listen.explain

(27)

Knowing that Xiang Ling had returned to the palace, Mu Du'er's first reaction was not joy, but worry.

"Er Niang, you finally left this place, why are you back?" Seeing Xiang Ling coming to look for her, Mu Duer didn't keep people thousands of miles away like before, but directly dragged Xiang Ling into the room for a detailed discussion.

"I heard some rumors outside the palace and worried about you. Now you are the only relative I have." Xiang Ling looked at Mu Du'er lovingly. She seemed to have never used this kind of eyes, carefully examining the person in front of her.

Faced with Xiang Ling's concern, Mu Du'er was a little embarrassed, and said, "Actually, it's all just rumors..."

"Bacha wants to betroth you to Xue Dongsheng, is this also a rumor?"

Mu Du'er didn't expect that Xiang Ling had learned about this, he was stunned for a while and then shook his head. "I know father will do this, but if I don't want to, the empress will never issue an imperial edict."

"The empress is more like your mother than me." Xiang Ling suddenly felt emotional.What kind of dislocation makes relatives not close, but strangers who have no blood connection become close relatives?

"Er Niang, you are willing to care about me, which is Muduer's greatest blessing." The person in front of her seems to be the former Xiang Ling, the woman she used to follow step by step, and occasionally looking back at her with a concerned look makes one's heart satisfied.In the past and the present, Mu Duer sincerely felt pity for Xiangling's fate, and said without thinking: "Er Niang, the cuffs of your clothes are worn out, and you haven't received a monthly salary after leaving the palace. Why don't I help you re-cut one?" How are you?"

Before Xiang Ling could reply, Mu Du'er took out a piece of silk from the cabinet and spread it out like a white blanket.When you look closely, you can see the shallow weaving pattern, the cloud pattern is like frost and snow, and the streamer is hidden. This plain satin is indeed graceful and gorgeous.

Xiang Ling was puzzled and asked, "The empress is not in the palace, did any other noble masters give you silk and satin?"

When Jing Xiangling mentioned Mu Du'er, he suddenly thought of it, and he hesitated for a while before answering: "It was given by Concubine Chun."

"Muduer, I can cut the clothes myself." Xiang Ling didn't ask any more, but looked at the silk and satin thoughtfully.

Mu Du'er recalled that night when Concubine Chun called her here willfully, but only to give her the silk and satin happily; and Concubine Chun's sparkling eyes when she spoke, but she always said hurtful words on purpose... How is she doing in Shoukang Palace now?

There is a lovesickness in the room, each worrying about the two places.

In the past few days, there has been heavy rain in Beijing. In the palace of Shoukang Palace, the roof tiles of the former Concubine Yonggui and the current Concubine Chun were damaged due to years of disrepair, and people from Xinzheku had to be called to repair them.

"You all come to repair my bedroom, leaving Tong Jihai at the other end, are you still afraid of the rumors about Concubine Yonggui?" Looking at the two Xinzheku people who were repairing, Wan Xiu stood in the corridor and said with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Both of them knew that Concubine Chun had a strange temperament, and they all confessed their crimes.

"I don't need to be afraid of those who believe in strange powers and gods, and you don't need to repair this roof tile, just ask Tong Jihai to repair it!"

The two looked at each other, but they didn't dare to disobey Concubine Chun, so they had to pack up their tools and go to work elsewhere.

Perhaps there were too many broken tiles, and Tong Jihai repaired the entire afternoon before coming to repair Princess Chun's bedroom.When Youxiang reported that Tong Jihai had come over carrying the ladder, Wanxiu glanced lazily: "See what you did."

"Ah?" Yuxiang didn't understand why.

"I told you to knock off the roof tiles, did I tell you to knock off so many tiles? Do you want to knock down all the roof tiles of Shoukang Palace, and just knock a few pieces to make a show?" Youxiang stood by her wholeheartedly. Here, Wanxiu cannot be satisfied with the results of her work, and it is still the same this time.

