peach blossoms smile

Chapter 21

Only then did I feel that the corners of my eyes were hot. It turned out that I used the wrong hand to rub my forehead with the chili powder. As a result, the chili powder got into my eyes, and the tears couldn't stop flowing down.It's not that I'm sentimental, I can't control my eyes.Seeing the puzzled look on Bai Wending's face, I had no choice but to find an excuse: "His Royal Highness, this servant is favored by you, and entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, but this servant has a responsibility. Your Highness, this servant is sorry... "

"The prince didn't blame you!" Bai Wending said impatiently, "In short, you should search carefully and find out where he hid that person. After so many years, no matter how hard we search, we can't find him. Now that the new dynasty has just been established, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done, it is the time when a lot of money is needed, and that is why I sent you here, you have to understand!"

Judging by his tone, his idea of ​​making money from the old man?Didn't he think wrong?I think of the bills our family owes... As far as I can remember, pork heads for Chinese New Year, sweet potato roots growing in the ground... Who in the village has not paid us on credit?

I endured the doubts in my heart, bowed my head and answered, "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Fortunately, the spicy feeling finally subsided gradually, and my tears were stopped. At this time, the curiosity in my heart grew like weeds. Why did it go away after a while?Why is God so unfair to me?

"His Royal Highness, are your injuries serious?" I couldn't bear to ask.

"It's okay... In a hurry, he can't inject any serious poison!"

I felt hot again on my body, and there were tears in my eyes again... This time it was real tears, because I finally understood who suffered from being dumb this time.

I hoped that he would leave quickly, but after he said a few words, he returned to the bedside and sat down, raised his head in the shadow of the candle red: "Has he noticed something? So this time, he is merciful? "This inexplicable sentence made me think for a long time, and I feel more and more that he and Bai Mi are indeed brothers, and what they said is so unpredictable that I want to make my head hit the wall.Is this another given code word between him and the previous "I"?Only the fake "I" understands the meaning contained in it?
Cold sweat broke out again on my vest, I really didn't know whether I should answer the words.

"Is not it?"

I looked at him in amazement, only to see the veil brushing against his face, making his eyes seem to be wandering.It turned out that he wasn't asking me for advice, which made me sweat again, thinking that the sudden tenderness of the iron-blooded prince made people shudder.

I deliberated that at this time, I should praise the individual, lest he think too coldly alone, so I echoed: "Slave is stupid..."

He stood up from the edge of the bed, paced a few steps in the room, and seeing the door, I thought he was going to open the door and leave, and I felt joyful in my heart. The people here found out.Unexpectedly, he walked back to the edge of the bed and sat down: "How do you know?"

"I really don't know..." My heart fell to the bottom.I don't know how long he will stay here, and I don't understand his thoughts, so I can't chat with him to pass the time, I just feel that he is here, and the time passes very slowly.

He made me feel confused, I just felt that he was like a deep pool of water, and I couldn't see the bottom.

There was a small bonsai in front of the window, which was placed there as soon as I moved in. He took a few steps, probably feeling that he was getting stuffy in the room, so he walked to the window and stared at the bonsai in a trance. After a long while, he said: "Just like this bonsai, its shape has been prescribed since the day it grew. When its branches and leaves grow out of order, it will cut off the excess branches and leaves to make the big branches echo with each other. , the twigs are in harmony with the situation among the big ones. If so, they can be self-contained, smooth, delicate and harmonious. But there will always be those who do not follow the rules, and when the craftsmen are not paying attention, they will rise horizontally."

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he broke a branch that grew out horizontally. I don't think the bonsai was any different after he broke a branch.I just feel that his gesture of breaking the branch is inexplicably sad, as if he hates it growing out, but also has some nostalgia, his tender eyes are fixed on the broken part of the broken branch, which is shocking.

He was telling me that the house should also be tidied up, and the bonsai should not be sprinkled with too much water, or the branches and leaves would grow too much and it would not look good.

I hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness is really knowledgeable, he even knows how to plant bonsai? This bonsai, servant girl, has been taken care of by His Royal Highness, it really looks much better..."

He looked at me faintly in his eyes, and blocked my unfinished compliments. I understood his eyes, and he was talking about me.

