Like Pearl and Jade - Chapter 65

“Niangniang, be careful of the steps.” He Ming carried the lantern and illuminated the road ahead. Gu Rujiu smelled a sour smell coming out of it and took out a handkerchief and covered his nose.

But it was much cleaner than she expected, there was no turbulent sewage and no mosquitoes flying around. After a few more steps, she saw Sima Xiang covered with dirt and worn clothes.

In her memory, Sima Xiang was an extremely beautiful woman. At first sight she saw such an embarrassed person that she could hardly see the original appearance. She almost froze.

The room was very sultry and the smell was not good. You do n’t need to think about it. It ’s a very painful thing for the young lady of the family who did n’t touch the spring water and the golden and precious jade.

She didn’t bring her maid to her, and she didn’t want them to see it. Bai Xian, who came in with her, stepped forward to fan the wind for her and whispered: “Ma’am, it’s sultry in the jail, don’t stay long.”

“No wonder someone started to clean up this cell this morning, it turns out that you, the nobleman, are coming,” Sima Xiang was embarrassed when she saw Gu Rujiu’s first glance. But when she saw each other’s beautiful costumes, the stars sat on the exquisite little table, some people fanned, some held pots, and some came over with the incense burner, her embarrassment turned into endless hatred , “Our home is like this, are you finally satisfied?”

“Your family has become like this, it has nothing to do with me.” Gu Rujiu suddenly felt that it was a bit boring for her to come here. Perhaps she had a negative thought in her heart, or she actually had such an end to Sima Xiang, There is no sympathy.

Knowing that the other party once wanted to calculate her own life, her negative emotions finally extended, making her think of “seeing what she ended”.

But when she really saw people and saw this 17- or 18-year-old woman, she seemed crazy and irrational. She felt that this really didn’t make sense.

A person destined to have no good ending, see it or not, it’s the same, she didn’t even think how much hatred.

Seeing Gu Rujiu’s calm eyes, Sima Xiang suddenly became calm. She sat on the corner with her knees blankly, and said for a long time: “Are you coming to see how embarrassed I am?”

“It was originally like this,” Gu Rujiu lowered his eyelids and looked at his hand. “But after seeing you, I don’t think I should come.”

“How can you not come,” Sima Xiang sneered. “The emperor imprisoned me here, didn’t he just want to please you by me? If you don’t come, wouldn’t his pains be in vain?”

Gu Rujiu didn’t refute her words, but said: “Yes, I don’t want him to waste my heart, so I came. There is someone who treats me like this, I can’t bear to let him down.”

“Even if this man is ruthless, bloody, and ambitious?” Sima Xiang sarcastically looked at the Chinese beauty at the table. “You never thought that one day in the future, he would do this to you?”

Outside the hall, Jin Yang stopped at the foot of the stone steps. He stood at the dark door and looked at the woman sitting by the candlelight. She lost the courage to approach.

Perhaps, in his heart, he was still very careful about this feeling.

Gu Rujiu looked at Sima Xiang, smiled and shook his head, silent.

“What are you laughing at?” Sima Xiang saw her with such a smile, filled with resentment in her heart, because it made her feel like the other party was watching her joke.

“I’m laughing that you don’t understand feelings,” the smile on Gu Rujiu’s face spread out a little, “A person is genuine or fake to you, as long as you are intentional, you can feel it. Unless, no one has been kind to you, No one has ever been sincere to you. ”

“What’s really pretentious is nothing but illusory things,” Sima Xiang sneered. “In front of interests, things like emotions are often the most useless.”

Gu Rujiu tilted his head for a while and shook his head: “Maybe you are right, but life is still alive, I still want to try to believe in a person. Life is only a few decades, if you have been living in suspicion, that is too much tired.”

“Do you believe it wrong?”

“That can only blame me for being blind,” Gu Rujiu ticked his mouth. “If there really is one day, it is also good to be able to pursue the same year and the same month and death on the same day.”

