Chapter 18: Poetic Allusions

"Even if that kid from the Feng family has a concubine, he can't bully our Yun girl. It's rare to have a family that doesn't pick a concubine, and it would be a pity if you missed it because of the concubine. ”

From the perspective of family history, the Feng family can't find a place to go on a business trip everywhere. Except for the second son of the Feng family, none of them are unreliable.

Perhaps because of the different growth environment, Li Jiangwei was born to think that a lover should eventually become a family. Her parents, or the master in the game, are both flounder.

"But that man is not a good man...... What's more......" Li Jiangwei looked at Li Yuecheng, "Over there in the Feng family, doesn't it matter to uncle?" ”

If Li Jiangwei hadn't been looking at Li Yuecheng, I'm afraid she wouldn't have noticed that Li Yuecheng's hand holding vegetables had a momentary pause.

"At least the Feng family is much better than the Zhou family." Li Yuecheng raised the teacup and drank it all.

The atmosphere at the table suddenly became solemn.

"Let your third brother teach you to learn later." Li Yuecheng said: "You are not in good health, and you have not gone to the women's school opened by the clan with your sisters. Learn from your third brother, and you can accompany other official ladies to play with other official ladies at any flower banquet in the future. It's good for you too. ”

"Going to my brother's house at night?"

Li Jiangwei was a little surprised.

"I have long heard that the bad habits of men and women in Beijing are very serious, and even my own brothers have to guard against them. I can't get used to it, I can't help it, my brothers and sisters are all divided. When your father asked, there was an aunt and your second uncle in the way. ”

After dinner, Li Jiangwei followed Li Jiangsheng to the courtyard. On the stone table in the courtyard, there is a Zhongni-style yaoqin.

"You're here tonight, it's not as simple as eating." Li Jiangsheng did not participate in the conversation at the dinner table, but he kept every sentence in his heart.

And Li Jiangwei's silent silence can be regarded as admitting Li Jiangsheng's conjecture.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?"

"There are some questions except for the third brother, I don't know who to ask."

"Why don't you ask the eldest sister?"

Li Jiangwei felt that she was being scrutinized by Li Jiangsheng, and those sharp eyes seemed to want to see him through. sighed lightly and said, "Does the third brother know about brassica?" ”

Li Jiangsheng stood in front of the table and asked, "Are you asking about brassica or Lantai?" ”

"What's the difference between the two?"

Li Jiangsheng stood there quietly, the faint moonlight shining on him. The plain white wide sleeves flutter lightly in the wind, like a fairy descending into the world.

Li Jiangwei continued: "The water and clouds cover the eyes, and the cold moon invades the clouds...... The third brother will help me see, what does the brassica here refer to? ”

Li Jiangsheng, who was standing with his hands in his hands, flicked his sleeves and sat on the stone chair. Fingertips caress the strings, and the sound pours out of them. First, the elegant and clear overtones pulled Li Jiangwei into a world of steaming water vapor and clouds.

This was followed by a melodious and low piano note, which vividly expressed the bitterness and a little depression. This mood was broken by a burst of passionate string sounds, and the clouds and water were churning and the waves crashed on the shore.

The song gradually got better, and Li Jiangwei was so intoxicated that she even forgot the purpose of the trip for a while.

After a song, Li Jiangsheng said in a melodious voice like Yaoqin: "'Water, Light, Cloud and Shadow' probably uses this canon. ”

Yaoqin is an elegant sound, Li Jiangwei rarely understands. The hint given to her by the third brother did not comprehend.

"I hope the third brother will say it clearly."

"However, the water and clouds are songs, there is a melodious and self-satisfied interest, and the water and clouds are happy; There is also a head full of wind and rain, a river table, and the ambition of the five lakes. ”

Seeing that Li Jiangwei didn't understand, she added: "This is the solution of "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud". Your poem ......" Saying this, Li Jiangsheng actually laughed, "Could it be from the hands of the fifth sister?" ”

Li Jiangwei was stunned for a moment and said yes.

