Shuoyun Feidu

Although the second concubine Song Xie was very puzzled, she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She only took the three children out. For a while, there were only Beitang Rongdu and Mu Qingping left in the hall, and there was a faint misty smoke from the cauldron. , the fragrance in the hall became stronger, Beitang Rongdu leaned on the pillow, staring at Mu Qingping in front of the bed without blinking, but did not speak. Not long after, Mu Qingping finally couldn't bear it, and took the lead in breaking the silence. He said: "...Jiaqi has always been in my palace, and I can take good care of her. Why do I have to hand over Jiaqi to Concubine Song now?"

There are no heavy crocodile curtains in the hall, so the light is not bad, and the whole hall is quite brightly illuminated. The incense in the cauldron is slowly leaking out by mistake, making the whole person feel a little lazy, even the pores seem to be All stretched out, Beitang Rongdu leaned on the pillow, looked at Mu Qingping quietly, the corners of his thin mouth slightly raised, as if he wanted to show a smile, but he didn't smile, and after a while, he groaned After a while, the voice was calm and clear, and said: "...Gu is a little thirsty, you go and pour some water."

Earlier, because Beitang Rongdu was resting and was impatient to be disturbed by others, the people who were supposed to serve by the side all accompanied him outside the hall far away, but now there is no one serving around, Mu Qingping listened to Beitang Rongdu's orders , couldn't help but look up at the other party, and was a little stunned for a while, obviously not expecting Beitang Rongdu to say such an insignificant sentence suddenly at this time, but she is no longer the pampered lady who hadn't left the court, so although I was anxious about Beitang's wedding, but I held back for the time being, responded in a low voice, turned around and poured tea, and then slowly walked towards the big bed with a fine porcelain teacup in azure color with rain and smoke patterns , Beitang Rongdu leaned on his body and watched Mu Qingping approaching quietly, his handsome face was unmoved. Mu Qingping came from an extraordinary background and received a good education since childhood. But in many things, it is still not bad. Since marrying into the East Palace, she has gradually gained the bearing of a prince and concubine. At this time, she walked slowly, and her actions were very appropriate. Even if she had something on her mind, she still walked like a limp. Shanshan, with a graceful and generous posture, Beitang Rongdu suddenly remembered the scene when the two met for the first time. At that time, Mu Qingping was still the daughter of the extremely unruly head of the sect. Later, as they got older, when they met again, each other She had already grown into a graceful girl, and later married into the East Palace, but just because of the three words 'Shen Hanyan', and because of a man, she finally lost her previous carefree attitude and had to Getting involved in some right and wrong... When Beitang Rongdu thought of this, he couldn't help but think of Mu Qinghan again, and he sighed slightly in his heart. The entanglement that can't be separated clearly seems to have some fixed number in the dark.

For a moment, Mu Qingping approached with tea in her hand, because she was summoned by Rongdu from Beitang just now, she was dressed in more formal clothes, her temples were as exquisite as cicada's wings, not fluffy, they were neatly combed, The long hairpin inserted on the temples trembled slightly, and the slender tassels made a pleasant sound. He walked very gracefully step by step, with slow lotus steps, which was exactly right. Beitang Rongdu leaned half-slanted on the pillow, Feeling that the whole person seemed a little lazy, she couldn't help frowning slightly, rubbing the center of her brows slowly with her hand, Mu Qingping walked to the bed, Pingting's figure stood dignifiedly by her side, and handed the tea to Beitang Rongdu, Beitang Rong Du silently reached out to take it, lowered his eyes and slowly took a sip, but there was something dark and unpredictable in his eyes, Mu Qingping stood aside, finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she bit her red lip, and the corners of her mouth burst into tears. Expressing a hint of incomprehension and injustice, she slowly said: "...Jiaqi has been living very well with me recently, and I don't have any children of my own, so I don't have anything to do. I can definitely raise her well, and Song The concubine still has a son to take care of, she will not take care of Jiaqi more thoughtfully than I do... In that case, why should the child be entrusted to her to raise? If I were to take care of Jiaqi, I would naturally treat her as my own Take care of them like your own flesh and blood."

