Roufu Diji

Chapter 8 Consort Gao Shirong Jian Jia Cang Cang

1. fall
Zhao Gou gave [-] strings to Roufu as a dowry.On the day of the wedding, the pearls and jade pendants, gold leather belts, jade dragon crowns, ribbons and jade rings, pearl coats, gowns, four-season clothes with pearls and emerald collars, gold ware inlaid with pearls, various gold-painted ware, and gold-pasted items were prepared for the eldest princess. The utensils and furnishings, rugs, lichens, etc. are displayed in sequence, fully filling the entire west corridor of the apse.Some civil servants remonstrated: "Since your Majesty ascended the throne, you have always paid attention to frugality in living expenses. Now the eldest princess comes out to make dowry and ostentation seems too extravagant." What's more, Princess Fuguo is the only sister around me, so the dowry etiquette should follow the story of the birth of the eldest princess during the Xining period, so don't be frugal."

On that day, Gao Shirong, the prince's son-in-law, came to greet him personally on horseback, wearing a uniform and a jade belt.Go to the palace gate and change the official crown clothes, and list the dowry items such as wild geese, coins and jade carved horses to welcome the relatives.At this time, Rou Fu also dressed up, and with the support of several female officials, he entered the main hall to bid farewell to Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gourong sat on the high throne and watched Rou Fu approaching slowly.She was wearing a crown of nine phoenixes and four phoenixes studded with pearls and colorful gemstones. She seemed to be overwhelmed by the burden. She lowered her head slightly, and the silver silk pearl curtain hanging from the crown also covered her eyes, making her face after makeup become vague.Wearing a Kui Di garment, the long-tailed mountain pheasant embroidered on the wide-sleeved cardigan is lifelike, with the potential to spread its wings to soar the clouds.The red skirt trails long behind her, making her gait more graceful and graceful.

She bowed down to him lightly, and Yili said goodbye, but he thought again of the Jiji girl who first wore Kuidi's clothes five years ago.At that time, she bowed to her father on the throne, and then whispered to him when she passed by him, her words hidden a secret that only they understood, and her eyes shone with warmth.

He nodded and let Rou Fu flatten.The moment she stood up straight, her eyes brushed against his face coldly, and then she lowered her eyes quietly, not wanting to meet his gaze at all.

He was well aware of her displeasure.Five years ago, she joyfully invited him to witness her coming-of-age ceremony, and engraved her figure in Kui Di's clothes into his memory.Now, she was dressed up like this again, but in such a resentful mood, she allowed him to marry herself to someone she didn't like.

And he thought she would never understand his sorrow today.Her estrangement, and his despair, all happened when she was about to leave Yanbo.

After the ceremony, Shang Yi asked Rou Fu to leave the palace on a gold and copper skirt to the princess' house.Zhao Gou was thinking whether to get up and see her out personally, but when he saw her turn around resolutely and leave, he finally gave up, and numbly maintained the posture of sitting upright, watching her gradually fade out from his vision.

The guard of honor guarding the relatives went out of the main gate of the palace and went to the first area under Yangshapokeng outside Lin'an City, the mansion bestowed by Zhao Gou to Rou Fu and his son-in-law.Dozens of street soldiers lined up first, each holding a sweeper and a gold-plated silver bucket to sprinkle water to clear the road.Afterwards, there were dozens of concubines, all with pearl hairpins on their heads, and wearing red gold gowns, riding horses and leading in double rows.Followed by the astronomical officer designated by Zhao Gou, and the palace servants who dowry.The accompanying envoys and palace servants respectively hold four-sided square fans, four-sided round fans, ten Yinobstacle flowers, twenty lanterns, and twenty candle lanterns.According to the etiquette, the queen should be sent by the queen on the eaves of the Nine Dragons, and the crown prince on a horse. However, due to the vacancy of the middle palace, the crown prince has not been established, and Pan Xianfei, the highest-ranking concubine in the palace, is also sick and unwilling to send her off for Roufu, so Zhao Gou then He ordered Zhang Jieyu to take Zhao Yuan to see him off behind the eaves of Roufu in Yandi's car.

The eaves of the gold and copper skirt of Roufucheng are about five feet high, eight feet deep, and four feet wide, with vermilion beams and ridges, and gold and silver casting clouds and phoenix flowers on the top. , surrounded by white vines and embroidered mantles and bead curtains, and the front and back of the eaves are covered with golden palm fans with red pins.

Gao Shirong rode a jade horse on a white horse in front of the eaves where Roufu was riding.His bride is only a short distance away from him at the moment, and he is carrying her along, accepting the envious gazes of passers-by as her husband, and he can't help but brow up with joy, raise his head and stand upright to ride his horse, the horse's hoof is stepping on the avenue, the crisp hoof The sound has the rhythm of music.

He turned his head frequently, and through the two red and golden palm fans and the slightly opened embroidered bead curtain as he marched, he occasionally glimpsed a corner of the eldest princess's skirt.When crossing a bridge, the two people who were lifting the eaves at the front stumbled, causing a bump of some magnitude. The palace people on both sides hurriedly lifted the curtain and asked the eldest princess if she had been frightened. Gao Shirong walked through the gap opened by them Saw his bride today.

She leaned lazily on the seat in the eaves, with the curtain under the crown swung to one side, revealing a gloomy face, full of inexplicable lethargy, with a bleak and expressionless expression.

She must be tired, living in the deep palace on weekdays, this journey is enough to make her feel tired.He thought, so he ordered everyone to speed up their progress slightly.

After arriving at the princess's house, Zhang Jieyu took Zhao Yuan along and presented him with nine imperial banquets. After the banquet, he said goodbye and returned to the palace.Rou Fu and Gao Shirong continued to perform the "same prison ceremony" of eating together. Si Gong Ling brought a piece of mutton cut to Rou Fu's mouth. She only touched her lips slightly, without even biting a tooth mark. .Si Gongling asked her to eat again, but she shook her head and ignored him.Sigong Ling was a little embarrassed, he didn't know what to do with the piece of mutton, but Gao Shirong said kindly: "The eldest princess must be very tired today, I think it's because of her poor appetite, and she can't eat meat, so don't force it. The princess goes to the room to rest, and I will order some vegetarian food to be sent there later."

Rou Fu got up immediately when he heard the words, and walked straight in without waiting for the support of the female officials and palace people.In front of a group of guests, Gao Shirong couldn't help being embarrassed, but fortunately his parents are not in Lin'an, so the aunt's ceremony that was supposed to be done can be saved.So he quickly regained his smile and accepted the toast and congratulations from the guests.

After the guests were gone, Gao Shirong walked into the new house with some trepidation. He saw Rou Fu sitting in the brocade gilt curtain, and he put the nine phoenix and four phoenix crowns aside. Seeing him coming in, he looked at him coldly, with guard rather than shyness in his eyes.

Several maids in the room saw him coming in, and hurriedly asked him to sit down, arranged fruit and vegetable snacks for them, and then bowed and left, but Rou Fu stopped him and said, "Did I let you go out?"

The maids were taken aback for a moment, but it was difficult to leave, and they still stood on both sides.

Gao Shirong guessed that she was shy after all, so she was embarrassed to be alone with him.He thought that he should chat with her more, and play down her strangeness to him.

It's just that in front of women, he is not an expressive person.After a few warm greetings, he hesitated for a long time and didn't know what topic to talk to her about.Finally, when my eyes fell on the maids on both sides, I suddenly remembered something, and said to Roufu with a smile: "Princess, a few days ago, I accidentally met someone in the Taihe Tower. It is said that she served the princess in Bianjing for several times before." I think the Eldest Princess would be happy to see her, and having an old friend as company can relieve her loneliness, so I brought her into the mansion, would the Eldest Princess want to see her now?"

"From the old palace?" Rou Fu pondered slightly, then looked up at Gao Shirong: "Okay, tell her to come in."

Gao Shirong agreed, got up immediately, and went out to call her in person.After a while, he came in again and said to the people behind him, "The eldest princess is here, come in quickly."

A woman in her twenties walked in hesitantly with her head bowed deeply.Going up to Rou Fu, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and then remained silent.

And Rou Fu had seen her face clearly for the first time, smiled lightly, and said, "Xi'er, it's you."

"Di Ji..." Zhang Xi'er bowed her head tremblingly, "Please forgive Xi'er for leaving without saying goodbye...The situation at that time...I was really scared..."

Rou Fu stared at her and said, "Do you know how many more people were arrested by the palace guard in my pavilion because you ran away at that time?"

Zhang Xi'er's complexion was pale, and she kowtowed desperately, saying, "Emperor Ji forgives the sin, it's Xi'er's fault... Xi'er didn't expect to implicate other sisters, if she knew it would be like this, she wouldn't do it... Di Ji forgives the sin, Di Ji..."

Gao Shirong was a little confused, and asked Rou Fu: "Did she escape from the palace by herself?" Seeing Xi'er's terrified look, he couldn't bear it, so he immediately persuaded Rou Fu, "In any case, she didn't expect that there would be a What a serious consequence, the past is over, can the eldest princess forgive her?"

Rou Fu smiled slightly, and said, "I didn't say I wanted to ask her about her crimes...how did you meet her?"

Gao Shirong said: "That day I went to the Taihe Tower in the city to drink with some colleagues. Someone ordered her flower cards and asked her to sing, so she came out with a pipa in her arms and sang. Regarding the matter of the tenth sister, the eldest princess Fuguo, she stopped and asked us if the eldest princess Fuguo was the emperor's daughter Roufu Diji. When I said yes, she happily said that she was the maid who served the eldest princess I heard that she spoke with a Bianjing accent, and she seemed to have learned etiquette, so I asked her some old things about the eldest princess, and she answered as if it was true. So I tried to get rid of her, and put her Bring it into the mansion and let her continue to serve the eldest princess."

Rou Fu asked Xi'er again: "Why did you come to Lin'an to be a kabuki?"

Xi'er replied: "After I came out of the palace, I didn't dare to go home. I lived outside. Not long after I heard that the Jin army was going to break the city, I followed the refugees and fled to the south. Later, I heard that the current emperor decided to stay in Lin'an, so I came here." Here. But apart from being able to sing a few songs, I have nothing to do, and the belongings I brought with me have long been exhausted, so I had to enter a restaurant as a kabuki. Because I am from Bianjing, I gradually became famous for singing, so I was able to sing I have been stationed in the Taihe Tower where the scholar-bureaucrats come and go, and I was lucky enough to meet the high concubine... If Diji Meng does not blame the past, and keeps Xi'er by his side, Xi'er will be grateful, and will serve Diji wholeheartedly for the rest of his life, in order to repay Diji If Di Ji dislikes Xi'er, Xi'er will not dare to stay longer, so let's go wherever he came from."

Gao Shirong also spoke for her: "Since she has left her citizenship, how can she go back? Just leave her in the house. If the eldest princess doesn't like it, you don't have to let her be close to you, just let her do some trivial things." .”

"Of course, how could I drive her away?" Rou Fu said, with a calm tone, not sullen, "Xi'er, it's not wrong to cherish your own life. I really admire your courage at that time. Those palaces who were later captured Even if a person escapes that catastrophe, he will still be robbed by the golden man in the future. It is only a matter of time. Therefore, I will not blame you. You can stay and continue to be my personal maid."

Xi'er was overjoyed and kowtowed again to thank her.Gao Shirong also showed a happy smile when he saw this, and said: "The eldest princess is really open-minded and tolerant, and Shirong also thanked the eldest princess for Xi'er."

Rou Fu smiled and said: "You don't have to be so polite." Then he turned to the maid on the other side, "Please ask the son-in-law to rest in the west wing."

Gao Shirong and the maid were taken aback.

Rou Fu pulled Xi'er up, and then continued to smile at Gao Shirong: "I haven't seen Xi'er for many years, and I have a lot to talk about. Let her chat in my room tonight. I invite the son-in-law to rest in the west wing. I don't know if the son-in-law minds."

Gao Shirong could only force a smile, and said, "Of course I don't mind. The Eldest Princess chatted with Xi'er slowly, Shirong left first."

Rou Fu nodded, and then ordered the maid to say: "Send the son-in-law."

2. Three Dynasties
The next night, Roufu used the same reason to keep Xier in the room and let Gao Shirong go to sleep alone.Gao Shirong still silently accepted her arrangement, without showing any displeasure to her.On the contrary, Xi'er felt very sorry, so she came to him quietly after dawn, and said, "My lord, it's not that Xi'er deliberately dragged the eldest princess to talk, so that it would be inconvenient for my lord to stay..."

Gao Shirong stopped her: "I know. It's none of your business."

"Actually..." Xi'er said hesitantly, "In the past two nights, the Eldest Princess waited for the son-in-law to leave before ordering the servants to go out to sleep..."

Gao Shirong was silent for a while, and then smiled lightly after a while: "Well, it should be like this."

