At the beginning of March of the second year of the Tang Dynasty. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Luoyang Duzhong.

I have to say that the arrival of Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu has brought brilliant vitality to this thousand-year-old city. The market suddenly became lively. The peddlers are pawns, and in the streets, everyone's faces seem to be full of happy smiles.

And this kind of joy seems to have spurred the national peony that usually blooms in April. It's just that it's still the weather in early March, and in the entire Luoyang City, you can see some purple and red flowers everywhere, and the beans are green and blue.

"Such a good day is rare to see in Chang'an." Early in the morning, Mei Niang stood in front of the dormitory, looking at the tassel flower basket in front of the Hall of Eternal Life with a colorful embroidered silk handle, and the ladies of the flower picking palace who were dancing like butterflies in the branches of the flowers, shook the glass bell in her hand with a smile, and amused Xian'er, who was playing with a thin dog in the blanket on the ground, screamed and pounced on her knees.

Mei Niang teased him with a smile, and couldn't help his pitiful little appearance, finally smiled and picked him up and kissed him, gave it to him, and then put him down and went to play with the fine dog.

Then, she looked up at Ryan, who was standing in front of her, and said lightly:

"The flowers are moving, the spring is warm, and it is the time to invite guests into the imperial city to enjoy this national color. Isn't it? ”

Ryan smiled and nodded yes.

So, in the afternoon, a queen phoenix order was passed into the second king of Yue Ji in Luoyang City.

At the same time, the same news also reached the ears of Li Zhi, who was reviewing political affairs in the Zhenguan Palace.

With a "snap", he closed his hands and looked at De'an beside him with some impatience:

"When did you become so nagging? Mei Niang is the queen, the mother of a country, she wants to invite a few concubines into the palace, give some wine and banquet to show grace, that is a normal thing, but also for me to show favor to those princes......

What are you doing like that, but you seem to be guarding against her everywhere? ”

Dean swallowed his saliva and looked at the surroundings without outsiders, so he had to say helplessly:

"Lord...... It's not like you don't know who Niangniang invited this time...... What's on her mind......"

"Say you're muddy, you're really muddy!" Li Zhi threw his hand heavily, turned to glare at him and said:

"Even if Mei Niang wants to give those restless little admonitions? Didn't you taste the seven leaves and a branch of flowers and get sick? ”

Dean sighed, hung his head, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Lord...... Mother's body is ......"

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and he thought for a while before biting his lower lip and nodding:

"That's right...... If you don't say it, I'll forget about it. Spread my words and Mei Niang, this banquet, I will also go in person. ”

De'an let out a sigh and nodded:

"In accordance with the will of God."

Li Zhi nodded, picked up the song and continued to watch, and suddenly said casually:

"But if you have any other plans, it's better to be honest with me or Mei Niang as soon as possible...... Don't let me know at that time...... I explained to you that at that time, I can only protect Mei Niang and be fine, you play too much by yourself, and you don't explain it to me or Mei Niang in advance...... No matter how good I am, I can't come back for you. ”

Dean smiled faintly and nodded in response:

"Holy grace of the Lord, Dean understands, but please be of peace to the Lord. Everything is done with virtue and self-care, and it will not cause any trouble with the Lord and the mother. ”

Li Zhi nodded, hummed again, and buried himself in looking at the music.

After looking at the time when there was less than a cup of tea, he suddenly looked up and asked:

Speaking of which, this Princess Ji seems to be a figure with a lot of background...... Does Mei Niang know her? ”

"The Lord is relieved, Niangniang has already sent someone to find out the internal affairs of the two princesses."

"That's fine...... Don't suffer that woman's loss like you did back then......"

He closed his mouth, and was immersed in the recital, and after a while he raised his head again and said:

"No...... I'm still not at ease. You go to Shura to check and see if this woman is related to the princess Ji back then, but there is nothing to worry about. ”

Dean nodded, and said yes.

