Minister

100【Seven years of Jiankang】

"Empress Taifei! Who do you think is coming?" The palace man stepped forward to reply.

Nanyuan's rule is not to kneel, and the little maid behind Yuxiang didn't know it, so she knelt down neatly with a plop.Yuxiang was afraid that this action would arouse this person's strange temper again, and he didn't care about his dignity, so he quickly turned around and helped the little palace lady up.The little maid was startled, but seeing Yuxiang winking with her, she stepped aside and dared not make a sound.

Concubine Wen didn't expect her daughter to come to see her, so she was stunned for a while.

Fencao, the official of Nanyuan Palace, accompanied Concubine Wen for more than ten years. She didn't know why the princess came here. While ordering the palace servants to carry the ice wax away, she went into the pavilion and asked Concubine Wen: "Your Majesty, Princess Qinghe is here." Say hello."

Concubine Wen rubbed her forehead and put the book away: "Go and lead her in."

Fencao hurriedly retreated, and bowed in front of Yuxiang: "Princess, please come with your servants." The palace servants also took the little maid down.

Yuxiang followed Fencao around the gazebo, Fencao brought hot water from the stove, Yuxiang took off her cotton shoes as usual, Fencao tried the water temperature, and showered Yuxiang's feet: "Princess, is it hot?"

Yuxiang shook his head, took the white shoes and socks handed over by Fencao, and saw that this aunt who was not really old had already grown white hair on her temples, but in fact, she was one year younger than Concubine Wen.

Fencao said in a low voice: "The empress is in a good mood today. She said that she was going to do something good for the princess. The dawn is so beautiful, and there are magpies crowing in the morning. Princess, don't fight with the empress, just follow her, okay?"

Yuxiang could only laugh and said, "Aunt Fen said so."

Anyone who entered Nanyuan had to wash their feet, even the late emperor was no exception, so no one wanted to come to Nanyuan.For more than ten years, the place has been empty, and even the owner's daughter is unwilling to come.

Aunt Fencao led the princess into the gazebo, gave Yuxiang a place, poured tea, and retreated sideways.As soon as she left, there seemed to be no one in Nanyuan. Concubine Wen quietly looked at the scriptures without raising her head.Yuxiang sat for a while, and suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she sometimes came here and sat like this. At that time, she didn't know that this was her mother. She only knew that Tangtang was playing with her, and Taifei Geng was taking care of her. I know that there will always be a few days every month when I come here to sit in a dull mood, and I have to take off my shoes and wash my feet before entering.Silently, bored, so a surge of anger arose in my heart, and I thought: How long can she be bored?I just stared at her like that!Believe it or not, she doesn't feel uncomfortable! ...she always looks up at me, right? ......... But after a long time, her face became sore and her neck became stiff. She was still turning the pages of the book as usual.So I began to miss Tangtang waiting outside Nanyuan, the ball and the kite.

Growing up slowly, how boring was it then?forgot?But that feeling is deeply engraved in my heart, this quiet Nanyuan...

Yuxiang was just like an eunuch who would shake the whisk handle after cleaning the tables and chairs, so he got used to getting back his anger.

Naturally, it was futile, Concubine Wen didn't seem to know that someone was staring at her so sadly, she still turned the pale yellow paper in her hand leisurely.

Half an hour later, Yuxiang moved his neck secretly, joking in his heart: Lost again....Yuxiang sighed, and reached out to get the tea. The lid of the tea was a little slippery, and when he couldn't hold it firmly, he knocked lightly.It was really quiet, Yuxiang was startled by the unexpected noise, quickly held the teacup with both hands, and when she raised her head again, at some point Concubine Wen put down the book and looked at her quietly.

Yuxiang was embarrassed for a moment, neither drinking from the teacup nor letting it go.

Concubine Wen saw her holding the tea in a daze, and asked, "Is the tea cold?"

Yuxiang quickly took a sip: "No..."

