"Is there such a thing? I can't remember it." Chunjia reacted quickly and said with a serious face, "I remember that night when I saw the beauty under the moonlight. She was more beautiful than a flower, so you left her outside the pavilion. I can’t even get angry.”
Yun Fenghuang said quietly: "If you really think that I am more beautiful than a flower, are you willing to drive me away? Your Majesty will lie to me."
"Isn't it because I wanted you to stay in the Kongming Pond at night, because I was worried that you would catch a cold, and feel distressed?" Chunjia said softly, "But you didn't want to listen to me at that time, and I also didn't do it after the trouble. I can only accompany you back. In the end, you even teased me, really naughty!"
If he didn't know the ins and outs of this, Yun Fenghuang would almost believe it.
She thought that the emperor was becoming more and more able to tell lies with his eyes open. Because he was the emperor, many times he could not expose him directly. Tsk!
"How can I be so naughty? Are you here to watch the night, and want to accompany your majesty?" Yun Fenghuang said lightly, then hugged the emperor's arm and acted coquettishly, saying that he hadn't heard his majesty play the flute for a long time, and he wanted to go to the palace tonight. After hearing this, "Your Majesty just agreed to be my concubine!"
This was not an embarrassing matter. Chunjia deliberately refused twice and asked her to beg coquettishly again and again. Then she reservedly agreed and asked Yan Yin to go back to Xingxin Hall to get his usual jade flute.
Because the emperor was extremely busy with government affairs this year, he hadn't been in such a mood for a long time. He didn't know where the jade flute was placed. Yan Yin spent a lot of time on his trip. When he returned to Jieyue Xiao with the flute, Zhu, the dinner here has been eaten, and the imperial concubine is talking in the pavilion in the backyard.
The borrowing moon building is the size of a fourth concubine. It occupies a larger area than Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion. The main house is nestled among dense flowers and trees, surrounded by lush exotic flowers and plants.
In the backyard, a mountain spring was dug out and a pool was created for boating.
Although it is not as vast and far-reaching as the Kongming Pond, it connects to many places, but it is better than being able to enjoy it alone.
The pavilion is built next to the water, with a small part of it flying directly over the pool. During this season, lotus flowers are in full bloom at the foot of the mountain, but it is cold in the mountains. There are only a few flowers blooming sporadically in the pool, which are illuminated by the lights hanging high beside the pool. pink and white.
A faint fragrance lingers, stars are dancing in it, and fireflies are busy.
Yun Fenghuang's eyes paused on the pool for a moment, and just as he was about to look away, Chunjia said, seemingly unintentionally: "Does my concubine like these fireflies very much?"
"Your Majesty, you have forgotten? I am from the North." Yun Fenghuang was secretly wary and said calmly, "I have never seen this little thing in my hometown, so I can't help but look at it a little strangely."
Chunjia smiled and said, "I've been coming to Imperial Capital for four years, and haven't I seen enough?"
"What you said makes me worry." Yun Fenghuang sighed and said quietly, "You can't see this little thing all year round in the Imperial Capital, but we only see it for a few days in the middle of summer. According to your Majesty's wishes, It’s not unusual for you to get tired of looking at me after four years. I can’t help but think, then Your Majesty has been looking at me for many years, will he get tired of it too?”
"...How come you can think of getting jealous of anything?" Chunjia sighed in admiration, "I just said that, don't think too much about it."
Yun Fenghuang said: "You see, these two times I said a few words, you feel that I am thinking too much. In the past, Your Majesty was not like this. Your Majesty only felt that I had you in my heart, so I was always worried. Disgusted by you."
Chunjia doubted: "Have I ever said such a thing???"
"There must be!" Yun Fenghuang swore, "You just said it yourself. I just entered the palace at that time, and you were a little willful. But you think I am more delicate than a flower, so you are reluctant to punish me. Even if I am naughty. You made fun of me, so much so that the Empress Dowager and other queen mothers came to you and said some embarrassing things to you, but you didn’t even confess to being my concubine! At that time, I said that I was afraid that you wouldn’t like me. When did you blame me? Are you thinking wildly about me?"
