Crown Tang emperor

So even though he was quite conflicted in his heart, he still had to accept this reality, and replaced the original Zhang Changzong, put on a feather coat, and controlled the crane to dance.

At the same time, he also felt a little remorse in his heart. He knew that the situation would enter such an unpredictable situation so quickly, and he shouldn't have rejected Yang Zhirou's overtures so simply.Hongnong Yang's Kansai clan, maintaining a harmonious relationship will give them more help, and they will be more stable in the next shock.

As for whether to be Guangyuan's or not, whether he has feelings or not, his life will be lost, so don't care!

Of course, this bit of annoyance is just a idle daydream. If he really confirmed the marriage with the Hongnong Yang family at that time, a series of subsequent changes may not happen, at least his grandma would not have supported him so much.But now, this support seems too much, too high.

No matter what Li Tong felt, the preparations for the Shangsi Day celebration were still in full swing.

In Qianniuwei Mansion, Zhu Beishen learned that His Royal Highness Dai Wang was going to perform on the stage on Shangsi Day to present the dancing fairy Wang Zijin, and all of them were very supportive.

Whenever Li Tong put on the multicolored feather coat in the shooting hall, hung wooden cranes around his waist, and danced and rehearsed, the surroundings were full of green things, clapping and applauding, and Li Tong couldn't help being shy. Feeling, what kind of prince Shengxian, the Wizard of Oz is not good?

His only luck now is that the current Wang Zijin has not been sublimated at the political level, and he is not a promoted prince. Right now, Yuyi Controlling the Crane will not taste more than that, except that His Royal Highness is really coquettish. Political rhyme.

If this image continues to be strengthened in the future, his own momentum will grow day by day, and he will not just fall into the air, and there is still room for struggle.But even so, he has become more vigilant about his own safety.

On the first day of March, various households in central and central Beijing began to enter Shendu Garden one after another.Although Qianniuwei did not directly participate in the guardianship of Shendu Garden, Li Tong, as the general of Qianniuwei, still had to take turns staying in the Dragon Scale Palace in Shendu Garden with other generals.Of course, Shengjia will visit Shendu Garden only on the day of the Shangsi Festival.

When entering and exiting Shendu Garden, Li Tong had asked Yang Sixu who was with him to replace the ritual knife with a real knife. If something happened, he would not poke someone with a wooden stick to protect himself in a hurry.

Before Shengjia entered, if the Habayashi Army was so strict that even this point could be searched out, why would they go in?

Chapter 0387 door arrogance is hard to trust, Shangguan listens to music

Recently, the families of hundreds of officials have moved into Shendu Garden one after another, and the arrangement of the courtyard is mainly in charge of the forbidden female officials.

In the side hall of the Dragon Scale Palace, Shangguan Wan'er sorted out the list of admissions, and then placed it on Yuzheng Shedi's desk.

"Shangguan Yingzhi does things in an orderly manner, and his brushwork is graceful and impressive. If Yingzhi hadn't been assisted, he might not be able to finish his work before the festival."

She Di took the papers from Shangguan Wan'er, flipped through them for a while, then smiled at Shangguan Wan'er.

The scale of forbidden female officials is getting bigger and bigger, and the division of labor is gradually becoming clearer.A considerable number of female officials are only proficient in writing and ink, and can barely handle simple copy affairs.

An outstanding person like Shangguan Wan'er, who is profoundly educated and talented, will naturally gain more and more trust from His Majesty the Holy Emperor, and will be able to participate in confidential documents, and even announce and issue edicts. Of course, he will not be appointed as such a miscellaneous envoy.So this time when Shangguan Wan'er came to Shendu Garden, she asked for it on her own initiative and helped a lot, which made Yuzheng Shedi, who was in charge of this matter, feel very relieved.

Shangguan Wan'er chatted with She Di Shi for a while at the banquet, and when she learned that there was no other case for the time being, she took her leave first.

Before the arrival of His Majesty the Holy Emperor, the female officials temporarily lived in the pavilion on the right side of the palace.Shangguan Wan'er walked out of the side hall, but she involuntarily walked to the right. When she noticed that there were more soldiers outside the corridor, she found that she involuntarily came to Zhemei Hall where the general Zhitang of the two yamen was located.

