Travel back to ancient times to play danmei

Ning Zuoxiang was in a very unhappy mood. He was sitting in the gazebo of his house drinking wine, and the third-rank official standing next to him was sweating profusely and didn't dare to speak.

Ning Zuoxiang put down his wine glass heavily, and said with a sneer, "Let's talk, the old man heard a lot of "good news" today, so I don't miss your few words."

The official came forward to pour a glass of wine for Ning Zuoxiang with an apologetic smile, and secretly wiped his sweat with his sleeve, "Menshi Mingjian, the student didn't mean to bother you old man, it's really...the official minister Fang Zhuo deliberately made things difficult .”

Ning Zuoxiang frowned and said, "The day before yesterday it was the servant of the guard, today it is you, why don't you let me worry about it! Didn't I say it, these days you have to be careful, don't be caught by that old fellow Fang Zhuo. "

The official said with a bitter face, "The student is indeed careful, but he turned over the old accounts of two years ago, which is really hard to guard against. Teacher, the case of repairing the canal back then involved many people, and he handled it lightly." It's over, and now this old man is getting to the bottom of it...something is not good."

Zuoxiang Ning slapped the table, his beard trembling with anger, "Shame on your face! Why should he stand up for things that the previous emperor didn't care about? But did he have a precious daughter in the palace? Hmph, the old man's daughter She is still pregnant with a dragon fetus, how can anyone else compare to her!"

"What the teacher said is very true. According to the students' humble opinion, this old man obviously wants to pave the way for his daughter, so that the emperor can neglect the concubine in the harem because of our previous affairs. And the students heard that, Although that noble concubine caused the concubine to move her fetus, now she is favored in the Fanghe Palace, the emperor is also very sympathetic, she must be a woman with means, the concubine is still pregnant for more than nine months, I'm afraid that the favor will be left aside..." The official knows Ning Zuo's temperament of loving women like fate, and with such a sentence, he is not afraid that Ning Zuo will stand by and watch them. As long as Prime Minister Ning Zuo intervenes, this matter will be settled. Still a turnaround.

Zuoxiang Ning was really furious, threw his sleeves and knocked over the wine on the table, stood up and said angrily, "What a Fang Zhuo! This old man is at odds with you!"

The official saw that Prime Minister Ning Zuo was really angry, so he felt relieved, stepped forward with a flattering smile and said in a low voice, "Men, at present, Sikong Huan, the minister of officials, is deeply favored by the emperor, and he is Fang Zhuo's right-hand man. If you don't think of a way to hit Sikong Huan, it can be regarded as digging the old man's corner and using his strength to fight."

Ning Zuoxiang heard the words, he couldn't help but sigh heavily, "Why doesn't this old man want to deal with that Sikong Huan, but it's a pity that he doesn't get involved, so how can he find a reason?"

"Students have another plan. Maybe they can't attack Si Konghuan, but they can turn him into one of us."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Ning Zuoxiang's eyes lit up. Sikong Huan is a rare talent, not to mention he is the mainstay of the enemy. As long as he holds Sikong Huan, it is like holding Fang Zhuo's heart.

"The students heard that General Shangguan's only daughter, Shangguan Liuying, has a close relationship with our imperial concubine, and that Shangguan Liuying, who is both civil and military, is almost twenty years old, but arrogantly looks down on the official young master who came to ask for marriage. The old general Shangguan was very anxious, isn't there an autumn feast in the palace at the end of this month? The students thought..."

Zuoxiang Ning nodded straightly, the haze on his face in the past few days finally cleared up, and he smiled from ear to ear.

Ning Zuoxiang is in a better mood here, but Concubine Ning Guifei in the palace is not at all well. In the past two days, Xuan Yichen used the reason that she was pregnant and needed more rest, and rarely stayed in Jingjingxuan, or stayed in Zhibi Pavilion Sleep in the back room, or go to Fang Guifei's Fanghe Palace. People in the palace are always chasing the wind and rain. Seeing that Fang Guifei has become a rising star, they immediately switch to other schools, and Ning Jingxuan suddenly becomes empty. deserted.

