The snow is finally melting, and spring is coming.

It's been seven days in the blink of an eye, and the water in the mansion is murmuring, and Izumi Shikibu hides a lot of uneasiness, pretending to be peaceful and chatting with the maid, standing at the mouth of the cloister and looking inside, just asking, "What is Yamada doing?"

"Yamada-sama, I write in my study every day, and I use the paper I got last time in the Prince's Palace. ”

"Ah, let's go take a look. ”

Although it was winter, the weather became mild, and several people entered the corridor and saw the window of the study open, and Shinichi Yamada was writing in front of several cases.

"It is said that it was written in a collection of poems shot by the right servant......"

"The words are very strong, and they really don't look like a samurai, let alone kill people. ”

The maids whispered, and Izumi Shikibe lowered her head, her gaze fell on him, although she had become accustomed to it in the last few days, she was still in a trance, and it took a long time to come to her senses.

"Hey, it's been seven days since the emperor summoned you. ”

Pei Ziyun got up, admired his post, and said, "The emperor's summons will last for a few days at most, one day for the shortest, and three days for the elderly. ”

Izumi Shikibu pinched his fingers, his face pale, and he didn't believe Pei Ziyun's words.

But I don't care if she believes it or not, Pei Ziyun said casually: "This kind of thing, if it's false, it will be exposed in the blink of an eye, do you think I'll be so unwise?"

"Besides, I killed Yuan Laiguang's important retainers, there is really something, will there be no movement in the past few days?"

"Besides, it is not for nothing that I have nothing to do when I write these poems, and the emperor will summon me for them—or the lady has already sent them. ”

"Is it a poem?" Izumi Shibu was stunned, her eyebrows frowned slightly, she slowly turned to the dignified handwriting, tidied up her hair bun, and looked at Pei Ziyun again, with a serious attitude, and with a little hidden expectation.

"Yamada-kun, are you telling the truth?"

"Please also be considerate of the little girl's situation, she has just been abandoned by her father, if you harbor more crimes against the thief, it is better to die early, and end up cleaner. ”

"It's true, Abe said this to me the day before yesterday. Pei Ziyun did not hesitate, and said directly: "Besides, if you really want to ask for the guilt, you can just excuse yourself and be coerced by me, and you will basically be fine." ”

"Abe courtier?" In fact, this is the correct title, and Izumi Shikibu was already a little relieved, and in a blink of an eye, her attitude was much better than just now.

"I was rude just now, please allow me to go back and deal with things, you ...... now"

"You go and do your own business, I'll write another one. Pei Ziyun knew what she was going to say, and said lightly.

Izumi Shikibu breathed a sigh of relief and bowed his head slightly: "That's good, I'll order it down immediately, so that the people in the house don't affect Yamada-kun's interest." ”

As he spoke, he walked out in small steps.

Looking at the back of Izumi Shikibu, the long black hair is very eye-catching, and even the back looks graceful, her appearance is said to be better than Qing Shao Nayan, Qing Shao Nayan is better than Purple Shikibu, but the opposite is achieved, which is really a bit intriguing.

Pei Ziyun retracted his gaze and chuckled: "Heh, interesting!"

Out of the door of the Izumi Shikibu, immediately greeted by a few maids, a female official came over, although the figure is weak, but also quite a bit beautiful, different from others, as soon as he bent his waist, he whispered: "Shibu, haven't you made up your mind?"

Seeing that Izumi Shikibu was silent, she continued: "Yamada has been in the mansion for seven days, you should send someone to invite someone to arrest Yamada, if you don't go, not only Shikibu, but also the entire Tachibana Mansion and the Tachibana family will be severely criticized, and the courtiers will definitely think that it is the Tachibana Mansion that has colluded with this traitor." ”

Izumi Shikibu raised his eyes to stare at the female officer, and then looked at the maids, although they did not speak, but their expressions also carried this meaning.

Izumi Shibu glanced at them, his pale face showed anger, and his face sank: "This matter has been said for a long time, so stop here, I will deal with Yamada-kun's affairs, and I will never spread it." ”

"But Shikibu and Yamada's murder have spread throughout the city, and if someone finds it in our house, then ......"

The maids, who usually didn't dare to refute easily, opened their mouths one after another.

Their thoughts, Izumi Shikibu couldn't understand it better, pressed back the boredom, and sneered: "Then I'll say, this is Yamada's coercion, after all, you and I are weak women, we can't resist, and there may not be any trouble, besides, you are all innocent, and when the time comes, you will go your separate ways." ”

"I'm really uneasy, I can quit today. ”

As soon as these words came out, several maids bowed their heads and did not dare to say more.

