It's not good to be a courtier

After three days of idleness, the day for appreciating plum blossoms in the western suburbs arrived on the fourth day. There was a snowfall on the night of the seventh day, which was not a big deal, but it was much more interesting to go to appreciate plums this time.Early in the morning of the second day, Cui Xinxing hurriedly washed and dressed, and helped Feng Yan's arm to get into the carriage. Seeing that Feng Yan was going to ride a horse, she took his hand and said, "Come with me in the carriage today. It's very cold." After hearing this, Feng Yan followed into the carriage.

Walking to the plum garden in the western suburbs, the entrance is bustling, and the drop-off places for male and female passengers belong to two different gates.Feng Yan got out of the carriage and went to the male guest's door.As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Cui Lin'er looking around the door. As soon as he saw him coming, he immediately stepped forward and urged, "Go, go, there is still time to go."

Feng Yan immediately raised his legs and rushed out of the door. At this moment, Cui Jiazhi also came to the door, and said enthusiastically, "Where is my nephew going? Lin'er, hurry up and take your cousin in to make tea to keep warm."

Cui Lin'er immediately changed her bow to pull, and said with a smile: "Cousin, I will send someone to deliver the gift I forgot to bring to my father at another time. In this snowy day, don't bother to go back and get it again. Let's go and talk to my cousin." Go eat and drink."

Feng Yan saluted Cui Jiazhi first, with a respectful and filial face, followed Cui Tonglin into the courtyard.The two turned around to an empty corridor, Feng Yan asked, "What happened?"

Cui Lin'er said worriedly: "I, the Cui family, are sorry for you. In the past three days, my sister was not idle at all at home. In the total of three days, I held two poetry meetings. Talking about poetry and painting is not true, but it is true." In fact, I said to the outside world that your general's mansion is going to discuss marriage with our Cui family. Although it is only a few acquainted ladies who came here, I am afraid that everyone in the imperial capital knows about it. I thought you were not here today. Let me Cui Everyone said that you shouldn't and you can't. Now that you have entered the yard, it may not be so easy to leave. You can only see tricks."

Feng Yan felt that he had lived a carefree life at home for the past three days. It turned out that the imperial capital was captured by the rumors spread by the Cui family.There is no other way now, I just hope that his mother can resolve one or two, thinking back to the previous life, I feel hopeless.

Cui Lin'er worried: "What do you say, I'm afraid my mother will mention it in public today..."

Feng Yan was silent and rubbed his chin for a long while, but he still didn't have a good idea.If Murong Qi is here, you can ask a question, if it is him, he must know how to solve it.

Feng Yan and Cui Lin'er were discussing, and there was a touch of lavender in the flowers for a long time, and the figure of the young general was reflected in the soft eyes, and it turned out to be him.Miss Cui, Cui Long'er?Looks like it's going to be fun today.

After discussing with Cui Lin'er, Feng Yan walked to the resting place of the male guests. Along the way, he clearly felt that the male guests seemed to be inexplicably excited. Cui Lin'er was a little strange: "Do you think they seem too excited?"

"You two don't know yet?" Ben Yi said to the young master who was admiring the snow-black blue shirt by the railing, "I heard that Xie Sifang will come today, tsk tsk, that's Xie Sifang..."

In the last life, Xie Sifang was Emperor Jianxi's most sought-after empress candidate. He was born in the Xie family in Jiangzuo. It is said that he has someone he loves, but he only asks to leave the palace.Deep down, she burst into tears, even Feng Yan's living soul was moved, but Murong Qi was unmoved, furious, demoted him to be a lowly maidservant, guarding the imperial mausoleum, and could never get out of it for the rest of his life.

"Xie Sifang, that talented woman from the Xie family who is famous all over the world?" Cui Lin'er said in surprise, "It's a coincidence that the Jiangzuo Xie family also came to the imperial capital this year."

Feng Yan was taken aback, and suddenly thought of Emperor Renhe who had been ill for more than eight months, yes, this made sense, he had followed Murong Qi for ten years, and the court had listened to a lot.Cui You, who assisted three generations of emperors of the Cui family, once sighed that Murong Qi's imperial skills are unparalleled, no one can guess the heart of this young emperor, and no one can escape the control of this young emperor.

Emperor Renhe had just recovered from his illness at the end of the year, and after the year, everyone went to Beijing one after another. Apart from taking the New Year's greetings to stabilize the emperor's heart, I am afraid that they also had the intention of observing the princes.

