box of hearts

Chapter 161
Zhan smiled, and the scale on the corner of his mouth was as precise as the hands of a Western clock, "What have I become if I care about every detail with the same servant? Besides, when the empress greeted us, we also had some bad words. , or treat it with indifference. Mother Yao is complaining about the past grievances of the master, and there is nothing strange about it. But I advise you, now that you have this perception, you should restrain Mother Yao. She is a blind Reckless people, I'm not talking about them, they have some evil intentions, such people love you, but they are afraid that they will end up harming you."

Xiangshou also smiled, but the smile was like an hourglass, revealing sadness, "Among the concubines and concubines in this concubine, only my sister has always treated people with sincerity and convincing others with virtue, even if she treated me badly, that is my own fault." , I never complained at all. Today, my sister taught me such good things regardless of the past. What else can I not say? I——, alas! I was ignored by the prince back then. I believe my sister knows the reason. I blame myself for listening to the nanny's bastard idea. But then again, although I have lived in a palace full of bells and lanterns all these years, a person like me who has fallen out of favor has lived a poor life without enough food and clothing. If it weren't for this nanny I don’t know how far I have been trampled by people, and I don’t know if I can live to this day. Now that I am looking forward to a comfortable life, how can I be ashamed to discipline her? ? It was me who disciplined her, but she listened to her face to face, but she continued to do her work behind her back, so what can I do?"

Carefully and carefully, Zhan Shi looked at Xiangshou for a long while, and his emotion increased greatly, "Since my lord won't make detours with me, I'll just go straight. My lord did such a thing at a young age, I just acted as a You are a femme fatale who is born with a cruel heart. After all these years, you are just young and confused for a while. You are well aware of the prince's strange temper. You have never asked concubines to stay pregnant. The only exception is Eight years ago, when you were pregnant, an exception has been made for you now. It can be seen that the prince treats you differently from others. You have not kept your first child. You must take good care of this one, and you must behave yourself. Disappoint the prince again. After all, my lady, you always remember to be on guard against Mother Yao. Although you have a delicate heart, the disadvantage is that your ears are too soft, and you can ask for blessings in everything."

Zhan stared at a pair of twelve mountain kang screens with some regrets, and pulled the cloak with pearl pendant corners on her arm, "By the way, the prince has been here a lot recently, so you should try to coax him, Even though he looked like nothing in face, it was just supported by men. If you want me to say, that Duan family is too capricious. In the Tang Dynasty, Concubine Yang Gui was "loved by three thousand people", arrogant and unruly, Xuanzong Stealing concubine Mei behind her back, she was annoyed, and she was just playing with the flute that King Ning played. In order to drink vinegar and bitterness, Duan Shi openly invited his lover to Ruyuan to have fun. Do you know how to humiliate the prince in front of the whole world? How can you not let the prince break his heart! Putting on other men, such a heartless and obscene child would have been divided into five horses, after all, our master is infatuated and soft. This is thanks to the empress You make a quick decision and send the surnamed Duan to Yangzhou to become a monk that night, if you don't meet again and linger a few words, you don't know how it will end."

For no reason, Xiangshou stuttered: "This, this, this matter, all, all were done by the nanny, and it has nothing to do with me."

Zhan didn't notice the unnaturalness of the other party, but said with emotion: "Then this time, Mother Yao really did a great thing."

As soon as she finished praising, Nanny Yao's sharp voice sounded through the door: "Your Majesty, don't talk so much after dinner, it will affect the restraint."

Zhan smiled first, and Xiangshou also smiled at her, a wry smile.

7.
Inadvertently, the golden crow falls to the west, and the jade rabbit rises to the east.There are a few stars beside the moon, but the light is gray.

In the alley under the moon and stars, two long curtains were erected, and pennants were planted along the curtains, leading directly to the gate of the Prince Regent's Mansion.Hearing the sound of horseshoes and cars coming from the curtain, the guards in front of the door immediately straightened their waists and stood upright and energetic.After a while, among the tall chariots and horses and the clouds of retinues, the Regent Qi She went straight into the gate of the mansion.The curtain of martial law was removed immediately, and Qingshiban Road remained lonely.

Qi She first went to the He Dao Hall to review the public documents, and wanted to find two idle books to read. He strolled to the bookshelf and flipped through them, but knocked off some decoration, and made a "boom" sound on the ground.

Qi She looked around, and his expression changed, "Xiao Xinzi!"

Xiao Xinzi, who was standing outside, rushed in, "What's the matter, my lord?"

Qi She took half a step back, "Why is this thing here?"

