Chang Anqing

Chapter 3 Zhuang Sheng Dreams of Butterflies
The wind and rain outside the window, the midsummer rain hit the bamboo leaves, made a crackling sound, exuding a little coolness, suddenly a dull thunder came from afar, and with a bang, the lattice windows trembled, and the person sitting on the couch. He was resting on the pillow, but he was so shocked that he loosened his hand and knocked against the corner of the table.

"The county master—"

A familiar voice sounded clearly in his ears, and the person in the seat raised his head slightly, seeing the nervous appearance of the person in front of him, but his back paused and he fell silent.

"The county master is knocking? Hurry up and call the servants to take a look."

Niannu came forward to investigate while talking and worried, but Li Sui didn't move, just propped up the mattress under him, still in a dream.

county lord?

Ever since she came out of the court at the age of 16, Nian Nu has changed her mind a long time ago, and now she should be called the Empress Dowager——

Thinking of this, Li Sui's mind froze. She clearly jumped off the several-zhang-high city wall. If she didn't die, she had burnt the high incense religiously for decades. How could she——

She couldn't help but stretch out her hands in front of her eyes, how could she be so white, tender and flawless, and how short was it?

Looking at the front again, Niannu has been with her since childhood, she is the same age as her, and now she should be dressed as a woman, how could she shrink into the appearance of a girl like now, Li Sui silently swept her eyes, although it was decades, but She still knew that this was the Wuzhu Garden where she lived in her aunt's mansion.

Feeling the faint pain in his forehead, Li Sui raised his hand to probe, but Niannu panicked.

"It's all red, how can this be good."

After that, Nian Nu hurriedly turned her head and called: "Yu Nu, please ask the imperial physician to come."

Yu Nu just heard the sound and entered the room, but heard the girl's hazy voice.

"No need, Nian slave-"

Li Sui felt the shock she had never felt before when she opened her lips, and she couldn't help but tremble slightly, but she forced herself to suppress the mess in her heart, and said calmly, "Gu- —”

Under the same waiting eyes of Nian Nu and Yu Nu, Li Sui took the small cup at hand slowly, pretended to drink a sip of sweet soup to moisten her throat, and just said, "Let's get a Linghua mirror for me."

Although the words were a bit awkward, Niannu thought that his county master Xu wanted to see where he had just hit, and hurriedly fetched the auspicious beast double magpie ling flower mirror, Li Sui slowly reached out and took it, when she placed it in the In front of her eyes, when she saw the girl in the mirror with stunning eyebrows and fair skin, her pupils were horrified, and she tried her best to suppress her hand that couldn't help but tremble.

"Clap--" Li Sui pressed the Linghua mirror lightly on the case, and quietly combed through it all.

But the more you think about it, the more chaotic it becomes.

At this moment, she didn't know whether the past when she jumped off the tower was Nan Ke Yimeng under her window, or whether she really lived through that life and really died.

Now, she was actually resurrected from the dead!

At this moment, Li Sui, who survived the disaster, only felt mixed feelings, shocked, surprised, and even excited.

Could it be that God gave her such a blessing because of her past life's deeds.

Thinking of this, Li Sui gradually loosened her body and tried to calm herself down.

Looking back on that life is really hastily, she has not completely eliminated the intertwined forces of the family, she has not raised Ayu into a generation of Mingjun, she has not seen a prosperous age of Haiyan Heqing, all this is because of Yang Che!
Thinking of this, Li Sui's chest could not help but raise a nameless fire.

But after thinking about it again, it is now in the past and can no longer be changed. Although there was a deviation in that life, she had to be forced to jump off the wall by Yang Che's ignorant old man, but he still fell into her game after all, not to mention that For 43 years, she married Yang Yan, became the crown princess, the empress, and the empress dowager until the regent finally became the empress dowager. With her own strength, she pacified the harem, punished rebellious officials, and settled the people's livelihood. The situation has set up a world for the children of the poor family to display, and even these are enough to be famous in history.

Compared to Yang Che's old man who tried to usurp the throne?However, she was chased and killed all the way, and fled from Chang'an to Luoyang's fief. If she had not been sheltered several times by her benevolent husband, Yang Yan, who was unwilling to kill, he would have already lost his life.
It's a pity, no matter how hard you are, she has been living in Luoyang for a lifetime, and she managed to get to her door.It can be seen that God has eyes, even if she jumped over the city wall, she also pulled Yang Che's back.