Xi'er sighed and looked at him: "Could it be okay to go on like this? Don't you want to think of a way?"

"I think she still needs time." Gao Shirong said, "To her, I am still a stranger."

That night, he went to chat with Rou Fu as usual, and then took the initiative to leave without waiting for her to give the order to evict her, and went to sleep in the west wing early.He believes that since he promised her to respect her will, he should do it. He will not allow himself to make her feel that he is not a gentleman because of his haste. They still have more than half of their lives to get along slowly. Everything should be done It will gradually get better.

After three dynasties after marriage, the eldest princess and her son-in-law entered the palace to express their gratitude.When Zhao Gou met Roufu, the first thing he said was: "Are you...how are you?"

Rou Fu didn't answer, but turned to look at Gao Shirong beside him, two cuts of autumn water glistened on his face, then bowed his head with a smile and remained silent.

At that moment Gao Shirong was extremely astonished.Seeing her looking at herself with affection and a smile, as if looking at the attitude of her beloved, Rou Fu at this moment is completely different from the eldest princess who has been cold and refusing for thousands of miles these days.Although he didn't understand the reason for her change for the time being, he was quite happy in his heart, so he looked back at her and smiled brightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Gou raised the corners of his lips and smiled slightly: "That's good."

Then Zhao Gouxuan gave gifts to Rou Fu and Gao Shirong, and the rest of the Zaizhi, clan, attendants, female officials, commanders of the Imperial Army, and relatives of the son-in-law's family who came to congratulate each other gave gifts according to their ranks.The courtiers also sent a memorial to express their congratulations.

After all the ceremony, Zhao Gou gave a banquet and banned it.During the banquet, they toasted frequently to drink and chat with Gao Shirong, and did not pay much attention to Roufu.

Yet not looking directly at her never meant he wasn't looking at her.

She is also very clear about this.While Gao Shirong was happily answering a random question Zhao Gou asked, Rou Fu personally gave him a purse tenderloin with chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Try it, the palace purse tenderloin is more exquisite than other places. "

The purse loin is made of pork tenderloin as the main ingredient, with minced mushrooms, minced magnolia slices, and minced ham, and then spread it into a thin skin with eggs, stuffed it, wrapped it into a purse shape, and finally deep-fried until golden. Cigarette purse, hence the name purse loin, is a famous court dish in the Song Dynasty.

Seeing Roufu prepare vegetables for himself, Gao Shirong couldn't help but bowed his head and took a bite after thanking him. He suddenly felt that the skin was crispy and the stuffing was delicious. Never found it so delicious.

Turning his head after eating, he saw that the soft blessing bowl was empty, as if nothing had been touched, so Gao Shirong asked with concern: "Princess Chang's appetite is not good? Is it not feeling well?"

Rou Fu shook his head with a smile, and said, "I want to eat some stewed oysters."

The simmered oysters were placed far away from her, Gao Shirong immediately reached out to grab one for her and put it in a bowl, before asking, "Do you want something else?"

Rou Fu picked up the oyster and tasted it, still smiling and said: "Of course there are more, I will tell you when I think about it."

Seeing this, Zhang Jieyu smiled and said: "These two young couples are newlyweds, they really love each other. The son-in-law takes great care of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess is really married to the right person."

Concubine Pan Xian and Wu Cai agreed with each other with smiles.

Rou Fu said indifferently: "I should thank Brother Nine for finding a good son-in-law for me."

Zhao Gou raised his head and drank half of the remaining wine in his hand in one gulp. The crystal light refracted by the ups and downs of the crystal wine glass faded the cold light that escaped from his eyes. "Yuan Yuan is my younger sister," he said, "What I do for her must be the best choice."

Gao Shirong originally thought that Rou Fu's attitude today showed her acceptance and recognition of him, but when he returned home, he found that this was not the case.

He helped Roufu get out of the car, and after standing still, Roufu gently pulled his arm out of his hand, and then walked straight to his bedroom.

He took it for granted that he followed her, and when she realized it, she turned around and looked at him indifferently as the cold autumn wind in his eyes: "I'm a little tired, I want to rest earlier. Prince-in-law, go back to the room, don't have to see him off."

He stopped in a daze and watched her go away. He really couldn't understand why her attitude towards him in front of others was so different.The budding hope was suddenly extinguished by her, and she gave him a strong sense of frustration that he had never experienced on the battlefield.

Living in separate rooms became their tacit decision.Rou Fu no longer made any excuses, and ordered someone to make a bed for him in the west wing at night, and he was used to closing the door early to rest, and Gao Shirong didn't force it, in order to prevent her from mistakenly thinking that he was entangled intentionally, even after dinner Don't go to her room anymore, and talk to her during the day if you have anything to say.

They are very polite when they meet each other on weekdays, Gao Shirong thought sadly, this is really treating each other like a guest.

Zhao Gou seemed to like this brother-in-law very much, and often called him to go hunting or chatting with Yan She, and formed a fixed shooting team, and ordered Gao Shirong to be in charge of training and training. When I go back to my house for the first time, it is usually already late and I am exhausted. I just want to lie down and rest, and I don’t have the energy to think about Roufu.

One evening Zhao Gou called Gao Shirong into the palace again, saying that he wanted to play chess with him.After Gao Shirong entered the palace, the servant told him that a general had returned from the front, and the officials were discussing matters with him, please wait a moment.This wait lasted for several hours, when Zhao Gou showed up, it was already past the third watch, Zhao Gou seemed to be very interested, he still played a game with him before letting him go back.

What surprised him was that when he returned to the mansion, Rou Fu was still awake, sitting in the brightly lit main hall, watching him come in, staring at him, and said: "You are back."

"Hmm." He nodded hurriedly, and asked in surprise, "Is the eldest princess waiting for me?"

"No," she said thoughtfully, "I just want to see how long he'll keep you."

He lowered his head in disappointment, and tried his best to smile: "The emperor probably loves the house, so he often calls me into the palace to show his favor and importance to the eldest princess."

"Will you go whenever he invites you?" Rou Fu said coldly, "He just invited you to play with him and let you teach his polo team. Things in the world, but turned into a polo coach."

"Elder princess," Gao Shirong opened his eyes, with a hint of anger in his words, "Do you think I don't care about world affairs? It's because today I have removed all my real power. Now my defense envoy is completely empty. He is not qualified to intervene in political affairs."

Roufu smiled: "Of course, of course he would do this. I told you a long time ago. Do you regret it?"

Gao Shirong sighed and said, "No, I still don't regret it."

"Okay." Roufu said, "My ninth brother will call you to do these things in the future, you can politely refuse, just say it's my intention, I don't want to see you come home so late. As for political affairs, you don't have to ask, but You have to know how to see and listen. Be careful when dealing with colleagues, don’t associate with powerful officials or generals, especially Qin Hui, stay away from him.”

Gao Shirong heard the words and said, "Don't you know, the eldest princess? Yesterday the emperor dismissed Qin Huishangshu Youpushe, Tong Zhongshu's family and the Privy Council. He was demoted to be a bachelor of Guanwendian and promoted to Jiangzhou View of peace."

Rou Fu's eyes lit up, and he was a little happy: "He finally abandoned this person!"

After Qin Hui became prime minister last year, because he wanted to compete with Lu Yihao, the left servant, he took the opportunity to win over famous people to gain popularity and organize his own party members.Lu Yihao also found that Qin Hui was squeezing him out, so he recommended the former prime minister Zhu Shengfei as the same governor to jointly deal with Qin Hui.Zhao Gou was also well aware of Qin Huizhi's party seizing power, and was very dissatisfied with his argument that "people from the south return to the south, and people from the north return to the north". Zhu Shengfei recalled his trip to the court to discuss matters.

"A few days ago, Huang Gui, the imperial servant in the palace, impeached Qin Hui for making peace with the ruler, preventing the country from restoring its long-term plans, and planting a party to rule over the courtiers. Qin Hui resigned in panic, but the emperor did not agree at that time." Gao Shirong Continue to talk to Rou Fu, "It is said that later Lu Yihao and Quan Bangyan, who participated in political affairs, spoke to the emperor in private, listing all the mistakes Qin Hui made since he became prime minister. After hearing this, the emperor summoned Qi Jili, the minister of the military department and direct academician, to tell him what Qin Hui had dedicated. The second strategy is to return gold from Hebei people, and return Liu Yu from Central Plains, that's all. He also said: "Qin Hui said at the time that he could stir up the world for a few days, but now it has no effect at all." The imperial decree of Qin Hui's phase was handed over to Qi Guli. Qi Jili wrote it into an edict according to the holy will, and the emperor announced it in the court hall the next day, saying that the court would no longer use Qin Hui."

Gao Shirong said this, thought for a while, and said: "Did the eldest princess always dislike this person? It seems that the eldest princess knows people quite well, and she has already seen that Qin Hui will lose power, so she told Shirong not to associate with him. "

Rou Fu got up slowly, turned around and left, leaving him a sentence: "Not only Qin Hui, but if you want to live a stable life, you should not associate with all officials and generals, including Lu Yihao, Zhu Shengfei, and even Zhang Jun..."

3. Honor
In September, Zhao Gou dismissed Qin Hui as a Bachelor of Guanwendian and promoted Jiangzhou Taipingguan. Gao Shirong expected that Roufu would be interested in the news, so he quickly told her.

After hearing this, Rou Fu asked: "How do the ministers of the court and China discuss this matter?"

Gao Shirong replied: "It is said that the emperor strives to rejuvenate the country and is eager to govern, so he listens to Qin Hui's words and lets him preside over internal affairs. However, Qin Hui has limited ability and too much selfishness. He is a partisan, wantonly rejecting dissidents. Although the emperor misused this person for a while, he was dismissed in time, and he did not lose sight of his style."

Rou Fu smiled slightly, and asked: "Now those party members cultivated by Qin Hui must be in constant panic, right?"

"Yes," Gao Shirong also smiled, "They are all in a hurry to find a way to join Lu Yihao's sect... Some of them are far-sighted, and started to curry favor with Zhu Shengfei."

Rou Fu nodded and said: "Qin Huikong's Shangshu Youpushe, and Tong Zhongshu's post of Pingzhangshi Lu Yihao will definitely suggest that Brother Ninth let Zhu Shengfei fill in...I'm afraid Zhang Jun will be in some trouble."

"Is the eldest princess saying that Lu and Zhu will work together to exclude Zhang Jun?" Gao Shirong thought about it and said, "Not necessarily? At the beginning, Zhu Shengfei asked to resign after the Miao Liu Revolution. The emperor asked him who could succeed him, and he recommended Lu Yihao And Zhang Jun, it can be seen that he appreciates Zhang Jun."

Rou Fu stared at him for a while, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.Gao Shirong was puzzled and said, "Why is the eldest princess laughing?"

After a while, Rou Fu restrained his smile, and then said to him: "It's nothing. I just suddenly understood why Brother Jiu said that he made the best choice for me."

Gao Shirong vaguely realized something, and lowered his head a little bit ashamedly: "Does the eldest princess think that I am stupid and ignorant?"

Rou Fu shook his head, and didn't continue the conversation, but said: "I heard that Zhu Shengfei's original answer to my ninth brother was: "In terms of current affairs, Lu Yihao and Zhang Jun are still needed." The mystery lies in the short 'Based on current events'. "

"Then, Zhu Shengfei's resignation was actually forced by the situation and he had to act as a last resort. Perhaps he was ridiculed by Zhang Junming's private hints, so he was unwilling and resentful towards Zhang Jun?" Gao Shirong asked again.

"I'm not sure about this." Rou Fu said, "During Miao Liu's change, Zhu Shengfei and the rebel generals were vain and submissive, which helped to ease the situation and bought a lot of time for the Qin King's teacher. It can be said that they have contributed. But Zhang Jun is indeed good to him. Some are quite dissatisfied, probably because he thinks that he is incompetent, which caused the misfortune of Miao and Liu, and has many contacts with the rebel generals, so it is difficult to get rid of the relationship. Zhu Shengfei was mentioned in the secret memorial submitted to the ninth brother, and the resignation is It’s worth savoring carefully.”

Gao Shirong was surprised and said: "Princess, can I freely consult the Shangshu that the ministers have presented to the emperor over the past few years?"

"It's just that I heard something from my ninth brother occasionally." Rou Fu held the teacup in his hand, took a sip, and said lightly.

Gao Shirong asked again: "Lu Yihao and Zhang Jun worked together in the process of becoming the king, and there has been no conflict since then. If Zhu Shengfei wanted to exclude Zhang Jun, Lu Yihao would definitely join forces with him?"

Rou Fu sneered and said: "One moment, another moment. Brothers and sisters will often turn their faces and be ruthless when they are concerned with personal interests, let alone a courtier? Besides, any woman is always unwilling to stand in front of others with a beautiful woman who is better than herself. It’s the same for men, it’s better to rule out stronger potential opponents earlier.”

