Chapter 5 Poems

The red lantern was lit at the entrance of the Huazhou Thorn Mansion, and at a glance there was a colorful silk happy tent, and the sound of drums came from the hall.

Everyone in the house was beaming, and a young man in auspicious clothes knelt down to kowtow to Li Tingshi and Mrs. Li

Youth: Favored by adults, the marriage of the son-in-law was achieved, and the son-in-law came to pick up the marriage today

At this time, a maid came in and whispered a few words to Thorn Shi

Li Tingshi's face was a little embarrassed: The virtuous son-in-law is invited to get up, Huan'er is a little unwell, and the virtuous son-in-law sits

Li Tingshi gave Mrs. a look, and Mrs. Li understood: The virtuous son-in-law sits first, and I will come when I go

Li Tingshi turned around and instructed the family members who were waiting beside him: Quickly pour tea for my uncle

The young man was a little puzzled, but it was inconvenient to ask more, so he had to sit down

As soon as Mrs. Li walked to the embroidery building where Li Huan lived, she saw the phoenix crown and the curtain being thrown down from the upper floor

Mrs. Li was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and went upstairs to enter Li Huan's boudoir

I saw the copper basin for washing my face fall to the ground, the water was sprinkled on the ground, and the rouge gouache drifted with the water

Li Huan sat on the bed without saying a word, and the maid stood in the corner of the room and didn't dare to come out

Mrs. Li: Huan'er, today is your big day...

Li Huan turned his head away, didn't say a word, and didn't look at his mother

Mrs. Li sighed: Huan'er, I know that you are unhappy in your heart, and you hate your father and mother for breaking you up. But it's all for your own good. That Wang

Tuo is just a grass people, how can he be worthy of you? If you marry him, you will regret it in the future

Li Huan: What's wrong with the grass people? Isn't Emperor Guangwu of Han also from a grass people? The Great Zhao Emperor Shi Le was still a slave during the Wuhu Rebellion, these are all stories you told me, have you forgotten yourself?

Mrs. Li was speechless for a moment

Li Huan: Although my Wang Lang is from a poor family, he is ambitious, talented, wise, brave, both civil and military, and will one day make great achievements!

Mrs. Li: Huan'er, you also know that Yang Xiangye and your father are not on good terms, if you can form a family with Lord Wang this time, you will have strong reinforcements in the court in the future, and if something happens, your father will not be isolated

Li Huan: Mother, you used to tell your daughter the story of the former dynasty and your relatives, and every time you tell it, you despise the emperor of the previous dynasty, thinking that it is because their men are incompetent, so they rely on sending women in exchange for their own safety... So why are you doing the same thing today?

Mrs. Li was speechless for a while, her face changed, and she sharply ordered the maids around her: Miss Serve to freshen up and dress

Several maids stepped forward and prepared to forcibly help Li Huan freshen up

Unexpectedly, Li Huan took out half of the scissors and pointed them at his throat: If you force me to marry today, I will die to show you

Mrs. Li was shocked, and all the maids retreated

The two sides were at a stalemate, and the atmosphere in the boudoir became tense and solidified

At this time, a family member ran in in a panic: Oh no, ma'am...

Mrs. Li scolded: You dare to come in Miss's boudoir, what kind of system!

The family was incoherent: Madam, something is wrong

Mrs. Li saw that the family was full of panic and didn't seem to be a fake, and knew that something was wrong: What was the panic?

Before the family could speak, there were neat footsteps downstairs, and there were quite a few people listening to the sound

Madame couldn't help but be stunned, and walked to the window to look down

I saw that Xiaolou was surrounded by a team of sergeants, and it was not the military horses of Benzhou, but the forbidden army in the palace!

The family was taken to the antechamber

An official reads the decree: ... Huazhou Assassin Shi Li Sheng has a negative grace, and now he has been dismissed to the post of Assassin Shi, and he has been assigned to the Anxi Protectorate to fill the army, and his daughter has entered the palace as a slave...

It turned out that Yang Guozhong learned that Li Tingshi was going to marry the ministers of the court and become an alliance, so he made a move in advance and framed Li Tingshi in front of the emperor, and finally Li Tingshi and his wife were sentenced to be assigned to the frontier, and his daughter entered the palace as a slave...

Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, the palace maids who entered the palace as slaves only chose good families, but after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, in order to meet the expanding needs of harem work, the scope was expanded to the poor and criminals, and there was no service period. This practice was inherited by the Tang Dynasty, resulting in the palace maid becoming a lifelong slave of the royal family as soon as she entered the palace, unless she caught up with the emperor's grace, otherwise, there was never a time to leave the palace.

As the saying goes, "as deep as the palace gate..."

A group of geese flew over the Daming Palace from north to south

In the Daming Palace, a pair of wonderful eyes looked at the wild goose obsessively

Big goose, big goose, you can fly freely, can you bring me the news of Wang Lang?

Looking at the wild geese, Li Huan couldn't help but burst into tears

My father usually had angina, and when the forbidden army arrested him, my father died suddenly of a fright and illness. The mother committed suicide on the spot...

Wang Lang, the only one in the world, was confiscated, and he became a lifelong slave of the royal family, and he will be alone in this Daming Palace for the rest of his life...

Thinking of this, Li Huan felt sad and burst into tears

Time flies, and suddenly it's winter

This year, heavy snow fell in Chang'an, and Emperor Xuanzong climbed to enjoy the snow.

Gao Lishi, who was waiting on the side: Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty

Emperor Xuanzong: Oh?

Colliers: Ruixue Zhaofeng year, it seems that next year will be another good year, which is all due to His Majesty's blessings.

Xuanzong smiled when he heard this: This is all the power of heaven and earth, what is my Hongfu doing

With a smile, Emperor Xuanzong's face suddenly changed, as if he remembered something

Colliers cautiously: Your Majesty...

Xuanzong: I remembered the hardships of the soldiers in the border area. Counting nine cold days, I still feel cold in Chang'an, and the soldiers are in a bitter cold place, and daily life is not easy...

Speaking of this, Emperor Xuanzong couldn't help but sigh

Xuanzong muttered to himself: It is not easy for the soldiers to defend the frontier, how can I chill the hearts of the soldiers? It is the way of heaven to go from spring to autumn, alternating between cold and summer, and it is not something that can be changed by manpower, but I can do my best to protect the soldiers from the cold

Xuanzong turned to the female attendant: pass the decree, and order the palace to immediately make a batch of cotton clothes and send them to the frontier. You're in charge.

Female Officer: Decree of the Minister

After receiving the order, the female officer immediately began to arrange for the production of cotton clothes. The ones who undertook this task were naturally those palace maids who were engaged in miscellaneous labor in the harem, and Li Huan was also one of them.

It is said that Li Bai, a Qinglian layman, returned from Jiuyuan, and was favored by Emperor Xuanzong, knowing his free and unrestrained temperament, so he was allowed to travel freely to the palace.

On this day, Li Bai was bored in the Hanlin Courtyard, so he came to Daming Palace for a walk, and unexpectedly came to the workshop in the palace to make cotton clothes.

Li Baicai's scientific fame moved the world, even the emperor was full of praise for his talent, and naturally there were a large number of people in the palace who admired his poetry, and the female official in charge of making cotton clothes was also his loyal supporter. At this time, when he saw the idol coming here, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly beckoned Li Bai to sit down and serve tea.

Female officer: The name of the bachelor moves the world, we have admired it for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today, which is really a blessing for three lives. I also asked the bachelor to give a poem, and it was not in vain to meet today.

Li Bai smiled, and looked around, there were all the elderly palace maids in the workshop, their temples were already gray, but they were still working hard, Li Bai felt for a while:

The white hair is three thousand feet, and the fate is like a long one! I don't know in the mirror...

Li Bai didn't think about the fourth sentence for a while, and when he was secretly deliberating, a crisp voice came: Where can I get the autumn frost?

Li Bai was stunned, looked back, and saw that it was a young palace maid who spoke, and the color of the clothes was of low grade, so it should have not been long after entering the palace

Female officer: Presumptuous, in front of Qinglian Jushi, how can you speak! Kneel down and apologize to the Qinglian monk!

The palace maid looked frightened and quickly knelt down

Li Bai was wandering, thinking about the poem just now, and then exclaimed: What a 'where to get autumn frost'!

Seeing this, the female official immediately changed her expression: she had just entered the palace, and she was also a person who knew the rules, and this was also the reason why she was excited to see the bachelor before she spoke abruptly, and asked the bachelor not to be surprised. Li Huan, quickly apologize to the bachelor.

Li Bai was taken aback: Li Huan?

The female officer was surprised: What? Bachelor recognizes her?

