Dongyin

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"There is an old man sitting on the Diaoyutai. The old man is only white, with a white face and white eyebrows. He holds a fishing rod with a three-foot rope..."

"...My lord, you are not in Xiqi, what happened before you came to our Weishui River?"

"..."

It is the classic Henan opera "Jiang Ziya Fishing".

Ying'er was watching these two people from the sidelines, one was irritable and the other was restless, coupled with the babbling singing of Qiu Ri's head, it was really annoying to the bone.She stepped forward quietly, and said to Chu Xiying angrily, "Miss, this scene is not good at all!"

Duan Hong looked up at her, paused for a few seconds, got up and said, "I don't look at it if it doesn't look good, Gao Quan."

"The servant is here." Gao Quan hurried over.

"Accompany Miss Biao for a stroll." Because the play stopped, she turned around and left.

Ying'er stomped her feet in her heart, pursing her mouth unwillingly.Why did you leave? !

"Ying'er" Chu Xi yelled, but didn't continue.She watched Duan Hong off, feeling unspeakably depressed.What exactly did she want to say, why did she hesitate to speak?

"...Long live the government affairs are busy these days, and the reception is a bit lacking. Miss Biao, don't take it to heart..."

Unexpectedly, at sunset, the gate of the palace will be closed, and Chu Xiying is about to return home.Just as he was about to get in the car, an eunuch hurried over and said, "Miss Biao, wait a minute, the emperor is hosting a banquet at the Xinxin Pavilion, please have a meal with us."

"Okay." Chu Xiying responded softly, feeling physically and mentally exhausted.She braced herself up to go to the banquet, but unexpectedly the Xinxin Pavilion was extremely quiet, with emperor chrysanthemums in full bloom on both sides, the fragrance of flowers filled her nose.Duan Hong sat at the table sideways to her, thinking for himself.

It looked a little more at ease.

Seeing her coming, Duan Hong put down his cup, stretched out his hand to help her sit down, looked at her for a while, and said, "I have something to tell you."

Chu Xiying's heart tightened as he tended to calm down, and he subconsciously clenched his lips.

Duan Hong paused, and said, "Your brother died for the country."

Chu Xiying was stunned, she stared blankly at Duan Hong, her mind went blank.

"People cannot be brought back to life after death, they have to adapt." Duan Hong shook her hand, with a calm tone, as if the matter was a foregone conclusion, irreversible.

There was a thunder on the ground, and Chu Xiying went from shock to disbelief to despair in just a split second.She was sitting on the seat, staring at Duan Hong blankly, a ray of soul had come out of her body.How could the person who was smiling and talking to her a few days ago be separated from Yin and Yang in the blink of an eye?how could be?

Seeing her like this, Duan Hong didn't speak any more, and quietly accompanied her.

The food was cold, and Duan Hongzheng was about to send her back, when a servant rushed over and said, "Long live, there is an urgent letter from Liangcheng."

Duan Hong took a look at the letter, and felt angry, "Where is the mighty general?!"

"Return to Your Majesty, the two great generals have returned victorious, and they should return to the country soon."

"Here's an order from me, let's go back to Qi for now, and hurry up to attack Liangcheng!"

The servant hurried back to reply to the letter, Duan Hong tightly grasped the letter, gnashing his teeth with deep hatred.It's a joke to catch a little Chu Chengcheng and want her to stop fighting for peace!After looking at Chu Xiying, he tore the letter to shreds, "Gao Quan, send Miss Biao back to Linshui Pavilion to rest!" and walked away in a huff.

"Miss Biao, Miss Biao..."

In the blur, Chu Xiying had to be called by someone, and then her body was shaken.She gradually understood, and her five senses flew back to her body, "Eunuch Gao..."

"Miss Biao, it's time to go back." Gao Quan sighed deeply, and said sadly, "Everyone has his own blessing, Master Biao has a sister like you, it is a blessing, a blessing and a great destiny." But Chu Cheng just went whereabouts I don't know why Duan Hong said that he is dead. Isn't this even more sad?

