like his father, there was nothing he could do about their situation.

Thinking of this, Zhiqi sighed, and then she entered the palace, and then her sister died, and then there was news from home that her mother was gone.My father was demoted and dispatched to a remote place. He was old, like a candle in the wind, and he didn't know when it would go out.

Zhiqi thought farther and farther unconsciously, and the voice inside the door seemed to be getting more and more ethereal. She could vaguely hear some words, but when those words were connected together, she didn't know what they meant.

After a busy day, I was really tired.

There is no palace lantern in the room, the light is coming down from the top, warm and soft, bright enough, you don't need to look up to know that it must be the night pearl embedded in the ceiling, it is rare that the indoor light is uniform.Rong Yu was sitting on the couch, and there was a low table in front of him. There was an incense burner on the table, a stick of incense was lit in the burner, and there was a little soot on the incense. There were no sparks, and no light smoke rose.The plain-clothed woman felt strange, but she didn't ask, she just lowered her eyebrows and stood with her hands down.

Rong Yu said, "Sit."

The woman in plain clothes thanked her, and sat down according to the etiquette, she didn't show any surprise, and didn't ask any more words.

Rong Yu said: "At the banquet today, Mrs. Qin's 'how' question was you, right?"

The plain-clothed woman's eyes quickly flew past the nobleman in front of her, and she replied respectfully: "Your Majesty has learned from you, this servant has a rough understanding of the rhythm."

Rong Yu smiled and said: "What a master of melody, Miss Su is too self-effacing."

Su Yinu's face was pale, but she didn't panic, she just said: "It turns out that the empress knows, and I ask the empress to forgive me."

Rong Yu said: "I'm just guessing casually. It is widely rumored that Miss Su is unparalleled in the world, and she really has a real reputation." At this moment, Rong Yu's eyes drooped slightly, and she saw her slender hands tightly clutching the cuffs, her fingers turned white , said solemnly: "The past, forgive me, I don't remember it anymore."

Rong Yu understood in her heart that Su Xinyue didn't like people bringing up the matter of her falling into prostitution.With a slight smile at the moment, she filled the pot with a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Su Xinyue. Su Xinyue looked a little startled, and instead of reaching out to take it, she got up and took a few steps back, knelt down and said, "I can't bear it. "The words are still calm.

Rong Yu said: "Miss Su, don't worry, there is no poison in the tea. Get up." As she spoke, she poured another cup of tea, placed it in front of her, and put the teapot aside.

(End of this chapter)