Changqing Ci

The snow is white, it is white at every glance, and it is like an illusion. Several blooming plum blossoms in the courtyard were bent by the heavy snow, and they were overwhelmed. When the sun cleared, there were some white floating clouds in the distant sky.

The palace people in the corridor were sweeping the snow to clear a path for the master to walk, while Concubine Xian was holding the hand of the maid and walked over step by step. Wei Lingci who got up to watch the snow in the morning leaned over and saluted, "Your Majesty, today Get up early."

She is different, she was harassed by Xun Changqing yesterday, the two of them shared the same couch, they are used to living alone for many years, there is one more person beside her, a little uncomfortable, but she is unwilling to drive people away, half awake and half awake at night If you can't fall asleep at dawn, it's better to get up and watch the snow.

The cool morning breeze messed up the skirt, Concubine Xian followed Wei Lingci's line of sight to look over, the red plums straightened up again, the branches swayed, plum blossoms stood against the wind in the cold snow, and the fragrance of plum blossoms came from the bitter cold.

She took off yesterday's gorgeous pink long dress, and today she is wearing a plain gauze dress. She looks thin and quiet under the snow, her black hair is rolled up, and the white hair on her temples looks particularly haggard under her plain face, " Miss Wei, did you rest comfortably in Zhaoren Palace yesterday?"

There was something in the words, Wei Lingci nodded, and said with a smile: "With the care of the empress, the ministers and Changqing are naturally happy and at ease."

"It's snowing heavily on the red plums. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

"Auspicious snow heralds a prosperous year, which is a blessing."

"But the red plum is bent, is it also a blessing?" Concubine Xian's icy cold eyes contained a faint resentment, and her breath turned into a cloud of white mist, which dissipated in an instant.

Wei Lingci stared at the little red plums in the white snow, and said with a smile: "The red plums are just bent. Isn't it a good thing for the people to have enough food and clothing in the coming year?"

Concubine Xian looked at Wei Lingci with earnest eyes, tightened the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, and asked: "What if the heavy snow crushes the crops? Is it a blessing? If we abandon the red plums, can we keep this blessing?"

Wei Ling remained silent, paused for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Madam, but the red plum has already bent, and it is difficult to recover after being covered with water, and a dead person cannot be resurrected."

The light in Concubine Xian's eyes dimmed a little bit, and the eyes drooped a little bit, and the color of her eyes was also messed up by the snow shadow, but in an instant, after weighing the pros and cons, she raised her head, her face was warm, and she pushed back the maid who was close to her, and said in a low voice. Said: "Miss Wei, I have a business in the palace, I wonder if you are interested?"

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Outside the hall, there was snow and cold, and the coldness hit people, but inside the hall, the charcoal fire was melting, as warm as spring.

The drunk person woke up a little later than usual. When he opened his eyes, there was no one around him. He shrank into the quilt, recalled what happened last night, sat up suddenly, and looked around, only Zijin was beside him. waiting.

Seeing that someone was awake, she stepped forward to help Xun Changqing put on her clothes, and reminded: "Just now the imperial concubine came and chatted with Miss Wei outside, because you are not awake, it is not easy to enter the palace to disturb, the two of you I had no choice but to go to the empress' bedroom."

The concubine Xiangui invites her, on the one hand she loses the empress's face, on the other hand she just wants to have a conversation with Wei Lingci.

After the palace people set up the breakfast on the table, Wei Lingci came slowly, and with a slight sideways glance, one could see the curiosity in Xun Changqing's eyes. What's the matter with me, then guess what it is?"

Xun Changqing took a bite of the crystal shrimp dumpling, the delicious taste lingered in his mouth, and guessed: "If you have nothing to do, I will want to get some benefits from you, but Concubine Xian is already the second person in the harem, and she doesn't want power." , and you can't give her the right, so you want to form an alliance against the queen?"

Glancing at Xun Changqing from the corner of his eyes, Wei Lingci stirred the cloud-like white porridge in the bowl with a spoon in his hand, and after taking a bite, Fang said: "It's good that you can think of this, but do you ever know what the bargaining chip of Concubine Xian is?" ?”

Xun Changqing put down his chopsticks, his eyes faded away from his laziness, and he spoke seriously, "Her bargaining chip is the bargaining chip of the third prince in the past, but now with His Majesty's guilt, more bargaining chips are on the side of the bed. Emperor, I heard that His Majesty often comes to Zhaoren Palace these days. It would be good if she could tell the Emperor what he thinks in time. However, I am more curious about whether she has military power in her hands. Gu Liangqian has already resigned from office. What is she using to fight against the Empress? "

Wei Lingci smiled, "Actually, military power is of no benefit to you. With Yuan Qingming in Beijing, no amount of military power is in vain. On the contrary, it is difficult for you and me to know how your majesty thinks. Yuan Qingming is not dead, the queen thought. The strategy of forcing the palace will not be realized unless His Majesty writes an edict to pass on the throne to Xun."

