This time, I will not show the deeds of the big guys, but tell the stories of the little people around the big guys.

Ah Hong and Ah Zi are the envoys in Tsing Yi around the Empress Wu, who have followed the Empress Wu since they first entered the palace, accompanied by the Empress Wu's continuous growth, and experienced the twists and turns of fate together.

The two made contributions to the second entry into the palace and the successful ascension of the Empress Wu, and were recognized and valued by the Empress Wu, so they also received relatively rich rewards, and they were bulging in their pockets.

A Hong is the daughter of the county lieutenant of Liquan, and A Zi is the daughter of the Yijun county order, who was elected to the palace by the envoy of the province of the province during the Dragon Boat Festival in the tenth year of Zhenguan, and went to the inner teaching workshop to learn the rules of the palace for a few days before entering the palace.

After entering the palace, the first thing the two of them did was to shave their heads, scatter their hair in a bun and shave it short, so that they don't have to think about bunging, combing, and washing their hair, and concentrate on serving their masters.

The second thing is to take a bath, bathing with soap or soap beans, which are specially made in the palace, in order to remove all kinds of odors that are unpleasant to the owner, so that the body exudes a fresh fragrance.

After that, the older palace maids led them to teach them various court etiquette and methods of dressing up, and Ah Hong and Ah Zi called the older palace maids aunts.

My aunt treats her apprentice very harshly, and if she doesn't like it, she will beat or scold. Ah Hong and Ah Zi tremble every day and study hard to do things. Fortunately, the two were smart and dexterous, and after a few months of study and training, they were appreciated by their aunt and recommended them to serve on the job.

Before serving the concubines, the two were trained and examined to test their manners, speech, and behavior, as well as their skills in needlework, sprinkling, and writing.

Both of them are relatively good, have received a high evaluation from the doctor of palace education, get the position of lieutenant envoy in Tsing Yi, and are arranged to serve the martial artists, responsible for guiding the martial artists to adapt to the life in the palace as soon as possible.

After serving in the palace for many years, Ah Hong and Ah Zi are getting older, and they can't help but feel lonely in the palace.

What should I do if the palace maid is lonely? A slap doesn't make a sound, but fortunately, the eunuch is also lonely.

Because Ah Hong likes to plant trees and flowers, he has more contacts with Gongyeping in the inner garden, and the two have feelings for a long time, and the two take care of each other, often bring each other food, eat and chat together, sometimes flirt and scold, relieve the boring time, and become an enviable pair in the palace.

Because Ah Zi likes to eat gourmet desserts, she has a lot of contact with Su Changshi, who manages and supervises the Shang Shi Kitchen, and often has food parties together, sometimes chatting and joking, sometimes laughing, which makes the cold and boring place lively, which is also a scenery.

But Su Changshou often asked Ah Zi to borrow money, because Queen Wang was stingy and very mean to her subordinates, while Wu Zhaoyi was generous and willing to invest in her subordinates, so Ah Zi, who was of low grade, was richer than Su Changshi.

In order to win over Su Changzhi and win the victory in the palace struggle, Ah Zi had to take into account the overall situation, forcibly suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and lend him money, in fact, he already knew in his heart that there was no return to borrow.

Once, there was a doctor-patient dispute between Lu Fengyan, a medicine boy from the Xi Official Bureau under Su Changshi, and Qingfeng, the sick director of the Shangshi Bureau.

Qingfeng quit and asked Lu Fengyan to settle accounts and ask for compensation for mental losses. Si Wei Qingfeng is a sixth-grade female official, and the medicine boy has no grade, so he must be oppressed.

Lu Fengyan asked Su Changshou for help, Su Changshou saw that he was pitiful, so he wanted to help settle the matter, and asked Ah Zi to borrow money, this time the amount was relatively large, and Ah Zi said that he would not borrow anything.

Wu Zhaoyi knew about this, and came forward to talk to Si Xuan Qingfeng, gave her some compensation, and settled the matter. Su Changshou has been obedient to Wu Zhaoyi since then, but his relationship with Ah Zi has begun to drift apart.

One day, the lovelorn Ah Zi had nothing to do and walked to the Qingming Canal to see the scenery. The canal was bubbling and flowing very fast, until it reached the distant city wall and flowed outside.

There are flowers and trees on the side of the canal, and there are green grass and red leaves. Ah Zi walked slowly, aimlessly picking a leaf or pulling a grass, thinking to herself: How I want to become a bird in the tree, to fly freely, to fly out of the palace, to a happy place! Forget about feelings that are not worth nostalgia and meet someone who truly loves you!