The flaws are not concealed.

Thinking of this, Li Sui finally felt better, and drank the sweet soup inside with a small cup.

They come, the security.

Since God has given her a chance to start over, she will have a good life and start anew with her decades of experience in maneuvering.

"The county master—"

Seeing Li Sui's sudden anger and joy, Nian Nu glanced nervously at Yu Nu, and finally couldn't help but try to make a sound.

"I'm afraid the county owner was not shocked by the thunder just now, why don't we ask the imperial doctor to come."

Seeing that Yu Nu also hurried down with a worried face, Li Sui on the couch was pulled back to his thoughts by the voice, and he stroked the slightly reddened forehead, Gu Zi also smiled and turned back: "It's okay, it's just If you are frightened in the dream, you will come back."

"What did the princess dream about?"

Seeing Niannu's curious eyes, Li Sui picked up the hibiscus cake in the jade plate by his hand, and a somewhat unfinished smile appeared on his lips: "I dreamed that a vicious dog was chasing the hibiscus cake I was grabbing, and then—— "

When Nian Nu and Yu Nu heard the words, they saw their county master holding the hibiscus cake in his hand for a while, and a trace of jokes flashed in their eyes: "I threw the hibiscus cake into the stinky ditch in a hurry, and I don't know what to do. The vicious dog was unprepared for a while, and it fell into it after smelling it."

Nian Nu and Yu Nu looked at each other and smiled when they heard the words, their county master could still laugh at this moment, so it was really nothing.

After that, Li Sui sorted out her thoughts and said to Yu Nu, "Just go and get the Emperor E's ointment, so the tyranny and the others will be worried for nothing if the imperial doctor's order is summoned in such a storm."

Nian Nu and Yu Nu saw Li Sui's calm expression on the seat, and they knew that their county master had always been assigned the importance of things, so they stopped worrying about it, and followed Li Sui's instructions to find the emperor's ointment.

Looking at Yu Nu's back, Li Sui pursed her lips and fell into thought again.

In the dream of the previous life, she spent her whole life for the country and her family, and for others. Now that she can still live her life with this golden and jade skin, she should live for herself.

Li Sui took the delicate inlaid jade box with lotus leaf and carved flowers, gently opened it, picked out a little with a small silver spoon, and placed a light layer on the reddish forehead on the rhombus mirror in Niannu's hand. Putting the small silver spoon on the tip of the nose, it is still that cold fragrance that is hard to tell.

But this small silver box, which is comparable to the size of a newborn baby's fist, contains things only used by the heavenly family.

Before the founding of the Chu Dynasty, Empress Gao had a deep love with Emperor Ming Wu, and they shared the world. Therefore, Emperor Ming Wu only married Empress Gao in his life. Empress Gao only laughed and sighed that her beauty was twilight. Emperor Ming Wu gathered all the famous doctors in the world to make incense. This flower cream is made with hundreds of flowers, four seasons rain and dew, and countless precious and famous medicines. It is presented at the Qianqiu Banquet of Queen Gao. It is said that it can make the complexion delicate, the skin is coagulated, the muscles are sweet, youthful and not old, and it also promotes blood circulation, relieves pain, and removes scars. Muscle, continuous bone and tendon effect.Because when Empress Gao was the emperor's concubine, she was given the title Ehuang, so she made Ehuang ointment.

The previous dynasties were destroyed, and this ointment recipe has been used in the present day. It was originally only used by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. Now, not to mention this ointment, it is the recipe for this ointment, which is in the hands of the Yang family.

In other words, it was in the hands of her uncle, Yang Chongyuan, who was born in the Hongnong Yang family, when he was the imperial commander of the dynasty and the Duke of Zhen Guogong.

Li Sui handed the thing in his hand to Yu Nu, and heard a voice from outside.

"The county master—"

Li Sui put down the legs that were bent on the edge of the couch, and with a light gesture, Nian Nu put away the mirror and opened the soft curtain.

