Return to the Song Dynasty

Since the two brothers Zhao Youyi and Zhao Youmu traveled far away, they have gained knowledge and yearned for the great world outside, so they tried to go out of the palace many times.Empress Dowager Xiang showed great tolerance for the fact that her grandchildren love to go out of the palace to play.In the words of the Queen Mother, it is a good thing for children to be lively and active, and they cannot be kept in the palace all day long.But for the safety of the grandchildren, I dared to let them go to their grandfather Ma Yun's house more often, and occasionally stay overnight, or let the Ma family take them for a walk in the street market.

As soon as you hear that brothers Zhao Youyi and Zhao Youmu are coming to play.Mrs. Ma, who is retired at home, must have taken Mrs. Ma to squat at the gate at the first time. He stopped walking the birds and planting flowers.

Mrs. Ma was also a romantic talent when he was young. He could play the piano and play the flute with his hands.The old lady Ma sat next to her with a smile on her face, looking at this and touching that, she could have fun for a long time.The old and the young can actually play with relish.

Every time the idler's second uncle Ma Bin (Ma Qi has already entered the court as an official, and he has to work on weekdays and is not often at home) comes to the main courtyard to find his nephews to play, what he sees is this happy scene of the old and the young.The second monk Ma Binzhang couldn't figure it out. What's so interesting about the old man (Mr. Ma) who plays piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?Children are only a little older, shouldn't they all play climbing trees and picking birds?

Ma Bin originally thought about it in his heart, but he accidentally slipped his mouth.This provoked Mr. Ma to teach him a lesson: "You were dishonest when you were a child. It would be easy to go up a tree to dig out bird eggs. Can you tell me where you haven't harmed your family? When have you ever seen the chrysanthemum planted by your mother?" Blooming? They are still just bones, so you will grab them next to each other. Your grandma’s cat has been bald by you, and it is shivering in the winter..." Counting a lot of horses Bin's childhood embarrassment.Zhao Youyi and Zhao Youmu were stunned, and the two children sighed in their hearts: So there is such an operation, and they have learned a lot.

It made Ma Bin, an uncle, lose face in front of his nephews (>﹏<).Fortunately, he was quick-witted and quick-witted, and he confessed to the old man, ignoring the old man's endless accusations, and quickly grabbed his two nephews, ran out of the house, and went to play!

Before going out, I could hear the old man's angry roar: "You kid is robbing me again!!!" The second uncle Ma Bin, who has been naughty since he was a child, calmly picked out his ears and said: I didn't hear it, what are you talking about?

In the evening, when the lanterns came on, Ma Bin had just sent his two little nephews back to the palace who were tired from playing, and as soon as he got home, he met his father's black face with great resentment.Ma Yun, who just came home from Yamen, was crying in his heart: My little grandchildren, grandpa hasn't seen you for a long time, why do you always come on the days when grandpa is on duty? ! !

After going to the grandfather's house a few times, the two little guys suddenly remembered that they hadn't given their younger brother a lot of novelty gadgets they brought back last time.So he clamored to go to Zhao Ji's Prince Duan's Mansion, and wanted to give the gift to his younger brother Zhao Quan. (Zhao Quan is the eldest son of Zhao Ji, only half a year younger than the twins, and the three children often play together.)

"Uncle Eleven likes us very much, and he always buys us good things. We bought gifts for my brother this time, and we must hand them over to him." Zhao Youyi rubbed his chubby fingers and listed a lot reason.

"Yeah, I want to give it to my younger brother." Zhao Youmu also nodded aside.The two of them looked at the Queen Mother eagerly.

Seeing this posture, the queen mother burst into laughter immediately.At a glance, I knew that it was two little things who wanted to go out of the palace to play, and also wanted to change places, and wanted to go to Zhao Ji's Duanwang Mansion to play.

Seeing that the queen mother just smiled, but didn't immediately agree.Zhao Youyi gave full play to his advantages of being chubby and cute, hugged and rubbed against the queen mother, and acted like a baby in various ways, trying to get the queen mother to agree to let them go out of the palace to play. "Grandmother, you are the best. Let us go to Uncle Eleven's house. Okay?" Although Zhao Youmu couldn't imitate his elder brother's sweet-talking tricks, he pitifully tugged at the Queen Mother's sleeve Shaking lightly, cheering for my brother.

The Empress Dowager Xiang really couldn't bear the stubbornness of her two little grandsons, so she agreed with a smile: "Okay, okay. I'll let you go out to play. It's okay. But you have to come back before the palace gate is locked."

"Don't worry, Grandmother, we will definitely be back on time!" As soon as the two little guys got permission, they immediately ran out happily to prepare things.

"The dark sky hangs low, and the bright stars follow each other. Bugs fly, bugs fly, who are you missing..." As soon as he left the palace gate, Zhao Youyi happily sang a song in the carriage.This is a song that Zhao Man often sings. The little guy has only listened to it a few times, but he can sing it well. It is very pleasant to listen to with a childish voice.

The younger brother Zhao Youmu, who was not good at words, sat aside and listened carefully, and reminded him from time to time.The two little guys sang songs all the way to Duanwang Mansion.Zhao Ji's Duanwang Mansion is not far from the Imperial Palace, and it is only two streets away from Zhao Bi's Shenwang Mansion, which is very close.If you start from Prince Shen's Mansion, you can come here on foot. The two little guys often visited the house when they were young.