The facts were exactly as she had expected. A few days later, Zhao Gou ordered the scholar of Guanwendian, the doctor Zuo Xuanfeng, to promote Liquan Temple and attendant Zhu Shengfei to guard the Shangshu Youpushe, and to make peace with Zhongshumen.

At that time, the Xuanfu Disposal made Zhang Jun lead the army stationed in Sichuan, Shanxi and other places. He acted upright and did not favor personal interests. .After Zhu Shengfei became prime minister, he heard the remarks that slandered Zhang Jun, so he played against Zhao Gou and frequently discussed his shortcomings, so Zhao Gou sent Xianmo Pavilion Zhishi, Zhixing Yuanfu Wang Si to serve as deputy envoys for the Xuanfu Disposal of Sichuan, Shanxi and other roads , met Zhang Jun, and worked with him, called assistant, but actually supervised.Zhang Jun naturally understood the deep meaning of it, and soon after, he resigned from Shangshu. Zhao Gou refused, but issued an edict to dismiss Zhang Jun from the post of Xuanfu Disposal Envoy, and ordered him to return to Lin'an. He still knew the affairs of the Privy Council. Bachelor of Tuge, deputy envoy of Xuanfu Disposal of Sichuan and Shaanxi, went to Sichuan and Shaanxi to work with Wang Sitong.

"It seems that Zhang Jun will not be able to do the Privy Council affairs for long, and it is inevitable to lose power for a while. But Lu Yihao and Zhu Shengfei may not even win, and they may be trampled down one day... These people, the country has no order. Well, I have learned a lot from the crony disputes before Jingkang, and I thought I was so smart, but unfortunately the master they met was not the father, but the ninth brother." Speaking of this, Rou Fu's eyes sparkled, and Sakura There was a proud arc on her lips, but she seemed to think of something suddenly, her eyelashes drooped, and she sighed, "Oh, it's Brother Nine..."

Gao Shirong admires her political views, but this is not the advantage he wants her to have.In fact, he would rather walk among the flowers with her, recite poems and admire the moon, and listen to her talk softly to him about trivial matters in life, rather than discuss state affairs with him with sharp eyes.Helplessly, she seems to have no idea what the behavior and temperament of a wife should be, or, even if she knows, she is unwilling to change herself accordingly.She could simply reject his suggestion of boating on the West Lake, but she didn't allow him to show prevarication when she asked about what happened in the court.

In the end, he was forced to consider it a great pleasure to discuss politics with her, since they had nothing else in common.

On a certain day in December of this year, Zhao Gou suddenly sent his servant to the princess's residence to invite Rou Fu into the palace to meet her.Zhao Gou would announce her to enter the palace whenever there was any festival in the palace before, but Roufu always said that she was sick and refused to go, and she would not take the initiative to go, and this time was no exception. She looked at the servant with cold eyes and said: " I'm not feeling well recently, and I can't travel far, Brother Nine also knows, please report to Brother Nine, and say that I will not be called to go until I recover."

The servant bowed and said: "Yes, the officials knew that the Eldest Princess's body was against the law, so they specially selected two of the best imperial doctors to come together. The chariots and horses were also prepared. The ministers will wait for you along the way. Eldest Princess, there will never be any mistakes, please rest assured, Eldest Princess. This time the official summoned Eldest Princess really has important matters to discuss with Eldest Princess, so I have repeatedly told my ministers to invite Eldest Princess back to the palace."

"What's the big deal?" Roufu asked.

The servant replied in a low voice: "There is a woman from the north who claims to be Empress Rongde and has been sent to the palace. Enter the palace for inspection."

Empress Rongde is the second daughter of Zhao Ji. When she became an adult, she descended to Cao Sheng, the general of the left guard. Cao Sheng died early. She stayed alone as a widow for several years.The woman who was admitted to the palace now also said that she fled from the Kingdom of Jin. This sister got married early, and Zhao Gou no longer remembered her appearance. No one in the Lin'an Palace knows her now. Ask the woman some things in the palace. She answered in a somewhat orderly manner about the past, as if she didn't seem to know anything about it, but the matter was so important that Zhao Gou couldn't decide after all, and Empress Rongde and Rou Fu were sisters, and they went north together to meet each other. There should be a lot of opportunities, so Rou Fu is obviously the person who is most likely to tell the truth from the fake.

After listening to the servant's explanation, Rou Fu smiled: "This is interesting. Okay, I'll go." So he ordered someone to invite Gao Shirong, and the two entered the palace together in a car.

Before Roufu saw the woman, he first heard Zhao Gou describe her appearance in detail, and then Zhao Gou asked her: "How is it? Does it seem real?"

Rou Fu pondered for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, "I can't say for sure whether it's true or not, it's best to let her say it herself." Then she asked Ying Chi, "Has she seen you?"

Yingchi was taken aback for a moment: "Me? When I entered the palace, Empress Rongde was already married, and I haven't seen her before."

"So what about this time?" Roufu asked again.

Ying Chi said, "This time I only glanced at her from a distance, she must not have seen me."

"Okay." Roufu immediately held Yingfu's hand and said, "Come with me."

The woman sat alone in the palace room where she was placed with lowered eyebrows. She was indeed about the same age as Empress Rongde, she was also somewhat pretty, and her attitude was gentle and docile. When she saw Zhao Gou bringing Rou Fu and others in, she immediately got up to meet her. welcome.

Zhao Gou ordered her to lie flat, and He Yan said to her: "The twenty younger sister Yuan Yuan came to see you, you should still remember her?"

The woman raised her head and looked behind him.Rou Fu and Ying Chi stood side by side behind Zhao Gou, Gao Shirong didn't come close, so he stayed a little further away from them.

The woman's eyes first fell on Roufu, then gradually shifted to look at Yingfu, and then moved back to Roufu after a while, blinking occasionally, as if she was thinking.

Roufu laughed before she could speak, turned to Yingfu and said, "Yuanyuan, why don't you go and call your sister? Don't you know me?"

The infant understands, walks up to the woman, puts a blessing on her lap, and softly calls: "Second Sister."

The woman's eyes lit up immediately, her smile burst into a smile, she held Yingfu's hand very kindly and said, "Long time no see, younger sister Yuan Yuan is even more beautiful, she is very different from before, I almost can't recognize her."

Rou Fu immediately couldn't help laughing with his tuanfan covering his mouth.The woman looked at her in bewilderment, and asked Yingpo, "This lady is..."

"Second sister," Rou Fu teased her: "You recognize Wu Cairen as your younger sister, then I really don't know who I should be, how can I ask someone to answer you? I remember the last time I saw you was three years ago, right?" Is my change so great that you will admit your mistake even standing in front of you."

The woman's face turned earthy in an instant, and she knelt down on the ground, her head bowed deeply, speechless.

"Bad maid." Zhao Gou scolded her coldly, "How many heads do you have for daring to pretend to be golden branches and jade leaves?"

The woman was so frightened that her whole body trembled, tears poured out, she kowtowed desperately but couldn't speak.

Rou Fu smiled and said to Zhao Gou: "Tsk tsk, Brother Nine's long face is so scary, it scared her." Then he looked at the woman sideways and said, "Why do you pretend to be Empress Rongde? Let me tell you. listen."

The woman hesitated for a while, and finally told the truth intermittently.It turned out that her surname was Yi, and she was from Bianjing. She married a businessman and her family background was good, but she was separated from her family in the war during the Jingkang Incident.She wandered alone in the north, and later met a forbidden soldier who used to protect the palace family, took her south, and told her many old things about Empress Rongde.In the fourth year of Jianyan, Zhao Gou welcomed back Roufu Emperor Ji and treated her exceptionally well. This matter has been widely spread among the people.After hearing this, Yi's heart was moved, now she can't find her former relatives, and the forbidden soldier also abandoned her, it is very difficult to survive.She knew that Empress Rongde was trapped in the Kingdom of Jin, and she had no hope of returning home. She felt that she already knew a lot about her, and her age was similar to her. If she claimed to be her, no one would be able to see through, so she decided to try desperately try your luck.

After she finished speaking, Zhao Gou didn't look at her anymore, and directly ordered the servant beside him: "Drag on."

Two servants came out and pulled Yi Shi up, then bowed and asked, "How do the officials want to deal with it?"

Zhao Gou's tone was indifferent, but only a few words were like sharpened ice: "I will be condemned and killed with a stick in Dali Temple, and it will be shown to the public."

When Yi heard this, she immediately cried out in horror.It was a strange sound that Gao Shirong had never heard before. The ferocious howl of a beast and the mournful cry, like a cry that was torn to pieces, were not like what such a weak woman could make. It was intense and deafening. In deep despair, she expresses her resistance to death and her unwillingness to be deprived of life.

Hearing that, he felt chills in his heart, and turned his eyes to Rou Fu, worried whether she could bear such a situation.

Rou Fu didn't seem to be afraid, she still had a leisurely expression, and the smile from just now still lingered on her lips and hadn't disappeared yet.After the maid dragged Mrs. Yi out of the palace gate, she looked back at Zhao Gou and asked, "If I am also a fake Empress Dowager, will you stick me to death?"

Zhao Gou frowned and said, "I don't make meaningless assumptions."

Rou Fu approached him and smiled: "Don't you want me to be fake or say you will kill me?"

"You are still alive, so you must be the real Empress. Is this answer satisfactory?" Zhao Gou said with a half-smile, but then changed the subject, "You seem to have lost a lot of weight."

"Well," Roufu nodded, "because I'm not happy."

"Are you angry with Brother Nine?"

"What do you say?"

"Is it gone now?"

"No."

"I saw you smiling."

"I laugh when I'm angry."

"Hehe, let's not talk about that. I'll take you to see Yuan."

"Okay, okay, how is he doing?"

"I am personally teaching him to read. He never forgets the books he reads, and his comprehension ability is also excellent."

"Where is he now?"

"Write in my palace."

"Then take me there."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

They continued chatting, and naturally went out together towards Zhao Gou's Palace of Funing, without thinking of Gao Shirong behind him.Gao Shirong stayed where he was in embarrassment, wondering if he should go with them.

Savoring the conversation between the two carefully, I was surprised to find that Zhao Gou put down the airs of the emperor completely, and called himself "I" to Rou Fu, and Rou Fu also directly called "you" to him. During the ordinary conversation, it was a feeling he had never achieved.

In a daze, someone walked up to him and called him, "High Prince Consort."

4. Red plum
Gao Shirong looked back and saw that it was a baby, so he hurriedly nodded his head.

"The eldest princess and the officials went to see Yuan, why doesn't the son-in-law go?" Yingfu asked.

Gao Shirong smiled shyly, but did not answer.

Yingfu smiled and said: "The son-in-law and the eldest princess are husband and wife, so they should be inseparable when they go out. If the eldest princess thinks of the son-in-law and cannot be found anywhere, she might blame the son-in-law when she is nervous."

When has she ever been nervous about me?Gao Shirong thought sadly.With a low sigh, he said: "The eldest princess didn't let me go with her, if I go, maybe she will be unhappy."

Yingfu shook her head and said, "My son-in-law is worrying too much. The eldest princess obviously values ​​you very much and regards you as the most important person around her. Please enter the palace with her to show that she likes to spend more time with you and cannot bear to be separated for a moment. , but also to tell the people in the palace that she will advance and retreat with you from now on, and will be with you for the rest of her life. She didn't say anything just now, maybe she forgot it for a while, or it may be because she took it for granted that you let her go, so there is no need to say it again. "

"Really?" Gao Shirong didn't dare to make such an optimistic assumption: "Xu Shirong is too dull, and the princess has always...seemed to have resentment about her descent."

Yingfu still smiled and said: "You don't have to underestimate yourself. It's hard to guess what a woman's mind is. Sometimes she treats her husband deliberately coldly, just to get more love from him. Besides, the eldest princess has a strong personality, and newlyweds are inevitably shy. Even if he loves the son-in-law deeply, he will never show it in words, and most of the time he will keep a distance from the son-in-law, and seem not very close. But if the son-in-law misunderstands and stays away from the eldest princess, it will really violate the original intention of the eldest princess and make her angry .”

Gao Shirong was half-believing when he heard this, but he remembered that Yingfu used to serve Roufu as a maid, and after being with Roufu for a long time, he must know her well. What she said must be reasonable, so the long-gloomy hope in his heart was touched by her words. Brightened a lot, and asked her sincerely: "Then what should I do?"

Yingfu said: "It's very trivial to talk about what to do specifically. It's nothing more than getting close to her, trying to please her, paying more attention to the things she likes, and then finding them for her from time to time. It doesn't have to be expensive, as long as It is unique, exquisite and novel, and small items such as rouge powder, silk scarf and sachet are also good. I remember that when the eldest princess was young, she always wanted to run out of the palace to play, and the son-in-law might as well take her away from home to play, boating on the lake or Good for hiking..."

