The second young lady of the Song family hopped in like a rabbit, and hopped away like a rabbit very consciously.

Before leaving, he did not forget to tidy up his desk, and hummed a strange little song with a wipe to clean the sandalwood table.Then he clamored for two moves, and finally ended the battle with two light knocks on the forehead.She covered her forehead, laughed silly a few times, then waved her hand and left.

Mr. Lu stood with his hands down, the black veil cap had been taken off, and the man's eyes were cold with moonlight.

It rained again at night, and his cuffs embroidered with white cloud patterns were stained with rain, and a thin layer of water was twisted on the pads of his fingers. His palms protruded from the eaves to catch a few drops of cold rainwater.

The water stains were finely connected into several lines along the texture lines, he curled up his hands, and flung the water drops indifferently.

Tomb-sweeping night...it rained heavily.

He went back to the house and lit the picture of snowy plum back on the candle. The flames jumped up and devoured the heavy snow on the painting with claws and teeth.

He took the painting and walked outside the house, his eyes, which had been as cold and silent as the moon, were strangely lit with a little red light, but his eyes were deep and deep, like a pool of ink that had fainted, until the painting burned into a trail of smoke, he Twirling his dry fingertips, he said softly to the impenetrable rain curtain between heaven and earth: "Yaojing's rainy season is always colder than Jiangzhou's. You haven't seen heavy snow for a long time. The red plums on the snow are still very beautiful, I heard The begonias in Jiangzhou are still blooming in the harsh winter, and I haven’t seen them for many years, so I miss them a little.”

"Green plum wine keeps the cold away, but it's only the end of spring, and I feel so cold."

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On April [-]th, as usual, a grand banquet will be held in the palace. At that time, His Majesty will order to invite a shaman to drive away the filth and bad luck for the whole year.

Princess Chaoyang has always been a lively and lively person. Recently, she heard from somewhere that Beijing Zhongde Chunyuan's theater troupe is rehearsing a new play.She pestered the empress dowager and issued a decree to invite De Chunyuan's troupe into the Palace of Compassion.The empress dowager loves Princess Chaoyang, and Fei Cui whispers that this is the princess' wish.The implication is that during the Ching Ming Festival, Princess Chaoyang was worried that the Queen Mother would be sad because of the death of Empress Min De, so she specially arranged drums and made arrangements to make the usually deserted and quiet Palace of Compassion and Peace more lively.

Fei Cui and Liu Li are old people who have been serving the Queen Mother for decades, and they can be regarded as watching Princess Chaoyang grow up.Her biological mother was originally the daughter of a small official who had won the draft and was sent in. When she entered the palace, only one permanent presence was granted.Fei Cui had seen that woman before, there was a little shadow of Empress Min De in her eyebrows and eyes, but it was only a little bit.

In the few years after Empress Min De passed away, His Majesty accepted many women who were similar to the former Empress, and among them was Princess Chaoyang's biological mother, An Chang.But those women will die strangely and violently in a short time. If they are long enough, they can live for three or two months, but if they are short, they can live in just a flick of a finger.There are endless rumors about this in the palace. Some people say that it was the imperial concubine Ling who was so favored and favored back then, and some people say that it was actually His Majesty's will.But no matter what kind of speculation it is, it will inevitably be tinged with ghosts.

Before Princess Chaoyang was born, there were many princesses in the palace.It's a pity that none of the princesses from these palace concubines survived the first year of life, either died young or died of illness.In those few years, people in the palace were always panicked, and there were even rumors that evil spirits were behind the scenes, and the rumors were directed at Empress Min De.His Majesty and the Empress Dowager are furious, the death of Empress Min De is a secret of the entire Li Dynasty, some people think that they can replace her because of the three-point beauty of the former empress.It's fine if this matter doesn't burn on the head of the former empress, but Tai Sui's head was disturbed. In those years, the palace was always not peaceful, and the concubine who was born like the former empress was most afraid that she would not see the sun tomorrow. It's not a big deal for people who don't look like the former queens to watch the excitement. If you can add more firewood, you will never be short of an inch.

At the end of the incident, it was Ling Guifei who had the worst relationship with the former empress back then who took the initiative to clean up the harem.

Jade still remembers that winter, it was very cold, and the ground was covered with red plums like red plums, which was shocking at first glance.The corpses transported out were piled up like a hill, and the bluestone slabs were soaked with blood, and the palace officials couldn't wash them clean no matter how hard they tried.

Even the air was filled with the lingering smell of blood.

Princess Chaoyang was born on that winter day.

Three days after her birth, it was the anniversary of the death of Empress Min De.