Concubine Wen said: "It's this year's snow water, and the dried plum blossoms stored in last year's cellar are used to bake the tea. This year's weather is bad and there's a lot of rain, so the plum blossoms haven't been picked. Try it and see if it's good."

It was only then that Yuxiang savored carefully that there was indeed a faint fragrance of plum blossoms in the green tea.

"This year is your Jiji, and it's time for you to change your blessings. I've already changed your longevity amulet at the family temple after the next year. You're grown up, you're not a child anymore, and there are not many brothers and sisters in your family. You should move around. Yes, don't forget to walk around, it's rude."

It was rare for Concubine Wen to say so many words in one breath, and Yuxiang was a little surprised. Although they were all homely questions, it seemed that she had never said them in the past ten years.It was as if the mother suddenly understood that she was a mother and began to treat herself like a daughter.

Yuxiang nodded his head.

"I used to cough every spring and winter. Is it better this year?"

Yuxiang put down his teacup: "It's better this year."

"People have to cherish themselves. This is a disease that needs to be cured. Although it is better this year, don't neglect it. Last month, I ordered someone to find you another prescription. This meatball can be eaten all year round. It is a warming tonic. The medicine. It was originally a decoction, but I asked the imperial physician to change the pill for you for convenience, so don’t be lazy and forget to take it.”

Yuxiang said "oh".

"Jiantian followed you is a new face. Why didn't Tangtang come with you? She is usually like a bully, she doesn't know how to cherish herself, and this year she forgot to cover spring and autumn. Take off your thick clothes?"

Yuxiang hurriedly replied: "No, no, I've been busy recently, so I didn't let her come with me."

Concubine Wen nodded, and picked up the scriptures at hand again: "She can take the pills, and I will order someone to take an extra portion back, so she can take it too."

Concubine Wen lowered her head to read the scriptures and stopped talking.

Yuxiang twisted the handkerchief alone for a while, and finally said: "Mother Concubine..."

"What's wrong?" Concubine Wen looked up at Yuxiang.

Yu Xiang paused for a long time before saying, "During the Chinese New Year today, brother Huang meant...that Chen Jingtai."

"What Chen Jingtai?" Dowager Wen was puzzled.

Yuxiang was embarrassed for a moment: "It's the elder brother with the same surname from Yuanfang. His father is the brother of Uncle Yuanding Wang. His mother was the second daughter of Lin Chu's family when she lived in the capital last year."

"Oh..." Concubine Wen thought for a long time, the Lin family had a young daughter: "What's wrong?"

"Years ago... Brother Huang wanted to marry me..." Yu Xiang stumbled and said, "After the year... so... this matter is gone again."

Concubine Wen said coldly: "Your elder brother is in charge of this matter, so don't worry about it."

Yuxiang was a little anxious: "My daughter doesn't like this matter..."

Concubine Wen didn't know what Yuxiang meant, so she put down the book and looked at her.

"Later Concubine Geng dialed this meaning, saying that she didn't want her daughter to marry far away...so...mother..." Yuxiang made up her mind: "...may mother tell her what she wants?"

Concubine Wen understood now, and immediately turned cold: "This is a matter for the elders, what kind of brains do you know?"

"Mother!"

Concubine Wen turned her face away: "My daughter's house should look like a daughter's house again! What do you mean? Don't bring dirty ideas to me. You have your own ideas and don't do my business. You ask someone to tell you! Just don’t use my name.”

Yuxiang was immediately ashamed and anxious: "Mother, why is your daughter so dirty?!"

Concubine Wen had already closed her eyes, pretending to calm her mind, she turned her head away and ignored her.Fencao outside the courtyard heard the wrong voice, and hurried in: "Your Majesty, please calm down, the princess is also filial, come here and say something considerate..."

Concubine Wen opened her eyes abruptly, and said sharply: "What kind of self-deprecating words!? Ask yourself what she said that was not words?!"

Hearing this, Yu Xiang turned pale immediately: "Yes, Concubine Mu's place is the cleanest place, we are all ordinary people, we don't deserve to be here, I'll leave!"

