sunset fever

Chen Yiyi stole Chen Bichen's cat again this day. She couldn't bear the heavy schoolwork, so she escaped from Yuekuo Palace and went to Huaiqing Palace to find Qu Yao, but the maid outside the door lowered her eyebrows and looked distressed, and said: "Princess, please Come in lightly, His Highness has a headache and is falling asleep."

Wen Feng was lying quietly in Chen Yiyi's arms, she scratched the fur on top of its head, from outside the hall to Qu Yao's bedroom, the sun was slanting in, behind the bed curtain was the rising and falling breathing.

"Sister-in-law." Chen Yiyi called her softly.

Qu Yao immediately stretched out her hand and lifted the bed curtain, she was thinner and weaker than before, immediately went up to the room, hung up the curtain, and helped Qu Yao find a comfortable position to lean on.

"Where have you been these past few days? I haven't seen you here." Qu Yao asked her.

Chen Yiyi put the cat in front of Qu Yao, and she said: "Literature, Confucian classics, ritual music, riding and archery; I'm going to be filled, and I'll become a fool."

"You only cared about playing, and you stole other people's cats." Qu Yao laughed.

"It's useless to learn those things, I don't have to worry about food and clothing in the palace, and I don't have to worry about anything." Chen Yiyi frowned delicately, she sat down by the bed and said.

Qu Yao reached out to pick up the cat, and straightened the princess's messy front. She turned serious and said, "Don't have the idea of ​​sitting back and enjoying yourself. You are still young, your elder brother can protect you, and the queen mother can do her best to help you. But what to do in the future, if there is a change in the imperial power, where should you go, you were given a marriage by His Majesty but you don't want to, what should you do? Have you ever thought about it?"

Chen Bizhen raised his pretty face, shook his head, and said, "I don't know."

"You have to have your own ambitions. You have to plan early and not be trapped by others. You have to know that love is not worth mentioning when power is around."

Qu Yao's lips turned white, she leaned on her more straightly, sighed, and said, "Don't be like the emperor's wife, don't be bound by others and cannot escape."

"But, which woman in the world doesn't want to be a queen?"

Chen Yiyi was used to being soaked in false security in the harem, and she hadn't thought about it, so she couldn't change her position to think about Qu Yao's words. She also stretched out her hand to tease the cat, looked at Qu Yao's tearful eyes, and took out the clothes on her body. A handkerchief to wipe her tears.

The princess bit her lips and thought for a long time, then suddenly put her hand on Qu Yao's abdomen and asked her: "Is there a child here? I dreamed that you gave birth to a princess."

"Not yet." Qu Yao answered her.

"There will be in the future, I can take her to play."

Chen Yiyi has a beautiful and beautiful world by herself. She once again put on a smart smile and bent her eyes to touch Qu Yao's belly. She is a little thin but full of vitality. Qu Yao ate dinner.

When it was getting dark, Chen Bizhen arrived at Yuekuo Palace, he greeted Zhong Huashu, and sat down at the dining table, where a charcoal fire was burning to send warmth to people's bodies, those serving people obeyed Chen Bizhen's words and stepped back up.

"Mother, because of important matters, Zhong Qingming found out the case recently, and I learned about the annihilation of Yan's family in Yaohe's 58 years." Chen Bizhen asked before picking up his chopsticks, "Does mother know about this?"

Zhong Huashu wore simpler clothes in her own palace, the smile on her lips disappeared, she lowered her eyes in thought, and said, "I know about it."

"Then is there anyone else alive in the Yan family?"

After thinking about it, Zhong Huashu replied: "The case was supervised by Ke Shao. I still remember that he personally checked his identity back then, and they all died."

Chen Bizhen nodded slowly, and after he thought about it calmly, he asked again: "The record of the case records that the Yan family, a medicine merchant in Yangjing, resisted the decree and other crimes, but I can't find out what caused this terrible punishment. From my understanding, the father is not that stupid people."

"He also has times when he is stupid. He is old." Zhong Huashu drank half a sip of water, slurred her words, got up and filled the lily crucian carp soup herself, and handed it to Chen Bizhen.

Naturally, he could detect Zhong Huashu's concealment, and Chen Bizhen was slightly angry. He asked in a low voice, "What is it?"

Then add: "I have seen life and death, seizing power and relying on power, and there is nothing you can't listen to."