The bright sky that leaked in from the long carved windows illuminated the whole hall, and the sun was lightly smeared on Beitang Rongdu's face, making the wound on it more obvious. Beitang Rongdu listened After Mu Qingping's words, she slowly drank the tea in her hand without making a sound. For a while, the huge inner hall was empty and silent, so quiet that one could hear each other's thin breathing, inexplicably giving people a strange sense of depression Feeling that, Beitang Rongdu pursed his lips quietly, and the corners of his mouth seemed to hold a strange calmness. After a while, Beitang Rongdu's voice suddenly sounded out of the silence, like a wisp of cloud in the sky: "... ...Qingping, in fact, what you said is very reasonable. It stands to reason that it is most appropriate for Jiaqi to be sent to your palace to be raised by you. Gu Yuan shouldn't think there is anything wrong with it, but..." Beitang When Rong Du said this, the conversation suddenly changed, and the half-smile at the corner of his mouth seemed to be three points stronger. He raised his head slightly, staring at Mu Qingping in front of the bed, with a strange light in his eyes, He continued faintly: "...but now Gu doesn't think it's a good thing for Jiaji to be entrusted to you, so I can't let you raise Jiaji, it's better to hand her over to Mrs. Song... You are not suitable for raising Jiaji, Mrs. Song He is the most suitable candidate in the lonely palace."

Beitang Rongdu's voice was not loud, and his tone was not so cold and blunt, but the resolute meaning in the words was already obvious. After hearing this, Mu Qingping's eyebrows twitched suddenly, and she suddenly felt unwilling Biting her lips tightly, she took a quick step forward and raised her voice slightly: "Why? I think I'm no worse than Concubine Song in any way, Beitang, why did you suddenly make such a decision?"

There are many crystal curtains hanging in the hall, and long bright tassels hanging down. When the sun shines, it reflects the light and shadow on the ground blurredly. Beitang Rongdu listens to Mu Qingping's words, but his eyes are not bad, and his eyes are looking at the ground. The light and shadow on the upper bed seemed to have never heard what Mu Qingping said, and just said "oh" indifferently, and said again: "...why?" Beitang Rongdu repeated it slowly, but he didn't know why it suddenly Wei Wei smiled sneeringly, the smile seemed sharp and penetrating, for a moment he withdrew his eyes, casually twisted the emerald Wanfu beads on his wrist, and suddenly asked: "...Qingping, why did you Do you want to marry Gu? Do you remember what you said to Gu at that time?" When Beitang Rongdu asked this, his tone seemed a little casual, as if nothing had happened, Mu Qingping heard the words, He was startled for a moment, but he didn't understand why Beitang Rongdu suddenly asked such a question, but Beitang Rongdu didn't wait for her to answer, so he pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "... I remember when you said to Gu Said, 'I'm 20 years old now, my parents are worrying about my marriage, but I don't want to marry any 'young talent' I don't like, so I think it's better to marry someone else Find someone I'm familiar with, then, will you...will you marry me?'...That's what Gu said at the time, is Gu right now?"

When Beitang Rongdu said those words, his voice was completely different from the usual clear and bright like gold and jade, but it became dripping and mellow. It was clearly a feminine and soft voice, which was not different from Mu Qingping's at all. Even the tone and emotion of the speech at that time were vivid, and it sounded quite strange in the current situation. Mu Qingping was slightly taken aback, and then there was a trace of dazed erratic in her tone, and she said in a daze: "That's right, those are the words... Beitang, you..." Beitang Rongdu looked at her deeply, but he frowned slightly and remained silent. Then he turned his face away and put the empty teacup aside. Turning his eyes back again, an inexplicable smile slowly extended to the corner of his eyes, the light and shadow flickered, and the scars on his face became more and more red like blood, and the corners of Beitang Rongdu's lips raised a cold arc, He said calmly: "...Qingping, do you know that Gu has always disliked being deceived by others the most, and Gu hates being deceived very much... No matter what the excuse is." Beitang Rongdu's tone was very flat, as if he was saying something It's like a very common thing, but only he himself knows the true meaning of these words. As soon as the words came out, Mu Qingping's eyelids twitched involuntarily, and then she lowered her head deeply, unconsciously revealing the moment of hesitation in her eyes. There was a hint of guilt, but before she could say anything, Beitang Rongdu lowered his eyes and said, "Gu doesn't like being cheated...Qingping, do you know?"

After hearing this, Mu Qingping suddenly felt a 'thump' in her heart, and for some reason felt a bit of coolness. She raised her head to look at Beitang Rongdu, but the other party just lowered her head slightly, looking at the mottled light and shadow on the ground. Afterwards, Beitang Rongdu suddenly opened his mouth with a strange expression, and said in a slow voice, "I've grown so big, I only like you, but why are you so cruel..."

