Chapter 6
After pouring out all the old memories that had been stored in her memory, Xu Lianlang felt that the soreness in her chest was much better. The things stuck in her throat were spit out, and her mind was temporarily cleared, so that she could think again.
Eunuch Li Ri couldn't hear those two sentences clearly. When she asked again, Li Ri's eyes were evasive and vague.
"I know what the use of those messy activities is. I'm here to help you look at it. I can't control it for more than three months. I can always find a better place for you. Just endure it in Shuyun Pavilion for the time being."
Xu Lianlang said quickly: "Father, there is no need to do this. I am willing to stay in Shuyun Pavilion."
Li Ri was a little drunk, a blush crept up on his cheeks, and he could hardly open his eyes, half-lidded with joy.
He lay back in the cabin and waved his hand to her, "I want it, but with your temperament, it's better not to stay here."
He turned around and faced Xu Lianlang, "Little girl, the sun is already rising."
Xu Lianlang said "Yeah" and no longer cared about this matter, he hurriedly ran to Shuyun Pavilion.
It's too late! It's too late!
I'm going to miss Rong Bin's breakfast time!
The Rehe Palace is huge and magnificent. Palaces and pavilions can be seen everywhere along rivers, streams and mountains. Under the cover of the mountain forest, everything outside seemed to be cut off, except for the sound of Xu Lianlang's breathing as he ran.
Shuyun Pavilion is far away from the main hall. When it was first built, it was because Concubine Rong liked peace and quiet and disliked people making noise. She was just pregnant at that time. The emperor took pity and love on her and decided on this location in the palace. He also designed the drawings himself. On the basis of existing buildings, with a construction period of half a year, the Towering Cloud Pavilion was built before Rong Bin gave birth.
Towering Cloud Pavilion, as its name suggests, towers into the clouds and is built close to the mountain. A stone staircase winds along the mountain and goes up. At the end of the stone staircase, there is a majestic palace with tall golden statues of gods and Buddhas shining and compassionate. He looked down at Yunyun.
The project is huge and expensive, and the treasury allocates money.
The emperor was young and mature, and rarely got angry and praised his beauty. This was the only time in his life that he completely gave it to Rong Bin.
It's a pity that what was so prosperous back then is now so depressed.
How many people envied me at first, and now there are so many people waiting to step on me.
Xu Lianlang took the breakfast he brought from the dining hall and kicked the main door, whose patent leather was peeling off. The main door opened in response, and what he saw was several stone steps extending upward. At a glance, he couldn't see anything. margin.
She tied her head and gathered her breakfast in her arms. There was always no one around the Shuyun Pavilion, and the palace residents who passed by tried to avoid it, as if there were some jackals, tigers, leopards, and leopards that couldn't get their hands on something dirty.
They left quickly, giving her a look of sympathy but also contempt.
Xu Lianlang pretended not to see it and just walked with her head down. In fact, she was fully aware of the reason behind these looks.
Because she was assigned to Shuyun Pavilion to serve the disgraced concubine Rong, she sympathized with her.
Because she was still diligently serving the concubine Rong who had fallen out of favor, she despised her.
With the thieving maid as her first priority, no matter what she does to be diligent and loyal to her master, others will see her as having a different purpose.
It was obviously not her fault, but she was even killed.
She slowly quickened her pace, and the two steps merged into one. She was running and walking, sweating profusely all over her body, and beads of sweat dripping down her pretty chin.
Everything in the past is in the past, she can't change it, she can only look to the future.
She counted the stone steps under her feet. After counting to the thirtieth number, she slowly stopped and remembered what happened last night.
This time, apart from Concubine Ye's voice accusing her, she only thought of that face with tears on it.
Before she howled and beat her biological son, she had looked at her and begged for help. Those eyes, struggling between clarity and madness, squeezed out endless pleading in the thin line of struggle.
For a moment, it seemed as if the roles in that palace banquet had changed.
The one who cried miserably was not her, but Concubine Rong.
The person who reached out to comfort her was not Rong Bin, but her.
She couldn't count how many stone steps she climbed. Her heart sank rapidly, sinking to the bottom, and then suddenly rebounded.
She bypassed the main hall and went straight to find the tall golden Buddha statue.
The Buddha with kind eyebrows and kind eyes has the most compassionate face. At the feet of the Buddha is a blooming water lily, with a huge sleeping baby hidden in the heart of the lotus.
Xu Lianlang couldn't help but slow down her pace. Although there was no incense or offerings in front of the Buddha, she still put her hands together and bowed.
This is probably the Buddha that the Holy One once worshiped for the unborn Seventh Prince.
There is no one around, just one Buddha and one person, looking at each other from a distance.
The golden Buddha statue could not withstand the influence of time, and became mottled. The Buddha's face was so dark that it was difficult to distinguish it, just like this mother and son.
The nobleman who rolled into the mud said to her silently with tears and sighs, I can't wipe off the mud anymore, it has grown on me. Without my fine clothes and gold jewelry, I have fallen into the mud, no one can see me, no one can care about me.
Xu Lianlang took out her handkerchief and tried hard to wipe the sleeping baby among the water lilies. The accumulated dust quickly turned the handkerchief black, so she lost the handkerchief and wiped it with her clothes, sleeves and hands.
After all, there is no way to be as shining as before, but the little doll cleans up his face, revealing his peaceful sleeping face, which is inexperienced in the world.
