Remembrance Hibiscus GL

It gets dark early in winter, and when Hengbo came back, the palace was being lit up, and the dim light was softly sprinkled on the snow, dyeing it in a warm color.Hengbo quickly walked up the steps, rubbed his hands together, and entered the hall. Bao Zhenben was standing outside the Nuan Pavilion. When he saw her, he tiptoed over and said, "Auntie is back."

Hengbo felt slightly strange, pointed at the felt curtain, and asked softly, "Is the master alone in the room?"

"Yes, I sent people to Chongde Palace to invite the Queen Mother to come over for dinner. Mr. Wang said that the Queen Mother is busy and has no time." Baozhen lowered her voice: "I see that the master is a bit small. I'm happy, don't let me take care of you, I haven't called anyone for a while." After a short pause, he asked, "How is Aunt Sang Rong?"

Hengbo said: "It's better than a few days ago, I'll go back to the master first." After speaking, he lifted the curtain and went in.

Lian Zhen sat on the edge of the kang, her head drooped, as if she was thinking about something, when she looked up and saw her, a smile appeared on her face: "You are back, how is Sang Rong today?"

Recently, due to the sudden cold weather, Sang Rong contracted a cold illness. According to the palace rules, this situation must be moved out. Lian Zhen was very concerned about her past kindness, so she immediately invited Li Mao to treat her, and allowed her to continue Staying in Xiefang Palace, Sang Rong used to be a servant of Binglun, she was used to abiding by the rules, and she was afraid of bringing others along, so she insisted on refusing, Lian really had no choice but to point to a place not far from Xiefang Palace. The place called "Lan Xun Tang" was used as a temporary place for her to recuperate. Although it was inconvenient to visit in person every day, she was worried about the little maids and sent Hengbo to go there. She took care of Sang Rong during the day and went back to Xiefang Palace to rest at night.

Hearing Lian Zhen's question, Heng Bo hurriedly replied: "Master, don't worry, Aunt Sang Rong has become more energetic today, and she can eat a little food. From the perspective of slaves, she is expected to recover soon."

Lian Zhen felt a little relieved: "That's fine."

Hengbo glanced to the side inadvertently, and saw that on the square sandalwood kang table, there were two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and there were five or six dishes listed. Although they were simple, they were very delicate, shredded winter bamboo shoots and duck, stewed tofu with mutton and spinach, and vegetarian dishes. Roast Hericium erinaceus, pine mushroom gluten, you can tell at a glance that it is prepared for the Queen Mother.Just didn't mention it, and said with a smile: "Today's dinner is still light, why the master didn't move, but is there any discomfort?"

Lian Zhen said: "Nothing, just not feeling hungry, lazy to eat."

"The dishes are all cold, why don't we tell them to take them away." Hengbo thought for a while, and said, "Why don't the servants order the dining room to bring some soup, porridge and side dishes, and the master will bring in a little?"

Lian Zhen shook her head: "No need, since you have no appetite, eating forcibly will not benefit your body."

Hengbo couldn't say anything more, watched the people take away the meal, and took the hot tea with his own hands, Feng and Lianzhen, seeing her always looking unhappy, thinking about it, I don't know what caused it, if it was It's not like this because the Queen Mother doesn't come to eat.Suddenly remembered something, said: "Qin Zhu came here today, do you have anything to say to the master?"

"Qinzhu?" Lian really looked at her strangely: "Has Qinzhu entered the palace today? She didn't come to me."

Now it was Hengbo's turn to be surprised: "Didn't you come? This servant went out this morning and met Qinzhu on the way, thinking that she was entering the palace to greet the master."

"Really? Did you talk to her?"

"I said it, but..."

Seeing that her expression was wrong, Lianzhen asked, "What's wrong?"

Hengbo recalled: "She was in a daze at the time, as if she had bumped into a ghost, her demeanor and behavior were very abnormal, and it was obvious that she met her face-to-face, the servant called her name several times in a row, and she looked like she recognized the servant. , I just thought that something happened to her family, and she wanted to come here to ask the master for something."

Lianzhen has always taken good care of Qinzhu. When she and Shutong were released from the palace and their marriage, she personally intervened. Hearing what Hengbo said was so serious, she couldn't help saying "ah", "Can her family What happened?" I was very puzzled, but I didn't want to guess at this time, so I said casually: "Tomorrow she will be sent to the palace, ask her, I have prepared two things here to reward her, if you don't mention it, I will both forget."

In the big wooden tray was a black dragon and ermine python robe, inlaid with precious stones and a gold and jade belt. Huo Lin took a look at it, then stretched out his hands and let the servants around him play with them.