Hearing this, Gao Shirong interjected: "I also thought of this, but now the eldest princess seems to have no interest in playing, she locks herself in the house all day long, and doesn't even come out of her own room very often, let alone come out with me. travel."

"Then why?" Yingchi laughed, "Probably the eldest princess is in a bad mood recently. Before she came out, she took Yuan to walk around all day long, and they visited every corner of the palace... By the way, The Eldest Princess likes children very much, if she and her son-in-law get a son early, everything will be fulfilled after having a son, the temperament will definitely become cheerful again, and all problems will be solved easily."

Why don't you want to do this?Just in the state between now and Rou Fu, how can there be children?Gao Shirong couldn't say this, he could only show a wry smile.

Seeing this, Yingfu took a step closer to him, her voice was lower than before, but still soft and clear: "My son-in-law is really a modest gentleman. It is right to be gentle and refined in front of the eldest princess, but it seems too much to be respectful and polite. As the eldest princess's husband, it is unreasonable to be respectful in everything, and it may not be what the eldest princess really hopes."

This is really a bright and intelligent woman, and she can guess the problem between him and Roufu just from their expressions and demeanor.Gao Shirong looked at Yingfu in surprise and emotion, and immediately understood why Zhao Gou valued her so much among all the concubines.Thinking of Roufu again, I can't help being a little sentimental.His originally smug life had been cut to pieces by his marriage to the eldest princess, but he couldn't get a wife who was half as gentle and understanding as a baby.Of course, he wouldn't say sorry, but he couldn't help feeling sorry for it.

In the afternoon of the seventh day of the first lunar month in the third year of Shaoxing, Gao Shirong came back from outside. When he entered the door, he habitually asked the servant, the eldest princess, what he was doing.After the snow that day, the plum blossoms in the garden were in full bloom, especially the best products in the plum hall, whose elegant fragrance could be smelled from a distance.Gao Shirong was also a little interested, and immediately walked through the corridor of the middle hall and walked towards the Meitang in the back garden.

Most of the plums planted in Meitang courtyard are red plums, all of which are Fuzhou red, Tanzhou red, Shaowu red, Rouzhi, Qianye and other famous varieties.The deep and shallow red flowers are clustered sparsely or densely on the plum branches, with a beautiful posture, reflecting the pure snow on the ground, and the red, white and white are extremely magnificent. When the wind blows through the petals, they are like pieces of colorful silk floating down. The face is fragrant, and it falls on the snow, like a layer of rouge.

Gao Shirong looked up, but he didn't see Rou Fu in the courtyard. Looking around, he found her lying on the concubine's couch facing the flower garden in the Meitang hall.The brocade curtain on the door was half-drawn, she slanted a layer of red satin brocade with snow fox borders over her body, and lay down on the outside of the door, soundly asleep.

Walking in, Xi'er, who was waiting around, waited for the maids to salute him, and he pointed his lips to signal them to lower their voices so as not to wake her up.

He and Xiao looked at Rou Fu's cute and innocent expression while sleeping, and asked Xi'er softly, "Is the eldest princess tired of admiring flowers?"

Xi'er replied: "The eldest princess first strolled in the courtyard to enjoy the flowers, and then she got tired, so she ordered someone to move the imperial concubine couch to the middle door of the hall, and leaned on it to continue watching. It felt a little cold, so someone took it away again. Half a jug of Neikuliu fragrant wine, drank three cups alone, gradually became a little drunk, and fell asleep. We wanted to send the eldest princess back to the room to rest, but when we touched her, she blurted out and said no. The son-in-law sees it Can Princess Ren continue to sleep here or send her back to her room?"

Gao Shirong bent over to help Rou Fu tuck the brocade quilt, and stared tenderly at her answering Xi'er's words: "Since she likes this place, let her sleep here."

Xi'er covered her lips with her sleeve and giggled: "That's good. The son-in-law is here to accompany the eldest princess. Let's retreat to the side hall. If the son-in-law needs something, then order us to come over."

Gao Shirong nodded, so Xi'er and others bowed and left.

In his memory, Roufu's complexion was mostly pale, but at this time, perhaps because of drinking, a little blush appeared on her Ruyu's cheeks, as if the dawn was about to fade away, and the color beside her eyebrows was a faint lilac red, like Wearing the "sandalwood halo" makeup in the pictures of ladies in the Tang Dynasty, her eyebrows are smoky, and she no longer needs to show her bright eyes that look forward to shining, she is already extremely charming at this moment.

"The cold heart is not willing to follow the state of spring, and the jade skin is dizzy for no reason." Su Shi's poem chanting plum quietly came to his heart, but he felt that this poem should be bestowed on the soft blessing at this time. If it is used to describe the hustle and bustle The red plums are wasted.

With the wind blowing in, there were still scattered petals, and one piece fell gently on her cherry lips.

This scene reminded Gao Shirong of the allusion of the plum blossom makeup of Princess Shouyang.In the Southern Dynasty, Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Liu Yu, Emperor Wudi of the Song Dynasty, was lying in the Hanzhang Hall every day. The plum blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom, and one of the plum blossoms was falling down on her forehead. Go, wash off with water after three days.The women in the palace felt beautiful after seeing it, so they followed suit one after another. They all made plum blossom-shaped decorations on their foreheads, named "Luomei makeup" or "plum blossom makeup".

The petals around Roufu's lips have a small shape and a delicate color, the lips were not in a suitable position, but even this inappropriateness was easily eliminated when it lined her face.Under the petals, her skin and lip color are inexplicably charming. If she is seen by other women, she may follow the example of putting flowers on her lips.

While thinking about it, Gao Shirong couldn't help but bowed his head, and gently took the petal from her face with his lips.

The smell of her skin is better than the fragrance of plum blossoms, it is fragrant and warm, and the faint scent of wine escaping from Sandalwood's mouth has a strange intoxicating power, making him in a trance for a while.It suddenly occurred to her that he never seemed to have touched any of her skin before, even when he held her up with his hand, she would carefully pull up her sleeves to cover her bare hands.

He chewed the petal in his mouth lightly, and the oozing juice tasted faintly bitter.

His eyes fixed on her lips again.The plump cherry lips are delicately curved, as beautiful as petals, without vermilion, but they are naturally bright red, so they should also have a warm temperature.

Falling hopelessly for it.He lowered his head again and slowly kissed her on the lips.

She opened her eyes suddenly, before he touched her.

He was startled, and all his movements stopped. At that time, he was only half a foot away from her face.

She wasn't surprised, let alone shy, just stared at him coldly, and Gao Shirong felt that the air was no longer flowing, like the still water in winter, condensed into ice by her eyes.

Gao Shirong stood straight back, embarrassed, and wanted to explain something to her, but as soon as he opened his mouth, all the words were retracted into his throat, and finally he was speechless.

But Rou Fu's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't even bother to get up and sit up straight, still lying in a lazy posture, only mercilessly cutting off a certain connection that he thought could bring them closer with sharp eyes.

Feeling cold, only to realize that it is still winter.He finally couldn't take it anymore and walked away quickly.But he was extremely resentful for his cowardice today, for running away with no shame in front of the beauty of his wife.

5. Fendai
For a long time after that, Gao Shirong avoided Rou Fu as much as possible and did not take the initiative to approach her, but Rou Fu still ordered his maid to invite the son-in-law to come over and let him tell her the latest political affairs. The matter of Meitang that day.Gradually, Gao Shirong was able to talk to her as naturally as before, but his manner was more respectful, and he didn't even touch the corner of her clothes.

One day, Gao Shirong and some friends got together to drink tea and chat. During the meeting, everyone heard that a school secretary was wearing a woman's powder fragrance, so they couldn't help laughing at him, but the school secretary was not embarrassed, just calmly Smiling, he took out a small green porcelain box from his sleeve, and said: "Recently, I heard that there is 'Luhua Baiying powder' made by Zhao Feiyan's secret ancient recipe. The powder is pure white and fine, and it is mixed with famous fragrance. , Once the noodles linger for several days. On a whim, I went to buy a box of noodles to bring back to Zhuo Jingyun."

Everyone took a look, and they all felt that the powder was really different, especially the pungent fragrance, which was comparable to other makeup powders. Even the powder celadon box that contained the powder was made particularly delicate and smooth, and the small box was painted with brushstrokes. The graceful and vivid flying swallow dance picture of "Returning to the Wind and Sending Far Away".In the picture, Zhao Feiyan is standing on the palm of the male dancer, her skirt is fluttering, her figure is light and graceful, and she looks like she is about to go away against the wind, and all the viewers are amazed.

People asked: "How much is it worth?"

The school clerk shook the feather fan slowly, Shi Shiran replied: "It is equivalent to gold."

Everyone was amazed that the school secretary was willing to spend a lot of money to buy makeup powder for his wife, which shows the deep love between the husband and wife.

Hearing this, Gao Shirong remembered Wu Cairen's words to persuade him to pay attention to buying gifts for Roufu: "As long as they are unique, exquisite and novel, small items such as rouge, gouache, silk scarf and sachet are also good." So he asked the schoolmaster. Shulang: "Where can I buy this powder?"

The school clerk smiled: "The high son-in-law must also be planning to buy a box to give to your eldest princess, right? Now the emperor only has this younger sister, who has always valued her very much. Since she has been relegated to the son-in-law, the son-in-law is naturally cherished in every possible way." Now, little things like makeup powder are always looking for for the eldest princess, this son-in-law really cares."

Others also chimed in to make fun of it: "Not bad! The son-in-law made a public proposal after the shooting match that day. It has long been a good story in and outside the court. Now that his long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, of course he will be with the eldest princess. The love is deep!"

After that, all the topics turned to jokes about Gao Shirong and Roufu. Gao Shirong blushed, so it was hard to ask any more questions.But I never forgot the box of Luhua Baiying powder, which is equivalent to gold, and immediately went straight to Zhushi after saying goodbye to my friends, asking one by one from shop to shop, and finally found a place for sale until it was dark.He couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately bought it with a lot of money, and on the recommendation of the merchant, he also bought a bottle of Dashiguo rose water and a box of "Huhuiqing" Shidai from the Western Regions, which were also valuable.

He took it home with joy, and went directly to Rou Fu as soon as he entered the door.Rou Fu did not fall asleep, sitting in the room chatting with the maid, and was surprised to see him running out of breath to see her, because he hadn't stepped into her room at night for a long time, and he was so anxious.

He took out the cosmetics he bought to her, explained the names of the products one by one, and only said that he heard that the quality of these products was superior to ordinary products, so he bought them for the eldest princess, but he ignored the circumstances of the purchase.

Rou Fu glanced at the makeup that Xi'er took over and placed on the table, took a sip of the vanilla-flavored fenugreek drink, and then said calmly: "I came here in a hurry just to tell me that you bought such a thing ?”

It was as if a wave of ice hit him head-on, under the severe cold, Gao Shirong was speechless.

"The preparation method of Luhua Baiying powder has never been recorded in detail in ancient books, but now the merchant adds some spices randomly, and then adds that it is what Zhao Feiyan used. Do you believe it?" Rou Fu picked up the box with two fingers Luhua Baiying Powder, after smelling it for a while, she frowned and put it away, "It smells like a pungent musk. I think the person who prepared the makeup powder heard that Zhao Feiyan likes to use musk, so he added enough amount, but he didn't know that Zhao was blindly abusing it. Musk eventually leads to infertility. How can such a thing be used?"

Looking at Gao Shirong who was standing silently at the side, Rou Fu said calmly: "I never use water powder with too much spices, it will damage the skin. The powder I use on weekdays is ordered by Brother Nine in the old Bianjing Palace. The old palace people in the old palace specially prepared it for me. The selection of ingredients is different from the ordinary flour sold in the market. It is newly marketed white rice supplemented with a certain amount of slightly purple aged rice. Grind it finely, then sieve it with a fine gauze sieve, and then grind it again, repeat five or six times. After the grinding is very fine, then blend the two kinds of fine powder in proportion. The specific amount depends on my skin color at that time. , there is no mistake. The amount of lead powder is very small, just to make the rice noodles loose, non-sticky, and able to be applied to the surface, to prevent lead poisoning from affecting the skin. As for spices, almost no addition. The resulting pink color is slightly yellow , very soft, I have been used to it, if I switch to other powders, I will definitely feel uncomfortable."

After speaking, he picked up the rose water contained in the exquisite glass bottle, without removing the cork, and put it down before it was brought close to the nose, and asked Gao Shirong with a half-smile: "You said, this is rose water?"

Gao Shirong nodded nervously, and explained: "It is said that this is made from the dew from the rose flowers picked by the big cannibal, and the fragrance is the purest and most fragrant..."

