The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 347 Flying Snow
This night the emperor still stayed in the Wanyi Palace.When the night was quiet and foggy, Wanyu was suddenly awakened by the movement of the person beside her.

She opened her eyes suddenly, and saw that the emperor was leaning against her with half of his body, and his hands were still tightly embracing her in his sleep.

Seeing the emperor frowning slightly in his dream, her body trembling slightly, she kept saying the three words 'I'm sorry'.

sorry?
Who could he be sorry for?
Wanyou sighed lightly, hugged her sideways, and persuaded softly: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, my concubine will accompany you, and this concubine will always be with you."

I don't know if the emperor heard this word clearly in his deep sleep, but seeing his dreaming voice gradually weakened, his brows were slightly relaxed, and Wan Yu smiled unconsciously.

Being embraced by the emperor in the middle of the night, the earth dragon in the hall was full of heat, which made Wanyu sweat half of her body from suffocation.

She carefully moved the emperor's hand away, put on her clothes and got up, went to the warm seat and poured half a bowl of tea.

Suddenly looking up, I saw the bright stars all over the sky, which became more and more distinct compared with the color of splashed ink in the quiet sky, as if the exquisite gemstones all over the sky were lit, such brilliance seemed to compare with the fluorescence of the bright moon.

Such a quiet night, when I think about it carefully, I have been in the palace for several years, and I can always look forward to it.

Thinking back to the days when I first entered the imperial palace, my vision was to win the favor of the emperor with my intelligence and wit, to be a favorite concubine and to take care of my mother-in-law, so that my mother Shu Shu felt that Luo Shi could hold her head up in front of Ye Bilong.

Now things are different, and the people and things that were once attached to have turned into a pile of loess and blown away with the wind.

Fortunately, the wind blew away all the gravel and stones, but the sincere friendship that the emperor treated her remained.

Wan Lai turned her head and stared closely at the sleeping emperor, unconsciously smiling.

In the early morning of the second day, heavy snow fell, and the road on the long street and corridor was obscured.

Liang Jiugong came to report such a snowy day, if he had postponed the morning court a little bit, or something went wrong on the road, and the courtiers of the previous court would also feel uneasy.

The emperor agreed to this matter, because of this, it was also the first time that the emperor stayed in Changchun Palace for breakfast.

At that time, Liang Jiugong and the imperial eunuch were serving the emperor to change clothes. After Wanyu finished washing, she ordered the small kitchen to cook some delicate and delicious dishes, and then she stood alone in front of the palace gate, holding a soup lady in her hand and looking at the snow scene.

The snow fell into the flying fluffy goose feathers, Wan Yu had never seen such a heavy snowstorm since she was sensible.

After staring at it for a long time, the bright white eyes are unavoidably sore. When she rubbed her eyes and opened them again, the emperor was already standing beside her in front of the door, with one arm on her shoulder, and the other outside the door, catching a huge snowflake. Laughing, he murmured: "'The ground is white, the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands'①. I used to think that Taibai was a lie, but I don't want to be able to see it with Wan'er today."

As he said, he handed the snowflakes to Wanyu, but he didn't want Wanyu to hold Mrs. Tang in her hands, and Fang would melt away as soon as she touched the snowflakes: "It's no wonder Li Baitai blames Wang Liyang for not wanting to drink. In this cold weather, the man wants to drink. Warm up with a pot of turbid wine, we are girls, we can only rely on this Tang Pozi to survive." She raised the Tang Pozi in her hand, shook it, and weighed it heavily in the palm of her hand again.

The emperor joked: "Two days will be the New Year's Eve, and then I will have a drink with you. You can drink. Especially after the drink, your face is full of peach blossoms, very beautiful."

Wanyu couldn't help laughing, and said: "Where is there such a boundless person, many female relatives are present at the night banquet in the palace, is it a joke that everyone else looks at the concubine?"

The emperor gently stroked Wan Lai's temple hair, took a strand of black hair and pressed it behind her ear, and said softly: "I like you, who would dare to read your jokes."

