Legend of the Orchid

The west wing room is actually not big, and the light is very dim on weekdays, which makes people have a gloomy feeling after entering, but Li Yu likes this kind of gloomy atmosphere very much. He set up memorial tablets, incense burners and candles in the room, turning the west wing room into an already The mourning hall after the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Li Zhonglan deliberately walked behind Li Yu with heavy steps, saluted, and called, "Your Majesty."

Nowadays, people have changed their names to call Li Yu "Master" and Xiao Zhou Empress "Madame", but Li Zhonglan still honors Li Yu in private, in order to remind the former king not to forget the national humiliation and wait for an opportunity to rejuvenate the country.

But Li Yu turned around, waved his hands dejectedly, and said, "Mr. Lan, please don't hurt me. Call me Master in the future!"

He hunched over, and seemed to have lost some weight. If it wasn't for his special status, he would have been no different from the frail scholar in the bookstore, and he was not even outstanding. However, his status as the emperor coated the scholar's body with a thick layer of gold. , and the gold foil is inlaid with colorful gemstones. Once upon a time, the humble scholar turned into a shining golden Buddha.

At this moment, Li Yu frowned sadly and sighed: "It's another year, I don't know if Ehuang will be safe under the spring, alas, I might as well follow her to wait for the living, and avoid any trouble in this world." The wicked insult!"

Li Zhonglan looked at the skinny man in front of him coldly, and couldn't help feeling disgusted in his heart: If you want to die, you should die!Only talking, what a coward!

Li Yu lamented for a while, then suddenly looked at Li Zhonglan, with a few stars of hope bursting out of his ashen-like eyes, and asked: "Mr. Lan, I want to see Ehuang today, please cast another spell for me?"

Li Zhonglan nodded, clasped her fists with both hands, and said, "Don't dare, Zhonglan will cast a spell to relieve His Majesty's worries."

After finishing speaking, he took out four yellow paper talismans, bit his fingers, drew a series of symbols on the talismans with his fingertips dipped in blood, and then threw the paper talismans out of the air, and the talismans hung in the air, forming a circle The circle turns slowly.

Afterwards, Li Zhonglan held the token again and shouted: "Five stars are colorful, illuminating Xuanming. Thousands of gods and sages, protect my true spirit. Giant beasts subdue five soldiers. But bridges are connected, and hell is open. I welcome you. Taishang Laojun, hurry like a law!"

The whole body of the token radiated red light, and the four paper talismans turned faster and faster, dazzling people, and finally suddenly turned into countless fine powders. At the same time, a white smoke came out of the powders, a dignified and elegant figure revealed.

Li Yu's body trembled, he opened his mouth wide, and a choked voice came out of his throat: "Ehuang...Ehuang..."

Although "Ehuang" was smiling, she frowned. She came to Li Yu, Shi Shiran finished the ceremony, and sighed: "Your Majesty, why are you so haggard?"

Li Yu couldn't wait to grab the catkin of the "Empress of the Great Zhou", and burst into tears: "Ehuang, I'm sorry for you, the country is dead! I'm already a subjugated slave, a subjugated slave!"

The last sentence was close to howling, but he didn't dare to let go of his voice, so he could only let out a heavy sob from his nasal cavity. Li Yu buried his face in the chest of "Empress Da Zhou", and "Empress Da Zhou" cried while using Gently stroking her husband's back with her hand, comfortingly said: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid that there will be no firewood."

Li Zhonglan watched coldly for a while, then walked out of the house knowingly, and closed the door by the way.

As soon as she went out, she saw a pretty figure passing by the corner of the next wall. Li Zhonglan smiled helplessly, walked a few steps, and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, it's cold outside, be careful of catching cold."

The man walked out slowly with his head bowed and chest in his arms, and it was indeed Xiao Zhou Empress Zhou Jiamin.

Xiao Zhou didn't have her hair tied up, and her face was plain, but she was more pure and cute than usual. She was dressed in gray, and it seemed that she had been on the lookout for a long time.

