Chapter 55: The Guest
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In the early morning of the next day, Wang Yuan woke up from a full sleep, in good spirits; The maidservant Qingdou'er heard Wang Yuan's movement and came in, and the two of them were slightly embarrassed.
"Wang Gongzi, the face and mouthwash cloth are ready, do you need slaves to serve you?" Qingdou'er asked cautiously.
Wang Yuan said: "I can wash myself, please ask the girl to knot my hair in a bun for a while." ”
Qingdou'er was very happy, and finally Wang Yuan allowed herself to serve and comb her hair, as if she had forgiven what happened last night. Qingdou'er is actually very helpless, she is a slave maid in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, and when a distinguished guest comes to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is common for a maid of her status to be ordered to sleep with her, and they have no right to refuse. It's just that most of them pounce on them like wolves and feast like tigers when they go to bed, and they rarely encounter someone like Wang Yuan who scolds him so loudly, and Qingdouer thinks that he has done something wrong, which makes Wang Yuan unhappy.
You must know that last night Li Shizhi solemnly told himself to serve Wang Yuan well, so that Wang Yuan was happy and happy, if he did not serve well, he was afraid that he would be severely punished. Now Wang Yuan's face is kind, and Qingdou'er has also put most of her heart.
After washing up and combing his hair in a bun, Wang Yuan looked at himself in the bronze mirror, dressed in a brocade gown, combed in a neat bun, and a handsome face with sharp edges and corners, it really looked like that.
Green beans were brought to breakfast, all of which were exquisite pastries, Wang Yuan realized that his treatment had been greatly different, but for some reason he missed the yellow rice porridge from Yong'an Fang and the sesame cake from Mrs. Wen's house.
was eating, there was laughter outside the courtyard, Wang Yuan looked up, but it was Liu Xunzhi and Liang Sigui who came together. The two governors of the prime minister's mansion were full of red light, and they bowed their hands from afar.
Wang Yuan wiped his hands and mouths and got up to return the salute, Liu Xun waved his hand and said, "Erlang eats by himself, don't worry about us, we will wait for you to finish eating." ”
Wang Yuan patted his stomach and smiled: "I'm full, the two gentlemen came just in time, and I was about to look for you." ”
Liu Xun smiled and whispered, "How did Erlang sleep last night?" Are you satisfied? As he spoke, he glanced at the green beans next to him meaningfully.
Wang Yuan felt a little awkward in his heart, but still smiled: "I slept very well, I drank too much wine last night, I'm afraid it was rude." ”
"Where did you come from, everyone drank too much last night, Zuo Xiang also drank too much, Pei Shangshu was carried into the carriage, so what? Celebration wine is naturally not drunk and does not return. ”
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It turns out that Zuo Xiang and they also have drunk, last night I saw Zuo Xiang and Pei Shangshu Li Taishou drinking like drinking water, and I thought it was a lot." ”
Liu Xun straightened Liang Sigui laughed, Liang Sigui blinked and said: "Zuo Xiang couldn't get up from the court today, it was Mrs. Zuo Xiang who asked the people to get up and carry them to the sedan chair with washing and changing clothes." The smell of wine all over his body is estimated to be smoked even by the saints today. ”
Wang Yuan was stunned, and then looked at the two and laughed.
The laughter stopped, and Liu Xun pointed to the house and asked, "How?" Is this house still satisfied? ”
Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "To be honest, I haven't visited it yet." However, I really dare not let such a big mansion live alone, so I will find a small mansion to live in. ”
Liu Xun said angrily: "What is this called? No one is qualified to live in this house, only you are qualified to live in it. Do you know who lived in this house? ”
Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "How would I know." ”
Liu Xun said mysteriously: "This is the house that Li Taibai arranged for him when he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion as a guest, and since Taibai left, no one has come in to live, because Zuo Xiang said that living in this mansion requires qualifications, and ordinary people are absolutely not qualified." This time, the poems on your poetry will shock the world, and the left minister will arrange you to live here, which is to compare you with Taibai. ”
Wang Yuan opened his mouth wide in surprise and said in surprise: "The house where Taibai lived? How dare I live here? Isn't that killing me? How can I live? ”
Liang Sigui said with a smile: "You can live well, Zuo Xiang is gracious, don't shirk and make Zuo Xiang unhappy." Haven't you taken a serious look at this mansion? Mr. Lao Yu and Mr. Liu will take you on a tour. ”
The two of them pulled Wang Yuan around the front and back of this courtyard, Wang Yuan slept in the east wing, and in the west wing was a row of bookshelves, all of which were thread-bound books, and a large desk was placed with precious pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Liu Xunzhi pointed out and introduced on the side, these are all things that Li Taibai has used, and Zuo Xiang ordered people to keep them as they are.
The courtyard also turned around, a osmanthus tree in the southwest corner is more than one person high, next to it is a large row of bluestone flower beds, and a stone table is placed in the middle of the flower beds.
