Changqing Ci

Xun Yi rarely entered Tangqing Courtyard when he was free. He sat down and drank a cup of tea quietly. He felt that the place was deserted and could not be compared with other courtyards. He sighed softly and said softly: "She has passed away for 14 years. You handed it over to Ana Yanran, who just entered the mansion, because she also took a fancy to her as the princess and would give you a place in the mansion, but I didn't expect her to have such bad intentions."

It turned out that she was already dead, Xun Changqing felt a little relieved, if not for that, she would not have abandoned herself, Mimi blinked, and listened to Xun Yi's continuation.

"She was born in the south of the Yangtze River, the daughter of a merchant, Zhishu Dali. After I met her, I asked countless times to bring her back, but she was unwilling. She said that the Hou family is as deep as the sea, and it is not as comfortable as outside. I also agreed to her. Besides, At that time, I was already married to a princess, and I had one wife and two concubines, if she came in, she would definitely suffer some grievances, and I couldn't bear it, so I kept it a secret."

Xun Yi's eyes were pale, and there was a smile on the corner of his lips. He seemed to be recalling some things that made him happy in the past. Looking at Xun Changqing, he also had a soft color. On Xun Changqing's tender cheeks, she frowned slightly, but she did not refuse.

He is a strong man, but he fell in love with the graceful Jiangnan woman, and it was rumored that he loved the princess Gu Liangyin so much that he didn't want to take more concubines, but he didn't know that he had no intention of being interested in other women.

Xun Changqing sighed slightly, he didn't know if it was his mother's luck or misfortune, but when he met Xun Yi, he didn't have any status.

There was a faint smile on Xun Yi's resolute face, and he tapped the table with his fingertips excitedly, saying: "I love her indifferent heart to fame and fortune, her house has become a pure land, I often go there, But she never stayed overnight, she never asked me about the court affairs, she only asked me if I was tired, I knew I delayed her, but I didn't want to let go, and then I went to the southwest, the princess died of illness, I wanted to welcome her in , treat her as a concubine, but Bian Jiang and Da Qi's marriage is imminent, so I have to let her go again."

"I married Ana Yanran, but I never touched her. She didn't want to, and I didn't want to, so I stayed in Dijing for a year, and when I was about to leave, she told me that she was pregnant. The child is born, given a name and then leaves."

Xun Changqing stood up in shock, his eyes were astonished, and he did not hide his complicated emotions, "You left?"

Xun Yi nodded, his eyes darkened, he was no longer confident just now, and his voice became low, "You should know that when the battle is urgent, there is no delay, and I can't promise her."

"Then what happened later? You just said that she died for 14 years. What happened?" Xun Changqing felt that the father in front of him was inexplicably cruel. Since his mother had spoken, he must be needed, but he still left, abandoning the old man who had been abandoned for several years. emotion.

Xun Yi felt that he couldn't look directly at his lover's child, turned around and looked at the ethereal void, and seemed to see her silhouette again, like water and fog, clearly loved deeply, but never opened his mouth, this is a tough woman.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little delicate, and Zijin outside the room couldn't help but look sideways at the room, his heart seemed to be beating out.

In Fuli Palace, Xun Changqing felt breathless, but Xun Yi's voice was still repeating: "I tried my best to hurry back, but it was still too late. I didn't see her. I didn’t even look at you, you were only full moon at that time, so I handed you over to Ana Yanran, whether it’s true or not, but she is sincere to you, I understand that.”

Xun Changqing stared blankly at him, and murmured, "What did she call... and where was she buried?"

She has lived for two lives, but she doesn't even know what her mother's name is, she doesn't even know where her grave is, and she has never been to Qingming Hanshi once. Her shallow smile slowly froze, seeing Xun Yi Without saying a word, she sarcastically said: "In terms of status, she is not worthy of you, but in terms of feelings, you... are not worthy of her, lord, you have lost her life, and you don't even know where she is buried, let alone your own daughter." She exists; and you are still the Pingnan King that the whole Qi admires, and you have both children and heirs, and you get everything."

"I sent someone to look for it, but I couldn't find it. Maybe she didn't want me to know. As for the name taboo, you can go and see it in the ancestral hall in a few days. I'll go first." The low cry that had been suppressed for a long time, the string that had been tense in his heart for 14 years broke, and he finally became a betrayer.

