Ancient short stories | pearls

"Your highness, once the war is over, what can the people of this country do? The world is doomed to destruction! Please also think about the country! "

Prime Minister Zuo knelt in front of the temple, and his words were deafening.

Even though Queen Guo has always been dignified and decent, she was furious in the temple at this time, and the white jade porcelain cup in her hand was smashed to pieces with a crisp sound. The cup was suddenly broken into several pieces, and the imperial secretary who served it was too scared to kneel.

Put the pearl aside and gently close the book in your hand. Looking at my mother's red face, I couldn't help sighing softly: "Mother, don't be angry."

"This left phase is really bold! How dare you propose to your majesty to use princesses and relatives to quell the war! " The more the queen thought about it, the more angry she became, and her emotions could not help but get excited.

Although Pearl tried to comfort her mother, she couldn't help smiling bitterly.

The struggle between Guo and Qi has been going on for a long time, and Guo is short of materials and manpower because of years of war. In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters in China have continued, making it even more difficult to cope with them.

A group of Koreans headed by Prime Minister Zuo joined hands to remonstrate with your Majesty. At present, the country should take the initiative to hold peace talks. In order to show sincerity, Your Majesty should marry his beloved Tamaki to Qi.

When her father came in, Mingzhu wanted to get up and salute, but she was stopped by her father's wave. The queen, who has always been very measured, didn't even bother to salute when she saw her majesty. She rushed to the man with tears in her eyes: "Pearl is only ten years old, and no one has ever left the palace. How can your majesty tolerate her marrying Qi ... "

A woman who is a mother in the world is just a mother who loves her daughter and marries far away.

Pearl, who had been quietly staying aside, looked up and saw the struggle in her father's eyes, and then simply closed her eyes. Suddenly, her heart became clear, and her last few hopes were shattered in that helpless eyes.

Born in the royal family, regardless of the emperor's daughter, the helplessness under the skylight can be understood by others.

"Your son, I am not only your father but also the king of this world. You are not only my daughter, but also the princess of this country. "

Pearl smiled, and the bitterness welled up in her heart. She gave a big gift gracefully, and her tone was slow and solemn: "Pearl understands."

The name of Pearl was given by her father himself, which symbolizes the world's love for the princess. This is the daughter of the most outstanding emperor in the world. The emperor hoped that one day, his daughter would grow up and choose a lover to die.

On the day when Mingzhu left the State of Guo, people from the Imperial Capital flocked to the streets, scrambling to see your Highness, even if it was just her sedan chair, hoping that this noble and beautiful princess would bring them peace.

Pearl lifted the bead curtain of the sedan chair and saw the bustling crowd. Their brow is filled with joy, partly for the princess's wish and partly for the future prosperity of the country and people.

"The sun is shining ..." Pearl gently let out a cry and suddenly remembered that her maid had been replaced by a crane specially trained in the tuning pavilion, so she smiled lonely and put down the bead curtain. It is not only by marriage that the most beloved princess of the State of Guo is married far away. Pearl remembered what her father had said to her before she left, that the children of the royal family should bear the ups and downs of the country more.

"Your Highness?" White he asked softly.

Pearl smiled faintly.

"Your highness, after this hurdle, is the border of qi. Will only be escorted here in the end. Later, there were envoys from the State of Qi. " General Du Duan rode near the princess's sedan chair and said respectfully through the bead curtain.

The bead curtain shook slightly, and a thin hand was about to lift it, but suddenly stopped. There was silence in the sedan chair, and General Du Duan waited patiently. For a long time, the jade hand released the bead curtain, and Princess Pearl's dignified and gentle voice came from the sedan chair: "Let's rest here for a while."

The crane waited on Pearl to get out of the sedan chair, and Pearl stood in the wind, squinting at her way. The land of Qi is in the north, and the land of Qi is in the south. Say goodbye today, I don't know when I will come back, or-indefinitely.

General Du Duan watched the wind raise Princess Pearl's skirt, thinking that this woman who should be pampered and pampered since she was a child will one day shoulder the burden that these men have provoked for her country. Suddenly, she couldn't bear it.

