The next day, I slept for an unknown amount of time, and I don't know whether I was uncomfortable when I first arrived in the secluded place, or because I had not slept well because of the events of last night, and I woke up groggy and weak.

"Agarwood. "Through the tent, I lazily called.

When he opened the tent, he saw that it was Yun Chao and Yun Xi who came to serve: "Where is the agarwood?"

"Back to the princess, there was a fire in the front yard last night, and the slaves and maids went to the front yard to put out the fire, and when they came back, they didn't see agarwood, and they didn't see it this morning. The two knelt and replied, looking very reserved.

I answered softly and said softly, "Get up." ”

"No. The two of them rose in response and waited for me to freshen up, and they were very skillful.

"Agarwood has always been greedy for sleep, maybe you are hiding somewhere to be lazy, you guys go to find it. ”

Gan Tang commanded, and instead helped me to breakfast.

"Withdraw, I want to go out for a walk. I glanced at the food on the small table, and my heart was full of food, without the slightest appetite. Xu saw that my expression was not good, and Gan Tang and Qian Qian followed behind me and did not dare to make a sound. In order not to attract the attention of the palace people, I deliberately changed into a plain homely clothes, a light pink blouse, a light green skirt, a moon-white belt, and went to the phoenix hairpin on my head, and only inserted a white hosta that I wore when I came.

"You two stand down, go and help find the agarwood, you don't have to follow, I just want to walk around alone." I turned my back to them and said coldly.

"The princess is here for the first time, why don't you let Qian Yuan step back first, and leave Gantang alone to serve?" Gan Tang said softly and cautiously.

I listened lightly, but did not answer, and just walked blindly towards the south.

The road was full of hibiscus, floating and hazy, and the sunlight passed through the pale green skirt through the gaps in the flowers and leaves. In front of an arched vermilion lacquer door, the door is hidden, the illusion is back to the "Biwu Garden", I can't help but look up, the word "Nian Yuan" is engraved on it, it is the Youguo script, but it is the plum blossom seal body. The brushwork is both rigid and soft, like two enthusiastic plum blossoms.

The plum blossom seal character is on the basis of the seal word, the plum blossom shape is embedded in the word, so that it naturally becomes one, from a distance it looks like the seal word flying, near it seems that the plum blossom is in full bloom, and the seal body is difficult to understand, plus the embellishment of the plum blossom, it is more jerky and difficult to understand, and thus adds its sense of mystery and mystery. This kind of word is not common, but I didn't expect Youwang to like it too.

I savored the deep meaning of these two words, and Gan Tang behind me said in a gentle and timid voice: "The princess knows the text?"

"I only know a few words, and when I learned that I was going to enter the palace, I asked the prince to teach some simple common words before leaving, after all, the languages of various countries today are different, so as not to make jokes. I said softly, I didn't want to be too much of Gan Tang's foundation.

In the past, in Xiqiu, I studied with the prince since I was a child, and what I knew was not only the quiet text, but also the plum blossom seal body that my uncle ordered me to practice hard since I was a child, and it was also what I was best at, and it was the same book with both hands.

Seeing me staring at these two words, Gan Tang said softly: "This is the garden that the king rewarded Princess Ling, and the word 'Nian Yuan' is also written by the king himself, and he ordered the craftsman to portray it." ”

I was surprised, and I couldn't help but ask, "Do you know that too?"

Gan Tang cautiously whispered: "The slave maid followed the Queen Mother before, and it is indispensable to know a few words, but I don't recognize this kind of word, but everyone in the palace knows the name of this garden." ”

Looking at her expression, it doesn't seem like a lie, after all, this plum blossom seal is not common, and it is not something that ordinary scholars can learn.

Remembering the garden is not the meaning of never forgetting. Just looking at the use of plum blossom seals to engrave, you know that you have used your thoughts, and you can't see that this Dongfang Fu Yin is still a lover.

