Mask of Rebirth

After a lot of time wasted, Qin Mu had no choice but to order the brigade to move on, and embarked on the official road to Qin Capital in a mighty manner.It's just that there is one less carriage in the carriage behind him.

There were 19 beauties left for the old emperor of Qin, and there were women crying from time to time along the way.Now that one died inexplicably before entering the palace, it is understandable for everyone to be afraid.Qin Mu was distraught when he heard that, but luckily he gave an order that anyone who dared to cry should go and bury the dead person with him!

This sentence really worked, and I didn't hear the slightest sound until I entered the city gate.

Seeing that the father and the emperor had made an appointment and greeted the mother and concubine, Qin Mu hurried back to the mansion. A group of beautiful concubines greeted her. Yingying knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Kowtow to the lord."

Qin Mu waved his hand, ignored those women, and ordered while walking in, "Prepare water!"

Xiao Fuzi trotted along behind, "It's been prepared a long time ago. Should the prince take a bath first or eat first?" Qin Mu went straight to the bathroom without saying a word, Xiao Fuzi followed to the door and stopped, and greeted the two maidservants behind , "Hurry up and go in, let me tell you, the prince is in a bad mood today, so be careful."

"Yes!"

After being waited on by others to take a bath and change clothes, and to wash away his tiredness, Qin Mu finally felt a little more comfortable.That dinner will also be served by them with wine, meat, singing and dancing.

It's just that Qin Mu was a little absent-minded. The beautiful concubine in the mansion smiled for the prince who had just returned to the court, but his graceful dancing posture and captivating eyebrows did not catch his eyes at all.Three points drunk, Qin Mu leaned on the soft couch, shaking the wine in the glass and listening to the melodious sound of the piano, closing his eyes and meditating all the time.

"My lord."

"What's the matter?"

Xiao Fuzi leaned over with a flattering face, filled the wine for the prince but did not retreat in a hurry, seeing the drunken face of the prince, kindly reminded, "The young master you asked the little one to find is in the backyard right now. In the wing room, do you want to invite him to show the prince?"

"Get out!"

"Huh? Get kicked out?"

"Don't you understand?"

"Ah, yes yes yes, the little one will do it right away!" Xiao Fuzi said in his heart, he finally found it after thousands of choices, why should he be kicked out now?I just sent someone to wash him clean, and the incense is waiting for you to enjoy.Alas, wasted effort!

"return!"

Xiao Fuzi had just stepped out of the door, and when he heard the greeting from the prince, he hurriedly turned around and trotted back into the house. "My lord, the little one is back."

Qin Mu waved his hands, "You all go out." The concubines hurriedly stopped singing and dancing, although they showed disappointment, they saluted and walked out the door with small steps, leaving the empty room alone.

"Man, how do you look?"

Xiao Fuzi immediately opened his eyes and smiled, "Oh, you don't know, my lord, that young master looks like a flower, with such a small face, such a waist..." Seeing that the Ninth Prince was impatient, he hurriedly stopped Useless nonsense, muttered, "I just don't know if I can get into the eyes of the prince."

Qin Mu nodded without anger, drank the wine, "bring me to see the man."

"Yes, yes, I will bring you to the prince to have a look." After speaking, he ran out of the door.

Not long after, a young man in white came in. Qin Mu squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and he really looked pretty.It's just a pity that she is too slender and enchanting, with a white and feminine look.I can't help being a little disappointed, but I also think about how many men have the temperament of Mr. Su in the world.

Close your eyes, and you will see the heroic figure of that man.

Seeing that the prince threw him out without opening his mouth, Xiao Fuzi understood a thing or two, pushed the boy to the side of the bed and said, "I'll take care of you." Then he quietly left the door.

That young man was well-behaved and sensible, he thought he had been trained well by Xiao Fuzi in the past few days, he knelt by the bed and unbuttoned the prince, and bent down to serve him without saying a word.

A burst of refreshment paralyzed his whole body, and in a trance, Qin Mu imagined that the person in front of him was Su Li, and felt extremely comfortable.

He has picturesque eyebrows, handsome and elegant, with a frown and a smile, like clouds and wind.He is dressed in white and stands amidst the greenery, looking like a phantom from a distance, which is unmatched by people.

When Qin Mu dropped the brush in his hand, the scene in his memory had become a vivid portrait before his eyes.

The man in the painting has exquisite facial features, stands with his hands behind his back, is dressed in white clothes in a solemn and elegant manner, surrounded by green bamboos and vines, and the morning breeze is blowing.Qin Mu's painter is really good, he actually painted the scene of that day so vividly, even the trace of sadness in that person's eyes was drawn so vividly.If ordinary people look at it, they will be fascinated by the expressions of the people in the painting and get drunk in it!

Qin Mu was busy for an hour before he remembered that there was still a person kneeling at his feet, and the young man was shivering without an inch of cold and did not dare to make a sound.

Although not as good as Su Li, he was still a cute and well-behaved boy.Thinking of Su Li and Qin Mu's heart softening for a moment, he couldn't bear to abandon him out of the door, raised his chin with two fingers, and said condescendingly: "From today onwards, you can stay and serve."

Looking at this side again in a blink of an eye, the people escorted by Lu Guo turned around and went back to Lu Guo when they arrived at the gate of Qin Capital, which was about ten feet high.

All the way fast and fast, several people arrived in the capital within a dozen days.

Imperial Physician Xu returned to the hospital for an errand, and was thinking of going home to breathe a sigh of relief, but he was intercepted by the emperor's father-in-law, Eunuch Li, and secretly recruited into the Chongming Palace late at night.

