Remembrance Hibiscus GL

Smoke curled up from the beast stove, and the room was full of fragrance. Lianzhen sat on the big kang by the window, embroidered a moon-white brocade handkerchief with her head bowed, and a few green lotus leaves were sparsely embroidered on the brocade handkerchief, which was very vivid. Fenhe is only half embroidered.Baozhen was sitting on the twig underneath, also doing needlework. After a long time, she raised her head, stretched out her hand and lightly patted her shoulder, and suddenly said: "It is said that Mrs. Mei has fallen out of favor recently, and the emperor has not stepped into the palace for a long time. Shuangzhai, but Concubine Li did not know how to get the emperor's favor again."

Lian Zhenxiu frowned slightly: "Where did you know this?"

Baozhen stuck out her tongue: "I also heard from Aunt Sang Rong."

"These have nothing to do with us. It's better not to inquire about these things outside in the future."

Baozhen said: "Why has nothing to do with us? My lord, have you forgotten that we are able to have today, but it is all thanks to the gift of Namei. When she was pregnant with a child, she was so powerful. It is really happy to be able to have today, God." Eyes are still open after all.”

Lian Zhen took a look at her when she said that, "I've warned you several times, you don't know how to talk, when will you change it?"

Baozhen lowered her head and said in a low voice: "We are here in Luqi Palace, has anyone heard of it, it's just that the imperial concubine often comes here for a walk."

The needle in Lian Zhen's hand paused slightly, she couldn't help but glanced at the door, and said softly: "She hasn't come for two days."

Baozhen smiled and said: "The imperial concubine has come to us more, I am not as afraid of her as before."

Lian Zhen pursed her lips and smiled: "Were you afraid of her before?"

"Of course, every time I see her, I'm more nervous than the Queen and Concubine Li. She just doesn't speak, and just stands there quietly, making me so angry that I don't dare to show it." Baozhen tilted her head slightly, and suddenly And said: "The imperial concubine is really kind to the master."

For some reason, Lian Zhen suddenly remembered the hug under the plum blossom tree in the backyard that day, her ears felt a little hot, but she lowered her head as if nothing had happened, and continued to embroider the flowers in her hand: "You know again?"

"Look at what the master said, I'm not blind, besides, even a blind person can still see it." Baozhen said proudly: "I think, the imperial concubine must not only look at Aunt Sang Rong's face. Being so kind to the master, the young master has always been loved and liked by others since he was a child, and his popularity is very good, even if he is murdered by a traitor this time, there will still be noble people to help him."

Lian Zhen laughed and scolded: "It's all nonsense!"

Baozhen looked at her with joy in her heart: "In the past two days, I finally saw some smiles on Master's face, so I feel relieved."

Lian Zhen was startled, the smile on her lips gradually disappeared, after a long while, Fang Youyou said: "If Zhurui is also here at this time, talking and laughing with you, that would be great."

"It's all about the slaves' fault, and it made the master sad again." Baozhen wanted to slap her mouth, regretting herself, but Hengbo raised the brocade curtain from the outside, and said with a smile on her face: "Master, Aunt Sang Rong coming."

Lian Zhen put down her work and stood up from the kang. Sang Rong led two young maids to file in. Seeing her standing there instead, she hurriedly knelt down: "My lord, please be safe."

"Auntie, please get up." Lian Zhen hurriedly asked Baozhen to help her up, but her eyes were still staring at the curtain. Sang Rong smiled and said: "The imperial concubine said that the young master has no appetite after recovering from illness, and the food is not delicious, so I specially asked the servants to see her." Here are some vegetables."

Lian Zhen withdrew her gaze, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to trouble you, go back and tell the imperial concubine for me, Lian Zhen thank her for thinking about it."

Baozhen wished that they would come, so she could distract the matter from just now, so she hurriedly said: "It's just about time for lunch, master, I'll ask the people in the small kitchen to bring the food."

Lian Zhen nodded: "Yes, that's fine."

Sang Rong delivered the things, said she had something to do, insisted on not drinking tea, and left in a hurry.Lian Zhen sat in front of the dining table, resting her chin with her hands, staring blankly at Hengbo placing the bowls and chopsticks. When Baozhen opened the food box sent by Sang Rong, there was a bowl of shredded venison with chives and a plate of emerald cucumbers. Couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly brought it to Lian Zhen: "The young master must love these two fresh things, and the imperial concubine is really thoughtful."