He frowned and said, "What's wrong with you today? I finally dealt with it properly before!"

What he said made me break out in cold sweat again. It seems that confidante is not so easy to do.I thought and thought, thinking that based on his unfathomable character, it seems that I can't think shallowly. I carefully recalled the scene when he just broke the branch, his decisiveness when he broke the branch, and the sadness on his face... Suddenly I understood, this is using branches to describe people!
Is he implying that if I don't obey the rules, I will be broken off by him at will like this broken branch?
I was sweating profusely, knelt down and said: "I will never dare to make decisions on my own, His Highness the Crown Prince will see everything."

His eyes became lighter, which made me feel the difficulty of being a confidante.Those people with red sleeves and sweet words all speak just right, making people feel comfortable. How do they do it?

The look in his eyes became more and more clear to me, it was a kind of non-speculative and indifferent.

It seems that I am really not suitable to be a confidante, red sleeves will not add fragrance, but will only add to anger.

I thought to myself that since you already understand that I am not your confidante, then you should go back to the palace, go back to the palace to find your confidante.But he stood in front of the bonsai, touched the twigs on the bonsai with his fingers, and remained silent for a long time, which made my heart tighten, for fear that he would break the twigs in a fit of anger.If he couldn't vent his anger, he might put his hand on someone's neck.

A wind blew in through the gap in the door, and swept over the burning red candle on the table, causing the unextinguished candle light to finally go out in a flash, and the room became even darker.The thick twilight enveloped his figure, melting his figure into the night, making the surroundings stagnant, making me feel like standing in front of me is a volcano that may erupt at any time.

It's just that after repeated research, I finally understood that what he said to the bonsai was not about the bonsai, nor was he warning me, but someone else.Thinking of this, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then became nervous again: I am now his subordinate, and I don't know if this "I" knows who this person is?

Let him love and hate, and want to break his wings, it seems that she is a confidante who was very fond of him before.Then this confidante didn't want to be his confidante anymore, most likely she ran to be Bai Mi's confidante, that's why he was so entangled with Bai Mi.Hiding in the bottom of the water as a spy, I wish I could kill Bai Mi with my own hands, but now that Bai Mi's status is precious, he can't hit too hard, so he never expected to be hurt by Bai Mi.

The love and hatred caused by a woman finally caused the two brothers to fight and fight, causing troubles for their beauty, and a smile that overwhelmed the country.

I looked up at his thick black silhouette, and I couldn't help feeling a little bit of sympathy in my heart, and I also felt a little bit of his humanity.If you don't love Jiangshan and beautiful people, it's all because of this evil relationship.

And at the same time, I also admire that woman, who can play well between the two brothers, she must be such a long-sleeved confidante who is good at dancing.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred towards her.She coaxed Bai Wending to take the risk for her alone and go into the water himself.And I have to think about whether the head on the neck is stable or not when I say a word to him. What a big difference there is.

While I was sad, I hoped that Bai Mi would leave soon, but he became nostalgic in front of the bonsai, standing there like a strong pine on the edge of a rock, with a tendency to last forever.

"Dan, are you asleep?"

When I first heard this question, I thought it was Bai Wending, but when I understood the "light", I realized that the voice came from outside the door, it was Bai Mi.

What does he come to do?
Surprised, I looked over to Bai Wending, and suddenly, Bai Wending, who was standing in front of me just now, disappeared.Looking around again, the curtain beside the bed flicked, completely blocking the scenery inside and outside the bed, and he went to bed again.

There was a light knock on the door, and there was a gesture of swearing not to let go. I thought to myself why are you knocking, and if you don't answer the door, doesn't it mean that I am asleep?Then you should turn around and leave, do you have to wake people up?After understanding the love and hatred between Bai Mi and Bai Wending, the last person I don't want to see now is Bai Mi.

I don't know why, but I just don't want to see him.

The knocking on the door was steady and unhurried, unhurried, and there was a tendency to knock forever.

I had no choice but to open the door, only to see the moonlight shining on him, the smile at the corner of his mouth was like wine, and the corners of his eyes were also slightly drunk: "Aren't you asleep?"

