MTL - Pihanjin-Chapter 16

The sword had been taken from her hand, but she still stood there, her body stiff, and her hair never trembled.

Xie Changgeng couldn't help but glanced at her again.

The light of the candle could not cover her pale face.

Even the color of her lips is bleak.

Just now he pushed the door in, and when he saw her standing here with her back to the door, she actually drew his sword, thinking she was playing, so he walked over and took away the sword.

Looking at her now, it seems that the situation is not as she thought.

He couldn't help but suspect that this woman was still complaining about the previous attempt to reconcile, and the people of the Mu family should also know that Empress Liu had always been bad to them, but this time she was forced to enter the capital and live in the same room with himself. I was afraid that I was extremely unwilling and even resentful, so I made a sword in the room.

He also felt unpleasant in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He only said, "I didn't mean to come to Beijing this time. I also just came back, and I found out that you were called here by the Queen Mother."

He paused for a while, then glanced at the sword that he had just hung back.

"Still rest!"

"Tomorrow's meeting will be dispersed, and I will bring you into the palace!"

he said coldly. After he finished speaking, he turned around, took off his half-wet cloak, walked to the door, and shook off the snow on his head.

Mu Fulan reluctantly stopped her hands that were still shaking slightly, and slowly moved extremely heavy steps, and finally sat back on the edge of the bed.

Mu's mother heard the movement long ago, and knew that Xie Changgeng had returned, and hurriedly came out of the ear room that was resting nearby, brought water in with the two rough women who were supposed to serve in daily life, and then closed the door and went out.

After Xie Changgeng finished bathing, he walked out in a neat white shirt.

Mu Fulan had already gone to bed, covered the quilt, and lay down facing inward.

He looked indifferent, blew the light, went straight to the bed, and lay down too. There was an arm's length between the two of them. Then he pulled the quilt to cover it and closed his eyes.

Mu Fulan was awake all night. Amidst the overwhelming darkness and the even breathing sound of the man beside him, he opened his eyes and waited until dawn.

He got up early, took a shower, put on his court clothes and left. When it was almost time, the steward came to invite Mu Fulan, saying that the carriage was prepared outside the gate, and asked Madam to go out to the palace.

Mu Fulan had finished dressing and changed her clothes.

Xie Changgeng's full-time official name is the ambassador of Hexi guarding Jingluejiedu, the governor of Liangzhou, and the governor of Liangzhou. According to his grade, he is a second-rank officer.

In a previous life, Mu Fulan, who was in Xie County, also received imperial orders later, and was conferred by the imperial court's wife.

Of course not yet, so she wore a set of moon-colored satin-bottomed dresses that were much more solemn than normal clothes. The color is a hundred flowers and butterflies with gold and silver threads embroidered on the whole body, and the hem is also decorated with gold and silver threads. Exquisite and rich, but also a bit old-fashioned.

She finally looked at herself in the glasses, stepped out, came to the door, and got into the carriage waiting there.

The carriage took her outside the palace. Yesterday, Cao Jin, who had come to Xie's house to spread the word, was waiting there. Seeing Mu Fulan's arrival, he led her in. As he walked, he said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is in Wangxian Temple. Xie Jiedu is waiting outside for Lord Weng."

Wangxian Hall is the living place of Liu Hou on weekdays.

Mu Fulan nodded to this **** Cao with a smile, followed in, walked through the hall, and came to the outside of Wangxian Hall, where she saw Xie Changgeng standing there.

"Thank you Jiedushi, Lord Weng is here."

Eunuch Cao left Mu Fulan behind and hurried forward to Xie Changgeng.

Xie Changgeng nodded and looked at Mu Fulan.

A beam of sunlight was slanting down from the roof of the Glazed Glass Hall and shone on her body. From head to toe, with gold and silver threads, he is rich and noble, just in line with his identity.

Xie Changgeng glanced at him, but with no expression, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Come with me."

Mu Fulan's eyes were taken back from him and the **** Cao, and she followed in with her eyes lowered, stepping into the hall, and saw the **** Yang Guangshu coming out from a distance.

"Seeing the queen mother, I advise you to be honest."

