I wanted to go back to my house with a box in my hand, but suddenly I changed my mind, thinking that there must be no one in the imperial garden now, and there are still a few osmanthus flowers in full bloom. Why don't we go there to enjoy the moon, osmanthus and drink? Isn't it better than staying in the house alone?
Sure enough, it was quiet. In the cool night like water, osmanthus is floating, so I can't help but slow down and take a few deep breaths. I was looking up at the moon when a wisp of flute sounded and scared me!
I can't help wondering, who is playing the flute here? I was not in a hurry to find it, so I put the box on the ground, leaned against the tree, looked up at the full moon and quietly tasted the song "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms".
The plum blossoms in the snow are clean and fragrant. Although they are not accompanied by flowers, they sway in the breeze and enjoy themselves. I don't know who it is. I picked up the box with a smile and left.
Before people arrived, the flute sounded sad like a gust of wind, and the plum blossom was finally knocked down. However, if you don't want to, you will have to meet with dirt and dust. I'm surprised, when did he have such pain? Can't help but slow down, gently walked past.
The second volume Chapter 7
Thirteen elder brother stood under the osmanthus tree, playing the flute, without the usual appearance of laughing and unruly, and his expression was calm and awe-inspiring. "Good riding and shooting, hair will hit, chi suddenly fly. Poetry and books are fresh, elegant and melodious, and the piano and flute are good. " How did such an all-rounder, generous and uninhibited man live a life of confinement for ten years day by day? Thinking about my eyes is a little blurred.
Before the end of the song, brother thirteen stopped playing the flute, in my opinion. I quickly stabilized myself, smiled and walked over and asked, "Why don't you finish blowing?" ? Disturb your mood? "
Brother Thirteen smiled and said, "I didn't know it was you! I just felt that someone was eavesdropping and stopped! "
I looked at the altar on the stone table next to my eyes and asked with a smile, "Why don't you accompany the emperor in front of the temple and bring Fujin here to drink alone?" He looked at the box in my hand and smiled: "As long as you choose a good place, can I come?"
I smiled and said nothing, opened the box, took out two pots of wine and made an invitation gesture to him. He smiled, sat down on the stone bench and picked up the hip flask.
I also sat down, picked up the hip flask, touched him, and each took a sip with his neck tilted. Thirteen leaned against him, looked at the moon for a while and said, "I haven't had a drink together for many years!" " "I sighed." Ten years! " Both of them looked at the moon silently for a while and began to stay.
After a long time, thirteen heads smiled and said, "It's rare to meet today and bring wine. Drink it again, or it may take ten years to drink it again!" "
He smiled, but he didn't know it was completely correct. Ten years in solitary confinement. After ten years, I know you are safe, but I don't know where I am. If it's fate, maybe you can still drink it after ten years. If not, then this may be the last farewell wine.
Feeling sad, I forced out a smile and said, "It's time to get drunk! I haven't tasted drunkenness since you were drunk last time! "
Thirteen raised her eyebrows, touched the hip flask with me and said, "The last time you obviously picked up the wine bag and drank it, you looked drunk immediately. How can I drink you? "
"Can I have a drink if you don't take me out?" I stared at him and asked. If you dare to say it's not your fault again, try it.
He smiled and said, "Good! All right! Even though I got you drunk last time! But remember today, you bring your own wine, and others will come by themselves. Don't say I gave it to you in the future. "
The two men laughed and drank wine, and soon the hip flask in their hands bottomed out. He smiled and patted the jar on the table and said, "I still have foresight!" " "I smiled." Yes, yes! " While taking out two bowls. Thirteen smiled and said, "You still suit me. You should drink like this. You are the most impatient little cup! " A man poured a bowl and said.
Both of them drank wine and fell silent. I thought of the coming fate of the thirteenth, my unknown fate, and I was sad. I don't know what I think, but there is also a trace of sadness in my eyes.
Two people touch each other from time to time, have a drink, and have their own worries. Drinking when you are sad is the easiest way to get drunk. Both of them have already drunk a lot. At this time, they were all a little drunk and burst out laughing. Laughing and laughing, I lay on the stone table and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes with my hands.
I was lying on the ground when I heard a sad flute. It's a song that I didn't finish singing just now. I looked at him quietly. Why is he so sad?
At the end of the song, thirteen hands holding the jade emperor, got up and paced a few steps and whispered:
Outside Chilan Bridge, there are willows and willows, thousands of peach blossoms and a thatched cottage.