"Let's spread rumors." Roufu interrupted him, and said, "Dew on flowers has limited fragrance, how can it be used as spices? To make Dashi rose water, first pick the roses that bloomed in the early morning with dew, and choose the pure and consistent shape and color. Discard the rest of the petals, and then use platinum as a steamer to steam the rose petals into water. After repeated harvesting and steaming, the accumulation becomes fragrant, so the fragrance is very strong, and the long fragrance is undefeated. In the glass pot, the mouth of the pot is sealed with wax, but the fragrance can still come out thoroughly, and can still be smelled dozens of steps away. If it is sprinkled on the sleeves of people's clothes, it will still have a lingering fragrance after more than ten days. In recent years, people in the Song Dynasty imitated Dashi To make incense, but the roses in the country are not a good breed, and the color and taste are very different, so some profiteers randomly took the roses from the middle land and mixed them with jasmine." He pointed at the glass bottle on the table and asserted its quality, "You buy it back This bottle belongs to this category, and its fragrance is enough to attack people's noses, but compared with the real rose water of the Dashi Kingdom, it is like a slave to a lady."

Gao Shirong's face turned blue and red, and he was speechless for a moment in embarrassment.After listening to her talking about the rose water, she couldn't help but look at the remaining Thrushcross Shidai, knowing that she had to derogate this Shidai again.Sure enough, Roufu looked at "Huihuiqing" coldly and said: "Huihuiqing is from overseas, and generally the village girls who have never seen the world, see that it is expensive, and think it is such a good thing. It is far from Persian snails. In the past, women in Bianjing Palace used snails more often, but this kind of indigo was worth ten gold each. After going to the south, Jiu Ge felt that the palace people used this thrush too extravagantly, so they were not allowed to use it anymore, so Now we have to use homemade Thrush Jixiang Pills. It’s not complicated in terms of making method, but it takes some time and effort: use a real sesame oil lamp with extra wicks, rub it tightly and light it, and cover it with a small bowl , Let the green smoke from the burning lamp condense on the bottom of the dish, sweep it down when it gathers too much, repeat it dozens of times until the amount is enough. Then mix a little borneol into a little oil, pour it into the smoke, mix well, and wait for it to condense It can be used after. The thrush ink produced is delicate and pure, with a pleasant fragrance, and the painted color is quite beautiful, which is far from comparable to the charcoal ink made of willow branches and fir wood. Although it is still slightly inferior to Luozidai, it is also It can be used as it is, but Shi Dai's grains are too thick, so I don't dare to use it."

Mingli seemed to be explaining the method of making her usual powder and daisy perfume, but it was almost merciless ridicule, which made Gao Shirong disheartened.I wanted to try my best to resolve Shishi's embarrassment with a smile, but in the end there was nothing I could do.Forced to suppress his breath, he let it linger in his heart, bit his lips, and said, "It was Shirong who bought these crude cosmetics for the eldest princess without authorization. Since the eldest princess can't use it, then throw it away." Bar."

"That's not necessary, it's always bought by the son-in-law, it's a pity to throw it away." Rou Fu smiled slightly, turned to look at Xi'er, and then asked Gao Shirong: "If I give these powder and dai perfume to Xi'er, does the son-in-law mind?" ?”

Gao Shirong said indifferently: "The eldest princess can figure it out." Then he turned around and fell out of the curtain.

Rou Fu restrained his smile, and said to Xi'er, "You still don't want to take it? It's yours."

Xi'er looked at the cosmetics hesitantly, and said dully: "Princess... the son-in-law actually treats you very well. I bought these things to make you happy. Even if you don't like them, you don't have to...don't be like this..."

"If I accept these things from him, he'll have a wild dream again." Rou Fu said indifferently, "Sometimes, you can't be too nice to people. I regret the smile I gave him back then, which made him rush in like moths to a flame. .Otherwise, I would be much more comfortable with him now."

6. Swing
The self-defeating Fendai incident made Gao Shirong no longer dare to act rashly, and became increasingly depressed and passive in front of Roufu. Apart from the daily booing and asking for warmth, Gao Shirong would not do anything casually to please her.And Rou Fu seems to be quite satisfied with the situation between them. During the day, he is invited to chat about current affairs, and at night they go to bed separately, not to offend each other. He also knows how to take care of his son-in-law's face in front of others, and always pretends to be very affectionate with him. Occasionally, he will ask Zhao Gou for some rewards for him, so outsiders always say that this is a happy relationship when they talk about it.

"My son-in-law, the eldest princess's birthday is coming up again, this year you have to prepare a more unique gift." Xi'er reminded Gao Shirong like this at dusk on a certain day in the fourth year of Shaoxing.

"Again" coming soon?Yes, counting the time, it is indeed coming again.A year ago, he celebrated her birthday in his house and gave her expensive jewelry, but she dismissed him.Recalling his gloomy mood after the wedding banquet at that time, it was still clear as before, everything seemed to have just happened yesterday.

They have been married for nearly two years.The past two years have passed without a trace. He gave up the battlefield he once owned, but he suffered a crushing defeat emotionally. The muddle-headed life even smoothed out the original vigor in his eyes, and made him learn to stare at her distant figure and sigh dejectedly. .

Facing Xi'er, he smiled wryly: "No matter how unique a gift is from me, she won't like it."

"No, if you choose carefully, you will definitely find something that the eldest princess likes." Xi'er sighed, "Oh, did you give up so soon? How long has it been? You still have most of your life to live. The eldest princess used to He is a very kind person, and he is very friendly to everyone. Now it is a little different from before, but as long as the son-in-law continues to care for her, she should be touched one day, right? This time, the eldest princess’s birthday, you have to take care of it For this opportunity, I thought of a gift, which is not expensive, but it can be guaranteed that the eldest princess will like it."

Gao Shirong was silent for a long time, and asked, "What kind of gift is that?"

Xi'er smiled: "Swing. I remember that the eldest princess loved this most in the Bianjing Palace. Later, she retired to Longde Palace with Emperor Daojun, and often sneaked out to play on the swing under the cherry tree in Genyue. Now our princess There is everything in the house, except there is no swing, the son-in-law might as well set up one for the eldest princess in the back garden, and take her to see it on her birthday, the eldest princess will definitely like it very much."

He took Xi'er's suggestion.He privately ordered a swing frame to be built, and it was quietly transported into the princess's house the night before Rou Fu's birthday, and it was set up in the back garden overnight.The next day, Rou Fu saw the swing when he was walking in the back garden, and his eyes lit up. He walked to the swing and stroked the exquisite cushion and double ropes that were made according to the style of Genyue Palace according to Xi'er's description. Look thoughtfully.

"Eldest princess, this is a gift carefully chosen by the son-in-law for you." Xi'er hurriedly approached her and explained.

"Really?" Rou Fu turned to look at Gao Shirong, and said, "My son-in-law is worrying."

Although there was no obvious joy on her face, at least she was not as cold as before, and her tone could even be said to be gentle.Gao Shirong was secretly happy, glad that the gift was chosen properly this time.

She seemed to be in a good mood that day, so she ordered someone to hold a banquet in the back garden. During the banquet, she frequently drank with Gao Shirong, but she couldn't bear the strength of the alcohol. Soon after, the clouds came to her face, she closed her eyes and put her hands on her forehead, but finally she couldn't hold on , Then simply fell asleep at the desk, charming and carefree.

"The eldest princess is drunk, help her back to her room to rest." Gao Shirong ordered the maids on both sides when he saw this.

The maid agreed and came to help her, but Rou Fu raised her hand and pushed them away, not wanting them to help her.So Xi'er lightly pouted at Gao Shirong, motioning for him to come and help him.

After a short period of hesitation, Gao Shirong finally made up his mind, stood up to help Roufu, and found that she was so weak and boneless that she could hardly stand, so he simply stretched out his arms to hug her, and walked towards her bedroom direction to go.

She was not frightened by it, she only half-opened her starry eyes and looked at him in a daze, then closed them peacefully, buried her face in his arms, and obediently cuddled up to him and let him carry him away.

Putting her to sleep on the bed, he was reluctant to leave for a while, so he sat on the head of her bed and admired her sleeping state.How cute she is at this moment, her eyelids are lightly closed, covering her usually indifferent gaze, her beautiful face suddenly becomes soft, and she will not refuse his approach.

"Princess..." He couldn't help calling softly.

She didn't respond, she was still in a deep sleep.

Without the overbearing air of the eldest princess, the gentle and docile little woman sleeping in front of him is more like the wife of his dreams.It suddenly occurred to him that he had always called her "Eldest Princess" before, but had never called her by her name. In fact, he really wanted to change the polite address between husband and wife, but every time before he had time to try, he retreated under her domineering gaze.

The situation at this moment gave him a natural opportunity and courage. He stroked her forehead hair and her cheek with his hands lovingly and affectionately, and called her softly: "Yuan Yuan..."

She didn't expect to get her answer, but she actually responded, still closing her eyes, and gave a confused "hmm".

Unsurprisingly, he wanted to hold her in his arms, but he was afraid of waking her up, so that he would be forced to wake up.He sighed in his heart, but he couldn't stop his eyes and fingers from continuing to linger on her face.

Gradually, I felt burning, as if a fire had spread from my fingertips to my heart.Breathing became short of breath, his hand hesitantly slid down her face, stroked her slender and beautiful neck, and finally penetrated into her clothes.

As if feeling itchy, she woke up with a giggling smile, and opened her eyes while calling: "Ninth Brother..."

The four eyes collided, and both sides were stunned.

He was thinking, if he heard correctly, what she called just now was... Brother Nine?
A bit of doubt, like ink dripping on the Xuan Xuan, gradually spreads and infiltrates in the heart.He was a little dazed, and his thoughts were confused for a while, and it was too late to feel ashamed of his behavior just now.

He thought she would be embarrassed, she would be angry, but she didn't.She just sat up calmly, the initial drunkenness disappeared in an instant, and she looked sideways at him with an almost leisurely demeanor.

"You carried me in just now?" she asked.

He nodded.

"Did I make you do this?"

"Yuan Yuan, I..." He wanted to explain something, but was interrupted by her cold and firm sentence, "Who allows you to call me by my name?"

He was stung by her again, and this time he was not going to back down: "I thought it was not too polite for a son-in-law to call the eldest princess by her name."

"You are not qualified." She didn't show much expression on her face, but the words she uttered clearly contained obvious contempt.

He was finally angry: "We are husband and wife, how can I not be qualified?"

She sneered: "My ninth brother and concubine Pan Xian, Zhang Jieyu and Wu Cairen can also be said to be husband and wife. Do they dare to call him by his name?"

"That's different. There is a distinction between emperors and concubines."

"Why is it different? Do you really think we are equal?"

He froze for a moment, and laughed angrily: "Yes, the eldest princess is an aristocrat, and Shirong is just a commoner. It is a great honor to be a retainer in the princess's house. How dare you expect to be equal to the eldest princess?" Wait, you really have no self-knowledge!"

She ignored him, got up and got out of bed, holding her skirt and walked quickly towards the back garden.He followed, not understanding what she wanted to do.

Walking to the back garden, facing the slaves who were cleaning up the mess from the banquet, she pointed to the swing frame and said, "Tear it down for me immediately."

The servants and servants looked at each other, not daring to move for a moment, then they all cast their questioning and probing eyes on Gao Shirong.

Gao Shirong walked up to Roufu in a few steps, frowned and raised his arms and said, "This swing is something you like anyway, even if you are unhappy, you don't have to use it to vent your anger!"

"Who said I like it?" She looked up at him, pointing at him uncompromisingly, "Yuan can no longer wear the shoes from half a year ago, let alone the old things from many years ago? At this time, at that time, you still treat him like that." I'm a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl who only knows how to play on a swing? Every time you do something to please me, you have intentions, and I'm not going to let you achieve your goal, so naturally it's inconvenient to accept your kindness." Then she glanced aside and saw The dumbfounded servants said, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and tear it down!"

Everyone agreed, gathered together and began to dismantle the swing frame.

She actually thinks that I do all these things for her "with intentions"?Gao Shirong's anger was exhausted by her words, and he slumped down on the stone steps sadly, heartbroken.

Rou Fu glanced at him lightly, and slowly sat down in the chair that Xi'er brought for her, watching the house slave dismantle the swing without saying a word.

After a while, a servant came from the palace, presented a rectangular brocade box, and said, "This is a birthday gift from the official family to Princess Fuguo."

Rou Fu asked him: "What is it?"

The waiter replied, "It's a picture."

"Is it an authentic work from Jin Dynasty again?"

"No, it was written by the officials themselves."

"What is written?"

"Cursive script "Luo Shen Fu"."

She smiled quietly, almost without a trace, and it was short and fleeting, but it caught Gao Shirong's eyes on one side.