"But only a year has passed and you have changed!"
"Right now, I just think that I think too much about my body. After a while, I still don't know why I dislike my body!"
"If I dislike you, how can I let you scold me like this?" Chunjia said, dumbfounded, "Besides, is it fair for you to compare yourself to an insect?"
Yun Fenghuang said slowly: "Who compares himself with insects? This is what I mean."
Chunjia thought to himself, what else are you talking about? When have you ever been reasonable
The emperor felt that he might not be able to quarrel with her, so he just kept mumbling. Looking at Yan Yin trotting over, he said with a smile: "I brought the flute, but I don't know what my beloved concubine wants to hear?"
"Anything can be done!" Yun Fenghuang rested his chin on his hands on the stone table in the pavilion. There were lush vegetation in the mountains, and there were inevitably many mosquitoes. The agarwood incense burning in the gilt Suan Ni furnace next to him was mixed with agarwood. The insect repellent spread like night fog, covering each other's eyebrows. The faces illuminated by the candlelight through the smoke were hazy, as if they were in a dream.
Chunjia took the jade flute handed over by Yan Yin, glanced at her with a smile, brought it to her lips, played a few melodious and lively tunes, raised her head and said, "This tune is very much like my beloved concubine."
Do I feel so light and bright in your heart
Yun Fenghuang didn't believe it at all, and said with a full smile: "Then does your majesty know which song your majesty is in my mind?"
Chunjia became interested: "Which song?"
Then he saw his beloved concubine asking someone to fetch a pipa. Then she rolled up her sleeves with a golden bracelet and started to play it a few times. It was graceful and gentle, just like a quiet spring night, when the moon rises from the east mountain, and you ride a small boat across the river. You see the shadows of flowers dancing on both sides of the bank, and the water birds. The song was so pleasant and distant that Chunjia was quite surprised and asked, "Why is it a sunset flute song?"
Although he was used to showing kindness and gentleness to others, he was not really soft-hearted in his heart, so he felt that Yun Fenghuang should be able to choose majestic music. At this moment, he was very interested in hearing Concubine Xian's explanation, and saw Concubine Xian holding the pipa. She tilted her head and smiled at him. Her face was a little blurry as the smoke lingered. Her single eye was shining brightly, seeming to be looking at him and looking through him into the distance.
"I was born and raised in the north. I have always wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River, where the grass grows and the orioles fly, as written in the book." Yun Fenghuang played with his pipa casually and said lazily, "It's just that I If you are a woman who aborts, it is unlikely that you will have the opportunity to go to such a distant place unless there is an accident... "
In fact, it's not the case. Qi Jiulu took everything from her. He had already said that he would take her wherever she wanted to go after marriage - although Yun Fenghuang didn't take it seriously when he said this. After all, as the eldest son of the Qi family and the future tomb Wife, they were not very free - but at least they were happy to listen.
After calming down, Yun Fenghuang continued, "So Jiangnan is an unrealistic dream in my eyes, unattainable. Just like your Majesty... there are bandits and gentlemen who will never be divorced."
"I'm right in front of you, why am I so out of reach?" Chunjia laughed and said softly, "I still think I'm unrealistic, huh?"
"I just never thought that Your Majesty would be so talented, beautiful, civilized, and military, and that he loves me so much." Yun Fenghuang glanced at him sideways, trying to laugh or not, "So now that I think about it, I am afraid that I will be in a trance and find myself still in the small courtyard of Huzhu Palace when I wake up, waiting for the order from the main hall to come and serve!"
Chunjia had heard countless compliments since he took office, but the words spoken by his favorite concubine were particularly touching. He was in a very good mood at the moment. He took her hand, played with it, and said with a smile: "Maybe I am waiting for you over there in the main hall. And you?"
"Then do you want me to wake up soon?" Yun Fenghuang scratched his palm and said sweetly, "So as not to make His Majesty wait in a hurry?"
