The princess's little white-faced concubine

The sky was slightly bright and still shrouded in the morning mist, so Jiang Zhichu got up early, because today was the state banquet.

She is wearing an indigo blue robe today, with silver silk flowing cloud patterns embroidered on the collar and cuffs, a blue auspicious cloud wide-brimmed brocade belt around her waist, and a small silver crown inlaid with jade on her hair. Bu Fan, after confirming that it was correct in front of the bronze mirror, raised the corners of his mouth quite proudly.

"Why didn't I realize that I was so handsome before." After admiring, he picked up the wooden box on the table and hurried out of the house.

"Master Jiang, you're here so early."

She said happily to the servant of Prince Kang's mansion, "Come to look for the young prince."

The servant also brought her in respectfully. This was not the first time she had come to Prince Kang's mansion, and she liked to come too, but Concubine Kang looked a little flustered when she saw her for the first time.

"Xiao Jiang is here."

Hearing the voice of the visitor, she hurriedly got up from her seat and saluted respectfully, "Princess."

Concubine Kang nodded slightly: "Xian'er is still washing, I wonder if Mr. Jiang would like to chat with me, an idler, for a while?"

"Naturally." She smiled.

The sun gradually rose, and a ray of sunlight shone into the hall, shining on the cheeks of the people in the hall.

"I'm afraid Xiao Jiang will become Mrs. Xiao Jiang soon." She said softly.

Jiang Zhichu scratched his head in embarrassment, "It's not known yet."

The seated person smiled and stood up to open the wooden box on the table. Inside was a half-mask shining with silver light, which was very delicate.

"I ordered someone to fight a few days ago. It was easier when time was tight."

"This…"

She doesn't understand.

Concubine Kang just explained lightly: "This palace is no better than the common people. You are a scholar rushing for the exam. If you enter the palace this time, it will be troublesome if you are remembered."

Jiang Zhichu thought for a moment and still put the mask on his face.Waited for a while for Wei Xian to wash up. Seeing that Jiang Zhichu was wearing a mask, he was just surprised and didn't ask any more questions. It was just the concubine's idea.

In the carriage, Jiang Zhichu was wearing a silver mask and leaning against the corner with a wooden box in his arms, without saying a word.

Wei Xian sneered and said, "You seem very nervous."

She calmed down, "I just thought it was interesting before, but now I feel that this palace is very depressing."

There are layers of red walls and gold tiles, and the end can't be seen at a glance. I can't help but sigh how many souls longing for freedom are locked in this deep palace.

"Relax, mother concubine is always careful like this."

Jiang Zhichu nodded, this deep palace was just one of them, the rumored eldest princess Wei Zhaojin was the one that frightened her, everyone said she was a femme fatale, cruel and merciless, before leaving, Concubine Kang specially told her not to There is an intersection with the eldest princess.

Jiang Zhichu was secretly troubled, should he avoid her everywhere when he becomes an official in the court in the future?

"Your Highness, Wei Shizi has entered the palace just now, and there is a man wearing a printed mask who can't see his face clearly. I don't know if he is the person His Highness is looking for." Yiqiu pushed open the palace door and walked quickly to Wei Zhaojin's side to report .

Wei Zhaojin was kneeling and sitting in front of her mother's coffin at this time, and only after hearing Yi Qiu's voice did she slowly open her eyes, "Xiande Empress Dowager" reflected in her clear water-like eyes.

"Jiang Zhichu is probably the person next to Xian'er. The mask is probably the idea of ​​the emperor's sister-in-law, but won't you see it sooner or later?" It's like asking yourself or answering yourself.

She raised her hand and put it on Yiqiu's arm naturally, stood up with a little effort, adjusted the hem of the skirt, bowed to the spirit card and left.

She didn't like to dress up gorgeously at first, but as the eldest princess, she was instilled with the words of generosity, decency, and elegance since she was a child, and it has been like this for the past few years.She was a little lonely, holding her slender fingers tightly under the cover of the wide sleeves, a little red.

The person who knew that she loves simplicity has already quietly left with the smoke and the passage of time, and will never come back.

Wei Xian and Jiang Zhichu walked one after the other on the stone road paved with bricks and stones. On both sides were unattainable palace walls, and in front of them there was no end in sight.

"Little son, little son! Our family can see you." Eunuch Li, who was beside the emperor, saw them from a long distance away and followed them at a trot.

"Eunuch Li? But His Majesty summoned you?" Wei Xian bowed his head slightly to show respect.

"That's not it."

"Brother Xiaojiang, let's go shopping first, we will meet in front of the hall at noon."

