Compete for the Song Dynasty

Being a prince is really different from usual, especially in a borderland like Yongzhou, Dali's Prime Minister Guoyue Hou Gao Zhisheng is supposed to have a high position in Dali.Some of the current officials in the Zhennan Mansion heard that such a high-ranking foreign envoy had come, and they couldn't help but look at each other. There was such a big commotion when Wang Pang came to Yongzhou.

Gao Zhisheng was invited in. As soon as he came in, the officials of Yongzhou couldn't help but sigh: the new king of Zhennan, Wang Pang, is only 23 or [-] years old. Wang Pang is about the same age.I really don't know what these emperors are thinking now, is it really the world of young people now?Even Wang Pang was taken aback. This Gao Zhisheng reminded him of Duan Yu in Jin Yong's works. Although Wang Pang didn't think Gao Zhisheng was more handsome than himself, Gao Zhisheng's bookishness was not inferior to those literati like Su Shi in the Song Dynasty. .

"My lord, Gao Zhisheng, I heard that Zhennan King Yongzhou is going to take office. I have specially prepared a small gift to congratulate you. Please accept it with a smile!" After he finished speaking, he gave way, and two women followed behind him. These two women were slender , with light steps, she holds a tray in each hand, and the tray is covered with a red cloth.

"Oh? Then I'll be impolite!" Wang Pang smiled, thinking that if he wanted to give a gift, he could just give it. Why is he still so mysterious.

Gao Zhisheng walked up to a woman and lifted the red cloth on the tray in front of everyone, only to see a pen holder on the tray. [

"It's a pen holder! What does it mean to send a pen holder?" Feng Shen, the magistrate, asked in a low voice to Tao Ren, the general judge beside him.

It’s not uncommon for them to give gifts. It’s normal to give a new gadget, a jade carving, or a famous inkstone in the study room, but it’s rare to give a pen holder: “Maybe there is something in the pen holder.” ?” Tao Renxiao replied.

Wang Pang was relatively close to the two of them, and vaguely heard them muttering, this hall is too big, after all, it was used as a palace by Nong Zhigao when he was self-reliant, it is more like a hall than a hall.Gao Zhisheng was four or five feet away from him. Although Wang Pang also saw a pen holder, he couldn't see it clearly. "Submit it!"

The woman walked up to Wang Pang with the tray in her hand, and Wang Pang scooped up the pen container and looked at it.The pen holder is fifteen or sixteen centimeters high, with a smooth, delicate and lustrous surface, as smooth as jade; the wall of the pen holder is engraved with landscapes, islands, and the sun, moon and wind.Rugged rocks, mottled sea rocks, rolling and changing.

Wang Pang raised his head and glanced at Gao Zhisheng, and saw Gao Zhisheng looking at him with a smile, boy, is it meaningful to play with me here?When Lao Tzu opened the Jinxiu Building, he played with the late emperor Renzong to play with the names of dishes with profound meanings.Gao Zhisheng came here to give himself a pen holder at this time. It seems that he really came prepared. To rule the country has a profound meaning. Does he mean that he wants me to rule the country, or does he want me to help him rule the country?In short, this question is not convenient to ask today.

"That's right, this is really a good thing! Then I'll take it without hesitation." Wang Pang said and handed the pen holder to Su Xiaomei.

"Haha, I came here just because of the name. It's good that the prince can accept it. The prince is really a person who knows the treasure!" Gao Zhisheng said, looking at the king with profound meaning.

Wang Pang smiled, and he didn't want to say it, so it seems that it's better not to say it: "This pen holder is not bamboo or jade, but carved from ivory, using the craft of engraving, which is rare in the Song Dynasty. Pure white, it should not be your ivory from Dali, but from a foreign country. How can I not accept such a precious gift from the Prime Minister?"

These few words of his caused an uproar in the hall. Ivory is rare among the people, and even if it is available, it is a royal offering. This alone is enough to show how expensive this item is.Feng Shen raised a thumb and said to Tao Ren: "Look at our prince, he knows so much."

Most of the uproar were local officials in Yongzhou, either because of the preciousness of this item, or because Wang Pang spoke eloquently and praised Wang Pang for his knowledge.

The expression on Gao Zhisheng's face darkened slightly, probably what Wang Pang explained was not the same as what he wanted to pass on to Wang Pang, but he quickly recovered his smile and said: "My lord, no matter how expensive the ivory carving is, it has its price, but this The care that goes into a pen holder is priceless."

Hearing what he said, he muttered again: "What's the purpose of this pen holder?" Some people stretched their necks to look at the pen holder Su Xiaomei was playing with.Su Xiaomei also heard what Wang Pang said just now, she thought to herself that this thing is so valuable, this person must have something to find her husband, and seeing Gao Zhisheng kept saying the meaning, she looked carefully for a long time but couldn't see why .

Wang Pang coughed lightly, Su Xiaomei raised her head, this was the signal for the two of them.Before coming to the main hall, the little girl didn’t want to come with Wang Pang at all, so she said a little coyly: “There are so many people, I don’t want to go.” Wang Pang put his arms around her delicate waist and said: “You don’t understand, every big ceremony You must be accompanied by your wife, this is the first time for me to have so many people come to congratulate you as a prince. How about this, if you hear something you don’t like, just cough and I will change the topic.” The two discussed It's settled, but I didn't expect it to be used on the Prime Minister of Dali.Hearing Wang Pang cough lightly, the little girl knew that Wang Pang definitely didn't want to continue talking about this topic.

