King Jing accompanied Emperor Liang back from the hunting ground, and he retired after sending his father back to the account. However, he did not go back directly, but went to visit the camps of the third son, King Yu, and the fifth son, King Huai. Although the relationship between these two princes and Prince Jing is not very close, it is generally not bad. In the past, during the Spring Hunting every year, the Crown Prince Yu Wang was high above the ground and only circled around Emperor Liang. The three brothers were close in status, but they were often in the same place. But this year, King Jing's status was no longer comparable to that of the past, and the two of them didn't dare to come to the door as casually as they did in previous years, so when King Jing had free time, he took the initiative to find them. The tents of King Huai, King of Yu, were next to each other. In order to receive King Jing, everyone gathered in the open space in the middle, spread out mats, barbecued meat, and enjoyed wine.
Just when everyone was full, and started drinking tea to digest food, Concubine Jing's maid, accompanied by Lie Zhanying, came over, and there was another Mei Changsu standing waiting in the distance. As soon as they heard that Concubine Jing was summoned, Prince Yu and Duke Huai dared to delay him, and hurriedly got up to see off the guests.
It is not far from the camp of the princes to the imperial tent, but the guarded area of the forbidden army is in the middle. Meng Zhi stood in front of the tall wooden gate and saluted each other. He gave Mei Changsu a deep look, and the latter smiled back at him with a calm expression.
When they arrived at Concubine Jing's tent, the maid gave a brief notice, and the two walked in one after the other. The furnishings in the entire tent are simple and refreshing, with only one case, one couch, a couple of pairs, and four or five low chairs with round backs. Concubine Jing is wearing a gray mink fur coat and a plain long skirt. Wearing silver jewelry, the whole person looks graceful and pure, soft and gentle. Seeing her son kneeling and salute, she smiled and reached out to help each other.
"Mother, this is Mr. Su." King Jing raised his hand and introduced.
Mei Changsu stepped forward and bowed in salute. "Su has seen Concubine Jing. He was standing just a step behind King Jing. Concubine Jing had already caught a glimpse of him, but she was in a complicated mood. She didn't dare to look closely, and stood face to face at this moment. With a thin body, listening to the unfamiliar voice, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart, my throat tightened, and I couldn't utter a word for a long time.
"Mother. Are you feeling unwell?" King Jing noticed something different and gently supported Concubine Jing's arm.
Concubine Jing forced a smile, stabilized her mind, and said, "... Mr. Su has worked hard all the way, please take a seat."
Mei Changsu thanked her and sat down in the guest seat. Concubine Jing had calmed down a little by now, ordered someone to serve tea, and asked politely, "Mr. Su has lived in the capital for more than a year? Are you used to it?"
"It's just colder in winter. Everything else is fine."
"Mister is afraid of the cold?"
"Yes."
Concubine Jing turned back to King Jing and said, "You are the worst at taking care of people. Have you noticed that there is enough charcoal fire in Mr.'s tent? Camping in the wild is colder than indoors."
Mei Changsu said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern. Your Highness has taken good care of me. Now everyone is reluctant to enter my tent. I think it's hot inside."
Concubine Jing shook her head and said, "It's not like living at home these few days. You often have to move around inside and outside the tent. If it's extremely warm inside. It's extremely cold outside, I'm afraid it's more likely to get sick. It's better to ventilate inside the tent to make sure the temperature is appropriate."
"Niangniang really knows how to maintain medicine," Mei Changsu bowed, "I also have a doctor at home, but I haven't been with me for the past few days, so I can only keep warm, thank Niangniang for her guidance.
"Sir came in the wind, it's not suitable to drink this tea." Concubine Jing raised her voice to summon the maid and instructed, "Go and fetch purple ginger tea."
The maid took the order and left, and after a while, she brought a purple sand teapot and a small cup. Seeing that Concubine Jing got up and poured tea herself, Mei Changsu hurriedly thanked her: "How dare you work the maiden, ask this sister to pour it."
Concubine Jing smiled lightly and ordered the maid to step down. She picked up the tea cup and said, "Sir, doing your best for Jingyan, I would like to salute a cup of tea." Then she handed over the small cup in her hand. The body of the cup slipped, and ginger tea splashed out, all spilling on Mei Changsu's sleeve.
