Several girls ignored Wen Yongju, they all gathered around Duanmu Fei, looking around the pen holder in her hand.

"Sister Scarlet, this is porcelain from the official kiln in Jingdezhen." Yunhua looked at the painted pen holder carefully, and said in an affirmative tone.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, the porcelain from the official kiln may still be a gimmick for ordinary people, but for girls from noble clans and official families, it is really not a noble thing.

This cylinder is just the most ordinary cylindrical shape, and it is not interesting to see it.

The so-called antiques, the collection is not only an object, but also a piece of history, since this pen holder is the official kiln of this dynasty, it is naturally not called an "antique".

"This tube is painted with the Peacock King, right?" Dangui said casually, and when she saw a few ink stains on the pen holder, she frowned, "Her face is stained with ink." ”

"That's right, that's right, it's the Peacock King who painted it." The shopkeeper casually picked up a rag on the desk, and said with a smile, "I'll help the girl wipe ......."

Duanmu Fei hurriedly avoided it, glared at the rag in his hand, and the shopkeeper smiled awkwardly.

Duanmu Fei took out one of his handkerchiefs from his cuffs, carefully wiped the two ink stains on the pen holder, and the statue of the Peacock King painted on it was more clearly reflected in everyone's eyes.

The peacock king sits on the back of the peacock, wears a crown, has four arms, holds the lotus in one hand, holds the fruit in one hand, holds the peacock tail feathers in the other hand, holds the auspicious fruit in the other hand, the eyes are slightly closed, the face is kind and solemn, and the peacock that opens the screen is lifelike.

The statue of the peacock king is generally painted with colorful and bright colors, but the Buddha statue on this tube is elegant and soft in color, giving people a sense of peace and solemnity.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the Peacock King on the pen holder, and there was a few breaths of silence around.

Han Xing praised: "This Peacock King is a good painting." ”

"It's not bad." Duanmu smiled and looked at the pen holder in his hand, his eyes lingering, "This should be painted by Qi Daozhi himself." ”

Qi Daozhi?!

The room was quiet for a moment, the girls subconsciously looked at each other, and the shopkeeper was so shocked that his jaw was about to drop.

How is this possible?! Wen Yongju almost blurted out.

Qi Daozhi is sixty years ago was famous for the painting saint of this dynasty, studied under the famous master, became famous at a young age, known as the "poor Danqing wonderful" reputation, in middle age was also called into the court as a painter, the palace has its portrait painted by the father and son of the Hongdao Emperor.

Qi Daozhi is also known as a painting idiot, whether it is freehand or gongbi, it is superb, especially good at the drawing of figures and Buddhism.

Qi Daozhi's paintings are hard to find!

If this pen holder is a work painted by Qi Daozhi himself, it is not a "pen holder", but a rare treasure!

The question is, how can Duanmu Fei be sure that this is the pen holder painted by Qi Daozhi?! This question naturally came to the minds of everyone.

Duanmu Fei seemed to see their doubts, and explained with a smile: "I have read the "Legend of Qi Dao" compiled by Qi Daozhi's disciples, which records a lot of his travels with his master Qi Daozhi in various places, one of which writes about their master and apprentice's visit to the official kiln in Jingdezhen, which also mentions that Qi Daozhi personally drew a pen holder at that time, and the painting is the statue of the Peacock Ming King. ”

"But that doesn't prove that this is the pen holder?" The shopkeeper only felt as if something was burning in his heart.

Wen Yongju also looked subtle and nodded frequently.

"According to that article, Qi Daozhi also left money on the pen holder." Duanmu sneered.

Inscribed?! Everyone was stunned again, stretched their necks and looked around the pen holder, but found that there was a peacock king painted on it, and it was not paid!

The shopkeeper suddenly exclaimed, took out a lens made of crystal from his sleeve, and then pointed the lens at the statue of the peacock king and shone it carefully, his voice trembled slightly, "Qi...... The Pen of Qi Dao. ”

Through the lens the size of a dragon's eye, you can see that on the right paw of the peacock painted on the pen holder, four words are written in ink: the pen of Qi Dao.

The four-character pen walks the dragon and snake, and the writing is not as big as a grain of rice, but it is full of a free atmosphere, and it is from a famous family at a glance.

Qi Daozhi is not only good at painting, but also learns calligraphy from Li Zhiwei, a famous calligrapher.

"I heard that Qi Daozhi likes to hide money, I thought it was a 'joke'." Yunhua sighed.

