Episode 5: The sound of firecrackers is still the same (2)
"This palace is here to enjoy the beautiful night view," Gao Snail lowered his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and his gaze swept lightly over the faces of each of them, looking at the majesty of their talents, and the face that gradually turned white a little bit, still in a faint tone, "It's in your way?" ”
When all the eunuchs saw their faces clearly, they all hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The slaves don't dare." ”
From a distance, I heard a chuckle, and the elegant and noble young woman walked slowly with the maid's hand, and said: "Who is Bengong Dao, it turns out that Ke'er, how can the night view be so good now, and there is no moon tonight, Ke'er has to run up to the roof, and I don't know, how fresh and elegant it is?" Why don't you come down, let's talk about it well? ”
Gao Snail sighed, jumped off the roof resignedly, and knelt down to say goodbye: "Ke'er greets the concubine." ”
Rong Guifei Gao looked at her son with a smile, and nodded: "Get up." Then he took his son's hand and insisted that Yuan Ke accompany her for a walk, Yuan Ke knew that he couldn't escape, so he had to follow hard, and he was thinking about the next response in his heart.
"Mother doesn't ask, what is the son doing on that roof?" Rong Guifei pulled Yuan Ke to accompany her for a walk, but she didn't say a word, and she didn't ask questions, Rao is Yuan Ke didn't know what she wanted to do, so she finally couldn't bear it anymore and took the lead in asking tentatively.
Concubine Rong stopped when she heard this, and looked at him sideways: "Bengong asked, will you say it?" Yuan Ke bowed his head respectfully, and took Rong Guifei's hand and walked a few steps, Rong Guifei smiled: "This palace sometimes doesn't understand, you kid, your stomach is full of thoughts, and this palace can't see through it, and Huai'er is five years younger than you, but it's too uncalculating, what thoughts are written on your face and don't say anything, and you don't even have a door on your mouth!" They are all children of the emperor and the palace, why is there so much difference! ”
"My younger brother is still young, and my mother shouldn't expect too much from him when he is still a child."
Concubine Rong shook her head: "It's seven years old!" It's not small. Don't talk about others, even when Bengong was seven years old, he was much more thoughtful than him! ”
Yuan Ke laughed: "You are different. The mother concubine is an extraordinary person who dreams of the sun and has the sign of becoming the emperor's mother. ”
"That's it! Stop being a sycophant. Tell me, what are you doing? ”
"Erchen Fangcai, I met a girl."
Concubine Rong was overjoyed: "Girl? ”
"Yes, Erchen has seen so many ladies in Beijing, and when he knows the identity of Erchen, he has become well-behaved one by one, his head is bowed, and he refuses to say a word, but she is different. Perhaps, it was also because Erchen didn't tell her Erchen's identity. ”
"Sensei told Bengong that there were so many things, and Bengong asked you, are you tempted?"
Yuan Ke frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Erchen doesn't know." ”
"Let's go!" Concubine Rong waved her hand hatefully, but the joy on her face couldn't be concealed, and she said: "It's useless to ask you, it's better to pass her into the palace to take a good look." ”
In the first month, things were busy, and it was fifteen years after Gao Zhaorong remembered that Su Yi entered the palace, and he was suddenly summoned, which startled Su Yi. I was worried that I thought it was the collision that day, and now Zhaoyi Niangniang remembered that she was going to be held responsible, who knew that she was summoned to the Yuerong Palace, but she was led to the side hall to copy the scriptures and pray for blessings. Well, this is not a punishment, and there is no problem in copying Buddhist scriptures, so I will copy it patiently.
Because I grew up in Zhuangzi, I came to practice writing in the red of the girl, there is no calligraphy, but it is according to the words of the mother's relatives according to the gourd to draw the scoop, and there is no particularly obvious trace of calligraphy in the word, but all of them are small and exquisite, such as ink-colored flowers in her pen slowly spread out one by one, but also the shape is lovely.
Page after page passed, and the slight tapping between the bamboo slips rattled. The palace maid Qingqiu followed and watched, and couldn't help but have a little appreciation, after all, it is really not easy to be able to copy this boring Buddhist scripture and Sanskrit all the time.
After a long time, Su Yi put down the pen, sorted out the file with a sigh of relief, and blessed Qingqiu: "The hour is not early, presumably Zhaoyi Niangniang is already taking a nap, Su Yi is inconvenient to bother, and she is also bothered to send it to her aunt on behalf of Su Yi." ”
Qingqiu nodded and said with a smile: "Miss Han, don't worry, the slave and maid will definitely be handed over to the mother, and the girl will please move, and the slave will send you back." ”
And then go back? Su Yi didn't say anything, only bowed slightly, and followed Qingqiu out of the door.
