Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 365 The woman in the harem

The vermilion palace walls are several layers deep, and the bright pear blossoms are all over the ground.

The girl ran barefoot, wearing a red dress with gold embroidery, gorgeous and bright.

The early spring wind blows over the tender green branches and leaves, and the crystal dew rolls down from the veins, shining like pearls.

In such a sunny scene, she held up her skirt and fled in a hurry.

As soon as someone reminded me, the embarrassing past came to my mind, I was as proud as Gu Yuci, and I couldn't squeeze a smile anymore.

Zhao Xi smiled faintly, then suddenly stretched out his hand towards Gu Yuci's face.

A cold light suddenly appeared in Gu Yuci's eyes.

Winning or losing is instant.

However, the next moment, she was suddenly stunned.

Zhao Xiwei gently tidied up her messy sleeves, and gently brushed up the broken hair at her temples, and finally helped her straighten the crooked golden hairpin.

Then he straightened his waist, smiled, and said, "A Ci, people have to grow up. Now that they have grown up, let those childhood memories stay in our memory!"

After a pause, he spoke calmly: "Actually, if the person who fell into the water is me, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also help him!"

Before Gu Yuci could answer, Zhao Xiwei had already bowed to Concubine Shu: "It's getting late, Your Highness is still waiting for me, so I'll go back first!"

Gu Yuci stared blankly at her and turned around calmly.

When she was about to step out of the palace gate, Gu Yuci suddenly came back to his senses, got up from his seat, and shouted: "Zhao Xiwei!"

Zhao Xiwei stopped in his tracks, turned around and asked, "What's wrong with Ah Ci?"

Gu Yuci bit her lip.

"What the hell did the prince say to you?" This sentence was repeated in his mouth, and he wanted to pop out from between his lips and teeth several times.

She really wanted to know why the prince rejected her.

The sky knows, the gods know, but only she doesn't know.

Every night when everyone was quiet, when she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, she would guess this question thousands of times.

This knot that has tormented him for many years, at this moment, was unexpectedly pinched in the palm of his hand by another woman.

Facing Zhao Xiwei's calm and breezy face, Gu Yuci suddenly swallowed the words that had reached his throat.

She has her pride and her dignity.

If she wanted to ask, it was she who asked Li Xuanye herself, not his woman.

"It's okay." After taking a deep breath, she raised her eyes again, with that bright and colorful look again: "The court lady sent the princess off!"

She stood there until Zhao Xiwei's figure completely disappeared from sight, and her smile stopped.

A hand rested lightly on her shoulder.

Gu Yuci turned his face, raised his eyebrows and said, "Ms. Concubine Shu, my father promised Prime Minister Zhao that he would help you! You must keep your promise!"

Concubine Shu caressed the hand stove in her arms, and smiled softly: "This is just the beginning, what are you in a hurry for?"

Gu Yuci pursed his lips and remained silent.

How could she not be in a hurry?
From the age of 14, she spent her best four years in the desolate and impoverished Qianzhou.

Now that I have returned to Beijing, do I have to wait another four years?
Concubine Shu glanced at her lightly, then looked outside the palace.

The palace people walked in a hurry, leaving no traces, only the wind chimes hanging from the corners of the eaves, shaking slightly.

She said quietly: "Every woman in this deep palace must be able to withstand suffering and exhaustion."

A blue bird flew across the light blue sky, flapped its wings, and landed on the open space in front of the temple.

Concubine Shu's eyes were immediately attracted to her. She looked at the little blue sparrow and smiled calmly: "From cloudy to sunny, from dusk to dusk, you must wait quietly every moment. Waiting The king summons luck, waits for the favor, waits for the family to be full of wealth... Day after day, year after year, spring and autumn, seasons change, the women in the harem can only wait endlessly. You have to even this How can you be the woman next to the prince if you are not mentally prepared?"

The blue bird once again spread its wings and flew to the eaves.

Gu Yuci looked up, and saw another blue sparrow resting on the roof beast, pecking at its own feathers leisurely, waiting for the one on the ground to fly past, and the two sparrows hugged each other, chirping and chirping, leaning on each other Snuggle, the picture suddenly warmed up.

"Your Majesty is right..." She let out a long breath, and suddenly asked an inexplicable question: "What do you think the Crown Prince likes about her?"

"What do you like about her?" Concubine Shu was stunned for a moment, then she shook her head lightly, tapped Gu Yuci's brow with her finger, and said with a smile: "You are so grown up, why are you still talking stupid things?"

Gu Yuci's peach blossom eyes slightly narrowed: "What? Am I wrong?"

Concubine Shu sighed lightly: "In the harem, there is nothing you like or dislike."

"No." Gu Yuci was very sure, "His Royal Highness treats her really well, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that such a cruel and ruthless person would have such a gentle side. "

"As the saying goes, Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and it takes a long time to see the heart..." Concubine Shu smiled: "It's not long since their wedding, and it's the freshest time. How can you tell whether they like it or not? Besides, he likes it." Is it important not to like it?"

Gu Yuci's eyes flickered.

"If you want to think about why she is favored, there are only four words."

"Which four words?"

Concubine Shu smiled lightly: "Softness can overcome rigidity."

Gu Yuci was taken aback for a moment, then slowly repeated: "Softness can overcome rigidity?"

"That's right." Concubine Shu nodded, "The crown prince grew up held in the palm of His Majesty's hands, with power and favor, but Zhao Xiwei was just the opposite. She was homeless since she was a child, and she had no father to protect her. Just such an experience , is enough to arouse the prince's pity and preference."

"Then I also suffered in Qianzhou for four years!" Gu Yuci shook his head again and again, "Madam, if you see with your own eyes how much the prince dotes on her, you will know that I am right!"

Concubine Shu smiled disapprovingly: "A man doting on a woman is not the same as loving a woman."

Everyone knows that the emperor only favors concubine Shu, but only she knows that the emperor does not love her.

Gu Yuci pondered for a moment, and his unyielding belief burned again, his peach blossom eyes flashed brightly: "Then, according to my mother, what chance do I have of winning?"

"Difficult!" Concubine Shu dropped a word, turned around and walked towards the couch.

Gu Yuci followed: "Why?"

"Because you are not her opponent!" Concubine Shu sat down on the couch, took a thick blanket and spread it on her lap, and looked at Gu Yuci calmly: "I just promised to help you, but I didn't want to Let you take her place."

"Why am I not her opponent?" Gu Yuci was unwilling to be provoked again, and automatically ignored Concubine Shu's last sentence, and said coldly: "Where am I worse than her? Is it appearance, figure, or brains?" ?”

Concubine Shu raised her hand and pointed to her heart.

Gu Yuci was even more unconvinced: "Sincerely? I don't think she cares about the prince, that's why she doesn't have much sincerity!"

"Puff!" Concubine Shu laughed out loud, "I'm talking about xinxing..."

"What do you mean?"

(End of this chapter)