Most of these well-known masters of calligraphy and painting are weirdos and madmen, Qi Daozhi is no exception, his works that have been circulated in the world are not many, it is reported that if he is not satisfied with the works, he would rather tear them up and burn them than leave them.

This peacock king statue is not painted on paper, but painted on the pen holder, I am afraid that there is no one in ten thousand, it is really a unique product, more valuable than those paintings of Qi Daozhi, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth even the city!

He...... He...... Why was he blind and sold this treasure cheaply?!

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper almost vomited a mouthful of old blood, and his intestines were ruined.

Han Xing, Dangui and Yun Hua didn't pay attention to the shopkeeper at all, and smiled around Duanmu Fei.

Han Xing praised without hesitation: "Cousin Scarlet, your eyes are really 'bright'!" ”

"It's not just bright, it's even more powerful than a lens!" Dangui said with a grin, making both Hanxing and Yunhua laugh out loud.

The girls laughed happily, Duanmu Fei accepted their praise in a good mood, and her heart was happy: It's good now, this pen holder is just right for the emperor's birthday, well, she doesn't need to prepare other congratulatory gifts, saving a lot of silver!

When she returned, she wrote to tell her sister how thrifty she was! Duanmu smiled sweetly.

Wen Yongju's face was even more ugly than the shopkeeper, a burst of green, a burst of white, a burst of purple, and the color changed drastically.

I even looked away?!

No, it's impossible, it must be this little girl of the Duanmu family who is talking nonsense, even if Qi Daozhi really once hand-painted a pen holder, it doesn't have to be this pen holder! How can it be such a coincidence!

Duanmu happily put the pen holder into her bamboo basket, which also contained the silk flowers, straw weaving, puppets, and spices she had just bought from the market.

Today was a very rewarding day. Duanmu pursed her lips and smiled in satisfaction.

The shopkeeper stared at the pen holder with burning eyes, his heart was dripping blood, and he wanted to be cheeky and return the one or two pieces of silver to Duanmu Fei, and then snatch the pen holder back, but he didn't dare to think that Hanxing was a princess.

Duanmu glanced at the shopkeeper whose eyes wandered, and seemed to see his thoughts, "There are rules for the line, buy and leave." She arched her hand at him and said in a sly manner, "Accept it." ”

The "......" shopkeeper's mouth opened and closed, completely speechless.

"Let's go." Under Han Xing's greeting, Duanmufei and the others left this antique shop, and went out from this dark place, the outside was a little dazzling, and Duanmufei simply put on a hat.

Han Xing looked at Wen Yongju with some disgust, waved his hand and said, "Okay, Gonggong Wen, you can go by yourself." ”

She pursed her lips and complained coquettishly, "This is still an errand in the internal official prison, and I can't even tell the difference between the real and the fake!" "In the future, if you buy some fakes for your father, it will really lose the royal face!

"......" Wen Yongju's face froze, and his round face seemed to freeze instantly.

He secretly clenched his fists and said humiliatingly in his heart: If this is Cen Yin, how dare these princes and princesses talk to Cen Yin like this?! In the end, it's just to see that he is down now! It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang......

Wen Yongju held back the breath in his heart, endured his unwillingness and anger, and respectfully said to Han Xing: "Fourth...... Girl, the little one will retire first. ”

After Wen Yongju saluted, he fled quickly and hurriedly.

None of the girls cared about him, and walked to the fragrant tea house next door according to the original plan, Han Xing said as he walked: "After drinking tea, where are we going to play next?" ”

"I heard that this town, in the past three or four miles, there is a green mountain, with beautiful lakes and mountains, beautiful scenery, why don't we go there?" Dangui smiled.

As soon as Yunhua heard that he was going to climb the mountain, his face was discolored, and he was about to object, when he saw the two girls coming out of the teahouse, talking and laughing: "Sister Li, I heard that the marriage sign of the City God Temple is very effective......

"You just found out." Another goose-faced girl said with a smile, "My uncle's cousin used to see several families, and the marriage didn't work out, and then my aunt went out, and the dead horse was a live horse doctor, so she simply took my cousin to the City God Temple to ask for a signature, but within a few days, my cousin's marriage was negotiated. ”

"Is there such a god?"

"Let's go to the City God Temple to ask for it later, don't we know?!"

The two girls walked towards the other end of the street as they spoke, and Duanmu Fei and Han Xing stopped together, moving.

