If you don't leave your feelings, you are suffering, and the empty steps are dripping to the light

Looking at the majestic palace in front of you, the golden glazed tiles are embedded in the red wall, majestic and dignified. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info layer by layer, tightly surrounding that throne, no wonder so many people have been crazy about it for thousands of years. This is the simplest of cities, so simple that they believe only in power; It is also the most complicated city, so complicated that it is impossible to see through people's hearts.

"Qing Nuan!" As soon as Zhang Weimo got out of the carriage, he saw Qing Nuan staring at the palace wall in a daze.

"Weimo, Mrs. Zhang", came back to his senses and looked at Weimo and Mrs. Zhang with a smile.

"What are you doing in a daze? Let's go. ”

Such a social occasion is also an occasion for the interests and news games of various families. The struggle in the back house is no more motivating than in the previous dynasty, and the lady, wife, young lady, and even the maid are all secretly competing.

"Sister Tianxin!" Wei Mo saw Lin Tianxin talking with the county lord of Ping'an and his party, so he pulled Qing Nuan to follow.

"Sister Tianxin, Lord Ping'an." Qing Nuan greeted him decently.

"Sister Nuan, Sister Mo." Tianxin replied together with Ping'an.

"The weather is good today, and these flowers and grass are also in spirit." Lin Tianxin is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Wending, and she was born very well. is not as thin as Qing Nuan, Lin Tianxin has a well-proportioned figure, phoenix eyes and willow eyebrows, lips with Dan, a round face, and a very noble girl.

Such a person must seek a share of the benefits of the family.

"Look at what you said, the flowers and grass are spiritual, right?" The county lord of Ping'an and Lin Tianxin are as big as Lin Tianxin, and the relationship between the two is also very good.

"yes, I think so."

"The Buddhist book says that everything is spiritual, and Sister Tianxin is not wrong." Qing Nuan played with Junzilan and replied lightly.

"Sister Nuan reading Buddhist scriptures?" Ping'an was a little surprised, she grew up within the palace walls, and she had the impression that only those unfavored concubines would read Buddhist scriptures to pass the time. And Qing Nuan is just a child, where did she come from to see through the red dust so much?

"A little bit of it."

"Hmph, you're going to show off!" Hua An and the youngest daughter of the Haiyu Shi family and a few others came over.

"yes, it's better than not being able to show anything!" Wei Mo choked. Weimo's mother, Mrs. Zhang, is the cousin of the current emperor, and because she was raised in the palace of the former queen mother since she was a child, she is very good with the emperor; And his father is a hereditary virtuous king, the only king with a foreign surname in the Northern Han Dynasty, and his identity naturally dares to choke with Hua'an.

"You are so bold, you dare to go against the lead singer of Hua'an County!" Miss Hai is just using Hua'an's identity to fake the tiger.

"Is that what you just interjected? Didn't Miss Hai see that the county lord was still standing here? "Although peace may make impulsive mistakes in small things, the royal dignity is not to be offended.

"I, I" Hai Lan'er was already fourteen years old, but she was suddenly shocked by the peace of the twelve-year-old.

"I think I want to talk to Mrs. Hai about it, I'm afraid Miss Hai will have to learn etiquette for another two years." Ping An stared straight at her.

"The county lord atoned for his sins" Hai Lan'er is also a person with a bare face and no lining.

"Why does Sister Ping'an have such a big fire, it's just a word." Hua'an is three years older than Ping An and wants to relieve Hailan'er.

"The county lord is wrong in saying this, and the royal majesty is not to be offended. Does the county lord of Hua'an think, I see that you can not salute or greet you? ”

"What a sharp mouth!" A thick man's voice came from behind.

"See the Three Princes." Everyone said in unison.

"Get up! Where are you? The third prince Chongxi asked in a lazy voice.

"Back to the third master, the courtier's daughter is the official of the Marquis of Weiyuan." Qing Nuan looked directly at him, without dodging at all.

"Weiyuan Marquis Mansion? The official's family? ”

"Yes."

"Third brother, you have to make decisions for Hua'an!"

"That's nature, rest assured!"

Is the third prince going to be angry for Hua'an? But I didn't do anything wrong! Qing Nuan was a little aggrieved, which was a feeling that she had never felt in these two lives. I wouldn't have been bullied like this before, but now

"Third brother still can't go?" The Seventh Master is here.

"See the Seven Princes."

"Well, I'll be right over."

"Let's go together, don't let the brothers wait in a hurry", he turned to look at Hua An and Qing Nuan who was kneeling on the ground, and continued: "Miss Guan, get up." Let their daughter's family solve the affairs of their daughter's family by themselves, third brother, don't get involved. Let's go, drink and go. The last two sentences were obviously addressed to the third prince.

"What the seventh brother said is, let's go."

Seeing them walking away, Hua An snorted in a low voice, looking at Qing Nuan with dissatisfied eyes.