Waving their hands to let them retreat, the personal maid immediately came over and turned over to Izumi Shikibu: "Shikibu, Yamada-kun's matter, I didn't tell anyone else......

"It's okay, I'm in trouble, I'm scolded by my father, except for you, everyone else is afraid of being centrifuged. Izumi Shikibu sighed, not blaming her.

There is a way that the tree falls and scatters.

She is now unable to protect herself, abandoned by her father, despised by outsiders, and has an empty house, but she has nothing to rely on like duckweed on the water.

Even her current husband will be cut off with her when he learns about the affairs of the capital.

And her lover is the respected prince, life and death are uncertain, even if she can survive, she must not continue her relationship.

These maids must be equally panicked, so they will lose their proportions, don't they know that Shinichi Yamada is a hot potato, who touches who is hot?

But she also has no choice, Yamada's fierceness, she has seen it with her own eyes, she really disobeyed him, not to mention that in the future, she can't survive the catastrophe now.

"But they couldn't keep it. ”

In the Heian period, the imperial palace selected the daughters of three or more ministers as female princesses or waiters, and the female emperors or nobles recruited the daughters of more than five nobles as maids and female officials.

The daughters of more than five nobles, such as themselves, choose the daughters of more than seven officials as female officials or maids-in-waiting.

All these will be handed down.

Once abandoned by her husband and father, how could Izumi Shikibu afford to raise a maid from such a background?

It was not so much that these maids were afraid, but that they were worried about the future, and when she thought of this, she couldn't help but look gloomy, and barely cheered up and ordered to do something.

"Shikibu, someone from the palace!" Just when Izumi Shikibu ordered Shinichi Yamada to clean up the room and plan to sort out the poems in the study, a maid came to report in a panic.

Izumi Shikibe was taken aback, and then thought of Yamada Shinichi's words, barely calmed down, and said, "You go with me to greet the female officer." ”

Although she is the daughter of a nobleman and the wife of Izumi Mamoru, she also needs to go to the door to greet the female official in person, because the other party is here on behalf of the emperor.

The thoughts were tumbling in my heart, and when I waited outside the door, I found that not only the female officials who came by ox cart, but also a group of people who were watching the excitement, were pointing at the door.

Seeing her surrounded by maids, the expressions of these onlookers became excited, and the voices came.

“…… It wouldn't be that His Majesty the Emperor also heard about this, this woman is so prodigal, it is really, tsk......"

"Before the year comes, don't look for others, and kill others, scourge. ”

"Shhh, I heard that she has an evil ghost on her, and she killed the prince's palace because of her trouble, someone from the palace must have come to investigate this matter......"

These voices made Izumi Shikibu's face pale, and his eyes were always filled with irritation.

The female official who came from the palace had an ordinary appearance, but she had a good temperament, and she was obviously from a noble background, and she had also heard about the Izumi Shikibu, so she couldn't help but take a look.

But thinking of this task, she raised her chin slightly and said lightly: "Izumi Shibu, I came to your mansion because I have something to tell you, don't you invite me in?"

Izumi Shikibu endured his anger and said, "It's me who was rude, and I invite you to enter." ”

When the female official entered slowly, she didn't dare to look at the onlookers, covered her face with a fan, and immediately said to the maid, "Close the door!"

The master was humiliated by outsiders, and these maids had already turned red, and when they heard the order, they closed the door without saying a word, and laughed.

"Yamada-kun, who presented poems to the emperor, can you be in your mansion?" the female official listened to the movement, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, and waited for Izumi Shikibu to come up, then turned back and asked.

It turns out that the last time Abe Haruaki's boy came to pick up poems, it was to dedicate it to the emperor?

Izumi Shikibu immediately replied, "Yamada-kun is in the house." ”

"That's good, I'm here because I have an order from the Emperor to convey to Yamada-kun. The female officer said reservedly.

Izumi Shikibe saw that the other party didn't want to talk more to him, and he was ashamed in his heart, but he could only endure it and accompany the other party inside.

