Chang Anqing

Chapter 212
In a blink of an eye, Chang'an ushered in March when the grass grows and the birds fly.In the early morning of this day, the warm sun and the breeze cleared away the morning mist. The peach blossoms and cherry blossoms all over the mountain were like a ray of light gauze spread randomly in the world. The pink and white petals in the forest are whirling in the air, rolling up waves of charming flowers, attracting countless boudoir ladies and literati to come here just to see the haze in spring.

At this moment, the quiet and independent courtyard behind Yuqing Temple is very quiet compared to it. If you only look at it from a distance, you will feel that the place is simple and elegant, and there is no difference. No matter how many hidden guards are deployed, not to mention entering a person, even if entering a bird, they have to be inspected three rounds.

The maidservants in front of the cottage are all cleaning in the morning. Although it is March, it still has the meaning of the cold spring, but the house is very warm at the moment, and the faint scent of flowers adorns the house even more. In a quiet and elegant way, amidst the rustling of the clothes, the people behind the layers of curtains gradually heard the sound of subtle and rapid breathing.

Drenched in cold sweat, Empress Yang, who was lying on the couch, suddenly opened her eyes, staring blankly at the double image of the soft and delicate Xiaying gauze above her head, and suddenly stretched out her hand but found cold tears. In the middle of the day, Empress Yang closed her eyes silently, but the scenes in the dream kept reappearing in her mind like a revolving lantern.

Since that night, she has been awakened by nightmares countless times. No one knows that she is more and more afraid of being alone now, because she can deeply feel an inexplicable pressure bit by bit. Coercing her, even trying to devour her.

Whenever the night is quiet, that sense of loneliness and powerlessness is always like a vast and endless black sea of ​​night, and she falls into it bit by bit. Day after day, night after night, suddenly, the icy tide seems to have disappeared. It reached her neck, and even breathing became painful.That feeling was too real, too depressing, so depressing that she almost tried her best to escape.

In the silence, there were extremely slight footsteps outside, Empress Yang instinctively wiped away the tears from her cheeks, closed her eyes again and pretended to be asleep.

Jiamo, who entered the room, saw that Empress Yang was still sleeping peacefully on the couch, and couldn't help but feel relieved in his eyes, and then he tiptoed in, and said very carefully until the couch: "Your Highness, Your Highness—"

When he saw Empress Yang turn sideways slightly and slowly opened his eyes, Jiamo just nodded and said: "The princess is here."

"Aman?"

Ever since she left the palace, Ah Man has been living with her in this Yuqing Temple, and every day she accompanied the Eldest Princess Chen to recite scriptures and tend to flowers and plants.

But seeing that the day of getting married is getting closer and closer, Ah Man is going back to the mansion to be married after all. Although Ah Man always wants her to go to the Duke's Mansion with her, she feels that after 20 years of living in the courtyard wall, she does not know Unknowingly, she has been overwhelmed. In contrast, she prefers to stay in Yuqing Temple where she can hear the sound of the bell and smell the fragrance of wild flowers every day.

"Then let's wash up."

Seeing that Empress Yang couldn't wait to meet Li Sui when she heard about Li Sui, Jia Mo immediately smiled and said yes, and while going forward to lift the curtain, he called people in to wash up.

"Why is Ah Man here?"

Hearing Empress Yang's question, Jiamo responded with a smile: "Peach and cherry blossoms are blooming all over this mountain, and the princess wants to invite you to enjoy the flowers."

While talking, the maid was going in to tidy up the bedding for Empress Yang. When she felt the wetness on the pillow, she couldn't help but look at Jiamo with some doubts. Empress Yang naturally saw this scene, and just calmly let Qing Zhi comb it for her. He shook his head and said, "I don't know if it's the warmer weather or the thicker bedding, but I felt hot when I fell asleep last night, and I was sweating in the middle of the night."

Hearing Queen Yang's words, Jiamo really saw that the hair on Queen Yang's sideburns was sticky with sweat, and went forward to touch the quilt. It was true that she was afraid of the cold in the mountains and that Queen Yang's body would be cold after giving birth, so she ordered someone to remove the quilt. It was also thick, thinking of this, Jiamo couldn't help but blame himself: "It's because the servant has neglected his duty, and I will ask someone to change it to a thinner one after a while."

"It's okay, you are also doing it for my own good."

