Chunman Palace

Chapter 135

Seeing the day when the envoys from the country came to present, Xuan Yin invited all the concubines and concubines to appreciate the treasures together, held a banquet in the royal palace, singing and dancing, there was a bit of awe in the excitement.

Everyone sat down to enjoy the singing and dancing. The queen's complexion changed from pale and weak in the past, to a rosy complexion. Her spirit was as bright as the two brilliant oriental pearls on her forehead. The border pattern is refracted with golden light.

Lin Qingyu was hiding her thoughts, she was not very interested in today's singing and dancing, she was in a state of trance.

But Mu Pingting remained as calm as before, and before the banquet, she gave Huayue something from her sleeve, and then made people retreat.

In the whole banquet, apart from the sound of singing, dancing and music, there was no excitement at all, and the atmosphere seemed very depressed.

At this moment, someone came to report that the envoy from the country had arrived outside the hall.

Xuan Yin only said: "Please come in, envoys."

After a while, the Liguo people, headed by the Liguo envoy, came in with gifts and said, "See Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

Xuan Yin nodded and said: "The envoy does not need to be polite, just take your seat." He noticed the strange face standing beside the envoy, and asked suspiciously: "Who is this next to the envoy?"

The Liguo envoy said: "Return to the emperor, there is a rare animal in this gift, our king specially sent Hu Lie'an, the vanguard general from Liguo, to help give the gift."

Xuan Yin raised his brows: "Oh? What kind of rare beast does it need to use Li Guo's generals?"

The queen was quite interested, and smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the envoy solve this mystery?"

The envoy from the Kingdom of Li smiled hesitantly: "This... Our king has prepared three gifts to present. This rare beast is used for the finale, and it is not yet possible to let it show its true colors on Lushan Mountain."

Xuan Yin smiled faintly: "Then ask the envoy to introduce them one by one."

"Yes." The envoy from Liguo nodded, and then ordered his subordinates to present a glazed cup to it. When the lid was opened, a few white pills were found inside.

The Liguo envoy introduced: "This is Xueyan Pill, which can make a woman's skin whiter than snow, soft as cotton, slender figure, and remove all kinds of scars. In addition, it can prolong life and cure all diseases! It is Liguo The secret medicine handed down from generation to generation contains snow lotus, snow lotus seeds, Polygonatum odoratum, white plum petals, jade apricot flower pollen, Chuanxiong and Polygonum multiflorum and many other precious medicinal materials. .” After he finished speaking, the Xueyan Pill was presented to Xuan Yin.

The queen looked at those pills that were as white as snowballs, and praised, "It's really a rare good medicine."

Xuan Yin was not interested in this medicine, he just said indifferently: "Since it is such a good thing, let's give it to the queen."

The queen was both surprised and delighted, she looked at the Xueyan Pill in front of her, her heart was itchy, but she said: "This Xueyan Pill is so precious, and it is a good medicine that is beneficial to women, why don't you share these pills? Each of your concubines has one, and I just keep one for myself."

Xuan Yin took a sip of tea and said: "Count up how many there are, those below the concubine don't need to give it, the queen keeps two."

"Yes." Shu Xiang took the order, and went down to distribute the glazed cups.

Seeing such a good thing, Concubine Sui put it in her mouth and chewed it a few times, then swallowed it with water.

As for the rest, they just asked the maid to put them away temporarily.

Concubine Sui smiled like a flower and said, "I wonder what this second gift is?"

The Liguo envoy smiled, and led the people behind him to present an object covered with a red cloth. After the red cloth was lifted, there was a huge jade bead inside, which seemed to be the size of a fist, and beside it was a There are many pearls as a lining.

Concubine Sui said happily: "Is this Ye Mingzhu? I only heard about it from other people before, but I didn't expect it to look like this!"

"Your Majesty has good eyesight, this is the Pearl of the Moonlight!"

The envoy from Liguo continued to introduce: "This bright moon bead, which shines so brightly, is placed at night, and the whole room is like daytime. It is specially dedicated to the Holy One by our country! I heard that the Holy One often handles affairs at night, and it is very hard. With this When the luminous pearl illuminates, the Holy Majesty no longer has to worry about the consumption of lamp oil and candles."

Xuan Yin's lips curled into a faint smile, he cast his eyes coldly at the person, and then said with a smile: "The envoy just joked, a candle is set in every hall in Xuanming City, and the night is like the day, is it necessary to use it?" This is the night pearl. However, in autumn and winter, when there are no fireflies all over the sky, this thing can be used to temporarily relieve the boredom."

The envoy from Liguo forced a smile: "Yes, as long as this night pearl can be used to its full potential, I will be happy with you! There are a total of 36 of these East China Sea pearls, each of which is huge, and it is the most luxurious to make jewelry."

Xuan Yin said to the side: "According to the rules, distribute it to the concubines in the palace." He took a sip of the wine in a dull manner, with a serious expression.

The envoy from the Kingdom of Li saw that Xuan Yin was not interested in these treasures, so he glanced back, "The third treasure is a white otter that can speak the human language. Bone marrow can lighten scars. When I was hunting, I accidentally discovered that it was a white otter. I wanted to kill it to get the marrow, but I heard the sound of begging for mercy. Such a tameness is now quite commonplace.”