Li Bai remembered the scene when Wang Tuo was drunk at the Jiuyuan banquet and muttered to Li Huan, but he also thought that Jiuyuan and Chang'an were thousands of miles apart, how could the soldiers and the women in the palace have anything to do with it? Moreover, Wang Tuo was already drunk at that time, and the name in his mouth may be different from the palace maid in front of him

Li Bai shook his head: Li Bai has a clear stream, and he can only enter and leave the palace with the grace of the saint, how can he know the people in the palace? This girl, who also likes poetry and articles?

Li Huan: On the day when the little girl was at home, she followed her father to read some books indiscriminately, and when she saw that the bachelor's poems were good, she really felt in her heart, so she quickly took it for a while, and asked her to Haihan.

Li Huan said and bowed down

Li Bai hurriedly helped Li Huan up, seeing that her expression was miserable and there were still tears in the corners of her eyes, Li Bai knew in his heart that the women who did this cheap labor in the palace were either poor or family members of criminal ministers who entered the palace as slaves, if there was no accident, she would be a lifelong slave in the palace in this life, and she could only grow old in grief until she dyed her white hair and her temples were dyed with autumn frost... Her own poems hit her in the sore spot

Thinking of this, Li Bai couldn't bear it in her heart, thinking that she was lonely in the palace, if she could recite poems, she could also talk about herself

Li Bai: Girl, Li Bai has no strength, and all he has learned in his life is to make a few poems. I see that the girl has just spoken out into poetry, and she is quite talented in poetry, if you don't dislike it, I will take you as an apprentice, and teach you poetry and songs.

Li Huan is intelligent, and he used to read poetry at home, laying a good foundation, at this time, if he can follow the first Qinglian monk at that time to learn poetry and songs, this is really a rare opportunity.

Li Huan immediately bowed down: Meet the master

The female officials and other palace people were envious and congratulated in unison.

Since then, under the guidance of Li Bai, Li Huan's literary talent has advanced by leaps and bounds. After work, he reads and writes poems, and his life is not so difficult.

One day, the female officials in the palace came to collect the cotton clothes they made, and Li Huan heard the female officials whispering that there was a war on the frontier

Li Huan couldn't help but think of Wang Tuo, I don't know what will happen to Wang Lang during the war? Although Wang Lang is excellent in martial arts, but the Turkic Tubo is as evil as a tiger and wolf, I wonder if Wang Lang can save his life? I don't know if Wang Lang is still in the world or has he fallen on the battlefield?

Thinking of this, Li Huan couldn't help but feel numb, and looked down at the cotton clothes in his hand

If his parents had allowed him and Wang Tuo to have a relationship, he would have sewed a robe for Wang Lang, and now who would this hand-sewn cotton coat be worn?

Li Huan had nothing to express, so he picked up his eyebrow pencil and wrote a poem on the cloth to relieve his worries. As soon as I finished writing, the female officers came to collect the cotton clothes. Li Huan was shocked.

At that time, in order to prevent the leakage of palace secrets and the dissemination of right and wrong, the palace stipulated that without permission, palace ladies were not allowed to move around without permission, and were not allowed to communicate with outsiders without permission, otherwise they would be severely punished.

During the Yonghui period of the Tang Dynasty, that is, during the reign of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, the inner court often served Song Sitong, because of sympathy for the palace maid's suffering, he took the opportunity to go out of the palace to help the palace maid bring a letter to his family, just such a very ordinary thing, after being discovered, the palace maid and Song Sitong were actually executed by Tang Gaozong together.

I studied poetry with Li Bai, and I don't know how many people were jealous.

If someone is found to be writing poems by themselves, if someone has ulterior motives to go out and tell right and wrong, then not only himself, but even Li Bai may be affected by Zhu Lian...

The more Li Huan thought about it, the more scared she became, at this time the female officer was getting closer and closer, Li Huan had nowhere to hide, so she casually stuffed the poem into the cotton clothes that were about to be made in her hand, and then quickly sewed it.

The female officials came to collect the cotton clothes in Li Huan's hands, but they didn't find anything abnormal, so Li Huan gradually relaxed his heart.

After a few days, the Qinglian monk came to the workshop, and saw Li Huan's literary talents, and his heart was overjoyed, so he gave a few good words to the palace steward, and Li Huan left the hard work of sewing cotton clothes, and instead served tea in the palace.