palace wall

Qitang felt that her life became brighter all of a sudden, the crabapple flowers in the palace became more delicate and beautiful, the shade of trees under the southwestern palace wall was her whole world, and even the midsummer that was gradually approaching was too beautiful.

In the years before meeting him, she worried about him alone. In the years after meeting him, she listened to him talk about the lights on the Ten-mile Long Street, the scenery in the south and the north, and the insects, snakes and wolves in the Yunnan-Guizhou area.He was such a knowledgeable and gentle person, he treated her extremely patiently, accompanied her like a good teacher and helpful friend, and comforted her.Let all the misfortunes she has encountered in her short life before, like Huang Ama only doting on Concubine Chen Hai Lanzhu, and the year Concubine Chen passed away happened to be her birthday, and she didn't get much love from her father since she was a child. Attention and pampering, or the early death of Er Niang, these kind of desolate and lonely things, all made her want to accept and forgive.

She even secretly thanked fate for allowing her to suffer so much, but it was still so good for him.

She fell in love with him, in the sweet "big brother", in the veils sewn stitch by thread for him under the rainy night lamp, in the joy of rushing to the corner of the palace to meet her sweetheart again and again.Girls who are infatuated are the most annoying.

On this day, ten gege and thirteen gege and Qitang in the Palace of Compassionate Peace greeted the Empress Dowager. They said they would play a game of chess together, but Qitang returned home like an arrow. Resigned hastily with green tea.

Shi Gege wanted to call Dazhu Gege, the adopted daughter of the former emperor, but when he walked to the door, he saw that Qitang was leaving in a direction other than going back to the palace, so he followed after a little thought.

Qitang's youngest daughter was in a state of mind. After saying goodbye to him, she always wanted to see him early the next day.He was meticulous and thoughtful, the place where the two talked, there was a tree shade inside the palace wall, but outside the palace wall, the sun was scorching day by day.Qitang felt sorry for him, he always said it was fine, so she had to go early, so as not to expose him to the sun after waiting for a long time.

But on this day, Qitang walked back and forth under the palace wall for countless times, and the sun was shifting from the center of the sky to the west, Qingming couldn't help but persuaded, "Gege, let's go back... the prince may have some troubles today." What's the delay..."

After hearing this, Qitang stood there in a daze, his eyes turned red for a long while and asked her, "Will something happen to him...Qingming, he never fails to come..."

Qingming sighed, "It's not a good idea for Ge Ge to think wildly. After a while, it will be dark and the shift will be closed. Let's go back first. I will find someone to ask you about the prince. If you can't ask, we will Come back tomorrow and wait and see, it may not be possible that you won't come tomorrow, the son is a trustworthy person."

Qitang raised his eyes and took a deep look at the blue tiles on the palace wall, staring at the swaying crabapple branches, tears slowly fell back, nodded, and followed Qingming back three times.

Qitang didn't sleep well that day. There was a storm in the dream. She woke up once at the first watch and at the second watch. After waking up, she looked forward to the dawn for a long time. She couldn't breathe.It was so easy to toss and turn until dawn, and I didn't even have breakfast, so I ran to the palace wall early with Qingming and waited.It turned out that it did rain last night, and puddles formed on the ground again. She ran so fast that the water splashed on the corner of her clothes, making it wet.But even so, after waiting for another day, his voice was never heard from there again.

Qitang looked at the extremely high palace wall, tears pattered in the puddle, and there were circles of ripples, Qing Ming couldn't bear it, "Ge Ge, it's useless to stand close... It’s because the soles of the shoes are higher, so standing in the water like this will make you sick.”

She closed her eyes, didn't look back, her voice was choked up, "Qingming... What's wrong with him... Why... He didn't come if he couldn't come. It was fine before... Now, I miss him again, and... Fear……"

The elegant sound of the bottom of the flowerpot being tapped to the ground slowly came from behind, and Qingming hurriedly blessed her body, "Slave maid please ten Gegean!"

