Back to the palace, handle the palace affairs as usual, and when it was time for the evening eclipse, I and Ji Nushi, who was also on duty in the Zhengwu Palace, went back to our own residence to get the utensils and go to the Shangshi Bureau to receive the evening food. After receiving the meal, Ji Nushi wanted to go to my literary academy to eat on a whim. I can't refuse, so I'll let her go.

Ji Nushi's words box opened, "Xiao Shangshu, you said, why did Your Majesty get so angry this morning, and scared the little prince into crying." Usually, the little prince has broken many treasures in the Zhengwu Palace, and he doesn't see His Majesty angry, but he has a big temper today. Ji Nushi couldn't hide something in her heart, and she was full of doubts.

"Your Majesty is particularly fond of that calligraphy and painting, and it is inevitable that it will get out of control for a while." I speculated lightly.

"Loved?" Ji Nushi babbled, "It's strange to say, every time Uncle Xiao sends something, His Majesty seems to be very happy, but when he turns his head, he quickly burns those chess games, calligraphy and paintings, I really can't understand it." ”

"You mean, that calligraphy and painting this morning was sent by Lord Xiaobo? And then His Majesty burned it again? "I started to be surprised.

Ji Nushi nodded.

"How did you know that Your Majesty burned something sent by Uncle Xiao?"

"At first, I didn't know, but I am a female historian, and I am responsible for recording His Majesty's daily life. Every word and deed of His Majesty, what he ate, what he did, and what gifts he received, I have a record in the book. But I found that as long as it was a book, calligraphy and painting sent by Lord Xiaobo, it would be gone. I couldn't figure it out, but later, I once accidentally bumped into His Majesty in the dormitory alone, throwing the chess game sent by Uncle Xiao into the furnace, and I knew the reason. After Ji Nushi finished speaking, she said with a regretful face, "Why did you say that Your Majesty wanted to burn those things for no reason, what a pity!" ”

"The matter of the palace should not be discussed too much, be careful that trouble comes out of the mouth. You can tell me these things, but don't tell anyone else, lest Your Majesty punish you for the sin of your tongue. I booed her to remind her.

Ji Nushi was reminded by me like this, and she also became nervous, "Don't worry, I haven't told anyone about this yet, but I can't help but tell you once today, just once." ”

Just as I was about to eat, I heard Ji Nushi exclaim, "Feng Xiaoshunu, when did you come, don't make a sound, you're scared to death!" ”

Ling'er walked in from the threshold and was puzzled: "I just came, what's wrong with you?" ”

Ji Nushi looked chattering, "You just heard, did you hear anything?" ”

"I just got to the door, and I heard you screaming like this, and I thought something was wrong, what could I hear?" Ling'er looked confused.

Ji Nushi breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that you didn't hear it, it's good that you didn't hear it." ”

"What's going on?" Ling Er became more and more confused, turned to me, and asked, "Sister, what are you and Ji Nushi talking about just now, what is there to hide that no one can know." ”

Ji Nushi immediately denied it, "There is no such thing." ”

I said lightly: "It's just some girls' private affairs, Ji Nushi is shy and can't say it, so don't embarrass her." ”

Seeing this, Ji Nushi hurriedly cooperated with me to make an embarrassed look, although Ling'er had doubts, she didn't want to ask again. The three of them sat together and quickly talked about other topics, and the matter was revealed.

At night, the moonlight is full of moonlight and the sound of the wind is gargling. I looked at the unfinished copy of "Chronicles of the Zhou Kingdom" on the table, and by the bright light of the blending of lights and moons, I held the pen and lowered my eyes.

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"Today, there are many servitudes, a large number of slaves and maids, I and the Jin State think about the suffering of the people, and the intention is to reform its disadvantages. Those who are over 65 years old in Gangneung and are official servants have been pardoned. If there are public and private slaves and maids who are seventy years old, the lawsuit where they are located should be concubines. ”

Looking at the notices posted at the gates outside the palace, I sighed in my heart, the release of slaves and maids is really a hindrance to the implementation, and under the balance of forces of all parties, this result can only be obtained.

