A few days ago, Hanxing not only sent something to Duanmufei, but also came to Duanmu Mansion once, because she had never had a pox, so she couldn't come in to see Duanmufei.

As soon as he heard that Duanmu Scarlet's chickenpox had completely healed, Han Xing rushed to the scene as soon as possible, however, the words of concern were completely forgotten when he saw a room full of gadgets.

All kinds of musical instruments, chess, Kong Ming locks, four happy people, bamboo dragonflies, spinning tops, rabbits, music boxes...... Almost everything you can see in Kyochu is available here.

Han Xing casually picked up a few of them and played with them, and said jokingly: "Cousin Scarlet, are you going to open a grocery store?" ”

Duanmu was stunned, nodded thoughtfully, and smiled on his little face, "Those who know me, cousin too." ”

Han Xing laughed out loud, and after looking around for half a circle, his eyes fell on the writing doll by the window, and raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, "Cousin Scarlet, does this doll know how to write by itself?" ”

Without waiting for Duanmu Fei to answer, Han Xing had already walked to the side of Fang Ji and skillfully began to wind up.

The click of her winding immediately attracted the little starling and the little fox, one of them occupied a plane tree, the other occupied the wall, as soon as they heard this familiar sound, the two little ones immediately came down from the height, one flying, the other jumping, almost at the same time appeared on the window sill, sitting in rows, staring at Hanxing with burning eyes.

Duanmu Fei is a little funny, since Cen Yin gave her this gift, this doll that can write has become a common hobby of the two little guys, and it is more favored than the "little bird" that can tell the time in the Western clock.

Han Xing was stunned by the scene in front of her, she had never received so much attention from the little starling and the little fox, and she was a little flattered for a while.

"Quack!"

The little starling urged impatiently, and Han Xing came back to his senses and hurriedly continued to wind up.

The girl's doll soon began to write, and the little starling and the little fox stared at it without blinking, intently.

After the doll stopped, the little starling looked at Hanxing again with an expectant expression, and the unfinished look seemed to say, play again!

Han Xing's eyes rolled slightly, and he said temptingly: "Xiaoba, the father of this palace also got a similar thing two days ago, as long as it is clockwork, he can draw." If you are willing to enter the palace with this palace, this palace will go to your father and ask for you to play, okay? ”

Duanmu Fei listened, looking at the doll's eyes a little delicate, this doll was sent to her by Cen Yin seven days ago, could it be that Cen Yin picked it first, and then ......

She didn't know anything. Duanmu scarlet habitually emptied his head.

"Quack!"

The little starling flapped his wings, and he didn't know if he understood Han Xing's words, but his reaction was to flapp his wings and fly away, leaving only a black feather that slowly swirled and fell.

Han Xing's expectant gaze looked at the little fox again, and the little fox gave her a contemptuous look with her ice-blue fox eyes, which seemed to say, you can't even fool that stupid bird, and you still want to fool me?

The little fox flicked its big fluffy tail and leaped off the window sill with agility.

Han Xing looked at the little fox's fluffy white tail, his hands were a little itchy, and he sighed silently in his heart: Cousin Scarlet's Xiaoba and Tuanzi are really difficult to "deceive".

couldn't fool the two little guys, Han Xing had no choice but to shift the target and deceive their owners instead: "Cousin Scarlet, you've been bored at home for so many days, let's go out for a walk." ”

Duanmufei's eyes lit up suddenly, and he stroked his palms and said, "Sure enough, it's the one who knows me, and my cousin too." I've been stuck at home for more than ten days, and I'm getting moldy. ”

Duanmu Fei grabbed Han Xing's arm and wanted to go out.

At this time, a neat sound of the curtain sounded, and Duanmu came in.

Duanmujun had just been dealing with housekeeping in the flower hall, and when she heard that Hanxing had come to the house, she hurriedly finished handling the affairs and rushed over, and she also heard the conversation between Hanxing and Duanmufei outside, frowning slightly.

Duanmu Jun said worriedly: "Zhen Zhen, your illness is just right, go out and be careful to see the wind......"

"Cousin Jun, you also went out for a walk with us, just staring at Cousin Scarlet." Han Xing grinned and grabbed Duanmuqi, and didn't give her a chance to refuse, and the three of them went out in a hurry.