Not only his smile is wine, but also the wine in his hand, I can smell the green wood wine on his body.

he's drunk?

I wanted to close the door and shut this drunkard out, but I was a little hesitant considering his identity. During the hesitation, he took a wine bottle and squeezed in.And because the chairs and stools in my room are very narrow, it is not very comfortable to sit on, so he walked straight towards my big bed crookedly.

I hurriedly grabbed his sleeve: "Second brother, although we are brother and sister, we have different surnames, so we have to be cautious."

I stopped his footsteps by pulling hard, and pulled him to the only big wooden chair in front of the table to make a decision.

He was so drunk, looking at his misty eyes like mist, this is the only feeling I have.

There are two big men in the room at the same time, because the lights in the room have been turned off, it makes me feel like a dark room.As the saying goes, a gentleman does not lie in a dark room, let alone two gentlemen?So I took a torch and wanted to light the candle on the table, but as soon as the torch touched the candle, it was blown out by a gust of wind.

I looked up, only to see Bai Mi's drunken eyes and sculpted eyebrows, and jet-black broken hair hanging down on his forehead.He was playing with blowing his hair, and when he blew, the hair on his forehead floated up like a feather, and he would blow it again when the hair fell down the bridge of his nose again.

I don't think there is anything wrong with this movement. When I am bored, I often play with my fingers and make them into various shapes.I think everyone gets bored sometimes, and the spy chief is no exception.So I blocked the wind blowing from him with my hand, and continued to light the candle.

But it is still a little bit, there is a wind blowing, all of a sudden extinguished.

When I looked up, he changed his sitting posture, put his forehead on his hands, and smiled slightly at me, the strand of jet-black hair on his forehead danced up and down.I stared at him warily, lighting the candle while staring at the corner of his mouth.Sure enough, when he ignited, his expression seemed to have become evil. Generally speaking, the corners of his mouth were crooked.

I couldn't bear it anymore, and took out a pair of scissors from the sewing basket, thinking that if I don't take advantage of this moment, when will I be strong again?Going forward, he pulled his strand of hair and cut it off with a click.

The click sound was particularly crisp in the quiet room, and it also made me change from initial excitement to fear.Many thoughts popped up in my mind, and I saw his frozen face when he drew his sword out of its scabbard, and I began to hate myself for being so immature, always just looking for a moment of pleasure?

I looked over carefully, but saw that he blew twice, and there was nothing on his forehead. His face was full of confusion, and he stared at me like a baby just waking up. Acacia... If you like it, I will give it to you."

I hurriedly threw that hair on the table, wondering whether this person is sober or drunk. At a time like this, does he know how to tease people?

With no hair on his forehead and playing with blowing, he put the wine bottle in his hand on the table, brushed up one of his wide sleeves, brought the wine glass on the table, poured wine into the wine glass, parted his lips and teeth, silently drink.For a drunk man, his movements are truly graceful.It's not like the drunk people I've seen before, holding up the wine bottle and pouring it straight down their throats, half of the wine went into their throats, and half of it spilled on the skirt of their clothes.

His drinking is like an extremely beautiful ink painting.

The more he drank, the brighter his eyes became, like a deep pool illuminated by the moonlight, bottomless and shimmering.

Only the teacup, which was used as a wine glass, could slightly show that he was indeed drunk.

The teacup was bigger than the wine glass. After three cups, his movements were stable as before, but he started to move slowly.He raised his glass slowly, but the glass didn't reach his mouth after a while. I waited and waited, but I couldn't wait any longer, and I was really afraid that he would drink it down and run to the bed again.Because in my opinion, it is very difficult to wait for him to get drunk like mud, and it is very troublesome to get drunk or not.So, I reached out and grabbed the wine glass.His index finger and thumb kept the shape of pinching the wine glass, and continued to send it to his lips.

He looked so funny, so I put a sachet with many silver needles in it between his two fingers, and he continued to deliver it to his lips.

Really drunk?Really drunk?
The tip of the needle shone silvery in the dark room, and it was about to pierce his thin lips.A sense of guilt arose in my heart, mainly because of his frozen face after he woke up... Just as I was about to snatch the sachet from his hand, a hand stretched out from the side and snatched the sachet that he wanted to touch his lips past.

