Rebirth after waste

Chapter 73

"Yes." The emperor said.

The three of them thanked En and got up. The emperor saw that they were all a little cautious, and he thought that he was worried about being blamed by him, so he smiled and said: "You are very elegant. Listening to the wind in the mountains and reciting poems to the moon are so interesting!"

As soon as Lin Mao heard the emperor's tone, he knew that he didn't blame him. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I came back to the hot spring palace, and I was a little excited due to the novelty. I really can't sleep tonight, so I just like Rujing and Boyu. I don't want to surprise Yujia at this gathering, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

"I don't blame you. It's because I wanted to walk around, so I didn't let anyone clear the way in front." The emperor shook his head, "This hot spring palace is so big, it's fate that we can meet it. It's rare."

He spoke kindly, and Lin Mao was more at ease in his heart. He apologized and said with a smile: "What Your Majesty said is true, it is really a rare fate!"

Du Qing suddenly said: "Your Majesty said that the courtiers are elegant. Isn't it more elegant for you to go to the palace on a moonlit night with your empress?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Boyu, are you actually joking with me?"

Du Qing was very courageous in the first place, this was the first time he was serving as a retinue, so he couldn't help but want to make a good impression on the emperor, seeing that the emperor is in a good mood now, he also has three points of confidence in his heart, "I'm just telling the truth, why are you joking? Seeing His Majesty and His Majesty visiting the hot spring palace hand in hand, I can't help but think of the time when Empress Duanyi lived in the hot spring palace for a long time to recuperate. Whenever Taizu went to visit, he would accompany her to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mountains. When I was young, I read history and saw this record. I can't help but sigh that this is the real couple of gods and immortals." With a deep smile, "I thought this kind of affection can only be seen in books, but I don't want to see His Majesty and Empress Chongrong today, so harmonious, I can't help but think of the sages..."

His flattery was very level, he not only compared the emperor with Taizu, but also compared Gu Yunxian to Queen Duanyi.For her who is just a capacity-filler now, it is quite a compliment.

Gu Yunxian looked at Du Qing's handsome face and smiled slightly.

The emperor's intimacy with her in front of everyone today must have made many people who don't care much about the affairs of the harem see that she is now favored to an extraordinary degree. If you please her, your career in the future may be smoother up.

This is what Du Qing was planning.

She was disappointed in her heart, she thought that the people who were with Cui Lang should be proud and upright, but unexpectedly they were also such flattering and clinging people.

The emperor laughed when he heard Du Qing's words, "I didn't know Boyu that you can talk like this, it's interesting and interesting! But you work in the Ministry of Rites with your temperament, maybe it's rare for Song Qi to appreciate it?"

Du Qing sighed, "Your Majesty is sage. Song Shangshu is a serious man, and he is familiar with etiquette and righteousness. I admire him very much. However, I have little talent and learning, so I haven't been able to make a difference."

The emperor looked at him and thought for a moment, "You really are not suitable to stay in the Ministry of Rites."

Du Qing waited for a long time with his ears pricked up, wanting to hear the emperor's next arrangement.Who would have thought that he just said that, put down the topic, and turned to look at Cui Shuo who had been silent all along, "Ru Jing, why are you so quiet today?"

Cui Shuo smiled, "Your Majesty has a good deal with Bo Yu and Shi Ze, and I don't want to disturb you."

"Listen, this tone is really righteous. People who don't know think you are thinking about me!" The emperor laughed, "But in fact, this person is very stingy. I have been here for so long, and I don't even have a glass of wine." Willing to invite me to drink. Don’t forget, I invited you to a meal not long ago!"

He mentioned that meal again, and Gu Yunxian felt powerless for a while, unwilling to imagine what Cui Shuo's expression would be when he knew that they had bothered to improve the Qingjing rice for her.

Lin Mao and Du Qing looked at each other, coughed lightly, and held back the smile on their lips.

Cui Shuo seemed a little helpless, "Your Majesty has wronged me. Everything I have is given by Your Majesty, how can I be reluctant to part with a glass of wine? It's just that there are no extra wine utensils here, how can I drink?"