Sensing the surprised look in the eyes of the accompanying palace servants, Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly and sighed: "Miss Wei has an accident in the palace, and her old friend in the palace is worried about her. She is so curious that she has not come here for a long time."

While speaking, she stopped and watched for a while under the porch outside the hall, but did not find His Royal Highness Daiwang, and then returned to her residence in the palace with some regrets.

After returning to her residence, Shangguan Wan'er asked the palace servants to bring high buns, hairpins, etc., and she also changed out of the simple Ru skirt, and changed into a palace skirt with a bright red bottom and colorful brocade, and carefully decorated it. Afterwards, it was no longer elegant and delicate as in the past, but had a flamboyant and glamorous beauty of its own.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's unusual attire, some palace people couldn't help wondering: "What kind of solemn guests should Yingzhi want to meet?"

"It has nothing to do with solemnity, what you want to meet is not your confidant. Luo Wan's help is better than words."

While speaking, she stood up and asked others to watch and give pointers. After she decorated the details, she walked out of the house slowly, and took five or six maids from the entourage to the Sixteenth Courtyard where hundreds of officials and their families were housed.

The Sixteenth Courtyard is housed along the Longlin Canal, with running water in front of the gate and fences made of flowers and trees. In the late spring when hundreds of flowers are blooming, the scenery is so beautiful.Shangguan Wan'er helped resettle the family members of all the officials, so she naturally took note of the location of each family in her heart. Without careful guidance, she soon found the place where the family of Zheng Gao, the servant of the heavenly official, lived.

Zheng Gao's official residence selection is among the best among the officials in southern provinces, and his family has a famous surname in Henan, so the dormitory assigned to this family is quite spacious.

Shangguan Wan'er went to the door and asked the maid to inform first, and soon after a dozen women walked out of the room, one of them was Zheng Gao's wife.Mrs. Zheng was in her early forties, with a graceful figure. When she saw Shangguan Wan'er standing outside the door, she was full of suspicion. She asked her family to come forward and ask, "I don't know why Shangguan should ask?"

"The concubine is under the emperor's order and is also in charge of the affairs of the inner garden of the Shangsi ceremony. Please forgive me for the inconvenience."

When Shangguan Wan'er entered, she made a salute first, and then spoke again.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng asked the family to invite Shangguan Wan'er to the hospital and sit together in the hall.

Shangguan Wan'er was sitting in the hall, and saw Zheng Gao's wife and several older women sitting at the banquet, and there were maids passing through the banquet, arranging to welcome guests, with comprehensive etiquette and strict rules, even surpassing those in the palace.It is precisely because Qingzhi such a big family has a dignified family that Shangguan Wan'er made elaborate decorations before the visit.

There were also a few young women from the Zheng family in the banquet, and their sitting postures were also gentle and dignified. Many people showed envy and concentration on Shangguan Wan'er's exquisite dress, but they only glanced sideways from the corner of their eyes.Although he tried his best to conceal it, how could he hide the details of the emotion between his eyebrows from Shangguan Wan'er.

Because of the overemphasis on etiquette and the lack of common topics between each other's identities, the atmosphere in the hall was somewhat dull.After a few words of pleasantries, Shangguan Wan'er finally revealed the real purpose of this visit: "My family is an old relative, fortunately I have the same clan as your mansion..."

The reason why she came to see Zheng's family this time was because of her mother's earnest instructions.Last year her family suffered a catastrophe, and her mother Zheng's family was also implicated.After that, the mother and daughter did not enter the court, and lived in fear every day, and completely cut off contact with the outside world.

In recent years, she has been more and more favored by His Majesty the Holy Emperor in the confinement, and her situation has become more and more calm, and her mother is also getting older, and she misses her relatives more and more.But as a forbidden female official, how could she have the opportunity to contact the outer court frequently, and she had such an opportunity until the Shendu Garden held the Shangsi Festival celebration and the family members of all officials entered the garden.

