Chapter 2: The Divine Decree
There was a sudden commotion in the crowd outside the house, and the crowd gradually parted, forming a road through the carriage. It turned out to be the carriage of the national teacher slowly coming, the carriage was black all over, and the edges were outlined with gold threads, which was low-key and atmospheric.
The carriage stopped in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a slender hand as jade lifted the curtain, and the national teacher got out of the carriage in a black robe.
He walked slowly into the Prime Minister's Mansion, with only a black headband tied behind his head, and inky strands of hair on both sides of his cheeks, and the breeze blew, and his hair covered his amber eyes.
The national teacher stroked his hair behind his ear with his right hand, and held a bright yellow holy decree in his left hand, without any emotion in his eyes. His eyebrows are like distant mountains, his eyes are like stars, his straight nose bridge, and his red lips are Yuhua Lanzhi. People admired his appearance, his body, his temperament, and even more shocked was his arrival.
The national teacher came to the Dayan Dynasty ten years ago, except for Emperor Qing, no one knows its origin, ten years have passed, the appearance has not changed at all, the body is long, the mature face, but also makes its look more indifferent, under one person, above ten thousand people, Emperor Qing has great courtesy to him.
"Prime Minister Shangguan, please accept the order. The national teacher's voice was indifferent with a hint of carelessness, and his hands slowly opened the holy decree. Before the words fell, people inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly knelt down and waited for the decree to be announced.
"The holy decree said, the Prime Minister's Mansion is blessed by heaven, and the daughter of the blessing of God is the luck of my Dayan Dynasty, indicating that our country is ushering in prosperity. Named this woman as the lord of the immortal county, she was given the name Shangguan Yuyao, the princess, a thousand taels of gold, a thousand tilts of good land, a hundred horses of cloth, two female officials, and four maidservants. ”
"The little daughter of the minister received the order, thanked the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor. The prime minister pressed down the panic and worry in his heart, accepted the holy decree with a respectful face, and then got up to send the national teacher away.
After the national teacher left, the people outside the mansion were in an uproar, and they were obviously greatly shocked. You must know that before this, the Dayan Dynasty had three county lords with different surnames, but they were all just empty names, and the things they gave were also two or three things.
This fourth county lord has had such a reward since birth, and his status is directly comparable to that of the princess, and he also let the national teacher announce the decree, obviously the emperor attaches great importance to the daughter of the prime minister.
Prime Minister Shangguan asked people to distribute red money to the people outside the door, and the people smiled happily, and the words of blessing kept pouring out. When the people outside the door left satisfied, the Prime Minister's Mansion closed the door.
Prime Minister Shangguan hurriedly walked to the bedroom with his wife with his left hand, holding his little daughter with his right hand, and the relief in his eyes was mixed with distress.
The prime minister's wife lay weakly on the bed, and the prime minister helped her cover the quilt, tucked the corners of the quilt, and gently wiped the fine sweat from the lady's forehead. After teasing her daughter, she put her on the bed, and asked Azhu to take care of the mother and daughter before returning to the study.
The prime minister entered the study and saw that Shangguan Yu was already waiting in the study, first put the holy decree away, waved his sleeves and sat down, drank the fragrant green orange tea, and then looked at his son.
"Father, what does the emperor's holy decree mean?" Shangguan Yu asked with a frown, as he clasped his fingers on the table.
After hearing this, the prime minister said directly: "You also know that my Dayan Dynasty has not been spiritualized for five hundred years, and during these five hundred years, after six emperors, they have been endlessly ridiculed and suppressed by the other four countries, and their only wish is that our country can return to its former glory. If you look forward too long, the greater the disappointment. Moreover, the most important thing is that the people have changed from generation to generation, and no one values the cultivation of spiritual power, which is a heavy blow to the heart of the monarch. This time, the appearance of fairy light and a vision from the sky made Emperor Qing's heart begin to be active. The most important thing is that this vision is obvious to all, so it is used to revive the prestige of the country and unite the people. ”
Shangguan Yu understood in his heart that this was roughly the case, and asked with some concern: "But Mu Xiu is in the forest, the wind will destroy it, my sister was born, and it is such an honor, not to mention whether she can take on the great responsibility of the country in the future, and no one in the imperial capital will let her sister grow up." And how much glory there is now, and if there is a sudden situation in the country in the future, the first person who suffers is my sister. ”
The prime minister was pleased to see his son defending his sister so much, thought about it, and said with determination: "Everyone in the world only looks at the surface, and few people can analyze it so thoroughly. My idea is to let the national teacher accept your sister as an apprentice when she is ten years old, so that with the protection of the national teacher, even the emperor can't easily handle it. ”
Shangguan Yu really couldn't bear it in his heart, thinking of the indifferent face of the national teacher, he still opened his mouth and replied: "This road is the best way to go, but the national teacher will not necessarily accept the little sister as an apprentice, and he is indifferent and ruthless, and he may not even give the emperor's face, how can you convince him, father." Besides, the national teacher doesn't like others to be close, and I'm afraid that it will be difficult for my little sister to stay by his side. ”
"The national teacher is indifferent, but he does what he says, as long as he promises to take good care of Yuyao, he will definitely abide by it. As for whether he agrees or not, for his father, he has his own way, I will accompany your mother first, and you can go to the martial arts hall to cultivate first. Although you can't cultivate spiritual power, you can practice some moves to strengthen your physique, and that's fine. After speaking, the prime minister got up and patted his son on the shoulder, and left to go to the bedroom.
