At noon on the 23rd, Suzong finally drove into Chang'an, Xijing.

At that time, the weather was fine, although there were large clouds entrenched in the blue sky, and the sun shone through the clouds, which was unusually gorgeous.

More than forty years old, Xijing stayed behind and Wang Ju has been waiting for the bridge to take over since the time of Chen. Su Zong and King Yu are half-brothers, although they had little contact in the past, but now they are reunited after the chaos, but they hold hands and look at each other, and there is no sigh in it, Su Zong even burst into tears.

How to get out on the day and how to get in today. King Yu led the royal car and his entourage into the city from the Yanqiu Gate, and walked to the city gate under the splendid lanterns, and then heard the noisy drum music in the city.

The mighty and long car drove slowly towards the city, and on both sides of the street, the ministers, women, and people who stayed behind knelt down like grass, and the mountain shouted long live, deafening.

Shen Pearl gently brushed her sideburns. Her chariot was in the middle of the procession, and it was unnoticeable when all the people were knocking on their faces.

Returning to Beijing from Fengxiang, except for Su Zong, Shufei Qiu Mian, and Zhai Yi, the rest of the people and other crowns and clothes were all simple and subordinate, although Shen Pearl did not wear a Jiudian flower hairpin dress, she still chose a light purple regular dress to wear, which was decent. Others mostly use silk around the shoulders to the knees to decorate, but she is tied to the neck with the same color brocade silk from front to back, in the autumn breeze, the slowly purple tassels swaying and fluttering with the walk, but also covering the neck bandaging marks, this morning when I met Su Zong, really covered the past. In addition, the news of Tokyo's Luoyang Kefu had arrived, and Su Zong was overjoyed, and he didn't pay much attention to other things.

Lifting the curtain in the corner of the carriage, the fresh sunlight almost made her unable to open her eyes. At the second glance, it was full of people, and there were a sea of people. The faces are clearly haggard, the clothes and shoes are dilapidated, and the dazzling and miscellaneous shops behind them are closed and closed, but the flashing in their eyes is not joy, ecstasy, joy, so real, so real - since the founding of Gaozu, the people of Chang'an have never suffered from war and looting; It is precisely because of this century-old prosperity that the essence of the Tang Dynasty has long been implanted in the hearts of all the people in the world.

Shen Pearl heard in Fengxiang that since February, Zhang Xun and Suiyang Taishou Xu Yuan and others in the imperial history met with the rebels who were ten times their own, and held on to Suiyang, until the ninth day of October, the city was broken, and Zhang Xun and 36 heroes were martyred. When she first heard about this, she couldn't sleep for several days, the country had an iron shoulder, shouldered this ten thousand jun rivers and mountains, Zhang Xun this generation, sprinkled blue blood, covered the southeast of the Tang Dynasty, and tried to prevent the rebels from marching south, which can be described as a glorious sun and moon. And as the princess of the Tang Dynasty, what can she do? It's useless, and it's embarrassing.

How can such a magnificent world, such Yin Yin people, fall into the hands of traitors, and how can they be silent and annihilated.

And she, after all the hardships and dangers, finally returned. The nine-fold palace is approaching, she and him, and thousands of people, the most chaotic page has been lifted, and the track of fate seems to be heading towards the bright light, but why, at this time, she still has a deep melancholy in her heart, only to feel that the late autumn scenery is bleak, and the fragrance of the palace maid is as close as it is far, contemplative, and the sky is full of regrets.

The car drove straight into Miyagi.

Waiting for revival, Su Zong summoned the ministers in the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace.

Shen Pearl and Zhemiyi's chariot stopped at the Yuehua Gate of Taiji Palace, and was carried into Shujing Hall by the attendants in the chariot. This is also an expedient measure - because the Guangping palace was destroyed by the rebels, it was difficult to recover for a while, and Li Chengyin went out with the army, and there was no mansion in Chang'an.

Shujing Hall was originally the old residence of the Emperor Concubine Mei, since Anlu Mountain invaded Chang'an, Concubine Mei did not know what to do, the palace was abandoned for a long time, after some tidying up, it was roughly restored to its original appearance. This hall is bordered by the East China Sea, the North Sea, and the South China Sea in the north, and the scenery is pleasant.