The moonlight was very good that night. The frost-like moonlight streamed down and slanted into the pavilion. It seemed that there was a layer of frost on the eyebrows and hair of the concubine Xian. The rough look made Chunjia subconsciously think of "growing old together". After saying this, he was distracted for a moment and then smiled: "Don't worry, I'm willing to wait for you."
... The sound of the jade flute spread far and wide in the still night. Mrs. Yaoning in Woxia Tower had a nightmare. She woke up and couldn't sleep. After listening for a while, she called the dowry's confidant: "Listen, Who is playing the flute?"
The confidant was a little confused. He listened carefully for a while and then said uncertainly: "It seems to be coming from the Yueyue Xiaozhu... Is it Concubine Xian? His Majesty seems to be with her tonight, not even late at night." I know that the mother-in-law Empress Dowager did not come this year to ensure that Your Majesty has a good life. Otherwise, we don’t need to tell you, the mother-in-law Empress Dowager would not be able to spare her."
"It's Your Majesty." Gu Zhen sighed, took a hidden bag from the side and put it on the back of his waist, and said quietly, "Have you forgotten? The Queen held a banquet two years ago, and all the concubines came on stage to perform in order to please the Queen... Midway When Your Majesty arrived, there happened to be a palace concubine who was a palace maid dancing. She was so frightened when she saw the holy driver that she danced in disarray, so she was scolded."
At that time, Chunjia was recognized as generous and kind-hearted, and he was especially sympathetic to his subordinates.
So even though the palace concubine was not very favored, he still spoke out to smooth things over, and personally took a purple bamboo flute to accompany her, encouraging the palace concubine to dance it completely again... This matter was over like this, Empress Ji was not a truly virtuous and virtuous person, but she would not care about such a trivial matter with the emperor's concubines who didn't even remember their surnames.
It was Yuan Yuniang who took action.
Afterwards, she summoned the concubine to Huzhu Palace and found an excuse to break her legs.
He was not dead at the time. He broke the porcelain bowl and cut his throat that night after he was carried back to his residence and committed suicide.
Yuan Niang did a lot of similar things in those years. Chunjia didn't even say anything about her after hearing the news, he just sighed... Before that, in addition to studying and practicing martial arts, the emperor would play a piece of music when he had free time, but then he suddenly stopped playing.
Many concubines in the palace saw this change and thought that Yuan Yuniang was about to fall out of favor. After all, she was so cruel.
Empress Ji and the others were targeting her because she and Chun Jia were childhood sweethearts and their relationship was extraordinary, but in fact they really couldn't stand it.
Gu Zhen told his left and right in private: "Even if Yuan Niang is not your majesty's sweetheart, I will not tolerate her in this palace."
As a result, Yuan Niang did not fall out of favor because of the indiscriminate killing of innocent people and maiming the concubines, but she was defeated by Yun Fenghuang, who was equally ruthless. At this moment, Gu Zhen listened to the familiar flute music that he had not seen for a long time, and felt a little melancholy: "Do you think His Majesty just likes such cruel women? ? Niang Yuan left, and Yun Fenghuang came. The former only dealt with some low-level concubines, but how many high-ranking positions has the latter held so far? "
The confidant knew that she was depressed, so after thinking for a while, she said: "Now that the queen has a prince under her knees, why should she be as knowledgeable as a good concubine?"
The plan for now is to raise the great emperor's heir well.
Even if the prince with Ji's blood is unlikely to succeed to the throne, he can still be the princess in the future, right
It's better than having nothing. From now on, it's better to follow the Queen Mother and watch the Queen Mother's face.
Gu Zhen also understood this, but it was tantamount to admitting defeat.
Gu Zhen then fell silent.
She was not the only one to recognize the sound of Chunjia's flute that night. Therefore, after dawn, a secret speculation began to spread in the palace, that is, the Xianfei was afraid that she would kill Yuan Niang.
Maybe the reason was the concubine who disappeared earlier.
It's just for others to talk about this and listen to it. Anyway, their relationship with Yuan Niang is not very good. Mrs. Chunke was driven out and killed, so they didn't care.
It's just that Zhaoyuan and Yuan Zhiniang are unable to calm down because of their status.