How many buildings are in the mist

Feng Zihuan and Cui Xuanji got married in March.From then on, Zhu Xianzhi was called Empress Zhu in the palace, and Empress Cui, or Empress Empress.Feng Zihuan decreed that the queen's bedroom was still reserved for sacrifices, and Cui Xuanji himself would live with her in the emperor's bedroom.

No one in the whole palace didn't feel that she made this matter affectionate, righteous, and shameless.

Before the big wedding, Duke Yuzhang had already arrived in Jiankang in the twelfth lunar month, and Feng Zihuan immediately started all the necessary procedures—whom would she send to be a matchmaker at the time of the conquest {161}?She asked Xie to go back.She was hesitating between Xie Hui and Lu Suo, but she thought that Lu Suo was her uncle after all, and she was still her mother's family, so it was not suitable.But Xie Hui is close enough to the Cui family but has no blood relationship, and even no official position.It was rare for Xie Hui not to put on a straight face this day, he brought a mighty gift to Cui's residence, and laughed when he saw Cui Xin.The box after box of gifts, silk and jade, and golden horse {162} gave Cui Xuanji a headache.Xie Huiyou proclaimed the decree, saying that it was all in accordance with the ritual system.In other words, Feng Zihuan wanted to marry her just like the etiquette of marrying a queen.

Cui Xuanji resented a bit, but Feng Zihuan was always an unrestrained person, so let her do things like this.When it was time for Cui Xuanji to hand over the token of love to Xie Hui to take back, she took out the guqin at home.Xie Hui didn't ask why, just took it back.As a result, Feng Zihuan was very happy to see him.Zhu Xianwan asked her what she was happy about, and Feng Zizhang added, from now on, it will be the harmony of the qin and Xiao, why are you unhappy?

On the day of the wedding, Xie Yan went to meet her, while Feng Zizhang and Zhu Xianwan and Duan Qichen were waiting here.Feng Zihuan originally joked with them to ease his anxiety—the three of them knew this well and tried their best to help her—who knew that after Cui Xuanji came, Feng Zihuan could no longer see other people's fine clothes, The sky was filled with red silk cloth and festive dazzling candles that almost wrapped the palace, and Cui Xuanji could only be seen walking towards her step by step.

She is right there, within reach.Sensing the emperor's anxiety, the master of ceremonies deliberately sped up the process a little bit - just a little bit, after all, there are rules of etiquette that must be complied with.And the master of ceremonies thought it was a major event in life, the emperor was married once, and Cui Xuanji didn't, so why can't he enjoy it?

Unexpectedly, these two people really wanted the ceremony to end quickly, and hurriedly escaped from the sight of everyone.

It wasn't until the female officials entered the bridal chamber and served the wine that Feng Zihuan took back the gaze that he had been staring at Cui Xuanji just now.She is obsessed with Cui Xuanji's appearance at this moment, because she has never seen Cui Xuanji's makeup; the first time she saw it was when she married her.

With red makeup on the brows and golden tines on the forehead, wedding dress and golden hairpins on her body, Cui Xuanji can be so charming and charming.

"Your Majesty?" The lady officer called her Majesty three times, we are going to drink Hebei wine, but she didn't realize it, it was Cui Xuanji calling her that she just woke up like a dream.

A pair of jade goblet cups {163} are connected together by a section of red silk, in which thick, transparent and colorless liquor dangles.The female officer put the wine glasses in their hands and asked them to salute.When entering the mouth, Cui Xuanji first tasted the wine although it was slightly bitter, but it was soft and sweet afterward, probably because of the addition of honey.She couldn't help crying, thinking about the difficulty of this journey; can it be like this glass of wine in the future, with only a little bit of bitterness, and the rest is sweet?

They finished drinking in unison in tacit understanding, then buckled the cups together and handed them to the female officer.The female officer put the cups under the bed and arranged them in the shape of the winning cups in the Yao cups, wishing them good luck from now on, and then retreated.

Feng Zihuan asked: "Is the wine delicious?"

Cui Xuanji replied: "It's sweet and smooth."

Feng Zihuan smiled: "That's good, we will be like this from now on, forever."

Cui Xuanji was moved by this situation, her eyes filled with tears, "Just now I even thought it was a dream, and then I started worrying that I would wake up and lose you. Why am I so lucky?"

