Dongyin

?It has been more than ten days since I returned to Qi Palace, and there is still no news from the front line.There was nothing to do in court, so Duan Hong was free. After morning court every day, he would read the excerpts when he got up, otherwise he would go back to the palace to catch up on sleep, and in the afternoon he would go to the concubine's place to listen to Buddhist music.When it gets dark, I occasionally play chess with Chu Xiying.

The pomegranates are red, the willows are dark in color, and the Dragon Boat Festival is another year in a blink of an eye.

In previous years, when Duan Hong celebrated festivals in the palace, he would get up in the morning to take a bath, and at noon the officials would accompany him for a banquet, and in the afternoon they would go to the Jing River to watch the dragon boat race together.This time the rules were pretty much the same, except that when the luncheon was about to end, a letter came suddenly, saying that Liangcheng had been broken, and Wei Ming took his troops back to Chen Guo to guard the border.

This was great news, the ministers took turns congratulating each other, and Duan Hong never refused to come, and soon became drunk.The palace staff hurriedly waited for her to go back to bed, but the imperial chariot was only halfway through, Duan Hong shouted to see the concubine, so the whole group went to the concubine's place in a mighty way.

It was past noon and the concubine was about to go to bed. Seeing that Duan Hong's clothes smelled of alcohol, she kept silent and only asked someone to help her in to rest.

Duan Hong lay on the bed for over an hour before getting up.

An old nanny was kneeling in front of the bed, facing Li Puai sideways to her.Xu Shi felt Duan Hong's slightly suspicious gaze, and the nanny quickly raised her head, and said with a smile to Duan Hong, "Your Majesty is full of alcohol, and the concubine specially asked the servants to take care of these mugwort leaves and take a bath with Your Majesty." He also said, "This puai is grown in the servants' homes, and it is not as good as the spices in the palace. I'm afraid your majesty will dislike it."

Hearing this, Duan Hong got out of bed with half his body, picked up one casually, smelled it, and said, "It's okay, today's Dragon Boat Festival should also be a custom." So he ordered someone to take a bath.Who knows it's over, the robes over there haven't been delivered yet, Duan Hong didn't have the mood to wait, so he went to the quiet room with only his middle clothes on.

Sure enough, the concubine was meditating there with her eyes closed. Perhaps the sound of pushing the door disturbed the tranquility. She opened her eyes, looked at Duan Hong for a while, and then sighed, "The Jinghe River is busy." Duan Hong for three days They ran towards her at both ends, and wanted to catch up, wishing to get into the crowd, so why would they pretend to be drunk.

Duan Hong just sat down on the futon in front of her, and said, "It's like this every year, I'm tired of seeing it."

The concubine was speechless.

After being silent for a while, Duan Hongcai said hesitantly, "Auntie, did you say that the father made me his son, was it wrong?"

The concubine was even more unable to answer this question, but Duan Hong said to himself, "Father, he is paranoid and stubborn, and he is emotional, so he shouldn't have entrusted me with important responsibilities." This tone was quite reproachful.

The concubine sighed in her heart, and said, "When your father was alive, he felt ashamed of your mother's portrait day and night, and tried every means to treat you well. Even if he was at fault, Hong'er, you can't criticize him. "

"I didn't..." Duan Hong also felt a little guilty when he heard the concubine say this, "It's just..." He just changed the subject and said, "Auntie, how do you think the father's life is?"

"I don't know what's going on in his heart. It's just that he is sinking day by day, he has no intention of doing anything, and even surrendered the throne." After the concubine finished speaking, she was shocked in her heart. Seeing Duan Hong's current situation, the temperament of the two father and son was surprisingly different. resemblance.While being shocked, he thought about how to make Duan Hong not follow the old path

Seeing that Duan Hong was still listening thoughtfully, he didn't feel anything.The concubine smiled and said, "Your mother is considered a blessed person to be loved by a man like this."

"Only she knows whether it's a blessing or a curse." Duan Hong was somewhat disappointed when he didn't get the answer he wanted, and said casually, "It's my father's blessing to marry a smart, gentle, and not jealous woman like my aunt."

"There is no woman in the world who is not jealous." The concubine chuckled rarely, and said, "It's just not for the man she loves."

These words exploded in Duan Hong's mind like a thunderbolt, her father's favorite pillow person doesn't love him? !Duan Hong's complexion changed again and again, "I heard that when my aunt first came to Pingnan Palace, she was only fifteen, so the man I love must be a childhood sweetheart!"

"Where are there childhood sweethearts?" The concubine said, "I am married and follow my husband. The only man I have known in my life is your father and king."

Duan Hong's face softened, and he thought about it in his heart. In this way, the concubine does not love her father, but she can live with him for the rest of her life. What's the reason?

Seeing Duan Hong's surprised appearance, the concubine couldn't help laughing, and said, "It's not always like the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker." She also said, "The one who loves for a while is a lover, and the one who stays with him for a lifetime is called a good man. Hong Son, when you grow up a few more years, you will understand that love and love are fleeting, and the one who can accompany you for the rest of your life is the person you should cherish the most."

Duan Hong was silent.