"It's quite miraculous." The Queen's smile faded away when she heard such a story that was comparable to a fairy tale, and she lost all interest immediately.

"The envoy can show us how this white otter understands human language?"

The envoy from Liguo chuckled: "Well... please allow me to buy another pass and listen to a yueqin first."

Xuan Yin nodded and said, "Yun."

Everyone sat down on their seats, and saw a woman in an apricot flower dress with a veil covering her face and holding a Yueqin slowly walking out behind Hu Lie'an. Feeling helpless like flowers falling, feeling sad and desolate.

It can be said that the listener is sad and the seer weeps.

Everyone was immersed in the sound of the music, evoking the sad things in their hearts, feeling a little depressed and melancholy, and Lin Qingyu couldn't help trembling for it, as if he felt the same as the player who played the music.

She couldn't help looking into the hall, the woman playing the yueqin was covered with a veil, her face was as hazy as mist and it was difficult to see clearly, but those eyes revealed a seemingly invisible hatred amidst desolation and sadness, such The eyes, she knew.

During those days in Huahua State, every time she thought about what Chang Xiuru, Xuan Yin, and Mu Pingting had done to her, she also had the same look in her eyes, wanting to hate, but the hatred could not be expressed directly, it could only make the deep She hides her deep sorrow and misery, and then reveals her sincere hatred from this lingering and endless sorrow, like a needle hidden in the cotton, or a knife hidden under the pillow, revealing the ultimate danger.

Suddenly, she saw that the woman's eyebrows and eyes looked like a person.

She once found a pair of Qiu sisters in the music workshop, the elder sister Qiu Jinyu was good at playing the harp, and the younger sister Qiu Lianmin was good at playing the yueqin. At this time, the woman playing the yueqin in the palace was just like that Qiu Lianmin.

The emperor had clearly forbidden her to enter the palace again, why did she come back now and still follow Li Guoren?

Suddenly, she smelled a strange fragrance, the fragrance just makes the body feel a little numb when inhaled, the fragrance is like boiled milk and fruit fragrance, sweetly inhaled into the lungs.

She hurriedly overturned the teacup to wet the veil, and covered her nose with the veil.

Mo'er saw something was wrong, and bent down to ask questions, but the woman in the hall was playing the yueqin more and more urgently, suddenly, the cage cloth behind the envoy from the country was removed, and many soldiers with swords, bows and arrows jumped out of it.

Li Qiao hurriedly shouted: "Come here! Escort!"

Xuan Yin frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Hu Lie'an stepped forward and said: "A few years ago, Princess Ashina, who I left the country, married with Mingsheng, but I didn't want to die of injustice! You foolish monarch has many reasons to prevaricate the news of Princess Ashina and deceive us to leave the country. He deserves death!"

Concubine Sui's beautiful eyes widened, and she said angrily: "You rebellious officials and thieves, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven?!"

Hu Lie'an laughed loudly and said, "God's punishment? This stupid king indulges you women to bully and persecute our Princess Liguo, and you are the ones who want God's punishment!"

He smiled coldly, and said: "What do you think of the Xueyan Pill just now? The elixir is coated with a strong poison, but it won't kill you instantly. After inducing hallucinations, he was heartbroken and died!"

Concubine Sui sat down on the chair with a "snap" after hearing this, her eyes lost her focus.

Just now, but she was the only one who couldn't wait to eat the elixir, and she was the only one...

Hong Kao gloated and gloated at the man, with a look of infinite satisfaction in the corners of his eyes.

Xuan Yin slapped the table and said sternly: "Do you think that you can act recklessly in Xuanming City with just a few dozen soldiers who left the country?!"

At this time, someone hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, King Rong Ning has rebelled! Now he is leading people to break in!"

Xuan Yin said sternly: "There are layers of guards in the palace, how did King Rongning's rebels get in!"

The man stammered: "Yes... King Rong Ning brought several carts of treasures on the pretext of going to the banquet. The guards wanted to inspect them, but they were given by the rebels who jumped out of the cart..."

Xuan Yin immediately realized something was wrong, "You are just a eunuch guarding outside the palace, how did you know such detailed things?"

"Be careful, Your Majesty!" The queen got up and went to protect Xuan Yin, but fortunately there were guards by her side, the person who pretended to be an assassin didn't even take out his dagger, blood spattered on the spot.

Outside the hall, the whistling sound was like a gust of wind, some rebels had already broken into the hall, joining forces with the Li Guoren.

Some concubines panicked and screamed again and again.

Xuan Yin glanced at the queen worriedly, and when he saw that everyone was safe, he immediately raised his voice, "Let me take all these people down!"

The Li Guoren and King Rongning's rebel army immediately made peace, and fought with the guards in the palace.

However, there were so many rebels, and it was difficult for the guards to take care of everyone. Soon, innocent palace officials and concubines were hacked to death.

Lin Qingyu and Mo'er leaned over to hide, but they didn't expect a sharp sword to hit their door immediately.

