debt repayment

Que'er, who has been raising him for a long time, will show a timid expression when he sees his hidden anger.Song Huiming stared at him for a few seconds with a sullen face, and then suddenly smiled: "That is my emperor, so he is naturally like me. I will deal with the matter of you being dragged here later. Be good, go back first, don't freeze."

The idiot nodded with bright eyes, stood up with Gong'e's support, and said softly: "Then, then A Zhu will go back first... Your Majesty will come back earlier... It's cold."

The whole palace was Song Huiming's territory, Song Huiming was not afraid of the people in the palace watching and talking nonsense, so he squeezed his hand, patted his side waist, and asked Gong'e to send him back.

Looking back, Song Huiqi was still sitting there, as if he hadn't seen anything, and just took a sip of tea to avoid his brother's suspicion in the inner courtyard.

Song Huiming sat back and said with a smile, "Something happened just now, which made Shiwu laugh at you. I wonder if you still like these beauties?"

Song Huiqi said with a smile: "What the emperor bestows on my younger brother is naturally the best. My younger brother uses tea instead of water, and I respectfully thank you for a cup."

The two brothers drank tea, tacit understanding.

King Le does not live in the palace these days, but lives in the King Le Mansion reserved for him by the emperor. Because Song Huiming is busy with government affairs, he does not go to the palace to chat with him every day.

In fact, what is there to talk about? Song Huiming announced him into the palace, just to confirm that he was not enough to pose a threat to him, and then to show his prestige to him.

He counted the time when he would leave Beijing, only to feel that the back of the cold was getting warmer.

It seemed that Song Huiming didn't want to kill him this time.

After all, he is an adult, and he is actually the only child of the empress. Among the ministers in the court, probably not many know the truth about Song Huiming's superiority. He was very naughty under the protection of his mother and brother when he was young. , but he should have had a lot of concerns. A few years ago, some courtiers with different intentions visited him secretly, but he refused them all behind closed doors.The seemingly kind-hearted elder brother who really disliked people has disappeared. As one of the few people who survived the accident and kept his life and status, he was even more afraid that he would suddenly become the next Song Huiming disliked person.

Song Huiming gave him so many eyes and ears this time, in which he warned, it goes without saying that if he wants to live, it is best to be an idle prince who is crazy, killed, sick, and seems to be dead. It was he, Song Huiming, who forced him to live such a fairy life, to have a bunch of children and grandchildren, to take care of his life early, and to enjoy family happiness.

There are still five days, and there are still five days to go back.

Thinking of his wife waiting at home, the anxiety in his heart was relieved a bit.He closed his eyes, rubbed his temples with his fingers, and thought silently, let's just pretend he couldn't see what happened today.

He stayed in the deserted palace for a few more days, and the day before his departure, another eunuch came to the palace and summoned him to the palace for a banquet.

His farewell party.

He didn't like to go back to that place at first, and even the pain and anger he had suffered all these years could only be secretly vented on the heads of the palace officials. In this farewell banquet, he is the protagonist, so he must appear on the stage.

I only hope that the good emperor brother can be as kind as before, don't make things difficult for him.

Business as usual.When he came, Song Huiming's reception banquet was held according to the royal family banquet standard, and it was the same when he left.At first glance, the delicacies Yuzhen in the palace are still seen in childhood. Although many dishes have been refurbished, the exquisite and noble flavor unique to the palace dishes can be recognized at a glance.It is also the most delicate ingredients and the most decent courtesy, but this delicacy changes when you see it in your eyes and eat it in your mouth, and there is an indescribable weirdness.

Song Huiming still put on his peaceful airs, chatted and ate with him, and after drinking for three rounds, he said with a smile: "Fifteen, when you come back this time, will you try the dim sum in the capital again? You loved dim sum when you were young. I'm pestering Brother Wei to eat. Brother Wei forgot about this before, I'm really sorry, Brother Wei asked the imperial dining room to make crispy bean cake for you today, don't you want to try it?"

