Noble First Daughter-in-law

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of March.

The originally quiet Jiangdu Palace suddenly became lively again these days. Shang Ruyi saw the maids and eunuchs busy up and down, as if they were preparing for something, so she asked the maids who served her.

One of them said: "Return to Madam, the Cold Food Festival will be in a few days, and His Majesty will celebrate it in the palace."

"Cold Food Festival, celebrate?"

Shang Ruyi frowned slightly, and said, "It should be a sacrifice, right?"

The maid smiled awkwardly and shook her head.

Since ancient times, the Cold Food Festival has been a day for offering sacrifices to sages. Few people would celebrate anything on this day. Shang Ruyi didn't know what Chu Yang's intention was for such an arrangement. At this time, Eunuch Yu brought people here.

He bowed to Shang Ruyi, and then said: "Madam, Your Majesty is waiting for Madam in the inner palace, please move Madam."

Shang Ruyi said, "What's the matter?"

Eunuch Yu said fairly: "Your Majesty has arranged some things at the back, Madam please go and have a look."

She said yes, but in fact she had no position to refuse, so she got up and followed Eunuch Yu.But on the way, Shang Ruyi still couldn't help asking: "Eunuch Yu, I heard that His Majesty is going to celebrate the Cold Food Festival, what are you celebrating?"

When Eunuch Yu heard this, he just gave a wry smile.

Then he said: "It's not a celebration, but His Majesty intends to go for an outing in the garden on that day. But recently, it's not safe outside, so His Majesty doesn't plan to go out of the palace, so he just went for a walk in the palace, so he specially arranged some scenery. "

"landscape?"

Shang Ruyi was a little surprised, but at this moment, they passed through the middle gate and entered the inner palace.

As soon as I looked up, I saw the surrounding scenery, which was really different from what I saw when I came here before. The winding path paved with bluestone slabs in the inner palace was originally full of flowers and plants, but it was not the season at this time, and the green leaves Although it was luxuriant, there were not many flowers blooming, but this time, Shang Ruyi saw the red, pink, yellow, purple flowers blooming one by one, and she squinted her eyes for a while.

When I got closer, I realized that those flowers were all made of yarn, so lifelike that they couldn't be identified without looking carefully.

She said, "This is—"

Mr. Yu said fairly: "This is a flower that His Majesty specially asked a craftsman from the south to make. One flower costs two renminbi."

"..."

Shang Ruyi frowned, didn't say much, just kept walking.

The more you go in, the more you can see some beautiful spring scenes made of yarn and satin, or in other words, piled up with silver, such as a few trees by the roadside, which are also covered with red ribbons, blown by the wind The flying of the sky is like the osmanthus in the moon palace.

The further Shang Ruyi walked, the heavier his heart became.

It's not that she doesn't know how much the palace costs. Her own daily meals alone are enough for several families to eat, but this kind of waste is still limited. If the entire Jiangdu Palace is really decorated like this, the money spent will not be too much. Dare to imagine.

Just when they were about to reach the garden that day, they heard a pleasant silver bell in the distance.

When I came here before, I heard the sound of silk and bamboo. I don’t know why, but now it’s the ringtone.

Shang Ruyi hastily quickened her pace, and when she walked through the vase gate, her eyes widened in shock at the scene in front of her.

The huge garden is covered with thick carpets as always, but this time the blanket is dark green, looking like soft grass all over the ground; but the garden is not as visible as before, instead there are many Many screens divide the garden into countless winding roads; the silk screens are embroidered with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and there are beautiful maids. Looking around, it seems that there are many people in this garden. Spring outing is common.

And above their heads, there are non-stop small and pleasant bells.

Shang Ruyi looked up, and was shocked again, because she realized that above the garden, there was actually a huge net woven with gold thread.

There are countless silver bells hanging on the net, and when the wind blows, those bells immediately jingle and melodiously, like the laughter of these women who are outing.

"Pretty?"

A familiar voice suddenly rang in his ears, and Shang Ruyi hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see Chu Yang coming out from behind a screen, looking at him with a smile.

Shang Ruyi was so shocked that she forgot to salute, she just looked at him and at the luxurious scenery in front of her.

it's beautiful...

Everything he creates is breathtakingly beautiful.

However, who can know what such a beautiful scenery will look like in the end?

Chu Yang seemed very satisfied with her "disrespect". He reached out and grabbed Shang Ruyi's wrist and led her into this picturesque scenery.

Shang Ruyi was a little dizzy, walked all the way to the tree, looked at the white jade-like flowers blooming on it, and the golden wire mesh covering her head, and couldn't help but asked softly, "Your Majesty, why are you making such a big tree here?" Zhang net?"

Chu Yang said: "I asked people to prepare a lot of flowers, but there are also a lot of birds here. Two days ago, they were pecked by them and took away a lot, so I asked people to hang a net here."

"..."

"However, there is only the net, which looks ominous."

"..."