Lin Qingyu was startled suddenly, she looked up in astonishment, and met Qiu Lianmin's angry red eyes, pinning her down like a ghost in prison.

Qiu Lianmin screamed like crazy: "Concubine, you poisonous woman killed my sister, today I want you to die!" Holding the long sword in both hands, she rushed over like crazy.

Lin Qingyu screamed, pulled Mo'er to hide aside, Qiu Lianmin slashed down, the two couldn't dodge in time, Mo'er raised her hand and grabbed the sharp sword.

Qiu Lianmin gritted her teeth and said: "You are a slave, why do you work so hard for your master? How many shameful things she has done, everyone can punish her! You still stop me? Let go!" She suddenly raised her arms Sword, ready to stab again.

Suddenly, she felt weak, and the sword in her hand fell off with a bang.

Hearing a few sounds of flesh being torn apart, Qiu Lianmin fell to the ground with wide-eyed eyes, and behind her was Mu Pingting holding a dagger.

Lin Qingyu hadn't recovered before she was grabbed by Mu Pingting and ran outside, "What are you still doing? Waiting to die!"

Seeing that Qiu Lianmin was killed, Hu Lie'an immediately rushed towards Mu Pingting and the others with his men, and swung the machete in his hand. Suddenly, a black shadow rushed in, the long sword collided with the machete, and the two were bounced away .

Lin Qingyu was surprised: "Zezu? Why did you come back so soon?"

"If I didn't know the meaning of the phoenix flower, how long would you want to keep it from me?" Ze Zu's voice was very soft, dissipating into the sky like a light cloud, with a bit of sadness and retention.

"Go first, I will block you here."

After Zezu finished speaking, he raised his sword to meet the swords of Hu Lie'an and several rebels, clearing the way for them.

The queen noticed Lin Qingyu and the others who were leaving the hall, and followed Xuan Yin while she was not paying attention, "Concubine Concubine! The outside of the hall is probably more dangerous than the inside of the hall, so don't go out! It will be safe here soon, stay here Bar."

Lin Qingyu turned her head when she heard the words, and said softly: "Empress, this is the concubine's choice."

The queen raised the corners of her lips, with relief and sourness on her face: "I hope you won't regret your choice."

"Go!" Mu Pingting took Lin Qingyu's hand and ran towards the outside of the hall.

There was even more chaos outside the hall. The rebels and the guards were fighting each other. Seeing that the guards couldn't hold back, a rebel took the opportunity to attack a few people, so he rushed over and swung his long sword, beheading them.

When several people ran towards the palace gate, several sharp arrows struck, Lingqiao was pierced through the chest and died immediately.

Mu Pingting just gave him a reluctant look, and then continued to run forward.

The few people finally arrived at the gate of the palace. There was already a dead body and no one was guarding it. Mu Pingting hurriedly said, "Now that the guards are restrained by the rebels, hurry up and get out of the palace! When the reinforcements arrive and everything is calmed down, what do you want to do?" If you go, you can't go!"

Lin Qingyu asked suspiciously, "Sister Mu, you?"

Mu Pingting smiled and said, "Actually, the day you sent Mo'er to look for me, Zeyu also came to me and told me many things... Just a few days ago, he found out outside the palace that Liguo presented a gift package with evil intentions. , so we took this opportunity to escape from the palace while taking advantage of the chaos." She let go of her hand and said desolately: "Let's go, since you have made your choice, never come back."

Lin Qingyu shook her head: "I can't leave, Hengjue is still in the palace, I want to take him with me!"

Mu Pingting asked: "Do you think a prince who has been soaked in the royal family can adapt to a simple life and do everything by himself? Don't be naive... Jue'er, I will take good care of you. In the future, I can be an idle prince. That's all."

Lin Qingyu heard the words, a faint cloud of sadness condensed on his face: "Sister Mu, are you not going with us?"

Mu Pingting smiled slightly: "I will fake the illusion that you were killed by the rebels later, let alone how to protect my children and family when I am gone? Who will arrange the affairs in this palace?" She squeezed Living in the corner of his clothes, the corners of his eyes were stained with crystals, and said: "I used to feel sorry for you a lot, but now, everything has never happened, and we will never see each other again."

Everything in the past, like fine sand in the palm, came in a hurry, passed by in a hurry, now thinking about it, I have mixed feelings.

Lin Qingyu was about to say something, but was gently pushed by Mu Pingting.

"Qingyu, you have made your own choice, and I have also made my own choice, that is to stay in this palace and continue to fight...Since you and I have made a choice, then don't regret it, because it is our own choice .”

After Mu Pingting finished speaking, she immediately turned her back, not wanting to see the bitterness between the two of them.

After an unknown amount of time, she seemed to hear someone calling herself, and hurriedly turned to check, but there was no sign of the two of them.

She laughed sadly, all of this was like a dream that ended without a disease.

From the beginning to the end, she was the only one who remained silent in the dream and could not wake up.

　When she opened her eyes, she found that her relatives, lover, friends, and enemies around her were all gone, and she was the only one who smiled sadly alone on the palace road. All of this was like a dream from another world.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)