She thanked the maid and ordered Xi'er to send the brocade box into the study, and then she also walked to the study, passing by Gao Shirong who was sitting on the stone steps, she lowered her eyes and asked, "Would you like to appreciate it together?"

He turned his head to avoid her angrily: "The eldest princess appreciates it slowly, and I'm sorry Shirong can't be with you."

She raised her eyebrows, gave him a meaningful smile, and walked away slowly.

In fact, he didn't think that wine could relieve his sorrow, but he couldn't find a better way to vent, so he closed the door in his room alone, drinking all the wine he could find.

Someone pushed the door open and walked up to him.He vaguely discerned that what caught his eyes was a long wrist with emerald sleeves, snatching the flagon in front of him, without any explanation.

"Give it back to me." Impatiently, he ordered.

The woman sighed softly: "Why do you torture yourself like this?"

He frowned and rubbed his forehead: "I just want to get drunk, but it's so hard not to..."

The woman shook her head, drank the wine in the glass, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to him silently.

He took it, looked at the liquid in the cup, the slightly rippling tea was clear and peaceful, but his sadness overflowed instantly, and he murmured: "Since she was never ready to accept me, why did she agree to marry me in the first place?"

The woman is just silent.

He smiled bleakly; "She never regarded me as her husband. At best, I was just her retainer, a tool for her to inquire about the affairs of the court."

But when the woman sighed, she asked, "Then why did you have to marry her in the first place?"

His eyes dimmed and he became dazed: "I don't know either... When I saw her for the first time, she was thin and haggard, with disheveled hair and dirty dress, but for some reason, when she stood proudly in front of me, I just I feel that her whole body is spotless and noble... On the day she bid farewell to Yongzhou, she wore red clothes and stood under the same bright red clouds. Her fragile and gorgeous figure was like a poppies trembling in the wind... That A cluster of bright red light makes me feel very warm, and I can't help but want to get closer... She seems to like wearing red clothes very much, and she looks really good in red clothes, which always gives me the illusion of warmth. But in fact, she is a Ice, or at least to me, she's a piece of ice that never melts."

The woman persuaded: "It must be that she has experienced many hardships, so her temperament has changed a lot...not only to you, she is also cold to other people, and she is rarely seen smiling."

"She can laugh." Gao Shirong stood up suddenly, grabbed the teacup and threw it on the ground, "She will laugh at someone! She will laugh at him when she is angry! She also has things she likes, Fendai in the palace, "Luo Shen" in cursive script "Fu"!"

Lie Lie's anger shot out from his red eyes, the woman was startled, she immediately stood up and took two steps back to avoid it.

He was stunned and didn't say any more angry words, but in an instant, a wave of sadness came from his heart, the corners of his eyes flickered, and he smiled wryly: "No wonder, no wonder she doesn't like me... How can I compare with that person? , status, talent, or just playing for fun? Maybe in her eyes, I’m just a worthless, stupid martial artist.”

"No..." The woman repeatedly shook her head and approached him gently.Her face was blurred in his drunken eyes, and he could only perceive a layer of tears floating in her eyes.

"You are a good man who is not inferior to anyone... You know, there is a person who... likes you..." Her voice became lower and lower, and the last few words were barely audible.

He sneered: "Who?"

She didn't answer, she just walked behind him, wrapped her arms around his waist, and pressed her face sadly to his back. Then, he felt a drop of warm liquid permeating the two layers of clothing on his back, branding his skin.

He understood a little, but was a little surprised: "You, you..."

The woman hugged him tighter and began to sob.

He untied her hand and pulled her to face him.Under the candlelight of UFO tonight, this familiar woman has a strange and strange beauty.She cried so pitifully that the pear blossoms rained heavily, and this scene suddenly broke his heart.

He hugged her, and she snuggled into his arms, like a bird.

Everything seems to be in order.He first kissed the tear stains on her face, and then his lips slipped on her lips, and she responded back, when a red candle on the table was extinguished and smoke rose, he hugged her into the account.

After a long time, they lay in the ambiguous light and shadow of the tent and began to look at each other soberly, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Xi'er, Shirong is abrupt..." He spoke first in embarrassment.

Zhang Xi'er covered his mouth with her hands, and said softly: "It is Xi'er's blessing to be favored by the son-in-law."

Gao Shirong sighed: "Today is like this... I finally wronged you."

Xi'er shook her head and said, "I don't care. I was forced to become a kabuki by my life, but luckily my son-in-law redeemed me and took me back to the house to settle in. The son-in-law is always very friendly to me and never treats me People look at it now. I am grateful for the kindness of the son-in-law, but unfortunately there is no way to repay it. I can only pray silently. I always feel like a knife is piercing my heart. So I try every means to make ideas for the son-in-law, to make the eldest princess happy, because when the eldest princess is happy, the son-in-law will also be happy, and when the son-in-law is happy, I will also be happy..."

"Oh," Gao Shirong caressed her face, "forgive me for being so dull, but I didn't see your affection."

Xi'er immediately burst into tears: "I wanted to bury this secret deeply in my heart and never tell anyone else, but today I saw that the son-in-law was so depressed and underestimated himself to such an extent, so I couldn't help but speak out. In my heart, You are perfect. Now that I have spoken out, I will be sympathized with by my son-in-law. My mind is over. Even if I die, I will have no regrets. No matter what you think of me, whether it is frivolous or lowly, I don’t care."

Gao Shirong's heart was moved, but at that time his emotions were complicated, and he couldn't say anything about his feelings, so he wiped her tears and comforted her: "Don't worry, now that I know your intentions, I will treat you kindly in the future. Whatever you want, I will give you."

Xi'er wept and said: "Xi'er knows that her status is low, she doesn't dare to extravagantly ask for fame, she only wishes to be with her son-in-law for a long time..."

While speaking, I suddenly heard Roufu's maid come to the door and softly called Xi'er, saying that the eldest princess was looking for her.Xi'er was shocked, and she got up to get up, but was stopped by Gao Shirong, who was furious again, and said angrily: "Don't care about her!" So Xi'er lay down meekly again.

As soon as Gao Shirong opened his eyes the next day, he saw Xi'er standing in front of the bed. He had already washed and washed, and bowed his head shyly with a flushed face, greeting him and helping him to get up.He put on his court clothes and was about to enter the palace to face the saint. She sent him straight to the gate, and stood by the gate, watching him for a long time.Gao Shirong accidentally lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and turned his head to look back, only to see that the blush on Xi'er's face by the door had not yet faded, his eyes were full of autumn water, and his eyes were locked on his sedan chair, nibbling a silk scarf, feeling happy and ashamed at the same time.

There is a movement in my heart.That was the scene he had been dreaming of for a long time: a woman tied her heart to him, and from the moment he went out, she was looking forward to his return.

Although, this woman is not the one he loves so much—his heart aches when he thinks of his so-called regular wife—but she loves him and can give him everything he hopes from a happy marriage, he persuades himself Satisfied for this, after all, this is a ray of light that finally appeared in his life full of haze.

After returning, he will give her a title.He thought, even if Roufu and even Zhao Gou would be unhappy about it, he would definitely do it.

7. Jade pieces
When he returned home in the evening, he went back to his room to change clothes. Two maids stepped forward to serve him. He casually asked them, "Where is Xi'er now?"

The maids looked at each other, suddenly flustered, and lowered their heads one after another. After a while, someone said softly, "Of course it's with the eldest princess."

Gao Shirong noticed that their faces were flushed, and he guessed that they must have known what happened with Xi'er last night, and he was a little uncomfortable at the moment, so he remained silent, allowing them to change into homely clothes for him, and then went to Rou Fu side walk.Unlike in the past, today there is more expectation on the flat ground.

Roufu is still the usual look, sitting lazily in the room, when not wearing rouge, neither blood nor joy can be seen on Lian's face.

Seeing him coming in, Rou Fu looked up, and politely asked him to sit down.Thinking of his transgression, Gao Shirong felt a little sorry for her, completely put aside the unpleasant memories of arguing with her yesterday, and chatted with her, but when she looked at him, he often dared not look at her, and his eyes often dodged .

She didn't seem to notice that he was different from usual, she kept asking him about affairs in court, and he answered every sentence, trying to make her understand.During this period, she did not forget to glance at the maids beside her, and soon found that Xi'er was not among them.After answering all her questions and she was silent for a while, he finally asked: "Xi'er...why don't you serve by the princess' side today?"

She rolled her eyes and looked at him calmly.He couldn't help lowering his head and coughing in disguise.

"She is not feeling well today, she is resting in her room." Rou Fu said.

He didn't continue talking about Xi'er, he immediately changed the topic, chatted with her for a while, and then left.

Hurrying to the place where Xi'er lived, seeing the door was ajar, he opened the door and went in, happily calling: "Xi'er!"

She was lying on the bed with her head turned inward, a brocade quilt tightly covered her whole body, leaving only her shiny black hair outside the quilt.

He hurried over to sit down on her bed and called her again.She turned her head slowly, and through the strands of hair, he saw a face that was almost swollen and horribly bruised.

He opened his eyes wide in surprise, reached out to brush the hair off her face, and touched the blood on the corner of her lips in disbelief: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"

"My son-in-law..." Xi'er shed two lines of tears and said weakly, "I finally... waited for you to come back..."

As she turned her side with difficulty just now, a little bare shoulder was exposed from the quilt, and there were obvious fresh scars on it.

Gao Shirong's heart sank, and he sat there for a while before going to lift her quilt.His movements were slow, his hands trembling slightly.

She was completely naked, and the shocking scars from the stick spread from her shoulders to her thighs, and her skin was torn apart.The opened quilt was also covered with bloodstains, presumably because she had been lying motionless on the bed for a long time, some of the wounds had been bonded to the quilt, and when he pulled it away, it was torn again, bleeding continuously Come.A white singlet was thrown in a ball on the corner of the bed, and it was also covered with bloodstains. When he grabbed it, he found that the back was badly damaged. It was probably what she wore when she was tortured.

He was suddenly dizzy from the bloody scars, bruises, and blood-stained rags.

Then he got up, said with red eyes: "I'll go ask the doctor."

"No." Xi'er tried her best to stretch out a hand to hold him: "I can't do it...you stay with me, don't go."

He had no choice but to sit down again, holding her hand and gnashing his teeth, "She's so ruthless!"

Xi'er smiled sadly: "How could she become like this... She is not the Roufu Emperor Ji in Bianjing Palace..."

After saying this sentence, his breath became weaker and weaker, he gasped slightly, and his eyes gradually closed, as if he had no strength to open them anymore.

Gao Shirong hurriedly comforted him: "Don't talk so much, rest for a while, I'll send someone to invite a doctor to treat your injury right away." After finishing speaking, he rushed outside and called "Come here", but no one answered.

"No need." Xi'er sighed softly, "Just hug me...Shirong...can I call you like that?...Shirong, can you hug me?"

Gao Shirong's nose was sore, his eyes became moist, he nodded hastily, and then gently hugged her up, afraid of hurting her wound, he let her lie on his lap.

Xi'er lay in his arms with peace of mind, smiled: "Well, that's really nice." Then she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Gao Shirong caressed her hair and sat there in a daze. What was in his mind and what he saw in front of his eyes became blurred, leaving nothing but confusion.After a while, he called Xi'er softly again, but when she didn't hear her answer, he suddenly hugged her, and two tears fell down.

Rushing into Roufu's room, he said coldly to her, "Xi'er is dead."

Roufu nodded indifferently: "Okay, got it."

"You killed her."

"That's right." She didn't deny it: "She betrayed me twice, and I forgave her once, but that doesn't mean I will tolerate her mistakes forever."

"It's not her fault, she just obeyed me."

She smiled: "So, you killed her."

"Can I interpret your viciousness as your jealousy?"

"No, there is no jealousy without feelings. I killed her because you are my son-in-law. You promised to respect me forever and be loyal to me. I don't allow you to have other women. If you If you don’t understand, then it’s best to remember.” When she said this, she was sitting in front of the dressing table, calmly pulled out a hairpin in front of the mirror, and put it in the jewelry box in an orderly manner.

Gao Shirong grabbed her a few steps and pulled her up, glaring at her: "You never regard me as your husband, why should you ask me to be loyal to you? You hate me getting close to you, okay, I give up, but I am close What do other women have to do with you? I just shared some of your dismissive feelings with Xi'er, and you killed her because of it. I can't imagine that you are such a wicked woman!"

Roufu was also angry, and met his sharp gaze stubbornly: "Why? With my status as the eldest princess, with your promise to me! You men are all cats who are used to stealing, and you have three wives and four concubines. Stealing incense and stealing jade is easy to do, as if it is only right and proper, women's feelings are insignificant in your eyes. If I were just an ordinary woman, I might not be able to control my husband. Fortunately, I am a princess, the eldest princess, I I can use all my royal power to ask my husband to be loyal to me. Since you are a son-in-law, you belong to me. Leaving the wall is a capital offense. Since such strict rules are set for women, why can’t they be used on men? Besides, before I descended, I asked you clearly, you agreed, made a promise to me, and then You have enjoyed the status and wealth I promised to bring you. Now you are the one who broke the promise, and you are the one who made the mistake, so you have the face to question me!"