Feng Zihuan bowed his head and kissed her.

While breathing, Feng Zihuan said: "I don't know why I am so lucky. But I know that if we are both so lucky, then it must not be a dream."

"what is that?"

"It's the rest of our lives."

Not long after their wedding, they secretly visited Zhao Xun together, fulfilling Feng Zihuan's wish.Who knew that Zhao Xun was really a wonderful person, so he sent a box of ointment to Feng Zihuan soon after, saying that it was made by her concubine Huai Ya, it has a miraculous effect on reducing scars, and can restore the skin to the state before it was destroyed. It also relieves pain.When Feng Zihuan looked at the hideous scars on Cui Xuanji's body during the wedding night, Feng Zihuan's heart ached terribly, even if Cui Xuanji said that he didn't care, Feng Zihuan's heart ached.This is good, she gave Cui Xuanji medicine every day like a treasure.

Cui Xuanji was wounded all over.The two of them couldn't help but go to some other place when they got up.

Who was the first to discover this?Not Zhu Xianwan and Duan Qichen.On the one hand, in order to respect the fact that Cui Xuanji is the empress, and on the other hand, to hand over the responsibility for the management of the harem, they would come to the emperor's palace to look for Cui Xuanji from time to time.As a result, I gradually found that Cui Xuanji's mental state was not very good when he came in the morning, or sometimes he just slept late.These two people knew this situation clearly, especially Zhu Xianwan, so they didn't discuss it.On the contrary, since the night of the wedding, there have been rumors in the palace about how idiotic the emperor's eyes were when he looked at the empress, and how beautiful the empress was.But after watching too much, how can I keep my mouth shut.This is great, from the two concubines in the palace to the people in Jiankang, they began to talk about how the emperor and empress are now so inseparable that they cannot be separated.

Feng Zihuan was extremely happy to see this, she had planned to let the whole world know how much she loved Cui Xuanji.Only Cui Xuanji felt ashamed when she thought about it, especially when she thought about the reason why she couldn't get out of bed.

But she always asks Feng Zihuan for whatever she wants.

It took her a while to adjust to her new role and slowly take over what she was supposed to do as the lord of the harem.She began to fully participate in the education of the princess and reorganized the harem system.She can't stay away from court affairs.Because even if she didn't want to participate, Feng Zihuan still had to discuss it with her when he came back from court.Sometimes when she has nothing to do, she would be called to educate Feng Xu with Feng Zihuan, and review memorials together.It's just too busy.

In particular, she has two big things to be busy with: First, Concubine Duan and Concubine Ning are going back to Duanbu quietly. In autumn, when the wind is still good, the people of Yan Kingdom have no time to take care of them. They need to communicate carefully in the middle and arrange.Feng Zihuan thought that she was good at handling secrets and now she is the queen, so he entrusted all the matters to her, euphemistically saying that the Yulin Army was trained by you, and now you can do whatever you want!

Cui Xuanji wanted to hit her.Of course, it is useless to fight. If you don't let go, you will always be caught halfway, and then you will lose your sovereignty.

After the emperor's wedding, Zhu Xianwan felt relaxed, but Duan Qichen became more and more anxious.This day, Duan Qichen came back from Cui Xuanji's place, he didn't know what happened to him, he walked back and forth anxiously in his palace, like a child worried about losing a game.Zhu Xianwan thought it was funny, and asked: "You want to go back, why don't you look happy at all, but rather nervous?"

Duan Qichen gave her a white look, "I haven't been back for a long time, am I afraid?" Zhu Xianwan asked her what she was afraid of, and she said: "I am afraid of everything, but I am most afraid that I will not look like a Xianbei person and make them think I am an outsider. "

I am afraid that I will have nowhere to go, and I will be like duckweed from now on.

Zhu Xianwan leaned forward, took her hand, and said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here. I'll accompany you back. I'm definitely an outsider. Compared with me, why don't you look like me? Please see it then. Look at me, naturally I won't pay too much attention to you."

"That can't be done!" Duan Qichen knew that this was a good idea, but protested loudly: "You are my baby, how can you let people look at it casually!"

Zhu Xianwan laughed loudly: "That's troublesome, quickly get a sack and help me pack it!"

