It was a room that was furnished differently, with a vase on the table, a blooming lotus flower with a faint fragrance, and a mirror next to it, a golden jade hairpin lying quietly in front of the mirror, which was supposed to be a girl's boudoir, but when we left the table, there was a tent in the middle of the room, and a glittering scimitar hung on the tent, xt

In the corner of the room stood a young woman, she was about 20 years old, her skin was slightly dark, her cheekbones were slightly high, her lips were so tight that there was a kind of fortitude that a Han woman rarely had, and her lofty and deep gaze carried a kind of grassland national temperament.

Her name is Tulan, but her subjects like to call her title: Princess Garan, she is now the younger sister of the loyal Khan of Hui, because Hui believes in Manichaeism (that is, Mingjiao in Yitian), Turan was sent to Persia since he was a child, became the bright saint of Manichaeism, returned to Huisu three years ago, and was canonized Princess Garan, but it was only half a year ago that she came to Chang'an.

At this moment, Turan calmly looked out the window at the rain and fog, which reminded her of the rainy night in Baghdad, Manichaeism has been banned in Persia for a hundred years, is a secret organization, so she did not enjoy the treatment of a princess in Persia, but laughed barefoot in the night rain like ordinary girls, although in her memory it was more of a cruel training, but running barefoot in the night rain became her unforgettable memory, in this rainy night in Chang'an, her heart became calm and delicate.

"Sanniang, someone from the north is here." The sound of a report at the door interrupted her sentimental girlish mood, and she immediately regained her senses, knowing that it must be the master who had come to inquire.

"Call him in!" She quickly returned to her seat and lit the candle.

Soon, two men in black came in and bowed deeply, "See Princess Garan." ”

But the black-clothed man at the head picked his eyes. He smiled slightly: "Turan is getting more and more beautiful." ”

"It's you." In the soft light, the other party's frivolous words made Turan recognize at once the man in charge was her eldest brother Butru, but she did not show the joy of meeting her old friend in a foreign land. His face turned gloomy, his eldest brother was Prince Qarluq, and she studied under the same teacher, one night five years ago, he was drunk and almost raped her, although he was not pursued by the master afterwards, but Turan hated this man with a beastly heart from now on, she is a Manichaean saint, and her loss of virginity will bring shame on the entire Uighurs.

"Please get down to business." Turan said coldly. Don't give him the slightest chance.

Butru felt Turan's indifference, and his face immediately became gloomy, "The master asked you how the plan was executed?" Why not report it in time? ”

Their master called himself the old man of Mengyue. The identity is very mysterious. He held a high position in Manichaeism. Long time in Babylon. Last year, during the civil strife in the Hui, he came to the Hui to assist the loyal khan in quelling the Tuoba Qianli rebellion. Now he is named the Hui National Division. Mention the task. Turan is clearly a little lacking in confidence. She hesitated. Still said frankly: "I did it completely according to the master's deployment." But the situation on the ground has changed. I didn't expect it. The reason why I didn't report it in time was that I wanted to see the consequences of the incident. ”

"It's been more than twenty days. Can't see it yet? Butru sneered and said, "XT starter, don't you report to the master for a year?" ”

"Naturally, I'll explain on the master's side. If you have nothing else to do, please step back! Turan gave the eviction order without any expression.

"This is the letter from the master. See for yourself! Butru took out a secret letter from his bosom and threw it on the table. Snorted again. He turned around and walked away.

Turan slowly picked up the letter. Tear open the cover. Gradually. The master's new order made her brow furrow.

Rainy nights. Daming Palace is particularly quiet. Due to the scarcity of eunuchs and palace maids. Many palaces were left empty. Only the guards patrolled back and forth. Today is the seventh birthday of Zhang Huan's eldest son, Li Qi. After dinner. Zhang Huan was not in a hurry to go to the Lin De Hall to deal with official business. Instead, take a little time to spend more time with your son.

Although there are many palaces in Daming Palace. But Zhang Huan was also concerned about security in order to save court expenses. He let several wives and concubines live in the Ayaki Palace, but despite this, the magnificent buildings of the Ayaqi Hall are more than enough for them to live in.

At present, Zhang Huan has a total of five wives and three concubines, and his wife Pei Ying has been officially canonized as the queen ten days ago; second wife, Cui Ning, was named the Yuan Concubine; The concubine was originally left to Pingping, but she disdained her identity and did not want to be bound by court etiquette, so she always refused to marry Zhang Huan. Further down, Concubine Yang Chunshui was named Concubine Shu, and the subsequent Concubine De and Concubine Xian were also empty; Zhang Huan's other concubine, the Qiang princess Li Yinhua, was named Zhaoyi, and the last concubine, Hua Jinxiu, was named Zhaorong.

