The Golden Hairpin

Suddenly heavy rain poured down in the dark night, and the pavilions near and far lost their outlines in the sudden torrential rain, and gradually disappeared.

In the wind and rain, the palace lanterns hanging under the eaves flew horizontally in the wind and rain. The golden tassels on the lamps were tangled and tangled, and the dark red lights were dimmed in the glazed lampshade, as if the light was about to fly away with the wind. .

The maids who watched the night quickly got up to close the windows, and the slight footsteps echoed faintly in the hall like water waves.

This slight sound awakened the E-king Li Run who was sleeping in the inner hall. He came out of the inner hall and watched the flying white curtains coming and going in front of him like floating clouds under the indeterminate light. He passed through these flimsy clouds, walked to the door of the temple, and looked out.

All the palaces in the palace are standing in the furious wind and rain, silent and quiet.

Amidst this noisy rain, there was a stern sound that cut through the cold rain night and was extremely sad, making Li Run's voice convulsed and convulsed.

He suddenly woke up from the state of being confused and like a nightmare, as if he couldn't believe that the stern voice came from the person he knew best, so he could only subconsciously ask: "Is it the voice of the mother concubine?"

"Yes..." the maids behind them answered timidly.

Ignoring the person behind him who was holding an umbrella for him, Li Run ran into the pouring rain outside and ran straight through the rain curtain towards the small hall where the screams were heard.

The lights in the hall were bright, and the faint and messy footsteps of the ladies of the palace came and went. The female official beside Li Run’s mother was coming out of the inner room. When she saw him, she hurriedly greeted him and said in a low voice, "The prince does not need to worry, the concubine It's a nightmare in a dream, and someone has been sent to ask the doctor She, and now the secret benzoin is smoked in the house, the toffee will be able to rest in a short while."

He nodded and went into the inner hall to take a look. His mother was hysterical. She was hugged by two sturdy maids, and four other maids were watching over her, so she couldn't move, she just screamed in her mouth, her pale cheeks were dark purple, her temples diverged, and her eyes protruded deeply.

Li Run sighed, sat next to her mother, and whispered to her: "Mother concubine."

She stared at him with infiltrating, fierce gaze, and for a long time, she finally seemed to recognize him as her own son. The struggle gradually eased, and two words were hardly squeezed out of her dry throat: "Run'er..."

Li Run breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and stroked her forehead, helped her gather the scattered forehead, and said: "Mother concubine, it's me."

She asked in a dumb voice, "Why are your clothes and hair wet?"

"It's raining outside. I ran across the yard." He took the towel that Moon Age handed over and wiped it, and whispered: "Mother, if you have a nightmare, the child will accompany you to sleep. Bar."

Toffee nodded slowly, leaned on the pillow wearily, and curled up.

Li Run asked him to move the couch under the bed. He leaned on the couch and closed his eyes, listening to the sound of his mother's rapid breathing gradually calming down in the benzoin.

I screened the rest of the people back, and most of the lights were off, leaving only three or five warm orange palace lanterns coming in from outside the curtain.

The torrential rain was still falling in the dark night, so violent as if it never stopped.

In the sleepy state, Li Run suddenly heard his mother calling him: "Run'er..."

He opened his eyes and said, "I am here."

Mother's voice sounded soothing and calm, for the first time in several years. She asked slowly: "Run'er, where is your father?"

Li Run said cautiously: "My father passed away ten years ago."

"...Oh." Her voice was low, as if babbling, "has it been ten years?"

The mother, who had been delirious for ten years, suddenly calmed down, which made Li Run feel strange. He got up and sat down on the edge of her bed, leaned over to look at her, and asked in a low voice: "Mother concubine...you won't sleep for a while?"

"I... have something for you." She didn't answer his words, but slowly stood up, opened the bedside cupboard, and held out a small makeup girl placed in it.

This makeup is painted in black lacquer, and it is inlaid with snails cut into flowers. The color is old and not necessarily expensive. When Li Run saw his mother open it, the bronze mirror inside had been darkened for a long time without being washed and polished, and his face was faint and very strange.

Mother removed the bronze mirror, and there was a folded cotton paper hidden in the crack behind the mirror. She handed it to Li Run, looking at him with that kind of unusually excited gaze, as if a child expecting others to praise him, and said: "Look, this is the mother who has painted and hid it all the hard work. Be sure to hide it... This is a major event that affects the survival of the world, remember, remember!"

Li Run silently took the piece of paper and looked at it. It was a piece of cotton paper on which girls painted clothes patterns. She didn't know when she hid it. There are two or three black ink scribbled with eyebrows and daisies on it. The shape is irregular, and the lines are messy and messy, which really doesn't make sense.

Li Run saw that it was an inexplicable stick figure, and didn't say anything. He just folded it and put it in his sleeve and said, "Yes, my child, remember, you must keep it properly."

The concubine half leaned on the pillow, and when she saw him put it away, she lowered her eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Run'er, you must remember, don't get too close to King Kui..."

The sound of rain outside the window was extremely noisy, and the whole world was humming. The palace lights deflected in the rain and wind cast in from the window like a phantom, and became even more trance after the screen. The haggard princess was pale as snow, with a faint blush, like a peach blossom after Su Yu, people can only vaguely want to see her back then.

Li Run looked at her mother silently, but the concubine was just staring at the circulating lights in a daze. After a long time, she laughed again. At first, it was squeezed out from her throat, like a snicker. Later, the more she laughed, the louder she couldn't suppress herself and turned into crazy laughter.

The stern laughter of his mother in the dark night made Li Run's back slightly numb. He raised his hand to shook her hand, and whispered: "Mother concubine, you are tired, you should rest..."

Before she finished her words, the toffee's hysterical laughter suddenly stopped. She jumped out of the bed with canthus eyes, and rushed at him with a disheveled hair: "Run'er! The Tang Dynasty is about to die! The country is changing hands! You are now! For the Li family, don’t hurry to turn the tide! The country has changed hands..."

Seeing that his mother had fallen into madness again, Li Run had no choice but to get up and open the door. Regardless of her fight to herself like a mad tiger, she only motioned to the servants to come up and grab her mother. He stood outside the hall, waiting for his mother's roar to gradually lower.

Moon-age said that the concubine had already rested, and persuaded him to go back. He nodded slightly, and watched the rain curtain slowly pacing back in the bright sky.

The tissue paper in the sleeve is soft and light, and painted with unclear meaning. He walked to the corner and wanted to take it out, but after hesitating for a moment, he was still caged in his sleeve and walked back slowly along the curved corridor.

The rainstorm was overwhelming, covering Datang Chang'an. This most prosperous capital in the world is hidden in the hazy, full of unpredictable trends.