"This gift from the Prime Minister of the State is very delicate. What's the other thing, how about presenting it together?" Su Xiaomei blushed after she finished speaking, thinking that this job is not a bad one.

"What the concubine said is very true. Presumably with the taste of the prime minister, she can't be wrong." Wang Pang patted Su Xiaomei approvingly, looked at Gao Zhisheng and said.

The princess looked very handsome, but she was quite impatient when she saw something good. Some people in the hall lowered their heads and smiled without knowing what was going on.Hearing what Su Xiaomei said, Gao Zhisheng couldn't further discuss the meaning of the pen holder with Wang Pang. This Wang Pang claimed to be extremely smart, but it seemed that his reputation was false.He didn't expect that there were so many people in this hall, and it was the first time he and Wang Pang met, no matter how bold Wang Pang was, he would not come to Yongzhou on the first day and claim to dominate the country.

However, Gao Zhisheng really didn't want to offer the second gift, so he bit the bullet and lifted the red cloth on the tray, and a scroll was placed on the tray.

a painting?Looking at the scroll, Wang Pang wondered why the Dali Prime Minister would give the ivory first and then the painting?Is this painting more precious than this ivory?Painted with gold powder?That would be too vulgar.Or the paintings are mountains and rivers, treasure maps?Just as he was thinking, the woman held the scroll and glanced at Gao Zhisheng, then walked towards the king.

Although Wang Pang was far away and couldn't clearly see the woman's expression when she looked at Gao Zhisheng, but seeing the woman felt like this made Wang Pang alert. How could a maid look at it before the master gave the gift?As the woman got closer and closer, Wang Pang suddenly thought of the allusion about seeing him with a dagger?I have a grudge against Dali, is it that Dali wants to assassinate me?This again seems unlikely. [

As he thought, the woman had already approached, and Zhe Kejun stood up from beside the king, took the scroll from the tray, and slowly opened it.When Wang Pang saw the scroll, which was a portrait of a woman, he was stunned.Why does this woman look so much like Yuexia?

When Wang Pang saw this painting, his mind was at a loss. Could it be that Yuexia scooped up the Yuejin Stone and was reincarnated?But it's impossible to be reincarnated so coincidentally that it looks so similar to the previous life?Could it be that there are also skilled people in Dali who can disguise themselves?But if you look closely, it doesn't look like it.The moonlight is gentle and soft like water.Wang Pang likes the quietness of Yuexia, and being with Yuexia can make Wang Pang, who has just experienced such a big change in the Song Dynasty, feel a little comfortable.In contrast, Su Xiaomei has a bit of a hot girl taste.Clever, decisive and generous is what Wang Pang likes about Su Xiaomei.And the girl in the painting is good-looking, but also a little playful, but she doesn't have the agility of the soft little girl under the moon.

When he was in a daze, my younger sister also saw the woman in the painting. This woman looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a white jacket and a red waistcoat, with "three beards" and "five beards" attached to the right tuck knot. Silver ornaments, the headdress is stacked in long strips to cover the head, and the red rope is wrapped around the braid, forming a dragon and horse horn on the top, a dragon and a phoenix tail on the bottom, and a tassel on the left hanging by the ear, fluttering in the wind.Looking at the facial features of the woman in this portrait, the mouth is untouched but full of dandelion, the eyebrows are unpainted but green, her eyes are like stars and moons, and her face is beautiful and unconventional. "The Cangshan bird, the Erhai Lake is green, the moon is white, the camellia is red, the willow branches are swinging in the wind, and the snow is reflecting the red clouds"

"What a pretty girl, Prime Minister, what do you mean by this scroll?" Su Xiaomei asked with her eyebrows slightly clustered.

When Wang Pang heard the little girl's question, he came back to his senses, he had somewhat lost his composure just now.The little girl had never seen Yuexia before, so she might feel unhappy seeing herself like that, so he asked Gao Zhisheng, "Who is the person in Guoxiang's painting? It looks like an old friend of mine!"

"It's really like, really like! The person in this painting really looks like the passed away girl under the moon!" Zhe Kejun looked at the painting sideways and said, pointing the portrait at Cai Jing and others in Wang's mansion to let them also look at it .

"Yeah~ It's just younger!" Cai Jing and the others echoed in surprise when they saw the portrait.

After these people said this, Su Xiaomei's hanging heart finally calmed down. Seeing Wang Pang staring at the beautiful women, she thought her husband was so lustful.But apart from being relieved, I also feel a little sour in my heart, why can't my husband still not let go of that old man?

Standing in the hall, Gao Zhisheng also pondered, doesn't this prince love Jiangshan and beauties?But when the listeners said this, he immediately understood, sighed secretly in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "This is Duan Su, the younger sister of my current Emperor Xingzong of Dali Kingdom, my Majesty Xingzong Emperor of Dali Kingdom I have long admired your name, my lord, and I am here this time to propose a marriage."

Wang Pang glanced at Su Xiaomei who was sitting next to her, her cheeks were flushed, which made it difficult for her.What woman doesn't worry about falling out of favor?Don't agree, anyway, I am also a princess, which prince doesn't have three wives and four concubines.Wang Pang sniggered in his heart, but he also found it strange that he was only a king with a different surname. If he wanted to marry the Song Dynasty, he should marry the royal family. How could he find it on his own head? ^-^