Princess Fukang lived in Yifeng Pavilion with Miao Zhaorong. When I first entered, the princess was sitting in the hall with three girls of her age sitting around the banquet in the hall and playing with the money.

Han, who led me in, saw that they were having fun, so he motioned for me not to disturb, gently led me to the side to stand still, and then looked at the three well-dressed girls beside the princess, and explained in a low voice: "Opposite the princess, the older one is the queen's adopted daughter, Miss Fan. The other two are Zhang Meiren's adopted daughters, with Miss Zhou on the left and Miss Xu on the right. They are all playmates of the princess. ”

I took note of it, and then looked at the princess, and now it was her turn to grab the money, and she happily gathered the copper with both hands, held it in her palm, and smiled at her playmate, "Let's add three chips to this round!" ”

Miao Zhaorong, who was watching from the sidelines, laughed when he heard this: "You are the one who loses the most here, and you dare to increase your chips." ”

"I won't lose this time." The princess seemed to be full of confidence, and urged her playmate to place a bet.

Miss Fan smiled: "Okay, three is just three, but don't cry if the princess loses." ”

Immediately put down three copper coins on the table, Miss Zhou and Miss Xu placed bets one after another, and they both smiled and said: "I want to win so much princess, how can people be embarrassed?" ”

Dustpan money is a game often played by girls in the Song Dynasty. The player holds four or five copper coins in each round in his hand, the palm of his hand is up, the thumb and index finger pick up a coin, and the rest of the few rest in the palm of the hand to adjust its position and angle, and then throw the one that is thrown, and then flip the back of the hand to scatter the remaining money, catch the falling copper, and then throw it high again, this time the hand quickly flips and flips the ground in the gap between the falls. This process of adjusting the positive and negative aspects of copper coins can be repeated, during which the copper must be gathered to a position that can be covered by one hand. In the last throw, the hand should be immediately flipped upward, press down the thrown piece, so that all the copper coins are covered under the palm, and then ask the companion to guess the positive and negative number of copper coins, and the result is right or wrong. The key is to be flexible in finger movements, and to move the copper coin quickly, so that the companion is dazzled and makes wrong judgments.

Among the four, the princess seemed to be the youngest, and she seemed to be used to losing, but at this time, she was neither angry nor refuted in the face of the doubts of her mother and playmates, but only smiled and said "wait and see", and then dusted the money in her hand and started the game.

Everyone stared at it, but when they saw that her movements of throwing and plucking were ordinary and not fast, they gradually laughed again: "I thought the princess had any tricks......

"That's it!" The princess suddenly let out a soft cry, and threw it at the last time, and after pressing down the child, she actually covered her hands on the copper coin, and because of the excessive movement, she even leaned forward with her upper body, as if she had pounced, completely destroying the elegant sitting posture just now.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the hall burst into laughter. The princess was not annoyed, but pressed the copper tightly, looked around at her playmate, and urged earnestly: "Guess! ”

"Oh, I just patronized and laughed, and I didn't look at it closely." Miss Fan smiled, "It's like two positives and three negatives." ”

Miss Zhou then guessed: "It's three positives and two negatives." ”

Miss Xu had another idea: "There must be four positive ones, and I didn't see one child clearly." ”

"What the hell is that?" The princess asked.

Miss Xu thought about it and said, "Then I'll guess four positives and one negative." ”

The princess's eyes were shining, the corners of her lips were slightly pursed, and she brought out a restrained smug smile, but she still didn't reveal the result, and turned her head to look at the people in the hall: "What about you?" If you guess correctly, you will be rewarded. ”

Everyone also laughed and guessed, some of them had the same answers as the three girls, and some of them said that there were four negative and one positive or all positive and all negative, and almost all possible outcomes were guessed.

I didn't speak, but finally her eyes fell on me.

"Oh, Waiji," she called out my name at once, and in a tone so natural, as if I had known her for a long time, "you're here! ”

I walked a few steps closer to meet the princess and greet the three girls.

"Flattened." The princess said with a smile, "It's the first time I've heard a nobleman in the palace say such a reserved two words so cheerfully, "Huaiji, you can guess too." ”

I didn't look closely at her last move, so I didn't have a clear idea of the pros and minus of the copper under her hand, but I noticed that the hands she was holding down the coins were not side by side, but one hand was folded on the other, and the back of the upper hand was slightly arched.

So I had a different answer: "I don't know the specific positive or negative numbers, but I know that one of the coins should be positive or negative." ”

"Ah," she asked, stunned, "how do you know?" ”

She let go of her hand, and a vertical copper coin was sandwiched between the tiger's mouth in the hand below, which was either positive or negative.