That voice was clearly Mu Qingping, and there was infinite grievance and resentment in the tone. Mu Qingping's face suddenly changed drastically, as if she couldn't believe it, and there was a slight sweat on her forehead immediately. However, Beitang Rongdu seemed to be ignorant, still moving his lips slightly without changing his face, and continued: "I don't care about anything, I don't care about anything, I don't care, I just want to be with you like this , it would be nice if I could see you every day... I married into Qing Palace because I wanted to see and talk to you every day, but now that I am really with you, I am gradually dissatisfied , not satisfied with only seeing you..." Beitang Rongdu paused, and then said: "Han Yan, when I married into the Qing Palace, I was sad but also happy, because I could finally see you every day. To be able to see you and talk to you, I am willing to give up everything, I am willing to lose everything, I am willing to give up everything, as long as you can be by my side... I know I can't feel sorry for Beitang, I use his I lied to him with good intentions, so that I can marry into Qing Palace to get close to you, I am grateful for his kindness, and I am sorry for him..."

In the empty hall, a woman's soft and resentful voice lingered, Mu Qingping's face turned white in an instant, as more and more words were spit out from Beitang Rongdu's thin lips, each word was fine. Mu Qingping's ears were pierced like steel needles, and a layer of cold and damp sweat gradually appeared on the two white and slender hands in the sleeves, and her body shook slightly. It cooled down drop by drop, until she couldn't breathe, she lowered her head in silence, her eyelashes drooping deeply, the ten water onion-like nails dyed with pink Koudan almost dug into the palm of her hand, she just heard a "squeak" There were a few crisp sounds, because of the excessive force, the two exquisite nails were broken, but Mu Qingping didn't seem to notice it... After a while, Beitang Rongdu stopped, and took a deep look at Mu Qing. With a glance at Ping, there was neither joy nor sadness in his expression, almost motionless, but his mood at the moment may not be as calm as it seems on the surface. At this moment, Mu Qingping suddenly raised his head, fixedly looking at Beitang Rongdu, who was leaning on the bed, stroked the colorful phoenix on his hair with pearls on his temples, his expression was extremely complicated, and he whispered quietly: "...you know everything?"

"...Gu was outside at that time, and Gu listened to what the two of you said." Up to now, Beitang Rongdu simply picked up the topic, and his words were not very euphemistic. Qingping: "The reason why you married Gu was not as you said...Qingping, you like Han Yan, that's why you married into the East Palace, just to get along with him day and night, right?"

Beitang Rongdu spoke slowly, with a clear and crisp tone, without a trace of superfluous emotion, Mu Qingping remained silent, standing quietly in front of the bed, curling her fingers tightly in her sleeves, looking down at her toes After a while, he suddenly let out a sigh, with a helpless look on his face, and a voice that seemed not his own, and said hoarsely: "...If people don't know, unless they do nothing, after all, paper can't cover fire..." Mu Qing Ping said, her voice was a little hoarse, and then she smiled wryly in relief, as if some boulder had been removed from her heart, and she felt a little relieved: "Since you already know everything, why bother to ask me... Yes, I am indeed I like Korean tobacco."

The hall fell silent, and Mu Qingping stared deeply at Beitang Rongdu, then suddenly lowered her head slightly, with a hint of shame evident on her clear face, and said softly: "I really like Han Yan, and I also like Han Yan." I don't know why, Beitang, you are very good in everything. It stands to reason that there is no man who can compare with you. Besides, we have a very good relationship. If there is anyone I like, it should be you, but I don't have any I don't have the slightest affection for you, just like you won't fall in love with me at all."

Mu Qingping looked at Beitang Rongdu quietly, her eyes were a little dazed, and her expression was a little dazed. She slowly closed her cuffs, and finally she sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "I know that you and I are the same. It’s much worse than that, I can’t compare to you in everything, the only person Han Yan really likes is you...Beitang, do you know, I’m very jealous of you, I’ve wanted everything since I was a child, but I can't get what I want most, because that person belongs to you, and I can't snatch it away, he only has you in his heart, without me." Mu Qingping's voice was slightly sad, with a few hints of softness Her hair covered her porcelain-like forehead, she lowered her head slightly, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Since you already knew about this, that's good, otherwise there will always be a stone in my heart." , I can’t let it go...Beitang, I’m cheating you for my own selfishness, after all, I can’t help you.” Mu Qingping said, her tone lowered, and she seemed guilty and restless: “You treat me so well. I have always been very good, I really did my best, but I still took advantage of your kindness to deceive you, trying to satisfy my own selfishness, it was I, Mu Qingping, who was ungrateful."

