Looking at the mountains and rivers

The drizzle in early spring fell continuously on the newly sprouted willow tree, the willow branches swayed leisurely, and the fine water droplets rolled down gently, just falling on the beautiful upper under the tree, the wishful cloud patterns on the upper are like It's smudged like stained with thin ink.

Si Nu lowered her head, staring at the wet spot on the toe of her shoe, with a dazed expression.Standing behind the tree, his small figure looked inconspicuous. If he was not wearing a pale yellow brocade robe and a purple gold crown on his head, no one would have realized that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was hiding here.

Just when he was standing there in a daze, a shrill voice came from the palace steps and said: "Seeing that the time of You is coming, why don't you take His Highness's shoulder?" Voice, now that King Mu often serves as a council member in Wenhua Pavilion, he serves his left and right according to the order, and he does not dare to neglect at all.

"There's no need to take the shoulders, the king is just about to walk in the rain."

As soon as he heard the sound, Xi Nu raised his head immediately, but the palace steps were so tall that his sight was completely blocked, and he couldn't see the front of the palace at all.

"Yes." Ma Liangshun agreed, and then turned his head to urge the left and right, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you quickly get an umbrella to support His Highness."

When he was speaking, he vaguely saw something red flashing past in front of him, and he couldn't help looking over it carefully, and then he saw clearly that it was the pompom on the purple gold crown of the little prince, and he couldn't help but wonder: "How did your highness come here?" gone?"

Sinu was seen by him, so he hesitated and turned out from behind the palace steps: "I...I..."

Hearing his voice, Yang Yan raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

The little prince climbed up the steps step by step, and it took a long time before he called softly: "Uncle Huang."

Realizing that he was looking for him on purpose, Yang Yan looked a little subtle, and gestured to Ma Liangshun, Ma Liangshun understood, and hurriedly led the palace people back.

"Is there something wrong, His Royal Highness?"

"No..." Hearing his cold tone, Si Nu seemed a little timid, he suddenly felt regretful, and almost turned around to leave.

And Yang Yan lowered his voice again: "Sinu, did you suffer any grievances?"

Hearing this question, Si Nu's nasal cavity suddenly became sore, he stepped forward and hugged Yang Yan's leg, buried his face in his lapel and said, sobbing, "Uncle Huang, I don't want to be a prince anymore."

Yang Yan was silent for a moment: "Why?"

"I... I'm probably too stupid. Whether it's poetry, books or horse bows, I'm always inferior to other brothers. People in the palace are saying in private that I'm a useless prince." The child cried.

Yang Yan looked indifferent: "Then why did you come to me?"

Si Nu seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then shook his head blankly: "I don't know..."

He looked up at Yang Yan with some anxiety, and Yang Yan was also lowering his head. He knew that the emperor's uncle couldn't see him, but for a moment, he felt that their eyes seemed to meet.

"I always feel that the emperor's uncle is different from others," the little prince said softly, "I have never heard what the emperor's uncle said to me before, and I can't understand it, but I always can't bear it." Stop and think about it."

"You may not understand now, but if you can keep it in your heart, it may be useful in the future. I have a few more words to tell you," Yang Yan said in a low voice, "If you are wronged in the future, don't come to me. I don't He will coax you like an uncle from an ordinary family, because you were not born in an ordinary family, but an emperor's family."

Sinu opened his eyes wide.

"Everyone in the emperor's family is born to be rivals. You and your brothers are now taking the school exams. The winner will be rewarded with a few words, and the loser will be depressed for a few days. This is far from nothing. In the future, there will be a battle The contest of life and death is waiting for you, the winner is the king, and the loser is the prisoner." Yang Yan bent down and patted Si Nu on the shoulder, "Also, don't get too close to me, I may also be yours in the future enemy."

Sinu seemed to be startled by the chill in his words, and took two steps back slightly, and Yang Yan straightened up quickly, immediately surrounded by palace people from both sides, put on a cloak for him, and held up an umbrella, while Xiao The prince could only watch the figure of the emperor's uncle slowly go away in the drizzle.

The way out of the palace was not short, but it was not very long either. The rain fell on the umbrella almost silently.The palace people around held their breaths, and the sound of walking was also soft, only the sound of a steady footstep was exceptionally clear, Yang Yan could hear it clearly, it was his nephew Altai, always following five steps away.

When passing by a narrow trail, I heard a slight sound of breaking wind suddenly in the air, and it was falling on the apricot tree beside me, and the pink and white petals were scattered together with the broken rain.

"Who?" Dugu Hong was the first to shout, he could clearly see that it was a bird-shooting projectile that hit the treetop.It's just that he couldn't understand how anyone would dare to shoot birds with bullets in this forbidden area of ​​the palace.

Ma Liangshun on the side also jumped up: "His Royal Highness King Mu is here, who is so presumptuous!"

