box of hearts

Chapter 237
Mu Yun laughed dryly, his eyes seemed to be filled with broken glass, "Girl, don't look at me like that, I never thought that one day, I would use these shameful oppressive witchcraft to deal with the person next to my pillow. But What can I do? I don't even know where the upright and cute Xiao Zhao went when he was young. As this man grows older, his temperament becomes faster than our women's appearance. Heirs are more important than no offspring. He is actually a young woman who wants to sleep! I desperately conceived my first child at such an old age, and it was just a vain attempt to use a carload of rotten apricots to offset people's desire to eat a fresh peach. Girl, you always say that my life is good, In fact, how can you be lucky as a woman? Let’s talk about that girl, Zhui’er, she can’t seduce Xiao Zhao’s soul without being a ghost emissary. It’s clear that Xiao Zhao doesn’t live up to her expectations, but what can I do with Xiao Zhao? In the end, the unlucky one is Zhui'er? As for me, I just swallowed a fly. I have a big belly, and my life has to go on. But girl, you are different from me. I am Xiao Zhao's wife , even if he dominates the world outside, I will be safe at home. Girl, you have been with the prince for more than ten years. Why does his second concubine, Mrs. Zhan, ignore you? You are sure that the prince will even You won't be given the title of 'Tong Fang Mai Tou', and you will never be able to enter his house. If you are really wiped out of your house, you will be homeless. A woman who has been with the regent, Which man would dare to take over? Girl, is it possible to go to Huaihua Hutong to open again? That day Madam Zuo said something ugly, but after thinking about it, it is really ugly. Girl, listen to me, if the prince can always be like the old man Treating you with infatuation and long-term love is also worth being a concubine for a lifetime. But a lifetime is so long, who can say for sure? When the girl grows old, can she keep the prince from changing her mind? What's more, right in front of you, the prince is already clearly tired of the girl. Girl, I have been a married woman for so many years. It is natural for a husband and wife to be happy with each other. It is also a good strategy to plot against each other. The worst strategy is that the other party has plots, and you No, you end up losing everything. You have to plan ahead."

These eloquent words made Qingtian's heart also eloquent, moving here and there, swaying from side to side, but her hand was already touching the small box—the raised seven orifices and cloud patterns on the lid.

Mu Yun handed the box forward again, "Girl, I know that you have true feelings for the prince, and you don't regret or complain, but if you don't regret or complain, can you stop the pain? Think about it when you were with that Joe, This time, there will not be a handsome and affectionate prince to make the girl forget the pain of being abandoned by her lover." Mu Yun's lips were soft and firm, and finally hissed softly, "Don't worry, girl, this method is just for three Lord loves you as before, and will not harm him in the slightest."

Qingtian finally took the box, and when it was dark, she secretly hid it.At that moment, she suddenly thought of the drawer and the bag of arsenic in the Huai Ya Tang Yan Pavilion many years ago.

Her greatest hopes and fears in life are all here.

Not long after, on August [-]th, news came that Qi She was leaving for Beijing.At that time Qingtian was having dinner, she put down her chopsticks, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on her lips and forehead.

"Qinmeng, remove the food. Yingzhi, bring me the Hewei Wan, and then go down too. Everyone go down."

Yingzhi took the medicine for Qingtian, she had something to say, she swallowed it again, turned around and took another peek, and put down the crystal curtain.

In the empty room, Qingtian poured out a pill from a porcelain bottle by himself. He was about to take it to his mouth, but then he got up and went to the small four-piece cabinet in the corner of the room, and took out a small pill from the bottom of the cabinet. Not a small glass bottle.The bottle was only half full, filled with a transparent and translucent liquid, and a yellow paper sign was attached to the body of the bottle.

Qingtian uncorked the bottle and poured it straight into his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hands, took a long breath of acrid alcohol, and coughed violently.The cough stopped, and there was a beeping sound at the corner. It was the parrot Feiqing on the gold wire frame, tugging at the thin chain of the ankle ring.She took a look, then walked towards it with a wine bottle in her hand, and called out to each other: "Fei Qing? Fei Qing?"

The parrot didn't respond to her, and just buried its beak tightly in its chest.On the chest, like a reed pond uprooted by a hurricane, the snow-white and thick long feathers have been peeled off here and there, and there is not much left.

Qing Tian suddenly covered her face, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." She began to cry lazily, and bent down to her knees.An increasingly intense stomach pain grabbed her, and at the same time, strong alcohol began to pour into every blood vessel from her stomach, and a vast ocean was rising.The ocean did not lessen her suffering, but its great buoyancy was enough to make all the terrible heaviness bearable.

She stretched out her hand to support the pillar of the Yundiao Palace, panting and leaning on the pillar, staring at the flower window, while holding up the wine bottle.She knew that if she didn't drink this exotic shochu before the new day came, she would keep staring at the dark window paper, witnessing it bit by bit, bit by bit, bit by bit, bit by bit. A little more...become pale.

