Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

At night, the queen only wore a single dress of light red plum blossoms in the snowy night, with a bun on her head, and a jadeite hairpin from the jade and ice species was inserted obliquely. silent.

At this time, Bai Zhe, who was beside the queen, entered the bedroom, and said in a blessed way: "I have served the princess to sleep."

The queen sat on the couch and leaned on the soft pillow and said: "You said that there is only such a direct daughter in this palace, are you spoiling her?"

Bai Zhe stood aside and said, "The princess is smart and intelligent, so she is naturally lovable, how can you say that she is spoiled?"

The queen took off her armor and put it on the small mahogany table, saying, "She made her own opinion about today's matter, which almost ruined my event."

It turned out that although the Queen extrapolated that she was ill, she actually knew everything in the harem like the back of her hand.She knew how Zhou Yaoxiang attracted the prince's attention, how she joined forces with Concubine Shu to launch an attack, how Liu Wanzhao was wronged, and the friendship between the two princes and Wanzhao.

The queen originally planned to have Concubine Shu severely punish and even kill Wan Zhao, and the charge of seducing the prince was confirmed.The two princes were most annoyed at the matter of framing innocence, so naturally they couldn't get along with Concubine Shu.Then trick the two princes into harming, and let others think that Concubine Shu is doing it for the future of the child in her womb, then it will be difficult for Concubine Shu to turn around.Not wanting Qingyang to meddle in this matter, the empress forbears until the two princes have gone, which is considered to be half of the goal, and then rushes to make a rescue, only taking away her right to assist the Sixth Palace.

Bo Zhe said: "After all, Concubine Shu is a ignorant person. She ran to the emperor and cried, but the emperor only let her have a baby and didn't want to talk to her."

Bo Zhe said again: "I don't understand something, why did the empress go out of her way to seize the power of Concubine Shu, instead of just killing the things in her stomach?"

The queen said: "If the child is accidentally lost, she still has the emperor's love and affection. Only when the emperor really hates her can the palace be safe."

Bai Zhe was puzzled, "Even if she won't be favored anymore, but with this child, the emperor will not be soft-hearted."

The queen said: "She is also a child of the harem after giving birth. I am the aunt, so naturally I am also a child of this palace. Just look at the birth mother of the third prince and you will know. What is the use of having a child."

The birth mother of the third prince was a low-ranking concubine in the palace. She had an accidental pregnancy back then, probably because she was afraid that someone would plot against her. Ping An gave birth to the prince, but the emperor always had doubts about this bloodline, so he directly sealed the king of Yu without seeing him, and entrusted him and his mother to the old prince in the clan to take care of him.The palace has always been secretive about this, only now that there is no one in the middle of the night, they will mention it a little bit.

Bo Zhe nodded in agreement, and the queen said: "Concubine Shu is arrogant and domineering by relying on the emperor's favor, which caused restlessness in the harem. Although the palace intends to deal with it, it is only because she is sick and powerless. Now that her power is cut, she will also It’s time to calm down.”

The queen changed her words and said: "This palace is the queen, the emperor can favor anyone, but he can't be favored, and there can't be some Taoist concubines." Bai Zhe promised politely.

"Miss, are you awake?"

Wan Zhao struggled with all her strength to forcefully open her eyes, only to feel the unbearable pain in her knees and burning pain in her back, so she snorted slightly and closed her eyes again.Seeing that Wan Zhao woke up, Qin Huan hurriedly served tea, gently helped Wan Zhao to take a sip.Only then did Wan Zhao feel better.

Qin Huan said with a smile in her voice: "Empress Empress, Princess Qingyang, both His Royal Highnesses have asked for rewards, Miss is a blessing in disguise."

Wan Zhao didn't answer, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. The blame for yesterday's misfortune was still a family dispute. Back then, his father taught him to revitalize the Liu family, but he spent seven years in the palace, forbearance and humility, only trying to protect himself, but was framed in the end.

