Coming out of the Emperor's Heavenly Palace, because the sage did not allow Pingling Yu to leave the palace, it was Liu Quan who led Pingling Yu to go back.

Yesterday evening, the Emperor Pingling did not see the style of the Taiye Pool in the Royal Garden, and today the sage acquiesced, and Liu Quan took him around the Taiye Pool and then returned to his residence.

In winter, everything is bleak, and there has been no snow in the past two days, the scenery in the liquid pool also shows a bit of plainness, the weeping willows and sycamores have lost their leaves, the branches are vigorous, and they are neatly shaped by the painter when they grow when they are young, and they look very beautiful, and the pines and cypresses that have not been adjusted in winter appear more and more green in the cold wind.

The saint is not a person who is obsessed with women, and the high-ranking concubines in the harem are only virtuous concubines except for the queen, so the palace ban also seems to be extraordinarily pure.

All the way over, there was silence all around, and occasionally I met one or two small yellow doors and just bowed down to avoid the side, and occasionally a bird stopped on the ridge of the roof, and when I heard people coming, they flapped their wings and flew away.

After a short time, I walked through the corridor of nine songs, and I was greeted by the sound of children's playful laughter, as if the whole sleeping palace had woken up.

Pingling Yu saw that in the open space by the Taiye Pool, a group of palace people were playing hide and seek with an eight-year-old boy, and there was a craggy rockery next to the clearing, which was just convenient for them to hide in it.

And the pavilion of the octagonal cornices on the side is burning with silver silk charcoal, sitting on a bright red embroidered green luan moire cloak, wearing a palace dress beauty of the same color Zhaojun set, looking at it from a distance, I only feel that the body is slim, the temperament is beautiful, Pingling Yu looked at the dress of the little lady from afar, and I thought that it should be Princess Huayang with the four princes.

"Sir, would you like to go and say hello?" Liu Quan is an old man in the palace, he almost watched a few children of the saint grow up, and he also knows the temperament of several princesses, Princess Nanping has the softest temperament, and she is very soft, fortunately, she met Jiang Heng after remarrying; as for Princess Lanling, she is the most strong-tempered, and when she was young, she was not inferior to the prince in the forbidden palace; Princess Chang'an looked at her as a talented and learned, but her temperament was a little stubborn, and occasionally saw Xie Juma on the other hand, she was not married; and he was most distressed by Princess Huayang, among the four princesses, she was a cold-hearted one, and she looked cold and silent, but she was the most responsible one among several princesses。

"This won't bother you, right?" Pingling Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that these royal children were playing outside on such a cold day.

"The princess is a little cold-hearted, but she is not unreasonable, and there is nothing to worry about when Lang Jun comes. Liu Quan smiled, and as the two were talking, a middle-aged woman in serious clothes walked towards them.

"Liu Neixiang, this Lang Jun looks familiar, as if he has seen it before, but he doesn't know which Lang Jun it is. The middle-aged grandmother was wearing a dark orange palace dress today, wearing a tortoiseshell hairpin ring on her head, and she saluted the two of them and smiled kindly, "The princess is playing chess and invited Lang Jun to try her hand." ”

"Mama forgot, we met outside the palace that day, but we didn't speak. Pingling Yu smiled, "Since the princess is invited, it is better to be respectful." ”

"I haven't seen you for a long time, how is Mr. Pingling?" Princess Huayang saw him come over and stood up, the two sat down, the princess ordered the palace maid on the side to pour tea for him, and asked Liu Quan with a smile, "Where is the prime minister?" ”

So the old slave retired first, Mr. Pingling and the princess discussed chess, and the old slave sent Xiao Lizi over, and Mr. could follow him back to the painting academy to rest. Although Liu Quan didn't know why Princess Huayang invited Pingling Yu to play chess, the other people naturally didn't care, so they went back to recover after a few words.

"Last time, I tasted the tea concocted by Mr. at Ji's house, and now I also invite Mr. to taste the tea in Huayang. Princess Huayang watched Liu Quan leave, turned her head to look at Pingling Yu, but her tone was extremely light and cold, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or unhappy on her face.

"It's supposed to be this year's new tea. Pingling Yu listened, immediately reached out and picked up the teacup and tasted it, but his eyes fell on the chessboard of Catalpa, the chess pieces are made of white jade and black jade, because the master often uses it and appears more and more warm and transparent, at this time the sunspot landed into the encirclement and suppression, and the white son was cut off from the middle, and it became more and more glued, "The aftertaste is sweet, it is the top grade." ”

"Since ancient times, there are few good strategists who are not good at chess, Huayang, please play a game with Mr., I don't know if Mr. should do it?" Hearing that he tasted the tea as the best quality, Princess Huayang was still unintentional and opened her mouth to invite the battle, but there was no trace of fireworks in her words, and she didn't seem to take anything to heart.

"The princess invited, and the royal nature had no excuses. Pingling Yu had heard of this princess for a long time, but this was the first time he had dealt with her, only he wondered in his heart, and only felt that this little lady's temperament was not at all like growing up in this rich and noble place in the world, but like growing up quietly in an inaccessible place, "The princess is young, please go first." ”

"Good. Princess Huayang didn't shirk when she heard this, and her eyes looked very much like a pool of liquid with thin ice in this winter.

"Sister, what are you playing?" The two of them fell for a moment, and the fourth prince was sweating profusely, and he reached out and took off the blindfolded handkerchief and came over with a smile.

"It's cold in winter, and you're sweating profusely. Seeing that her younger brother came over and interrupted her train of thought, Princess Huayang was not angry, and reached out to take a Jinpa to wipe the sweat beads on his head for him.

