Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 62: Charming Soul (2)
The solitude of the moon, the coldness of the night, the poignant beauty of the flowers, and the trembling person sitting in front of the qin are all so heavy and contain thousands of words, but it is difficult to say a word!
The viscous atmosphere continued to spread, and Baili Jiuge couldn't describe the inexplicable, excited, doubtful, and nervous feeling at the moment.She had no choice but to take a long breath, burst into a radiant smile, and looked directly at Mo Li with bright eyes, like a sword out of its sheath, bringing out a brilliance, illuminating the vast expanse of darkness.

She said seriously: "Mo Li, your reaction is strange, but I think I should be right... Mo Li, I'm not stupid, I know you have been having a bad time, enduring the pain alone , ridicule, humiliation, framed, but still can only go all the way on their own. Do you know? I have always felt that your situation is somewhat similar to mine, and this is why I love you so much. Although I can’t see through you, But you can feel those things hidden deep in your heart. 'Those who know me say that I am worried, those who don't know me say what I want', I think at this moment, I am the one who knows you, and I know that you are also Like the people of Penglai who were subjugated, they endured national humiliation, family vengeance, grief and helplessness, even you have endured more and suffered more than them..."

She was still smiling, bright and willful, and she was full of beauty.

"Mo Li, you are from the state of Zhou, and I am from the state of Shang, and there are so many insidious and malicious factors between you and me... But, those have nothing to do with you and me! You are not good! So, Mo Li, I don’t ask you to be honest with me, but I ask you to trust me completely, no matter when, where and no matter what I do, please believe every word I say here today Believe me, I am sincere to you!"

At the moment when the words were finished, there were epiphyllum petals that were blown up by the night wind and fell faintly on Baili Jiuge's shoulders.She was slightly startled, and raised her hand to wipe it off, but when she touched the fragile petals that seemed to be fleeting, she carefully picked it up and held it in her hand.

Epiphyllum... a flash.

She couldn't help sighing that so far, too many people and affairs around her have been like this short-lived epiphyllum, passing by in an instant.

And Mo Li... She suddenly didn't want him to come into her life in a hurry like everyone else, and then leave in a hurry, becoming a stranger gradually.

She doesn't want to.

don't want that.

While his thoughts were flying, he suddenly came back to his senses, only to realize that he had been enveloped by a shadow.

Mo Li stood in front of her, the shadow formed against the moonlight made his pale and elegant and picturesque face transparent and almost unreal.

As he got closer, Fang realized that he was much taller than her.She looked up at him, but the more she couldn't see the look in those You Yue's deep eyes.

"Mo Li..."

She wanted to ask something, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know how to ask, so she watched Mo Li slowly raise her hand, and handed it to her.

The slender and beautiful hands are pale and transparent, as if they were finely carved from a piece of high-quality Heshibi.There are deep grooves on the palm, like scars drawn by the cruel world on his palm.

Baili Jiuge smiled from the heart, and also handed over her little hand, and placed it in Mo Li's palm without hesitation, holding his hand with a slight force, as if she was about to swear an oath seriously.

But what she didn't expect was that Mo Li pulled her lightly, causing her to fall towards him, and she was caught in his arms just like that.

"Ink?!" Baili Jiuge gasped.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she felt Mo Li gradually wrap her around her tightly.

His cold temperature soaked into her clothes inch by inch, like countless gentle thorns, piercing her skin irresistibly, shaking her heart and soul.

"Mo Li, what are you..." She suddenly felt uncomfortable, and wanted to push Mo Li away, but after thinking about it, she felt that her heart was in disarray, and her breathing became short of breath because she was at a loss.

She didn't understand that she could hug Mo Li back and celebrate with a smile that the two were finally connected; she could also scold him for making trouble for no reason, push him away and ignore him...

But why at this moment, my heart feels like a mess, and I don't even know what to do?
And why doesn't the me at this moment look like me anymore?
Baili Jiuge stood stiffly at a loss, Ren Moli hugged her in his arms, not knowing where to put her little hands.In panic, hearing the words that escaped from Mo Li's lips, they whispered like a river of spring water, with a gentleness that could make her drown in it——

"Nine Songs, thank you."

She didn't understand what it meant, and she responded foolishly based on instinct.Why did Mo Li thank her?She obviously didn't do anything... Mo Li, what happened?
She didn't know, and couldn't think of an answer.Her heart was no longer in control, and the mess made her embarrassed.

After all, he pushed Mo Li away and escaped from his embrace. He took three deep breaths to suppress all the incomprehensible emotions, and regained his willful and cheerful posture again, smiling loudly: "Thank you for doing it!" What? Mo Li, you are too polite!"