March is spring, and the scenery is like Jiangnan.
The moon is far away, and the flute is melodious before the evening wind.
Bai Ou's strong spring waves are wide, so it is safe to canoe in shallow water.
I smiled with my head propped up: "People who are' great talents' should also write poems in seven steps. You have done so much in these three or five steps, and you are ashamed of Cao Zhi. " Thirteen cocked his head and said lazily, "What I wrote before was just a temporary emotion. I read it out."
I looked at him silently for a while and sighed, "if only you hadn't been born in the royal family!" You don't just have to envy poetry! " He took a deep breath, stood on his side, shouldered his hands and looked up at the moon. After a while, he said, "I don't know how many times I have thought about it myself!" I have been longing for one day to ride a horse, hold a flute and a sword, roam freely between heaven and earth, shoot sculptures in Mobei and listen to music in Jiangnan. When you are at ease, you will drink and dance swords. When you are elegant, you will taste tea and add fragrance, and sing poems under the lamp. But this body has been entrusted to the emperor's house. Even if I can jump out of the cage, there are still people I can't let go of, and I don't want him to face the wind and frost sword alone! Although he has a mother-in-law and a brother-in-law, it is almost nothing! "
I just felt tears fall down at once, but I didn't even have time to wipe them. Just after wiping the old tears, the new tears have fallen. Thirteen turned around and looked at me silently.
While wiping my tears with my hand, I forced a smile and said, "Some people drink too much, and the wine turns into tears." He tugged at the corners of his mouth, trying to laugh, but he didn't laugh. Go back to the table, pick up the bowl and pour it down.
I took a long drink, and Taiying held his head in his hand and asked him, "Brother Thirteen, it is rare for you and I to agree in this Forbidden City. If only we could get together. But strange, why don't you like me? "
Thirteen was drinking. When he heard these words, he suddenly choked up and coughed several times beside him. Then he turned his head, raised his eyebrows and said, "I was wondering, I am so attractive in front of you, but I didn't see you like me?"
I squinted at him and sneered, "Even a person like me who is locked up in the palace has heard a lot about your business, and how many lovesickness debts have I caused?" Isn't that enough? Do you dare to turn back when walking on the road on weekdays? "
Thirteen wondered, "Why don't you dare to look back?" I couldn't help laughing: "Not afraid to look back and see my heart broken?" He smiled and shook his head, pointed at me and said, "You too! Each other! " The two men laughed at each other.
I smiled and said, "I'll ask first, you answer first." He looked down for a while and said, "When I first met you, what impressed me the most was the battle between you and Guo Xiaoge. It was so fierce and shocking. How can you like it? My mother died a long time ago, and even her appearance is getting blurred, but I will never forget her gentle embrace. She will whisper a beautiful song in my ear. She speaks softly and smiles with her eyebrows curved like water. And you ... "He smiled at me and said," How rude! "
I nodded and said, "Typical Oedipus complex." He asked doubtfully, "What complex?" I smiled at him and said, "That is to say, a person is very eager for maternal love, and he will unconsciously hope that his wife can treat him as gently and piteously as her mother." That's why he doesn't like Min Min. Min Min is fine, but not what he wants.
Thirteen paused and smiled and said, "Maybe! What about you? "
I looked up at him and said, "I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone." After thinking about it, he added, "Anyone, including Mei!"
He smiled and nodded and said, "It seems that I am a man who talks nonsense in your heart." I just thought about it and said, "I am a passive person in the relationship between men and women." Then something happened, and it became more passive. Then, after entering the palace, I strengthened my heart. I'm afraid I'm not careful. I'm a hundred years old. Men in the Forbidden City have too many wives, but I have always resisted sharing a husband with so many women in my heart ... "Thirteen looked surprised and I glanced at him helplessly." You may not understand, but this is what I think, but this is not the most important thing. Even if there is no amount of helplessness, individuals will gradually compromise around them. Just as you don't want to participate in the power struggle, you do. Even if I don't want to, I gradually accept this unchangeable fact. There may be reluctance and struggle, but how can I fight against the whole environment? "I shook my head at thirteen with a wry smile.