Sima Xiang first stunned, and then laughed: “They all said that I am a lunatic, in fact, you are the real lunatic.”

Gu Rujiuan sat quietly, letting her laugh wildly, and waited until she laughed almost before she said: “When I saw you at the beginning of the year, you sat by the flowers and looked beautiful like a painting. At that time, I thought, Sima This girl at home is so beautiful. If I were a boy, I would be so tempted by such a girl. “She stood up and sighed.” I didn’t expect that you and I would almost never meet, but you want my life. Even if I suffer your calculations, there are other girls in the world. They may be more talented than you, more beautiful than you, or better than you. Can you destroy everything? ”

“But who asked you to be the one who appeared in front of me at that time?” Sima Xiang trancely recalled that the day she first met Gu Rujiu, the Li family sons and daughters feasted for everyone. In her hands, there was no human life.

At that time she was carefully sitting next to the sister in the lobby, watching Gu Rujiu surrounded by several family girls, her heart full of envy.

What did she think at that time?

Seems like … what if I were her?

Sima Xiang slowly raised her head and looked at the woman standing under the candlelight. With her bright eyes, even if it was not the most beautiful woman in the world, but those eyes that seemed to be talking were enough to make many men tempted her.

She stared blankly at her face, knowing that today, she should not obey her mother’s words and let her hand be donated with blood.

That night, she went to her mother’s yard and saw a coma mother and blood donation on the ground. There was a hint of pleasure in her heart. If there is not such a mother, such a helpless father, maybe she can live like Gu Rujiu, like the sister in the lobby, and live a relaxed life like a person.

She wants to live a right, get a noble identity, wants to break away from such a family, and wants to live as happy as the sister in the lobby, but she has none of it, none at all.

Putting down his hand covering his face, Sima Xiang looked at Gu Rujiu calmly: “I have been cursing you in my heart for a few days. I wish I could be met with the most miserable things in the world.” Maybe I was really wrong. ”

Gu Rujiu’s lips twitched, looking at Sima Xiang shaped like a withered, and turned to the **** at the back, saying: “Let people wait for Sima to wash.”

When the news of Sima Xiang’s death came from the Sima family, she knew that Chen Jun would not let Sima Xiang live again. The other party can live to the present only because Chen Jun is waiting for himself to see Sima Xiang.

Regardless of the old grudges, at least let the other party go clean.

Sima Xiang stood up, walked to the prison door, and took a slow blessing towards Gu Rujiu: “Thank you the Queen’s grace.”

“You …” Gu Rujiu sighed for a moment, then turned around and walked out.

“Queen empress!” Sima Xiang suddenly stopped her.

Gu Rujiu turned his head and saw that the other party’s eyes were burning, and there seemed to be a fire hidden inside.

“I wish the queen’s mother and daughter Fengxiang nine days, and her majesty against the dragon and phoenix,” she slowly knelt down towards Gu Rujiu, “the father is cowardly and incompetent, begging the queen’s mother and daughter to save his life.”

Gu Rujiu stopped and nodded after a while: “If he didn’t make a mistake, His Majesty will not kill the innocent indiscriminately.”

“Xie Niangniang.” She shook her head heavily at Gu Rujiu, then fell down.

Gu Rujiu turned his head and stepped outside, step by step, and Sima Xiang’s voice came from behind.

“I hope that in future generations, I will never be born into a family.”

Her feet flicked, her heart moved slightly, but she didn’t look back. Halfway through, she turned her head and looked at a corner, where there was a vague figure, but the other person was lying on the ground, back to the door, and it was not clear who it was.

“Queen empress?” He Ming saw Gu Rujiu’s footsteps suddenly stopped and brought the lantern closer. “But can’t see the road?”

