The palace is luxurious, solemn, the east and west courtyards, the front palace and the harem all have their own characteristics, the main halls and pavilions are either magnificent and magnificent, or small and exquisite, or chic and generous, gathering architectural styles from all over the empire.

Because it was the first time to enter the palace, Ah Jiu was extremely curious about the palace, and he didn't want to be rude, so he made people look down on it, but he just swept the road with the corner of his eye.

The palace maid wearing a light pink palace dress came and went, and the chamberlain in Tsing Yi was stunned when he saw Ah Jiu, and then walked by with his head bowed.

Shang Gong, who accompanied Ah Jiu into the palace, was there when Princess Hezhen was very young, her surname was Liu, and she was very trusted by Princess Hezhen, and each princess would arrange two Shang Gong servants around her.

Liu Shanggong's temper was not very good, but he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Jiang Shoufu's only granddaughter, and after returning to Beijing, Ah Jiu's reputation was not weak, and he could make the eldest princess of Zhenguo angry, and he could get out of the whole body, and he was not retaliated by the eldest princess's family, and there was only Ah Jiu in the entire empire.

I heard that the princess of the town admires Miss Mo Jiu very much.

I heard that the prince of An Guo has a deep love for Miss Mo Jiu and wants to marry her.

I heard that the county lord of Zhaohua wants to recognize Miss Mo Jiu as a righteous daughter.

"The East Courtyard is the residence of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the Prince's vassals are also in the East Courtyard. The west courtyard was originally the residence of the Queen Mother, but it is still empty. ”

Ah Jiu nodded, and the independence of the Queen Mother from the harem is enough to prove the influence of the Queen Mother on the imperial government.

Emperor Shenwu is over sixty years old, and his biological mother died early, so he will naturally not be restrained by the Queen Mother, but the sons of Emperor Shenwu may not be.

Highlighting the status of the Queen Mother, Emperor Shenwu is afraid that the harem is competing for favor, and the dispute between the princes of the previous dynasty is not cruel enough?

The most precious woman in the world is not the queen mother, but the queen mother who lives in the west courtyard.

"The princess lives in Lanyue Pavilion, not far from the Chaofeng Hall of the queen's mother." Liu Shanggong led the way, "If Niangniang is free." Xu will summon Miss Mo Jiu. This time, it was the time for Niangniang to accept the worship of concubines and deal with palace affairs. ”

"Niangniang's government affairs are important."

Ah Jiu has no special attachment to not seeing the queen. I am more interested in the lustful Cheng dù of Emperor Shenwu. There must be a lot of concubines who worship the queen every day, after all, Emperor Shenwu also selected many beauties to fill the harem last year.

Accepting concubines who are young and more beautiful than themselves to visit every day, the queen doesn't feel sad?!

Not everyone has the belly of a queen's mother.

When crossing the road, Ah Jiu glanced at the Chaofeng Palace, the sliding cover was gathered, the fat powder was fragrant, and the queen was not a big belly. No matter how favored the concubines are, they have to come to worship on time and grovel in front of the queen.

Lanyue Pavilion is the only one in the harem, and it is also the tallest building in the harem second only to Chaofeng Palace, which shows that Princess Hezhen is very favored by the emperor.

Ah Jiu waited at the door for a while, and a big palace maid with a superb appearance came out of it, which was slightly different from the palace makeup of ordinary palace maids, and looked more gorgeous, "Her Royal Highness the princess let you in." “

As the palace maid walked into the Lanyue Pavilion, Ah Jiu looked down and saw the Persian wool carpet spread on the ground first, stepping on it was like stepping on a cloud. It's very comfortable, and the corner of the eye sweeps over the furnishings next to it, which is exquisite and gorgeous. Antiques, calligraphy and paintings are rare treasures.

There was a pair of male and female swords hanging on the wall, and the carved inscriptions on the scabbard could be seen to be the pair of divine soldiers that Emperor Shenwu had used.

"The courtiers meet Her Royal Highness Princess Hezhen."

A graceful figure could be faintly seen on the Arhat collapse behind the bead curtain, and Ah Jiu stopped three feet away and bowed down in a proper manner.

After a while, Ah Jiu heard the crisp sound of the bead curtain colliding, and a scrutinizing gaze fell on him, Ah Jiu's head lowered a little and knelt up straight.

"Get up."

There was a faint hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Xie."

Ah Jiu got up slowly. Stand with your arms down.

"Look up."

"Yes."

When Ah Jiu looked up obediently, he happened to meet the eyes of the girl who jumped open the bead curtain with his hand.

Princess Hezhen wore a silver-red half-arm. The love silk of the crow and crow is pulled into a mustache at will, and the apricot eyes are peachy. With delicate skin, a straight nose bridge, and a mid-to-upper appearance, she is not a stunning beauty that you can't take your eyes off at first sight.

As a favored princess, the nobility cultivated in the palace all the year round is not comparable to that of ordinary girls, and the pride of the proud daughter of the sky makes the people who see her take half a step back, and there is a whip within reach, and the whip handle is wrapped with a red rope.

