Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 141 This Flower Is Alone Outside the Chapter ([-])

This flower is lonely ([-])

I took the scroll back to my mother.

Mother gave a slight signal, and I opened it.

In the painting is a flower, a plum blossom. The tall and straight flower branches are outlined by the faint strokes. The half-opened flowers are delicate and pitiful. The white petals are like soft pearls. The little ice and snow covering it make this branch more elegant. The flowers add a clear and hazy temperament like ice and snow.The painting is obviously a flower, but when I look at this painting, I feel that I am looking at a person, a magnificent beauty.It's like... like my mother leaning on the railing that I've seen countless times.

Before I could ask any questions, my mother’s words had already started slowly in my ears. She seemed to be telling a tortuous story, and she seemed to be expressing a secret feeling.

"... there once was a country, and it was a powerful and rich country..."

"There is a princess in this country. Her lineage is unparalleled in the world. Although her appearance is not the best in the world, she is also extremely elegant. Even the most famous talent and painter in that country praised her as the best in his life. One of the five most beautiful women I have seen all over the world, and I drew her in the five pictures that I exhausted my whole life to complete, and praised her as Zhu Ning Bingxue."

"Since she has such unparalleled aptitude, of course she must be matched with a unparalleled husband."

"After she became an adult, for her marriage, her brother, who was the emperor at that time, and her queen mother tried their best to select a suitable person who could match her from among the noble boys in the whole country. "

"So, almost all the children of the rich and famous gathered in the capital, eager to become her husband."

"Finally, the princess picked out a son from a wealthy family, and reported to her mother that she hoped to marry her. Hearing the candidate chosen by the princess, the mother and the emperor were a little surprised. In their eyes, this young man was actually Not the most suitable candidate, although this young man comes from the most noble scholarly family, the oldest rich and noble family, and he is also one of the best in appearance and learning."

"At that time, the country emphasized civility over military affairs, but this young man liked to practice martial arts. Although it can be said that he is both civil and military, he entered the court and became an official. They rarely go back to the capital, and the queen mother and elder brother are reluctant to marry her away to the frontier fortress to suffer hardships."

"They don't know the little secret in her heart. That young man used to be the companion of her emperor's brother when he was a teenager, and lived in the palace for a long time. It was love at first sight."

"Since the princess insists, everyone agrees to this marriage."

"The two got married on a festive day in late autumn. The life after marriage is beautiful and happy, and the husband and wife are loving..."

The mother's words were stagnated here, she was silent for a moment, and then smiled ironically: "Perhaps, in the eyes of everyone, they are married couples who live together and grow old together. Although the son-in-law rejected the emperor's promotion and stayed in the capital The proposal is still running around in the frontier, and there is very little chance of returning to the capital, so the princess often stays alone in the vacant room, but she will still look forward to her husband's return with great happiness, "

"Too deep feelings turn the long and lonely wait into a kind of happiness..."

"But not long after that, things changed." The mother's voice was still flat, but there was an imperceptible trill.

"A more powerful new country began to invade their country. At first, no one felt panicked, they were too superstitious about their own strength. But later, the border cities were continuously breached, and urgent documents were sent one after another. After being sent to the imperial court, they realized that although their country is still rich and prosperous, in fact, due to the long-term peace, its armed forces have been disarmed and its national strength has been declining day by day."

"The soldiers and generals who have been at peace for a long time can't resist those elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield. They can only retreat steadily. The enemy's soldiers and horses have approached the capital. Whether it is the emperor, the queen mother, or the courtiers, they are panicked."

"However, that innocent princess was not worried. She trusted her husband like a superstition. At that time, her husband was serving as a general defending an important border town in the east. She believed very stubbornly. Her husband will come back, come back to save the country, come back to save her, and her children."

"At that time, she was already three months pregnant..."

"But in the end she didn't wait for her husband's return, what she waited for was the news of his treason and defection to the enemy..." There was a faint pain and struggle on the mother's face, as if an old wound had been left for a long time, and at this moment After being severed, I found that the pain was still the same, even deeper...

"... She who is in the deep palace cannot believe such rumors. She even would rather die for the country with him. Nor can she believe that his talented husband is such a humble villain. She insists on going to personally Looking for her husband. When the capital was in crisis, when the army was in turmoil, her imperial brother and queen mother naturally blocked her way..."

"...But there is a person who secretly helped her and helped her leave the capital. It was the great talent who painted her portrait back then. He is not only a talented person who is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also a person with great insight .”

"He personally escorted her out of the city with people, and then he gave her a painting. It was the portrait he drew for her back then. He also told him that he observed the current situation and felt that the capital probably couldn't do it this time. Baoquan, there has actually been a meeting in the court to move the capital to the north. They have already sent people to secretly transport the treasures and silver accumulated in the treasury for a hundred years out of Beijing."

"If the capital can be preserved this time, they will naturally welcome me back. If it can't be preserved, then I hope I can take advantage of this opportunity to escape first, and the silver used for the restoration of the country is hidden in the scroll. Take it out of the city, it can be regarded as the last ray of hope for Liang Guo."

Mother's tone of voice has begun to blur, and she can't tell the difference between "she" and "me".

Accompanied by that faint voice, a great fear spread from the bottom of my heart. I didn't want to hear or read, but all the words still entered my ears without missing a word.

Without her continuing to tell, I already know the next story, who the princess is, and her future fate.

Bright and dazzling lightning flashed across the sky outside the window, accompanied by a huge roar, whipping the world.

In this familiar little room, an abnormal blush appeared on the mother's face, and a bright smile that had never been seen before slowly bloomed from the corner of her mouth.

Her slow voice is like an ancient spell tightly wrapped around me...

"...Actually, I didn't run very far. He had already sent someone to wait for me there. Everything was in his calculations... He risked being beheaded by his new master and lied about me. Isn’t it because of this treasure map that I hid me in the mansion?” Her gaze slowly turned to the painting scroll in my hand, with an indifferent chuckle at the corner of her mouth, she said intermittently: “Now, I gave it to him, so that he won't have to spend any more time...whether he holds it to please his new master, or keeps it for himself...keep it for another betrayal...it's all up to him..."

My body was trembling non-stop, my heart was beating wildly, as if it was going to burst out of my chest, and there was a thunderous roar in my ears, which was faster and more intense than the continuous thunder outside the window.

Such a cruel reality shocked me, made me suffocate, and made me collapse unexpectedly.

I never imagined that a seemingly plain and quiet mother would have such an encounter and an amazing identity.

I have never understood what kind of mood she is living alone in this small courtyard for 23 years. Although I have been with her day and night, I have never really understood her.

In the confusion, something wants to overflow from the chest, but it is firmly restrained, and there is no way to vent it.Under the tremendous pressure, I even lost my sense of sadness, leaving only a trembling blankness, accompanied by my mother's indifferent smile and dark voice, which enveloped me all around.

Suddenly, a gust of wind roared into the house from behind me.

After struggling a few times, the fluttering candles were all extinguished in the rush of wind and rain.

I looked back full of horror, and saw my father's tall figure. After 23 years of anticipation, I finally appeared outside my mother's room for the first time.
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