Li Zhi lowered his head, and then An An looked at his recital, but after a cup of tea, he raised his head again and asked:

"How's Hong'er doing? But he still bothered his mother as before? ”

"Lord...... You have arranged those homework for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, where does he sometimes go to the Immortal Palace! Alas, it is also a pity for His Royal Highness the Prince, who is young, and has to kneel down to His Royal Highness Changsheng every day to ask for peace...... Lord ......"

"Don't talk so much nonsense!"

Li Zhi squinted, picked up the song and knocked him hard:

"I'm doing this for his good! As a prince, which one is not tired every day? Don't mention anything else, just look at my ...... back then."

At this point, he suddenly stopped talking, but just concentrated on looking at the song, and only after a while did he say a sentence from the pile of music:

"Ming'er has a night banquet, so I will ask Hong'er to serve the banquet together! Remember to instruct the imperial dining room to prepare a few more dim sum dishes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves to eat. ”

“…… Be. ”

De'an tried his best, but finally suppressed the twitching smile on his face, and after a long salute respectfully, he turned to stare at Qinghe, who couldn't hold back his smile, and then shook his head silently, motioning for him to make his own arrangements.

……

The next day, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

The two princesses who had won the Feng Order early, as well as the edict personally issued by Li Zhi, the concubines of the two kingdoms of Yue Ji who were invited in, and a guard of honor marched into the imperial city.

When the car was driving sparkling on the silent Luoyang Palace Imperial City Road, Princess Yue couldn't help it after all, lifted the curtain, and quietly glanced at the majestic Imperial City.

Looking at the Zhenguan Palace, which seemed to be inserted into the blue sky, she suddenly felt uneasy in her heart:

Such a place......

Is it really where she can live?

Dazed, she stared at the Zhenguan Hall for a long time, until the attendant on the side found out and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade such rude behavior, she seemed to have an understanding, hurriedly retracted her gaze, glanced at the slowly swaying lake blue curtain of Princess Ji's car driving with her, smiled lightly, put down her hand, and let the crimson curtain hang down again, covering her beautiful face.

That's right, beautiful faces.

Ever since she was fifteen, she knew she was good-looking, and that many people couldn't compare to it.

Shenying Yuexian, this is someone else's nickname with her. There are even many people talking in private, saying that if she was born a few years earlier, if she also entered the palace back then......

So today's Tang Dynasty Queen, I'm afraid that she is not surnamed Wu, nor is she surnamed Wang.

So she is quite proud, both in her appearance and in her intelligence.

But when she walked into the main courtyard of the Hall of Eternal Life with a group of women who were still inferior to her despite their outstanding appearances, and saw the woman standing on the jade steps that were reflected in the golden red by the sunset, she suddenly felt like an ignorant countrywoman......

Such a gas, such grace, and such light makeup can be poured into the country......

Not only is she incomparable, but the women in the entire courtyard can't compare with her......

It's not that they're not beautiful enough. In fact, if you talk about beauty, the women in this court have their own beauty, they are all stunning, and they all have their own strengths.

But despite this...... She is so beautiful, but not only in her skin, but also in her bones.

Therefore, when she noticed that the woman, who was as beautiful as the sun shining high above, turned her head to look at her, she subconsciously lowered her head and bowed her head to salute everyone.

Still, she could feel the woman's gaze lingering on her back for a while, and then there was a gentle voice that surprised her:

"It's hard work for you to come from afar and serve you. The palace should have set up a banquet to thank Zhuqing early, but he was pregnant with a dragon heir, and he was impatient from time to time, but he asked everyone to wait until today. ”

"The mother is kind, and the concubines are terrified......"

Another chorus of chanting.

Mei Niang stood in front of the steps, looking at the group of women kneeling at the bottom of the steps, especially the two elderly women who were the leaders.

Although the aura has not diminished back then, whether it is the concubine of Yueguo or the concubine of Jiguo, they are no longer the concubines Wei Guifei and Concubine Yan Xian who dominated the Taiji Palace back then......