That night, Ye Anchang killed herself with a piece of white silk, which was regarded as leaving a way for Princess Chaoyang to survive.This child could not have survived, and by accident, it happened to be the anniversary of Empress Min De's death.Perhaps it was because of the memory that that night was the day when the former empress passed away, or maybe it was because His Majesty felt compassion.In the end, the little princess was recorded under the name of the noble concubine Ling who hadn't done anything for many years.

The royal blood is always patriarchal, and His Majesty's love for Princess Chaoyang is almost pampering.

Although the word "Chaoyang" was asked by the imperial concubine herself, it was written by His Majesty himself.The implication is self-evident, but Eunuch Hu sighed deeply.

Many people died that winter, and the birth of the princess completely wrote a new chapter for this dynasty.His Majesty is no longer obsessed with women who resemble the former empress, and there have been no newcomers in the palace for more than ten years.Princess Chaoyang is the only princess and the last princess of the Dayao Dynasty.

There are quite a few people in the palace who worship the high and trample on the low, and some palace maids have ridiculed Princess Chaoyang only because she borrowed the mercy of the former empress to live on as a princess.These words were not well listened to by Chaoyang, and the four or five-year-old baby staggered and ran to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, crying. The Queen Mother wiped her tears and ordered the maid to bring over the portrait of Queen Min De.

The little princess looked at the smiling woman in the portrait. It was the first time Chaoyang concretized the word "gentle and beautiful".There is no shortage of beautiful women in the palace, especially Concubine Ling, but she is so beautiful that it is not humane.Chaoyang is raised in Yuehua Palace. She likes to be close to Concubine Ling very much, but Concubine Ling doesn't like to laugh, and she doesn't like children. Unravel the dark emotions.

The queen mother hugged her on her lap and coaxed her softly: "This is your queen mother, come here, Chaoyang, give your mother a smile. If your mother is still alive, she will definitely like you."

The four or five-year-old little princess asked childishly: "Grandmother, what kind of person is the queen mother?"

The queen mother smiled slightly, but there was deep pain in her eyes. She pinched the little princess's soft face and said softly: "Your queen mother is the most gentle person in the world. Chaoyang must remember her, and she must also remember her." Remember your mother and concubine. Both of them are the best people in the world."

Although Princess Chaoyang is favored, she is not arrogant.His Majesty and Concubine Ling also had no intention of restraining Princess Chaoyang's temperament, allowing her to bluff and blaze in the palace, such vivid vivacity and aura sometimes reminded them of the days when Empress Min De was still alive.

Empress Min De was only four out of ten when she entered the palace, she was just a playful and troublesome character.His Majesty doted on her and never asked her to display the etiquette and airs of a queen. When she had nothing to do on weekdays, she invited a group of concubines to the Compassionate Ning Palace to read storybooks or play leaf cards.The Empress Dowager really loved her as her own daughter, but it was a pity that Empress Min De was so blessed that she was unable to recover due to childbirth bleeding within a few years.Since then, this Palace of Compassion and Peace has become more and more deserted day by day, the Empress Dowager devoted herself to worshiping Buddha and never cared about current affairs.

Fei Cui brewed Chao Yang hot and clear tea, feeling a little uneasy, if Liu Li hadn't gently bumped her back with an elbow, the tea would have overflowed because of her distraction.

Princess Chaoyang was currently crouching under the queen mother's knees, crackling sunflower seeds. When she heard that "the Jade Rabbit Fairy saved the hero, but the hero didn't know the beauty's heart, he turned around and walked away."

She tugged on Qi Hua's cuff, and muttered with a slightly surprised expression: "The King of Hades thinks too much of himself! Hey, I feel angry when I hear that."

Qihua covered her mouth and snickered, but Yushu persuaded with a stern face: "Princess, since ancient times, it is important not to talk when eating or sleeping, and the princess must not forget the rules."

Qihua is about the same age as Princess Chaoyang, but Yushu is a year younger than Princess Chaoyang.Although she is young, she has been serving the Empress Dowager since she was a child, and her words and deeds are rigid and polite. Every day, she is "Princess, this is not allowed" and "Princess, that is not allowed". Be careful what you say and do.That's all, the most troublesome thing for Chaoyang is that this Yushu is very good at making small reports to the empress dowager and concubine Ling, often Chaoyang will be caught by the imperial guards before he sneaks out of the palace.

Princess Chaoyang mourns, and then pushes the scriptures and poems that should be copied to Yushu, and Yushu has to imitate the princess's handwriting to help her escape.

