This morning, there is a light rain outside, there are thousands of filaments rippling in the air, like a layer of light yarn in the confusion, all at once the wanton sprout of vigorous heat swept away a lot, anyway, do not go out, I only wear plain thin clothes, scattered three thousand such as waterfall green silk, a graceful posture of magnolia carefully inserted into the porcelain vase, a color of light and tender white, light and elegant, with a kind of heart-stopping beauty, a wet wind poured in, I raised my hand to gently open the carved window lattice, saw the rain outside the window ticking, Gently slide over the cornices and splash the plantains. Yesterday I ordered the small kitchen to make a few new delicate snacks according to my description, I was very satisfied with the finished product, and at noon I took it to Zaixiang's Xinyang Palace, Cuizhu through the chestnut-colored Nanfuhu gauze hanging curtain, fell a forest ghost, just put down the food box on the case to sort, Zai Xiang handed over a fold, the bright yellow satin exudes a faint luster, the face is half light and half dark, "I really don't know whether to be happy or worried now." ”

I was concerned and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?" ”

Zai Yan stretched out his hand and clicked on the fold I was holding, and motioned for me to look, "Zhen'er can also help me analyze the situation after reading it." ”

I frowned lightly and flipped through the fold in my hand, muttering: "What what one, what what nine," the text on it was like a ghost drawing, I couldn't understand it at all, and I didn't think much about it, so I asked casually, "Oracle?" ”

When I raised my eyes, I saw that Zai Yan was staring at me with a surprised gaze, and after a moment, I couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What did Zhen'er say?" He covered his face and laughed for a while, then raised his voice and asked, "Oracle?" ”

I scratched my forehead and cautiously asked, "Isn't it Oracle?" ”

Zai Yan stood up and rubbed the back of my neck, and said with a smile on his face: "Of course not, the text on it is our Manchu text, and I never knew that Zhen'er didn't know it." ”

My heart was shocked, and I thought about it again, and the last time I saw the excerpt was clearly written in Chinese, and when I saw Zhirui and them all in Chinese, I said confidently: "Zhen'er grew up in Guangzhou since she was a child, and she mingled in Western-style schools all day long, and her brothers and sisters at home are also familiar with Chinese," and her voice gradually lowered, "I don't know what's strange about Manchu." ”

Zai Yan pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes glared down at me, and said lightly: "Zhen'er knows that in the Qing Dynasty, there is no difference between Manchu and illiterate. ”

I was suddenly shocked when I heard this, I am also a college student who has studied hard for 16 years in the cold window of modern times, once I traveled to the Qing Dynasty and was actually said to be illiterate, my heart was naturally full of grievances and resentment, but I couldn't speak strongly, just stubbornly turned my head to the side, and let out an unwilling snort.

Zai Yan looked at me with a smile, gently pulled out the fold from my hand, opened it and looked at it twice, sighed and closed it gently, "Zhen'er doesn't want to know what is said above?" ”

The corners of my lips moved, "Zhen'er is not curious," slowly bowed her head, and her fingertips wrapped around the silk silk hanging from the jade belt around her waist, "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and Lafayette has warned you." ”

He stroked my shoulder blade apologetically, leaned in and said, "That's the angry talk." ”

I still lowered my eyes and didn't look at him, and said stiffly: "Zhen'er didn't." ”

He stared at me and said softly, "I asked Li Hongzhang about the Beiyang Naval Master earlier this morning, but he didn't answer directly, and then he showed me a fold with a sentence written on it. ”

I hurriedly asked, "What words?" ”

He laughed, "Zhen'er is curious again?" ”

I glanced at him lightly, leaning slightly to the side, "If the emperor doesn't say it, forget it." ”

I raised my eyes to look at him, and I seemed to see the burning light in my eyes under his clear eyes, and he said, "Li Hongzhang's sentence is only eight words, first in East Asia, ninth in the world. ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but sneer and shake my head.

Zai Yan asked, "What is Zhen'er laughing at?" ”

I smiled and said, "Zhen'er is laughing at Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang." Li Hongzhang's boasting skills are really amazing, and he is so ashamed that he doesn't need to make a draft, and he won't even blush. I looked at Jae-yan being kept in the dark, should I tell him the truth? Will I do this and cause irreversible consequences in history?