I looked up and saw that Bai Wending had got off the bed and was standing right behind him.

Plain hands, sachets of emerald green, the sadness is as thick as water.

He sat firmly, he stood behind him, the moonlight was like silver, a pair of people for a lifetime...

I shivered suddenly, thinking how could I have been influenced by Xia Han, and gathered all the impossible people together, thinking wildly?
With a bang, Bai Mi bumped his head on the table, and he also lay down on the table, finally drunk.

At this time, I was completely relieved, and when I turned my head, the breath came up again.Bai Wending looked at me coldly holding the sachet full of silver needles, his face was so gloomy that it was about to drip: "Don't forget your mission!"

Sometimes, as soon as I thought about playing, I forgot about the dangerous environment. I blamed myself silently, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this servant just wants to vent your anger on you, and forgot His Highness's instructions for a while..."

He threw the sachet on the table and said calmly: "He is my second brother, no one can hurt him."

I thought to myself, what kind of emotion is this on your mind, you set up one trap after another for him, but you don't want someone to stab him twice?That is to say, he can bully him fiercely, but not allow others to bully him?
This thought made me shiver involuntarily.

In the dilemma of two big men staying in the boudoir, I was very stressed. Fortunately, a cock crowed from a distance rescued me from the predicament.Bai Wending was the same as when he came, he disappeared without a trace with the sound of the cock crow.

In the blink of an eye, there was only another big man left in the room, the intoxicated Bai Mi lying on the table.

I was very troubled, I didn't sleep all night, I wanted to go to bed and sleep, but there was a man in the room, if there was a rumor that someone was in the same room as a young girl, what should I do?

Besides, although the bed was still in the boudoir, it had just been used as a couch for a grown man, and it might still be stained with blood.

As I was thinking about it, I was struggling with whether to sleep or not. When I was struggling, I took a piece of rose candy and ate it. I didn't expect to eat it... I fell asleep after eating it.

I was woken up by the sunlight shining through the window lattice and shining on my eyelids.As soon as he looked up, he saw a pair of eyes, black and shiny, with curled and long eyelashes, and the movement of a brush on his face.I was so scared that I yelled and stepped back.It was only when he was far away that he could clearly see that it was Bai Mi.

For my panic, he seemed too calm. He stretched out his finger and scratched the corner of my mouth, then solemnly and gracefully put that finger into his mouth and licked it, squinting his eyes and said: "Fresh and elegant, sweet as honey in your mouth, Made from this year's new roses."

The two brothers have the same character, and they both like to use things as metaphors?My face turned red involuntarily.Is he appreciating people or flowers?
But the appearance just now was really elegant and quiet, although it was finger licking, it didn't look like finger licking, like tasting wine with a shadow, drinking tea with weeping willows.Being able to express such a vulgar thing so elegantly makes people think of snow-capped mountains, floating clouds, vast hectares of blue waves, and green forests.

"There is so much sugar in rose sugar, your teeth haven't been eaten by moths, have they?" He lifted up his skirt and sat down next to me, with the leaf pattern on the bottom of the skirt surrounded by clouds and clouds.

There was the smell of green pine on his body, the aftertaste of the wine from last night, the curtain was lifted, making his face bright and dark, and his eyes dim.

The sunlight outside the house shone into the house through the window lattice, and the rustling footsteps of the servants came from outside the house. It was the morning that brought the toiletries. The sound made me think that he had stayed in the house for too long, and he should really leave, and he should Go out the back window.

I went to the back window and pushed open the window door.There are green bamboos swaying in front of the window, and the scenery outside is beautiful. I thought about how to make him fly out of the window quietly.In terms of his lightness kung fu, this is just a sudden thing, but in terms of his status, whether he is willing or not is another matter.

There was a light knock on the door: "Master, do you want the servants to come in and wait on you?"

I feel the sweat on my forehead. Whenever there is an emergency, there will always be someone who is eager to come up with an idea.So, I saw the gold chain on my hand, the complicated lotus pattern, and the color of gilt.The gold chain slipped from my wrist and slipped to the edge of the pond outside the window. I screamed in surprise, and it really attracted Bai Mi to the window.I looked at him eagerly: "What should I do, this is rewarded by the imperial concubine..."