Song Huiqi suddenly felt his blood froze, but he could only say: "I didn't expect Brother Huang to bother me so much, and I thank Brother Huang."

"They're all brothers, what's so polite?"

Song Huiming smiled.An extremely handsome face fell into Song Huiqi's eyes, which only made him feel dazzling.

According to the ancestral system, the emperor and the prince are not allowed to eat at the same table, so at this time the two eat at separate tables, sitting opposite each other, separated by the road.Maybe it was because of the cold, and even Song Huiming, who was always in good physical condition, put a thick bedding under the food table to keep out the cold.

Song Huiqi didn't care about these things, he just wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible, and fled back to the temporary residence, so that he could live a few years in peace.

The bean cake that was handed down by Gong'e to the case still looks the same as before, even the warmth has not gone away, it is completely the same as he saw when he was young.But at that time, the crispy bean cakes that Song Huiming brought into the palace were all wrapped in oiled paper, and it looked like a fresh thing brought from the folks. Now this cake is neatly stacked on a porcelain plate with exquisite patterns. It seemed that he had been tainted with the nobility of the royal family, and even facing him, he had a bit of the arrogance of the master.

It's really old stuff.

Song Huiqi only felt his heart twitching, and when he saw the dim sum he liked before, he had mixed feelings, but facing Song Huiming, he couldn't show the slightest discomfort, so he forced a smile and followed Song Huiming's wishes.

Song Huiming said: "Fifteenth, eat quickly, it's still hot, the cook who made this pastry was the cook in the palace when the emperor was king, it hasn't smelled at all after several years, you should try it quickly .”

Song Huiqi felt cold sweat pouring down his neck and back, so he had to force a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

That day, he didn't even know how he escaped from the palace. When he left the palace, the night was already dark. Song Huiming had done his brother's love, so naturally he was too lazy to send him out of the palace himself. Just looking up, I saw a hot person beside Song Huiming.

...It turned out that Song Huiming had always brought this person with him at the departure banquet just now.

"Is it freezing?"

The fool licked his lips, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "No, Your Majesty is very warm."

His face was ashen ashes, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he stepped down in the wind, exited the palace, and was about to go out of the palace, when a young eunuch with extremely agile legs ran behind him, in the winter night's snowstorm again Running and shouting: "His Royal Highness Le Wang, His Royal Highness Le Wang, please stay!"

He was afraid that Song Huiming would humiliate him in another way, and his heart ached. He took a deep breath and turned around, but he felt that the little eunuch was strange, unlike the ones he had seen around Song Huiming in the past few days, and he was holding a wooden box in his arms. , very suspicious.

He was puzzled, but he still wanted to maintain the majesty of a prince, and said in a deep voice, "What is this?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the next person is on the job of Mr. Bi. His Highness was in the imperial garden that day. Due to the etiquette system, the young master could not salute you. The young master knew that he had offended you, so he sent the younger one to apologize to you. It's the snacks that Young Master gave you, please accept it, Your Highness."

Song Huiqi frowned and said, "He is His Majesty's concubine. I can't see him. It's just a matter of etiquette. It doesn't matter whether it's public or private. Your son's kindness, I appreciate it."

The little eunuch said: "His Royal Highness, please take it. My son is thin-skinned. If you return this snack, you will offend you again. It is not easy for a young one to go back. Your Highness, please take it."

Song Huiqi sighed, asked the servant boy beside him to take the box of snacks, and said, "Thank you for my lord." Then he turned and left.

Over the years, he has had no way to understand the situation in Beijing and China, let alone pay attention to Song Huiming's private life. It is really strange that Mr. Bi is so courteous for nothing.Although he kept the snacks, he didn't know how to eat them.The man who served the man seemed extremely strange to him, he had some sympathy for these playthings, but also some contempt, thinking of the other man he saw in the garden that day, he felt even more disturbed, seeing this snack, It was like countless figures of that person drifting past in front of his eyes, and countless memories full of pain and confusion were about to crush his head and explode in an instant.

