The beginning of April is the season when crabapples first bloom, and the climate in Tangli is rather cold. At this time, the pear blossoms in the courtyard behind the hall are in full bloom. WWW.tsxsw.COM Because the wound on my cheek has not healed yet, it is not suitable to move around, and I am nearly two months pregnant.
My body became more and more lazy, and I rested on the couch all day long, sitting or sleeping to pass the long hours. Xuan Ling came to keep me company from time to time, just to tell some interesting things to make me laugh. Because of the imperial doctor's advice, it did not concern me.
I stayed overnight in the palace. Various toys of gold, jade, silk and silk were constantly brought to me in the palace. Little Yunzi often joked: "If the emperor's things are rewarded again, let alone our servants who are too soft to move them, even the palace can't put them down."
." So I picked out a few items that I particularly liked and kept them for viewing, and gave the rewards to the queen and concubines according to their positions. The rest were specially opened in the Yinluxuan as a temporary storage place.
That day, the weather was sunny and bright. I had freshly washed my hair and it was still wet. I pulled it into a loose bun and used only a pair of crystal swallow hairpins about an inch long. I gently wiped the scar with the Shuhen glue given by Ling Rong, and it was as usual.
The face is covered with a light shark gauze. The gauze is light, dense, soft and can block wind and dust without hindering clear vision. It is perfect for use as a veil.
I ordered the imperial concubine's couch to be moved under the pear tree at the back of the hall, and I sat down to embroider a bellyband for a baby. I used red pomegranate red thread on an apricot yellow background to create a pattern of a hundred seeds in bloom.
The mother's joy and the affection of the child in her belly. After a few stitches, a happy and reassuring smile appeared at the corner of her mouth unconsciously...
When I was tired of embroidering, I looked up and saw pear blossoms blooming like soft white and light clouds. The snow-white flowers with different shades reflected the gorgeous red skirt on my body. The red and white were bright. The wind blew occasionally, and the crystal petals fell lightly on the clothes.
Like pure frost and snow covering the body, even the state of mind is clean and peaceful.
With this little unformed child in my belly, my heart feels happy and soft, and I even choose bright colors for my clothes. I used to like light and elegant colors, but now I like pure red, such unabashed happiness.
The long silk sleeves of soft texture flowed from the imperial concubine's bed to the ground, like a mist dyed red by the rays of the sun.
Wine can relieve worries, but at this moment, it only adds to my enjoyment. I called Jin Xi, “Go get the wine——”
Jin Xi brought the "Pear Blossom White" and said with a smile: "I know that the empress is addicted to alcohol. She had an injury on her hand and was forbidden to drink alcohol a few days ago. Now that she's fine, she might as well take it easy - this is stuffed with the pear blossoms she picked last year.
, buried in a blue and white urn until the day before yesterday for exactly one year, please give it a try."
Drinking "Pear Blossom White" in front of the pear blossoms everywhere, it was so suitable for the occasion, I raised my glass and drank it all.
Jinxi left with a smile on her face, leaving me alone to pour and drink, enjoying myself alone.
The palace was silent, and the flowers bloomed and fell silently. It was a rare tranquility in a floating life. After a few drinks, I drank more urgently, and the alcohol slowly came to my body. I turned around lazily, closed my eyes and rested.
There were light footsteps approaching me, and they were the footsteps of a man. I knew it was him without even thinking about it. Apart from him, which other man in the harem could walk straight into my palace. I deliberately didn't get up to greet him, and still fell asleep, hoping to see how he was doing.
He silently said hello to Jin Xi, waved her back, and sat beside me alone. A gentle breeze blew down the pear blossoms like rain. In a trance, there were pear blossoms falling between the eyebrows. I heard him say "eh" softly.
I made a sound, and the warm breath came down on my face, and my lips and teeth touched the center of my eyebrows, and the petals fell silently as I kissed them softly.
