How many buildings are in the mist

From then on, Feng Zihuan came to Cui's mansion every three days for a long time, and every two days for a short time.Although they often travel in casual clothes, their tongues are the most lonely, and they either like to eat or talk, and gradually this story spreads.Fortunately, Feng Zizhang asked Xie Yan to go out and make rumors, and the emperor's new behavior was nothing more than a new footnote to this good talk.

Duan Qichen made a contribution in it, but he was not in a hurry to claim the credit. Anyway, he won't be able to leave this winter, so he has to make preparations.Zhu Xianwan agreed early in the morning, saying that this is good, and give her time to finish the things that should be done.Unexpectedly, there is no end to the things that should be done, and many new troubles have emerged.For example, some people began to beat around the bush and blow the wind to Zhu Xianwan, saying that Feng Xu was already so old, shouldn't it be time to think about getting married?

The person who came to tell Zhu Xianwan in person was her younger brother, so she couldn't refute the lady's face, so she had to say that she didn't know, ask and listen to His Majesty.But she also wanted to find out who was behind the instigation, so she asked if there was a suitable candidate.The lady did not disappoint her, and reported three in one go.After Zhu Xianwan dismissed Fa Xiao, she thought about it for a long time, and felt that the three candidates did not have much overlap with each other, so it can be seen that two of them were interference items.

She told Duan Qichen about this, Duan Qichen said with a smile: "What's the matter, Your Majesty is not in a hurry, why should we be in a hurry?"

Zhu Xianwan sneered and said: "Do you know what this guy came to say to me? He said that His Majesty is busy pursuing Cui Xuanji recently, and he might neglect this matter. He advised me, as my sister's sister, the sister of the old queen who is about to be replaced, to The interests of the mother's family stand up and so on."

Duan Qichen was surprised, and then said contemptuously: "Is there nothing else in these people's hearts except these dirty things?"

"There are also, such as other dirty things."

"Tsk tsk tsk! You Han people!"

"Why, you Xianbei don't have such a thing?"

Duan Qichen said with a smile: "What's the difference between people in the world? The only difference in our Duanbu is that we don't pretend to be so grandiose when we fight for power and profit."

Zhu Xianwan also laughed, "Anyway, I won't talk to Your Majesty about this matter. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty's way of raising Feng Xu and Feng Xi is definitely not the one she accepted back then. She would rather they Freedom to grow up, and things like marriage should be free to choose, at most, to provide them with a wide range of choices. Whoever asks His Majesty to marry the two daughters is a fool."

Duan Qichen nodded in agreement, and then shared the sweet osmanthus cheese with Zhu Xianwan.Zhu Xianwan drank and drank, and suddenly asked: "Duanbu...is it really like that?"

"What does it look like?"

"It looks like you said!"

"Oh! Oh oh! That, um, that..."

Seeing her expression changed, Zhu Xianwan thought there was something wrong, so she quickly asked, "Isn't that the case?"

"No, no. Well, I can't say it's not at all."

"What do you mean 'not at all'? What the hell is that?"

"You're just asking, I don't know where to start..."

"It's like eating and lodging—"

"Ah yes, yes, sleep, sleep is..."

"Sleeping in the room? Sleeping in the room?"

"It stands to reason that it should also be in the house. But it may also be a tent. It depends on the situation when we go."

"Then, what about the food? I know you eat mutton. Even the mutton, does it smell as strong as here?"

"It stands to reason that there shouldn't be such a big smell. But, there are always one or two sheep, not big, uh, not very clean, um. It's always possible, isn't it..."

"That, that, that, there must be a place to take a bath?"

"Well, in summer, it's mostly in the river. In winter, you know the river is frozen..."

Zhu Xianwan was almost desperate.The moment she buried her head, she saw Duan Qichen turned her head to hold back her laughter, and realized that she had been tricked.She immediately sat up straight, reached out, grabbed Duan Qichen's arm, pinched!

"Ouch!"

"Okay, you Duan Qichen! You have nothing to do, yet you dare to tease me! I tell you to tease me! I tell you..."

Duan Qichen was scolded and pinched by her, the pain returned to the pain, and he was still smiling: "That's not your fault! Asking such a question! Think about it for yourself, in the past, how could I have told you a lie? Ouch! "

Having had enough trouble, she kept an angry expression on her face while rubbing Duan Qichen's hands.Duan Qichen took the opportunity to pull her hand over, "Although it won't be that exaggerated, but the conditions are definitely not as good as those in Jiankang Palace. I'm afraid you'll have to eat and sleep in the open all the way, can you bear it?"

"If I can't, what can you do?" Zhu Xianwan said intentionally.

Duan Qichen flat-mouthed: "Not really. I'll go back alone."

"I'll go with you, it's okay." Zhu Xianwan put her other hand on the back of Duan Qichen's, "I also want to see your hometown that you told me about, the scenery of mountains and rivers, birds and beasts. The road is difficult What are you afraid of, can I not suffer at all?"

