In June of the sixteenth year of Xiande, Jiang Zhe entered Jianye, and in August, the gold list was out, Jiang Zhezhong was the first to go to the Qionglin banquet, the banquet was not finished, and the Yong envoy entered the court and asked for marriage to show the alliance.

In December of the sixteenth year of Xiande, Princess Yongchangle entered Chu, and in the first month of Wuchen in the seventeenth year of Xiande, His Royal Highness the Prince Zhao Jia held a big wedding and established Princess Changle as the crown princess.

Princess Changle, fifteen years old, mother eldest grandson, Yonggaozu concubine, known as the emperor's favor, when Princess Changle was born, Yonggaozu ascended the throne, so she loved to pet, and was given the title Princess Changle -

History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun

Coming out of the examination room, I stretched and stretched my limbs, alas, these days can make me hard, the examination shed is narrow and small, and I don't have any silver to dot, so on the third day, basically the house is full of the smell of the toilet, if it wasn't for the previous life with my father in a foreign country, I have suffered a lot, I'm afraid I can't even eat, I'm afraid that I can't even eat to this day, I don't even have a copper on my body, there is still half a month before the release of the list, what can I do with these days, do I want to sell calligraphy and paintings or write letters for others, I thought about it seriously.

Back to the inn, I calculated, tomorrow's room money is gone, so with the four treasures of the study, decided to go to the Confucius Temple to set up a stall, to the Confucius Temple, with a small teahouse owner set for a long time, and promised to write two letters for him, on the door of his teahouse set up a stall, but unfortunately the business is not very good, the people who write letters here are not a few big characters, who cares how you write. I waited for a long time and had no business, and when I was sad, a little woman in Tsing Yi came over, and when I looked at her outfit, I knew that she was a widow, but she was only ten ** years old, which was really pitiful. She said timidly: "Sir, the slave family wants to write a sub-petition." I picked up the pen and said, "What is the situation, and who are you going to sue?" ”

She said with some surprise: "The slave family's husband unfortunately died, and the slave family wanted to remarry, but the father-in-law did not agree. I asked a few more specific words, picked up the pen and wrote: "Seventeen married, eighteen widows, strong uncles, melon fields and plums, to marry or not?" She looked at my handwriting inexplicably and asked, "Sir, these words are too few." I said proudly: "Don't worry, this letter will be handed over to ensure that the government agrees to your remarriage." "She gave me ten coppers, and I looked at them with gratitude, thinking, I have dinner today, and I still have to work hard, but I haven't got the money tomorrow? Then I had no business again. Less than an hour later, the little widow came back with joy, and when she saw me, she said gratefully, "Sir, thank you for your appearance, as soon as the adults see my appearance, they will be approved." "I thought to myself, of course, the current Jianye Jing Zhaoyin attaches great importance to ethics and morality, widows remarry, but one person loses his temper, if there is a [***] scandal, it will be a big deal. As soon as this little widow left, my business got better, and when I saw it in the evening, it was enough for two or three days, of course, I didn't dare to write more pleadings, if someone came to write pleadings, I always changed the law to persuade him not to sue, not for anything else, and writing too many pleadings would damage my reputation.

I wrote a letter in the Confucius Temple for a few days, I think it is almost enough for me to wait for the list in Jianye, so I closed the stall, and listened to people chatting and laughing in the small teahouse, anyway, a pot of tea can let me stay for a day, of course, although I don't do business anymore, if someone comes to me to write a letter, I still do it, but I have to charge a few more coppers. Kill time anyway. After a day or two, I itched for a while, with a little I learned a little I Ching to measure the word fortune telling, to tell the truth, I fortune telling is not very accurate, just with a little I Ching mental arithmetic, coupled with my observation ability, soon become a god of arithmetic, of course, I have enough money to spend on the line, so I only count three lessons a day, and give a lesson every day, it is also strange, I have aroused the curiosity of many people, so the silver rolls like flowing water. Of course, in order to hide people's eyes, I changed my outfit and made some changes in my appearance, that is, I applied drugs to my face to make my skin yellow.