Zhong Huashu suppressed the breath that was going to be messed up.

Her eye circles were red, she inadvertently wrinkled her nose, and raised her eyes after sitting down.

When the candle was flickering, Zhong Huashu's eyelids were also flickering, and she said, "I haven't wanted to mention it for many years—"

Chen Bizhen said eagerly: "Do you know that the Yan family once had a living descendant? He wants to kill me."

"The assassin from that day?" Zhong Huashu put down his chopsticks, worry stained his face.

Chen Bizhen answered her: "Yes."

There is a light and slightly bitter fragrance smoked here, the lights reflect the brightly lit corridors of the room, and the meals are always fresh and changing. A waiter comes and adds red-hot, small pieces of charcoal under the pot of roasting beef.

Zhong Huashu raised the roots of her eyelashes and said slowly.

"At that time, your royal father was exhausted from the body of the dragon, and he felt that his life would not be long. Until the summer was in full swing, when I gave birth to you, he suddenly recovered from a long illness and regained his spirit. Therefore, everyone said that you are an auspicious body. Your royal father He loves you even more. In order to prolong his life, he used the guidance of a magician to find a hundred-year-old prescription hidden in the family of the rumored medicine dealer Yan Min (tuān), and invited them to enter the palace as a doctor, but the Yan family refused to obey the order. Your father was going to abandon this road, and he didn't want to punish them for serious crimes." Zhong Huashu said here, she suddenly took a deep breath, her teeth trembled, and said, "The secret agent is here to report, Yan Min's wife Wen Suyue, Set up an array on the stone mountain with the sorcery of the outer mountains, and cursed Chen Chang's youngest son, Bi Yan, to die and fly away, leaving no bones."

Zhong Huashu tightly grasped the cloth around her heart with her slender hands, and she said: "Your father was furious for a while, his old illness relapsed, and he suffered unspeakably, so the Yan family was punished."

"Because of me?" Chen Bizhen asked, his eyes stuck there, and he clenched his hands inadvertently.

"Afterwards, in order to keep you safe and healthy, we reclaimed barren hills near the poisonous formation on the stone mountain and built the Nanyu Palace." After Zhong Hua finished speaking, her brows were all wrinkled, and she began to cry unrestrainedly.

Chen Bichen almost bit the blood on his lips. Hearing this, he didn't dare to judge Chen Chang's right or wrong lightly. He seldom gets close and gentle in front of Zhong Huashu. This time, he stepped forward and put his arms around her shoulders, saying: "Mother, look, I'm still alive."

Zhong Huashu's neck was covered with cold sweat. She leaned forward and buried her face in Chen Bizhen's arms. Her fingers tightly gripped the intricately patterned fabric of the dragon robe, her throat hurt and she couldn't say anything. up.

Mei Jibo freshened up this day, she hadn't dressed gorgeously for a long time, and it was Yan Xiu's birthday, so she arranged the jade bracelets, hairpins, earrings, and necklaces neatly, and picked out the clothes newly made in Yangjing, She was born with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, and she has a bit of foreign blood, so she was complemented by the red dress and purple robe. She was sitting in the room, and a maid came to help put on the makeup.

The people in the peach care house are naturally more clever and decent than those in the Yaotai mansion. The servant girl praised: "The girl is usually elegant and beautiful, but she is bright and beautiful when she dresses up like this."

"Is that so...thank you."

"Master Yan will definitely like it."

Mei Jibo looked at her own face in the mirror which was covered with a thin layer of mist. She smiled and was anxious, so she was rarely at peace, unable to answer the maid's words, so she said: "Dressing is not for others' liking, I want to do it for him." Celebrating birthdays is just for the sake of being decent."

"Miss Mei, do you have something to say to your lord alone?" The servant girl approached and asked shyly.

Mei Jibo is a knight-errant, she always speaks and asks when she has something to say, but this time is different, her cheeks were slightly red, and she sighed sadly, saying: "Sometimes it hurts people too suddenly." Yes, it will be sad."

The servant girl smiled with her mouth curled up, and she said: "Your Excellency has never interacted with others. Since he brought the girl back home, he naturally thinks that the girl is good. When we chat in private, we also say that the girl is good."

Mei Jibo laughed heartily, and said, "I am neither virtuous nor gentle."

