Today has been five days since the end of the Yongning Temple fasting meeting, and the cold wind period of more than ten days has finally passed temporarily, and the long-lost sun finally showed a smiling face. The cloudless sky of a thousand years ago is really rare in the highly polluted environment of later generations.

Tuoba Shen got up early today to wash, and took Lu Guang out of Qingxiao Courtyard after breakfast, these days of continuous cold forced him to hide in the house, he felt that he was going to mold.

Today, Tuoba Shen plans to do what he didn't finish last time, go to Baitai to return books and exchange books, and swim in Tianyuan Pool to relieve boredom by the way. It's a pity not to go to the lake in this good weather today.

Arrived at the edge of the Tianyuan Pond, Tuoba Shen stood not far from the edge of the pool, looking at the Yingzhou Island in the pond lake from afar, it was full of dead trees, there was a 20 zhang high platform building in the middle, there was a super-large overall building on the pedestal, from a distance, the flying beam bucket arch Hongqiao was staggered, quite majestic and mighty, this is Tuoba Shen's destination today Baitai, it is a large platform hall built in the Tianyuan Pool.

Baitai and Tianyuan Pond are closely intertwined, and to some extent, they can be regarded as a kind of architectural area. The reason why the Baitai was built in the Tianyuan Pond when the supervisor was designed was out of consideration for the function of the Baitai, the Baitai was used to store the collection of various classics and atlases, which contained detailed records of geography, population, properties, etc. throughout the country, as well as the sub-books left by the edict issued by the imperial court were also stored here, so the Baitai was very important to the imperial court, this kind of palace platform based on storing various materials, the first consideration was to prevent fire, built in the Tianyuan Pool, if a fire occurred, you could take water on the spot to extinguish the fire. And built to a height of 20 zhang, because if the building is low, in the middle of summer, the whole island will be in the mist, the collection of classic books and atlases will be damaged by moisture, these classics are the imperial court for many years of hard work to collect, some are the Shizu Emperor swept away the puppet countries in Hebei, from them, some are copied by the state, some are offered below, in the north that has suffered from war for a long time, the loss of cultural classics is serious, these classics are very precious, can not be well protected.

Tuoba Shen looked at Tianyuan Pool and Baitai, a little indulged in it, he liked this place very much, and often came here, and stayed until sunset before leaving.

A sound of footsteps came from behind him, and Tuoba Shen came back to his senses, turning around to see Lu Guang and a few little eunuchs on duty in Tianyuan Pond walking towards here.

"See Your Highness, Your Highness Lao has been waiting for a long time, the little slave has already arranged the boat, and I ask Your Highness to wait for a while."

Tuoba Shen nodded, turned to look at the lake again, and asked, "Are there many people here today?" Who are they? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, in addition to some officials, there are also Zuo Zhaoyi and Feng Shizhong's daughter, who also arrived early in the morning."

Zuo Zhaoyi, she didn't stay in the harem, why did she come to Baitai, did she bring her little niece to play again?

Zuo Zhaoyi is the third daughter of Taishi Feng Xi, her name is Feng Qing, four years younger than the emperor, and when she was thirteen years old, she entered the palace with her sister Right Zhaoyi Feng Run, and Right Zhaoyi Feng Run was sent out of the palace by the Queen Mother because of skin diseases three years after entering the palace. After Feng Run left, the highest status in the harem now is Zuo Zhaoyi Feng Qing.

Tuoba Shen knew that Feng Qing would be made the empress after the emperor's funeral, and he had to call him the queen mother, and every time he thought that he was going to call a woman who was only nine years older than himself the queen mother, he always felt strange in his heart.

Feng Shizhong is talking about Feng Dan, the eldest son of Taishi Feng Xi. Feng Dan was born in the same year as the current emperor, and his wife is the eldest princess of Le'an, the younger sister of the current emperor.

Feng Dan was able to marry the princess, which was also out of the Feng family's plan to fix his favor. Since the emperor ascended the throne, the country's major affairs are in charge of the queen mother, the queen mother also took Feng Dan into the palace to eat and live with the emperor in the early years, in order to cultivate their feelings, every time the queen mother sent the emperor, it was Feng Dan who comforted the emperor in private, so the relationship between the emperor and Feng Dan was very close, and the clan brothers could not compare. In the fifth year of Taihe, the emperor proposed to the queen mother to add Feng Dan as the king of Nanping, which was a strange news at the time. No matter how many generals can't get the prince in the field, Feng Dan won the prince by playing with the emperor. People have to sigh that the easiest person to seek wealth in ancient and modern times is none other than Feng.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the boat arrived, and after stepping on the board and getting on the boat, the eight little eunuchs who were rowing held long poles to prop up the boat and went towards the middle of the pond and lake.

