Under the continuous rain in the sky, outside the closed vermilion lacquer heavy door of the prince's mansion, combing a double knife bun, dressed in red like fire, stepping on embroidered shoes that are also bright red like fire, holding an oil-paper umbrella that is also bright red like fire, and holding a narrow agarwood box with one hand Leng Qing stood calmly under the eaves in front of the mansion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the opposite side of Leng Qing were two guards on the left and right sides of the palace gate, wearing armor and holding spears.

After Leng Qing reported to her home and said that she came to visit the crown princess Cheng Yiying today, the two guards glanced at each other silently, and then stared at Leng Qing silently.

Leng Qing was so calm that he just stood there with a straight posture, letting the two guards guarding the door look at him.

It's just that after the two guards guarding the door looked at Leng Qing for a long time, they finally fell on the narrow agarwood box that Leng Qing was holding in his arms......

stared intently at the narrow agarwood box that Leng Qing was holding in her arms for a long time, and finally the guard who was guarding the left side of the door of the Prince's Mansion simply asked, "I don't know what is in the brocade box in the girl's arms?"

Now that the crown princess is pregnant, the entire prince's mansion is on high alert, lest something happen to the crown princess. Before the crown princess gave birth smoothly, they didn't dare to let people into the prince's mansion casually, and they didn't even dare to put a fly into the mansion.

This morning, Aunt Qinghe, who was next to the crown princess, came to inform them, saying that the crown princess had a guest to visit today, and asked them to guide people at that time. It's just that...... Looking at the length, width, and thickness of the wooden box, it looks like a sword box...... They didn't dare put people in the house until they were sure of what was in the box!

Although Leng Qing didn't know what the two guards were thinking, she didn't hide it from the two guards.

I saw Leng Qing put down the oil-paper umbrella with a bright red surface of the umbrella in her hand, and then very calmly opened the narrow agarwood box she was holding in her arms, and presented the thing contained in the wooden box in front of people.

After opening the narrow agarwood box she was holding in her arms, Leng Qing pursed her lips and smiled very kindly at the two guards, and introduced the contents of the box in a calm, humble and arrogant tone: "This is the matching sword of the emperors of the Great Liang Dynasty, the sword 'Xuanguang'." ”

Leng Qing said plainly, but as soon as Leng Qing said this, the two guards guarding the door gasped, and both pairs of eyes stared at the open and narrow agarwood box in Leng Qing's arms, and the look in their eyes changed in an instant......

I saw that the narrow agarwood box that Leng Qing was holding in her arms was more than three feet long, and it was a clamshell type. There are two copper rotary locks on one side of the box, and when the wooden box is opened, it reveals the bright yellow soft silk cloth padded inside.

On the dazzlingly yellow soft silk cloth lay a long sword in its sheath. Visually, the entire long sword was about three feet long, and the widest part of the sword body was about a palm's width, which could occupy the narrow agarwood box.

The three-foot long sword has a round hilt that takes up half a foot, and the remaining two and a half feet are all put into the scabbard.

The scabbard, which is about two and a half feet long, is cast from gross gold, and the whole scabbard is yellowish-brown in color, which is obviously low in silver and high in gold. The scabbard is hollowed out with dense patterns, and the edges of each hollow pattern are inlaid with red gems the size of rice grains.

The blade of the long sword was placed in the sheath, and through the hollows on the scabbard, you could see the dark color of the sword in the scabbard, as well as the criss-crossing shallow grooves on the sword.

The round hilt is connected to the sword lattice between the blade, and the ends of the lattice are the same width as the blade, but slightly thicker than the blade.

From the sword body to the sword grid to the hilt, it is made of metal, and the color is dark. Only the oblate head at the end of the hilt is jade, yellow, and has a pattern on it, which looks like a flying dragon stepping on auspicious clouds.

There is a record in "The Book of Rites and Shaoyi": "The gentleman is understretched, Yun Wat, Ze sword head." It was to the effect that the gentleman stretched his body, took the wat board, and rubbed the ornament on the handle of the sword.

In ancient times, in addition to decoration, the sword head "镡" was also a sign to distinguish rank. As a result, its decorative and symbolic significance far exceeds its practical value.

And the head of the three-foot long sword in the sword box in Leng Qing's arms was made of Hetian topaz, a treasure in jade.

On the Tiancheng Continent, there are three kinds of jade that are very precious, they are: blood jade, warm jade, and cold jade.

