The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

Xiang'e Crying Bamboo Sorrow (1)

Lian Qiao was embarrassed immediately, feeling ashamed and ashamed, she lowered her eyes and muttered, "How did your empress know?"

"Although you and I are master and servant, why have I ever treated you as a slave?" Zhu Chengbi was half sighing and half sighing, "I am afraid that the emperor and him will not be able to keep up with the relationship of more than 20 years." Zhu Chengbi sighed slightly, Get up and softly support Lianqiao, "I don't necessarily know what's on your mind."

Lian Qiao was very moved, and couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty treats your servants with affection, and your servants can't repay you, so let your servants serve you all the time."

Zhu Chengbi shook his head slightly: "Great youth doesn't have to be wasted in Ziao City, many people want to leave but can't, why don't you cherish this opportunity?" Zhu Chengbi smiled slightly, "Tell me, you and How did he meet?"

A faint blush appeared on Lianqiao's face, and she said in a low voice: "More than three years ago, Your Majesty was tricked by He Wanyi. At that time, the servant was suffering from cold, so it was Mu Jin who accompanied Your Majesty to Zhaoyang Hall to pay her respects, but was questioned and slandered by He Wanyi. , the slave heard the news and knew that the empress had been wronged, so she hurried to the Zhaoyang Palace with the jade ruyi, but because of unsteady steps on the way, she fell into the thousand carp pond. Falling into the bottom of the pool, the servant was very anxious, he was the one who helped the servant find it, carried the servant back to Deyang Palace to change clothes, and then went to Zhaoyang Palace."

"So that's how it is." Zhu Chengbi felt emotional, "That day you argued hard, and when He Wanyi ran out of arguments and fainted, I didn't expect it to be caused by falling into the water, but why did you hide it until now?"

Lian Qiao said: "At that time Xiao Zhuyun was still the imperial guard of Mixiu Palace, her status was embarrassing, but the servants chose to conceal it, please forgive me."

Zhu Chengbi was quite moved: "He has been waiting for you for three years, do you know how many more years do you have to wait? Today, the palace is in charge, you can wait and marry Xiao Zhuyun with peace of mind."

The sound of "pop" made Concubine Lin and Lianqiao turn their heads together, but saw Mu Jin standing in a daze at the entrance of the hall with a pale face, it turned out that a cup of almond tea had been broken.

Lian Qiao frowned and said, "What's going on? I'm shocked by the empress."

Just now Mujin came back to her senses, she knelt down in a hurry, forced a smile and said: "My lord, forgive me, this servant is missing because she heard that Sister Lianqiao is going to get married, and she was so happy." , with a choked voice, "Congratulations sister!"

Lian Qiao hurriedly went up to help Mu Jin: "What is this for? How can I do such a great gift? Didn't it offend me?"

Hibiscus slowly raised her head, but her faint and beautiful eyes were already a little wet. I really felt sorry for him: "Since my sister entered the palace, my sister has taken care of me in every possible way. My sister was originally dull, and today I am still my sister." Take Fu, my sister treats her as a relative in her heart, and now that her sister is about to get married, she is doing this big gift to hope that she will live happily ever after, be rich and healthy."

Zhu Chengbi clapped his hands and sighed, moved: "Good! Good! I am really touched by the deep love of sisters. I don't blame you, but I want to reward you well. It's just..." Zhu Chengbi laughed, "You are 23 years old now , in two years you will be the age to leave the palace, then this palace will point out a good marriage for you, how about a good dowry for you?"

Hibiscus kowtowed deeply again, but she clearly had a bleak expression: "The empress values ​​it, it is the blessing that the slaves have cultivated in several lifetimes. But although Kapok and Dingxiang are loyal and reliable, they are still young after all. Sister Lianqiao is married, and the empress is beside her. There is no shortage of people who are able to stress, and the servants are willing to serve the empress for the rest of their lives!"

Zhu Chengbi sighed and said: "You are no better than Forsythia, she is my dowry, so naturally I can make decisions for her whenever she wants to marry, but you came in as a palace lady, if you don't go out when you reach the age, I'm afraid I won’t be able to marry in the future.”

