It was cold and windy, it was bright and late in winter, and the low house was still groggy. Lin Weixi was lying on the bed, her thin brows furrowed tightly, and at a glance, she knew that her sleep was not peaceful.
The sound of cooking gradually sounded in the village, and the peasants had no leisure time. Even in such a cold day, many people got up to burn wood to cook. There was also a noise in the brightest main room in the yard. It seemed that Aunt Lin had woken up. Lin Weixi was vaguely thinking, but his limbs were weak, and he was imprisoned in a dream and could not break free.
In the dream-like vermilion courtyard, a maid wore a double bun, and the fabric was crisp and bright Lu silk. She lowered her head, as if she did not dare to face the person in front of her, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito: "Princess Shizi, just now in the front yard. Come over and spread the word, saying that the prince is busy today, so he can't come. If the madam is not feeling well, then call the imperial physician to come over and take a look."
The woman opposite seemed to stop for a long time. After a long while, with a hoarse voice, she sounded: "Busy? I don't know, what is so important, it is even more important than my wife, who is about to die of illness."
"Mrs..."
"Don't talk, I don't want to hear it." The woman coughed twice, she seemed to be trying her best to suppress her cough, refusing to be disadvantaged in front of others. The maid standing outside also knew the rules of the master, holding her breath and bowing her head, not to look at the other party's weak appearance. After a while, the cough finally eased. The woman didn't bother to moisten her throat with tea, but insisted on asking, "Who came here to spread the word?"
The maid couldn't bear it: "Prince Concubine Shi..."
"Say!"
The maid sighed and said, "It's Miss Yunhui."
"Yunhui..." The woman laughed softly, not sure whether it was sarcasm or self-deprecating, "It turned out to be her, I can't fight, but I can't fight. She has served the prince for many years, and it was bestowed by Princess Shen, this kind of love for many years. , I can't compare with an outsider."
Even though she was the prince concubine, she said that she was an outsider, which would definitely be laughed at by others, but in the palace of Yan Wang, the maid knew that the prince concubine didn't say anything wrong.
It's only been a year since the prince and his concubine got married, and they're not even better than strangers. The concubine Shizi became seriously ill, and these servants went to the front yard three times and asked four times without telling the concubine, but the result was more chilling every time. The maid knew that although Concubine Shizi was tough on her lips, she was not allowed to intercede with Shizi, but she turned a blind eye to their little actions, showing that Concubine Shizi also wanted to see Shizi. But, no, the prince has never been here.
Lin Weixi was still lying on the simple wooden bed with his eyes closed, but tears kept dripping from the corners of his eyes, making the pillow wet. Lin Weixi knew that she was being held back. Even in her dreams, her past memories would not let him go, and she brought her back to Prince Yan's Mansion and her failed marriage.
In fact, her name was not Lin Weixi, nor was she a woman from this small village. In her previous life, her natal family was very prominent. Her original name was Gao Xi, the eldest granddaughter of the British public mansion. Her biological father was the only direct son of the public mansion, and her biological mother was the only daughter of Princess Shoukang. She was born into such a family, and her background was quite good.
Because of her high status, Gao Xi has been very strong since she was a child. Later, her marriage did not make her lose face. Relying on her grandmother's face, she even got married to King Yan's only son, Gu Chengyao. After the announcement of the marriage, the whole city was shocked. The eldest princess Shoukang could have given Gao Xi the only son of King Yan. The eldest princess' face was truly incredible.
Speaking of King Yan, no matter whether it is male or female, young or old, even Huangkou Xiaoer has heard of his illustrious name. The last year of Emperor Jianzhao was very turbulent. Concubine Bu was domineering, and the eunuchs controlled the court. If King Yan hadn't entered the King Qin in Beijing in time, put things right, and killed the eunuchs, I am afraid that the future will change greatly. King Yan tried his best to protect the emperor and pacify the chaos, and after the death of the previous emperor, he supported the new emperor, who was only eight years old, to succeed him. The vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty bullied the new emperor when he was young. In the second year, many places at the border were ready to move. King Yan took the initiative to ask for battle and took the army out of Beijing to pacify the chaos. During the few days when Gao Xi was seriously ill in bed, the front line just heard that King Yan had won the victory. information. After the good news came, the court cheered, to put it more bluntly, the little emperor was young, the empress dowager Qian was cowardly, and the bureaucracy in the court was even more chaotic.
