The drizzle fell on the roof, slowly slid down the eaves, turned into a beaded curtain and fell to the ground, making a gurgling sound, mixed with the various sounds when the furniture was moved and placed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The internal affairs of the Xiyang Palace have been operating normally for many years, and the living habits of the ladies and the stewards are all kept in mind, and it is said that this kind of thing does not need to be supervised by the princess herself, but now it is not the residence of the ladies in the house.

A distinguished guest is about to arrive in Xiyang, and the king of Xiyang, who is far away in Lingbiao, ordered someone to send an urgent letter, saying that after the guest arrives in Xiyang, the palace will be responsible for the reception, and the other party will stay in Xiyang for a period of time, so the Xiyang palace will be responsible for the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the guests.

Everything must be on par with the treatment of the princess, and as for the identity of the distinguished guest, whoever dares to inquire will be unlucky!

Steward Cuiyun stepped forward to report: "Master, the bedroom has been arranged, I don't know if it's suitable?" ”

"Well, alright... Uh, I'll think again. ”

Wei Chi Chifan frowned and began to 'accept', touched here and there, turned around, and felt that there was something wrong with the layout plan he had set, so he had to rearrange it.

This is the fifth time I have tossed today, and I have never seen the princess so careful in the past, and the servants did not dare to complain or ask more.

The best tableware, drinking utensils, and tea utensils in the house were taken out of the storeroom for later use; The precious spices that are not used much on weekdays are also taken out, either to incense clothes and bedding, or to incense the room.

He also specially allocated all kinds of good ingredients from the warehouse, and asked the room to draw up all kinds of recipes in advance, and the princess would look at them to ensure that the dishes for entertaining distinguished guests would not be the same every day.

In order to make the guests comfortable, the palace arranged for them to live not only in the royal palace in the city, but also in the lakeside manor outside the city, and the servants to serve the guests were carefully selected.

Such a toss shows that the guest is really "expensive", as for what the identity of the guest is, no one cares, because the system in the house is very strict, and it is unlucky to dare to inquire about things that should not be inquired.

However, as long as you are not a fool, you can probably guess that the distinguished guest should be a woman based on the layout of the bedroom, why does the king entertain female guests in the palace? This problem is also obvious - the house should increase the number of female dependents!

Some people think so, but Cuiyun doesn't think so, as the princess's dowry maid, after nine years, she was not included in the house by the king, and she was never thinking of being a concubine, but because she was the princess's own person, she was in charge of all the affairs of the backyard.

It's really because of this, even if she doesn't know the identity of the guest who is about to stay in the palace, she can be sure that it will not be the king's new love, otherwise the housewife is afraid that she will secretly wipe her tears.

After tossing and turning in the bedroom again, Cuiyun reported again: "Mastermother, look at how it is arranged now?" ”

"Uh, okay... Let's do it for now, and I'll think about it in the evening. ”

Yu Chi Chifan was still frowning, turned around and walked out of the room, Cuiyun followed closely behind, and said a little tangled suggestion: "Master, these furniture are all arranged in those ways, and the slave and maid feel that no matter how they are placed, they are all very good." ”

"Ugh..."

Yu Chi Chifan sighed, didn't say anything, and walked to the front yard, Yu Wenwen made it very clear in the letter to her: The upcoming guest is the daughter of the Son of Heaven, so she must be received well.

The daughter princess who was supposed to be a Turkic Kehedun in the grassland, appeared in Panyu, Guangzhou, Lingbiao for various reasons, her identity could not be revealed to the outside world for the time being, and on the way north to Yecheng, she would stop in Xiyang, Huangzhou, so Yuwenwen, as a clan relative, should fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

Yuwenwen is now supervising the military of Lingnan, so in fact, it is the princess of Xiyang who is the princess of Xiyang, Chi Chifan, who understands that this matter must not be sloppy, so she personally arranges all kinds of matters, for fear that there will be mistakes that will cause the Son of Heaven to complain in the future.

It is necessary not only to receive the princess of Qianjin ceremoniously, but also to ensure that the identity of the other party is not leaked out, because the princess of Qianjin is a Turkic Kehedun, in case the other party learns that the princess has returned to China, I am afraid that he will send a messenger to ask for someone.

Whether the Son of Heaven is willing to let Princess Qianjin return to the grassland, and whether the Prime Minister is willing to turn his face because of Princess Qianjin and the Turks, this is not something that Xiyang Wangfu wants to be involved in.

Entertain the princess of Qianjin, lest the Son of Heaven think that Princess Xiyang will make a face to Princess Qianjin by virtue of her status as the future queen's sister; Don't let the identity of the princess be revealed, lest the Son of Heaven think that she deliberately made it bad in the future, causing the princess to be forced to return to the grassland.

Therefore, Wei Chi Chifan didn't dare to take it lightly, just for the sake of arranging the bedroom, he couldn't settle down after thinking about it for a long time.

She turned to the front yard, and Shi Ligang, the governor of the palace, happened to come back from Dongfang, and when Wei Chi Chi reprimanded him, he reported to her the preparations for the honor guard: "Princess, the official furniture has been arranged, if you want Her Royal Highness the princess to open the honor guard to enter Beijing in the future, there will be no problem." ”

"Well, there's Mr. Law."

"Princess, now that the rain is weakening and the water level of the river is beginning to fall slowly, it is estimated that Her Royal Highness the princess is about to take a boat from Huangkou to Xiyang, I don't know what else needs to be done?"

"Let's do everything as we said yesterday."