Duan Qichen also laughed.She asked Zhu Xianwan: "You were never like this before. I have always made fun of you."

"Yes, isn't it all your fault?"

"I did it? Obviously you are laughing at me!"

"Yes, it's not that you hurt yourself." Zhu Xianwan said, and before Duan Qichen could reply, Zhu Xianwan stretched out her arms and put her arms around Duan Qichen: "You changed me and let me find myself, that's great, thank you. In this deep palace, I never thought I could get out, but now, you are going to take me out."

Duan Qichen pressed his forehead against Zhu Xianwan's, "Let's go out, we will be together, forever together."

Duan Qichen and Zhu Xianwan left after attending Feng Zizhang and Xie Yan's wedding.This is the second thing that makes Cui Xuanji very busy.Feng Zihuan once asked Cui Xuanji what was the best gift for Feng Zizhang. Cui Xuanji said, "Just give her an imperial decree that she can do whatever she wants. Anyway, according to her temperament, she will never do anything bad." Things, you have removed her last restraint, isn't it the best gift?"

Feng Zizhang was very happy to get this gift, the first request he wanted was to keep the wedding ceremony simple.The matchmaker invited Lu Suo this time. As soon as Lu Suo arrived, her second wishful request came again: Don't give a dowry gift from Xie's family. The two families are very rich anyway, and a lot of property is moved here and there. If it's boring, it's waived, but ask for an exquisite and interesting gift that she likes.Xie Yu and Xie Ying, who were in Jiankang, were at a loss when they heard the words, but Xie Yan smiled, and naturally took out a gift when he returned to the house, and asked Lu Suo to deliver it on his behalf.In this regard, the two sisters said that you must have colluded early in the morning!Xie Yan gave them a white look: "Don't tell me if you have the guts to protest with Zizhang."

When the wedding day is approaching, Feng Zizhang's third wishful request is to do it in my mansion, not to go to the palace, and not to expand my princess mansion after we go to Guangling. Enough to live in, nice, beautiful, nothing is new.

Cui Xuanji couldn't help asking her: "You really don't want it? Don't save money for your sister. She won't like it if you're old-fashioned."

Feng Zizhang smiled and said: "I really didn't mean to save my sister. I just think that the old things are quite good. I'm used to them and I don't need to change them. Besides, we will go to Guangling soon, and I hope to see mine when I come back. The family is the same. As for my sister, if she is not happy, isn’t there Xuan Ji you?”

Cui Xuanji laughed, and after a few days, he began to say to Xie Yan, if I can't cure you in the future, it's okay, you have Zizhang!

On the day of the wedding, it was the first time that Feng Zizhang met the Xie family with such a large population.I feel a little shy at the thought of changing my words tomorrow.At night, the bridal chamber was full of candles, and the two took off their heavy clothes with great effort, and lay on the bed chatting for a while.Feng Zizhang asked Xie Yan one by one, that Xie Jue, Xie Hui's eldest son, your elder brother, Xie Yu's real brother, what is the name, what is the nickname, what is the story; that Xie Xia, your cousin, Xie Yi's The only daughter, what is the name, what is the nickname, what is the story...

Xie Yan was not bothered, and patiently told her every detail.On the contrary, she herself felt that she was busy, and said: "Bridal Anniversary, is it not good for us to say this? Do you think I am annoying?"

Xie Yan smiled and said, "When did I think you were annoying, huh?"

Feng Zizhang also laughed, leaning on Xie Yan's shoulder, just about to say something sincere, but heard Xie Yan say:

"Our real bridal chamber wedding night is not today."

She jumped up and pinched Xie Yan.Not enough to pinch, but also to scratch people's itch, Huiyu could hear Xie Yan, who finally changed his name to Prince Consort today, laughing loudly.

"There's nothing serious in your mouth!"

"Hahahahaha - you were - hahahaha - it's been so many years, don't you know that I am like this?"

"I'm sort of—"

"If you said 'missing your eyes', it's a bit over now to regret it."

"What are you afraid of? I have an imperial edict from my sister. If I say divorce, I will divorce you, my son-in-law!"

The two quarreled on the bed, kneeling face to face, Xie Yan said to her: "Are you willing?"

