dream back to qing dynasty

Chapter 56
"Hey, wake up, wake up, can drinking mineral water make you intoxicated? How come you started talking nonsense! Hey" In the drowsiness, I heard a voice that sounded familiar to me, but it seemed that I hadn't heard it for a long time. It kept ringing in my ears.

I unconsciously raised my hand, just waved it so casually, trying to drive away the annoying sound, but only heard a "pop", as if I hit something, then I heard a scream, and then there was a burst of panic. The pain came from my arm.

"Ah——" I yelled, sat up suddenly, dizzy, and there was a flash of gold stars in front of my eyes. I hurriedly supported my forehead with one hand, pinched the center of my eyebrows, and slowly Feeling clear in front of his eyes, he looked at his arm.

A round hand was pinching a little bit of my skin and writhing there. I looked at that hand numbly, but my heart convulsed. It made my internal organs turned upside down... After a while, the hand suddenly let go, I was startled, and subconsciously looked up along the arm, round eyes, round face, round nose... small With some anger, Qiu Na added a touch of bewildered eyes, staring at me thoughtfully, without blinking.

"Xiaoqiu, is that you?" I asked in a low voice, blinked my eyes hard, and wanted to reach out to rub it, but I wondered if I was dreaming again, could it be that what Concubine De gave me was not poison, but Is it LSD?If I close my eyes and open them again, who will I see, Yin Xiang, or the fourth master? When I think of those two names, I feel a sudden pain in my heart... I blinked vigorously and looked straight at The front is not to see more clearly, but as long as you stop, tears will flow down uncontrollably.

I was blinking vigorously when I heard Xiaoqiu say angrily: "Nonsense, it's not who I am, you are really good, you can get heatstroke by just walking around, and you even found such a secluded place, if you don't pay attention to hygiene My uncle saw you, I guess you told me to be there today." When she said this, I couldn't help rubbing my eyes that were a little bit dry, and then I saw Xiao Qiu's lips that were still moving so fast. .

Listening to Xiao Qiu's endless nagging, although my mind was still in chaos, my mood became much calmer. I casually turned my head and looked around.Glass windows, fluorescent lamps, air-conditioning fans, and the mobile phone I bought with Xiaoqiu last month are still on the table. Xiaoqiu’s big backpack is also leaning on the chair. The zipper is quietly hanging on the zipper, and a sense of modernity that has not been seen for a long time slowly penetrates into my nerves.

It seems that I really came back, or should I say that I have never been there, I just woke up, was it really a dream?I looked around in a daze, the snow-white walls, the tall ceiling, and the door leaves carved with complicated patterns, everything was so familiar, and everything was so strange.

However, when they were newly married, Yinxiang and Yinxiang talked to each other all night, that sweet night that seemed to be like honey flowing in their veins... Fourth master hugged me with a slight smell of alcohol, and asked with a drunken soft smile, "Is it for me?" Celebrating your birthday?" That night seemed like yesterday... I sighed softly, is everything illusory? Since happiness is so ethereal, why is the pain so deep and clear? Dazzled.

I gently leaned back against the plaster wall next to the bed and closed my eyes. A coolness suddenly penetrated down my spine, and the dizziness in my head was also reduced a lot. I ordered myself secretly, don’t think about anything now, After a while, I opened my eyes and looked at Xiaoqiu who had been talking non-stop.This good friend who grew up with her, every complaint she made was filled with deep concern, which made my heart gradually relax.

Xiaoqiu chattered for a long time, and suddenly found that I didn't reply, just looked at her with a smile, she stopped subconsciously, looked me up and down for a while, then reached out to touch my forehead quickly, and I retracted to touch my own, and for a moment I only felt that her fingers were fleshy and warm.

"Why is this person so stupid? Didn't the aunt in the infirmary just say that you are fine? You just need to add more water. Why are you so dumbfounded?" After speaking, she stretched out her five fingers and stretched out in front of my face, scaring me one jump. "What is this, can you see clearly?" She stretched her head and neck forward, seeing that I was just staring at her blankly, she couldn't help asking me a little nervously, "Why don't you talk, can you still count?"

I couldn't help being a little funny in my heart, I just felt a gust of warm wind blowing past my heart, coughed, I slapped her hand off, and answered with a frown, "Of course I can count, but you can quickly insert your fingers." It’s in my nose, how do I count it?”
Xiaoqiu paused, took her hand back, looked at me carefully, and found that I was really fine, and immediately became fierce again, "Why are you smirking at me when you're fine?" I couldn't help but rolled my eyes , "This is called nostalgia, okay?"