Youxiang touched her nose, and consciously stood aside, Wanxiu who had been leaning on the kang all day finally got up and walked to the door. "Tong Jihai, how long will it take for this roof tile to be repaired?"

Hearing Concubine Chun's call, Tong Jihai put down the ladder and quickly knelt down: "The villain hasn't gone up to the beam to watch, so I can't give you a definite answer."

"All right, all right, why kneeling on a rainy day?" Wan Xiu made an impolite gesture, and after seeing Tong Jihai got up, she said, "I haven't thanked you for the last time at Changyin Pavilion."

On the day Concubine Yonggui returned to the palace, Ruyue also stopped coming to Shoukang Palace to talk about "The Peony Pavilion", Wanxiu left the palace privately in a fit of anger, and hid in Changyin Pavilion for a while with Tong Jihai's help.Although she still couldn't escape being punished by Concubine Yonggui, her behavior scared many people.

"When you were in Changyin Pavilion, you said that I was your nobleman, do you still think so now?" The torrential rain was pouring, but Wanxiu's voice passed through the sound of the rain and fell straight into Tong Jihai's ears.

"The villain still believes that the empress is my noble person."

"You can answer me so clearly, you don't look stupid." Wanxiu smiled with a hint of affirmation. "Actually, you've been pretending to be crazy. Although I've released rumors, the rumors about the general and Concubine Yonggui came from Xin Zheku and were exaggerated by you. That's why other people are too afraid to approach Concubine Yonggui's dorm. Only you Tong Jihai is not afraid at all, because you know everything is fake."

"If I'm not mistaken, you're the one who made the rumor that Concubine Chen was murdered, right?"

Tong Jihai, who looked like a three-point fool, showed a clear expression and bright eyes after hearing these words. "Yes, these are the actions of villains."

Hearing that what happened to Concubine Chen was really done by Tong Jihai, Wan Xiu couldn't help but look sullen. "What is your purpose in doing this?!"

"The villain just wants to help the empress, because the empress is the nobleman of the villain."

Wan Xiu sneered, "Help me? How can you help?"

"As I said to my empress, you can't know the damage of the roof tiles until you get on the beams. Before the matter is completed, the villain can't explain how to help your empress."

"You help me, why?"

"My father and son of the Tong family used to be the Qin Tianjian of the late emperor. They were thrown into Xin Zhe's treasury just because they failed to see the signs of the late emperor's great deeds.

Under the heavy rain, Tong Jihai remained hunched over and did not move. Wanxiu couldn't see his expression clearly, but could feel the firmness of the other party wanting to get out of the mud.The corners of her lips curled up slightly, Wan Xiu smiled charmingly. "My palace accepts you."

In such a rainy day, there are still visitors in Yongshou Palace.Xiang Ling still came in the rain with an umbrella as promised, but his plain clothes were splashed wet.

"Why is Nanny Xiangling here?" Qianrui hurriedly led Xiangling into the corridor, and handed her a towel for Xiangling to wipe off.

"A few days ago, I promised Rufei Empress, and Wei Sheng still has faith, not to mention that the rain has not washed away the road, why can't I come?"

"Even if you didn't come today, I won't blame you. Aunt Xiangling is such an idiot."

Bringing Xiangling into the room, Ruyue was also surprised when she saw this, and asked directly, "Why is Xiangling here?"

"Since he promised to accompany the empress, Xiang Ling is unwilling to break his promise."

"I see that your clothes are covered with dirt. It's a white dress that's been stained black." Ruyue lifted up Xiangling's cuffs, and was startled when her fingers touched the texture of the fabric.

Xiang Ling didn't seem to feel anything, and said directly: "Your Majesty, do you want to play chess today, or listen to a story?"

After Ruyue regained her senses, she looked at Xiang Ling with sharper eyes. "In the past few days, you have told me a lot about Mianyu and relieved my depression. But there is another thing that has always been on my mind."