Gao Shirong pulled her closer, feeling that all internal organs would explode: "I was the one who made the mistake, so why don't you just kill me, why did you kill that innocent weak woman?"

"Because killing her makes you feel more guilty and painful than killing you!" She bit her lip and said, "And is she innocent? I don't think so. Betrayal is an unforgivable crime."

Gao Shirong was so angry that he raised his hand to hit her.Seeing this, the maids at the side hurriedly gathered around, pulling, blocking, and persuading.

"Stop it all, go away!" Rou Fu ordered.Under her fierce gaze, the maids gradually let go and retreated.

Then Rou Fu raised his head proudly, stared at Gao Shirong provocatively, a sneer curved his soft lips as usual.

Obviously hating and resenting, that high palm was unable to be swung down for some reason.The two glared at each other for a long time, Gao Shirong's hand finally fell on the jewelry box of her dressing table, the wooden box shattered, some beads escaped from it, rolled down to the ground, ticking and bouncing.

He pushed her away and turned around.She leaned against the dressing table and stood firmly, and said behind him: "You must not touch other women, otherwise, if you touch one, I will kill the other."

Gao Shirong just walked to the door, stopped when he heard the words, and looked back: "How dare you?!"

She said: "You can try it and see if I dare." Her tone was light.

Gao Shirong shook his head and said to her word by word: "I can bear your indifference and your sharpness, but why do you want to tear up the last good impression you left on me and show me your coldness and cruelty?"

8. Condensation
Passing by the plum hall, seeing the plum trees in the courtyard, anger surged up again.Gao Shirong went back to his room and drew out his saber, turned it around, and raised his hand to draw out the shadows and blades of the sword. The flowers and leaves were scattered and broken, and fell to the ground one by one.

The Yaoyao red plum had already withered that day, and scattered branches and leaves fluttered down in panic, falling on his face, sometimes sharp, which made him feel a tingling pain.

There is no more plum blossom, and looking at the dim broken branches all over the ground, he still feels that there is a bright red hue in this courtyard, which reminds him of many things related to red: poppies under the flowing clouds, mopping the ground under the bamboo curtains Luo skirt, the dress she wore on the wedding day, her slightly drunk face when the red plums were in bloom... Finally, there are the mottled scars on Xi'er's body.

He never thought before that her gorgeous red color would be related to blood color.

Still swinging the sword and slashing furiously, until there was no flower tree left, and only when he was exhausted, did he throw the sword to the ground, leaning against the porch pillar and panting slightly.

"Clean up these broken branches." He heard a voice, with a clear feeling.At first glance, it was Roufu who was instructing the surrounding servants.

She stood here for an unknown amount of time, and when she saw him looking at her, she raised her head slightly: "Just bury Xi'er in this courtyard." She was ordering the servants, but her eyes fell on his eyes. Heart.

He walked away with a sullen face.The quick steps stirred the air, walked past her, and the ensuing wind blew away the hair from her temples, and a smile that rippled gently like ripples.

It was night, Gao Shirong ordered Caiqing, the maid who had served him in the past, to go to bed.He knew that Cai Qing was also devoted to him, but when he married Rou Fu, he decided not to take concubines for the rest of his life, and he didn't want her to follow him without a name, so he never had anything to do with her.But today he was so angry that he didn't bother to think about anything, and ordered Caiqing to stay in the room after he washed him up.

It doesn't have much to do with desire, it's just a reason for the difficult depression to dissipate.

The next day, when he returned from his trip, he first went back to his room to look for Caiqing.

not see.

Running to the front of the Meitang, I found another trace of ground breaking in the courtyard.

After standing in a daze for a while, he went out angrily, and without taking the sedan chair, he got on his horse and galloped back towards the palace.

When he saw Zhao Gou, he didn't bow down, didn't ask for peace, and directly stated his request: "I am of humble origin, dull by nature, and reckless in my actions. I am not worthy to be a spouse with the eldest princess of Fuguo. Please be merciful and remove the title of the minister's son-in-law and captain." Guanjue, choose another good son-in-law for Princess Fuguo."

Zhao Gou was quite surprised.Looking at Gao Shirong again, he was covered in dust and dust, his face was flushed, his brows were frowning, his behavior was completely out of courtesy, obviously he rushed here in a fit of anger.After thinking about it, he knew that he must have been angered by Roufu, so he smiled and persuaded him: "This son-in-law captain is not an ordinary official, so he cut it off as soon as he said it? My sister has a bit of a temper, and occasionally She can play with her temper, but the crime is not deserved, right? If she has wronged the son-in-law, the son-in-law can tell me as much as he wants, and I will punish her later."

His eyes lit up with anger, Gao Shirong stared at Zhao Gou, and after holding back for a long time, he smiled: "I dare not divorce the eldest princess, but now I beg your majesty to divorce the eldest princess."

Zhao Gou frowned and said, "What are you talking about! What did she do wrong to make you so unbearable?"

Gao Shirong said: "The eldest princess is right, it is the minister who made a mistake. The two maids in the family suffered innocently and lost their lives for no reason. It will continue to cause harm to others. I ask your majesty to drive me away from the eldest princess."

Zhao Gou asked the reason carefully, but Gao Shirong stubbornly turned his head and refused to say any more.So Zhao Gou immediately ordered that Princess Fuguo be summoned into the palace.

After Rou Fu arrived, Zhao Gou asked her to go to the Yingchi Pavilion, and then rushed there by himself. After questioning Yingpo for a long time, Rou Fu said: "I killed his two concubines."

Zhao Gou understood immediately, and said to her, "Since you don't like him, what's the point of letting him take a few concubines?"

Rou Fu looked at him sideways: "How do you know I don't like him?"

Zhao Gou couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said, "We won't fight for this."

Yingpo persuaded softly: "Eldest princess, in fact, a man with three wives and four concubines is nothing. If the eldest princess really doesn't like it, just drive those two concubines out of the princess house, or assign them to others. They didn't do anything wrong." What a big mistake, just killing them like this will hurt the heart of the son-in-law, and it will be difficult for husband and wife to get along with each other."

"What kind of mistake is a big mistake?" Rou Fu said coldly, "I can't say that I treat them badly, but they are used to robbing my man."

Hearing these words, Yingchi was quite uncomfortable, and she couldn't help turning her head to look at Zhao Gou, but seeing that Zhao Gou was also looking at her at this moment, their eyes met, and they moved away immediately.

Zhao Gou asked Yingfu Haosheng to comfort Roufu, and then ordered the two maids that Roufu brought into the palace to go to the side hall with him, and then asked them: "I think the high concubine is always gentle and kind, and he is not frivolous and lustful. Uncharacteristically, taking two concubines in succession?"

The maids all bowed their heads deeply, presuming that they didn't know.

Zhao Gou asked again: "But the eldest princess is arrogant and rude, and she fell in love with her son-in-law?"

A maid thought for a long time before answering: "The son-in-law has always loved the eldest princess deeply, and he doesn't mind if the eldest princess is not very friendly to him. It is the eldest princess who doesn't like the son-in-law. Since they descended, they have always lived in separate rooms... "

"What?" Zhao Gou stared at her, "What did you just say?"

The maid repeated it: "Since the eldest princess has descended, she has been living in a separate room with the son-in-law."

A smile was hidden in his heart, but there was still a faint expression on his face, Zhao Gou nodded and said: "I understand, you go back."

Returning to the hall where Gao Shirong was, Zhao Gou said to him: "I know the details. It is true that Yuan Yuan was wrong in this matter. I will order her to think about her mistakes, and she will not be allowed to make the same mistake again in the future, otherwise, I will punish him severely. As long as you are more considerate to each other, how can you not get along with each other? In the future, no matter whether you divorce your wife or your husband, you can't mention it again."

Gao Shirong waved his head and cupped his hands to argue again: "Your Majesty..."

Zhao Gou's face sank: "If a man has the courage to ask me for what he wants, he must have the same courage to bear all the consequences thereafter."

Gao Shirong was taken aback for a moment, and finally gave up, sneering: "Your Majesty's good words will be remembered."

Zhao Gou's expression turned pale, and he persuaded him again: "It's not too much for a son-in-law to take a concubine. The eldest princess killed your maid and concubine by mistake, and I will compensate you. Don't hurt the eldest princess because of one or two women." Be kind." Then he looked around at the personal maids on both sides, and named the most beautiful one among them: "Ning Guang, you go back with the high consort, and you must serve the concubine wholeheartedly in the future."

The maid named Ning Guang was shocked when she heard the words, she immediately stood up and knelt down and wept: "Officials, I have been in the palace for a long time, and it is really hard to let go if I want to leave the palace. Besides, the servants are clumsy and clumsy, I am afraid they will disappoint the officials. It's not good to serve as a consort. Please allow the servants to stay in the palace!"

Gao Shirong saw that she was clearly unwilling to enter the princess's house as a concubine, and he had no such intention, so he also declined.But Zhao Gou waved his hand and said, "I can't take back what I said." He ordered Ningguang to go back to the room to pack up and leave the palace with the son-in-law.

Ning Guang knew that Zhao Gou had made up his mind and that the matter was irreversible, so he got up helplessly, and slowly left the hall while wiping away tears.

9. Night song
After dinner, Zhao Gou ordered Ningguang to ride back with Gao Shirong and Roufu.Ning Guang was holding a small luggage, her brows were deeply furrowed, and she looked extremely miserable.Seeing this, Zhao Gou said to her: "I know you don't want to part with the sisters in the palace. It's okay. You can come with her when Princess Fuguo enters the palace in the future." Go back to the palace and bring her with you."

Rou Fu looked at him, and then his eyes wandered to Ning Guang's face, with a half-smile, noncommittal.

Ning Guang shuddered, lowered his head, bit his trembling lower lip lightly, and took a step or two back.

After they left, Zhao Gou summoned Zong Zhengguan, who was in charge of court and clan affairs, and ordered him to check the situation in the homes of the two maids killed by Rou Fu.After a while, Zong Zhengguan came back and reported: "The two maids are Zhang Xi'er and Chen Caiqing. Zhang Xi'er is from Kaifeng. She was originally the maid who served Princess Fuguo. Her parents died early. Before entering the palace, her aunt During the Jingkang Incident, she escaped from the palace, but was separated from her aunt, and later went to Lin'an to become a kabuki. The high concubine redeemed her after meeting her, and brought her into the princess's house so that she could serve the eldest princess of Fuguo again. Chen Caiqing It’s from Lin’an, it was bought in Lin’an before the concubine, Princess Shang, his father fishes for a living, his family is poor, he has two brothers and three younger sisters.”

Zhao Gou asked: "So, Zhang Xi'er has no relatives or reasons in Lin'an now?"

Zong Zheng said yes.Zhao Gou then ordered: "Give a thousand coins to Chen Caiqing's father, and say that she died of a sudden illness. In addition, notify the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the guards of the palaces and the stewards of the princess's house, and prohibit all the maids from talking about the death of the eldest princess with a staff." Those who violate the matter of the two maids will be severely punished."

Then he went back to Yingchi Pavilion, Zhang Jieyu was there, sitting and chatting happily with Yingchi.Seeing Zhao Gou coming in, the second concubine immediately stood up and greeted her.Zhao Gou personally stretched out his hand to make them flattened, then looked them around, smiled and said: "The clothes on the two concubines seem to be dark, and each go to get ten bolts of silk in a while."

Zhang Jieyu was surprised when she heard the words: "The concubine is wearing new clothes today...why does the color look old?"

And the baby on the side has already bowed down again: "Thank you for the reward from the official family. The official family is so kind, and the concubines and sisters are extremely grateful."

Zhang Jieyu immediately came back to her senses, and hurriedly bowed down to thank her.

Zhao Gou smiled, sat down in the hall, and ordered people to summon musicians from the teaching workshop to play music and sing.The musician asked Zhao Gou what he wanted to listen to, and Zhao Gou replied casually, "Play "Fisherman's Ci"."

When the music sounded, Zhao Gou listened to it contentedly, and sang along with the melody from time to time: "Break the waves lightly, face the wind gently. Sleeping in the middle of the awning window..."

Seeing his joy beyond words, Zhang Jieyu asked softly with a smile: "The official family seems to be in a good mood today, but what happy event happened?"

Before Zhao Gou could answer, Ying Chi said first, "I think we have received another good news about suppressing the bandits. Now that the world is becoming more prosperous and the people are peaceful, how can the officials not like it?"

Zhao Gou smiled and didn't answer, but turned to Zhang Jieyu and asked, "What is Yuan doing now?"

