wake up from dream

Ziqing was dragged by Xiaozhuang to talk for more than an hour, and she didn't let Ziqing and Geng Juzhong leave until after lunch, probably because she stayed in the palace for a long time, Xiaozhuang was also very tired, and Ziqing was more than The people in the palace are a little different, they don't have as many rules as them, and they don't know much about them.After Zi Qing and Geng Juzhong left, Xiao Zhuang naturally went to take a nap, and they had already rested at around six or seven o'clock on weekdays, but there was a dinner party today, so they definitely wouldn't leave so early.Geng Juzhong and Ziqing had nothing to do, so they wandered around the palace.

Ziqing remembered that she hadn't seen Bailing for a long time, so she went to the place where Bailing lived.The two courtyards are connected together, and the courtyard where Ziqing lived before is still the same as before, standing there solemnly, everything is almost the same as before, except that it is silent and has no popularity. The creaking sound, one can imagine that since Ziqing left here, no one has come here again, and the ground is full of dead branches and leaves, and the trees in the yard can still see the days. Old nest of chirping birds.

"Was this a cold palace before?" Ziqing asked.

"Probably so! But it's so close to the place where the maid lives, presumably those who fall into the cold palace must suffer physically and mentally." Geng Juzhong said, they were probably infected by this solemn and desolate environment, and their moods were also a little depressed.

"I heard what Bai Lan said. I don't know how Bai Lan is doing now? I haven't seen her for a long time."

"She should be very good. With Bai Lan's temperament, she can find happiness wherever she goes." Geng Juzhong helped Ziqing gather up her cloak, standing in the yard, it was still a little cold, and the wind outside was blowing in gusts .

"Well, that's true. How did you and Bai Lan meet?"

"You also know Bai Lan's temperament. At that time, I just came to the capital and I didn't know anywhere. I lost my way on the street. I happened to meet Bai Lan who was out of the palace to buy things. She helped me. Later, I was in the palace. I've seen it inside a few times, and I gradually became familiar with it." Geng Juzhong dragged Ziqing into the house.

"Would you like to tell me about you and Roujia?" Ziqing asked. Geng Juzhong said before that there are some things that Ziqing can't know, so now is the time to know? "Are you curious?" Geng Juzhong smiled and opened the door.

"You said you couldn't tell me before, so what about now?" Zi Qing raised the door with her hand to open the dust that was blowing up.

"At that time, I came to Beijing to marry Roujia. At that time, Roujia was still young, only eight years old, and I was ten years old. That day, I followed my mother into the palace to greet the emperor. Ama told me: "The emperor intends to see me." At that time, Ama probably knew the emperor's intention?" The tables, chairs and chairs in the room were covered with a layer of dust, Geng Juzhong picked up the cloth on the corner of the table and wiped it. up.

"It turns out that the emperor ordered the marriage..."

"Yes, but later, things didn't go as smoothly as we imagined. No one would have thought that Rou Jia fell in love with the emperor. I know that the emperor originally wanted to avoid Jia'er, but unexpectedly, this avoidance, the emperor I can see my own heart clearly, but how can the emperor’s imperial decree be changed at will? Even the emperor himself can’t do whatever he wants.” Geng Juzhong wiped the chair clean and motioned Ziqing to sit down.It seems that Geng Juzhong is not ignorant of Kangxi's affairs, maybe he doesn't understand at all, but the hatred of taking his wife finally makes him hard to let go of it?

"So what about being an emperor who weighs the world, and even hides his own feelings... Then what happens next?"

"When the emperor can get too much, how can there be less to lose? Therefore, it is better for us ordinary people, at least we can still be loyal to our hearts, and we can boldly speak our minds." Geng Juzhong said. Then he compared himself with Kangxi. In comparison, he found that he was much happier than Kangxi, and finally smiled with relief.

"That's right! If there is gain, there must be loss." For every gain, there is bound to be loss. Ziqing traveled thousands of miles to this distant ancient times. What she got means what price she should pay for it. Immersed in the sadness of their own memories.

"Okay, let's go. People are not allowed to come here on weekdays. Look at the days you left, this place is covered with a layer of dust." Geng Juzhong stood up and said to Ziqing.

"Well, let's go! I just feel that living here alone at that time is better than any place in the palace, and you have to be more comfortable..." Ziqing got up, the two closed the door and left, Ziqing turned her head Looking at the plaque on the door, there is no writing. I remember that Bailan said that this is an anonymous side hall. Indeed, it is unknown... I don’t know how many people have buried their youth and ended their lives in this unknown place. life, to bury a piece of the past...

"What's the matter? Still not willing to stay here?" Geng Juzhong joked.

"I just feel that there is a kind of desolation here that people have to be right. How many women spend the rest of their lives here?"

"You think too much, such things are never unusual in the palace... let's go!" Geng Juzhong pulled the sad Ziqing away.Probably because of being affected by the desolation in the courtyard, Zi Qing felt a little depressed.

When we arrived at Bailing's courtyard, Geng Juzhong was inconvenient to ask, so he just waited outside the courtyard.Ziqing went to Bailing's room by herself, and just when she reached the door, she saw Bailing reading a letter.

"Bai Ling." Zi Qing walked around from behind and patted Bai Ling on the shoulder. Bai Ling was startled, and the letter in her hand fell to the ground.

"Oh? It's a letter from Moju?" Ziqing picked up the letter and saw Moju's signature.