I sighed lightly and said, "The most important thing is that I long for someone to be sincere to me, but I don't believe there will be such a person in this court. If I can't believe it, my heart can't really open to him. Maybe I'm too weak and afraid of being hurt. I can't pay for it myself like Min Min did. I always passively wait for the other party to pay, let me believe a little, and then I can open my heart and slowly like him. "
I saw thirteen's serious expression, pulled a smile and said in a brisk tone, "Now do you understand why I can't like you?" Just because you don't like me first! "
He frowned and said, "It seems that I have to let Fourth Brother continue to work hard! Your heart is not easy to move! He was born defeated and has already had Fujin. Fortunately, everyone is the same! " I am a little embarrassed and tunnel: "Don't worry about our business!" Thirteen laughed and I touched the bowl, and they drank a few mouthfuls of wine. He put away his smile and said slowly, "Ruoxi, I don't care what happened between you and myna! But since you have an agreement with fourth brother, you must treat fourth brother wholeheartedly! "
When my hand shook, the bowl fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Confused and silent for a long time, I only dared to look up at him: "How do you know? Does the fourth brother know? "
He shook his head and said, "fourth brother should not know yet!" " First of all, you hid it well. Another thing, we always thought that 14th brother had something to do with you, so we focused on him. But when I heard Min Min say that you taught her singing opera and invited myna to watch it, and then asked her about it, she hesitated to talk about it, and she was confused. On the day when Brother Ten wants to divorce his wife, I doubt that you can't even hold tea because of one look of Brother Ten. I can't always be sure. I just want to test you with words today, but it is! "
I looked at him sadly and pleaded, "Don't let May know!" 13th brother said, "I won't tell him! Although there is something wrong with this matter, you are too stingy to think of fourth brother! Zuo Ying can tolerate Min Min, but Brother Four can't tolerate you? "
I shook my head and said, "I never think it is wrong for a woman to like others before marriage." Is it only allowed for men to marry three wives and four concubines, and women don't even have the right to like a person? " I don't think I did anything wrong, and of course I don't mind letting him know at all. If it was Brother Ten, Brother Fourteen, or anyone else, I would have told him, except for the starling! "
Thirteen asked doubtfully, "How do you say this?" I said sadly, "I can't tell you! But it is true that Mei is the only one who can't let him know. Maybe he can ignore it now or in the future, but I can't take the risk. I can't afford it! "
After that, I sat silently with my head propped up, full of sadness and pain. Thirteen sighed and said, "I don't quite understand what you mean, but I believe you." You must have a convincing reason! " "I can't help but reach out and shake his arm a few times! How lucky I am to have a friend like Brother Thirteen!
He patted the back of my hand, smiled warmly and took a sip of wine slowly. "I always hoped that you would be with my fourth brother. After all, one is the most important person in my heart and the other is my true confidant. But then you didn't want to Although I can't understand your inconsistent words and deeds, I don't want to force you. Although fourth brother is more concerned about you, it is not necessary. When you returned the hair clasp and chain, the fourth brother smiled wryly and joked with me:' Even if you don't marry for life, you must write an ancient Buddha lantern! Next time, would you rather die than marry? That's all! "Don't force her!" , say that finish, just leave things behind, no longer care about you. But after coming back from the Great Wall, Fourth Brother changed his mind and found the chain again. "
I can't help asking, "For Yu Pei?" Thirteen glared at me and said, "Do you think everyone is a prince?" I didn't say anything, but he smiled: "You are such a fool! On that day, everyone was amazed at Min Min, but it was you who really admired you! You made up the music, you made up the dance, and you wrote the fantastic scenes! Even now, I still wonder how shocking it would be if you danced a song. And the most rare thing is your heart for Min Min. In the Forbidden City, a woman as old as you is not competing with each other in all kinds of tricks. Many of them seem to be quiet and clumsy, but in fact they are just' taking back for progress'. But you really just make Min Min beautiful, and sincerely appreciate and maintain the beauty of another woman. Honestly, I haven't seen it! It is estimated that the fourth brother has never seen it! " He took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "and you can afford to use the word' loyalty' for everything you have done to protect May 14th!" "
I shook my head with a wry smile. The thirteenth brother went on to say, "the fourth brother always has his own destiny in his heart, and he is calm and unhurried." But the fourth brother has been hesitating whether to give it to you when he wears the hair clasp chain for several days. I am shocked. He is not just thinking about you. So when I saw you wearing a hairpin that day, my heart was relieved! When the tenth brother kicked you, I saw that the eyes of the fourth brother were all distressed. "
"The fourth brother's family has always been strict, and no one dares to mess around at will!" He imitated the face of the May 4th Movement, looked at me coldly and said, "Without mentioning the family law, the face and eyes of the May 4th Movement are enough to shock everyone!" I slapped him and laughed angrily, "That's enough, you don't have the imposing manner of four princes. You are like a cat! " He smiled and said, "I was really worried about you when you played tricks on him, but I turned around and asked Fourth Brother how to deal with you. He simply said,' It's no big deal, let her go! It's rare to see her so happy! ”"
I stared at the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and a few warmth faintly flowed. I suddenly picked up thirteen wine bowls and all of them fell down. Thirteen took the empty bowl, poured the wine, and took a few swigs.
