A Collection of Old Sayings by Fourth Sister You

Chapter 7 Forbidden Court (7)
Today, the golden book of phoenix seal is awarded, which is recorded in Dianmo, the mother of the world. (1)
Creating unexpected coincidences is a common trick used by women in the harem.But it is undeniable that some fates developed under deliberate arrangements.

Today, the princesses of neighboring countries didn't look at them differently. They entered the forbidden court for five days and ignored them.Since it was a marriage, at least there was a canonization scene, but it didn't.Up to now, Yunhua and Chiying still bear their respective titles of princesses, and they have nothing to do with accompanying the king, they seem to be guests at Dayue when they have nothing to do.

The days flow like water, he can't think of them, but he can't sit still.Zong Hua stood at the window and looked west, the clouds were deep and deep, separated by many buildings, the flying corners of Longtu Pavilion gradually became hazy under the sky.Yin Chongyuan has a hobby. He likes to enter the three pavilions on rainy days and read books accompanied by the sound of wind and rain. Maybe there is something wonderful in his opinion!

The weather is about to change, and the official in the cabinet sent Xiao Huangmen to deliver a letter to Shi Zhao, saying that the official family will go to Longtu Pavilion after dinner.It was almost time, and Mang Hua sat in front of the brass mirror and asked Ah Rong to do her makeup, so as to look casual yet dignified.Ah Rong's tweezers came and went, and she made a delicate snail bun, inserted red gold phoenix tail tassels, and changed into a dress with Yunfei make-up and flowered begonia.

Chunwo applied a thin layer of powder on her face, the youthful skin was concealed and looked more moist.After looking at it carefully for a moment, I took the flower tin and pasted it with her in one breath.Chunwo squeezed her hand hard, and said earnestly: "Be careful, if you can't provoke that weird temper, and see that the situation is not good, you must find a way to get out of your body, remember?"

Zihua felt that there was no turning back when she opened the bow, as she said, she had to walk the path she chose.If you are willing to be ordinary and stay in Xiangluan Pavilion obediently, you may be able to spend your days leisurely.But how can it go on like this?The ghost of Yun Guan is not far away, perhaps watching her from somewhere.Now that he entered the palace, there was no reason to return empty-handed, but he didn't want to worry the nanny, so he nodded and said he remembered.Then he spun around twice pretending to be relaxed, and asked them with his arms folded, "Am I beautiful?"

She is a well-known beauty in the country of Sui, and with a little bit of sculpting, she will be the most beautiful. Beauty is naturally beautiful.

"So if the official is not blind, he will be convinced by me, right?" She encouraged herself, her heart still beating rapidly.It might be fine to wait until the environment is over.She took a deep breath, patted her chest twice, and without waiting for their consent, she went out shaking the round fan.

There was a wind blowing outside, and the wind was so strong that the paintings and silks were flying around.Sange is not far from this palace, Shi Zhao leads the way, and she slowly follows behind him.Looking sideways, the ladies in the palace are coming and going, it is rare to be cool after the sweltering heat, and everyone is relaxed and comfortable.

Shi Zhao turned around and looked at her, "Princess Qintai has gone to Baoci Palace today, and she has always been with the Queen Mother since she came to Dayue, maybe it's a strategy of hers."

Yan Hua raised the corners of his lips slightly, "When I was in the folk, I heard a rough saying from people in Lifang, that cats have cat ways, and dogs have dog ways. She flattered the queen mother, just like I deliberately approached the official family. Shizhao, you said that the woman in the palace is alive, isn't it very sad?"

Shizhao said no, "Fate is in your own hands. If you are strong enough to control it, then it is not sad. I have been under the eldest princess's door for a few days, and I can see that the eldest princess is different from all the women in the forbidden court. You have a will of your own, and as long as you want to, you'll be fine."

Yes, if you choose to give up, maybe it will be fine!She sighed towards the vast sky, "Officials have unpredictable tempers, if they meet, I don't know how it will end."

Shizhao hesitated and said: "Princess, please pay attention. If you find that the officials are twitching their fingers, then the princess must be careful. This is a sign of the officials' anger." He smiled again, "We servants, usually He will try to figure out the temper of each master, not for anything else, just to save his life. The official is the smartest person I have ever met. He has a very powerful mind and can easily control the entire Yue Kingdom. Because he is too smart, he can't wait to see Those vulgar fans. But the princess is different. I heard Shi Guan said that the officials looked at you several times that day. No one in this palace has ever been able to keep the official eyes. You are still the first. This is not good news Is it?"

