Yurun Bingyan of the Red Chamber

Chapter 29

Baochai was caught in her own thoughts along the way, letting Baoqin lead the way, explaining some of the scenery of the imperial garden from time to time, and didn't pay attention to where they went.Surrounded by hundreds of flowers, there is a simple and elegant gazebo. The gazebo is located at a high position and can almost overlook the entire imperial garden.The two boarded the gazebo, but saw some pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the seats in the pavilion.There are also densely packed handwriting on it, the ink is still wet, it is a poem chanting willows.Baochai glanced at it, and felt that the words and poems were nothing more than mere ears.Baoqin hesitated for a while and said: "Miss Bao, the emperor will come here to rest for a while at noon every day. Let's go quickly."

Baochai's heart moved, and she said with a smile: "Sister Baoqin, I'm a little tired, let's take a rest before leaving. The emperor shouldn't come so soon, right? Besides, when the emperor comes, there must be many people following, we can go far away I see." Baoqin hesitated for a moment, thinking that Miss Bao is the second wife's niece, not to mention that she just quietly gave her the jade bracelet that has always been extremely precious, so she no longer objected.Baochai sat down at the table, thought for a while and removed the written article, took the pen on the table, dipped it in ink, and wrote a poem: "The spring dance in front of Baiyutang, the east wind rolls evenly The bees and butterflies are in chaos. How many times have passed by the water, why should I be left behind by the dust. Thousands of strands will never change, let him gather and divide as he pleases. The youth has no roots, and the good wind relies on its strength to send me to Qingyun! "

After Baochai finished writing, she looked at the beautiful handwriting on the paper and smiled slightly, feeling that it was much better than that written by the previous person.Standing beside her, Baoqin thought in her heart that fortunately this girl Bao came from a humble background, and the daughter of a businessman is not eligible to be drafted into the palace, otherwise she would be a strong rival of the empress with her looks and talents.

"Miss Bao, let's go quickly." Baoqin was still a little apprehensive, this imperial garden is not Fengzao Palace, if something happens, it might be too late for the empress to save her.Baochai smiled and wrote her name under the poem calmly, then got up and said, "Let's go, don't let your mother worry."

Before the two stepped out of the gazebo, they heard the eunuch screaming: "The imperial concubine is here! His Royal Highness is here!"

"The imperial concubine is here! His Royal Highness is here!"

Baoqin was shocked, but there was no time to dodge, the group of people not far away had already walked over.Now there are only two noble concubines in the Qinglong Dynasty, and the only one who will appear at the same time as His Royal Highness is Liu Guifei, the noble concubine of Shujia from Lanzhi Palace.She is the younger sister of the former empress and the aunt of the current Crown Prince.Although she has no children, her status in the palace is something that even Yuan Chun dare not offend easily.

Concubine Liu Gui has a beautiful and gentle appearance, although it is not a stunning beauty.With a faint smile, there is a noble aura above ten thousand people. She is dressed in a yellow palace dress, with a silver phoenix fluttering its wings on the hem.Shui Mohan changed from his usual cunning and eccentric, and followed Liu Guifei obediently.Shui Mohan lost his mother since he was a child, and although Shui Cangming loves him, he is the king of a country, and there are always times when he can't take care of her.Knowing that Concubine Liu Gui entered the palace when she was four years old, she has been taken care of by Concubine Liu Gui.The relationship between the two is naturally extraordinary.

"My servant has seen the imperial concubine, and has seen His Highness the Prince." Holding the qin and holding Baochai, she retreated to the corner of the gazebo, and bowed down to the two who boarded the gazebo.

Concubine Liu Gui didn't expect that there would be someone here at this time, and when she looked again, she naturally recognized Baoqin as Yuan Chun's personal maid.He said lightly, "What are you doing here at this time?"

Baoqin quickly kowtowed and said: "My lady, please forgive me. The slave girl is ordered by the virtuous and noble concubine to take Miss Bao to the imperial garden." Shui Mohan looked at Baochai who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes lit up, and he smiled. Said: "Huh? Aunt, isn't this the hairpin from the Xue family?" Concubine Liu Gui loved this nephew and adopted son very much, and asked with a smile, "Han'er knows her?" Shui Mohan made a grimace and smiled. He said: "I saw it once, that time when I went to Jia's house with Mo Yu." A faint cold light flashed across Liu Guifei's eyes.Of course she remembered how Mo Han was wronged outside two years ago.It's just that the relationship between Concubine Yuan Gui and the Jia family was not pursued, but in the court, Prime Minister Liu did not make things difficult for Jia Zheng and others. "It turned out to be a relative of Concubine Yuan Gui."

"Yes, I heard that she is the cousin of Concubine Yuan. Aunt, Concubine Yuan is a descendant of Duke Rong. How could there be a merchant's daughter as a cousin?"

Concubine Liu Gui sat down on the stool by the table, looked up lovingly at the cute little bun in front of her and said with a smile, "You can ask your father this question later." Shui Mohan tilted his head and thought for a while. "Father is not familiar with them, so go back and ask Concubine Yuan." Concubine Liu Gui stretched out her hand to pinch Mohan's small face, and was satisfied to see that he was dissatisfied but unable to resist, and said with a smile: "Okay , Didn’t Mo’er want Auntie to read your poem? Let’s take a look.” Not paying attention to Baochai and her husband at all, and not wanting to call out, Concubine Liu Gui turned to look at the handwriting on the table. Xiumei frowned slightly, looked at Mohan and said, "This is a poem written by Han'er? Could it be that she bullied my aunt and is not good at learning?" Neither the handwriting nor the connotation of the words themselves are like Mohanhui who is the prince. written out.