Blood jade, in the Tiancheng Continent, is the best in jade, if there is no flaw, a small piece of palm-sized blood jade can even be worth a thousand gold. Conversely, the bigger the defect, the lower the price.

And warm jade, like cold jade, is a rarity on the Tiancheng Continent. Cold jade is best worn in summer, while warm jade is best worn in the two seasons of spring and winter. Especially in winter, if the warm jade is worn close to the heart, even if the wearer only wears a thin layer of cotton clothing, it can ensure that the limbs and bones of the person are warm and not cold throughout the winter.

And this Hetian topaz is different from the three kinds of jade: blood jade, warm jade, and cold jade. Although blood jade, warm jade, and cold jade are precious, there is still a considerable amount of circulation in the market of the Nine Kingdoms, but the price of these three kinds of jade is very expensive, and only those royal nobles and high-ranking officials can afford to buy and sell.

But this Hetian topaz is a real treasure in jade, because in the nine countries of the Tiancheng Continent, no matter which country the market can not see the circulation of this Hetian topaz. Because this Hetian topaz is a special jade for the royal family of the Nine Kingdoms.

On this Tiancheng Continent, in fact, the output of this Hetian topaz is not low, but none of the nine countries of the Tiancheng Continent allows Hetian topaz to circulate in the market, and no one is allowed to buy and sell this Hetian topaz, only the royal family of the nine countries can wear and use Hetian topaz.

And on this Tiancheng Continent, anyone who can recognize Hetian topaz knows that they can afford it, no, to be precise, the person who can own this Hetian topaz, whether it is worn or used as an inlay decoration, then its identity must be extraordinary - either a member of the royal family of the Nine Kingdoms or a member of the Nine Kings family.

It's just that although the Hetian topaz is a supreme treasure in the jade, it is now only used as a decorative thing and embedded in the head of the long sword with a dark body. It can be seen that the value of the three-foot long sword with a strange color is much higher than that of the Hetian topaz as big as an adult's palm......

At this point, even if the two guards on the left and right sides of the gate of the Prince's Mansion, wearing armor and holding spears, no longer knew Leng Qing, they would definitely not dare to stop Leng Qing from entering the Prince's Mansion - to stop those who could use Hetian topaz for inlay decoration......? No kidding! They still know how to write the word "death......

So, even the most basic communication was dispensed with, and the two guards guarding the door directly pushed open the main door of the prince's mansion, one of the guards remained outside the gate to guard the door, and the other guard politely invited Leng Qing into the prince's mansion.

can save the trouble of waiting for the transmission, why not Leng Qing?

So, Leng Qing simply re-covered the narrow agarwood box in her arms, covered the edge of the sword in the box, picked up the oil-paper umbrella on the ground next to her feet, opened it and followed the guard into the prince's mansion.

Following the guard walking in the heavy rain curtain, Leng Qing looked around, only to see that the entire prince's mansion was shrouded in continuous rain, and the scenery in the mansion became a little flickering in the continuous rain curtain, which seemed very vague and unreal.

The guard only walked silently in front of Leng Qing to lead the way all the way, and Leng Qing naturally did not take the initiative to talk to the guard, so all the way, Leng Qing only heard the sound of the guard and herself stepping on the water......

Walking silently all the way to the front and back of the courtyard gate of the Vermilion Bird Garden, the guard named Leng Qing who led the way stopped in front of the courtyard gate.

Turning around and bowing his hand to Leng Qing who was following him, he heard that the guard considered his words and said: "This is the courtyard of the crown princess, and we and other guards are not allowed to trespass, please ...... Belch...... Zhaoyi entered on her own. ”

After listening to the guard's words, Leng Qing humbly said "thank you" to the other party and stepped into the Vermilion Bird Garden on her own.

When you enter the courtyard gate of Suzaku Garden, you can see that the courtyard is still a lush field of plants and flowers, as vibrant as when you first saw it two months ago, and at first glance, it looks like a garden full of green.

Standing at the gate of the courtyard and looking up, through the heavy rain curtain, you can see that there is a magnificent temple built across the courtyard. Although the temple is only one floor, it is the top of the covered mountain.

Suzaku Garden is very large, and most of the plants planted in the courtyard are dwarf plants and flowers, only a few tall and straight trees are planted under the courtyard wall, which are a few plane trees and maple trees.

