Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 211 Huaqing Palace

Xue Bai's eyes fell on the door of the house, observing the light and shadow on the ground through the gap.

Just now he insisted on wanting Da Xifu to go out, not out of enthusiasm, but out of distrust. He wanted to watch Da Xifu leave with his own eyes, but the other party insisted on refusing.

As for the matter of seeking an official position, Xue Bai originally wanted to find an opportunity to bargain with Li Linfu.

If he wanted to be an ordinary Jiwei, he would have to show his ambition to serve as Chang Anwei; if he wanted to seek Zhaoying, an official position in Cichi County that could accompany the emperor, he would have to show even greater ambitions.

It was impossible to hit it off immediately because his interests did not match those of Li Linfu. Then you can't trust the other party's promises easily, you must always be tough and invade the other party's inner presuppositions.

Therefore, Xue Bai had been paying attention to see if Da Xifu refused to see him off because he wanted to come back and eavesdrop, and that was indeed the case.

When the light and shadow outside the door changed again for a moment, he waited for a while, opened the door and took a few glances outside.

"Squeak."

"Ok?"

"he's gone."

Xie Aman asked: "Who is that? Why did you reveal the information to him like this?"

"Looking for an official position, negotiation skills."

"Then my skills are pretty good, right?"

Just now Xue Bai signaled with his eyes and actions, Xie Aman was caught off guard. Fortunately, she had an idea and reacted, and she couldn't help but feel slightly proud at this time.

"I helped you, so I'm repaying you for letting me pretend to be a green snake. I don't owe you any favors anymore."

"it is good."

"Also, what I just said was an act." Xie Aman reminded, "Just those few words...don't take them seriously. I'm just cooperating with you, you know?"

"I know."

Xue Bai responded, but his mind recalled the look in her eyes just now.

He took the playbook from her hand, spread it out on the table, took out the inkstone, and polished the ink, preparing to revise the play text.

Xie Aman looked around and saw that with one stroke of his pen, he crossed out a line in which Xu Xian praised the beauty of the West Lake.

"Ah You……"

She couldn't help but feel distressed and said: "What a wonderful sentence, the sky is green and the smoke is falling, and the waves are flat."

Later, it turned out that she sang the opera line. Although her singing skills were not as good as hers, she was still among the top people at that time.

It's a pity that Xue Bai can't tell that she sings well, and he doesn't have that much love and interest in her. She always has a serious attitude and a focused look on her face.

The brush in his hand turned slightly and wrote several beautiful regular scripts.

Xie Aman tilted his head slightly, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but read along word by word. Later, his eyes suddenly widened.

"If you want to compare the West Lake to the West, it is always better to wear light makeup and heavy makeup."

She opened her mouth and sang again, her voice trembling slightly because she had not yet recovered from the shock.

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"I knew that the Number One Scholar was talented, but I didn't expect him to be so great. His disciples didn't even know what to say."

"Look at how anxious you are, just say it slowly, I won't rush you."

That night, in the back hall of Huaqing Palace, Xie Aman was describing to Yang Yuhuan the situation when she urged Xue Bai to write a play today.

She was a little excited. She looked around and saw a bench being brought over.

"My concubine, look, he was just like this, scratching the ink casually, feeling that he was still thinking about his job search in his mind. He looked back and started writing as soon as he lifted the brush... Such sentences almost made the disciples cry. He But I just turned the page."

"What kind of sentence?"

After Xie Aman finished reading, the palace became quiet for a while. Then she raised her head, looked into Yang Yuhuan's beautiful eyes, and thought to herself, "How much the noble concubine must be looking forward to this opera."

Zhang Yunrong, who was cutting window grilles on the side, stopped what he was doing and looked at Yang Yuhuan blankly. He didn't know whether he was surprised by the beauty of the imperial concubine or Xue Bai's poem.

Zhang Yunrong recalled the situation when Li Bai was writing poems. The great poet asked casually, "What's the name of the female ambassador?" She took up her pen and wrote the beautiful poem "Clouds think of clothes, flowers think of face" that shocked her throughout her life.

After a while, Yang Yuhuan finally spoke and asked, "What then?"

