Lei Yue Longmen

It's the first month of the year again.

Wu Xiaohou received an ultimatum from his mother to get married next month.Young Lord Hou has no interest in getting married. He wants to postpone the marriage with a look of sadness on the grounds that "the life and death of the second sister is uncertain, how can the younger brother abandon her?"The eldest princess gave him a slap right away, "Your second sister has already passed the barrier of life and death, you marry me honestly, otherwise the wedding next month will be your death!"

Little Hou Ye couldn't twist his thighs with his arms, so he had to find his own friends for entertainment.Some of their friends are the sons and daughters of the clan, and the best among them is Li Jingzong, the son of Prince Lu.This Li Jingzong has no other skills, but he is the best at observing words and deeds.Looking at his stinky face, he knew that he would definitely be bullied by the eldest princess.Forcibly pulling him? Going to Nanshan for a hunting trip, like the stars supporting the moon, he finally coaxed a smile on his face.

On the way back, Li Jingzong put his arms around his shoulders, "These few days? Why don't you see your second brother-in-law out to play? He? But? A good hunter? Could it be that he has given up meat these few days? "

Little? Lord Hou glanced at him, does that mean? Are you? Really stupid or are you pretending to be? "My second sister is sick in bed. He? Dare to go hunting in Nanshan? If he doesn't get beaten to death by his old lady, he will have to be cleaned up by the emperor! Ask him to come, don't count on it!"

Li Jingzong rolled his eyes, "Then? Invite your eldest brother-in-law! She has been in the palace for so long, and we haven't even said a few words. After all, she is a relative. Why don't you invite her out to hunt and get in touch?"

"Invite her? Then? You can't count on her. The emperor controls her more strictly than my old mother controls me. Moreover, she never hunts herself. The chances of you inviting the emperor are higher than her."

"How dare I invite Your Majesty! She doesn't hunt, so we can invite her to be a banquet venue! The key is? You invite her out, are we all the children of the family? Do you admire this son-in-law? For a long time, you brought him out to us to see the world, among the brothers, you are the one who has this ability!"

Others? The princes and grandchildren all echoed, "Yes, Jingchai, please invite her out so that we can see her. Our title is lower than yours, and we can't enter the palace once a year. Some people haven't seen her once. !" Li Jingzong said again: "As long as you can invite someone, how about I give you my 'Black Windchi'?"

Wu Jingchai has always been a man of high prestige among the group of friends.In addition, that horse 'Black Wind Chi' really moved his heart, so he agreed immediately, thinking about how to invite this brother-in-law out of the palace, let everyone see the world, and make himself look good by the way.As far as he? knows, he? This eldest brother-in-law, after a long life in the palace like a prison, would occasionally go out of the palace a few times in recent months, and the imperial sister didn't care much about it.He was ready to see the opportunity to strike.

Today, Her Majesty the Empress returned to the Palace of Inaction to sit in the morning.Cen Zhu had just woken up, changed into his usual clothes, and was about to go out.Seeing Li Jingchen, he said "Huh", "Why did you come back so early?" Li Jingchen casually said "Mmm", and turned the pages of the book on his hand, "Want to go out?"

Cen Zhu hesitated, "You said that I can go out twice a month."

"Where are you going this time?" asked the Queen.

"Go to Xiao? Hou Ye's house, he said that the house recently hired a circus troupe from the Fanbang, and specially invited me to go and have a look. However, if you are free today, I will not go and stay with you You." Cen Zhu took off his waist badge and put it on the table, trying to please him.

Li Jingchen was rather ungrateful, "I still have politics to discuss later in the meeting, so I don't have time."

"Oh." Cen Zhuo didn't know whether to be disappointed or happy, "Then... why did you come here specially...?"

"I am? I'm here to say hello to you. The cabinet is discussing to reduce the expenses of the imperial family recently. For this reason, Shangshu Wang Zhongxu has closed the door to thank guests for a month. If you meet someone at the banquet, I will tell you When it comes to this matter, keep an eye on yourself.”

