box of hearts

Chapter 157
Qi She scratched her forehead with an "uh—"As for the matter behind the book, he just needs this princess who is smart and has a deep relationship with the east and west palaces, and he doesn't want to offend too much, so he said "uh—" and said: "you alone You’re used to living here, but I’m disturbing you so you can’t sleep well. I’d better live there, you rest, ah.”

"My lord!" Xiangshou took a step back, and closed the door twice with his backhand.Then she knelt down a little bit, and knelt on the ground with her hands clenched tightly, "My lord, since I became this princess, the life of slaves seems to have changed drastically, from being hungry and cold to being rich and well-fed, from being stared at to being rich and respected." , moved from the shabby room in the side courtyard to the upper room in the main courtyard, and took over the big and small affairs of the palace from the hands of the second concubine... But, but the servant feels that the days seem to have not changed at all, and the servant still cannot see the prince. .Since that night, the servant never saw the lord again. The lord, the servant made a mistake. The servant confessed to you. Both Duan'er and Feng Niangniang were the fault of the servant. It was the servant who acquiesced in the nanny pushing Duaner down. Shitai, and then poisoned Lady Feng to blame her. I'm sorry, my lord, my servant should not listen to my nanny. At that time, my servant was only 14 years old and didn't understand anything. My lord, my servant knew it was wrong, and I knew it long ago. The prince has punished the slaves for eight years. The slaves are 15 years old, 16 years old, 17 years old, 19 years old, 20 years old, 21 years old, 22 years old, every night of each year, more than 2000 nights are alone, even Is it not enough to be alone on the wedding night with the prince? Isn’t it enough? Didn’t the prince himself make mistakes? The little girl who was given to the prince on a babu bed was the prince’s own confession. Have you ever made a mistake? My lord, don't forget your mistake, forgive it—forgive me."

On a delicate head raised upwards, the obsidian-like pupils bubbling endless sadness.By beauty alone, or by sadness alone, any man should be conquered, and when the two were so perfectly blended, Qi She saw all he had to see: Nagato's snubbed Queen Mother Shi, his ex-wife Yongyuan who was devastated by grief, and even the one he couldn't understand all his life, himself.

He also knelt down one by one, staring at Xiangshou, something turbulent and irresistible suddenly popped up in his lower abdomen.Qi She was good at pushing away the string of tears on Xiangshou's face, and the 99 pearl curtains that covered the bride's delicate face on the wedding night.

Another curtain was pulled aside, it was the felt curtain of a warm sedan chair.Stepping out of the sedan chair was Qing Tian wearing a cloak, holding a tightly covered rattan basket in her arms, looked towards the tall vermilion gate in the broken snow, and went up the stairs.

The accompanying guards showed the King Regent's gold-cast hand card. When the guards of the palace saw it, without saying a word, they immediately invited Qing Tian and the two maidservants to enter; Serve the fragrant tea, and send the message later.

The word spread all the way to Wangfei's courtyard. Nanny Yao was shaking her hands and thanking the heavens. When she heard this, she was so angry that she shook her whole body, "Our mother is the princess who bestowed marriage by grace, so what is the mouse actuarial? It's not enough for the price to hold the prince in her hands alone, and it's so easy to keep the prince, how dare she come to ask for him?" While cursing, he rolled up his sleeves and turned his eyes away. After a circle, he laughed grimly, "Huh, come here now, and see how my old lady treats you. Let's go, we will kill this rat!"

Seeing Nanny Yao coming out together with Wan Wan, You Yan came forward from behind Qing Tian.She was originally a servant girl in the palace, and since she was familiar with the two, she nodded and exchanged a few words of greeting.Nanny Yao squinted at Qingtian here, seeing her from head to toe and then from foot to head, then she tugged on the embroidered collar of Suihan Sanyou, her face was cold and arrogant, "You Yan, you came just in time, Wangfei I have something to ask you. Wanwan, lead her behind."

The big hat of "Prince Concubine" was pressed down, Youyan couldn't shirk it, she looked at Qingtian and said: "Then, servant girl go and have a look first." Then she went back with Wanwan.Seeing that she was sent away and he didn't know the way to the palace, Qingtian felt anxious, so he hurriedly motioned Zhaohua beside him to touch a piece of broken silver and stuffed it for the old woman, "Mom, I have something urgent to find the prince, and I'm sorry to bother you Lead the way."

Nanny Yao took the silver and weighed it in a heavy hand, and smiled bitterly, "Come with me."

She strode forward, turned east, west, south, north, passed countless gates, powder walls, winding paths, and stopped, "Sit here and wait for a while."

"Here" is a Datong hall between two courtyards, with no village in front and no shop in the back. There is a long and wide hard chair on each side of the hall wall.Zhaohua immediately stared at him, with a white glare in his eyes, "What is this place? It's dark and shabby, and the wind is everywhere. I dare you to lure Mr. Qian here to wait?"