Shi Gege nodded and asked her to excuse her, then fixedly looked at Qitang's back, and called her indifferently, "Qitang." Qitang didn't turn around in response, and she continued, "You don't have to wait. This morning, King Pingxi The eldest son Wu Yingxiong wrote to the Queen Mother, requesting to cancel the engagement with you."

Qitang's body seemed to be shaking, and she heard her say again, "The queen mother is sure. I'm already drawing up the decree."

Qitang turned around abruptly, her face covered with tears in disbelief, "Why?"

Shi Gege stood there quietly, watching her tear-stained, finally couldn't bear it, stretched out his hand to her, "Follow me, I'll tell you."

Qitang followed her back to Shigege's bedroom, closed the door screen and retreated all the servants. She led her into the inner room, opened a hidden compartment, and saw a spiritual tablet, with incense and fruit offerings placed in front of it.The words on the spiritual tablet are shocking—the spiritual tablet of the late husband Guarjahuisai.

Qitang turned to look at her, and whispered in surprise, "Sister Ten...it is a serious crime to worship in the palace without permission!"

Ten Gege turned his head and twirled the incense as if he hadn't heard it, stood still and worshiped with his eyes closed, and then put on the incense again, his face was calm and his voice was neither happy nor sad, "Big sin? I really hope there is What kind of crime was placed on me, and I was quickly pushed out of the Meridian Gate and chopped off, this life will be settled once and for all."

Qitang was so sore in his heart that he called her, "Sister Ten..."

She sighed, turned her head to look at Qitang, and smiled slightly, "You asked me why, Qitang, this is why."

Qitang shook his head, tears began to come out of his eyes again, and the good-looking young woman opposite said in an old-fashioned tone, "Before I married him, I was like you, with a young girl's mind, spring love, everything is going well. I married him His that night, Qitang, you don’t know, I feel that in my life, I would be willing to let you die on that night. But my fortune is unlucky, his fate is unlucky, and he went away in March of the wedding, leaving me alone. Qitang , we are Gege, we are golden branches and jade leaves, and we are the trapped animals in the Forbidden City. I want to go with him. I have no qualifications to guard the homeland where I lived with him. I must come back to the Forbidden City and be my princess with all the etiquette. I have to spend my whole life in this cold and magnificent palace without a sense of belonging. I no longer have the life of my husband."

Qitang was crying so hard that she was dying, tenth sister held her hand, still smiling, tears rolling down her cheeks, "Qitang, I am only 17 years old this year, but in my life, It's gone, it's ruined. Sometimes I wake up at night with a start, and suddenly I hate it. I hate it, I hate why I didn't leave my husband with an heir. Anyway, the rest of my life is long, and I can hope for it, right? But I'm afraid, if I really have a child, every time I see him, I will miss him so much, Ama..."

She must have looked at Qitang, and said in a very unbearable tone, "Your marriage, I know, it's too difficult for you to let go. A person like Zhilan Yushu like him will definitely treat you safely and securely. Let me see I can tell that he likes you. Yesterday, I met with you and talked to him. I asked him if he liked you. He thought for a long time, and only said that you are his future wife, and he will treat you very well. Qitang, you are so nice, I don't believe he doesn't love you. But why did he say that? He dare not..."

Qitang murmured, "Why... why..."

The tenth sister sighed, brushing off her tears with Weiliang fingertips, "He is the heir of King Pingxi, and he came to Beijing to be a proton. Why do you want to be a proton, isn't it because you are afraid that Wu Sangui will rebel? The situation is not yet that far, The emperor may not tolerate him for a while, but girl, think about it, who is Wu Sangui? The king of a feudal clan! If I say beheading, he will turn against him sooner or later! When that day comes, his nine clans Maybe peace? If you marry him, you can only end up with the same result as me! If he is worse, you don’t care about it at all, so that’s fine, but he is so good, you fall in love with him! Qitang, you ask Ask yourself, you have not married him yet, and you are so sad and confused by him, if one day your children and grandchildren's blood is thicker than water, and your relatives kill your entire husband's family with a word, what will you do? ?!"