phoenix knot

After tying up the horses, the carriage was driven back on the road, Han Chengjue, Liang Guanjing, and Su Mingyue stared at each other in the carriage.

"Miss, should we go back to the Liang Mansion or..." Lian Xiang, who was driving the car, asked.

"Go back to Liang Mansion!"

"Back to the palace!"

Liang Guanjing and Han Chengjue spoke almost simultaneously.

Su Mingyue didn't speak after hearing this, she shrank behind Liang Guanjing, she didn't even want to look at Han Chengjue, she just buried her face in Liang Guanjing's shoulder, in Han Chengjue's eyes, she was like a cat-and-mouse avoidance.

"It's only been a few days of quiet life, and you're bothering me again." Liang Guanjing hugged Su Mingyue into his arms, patted Su Mingyue gently to comfort him, "You have three thousand beauties in your harem, one less is quite a lot, and one more is not too many. "

Han Chengjue said: "You and Mingyue are clear about my heart. Anyone can do without me. How can I lose the queen and concubine Li? You two sisters are deeply in love, and I am very relieved. If you go back to the palace like this What's the matter?"

"Can we be together when we're in prison?" Su Mingyue couldn't help but fight back.

Han Chengjue's expression changed, and Su Mingyue quickly retracted into Liang Guanjing's arms.

"I was only in a moment of anger. I made a joke with the queen. I will release her the next day."

"That's Mrs. Dong going to ask for someone. If there is no natal family, how can you let her out so quickly?" Su and Mingyue were also angry, but they didn't dare to speak too loudly, as if they didn't scare others, they scared themselves first. , "Next time I go to prison, I beg the emperor to tie me up together, and I will go to Shao Prison with the queen. At that time, someone will follow Wu Yan, and the queen and I will be the queen and concubine Xiao Shu. We will die together, and it will be fine on Huangquan Road." companion."

"Then how is it possible, I even gave you a gold medal to avoid death." Han Chengjue accompanied him with a smiling face.

Liang Guanjing sneered: "You gave her the gold medal for avoiding death, why didn't I have one?"

Han Chengjue nodded again and again, "Here you go, go back and eat together."

Liang Guanjing admired Su Mingyue's hands, the fingers were slender, the nails were neatly cut, she really wanted to kiss her, and put it in her mouth, but it was a pity that there was an unsightly His Majesty the Emperor in front of her. "You don't want me to die, but some people want me to die. There are such things as going to prison, and you may not know how to punish me next time."

"You can't punish a doctor, and you can't be polite to a common man. Both of you are my beloved women. How could I be willing to hurt your lives?" Han Chengjue wanted to sit among them and hug each other, all he needed was to find a suitable one. timing.

Su Mingyue's face was buried all the time, and at this moment, she was about to laugh out her internal wounds, and couldn't help but said: "Punishment is not a doctor, it means that nobles above the scholar-official level should not commit crimes, if they commit a crime, they can only apologize with death, Your Majesty Granting death is a kindness. Otherwise, you can only be cut up and executed like Shang Yang and Li Si. The courtesy is not inferior to the common people, which means that farmers have to plow the fields and weave cloth. How can they work if they salute and bow to the red tape all day long?"

Han Chengjue rubbed his nose, "I'm laughing, I'm laughing, I'm a young man with little talent and learning, so I'd like to be taught by Empress Li."

Su Mingyue said: "You didn't say that in court, did you?"

Han Chengjue looked horrified, "It's over, it's over, all those old men in the cabinet, seeing me saying such things, didn't point out the wrong thing, and they didn't know how to laugh at me in their hearts, you should be outspoken."

Liang Guanjing raised his forehead, "He's making you happy, how could he not know what it means that he can't be punished by a doctor or be polite to a common man?"

Su Mingyue suddenly realized that she was angry and couldn't get off the stage, and it wasn't even appropriate to continue to bury her face in Liang Guanjing's arms.

