Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 92 A bolt from the blue hears the wedding date

A few days later, the imperial physician announced that the disease in Chengqing Palace had been effectively controlled, and it was no longer contagious, so Gu Qinghua followed suit and issued an order to lift the ban.

On that day, Shao Qing, as the wife of the emperor, should go to have a look, and Mu Tiannan also went along with her.

Su Jun became a little thinner, his face was a little pale, a little weak and haggard, he could barely walk a few steps with the support of the eunuch, Shao Qing inevitably said some polite words such as taking a good rest, Mu Tiannan also smiled, and his attitude was very kind He was amiable, but secretly looked at Su Jun quietly.

The days are still going on like running water, the ancient Tsinghua University in the imperial court and the Yizheng Wang are still wary and fighting openly and secretly, but the three royal husbands in the palace get along peacefully.

I didn't realize it was the beginning of February.On the sixth day of the lunar new year, the weather was very good, Xianglin was idle, and wanted to go to the plum garden to pick some wintersweet for vases. He just passed a rockery and saw a group of eunuchs pointing fingers at the leader on the cobblestone road ahead. Carry all kinds of famous flowers under the command of paddle.

Xianglin stopped in her tracks unconsciously, and looked over there with half-closed eyes. The potted flowers carried by the little eunuchs were all kinds of famous products cultivated in the greenhouse of the Flower Planting Bureau, including peony, peony, hibiscus, crabapple, rose, hypericum, Dahlias, etc., bloom beautifully and colorfully.

Xianglin couldn't help wondering: there are no festivals right now, and I haven't heard that there will be a flower viewing party. What's the trouble?
Thinking about it, Xianglin moved her feet and walked over there.

"Hey! Miss Xianglin, why are you here!" The leading father-in-law rushed forward to talk with Xianglin while laughing, and all the little eunuchs also carefully put down the potted flowers in their hands, and bowed their heads to Xianglin in a respectful manner. Bow down and say hello.

She is the female official next to Gu Qinghua's status next to Aunt Su, and she is also a confidant maid who grew up with Gu Qinghua. Gu Qinghua praised her on many occasions intentionally or unintentionally. Naturally, no one in the palace did not know her. No one dared to neglect her easily.

Xianglin waved her hands casually to let the little eunuchs do whatever they wanted, and stood sideways with the chief eunuch to talk.

"Elder-in-law, what are you doing? Where are these flowers going to be moved?" Xiang Lin pouted.

A daze flashed in the eyes of the chief eunuch, and he came back to his senses for a moment. He gave Xianglin a strange look, and said in disbelief, "Miss Xianglin—don't you know?"

Xianglin frowned and looked at him.

"The villain talks too much!" The leader, the father-in-law, took a half step back respectfully, slapped his cheek lightly, and said with a low voice: "This is what the emperor ordered to put it at the Chunxiao Pavilion, and said it will be tomorrow." Together with the two consorts, I want to invite His Majesty to enjoy the flowers!"

Xiang Lin held back her laughter, and wondered, "What is your Majesty asking your Majesty to do to admire the flowers?" Gu Qinghua spent these days traveling around Shao Qing and the others, having a great time socializing. Isn't Shao Qing's heart fluttering?Xianglin secretly laughed, Gu Qinghua only had one Su Jun in his heart, how could she not know?
The leader's father-in-law was obviously startled again, afraid that Xianglin would be angry, so he had to continue to patiently explain the confusion, lowered his head to accompany him with a smile and said cautiously: "I heard that the husbands of the emperor are afraid that your majesty is not in a good mood recently, so you can use the flowers to help your majesty." Solve it, solve it."

Xianglin stared at him with a slightly gloomy expression.It is clearly written in the eyes: Speak clearly!

Just a joke, Gu Qinghua is in a bad mood recently and needs to appreciate flowers to resolve it?She is by her side every day, how could she not know!

"I heard that Crown Prince Fan is getting married..." the chief eunuch whispered.

"What did you say!" Xianglin yelled in vain, her eyes widened, she stared at the chief eunuch, her face turned pale instantly. "Buzz!", her mind went blank for an instant, something suddenly sank in her chest, sank to the bottom, and her heart disappeared after that!Empty, the whole person is empty!
In a daze, the sky and the earth seemed to change color.

"What did you say?" Xianglin's voice was trembling, hoarse, and light, and her footsteps were also a little light. She took a step closer to the chief eunuch, staring straight at him, as if she had exhausted all her strength Generally word by word: "You, say it again!"