Concubine Fang Gui has a bright personality, and she is straightforward in everything she does. She is naturally more popular than Concubine Ning, who is arrogant and indulgent. own team.

Xuan Yichen has always hated the actions of these concubines forming cliques, but this time he just turned a blind eye and let the two concubines quarrel. The front court and the harem are closely related. Fighting is the wisest choice.

Because the palace had to prepare the autumn banquet, Xuan Yichen was too busy to meet with Sikong Huan in private. Officials can bring their families into the palace to attend the banquet, and the banquet table has to be set from one end of the imperial garden to the other, and it will be lively for half the night. There is no room for mistakes in such a big deal, otherwise it will definitely cause chaos.

Si Konghuan was also busy. He was busy writing letters to ask Feng Yu and Xiao Ran how to make fireworks. Xuan Yichen wanted to arrange a banquet, so he wanted to add a touch of color to Xuan Yichen's banquet. When he was very young, his teacher Uncle once made a few fireworks, and Sikong Huan still vaguely remembered those streamers shining and flying in the night sky. Such a strange beauty, he also wanted Xuan Yichen to appreciate it once.

Although I can no longer chat with chess games like the previous few times, the occasional meeting in the hall, or the exchange of poems and refreshments through the attendants, are full of the warmth that this autumn day should have, but these two people are not so happy. I didn't pay attention to the ambiguity in it deliberately, and buried this subtle feeling of invisibility in my heart.

This corresponds to an interesting saying Hua Jianzhao said back then: When you get used to a person, you slowly fall in love with him.

Yan Sulan is like this, and now Xuan Yichen is repeating the same mistakes, but such mistakes came just right.

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The day before the Double Ninth Festival, there is an autumn banquet in the palace, which is unprecedentedly beautiful.

Xuan Yichen ascended the throne in summer, when the turmoil in the imperial court had not yet subsided, only three or two people came to the summer banquet, and it was perfunctory. Today's autumn banquet, everyone is trying their best to give this wise and iron-fisted emperor the icing on the cake Before Mao's time, many officials had already brought their families into the palace, lingering in the beautiful imperial garden.

Xuan Yichen doesn't like extravagance, but the scenery in the palace is still breathtaking. From time to time, there will be women folding flowers and putting them on the temples, and men competing to compose poems, and there will be endless laughter.

At this moment, Xuan Yichen was drinking alone in the Crown Prince's East Palace. Such excitement made him unable to help but think of that lively person again.

The house where Liu Juqi lived has never been dusty. Xuan Yichen has been sending people to clean up this empty side hall, but he is afraid of hurting the scene, so he rarely comes here. The lotus in the pond has all died, and the plum tree in the garden There are only dead branches left, only everything in this house is still the same, but things have changed.

The eunuch in charge waiting outside felt sad seeing Xuan Yichen pouring himself a drink. He didn't know much about the entanglement between these princes, but ever since he started to serve Xuan Yichen personally, he knew that Xuan Yichen was a very good person. The emperor is so good that he doesn't care about personal gains and losses, so good that he often drinks like this and suffers by himself.

The sons and daughters of the emperor's family always have too many regrets and helplessness, but they can only sacrifice like this.

He raised his hand to beckon a young eunuch guarding the gate to come over, "Go and see if Sir Sikong is here, if he is, lead him here."

The little eunuch was a little timid, "Chief...isn't this the Forbidden Palace? You're not hurting Lord Sikong."

The steward knocked on his forehead, "If you are told to go, you can go. Where did all this nonsense come from? Do I look like he is trying to harm someone? The emperor is in a bad mood, so only Lord Sikong can persuade him. Otherwise, if we get drunk and can't go to the banquet, we will be unlucky."

The little eunuch then ran away obediently.

The manager smiled and scolded, "These little bastards, they are so kind to them, they dare to compete with me."

Who knew that the little eunuch hadn't left for a long time, Xuan Yichen put down his wine glass, and asked someone to make a cup of strong tea to soothe the hangover. He is a person who knows the seriousness, and rarely delays business because of his own personal reasons, and puts down those in charge Feel free to concentrate on serving Xuan Yichen drinking tea and moving away, ready to go to the imperial garden.