He lifted the veil covering my cheeks, kissed me from the center of my eyebrows down to my lips, and swallowed the petals into my mouth. After chewing the pear blossoms, my mouth was full of pleasant sweet fragrance. He lowered his head and kissed my exposed shoulders and collarbones,
Through the coolness of the petals, the stubble stung my face itchy. I couldn't help it any longer, opened my eyes and chuckled softly: "Shiro loves to bully others——"
Xuan Ling's eyes were full of smiles, he scratched my nose and said: "I knew you were pretending to be asleep, but you couldn't even pretend to be asleep. Your eyelashes are trembling all the time."
I said coquettishly: "You know I am an honest person, but Shiro only bullies honest people."
He looked carefully at the scars on my face and smiled: "It seems to have faded a bit."
I hurriedly covered it with my hands, turned around and said angrily: "Now we have become Wu Yan, Dong Shi and others, Shiro, don't look at it."
Xuan Ling said with a smile: "Have you used the ointment I gave you? It will be as good as before in a few days. Huan Huan has a peerless beauty, I wonder if there is anyone in this world who can compare with her?"
I felt naughty in my heart and said with a smile: "Huan Huan has a sister named Yurao. She is a national beauty and is definitely not inferior to her concubines."
“Oh?”
I pretended to be anxious: "That's not allowed. When Shiro sees his sister's beauty, he will definitely take her as his concubine! Then he will no longer have any love in his heart."
When he saw that I was anxious, the playful look on his face became even stronger: "To make you so jealous, you must be a peerless beauty. It seems that I really want to take a new concubine. Well, what do you think would be good for your sister? Jie
Yu? Noble concubine? Let’s make her a concubine immediately?”
I couldn't help it. I laughed so hard that I finally stopped laughing and said, "Huan Huan's sister is seven years old this year. I hope Your Majesty will also accept her."
Xuan Ling pretended to have a sudden realization, hugged me on his lap, bit my earlobe and said, "You narrow-minded little thing!"
I smiled and curled up in a ball to hide from him: "Don't make trouble, the imperial doctor said that you must keep it under control and not move around at will."
He laid me across the imperial concubine's couch, leaned down and put his face against my belly, showing an air of listening attentively. In such a homely and warm scene, he just seemed like a husband who loves and cares for his wife and children. I couldn't help but caress him.
A piece of neck outside the clothes. The flowers are blooming quietly. I think that this is what it looks like when the years are quiet.
A brisk smile appeared at the corner of my mouth, and I said softly: "Where can I hear anything now?"
He suddenly stood up, picked me up and spun me around several times, making me dizzy. He laughed loudly: "Huan Huan, Huan Huan! You have our child, do you know how happy I am!"
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I giggled, and the laughter shook the flowers, which were flying like snow, and filled with fragrance. I held his neck tightly: "Okay, I'm very happy too."
He casually picked up the pear blossom petals that had fallen on the pillow, placed them between my eyebrows and said, "The pear blossoms are as white as snow, and when they fall between my eyebrows, they seem colorless, which shows that Huan Huan's skin is as radiant as snow."
I smiled and leaned on his chest, grabbed a handful of pear blossoms and held them in my hand. Sure enough, they were as light as nothing, so I smiled and said: "Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty, was lying in the Hanzhang Hall during the day. The red plum blossoms were in full bloom in the courtyard.
, one of them fell down and clung to the center of her eyebrows. Its five petals stretched out and lay flat, and the shape was so beautiful that the palace people could not wipe it off. It was washed away with water after three days. After seeing this, all the women in the palace felt beautiful, so
They all followed suit and made plum blossom-shaped decorations on their foreheads, which was called 'plum blossom makeup'. It's just that the color of pear blossoms is too light to be used as makeup, which is really a pity."
Xuan Ling said: "It's actually not difficult to make up." As he said this, he took my hand into the back hall, sat in front of the bronze flower mirror, placed a complete pear blossom between his eyebrows, took a brush and dipped it in rich red rouge to outline the shape.
Then he took silver powder and decorated it into flower stamens, and said with a smile: "What do you think, Huan Huan?"
I looked in the mirror and saw that the colors were indeed delicious and graceful. It was better than the harshness of the flower blossoms, and instead added a soft and charming posture. Then I smiled and said: "It's good, but the pear blossoms are white and outlined with rouge, but they don't seem to be real."
Already."