In order to welcome Su Zong's return to the palace, King Yu re-requisitioned thousands of palace maids, female officials, needle women, grandmothers, and chamberlains, and assigned more than 20 people in this Shujing Palace, which was valued by the emperor.

The curtains and curtains in the hall are all made of vermilion, rich and luxurious, and the attendants are dressed in light ink, or ochre yellow, or emerald green, clear and elegant. The female official in charge of Shujing Hall is named He Lingyi, who is twenty-eight years old, wearing a black gauze head, wearing a seven-grade light green regular clothes, a charming face, a light sweep of her eyebrows, her eyes are extremely bright, and she is faintly arrogant. As soon as Shen Pearl got down, he didn't hurry up to lead Shen Pearl and Zhemi into the palace. Her demeanor was dignified and calm, which attracted Zhemi to look at her again and again, and whispered to Shen Pearl and said, "What a Peugeot girl." ”

He Lingyiti had already made preparations, and methodically placed the residences of Zhemiyi, Li Shi, Cui Caiping, and Su Porcelain mother and son, and followed the palace maids to follow the previous practice in the palace, all of whom lived in the Yeting Palace not far away, and took turns on duty.

After resting for two or three days, after washing and bathing in the twilight of this day, Shen Pearl and Zhemiyi went to the Chengxiang Hall of Daming Palace to see Concubine Zhang Shu.

Daming Palace is located in the north of Taiji Palace, the palace people often call Daming Palace "East Interior", Taiji Palace is "West Interior", from Xuanfu Gate through the West Inner Garden can enter. Shen Pearl has entered the palace in the past, and on that day in the palace, in front of the court, and next to the steps, there are all kinds of autumn flowers in autumn, swaying and colorful, especially in the morning dew waiting for the sun, and the flowers are crystal clear. Now the flowers are scattered everywhere, and the twilight is gradually rising, and the wind is tight, which makes people feel sad.

Concubine Zhang Shufei is still bathing. There are already several groups of concubines and wives waiting to pay homage inside and outside.

Looking from the hall to the inner room, see the curtain has been rolled, the twilight is blurred, everyone has been waiting for a long time, suddenly smell a wisp of fragrance slowly overflowing from the inner room, the fragrance is refreshing and fresh at the beginning, such as the clouds and the moon are ethereal, gradually and the fragrance fills the temple, quiet and refreshing, fragrant but not greasy, thick but not demonic, refreshing. That Concubine Zhang had already walked out of the inner room in this fragrance, embroidered clothes and brocades, with high temples, and said with a smile: "How about the newly obtained spices in this palace?" ”

The concubines and concubines praised themselves, and Concubine Zhang Shufei said: "This incense is called fallen leaves, and it is secretly made of more than a dozen spices, which is extremely rare. Hongu doesn't get much. As he spoke, a palace maid behind him had already put on a lacquer basin, on which there were two navy blue glazed bowls, the bowl lid was decorated with three-leaf pine branches, and the silver and white tassels were tied around the neck of the bowl, which was very delicate and lovely.

Concubine Zhang Shufei said with a smile: "It's hard to believe that there are only three bottles in this palace, pearls, Zhemiyi, the two of you enter the palace for the first time to live, and the palace can't help but be friendly with the landlord, these two bottles are given to you." ”

Although Shen Pearl felt that the word "falling leaves" was quite ominous, it was difficult but generous, and the other concubines were envious, and they were busy kneeling down with Zhemiyi to thank him.

Concubine Zhang Shu said: "Today is really a good day, this palace has a new name, and she can meet with you." This spice is exactly what she has carefully made. Clapping his hands lightly, he called to the inner room: "I haven't come out to see all the ladies and ladies yet!" ”

Hearing the ringing bell, Ying Yingran walked out of the inner room A woman in costume, with her head in a bun, sparse and dizzy eyebrows, and her face was radiant.

When Shen Pearl saw this person, Fang Zi was stunned, and before he could speak, there were already concubines beside him who exclaimed: "Isn't this the Dugu woman in the Guangping Palace?" ”

Concubine Zhang Shufei laughed loudly and said: "Princess Pingyang has good eyesight, Jing'er, I haven't seen Concubine Shen yet......"

