In the sweltering heat of June, the heat wave is scorching people. On the country road leading to the capital, a carriage is slowly driving. The car is engraved with the emblem of "The Mansion of the State of Wei", covered with red lacquer, with a solemn style, but there are four palace guards guarding the front and rear of the car, which looks like a prisoner.
Inside the car, on the couch covered with bamboo mats, Song Jianing rested his head on the left corner of the car, squinted his eyes and slept sweetly, his plump cheeks like white tofu swayed gently with the carriage, making charming and moving ripples.
Mammy Li watched from the side, and the ghosts and gods reminded her that she went to the room to ask questions before, opened the door and curtain, and was shocked to see that the prince did not know when, and was holding the master in his arms. At that brief glance, the little red and chubby face of the master was just like it is now, no, it was shaking more than it is now, accompanied by a whimpering cry.
It's been two days, and every time I remember that scene, Mammy Li blushes and her heart beats. The anger was surging, and a bird call suddenly came from outside the window. Mammy Li glanced at it and saw a black-winged magpie flying away with its flapping wings. The presence of magpies is a good thing, but Li Ma was stunned for a moment, but her brows became more and more frowning.
Song Jianing is beautiful, and all the capitals know that the prince has a charming concubine, who has been favored for seven years. Now that Princess Duanhui and the prince are getting married soon, Princess Duanhui took advantage of the prince's departure from Beijing to announce Song Jianing's entry into the palace, making it clear that it was a grand banquet. It's a pity that the master she has served for seven years has no scheming at all. All day long, she only thinks about eating, drinking and beckoning cats and dogs. Look, disaster is imminent, and this person can still sleep!
"Lady, wake up, it's time to enter the city." Li Mammy called softly while helping Song Jianing wipe the saliva from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.
Song Jianing woke up, and covered her red lips with her little hands and yawned. The beauty who just woke up, her eyes are moist and clear.
"Girl, I will enter the palace in a while. If the princess asks any questions, you can answer as much as you can. If you don't know what to say or if you are embarrassed, you don't have to force it. Just pretend to be stupid and fool the past. In short, don't offend the princess." The carriage entered the city gate, getting closer and closer to the palace, Mammy Li instructed again.
Song Jianing nodded obediently.
Mammy Li always said she was stupid, but she had experienced so many things, how could she be really stupid? It's just a broken jar, smashing, eating and waiting to die. Her mother was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the capital, and her father was a gentleman from Yushu Linfeng. Song Jianing lived a delicate life with no worries about food and drink, and a small family. It was not until her parents died successively that she had a troubled face and lost her trust, so her uncle made the decision and gave Liang Shao, the new magistrate, as a concubine.
I would rather be the wife of a poor man than a concubine of a rich man. After all, the Song family is also from a scholarly family. Although the family is down, how could my uncles and aunts just dismiss her casually because they don't like her beauty? Song Jianing was carried into the county office with red eyes, and when she saw Liang Shao, who was suave and gentle as jade, her grievances dissipated by three points. Liang Shao came from a jinshi background and left his wife at home to take care of his mother. He treated Song Jianing very well, and the two of them lived in harmony.
After a sweet year, Guo Xiao suddenly appeared in front of her.
Guo Xiao, the heir of the Duke of Wei in the capital, was ordered to go to Huzhou to do business. Liang Shao, who was close to the government, learned that Guo Xiao was going to pass through the city, so he went to meet him in person. Guo Xiao gave him face and was invited to the county government as a guest. Liang Shao asked Song Jianing to come out to see her. Song Jianing was very happy and felt that her husband valued her, but she did not expect Guo Xiao to covet her beauty, and she did not expect that the two cousins drank all night long, and the next morning, she drank a sip of tea poured by Liang Shao. , I opened my eyes again, and the person was actually in Guo Xiao's carriage!
It turned out that Liang Shao used her instead of Guo Xiao's sentence, "I will definitely help you in the future."
It turned out that the one-year love between Liang Shao and her was nothing.
Song Jianing was heartbroken. Seeing her resistance, Guo Xiao did not force her. After returning to Beijing, he arranged her in Zhuangzi, taught her the truth of current affairs, accompanied her on tours, and waited until she could be amused by the maids. , Guo Xiao just wanted her. That night, Song Jianing tasted the difference between a martial artist and a weak scholar, and shed the last tear for Liang Shao.
For Song Jianing, it was not that difficult to forget Liang Shao. In terms of family background and ability, Guo Xiao is the heir of the Duke's mansion, and a general who is highly praised by the emperor, who has left Liang Shao for thousands of miles. In terms of appearance and bearing, Guo Xiaojian has strong eyebrows and eyes, and if Liang Shao is a horse, Guo Xiao is a unicorn. Even sleeping together at night, Guo Xiao makes her more comfortable than Liang Shao.