She held back his hand, and at this moment a strange throbbing sprang up in her heart. She shook her head quickly to get rid of this feeling, and purposely tightened Mo Li's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's been so long Hurry up and go back to rest. Xiaorong, please persuade Mo Li to go to the bedroom to rest, and I will go to the kitchen to make two bowls of ginger soup for you to drink."

After saying that, he threw away Mo Li, gave him a urging smile, and quickly went to the kitchen.

After walking far away, my heart was still in a turmoil and I couldn't calm down, Baili Jiuge even deliberately controlled myself not to look back.But as he walked, he heard the light and heart-warming sound of the piano from a distance.

She stopped and turned her head to look, only to see the ink dripping figure among the thousands of epiphyllum falling in front of the piano again, with her ten fingers showing the elegance of a lifetime.

The scene was still so shocking, it made Baili Jiuge's heart cut and confused, but he stared at Mo Li unhappy, annoyed that he ignored her persuasion and stayed up playing the piano all night.

He was about to go back and drag Mo Li away in person, when he saw Rong Weijun gently waving his hand towards her, the boundless night covered the expression on Rong Weijun's face, but Baili Jiuge understood that he was letting her Don't worry about her.

That's all, since Xiao Rong is here, why is she worried?Let's go make ginger soup.

So he turned around, waved his hands behind him, and strode away.

The night wind blows slowly, causing Epiphyllum to sway like gentle waves.

On the platform, with a lazy smile on his face, Rong Weijun blinked his eyes like a thousand-foot peach blossom pond, watching Baili Jiuge disappear into the night, and then turned his gaze to Mo Li.

The sound of the zither lingered in his ears, Rong Weijun listened carefully, and suddenly curled up the corners of his lips, smiling meaningfully.

"Mo Li, Mo Li, your piano sound has changed." He seemed to be gloating.

As if Mo Li hadn't heard it, he pointed to the qin music as before.

Rong Weijun smiled and said: "In the past, no matter how much your piano sound expressed your feelings, it had nothing to do with Fengyue. But now when I listen to it, I feel that there is a little more sentimental flavor."

After all, seeing Mo Li as if he still didn't smell it, he wasn't embarrassed, on the contrary, he smiled more meaningfully, and said lazily with a long voice: "Okay, okay, go back to the house, and Jiuge will be holding it later." If Jiang Tang can't find anyone, I will also suffer, so quickly collect the piano and leave."

Only then did the sound of the zither stop slowly, Mo Li picked up the zither, stood up slowly, stared at Rong Weijun expressionlessly, walked wordlessly among thousands of epiphyllums, wore a crane cloak and meandered down, between ups and downs Like silver frost and shattered snow.

Rong Weijun followed up with a smile, and while playing with the jade flute in his hand, he suddenly said: "The days to come will definitely not be boring, your play will definitely be very good..."

Afterwards, when Baili Jiuge brought the ginger soup to the bedroom, she was finally satisfied to see Mo Li and Rong Weijun came back. She stared at them and drank the ginger soup, then put away the bowl, and left with Rong Weijun .

Before leaving, she specifically asked Mo Li not to play the piano so late in the future, and after seeing Mo Li nodded in agreement, she gently closed the door, said good night to Mr. Rong Wei, and went back to her room to sleep.

This night, no accident, almost no sleep...

In the next few days, Baili Jiuge stayed in the Shizi Mansion, and Rong Weijun also took Rong Yi over, and the whole Shizi Mansion became very lively.

To Baili Jiuge's relief, Yufeng, Yuying, and Yulei treated her much better. She guessed that Mo Li must have convinced them with his word.That being the case, she felt very comfortable, so she didn't want to leave here for the time being.

As for... the painting Yin Haochen and Yin Ruyi entrusted to him...

Give it to them later!
But Baili Jiuge didn't expect that he thought he could stay idle for a few more days in the Shizi's mansion, but he didn't want to hear an explosive news from Chaodu, saying that Princess Ruyi was about to marry Rong Hui, the eldest son of Prime Minister Rong You. Talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven!In order to show her love and determination, Princess Ruyi refused the wedding residence given by Emperor Zhaoyi, and she will live in the right minister's residence.

Without even thinking about it, Baili Jiuge knew that this was Yin Ruyi begging Emperor Zhaoyi for a marriage decree, and Rong Hui must have wished to tear up the decree.

Of course, she doesn't care if the two get married or not, but she has to accompany Mo Li to attend the wedding day, which is really uncomfortable.She really didn't want to meet Rong Hui, let alone Yin Haochen who was definitely going to be there, but with her status, she couldn't just refuse to go and let Mo Li get into trouble again, so she had no choice but to respond silently.