Yun Hua laughed mockingly and said, "I'm really flattered. If you say that if you go today, will the officials think that I'm scheming?"

Shizhao comforted her and said no, "The official family doesn't often go to the three pavilions, and it's a very accidental opportunity. They go there to study and paint, and stay for half a day. The three pavilions are library buildings in the forbidden area. If the ladies in the palace love to read, After the painters leave their jobs, they can go as much as they want, and the government does not restrict them. If they meet, it is definitely not a conspiracy, but a kindness from God."

Shizhao was good at enlightening people, and after hearing this, Meng Hua gradually opened up his mind.We walked and chatted, and crossed the Xiqiao to go to Tianjie. It was almost dusk, and because the clouds were too deep, it was as dark as night when we first arrived.Shizhao led the way with a palace lantern with a jade hook and cloud pattern, and in the boundless darkness there was only that scarlet point, flickering and fluttering.Gradually approaching the front of the pavilion, it started to rain as soon as he stepped on the steps. The raindrops were heavy and crackled on the bluestone bricks.

She beeped, "I forgot to bring my umbrella."

The official in the cabinet came out to greet him, smiled and bowed down, "I've seen the eldest princess! It doesn't matter if you don't bring an umbrella, I have it here. I'm just afraid that I will humiliate the eldest princess, so Shizhao went back with the umbrella and took the princess's umbrella." gone."

Yun Hua looked at these internal officials with humility on their faces, and did not appear to be frightened or restrained, presumably they have not arrived yet.She nodded her head in thanks, and when she entered the pavilion, she murmured again, wondering if it would rain like this.If you don't come, then today is not nothing, she has always loved books, looking at this large and towering bookcase, she forgot all the purpose for a moment, rubbed her hands in joy, standing in the center of the earth, she didn't know where to start reading.

Such a collection of books is really amazing.This is just one of the pavilions. It is three rooms wide and about seven or eight feet deep. Each row is divided into two shelves. The lights and shadows extend endlessly forward, one layer after another, even if it takes a year to see it all.She was so excited that she couldn't help it.At first she held it up, to show off her princess demeanor, but after the servants saluted and left, she finally screamed, lifted the corner of her skirt and pierced it in.

Most of the paintings and calligraphy here are orphans. She searched for several years but failed to find them. She did not expect to be collected by King Dayue.For example, "Spiritual Effect Collection", such as Gu Kaizhi's "Nv Shi Zhi Tu", and Mahayana Buddhism's "Vimalakirti Sutra".Holding it in her hand, she couldn't help but marvel, turning and thinking, if she can't gain a foothold in this Forbidden Court in the future, then ask for an order to guard the library!There are three seats before and after, and it is worth dying in the sea of ​​books.

Huangmen has done a good job of sorting out the books, white strips are pasted on the bookshelves, and they are all sorted into categories.It was not easy to search for the bamboo slips in the Qin and Han Dynasties, so white silk was hung on the brocade bag outside, and the title and source of the book was written on it, so that anyone who needed it could find it instantly.

Zihua thought of the "Hot Spring Inscription" mentioned by Cui Zhuzhen, and he was blindly regretful at that time, saying that all the existing ones are rubbings, and he doesn't know if the original stone is still there.There are many collections here, and it may be unknown if you can find them.

She searched row by row, palace lanterns hung in the pavilion, one every ten steps, covered with glass lampshade, not afraid of the wind blowing the wick and catching fire.It's just that it's hung too high, some places have blind spots, and there are large shadows under the bookshelves, so it's not easy to find the bottom floor.She was thinking about coming back tomorrow during the day, and took a step forward, but she kicked something, tripped her and staggered.

She wondered, took two steps back and squinted her eyes. It turned out to be a pair of soap boots with drooping boots. Probably some lazy little yellow door forgot to take them away and put them in front of the shelf at random.Fortunately, she was the one who stumbled. If Imago made a big somersault, I don't know how many people would be unlucky.She flicked the soap boots with the tip of her toes, but she couldn't see clearly because it was dark underneath.Kicked the two together and hid them under the bookshelf. I was very proud of myself, and it was considered a good deed.