The little palace maid hurried over to support Yuxiang, Yuxiang felt his head sinking: "Let's go! Let's go!"

Walking out of Nanyuan, Yuxiang felt that the world was in a daze, and somehow moved back to Hede Hall.Seeing that her face changed drastically, Tangtang quickly put down the things in her hands and came over to wait for her to rest: "What's the matter? What's the matter? Did you go out just now?" Then she turned her head and asked the little palace lady sharply: "What's the matter?"

The little maid was so frightened that she was at a loss.

Yu Xiang forced a smile and waved his hands: "Don't do her business, don't do her business."

Tangtang waited for Yuxiang to sit down, screened everyone away, and dragged the little maid outside the house to ask carefully.

The little palace maid hurriedly described all the places she had just been to: "When we arrived in Nanyuan, the servants retreated, and when they came back, they saw that the princess and Concubine Wen seemed to be arguing...but for what reason, the servants were not around ,do not know either."

Nanyuan, Tangtang sighed: "You go."

The little maid hurriedly kowtowed and stepped back.

Nanyuan... Tangtang sighed deeply.

"Little ancestor?" Tangtang pulled Yuxiang's shoulder, and sure enough, the man was crying.

Yuxiang wiped away tears while turning his head to ignore her.

"Little ancestor!" Tangtang deliberately got tired of her voice: "Little ancestor!!"

Yuxiang finally couldn't help laughing: "Don't hang on to my shoulders, you didn't see that I was annoying!"

Tangtang smiled and said: "Look, you got a bad nose, right? What's not a good place to go, why not go to such a place! Come back and make me angry, hmph."

Yuxiang snatched her handkerchief and wiped her snot, scolding: "You bastard!" Then he turned around and ignored her.Junyang: [-]

Tangtang clapped her hands, stood up and added some carbon to the stove in the house: "Of course I know what you did, and you don't have a long memory. You have to pour clean water over your empress's yard and the place where other people have sat. A cold-hearted person. She doesn't care about what she should take care of, so what's the point of making trouble for you. "

Yuxiang cried again when she heard this: "I am her own daughter, why should she not care?"

Tangtang stuffed the novice stove into her arms: "My little ancestor, what did you say to her?"

Yuxiang blushed while crying: "..."

Tangtang guessed most of it: "Wei Chi?"

"What Wei Chi is not Wei Chi!" Yu Xiang violently used the handkerchief on her body: "I will be a quiet person from now on, and I will not think about anyone! Even if there are any immortals in front of me, I will Just treat him as a piece of wood and don't do my business!"

Tangtang put her arms around Yuxiang: "What stupid things are you talking about? You should tell your mother about your daughter's family's concerns, but Concubine Wen is the coldest person. She only wants to be at her own comfort, so how can she care about other people's concerns? Now, although Concubine Geng is devoted to you, the princess...but, after all, there is a layer of separation. The former emperor has gone, who can say anything about the princess's affairs? But now Concubine Geng is still in a strong body, and she should settle this lifelong event as soon as possible. It's good..."

Yuxiang turned around sharply: "Xiao Nizi, what are you thinking? Hmph!"

Tangtang still smiled and said: "What was on my mind? It wasn't for you...Don't look at the princess's beauty, she will be married by then, and she won't be a daughter's family. How could it be a good death? Those royal relatives and relatives are all fiefs in remote areas, how can they come back after this trip? When the disciples of the aristocratic families were calculating power in their hearts, the people next to them personally came to calculate. Everyone talked about Mr. Wei, whose family was poor and his relatives were weak , but I don’t know that it is such a person with no relatives and no reason who has made a name for himself. Ordinary children have already married at this age, and those who fail have concubines. He has never been rumored. He is gentle and refined. How can he be an unpopular person? But he can take care of himself alone, which shows that he is a serious person. There are so many men in the whole country, how many of them know the word serious?"

Yuxiang lowered his head and said nothing, only thinking of the little purse next to his pillow, and the agate ring and red copper ring in the little purse.

