Hua Jue wore a cyan cloak and left the palace overnight. She took the herring jade pendant given to her by Empress Qingyi and stood on the Xihua Bridge looking for Linyou.
But she waited for a long time, and finally didn't see the young master with the herring jade pendant coming. Hua Jue couldn't help but feel disappointed, and felt that it was not worth it for the Qingyi lady in the palace.
It turns out that the empress had no intention of competing for favor all these years because she still remembered her lover outside the palace. They had made an oath to each other. Although she could not save her body in the palace, she wanted to keep her original intention for her lover. Unfortunately, Those oaths of friendship were just wishful thinking on her part.
Although Hua Jue felt sad in her heart, she still refused to give up, thinking that something might have happened to Linyou, so she couldn't come tonight. There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, and something would happen one day.
So she waited on the Xihua Bridge for three more nights, but all three nights were still in vain. On the cold and cold long bridge, the passers-by stopped, and in the end she was the only one left, looking at the moon, hanging down. Enter the river.
The biting wind blew through Hua Jue's cyan cloak. She held the cold herring jade pendant tightly with both hands. No matter how she covered the cold jade pendant, it could not be warmed. Her hands were already red and frozen.
In the end, Hua Jue felt sad, as if she was the Qingyi empress in the palace. She had been waiting for her lover for many years, but he could not survive the difficulties and finally abandoned her.
Perhaps even earlier, from the moment she married into the palace, he had completely forgotten about her, leaving the Qingyi Empress trapped in the palace to persist and wait foolishly. In the end, I missed out on a lifetime of glory and wealth.
Hua Jue said angrily with tears in her eyes: "What Linyou? What about the herring jade pendant, they are all lies, and they said they would wait outside the palace forever, they are all lies!"
After Hua Jue finished speaking, he roared and threw the herring jade pendant in his hand into the river, as if he wanted to vent his anger on the heartless person. The herring jade pendant threw it into the river with a grunt, and Hua Jue didn't look back. Turn around and leave.
At this moment, a down-and-out man lying under the Xihua Bridge saw all this and jumped into the river with a splash. Regardless of how cold the water was, he kept digging in the river to fish out the herring jade pendant.
This down-and-out man is named Mu Cang. He has had a lot of misfortunes in his life. God seems to be joking with him, causing him to run into obstacles at every turn. Although he has no ambition, he is reduced to a coolie on the street.
Today he lives a boat ride, tomorrow he works hard to build houses for people, and the day after tomorrow he helps rich people raise horses. In short, in Mu Cang's heart, the happiest time seems to be only when he was a child.
Mu Cang's family originally came from a wealthy family, and he was also a child of a wealthy family. Unexpectedly, his family fell into decline, and his tragic fate began.
That day, he carried fifty bags of rice in exchange for some wine money. After eating half full, he became hungover.
Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, I saw a woman wearing a pink dress standing on the bridge. On her head was a cyan cloak and hat, trimmed with white fox fur, and the cyan cloak was embroidered with white. Plum Blossom looks like a young lady from a wealthy family.
This young lady from a wealthy family, for some unknown reason, waited on the Xihua Bridge for three days.
Mu Cang was carrying goods at the dock under the bridge, and from time to time he would look up and see Hua Jue standing on the bridge.
In Mu Cang's eyes, the woman was extraordinarily beautiful, and her eyes were as bright as the stars. However, those bright eyes like the stars eventually became dull after three days of hard waiting.
Finally, she angrily threw away the herring jade pendant she was holding tightly in her hand, turned around and left.
Only then did Mu Cang realize that she might have been waiting here for her lover, but for some reason the lover did not come to keep the appointment, so she angrily threw away the herring jade pendant in her hand.
When Mu Cang searched for a while at the bottom of the cold river, he finally found the shiny herring jade pendant at the tenth time. He stood under the bridge with the jade pendant and looked at it. He stretched out his hand to wipe it and hung it on his face. Cold river water.
The moonlight shone on his wet body. He looked down at the good-quality herring jade pendant in his hand. He felt happy and thought that time had come. It seemed that he could sell this valuable herring jade pendant and then have a good meal. .
Mu Cang was so happy that he put the herring jade pendant into his arms. He was about to drag his wet body away from the Xihua Bridge when suddenly a young man's voice came from the bridge: "Drunkard, this is a reward for you. It’s really cold, you’re wet all over, go buy some cotton-padded clothes!”
With that said, a few golden coins fell at Mu Cang's feet.
Under the clear moonlight, those golden coins looked particularly dazzling, and the golden light dazzled people's hearts.
Mu Cang raised his head and squinted his eyes towards the bridge. On the bridge, he saw a man in blue sitting in a sedan. There was a bearer in front of and behind the sedan. There was a boy lighting a lamp in front of him, and six more people behind him. Soldier.
The man in blue on the sedan, young and handsome, looked sideways at him, one hand resting on the armrest of the sedan.