"Xia Guan understands."

The distinguished guest that the Xiyang Palace is about to receive is the princess Qianjin, the sister of today's son, the person who knows this secret, in addition to the princess Wei Chi Chifan in Xiyang City, there is only Shi Li Gang, the head of the palace.

This is also Yuwenwen's arrangement and request, the more people who know a secret, the greater the chance of leaking secrets, the governor of the palace, Shi Li Gang, is familiar with various etiquette systems, so he is needed to help Wei Chi Chifan do a good job of reception.

It also needs someone to share the pressure, and Yu Wenwen is afraid that Wei Chi Chifan's psychological burden will be too great, and it will not be good to 'accumulate work and become sick'.

"Sir, if the intention of the imperial court is to let Her Royal Highness the princess continue to enter Beijing secretly, then how should we arrange it next?"

"Princess, then still let the palace guards escort Her Royal Highness the princess into Beijing, of course, we must appropriately allocate officials, soldiers and horses to accompany you, so as not to have an accident halfway."

"In what name is that?"

Li Gang smiled: "The king sent Zhang Sima to escort Her Royal Highness the princess back before, didn't he set the tone?" ”

"Sir, do you mean that in the name of escorting the distinguished guests of the King of Xiyang, use the royal palace guards to send Her Royal Highness the princess into Beijing?"

"The lower officials think that the king's arrangement is exactly what it means."

Yu Wenwen had already told Yu Chi Chifan what to do in the letter, but she thought it was very important, so she had to ask Li Gang's opinion, since the other party also thought so, it couldn't be wrong.

"Then, when the time comes, the arrangement of the royal guards will be Mr. Lao."

"Princess, the officials will definitely discuss this matter with Zhang Sima, but... The lower official has something unclear, and he asked the princess to show it. ”

Seeing Wei Chi Chi nodding, Li Gang asked, "I don't know where Lieutenant Zhang is now?" ”

"Ahh Lieutenant Zhang went out on an errand on the orders of the king, and I don't know where he is now. ”

"So, I don't know what Wu Dianwei is busy with on weekdays? The lower officials order every day, and Wu Dianwei rarely comes to respond. ”

Wei Chi Chifan still pretended to be crazy and stupid, saying that the king had other arrangements for the guard Wu Ming, and she didn't know what Wu Ming was busy with, Li Gang didn't say anything after hearing it, because he knew that he couldn't get a positive answer.

As the governor of the palace, Li Gang commanded all the subordinate officials of the palace, except for festivals and rest days, they had to order every day, but a few people often did not arrive, which means that in fact, he couldn't control these people.

He quarreled with Yuwenwen many times over this matter, but it was fruitless.

Zhang Yu, the lieutenant of the palace, has disappeared for more than half a year, Li Gang has almost forgotten the appearance of this person, and Wu Ming, the guard of the palace, although he is in Huangzhou or even in Xiyang City, he is haunted all day long, Li Gang is on duty in the palace, and it is difficult to see his side.

Li Gang is not a fool, knowing that these two are Yu Wenwen's henchmen, he must be going to do something unseemly, he was worried at first that these two minions were helping Yu Wenwen do bad things, but for more than a year, he didn't hear any rumors.

Since he didn't harm the people, Li Gang didn't want to quarrel with Yuwenwen, but he had to mention these two from time to time to let Yuwenwen know that he had been paying serious attention.

If you dare to send people to harm the people and refuse to listen to the persuasion, I will report you to the court and to the king of Qi!"

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Wu Ming suddenly sneezed, this sudden sneeze was very loud, frightened his son who was playing with bamboo horses in the open space next to him howled, and Liu Taozhi, who was playing with his grandson, hurriedly picked up the little guy and coaxed him, but the unspoken 'Aya' still looked at a Buddha statue in front of him.

Liu Taozhi, who has a white beard, has a good complexion, although he is still semi-house arrest in the territory of King Xiyang, but in fact, King Xiyang no longer regards him as a threat, so Liu Taozhi has always lived the life he has always wanted: to be with his family and enjoy his old age in peace.

In the past, the Northern Qi royal executioner who killed countless people was now just a little old man at home, teasing his grandson with a rattle, so that the little guy broke into tears and laughed, and when he saw his son looking at the Buddha statue, he handed his grandson to the maid, and then walked over.

"Isn't this Buddha statue special?"

Faced with the question of his biological father, Wu Ming said "um", and then said: "This Buddha statue is a little strange, and the origin is also a little strange. ”

"Do you recognize it?"

Wu Ming nodded: "It's a Maitreya Buddha statue, but it's a little weird." ”

"Can I take a look?"

Wu Ming handed over the Buddha statue that could be picked up with one hand to Liu Taozhi, but he still couldn't forget his master's nurturing grace, so even if he no longer rejected his biological father Liu Taozhi, he didn't change his surname back to "Liu".

Looking at the Buddha statue carefully, Liu Taozhi's face suddenly became solemn: "This Buddha statue is not ordinary. ”

It seemed to be nonsense, but Wu Ming began to discuss with the other party: "This Maitreya Buddha statue, I always feel that it is different from the ordinary Maitreya Buddha statue, do you know where the strange is?" ”

Liu Taozhi did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "You, do you believe in Maitreya?" ”

"I believe in Mitha, but I probably know some of Maitreya's scriptures."

Liu Taozhi looked at the Buddha statue again, seemed to be caught in a memory, and asked again after a while: "Do you know what Maitreya saves the world?" ”