Hotaru [The Tale of Genji]

Minister You lost face in the East Palace marriage this time, and he was so angry that he didn't want to see anyone, including the daughter Honghuidian.No matter how she writes to plead, she will not reply.The court also sued for leave, only saying that he was ill and did not want to appear in front of the courtiers at all.And Honghuidian's female imperial court has repeatedly suffered setbacks in marriages in the East Palace, which is also a serious injury.After falling silent in this imperial palace, I can no longer stir up trouble for the time being.

Perhaps because of the loss of the backbone, the faction of ministers on the right in the court is also quite sluggish.There are not a few people who take the opportunity to suppress and reap benefits.However, as long as they don't hinder the implementation of the New Deal, Donggong and Shuaigong are naturally happy that someone can block some unnecessary attention for them.

Donggong took over the government affairs more and more smoothly, and accumulated a lot of prestige.Originally, he had a gentle temperament, but it could be said that he was a little weak.But after this period of training, he became more determined and determined.The whole person is polished like jade, with a peerless elegance.And that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, who has been following him all this time, has such a relaxed and elegant demeanor, the two of them can only feel that they complement each other when they stand together, which is extremely wonderful.

Although Prince Guang is still the object of court people's pursuit, he is still a butterfly chasing flowers and will not stay for a long time alone.In contrast, His Royal Highness Ying's loyalty and stability are even more eye-catching.Especially when he was standing beside Donggong, looking at his elder brother tenderly and intently, the people in the palace felt so touched that they wanted to cry for some reason.

There are also some people, clutching their accelerated heartbeat, secretly looking forward to: If His Royal Highness Ying can also look at themselves with such eyes, how wonderful it would be.

The Queen of Honghui Palace was depressed because of a blow.He was very sluggish for several days, and often suffered from headaches in the middle of the night.The palace servants who served her were also having a bad time. They were often beaten and scolded, complaining in their hearts, and only hoped that someone would come to save this bad situation.

Maybe God heard the prayers of these poor palace people.Soon, the opportunity came for Honghuidian to divert his anger and attack others.

The female royals in the palace often get together and chat about elegant things.Sometimes, His Majesty will also gather them together, and likes to show the royal happy atmosphere.Perhaps because the abdication is imminent, this majesty feels that the fate in the world is impermanent, and he will be separated soon, so he feels a little sad.So he summoned the palace of barnacles, the maids of Honghui Palace, the maids of Chengxiang Palace, and other concubines into Qingliang Palace.They sent people to fetch a lot of porcelain painted with flowers, famous paintings, etc., and held a very unique flower tasting feast.

I don't know if it's because I know the farewell meaning of this banquet, or I feel that waiting for many years is really meaningless.The female royals all did not make any attires, they were all dressed in a simple and elegant manner without losing their status.Lost those makeup modifications, revealing the traces of time flowing slowly.It has been more than 20 years, and during the time spent in this spring, let go of the barriers between each other, and found that each other has exactly the same gazing posture.In this feast of flowers, it turns out that it is the youthful years that I have been waiting for every day and will never come back.

And in this atmosphere of letting go of previous suspicions and feeling sorry for each other, only the mother of the East Palace was unwilling to let go of her figure, and maintained her awe-inspiring pride with her identity.

After everyone sat down and chatted a few words, His Majesty laid out all the famous porcelain and paintings for the audience to evaluate.At that time, I will also learn from that famous Confucianist, comment and argue, and point out the one with the best painting.

His Majesty has always been with the Barnacle Palace, His Highness Chengxiang is very popular in the palace because of his bright personality, many people are willing to talk with her.The maid of Honghui Palace hated Zhonggong and His Majesty, she didn't even want to look at it.Attachment to other people to please, take it for granted but dismiss it.

She casually glanced at the painting in front of her eyes, straightened her back, and was ready.

The atmosphere of discussion was harmonious, and finally it was time for tasting.A person from the hall took the lead in speaking, saying that the bouquet of red plums on his side was quite elegant, and it could be called a masterpiece.Before the words were finished, someone from the barnacle side said that the red plums are only beautiful because they take up the cold winter and have no flowers to see.If it is good, it should be the most luxurious and luxurious color of cherry.This is a clever thing to say, no one knows that His Majesty loves cherry blossoms the most, everyone nods frequently when they see Jin Shang, they don't dare to refute while looking at each other.

At this time, the maid of Chengxiang Palace said calmly: "Today is not only a tasting, it is about whether the painting skills are good or not, whether you can make a beautiful character, it has nothing to do with the original thing. The cherry blossoms are indeed romantic, but there are also elegant scholars who love plums." He is not afraid of the severe cold. Everyone, what do you think?"

This statement is reasonable, today's evaluation is about painting skills, the remarks just now about whether flowers are good or not have lost their original meaning.

"Oh? Which piece of work does Chengxiangdian think is the best?" A female official next to Honghuidian asked with some malicious intentions after getting a hint.

The mother of Prince Ying smiled and pointed at a painting in front of her, and signaled the palace attendant to show it to everyone present.The painting is not so bright flowers, but the color of green grass, emerald green like the sea, very fresh and pleasant.I only heard the maid from Chengxiang Palace say——

"In my humble opinion, I love this masterpiece the most. Although it is an unknown grass, it contains vitality. This painting even depicts the state of the grass swaying by the breeze. However, it is always cool breeze, still I have never been attached to drifting. It can be seen that she also has the character that we ordinary people admire."

