On the second day, it was almost midnight. Inside the red tent of Serin Garden, Imperial Concubine Mingxuan and Qingya were still sleeping. On the couch, half of the cashmere brocade quilt embroidered with colorful mandarin ducks had been dragged to the ground. .
The two of them covered themselves with a square blanket. Their clothes were scattered on the small wooden pier beside the couch and on the low table. There was also a pillow thrown on the ground, as well as a few knocked over cakes.
Taking a closer look at the sleeping posture of the two of them, they were really like cats in a litter, with their limbs spread out randomly, their clothes still attached, and their hair in a messy state.
Wan Yanyong pushed the door open with light steps. He was afraid of waking his wife from sleeping, so he closed the door gently. He rubbed his eyes and pushed aside the bead curtain and walked into the screen, preparing to go to the closet. I took the clothes I wanted to wear to court, but saw the mess all over the ground.
He approached with a confused look on his face, full of doubts, picked up the clothes on the short case, and opened the red curtain.
He stared at the two men's cat-like sleeping postures with wide eyes, and couldn't help but turn away and sneered.
"What...what happened?" Xiu Yin, who came in with water, looked at the mess on the ground and called out loudly.
Mingxuan was awakened by his words. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Wanyanyong sitting beside the bed.
"Your Majesty, you are back!"
She carefully looked at the messy clothes on her body, then blushed and wanted to straighten her clothes, but he tied the ties of her clothes with both hands beforehand, and gently put the thick clothes on her.
"What did you two do last night?" He couldn't help laughing.
She put her jade finger between her lips: "Shh..."
He subconsciously glanced at the sleeping Qingya, smiled innocently, walked to the bright window and stretched himself, holding his waist.
She walked off the couch, wrapped her jade jade from his back around his strong and thick waist, pressed her pink chin on his stalwart shoulders, and said softly and coyly: "Concubine, I played with Qingya last night. After a while, then..."
"The lonely king just can't figure it out. What is there for two women to play about? It's like when they were children. As long as the two of them are together, they will have no idea."
"Now that you are married to the king and have to be a dignified imperial concubine every day, you have lost the happy time of your childhood. Don't mind if you go crazy once in a while."
"Okay, okay, I didn't say anything to you. What's the matter with you? The lonely king didn't agree?" He turned around and rubbed her tender skin with his broad palms.
"Your Majesty, you are about to go to court! Let me help you change your clothes! Otherwise, His Majesty will blame you for missing the time." She suddenly remembered something important, so she immediately walked to the closet and personally handed over the black and purple officer. Take out the robe.
He sweetly took the official robe, held her slender hand and said: "The lonely king went to the wing to change by himself! It's very cold in winter, you need to sleep for a while before getting up!"
When he saw her coming down to the ground wearing only thin stockings, he pointed to her skirt and said, "Look, King Gu said, it's cold on the ground, so don't go barefoot, otherwise you'll get cold from old age." ! Hurry, go get warm under the quilt, hurry up!"
His caring and slightly frowning look is both gentle and stern, making people fall in love with him just by looking at him.
"Okay, after the king left, I went to bed. Will the king come back for lunch this afternoon? I ordered someone to prepare it early!"
"You and Qingya should have some together! It's the new year, and the Ministry of War has a lot of things to deal with, so I'll probably go back later."
"Okay, okay!"
He was about to leave, but turned sideways and glanced at Qingya on the couch, his cheeks flushed and he said: "Yesterday, the lonely king drank some wine with the girl, and somehow she fell asleep in the garden..."
"I already know it, Qingya has already told me, and Cuihe has already informed me about what happened last night!"
Wan Yanyong patted her official hat and uniform and said, "Speaking of which, I never thought that this girl was so clever. The thought of coming to you makes me feel as if the lonely king is a ferocious beast that can eat her."
"She made this decision because she was afraid that I and Lady Ling would think too much."
"Hmph! She! She is hiding from the lonely king and doesn't want to come into contact with him!"
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much! She is hiding because this day has come. She must not regret this marriage!"
"Just take a look, even if it's Hai Dongqing, Gu Wang still accepted it."
"yes!"
"The lonely king is gone?"
Before he left, he took her hand, kissed her gently on the forehead and said, "I have been very polite today. Is the lonely king going to court?"
"I send you off to your Majesty!" Mingxuan pursed her red lips and saluted with affection in her eyes. Then she saw Wanyan smiling happily and striding out with her official robe, so she nodded with peace of mind.
"Xuan'er, hurry up and warm your feet!" He walked in front of the door and was about to open the door, but he didn't forget to tell him. He smiled softly at Mingxuan behind the bead curtain, turned around, opened the door and left.
Mingxuan stood alone in front of the bright window and stroked her flushed face, then nodded and raised the corners of her lips, overflowing with happiness. The two childhood sweethearts have worked together for many years. From childhood to adulthood, they have become husband and wife. What has changed is only the vicissitudes of time, but only their rock-solid love remains unchanged.
Qingya was envious. She had quietly woken up. After listening to the sweet words of the two people in front of the window, she pretended to be asleep and watched the two couples playing the piano and the harp.