There was silence on the other side of the courtyard wall for a long time before the courtyard door opened slowly. Two young men in palace brocade came out one after the other, and they all hurriedly knelt down and saluted Yang Yan.The older young man looked very gentle, lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, please don't blame me, the new Mr. Du doesn't know the rules, so I will let him apologize to His Highness."

Kneeling behind him was a young man with exquisite appearance. He seemed to know that he had caused a catastrophe, and he was kneeling on the ground trembling, unable to speak.

Yang Yan tilted his head slightly, and said in Ma Liangshun's direction, "This is it?"

Ma Liangshun hurriedly replied: "Return to Your Highness, this is Yanting, these two are the young masters of Yanting."

Dugu Hong was even more puzzled, he knew that the servants in this palace were eunuchs except for the maids, but the two young masters in front of him were clearly not inner eunuchs, so how could they openly raise them in the inner palace?

"Yanting." Yang Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Dugu Hong looked at his expression, and his heart moved slightly.After these days of getting along, he could already see the truth from the subtle changes on his uncle's face, but at this moment, he felt that his uncle seemed to have thought of something unhappy.

Ma Liangshun smiled and said: "Your Highness, it is better to hit him with twenty sticks according to the palace rules." He said this with the intention of pleading, after all, this young man surnamed Du was the prostitute of Emperor Xinna of Yong'an. According to King Mu's temper, he might be executed in serious cases, or kicked out of the palace in light cases, and it would be difficult for the emperor to explain in the future.

As soon as the young man heard that he was going to hit twenty sticks, his face turned pale and he trembled all over. He raised his misty eyes and sobbed as if begging for forgiveness: "Your Highness..."

Dugu Hong has been in the border for a long time, and he has never seen such a soft and charming young man. He secretly thought that if he looked like this, others would feel pity for him, but unfortunately his uncle couldn't see him at all.

Just when he was shaking his head secretly, Yang Yan said: "There is no need for stick blame."

When the young man heard this, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and his eyes became more and more charming: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Yang Yan didn't raise his eyes at all, and only sneered very softly: "Now Dazhao is ruling the world with light, and the emperor is trying his best to rule the world, and stay away from wine and lust. There has been no selection in the palace for two years, and a large number of palace officials were released at the beginning of the year. People, to be sympathetic to the palace's resentment." He paused for a moment, then changed the topic, "I don't know that there is such a dark place as Yanting in the Tai'an Palace today."

He was obviously really angry, and Ma Liangshun bent down on his knees in a panic, but he didn't know where His Highness's anger came from, so he could only stammer: "No... I don't know, according to His Highness, what should we do?"

Hearing his trembling voice, Yang Yan suppressed his anger and smiled slightly: "It stands to reason that it is not up to this king to comment on matters in the harem. But for the sake of the emperor's holy name, this king has no choice but to meddle in other matters." " He slowly walked out from under the umbrella, sighing softly, "The last master of the three generations has a concubine. This kind of prostitution is worse than concubines. How can they stay in the harem. From now on, Yanting will be abolished. Alright."

Ma Liangshun was startled, he couldn't believe his ears, he wanted to say that the Yanting was established during Xuanzong's reign, and it has never been abolished until now.He also wanted to say that although the emperor had many concubines, he had also taken in many beloved pets in this wild goose court.But he was tongue-tied, but couldn't even say a word.

I still remember that half a month ago, Mrs. Li personally came to plead with Mu Wang for his grandson Jingzhao Mansion Yin Li Zhengqing who was imprisoned for embezzlement, but Mu Wang ordered people to close the gate of Wenhua Pavilion and avoid seeing him.Mrs. Li couldn't wait until dusk to see a scroll of imperial edict thrown out from the crack of the door, and he wrote with a Chinese ink pen: "The country's huge corruption should be punished according to the law!"Mr. Li was so angry that he bumped his head against the jade pillar of Wenhua Pavilion, his hair was stained with blood, and he died.And His Royal Highness King Mu, who heard about this, didn't even lift his eyelids.May I ask such an unkind King Mu, who would dare to intercede in front of him?

Just when Ma Liangshun didn't know what to do, he heard a gentle voice whispering: "I don't know how His Highness will deal with us after abolishing Yanting?"

The one who spoke was the young man who had walked out of the Wild Goose Court earlier. He had been kneeling on the spot with a calm expression, or in other words, a little numb.

"Exactly, Your Highness," Ma Liangshun hurriedly said, "Now there are at least twenty young masters in Yanting, it's really hard to deal with, how about..."

"Just according to the previous practice of maids leaving the palace, let them go back." Yang Yan interrupted him decisively, waved his hands and said, "I will send an order now to let them pack their things tonight and leave the palace tomorrow with the money."

