Tang riddles

May twenty-eight, cloudy.A carriage was driving on the avenue of Chang'an City, heading north.The weather is extremely hot, the continuous rain has not yet completely passed, and the air is filled with water vapor and musty smell.The plum rains drenched this huge ancient city everywhere, making it uncomfortably humid and hot.

Shen Sui was sitting in the car, probably because she didn't have a good rest last night, she kept her eyes closed and did not say a word.Zhang Ruohan sat beside her, let her pillow on his lap, and held a round fan in his hand to gently fan the wind for her.The car body shook slightly, and even Zhang Ruohan was a little sleepy, with his eyes half closed, but he kept on holding on.

Suddenly there was a fresh breeze blowing in from the car window, and the two of them suddenly felt refreshed.

Shen Sui closed his eyes, and suddenly read: "The skin is icy and the bones are clear without any sweat, and the wind from the sky is fragrant and warm."

Zhang Ruohan smiled, raised his hand and pinched the tip of her nose.

"Oh, these days are really sad." Shen Sui sighed, what she was most afraid of since she was a child was summer.

"It's not a few days, it will pass soon." Zhang Ruohan comforted her, the frequency of the fan in his hand seemed to speed up.

"After it's over, it's really hot summer, and it's even worse."

"You're so smart, don't you know how to cool down?" Zhang Ruohan asked her.

"Is there any other way, is it possible to build a mechanism that can automatically blow the air?" Shen Sui said.

"Pfft, I still need you to make it, it's all my business. In summer, I will be your ice pillow, your round fan." Zhang Ruohan laughed.

"How can I let you fan the wind all the time, I have to think of a way so that everyone can get the wind without fanning." Shen Sui muttered.

"It's really not convincing at all for you to say such words with this posture." Zhang Ruohan lowered his head and squinted at her.

Shen Sui giggled silly, and said:

"Then let's change it. You lean on me, and I will fan you."

"No, you are so hot." Zhang Ruohan said disgustedly.

"Okay, okay, then we don't rely on anyone, I'll fan you." Shen Sui was about to sit up, but Zhang Ruohan pushed him back.

"You'd better lie down honestly, your eyes are very empty now, I'm afraid you'll faint if you fan the wind."

"How can I be so weak!" Shen Sui protested.

"Hmph." Her only answer was a cold snort.

Shen Sui pouted and whispered:

"That's why I hate summer the most."

"Huh? What did you say?" Zhang Ruohan said.

Shen Sui said loudly: "I said that I hate summer the most. My small stove is afraid of heat, and when summer comes, you are not willing to come near me."

Is it you, or you?Zhang Ruohan curled the corners of her lips.

"So it's still winter?" she asked intentionally.

"Of course, in winter...it's great that you all lean against me in winter, hehe." Shen Sui laughed as he spoke.

"Fool..." Zhang Ruohan stroked her side cheek, leaned down, and kissed her lips lightly.

The inside of the car became quiet again, and the hot and humid air seemed to be filled with a long and sweet breath, as if the heat had been washed away, and it floated up.

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The carriage went around to the most hidden side door of the Princess Mansion, and slowly drove in. The guards of the Gongyue Army had already come to lead the horses.Hu Tuo jumped out of the car and stood on the side of the car, waiting for Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan to get off.The man in Gaochang had no expression on his face, Shen Sui saw his expression when he got off the car, he couldn't help but patted his shoulder, and asked:

"What has Wu Ya been doing lately?"

The Gaochang man was a little flustered, he stammered and said:

"Recently... Le Zhong has been helping the little master make cold drinks and catch bugs."

Shen Sui: "..." The fun of Wu Ya is not on you at all.She looked at Zhang Ruohan worriedly, Zhang Ruohan was also very helpless, and sighed:

"You can't force it."

Shen Sui scratched his head, his face was speechless, and finally turned to Hu Tuo and said: "You, if you plan to give up, just tell me, and I will find you another girl."

"No!" Hutuo became nervous, "I... I'm not in such a hurry, just wait, wait."

Don't worry, I look anxious!Shen Sui was inexplicably angry, glared at him, and went to the princess mansion first.Zhang Ruohan gave Hutuo a comforting look, then hurriedly chased after Shen Sui.

"Alas..." Hutuo sighed, and followed him dejectedly.

Just when Shen Sui and others walked into the princess mansion, Yang Yuhuan was holding a round fan to beat insects in the garden.

"There! Help me!" The little girl looked very happy, leading a few maids who took care of her to round up a copper-green scarab.

With the help of the maids, she finally caught the beetle and threw it into the small bamboo tube.Holding the small bamboo tube in the palm of her hand, the little girl took a step forward and ran to the front hall excitedly.The skirt on her body fluttered while running, and the large white skin at the neckline was rosy. Wherever she passed, the fragrant wind gusts, which never dissipated for a long time.

