The next morning, Zhang Tianshi, an old Taoist who delivered stones, was informed to go to the Furong Hall to meet Princess Taiping, which was the two-story palace directly opposite the wide bridge over the lake from the palace gate.

According to the day, it is already the spring season, but the severe cold in the wax moon has not decreased, and the Huaqing Palace is still shrouded in white snow, and there is no sign of spring. However, places with hot springs will be warmer, such as the Changchun Hall where Princess Taiping lives, as the name suggests. Princess Taiping was thinking about repairing this Huaqing Palace a year ago, just to avoid winter, and they estimated that they would return to Chang'an after the beginning of spring.

The eunuch in front of him shrunk his neck and endured the cold, leading Lao Dao and others to walk forward from the lake, freezing so cold that people were speechless all the way. However, Liuqi and Baiyue couldn't help but look around, looking at this beautiful palace snow scene, especially Baiyue was a little girl, watching around with a pair of curious eyes.

Lao Dao reminded: "Multiple thoughts, let's go to see Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, don't make a mistake." ”

Entering the Furong Palace, a warm breath came to their faces, and the three of them were amazed by the magnificence and luxury inside, Baiyue silently looked at the many palace maids standing in the layers of curtains, each of whom was wearing beautiful clothes woven by Ayara.

"Tut-tut......" Liu Qi couldn't help but make a sound out of his mouth. The eunuch in front of him snorted, probably a kind of contempt.

After walking for a while, my eyes suddenly opened up, and I came to a very spacious and bright place, where many candles were lit on the lamp stands in broad daylight. This is in the people's homes, in order to save lamp oil at night, they all go to bed early, and they have to be scolded for being a loser if they light the lamp during the day.

There is a wooden platform on it, and there is a high and wide landscape painting screen behind the platform, but at this time the throne in front of the screen is empty, and Princess Taiping has not yet come, and there is a female eunuch standing around.

The man who brought them in said, "The Taoist chief will wait here, and His Highness will be here in a moment." ”

Lao Dao stroked his goatee and pretended to be a fairy wind bone, nodding slightly to answer. It's a pity that his entourage Liu Qi really didn't cooperate, and pointed to the frame of a painting and said, "It shouldn't be made of gold, right?" ”

Old Dao: "......"

Liu Qi said while looking at the picture frame and walked forward, trying to take a closer look, but unexpectedly hit a big case placed on the wall with a "bang", his strength was not small under the big one, and the huge big wooden case hit directly moved its position, and a porcelain bottle placed on it staggered and was about to fall down.

"Ahh The people around couldn't help but make a sound, staring at the shaking bottle in amazement, even if they stood closest to it now, it was too late to save it, they could only watch it shake twice, and finally fell crooked...... shattered into porcelain with a "bang".

Liu Qi's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he looked at Lao Dao with a sad face.

A eunuch said angrily: "Do you know some rules?!" If you don't know how to be polite, you can be cured of a crime of disrespect! ”

Lao Dao hurriedly said: "The inferior disciple has no knowledge, and accidentally broke something, and he will wait for His Highness to come down to the poor road and ask her for guilt." ”

At this moment, a eunuch on the stage walked down, and the eunuch below hurriedly stopped his mouth and respectfully called "Yu Gonggong", now this eunuch's grade is a little higher. Who is he not a fish?

Yu Liben said: "Isn't it just a bottle?" If you bother Your Highness about everything, what else do you want us to do? Someone was called to clean up the pieces, and this matter ended here, the Taoist chief is a distinguished guest summoned by His Royal Highness, and he must not be lazy. ”

The eunuchs hurriedly said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Lao Dao thanked Yu Liben and glared at Liu Qi again, Liu Qi bowed his head and said nothing, much more honest. At this time, several people brought in the stone that Lao Dao had brought all the way in, and put a piece of red silk on the floor, and then put the stone on it.

After a while, I saw a group of people hugging a man and a woman, two gorgeously dressed people, came in from the curtain, but saw the gorgeous woman in heavy makeup, a big red floor-length skirt, and a jeweled body, even if she had never seen Princess Taiping herself, anyone could guess that it was her when she saw such a woman. There is also a tall man wearing a purple flower brocade robe beside her, with a full forehead, calm eyes, a somewhat dark complexion, a heroic and restrained spirit between his eyebrows, and a very steady pace when he walks up.

Yu Liben hurriedly greeted him, bent very low, and then whispered something in Princess Taiping's ear. Lao Dao thought to himself: I'm afraid it's about Liu Qi breaking the bottle?

Seeing that Princess Taiping's casual gaze swept over Liu Qi, she didn't mention it, and walked straight to the throne, Xue Chongxun hurriedly stepped forward and gently held her hand, she sat up domineeringly, flicked her wide sleeves, and a stunning majesty emanated from above.

Lao Dao took two steps forward with the two apprentices and bowed: "The poor road in the mountains to meet Your Highness." ”

"Please get up, why don't you move the Taoist to sit down?" Princess Taiping said casually.

Lao Dao found that there was a female Taoist with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes wearing Taoist robes next to Princess Taiping, and said that Princess Taiping must also be interested in Taoism, so he brought a Taoist priest to serve at all times.

