Changqing Ci

At the beginning of the new year, the red plums have withered, and the spring is faint, and it is rare for the Pingnan Palace to have a lively New Year.

In the first month, the tense trend at the end of last year eased temporarily, and the people in the imperial capital deserved the attention of nothing more than the second prince's grand wedding, who married the prostitute of Hengguo Duke's family.

Under the warm winter sun, the dazzling plaque shines brightly, making people afraid to look up.Outside the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, a fast horse stopped, and I saw a figure running into the mansion quickly, with a windy pace, and after a long while, he appeared in Qingtang Garden. Xun Changqing didn't have time to change his clothes, so he ran to the west in the study.

The princess mansion next door started construction at the end of last year. It has been nearly three months since the house was refurbished, the rockery was rebuilt, and the lake in the mansion was filled with water from the moat. place.

In a few days, Wei Lingci plans to move back to the Princess's Mansion, everything has been packed, and he just needs to choose a good day to move back.

Wei Lingci's life became more and more leisurely. He set up a small couch in the courtyard and leaned on it alone, basking in the warm New Year's sun, looking at the fast-paced figures, and calling out: "Changqing, here. "

Xun Changqing turned his head and saw the person under the window. After he approached quickly, his cheeks were reddish, and beads of sweat stood on his forehead. He smiled and said, "You really enjoy yourself. I didn't even pay attention to this place."

Wei Lingci straightened up, "Staying in the house all day, very stuffy, so I came out to get some air. I remember you entered the palace, why did you come back so soon, you look so happy, what treasure did you find?"

Xun Changqing's eyes moved slightly, and after approaching, he also leaned on the couch, looked at the blue sky, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty called me into the palace, I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out that two horses About the horse."

Zhao Yang sent two horses, which were rare horses. Da Qi didn't have such horses. She knew something strange when she saw them. After Wei Lingci saw them, she knew they were horses from the frontier. .

Since many years ago, when the frontiers were surrendered and the two countries opened up trade, the merchants of Daqi set their sights on the frontiers, buying goods, and then returning to Daqi to sell them at a high price, this is a common practice.It is not a big deal for merchants to sell horses, but those horses are not from the frontier business channels, but tributes from the frontier.

Selling tributes is no small matter.But there is no evidence for Wei Ling's words, so you can't speak nonsense, so you have to order someone to go to the border town and ask Yuan Yu for the gift list of the frontier tribute. Maybe Yuan Xun didn't have this gift list, but Xun, who was the prince and concubine of the frontier, definitely had it.

The obtained list is then compared with the Ministry of Rites to know what tributes were withheld along the way.

The two countries are gradually at odds, and there are very few tribute goods from the frontier. If there are not many, if they are deducted a little, it will only arouse the anger of Emperor Daqi. But at this time, the princess is missing, and Daqi will not send People ask and investigate why there are so few tributes this year, which also gives opportunities for those who are interested.

There was one more person on the small couch, so it seemed a bit crowded, Wei Lingci had no choice but to move aside, the book in his hand was also taken away, and his hands were empty, so he had to move the lowered quilt up and said: "Your quilt The two horses are the most important thing, His Majesty will definitely take them back, it is not difficult to find out the mastermind behind this matter, involving the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, I am afraid that His Majesty will have a headache."

The books I snatched by hand are nothing more than ancient poems. Wei Ling’s poems are very clean, and I like to read them. In the early years, when Changqing was in Lingyun Mountain, he was pressured to learn a lot in the literary school. Now he has returned to the Imperial Capital and went to Guozi Learning is also three days of fishing and two days of drying the net, these things can't be seen.

He casually threw it on the table at the side, and talked with Wei Lingci about what happened in Hanyuan Hall today, "Your Majesty became very angry, and after getting the list sent back by Yuan Yu, he invited the Minister of Rites to scold him. Claiming to have no knowledge, His Majesty gave him half a month to find out, I am afraid that my horse will not be able to keep, and someone will come to take it away tomorrow."

"It's not that you won't be able to stay, it's just that Honglu Temple will also be involved in this matter, and the Sansi Yamen will be even more troublesome."

Xun Changqing looked sideways at her, "No, the one who has the headache is behind it, who do you think it should be?"

"I don't know, just guess slowly. There are too many places along the way, but the list in Yuan Yu's place has not been changed. There is a problem in Jizhou, which should have come from the border town. You can check it from there. There are many smart people in the six departments, so the search will be very fast. " Wei Lingci pulled his sleeve back from her hand, and lay down again.

