Gu Qingci

I am in the room on the far right of the back cover room, just north of the small kitchen, the most deserted place in the entire Chaofeng Palace.

It's too tiring to get along with her, so happy and leisurely, without thinking about anything, how nice.

So many years seem to be busy, but in fact they are muddled.Now being locked up here, I have time to play my favorite hole flute, or go to the backyard with a small hoe to tend flowers and plants.

Pianqiu came here once, but she still didn't give me any good looks.She told me tactfully that I am not under house arrest here, as long as I don't leave Chaofeng Palace, I can go anywhere in the palace.

What kind of talk is this?Seeing that I was indifferent, Pianqiu would not put a hot face on a cold butt, and left without looking back.

I don't want to see Liu Yueying.This is her bedroom, if you wander around here, the possibility of meeting her is too great.So, I resigned myself to squatting on this three-acre land.

By the way, fortunately she didn't agree to let me leave the palace when I was furious - I didn't realize until the next day that her medicine still needed my blood.

Sometimes I feel that I am quite cheap, but I can't say that if I don't care about her, I don't care about her—Liu Yueying is someone I have liked for so long, and it has become a habit for a long time.Even if I don't want to have anything to do with her anymore, I can't see her being tortured by illness with my own eyes, and I don't want to save her.

The back room is relatively close to the small kitchen, and every time the cooking smoke rises there, you can see it clearly.So, I would sneak to the small kitchen by stepping on the boiling point; other than that, I would never step out of the room.

I quit drinking recently, and I can't get drunk even after I'm free.Mu Diezhi also explained at that time that the emperor's work and rest must be adjusted, and he can no longer stay up late at will; as for me, she said not to drink too much, it is best to quit.

Tired after lying down for a long time, Carp straightened up and went to the backyard to water the flowers and plants I planted a few days ago.After squatting here, I don't live on my fingers like I used to, so I don't even know how many days have passed.

Estimated, probably six or seven days.Since I came back from Qingzhou, I haven't seen her for so many days, let alone a day, even a few hours.

I thought that I would never have any conflicts with her again, but who knows that now it has become a mess again.Helpless, but uncompromising.

Humming an unknown song, he dug small pits in the ground with an iron hoe, and prepared to put the seeds in.

I was busy and happy when suddenly there was a sound behind me, which really shocked me.It was a breath of cold wind, and then heard a cold voice: "What song are you humming?"

I stabilized my out-of-balance heart rate, didn't look back, and continued to touch my little pit.

Liu Yueying unexpectedly came here, how can I have the qualifications to welcome her.

Seeing that I didn't respond, she walked around in front of me from behind. I squatted on the ground and could see the bright red skirt and exquisite dragon boots, which were extremely luxurious.

"I ask you, what tune are you humming." A calm voice came from above the head.

What song is it?I don't know, I vaguely heard someone humming it a long time ago, it seems to be Sha Yu?Now it's just doing it casually, how can I remember the title of the song.

I didn't even get a response when I asked me a few words, and Her Majesty the mighty Empress was a little anxious.

The jaw was lifted roughly, forcing me to look directly at that face.

"Aren't I inferior to these flowers and plants?" A trace of unwillingness flashed in her eyes, she asked me resentfully, and forced me to answer her.

Could it be that Emperor Liu Yueying has been in office for a long time, and no one has ever dared to contradict and disobey her, which made her more and more arrogant, arrogant and arrogant, and did not take other people's feelings seriously?

People have hearts, they will be hurt and painful.Now that things have turned out like this, I can no longer fool myself.

I admit that she did treat me differently than others, and because of this difference, I was dizzy, not just treating her as a monarch.But because of this, she hurt me more deeply and sharply than others.

So, I don't want to have any unclear relationship with her anymore.

She dodged to the side without leaving a trace, got out of her shackles, filled up the seeded soil with her feet, and then went to the stream to wash her hands.

When had Liu Yueying been treated so coldly by someone?The dignified empress took the initiative to find her courtiers, she might think that this is enough to give me face, I should be grateful at this time, and then change my mind-how can I be so ignorant.

Liu Yueying was slapped in the face by me, she couldn't bear it, she gritted her teeth and spit out a few words: "Yang Li, don't think that I dare not punish you for the crime of disrespect." Then she hurried away.

Who are you threatening?

I don't know how many days passed, but I just read books, planted grass, and played the flute in the back room.One afternoon, when Liu Yueying was supposed to be busy in the government hall or other places, my door rang again.

Can't think of who would come to visit at this time, opened the door, it turned out to be Liu Yuehua, she was pardoned by the emperor and returned to Beijing last month.

Liu Yuehua pushed me away without any explanation, squeezed in through the crack of the door, found a chair and sat down, very proactive.

"The eldest princess is in such a hurry?" He asked tentatively, "You are dressed in a formal attire, which should only be worn when the inner court convenes for official business. The princess doesn't go to the inner court, why did you come here at this late hour?"

Liu Yuehua rested for a while, and said with a distressed expression: "I came to look for you just after I came out of the inner court."