"You're not scared, are you?" Wei Mo pulled Qing Nuan and walked behind.

"No, thank you for helping me out."

"Our friendship says this", and picked a small spring flower, "You used to be timid, but when you were with me and the eleventh master, you were indeed the most courageous, and you dared to do anything." ”

"But what about your guts, it's big to meet anyone, hehe."

It always seems to appear when I need it very much, and my heart feels warm. Qing Nuan lowered her head and hooked the corners of her mouth.

"Meet the Queen!" A group of women and ladies from all families asked the queen to say goodbye. This most noble woman in the Northern Han Dynasty seems to be like a god who controls fate, controlling the lives of these people.

"Get up, don't be formal."

Although the queen of the Northern Han Dynasty is over forty years old, she still has charm. Dressed in a golden phoenix robe that only the emperor and queen can use, the dense gold thread is embroidered with royal totems and auspicious patterns, the head is equipped with a phoenix crown peony, and she holds a string of Buddhist beads made of red agate, which is very consistent with her peaceful tone.

The singing and dancing stage has already been set up in the imperial garden, and everyone is sitting, whether they have the heart or not, they are all watching the play seriously.

Mrs. An, the main mother of the Yushitai An Guoping family, is the handkerchief of the official mother, and the friendship is naturally too good to say. Mrs. An is the godmother who Qing Nuan has recognized since she was still in her mother's womb, and she likes girls very much, but she gave birth to four children in a row, all of them are four brothers, so she recognized Qing Nuan as her goddaughter. is also a character who can't be idle, and can't sit still and talk to the official's mother.

"Brother Zheng'er's marriage has only been ten days, right?"

"yes, I've been busy these days, and I've had a lot of worries." The official mother smiled bitterly, took a sip of tea and continued, "When your eldest brother got married, were you also busy? ”

"It's not, it's going to be two or three days before it's even busier, the outer courtyard, the inner house, you have to worry about everything, I'm afraid of some loopholes."

I was very relieved to see Qing Nuan playing with the Zhang family's youngest daughter and eleventh master in the distance.

"Nuan'er scared me when she fell into the water before, but I just caught up with my eldest daughter-in-law who had just diagnosed the happy pulse, and I couldn't leave the house."

"Who said it wasn't, I deleted the people in the house back and forth a few times, and drove out some suspicious people."

"It turned out that he would give me Qingnuan as a daughter-in-law, and it also avoided the rules of marrying in front of my mother-in-law in the future, but now it seems"

"Don't you want to talk nonsense, how old is Qing Nuan? Although it is close to the royal people, it is just a fun game between children. ”

"I don't want Nuan'er to wade into this troubled water, but," Mrs. An lowered her voice, "The position of your family, coupled with Qing Nuan's own talent, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." ”

"It's not that I don't know, it's just that if I can promise it to the eleventh master in the future, it will be good, their love since childhood, even if they don't give Nuan'er too much grievance in the future."

"I see that the eleventh master is very interested in Qing Nuan."

Watching the two of them play and laugh, even if they can't be their daughter-in-law, they must find a good home for their goddaughter.

"I'm tired of watching these dramas and dances."

"I heard that all the young ladies who came today have their own talents to learn, if the queen is tired of watching the singing and dancing in the palace, it is better to come to something elegant."

The military lady beside the queen said tentatively, and looked at the ladies beside the queen mother.

Which of you here is not a human spirit, the female official has been by the queen's side for so many years, and she knows the queen the most, and she will not go wrong if she follows this.

"The military lady is right, the queen might as well let the ladies of all families have a talent competition and test the talents of these girls." A lady sitting next to the queen said.

"In that case", the queen mother turned around and ordered, "Mama Yuan go and arrange it." ”

"Yes."

"Why is it suddenly called a talent show?" Eleven just wanted to call Qing Nuan to accompany him to fight crickets.

"Yesterday You Were Not"

Before he could finish speaking, Painted Heart came over.

"Miss, Madame called you over."

"Well, okay", he turned his head to Eleven, who was full of dissatisfaction on the side, and said, "You go by yourself, I'm going over." ”

"What happened yesterday? I don't make it clear. Seeing Qing Nuan walking over there, he scratched his head and said to himself: "Hey, forget it, don't care." For a while, go, accompany my master to catch crickets. ”

"Little girls don't have to be nervous, just treat it as a family feast, who will come first?" The queen comforted some of the shy ladies, some were scared, and some were excited and couldn't wait to get the queen's favor.

In fact, the queen chose the young lady of the family to accompany her in the palace this time, probably out of consideration for the princesses in the palace, after all, there are several princesses who have reached the age of entering the hall. But the most important thing is to pave the way for the emperor to recover the rights of all parties, why is it helpful for the emperor to centralize power by summoning the young lady of the family into the palace?