Although leeks and cucumbers are not rare items, they are very rare in this first month.In summer, the royal family has an ice cellar for the court to use ice, and in winter there is also a fire room, which specializes in cultivating various non-seasonal fruits and vegetables for the consumption of the empress and some high-ranking concubines in the harem. Just such a cucumber can be sold for at least several dollars in winter. Ten taels of silver, the price is comparable to gold.

Lianzhen's taste has always been light. Looking at the silver plate with flower pattern and the bright green and tender yellow, I feel a little bit of appetite, but I am depressed after all. I picked a few slices of cucumber, ate half a bowl of red rice porridge and pushed it away. bowl.Baozhen only said that she was still thinking about that matter, and she was very uneasy: "Master, why don't you eat such a good dish? Even if you are looking at the face of the imperial concubine, you should eat more."

"I've had enough, eat it."

After Lian Zhen washed her hands, she went back to the kang in the inner room, feeling heartless, and picked up a book of Tang poems. Seeing that Baozhen was still standing there refusing to leave, she couldn't help laughing: " You don't go to eat, what are you doing with me like this?"

Baozhen pursed her lips, and said pitifully, "I've made my lord unhappy, so I don't dare to eat, I just have to be hungry."

Lian Zhen had no choice but to comfort her softly: "I'm fine, go eat with Hengbo, I'd better be alone." Baozhen still hesitated, Lian Zhen looked at the book: "If I don't go again, I'll be annoyed Hearing what Baozhen said, Fang went out.

Lian Zhen wasn't thinking about the book, so she flipped through a few pages, then put them on the red sandalwood table on the kang, then sat up, took the square handkerchief, embroidered a few stitches, then put it down, feeling bored Sitting there in a daze, suddenly heard a cold voice from outside: "Did you eat at this time? Where is your master?"

Lian Zhen jumped in her heart, a gleam of joy welled up on her brows, Fang wanted to stand up, thought for a while and sat down again, pretending not to know, and continued to embroider the lotus flower, but her hands trembled slightly.Baozhen raised the curtain to let the imperial concubine into the inner room, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty came just in time, our little master is very sad, and we don't even have lunch."

Lian Zhen raised her head and was meeting a pair of penetrating eyes. She got up and knelt to greet her, and said softly: "I have seen the imperial concubine."

"Get up."

The imperial concubine seemed to reach out to pull her, hesitated for a moment, but stretched out her hand to pick up the square brocade handkerchief on the kang table, and praised casually: "This embroidery is exquisite and dexterous, I never thought that you are so good at needlework."

"I'm just idle and looking for something to do, I won't be in the eyes of the empress." Lian Zhen smiled a little shyly, turned her head and said to Bao Zhen: "Go, you have nothing to do here."

With a smile on the corner of Baozhen's mouth, she went out happily.The imperial concubine sat down on the satin cushion with dark flowers and fragrant colors on the kang. Lian Zhen went to make tea herself, and brought a golden sunflower box inlaid with gemstones, and opened it with her hand. It was filled with various candied fruit.

Holding the teacup in her hand, the imperial concubine took a look at Lian Zhen, and saw that she was wearing a lotus-colored brocade satin gown today, and her long hair like black jade was only randomly tied with a mutton jade hairpin, and the rest was covered with On the shoulders, it looks like a beautiful girl who has not yet been raised in a boudoir, slender and delicate, peerless in the world.She lowered her head and took a sip of tea before saying, "You can sit down too."

Lian Zhen remained silent, and sat down opposite her, the imperial concubine said again: "Recently, my face has become more rosy."

Lian Zhen seemed a little embarrassed, and after a long while said softly: "Physician Li came frequently, and prescribed a lot of nourishing and recuperating medicine."

The imperial concubine nodded: "Although she is young, she is skilled in medicine, not inferior to Naifu." She put down the teacup in her hand, turned around, sat cross-legged, smiled and said, "You stay here every day. , I'm bored too, I heard that you can also play chess, how about we play a game?"