Dugu Jing pulled up her skirt, Qi Lian step, Wan Tingting walked in front of Shen Zhu, and smiled to be blessed. Shen Pearl saw that her appearance had not changed much from four years ago, only a little plump, so she lightly avoided being rude, and said, "Where has my sister gone in the past four years?" Since you have left the house, and you have been accepted as a righteous daughter by Concubine Shu, this gift can not be borne by this concubine. "Shen Pearl is the concubine of Guangping Wang, and if she does not accept this ceremony, she no longer recognizes the identity of Dugujing Guangping's royal concubine. And her reason is also sufficient - Dugujing has disappeared since the fire four years ago, and everyone said that she was dead, and she suddenly appeared today, not only because of the fire back then, but also because of Dugujing's behavior in the past four years is also a big problem, who knows if he is still innocent and can be qualified to return to the palace?

"Jing'er has suffered a lot in the past four years, this good girl really teaches people to pity and love." Concubine Shu interjected, "Jing'er, tell your princess what happened in the past four years." ”

Dugujing knelt on his knees when he heard this, and tears rippled in his eyes, "Princess, there was a fire in Xiuyun Pavilion that year, and the slave maid was choked by the smoke and fainted on the spot. I don't know how long it took, I woke up and found that I had fallen into the hands of a few big men with thick eyebrows, and later, the slave maid Fang Xiao, these people were originally thieves, and they were going to enter the Xiuyun Pavilion to steal, who knew that there was nothing valuable in the Xiuyun Pavilion, so they set fire to the slave and maid. ”

The concubines and concubines had doubts about Dugujing's "resurrection from the dead", but now listening to her pitiful words, they were even more sad about the situation of everyone after the An Lushan Rebellion, and they all sighed and sighed.

Dugujing wiped away his tears and said: "Those villains originally had ill intentions towards slaves and maids, how could they resist the slaves and maids...... The slave and maid look forward to it every day, every day, just hope that His Royal Highness and the princess can find traces and save the slave and maid......"

Shen Pearl is the most knowledgeable about this matter, and now listening to Dugujing's words, the bull's head is not right, and there are many mistakes, omissions, and flaws, but it is difficult to understand which play Zhang Shufei and Dugujing played for a while, and has been listening to Dugujing quietly. Hearing Dugujing say this, what happened to him, how much led the concubines and concubines to blame her and Li Jiao, and it was even more reverie-the fire of Xiuyun Pavilion back then, was it not that Shen Pearl was jealous and couldn't tolerate the concubine's room, and instructed others to set fire to the murder? At that moment, he bent over and pulled up Dugu Mirror: "In this way, my sister has really suffered for a few years." Those gangsters are really bold and reckless, and they dare to enter the Guangping palace to steal. Raising his eyebrows and sneering, "You can still kidnap people and easily escape, but you regard the palace as nothing." ”

The palaces of the princes of Chang'an have always been extremely well guarded, during which the palace of Chang'an has always been extremely well guarded, during which Li Jiao's noble status is especially loved by Xuanzong, and the number of guards is twice as large as that of other palaces.

Shen Pearl asked again: "How did my sister escape from the thieves, why didn't she go back to the palace for four years and not look for His Highness and me?" ”

"Three months after being kidnapped by that gang of gangsters, the slave maid took advantage of the day when they went out to loot, and barely escaped from the cottage," Dugujing still calmly recounted, as if he didn't know that everyone was confused, "At that time, I knew that the gangster actually tied the slave and maid to Yizhou, hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, the slave and maid were penniless, unable to go back to Beijing on the road, fortunately a spinning mother contained, weaving hard every day, it took a year, finally saved enough money for the journey, and was rushing to Chang'an, but unexpectedly An Lushan dog thieves rebelled, and Chang'an fell. The slave and maid were helpless, hiding in the countryside, and sharing the hardships with a fleeing spice workshop lady. Last year, when she fell seriously ill, she passed on all the secrets of spice making to her slaves. A few days ago, I heard that the royal driver returned to Beijing, the slave maid was overjoyed, and it was convenient to wait outside the palace in the early morning, but I didn't expect to meet the lady concubine. ”