In the blink of an eye, his figure suddenly drifted away. I just put my fingers on the window frame, and before I could move, he came back to me, and the gold chain was in his hand.I originally thought that as soon as he stepped out of the window, I would close the window.

There was another knock on the door: "My lord, the prince invites you into the palace today, can you let the slaves wash you up?"

I thought to myself that your prince is in this room. When the door is opened and you see your prince standing in front of the hall, what kind of dumbfounded expressions should you be on?
As soon as I remembered the dumbfounded expression, I decided to send the culprit out of the window no matter what, so I made persistent efforts, thinking about his identity and his often frosty face, and said tactfully: "Second brother, this window open?"

He glanced at me: "The windows are open, the air is fresh."

There were knocks on the door outside the house one after another, and my brow was sweating, so I decided not to be tactful or not: "Second brother, although we are the unmarried couple appointed by the emperor and his old man at will, but there is the word unmarried. As soon as we entered the door, we saw unmarried couples staying together early in the morning, which is really bad, so..."

I thought this would touch his heart a little bit, but he went to the table Shi Shiran, raised his chin, looked at me and said: "It doesn't matter, when they come in, just say that my lord feels that the wind is clear and the water is cool here last night." , can clear the mind, so I stayed and read."

I looked at the teapot on the table and wondered if the water in the teapot was very cold. If the teapot and water were poured on his head, would it be cool enough?I frowned and persuaded earnestly: "Second brother, in fact, early in the morning, the air outside the window is fresh, and the wind is clearer and the water is colder..."

He said indifferently: "The door will open later, and the wind will come in through the door. The door is bigger than the window, and it will blow away all the stale air in the room." Then he said with concern, "Baan, are you uncomfortable? You eat too much candy Will it be like this, will you ask someone to bring you a cup of fresh chrysanthemum tea?"

The knocking on the door outside the house stopped, which made my forehead sweat even more: Did they hear the movement inside the door outside the door, so they had a lot of guesses, and they were going to spread them out?
If the door is not opened again, will this speculation develop in an incredible direction?
Just as she was thinking, there was a hesitant knock on the door again: "Princess, princess?"

This is the voice of the new butler. Compared with the previous butler, this butler is very aggressive in his work. If he doesn't open the door again, he may have the door demolished.

Sure enough, I heard a startled voice outside the door: "It's not good, something may have happened to the princess, come here, help me tear down the door!"

In a hurry, I had no choice but to go forward and open the door. The people outside the door were pleasantly surprised, and one of them was the face of the housekeeper.

"Princess, are you here? The little thing is that you think too much... You will enter the palace in a while, and you have to tell these servants to hurry up."

Compared with the previous butler, this butler also has a lot of mouths, often inadvertently, after you say a word, he will chatter a dozen or eight sentences, making you think twice about refusing.

The door was only half open, and I blocked the half-open door with my body for a while, but the inadvertent eye contact between the housekeeper and the maidservants made me feel confused, and I didn't know that the one in the room had accepted me. Any suggestions?
I kept standing by the door to prevent people from entering, and the housekeeper suddenly had a strange expression on his face: "Princess, what do you have to order, the servant asked someone to do it?"

I had no choice but to open the door a little more, and looked back into the room, only to see Bai Mi sitting very upright in front of the table between the light and shadow of the veil, I hastily closed the door a little more, smiled and said: "I don't need you to serve me today." Alright, I'll do it myself."

The butler said in amazement: "Princess, you have already learned how to comb the double fairy bun? You also know how to use the black brush to draw eyebrows? How to make the smudged lips not be too exaggerated and form a bloody mouth? Today I have to go with the prince. Imperial Palace, if your makeup is a little off, you will be laughed at to death." He looked at my face and said melancholy, "The villain just can't control his mouth, and it was the same in the previous family. Too much, too much for the master's sake, too much disregard for the master's face."

I was overwhelmed by what he said, and accidentally, the door frame I was holding tightly in my hand loosened, making him think that I was moved by him, so he led people in and ordered: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Come on, help the princess choose the clothes, take out the headgear, choose the good black ink, and the washing water is ready."

