Chapter 19 Missing

Missing is an unbroken thread that you can't see or touch. Some people say that missing is a disease. If it doesn't gnaw you up, it won't stop. But I only know that it is also a very terrible thing: once you move his idea a little and let it show signs of recovery, it will take root and germinate in your heart, and grow wildly like unscrupulous vines. Under the appearance unknown to outsiders, only you can understand the tight and suffocation feeling that the heart is tightly wrapped. . Even if you want to suppress it, you are powerless. You know that this kind of self-deception will only accelerate its growth. It has powerful magic: every person and every object you see will remind you of everything you miss and care about. Abstention, maybe it refers to such a situation. The two places miss each other and are not lonely. Because they know that they are missing each other, their souls are compatible, which is happiness. What's terrible is that I miss a person who doesn't know that someone is crazy about her at all. Even under the same sky, they look forward to the same starry sky. However, there is no intersection of parallel lines. This loneliness from a cold heart to the whole body, I think that only a glass of bitter wine can return the world.

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The Capital of Qi-----Imperial Palace

In the pavilion, there is a man and a woman sitting, and the young woman is dressed in palace clothes. The charm is boundless and bright. In contrast, the man is dressed in red like fire, just like others, flamboyant and warm. The slender peach blossom eyes are as dazzling as shining light, bright, enchanting, and the bright red lips always maintain an evil angle, and the feminine beauty has been perfectly interpreted on him.

If you look more carefully, you will find that they are actually more similar. They are none other than Concubine Li and her son, Qi Che.

"Che'er, I heard that the prince takes good care of you. Should you also take some action?" Concubine Li opened her mouth unsalty and fiddled with her slender fingers. In the deep palace, a keen sense of smell has been practiced for a long time. Any wind blows and moves early, as long as it is placed in the palace, there is no absolute purity.

"Mother, have you heard that cats don't eat their prey immediately when they catch it, but play with him first, and then hit it fatally." Inattentive and lazy, "The hide-and-seek between the son and the prince is not over yet. How can you easily defeat him? In this way," he paused and smiled more and more brightly. "Isn't it boring?"

Seeing her son's confident attitude, Lifei was a little relieved, "That being said, you are not young, and it's time to find a backup." Concubine Li said to herself, not noticing Qi Che's sudden restrained smile.

"Many ministers in the court have been encircled by the prince. General Xi is upright. If you can get his support, your future will certainly be much easier. It's a pity that the old stubborn man doesn't eat it.

I explicitly and implied that I detected him several times, but I got nothing. This hidden thorn, don't pull it out!" With that, a pair of phoenixes suddenly became cold, which made people dare not look directly at them. But it immediately covered it and restored the original noble and dignified. He said quietly, "I wanted to do something on his daughter, but it was rare for the young lady in Xi's house to get into your eyes, but you were so uncomfortable that you wanted to impress her by yourself."

Speaking of this, Lifei stared at Qi Che, as if she was blaming someone for his mistake. "Fortunately, I also helped you find the daughter of a scholar of Hanlin University. Do you remember that it was the woman who was very talented at the flower appreciation party. She looked good. If it could be used for us, It's not a powerful bargaining chip. The scholar of Hanlin University is an old minister in the court, and he also has a pivotal position in the court. The most important thing is that many ministers in the court are his proud students. If you can win him in and include some of the ministers in the court, your position in the court will be much more stable in the future. By the way, I called Cheng's daughter today. Don't mess it up for me.

Finally, after listening to his mother's nagging, Qi Che just wanted to refuse, but he inserted a voice in the air, "Cheng Shishi, the daughter of the university scholar, met the Empress Lifei--"

"Xuan." Concubine Li cleaned up her mood.

"The minister Cheng Shishi met the Empress Li, the seventh prince." A moment later, a delicate beauty in light gauze and greens slowly appeared in front of the crowd, and the people in the pavilion slowly bowed.

"No, Miss Cheng, how have you been recently? My seventh is very close to you!" Concubine Li smiled and joked, and she was very familiar with the person in front of her.

Qi Che's eyes flashed, and the smile at the corners of his mouth did not diminish, but Princess Li just felt a trace of his displeasure.

Cheng Shishi's body stagnated, and her eyes flowed. Then she looked up and said modestly, "Blessings, my court ladies are fine." The eyes as bright as the stars are shining with a slight luster, the lips as bright as peaches and plums are pink and smooth, and the slightly raised corners of the lips are not as beautiful as ordinary people.

Concubine Li pretended to be angry and said, "Why are you so embarrassed? Cheer, take Miss Cheng to visit the garden. I'm a little tired. Have fun." He took a look at Qi Che with some meaning, and then drove back to the palace.

