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In the next few days I was so busy that I almost collapsed.
I've never had anything to do with political affairs before, but now it's all over my head. Fortunately, I can sneakily bring Mr. Wumin with him, and he's very useful. Unfortunately, I still have to do it myself for the ceremony. Going into battle, this will inevitably cause a lot of headaches, after all the enthronement and other ceremonies have passed, the day for us to go to Dongyuan Kingdom is approaching.
Three days before I left with Lord Wumin, it was the time when King Xiuyi's family was demoted to common people. The autumn rain was drizzling, and the entire Xiyang Palace was filled with mist. I held an umbrella and thought about going back to Dongyuan Kingdom. All kinds of problems that would arise, but Princess Sheng An did not know what method she used, she came in a sedan chair, and bowed quietly beside me: "Your Majesty."
My hand holding the umbrella was suddenly a little unsteady. I saw that she was not holding an umbrella in the thin rain.
She was a little different from what she had seen before, her face was indifferent and solemn that she had never seen before. I guessed that she was already disheartened towards Lord Wumin. As a woman, seeing her being betrayed by her lover, losing her father, and reduced from a princess to a commoner, she couldn't help feeling a little bit unbearable, so she said: "Get up."
Princess Sheng'an raised her head slowly, only then did I realize that she still had a light white flower bone hairpin next to her ear, which was a little strange, because everyone else only wore flowers, and no one wore flower buds.
Princess Sheng'an saw that my eyes fell on the flower bone, she smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, in this late autumn, this flower bone doesn't know the season, doesn't know the true and false, it blooms stupidly, and has delusions, thinking It wants to bloom into a flower, but how can it withstand the current climate? The concubine couldn't bear it, so she simply picked it off."
She said she was talking about the flower bone, but how could I fail to recognize that what she was talking about was actually herself? However, in the current situation, I can't comfort her, and her facial expression and appearance are very weird at the moment, seriously making me wonder if she is bewitched... So I can only forcefully say: "Sheng'an, you think a lot..."
Princess Sheng'an paused, and said: "The concubine is no longer called Sheng'an, it was a title bestowed by the former emperor, and now I am a commoner... If the emperor is willing, please call me You'er again."
"..." Since it was her last wish, it's okay to satisfy her. I cleared my throat and said, "You'er..."
Princess Sheng An smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"..."
After she saluted, she took out another strip of cloth and slowly unfolded it, but all the golden needles that I and Mr. Wumin pierced her head that day were stuck in it...
Uh, could it be that Princess Sheng'an wants to settle accounts after the fall
I looked at her with some vigilance, but she just smiled and slowly handed the cloth to me: "Your Majesty, the golden needle is broken, your thoughts have already been expressed that day..."
"..." means you think too much...
She continued: "Now the concubine is returning the gold needle to the emperor, I just hope the emperor will not blame the concubine for her rudeness..."
I thought for a while and took the strip of cloth with one hand, and handed the oil-paper umbrella to her with the other: "Go ahead."
Her sedan chair is still outside, and it takes a long way to get outside from here, and now she is soaked all over, this umbrella is really useless, but I gave it to her, it can be regarded as a kind of comfort to her.
Princess Sheng An was taken aback, smiled, and took the oil-paper umbrella: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
I nodded.
"The concubine...resign."
I nodded again.
Princess Sheng'an held the blue oil-paper umbrella and walked slowly outside, her figure became more and more blurred in the rain, I held the strip of cloth in my hand, the golden light on it made my eyes feel very uncomfortable, I couldn't help zooming in With a little voice, she said to Princess Sheng'an's back: "Uh, actually the gold on this golden needle is real, you can keep it, and you can use it as a pawn if you run out of money in the future..."
Princess Sheng An staggered and turned around stiffly: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, there is no need..."
I said awkwardly: "Well, you go."
Princess Sheng'an walked away again in a graceful manner, I sighed and stared at the cloth in a daze.
I don't know how long it took, but a faint female voice suddenly came from behind: "What's the matter, you hate me so much, and use my body to get wet outside?"
I turned around, only to see that it was Lord Wumin, he was holding a dark blue umbrella, and he raised his arms with some difficulty, covering me together, I quickly took the umbrella and said: "No, I just met Princess Sheng'an , you know, she was just wearing plain clothes, with white flower buds around her ears, she used flowers instead of herself, what did she say..."
Before I could express to him my surprise at Princess Sheng'an's dramatic transformation, Mr. Wumin squinted his eyes and threw the cloth strip in my hand on the ground.
"What are you doing?" I froze.
"That was given to you by Sheng An?" He looked at the golden needle in the cloth strip, "It should be poisonous."
I was surprised: "No way..."
Lord Wumin glanced at me indifferently, bent down, picked up a golden needle through his sleeve, and poked at the stem of the blooming frost-resistant flower, the frost-resistant flower withered quickly, and then scattered on the soil On top of that, one moment was still in full bloom, but the next moment the flowers and leaves were withered. The comparison between the two looks extremely miserable.