To put it simply, she is not ashamed, and she lives comfortably. Who still thinks about the person who makes her uncomfortable all day long? Concubine anyway.
Song Jianing forgot Liang Shao, but even though from outsiders, Guo Xiao had been doting her alone for seven years, and he was deeply affectionate and righteous, she was no longer tempted by Guo Xiao. Because she knew very well that no matter how good Guo Xiao was to her, in his eyes, she was just a beautiful concubine, a woman who could grab her if she saw it. With such an identity, Song Jianing didn't think about anything, and was happy alone on Zhuangzi, calmly waiting for the day when the color faded and the love was late.
Since she didn't have expectations, when Guo Xiao told her that he was going to marry Princess Duanhui, Song Jianing was slightly surprised, and then sincerely congratulated her. Guo Xiao probably didn't believe it. He was silent for a long time, and he told her a lot, saying that Princess Duanhui was his cousin, and he had to show her respect. He said that he would come to Zhuangzi less often in the future, but he would never forget her. .
How could Song Jianing dare to compete with a princess to be jealous, she assured her again and again that she would do her duty honestly, and said that if Guo Xiao was inconvenient, it wouldn't matter if he didn't come to Zhuangzi. As a result, Guo Xiao walked away with a dark face, and broke into her room like a thief before leaving the capital, tossing her for a while.
After the incident, Song Jianing was paralyzed on the bed, extremely aggrieved. Could it be that she was jealous and he was happy
Strange man.
Thinking wildly, the carriage stopped.
After getting out of the car, Song Jianing wanted to take a peek at Tianjia's palace, but found that he was standing in the middle of two high city walls, with both sides of the view blocked. Sen's. Song Jianing was very disappointed. She and Li Ma followed behind a very serious-looking female official. They walked forward in a ruthless manner. They finally reached the legendary Imperial Garden. They were warned to bend down and not look around.
Song Jianing didn't dare to look around.
Two quarters of an hour later, she was taken to a gazebo. The gazebo was facing the lake. The lotus leaves in the lake were green, and the pink lotuses stood gracefully one by one.
Well, the reason why Princess Duanhui announced her entry into the palace was to reward the lotus.
But Song Jianing thinks that the pool in the palace is too small, and it is far from Taihu Lake in Suzhou. Thinking that she had seen such a big lake when she was a child, Princess Duanhui could only live in a high wall and face such a lake all day long. Xiao Chizi, Song Jianing actually sympathized with her.
"You are the Song family? Raise your head."
There was a lazy and contemptuous voice from the pavilion, Song Jianing raised his head nervously, and saw a gorgeous woman in a red gauze dress sitting beside the stone table in the pavilion, wearing a gem hosta, and two palace maids standing behind her fanned and cooled her. Elegant and luxurious.
"Bold, peeping at the princess!" A palace maid scolded sharply.
Song Jianing was startled, and quickly touched the ground again, fearing that the ground didn't feel hot anymore.
She lowered her head, Princess Duanhui stared at her blankly, but in front of her was Song Jianing's plump little face. The women of this dynasty regarded thinness as beauty, and the concubines and concubines of the late emperor wished they could not eat three meals in order to raise a small waist that could be held with one hand. She had long heard that her cousin had a concubine that she loved very much. She expected that Song was beautiful, but she did not expect that Song was a plump beauty.
She is indeed fat, she seems to have a double chin, but even so, Princess Duanhui still can't say that Song Jianing is ugly. In her conscience, Song Jianing is more beautiful than all the women she has ever seen, and there is a vixen in her beauty, no wonder The good cousin who can take away her childhood sweetheart!
Feeling jealous, Princess Duanhui glanced coldly at Song Jianing, and said to the palace maid beside her, "I'm tired, take a break, and no one will bother me."
The palace maids should be in unison.
Princess Duanhui moved her lotus step lightly, leaned against the beauty, and really closed her eyes.
Under the steps outside the pavilion, Song Jianing maintained her kneeling position with her forehead touching the ground. The scorching sun was blazing, and it didn't take a quarter of an hour for her to sweat profusely, her arms trembling constantly. She was uncomfortable, she was wronged, but that was the princess, if the princess didn't speak, she dared to move, and what awaited her would be a plan, or even the ghost of the King of Hell.
Song Jianing endured it hard.
When the sweat kept dripping from his face, his knees were so numb, and his body was almost unable to support him, Song Jianing suddenly didn't want to live, and tears mixed with sweat. Does she want to be Guo Xiao's concubine? Does she want to get in the way of the princess? She doesn't want to, but this is her life, what can she do? She lives because she is afraid of death, but now life is better than death, what is she still alive for
Just as the thought of seeking death was like wild grass growing like wild grass, just when Song Jianing was about to get up and jump into the small broken pond and jump into the lake to commit suicide, someone suddenly ran out of the pavilion, plopped down and knelt on both sides, respectfully. Bow down: "The slaves and servants pay their respects to the emperor."
emperor
Song Jianing wanted to see what the most honorable emperor in the world looked like, but she suddenly remembered what the female official told her, not to look around. Song Jianing was about to continue kowtow, and then she thought about it, she was ready to seek death, so what about the rules and regulations? ? If she can look at the Son of Heaven before she dies, her life will not be in vain!