Seeing that I was about to step into the courtyard, Gan Tang then said slowly: "The slave will not go in." On weekdays, there will also be other concubines to hang out, only the highest-ranking aunt in charge of the palace can accompany her into the garden with the permission of the master, and the rest of the palace people are not allowed to enter casually, so Gantang is not allowed to enter. If the princess wants to go in and have a visit, the slave and maid are waiting for you. ”

Driven by curiosity and a special and intense aroma, I wanted to find out. The moment you push open the door, you have to be surprised, this garden is densely planted with thousands of tulips, this flower is abundant in secluded land, it blooms in spring every year, there are many varieties of flowers, presumably the palace must be a rare variety, but it is a pity that the solar term of this white dew is not the season when the flowers bloom, and you can't see the grand scene of the sea of flowers blooming.

In such a large garden, only this kind of flower is planted, or tulips, this flower is a love flower, which means that love is stronger than gold. Such an affectionate thing has always been used only to symbolize the deep affection between the emperor and the queen. In the past, only the queen's palace could grow tulips, because I liked blue, and my uncle and queen had specially asked my uncle to pay tribute officials to find the rarest blue tulip seedlings from Youguo and plant them in her yard for me to see.

Presumably, this princess Ling has an extraordinary status in the palace, and she must be very powerful in the court and the opposition, just like the crown prince's biological mother and princess, although her uncle and the king are extremely honored and favored by her, but if you are sincere, who can really go in and take a look. Xu is because he grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he has long been used to seeing these things, so when he thinks about it, he doesn't think there is anything rare.

It's just that, for some reason, being in this garden, I can't help but be very emotional.

While strolling through the garden, I pondered. Suddenly, I heard someone talking, and after a closer look, several palace maids were bending down to take care of these flower seedlings, and they should be dressed as palace maids with higher positions in the palace. I squatted in the flowers behind them, firstly, to avoid a lot of inconvenience, and secondly, when I first arrived in the secluded palace, I could also find out some things from their conversation.

I saw one of the palace maids wearing goose-yellow palace robes who was bending down to water the water, pretending to smile mysteriously at a few palace maids who were busy working beside him: "Have you heard, big guy?"

"What, Sister Biluo, what good news is this?" said the green-clothed palace maid holding a bamboo scoop next to her while watering, and several other people also echoed.

The palace maid named Biluo then chuckled and said: "The princess who came from Xiqiu yesterday was humiliated by the king as soon as she entered the palace. ”

After speaking, several people laughed, some laughed with flowers and branches, some laughed forward and backward, and some covered their mouths. I saw one of the green-clothed palace maids put down the bamboo scoop in her hand and sneered: "I heard that this princess from Xiqiu is so noble, and her appearance is so amazing, she is the most favored princess of Xiqiu, but which of the princesses and ladies of this harem is not like a fairy, and there are many extremely noble ones, thinking that she can be favored with a little bit of beauty?"

The rest chimed in. Then, the palace maid who called Biluo said: "In terms of noble status, our Princess Ling is the most noble among the concubines in the hidden palace, Princess Ling's maiden family is the most important minister of the king now, the old man Xue Wuzhen has a heavy army in the court, and the princess's biological mother, Mrs. Lingxiao, is the eldest princess of Yan Kingdom, it is said that when the queen and the king were in Handdu, they were taken care of by Mrs. Lingxiao, and now the eldest prince of the Xue family is the head of the king's guard. Moreover, the second prince has also been entrusted with an important task by the king, and yesterday he led the army to Chizhou to pacify the foreign enemies on the border. ”

Biluo's face was proud, and she was a little shy when she spoke, which made a few people next to her laugh and said: "Sister Biluo came out of the Snow Mansion and has been serving the princess closely, so she naturally knows more than us, but why did Sister Biluo stumble when she mentioned the second son of the Xue family, as if she was shy." ”

"What's so confusing about this, I think Sister Biluo has a soft spot for the second son of the Xue family, if the princess allows you to the second son of the Xue family in the future, are you willing?"

Then there was a burst of laughter like silver bells, and Na Biluo raised the bamboo scoop in his hand, made a gesture, and said angrily: "You bad girls, see that I don't tear your mouths, you dare to talk nonsense." A few people frolicked again.