Han Xing's eyes were as bright as the sun in the sky, and he proposed with a radiant expression: "Cousin Scarlet, Sister Yunhua, Dangui, let's go to the City God Temple to 'have a look'." ”

Duanmu Fei, Yunhua and Dangui also had bright eyes when they heard this, and nodded with interest, all planning to ask for a lottery to play.

The four of them didn't enter the teahouse anymore, and followed directly behind the two girls, keeping a certain distance not far away.

Han Xing lowered his voice slightly, and complained to the three of them: "The mother concubine said a long time ago that she would pick a horse for the palace, but she hasn't picked it yet. "It's been more than four months, and there hasn't been any movement on the mother's side.

Dangui said with a smile: "Hanxing, what are you anxious about, your royal sisters and Yunhua sisters have not yet been decided." ”

Han Xing originally wanted to use the words of the concubine to train Dangui, but when the words came to his lips, he thought of another thing, and changed his words: "Didn't you see that Cousin Scarlet is younger than the palace, and they are all married?!" ”

Duanmu Fei didn't expect the topic to turn to him inexplicably, and blinked stupidly...... Oh yes. She's married. Duanmu Fei thought a little dazedly, her life was no different from before, and she almost forgot it.

Dangui nodded and agreed, "Yes." Sister Scarlet, you are married, and you don't need to ask for a marriage sign later. ”

As he spoke, the smell of incense and candles peculiar to the temple came with the wind, and a quaint city god temple appeared at the end of the street, and the lush canopy of trees poked out from the mottled walls, full of antiquity.

Han Xing and the others said as they entered the City God Temple, and Duanmu Fei, who was following at the back, suddenly remembered one thing: Well, she hadn't done the clothes she had made for Feng Yan yet...... Forget it, anyway, when Feng Yan comes back from Puguo, it will be at least a few months, and let's talk about it after she returns to Beijing.

Duanmu put this matter behind him with peace of mind, and was immediately attracted by the excitement in the temple.

The city god temple is full of cigarette smoke, and you can see those young girls everywhere, and their young and delicate faces don't need much fat powder, they are just full of energy.

There are long queues inside and outside the main hall and the side hall where the sign is being unsigned, and the branches of the oldest century-old tree in the temple are covered with many red ropes that make wishes.

Many girls are struggling to throw a red rope with a wooden sign tied to one end to the tree, hoping for a good relationship at the other end.

Hanxing likes to join in the fun, pulling Dangui and Yunhua to try everything, and the three girls personally threw the red rope of the wish to the tree, feeling as if they had completed a big event, and they were overjoyed.

It's so funny! Duanmu looked up with envy, she also wanted to try. Hey, why did she get married!

Duanmu Fei's expression was too obvious, Han Xing, Yunhua and Dangui all saw it, and the three of them silently exchanged a look with each other, and Duanmu Fei's unbearable performance when kicking shuttlecocks, throwing pots, and playing wooden shooting came to mind, and they all secretly said in their hearts: Fortunately, Sister Scarlet is married!

Otherwise......

If she were to throw that red rope, they were afraid that she would smash the wooden sign on her own head!

A breeze blew, and the red rope above swayed slightly in the air with the branches and leaves, rustling, as if echoing Han Xing's thoughts.

"Scarlet cousin, I just heard that there is a temple fair behind the palace, let's go shopping."

Han Xing quietly tried to divert Duanmufei's attention, Dangui and Yunhua also echoed in unison, and the three of them hugged Duanmufei in the direction behind the temple......

The four of them played in the town for most of the day, and when they returned to the Ningjiang Palace, it was already Shen Shi, Han Xing bought two carts of things to go back, and piled up the east side hall of the Qingliang Palace, which was messy, and several palace maids almost thought that the four princesses were going to open a shop.

"Cousin Scarlet, these things are for my grandfather, grandmother, cousin, cousin Qi, Tuanzi and Xiaoba, so I bother you to bring them back to Beijing."

"These are the ...... that Hongu picked for you"

"And this silk flower, the two of us have one color, we can wear it together next time."

"And this hand warmer is so cute......"

Han Xing shared the things she bought today with high interest, everyone in the Qingliang Hall had a share, and those palace maids were naturally overjoyed, but Duanmu Fei's little face was full of indescribable expressions, and said in her heart: In this big summer, Han Xing has also bought the hand stove, will he be too anxious? Forget it, it's good that Hanxing is happy!

Duanmufei was also sorting out the things she bought, and she specially bought some spices from a shop in the town today, planning to mix a little incense.