Feng Zizhang saw her like this - still the same as when he first met, with a jade-like face and black eyes - smiled and hugged her: "I can't bear it, I can't bear it."

"Ah."

"So I want to go to Guangling with you."

"Okay, let's go together and go back together. No one needs to worry about anyone anymore."

"Worried. Unless I'm with you all the time, I'm worried, always will be."

"Okay, then I will always stand by your side, no matter when and where."

One month after the wedding, Princess Nankang and her son-in-law officially went to Guangling, and Xie Yan became the prefect of Guangling.Three years later, she really realized her own plan and successfully took back Xiapi.Fortunately, in the three years of running Guangling, she discovered a lot of generals, enough to leave the front line to these people.At this time, the imperial court recalled the two of them to Jiankang and gave her the position of commander in chief of the Northern Expedition and Zuo Pushe.At this time, Duan Qichen and Zhu Xianwan were preparing to leave for Duanbu.This is already the second time they have returned to Duanbu. The last time they visited relatives, this time they can convey a lot of important news while visiting relatives.

On the day Xie Yan and Feng Zizhang returned from crossing the river, Feng Zihuan held a welcome banquet in the palace.Before people arrived, she was sitting with Cui Xuanji in the study outside the small courtyard of the bedroom, facing the lotus in the newly dug pond in the small courtyard.

Feng Zihuan plays the qin, Cui Xuanji plays the flute, and the wind blows from the water palace.

Reckless and gray, the mountains are majestic

The sun and the moon shine brightly, scattered and scattered

Silk and Bamboo Resonance Come, Song of the Executioners

Flowing clouds and flowing water, not much attention

Seek the Dao to eliminate soldiers, to transcend all things and become detached

Finding a bosom friend is hard to come by, only heaven and earth cooperate with each other

"Heaven and Earth Cooperation"

The author has something to say:

{161} The wedding procedures used in this article are: nacai, najib, enlistment, appointment, and welcome.

{162} "In the eighth year of Taikang, there was a play: the wedding was collected, and the big wedding was tied with silk, plus jade, and two horses. The prince Xuanxu tied the silk, added bi, and rode a horse... Henkel made the appointment later, and later the gold Two hundred catties, twelve horses, fifty catties of gold for the wife, four horses. One hundred and ninety bolts of silk were used for the wedding ceremony of the king of Wei and the princess. In Jinxing, three hundred bolts of silk were used for the story.”—— "Book of Jin Volume 21 Chronicle No.11 Lixia"

{163}卺, referring to the scoop used by the bride and groom as wine vessels in ancient weddings.It is made of a gourd cut in half, and the bride and groom hold each half, connected with colorful ropes.If the wine is bitter, the wine will also be bitter, which symbolizes that the couple will go through hardships together.Of course, there were also cups that put honey in it, or replaced the 卺 with cups made of precious metals or jade.After drinking, buckle the two 卺 together and wrap them with a ribbon, which is called "Lian 卺 with a lock", which means that the two people will love each other and never separate.

if not the best

Why did I write another Lily novel?I want to ask myself. On January 2019, 1, the document of "How many buildings are in the mist and rain" was officially created.Before that, I prepared an outline for more than half a month and read a lot of materials.In other words, I only wrote this ancient novel with more than 16 characters for four months?The first draft of this novel was completed on April 46, and the final second draft proofreading was completed on May 4.Thinking about it this way, I admire my own speed.Although I wake up every morning and write more than 21 words, and for a while I write more than 5 words a day, and even keep writing while traveling (whether it is in my residence, high-speed rail station or on a bullet train), no matter what, it is hard work.But writing makes me happy, suffering and happiness, like drinking vegetarian coffee.

At that time, among the two optional writing ideas, I first chose "How many buildings are in the mist and rain", even though I hadn't decided whether to call it this name.This is probably because "How Much" will be a light and simple novel from a writing point of view, compared to another idea that the preparation work is more complicated at a glance.The results of it?Compared with another idea, "How Much" is really easy, because I already have considerable knowledge about the background of "How Much", and only made up one book, while the other idea needs to read seven or eight books and read a dozen books. paper.Of course, the "Life History of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties" by Mr. Zhu Dawei, which I read for the background of "How Much", was very interesting for me to read, but I read it very fast and in a hurry. .