When the play reached the next stage, Princess Chaoyang listened attentively, she stared at Hua Dan's melodious singing and beautiful appearance of the Jade Rabbit Fairy, and couldn't help asking Qi Hua in a low voice: "You said, this Jade Rabbit Fairy is more beautiful than the concubine mother? "

Qi Hua was also fascinated by what she heard, and couldn't help telling Princess Chaoyang what she had heard: "Naturally, it is incomparable. It's just that the servant girl heard that De Chunyuan's new play had a predecessor. It's the Beijing Central The number one beauty, and little general Jiang."

"Really?" Princess Chaoyang looked at Qihua in amazement. Princess Chaoyang is extremely beautiful, especially her pair of watery peach blossom eyes. full garden.

"Your servant heard it too. I don't know if it's true or not." Qi Hua threw a few more dried fruits into Chaoyang's palm, and said with a smile, "Princess, don't eat too much, be careful about getting angry."

The Empress Dowager stroked Princess Chaoyang's bun kindly, and smiled slightly: "Chaoyang is so involved in the show. If the Asura Hades is in front of you, wouldn't you be gearing up?"

"Imperial Grandmother." Princess Chaoyang turned her head to the side, and patted the Empress Dowager's knee carefully, a little angrily: "I want to say, that fairy should be free, how can she be trapped by love?"

Her words were just inadvertent words, but they were horrified when they heard them in Jade Liuli's ears.Chaoyang didn't realize it, and turned the corner of his mouth and said to himself: "That's all, Qihua, it's good to arrange the actors of De Chunyuan, I don't want to hear about it."

The empress dowager was startled, but she thought of something else.

Empress Min De always cried when she first entered the palace. She didn't tear her heart or cry loudly, but at a certain point in time, she shed tears quietly without warning.Chuntao, the little maid who served her back then, always said that the empress was leaning against the eaves of Weiyang Palace, looking into the distance, and she didn't know what she was looking at.

Although the imperial palace is large, it shackled the life and death of the people in the palace in all directions. They were like frogs at the bottom of a well, they could only see the world above their heads.It's been so long that I almost forgot how beautiful the clouds and waves in the sky are rolling, like a sea tide.

These old events seemed to be a knot in her heart that was hard to heal. The Empress Dowager closed her eyes lightly, put her hands on her forehead, and heard someone outside the palace announcing it.

Liuli bypassed Huadan in gorgeous costumes on the stage, hurried in after listening hurriedly, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, Ling Guifei has returned from Minglu Garden."

"Chaoyang." The Empress Dowager thought for a moment, then patted the back of Chaoyang's hand lovingly, "Didn't the Imperial Dining Room make food for the imperial concubine? Hurry up and send it over."

Princess Chaoyang dispatched De Chunyuan's troupe and asked Yushu to arrange to send them out of the palace. Then she patted her skirt and got up, turned around and smiled at the Queen Mother: "Grandmother, that speech will not disturb your rest. Aunt Fei Cui , take care of grandma to rest early. The rain will not stop this night, remember to light the incense for sleeping and helping the gods. If grandma can't sleep at night, you can let Jade come to Baohua Palace to call me over."

Fei Cui respectfully agreed, and the Empress Dowager took her hand and rubbed it, "Good boy, Grandmother knows what you're thinking. Go quickly."

Only then did Princess Chaoyang nod her head, scrolled through the notebook she had read with gusto, greeted the two maids on the left and the right, and exited the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

The Palace of Compassion and Ning, which was originally full of music and music, suddenly fell into the silence of a pool of stagnant water. The Empress Dowager suffered from headaches for many years, especially on rainy days at night. A cool ointment was applied to the abdomen, and it was pressed gently to the Fengchi point.

"Empress Dowager." Liuli whispered softly, "Your Majesty returned from the Ming Auditorium and went to Yuehua Palace."

The Empress Dowager's eyebrows were slightly folded, Liuli lightened her strength, and pressed to the center of her eyebrows.

"In the past, Your Majesty never went to the concubine's place." As soon as the words finished, the Empress Dowager suddenly remembered something, and after a while she let out a long and mournful sigh, "That's all. So many years have passed, maybe these two children have been put down."

Fei Cui and Liu Li looked at each other, but bit their lips: "Your Majesty, you didn't let it go either. Eunuch Xu from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to report today that the offerings to the former empress this year were the same as in previous years, except that there was a book of villains. I really couldn’t find the book, and Her Royal Highness was there at the time, so I decided to replace it with a book that is fashionable in Beijing.”

"It's been so many years..." Fei Cui lowered her eyes, as if she remembered the appearance of the queen more than ten years ago. When she smiled, her eyebrows and eyes were always crooked, and there were a pair of small dimples under her lips.

After so many years, no one has ever forgotten Queen Minde.

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