In the 23rd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty Meili knelt on the white marble stone outside Cining Palace.
She did not raise her head.
The sky was gloomy and it seemed like it was about to rain.
In the slightly humid air, the flowers in the yard were exceptionally bright.
She breathed in softly.
It smelled so good for more than two years.
She had never smelled the fragrance of flowers.
In the withered and desolate Temple of Peace, there were only weeds and scentless dandelion flowers.
She liked to be in the warm spring light.
Collect dandelion balls, then sit on the broken stone steps in front of the temple and blow them apart one by one, and the little umbrellas will fly away to freedom in the gentle wind.
She couldn't help but turn her eyes to look at those colorful colors.
Such beautiful things made her feel strange, as if she had only seen them in her previous life, just like the gorgeous and majestic Cining Palace in front of her.
When she looked away, she accidentally saw the four beautiful ladies standing in front of the palace gate looking at her with strange eyes.
She smiled at them, and sure enough, they all looked away.
In the past two years, she has become accustomed to being looked at with disdain, and has learned to appreciate the sympathy of others.
It is actually very difficult to accept sympathy.
When she can smile and respond to other people's sympathetic eyes, she is not the one who feels uncomfortable.
There were low voices and laughter, and several women came out of Cining Palace.
Yu'an, the eldest aunt of the Queen Mother, personally sent them out, which showed that she had an extraordinary status.
Those pairs of delicate flower pots stopped beside her.
After passing by, Meili heard a young sweet voice whispering: "Is she the down-and-out princess who rode a horse and trampled people to death?"
"Yeah."
The one who answered should be her mother-in-law.
After all, she was mature.
She responded roughly and then scolded: "Let's talk after we go out." down and out That's very accurate.
Meili twitched her lips.
She was very depressed, not because she was killed while riding a horse on the street, but because her mother-in-law passed away and all her family property fell into the hands of her uncle.
She had already tasted the feeling of being depressed.
It's just that she was young and ignorant and thought that by fiercely emphasizing her status and her bloodline, she could erase the impression of decline in people's minds.
She was really deceiving herself.
She suppressed her self-deprecating smile because she heard Aunt Yu'an tell her to go see her ancestors.
She never raised her head, not daring to raise her head.
The kind old lady sitting on the kang was strange and in awe to her.
She could keep saying that she liked her very much and doted on her, or she could leave her in the cold palace and ignore her for a few years, letting herself think she was in the background.
She is tough and has experienced all the hardships of the world.
"Meili" Xiaozhuang was silent for a while, and his voice was choked when he called her.
"My slave is here."
She responded in a charming voice, following the rules.
Xiaozhuang was silent again.
Is this really the unscrupulous little girl who didn't know the bounds of heaven and earth?
"You raise your head."
"Cha."
She responded obediently and slowly raised her face.
"Yeah" Xiaozhuang wiped away the tears welling up with his handkerchief in admiration.
At first, Meili was so naughty that she loved and hated her at the same time, but now Meili was so well-behaved that she felt heartbroken.
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"My little Meili has grown up and is so beautiful."
Beautiful Meili pursed her lips slightly.
It's the ancestor who is comforting her.
She and beauty have long been out of touch.
Not to mention the rough life of the past two years, she unconsciously glanced at her left arm.
In order to meet her ancestors, an unknown father-in-law gave her a suit with a relatively gorgeous material and less than two inches above her left wrist.
If her ancestors had seen that ugly scar, would they still praise her like this?
She looked at it carefully and found it disgusting.
"That fire scared you," Xiaozhuang felt sad again.
It wasn't that she was ruthlessly ignoring her, but as a condition for not reducing her to a commoner, she promised the emperor that he would treat her best during the period of confinement.
Be sure to ignore it.
The emperor was disgusted with Meili's arrogance and wanted to make her change her past.
In fact, as long as she wanted to, she didn't need to come forward in person, as long as there were respectable servants around her to go to the Hall of Anning and give orders, Meili would not suffer such a big crime, but she also wanted to use this to let this child see the world clearly and get rid of the thorns.
Only when people have edges and corners can they find a stable home and a happy life in the future.
She is a member of a declining royal family.
Her natal family has no power, and she has such an arrogant and indulgent temper.
How can her husband love her and love her, and how can her parents-in-law allow her to pamper her?
She is seriously ill and needs strong medicine, although she is forced to treat a naughty and naive girl.