This is difficult and dangerous, life and death are unpredictable, and success or failure lies in between.

"So, don't go there, please ask General Du to go back." Pearl looked back and found Du Zheng staring at herself.

"The princess is here for the peace of the people of the country, and also for generations of Ming family. I will be ashamed that I can't protect your future! "

No one dares to say that it is not worthwhile to exchange a woman's life for the peace of the country. The pearl at that time was also meaningful.

two

The emperor of Qi was in his prime, and in his twenties he was a bit personable. Although she knew she was a princess of an enemy country, she didn't take any preventive measures. As soon as Pearl arrived in Qi, she was made a princess and lived in the lunar exploration hall in the palace.

It's just that day by day, the figure of the Lord is still not seen, let alone any carefully planned strategy. It's just that no one has seen it, and Bai can't help but be agitated.

Seeing this, Mingzhu said with relief, "Don't rush in."

The first time I saw Qi Hua, it was an early morning when Mingzhu stayed in Miyagi, Qi State for three months.

That morning, Pearl was disturbed by the falling rain, and the spring in the south was so lingering that Pearl was somewhat disappointed. Before the ladies-in-waiting woke up, Pearl was upset and left the lunar exploration hall alone with an oil-paper umbrella.

The palaces of Qi are almost the same as those of Zhou, with high walls, one after another. Mingzhu walked alone in the rain with an umbrella, staring at the lingering spring rain.

Qihua saw the pearl at this time. The woman was alone, looking gloomily at the pavilions in Miyagi in the rain, letting the rain splash her skirt.

"How come there isn't even a maid-in-waiting around?" Qi Hua approached Pearl and asked in a weak voice. Well-dressed and elegant, I think it must be Princess Guo, whom he has been avoiding.

It was raining, and Pearl didn't feel anyone approaching. She reached out to catch the falling rain and waited for a while. At first, she heard someone ask loudly. Although it was a gentle and ordinary tone, it also surprised Pearl's heart.

Pearl packed up the sad expression on her face in a panic, turned around and looked at the bearer, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, standing in the rain and fog flying all over the sky. Although the imperial secretary with an umbrella behind him was careful, he still let the rain stain his sideburns, but the man was not annoyed, just smiled and looked picturesque.

Pearl bowed her head again and again, and the paper umbrella in her hand was a little lower secretly. Soon her left shoulder was wet, and her palm tightly holding the umbrella trembled slightly.

Pearl did not answer Qihua's question, but only smiled in a low voice. "The spring rain in Qi is very cold. Go back. "

"yes."

Obviously, the person who wants to try his best to please is really met at the moment, but he is afraid to take a step. Pearl smiled bitterly in her heart, wondering what had happened to herself. Have you forgotten your motherland?

That morning, I had a light rain, but when I came back, Pearl began to have a high fever.

The doctor came several times and took some medicine, but his condition still hasn't improved. The imperial secretary of the lunar exploration hall was at a loss. Violet and white old man stayed in front of the bed day and night.

Pearl lay there in a daze for a long time, only feeling that people around her were coming and going and making a lot of noise. When she dreamed of being young, her father took her out of the palace incognito. After seeing all the splendor, my father said that being born in the royal family should shoulder the responsibility of a country, which is related to the people of the whole country.

Half asleep, Pearl heard a flat and calm voice, "I heard that you are a sentimental woman, but I don't know why you don't want to wake up."

Mingzhu wanted to open her eyes to see who was asking her questions, but her eyelids were too heavy to lift.

It's been more than three months since I married Qi, but so far I haven't even had a chance to formally meet the monarch, let alone do something as my imperial concubine.

She left the country where she grew up, left her parents who loved her, and married here far away, not to stay in the palace of Qi.

Woke up three days later, the crane heaved a sigh. "You finally woke up."

"The emperor came last night, sat and watched you for a long time, and told him to wait on you before leaving." The joy that cannot be concealed in the tone of the crane.

