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In the winter of 1901, the first snow in Beijing came relatively early, and the eaves of the capital were covered with white snowflakes, and the fourteen-year-old Prince Tonomiya Shokonai (equivalent to the "princess" of China) was sent to Beijing by the Japanese Emperor Meiji to marry Song Xiaofei, completing the marriage contract promised by Meiji and becoming Song Xiaofei's sixth wife. The wedding also attracted the attention of major media around the world, especially the Japanese media, and all influential newspapers came to Beijing. Although it was a political marriage, Song Xiaofei still held a grand wedding for Changgong Masako to show the Japanese people that China is willing to make friends with Japan.

In the afternoon of Laba, Song Xiaofei finished his business ahead of schedule and went home for dinner. His living and office are all in Jurentang in Nanzhonghai, a few steps away. Because she sent someone to inform Qiu Yi in advance, she asked the chef to arrange a large table of meals, which contained Song Xiaofei's favorite steamed duck, which must be in almost every meal after winter, and the position must be placed in the middle of the square table. In addition, there is braised pork that he likes to eat. Hearing that Song Xiaofei was going to come back for dinner in advance, the second aunt Taiyu Xiaowan personally cooked a smoked fish, and the third aunt and fourth aunt Tai Kim Hyun-joo and Li Minzhen were not far behind and made the best Korean cabbage. The fifth aunt, Taixi Muqing, went back to her mother's house in Shanghai to visit relatives, otherwise she would also make a dish of fried leeks with shredded pork.

In addition to steamed bread and rice, several kinds of porridge are also prepared, rice, millet and corn grits, and sometimes a "mung bean paste", that is, a "paste" made from ground mung beans.

Song Xiaofei returned home, and after sitting at the dinner table, his expression was not as serious as usual. He laughed casually with his family and played with his underage children. At this time, the children also dared to participate in the joke, changing their usual fearful, restrained and unnatural demeanor.

I chatted with a few aunts and wives for a while. Song Xiaofei suddenly found that the position of the sixth aunt, Taichang Gong Changzi, was empty. At that time, people's diet and daily life were all about the rules, and the seats of each wife and concubine in Song Xiaofei's house were basically fixed. I didn't see Masako Tonomiya. Song Xiaofei asked Qiu Yi: "Why don't you see the sixth aunt?" ”

Qiu Yi said: "I don't know, I told her that my lord was coming back for dinner tonight, and she may have committed the princess's disease, so ignorant of the rules." ”

Song Xiaofei has always felt that capable men have three wives and four concubines, and family education is the root of children's education, so when he was the governor of Shandong, he invited female teachers to teach his four wives who read less, so that they could also be knowledgeable. He himself was busy with official business, and in order to give several wives something to do, he ordered people to open up various gardens such as vegetable gardens, melon gardens, fruit tree gardens, and mulberry gardens in the presidential palace. They also raised livestock and poultry, and also planted some lotus and water chestnuts in the South China Sea, and raised a lot of fish for the whole family to eat daily, so that they could have something to do. In this way, a lot of family friction and disputes will be saved, and some expenses will be saved for the presidential palace.

The financial funds of Song Xiaofei's presidential palace are mainly Song Xiaofei's annual salary, which is legally set at 150,000 silver dollars, which is about the same as the annual salary of the US president at that time of 75,000 yuan, which was discussed and decided by the parliament. In addition, the position of Chongwenmen overseer. The head of the presidential palace is also in charge, because the superintendent of Chongwenmen is a fat shortage, and he can steadily receive 200,000 yuan of commercial taxes every month, which can be used for the expenses of the presidential office. And the fifth aunt Xi Muqing has money in her family, and she is very generous, and often gives some gold and jade jewelry to the other four aunts. So the five aunts and wives all got along well. Only this Japanese princess who has just come to Beijing does not know how to be sophisticated. So when I heard Qiu Yi say this, several other aunts and wives also followed suit, saying that this fourteen-year-old Japanese princess was difficult to get along with and had a strange temper.

In fact, Shoko Tonomiya received a good education in the Japanese Imperial Palace since she was a child. Able to speak Chinese and English, very well-behaved, and versatile, but it's just new to the city, and it's not very adaptable. Anyway, after all, she was already Song Xiaofei's wife, and he didn't want to cause any family conflicts, so he smiled and said to Qiu Yi and them: "You eat first, I'll go see what's going on with her." ”

After speaking, Song Xiaofei got up and went to Changgong Masako's room, and as soon as she came to the door, she heard a long shakuhachi sound coming from her room, like a deer chirping, like crying and complaining. The door of Changgong Masako's room was open, and the two Japanese court maids who accompanied her to marry were also very young, standing outside the door, seeing Song Xiaofei, and was about to enter the house to report, Song Xiaofei waved their hands to signal them not to disturb Princess Changgong Masako's playing.

Song Xiaofei gently pushed the door in, Changgong Masako sat in the room, her big eyes were facing the bright moon outside the window, concentrating on playing shakuhachi, she had a long face, her face was smooth and without wrinkles, and her blowing posture revealed endless sorrow and sadness, helpless and dazed.

Shakuhachi is a vertically blown musical instrument, named for its length of one shaku-eight inches. The shakuhachi in the hands of Changgong Masako is obviously a palace boutique bamboo carved shakuhachi, the upper end of the pipe is open, the front of the pipe body is five holes and the back is one hole, and there is a circular pattern on the edge of each sound hole. The production is very exquisite, with carved patterns and portraits of ladies throughout. The first hole is engraved with two women, one leaning down to pick flowers, and the other standing behind it in the shape of a sleeve. Under the back hole, there is a woman standing and holding a fan, and the other woman sits and plays the pipa, and the rest of the part is decorated with flower and bird patterns.

At the end of the song, Changgong Masako found that Song Xiaofei was standing behind her, and hurriedly came over to apologize, Song Xiaofei said: "It's okay, Changzi, your shakuhachi is very good." What kind of tune is this? ”

Tsunemiya Masako lowered her head and replied honestly: "It's a Japanese classical song: "Deer no Yuanyin". ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Oh, Lu Zhiyuanyin, listening to the title of the song should be a cheerful song, why do you play it a little sadly?" ”

Changgong Masako showed a hint of surprise on his face, and said, "I didn't expect that the king also knew the rhythm." The original meaning of this song should be that the male and female deer are in the distance, expressing their love with a chirp, which is indeed a cheerful song, but I am used to express my thoughts about my father and family. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I can understand your feelings. China and Japan are separated by water, even the shakuhachi in your hand is also our Chinese thing, I heard that in the Shosoin of Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, there is still a Tang style shakuhachi that was passed down to Japan during the Tang Dynasty in China. Now that you have married into China, you should think more about how to promote lasting peace between China and Japan, just as Wang Zhaojun did in Chinese history. ”

Tsunemiya Masako nodded and said, "This is also what my father meant. ”