Shuoyun Feidu

The noon sun outside the window was extremely hot, and the sound of cicadas singing in the distance seemed weak. Mu Qingping looked outside, and unconsciously scratched the table with her right hand, causing a string of coral bracelets on her wrist to rattle. There was a clanging sound, and when I was waiting a little impatiently, I suddenly heard someone outside happily saying: "...Miss, the eldest son has arrived." Mu Qingping immediately stood up, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite brother to come in!" After the words fell, not long after, I saw two palace servants had already set up a thin bamboo curtain cage, and a slender figure stepped in, wearing the costume of a general of the third rank, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a rather calm expression, with a heroic and determined look between his brows. The color is slightly restrained, it is Mu Qinghan.

Ever since Mu Qingping married Beitang Rongdu, she never went home because she was not allowed to go out of the palace at will according to the rules. Now that she saw her brother, her eye circles turned red and she burst into tears. He looked like, stepped forward quickly, just like the description when he was still in the boudoir, stretched out his hand to hold the man's cuff, and said softly: "Brother..." Mu Qinghan looked as usual, his chin seemed to be a little thinner than before, faintly revealing. Showing a bit of maturity, his eyes were heavy, and he looked at the younger sister in front of him. Seeing that she was dressed luxuriously and gracefully, and her face was ruddy, she should be doing well, so she nodded slightly, then said: "... Although They are brothers and sisters, after all there are differences between inside and outside, since I am now a minister of the Qing Palace, why did you send someone to the front to inquire and invite me here." Mu Qingping pulled his elder brother by his sleeve and pulled him to sit down, ordering drinks to be served , then suppressed tears, and said: "I finally found out that you are on duty today, so I asked someone to invite you over, brother, I haven't seen you and parents for a long time..." Mu Qinghan Her complexion was slightly calm, and she still had the usual calm expression. She took off the winged hat she was wearing on her head, put it on the table next to her, and said, "Are you still used to it in the palace?" Pursing her vermilion lips, she lowered her head and played with the embroidered handkerchief with her hands as if carelessly, her smile was vaguely alienated, she sighed softly, said 'hmm' indifferently, and said: "It's okay, there's nothing I'm not used to or not. "

After Mu Qingping finished speaking, she paused again, and then added: "...Beitang treated me well, brother, don't worry, and let parents rest assured, the whole family doesn't have to worry about me." Mu Qinghan listened, Slightly nodded, without saying anything, the siblings chatted for a while, at this time a palace official brought iced plum soup to relieve the heat, Mu Qingping personally brought a cup to Mu Qinghan, and said with a smile: "It's hot outside. Very good, bro, just stay here for a while." Mu Qinghan took the soup cup, as if he didn't care too much, and said indifferently: "No, I still have official business today, I will leave after sitting down for a while." Mu Qing After hearing this, Ping was silent for a while, with disappointment inevitably in her eyes, but she knew that once her brother had decided on something, he would not change it, so she calmed down, calmed down, with a slight smile on her lips, and said with a smile: "By the way, brother, speaking of it, I..." As soon as I said this, I suddenly heard the cheerful and crisp laughter of a child outside, breaking the stagnant silence of the afternoon. Mu Qingping instinctively looked out the window, and then Not far away, on the path full of flowers of various colors on both sides, there is a little pink man running towards this side, followed by a group of palace people, it must be the best time for Beitang, Mu Qingping saw it, so He couldn't help laughing and said: "Why is this girl here?" Not long after finishing speaking, Beitang Jiaqi had already run in, grinning and threw herself in front of Mu Qingping's legs, tugging at the corner of her clothes, crisp and authentic :"……lady!"

Seeing this, Mu Qingping hurriedly pulled Beitang Jiaqi's soft pink hands, and asked in a little surprise, "Why did Luer come here?" As she spoke, she asked someone to bring some candy and other delicate snacks Son, grabbed a handful and put it in Beitang Jiaqi's small hand. Beitang Jiaqi was slightly sweaty on his snow-white forehead, bit his delicate fingers, and said with a smile: "Daddy is sleeping, and he hasn't woken up yet... "As she said, she giggled mischievously. Mu Qingping knew that she ran out to play while Shen Hanyan was taking a nap, so she tapped the girl's delicate The little nose smiled and said, "You, why are you so naughty!"