Xiaoqiu rolled her eyes whiter than mine, "I haven't seen me for a week, and you miss me, then I went to Shanxi for more than a month on a business trip last time, and I came back to look for you after shopping. When we met, what did you say?" Come on, hey, why haven't you left yet." She imitated my appearance in a strange way.

I laughed out loud, and let her say this, it seems that this is really the case, but because of work, Xiaoqiu will go on a business trip from time to time, and there are too many times to go back and forth, and sometimes get confused That is inevitable.

Seeing me laughing, Xiaoqiu curled her lips and made a disgusted grimace, but she was obviously relieved, "If you are fine, let's go home, this museum will be closed soon", said She handed me a wet towel.

I took it and wiped my face vigorously and slowly, knowing in my heart that everything was over and it was time to go home, but the faint trace of entanglement made me not want to leave.After wiping for a long time, he finally raised his head and said softly, "Sure, I'm fine, let's go."

Xiaoqiu, who was packing things, glanced at me, and said casually, "Why are you rubbing so hard, your eyes are red", I lowered my eyes, and let out a casual "um". "Here, you've got the water. Auntie told you to drink more water." Xiaoqiu bent down and took out two bottles of mineral water from the box on the ground, stuffed them into my hand, and then randomly The towels on the bed were folded, and I was dragged out the door.

Along the way, I desperately lowered my head and walked quickly, afraid or unable to raise my head, every brick and tile here seems to have left their traces, no matter the joy or sadness left in this cold red wall, it seems that there is always a bird If there is a hand that seems to have nothing, with a thin thread, it wraps around my heart again and again... Xiaoqiu finally chased me like a little trot.She caught up with me a step, stretched out her hand and grabbed me, panting and asked, "What's the matter with you? Usually I don't pull you away, but today you look like a scud."

I turned my face slightly, and grinned at her, "No, the sun hasn't set yet, and the stone road is so hot that it can be roasted. I was dizzy due to heatstroke, and you told me to walk slowly. "

"Oh——" Xiaoqiu responded, hurriedly quickened her pace to keep up with me, and suddenly said with a sigh, "There is no way to do this. Trees are not allowed in the palace. It would be great if there was a tree here." , you say yes", "Ouch—" I staggered, and Xiao Qiu hurriedly supported me, "It's okay, look at your face flushed red, can you do it, I'll be out in a while Door, shall we take a taxi home?"

"Okay." I agreed vaguely, but my pace became faster and faster, but a clear but sad voice kept echoing in my mind, "Xiaowei, do you know, then It's time to kneel down, and in this day and night, I just thought it would be great if there was a tree."... I gasped and shook my head vigorously.

After walking in a daze for a while, the back door of the Forbidden City was just around the corner. Xiao Qiu greeted the guard and dragged me out.As soon as I went out, a taxi came out of the alley. Xiaoqiu hurriedly waved, and before the car stopped, he jumped up. I held the door with my hand. I don’t know why. , I feel that my legs are a little soft.

"Hey, why don't you come up, hurry up, long-term parking is not allowed here", Xiaoqiu in the car quickly reported the address, but when she turned her head, she saw me standing still outside the car door with my head bowed. I stretched out my hand and pulled it. I tilted my body and sat in the car. I closed the door subconsciously, and the car started to move quickly.

I just felt heavy in my heart. After sitting in a daze for a while, I suddenly woke up. Then I turned around to look, and a red shadow quickly slipped out of my sight. In an instant, I deeply understood that there is something eternal Disappeared from my life, my mind was blank, my heart seemed to be empty, only the sound of my heartbeat was left, "Bang, bang"...Suddenly I heard Xiao Qiu smiling and asking: "What are we having for dinner tonight?" , what else do you have at home?"

I couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and after I collected myself, I asked, "What is my house?"

Xiaoqiu sighed greatly, and said helplessly, "I finally know what the aftereffects of heatstroke are, miss, you called me the day before yesterday, and said that your uncle and aunt sent troops to Hainan on Friday, and you stayed alone in the vacant room. I'm so lonely, you invited me to live with you on weekends, remember?"