On the evening of April 24th in the fifth year of Zhaoyi, the wedding of Rong Hui and Yin Ruyi was held in Youxiangfu.

Baili Jiuge followed Mo Li in the carriage, and Rong Weijun took Rong Yi back the day before to help with the arrangement.

Epiphyllum flowers were placed in the four corners of the carriage, and under the light fragrance, Baili Jiuge couldn't help feeling a little sleepy, and fell asleep leaning on Mo Li's shoulder, dimly feeling the bumps under her body, before she was completely sleepy At that time, I heard Yufeng who was driving the car shouting "We are here!"

Baili Jiuge woke up, rubbed his eyes, and met his moon-like star pupils.

He looked at her with a gentle and gentle expression, and asked considerately: "Did you sleep well?"

"Not very good." Baili Jiuge answered the question honestly, handed Mo Li his hand, and was gently held by him, increasing the strength little by little until it was a tight fit.

Through the intertwined hands, Baili Jiuge could clearly feel Mo Li's icy temperature spreading through her veins inch by inch, which frightened her; but she didn't realize that the coldness in her palm The scar that had already scabbed also stung Mo Li's hand, piercing straight into his heart.

"Get out of the car." Mo Li finally spoke softly.

Baili Jiuge nodded, held Mo Li's hand instead, jumped out of the carriage first, and then turned around to help him down, until he landed firmly on the ground before retracting his right hand, but his left hand was always clasped with him.

When they arrived at the gate of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, the servant who came to welcome them was very arrogant, looked at Mo Li coldly, and said with a sneer: "Young Master Zhou doesn't look as bad as the outside world said, it's all a matter of fact. You can walk and stand now! My son, you have to thank my Majesty Da Shang for giving you the concubine Chongxi, otherwise I'm afraid you won't even be able to get off your sick bed today!"

The words were so insulting, but Mo Li was so calm, he smiled and bowed his hands in a thoughtful salute.

Baili Jiuge was suffocated, knowing that Mo Li must have encountered such a situation when he was away from home. He was about to speak, but he heard the servant mockingly: "It's just that the concubine was retired by His Royal Highness Chen Wang before, and she didn't get married again. As the eldest son of my family, I don't know if you feel lonely in the Shizi's mansion now."

Baili Jiuge's face turned cold.Is this person looking for a fight?
She stared at him, ignoring him.

Who would have thought that this family member would sneer even more: "The little one is just telling the truth, what are you staring at me, concubine? This is the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, not your little Sesame Mansion, don't talk about you, it's Zhou Shizi You have to nod and bow to my master too! A proton is a proton, and Zhou people are born to be slaves!"

Baili Jiuge's eyes sank.

"Haha, Princess Concubine, why are you so protective of a proton? Anyway, he won't live for three years! Oh, Concubine, what kind of eyes do you have, why do you look like you want to kick me?" He patted his chest provocatively, "Kick, kick, kick—ah!!"

Baili Jiuge kicked the man flying out, and fell from the gate to the opposite side of the street, screaming and howling.The people watching the excitement around and the guests who came to the mansion were startled, and they focused on Baili Jiuge, only to see her coldly staring at the servant who was kicked away, and scoffed loudly: "It's you who asked me to kick you!" Yes, you deserve it! And—" She said: "I can ignore you if you insult me, but I will never allow you to insult Mo Li!"

When the people around heard this, they were half surprised, and half felt that Baili Jiuge was unreasonable.

But she didn't even bother to look at it, she took Mo Li's hand and said with a smile: "With me here, I won't let people who make trouble out of nothing hurt you!"

After she finished speaking, she pulled Mo Li and stepped in. Because she was concerned about Mo Li's poor health, she deliberately slowed down her pace, feeling that Mo Li could follow up step by step with ease.

She turned a deaf ear to the sighs and comments of those insignificant people outside her, but she didn't know that Mo Li's eyes behind her were looking at her, no longer the sharpness that was hidden in the dark when they first met...

But this time Rong Hui and Yin Ruyi's marriage was very solemn and formal because it was the marriage of a princess, and all the procedures were not omitted. Even when Yin Ruyi's sedan chair arrived at the gate of the house, Rong Hui personally kicked the sedan chair door, Welcome Yin Ruyi to get off the sedan chair.

Although Baili Jiuge had no interest in this, he wanted to scoff at the procedures.

Red tape, is this asking for trouble?

Subconsciously stood on tiptoe and leaned against Mo Li's ear, and said with a low smile: "I just realized that being married is so troublesome. Fortunately, I didn't do it at the time, otherwise I would be bored to death."