"..." I didn't know what to say for a while, Mr. Wumin picked up the cloth, and sighed, "I used 'Shanji', but I don't know what to do, if you lose it, it will hurt people. If you put it into the soil, this piece of soil will be useless, let’s burn it, and whoever smells it will die again...”
I was speechless: "The toxicity is so strong?"
Lord Wumin said: "Well, a well-known doctor in the past researched it out, and there is no antidote."
"Such a vicious thing is still called 'Shan Ji'..." I shook my head, and I couldn't help but think of that cruel official Liu Shan.
Mr. Wumin pursed his lips, and said: "The doctor's name is Chang Yuji, and he has an inexplicable past with the cruel official Liu Shan. This medicine is to commemorate the relationship between the two. Therefore, each of them took one of their names. Just words."
... It really has something to do with staying good!
I said speechlessly, "I have an idea, I know where to throw it."
"Huh? Where?"
"The cesspool."
"..."
"A good idea." Mr. Wumin shrugged his shoulders slightly, and handed me the cloth strip, "You ask the servants to throw it into the cesspit, be careful not to touch it."
I nodded, and couldn't help asking: "You... just let Sheng An go like this?"
Mr. Wumin said lightly: "Although Sheng'an is reckless, she is not too stupid. Since she is so obvious, she has other meanings. She should not have gone far now—you can ask the guards to call her back."
I hesitated: "What?"
Lord Wumin whispered a few words in my ear, and I was amazed by the content and profound meaning of those words, but seeing Lord Wumin's calm demeanor, I had no choice but to send someone to find Sheng An. Jun smiled, took the umbrella, walked slowly to the corner, and disappeared in a few blinks.
Sure enough, as Mr. Wumin expected, Sheng An came back after a while, and it seemed that she had been walking very slowly, just waiting for me to call her back.
She came with an umbrella, her steps were no longer as calm as before, and her face was full of pain, as if she was not here to see me, but to go to the execution ground.
But from my point of view, Lord Wumin is indeed the execution ground of Princess Sheng An.
Princess Sheng'an walked up to me and bowed profusely: "Your Majesty."
I nodded: "I called you here because I suddenly thought of something."
"Um."
She replied perfunctorily, probably waiting for me to judge her for some unforgivable crime, but I just pursed my lips, picked a deep white and light pink frost-repelling flower behind me, and then stretched out my hand to touch Princess Sheng'an's temples. Pick off the flower bone next to it and replace it with the blooming frost-resistant flower.
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When I did this movement, Princess Sheng'an flinched slightly, but she still stood there and let me keep the flower bone aside.
She looked at the cloth strips spread out on the stone table, then at the flower buds on the ground, and looked at me puzzled: "Your Majesty, this is..."
"Although it's a funeral, you don't have to just bring a flower bone. You are the same as it. You are still young, but you have infinite possibilities. I am very guilty about your father, but I really have to. He threatened my life at that time. I just Being able to do this... you are what I consider, but I can't guarantee it... After living among the people, I hope you cherish yourself more, and don't take your own life seriously."
After all, I looked at the cloth on the table with a hint, and sighed: "You go."
Sheng An stood on the spot, staring at me blankly, and suddenly let go of her hand, and the oil-paper umbrella in her hand fell to the ground, splashing slight drops of water, and she just jumped up, and together with the frost-repelling flower by her ear, she leaned against the whole body. into my arms. She buried her head next to my neck, with tears dripping down her face, she looked extraordinarily hot because of the cold weather, and she looked a little desperate because of her voice.
"Brother Qing, Brother Qing..." she cried repeatedly, crying heavily, "Brother Qing, why are you still being so kind to me, you know that I'm here to kill you!"
"Uh..." Girl, it's not that I want to treat you so well, it's just that Lord Wumin wants me to act...
My hands were stiff, and in the end I could only pat Princess Sheng An's back lightly, and I didn't know what to say - Mr. Wumin taught me, and it was over when the sentence "you go", and then The evolution of the plot is really beyond my control. I just let her cry heartbreakingly like this. I don’t know how long it has passed. The rain gradually became heavier and hit me on the face like soybeans. At the beginning, the sympathy for Princess Sheng'an turned into helplessness, and I also secretly hated Lord Wumin in my heart, why didn't I remind me that I should go to the corridor, at least there is a eaves to shelter from the wind and rain...
Finally, Princess Sheng An probably couldn't take it anymore, she backed away slowly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, the concubine offended me just now."
I said stiffly: "Nothing..."
Unexpectedly, Sheng An knelt down suddenly, and my gaze followed her suddenly dwarfed figure, and I caught a glimpse of her pair of snow-white embroidered shoes that had been dyed gray, and the hem of her skirt was also dirty and wet with muddy water.
I was surprised: "You are..."
"Back to the emperor, this concubine is pleading guilty to you!" She said loudly, "This concubine wants to assassinate the emperor, she deserves death!"
I said: "Uh, it's nothing, you can get up..."
Sheng An shook his head, and said: "It's not just that, in fact, our tribe wants to assassinate the emperor tonight... This time, we don't intend to really assassinate the emperor by sending golden needles to prescribe medicine, because it's too obvious. The emperor thinks that we will only assassinate this once, and come again at night when the emperor is relaxed... "
I was startled, Sheng An was really heartbreaking, but at the same time, I suddenly felt that I knew what to say without a teacher, so I cleared my throat and said, "I don't blame you, get up."