He looked at it for a moment and said: "Then I have no choice but to do this. But if it is really white and it cannot be made into makeup, it is difficult to have both."
I smiled: "It's hard to have both in this world, but it's rare to have the best of both worlds."
Xuan Ling also said: "Since it's good to be beautiful, makeup is meant to imitate rather than seek truth. How about calling this makeup 'Jiaoli makeup'?"
I looked at it with color and smiled happily: "Shiro painted it and Shiro named it. It's very elegant."
He was also happy and contented, and said: "Then I will order you to read a poem with pear blossoms to cheer up."
In the afternoon, the palace door was closed, and I stared at the pear blossoms outside the window. Before I could think too much, I muttered a sentence: "Spring is late in the lonely empty garden, and the pear blossoms are all over the ground and the door is closed." 1
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I was immediately shocked and unavoidably uncomfortable. I secretly regretted my mistake. How could I talk about such self-pitying poems in front of the king, let alone the condition of the concubine who fell out of favor? It was really ominous to think about it so suddenly.
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However, Xuan Ling did not feel it and just said: "It is the season of spring, the palace doors are closed, and the pear blossoms are in full bloom. I am just sitting with you. How can you say you are lonely? Although it is suitable for the occasion but not at the right time, it should be
"I'll punish you." He turned around and saw an unfinished pot of "Pear Blossom White" on the table in front of the window, so he took it out and said, "I punish you by drinking one drink."
I took it casually, took a sip with a smile, looked into his eyes and said, "Yi Yan drinks..."
He immediately responded: "Let's grow old together." As he said this, he reached out his arms and drank with me.
With a smile on his face, he asked me: "It's the gesture of drinking from a glass of wine."
The silence in the deep palace is not all loneliness. In this loneliness, there is still such a quiet and joyful time. My heart is full of tranquility. The strength of the wine just now has not faded. Now I drink it again. I don’t feel that my cheeks are hot, reflected in the mirror.
Like flying clouds, the peach blossoms are beginning to bloom.
I half-bent on the desk, smiled and said to him: "I have already read the poem, it's Shiro's turn. Remember to include the word 'pear flower'."
He thought about it for a while, then a malicious smile appeared on his face, and he slowly said: "The mandarin ducks are twined under the quilt, and a pear tree presses the begonia." 2
When I heard this, my face burned with embarrassment, and I laughed and said to him, "What a rude person!"
He suppressed a smile and said, "What?"
"Eighteen-eighth bride and eighty-year-old man, with pale hair and red makeup. She is like a pear tree weighing begonias."
He said: "I would like to grow old together with you, and my appearance will not change. I have a childish face with white hair. Isn't it just the pale hair and red makeup?" He picked me up high and put me gently on the bed. I understood his intention.
, shook his hand away and said: "Don't do evil!"
He lowered his head and his smile grew stronger, "You just teased me about your sister, now let's see how I deal with you, this little bad guy..."
I laughed and avoided him and said, "Hey! Shiro, why do you hold such a grudge?"
He grabbed my hands and hugged me, "It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge."
The brocade curtain is half-draped and half-rolled, facing the pear blossoms outside the window, which are as white as the moonlight. Dots of flowers and catkins are tangled and fluttering softly and silently. I vaguely remember the appearance of the pistils of the pear blossoms, and the faint blush in the center of the petals, such as
The refreshing and pleasant posture like ice jade is actually very similar to the apricot blossom when Xuan Ling and I met that day.
The light golden sunlight flowed gently through the branches of the flowers, and the white flowers bloomed thrillingly. The wind passed by the window silently, the pear blossoms fell silently, and there was also silence inside the window. His movements were gentle and gentle, for fear of hurting the baby in his belly.
But a vigorous life. The warm sunshine fell silently, the breeze blew, and the petals were still blooming. The moment I hugged his body, I almost wanted to sleep peacefully, sleeping in this spring as deep as the sea and pear blossoms as snow.
That day, Xuan Ling came over again after morning. I had just taken the anti-fetal medicine and was lying in bed, feeling lazy. The sweet smell of benzoin in the room that had been burned at night had not faded away. There was a palace-like lintel hanging on the tent, densely packed.