Compared with the more than 40,000 people in the harem of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Zhang Huan's harem is not unprecedented, but also the last, in addition to Zhang Huan's children, the eldest son Qi was named King Yong, the second son was named King Zhao, and his daughter Li Qiu was named Princess Wuyang.

There is no entertainment in the palace, the family is concentrated in the main hall to play the game of pitching, that is, two zhang in front of the place a tall leg thin neck bottle, each person ten arrows, the winner has a prize, this kind of game is not so much an adult to play, it is better to say that the adult is playing with the child.

The family was playing for a while, the adults slowly retreated, sitting on the side to watch the children throw arrows, there are still five people who are still throwing arrows on the field, in addition to the three children, there are two more, one is naturally childlike and flat, and the other is Zhang Huan's righteous daughter Shi Bailing in Chen Liu, and her brother Shi Yang sat on the sidelines like an adult and watched the game, seemingly disdainful of playing this childish game with the children.

"Little villain, you've already shot twice in a row!" Pingping, who was slightly injured, got carried away, she pulled Li Qi out of the front, Li Qi couldn't cut the line, and ran to the end with a smile.

"Bailing, it's your turn." Pingping held Shi Bailing, who looked like a pink sculpture, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, vote again when you see it!"

Shi Bailing is not yet four years old this year. When she was in Chenliu, she was skinny and her body was covered with lice, and after more than a month of recuperation, she slowly gained weight. With ruddy skin, coupled with her big round eyes, she is a very cute little girl, loved by everyone, especially Pingping, who likes her the most.

Shi Bailing was very shy and didn't talk much, she took two arrows and threw them at the mouth of the bottle one after another, but she didn't invest because of her small strength.

"It's okay, vote again."

Ping Ping took another arrow and handed it to her. "Come on! Aunt Ping teaches you. ”

Pingping half-knelt down, grabbed her little shoulders, and picked up an arrow to show her. "See, take the arrow like this, yes! That's all, use some effort! ”

Under the careful teaching of Pingping, Shi Bailing threw it with all his strength, and the arrow hit the mouth of the bottle, and the little lady clapped her hands and jumped up with joy, but unfortunately the arrow bounced at the mouth of the bottle and fell to the ground again. The little girl's eyes darkened suddenly.

"It's okay! It's okay! This is actually a throw. Ping Ping hurriedly picked up the arrow and stuffed it directly into the bottle.

"Aunt Ping, you're cheating." Li Qi, who was standing at the end, suddenly shouted, "This obviously didn't go in!" "Bailing, go to the back." Shi Yang next to him suddenly scolded his sister loudly.

Shi Bailing was afraid of his brother, so he hurriedly ran to the back to line up.

"What kind of brother is this, so fierce!" Pingping saw that the little lady was scared away, so he had to mutter, took out the arrow again, and said angrily: "It's my turn." ”

She has long hands and long legs. Three arrows are naturally shot by arrows, she ha! He shouted, and hurriedly ran to Zhu Guanghui, who was in charge of distributing the prizes, and stretched out his hand, "Give me my prize." ”

Zhu Guanghui hurriedly bowed down and said with a smile: "Mrs. Ping has three arrows in a row, you can choose the first product, I don't know which one you want?" ”

The prizes were very rich, almost all of them were some treasures that Zhang Huan got from the palace of the Hui Dynasty back then, and Ping Ping had long taken a fancy to a Damascus horn scimitar inlaid with rubies. She pointed at the scimitar and was about to speak. But he suddenly hesitated, and then turned back and secretly glanced at Shi Bailing. Seeing that she missed the shot again, she lowered her head and went to the back again, but Li Qi hit an arrow and was running towards this side with excitement on her face.

"Madame, do you want this cutlass?" Zhu Guanghui pointed to the scimitar and asked with a smile.

"Nope! I don't want that anymore. Ping Ping glanced at the prize rack, and suddenly pointed to a string of thumb large pearl necklaces and said, "I want that string of pearls." ”

Zhu Guanghui was a little surprised, Mrs. Ping never used jewelry, how could she want a pearl necklace? Surprised, he immediately took off the pearl necklace and handed it to Pingping, "Madame gives it to you!" "Aunt Ping, I've been hit too." Li Qi ran over like a gust of wind, pulled Ping Ping and said, "Aunt Ping, you can help me pick one." ”

"Take your pick! I'm going to throw arrows. Ping Ping pinched the pearl necklace in his hand, turned around and left.