Standing on the bow of the boat and looking at Yingzhou Island getting closer and closer, the lake scenery on both sides slowly retreated, listening to the sound of the rushing water emitted by the oars, the sound of the lake waves hitting the edge of the boat, and the sound of the wind blowing in the ears, like a symphony played by nature, Tuoba Shen felt that everything was so harmonious and comfortable.

When you board Yingzhou Island, three hundred meters away is the outer wall of Baitai. Not far from the inner door, it is the stone staircase of the white platform up to 240 floors in the 12 zhang high division into three directions: left, middle and right, the middle is the royal road, and you can only go on both sides. And the ladder of the white platform is different from the common palace platform climbing, if the common palace platform looks down from the Tianshan Mountain, the steps are stretched outward, like a "convex" word, and the white platform because it is built on the island, in order to save the area of the island and make use of space as much as possible, the steps of the white platform are designed into the "concave" type.

Walking and resting, I finally got to the top of the pedestal, turned around and looked down at the south, this is a small 70-meter high, and it is not easy to go up. Having said that, standing on this high platform and looking into the distance, the city gate in the distance is clearly visible, and his height has reached about half of the tower of Yongning Temple.

A short walk forward came a burst of laughter, which sounded like the laughter of a ten-year-old girl, giving people a very immature and crisp feeling. Tuoba Shen knew that this was Feng Dan's eldest daughter, this girl often came to the palace to play, and he could be seen inside and outside the palace, and there were some places that Tuoba Shen had never been to, this child had been there. Because she is the granddaughter of the Queen Mother, she enjoys the treatment of a princess in the palace, and she is full of carefree, free and happy vitality.

Tuoba cautiously followed the sound and walked over, he had to go to Zuo Zhaoyi before leaving, turned the two doorposts, and saw a young woman, wearing a green undergarment, a light yellow light veil on the floor, a long white skirt on the lower body, a golden phoenix hairpin on her head, and a fallen horse bun. Standing by the pillar of the hall and looking at the girl in red not far in front of her, she seemed to be covering her mouth and smiling. Behind her stood six or seven maids.

Tuoba Shen took a few steps back, estimated that Zuo Zhaoyi couldn't see it, and instructed Lu Guangdao: "You go to Zuo Zhaoyi and ask for instructions, can you see you." ”

Lu Guang soon reported that Zuo Zhaoyi was already waiting for him.

Tuoba Shen tidied up his clothes and hair, straightened his posture, so that he could look more energetic, and stepped forward to see that Zuo Zhaoyi's maids had already set up a queue, and Zuo Zhaoyi also chuckled and looked at Tuoba Shen.

Tuoba Shen stepped forward quickly, knelt down with his hands and said, "Zishen see Zhaoyi Niangniang." ”

The maids standing in front of and behind Zuo Zhaoyi looked at each other, smiling slightly, but they couldn't make a sound. Because every time the second prince gave Zuo Zhaoyi a salute, he used the self-created title of "Niangniang" that no one had used before to salute Zhaoyi, and these close maids sometimes learned to use "Niangniang" to call "Zhaoyi Niangniang", which is still very nice to say.

Zuo Zhaoyi couldn't hold back a smile and said: "Today, the sky is getting better, the second prince came to Baitai in a hurry, so impatient, this Baitai has tens of thousands of volumes, can he still leave by himself." He said to the maid: "Quickly help the second prince to get up, the ground is cold." ”

Tuoba Shen was "helped" up, and replied with a smile: "When the children were young, they often heard the monks who entered the palace talk about their early years of learning scriptures, and they got up early when the sky was slightly bright, and they fell asleep at night. ”

Zuo Zhaoyi saw that his answer was interesting, his face was ruddy, he forced himself not to smile, and said: "My niece often comes to the palace to play, if you are not interested in reading, you can also come to play with her, don't be afraid, I won't tell Cao Niangniang." ”

Tuoba Shen saw that Zuo Zhaoyi also made jokes about him, jokingly calling Aunt Cao "Niangniang", he had never called "Niangniang" in front of Aunt Cao, this word was when he first met Zuo Zhaoyi, he saw that she was not very old, and he didn't want to call her "Aunt", so he called it "Niangniang" popular in court dramas in later generations, which was both fresh and appropriate, and the emperor praised this title at that time.

Today, Zuo Zhaoyi seems to be in a good mood, thinking about it for more than a month, she finally recovered from her aunt's death, and became as cheerful as before, this is also what Tuoba Shen admires most about her, Zuo Zhaoyi is a woman who has a heart for the light and has never seen the dark, especially in this deep palace, she seems to be a light in the night.

Well, just like her niece, cheerful and lively.

Tuoba Shen glanced at the little girl who was amusing herself on the side.