"He wrote as he drew, and what he wrote were all such powerful sentences. When he wrote about marriage, he wrote: 'A spring night is worth a thousand gold; when the flowers have fragrance and the moon has clouds,' and when he wrote about separation, 'If the two love lasts for a long time, how can they be together in court? Twilight'."

Xie Aman simply couldn't imitate Xue Bai's easy-going calmness. Before he finished speaking, his eyes were already shining.

"I have listened to many of his wonderful poems in the past, but I thought they were all composed by him painstakingly and thoughtfully. I was really shocked when I supervised him writing a play today. It was not at all what I thought."

While they were talking, Xu Hezi also arrived, and Xie Aman had to repeat what she had just said, but she didn't find it annoying and instead added more details.

Yang Yuhuan also listened patiently a second time.

"Yongxin." Xie Aman said excitedly, holding Xu Hezi's hand, and said: "Others say that this number one scholar has no real talent, but they don't know that he is Wenquxing who has descended to earth, and I saw it with my own eyes, 'Li Taibai in the sky' , Mr. Xue in the world' is actually true."

"This opera... shall we sing it?" Xu Hezi looked at Yang Yuhuan, a little surprised.

"Ah."

Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "Otherwise, why should I urge him?"

"It's really what he wrote in his essay." Xu Hezi still couldn't believe it.

"Why did you lie to me?" Xie Aman clearly saw it, but he didn't know how to prove it. He wished he could dance for them on the spot.

"Okay, Ah Man, take a break. No matter how excited you are, no matter how much you admire him, you won't be able to marry him. Don't have such thoughts again."

"No." Xie Man said: "Only vulgar people want to take him as their own. There are always beautiful young people in the world. What I appreciate is his talent in poetry and song, and what I admire is his realm of opera music. "

Saying this seems to be saying that Yang Yuyao is vulgar. Xie Aman was not aware of it, and Yang Yuhuan was not annoyed by it. He raised his hand and tapped her head as a sign of punishment, saying: "I asked you to supervise, but he can go With my third sister?"

"I guess he didn't go, but he had a 'friend' who came to see him. In addition to writing plays, he was also busy looking for an official position..."

Yang Yuhuan didn't know as much as Yang Yuyao about the rights and wrongs of the officialdom. After hearing about it, he just thought that there was no need to be busy for a small official position of eighth or ninth rank.

"Tell him tomorrow to put your mind on business. When the play is arranged, can I still treat him badly?"

"Yes."

Xie Aman lowered his head and rolled his eyes, suddenly thinking that Xue Bai hadn't said where the playbook was from.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let him go to Mrs. Guo Guo's house?"

Yang Yuhuan was always a bit stingy sometimes and said, "I took the trouble to bring him to Huaqing Palace, not just to take advantage of Third Sister."

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At the same time, Mingzhu was whispering in Yang Yuyao's ear that she went to pick up Xue Lang from the official residence today and met the disciple of the imperial concubine.

"Yuhuan won't let you come, why do you dare to come?"

"As a minister, it is official duty to serve the noble concubine, but it is my true intention to come to see Yuyao."

Yang Yuyao was very happy to hear Xue Bai's words. She originally planned to pick the stars in the sky for him, but he didn't need it. He only wanted to pick the post of Zhaoyingwei.

"I asked my sister to inquire for you today..."

Although Xue Bai and Yang Yuyao were close, they had little contact with Mrs. Han Guo and Mrs. Qin Guo. After all, he is not like Yang Zhao who can give gifts to all three families. He has to travel frequently with those two families, so he might as well just take care of Yang Yuyao. Of course, her two sisters are also very energetic.

"Li Xi, the magistrate of Zhaoying County, also named Changxin, was originally a county magistrate in Yucheng County, Henan Prefecture. Tianbao was transferred to Zhaoying County in the fourth year of Tianbao. At that time, the saint wrote a poem to him. After that, Li Xi led the migrant workers to build Huaqing Palace, this time the saint summoned him and praised him highly. The eldest brother-in-law went to make friends with him today. Talking about Da Xifu, Li Xi said that someone in Luoyang told a rumor. What do you think? Da Xixun’s wife Kou is fond of Buddhism. , living in seclusion in Longmen. In fact, Tianbao passed away in the seventh month of the sixth year and was buried in the ancestral tomb of Beimang Mountain. Because each of Da Xixun's three sons had official positions, the funeral was not announced secretly."