He strode away from Tangqing Courtyard, and outside the courtyard met the housekeeper who was walking quickly, he did not stop, and said in a deep voice: "Yu Yin, choose a day to welcome Hui Niang's memorial tablet back."

The word Hui Niang made Yu Yin stop. This name is a baby name. He has never seen this person and only heard it from the prince. He has been dead for 14 years, and he does not know where he was buried. Now why does he remember to welcome him in? He was in a trance, and Xun Yi turned the corner, and he hurriedly chased after him.

"My lord, how do I welcome you, in the name of my side concubine?"

Xun Yi paused, raised his eyes, his expression froze, and his eyes suddenly narrowed, filled with the cold air that condensed into ice, "The position of the concubine."

There was a flash of light in Yu Yin's eyes, and he turned to look at the direction where the prince came. What are the rumors outside, but now the prince welcomes that one back as a concubine, and Xun Changqing is a descendant again. I am afraid that the messenger behind the rumors will I was so angry that I vomited blood.He silently shook his head, a group of adults in the mansion could not beat a child who was not as good as he was.

The rumor made Xun Yi's already guilty heart even worse, how bad the outsiders said about that person, Xun Yi was so determined to rectify her name.

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In July, the sun was shining brightly, and many lotus flowers bloomed in the lake in front of Huaqing Palace, with many lotuses blooming side by side.

The emperor's health was getting worse and worse, and Yu Xunyi gradually let go of the government affairs, but he still couldn't hide the important affairs of the court, and the rumors surrounding the imperial capital had already entered his ears. When he heard the words of Xian Guifei, he laughed Said: "I knew that girl would not suffer a loss. Now that her birth mother's tablet has entered the palace, it is not easy to be a concubine. It is enough for the daughter of a merchant to have this honor."

He has been out of the sleeping hall for a few days, but today he is very energetic, walking on the curved bridge in front of the hall, Concubine Xian looked at his usual expression, felt a little uneasy in her heart, he seemed to be returning to the light.

She suppressed her doubts and said with a smile on her face: "She was also forced into a hurry, and Xun Yi didn't care about those things, so she had to find a way by herself. It was also those people who were wrong. A little girl in Changqing is also detested by people. She wants to come to the palace. Those people are also restless."

The emperor looked at her sideways, patted her hand suddenly, and sighed: "I know you pity that girl and no one protects her. She is kind-hearted. If you like her, you can call her into the palace more often. That girl knows how to be grateful. If you treat her well, she will treat you well, there are very few people in the world who are grateful."

Concubine Xian Gui shook her head and also sighed, "Changqing is grateful, she is protecting her outside for ten days now, and she also listened to your words. A few days ago, someone came to the mansion to assassinate. Fortunately, she arranged someone in advance to let her The people in the mansion were saved from suffering, I'm afraid they won't be able to protect them in a few days."

The emperor's face was sinking like water at this time, but the emperor's majesty remained the same. With just a cold look, the hand that Xian Guifei held him trembled, and her voice was suppressed: "It's already like this before I die, if I die I'm afraid he will follow me to the underworld."

Concubine Xian contemplated for a while, "Probably not, he has a concubine and seems to be pregnant, but you don't have to worry, someone has already arranged it, and he quietly took it out of the mansion. Will see grandson."

"Someone refers to Xun Changqing. She is the only one in the imperial capital who does these thankless things. The others must either protect themselves wisely or watch the fire from the other side. I just mentioned Xun Changqing a little bit, and she is so caring. Concubine Xian Ah, you're not mistaken. This girl is a good seedling, but unfortunately I can't see the day when she grows into a big tree."

"Your Majesty is saying some dejected words again. You look very good today. You can go back to Hanyuan Palace in a few days."

They were all comforting words, the emperor walked down the steps slowly, his own body knew best that he was already dying, and he walked back to the bedroom alone, let the concubine Xian Gui sigh, maybe it is really the image of returning to the light.

She followed her step by step, the emperor was holding the jade seal in his hand and looked carefully for a while, when he saw her coming, he said with a smile: "Actually, you know me better than the queen, but I can no longer give you the status of queen."