Ah Zi picked a few beautiful leaves and returned to his room. Sitting down to take a sip of pine mash wine, recalling the scene of wandering just now, Ah Zi suddenly had an idea, came up with a poem, and then sharpened the ink, picked up the pen, and wrote this poem on the largest leaf:

The flowing water is too urgent, and the deep palace is free.

Thank you for the red leaves, so that you can go to the world.

After writing, the ink was dried, Ah Zi put this red leaf into a brocade box, came to the Qingming Canal, opened the brocade box, held both hands to the heart to make a wish, and then carefully put the red leaf into the canal water, watching it float on the water and drift into the distance!

If there had been glass at that time, you could have played the game of drifting bottles, but unfortunately there was not! Despite this, the autumn leaves were lucky enough not to sink into the canal, but remained floating on the water and floated out of the castle walls.

However, it was said that the imperial examination was about to be held in Chang'an at that time, and people from all over the country who passed the township examination rushed to Beijing in advance to prepare for the big examination!

Among them, there is a Yongzhou man Guo Chengliang, who is still handsome and chic in middle age, because he is determined to study and become a talent, he has delayed his marriage, has not yet married a wife and has children, his sleeves are breezy, and he has no worries, so he rushed to Chang'an early to prepare for the exam.

One day, my muscles and bones were curled up due to sitting and studying for a long time, so I went out to move my muscles and bones and take a walk. On the way, I met my friend Feng Yuanjing, a person from Changzhou, and walked together. This Feng Yuanjing and Guo Chengliang are about the same age and experience, and their personalities are similar, so the two are very close to each other.

The two talked about the scriptures, laughed while talking, walked to the vicinity of Miyagi, and walked along the Qingming Canal outside the city. The water of the Qingming Canal kept flowing, making a crisp sound, Guo Chengliang looked for prestige, and suddenly saw a red leaf floating in the canal water, which flowed out of the forbidden palace.

Guo Chengliang hurriedly ran to the edge of the canal, squatted down, scooped up the red leaves, and shook off the water on it. Feng Yuanjing stood next to him and said, "Brother Chengliang, there seems to be words on this leaf?" ”

Guo Chengliang turned over the red leaves and looked at them, and sure enough, there were words, it turned out to be the poem written by Ah Zi! Guo Chengliang and Feng Yuanjing chanted repeatedly, savoring it carefully, and the charm was endless.

Guo Chengliang said: "Brother Feng Xian, you see this beautiful handwriting, it must have been written by a beautiful woman in the palace!" Taste the poetry, the beauty seems to have the meaning of loneliness and unbearable! ”

Feng Yuanjing smiled and said: "Brother Cheng Liang is afraid that he can't turn into a cardinal and fly into the palace and meet that beautiful woman!" Haha......"

Guo Chengliang also smiled: "Doesn't Brother Feng Xian have this intention? The leaves are green, and the white dew is not dawning. The so-called Yi people are in the water of the Mae. Tracing back to it, the road is blocked and climbing. Tracing from it, it is like being in the water. ”

Feng Yuanjing clapped his hands and said: ""Pu Jia" is just right for this situation, such an adventure is rare in the world, why don't Brother Chengliang also pick a red leaf, return a poem, put it from the other end of the canal, and see if it can be delivered to the beauty!" ”

Guo Chengliang shouted: "Wonderful, wonderful!" That's it. The two picked a few big red leaves, went back to grind the ink, considered each other, and inscribed a poem on the red leaves:

The maid of Shangyang Palace wrote poems idly, and was sad to see the warbler crying and the catkins flying.

Jun En does not close the east, who is the poem inscribed on the leaf to?

After writing, the red leaves are dried, and the red leaves of Ah Zi's inscription poem are carefully placed in the bookcase.

The next day, Guo Chengliang put the red leaves from the other end of the Qingming Channel, and let the red leaves float into the forbidden palace with his wishes.

Coincidentally, Ah Zi went to the canal to see the scenery again this day, and actually picked up this red leaf in reply! Ah Zi was excited, and replied to the cloud with a poem inscribed on red leaves:

A leaf of inscription poems out of the forbidden city, who is paid and loved?

Since the middle of the wave is not as good as the leaves, the ripples take the spring to take the second line.

On the third day, Guo Chengliang deliberately went to the old place to see, and after waiting for a while, he saw a red leaf flowing out of the palace.

Guo Chengliang treasured the two red leaves together, because the next day was the entrance examination, Guo Chengliang had no time to reply to the poem, so he seized the time to review the classics.

After the exam, Guo Chengliang and Feng Yuanjing were lucky to go to high school and became tributes, and the two congratulated each other and were immersed in joy. Before the joy passed, there was news that Emperor Li Zhi was going to hold a test in the Taiji Palace, and the two were gearing up and encouraging each other.