“Let’s go.” Gu Rujiu shook her head and walked out of this hot and hot place. She often exhaled and looked back at the plaque of the palace. She wrote three letters of the palace, and the original three words of dragon and phoenix dance because they fell. With gold paint, it looks dilapidated and extremely bleak.

Returning to Zichen Hall, she went to take a bath first, and then back to the main hall. Seeing that Jin Yang was only looking at the book under the lamp in a blouse, she said: “Reading at night hurts your eyes. Chen Jun should rest earlier.”

Jin Yang heard the words and put down the book obediently, then smiled and said to Gu Rujiu: “Furong the water, a beautiful picture.”

“Yuezi slipped his tongue,” Gu Rujiu walked in front of him, extended his finger and nodded his forehead. “It’s late at night, go to sleep.” After she reached out to pull Jin Martingale, she casually glanced at the book that Jinying put aside.

A few days ago, did he still say that this book is ridiculous and nonsense? Why did it look like this time?

Seeing Gu Rujiu’s eyes fall on the top of the book, Jin Yang stopped her and hugged her: “Go, stay with me for a long time.”

The next morning, when Gu Rujiu was practicing calligraphy in the study, He Ming came in and said, “Mother, the girl you saw yesterday went.”

The pen in her hand quivered slightly, and the tip of the pen dropped unsightly ink on the paper. “I know, I’m buried for a while.”

“Yes.” He Ming raised his eyes and looked at the desktop. The word “Tranquility” was written on the paper. The word behind it was ruined by the ink dots.

it’s a pity.

“It’s a pity …” Gu Rujiu put down his pen and turned to wash his hands. “Honnomiya turned around in the garden.”

“Yes.” He Ming glanced at the tossed word and bowed to follow. Qiu Luo, who was standing next to him, saw him and followed him out.

When Baolu wanted to keep up, Gu Rujiu said to her, “You don’t have to go, just stay and tidy up the study.”

“Yes.” The emerald complexion suddenly turned white and bowed back.

The sunlight in the early summer morning was already very dazzling. Qiuluo held an umbrella for Gu Rujiu, blocking the sunlight, and whispered: “Niangniang, Baolu she …” At the end of the conversation: “The slave-servant is getting better.”

Gu Rujiu shook the fan in his hand and said lightly: “Bao Lv is very good, but it is not suitable for staying in the palace.” When he took Bao Lv into the palace, it was because Bao Lv had a stable temperament. Life in the palace. It was Qiu Luo, who was younger than her, which got her heart.

After walking for a while and sweating, Gu Rujiu felt that he was in a much better mood. When he was about to return to the palace, he met Mrs. Wei, who had not seen him for a long time.

“I’ve seen the empress queen.” Wei Fei walked back in front of Gu Rujiu with a wince and saluted her.

“Concubine Wei.” Gu Rujiu returned a half ceremony, and she saw that Concubine Wei’s expression was halting, and she knew that it was not a coincidence today, but that Concubine Wei was interested in finding her.

Sure enough, the two of them walked into the pavilion without saying a few words, and then the concubine Wei suddenly gave her a big gift to her.

“Queen empress, please help me.”

Gu Rujiu suddenly remembered that when she saw Tai Fei in Kangquan Palace a few years ago, she also said this to the queen mother. It was only at that time that she was for herself, and this time it was probably for others.

“Mrs. Concubine, what do you mean?” Gu Rujiu asked the court girl to lift up Mrs. Wei, and she shook the fan in her hand. “But is someone in the palace neglecting you?”

“That’s not the case,” said Tai Fei with a wry smile. “This kind of thing shouldn’t come to you, but I really don’t know who to ask.”

Gu Rujiu lowered her head and touched the tea cup without speaking, because she could not agree with Wei Wei’s request.

Princess Tai Wei also seemed to know that Gu Rujiu might not have agreed to her request, but she still expressed her prayers, hoping that Gu Rujiu could make a few words for her uncle in front of the emperor.