Wanzhao lay on the bed in a daze, saw a shadow huddled at the doorway, seemed to want to enter but refused to enter, Wanzhao frowned and asked, "Who is at the door?"

Qin Huan felt bad, and glared at the man as if to make her back off.

Wan Zhao realized something was wrong, and asked sharply, "What's going on?"

Qin Huan had no choice but to let her in.A little maid came in and blessed her.Qin Huan reprimanded in a low voice: "Didn't I tell you not to come first?"

The little palace maid was only about ten years old, and she said with tears and grievances: "The master has ordered that the letters of each family must be handed over to the girls, otherwise they will be punished." Qin Huan could only secretly hate this little girl for being too pedantic.

Seeing that the situation of the two of them was not right, Wan Zhao asked the little maid if she knew anything.The man groaned for a long time before rubbing his hands and said: "I also heard it from others, as if, as if your lord was demoted from office." Ask the girl again and she doesn't know, so she left a letter from home and sent her away.

Wan Zhao bit her pale lips, clutched the quilt tightly, and asked Qin Huan, "When did it happen? You already knew about it, right?"

Qin Huan's tears had already flowed down: "I found out yesterday, Miss was wronged, so I dare not speak."

With tears in his eyes, Wan Zhao said bitterly: "No wonder those thieves dare to frame and insult me ​​like this. My family is in decline. Everyone can be bullied!" .

Wanzhao's father, Liu Jiangxiao, was originally an official of the second grade of Jinling's household servant, but was relegated to a seventh grade writing chief for a few days in a row, sent to a poor place in Huangzhou, and suffered from hematemesis, and his health continued to deteriorate.

In the past, Wanzhao didn't understand that the family clearly had a title, even if they couldn't command the wind and rain in the court, it was enough to get a casual job and live a stable life, why bother to fight for power, now it seems that he thought everything too simply.

Although his father had no ambitions in the court back then, he also worked hard to support the family.Now that his father is dead, Zong Bo has no title, and his family is about to collapse, how can Wan Zhao bear it?Thinking of his father's health getting worse day by day, but he has to leave his hometown to suffer hardships, how can Wan Zhao feel at ease?Seeing himself being framed and humiliated in the palace, how could Wan Zhao be reconciled?

She put the quilt over her head, not listening to what Qin Huan said outside.When Wanzhao lifted the quilt, her eyes were swollen, but her eyes were burning like torches, as if something was cruel, Qin Huan had never seen that cold expression of hatred before, she couldn't help being surprised, but when she looked down, she was dizzy with tears soaked on the quilt But clearly so clear.

After going to the study and finishing school, he made an appointment to see Wanzhao after his salary returned.Liu Fu took Bi Xin's hand, took a step forward and entered the house, the servants outside sang promises.Seeing the two princes coming, Wan Zhao held Qin Huan's hand and wanted to get out of bed to salute.Liu Fu walked quickly, and said with a smile, "Is sister better?"

Wan Zhao blushed when Liu Fu called her "sister" instead of "Miss Liu", and forgot to salute for a while.

Bi Xin has already rushed in and said to Qin Huan, "Help your lady to lie down. There is no need to be formal." They both sat down and talked.Wanzhao lay halfway on the bed leaning on the soft pillow, lowered her eyes, and said in a sleepy voice, "How can I afford the Second Highness to call 'sister'."

Bi Xin smiled and said: "He is the most informal, and the palace people who get along well can also yell 'sister and sister' indiscriminately. Although you are younger than him, you are steady, and it doesn't matter if you say it once or twice."

Wanzhao covered her body up to her neck with a sheet, put her hands lightly on her chest, and said, "Slaves don't dare."

Liu Fu said with a smile to Bi Xin: "Qingyang's waiter is probably younger than us, and Miss Liu is born again, so it should be called small characters."

Wan Zhao felt her cheeks getting hot, so she took a peek at Liu Fu's profile, and hastily withdrew her gaze, and said, "Young maidservants don't have fine print."

