Wanqingsi

Chapter 130 The Queen Mother
When I returned to the emcee, I thought about what I said today, and then I realized that I was afraid. The big lie I told at that time meant a bit of stubbornness and denial. Naturally, he would not believe me, but although he lost his temper, he succumbed to my false tears and did not force me.Since then, I have been restless, worried that when he will call me to ask questions, but since that day, there has been no movement for many days.I am worried, I have followed the rules these days, except for training time, I stay in the room and dare not run around in the palace.Yun Zheng was afraid that I would be bored, so he asked people to bring me some books one after another, and even sent my guitar to the palace.The court lady Lan Xiang saw the guitar and said in surprise, "Mrs. Ronghua, what kind of instrument is this, so strange?"

"This is called a guitar." I stroked the guitar and plucked the strings.

"Guitar?" Lan Xiang frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly realized, "Ah, I know, this is the instrument played by the girl Carmen who leaned on the red building before! I didn't expect Madam to play it too."

I was startled: "Do you know Miss Carmen?"

"I know, there are many legends about her." Lan Xiang looked at the guitar in my hand with great interest, "I heard that she is excellent in both singing and dancing, and even the first musician of our Tianzhao Kingdom, Mr. Yuefengge, is very impressed. All the musicians in the palace are looking for treasures of her songs."

"Really?" I said indifferently, with disapproval on my face, "No matter how good at singing and dancing, she's just a brothel girl." After all, she couldn't escape the fate of being slaughtered.

"To be favored by Mr. Yue, even being a brothel girl is worth it." Lan Xiang's eyes showed little red hearts, and it seemed that this little court lady was a fan of Feng Ge. dark.

"Ma'am, I've never heard the sound of this instrument, can you play a tune for us?" Lan Xiangyan finished Fengge, and then turned her attention to the guitar in my hand.

I was infected by her expression, and I became interested for a while: "Why not, let's go to the yard."

Lan Xiang called Mei Xiang, and excitedly ran with me to the yard, and sat down at the stone table beside the flower bed. I saw the two young ladies in high spirits, and smiled. Not long, but still retains a rare innocence.

I adjusted the sound, dialed out a string of notes, and said with a smile, "Now I'm going to sing a song, specially for Lanxiang and Meixiang." After playing the prelude, she sang softly:

the moon in your eyes,
the sun is in my heart,
Now I sing this song,
OHH~just for you.

I want to forget all my troubles,

Can't do it,
You know my heart is burning,

Because of you, because of you, OH~ for you.

I want to hear everything in your heart,
can you believe it
All dreams are full of you,

Will it stop,
Whether with you, will not give up again,
Do you have a secret in your heart,
I can't tell, don't mind,
just want to think for you,

write a song, write a song
It's all you, OOH~
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I like Shunzi's "Write a Song" very much, and I also look forward to that kind of sunny love, probably because my heart is pessimistic, and I always like the untouchables of fairy tales.Intoxicated in the relaxed and beautiful melody, I found that I haven't been so happy for a long time.I sang repeatedly, and the two little maids looked at me blankly, and I smiled at them.That's all for one song. Seeing that the two of them didn't respond, I smiled and said, "Will you give me a little applause?"

As soon as the voice fell, several applause came from behind.I turned around in surprise, and saw a middle-aged beautiful woman looking at me with a smile on her face. It was her who just clapped her hands. She was followed by a not-so-young eunuch. I stood up in surprise, before I had time After making a sound, Lan Xiang and Mei Xiang had already stood up, knelt down on the ground tremblingly and saluted: "See the Empress Dowager!"

Queen Mother?I was taken aback, quickly put down the guitar in my hand, and knelt down on the ground: "See the empress dowager, the concubine didn't know that the empress was coming, and I was rude and did not welcome her, please forgive me!"

The queen mother walked over and said with a smile: "Get up. I just passed by here, and I heard someone singing, so I came in to have a look. No one told me, what are you being rude about?"

I stood up, and the queen mother looked at me with a smile: "What's your name? Which palace?"

"Mother, my concubine is Ye Haihua, the wife of Yongle Hou Shizi Yunzheng. By the emperor's decree, I will study court etiquette in the master of ceremonies for half a month." I smiled slightly.