Ah Jiu looked away, and his first impression of Princess Hezhen was domineering and arrogant.

Princess Hezhen sees Ah Jiu clearly, Ah Jiu has the beauty she dislikes the most.

"The Mo family's water and soil are really good, and your sisters are all very good."

Whether it is Mo Xinlan, Mo Xinqing, or Ah Jiu, who has not yet reached the end of the year, but already has the qualifications of a beauty, she can be regarded as a stunning beauty in the imperial capital.

"You've won a prize."

"I don't like modesty." Princess Hezhen said: "Good looks are good, you will be more beautiful than your second sister in the future." ”

Ah Jiu blinked, "Well, I'll keep trying." ”

“……”

Princess Hezhen smiled lightly on her lips, "Come and sit." "I can hear that my impression of Ah Jiu is a little better.

Ah Jiu crossed the bead curtain, sat on the embroidery pier next to the Luohan collapse, put his hands on his knees, straightened his back, sat in a regular and elegant posture, and the palace maid next to him served tea.

"A lot of people have been talking about you to Hongu lately."

"Hmm."

"You don't want to know why this palace called you into the palace?"

"Sooner or later, you'll tell."

“…… You're funny, no wonder Lord Zhaohua likes you. ”

"Because of her old relationship with my mother, she treats me as a niece."

Although Princess Hezhen is only fifteen years old, she is the same generation as Lord Zhaohua.

Emperor Shenwu had many children, the prince's sons were all adults, and the youngest princess had just been born.

"Since you are an elder, this palace will not bully you." ”……”

This time, Ah Jiu was silent.

Giggles, Princess Hezhen's laughter is hearty and crisp, and her arrogant black eyes are faintly happy, "Bullying you is really much more interesting than embarrassing those boring people." ”

"Wouldn't it be better not to bully people?" Ah Jiu's little face wrinkled slightly, what do you mean? Do you want to be bullied if you are funny? How can this be true?

"Hongu doesn't want to be bullied."

Princess Hezhen said: "Don't mention troubles. I heard that your nickname is Ah Jiu? ”

"Hmm."

"This palace will call you Ah Jiu."

She looks like she takes it for granted, and it's useless for Ah Jiu to object. Nodding depressedly, he muttered quietly. "Actually, I don't know Her Royal Highness that well."

"It's getting familiar with it slowly."

Princess Hezhen smiled more and said meaningfully: "Because this palace and Ah Jiu both have the same idea. ”

"Huh?"

"I don't want to be the second princess of the town. To tell you the truth, two years ago, my aunt once asked me to go to the Purple Shirt Guard, and I politely refused. ”

Princess Hezhen was originally very proud of this matter, and there were very few people in the world who dared to refuse the eldest princess, "However, I am not as good as you, my aunt didn't say that she would hand over the entire purple shirt guard to me, and I hesitated when I refused." Don't dare to say it explicitly. You are better than me, and you dare to speak out to her face about the shortcomings of the Purple Shirt Guard, as well as the hypocrisy. “

Ah Jiu blushed a little when he was praised, "It's nothing." ”

"You're humble again!"

Princess Hezhen shook her head and said, "In front of me, can't you be happy?" Hiding and tucking, pretending to be modest and hypocritical, I can't get used to it, if you are always like this, you will go out of the palace. ”

Ah Jiu hesitated for a moment and got up decisively. "The courtiers retired."

“……”

Liu Shanggong, who was beside Princess Zhen, and the palace maids were all stunned, and Ah Jiu had already walked to the door. Princess Hezhen said, "You come back!" ”

Ah Jiu stopped and held back a smile, "The princess still has orders?" ”

"You did it on purpose?"

Princess Hezhen got up and paced in front of Ah Jiu, "It must be on purpose, isn't it?" ”

"Humility is a good virtue in every human being, although excessive modesty is equivalent to hypocrisy." Ah Jiu raised his sparkling eyes, "But everyone must be humble, because the world prefers humble people." ”

Princess Hezhen fell silent.

"When I don't have a position and power that can ignore the opinions of others, my words and deeds must conform to the mainstream of the times. Acting excessively spontaneously is not being taken advantage of. It is...... It was quickly destroyed as a heresy. ”

"It's tiring to be alive then."

"Who lives without getting tired? Even Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, such as His Majesty Xià and the Eldest Princess, will also feel tired. ”

"You've heard the news from the outside too?"

"Hmm."

Ah Jiu nodded. "Her Royal Highness the princess asked me to enter the palace, by no means because she was curious about me, what do you need me to do?"

"Will you help me?"

"I am willing to help Her Royal Highness the Princess as much as I can. I can't help Her Royal Highness the princess with things beyond my ability. ”

Before entering the palace, Ah Jiu didn't like Princess Hezhen, but after meeting, she found that Princess Hezhen was not as arrogant and willful as rumored.

The fate of people is very wonderful, Ah Jiu just looks at Princess Hezhen very pleasing to the eye, and has the heart to marry her.