I saw Yinniang, who was only 27 or [-] years old, wearing the old oily green camellia plain brocade skirt as always, and she always looked more stable than ten years old.

Fang Xing salute, Yin Niang said in surprise: "Why is the county lord's forehead red?"

Li Sui heard the words and stroked his forehead, and replied indifferently: "Sleepiness is shocking to thunder, and I have just applied that Ehuang ointment, and it will be fine in a while."

With that said, Li Sui asked someone to give a seat to the tea ceremony: "Silver Mother is here, but what's wrong with Aunt?"

Yinniang took the tea and smiled, then turned to Niannu and said: "The county master is really sleepy, tomorrow is your sixteenth birthday, after tomorrow, you will really be the age to leave the cabinet. "

Li Sui's heart sank when he heard the words, but his face remained unmoved.

It turned out to be back to this year.

"The madam called the slaves here to invite the county master to see the clothes you are wearing for your birthday. Tomorrow, Her Royal Highness the Queen will have a banquet in person at the master of Huacalyx Xianghui in the palace. Come to congratulate, even the saint and His Royal Highness will attend the banquet, so don't take it lightly, Madam's intention is to take this opportunity to let people see what the daughter of our noble family looks like."

Hearing Yinniang's full mouth of praise, Li Sui smiled and said, "Okay, Yinniang will go first, I will come after changing clothes."

Seeing Yinniang go away with a smile, looking at Yu Nu and Nian Nu's excited chatter, it seems that she is really the protagonist of the banquet tomorrow, but unfortunately, they will be disappointed.Thinking of this, Li Sui smiled lightly and moved her eyes away, looking at Haitang outside the window, whose petals were knocked down by the shower, she looked extra calm.Let the two change her clothes, but their minds have already flown far away.

Just as Yin Niang said, tomorrow's banquet will indeed gather celebrities and celebrities, but no one knows what kind of conspiracy and murderous intentions are hidden in the joyous laughter tomorrow.

But she knows what else to do. Today, she is still the daughter of the Li family of Longxi and the royal family among the five surnames and seven Wangs. Princess Qinghe, the daughter of Emperor Gaozong, and the aunt of the current sage, the Chen family.The queen in the palace is her cousin Yang, and the saint is her cousin Chen Xuan.

When she was the only one in the dynasty, she was entangled with the Chen family, the powerful ministers Yang family, and the Li family. If you talk about the complexity of life experience, I am afraid that it is no more than her.

Today, it still seems to belong to the Chen family, but even the children in the streets know that the emperor in Mingtang is a marionette in the hands of her uncle Yang Chongyuan. Under the eaves of the Yang family, living in the gorgeous Daming Palace, I don't know when they will be ruthlessly kicked down.

Fortunately, she returned this year, and everything was too late. She had not married Yang Yan, and had not entered the deep water of the Yang family. As long as she did not marry into the Yang family in this life and break this political marriage, her There is no need to be restrained by anyone in life.

When Li Sui came to his aunt Li's yard, he saw the concubine in the house surrounded by Li's seat, and several wives and daughters of important officials in the court were sitting on both sides, talking and laughing, accompanied by Mrs. Cui in the side room. The little girl who is looking at her Rongan County Lord indifferently at the moment.

Seeing Li Sui coming in with the curtains drawn, Li said with a smile: "Look at the fragrance, it seems that this Ehuang cream is really easy to use, but after a while, this forehead is no different."

Li Sui touched his forehead lightly, and it was really a long-lasting cold fragrance.While laughing, Li Sui made the next salute, and Mrs. Li called Li Sui to sit beside her, pointed to the dazzling eighteen ragged flower skirt on Nanmu Shi, and said, "This is what your elder sister ordered to send. It is the most popular style these days, you go and see.”

Li Sui smiled and walked over under the envious eyes of everyone, touching the fine skirt in her hand. Nowadays, it is popular to cut fabrics of different colors and patterns into strips of slender silk, and then arrange them one after the other. Get up and tightly sew together with that silk-thin gold thread.It turned out that it was a waste of money to make a gorgeous brocade, so only twelve broken pieces were only enjoyed by the dignitaries, but the one in front of her was made of azure, moon white, pink and purple... eighteen colors were enough to make her Be the most eye-catching person at tomorrow's banquet.