Mu Jin sincerely said: "Sister Lianqiao and Commander Xiao are in love with each other, but the servant does not have such a good fortune, and if she marries someone who the servant doesn't like, the whole life of the servant is really worthless."

Zhu Chengbi sighed in his heart, and said: "You also understand, that's all, let's not mention this matter for now, you all go down first."

In the evening, after Zhu Chengbi had dinner, he ordered Forsythia and Mujin to go to the weaving bureau, and then called Kapok into the hall.

"My lady, Wanan!" Mu Mian saluted respectfully, feeling a little embarrassed. Zhu Jiao and Forsythia had always served in the inner hall. Later, Concubine Lin deliberately cultivated hibiscus. After getting married, Banana also stayed in the inner hall to serve.

Mu Mian and Mu Jin entered the palace in the same year. Although they were clever and bright, they rarely entered the inner hall and they were a little younger, not to mention that there was only Concubine Lin in the inner hall at this time.

Zhu Chengbi held a cup of osmanthus eyebrows, took a sip, and praised: "Good tea, the faint scent of osmanthus is really interesting." After finishing speaking, Zhu Chengbi didn't look at the kapok, but asked leisurely, "Kapok, what are you talking about?" Zhang Gong has been serving you for a long time, there are some things you should know better than Ben Gong."

Kapok didn't dare to be negligent, and replied: "Whatever your Majesty wants to ask, this servant will know everything and say everything."

"I always like your straightforwardness." Zhu Chengbi smiled, "Forsythia and Hibiscus are not as good as you in this regard." Mu Mian was overjoyed and hurriedly said no.

Zhu Chengbi added: "Mu Jin has been in the palace for many years, and now she is 23. I want to promise her a good marriage. Do you know who she likes?"

Kapok trembled slightly, but Zhu Chengbi's keen eyes caught it, Zhu Chengbi said: "Forsythia and Hibiscus don't know about today's conversation, they have already gone to the Weaving Bureau to select new materials for the palace, what do you know? Straight up."

Kapok hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Yes, it's a guard."

Zhu Chengbi tightened his hands holding the Doucai teacup, sighed in his heart, and said, "But the deputy commander of Xiaoqi Battalion, Xiao Zhuyun?"

Mu Mian was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "Slave... Slave... Mu Jin didn't tell the slave, it was the slave who figured it out, because every winter, Mu Jin would buy a pair of new shoes for Mr. Xiao, and only said it was for the family. Humans did it, but Mu Jin's expression is not like this, I have only seen this kind of expression twice, one is sister Zhu Jiao, and the other is sister Forsythia."

"Do you know about Forsythia's marriage?" Zhu Chengbi's tone was still light, just like the murmuring fragrance of jasmine in the room, but this lightness is not ordinary, and it can often force people to become more sober.

"My maidservant knows." Mu Mian said in a low voice, "but my maidservant also knows that Sister Lianqiao should not let Elder Sister Lianqiao know about it. Elder Sister Lianqiao and Master Xiao are in love, but Mujin is just Luo Hua intentionally and ruthlessly."

"You did the right thing." Zhu Chengbi couldn't help praising, "Since Mu Jin chooses to hide it, she must know that with Forsythia's temperament of distinguishing love and hate, she will not be able to bear the intervention of a third person, even if Xiao Zhuyun really doesn't like Mu Jin."

Zhu Chengbi looked at the twittering fragrance of jasmine rising up, quietly fascinated, and said for a moment: "So, how many years has it been since Hibiscus gave Xiao Zhujun new shoes?"

"It's been eight years."

Zhu Chengbi was startled suddenly, was it before Lianqiao, and couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Then Xiao Zhuyun doesn't know this affection?"

Mu Mian's tone was cool: "Master Xiao and Mu Jin just became ordinary friends after they met, nothing else. At that time, Master Xiao was the guard of Mixiu Palace, and Mujin knew that Mixiu Palace and Hanzhang Palace could not communicate with each other, so she did not get along with him. We went back and forth again, but every new year, we brought new shoes there, every time we just went quietly, without letting Master Xiao know, in order not to leak, Mu Jin made two pairs of new shoes every year, and sent one pair back home To her brother."

Mu Mian sighed softly: "Lord Xiao was already the commander of Mixiu Palace's imperial army when he met Sister Lianqiao. In order not to embarrass Sister Lianqiao, he asked himself to guard the gate of Zi'ao City. It's just that Lord Xiao has always been diligent and good at seizing opportunities, so after three years, he has become the deputy commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion."

Zhu Chengbi quietly listened to such a distant story, and for a while, she didn't know how to speak. The world is so tricky, and Mu Jin is probably really sad at this time. Even if Xiao Zhuyun doesn't like her, she still has a thought every year. Seeing him put on the new shoes he bought, even if he never knew it was his own will, but that was enough. Now that Lian Qiao is about to get married, I am afraid that he will never have the opportunity to give a new pair of shoes quietly.

Zhu Chengbi seems to see that the auspicious snow has just stopped, the red plums are pretty on the branches, and the hibiscus embraces a pair of brand-new shoes, walking on the snow, the cold air passing by her happy and nervous face, gently caressing her soft temples , Playfully stained with a little bit of icy wet marks, such a childlike demeanor, from now on, never again.

Kapok knelt on the ground quietly, but the slightly wet corners of her eyes betrayed herself. After eight years of silent love, no one would be indifferent.

It turns out that there are so many poor people in this world.

"I don't need to tell Mu Jin what I said today." Zhu Chengbi thought for a while, "Let me think about it again, I will persuade Mu Jin well tomorrow night, you go down first."

On the night of the second day, Mu Jin entered the Deyang Palace to serve Concubine Lin, but she was still indifferent, even asking for peace.Zhu Chengbi just admired a pot of Xiangfei bamboo sent by the flower house alone, and said: "Mujin, what do you think of this Xiangfei bamboo?"

"Spotted, very unique."

Zhu Chengbi said: "Yao's second daughter and Shun's second concubine are called 'Mrs. Xiang'. When Shun died, the second concubine cried, and the bamboo was all covered with tears. The reason why Xiang's concubine bamboo is loved by people is also because of such a moving legend. , then Mujin, tell me what you think of Ehuang and Nvying."

Mu Jin was slightly taken aback, but calmed down in an instant: "Both Ehuang and Nvying are virtuous concubines, they mourned for their husband for nine days and nine nights and died, which is really touching."

"Yes, sisters E Huang and Nv Ying are deeply in love, and they died together for Emperor Shun. For thousands of years, it has been passed down as a good story." Zhu Chengbi looked at Mu Jin, "It's just that you know the battles in the palace. How many queens are there?"

Mu Jin finally understood what Concubine Lin meant, and hurriedly knelt down, ready to cry: "How did your empress know?"

Zhu Chengbi got up and held Mu Jin's arms tightly: "The relationship of eight years is really touching, but Lianqiao is not Ehuang, and you are not a female hero. Besides, the blessing of Qi people is good, but Goddess has intentions and King Xiang has no dreams." , if you really marry her, it's just a decoration in his house, why don't you marry a man who really loves you?"

Mu Jin bit her lips tightly, restraining the tears in her eyes: "Master Xiao and Sister Lianqiao are in love with each other, and this servant is not willing to get involved, it's just fate. Finding someone who likes you or you like It's not easy, not to mention mutual affection?"

Zhu Chengbi looked at Mujin lovingly and said: "You also know that Xiao Zhuyun guarded the palace gate for Lianqiao's life. He didn't do such a thing for you back then, but he could do it for Lianqiao. Indulging in the past every day will eventually hurt you." For yourself, if you are deeply in love, you will not live long, and if you are extremely wise, you will be hurt, you understand it."

Finally, Mu Jin couldn't bear it any longer, she fell on Concubine Lin's shoulder and wept bitterly, her voice was intermittent and desolate: "My servant understands that from now on, this servant will never like Lord Xiao again."

The night wind blows, the Chengxintang rice paper on the case table trembles slightly, the hibiscus wipes away the tears on the face, and straightens the bamboo and purple magnolia hairpins on the temples, and slowly leaves the Deyang Hall step by step, leaving only for Concubine Lin A desolate and lonely figure, the night is as cold as water, and the sadness is scattered all over the ground.

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