While talking, Empress Yang patted Jiamo's hand with a smile, and after washing up, she went to Qinghe Grand Princess Chen's yard, and watched Li Sui sitting beside Chen, talking and laughing, looking very warm.

For no reason, Empress Yang thought of herself, but her heart fell to the ground. She lowered her eyes and brushed away the trace of loneliness, and heard the girl's happy voice in her ears.

"Sister-"

Looking up again, Empress Yang met Li Sui's gaze gently, and saw Li Sui coming forward to pull her with a smile, so she let her pull her into the room together, and then had breakfast with Mrs. Chen and talked for a while , I saw Li Sui clinging to Chen's hand and saying: "The flowers in the mountains are blooming, and it's a beautiful time. I want to go to enjoy the flowers with my sister. Can I go?"

Upon hearing this, Chen looked down at her coquettish daughter, smiled and shook her head and said, "It's time for me to do morning class too, you and Yu Niang go first, and I won't be too late to accompany you after lunch."

For Chen's answer, Li Sui was not surprised at all, so he didn't force it. He only drank a cup of tea and walked out of the courtyard with Queen Yang.

……

"It's just to enjoy the flowers, and you all followed, disturbing others' cleanliness, but revealing sister's whereabouts."

Looking at the group of ladies following behind him, Li Sui said: "Jiamo, Qingzhi, Niannu, and Yunu followed. As for the dark guards, they just guard from a distance. It's a matter of having fun with the people. So much fanfare."

Hearing Li Sui's order, everyone naturally listened. When Li Sui and Empress Yang came to the back mountain of Guannei together, the pink and white peach blossoms and bright red cherry blossoms were like a sea. The shirt and skirt, with the hairpin flowers in a high bun, and the fluttering petals around the drape, really feel like entering the heavenly palace.

A gust of wind blows, rolling up the random flowers in the forest, and seeing the beautiful scenes in front of you turned into poems and songs of literati, spread on the painting scroll of Dan Qingke's scholarly scent, it only makes people feel that it is true This line.

When the two sisters enjoyed a stick of incense, Li Sui glanced at Empress Yang who was beside her with a gentle smile and said: "Sister, there is a small yard in front, let's go and have a rest."

Empress Yang greedily glanced at this fascinating scene of people coming and going, and finally nodded and smiled. When Xiangxie came to the front of the courtyard, Li Sui helped Empress Yang into the house. Simple, after Jiamo and the others added tea and snacks, Li Sui said, "It's good for people to guard around the yard, don't disturb outsiders—"

After all, under Li Sui's order, the hidden guards stood around the courtyard, Qing Zhi and Nian Nu also withdrew and stood outside the house.

However, when the door was closed, Li Sui gently tugged at Empress Yang's sleeve. When Empress Yang looked sideways, she saw Li Sui silently pointing to the back of the screen.

In a daze, Empress Yang got up and followed Li Sui to the back of the screen, entered a small door on the side, walked through the long sealed corridor, and when she walked out again, she saw a bright light in front of her eyes.

"Aman, is this?"

Facing Empress Yang's surprised gaze, Li Sui smiled and said, "Just now that courtyard is a resting place for nobles in Chang'an. For the convenience of nobles who enjoy the scenery, it is connected to the tallest Wanghe Tower in front of you. But this Few people know about it, and I told Guanli that today we are going to climb up to enjoy the scenery, so this Wanghe Tower is locked from the outside, and no outsiders can get in."

Hearing what Li Sui said, Empress Yang shook her head and said helplessly: "You said just now that you had fun with the people, how could you block the way for the people to enjoy it for you and me?"

Seeing that Empress Yang did not agree with this, Li Sui was not surprised, he just put up his index finger and smiled like a fool: "Only this once."

Compared to the hustle and bustle in the sea of ​​flowers, this place is extremely quiet. At this moment when the wind blows and the birdsong is very clear, Empress Yang smiled helplessly, but found that Li Sui's eyes in front of her gradually became serious .

"Sister, go and see Ayu."

Hearing the name buried deep in the bottom of my heart was suddenly called in my ears, my agitated heart suddenly froze. Following Li Sui's gaze, Queen Yang looked at the pavilion with the door tightly closed. She turned to look at Li Sui in disbelief, tears of joy had unconsciously blurred her face.

(End of this chapter)