After being pushed out of the dreamland by the nightmare, Qingtian climbed up from the ground, hid the wine bottle, pulled the quilt on the bed, and called someone to come in and fold it.She rinsed her mouth with rose dew, combed her hair with osmanthus oil, painted moon-hanging eyebrows, and had firm skin. She matched it with a full set of gold armor, with the Sanskrit word "Om" hollowed out on the armor.

When she finished all this, she was like a solemn statue with a golden body, a precious mantle, beautiful eyebrows and clear eyes, waiting for the day to pass like a doom, Qin Su rushed in in a panic, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is not well, the two concubines over there are here!"

Qingtian's expression changed, "What? Who?" Once she asked, she understood.

Immediately afterward, Yingzhi also came in, swept away her gentle and mature attitude, and trotted, "Concubine Rong and Concubine Wan of the Prince Regent's Mansion are here, I don't know what to do, the subordinates dare not stop, they have already reached the second gate."

At this time, Qingtian sat still, turned around to face the makeup mirror, opened the golden flower jade phoenix rouge box that was closed not long ago, put cinnabar and flying peach blossoms on the mouth and cheeks, and added a little makeup to make it gorgeous .

The thin-waisted man brushed his face with red lead [3], and walked towards the front of the hall.

4.
Hearing people's voices before seeing people's faces, low and noisy.Qingtian walked around the soft wall, and he could see dozens of maids and servants standing in the outer hall, and in the middle were two emerald-filled noble ladies, who were talking with their hands in their hands.One is tall and slender, with striking eyebrows and eyes, wearing a grape-patterned double-breasted blouse with large borders and large rolls, and a green-covered floral skirt; The threaded skirt is very delicate and pitiful.

Qingtian knew that these were the two concubines Rong and Wan in Qi She's mansion, so he quickly bought the Xiang skirt and said a blessing, "I don't know if the two empresses have descended, and they are far away to welcome you."

The hall suddenly fell silent, Concubine Rong and Concubine Wan raised their eyes and looked away carefully.In front of them is a young young woman with a small oval face, cheeks with faint rouge, full forehead, round and small chin, straight nose and extremely delicate nose wings, plump lips, crescent eyebrows and star eyes.The black hair is tied low in a wishful bun, with a purple gold butterfly horn inlaid with cat eyes hanging from the bottom of the bun, and there are only a few pearls and pearls scattered in the hair.She was wearing a light gold lotus-patterned trousers bordered with broken pearls, a yellow agate collar button, and a beige fine crepe long skirt exposed at the front of the placket. An autumn lotus-color twisted silk shawl was loosely dragging around the skirt.With a charming appearance and a graceful figure, within a few steps of Pingting, she is sparse and luxurious.

The second concubine looked at it from head to toe for a while, and Concubine Wan laughed first, "What a Duan Qingtian! Famous for ten years, we finally meet today. Sister Rong, what do you think?"

Concubine Rong's slender body looks like a beautiful tree, so she is like an unknown bird perched on the top of the tree, with an unknown hatred perched on her eyebrows, "I heard that she is the most beautiful woman in the capital." Therefore, before I came here, I thought to myself countless times that I must throw a sentence to this woman in front of her: 'No, too, such, this'. But now, I still have to say, what a challenge! Wrong girl."

Concubine Wan's laughter became softer, "I feel the same way, so I can't help but get very angry."

Concubine Rong also giggled, "Me too, the more I look at her, the angrier I get. Sister Wan, what do you think we should do?"

Concubine Wan raised her hand, and a pair of shrimp beard bracelets were coiled around her wrists, "Mother Zhao, take the big guys outside and wait. Even the servants of Huaju go out."

Ying Zhi stood opposite with her hands clasped tightly, and called out "Niang Niang" with fear in her heart, but saw Qing Tian smiling and nodding steadily to her.She had no choice but to salute with the rest of the people, and retreated out of the hall.

There was silence for a moment, only the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of the eaves was sending a strong fragrance.

Concubine Wan walked forward, the soles of her shoes were on the gold brick floor, and she spoke exquisitely, "Ms. Duan's self-cultivation skills are really good. Our sisters have said five or six sentences here, but you didn't see a word."

Only then did Qingtian smile very softly, "Don't dare to talk too much in front of the two empresses."

"Don't you ask, why did the two of us come here?"

"According to what the two talents said just now, it seems that they came to 'see' me."

"Extremely true. Then tell me again, why are you here to 'see' you today after you have served the prince for ten years?"

Qingtian pondered for a moment, but still only smiled, "Ten years is the time when I received grace and favor; today is the day when my beauty fades and favor rests."

(End of this chapter)