At that time, in the prince's mansion, His Royal Highness the Prince, who had just finished making up for sleep, was lamenting the many unsatisfactory things in his long life, how could he be unsatisfactory? For example, when he got up and was on fire, a nasty old eunuch came to him with a bunch of pictures with different contents but an appearance that made him extremely familiar and familiar: "This is the portrait that the queen mother ordered to send, and I asked Her Highness to take a look." ”
Yuan Sui pretended not to hear, turned around and left, but pretended to be calm and ran away, turned back to the table, and brought bamboo slips as if he wanted to write something, but he was slow to write.
Also...... What can I write......
The old eunuch didn't say anything, silently put down the scroll, and sighed: "Your Highness, it's not the old slave who said you!" Don't be too long-winded with old slaves......"
As soon as he heard his beginning, he could guess the thousands of words after this, Yuan Sui supported his forehead, took a few deep breaths, and was ready to endure the next words, listening to the words that the calluses in his ears were about to block his ears and eyes. The old eunuch chattered slowly: "You say, in this back house, there must be a candidate for a hostess, right?" When the Empress Dowager was alive, she often explained to the old slaves, stared at His Royal Highness, and called His Royal Highness, you must pick a good one, virtuous, virtuous, and talented......"
Yuan Sui shook his hand and interrupted: "Okay! I just think it's it! ”
As before, on the huge table, one after another portraits of famous ladies were laid out in a regular manner, and the old eunuch still took the trouble to read them one by one. In fact, it's just a glance, because the main thing to look at is not the appearance of them printed in a mold on the portrait, but the identity, family background, status, Yuan Sui glanced absentmindedly, but it can be delayed for a while, and after reading it, it will be done, and the next thing can be thrown to the father.
However, he saw a person, he took a closer look, and said in his mouth: "The daughter of General Han Xiu of Pingdong? Not her...... Hey! Hongu saw one that Hongu recognized! Lao Hu! Yuan Sui shouted to the old eunuch beside him who was lamenting that he did not choose a concubine, and ordered: "Just her! ”
The old eunuch was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, Oh, Your Highness, you have finally opened your mind!" The old eunuch's eyes were full of joy, his excited voice was more angry than loud, and he trembled, he said: "Old slave, old slave still thinks, I think you are the same as before, staring at a pile of portraits at all, you don't feel at all, finally ......" He wiped his tears: "The Empress Dowager, too, must be very happy!" ”
"That's your fault too! The ladies on your portraits all look the same, if you just look at your family background, then let your father see it! And use it to do something to this palace! ”
"Hey, what you said is not right, you see, these two pairs in front of the old slave, this one, is apricot eyes, that one, is peach blossom eyes, and this, she ......"
The old problem is made again! Yuan Sui held his forehead, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" Hurry up and go back to your father! Where is so much nonsense! ”
The beautiful figure of hanging the hand-embroidered sachet on the treetops in the flower forest flashed in his mind, wishing to win the heart of one person, and the white head was not separated? I'm willing to do what you want, do you want me?
The imperial grandmother once said that the joy of his youth was not a real liking at all, but just a good feeling, and he didn't take it seriously, he believed it and said that he would not do anything indiscriminately. But when this really came, he sent the gods to take it seriously, and he felt that what he and the imperial grandmother said must not be the same thing.
He glanced at the portrait, well, Han Yingrui, the daughter of General Pingdong......
The charcoal basin in the hall is burning, and it is still warm in all directions. Gao Zhaorong leaned softly on the pillow and talked to Zheng and Zhao present. Qingqiu came in with the scroll, blessed it, and said, "Niangniang." He saluted the two Chonghua as usual, and then stepped forward, handed the scroll to the maid on the side, and stepped forward to pinch Gao Zhaorong's shoulder.
"How?" Gao Zhaorong asked.
Qingqiu smiled: "It has not been interrupted from beginning to end, and I went back after copying, saying that it was inconvenient to disturb my mother's lunch break." ”
Zheng Chonghua said: "This is not bad, at first, Princess Yiyang caused trouble and made trouble with Princess Shiping, but she didn't want to push people down the pond while playing." The Empress Dowager punished Princess Yiyang for copying scriptures, and the princess cried for several hours before she went to go, and she didn't go back until midnight at noon! Sure enough, she is the pride of the sky, and she can't be compared. ”
Zhao Chonghua's face was slightly stiff, and he coughed and said: "Yiyang is young, he made an unintentional mistake back then, and he has been worried about his sister for so long. She turned to Gao Zhaorong and asked, "This Han girl is what you said, what Your Royal Highness likes?" ”
Gao Zhaorong bowed his head. Zhao Chonghua said again: "Which family's daughter?" What a blessing! can get into the eyes of the second prince! ”
Gao Zhaorong said: "The daughter of General Han Xiu of Pingdong." ”
Zheng Chonghua said: "It turned out to be his daughter!" No wonder there is an extraordinary temperament as soon as you enter the door. As if he realized that his words and deeds were out of line, Zheng Chonghua wanted to say something, so he had to smile and shut up.
