Peach concubine

The capital of Jinling is full of flowers.

At the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is naturally more prosperous than the gentle and small town far away in the water town of the south of the Yangtze River. Even peddlers and inn waiters can't help but have such a dignified and awe-inspiring aura that is superior to others.

Some things are called idiosyncrasies, which are unique, such as the beauty and beauty of Suzhou City, or the prosperity and dignity of Kyoto. It is impossible to say which one is better than the other, but when people are in them, they can immediately distinguish the difference between the two.

Jian Ruolin was sitting in the carriage, listening to the sound of the carts and horses, her palms were slightly sweaty.

As if struggling for a long time, Jian Ruolin said to Xiao Jingmo: "I, I'd better go back to Liufang Pavilion first."

The incense powder business of Liufang Pavilion spreads all over the country, and in such a prosperous place in Kyoto, it is natural that there will be branches here.Originally, Jian Ruolin also thought about going to the pavilion to see the situation first, but Xiao Jingmo insisted on inviting him to go back to Pingyang Marquis Mansion first to meet his mother.

So Jian Ruolin was extremely nervous, the closer she got to the capital, the more intense and obvious her uneasiness became.

The carriage drove leisurely all the way into the city. Of course, Jian Ruolin didn't know how long it would take to get to Pingyang Hou's Mansion, but it was precisely because of this unknown, and knowing that she was gradually approaching the destination, that it was even more difficult. Hesitation and anxiety.

Xiao Jingmo stared at him with a smile, and saw that there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, he couldn't help laughing: "My mother is not a scourge, what are you afraid of?" Then he rolled his eyes, showing a sly look Flashing by, Xiao Jingmo leaned over and smiled maliciously: "Besides, an ugly daughter-in-law has to see her in-laws, it's just a matter of time."

Jian Ruolin's handsome face turned red, and she scolded Xiao Jingmo for being a rascal: "What are you talking about, you're talking nonsense."

Lie angrily on the wooden frame by the window of the carriage and looked at the market and the crowd outside the carriage. After a while, the muffled voice came out again: "Can I not be afraid? I abducted your parents' last Dear son, if they find out, I wonder if they will invite a sorcerer to come over and take away my misfortune..."

Xiao Jingmo knew that he said such words because he was still angry and fearful.

He pulled his arm and said, "My mother will like you if you are so nice."

Frowning, he was a little uncertain: "I remember the time of the Spirit Festival, didn't you say..." Jian Ruolin clearly remembered that before the Spirit Festival, Xiao Jingmo approached him, and at that time he said that he would give his mother a sacrifice, etc. However, during the conversation just now, it was obvious that Xiao Jingmo did not regard his "mother" as a dead person, so he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"My father married two wives in his life. The dead one I mentioned earlier should actually be my aunt, but I was raised by my aunt when I was a child. In my heart, there is no difference between him and my mother. But ...When I was 11 years old, my aunt died of illness, and my father handed me over to my mother to raise me, until now...the present one is my biological mother, the wife of Lord Pingyang."

Jian Ruolin didn't ask his father why he was handed over to his aunt instead of his own mother to raise him. It must be another past event that is difficult for outsiders to tell, so she still just lay there, a little unhappy.

Xiao Jingmo simply sat by Jian Ruolin's side, and held his hand domineeringly: "Stop thinking about it, I'll be with you." Then he stroked Jian Ruolin's hair like coaxing a child: "When I finish dealing with some Let’s go back to Suzhou City. I’m just an idle lord. It doesn’t matter if I go or not. If you want, we can travel all over the country together. You haven’t seen the snow-capped mountains in the Western Regions yet, right? It’s open all year round. A kind of red flower, all over the mountains and plains, very beautiful... There is also the desert in the north of Mobei, where the desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, and the long river sets the sun round. Can you imagine, such a big round of sun hanging in the sky, fiery red... Also There is Lijiang water in the south of Lingnan, which is like spring all the year round, and the lake is colorful. Looking down from a high place, there are waters of all colors, clear and bright..."

Jian Ruolin finally turned her head to look at him. He was weak when he was young, and his body was not very good. Even though his elder brother Jian Ruoxi traveled all over the country because of business matters, he stayed in the city of Suzhou and never went out. Even coming to Kyoto is also the first time.So the world Xiao Jingmo described was too dreamy, unreal, and attractive to him.