It might be a good thing for the little girl to be forced to look like this in the future.
"I worried my ancestors, but Meili is fine."
She said calmly.
The Fire Hall is surrounded by the "Widows' Court" of the Forbidden City, where many concubines and concubines of the former dynasty who had no heirs and no power were imprisoned and lived in groups.
An old concubine got up in the middle of the night and went to burn incense in front of the Buddha.
With her old eyesight and the strong and dry spring wind, she actually burned the flags and curtains, causing a fire that burned several adjacent palaces and gardens.
She remembered that the guard leader who came to put out the fire loudly denounced the inner prisoner for why he asked people to get up in the middle of the night to light fires and light incense.
The guard leader must be new.
In this dead city of the Forbidden City, there is no day or night, only loneliness and despair. , only pain and helplessness.
There was no one to talk to, so all I could say was to talk to Buddha.
"It can be considered a blessing in disguise.
The Emperor has decreed that since the Hall of Peace is burned down and it will take time to rebuild, he will let you go home early."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, and thank you, ancestor, for your grace."
Mei Li answered cautiously.
Her courtesy was too thoughtful, which made Xiaozhuang lower his eyes, "Get up.
You haven't been home for more than two years, and your Prince Qian's Di Jingxuan helped you take it back."
He saw Mei Li's eyes twinkling slightly.
Shrinking, Xiaozhuang stopped with some regret and sighed, "You should go back and take a look first.
Recuperate for a few days and then come to the palace to see me."
"Hey."
Meili was blessed.
She thought she wouldn't be heartbroken when she heard his name again, but it seems that still doesn't work.
It's funny, she has woken up from her infatuated dream long ago, why is her heart still so slow?
Just when she took a few steps back and was about to turn around and leave, Xiaozhuang stopped her again, "Meili, do you blame the emperor or our ancestors?"
She stood up straight and said without hesitation, "No."
"Oh."
Xiaozhuang looked at her half-downturned face, her long and curled eyelashes drooping, sincerely and calmly.
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"Old Ancestor, in the past two years, I have been alone in the palace.
I have calmed down to read scriptures and worship Buddha.
I have understood many principles that I didn't understand when I was a child.
I sincerely thank the Emperor and ancestors.
The suffering that Meili has suffered is compared to losing her life because of Meili. old Mother-in-law, the family of the old woman who lost her loved one because of Meili is really insignificant.
Even if the emperor wanted Meili to die, I am already very grateful to the emperor and my ancestors for the grace of reincarnation. " "I hope you are telling the truth."
Kangxi's cold and calm voice came from outside the door.
Before he finished speaking, someone had already come in.
Meili quickly knelt down to salute, but Kangxi stopped her impatiently.
"No need."
He walked to the Kang and sat down.
Xiaozhuang complained accusingly about why he didn't let the palace people know when he came.
Kangxi smiled at her, then looked at Meili with a serious face, "If you can really think so. , The more than two years of being in the cold palace have not been in vain."
"Yes."
Meili lowered her head.
"Go back and take care of yourself in the future."
Meili respectfully withdrew, so that she could take care of herself, and take care of herself.
This was the instruction she had heard the most in her life.
When she turned out of the door, she never thought that there was another person standing in the corridor.
He had the light behind him and his face was blurry.
She lowered her head quickly.
She didn't need to look, she knew who it was.
Chaos and heartache, just for a moment.
She stood up and saluted him gracefully.
Now that he was the prince, she was the lowest class of the princess.
According to the rules, she should kneel down and kowtow.
"No need."
He said coldly.
We haven't seen him for two years, and when he spoke, he was even more noble and majestic.
He was worthy of being a nobleman of the clan who commanded a large number of troops.
She took two steps back and prepared to turn around.
"Your carriage is outside Xihua Gate."
In the past two years, he rarely thought of her, and even when he did, he was relieved that he had ended her unnecessary entanglement.
Hearing that she was released from the palace early, he briefly thought about meeting her, but he was angry and scolded him for being ruthless and unjust.
He insisted on asking the emperor to punish her severely, or that he was stalking her.
The bad temper still lingers, and she is shamelessly obsessed with him, but she never thought that she would be so ordinary.
When he almost regretted saying such words to her, fearing that it would arouse her fantasies again, she smiled faintly at him after hearing the words.
His heart twitched without warning, and she was able to smile at him: