female concubine

The wind howled continuously, and the unbolted windows in the garden were blown open and closed by the strong wind.

After the strong wind swept through, heavy rain began to fall outside the window. At first, one or two drops fell on the red arrow flowers planted in the yard. As the rain gradually increased, the petals were covered with water, and the flower branches swayed with the wind. Finally, they couldn’t bear it. Gravity bends down, and the rainwater flows out along the stamens.

The red red arrow that blooms in this courtyard is planted by Xiao Youqing. The leaves fall and the flowers bloom, and the flowers fall and leaves grow, and they will never meet each other. Therefore, the folks call it Wuyi grass. There is a white color next to the red flowers, but it grows naturally in the courtyard. Instead of being planted.

The rapid breathing was accompanied by sweating, and a tear dripped from the corner of the eye, and then I heard the whisper, "Rain mandala, manjusawa, and sandalwood wind are pleasing to everyone's hearts. So it is because of fate, the earth is all... clean, and this world vibrates in six ways."

The voice was soft and weak.

The tired man lay beside her panting, "Sister is... talking to herself..."

Xiao Youqing leaned on her arm, and turned around with difficulty, "It's a passage from Mahayana Buddhism's Lotus Sutra, which talks about mandala."

She thought for a while and asked, "Is it the red arrow planted in the courtyard?"

Xiao Youqing nodded and shook his head again, "The red arrow is a kind of red, that is, the mandala flower in the Buddhist scriptures, and there is another kind of mandala flower, which is white, blooming for 1000 years and falling for 1000 years, and the flowers and leaves will never meet. For cause and effect, fate is destined to life and death."

"Love is not caused by cause and effect, fate is destined to life and death... I don't believe in Buddhism or ghosts, but I understand the cause and effect in this world..." She hugged her into her arms and said softly, "Let me take a rest."

Xiao Youqing raised his head and stared for a long time, "You can really eat."

"It's like the last meal before leaving, don't you let me eat..."

Xiao Youqing stretched out his hand against her lips, staring at her with broken eyes

Shaking his head.

Wei Huan blinked his distressed eyes, then put his hands on her face and gently stroked her face, "I just, can't bear my sister!"

Xiao Youqing rubbed her arms into her arms, "The concubine said, I will give you everything I can give you tonight, until death!"

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At five o'clock in midsummer, there was already a line of white at the intersection of the sky, Xiao Youqing got up from the couch, endured the pain, and dragged his limp body, his complexion was not very good.

With the hand that opened the curtain, he propped himself up to the table beside the couch, and when he raised his hand, he accidentally knocked over the empty jug, and almost fell to the ground.

There was still the sound of rain coming from outside the window, Xiao Youqing struggled to get off the couch, walked to the dressing table with the help of the table and the wall.

The sky is getting brighter.

The documents with the seals of the three provinces and the trial court were handed over to Xiaoliuzi for storage, and the prepared things were also loaded into the car. Besides Xiaoliuzi, he also brought four guards with high martial arts skills and a coachman who drove the carriage.

"Shouldn't you bring a few more people with you? It's a long way to Fengxiang Mountain."

"Alang will hide his identity when he goes to the post this time, and even changed his name, so we can't be too ostentatious."

The little six sons and the maid carried him into the carriage together, "I slept so deeply, yesterday was..." Just after seeing the weak appearance of the princess, the little six sons looked down at their master and smelled the smell of medicine. Sighing: "It's a great fortune for Alang to meet such a good lady as Wangfei!"

Xiao Liuzi jumped down from the back of the carriage, and two female envoys helped Princess Chu out with umbrellas. Only then did Xiao Liuzi notice that the princess was wearing a double-breasted cross-collar that is rarely seen today, so he stepped forward to give her a hand.

——Boom boom boom! ——The five drums on the tower beat.

"Unlock the key, let's go!"

The little six sat in the front of the carriage, and the two female envoys got into the other carriage. The guards in coir raincoats took their sabers and mounted their horses to follow behind.

"Grandpa slept soundly. Look at the girl now, she doesn't know how to take good care of her body, and now she has to come out..."

"Stop talking, haven't you smelled the medicine on my uncle?" Xichun lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the Tokyo city after the heavy rain, and closed her eyes slightly, "The girl must be reluctant to let my uncle say goodbye to her face to face. I can't see my uncle, let's cry!"

"Will my uncle cry? I have been in the mansion for so long, and I haven't seen it yet!"

"You haven't seen it, it doesn't mean you won't, maybe, my uncle just doesn't cry in front of people!"

In the bumpy carriage, a sleeping person was pillowed on Xiao Youqing's lap, and his slender hand rested on her forehead to caress gently.

After the city gate was opened, the sky gradually brightened. From the east of the old city to the west, from the old city to the new city, more and more people came and went along the way.

The carriage left Jinyaomen and stopped near the library of Jinyaomen.

"Princess, here we are."

The person who felt that the carriage was no longer moving forward suddenly trembled, and slightly opened his staring eyes.

After a long time, Concubine Chu got down from the carriage, and the two female envoys rushed forward to support her with umbrellas. Xiao Youqing glanced back, then turned her head away with a sigh.

Little Six then closed the car door, "Don't worry, Madam, this servant will take good care of Alang!"

"drive!"

It wasn't until the moment the carriage drove away that Xiao Youqing turned back and took two steps forward.

The envoy felt sorry for her but was helpless, "Girl..."

The gate of the city opened for a while, and the deputy envoy of the third department who got off the carriage unexpectedly saw his niece near the document storehouse outside the city, so he got out of the carriage and walked up with an umbrella, "Princess Chu!"

