The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

I want to roll the beaded curtain and the autumn will grow (1)

On the way back to Hanzhang Palace, Zhu Xi saw that Zhu Chengbi was silent all the time, so he speculated and said, "Mistress Fuqu should understand what your empress means, so you don't have to worry about it."

Zhu Chengbi rubbed his brows, and said: "I also feel pity for her. In the good youth, there is only a life of companionship with the harp. Now, the last thought will be cut off."

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Xi said softly: "It's also thanks to the kapok's cleverness that he can discover the key points, otherwise, I'm afraid the slaves will also be kept in the dark."

Zhu Chengbi nodded: "Right now, Lady Fuqu is irrelevant. I don't care whether she lives or dies. The important thing is Sun Chuanzong. He controls the Xiaoqi Battalion and is an indispensable force for the palace. Fortunately, it is only Goddess' intention. King Xiang has no dreams, otherwise it would be really troublesome." Zhu Chengbi let out a sigh of relief, and slowly turned the jasper lotus bracelet on his wrist, "As for the kapok, we should have made a plan earlier."

A few days later, it was a clear and fine weather. Zhu Xi was looking for a few golden osmanthus to put into the broken jade celadon amphora, but when he turned his head, he saw Kapok came in with osmanthus flower and jujube paste cake. He couldn't help smiling and said to Zhu Chengbi: "It's a good time. The slave girl just came back from finding Jingui, so Kapok made sweet-scented osmanthus jujube cake."

Zhu Chengbi put down the "Qi Min Yao Shu" in his hand, and said with a smile: "Just look at the color of the sweet-scented osmanthus jujube paste cake, and you will know that it is really a good thing."

Kapok smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, you don't think your servants are stupid. The golden osmanthus in the Imperial Garden bloomed the best these two days. If you make osmanthus jujube cake after this season, the fragrance will be lost, and the taste will change instead. It's blunt." Kapok took the silk-wrapped white agate dish and gently placed it on the table, then took a pair of silver chopsticks and handed them to Zhu Chengbi respectfully, and said with a smile, "It's not difficult to do, but the word 'qiao' should be emphasized Osmanthus molasses is the most delicate work, it has to be simmered slowly, adding maltose and a little honey every half an hour, so that after two or three hours, it can be cooked thick and delicious." Kapok has counted. , such as every treasure.

Zhu Chengbi took a piece and tasted it carefully, and smiled unconsciously: "It's really fragrant, and the kapok has a heart." Yu Bi put down the chopsticks and smiled slightly at Zhu Xi, "Such a good craftsmanship, I am so reluctant to let her go out. .”

Mu Mian was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and said sincerely: "The servant is willing to serve the empress for the rest of her life, as long as the empress does not dislike the slave."

Zhu Chengbi smiled lightly, took a sip of Jin Junmei, and said leisurely: "You are willing to stay in the palace, I'm afraid that I will be served by you to be as plump as Yang Yuhuan." After finishing speaking, he paused and waved his hand Let Kapok get up, don't speak, just look at her carefully.

Mu Mian didn't understand what he meant, so she couldn't help but blushed and said, "Your Majesty, why do you look at this servant like this?"

Zhu Chengbi said warmly: "Looking at Hanzhang Palace, apart from bamboo breath and bamboo language, this palace values ​​you the most."

Kapok was overwhelmed by flattery, and hurriedly said: "To be favored by the empress is the blessing of Kapok's several lifetimes of cultivation."

Zhu Chengbi said with a gentle smile: "Luck, you can take care of it and don't lose it." After finishing speaking, he said calmly, "Speaking of which, I once asked you if you would like to marry someone who doesn't love each other. Wife, or marry the one you love as a concubine, remember?"

Mu Mian was slightly startled, lowered her eyes and said, "Your maidservant remembers."

Zhu Chengbi nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Zhu Qizhen's Xun is really good, otherwise why does Mu Mian always go to Shenji Camp?"

Mu Mian didn't expect Zhu Chengbi to mention it suddenly, so he couldn't help being caught off guard, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian, it was because Diji has been waiting..."

Zhu Chengbi stopped the conversation lightly, and smiled indifferently: "Of course I know, it's just that I'm curious now, Zhu Qizhen has always been indifferent to people and things, why is he willing to blow the xun for you? Besides, the emperor never Concubine Xi has a close relationship with foreign ministers, Madam Yu'er's example comes first, it is always bad for you to have too much contact with him."

Kapok didn't dare to vent his anger, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Please forgive me, I will stop communicating with Master Zhu."

But Zhu Chengbi didn't answer, just quietly looked at the white agate plate wrapped in silk, staggered light and shadow leaked in from the window, the plate was pure white and almost transparent, such an illusion, as if he could see countless secrets of himself My mind is average.

Zhu Chengbi smiled and said: "No more contact? I don't want to be the queen mother, so I have to pull out the hairpin and tell Xinghan to separate your fate. Since you are in love with each other, I will be the master and give you Zhu Qi. How about Zhen's side room?"

Mu Mian suddenly raised her head when she heard the words, as if she couldn't believe it, she just looked at Zhu Chengbi in a daze, but Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Kapian is so happy, you can't even thank you?"

Kapok's face was burning red, but he just muttered: "Slave, slave..."

Zhu Chengbi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Although Zhu Qizhen has married his first wife, but now that he is the leader of the Shenji Camp, it is unreasonable not to accept a concubine after all. Since you came out of Hanzhang Palace, Presumably Qiu Yicheng would not dare to underestimate you easily." Zhu Chengbi smiled and brushed the broken hair on his temples, and the silver tassels hanging from a beaded hairpin on his temples rustled, like the drizzle under the eaves, "This Gong remembers that you once said that 'the distinction between wives and concubines is not important, what is rare is being with someone you admire wholeheartedly', otherwise I wouldn't dare to offend you, after all, being a first wife is the expectation of all women in the world."