I don't know when, but he has been used to this kind of life of being served by others, and he still remembers how much he repelled others from approaching him and touching his belongings when he first returned to Beijing.But think about it, many years ago, didn't he live the same kind of life?Although the man he called his father hardly looked him in the eye, even though he was insulted and beaten by his nominal elder brother, he was still the young master of the General's Mansion after all, and there were always a bunch of nanny and maidservant to take care of him, even though he was with Huo Song and Huo Song. Compared with Huo Ze, the number of people is nearly half.And he left Beijing when he was young, and went to the western Xinjiang. In such a harsh environment, didn't he still survive, and even grow faster and stronger than most people?In this world, is there anything that he cannot adapt to, and is there anything that cannot be changed?

After changing his clothes, he walked to the outer hall, where brothers Sun Teng, Sun Yue, Tie Yi, and Pei Che were all waiting there. When they saw him, they got up at the same time. Sun Teng said, "General, do you really want to enter the palace?"

Huo Lin said: "The Empress Dowager called me, will I not go?"

Sun Teng glanced at the others, hesitant to speak: "The general is called into the palace so late, the subordinates are just worried..."

Huo Lin said: "If you have something to say, there are no outsiders here."

Sun Teng said: "The subordinates are only worried about the general's safety."

"Oh?" Huo Lin sat down on the chair covered with a white tiger skin cushion in the middle, and glanced at everyone's faces one by one: "Do other people also have this kind of worry?"

No one spoke, and the hall was extremely quiet. "Do you suspect that the Queen Mother is going to harm me?" Huo Lin still looked very calm: "Have you forgotten how I got to where I am today step by step?"

Sun Teng said: "At this time, at that time, the situation today is very different. The subordinates dare not show the slightest disrespect to the Queen Mother, but as the saying goes, only by being prepared can there be no danger. General please think twice."

Huo Lin said lightly: "According to you, what do I want? Resist the decree?"

Sun Teng said: "The general can push the illness away."

Huo Lin looked at Pei Che: "Sir, do you think so?"

Pei Che shook his head: "What General Sun said is a bad policy, and the students think it is not advisable."

Huo Lin didn't speak, Tie Yi clasped his fists and said: "If the general insists on going, then the subordinates will also enter the palace with the general, and the rest of the people, wait outside the palace with more people, and agree on secret signs with each other. If there is something wrong, we will kill you." Go into the palace."

Pei Che smiled indifferently: "Well, it's not bad to summon soldiers and horses to wait outside the palace gate in the middle of the night, openly challenge the imperial forest guards, and declare treason."

Tie Yi looked embarrassed, and Huo Lin said: "What you said just now is so absurd and outrageous, it makes me unbelievable. Not to mention that I and the Queen Mother are close relatives, even if she really intends to get rid of me, now the capital is in her hands , Most of my soldiers and horses are stationed outside the city, she can deal with me openly, do I still have room to resist?"

"That's not necessarily true." Sun Yue was straightforward, and he was not convinced when he heard this, and interjected: "The last time we fought against the general, the outer guards, the inner guards in the palace, and the elite iron guards all suffered losses. Although most of them are stationed outside the city, if the Empress Dowager really knows how to deal with the general, with the current strength of our general's mansion, even if it is not enough to win, at least we can fight with him."

Pei Che continued: "This will inevitably stain the capital with blood again. If you accidentally let the tiger go back to the mountain, there will be endless troubles. Doesn't the empress dowager think about these things?"

Huo Lin was silent for a moment, then said, "Mister's attitude confuses me."

Sun Teng couldn't help but said, "May Mr. Wen have a good opinion."

Pei Che said: "Based on the humble opinion of the students, the Queen Mother's summoning this time has been carefully considered. The general will go, good or bad, good or bad, and good or bad. It's not a step to the sky, but it's an abyss. You can weigh it on your own, the words of others are of no reference."

Huo Rin said "Oh", staring at him, waiting patiently for his next words, Pei Che smiled and continued: "After all, you are the one who knows the queen mother best. Besides, the general can be careful in his heart. Weigh it, you and the emperor are more important in the Empress Dowager's heart, maybe you can make a decision."

Huo Lin was silent for a moment, then stood up suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Tie Yi will follow me into the palace, and the rest of you will wait in the general's mansion to wait for news, so don't act rashly."

Sun Teng was in a hurry: "General..."

Huo Lin waved his hand, and his face suddenly became gloomy: "As I said before, I share weal and woe with the Queen Mother, and we are one body. It was like this in the past, and it is still the same now. In the future, if anyone has a word of separation that hurts the feelings of our siblings, It is to be dealt with by military law!"

When Sun Teng heard the word "disposition by military law", he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, so he had to shut up, and sent Sun Yue and others out of the gate together, watching him go.

An inner eunuch led Huo Lin into the hall, bowed and left.The ground was covered with velvet felt, which was soft and thick, but Huo Rin seemed to have tremendous strength under his feet, and every step he took was heavy and slow.