"Uncle, why..."

The Deputy Envoy of the Third Division turned his head, "The lower official came to the Document Warehouse of the Third Division to check last year's account documents."

"Princess looks bad, is she still sick? Why did she come out after such a heavy rain!"

Xiao Youqing shook his head and looked at the road going west, his ruddy eyes trembling.

The deputy envoy of the third department remembered that today is the day when the King of Chu will take office, "The sixth king is the son of the official family, and he should not be there for long. The princess should not worry too much."

Xiao Youqing looked at his uncle, "I'm going to bother uncle about the matter of becoming a queen, and it will take a while!"

The deputy envoy of the third department nodded, "The country has a lot of tax revenue, but there are also many people eating, so we can't make ends meet. We don't have enough money to hold the ceremony. This year's tax will have to wait until after the autumn harvest, and it should be postponed until next year at the latest."

The carriage traveled westward slowly, bumping all the way from dawn to noon, and stopped in front of a teahouse on the side of the road.

King Chu woke up from his sleep, dragged his tired body to his feet, rubbed his painful head, "I..."

When she opened her eyes and looked around, she suddenly thought of something, "Why am I here, I'm not..." She opened the cloak, and saw a letter falling from the middle, and the letter fell to the neatly folded woman's body on clothing.

She was startled for a moment, then touched her clothes lightly with trembling hands, picked up the letter, opened it bitterly with her trembling mouth, and there was a white mandala flower in the envelope, and a letter written by Li Shang. I owe Liu Shu.

"The wind and rain are desolate, the rooster crows and crows, and I see a gentleman. The cloud is not easy. The wind and rain are light, and the rooster crows. I see the gentleman, and the cloud is not healed. The wind and rain are dark, and the rooster crows endlessly. I see the gentleman, and the cock crows. I don’t like it. I’ve known you for half a year, and we’re separated today, so don’t stay together. A man who is a confidant dies, a woman who pleases her looks, and try new makeup. On the three-life stone, wait for one to return to others, if there is no one to return to, Blood-stained Luohua, under the river of forgetfulness, manzhushahua, go with you, never forget each other!"

After the car was parked, Xiao Liuzi got out of the car and got into the carriage. Just as he opened the door, King Chu rolled down from the carriage holding a letter.

The panicked person quickly dropped the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, leaned over to help it up, "What's wrong, Ah Lang?"

The rain washed away the mud on his body, and also covered up the tears welling up in his eyes, but the bloodshot eyes were full of blood, but no matter how he washed them, he couldn't wash them off.

Little Six dragged the King of Chu, and said distressedly: "Ah Lang, we have... we have left Tokyo!"

With a plop, King Chu fell to his knees, dragged his exhausted body, and asked feebly, "How long have you been away?"

"Come out at five o'clock, it's already noon."

She looked up at the sky, the rain hit her face, and flowed along the dark red spots on her fair neck to all parts of her body. She closed her eyes for a long time before opening them, and stood up slowly supporting the shoulders of others.

The King of Chu looked sideways, and there was a teahouse in the forest surrounded by mountains. There was a long pillar in the courtyard, with a long flag hanging on it, and the rainwater flowed down the long flag and the pillar.

The King of Chu turned his head and asked in a daze, "Where is this?"

"Still in Gyeonggi, I should be able to arrive in Xijing tomorrow night." Xiao Liuzi brushed off some of the mud on her body and picked up the oil-paper umbrella again.

The coachman parked the carriage, and several guards in plain clothes got off their horses and led their horses to the stables of the teahouse to tie them up.

A group of people helped King Chu into the teahouse.

In the teahouse, there were only a few tea and wine doctors chatting while wiping the tables and chairs.

"Hey, here's a visitor. I didn't expect people to go out in this rainy day!" The kind-hearted shopkeeper opened his eyes towards the door, and closed his eyes indifferently when he saw his plain clothes, and said casually: "Sijiu, someone is here. Don't go to entertain!"

One of the tea doctors hurried forward, "Several guest officers, do you want to stay in the hotel on this rainy day?"

"No, just prepare an upper room, some hot water and two tables of meals!"

Dr. Cha raised his head and glanced at the people behind him, "Why do we have to hurry on a rainy day, in fact, six of the guests just sit at the same table..."

Xiao Liuzi then threw out a piece of silver, "Where are there so many nonsense, is it possible that you will be short of your silver? As long as you take good care of my master, this small shop of yours will definitely not lose money!"

Hearing the sound of throwing the table, it took only a moment to know that there were more than a dozen silver ingots rolling on the table, and the shopkeeper hurriedly got up from the reclining chair.

He walked forward with a smile, "This little official looks at Mian Shan, but he came from Tokyo?"

Several government guards stepped forward to stop him, and the shopkeeper raised his head, thinking that these should be the entourage of the white-faced young man. There are several people following him at such a young age, and they spend a lot of money. They must be rich or expensive, so the shopkeeper Putting his hands together, he said with a smile, "I'll arrange someone to prepare a room for you!" Then he turned to several tea doctors and said, "Hurry up and prepare a bucket of hot water for the little officials to bathe in!"

"Oh, and a charcoal basin."

The store owner was startled, "The charcoal basin?" He turned his head and looked outside the door. Although it was raining continuously, the scorching heat in the dog days of cloudy June could not be blown away by this strong wind. Seeing that the little official seemed to be drenched in the rain, and there were still mud stains on the soaked round-neck robe, he stopped and bent down with a smile: "I will order someone to prepare it."

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