Suddenly a whisper came from the ear.

Mu Fulan raised her eyes and glanced at him quickly.

Xie Changgeng's eyes looked straight ahead, expressionless, and walked towards Yang Guangshu who was walking towards this side.

Eunuch Yang quickly approached, his eyes stopped on Mu Fulan's body, and he greeted her with a smile, and then said with a smile: "The queen mother is nostalgic, but later I found out that the two of you have a relationship with husband and wife, and I have long wanted to take Weng master. I was summoned to the palace to talk. This time, I learned that Weng Zhu was in some health problems, so I couldn’t worry, so I specially sent someone to take the imperial doctor to see it. Fortunately, nothing happened, that is the best, I know Xie Jiedu is busy with affairs and has no time. I cloned myself and took Weng Master over. You two were newly married, so it must be hard to part. Besides, the envoy Xie Jiedu left home on the wedding night because of the rebellion. The queen mother has always been unhappy, this time, It's the beauty of an adult."

Mu Fulan acted ashamed and did not speak.

Xie Changgeng said with a smile: "What Eunuch Yang said is very true, the empress dowager cares, and Xie is very grateful."

During the narration, people walked to the inner hall.

Mu Fulan lowered her eyebrows and followed Xie Changgeng to Empress Liu, and the two bowed down.

Xie Changgeng expressed his gratitude to Empress Liu. Empress Liu looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Xie Qing, here in this palace, you don't need to be more polite. This palace is very pleased that your husband and wife can get together. Fulan lived in the palace for more than half a year when she was young. She likes it very much. If you know you have something to do, you go first, don't worry about it, just leave it to Ben Gong. When Ben Gong finishes talking with her, she will send Mei Jiao Niang back for you. "

In her words, there was a bit of ridicule like an elder's tone. After speaking, two eyes fell on Xie Changgeng's face.

Xie Changgeng didn't react much. He smiled like a situation, and after paying his respects, he got up and backed out.

Only Empress Liu, Mu Fulan, and the **** Yang were left in the hall.

Mu Fulan immediately felt the change in Empress Liu's attitude.

She still had a smile on her face, talking to herself, but she didn't see the majesty or intimidation that a queen mother of a country should have, and her expression was gentle. But Mu Fulan could see clearly. After Xie Changgeng left, her eyes never left her.

She knew that Empress Liu was watching her. Her powerful eyes will never let go of any of her small glances and movements.

Even without the words of Xie Changgeng just now, Mu Fulan knew that this was definitely not the time when he could show his ingenuity.

But she couldn't be too stupid either. That will only arouse suspicion.

Too much, she understands the truth.

She answered the question from Empress Liu line by line, neither smart nor too stupid.

A middle-aged man who was cared for and raised by his family, who is not deeply involved in the world, and who is obliterated by the public.

Empress Liu talked to her and suddenly asked her if she missed her aunt.

Mu Fulan nodded. Empress Liu gave her grace and asked Eunuch Yang to take her to visit Empress Mu's shrine first.

Behind the scenes, as the late emperor Yuanhou, at the beginning of the death, the spiritual position was naturally offered to the Taimiao. A few years later, a fire burned down the side hall where Empress Mu was enshrined. After that, the inner court planned to rebuild, but because of various delays, the fortifications have not been completed.

Today, her divine position is still listed in the apse, which is a side hall for the empress concubines who have surpassed their status in life.

Mu Fulan was taken by Eunuch Yang and walked into the gloomy back hall, knelt before her aunt's spiritual seat, burned incense and prayed.

She returned to Empress Liu, the corners of her eyes were still a little red.

Empress Liu and her recalled some old events in the Yuan Dynasty, with a sighed look on her face, and sighed: "I think back then, when your aunt was in the world, this palace was only a noble concubine. Thinking of her various virtues and virtues, this Gong still has a fresh memory in her memory. It’s a pity that Tian was jealous of Hongyan and told her to go early. This palace and your aunt are like sisters. In the future, if you want to ask for anything, just tell this palace.”

Mu Fulan's eyes were red, and her face was excited. With a "pop", she bent her knees and knelt down in front of her.