"My father-in-law means..." Chu Cheng is not dead?Chu Xiying stared at him in surprise, but Gao Quan only glanced at her vaguely.Chu Xiying understood, and a sudden sharp pain hit her heart. She was deeply saddened, but forced a smile, "Thank you, Eunuch, for reminding me."

She got up tremblingly and walked back, tears falling quietly.

"Miss" Ying'er looked at her in surprise, this is a good thing, why is Chu Xiying crying?

"It's okay, I..." The tears couldn't stop.Regardless of Chu Cheng's situation, in Duan Hong's eyes, he is already a dead person.Duan Hong didn't even want to spend a little manpower and material resources to find out. She said that just because she didn't want to be troublesome and make things difficult for her.

After all, in the face of national affairs, how insignificant a Chu Cheng is.

☆, 33

?Chu Xiying temporarily lived back in the Linshui Pavilion. In those few days, Duan Hong came to see her more times than the sum of the past three years.

On August [-]th, Duan Hong and Chu Xiying went to the Fifth Concubine's Palace to celebrate the festival.After lunch, Duan Hong went back due to business.Chu Xiying accompanied the concubine for a walk in the courtyard. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the courtyard was full of fallen leaves, which made her feel a bit bleak.

The concubine lightly picked up the fallen leaves, and sighed at the withered yellow leaves, "Thinking of seeing King Wu for the first time that year and today, his majestic appearance covered in armor and holding a silver knife in his hand is still as clear as yesterday... Alas, he has passed away for many years in a blink of an eye. It’s also white hair on the temples, it’s true that life is short, and it’s a lifetime.” When the fingertips were loosened, the yellow leaves fell to the ground, mixed with the fallen leaves, and there was nowhere to look for them.

Chu Xiying stared at the falling leaves, feeling sad, "Your Majesty is a thousand years old and enjoys all the luxury, but the fallen leaves hurt the autumn. Is there any regret?"

"Gold, silver and jewels are just belongings outside the body. Ai's family has cultivated for many years, and these vulgar things have been removed. If you say it's a pity..." The concubine smiled lightly, and said, "The Ai family hates my body, and cannot give birth to a son and a half for King Wu , I hate myself even more for being greedy for life and afraid of death, for letting him walk alone on the road to Huangquan. This regret, I am afraid it will take a long time..."

She laughed at herself, and Chu Xiying just listened silently, not easy to answer.

Unexpectedly, the concubine stopped suddenly and looked directly at Chu Xiying with some deep meaning, "But do you know what the Ai family hates the most?"

Chu Xiying couldn't prevent her from doing this, but abruptly caught her gaze.

"What the Ai family hates the most is that until King Wu passed away, he didn't know whether he loved me or not."

Chu Xiying was startled as if someone had hit her chest fiercely, and looked at her blankly, losing all manners.

The concubine looked sad and moved, "All my life, I only know that there is a person who will never forget in his heart. So I always keep in mind and be careful everywhere. I don’t dare to look at him when he looks at me, I don’t know what kind of eyes he looks at me when he speaks soft words to me..." If in those years, she could raise her head, even if she only looked back Just one glance will not add to the regret of half a lifetime.

Chu Xiying lost her mind for a moment and almost missed her next sentence.

"Hong'er and Mingyan grew up together. When the child first entered the Pingnan Palace, she was under ten years old, but she behaved very well. She was filial and quiet. It is not easy to be too plain. As the saying goes, children from poor families are in charge of the family early. When Honger was still acting like a spoiled child on King Wu's lap, she was in the enemy's house and endured everything. Such understanding is really distressing. It was later Knowing her identity, King Wu endured several times if he wanted to harm her."

"At that time, she was considerate to everyone in the mansion, but she was the only one who ignored the crown prince. It was strange to say that when that little overlord Hong'er met her, he turned into a paper tiger. Everyone still laughs at her, and met an enemy. Who would have thought that later, it would really be..."

