Deadly Merry [Rebirth]

It's New Year's Eve.

As in previous years, many tributes collected from all corners of the country were carried into the queen's bedroom.Even though the queen didn't like the emperor at all, she was a relative on the side of the queen mother. Everyone knew who was in power in the court, and those people were not blind.It just so happened that the queen was not in good health, wild ginseng, deer antler, blood, ganoderma, snow lotus, bear bile and other rare medicines were bundled into packages and sent to the queen as if they were free of money, and the hall was overcrowded for a while.

The leading maid, Pearl, was busy arranging for the little eunuch to count all these gifts and put them into the warehouse as soon as possible, so they couldn't keep blocking the gate of the palace.

Jin Huachu happened to pass by here, Pearl and a group of maids stopped their work and greeted her, "Meet the empress."

"Yeah." Jin Huachu didn't intend to stay for a long time, and wanted to leave as soon as he raised his foot, but he took another look at the pile of well-wrapped presents, and stopped, thinking.

"Your Majesty, do you have an order?" Pearl asked cautiously.

"Are these all medicine?"

"Most of them are, but not all of them. Isn't this counting and preparing to make a list and show it to the empress?"

Jin Huachu thought for a moment, and said: "I don't have free time to look, you just watch them tidy up, just one piece, except for those medicinal materials, if there are any interesting antiques or beautiful gadgets, pick them out, Pack it again."

"Yes, I wonder if the empress is in a hurry?"

Jin Huachu looked at the sky outside and nodded: "You do it right away, I'll wait here."

"Yes." Zhuzhu took the order, and didn't dare to spend any more time on medicinal materials. She was afraid that the empress would have some problems after standing for a long time, so she hurriedly sent the little maid to sort it out, and even went to get it herself. up.

"By the way, let's sort out some good things and send them to the Taoist priests who have just built the Qingyun Temple in the palace."

"Your Majesty, His Majesty always pays homage to Qingyun Temple recently, why don't you go there too? It would be nice to have some blessings."

"I'll be there in a few days."

"Yes."

Not long after, after the picking was finished and someone rushed to wrap it up, Jin Huachu ordered: "Take these things and follow me to the imperial concubine's place."

"But empress..." Pearl didn't move when she heard the word "imperial concubine".

"Speak straight and forgive me."

"This should not have been said by the servants, but the Queen Mother beat the servants more or less last time, and I hope to remind the empress. The imperial concubine's origin is unknown, her background is unclear, and she can only ascend to this high position with the support of her majesty. It's already very bad. Your empress is the lord of the harem, and she also has the background of the empress dowager, isn't it too good to go too far with the imperial concubine..." Pearl said while carefully observing Jin Huachu's face .

Jin Huachu's face remained calm, she just looked at Pearl with no expression, and said, "Finish."

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Seeing that something was wrong, Pearl quickly knelt down and admitted her mistake.

"Some things, since you know you shouldn't talk too much as a slave, even if you are beaten, you should let the words rot in your stomach, so as not to make your own master feel unhappy if you say it." Jin Huachu's voice is very It was cold, as if covered with a layer of frost and snow, which made people shiver when they heard it, "As for the queen mother, you don't have to worry about me. With this sick body that is ready to die, it's not easy to live for a few days." You know, who am I afraid of?"

"Yes, this slave will stop talking too much." Pearl bowed deeply, pressing her forehead to the ground.

"...you stay here to organize these things, and ask Yuanyang to follow me."

"Yes……"

Jin Huachu had just arrived around Tu Jiu'er's bedroom, and from afar, he saw scattered slaves kneeling on the ground at the entrance of the palace, trembling and daring to move, as if some terrible disaster had happened.

The maid in charge of their palace saw the queen's chariot approaching, hurriedly got up to pick him up, and trotted all the way to Jin Huachu, kneeling down in front of Jin Huachu with her skirt: "I pay my respects to the empress."

"What's the matter?" Jin Huachu supported the edge of the chariot, leaned out half of his body slightly, with a worried look on his face.

"I don't know why, the imperial concubine got angry just now and smashed all the things in the palace. We couldn't persuade the eunuchs and maids to scold whoever they were. After she got angry, she ran to Dongfang by herself. On the other side of the lake, no one of us is allowed to follow, we can only kneel here and wait for the mother to come back before giving orders."

"Tell them all to get up, how decent is it to kneel down here, and if others see it, how can they chew your mother's tongue?" Jin Huachu frowned.

The palace maid bowed: "Thank you, empress." After thanking her, she quickly ran over with her skirt in her hand, leading the group of servants to retreat.

Yuanyang tilted his head and asked: "Empress, since the imperial concubine is not here, shall we go back?"

Jin Huachu shook his head, "Don't go, go get the wheelchair ready, I'll go to Dongfang Lake by myself, you stay here and wait for me. By the way, it's still snowing, get me an umbrella .”

"Yes."

Yuanyang went to prepare according to the order.

Jin Huachu got into the wheelchair and slowly moved the wooden wheel to the far side of the path by himself.

Yuanyang stayed where she was, with her little hands in her mouth, and looked at Jin Huachu's lonely back and sighed softly.

It was the time of the Chinese New Year, and it was the coldest time of the year.The surface of the vast Dongfang Lake is covered with a thick layer of ice, and the red shadows of koi under the ice can be seen vaguely. There are only a few tall pine trees by the lake, which are still a little green against the snow, and the pine needles fall on the lake. , was solidly frozen into the ice layer.