"The queen mother, Fulan dared to speak. Aunt's spiritual position was supposed to be in the front hall, but I heard that when the Mingtang was rebuilt later, the fortifications collapsed again and again. The official said that the life of the people who accompanied her was caused by an ominous collision, so it was delayed."

"They must have made a mistake. How could the aunt's fate be ominous? The queen mother is kind, if she is kind, she will think of a way to help her move her aunt back to the front hall. Fulan is very grateful."

When she finished speaking, tears fell down her cheeks.

Empress Liu agreed, saying that she would find a way to get her up and comfort her, Mu Fulan turned her tears into laughter.

On this day, Mu Fulan was kept by Empress Liu until evening, and she was given a meal before she was sent out of the palace.

The days were short in winter, and when Mu Fulan returned to the house, it was already dark.

Xie Changgeng has not returned. She entered the room and looked up to see that the sword hanging there yesterday was gone.

It should have been taken away by Xie Changgeng.

She stared at the empty wall and stood there for a moment. She was in the palace during the day. Facing all kinds of temptations by Empress Liu, she pretended to be dumbfounded, and all the emotions in her heart suddenly surged at this moment. Then, like a tide, it drowned her whole body.

She didn't sleep last night, and this day was spent with a long period of vigilance and falsehood. She felt extremely tired, took a hot bath, came out, and went to bed early.

But as soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of her Xier again.

From the day she opened her eyes again, there was hardly a night when she didn't fall asleep with deep thoughts of Xi'er.

Every time she meets Xi'er in her dream and wakes up, it only adds to her grief and resentment towards Xie Changgeng.

In her own previous life, even though she died early and was in a terrible state of death, she still hated herself more than resenting her husband's ruthlessness during the long ten years of her life.

He was just that kind of person.

In the last life, on the first night they got together, the warmth and love he had shown to her might be true.

He probably never really forgot the kindness of the old Changsha King to him.

When he saw her final death, he might have felt guilty at that moment.

But that's about it.

When those become obstacles on his way to the top, all the warmth will be completely torn away.

When she was thirteen years old, the young man in green walking on the mountain road next to the old cypress in Junshan was just a back.

That giant pirate from all over the world who came to seek marriage because of profit, was ambitious, and was the real Xie Changgeng.

If you want to hate, you hate your own stupidity and weakness, which nourished the selfishness and ruthlessness in his bones and blood, and they finally turned into sharp blades and ruined her life.

until the last minute.

When she saw Xi'er slaughter herself in front of her longevity tablet, at that moment, she deeply felt the despairing grief and unresolved resentment.

It was also from that moment that she truly hated Xie Changgeng, the man who was once her girl's dream.

Xi'er just disappeared, with a grudge against his biological father.

Even if he regains a new life, everything can be done all over again. The current Xie Changgeng, his hands have never been stained with Xi'er's blood, and she will not forgive him.

Because of Xi'er, she will never forgive him for the rest of her life. Life after life, endless reincarnation, never will!

Mu Fulan remembered clearly that the last sentence Xi'er said was that he would come to accompany her.

She has been reincarnated. But what about her Xi'er, where is he now?

After returning from her dream, the familiar pain that felt as if a piece of flesh had been dug out of her heart hit her again.

She frowned, closed her eyes, and curled up painfully in the dream, clasping her arms like a newborn baby, and curling herself tightly into a ball.

"Wake up!"

There was a vague voice floating in the far ear.

She felt a hand as if it had patted her face. Just like in memory, when Xi'er woke up when she was a child and touched her face with his little hand.

"Hee!"

She yelled, opened her eyes suddenly, and met a pair of dark eyes that were looking down at her.

Her head was covered in cold sweat, her long hair was tightly clinging to her face and neck, and her mind was blank for a moment.

For a moment, she didn't know where she was or who she was facing. He just opened his eyes, the pain from the dream remained in his eyes, and in the dim light that the candlelight quietly penetrated into the tent, he stared blankly at the man beside the bed who was leaning down to look at him. .

"What did you dream about?"

"Who is Xi'er?"

Xie Changgeng looked at her for a moment, his eyes passed over the body she was still hugging tightly, and asked in a flat tone.