I like the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Among the history books of all times in China and abroad, I like reading books about that era the most.Part of the reason may come from the fact that I like the Three Kingdoms, so I like the extension; part of the reason is the same as the reason I like the Three Kingdoms: it was an era of great turmoil, and only the meeting of people and the turbulence of the situation can be achieved during times of great turmoil. will look attractive.Heroes come out of troubled times, and it may be difficult for those who worship heroes to like prosperous times.

The great turmoil made it very difficult to write stories of that era completely in accordance with historical facts, especially Lily's novels.Whose home should the heroine be placed in?who is she?How did they meet?Could it be Sima Xingnan and Princess Li?Wouldn't there be too much of an age gap then?I have seen a story of Lily in which the background was set in the court of Fu Jian in the former Qin Dynasty. The heroine seems to be Fu Jian's daughter and Murong Chong's sister (that is, Fu Jian's concubine, but I don't remember if it is Princess Qinghe).This writing is also very difficult. It is also a story of no place to stay in troubled times, and a story of nobles and fallen.I have only seen an introduction to that novel, but haven't read it, so I don't know how.But after thinking about it, I don't want to go to the trouble of restoring that era. To be credible, I'm afraid I have to read all the relevant history books carefully; so I chose to draw on many elements of the background of the time, but built it in an empty way. story.This is my laziness, but also the need to satisfy my peculiar cuteness.

In this novel, I am ambitious to satisfy my own three cute points for ancient novels: the emperor and his servants (if it is a general, there will be suspicion and separation, I think it seems a bit difficult to fall in love), princesses and celebrities, Concubine and concubine.When I write a novel, when I first come up with an idea, I always think of a scene, and then I complement the story back and forth for that scene.For example, for Feng Zihuan and Cui Xuanji, the most important scene I thought of at the beginning was that Feng Zihuan went mad and stabbed Cui Xuanji, which is a bit masochistic; for Duan Qichen and Zhu Xianwan, the scene I first thought of was the two of them To be caught and raped by Feng Zihuan in bed, this is very bad taste.However, I have to say that this is my original intention of writing this novel - to satisfy myself.

So far, I have read this novel three times, and I am basically satisfied with it.I think that what each pair of CPs want to do in their respective storylines has basically been achieved. It can be said that my own cuteness has been quite satisfied.In this novel, I tried my best to portray imperfect people, although I still created perfect people.In my opinion, Feng Zihuan is an imperfect person. She is ambitious, deeply affectionate, self-willed and stubborn.Only such a monarch can stand at the center of the stage of this novel.Cui Xuanji is loyal, self-restrained, reserved, infatuated, and worst of all, overly direct and even stubbornly naive.Theoretically, in the traditional Chinese court, there were not many courtiers who treated the emperor like this, and most of them died long ago.Such a couple can achieve a good ending, not because of my compassion as the author, but because I satisfy my own cuteness needs - isn't it great that I can finally reach the place I want to go after hard work?

And in this relationship, I also want to explore and express one point: what should be a person's attitude towards a deceased partner, and how will it affect the person's future life.I am very disgusted with the current trend in Lily's novels: the characters are required to not have an ex before meeting the partner in the text, and everyone must be a blank slate.People who think this way should ask themselves, what is the difference between this and the obstinate and ignorant demands on women's chastity?There are also those who take a step back, thinking that there can be a predecessor, but the predecessor must be a scum, as if the current existence is not reasonable if it is not like this.Then, it’s time to ask ourselves again: According to this logic, these readers hope that their incumbents were blind before?That being the case, why is there no possibility that people are blind and condescending to you like this time?Be realistic and objective, even young children have a past.

I don't think the attitude towards an ex-partner has to be extremely negative.Because love is a very complex emotion.Two people can't go on, it probably doesn't affect their love for each other; or they can be together, but they don't love each other, they just accompany each other.It doesn't necessarily require deep hatred for two people to break up, it may just be that they can't continue to love.A novel is a novel, which can give beauty or reflect cruel reality. This is the author's creative freedom.But in any case, the characters should not be made very stereotyped.You must know that the characters are rigid, they can only be like pieces of paper, not even prints.For Feng Zihuan, she is alive, her wife is dead, it is okay to mourn for her for the rest of her life, or to usher in a new life, this is her own decision and freedom, it has nothing to do with the person who passed away - everything is left to the deceased It seems irresponsible to do so.If our point of view in this era is still on whom to keep chastity for, it will belittle our own dignity.As for Cui Xuanji, it is normal to have a sense of moral guilt. People who do not have this kind of emotion probably lack empathy. Such a character is difficult to create.