She shoulders the prosperity and stability of the whole country and the stability and prosperity of the people. Perhaps, she really has no reason to hide it any longer.

three

The rain in Mao Mao lasted for nearly half a month. When Pearl woke up in the morning, she seldom heard the rain. The crane crept in and saw Pearl awake. He immediately said excitedly, "Your Highness, the rain has stopped!" "

Pearl smiled. "Give me a freshen up and go out and have a look."

Not far from the lunar exploration hall, there is a lake, which is very wide. After the spring rain, the lotus leaves in the water grow particularly green. Pearl's simple light and dark striped court dress adds a touch of elegance.

Looking at the bright sunshine, Pearl is in a good mood. "Empress loves to play the piano," said the crane leisurely. Why not play a song when it's sunny? "

I don't know when the crane has put the guqin in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Pearl's piano skills are not particularly good. What really fascinates people is the faint sadness between the eyebrows when a woman caresses the piano. I was, and now I am.

Beauty is sad, like a pearl.

"If only the queen could keep touching the piano." Waiting behind the little maid-in-waiting, said a sentence in a low voice.

The crane immediately replied, "Even if the empress plays the piano every day, it shouldn't be in your stupid head."

When Pearl heard this, she smiled. She just thought about Doby, but she didn't want to suddenly see a figure. She didn't know when the man was standing under the pavilion, dressed in a bright yellow robe, standing in the wind, with his hands behind his back, looking thin. Pearl, with a smile on her lips, saw the man freeze in place for a moment and forgot to salute.

Qi Hua didn't care much, so he set foot on the Lotus Pavilion. "Princess Ming is better."

"It's no big deal to disturb the emperor's thoughts." Pearl Guo Huan, got up and saluted slightly. The smile on his face is sad. Someone once said that she is the cutest.

JiHua one leng, looking at the pearl some dazed.

After meeting by the lake that day, Qi Hua often passed by the lunar exploration hall when he was in the next dynasty. Pearl simply gets up early every day, makes a pot of dragons and waits for him quietly.

Pearl fiddled with a good guqin sent by Qihua yesterday and sighed lightly, feeling really sorry for it. She doesn't like the piano, but he likes to watch her touch it.

"Why sigh?" Qi Hua's deep voice came from behind, and Pearl turned around with her head down, gently hugged Qi Hua's waist and buried her face in his chest.

Being so close, Pearl could not help feeling sad when she smelled the faint long Xiang Yan on Qi Hua. She speaks with a thick nasal voice. "When I get up in the morning, I think of a poem, there are trees on the mountain, and there are branches on the tree ..."

Qihua raised her hand and stroked Pearl's hair. He glanced at the thin woman and felt sorry when he remembered that the DPRK minister had been playing the throne of Don't Go Near Princess Guo. A woman left her hometown where she was born and raised for 20 years, far from home, but was left out by her husband. He is her god, and she will depend on others all her life.

Qi Hua gently held Pearl in his arms, and his tone was always dim but inadvertently gentler: "I know."

When I woke up in the morning, Qi Hua had gone to the early morning. Pearl leaned down, stretched out his hand and hugged the place where Qihua had just laid, and her mouth rose slightly.

Master Bai came in and saw Pearl awake, so he was ready to wait on her to freshen up.

The imperial secretary around Qi Hua brought in a bowl of potions, handed them to the crane, and waited with his head down. Pearl gave a wry smile, took the soup and drank it slowly, and the imperial secretary went out with an empty bowl.

Every time seven flowers stay in the moon palace, the imperial secretary will be arranged to bring soup the next day and watch the pearls finish. Young as she is, she knows what it is. If he didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask.

Imperial secretary left, Pearl got up and took a few steps, leaned against the window lattice, and spit out all the potions just contained in her mouth. Fingertips into her throat and a hard press, a sour gas emerged, and the filth in her stomach poured out. Pearl didn't stop until she was sure that all the potions had been spit out.

The crane rushed over, and Pearl coughed violently and drank some water. It took a long time to recover. Reluctantly, the crane knelt at Pearl's feet. "The queen suffered for her country."

Even if he opposes her, she will try her best to conceive his child.

four

Caritas gave birth to a dragon fetus, which shocked the harem and the court.