Duan Wang Zhao Ji's mansion has towering walls, vermilion lacquer gates, and imperial plaques, revealing the majesty and nobility of the royal family everywhere.However, as long as you enter the second gate of the palace, it will be another world.The corridors and terraces are twists and turns, small bridges and flowing water, strange rocks and bamboos, and changing scenery with each step. It is not like being in Bianliang, Tokyo, but like being in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Wu Nong's soft words seem to come with the wind.

Located in the center of the courtyard is neither the flower hall nor the master's bedroom, but the study and studio of Duan Wang Zhao Ji.This study is a two-story building hidden in the bamboo forest. It has only two floors, but it relies on the high terrain. If you climb to the top of the building, you can overlook the whole mansion and even some of the scenery outside the mansion.Every time the sun goes down, leaning against the window and leaning on the railing, there is a special feeling.

There is a pair of couplets written by Zhao Ji himself at the door, and the vermilion doorposts reflect the thin and thin font: thousands of volumes of ancient and modern disappear forever, and a window sends fleeting years at dawn.It doesn't look like the majestic grandeur of a royal prince, but more like a literati who is chic and unrestrained, doing whatever he wants.

The small slope in front of the door is full of the fragrance of green grass, and only occasionally two or three wild flowers can be seen, small and faintly blooming secretly.The road leading to the study is even more winding and secluded, paved with large and small cobblestones, narrow enough for two people to walk side by side.Maybe the owner here doesn't like to be disturbed by people or things outside.

Zhao Ji's unique aesthetic taste is not only reflected here.The most shocking thing to all visitors is that the lake of Duanwang Mansion is not planted with patches of lotus like others, but clusters of reeds fluttering in the wind can be seen everywhere, even in the midsummer full of vitality. Life feels a kind of inexplicable desolation.It was unanimously rated as the best place for summer vacation by the majority of colleagues in the capital.

However, I have to admit that apart from this pool of reeds, the rest of the architectural layout of Duanwang Mansion is quite elegant and meticulous, especially the nine-curved corridor where you can listen to the rain in summer and watch the snow in winter. People in Tokyo rushed to follow suit and once led the new wave of architecture in Bianliang City.

"Qanqian, Kanan, here we come!" As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Youyi excitedly called his younger brother to come and greet him.

After a while, I saw a three-headed, chubby little bun jogging up to meet him, shouting excitedly while running: "Yes (brother), yes (brother), I want to You guys!" Seeing the little fat bun Zhao Quan spread his hands and quickly rushed towards his elder brother Zhao Youyi, the elder brother also enthusiastically stretched out his hands to hug his younger brother.

But helplessly, the so-called elder brother is just a child over three years old. The two children are basically the same in size, and the elder brother is almost thrown to the ground by the younger brother who is flying towards him.Fortunately, Zhao Youmu, who is also an older brother, has quick hands and eyes, and used his small body to firmly resist his elder brother Zhao Youyi from behind, thus avoiding the tragedy of the two brothers turning into rolling gourds for free viewing.

"Pfft, hahahaha, hahahaha" The appearance of the three little things huddled together was really funny, and Zhao Ji, who was about to go out, took a good look at it.He didn't want to laugh like the servants and guards present. A series of unbridled laughter suddenly sounded, and the three little things jumped up in anger.

"Okay, okay, I just want to go to the shop to have a look, do you want to go with me?" Zhao Ji took the initiative to throw out an olive branch.

The three little guys looked at each other and said in unison: "Go!"

This is a rare and good opportunity. Zhao Ji is a very humorous and knowledgeable person. It is very interesting to go shopping with him.In the same markets and shops, Zhao Ji can always tell all kinds of unknown allusions or many particularly interesting stories.Naturally curious children don't want to miss it.

So the three little guys were abducted into the carriage by Zhao Ji in this way, and they ran east and west with them, wandered around for a day, and had dinner at Zhao Ji's mansion at night, and then they were full of contentment. The little belly rubbed back to the palace.

However, there is one thing that the two brothers are quite concerned about, that is, they were surprised to find that their younger brother Zhao Quan was [-]% like the portrait that Zhao Man gave (snatched from Zhao Man). picture.That painting is almost like the older Zhao Quan looking at the moon with his chin resting on his hands.This pissed off the two brothers, and they gambled for a long time.But the child has a great forgetfulness and a simple mind, and he didn't think of deeper problems, so he was just angry.

In fact, this painting is of course not the little Zhao Quan, but the five-year-old Zhao Ji.It was during the New Year's banquet that year that Zhao Bi, who sneaked out, met Zhao Ji in the corridor outside Jiying Hall.It's a pity that things are right and people are wrong, and it's hidden in my heart, but I don't know it.

After all, the two little guys can't go out every day, and they still have to stay in the palace most of the time.Although the palace may sound high-end, it is actually just a big courtyard after staying for a long time, and there are many places that cannot be visited casually, so there are not many places for children to play.

Fortunately, Zhao Youyi and Zhao Youmu are young, and Zhao Xu's harem is relatively simple. The empress dote on these two little grandchildren, and even the official Zhao Xu loves them a lot. There are no princes in the palace, so basically These two little things are the little overlords who run rampant in the palace.

However, the two little guys are quite polite, they never run around, and their activities are only around the Empress Dowager's Palace of Kindness, or they are occasionally taken by the Empress Dowager to stroll around Liuyunxuan in Ningshou Palace. They talked about the joys of their father when they were young, which can be regarded as giving the children an impression of their biological father.

Empress Dowager Xiang always felt that the grandchildren did not dare to play too much because their parents were gone and no one loved them.A little over three years old, isn't it just the age when one should be lawless and hate cats and dogs?Poor my little ones are always so well-behaved, it makes people feel distressed to look at them.