Now the people of the Sima family were suddenly low-key, but they were comforted. Poor her uncle was regarded as a rafter by the Sima family. When things happened, these people ran out of things, regardless of her uncle.

“Mrs. Concubine, this palace has always been irrelevant to the past. You may be disappointed today.” Gu Rujiu apologized, “I can’t help you with this.”

“Ma’am,” said Mrs. Wei. “As long as my uncle can stay alive, I would like to work for you.” Uncle has always treated her well. If he was not an uncle when he was a child, their family would not have survived for a long time. In any case, she must find a way to save her uncle’s life.

Gu Rujiu sighed: “Mrs. Concubine, why are you so bitter, I can’t do anything about it.”

“Niangniang,” Mrs. Wei said anxiously, when even a terrifying secret was revealed, “Miss Sun has an affair with Ruiwang in his early years!”

“Boom!” Gu Rujiu overturned the tea cup in her hand. She looked slightly changed, and looked at the palace people who were waiting around. Fortunately, not many people brought her own today, and they were all confidants of the Zichen Hall. Will cause uproar / wave.

He Mingqiu Luo and others have longed to have no long ears and never heard this sentence. If such a scandal of the royal family is passed, it will discredit the entire royal family.

“Concubine Wei, speak carefully.” Gu Rujiu reluctantly calmed her expression. “It’s not something that can be said casually.” She remembered that Rui Wang had a disability in the leg. After the emperor ascended the throne, he went to the fief. Toffee Sun was the palace he entered only after he went to the fief. If the two of them were sentimental in the early years, why did Mrs. Sun enter the palace.

“Ma’am, what I said today, the sentence is true.” Wei Taifei said, “In those days, King Rui and Sun Taifei had already had mutual affection. The people of Qin Tianjian calculated the concubine Sun Taizi, and the Emperor Xian put her into the palace. ”

I robbed the woman whom my brother likes to enter the palace. The reason is just because the other party can give birth to a child, and the child can’t give birth, so he throws people aside.

“How do you know these old things?” Gu Rujiu looked at Princess Wei, and with the age and background of Mrs. Wei, it should be impossible to know those old things.

“After I entered the palace, Emperor Xian was very fond of me. One day after he was drunk, he mentioned it to me,” Mrs. Wei smiled bitterly, remembering how Emperor Xian told her how powerful he was and how to let his younger brother Painful, I couldn’t help but ridiculed, “At that time, I was young and ignorant, because the emperor didn’t value them and often humiliated them. How did they come from a family, without the favor of the emperor, I was still not tossed by my favorite concubine ?

Hearing this, Gu Rujiu frowned.

Seeing her frowning, Tai Fei hurriedly stopped this sentence: “What kind of cause, what result, if I end up with this, I can’t blame others. But my uncle is not an evil person, and ask the queen’s mother to replace it in front of the emperor. He begged for mercy and saved his life. ”

“Mrs. Toffee,” Gu Rujiu stood up and said, “You don’t remember all of them today, do you know?”

“Queen empress, I understand,” Princess Tai Wei got up and blessed her. “I also know some secret stories, which will be useful to you and the emperor. As long as you are willing to let my uncle die, I will know everything. . ”

“Fine.” Gu Rujiu raised his hand and took a deep breath. “I will convey these words to your majesty. Please go back to the palace first.”

The death of the prince, the case of Lin Fei’s injustice, and the concubine’s concubine tumbling against each other, this one piece after another, the source of the disaster is on the first emperor. As an emperor, how proud is it to grab a brother’s beloved girl?

Two days later, the case of Zhao Jintong ’s enemy ’s traitor investigation revealed that Zhao Jin was falsely accused by Wei Ting. Jin Yangnian worked hard at Wei Ting in the past, and only snatched his black gauze, and took back the house given to him by the first emperor. Life.