I closed my eyes and waited by the door, waiting for him to make a sound of gasping for breath, a sound of thumping and kneeling, the sound of calling the prince in unison, the sound of the villain being damned, and so on.

But I waited for a long time, but still only heard the housekeeper's nagging, I suppressed my doubts and turned around, and saw that the seat where Bai Mi was sitting was already empty, and where the window was half-closed, green leaves were swaying outside the window .

After all, this butler is a professional who specializes in serving wealthy families, so although he talks a lot, he is very clear about what should be said and what should not be said.Therefore, regarding the teacups scattered on the floor, the overturned flagon, and the mess on the bed, he just commented on the mess here, the value of the flagon, and the teacups are used to hold tea, etc., and then ordered people to clean up the house Gotta clean up.

When I was dressed neatly by them, my eyebrows were like distant mountains, and my rouge was just right, the sun had already risen to the roof, and a guard sent a message from afar: "The prince has been waiting for a long time, please hurry up Get off the sedan chair."

When I was stuffed into the sedan chair by the impatient housekeeper, and before I came to the gate of the mansion, I saw Bai Mi had changed into a brocade court dress, with a high crown on his forehead, and a double-strand horsewhip in his hand as he casually tapped on his side , while giving instructions to the guards around him.

The whole body is clean and tidy, majestic and solemn.

I looked at the strand of hair on his forehead that I cut off last night that he had blown and played with, and I really felt that the world is like chess, unpredictable, and strange.

What is Emperor Wu Chong going to do when he summons us this time?

I have been thinking about this question along the way. Since the last time the accessories in the thatched cottage were burned, Emperor Wu Chong has not issued an order to the palace for a long time.The favorite concubines in the palace have not sent those posts with the names of many delicious snacks into the palace for a long time.According to what the talkative butler told me based on his years of serving in aristocratic families, this is the attitude of an emperor who treats you coldly.As a courtier, it is necessary to be low-key and low-key at this time to show repentance and repentance... When the housekeeper was speaking earnestly, I took advantage of the east wind, Xia Ji, and Xia Han to climb up to the roof of the palace and fly a centipede kite.The palace was not far from the palace, the kite was too big, the east wind blew, and the kite leaped towards the roof of the palace.

The butler stood on the ladder, his voice trembling, and his legs trembling: moreover, kites are mostly used to convey messages, and now that it is the east wind, they can also be loaded with poisonous powder, poisonous smoke and so on.There is a well-known play called Borrowing the East Wind, in which the prairie fire is caused by the east wind, have you heard of it?

I admired the imagination of the new butler so much that I had to put the kite away.

Could it be that the kite was harvested too furtively and hastily, making Emperor Wu Chong think that I really have no intention of repenting and repenting, and I suspect that I am taking advantage of the east wind?
I also remembered the last time Emperor Wu Chong pulled me and Bai Mi together. Could it be that he really woke up and regretted it?

I heard that Lord Shen once wrote to the imperial court, alluding to Bai Mi's marriage contract, which meant that he could marry two or three at a time, and ranked me last. Although it was finally refuted by Emperor Wu Chong, the emperor always Tian's power is unpredictable, so it's inevitable that he won't feel regretful when he dreams back at midnight, so he will take the suggestion of Lord Shen after comforting him?

All the information I know is from the housekeeper. This person is really an inquisitive person. Since he was here, his figure has appeared by my side all the time.

While I was thinking wildly, I had the urge to rush down from the sedan chair, but before I could act, a promise came from outside: "Prince Ning and Princess Rong will meet you at the Baoan Hall."

The sedan chair turned a corner and walked over to the other end.

Baoan Temple is the name of the temple that I have never heard of before. I just feel that the scenery along the way is very familiar.After seeing the familiar logs of the palace, I realized that this Baoan Palace was the original thatched hall, but the thatched roof was covered with yellow tiles, which made it look more grand.

It was Eunuch Cai who greeted us, he conveyed Emperor Wu Chong's will, asked me to wait in the back hall, and asked Bai Mi to go in first to meet the driver, and specially sent two palace maids, and carefully instructed them to serve carefully.

So, I was under the careful care of two maids.Every time I take a step, they always ask me with a smile: "Princess, what do you want? The servants will take it for you?"