Han Xing's carriage was waiting at the Yimen, and after the three cousins got into the carriage, the attendant who pulled the carriage flicked the whip, and the black painted flat-topped carriage went out from the corner gate on the east side and went east along Quanyu Street.

has been detained at home for so long, as soon as Duanmu Fei went out, like a bird that had been released from a cage, he opened the curtains from time to time, and looked at the lively and prosperous scene on Xinglong Street outside, his eyebrows fluttered.

Looking at his sister's happy appearance, Duanmujun's expression was very soft, and he said in his heart: It's time for her to come out and relax.

While eating a snack, Hanxing proposed, "How about we go to Luhua Pavilion?" I heard that someone chartered Luhua Pavilion today, and invited a lot of ladies to play, so we also went to join in the fun. ”

By the way, today is the tenth day of the fifth month. Duanmu Jun remembered something, moved his eyebrows, and said, "Han Xing, the person you said about the Luhua Pavilion is the third girl of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion?" ”

Han Xing responded, raised his eyebrows and looked at Duanmujun, "Cousin Wei, do you also know about this?" ”

Duanmu Jun bowed his head and said, "The invitation card from Miss Wang San was also delivered to the house a few days ago. "It's just that Duanmujun only had Duanmufei's illness in his heart for a few days, so he ignored it." The second and third sisters should go to Luhua Pavilion for a banquet today. ”

Duanmu took a candied date and stuffed it into his mouth, squinting his eyes in satisfaction. She is sick these days, and naturally she doesn't know anything about Miss Wang San and invitations.

The carriage drove unhurriedly in the middle of the city, and the shouts of the vendors were heard outside, and the girl selling flowers boldly caught up with them, running by the window of the carriage and asking them if they wanted to buy flowers.

May is the season of peony flowers, although the peony flowers in the basket carried by the girl are of average quality, but the flowers are pleasant and delicate, Duanmu Fei bought three from the girl.

The yellow one was given to Hanxing, the pink one was reserved for himself, and finally this big red one was naturally given-

"Sister......

Duanmu raised her hand and handed the big red peony to Duanmu Jun beside her, but saw her looking at the street outside the window with a stunned expression.

Duanmufei curiously followed Duanmujun's gaze, and saw that five or six zhang away, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old little girl wearing linen and filial piety was kneeling beside an alley on the side of the street, with a tattered straw mat spread in front of her, and on the straw mat lay a man covered with a white cloth, motionless, and the white cloth clearly outlined the outline of the man.

The little girl has a green grass stuck in her head, and this dress represents selling her body.

Obviously, she was going to sell herself to bury her father.

On this crowded street, this little girl who sold herself to bury her father inevitably attracted the curious eyes of many passers-by, some watched, some stopped, some exchanged heads, some pointed and pointed, and some showed sympathy......

From time to time, the little girl kowtowed to passers-by, and said with words in her mouth, "Please do it" and "I kowtow to everyone".

The carriage soon drove past the little girl who sold herself to bury her father, Duanmujun's eyes were still looking at each other, her eyes were in a trance, she seemed to be looking at the little girl, and seemed to be looking at others through her, and some pictures flashed in a trance in a pair of black willow eyes.

It seems that a long time ago, she had seen someone kneeling by a straw mat, looking stubborn, and the other party's deep eyes revealed a deep sadness and desolation.

The picture flashed, she wanted to think about it, but she found that she couldn't think of anything, that scene was like a dream, like a long memory......

"Sister, listening to her accent, it should be a homeless from Liaozhou......" Duanmu said slowly, her voice a little difficult.

Duanmujun retracted his gaze, his eyebrows frowning slightly, "Last year, Liaozhou, Jizhou, and Jinzhou were all hit by snowstorms, and I heard that many crops and livestock froze to death, and the people were miserable. Many people can't get by, so they have to leave their homes. ”

Duanmu Jun is in charge of the internal affairs of the Fuzhong, and of course he is not ignorant of the situation outside the Fuzhong and in the capital.

Speaking of this topic, the atmosphere in the carriage was somewhat solemn.

Duanmu Fei picked up the teacup on the table, his eyes shining slightly. She had heard Duanmu Xian mutter, and she knew more than Duanmu Xian.

In fact, the reason why these people became displaced is not only because of the snow disaster, but also because of taxes.

The snow disaster in Liaozhou should have lowered taxes and given the people time to recuperate, but because the war in the south did not subside for a long time, the soldiers who fought the war fought with their lives and burned silver.