"Well, alas!" Bailing sighed deeply, frowning tightly, took the reply letter and sat back on the stool feebly.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Seeing this, Zi Qing was startled, and quickly took the letter and began to read it.

"Moju is pregnant...it's the emperor..." Zi Qing asked, before an emperor could say anything, Bai Ling covered his mouth.

"Hush..." Bai Ling put his index finger on his mouth to signal Ziqing to stop, "The walls have ears." After saying that, he went to the door and looked around for a while, then closed the door.

"It is indeed his child." Bai Ling closed the door and turned around and said dejectedly.

"Why didn't you say it until now?" Zi Qing felt very strange. It has been several months since the night of Kangxi's visit to Moju. How come Bailing has not received the news from Moju until now?

"Zi Qing, do you still remember why your letter fell into the hands of the emperor?" Bai Ling asked.

"How do you know? I never told you?" Ziqing was very surprised. Although she had doubted Bailing, after analysis, she had dispelled her doubts about Bailing. This time she came here for this matter. Things happened, but Ziqing's letter was discovered by Kangxi, Ziqing never told anyone, why did Bailing know?

"Wang Ji said it." Bai Ling said.

"Wang Ji? He... how did he know?"

"There are no absolute secrets in the palace, otherwise there would not be so many secrets, Ziqing, that's when Wang Ji told me that the letter I gave him was dropped by someone. I wanted to tell you, but you later But she was accused of being married, that's why..." Bai Ling looked at Zi Qing and said, from Bai Ling's eyes, she could see that she was not lying, and Zi Qing herself was glad that she was not wronged because she lost her mind for a while lark.

"That's how it was...how did the letter get dropped?" Zi Qing wanted to see what method that cold woman used to drop the letter from Bai Ling's hand.

"I had already run to the imperial garden that day, but a maid knocked me down, and I fell to the ground, and I kept the letter you gave me in my sleeve. I don't know when that maid sent the letter It was dropped...I'm sorry, Ziqing." Bai Ling was a little ashamed, but she was also glad that this incident did not bring disaster to Ziqing. Of course, the disaster she was referring to was physical, and Ziqing's The hurt was in her heart, marrying Geng Juzhong, she suffered a lot in her heart, but luckily she married Geng Juzhong, because only Geng Juzhong was willing to accommodate Ziqing's heart...

"How can you be sure it's the palace lady? You put the letter in your sleeve, and it would be difficult for her to take it away, let alone change it? How did you do it?" Zi Qing didn't doubt Bai Ling's words, but just had to do it. To such a person, does this kind of bag-changing kung fu need to be more powerful?

"Wang Ji said that the court lady must have martial arts, otherwise she would not be able to drop her bag so easily."

"Martial arts? You said it was Wang Ji who said it?"

"Well, that's what Wang Ji told me. As for how Wang Ji knew, I don't know." Bai Ling shook his head and said.

"Then do you recognize that court lady?"

"I don't know. It is because of this incident that Wang Ji asked me not to communicate with Mo Ju again, so as not to reveal the matter. I didn't get the letter from Wang Ji until just now."

"Oh! Forget it, it's all done now, and it's useless to pursue it. It's just that Moju is pregnant now, what are you going to do?" Moju is just outside alone, and people's words are scary. If the neighbors know that Moju is unmarried I don't know what stories will come out about the first pregnancy?

"I'm anxious about this, and I don't know what to do? How can Moju raise a child by herself, even if she can afford it, but she is a girl, and she has a child before she gets married... ...." What Bai Ling thought was what Zi Qing was most afraid of, what if Mo Ju couldn't bear the rumors and gossips from the neighbors, and couldn't think about it?

"I think it's not difficult to raise this child, but...how about I bring Moju to my house, it will be safer, and I will decide on the future after you leave the palace!" Zi Qinghu suddenly thinks that she has a shelter now, so she won't have nowhere to go, and the princess mansion is so big that it is more than enough for Moju to live in, and more importantly, it is convenient to take care of Moju.

"Ziqing, thank you! I think this is the best thing to do." Bai Ling's eyes turned red as he spoke.

"Thank you? We are good friends, good sisters, aren't we? Or do you not regard me as a good sister at all?" Zi Qing joked.

"Of course not! It's an honor for Mo Ju and I to know you!" Bai Ling held Zi Qing's hand and said sincerely, her watery eyes were full of gratitude.

"Really, I'm just kidding, do I really take it seriously? It's my honor to have you here, because I'm not so lonely because of you." Ziqing said angrily.

"Okay, from now on, I will thank you for my great kindness. As long as Ziqing can use my place in Moju in the future, we will go through fire and water, and we will do whatever we want." Bailing is very happy to have a friend like Ziqing He didn't care about how he and Moju used her before, and now he is helping himself and Moju in every possible way.

"Could it be that I want your rewards to help you, and I'm going to be angry if I talk about this!"

"Okay, stop talking, don't be angry..." Bai Ling smiled and pulled Ziqing to sit down.Then Ziqing remembered that Geng Juzhong was waiting outside the courtyard, so she said goodbye to Bailing.

"By the way, Geng Juzhong is still outside, I have to go first."

"Okay, you can go with the forehead first!" Bai Ling teased.Ziqing didn't argue with her any more, and went with Bailing.

"I'm leaving first, and when I get back, I'll bring Sister Moju over to the house."

"Okay, let's go! Don't make the forehead wait too long..." Bai Ling still didn't forget to tease Zi Qing again.