Upon hearing this, Cen Zhu felt that something was wrong, "You mean? This is a 'Hongmen Banquet'?" She seemed to remember what Wu Jingchai said before, as if she wanted to introduce a few people to her at the banquet. Yes, there are royal family members inside.She thought for a while, "Then? I still? Not going."

"You go, just to take this opportunity to appease them." The Clinker Queen did the opposite.

"Comfort? How to appease?"

"Just say, Your Majesty wants to increase my monthly salary after a while. Don't need to mention anything else."

Cen Zhu thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized that Li Jingzhu is really a shrewd person. If she is determined to cut down the clan's expenses, she won't give monthly salary to the person next to her bed at the same time.But it is imperative for the imperial court to cut their finances. What she said was nothing more than she wanted to stabilize them. When the time was right, she would make a surprise move and use the imperial family to set an example for the world.Hehe, she is most familiar with this method of eating a sweet date before hitting a stick, and she really is a black-hearted one.

"Fine!"

Cen Zhu didn't expect that after going out for a long time, he had to do business for the queen.

She went to the appointment as scheduled, and the young Lord Hou was already waiting at the door.This is a garden newly given to them by Li Jingchen. It is separated from the Princess's Mansion by a wall, and it is still being repaired as a separate courtyard after marriage.However, there is a Langzhao Garden that has been repaired in advance, and it has become a place where the young Lord Hou hangs out with his friends all day long.The eldest princess has been very busy recently, and she has no time to take care of him, which further encourages his arrogance to have fun.Pulling Cen Zhu to meet the guests one by one.

When Cen Zhu saw that most of the guests were relatives of the royal family, he knew that Li Jing's warning was correct.Amid the flattery and flattery of everyone, she took the seat, watching operas and listening to music calmly.

The performance of this circus troupe was truly miraculous, so that Cen Zhu almost forgot his original purpose.His eyes were fixed on the field for a moment, his mood fluctuated with the churning crowd, and he clapped his hands in admiration.

Years later, she still remembered this circus. In the sound of drums, the horse's hooves could match the sound and dance like a hoof.There is also a beautiful young man from Fanbang, standing upright on the horseback with one foot, holding the waist and hips of a beautiful girl with his palm, helping her complete various difficult dance moves.Wearing a colorful dress with her belly slightly exposed, the girl maintains her balance while waving her colored sleeves while the horseshoes are galloping wildly, like a rustling swallow dancing against the wind.Whenever the drum beats are dense, the boy will bend his arms to accumulate strength, and throw the girl high. Amid the exclamation of the guests, the girl is like a bird off branch, dancing lightly in mid-air, without any attachment to her body. However, it can make all kinds of wonderful poses.Coordinating with their movements, the drum beats twice every time, one is hanging up, and the other is divine concentration.But not? Knock for the performer, but? Knock for the audience.At this time, the hearts of the audience followed the tossing girl, hanging up and down, startled.Some timid ones can't wait for the second drumbeat to fall, so they close their eyes in fear, and miss half of the good show in vain.So? The house was full of applause and thunderous cheers.

After a wonderful circus, all the kings and grandchildren competed for rewards, which was considered a rare scene.After Cen Zhu returned to the palace, he was still talking about the circus, and his saliva almost flew onto Her Majesty's copybook.Li Jingxuan frowned? He didn't listen to the wind, did he? Yun Zai was fascinated by what he heard, and hurriedly asked: "And then, and then? Has she ever fallen?"

Cen Zhu said without exaggeration: "Of course not. The girl's body is light and nimble, as if nothing. The young man looks weak, and his arm can hold a three hundred stone bow. When she fell back, she was hugged by the young man lightly. He caught it firmly. The young man stood firmly on the horseback, as if he was standing on flat ground. Once he threw the girl up, he suddenly changed his foot on the horseback and turned around again. I went and caught the girl from behind. I almost screamed out with other people!" Yun Zai was so excited when he heard it, "Oh, that? It's really... too thrilling!" Although Su He had seen this scene Circus, when listening to Cen Zhu's retelling, it is still unavoidable to feel emotional.