The carriage turned right at the fork in front of it, and after exiting Xinglong Street, the speed of the car began to increase, and soon the hustle and bustle of Xinglong Street was left behind.

After a stick of incense, their carriage arrived at the Luhua Court.

It stands to reason that today it is necessary to enter the cabinet by invitation, and ordinary guests are turned away.

As soon as Hanxing got out of the carriage, a plump woman greeted him courteously, and while saluting, he asked, "Dare to ask the girl if there is an invitation......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by another slender woman behind him with a smile: "It is an honor for our Pavilion to have Your Highness and Miss Duanmu here, please." ”

Hanxing is a princess, and she comes to the Condensation Club on weekdays, but she comes empty-handed, and there is never any Condensation Post, who would dare to stop the princess! In this Luhua Pavilion, from the shopkeeper to the second child, many people know Hanxing, Wuyang and other princesses who often come here to play.

The plump woman lowered her head in shock, lowered her eyebrows and took two steps back, and immediately guessed that the person was a princess from the slender woman's "Your Highness" just now, and her heart was pounding. She is the new female junior in the past two months, so she doesn't know Hanxing and Duanmufei.

The slender woman simply received Duanmu Fei, Han Xing and Duanmu Jun by herself, and politely led the three into the teahouse facing the street, and then walked through the teahouse to the back garden.

When they came to the garden northeast of Luhua Pavilion, there were already many guests in the garden.

Since the first day of the Lunar New Year, after the earth dragon turned over, all kinds of incidents in Beijing have occurred frequently, the emperor's mood is not very good, and all the provinces in the capital are also worried, rarely hold banquets, even if it is a birthday banquet, a wedding banquet, a full moon banquet or something, it is all done quietly, the more low-key the better.

Xuanwu Marquis Mansion is also a hundred years of honor in the Dasheng Dynasty, quite famous, Xuanwu Marquis has always been good with the patriotic bus before, to his horse head is to look forward.

Now that Wei Guogong is gone, the situation in this court is unpredictable, Xuanwu Hou is quite worried about his own future, thinking that he wants to envelop the mansions in Beijing, but he doesn't dare to do it in his own mansion, so he simply borrowed the name of the Peony Flower Club to charter Luhua Pavilion, just as an elegant party, and the juniors in the mansion came forward to post, even if there is anything wrong, you can use the child to be ignorant and fool the past.

Therefore, the people who got the invitation to Luhua Pavilion today are some noble sons and daughters of noble families, and at a glance, they are all in their prime and vibrant.

Han Xing casually dismissed the slender woman who was leading the way, and the three cousins continued to walk forward.

There were seven or eight tables in the garden, and the girls sat on one side, and the sons mostly sat on the other side, admiring the flowers, talking, feeding the fish, drinking tea, listening to music, and throwing pots......

A melodious sound of pipa echoed around, and not far away, a servant in an aqua blue palace dress sat under a willow tree by the pond and played the pipa.

Several Wang girls from Xuanwu Hou's Mansion were waiting for guests in front, and Han Xing didn't go over to say hello, there were many people who came to the banquet today, and the arrival of Han Xing, Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun did not attract too much attention.

Among the twenty or thirty guests present, of course, there were also those who knew Hanxing and Duanmufei, such as Zhang Ruoling, she just glanced at Duanmufei, then looked away, and played with a few girls as if nothing happened; Another example is Dangui and Lan Tingyun, who beckoned to the three cousins with a smile and called the three of them over.

"Hanxing," Dangui whispered, "I thought you wouldn't be here today. You haven't come out to play with me in a few days. ”

Han Xing shrugged, pouted and complained, "Mother concubine...... My dear has been detaining me these days and not letting me go out. Today, I said that I came to play with my cousin and my scarlet cousin, and my mother let me out. ”

The emperor is in a bad mood, and the concubines, princesses, princesses and princesses in the harem can only hold their tails and be people.

Dangui and Lan Tingyun could probably guess the reason, the two looked at each other, Lan Tingyun directly stuffed a bamboo arrow into Han Xing's hand, "You came just in time, our group is just missing someone." ”

Han Xing glanced at the iron kettle in front of him, and then casually threw the bamboo arrow in his hand and neatly hit the spout of the pot.

