Rebirth after waste

Chapter 86

On November [-]th, the first snow finally fell in Yudu.

Three hours after the snowflakes fell profusely, the Zhuoqu Pond began to show signs of freezing, and the roofs of the palaces and halls were also covered with a layer of silver.The palace has officially entered its most beautiful period of the year.The Qionglou Yuyu and the fairy palace in the moon do not seem to be in the world.

At the same time, the fighting spirit of the women in the harem seemed to be covered by the white snow, and the situation was so peaceful that it was abnormal.

The most abnormal thing is naturally Ming Chongyi's performance.

According to everyone's thinking, after losing a child last time, she finally became pregnant again. It is the time when the spring breeze is in full bloom, and she should seize this opportunity to make some troubles.

Gu Yunxian thought so too, but the fact surprised her.

I don't know if the emperor's restraint played a role, or because of other reasons, in short, Ming Chongyi has been exceptionally quiet these days, concentrating on raising her baby in Xianchi Palace, and rarely sees anyone.

For the sake of the emperor's descendants, the emperor naturally had to visit her from time to time. In addition to the busy affairs of the previous court, his time to come to Hanzhang Hall was greatly reduced, and once he even failed to come for seven or eight days.If Lu Chuan hadn't been ordered to send a gift to Gu Yunxian during the period, everyone in Hanzhangdian would have thought that their mother had offended His Majesty again.

The gift was packed in a beautiful little box, Gu Yunxian only opened it for a glance, then put it aside casually.A Ci was curious, so she opened it to take a look, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a transparent ruby ​​bracelet.

"It's so beautiful! I haven't seen such a pure ruby ​​bracelet before! Why don't you try it on, miss?" she said excitedly.

Gu Yunxian looked at the bracelet for a moment, smiled lazily, and said nothing.

The palace people of Hanzhang Palace had noticed that His Majesty hadn't come these few days, and although the empress didn't say anything, she would sit by the window in a daze, staring at the gate of Taiyin Palace, and didn't move for a long time.Everyone has seen a lot, and they all know it in their hearts.

Later, when the emperor finally came over, a palace lady came up and said, "Your Majesty, you have finally come here. We have suffered a lot for our mother these few days, and I almost fell ill with love!"

The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise, and glanced at Gu Yunxian, "Oh? So exaggerated?"

"That's not true!" Gong'e said boldly, "That day His Majesty asked Mr. Lu to send you a red jade bracelet, and the empress just took a few glances at it, and she didn't even try it. The servant girl is still an empress and she is at odds with His Majesty again! But then, I saw the empress sitting by the window in a daze. Her eyes were looking at the palace gate, and she was waiting for Your Majesty with her eager eyes!"

"Mingxiang!" Gu Yunxian looked annoyed, "Who will allow you to talk nonsense? Back off!"

Ming Xiang stuck out her tongue and went down, the emperor lazily half-lyed on the blanket, and stretched out his hand to pull her, "A little girl who is half her age, why are you so cruel to her! Turning around and scaring her to tears, what are you thinking?" Tolerate?"

Seeing his smiling face, she obviously had a happy expression, so she gave him an annoyed look, "Your Majesty is really considerate. I don't know that you even value the mood of a little court lady so much!"

There was sarcasm in her words, but he nodded calmly, "Yes, I value her now." Smiling, "Yun Niang, don't you know why?"

She said with a firm tone, "I don't want to."

As if he didn't hear her answer, he continued on his own, "How much do you think she can talk? Just choose what I like to hear." He hugged her into his arms and pressed his lips to her forehead, "She Makes me happy, and I have to reciprocate, don't I?"

She didn't speak.

"If it wasn't for her, how would I know that you, Yunniang, would miss me even when I was not around. Then why did you not give me a single reply when I asked Lu Chuan to give you a gift?" He whispered, "You Just say you miss me, and I will come right away without delay..."

"Your Majesty decides whether to come or not, so the concubine will not beg you." She seemed resentful and angry, "In order not to accidentally lose my sense of propriety in the future, and be annoyed by you."

"That's really unfair to me." He said, "You say you miss me, but I'm not happy yet. Why do you think you are annoying?"

Happy?Of course she knew he would be happy, otherwise why would she bother acting out such a scene.

"Why don't you wear the bracelet I gave you?"

She looked indifferent, "People can't come here, what's the point of just giving gifts? There is no shortage of jewelry here."

He apologized with a smile, "It's my fault. Now, bring the bracelet and I'll put it on for you myself, okay?"

After thinking about it, she nodded reservedly, as if she had given him great face.

He took the bracelet from Gong'e, held her jade-like slender hand, and slowly put it on.

The jade of the bracelet was warm and translucent, and its color was deep red, like pigeon blood about to drip, but her wrist was as white as snow.The color contrast is too strong, showing an aggressive and gorgeous.

He looked at her silently for a while, then suddenly took her hand and kissed it, muttering: "I knew you would look good wearing this."

She snuggled into his arms, extremely docile.

There were a few green plums in the red jade vase in the hall. She leaned on his shoulder, but looked there, "Chenqie can't sleep well these days, and always thinks about things two years ago. At that time, Chenqie She’s still the Empress Dowager, and she’s still serving my aunt in Changle Palace.” The voice got deeper and deeper, “Now the plum blossoms in the plum garden are blooming again, but my aunt can’t see it anymore.”

Hearing this, he hugged her tightly, and his thoughts were brought back to the cold winter two years ago.A lot of things really happened that year.

Not wanting to keep her immersed in sadness, he patted her on the back comfortingly, and said softly, "When you say that, I also remembered that I haven't been to Plum Garden this year. Why don't we go to see it together tonight?" Look, how about picking another green plum and sending it to Changle Palace?"