Emperor Renhe is very old, and his ability to control totalitarian power is not as good as before. Now the third prince Murongyou should be in the limelight. He is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy him. The fallen prince.

"Not only the Xie family," the blue-shirted youth approached the two of them, and said mysteriously, "I heard that, but I just heard that Wang Qi from the Wang family is also here."

"Wang Qi!" Cui Lin'er's expression was a little shocked, but more excited, he didn't dare to say anything: "But really... really, he, he really came? No, I'll go and ask my father, and I'll go now. "After speaking, he turned around, at first he was able to take two serious steps, and then he simply started to trot.

Seeing his impatient look, Feng Yan couldn't help but smile, and when he turned his face away, he was suddenly frightened into silence by the enlarged face in front of his eyes.

The young man in the blue shirt looked at him from left to right, took a step back and walked around him, tapped the palm of his hand with the handle of the white jade fan, and said curiously: "Now all the people in the imperial capital are passing on the news of the General Zhenguo's residence. Little General Feng is negotiating marriage with Miss Cui. I think your head is well on your neck. Why don't you use it? The Cui family is a famous family, so why would you condescend to the General's house? People in the army are insulting to gentlemen. , even if the achievements are as high as the general of the town, they are worthless in the eyes of these aristocratic families. Do you understand?"

Feng Yan originally thought that this young man in blue shirt was coming aggressively, and he was afraid that he was Cui Long'er's admirer.After listening for a long time, I realized that the man was reminding him to be careful.Looking at his appearance, although the material of the clothes is not high-grade, it is difficult to conceal his extraordinary bearing. The white jade fan held between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand is the most rare, revealing a noble air.

After talking about it for a long time, seeing that he was indifferent, the young man tapped his palm with his fan eagerly, and said anxiously: "You still don't understand? I'm really anxious to death."

Feng Yan couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Haven't you asked your brother's name?"

"That's not the point. You quickly shirked this matter, so as to save my master from being sleepless day and night and worrying about his teacher. If you want me to say, the master will marry whoever he likes, and the apprentice cares so much." What, it's not a serious master, why is it so troublesome." After finishing speaking, his eyes widened, and he slapped his mouth, muttering, "Make your mouth fast, make your mouth fast."Suddenly remembered something, raised eyebrows and smiled: "You don't know me anyway."

Feng Yan finally couldn't help laughing, the blue-robed young man looked down, as if he saw something extraordinary, he immediately opened the white jade fan to cover his face, and said with his mouth: "Don't say you have seen me, thank you very much later!" You." Turning around, he went into the garden.

After a while, more than a dozen people passed by, and everyone was talking about it. The young man in green was the most eye-catching, and shouted: "Did you really see it clearly? It's really Wang Qi?"

Feng Yan was startled, it turned out that it was Wang Qi, and it was nothing more than that, he suddenly laughed at himself, Xie Sifang was the one who thought hard, his heart sank, and dusty memories suddenly emerged.

Jiang Zuo Xie Sifa, many young talents are admired by many people.She was dressed in a red dress, with embroidered strands fluttering, a high bun with golden beads attached to her temples.She said that Jiangzuo Xie family admired Wang Qi.

At that time, the emperor's face was solemn, as if he had never heard of it, his amber eyes were covered with frost, and he was not moved at all. He opened his lips lightly: "Thank you Si Fat, I will guard the imperial tomb from now on, and I will not leave it for the rest of my life."

At that time, Murong Qi was extremely handsome, he could wear the sun and the moon, but he didn't have Xie Sifa's blue eyes, it was very puzzling.Looking at it now, he was usually too serious and stern. Although girls tend to be pretty, who would look up to a person who just wants to throw himself on the ground when he sees him, but can't afford to kneel.

After he finished entangled with the memory, he raised his eyes again, the din of people in the garden just now was disturbed by Wang Qi, and even half of them disappeared.He turned around a few times, and felt that this was probably a good opportunity. In a blink of an eye, if he really left without hesitation, he would fall into Cui Long'er's way, and his mother from the Cui family would definitely not be there. On such an occasion, he would lose face to his own brother, so Cui Long'er is still married to him.

"Hey," he slapped his head, trying to think of how to avoid Cui Long'er, but he forgot the iron plate. Cui Long'er was rampant in the imperial capital at that time, if it wasn't for that iron plate, he would not be able to get away, since It's not easy for him to get away now, so he has to find a way to let Cui Long'er and the iron plate meet in advance, with Cui Long'er's character, he is not afraid that she will not go up and kick him.Yes, go to Tieban first, he vaguely remembered that Tieban I was also here.