Liu Fu nodded and said: "It's better to choose the font name carefully." Then he said: "I don't know how the elder brother of the aristocratic family will call you?"

Wan Zhao swallowed back the words that just came to her lips, blushing and whispered, "Zhao'er."

Liu Fu turned sideways again and said to him: "This is kind, let's call it like the outsiders."

Bi Xin pressed Liu Fu's sleeves, and said in a low voice: "Whenever I don't call you Fu Er, how can it be affectionate in other people's mouths, and I am imitating my father to discipline you?"

Liu Fu casually glanced at him, and picked up his robe with his boots.

Bi Xin smiled angrily and said, "I just watched you talk, and forgot about the business."

So he called the servants outside to come in with two plum blossom lacquer boxes, opened one and said: "I was in a hurry yesterday and only sent some unimportant things. Today I went into the warehouse and asked someone to find some good trauma medicines. I want you to use them." on."

Wan Zhao saw a few painted small porcelain bottles in the lacquer box, including gold sore medicine, panax notoginseng powder, and some medicines for removing stasis and removing scars, both for external application and for internal use, and they were all complete.Thank you and let Qin Huan accept it.

Liu Fu said: "Since my elder brother sent you a good medicine to cure your illness, I will also send you some food to relieve your boredom." He opened another lacquer box and put some snacks in it.Liu Fu personally brought a plate to Wan Zhao and said with a smile, "Zhao'er, you can try it." Seeing this, Wan Zhao couldn't refuse, so he took a piece and took a bite.

Only heard: "Oh."The stuffing was ice and sour, Wanzhao almost burst into tears, and couldn't vomit anymore, so he had to chew a few more times, and found that the cake had different flavors, half of which was ice and sour, and the other half of which was hot and sweet of.Sweet and sour, after taking a bite, I feel a lot more comfortable in my heart.

Seeing that Wan Zhao had eaten, Liu Fu said, "Zhao'er has eaten, but she seems to be in much better spirits."

Wan Zhao said: "The second prince has such a clever idea."

Liu Fu said: "This dim sum is called 'cold and warm two colors'. Half of the filling is sour pickled green plums, then the plum meat is crushed and chilled; the other half of the filling is mashed red dates into puree. It is steamed with sugar. The most important thing is that the skin between the two fillings is cooked first, and then the filling is poured in. You should eat it quickly after it is done, otherwise you will be frustrated."

Bi Xin held back his laughter, watched Liu Fu bring the plate of dim sum and Wan Zhao, and now he clapped his hands and said, "I was hurt by him, so I tried it first, and then I will give it to you."

Liu Fu stared and said: "It was a gift for you, but you didn't appreciate it, so I thought that Zhao'er might be an expert, don't spoil my heart."

Bi Xin said: "You don't like sour food, so you let the small kitchen make this to bluff people."

Liu Fu said: "It's not the elder brother who rewarded the green plum, don't waste it."

Bi Xin whispered in Liu Fu's ear: "If you lose, you lose, shouldn't you be fined?"

Bi Xin turned to Wan Zhao and said, "He's just naughty, just to make you laugh."

Wan Zhao lightly smiled: "The two princes are kind, and this servant appreciates it."

After saying a few words, Bi Xin took Liufu and left the police Fangxuan.

Qin Huan pointed at the two lacquer boxes and said with a smile, "Which one do you like more, miss?"

Wanzhao's eyes paled, and he just said indifferently: "It's like this at home, can I still think about my own affairs?"

Qin Huan held Wan Zhao's sign language and said earnestly: "Since the young lady wants to fight, she has to rely on the two princes. If she can marry one person, the plight of the old lady will naturally be solved."

Wan Zhao frowned and said, "The two of them treat me like this, how can I have the heart to plot against them?"

Qin Huan shook her head and said solemnly: "It's not that the young lady has no affection for the two princes, they both value the young lady highly. The young lady just picks the best ones, which can not only solve the family's difficulties, but also be dependent for life."