Li Jinyue is working in the front hall at the moment. These days, the Princess Mansion has accumulated a lot of official affairs that have not been dealt with. After the mansion was opened, many military camps sent military affairs to wait for her instructions. In addition, the appointment of the local military governor and supervision system, which has been stagnant for many days, is also Need to move on.Early in the morning, Li Jinyue had already received several batches of visitors. She was busy until noon, when all the visitors were sent away. There was still some time before lunch, and she planned to approve a few more official documents, waiting for Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan to come At home, let's have lunch together again.In the afternoon, she will discuss matters with Shen Sui, and in the evening, they will go to the Prince Zhong's mansion for a banquet.King Zhong specially ordered Shen Sui to accompany him, and he didn't know how he confirmed that Shen Sui was Li Jinyue's number one adviser.Li Jinyue didn't intend to shy away from it either, since people called the roll call, she and Chishi would attend openly.Since we want to join forces with King Zhong, it is appropriate to be open and honest about some things.

While reviewing the official documents, she was thinking about something on her mind, completely oblivious to the fact that Yang Yuhuan was secretly leaning out from behind the screen to observe the situation in the hall.After confirming that there was no one in the hall, the little girl came out from behind the screen, and suddenly jumped to Li Jinyue's side, hugged her neck, and kissed her on the cheek.

Li Jinyue was startled, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she smelled the familiar fragrance.Feeling helpless, she turned her head to look at Yang Yuhuan's increasingly beautiful face, put her arms around Yang Yuhuan's waist, pulled her into her arms, kissed her back, and asked:

"What are you doing? You startled me."

"I caught the beetle, I'll show you." The little girl showed the small bamboo tube in her hand like offering a treasure, opened the plug, and a green beetle crawled out of it.

Li Jinyue was amused for a while, this girl is really in a hurry, last night she told her an interesting story about catching scarabs with Shen Sui when she was a child, and this girl caught scarabs for her today.

She squeezed the beetle, put it back into the bamboo tube, plugged it up, and said:

"Take it back and let the attendants raise it, so you can see it in the future."

"Yeah!" The little girl nodded vigorously.Immediately, she noticed the mountain of official documents on Li Jinyue's desk, and couldn't help but realize that she might have disturbed Li Jinyue's work, and hurriedly said:

"Are you busy? I shouldn't bother you."

Li Jinyue shook her head, held her arm tightly, and said:

"It's also over, and I was planning to take a rest, and you came."

"Really? I didn't bother you?" The little girl was particularly worried.

"No, no..." Li Jinyue repeatedly denied, "Later Chishi and Maid Lotus will come to have lunch together, so you can eat with us too."

"it is good."

Mr. Bozhao and Sister Ruohan are coming... The little girl's heart turned into a small thought.She knew that Yue'er liked Sister Ruohan before, even though it was a long time ago, the little girl still cared about Sister Ruohan's existence very much.On the way to Youzhou before, they used to travel together. Sister Ruohan took good care of her. In her impression, she is an elegant, gentle, and very beautiful big sister.At that time, she hadn't fallen in love with Li Jinyue as much as she does now, so she didn't feel so strongly about the existence of Ruohan's sister.Ever since she and Li Jinyue were together, she hadn't seen Sister Ruohan. This time, when Sister Ruohan came, she became inexplicably nervous.

"Oh, you girl, the bun is all gone, the hairpin is about to fall off. Don't move... I'll do it..." Li Jinyue noticed that the gold hairpin on her head was about to fall off, so she hurriedly picked it off and replaced it for her good.

So when Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan opened the bamboo curtain outside the front door and stepped into the hall, what they saw was the picture of Yang Yuhuan leaning in Li Jinyue's arms on the front seat, and Li Jinyue holding hairpins for her.Li Jinyue couldn't hide the tenderness and doting on Li Jinyue's face, Yang Yuhuan blushed shyly, and she was more delicate than Hua, this scene was really pleasing to the eye.

"The curtain is open and the moon is alone to see people, and the pillows and hairpins are in chaos." Shen Sui raised his eyebrows, and blurted out a line of poetry.

"Pfft!" Zhang Ruohan laughed out loud, Chishi is so skinny, this poem is clearly a continuation of the previous line in the car, "Ice muscles and bones are clear without sweat, and the wind is strong and the fragrance is warm." Really. Terrific.

Being ridiculed, Yang Yuhuan was so ashamed that she couldn't bear to feel ashamed. She hurriedly sat upright, lowered her eyebrows and dared not raise her head, her cheeks were as red as fire, and she wished she could find a hole in the ground.

Li Jinyue also blushed, feeling very embarrassed.Unexpectedly, Shen Sui arrived ahead of time, and no one informed him yet.She was so cruel that she had given Shen Sui privileges back then, and told her servants that Shen Bozhao didn't need to communicate when he came.This guy laughed at her as soon as he came, it was simply hateful.