"From now on, I don't care about the affairs of the court. Whether it's the emperor or the hereditary prince, we'll go far away, and we won't be in the way of anyone. It's just the two of us, living our own lives, doing whatever we want .” After talking for a long time, Xiao Jingmo finally remembered to ask: “Do you think it’s okay?”

This temptation was too great, it covered up the vague sense of guilt in Jian Ruolin's heart.

It's a pity that before they could answer, the coachman's "Woo--" interrupted their beautiful thoughts.

Xiao Jingmo and Jian Ruolin could only let go of their hands, and got off the carriage one after another.As soon as he raised his head, the vermilion and gold-plated plaque flew into his eyes. The four gold-lacquered characters of "Pingyang Marquis's Mansion" showed a royal and dignified air.

Wanzhen was waiting at the door with the maid's support. Her belly was a bit bigger than when Jian Ruolin first met her in Suzhou City.

When Jian Ruolin hurt her neck earlier, Xiao Jingmo had already sent someone to send Wanzhen back first. One was to raise the fetus and wait for delivery, and the other was to have a little selfish intention, not wanting Jian Ruolin to see Wanzhen hurt and worry again.Besides, if Xiao Jingmo asked Wanzhen to go back to Beijing with him, then along the way, there would be fewer opportunities to be alone with Jian Ruolin.

It's just that Xiao Jingmo didn't consider that Wanzhen would insist on meeting him at the gate of the Hou Mansion with a big belly, and was a little flustered for a while.

When he was young, he was considered young and ignorant, used to being idle and dissolute, and didn't pay much attention to marriage matters. His parents said that Bai's Wanzhen was elegant, courteous, magnanimous and virtuous, so he obeyed his parents' orders to marry a wife and have children.In the capital, there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, which noble son can make decisions about his life's major affairs by himself?Either for the pursuit of the right family, or for the marriage of the two interests.When Xiao Jingmo married Wanzhen, what he thought the most was that he had fulfilled his parents' wishes. He treated Wanzhen really well, and he had a lot of responsibilities as a husband—but no matter what, in Xiao Jingmo's eyes, it was not It's just a word of responsibility.

If he had met Jian Ruolin earlier, perhaps Xiao Jingmo would not have taken marriage so seriously and regarded marriage as a child's play.

Wanzhen was always a thorn between the two of them, painful to the bone, but unable to pull it out.

"Master?" Wanzhen called out softly, looking at Jian Ruolin who was on the side, feeling a little apprehensive in her heart.She is a reasonable woman, she did not expect that Xiao Jingmo would bring Jian Ruolin back, otherwise she would not have waited here to add to the embarrassment of the three of them, so now she can only smile and salute Jian Ruolin slightly: "Young Master Jian. "

Jian Ruo Lin Qian said: "Ma'am, why don't you need to be more polite when you take your body with you."

Wanzhen then turned to Xiao Jingmo: "Mother was going to the Great Buddha Temple to pray for blessings today. When I heard that you were coming back, I stayed at home and waited for you. I'm ready. I'll go see you after I take a bath and change clothes." Everyone is a lady, even if she smiles, she is very tactful: "There is also Young Master Jian, mother is very fond of the Yishenxiang from Liufang Pavilion, I will be happy to see you in a while." preparation.

But Xiao Jingmo stopped her: "Wanzhen, you are heavy, just leave these matters to the servants, you go back to your room and rest." Then he directly told the maid next to Wanzhen: "Liu Zhu, Carefully help Madam back to the room."

Wanzhen's face was pale, she looked at Xiao Jingmo, then at Jian Ruolin, finally she was slightly blessed: "The concubine has retired first."

The two of them were full of travel and dust along the way, and according to the rules of etiquette, they couldn't just go to see Mrs. Xiao directly.

Wanzhen was really careful, and prepared hot water with incense and a change of clothes early on. Xiao Jingmo was afraid that Jian Ruolin would feel uncomfortable seeing Wanzhen, and also felt a little sorry for Wanzhen, so his heart was always up and down.However, Jian Ruolin's expression was as usual, calm and indifferent, so that she couldn't understand his thoughts.

