Chapter 2 Lang in the Sycamore Tree

From June to June, Yundu City has also entered the rainy season.

From time to time, a downpour of rain washes away the heat over the ancient city, but after the heavy rain, it is still worse.

In May, the emperor has gone to the summer palace to escape the summer, the cabinet ministers stay in Kyoto to deal with government affairs, the ministries and places of the cabinet ministers first read the sparse, pick up the important first with a note to approve it, and the sparse together every three days there will be Jinlin guard escorted to the palace to ask the emperor to approve the pen. Ordinary trivial matters were discussed and handled by several cabinet elders.

On this day, it rained heavily again, and the balls outside the Chonghua Hall splashed jade, and the rain curtain was misty.

There is a piece from the imperial mausoleum was hurriedly sent in, the elder Lu Changbai, who was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, opened it and saw that it was the chief officer of the imperial mausoleum garrison, saying that the mausoleum of the Holy Ancestor Emperor had collapsed, the rainy season had just begun, and there was a whole month of July, and it was estimated that the rain would be more, and the imperial court should find a way as soon as possible, and people came to repair it.

This is not a trivial matter, Lu Changbai hurriedly sent this recital to the bookcase of the first assistant Yao Ge.

Yao Yuanyi saw that this matter was indeed urgent, so he immediately approved it with a small ticket, and sealed it with a yellow box and sent it to the summer palace together with the important folds of the day. Later, Zhou Taiyu, Zhou Ge Lao and Sun Yu Sun Ge Lao, who were in charge of the household department and the Ministry of Industry, were brought in to discuss the repair of the Holy Ancestor Emperor's Mausoleum.

Three days later, the emperor's reply came down, and the household department allocated silver, and the Ministry of Industry sent people to hurry up to repair the emperor's mausoleum for the holy grandfather.

When this matter was spread to the Hengjun Palace, Princess Heng was losing her temper at the maid who decocted the medicine.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, all the people of the royal family entered the title, only the king of Hengjun only restored the prince, and everything was the same as before, it can be said that he did not rise or fall, and he was still his king of Hengjun.

Of course, this can't be said that the new emperor has no favor to him, after all, when the first emperor was there, Yun Min was stopped by the emperor because of a mistake at the state banquet, and now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, his Yu Lu can't help but return to normal, and he also made up for the year he had deducted before. The emperor said that his father only said that the distribution of Yulu was suspended, and he did not cut it off, and it is common sense to make up for it now.

The moment King Hengjun received the holy decree, it can be described as a mixture of five flavors. But no matter what happened in his heart, this was also the new emperor's Longen, and he had no choice but to give thanks verbally.

It's just that his princess didn't think so, as soon as the eunuch who passed the decree left, she shook her face, and even ignored the fact that the king of Hengjun was still standing there, so she went back to the room by herself, and complained to the people around her: "Take our silver as a favor, the emperor is really a good calculation!" ”

It is true that the new emperor was originally a gentle character, but no matter who sat on that dragon chair, he would inevitably be suspicious of the people around him, especially King Hengjun, who had an excellent reputation in the hearts of the ministers.

Long before he ascended the throne, there was his eyeliner in the palace of Hengjun Wangfu, and now that he is the emperor, the eyeliner will naturally only increase. Princess Heng's words reached the emperor's ears word for word that day.

So, later, the king of Hengjun asked for an order to go to the fief to recuperate, and the emperor thought that "although the fief is pure, the lack of medical treatment and medicine is really not conducive to recuperation." There are Tai Hospital and Chinese Medicine Hall in Yundu City, and the best doctors in Dayun are all in the imperial capital, and the emperor's brother should still be in Beijing' on the grounds that the song was dismissed.

Although Yun Min didn't know the reason why Lu Dao's request to leave Beijing was rejected, he also knew that Lu Dao must have the emperor's eyeliner in his house, and he was haggard at that time, but he couldn't do anything. He had already seen it, and he just wanted to be nostalgic for Hongchen and be a rich idler, but the emperor couldn't rest assured of him, and he could only follow the emperor's will to stay in Kyoto to recuperate.