"But now among the princes, only Xun Yiran has the ability to inherit. Is it possible that His Majesty will give the throne to others?" Xun Changqing was a little depressed, frowned, bit his lips, thought for a while, his eyes were bright, and said with a smile: "Master How did he get it in the previous life, His Majesty ordered him to be emperor?"

I really asked about Wei Ling's words. In her previous life, she was just like Xun Changqing, and she didn't know much about the affairs of the court. After Xun Changqing was arrested, she only inquired about it carefully. In her previous life, she covered Xun to death. Before, he had provoked him with words, but he did not deny it, so he really ordered someone to kill Yuan Qingming.

It's just that Yuan Qingming's generation of martial arts masters will not be easily killed unless he finds his weakness, and his weakness is nothing more than Yuan Yu.At that time, Yuan Xun was missing, and his heart would be anxious, and it was common sense that he would be fooled even after ten days.

After hesitating for a while, she shook her head, "I don't know, but if Yuan Qingming is not dead, Xun will not be able to make dangerous moves. You should rest assured about this. Now what I think about is how to make His Majesty change his mind."

"Isn't Concubine Xian's thinking too simple? The queen and Xun are also one, and if one hurts one, the other will be hurt. If she only wants to deal with the queen, there are many ways in the harem, but why come to you, unless she wants to deal with Xun as well , but His Majesty can't pass this hurdle, the candidate for the crown prince will fall on the fourth prince, but that is an idiot, His Majesty will not be so stupid as to give him the country."

Wei Lingci was startled, looked at her for a while, and suddenly remembered that when Xun Yi seized the throne in the previous life, she was no longer there, a dull pain in his heart, his smile gradually faded, and he was silent for a long time before saying: "You think too much , she just wants to deal with the queen, whoever ascends to the throne has nothing to do with her, the destruction of the Shao family and the queen is her idea." In case she didn't believe it, she added: "Women in the deep palace, where you can see, It is common to be inferior to people outside the palace."

"Master, why do I feel like you are lying?" Xun Changqing moved the stool over, sat beside her, stared at her, poked her unpainted brow, and asked with a tilted head "It's like this when you lie, and why does Concubine Xiangui look for you instead of me? I'm from the Pingnan Palace. You are at most a guest of the Palace. Why do you look far away, and why do you like you?"

A white and tender hand dangled in front of her eyes, making Wei Lingci a little dizzy. Because of her, she didn't fall asleep well last night. She raised her hand and slapped away the hand that did whatever she wanted, looking at her rare innocence and tenderness. She couldn't help smiling, held her finger, and tapped the back of her hand, "Xun Changqing, you won't grow taller if you don't eat, and your fingers are also very short. I guess Concubine Xiangui looks at you too I'm young, and I don't want to talk about the piano with children, so I'm looking for it."

A 13-year-old child is no longer immature. Wei Lingci's five fingers are slender, which is more advantageous compared to Xun Changqing. Xun Changqing angrily withdrew his hand and drank a few bowls of porridge on the table. His face was still red, "I haven't grown up yet, you are not ashamed to compare with me."

Wei Lingci's eyes were clear and clear, as if he could see through her thoughts, "I just said you were young, but you disagreed, and now you say that you have not grown up, and you are inconsistent, and you lifted a rock and shot yourself in the foot .”

"I'm not young, I'll reach my birthday in ten months or so!"

After that, her face turned red again, and when she touched the smile on Wei Lingci's face, she glared at her, and snorted, "You lied to me, you lied to me in your last life, and you still lied to me in this life, never say anything To be honest, when I was a child, you were so annoying," she looked at Wei Lingci's hands on her knees.

Peach Blossom Eyes blinked appropriately, Fang wanted to reach out and saw Wei Lingci put his hands behind his back, and tapped her slightly agitated cheek, "I want to bite, I used to bite when I was young, but now I claim to be grown up, why not?" I still want to bite."

She didn't stretch out her hand, so what she said was up to her, Xun Changqing raised his chin and said indifferently: "I didn't stretch out my hand, how could I bite you, you can think about it yourself."

The appearance of denying it to the death is really interesting, and Wei Lingci stopped playing with her, and then continued the topic just now, "Concubine Xian only thinks about her enemy queen, and you and I are very close to the Pingnan Palace. , That's why I tested my original intention, and it's not a good thing if there is no one in the palace, why not do it now with one more assistant, why care about her purpose."

"Aren't you afraid that Concubine Xiangui will betray you?"

"What purpose does she have to turn back? Maybe she wants the fourth prince to take the throne, she is a little stupid, and it is not difficult to arrange some good officials."