Looking at the silver filaments under their beaded golden hairpins shining in a dim gray light in the setting sun, she suddenly felt a little sad:

The people of the year......

All gone.

Now Jiro is the only one by her side.

I closed my eyes, and in an instant, two familiar faces appeared in front of my eyes:

The delicate element piano like a flower, the gentle and graceful Xu Hui......

Lowering her head and taking a deep breath, she let the air with a hint of sandalwood circulate in her chest, taking away the soreness and heartache between her swollen chest.

Then when I opened my eyes again, it was as calm as the windless sea:

"Proclaim, give a feast."

The long echo sounded in her plain voice, in the pretty shadow of her standing with her hands down, in the heavens and the earth.

- Yes, she doesn't have to feel sorry for them anymore......

They're doing well now, they're doing well.

Raising her head, she looked into the sky.

A sunset scorched the sky, and the originally blue sky was also like a flame, but after all, it refused to give up its original color, so it stacked up to achieve a gorgeous, indescribable golden purple color.

Such a beautiful splendor reflected the world, and also reflected her, the bright eyes of Empress Wu Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, and the brighter tears in those bright eyes, almost like bright stars.

At the same time, the red sun that has gradually sunk in the west and the blue moon that is slowly rising in the east are reflected in it.

Suddenly, a refreshing spring evening breeze swept across her face.

The air seemed to be filled with a faint sweet smell.

So, the corners of her lips also evoked the same faint smile:

Yes......

She's already done it......

Suqin, Hui'er......

Mei Niang...... Did it......

Slowly, she closed her eyes, and between the fluttering eyelashes like ink butterflies, two tears that were so crystal that they could almost reflect the reflection of heaven and earth fell gently, and they only fell into the air without hesitation for a moment on her pink cheeks.

Disappear.

In the air, there seemed to be two laughter as crisp as silver bells, and soon, they passed away......

Never heard again.

(Liuli Zhong'er, still in Yuhuaiyang, Fangcheng, Zhoukou, Xiangcheng and other popular toys, according to the local elders, this toy was born only a little later than the mud dog one or two dynasties.) So here is a bold design into the text.

Its shape resembles a gourd and the waist is as thin as a finger, the whole bell body is made of glass, but it is wrapped in gold, silver, copper and other filaments pinched into a silk coat in the shape of flowers or auspicious clouds, wrapping the entire bell body to strengthen the impact resistance of the bell.

The waist of the bell is fixed with carved handles of gold, silver, copper and other materials, and the two ends are harvested into petal-shaped or five-leaf chopsticks tip size bell mouth, a glazed bell, there are basically one or two jade or glazed ones, very small and very fine but a little larger than the diameter of the bell mouth at both ends. Most of the balls are plain, and some children of wealthy families will get a delicate bell with carved or gold, silver and copper filaments entangled to form a small ball. But more often than not, there is only an ordinary glass ball with a copper handle and no silk clothes, or a civilian bell with no ball and no silk clothes.

The way to play is to shake from side to side, so that the air forms a convection from the two small mouths to make a pleasant sound, and you can change its shaking method at will to produce a tonal change similar to the rhythm of music. A very good child can also borrow a bell to play a simple but extremely beautiful song in a monochrome color. At the same time, because the size of the waist is just enough to accommodate the small ball back and forth, so the impact is crisp and sound, a glass bell, almost into a song - the author was fortunate to go to a city in southeast Henan on the train when he was young, and saw someone play with a glass bell in the late Qing Xianfeng period. The overall emerald color is like a good green jade, wrapped in gold and silver silk clothes, silk clothes are the patterns of children playing with cats under the branches of magpie plum branches, its workmanship is extremely fine and expressive, built-in into pairs, that is, a pair of red and green jade wrong gold silk balls, even the handle is wrapped in gold and silver silk staggered with thin hair, layer by layer of the superlative. Unfortunately, there is no trace of this treasure after seeing it that year. Now, among the several treasures that Silai was fortunate enough to see in his childhood, only this one is the most unforgettable. ）