As soon as the news of Yanting being abolished came out, there was quite a stir in the palace. All the beautiful teenagers were crying and refusing to leave the palace, thinking of delaying it for a few days until Emperor Yong'an, who was away from the spring search, returned to the palace, so maybe they could turn things around this matter.Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the second day, Zuo Xiaowei entered the palace under the order of King Mu, saying that he wanted to escort the young masters out of the palace.They were called escorts, but in fact they were like guards, urging the teenagers out of the palace with rough voices.

There is a small door in the back palace of Tai'an Palace, called Anping Gate. At this moment, there is a green oilcloth carriage parked outside the gate, and the teenagers are driven to land and continue to get on the carriage one after another.The Habayashi guards on duty inside and outside the palace gate also gathered around, looking at these young masters of Yanting, who were rarely seen in the past, they all showed narrow smiles, and some of them even sneered and teased in a slippery tone.The teenagers felt wronged, and they didn't dare to argue with these soldiers, so they could only cry silently.

"Brother Lian." A boy's head poked out from the carriage, it was Mr. Du who caused trouble yesterday.He was squeezed into a corner by the people of Yanting, holding a small burden at the moment, shouting to the outside of the car as if urging him.

"En." The young man he called Brother Lian responded softly, but didn't move, just looked at the word "Anping" on the palace gate above his head, silently lost in thought.

"Can't bear to leave the palace?"

The voice sounded abruptly, and the young man hurriedly turned his head, only to find that he was not surrounded by those malicious soldiers, but a very young officer.This man wears a long sword on his waist, and the sword is decorated with white jade. It can be seen that he is a general with a high rank.As soon as he appeared, the Habayashi guards who had surrounded him all retreated respectfully.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the officer smiled kindly: "Are you from Yanting?"

"Yes." The young man lowered his head silently, he was afraid to look directly at the general's face.In the past, there were many beautiful men in Yanting, but thinking about it now, none of them could compare to this young general's demeanor.He was born too handsome, and there was only a trace of blood that crossed the battlefield in his eyes, but when he smiled, it was like the sun piercing through the dark clouds, and the sky and the earth warmed up for a while, almost making people lose their minds.

"Why are you standing here?" The officer asked again. He saw that the young man was wearing a cloth shirt, which was completely different from the teenagers in the car who were wearing fancy clothes. "It seems that you don't seem to be a person who is not willing to be rich and famous."

"I just want to take another look back," the young man said in a low voice, "to take a look at the place where he was imprisoned for ten years."

The officer slightly raised his eyebrows: "Why, you didn't enter Yanting voluntarily?"

"The son of a criminal minister, his life is like a piece of grass, but he just goes with the waves." The young man lowered his head.

"Brother Lian," came another crisp voice from the carriage, "we should go."

The young man hastily turned his head and agreed, he was about to say goodbye when the officer lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Speaking of which, I almost entered the Wild Goose Court back then."

The young man opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The officer didn't say any more, just asked: "After you leave the palace, is there any way to make a living?"

"Although I don't have the power to restrain a chicken, at least I know how to write and ink. Even if I sell calligraphy and painting, it is enough to make ends meet."

"That's great." The officer nodded, took a step back, and said solemnly, "Take care."

When the young man was about to leave, he couldn't help but turned around and asked, "Why didn't the general fall into the wild goose court?"

Hearing the words, the officer raised his head and looked into the distance, as if in deep thought: "Because, someone saved me."

The young man froze for a moment, thinking that if someone had rescued him back then, his fate might have been different.He raised his eyes and sighed, "That's great."

About five days later, Emperor Yong'an, who was far away in the spring search of Cuilan Palace, finally got the news.At that time, just after lunch, the emperor felt sleepy, leaning on the dragon couch with half-closed eyes, listening to the imperial servant's report on all the affairs in the palace.After hearing the sentence "King Mu ordered the abolition of Yanting, all the princes in Yanting were expelled from the palace and returned to their hometowns", he suddenly lost sleepiness, stood up and shouted angrily: "What? This blind man's hands are too long. Are you in my harem!"

When the servant saw Long Yan was furious, he hurriedly bent down: "Listen to Mr. Ma, King Mu used the country as an excuse to say that the last lord of the three generations had a concubine, and that the disaster of prostitution is worse than that of a concubine, etc., so If you want to abolish Yanting from the harem, no one dares to stop it..."

"Fart!" The emperor was so angry that he spat out foul words, "Yan Ting was set up by Xuanzong, this bastard dared to compare Xuanzong to the last master of the third generation, he is the opposite!"

He stood up abruptly: "It seems that I treated him too politely before, which made him so complacent, he simply didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth!"

"It's exactly what the emperor said," said the eunuch who was serving at the side, "Even though King Mu is able to serve in the palace now, it's just to share the affairs of the court for the emperor. Why? To actually intervene in the matter of the palace ban, could it be that he regards himself as the master of Tai'an Palace?"