The crane came in and said that when Qin Fei came to greet her, Pearl was shocked. A year ago, when she first arrived at the Imperial City of Qi, she asked Qin Fei to pay her respects, but in a short time, she was invited to pay her respects.

Although Qin Fei has been a pearl for three years, she is still a child with an arrogant and provocative temper. But now that Pearl is pregnant, even the queen is funny. Even if she didn't pay attention to Pearl before, she can't help falling in love now.

When the sedan chair of the Queen and Wan Jieyu stopped at the Moon Exploration Hall, Qin Fei was asking the imperial secretary to hand Pearl a box of exquisite cakes she had brought, when she suddenly heard the imperial secretary announce loudly: "The Queen is coming!"

"Sister, there you are." The queen came in holding the imperial secretary's hand. When she saw Qin Fei in the seat next to her, she smiled and said to Mingzhu, "Today is the day when our sisters are going to get together. Fei Ming is quiet and seldom walks. She is weak and ill. It is rare for us to get together. "

The lunar exploration hall has always been deserted, but today it is very lively, and Pearl suddenly feels funny. No matter Zhou Guo or Qi Guo, they can't escape the intrigue for fame and fortune in the high walls of the palace.

Pearl got up to salute, but was stopped by the queen before leaving. "Now that Mingfei is pregnant, this gift is free."

"With dragons in your arms, how can the saints allow Fei Ming to live in this lunar exploration hall?" Qin Fei grunted coldly, her tone contemptuous and disdainful. "The Holy One says that if male and female servants are pregnant, they will definitely go to the palace to recuperate."

There are not many concubines in Qihua, and there are only a few people in the harem. Qin Fei is Qi Hua's side princess in the Prince's Mansion, and her brother Qin Jue is an important prime minister. Although he is arrogant on weekdays, Qi Hua is also spoiled. Such a woman is the most arrogant and lawless.

"I'm a little tired." Pearl suppressed her inexplicable unhappiness and tactfully ordered the guests to leave.

"This Qin Fei is simple and dull, which may make Qin Jue ..." After seeing off the guests in the lunar exploration hall, the crane leaned behind the pearl and suddenly stopped talking.

While there was the cake brought by Qin Fei just now, the pearl was opened at will, and there was a strange smell inside. White old man close to a smell, a meaningful look at the pearl, "empress ..."

Pearl covered her slightly bulging abdomen with one hand. This is her child, her and his child.

I wonder when it began to rain outside the window. The rain in Qi is always so sparse and continuous that it has no head when it comes up. In the past, Pearl always thought that after marriage, she and her husband would find a place with good mountains and water, have a pair of smart children, and live a life of sunrise and sunset.

Only later, she finally understood that many things were not as easy as expected. Just like now, even if she tries her best to conceive this child, it is only to make him die more tragically.

Qi Hua stood outside the temple gate, holding hands, looking at the pearl for a long time and asking loudly, "What are you thinking? I have been standing for a long time. "

Pearl waited for a while, caressing her stomach, with a sad face and nowhere to hide.

Qi Hua sighed lightly, came in and grabbed the pearl. He said helplessly, "You are so naughty, what shall I do?"

"Son who doesn't want pearls"

"Pearl, they won't let you go."

Originally, the pursuit and recall of concubines in the harem was the emperor's family affair. As a courtier, I shouldn't say much, but the Ming family has a special position and I shouldn't be too lucky.

Qin Jue knelt in front of the temple and could not kneel for a long time. "Guo is defeated and has to be prevented! Please think twice! "

Qi Huaqiang swallowed his words and said indifferently, "Qin Qing interfered in my family affairs for three transgressions and four times just to disobey me!"

Qin Jue proudly kowtowed slowly. "I can't stand by and watch the emperor fall into the trap of a traitor!"

"unbridled! I am a bad king in your eyes! "

When Qi Hua angrily stepped into the lunar exploration hall, Mingzhu was reading in the temple, and the yellowed pages were gently picked up by the green fingertips, and Qi Hua stood in front of him.

I don't know why, he never let the imperial secretary pass it on, but he is silent every time he comes.