As for whether the snack was sent by Mr. Bi, or Song Huiming sent it with ingredients to avoid future troubles, he dared not jump to conclusions.However, he was surrounded by Song Huiming's eyes and ears, and if he left this snack aside, it would probably make Song Huiming unhappy. When he returned to the mansion, he gave the box of snacks to the servant boy who followed him, saying that he filled it in the palace. With a full stomach, I don't really want to eat supper.

And the snacks sent by the concubine, if you don't eat them while they are fresh, they will be wasted.

The servant who accompanied him to Beijing was only fourteen years old when he was young, and he didn't know much about royal machinations, and eating snacks was like a cat eating dried fish, his eyes were round with joy.Xiaotong took the snacks back to his room, and happily shared the snacks with the maid who came to Beijing together.

The next day, when Song Huiqi asked him how the dessert was, the little boy smiled all over his face and said with a chuckle: "Your Highness, the cake sent by the imperial concubine is really delicious, the bean paste and jujube paste fillings are ground as fine as mud, and the dumplings are sticky to the teeth. That empress also knows how to be elegant, and put a few freshly picked wintersweets in the wooden box," she said, and ran all the way back to the house, and came back with a bottle that was only short of fresh plums, "Your Highness, this Palace The plum blossoms in the garden are really fragrant, you said that the villain raised them with water, can you take them back to the palace to plant them?... Your Highness? Your Highness?"

Seeing that Song Huiqi's face suddenly changed, he hurriedly put down the porcelain vase, and said with concern: "Your Highness, are you sick? I'll call the doctor. If you are sick, I will report the matter to the adults and ask Your Majesty to allow you to stay in Beijing." Recover from illness for a while before returning."

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Song Huiqi said with a wave of his hand, "I sprained my ankle just now, and it doesn't hinder my return. Let's go, pack up our things, and we'll go back."

The little boy said: "Your Highness, your carriage is the most stable, can you put this plum blossom in your carriage?"

Song Huiqi said softly, "Let it go."

He couldn't bear to look at the few fragrant and delicate wintersweet, but he remembered a series of very distant conversations in his ears.

"Brother, brother, Qi'er wants to eat jujube cake."

"Can you memorize the book taught by today's master? I will reward you with red bean paste cakes if you can memorize it."

"Qi'er still wants to go to the garden to play. I heard from the little eunuch that wintersweet is blooming..."

"Okay, okay, my brother will take you there when you recover from your illness these few days, your nose is still running, what should you do if you were froze after going out, you don't feel bad about yourself, but the queen mother still loves you..."

……

Looking at the wintersweet stained with morning dew, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes lowered, and he forced back his tears.

Day by day, Song Huiming only felt that the gentle and docile appearance of the fool became more and more lovely, even though sometimes people were outside, thinking of him would feel a little tired, and when he went back to see him, he immediately felt comfortable again.

The weather is getting warmer, the idiot finally learned some skills other than serving people after a winter of recuperation and study. When he came back, he was moving a small bench and sitting on the porch, concentrating on pruning potted plants.

Those are flowers and plants that don't grow big. The weather hasn't fully warmed up in the past few days, and there is no velvet yellow and fresh green on the bare branches. Through the dark brown branches, the only bright color is the beauty's face like gentle jade.

When the fool saw him coming, he smiled and stood up to meet him, staggering as he walked.For various reasons, his legs and feet are always bad.

"His Majesty……"

Song Huiming hugged him, only to feel the fresh aroma of plants and soil rushing into his nostrils. The idiot himself always smelled of medicine because he took medicine all the year round, but when he picked him, the idiot was sweet from the inside out. .

He and the fool passed the whole winter in peace.

This is really weird, and he doesn't want to live a good life with this person, even if he is crazy or stupid, the bottom line is that person, he can get along well with him.

But in the dark, he seems to be infected with an uncontrollable disease, as if he can't see a fool getting better, seeing him smile, makes him cry, such a beautiful rare jade, the more others are reluctant to destroy it, the more he will love it. want to destroy.