Tangtang leaned on Yuxiang's shoulder, and seemed to be saying to her, and also to himself: "We don't think of a way for this kind of thing, who will worry about us?..."

At night, Chen Entropy returned to Hede Palace, warmed up the book with the eunuch who attended the reading, and then washed and went to bed.

After everyone retreated, Chen Entropy poked his head out secretly and asked, "Aunt Huang, can we really go fly a kite?"

Yuxiang patted his head: "Why not?"

Chen Entropy murmured: "There is a new lecture coming, if it is an old gentleman again, it must not be allowed..."

Yuxiang thought for a while, then smiled and said, "No, what do you think this is?"

"Peach Blossom!" Chen Entropy got up happily.

Yuxiang put the stringed peach blossoms around his neck, and Chen Entropy touched them and kissed them again: "It smells so good!" After playing for a while, he took them off and carefully hung them on the bedside.

Yuxiang smiled and hugged him: "Don't catch a cold, go to bed quickly!"

"Auntie, will you really accept the new lecture?"

"Will do."

"Is it true..."

"Sure enough."

Harmonize virtue, harmonize virtue, attain virtue by combining Ming, and obtain by combining Ming.

Spring has really arrived, and the catkins are covered with sticky flowers, causing Wei Chi to sneeze several times.Gong Xiang teased Wei Chi: "Master Wei, someone is thinking of you."

Wei Chi wiped the tip of his nose: "I don't owe anyone money, who misses me?"

"Huh..." Gong Siye walked around the table and walked over: "Shouldn't anyone in Qujiangchi miss you?"

Wei Chi also smirked and said: "There are so many people in Qujiangchi as Mr. Gong... I don't see Mr. Gong sneezing all the time?"

Gong Siye laughed even worse: "I'm getting old, I'm dying, who still misses me?...Speaking of which, Mr. Wei hasn't been there for a long time, tonight?"

Wei Chi didn't dare to smirk anymore: "You're welcome, you're welcome. Seeing that the spring festival is coming, I don't have time."

Gong Siye felt a habitual pain when he heard the word "spring sacrifice", but he probably got used to the pain in the past few days: "It's not such a big deal, although I said I'm going to see the emperor, but it's just for a while, after I finished the congratulatory speech Isn't it just those young people making a fuss, what's the matter?"

Wei Chi smiled sincerely: "Isn't this the first time for Wansheng? I still need senior advice."

"You're welcome!" Lord Gong said, but he still couldn't help but feel relieved: "Just remember to drink less alcohol, that place is far away from the changing place!"

Wei Chi thought to himself, this old fox!What kind of call is this?

This was my thought that day, and I didn't know until the Spring Festival that Mr. Gong spoke the truth on a rare occasion and helped me a lot.

The spring festival is a poetry meeting, so there must be a bachelor, and there must be a Guozijian offering wine.In the past, these people were old men, and when they said what they had to say, they let the younger generation make trouble.The younger generations are all the children of official families, or they are celebrities and refined scholars.However, unlike other meetings, the people sitting in this meeting are all young people who are not married, talking about poetry and morality, vying to show off and let the noble ladies behind the gauze curtain next door know that they are real. .Naturally, the old men don't care about these little brats, and usually sit in the first seat to eat and drink.

This year is different from the past, the first Guozijian Jijiu is young, unmarried, and has a lot of background.What's more, the hunt in winter has already made many people in the inner circle know about it, and those who are jealous, dissatisfied, and unbelieving are all outraged today.

As for ordinary people, you should avoid them at this time, and you don't compete with them for a daughter-in-law, so why are you fighting?

It's a pity that Wei Chi is not an ordinary person. This person is not afraid of arguing with others, but he is afraid that no one will quarrel with her.In Wang Yunyi's tent back then, Du Tiezui, who liked to bicker the most, was completely silenced by her words, and these young scholars were not her opponents.

Wei Chi thought to himself that those who want to find a wife and want to faint, don't know their own strength!So come to Buju, whether it's fighting poems or arguments, as long as they are found by themselves, they will not refuse them all.