Zhao Chonghua glanced at her, she was also in the palace about the same year as herself, why hadn't she seen through the feng shui rotation of this grace? It's also pitiful. Zhao Chonghua sighed secretly and ignored it, and only said to Gao Zhaorong: "Han girl, she has been particularly favored by His Majesty recently. ”
Gao Zhaorong bowed: "Yes, it's a pity that it's a concubine, and it's very unpopular, when I was a child, I was thrown to Zhuangzi to raise, and I took it back not long ago." ”
Zhao Chonghua was surprised: "That's it! It's a pity that such a smart girl. ”
Gao Zhao Rongqi said: "You saw it?" ”
Zhao Chonghua chuckled: "It's just that I saw it from a distance when I first entered the door, and my appearance is good." But also, the eyes of the Second Highness are the same as those of the crown prince - they are very tricky! I can't even look down on the slightly worse ones! ”
Gao Zhaorong smiled and pulled the lid of the teacup: "Ke'er is good if she likes it and is willing to marry, but it's a pity that this girl seems to be a little cold." ”
Zhao Chonghua hesitated: "The temperament of the Second Highness is not hot, so let's have another ...... In the future, I'm afraid the two princes' mansions should not be too quiet! ”
Gao Zhaorong smiled and shook his head: "Let him go!" It is impossible for this man to be a woman for the rest of his life. ”
Su Yi followed the little palace maid out of the palace, and walked silently all the way, first, the rules in the palace are indeed big, and it is not suitable to look up, let alone speak, and second, she is suffering from waist pain at the moment, and her shoulders are painful, and she really doesn't want to look up
"Yingrui! Is that you? ”
Yingrui? Which girl's name is so similar to Han Yingrui's stinky girl? Su Yi secretly stretched her neck, feeling very strange, but she didn't look back.
The people behind chased after him: "Han! Han Yingrui! Did you hear me? Prince Ben is calling you! ”
I said, how can this sound so familiar! Su Yi smacked her tongue secretly, but another nameless fire burst out, this Yuan Sui turned around and made friends with Han Yingrui again! I said I liked her before! After a few more hurried steps, she finally couldn't help but look back, but saw Yuan Sui looking at her with a smile, and shouted again: "Yingrui!" You can hear me! ”
Su Yi bowed slightly: "Your Highness, the courtier's name is Han Suyi." ”
Yuan Sui was stunned for a moment: "Han, Han Suyi? ”
There was no sound for a long time, and when Su Yifu looked up again, Yuan Sui was gone.
"Weird." Su Yi ignored it, it was important to get out of the palace.
On the seventeenth day of the first month of the twentieth year of Taihe, there was a very rare scene in the Wei Palace: when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Yuan Sui came straight to the outside of the emperor's bedroom, he took his robe and knelt on the ground in front of the door, facing the scorching sun in the afternoon, and knelt for more than half an hour. Although he kept grinning during the period, he stayed up and waited for the emperor to get up and let him in, and the eunuch helped him to enter the door, and then knelt down to say goodbye, and then continued to kneel when the emperor was flat.
Actually, it's not that it's not great, it's that he really can't get up, the pain on his knee is like a pinprick stick, the pain is numb but it hurts even more, the pain in his heart, he feels that he should be pale now.
Secretly bared his teeth again, Yuan Sui lowered his head and said respectfully: "Father, the son is guilty." ”
The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is the sun coming out in the west? How can you be guilty? ”
Yuan Sui's head hung lower, and his hand arched higher, he knew that his father had already passed the word to the Han family, and he would regret it again...... Wouldn't it be for my father to break his promise as a monarch? He swallowed his saliva and said, "Well, Erchen...... Erchen ...... Misread. ”
"Wrong? What did you see wrong? ”
"Erchen...... Fancy it...... Be...... is another daughter of the Han family, which is this ...... Target...... Sister. ”
The emperor was silent for a long time, and the waiting Yuan Sui began to break out in a cold sweat, and the emperor Fang said leisurely: "This can also be wrong?" Yuan Sui was dripping with cold sweat, and he rubbed it deeper. Suddenly, the emperor closed the bamboo slip in his hand with a "snap", and the bluffed Yuan Sui shook violently, and he said softly: "I don't even care about this, how can you tell me to trust my family and country to you in the future?" ”
Yuan Sui lowered his head to the lowest and slammed it on the ground: "Erchen knows his mistake!" ”
The emperor began to approve the folds, about a dozen or so copies, he sighed, looked at Yuan Sui, who was sweating on the ground and wet his entire back, and said: "That's it, the Han family is not from a prominent background, and it is a piece of the widow." As for the concubine, look at your uncaring appearance! I'm looking for you! After being angry for a while, the emperor, who was invisible, eased down and waved his hand: "Retreat, retreat!" I don't want to see you! ”
If Yuan Sui was amnesty, he hurriedly "fled in the wilderness".