On this day, I heard the princess scolding the little maid outside for cutting the decoction for too long, and the effect of the medicine must be weakened, whether this dead girl was sincere in not letting the prince's illness heal, whether she wanted to kill the prince or something, he sighed deeply, and instructed the housekeeper beside him: "Go and pass on my words, let the princess go to her courtyard to stay alive, this king will not invite, she will not be allowed to enter the king's Tongyuxuan for half a step." ”

The housekeeper promised to go out, and after a while, he came in with a bowl of soup and medicine, and there was a small note at the bottom of the bowl, and there were only three crooked words on the note: Xiu Huang's Mausoleum.

King Hengjun was stunned for a moment, then gently breathed a sigh of relief, and threw the note into the small red clay furnace in front of him.

A few days later, King Hengjun published another book and invited himself to repair the imperial tomb of the Holy Ancestor. And the words written in a book are sincere and cannot be refused. Sure enough, within a few days, the emperor's approval came down: the king of Hengjun was filial piety and allowed to supervise the repair of the imperial tomb.

The moment he received the holy decree, King Hengjun's depressed heart was finally relieved, and now he had nothing but to leave Kyoto, break free from the shackles on his body, and live in peace and ease.

It's just that he thinks so, but his princess doesn't.

Here, the king of Hengjun watched the little maid who was close to him pack up his books, and the palace grandmother who had served him since he was a child stared at the two maids to pack up his clothes, and the princess over there changed her clothes and went to complain to the concubine.

The new emperor ascended the throne, and the concubines of the first emperor all became concubines, and the mother concubine of King Hengjun, Hui Guifei, was the concubine. There is a precedent in the Dayun Dynasty, as a concubine, you can move out of the palace to live with your children, and the children will serve and support the elderly, and those who have no children will still live in the palace, but they will all move into Cijing Palace or Fushou Palace to live.

Concubine Hui has the king of Hengjun, so naturally she no longer has to stay alone in the palace. After sending the first emperor to the mausoleum, she lived in the palace of Hengjun.

Princess Heng came to the courtyard of the noble concubine in a huff, and as soon as she entered the door, she drove the maid and woman out of the house. Only one palace lady was the personal palace maid of the concubine in her early years, the henchman of the henchman, who did not buy Princess Heng's account at all, but only stood on the side of the concubine with tea and gently blessed Princess Heng, and shouted: "Princess." He straightened up and squeaked again.

"Look at you like this, what's the matter?" The concubine sighed heavily, not giving this niece a good face.

"Mother! Is the prince your own son?! Princess Heng sat down angrily under the concubine's hand, and said with red eyes.

Concubine Gui has loved this niece since she was a child, otherwise she would not let her only son marry her, but she never thought that her niece, who has always been gentle and humble, could change so much in the past two years, not only is she arrogant, but she also knows so much. I really don't know how my son has lived with her in the past two years.

Unhappy in her heart, the concubine's face sank. It's just that as an elder, she naturally disdains to be like a daughter-in-law. Gong Mama Jin, who was standing behind her, took over the words and said, "What are these words, princess?" What kind of system will it become for the minions to hear it? ”

Princess Heng raised her head and glared at Mama Jin, wanting to say something, but she didn't dare to say it.

Mama Jin has accompanied the concubine in the palace for more than 20 years and has never married. Her words are, to some extent, the words of the noble concubine, and even the king of Hengjun has to shout 'Mama' when he sees her, and Princess Heng is also a little timid in front of her.

"Mother!" Princess Heng's voice changed, she stood up, lifted her skirt and knelt in front of the concubine, wiped her tears and said, "The emperor wants the prince to go to the imperial tomb to supervise the repair of the mausoleum of the great grandfather!" The prince is still sick, the imperial tomb is in the deep mountains, there is a tide and cloud, how can the prince's body stand it! You say, didn't he force the prince to his death! Mother, don't you feel distressed?! ”

The concubine was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly lowered her head and asked, "Are you serious?" ”

Princess Heng snorted angrily: "The prince is packing up!" ”

When the concubine heard this, she raised her head helplessly and slowly closed her eyes.

Mama Jin persuaded: "The prince has his own measure in doing things, and the princess and the princess should not be too anxious." ”

"He is naturally measured, what he wants is to leave this cloud capital city to live his comfortable life, where to take our girls to heart? I never thought about Zheng'er's future. Princess Heng said angrily.

"Hugh is going to talk nonsense!" The concubine listened to what he said too much, and finally couldn't help but bow her head and scold, "Where is your cultivation?" When did my Zhang family's daughter become so shallow and ignorant?! ”

"......" Princess Heng was stunned for a moment, and then cried with a whimper.