Naturally, Ah Jiu threw his promise to the Jiang family to the back of his mind.

"You know about the blessing dance."

"Hmm."

"Originally, I was the only candidate." Princess Hezhen pursed her lips and said unwillingly: "Two days ago, I beat Han Qingya, and my father was furious...... I was punished by my father to kneel for three days. The queen mother said that my father was ready to let Han Qingya participate and favored her, and my father wanted to raise her identity, but for the blessing dance, I practiced for a long time...... I don't want to give up. ”

"Mother, mean to give up?"

Ah Jiu saw Princess Hezhen nodding and said softly: "It's not easy for Niangniang, you have to follow Your Majesty." ”

Although the queen's son is the crown prince, the prince did not ascend the throne for one day, and there are zài variables for one day.

No matter how much the queen hurts Hezhen, she will not make Emperor Shenwu unhappy for her, and then have a bad impact on the status of the prince, even if Hezhen is the queen's own child, for His Royal Highness the prince to ascend the throne smoothly, the queen can even sacrifice her own daughter.

"She grew up outside the palace, and her father treated her as the most guilty daughter and the most pitiful person."

Princess Hezhen smiled bitterly: "Many sisters and I envy her, she doesn't have to be careful in the harem, she can follow her mother around, and she doesn't have to be trapped in the palace." Even if I was raised by my mother, I would still be in the palace...... Be careful every step of the way, the world says that I act rashly and whip at will, and if I could indulge, the person who should be beaten would have been killed by me. ”

"Finally, my father was disgusted with her and brought her mother into the harem. Now her father has pity on her...... It wasn't that she deliberately provoked me, how could I have beaten her, and I didn't expect to fall into the trap she set. ”

He Zhen shot a resentful look in her eyes, "I am willing to gamble and lose, I am too confident and underestimate her, I don't blame her for designing me, but she can't take advantage of this to rob me of the opportunity to dance the blessing dance!" I've been preparing for ...... since I was eight years old."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I read the music score you wrote, and I also heard others talk about the bamboo flute you played, since you can make Miss Lu bow down, your musicality must be very good."

Princess Hezhen held Ah Jiu's arm, "I want you to accompany me and rearrange the music for me, I can't help but ask my father to compete with Han Qingya, whoever wins will dance the blessing dance, I don't want to lose to her again!" ”

"Dare to ask why Her Royal Highness is so obsessed with dancing the blessing dance? After all, you even pushed the purple shirt guard. ”

"You are not a royal person, you don't understand, this involves the secrets of the Ying royal family, and the secrets are only valuable when the royal princess dances the blessing dance."

He Zhen didn't dare to tell Ah Jiu about the secret, "Knowing too much is not good for you." ”

Ah Jiu thought for a while and said, "Since Her Royal Highness the princess values me, I will definitely try my best to help, but ...... My choreography and choreography are not necessarily very good, but they just provide more options for Her Royal Highness. ”

He Zhen shook Ah Jiu's hand.

Liu Shanggong came over and said, "Niangniang asked Her Royal Highness the princess to come over." ”

"I'll take my leave first, and then I'll come to see Her Royal Highness the princess when I've made up the tune."

Ah Jiu didn't want to see the queen at all, and he couldn't keep Zhen Jian, so he asked Liu Shanggong to send Ah Jiu out of the palace.

At the gate of the palace, Liu Shanggong was grateful to Ah Jiu in every way, and mentioned the unspeakable predicament of Princess Hezhen herself:

"Her Royal Highness the princess has been very sensible since she was a child, and the emperor and queen love her very much, the princess has really suffered a lot today, after all, ...... After all, the princess is not born to the queen, she is okay in front of the emperor, many people gossip behind her back, the princess is not tough, she is a little more public, maybe she will be bullied by others. ”

"I'll do my best."

Ah Jiu separated from Liu Shanggong and got into the carriage back, what Liu Shanggong said was not necessarily all about things, and Princess Hezhen was not as simple as it looked, who could see the bottom at a glance? Immaculate? Ah Jiu made up his mind to help Princess Hezhen.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and Ah Jiu leaned forward and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Miss Nine...... It's the carriage of Hanfu. ”

Ah Jiu opened the curtain of the car and looked at Han Qingya, who had lost a lot of weight than in the past, her eyes were very big, and a weak breath came from her face.

"Miss Han, what's wrong?"

"Do you have to go against me?"

Han Qingya accused Ah Jiu, "You didn't hurt me and my mother enough?" "The person who registered her as a concubine is His Majesty, and the person who let Miss Han's brothers and sisters live outside the palace is also His Majesty." "Mo Xinyi, don't think I'm going to lose to you again!"

"The person who competes with you is Princess Hezhen, and I will truthfully convey your determination not to admit defeat to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Ah Jiu lowered the curtain, "You don't have to take a detour, go back to your house directly." ”

"If Miss Han wants to stop me, please come back after getting the canonization of His Majesty, and then I will definitely avoid it in a regular manner and see you." (To be continued) R655