59. Six steps
Since I had thoughts about Wei Huan that night, I couldn't sleep well. I can also talk to her about other things, hoping that she will share my worries and solve problems, but now I have nowhere to complain about her private affairs, and I want to snub her, telling her not to follow me, one of them asked her to accompany me some time ago, and after a few days, I slapped myself in the face, and I seem to be a prodigal son who has no long character to play tricks, and the other is afraid that this is too deliberate, but it seems that there is no silver here; I have to cheer up and treat her as before, and we are too close to each other, and she will hand me something twenty times a day, and say one hundred and eighty words, and I have that kind of thought, and I will stare at her hand for a long time when I see her, and if she gives me a haircut, the whole clothes, can make me blush and heartbeat - such a movement and living everywhere get along, and it is really torturous.
The only thing to be thankful for is that we are going to Luozhou in the near future, although the eastern capital is not as good as the capital, but it is also a large number of people, I can find some excuses to reduce the relationship with Wei Huan - but when I think that such a day and night are about to pass, my heart hurts faintly.
Approaching the New Year, everything was already busy, but my father was suffering from paralysis, and he recuperated in the temple every day, except for the occasional meeting with some ministers on the side of the warm soup, all the trivial matters were left to his mother.
My mother was too busy to come, so she only asked Li Rui and me to be half-day messengers, but now she simply asked us to stay in the main hall from morning to night. I was glad to have something to deal with, so I got up and went to the main hall every day, and never came back until there was a decision at night.
In addition to us, Wan'er also brought a few palace people selected from the inner study hall to help. Wan'er was responsible for drafting edicts for her mother, handling chores, and writing imperial poems for her mother, so she was responsible for transcribing the poems and texts given to her clan relatives and checking the reward lists, while I still sorted the congratulatory tables submitted from all over the world for my mother.
My mother instructed an elderly female official to assist Li Rui from the side, and ordered me to go to the side hall and sit face to face with Wan'er, so that everything that we could not adjudicate could be decided by the assistant staff, and there was no need to ask my mother everything, nor did I dare not ask for fear of being bored with people. Mother and cultivation of the heart, Li Rui and I have seen it, Li Rui thought that the mother is the heart of the ordinary son, Hang Erlang is not a big deal, write a few words to come to talk to me, or tease the small palace people, I think of the previous life of the emperor Zetian who abolished the two princes and two emperors, persuade him to do things well, do not disappoint his mother, Li Rui full of promises, turned his head and giggled, and did not care very much, every day until the beginning of the day, never come in, at night to the latest to the unitary, but also to find an excuse to slip away, was reprimanded by the mother once, only to stay late, but in the morning as usual is late to come inγ
In the early morning of this day, I went to the main hall by the moonlight, but I saw dozens of eunuchs lined up outside the door, all carrying food boxes and baskets, which were several points larger than the pomp and circumstance of my mother's usual meals. β
My hand involuntarily touched the short knife on my waist, remembering that I came out today to bring someone, my hand was put down from the hilt, pursed my lips, and walked straight past him, the eunuchs had already been instructed by my mother, and skillfully let me into the inner hall, and my mother got up, and was sitting in front of the dressing table at this moment to let Wan'er comb her hair.
I walked up to my mother and greeted me politely, and she beckoned me to lean against her to look in the mirror, and smiled, "Sure enough, you are more like me." Seeing my face, he pinched my face and said, "Why are you unhappy when you wake up early in the morning? β
I couldn't say that I met Wu Minzhi, so I leaned on my mother's shoulder and said, "I didn't sleep well last night." What are Ah Niang and Shangguan Cai talking about? β
The mother smiled: "Just talking about the similarity between parents and children, I think my son is like a mother, but Wan'er thinks that my daughter is more like her mother. β
Wan'er said softly: "Your Majesty is talking about temperament, but what the concubine is talking about is appearance, if you talk about temperament, King Ji has a lively temperament, it is indeed more similar to Your Majesty, and what Your Majesty said is not wrong." β
The mother glanced at her with a smile and said, "So, do you think my temperament is lively?"
Wan'er nodded and said, "Concubine Wen was proficient in polo when she was young, and she liked to ride and shoot, so she was naturally lively. β
The mother said, "You will inquire." β
Wan'er lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty's reputation for being good at playing ball has spread widely, and it has been praised by Jin Wu so far, so there is no need to ask." β
My mother shook her head with a smile and took my hand to the window, but when she saw that the sky was not yet bright, she could already see a white and heavy snow, and said with a slight smile: "It is also snowing in the capital, and there should be no more drought next year." β
I said: "Ruixue Zhaofeng Year is all the blessing of the two Majestic. β
The mother raised her eyebrows and smiled, "That's a good point. Suddenly, she turned around and smiled at Wan'er: "Can Wanqing write a poem on the theme of Ruixue?"
Wan'er was stunned, her mother seemed to be interested, while urging people to get pen and ink, while smiling and chanting to Wan'er: "In ancient times, Cao Zhi had seven steps for poetry, even if Qing was not as good as Cao Zhi, twenty steps were about done?"
Wan'er pursed her lips and said, "Your Majesty has a life, the concubine dares not to obey?" The ancients took seven steps, and the concubine should be limited to six steps. β
The mother looked at her with a smile and said, "Look at Wanqing's tone, it seems that she has a manuscript?" He took my hand and sat down next to him, counted the steps and smiled, "Two steps." β
Wan'er raised her feet and took a step towards the window, standing and looking out, her mother smiled: "Even if you stand still, you must also count the steps - son, you take four steps to the side." β
I listened to my mother's words, so I got up and walked back and forth four steps, and the last step was back to my mother, and I turned to look at Wan'er, who lowered her head and respectfully bowed her hand and said, "The concubine is already there, but the pen and ink are not in time, please dictate." β
Mother smiled and said, "If it is really a good poem, I will transcribe it for you myself." If it's not good, you don't have to record it. β
Wan'er said loudly: "The cold forest is completely white, and the treasure is alone." β
I took the pen and ink from the hands of the palace people, looked up at my mother, my mother shook her head, and I temporarily held the pen and ink on the side, and listened to Wan'er say: "In front of the small window of reading, there is no green standing in front of the small window." β
Mother smiled: "Wanqing hasn't made much progress recently." β
Wan'er raised her head slightly and said, "The jade tree is still difficult to stretch, overwhelming a thousand poles and bamboos." β
The mother laughed, and then heard Wan'er say again: "The gentleman is humble and willing to bow his head." After speaking, he lowered his waist and did not look up at his mother.
The smile on my mother's face gradually expanded, and she turned to look at me and asked, "What do you think of this poem?