Beitang Jiaqi didn't answer, but tilted her head and looked at Mu Qinghan next to her. Her beautiful golden eyes kept sizing up the other person, feeling strange in her heart, because she had never seen Mu Qinghan before, so naturally she didn't recognize him. Yes, it was a complete stranger, and I just felt very curious. However, Mu Qinghan did not look away from the moment Beitang Jiaqi entered, and after a momentary stunned, there was faintly revealed in the dark eyes. A sense of love and complexity - just because in Beitang Rongdu's heart at the beginning, Beitangjia was undoubtedly the most beautiful woman in the world, so naturally the appearance of 'Rong Rong' was made to be somewhat similar to Beitangjia Similar, but when Mu Qinghan first saw Xu Ximei who was exactly the same as Beitangjia, even though he discovered this, he didn't think much about it until he thought that 'Rong Rong' was the forbidden son of Beitang Zunyue, and contacted the past , I speculated that it might be because Beitang Zun Yue deeply loved Beitang Rongdu's mother Beitangjia, so he took the "Rong Rong" who was somewhat similar to Beitangjia as a taboo... Now speaking, although Beitang Jiaqi He is still young, but his facial features are starting to look like Beitangjia, so he is also somewhat similar to 'Rongrong'. How could Mu Qinghan not pay attention when he saw it?Can't help but have a few thoughts of closeness and love. Mu Qingping has also seen 'Rong Rong' next to her. After thinking about it for a while, she has already understood it. Then her heart moved, and she knew that it might just remind some of her past. How could she not notice it? Brother's reaction, so he took Beitang Jiaqi's little hand, fondled the girl's forehead hair with his hand, and told her with a smile: "Luer, this is your father's cousin, speaking of it, you can 'Uncle', okay?"

Beitang Jiaqi listened, and nodded with a vague understanding. Although he didn't fully understand what he meant, he still vaguely understood the general idea, so he nodded vigorously as an agreement, then opened his eyes wide and looked up. She looked at Mu Qinghan with her snow-white face, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled brightly, showing a few pearl-like white teeth, slightly showing dimples, and said in a childish and crisp voice: "...Uncle!" Seeing this, Mu Qinghan seemed to wake up suddenly, and his mind gradually settled down. He looked at the little girl carved in pink and jade in front of him, and after a while, he responded softly, but suddenly remembered At the beginning, I had talked with my sweetheart about their children in the future. Thinking about this, I just felt that if there were no twists and turns between each other, they must have become married long ago. I am afraid that there will be someone like Beitang Jiaqi, A cute little daughter who looks like a jade doll...

Thinking of this, Mu Qinghan's heart felt unspeakable for a while, even though the midsummer was burning like fire, she could hardly bear the loneliness and chill in her heart, and a little tiredness appeared on her face, On the other side, Mu Qingping had already ordered someone to send a basin of clean water, took a handkerchief and soaked it with her own hands, and then twisted it a little bit, to wipe off the thin sweat on Beitang Jiaqi's forehead carefully. Qing Han's eyes settled, turned his face slightly, put down the iced plum soup in his hand, and the spoon in the bowl touched the wall of the bowl, making a very soft 'ding' sound, and only said: "...it's getting late , I still have work to do, so I should go back." Although Mu Qingping wanted to talk to her brother for a while, she finally stood up, hugged Beitang Jiaqi, and sent Mu Qinghan to the vertical flower gate outside. At the office, he earnestly said: "Brother, let your parents not worry when you go home, I am living very well in the palace." Mu Qinghan nodded slightly, his eyes stopped on Beitang Jiaqi, and without saying anything, he directly Turned around and left along the path.