She flapped her round fan, and the rain outside was rumbling, so fierce that it almost passed through the tiles.Randomly glanced to the side, and saw Lu Ji's "Ping Fu Tie", and when she was fascinated by it, she turned and leaned against the bookshelf, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow, which really shocked her.

She was annoyed in her heart, seeing someone was there, shouldn't she have responded in advance, so quietly trying to scare people?She turned around to question, but found that the man was wearing a round collar robe and a fierce mask with taotie pattern.She stared blankly and became terrified.

"Who are you?" She took a step back, "Why are you wearing a mask? Stop, don't come forward."

It was a man with a pine-like figure, tall and straight.He didn't listen to her, and approached her step by step with his hands behind his back, only then did he see that he was only wearing a pair of white silk socks on his feet. It turned out that the boots belonged to him, and it seemed that he had been there long ago.

She was flustered, his robe was dark brown, and there were faint clouds and dark flowers on his shoulders, maybe he was an internal servant like Duzhi.As he got closer and closer, she was already leaning against the wall, and there was no way out.Why are there such rude people in this palace?She rebuked boldly, "I told you not to come close, are you deaf? If you dare to be presumptuous again, I will report to the officials and punish you!"

He came anyway, standing facing each other, with the gap between them no more than two fingers wide.His snorting came from behind the mask, he bent down slightly, and placed at the same height as her, "Official family? There is no official family here. Who are you? Who sent you to Longtu Pavilion?"

Yan Hua took a hard breath, raised his neck and said, "I am the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom. I was ordered to marry and serve as an official. Who are you? Playing tricks and being arrogant, do you have laws in your eyes?"

The ghost-faced eyes gouged out two round holes, the hole was pitch black and no light could be seen, the closer it got, the more it looked like a bottomless abyss.The handle of the round fan was pinched profusely by her, she looked at the door of the pavilion, the hall was deep, and even the palace lanterns under the eaves were faint.As a last resort, I had to call the activity officer outside to see who dared to be so bold.

But when she was about to open her mouth, he covered it.His voice was gloomy and cold, because it was separated by a layer, it was unavoidably distorted, and he said in a low voice: "The princess screamed loudly, and attracted people, what good is it for you? Aren't you here to be a matchmaker? Now even the canonized edict It hasn't been issued yet, if something goes wrong, the officials will inevitably feel disgusted, and I advise the princess to think twice."

She was confused by what he said, but who is he?If it was a servant, what kind of a bold eunuch would dare to tease her like this even though he knew her identity.Or is there a man other than Jinshang in this palace?Are you a prince?This is impossible!
Her eyes widened and her face turned pale, but he was very happy to see it.Everything in this world can be disguised, only the fear of being in a desperate situation cannot be disguised.He likes to see such an expression, because it is true.The more real the more vivid, such a beautiful face, such a light figure, when he first entered the cabinet, he was blown to the nines by the swirling wind.There is also this flower tine that seems to be fluttering, imprinted on Ruyu's eyebrows, full of charms, making people daydream.

He turned to pinch her chin, "Is it true that the eldest princess came to the big axe to marry an official?"

Yun Hua turned his face away in a defiant manner, "What does it have to do with you!"

The mask has no expression, thousands of ravines, and fangs are exposed.Even knowing that there is a normal face underneath, it is still shocking.

"The official family is the emperor of the big axe, and the master of this forbidden court. I am in the palace, why have nothing to do with me?" His fingers came down from the corner of her mouth, along the curve of her slender neck, and all the way to her shoulders .She is wearing a fine silk gauze dress of jade scroll color, she is really a woman who knows how to dress up, there is no extra embellishment, just a pair of dark eyes are enough to control people's breathing.

But she was not willing to be offended like this, she was obviously very weak, yet she could burst out with astonishing strength in an instant.She tried her best to separate him, and said with her fists clenched: "Yes, I just want to marry the official, so that Dasui and Dayue can stay in peace forever. Where did you come from as a thief? You dare not show your true colors and use your hands and feet. Why do you mean it?" She spoke fiercely, but her heart was timid.Backed away while talking, opened a little distance, and finally fled in despair.

He Shizhao, the officer at the door, was talking, seeing her rushing out of the door, not knowing what happened.Without saying a word, she put up her skirt and rushed into the rain, Shizhao hurriedly raised her umbrella to catch up in shock.

