"Girl! Why are you suffering? You are in such pain,"
In the flower garden, Qing Ya was wearing casual clothes, lightly carrying a small pair of scissors, sitting on a small pier and cutting off a poppy branch among the bushes. Cui He looked at her haggard and uncomfortable look and combed her black hair. Tidy.
This flower is blooming in full bloom. Its thin petals are as thin as damask, as smooth as silk, and its light corolla is like red clouds and colorful silk. Even if there is no wind, it seems to be swaying by itself. When the wind blows, it is even more floating and ready to fly. It is quite charming. Beautiful.
The flowers are in bloom, but the complexion of the person who cut the flowers is not as delicate as the flowers. There is no color at all, and it is as fragile as a broken flower.
"This is what I want, so I don't think it's a big deal. Compared with heartache, physical pain is not worth mentioning!"
"I just hope that after surviving these days and staying with the one I love, my life has not been in vain. If I always have to be manipulated by others, I don't know what life will be like. I might as well turn into a ghost. Now, I can still be free and wander anywhere!”
After hearing this, Cui He quickly dissuaded her: "You can't say this, it's taboo!"
"Now, the doctor came to check and only said that my energy and blood were damaged and that I needed to rest and take medicine, but in the end he couldn't find the source, so he diagnosed me with alcoholism and drunkenness in front of my sister, and I was caught in the cold rain, so I was temporarily confused. So you must do things more carefully. Every day when I eat those things, you should immediately find them when no one is around and deal with them, so as not to leave any traces."
"Slave understands!"
She picked out the brightest and most enchanting flower branches with her forehead, cut them out, and placed them in a small knitted basket on the side. The ink bamboo flower tube on the right hand side had three layers of lengths from bottom to top. The center was hollowed out, but Flowers are inserted from the front to the back, and a small thin stone plate is connected to the bottom, surrounded by green moss, pebbles, asparagus and other supporting objects.
She turned around and looked at Cuihe. She first took the small simple flower in the flower basket as the main flower, then put down the scissors and said, "This is not how this tube of flowers is arranged. Look carefully at what I'm doing!"
She first took flowers, mainly red, orchid, and pink flowers, two of each size, and inserted them into the flower tube from the front and back in different directions. She said in her mouth: "Tubular flowers are not as good as vase flowers. Most vase flowers are plain, single or of the same plant." Flowers should be kept simple and should not be complicated, and most of them have a Zen meaning in them, but tube flowers should bring some natural and vigorous meaning in them."
After inserting a few main flowers, she made two layers at the top and bottom. Then she pounded some Penglai pine and inserted them, and attached some long and curved bamboo strips to the top layer, and clamped some small branches and leaves underneath.
"There is a saying in "Qing Yi Lu": "When the spring comes, Empress Li builds beams, windows, arches, pillars and steps, and makes partitions, and inserts mixed flowers densely, and the name is: Jindongtian."
After she fiddled with the flower arrangement several times, she took back the scissors, trimmed off unnecessary branches and leaves, and then took a look at the overall shape of the flower tube.
"This slave is not as good at reading poetry and books as the girl, but he is so good at even this little flower arrangement art!"
"These books are just for the purpose of making people happy! They have no practical value, so don't indulge in them. In the Song Dynasty, the Taojun and Emperors only knew how to lean on the red and the green, and indulge in exotic flowers, rocks, and birds. The last emperors of ancient times have mostly forgotten the hard work of their ancestors, and they only cared about extravagant enjoyment rather than making progress."
As she spoke, she picked up the scissors and observed the flower branches carefully: "We, the sons and daughters of Dajin, have always grown up on horses. Now, although we have entered the Central Plains and gradually become Chinese, and have learned many things that literati and poets love, but In the end, we still cannot abandon our martial spirit, after all, we rely on our iron bones to resist foreign enemies.”
"My slave has learned a lesson! Then I will take this flower tube back to the embroidery building first!"
"Go ahead! Bring me the cloak on the way."
When Cuihe stepped back, she put the scissors away in the basket and looked at the garden full of flowers in a daze. The warm sun at noon was shining above her head, and in the small pool not far away, layers of green water came in waves. The sparkling water made her unable to open her eyes. She even rubbed her eyelids and supported herself listlessly. On the small stone pier.
"Yo, yo, look, look, who is thinking about spring here?"
When she heard one or two coquettish words, she turned around and saw that it was Qingru holding her aunt's little Gao family's arm and coming from the covered bridge not far away. When she saw the two people's behavior, she just felt It's boring, don't overdo it and ignore it.
"My second sister is about to get married, why don't you insist on getting close to your Tan Lang?"
After hearing this, she wanted to stand up and go back to the house, but the two people stepped forward to stop her while chattering.
"What do you mean by this? It's completely incomprehensible. This is my boudoir, what do you mean by stopping me?" she said.
"This is my father's mansion. Dad said, I can go wherever I want! Including your boudoir."
She turned around again, deliberately plucked the bamboo ring hanging around her neck and said, "What did I think it was for! It turns out that this bride is thinking about someone else's family! You didn't see enough the night before. Really? If you hadn’t used a dirty trick to knock me out, dad would have beaten you to death that day!"