Wan Zhao only sighed for a while, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

After resting for more than ten days, Wanzhao's knee injury gradually improved and she could walk, so she took Qin Huan to the Queen's Palace to thank her.The queen wore a black satin with a red painting of a phoenix flying in the dark, and the red-petaled peonies specially cultivated in the flower house were on the hairpin.

After saluting and giving the seat, the queen asked about the injury, and learned that someone secretly sprinkled wound medicine on the broken pottery that Wan Zhao knelt on. Rain, this knee is about to get sick, and the pain is unbearable.Even if I stand for a long time, my knees hurt like knives piercing my joints.Wanzhao asked the imperial physician to keep quiet, and he didn't tell anyone himself, so he told the queen the whole truth today.

The queen frowned, stroked the Dongzhu earrings, and said, "What is your intention behind these words?"

Wan Zhao bowed for a while, and said with determination on his face: "The servant was killed by an adulterer that day, and fortunately my mother saved me. Today, the servant told the truth to win the trust of the mother. No matter what the mother wants the servant to do in the future, The slaves and maidservants all look up to the mother's head."

The queen peeled a grape slowly, put it into her mouth and said: "I don't need you to do anything, just be yourself and go to work."

Wan Zhao said firmly: "Someone dares to take over the position of empress, and offends her superiors below. Does the empress still want to be tolerant of such a person?"

The queen seemed to have heard something interesting, and said, "Can you still touch her?"

"If the empress does not dislike the servant girl, the servant girl is willing to try her best." Wan Zhao replied.

The queen nodded and said slowly: "I have heard about the affairs of the Liu family. Only my body is suitable, and I can't help you if there are thousands of thoughts in the harem. If the harem is peaceful, I can spare a hand to help a handful."

Wan Zhao kowtowed to the ground and said, "But according to your mother's orders."

The queen said coldly: "If a son is lost and falls out of favor, no one is afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to turn over again." Wan Zhao felt a faint chill on his back, and made a promise, and didn't stay any longer.

After Wan Zhao left, because the queen didn't have a good breakfast, Bo Zhe offered the queen a bowl of red bean glutinous rice porridge.The queen only scooped it up twice before putting it down.

Bai Zhe was a little puzzled and said, "Isn't the empress not planning to have Concubine Shu's child, why did she let her go again? Besides, what if she confesses to the empress?"

The queen snorted softly and said: "She intends to attach herself to me, but the people I use must be at ease. If she succeeds, she will have the life of the emperor's heir in her hands, so she can only obediently attach herself to me, and I will have nothing to do with her." Future troubles; if not, I just ordered her, and her family's honor and disgrace are all in my hands, if she confesses to me, and there is no evidence, it is a serious crime to slander Zhonggong, she dare not."

Bai Zhe nodded and said: "After that day, the empress deliberately promoted her, but the slaves thought that the empress wanted to use her to win over the eldest prince, and I didn't want to have such deep intentions."

The queen said: "Looking at her humiliation that day, she still looks calm and concealed. She is tolerant. If she has good fortune, she will have her own benefits in the future."

It turned out that it was no accident that Wan Zhao met the two of them.In order to ensure the stability of the empress, the empress has her eyeliner in every palace, especially in the palace of Bixin, who is the heir to the throne.The Queen intends to suppress Concubine Shu's family, and knowing that the two princes are interested in the bamboo dragonfly that Wan Zhao released, she waits for the two of them to leave school and asks someone to lure Wan Zhao to the cherry blossom tree, otherwise, she will leave her behind. They met each other in just one day, how could such a huge palace be such a coincidence?Knowing that the Liu family and the Zhou family were not on good terms, it was natural to use Wanzhao's knife to provoke conflicts between Concubine Shu and the prince.But now she plans to support the Liu family with her own hands, and when the time is right, she will give Wanzhao a salary, so that she can win over the prince and suppress Concubine Shu.