Ruoda's palace didn't have any serving maids or eunuchs, so Eunuch Li led people in and then quietly retreated.

Imperial Physician Xu did not dare to look up, and did not know where the emperor was sitting. He just walked a few steps in front of the imperial case based on his feeling, and knelt down with his knees bent, "Xu Wenhai from the imperial hospital, please refer to the emperor."

After waiting for a long time, I heard a deep voice from behind the curtain, "I heard that one of the people sent to Qin died?"

Doctor Xu hurriedly turned his body to one side and lowered his head to the ground again, "If you go back to the emperor, he is a young master."

"Who?"

Imperial Physician Xu replied cautiously, "It's Mr. Su Li."

Click, a pair of chopsticks snapped.Doctor Xu was startled and broke into a cold sweat instantly, his heart was so suspended that it jumped out of his throat.After waiting for a while and seeing that the emperor didn't open his mouth to inquire about the crime, he calmed down a little, raised his eyelids calmly and followed the dragon boots to look up little by little.

Although the light was not clear, Imperial Physician Xu still clearly saw bloodstains on the palm of the emperor's palm, which must have been injured when he broke the chopsticks, and suddenly turned pale with fright, "Your majesty, your hand..." said from his arms He took out the golden sore medicine from his pocket, knelt and moved to the emperor's side, "This humble minister gave the emperor the medicine."

Lu Yang didn't speak, maybe it was acquiescence, or maybe he had lost his mind.

The injured palm was bloody and bloody, the cut was extremely deep, and there were thin bamboo shavings stuck in the flesh. Doctor Xu was so terrified that he almost stopped breathing.

After more than ten years in the palace, this was the first time he had the opportunity to apply medicine to the emperor. He pulled out the thorns one by one, washed the wound, and applied golden sore medicine to bandage it.Except for a few noodles spilled on the ground, nothing went wrong.

After finishing what was supposed to be done, he knelt down neatly to the side and didn't dare to make another sound.

Lu Yang seemed to come back to his senses at this time, looked down at his hand, felt a faint tingling pain, turned his gaze to the side again, and was a little dazed when he saw those dishes.

There are a few suppers on the Eight Immortals table, which are already cold at this time, cloud crispy tofu, bird's nest eight immortals soup, Ruyi tired, Shouyi alfalfa cake...

Su Li helped him develop this habit of eating supper. He said: The job of the emperor is too hard. How can I survive without eating something so late every day when reviewing memorials.

At that time, Su Li always brought a food box to Chongming Hall at night, rain or shine, and sometimes he would cook some novel food that no one had ever seen before.Su Li would accompany Lu Yang to eat supper, then accompany Lu Yang to review the memorial, grind him and shake his fan, and accompany him quietly, no matter how late it is.

"How did you die?"

"As far as I know, Mr. Su was already seriously ill before he left the palace. In addition, he was not acclimatized to the climate. Qin's weather was cold and he was suffering from wind-cold disease. That's why... this official is incompetent. I hope the emperor will forgive me. "He had thought about this set of words a long time ago. According to the time, Su Li was in the palace when someone poisoned him. The person who poisoned him must be someone from this palace, and it may very well be the emperor himself.

Perhaps the emperor wanted such an answer when he asked such a question. How could he be so stupid as to pierce the window paper? Naturally, he followed the emperor's intentions and used a high-sounding reason to cover it up.

Sure enough, the emperor didn't express any doubts about the words of Imperial Physician Xu, nor did he continue to ask for details, but just asked, "Can he be buried with honor?"

"The Ninth Prince ordered that Mr. Su be buried in Jinchan Temple."

Lu Yang nodded and didn't speak any more. With one hand supporting his forehead, he waved his hand as if tired, "Go down."

"Yes, I will resign." Doctor Xu stood up and walked back step by step to the entrance of the main hall. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly remembered something, and stood there hesitating for a while.

"What else?"

"Reporting to the emperor, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"Speak." Lu Yang's voice has never been so tired, every word and every sentence is full of deep tiredness.

However, Doctor Xu heard that this tone meant impatience. He didn't dare to say any more nonsense and hastily took out a handkerchief from his arms, held it in both hands respectfully, and raised it to the emperor, "This thing was entrusted by the Ninth Prince to the official." The one brought back was said to be Mr. Su’s relic, he ordered the subordinate officials to bury it in the bamboo grove at Beiyuan, but the subordinate officials thought it was strange and dared not take it apart to look at it without permission, so they had to ask the emperor to make a decision.”

Lu Yang also felt that it was very strange. The material of the brocade handkerchief looked like the high-quality silk made in Qin State, which could only be used by the relatives of the emperor.The four corners were folded in the middle and a button was fastened, like a small cloth bag, but it looked like there was nothing inside.

Lu Yang was very curious as to what relic Su Li would leave behind, worthy of the majesty's lord giving up his personal belongings to wrap it.

He took the brocade handkerchief and put it on the table and opened it slowly, his whole body froze when he saw the inconspicuous thing inside.

It was just a bamboo leaf that was too ordinary to be more ordinary. It was dry and yellow, and it had been pinched out of shape. It was bent and rolled together, and some parts had even been dried and shattered.

The eyes suddenly became blurred, and Lu Yang only felt that his heart was blocked by something, and even breathing was so painful that it was unbearable.

In the early autumn of last year, Beiyuan was full of bamboo fragrance. The man stood quietly in the bamboo forest, holding a bamboo leaf and blowing a melodious ditty.

The next day, I went to the bamboo forest again, just to see him again.Pick off a bamboo leaf and give it to him, that is the first gift for him.

Today, in this majestic palace, among the three thousand beauties, is there still one person thinking about this random leaf?