Listlessly, she found a stone step, brushed away the snow with her hands, ignored the water stains on the ground, and just sat down, followed by Li Zhonglan. She was silent for a moment, and asked, "How long will it take?"

Li Zhonglan replied: "It still takes a cup of tea."

Xiao Zhouhou pouted her frozen purple lips slightly, and suddenly blamed herself: "I know I'm wrong, she is my sister, and also my husband's wife, it's normal to meet each other once, and besides, it's been a long time since I saw her." .”

She sighed: "My elder sister is very virtuous and knowledgeable. She can handle the affairs of the harem properly and never let the lord worry about it. It was me who was greedy for pleasure and caused the lord to perish. In comparison, I am not only not virtuous and virtuous, but more like a sinner!"

Then, she gritted her teeth, frowned and said: "But I'm still not reconciled. At night, my husband said he wanted to be alone, and he didn't allow me to come near, but I'm also his wife, so how could he ignore my feelings!"

Li Yu's deep love for husband and wife did not impress Li Zhonglan, but instead made him think with disdain: If I knew why today, if I was really reluctant, why did I hurt Da Zhou so much in the first place, but now I feel precious, it's just hypocritical.

Li Zhonglan entered the palace at the age of seven, and it was the time when she was sick and lingering after the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although he was young, he also heard some gossip, saying that after a dignified country, his sister had an affair with the emperor. After days and days, he finally held his breath in his chest, became depressed and sick, and was about to run out of fuel.

However, when he actually met Da Zhou, he realized that those rumors were a deep humiliation to her, yet he was too vulnerable in front of her. She only needs to smile slightly, and she can capture the prosperity of the world and shed a piece of peace. Quiet and peaceful.

Empress Da Zhou is very gentle, listening to her speak is like a spring lake wrinkled by the wind, making my heart crispy, warm and very comfortable.Li Zhonglan, who was still a child with yellow hair, felt a lot more relaxed in front of this elegant queen, but she didn't dare to make a mistake. She sat with her in a well-behaved manner and ate the walnut cake given by the queen.

But Wen asked: "Lan'er, is it okay for me to call you that?" He was stunned, and hurriedly looked up, facing the Queen's gentle gaze, the latter's pale face showed a faint pity.

Such an expression has never been seen on other people's faces since Li Zhonglan entered the palace, let alone the title "Lan'er". For a moment, Zhonglan thought of his parents outside the palace. After picking him up, his father and mother stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, wiping away their tears and stuffing him with heavy food. Dad said: "Lan'er going here will make a big deal." Everything is strong!"

Oh, Lan'er, Lan'er, apart from his parents, only the Empress of Zhou called him that, and later became Zhao Tingjie. Every time someone called him that, his whole heart would sink into the tenderness. I don't know why, It wasn't until Zhao Tingjie stabbed him hard in the heart that he gritted his teeth and woke up. He realized that the time he was cared for was so short.

Thinking of this, Zhong Lan couldn't help but tears welled up in her eyes, her nose turned red, and her whole face lost the laziness and pride of the past, making her look more and more pitiful.

Xiao Zhouhou looked at him in surprise, and suddenly whispered in his ear: "Fortunately, you are not a woman."

Zhong Lan was startled, and found that Xiao Zhou's eyes showed three points of gratitude and three points of jealousy, and the rest was a kind of helpless emotion.

Zhong Lan was a little embarrassed, and comforted her blandly: "Madam, worry too much, Master is not that kind of person."

Yes, he is an emperor anyway, with a noble status, how could he be so hungry that he would get involved in a grassroots man, a man more than ten years younger than himself, the jealousy of a woman is really terrible!

However, the courtyard was not just looking for it casually, but also gave birth to two concubine sons who did not know the identity of their mothers. Li Zhonglan's heart sank. It seemed that the woman's suspicion was not completely groundless.

