Eastern Palace

Chapter 14

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I don't know when I fell asleep, I just remember that the imperial physicians seemed to be buzzing and talking, and when I woke up, I was lying on the edge of Li Cheng Yin's bed with a brocade quilt upside down. My legs have been slumbering stiff for a long time, I can't move, and every time I move my bones, my whole body rattles... I slept so soundly that I drooled on Li Chengyin's sleeve, eh... Li Chengyin sleeves!

I actually lay there lying on my back and slept with my chin on Li Chengyin's arm all night. There was no one in the inner hall, but Li Chengyin was awake on the bed and looked at him with a smile, not a smile. I.

When I saw his expression, I knew he was really okay. I tried hard to get my numb legs back, but after trying I knew it was futile, I couldn't stand up for a while, and my waist... It was dawn, and my waist was sore and sore. , it's like being run over by a cart all night on the back, and I won't sleep like this in the future.

I tried my best to suckle, and finally stood up on the bed. I tried to move my legs, but I wasn't sure whether to ask someone to come in to help me, or wait until my feet stopped numb and try again. Okay. At this time, Li Cheng Yin finally spoke: "Where are you going?" Go back to sleep..." My tongue was numb, it was really terrible, I almost bit my own tongue when I spoke.

Who makes you look like a pig, you can fall asleep anywhere, you can lie down here, and you can't wake up even if you scream. "I resisted the urge to roll my eyes, this guy just had the strength to fight me again.

He patted the bed beside him.

what to do? "

Aren't you going to sleep? Anyway, the bed is big enough. "It's really big enough. Li Chengyin's bed is bigger than ordinary beds. It's more than enough to sleep ten or eight people. But that's not the point, the point is, I couldn't help asking: "You want me to sleep with you." ? "Li Chengyin looked disapproving:" It's not that he hasn't slept. "That's true.

I was so tired that I climbed into the bed. Li Cheng Yin wanted to give me half of the quilt. I was afraid of touching his wound, so I reached out and picked up the quilt on the couch and covered it. Then I fell asleep comfortably.

Later, it was Yong Niang who gently woke me up, and I quietly put on my clothes. Yong Niang told me softly that the will of dethroning the queen was finally announced to the world, but it is said that the empress dowager came out to appease, and the harem was very stable.

Following the imperial decree to depose the empress, the inner court also had a special decree, which was to restore Zhao Liangdi's position because she was wronged.

I looked at Li Chengyin on the bed very sadly, he was sleeping deeply, not yet. Because of the serious injury, his face was still pale and bloodless for so many days, and he had lost a lot of weight, and even the circles of his eyes were dark blue.

I said to Yongniang, "Send someone to ask Zhao Liangdi to serve His Royal Highness the Prince." This place didn't belong to me at first, so I stayed here for several days.

Without waiting for Yong Niang to speak, I went out of the hall and ordered a chariot to be prepared.

I went back to my own hall, no more sleepiness. I probably slept for too long. I looked at myself in the mirror. If I looked more beautiful, would Li Cheng Yin like me

Originally, I didn't care at all whether Li Cheng Yin liked me or not, but after this disaster, I realized that I actually did care. Now that he is alive, I hope he likes me. Because when he was about to die, I realized that I really liked him.

However, he only likes Zhao Liangdi.

I've never been so worried as I am now.

I don't want to eat, I don't want to sleep, I just sit there every day.

Zhao Liangdi returned to the yard where she lived. The Empress Dowager felt that she had been wronged and awarded her many treasures one after another. Then her father, who was recently promoted again, has more people to curry favor with her. The yard where she lived was very lively. Occasionally passing by outside, you could hear the chattering, laughter, strings, and singing within the wall.

Li Cheng Yin's injury should be almost better, although I haven't seen him again, but once I heard his laughter.

It must be good to be able to laugh so happily.

Two things happened that day when it snowed heavily. One thing is that there is a decree from the palace, and Princess Luoxi gives a wedding photo; the second thing is that Xu Niang was sent back to the East Palace.

Pei Zhao's family background is very good. His mother is Princess Pingnan. Yongniang told me: "General Pei was born to be a concubine."

I remembered the dream I had, and I just felt very disappointed. After General Pei became the concubine, he might be promoted. If he is no longer General Jin Wu of the East Palace, maybe I will never see him again.

Originally, I couldn't see Li Cheng Yin, but now, I can't even see Pei Zhao.

Yong Niang placed Xu Niang in a yard on the west side of the East Palace. She said that it was quiet there and that Xu Niang was not in good health, so she needed to be raised quietly for a while.

I think it was because Li Cheng Yin didn't like her, so the place Yong Niang chose for her was quite far from the main hall. Yong Niang said to me, "Zhao Liangdi is in full swing, so the Crown Princess should avoid her." I don't quite understand what Yong Niang said, but I just told me to hide from Zhao Liangdi.

Anyway, I wasn’t happy in the East Palace. Fortunately, A’Du’s injury was healed, and I was able to sneak out with A’Du and the two of them to play.

I haven't been out for a month or two, although the weather is cold and it just snowed, but because the New Year is approaching, it is very lively outside the palace.

The streets are crowded with people, and there are full of stalls and hawkers, selling snow willows, spring flags, food, New Year pictures... jugglers, puppet performers, gunners, rope walkers... It's really hard to squeeze. people. I really like this kind of liveliness. I used to like to be in a crowd with A'Du. Take a look here, look there.

But today, I don't know why, but I can't keep up my spirits. After walking around for a while, he took A'Du to go to Milo's shop for a drink.

The restaurant was still so lively, and Milo's laughter could be heard from far away, clear and crisp, like a silver bell.