Shangguan Wan'er was a baby when she entered the palace, and she had no impression or affection for her old relatives, but she couldn't bear to see her mother weeping and mourning all day long because she missed her relatives, so she came forward to inquire about the situation of her relatives abroad.

In fact, although her mother was also from the Zheng family in Xingyang, she was the southern ancestral house of the Zheng family, and she was also far away from the Donglin house of the northern ancestor of Zheng Gao's family.But now the Zheng family in Xingyang is not many people who are prominent in the court, and even Zheng Gao's family failed to participate in the Shendu Garden last year.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't know much about other old friendships in the family, so she had very limited things to inquire about, so she approached Zheng Gao's family.

Hearing what Shangguan Wan'er said, Mrs. Zheng also looked dazed, she really didn't have any impression, and she just promised to help inquire later, but she didn't even talk about how to deliver the news afterwards, which was obviously just perfunctory.

Shangguan Wan'er was not used to asking for help, but in order to comfort her mother, she begged Mrs. Zheng if she had any news, to let someone pass it into the palace when the female official's relatives came to visit on Wangsuo Day.

She was sensitive, so she didn't dare to promise lightly, but she just sent a gift that was not against the rules, some palace-like jewelry, spices, etc. Although the quantity was not large, it was carefully prepared.

Zheng's group is quite tempted by this gift. After all, the bright and charming Shangguan Wan'er in front of her is a living example. the goal of.

Seeing this gift, Mrs. Zheng's complexion improved slightly, and she was waiting to deal with it patiently, when a woman suddenly entered the hall in a hurry, which greatly violated the solemn atmosphere in the hall.

He listened to Mrs. Zheng and whispered a few words, and Mrs. Zheng's face was indifferent, and she stood up from the table, with a look of eagerness on her face, and said to Shangguan Wan'er: "My friend enters the garden and needs to be greeted. , I can’t wait for guests for a long time, please forgive me.”

After Shangguan Wan'er heard the words, she also got up quickly, and wanted to say a few more words, but Mrs. Zheng had no time to look after her, and instead ordered all the girls in the banquet to go back to the house and make decorations carefully, and follow her out of the house to welcome her.

The Zheng family got busy on their own, and Shangguan Wan'er could only withdraw in embarrassment. Before she could leave Zheng's residence, she saw Mrs. Zheng leading a few young girls out in a hurry, without her graceful and slow posture before.

"Reporting to the Shangguan's response, it is Prince Yong, Princess Siyong and His Royal Highness Tang Ruren who entered the court."

After Shangguan Wan'er walked out of this courtyard, a maid came in to report.

Shangguan Wan'er's beautiful eyes flashed when she heard the words, then she looked down at her full attire, a trace of self-mockery flashed across her face, and she murmured: "What is it..."

The entry of the second prince's family members into the garden quickly spread throughout the Shendu Garden, and Zheng Gao's family was not the only one who rushed to meet them.Yingying, Yanyan, and colorful silk embroidered skirts merge into a brightly colored trickle along the Longlin Canal in the garden.

Shangguan Wan'er was in a bad mood at this moment, she didn't want to join in the excitement, she turned her head to carefully identify the path, and walked obliquely along the courtyard where Zheng's family lived, preparing to walk through a flower garden to the palace road.

At the rear of Zheng's residence, there is a stream that detours. The courtyard wall has been alluvial all year round, and a corner has collapsed. However, because of its remote location, it does not affect the overall beauty of the residence.

A stone pavilion is located within the courtyard wall, one side is perennially damp and covered with moss, and the other side of the pavilion is also wrapped with wanton vines.Although the palace people have carefully taken care of the courtyard, this remote place was left behind. Although there are lush greenery, it seems a bit disorganized.

When Shangguan Wan'er passed by here, suddenly a smooth sound of the qin came out from the pavilion in the courtyard. The sound of the qin was "Midnight Song", an old work written by the king on behalf of the Yunshao Mansion. sad.

Shangguan Wan'er was in such a state of mind, hearing this sad song in this deserted place, unconsciously became a little fascinated, she simply stepped over the gap in the low wall, walked into the pavilion, listened silently, and at the same time she was a little curious.