The iron princess Fengyang that Feng Yan was talking about was not in the mood to sit in the Ziyu Pavilion at this moment, listening to Xie Sifang, who was next, tell some interesting things about Jiangzuo.The maid Zhuozhuo pinched her back several times, but she still couldn't stop feeling sleepy, finally found an excuse to change clothes, found a place where no one was around, beat her back vigorously, yawned and said: " What kind of talented girl from Jiangzuo, Mrs. Xie is nothing more than that, the princess almost fell asleep when she heard it. The gentle things of those literati are brought up for chatting on this occasion, what do you mean, she is Jiangzuo's material, Tianbao, outstanding person?"

Standing behind her, Zhuo Zhuo neatly smoothed out the crumpled skirt for her, tightened the hairpin again, twisted the handkerchief to wake her up, and finished everything in an orderly manner, before replying: "Miss family's party Most of them are like this, this time the princess is clamoring to come. Since I am impatient, I will go to the garden for a walk and wait for the banquet to open before going there."

"This princess is not entrusted by others to be loyal. If it wasn't for the third elder brother asking me to palm him, I wouldn't be too lazy to attend this kind of banquet. By the way, don't you think Xie Sifang is too young? Only 13 years old, look at that body, tsk tsk tsk, my third elder brother now has two side rooms, Jiangzuo Xie's family doesn't seem to be tolerant, why bother?" Princess Fengyang muttered.

"The princess has finished reading it, why don't we go back, we have been to this plum garden in the past, so it's not too late to see it at this time." Zhuo Zhuo wiped the sweat from his forehead, for fear that His Highness the Princess would not like to make a fuss. .

Princess Fengyang's mother's family is the largest royal family in Dayan, and she is the most favored daughter of His Majesty today. Looking at the female nobles of Dayan, except for the empress empress and the late empress dowager, no one can surpass her.Because of her savage temper, if she doesn't pay attention, it will cause trouble. The maids in the princess palace have to be replaced several times a year. If Zhuo Zhuo can always serve the princess, it is like smoke from the ancestral grave.

"It's rare that there are more people here. Let's go for a walk in the garden. I heard from Sixth Brother that Xiangxuehai has newly moved a few plants of Fuhuangxiang. I haven't seen them yet." Princess Fengyang thought for a while, and then ordered, "Except for me the phoenix hairpin, and change the phoenix clothes. Take the snow-green dress I made the latest, and put on a princess battle wherever I go. I am really tired."

Zhuozhuo hesitated for a while and was about to persuade, but was stared at by Princess Fengyang, so she hurriedly followed suit.But today I don't know who will kick the iron board of the princess, and it will be so ugly, Zhuo Zhuo immediately felt a chill on his back, and it is indispensable to go back to the board, and it is really hard to follow the princess.

At the male guest's place, after people from the entire garden searched around the garden three or four times without any results, the bustle and bustle finally resumed, with people coming and going.Before Cui Lin'er reached his father's study, she heard that Wang Qi had appeared in the garden, she immediately turned back and followed a group of people to search for more than half an hour, and searched the garden, but found nothing, so she thought of entertaining him cousin.

The two found a pavilion covered with thick felt cloth, and just sat down and asked for the stove and wine, and it was about to be warmed up, when the felt cloth curtain was lifted from the outside, and the young man in the dark blue shirt let out a "shh" "It's so cold outside, let's take shelter in this snow pavilion. I just ran around the garden two or three times, but I'm exhausted." As he spoke, he went to the empty room without waiting for the two of them to answer. Sit on the carved stool.

Cui Lin'er immediately felt the same way and said: "Yes, after chasing with a group of people for more than half an hour, I didn't even see a piece of Wang Qi's clothes. Could it be that he didn't come at all?"

Feng Yan looked at the calm and calm person who sat down, a little dumbfounded.Cui Lin'er also said to herself: "I heard that he lived alone two years ago and went to enlightenment, why did he suddenly come to the imperial capital this year." He said with a reverent expression on his face, "If I can see Wang Qi, Lin'er will have no regrets in this life. "

Feng Yan smiled and said: "Your wish is really too small, what if it has already come true?" His eyes were full of meaning, he stared closely at the figure of Mo Lan on the opposite side, seeing that person looking back innocently, he suddenly felt amused.

