Hotaru [The Tale of Genji]

With a piercing sound of piercing the air, the feather arrow cut through the air with a thick floral fragrance and nailed it to the haystack in the distance, the sharp arrow hit the red heart.The first feathered arrow is still trembling, the second and third feathered arrows have already caught up.Such a precise swordsmanship, who would have thought that it was only performed by a child who has not yet been crowned.

Not long after the beginning of spring, Ying officially entered school, and at the same time learned archery, swordsmanship and so on from the two imperial brothers.His Royal Highness the fourth prince's study of martial arts showed an amazing talent that did not exist in the delicate blood of the royal family.He was willing to practice diligently, and it didn't take long, and his arrows were already ready.

Suzaku is very happy for Ying, he has already decided that this year's birthday gift for Ying will be a custom-made small bow.If His Royal Highness grows up a little longer, the East Palace will definitely give him an ancient and famous sword.

If you don't have peace of mind in the art of archery, you can't hold on to it.His Highness Prince Ying has been practicing here for almost half an hour, he has never been ecstatic, but he has never been angry, which shows that his mind is stable.

And at such a moment, the only person in the imperial palace who can be so quiet is probably only the prince.

At the beginning of the new year, the sound of the Taoist master reciting sutras in the Zichen Hall has never left in mid-air.The far-reaching Buddha's voice has been replaced by fierce quarrels.Above the court hall, the two eunuchs and their subordinates on the left and right were arguing furiously.The heavy cherry blossoms in front of the hall were shaken by their voices to drop countless petals, making people feel pitiful and lamentable.really:

The spring thunder is so new that there is no rain, and another branch of flowers is startled.

With the sound of a feather arrow piercing the sky, the noisy sound in Qingliang Hall finally quieted down.His Royal Highness Prince Ying put down the new arrow slowly, with no intention of continuing.Seeing this, his own servant stepped forward to tidy up, and wiped the sweat for His Royal Highness.

"You guys send things back, don't worry about me."

When the face and neck were cleared, His Royal Highness became impatient with people following him, and waved his hands to tell the crowd to retreat.The servants hesitated a little, but Su knew that His Royal Highness was a firm-minded person, so he agreed softly and withdrew.

Yingying swayed for a while at the place where Wuzhu was planted all over the place, and after a while, she waited for the person she was waiting for.

****

Today's court dispute is very fierce, it can be seen that this year the court will not be peaceful.The court is divided into left and right factions, you come and I go to argue endlessly.In the old year, when it came to the appointment of local officials, the minister on the right forced Jinshang with a domineering attitude.The most embarrassing thing is that this minister, as a foreigner, coerced Donggong to stand on his side and support his political case. Such a powerful person doesn't know what restraint is at all.

Mild-tempered like Suzaku, being persecuted like this, he finally gritted his teeth and never compromised.Now there are disputes again, the right minister brings up the old things again, and simply doesn't pay attention to the Eastern Palace and the present.Seeing that Donggong was forced to come here today, he threw the imperial fan in his hand angrily, which made the right minister's arrogance slightly restrained.

The Holy Lord stopped court in anger, and all the officials retreated.Before leaving, Minister You actually reprimanded Dong Gong for not knowing what to say in front of everyone, attracting people's attention frequently.The face of Dong Gongxia was pale, but his posture was still upright, and he was never afraid of the arrogant flames of the domineering minister.

When His Highness the Fourth Prince saw the shadow of the green pine at the bottom of the jade steps, he immediately went up to meet him.When he saw Suzaku's pale face clearly, the worry in his heart tightly knit his brows.Yingying didn't dare to be a master, but asked very softly: "Suzaku... are you okay..."

"...Brother Huang is fine," Suzaku shook his head, knelt down and stroked his younger brother's forehead, "Why did Ying come here..."

His Royal Highness the Prince fixedly glanced at his elder brother.Shaking his head silently, he stretched out his arms and hugged Suzaku lightly with great restraint, "It's okay, everything will be fine in spring..."

The child's warm and soft embrace brought great relief, instantly softening Suzaku's tense and overwhelmed heart to an unbelievable degree.How much bitterness also dissipated at this time.

"Ah..." He took his younger brother's shoulders and wrapped him in his arms.Sighing softly, "Everything will be fine,"

"Oh, isn't this the Fourth Prince and His Majesty the East Palace..."

An old but very energetic voice sounded.Turning his head to look, he saw the person coming, dressed in the court clothes of the two, energetic and dignified - this person is the minister of the court, the father of the daughter of the Chengxiang Palace, and the grandfather of the Fourth Prince.

He is well-known in the court, no matter who sees him, they will respect and treat him very much.

Before Yingying returned to the palace, the old man taught him a lot, and the prince respected and loved the old man from the bottom of his heart.Having not seen this elder for a long time, His Highness solemnly saluted, very respectful.

"Lord of the Inner Palace..."

"Oh, I haven't seen you for so long. His Highness is not far from calling the old minister grandfather. The Lord of the Inner Palace is really alienated..."

He really deserves to be the father of the daughter of Chengxiang Palace, this joking character is really in the same line.Yingying can develop such a serious character, I think the old minister must have contributed a lot.Suzaku couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, and bowed solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the East Palace," the Minister of Internal Affairs returned the salute, looked lovingly at his grandson whom he had not seen for a long time, and asked, "What's the matter, is Your Highness unhappy..."

Yingying was stunned and shook her head.

"I'm not unhappy, the one who is unhappy is Brother Huang."

"firefly!"