Pearl looked at Qihua sitting opposite, expressionless, silent and asked nothing. She knew he would be very angry. Mingzhu lifted the warm wine on the stove and filled it for him personally. Ji Hua gulped it down and put the glass back on the table.

The strong strength actually made the cup break, a piece of debris shot at the pearl, and a slender blood stain immediately oozed from the delicate wrist. Pearl choked back the pain and couldn't help breathing.

The eagle-eyed imperial secretary shouted in panic: "Empress!"

Qi Hua reacted and was taken aback. Holding Pearl's wrist, he snapped at the waiting imperial secretary: "Please call a doctor quickly!"

Mingzhu smiled and helped Qihua hold his hand. "It's just a small mouth. Why bother?"

Qi Hua sighed and let go. Pearl looked at the wound on her wrist and asked Violet to wipe the blood for herself. At that time, Qi Hua just stood by and watched.

Qi Hua crouched down, caressed Pearl's abdomen with one hand and looked at the lotus leaf outside the window with the other. His voice is always weak, but it is warm. "What can I do with you?"

Pearl looked up, looking for the eyes of seven flowers, and the lake was full of green outside the window. "I just want to know what you think."

At night, the lunar exploration hall suddenly became noisy.

When Qi Hua arrived at the lunar exploration hall, Mingzhu was lying on the warm couch, with unbearable abdominal cramps and blood gas lingering in the room. JiHuaXin next panic, Guo Lanzhu, "what's the matter? What about the physician! "

All the ladies-in-waiting in the lunar exploration hall knelt on the ground, getting more courage, and said with trepidation, "The empress just saw the red, and the physician came, saying it was an abortion ..."

Pearl of Qihua covered the quilt and took the handkerchief from the maid-in-waiting to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Pearl's breath sank, and Qi Huayin's face was calm and she walked out of the outer room without saying a word. The crane, the physician and the ladies-in-waiting knelt outside.

"What the hell is going on!"

The physician's voice trembled and said, "The image of the queen's fetus has been very stable, and the sudden abortion was due to the consumption of musk."

Qi Hua's eyes were half closed and his feet were vain.

Pearl was behind, her hand gently covering her flat stomach, and her eyes were trembling.

five

Postpartum pearls are increasingly reluctant to walk, live in the lunar exploration hall, and ignore the outside world. Is white old man more and more nervous, alignment is particularly keen.

It is rumored that Qin Jue openly committed a crime in the imperial court and was removed from his official position by the holy family, and the discord between the monarch and the minister of Qi became increasingly fierce. Qin Fei became more and more pampered and was locked in the temple of the moon.

Qi Hua never talks about politics with Mingzhu, nor does Mingzhu ask, but the number of visits to the Moon Palace has increased frequently. On that day, Qi Hua was in high spirits and rested groggy on the pearl. Pearl murmured something in her mouth, so she couldn't hear clearly, so she helped him sort out the messy hair in front of his temple and let him sleep.

In fact, it is not musk that really causes abortion, but the broken bone soup prepared by every strange flower. He never wanted her children. Well, it's up to him. Pearl's hand gently covered Qihua's cheek and her eyes struggled.

"Go back to Guo, you are Guo's princess after all, and they will certainly not treat you badly." Qi Hua suddenly got up and hugged Pearl.

Pearl's slender jade hand raised the glass. "Let's have a drink with your male and female servants."

It was dark outside the gallery and suddenly it began to rain. Just like the solar terms when she first came to Qi, it was another spring before she knew it. I still remember the rain that day as lingering as it is today. The man under the umbrella was very imposing and asked her in a bleak tone why there was no maid-in-waiting around her.

Qi Hua took the glass and gulped it down.

Qin Fei, who was under house arrest, didn't know what loophole had been exploited and went directly to the lunar exploration hall. "You evil spirit! You'd better look at the people of Qi who are dragged down by you! "

However, Qin Fei quarreled for a while and was taken back by the imperial secretary who came in a hurry.

Pearl rubbed her sore temple and leaned back in the imperial concubine's chair. The crane knelt beside Pearl, rubbed her temples and whispered, "Empress, now the civil strife in Qi is a good time for us to start."