A figure in a thick crimson-haired cloak stood on the ice. She seemed to be arguing with someone for something, but from this angle, there was no other person on the lake.

Jin Huachu was a little afraid of this ice surface, she always felt unsafe, and there were some obstacles in her heart.But after deliberating for a while, she still swayed down the lake in the wheelchair, and the wooden wheel pressed against the ice, making a small creaking sound.

Tu Jiu'er suddenly squatted down, hugged his knees and started shaking, as if crying.

An inconspicuous thrush flew up from her shoulder, fluttering away.

Jin Huachu slowly walked to Tu Jiuer's side.She didn't call her or ask anything, she just looked up at the sky where the snow was beginning to fall, propped up the paper umbrella she was carrying, and leaned towards Tu Jiu'er.

The umbrella was not wide, but it covered Tu Jiu'er very tightly.And Jin Huachu maintained the posture of slightly bending over to support the umbrella, and a layer of fluffy snowflakes fell on the bun full of palace hairpins.

Tu Jiuer cried for a long time.

No one could remember how long she had been crying.

I just remember that it was going to be dark later.

Until Jin Huachu couldn't bear the discomfort in his body, he covered his mouth and coughed lightly.

Tu Jiu'er finally woke up from his own world, and realized that there was someone by his side, so he hurriedly stood up.

Layers of luxurious mink fur collars supported that small snow-white face, and under the eyes of the peach blossoms that were dripping with water, there were pitifully small pieces of red blood that had been frozen by the frost.There were still some tears in her eyes that welled up when she was anxious. Seeing that the person holding the umbrella beside her was Jin Huachu, she raised her sleeve in a panic and wiped it messily.

"San San, what's the matter?" Jin Huachu kept his voice extremely gentle, as if he was afraid that if he spoke a little louder, the lovely person in front of him would start to cry bitterly.

Regardless of her teary face that was not cleaned up, Tu Jiu'er bent down and grabbed Jin Huachu's hand, and helped her breathe gently to warm her up.

"Hua Chu, it's so cold, why did you come here alone? What if the ice breaks and you fall, and if you take a dip in the freezing cold, will you die?"

Jin Huachu raised his hand and lightly touched the side of Tu Jiuer's face, "I heard you lost your temper."

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Tu Jiu'er still had tears in his eyes, so he smiled subtly, "It's nothing more than trivial gossip at home."

"What happened at home, which relative is sick or..."

"Hua Chu, no, it's not that serious. It's just that my parents sent me a letter, and I feel wronged." Tu Jiu'er lowered his eyes, "...they said, I shouldn't stay in the palace anymore , I shouldn’t get involved with you anymore... Your royal affairs, you say I’m a white-eyed wolf, you ruin your family’s reputation, you regret giving birth to me, and you say you can’t stay here anywhere, the people in the palace are the most wolf-hearted. It's impossible for someone to treat me sincerely..."

"I treat you sincerely," Jin Huachu interrupted Tu Jiu'er, "San San, I treat you sincerely."

To be honest, according to Tu Jiu'er's usual history of lying, what she just said may not be the truth, maybe it was just a lie she used to cover herself up.But Jin Huachu still jumped into this trap willingly, trusting her unconditionally and comforting her.

Tu Jiu'er didn't speak, just opened his mouth slightly, staring at Jin Huachu blankly.

"Why is this so?" Tu Jiu'er squeezed out a sentence after a long while, turned to look at the ground, lost all strength suddenly, and his voice was exhausted, "Why do I suddenly hope that what you said is true."

Jin Huachu didn't understand Tu Jiu'er's words at all, and only asked: "What's true, don't you believe me?"

Tu Jiu'er looked at her complicatedly, and was silent for a long time.

Jin Huachu thought she really didn't believe it, and said again: "San San, listen to me. I thought that my life would just pass by so lightly, as a pawn in a power struggle, dragging With this broken and sick body, I can live for a few years. But after I met you, I started to burn incense and worship Buddha, burn incense and eat fast, kowtow thousands of heads, but I only wanted one thing day and night."

"..."

"I just hope that I can be lucky enough to be merciful, and live more time..."

"..."

"...Live more time and be with you. Eat, drink, and play with you until you get bored or I die."

"Okay, don't talk about it." Tu Jiu'er already felt guilty, this kind of emotion that shouldn't appear on her made her irritated, she lifted up her robe and wanted to leave, "I want to go... Thank you Give me an umbrella."

"You don't have to thank me." Jin Huachu pulled Tu Jiu'er, stared at her closely, his eyes were moist, "This is all what I want. No matter where you go in the future, no matter how many years pass, as long as you If you need it, I am willing to appear by your side, hold an umbrella for you, protect you, follow you, love you, and never regret it.”

The corners of Tu Jiu'er's eyes were a little sour again.

She suddenly regretted it.

Regret that he had cast a charm on this queen and made her fall in love with him.

She has always thought that she is free, going up and down, unrestrained, and doing whatever she wants.But for some reason, now I suddenly have the feeling of being bound.

It was like a piece of melon seeds that she unintentionally spit out, accidentally got into the ground, absorbed the poor little nutrients in the barren land, and grew desperately, and finally formed a dense vine, which in turn held herself tightly. The tight entanglement made her finally feel bound and nostalgic in her heart, and it also made her taste the unbearable taste of self-eating evil consequences.