Thirteen put his hands on the table and bent my face in awe: "Ruoxi, whether you are afraid of the marriage of Emperor Amar or have a fourth brother in your heart, anyway, you have promised him now, so you should treat him well. If you break his heart because of myna, I won't forgive you! Swinging around, hurting people and hurting themselves, I look down on such a woman! " Then he stared at me.
I immediately replied: "since I made a choice, I will never have an affair with Mei again, because I also hate ambiguous relationships between men and women."
Thirteen elder brother sat back slowly, took a sip of wine and said, "If Xi, fourth brother is a man with a deep heart, and it is extremely difficult to get close to others. Everyone only sees his coldness, but they don't know the warmth in his heart. " His words are sharp and cold, and his wife and children are afraid of him, but they don't know the warmth under his sharpness. Such a character is easy to suffer. Although I can talk to him about everything, I can only share his worries, not his sadness, and he is still lonely. I always expect someone to make him smile when he is sad, hold his hand when he is lonely, and let him know that there are people around him ... Although you always say that you haven't read any books, I know that you will never read less books than us. Your mind is full of hills and valleys, and your opinions are the most ingenious. When talking to you, I even feel that you are not a woman who grew up in a boudoir at all. It seems that all those famous mountains, rivers, lakes and seas have been there in person. "He stared at me and said slowly," As long as you like, you and fourth brother can definitely talk to each other, because you can understand his ambition, his suffering and his pain! " "
I waited in a daze for a while. Thirteen elder brother bowed his head and was silent for a long time, and suddenly cried, "Ruoxi! There are a few words you must remember! I may not have a chance to say it in detail in the future, but I will say it all today! "
The second volume Chapter 8
He looked at me piteously and said, "Emperor Ama has always loved you so much for so many years, of course, because of your clever mind and dedicated service! But more importantly, because you are one of the few people in the Forbidden City who has never been greedy, you have never coveted rights, you have never helped anyone, you have never suppressed anyone, and you just serve the Emperor Ama wholeheartedly. You will do the same in the future! "
"On the surface, you seem to have unlimited scenery over the years. One is Li Dequan, and the other is you. Don't say ordinary ministers, that is, our brothers and empress are all smiling, but the Forbidden City secretly doesn't know how many people are jealous of you! You can always be safe and sound, not because myna is your brother-in-law, nor because you and I are friends of ten brothers and fourteen brothers, but because of the love of Emperor Ama! If you take part in our struggle, you will lose the trust and love of Emperor Ama. If you lose the love of Emperor Amar, all the resentment accumulated over the years will be vented! Ruoxi! Then how can you endure this pain? "
"Besides, this is a struggle between us men! We do this because of our own desires and selfishness, want more honor and more rights, and want to sit in that highest position. Whatever the outcome, it is the price we should pay. But why did you sacrifice for our desire? This is not what you should pay. "
I held my head and asked painfully, "Why? Why are you reminding me of this? I don't want to know! " He said softly, "myna is your brother-in-law, not to mention that you are still ... even the tenth and fourteenth brothers are people you can't let go of, but you have promised myna, and I am afraid that you will be involved in our struggle with emotion for a while." I know it hurts you to watch everything happen, but if you get involved, you will be hurt even more! "
Thirteen drank the wine silently for a while and sighed, "This is the royal family! Inevitable struggle and pain! No one can stop it! Even a wise emperor like Amar can only witness everything happen, let alone you? Ruoxi! I just want you to follow fourth brother and treat him well. Don't pay attention to other things. Whoever wins and loses is between us. "
Thirteen patted me on the back and said, "We agreed to get drunk today. Stop talking about these vulgar things and drink!" " "
I just want to get drunk quickly and never face these things again! Thirteen seems to be deliberately trying to get me drunk and poured me bowls of wine.
I don't know much about kung fu. My eyes are blurred. All I know is mumbling "drink"! Then it was my usual drunken style, and I fell asleep with my head tilted.