Mo Li's expression slightly changed, he was silent for a moment, and asked suddenly: "Have you ever felt regretful?"

"Regret?" Baili Jiuge was taken aback, blinked her bright eyes, and smiled frankly: "Really not... I just think these programs are clearly for others to see, in fact, as long as the two of them live well , and what do you care about these things?”

As he said that, Yin Ruyi finally finished the last procedure and entered the main hall with Rong Hui, and the guests also rushed in. Baili Jiuge and Mo Li also came to the main hall in the crowd, and left. Seat, waiting for the next worship hall.

After Emperor Zhaoyi's long-winded words, the master of ceremonies at the Ministry of Rites finally shouted out the words "One worship to heaven and earth".

Baili Jiuge smiled brightly, looking at the bright red scene, watching the couple's worship, for some reason, the original sneering expression froze, and gradually, a touch of disappointment that even he could not detect .

I remember when I was young, I heard senior brother Gu Yan say that a man and a woman are husband and wife after worshiping, and they will respect each other as guests and grow old together.

But the worship hall on the day I got married was...

His eyes couldn't help turning to Mo Li. In this red and compelling hall, his white crane cloak looked sharp and lonely, so out of place.Even in this dimly lit place, the light and shadows surrounding the contours of his face still polished the corners to pale and almost transparent.

Baili Jiuge felt sour in his heart.

How long can Mo Li's body last?Did he really live less than three years as people said?
And I... want to change this.Would love to change!
But can it really be done?
The left hand couldn't help clenching tightly, and accidentally scratched the scar on the palm, a burst of piercing made Baili Jiuge frowned, and inadvertently let out a moan.Unexpectedly, in such a noisy environment, this sound was still heard by Mo Li.

He lowered his eyes and saw blood dripping from Baili Jiuge's loosened left hand. The color of his eyes changed, and he took her hand lightly and spread it out. He saw the shocking blood winding between the veins. The scabbed scars were still bleeding.

Baili Jiuge came back to his senses, quickly pulled out his left hand and hid it behind his back, with a big smile: "It's all right, it's just a mistake, I accidentally scratched it, can't it be done if I find it again?"

Mo Li frowned, and there was an indescribable clearness in those moon-like pupils, it seemed to be blame, but it seemed to be pity, and under the reflection of light and shadow, it seemed to be fused with other things, no matter how wide-eyed Baili Jiuge opened his eyes Can't see clearly.

She was about to explain that she was really fine, but Mo Li touched her shoulder with one hand, and pressed it slightly harder, as if imprisoning her here, so that she had to look directly into his serious eyes.

"Nine Songs."

The voice is still as gentle and melodious as a bell, but the tone is serious.

"Why did you hurt yourself again?"

Baili Jiuge was dumbfounded. At this moment, he remembered that after he blocked the assassin's sword for Mo Li with his hand, he told her earnestly "don't hurt yourself again", but now, he...

Quickly smiled, disapprovingly: "I'm really fine! In the past, I was often injured when I was in the rivers and lakes? It's not a big deal!"

As he said so, his heart was very warm. Baili Jiuge approached Mo Li with a playful smile, and whispered in his ear: "But you are becoming more and more gentle and considerate. I am very happy and glad that you are not married. The others are you. Mo Li, you don’t have to worry about me, on the contrary, you have to listen to me and accept my care, and get your illness cured as soon as possible, that’s what I want to see the most!”

"Really..." He looked at her softly, biting the corner of his lips.

While the two were talking, Rong Hui and Yin Ruyi had already finished worshiping, and Yin Ruyi was sent to the bridal chamber.

Emperor Zhaoyi saw that the ceremonies had been finished, so he left amidst three kowtows and nine obeisances, and then the whole hall started a feast of wine and wine. Offer him a wine cup.As the second son of the Rong family, Rong Weijun was naturally flattered.

When it comes to drinking, for Baili Jiuge, she thinks she is both good at and likes it.Usually in the Jianghu, if there is a booze, she must do her part, but she doesn't want to drink a glass of Rong Hui's wedding wine.

During the dinner, Rong Weijun also came over to have a face-to-face meeting with the two of them, but because there were too many people talking, he couldn't say much, so he went on busy.

At this moment, Baili Jiuge was thinking whether to take Mo Li for a walk in the yard to pass the time, but unfortunately, a few ministers came over, eager to have a drink with Mo Li.

One of the middle-aged ministers was dressed in simple and plain clothes, with prominent cheekbones and sunken eye sockets, looking as if he was tired from working day and night.He came first with the wine cup, and raised the wine cup with a smile.

"His Royal Highness, the old minister is polite."

(End of this chapter)