This made everyone laugh. Seeing that there was indeed a different kind of anger in the painting, they felt that what the lady of Chengxiang Palace said was very reasonable, and they nodded their heads and commented.

At this time, suddenly hearing the barnacle girl Yu Rourou speak, her voice is as beautiful as herself, "Chengxiangdian's words are very reasonable. However, it is luxurious enough to have a character. Although it is a tenacious grass , but it is just an ordinary gesture. If it is eye-catching, it needs noble colors to live up to everyone's pen. I think that this picture of cherry blossoms in the rain is the most moving. The spring is light and rainy, and there is a provocative scenery. Both Full of beauty, but also the persistence of not falling into the cold wind, the best of both worlds, noble and gorgeous."

"That's true. It's luxurious. No matter how it looks, it's beautiful. Why do you need to carve it?" What is surprising is that the owner of the voice that echoed what the middle palace said was Honghuidian.

This is simply an anecdote in the world!Fire and water have been incompatible for thousands of years, how can the two opposing forces sometimes stand together?It was the first time that Honghuidian agreed with the words of the barnacle female imperial concubine, and everyone was so shocked that their eyeballs almost fell off.She said in a cool tone: "However, the color of cherry blossoms is always light, and they are a bit out of place. But if they are luxurious, how can they compare with vines?"

Everyone was still stunned and shocked, but Chengxiang Palace had already reacted.Today, these two extremely powerful female royals are running on themselves intentionally or unintentionally.Based on the influence of the two of them, I am afraid that no one will support Chengxiangdian's words in the end, and the final result is nothing more than embarrassing Chengxiangdian.

I wanted to come to Honghui Palace because the marriage in the East Palace failed, and I was angry and revenged.As for Zhonggong, he must have known that Honghui Palace would make trouble at the banquet, and it was nothing more than stirring up trouble first, and then took the opportunity to fan the flames and sow dissension when the right time came.The mother of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince found this extremely boring and lost interest in an instant.He replied without sincerity: "What the two Highnesses said is true", and was unwilling to speak again.

Honghuidian didn't expect the opponent to be so useless, and he retreated without saying a word.I can't help laughing in my heart, I really am a person who can't get on the stage, seeing that the paintings I like are so stingy, and it's ridiculous to talk about their character.Barnacle Zhonggong didn't expect Chengxiangdian to admit defeat so soon.But on weekdays, the people around her have suffered a lot from her, so they naturally know that this is a difficult role to give.But the person on the other side obviously didn't want to answer any more, and she couldn't show too much, so she had no choice but to change the subject.

If this blow fails, it is natural to pay back.

In the next tasting, there will always be someone who wants Chengxiang Palace to say a few more words.If she answered, there would be a bunch of people retorting nonsense.If she didn't respond, she would turn into cynicism, saying that the reputation of being talented back then was just a lie.This made Chengxiang Hall's female royal party very angry.

However, it's not that there is no one to help. The few concubines who received many favors from the Chengxiang Palace, although they are single and weak, they also sincerely help her resist the slander from all sides.As for Jinshang, I don't know if he is aware of the open and secret struggles among these women. He watched with great interest, and occasionally made a few comments.

The maid of Chengxiang Palace has been resisting the siege from all sides impeccably, and at this time she is too boring to talk.She adjusted her expression, and said as if to show weakness: "Everyone's words are naturally reasonable. Since everyone thinks that one's own elegance is the only way to lose style, it's better to say clearly which kind of flower is the most noble. Only in this way can we be in these masterpieces. Pick the best one out of all, won't you lose it?"

Someone saw her showing weakness and was very excited, and immediately replied: "It goes without saying! Naturally, Sakura is the most elegant. Your Highness will choose the best one from these paintings depicting cherry blossoms, and comment on it."

"This is really biased. If we say that the noble one belongs to the wisteria, we should choose the best one among the wisterias."

After being disturbed like this, the topic turned into arguing about which one is more elegant, wisteria flowers or cherry blossoms.Seeing the loud noise below, Hong Huidian couldn't help cursing an idiot inwardly, and his attention was diverted so quickly.On the other hand, Nakamiya's complexion is also very ugly.But both of them didn't want their own people to be inferior. Although the goal was not achieved, they still gritted their teeth and signaled that they must win.His Majesty often uses cherry blossoms as a metaphor for the central palace, and wisteria is the family emblem of the right minister.Such a game must never be lost!

Chengxiang Palace, who finally got rid of the turmoil, breathed a sigh of relief.Seeing the concerned eyes from the people next to her, she made a mischievous face and signaled everyone to watch the show together.The other concubines were amused by her appearance, and they took the time to watch the chaotic battle in the palace, thinking it was all about relaxing.

Of course, the maid of Chengxiang Palace is not such a person who will give up after being bullied.While shaking the lacquered cypress fan in her hand, she was thinking: should she find a way to get back the place, or go to her son to file a complaint and let him vent her anger for her?This aggressive female Royal Highness couldn't help thinking carefully.

The author has something to say: Tomorrow's double update or triple update, anyway, is to make up for the update that fell last week.As for the specifics, let's see if I can hold it.

Chengxiang Palace felt that the baby had been wronged, and was wondering whether to close the door and release the Fourth Highness——

above, good night everyone