This is already a fact, the Guliang clan has already abandoned her, she is already a widow, and controls the harem, even if she is above the court, she has rights, but what about the overwhelming power, the vacancy at the knees, after all, is a void.

The emperor is about to die, and she should go to the imperial mausoleum to die alone.

She stopped talking, just stood quietly, with a desolate smile on her lips, the desolate coldness penetrated into her bones, after thinking about it, she said: "Your Majesty, why don't I be with you as a concubine?"

Speaking of this, Concubine Xian felt a little relieved, Gu Liang's family is now gradually returning to the court, and Xun Yi is related by marriage, and she is in the deep palace, even if she has a deep hatred with her, she can't shake her fundamentals, so as not to worry about it in the future. He went with the emperor and gained a good reputation.

The emperor, who was not surprised by things, felt a little bit in his heart. The prosperous and dreamlike emperor's life made him feel chilled, but this sentence made him feel sad again. He put the heavy jade seal in the hands of the concubine Xiangui, and said lightly: "Arou , there are dangerous waves growing above Yunjue's weird court, and the seedling is still young, so don't worry. Besides, I like to be pure, so don't bother me."

The words of thunder caused the jade seal in Concubine Xian's hand to shake, and she almost fell to the ground. The always prudent person couldn't hold back his trembling voice: "Your Majesty...you...you are..."

Of course the emperor would not answer the question knowingly, he just flipped through the booklet on the table, saw Xun Yi's name, picked it up and looked at it, and said: "Xun Yi is going to change the genealogy today, so I can just intervene." , "After looking around, he ordered the palace servants outside the palace, "Go, and call Yuan Qing's name to me."

The palace man leaned over slightly, hurriedly went to invite people without touching the ground.

After Xun Yi changed his genealogy, he welcomed Liu Ying's memorial tablet into the ancestral hall of the palace, and his actions were astonishingly quick.No matter how unwilling or dared to touch Xun Yi's bad luck, others had no choice but to admit it.

It stands to reason that the happiest person should be Xun Changqing, but it has been a few days since the day when the memorial tablet entered the mansion, and I didn't see her go to the ancestral hall to have a look. The person has nothing to say.

But some people gradually realized that Xun Changqing didn't want to go, but he didn't dare to go.

When everyone gave up persuasion, Xun Changqing figured it out again, left everyone behind, and went to the ancestral hall by himself.

The moment she stepped into the ancestral hall, tears finally burst out of her eyes. She walked in slowly, lit three sticks of incense, and looked at the word Liu Ying in a daze. "I know you don't like this, but fame is what all women want, and Changqing helped you get it."

She felt a little tired from standing, so she found a corner and sat down, with her head on her knees, her eyes were empty, and she whispered to herself: "After listening to what he said, I wondered if you didn't die, would you He will take me away from the imperial capital to live a life of peace and undisturbed."

There was no sound in the ancestral hall, except for the person in the corner who was dressed in white clothes and had a white silk flower on his hair. The delicate voice echoed in the hall, dull and penetrating. The light in the ancestral hall Dim, dim yellow candlelight can be regarded as illuminating the tablets on the case table.

Xun Changqing's eyelashes twitched a few times, her expression was haggard, her long hair looked particularly black and shiny on the white clothes, she was floating like fallen leaves in the wind at this time, she gritted her teeth for so long, and she always felt that it was impossible to get to this point. There is a way out, but now that she is facing such a predicament alone, maybe if Liu Ying is alive, she will not be so helpless.

Liu Ying would not be as cruel as Ana Yanran and put her in a predicament. What's ridiculous is that Ana Yanran still has the most status in her heart.Thinking about it, the tears in the corners of my eyes couldn't help it.She covered her face with her hands, and tears flowed from between her fingers, overflowing the back of her hands.

The silent crying made Wei Lingci's heart tighten for no reason when she just stepped through the door. The rumors in the imperial capital had already reached her ears, and she thought that she could not teach or care about these trivial matters.She pretended not to know about it, and didn't mention it in the letter.

When she returned to Beijing yesterday, she already knew the whole story. Xun Changqing's actions were somewhat benevolent, but it was a good thing that it achieved its goal.Xun Changqing is not reckless and methodical, so she doesn't need to worry about it.

But now seeing her crying in the dark again, Wei Lingci regretted it a little. After all, the rumors hurt the deepest part of her heart. Even though she was tricking her, the feelings were true.For Xun Yi, and for her biological mother, she also longed for the affection of ordinary people.