Concubine Zhang Shufei chuckled and smiled at the concubines: "This is also a coincidence." In previous years, the palace looked at this child as old and stable, and it was very pleasing to the eye, but she always cared about what kind of lowly status, and when she met, she always held the etiquette and shared it with the palace students. When I returned to the palace that day, I saw the child kneeling outside the palace gate from a distance, and I was thinking that this figure was so familiar, and when I saw it again, it was her. ”

When she said this, those concubines and wives followed the words and praised one after another, "This is also the mother-daughter fate between Niangniang and Dugu Ruren, otherwise, we have all traveled thousands of miles back to Beijing, why haven't we seen such a beautiful girl." "The concubine remembered that the mother sighed a few days ago that she didn't have a daughter Chenghuan under her knees, which was quite a pity, and she didn't get her wish today?" Jemi, the only one, did not know the cause and effect, and did not echo it.

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Shen Pearl held Dugujing's hand, looked up and down, raised her voice and smiled: "After a few years, my sister has been better." This slender jade hand, as it was back then, is very delicate. How, come back with me! She pointed out that Dugujing's hand was as usual, and her intention was to break Dugujing's words that she had been weaving in Yizhou for a year, obviously lying.

Dugu Jing's face was wiped with red glow, but she felt that Shen Zhu's body was close to the front, and her voice was extremely low, only she heard, "What are you saying skillfully?" She looked up, Shen Zhuzhu's face did not change, and Ying Ying smiled at her. She was blessed, and replied loudly: "The slave maid wants to serve under the mother's knees from now on, and if she does not return to the palace, she hopes that the princess will agree!" ”

Shen Pearl was slightly stunned, Dugu Jing reappeared, and with a backer like Concubine Zhang Shu, she only said that she would definitely return to His Royal Highness, who would have thought that she would refuse to go back. was thinking about it, and heard Dugujing whispering: "As long as everyone is willing to believe, it doesn't matter if you are clever and colorful." ”

She Huo looked up, and Dugujing stood in front of her as if nothing happened, waiting for her to reply.

Concubine Zhang Shufei seemed to be stunned, and laughed loudly: "Your child, since you are married, how can you not rely on your husband?" My old wife doesn't have a few years to serve, so how can I delay your youth. Let's go back with Concubine Shen. ”

Dugujing turned around, faced Zhang Shufei, bent her knees, and knelt down with a bang, "The slave has lost her mother since she was a child, and she has never tasted the love of mother and daughter." Today, Meng Niangniang accepted as a righteous daughter, is rejoicing, Niangniang Spring and Autumn is in full bloom, slaves and maids just want to snuggle under Niangniang's knees, serve day and night, and hope that Niangniang will not dislike! When he said the last sentence, he choked up again.

Concubine Zhang Shufei pointed to Dugu Mirror, shook her head at the concubines beside her and smiled: "Look, look, this righteous girl in this palace is really a clever mouth." Now it's a mess inside and outside the palace - if she doesn't let her stay and serve the palace, it will be the palace that dislikes her; If you stay to serve the palace, where in this world is there a mother-in-law who robs her daughter-in-law to serve! ”

The words made all the concubines laugh and persuade: "This is also her filial piety, the mother is really blessed, not only the two princes are brilliant, but even the righteous daughter is so considerate." Another concubine said: "Today's matter, it just depends on whether our Concubine Shen is willing to let go." ”

Shen Pearl smiled and said, "Filial piety comes first." My sister is determined to serve her mother, how can I stop it. When His Royal Highness returns home, his daughter-in-law will be clear, and His Royal Highness will be pure filial piety, so it is naturally 10,000 promises. The daughter-in-law also informed the Shangli Bureau in a timely manner, and must put the name of Dugu's sister from the concubine book of the Guangping Palace, this is a big gift, and the mother concubine is also good to start Your Majesty, canonize the name of the sister, what does the mother think? ”

Concubine Zhang Shu presented a cup of tea from the palace maid behind her, drank it slowly, and nodded: "It's still Concubine Shen who thinks carefully, that's exactly the reason." ”

(Tianjin)