"Send Mother--"

Turning back, Cheng Shishi looked at Qi Che, who was drinking tea by himself, bit his lips, and finally walked in.

"Won't the seventh prince take me around?" Show his most beautiful smile in front of his eyes, although there is a faint sourness in the bottom of his heart; although, he is not rare.

Looking back at her, green and white gauze, at that moment, Qi Che's eyes were a little trance: the arrogant and arrogant shadow flashed in front of him. That day, she dressed like this and confused his eyes.

"The clothes are beautiful." He said.

She smiled more and more brilliantly, like the bright starlight in the sky. But who knows, behind the smile is a bloody heart? Aggrievedness and sadness are buried at the bottom of his heart. Cheating to himself is his praise for himself. He said that the clothes are beautiful. Are the clothes beautiful? No, it's the beauty of the owner in this dress. But she is not her! Even if she deliberately dresses like this, she is just a stand-in. Maybe she is not even as good as a stand-in.

Why? Are you going to be so cruel to me?

"This is how the seventh prince treats the guests?" A semi-joking joke is more playful and lively than in the past.

Qi Che restrained her mind, and a trace of loss flashed in her pupils, not her. But it soon returned to its usual appearance. "It's an honor for me to serve beautiful women."

"Please." Qi Che took the lead and stepped out. He didn't see the light passing in the water eyes of the woman behind him.

Along the way, in the flowery garden, isn't it a beautiful scenery for a pair of men and women who are on the fragrant path? The man is feminine and handsome, with a smile on his eyebrows and a long body. And the woman next to her was tender, like a clear water, quietly staring at the face of the man in front of her, which was quiet and gentle, dimmed the spring behind her. In the eyes of outsiders, they are like golden boys and girls.

"Miss Cheng, how do you think this flower is blooming?" Qi Che took the lead in breaking the silence, turned his head slightly and turned to the beautiful woman beside him and asked. Soft and gentle, he is enough to make every woman fall in love with him.

With such a elegant and elegant Qi Che, Cheng Shishi didn't feel a little crazy, and then realized that she had been rude. She came to her senses and said slightly: "Flowers are naturally good, but it's a pity that good flowers are not often there." Speaking of this, her bright eyes dimmed a little, and he didn't understand his thoughts. There is a trace of bitterness in the corners of his mouth, and who knows what's on his mind...

"Oh? Why is Miss Cheng so pessimistic? Flowers blooming and falling are all natural laws. Isn't it better for flowers to be folded? Qi Che smiled faintly, and his slender peach blossom eyes were seductive. His slender fingers reached out to a bright red peony. He pinched his two fingers and used a little force. Then he folded it down and handed it to the woman.

"It's the little girl who is narrow-minded." Cheng Shishi replied slightly and reached out to take it. There were already waves in his heart, and he couldn't calm down.

He hooked his lips lightly, "I didn't expect the seventh prince to read it so thoroughly that Shi Shi was taught."

"Ha ha, Miss Cheng is modest. Who doesn't know Miss Cheng's talent? Isn't Miss Cheng's praise a bad thing?" Qi Che smiled and joked, looking at the smiling woman in front of him, as if he was looking for a familiar and vague figure through her.

Cheng Shishi covered her lips and smiled, and her hands were full of dignity and elegance.

I believe that today will be an unforgettable day...

The other side

"Madam, do you think the seventh prince will accept Miss Cheng?" An old mother beside Concubine Li searched softly. The voice is hoarse, and there are vicissitudes on the wrinkled face, but a pair of turbid eyes are sharp and sharp, which is unique to people in the deep palace.

"Mother Li, how many years have you been with me from my mother's dowry to the palace?" Concubine Li's hand gently rested on Mother Li's hand, and the lotus step moved gently, showing the dignity of the yellow room.

"It has been twenty-five years since I returned to the Empress." She bowed and answered.

"Yes, it's been 25 years unconsciously." Concubine Li was a little in a trance, as if she had fallen into a memory. Suddenly, he hooked his lips and smiled, "The past is still vivid. In a blink of an eye, more than half of my life has passed. After fighting for so many years, isn't it just for the great cause in the future? Today, it's just a small step before completing the predetermined goal. I understand, and Che'er also understands. Otherwise, I won't ask him to meet Cheng Shishi.

"But--" Mother Li wanted to stop talking.

"But it's okay to say it."

"Yes. Empress. I always feel that Your Highness doesn't like Miss Cheng, and the second lady of the seat house..."

Concubine Li's tone immediately became cold and said lightly, "Those who achieve great things are not informal. There are always sacrifices. I don't believe that Che'er will not understand. And he will definitely not disappoint me as a mother. I don't allow it either!"