Dai Wang is talented and rich, and there are many expanded and arranged songs. "Midnight Song" is not the best among them.However, this piano piece sounds mellow and smooth, especially the twists and turns of the details are extremely varied, making the main piece achieve a meaning beyond the music book itself.

Shangguan Wan'er herself liked the introverted artistic conception of "Midnight Song", which is sad but not hurtful, sentimental but not complaining, and even specially obtained the song book from Yunshao Mansion, and fiddled with it in her spare time.But she doesn't have the talent for string music, and she is busy with work, and she really can't bear to finish the main piece, let alone sublimate the artistic conception.

At this moment, hearing that someone could mend the little regret in her heart, and did it better than she imagined, she felt a sense of joy and relief in her heart.Therefore, with a little change of mood, the music sounded more complete and light to her ears.

Just when Shangguan Wan'er was fascinated by the sound, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped abruptly, and she suddenly came back to her senses, only to realize that it was rude to enter without warning, and was about to quietly retreat outside the wall, when a voice came from the room outside the fence. It made her stop and signaled the servant girl to keep silent, but just continued to listen.

Chapter 0388 duplicity, love without guts

"It's too unfair for the lady to handle things! Since they entered the court together, why should they leave the lady behind when they go out to welcome the nobles?"

A young girl's complaining voice sounded in the room: "This family is really shrewd. They want Dai Wangfei to come out at the door, but they don't want to show their distant relatives! Ma'am, you are far more talented and beautiful than those who are nearby, but the eldest lady is narrow-minded. Count cold!"

After a while of resentment, another voice with a gentle tone sounded: "The lady in the pavilion has a lot of femininity, so how can there be such a thing as relying on her talent and appearance? If there is no close treatment, the eldest lady's words are in the inner court. Why are you convincing the public?"

"Let's not talk about talent and appearance, who is inferior to a lady? It's not that we are trying to get lucky with a nobleman. It's his family who sent someone to visit and pick up the lady from the village. Now that the matter is imminent, I'm afraid that the lady will suppress the other family. , Deliberately neglected. There is no difference between closeness and distance, it is clearly humiliating others with coldness and warmth!"

Complaints sounded again, followed by a sad sigh, and when the gentle female voice sounded again, because the tone was a bit weak, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't hear it clearly enough.

She was already aroused by the sound of the piano and the dialogue between the master and the servant, and she already had a rough outline of the human relationship in her heart. Now she couldn't help being more curious, and couldn't help but get closer.

"...Forcibly climbing hard, it's not a decent thing...The servant remembers my family, and the relatives are always cared for. I have to go back and forth, return a favor, gains and losses are not what I should deeply care about...No one wants to be married. Beloved? But for such a noble family, the servants have to be careful to flatter them, and my family is not worthy of it. Women's virtues are not just boasting, but only when things happen. You can lose your essence and lose your self-respect..."

Shangguan Wan'er could hear it intermittently, but she could still understand the general meaning. She felt a little taste in her heart, but she slightly praised the lady from the Zheng family who was speaking in the room.

"The servant is not polite, but it is the depth of friendship in the door. The eldest lady is in the inner court, and she has her own priorities. As long as there is no right and wrong, the master can't speak lightly. The warmth and coldness are personal feelings. When it's not serious, don't Feel free to talk about it. This trip is only in favor of favors, not expecting gains or losses, favors face to face, behind each other, there is no need to get mixed up, so why bother to entangle right and wrong?"

When the gentle female voice spoke up to this point, the resentful female voice remained silent for a long time.

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly felt a tide below her knees, and looked down, only to realize that in order to hear more clearly, her body had already half leaned out of the stone pavilion, and the corner of her skirt fell into the pool, and the water flowed up and down, even soaking her shoes. Socks, the two maidservants beside her raised their hands to support themselves, as if they were afraid that she would stumble and fall out, so they couldn't help laughing.

She was not such a loser person, she was attracted by the sound of the piano, and stayed here after hearing the interesting personnel discussions. After listening to the words, she was only curious about the lady of the Zheng family in the room.After retreating into the stone pavilion, he hesitated for a while, and felt a little abrupt when he wanted to go in again to see the previous one.