Jiang Zhichu nodded in agreement, and it was inconvenient for her to follow the emperor's summons. It was still early and she wandered around here, but the palace road was complicated, and although she had deliberately remembered the way, she eventually lost her way.

"Who is blocking the way!" Yi Qiu shouted, making Jiang Zhichu jump.

She hurriedly retreated to one side and handed over her hands to compose, "The guests of King Kang's mansion never thought of getting lost when they accompanied the son to the banquet, it is really offensive."

Jiang Zhichu didn't dare to look up to see who the master was, he only saw the fiery red skirt and thought that this person was not a concubine, but also a princess, and he couldn't afford to offend anyone around him.

"If that's the case, let's go on the same road. This palace is also going to the main hall." Wei Zhaojin said indifferently, and couldn't help frowning when he saw the mask on Jiang Zhichu's face.

"Ah?" Before she could react, Wei Zhaojin had already taken the person a step ahead.

Recognizing that Wei Zhaojin was the person in the temple, and then thinking about how she claimed to be the palace just now, she thought she was the emperor's woman in a daze, felt a sense of loss, and followed with her head down.

Wei Zhaojin kept silent with a cold face, and she didn't dare to speak, but just peeked at the profile of the person next to her from time to time.

"Have you seen enough?"

"Ah... I'm sorry!"

Wei Zhaojin didn't get angry, and asked calmly: "Why do you always peek at me, huh?"

Jiang Zhichu was so nervous that he couldn't speak: "I...I just thought, your mother looks better."

Yiqiu laughed smugly at the side, and even the maids behind her couldn't help laughing, but no one said why they were laughing.

Empress...

Wei Zhaojin couldn't help feeling a little headache, thinking that he should change his mind for this idiot.

"Is this Gong looking a little old?" In fact, she was still very concerned about her age.

"No, no, no! Niang Niang looks like an energetic and beautiful girl in puberty." She added body language when she felt that she couldn't express it in words, which was very funny.

Idiot... Wei Zhaojin cursed inwardly.

"The main hall is right in front of me. I'll go ahead, young master." As soon as he spoke, he walked forward without looking at her.

When Yiqiu walked past her, she gave her a special look and said threateningly: "Next time you talk nonsense, be careful of your tongue and feed it to the dog!"

Jiang Zhichu was taken aback by this domineering court lady, and even felt his tongue hurt a bit.

Yiqiu doesn't care about her, it's best to be scared to death, so as to save her face from worrying the princess.

At the banquet, dancers danced lightly in the center, playing a national anthem and dancing exotic dances. A woman in purple was particularly dazzling surrounded by many dancers, just like the flying sky on the Dunhuang murals walking into the mortal world.

But here only Jiang Zhichu was not interested, she had already seen that the woman was Lin Wan'er, but how could Lin Wan'er be as fragrant as this chicken leg in her eyes?

I used to watch those palace fighting dramas and became interested in eating in the palace. Now that I have the opportunity, of course I have to kill the Quartet to be worthy of my trip across thousands of miles.

After the song was over, Lin Wan'er and the others exited the hall. Before leaving, they did not forget to stare at Jiang Zhichu, who was delivering chicken legs to his mouth. The resentment in his eyes probably said: "I am so beautiful, you only look at the chicken legs."

Not only Lin Wan'er was watching, but many people in the hall were also watching. Wearing a mask was already strange and arousing suspicion, but now she turned up a corner of the mask and stuffed it in endlessly through the gap.

Don't cover my dry mouth with anything.

Wei Zhaojin couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and whispered to Yi Qiu who was waiting beside him, "Order the small kitchen to make some chicken legs for Mr. Jiang and send them to the house. Don't ask Mr. Jiang to be hungry."

Yi Qiu responded, and couldn't help but smirk on her face, she didn't expect that His Highness is such a black-bellied person.

Xu Shi noticed the strange gazes from others, and Wei Xian lost face and slapped her fiercely: "Don't eat any more, is it possible that the Jiang family has treated you badly?"

"Do you understand Lu, Ze Mohao's poisonous Xi Nasi Palace is crooked."

Wei Xian was speechless: "You can eat quickly, you will have to salute the emperor's uncle in a while."

Jiang Zhichu picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, then put on the mask and straightened his appearance, "Don't worry, His Majesty will be satisfied with this ceremony."

"Your Majesty! I bought a rare thing from the southern kingdom a few days ago, and I specially presented it to Your Majesty on His Majesty's birthday." A minister of His Highness stood up and presented a gift to the emperor.

"Huh?" The emperor asked suspiciously, "What is it?"