The pupils of his eyes are very light in color, and his slender eyebrows are a bit feminine. The slightly raised corners of his eyes are a bit charming. His fair face seems to be fairer and flawless than that of a woman. His thin lips are also unblemished. Red, in the biting cold wind, becomes more and more beautiful and charming.
And his voice just now was also feminine. Under the white fox fur, the blue robe beside him was embroidered with silver pythons. Only then did Mu Cang realize that it was not a man, but an eunuch from the Zhuilan Palace.
He saw the eunuch looking at him condescendingly, as if he were a superior god, laughing at the incompetence of human beings. He also sincerely looked down on this kind of eunuch who was neither male nor female, and said coldly: "I don't want your reward!"
After saying that, he raised his foot and kicked the few golden coins into the river.
One of the guards following the eunuch said angrily: "Bold, do you know who he is? He is Eunuch Lin Xie of King Zhuilan Palace, the famous man next to King Zhuilan! He gave you the reward out of pity for you. You don’t know how to lift yourself up, do you want to be whipped?”
Mu Cang looked at the leather whip on the soldier's waist and knew that these dogs who eat people without spitting out bones must have tortured many people with it on weekdays.
Mu Cang has always been unaccustomed to these bullies. Although he lives in poverty, he still has a sense of pride. He is neither humble nor arrogant. He said: "You can fight today if you want, but I, Mu Cang, will never take food from me. I am not a beggar, let alone a beggar." I need your charity and pity. You people look at people like cats and dogs. You pretend to give some kindness. When you don't like it, you kick them away and beat them to death! Don't think that you can easily control the life and death of others. You are using your power to bully others! You can kill or behead me as you wish today, but I, Mu Cang, am not afraid!"
Eunuch Lin Xie, who was sitting on the sedan chair, was not angry but smiling. His red lips were slightly hooked, as if he was thinking of himself back then. Please don't think that you can easily control the life and death of others, so you can use your power to bully others!
It seems that he had said this when he was down and out.
He still remembered that he once said that one day, I will definitely stand above you. Now he has indeed become the eunuch in charge of one person and more than ten thousand people, and is deeply favored by King Zhuilan.
In his evil pupils, looking at the proud young man, it was as if he was seeing himself when he was young.
He threw the badge hanging on his waist under the bridge, looked at the young man standing under the Xihua Bridge, and sneered: "You have a lot of backbone, I'm afraid it's just your mouth that's tough. I just want to see if you are really as courageous as you say. Take this token to the palace tomorrow to do some errand. The city guards will naturally take you into the palace when they see this token! "
After Lin Xie finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and the lantern boy standing in front turned around and left with the lantern in hand.
The red maples fell on the red Xihua Long Bridge, and the group of people left in a mighty manner, leaving only Mu Cang standing blankly under the bridge. He looked at the dark token, and his heart seemed to be knocked by something. Hit it.
He kicked away the golden coin rewarded by Lin Xie, but picked up the token for entering the palace.
Although Lin Xie was just playing on a whim, playing with him like a cat or a dog, this was indeed his only chance to change his life. Maybe Mu Cang had a lucky break today, and an opportunity to change his destiny fell on his head. My heart was beating wildly, and my blood was boiling.
He bent down and picked up the token that Lin Xie threw to him. His heart trembled. He stared at the pale moonlight above his head with wide eyes. The moonlight seemed to be guiding him where to go.
Go to Zhui Lan Palace, maybe the chance to change his Mu Cang is in Zhui Lan Palace.
After all, it was a place that everyone outside the palace dreamed of. Being a guard in the palace, even feeding horses to the people in the palace, was better than working hard on the dock.
He has a lot of strength, maybe he can be a guard in the future, maybe he can also work as a part-time official, then the fortune is really good!
Mu Cang hurriedly took out the piece of herring jade pendant in his arms and whispered: "Is it you who brought me good luck? Herring jade pendant, I decided not to let go of you. You are my lucky thing, it's you You reversed your destiny for me, Mu Cang, and I will always keep you by my side!"
When Hua Jue returned to the palace, Queen Qingyi had fallen ill and was bedridden. The maid who served her had no intention of taking care of her. She only came regularly to deliver food and medicine. When she saw that she didn't eat, she ignored her.
I thought that Queen Qingyi would only be here for a few days. They were busy trying to please the ladies from various hospitals before it was too late. How could they still hope to make a fortune following this tuberculosis ghost? I can't wait to work in other queens' courtyards. .
Qingyi waited patiently for Hua Jue to come back, and asked her happily, "Have you seen Linyou?"
Hua Jue didn't know how to tell her. Seeing her sick look, he was afraid that she wouldn't be able to accept it and would make her condition worse.
Seeing Huajue hesitating, Qingyi was filled with anxiety. He pushed himself up, looked at her and asked, "Speak quickly! Huajue, have you seen Linyou?"
