Chunman Palace

Chapter 87 Peach Blossom Dream
Xuan Yin's arrival today did not bring much peace of mind to Lin Qingyu, on the contrary, it made her calm again, and it was difficult to sleep at night, and she fell asleep only after her eyes turned red.

The fragrance of peach blossom bursts, and the fragrant wind blows from the corner, and the pink jade flows around the hair and falls on the palm of her hand. She opened her eyes sleepily and looked at the strange and beautiful world around her, only feeling that she was born to live here , the mottled colorful clouds and the blue sky fluttered, forming an endless jade belt.

Stepping forward, a bamboo house stands in front of the peach tree, with a gurgling stream beside it, and the spring is bright and gorgeous.

In a good mood, she ran to the stream and passed her hand through the clear water. The fish swayed their tail fins smartly, as if they were dancing in the water with a long skirt. She grinned and fiddled with the water surface to play.

Steady and heavy footsteps sounded in her ears, she looked up, and saw a tall and thin man in white plain clothes standing beside her, the man looked at her by chance, with a pair of eyes full of tenderness and restraint The eyes made her tremble.

The man withdrew his gaze and looked at the fish swimming in the pool like her, while she clutched her chest, restraining her burst of emotion and pulling her gaze back, her breathing accelerated unnaturally.

Sitting side by side like this, she felt an unbearable excitement in her heart, like meeting the person she dreamed of the most in her life but could not meet, her heartbeat was hard to suppress.

The gurgling stream gurgled eastward at his feet, the water surface was open and calm, and in spring, the reeds on both banks were slender and clean, and the green and slender branches were like straight jade poles, slenderly dancing against the wind.Occasionally, peach blossoms fall on the surface of the water and go with the current. She feels a sense of peace in her heart, and there is also a sense of helplessness as the flowers fall away.

She and the man sat quietly on the bank of the stream, listening to the warm and lively flow of the water, and there was a kind of subtle and unknowable warmth that followed the waves.

There is a wave-like sound when the breeze blows the flowers and leaves. Under such warm and warm sunshine, she feels like a flower basking in the spring sun. Her mind is happy and relaxed, and she faintly hears the oriole singing melodiously and lightly on the branches. ballad.She turned her head to look at the man cautiously, and saw that he had a faint smile and listened attentively, his eyes were as bright as stars, and his plain white clothes fluttered like an exile.

An ambiguous atmosphere affected the surrounding scenery, she pursed her lips and listened, seeming to be in deep thought, but she didn't know how to speak.

Her eyes fell on the water, and she saw the man's tall and straight back, covered with a lonely reflection in the water's light and waves.

On the ups and downs of the water, a smile appeared on the man's lips, gentle and tender, gently rippling on the corners of his beautiful lips like ripples.

With a sudden jump in her heart, she turned her eyes away, and the movements of her hands were not natural. The fallen flowers poured out from the branches, forming a psychedelic color, like a pair of hands hugging her, Involved in the river of youth.

The man smiled lightly, and his wide sleeves were blown by the wind, flowing like a whirling wind.He stared at Lin Qingyu, his eyes were full of tender friendship, and the moment he opened his lips, he was as calm and self-possessed as a modest gentleman.

She couldn't hear the man's voice, nor could she hear her own answer.

In the hallucination, she touched the man's warm and dry palm, and seemed to feel the faint pulsation of blood vessels under his skin, while her heart was as excited and restless as a Tibetan rabbit.

She was afraid that such a good time would disappear in a blink of an eye.

Thinking in my heart, everything is like a dream, fog and flowers, becoming illusory and misty.

When she suddenly remembered her real self, the world around her continued to collapse and melt like fading. Even before she could react, she had opened her eyes and returned to that small and clean room.

The heart that had been filled and full of satisfaction now became empty and cold again.

One party woke up from the dream, Lin Qingyu felt lost.

Wouldn't it be great if I could stop for a while longer?She rarely had such a sweet dream.How beautiful and reassuring it is to be able to forget the pain of reality for a short time, and to be at ease again in one world.

Mo Er pushed the door in with a bowl of porridge: "Sister is awake? The breakfast is already cooked, with osmanthus and lotus seeds added, it tastes sweet."

Lin Qingyu sighed for a long time and did not speak.

"The emperor punished De Ji and Shun Xian yesterday! They are no longer allowed to occupy tools and pots and pans. From now on, my sister will have two more servants." Mo'er smiled and winked back , I saw De Ji and Shun Xian shrugging their heads and laughing awkwardly.