Just when Shangguan Wan'er was hesitating, there was a push and pull sound from the side of the inner door, and a girl with double buns in a green skirt appeared on the side of the flower railing, pointing at a few people in the stone pavilion and exclaiming: "You , who are you?"

After being discovered, Shangguan Wan'er calmed down, looked at the maid with a smile and said: "We are officials walking in the palace, can I invite the ladies in the pavilion to meet?"

The servant girl was still a little panicked, and before she had time to send a message, another beautiful figure appeared in front of the door, it was a girl with a lily bun and a light yellow palace-style skirt.

As a woman, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help subconsciously looking at the face of the girl who had appeared, and her breathing was unavoidably stagnant at a glance.

The girl has an oval face, with slightly rounded cheeks and no makeup. Under the sunlight, she has a porcelain-like whiteness, bright eyes and a fine nose, a straight nose bridge, and slightly raised rosy lips, making her look beautiful and lovely.

Of course, if it's just pure beauty, it's not worth Shangguan Wan'er's staring at her for a long time.The most important thing in the Forbidden Palace is women with good looks, let alone the delicate and beautiful facial features, Shangguan Wan'er has never seen any woman who can surpass Tang Ruren, who is on behalf of the royal family.

The girl in front of me is beautiful, but what attracts more attention is the elegant atmosphere exuded by the matching of facial features, especially the eyebrows and eyes.

This kind of temperament should not appear on a girl of young age. Of course, it may be because of Shangguan Wan'er's preconceived ideas. She thinks that a woman who can say such a thing should have such a majestic and majestic beauty.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er and the others standing in the pavilion, the girl opened her beautiful eyes slightly, showing a bit of surprise, and then realized that at such a short distance, the gossip of the master and servant might have been heard, Bai Run's There was a trace of blushing on his cheeks, but soon he frowned slightly, and his eyes showed a bit of displeasure.

Shangguan Wan'er was already curious about this girl, but now she was looking at her carefully, she felt a rare sense of embarrassment when she looked at her like this, she smiled before saying anything: "This is the journey, I am attracted by the lady's piano sound, and I don't know how close she is. Seeing that the walls of the courtyard here have collapsed, I realized that the palace people made a mistake, please don't be offended, my lady, and send palace people to repair it later."

"There's Officer Launey."

The girl nodded after hearing the words, turned to look at the maid again, and then retreated into the room, and the maid also turned and retreated, and opened the door.

Shangguan Wan'er was left hanging in the stone pavilion, and stood there for a while, with a playful smile on her lips, she turned around and told the maid to send someone to repair the courtyard later, then lifted her skirt, and exited cautiously.

During the trip, she couldn't help but look back a few times, and smiled at the accompanying palace attendant and asked, "How about that lady from the Zheng family you saw just now?"

After hearing the words, the palace man lowered his head and thought, and hesitated for a while before saying: "My servant feels that this is the attitude that a lady should have."

"what?"

Shangguan Wan'er laughed lightly when she heard the words, and after a while she murmured in a voice she could only hear: "Duplicity, love but no guts...it's a perfect match!"

She walked westward along the Longlin Canal, and was about to walk up the stone bridge to return to the Longlin Palace, when suddenly a laughing voice came from behind her: "The fairies of Yaotai have the grace to step on the waves. foot?"

Shangguan Wan'er raised her eyebrows abruptly when she heard this voice, but when she turned around, her eyebrows frowned slightly, looking at Dai Wang who was pointing at her skirt soaked by the stream and laughing, she said angrily: "Walking around the waves, how many people will you see? This concubine's vulgarity, rolling waves and clumsy wading, is it disturbing His Highness's leisurely pursuit of immortals?"

Li Tong was taken aback when he heard the words. He hadn't seen her for a long time. It was a bit of a surprise to see Shangguan Wan'er here. Seeing her walking in a skirt and walking in a panic, he came up to flatter him. It seemed that he had captured it. On horse legs?

Seeing that Dai Wang was at a loss for words, Shangguan Wan'er's mouth curled up, she put down her skirt, avoided the left side of the road, and asked again: "Your Highness wants to visit your family?"