(Then consider writing anti-social next time!)

Speaking of which, naming the characters is also part of my bad taste in writing this novel.I wanted them to be women who could be emperors, so their surname was Feng—I wondered whether they should wear dragon robes for a while, but then I thought it was fine to wear them, and there was no need to deliberately overcorrect.I like Cao Pi, so the protagonist should be called Zihuan (that's enough).As for the name Cui Xuanji, the word Xuanji was very common in the name in the era when talk and metaphysics were highly developed, and there is also the word "monk" for the same reason.As for the name Xie Yan, it is entirely out of liking for these two characters.I don't like Xie Yan, Xie An's son who actually existed in history. Obviously Xie Xuan is cuter.As for a name like Duan Qichen, except that the surname is based on Duan Bu's custom, the rest are all nonsense.

So you see, put your heart to one side, bad taste will help you choose a name.

In terms of whether I have imagined what the protagonist looks like when writing, have I followed a certain real person, yes.When writing the outline, Feng Zizhang appeared first, which was based on Yun Wuyue in "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3", but it was obviously not the same thing.Then there is Feng Zihuan, who is based on Chen Shu's Tianhai Holy Queen (ah, just thinking about it will kill me).Cui Xuanji is actually the protagonist among the protagonists, and her face did not appear at the beginning.I didn't find what I was looking for until I saw the video of Liu Rushi played by Wan Qian and Chen Shu's Holy Queen together.Yes, Cui Xuanji's image comes from Wan Qian, who is Dugu Jingyao (I don't like her pigtails very much), Liu Rushi, Nan Kuyueli or Fushou.Ah, I really like Wanxi's eyes.

As for Xie Yan, her CP relationship with Feng Zizhang comes from Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying.This role is too perfect, perhaps it is impossible to find an actual real person.I didn't think about anyone when I wrote it, you can imagine freely.Of course, if you don't agree with my imagination of the characters, you also have complete and complete autonomy to imagine all this according to your own preferences.As long as you read this novel and feel happy, engaged and enjoying a good story, I will be satisfied.

Feng Zizhang and Xie Yan are the ones who are most in line with the idealized imagination in the whole novel. They are like-minded and have no desire for the mundane world, which is also the state I most yearn for.Feng Zihuan and Cui Xuanji are a typical romantic story, completely in line with my imagination and plan.As for Duan Qichen and Zhu Xianwan, I originally intended to write it as Gongdou—later I found that I hated Gongdou so much, so I was completely incapable of creating this aspect of content, just like the story of the two of them was changed to a cultural conflict.Their stories are not exciting enough, which is the biggest shortcoming of this article.

I also thought about what happened to the story later.There's a lot to imagine, but each one is good, very good.Overall, the most appropriate song to describe the many ideas of "How Much" is Li Yapeng Xu Qing's version of "Swordsman" episode "Heaven and Earth Cooperation".A terrific and moving song.As for many other issues mentioned in the novel, they are actually idealized.Whether it is the land reform or the Northern Expedition to recover the Central Plains, the plans are too beautiful and have nothing to do with history. I hope everyone must pay attention.

The night before writing this postscript, I couldn't sleep well, and I kept thinking about how to write it.When I started to write in the morning, I thought of a sentence I saw in a report (it should be an interview with Yan Lianke), "If what we write is not the best work, why do we still write it?" in this way.I suddenly couldn't find the original.I want to confess that sentence and keep it in my heart.After all, if I am not satisfied with what I write, then just throw it away.No matter what the purpose is, creation should be excellence, not compromise every step of the way.Compromise is actually far more difficult than persistence.It's easy to be stubborn.I will continue to work hard and hope that day after day and year after year, I can always create better and better works.I also hope you like "How many buildings are in the mist and rain".Although it's still not my best work.I should learn from Li Bihua, "Confident that the best work has not yet been written."

See you next time.