"I let you off the hook and you didn't even thank me!"
The two of them laughed in agreement and swayed in front of her for a long time, covering their heads with silk scarves and bowing in artificial gestures, which actually made people dazzled by the sight of them.
After hearing a loud slap on her face, Qingya said with a calm breath: "I thank you. If you want to laugh again, I will thank you again!"
Xiao Gao suddenly saw Qingru's cheeks turning red and rushed forward: "How dare you hit her? She is the daughter of the first wife."
Seeing her rushing over, Qingya simply slapped her in the face. She suddenly felt burning and covered her cheeks and screamed in pain.
"She is the legitimate sister and you are the legitimate concubine, so it is reasonable for me to hit you! This is the slap you two borrowed from me last time, and I will return it now,"
Cuihe heard the noise and hurried over to put a cloak on her. She stood dignifiedly and independently by the flower branches. Seeing the two people rushing over in anger, she entered the Nuan Pavilion first, took away the lantern and stood horizontally. He raised his long sword and faced the two people who came over: "Today, if you are not afraid of death, just charge forward. There has never been a ghost on my sword. If you two sisters are willing to be the first, I can help you." .”
After the two saw each other, they stood still and did not dare to move forward: "Li Qingya, you are now able to fight with swords, so I told dad to go!"
"Sister Ru, I'm afraid you have forgotten that your father has been traveling to Hebei Province for three days, and there is no one in the house to protect you. Now you can only find your husband, whom you have never met, to say this for you. It is a pity. , Sister Ru, you only know how to indulge in fame and wealth, but now you are still kept in the dark!"
She sneered, held her sword, and sat down on the chair outside the door.
"What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? Huh, huh, you are surprised. You are getting married at the end of the year. I don't even want to ask who your future husband is. I am afraid that you are blinded by the reputation of Mrs. Wang!"
After hearing these words, Qingru stood still for a long time, looking at the sincere and firm gesture in her eyes, feeling at a loss. Seeing her like this, Cui He stepped forward and bowed: "Young lady, you don't know something. Your Highness, Prince Qi, really can't protect you. He is the second son of the third prince, and has the same father as our Highness, Prince Yong." My half-mother, my mother is Bohai Gao, and she is your Jianjia relative, Miss Gao."
"Although he is the son of one father, the Prince of Qi has the opposite temperament to his elder brother. He loves fireworks and wares. He often visits brothels and singing houses incognito as a prince, looking for flowers and willows. When the princess found out and tried to persuade him, he often became angry. Reach out and beat and scold."
She talked for a while and said: "It's not that this county prince has no concubine, but one of his wives was abused by him and died tragically during the confinement period. A child with a body that was He rushed to another hospital, walked on foot in single clothes in the cold winter, and froze to death on the road. We all know more about what happened here."
After hearing this, she swayed and walked in front of Qingya like a joke: "You are tricking me. Will Daddy know about such a big thing? Will you tell me?"
"Dad knows, so what's the use of telling you. Sister Ru, you said it yourself, no one can disobey the holy order! Besides, dad doesn't like to inquire about things, and King Qi is not in the capital all year round. Naturally, he knows very little. "
"If sister doesn't believe it, King Yong will come to see me later. You should ask your cousin in person! Of course he knows about his biological brother, but I feel sorry for you, sister Ru. I'm afraid there will be no such thing in the future. It's time to live a pampered life," she said with a little sadness, deliberately looking at the spring scenery in the garden and worrying, shaking her head in thought.
Qingru saw her serious look and her breathing became rapid.
Hurry up and give up the arrogance of the past. Xiao Gao thought for a while and then said to her: "Sister Ru, I have indeed heard about King Qi's abuse of his wife, but I didn't think of it for a while."
"Why did you just think of it now!" She scolded Mr. Gao, and walked away with a stern look on her face. Her heavy steps were hurried, and she smelled a hint of her crying in the wind.
After everyone had dispersed, a gust of cool wind came over, making Qing Ya shiver. She held the sword in her right hand, closed her eyes and calmed down for a while, then suddenly bowed her head forward, as if her heart and lungs were broken. He was sweating coldly, and his pale face was streaked with tears.
"Girl, girl!" Cuihe quickly took a silk and wiped the sweat from her temples, crying and helping her up.
"Come on, girl, let's go back to the embroidery building!"
She looked so weak that it made people feel distressed just by looking at her. Her legs under her skirt kept trembling, and she couldn't use any strength. Her legs went limp and she sat on the cold ground, and her bedclothes was already wet. .
"Someone is coming! Someone is coming!" Cui He shouted at the top of his lungs.
After calling for a long time, he saw Wan Yanyong wearing a crimson robe. Seeing this situation, he quickly took off his official hat, came quickly, and called out: "Qingya!"
He brushed aside her long hair, gently picked her up, and carried her into the warm pavilion. The servants behind him removed the tea table on the couch, and he temporarily placed her here. In a hurry, he called the imperial doctor again and again. He took a fleece blanket from the chair in front of the desk and covered her with it, and anxiously lay beside her to take care of her. When she tried her best to open her eyes, she felt like her whole body had been emptied out, and she vaguely heard his call.