"Master, is your contribution included?" Under the warm sunshine, Xun Changqing's eyes were shining brightly, and the peach blossom eyes became more and more alluring.She has recently realized that everything is actually arranged by her. Probably from the beginning of apprenticeship, Wei Lingci has already thought of all the ways out, so she appears calm and calm.

I wanted to avoid her, but found that I couldn't. It's just that two years have passed, and the rest probably hasn't changed. I don't know if she will be imprisoned again in this life, and Wei Lingci will still sacrifice his life to save her.But she doesn't want to see this kind of ending, she can only fight like Yuan Yan.

"I didn't know before, it should be your credit, you'd better not meddle in this matter, so as not to attract suspicion," Wei Lingci looked at the pair of peach blossom eyes that almost fascinated people. Chang Qing seemed extremely obedient and obedient, but at the same time was very weak, which always gave her the desire to protect, but now this milk cat has grown up, and is becoming more and more like a man-eating tiger.

It's just that the tiger's teeth are very sharp, but its claws are still not sharp enough. She has to watch it all the time, so as not to miss a step and cause death.

The two were covered with thin quilts, and Wei Lingci held one end tightly so that it would not fall off. Xun Changqing let go of the quilt, took Wei Lingci's hand, and said happily: "I No, someone already wants to check and ask for information from me."

After biting her that day, Wei Lingci would avoid her intentionally or unintentionally, and she was not annoyed. No, it's just that she has been left cold for so many days, and I gradually understand that she may have gone too far in 'playing around' that day.

She also saw the situation clearly, thinking about the difficult things she would encounter if she and Wei Lingci were together, the two of them would not care about the verbal disputes outside, the most difficult thing was the fate of their parents, Wei Xiaoruo knew about it , I'm afraid it will touch her heart, I don't know what her father Xun Yi thinks, she has never been with Xun Yi in two lifetimes, and she has never seen him since she became sensible, so she really doesn't know what kind of temperament he is.

For feelings, whoever pays first will suffer, but Xun Changqing doesn't know who will be emotional first, she or Wei Lingci, but Wei Lingci has indeed paid a lot. On the surface, it should be her who suffers, but Xun Changqing Qing himself feels that he should be the one who suffers, why?

Just relying on Wei Lingci's attitude of being close and far away!

She leaned forward, put her head on Wei Lingci's shoulder, tilted her head as usual, and said cautiously: "You seem to be avoiding me recently, is it because of what happened that day?"

There was no one in the courtyard, and no one cared about her indecent posture. Seeing that she was getting worse, Wei Lingci got up and walked back to the house. Xun Changqing had to follow, and hurriedly said, "Someone asked me to come. first floor."

The first floor was closed last year, and reopened after Shao Tang's death, but because of the right-hand minister Shao Cheng, not many officials dared to go to the first floor again, and the business became more and more bleak. With an enchanting figure, a refined appearance, and a sweet singing voice, in short, she is said to be a perfect beauty.

After entering the room, Wei Lingci sat down at the table and flipped through the information sent in from the outside. Over the years, she worked hard to insert her people into every corner of the imperial capital, and she had to look over everything big and small, but She always felt that she hadn't done enough, she couldn't infiltrate people into Shao's mansion.

There is Hanri in the palace workshop, and there is a virtuous concubine in the harem, but she knows nothing about what is going on in Shao's mansion. It is because of this that she allows Xun Changqing to get in touch with Shao Lanheng. What she lacks, Xun Changqing makes up for it.

She remained silent, and Xun Changqing lay weakly on the table, looking at her from the corner of the eye, "If you are angry, I won't go, he should want to intervene in the tribute, I think we can't intervene, he, the new criminal department Yuanwailang naturally wants to make meritorious service."

Still silent, just really angry, Xun Changqing moved the stool slowly, sat close to her, and covered the letter in front of her with his fingers, "If you are angry, speak, and I will know what is in your heart only when you speak, And... just... just..."

She hesitated for a long time, but did not say anything. Wei Lingci glanced lightly, touching the panic in her eyes. She vaguely understood that Xun Changqing should be a person with a fragile heart. It's still the same, maybe her experience is also common.

She remained calm and asked, "What is it?"

Xun Changqing was half a head shorter than her, and he was not as tall as her when sitting together. Thinking about it, Xun Changqing rubbed against her, and his hands began to restless. Anyway, Xianyun Xianyu was not around, so he wouldn't laugh at her.