"Don't cry!" The concubine said angrily, "What's the use of crying? Get up! ”

Princess Heng took a handkerchief and wiped her tears and slowly stood up.

"Now that the prince has decided to receive this errand, you should brace yourself and pack for him. What's the use of coming to me and crying? Are you asking me to order the prince to disobey the holy decree?! ”

Since the noble concubine started, she simply said happily, "As a princess, you don't say that you share worries for the prince and take care of the housework steadily, but one by one beats the chicken and scolds the dog, so that the inner house does not have a day of peace, which man can stand it?" If I were replaced, I would love to leave this palace and go outside to find purity! ”

Princess Heng felt a thousand grievances in her heart, and took advantage of the time when the concubine was breathing, and retorted in a low voice: "My nephew is also anxious for the prince and Zheng'er. The prince has been conscientious and diligent in government affairs for so many years, and later was framed and wronged. Why should everyone be added to the rank of knight, and our prince will suffer this crime......"

"Shut up!" The tea cup in the concubine's hand was placed heavily on the table, and the lid of the cup was shaken to a 'bang', and some residual tea splashed on the table, "With your nonsense mouth, the prince can be safe and secure until now, and the Buddha will bless you!" I used to think that you were a well-informed person, but now it seems that I really misjudged you! You go back to your yard for me, and you won't be allowed to step out of the courtyard door without me!" ”

"Aunt?!" Princess Heng was directly anxious when she heard this, and pulled out her mother's title, "How can you do this to me?!" ”

"I'm doing this to you for your good." The concubine said coldly, turned her head and instructed Mama Jin: "You go over to serve the princess from today on." I think she's a little crazy, her words and deeds are weird, you take a closer look for me, what is the unsightly thing doing it! ”

Mama Jin blessed her body steadily, and responded: "The slave obeys the instructions of the concubine." ”

"Aunt?!" Princess Heng wanted to say something more, but Mama Jin had already ordered towards the door: "Come on, send the princess back to rest." ”

Someone outside the door immediately entered, one left and one right, carrying Princess Heng out of the city.

Mama Jin turned around and bowed slightly to listen to the instructions of the concubine, who sighed helplessly and waved her hand. Mama Jin was blessed again, and Fang turned around and went out.

The room was quiet for a while before the tired voice of the noble concubine came out: "Someone! ”

A big girl came in at the sound outside, and the concubine ordered: "Help me out of the city and go for a walk." ”

The maid stepped forward to help Concubine Huigui get up, and slowly went out of the room to Tongyuxuan, where King Hengjun lived on weekdays.

The study of the king of Hengjun is the place where he carefully arranged, since he opened the mansion and lived alone, this east side courtyard with the title of "Tongyuxuan" is his daily life, reading, handling official documents, and the Qing guest staff to discuss and gather together and other daily trivial matters are here. For twelve hours a day, most of the effort is here. So this courtyard is very exquisitely cleaned.

On both sides of the courtyard gate is a pair of couplets engraved with bluestone, which is naturally the ink treasure of King Heng: but it is a sycamore and planted, and the phoenix of Danshan comes.

Entering the door is a clump of green bamboo covering a few lake stones, there are two sycamore trees in the yard that were planted by King Heng himself when the house was built, it has been eight years now, the sycamore that was originally arm thick has now grown into a towering tree, at this time it is very ten, the bark of the paulownia tree is green and green, the leaves are missing like flowers, Yan Ya Hua is pure, pleasing to the eye.

In the main hall of the study, a plaque is hung high, with gold characters on a black background, and the book reads: Sycamore in the rain.

The main hall and the two rooms on the east side lead to a bright hall, and the front wall of the east wall is full of bookshelves, and on the top of it are stacks of ancient and modern books. In front of the bookshelf is a large bookcase with a grimace rosewood inlaid with a white marble tabletop, and there are seven or eight ancient inkstones and a large mahogany carved pen holder on the bookcase, which can be described as a forest of pen and ink.

On the north wall facing the bookcase, there is a calligraphy of the former dynasty of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, which is written a poem by the ancients:

Outside the pavilion south Xuan, Zhen Gan repairs and straightens.

The wide leaves are green and yin, and the flowers are plain.

Gifted and elegant, worthy of knowing the sound.