Suzaku didn't expect Yingying to be so straightforward, so she couldn't help but let out a cry.But when he met the innocent eyes of His Royal Highness, he didn't know what to say, so he could only apologize to the minister.

"Is that so..." The old minister didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand and gently touched the top of His Royal Highness's head, "Then, Your Highness..."

"...I want Suzaku to be happy."

"Hahaha, what an honest and straightforward boy..."

The old minister closed his eyes, nodded and smiled, bowed slightly to the two princes, and whispered: "Good boy, good boy..." Seemingly never seeing Suzaku's hesitant expression, he turned and left.

The two princes watched the lord leave.

Firefly grabbed Dong Gong's hand, and her tender fingers tightly grasped the boy's hand with great strength.Suzaku worriedly comforted his younger brother with his other hand, and said with some reproach in his tone, "Yingying, you shouldn't have said that to the Lord of the Neifu just now."

"it does not matter……"

"what?"

"It's okay," His Royal Highness turned his head to look at Suzaku, his pure black eyes reflected the elegant and gentle appearance of Donggong, "That's Yingying's wish..."

The boy's face turned into surprise, and he heard the young prince say to him: "As long as it can make Suzaku happy, it doesn't matter anything."

My wish has always been His Royal Highness,

and so……

It's ok.

****

"Yingying, did you go to the front hall today?" The beautiful female royal sat behind the curtain, asking her youngest son in a gentle tone.

His Royal Highness glanced at Jiao Shibu who was sitting seriously beside the female imperial court, and said yes with his forehead.

"Well, then who did you see?"

"Emperor brother, and grandfather."

"Ah, have you seen your father?" Nu Yu exclaimed joyfully, and then said with a smile: "Then, is it possible for Ying to say hello to him?"

"Ah."

"What a good boy... Go ahead and do something else."

"Yes, Mother Mother."

After His Royal Highness took his leave, the queen immediately fell to one side from the sitting position, shaking her sleeves and comforting Mr. Shikibe beside her: "Look, it's nothing serious. Shikibu, you don't have to worry..."

Seeing Nuyu's indifferent look, Shikibu was a little annoyed, and his words inevitably brought out some frustration.

"Your Highness!" Jiao Shibu raised the volume, "Today, His Royal Highness has gone to the former court! If, if it is known by Imam...he, he..."

Yu Lanlan, the daughter of Chengxiang Palace, glanced at it, and said indifferently: "What does it matter, anyway, I will go in the future."

Jiao Shibu was so angry at his master's words that he couldn't speak, his face was blushing, his neck was thick and his eyes were round.With her wrinkled face, it's ridiculous.

"As for today...he has been comforted by the most beautiful wisteria in the world right now, so he won't care about such small things..."

Although Lord Shikibu was still somewhat dissatisfied with His Royal Highness's capricious actions that might bring reprimands to Chengxiang Palace, seeing that His Royal Highness didn't care at all, and His Highness couldn't listen to his advice, he had to let it go.She bent down to salute, retreated perfectly in etiquette, and went to perform her duties.

Not long after, the political affairs of the court a month ago finally came to fruition.Although the result made the right minister a little dissatisfied, he also understood the principle of accepting as soon as he was good, so he stopped being stubborn.

The political affairs of the previous dynasty are still here, and it will be the first ten days of April in a blink of an eye.The sunflower festival is approaching, and the palace is busy inside and out.

Today, I have ordered the East Palace to be in charge of the sunflower festival. Suzaku dare not neglect, and will try my best to hope everything goes well.Because of this, he and Hotaru have not seen each other for a long time.

Donggong knew the reason behind it, and didn't mean to blame his younger brother.But he also knew that he should warn Yingying about the priorities of some things, but thinking of the child's eagerness to see him so much, he couldn't help but soften his heart.

After much thought, Suzaku decided to meet the Fourth Prince.

The author has something to say: 1. That line of poetry, hahaha, don’t care about neatness or not, it’s just for pretending to be close to the style of the Tale of Genji (but it’s not).It means that the quarrel is so fierce that the real government order cannot be issued.There was a lot of thunder and little rain, Hua'er said that the baby was scared to death.

2. The minister of the interior is as dark-bellied as his daughter, and he is so weak.

3. De-mesh, fen-chun の de-mesh, autumn の de-mesh, etc.On the one hand, it is understood that the appointment and dismissal of Beijing officials is decided in autumn, which is called "si zhao".In spring, the appointment and removal of local officials is decided, which is called "county call".

4. Kamo Festival: Kamo Belei Shrine (sacrifice to God, Kamo Belei God), Kamo Yuzu Shrine (sacrifice to God, Yuyi Hime? Kamo Kenjiao God), is the three major amnesty festivals (Gama Festival, Stone Kiyomizu Festival, Spring Festival).Also known as "Kwai Festival".The He Mao Festival is held on the You Day in the middle of April every year. If there are two You Moons in that year, the next You Moon will be held.

5 Zhaiyuan, Zhaigong: Unmarried princesses or noble daughters who go to Kamo Shrine to practice are called Zhaiyuan.Those who go to Ise Shrine to practice are called Zhaigong.Every time the emperor changes generations, another Zhaiyuan and Zhaigong must be appointed to replace the predecessor.That Geunhee who doesn't accept Genji's pursuit and has an independent and lovely personality is the next housekeeper.On top of her Aoi sacrifice, Mrs. Liutiao also had some disputes with Aoi (Mrs. Hikari), which became a small inducement for Mrs. Liutiao to hate Mrs. Aoi~

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