Wrapping her slender waist with both hands, fiddled with the jade pendant around her waist, with a soft fragrance in his arms, Xun Changqing suppressed his voice very clear and shallow, "If you don't like me kissing you, I won't touch you, it's a big deal This time I'll be more polite and sit down."

Her breathing was so heavy that Wei Lingci had to look directly at her "well-behaved" sitting posture and her deceitful words. She didn't know that the person in front of her would say some deceitful words after wandering outside for two months. She couldn't help thinking Do you want the person in front of you to go to Guozixue to study every day from tomorrow, and avoid the "fun" of those sons, or you will really become a little liar in a few months.

The people in front of me became more and more unruly, Wei Lingci reached out and pinched her earlobe, rubbing it, "Why are you more disciplined, what do you have to do with me when you go to the first floor?"

Xun Changqing ignored this, let go of his hands after protecting his ears, sat down really well, straightened his back, and said strangely: "Why has nothing to do with you, if you are angry or don't like me to go, I won't go."

Perhaps Xun Changqing's explanation was not precise enough, the general meaning is: If I like you, I will care about your feelings.

The words didn't make sense, and Wei Lingci didn't quite understand what she meant, so he just sorted out the books on the table, "Go if you want, why ask me, you are Her Royal Highness, and you are not the disciple of Lingyun Mountain in the past, but it is good to know how to measure." , I will not interfere with you."

This sentence sounded a little weird, and Xun Changqing couldn't guess what she was thinking. She scratched her hair angrily, and asked, "What do you mean, then should I go or not?"

Wei Lingci was very helpless, just now he hugged her shamelessly, but in a blink of an eye she couldn't even understand her words, she put the booklet on the table, "I mean just go if you want!"

"Oh, then I'll go." Xun Changqing responded, looking at the man who bowed his head and said nothing, with his hands neatly placed on the table, some distance away from Wei Lingci, thinking of something, his mood became depressed, " Yesterday was my birthday, did you forget to give me a gift?"

"The longevity noodles you ate yesterday are my birthday present to you."

"You... you just sent me away like this? You're so stingy, you didn't even spend a tael of silver."

"Your Majesty rewarded you with a lot of gold, silver and jewels. What do you need?"

After finishing speaking, a gust of wind flashed beside him, blowing away the letters on the table, and the room was like snow in winter, and Xun Changqing was gone when he looked up again. Wei Lingci picked up the paper on the ground and called out the door Xianyun told her: "Go and follow Changqing, remember not to show your face if there is no danger."

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The first floor is Hualou, girls who come here for fun, but they also use this as a cover to talk about things that they don't want others to know. This is the case for Shao Lanheng. After Shao Tang's death, his official career can be regarded as going smoothly. Opened the joints with silver and entered the Ministry of Punishment.

It's just that he is a bastard, and he doesn't have a source of large sums of money, so he can't buy people's hearts. At that time, he just met Xun Changqing who had just returned to Beijing. A tree, took advantage of Xun Changqing, and got the silver.

In his opinion, Xun Changqing is only a half-grown girl who is ignorant of worldly affairs, so she will take advantage of it if she uses it, and will not think about how to get the money back afterwards.

He worked in the Ministry of Punishment, and his father couldn't hear anything about the sale of tributes. He also heard from the insiders that Princess Xiang'an was there at that time, so he thought of using the first floor to ask her out, waiting for an opportunity to talk.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is old, and the next Minister will definitely choose one of the left and right ministers, and the vacant position of minister is exactly his purpose this time.

On the first floor, a charming red pavilion, there are not many people gathered tonight, not even one-tenth of what it was when the business was good. But like a deep forest and valley where everything is silent, no one speaks.

The big red veil was gently pulled aside by the maid, and after the sound of bamboo boards, the same gorgeous woman in red dress came out from inside, her jade feet were shiny and lotus steps were full, and the red cool silk gauze skirt fluttered in the breeze Ruyun won cheers from the men present as soon as he appeared on the stage.

On the attic on the second floor, Xun Changqing was dressed in men's clothing, looking at the red gauze-covered woman on the high platform on the first floor with his chin in his hands. Shao Lanheng, who was on the side, saw that she was really interested, so he stopped interjecting and let her watch carefully.

Men love to dance, and women also love to dance, but men love dancers, while women should love amazing dancing skills.