After the palace examination, Guo Chengliang and Feng Yuanjing were both titled on the gold list, high school jinshi, waiting for the Zhaohong Wenguan, and worshipping with the battle. Guo Chengliang and Feng Yuanjing hung big red flowers on their chests, rode through the streets, and excitedly chanted poems:

In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now there is no end to debauchery.

The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.

Fast forward to the second year. Empress Wu took Queen Dugu as an example, constantly strengthened the management of the harem, and strived to implement monogamy and dilute the lack of a full moon.

In order to achieve this purpose, Empress Wu learned the experience of releasing the palace people twice in August of the ninth year of Wude and July of the second year of Zhenguan, and gave the table to Li Zhi, requesting the release of the palace people, metabolism, and vitality of the harem.

The main reason is: the palace people are year after year, only entering and not leaving, closing the deep palace for a long time, leaving relatives for a long time, and resentment. There are many old and infirm, and many are dull and difficult to teach, which leads to a doubling of expenses.

His Majesty has always advocated light taxation, prudence in prison and mercy, frugality, and derogation of obedience, even if Yao Shun is reincarnated, it is nothing more than that. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to release the palace people and let them go home to marry and enjoy the pleasures of the world.

When Li Zhi heard this, didn't he want me to show my benevolent side? Why not? It was approved right away.

Empress Wu launched a drastic layoff and recruitment operation in the harem, releasing Ah Hong, Ah Zi and other elderly palace maids, Cui Curtain, Xiaolan, Jin Zhi, Su Fang, Pan Xing and others who had served the python clan and the Xiao clan were also released, and the elderly eunuchs and those who were resentful and wronged could also go.

To some coils, released from the west gate of the Yeting Palace, a total of more than 3,000 palace people were released before and after.

After the release of the palace people, Empress Wu recruited a new group of palace people, personally looked at them, eliminated the appearance of the fox to charm the lord, leaving a dignified, honest, hard-working palace maid, the name is still called A Hong, A Zi, Cui Curtain, Xiaolan and the like.

When leaving the palace, Ah Hong and Gongye Ping were reluctant and waved goodbye. Ah Zi packed his luggage alone.

Ah Hong and Ah Zi have served Empress Wu for many years, received rich rewards, and lived a worry-free life after leaving the palace, and also purchased real estate in Wannian County together, preparing to live next to each other.

The two bought a carriage in a joint venture, and they were about to leave the city, when suddenly a carriage came from the opposite side, and the servants gave way. Ah Hong and Ah Zi's coachman couldn't avoid it and collided with the carriage opposite, which caused a dispute.

The official on the carriage happened to be Guo Chengliang, the new member of the Ministry of Rites, Guo Chengliang got off the car and learned that the other party was the palace maid who had recently been released from the palace, and remembered his collection of red leaves, and suddenly became polite, asking the palace maid's name, education level and whether she could write poems?

Knowing that the palace maid could write poems, Guo Chengliang became excited, and couldn't help but chant poetry: "Why is the flowing water too urgent, the deep palace is free all day." Thank you for the red leaves, so that you can go to the world. If the lady can come up with this poem, all the responsibility for today's events is counted as the official, how about it? ”

Ah Zi listened, isn't this my poem? Could it be that he is the official who found the red leaves? Thinking of this, Ah Zi couldn't hide her excitement, and immediately said: "The maid of Shangyang Palace is idle and writes poems, and she is sad to see the warbler crying and the catkins flying. Jun En does not close the east, who is the poem inscribed on the leaf to? ”

As soon as Guo Chengliang heard the great joy, it turned out that the beautiful woman he had been thinking about for a long time was in front of him, and he couldn't help shouting: "This is exactly the poem written by Xia Guan on the red leaves!" "Please ask Ah Zi to get out of the car and meet him on the spot. After Ah Zi got out of the car, Guo Chengliang exclaimed: "The lady seems to be familiar, Xia Guan has seen the lady in a dream!" ”

Ah Zi also said: "The concubine has also seen Lang Jun, and Lang Jun is the concubine's dream lover!" The two fell in love at first sight and got engaged. The people around him were amazed when they saw the sudden change in the style of painting.

When performing the six-rite ceremony, Guo Chengliang took the red leaves as the dowry and inscribed a poem:

A couplet of good sentences is flowing, and ten years of meditation are full of nostalgia.

Today, he has become a friend of Luan Feng, and he knows that red leaves are a good medium.

After marrying Ah Zi, they became a couple, and the two lived a happy life.

Guo Chengliang also introduced Feng Yuanjing, a member of the same branch of the Ministry of Science and Technology, to Ah Hong, and the two also fell in love after meeting, got along harmoniously, and formed a beautiful pair!