A hint of surprise appeared on the Queen Mother's face: "Ah, it turns out that she is the granddaughter-in-law of Marquis Yongle, I'll take it as..." The Queen Mother stopped talking, sat down at the stone table, and said with a smile: "Why does the Emperor want you to learn inner court etiquette? "

"The emperor said that the ministers and concubines come from the people, and if they learn a little etiquette, they will not be rude in the future." I threw the emperor's words back to her.Thinking about the purpose of the queen mother's visit today, I don't believe that she doesn't know who I am, have you never eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run?I read so many court dramas and court novels in my previous life, if there is any disturbance in this palace, I'm afraid it will be reported to this empress.Maybe, she came here on purpose because she knew that the emperor had privately summoned me two days ago.

"Well, what the emperor said makes sense." The queen mother nodded, seeing me standing with my head bowed, and said with a smile, "You child, don't be too formal, sit down."

"Thank you, Ma'am." I sat to one side, the Queen Mother was smiling all the time, but I felt a little uncomfortable.

"You sang that song just now, the tune is very special, and the lyrics are also special, but I can't understand a part of it, it seems that it is not the language of our Tianzhao Kingdom." The Queen Mother asked me with a smile.

I was stunned, and then I realized that the Queen Mother was speaking English in the song and frowned. This is how I should explain: "It's a Western language, and it's not worth mentioning compared to our Tianzhao Kingdom." Just now After answering, I felt inappropriate, don't treat me as a foreign spy, right?
"Oh? You know a lot of things, kid. Why don't you tell me something new about folks when you come to the folks." The queen mother kept smiling, "Let me, the old lady, have a good time too."

This..., this stumps me.My understanding of the Tianzhao Kingdom may not be as good as yours, Queen Mother.But the queen mother opened her mouth, and I couldn't refuse. I rolled my eyes and said with a smile: "Queen mother, let me tell you a story."

Seeing that she didn't object, I went straight on and continued: "Once upon a time, on a continent called Dongsheng Shenzhou, there was a country named Aolai Country. This country was adjacent to the sea, and there was a famous mountain in the sea called Huaguo Mountain... "I talked about "Journey to the West" incessantly, and while observing the Queen Mother's reaction, I saw that she didn't pay much attention at first, but the more I listened, the brighter my eyes became, and my heart became more confident. For a woman who is full of fascination in the world, Sun Houzi's yearning for freedom and his wild nature, who is not afraid of the sky and the earth, are probably the envy and jealousy of her.Although I don't know why the Empress Dowager came to me, but in order to please her, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.I worked hard to talk about the content of three or four chapters in one breath, from Wukong's birth, to apprenticeship, to becoming king in Huaguo Mountain, to wreaking havoc in the underworld, to winning treasures in the Dragon Palace, to raising horses in the heavenly court, to stealing flat peaches The more the empress dowager listened, the more focused she became. The eunuch she brought and the two little maids beside me couldn't hear it from ear to ear, and kept exclaiming. Me: "What's next?" The sky gradually darkened. I mentioned that the Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to Huaguo Mountain to arrest Sun Dasheng. After besieging Huaguo Mountain and preparing for tomorrow's battle, they stopped again and picked up the teacup.The queen mother asked again: "What happened next?" I smiled and said: "If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter to explain."

The queen mother was startled, and said with a smile: "You child, you are still playing tricks."

I hurriedly said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, this story is very long, it is getting late now, Your Majesty must be tired after sitting for so long, the concubines are worried about your empress's jade body, and your Majesty can summon you at any time if you want to hear the story Concubine, don't be in a hurry."

"Well, you child is really sensible." The queen mother nodded, with a look of satisfaction or emptiness on her face, "I didn't expect such an interesting story in this world. You said, where do people go when they die? Really Will you be reincarnated?"

I was stunned, and then I remembered that although there is Buddhism and Taoism in this time and space, it seems to be a little different from my time and space. There are not so many complicated branch schools, and it is more like a pure spiritual belief.The scene where Monkey King made trouble in Hades was so exciting, I didn't expect the queen mother to still think about this story.If someone asked this question in my previous life, I would definitely say firmly: "No!" But I who have died once, and I who have seen the Underworld King, will never dare to say such a thing again.I nodded: "I believe that when a person dies, it is only his body that dies, but his soul will not perish, and his spirit still exists. Reincarnation may be just a way to continue his soul and spirit."