Hiding mourning and not reporting it would lead to exile, removal from office, or demotion according to Tang law. However, the court was actually unable to know whether officials had violated etiquette by observing mourning. There were many people who concealed mourning and escaped punishment.

Xue Bai asked: "Will Li Xi and Da Xifu deal with each other?"

"Looks like it."

It was difficult for Yang Yuyao to remember so many things, and he had to make plans for Xue Bai, and said: "In my opinion, this matter is quite simple. If Da Xifu wants a seventh-grade editor of the newspaper, you can give him a Zhaoying County captain." , but I only want to change this one official position. As for the positions of Yuan Zhi and Yuan Cheng, I don’t want to give up the positions. I want to find a Yuan Zhi for Du Youlin and a Yuan Zai for Yuan Zai..."

This was something that Yang Zheng and Xue Bai had initially discussed, but letting Du Youlin move from the fifth level to the fourth level would seem to only be an upgrade of two levels, but Du Youlin really didn't have this weight.

Why do Yan Zhenqing and Xue Bai work in low-level official positions of the eighth and ninth grades? Grade is not important, this is laying the foundation. If Du Youlin does not have this qualification, his foundation will always be weak, and it is absolutely impossible for him to hold the real power position of presiding over a government office. If you are truly good to Du Youni, you should be demoted and trained in a local area. Only by achieving political achievements and then ascending to a high position can you convince the public.

Of course, the purpose of this plan is not to really get the post of director, but to scare people.

Seeking for an official position is the same as buying something from a street stall. When bargaining, you just end up talking nonsense.

"I don't care about the specific official positions that brother mentioned, it always means this. We have a profit deal with Da Xixun. You promote his son, and he promotes you." Yang Yuyao said: "If he dares to go back on his word, we will put him The thing of concealing mourning and not repaying it is exposed in front of the saint."

"This is probably the idea, but the details have to be polished slowly."

On the surface, he continued to deceive Li Linfu, but secretly, he used Da Xixun's handle to make deals with him. After all, the appointment of officials ultimately fell to the Ministry of Personnel.

In this way, Xue Bai also had some concerns in his heart, just waiting to test to confirm the truth of the matter.

Then he thought of another question.

"I just don't know what the saint thinks of my official position."

"I shouldn't be able to care about a small official like you, so let Yuhuan ask."

Yang Yuyao answered, pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "But Third Sister treats you better? She doesn't let you work hard in rehearsing, but only seeks an official position for you and takes you to wash the soup."

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Although Xue Bai didn't feel it was hard, he was really busy.

The next day, he received news that someone from the Huaqing Palace had come to summon him, so he hurried back to his official residence.

"Tai Le Cheng, the script has been revised. The imperial concubine has summoned you to the palace to see her. Today the saint also wants to read your script."

Xie Aman entered the room and took a look. He saw a baggage on the table. When he opened it, he saw three sets of costumes inside. He couldn't help but feel strange.

"Where did you get it? It's obvious that you only had a small baggage when you came."

"I asked the tailor to bring it."

Xue Bai said lightly, took the script and said, "Let's go."

Xie Aman sniffed and said suspiciously, "You smell so good."

Xue Bai lowered his head and glanced at her lightly, his eyes seemed to be asking her why she was sniffing, but it made her feel a little ashamed, so she honestly stepped forward to lead the way.

……

The Huaqing Palace faces the Wei Dynasty with its back facing Li, facing south and facing north.

There are four palace gates in the palace city. The Jinyang Gate in the north is the main entrance of the palace city. There are two halls and two pavilions outside the palace for ministers to discuss affairs.

Xue Bai followed Xie Aman through Jinyang Gate and finally entered the palace city.

He didn't feel much awe of this magnificent royal palace, so he quickly took a few glances and looked at the terrain.