When Binglun saw him, a slight smile appeared in her phoenix eyes: "You are here, sit down."

After Huo Lin saluted, he sat cross-legged on the floor just like her.Gao Xian handed out the signal, and the maids filed in one after another. After a while, delicacies and wines were arranged on the rectangular dining table, and everyone left as quietly as when they came.

Binglun personally picked up the pot with chiseled flowers, poured the wine, and said: "This is the dragon paste wine that Wuyi Mountain paid tribute to from the country. It is extremely precious and rare. When drinking this wine, it must be paired with a white jade cup."

The pitch-black juice poured out from the mouth of the pot, and slowly poured into the white jade cup, making it even more distinct in black and white. Although it was not in the mouth, it was already fragrant and attractive.

Binglun said: "I ordered someone to take it out today, try it and see how it goes."

Huo Lin said: "Yes."

Binglun didn't raise the jade cup in his hand, but Huo Lin raised it, touched his lips slightly, but put it down again, Binglun didn't seem to notice his action, and suddenly said: "Do you remember when was the last time we ate together like this? ?”

"How could Lin'er forget?" Huo Lin's vigilant eyes looked around without a trace, as if he wanted to penetrate the heavy yellow curtain, and said in his mouth: "Time flies so fast, it's been five or six years in a blink of an eye. "

"But to me, it seems like 20 years have passed."

Huo Lin said: "I understand how my sister feels. But no matter how long it takes, it's worth it."

Binglun said: "We succeeded."

Huo Lin smiled and repeated: "Yes, we succeeded."

Binglun said: "I will do what I promised you."

Huo Lin said: "Sister, I still say the old saying, the world belongs to you and me."

Binglun said: "I still want you to promise me one thing."

Huo Lin was startled: "You know you don't need me to promise you anything."

Binglun stared at him and said word by word: "I hope Zong Xu can live."

Huo Lin said: "We agreed at the beginning."

Binglun said: "You don't want to?"

"I do not want to."

Binglun was silent, and said for a long time: "You have already killed Zongmou, can't you let him go?" Huo Lin's expression changed slightly, and Binglun said: "I know this, are you strange?"

"No, I'm not surprised, there are many of you around him." Huo Lin said: "I'm surprised that you clearly have the ability to prevent this from happening, but you let me do it, just because you know in your heart , he is our biggest obstacle, but with your tone now, are you blaming me?"

Binglun said: "I won't blame you."

"Sister, since when did you become merciful?" Huo Lin smiled faintly and said, "But it doesn't matter, you can entrust me to do whatever you don't want to do."

"He's just a ten-year-old kid."

"A ten-year-old child already knows a lot of things."

"Dayan needs someone to succeed Zongzhen."

"You can keep Zong Mou's son Zong Zhao." Huo Lin said: "Zong Xu is the emperor, if he doesn't die, many people's hearts won't die."

Binglun said: "What if I insist on saving his life?"

Huo Lin's face changed again, and after a long time, he said, "I was worried about this at the beginning, are you going to break your promise now? If you want to break your promise, can you ignore other things?"

Binglun said indifferently: "People are not plants, he is after all a child I raised."

"Okay, very good! Have you developed a mother-child relationship with this little boy? You really treat him as a son, don't you?" Huo Lin laughed back angrily, and said: "Then do you know, your good son I once wanted to poison you!"

He almost yelled the last sentence, but Binglun ignored her. Huo Lin stared at her closely. After a while, excitement suddenly appeared on his usually calm face: "You know! You know about this! You know him I want to harm you, but I still want to protect him! Ha!"

There was a hint of pain in Binglun's eyes, and he slowly closed his eyes, "This brat is very much like his stupid father, he is so suspicious and cruel at such a young age, yet you still want to protect him!" The more Huo Lin said, the more excited he became: "He is not your son, but I am your younger brother! Since I was a child, I have regarded you as the only family member in this world. I love you so much and trust you. Whatever you want What I do for you, everything I can do for you, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, I will never frown, but for him, do you want to break your promise to me?!"

Binglun said: "Rin'er, do you really trust me?"

Huo Lin said: "What do you mean?"

Binglun said slowly: "Since you came here, you haven't had a sip of wine or a sip of food yet."

Before Huo Lin could speak, Binglun said again: "You even wear a sword on your waist. Of course, you have the privilege of going to the temple with a sword, but I just invite you to dinner tonight, don't you?"

Huo Lin said: "I entered the palace alone, can't it explain something?"

Bing Lun said: "Based on your ability, it's not a problem to coerce me. In this case, it's not difficult to get out of the palace safely."

Huo Lin's expression became more and more ugly: "Sister, are you so suspicious of me?"