palace wall

In the seventh year of Kangxi, Wu Yingxiong, the son-in-law of the forehead, was Jin Shaofu and Prince Taifu.

In January of the 12th year of Kangxi, Pingxi King Wu Sangui launched a rebellion in Yunnan and Sichuan and captured Chengdu.Secretly sent envoys to Beijing, intending to bring Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan to Yunnan, but Wu Yingxiong refused to leave Beijing, and entrusted envoys to send Wu Shifan out of Kyoto and sneak to Yunnan and Guizhou.

In March, King Shang Kexi of Pingnan invited him back to the old Liaodong, Emperor Kangxi promised him, and ordered his son Shang Zhixin to leave Guangdong with him.So far, the "withdrawal of the vassal" has begun.In July, Wu Sangui, king of Pingxi, and Geng Jingzhong, king of Jingnan, successively wrote letters requesting withdrawal of the feudal domain, and they all agreed.In August, the Qing court once again ordered the revocation of the vassal king.In November, Wu Sangui rebelled in Yunnan because he was dissatisfied with the withdrawal of the Qing court.He also issued a call to accuse the Qing people of "stealing the artifacts of my first dynasty and changing my Chinese crown clothes", claiming to "take together the cultural relics of the Ming Dynasty and return the universe of Zhongxia".

When December came, Qitang caught the snow under the window and sewed cloaks for Wu Yingxiong and the children.When Qingming came in with tea, she saw that she thought the light was too dark and pushed open the window, so she ran over to close it in fright, and took away the work from her hand, and said, "My dear Gege, how cold are you? Why didn't I know how to pay attention to my body, and then I caught the wind and cold again, and it lasted for more than a month, but I didn't get better."

She was a little tired from sitting, so she stood up and stretched her waist, and just smiled slightly, "It's okay, you came in just after we opened my son."

Qing Ming shook her head obsessively, "The dining room is ready for dinner, let's ask the little princes to have dinner together."

Qitang nodded, bit his lips and thought for a while, then asked, "Did the forehead not come back today?"

Qing Ming turned her head and pretended to put away the dishes, her eyes were a little red, she lowered her head and responded, "Well... I'm afraid the palace is busy, Ge Ge should hurry up and eat, the slaves will come when they are done cleaning up."

Qitang looked at her figure silently, just smiled, and walked out in response.

That night, after chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall, Qingming served Qitang to lie down and rest.In the middle of the night, there was a figure who gently opened the door and entered the room with chills and exhaustion, stood behind the screen for a while, walked to the side of the couch after a while, and reached out to touch her forehead.

Qitang opened his eyes suddenly, held his arm firmly, smiled in the darkness, and said softly with some helplessness, "It's been so many years, why haven't you made any progress, and you still like to hide when something happens I?"

There was a thump in his heart, and then the pain was unbearable, and his emotions were surging, but he only said for a long time, "Why don't you fall asleep."

She held his hand and sat up, leaning against the side of the couch, looking into his eyes through the darkness, pleadingly, "Husband, I want to talk to you."

He replied to her as before, "You talk, I'm listening."

The smile on her lips gradually deepened, she sniffed her nose, and asked him like a girl, "You will be with me for more than 20 years, okay?"

He tucked the quilt up for her in the dark, and suddenly laughed, and replied seriously, "Okay. This is the best 21 years of my life."

Qitang nodded, "Me too. Being with you is the best thing in my life. We have also done what we said back then. Every day we are together is a day of happiness. How good we are these years, we Staying together, and my son, Shi Lin has grown up... Husband, I have no regrets, this is the extra years and blessings that God bestowed upon me."

His chest hurt uncomfortably, and his voice was slightly choked, "My Wu family is tired of you..."

She shook her head, got up and hugged him, tears rolled down, "Don't say that, I am much happier as the daughter-in-law of the Wu family than the daughter-in-law of Xinjueluo. Even if the years go back, you let me choose a new one." Back, even if it is still today, I will marry you. I have learned how to be a wife and a mother over the years, but my heart to follow you is still determined for decades, and no one can stop it I."

He patted her on the back, once and for all, emotional stalks stuck in her throat, she couldn't speak, she smiled softly, "Don't cry, we agreed, didn't we? Although your heart for me has not changed over the years , but I have been worried that you will dislike my appearance when I am old, this time... I don't have to worry. "

She could hardly connect the last few words. He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Qitang, I beg you, promise me that after I leave, you will live well..."

When she heard these words, she burst into tears, hoarse and heart-piercing, which caused his tears to fall instantly.He wiped more and more tears from her face, and said in a panic, "Don't cry, don't cry...you have to be strong, you still have Shilin, you still have our son...Qitang, we agreed , you live well for me, every year when the crabapple flowers bloom, you come and tell me, okay?"

She almost breathed out, leaning on him and hugging him tightly, "You want me to live in this world well... But without you, it's better to let me go with you... What do you want me to do?" Living alone without you? Elder Sister said that people who have never tasted this kind of pain can’t understand it. I let myself imagine it 20 years in advance, and even today, I still can’t accept it..."

He didn't know what to say, tears fell with her, Qitang held his hand tightly for a while, "I know I shouldn't say these things, I know I should tell you that I will be fine, don't tell me Worry about me...you see, I know, I know everything...but I..."

He kissed her eyes in the dark, tasted the sour and bitter taste of tears, and said in a soft and choked voice, "After returning to the Forbidden City, you will treat it as a dream. When you wake up from the dream, you are still acting like a baby 21 years ago." The little girl who doesn’t want to wear the bottom of a flowerpot, I’m still your big brother. Qitang... I will always be by your side, and every day, I will wait for you under the Southwest Palace wall. No matter how the wind blows, the sun shines, the rainstorm Suxue, I won't be absent again. Just this time, you can tell me every day, okay..."

She used all her strength to laugh, and caressed his face and every outline of him gently, "You have to wait for me, just like the forehead waits for the tenth sister. Wait for me... to find you, Just take me back to Jiangnan, let's go back to your hometown, and stop worrying about this capital, okay?"

He nodded, held her hand, and smiled, "Okay, I'll take you through every inch I have walked, and tell you about the years before you met me."

She nodded in response and hugged him tightly. In the boundless darkness, her tears fell on the mandarin duck brocade quilt in pairs, and she cried and laughed in a broken voice, "Big brother, in the next life, I will marry you as my wife. You still have to ride Tall horse, take me home..."