It was almost noon on the day, I had already calculated three lessons, and decided to close the stall after the free lesson, when a young man hurriedly came and said: "Sir, I am a businessman, two days ago I received a message from a fellow villager, saying that my wife is about to give birth, but her health is not very good, I hurried back, I haven't returned home yet, I don't know how to get it, I feel very uneasy, you give me a calculation, whether this child is safe, whether it is a man or a woman." I put the calculation on the table for a long time before I said: "No problem, a small danger is safe, Mrs. Zun was a little dangerous, but your husband and wife are usually accumulating virtue and doing good, and you should have a smooth birth, you are the life of both children, and my brother is really a blessing." "Ask me how I know, I really don't know, this kind of thing can't be calculated, but you can't say ugly words, what to do if he is half dead, but I see that he is loyal and good, and his body is good, listen to his tone, the husband and wife are also quite harmonious, then there should be no problem with the children, as for him that his wife is not in good health, of course, she is about to give birth, her husband is not here, where will the mood be good, as soon as this kid goes back, his wife is happy, and he will give birth smoothly. As for whether it is a boy or a girl, I don't say clearly, so it's easy to prevaricate when the time comes. This young man was about to give the money and leave, I told him that this lesson was given, and he was thanking me, a middle-aged man ran over and said happily: "The third child, you are back, my brother and sister have given birth, a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, go back, go back." When the young man heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly ran away. I exhaled, and while I was rejoicing, the people next to me looked at me with adoring eyes, and I was embarrassed to see it.

At this time, a gray-clothed man sitting at the door stood up, walked up to me, and said lightly, "How about Sir teach me a lesson." ”

I looked up and saw that this man was no more than twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a tall and vigorous body, a calm look on his young and handsome face, and he was followed by a middle-aged man in a green suit and a retinue in a black suit. I hesitated and said, "Today's hexagram is full, this ......"

The gray-clothed man said lightly: "I also know that Mr. is embarrassed, but I am going to leave Beijing tomorrow, so please ask Mr. to do it reluctantly." ”

I looked at these three people, the gray-clothed man's eyes were full of commands, presumably the forbidden figures, and the man in green clothes, although a little disdainful, also had some expectations, as for the entourage, his face was full of threats. Seeing that I couldn't afford to offend, I calculated that the list would be opened the day after tomorrow, so I said: "Well, it happens to be closed down in the next place, and this hexagram is my masterpiece." ”

The man in gray was a little surprised, as if he thought that I was forced to do this because I wanted to tell his fortune, but he was puzzled in his heart, so he had to ask, "I am about to travel far away, may I ask whether this trip is evil or auspicious?" ”

I put the calculation plan on the table for a long time, and said: "Kan hexagram on the sixth, the □ is used in the emblem, □ in the thorns, three years old, fierce." I am afraid that your trip will be difficult. "Speaking of this, I peeked at his expression, and thought, people like you are probably confident and slow, since you are hesitant to ask divination, then things must be tricky. The gray-clothed man looked gloomy, and after a moment he said, "Excuse me, sir, what is the obstacle?" "How do I know this, I thought about it, and my heart said that this person looks like he should be a soldier from his bearing, seeing the two people around him, one should be a staff member, the other should be a guard, this person's identity should not be simple, is there any big deal in Nanchu now, no matter what the big thing, I just need to be vague, thinking of this I said: "There are disputes inside, there are strong enemies outside, things are difficult to do, if you are cautious, it may be possible." "Although I said it vaguely, it just caters to the psychology and situation of the man in gray. The man in gray sighed, turned around and left, the man in green took out a silver ticket and put it on the table, I waited for them to go away, took a closer look, one thousand taels, almost screamed, hurriedly stuffed into his arms, and then closed the stall and left.