The endless embroidery and the crimson tasseled silk curtain give it a fragrant and carefree look no matter how you look at it.
Xuan Ling walked in alone. He had just changed clothes after leaving the court. He only wore a gold-embroidered thin robe. His eyes became more and more like paint, and his appearance was majestic. When he saw me sleeping with disheveled hair, he smiled and said, "I am getting lazy."
It's three poles high in the sun and he's still lying down."
I said: "I follow your and the Queen Mother's wishes to take good care of myself, but the one who sent me is wrong. I have been lying idle all day long and am bored." After saying that, he stood up and was about to salute, but he was busy trying to stop his laughter.
: "Forget it, just lie down quietly."
I couldn't help but laugh, "This is what the god Chrysostom said. Don't say that I am not my concubine again."
He pinched my nose, kicked off my boots, revealing blue satin flat gold embroidered dragon socks, lifted the quilt and said with a smile: "I will stay with you for a while."
I put a new Dutch-colored gauze elastic pillow filled with rose and peony petals under his neck, and lay down under his armpit. I looked at the socks and said, "These socks are so delicately made, as if they were made by Sister An."
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He lowered his head and looked at it carefully for a while, then said: "I don't remember either, I guess so. Her needlework skills are pretty good."
I was speechless, so I asked: "Where did the emperor come from?"
He said casually: "I went to see Shen Ronghua."
I smiled: "I heard that my sister is feeling better and can get out of bed, so she sent people to see me twice a day."
He was a little surprised: "Really? When I went there, she couldn't get up to greet him?"
I was suspicious. Yesterday when Caiyue came to say hello, he said that Meizhuang could get out of bed and walk around, but he couldn't go out. I thought I still resented Xuan Ling because of the confinement, so I said: "Sister's illness is also relapsing, and the epidemic
It’s not easy to get better.”
He said "Huh" without saying anything, and after a while he said: "Speaking of the epidemic, I remembered an annoying thing."
I said softly: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I wonder if you can tell me."
He repeatedly twisted the corner of the brocade quilt with his thumb and index finger, and said slowly: "I recently heard from Concubine Jing that although Jiang Muyang and Jiang Muyi were quite effective in treating epidemics, they secretly accepted bribes from many palace maids and internal prisons. The rich ones
Treat them first, and those who have no money will look down upon them and let them fend for themselves. Let’s work hard!”
I pondered for a moment and said, "Doctors have a parental heart. Such actions are really based on medical skills but no medical products. I look down upon them very much." I calmed down and said, "Does your Majesty remember how they framed Shen Ronghua in the past?"
Xuan Ling frowned secretly, but he had no choice but to say: "I have not forgotten it - it's just that the epidemic is not clear now, so we can't kill him yet."
I raised my head slightly and said, "I would like to recommend someone to you, Imperial Physician Wen Shichu."
He said "Oh" and said with great interest, "Go on."
"The doctor Wen was very effective in treating the epidemic for my sister, and I heard that the prescriptions for Jiang Muyang and Jiang Muyi were originally written by the doctor Wen." I said softly: "Your Majesty, think about it carefully, Jiang Muyang and Jiang Muyi
His specialty is infants and gynecology, how come he suddenly knows how to treat epidemic diseases? Although people who study medicine know by analogy, they can only get started and not master it. And Imperial Physician Wen is good at treating plague and body fever."
Xuan Ling thought quietly for a long time and said: "I want to see this Wen Shichu. As you said, Jiang Muyang and Jiang Muyi can no longer stay."
I leaned on his chest and whispered: "Your Majesty is absolutely right. The only thing is that the epidemic situation in the palace is improving now, and everyone in the palace thinks it is Erjiang's credit. If these two people are killed for accepting bribes at this time,
Not only will the people in the Sixth Palace criticize the emperor for making small mistakes and disregarding the overall situation, but I am afraid that officials outside will also hear that Yu Qingyi is very bad. What does the emperor think?"
"The two of them are Concubine Hua's after all, and I have to worry about Concubine Hua and the people behind her." He sneered slightly, "If we really want to kill them, there are many ways. They will definitely not be ignored."