Wan Lai smiled foolishly and snuggled into the emperor's arms.

After breakfast, the snow outside the hall was still falling silently.The palace people were sent out early in the morning, and the two sat side by side, talking about homework while heating the stove.

Then he felt that there was a difference between Yide and the emperor today, so he asked sideways: "Why doesn't the emperor go to the empress's palace these days?"

The emperor looked at her with a sideways smile: "There are so many trifles in the palace in time for the New Year's Eve, and I'm going to distract the empress instead."

Wan Yu said: "That's the case, but the emperor always stays with the empress, doesn't he? People are exhausted from working day and night. If the emperor is busy for her and his attitude cools down, the empress will be overwhelmed." .”

He must be in awe, and patted his thigh with his persistent and graceful hand: "Don't worry, I have been with the empress for many years, and I know each other's minds well. But I didn't think carefully, wait until tomorrow, tomorrow will be free, and I will take care of myself." I will go to accompany the queen."

Seeing the emperor say this, although his face is as usual, he always feels that there is something vague and unfamiliar between the lines.

Wan Lai wanted to continue to question, when suddenly she heard a burst of sweet laughter outside the hall, she was raising her head with the emperor to have a closer look, when the thin curtain of the sleeping hall was lifted, she saw Lin Lan wearing a new plum color picture of falling snow and flying flowers Mian cloak ran in joyfully, she couldn't hide her joy, and before entering, she yelled: "Sister, the green plums in the imperial garden suddenly bloomed, the imperial concubine invited us to take a look together"

In the middle of her speech, she saw that the emperor was sitting next to Wanyu, she panicked immediately, and knelt down to pay her respects and said: "All blessings to the emperor, my concubine did not know that the emperor was here, and offended you and my concubine Wan, my concubine "

Today's Lin Lan is extremely beautiful.

With her indifferent eyes, she looks like a newly opened crabapple, pure and white.

Wan Lai looked sideways at the emperor slightly, his eyes were full of joy, a bright arc appeared on the corner of his mouth, he couldn't hide his smile and said: "Where is there such a thing as a collision? It's me who prevents your sisters from talking about themselves It's gone." The emperor waved his hand and ordered Lin Lan to flatten her body, and then pointed to the low stool beside her to ask her to sit down.

Lin Lan glanced at Wanyu with some shame, and Wanyu couldn't help smiling when she saw her embarrassed appearance: "The imperial concubine is afraid of the cold, and the emperor has delayed her early court on such a heavy snow day. She is in a rare good mood today."

Seeing that Wanyu didn't hesitate, Linlan calmed down a little, and said with a smile: "No, the concubine also specially prepared a thicker cloak, and asked Feiyan to prepare several Tang women. I'm afraid It's my sister and the imperial concubine who will freeze while enjoying the beautiful scenery."

Her smile was as sweet as a silver bell, and the emperor was amused: "Then, I will go and have a look with you."

As he said that, the emperor took Wan Lai's hand and walked out. When he passed by Lin Lan, he gave her a hard look.

It was this glance that made Wan Yu know that Lin Lan's good days are coming.

It was night, the emperor Xuan Linlan was sleeping in Qianqing Palace, and the next morning, the best news came back to Changchun Palace, the emperor Jin Linlan was appointed as permanent ruler.The father-in-law who announced the decree left the Changchun Palace, and Yun Chan took the Linlang jewelry to serve Wanyu to dress up: "Madam, it is a good thing for Linlan to be favored, but you"

"You want to ask, why doesn't this palace be jealous of her?" Wanyu smiled meaninglessly, took a decal and compared it on her forehead and hair, and said calmly: "If it's not her, it will be someone else, if even the people around you Just be careful, it's a bit tiring to live."

　Remark ①: Selected from "Mocking Wang Liyang for Refusing to Drink", author: Li Bai (Tang)

　　The original text is as follows: The ground is white, the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands.Kill Tao Yuanming laughingly, without drinking from the glass.The waves caress a qin and plant five willows in vain.Empty headscarves, what else do I have.

　　
　
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