"Oops, is Mr. hot?" Concubine Jing hurriedly took out a hand towel to wipe it for him, and Prince Jing also rushed over.
Knowing what Concubine Jing meant, Mei Changsu felt a little sad, so she didn't dodge, and let her take advantage of the situation to roll up her sleeves.
When Concubine Jing saw the smooth and seamless arm, her expression was exactly the same as that of Princess Nihuang, but her emotions were more restrained. She took a step back and did not move any more. "Su Mou is not injured, Niangniang doesn't need to care." Mei Changsu looked away and said in a low voice. King Jing helped his mother back to her original position, looking a little puzzled. She wanted to ask, but she didn't know what to ask, so he hesitated and said: "Mother seems to be sleepy today, why don't you take a rest, Mr. Su and I can come back another day. ?"
Concubine Jing was thoughtful, but she ignored her son's words. She was silent for a moment, and suddenly said to Mei Changsu: "I like Mr. Su's book "The Story of the Sky" very much. The above mentioned a waterfall in Tuzhou, I read Mr.'s comment, he must have been to that place, right?"
"Yes."
"According to the description in the book, this waterfall is flying straight down, and its momentum is spectacular. I hate that I can't see it in person. But I can't remember clearly for a while. Which county in Tuzhou is this waterfall in?"
Mei Changsu's eyes trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth pursed tightly. Tuzhou Qinlu Mansion, a very simple answer, but it is the boudoir name of the deceased mother. Although he knew what Concubine Jing's question meant, he couldn't say it calmly, so after hesitating for a while, he shook his head helplessly, "Su Mou doesn't remember much either."
Concubine Jing stared at him quietly, for some reason, her eyes became clear and sad. King Jing looked at his mother and concubine with some unease and asked, "Does mother really want to see this waterfall? My child still remembers that place is..."
"You don't have to say," Concubine Jing cut him off quickly, "I just ask, where can I get out?"
"Niangniang's status is precious now, and she really can't travel at will. She can only be aggrieved and leave it as a pity." Mei Changsu lowered his eyes and persuaded.
"Important status..." Concubine Jing smiled gloomily, her face a little gloomy, "I don't want to talk about that. I see that Mr. is short of breath, his complexion is pale, and the disease should have been lingering for a long time. What medicine do you usually take?" I don't know what to do, I just listen to the doctor."
"I have a little bit of medical knowledge. If you don't mind, can you let me take all the pulses?"
She said this in front of King Jing. Of course Mei Changsu couldn't mind, but Xiao Jingyan persuaded him from the side: "Mother, Mr. Su already has a famous doctor by his side, you don't need to..."
"I just cut the pulse, and I don't use needles to administer medicine. What's the matter?" Concubine Jing smiled softly, "Don't you know that every doctor wants to see more cases?"
King Jing knew that although his mother's temperament was gentle, once she started to insist on something, it was difficult to change, so she got up, moved her seat to Mei Changsu's side, and took out a small pillow bag.
Mei Changsu squeezed his hands in his sleeves slightly. his own physical condition. Of course he knew it, but he didn't know how much Concubine Jing's medical practice had reached, so naturally he couldn't be sure to stretch out this hand. Whether the secret can still be kept.
However, in the current situation, it is no longer up to him to choose. Concubine Jing's eyes were deeply saddened. It also made him unable to refuse, so finally. He still slowly placed his left wrist flat on the pillowcase.
Concubine Jing calmly adjusted her breath, and slowly pressed her two fingers between Mei Changsu's wrist. She looked down for a long time, until it felt strange, and her fingers slowly relaxed.
King Jing bowed his body and was about to open his mouth to ask how the situation was, but when Dingqing saw it, she couldn't help but turn pale in shock. When Concubine Jing retracted her hand, she covered her red lips with her wrist, rolled her long eyelashes, and the tears fell like beads, and it didn't stop. Xiao Jingyan had not seen his indifferent and peaceful mother cry for many years, and his heart was naturally horrified, he immediately knelt down, and hurriedly asked: "What happened to my mother? If there is anything uncomfortable, you can ask your son to take care of it. …”
Concubine Jing took a deep breath, but still couldn't stop sobbing. The more stable and prudent people are on weekdays, the more difficult it is to calm down once their emotions burst. She held onto her son's shoulders. No matter how he asked, she only shook her head in tears. After crying for a while, she said softly, "Jing... Jingyan, did you go today to say hello to the royal father?"