It seems that only by destroying can he completely belong to him. Whether it is a noble collection or a lowly cat or dog, he can't help but want to completely destroy the fool. It seems that his life is incomplete without destroying him.

Perhaps Tian Shui's words came true, and his madness-like symptoms were the karma he was carrying.

On the side, the fool saw that his brows were tightly furrowed, his face was cold, and he blinked, with a bit of timidity, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

A voiceless voice brought him back to reality. Song Huiming came back to his senses, looked at the lovely and pitiful beauty in front of him, and said with a low smile, "Why did you remember to tidy up the flowers and plants? Have you been sitting here for so long? You don't even have a hand warmer, and you're not afraid of it." Frozen."

As he spoke, he picked up the idiot and strode inside: "Let me clean you up."

After spring, the fool got better.When summer comes again, he will hold on to the ice bucket.After a year and a half like this, the days are still going on day after day, the palace keeps sending newcomers, Song Huiming favors one on the left and the other on the right, and gradually sends him to Cheng Bina.

Crazy things become clever, and they are fresh for a month or two, and after a while, they will be as tired and crooked as they were before.

This day, Song Huiming looked at the idiot kneeling in front of him, and became bored for no reason. The idiot was more cautious when he saw that he was unhappy, but Song Huiming grabbed his hair and lifted him up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

He was terrified and puzzled. The docile and pleasant man that had been domesticated for more than a year was gone. He opened his eyes wide in horror and looked at the devil-like man in front of him. Seeing that he didn't respond, he begged intermittently: "I was wrong. , I was wrong, Your Majesty, please don’t hit me..."

Song Huiming felt that his begging was like a curse, which was very annoying. He raised his hand to hit him, but then he saw the fool screaming "Ahhh" and covering his face with his hand, his whole body was shaking, like a beating in the autumn wind. dead leaves.

It's not the original lunatic!

He was so angry that he threw the idiot to the ground. The idiot didn't dare to cry loudly when he hit the ground, but kowtowed desperately. Even some crazy fools.

"I was wrong, I was wrong... woo woo woo... Your Majesty, don't hit me..."

Tears flowed.Pulling back his disheveled hair, one can see the black pupils shining with frightened eyes.

Song Huiming took a deep breath, resisted the urge to kick a few times, kicked over a few cabinets, and walked away.

Cheng Bi is not at all surprised that fools fall out of favor.

It's common for people in high positions to like the new and dislike the old, not to mention that fools are old people who are used to being beaten and scolded by His Majesty. With such angels by their side, they can make people crazy and stupid, which shows that Song Huiming really doesn't understand Cherish this virtue, he didn't beat the idiot back to the way it was when he got tired of playing this time, it's really a gift to the idiot.

Seeing the fool sitting pitifully in the place where he was waiting for Song Huiming to pick him up, he felt sorry for him, so he brought some melons and fruits over and chatted with him.

A fool doesn't like to talk, most of the time, that is, he talks to himself alone.

"Okay, don't be sad, Your Majesty is so powerful, it's your blessing to be able to pamper you alone. Now that His Majesty loves others, you are at ease, aren't you?" Being tormented by Song Huiming, he sighed, "Hey, don't be sad. Your Highness won't come to see you. Don't you have me by your side? Don't be sad, don't be sad. This summer will pass and autumn will pass. It's winter, spring goes and autumn comes, people, isn't that what happens, isn't it nice to stay with me in the palace?" He peeled a bowl of fruit and handed it to the fool, seeing him weeping, he Cautiously said: "Don't think about it, eat something, ah."

The fool listened blankly and nodded.

This kind of life lasted for a long time, so long that the fool lived in Chengbi Palace longer than when he lived in Song Huiming's bedroom.

