Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 87 Candlelight, Cold Pool, and Snow

The wind whizzed past outside the hall, and the iron-colored clouds became thicker and thicker, covering up the skylight shining into the hall through the windows.

Lady Ye came in with the maids carrying lamps, and the lights re-illuminated the hall.

The faint lights reflected on the faces of the maids, like silent souls one after another in the dark hall.

They lined up in two rows, and used the lamps in their hands to dispel the deepness in the depths of the hall, and then awakened the lamps one by one with new fire.

Looking at them, Zhao Mingyin seemed to see countless people again.

The faces of those people seemed to have been illuminated before the lights, but it was only for a short moment.

When people study calligraphy articles, they always love to find their roots and belong to their genres. They must be called "eight masters", "four masters", "a certain school" and "a certain style". So far, all the women left in the light are the lonely faces that flashed under the lamplight.

It seems that those lights are accidents of historians, a fluke blessed by God.

After Emperor Wu, the female emperor was eradicated, and after Yi'an, Xiting was at sunset.

The woman who accidentally caught a ray of light has no origin, and also has nowhere to go. They are one after another, resounding alone through the sky, but it is difficult to disturb another goose that also wants to hit the sky.

So live alone, and die alone.

Perhaps, there are, but men who write history books will not write them down.

What they write down is "accidental", and it is "inevitable" to use accidental to prove that women sink in the dark.

"Your Majesty, you are right. Being able to be used by Your Majesty is already a blessing for these women." Princess Yueqing lowered her eyes, raised her eyes a little bit, with a slight smile on her face, "I thought Your Majesty would be so grandiose. The construction of the unprecedented Duanji Palace, and the selection of female officials by the school's female scholars, is to select some shocking talents from among them, and use the woman's body to shock those noisy and corrupt scholars. Today I realized that I was wrong before. gone."

The princess who was no longer young finally looked directly at the young king who was a generation younger than her:

"Your Majesty's literary and military strategies are nothing more than that. Even though he has a boldness that is completely different from his predecessors, he does not really have the courage to set a precedent in the past."

After finishing speaking, she smiled and lowered her eyes again:

"That's right, Your Majesty seems to have the grandeur of the Great Ancestor, but after all, it's not as good. Otherwise, how could you be rewarded instead of punished, like the Queen Mother who said at the funeral of the late emperor that His Majesty was not in the right place?"

Shen Shiqing raised her eyebrows lightly.

My heart suddenly cleared up.

So, it's no wonder that Princess Yueqing has complaints about the Queen Mother, and it's no wonder that the Queen Mother is so domineering.

After the death of Prince Duansheng, Zhao Surui was the only person who could inherit the throne, but the queen mother never put him in the eyes, and under the grief and anger, she probably regarded Zhao Surui as the chief culprit who killed Zhao Sugan.

Zhao Surui, he really is...

If he is really here at this time, I'm afraid that his heart will be smashed, right?Zhao Mingyin really deserves to be the Zhao family. Even if the "emperor" personally pokes the pain, she will fight back immediately. She would rather expose His Majesty's pain on the spot than bear it. boldness.

It's a pity that she is Shen Shiqing, she is not such a bad mother.

Not only would he not be stung, but he even wanted to laugh at Zhao Surui's jokes.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, letting the lukewarm tea moisten her throat, she put the teacup back to its original place with one hand, and looked at the hall illuminated by the lights:

"The emperor's aunt's words are wrong. I have only been on the throne for seven years, and I have already repelled the two northwestern tribes. I have made great achievements in the war and made great efforts to govern. I have checked the accumulated accounts of the Taipu Temple. I really don't need to use any more to prove my courage. I can't do it. It was a sudden whim, and I wanted to give those women a chance to come before me. Unfortunately, female officials like Zhang are more than careful, but they are not as good as old officials. The Ministry is suspected of covering each other, and I want to find something for the queen to do, I really can't think of those female officials."

