Although Xiangcheng Palace is known as a palace, it is much simpler than Daming Palace. Where I live, is just an ordinary courtyard, in addition to two warm soup pools, the house is only the same as the ordinary prince's palace, only the rich atmosphere is like the Daming Palace - everywhere is gold and jade, flower barriers must be more than three feet, vases must be a pair, scrolls must be ancient, flowers must be fragrant and gorgeous, curtains are not silk or satin, things can not be plain, must carve dragons and embroidered phoenixes, as if not so can not see the dignity of the heavenly family.

The most important thing in this courtyard is that there are two pools, one large and one small, a large pool two zhang square, which is the original warm soup of the lead, the water is only warm, the water color is yellow, and even the rising mist has a faint yellow; There are eighteen faucets on both sides of the pool, nine into the water, nine out of the water, the water entrance is divided into three layers inside and outside, each layer on the outer side is higher than the inner layer, there is a groove between the inside and outside, and there is a light yarn in the groove, the stream water is clear from itself, and then it is blocked by layers of light yarn, and the water that comes out is even more translucent; there is only a relatively strong gauze net at the water outlet to block it, so as not to accidentally flow the things of the harem to the outside. I don't know what kind of mechanism is set up under the pool, and whenever I look at it, the water is boiling hot, and the palace people regularly sprinkle flower petals into it, and the whole room is full of aroma.

Both pools were built on the east side of the tea house, which is a verandah-like place, connected to the pond at one end and the main house at the other. There are some wooden shields outside the pool, because there is a fence in the yard, this shield is built very simply, only two or three have walls, but there are also four pieces hanging in the middle, the edge is a hollow pattern of various styles, and there are some paintings such as ladies and polos carved in the middle, and there are deliberate twists and turns between every two pieces of this wall, as if it is not a wall, but a real screen, there is no wall hanging a bamboo curtain on the side, and there is a veil in the bamboo curtain, if the sky is good, the bamboo curtain is rolled up, The veil hangs down, the light penetrates from the outside, and the whole pool is illuminated like a water jade, so it is called the size of the "water jade pool", and the two pools are connected to the tea house, and are called "water jade pavilion" together.

At this time, it is the cold winter season, and when it snows, I wear a light Luo shirt, soak in the pool water to drink tea and watch the snow, I don't know how comfortable it is. Wait until the whole body is soaked hot, and then hold an umbrella, wear a fiery red fox fur, step on clogs, and walk back to the main house along the wooden tea liao corridor, standing under the eaves to see the smoke in the water jade pavilion, the colorful paintings on the wall looming in the smoke, and the ladies in the painting are fluttering like flying fairies, naturally there is another kind of fun - such a fairy scene in the world makes Wei Huan look envious, and it is also the meaning of the question.

We went back from the forest, Wei Huan asked someone to chop the rabbit, and the dogwood steamed the cake to eat, I didn't have much appetite, so I used pork bibimbap to deal with a meal, when I ate, I heard the wind outside, after eating, I got up and pushed the window to see, only to see that the sky was snowing densely, so I turned back to Wei Huan and said: "The snow is heavy today, and there is no scene at night, it is not good to soak in the soup, wait for the snow to stop tomorrow." ”

Wei Huan said: "It's comfortable to soak in hot soup when the snow is heavy, if you don't go, I'll go by myself." ”

I glanced at the wind and snow outside, and said, "Then you put on more clothes, and I will wait for you inside." "This time Song Foyou first went to Luozhou to clean up my residence, Yang Niangzi stayed in the capital, I have two less big Buddhas here, even the atmosphere is lively, Wei Huan lives with me at night, and the palace people take turns to rest on the couch outside.

Wei Huan nodded, walked to the door, as soon as he opened the door, he heard the whining wind blowing strangely and scary, I hurriedly took the lamp from the wall and gave her an umbrella, and waited until she walked to the water jade pavilion, then turned back, and lay down on the bed without scrubbing, pillows with both hands, and thought about the things of the day with a heavy heart.