Other officials who originally attached to the Sima family were relieved when they saw this, and they felt that their bodies were full and clean. It seems that the emperor does not intend to liquidate all the officials of the Sima line. It seems that as long as they are loyal to the people and love the people in the future, they still have the opportunity to be promoted.

The mountain on my heart was removed, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became much better. At least the speakers dare to jump out and jump up and down.

Speakers have always liked good reputation, what is loyal to the patriotic, what is not afraid of power, as long as they can have a good reputation, they will get involved. Of course, there are many people who truly serve the country and the people. But no matter what kind of behavior, the emperor’s patience is tested by their outspoken behavior.

When Emperor Xiandi was in power, because he did not like to take care of the political affairs, many of the spokespersons were admonishing and grabbing the ground with their heads. Unfortunately, this behavior was completely useless to Xiandi, so he could play as he wanted, so he The posthumous posthumous name and temple number do not sound so much like Mingjun.

The officials thought that after the new emperor ascended the throne, they would certainly not be like the first emperor. As a result, they only guessed the beginning, but not the end. After the new emperor ascended the throne, it was indeed not as stupid as when the first emperor was in power.

But this one didn’t take the usual path. When the spokesman jumped his feet again, and then forced him to death, this one would not be angry, but instead looked at it calmly. When the next dynasty next time, the speaker would like to say more, today will find a bunch of black history of this speaker, and make him a reputation, Sven no longer.

To say that today does not like to listen to the good words of the loyal minister, that is not true, sometimes he will actively adopt it. So this also led to the mood of the speakers as if they were riding a roller coaster.

Today, the official is about to confess to the queen living in the Zichen Hall. Although this is the emperor’s private affair, in the opinion of the official, the emperor’s family affairs are also state affairs, and it is no problem to say a few words.

“Your Majesty, the Queen entered the palace for more than three months, and she still lives in the Zichen Hall. The Weichen thought that this move was not in line with the ancestral rules,” said Guan Jia, who said sadly, “Please also ask the Emperor not to indulge in men and women and let the Queen move out of the Zichen Hall. . ”

The official standing next to him looked up at the emperor’s face, and moved the small steps silently, a little farther from the spokesman.

You say this kind of thing, why don’t you ask? Haven’t you seen that Li Xiang and Zhang Xiang haven’t spoken? How can you, a little spokesperson, not talk about your private affairs?

Even if you want to leave a name for Qing Shi, shouldn’t you blame it on this matter?

Is it recorded in the history book that Delong had a certain month and year, a certain spokesperson caused the emperor to be angry because of the separation of the emperor and the emperor, and the emperor took the black gauze Yunyun, very glorious?

After seeing the future generations, they would only feel that the spokesman was mostly ill, and he was so full of panic that he was too full to take care of this kind of thing.

If the emperor is obsessed with female sex, and the harem concubine is like a cloud, you go to whisper and stay in the history book is also a good name. This situation today is completely different from indulging in beauty.

Besides, you talked happily in Chaotang at the moment, and you are not afraid of being sacked by the Gu family brothers after going out?

“The queen is the mother of a country. Moving to the palace is not a trivial matter. How can you move it easily?” Jin Yang said lightly. “I have my own idea about this matter, so I don’t need to say more.”

“Emperor …” Yan Guanjia said unfailingly, “Dafeng has never had a precedent for the queen to live in the Zichen Hall. Weichen is worried that this will bring chaos to the government!”

The plain point of this is that I am worried that the queen is ambitious and has ideas about your throne.

All the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty were silent, looking at the words of this official as if they were looking at a fool.

It is unruly for the queen to live in the Zichen Hall, but that is not the case.

To put it this way, does this despise the emperor or the Manchu Minister of Civil Affairs and Warfare? The queen lives in the Zichen Hall and can shake the country. How much can the emperor have no ability to lose the throne?

Everyone went to see the emperor’s complexion, as expected, it was already gloomy like water, and it seemed that the spokesperson would say that he would be angry.

So the officials buried their heads in silence.