Zhao Mingyin stood quietly under the words "The universe is boiling over here", and heard "Zhao Surui" say in a very contemptuous tone:

"It's a pity, after all, it's an embarrassing task. Being able to use it for a while is also a blessing from their generations of cultivation."

There is a cold pond in the princess mansion. Unlike the rich and noble families who like to raise lotus and koi in the pond, Zhao Mingyin asked people to put some fish fry and water plants in the pond, and attracted cranes to stay in the garden. Spring and summer The gurgling water in the garden and the sound of cranes have been heard for a long time. Some people call the Princess Mansion "Fengqing Garden". sound".

Now that winter is coming and the cranes are going south, only the clear pond is left bleakly. Sometimes, standing by the pond, Zhao Mingyin feels that she is also that cold pond, clear and cold, empty, reflecting the sunny or cloudy sky. Wait until the day it dries up completely.

After hearing what "Zhao Surui" said, she felt that there was something restless in the depths of the cold pool.

"Your Majesty, you already know that the female officials are useless before you let them take care of their business?"

"Women? I have been tamed by the word of respect and obedience. I put the knife in front of them and they don't know who to cut... Manchu civil and military ambitions are full of blood and flesh. How can those women do it?" To? I’m afraid they’ll start crying as soon as they touch the edge.”

"Zhao Surui" still had a disdainful tone, and shook his head when he spoke.

"Aunt Huang, don't mention these disappointing things anymore, I plan to invite Aunt Huang in the winter solstice in a few days..."

"His Majesty."

There was a slight wave in the cold pond, and the shadows of the birds passed by, leaving a panic.

Zhao Mingyin interrupted Zhao Surui's words.

"Did you treat those recruits like this when you were training? If you don't teach or train, throw a knife in front of them and conclude that they are useless? You are also like this in the imperial examination field? Even the new champion must enter the Imperial Academy The academy learned how to deal with government affairs, and the astonishingly talented Li Ge was also walking in the Six Departments when he was young. I didn't know that His Majesty is so unpredictable when facing women, this kind of amazing ability is simply shocking!"

Taking a step forward, Zhao Mingyin's tone became more and more high-spirited:

"The empress has been trapped in the deep palace for many years, and she has just begun to select female wives for the inner study. So far, there have been no mistakes, and it turns out that they are not useful in the eyes of His Majesty? I, Zhao Mingyin, am just a weak princess, and I have also killed rebels. So the knife I held was not a knife? So the thief I killed wasn’t a thief? It turns out that I, Zhao Mingyin, was not born a woman. Then when Wang Gui fell from power and the first emperor wanted to seal me, why did a group of courtiers face the enemy? Your Majesty! Women are obedient because Your Majesty made them docile, this is the suffering of women, not the fault of women, if it turns out to be the reason why women are imprisoned, it will be a big joke!"

The wind blows, the leaves fall, and the sleeping old fish in the cold pond turns its body, causing waves to stir.

A few young maids stood by the pool, looking at the iron-like clouds reflecting in the pool, as if they had put on battle robes for the disturbed pool.

Facing the anger of his little aunt, Emperor Zhaode was not angry, nor did he refute immediately.

"Little aunt, what I said is neither a queen nor a slave, why should I be so angry? After all, female officials are still different from men. Women don't understand government affairs. This is a big shortcoming. Even female teachers can't teach them. I have come to teach, and no one can suppress those sour scholars who look down on women, Mrs. Baoping Hou is a first-class imperial order, and she can't convince those Hanlin, and she can't make the queen worry about such trivial matters."

Saying that, "he" waved his hand: "Trouble, it's too much trouble."

The flames that had passed over the faces of the maids just now seemed to have flowed behind Zhao Mingyin, bit by bit, scorching her heart.

Old memories flicker in the light.

She didn't seem to see anything.

There is only one lamp.

A... lamp, very close to her.

She walked slowly to the side of the lamp, and the fire light illuminated her eyes and face.