The emperor smiled and gave Lu Chuan a wink, and he immediately understood, and sent a small yellow door to fetch the wine utensils.

"Okay, let's stop standing here, there is no place in the pavilion." Looking back at Gu Yunxian, "My concubine, how about sitting here with me?"

Because in front of the foreign ministers, he didn't call her name.

Gu Yunxian knew that if he refuted at this moment, his interest would be greatly dampened, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Just sitting for a while is no problem.After all, she was with the emperor, and there were two other foreign ministers present. Even if those people wanted to arrange for her to have an affair with Cui Lang, they would not be able to find an opportunity here.

What's more, she was really curious about that Cui Liulang.

Everyone entered the gazebo together, and the emperor randomly chose a seat to sit, with Gu Yunxian by his side.Seeing that Cui Shuo and the others were still standing, the emperor smiled and said, "This is not in the palace, gentlemen, you don't have to be so cautious, sit down."

The three of them took orders to sit down. Seeing that Cui Shuo still didn't speak much, Lin Mao was worried that he would offend the king if he was too indifferent, so he bit the bullet and helped him find a topic, "Speaking of which, Rujing, you and Empress Chongrong are good friends! The ensemble of piano sounds on the Mid-Autumn Festival night was really a feast for my ears! The lingering sound lingers in the beams and lasts for three months!"

Cui Shuo's expression changed when he heard the words, and he glanced at Gu Yunxian, then quickly looked away, "The world is overrated."

Lin Mao wanted to say something else, but he heard Gu Yunxian's voice, "How dare I call Master Cui's bosom friend? That night, I was just playing tricks, but now I think about it, I'm ashamed!"

Cui Shuo could finally look at her legitimately this time.Under the dim light, her face was as beautiful as before.

Smiling slightly, his eyes were gentle, "Your Majesty will make me feel ashamed if you say that."

Seeing the two of them talking politely there, the emperor couldn't help recalling the tune they played that night.Although that piece of music brought him some unpleasant feelings later, but aside from that, it was indeed a well-coordinated ensemble, "I remember you were playing "Huairen"? I always liked it before." I didn't expect Ru Jing and Chong Rong to like this song."

Gu Yunxian smiled, "The concubine likes the quiet and gentle lovesickness in this song, and people can't help but be moved." After a pause, he continued, "But the concubine played all the meanings in the song that night. It’s changed, but fortunately, you are not joking.”

Cui Shuo had a trace of reminiscence in his eyes, looked at the luxuriant mountains in the distance for a while, and then slowly said: "I like that song because of an old friend."

Seeing that his expression was a bit strange, the emperor thought for a moment before probing: "This old friend of Ru Jing, is the late wife?"

Cui Shuo was stunned for a moment, then withdrew his gaze and smiled wryly, "Your Majesty is wise."

Seeing the unconcealable sadness in his eyes, the emperor couldn't help but sigh, "You are too infatuated, let me tell you what is good about you! Seeing you like this, I am really curious about your wife. I know what kind of woman is worthy of your affection." As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I realized that Yi Ren had passed away, and I couldn't see it no matter how curious I was, "You said last time that you didn't want to continue, in front of so many people On the face, I don't want you to talk to death, so I didn't go into it. Now I want to ask you, are you serious?"

"I have made a statement to His Majesty in front of so many people, of course it is serious." Cui Shuo said calmly.

The emperor looked at him, and seemed unable to say a word for a moment. After a long time, he said slowly: "She is so good, she made you willing to bear such a great pressure, and you want to do the same?"

Cui Shuo looked at the emperor with a soft but firm voice: "In my heart, she is the kindest and strongest woman in the world. I admire her and I will never forget her."

Yes, the kindest and strongest woman in the world.

Cui Shuo still remembered that since that day when he first met in the Gu residence, he couldn't help but think of that little girl.

The weather is getting colder, will she still play with sparrows in the yard alone?All alone, like an abandoned kitten.

He wanted to go to see it again, but he didn't want to let Gu Sanlang see the joke, so he had to hold back the urge forcefully.