King Yan has only one son of Gu Chengyao, Gao Xi is Gu Chengyao's direct wife, and her father-in-law has made many military exploits, so she should feel honored. It's a pity that the glory of Yanwang's mansion belongs to Yanwang's mansion, and has nothing to do with her prince concubine.
Gao Xi sometimes also thinks, when she just married Gu Chengyao, when she also had strong affection, why did he cool down all of a sudden
I still remember that on the night of the first marriage, when Gu Chengyao lifted his hijab, he avoided everyone and said to her with a smile, "Look, I'll find you."
Gao Xi was confused, what does this mean? But the newlyweds were thin-skinned, Gu Chengyao regarded her silence as cowardly, and smiled lightly and didn't mention it again. Which girl does not have spring, Gao Xi grew up listening to King Yan's exploits since he was a child, and now he can marry King Yan's only son. Gu Chengyao's wife. In the following month, the two of them were so in love with each other that they were almost inseparable. Gao Xi was so happy that she fell into a honey pot. She saw her mother grow up under the anger of her concubine since she was a child. She never thought that her marriage would turn out to be unexpected. be so happy.
But she still misunderstood the kindness of God. Flowers will wither, beauty will grow old, and things that are too beautiful will never last long. In just one month, Gu Chengyao's attitude took a turn for the worse. That day, he looked at her coldly and asked, "Why are you lying? Why are you impersonating?"
What
She was sewing clothes for Gu Chengyao at that time. She was not very good at female celebrity, because she couldn't compare to Gao Ran, so she didn't like to do it more and more. But now, she wanted to make a suit for Gu Chengyao herself, pricking her fingers into needles. Hearing Gu Chengyao's words, Gao Xi was inexplicable, why did he lie? What to replace
Since then, Gao Xi and Gu Chengyao's marital relationship has cooled down, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has plummeted. Gao Xi is the eldest granddaughter of the palace, and has a coddled grandmother who is the eldest princess. She has a very strong temper. Since Gu Chengyao doesn't come, then don't come again. Don't expect her to behave like those concubines. Competing for favor and retention.
Later, their husband and wife became more and more estranged, and they became enemies. In the end, when Gao Xi fell ill and couldn't get up again, Gu Chengyao refused to even look at her.
Gao Xi is a very proud person, but this failed marriage completely destroyed all her pride.
Gao Xi was unwilling when she was dying, what did she do badly? Why doesn't Gu Chengyao like her? Even if you don't like it, how can you not even give her the last respect for his wife
Xu is because the remaining resentment was not over, her soul was not hooked away by the bull-headed horse, and she floated for a while, and even returned to the world again.
This time, Gao Xi finally knew why Gu Chengyao asked her those two questions, and why he suddenly fell out of favor.
Gao Xi saw a book in the whiteness. She was puzzled and flipped through it tentatively. Then, she was shocked by the contents and became stiff and shuddered.
There is Gao Xi's life in the book, but unfortunately, the protagonist is not her, but Gao Xi's concubine.
It is said in the book that Gao Ran is a time traveler, and Gao Xi does not understand what time travel is, but this is just a passing in the book, it is not important, what really makes Gao Xi care about is the story behind.
According to the description in the book, Gao Ran became an unloved concubine in the British government after crossing the border. At the age of six, she had just suffered a serious illness and almost died. Perhaps it is already dead, so that it can be replaced by Gao Ran.
After Gao Ran's corpse was revived, the shell was a six-year-old girl, but her soul was a twenty-six-year-old adult. With the help of modern knowledge and adult experience, she pretended to be stupid, pretended to be a pig to eat a tiger, and not only helped herself His biological mother Han became the favorite concubine of the British prince's son, and even taught his own younger brother well. In the future, he was established as the prince of the prince's palace as a concubine. Gao Ran herself rescued a masked man in a Buddhist temple when she was thirteen years old. She didn't want to reveal her identity, but the other party held her hand and refused to let her go. Let him find it himself.
