Chapter 14 Looking into the distance and expressing lovesickness
Chapter 14 Looking into the distance and expressing lovesickness
King Wuyou discussed with the King of Yue for two days in the State of Yue, and communicated with the ministers for two days before bidding farewell to the King of Yue and returning to Lucheng of the State of Qi via the State of Wu.
At this time, Lucheng was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights everywhere, and the people were preparing to celebrate the New Year.
King Wuyou first went to the palace to meet with King Qi, and told King Qin in detail about the war situation in Qin. He also reported back to King Qi what he had learned along the way from Shu. King Qi specifically asked about King Shun's situation, and he got
King Zhishun was still weak, and the remaining poison in his body had entered his organs, so he could only rest. King Qi said to King Wuyou: "Si'er, what do you think of Qi Lu taking control of Shu? I'm thinking about whether I should take you in."
Shun Wang Shu returns home. The humidity and heat in Shu will be harmful to his injury rather than helpful."
King Wuyou thought for a while and said to King Qi: "Your Majesty, Qi Lu has already taken full control of the military power in Shu, and with Li Guogong's dedicated assistance, the King of Shu has no power to make trouble again. There is nothing wrong with accepting Uncle Wang back, but I don't know how to do it."
Uncle Wang, can you rest assured?"
King Qi smiled and said to King Wuyou: "Si'er, your father and I, as well as your uncle King Shun, are all old. It's time for you young people to take on important responsibilities. In the future, you will achieve great success for thousands of years.
I still have to rely on you. You and Qi Lu will assist the prince with all your heart, so that he can become a wise king, make the world peaceful, make the people rich and the country strong, make all nations come to the court, and restore the majesty of China."
Having said this, King Qi looked at King Wuyou, his eyes full of kindness, and said with a smile: "Your father, King Shun, and my brothers and I were born in the army, became generals, and established the country of Qi. Now we
Two generations will have to complete China's great cause. We old brothers have been fighting here and there for two or thirty years. Now it's up to you three brothers to inherit our legacy. You must also work together as brothers.
Never stray from your heart and virtue.”
King Wuyou nodded and said to King Qi: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that Qi Luding and I will do our best to assist the prince. We are brothers and we will never have two hearts!"
When King Wuyou came back from the palace, he went to Prince Ping's Mansion to meet Prince Ping and his wife.
King Ping had returned from the enemy, and the Qi army in front was led by his subordinates. King Ping didn't say anything when he saw King Wuyou, but when Princess Ping saw King Wuyou, she actually had tears in her eyes and pulled King Wuyou away.
With his hand, he looked left and right, stretched out his hand to pinch King Wuyou's clothes, and muttered again: "Si'er, you have been away for more than half a year. You have been through life and death, and you have lost weight. You and your father are quite different.
I'm back, but my obedient daughter-in-law is still suffering in the mountains. In this cold day, I used to ask her to come to my place and keep the stove with me. Now she is alone in the nunnery,
Who can keep her warm? She hasn’t been away from me for so long since she was a child, and I don’t know how thin she has become these days!”
When his mother said this, King Wuyou also sighed, and then he comforted Princess Ping. He forced himself to smile and said: "Mom, you don't have to worry. I went to see Ying'er from a distance that day, and she is better now.
She was a lot stronger and had a calmer temperament. Even Uncle Qu and Aunt Shen said that Ying'er now looks very much like the Bodhisattva. I guess after some time, when Ying'er comes back, her mother will think that it is the Bodhisattva who has come.
Our home.”
Princess Ping became more energetic after hearing what King Wuyou said, and asked hurriedly: "I heard about it from your Aunt Shen in a message. Please tell me carefully and carefully, tell me where my daughter-in-law is now.
What a look!"
King Wuyou told Princess Ping about what he had been watching on the mountain that day. Princess Ping listened and nodded her head. After hearing this, she said: "Okay, okay, I will go to Wutai Mountain in the coming spring.
I want to see my daughter-in-law with my own eyes, my Bodhisattva-like daughter-in-law!"
King Wuyou accompanied Princess Ping to talk to him for a while, and then returned to his mansion. The last time he returned to his mansion was in the summer, and now it is the twelfth lunar month of winter.
Everything in the mansion remained the same, the servants, the housekeepers, the wives and the maids all saluted to King Wuyou, and they all looked behind King Wuyou. Everyone was used to seeing King Wuyou and Ying'er as a couple, and they felt cold and uncertain.
It was inevitable to be surprised to see King Wuyou return home alone.
King Wuyou didn't say anything. He only called the housekeeper and told him that it was the end of the year. Those who wanted to go home could let everyone go home. Everyone should pay the full amount of monthly silver and give him one more month's savings.
It was said that the young princess was considerate of everyone and gave the extra money. The maids who stayed in the house also prepared more things for the festival. The food and clothing were twice as much as in previous years. After hearing this, the old housekeeper agreed with a smile.
Then, seeing that King Wuyou had no other instructions, he went to the accounting room to make arrangements.
King Wuyou returned to his room. The maid had already known that the prince was coming back, so she lit the heater in the room. The room did not feel cold. King Wuyou raised his head and looked around, and saw a pot on the table in the room.
I guess the narcissus was sent by the gardener Uncle Zhao. Ying'er likes all kinds of flowers, and she is willing to decorate them in the house as long as they are flowers with little fragrance. Some narcissus have already bloomed, with white and tender petals.
, with bright yellow stamens, looked like a charming and smiling face. King Ashoka also looked at the flower and smiled knowingly.
At this time, in Tanqing Temple at the foot of Wutai Mountain, Ying'er was also looking at the snowy scene in front of her in a trance. Behind her, Minghui held a fox fur cloak and watched Ying'er standing in the snow, looking to the south.