"Sister, I have a lot of anger on my body, I don't need you delicate and gentle little ladies. The fourth prince smiled when he heard this, leaning on Princess Huayang, half of his body leaning on her arms.

"This is Mr. Pingling, you have never seen him, he is very knowledgeable, he lives in the palace these days, you can come to the door to ask for advice. Princess Huayang was not angry when she saw that her clothes were wrinkled by her younger brother, but smiled and mentioned that he straightened the loose pigtails, although there was no smile on her face, but her eyes were like spring water, and she was a little softer.

"Are you also a jinshi?" The fourth prince let his sister finish his movements before standing up straight, because of his young age, he also showed a bit of baby fat, compared to the saint, his appearance should be more like their mother, a pair of apricot eyes are black and bright, which makes people feel good when they see it.

"The grass people are just a showman. Pingling Yu shook his head.

"Then you come from a family?" The fourth prince put his little fat hand behind his back, pretending to be an adult and inquiring, but fortunately, Pingling Yu was sitting at this time, and he could barely look into Pingling Yu's eyes when he was standing.

"The grass people have a humble family and can barely support themselves. Pingling Yu sighed.

The fourth prince was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his apricot eyes were swollen: "My current gentlemen are all two-list jinshi or famous scholars, Sister said that you are very good at learning, can you be better than them?"

"The grass people dare to ask the fourth highness, I don't know how long Mr. Highness lives?"

"Early thirties...... bar. The fourth prince frowned, looking more and more cute.

"The grass people are twenty and one this year, and when the grass people are thirty and make an appointment, they can also be a jinshi. Pingling Yu saw that he looked funny, and couldn't help laughing, "Although the grass people are not from a family, they live in the rivers and lakes, but they can see more and more clearly, so they can also have one or two points to match with the famous people of the family." ”

"In that case, why don't I test you, okay?" Although the fourth prince felt that what Pingling Yu said seemed to be very reasonable, the child's intuition made him feel that something was wrong, and he immediately said loudly.

"That being the case, please ask Your Highness to ask the question. Pingling Yu nodded.

"I saw "Two Little Debaters" in "Liezi", but I don't know when the day is far away from people, and I ask Mr. to explain his doubts. The fourth prince had obviously stumped countless gentlemen with this question before, so he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips triumphantly as he spoke.

"Your Highness can know insects and ants?" Pingling Yu was confident.

"I know. The Fourth Prince nodded.

"Insects and ants to the end of the line, if separated from His Royal Highness hundreds of zhang, then its movement at a moment and His Royal Highness distance change can be almost negligible, the same reason, the grass folk view of "Zhuangzi Leisurely Travel", there are fish in the north of the underworld, its name is Kun, Kun is big, I don't know how many thousands of miles and turns into a bird, its name is Peng, Peng is big, I don't know how many thousands of miles also; Peng Zhi migrated to the south of the underworld, the water hit three thousand miles, and the one who swayed up was 90,000 miles, and he could not touch the sun, which shows that the sun is far away from us, His Highness may understand?"

"The beginning of the day is as big as a car cover, and the middle of the day is like a pan, this is not for the far small and the near is as big as ?—— what is the explanation?" the fourth prince rolled his eyes, but his tone was not as good as Fang Cai's rejection.

"Please also borrow the chess pieces and chessboard of His Highness. Pingling Yuyan was not angry when he heard this, but was happy for the child's questioning spirit, and immediately bowed slightly towards Princess Huayang.

"Sir, at his own convenience. Princess Huayang nodded.

"Your Highness, please stop here. "The Emperor of Pingling asked the four princes to stand one foot away from the table, and then asked Mama Wang to take a plain brocade pa, and at the same time took a chess piece and placed it in the center of the papa, "Your Highness now looks at this brocade and this chess piece, but you can remember its size." ”

The Fourth Prince nodded.

"Your Highness will look at it again?" Pingling Yu took back the Jinpa chess pieces and landed on the chessboard, "It's just that the things in comparison are different, and Your Highness can feel the difference." ”

"Seeing may not be true. The fourth prince's eyes widened in surprise, "As for the coolness of the morning (cāng), and the middle of the day, such as exploring the soup, this is hot for those who are near and cold for those who are far away—I also understand, just like the silver charcoal in this pavilion, it will not feel warm when it burns, but it will not be cold at all at this time." ”

"Your Highness is wise. Pingling Yu smiled softly.

Everyone was about to speak, but they saw Xiao Lizi, who was dressed in a cyan cotton robe, trotting over and saluting everyone, and said: "Sir, I just received an urgent military letter, Your Majesty has already believed in the innocence of the Ji family, and at this time, I am ordering Chief Liu to send a decree to summon General Ji into the palace, and Your Majesty ordered the slave maid to come and ask Mr. to return to the Emperor's Heavenly Palace to discuss matters." ”

"That being the case, our brother and sister will not delay Mr. Although Princess Huayang was happy for the Ji family, her face was still silent, and she only bowed slightly towards Pingling Yu.

"The grass people retired. Emperor Pingling raised his hand and saluted and was about to go to the Imperial Heavenly Palace, but found that the fourth prince grabbed his clothes and stared at him with blank eyes, "What does Your Highness have to tell the grass people?"

"Sir, can I come and ask you in the future?" Seeing that all the gentlemen's questions were easily resolved by the handsome young man in front of him, the child couldn't help but wink at him.

"His Royal Highness is coming, and the grass people are overjoyed. Pingling Yu still didn't hold back after all, and raised his hand to gently rub the child's already crumbling pigtails.