Even today's princesses of the Tian family don't have such dresses, but now they are given to her, the county master. How could Li Sui not know, this is just a deliberate challenge of the Yang family to challenge the prestige of the emperor who is respected in the hearts of those loyal to the royal family.

"What do you think Aman-"

Li Sui withdrew her hand, turned to meet Li Shiyi's eyes, smiled, stepped forward to hold Li Shishi and said, "Such a good skirt, after tomorrow's banquet, I must put it on the shelf and hide it well."

Hearing this witty remark, Mrs. Li smiled a little on Li Sui's forehead and said, "If you like it, you can do one or two more outfits. If outsiders listen to this, it's not a joke."

Li Sui smiled when he heard the words, took a sip of the tea handed by the maid, and then said: "Aman thinks that Sister Lao will arrange tomorrow's birthday banquet for me, and I want to go to the palace to see my sister later, if my aunt has any What do you want to bring to my sister?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Li smiled and stroked Li Sui's bun: "It just so happens that Erlang and his father and son hunted a few days ago and got a lot of good things. Saburo shot two fire foxes and sent them over. I still have you here. The sable skins that my uncle gave, and the two Firefox skins will be given to you and your elder sister, you can take them with you in a while."

When Li Sui heard the words, he naturally agreed, and then he heard a noble lady complimenting him: "Madam is very lucky, several gentlemen are all gentle and tactful, but now San Lang is only sixteen, but he can shoot that sly fire fox, It can be seen that both archery and riding are very good."

When his son was praised, Mrs. Li was very happy to hear it. Li Sui, who was on the side, didn't say much, but he heard it in his heart.

As the ancients said, a tiger father has no dog son, Yang Chongyuan was a man of talent and martial arts, and several sons were also outstanding.

In the eyes of others, Yang Sanlang is the previous life of Luoyang King Yang Che, and her husband, Erlang Yang Yan, both came from aunt Mrs. Li. Yang Che is very talented, and he is proficient in poetry and poetry. , In the face of Yang Chongyuan's examination questions, he has always answered fluently, and when he is a teenager, he is a corporal of politeness and humility, so he has an excellent reputation.

Hearing the word "Sanlang" at this moment, Li Sui stopped speaking and only listened from the sidelines. Seeing that the little lady beside him didn't speak, Li Sui caressed the back of Li Sui's hand as if he couldn't get in with them. Said: "Since tomorrow is your birthday, you should also go to Yuqingguan to visit your mother. The kindness of having a baby this October is linked to the blood and cannot be forgotten."

Hearing this, Li Sui smiled and turned his head, as always filial piety: "I want to go."

Mr. Li looked at it and nodded, and then taught Li Sui to go. After Li Sui took a few steps to bow, Mr. Li hovered in his heart for a moment, and the bottom of his eyes changed. Voice.

"Yesterday, Erlang could say both sides of Duan Yan, and he just gave it to you as a birthday present. Can he give it to you?"

Others don't know her intentions, but Li Sui, who has been by Li's hand since she was a child, knows every look in her aunt's eyes, but at this moment, she stops talking, and she understands that her aunt must want her to be a mediator again. .

Therefore, Li Sui said with a smile: "Never, I am afraid that he is distressed, so he taught me to go in person."

After speaking, seeing the little lady walking out, everyone else laughed from the side, but Li Shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sighed that the little lady was smart and sensible.

"The princess grew up with Erlang, and this childhood sweetheart friendship is enviable."

Aware of the laughter that the ladies around were very optimistic about, a satisfied arc appeared on Li Shi's lips, and she sighed with great pride: "A'man is a good child who knows the fundamentals, and only she can be a pair with Erlang. Biren, having her to accompany Erlang in the future can also make me worry less."

Bi people?

These words fell in the ears of Li Sui, who was far away, and only felt a little harsh.

If my aunt knew that in the future, Yang Yan and her would become divorced and suspicious of each other, would she still be able to say these two words?
In the previous life, everyone in the world regarded her and Yang Yan as matching dragons and phoenixes, admirable bi people, but no one ever asked them if they loved each other.

Just because of this family and the marriage that everyone in the world is optimistic about, she and Yang Yan are like puppets, and they should be married as a matter of course.

