Chapter 162: The First Taste of the Royal Heirlooms
"Make a living." Yang Cao glanced at Yang Ping'an with a smile, "Today's encounter is fate, I don't know what Brother Tai is good at, and there are still some acquaintances in Luoyang." ”
"I have no strength, I only have a handful of strength left, and I don't dare to bother my son."
"Eh, that's too outrageous." Yang Cao laughed, and poured wine for the two of them, "I have a unique temperament in Guan's brotherhood, and he should read poetry and books when he is in danger; The appropriate subordinate does not understand the rules, offends the brother, the brother dodges the horsewhip and flies up, and knocks the ignorant subordinate off the horse with a punch, stretches out his hand to be strong, it seems that he should have good kung fu,
Brother Tai Wenwu Shuang's surname is pure and good, how can he be humble and have no strengths, if Brother Tai does not give up, there is a lack of helpers around him, and he can restrain the group of subordinates who have no rules for him, I don't know if Brother Tai is willing to succumb. ”
"Thank you for your love, I am really powerless and incompetent, please forgive me." Yang Ping'an shook his head and refused, but his brain was spinning rapidly, because Yang Cao in front of him was too enthusiastic, and his enthusiasm was abnormal.
Don't you know not to talk to strangers?
Yang Cao, as the son of an official eunuch, his every move shows the momentum of pampering and being superior, what is the reason to talk to him about a passer-by whose identity and origin are unknown, the so-called civil and military, Yang Ping'an really doesn't believe it,
Fortunately, Yang Cao did not continue to woo, just pulled Yang Ping'an to chat along the way, and talked about everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, three religions and nine streams, and green buildings.
Arrived in Luoyang before dusk, and politely invited Yang Ping'an to his Luoyang mansion as a guest when they parted, and after being rejected by Yang Ping'an again, he left the address to Yang Ping'an, saying that if he changed his mind in the future or encountered any trouble in Luoyang City, he could go there to find him,
These things made the doubt in Yang Ping'an's heart reduce a lot,
Maybe it's really just a coincidence that he met Yang Zhao on the road today, Yang Ping'an thought in his heart, but unfortunately he has always thought of Yang Cao's "Cao" as a photo.
Luoyang City is very different from Yanshi, think about Yang Ping'an is also pitiful, a once-in-a-lifetime crossing, let him catch up, come to the prosperous Datang for almost two years, but he has not really seen the prosperous city of Datang, in the past two years, he has either nested in Yanshi County, or fought in the army in Shandong,
Now that I came to Luoyang, I finally saw the grandeur and prosperity of the ancient capital of several dynasties, looking at the rows of exquisite quaint buildings around me, and looking at the various pedestrians dressed gorgeously around him, Yang Ping'an's heart was really shocked by the grandeur and prosperity of the ancient city of Luoyang in front of him.
Luoyang is divided into the south city and the north city, separated by Luoshui, the area of the north city is less than half of the south city, but they are all generally prosperous, and Yang Ping'an's current location is in the south city.
As for the Luoyang Imperial City, it is not difficult to find, he can't look for people all over the street to ask about the location of the palace, but the tallest building in Luoyang City is the imperial palace, which can be seen from a distance, so he recognized the direction and walked all the way to the direction of the imperial city.
Luoyang Imperial City is located in the northwest of Luoyang City, the south city wall is close to Luoshui, standing on the south bank of Luoshui, looking at the palace opposite, Yang Ping'an suddenly realized an important question, how should he enter the palace,
If he wants to determine whether Su Guifei is Su Min, he must try to enter the imperial city and see it with his own eyes, but the palace is heavily guarded, and the harem is even more difficult to enter, how should he see the newly favored Su Guifei?
Unless he reveals his identity by reporting his home, Yang Rui will personally summon him and win him over when he learns that it is him, but if Su Guifei is Su Min, then how can he serve the guy who has the hatred of taking his wife,
In the middle of dusk, he stood still on the south bank for a long time to attract the attention of the guards on the north bank, and before the two guards crossed the bridge to check, Yang Ping'an left in a hurry and found an inn near the imperial city to stay.
The inns near the Imperial City Root are all luxuriously decorated luxury inns, and the accommodation costs are expensive, but the guests who stay are going to go a lot.
The quality of the inn's junior is not bad, and he didn't kick him out of the door because of his ordinary clothes, but he kept hinting that the house was expensive, and Yang Ping'an was afraid that he couldn't afford it.
Yang Ping'an smiled slightly, took out a silver ingot of ten taels from the burden, shook it in front of the other party, and immediately exchanged it for the other party's sycophancy.
Qinglou tavern and inn are the best places to find out the news, Yang Ping'an asked Xiao Er to send dinner to the room, and after Xiao Er came, he threw half of the silver to the other party, and exchanged a lot of news,
Tang system, the queen has four ladies, respectively, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, emperor Yang Rui has been diligent in political affairs for three years, there are not many concubines in the harem, and there is only one concubine among the four ladies.
In the second year of her accession to the throne, the queen died of illness, and the harem was handed over to Concubine Xiao Shu, in the eyes of everyone, if it were not for the rebellion of Yang Shuo, the king of Ning, Concubine Xiao Shu would naturally be named the queen.
But no one could have imagined that Yang Rui went out of the palace for a few days, and when he returned, he brought back a civilian woman, and was named a noble concubine, and he was in charge of the harem with Concubine Xiao Shu, and the queen candidate also changed.