Concubine Toffee suspected that she had fallen into the past, she kept talking with a strange smile on her face.

Chu Xiying listened quietly, neither sad nor happy, she sketched those scenes one after another in her mind, and gradually, tears filled her eyes.She began to understand the bitterness, anticipation and helplessness behind the phrase "Do your best, and then obey the fate".

After an unknown amount of time, the concubine put her hand on her shoulder.Chu Xiying was startled and came back to her senses.

"The Ai family also heard about General Chu's death on the battlefield. For this man, misfortunes and fortunes are the fate of fate, and nothing can be changed by manpower. Everything must be in accordance with the fate, so as not to violate the harmony of people. Hong'er is busy with state affairs these days. Being distracted by chores, she doesn't know if her body can bear it. She has been doted on since she was a child, she is too late to understand, and does not care about the consequences. If she really gets better with someone, she would like to steal the moon from the sky and give it to her." The concubine looked at her , said lightly, "You should understand." After finishing speaking, he moved back to bed.

"What does this old concubine mean?" Ying'er muttered to the side.She first came up to express her nostalgia for the former king, and used her own experience to warn Chu Xiying not to leave regrets, which clearly meant to instigate.Then he talked about the love life between Duan Hong and Bai Yan, expressing his love for Bai Yan.That's all, in the end, he complained about Duan Hong and blamed Chu Xiying for his uneasiness.The last sentence actually has a hint of encouragement? !

Chu Xiying understood.Sure enough, there is a difference between relatives and estrangement, Duan Hong, Bai Yan and her, this concubine can clearly distinguish between them.Of course she likes Bai Yan more than herself, but not as much as Duan Hong.Her intention was just because she was afraid that with Duan Hong's temperament, Dongyin Foundation would be ruined by Bai Yan in the future, so she wanted to use herself to distract Duan Hong.

But no matter what, what she said today really caused a huge wave in Chu Xiying's heart.

The two remained silent all the way and returned to Linshui Pavilion.Passing by Yueying Lake on the way, I saw a large group of eunuchs piled up by the lake, I don't know what they were doing.Ying'er stopped a eunuch who came over and asked him.

The eunuch said, "Well, the emperor didn't know where he got the folk prescription. He insisted that the fresh salamander meat has the effect of healing the spirit. You have to catch it by yourself. Who knows that after sitting for a long time, I didn't catch the fish, but caught a bastard. There's a lot of rage out there."

Ying'er giggled, this piece of Hong is still kind of cute, if she didn't catch it, she has to blame others.Looking up, I saw Chu Xiying gazing over there and staring silently, "Miss, let's go and have a look."

By the lake, the willow branches began to turn yellow, and they were no longer as prosperous as before.Chu Xiying remembered that when she passed by here last time, it was still late spring, but this time it was Mid-Autumn Festival.

Seeing the two of them approaching, the eunuchs silently stepped aside. Following the path, Chu Xiying saw Duan Hong's dark face staring closely at the fishing rod at a glance.In the golden basin at her feet lay a bastard lying on its back, trying hard to turn over. Although there were groups of deacons on both sides, there was no sound at all.

But when Duan Hong heard the noise, he burst into anger, turned around and scolded, "Who the hell wants to move..."

……

Eyes met, Duan Hong blushed, turned his head and remained silent.

The corner of Chu Xiying's mouth curled without leaving a trace, she squatted down, swiped the bastard in the basin twice, and turned over.The eunuch who was waiting on the side hurriedly placed a small herringbone stool on it, and Chu Xiying sat there for a while.

Duan Hong hesitated and said, "Actually, you don't have to be too sad. After all, it is so far away, and inaccurate information is common. Maybe, maybe there is still room for change in your brother's matter."

Chu Xiying remained silent.