Duanmu Fei unhurriedly opened the small porcelain jars containing spices, sniffing them one by one, nodding from time to time. The spices are well handled, maybe she can pick another day to buy some back.

Han Xing was also attracted by the fragrance wafting from those small porcelain jars, and asked curiously, "Cousin Scarlet, are you going to make sachets?" ”

Who would think, Duanmu Fei shook his head, "I'm going to make incense." A few days ago, I saw a recipe for incense in a book of incense, because there is a spice that is not common, so I didn't do it, but I happened to see it when I visited the market today, so I simply bought all the spices I needed. ”

As he spoke, Duanmu Fei opened a small cyan porcelain jar again, sniffed it, and smiled with satisfaction.

Very good, the materials are almost there, and when she goes to the garden to pick two kinds of flowers, it will be complete.

Duanmu Fei has itchy hands and plans to pick flowers at dusk.

"Scarlet cousin, what do you want to ...... "What incense?"

Before Han Xing's words were finished, he was interrupted by the sound of a curtain, and a palace maid in Tsing Yi walked in quickly, curtsied at Han Xing and said, "Your Highness, the emperor announced that you and the fourth girl of Duanmu will go over." ”

Han Xing raised his eyebrows, not wanting to move at all.

Seeing this, the palace maid in Tsing Yi continued: "Your Highness, Prince Mokemo of the Wuji clan arrived at the palace with his children this morning to congratulate the emperor on his birthday for the purpose of the Longevity Festival. The emperor asked His Royal Highness and the four girls of Duanmu to go for a walk with the county lord of Yuzhen, and also announced that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess had gone over. ”

Han Xing and Duanmu had a good chat, and they didn't want to accompany strangers to greet strangers at all.

She pouted and complained coquetly: "It's really troublesome, isn't it enough to have the eldest sister to accompany you?" Wuyang knew that there would be guests from afar today, so he deliberately stayed in the palace and didn't go out with them.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to her eyes, just as she heard everything.

Although Han Xing was a little reluctant, he still beckoned Duanmu Fei to get up, and Duanmu Fei sighed silently in his heart: Living with Han Xing is easy to be "remembered", not only do she have to go to Xiaoran Hall every morning, but even this kind of thing counts her.

The two cousins left the Qingliang Hall hand in hand, and under the guidance of the palace maid in Tsing Yi, they went to the Qilin Hall in the middle of the palace.

The sun is slanting to the west, and the sunlight is no longer so dazzling, only the noise of cicadas is still there.

Han Xing's temper has always come and gone quickly, along the way and Duanmu Fei continued to talk about incense, and the two quickly made an appointment to go to the garden to pick flowers together when they were free, Han Xing was a little eager to try, she hadn't tried to make incense by herself.

In the rustling breeze, the laughter of the cousins went away with the wind, and in less than a cup of tea, the two arrived at the Qilin Hall.

The emperor's territory is naturally decorated with golden splendor, and there are several ice basins in the house, and the temperature is just right, cool and silky, which makes people feel light as soon as they enter, and the sullen air of the whole body is swept away.

Wuyang arrived one step earlier than Duanmu Scarlet and Hanxing, and was sitting elegantly on a mahogany circle chair at the moment.

In addition to Wuyang and the emperor, there were seven or eight people in the hall, half of whom were Dasheng people, and Prince Bao, Geng Hai, and Wei Yongxin were all accompanied; The other half are three unfamiliar faces, and at the bottom sits a bearded man in his forties, wearing a dark blue round-necked robe, tied around the waist with dark satin, a hood, and boots.

Obviously, this middle-aged man is the Prince Mokemo of the Uji clan.

When Emperor Taizu established the Dasheng Dynasty, the Wuji people did not belong to the territory of Dasheng, until the later Hongtian Emperor and Longqing Emperor opened up the territory and recovered several tribes around the northwest and northeast, and awarded the patriarchs of these small tribes as princes and county kings, and enmeng their descendants.

In order to encompass these small tribes, the emperor would send them to the capital every few years for pilgrimage, and every year the imperial court would allocate a large amount of silver, cloth, grain and grass to reward the princes and county kings of these tribes.

At Mo Kemo's side sat a pair of young brothers and sisters, the elder brother was seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in a blue brocade robe, and his dark face was angular and heroic.