First, the young ladies who came or those who were carefully cultivated by the families and did their best for the interests of the family in the future, such as Lin Tianxin and the county lord of Hua'an. or the treasures held in the mansions of various clans, which are very popular and concerned by parents, such as Guan Qingnuan and Zhang Weimo. As long as these young ladies enter the palace, whether it is the former or the latter, the emperor can use the dowry and even life of these people to balance the power of the major families in the capital. Or balance the distribution of the rights of the princes, now there is no prince, and one faction cannot be allowed to dominate.

Second, the queen should try to choose some outstanding talents, because this shows that this family is likely to belong to which faction, and cultivating her daughter is for the future.

Third, just in case. The emperor is now in his fifties, and he is not as energetic as he was back then, but once he has something to risk the world's disapproval, at least he has a card in his hand.

"I must do a good job and let the queen remember me." Weimo is full of confidence.

I can't say it to Wei Mo, it's strange, I told myself about it yesterday on eleven days, but now I listen to Wei Mo's words, if I really told Wei Mo, with Mrs. Zhang's scheming, I will definitely understand. This eleven is too unkind. For a while, I can only rely on myself, and I don't let Weimo be favored.

"Sister Yu dances, that little girl comes to the song, how does the queen mother?" Xue Ji, the eldest daughter of Huijun Wangfu, proposed to give Zuo Yugan, the daughter of Zuo Yugan, the secretary of the military department.

"It's so good, the goddaughter of the Huijun Mansion has a good way!"

The red sleeves danced, one by one, and the belt around the waist just rightly outlined the young and charming body of Jasper. The guqin played out the sound of palace feathers, and the slightest button was triggered. The big strings are noisy like a torrential rain, and the small strings are cut like whispers, and although the instruments are different, the effect is similar.

"This dance with this song is the sum of wonderful people."

The ladies were still admiring, and the official mother squeezed Qing Nuan's little hand.

"The little female official is warm, and I want to present a spring poem for the queen, please appreciate it."

The imperial concubine Niangniang, who hadn't interjected for a long time, spoke at this time.

"Spring Festival poems are made every year, why don't you ask Miss Guan to improvise a song and dance just now, the queen thinks it's good?"

"Just listen to the imperial concubine."

Qing Nuan's talent is naturally excellent, and the reputation of the first smart person in the world in the previous life is not in vain. But at this time, Qing Nuan, with a frown between her small eyebrows, her small mouth pursed slightly, and she looked very embarrassed, as if she was thinking very hard.

After that, "reluctantly" picked up the pen and scratched his little head with his little hands.

"Then the little girl will be ugly."

I saw her pick up a pen and write:

The red sleeves dance slowly and the moon is long,

Qu Guang flows in the spring.

Will you laugh at the Allure map?

The peach blossoms are scattered in the spring breeze.

This poem is reluctant to match the rhythm of poetry, and the literary style is indeed worrying. It's still daytime, where does the "sinking moon" come from!

The queen mother is not good enough to save the face of the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion.

"Qing Nuan can improvise poems at a young age, and he is also a smart person. Next, let's be the Weimo of the virtuous palace! ”

What Weimo wants to show is painting. Weimo's painting was taught by Mrs. Zhang at the age of five, and it has been seven or eight years now.

"Weimo presented a set of peony pictures for the queen's mother, and asked Mama to prepare pen, paper, color and ink for me."

Hooking, smudging, and gradually everyone leaned over to see.

When he painted the green leaves in the background, Wei Mo felt a sudden pain in his knees, his body lost his balance, and the brush stained with cyan paint in his hand stained it on the peony flowers that had been painted. When Wei Mo came back to his senses, he secretly screamed badly. But now it's impossible to repaint, so we can only try to remedy it.

However, it was not long before the painting was done, although the color matching was excellent, but because the peony flower that had just been remedied, it was not as gentle as that, and the flower outline was not good. However, no one cares if you make a mistake or not, only your results.

I heard that Miss Zhang's painting is a master, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that, and her talent is not high! Not only the wives of each family, but even the queen sighed secretly.

Then there were the remaining ladies, sword dance, pipa, poetry and painting. All in all, they are all better than Qing Nuan and them, and Qing Nuan's purpose has been achieved.

On the way out of the palace, Wei Mo was very sad, he could have gotten the blue eyes of the queen's mother, but

Looking at Wei Mo's listless appearance, Qing Nuan also felt guilty, but the matter hadn't arrived yet, so she couldn't tell her now.

Slightly quickened his pace and walked to Mrs. Zhang's side.

"Nuan'er should persuade Weimo well, this kid, how old is it."

"Yesterday, the eleventh master sent someone to bring me snacks from the palace."

"Huh?" Mrs. Zhang felt that Qing Nuan didn't know the clouds.

"I also left a note, telling me not to pretend to be smart when I enter the palace today, and I can be as stupid as I am. Madame said strange, isn't it strange? ”

Qing Nuan turned her head and smiled innocently.

Mrs. Zhang was stunned and thoughtful.