Outside the window was a locust tree swaying empty branches. On a cloudy day, Mei Jibo opened the door and came out. After she took a few steps, she suddenly felt a gust of west wind blowing, and her whole body was terribly cold.

Even though it was his birthday, Yan Xiu didn't return to the Taoyuan Hall until late at night. He washed his hands and changed his clothes in the courtyard. Mo Xia looked nervous, so she called Shanyin, who saluted and said to Yan Xiu: "Today, Miss Mei It is up to the master to set the dinner in her courtyard, and she said that she has prepared good wine for your lord."

Mo Xia suppressed her voice and said with a smile: "She deliberately dressed up today, I'm afraid my lord will not recognize her soon."

"I see, this is over," Yan Xiu said, turning around and adding, "Don't go out and talk nonsense."

He took off his hairpin, tied his hair with a black rope, put on a white robe, cleaned his face and hands, and went to the courtyard where Mei Jibo was temporarily staying. There were tall acacias growing there, and dead branches could be seen all over the sky. There are tile and gray walls, and in front of the door are two lanterns with magpies painted on them.

The banquet is set in the hall, and the inside is warm, so there is no white smoke to breathe, people are warmed as if they were baked, and their faces are warm.

When Mei Jibo met, he said, "Shou Xing, it's my turn to greet you."

"No, I still know the way here." Yan Xiu sat down after speaking, there was neither a smile nor indifference on his face, he was decent enough, and thanked Mei Jibo for the wine.

"This wine is Qiongshe delphinium light bubble, basically non-toxic."

Yan Xiu just sniffed the wine, then moved the cup away, he said: "It's too strong, I'll ask someone to burn some flower carvings, it's better than this."

"Forget it." After thinking about it, Mei Jibo took into account Yan Xiu's drinking capacity, so he obeyed him and asked the servant girl to boil some wine.

On the table are soy sauce chicken, scallion and ginger meat crab, stuffed tofu, brine and other dishes, and the radish and beef brisket that Fushan often eats are served. There are difficulties in the palace, I don't know if you want to talk about it, if you want to talk, don't be afraid, I know you are used to it."

"I couldn't stand the constraints and wanted to leave, but in the blink of an eye winter, there were several snowfalls, and I still didn't leave." Yan Xiu held the bamboo chopsticks with carved square tails, "Your Majesty passed by the Imperial Medical Office today. The guard held the sword, and even came to greet me. I used to disdain many things, but now I think I have been favored, and when I wanted to leave that day, it was not relief, but reluctance."

"I'm different from you," Mei Jibo saw a maid coming in, and she didn't shy away. She said, "Nowhere can be my home. Wandering is my lifelong ambition. In fact, I thought, you are too."

Yan Xiu took the jug, and the servant girl went down. He poured two cups of hot wine and said, "I thought I was too, but I was wrong. I came here suddenly, and I met the young and ineffective tyrant in the rumors of the world. Practicing medicine in the royal family is contrary to the ambition of helping the world, I know I am walking into the abyss, but I still can't stop."

Hua Diao was sweet, and the esophagus was boiling hot, Yan Xiu drank two cups in a row.

Mei Jibo was stunned, puzzled and at a loss, she held her breath quietly, and said: "I have been wandering a lot, and suddenly I met you again, and I lived in Taolang Pavilion for a while, and I suddenly felt that there is a It’s also good to be safe and secure.”

Mei Jibo brought the words to the fore, she knew that if Yan Xiu was willing to understand, he would understand immediately.

"You are destined to be a chivalrous man. Fushan Yan's Mansion and Taoyu Pavilion are both your resting places, but I know you can't stop," Yan Xiu looked at her with clear eyes, and then said in a low voice, "Leave me alone."

Mei Jibo raised her glass and drank it three times. She twitched the corners of her lips and said, "Okay, I understand."

The two of them stayed up in the middle of the night, Yan Xiu drank too much and was taken to rest by Shan Yin, Mei Jibo hastily removed the pearl and jade brocade from his body, wore the red arrow sleeves when he came, and wore a short rabbit fur kimono.

There was a blue-handled sharp sword on her back, and the thick black clouds were blown away by the wind, revealing the eyebrow-like moon. She didn't leave a single letter, and walked away overnight.

[This round is not finished]