Kapok said hurriedly, not daring.

Zhu Xi smiled lightly, but his eyes were as clear as the turbulent water, he could only see the water's light, and he didn't feel any fluctuations: "Kapian is really lucky, Master Zhu has a bright future, needless to say, he is also a lot of maids in the palace. As for the person in my dream, regardless of other people, Zhilan from Moon Shadow Terrace is quite admiring."

Zhu Chengbi glanced at the bamboo breath slightly, and said angrily: "It's getting more and more nonsense, no matter how much Zhilan admires, how can it compare to Kapok." Pazi comforted him in a soft voice, "You married Zhu Qizhen to win honor for your mother's family. I only ask you a question, are you willing or not?"

Zhu Xi said quickly: "If you don't want to, I'm afraid this good luck will go to the Moon Shadow Terrace."

Mu Mian hesitated for a moment, and finally kowtowed deeply, her voice soft and trembling: "I am willing."

Zhu Xi raised his eyes and smiled, and only quietly gave Zhu Chengbi a look. The shadow of the sun outside the hall was sparse and narrow, sifted in through the bamboo curtain, and even the sound of the copper leak became clearer, and there was a slow "boom", like It was like hitting the heart, and even the warm light was shaken slightly, as if a few phantoms had been born.

"Very good." Zhu Chengbi smiled and helped up the kapok, took the blue and silver beads from the temples and gently pinned it on the kapok's cloud-like bun, "In this case, you are my nephew and daughter-in-law, but I just promised you Given your kind of blessing, should you also repay me one or two?"

When Mu Mian heard the words, he hurriedly said, "Your maidservant is the only one who looks after you."

Zhu Chengbi sat down gracefully, grasped the handkerchief and dabbed some powder on the wings of the nose, the armor inlaid with gold and jade shone with a cold halo, as compelling as her tone: "You don't have much to do, just my palace I have always been used to serving you, but I am afraid that if you marry into Zhu's residence, Hanzhang Palace will be somewhat uncomfortable." Zhu Chengbi paused slightly, "Every five or six days, you will enter the palace to pay your respects. What you see and hear, tell me everything.”

Kapok was startled suddenly: "Ma'am?"

Zhu Chengbi glanced at Mu Mian sharply, and said word by word: "If there is something very important, it doesn't matter if you can't get out of Zhu's residence for a while, I will assign you a dowry maid, Zhu Er, and she will go back and forth to me .”

Mu Mian's hands trembled slightly, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead: "Your Majesty, do you want this servant to be a master?" Mu Mian seemed to be in disbelief, and fell to her knees with a plop, tightly grasping Zhu Chengbi's golden crimson lips. Qun Qu, "Ma'am, Master Zhu is your nephew!"

Zhu Chengbi supported his chin with one hand, and smiled coldly: "Kapian, you have always been smart, now, who do you think is most likely to aspire to the throne?"

Mu Mian's slightly dry lips parted and closed slightly, she settled her mind, and said for a moment: "Your Majesty's Fourth Highness is naturally the most hopeful, but Sixth Highness is not impossible."

"anything else?"

"Your Highness probably won't, His Highness Third is still under confinement, His Highness Ninth is still young..." Mu Mian pondered for a moment, then suddenly startled, like a flame blown by a strong wind, "Your Majesty, you mean, King Liang?"

"Zhu Qizhen is King Liang's confidant. If you were him, would you support me or King Liang?"

Kapok didn't dare to think any more, just kowtowed, and two lines of tears ran across her delicate face: "Your maidservant dare not guess."

"It is precisely because you and I have no certainty in mind that I need your reassurance." Zhu Chengbi slightly raised Kapok's small chin, "I have high hopes for you, you must not let me down. "

At this moment, Kapok was already in pear blossoms with rain, and she hardly dared to look at Zhu Chengbi, and her teeth kept chattering: "Servant, servant..."

Zhu Xi said softly: "Your Majesty has already said that by marrying Zhu Qizhen, you are also honoring your mother's family."

"Your Majesty!" Mu Mian suddenly came to his senses, almost rubbing his body and pounced on him, with a distressed tone, "Mother, please spare this servant! Please spare this servant's family!"

"You are embarrassing your mother now, and your mother will embarrass your family in the future." Zhu Xi smiled secretly, "I heard that your parents are still alive, and you have an older brother and two younger sisters..." Zhu Xi's voice is transparent There was a trace of ruthlessness, like a smear of scarlet blood flowing from the blade.

Kapok seldom sees such a situation as Zhu Xi, but just mourns and weeps.

Zhu Chengbi lightly touched Kapok's smooth forehead, and his slender fingers were as white as ice porcelain, which seemed to be covered with a layer of cold light in the sun: "If you can't make up your mind for the time being, I will give you a day, only a little , you should keep in mind that this palace does not want you to betray Zhu Qizhen, but just wants to grasp his movements. If you commit suicide, you will put your family in a dangerous situation. If you betray this palace..." Zhu Chengbi smiled slightly. The teeth were as cold as the hard winter ice, "You understand what happened to Suxin."

When Mu Mian heard the last sentence, she sat down on the ground dejectedly. A long silence circulated in the Deyang Hall, like the water in the Taiye Pond gently rippling away. However, I can no longer grasp it.

"Your Majesty." Mu Mian said mechanically, his eyes seemed to be hollowed out, "I'm sorry, my servant is willing to be your mother's secret work." Mu Mian held back the choking in her throat, and kowtowed deeply again, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, The slaves must fulfill their mission."

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