The reasoning is so true, but sending it from Wei Ling’s words always felt a little less sincere. Maybe she was deceived by Wei Ling’s words a lot, and she felt conflicted in her heart, so she didn’t answer. After she swallowed the porridge, she suddenly heard Wei Ling's words: "Xun Changqing, what you ate was my porridge!"

She suddenly looked down at the porridge bowl in front of her. Just now she seemed to be eating shrimp dumplings. Her heartbeat stopped suddenly, and she seemed to feel it. She glanced at her sideways, her ears were red and her face was dry, and she said apologetically, "It's a big deal... I... The one will return you a bowl of porridge, and since you have already eaten, I will return you a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed porridge to enrich the blood, just right if you are injured."

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A few days after the heavy snowfall, the dark clouds gradually dissipated, and the guards in front of the Pingnan Prince’s Mansion held their knives solemnly, so solemn that people dare not step in easily. This is not the most prosperous part of the imperial capital, but the guards are the most stern. The view highlights the general style.

Zhao Yang beat his horse and stopped in front of the door, and ran in without a notice. The guards took care of the two steeds he had brought for him. The coat color was even, the horses neighed and screamed, and their limbs were strong. They looked like good horses. Passing by The pedestrians also took a few more glances.

After a cup of tea, Xun Changqing and Zhao Yang ran out from the mansion. They trotted out vigorously and circled the two horses. She, who was always calm, was shocked by the two BMWs in front of her and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, if uncle knows you stole the BMW, will he break your legs when you return home?"

Zhao Yang was so teased by her that he smiled naively, and explained: "No, I bought it with money. My father knew about it and didn't stop me. I planned to buy a horse, but the horse refused to go. Staying by the other horse's side is very affectionate, I can't break it up, so I bought it together, just in time for you and Uncle Wei."

This kid is too honest, this is a pair of horses, why did he give it to someone as a teacher and apprentice, and he doesn't know how strange it is.

Xun Changqing felt at ease when he heard it, his narrowed peach blossom eyes, his eyelashes drooping down lightly, full of joy, he would not say these words, the hem of his skirt was swaying like flying in the wind, adding a touch of cuteness She gave a deep bow to Zhao Yang, "Senior Brother Xie, I will accept it, don't come back to ask for it, I won't accept it then."

Zhao Yang waved his hand, "Of course not, it's just that many children from aristocratic families have made an appointment to go hunting in the western suburbs today, can you go?"

After the heavy snowfall, animals may come out to look for food. Hunting at this time can also be used to find out the details of the children of the aristocratic families in the capital. Xun Changqing nodded, "Go, go, wait for me to change clothes, brother, you come in and wait." For a while, the horse in front of me may be too eye-catching, I will send someone to the stable to bring out a horse for you."

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There is a mountain in the western suburbs, which is considered to be the largest mountain ten miles away from the imperial capital. The raised mountains are covered with white snow, and the mountain wind is circling.

When Xun Changqing and Zhao Yang drove their horses, many teenagers had already gathered at the foot of the mountain, all dressed in rich clothes, Xun Changqing reined in his horse and stopped in the distance, a young man stood beside a bare tree trunk, holding a whip in his hand , who was talking with the people next to him, with a gentle face and high spirits.

She couldn't help being curious, and asked Zhao Yang, "Who is that, why does it feel like the stars are holding the moon, the second prince is nothing more than that here."

The two came a bit late, and people had already got on their horses and walked towards the mountain. Zhao Yang looked in the direction Xun Changqing pointed. He thought for a while before saying, "That's Shao Lanheng."

Shao Tang, the eldest son of the Shao family, was imprisoned, but he still thought about hunting with others for fun. It was really interesting, and Xun Changqing couldn't help but glanced at it a few more times, which caught his attention.

Shao Lanheng also looked back, he knew Zhao Yang on the horse, but it was the first time he had met the handsome young man next to him, he could have guessed his identity by looking at the material of his clothes and the mount under him.

He flicked the whip, got on the horse, drove the horse closer, looked at Xun Changqing with a gentle smile, and said first: "Is this young master also coming to hunt?"

Clearly knowing Zhao Yang, but deliberately ignoring Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang didn't mind being wronged, Xun Changqing frowned, and said bluntly: "I don't know you."

Shao Lanheng was taken aback, he didn't expect this strange young man to speak so directly, so he deepened his smile, and continued: "My surname is Shao, if this is your first time, young master, I'm afraid it's better to let someone lead the way, as it's easy to get lost in the mountains. "

"My surname is Shao..." Xun Changqing murmured once again, ignoring Shao Lanheng's surprise, looked him up and down, suppressed the coldness in his eyes, and said with a smile: "You are Shao Tang, Emperor Jing Is he the eldest son of the Shao family?"