The group walked quietly for a while, and then they saw a pavilion, and Izumi Shikibu saw the figure in the pavilion at a glance, and said to the female officer, "Look, that's Yamada-kun." ”

At a glance, the young man was dressed in a samurai robe, and he could write with a pen, and his demeanor was outstanding, and even the female officials who were used to seeing the princess raised their eyebrows slightly, and said to Izumi Shikibu: "Please stay here later." ”

In the pavilion, Pei Ziyun was reading a book leisurely, and the dozen or so pieces of paper with ink that had not yet dried on the side attracted the attention of the female officer.

She then pulled out one and read it aloud, only to realize that the style of the poem was very familiar.

"Does the right servant shoot (Bai Juyi) actually have this poem?" she asked in surprise.

"Yes, but the collection of poems I presented last time already has these, so I don't need to offer them again. Pei Ziyun replied casually.

At that time, the Japanese aristocracy admired Bai Juyi's poems very much, especially the aristocratic women, everyone was familiar with the "Manyoshu", familiar with Bai Juyi, it can be said that if in this era, if you are not familiar with Bai Juyi, it will be despised and excluded from the social circle.

But not all of Bai Juyi's poems have been circulated in Japan, and these poems, which have never been read but are clearly in Bai Juyi's style, have made female officials very interested - could it be that these poems have attracted the attention of His Majesty?

It wasn't until she finished reading it all that she reluctantly put it down, and said to Pei Ziyun: "Yamada-kun, I came this time to convey to you His Majesty's dictation, Your Majesty has permission to receive you in the Changhe Palace, and there will be an ox cart to pick you up into the palace tomorrow." ”

Pei Ziyun didn't care where he met the emperor, anyway, the ultimate goal was not this.

"I understand, please return to His Majesty the Emperor, and I will enter the palace on time to meet me. Pei Ziyun said lightly.

The female officer took a deep look at him and left.

Waiting for the female official to leave, Pei Ziyun continued to sit in the pavilion, writing poems, and after a while, another burst of footsteps came, and Izumi Shibu walked to his side and looked down.

Then he asked, "Yamada-kun's handsome and elegant characters are really graceful, and I am really surprised." ”

Pei Ziyun smiled, took the tool, bound the poem that had just been written and dried, together with what had been written before, into a book, and handed it directly to the Izumi Shibu who was curiously reading, and she didn't expect Pei Ziyun to behave like this, and looked at her in surprise.

Pei Ziyun said: "Although Bai Juyi's poems are very good, I prefer Li Bai's poems, Bai Juyi's poetry collection has been given to the emperor, and this Li Bai poetry collection is for you." ”

"Why?" Izumi Shikibu felt that the poetry collection in his hand was a little hot, and he was a little flattered.

Pei Ziyun smiled: "I'm going to enter the palace tonight, and this should be the cost of accommodation." ”

I wanted to refuse, but Yamada said it frankly, and Izumi Shikibu stared at the poetry book in his hand for a while, and couldn't help but open it and read it.

Li Bai, Li Taibai?

As a result, I opened a poem and was fascinated.

While reading, Pei Ziyun suddenly asked: "Shibu, do you know why Taibai's poems are not as good as the right servant (Bai Juyi) in Japan?"

Izumi Shikibu thought about it, and wanted to answer that it was because the poem was good, but she had just read Li Taibai's poems, which were also romantic and wonderful, which made her love it.

is a rare talented woman in this era, Izumi Shikibu thought about it and said his answer: "Because he is the right servant?"

"That's right. Pei Ziyun smiled and looked at the Izumi Shibu with a little appreciation.

As the Izumi Shibu said, the Japanese aristocracy admired Bai Juyi's poems more because Bai Juyi's status was higher - at that time, Bai Juyi was named the Marquis of Feng Yi County, and he had thousands of households, and he gave the Shangshu of the Criminal Department (Zheng Sanpin) to Shishi, and gave the right servant of Shangshu to shoot (from the second grade), and Li Bai was just a ronin.

It was not a complete snobbery, but Japan went to the Tang Dynasty to study, so it was natural to learn *** - at that time, Bai Juyi was a high official, and he was obviously more authoritative.

It's rare that Izumi Shikibu can think of this.

It's just that there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and the two volumes of poems compiled by myself are more than enough for food and lodging, so I bowed down at the moment: "I'll go back first, and when I leave, I don't have to send each other off." ”

Before he turned around, he suddenly looked back and asked, "I heard that the princess who is the prince of honor passed away today due to grief?"

"Yes, I went this morning. Izumi Shibu didn't know what he meant, but he just replied, Pei Ziyun smiled, didn't speak again, turned around and left with a crisp voice.