When Leng Qing first arrived at this Suzaku Garden, it was still September, so the leaves of those maple trees were still green, only a few were yellow, and as for the red maple leaves, there was not even a shadow at all. Now when I stepped into this Vermilion Bird Garden, I saw that the maple trees were all red, and every maple leaf was in full swing, even if it was raining in the sky, it still did not hide its red beauty.

Holding the bright red oil-paper umbrella and holding the narrow agarwood box with one hand, Leng Qing walked step by step through the courtyard full of all kinds of plants and flowers, and came to the magnificent palace.

Xu is because there has been a continuous rain outside today, and the door of the temple is tightly closed, and there is no little palace maid standing outside the palace gate.

In desperation, Leng Qing could only put away the oil-paper umbrella in her hand, stood the closed umbrella in front of the wall next to the temple door, and then raised her hand and knocked on the tightly closed temple door.

However, Leng Qing knocked on the door of the temple, and the closed door immediately opened a crack in the door from the inside, and at the same time made a soft "squeak" sound. Then, a round head poked out of the crack in the door.

When the round head was stuck in the crack of the door and turned around, and finally fell on Leng Qing who was standing outside the temple gate, a voice with a bit of surprise sounded, but it was called: "Leng girl!"

The head that poked out of the crack in the door was none other than Qing He, who was now serving by Cheng Yiying's side.

Qing He saw that the person knocking on the door of the temple was Leng Qing, so he immediately opened the door of the hall, and while welcoming Leng Qing into the hall, he said to Leng Qing with a smile: "Yesterday evening, the girl handed over the post, saying that she would visit the door today, and after the mother got the news, she was waiting for the girl from early in the morning today, and she never thought that the girl would arrive at this hour." ”

After all, Cheng Yiying is a dignified princess, but no one can see it if they want to, even Leng Qing, who has saved Cheng Yiying's life, is the same - after leaving the prince's mansion, he can no longer enter the prince's mansion casually. If you want to enter, you have to follow the rules, hand over the worship post first, and get the approval of the princess or His Royal Highness the prince before you can enter the prince's mansion.

So, Leng Qing sent someone to the prince's mansion yesterday evening to hand over the post, saying that he wanted to visit Cheng Yiying today, and after getting Cheng Yiying's approval, Leng Qing prepared for today's visit.

Because it is too far from the Zhu Mansion to the Prince's Mansion, it is cold and sunny early in the morning today, but unfortunately, the weather has been sunny for more than ten days, but it began to rain early this morning. The weather was bad, so the carriage was slower than usual on the road, and then it encountered a cold star on the way...... This caused Leng Qing to arrive at the prince's mansion until this hour.

So, Leng Qing pursed her lips and explained with a smile to Qinghe: "The weather is bad today, and the road is not easy to walk, so I delayed for some time." ”

As soon as he heard that Leng Qing was delayed on the road, Qinghe asked, "Can the girl have lunch?"

When Leng Qing heard this, she pursed her lips and smiled at Qinghe, shook her head and said, "No, I've been in the carriage, and I entered the house as soon as I got out of the car." ”

Qing He, who was leading the way in front of Leng Qing, also laughed: "It's not in the way, Niangniang is just using dim sum, and the girl will go to accompany Niangniang to fill her stomach with some snacks." When the girl was talking to the girl, the slave went to the kitchen to cook some food for the girl. ”

"Okay, then I'll thank you for it. Regarding Qinghe's kind arrangement, Leng Qing naturally responded with a smile.

followed Qinghe all the way into the depths of the hall, turned a corner, and as soon as he raised his eyes, Leng Qing saw Cheng Yiying reclining on the chaise longue in the hall. There are also a few little palace maids waiting on the side.

As soon as Qinghe saw Cheng Yiying, he said loudly: "Niangniang, Miss Leng is here." ”

Cheng Yiying, who was leaning on the chaise longue in the hall, heard the sound and turned her head sideways, and when she saw Leng Qing who followed Qing He into the hall, Cheng Yiying immediately sat up with a smile, and let the two little palace maids waiting on the side mix her off the chaise longue.

Cheng Yiying is now eight months pregnant, and her belly is bulging, like a basketball stuffed under her clothes. On the contrary, Cheng Yiying's figure is slender and small, which makes her pregnant belly a little scary.

Maybe it's because the pregnant belly is too big, maybe it's because of the age, in short, Cheng Yiying is now walking a little hard, even if the left and right arms are supported by the palace maids, Cheng Yiying is a little out of breath on his face.

Seeing this, Leng Qing immediately strode away and greeted Cheng Yiying.