As if she and Ruyue were connected, Xiang Ling replied: "What the empress is referring to is the matter of Concubine Chun?"

Ruyue smiled wryly and rightly agreed. "I don't know when the relationship between Wanxiu and I became so discordant. I clearly know the reason, but I don't know how to explain it."

The rain clouded the sky, and the day was as dark as night.Only Ruyue's voice fell in the room like raindrops.

"The night before entering the palace, Wanxiu was so afraid that she couldn't sleep at night, so I told her that I would go to accompany her at night. That night Wanxiu held my arm tightly and kept shouting Ruyue Ruyue, I and her Said, I'm by your side. Wanxiu told me that she didn't want to be selected at all, she just wanted to marry someone who is devoted to her, and if she got such a lover, she would be so happy that she would forget about me."

Xu Shi was shaken by Ruyue's sorrow, and Xiang Ling's expression was also shocked and sad. "Then you..."

"Don't say that we are sisters. As a woman, I knew that there would be such a day. I took her by the shoulder and kept trying to look into the deepest part of Wanxiu's eyes, but her eyes were full of cruel innocence. I looked at her. I closed my eyes, but there was nothing I could do, I couldn’t change anything, I didn’t want to see Wanxiu call me sister happily, and I didn’t want to see her enter the palace to serve the late emperor. Two kinds of thoughts tossed and tossed repeatedly, I looked at Wanxiu and burst into tears One night, my heart was about to be pulled out and thrown into the raging fire, but I could only watch as my heart died in the asshole. The funny thing is, the next morning, I fell seriously ill and couldn’t enter the palace for the draft.”

"So Wanxiu hates me, hates me for abandoning her and pushing her into the abyss. Although it wasn't my intention, I did think about it..." Ruyue grabbed Xiangling's sleeve, her expression solemn and cold meaning. "Xiang Ling, I like Wanxiu, just like you said I like my sweetheart, so I don't allow anyone to try to take her away."

When Xiang Ling heard it, she knelt down on the ground with a plop. "Xiang Ling has been hiding something from the empress, please forgive me!"

As soon as the words were finished, another object fell from Xiangling's cuff, and the thunder roared wildly, but the room was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

"This is what I have been keeping from my mother." Xiang Ling reached out to pick up the sachet, and looked up at Ruyue calmly. "My lady, the sachet that you have been looking for is embroidered by myself and given to Concubine Chun."

Ruyue fell back and slumped on the stool as if waking up from a big dream.

Xiang Ling struggled in his eyes, but finally made up his mind and opened his mouth in a low voice. "When the empress gave birth to the fifth elder brother, Princess Chun once came to visit. At that time, I just entered the palace, and I happened to bump into Princess Chun when I passed the imperial garden. There was a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, which was always seductive. , looking at me and smiling."

"Impossible! You have nothing to do with Shoukang Palace in Xiefang Palace, so it is impossible to meet Wanxiu!" Ruyue tried her best to grasp a little bit of clarity.

Looking out of the window at the shower, Xiang Ling bent the corner of her mouth. "It's true that we seldom meet, but we can communicate with each other with an umbrella, which often carries letters..." Looking back at Ruyue, Xiang Ling grasped the cuffs of her sleeves. "Your Majesty must recognize this silk satin, right? This is the favorite style of Concubine Chun in Shoukang Palace. She gave it to me that day."

"And this sachet, I sewed the scenery of my hometown on it one by one, because Princess Chun said that she wanted to see the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River..."

"Stop talking!" Kuang said, Ruyue lost her composure and threw the cup to the ground, but Xiang Ling was not frightened by Ruyue's sudden anger, instead she stood up and looked at Ruyue.

"But since you introduced me as a confidant and told me these things, my lord, I realized how ridiculous I was in the past, and it also made me understand one thing better, what I saw in the empress Dowager Chun in the past," said the look in his eyes With countless emotions, it all became a terrible silence after the words fell. "──Actually, it's you, Ruyue."

A burst of thunder cracked the sky---