But her seventh prince was rubbing shoulders with his mother and concubine in this world.
Xu Lianlang's eyes were clear and bright, and she stared at the little baby without blinking.
His prince became sensitive and suspicious, he became able to warn people with words, and he became closed off and refused to let anyone in. She looked at her completely dirty sleeves, her favorite indigo pleated skirt was completely dark, but she slowly exhaled.
My aunt said that everyone has their own fate, and those fates, whether good or bad, will always get entangled if they are destined. Either to remedy you, or to allow you to remedy.
Maybe, this is her fate.
A few years ago, when she first entered the palace, she received the favor of the mother and son and regarded them as gods. They eliminated her long-standing fear of entering the palace, allowing her to finally calm down and She even entered the palace with expectations. Now that she entered the palace again, she wanted to return this reward.
The Buddha statue remains, but the god is not there.
People who are supposed to worship the gods are planning to sweep away the sediment for the Buddha and remove the mud for the gods.
She couldn't save the gods and Buddhas, but she could accompany them.
Xu Lianlang thought that if she could stay in this small place and spend her nine years as a palace maid before the age of twenty-five, she would be willing to do so.
……
Rong Bin looked much better when she woke up this morning. When Xu Lianlang arrived, she was already sitting in front of the dressing table, holding a wooden comb and slowly combing her hair.
"Your Majesty, it's time for breakfast." Xu Lianlang whispered softly, really afraid of surprising her.
Rong Bin seemed to be a different person, elegant and dignified. She handed the wooden comb to Xu Lianlang and started chatting with her.
Her speech is clear, her tone is soft and slow, and it completely matches the memory of Empress Rong Bin.
"How old are you?"
Rong Bin looked at her through the bronze mirror. That kind of look would not make people feel uncomfortable at all, but more like the kind attention of an elder to a junior.
Xu Lianlang raised his hand, took the hairpin on the table, and tied up Concubine Rong's hair. She replied: "To express my gratitude to you, I am sixteen years old and have just celebrated my birthday."
Rong Bin said "Oh" and smiled, "Then it's too late for you to enter the palace."
Xu Lianlang said, "The family was reluctant to give up, so they paid a lot of money and put it off again and again until they were sixteen years old."
"I can see that your family loves you."
Xu Lianlang nodded lightly. His father couldn't bear to leave her, so he stuffed money everywhere, thinking that if he could enter the palace a day later, he would enter the palace a day later. He dragged it until he was sixteen.
Concubine Rong had very few jewelry. Xu Lianlang fumbled around for a long time and only found a jade drop earring.
She lowered her body slightly and looked for Rong Bin's ear piercing. After wearing the left ear, turn it to her right ear.
Rong Bin was silent for a long time. Just when Xu Lianlang thought she had a sudden emotional breakdown like yesterday, she suddenly felt a warmth on the back of her hand.
Rong Bin turned around and held her hand tightly.
The eagerness in her eyes could not be ignored, so much so that the back of Xu Lianlang's hands ached when she scratched her.
"Did I hit Jieming again last night?" Seeing Xu Lianlang's hesitation in speaking, her eyes slowly turned red.
Then he let go of Xu Lianlang's hand and slapped himself on the face.
"Empress!" When Xu Lianlang went to stop her, it was already too late.
That palm exerted such force that half of his face soon became red and swollen.
Concubine Rong is beautiful and has good facial features. At this time, the red mark becomes more and more eye-catching.
"I can't control myself anymore," she murmured, her hands on her knees trembling. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm confused. I'm beating and scolding Jieming like a madman. It's early." The first few times I was able to drive Jieming out before taking action, but the last few times, I couldn't control myself at all, and even...even when I woke up, I couldn't remember what happened or what I did. ”
She put her hands in her hair, choking and trying to swallow her tears, "If I hadn't seen the whip marks on Jieming's arm this morning, I wouldn't have known about it, I wouldn't have known... Jieming is a good boy. , He didn’t do anything wrong! He shouldn’t be treated like this!”
Xu Lianlang knelt on the ground and had no choice but to take the initiative to hold Rong Bin's hand. He didn't know how to comfort her, so he just squeezed her trembling hand.
Rong Bin looked at her again, her eyes still shining with tears, "Lian Lang, I remember you, we met before, do you still remember, I..."
She seemed to be ashamed to ask others to repay the kindness she had received. After several pauses, she could not fully explain.
"Your Majesty, I remember that at the palace banquet that year, you took the prince to help me out." Her voice was clear and clear, and her eyes were clear and moving, like a clear pool, as if she could understand all the thoughts and ideas of the concubine. Endless tolerance, endless tolerance.
The more transparent she became, the more difficult it was for Concubine Rong to speak.
How could she ask for such a reward for her little effort at the beginning, but she had no choice. Now her waking hours were getting less and less, and Jie Ming couldn't be left alone to take care of her.
"Lian Lang, I know that we, mother and son, can't give you anything more, and will even drag you down again and again, but please remember the past relationship and take care of Jieming, he is still too young... If you feel embarrassed, can you please When I go crazy, take him away from me.”
"I don't want to hurt my son, let alone become a lunatic in his memory."
"Also, if that person comes, please take Jieming out of Shuyun Pavilion."
Xu Lianlang was stunned for a moment, "That person..."
Rong Bin's eyelids drooped and her lips turned white, "Yes, that person, he should be here soon."
(End of chapter)