When she came to her senses again, the concubine had already left.Li Zhuo was waiting by the door with his robes in his hands, when he saw her regain her senses, she hurried over to wait for her to change.

Duan Hong didn't say a word, looked at him twice, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of what the concubine said just now?"

"The servant just stood outside the door and didn't hear anything."

Duan Hong became a little impatient, "Stop talking about such useless things with me, just say it."

"I think." Li Zhuo thought for a while, and laughed, "I think it's best for lovers to get married in the end."

This answer was absolutely foolproof, Duan Hong couldn't refute him, he frowned and asked again, "Then what if you can't?"

"I can't..." Li Zhuo said with a sly smile, "Then His Majesty thinks which slave is good."

Duan Hong stopped asking questions and left the door with a long breath.At that time, it was sunset time, and the dragon boat race on the Jing River should be over, so Duan Hong rewarded him and went to Linshui Pavilion.

Perhaps it was because someone notified him earlier that Chu Xiying greeted him outside the door.Duan Hong saw her from afar, so he paused before going over.

When she approached, Chu Xiying looked up at her, and asked softly, "Is Jinghe lively today?"

Duan Hong just stared at her blankly, then realized that she thought he was going to see the dragon boat, so he nodded.

Chu Xiying saw that her expression was dull, as if she had something on her mind.The two walked in side by side, and asked tentatively, "There are rumors about the victory of Liangcheng in the palace, so His Majesty must be very happy, right?"

Duan Hong almost forgot about this matter, and he didn't want her to mention it, so he was taken aback for another moment before nodding his head.

"..." Chu Xiying stopped talking, and the two went up to the attic quietly.The servant girl served the tea, but Duan Hong didn't speak, just picked out the tea leaves with a small spoon.

The room was extremely quiet, and I don't know if it was because the tea in the tea bowl had been picked out, or because Duan Hong suddenly regained his senses.She glanced at Chu Xiying standing beside her, then cast her eyes on the half-opened book under the oil lamp, and said, "Do you still read at night?"

"The nights are long and there's nothing else to do."

Duan Hong turned his head and looked at her quietly for two or three seconds, and said, "Are you still used to living in the palace?"

Chu Xiying didn't know why she suddenly asked such a question, so she just replied, "It's okay."

"I'm not used to it."

A sigh came from beside him, and Duan Hong put the spoon heavily in the bowl.Chu Xiying was startled, and saw her walking towards the window, and she immediately followed.The window faces the lake, if it is daytime, you can see the end at a glance.It's just that the twilight is dark now, as dark as Duan Hong's expression, so blurry that he can't see anything clearly.

At this time, Duan Hong said, "I am not suitable to be an emperor, let alone a good emperor. My father was wrong from the beginning."

Chu Xiying listened silently.

"The etiquette in the palace is too complicated. I'm not used to it. Will you get used to it?" Seeing that she was silent, Duan Hong said again, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the people must be very lively." Everyone said that the palace is the most prosperous place. A lively place, but who knows how lonely the people living there are?

"Hong'er..." Chu Xiying was startled, and said, "You don't have to be in the folks to like the life of the folks."

Duan Hong was taken aback, and looked at her in surprise.

A mysterious faint smile appeared on Chu Xiying's face, and then she called Ying'er and whispered a few words in her ear.

Duan Hong didn't ask, and she actually didn't care what Chu Xiying was going to do, but her heart suddenly became quiet, and the words of the concubine gradually became clear in her heart.

Within a quarter of an hour, Ying'er came up.When the two went out, Duan Hong immediately saw two or three eunuchs squatting by the lake, not knowing what they were doing.It wasn't until I got closer that I saw the incense table next to it that I realized that Chu Xiying wanted to replace the river with a lake and offer sacrifices to the river.

It was Chu Xiying who had arrived at the incense table. She knelt on the futon in front of the table, and put the tributes on the table on the table, saying, "I don't know if these offerings are right. I used to be at home, every Dragon Boat Festival, my mother Dear, you have to prepare in advance..." Maybe he suddenly realized that the old lady was gone, so the words stopped abruptly.

The atmosphere was somewhat dull, Duan Hong waved the servants to go down, and then slowly squatted down on the right side of Chu Xiying.At that time, it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers, only the two oil lamps on the desk were flickering on and off.

Duan Hong turned his head to look at her, as if he had something to say, but in the end he had nothing.After a pause, he raised his hand to caress the hair on her neck and shoulders with light and slow movements.

Chu Xiying's body visibly trembled, and then he lowered his head as if nothing had happened, fiddling with the tribute, but his movements were slower.

"Today the concubine told me..." Duan Hong's tone was low and slow, as if there were thousands of words to say, but he stopped just like that.

Chu Xiying waited calmly, but Duan Hong was silent for a long time, which was so long that one wondered if she had fallen asleep.Chu Xiying couldn't help but stop, and turned her head away. In an instant, the doubts on her face were replaced by Hongxia.

I saw Duan Hongzheng tilting his head halfway, staring at her intently, with a different meaning in his deep eyes.

Chu Xiying's heart suddenly beat fast, she hurriedly turned her head away, bit her lips and whispered, "What did she say?"

"She said..." Duan Hong leaned closer to her, covered the back of her trembling hand and said, "We can try."