The uncle driver who was driving in front burst out laughing, and looked at us in the rearview mirror in a funny way. I couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and gave Xiaoqiu a look, "I know, I know, we have everything at home, you can do what you want "My mother is like this. In her eyes, I am a child who will never grow up. Every time I go out, I will fill up the refrigerator, and I don't even think about the three things "going out to eat" in this world. Character.

Xiaoqiu heard that there was something to eat, so she didn't care too much about whether I remembered or not. Seeing her looking around, I couldn't help asking, "You brought me back from Yunxiu Palace today. of?"

"It's all wrong." Xiaoqiu turned around and said with a smile, "First, I asked uncle to help transport you back; second, the place where you suffered from heatstroke was behind the Cining Garden, what's not beautiful , I’ve never heard of it; I haven’t asked you yet, how did you get there, it’s generally not open to tourists.”

Although I can imagine that there is no room like Yunxiu Palace in the Forbidden City, hearing Xiaoqiu say this still makes my heart ache, that dream is too real.I took a breath, and said casually, "I got lost, and I didn't know how to go around there. You know, the place is too big." Xiaoqiu gave a long oh, I didn't take it to heart.

Under Xiaoqiu's unintentional but my intentional silence, the car drove fast, and arrived at home not long after. As soon as he entered the door, Xiaoqiu jumped into the bathroom and occupied the place.And I walked around my home three times like sleepwalking, until I saw the message from my mother on the refrigerator, and I really felt that I was home, and all this was real.Seeing my mother's all-too-familiar nagging instructions, tears poured out uncontrollably. I was choked up with tears, although I didn't understand why I was crying, too much longing, nostalgia, loss, and confusion all turned into a wave of tears. A hot current flowed wantonly on my face.

After venting for a while, I felt more comfortable. As soon as I looked up, I saw Xiaoqiu finished washing. She wiped her hair with a big towel and walked over talking. Two steps into the bathroom.The hot water kept washing my body, and slowly my heart warmed up.

While washing, I found that even if I had no one to serve me, I could still wash myself clean, so I couldn't help laughing at myself.Although I am used to the soap locust in that world, the feeling of using the shower and shampoo again made me wash my hair three times.

As soon as I got out of the bathroom, I saw Xiaoqiu lazily lying on my bed, binge-watching "CSI" on my laptop while eating snacks.Seeing me coming out, she said without raising her head, "Did you fall into the bathtub?"

While wiping my hair, I said, "I haven't showered for a long time, so I took a long shower." Xiaoqiu's dangling feet stopped suddenly, looked up at me, and then carefully buried her head Sniffing something in my bed.

"I didn't mean that!" I shouted angrily.

She looked up and glared at me, "What does that mean? It scared me."

I didn't bother to care about her, I just went to get lotion and smeared it on my face.After a while, I asked softly, "Qiu'er, do you believe in time travel?"

"I don't believe it!" Xiaoqiu replied bluntly.

After a while, I said again: "Do you believe it if you say that you travel through time and space in a dream?"

"Believe me." Xiao Qiu raised her head and smiled, "There are people who dream that they are Martians. What, did you have a dream of traveling through time and space?" How to start.

Xiaoqiu didn't take it to heart, and went to look down at her plate again. After a while, she became sleepy, so she yawned and got under the covers, and fell asleep after a while.

I just sat at the table and combed my hair over and over again. The people in the mirror still only had handsome features and black hair, but no one sat behind me, smiled at each other, and said with joy, "My Xiaowei is the most beautiful."

The days slip by day by day, everything in reality remains unchanged, busy work, heavy traffic, rare blue sky, but I have never been to that place again... I live as usual, Restrain yourself not to think too much, and interact with colleagues and friends as before, until someone casually said that you love to smile more than before, only then did you realize that a smile is the best silence.

But when I was alone, I always felt that my heart was like a dilapidated old house. From time to time, the wind blew in through the twisted cracks in the doors and windows, bringing A whimper...

"Qiu'er, I really don't want to go," I answered in a low voice, I switched the phone to my left ear, stretched out my hand to gently rub the oppressed and painful right ear, and couldn't help frowning. The saliva bombardment has been going on for almost half an hour.It was said that the Forbidden City was going to hold a professional seminar, the theme of which was the prosperity of the Kangxi and Qianlong periods in the Qing Dynasty. Xiaoqiuer claimed that it took a lot of effort to get two invitations, saying that many treasures that had never been seen in the world would be exhibited.