The next day, the sky was bright, and in order to go to the early court, all the courtiers regardless of their dignity had gotten up and freshened up at this moment, but the most honorable man in the court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, except for His Majesty the Emperor, had only gotten up for a long time, and after being served by someone to wipe his face and rinse his mouth, he stood up for the first time today. His eyes were half-open and half-squinted, his hands were raised flat, and the eunuch on one side was busy putting on his complicated clothes one by one.
He frowned: "Hanfu is in trouble!" One by one! It's going to be late! Change! ”
The old eunuch hesitated for a moment, then bowed down and admonished: "This ...... The last court has to face the saint, and this majesty's temper ......"
Yuan Sui secretly gritted his teeth: "I know! "His knees are still green! But it's not the first time that the horizontal and vertical Hufu has gone to court, and after looking at it, it is even more leaky, and it has been weighed repeatedly: "Let's change the Hufu!" It's even worse if it's late! He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and said, "I really don't understand!" Obviously, we Xianbei are the masters of this land, why do we want to imitate what Han customs and wear what Hanfu? ”
The old eunuch sighed, put on a coat of Hu for Yuan Sui, and arranged the pleats for him: "Your Highness, there are some things that should be said and some things that should not be said. ”
"You have too many reminders and say it over and over again! Hongu has a memory! Nor is it deaf! The southern expedition to the south, since it is a conquest, force is the royal road! As long as our army sets foot on that land with its banner held high and puts its flag on the tower, that and the people there belong to us! Yuan Sui sneered: "Occupy it, can the people on that land still rebel?" The trouble of Hanfu one by one is a waste of time, and it also hurts the palace to be scolded again and again! ”
The old eunuch fastened his belt for him, he knew the prince's childish nature, and the more you talked about it, the more he had to do the opposite. He sighed again: "Your Highness, as the crown prince, should follow the will of Your Highness. Your Royal Highness is just talking about this in your own palace, how many pairs of eyes are staring at you at the door of this palace, you don't know, how many royal brothers you are eyeing the position of the prince, you must also know it in your heart. Your Highness, you are not the master of this world now, you are just the prince of the dynasty, so your words and deeds now should be in accordance with the rules and obey Your Majesty's wishes. And Your Highness, you said that the Han girl is good, and you say that the Han people are bad, which are not good things, aren't you contradicting yourself? ”
"Gao Daoyue! Don't keep making mistakes in this palace! Hongu will tell you! These two are not the same! Yuan Sui glared at him: "It's different anywhere!" He stretched his waist: "Look! It's still convenient to wear a Hufu that you're used to! Comfortable! Cool! ”
Gao Daoyue smiled: "It's just hotter!" When His Royal Highness wins the world, the world belongs to you, then you can fan as many people as you want! ”
Yuan Sui clasped his hands to his chest: "This palace doesn't want a bunch of people to fan their palms!" ”
"Your Royal Highness, the meaning of the old slave, you are not the master of the world now, you have to follow the will of Your Majesty, and the implementation of sinicization is the trend of the times, the people's heart, the people win the world, the time and place are easy and the people are not easy, the truth of the way to help the unrighteous and the unjust, you should be familiar with it since you were a child...... Moreover,The Empress Dowager also supports sinicization.,Since you were raised by the Empress Dowager herself,You should support the will of the Empress Dowager.,Adhering to the legacy of the Empress Dowager, isn't it? The comprehensive implementation of sinicization is the most effective way to implement the general strategy of unifying the world of our dynasty in addition to the use of force. You should understand that those who win the world without a single soldier are true heroes......"
Yuan Sui snorted lightly, "You old thing, just a eunuch, it's the head of the way to say this!" As for this sinicization, hum, forget the ancestral things......"
Gao Daoyue hurriedly pinched his words: "Your Highness! You can't say that! ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Yuan Sui rolled his eyes: "This palace knows." ”
Gao Daoyue hurriedly followed Yuan Sui to the outside of the hall, still chattering behind him: "Since His Royal Highness knows everything, why bother to let the old slave remind him over and over again...... Your Majesty is dissatisfied with your various measures, and it is not a day or two, and it has not yet happened, if Your Majesty is really angry and investigates, you may not be able to bear it...... Most of the ladies in Your Majesty's expansion of the Houfu this time are Han Chinese, and the Han people will not speak in a humble manner, Your Highness should understand the intention of Your Majesty's arrangement......"
"Shut up!" What did he not understand? If he doesn't even understand this, he will be the prince in vain! Yuan Sui was bored by what he heard, ran quickly, flew on his horse, and walked away.