Seeing her in such embarrassment, Han Chengjue felt that she was soft and lovely, and said solemnly: "Don't listen to the queen's nonsense, I really don't know the meaning of this sentence, I just think that it is not necessary to use torture on literati, but not on ordinary people. Pay attention to etiquette. She is always like this, and she calmly helped me out."

Su Mingyue looked at this and then at that, for a moment she didn't know who was telling the truth and who was joking, so she said: "Since your husband and wife are so loving, you two should go back to the palace hand in hand."

Knowing that she was speaking out of anger, Liang Guanjing said to Han Chengjue: "You hurt Mingyue so deeply, you can't be forgiven if you make her laugh with a few witty words, we will live in Liang's mansion first, as for when we will return to the palace, we have our own arrangements. Not for a while. You are busy with the affairs of the court, so you should go back first."

"Tell me about the time, so that I can have an idea in my heart, and let the people in the palace prepare."

"three……"

Han Chengjue hurriedly said, "Three days? That's three days!"

"Three months!" Liang Guanjing said involuntarily.

Han Chengjue frowned, "It won't work for three months. I'm asking Concubine Ning to assist the Sixth Palace. You know she's a person who doesn't like to push herself in everything. The imperial concubine is indeed a bit domineering. The two of you came to me crying in anger. It's you." It’s good to mediate. This is also the empress’s responsibility.”

Liang Guanjing said: "The concubines are jealous, but you want me, the queen, to mediate?"

"Otherwise? The harem is harmonious and the house is peaceful, so that I can work with peace of mind in the previous dynasty."

Liang Guanjing couldn't find the fault in his words, and felt that these words were not pleasant to the ear no matter what, and felt uncomfortable.

Han Chengjue said to Su Mingyue again: "Cailian, the little maid of Guili Palace, misses you very much. One time when I was sitting with Concubine Ning, she came to me and cried, saying that she was thinking about something wrong and made you angry. However, when he went out of the palace, he only took Hongling with him, not her."

Su Mingyue said: "The red water chestnut was brought out by my family, so naturally they are closer to me."

"I persuaded her in the same way. I asked her to wait patiently in Guili Palace, saying that you would be back in a few days. You are not joking. Do you want me to boast in front of a little maid?"

Su Mingyue said: "It was you who accepted her, not me. You couldn't bear to part with her, so you gave her a Jieyu. Ronghua's Dangdang, she must be satisfied."

Han Chengjue said regretfully: "If you don't like her so much, I'll transfer her to another palace as a servant. I saw that she was smart and kind-hearted, and it would be most appropriate to serve by your side. She was originally by Yuan Shi's side. As an errand, because she was able to distinguish right from wrong, she dissuaded Yuan Shi, but she was hated and almost killed. After all, she was so weak that she didn't have a chance to speak in front of the queen. Later, when Yuan Shi's incident happened, she was washing clothes Being on a errand in the bureau is enough to avoid the crime of being implicated. Letting her go to your Guili Palace as an errand is also approved by the empress."

Su Mingyue looked up, Liang Guanjing acquiesced.

Han Chengjue said: "I know you haven't passed the hurdle in your heart, and you still hate me. I was wrong in the past, and I apologize to you. From now on, let's live a good life. Right now, I will allow you to leave and have a good rest in Liang's mansion." Take it easy, three months later I will personally welcome you back to the palace, how about it?"

Liang Guanjing and Su Mingyue exchanged a look and could only acquiesce.

"Then it's settled." Han Chengjue told Lianxiang to stop, he got off the car and changed horses, bid farewell to Liang Guanjing and Su Mingyue, and took his men and horses back to the palace all the way west.

After a while, Su Mingyue said: "So, there are still three months left to be happy and free?" After a pause, she said to herself again, "It's only three months."

Liang Guanjing took her into his arms, "Not necessarily, as long as you want to stay, he said three months, we can rely on it."

"Can it still be like this?"

"Why can't it be like this? If he refuses to accept, take us together and send them to Shao Prison."

Su Mingyue laughed, "Then I'll stay here."