Here, a few children threw another round, but no one hit, but Ping Ping took advantage of Shi Bailing's last place to secretly stuff the pearl to her, "This is for you." ”

"Do you really give it to me?" Shi Bailing looked at the round and shiny pearls and asked in surprise.

"Yes, Aunt Ping really gave it to you." Ping Ping put the pearl necklace on her, the crystal pearl and her ruddy little face reflected each other, Ping Ping praised sincerely: "What a beautiful little girl." ”

Suddenly, as if she thought of something, she turned around and glared at Shi Yang fiercely, Shi Yang just came to her mouth to scold the words and swallowed back, she happily pulled up Shi Bailing, "Go!" Aunt Ping taught you to vote, and you will definitely vote this time. ”

Several adults and children were throwing arrows with great interest, but here Pei Ying turned Zhang Huan and whispered: "Go sick, have you seen it?" ”

"See what?" Zhang Huan was pondering the multi-phase setting, when he was turned by his wife and woke up all of a sudden.

Pei Ying knew that he was distracted, so she pointed at Ping Ping and Shi Bailing and said: "Bailing is an orphan, I think Ping Ping likes her so much, otherwise, let Ping Ping be her daughter!" ”

Zhang Huan looked at Ping Ping and Bai Ling, who were throwing arrows together, and he suddenly turned his head to glance at Shi Yang, who was full of concern for his sister, and said with a smile: "I have no opinion, the key is that he agrees." Zhang Huan nodded to Shi Yangnu.

Pei Ying smiled: "It's no problem, I'll tell him that my sister has something to rely on, and he can go out to do things with confidence in the future." ”

Zhang Huan also nodded, Ping Ping has always refused to marry her, but if she has a daughter, maybe her mind will change, he patted the back of Pei Ying's hand gently, "I'll leave this matter to you." ”

After saying that, he stood up and said apologetically: "There is a court meeting tomorrow, I have to prepare first, and I will teach you here." ”

"Go sick." Pei Ying suddenly stopped him, and asked hesitantly: "I want to go back to my mother's house tomorrow to save my relatives, do you agree?" ”

Zhang Huan had already heard that the Pei family had caused a dispute after Pei Mingyuan came back, and the trouble was very serious, Pei Ying wanted to go back to solve the problem of the head of the Pei family, he did not object, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" I'll send more guards to escort you, so stay safe. ”

Pei Ying glanced at her husband gratefully, and carefully advised: "Come back early in the evening to rest, don't stay up late, you know?" ”

Zhang Huan arched his hand with a smile, "Madam, don't worry, I have approved all the folds during the day, and I promise not to stay up late tonight." ”

In the misty drizzle, two rows of orange lanterns hung on both sides of the dragon chariot, three hundred cavalry guards guarded the dragon chariot around the linde hall, in addition, there were more than a dozen eunuchs and five or six palace maids followed, in a moment, Zhang Huan came to the Linde hall, the imperial study has been cleaned up, the light is soft and bright, more than eighty books folded on the table neatly stacked, in the next room of the imperial study, another living lang Yang Qian has been sitting.

Zhang Huan entered the room and sat down, he took a sip of hot tea and asked, "Is there a twist and turn of the Imperial Historical Terrace?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no Yushitai tonight." An Zhongshun handed over the catalogue, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Zhang Huan took over the catalogue and took a cursory glance, there was a salt and iron supervisor Yang Yan's excerpt on liberalizing the monopoly of goods, which was limited to salt, iron, and wine, and the rest were all allowed to be private; Zhang Yansheng proposed to collect folk bronzes and mint a batch of Kaiyuan Tongbao gold and silver coins, and allow them to circulate in the market; There is Jingzhao Yin Han Yannian who suggested that the closure of the square door should be canceled and the people should be allowed to walk at night, etc.

They are all very constructive opinions, which Zhang Huan is deeply satisfied, he has been in power for only more than half a month, and the atmosphere of the imperial court has begun to improve step by step, Zhang Huan signed on the fold, pointed to Zhang Yansheng's fold and ordered: "Start with it!" ”

An Zhongshun found Zhang Yansheng's fold and handed it to Zhang Huan, Zhang Huan opened the fold and began to read it, gradually falling into contemplation, the night was getting deeper and deeper, and the soft light was revealed in the misty drizzle, which was lit until the early hours of the morning.

Regarding the ending of this book, Lao Gao wrote an announcement, let's take a look! ）