Cui Lin'er sipped her wine glass and smiled, and then said: "By the way, before you came, my sister told me to take you to the garden when you came, and you need to give me a reason why you can't get away. If my sister asks, I can get back to her."

Feng Yan immediately replied: "Tell her that I am entertaining distinguished guests, and not only can I not get away for this moment, but I can't get away for a day." As he spoke, he looked at the opposite side eagerly. Seeing that he understood his meaning so much, Cui Lin'er was also eager look over.

The young man in the dark blue shirt took a good look at the two of them, seeing that their eyes were getting more and more eager, he said clearly: "Oh, this is the honored guest who made Shao General Feng unable to get away."

Feng Yan nodded, feeling that today's trip was worthwhile.Back then, Xie Sifang fell in love with Wang Qi, and even rejected the talented and generous Emperor Jianxi. This kind of deep affection is embarrassing. I don't know how Wang Qi developed feelings for Xie Sifang, so he decided to test it a little bit, coughing and coughing: "Now Xie Sifang is in the courtyard next door, even though there is no Wang Qi today, a single Xie Sifang is enough to add luster to the plum appreciation party, what do you think?" After finishing speaking, a pair of eyes fixed on the young man in the dark blue shirt, no Let go of the slightest expression on his face.

However, the person on the opposite side didn't seem to notice it. He took a sip of his wine, ate a small dish with chopsticks, took another sip of his wine, made a fuss, and picked up his glass to take another sip...

"Hey, hey, let me ask you, what do you think of Xie Sifang? Don't just drink too much." Feng Yan stood up, and waved his hand in front of the man's eyes, recalling his deep thoughts that drifted away with the alcohol.

"The country is overwhelmed and the city is overwhelmed, and a beautiful woman is hard to come by again." The man in the Mo Lan shirt said eight words, which made Feng Yan suddenly feel like something was going on, but the man said again: "You may not know, in terms of kinship, Xie Sifang can be regarded as my cousin, even if she is a little far away, she is also a little close."

"She's still your cousin," Feng Yan took a deep breath, how could he only know about such gossip now, "That's just right, since ancient times, a cousin matches a cousin, isn't it just right for you..."

"Ai ai ai, brother, you can drink indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Although I am a cousin, I never thought of going there. Besides, she is a 13-year-old girl, how can I have What do you think? Or drink, drink."

"You two stop joking, what kind of cousin matches a cousin? In my opinion, the only one worthy of Xie Sifang in this world is Wang Qi. A beautiful woman who looks back at all living beings, and a talented man who frightens ghosts with half-spoken words, isn't it a perfect match. Don’t you think so?” Cui Liner’s eyes were blindfolded, her cheeks were flushed, and she was a little drunk.

Feng Yan raised his glass and touched the young man in the dark blue shirt, patted his shoulder and said: "It should be so, it should be so."

The man shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's hard to be worthy of a great reputation, so why bother others. If it were me, no matter what he looks like, it's not what I want. What I want is just my heart and my heart."

Feng Yan remembered that he only drank more than three cups, and the cup was made of jade, not too big, not as good as the purple jade cup Murong Qi gave him, and not as easy to touch as Murong Qi's hand.You see, he has only drank three cups, and he is thinking wildly like this, what is he missing, hands...hands!

He was startled suddenly, threw away the hand he was holding in his palm, hurriedly took out the sober stone and stuffed it into his mouth, got up from the bottom of the table, endured a severe headache and looked at the situation in the room, only to see the carved window Slightly transparent, with simple interior design, it should be a flower pavilion for people to rest for a short time.The inside of the pavilion was filled with mist, which was too confusing.He was thinking about how to get out when someone came in with a creaking sound outside the door.He yelled inwardly that it was not good, he hurriedly grabbed something from his right hand, and knocked someone unconscious before going out, if he was caught here on the spot, he would not be able to tell how many mouths he had.

Just now she had a quick glance at the woman on the couch, Cui Long'er was not stupid, what she sent was only her maidservant, she did such a thing of ruining her boudoir's reputation effortlessly, how much she hated to marry.While thinking about it, the man had already arrived. Feng Yan gritted his teeth and jumped out from under the table to the man in the blink of an eye, but was taken aback.

The author has something to say:

Regarding the part about asking Murong Qi about the solution, Xuanji’s inner voice is: ORZ, general, you must have forgotten that your majesty is only ten years old, and you have already knelt down so quickly under his overwhelming superiority over your IQ Well~