"Miss Xianglin..." The chief eunuch and the eunuchs moving the flowers were all taken aback, they looked at her as if they didn't know each other, forced by her expression, they subconsciously took two steps back, and said in a low voice, "Fan, Prince Fan is said to be getting married, slave, slave is also, I heard people say, slave, slave—”

The panicked and sincere eyes in front of her due to the panic and accident made Xianglin recover a little bit of clarity, her chest suddenly felt cramped, her internal organs seemed to turn over, and her blood froze, her chest heaved and heaved. , took a few good breaths, calmed down, forced a slight smile to the chief eunuch, pulled back his out-of-tune and trembling voice, and said: "So that's how it is. In this way, Your Majesty, Your Majesty should , Alright, let's relax!"

"Miss Xianglin!" The chief eunuch looked at her with admiration and complexity - she was so loyal to His Majesty, and she was even more saddened to hear the news than His Majesty. As a slave, she did this from the bottom of her heart. She takes her master's emotions as her own, no wonder His Majesty values ​​her so much!Well, the reason why she didn't know this news must be because His Majesty is afraid that she will feel sorry for him and deliberately concealed it. The relationship between His Majesty and her is really——

The chief eunuch sighed that he was inferior, and at the same time, secretly made up his mind to regard Xianglin as an idol!
Seeing her distraught appearance, he couldn't help persuading her: "Don't worry about your majesty, your majesty now has three concubines,—cough, the old slave talks too much, the old slave talks too much!" He slapped his mouth lightly.

How can His Majesty's matters be discussed casually?People in the palace like gossip, but it doesn't mean they like to get into trouble because of gossip.

Xianglin laughed unconsciously when he vomited, and said in a hollow voice, "Don't worry, I won't sue you in front of His Majesty! It's so good, these flowers are precious!"

"Yes, Miss Xie Xianglin made a point, the slave will save it!" The chief eunuch hurriedly made a gesture of listening humbly, and nodded in agreement to show that he was educated.

Xianglin didn't even look at him, she nodded in a daze, and walked away slowly...

No wonder!No wonder!A sneer twitched at the corner of Xianglin's mouth, no wonder Gu Qinghua looked at her a little evasively in the past few days, she didn't realize it at first, but now that she thinks about it - that's how it is!
It's just that Xianglin's heart was full of hatred in vain, and she couldn't help but clenched her fists tightly - if she didn't say it, wouldn't she know?In this palace, there is nothing that can be hidden from others!Even a eunuch from the Flower Planting Bureau knew about it, but she, the person who should know the news the most, was kept in the dark by her!
Gu Qinghua!Xianglin gritted her teeth and flicked her sleeves, and strode back to Zichen Palace.

Xianglin's face was sullen, her eyes were fixed, and she hurried all the way back to Zichen Palace. On the way, the maids and eunuchs subconsciously turned sideways and dodged when they saw it. Everyone was stunned and surprised. Girls are like this.

Passing by Aunt Su in the outer hall of Zichen Palace, Aunt Su was coming out with a tea tray, she couldn't help but stop when she saw Xianglin like this, and said in surprise: "Xianglin, you—"

"Is Your Majesty in the Imperial Study?" Xiang Lin's face was expressionless, her eyes were staring straight ahead, her pupils unfocused.

"Yes." Aunt Su nodded, and couldn't help but said with concern: "You are-" What's wrong, before she could say the word, Xianglin had already passed her by a gust of wind, and went straight to the imperial study.

Gu Qinghua was leaning over his pen and writing vigorously, when he suddenly felt a huge pressure coming from the top like Mount Tai, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze all of a sudden!Gu Qinghua's body froze involuntarily, subconsciously raised his head, and met a pair of eyes that were as sharp as swords and were so angry that they were about to spurt fire without any surprise.

Gu Qinghua held a pen in his hand, stroked the paper on the case with one hand, froze and remained motionless, and looked at Xiang Lin without blinking.After a while, Gu Qinghua rolled his eyelids slightly, and said in a low voice, "You already know?"

Xianglin snorted coldly, walked towards her step by step with a sullen face, gritted her teeth and said in a trembling voice: "Why, you want to hide it from me?"

"Xianglin! Calm down!" Gu Qinghua put down his pen and got up, and unconsciously held Xianglin's hand tightly, the tentacles were cold and slippery, Gu Qinghua looked at her and said anxiously: "I, I don't want to hide it from you, it's just— - I don't know how to tell you..."

Tears welled up in her eyes and ran down her cheeks. Xianglin turned around, raised her hand to wipe her tears, and said with a nasal voice, "Bring it!"

Gu Qinghua sighed dejectedly, and obediently took out the Fan Guoshu with a red and gold cover placed in the most inconspicuous corner of the drawer, and handed it to Xianglin.

Xianglin stretched out her hand to pick it up, her hand trembled a little, she finally gritted her teeth, and pulled away the dazzling credential, opened it for a glance, then closed it again with a "snap", pressed it against her chest, shrugged her shoulders, Wept silently.