After walking a few more steps, they became even more nervous: "Princess, to the east is the emperor's study, where important military affairs are handled. Without imperial decree, no one can enter."

All these kinds of things are very annoying, and although the maids sent by Eunuch Cai are said to be maids, they are indeed the elite among the maids, and they are very eloquent. They persuade at a speed of thirty words per second, which makes people I was dizzy and dizzy, and I couldn't do it if I didn't agree.

Their nervousness made me feel sympathetic. Thinking about them, they are just maids of honor, taking care of other people's misfortunes, being angry and scolded, and their lives may be in danger if they are not careful.So I took a little stool and knocked them unconscious so as not to make them responsible for what was going to happen next.

I walked out of the back hall and walked to Emperor Wu Chong's residence based on the memory of that night. Fortunately, this is the place where Emperor Wu Chong used to clean up, so there are very few maidservants and not many guards.I walked all the way, only to see flowers blooming like brocades, the path was quiet, but I couldn't meet anyone.

When we reached the end of the stone path, we saw a small arched bridge.There is a pond next to the small bridge, and there are old and young fishing by the pond.If I hadn't seen clearly that the clothes that the young man was wearing were brocade clothes, I would really have thought that I had come to the small mountain village in the past.During the slack season, three or two neighbors made an appointment to go fishing in the valley stream. The fish caught were grilled nearby, and with two bottles of Qingju wine, the sunset was infinitely beautiful.

I walked all the way, thinking about the two maids who were knocked unconscious by me, so I tried to slow down my steps.Because they had been in the forest for a long time and had a lot of time dealing with wild animals, they did not alarm them.

The wind carried the faint dialogue between the two: "Father, my son can't follow orders..."

"Mi'er, I still remember that when you followed me to and fro, you saw that your child was hungry and your mother was miserable, and said that your adoptive mother did the same for you. You were willing to give up everything for the sake of the people in this world. Now I just let you marry her, she is the former princess."

I only felt that the wind blew my cheeks so cold and painful, I reached out to touch them, but found that my cheeks were already wet.I suddenly covered my ears, but my hearing was still so sensitive, and my voice was still blown into my ears by the wind: "No, Erchen already has someone he likes."

The emerald green in front of the eyes, the bright yellow roof seems to be covered with a layer of gray.The roof was surrounded by clouds and fog, and the branches swayed. I didn't know that it was not raining until there were water drops on the back of my hand.Don't cry, don't cry, I told myself, he wasn't what I expected.

Emperor Wu Chong stood up, the two fishing rods by the pond fell to the water, Bai Mi knelt in front of him, facing Longyan's fury, his expression remained calm.

"Excuse me, I can't obey the order."

"No one can defy my will. Although I am praised by the world for my kindness, I can also let blood flow like a river."

Emperor Wu Chong left, his boots landed on the bluestone slab, like a drum beeping like gold, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye, leaving only Bai Mi still kneeling on the ground.

It took a long time before he raised his head and stood up straight. The afterglow of the setting sun in the distance made his figure look very long, making him look desolate and lonely.

He just wants to leave the place in his heart to Yunniang, she is the eternal cloud in his heart.

But since when did I have expectations in my heart?
From the day Emperor Wu Chong made the decree, I expected this kind of result, but he didn't refuse at that time, so I had a little hope in my heart?
But this hope is also a thin porcelain cup after all, and it will be shattered when it hits the ground.

It's time for me to go. I wanted to stand up from the ground, but I found that my feet were numb and my elbows were aching. I remembered what he asked me the first time I came to the palace: "Does it still hurt?"

I especially remember his appearance at that time, his dark eyes were as soft as pearls under the light of candles.

The sound of footsteps stepping on broken leaves is getting closer, dewdrops roll off the tip of the leaves, and the withered leaves are crushed to pieces.But I became more and more anxious but couldn't stand up. The numbness in the soles of the feet and the coldness in the bottom of my heart hit me, making me fall to sit on the grass.Finally, the black gold-embroidered boots stopped in front of me, and his hand with the jade wrench was on the lookout.

For me, that hand is close at hand and far away.

"How long have you been here?"

(End of this chapter)