"I made people rush to work overnight to make these thousands of silver bells. With these things, those birds would not dare to come down."

Sure enough, while he was speaking, a small sparrow landed on the net, which immediately triggered several silver bells to jingle, the sparrow screamed in fright and flew away, and the rest of the birds did not dare to fall .

Seeing this situation, a smug smile appeared on Chu Yang's face.

Standing under the tree, he stretched out his hand to fiddle with the round silver bell above his head, and as the bell trembled slightly, even the golden wire net trembled, and all the bells rang together, as if a hundred birds were contending, which was melodious.

He smiled and said, "This is the scenery that Jiangnan should have."

"..."

"I originally wanted to go out of the palace for an outing, but the people below said that the weather outside the city has been bad recently, so I asked people to move all these scenery to the palace."

"..."

"On the day of the Cold Food Festival, let's come here for an outing and enjoy the spring."

"..."

Shang Ruyi looked at him silently, hesitating to speak several times.

As if feeling something, Chu Yang looked down at her, but seeing that the expression on her face was not as happy as he thought, he couldn't help frowning slightly: "What's wrong?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi hesitated for a long time, and then said softly: "Your Majesty, it's just for a cold food festival, it's—too expensive."

Chu Yang frowned immediately.

Eunuch Yu, who was standing by the side, broke out in a cold sweat at this moment.

Chu Yang looked at her coldly, and said: "Did you forget that I once said that everything in nature is for people to use, if it is not used, it will be meaningless that day."

"...!"

Shang Ruyi's heart sank immediately.

Of course she didn't forget that this was the first time the two of them met. Seeing Chu Yang's extravagant behavior, she couldn't help admonishing him, but was refuted by him.

And at that time, she also persuaded him - any use should be done with a degree.

But at this time, facing Chu Yang's eyes, she couldn't speak these familiar words.

And at this moment, that familiar and disgusting voice sounded from the side: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

Shang Ruyi frowned slightly, and turned around to see Wang Shaoji appearing at the gate of the garden again. Eunuch Yu still sighed when he saw him, and could only salute respectfully.

Chu Yang's expression slowed down a little, and he said, "What's the matter, tell me."

Wang Shaoji said: "Weichen has already had twenty pairs of bead curtains made overnight, and on the day of the Cold Food Festival, they will also be hung on the palace gates around the garden, under the cover of the moonlight, the pearls will shine and add luster. "

Chu Yang's eyes lit up when he heard it.

He nodded and said, "Okay, you did a good job in this matter."

Wang Shaoji said again: "It's just that there is one thing that needs to be requested from His Majesty."

"what?"

"That is, if the bead curtain is hung, the palace gate must not be closed, otherwise, there will be no beautiful scenery of candlelight at all."

Chu Yang nodded when he heard the words: "It makes sense. Then you pass on the order, and when the night of the Cold Food Festival comes, the gates of the inner palace don't need to be closed."

Wang Shaoji's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately bowed to salute: "Yes."

But Shang Ruyi at the side couldn't help frowning.

Can't close the inner palace gate?

She thought for a while and said softly: "Your Majesty, if you can't close the palace gate, will something happen?"

Chu Yang glanced at him, but before saying anything, Wang Shaoji had already smiled and said, "Mrs. Yuwen Shao is too worried. You live in the palace these days, but what happened?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Nothing happened because the palace gate is closed. But if the palace gate is opened—"

Wang Shaoji immediately asked: "Could it be that Young Madam means that there will be rebels appearing at the foot of the Son of Heaven, in Jiangdu Palace?"

As soon as he heard the word "rebel", Chu Yang's face immediately sank.

Shang Ruyi's heart also sank.

Of course she knows that the word "rebels" is what Chu Yang hates the most now, and no one is even allowed to mention the fall of Dongdu anymore. When Wang Shaoji talked about it like this, she immediately said: "Of course I am not this mean."

Wang Shaoji said: "Then, please young lady don't care about the actions of our imperial guards. The imperial city's safety, the imperial guards never slack off, the only thing to worry about is the guards of the old palace, they are always uneasy divided."

"you--"

What Shang Ruyi wanted to say, but Chu Yang said coldly, "That's enough."

Both of them lowered their heads and closed their mouths.

Chu Yang gave Shang Ruyi a cold look, but said nothing. He looked up at Wang Shaoji again, thought for a while, and said, "The gate of the inner palace does not need to be closed, but the gate of light should be closed on time."

"..."

Wang Shaoji frowned slightly.

But immediately, he showed a smile and said: "I understand, I will go down and pass the order."

After speaking, he saluted, turned around and left in a hurry.

After he left, Chu Yang lowered his head again, looked at Shang Ruyi with a worried face, and said in a deep voice: "I asked you to come to have fun with me and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Outside things, there are outside things. Don't worry about it anymore."

"..."

Shang Ruyi bit her lower lip, was silent for a long time, and finally said softly: "Yes."