Lian Zhen smiled slightly: "The concubine's chess skills are poor, if the imperial concubine doesn't dislike her, she should accompany her."

Lian Zhen set up a chess game on the kang table, the imperial concubine did not give in, picked up a sunspot and dropped it lightly. Lian Zhensu heard that the imperial concubine was good at chess, so she dared not be careless and dealt with it carefully.The two walked a few steps, and the imperial concubine suddenly said: "Okay, why are you hurt again?"

Lian Zhen looked up at her, but saw that she was playing with chess pieces in her hands, her eyes were fixed on the chess board, as if she was thinking seriously, Lian Zhen doubted that she was not talking just now, and after a while, she replied in a low voice: "It's nothing. "

The imperial concubine said: "But is it because of that maid named Zhurui again?"

Lian Zhen's nose was sore, and she lowered her head slightly. The imperial concubine said: "Life and death have their own destiny, and you don't have to worry about it too much. No matter whether she is in front of her or behind her, you can just do your best. If Blindly sad, the dead are disturbed."

Lian Zhen dejectedly said, "That said, she followed me to Beijing, and she didn't have a good life for a few days. Instead, she suffered a lot of fright and humiliation, and now she died tragically for no reason. Every time I think about it, I really feel guilty."

The imperial concubine was silent for a while, and Fang said: "Does she have any last words when she is dying?"

Lianzhen shook her head with tears in her eyes: "No, she just mentioned that she wanted to go back to Jinling, but let alone people, I'm afraid even Hun will never have a chance to go back to her hometown."

"Then, if there is a chance in the future, it will be fine to transport her coffin back to Jinling."

Tears glistened in Lian Zhen's eyes, but her face revealed a look of astonishment: "She has already been burned, and there is no bones left."

The imperial concubine slowly lowered her son, and said lightly: "Oh, I asked someone to transfer her body and transport it outside the city to find a place for burial. Because I always have a lot of things, I forgot to tell you about it."

Lian Zhen's throat seemed to be blocked by something. Looking at her, she couldn't say a word for a long time, but the imperial concubine raised her head: "You lost."

Lian really resisted the tears, and said after a long time: "I said it before, I can't beat you."

The imperial concubine smiled slightly: "You are just hiding something in your heart, and your mind is not on it." Reaching out to pick up the tea, Lian Zhen hurriedly stopped: "The tea is cold, I will go and change it for you."

"No need." The imperial concubine took a sip and looked at the window again: "Let's stop here today, I should go too."

Lian was really a little disappointed, her lips moved, and finally she asked to stay: "Aren't you going to sit around anymore?"

"No." The imperial concubine said indifferently: "Although the emperor allows me to come and see you, it's not a good thing to walk too much, and it might cause some trouble."

Seeing that Lian Zhen couldn't stay, she got up and got off the kang, knelt down on the edge of the kang, and wanted to put on shoes for her. The imperial concubine didn't have time to think about it, so she grabbed her hand nervously, and frowned slightly: "What are you doing?" What are you doing?"

Lian Zhen's face was slightly red, and she said in a low voice: "You...you have done so much for me, but I have nothing to do for you..."

Speaking of this, I felt quite embarrassed, so I stopped talking, and the imperial concubine's tone softened a lot: "You don't need to be like this." She felt soft and greasy in her hand, and then realized that she was still holding her hand, and then Slowly let go: "I will come to play chess with you again some day."

Lian Zhen suddenly raised her head, and looked deeply at her with a pair of crystal clear and pure beautiful eyes: "You put so much effort into helping me, could it be... Is it just for Aunt Sang Rong?"

The imperial concubine was startled, and after a moment of silence, Fang opened her mouth and said, "No."

Lian Zhen bit her lip, lowered her eyelids, but a ray of sweet joy spread from the bottom of her heart, and after a while, she whispered: "Why is that?"

The imperial concubine looked at her blankly, with a look of disappointment on her face, but her eyes, which were as cold as ice and snow, gradually gave birth to a touch of warmth. For a moment, she almost had an urge to reach out and touch her face. Her extremely beautiful face finally defeated herself, she turned her face slightly, and sighed softly: "I don't know either."