"Eat, eat."

"That's right. Even if you can't eat it, won't you just have to pinch you?"

Duan Qichen could only reciprocate with a helpless wry smile, and after laughing, there was still sweetness left on his face.

Feng Zihuan's reforms were carried out fairly smoothly.At the beginning, the imperial court selected three counties as pilots. It is expected to withdraw the report after half a year to see the situation. During this period, people will be sent to inspect in turn.Unexpectedly, the effect was so good that people in other states and counties demanded to implement it. The aristocratic clans stopped resisting and naturally implemented it.Feng Zizhang, as the center of administration, kept this matter in check. He kept sending out inspectors to check, and specially sent those who saw things with obvious differences to a certain place to inspect one after another. At least five groups were sent to one place, and Get a more objective report.

When the third round of implementation was about to begin, Feng Zizhang made a request for change to the emperor and the court. In addition to the reasons for sending Xie Yan out to serve the court to participate in the Northern Expedition and Nankang County to support the Northern Expedition, it happened to be possible. Catch up with this reform.Regarding this, Feng Zihuan smiled while gesturing with his hand: "Zizhang, you have to understand that if you participated in the reform, you should have sealed so many, but now you have to give away so many."

Feng Zizhang said calmly: "It's okay. There are too many, so it's just right to distribute them to others."

After the rest of the important ministers had dispersed, she suggested to Feng Zihuan: Seeing that the reform can be popularized as soon as next summer, the reporting and self-revision capabilities of the states and counties, and the mechanism for the imperial court to order and revise have been perfected. Wait until the reform is fully rolled out , and it should be time for her to leave and make way for Xianneng.Feng Zihuan said: "You are already very capable."

"But my sister speaks out. After selecting poor officials for so many years, it's not for them to fill in the bottom, just to leave the position of deputy prime minister to me, right? I helped my sister complete this important event. It must be in the future. It can be handed over to others. Otherwise, the mechanism will be established in vain.”

Feng Zihuan nodded, and said with a sarcastic smile on his face: "What you said is only a part, right? In the final analysis, you want to get married before Xie Yan's foreign town Guangling, and then go with her Go to Guangling, so as not to separate the two places across the Yangtze River, right?"

Feng Zizhang didn't hold back: "Of course. Otherwise, it would be unfair for her to count on Nankang County to support her."

Feng Zihuan laughed, and after laughing, he asked Feng Zizhang seriously, "What dowry do you want?"

"My sister has already promised me food, which is the dowry."

"That's right. What more wedding present do you want?"

Feng Zizhang smiled slyly: "No need. It's better for my sister not to give anything away, so that I can give nothing away when my sister gets married."

"How do you know that I will be later than you?"

"Oh? If that's the case, please ask my sister to send back what I sent you."

"Why didn't I know that you could still use such stingy lips?"

In the early winter season, the charcoal fire on the temple occasionally made a sound.Like an entertaining onlooker.

Cui Xuanji walked around the residence of Cui Mansion outside Taicheng.The imperial doctor said that in addition to keeping warm in winter, you should move more, so that the joints will not be stiff.She was slowly moving forward in the corridor, when suddenly someone came over and said Miss, someone came to give you a gift just now.

"Gift? Who gave it?"

"Say it's the Zhao Mansion."

Cui Xuanji didn't realize where the "Zhao Mansion" was for a while, so he ordered to bring the things up to have a look.The servant brought a long brocade box, opened it and saw that it was a very new treasured sword.Seeing this, Cui Xuanji was overjoyed, asked his servants to hold the scabbard, and carefully pulled out the knife himself. The blade was black and slender, and the tip of the knife was slightly upturned, forming a graceful arc.Cui Xuanji shook his weight, and even his left hand, which had just recovered, could still feel the knife in his hand.

She ordered the servants to carry the knife to its place in her room, and then went back in with the letter, and sat by the fire to read it.When she opened it, she looked for the signature first, and when she saw that it was Zhao Xun, she laughed at herself, scolding herself in her heart that she had been lying down for too long, and her brain was broken.

In the letter, Zhao Xun said, Miss Cui, seeing words is like meeting you.The last time we had a hasty farewell, we never had a chance to meet again.When I heard about you later, it turned out that it was time for you to take back Guangling alone.Although I have never had anything to do with state affairs, I also admire you as a true hero.At that time, I thought, I should do something for you to express my admiration.Later, I decided to cast a treasured sword for you. After all, a treasured sword is always worthy of a hero.As a result, the materials were not yet collected, but I heard the news that you were seriously injured for His Majesty.I think of what I didn't finish when I met you, and I feel very guilty and regretful.For this reason, while praying for you and Your Majesty, I re-elected a casting master to make you a better treasured sword, the best treasured sword in the world.Only something like this can express my admiration and gratitude for you.