He raised his eyebrows to express his understanding.

"What do you want me to do?" I have ignored the government for many days, and now my muscles are weak.

"Do you know that...going to the inner court for a meeting, or accompanying the imperial court, has become a miserable job?"

I tilted my head in confusion, indicating that I didn't know anything about it.

"Sister Huang doesn't know what's going on these days. She's moody and angry, which makes people afraid. Now everyone in the court is in danger. They are afraid that if they say a wrong word, they will lose their lives."

Liu Yuehua tugged at her clothes, and continued: "At the inner court meeting just now, the imperial sister got angry three times in half an hour, those people in the cabinet were silent, and the mess about the Military Aircraft Pavilion and the Imperial College was left behind, so I can only take the lead in speaking, you Look how much sweat I'm sweating, my clothes are sticking to my back, it's unbearable."

"How can it be so terrifying?"

"Yang Li, you and I know the basics, let me tell you straight, the low air pressure in the court these days is almost suffocating people to death." Liu Yuehua let out a long breath, her sorrow still undiminished.The carefree eldest princess will also be distressed, which is progress.

"What's more terrifying than the inner court assembly is the early court. These few days, the imperial sister didn't speak when she went to court, and she just tapped the imperial table with her fingers. The only sound that can be heard in the huge Golden Luan Hall is the sound of beeping, which makes people's scalp numb." Liu Yuehua pursed her lips.

"Did you know? A Confucian scholar in the Imperial Academy was dragged outside to cut off his tongue just because he said too much, 'Your Majesty tends to hurt your liver and spleen recently'!" She waved her hand while talking, her expression Still in shock.

"You also know that those old stubborn censors like to speak out. In the past few days, the imperial sister executed one and demoted another to a commoner. Can you know?"

Her round eyes turned to me: "You are locked here at this time, and I know that this matter has nothing to do with you. Tell me honestly, what's the matter between you and Miss Huang?"

"What ability do I have that can change the temperament of the king of a country?" So I don't want to fall into her trap.

"Yang Li, are you really stupid or fake?" Liu Yuehua wanted to stomp her feet, but also caring about the princess's demeanor, she forcibly held back.

"Everyone in the inner palace knows how much Miss Huang cares about you. You must have done something to anger her to become like this!" Liu Yuehua curled her lips and leaned forward: "Just say it, Okay? Think of me as begging you on behalf of so many ministers in the court. When the emperor is angry, he will lay down millions of corpses and bleed for thousands of miles!"

Liu Yuehua, a girl, has also learned how to bend and stretch, so she looks like a material that can do great things.

With a chuckle, he said slowly, "Okay, I'll tell you."

……

Liu Yuehua listened very intently, resting her chin on one hand without moving, as if she was in a trance.

"If it's true according to what you say, then sister Huang is going too far!" She puffed up her cheeks and quickly put them down. "However... Miss Huang is not talkative by nature and doesn't like to explain too much. Could it be that she has something to hide?"

Shaking her head in disapproval, she had said enough that day.

"Do you really understand Huang Jie? Father Huang taught her very strictly, so she never speaks out her truest thoughts easily. If Huang Jie really talked a lot with you--I think so, she The intention is to convince you, not to reveal to you what she cares most about."

Interested in what she said.

After getting along for so long, I gradually discovered that Liu Yuehua has a different charm.It's just that Liu Yueying's light was too dazzling, completely covering her.

"how do I say this?"

Liu Yuehua thought for a moment, and asked a question that had nothing to do with the whole matter: "What is your relationship with Sha Yu?"

"Ordinary friends who have helped each other."

"Really, nothing else?"

"It's true."

"Do you know that Miss Huang cares about her very much?"

It was a bit confusing, and he retorted: "This is impossible? The two of them have never met before, so where does the emperor mind?"

"Your Shengqing Building, the first batch of subordinates to recruit, are they the ones Sha Yu helped you find?"

I nodded, as if thinking of something again.

"The emperor told me before that Sha Yu is number one on the list of beauties ranked in Jianghu, and she is second."

"That's not it!" Liu Yuehua clapped her hands, "Did you find out, in the final analysis, Shengqing Tower is the foundation laid by Sha Yu for you, and then other people contribute, such as the Xiao family and your master, etc. I think..."

Liu Yuehua's voice was a little softer: "Sister Huang must be jealous. She is such a proud person, she can't compare with others in the beauty list, and she must think that person has a good relationship with you, otherwise how would she be willing to help you? So busy."

Did Liu Yueying really think so? She told me so much that day, but she didn't mention Sha Yu a word.

"Why don't you give the emperor a soft hand?" Liu Yuehua probed me, "You know what she thinks now, how will it end when this happens? You can't let the emperor bow first, what is that like? ?”

I shook my head without thinking, still feeling uncomfortable.

Even if you are jealous, you shouldn't... do such things.

[The cold war is a means, not an end.Don't fight coldly!Yang Li probably did this because she really didn't want to live with Liu Yueying, and the emperor would die. 】