Mo Han poked his head in confusion, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "This is not written by Han'er, but Han'er has clearly written it. Auntie..." Although Shui Cangming let his son do everything, but about learning On the other hand, it is extremely strict.That poem was exactly the homework assigned by Shui Cangming half an hour ago.After writing Shui Mo's letter in a hurry, he felt that it was still early, so he went to ask Concubine Liu Gui to help him take a look before Shui Cangming came.Ordinary palace maids generally know that the things in the gazebo cannot be moved, but who knows that they will change to another poem when they come back.The good wind sends me into Qingyun by force?Is this something a prince would write?Shui Mohan could only be extremely thankful that he came back one step earlier than his father, otherwise he would be dead.He didn't want to be talked about by Mr. Mei every day.

Shui Mohan is the prince, the prince, he will never hold back in his heart if he is frightened.So the two people kneeling by the gazebo naturally became his outlet.Angrily kicking Baochai, he stared angrily at his big round eyes and said, "Say! Who wrote that? Where did the prince's poem go?" Baochai looked at Mohan and kicked Came over subconsciously and dodged to the side, so the kick wasn't too hard, it just felt a little painful.Looking up at Shui Mohan, he said respectfully: "Back to the prince, it was written by Baochai. His Royal Highness's poems are over there." Pointing to the paper that was folded and placed on the other side and pressed with something.Shui Mohan stared at her for a long time, finally happy, and said with a smile: "What kind of hairpin is this, do you also have special talents and abilities for yourself? What do you think the Imperial Garden is? You can do whatever you want. Where did you write your poems?"

Baochai quietly rubbed her aching knee and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. Baochai didn't know that you wrote this poem."

Mohan said disdainfully: "Who do you think it is? Which other prince or princess, or mother concubine? What do you think you are? No matter how bad their writing is, they are more qualified to appear here than yours." !" After finishing speaking, he deliberately bent down and whispered in Xue Baochai's ear: "Don't think that I don't know what your plans are. It's best to put away the wishful thinking that shouldn't be there. Otherwise...you can see how I play to death You!" Hearing this, Baochai shuddered involuntarily.He suddenly raised his head and looked into Mohan's smiling eyes, but a chill could not help but appear on his body.Over there, Concubine Liu Gui had already finished reading Mohan's homework, and said with a smile, "No wonder your father praised you for making a lot of progress recently. After running around a lot, you haven't wasted your studies." Mohan said with a smile: "Moyu is Mr. Yun Song's favorite student. Han'er is with him, will Mr. Yun Song give some pointers?" The most important thing is that although Mr. Mei is Mr. Yun Song's disciple, his talent is also first-class, but he can teach people It's really boring.Mr. Yun Song's lectures are not as lively and interesting.

Baochai knelt aside, listening to their conversation but not taking it seriously.In her opinion, Mo Han's poem is really not very good.But he didn't know that what Mohan learned was the way of governing the country and the art of controlling people. Naturally, the requirements for poetry were not too strict.For example, no matter how knowledgeable and talented a generation of emperors are, it is impossible to write boudoir grievance poems to the extreme.

After being praised by the closest person, Mohan felt a lot better. He glanced at the two people on the ground and said, "Okay, the father is coming soon, so go away. Go to the Department of Punishment to lead the [-]th board chief." long memory."

Baoqin hurriedly kowtowed to thank her.It is almost commonplace for palace maids and eunuchs to be beaten in the palace.However, seeing that she is from Fengzao Palace, the eunuch of the Punishment Department should be merciful, so Baoqin is not very afraid, but Xie En has to settle the matter quickly.But Baochai is different, she has never been beaten, the most important thing is that if she is beaten with twenty boards, her face will be completely lost.Whether it is Yuan Guifei's place or returning to Jia's house, people will be ridiculed.

"His Royal Highness, those who don't know are innocent. Please look at the face of the imperial concubine..."

"Presumptuous!" Concubine Liu Gui glanced at Baochai lightly and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince's words cannot be changed. Don't you even know this?"

"But... Could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince is wrong..." Baochai said with some dissatisfaction on his face.

Concubine Liu Gui's expression remained unchanged and she said: "After the crown prince made a mistake, someone will naturally educate him, but before that, no one but the emperor can veto the crown prince's words. The crown prince of a country speaks like a mountain. Don't you understand? Do what the prince says."

"My concubine, what happened to be so angry?" Shui Cangming appeared under the gazebo with a smile on his face, dressed in ordinary clothes, with a folding fan waving slightly, still showing the chic and suave appearance of a handsome young man.While talking, he had already boarded the gazebo, glanced casually at Baochai, stretched out his hand to pinch Mohan's little face, and sat beside Concubine Liu Gui.A gleam of joy flashed in Baochai's eyes, "Minister Xue Baochai has seen the emperor."

(End of this chapter)