The signs at the city gates troubled me, but when I thought of the people I was going to see later, my heart was as sweet as honey. I picked up the book in my arms and quickened my pace.

Inside the bamboo fence is a piece of children's crisp laughter, Mo Ziwei is playing blind and touching elephants with a group of children in the yard, his eyes are covered with white silk, and he touches people in the painted circle. At that time, the sky was peaceful and clear, and there were white birds flying over from time to time under the blue sky, and the sparse white sunlight fell on the ground. The light of the sky fell on Mo Ziwei and the children, clear as snow, and the scene stained by the sunlight was unusually beautiful.

A naughty child boldly shouted: "Brother Mo, come and catch me, come and catch me!" ”

"Be careful!"

"Imp, I've got you!" Mo Ziwu grabbed a little boy.

In the midst of the noise, Jing Hao was the first to find me standing in front of the bamboo fence door, and shouted happily: "Sister Qingqiang is here, Sister Qingqiang is here!" ”

Mo Zi was stunned for a moment, took off the strip of white silk cloth, and his clear eyes slowly turned to me. A gust of wind blew the long white silk in his hand, and after the long silk like snow circled in the air, it fluttered and fell on my body.

Through the daylight, Mo Ziwu walked towards me, stretched out a slender hand, landed on my shoulder, gently took off the long silk that hung half on my body, and smiled at me with his faint moon-like eyes: "I thought you weren't coming." ”

The children continued to play with the blind man and the elephant outside the bamboo hut, and had a lot of fun. Mo Zi looked at the city gate notice I brought to him and said, "There are some things that we think about beautifully, but it is not easy to implement. There is a gap between thinking and doing, and not everything can be as we expect. The release of slaves and maids will inevitably touch the interests of officials of the DPRK and China, and there will inevitably be compromises under the balance of the interests of all parties. But you don't have to be discouraged, this time it is not completely without gain, at least it is a blessing that those old slaves and maids can be pardoned, and they will not be oppressed for the rest of their lives. ”

I regretted, "That's all I can do." ”

Mo Ziwu comforted me and said, "It's not easy to do this. ”

After a moment of silence, Mo Ziwei noticed the cloth wrap in my hand and asked me, "What is in your arms, I just saw that you have been holding it." ”

I slowly opened them and handed him Brie's two books, "Your books." ”

Mo Zi frowned slightly, took the book, flipped through it, and said, "No wonder I haven't been able to find it for the past two days, and you have copied it all for me?" ”

I explained, "When I saw that you were sick that day, I took this book back and copied the rest. You don't blame me for making it my own mind, do you? ”

Mo Ziwu's clear eyes looked at me, soft as a cirrus cloud in the sky, "It's too late for me to be grateful, how can I blame you." Thank you for helping me copy this "Chronicles of the Zhou Kingdom". Your handwriting is also very beautiful. ”

Hearing him say this, my heart lake seemed to have been broken by something, and there were green ripples in circles with unknown joy.

Mo Zi looked at the pot of jade-white and flawless white chrysanthemum in the window, and said with a smile on his lips: "Did you put the pot of white chrysanthemum in my window?" ”

"I bought it for you, originally to make you feel better and make this house more lively. Who knows, you were sick, and later, I didn't have time to tell you. ”

The smile on Mo Ziwu's lips became stronger, "The flowers are beautiful, I like them very much." I will take good care of the flowers you sent. ”

"Qingqiang, thank you, thank you for everything you have done for me." Mo Zi looked at me with a smile, his eyes were gentle like flowing water and moonlight.