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In the evening, Beitang Rongdu stayed in Qianying Palace and had dinner with Beitang Zunyue and talked together. At that time, fresh lychees from the new tribute were brought up, and Beitang Rongdu sat beside him and slowly peeled them. Sending the flesh as white as ice and snow to Beitang Zunyue's lips, he said with a smile: "This thing is cold, I will only peel a few for you, and you are not allowed to eat any more." On the couch, leaning against a few soft pillows behind him, he gave Beitang Rongdu a sideways glance with a half-smile, then casually opened his mouth to catch the lychee, bit it into his mouth and chewed it a few times, then spit out the core and scoffed. "...Why are you starting to chatter?" Beitang Rongdu casually took another large and round lychee from the small table, lowered his head and carefully peeled off the shell, with a gentle expression on his face, but he smiled silently, but this Hui Hui didn't feed the fruit pulp to Beitang Zunyue, but ate it himself, then turned his head and smiled slightly, and said: "If you want to hear it or not, no one will care about you."

Beitang Zunyue held down the young man's wrist with one hand, and the cool mat under his body felt like jade to the touch, and he felt cold from it, he just smiled and said, "Slick tongue." As he said, he took a fan by himself and slapped it on his face. Fanning the wind, Beitang Rongdu looked at the golden leak used for timekeeping, then turned around and said, "I'm tired enough today, you should go to bed early." Glancing at Jinlou who was not far away, seeing that it was still early, he said, "It's only half past Xu, what is this king doing so early?" Beitang Rongdu shrugged, looked at him intentionally, and said with a half-smile : "Yeah, it's still so early, it's enough for singing and drinking, I'm afraid I can't fall asleep until I roll around in the gentle country, in this case, I'll call you a few." Beitang Zun laughed more, Putting his hands around Beitang Rongdu's shoulders, he said teasingly: "...and you said you were never jealous, so what are you doing?" Under his smile, he couldn't help but move his shoulders slightly, but he couldn't help being involved. The wound on his body froze immediately, and then he snorted slightly annoyed. Seeing this, Beitang Rongdu immediately knew what was going on, so he gloated and said, "Hey, let's see if you dare Dare!" As he spoke, his face was full of refreshment, he took a brocade handkerchief and slowly wiped off the pulp juice on his hands, crossed his legs and said with a smile: "...Tsk, look at you like this, I'm afraid you're just letting me call you What kind of beauty has come, you are also powerless?"

Beitang Zunyue was too lazy to be as knowledgeable as him, and only half closed his eyes, as if resting, but Beitang Rongdu came over at some point, pressed his index finger on Beitang Zunyue's lips, rubbed them twice, and then He bowed his head and kissed his father's cheek, smiled apologetically, and said in a low voice, "...does it still hurt a lot?" Lazily said: "I can't die." Beitang Rongdu smiled lightly, and put his upper body half on Beitang Zunyue's chest, rubbing his face against the man's lapel, quietly listening to Beitang Zunyue's steady heartbeat , Said: "Today we two have been messing around for a long time, you are already tired enough, even if you are strong and don't feel tired, at least you are injured, with your martial arts world-class, it shouldn't hurt there Does it hurt the same... let's go to bed earlier, okay?" Beitang Rongdu persuaded softly, and got up to take a stick of incense for calming the nerves to light, put it in a purple gold incense burner, and put it on the stove. On the small table next to Beitang Zunyue's couch, Beitang Zunyue didn't speak, but was still sleeping with his eyes closed. Really fell asleep gradually, and then lightly untied the outermost layer of tent and hung it down, and went out.

For a while, I went out of Qianying Palace, but seeing the bright moon and few stars, and the gentle night wind, Beitang Rongdu waved his hand and drove away a few eunuchs who followed him, and walked along the path of the hexagonal stone by himself. Walking slowly, ready to go back, at this time the bright moon is clear and the fragrance of lotus is everywhere, under the night, I can only hear the chirping of insects in the grass, very comfortable, Beitang Rongdu looks leisurely, walking with his hands behind his back, When passing a secluded path, he suddenly snorted, broke the silence, and raised his head and shouted: "... who is it?" As soon as it leans forward, it looks straight ahead in the shape of claws.