Thinking about it this way, Song Jianing gave it up and turned his head to look back, but he didn't expect to kneel for too long, his arms and knees became weak, his head was tilted, and the person also fell to the side, turning into a position of lying on his side!
Suddenly, the new emperor, who was about to pass by, looked at the ground subconsciously.
Song Jianing knelt down for a long time, and her clothes were soaked through. Now she was lying on her side, her cheeks were flushed with tears in her eyes, her hair was messy, and her cheeks were sticking to her sweaty temples. . The new emperor ascended the throne at the age of twenty-seven. He had not been married before. He had taken the initiative to observe filial piety to the previous emperor for three years. Although he had already arrived at this time, he had not yet been infected with a woman. When he first saw Song Jianing like this, he rarely froze for a moment.
Song Jianing took the opportunity to see the emperor clearly. Wearing a plain red dragon robe, the emperor was slender and tall, standing like green bamboo in front of him. He looked about the same age as Guo Xiao, his skin was as white as jade, and his eyes were quiet. Guo Xiao is also a stern man, so cold that it makes people afraid, but the emperor is different. His coldness is like the clouds and mists lingering on the top of the distant mountains after the rain.
Song Jianing suddenly remembered a piece of gossip she heard from the common people when she went out with Guo Xiao three years ago, saying that the emperor was able to ascend the throne because he had a deep mind and was indifferent to the world on the surface. Less than a stuttering prince's head. So, this emperor is a ruthless stammer
Song Jianing shivered uncontrollably, and hurriedly knelt down again, her head lowered, revealing a fair and slender neck.
Zhao Heng took one more look.
Princess Duanhui, who was "waking up", saw it and smiled and sarcastically said: "Why, the emperor also thinks that the Song family is beautiful? It's rare to get into the emperor's eyes. It's better to ask Guo Xiao to send her to the palace. I've served two men, and I'm used to it, and I won't come here to sacrifice myself."
Song Jianing's face was as white as paper.
Zhao Heng didn't enter the pavilion, he stood beside Song Jianing with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently, "Women should stop jealousy, it's enough."
Zhao Heng has a mouth problem, his speech is short, and he is very particular about the comprehension ability of the listener. Princess Duanhui has dealt with several imperial brothers since she was a child, and she naturally knows what the imperial brother means. He is reminding her that Song is her cousin's favorite concubine. She has gone too far, and her cousin will definitely settle accounts with her when she comes back. Princess Duanhui was really afraid that Guo Xiao would hate her, she gritted her teeth, pointed at the stone table and said to Song Jianing: "Forget it, I originally wanted to invite you into the palace to enjoy the flowers, but since you are fragile, go back now, this is Lingnan Xin The tribute lychees will give you a taste, and I hope you will abide by your duties in the future."
Hit a stick and give a sweet date, lest she sue her cousin.
Song Jianing supported her with all her might, kowtowing and thanking him.
In the end, she was carried out of the palace by Mammy Li and got on the carriage. Mamma Li helped her sit up, rubbed her legs in distress, and said a lot of words of comfort.
Song Jianing felt bitter, Princess Duanhui is so powerful, will she think of other ways to deal with her in the future
It would be great if Guo Xiao was willing to let her go.
The future was gloomy, and Song Jianing swallowed at the sight of the plate of lychees that Princess Duanhui was rewarding. She has a problem since she was a child, delicious food, no matter how sad, as long as the people around her bring a plate of delicious food, she can successfully transfer her grief. Maybe when Liang Shao fainted and gave it to Guo Xiao, she did not die, except I think Liang Shao is unworthy, because the three meals served by Guo Xiao are too tempting, right
Looking at the plate of lychees that were full and bright red, Song Jianing's legs seemed to be less painful. She grabbed one and peeled it off seriously.
When Li Momo saw it, she burst into laughter. She didn't care if she had any good intentions, and she didn't remember any worries.
The lychee peeled slowly, the carriage left the city, and half of the saucer was left. But the road began to be uneven. After another bump, Mammy Li reminded Song Jianing in a low voice: "Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke."
Song Jianing laughed, how could she be so stupid
As a result, just after putting the freshly peeled lychee in the mouth, the carriage suddenly jolted violently again, and Song Jianing felt a tightness in his throat...
Half a month later, there was a lively scene among the neighborhoods in the capital, saying that Princess Duanhui had killed the favorite concubine of the prince's son, and the prince was furious and did not marry!