When I stepped under the bamboo shed of the wine shop, I found out that she was joking with someone. I also knew that person, it turned out to be Pei Zhao.

I didn't expect to meet Pei Zhao here, so I couldn't help but be taken aback. He probably didn't expect to meet me, so he was also taken aback.

When I saw Pei Zhao wearing a light robe and looking relaxed, I cupped my hands and greeted: "Young Master Pei." He responded very quickly, and also bowed his hands to me: "Young Master Liang." There are too many people in the restaurant, only Pei is the only one. According to the vacancies next to the table, I politely greeted A'Du to sit down first and asked for two jars of wine.

How to say that sentence, use wine to relieve worries.

Although I had nothing to worry about, I was bored, so after drinking two bowls, my mood gradually improved.

I tapped the bowl with my chopsticks, and hummed our little song from the West Liang Dynasty: "A fox is sitting on a sand dune, sitting on a sand dune, watching the moon. Well, it turns out that it is not just watching and practicing, but waiting to herd sheep. The girl who came back... A fox is sitting on the sand dunes, sitting on the dunes, basking in the sun... Oh... It turns out that it is not basking in the sun, it is waiting for the girl passing by on horseback... "A few people in the restaurant clapped and clapped, I suddenly lost interest again, sighed involuntarily, drank another bowl of wine, and began to eat fragrant lamb. Adu pulled the corner of my clothes. I knew she was trying to persuade me to drink less, but I ignored her. While I was burying my head in eating meat, I suddenly heard a "Hui Lu", which turned out to be Wu Shi. I raised my head and stared blankly at Pei Zhao at the other end of the table.

A'Du didn't know when he handed Wu Ji to him, but he focused on the music, and the tune was melodious and melodious.

I dragged my chin and listened to him play.

The tune he played this time turned out to be the half-minor I just sang. He must have never heard it before, so he played it very jerky, but the main melody was still correct, just one sentence at a time. After playing it once, it seemed Much smoother. This song was originally very happy, but I don't know why, I just felt sad when I listened to it.

Pei Zhao blew it again before putting down the scorpion.

I drank another bowl of wine and said to him, "Can you do me a favor?" Pei Zhao was still very polite to me: "Young Master, please instruct me." Take me on a sneak peek up there? "

Pei Zhao's face was slightly embarrassed, and I said to myself: "Forget it, treat it as if I didn't say it.".

JOoYOoNET didn't expect Pei Zhao to say: "It's very inconvenient to sneak up, but there are other ways, just to be wronged son and act as my entourage."

Immediately, I regained my energy, clapped my hands and smiled, "This is no problem."

A'Du and I pretended to be Pei Zhao's entourage, swaggering, and followed him to the Vermillion Bird Gate.

The Vermillion Bird Gate is the highest place in Shangjing, higher than the Linglong Pavilion by the Taiye Pool of the Imperial Palace. Because it is the south main gate of Shangjing Jiucheng, the guards are strictly guarded, with one post at three steps and one post at five steps. Pei illuminated the token, and we went up to the tower smoothly.

Standing on the tower, the wind blew on his face, and it hurt like a knife. But overlooking the lights of the Nine Cities, it is very majestic. Marketplaces and neighborhoods, displayed like a chessboard, the buildings in the East Market and West Market, like crystal basins, lit up with clusters of bright lights. Looking from a distance, you can even see a large area of glazed tiles in the imperial city like a blue sea, dark and dark directly to the sky.

Pei Zhao pointed it out to me: "That's the East Palace."

Whether I can see the East Palace or not, I don't care at all, I stand on tiptoe, just want to see further.

Standing at such a high place, you can't see Xiliang.

I crouched down on the city battlements in despair, and asked Pei Zhao listlessly, "Are you homesick?"

After a while, he said, "The last general grew up in the capital, and I haven't been away from the capital for a long time, so I never thought about it."

I felt like I was unpromising, so I looked back at him a little embarrassedly. The wind on the tower was so strong that it blew his robe sleeves fluttering. He stood quite far away from me. The lights on the tower were dim, and I couldn't see the look on his face. I said to him, "Blow a whistle to me."

A'Du handed the 筚篥 to him, and he slowly began to play the tune I just sang.

I sat on top of the battlement and hummed along with the voice of Yuji: "A fox is sitting on the dune, sitting on the dune, and looking at the moon. Well, it turns out that it is not looking at the moon, but is waiting for the sheep to return. Girl... a fox is sitting on the dunes, sitting on the dunes, basking in the sun... oh... so it is not basking in the sun, it is waiting for the girl passing by on horseback... a fox sitting on the dunes, sitting on the dunes …”

I know that the fox is not waiting for the girl, it is homesick.

I don't know how long it took, but I stopped humming, but the music of Yuji kept ringing beside me. This familiar tune makes me feel at ease and relaxed. Even though it was so cold on the city tower, there was a hint of warmth in my heart. It was the voice of Xiliang and the breath of Xiliang. It was the only thing in the bustling capital of Shangjing that I felt kind and familiar.

The clouds in the sky were extremely low and yellow, and the moon and stars could not be seen. Only the wind cut people's faces, causing pain and pain. I felt sleepy, yawned, and leaned on A'Du's body.

Wu Ji's voice gradually floated up, like the mist of winter, and gradually drifted into my dream.

I'm about to fall asleep.

At this moment, with a cold face on my face, I raised my head.

It turned out to be snowing, and countless snowflakes fell slowly from the endless sky. The wind did not know when it had died, and only the snow fell silently, softly and densely. The crystal snowflakes scattered and flew away, the sky seemed to have broken a hole, and the snow was leaking endlessly below. East and West, scattered, fluttering by the wind.