The minister clapped his hands, and an attendant came in from outside the hall, holding a wooden box in his hand. After opening it, there was still a faint light inside, and it was impossible to see clearly unless you got close.Jiang Zhichu knew what it was right away, but he didn't expect that even this would become a treasure for those who were backward here, even though she couldn't afford it in modern times.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this thing is called the Night Pearl, and it is not effective during the day, but it emits a beautiful fluorescent light at night, enough to illuminate every strand of hair within a hundred steps."

The emperor looked at Dayue with his head: "Reward! He Aiqing really knows my preferences like the back of my hand."

The ministers on the side praised him one after another, and He Shangshu waved his hands triumphantly: "Your Majesty, the treasure of great fortune and equal to the sky, is rushing to enter our Great Wei Kingdom!"

"Brother Xiaojiang, this night pearl is really a strange thing." Wei Xian looked knowledgeable.

"The left and right are just a stone, and it's not as easy to use as my 60w light bulb." Jiang Zhichu dismissed it.

Everyone in the hall heard her words clearly, only she thought she was not speaking loudly.Although he didn't know what a 60w light bulb was, He Shangshu was already so angry that his nose and mouth were crooked, as if he was about to eat her.

"Who are you!"

She was also a little dazed. After all, she didn't come here today to offend anyone. It's not easy to travel all the way, so at least she should give the protagonist a halo.

Just when she didn't know how to speak, Wei Zhaojin suddenly said, "I think this son has a better treasure?"

Princess Yuanhua opened her mouth. Even if He Shangshu got angry, he didn't dare to speak anymore, so he could only stare at Jiang Zhichu angrily. As long as she couldn't come up with anything better, he would immediately let the emperor rule him. She is guilty of disrespect.

"Are you Xian'er's disciple?" the emperor asked.

Wei Xian stood up in a daze and responded, "Return to Your Majesty, she is a scholar in this imperial examination. Hearing about His Majesty's birthday, the minister asked her to prepare a congratulatory gift for His Majesty."

Jiang Zhichu got up awkwardly, and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, the night pearl is certainly a good thing, but after all, it is only formed by the eruption of volcanic magma and then gathered in the ore due to geological processes. It is rare but has no real effect."

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"Oh? Hahaha, what can you do better? If you can't show me, I will give you a crime of disrespect."

Jiang Zhichu unhurriedly took out the wooden box from his arms, and a scroll was placed in it, which looked extremely ordinary.

"Hmph, I think this is something rare. How dare a brat make trouble at a state banquet." He Shangshu was furious, pointing at Jiang Zhichu and scolding him.

Wei Zhaojin felt displeased: "Master, why don't you wait for her to finish?" His tone was gentle but dignified.

Jiang Zhichu ignored him and handed the scroll to Eunuch Li. Eunuch Li checked it carefully and handed it over to the emperor after confirming that it was correct.

The emperor took the scroll and unfolded it, and soon he frowned and turned serious. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

"wonderful!"

The emperor jumped up, pointed at Jiang Zhichu and Wei Xian and said, "Reward!" His excited hands were still shaking.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

How can the emperor not be excited, the border war is tense, and the stalemate has been stalemate for several years, Wei Guo suffered a lot because of this, although the country is strong, it can't stand the harassment of the barbarians every two days, and they are all brave and good at fighting, but with this fire/ Guns are different.

Jiang Zhichu's congratulatory gift was a pair of fire/gun drawings drawn by herself.

"Who are you to make such detailed drawings?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the villain is just the son of a merchant, he does more and sees more and thinks more."

The emperor laughed loudly, "These barbarians have harassed my Great Wei for many years, let's see if I don't beat them to death!"

The emperor was young and energetic, always thinking of doing something to eliminate the barbarians.

"Why are you wearing a mask so you can't see others?" the emperor asked.

Jiang Zhichu thought for a moment, and explained: "This time, I have the opportunity to hand over this blueprint to Your Majesty. The villain does not want to be promoted, but only wants to do something for Wei. If you write the title again to share His Majesty's worries, it won't be a subject of discussion."

The emperor was very satisfied after hearing it, so she granted him a wish, but she knew that most of these things would be abandoned in the end, who would dare to really ask the emperor?

She left a good impression on the emperor, and she did everything she had to do today, but she still felt uncomfortable. Although she didn't have a lily habit, she still felt jealous after learning that Wei Zhaojin was the emperor's woman.

As the eldest princess, Wei Zhaojin had to sit beside the emperor, but beside the emperor was not only the eldest princess, but also the queen, so she confused the two identities logically.