The voice was so soft it almost dripped.
Sheng An still cried: "I can't get up, Your Majesty, I really have always suspected that you killed Dad for the sake of the throne—I'm so stupid, the imperial decree clearly states that you are the emperor, what does it have to do with Dad? If you kill him, you are still the emperor... I am so stupid, why would I trust those people? I want to kill you... "
I was silent for a moment, and was about to speak when there was a voice behind me, slightly sad: "Sister, you are really stupid."
"..."
If I'm not mistaken, isn't this voice my own? That is, Mr. Wumin... What is his name Sheng An? elder sister… ? !
I turned my head silently, and saw that it was really Lord Wumin. He—or she, was looking at Sheng An with emotion and sadness at the moment, and there were even some tears in his eyes. Seeing him appearing suddenly, Sheng An was taken aback, About to speak, Lord Wumin had already slowly walked over to her, squatted beside her, helped her hold the umbrella, and said, "Sister You'er, I am Princess Changyi, you must know it too."
Sheng An's face was cold, and he returned to his original arrogant appearance: "Hmph, why, are you going to laugh at me?"
Lord Wumin shook his head and said, "No, no, no..."
Why does Mr. Wumin say so many words, I really want to vomit...
Lord Wumin looked at me slowly, and said: "My concubine pays homage to the emperor."
"Uh, uh..."
Lord Wumin nodded, and then looked at Princess Sheng'an: "Sister You'er, it's only been about ten days since I met the emperor, how can I love you or not? In fact, although I am by the emperor's side, I often feel that the emperor Very sad, I know that the emperor has someone else in mind, and I know who she is... "
Lord Wumin stopped talking here, and looked at Sheng An with deep meaning, Sheng An gave me a look in disbelief, bit his lip, and lowered his head again.
... Tired... What exactly does Mr. Wumin want to do, let me vomit on the spot in the performance? Or a broken boulder in the chest...? !
"But for the sake of the people of the two countries, the common people of the world, the country and the country, we must be together. Before the world and the country, what is the relationship between children and daughters? I know that the emperor has given up a lot, and so am I..." Mr. Wumin said deeply. Taking a breath to avoid tears from falling, he continued, "Besides, the matter has come to this point, I know the friendship between the two of you, but Sister You'er, have you ever thought that you have now told the emperor what your people's plans are?" , the emperor will definitely take precautions, and your people must know that you told the emperor. At that time, as a traitor of the family, I am afraid...they will not be soft on you, after all, they have asked you to be the leader—— I know, if the emperor didn't have you in his heart, you would die!"
Lord Wumin's words not only analyzed the interests, but also provoked the relationship between Princess Sheng An and the clansmen, it was very shameless. After finishing speaking, Lord Wumin glanced at me leisurely, and I immediately understood: "It's okay, it's okay, if I don't take precautions..."
"How can this be done!" Princess Sheng'an screamed, "Brother Qing, you must take precautions first! I, I have nothing to do with it. I didn't intend to go with them at first. The property has not been confiscated, I know where it is, but they don't know, they have been asking me, and lied to me, let me assassinate you... After I go back now, I will immediately take those properties and go to Nanwen country by myself ... I have been a princess for so long, thinking I know everything, but in the end it was nothing... I, I should just live in seclusion... "
Under Wumin-Jun's constant hints, I also squatted down, and hesitantly said to Sheng An: "You'er, if that's the case, you've been wronged..."
"Don't be wronged!" Princess Sheng An raised her voice, looking at me with affectionate eyes, "Your Majesty, You'er is willing!"
After finishing speaking, he sighed again: "Unfortunately, now I can never be with the emperor anymore..."
In fact, what she said was more or less implied. If "I" really liked her that much, how could I not think of a way? But I just pretended to be confused, and comforted me: "If there is a destiny in the next life..."
Lord Wumin put his palms together and smiled: "Don't talk about the afterlife, maybe there will be opportunities in the future."
Sheng An glanced at me, nodded and said, "I hope..."
Her eyes were full of reluctance and melancholy, and there was a faint expectation for the unknown future. I couldn't bear to look at those eyes, so I just smiled at her and stopped looking at her.
Lord Wumin interjected again: "Why don't you go to the nearby study and write something to the emperor... Well, let him keep safe."
I don't know what Jun Wumin's intention is, I just said: "Don't force You'er."
Hearing what I said, Sheng An smiled and said, "No, I also have this plan."
Later, Princess Sheng'an wrote three words: May Jun be safe.
At the end, I wrote my own signature, Feng You.
Not long after everything was settled, Sheng An left. She sat in an unremarkable carriage and left the palace gate. During the period, she stuck her head out from the curtain of the carriage and looked back at me... I really didn't know what to do.
After Sheng An left, the rain became less and less, and Reshuang bloomed dazzlingly, but none of them looked as good as the one that Sheng An had pinned to his ear. Everything is as usual, except for the oil-paper umbrella that fell on the ground and the flower bone covered with mud.