Gao Xi laughed miserably when he saw this, and burst into tears while laughing. No wonder, when she was a child, she was always accused by her elders that she was not as sensible and caring as Gao Ran. No matter what she learned, she was not as fast as Gao Ran. Gao Xi originally thought that Gao Ran might be really born smart, but now that she thinks about it, Gao Ran is not a child at all. The age is even comparable to Gao Xi's mother, an old goblin living in the body of a child, no wonder she does everything well.
No wonder Gu Chengyao said to Gao Xi on the day of the bridal candle: "Look, I still found you." No wonder Gu Chengyao later said she was lying.
It is so, it is so!
Gao Xi's eyes turned red with anger. Her mother, Wei Shi, was the direct daughter of Princess Shoukang's eldest eldest princess. The eldest eldest princess was just such a child, and it was conceivable that she had a delicate personality. Therefore, Wei Shi has always been a noble girl, with a cold demeanor. Since he was a child, Gao Xi has watched his mother guard a lamp alone, waiting from evening to dawn, without waiting for the arrival of her husband-in-law. At this time, Gao Xi's father, the Prince of England, is mostly in the Han family's yard.
Gao Xi felt sorry for his mother, and was also angry with the charming concubine in the West Courtyard. But she is a concubine, and it is impossible for her to surrender her status and live with a concubine, so she desperately studies and studies, trying to compare the daughter of the West Courtyard to Gao Ran. However, the strange thing is that no matter how much work Gao Xi spends in private, his work is always not as good as Gao Ran's. Gao Ran can play novel minor tunes, which surprised the teachers of the piano. She invented backgammon and checkers, which attracted all the brothers and sisters in the clan to make friends. Gao Ran smiled lightly, saying that he only wanted to come up with this sentence, and forgot the rest.
No one believed that Gao Ran had really forgotten about such subtle verses, but felt that she was hiding her clumsiness, and for this reason, everyone in the manor valued her more and more. Under the pressure of such a concubine, Gao Xi was not under too much pressure. Fortunately, Gao Xi's identity was thrown out of Gao Ran's street. Under the auspices of the eldest princess Shoukang, Gao Xi and Gu Chengyao of Yan Wang's mansion got engaged. Gao Xi once thought to himself that she finally won the game of Gao Ran. In the capital, no one has a higher status than Gu Chengyao. Even if Gao Ran jumped again, her husband's family would definitely be lower than him in the future.
It's a pity that the world is so funny. Gao Ran once rescued a man in a Buddhist temple. Coincidentally, this man was Gu Chengyao. At that time, in order to escape, Gao Ran pulled a jade pendant from his body. The jade pendant was in the shape of a Pisces, originally a pair. It was made by someone outside and presented to Gao Xi. Gao Xi felt that the carving was quite delicate, so he casually pointed half of it to Gao Ran.
It was originally Gao Xi's jade pendant, but Gao Ran was afraid of getting into trouble, so he took Gao Xi's things out to eliminate the disaster. Gao Xi gave things in private, and if someone came to the door one day later, Gao Xi would be the one who got the handle.
Gu Chengyao fell in love at first sight with the mysterious woman who saved him on that moonlit night. Although he didn't see his face, he had already decided not to marry her. By accident, Gu Chengyao used this half jade pendant to find Gao Xi and betrothed to Gao Xi. He thought that Gao Xi was the savior. The first month after the marriage, the two of them were in love with each other, but in the second month, when Gao Xi returned to her parents' home, Gu Chengyao went back with her, and met his wife at the British government. Wife and sister, Gao Ran.
Gao Xi was repaid, lied, and abandoned without knowing it.