When he was hesitating, Zai Yan said gloomily: "The strength of the Beiyang Naval Division is magnificent, and I am both happy and worried about this. ”

I asked, "What is the emperor worried about?" ”

Zai Yan said: "I once told you, Li Hongzhang has been in charge of the Beiyang military affairs for many years, not allowing others to interfere, and even I want to take back the Beiyang Naval Division has been hindered, it is not an easy task, if one day Li Hongzhang will use the Beiyang Naval Division for his own use, the major event will be suspended," he paused, his fingertips were cold, "What makes me even more worried is that the Beiyang Naval Division will be regarded by Li Hongzhang as his own use one day to deal with me." ”

I whispered, "No," and added, "Only foolish and loyal people will do such stupid things, and most of the generals of the Beiyang Navy Division are people of insight, and they will definitely not, and the emperor can rest assured." ”

Zai Yan asked: "How does Zhen'er know how the general of the Beiyang Navy Division is a person?" ”

Of course I know, but how am I supposed to tell him, could it be that I am going to tell him that I read it from the history books? Suddenly, I chuckled and said, "I heard my brothers mention it when I was in the mansion before. ”

Jae-yan asked, "What did they say?" ”

I smiled and said: "Although my brothers don't know what the strength of the Beiyang Navy Division is, they all know that there is a Navy General named Deng Shichang, I don't know if the emperor knows this person?" ”

Zai Yan thought about it for a while, and said quietly: "I have inquired about this person, and he is Li Hongzhang's proud protégé. ”

I said: "Deng Shichang is upright, and he is by no means a party and a selfish person," my heart moved, and I fixed my eyes on him, "In fact, the emperor can try to take Deng Shichang for his own use." ”

Jaeyan's gaze flickered like a flickering candle, "Why is Zhen'er so sure?" ”

I groaned slightly, "Zhen'er didn't hide it from the emperor, before entering the palace, Zhen'er and the second brother Zhirui met a young Donghai Sai Ming clan when they went out to have fun on Qixi Festival, and they were by no means mediocre, and many news was told to Zhirui by this person." ”

Zai Yan nodded, and after a while, he suddenly raised his hand and scratched the bridge of my nose, and asked with a half-squinted smile: "Zhen'er really doesn't know Manchu?" ”

I glared at him for a moment, and then put up two fingers, "What's so difficult about Manchu, Zhen'er only needs two months to get used to it," I said, I still couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why is it not Manchu on the fold that Zhen'er saw last time?" ”

He smiled helplessly and shook his head, "The recital submitted to me has always been prescribed to be written in cursive script, but Li Hongzhang has always liked to deliberately embarrass me." ”

I sighed, staring at Zai Yan and turning gently, "The emperor is not easy, there are Li Hongzhang and Ronglu in the previous dynasty and the old conservative forces are eyeing each other, and there are Lafayette and the queen in the harem chasing after them." ”

Zai Yan took my hand and rubbed it, looked back at me, and smiled, "Zhen'er knows again?" ”

Then came out of the palace of raising the heart, I instructed Ying'er to go to the Hanlin Academy to borrow a few ancient books for the first time to learn Manchu, the sky was about to be late Ying'er hurriedly returned to Jingren Palace, and brought a few books in, one is Qianlong's "Imperial Shengjing Fu", one is Kuishan's "Manchu Liuyuan", and one of the thickest is Ji Huang's "Qing Dynasty Tongzhi", most of the above is about Manchu seals, history, modification, and use, I just leaned on the couch and turned over half of the "Imperial Shengjing Fu", which was already dizzy, full of Venus, I couldn't help but sigh to myself: "Qianlong Gaozong is a lot of harm! "Just the Manchu seal is enough to have thirty-two bodies, what bird track seal, weeping cloud seal, Luan Feng seal, for me are all the same, all of them are heavenly books, the more I stare at it, the more I feel like I am watching a charm drawn by a Taoist priest to monsters in a TV series.