"Really?" The Empress Dowager's expression was a little confused, and she didn't know what thoughts she was caught in.The eunuch beside her said softly: "Queen Mother, it's getting late, it's time to go back to the palace."

"Yeah." She came back to her senses, turned her head and took my hand, and said with a smile: "Ye'er, you are really cute, come and see my old lady when you have time, don't learn etiquette tomorrow , Come here and tell me a story."

cold!I didn't expect a story to make the queen mother so affectionate to me, I smiled submissively and said: "The concubine obeys the order."

Unexpectedly, my inner court etiquette training ended because of such a story. For the rest of the day, I went to the Queen Mother's Yining Palace to tell her stories every day. My stories not only attracted the Queen Mother, but also attracted the attention of the Queen Mother. He also attracted the concubines and concubines who came to greet the queen mother every day, making them smile and be overjoyed.My popularity in the palace has become unprecedentedly high because of "Journey to the West". It seems that everyone in the palace knows Mrs. Ronghua, and every empress is at least superficially warm and intimate with Mrs. Yun.I admit that I did it on purpose. This palace always makes me feel unsafe and without any guarantee. Now, I am just trying to gain a little advantage for myself.Every day I leave a wonderful suspense for the women who listen to the story, and then say loudly, "If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down", which makes their hearts itch, and let these boring women in the harem guess Guess, even the emperor was alarmed later, and came to stay in the empress dowager's palace to listen to me tell a story once, but when he was around, I didn't feel very comfortable, because I didn't like him with contemplation, research, and pondering. look at me.

Just when my half-month training period was about to expire and I was about to leave the palace, I saw a person.This day is the last day. I stayed in the Empress Dowager’s palace, and I was going to finish the finale of Journey to the West. In fact, I can’t remember all of Journey to the West. I only remember some classic plots and stories, and I can drag it out. It's been pretty good for so many days.Not long after speaking, the eunuch came in to report to the Queen Mother, and Concubine Degui came to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, and the scene became quiet for a while.After so many days in the palace, the only person I haven't seen is Concubine Degui, because she is pregnant with Liujia and is about to give birth, so the queen mother exempted her from paying her daily greetings so that she can rest well.When the queen mother heard that she was here, she was a little surprised: "Why is she here? Her body is so inconvenient, please let her in."

After a while, two palace maids came in with a potbellied beauty in palace attire. She wanted to salute the empress, but the empress hurriedly said: "No, please sit down."

The empresses and servants in the room saluted Concubine Degui together. She is a noble concubine, except for the Queen Mother, she is currently the highest-ranking woman in the palace.Four months after the emperor ascended the throne, the empress died of illness. For some unknown reason, the emperor did not appoint another empress.

Concubine De Gui sat up on a chair beside her, and the Queen Mother smiled and said, "Xue'er, why are you here today?"

She pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I heard that the mother's harem is very lively these days. I have long wanted to come and join in the fun. Unfortunately, I am not in a good condition. If I don't come today, I will have no chance."

I looked at her silently.This is Concubine De Gui, Wei Lanxue, the daughter sent in by the fake Wei Xiang.I looked at her delicately made-up face, she didn't look like me, she was much prettier than me, and there was a delicate and charming look between her brows, a man would like this little bird's clinging look.She smiled to the queen mother: "Which one is the wife of Shizi Yun who can sing and tell stories?"

The Queen Mother pointed at me with a smile: "Hey, isn't it this girl, Ye Er, this is Concubine De Gui."

"I have seen the imperial concubine." I bent down to salute, and raised my eyes, her eyes were falling on me with interest, seeing me raise my face, her face suddenly turned pale, and there was a trace of horror in her eyes: "You..., Who are you?"

Why is her expression so strange?Could it be that she knew Wei Lanxue before?I smiled, and calmly said: "Go back to the empress, the concubine is Ye Haihua, the wife of Yongle Hou Shizi."

——2007, September, 1
"Write a Song":
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