Chapter 21 Flower Viewing Banquet (II)

Scarlet smoke turned her head to look, but it was broken into a pair of eyes as clear as water, the girl's palm-sized face, although the other facial features are exquisite, but the eyes are the most dazzling, she is wearing a water fu-colored wide-sleeved blouse embroidered with Zhai Lingyun pattern, a goose yellow pleated skirt swaying to the ankles, a moon-white gold silk belt is tied around the waist inlaid with amber white jade, and the butterfly-shaped gold hairpin stumbling between the buns follows the steps of the girl's feet, and the butterfly wings move slightly as if alive.

I don't know who exclaimed, "Your Royal Highness the Princess, Hail Fu Jin'an." A group of warblers and warblers immediately bent down and said hello to the only princess in the south. I didn't want the queen to have such a big banquet this time, and even Wei Wan, the princess of the southern country, participated in it.

Wei Wan waved her hand to excuse everyone, gently and skillfully came to the painting, looked at it carefully, and softly read out the poems in the painting word by word, "Three alleys of the high mountain flowing water piano, a bottle of bright moon and clear wind wine." The fourteen characters circulated between her lips and teeth a few times, and a trace of joy gradually appeared on Wei Wan's delicate face, "It's really a good poem, it not only sings out the things in this picture, but also has a ......."

Everyone was waiting for her next sentence, but Wei Wan changed her tone and asked, "Which young lady is this poem from?" ”

Scarlet Yan thought for a while, and without waiting for others to speak, she stepped forward, saluted the princess, and said slowly, "Back to the princess, this is the little girl's doing." ”

"Oh?" Wei Wan raised her voice, "Whose daughter are you?" ”

Scarlet Smoke raised her eyes and looked into those clear eyes when she heard this, "The little girl is the daughter of Scarlet Minister, Scarlet Smoke." ”

Wei Wan nodded, looked at the Scarlet Moon area that had been ignored for a long time, and then said, "This is a good painting with a good poem, although there is no moon in the painting, but there is a moon in the poem, and there is a moon in the heart of the writer, and it is a pity to be able to recognize this month, and the poet also has the moon in his heart, but the Tao is heart-to-heart, this realm is excellent, but the artistic conception is disturbed by the moon added later, it is really a pity." ”

Although Scarlet Moon couldn't quite understand the princess's tongue twister-like talk about the moon, she heard the last sentence clearly, and felt the mocking eyes of the ladies around her, Scarlet Moon couldn't wait to find a hole to get into.

Compared with the embarrassment of the scarlet moon, the scarlet smoke was calm and calm, and said softly, "Saion knows that it is not a blessing to lose his horse, although there is no artistic conception, but the moon has been found, it can be described as a happy event, why should the princess sigh?" ”

Wei Wan's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light when she heard this, but in an instant, her eyes were calm, and she said softly, "What you said is extremely true." And he walked towards the depths of the garden, accompanied by the others. Scarlet Moon glared at Crimson Smoke fiercely, and also plunged into the garden, not knowing where to go.

Scarlet Smoke didn't care, she only took Ruohe and strolled and chatted for a while, until Ruohe was called by her eldest sister, and Scarlet Smoke wandered aimlessly in this courtyard alone. At this time, the spring is strong, in addition to the peaches, pears, and apricots in Shufang Garden, there are also large pieces of February orchids planted on the ground, and the small lilac flowers are clustered together, clusters are next to each other, connecting into a sea of purple flowers, the breeze blows, the incense surges, and the scarlet smoke stands aside and watches, sniffing, only to feel that he has become that little purple.

Standing by the sea of flowers for a while, Scarlet Yan was thinking about finding a pavilion to rest, but saw a palace maid walking towards her, bowed, and said respectfully, "Miss Scarlet, the princess has prepared snacks and tea, please move to the meditation pavilion to rest." ”

"I'm tired of you leading the way." Scarlet shook his head, smiled slightly, and then followed the palace maid towards the meditation pavilion. Along the way, Scarlet Smoke met many rich ladies, and they got together to chant poems and play against each other, playing the piano and playing music. But none of this has anything to do with her, and after walking in this Shufang Garden for a long time, she also understands a little bit about the strategy behind this flower-viewing banquet.

Now that the concubine has passed away, the emperor was borrowing a knife to kill people, and after pretending to be grief-stricken for a few days, he named Su Xiuyi as a concubine, and she was very favored, and soon promoted Wu Jieyu to Concubine De. The harem became a three-legged state for a while, but it was also stable and peaceful, and the emperor's weighing technique can be seen.

Since the beginning of the dynasty, the favor of the harem concubines has been closely related to the right of the officials above the court. Concubine Shu and Concubine De were once favored, and the heirs of the Su family and the Wu family benefited everywhere in the officialdom. Different from the Zhang family of the noble concubine, the Su family and the Wu family are both famous families that have experienced the change of the four dynasties, and the daughters who come out of these two families are far inferior to the daughters of the Zhang family in terms of means and knowledge. This led to the power of the queen mother in the harem was restrained by the two, if Scarlet Smoke did not guess wrong, this flower-viewing banquet was mostly for the emperor to take concubines, followed by the selection of wives for the prince's relatives.

It must be some concubines with slightly outstanding qualifications or concubines who don't have any scheming to enter the eyes of the queen's mother. First, they have no support in the palace, and secondly, they are simple and easy to be manipulated, and with a little favor, they are easy to turn to one side, so they are naturally the best candidates as chess pieces.