Cen Zhu took a sip of water to subdue his shock, and said again: "Little Lord Hou said, this place is not big enough, if it is a big place like the one in front of Huafengmen, it can accommodate hundreds of riders, this time A girl can perform a palm dance among thousands of troops. Think about it, hundreds of young men ride side by side, passing back and forth, and the girl stands on the palm and dances lightly. What should the scene be like? How thrilling and beautiful Woolen cloth!"

Yun Zai was on the verge of screaming, and the little boy stomped his feet like a chicken, and looked at His Majesty expectantly.

Li Jingchen snorted, and said coldly, "What are you thinking about! From now on, it's the national policy to refrain from extravagance and frugality. This kind of circus that labors and mobilizes people is within the limits of refraining from extravagance. Don't think about it!" Yun Zai heard Yan was quite disappointed, Cen Zhu shrugged helplessly, what should he do.

When going to bed at night, the queen reads a book on the bed, waiting for her to climb up, get into the quilt? and lie down.

"You don't want anything else? Did you tell me?"

The tone is neither hot nor cold, neither salty nor bland, problematic but definitely not? A big problem.Cen Zhu rolled his eyes, and quickly made a judgment, "Yes. I've conveyed what you told me, and those clan disciples seem to be very happy. And that Prince Lu's son, Li Jingzong, come on The one who threw the small salt shaker at me last time seemed to be scheming, and tried to trick me a few times, but I didn't say a word, just had a fight with him."

"anything else?"

"What else?" Cen Zhu thought for a while, "These princes and grandsons seem to be quite idle. The imperial court takes a fifth of the national treasury to support them every year. It is indeed a big burden, reducing the clan The expenditure was done rightly and in a timely manner. If there is another generation, I am afraid that one-third of the national treasury will have to go into their pockets."

"anything else?"

"..." Listening to her, Cen Zhu's tone became more and more serious. He knew what she wanted to ask, hugged her waist obediently, and said with a smile, "I just wanted to talk to you! Let me be a little bit ahead of time." I didn't expect Xiao? Lord Hou would invite Nanyu girl here too," she first cleaned herself up, and then asked secretly, pretending not to know why: "Who is she? Did she make any mistakes? How could she be sent down to the Has the Changxing Department under the Jiaofang Division gone?"

The Changxing Department is a subsidiary organization of the Jiaofang Division, which provides feasts and entertainments for the dignitaries and dignitaries in Beijing.The status is not the same as that of the musicians in the palace.Generally, the musicians who enter the Jiaofang Division are all carefully selected and outstanding figures. Unless they make mistakes, they will not be sent to the lower office.

"Ask knowingly." Li Jingchen put the book on her head and turned a page. Cen Zhu's eyes darkened, he pushed the book aside, and said, "I just feel that it's a pity. With Nanyu girl's piano skills, I can't She should be reduced to the bottom. Seeing her being pushed around by a group of people who don't understand the rhyme, but only pay attention to the appearance..." Cen Zhu frowned, not knowing how to describe the feeling of shock, "I can bear it No, I just helped her out."

"You? Yes? Help her? When did I say that day? day? I look forward to hearing her play again, this sentence?"

Cen Zhu said with a cheeky smile: "Yes? I want to hear her play. I pretended to be your name, too? I was forced to do nothing, who made your reputation better than mine. You don't know, when I finished speaking, what? In a word, those people who use their brains will be honest immediately. It's all because of your face. I promise, it's only this time, and I won't dare to do it again next time."

She buried her face in Her Majesty's belly, pretending to be pitiful.

If it's just like this, Li Jingchen will be relieved.Sure enough, after a short while, her head was arched into the shoulder socket of Her Majesty the Queen, blowing the pillow in a standard posture, "Don't you think it's a pity to send such a talented girl to the Changxing Department? "