At this time, Princess Taiping looked at the stone in the hall and asked, "What words appear on it?" ”

Yu Liben stretched his neck and glanced at it and said, "The slave doesn't know that kind of character, it's a bit like the seal body of the ancient pre-Qin period." ”

Princess Taiping looked at Lao Dao again, Lao Dao hurriedly got up and said: "There are four words in total, and the last two words are 'Hedong', but the first two words Lao Dao is also incomprehensible, and he is pondering." ”

Xue Chongxun came to his senses as soon as he heard the word Hedong, his hometown is Hedong, so he is naturally more sensitive to these two words, it seems that this stone is obviously linked to politics, not about himself?

Princess Taiping said: "Yu Liben, you go and call a few erudite Confucian scholars to come and have a look." ”

"Wait!" Lao Dao suddenly said, "Poor Dao doesn't think that the doctors of Huaqing Palace are not knowledgeable enough......" He said while pinching his fingers and counting, Zhengse Dao, "Providence is like this, so that Poor Dao can't unravel the first two words, so you should go with the flow and not force it." ”

"How do you go with the flow?" Princess Taiping was not in a hurry when she saw him playing tricks, and asked with great interest.

The old saying goes: "When it is time to unravel the meaning, it will naturally open, and it will be natural." Why not wait for His Highness to return to Chang'an, let the Chinese Wu of the DPRK take a look together, thousands of officials and hundreds of officials always have someone Bogu Tongjin, isn't it natural? ”

Princess Taiping groaned slightly, and suddenly laughed: "Interesting, it's natural to be interesting......"

Xue Chongxun's face was expressionless, but he scolded in his heart: Isn't it just a bad idea for him to say a bunch of nonsense and make such a fuss, and to solve it in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, isn't it just to build momentum?

Princess Taiping smiled: "How long have you known Zhang Renyuan?" The stone was excavated from the mountain, but it was Zhang Renyuan's recital. ”

Lao Dao said: "I didn't know each other before, but Poor Dao found this strange stone, and his feelings were not trivial, so he reported to the nearest official, so Manager Zhang met Poor Dao for the first time." After seeing the strange stone, Manager Zhang said that since the strange stone was made by the poor road, it should be sent to Guanzhong, so he could have the honor to see His Royal Highness. ”

Princess Taiping naturally doesn't seem to believe his words, and the most unbelievable thing may be the statement that this old Taoist and Zhang Renyuan have never met, but it doesn't matter if this thing is true or not, what matters is what's the use. She also said as vaguely as an old man: "Whether you and Zhang Renyuan are old friends or just met, he asked you to send this stone, so how do you interpret these words is also related to Zhang Renyuan." ”

"Yes, Poor Dao will carefully study their interpretations." The old way is a matter of course.

Princess Taiping nodded with satisfaction: "Then you will live in Huaqing Palace for a while, and when we return to Chang'an, you will go back to the court with me and make a statement in front of the ministers." ”

After saying to Lao Dao, she turned her head to look at Xue Chongxun who was sitting next to her: "Chongxun is tired of staying in Huaqing Palace, do you want to go back to the court?" ”

Xue Chongxun pondered in his heart: If I am in a hurry to return to Chang'an, isn't that in a hurry to show my ambitions to the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs? He thought about it and said: "This year's climate is extra cold, and the hot springs in Huaqing Palace are indeed a good place to spend winter, so it is better to wait for the spring to warm up before going back." ”

"It's fine." Princess Taiping smiled and nodded.

Lao Dao listened attentively to the conversation between the mother and son, and then saluted: "I take the liberty to ask, what is the origin of the Taoist chief next to His Highness?" ”

"What does it have to do with you?" Yu Qing said coldly.

Lao Dao was stunned in embarrassment and said: "I don't mean it, I just ask for advice at will, and I don't want to say it." ”

Princess Taiping said with a smile: "She is just bent on refining pills and cultivating the Immortal Dao, and she doesn't care about other things, and I'm afraid she is not interested in discussing the Dao Fa with the Dao Master." ”

"Cultivating immortals and ascending to heaven?" Lao Dao touched the goatee and laughed, shook his head and sighed.

Princess Taiping was curious: "What? Could it be that the Taoist has another high opinion? ”

Yuqing couldn't help but say: "This thief's eyebrows and rat eyes are so mysterious, but in order to get close to His Highness, I think most of them are fake Taoist priests who sell their reputations, so there is no need to talk to him." ”

Xue Chongxun also showed a smile on the corner of his mouth when he heard this, if it weren't for his own identity and almost wanted to clap his hands, only a person like Yuqing who was not good at being tricky could say such ugly things to his face, but it sounded coquettish and honest. He glanced at the two entourages of the old Taoist priest again, and found nothing suspicious, but he noticed that the little Lori looked quite cute, followed by an obscene old Taoist priest and a strange-looking man, in the middle of such two old bachelors, and he didn't know what to do.

Anyway, Xue Chongxun didn't believe that the old Taoist priest in front of him had any beliefs or immortal laws, just as Yuqing's words expressed his opinion. But he didn't bother to bother with those three people, since his mother wanted to do something with this, why should he intervene? G