But a familiar male voice slowly came to my ears, "Let me hear who is complaining?" ”

I was startled, turned around suddenly, but saw Zai Yan wearing a silver gray python pattern thin shirt slowly walking towards me, busy getting up to greet each other, Ying'er and Que'er had already saluted and stood still, I glanced at the two of them, and said lightly: "Why don't you know the spread when the emperor comes?" ”

Ying'er smiled, "The communication was originally a matter of Gao Gonggong Dai's father-in-law, since the two fathers-in-law didn't say a word, it must be the emperor who didn't let the communication, why should the slaves and maids do anything more?" ”

I sneered at her, "I guess I'm overdoing you little hooves on weekdays." ”

Ying'er and Que'er smiled: "The slave doesn't dare." Seeing Zai Yan smiling and waving at them, the two looked at each other and smiled lightly, and then retreated in amusement.

I sat back on the couch again, flipped through the book, and asked with a pleasant face: "Why is the emperor here?" ”

Zai Yan also bent down to sit next to me, whispered in my ear, and lowered his voice, "What? Not welcome? ”

I looked at him with a sideways smile and gently pounded him with my elbow, "How so?" ”

Zai Yan said softly: "I tasted the refreshments you sent in the morning, and they are very delicious." ”

I glanced at him with a smile, "It's good if the emperor likes it." ”

Zai Yan smiled, and his eyes followed me to the small table, "Where do you see it?" As he spoke, he leaned his face closer, "It turned out to be "Imperial Shengjing Fu", which was created by Emperor Gaozong in the first eastern tour of Shengjing to worship his ancestors, a work that praised the entrepreneurial achievements of the ancestors and the richness of Shengjing's products and talents, "Changbai rumbles, Cangming, the choice of form wins, Yishi Yonglai", Emperor Gaozong ordered his ministers to search for books, according to the ancient law, write various seals, engraved into a book, a kind of seal for a volume, the content is the same, a total of thirty-two bodies, "then raised an eyebrow, sighed," The Hanlin Academy has been attentive this time, and "Imperial Shengjing Fu" is indeed a must-read for beginners of Manchu literature. ”

I stared sideways at Zaiyan, elegant as the misty evening light flowing clouds, he looked at the paper quietly, thick eyebrows, high nose, the inadvertent light in the eyes but people dare not underestimate, all of them are showing nobility and elegance, silent for a moment, my heart suddenly jumped, and I actually gave birth to a sense of regret, both hands held his neat chin, "The emperor is really powerful." ”

He was overwhelmed by me for a moment, and just looked at me dumbly and said "hmm".

I said again: "The emperor is familiar with Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese, and English, and he is more proficient in riding and shooting, but Zhen'er was confused just in the face of a Manchu text, and the sky fell apart. ”

Zai Xiang smiled and sighed, shook his head, his eyes were slightly horizontal, like warm spring water refreshing people's hearts, "I am the emperor, I am the king of a country, I should read poetry and books to the fullest, whether it is Manchu or Han and English, you need to come easily, otherwise you will not be able to do diplomatic things, and if you don't know three questions, you will lose your national body," he said, he smiled and looked at me without relaxation, "But Zhen'er doesn't have to be like this, as a harem concubine, she only needs to be pampered every day, but my Zhen'er is not willing to be mediocre, and she can do what I can't, and I won't," With a sly smile in the corner of his eye, he leaned in and said, "Don't forget, my English is still instructed by Zhen'er!" ”

I pursed my lips, tilted my body and said astringently: "The emperor joked about Zhen'er, what is it, Zhen'er just knows a little bit about the skin, with the emperor's intelligent talent, it will not take two years to surpass Zhen'er, and Zhen'er will definitely be beyond the reach of the dust at that time." ”

Zai Yan smiled at me, "Is it true that a Manchu Wen knocked Zhen'er down?" ”

I plunged headlong into Jae-yan's arms and rubbed, "Yes, Zhen'er is weak...... Give in," I said, stretching out a hand and slamming the "Imperial Shengjing Fu" on the small table twice, and said helplessly, "I still succumbed to the obscenity of Manchu." ”

Zai Yan smiled and brushed the "Imperial Shengjing Fu", dusted it, bowed his head to me and said, "What are you doing with it?" ”

The evening outside the window was hazy, I grabbed Zaoyan's other hand, shrunk the head against his chin, and said coquettishly: "If you don't take it out, do you want to take the emperor out of anger?" ”

Zai Yan smiled like a crescent moon hanging in the gray night sky.