Han Xing's eyebrows moved, he thought of something, looked around for half a circle, and asked casually: "Dangui, isn't your cousin Zhilan very good at playing pitcher?" She didn't come? ”

Dangui frowned slightly, and said helplessly: "Zhilan, she had acne a few days ago, but now there is no big problem, just endure it for two more days and wait for the acne scab to fall off." ”

Fortunately, my sister is all right! Duanmujun subconsciously looked at Duanmufei, just in front of Zhang Ruoling's flickering gaze.

The eyes of the two looked at each other in mid-air for a moment, Zhang Ruoling casually threw out the bamboo arrow in her hand, she used too hard, the bamboo arrow flew over the mouth of the pot with a "whoosh", and shot into the pond with a "plop", splashing a lot of water.

Duanmujun didn't care about Zhang Ruoling, and pulled Duanmufei to sit down at a long table by the pond, watching Hanxing and Dangui throw pots, while listening to their chatter.

Duanmu Fei asked the maid of Luhua Pavilion for fish food, and looked at the free fire carp in the pond with great interest.

"Dangui, when Zhilan is cured, let's ask her to go out on a boat with us and relax." Lan Tingyun proposed, "I think this Lingren plays the pipa well today, so why don't I take her next time and listen to the music on a boat." ”

"That's a good idea." Han Xing liked to be lively the most, and hurriedly stroked his palms and agreed.

"That is, this servant was specially invited by my mother from Jiangnan." Dangui said triumphantly. This Luhua Pavilion is the property of Princess Qing, and Dangui is the daughter of Princess Qing, so everything here is naturally a treasure.

The sound of the pipa gradually reached a climax, like a big bead and a small bead falling on a jade plate.

Speaking of "listening to music", Han Xing remembered one thing, and after casting the second arrow, she happily walked to Duanmu Fei's side and sat down, and asked, "Cousin Scarlet, didn't you say before that your piano was ready to be made?" ”

"It's done!" Duanmu Fei withdrew his gaze from the pond and looked towards Han Xing, a bright smile escaped from his little face, "Two days ago, I just thought of a name for it, and it was called 'Mingyu'. ”

A few days ago, she was detained in Zhanqing Courtyard because of acne and had nothing to do, so she took a lot of effort and finally figured out the name of the qin.

After completing the final process of naming, her piano is completed.

"Great." Han Xing said with great interest, "Then you can play it to me next time." Han Xing saw with his own eyes that Duanmu Fei had put so much effort into this piano, and he was eager to try it for a long time.

"No hurry, no hurry." Duanmu Fei stretched out an index finger and shook it, and said mysteriously, thinking of the outing that couldn't be made because of the acne, and he was a little disappointed.

The wood of this "Mingyu" was bought by Feng Yan with silver, and she forgot to return it later. The goose foot was given to her by Cen Yinxun.

She had already thought about it, and when the piano was ready, she would play it for both of them first, so that they could see how good "Mingyu" was!

She had to think carefully about what song she had to pick to be worthy of the first appearance of "Mingyu".

Duanmu Fei thought silently in his heart, and casually threw a ball of fish food into the pond, causing ripples on the surface of the water.

The fire carp in the pond are as red as fire, smell the smell of fish food, and flock from all directions, happily flicking their tails under the lotus leaves of the fields.

Duanmujun also looked down at the fire carp in the pond, and said casually: "Zhen Zhen, a few days ago, Minzhou sent a cart of material, I remember that there was a blue one in it, I originally thought that the blue color was a little plain, now I think about it, if you embroider a few lotus leaves and a few fire carp, it is also interesting." ”

As soon as Duanmujun said this, Duanmufei felt itchy in his hands, and proposed with great interest: "Sister, I'll draw a picture of a fire carp and go back for you to embroider, okay?" ”

Han Xing likes to see Duanmu Fei's paintings the most, so he immediately stroked his palms and echoed it, and called the maid of Luhua Pavilion to prepare pen and ink, she was very diligent and personally polished the paper and ink for Duanmu Fei, so that she could experience what it means to add fragrance to the red sleeves.

Duanmu Fei glanced at the pond, and then took the pen to "brush" and painted, skillfully brushed, and painted a lotus leaf in one breath, the lotus leaf is verdant, and the crystal water droplets are rolling on it, shining in the sun.

I don't know how long it took, the pipa player changed another tune, the pipa sound was crisp like a yellow oriole singing, accompanied by the graceful singing of the lingren, there seemed to be an innocent girl dancing on the grass, the beautiful tune attracted the attention of many people, and many girls looked in the direction of the servant.