In the meantime, a pink-clothed palace maid with a delicate body and a delicate face continued: "It's really miserable enough to be sent to a place like the Heming Palace, so far away it is estimated that the king doesn't even want to lift his feet, and this princess who married from afar is also a pitiful person." ”

The green-clothed palace maid said with a disdainful smile: "No matter how much the Queen Mother likes it, it is useless, who in the whole secluded palace does not know that the king and the Queen Mother have always been at odds, the more the Queen Mother takes a fancy to it, the more the king does not like it, I heard that Princess Feng is a living example, otherwise how could she not have been named queen, the king has not established a queen candidate just because of the face of the Queen Mother, otherwise our wife will definitely be the number one candidate." ”

Na Biluo saw that the more people talked, the more they became angry, Xu suddenly realized something, and hurriedly made a silent gesture, and said in a low voice: "Just listen to a few of you, Hugh has to talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears, how dare you be so bold, dare to say such things, I am not afraid of being pulled to the waist, and there is no door on my mouth." ”

The purple-clothed palace maid said: "What are you afraid of, this is the garden that the king specially rewarded us princess, except for our own people, who dares to break in privately on weekdays." ”

The delicate and delicate pink-clothed palace maid just now also persuaded on the side: "That's what I said, but you still have to be careful, wouldn't it be a death penalty if the king hears it?"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, let's stop here, let's do our part. This 'Nian Garden' is a huge garden that the king specially rewarded to Princess Ling, and the king ordered to plant only the unique blue tulips in the world, which shows that the king has a deep affection for the princess. Every year in spring, when the flowers bloom, it is also the birthday of our princess, and the king always has to set up a banquet here to spend a good day with the princess. Therefore, we must take care of this garden, otherwise the king will condemn him, and it will be our princess who will be affected. ”

Na Biluo said very emotionally, it seems that he is also a loyal slave, but he is a little stupid, and his mouth is a little more vicious.

No matter what, they are just palace slaves, and they can ignore a princess so much and do right and wrong wantonly. It is said that the rules of the palace are strict, but they don't see any rules for these palace maids around Princess Ling. I wanted to go up and scare them, but I hid in the dark of the flowers like this, and I lost my identity when I spread it, and I made people laugh in vain, so I quietly left from the other side of the flowers.

Out of the gate of Nian Yuan, I didn't see Gantang, who said he was waiting here. Without thinking about it, he walked back, thinking of the conversation between the palace maids just now, and felt that those people were really stupid.

I have heard the crown prince Fu say, the king of you is the first king in the country of Qi as a hostage, born with the queen, the queen was the Zhao country of the world's most famous song and dance queen, the first king returned to the country of Youguo to inherit the throne, did not bring his mother and son back to the country, but stayed in the country of Zhao, the king and the queen have lived a life of exile since then. King You is very friendly with the prince of Yan Guo, who was a hostage in Zhao State at that time, that is, the current King of Yan. And the eldest princess of Yan Kingdom, that is, the biological mother of Princess Ling, once ordered someone to help and rescue the king and queen of Youyou at that time.

But now, the King of You is the King of the Great You, and Zhao Ji was already the supreme and noble queen back then, even if she misses Mrs. Lingxiao and the Xue family in her heart, she will never like to be mentioned about her miserable situation at all times.

This kind of swagger and arrogance, presumably this princess is also very arrogant and arrogant on weekdays, and in the long run, I am afraid it will not be a good thing. What's more, the situation inside and outside the palace in this palace is unpredictable, and there is nothing eternal.

It seems that my previous guess was not wrong, the king and the queen mother were really not on good terms, and the scene in the main hall really embarrassed me to the extreme, and it also made it clear that I didn't take Xiqiu in my eyes, maybe agreeing to marry to ease the war was just a forced move by Dongfang Fuyin.

It's just that in this way, I seem to be forced by the Queen Mother to attack first, and directly pull him over to be her chess piece, but I don't know what purpose she did this, where the so-called chess came from? This is contrary to my intention, after all, I just want to be able to get close to the King of You in the shortest possible time, and kill him with my own hands, in order to avenge the blood of the sea of blood.

I heard it when I was in Xiqiu, the queen mother was wise and brave, and when the first king was in power, she also personally sat on the battlefield and commanded the war. To this day, she still has a certain amount of power in the court, and she often influences the government and politics, and it is logical that she is not on good terms with King You.