It just snowed here in Mount Wutai. Jingxian led the nuns to clear the snow in the courtyard. Ying'er and Qingwu left the nunnery and cleaned the snow outside the nunnery and on the way up the mountain. Ming Ming and Xu Nuo
Taking a broom, together with Qingwu and several other young nuns, they swept and made trouble all the way, and had already reached the middle of the mountain.
Ying'er was behind sweeping the snow that Qingwu and the others couldn't sweep. Minghui didn't sweep the snow, so she followed behind with her cloak. Minghui was worried that Ying'er would get hot from sweeping the snow. If she sweated, she would be affected by the mountain wind.
It blew. Ying'er swept it and stood down in the open space on the mountainside. She walked gently to the foot of a tree and looked at the distant Qi State.
In fact, Ying'er's heart has never forgotten her thoughts about Brother Si. She gets up early in the morning and goes to bed late every day, practicing Buddhism hard, doing morning lessons, practicing martial arts, and copying Buddhist classics, just to let her miss her.
Don't let it grow too fast. Ying'er knows that once her thoughts about King Wuyou overwhelm her mind, she will no longer be able to practice. She will go to Brother Si regardless of the situation, as long as she stays close to him
Hugging her brother Si, the longing for these days turned into tears and fell on brother Si's shoulders. Therefore, Ying'er did not dare to let herself think of King Wuyou. She had already copied almost all the classics in the nunnery.
, also recited almost all the scriptures.
It's just that the snow at this time, and the pure white behind the snow, reminded Ying'er of the days when she watched the snow with King Wuyou. If Brother Si was around at this time, he would definitely play with her in the snow and make snowmen.
Throw snowballs, or go to the lake to cut through the ice and catch those almost frozen fish. Anyway, as long as you are by Brother Si's side, no matter what you do, it is good and makes you happy; as long as you are with Brother Si
Yinger can no longer care about everything around her.
Minghui saw Ying'er standing there, seemingly in a daze. Sometimes she smiled, and sometimes she shed tears. Minghui didn't dare to disturb Ying'er's thoughts, so she just walked over gently and put her cloak on Ying'er's body.
I don’t know how long it took, but the noises of Ming Ming Ming, Xu Nuo and Qing Wu were heard again on the mountain road. A group of girls, who were noisy, had already finished sweeping the snow on the mountain road and came back from the bottom of the mountain.
Ying'er also heard it, woke up from her lost thoughts, looked at the cloak on her body, turned around and smiled at Minghui, then moved a bit, took off her cloak and handed it to Minghui, saying: "Thank you, Minghui, I don't think so. Too cold!"
Xu Nuo had already run up at this time, holding something in his hand, and came to Ying'er. Behind him, Meili shouted: "I have some too, I don't want hers!"
It turned out that when Meili and the others went down to the foot of the mountain, they went to Old Man Qu's house. Old Man Qu was roasting chestnuts and dough with a few children at home. When she saw Meili and the others, Aunt Shen quickly wrapped some roasted chestnuts in cotton cloth and asked Meili to take them with her. Go up the mountain and let Ying'er eat. She didn't want Xu Nuo to grab it and run away. Seeing that Xu Nuo actually took the credit from her, Mei Mei didn't care whether it was hot or not, so she carried some with her sleeves and caught up. Qing Wu and the others looked amused, They were all caught and chased out. A group of girls came over making noise.
When Xu Nuo came to Ying'er, she opened the cotton bag like a treasure, and the sweet fragrance of chestnuts came out. Ying'er suddenly became happy, reached out and took one, but it was still a little hot, so she quickly threw it back and Her fingers pinched her ears. Meiliang also ran over, panting, smiling, and then took out a few pills from her sleeves, muttering in her mouth: "It's all your fault, I obviously took a lot of money, and I gave you all the trouble along the way. It fell off, and these are the only ones left."
Minghui took it, peeled off one and handed it to Ying'er. Ying'er took it with a smile, put it in her mouth, nodded and said, "Yes, it's very sweet. Let's take it back to Master Tai and the others to eat together!"
A group of people walked up the mountain chattering.
King Wuyou walked around the mansion and saw that everything was ready, so he spoke to the housekeeper and returned to Prince Ping's mansion. Princess Ping had already ordered the following to prepare wine and food, and the whole family gathered around the brazier. King Wuyou took the boiled wine and drank slowly with King Ping. Princess Ping looked at the dishes on the table and thought of Yinger again. She talked about it for a while, and King Wuyou even laughed with her and persuaded her mother not to worry about her. Ying'er, with Minghui and the others taking care of her, Ying'er will not be wronged.
The three members of the family were just talking, drinking wine, and eating vegetables. It was late at night before they knew it, and the vegetables were warmed twice. King Ping drank a few glasses of wine and stopped drinking. He only looked at King Wuyou himself. Drinking one cup after another. Princess Ping wanted to dissuade her, but Prince Ping smiled and signaled Princess Ping not to worry about it. Prince Wuyou drank until he was drunk, was helped to the bed, and fell asleep soundly.
A person who cares about his distant lover can only forget about his care by getting drunk; a person who fights all day long can only relax by being around his parents. King Wuyou didn't know that he was drunk How much wine I drank and how long I slept, all I knew was that when I woke up the next day, it was already sunset.
Ying'er, who was far away in Tanqing'an, stayed up all night. She lay on the bed and whispered to Minghui all night. Minghui naturally knew that Ying'er had been longing for King Wuyou in the past few months. After so long, Ying'er Er just relies on constant practice to distract her heart from the longing for King Wuyou. If she is not allowed to talk about it, this woman who has always been pampered may no longer be able to stay in this nunnery. She will grow wings and fly back to her own. My lover is by my side.