Hearing Xiao Qiuer's eloquence, the corner of his mouth couldn't help laughing at himself, Zhenbao... What treasures did I not see at that time. "Hey, did you listen to me, besides the ones just now, I heard that there are other edicts, which I couldn't see before, but they are precious...".

With a "bang", the microphone fell heavily on the table. Those two words hit my temple like a heavy punch. For a moment, I felt my head and face flushed like needle pricks..."What's wrong, Are you okay?" The colleague next door, who heard the voice, tilted his body and poked his head out to ask. I shook my head indiscriminately, forced a dry smile on the corner of my mouth, and grabbed the phone, ignoring Xiaoqiu on the other end. He screamed and roared, murmured a few words of apology, found an excuse and hurriedly hung up the phone.

Suppressing the feeling of discomfort, I took a deep breath. For a moment, I only felt that my internal organs were turned upside down. I lowered my head halfway, put my fingers on the keyboard and moved unconsciously, pretending to be busy, hanging down. Her hair covered her face, but it couldn't block her slightly trembling fingers.

The night before yesterday I couldn't sleep, so I chatted with Xiao Qiu'er on the phone. The pressure that has been brewing in my heart these days made me unable to help but say a few words about that "dream" to her, but I didn't say a few words. I found out that this kind of confession did not make me feel better. On the contrary, the sweet memories I had had also become obscure because of a bitter heart.

Xiao Qiu'er was confused after hearing this, and finally came to a conclusion. The reason why I didn't want to go to the Forbidden City to find her again was because I was afraid of accidentally getting lost and going back to a certain space in a dream. After speaking, I laughed at me a few words whimsical. "Pa", a drop of tear fell on the table, I smiled wryly and murmured, "It's not that I'm afraid of going back, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to go back even if I want to go back"...

"I'm going to get two bottles of water, don't walk around again, be careful of heatstroke, I don't care about you", Xiao Qiu'er turned back and told me while walking.I saluted a little funny, "Go, auntie, I can't lose it, I'll wait for you in a cool place near here", Xiaoqiuer glared at me, and quickly walked towards her office go.

I hid in the shadow under the red wall of a palace and walked slowly, and finally came back here under Xiao Qiuer's persistence and a trace of inexplicable expectation deep in my heart.But after walking for a whole morning, I only realized one thing, that was really a dream, a dream so real that I could never have it again.

After all, I didn’t have the courage and didn’t want to go into the exhibition hall in the morning. Knowing that there would be no “human nature” waiting for me there, I still didn’t want to see those things that I was or might be familiar with.It wasn't until Xiao Qiu'er came out to look for me that she realized that she had been standing staring at a wooden door for a long time.

Feeling numb in my heart, I just walked casually. Maybe because of the exhibition, there are very few tourists here.I just wanted to find a shady place to sit down and wait for Xiao Qiuer, but after not walking far, I saw a lacquered red temple door approaching.The door of the hall was half open, I stopped, looked up at the golden plaque, and read out in a low voice, "Hall of Mental Cultivation", a strange feeling came to my heart, it was actually here...

He has been dealing with state affairs here. Although he has never seen him wearing a yellow robe, all the history books describe him as a diligent and good emperor.And him, the prince who is famous for being virtuous and fair, they all showed their ambitions here, let's talk about the world with a smile.

A warmth that I hadn't felt for a long time came to my heart, and I couldn't help but smile slightly, looking at the silence in the yard, with no tourists coming in or out.I hugged my knees with my hands and leaned against the open courtyard door and sat on the high, somewhat mottled threshold. I smiled and looked at the corner of the table and the bright yellow chairs exposed between the half-opened window edges. As the breeze blew, the iron horse hanging from the corridor swayed slightly, and there were two crisp "jingle".

I let out a breath slowly, imagining their way of handling business in my mind, when a sound of fine but regular footsteps sounded not far behind me, I was stunned, thinking maybe a large number of tourists had arrived, although I was reluctant to part with this It's rare that Nuan Nuan misses the taste, but she is still ready to stand up and make way for others.

I closed the door with one hand and was about to use my strength to stand up when the sound of footsteps stopped behind me. When I subconsciously turned around, a gray corner of my clothes came into view.My heart shrank suddenly, and I foolishly looked up the lapel of the clothes...I unconsciously thought, this should be the clothes of a young eunuch who just entered the palace.