After washing and changing clothes, Jian Ruolin straightened her hair. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Xiao Jingmo secretly looking at him like a thief. She couldn't help but feel amused: "What are you always looking at me for?" Xiao Jingmo immediately shook his head and said no. , Jian Ruolin knew that if he didn't make it clear, this person would definitely not feel at ease, so he said: "Actually, it's not that I haven't regretted it. I wondered if I had slept for a long time and my mind was stupid. I didn't think about those interests, so I just said If that's the case..." Xiao Jingmo immediately became anxious, as if he was about to rush up, Jian Ruolin hurriedly smiled and comforted him: "But don't worry, I know what I'm doing and what I'm about to face, since I made my own choice , unless you let go first, I have no position to repent."

After hearing these words, Xiao Jingmo was also quiet, and it took him a while to hear him say: "I was thinking too much, huh... Forget it, if you pack it up, let's go, mother should have been waiting for a while."

"Ah."

In fact, at the beginning, the two of them had such a tacit understanding, they were just in love, and they would not always be entangled in fear of who would mind what was unhappy or what.

After all, it is still different, whether it is the state of mind, or people and things.

Xiao Jingmo's mother, the first-rank wife of the dynasty, the wife of Lord Pingyang, was as cold and majestic as imagined.

Jian Ruolin walked in behind Xiao Jingmo, and saw that Mrs. Xiao, who was nearly forty years old, was sitting in the middle of the room. Her clothes were plain, and she didn't have cumbersome decorations all over her head. Her hands and neck were clean. Unlike ordinary ladies, they can't wait to wear all the luxurious jewelry on their bodies.However, it can be seen that the clothes on Mrs. Xiao's body are expensive, and they are brocade and snow satin that can only be found among the tributes... The rumors that the emperor favored the Pingyang Hou's family are not entirely groundless.

While thinking about it, Xiao Jingmo knelt down on one knee: "My son pays my respects to my lord."

Mrs. Xiao's voice was generally cold: "Get up. You have worked hard after driving all the way."

Xiao Jingmo responded "Yes", adjusted the cuffs of his robe and stood up, then heard Mrs. Xiao's question: "You brought friends back? Who is this?"

Only then did Jian Ruolin take a step from the side, and bowed solemnly: "Xiaosheng Jian Ruolin, I have met Mrs. Xiao."

"I don't have a good memory at this age. This name sounds familiar..."

Xiao Jingmo reported: "Ruolin is now the head of the Liufang Pavilion. Mother, the Yishenxiang that you are used to is the formula that Ruolin researched. This time my son went to Suzhou and got acquainted with him by chance, so he invited him together Entering Beijing."

Jian Ruolin also echoed: "Ruolin is nagging."

"So it's Young Master Jian..." Mrs. Xiao smiled faintly: "It's okay, it's rare for Mo'er to bring friends back. If it's convenient, it's good to stay for two more days."

Xiao Jingmo was about to say something, but just as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Mrs. Xiao: "After talking so much, I'm actually a little tired, and it really doesn't work. Mo'er, treat Mr. Jian well, Don't neglect her." Afterwards, the two of them stood still on the spot, and softly ordered the maid beside him: "Ping'er, help me in."

The room was covered with heavy curtains, so the light was slightly dim.Jian Ruolin wasn't sure if she had read it wrong──When Mrs. Xiao got up and entered the inner room, there was clearly a little loneliness in her eyes.

In just a blink of an eye, Xiao Jingmo put on a smile all over his face: "Since my mother has ordered, I must do my best as a landlord." As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed Jian Ruolin's wrist and pulled him to go out.

Alarm bells rang out in Jian Ruolin's heart, she struggled a bit, and said angrily, "Let go of my hand first, this is the Pingyang Hou Mansion, don't mess around."

Xiao Jingmo didn't care: "It's okay, my father is not at home now, and my mother won't come out for a long time after entering the Buddhist hall. As for the servants in the mansion, who dares to chew their tongues?" Still grinning, pulled Jian Ruolin refused to let go.

Jian Ruolin was half dragged and dragged to the floor by him, and dragged into a study.