Cheng Bi has a good temper and loves him very much. Gradually, the fool is also dissatisfied with thinking about Song Huiming, and often shuts himself in the room alone, as if disappearing.Occasionally Song Huiming came to visit Cheng Bi, but he also hid far away outside the house, not daring to approach him. Song Huiming was a full-fledged uncle, pulling Cheng Bi to pet him, as if he had completely forgotten the existence of a fool.

Cheng Bi really didn't dare to mention the idiot in front of Song Huiming, so in front of Song Huiming, everyone seemed to acquiesce that the idiot was dead.

The fool also thought the same way, every time Song Huiming came, he tried to hide himself as much as possible, wishing to hide his whole body in the shadow of the setting sun, and go with the wind, so that Song Huiming could never find him again, and let the violent and cold eyes Sweep over him again.

This state continued for eight or nine years.

Changming has a vast territory, and it is extremely inconvenient to transmit news from north to south. Therefore, when the local trustee brought the news of King Le's death back to the capital, Song Huiqi's first seven had passed.

This Song Huiming suddenly thought of the life-guarding ghost boy on the fool, and thought that he was avoiding the fool at the moment. He lived well and would never be bullied by others. It is useless to keep the life-guarding ghost on him. It is better to keep the little ghost Take it down, and return the fate of life and death to the fool.

As long as he doesn't get close to the idiot again, that kind of evil may not be able to commit any more evil.

When the court monks came to the door, Cheng Bi was eating cakes with the fool.When Cheng Bi saw the monks in Taoist clothes, he knew that they were coming for fools, so he got up and saluted: "I don't know how many adults are here, why?"

The monk said: "I came here by His Majesty's order to relieve him of the disaster."

Cheng Bi didn't know about the life-guarding ghost boy, but he had no choice but to hand over the fool to the monk.The monk flicked the whisk, and the soft hair touched the fool's forehead, then he murmured a few incantations, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the thing that your majesty asked the poor to solve is now invalid, and this little thing is far from the original curse." You can live for a few more days before dying, please don't worry, sir, it can't hurt you now."

Seeing that the fool did not speak, Cheng Bi thanked the monk on his behalf.After the monk left, the Empress sent Gong'e to explain some things.

It turned out that the concubines' dress jewelry standard was refurbished a few years ago, and some of the concubines' jewelry had been dragging because of the scarcity of materials. The two strings of wooden beads sent by the palace lady were exactly Cheng Bique's.In addition, there is still a string of bracelets that have not been found.

Cheng Bi said: "Thank you, miss, I wonder if the empress has other things?"

Gong'e said: "My lord, I'm about to tell you about this. About next month, Prince Le's son will go to Beijing to be enshrined. You will also go to the family banquet. This wooden bead is only made. You are almost here. My mother said that she happened to have a private collection of the same material and style, so you can wear it first."

"...Going to the capital to be conferred?" Cheng Bi asked puzzled, "Where is His Royal Highness Le Wang?"

"His Royal Highness Le Wang has contracted a cold and has already gone! That's why he asked his eldest son to come to Beijing to inherit the throne."

Cheng Bi only said that the state of the world is impermanent, so His Royal Highness Le Wang passed away early when he was still standing. The most beloved son of the emperor and empress when he was young, was changed at a young age and ended up in such a miserable end, which made people cry.

After receiving the Queen's favor, he smiled and said: "Thank you for me, Madam, and bring some pastries back to Madam."

The little Gong'e responded, and followed the eunuchs in his palace to get the cake.

Looking back, the fool had already sat back in his original seat, his face was calm, like a pool of stagnant water, silently gnawing cakes.Seeing him, Cheng Bi quickly poured him a glass of water, and said softly, "Don't choke."

The fool nodded and took his water.

Cheng Bi looked at him again and again, thinking that fortunately the idiot had completely forgotten about Le Wang, otherwise he might faint from crying now.

A few days later, at night, the eunuch who was going to deliver the water was surprised that the fool was not in the room, and even woke up Cheng Bi. A group of people panicked and searched the palace for a long time all night, and finally found him.

In an abandoned woodshed in the west of the palace, Song Huiming used to imprison him.