Zhang Ruohan was kind-hearted, and gave Li Jinyue a step down, so after thinking for a while, he answered, "When you get up, Qionghu is silent, and when you see sparse stars crossing the river."

Li Jinyue couldn't help but glanced at her gratefully, and continued: "I'm afraid when the west wind comes, I'm afraid that it will be changed secretly." Then she nodded Shen Sui, and said:

"Akashi, you West Wind, you can keep me waiting."

Shen Sui laughed out loud, feeling very relieved for a moment, so he showed mercy and let Li Jinyue go.

Li Jinyue invited Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan to be seated, and ordered his servants to prepare lunch along the way.Shen Sui looked at Li Jinyue, then at Yang Yuhuan beside her, hesitant to speak.Li Jinyue noticed that her mood was depressed, and she seemed to be a little concerned about Yang Yuhuan's presence, so she couldn't help saying:

"Bo Zhao, what happened?"

"En." Shen Sui nodded, "It's not a small matter, I'm afraid...you have to be mentally prepared to listen."

"Yuhuan..." Li Jinyue looked at Yang Yuhuan apologetically, and Yang Yuhuan immediately got up and left knowingly.Shen Sui stopped and said:

"No, Yuhuan should stay here, she is not a child anymore, she should know these things, I have told you here, and it will save you from repeating it later."

Next, Shen Sui explained some things about Qin Zhen in a simple and clear manner with as calm a tone as possible.Zhang Ruohan will explain something that is difficult for her to say.Li Jinyue and Yang Yuhuan were dumbfounded, unable to recover for a while.In fact, Li Jinyue also told Yang Yuhuan all the secrets about Shen Sui's family and bloodline after obtaining Shen Sui's consent.Therefore, Yang Yuhuan knew that Mr. Bo Zhao was a woman, and also knew how difficult it was for her and Ruohan's sister to have a child.But I didn't expect that Mr. Bozhao's family would have such a secret, and even be the mastermind behind several key political struggles back then.

"Sigh... I really didn't expect that if it wasn't for Mr. Yin, maybe my father wouldn't be the emperor later, I might not be a princess. This is really...unpredictable. My father really... did that... Is it a terrible thing?" Li Jinyue only felt horrified, and for a moment even she felt an inexplicable sense of guilt.

However, Shen Sui waved his hand to change the subject and said: "Mamao, now is not the time to look back on the past, I tell you these things to explain the current situation. I have thought about it for a long time, and I have already made a decision. Clear the way for you. Maybe we shouldn't let him down. Right now, it's time to get ready. Allied loyalty and longevity is our basic strategy. Today and tomorrow, there will be changes in Grandpa's place. We have to do Easy to deal with."

"I understand."

The author has something to say: This chapter is a special chapter of 520, so I deliberately softened the atmosphere and added some sweetener, please eat sugar.

Poems appearing in this chapter:

"Summer Retreat on Maha Pond" by Meng Chang

The icy muscles and jade bones are clear without sweat, and the wind from the water palace is fragrant and warm.

The curtain is open and the moon is alone to see people, and the pillow and hairpin are in chaos.

When Qionghu got up, it was silent, and sometimes I saw sparse stars crossing the river.

When the westerly wind comes, I'm afraid that the fleeting year will change secretly.

I changed "Water Palace" to "Guangyu" because Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan were sitting in the car, and it would be wrong to use Water Palace.

Meng Chang was the emperor of Later Shu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He had a very famous concubine named Mrs. Huarui.It is rumored that this Mrs. Huarui is very beautiful, and in summer, her body is still cool without sweating.When Meng Chang and Mrs. Huarui were enjoying the coolness in the waterside pavilion by the pool, they wrote such a poem.But the poem has been lost.

Later in the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo, a great poet, once said that he met an 80-year-old old nun in Meizhou, Sichuan, and often went to play with that old nun when he was a child.The old nun claimed to be Mrs. Huarui's maid, and often read this poem by Meng Chang to young Su Shi, but Su Shi only remembered the first two lines: "Ice muscles and jade bones are clear without sweat, and the wind from the water palace is fragrant and warm". When I was growing up, I recalled this incident by chance, so I simply added a word to these two lines of poems, which is "Song of the Cave Immortal".

Bing muscle jade bone, self-cooling and no sweat.The breeze of the water hall is full of fragrance.When the embroidered curtain is open, a little bright moon peeks at people, people are not going to bed, and the hairpin is in chaos.

Get up and join hands, the households are silent, and when you see Shuxing crossing the river and Han.How was the night?It's three nights, the golden wave is light, and the jade rope turns low.But when the westerly wind comes, it's not like fleeting years to secretly change.

And Su Shi's poem was changed into a poem, which became a poem written by Meng Chang.