Seeing this, Li Tong also came up, nodded and said: "The Yazhong is still practicing hard to play tricks, I'm afraid it will be a difficult night, come and see me first while the sun is still early."

After the generation of the king passed by, Shangguan Wan'er walked behind her, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is so diligent, so all the attendees can feel at ease, and we can wait and see how His Highness controls the crane and ascends to immortality."

Hearing this, Li Tong's face immediately collapsed, he laughed twice, and didn't say much.

Shangguan Wan'er noticed that Dai Wang's steps were a bit heavy, and when she rolled her eyes, she noticed that the leather belt around Yang Jiu's waist sank a little behind her, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Sometimes she really thinks that the acting king is a monster, and his ability to see the subtleties is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.Many details that others would not care about at all, but he can see clearly.

If she hadn't been paying close attention to his people and affairs all the time, Shangguan Wan'er would have suspected that the acting king might already have many eyes and ears beside His Majesty the Holy Emperor, able to gain a deep insight into his heart without being known to outsiders.

"That's right, the Shangguan should know where the King of Wei lived? He lives next door, and he can be seen in a blink of an eye. Once he disappears, it will make people worry."

After walking onto the stone bridge, Li Tong looked at Shangguan Wan'er again and asked, seeing that there were few people left and right.Zuo Qianniuwei was not directly involved in the check-in, and of course he could not get the details of the various houses in Shendu Garden.

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, the corners of her mouth subconsciously twitched. Among other things, Dai Wang's duplicity ability is really outstanding, and nonsense comes out of her mouth.Both of you, Chen Jia, are on the streets of Jishanfang. They are already well known in the whole city, but they actually say that you and I are inseparable.

"His Royal Highness Wei Wang entered the garden yesterday and lived in the Hebi Palace. It is far away from His Royal Highness Wangchun Palace.

Complaining in her heart, Shangguan Wan'er replied in her mouth, and added: "His Royal Highness is also living in Wangchun Palace."

Li Tong felt a little relieved when he heard the words. He was a little uneasy by the Prince Shengxian, so he didn't let his family enter the garden until the day before the ceremony. Since he lived with his aunt, it shouldn't be a big problem.Wangchun Palace, the name sounds quite auspicious, and it would be even more auspicious if the word "Wang" is omitted.

But when he learned that Wu Chengsi was living in Hebi Palace, he couldn't help but curse inwardly, this old bastard took advantage of him!His new father, Li Hong, died in the Hebi Palace in his early years, and now his nest has been taken over by sparrows.He really hoped that his father would be alive in the sky and come out to clean up Wu Chengsi at night.

When passing through Longlin Palace and about to part, Shangguan Wan'er said to Li Tong again: "I don't know if Mrs. Wei will accompany you today? It's been a long time since we haven't seen each other, so it's unavoidable to worry about it. If Your Highness doesn't enter the dormitory tonight, will you inevitably have to bother me?"

Li Tong nodded after hearing the words, but looking at Shangguan Wan'er's back walking far away, he recalled that the words sounded a little awkward. Did this bitch imply that he was a perverted cat who couldn't hold back?Not to mention whether your relationship is so good that you can talk all night long, why do you only enter when I am not here?

He is indeed not a magnanimous gentleman, but he is not without restraint either.

Although Wei Tuan'er is in the king's residence, he is still a registered palace official. Even if he wants to put him in bed, he won't be in a hurry at this moment.At the very least, he had to wait until the faction was initially stabilized, and then seriously consider whether he should continue to be polite to his grandma.

Chapter 0389

After night fell, Shendu Garden was not completely submerged in darkness. The lights flickered everywhere, as if a curtain of stars descended on the world.Under the reflection of all kinds of brilliance, the already beautiful spring scenery of Yuyuan is more hazy and mysterious, which makes people linger and forget to return.

In the courtyard where Zheng's family lived on the north bank of Longlin Canal, Mrs. Zheng led her girls back to the hall.After each took their seats, the girls began chattering.

They are all young girls in the blooming season, and they may still maintain a dignified manner in front of others. Now that there are no outsiders present, it is inevitable to show their true temperament.