He was so entangled that one day when Gu Sanlang invited him to visit Gu's mansion again, he surprised himself by the speed at which he agreed.

At this time, it was less than half a month since he came back last time, but Yudu had already had two snowfalls, and the cold wind was bitter, and there was a faint pain hanging on his face.

He drank wine and wrote poems at the Huxin Pavilion with all his friends, and went to the place where he saw her last time on the pretext of changing clothes.

Before going, he conceived many possibilities in his mind.For example, the weather was too cold, so she didn't come out anymore, or her eyes were healed, and she had more fun things to do, so she didn't have time to hang out with sparrows.

Just guessing all the way, in the end I felt a little ridiculous.

However, no matter how many thoughts there were, when he saw the little figure sitting under the snow-covered pine tree, he retreated to the side.

At that moment, he was finally sure that he was really looking forward to seeing her.

She was wrapped in a thick short jacket, and the white gauze was still wrapped around her eyes. There was a qin in front of her, and she was fiddled with it with her slender fingers.

She played "Waiting for People".

He never knew that such a young girl could have such rich emotions in the sound of the piano.

Through the sound of her piano, he saw the misty and rainy south of the Yangtze River, the fisherman gliding across the white and misty river with his boat; The reluctant friend held his hands and looked at his tearful eyes, but was speechless.

Once parted, goodbye indefinitely.Since then, the homeland is thousands of miles away, and I may not be able to go back in this life.

At the end of the song, she lowered her head, as if in deep thought.After a long time, he sighed softly.

He couldn't help taking a step forward, and she immediately said, "A Ci, are you back?"

He said, "It's not Ah Ci, it's me." He thought carefully about how to explain it so that she could understand immediately, "Your third cousin's friend."

She recalled for a moment, "Are you, the son who spoke to me last time?"

"Yes." She still remembered him, and the unreasonable joy in his heart said, "Here I am again. Why didn't you play with the sparrow today?"

She shook her head, "I want to practice the piano."

"You don't have good eyesight, what kind of piano are you practicing?" He couldn't help but said, "But you played that piece really well just now, I didn't expect you to be so good at the piano at a young age."

"But the day after tomorrow, if you don't test that piece, what's the use of playing it well?" She was sullen.

"What day after tomorrow? You want a test?"

"My aunt asked me to learn the piano with my sisters, and play new songs for the master the day after tomorrow. But the gauze on my eyes will not be removed until tomorrow, so there is no way to learn new songs."

He was puzzled, "Why did they ask you to learn a new song, knowing that your eyes are inconvenient?"

After hesitating for a moment, she said slowly, "My cousin said I play the piano well, so my aunt wants to train me..."

She said it implicitly, but he understood immediately.It's the first shot again, presumably her piano skills made the other sisters jealous, so they deliberately set her up and waited to see her jokes.

"I've been trying my best to play that piece of music these days, but I can't see it, so there's nothing I can do," she said.

With a thought in his mind, he said a word without thinking deeply, "Why don't I teach you."

She was slightly startled, "Can you?" A smile could not help but float on her lips.

He was a bit regretful at first, but when he saw her expression, he immediately felt relieved, "Of course. I have other things to do at the moment. Tomorrow is late, you wait for me here, and I will teach you how to play the piano, okay?"

She got his promise, but began to worry again, "Is one day enough?"

He couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, my piano skills are pretty good, and your basic skills are also good. With me teaching you, one day is enough."

She was finally relieved and grinned.

Looking at her appearance, he suddenly thought of the sentence in the Book of Songs, "A beautiful girl with a beautiful head and a crescent eyebrow, and a charming smile", and he thought it was very appropriate.

It took him too long to change clothes, and when he returned to the pavilion, his friends naturally made fun of him, saying that they thought he couldn't drink enough for them, so they took the opportunity to escape.He smiled and responded one by one, but turned his head to meet Gu Sanlang's thoughtful expression.

He felt guilty for no reason, and picked up a glass of wine to avoid his sight.

(End of this chapter)