Liu Xun said straight again: "This osmanthus tree was planted by Li Taibai himself, and the flower beds were originally lush and planted with peonies, peony, moon and other flowers, and they were very colorful when they bloomed. Taibai's first 'pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date. Raise a glass to invite Mingyue, and the shadow becomes a trio. That's where the famous phrase was born. ”
Wang Yuan was even more surprised, looking at the bare soil in the flower bed and was stunned, Liu Xun knew what it meant, and said with a smile: "After Li Bai left Chang'an, the flowers planted on this flower bed did not bloom vigorously, and they seemed to be somewhat humane, and within a year, all of them withered and died." Therefore, the roots of the flowers were dug up and the flower beds were leveled, and no flowers were planted. ”
Wang Yuan sneered in his heart, this kind of talk is obviously nonsense, I am afraid that this willow smoke will add oil and vinegar.
"The old man only understands now, it turns out that there is a reason why the flowers on this flower bed are withering, this is because Erlang is about to move here, and he wants Erlang to plant flowers here and become the owner of this place. It's all just providence in the dark. Liang Sigui interjected.
Wang Yuan almost burst out loud, Liang Sigui's mouth was about to crack to the root of his ear, and he couldn't say anything like this. However, Wang Yuan also realized that in fact, these two people were deliberately pandering to please themselves. Obviously, this is because his performance at yesterday's poetry meeting amazed everyone, and all this must also be Li Shizhi's instructions and arrangements.
Li Zuoxiang was gracious, Wang Yuan was grateful, and he didn't know what to say.
Liu Xun smiled and said: "What are you grateful for, it's all a family, you are the guest of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the poetry club won the first place, all of this is what you deserve." Yesterday evening, I took 50,000 yuan and five horses of silk from my account, and before you moved in, they were placed in your house. ”
Wang Yuan felt a lot more comfortable in his heart, he finally saw the real character, it was a supreme honor to be able to live in the house where Li Bai lived, but after all, this house belonged to Li Shizhi, and he was only temporarily living. Fifty pieces of money plus five pieces of silk cloth together are one hundred dollars, which is a huge amount of money, and it is exactly what I need the most. Li Shizhi is not a stingy person. A hundred ordinary people may not be able to save without eating or drinking for three or five years.
Wang Yuan thanked him again. The three of them talked and said that they went back to the porch and sat down, the maid Qingdouer brought tea, and Liu Xunzhi said in a low voice: "Are you still satisfied with this Qingdouer?" This is specially selected by Zuo Xiang for you, Zuo Xiang said, from now on, Erlang can write poems on the night with red sleeves. Qingdouer is literate and hyphenated, and a hairpin is written in small letters, which is the most suitable for you. ”
Wang Yuan didn't want to take on this topic, but when he heard Liu Xun say it directly, he simply let go: "I was about to talk to the two gentlemen about this matter, it's not that I don't know how to lift up, but I can't afford this woman." Mr. Liu, don't forget, I have become a relative. ”
Liu Xun was stunned and said, "What if you become a relative?" and I did not ask you to marry her and serve you. ”
Wang Yuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "The one in my family is the lion of Hedong, unless you want my house to be restless, I will never be able to contain this person." I don't want to be noisy and scolding every day, I just want to live a clean life. ”
Liu Xunzhi and Liang Sigui glanced at each other, and laughed: "It turns out that Erlang is afraid of guilt, this is a good intention to do a bad thing, just like that, in this case, how can you not be at peace, and if you look back, you will definitely change your mind." ”
Wang Yuan smiled: "Thank you, by the way, I didn't touch a finger of this girl last night, you can ask her, so as not to be confused afterwards." ”
Liang Sigui smiled and sighed: "Erlang is a gentleman who is not messy, it is really rare. ”
Liu Xun laughed and said, "He's just a gentleman who is afraid of guilt." ”
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For several days in a row, Wang Yuan did not go out in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, although the days of the past few days were also very comfortable, and the upper and lower people were very polite to Wang Yuan, but Wang Yuan was very unhappy, because he found that he seemed to be like a prisoner who was imprisoned, and he couldn't get out of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion.
And in the past few days after the poetry meeting, Wang Yuan has not been able to see Li Shiyi in person, every time he asks to see, he says that he has been busy with official business recently, and Zuo Xiang cannot meet people, please wait for Zuo Xiang to summon Yunyun.
Wang Yuan was very puzzled, but fortunately, Liu Xun was directly by the side to comfort him, and quietly told Wang Yuan that the court had indeed made waves in recent days, and the case of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming had been turned over and re-said, and Zuo Xiang had been running for this matter. And the reason why Liu Xunzhi explained why Wang Yuan was not allowed to leave the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion at will made Wang Yuan feel very strange and ridiculous.
"Erlang, I'm afraid you don't know, since the poetry meeting, your name has resounded in the literary world of Chang'an City, although you don't know the situation outside when you stay in the mansion, the rumors about you outside have gone crazy. There are people squatting in front of the three gates of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion every day, just to see you Wang Yuan. In view of this, for the sake of your safety, Prime Minister Zuo ordered that you should not be allowed to leave the house. If you feel bored and panicked, you can wander around the house casually, except for the inner house, there is no place you can't go to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion. ”
Wang Yuan was speechless, according to Liu Xunzhi's statement, he is now on fire in Chang'an City, and the paparazzi are so popular that the worshippers and paparazzi are squatting in front of the Zuo Xiangfu, which will be detrimental to his own safety, so he can only shrink in the Zuo Xiangfu and can't go out. Wang Yuan felt both ridiculous and unbelievable, knowing that those poems would cause waves, that was exactly what Wang Yuan wanted to achieve, but to say that it was so popular, Wang Yuan would never believe it.