As a king, the more tolerance and restraint you have, the more powerful the outbreak will be, because their arrogance and self-esteem are far better than ordinary people. I have achieved my goal, smiled lightly, covered my ears with my hands, shook my head and said: "What can't be killed?"
, I was frightened when I heard this. The emperor forbade me to say anything more."
He patted me on the shoulder: "Okay, let's not talk about this. April 12th is your seventeenth birthday. The Southwest War has been victorious. You are pregnant again. I'll ask the Ministry of Rites to give you a good time, okay?
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I turned my head back to look at him and said softly: "Your Majesty makes up his mind."
He pondered again and slowly uttered two words, "Hua Fei..." but stopped talking.
My mind suddenly changed and I said, "The Emperor has been spending time with Concubine Hua these days, why is there no movement in her belly?"
He was only immersed in his own thoughts and said casually: "She won't have children."
I was surprised and said: "I heard that Concubine Hua had a miscarriage, but did she get hurt because of it?"
He seemed to be aware of his faux pas and did not comment on my inquiry. He just laughed it off and asked me about my daily life and diet.
Xuan Ling stayed with me quietly for a while, then went to see Du Liangdi. I watched him go, Fang took off his shoes and put on his clothes and got up. Jinxi served me and drank a cup of green plum juice to wake me up. Fang said softly: "Your Majesty is stirring up trouble at this time.
Your Majesty, was it too hasty to kill Er Jiang?"
I sneered: "There's no rush. I've already told you that last time in the Queen's Palace, someone wanted to push me to hit Du Liangdi. Although I don't know who it was, it can be seen that their heart is poisonous. Now that I am pregnant, it is even more difficult for them
They were a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh. The two men surnamed Jiang had benefited a lot from the current epidemic, and they just stayed in the Taiyuan Hospital. Mr. Wen was with Shen Ronghua again, and Zhang Mi was an honest man.
What hands and feet are we just sitting there waiting for death? It’s better to end them as soon as possible.” The long armor made a sound when it touched the blue and white bowl of lotus, which broke the silence and sweet fragrance in the room, and said slowly: “Actually, the emperor also
I have been patient for a long time. If it were not for the purpose of employing people, I would have killed them long ago."
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Jin Xi's lips: "It's the right time for Concubine Jing to give advice to the Emperor. However, Jiang Muyang and Jiang Muyi must be willing to fall into the trap."
I smiled and said, "Of course, all it takes is a little money and silk to seduce people who are greedy for money. The emperor is just tolerating them for the time being. Being so complacent is really asking for death."
Two days later, news came from outside the palace that Jiang Muyang and Jiang Muyi were killed by bandits on their way home from the palace, and their heads were also cut off and disappeared. The emperor expressed his sympathy for their hard work during the epidemic.
He was specially given a hundred taels of silver to arrange for his funeral, and ordered the imperial physician Wen Shichu to take over the treatment of the epidemic. For a time, it was said both inside and outside the palace that the emperor was caring and kind to his ministers.
When the news came, I was pruning an overgrown apricot blossom under the window. I just smiled indifferently when I heard the news. At this point, Wen Shichu became famous during this epidemic.
Note:
1 From "Spring Resentment" by Liu Fangping of the Tang Dynasty, the whole poem is: "The sunset is getting dusk through the screen window, and no one can see the tears in the golden house. Spring is late in the lonely empty courtyard, and the pear blossoms are all over the ground without opening the door." This is a very new palace resentment.
Poetry. Although I was loved, I ended up in a miserable state.
2 From the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo mocked his friend Zhang Xian (990-1078, courtesy name Ziye). It is said that Zhang Xian married an 18-year-old concubine when he was 80 years old. Dongpo joked: "Eighteen Bride"
Eighty-year-old man, with pale hair and red makeup. Mandarin ducks sleep in pairs for the night, with a tree of pear blossoms pressing against the begonia. "The pear blossoms refer to the white-headed groom, and the begonia refers to the bride with red makeup. After that, "a tree of pear blossoms crushing the begonias" became a euphemism for old couples and young wives.