Naturally, this is the truth, otherwise, when the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty was alive, she would not have quickly noticed the affair between her sister and her husband, but in ancient times it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and the emperor could even have three thousand beauties in the harem. It should look small, but not as beautiful as an adult, so I persuaded Li Yun to accept his younger sister as a concubine.

Who knows that when Li Yu heard the queen's proposal to accept the concubine, he turned against the literati's gentleness, and actually blushed and his neck became thicker, proving that his true feelings for the queen can be learned from, and he has no second thoughts. At the same time, he blamed the queen for overthinking and losing the relationship between husband and wife. trust.

The empress of the Great Zhou was doubtful, but also felt that she was too childish, so she had to be more gentle and considerate to the emperor, but the emperor became angry, and the time to see her gradually became scarce.

One night, Empress Da Zhou summoned Zhong Lan to the Palace of Compassion and Ning. It turned out that Empress Zhou heard that the emperor was upset recently, so she dragged her sick body to make lotus seed porridge herself, hoping to defeat the emperor. However, the emperor said that he was busy with official business and would not come, so he asked Zhong Lan to pick a cheap one.

Li Zhonglan looked at the empress's haggard face, and felt uncomfortable. After all, she was young and vigorous, and wanted to tell the empress what she saw and heard in the evening.

At that time, he was catching dragonflies behind the rockery, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound, he leaned down to take a closer look, and found that 15-year-old Zhou Jiamin was running towards her emperor's brother-in-law with joy, her cheeks dripping. Sweating, like peach blossoms in full bloom, Li Yu hugged her with a smile on her face, turned around in the air again, and then put her down, scolding with a smile: "Run so fast, has anyone seen it?"

Zhou Jiamin was about to shake his head, but pouted his vermilion lips, and said in disbelief, "So what if I saw it?"

Li Zhonglan was stunned by Li Yu's actions next, and saw Li Yu pecking her sister-in-law's lips, Fu Er touched her face, raised her chin with her fingers, and smiled all over her face: "Min'er just ate it!" What kind of medicine is still so smart at night?"

Zhou Jiamin curled his lips, glanced at him, and smiled: "Of course it was given by His Majesty!"

The two faced each other and laughed, and they moved into the rockery while hooking their shoulders and wrapping their necks. Li Zhonglan was frightened out of his wits. Fortunately, he was short in stature and walked silently, so he quickly slipped out.

This situation made Li Zhonglan feel a little overwhelmed, just when he wanted to tell the queen the truth, Zhou Hou suddenly coughed violently, he hurriedly ran to Zhou Hou's bed with the maid, and carefully patted Zhou Hou's back.

Zhou Hou coughed for a long time before it stopped. Tears welled up in her eye sockets due to the cough, and she asked the maid to pass the handkerchief. While panting, she looked at Li Zhonglan with a dignified face beside her, laughing at the child at such a young age. So old-fashioned, he teased him: "Lan'er has dropped out of school, and in the future she has to take good care of her body so that she can do many things."

Zhong Lan nodded solemnly. Later, he really did a lot of things, some forced and some consciously, but his body has been kept under confinement, like a bluegrass, and he couldn't get stronger no matter what.

The soul-calling technique he performed tonight is also a skill he learned. Although it is just a trick, it is enough to fool Li Yu. If he does not have this ability, Li Yu will never keep him by his side, and Xiao Zhou will never be tonight. If you confide in him, he will not become the precious orchid in the greenhouse, but only the grass on the roadside.

Suddenly there was a muffled sound in the west wing, like the sound of Li Yu falling. Xiao Zhou jumped up nervously, but was inconvenient to run over, so he could only hold on to Li Zhonglan's wrist. Li Zhonglan looked back at her and smiled: "Sure! It's Da Furen who left, don't worry, I'll go and have a look."

After Xiao Zhou hurriedly let go, she watched Li Zhonglan walk towards the west wing, but recalled the flowery smile of the other party just now in her mind, as if a needle had passed through her heart, as a woman, she felt that she was about to lose, young That's great.