Recently, when the treasured sword was about to be completed, Yuan An told me that it might not be appropriate to give this thing to you. After all, there are rumors in the city how His Majesty treats you, and the common people are curious about when His Majesty will marry you into the palace; As a concubine, it seems appropriate to give a precious sword as a gift.I said that giving something that matches one's status is the way to give a gift to a stranger, but giving something that matches one's personality and hobbies is the way to give a gift to a friend.I dare not pretend how deep my relationship with you is, but when I first met you, I knew that I would like your character, and you also showed me your nobility with your actions.I think no matter what identity you change in the future, you will still be this kind of person, a hero worthy of matching with a sword.

I hereby present this item to you, wishing you a speedy recovery, and wishing you and Your Majesty happiness and well-being.

Cui Xuanji was reading while smiling, absorbed in the reading, not knowing that someone was coming outside—"What time is it, what are you still doing sitting by the open door?" Feng Zihuan said as he walked in, Cui Xuanji had no choice but to get up, with a slightly apologetic smile on his face - it's not good to blame the servants for not telling the truth, after all, Feng Zihuan is now coming and going frequently, and he is the emperor, who would dare to do anything to her?

Maybe it's just myself.

"Look." After entering the room, Feng Zihuan first covered her with a cloak, then brought a brazier, and then sat down beside her.And she handed the letter to Feng Zihuan.

"what is this?"

"Open it and take a look."

Feng Zihuan opened it, the expression on his face was first surprised, then curious, and finally smiled.After reading it, Feng Zihuan asked what the "first meeting" mentioned in the letter was about. Cui Xuanji thought that there was nothing to shy away from now, so he told Feng Zihuan about Xie Yan's going to find Zhao Xun. At the same time, it described all kinds of things seen in Zhao Xun's mansion.Feng Zihuan laughed after hearing this: "I only know that she has lived like this all these years, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. Why don't I invite her to the wedding bar this time."

Cui Xuanji is still a little shy about getting married now, as if it is not her dream that is finally going to come true.Should Feng Zihuan ask her?Of course, she understood, but she didn't want to make up her mind. "But……"

"But?"

"I'm not saying it's bad to invite them. I'm just afraid that when her two beautiful concubines come, they will be pointed at instead, which will make them unhappy."

"That's true. But people outside the family, still care about this?"

"Who knows? If you want, we might as well go to her house and be more comfortable."

"Oh?" Feng Zihuan's eyes were a bit sly, Cui Xuanji understood what she was thinking, but he was too lazy to play with her.

"Why have you not taken the initiative to contact her for so many years, and now you have the face to invite him? You are wrong, and you should come to apologize. Let's... go after we get married."

Feng Zihuan looked at her, not only liked her slightly shy expression, but also felt the tension and expectation, so he didn't need to say anything, just looked at her affectionately.Cui Xuanji's face became hot from Feng Zihuan's gaze, he gently pushed Feng Zihuan, and changed the subject, "Why did you come so early today?"

"Originally after the imperial court was over today, I taught Feng Xu to read the memorial. If there was nothing else, I was going to come out to find you. I stayed alone in the palace, and it seemed that it was going to snow, so I came out to accompany you."

Cui Xuanji just wanted to say, "It seems that I need your company so much".But after thinking about it, people who love each other finally resolve all their obsessions and become connected with each other. What do they want to do if they are not together for a long time?Waiting to grow old and regret it?

"Since you come to accompany me, why not..."

"I'm not as good as that?" Feng Zihuan asked with a smile, she wished Cui Xuanji would ask her something, she wished to do something for Cui Xuanji, "You say, I will do anything for you, even if—"

"No matter what—" Cui Xuanji stroked her face lightly, "There is still a qin in the study, can you play it for me? I heard that before you played the qin, the queen—"

"Hush. You can call her Xianzhi from now on. Didn't you also call her 'Sister Xianzhi' when you were young? I'm going to get the piano right now."

At the end of the song, it began to snow.Feng Zihuan put one hand on the strings, and took Cui Xuanji's right hand with the other and asked how he was recovering now.Cui Xuanji said a lot better, he can do the basic movements, but he can't hold the knife, and he should try to move as little as possible on weekdays.Feng Zihuan said that this is good, and he will definitely be able to recover.Cui Xuanji asked: "Can I play another one? The pieces you play seem open-minded and free-spirited. I like listening to them very much."

Feng Zihuan said yes, "I'll wait for you in the future, you play the flute and I play the piano, how nice it is."

"okay."

Outside, Feng Zizhang, who passed by Cui's mansion and came in to visit the patient, stopped Xie Yan: "Don't go, my sister is inside."

"Oh? Can you hear it from the piano?" Xie Yan asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I haven't heard it for a long time."

"Then go in and listen."

"No, look at it like this, there will be more opportunities to listen in the future." Feng Zizhang pulled her to continue walking on the snow.Xie Yan followed suit.From afar, I seemed to hear Xie Yan saying: "To be honest, I think you still play well."

"brazen."

"Oh, I praised you for being shameless..."