Wei Lingci sighed silently, stepped forward a few steps, patted her on the head lightly, and called her: "Changqing, I'm back."

Before Xun Changqing could react, Wei Lingci took the lonely figure leaning against the wall into his arms, feeling her sadness, Wei Lingci couldn't help rubbing her head, and said softly: "I'm sorry, the city is full of wind and rain. At this time, I couldn't be by your side."

Full of grievances, he finally found a sustenance. Xun Changqing retracted his arms that were curled up at his knees, and then tightly wrapped them around the neck of the person in front of him. He pressed his body against her chest, and the familiar fragrance slowly lifted her After she settled down, she bit her lip and said with a sob: "Wei Lingci...I...I miss you."

Wei Lingci smiled, and a little sentimentality flashed in his eyes, he patted her trembling back, and replied in a low voice: "Well, I miss you too."

Such a simple sentence covered several days of lovesickness between the two of them. Wei Lingci was very honest this time, without duplicity, which comforted Xun Changqing. She was satisfied in her heart, and said, "Why did you come back?"

If he complained, Wei Lingci was already ready, stroking her black hair, the white silk flower came into view, took a deep breath, kissed her forehead lightly, and said close to her ear: " Yuan Yu caught Xu Ke, and I needed to take him back to Beijing, so I was delayed on the way. Why don't I want to come back earlier, your letter is so urgent, and I don't have wings, so I can't fly back."

It was rare for her to speak soft words, Xun Changqing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, her heart throbbed, and the fear of losing her flashed in her eyes. I let myself down, and my heart soaked in sourness suddenly jumped for joy, "I'm afraid that if you don't come back, you will be abducted by others, and I have to go to the ends of the earth to find you."

"You don't need to look for it. Where are you, I will definitely come back, Changqing. These things will never happen again in the future." She lowered her body and leaned against the wall herself. The wall was very cold. At that time, she couldn't help shivering, and said: "How long have you been leaning here, the injury just can't stand the cold."

"Well...just here... not long ago," Xun Changqing said perfunctorily, and was afraid of her asking carefully, so he raised his head and kissed her forehead like her, but she didn't stop, but continued to go down, A deliberate kiss fell on the corner of her lips, blocking her words that were about to reprimand her with ulterior motives.

Xun Changqing's kiss is always jerky, like an ignorant child who only knows that he wants to keep the two together and never separate.The beautiful kiss is like a cloud that never disperses, enveloping the two of them at the same time, drifting with the wind.

There is a wall behind Wei Ling's words, so he can't back down, so he can only let her make trouble; Xun Changqing likes to kiss her, and he also wants to get sweetness, but every time he can't handle it well, for example, right now...she gently pinched her waist After a while, seeing her let go, she smiled like a breeze: "This is an ancestral hall. If you continue to mess around and blaspheme the elders, be careful that the prince will punish you."

I haven't seen her for many days, and she really misses her very much, but she didn't dare to be too presumptuous in the ancestral hall. She withdrew from her arms and said angrily, "Since it's the ancestral hall, how did you get in? Over the wall?"

"You don't have to worry about how I come in," Wei Lingci saw her curling her lips in displeasure, and felt that she was very cute. He couldn't help poking her face, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, it's time for us to go out."

Xun Changqing glanced back at the memorial tablet of his birth mother, but did not notice the change of address in Wei Lingci's mouth. He stood up by himself, pulled up Wei Lingci by the way, leaned against her body and said in a low voice: "Do you want to offer incense? ?”

The identities of the two changed, and now Liu Ying's tablet is in front. Xun Changqing's question made Wei Lingci wince, and shook his head: "No, it's too early, let's go out first."

Then Xun Changqing glared at her, rubbed his head against her chest, felt that it was not enough, and bit her ear again, "Why is it too early, have you repented?"

Knowing that she was restless again, Wei Lingci had made too many little tricks, so he dragged her out of the ancestral hall, but Xun Changqing still refused to let her go, grabbed her by the sleeve, and refused to let go when he met Zijin on the road.

Seeing Wei Lingci who came back suddenly, Zijin was startled, and then said: "Miss Wei, Your Majesty has passed away."