Wanzhao heard that the cherry blossoms in the Royal Garden were in full bloom that day, and suddenly remembered that there was also a cherry blossom at home, and when the spring breeze blew, the tree was covered with powder balls.She also recalled that when she was a child in Jinling, her mother took her to Jiming Temple to burn incense and petition.Outside the Jiming Temple, there is a dense forest of cherry blossoms and colorful falling flowers. The scenery passing through the forest is like a fairyland outside the world.So homesick, I put a bamboo dragonfly by the tree to express my thoughts, and I even sighed at the tree while reciting poems.Unexpectedly, even this bit of homesickness was calculated by others.

Wanzhao was very preoccupied, so she didn't know the queen's intentions.If the queen really wants to harm the child in Concubine Shu's belly, why should she take action?But if you don't take refuge in the queen, it will be difficult for the family to turn around.Since he wanted to seek refuge, he might not be convincing if he didn't show some sincerity, but the queen's request was really too vicious, so Wan Zhao was still a bit shy even though he pretended to be calm.

Qin Huan also mourned: "I originally wanted to rely on the empress to solve the old man's difficulties, but who would have thought that the empress would have such a problem. If you can easily end that person, why bother?"

Wan Zhao said: "Although she is hateful, her child is innocent after all."

Qin Huan gritted her teeth, and said bitterly: "Young lady is so soft-hearted after all this time, I wish I could peel her skin and stretch her tendons."

The two of them walked far away and saw several groups of servants standing up neatly. This guard of honor seemed to be brought by the prince when he went out.Wan Zhao thought it was better to avoid them at this moment in her own situation, but when she thought of Liu Fuduan's voice and appearance while chatting and laughing with her, she couldn't help being stunned for a while.Wan Zhao also didn't know why when she thought of Liu Fu, she felt throbbing in her heart, but it felt so wonderful that she didn't even tell Qin Huan.

While standing there in a daze, the foreman of those servants found Wan Zhao, and it was too late for Wan Zhao to leave.He only saw that person coming towards him with a smiling face, his face was soft and beautiful, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he was Du Pin who was beside Liu Fu.He bowed and said, "How is the girl? My master asked you to talk."

Wan Zhao bowed slightly and said, "Eunuch, you are welcome. I will go with you."

Seeing Liu Fu Wanzhao was about to salute, Liu Fu broke off a branch of red peach blossom in his hand to enjoy, seeing Wanzhao like this, he said: "I don't allow formalities here."

Wan Zhao said "don't dare" but stopped saluting, lowered her head slightly, and peeked at Liu Fu.

I saw that Liu Fu was wearing a water-blue brocade robe with cranes and light patterns, and a silver headband inlaid with white jade wave patterns on his head. He was parted with a sapphire hair ornament. Overshadowed.

Liu Fu said: "I think this scenery is just right. I was greedy for a while, but I always felt that something was missing. It turns out that the beauty of cherry blossoms is missing in the thousands of reds." heart.

When Liu Fu looked at Wan Zhao again, Wan Zhao lowered his eyebrows and blushed, not daring to look at Liu Fu.Liu Fu glanced at Wanzhao with his head turned, and wondered, "What kind of rouge did Zhao'er wear to make her cheeks so red?" Wanzhao felt even more ashamed and uncomfortable, and turned around in a low voice.

Liu Fu smiled and said, "I forgot to ask if your injury still hurts?"

Hearing what Liu Fu said, Wan Zhao felt mixed emotions in his heart, whether it was grievance or hatred, tears flowed slowly against the wind.Liu Fu stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help but also panicked, turned around a few times, reached out to touch the purse on his waist, and hurriedly untied the dark green scarf tied with the purse and handed it to Wan Zhao to wipe away his tears.

Seeing the rudeness, Wan Zhao hurriedly explained: "The knee is not very good yet, and it hurts when it sees the wind. I didn't mean to be rude."

Liu Fu heard that it was so, approached a little closer, covered his face with his hands, and said quietly: "I used to cry secretly when I fell down, don't worry, I won't tell others." Wan Zhao couldn't help but "puchi" With a laugh, the tears were also collected, and the two said goodbye and left.