She cried like this, but when she asked such a sentence, King Jing was even more at a loss for a while, "My father and I have been together this morning..."
"What about the afternoon?"
"I haven't been there yet."
"You... go and say hello to the royal father..."
King Jing was stunned and said, "Isn't the royal father taking a nap?"
"It's time to take a nap," Concubine Jing said intermittently. "At least wait, wait for him to wake up. If you hear from the maid...you have been here, you will definitely...will be happy..."
Xiao Jingyan stared blankly at her mother for a long time, suddenly understood her intentions, and immediately turned to look at Mei Changsu, only to see that the counselor had stood up, quietly avoiding him, his whole face as if wearing a mask, Can't see the slightest clue.
"Come on, go..." Concubine Jing patted her son's chest and pushed him out slowly but firmly, but after he left, she didn't talk to Mei Changsu immediately, instead she fell back to the chair On, still tears will not dry. Mei Changsu stared at her helplessly for a moment, and finally let out a long sigh, slowly stepped forward, squatted in front of her knees, took out the soft towel in her sleeve to wipe her tears, and said softly, "Niangniang, don't cry anymore, don't cry anymore. What good is it to cry?"
"I know... It's just that I have endured all these years, and suddenly I can't help it..." Concubine Jing seemed to be struggling to calm herself, pulling Mei Changsu to sit beside him, and looked at him with tears in her eyes. He lowered his head and wiped his eyes with a towel. "I'm fine now," Mei Changsu comforted softly, "I'm just a little sicker than ordinary people, and I don't feel anything."
Concubine Jing choked and said: "The poison of fire and cold is the number one poison in the world. To clean it up, it's as simple as peeling off a layer of skin? Did the doctor who removed the poison for you say anything?"
"He said... I'm fine, I'm fine."
"How is it possible that it's okay? The first thing that matters is to recover from the poison," Concubine Jing grabbed Mei Changsu's hand and said earnestly, "Don't worry about Jingyan, take good care of it, the affairs of the capital, I Come on, trust me, I'll do it..."
Mei Changsu looked back at her with warm and firm eyes, and slowly shook his head, "No way, inside the palace and outside the palace, after all, are not the same... I've come this far, and I've overcome so many obstacles, Niangniang, you too to hinder me?"
Concubine Jing felt like she had been stabbed with a knife, and she couldn't stop her tears, as if she had suppressed the sorrow for more than ten years, and all the elections burst out at this moment.
"If you want to help me, don't say anything to Jingyan." Mei Changsu's eyes gradually turned red, but the corners of his lips still had a faint smile, "Jingyan is fine, I don't have you either. It's so tiring to think about. Don't worry, I'm measured... You should continue to make hazelnut cakes for Jingyan in the future, even if he accidentally takes the wrong one, I won't be confused and eat it casually."
"Xiaoshu...Xiaoshu..." Concubine Jing murmured the name and gently stroked Mei Changsu's face, "You used to look so much like your father..."
"Niang Niang, let's not talk about this." Mei Changsu continued to wipe her tears, "This is not the time to talk about this, you will help me, won't you?"
Concubine Jing stared at him for a long time through a blur of water, and finally closed her eyes and nodded slowly and heavily.
Seeing her promise, a faint smile appeared on Mei Changsu's lips. It was obviously a relief, but it seemed so sad. Concubine Jing couldn't bear to look anymore, lowered her head and covered her face with a handkerchief.
"Niangniang," Mei Changsu stood up slowly, and said softly, "It's getting late, so I should go too. Can you calm down by yourself?"
Concubine Jing took a deep breath, wiped away the water marks on her face, and raised her head, "Don't worry. Jingyan, I know what to do."
Mei Changsu nodded, took a step back, bowed his knees and bowed in a big salute, turned around and opened the curtain, and left without looking back.
It was noon, and there was a warm late winter sun outside the tent, but the air was still cold. Xiao Jingyan quietly put his hands behind his back and stood under the gate of the imperial tent, his still motionless appearance seemed to have frozen.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, King Jing immediately turned his head, cast two scrutiny eyes, and asked in a low tone but vigorously: "What did my mother tell you when she paid me?"