A flash of lightning lit up half of the sky, and the two operatives tucked up their sleeves and looked at each other.What's wrong?Looking back subconsciously, the hall is empty, and there is no one.

Fortunately, it was raining heavily, and no one was walking around outside, so her flustered appearance did not catch anyone's eyes.When Shizhao sent her back to Xiangluan Pavilion, Chunwo and Aunt Jin were waiting for news in the hall, and seeing her come in, looking like a defeated soldier, Chunwo turned pale with fright.She went up and hugged her in her arms, turned her head to get hot water, rubbed her arms and asked, "What's going on, how did you make it like this?"

Shi Zhao also looked blank, and just said: "Don't ask questions first, it's important to change the clothes for the princess." After another look, he backed out.

Aunt Jin opened the window and looked out, the garden was quiet except for the heavy rain pouring down from the sky.The surroundings are wet and bright, and the palace lanterns reflect a trembling world, and nothing abnormal can be seen.She closed the window and put down the gold silk curtain, and half knelt down to untie the garland around her waist.She was still in shock before, but gradually calmed down, and then she heard her say: "I met a very strange person in Longtu Pavilion."

Chunwo took off her spring shirt and asked, "What strange person? Haven't you seen the official family?"

She shook her head, leaned on the couch and said: "When I went, the official's house hadn't arrived yet, and the activities in Longtu Pavilion seemed to be idle. But there were already people in that pavilion, and Madman didn't even wear shoes. Suddenly Out of nowhere, wearing a witch Nuo mask, scared me out of my wits."

"There is such a thing?" Chunwo said in a daze, "Then did you call someone? This kind of lunatic should be ordered to catch him."

She sighed, "I wanted to scream, but he covered my mouth with his hand, like this..." She compared to them, "Say nonsense, and even touch the corner of my mouth and the corner of my mouth with a finger neck." She sobbed, "You want to flirt with me on purpose."

Now Chunwo and Aunt Jin were stunned, "How can there be such a person in the forbidden court? Looking at the strict etiquette, who knows that the palace is so chaotic!"

Aunt Jin said angrily: "I'll go and tell Shizhao that this matter can't be left as it is. The princess is mainly afraid of causing trouble, so she asked him to visit secretly. Who is on duty at Longtu Pavilion tonight, and who is the one who arrives first? Who. According to me, Zuo is just some desperate eunuch who survived his death. Or it is some lady who was imprisoned to embarrass the princess on purpose."

But she shook her head and stopped, "Now is not the time, the candidate for the queen has not yet been decided, if any rumor spreads here, it will be self-destructive? So don't say anything about it, and it will not be too late to investigate after the overall situation is settled. I was too scared before, You have lost your composure. You go and tell him at the same time, let him talk to the two gangsters, and say that he saw the mouse, and it was not because of anything else. Prevent them from spreading the word and being heard by interested people, causing trouble again."

Aunt Jin had no choice but to say yes, and retreated outside the curtain to spread the word.

The hot water was ready, Chunwo helped her into the bath, wiped her shoulders carefully with a towel, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the cold will corrode, let me soak for a while. It's hard for you. It's better to do a little fuss here. We were at ease when we were in Lirenfang. I always feel that this palace is scary, and I don’t know how many secrets it hides. When you first arrive, you have to go through these things. What will happen in the future? What’s annoying is that you can only eat Coptis chinensis as a dumb person. I’m worried now. What if that person sees you not moving and becomes more and more complacent?"

Chunwo is worried about her, and Yonghua understands.She pressed her hand and said: "Mother, don't worry, just swallow your anger for a while, no matter whether the official family can make me a queen, even if it is a concubine title, if I have no scruples, that person will not dare to provoke me again." As he spoke, he muttered to himself, "I'm just wondering, who is so bold. He's wearing a round-neck robe, but he doesn't look like a servant... I don't know when he went in, and the activity officer didn't know. Do you wonder if he is a ghost, or he is Yun Guan, the woman who angered me into the palace to be an enemy, intending to scare me?"

Chunwo was startled, and quickly asked her: "Did you show your feet in front of that person? Where is the ghost in this world? It's just someone disguised to play tricks on you."

She recalled carefully, she should have said the right thing.Thinking about it, I started to feel annoyed again, blaming myself for being too timid, otherwise I might be able to find out something.

(End of this chapter)