She lowered her head, adjusted his messy robe, and then poured a glass of wine. "You don't think that I stay in the moon palace these days and don't know anything about the outside situation! You use this tuning cabinet to sow discord well! "

White Homer was silent. When he looked up at Zhu, his eyes were full of indifference. "White old man only knows that as a country, he should put the responsibility of the country first. You are the princess of Guo, and you can't let yourself go because of your own selfishness. "

Pearl smiled faintly, perhaps because her father insisted on marrying her to Qi, perhaps because Qi had been indifferent for two or three years, or maybe it was when I met Qi Hua. Pearl thought, some things have changed.

"Crane, Qin Jue is your tuning cabinet? At the beginning, Xiangyin Pavilion promised to help me save the country, but it just wanted to win the world of Qi by the hand of the state. What's the point of my guessing? "

"Princess Pearl, does he have a little affection for you? Finally, I have not always opposed you. " White old man stood up, the expression on her face. "Love him? You have the heart to kill him and his children yourself. "

The cup in Pearl's hand slipped and fell to the ground with a clear sound. Elite soldiers marched in outside the lunar exploration hall, led by General Du Duan, who personally escorted her that day.

When General Du Duan found Princess Pearl, she was holding the insane King of Qi and staring at the rain in the air.

"Princess, you have suffered, and I will take you back later."

Pearl picked up Qi Hua's used glass, poured it and drank it. She said vaguely, "I didn't want to go back from the first time I saw him."

"General Du, can you do me a favor?" JiHuaZhu hug tight arm, looked up at Du Duan asked.

six

The prime minister of Qi is powerful and has been rebelling for a long time. Now it is an irreversible situation to collude with Jianghu sects and usurp the throne with great power.

Qi Hua stood on the high wall, watching the approaching troops of the State of Guo, and then looked back at the Prime Minister of Qin who was forced into the palace under the wall. Qi Hua sighed lightly and suddenly wanted to see this woman who always became speechless and forgot to salute.

She is Guo's princess, and he knows that Qin Jue will make good use of her, so he has been wary of her. It's just a secret, but she's pregnant. He never lets anyone know that even though he doesn't want the child to come, he still likes him in his heart. This is him and her children.

Only when the child hasn't come back, Qin Jue sent the news to Zhou Guo. Zhou Tianzi finally got angry and sent an army to Qi. Qin Jue seized the opportunity to force the palace, and indeed a coup took place.

Qi Hua smiled coldly: "Qin Qing, I gave you this land of Qi. Sit on this throne. "

Qi Hua finished and left.

In the lunar exploration hall, Pearl was sitting quietly by the window, pouring herself a drink and turning a blind eye to everything outside the hall. Qi Hua went in, and she turned and smiled at him.

JiHua grabbed her body and whispered, "go back to Guo. After all, you are Guo's princess, and of course they won't treat you badly. "

It was dark outside the gallery and suddenly it began to rain. Just like the first time I saw her rain that day, I couldn't get rid of it. The woman stood in the rain, her umbrella was careless, and most of her shoulders were wet.

She held out her hand and waited for a while, like an ignorant child, catching rain and fog and wondering what had happened. He looked at it for a long time, pressed his heart palpitations and asked indifferently, "Why don't you even have a maid-in-waiting?"

The woman in memory coincides with reality, and the Pearl sits in front of him. After waiting for a while, he quietly raised his glass and said, "Your Majesty, have a drink with your male and female servants."

Qi Hua took the glass and gulped it down. For the first time, he was unprepared for her.

My mind began to wander, and I heard her voice in a trance: "From the first time I saw him, I didn't want to go back."

JiHua heart a soft, completely lost consciousness.

I don't know how long it took. When Qi Hua opened his eyes again, the decoration in the house was strange, and the maid around him was also strange. "Leaves, are you awake? Sunny, please go and find the young lady! "

The maid was so excited that the door slammed open before she ran out half a step. This woman, who always loves to become speechless, came in in the rain and fog. "Is my husband awake?"

The scenery outside the window is good, and it's raining in Mao Mao. Qi Hua suddenly felt that it was not bad to live an ordinary life with this woman at sunrise and at sunset.