Xiao Jingmo smiled mysteriously and sinisterly: "Didn't you wonder how I knew that your Guqin was 'Liuyue'? Look—" Pulling Jian Ruolin, I saw the incense table in the room , a guqin is placed on it, very gorgeous.

Jian Ruolin was attracted just by looking at it, and involuntarily caressed the body of the piano with her hands. It was smooth and smooth, warm to the touch, and there was a faint luster, one could tell it was not ordinary.Looking up and down, unbelievably, he looked at Xiao Jingmo with wide-eyed surprise: "This, this is...'Lian Xing'qin?"

Xiao Jingmo laughed as arrogantly as he could at the moment: "That's right, Master Qi, the famous qin maker, worked hard in his later years to make this pair of unparalleled famous qin. Your 'Liuyue' is a female qin. Naturally, it is Xiongqin 'Lianxing'." After speaking, he looked at Jian Ruolin, who was so in love with Lianxingqin, and said narrowly: "I said earlier, we are destined by fate, this time you should believe it. right?"

This time, Jian Ruolin did not become angry from embarrassment. She fixed her eyes on the famous piano, and murmured to herself: "This pair of pianos went through wars in the previous dynasty, and the golden moon flowed into the people. After several twists and turns. But This Ripple Star seems to be extinct in the world, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect it to be in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion."

Xiao Jingmo didn't say that this piano was given to him by the emperor's special kindness when he was learning the piano when he was young.However, his interest in playing the piano was not long. This piano was placed in his study as a decoration, and Xiao Jingmo seldom played the piano himself.Originally, his temperament was unrestrained, and it would kill him to ask him to sit there and play a whole piece of music.

"Speaking of which, I only heard you play the piano once. Since you like it, why don't you just try it?"

Jian Ruolin couldn't wait for it, she didn't even give Xiao Jingmo a look, her eyes were all fixed on the body of the piano, and she sat cross-legged on the edge of the incense table while touching it.

A blanket was spread on the floor, and Xiao Jingmo was also a casual person, so he sat on the floor.He saw Jian Ruolin's ten fingers, white and slender, like green onions and jade carvings, and when they were flipped, they were more flexible and slender, flying like butterflies.

It's been a long time since I played the piano, and even Jian Ruolin was a little unfamiliar. After trying two notes, she raised her head and gave Xiao Jingmo a small smile.Xiao Jingmo couldn't help but be fascinated by the childish and innocent expression.

When I heard the sound of the music curling up, it gradually became a coherent song, and it turned out to be a song "Bei Feng? Drumming".

Xiao Jingmo was on a whim, and when the music gradually became better, he let go of his voice and started singing along with the sound of the piano.

"Beating the drums and boring them, and actively employing troops. I travel south alone in the city of Tuguo.

From Sun Tzu Zhong, Ping Chen and Song.I don't want to go home, I'm worried.

Where do you live?Yuan mourning his horse?To ask for it?under the forest.

The life and death agreement is broad, and Zicheng said. Hold your hand and grow old together.

Yu Kuo Xi, do not live Xi.Yu Xi Xun Xi, do not believe me. "

His voice was originally clear and bright, but at this moment the singing voice and the piano sound merged into one, which was unexpectedly harmonious and pleasant.The slowed down and deep male voice spoke one sentence at a time, like a whisper.Especially when he sang the line "Death and life are rich, talk with Zicheng. Hold your hand, and grow old together", those frivolous and charming eyes with affection, fell on Jian Ruolin so tenderly that it seemed like water would overflow Come.A dreamlike singing voice, words like an oath, a man as bright as the sun.

During the day, two men sat cross-legged on the ground.

Playing the piano peacefully with lowered eyebrows, as quiet as a virgin.

An unrestrained and tactful singing, with infinite affection and thoughts.

The sun shines in, and the picture in the room is harmonious and warm, suddenly like an ink painting handed down through the ages...

Writer's words:

I hope that everyone who has read it can leave me a message, let me know your thoughts, and know the advantages and disadvantages of "Peach Concubine". [Bow ing] I’m actually a little disappointed, I always feel that this article is not read by anyone...==|||I don’t really care about it, but I really hope to see a response, um, that’s it ~~