Under the opposite window is a set of high-backed mahogany tables and chairs, with stone bonsai and a delicate glass tea set on a small square table in the middle.

The entire study was covered with a thick navy blue jacquard carpet, and there was silence as footsteps passed.

The noble concubine took the maid's hand and walked into the door, but saw that the room was quiet, and only two servants on duty saw her come in and hurriedly bowed and bowed.

"Where's your lord?" The concubine frowned and asked.

One of the servants hurriedly replied: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, the prince and Mr. Zhan are playing chess from the backyard." ”

The concubine didn't say a word and went directly to the backyard.

A set of rattan circle chairs and a small glass round table were placed under the green shade of the backyard, and Mr. Hengjun Wang and Mr. Zhan, each holding black and white children, heard the movement, hurriedly put down the chess pieces in their hands, and got up to salute.

"If the mother concubine has something to do, she just summons her son to come over, why did she come over in person?" After the king of Hengjun saluted, he stepped forward and took the arm of the noble concubine to sit on the rattan chair.

"You've been sick, so you should recuperate. I'm always fine, but I should go out and walk around more when I'm free. The concubine said, her eyes swept to Mr. Zhan next to her.

Mr. Zhan hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "The concubine talked to the prince and retired first." ”

The noble concubine smiled faintly and nodded silently. Mr. Zhan and the boy serving the tea next to him retreated in unison, and for a while, only the mother and son were left in the chic and quiet backyard.

King Hengjun boiled water and tea for his mother with his own hands, and then saluted with both hands.

The concubine took the tea but was not in a hurry to drink it, but just sniffed the tea in front of her snort, and said slowly: "This is the Longjing before the rain, the first emperor's favorite tea." ”

King Hengjun bowed his head and said, "What the mother concubine said is true. My father has always been very partial to Longjing before the rain, but my mother still likes Xueding Hancui, and it was her son's negligence. ”

"Nothing, tea is just a thing used to nourish the mind in leisure time, the real meaning lies in taste, any kind of tea has its uniqueness. If you prefer only one type of tea, you will miss out on a lot of good tea. The concubine said, took a sip of fragrant tea gently, and sighed: "Now I taste this rain before the Longjing feels better than the snow top Hancui." ”

"It's good if the concubine likes it." Prince Heng hurriedly took the tea cup of the concubine and added tea to her.

The mother and son talked about self-cultivation on the tea ceremony, and then calmed down after a long time.

The concubine drank three or five teas, and never asked her son about going to the imperial tomb to supervise the construction, and then elegantly flicked her sleeves and stood up, and only advised: "Take care of your own body, my mother is still counting on you to support the elderly." ”

King Hengjun bowed down and responded: "The son is not filial, which makes the mother concubine worried." Please rest assured that the son will take care of his body and let the mother concubine take care of her life. ”

"You're busy, I'm leaving." The concubine smiled with relief, straightened her sleeves and left with her waist straight.

King Hengjun personally sent it to the gate of Tongyuxuan Courtyard, and the noble concubine stood at the gate of the courtyard, and suddenly looked back at the towering sycamore in the yard, and smiled indifferently: "My son planted a good sycamore, but it didn't attract a real phoenix." ”

King Hengjun smiled indifferently: "It's the son who is incompetent." ”

"That's it, now the only thing I want for your mother and concubine is your peace, and the rest are all in vain."

"Mother Xie dialed." King Hengjun bowed down again and sent the concubine away slowly.

It wasn't until the noble concubine turned around the corner of the road and disappeared that King Hengjun straightened up, looked up at the dense plane trees, and thought about what his mother said, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

Yes, he planted the plane tree with his own hands, but he didn't attract a real phoenix. His phoenix has long been inhabited elsewhere, and he has been twisted his wings and can no longer fly, and in this life and this life, he is destined to look at her from afar.

Two days later, King Hengjun packed up and rushed to the imperial tomb with only eight entourages and officials from the Ministry of Works.

After reading the secret letter sent by the informant in the Hengjun Palace, the emperor in the summer palace said to Wang Bingyi, the most trusted nurse brother around him: "My third brother is actually a lover. ”

Wang Bingyi didn't dare to say much, but only replied: "The emperor is wise." ”

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Well, the title is taken from a rhyme, and the original words are: The people are rumored to be in the plane tree, and the concubine is willing to turn into a phoenix.

To be continued! Kiss!

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