A few days later, it's August 15, today is the gold list out of the day, I am a little hesitant, if it was a few days ago, of course I look forward to the title of the gold list, but I now have a lot of money, but some regrets may be admitted, so I didn't go to see the list, in the room to read their own poems, not long after, I heard the crackling firecrackers outside, a guy and the shopkeeper rushed in the door, and shouted the good news: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, congratulations to the first place in the high school of the Jiang master, The small shop is really full of splendor, and I asked the champion to write a few words for the shop. "I looked out the window a little confused, not knowing what the future holds. After thinking about it, anyway, I may not be able to catch up with the country, and I heard that the library of the Hanlin Academy of Southern Chu has a collection of millions of books, which is the largest library in the world, and I am happy again, I heard that the lord of Southern Chu issued an edict last year to collect books, calligraphy and paintings in the world, and to build the Chongwen Palace to pass on to the world, I think I will have the opportunity to participate.

When I arrived at the door that night, I took the number plate to the entrance of the examination hall, and the new scholars gathered at the door were all dressed up and bright, and when I arrived at the door, I saw that everyone looked at me with strange eyes, and some of them looked jealous. I was wondering when a scholar with big ears came over and asked, "Is this brother a new jinshi who went to the Qionglin banquet?" I nodded and said, "Exactly, is there anything wrong?" When the man heard this, he immediately showed a respectful look and said: "It turns out that the new champion has arrived, and it is disrespectful and disrespectful. "It turns out that before I came, there were already seventy-nine other Jinshi here, and only when I was the champion, I understood why so many people had different colors in their eyes. The new recruits came over one by one to greet each other, and I couldn't cope with it. Hearing three bells, a senior official came out with some examiners, checked our name tags one by one, verified our identities, and let us line up and follow him into the palace. Walking on the road to the imperial city, both sides of the road are to see the lively people, where we walked, the joy was thunderous, the team entered the inner city of the palace at Chaoyang Gate, Chaoyang Gate is the gate of the inner city, no one can go except the emperor in Pingyue, except for the emperor, only we can go back when we go to the Qionglin banquet. Walking into the inner city, I saw the laughter of women behind the rockery flowers and trees from time to time, presumably those palace maids were peeking at us.

Finally arrived at Qionglin Garden, we sat down separately under the arrangement of the officials of the celebrant eunuch, and after all the jinshi and the chief examiner sat down according to their ranks, we only heard the eunuch of the celebrant screaming: "The lord of the country has arrived." I saw an old man in a dragon robe walk in under the service of a group of palace maids and eunuchs, and I knelt on the ground with the crowd and shouted earnestly: "Long live the lord of the country, long live, long live." The lord of the country said weakly: "The secretaries are flat." "We stood up, and this Qionglin feast was finally about to begin. After following the etiquette, we were finally able to enjoy the Imperial Meal, which was delicious, and if possible, I would like to get the cook from the Imperial Dining Room home to cook. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, everyone was a little let go.

At this time, Zhao Sheng put down his chopsticks and said to the examiner: "Shi Aiqing, let's introduce the top three in this department for Lone." The examiner hurriedly stood up and saluted, "The minister obeys the order." Then he pointed at me and said: "Lord of the country, this is the first champion of the first class in the examination of today's science and technology, Jiaxing Jiang Zhe." I hurriedly left my seat and knelt down and said, "Chen Jiang Zhe knocks to see the lord of the country." Zhao Sheng smiled and said: "Okay, it's really a young talent, your article is well written, especially the song "Feelings Under the Moon", Lone has ordered someone to recompose the music, let everyone listen to it for a while." The chief examiner pointed to the list and Tanhua again: "Lord of the country, this is the second list eye Jiangning Liu Kui, and this is the third Tanhua Huaiyang Fu Yulun." Zhao Sheng praised a few words one by one, and then ordered us to return to our seats. When we sat down, Zhao Sheng waved his hand, and after a while, a team of female musicians floated out of the apse, some played xiao's piano, some danced, and after a while, a woman sang in a man's voice: "When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky." I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace. I want to go back with the wind. I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, the height is unbearable, and the dance is clear to figure out the shadow, how it seems to be in the world. Turn Zhu Ge, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly, there should be no hate, what is the long time to say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has yin and eyes, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. "It's exactly what I did when I took the exam. All the people in the temple were immersed in the beautiful feelings.