Gu Yunxian looked at him in surprise, "Tonight? But, it's already dark, and it's so cold outside..."

"You can play lanterns when it's dark. If it's cold, just wear more clothes." He said simply, and stood up holding her hand after speaking, "A Ci, go and get your mother's cloak."

Ah Ci hurriedly went to get the cloak, and the emperor put it on for her with his own hands, with a gentle smile on his lips, "Looking for plums on a moonlit night, I haven't done such a thing for many years."

Gu Yunxian put on a thick cloak and a hood, covering her whole body tightly.Although she has a slender figure, she can't help but look a little bloated.

The emperor looked at her clumsy bear-like appearance, and the smile deepened in his eyes.

Gu Yunxian naturally knew what he was laughing at, and said angrily: "You don't need to wear it so thick! Ah Ci, change to my thinner cloak!"

Before Ah Ci could react, the emperor said: "Ah Ci, please ignore her." Looking at Gu Yunxian, "I don't know how to cherish my body, but I will only be brave. Don't even think about it, if something goes wrong with you , how busy is your highness Hanzhang?

He actually... taught her a lesson!
Gu Yunxian was dumbfounded.

It's really unreasonable for this man who acts the most as he pleases to come here and tell her to think more about others...

The emperor frightened her when he saw his words, and took her hand in satisfaction, "Okay, okay, put on your clothes obediently. Then let's go to see this year's plum blossoms and see how they are blooming." .”

Since it is a moonlit night looking for plums, it is natural to be quiet and low-key, and it would be outrageous to bring a large group of people.The two arrived near the Plum Garden in a sedan chair, and then the emperor ordered the sedan chair to stop. Regardless of Lu Chuan's repeated dissuasion, he insisted that they all stay here. Holding the lantern in their hands, they walked into the Plum Garden with Gu Yunxian.

At this time, the plum garden is quiet and no one is there. Under the bright moonlight, there is only a burst of cold fragrance, which is refreshing.

Gu Yunxian looked at the plum branches in the garden under the moonlight, and the stamens on the branches, and couldn't help sighing softly: "It's really 'sparse shadows and slanting water, clear and shallow water, dark fragrance floating in the moon and dusk'. Eternal chanting of plums is not as good as This sentence came quietly and beautifully."

The emperor laughed and said, "My mother loved this poem the most during her lifetime. She often said that Lin Hejing's 'Plum Wife and Crane' is a true hermit."

Gu Yunxian nodded, "My aunt also told my concubine. She admired Lin Hejing very much, and said that his life seemed to be poor, but he was actually happier than many people." After a pause, "What do you think, Your Majesty? Do you envy his life like that?"

The emperor thought about it seriously after hearing the words, and said: "Occasionally, when I am disturbed by the mundane world, I would like to live in seclusion and live a leisurely life. But, it is only occasionally." Shaking his head with a smile, "I am not used to life There is no chance to live a life like that.”

Gu Yunxian smiled.

Indeed, he is the Ninth Five-Year Master, the most powerful person in the world.If she guessed correctly, his heart was still full of ambition and ambition.How could such a person be willing to live in seclusion and be a waste in the mountains?
Just as he was thinking, there was a slight noise from the corner, as if someone accidentally stepped on something.

The emperor frowned vigilantly, "Who is there?" There was actually someone in the plum garden at this hour?

No one answered, but he heard increasingly panicked breathing.

Squinting his eyes slightly, he lazily said: "I will give you a chance to come out on your own." He spoke politely, but the pressure in his tone was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Not long after the words fell, a pink figure slowly walked out of the darkness.She was trembling all over, and before she got close to them, she knelt down with a "plop", "Slave servant... Slave servant, please refer to Your Majesty, please refer to Your Ladyship..."

"Who are you?" said the emperor, "What are you doing here?"

"Slave servant... Slave servant is the lady of Ling'an Palace. I came here tonight because...because...."

She couldn't tell the truth for a long time, but Gu Yunxian took a deep breath and asked doubtfully, "Why do you smell like incense sticks on your body?" After a pause, "Are you here to worship your relatives?"

"No!" Gong'e hastily denied, "I just like plum blossoms, so I want to come and pick a branch when no one is around, but I don't want your majesty and empress to come suddenly. I don't dare to disturb your majesty and empress, so I hide... slave ...."

The emperor looked at her indifferently, "Whether you come to pick plums or worship, you will know in a while."

The meaning of his words is very clear.If she really came to worship, there must be paper money incense candles somewhere in the garden that was too late to clean up, just look for them.

Gong'e trembled even more when she heard the words. Seeing that the emperor had already clapped his hands to call for someone, she finally couldn't bear it and fell to the ground, "Your Majesty, forgive me! This servant is indeed here to worship someone!"

"Did you know that worshiping in the palace is a capital offense?" Gu Yunxian asked.

"My servant knows...but, but my servant really has no other choice! As long as I can stop her from pestering me, this servant will not care about anything!"

"'She'?" The emperor keenly grasped the key to her words, "Who is she?"

Gong'e shook like chaff, faltering and refusing to speak.

Seeing her like this, the emperor suddenly remembered that two years ago, it was also here that he caught the eunuch Amu who was peeping, and finally convicted Bo Jinrou.

Thinking of this, he felt a little unhappy, and his tone became impatient, "Since you can't tell me, go to the Department of Punishment and Punishment."

As soon as the word "Department of Punishment" came out, Gong'e's face turned pale instantly.Frightened, he didn't dare to hide any more, and finally said tremblingly: "Yes...it's the one who disappeared two years ago...Bo Baolin...."

(End of this chapter)