Maybe the queen mother didn't know where she was, observing the every move of these warblers and swallows. Scarlet Smoke didn't have the idea of lying in the troubled waters of the palace, and what she cared about most now was the mysterious painter. Seeing Princess Judi's remarks before, coupled with the expression when talking about the difficulty of finding a bosom friend after the painting, Scarlet Smoke became more and more sure that the author of this painting must be a person of extraordinary talent.

The scarlet smoke of the previous life, only Wei Xian and endless scheming in his eyes, bloodthirsty and charming, ruthless, exhausted his life of prosperity in the dark palace turned his hands into clouds and hands for rain, all for the person who was high up, but unfortunately in the end she ended up throwing her body and mass grave. In the previous life, she had no soulmates or support, and in this life, since there have been variables, she will not repeat the mistakes of the past.

Thinking like this, her eyes gradually opened up, a vast pond appeared in the garden, the blue waves swayed gently, the milky white meditation pavilion floated on the water, and the ground came into view, and a few red carp whispered under the pavilion, which looked particularly cute.

Moved to the front of the pavilion, and sure enough, in addition to the princess who had seen before, there was also a person in the pavilion. Scarlet Yan looked up and saw that the man was wearing a moon-white dragon printed robe, with a fine jade jade hanging from his waist, and a refreshing smile like the wind on his warm jade face. Although the man's appearance is not as outstanding as the King of Xinling and Wei Xian that Scarlet Yan has seen, it makes Scarlet Smoke think of a poem - Mo Shangren is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world.

Thinking of Wei Xian, who had not been seen for many days, Scarlet Yan's gaze turned to the man's eyes, the thick sword eyebrows, and the slightly narrow eyes were three points similar to the prince. Is this a prince?

Scarlet Yan's heart pondered for a while, but his face was silent, he slowly walked to the two of them, bowed, and said softly, "The little girl didn't know that there was such a good place to go in this Shufang Garden, and I would like to thank the princess for the invitation." ”

Wei Wan helped her weakly, looked at others with a smile, and said softly, "Miss Scarlet doesn't need to be polite, there is a wonderful person who wants to meet you before this princess invites you, but you have to guess who he is first." ”

Scarlet Smoke got closer and looked up again, and felt that this person was gentle and elegant, but those eyes made her very familiar, and the bottom of her eyes seemed to be a clear and clear lake, but if she looked closely, there were monstrous rolling waves. A bright light flashed from his mind, and Scarlet Smoke bowed to the man in front of him again, "Scarlet Smoke has shallow knowledge, and he didn't recognize His Highness for a while, and I ask His Highness the Fifth Highness to forgive me." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Wan laughed coquettishly, her voice full of pride, "What's the matter, fifth brother?" I said it, it's a wonderful person, you still don't believe it. Send someone to send your glass cup to my princess's mansion, this time someone will testify, and you can't rely on it. ”

Hearing this, Scarlet Smoke knew that he had made the right bet. Today's emperor has nine sons under his knees, except for the eight or nine princes who are young and frail and die young, and the third prince is born crazy and stupid, the rest of the princes are framed by Wei Xian one after another, or died in Huangquan or were degraded, so far only the crown prince Wei Xian, the third prince Wei Jin, the seventh prince Wei Luo and the current fifth prince Wei Ting are left in the southern country. I heard that the Seventh Emperor was good at writing and martial arts, but his temperament changed greatly two years ago, and he often lingered among the warblers and Yanyan, and was reprimanded by the emperor a few times before he relented, but his mind was not on this country. It is said that the five princes are extremely profound in the way of civil and military affairs, but they are a master who sees the head but does not see the tail, and it is rare to see it in the palace or in the house, come and go freely, but do not see the emperor asking for guilt, so it is indeed a wonderful person to think about it.

As his thoughts flowed, he listened to the mellow voice of the Fifth Highness with a little helplessness and a hint of indulgence, "Alas, the glass cup for my brother was just found from Jiangnan, and it was going to be taken away by your little robber before it was warmed up in the house." That's it, since Wan'er likes it, why not give it to you. ”

"Then Wan'er thanked the fifth brother." Wei Wan chuckled, and then a sly smile flashed in her gentle eyes, "My sister just learned that the mother concubine had called Wan'er to go, so she said goodbye first." ”

Wei Ting looked at the girl's bouncing figure and shook his head with a smile. Only then did his gaze turn to the silent woman on the side, her beautiful face with a hazy smile, obviously smiling but making people feel so far away, making people feel like they couldn't see or touch. Remembering that Wan'er was in a hurry before, she ran into the bamboo forest regardless of the maid's call, and when she told him that she was looking for that person, he still had a trace of doubt in his heart, and after reading the poem, he believed it for half a minute, and when he saw this person now, he really felt that Wan'er's girl's ability to recognize people was more and more worthy of praise.

Wei Ting looked at the scarlet smoke at the same time, and the scarlet smoke was not carefully calculated in her heart, if she remembered correctly, in the last life, under her scheming, the third prince was poisoned by the maids around her, and the seventh prince was shrouded in horse leather, only the five princes were withdrawn from this dirty palace without revealing the mountains and waters, although Wei Xian'an was later accused of a trumped-up crime and took away the identity of the prince, but none of the people who followed him died, which shows that the means and foresight of the five princes are really very comparable.

However, just when Scarlet Smoke was about to talk and contact with the person in front of him further, a high and low birdsong sounded in his ears, this sound would only be pleasant to others to hear, but it was a chill in Scarlet Smoke's ears, and it was actually a secret signal for the secret guards of the Xinling Mansion to deliver urgent news!

Did something happen to the Xinling Palace?