Those little eunuchs didn't seem to see me, they just lined up on both sides of the door with their hands down according to the rules. I suddenly felt extremely dry, and my breathing sounded as loud as a bellows. Subconsciously opened his mouth wide, trying to breathe more freely, a voice came from not far away, with two chuckles mixed in between.

That laughter... I unconsciously lowered my head, clenched my fists, and huddled tightly at the corner of the door. For a moment, my heart seemed to have stopped beating, and only my ears could hear the footsteps. Sound, getting closer and closer to me, getting closer...

"The emperor is auspicious", the little eunuchs standing around knelt down to pay respects, my eyes widened, tears blurred, a bright yellow purse flashed past my eyes, and then a vigorous figure followed The latter walked quickly past my eyes.

Subconsciously, he stretched out his hand to grab the figure, but what he caught was only air, and the figure had already entered the palace.I could only sit there in a daze, as if my consciousness and body had been separated, and my body screamed to escape from the phantom, but my blurry eyes were staring at the figure in the room for a moment.

He was there, with his hands behind his back, listening attentively...he was there, neither humble nor overbearing, speaking...I blinked vigorously, but my eyes were still blurred and I couldn't see anything clearly.I couldn't help closing my eyes in despair, and a burst of laughter suddenly sounded, so high-spirited and so familiar.

Warm tears couldn't stop gushing from the closed eyelids, but I just thought in my heart, it's so good, both of them are very happy, this is the real fourth master and thirteen, that's enough, this enough.When I felt that the tears flowing down my cheeks had turned cold, the surroundings suddenly fell silent. The laughter, talking, and the clinking of iron horses under the eaves seemed to disappear in an instant.

"Xiaowei, is that you..." A slight and uncertain call suddenly floated into my ears, and there was so much longing in that slight trembling, my body froze, and I wanted to open my eyes and shout out loud , "It's me, it's me"!
"Xiaowei, hello", a slap on my shoulder was heavy, I shook suddenly, opened my eyes, blinked, Xiaoqiuer was looking down at me with a rosy face, "I I called you several times along the way, why didn’t you agree, yo, what’s the matter with you, why are there tears on your face”, Xiaoqiu was halfway through speaking before seeing the tears on my face, and couldn’t help feeling a little dazed.

"Ah, it's okay", I subconsciously responded, and wiped it on my face, my hands were wet... Turning around to look at the window sash that was still half open, the bright yellow sash, I lost my mind With a smile, he stood up with Xiaoqiuer's arm.Resisting the urge to look back again, he just said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go", and then strode towards the north gate.

Xiao Qiuer chased after me, poking her head, "What's the matter with you", I shook my head, "It's okay, I fell asleep, I just had a dream", "Oh" Xiao Qiuer responded, and asked again, "nightmare"?I paused, then walked forward again, and after thinking about it, I whispered, "I finally get what I want, it should be a sweet dream."

Although it was a midsummer night, in the sultry heat, there was still a cool wind blowing from time to time. I sat quietly on the bed by myself, holding a book about the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong that Xiaoqiuer gave me when I left. I flipped through this monograph casually, but it was always the dozen or so pages that I turned over and over again.

The screen of the laptop kept flickering, and the portraits of Emperor Yongzheng and Prince Yi Yinxiang were clearly displayed in front of my eyes, but no matter how I looked at them, I couldn't compare the people in the portraits with the Siye and Shisanhe in my mind. as one.I couldn't help but smile, my dream was too wonderful, everything in my memory was so beautiful.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the air was getting cooler. Everything I experienced during the day still flashed in my mind from time to time. I casually opened a blank document, typed some words randomly, enlarged, widened, and deleted. Then I wrote again, but I only thought of that low call in my heart.

Suddenly I felt drowsy, and I put the computer on the desk beside me, and I leaned on the pillow. After a while, I felt that my eyelids were so heavy that they seemed to be stuck together, and a warm sleepiness slowly surrounded me. Stopping me, the computer screen flickered suddenly, I blinked subconsciously, and only saw four large characters flashing on the computer screen in a blur, "Dream back to the Qing Dynasty".

"Xiaowei, is that you...", a soft call slipped past my ear, and I seemed to hear the call from the daytime again in a trance, I couldn't help smiling, and heard it again, it's so good, even if it is Illusion is fine, there must be a sweet dream tonight... I closed my eyes and murmured, "Yes, it's me, you, did you hear me?"...

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