Thinking of this, Li Sui couldn't help but smile, whether it was sadness or sigh.

She Li Sui has been wrong all her life, how can she make mistakes in this life.

In this prosperous marriage, no matter whether others want it or not, she doesn't want to be contaminated anymore.

After walking out, Li Sui turned to look at Niannu and said, "Erlang has recently gone to my uncle's place."

Nian Nu next to him heard it, and naturally knew that it was Yang Yan, so he quietly glanced around and said cautiously, "A few days ago, I don't know how Erlang-Jun knew that the little prince of Hongnong's uncle's family disregarded filial piety. During the Queen Mother's state mourning, openly going in and out of the music square to drink and have fun, and every time I travel with a Kajibuki, Erlang-kun felt that it was not right, so he went to tell the Taiwei."

Hearing these words, Li Suiyue also understood a bit. The Empress Dowager Xiaomin was the biological mother of the present son and the first emperor. It is reasonable to say that the mother of the son of heaven passed away. For the Yang family, it's just empty talk. The big house of the Yang family is far away in Hongnong, and the little prince has Yang Chongyuan's second uncle to rely on. Not to mention the queen mother, it is the emperor's funeral, I am afraid that he has never paid attention to it.

However, their Yang family is a benevolent and filial descendant like Yang Yan, and naturally they can't see it, but this matter alone, I'm afraid it won't make my aunt worry, so she specially asks her to persuade.

"Other than that, is there nothing else?"

Hearing Li Sui's question, Nian Nu pondered: "This slave only heard about this, and there is nothing else to do."

After speaking, Niannu seemed to have thought of something, and hesitantly said: "But I heard that at that time, Lord Erlang saw that the Taiwei didn't care about it, so he added a few more words, and then the Taiwei was furious and rebuked and walked away. "

Hearing this, Li Sui stepped down and turned around and said, "What did you say?"

"Say--"

Niannu thought hard for a while, and finally blurted out: "What did the sage Zeng Yunzai do to be unkind, and his son was born for three years—"

Then he will be free from the embrace of his parents, the mourning of his husband for three years, and the mourning of the whole world.

Hearing this, Li Sui already understood why the father and son were angry. Yang Yan was in a hurry and only saw the debate between Confucius and Zai Yu about keeping filial piety. shoot.

Although it was Xiaojun Gong who did not observe the national mourning, the Yang family never said anything in their eyes.

Confucius said that slaughtering is unkind and unwilling to keep filial piety for three years. Yang Yan's discussion of this is not to say that the small county prince who ignores the law is unkind and unfilial, and the Yang family who is standing on the sidelines is unkind and unfilial.

What's more, her uncle Yang Chongyuan, although inherited from the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, did not like some of the pedantic principles. When the emperor was on the decline and the princes rose together, Confucius regarded the Zhou emperor as orthodox, and strongly emphasized the power of the emperor.

Today's Yang family is not like those princes in the past. In the eyes of the old officials who are loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty, they are thieves who run counter to that Zhou Li, challenge the orthodoxy, and are suspected of stealing the country.

I'm afraid her uncle is not angry with Yang Yan's argument with him, but thinks that Yang Yan, as the eldest son of the Yang family, is full of Confucius and Mencius. .

Thinking of this, Li Sui couldn't help but want to laugh. For his father's power, he used the government and the opposition to kill and make decisions, but for his son, he was a person who was benevolent, filial and pure.

It is precisely because of this that when Yang Chongyuan ascended the throne as the emperor, he was reluctant to make Yang Yan the crown prince for a long time. Although Yang Yan was also intelligent since he was a child, with both civil and military skills, in front of many equally outstanding brothers, such a character of benevolence, filial piety and goodness fell. In Yang Chongyuan's eyes, he became a woman's benevolence.

That's why my aunt wanted to pair her with Yang Yan, because she, like the Yang family, both came from a prestigious family, and grew up under her aunt's hands since childhood. Although she cast herself as a daughter, she was not inferior to a man's character. Very fond of Yang Chongyuan's uncle.

In the eyes of my aunt and even the entire Li family, she is the best choice to assist Yang Yan.

(End of this chapter)