Duan Hong said again, "Liangcheng can't be broken for a long time, and the military consumption is increasing. The two generals went to fight, but there was no progress. The longer this battle drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for Qi. I want to conquer it myself, but I am afraid that there will be no support for the state affairs." .”

Now there is not even one person in the court who is truly trustworthy and capable. Originally, Shen Zhi should be in charge of supervising the country.But after what Zhuang Ji said, coupled with some things that happened recently, the more she looked at it, the more she felt something was wrong.

Knowing that Chu Cheng can't be reused, he still recommends him.Now if he made a mistake, he talked about the way of reconciliation.After Duan Hong finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Chu Xiying, but saw her calm eyes, as if she had never heard of it.

Duan Hong stopped talking.Ever since she said that Chu Cheng died that day, Chu Xiying never spoke in front of her again.If she hadn't heard her greet the concubine in the morning, she would have thought she was too sad to speak.

Duan Hong feels depressed when he thinks of this, how normal it is to die in battle, can this be her fault?But Chu Xiying ignored her. Although it was a little wrong to misreport the military situation, it didn't have to make her feel heinous.

Duan Hong sat there thinking about things, and unexpectedly Chu Xiying asked, "Hong'er, do you think King Wu loves the Fifth Concubine?"

This question is really outrageous, Duan Hong was stunned for a while, and then said, "I don't know."

But seeing Chu Xiying's lowered eyes and calm appearance again, Duan Hong thought for a while and said, "I only know that my father still remembers calling my mother's name when he was dying. But he never allows anyone to mention her on weekdays." , I didn’t mention it myself, as if this person didn’t exist at all. As for love, I now feel that for the father at that time, love or not was not important, what he needed most was understanding and companionship, he was too alone."

Chu Xiying listened quietly, and asked after a while, "Is King Wu happy to be with someone he doesn't love all day long?"

Duan Chun will also have emotions?Duan Hong was puzzled and couldn't answer.What made her even more puzzled was what happened to Chu Xiying today, asking these strange questions all the time.

Chu Xiying looked up at her, waiting for an answer.

Duan Hong tried to think about it, and said, "It should be happy. Every time he sees me, he laughs so loudly that everyone in the hall can hear him. But he is very fierce to others, and everyone is afraid of him." .”

Both of them were silent, and the sky gradually darkened.

Duan Hong put away the fishing rod, but still didn't catch a single fish.She got up and flicked her robe, but when she lowered her head, she saw Chu Xiying sitting alone on the stool, looking sad.

Suddenly, she tilted her head to stare at Duan Hong, then stood up slowly, "Do you think King Wu treats the concubine well?"

"Will King Wu try to make Concubine Tai happy? Will he just sit and fish for her all afternoon?" Chu Xiying approached little by little, kissed her neck, and a tear flowed down the neckline. Isn't it love?!"

Duan Hong held his breath, extremely shocked.

Chu Xiying had tears in her eyes, but forced a smile and said, "Hong'er, if you are unhappy, I will not pester you."

Duan Hong just stood there motionless, didn't say anything, didn't do anything.

Chu Xiying held back tears not to fall, and walked back step by step.Duan Hong is already following her father's old path, but she doesn't know it yet.She heard the concubine describe the days when Duan Hong and Bai Yan were together before, and she suddenly realized that Duan Hong had been unhappy in the past few years.

She is not a concubine, and Duan Hong is not King Wu, so it doesn't make sense.

Duan Hong was determined to conscript herself, she handed over state affairs to Liu Qing and Chang Taiqing, and was ready to go.Before leaving, she hesitated again and again, still wanting to say goodbye to Chu Xiying before leaving.

Knowing that Gao Quan told her that Chu Xiying left the palace a few days ago.She chased after the Chu Mansion, only to find that all the servants inside had been dispersed. It turned out that Chu Xiying had left here a few days ago.

Duan Hong thought of what he said that day, and thought about it again and again, feeling depressed.

She should have gone to Liangcheng.