The younger sister was about fourteen or fifteen years old, her facial features were deep and delicate, her wheat-colored skin was glowing with a faint brilliance, she was wearing a bright red embroidered robe, her black and shiny hair was braided into small braids, and she wore a silver scarf, which was adorned with all kinds of small silver beads, silver fans, and beads made of coral, turquoise, agate, etc., which looked very gorgeous.

Han Xing and Duanmu Fei seemed to walk towards the emperor without squinting, but their eyes were looking at the three distant visitors without a trace.

"Father."

"Your Majesty."

The cousins saluted the emperor in a proper manner.

The emperor smiled and pointed at Han Xing and said to Mo Kemo: "Mo Kemo, this is my fourth princess Han Xing. I remember that when you came to the capital five years ago, you should have seen Hanxing. The emperor looked relaxed, and seemed to be very friendly with Mo Kemo.

Mo Kemo let out a hearty laugh and said in fluent Dasheng, "Of course the minister remembers. The emperor's fourth princess is really a tiger father and no dog daughter, and she is very clever at a young age. ”

Mo Kemo said that five years ago, he went to the capital to meet the emperor. One day, several Dasheng noble sons and young talents of the Wuji clan and several other tribes once tried riding and archery in the martial arts arena, but unfortunately, a stray arrow flew out diagonally and shot at Hanxing...... At that time, Duanmu Guifei was so scared that she almost fainted.

Who would have thought, Han Xing casually picked up the shuttlecock racket on the side, and slapped off the stray arrow, which was already at the end of the strong crossbow, which attracted applause from the audience.

The emperor also remembered this and laughed. Among his daughters, Han Xing is indeed like him, his hands and feet are very agile and neat, and he also learns riding and shooting well.

After Mo Kemo's father and son greeted Han Xing, the emperor smiled and ordered: "Wuyang, Han Xing, and the little girl of the Duanmu family, the three of you take the county lord of Yuzhen out to play." ”

Wuyang, Hanxing, and Duanmu Fei immediately bent their knees to receive the order, and the county lord of Yuzhen stood up generously, saluted the emperor with the etiquette of their clan, and withdrew from the Qilin Hall with the girls.

As their crisp laughter faded away, the hall was silent.

Mo Kemo and the eldest son beside him quietly exchanged a look, Mo Kemo smiled: "Your Majesty, there is a way, BMW is a hero, the minister and the dog specially found a BMW for this Halloween, but also worried that the BMW road will not adapt to the water and soil, so he deliberately set off in advance, fortunately, the road is quite smooth." It can be seen that God destined that this BMW should belong to the emperor. ”

Mo Kemo smiled heartily, but in fact, this was just an excuse to the outside world.

Not long ago, the patriarch of the Tari tribe, Prince Taibag, was seriously ill and dying, and Taibagh had no children under his knees.

Mo Kemo felt that instead of waiting for Prince Taibagh to relax, it was better to find another way and start with the emperor.

Therefore, this time he deliberately rushed to Ningjiang Palace day and night before other princes and county kings, just to see the emperor first and wait for the opportunity to get the emperor's support. Once they, the Uji, can take the Tari into their pockets, then their power will far outweigh the others.

"The prince is still loyal to the emperor, and his sincerity can be seen!" Geng Hai suddenly interjected with a smile, and a sharp mang quickly flashed in his dark eyes, "The prince will stay for a while longer this time, and the prince has not been to the capital for five years, and the capital has become more and more prosperous over the years." ”

Mo Kemo wanted to curry favor with the emperor, so he naturally hurriedly echoed: "Wei Guogong is right. My dog and I must have a good look at the prosperity of the capital. ”

"Your Majesty, speaking of which, it is not only Prince Mokemo," Geng Hai said with a smile on his face, "and on the northern side, the Guyan tribe, the Huaqui tribe, the Naya tribe and other tribes have not entered Beijing for many years. ”

The emperor's heart moved, yes, these small clans are located in a wild place, let them see the prosperity of the capital, only then can they know the majesty of the Celestial Empire, and they dare not have different intentions!

Geng Hai immediately saw the emperor's heartbeat, and continued quietly: "I heard that the Huaqu tribe is rich in beauties, and the princess of Zhenbei back then, Huoli County Lord, is known as the first beauty in the north. ”

When the emperor heard the county lord of Huoli, his face showed a little sigh and a little regret: he had heard that the county lord of Huoli had a charming appearance and was unparalleled in the world, but it was a pity that he couldn't see it with his own eyes.

It's a pity that such a beauty married Xue Qiyuan, a traitor!

What a shame!