Xiaoxinzi looked to the ground and saw a small ornament, a golden snake coiled around a white jade mouse - he was stunned for a moment before recalling the origin of this object, and immediately changed his face, "Forgive me, my lord, maybe It was brought out by some ignorant servant from Tianquanshe when Ruyuan was seized, don’t be angry, this servant just took this bad thing and threw it away.” He knelt down and kowtowed, grabbed the ornament and exited Room.

After a long while, Qi She still stood there motionless.He never expected that one day he would become such a coward: he would be afraid of a toy that was not as big as the palm of his hand, or be afraid of certain numbers, a certain day, or even a small plate of sweets that he saw by chance, Three or two words that I heard vaguely.In half a life of wind and rain and blood licking with the blade, there has never been anything that can cut his heart precisely and sharply like these daily bits and pieces.At night, the headlights were flickering, and he could never fall asleep. When he fell asleep, he must have dreams. When he woke up from the dream, sometimes he was sad, and sometimes he was even sadder.

He hesitated for a moment, waiting for the red tide to recede from his eyes, leaving no trace left.

"Xiao Xinzi, pass on the sedan chair."

The place where the sedan chair goes is the stable in the south courtyard of Wangfu.The groom has long been used to it, prepared a bucket and a brush for the prince, and retreated outside the door.In this small room, three of Qi She's most beloved war horses are raised, among them are two Zhaoye white horses named "White Jiao", one named "Yunlong", and a chrysanthemum named "Wangchuan".When the horses saw their masters, they all shook their tails happily, and Qi She rolled up their sleeves high, floated the water with a brush, and washed them one by one from head to toe.For a moment, he was lost in thought, the brush rested on Wang Chuan's back, and the water trickled down his forearm.Wang Chuan turned his head, rubbed his nose kiss against Qi She's neck, he suddenly woke up, stroked Wang Chuan's ear bristle, and then brushed it down.The water has flowed all over the place, and it is hard to stop it.

He spent half an hour alone in the stable, and then returned to his wife.

Since Xiangshou was pregnant, Qi She would spend the night with her five out of ten days.It was night, mandarin ducks and night moon sold gold tents, peacock spring breeze soft jade screen, Xiangshou ushered in this man's body again as usual.Yes, the shell.

Xiangshou still remembers the time when she first saw Qi She as her favorite. At that time, she was still about the stature of a child, and looking at him was like looking up at Gao Tian.She followed him to the racecourse, playing with the small steel gun that was a tribute from the West, and somehow one of his beloved horses rolled to the ground and died.She was so frightened that she sat on the ground crying, he wrapped her in his arms and kept smiling, with the warm and bright black sun in his smiling eyes.But at the moment, there is neither warmth nor light in those eyes, only black, boundless black, even the smile looks gloomy.The hand with long and thin knuckles caressed her, as if there was nothing there, "Mother Yao said that you are vomiting, is it better?"

Under a set of green underwear and trousers, Xiangshou's figure did not look out of shape at all, and she was still beautiful and pleasant.She hurriedly nodded her head, then shook her head again, "It's not a big deal, so is the nanny, such a trivial matter is used to bother the prince." As she spoke, she pulled the Yunsi cotton quilt to her waist for the two of them, squinting He looked at Qi She who was sitting on the bed.

He had a brief emptiness again, and after a moment, he came to his senses and smiled at her tiredly, "Huh? What did you say?" I don't know where the soul is.

But Xiangshou knew that there was nothing she didn't know about Lan Xinhui's temperament.After thinking for a while, she tentatively said: "The person who sent Duan to Yangzhou came back today and said it was—"

"I don't want to hear it." Qi She immediately suppressed her eloquence, reached out to a red-glazed lion candle holder on the bedside, and directly extinguished the burning flame with her fingers, "Go to sleep."

The night was very quiet, and the sound of iron horses sounded from time to time, which sounded ethereal and distant.Xiangshou lay straight, her thoughts went back to many years ago.At that time, she was leaning on his arm and his chest, waiting in the dark, his breathing would become heavy after a while, that was falling asleep, she always twisted her body when she heard the first sound, he just wake up.After going back and forth several times, he understood her prank, turned over with anger and laughter, and pushed her down.Throughout the long night afterward, he snored as if a huge beast had slept beside her.But these nights many years later, when they were lying on their own, he would never ask her to rest on his chest, nor let out a deep snoring.In fact, Xiangshou couldn't even hear Qi She's breathing.She didn't know how long she had been awake in such darkness and such silence, when she suddenly heard his low voice: "Shou'er."

"Hey," she quickly responded, "My lord?"

She waited for a long time, but he still didn't say a word. At the end, he just snorted, "It's okay."

There was no particular reason, but Xiangshou's heart ached like a knife was sharpening.She sighed: "Ms. Duan has become a nun, and she is in Yangzhou Sou Yue Nunnery, next to the Buddha, devoting herself to practice."

(End of this chapter)