Zhang Jieyu said: "Read "The Analects of Confucius" in the Chenqie Pavilion."

Zhao Gou nodded and said: "This kid is really smart and eager to learn...not only is he outstanding in writing, he is also quite talented in riding and shooting. I taught him archery yesterday. He is young, but he can already shoot through Yang."

Zhang Jieyu's eyes showed joy, and said: "It's the officials who teach well."

Zhao Gou thought about it, and said to her: "When the child grows up, the expenses will also increase. Is your current monthly salary enough? I will order someone to increase it for you tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jieyu immediately stood up and thanked her.

After that, Zhang Jieyu chatted with Zhao Gou and Yingchi for a while before leaving and returning to the palace.Yingpo personally went out to see each other off, holding the door for a long time and looking at Zhang Jieyu's disappearing figure, she sighed softly.

Zhao Gou then asked her, "Why are you sighing? Is there anything unsatisfactory?"

Yingfu looked back sadly, went back and sat down beside Zhao Gou, and said with a forced smile, "It's nothing. Sister Zhang has a son and everything is fine. Since she got Yuan, she is full of energy and smiles all day long, and she looks much younger. Compared with it, the concubines feel haggard and gloomy, so they sigh."

"Raising a child is actually very troublesome." Zhao Gou said calmly, "It takes a lot of effort, and it is also a very tiring thing."

Yingfu nodded: "What the officials said is true. The concubine is just getting older, and living alone in the deep palace often feels lonely and helpless, so I envy Sister Zhang very much. She has a child by her side, so she can talk from time to time to relieve boredom. Even though raising children is very hard , but it’s also exhausting, and if you have something to do, you won’t feel like a long day…”

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you really want a child?"

"That's natural." Yingchi replied, then smiled and shook her head, "But it's just thinking about it. It's a pity that concubines are not blessed, and Yuan refused to choose concubines as mothers that day..."

"It doesn't matter," Zhao Gou smiled slightly, "I can order another person to choose the son of the clan to enter the palace and give it to you to raise."

Yingchi was overjoyed, and solemnly bowed down and kowtowed to thank Zhao Gou for his kindness.Zhao Gou took her up by the hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

After Ningguang returned home with Gao Shirong, Gao Shirong ordered her to be his personal maid, taking care of what Caiqing had done before.Rou Fu looked at it coldly, didn't say anything, only stared at the light intentionally or unintentionally.Ning Guang never dared to raise his head in front of her, always lowered his eyebrows and nodded deeply, and tried not to let himself appear in Rou Fu's sight unless necessary.

Two days passed so uneventfully, during which Gao Shirong didn't let Ningguang go to bed.On the night of the third day, after serving Gao Shirong to wash and change clothes as before, Ning Guang hurriedly retreated to the door and asked softly, "Does the son-in-law need a slave for anything else?"

Gao Shirong sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "It's nothing, you can go and rest."

Ning Guang seemed to be pardoned, and immediately turned around to go out.Unexpectedly, at this time Gao Shirong found that there seemed to be a little dirt on the pillow, and wanted her to change it, so he stopped her: "Wait a minute."

Ning Guang turned her head slowly, and asked in a trembling voice trembling with fear: "My son-in-law?..."

Seeing her frightened like that, Gao Shirong couldn't help laughing, and deliberately didn't tell the reason for her to stay, just said: "Come here."

Seeing that he was only wearing underwear at this moment, sitting on the edge of the bed and staring at her with a slight smile, Ning Guang couldn't help crying secretly, tightening the corners of his clothes and hesitating for a while but couldn't pass.

Gao Shirong urged again impatiently, Ningguang finally couldn't bear it anymore, knelt down on the ground, two tears fell in response: "My son-in-law, please spare this servant...the eldest princess will not let this servant..."

At the mention of Rou Fu Gao Shirong's anger spread again, Zhi Ningguang was afraid of Rou Fu's revenge and was worried that she would let her sleep with her, and then she became angry and provocative again, and her voice became cold: "Come here!"

With tears streaming down his face, he desperately bowed his head and knelt on the spot, refusing to move.Gao Shirong didn't talk to her any more, he just walked over and pulled her up and dragged her to the bed.Ningguang burst into tears immediately, and kept begging: "My son-in-law, don't... please spare this servant..."

Gao Shirong ignored her and continued to drag her with a dark face.Ning Guang struggled in vain, and seeing that he was about to be dragged into bed, she suddenly screamed: "Help! Help the eldest princess! Come and save the servant girl, the eldest princess..."

10. White dew
Gao Shirong didn't expect that she would ask Yu Roufu for help, he was taken aback when he heard the sound, and then let go of his hand.Ningguang immediately got up quickly, rushed to the door and opened it, and ran towards Roufu's residence with her skirt in hand, shouting in panic all the way: "Princess! Princess!  … ..."

Then Gao Shirong didn't think too much, subconsciously went out to chase her.Seeing that he was chasing after him, Ning Guang was even more terrified, screaming and speeding up her pace.Finally ran outside the Roufu gate, immediately stretched out his hands to knock on the door desperately, crying: "The eldest princess, open the door, save the slaves..."

The door is still closed, but Gao Shirong has already chased after him in an instant.Ning Guang shivered and turned around and slid down, slid back as far as she could, shaking her head and beggingly looking at Gao Shirong, with tears in her eyes: "My son-in-law, please spare me..."

Gao Shirong stretched out his hand and was about to pull her up when the door behind Ningguang suddenly opened. Ningguang fell back first, but a look of joy flashed across his face, turned over, stood up and ran to Roufu who was sitting upright in the hall, knelt down Kowtow: "Princess..."

Rou Fu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Gao Shirong, and said leisurely: "Why doesn't the son-in-law come in and sit down?"

Gao Shirong walked in silently, glanced at Ning Guang coldly, and said nothing.

"Ningguang," Rou Fu gently shook a plain silk fan, and asked her, "Why did you make your son-in-law angry, and you were chased and beaten by him in the middle of the night?"

Ningguang shook his head hesitantly, hanging his head and not daring to speak.

Roufu looked at Gao Shirong indifferently, and then said to Ningguang: "Ningguang, you must not have been dedicated to serving the son-in-law. You didn't even prepare your clothes well, so he ran out without a coat. It's late. Urgent, what if you catch a cold?"

After she said it, several maids at the side also noticed that Gao Shirong was only wearing close-fitting single clothes. Seeing this scene, they knew what was going on.

Ning Guang heard the words and knelt close to Rou Fu, pulled her skirt and begged: "Yes, the servant is clumsy and careless, and is unable to serve the son-in-law well. Please the eldest princess transfer the servant to serve the eldest princess, as long as she can work beside the eldest princess , slaves are willing to do any rough and heavy work!"

"How can I do that?" Rou Fu still waved his fan in an orderly manner, "You are the one specially given to the son-in-law by the government, I can't be the master of this."

Ningguang cried and continued to beg, Rou Fu said to her again: "Then you ask the son-in-law to see if he agrees to your request."

Ningguang hesitated a little, but finally knelt down and turned to face Gao Shirong, kowtowed, Gao Shirong waved his hand to stop him as soon as he opened his mouth: "Needless to say, you will stay with the eldest princess from now on."

Ning Guang thanked her repeatedly in surprise.Rou Fuxing closed his eyes slightly, covered his mouth with a fan and yawned lightly, and said: "Okay, I'm going to rest, you all go out."

"Princess," Gao Shirong stepped forward, "I want to tell you something."

Rou Fu turned his head and asked, "What? Tell me."

Gao Shirong glanced coldly at the maids in the hall, and ordered: "You all step down."

The maids didn't dare to move for a while, they all raised their eyes to see Roufu.The glint in Rou Fu's eyes brushed against the gloomy Gao Shirong indifferently, and for a moment, he said to the maids, "Back off."

The maid exited the hall and gently closed the door.Rou Fu turned sideways to the table in a leisurely manner, put down the round fan, held his chest in one hand, and held a thin silver hairpin in the other, leisurely fiddled with the candles on the red candle, and said: "You see, I didn't do anything, it's her I do not serve you."

"If possible, I hope I can hate you less." Up to now, Gao Shirong still feels pain when he utters the word "hate".

The flame of the candle wick flickered under her provocation.She looked peaceful, only the two clusters of sparks dancing in her eyes.Under the candlelight that swayed like water, her face was soft and beautiful, better than what she saw during the day.

"Your love or hate is not important to me." She lightly parted her lips, "I only want what you promised."

"My promise is only to my wife."

She slightly raised her head and looked down at him: "You married the eldest princess, not an ordinary wife. Wouldn't it be better to treat the engagement as a transaction? It's a pity that you still don't understand."

He suddenly went over to pull her up, wrapped his arms around her waist tightly, and stared at her eyes: "I have always wanted to tell you that I hate your light eyes and superior attitude. Is there any way, Can crush your hateful pride?"

"Let go of your dirty hands." Rou Fu said coldly, "Get out."

Gao Shirong shook his head slowly and said, "I have always wanted to tell you that I am your husband, not your domestic slave. If you often forget, maybe I should remind you."

"What do you want?" Roufu asked.

He didn't answer, he picked her up with his arms concisely, walked into the bedroom regardless of her struggle, let go, and threw her on the bed.

"You're courting death!" Rou Fu sat up on the bed, stared at him and bit his lips.

"Are you going to enter the palace tomorrow to cry to your ninth brother?" He approached her and whispered in her ear, "There is one more thing I want to tell you: I am the one who has the right to be close to you, please Don't call you Ninth Brother at an inappropriate time."

He started to tear her clothes, she resisted violently sullenly, but was helpless, and was soon pushed down by him on the bed, her hair was in a mess, her clothes were disheveled, and her snowy skin appeared.

He leaned over to kiss her lips, but she resolutely turned her head to avoid it, a loathsome and resentful light flashed in her eyes.

"Dirty!" He heard her gnash her teeth, and then saw her breasts protruding, and a mouthful of clear water spurted out of her mouth.

This sudden change made him let go in a daze, Rou Fu turned around and leaned on the edge of the bed to vomit.He knelt beside her, momentarily at a loss.

After a long time, Roufu finally stopped.Wiping the corner of his lips with his sleeve, he looked at him and smiled coldly: "This is what you want? What's the difference with the gold thief? Well, I won't resist anymore, but I despise you, Gao Shirong."

After saying that, she lay down, closed her eyes, and her expression was as peaceful as before.Pure stillness, no trace of ups and downs, no anger, no sadness.

After dazed for a long time, Gao Shirong got up sadly, pulled the quilt to cover her body, stood beside the bed and said, "If time goes back, I would not choose to meet you."

Both mind and body were exhausted, but he insisted on waiting, hoping to wait for her to reply with a word.But she finally did not, Gao Shirong felt disappointed, and then remembered that she would never give him hope after marriage.Laughing at his own ignorance, he walked back to his room slowly.

The next day Gao Shirong went to Zhao Gou and asked him to transfer him to Yongzhou.Zhao Gou refused at first, but Gao Shirong repeatedly asked, but Zhao Gou's persuasion was invalid, and finally approved.

On the day of departure, Gao Shirong woke up early on purpose so as not to face the question of whether to say goodbye to Roufu.But when he was packing up and preparing to go out and get on his horse, he still couldn't help looking back at Rou Fu's residence.What surprised him was that he actually saw Rou Fu lightly moving lotus steps, walking slowly out of the door, walking to the porch pillar, and looking towards him.

She hadn't washed properly yet, she was only wearing a white raw silk dress, her hair was long and draped behind her head, and she was about to give up.The few strands of hair hanging down her cheeks and her eyelashes were dyed the color of the first glow, a reddish light gold.Seemingly unaccustomed to the sudden light, under his gaze, she half-closed her eyes, and leaned her head lazily against the pillar, her eyes floating.

However, after brushing away the cover of the sun, he knew that her complexion was still pale as always, and with the white clothes on her body, and her always indifferent expression, she felt as pure and cold as the white dew in autumn.

Looking back with difficulty, he quickly got on his horse and set off.Swinging the whip to drive the horse, the horse raised its hooves vigorously and ran briskly.

Every gallop of the famous horse beneath him would create a distance of more than ten feet between him and her.he thought silently.He suddenly realized that every time he saw her, he would unconsciously measure the distance between him and her in his heart. Sometimes he thought he was very close to her, as if he could touch her, but it would break apart as soon as he touched her, like a woman in water. phantom.

The reeds are green, and the white dew is frost. The so-called Iraqi people are on the water side.Go back and follow it, the road is long and obstructive, go back and follow it, and you will be in the middle of the water.

Getting farther and farther away from her, and finally disappearing.Gao Shirong reined in his horse and stopped, looked up at the sky, a mournful howl resounded through the sky, and two lines of tears meandered into his heart.

(End of this chapter)