I didn't see Zhang Xiaomang for the next month. This month, I continued to live like before, but there were some differences. For example, my heart was always being held by the other side. As long as there was any movement on the other side, it was like a shocking thunder to me.
A few days after the cicadas began to sing, it was the annual early summer garden party. Even though the Zhou family had lost a lot of people, it couldn't stop everyone from loving summer. Therefore, even if they had a simple summer every year, this activity wasn't abandoned.
How should I put it? I thought it would be a simple garden party. It would be nothing more than everyone talking, playing the piano, dancing, and so on.
What I didn't expect was that the female prime minister was in the court early in the morning. She said that she would do it according to the rules of the previous dynasty, which meant that it would be handled by the palace with the highest power in the harem. She couldn't let the rules left by the ancestors be abandoned.
I raised my chin and made eight characters with my hands. I thought, Isn't that Noble Consort Zhang?
I was hesitant at first, but everyone knew that I was basically invisible in the Southern Dynasty. When did my words ever work?
Just as I was thinking about how to deal with this matter, the document for the planning had already been sent to Noble Consort Zhang.
I continued my peeping career through the crack in the door of Changle Palace. I watched as he went in and out of Weiyang Palace. It seemed that he was much more serious than me.
On the 20th of May, everyone in the palace changed into summer clothes. The garden party in early summer was also on this day.
In such a large-scale event, I don't like people following me, so I sent Song'e away early in the morning and asked her to help Tong'e work at the Shanggong Bureau. Then, I ran to the back garden to play alone.
I stepped on the stones that had been piled up on the stone road and caused damage to myself. I wanted to see how many stones I could step on in a minute.
I also feel that I'm sick.
As I walked, I suddenly saw a pavilion by the lake in the distance. It was filled with palace maids placing food and necessities.
"What is this?" I raised my hand to cover my eyes. The sun was quite hot today.
In the end, this action didn't matter. When I was young, I hated stepping on the balance beam the most. As expected, I fell backward.
Before I could react, a hand pushed me from behind, and I fell forward instead of backward. It was still a result that made me cry out in pain.
I turned my head and saw the owner of the hand still looking at me arrogantly.
"Noble Consort? Why are you here?" I stood up in surprise.
"You're the one who's sneaking around, aren't you?" He clapped his hands as if he had done me a great favor." There's such a big piece of gravel behind you. What if you fall back and hit it? I won't save you."
I looked back in the direction he was pointing. Sure enough, there was a sharp-edged stone standing straight beside the stone path. I really didn't notice it if he didn't say it.
He rolled his eyes at me and ignored me, but I really hurt when I fell just now. He pushed me with a lot of strength. Should I thank him? I bit my lip angrily and covered my head. I've been very tired recently. My precious head can't be injured anymore.
Just as I was about to walk forward, I suddenly realized that something was wrong. Just as I was about to stop him, he had already stepped on the stone road. The stone that I had just stepped on fell.
With this fall, there was a loud thud. It seems that he fell even more miserably than me.
Eh, I started to feel speechless. Was this considered as "the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind"?
I walked to his side and poked him with my index finger, middle finger, and ring finger. I asked softly," Noble Consort, are you okay?”
He was probably really in pain. He kept holding his waist and groaning. I felt like I was asking the obvious.
I didn't say anything else. I pulled one of his hands and placed it on my shoulder.
"What are you doing?" His tone sounded a little panicked. In fact, I was also a little nervous. If he didn't need it now, I didn't know when I would dare to touch his hand.
Seeing that I didn't speak, he stared into my eyes, wanting to see what I wanted to do. I suppressed myself in my heart and told myself that I could only look at him for two seconds.
However, I still failed. I thought that this was probably the only chance in my life to be so close to his face.
I raised my eyes and looked back at him quietly. That time was definitely more than two seconds.
I felt that during that period of time when we looked at each other, I gave him my absolute sincerity and let him know that I wasn't playing around with him now.
I've never played with him before.
He looked at me looking at him like that. After a while, he looked away. However, he no longer struggled, as if he was at my mercy.
I continued to grab his other hand and arm and placed them on my other shoulder. Then, I squatted down and exposed my back to him.
He didn't come up for a long time, so I took a few steps back and gently carried him on my back.
The moment I carried him, I steadied my steps. Fortunately, he wasn't heavy at all. Thinking about it, there weren't many dishes sent into Weiyang Palace usually, and more were sent out. He must have eaten very little in this month.
"Today is equivalent to the Southern Dynasty's festival. You haven't played it before, right?”I turned my back on him and wanted to talk to him to let him relax and think about other things. Because I heard him groaning in pain the moment I carried him off the ground.
He didn't talk to me, so I continued to talk.
"Is there anything you want to eat today? You can eat whatever you want today. There must be a lot of delicious food in the kitchen today.”
When he heard me ask this, he shook his head gently on my back. Then I could clearly feel that he slowly lowered his head a little, not as far away from my back as before.
"How can you carry a man?" He asked me in a low voice. I could tell that his voice wasn't very good. Perhaps it was because he hadn't thought about it or wasn't in the mood to practice for the past month.
"I usually practice. Look, Tong E is even better than me. When I was young, I practiced carrying things. Later on, when I practiced swordsmanship, I had to practice exerting force. Look at how fat I am. I eat more to compensate myself.”
He stopped talking. I carried him out of the area." Where do you want to go?”I asked him.
"Did you see the pavilion by the lake just now? I should go there tonight.”He pointed at the pavilion that we could still see from where we were. I looked and saw that it was the pavilion I saw just now.