At this moment, a eunuch came in and reported: "The lord of the country, the prime minister asks to see you." ”

Zhao Sheng said casually: "What's the matter, Lone is holding a Qionglin banquet here, if there are any other state affairs, let him deal with it first." The eunuch said, "The prime minister said that there was an emergency." Zhao Sheng nodded helplessly: "Okay, let him in." After a while, an old man wearing a first-class official uniform hurriedly walked in, and as soon as he saw Zhao Sheng, he knelt down and said: "Congratulations to the lord of the country, congratulations to the lord of the country, Dayong sent an envoy to the court to convey the will of Emperor Yong, and wants to marry my Nanchu." Zhao Sheng's face was overjoyed, and he said with some disbelief: "This is true." The old man nodded and said: "That's right, Emperor Yong has a beloved daughter, who is old and young, and is willing to marry the crown prince of our country as a concubine, and the two countries will be reconciled from then on, and will never fight each other." Zhao Sheng was overjoyed and said: "Today is really a double happiness, I am a new pillar of talent in Nanchu, and I am good with Dayong." Someone comes, quickly summon the envoy to meet him. "After that, Zhao Sheng drove away, and the only Qionglin banquet in my life ended like this, but everyone was happy when they heard the good news. But I was a little puzzled, why did Dayong suddenly marry Nanchu, could it be as I planned, impossible, I shook my head.

After a few months, the court was busy to death, I entered the Hanlin Academy according to the custom, happily into the library, but faintly heard that Emperor Yong's daughter Princess Changle is beautiful, and even favored by Emperor Yong, but I think, a little girl who is just fifteen or sixteen years old can be so beautiful, after a few months of operation, after completing the six ceremonies of Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nazheng, invitation, and welcome, at the time of the Spring Festival, Princess Changle officially held a big wedding with the prince of Nanchu, and I was fortunate to participate in the wedding as the new champion, After the wedding, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess received the worship of the ministers, I finally saw the true face of Princess Changle, who was really graceful and luxurious, and was absolutely beautiful. In comparison, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince next to him, although he is in his early twenties, he should not be overshadowed no matter how he looks at it. Of course, at this time, everyone is talking nonsense such as "talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven". But I think that Emperor Yong will not be so ruthless, and use his favorite daughter to pretend to tie the knot, I still hope that Nanchu will not fight with Dayong, although it is said that long pain is better than short pain, and it is better to unify as soon as possible, but I still want to have a few more comfortable days, so I sincerely pray. I hope that Dayong will really get along with Nanchu and let me live a peaceful life for decades.

While I was praying sincerely, the musician began to play music, singing the new work "The Case of the Green Jade" by me, a newly released Hanlin scholar.

"The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance. The crowd is looking for him thousands of times. Suddenly looking back, the man was there, and the lights were dim. ”

The palace ladies danced in the music, and I looked up, but saw Princess Changle turning her head slightly, and from the corner of her eye, a crystal teardrop slipped silently into the dust. My heart is cold, this lonely girl will spend her life in a foreign country from now on, and she will never be able to see her parents and family, this is still from a good prospect, if, if Dayong is just pretending to get married, although I hope not, but I am not so sure, then what a harsh ending this girl will face. At this time, I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bow his head and say something in the princess's ear, although it was a little too far away, and the voice was chaotic, but I still vaguely heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tell Princess Changle that this song "Qingyu Case: Yuan Xi" is the work of Jiang Zhe, the champion of the new department. Princess Changle looked at me at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and smiled slightly, that smile was like a spring flower blooming, which made my heart tremble, and I quickly lowered my head, somehow, there was a trace of inexplicable feeling in my heart.

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