The vicious elder sister who cheated her feelings and replaced her kindness was exposed. After that, her marriage was unfortunate, and Gao Xi had a strong personality. The more Gu Chengyao ignored her, the more she had to prove it to everyone. Gao Xi personally managed the Yanwang's mansion, rectified the properties and shops of the Yanwang's mansion in a drastic manner, and internally suppressed the people around Gu Chengyao, and fought with the personal girl Yunhui who had served Gu Chengyao for ten years. Gu Chengyao could see her goodness and change his mind.
But she boiled herself down and died, and she couldn't wait for Gu Chengyao's change of heart.
If the story only ends here, Gao Xi can only sigh that he has no luck, and that his fate with Gu Chengyao is not enough. However, the story in the book is only halfway through, and the real climax has just arrived. After the death of Gao Xi, the failed eldest sister's direct wife, the British government also felt that Gao Xi was unqualified. The British government felt guilty about Gu Chengyao, and proposed to let Gao Ran marry over to fill the house. Gu Chengyao agreed, so not long after Gao Xi died, Gao Ran was married as a sequel.
After Gao Ran married into Prince Yan's mansion, she was gentle and thoughtful, and followed Gu Chengyao everywhere. Gu Chengyao also cherished those who were lost and found, and the two were close to each other and knew each other. Gu Chengyao was sincere towards Gao Ran, and even disbanded the concubine for her, pampering her alone. Many years later, Gu Chengyao took over the mantle of King Yan and became the new mainstay of the court, but even so, he never took concubines again.
The second half of the whole book is about the sweet daily life of Gu Chengyao and Gao Ran. Between the lines, they express how much Gu Chengyao loves Gao Ran, how smart and capable Gao Ran is. She is a graceful and caring wife, and also the prince who is respected by everyone in King Yan's mansion. Concubine. When people in the capital praise Gao Ran, they will always pull Gao Xi out and use Gao Xi's complete failure to contrast Gao Ran's high emotional intelligence. Most importantly, the eldest lady of the British government and the Crown Princess of Yan are the best examples."
Look, Gao Xi, the original wife, is not even qualified to be the title of Prince Concubine.
Seeing this, Gao Xi didn't want to read any more, she closed the book and let the tears run down her cheeks.
The Buddha said that there are seven sufferings in the human world, birth, aging, sickness and death, resentment and hatred, love and separation, and nothing to seek.
Gu Chengyao was what Gao Xi could not ask for. She had not been able to please her father and male elders since she was a child. After marrying the person she liked, she saw that he ignored her, so she had to cover up with toughness and indifference, and then did everything she could to attract him. return. Until she exhausted herself and died in depression, she didn't keep her husband back.
In fact, when Gao Xi died, he knew that Gu Chengyao was young and had an outstanding family background. He would definitely continue to marry in the future. With the power of King Yan, some noble women in the capital were rushing to marry Gu Chengyao as his successor. But that person can't be Gao Ran alone. Gao Xi swept the second half of the book hastily, and only then did she know that Gu Chengyao would toss and turn and ask for nothing, and he would also put down his figure to please the woman.
Gao Xi saw a word in the book, scumbag. Even if Gao Xi had never heard of it, he could guess the meaning of the word literally. Is Gu Chengyao a scumbag? It doesn't seem to be possible to say that he will also be deeply in love, and only take a scoop of weak water for three thousand drinks, but this deep affection was not given to Gao Xi after all.
Gao Xi was very distressed, but his eyes gradually blurred again. Before losing consciousness, Gao Xi saw a delicate and delicate girl smiling shyly at her: "Sister benefactor, I'm going to find my father. You saved me six years ago. I have nothing to repay, so I have to trouble you to live for me."
Gao Xi slept for a long time in a daze, and when she woke up, she saw a half-old bed tent, a gray wooden cabinet, and a pair of slender, white hands.
There seemed to be a lot of noise outside, many people were clamoring, and Gao Xi vaguely heard words such as "martyrdom", "King Yan's decree" and "Fenghou". Gao Xi supported his weak body and walked to the dressing mirror, staring at the face in the mirror for a long time.
Yes, Gao Xi, the eldest granddaughter of the British government and the concubine of King Yan, has died. From today, she is Lin Weixi.