"The fifth sister is not good at poetry, she can write this, she should be interested in the word 'Xiaoxiang' in "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud". It so happened that I had lent her a book about the piano. After reading it, I felt that I got such a sentence. ”

"No wonder she, a person who has never seen a river, can write sentences like 'water and clouds' and 'the river is cold and the moon is cold'. I can understand anything else, but this brassica? ”

Li Jiangsheng suddenly smiled and said: "In my opinion, Yun Yatou is tired of this square inch of land and wants to go to the temple to have a look." The brassica in the poem is Lantai. ”

Li Jiangsheng explained in detail, and Li Jiangwei knew that Yuntai was another name for Lantai. Lantai originally meant to be a place where books were stored in ancient times. As a central archive library, it is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial History Zhongcheng, and the Lantai Order History. With the passage of time, this lantai gradually referred to the collection of classics in the court, the treasury of the imperial history and the historians.

"Imperial History?"

"If you want to understand it so superficially, you can do it."

Thinking of the handwriting on the yellowed old note, Li Jiangwei realized something, and pulled the outermost cloak with her hand.

"Thank you for the third brother's suggestion."

Li Jiangwei, who returned to Qingxue Courtyard in a daze, listened to the rustling of the towering pear trees.

"Girl! You're back! Mrs. Zheng of the Zhou family posted a post, saying that she would let Mrs. take the girl to enjoy the lotus in a few days. ”

As soon as the word "appreciation" came out, Limo on the side sank his face.

"Sister Yue, can't you push it off?"

"It's Mama Lin who is passing the word, and it's the master's intention to let the girl go to the banquet."

Rimo sighed.

"Lotus?" As soon as Duanyang passes, it is the flowering period of the lotus. It's all to be expected to have a feast in the name of cherry blossom viewing," I mentioned earlier...... The Zhou family? ”

"Yes." Li Yue returned: "The post of Lord Zhou of the Ministry of Shangshu and their family. ”

Li Jiangwei only heard about the Zhou family at the second uncle.

"Prepare plain, unobtrusive clothes for me."

In addition to An Yuanbo's Mansion, the Huaixing Marquis Mansion also received invitations from the Zhou family.

At that time, Lu Jiangfeng was still copying the last part of Li Jiangwei's manuscript and hanging the Zhou family's invitation aside. Hanging together with the invitation was a letter sent by Li Jiangwei before.

If he didn't finish copying the manuscript, Lu Jiangfeng didn't have the confidence to reply.

"Shizi, where will this copied manuscript go?"

The fourth prince, Yu Yongyi, lived in the palace, and it was impossible to send someone to send the book to the palace. Fortunately, the two had already discussed the matter.

"You can send the book directly to Wenjin Bookstore. What needs to be told to the shopkeeper is that this is a manuscript for Gongzi Yi. ”

"Yes."

The invitation of the Zhou family, Lu Jiangfeng thought about it and decided to refuse.

Becoming a prince as a woman is always quite restrictive, and many people in the court are waiting to see the jokes of the Huaixing Marquis Mansion.

Lu Jiangfeng is a woman, and she is also an official person. Frolicking with girls who don't have official status, or talking about the court with their sons as women. No matter what choice you make, it will attract criticism to the Huaixing Marquis Mansion.

Pushing but not going is the best way to deal with it.

Li Jiangwei doesn't have the face of Lu Jiangfeng, since she can't push it off, she can only do her homework in advance. It happened that Li Jiangwei was going to visit her sister, so she brought up the matter. When Li Jiangyun heard this, she was taken aback.

"The Zhou family? Unexpectedly got the Zhou family's post? ”

Compared with the gradually declining Anyuan Bofu, the status of the Zhou Shangshu family, who has real power and can meet the Son of Heaven, is actually much higher.

Li Jiangyun repeatedly asked about the details of the post, and after learning that she was going to enjoy the lotus, she had a calm face like Limo.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Li Jiangyun shook her head and pulled Li Jiangwei to sit down.