Lin Hao took a fan and nestled in the banquet alone, watching some people pass by with sharp words, and another group came back disheartened.I feel in my heart that this person is really a black hearted material, bosom friend, bosom friend!

Lin Mao was peeling a fruit to eat, when he suddenly saw the man give him a 'wink', which made the fruit roll into his sleeve in fright.

"Brother Lin, what's wrong?" asked his brother next to him.

"No..." Lin Mao pulled out his sleeves: "It's just a hell..."

In fact, where is Wei Chi winking?It's just that he didn't listen to Mr. Gong's heartfelt words. The more people he provoked, the more he drank.

When Wei Chi was extremely embarrassed, seeing brother-in-law Lin looking at him like a goose, he thought he was just such a friend, so he quickly winked at him and asked him to come over to make a rescue.Poor brother-in-law Lin didn't have a clue, thinking that he had seen a ghost in the blue sky, so he quickly buried his head in hard work and never raised his head again.Wei Chi thought to himself, don't blame yourself for being ruthless if this little bastard sees death, so he stood up with a smile, and bowed to everyone: "There is a person who knows the couplet just now, but I don't know if everyone can let him reveal the secret. Oh, ha ha." After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and pointed.

Poor brother-in-law Lin didn't know that there was a yellow croaker head in his mouth at the moment, he didn't bite or let go, only a group of angry people rushed towards him in anger.

A group of people also surrounded Lin Mao. Wei Chi heaved a sigh of relief, stood up and saluted Dr. Li Xiange, and secretly said, "Mr. Li, the students have gone to change their clothes."

Old man Li pretended to be drinking, and whispered: "I know, Master Wei is missing."

Wei Chi thought to himself, could this be called a sympathetic understanding, and he slipped away with his feet up, laughing so happily.

Wei Chi left Qingyuan where the banquet was held, and walked all the way south, because all the guests he wanted to invite were male guests, and they were outsiders, so he didn't meet anyone he could ask along the way.Stopping and walking, Wei Chi muttered Master Gong's instructions: "Go south, go south..."

Going south and south, they walked for a quarter of an hour. Wei Chi vaguely saw a few clumps of peach blossoms sticking out of the palace wall, and thought it was over. He entered the palace courtyard twice, but got lost both times. The last time he was caught on a rockery Come back, where should I get lost this time?

A little eunuch, named Wuliu, waited at the gate of Qingyuan, waiting for an official to come and ask him to change his clothes, so that he could give advice.To say that this is really an idle job, the people who come to the banquet are all drunkards who don't care about drinking, not to mention that everyone knows that Qingyuan does not have a place for the reincarnation of grains and miscellaneous grains. A dozen people.But it's okay to say that he is an idler. He was instructed early in the morning to wait for a person with a mole on the corner of his eyebrow.

This is not an easy task. It is difficult to see how many moles are on the face with just a few words.Wuliu was in trouble, and the person who told him said that the man had a mole on the corner of his eyebrow, but his eyebrows and eyes were extremely delicate, like flowers.Five or six people agreed, but they thought in their hearts, as long as these nobles don't have a disease on their faces, which one doesn't look like a flower?This is also unreliable, so I suffered from the little eunuch, so I had to look carefully one by one.

Wei Chi was walking when he saw a corner of his clothes flickering in front of him. He probably was wandering around looking for that place, so he quickly followed.

Five or six eunuchs are entangled with this young master, young master doesn't know why this eunuch is so stupid, he is already anxious, but he divides a sentence into three verses, just looking at his face.

"I got it, I got it!" The young master was furious, but unfortunately he couldn't shake off the eunuch's hand.

The five or six eunuchs felt that the young man was very handsome, and were afraid of missing him, he dragged the poor man to question and answer again and again, hesitating to speak.

"This father-in-law."

When five or six eunuchs heard someone coming, they accidentally slipped their hands, and the young master disappeared with a snort.Wuliu was about to pull again, but was taken aback by the person in front of him—it looks like a flower?

It looks like a flower!