"I can."

she said to the emperor.

"I can."

Countless tiny circles suddenly appeared on the cold pool that was about to be frozen.

A maid exclaimed in a low voice:
"Snowing."

Shen Shiqing strode to the front of the hall, and lifted the brocade curtain.

"Okay, tomorrow, the queen and I will be waiting for the emperor's aunt in Duanji hall."

The broken snow stuck to her hair, she smiled purely between her brows, turned around and strode into the first snowstorm of this winter.

Zhao Mingyin, who was left in place, was stunned. Officer Ye hurried in and saw some hesitation on the face of her own princess.

"Princess? But when?"

Zhao Mingyin was still a little puzzled, she said softly:

"I seem to have been tricked by my nephew, but I also feel that he...has never been so sinister before."

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The emperor's steps were really fast, as if he was running away.

The four mice trotted behind the emperor and left the princess mansion. He didn't know what the emperor and the princess had said in the palace, but he felt that the way the emperor was running away was really afraid that others would come to his senses and beat him up. his ass.

"My lord, let's go back to the palace."

"No." Shen Shiqing looked at the snow falling on the eaves in the distance, still smiling, "Let's go to Zhengxifang."

The four mice stared at their small eyes that were not too big.

It turns out that an affair between a man and a woman is so urgent?

Even if the emperor, the emperor is in a hurry to see Shen Shi, when will he not be able to see her?Even going in the snow?

Confused, Sishu still led the escort of the carriage to the south without saying a word.

Shen Shiqing, who was misunderstood as anxious, sat in the carriage and opened the curtain. A little snow fell on her fingertips and turned into snow again.

The carriage went south all the way, passing by many pedestrians who were eager to go home and merchants who were busy closing their stalls. After about half an hour, they finally arrived in front of the Shen family's old house in Zhengxifang.

Looking at Shen's house in the snow, Shen Shiqing felt mixed feelings for a while.

Her name is "Shi Qing", so she was born in winter, and she got this name when a heavy snow stopped amidst the cries of her birth.

Therefore, whenever the snow fell, it was the time for their family to gather around the stove to enjoy the snow and celebrate her birthday by the way.

When she was in a trance, the door of Shen's house opened suddenly, and Zhao Surui, who was wearing a white sable fur coat, walked out with her chest up and her head up:
"It's time to hunt when it snows. We can't hunt in the city, and it's not bad to spend money! Let's go and spend these hundreds of taels of silver."

Seeing Shen Shiqing suddenly, Zhao Surui froze in place.

"Why are you here again?"

Eh?How can I say again?

The lively "Shen Shiqing" is as vivid as a shadow from an old dream.

Shen Shiqing, who had just verbally deceived the princess into the game, looked at "her".

The corners of the lips are lightly picked.

There was a tear in his eye.

Zhao Surui was startled, threw off his fur clothes and rushed towards her.

"Don't cry!"

He is a majestic Emperor Zhaode, wise and powerful, with martial arts and martial arts, why did he suddenly cry at the door of someone else's house!

A Chi and Pei Feng came out after them, and saw their girl suddenly jumped into the arms of the man they had all seen, and even hugged his head with her hands.

The four mice looked at it, and felt relieved. It turned out that it was not their emperor who was really anxious.

It's okay, it's okay, no loss, no loss.

"Don't cry!"

Not caring that he was looking up at Shen Sanwas, Zhao Surui bared his teeth and claws, rubbing and rubbing on his own eyes.

Shen Shiqing laughed through tears:
"Don't worry, everyone else is watching."

After finishing speaking, she wrapped her arms around her own slender waist.

A Chi and Pei Feng looked at each other red-faced and turned around together, shutting the door behind the others who were going to come out.

The girl ate and drank every day, until now, she finally began to think about... what she wanted.

　Siri Zhao: Maintain my dignity!
　　Achi: Girl!Your reputation is gone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)