In the twelfth year of Xianhe, the Huajing Dynasty was built in Kyoto, outside the south gate.

A Wupeng Shuangyuan carriage came unhurriedly, and the corner of the side of the carriage was engraved with the double swallow emblem pattern, which was the family crest of the Qin family, the powerful Qingrong Marquis of the dynasty.

The crimson diamond-patterned curtain was gently thrown up from the inside, and a clear voice sounded: "Mama Song, Miss ordered, stop here for a while." ”

Under the eaves in front of the car sat a grandmother in a satin dress, hearing this, her brows furrowed slightly, and she sighed in her heart: "Sure enough, I have been away from the house for many years, and I don't understand the rules like this." There are people and cars on this avenue, where is the place where Miss Boudoir can stay! Although he thought so, a smile bloomed on his face, and he turned around and whispered politely to the car: "Miss, I have arrived at Suzaku Gate." ”

Then he told the coachman to stop.

The curtain opened, and a maid in a red brocade jacket jumped first. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he has beautiful eyebrows and eyes, but his complexion is slightly yellowish. She turned and reached into the car, helping a woman down.

The woman was wearing a snow-white fox fur, under the hood, the snow-white fur covered her face, and only the pointed chin could be faintly seen, and her skin was as white as snow, almost confused with fox fur, and it was not real.

She raised her head slightly, and her light purple eyes looked intently at the top of the city gate in front of her, and the three big characters in Lishu - "Suzaku Gate".

Turning his head, he glanced at the snow-capped Zhongshan Mountain in the distance.

Zhongshan Longpan, the stone tiger, the emperor's house.

Qin Jinyi sighed silently in her heart. In a trance, the snow on the distant mountains seemed to turn into yellow sand. A flash of remembrance flashed in her eyes.

Mother Song, who was on the side of the carriage, said with a smile: "Miss, after entering this Suzaku Gate, I will be in the house in a short time." The old lady was in a hurry at home. Let's go back early. ”

Qin Jinyi nodded slightly, took two steps towards the carriage, and glanced back at the road as if unintentionally, then got into the car, the coachman whipped up, and the carriage slowly entered the city gate.

On the official road outside the south gate, two knights sat on horses, and after watching the carriage enter the city, the two looked at each other, turned their horses' heads and left.

The carriage entered the city gate and slowly drove into the street next to the royal road.

“……”

The second floor of the Bright Moon Pavilion.

In the elegantly decorated and clear style of the Accord, four or five children of noble families in the city are talking, laughing and drinking, and they are at ease.

A young man with a handsome appearance and a very elegant and elegant dress stood by the window. Seeing that the dusty carriage was heading towards Wuyi Lane, the place where the Zhongding family lived in the east of the city, he let out a "puff" and asked the person behind him:

"Isn't that your carriage?"

The man behind him poked his head out and looked at it twice, frowned, and smiled a little strangely: "...... That's the second lady of our family, a few days ago, my grandmother sent someone to Huayin Mountain to pick her up, thinking that she would arrive home today. ”

This person is about ten years old, with red lips and white teeth, but his eyes are a little gloomy, it is Qin Jinzhang of the Changfang of the Qingrong Marquis Mansion.

The one who asked was the grandson of the loyal and righteous ancestor Xun, the ancestor Juntian. The three generations of the ancestral family have produced many military generals, Zu Juntian's father died on the battlefield in his early years, and now the title of the Duke of Zhongyi will be inherited by him in the future, so he is called "Little Grandpa".

Zu Juntian's fiancée is the sister of Changfeng Hou, who is the same branch as the Qin family of Qingrong Marquis, and when she heard this, she was a little stunned and said, "It's the concubine of Qingrong Hou, right?" I heard that her mother is not from the Central Plains clan. ”

"It is said that the original Mrs. Qingrong Marquis was the county lord of Yekang Country in the Western Regions, and Yekang women were born with white skin and purple eyes, and they were very exotic." A flirtatious voice said.

Zu Juntian glared at him dissatisfied, "The Empress Jiang of today's motherly world is Princess Yekang. Be careful what you say. ”

Qin Jinzhang took over the conversation, "Yekang has long since died in the country. Nine years ago, the plague raged, and the Yekang royal family died violently overnight. At that time, my father was still serving in Honglu Temple, according to him, at that time, the court had a stroke and Yekang delayed the tribute, and the emperor did not like it, and secretly ordered the countries of the Western Regions to annex all the land of Yekang. ”

"The saint still loves Empress Jiang, you can see that the prince's position is stable now, and there are not a few ministers in the court who defend the prince." Ancestral Jun Heavenly Dao.

A gentleman in the capital like Ma Canli was not interested in these court affairs, so he asked Qin Jinzhang with a playful smile:

"I heard that not long after the county lord's wife of your second uncle Qingrong Hou passed away, Qingrong Hou sent the eldest daughter with Yekang bloodline to Shangxiu Hall in Huayin Mountain...... Tsk, do you want to go to the palace to be a female official in the future? What a pity! ”

Shangxiutang is a place for cultivating female officials in the palace. Often among the families of the criminal ministers and officials in the court, they select young and intelligent people and send them to the hall to practice weaving, planting, medicine, skill, food and other skills, so as to fill the position of female officials in the harem.

Someone said: "I heard that the newly raised concubine room of Lord Xu of the Ministry of Officials is a female official who has left the palace at the age of twenty. Embroidery, planting all kinds of skills, but also some medical skills, especially good cooking...... Such a skilled woman is not bad, but she is older and her background is not very good. ”

Zu Juntian frowned when he heard this, and was about to speak, when there was a sudden commotion on the street downstairs, and a small servant came up to report that there was an accident in Changchun Pavilion, and the people of Dali Temple sealed the entire street.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and they all went downstairs in the direction of Changchun Pavilion. ”