I carried him on my back and walked over step by step. When I was halfway to the pavilion, my strength was almost gone. Fortunately, there were eunuchs waiting around the pavilion. When they saw our miserable state, they quickly took Noble Consort Zhang from my back.
I stopped to catch my breath. He had just left my back for a few seconds when I began to reminisce. The feeling of his waist sliding across my back, and the feeling of his arms around my shoulders.
Ji Shenyang, have you been single for too long? I began to mock myself in my heart.
After I was done, I still had to honestly say to myself, It was too fucking awesome!
I shook my head, waved my sleeves, straightened my hair, and walked towards the pavilion with my hands behind my back. I didn't remember that I was also a person who had just fallen.
Just now, when I carried the Imperial Concubine over, I realized that the pavilion had long been filled with groups of my harem. Looking at this crowded posture, they were probably all here.
As soon as they saw Noble Consort Zhang being carried in by the father-in-law to the middle seat, they all acted like actors. They either covered their mouths in a very dignified manner or cried out in surprise. I was afraid that they would be tripped to death by their own twisting clothes.
When they saw me following behind the injured person, they were not surprised at all. There were even a few rich people who were usually arrogant and looked at me with distrust, although I admit that Zhang Guifei's fall was indeed related to me.
The eunuch brought over the medicine and powder that was originally prepared for the unexpected situation at the banquet. A few harem members competed to apply the medicine for him. I felt that my decision to let them return to their own homes and not let them really enter the harem was really right.
After dealing with the sore spot, Noble Consort Zhang began to casually offer a few words of toast. I remembered that he was the one who organized today's banquet.
I poured wine at the edge of the banquet and glanced at Noble Consort Zhang who was sitting in the middle. I felt that he was much more relaxed than before, and I felt much better.
I looked at the corner of his mouth that was gradually rising. I could imagine that he must be a person who liked this kind of gathering and lively people in Yanjing. It was just like how he used to stand on the stage and show such a bright smile.
The scene was getting more and more heated. Almost every harem member took turns to toast Noble Consort Zhang. He had already drunk quite a few rounds.
"Alright." I stood up to persuade her, but no one would pay attention to me. Instead, Song'e finished helping Tong'e and found out that I was here. She grabbed a few melon seeds and rushed over to look for me. She stood beside me and ate melon seeds with me as she looked at this group of people.
Halfway through the banquet, someone suggested an impromptu performance. The people present were not embarrassed at all. After all, most of them were of the same age. Noble Consort Zhang was considered the older one here.
Some people started to compose poems, while others started to play with idioms. When it was Noble Consort Zhang's turn, he smiled and waved his hand.
"Come on, come on!" Everyone was cheering loudly. One by one, they all looked at him. This kind of hospitality was really difficult to refuse. I watched as Noble Consort Zhang slowly took out a flute from under the table.
The shape of his lips was beautiful to begin with. His lips were as thin as paper, but the outline was gentle and the color was like red clouds. When he placed it on the dark green flute, everyone present was stunned.
His lower eyelashes were longer than his upper eyelashes, and the corners of his eyes drooped down like soft jade. It didn't lose the heroic and tough look of a man. His facial features were very coordinated, and his eyes weren't too big like mine. However, in his gentle black eyes, there seemed to be the ripples of spring water that had just been seen. It was as if spring hadn't passed yet, but summer had come too quickly.
" Handsome and feminine "," handsome and handsome ", I feel that these words are just lacking in front of a vivid beauty. And to be fair, many of the handsome men present here objectively looked more handsome than him, but they could only give me this kind of feeling.
He closed his eyes, and his slender hands began to play with the green flute. The melodious music floated into the night sky of the Southern City's Imperial Palace. I thought that there should be no one in the world who would not be intoxicated by it.
As soon as the flute finished playing, the four seats were shocked. Suddenly, thunderous applause sounded, and some people even began to wipe their tears.
He tried to smooth things over." It's just a small skill. Don't worry about it.”
The scene immediately became even more lively. These people even jumped up on their own. Those who didn't know better would think that it was some foreign carnival or that they had won the war. Some people even tore off the cloth under their clothes and squeezed in the middle, insisting that the imperial concubine sign for them. Without ink, they could use dragon fruit.
I recalled the faint sorrow in his flute. Was he homesick now?
Did he think of his own people in such a lively gathering?
I lowered my head and downed the wine in my cup. I quietly told Song'e that we should go back first.
Song'e quietly agreed, looked around, and left the pavilion behind me like a thief.
The palace road was also full of people. Many of the things provided for the banquet were cleared from Weiyang Palace, picked out, and moved to the pavilion. At this moment, the door of Weiyang Palace opened. I quickly returned to Changle Palace and took out an item from the dressing box.
When I was going to Youzhou to pick him up, I don't know which warm-hearted citizen asked for the safety talisman of Mingxiu Temple for me. The pattern is strange and exquisite. I guess the blessing skill is also top-notch.
Song Er didn't understand. Looking at the complicated surface of this thing, she felt that it was very mysterious, but she also felt very afraid, as if she didn't want to be contaminated with something ominous.
While I was screaming, I quietly went to put the amulet under Noble Consort Zhang's pillow. It would be best if it was in a place like the bed. In short, I didn't want him to find it.
Song'e acted as if she had received a mission to sacrifice herself. She clapped her hands in front of me." Your Majesty, if you want to curse him, just give the order. Why do you have to draw ghost talismans yourself?" However, your drawing is really good. In the future, when you can't eat, you can still rely on this to support us.”
I rolled my eyes and told her to hurry up.
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