I smiled and replied, "The minister also guessed." ”

She didn't ask any more questions, and smiled happily and stretched out her hand to the girls: "You all guessed wrong, take the money!" ”

Miao Zhaorong deliberately reproached her: "How can there be a reason to hold money between your hands!" You broke the rules and didn't say anything, but you were embarrassed to ask the girls for money. ”

Miss Fan also smiled and said, "Exactly, this money can't be given to you." ”

After saying that she was about to take back the copper coins that were used as chips, the princess was in a hurry, rushed over and stretched out her hands to grab and sweep, grabbing the money and laughing: "Put it down!" It's all mine! ”

Everyone just teased her, and in the end, they all let her grab the money.

The princess brought the money to herself, looked at it with great satisfaction, nodded, and then turned to me, "Huaiji, you have been rewarded with this money." ”

I lowered my eyes and said, "The minister only guessed one just now, but he didn't win all of them, so he shouldn't be rewarded." ”

She thought for a moment and said, "Yes." He pushed the money to his companion and said with a smile: "Then you guys divide it, I won't play." Then he stood up and jumped close to me, "You come with me, I have something to ask you." ”

After saying that, I walked out first, and before I could move, there were already four or five servants who wanted to follow, and the princess stopped and looked back, and ordered them: "Don't move!" Only Waiji was allowed to follow me. ”

The palace people looked at each other, but the princess didn't care, turned around and took my hand: "Let's go." ”

I was embarrassed and wanted to withdraw my hand, but I was afraid that it would be rude to her. was still hesitating, and she had been pulled out of the attic door.

She pulled me to the back garden Yaojin Pond before stopping, her eyes were clear, and she asked me curiously, "Who is Ban Jieyu?" ”

I was stunned by this abrupt question, and then I realized that it was related to my defense for her, and I couldn't help but smile: "Isn't she in the fairy story that the princess has heard?" ”

"Nope." She shook her head, "I asked my sister later, and she didn't know. asked the widow again, but the widow said that I would never encounter something like Ban Jieyu in my life, so there was no need to know. In the end, I asked my father, but my father asked me: 'Do you remember the deeds of the eldest princess of Wei that I told you yesterday?' Write it down for your dad first. ’”

The eldest princess of Wei is the daughter of Emperor Taizong, the aunt of today, the grandmother of Princess Fukang, virtuous and virtuous, blameless, and a model of women in the dynasty repeatedly praised by Zhu Wenchen, and there are naturally many stories that describe how she is filial, virtuous, reasonable, and benevolent.

"Did the princess write it?" I asked.

She replied affirmatively, "Yes." ”

Seeing that the answer was obviously unexpected by me, she smiled proudly: "I just wrote a few words: the eldest princess of Wei is good, very good, very good." ”

I was speechless, and struggled to suppress the desire to laugh under Ouchi etiquette.

She ran to the steps of the white jade bridge by the pool and sat down, so that her eyes could be at eye level with me, and then instructed me: "Tell me the story of Ban Jieyu quickly." ”

I hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly told her some things about Ban Jieyu, about her talents, avoidance, autumn fans, "Song of Resentment" and "Changxin Palace Resentment", and also mentioned a little Zhao Feiyan.

"So that's the case," she nodded thoughtfully after listening, and suddenly seemed to suddenly realize: "You said that Zhang Niangzi is Zhao Feiyan, that's right!" ”

I was startled, but I didn't know how to explain to her what was wrong, so I had to whisper, "Princess, be careful." ”

She smiled, without covering her mouth, revealing a few bead-like fine teeth, neat and cute.

It's really different from the little palace maids I occasionally come into contact with, the etiquette and education don't seem to have left too many traces on her, sitting safely in the willows of Taiye Hibiscus, she enjoys the freedom of joy, anger, sorrow and color.

"Huaiji, you just told the story for a long time, are you thirsty?" The princess asked suddenly.

"The minister is not thirsty...... Does the princess want to drink water? "I immediately stood up straight and prepared to go back to get water.

"Don't go, don't go!" She hurriedly stopped me, "No, let's go in person." ”

I looked left and right and saw that there was no one else around.

She winked at me, her lips still curled, meaningless.

I was still wondering what she meant, but she got up and turned and ran towards the bridge. Running to the center, he made the gesture of climbing over the railing of the stone bridge.

I immediately went over to stop her, but in an instant, three or four people rushed to pull her off the railing before I did, as if they had appeared from the ground.

After that, people continued to arrive, some with clothes, some with towels, some with snacks, and some with fresh fruits...... Naturally, shackles for holding kettles and teacups are indispensable.

It turns out that this is the pomp and circumstance of the princess's trip. Previously they were hidden out of sight of the princess.

The princess stood still, Shi Shiran turned around, raised her eyebrows and pointed at the shackles, and smiled at me again. This time, his expression was a little helpless and lonely.