In the night, the two figures were as fast as lightning, and they had exchanged four or five moves in an instant. Beitang Rongdu's ten fingers were like hooks, and the moves were directed at the vital parts of each other's body, but suddenly he said in surprise: "... Why are you?" While speaking, the attack was abruptly withdrawn, and the two fell to the ground together, and Beitang Rongdu immediately grabbed the man's sleeve, his eyes were both surprised and unexpected, and his face was slightly annoyed in the blink of an eye , raised his long eyebrows, lowered his voice and asked: "...how did you come here? Confused! What are you thinking, what crime is it for breaking into the palace at night without permission, don't you know? Do you want me to tell you the truth? Tell you it won't work!"

The man was wearing a dark blue tooth-pinch robe, with black hair like ink, and the shade of the trees next to him was bleak and cold under the cold moon, covering half of his face in the shadow, only a pair of eyes that were extremely quiet, but It was clearly Mu Qinghan.Beitang Rongdu's face changed slightly, and then he was very annoyed, and he said solemnly: "What do you want to do? If you break into the palace like this, if people find out, even I can't get rid of it... You have always acted safely. , why are you so confused now!" Mu Qinghan's face was sharp and angular, his eyes seemed to add a bit of fortitude, and his cold blue clothes were as cool as the endless moonlight at night. Rong Du's question did not answer, and after a while, his lips moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "...I'm looking for Rongrong."

When Beitang Rongdu heard it, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment. At this moment, he heard someone shouting from a distance: "...Who's there?!" Beitang Rongdu's expression darkened, and he let go of Mu Qinghan After a while, a group of patrolling guards approached quickly. Obviously, it was the fight between Beitang Rongdu and Mu Qinghan that alarmed these people, so they rushed over immediately. When everyone saw Beitang Rongdu, they couldn't help but Dazed for a moment, the vigilance of just now disappeared without a trace. Among them, a person who looked like a leader stepped forward, lowered his hands and said cautiously: "... I don't know that the son is here, so I took the liberty for a while, please forgive me." Beitang When Rong Du saw him, he calmed down, frowned, and said, "It's nothing, let's go away." All the guards were obedient, and then the whole team left quickly. Only then did Beitang Rongdu turn around, his brows furrowed tightly, and his eyes were on Mu Qing. Han took a deep look on his face, let out a long breath, and said, "...follow me back to the palace."

Not long after, the carriages and horses passed by, and the two of them returned to the Qing Palace and entered Rongdu's bedroom in the Beitang. At this time, the night was getting late and the moon was late. The red crisp tent was lowered, the moonlight came in from the flower window, and sprinkled a thin silver glow on the ground, and the surrounding was quiet.Beitang Rongdu stepped across the threshold, and said impatiently: "...you all go out." Seeing this, the palace servants in the hall hurriedly bowed and retreated, closed the hall door, covering the room in silence, Beitang Rongdu came Walking back and forth, her handsome face was half hidden in the shadow of the lamp, her expression was slightly gloomy, her ink-stained black hair was half hanging down, winding behind her back, and after a while, she suddenly sighed: "...Why are you so impulsive? I have already said that you will not be able to find her. The palace is so big and there are tens of thousands of rooms. Could it be that you can’t search them one by one? Once someone finds out, you..." Beitang Rongdu said here , stopped talking, but saw that half of Mu Qinghan's face was covered by the light, his face was dignified, his eyebrows were serious, and he didn't open his mouth to argue. Beitang Rongdu looked at this man and coughed lightly. I don't know what to do. He thinks highly of himself all his life, never owes anyone, and doesn't bother to regret what he has done, but at this moment, he is a little regretful. If he knew it would be like this At the beginning, he might not have provoked this person in front of him just because he wanted to get that Daluo Pill to help him break through... Beitang Rongdu has always been arrogant and cold-blooded, but in his heart, he always knew that he really owed Mu Mu There is a lot of coldness, and I am afraid that it will harm people for a lifetime. All debts in this world will be repaid one day, but when it comes to love debts, how can they be repaid?