Lin Qingyu said absent-mindedly: "I don't need them to serve me here, just let them go out and do what they used to do."

Mo'er rushed back and said, "Did you hear that, you go to chop firewood, and you go to fetch water!"

"Yes." The two nodded in agreement, and ran out quickly.

Mo'er closed the door, walked to Lin Qingyu and sat down, caring: "What's on your mind, sister? Why are you so frowning when you wake up?"

"Would you believe me if I said that I felt sad because of a dream?"

Mo'er asked curiously, "Meng, what kind of dream is that?"

Lin Qingyu lowered his head in thought, trying to recall the part of the dream: "In that dream, the sky was blue and clear, the peach blossoms were flying like butterflies, the stream was gurgling and fish could be seen swimming, and..." Dressed in white, she was like a fairy exiled from jade.

She stopped talking suddenly, and said instead: "Are your injuries all healed? I only found out yesterday that those two people actually bullied you like this!"

Mo'er faltered and said: "Old wounds...repeated for a month or two and they all healed. As for those...actually, they can be cured by just applying ointment. It doesn't look too bad now."

Lin Qingyu didn't believe it, instead she grabbed Mo'er's arm and took off her sleeve to check.

There are purple-red scars on it, the bruises have not disappeared, and there are large blue marks on the elbows, one can imagine how much effort was put in.

"They bullied you like this!" Lin Qingyu got up and was about to go out in a hurry.

Mo'er stopped him: "Sister, don't go! The emperor has already punished them yesterday, so you don't have to argue with them because of me."

"The emperor's punishment doesn't count!" Lin Qingyu rushed out of the room regardless of persuasion, picked up two broken bowls from the corner of the room, scooped up the slop bucket, placed them in front of De Ji and Shunxian, and said, not to be refused: "drink!"

De Ji Shunxian thought it was some kind of porridge, first he smiled cheerfully, looked down at the contents of the two bowls, his face changed drastically, and he said dryly, "How can you drink this water, how can you drink it?" It was a joke."

Lin Qingyu glanced at the two of them coldly: "Your thoughts are as dirty as this bowl of swill, and this bowl of swill just makes you look the same! Drink, don't let a drop flow out!"

"This, this, I can't drink it!"

"If you don't drink it, then don't..." Before she finished speaking, De Ji and Shunxian picked up their bowls and drank it as if they were seeing a ghost. Not only that, but also very afraid, so he drank it again.

This kind of picture is really unappetizing, Lin Qingyu turned his head away, just happened to rub Zeyu's lapel.

Her heart moved, and she took a few steps back in a panic.

Zeyu was still wearing the black brocade clothes, majestic as a knife, but there was a half-hearted smile in the corner of his eyes, he lifted a few grass carp in his hand, and said: "It seems that you don't have the appetite to eat these now. fish."

She said stubbornly: "Eat, why don't you eat it! I can't eat it now, and it's the same when I eat it for lunch or dinner." Then, she covered her mouth and ran out.

Mo'er covered her mouth and nose, took the fish and said in embarrassment, "Zei's bodyguard, please come in, my sister will be fine later."

"I'll go and see her." Zezu's eyes fell, and he followed her up.

A gentle breeze blows through Lin Qingyu's hair, making it itchy.She looked up at the clear blue sky and smiled faintly.

The sun slanted down and dyed the corners of Zezu's clothes, and said softly with soft lines: "Is it comfortable to live like this?"

"Perhaps, things here are too quiet. Staying here will make you feel calm." She lowered her head, and there seemed to be Lin Yecang's soft breath hidden in her words.

She lowered her delicate eyelashes peacefully, and the peace and throbbing in her heart were intertwined and chaotic, giving birth to the mixed ripples in the dream, and gradually returned to calm, and her pupils, which were soft and shining due to the sunlight, lighted up like amber.

She sighed silently in her heart, if from now on, there would often be such peaceful scenes in front of her eyes, and her mood would always be peaceful and calm, it would be a good place to go.

After a moment of peace in her heart, she couldn't help saying: "Master Zeyi, I don't understand something, why do you help me go back to the palace?"

Zeyu's eyes were lonely, and there seemed to be an emotional movement in those cold eyes for a moment, but then it stopped abruptly, and finally returned to calm and said: "I don't know either."

She smiled faintly, unable to tell what expression she had on her face, "Actually, my lord and I only met once. If it wasn't for the emperor's order, this would be just a stranger." She turned and looked at him firmly, and said: "I also want to ask my lord, before the emperor sent you to pay attention to my actions, is it because he suspected that the matter of Huazao Palace is related to me?"