"The king and the empress are so sweet, I will envy you all when I see them!" Xiu Yin came up and said.
"Hey, we are an old married couple now, and you are just making fun of me!"
"Whether it's sweet or not, everyone in the house is watching! It's up to me, my slave, to decide!"
"Okay, you can go down and rest first! I'll call you later."
"Okay, slave, please leave." Xiu Yin once again picked up the wooden porcelain basin on the low table and slowly left.
Mingxuan saw her walking out slowly, then she curled her lips and called into the red tent:
"The king is gone and he's still pretending to be asleep!"
As expected, after hearing this, Qingya immediately raised her head to look at the imperial concubine, who was all dressed in plain clothes. She quickly straightened her clothes and took a deep breath.
Mingxuan walked over and surrounded the quilt: "Look, this is what happened to you if you didn't stay in your garden well yesterday. The king is angry!"
"When you're angry, you're angry! It's not my fault," she pouted.
"It's not your fault? You avoided him on purpose, so it's not your fault."
"Then what's going to happen to me? He drank wine yesterday, does he still want me to stay with him all night? I still want to sleep."
Mingxuan got close to her, patted her shoulder gently and said: "You know everything, but you still pretend to be calm. The king drank wine with you yesterday, he must have wanted to favor you!"
She was dumbfounded after hearing this, her little eyebrows furrowed and she said, "Favored?"
"Um!"
"What a blessing, I'm not even old enough to have hairpins, I'm still a girl! How could a girl do such a shameful thing before she leaves the government?"
"Look at you, you are confused again. You should know that he is a noble king after reading poetry and books! You have been in this palace since you were a child, and you have been his for a long time!"
After hearing this, she felt uncomfortable again, so she sat up and said very solemnly: "It's inexplicable. I was born as my own person and don't belong to anyone. My sister-in-law has also been reading poetry and books since she was a child. How come she doesn't understand this?" reason."
"That's ridiculous again. You haven't even read about women's virtues and training!"
She suddenly turned her head: "What a coincidence, I am dissatisfied with these backward ideas, such as the three obediences and four virtues, and the words of matchmakers. These are really ridiculous. I am not willing to be a person who is manipulated by others."
After she said that, she took Mingxuan's hand and lay beside her facing the bed: "Sister-in-law, listen to me, we women should not be sacrifices in this world, and we should not bow to backward ideas. ah!
She put her hands on the quilt and met her eyes: "Think about how my aunt fought. In order to resist continuing the marriage, she would rather go to Liaoyang to become a monk than obey."
She became more and more excited, and gently stroked Mingxuan's black hair on her shoulders: "I am not rejecting men and hating men, but I feel that in this world, there are always some rules that cannot be explained or explained. Such unfounded thoughts have oppressed us for many years. If I don’t fight for it and make some changes, it will be a vicious cycle, and my daughter will be bound by this in the future.”
Mingxuan was amused when she saw her anxious look. She gently held her restless hands and said, "Okay, don't be impulsive. I just mentioned it casually!"
"I..., I got engaged to the king when I was five years old. In the past twenty years, I have never had contact with other men. Therefore, when I was a girl, my parents taught me to learn female virtues. , Only then can I become a qualified imperial concubine."
She lifted a lock of black hair from the back of her head, stroked it carefully and said, "I have never thought about why I should learn female virtues. I only thought that since I love the king, I would give everything I have to him."
"Actually, sometimes when I think about it carefully, I feel sad..."
"Why is sister-in-law sad?" She gently held her hands.
"She is a woman, but she actually doesn't want to share her love with other men. When the king is with the two ladies, I will secretly feel sad. However, I am born in a noble family and am a legitimate imperial concubine. Sometimes I have no choice but to go tolerant."
As she spoke, her eyes got wet and her cheeks flushed: "When I first got married, I thought that the king would always stick to it, and at most he would accept you. But when he hesitated to say that he wanted to accept you for the first time, I will know that from now on, I am no longer the king’s childhood sweetheart, but his wife and his imperial concubine.”
Qingya quietly tied up the quilt for her: "Sister-in-law, I know that you love your cousin. You have to take the overall situation into consideration, and only then should you uphold womanly virtues and be tolerant and generous for his sake."
"My cousin loves you, and he will never betray you for anyone else."
"Speaking of which, I actually resisted my father because I was thinking that I must not hurt my sister-in-law! We have been close as sisters since childhood. If I hurt my sister-in-law because of a man, I would really be ashamed of myself."
She gently laid her face on Mingxuan's chest, and her soft hair gently rested on her obscene clothes.
"Sister-in-law, can you understand me? I really want to make my own choice. I don't want to be arranged. I want to pursue my own happiness."
Mingxuan raised her jade fingers and stroked her smooth and red cheeks: "I understand, I understand!"
"Let's see what happens to Yin Dang in the future!"
As she spoke, she smiled again, faced the bed curtain above, and piled the thick quilt around the jade body. In the tent lingering in the purple smoke, the two of them talked, and then slept for one or two more hour.
