Idle courtiers

Chapter 257 The Inexplicable Woman

As mentioned earlier, Jiajing was probably due to taking elixir for many years in Taoism, heavy metal poisoning, and poor offspring.

Up to now, among the sons, King Yu has grown up to adulthood.

As for daughters, he has given birth to five.

The eldest daughter, Princess Chang'an, was born on August 15th, Jiajing 28th, and was named Shouxie by Emperor Jiajing on September 14th.Jiajing died in July of the [-]th year at the age of [-].
The second daughter, Princess Sirou, died in the 28th year of Jiajing at the age of 12.

The third daughter, Princess Ning'an, married a good family at the age of 34.Later, she died.

Princess Guishan, the fourth daughter, only lived to be four years old.

The fifth princess, Jiashan, is the only daughter of Jiajing who is still alive. She seems to be in her 20s this year. She got married in the 36th year of Jiajing. Later, her husband died and became a widow.

Speaking of it, the Emperor Jiajing, Mr. Zhu Houcong, is simply the lone star of the god of evil, who restrains his father, mother, son, daughter, and son-in-law, a standard loner.

I also don't know how the brother and sister, King Yu and Princess Guishan, managed to survive the "Kennedy Curse" until now. It's not easy, it's not easy!

Jiajing has not seen his son for more than ten years because he believes in what the alchemist said, "The two dragons will not meet each other." But he is a father after all, and he also has emotional needs.Therefore, all the love and affection fell on Princess Jiashan, the most pampering.

This is an aunt, a gentleman can't be messed with unless he stands under a dangerous wall.

However, he still couldn't admit defeat verbally, Zhou Nan continued: "I should report to the Ministry of Rites, Rituals and Cleaning up Officials, sue Her Royal Highness, and bully the imperial court officials."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and supported Xun Fang and said, "Madam, let's go."

At this moment, a woman's voice came from the meditation hall: "You are Zhou Nan, Zhou Zimu, who is around you?"

Zhou Nan turned his head and cupped his hands slightly: "If you go back to the princess, it is Zhou Nan, and the servant of the lower official is beside you."

The woman inside seemed unwilling to believe: "But it seems that this star is not the pedestrian Si Zhou Zimu who stood up for the mid-night night star for whom?"

Zhou Nan: "Zhou Nan is not a big shot, is it worth pretending to be?"

"That's you, Mr. Zhou came in to talk."

Suddenly, another woman's voice whispered: "No."

Princess Jiashan: "Is there anything inappropriate, it's okay to meet, and Zhou Nan will come in to speak."

A sergeant blocked Zhou Nan's way, and stretched out his hand: "Master Zhou, please!"

Zhou Nan felt a little relieved when she heard that there was no malice in Princess Jiashan's words.As a lover of literature and history, he was also curious about what the royal princess looked like, so he said: "The princess has an order, and the officials dare not refuse."

He and Monk Guoyuan had only been out for a stroll for a long time, and the arrangement of the meditation hall changed a lot.

But I saw that the furniture inside had been removed and replaced with new ones.The wooden floor was also covered with a scarlet carpet, and the utensils on the table were all Qinghua official kiln porcelain. Any piece of it would be worth tens of millions if it was brought to future generations, let alone ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty. Use, have never seen.

The room was full of court ladies and eunuchs, all holding their breaths and bowing their heads.

There is also a screen in the middle of the house. Flowers are embroidered on the veil, and bees and butterflies are dancing, as if they are about to come alive.

Behind the screen stood a few people vaguely, looking out curiously through the flowers.

The wealth and majesty of the Tian family is well-deserved.

Strange to say, Princess Jiashan did not evade, instead sat on a chair, looked at Zhou Nan with a smile, and regarded men and women as nothing.

In fact, there is nothing to guard against, there are so many court ladies and eunuchs standing here.

Besides, the princess and the minister, that is the relationship between the superior and the subordinate.Moreover, the princess is a widow, and a widow is not a girl, so there is nothing to be ashamed of.

Because of this, Zhou Nan saw Princess Jiashan clearly.

First of all, I praised her in my heart, she has a good figure. A widow in her 20s is naturally not as good as the willow waist of a [-]-year-old lady, but she has a mature charm.

And her facial features are dignified, graceful and luxurious, which gives people a faint pressure.

This is a beautiful woman, but because of this kind of pressure, people can only see her in shock, but they dare not think about other places.

Zhou Nan hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty Zhou Nan, I have seen Your Majesty."

Princess Jiashan raised her hand falsely: "Get up and talk!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Nan hurriedly straightened her body, as if a jade tree facing the wind, showing her best mental outlook in front of the royal princess.

You must give her a good first impression, although it may not be able to bring you any benefits by pleasing the royal princess.But if you make her feel dissatisfied and she really wants to punish you, she will be in big trouble.

Zhou Nan himself has tall arms and long arms. Compared with all the ancients, he has a kind of self-confidence, sunshine, and handsomeness unique to modern people.

The princess's eyes lit up, and she smiled and said, "Master Zhou, there are many people here, and the temple is small. I offended you for borrowing your meditation hall."

Although Zhou Nan was angry in his heart, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty wants to use my meditation hall, why don't you refuse? I still understand the principles of the monarch and his ministers."