A month later, the Prime Minister's Mansion held a full moon wine for his little daughter, and almost all the famous families in the imperial capital came to cheer, and most people cared about the attitude of Emperor Qing. The prime minister was rewarded by Emperor Qing, and he aroused the envy of everyone.
The Prime Minister's Mansion was a little more lively because of the birth of the little girl, and the little girl rarely cried, always giggling, grabbing the things around her with both hands, the jade pendant on the Prime Minister's waist, the hair of the Prime Minister's wife, and the hosta between the jade hair of Shangguan.
A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and baby Yuyao can already babble and walk staggeringly. The girl's personality is very cheerful and lively, she grins when she sees people, and her appearance is like a fairy child falling from the sky, no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion dislikes her.
Yu Yao tied two small pinchs with red ropes on her head, her eyes were as beautiful as glass, her small mouth was slightly pursed, she was wearing a lotus suit, and she tied this ink-colored jade bead around her waist, and there was white flowing in the jade bead. This jade is called the Flowing Spirit Bead, which was worn by the prime minister on the full moon wine, saying that it can warm the body.
Two-year-old Yu Yao is very naughty, seeing dragonflies and butterflies flying over to chase for a long time, going out to step on puddles when it rains, often playing with maidservants, and like to hug her brother.
Seeing that his daughter was so innocent and lively, the prime minister turned his head to look at his wife's beautiful face, and said gently: "Let the two female officials in the palace teach Yuyao literacy and etiquette tomorrow, what does the lady think?" Although the prime minister's wife was very reluctant, she also understood that her daughter couldn't help herself, so she had to nod slowly, but she made up her mind to ask the two female officials not to be too harsh.
In the following year, the Prime Minister's Mansion once again witnessed the genius. Since the female officer taught him to read and write, he learned it as long as he spoke once, and he could say a few points about the truth. What Xiao Yuyao hates the most is learning etiquette, often doing a few times in one action, which is so annoying, sometimes she sneaks out, and when she catches it, it is a stricter teaching, and she often complains about it, so she suffers the most in etiquette class, but in the end it is still effective.
The white horse passed away, and time withered and bloomed like the flowers and plants in the garden. Xiao Yuyao arrived at the age of three, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was holding a birthday banquet for her, with guests gathered and gorgeous costumes like clouds.
What is strange is that Xiao Yuyao is not as lively as before after the age of three, and rarely appears in front of people, plus Emperor Qing did not pay much attention to the Prime Minister's Mansion later, she slowly faded from the eyes of the people in the imperial capital.
At the tenth birthday banquet, the Prime Minister's Mansion changed its low profile over the years and held a birthday banquet for his little daughter, inviting many famous nobles.
As soon as the time arrived, people saw Yu Yao falling generously, with her hands clasped in front of her, slowly appearing in front of them with elegant steps, combing her hair in a bun, two locks of pigtails hanging down naturally, a mutton fat peach blossom hosta between her hair, wearing a loose flower mist green pleated skirt, and a flowing spirit bead hanging around her waist. In the middle of the action, the skirt swayed slightly, standing under the Langfang, like a fairy passing away in the wind, a beautiful beauty painting. Since then, Yu Yao's image has been active in front of everyone, and since then, people have directly named her the first fairy in the imperial capital, which means that there are many beauties in the imperial capital, and there is only one fairy.
Xiao Yuyao bowed lightly to everyone and left, leaving everyone to imagine. However, after everyone praised them, they talked about other topics, and after three days of the national teacher, they accepted apprentices.
Ten days ago, the national teacher proposed to accept an apprentice, the age must be ten years old, and has sent the invitation letter to everywhere, there are palace nobles, there are also vendors and pawns, get the invitation letter eager to beat the gong and drum, did not get the chest beating, call it a pity.