There is a small tripod with two dragons contending for pearls on the table, a few wisps of light smoke come out, curling up in the small gaps carved into the exquisite sea of ​​clouds, gather and then disperse, the sweet fragrance not only does not give people peace and tranquility Beitang Rongdu frowned, and took off his outer robe casually, leaving only the moon-white soft silk gown inside. There was a pot of strong tea at the corner of the table. Then he poured a glass and drank it all down. The fingertips as thin as white jade knocked on the table unconsciously, and said: "I don't want what happened tonight to happen again. I really never thought that you would When you are so impulsive and reckless..."

Time seemed to be frozen by something, and it seemed to pass more slowly. Among the palace lanterns made of tulle, the orange candle flame elongated quietly, and the surroundings were quiet, painting the faces of the two people into warm Hearing these words, Mu Qinghan's eyes moved slightly, and it was no longer as flat as before, but there were no more fluctuations, and he just remained silent. , even in silence, could not hide the slightly tired look between the brows. After a while, the corners of the mouth slightly raised, and said: "Rongrong and I have been separated for a long time... I really want to see her." Beitang Rong After hearing this, Du was stunned, lost his temper immediately, and had no choice but to put down the tea cup in his hand on the table lightly. He knew in his heart that what he did back then was nothing special, and the one who made a big deal should just be informal. , unscrupulous, but even if he could find 1 excuses for himself, deep down in his heart, he still knew that he was guilty, so it took him a long time to say: "Is it worth it for you to be so desperate for a... woman? Mu Qinghan!" Beitang Rongdu said, his face was like gathering snow and frost, he even thought with a wry smile in his heart, if he was really a woman, maybe... maybe he could really marry this person in front of him , but God's will tricks people, Mu Qinghan is indeed infatuated, his love is as deep as the sea, but, such infatuation, such no regrets, can't resist the ruthlessness of reality after all, and he is destined to get nothing in return Yes, the world is like this, and it's just a sigh!

Perhaps it was because the candle had been burning for a long time. The shadow between Mu Qinghan's brows was like a trace of ink in the clear water. As the ripples gradually dispersed, he looked at Beitang Rongdu, his eyes were as bright as cold stars, and his face His expression was as calm as water, and he said calmly: "... nothing is worth it or not." ——For him, no matter how much glory, wealth, status and authority he has in his life, if he doesn't have the love in his heart, With the person beside me, these are still just useless things. The only thing that can bring warm memories in a lonely night is one person, and only that one person. It's just a sentence of 'I wish to have one heart and one mind, and never leave each other', but such a seemingly simple wish is simply out of reach...

The surroundings suddenly became so quiet, one could almost hear the beating of one's own heart, and could also hear the beating of the drum from far away outside the hall. Even the candle wick gradually burned longer, exposing the burning The dark part is as if time is being stretched slowly and bit by bit by someone's hand. It is so slow that people dare not touch it and eat away something bit by bit. Beitang Rong Du Mo was speechless, he looked at the man in front of him for a full half a moment, and the water in the golden time clock in the distance was falling drop by drop, and the sound became more and more clear and audible in the night, as if it was drop after drop. One drop fell on his heart, Beitang Rongdu was not at all happy at this time, because he did all kinds of things with his own hands, planted the bitter fruit with his own hands, but let the other party suffer alone... In fact, he himself did not treat this person alone. It's not indifferent, how can it be really indifferent, such strong love, pure admiration, can burn people dry like fire, or drown people like water, how many people are really indifferent?Although he is ruthless and ungrateful, he is still a person of flesh and blood. Could it be that he is not moved by Mu Qinghan's kindness to him, his infatuation and love for him?of course not!His heart was moved, even if it was only for a moment, even if his reason quickly suppressed it, it still couldn't erase the fact that he was once moved by Beitang Rongdu to Mu Qinghan...

Maybe it would be good to just stop at the time when they met many years ago. They look carefree and carefree. Every day between each other is just full of laughter and affection, even if one of them has calculations and purposes, Underneath the painted skin of an innocent and smart girl is a young man who is deeply scheming and scheming step by step, but no matter how much he plays, no matter how fake he is, at least he is still happy on the surface, with deep love and deep love, and there is no need to watch the loss and be haunted by it. There are endless complaints, endless regrets, and endless worries.