"Zhaohua!" Qingtian didn't want to come to the door, but seeing that Zaiyu was only exhaling but not inhaling, he was afraid that it would not see Qi She for the last time, so he was forced to visit. The dog looked down at the man, and only smiled anxiously, "I'll wait here, please trouble mom to report to the prince again."

Nanny Yao rolled her eyes, copied it, and left.

The snow fell harder and harder, and it had become handfuls of flocs, all fluttering into the hall with the wind.Standing on the edge of the steps, Zhaohua staring at her was covered with white hair and white eyebrows, rubbed her hands and stomped her feet and scolded: "You old bastard, just wait, you will suffer later." Qingtian sat on the bench, only looking at The rattan basket on her lap muttered: "Don't worry, the third master has something important to do right now, and he will come as soon as the matter is over. The third master loves us the most, and will definitely come to see you." The woolen blanket on the basket opened a small gap, and tried the two heaters on the bottom of the basket, "Zhaohua, what time is it?"

Waiting left and right, until Xu time has passed, this desolate corner is still only the two scary-looking cold benches, except for the wind and snow, like two endless waiting.Zhaohua's lips were blue and purple from the cold, and she was shivering from the cold from the soles of her feet to the bottom of her heart.However, Qingtian's heart was like a pot of charcoal fire, as if it was burning, he put his hand into the basket every once in a while to feel it.It was really too long, too long, so long that I couldn't even feel the cold, I just felt numb all over, clear water kept dripping from my nose, but my eyes were blown dry and withered.Just when there was nothing to worry about, he suddenly heard Zhaohua stuttering with his upper and lower teeth: "Mother, man, man..."

The wind was slowly rising, and a figure with an umbrella came into the corridor. When the umbrella was closed, it was the girl named Wan Wan in a blur.

Wanwan came to Qingtian in three steps at a time, and saluted, "Miss Duan, don't wait, the prince has already rested with the concubine, unless you wait until dawn. You Yan also left early, Let me lead you through the corner door at the back, and when it is locked, you will freeze to death here in the middle of the night."

As soon as he heard the first sentence, Qingtian felt a boom, the pot of fire hanging in his heart was turned over, and the ground was covered with ashes and filth.But the person suddenly became clear, forced his dead face into a smile, and made a place with his hands in his sleeves. When he touched it, he pulled it out hard and handed it out, "Thank you sister, then I will take care of you, sister." get out."

There is a faint light in the dark, it is a sapphire ring.Wanwan felt that the girl's fingers were colder than gemstones, and was about to push, but heard a series of roars like firecrackers from behind, which made her snap the ring into her palm in fright.Nanny Yao rushed up in a hurry, grabbed her and pulled her away, "Wanwan, you stinky girl, you turn your elbows out, you can't eat carefully and walk around!"

Wan Wan was aroused, and she smiled coldly, "If you really make trouble with the prince, you may not be able to handle it when you are old. Miss Duan, go this way."

Qing Tian, ​​who was hiding under the snow cloak, hugged the cat basket containing it with both unconscious arms. His leather boots were deep and shallow, facing the snow that was slapping his face, he walked straight forward without saying a word. .Behind him was someone jumping and shouting: "Let's go, let's go, I'll call someone to clean up this chair in a while, bah, it's so filthy! I don't know where the shameless dirty things come from, the restlessness in the night You are so dead, you actually came to the palace to be ashamed? I don’t even want to think about whether the threshold is stepped in by your broken shoes! Looking for the prince? Hmph, you are looking for it on the bed of our princess? You can also take a look in the mirror Don’t even pick up shoes for our mother..." At the end of the scolding, Yangzhou dialect came out, but Qingtian still understood all the outlines in it: "sao", "dirty", "rotten", "cheap"...

These words are swirling all over the sky in the evil wind, like a shattered dignity, like a small life that is gradually drifting away.

4.
It was dark and snowy.

In the bedroom of Princess Xiangshou is an eight-treasure ivory bed. Qi She on the bed woke up with a headache and tinnitus.There is also a slender waist hugging the moon in her arms, but the smell is completely different.It took him a while to figure out where he was, and then he felt anxious all of a sudden.It was so dark that his fingers could not be seen, and he did not know when it would be, but he knew that Qing Tianding was still guarding the dying man, waiting for him.

Xiangshou was then awakened, and saw several candles lit on the copper crane top candlestick beside the bed, hurriedly pulled up the quilt to cover his chest, "My lord, where are you going in the middle of the night? My lord!"

Qi She pulled out the belt from the handmaid's hand, buckled the emerald and carved dragon belt hook with his own hands, and walked out, "Prepare the horse."

The wind and snow are big enough to cover all kinds of filth in the world, and in the clear white light, there is night returning to people.

(End of this chapter)