When Beitang Rongdu saw Mu Qingping like this, he felt a little pity in his heart. He had known Mu Qingping for many years, and he knew that she was not the kind of person who had bad intentions for him after all. It was not pitiful to make such a bad plan in a moment of desperation, so the tone softened, and said: "...Actually, I didn't mean to ask you when I said this today, Qingping, I know people's hearts I can't control it, and sometimes I can't even control myself." Hearing this, Mu Qingping burst into tears for some reason, and crystal clear teardrops appeared on the butterfly-like eyelashes, precariously , she smiled bitterly, with deep loneliness in her eyes: "Yeah, I can't control myself...Beitang, you have been with Han Yan since childhood, and he only has affection for you and only likes you , how can you understand the feeling that I can't get what I want?"

"...Is he single-minded about Gu?" Beitang Rongdu suddenly laughed, pursing all the grievances in his heart into a sharp smile on the corner of his lips, staring at Mu Qingping, and sneered: "Shen Hanyan is a traitor." Do you know about the party? Do you know why he is a traitor? Maybe you don’t believe it, but Gu tells you that this is the truth... The purpose of Shen Hanyan’s entry into Unsheltered Fort was to become an internal agent. For so many years, the person next to Gu has concealed himself in every detail, but he is plotting against Gu behind his back, this time the Zhennanshan incident was done by him, if it wasn't for him, Gu would never have been captured!" Beitang Rongdu Little by little, his eyes turned cold, like burnt ashes: "...he is not even surnamed Shen at all, he is the same as Gu, his surname is Beitang... His real identity is Gu's cousin, his His biological father is Gu's uncle, he obeyed his father's orders and committed himself to Gu, worked as an internal response to Gu's side for more than ten years, and stabbed a knife from behind at the most appropriate time... Is this what you said wholeheartedly?!"

At the end of Beitang Rongdu's speech, he uttered a low sentence: "...such a single-mindedness, such a love, I can't afford it!"

This series of powerful truths came out from Beitang Rongdu's mouth, and Mu Qingping was so stunned that she couldn't even speak. Mu Qingping felt as if struck by lightning. Trembling violently, she seemed to be unable to accept it immediately, even her shoulders trembled slightly, her lips seemed to have closed a few times, but she was in a daze and could not make a sound. Seeing this, Beitang Rongdu was silent for a short time, and then Then he said lightly: "...Gu has already severed his friendship with him before, and there will be no relationship with him in the future. They are just enemies, and Jiaqi is no longer his daughter. If this is the case, don't blame Gu. He has feelings, so Jiaqi can't be entrusted to you to raise... Gu can't let Jiaqi have anything to do with him anymore, I don't want Gu's daughter to hear his name or hear anything about him from other people... It's him I'm sorry for the lonely and good times."

The sun outside the window was intoxicating, but Mu Qingping's fingers were so cold, as if they had been frozen in the snow for a long time, her heart was as hollow as if it had been eaten away by something, after a while, she suddenly raised her head slowly to calm herself down, The voice was dry and hoarse, and he murmured: "... He may have no choice but to, after all, it is his father, isn't it?... I know he must not really want to treat you like this, he will not voluntarily harm you, he must Yes... I don't want to excuse Han Yan, but I know that even though he has been lying to you and hiding it from you all these years, his heart for you is not fake. I even dare to say that you have definitely It was protected by him, he must have tried his best not to let anyone hurt you, right?" Mu Qingping's voice was extremely soft, a little hoarse, but every word had a firm meaning, Beitang Rongdu was silent for a while , but soon the unspeakable complexion disappeared from his eyes, he became cold and resolute, and said: "...Even so, Gu will not believe him anymore, the fate between Gu and him has been exhausted .”

"...Then what about me, just in case, Beitang, what are you going to do to me, house arrest? Or simply leave? After all, I have him in my heart, and you never leave hidden dangers in everything you do. You can rest assured that I will return Do you want to stay in the East Palace?" Mu Qingping had completely calmed down at this time, and said calmly, Beitang Rongdu glanced at her, shook his head and said: "No, you are still the same as before, Qingping, you and Gu are not only cousins , the Mu family is also Gu's help, and your brother... In short, Gu will not divorce you, nor will you be placed under house arrest. You are still a prince and side concubine. Although you have feelings for that person, Gu believes that you will not do anything. What a bad thing." When Beitang Rongdu said this, he suddenly paused, and then slightly clenched his right fist: "...Besides, as you said, he is... Gu knows about Gu. He will not use you to do anything against Gu, even if Gu no longer has any kindness with him."