He had been here before in his previous life, and he was here to learn... There was once a bald man who lived here. He was so frightened by the mutiny that he ran to Lishan Mountain, hid behind a big rock, and was captured alive.

Because of this, Xue Bai couldn't help but think, if Li Heng or Chen Xuanli or someone else rebelled in Huaqing Palace, where would Li Longji run?

Time passed by, and he could no longer recognize the buildings of Huaqing Palace. In his impression, there were Li Yuan, Huan Yuan, inscriptions, and a statue of Yang Yuhuan, but he did not see any of these.

"To the west is the Seven Holy Temples, which enshrine the seven former emperors." Xie Aman said in a low voice.

Xue Bai's eyes were a little confused, because since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been only six emperors since Li Yuan, including Wu Zetian.

"And Laojun." Xie Aman understood his doubts and raised his hand to guide him, "Let's go to the Yaoguang Palace in the east."

A stage is already being set up near Yaoguang Hall.

The Liyuan disciples were very familiar with Xue Bai, and they all bowed to him when they saw him.

At this time, the saint and the noble concubine had not yet arrived. Li Guinian was talking to several worshipers in charge of setting up the stage. When he saw Xue Bai, he asked him for his opinion on the stage.

Xue Bai pondered for a moment, and suddenly an idea came to him.

"Is there a lake?"

"lake?"

"Xiaochi is fine, too." Xue Bai said, "This play tells the story of the West Lake, so it should be rehearsed by the lake."

Li Guinian was a little shocked, hesitant, and a little expectant, and asked: "Xue Lang means... to use the lake water as a stage?"

"good."

Xue Bai turned around and saw that the palace wall was not far away, with the balcony above.

He then asked Li Guinian: "Can I go to the palace wall and have a look to see where is a suitable place to set up a stage?"

Li Guinian was a pure musician, so he immediately said: "I will lead Xue Lang over."

The palace guards did not prevent the musicians from climbing up the wall, so Xue Bai stood on the watchtower facing the wind and looked over. He could vaguely see a pond to the west, which might be suitable for rehearsing a play.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Huaqing Palace. He couldn't see clearly through the many palaces, but the layout of the entire palace city had not changed much.

Because the location of the soup pool has not changed.

Deep in the palace, in the large and small palaces, there must be many large and small soup pools.

Because of that statue, he was deeply impressed. Yang Guifei's Haitang Soup was actually just a very small soup pool, far less big than Li Longji's Royal Soup Nine Dragon Hall. Then through the palace, he can almost tell where Haitang Tang is and where Yu Tang is.

Xue Bai quickly withdrew his gaze and called Li Guinian to get off the palace wall together and discuss the stage in earnest.

But he was thinking in his heart that he was very familiar with the terrain of Huaqing Palace.

I'm afraid that the average palace guard is only familiar with the patrol area, not as familiar with the entire Huaqing Palace as he is.

If he could sit on the throne of the crown prince, as long as he had the reputation and two hundred elite soldiers, he would dare to risk changing the Tang Dynasty while Li Longji was bathing... Inexplicably, he always had this kind of thought in his mind. idea.

Afterwards, Xue Bai woke up and asked himself what was the use of thinking about it?

It's like building a palace after picking up a stone brick on the road. Compared with the position of prince, the respect of the subjects, and the two hundred elite soldiers, knowing where the imperial soup is is the least important condition in the mutiny.

This is probably useless knowledge...

At this moment, the royal chariot arrived.

Li Longji wore a thin silk robe, which looked very cool and showed the chicness of a romantic emperor.

Yang Yuhuan is wearing a red palace dress, covered with a layer of gauze, with a pony topknot on her head, and silky black hair.

With a casual glance, Xue Bai looked away, and the Begonia Soup Pool made of ink jade appeared in his mind.

　I sorted out the outline today, but I didn’t have enough time to write it. In addition, I also had to adjust the rhythm a little and make some foreshadowing, so the second chapter will have fewer words. Don’t wait~~ There will be an Easter egg chapter with a map of Huaqing Palace later, please Please give me a thumbs up. If you like it highly, it seems to be useful~~

　　

　

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