On the way back, I had already asked someone to hand a letter to Li Rui and ask him for Wu Minzhi's resume. Li Rui couldn't get this thing, but fortunately, many of his people were in the capital for a long time, everyone, you said a word to me, and even made up a rough article for me, and sent it to me before dinner, and pinched it when I was eating, and I saw "Wu Minzhi, formerly surnamed Helan", at that time, I was mixing rice, and while eating, I thought, "It turns out that Wu Minzhi is not surnamed Wu, is it from which side did he pass or adopt? This is easy", and after eating a few bites, he put "Helan" and "Minzhi" The two words are connected together, and I immediately lost the mood to eat - the characters of this era are confused, I am not a history fan, most of the names of these characters are very unfamiliar, but no matter how unfamiliar, several historical celebrities who frequently appeared on various gossip posts and TV series in their previous lives also have impressions, such as "Shangguan Wan'er", and "Helan Minzhi". As soon as this name appeared, I was sure that my mother was the Wu Zetian in history.

I can't imagine that history has come full circle, and it has really turned back to the original trajectory, whether it is Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng, their sons are all married to a woman surnamed Wu, but I don't know if in this life, will my mother ascend the throne and become the emperor, and will not... And my sister, whom I have never met, the legendary Aunt Li who was abused and died, is really... If her mother knew her situation, why didn't she report it to her father and the queen mother immediately, but waited until she was dead before revealing it to her father?

The three words "Wu Zetian" are like some kind of strange spell, breaking many things that I don't want to think about, and all kinds of doubts that I have buried in my heart before and have not thought about for some reason are all floating in front of me at this moment. When it was none of her business, the legendary woman's legendary career was at best a little gossip after dinner, but when she became the daughter of the man who had killed a daughter and two sons with her own hands, those leisurely and easy things never existed again.

The door seemed to open a little, waking me up from my fear and hesitation, and when I looked out, I saw Wei Huan stepping on cloth shoes and coming in, and said to me: "Or tell them to put out all the candles in the house, and only leave two palace lamps to get up at night, these four walls are wooden, don't walk out of the water in the middle of the night." ”

I said, "It's still early, and I don't sleep, what's the hurry?"

She turned her head to look at me: "Jin Wu has come to urge us to lock the door, what is it early? You are also sleeping, I heard that His Majesty ordered someone to prepare things at night, and tomorrow Xu will set up a banquet in the newly built Liubei Pavilion, in case the royal front and poetry, you don't prepare earlier, you will lose people, but don't blame me for not reminding you." ”

I sat up in shock: "I can't do poetry, it's better to sue for me." ”

Wei Huan said: "Can you rely on this time, can you rely on it again and again?" According to me, you will get up early tomorrow, read the poems that should be made in the past, memorize twenty poems in your stomach, and then go to the banquet, 'green jade' will be changed to 'fragrant jade', 'heavenly grace' will be changed to 'holy grace', and add a few words such as Futian and Ganlin, you can always be perfunctory, you are young, and you are a woman, no one will study it carefully." ”

I listened to her words, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and blamed her: "Why is it that no one studies me when I am a woman?

Wei Huan said: "Poetry is a man's business, as a woman and has literary talent, it must be an extraordinary generation, rare in the world." ”

I could not hear such words, and said indignantly: "Who said that the writing of poetry is a man's business? If a woman could go to school like a man, she would not be worse than them!"

Wei Huan said with a smile: "Don't say this to me, it's useless to say it, it's best if you make a peerless poem tomorrow, and as soon as you make a blockbuster, everyone will know that women are no worse than men." ”

I was choked by her words, and I was bored for a long time before I said: "I don't know how to write poetry, it's not that all women can't write poetry, naturally there are women who can write poetry-Shangguan is very literate, isn't Cui Mingde also a talented woman? Yes, if I really be called tomorrow, I will tell my mother, call Cui Mingde and them too, and let them see that we women are not worse than men." ”

Wei Huan said: "You have always thought Cui Mingde was cold, why did you get along with her again?"

I said, "If you are both women, you naturally have to share the same hatred." Wei Huan couldn't stop laughing, except for his clothes, he sat next to me, pressed his hand on Wu Minzhi's resume, only glanced at it, then turned his head and closed his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see anything." ”

I picked up the resume, stuffed it into Wei Huan's hand and said, "I put it here to show you, and it just so happens that you can also show it for me, is my method reliable?"

Wei Huan opened his eyes and looked at me, frowned and said, "Taiping, do you really want His Majesty to make a clear decree to belittle him? This is to sweep His Majesty's face." ”

I meditated on the name "Helan Minzhi" in my heart again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm ninety percent sure that my mother can dislike him." ”