Mu Qingping was silent for a long time, but suddenly moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something, when Beitang Rongdu saw this, he stepped forward and said: "... I know what you want to say, Qingping, what do you want to say? Tell you to leave and go find him?" Mu Qingping pursed her red lips tightly, showing a wry smile, but said nothing, Beitang Rongdu suddenly stroked the scar on her neck, and said lightly: "Qingping , you have to figure it out yourself, what is your identity now, your family, your family... You are a prince and side concubine, and it is recorded in the book. If you are alone, there are only two ways, one is to divorce you , back home, but in this case, if you become a disused concubine and are sent away, what face will your entire family have? The second method is to lie about your sudden death, but I am afraid that your parents will not know when they receive the news. How would you be devastated, and if you explain the reason to them in private, do you think your parents will let you do this kind of thing? Fake death for a traitor who abandoned the palace?... In short, think carefully for yourself stop."

Every time Beitang Rongdu said something, Mu Qingping's fists clenched. In the end, Mu Qingping's complexion was pale, and she shook her head slightly, but the tears had already flowed down her cheeks, and finally fell on the Mu Qingping choked with sobs in a low voice: "...I know, I know my thoughts are ridiculous, I just couldn't help it for a while... Besides, the world is so big, where can I go?" Looking for him, even if I really found him, he still has no affection for me..." Mu Qingping said, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and smiled sadly: "...the person I like likes others ,I do not know what to do."

While Mu Qingping was talking, she seemed to want to calm herself down completely, clutching the handkerchief to wipe her eyes, Beitang Rongdu looked at her, and said slowly: "Qingping, did you ever think that if you married If you are alone, then you will never have the freedom to remarry someone else... Even if you regret it in the future and want to leave the East Palace, even if Gu divorces you and sends you home, no one will dare to marry someone who has done it before. A woman who is a prince and side concubine, you can only be alone all your life...Qingping, do you regret it? Or, do you think that you married into the East Palace for that person and lost your whole life? Do you think so? Is it worth it?"

"...I don't know if it's worth it or not. I just know that I have no regrets. I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least I haven't regretted it before, and I haven't now." Mu Qingping suddenly forcibly stopped crying. Looking at Beitang Rongdu, his expression was complicated: "Beitang, if he falls into your hands in the future, you..." Beitang Rongdu knew what the other party wanted to say. Will kill him, even if he is sorry for Gu, but at least for more than ten years... Gu can't kill him, and won't hurt his life." Mu Qingping didn't seem to be surprised when she heard this, she lowered her head slightly and said: "I think it will be like this..." There were still dry tears on her clear face, she suddenly turned the subject, and said in a lonely tone: "If there is nothing else, I want to go back." Beitang Rongdu Said softly: "Go and rest." Mu Qingping slightly bent her knees: "... I will resign as a concubine."

After Mu Qingping left, the hall fell into silence again. Beitang Rongdu lay on the pillow, tired for a while, and then slowly lay down again. When he woke up again, he saw Cuiping sitting in front of the bed. He was quietly doing needlework on the pedals, and found that Beitang Rongdu had opened his eyes, so he hurriedly put the embroidery in his hand aside, and said softly: "... Master is awake?" He got up and went to get one The small exquisite sterling silver round box said: "It's already past the lunch time, and it's time for the master to apply the medicine again. The wound on this face must not let it leave a scar." Beitang Rongdu frowned slightly, and said: "I don't have much appetite...let's put the medicine on the bed first, and I will wipe it on myself after a while." Cuiping agreed, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said: "Master Mu has already been here before, I want to I want to visit the master, but the master was already asleep at that time, so the servants did not dare to let Master Mu come in, and Master Mu is still waiting in the side hall."

Beitang Rongdu paused for a while, then sat up slowly, and said: "So...you go and invite him over." Cuiping agreed, turned around and left, and not long after, Mu Qinghan entered the hall, Seeing Beitang Rongdu half leaning against the head of the bed, with a good complexion, he quickened his steps a few steps, walked to the bed, looked at Beitang Rongdu carefully for a moment, and then stretched out his hand to hold Beitang. Rong Du put his hand on the edge of the bed with a complicated expression, but he didn't speak. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "...Beitang, are you okay?"