The princess nodded, her head full of pearls and emeralds swayed gently, dazzling like flowers: "You are a gentleman of duty, by the way, Zhou Nan, I heard that you are good at poetry, and you may be a generation of poets in the future. Just now and Guoyuan Monk Yusi may have a new work, read it and listen to it."

Is this trying to test me, Zhou Nan: "I just listened to Guoyuan's introduction of the scenery in the temple, but I didn't write a poem."

"Maybe write a song now."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Nan scraped his brains, barely copied a song, and chanted: "Returning to the West Mountain, I asked the Yellow Crane. I have been in the blue cloud period many times, and I am a dragon. The light boat is in the early morning wind, The distant mountain is full of clear country. Danlin can still be counted, and the cold strips have no support. The pine refers to the small path, which is said to be palpable. The dark gully. .Take a break from dust and labor for a while, and only then will you know the bliss of cessation.”

Princess Jiashan: "To write such a good poem so quickly, Zhou Nanguo has the talent of Cao Zijian's seven-step poem, which is really amazing. This five-character poem is solemn and solemn, especially "Shuangyushan's face is shallow, and the sky is clear." The twilight energy is weak. Take a break from dust and labor for a while, and then you will know the bliss of extinction.' One sentence has a lot of meaning, but it is very well done!"

She praised it verbally, but Zhou Nan still observed that the princess was obviously very dissatisfied with her reckless handling.

To be honest, this poem is really not good, copying it directly, it really hurt his Zhou Zimu's reputation a bit, I think Her Royal Highness will be disappointed, right?

However, this is what Zhou Nan did on purpose.

If you really want to copy a peerless masterpiece, like other time-travel novels, it is not impossible to make Her Royal Highness fall in love with you.But what are you copying, Nalan Rongruo or Cao Xueqin?These two masters wrote love poems, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to read them at the princess's place, and let people know that you are flirting with the princess, do you feel impatient with life?
If you pretend like this, you're afraid you're going to pretend to be a fool.

After thinking about it, I simply copied such a Taoist poem.Isn’t Emperor Jiajing practicing Taoism? I write poems, but that’s politically correct, and no one can do anything about it.

However, this move would have the taste of not giving the princess face.

It can be clearly seen that the princess's expression is a little unhappy, but there is still a gentle smile unique to the superior.

This widow has a good temper, a big heart, and a good emotional intelligence.

The princess smiled, shook her head, and asked again: "Master Zhou, have you ever heard of a book called "Drinking Water Collection" recently?"

Zhou Nan's eyelids twitched: "I haven't heard of it before."

"How could I never have heard of it?" The princess sighed: "If life is just like seeing it at first sight, why is the autumn wind sadly painting a fan? It is so well written! I heard that this word came from the hand of Xu Ge's granddaughter Xu Zhi, and Zhou Nan won it." If you don’t know the flavor of the poems, you really think they are written by you, and the so-called Jiu Gongzi is your alias. Zhou Nan, did you write those poems?”

Zhou Nan was startled, subconsciously shouted: "I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense."

Princess Jiashan Wan'er: "Okay, it's not you, it's not you." Zhou Nan's such a big reaction fell into her eyes, and she was sure that "Drinking Water Collection" was written by Zhou Nan.

She has an extraordinary appreciation for poetry, how could she not know that every poet has its own unique style and charm, which cannot be hidden at all.What's more, "If life is just like seeing it for the first time", it has a strong personal style of Zhou Zimu.

Zhou Nan saw that the sky outside was getting darker and snow was falling again, fearing that Xun Fangyu in the yard would be frozen.Just salute: "If your majesty has no other orders, I will take my leave."

"Who is that woman outside?" Princess Jiashan asked.

Zhou Nan: "If you go back to the king, it's the old wife of the lower official."

Princess Jiashan: "It's a pity, I don't deserve it."

Zhou Nan: "Yes, the lower officials are less talented and less educated, and the minister's wife is of high moral character, so she is really not worthy of others."

Princess Jiashan: "I mean your wife is too ugly to be worthy of the refined and elegant Zhou Xingren."

Zhou Nan was furious in his heart. This woman called his wife ugly in front of people, which is already disrespecting labor and management.

It was inexplicable.

He said sternly: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, marrying a wife and marrying virtue. In Zhou Nan's eyes, it doesn't matter whether the wives and concubines are beautiful or ugly. They are all your closest relatives. You will think your relatives are ugly." Is it? Besides, besides, in my opinion, the people in the family and the people next to the pillow are the most beautiful and good-looking. If your majesty speaks out of words again, don't blame the subordinates for being disrespectful."

Next to him, an eunuch shouted angrily: "Rebellious and disobedient, so bold!"

Princess Jiashan waved to the eunuch, "Don't be rude to Mr. Zhou." Then she asked seriously, "Zhou Nan, do you really not care about your wife's appearance?"

"I don't care, I only care about moral character." Zhou Nan's righteous words are strict, and his love is shining: "Your Majesty, you and I are not speculative, so farewell!"

After all, walk away.

Brother comes like the wind, and goes even more like the wind.

Princess Jiashan looked at Zhou Nan's unrestrained and unrestrained back, with a look of relief: "A real gentleman, I didn't misunderstand the person!"

After muttering, she clapped her hands: "Su Lai, come out, but today, by coincidence, I saw someone. Are you satisfied?"

(End of this chapter)