"This is "Phoenix Introduction"." Duanmu Fei had just finished drawing the lotus leaf, put down the pen in his hand, and his ears moved, "But it's ......"

"But the tune seems to have been changed a little." Another elegant female voice said.

This "Phoenix Introduction" is two hundred years ago, the former Dynasty Yongyuan period of a Luo Guifei composed a song, that Luo Guifei is a well-known talented woman, favored by the saint, this song "Phoenix Introduction" has been rehearsed into a song and dance song, famous all over the world.

Duanmu Fei subconsciously followed the sound, and saw that the person who spoke just now was a girl wearing a long jacket embroidered with hibiscus flowers all over the place, the girl looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, with a slender waist, a slender and white neck was exposed between the neckline, and the beautiful face was a little weak and delicate.

Seeing Duanmu Fei looking at the delicate and elegant girl's house, Lan Tingyun leaned into her ear and whispered, "That's Miss Ji who lives in the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion. ”

Hearing the surname "Ji", Duanmufei's eyebrows moved. She remembered that the second daughter of Xuanwu Hou married Ji Chengtian, the political envoy of Yuzhou.

Han Xing had obviously heard of this Ji girl, and asked, "That Ji girl is the daughter of the late Yuzhou political envoy Ji?" ”

"yes." Lan Tingyun nodded in response, looking at Miss Ji's eyes a little subtle.

This Ji girl was originally from a noble background, her mother was the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and her father was also from a scholarly family, and she became a political envoy to Yuzhou at a young age, but four years ago, when Ji Chengtian went to Baiyun County, Yuzhou to inspect, she encountered a flood and burst the embankment, her life and death were unknown, and even the corpse was never found.

After Mrs. Ji arranged a funeral for her husband, she took her daughter to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion.

Even if the Xuanwu Hou Mansion is Miss Ji's maternal grandfather's house, it is not her own home after all, it is conceivable that Miss Ji's status in the Hou Mansion is a little embarrassing.

Duanmujun listened to it, and looked at the girl Ji who was like a weak willow supporting the wind not far away, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he took his sister to the capital to join his grandfather six years ago, and his eyes were slightly trance.

In the blink of an eye, six years have passed.

My sister is twelve years old, and she has also decided to marry......

Thinking about it, Duanmujun's mind drifted away, and his thoughts returned to a long, long time ago.

The girls chatted without saying a word, and between the words, the originally pleasant and light sound of the pipa gradually became stained with a faint sadness.

The singer's singing voice also wept, and there was a lingering feeling of compassion in the song, wanting to talk about it, and pulling the emotions of the surrounding audience into the world of the song step by step, as if she also felt the sadness of the loss of her father by Luo Guifei.

After a melancholy tune, the tune became atmospheric and brilliant again, and a picture of a phoenix spreading its wings soaring into the sky appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

A girl in a cuiyi suddenly said with emotion: "Although Concubine Luo has been honored and honored all her life, she is still one step away from the phoenix seat in the end. ”

"So what?" Another girl in pink retorted, "In the end, it was not Luo Guifei's own son who ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven, and also posthumously sealed his mother." ”

"yes. That Empress Li has no children under her knees and no holy grace, so she is just a false name of the queen. ”

“……”

In the midst of a lively discussion, Lan Tingyun said with a sigh: "Maybe this is fate." I heard that when Concubine Na Luo was young, some people said that she had a 'phoenix life'...... This man has a fate. ”

When it comes to the topic of "phoenix life", many girls and sons are thoughtful, and naturally think of the "phoenix girl of destiny" in this dynasty.

Zhang Ruoling couldn't help but say: "Miss Lan is right, this person has a fate, and God gave her a 'phoenix life', so she is destined to fly into the palace." ”

Zhang Ruoling's tone was meaningful, everyone knew that she was talking about Geng Tinglian, who had recently entered the palace and was named Concubine Zhuang by the emperor, and there was silence around her.

The expressions of the people were different, and the atmosphere was a little delicate, except for the sound of singing and lute.

On the surface, Geng Tinglian was named Concubine Zhuang as soon as she entered the palace, and her honor and favor were unlimited, but the emperor's age was almost enough to be her father, and there were several princes and princesses under her knees, even if Geng Tinglian could really give birth to a son and a half daughter, it is hard to say whether her son had such a good life as the son of Luo Guifei.