Zezu slightly opened his eyes and was startled, then nodded.

"As expected... The emperor is very suspicious, everything is so strict, nothing can escape the eyes of the emperor." She laughed uncontrollably, "No wonder it is said that being with such a person is like accompanying a tiger. You can't keep any of your secrets."

Then he was just silent, and sometimes the corners of his mouth moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

Seeing his complex and changeable expression, Lin Qingyu felt strange, obviously in the past he was a jade statue as cold as ice, why is his expression full of forbearance and entanglement now?
She looked at Zeyu's face, and vaguely, he slightly overlapped with the face of the man in the dream, which rekindled the temperature in her chest that she had never had before.

She stared at the person in front of her, and blurted out: "Lord Zezu, I don't want to go back to the palace."

Zezu's voice was full of restraint: "Why?"

Just as she was about to open her mouth, she remembered her current status as the emperor's family, so how could she regain her freedom?She is so desolate and bleak, she is not worthy of it.

She lowered her gaze again, and said calmly: "It's just that I don't want to go back to the palace yet, no matter what, I want to ask my lord to keep this matter in mind."

Zeyu didn't speak, nor did he leave, just stood silently beside Lin Qingyu, overlooking the lush world below the steps together.

There was a feeling quietly born in her heart, which was a throbbing that she had never had or experienced before.Originally, she also thought that such a feeling had already died, but the world pursued such a fiery temperature, even if it had already died, it would be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix nirvana, flapping its wings and soaring.

It's just that this feeling came too late, too late.

She no longer has the strength to catch and hold on.

Just like a beautiful dream, what happened in the dream will disappear when you wake up.

The time was quiet and good, she and Ze Zu traveled together in the forest, hearing the wind blowing, and the birds flying south.Somehow, the two reached the shore together, and Zeyu stretched out his hand and helped her into the boat.

She realized it later, and immediately said in a panic: "No, this will implicate the adults."

Zeyu's eyes were sad, but the corners of his mouth smiled and comforted him: "It's okay, I'm just paddling this boat for a while, and I won't go far away."

Hearing this, she seemed relieved, but at the same time disappointed.When her eyes fell on the water, she seemed to see the man in plain white clothes again in her dream, and wondered in her heart, did Zezu have the same dream as her?Why do they both look so awkward when they meet now?

The oar paddled across the water, stroking his heart, then Zezu suddenly said, "I haven't asked you about yesterday's question, why do you want to call me sir?"

Lin Qingyu suddenly regained his composure, and said with a smile: "Who doesn't know, as the emperor's personal bodyguard, and you have the official position of the third rank, how can you not be called an adult?"

Zeyu's eyes moved slightly: "So that's the case... It's just that this title really offends Shachen."

She suddenly said: "I'm sorry about what happened before... I've cleaned up that porcelain bottle now, and there's no more harmful things in it."

"Yeah." Zezu nodded, "I saw a court lady with the same hair accessories as yours before, and I gave her the porcelain vase by mistake."

She wondered: "When is it?"

"Probably Concubine Lan returned to the palace not long ago."

She remembered the maid named Hanmei before, and said: "Yes, I gave the water lotus jade hairpin to a court lady who was able to do things before, and after the emperor knew about it, he asked Li Qiao to go to Yeting to collect it. Come back." She shook her head and smiled: "It's just that jade hairpins like that can be seen everywhere, how can adults tell them apart?"

Zeyu's answer was flat and straightforward: "I made that jade hairpin myself."

She was slightly startled, and couldn't believe it: "But the emperor said that many skilled craftsmen were hired to make it. Even the water lotus was painted by the palace painter with paper made of agarwood wood."

Zeyu said in a deep voice: "I didn't make the orifice in the hairpin, but I carved the hairpin body and mechanism with my own hands. In contrast, there is a white jade hairpin." He raised his head and touched her hair. Glancing over, he said, "I don't seem to see you wearing that hairpin."

"The jade hairpin is precious, and I ordered Mo'er to put it away." She felt a little bit in her heart, but she didn't know that she had thrown the water lotus hairpin into the Fuqu Pond in Xuanming City. Such skillful hands... I wonder if I can take a look at that white jade hairpin?"

There was a hint of sadness in Zeyu's eyes, and his tone gradually became indifferent: "That hairpin was made earlier than the jade hairpin, and it was given to an old friend."

She blurted out: "The past is over, and those who come can be chased. Your lord should cherish it."

Zezu murmured and repeated the words in her mouth, and suddenly laughed out loud, and Jier moved the boat closer to the shore with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)