I suddenly didn't dare to meet his gaze, and hurriedly lowered my eyes and said, "Why bother to say thank you, you and I are friends, shouldn't friends take care of each other?" ”

"Really?" There was a faint sense of loss in Mo Ziwu's voice, I didn't dare to look at him, for fear that he would see my hot face. He turned his head to look at the children playing vigorously in the small courtyard and smiled at them. When he returned to normal, he turned his head to look at Mo Ziwei, who was looking intently at the manuscript of "Geography of the Zhou Kingdom", and put it away with great importance.

Seeing that he was so precious, I turned to the children in the courtyard, smiling even more, and my mood was as bright as the sun pouring into the sky.

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"I'm out of the palace again, I heard He Quan say that you have been out of the palace frequently in the past few days, and you are happy and don't think about it. I see that you will move directly outside the palace, and you don't have to go back to the palace! Yu Wenyong poured the green branch lotus pattern wine glass in his hand heavily.

I knelt on the hall, bowed my head and said, "Wechen doesn't dare, Wechen left the palace a few days ago because of important things to do." Today's work has been done, and I will not go to stay outside the palace again, please forgive your majesty. ”

Yu Wenyong's tone softened at this time, "I allowed you to leave the palace token, but I didn't let you play wild outside, and you didn't think about business." Get up, and pay attention to it later. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." I slowly got up.

"He Quan, it will be the autumn hunt in two days, you tell the palace people to prepare relevant matters." Yu Wenyong turned around and ordered He Quan beside him.

He Quan lowered his eyebrows.

Subsequently, Yu Wenyong called me and He Quan out of the Zhengwu Hall alone.

A small boat on the Taiye Pond rocks gently, a pond of lotus flowers in midsummer has bloomed, only a few scattered white flowers remain in the cool autumn season, standing alone in the water, and layers of green pings are gathered on the blue wave pool. He Quan shook the oars to break away the broken Qingping, and Yu Wenyong, who was sitting in the boat, leisurely blew a tube of jade flute, and the melodious sound of the flute broke through the river, as if the wind of the blue lake was moving, and the waves of the white river were rising. A pipe of flute sound, high and low, up and down, blowing vividly and vividly, is actually a song "Flowing Water" created by Master and me.

Yu Wenyong put down a tube of jade flute and asked me, "How is I blowing?" ”

I said politely, "Your Majesty blows it, it is melodious and pure, and I never get tired of listening to it." ”

"It's a pity that it's still not as good as you, you are everyone in Xiaoyi. Remember, the second time I saw you, you played this tune? ”

"It's been a long time, and Wechen doesn't remember it for a long time."

Yu Wenyong was a little lost, and said: "It's strange to say, I was obviously disgusted with you at the time, but I can't forget your flute sound. Qingqiang, you always have a way to make people miss you, whether they like you or hate you. ”

My eyebrows tightened, and I said, "I'd rather they didn't remember me." ”

It's because of you people who think about me that I'm here.

As if seeing through my thoughts, Yu Wenyong said, "Haven't you always wanted to know what kind of poison you have?" I'll tell you now. What you have is a poison made of a variety of strange poisons such as Tripterygium wilfordii, oleander, aconitum, snow artemisia, love flowers, etc., which is called lovesickness. ”

I listened intently, and Yu Wenyong continued: "However, lovesickness is not unsolvable. Acacia and lovesickness, only forgetfulness can be solved, and its antidote is forgetfulness. ”

"I know you resent, but I have to. Because you're like a kitten with sharp claws, ready to run away from people's hands at any moment. Only in this way can I keep you by my side. ”

I tried my best to control the coldness in my heart, pretending to be indifferent, not looking at him, but listening to Yu Wenyong say: "Qingqiang, I won't harm you." Within a year, I will definitely give you the antidote. ”

I raised my eyes and saw Yu Wenyong's serious face, and even raised his hand and swore an oath, "I swear, I will definitely give you an antidote." If not, I will never lose my love, my children will not be filial, I will not have a good death. ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from "Crossing Qingcao Lake" by Yin Keng, "Yuanshui ***, Xiangliu Du Ruoxiang." ”