Many people began to speculate that the harem would have an undercurrent, and there would be a battle between the two concubines.
The emperor included folk women in the palace and favored them, and they were named nobles before they were ten years old, and they once became the most discussed and fierce things inside and outside the court.
For those ministers, Yang Rui's move was not in line with etiquette, especially when the selection was about to begin, but he found a woman of unknown origin from outside the palace, regardless of the opposition of the queen mother and the opposition of the ministers, he insisted on going alone, and even ignored the fact that some ministers splashed the golden palace with blood to death.
However, for the common people, this provides them with the best talking point after dinner, there was a period of time, the streets and alleys were talking about this matter, about Yang Rui and Su Guifei, many versions have been derived, each version has been passed to have a nose and eyes, as if it was true,
But no matter which version, there is no mention of Yang Ping'an, but the beautiful love story between Yang Rui and Su Guifei, the emperor and the commoner woman, was sung by those "royal" literati poems, which made those women who wanted to fly on the branches and become phoenixes envious.
"Have you ever seen that Su Guifei?" Yang Ping'an couldn't help but ask,
Xiao Er smiled, shook his head and said: "The guest officer is too small, what kind of identity is the small, how can he be qualified to witness the peerless face of the concubine, but the little one heard that the Su concubine is beautiful and moving, but in the end, her face is frosty and she doesn't see a smile, so she is called a cold beauty." ”
After hearing this, Yang Ping'an's heart became more and more excited, and he just wanted to see Yang Rui and Na Su Guifei immediately to understand, the taste of being betrayed by someone and betrayed by his beloved woman made him unbearable.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Xiao Er continued: "The guest officer came to Luoyang at this time, but it was for the Mid-Autumn Festival performance a month later. ”
"Uh, how do you know?"
A month later, the Mid-Autumn Festival performance was known as the largest festival in the imperial court in decades, in addition to the Zhenniang who adhered to the loyalty to the imperial court returned to Luoyang from the south and prepared to present songs and dances on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were many famous singers and dancers from all over the country who received invitations and rushed to Luoyang to perform.
It can be said that all the singing and dancing in the south of the Yangtze River will gather in Luoyang, and compete in the palace on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Not to mention the singing and dancing skills of these singers and dancers, just say that the delicate appearance is worth those rich sons and daughters who rushed to Luoyang to feast their eyes.
In case God favors you, maybe you can kiss Fangze and hug the beauty, which makes the world envious.
"Guest officer, fortunately you came early, if it is a few days late, I am afraid that there will be no empty room."
"There is such a popularity, this Mid-Autumn Festival song and dance festival, can everyone enter the palace to watch."
"How is it possible, except for the emperor's relatives, powerful and nobles, not to mention us ordinary people, even the four high-ranking members of the DPRK and China, it is difficult to enter the palace to watch."
"Then what are they going all the way to Luoyang for?"
Due to the first-class singing and dancing singers in the north gathered in Luoyang, the Mid-Autumn Festival night palace performances were competitive, and a large number of second- and third-rate singing and dancing singers were also attracted to Luoyang.
What's more, such a grand ceremony will definitely attract a large number of rich and powerful children, if you can catch a golden beetle son-in-law, you can turn into a fly on the branches, and you don't have to show your head again.
It can be said that it is with the help of the name of the Mid-Autumn Festival singing and dancing feast in Luoyang, both supply and demand sides have rushed to Luoyang, secretly forming a market, and each taking what they like.
Xiao Er, who threw out a bunch of messy information, left happily with half a tael of silver, Yang Ping'an's mood became heavier and heavier, he wanted to see Su Min and ask clearly, but he didn't want Yang Rui to know that he had been here...... How do you get into the palace?
After two days and one night without closing his eyes, he finally fell into a deep sleep, and when he woke up again, it was noon.
Knowing him in his belly, he left the inn and decided to find a high-end restaurant, from where he could learn more about the Mid-Autumn Festival singing and dancing feast, in order to find an opportunity to infiltrate the palace.
Luoyang is already prosperous, and the restaurant near the imperial city is even more magnificent, with carved eaves and clouds, and the painting is flying clouds.
But there was one that attracted Yang Ping'an's attention, because the name of the restaurant was called, Zhuangyuan Building,
The appearance and decoration of the champion building and other restaurants are similar, they are all red and colorful, but in the eyes of Yang Ping'an, the champion building with its unique appearance, giving people a sense of standing out from the crowd, seems incompatible with other restaurants.
Approaching noon, it is the time to eat, and there is an endless stream of diners in front of the restaurant, but only outside the champion building, there are many official sedan chairs and carriages parked, and a large number of family guards are guarding the door, which is enough to show the difference between the champion building.
Yang Ping'an and the champion building had business dealings, but it was the first time to see the champion building, after a little thought, he stepped into the building, the champion building is five floors high, ordinary diners can only go up to the second floor, Xiao Er saw that although Yang Ping'an was dressed ordinary, but the momentum of the scholar on his body was too compelling, so he led him to the second floor, and chose a table facing the street to sit down,
As soon as he was a child and a second-hand recipe, Yang Ping'an heard a rush of horses' hooves and noisy shouts outside the building.
I was surprised in my heart and was about to ask, but Xiao Er's words to himself made him petrified suddenly,
"Alas, Her Royal Highness the Princess is out again."