Every word catches the eye, every word shocks, it turns out that it is true!

"Xianglin, Xianglin, don't cry!" Gu Qinghua couldn't help hugging her gently, patted her on the back and comforted her softly, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Xianglin, Gu Qinghua...has accepted After becoming an imperial concubine, it is impossible to be together with Prince Fan forever, Xianglin, Prince Fan is the only seedling of the Queen of Fan Kingdom, in the country and family, he must marry a wife and have children, Xianglin!"

"It's you who accepted the emperor's husband, not me!" Xiang Lin suddenly pushed her away and shouted, staggered a few steps, her expression froze, and she murmured with a sad smile: "Yes, it's me, it's Gu Qinghua... ...Brother Prince—" Xianglin's face turned white, her brows were furrowed, and she clutched her chest tightly with a muffled grunt, as if she was about to spurt a mouthful of blood at any moment.

"Xianglin, you——" Gu Qinghua looked at her with a heavy heart, staring at her with wide eyes, and his voice felt a little empty: "Xianglin, calm down and be strong, Xianglin..." Gu Qinghua stood up for her She was sad and shocked by her relationship with Fan Qiying, she thought she could let it go, but it turned out that was not the case at all!

"Tell me," Xianglin squeezed out a half-smile smile on her pale face, stared blankly at Gu Qinghua, and murmured like a babble: "At the beginning, when Gu Qinghua accepted the emperor's husband, the prince's brother's heart was Isn't it the same as I am now, so painful, so painful." The tears in Xianglin's eyes continued to flow, and she cried: "So, the prince and I are in the same trouble?"

Gu Qinghua's eyes dimmed, and she silently stared at Xianglin, her chest was so heavy that she seemed to be unable to breathe.How strange, obviously, this matter has nothing to do with her, why, she would feel that she is a sinner!

"Xianglin..." Gu Qinghua said astringently, as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt bitterness in his mouth.

"I want to be alone for a while," Xiang Lin's voice was light and fluttering. She looked at her with misty tears, shining like broken glass. Shaking, the whole person looked light and light, "Don't worry," she said quietly, "I understand!"

"Xianglin..." Gu Qinghua stood there awkwardly, unable to move a single step, watching her wipe away her tears, straighten her temple hair, and walk out the door in a trance with her head down.

Xiang Lin's feet fluttered, she stared blankly at the front, her eyes were scattered, she left Zichen Palace in a daze, her heart was deeply hurt but she was numb, her mind was chaotic, and she walked away from her feet.Along the way, the court ladies and eunuchs were all surprised when they saw each other.

In the early spring when the glaciers opened and the frozen water flowed back, the air was still full of a clear chill, especially at the lakeside, where gusts of wind whizzed from the lake surface intermittently, carrying heavy chilly water vapor, whistling Sobbing and sobbing made people shiver with cold, and their hearts also felt sour.

Xianglin stood blankly beside a bare weeping willow by the water, staring blankly at the crystal clear lake water in front of her eyes because of the cold, the wind blew past, and the lake surface rippled with fine ripples, while she At this moment, his heart seemed to be still, leaving only a blank space.

There is only one sentence in my mind, the prince's brother is getting married!Brother Prince, from now on will no longer belong to her, but will be someone else's husband, they will live together, raise their eyebrows together, respect each other like a guest, and then, the house will be full of children and grandchildren...

What about her?She will die alone, with nothing!He even lost his own name!
Xianglin stared at the shadow on the water surface, and couldn't help walking towards the water's edge. She gently raised her hand to caress her cold and pale cheek. In the sparkling waves, she vaguely saw the pale and haggard face reflected in the lake.

"Hehe!" Xianglin smiled miserably, staring straight at the lake, not the charming, bright and radiant face that accompanied her since she was a child.This face is so familiar yet so unfamiliar, one glance makes my heart ache a little more, it's not Gu Qinghua, not Princess Tsinghua, not sister Tsinghua, but just a court lady!Yes, how can the prince brother marry a court lady?His wife should be the most beautiful, noble, and gentle princess in the world. She used to be, but now she is no longer!
Tears were brimming with tears, blinked lightly, and slowly slid down her cheeks. The hatred and despair in her chest swept over her heavily like huge waves rising from the sea in a storm, drowning her in an instant.She bit her lip, and a dull and low sob came out of her throat. She endured so hard, and her heart ached!

Why, why endure it?She was supposed to be a dead person!

Yes, she has already died, in the Zichen Palace, on the gorgeous dragon couch, now she is just living in a dream, since it is such a painful dream, why continue to... do it...

Xianglin's mind was chaotic, as if she had been bewitched, a pair of lifeless eyes stared straight at the shadow on the lake, involuntarily, she walked forward step by step...

(End of this chapter)