The little eunuch who was looking for someone didn't know it, and ran all the way to the imperial garden, sweating profusely. The imperial garden is already big, and there are so many people today, almost all of them are in official uniforms. The official uniforms are not much different. It is really not easy to find someone, it is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

The little eunuch was so anxious that he hurriedly pulled a few palace servants who were free to help him find him, and finally found Sikong Huan in the orchid garden.

Si Konghuan was not alone, beside him was a young woman wearing an apricot yellow high-waisted pleated gauze skirt, with picturesque features and a heroic appearance.

That woman is Shangguan Liuying. She heard that Concubine Ning Guifei praised Sikong Huan so much that there is no heaven and earth. Coupled with the folk rumors in Fengcheng, she really became interested in Sikong Huan. Sikong Huan is not a serious official's son. , but from an unknown background, relying on her own ability to become the champion of this year, and also became the minister of the Ministry of officials, which really made her quite fond of it.

But looking at it so closely, Shangguan Liuying was a little disappointed again. As far as Sikong Huan's appearance is concerned, few women in the world can match her, but Shangguan Liuying is not like an ordinary daughter. Countless fathers, so they want to find a good husband who is both civil and military. This Sikong Huan is fair and slender. At first glance, he looks like a sour scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken. He also has a beautiful face of an angry woman. middle use.

Si Konghuan was admiring the flowers, and suddenly there was a nail-like gaze scanning him up and down. How could he not feel it, but he just pretended not to know.

Shangguan Liuying has always been proud, and feels that she is worse than many men, that she is inferior to her in martial arts, and inferior to her in martial arts, "I still think you are so great, you look like a sick child, but you are just mediocre."

Sikong Huan glanced at her indifferently, and remained silent. He was not a talkative person in the first place.

Shangguan Liuying was ignored for the first time, her face flushed red with anger, and she stomped her feet, "You are a real person, why do you ignore people when they talk to you, it's so rude!"

Is it true that women are naturally good at hitting back, Sikong Huan thought a little speechlessly, he shook his head, intending to leave this inexplicable woman.

Seeing that he was going to leave, Shangguan Liuying became angry immediately, took out a soft whip from her arms, covered her head and whipped it. She was favored by General Shangguan since she was a child, and no one dared to provoke her when she vented her anger in the barracks. , let her beat and scold, so Shangguan Liuying developed a bad habit of attacking if she said something wrong, and she has been used to being domineering.

It's a pity that she met Si Konghuan today. Although Sikonghuan doesn't like to cause trouble, he has never been wronged. As soon as he exerted his strength, he took the whip from Shangguan Liuying's hand and lightly threw it onto the big banyan tree next to him.

Shangguan Liuying yelled, holding her scarred palm, tears were about to come out, "You bastard! Why don't you take off my whip?"

Sikong Huan turned his head and smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, but I'm just a sick child who can't climb trees."

There happened to be a little eunuch looking for Sikong Huan everywhere, and Sikong Huan left leisurely, leaving Shangguan Liuying hopping in anger.

Shangguan Liuying cursed angrily, looked at her precious soft whip, and suddenly laughed again. She looked at the direction where Sikong Huan left, with bright almond eyes, and said to the little maid in the distance, " Qiaolian, go and tell my father, I have found someone to marry, and he is the only one I will never marry in this life."

Qiaolian was so frightened that she wanted to cover her mouth, "Oh, my lady, this is a palace where people come and go, how can a girl say such shameless things!"

"Then what's the matter, I'm happy!" Shangguan Liuying was full of smiles, rolled up her skirt and went to climb a tree to get a whip, not caring about others pointing her fingers, Qiaolian was so anxious that she almost fainted.

Xuan Yichen saw it from a distance, couldn't help laughing, and said to Si Konghuan, "Look at General Shangguan's beloved daughter, it's really interesting."

Sikong Huan said softly, "What's interesting, but she's a young lady who likes to mess around."