The two returned to the Liang Mansion to wash up, and then fell asleep. On the second day, Liang Guanjing and a few dexterous maids tied up a kite and invited Su Mingyue to go outside the city for an outing.

After yesterday's torment, Su Mingyue's spirits were in a slump. If she met frivolous vagabonds again and saw that they were not accompanied by men, and came up to tease them, it would be a disappointment. It would be better to stay in Liang's mansion to read idle books, and be with her sisters and sisters. They are free to drink tea and play chess.

Liang Guanjing refused, she called Lianxiang Xiyu to come behind the screen to serve her, and after a while the lady in yellow spring shirt stood in front of Su Mingyue, with a three-inch-long swing in her bun, it was almost like a painting.

"When you put the paper kite, you comb the cloud bun and shake it step by step, and after a while you run like a madman." Su Mingyue commented.

So Liang Guanjing went in again to dress up, this time she came out with a light green skirt and lotus-colored silk, her hair was all pulled up in a neat peach fairy bun.

"Old-fashioned." Su Mingyue only had two words.

Liang Guanjing changed into a pink double-breasted top, a waist-length skirt in silver-gray gauze, and a simple bun.

"frivolous."

Liang Guanjing let out a "hum", simply moved away from the screen, and directly opened the wardrobe for Su Mingyue to help choose.

"How about this pink and purple snowflake chest-length skirt?" Liang Guanjing asked.

"This is worn by a ten-year-old girl who has not left the court. When you wear it, people think you are pregnant."

"Fart!" Liang Guanjing wanted to tear her mouth open, "Where is this train?"

"My empress, it's spring now, not to mention the hotness of wearing a train, how can you run around and release paper kites?"

Liang Guanjing threw down the clothes, "I have nothing left to wear. Fortunately, I asked a tailor to make several sets of different colors for each item a few days ago."

Su Mingyue picked up one or two from the pile of clothes, "Do you think this match is feasible?"

Liang Guanjing put it on, with an apricot-colored double-breasted top and a white gauze drape, and a waist-length snow-white skirt underneath, with a white ground and silver silk crochet apron. "This way to fly a kite? The skirt will get dirty when you step on it."

Su Mingyue said: "Naturally, the daughter of Liang's family asked the servant girl to put the paper kite on it. You just need to hold the thread in your hand to prevent it from flying away."

Liang Guanjing said: "It turns out that everyone's daughters fly kites like that. I know why they didn't fly kites with me before."

Su Mingyue smiled: "They definitely don't play polo with you either."

Liang Guanjing said: "I usually play polo with men, but once I seemed to play polo with some girls from the Hou's family in Dingbei, and my horse collided with hers, and she fell down and was almost trampled."

Su Mingyue smiled without saying a word.

Liang Guanjing combed her hair and pulled Su Mingyue up, "Can we go out now?"

"I'm going out like this?" Su Mingyue lowered her head, she was also completely white, only her bellyband was green.

"Very good!" Liang Guanjing picked up a bean paste green shawl and wrapped it around her. It can be covered when it is cold, and it can be taken off when it is hot. It is both beautiful and practical.

The two of them took Brother Yun, Brother Wen and a few maids and went out in a mighty way. Before leaving, Liang Guanjing asked Lianxiang to invite the eldest sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law, but they gave the excuse.

"I hate that we are children's playthings." Liang Guanjing was also straightforward, and she stopped inviting people if they said no. The group took a carriage and went out to the market to buy more than ten paper kites in one go, and then went to the eastern suburbs. Flying kites on the river embankment outside the city is the season when the grass grows and warblers fly. Many people come to fly kites on the river embankment. They are all girls, big and small, all dressed up in rich and noble families, so they are a bit eye-catching. .

Sure enough, not long after, a servant girl and a woman came to inquire, and Liang Guanjing had already unified his statement, only saying that they were all surnamed Su, from Su Da to Su Qi, there were seven of them.Some of the princes and brothers who were dressed up in a noble manner came up and bowed their hands, announced their families, and invited the seven fairies to visit the lake and enjoy the flowers.