Luodu has been prosperous since ancient times, the market is bustling, the city is full of pearls, and the household is full of Luoqi, which is completely like a royal spirit. In the middle of the city, a quaint royal city, on the contrary, is solemn and solemn, which is daunting. The precious Nanmu gate is painted with black lacquer and decorated with eighty-one copper nails in dark rust color, separating the tall palace where the emperor lives from the common people in the market.

The palace is heavily guarded outside the palace, and within a hundred zhang outside the palace wall, it is still the area under the protection of the Praetorian Guard, and the people are not allowed to set foot at will. Hundreds of zhang away, the shops are lined up, and the eaves of the pavilions are flying. Miyagi is facing a nine-zhang wide official road, the shops on both sides are full of gold and jade jewelry, silver dollar money, and the crowd on both sides of the official road is bustling during the day, which is luxuriant.

Pei Zhenwan was alone and changed into Chen Guo's clothes, but the jingchai cloth skirt made her appearance more and more beautiful and dusty. In a teahouse not far from the palace gate, I quietly picked a place near the window, ordered a tea and a dish, and sat down quietly. There is a slight cold wind by the window, few people sit, but it is secluded.

She had been here nine years ago, when she was only nine years old. Emperor Chen Guoxin ascended the throne, and the surrounding countries congratulated each other on the scene. At the same time as the Shu Emperor sent the envoy, he appointed the father of the general to accompany him, called the escort mission, in fact, with his father's great military exploits, highlighting the military force of Shu.

At that time, I was in a car with my brother Jingqi, and I saw many interesting things along the road. When my father entered the palace to see him, he and his brother waited outside the gate of this palace, especially remembering that the two of them pointed out, saying that the color of this Chen Palace was gray, and it was not as good as the carved beams and paintings of the Shu Palace, which was exceptionally good-looking.

However, nine years later, things are not people, and her father, brother and relatives have become a piece of loess. And this Chen Palace is still standing majestically.

On the official road, a soft sedan chair with a blue cover of Baoying slowly walked, with exquisite workmanship, and stopped steadily outside the door of the jade shop. A richly dressed girl with a mink cloak came down, covered her face with a light veil, and behaved generously in the year of the golden hairpin. The shopkeeper of the jade shop hurriedly greeted him and invited him in.

It was Wei Miaozhi, the second lady in the Hou Hou Mansion, and her sister was Wei Manzhi, the proud concubine of Wei Gongzheng. Mao Guohou Weimu, the only children born are these two daughters, and they are naturally like pearls.

A cold smile appeared on Pei Zhenwan's face, everything was about to begin.

"Guest, tea is here." The teahouse Xiaoer shouted, serving tea to the next door, and his movements were clever, and he was used to running the hall.

Pei Zhenwan retracted her gaze, turned her head and called softly: "This little brother." ”

Xiao Er turned around a little impatiently, the woman by the window was dressed simply, and she only ordered a little tea, she was not a valuable identity, and he didn't take a few careful looks. However, when I looked back, I was an extremely beautiful woman, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

Pei Zhenwan smiled shyly, and a hint of ruddy flew on her cheeks. Xiao Er's eyes straightened, and he hurriedly bowed down and laughed: "What's the matter with the girl." ”

Glancing out the window, Pei Zhenwan said with a hint of cowardice: "The slave family is not from Luodu, the first time I arrived, it is not good to find someone, I want to find a magical Buddhist temple to worship, can the little brother give me some advice?" ”

"It's easy to say," such a weak willow supporting the wind posture, like the warm sun in winter, the whole body is comfortable, Xiao Er's heart suddenly felt pity, "Jingnan Wulidi, is the Lingyun Temple, the most effective Zen temple in Luodu, we all go there to burn incense, and the dignitaries always go there." ”

"It's the moon now, and there are a lot of people who want to come to the Zen temple to burn incense, I don't know when the nobles in Beijing will go, I want to stagger it, so as not to wait outside in vain to avoid it, blowing this cold wind."

Xiao Er put the towel on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, the nobles mostly go to worship the Buddha on the day of Laba, and there are not many people who go on weekdays." ”

"Oh, that's it, that's for the best." Pei Zhenwan thought about it slowly, then raised her head and asked with a smile, "What kind of accommodation do you have in the suburbs of southern Beijing?" ”

"There is a guest room behind the teahouse, and the girl can rest here."

Pei Zhenwan hesitated, a little shy, and her voice was as low as a mosquito: "The slave family can't afford to live in such a good guest room." ”

"Oh," Xiao Er's voice of regret started, such a beautiful woman, she was so shy that she couldn't help but shake her head, straightened up, and replied coolly: "There is a Jiagui Yan Inn on the side of Jingnan Racetrack, which is a little shabby, but the price is fair." ”

Pei Zhen got up in her clothes and took a cloud pearl jade inlaid silver hairpin from her sleeve, and thanked her. Then he floated out of the inn, Xiao Er looked at the graceful figure, sighed infatuatedly, and casually put the silver hairpin into his sleeve, not thinking about how a woman who couldn't afford to live in the inn could make such a generous move.

Lingyun Temple, that is the starting point of Chen Palace. Pei Zhenwan quietly glanced at the soft sedan chair outside the jade shop, straightened the cuffs, tightened the collar to block the cold, and left in a hurry.

When it came to Laba, sure enough, there were more nobles in and out of Lingyun Temple than in the past. The warm car on the Weihou Mansion was covered with thick felt to protect against the wind, and it also arrived steadily. The mother-in-law and the maid parked in an orderly manner, and helped Mrs. Weihou and the second lady to enter the temple to pray for the Buddha.

The Chen people have always respected the Buddha, and the Chen Palace also respects the Buddhist monks, so from the clan relatives to the common people, they are proud to emulate the royal family. Mrs. Wei has always bowed to the Buddha and knelt in the small Buddha hall for two hours to chant sutras. Wei Miaozhi is still young, and his temperament is also dry, and after worshipping a god and Buddha, he led a mother-in-law and two maids to wait behind the temple.

After playing with the girl for a while, I picked some strange flowers and plants. Miss Wei Er calculated the time, and Fang took her skirt back to the temple.

There was no bustling crowd at the back door of the Zen temple, and several people were also separated from each other, only a little maid stretched out her arm to support Wei Miaozhi and slowly climbed the stairs. However, when he was about to walk to the front of the temple gate, Wei Miaozhi seemed to have found a stone, his body shook, and he was about to fall down before he could exclaim.

The maid next to her had a pain in her hand, and for some reason she couldn't catch the young lady. And the mother-in-law behind her, when she was about to hold on, her knees were weak, and when she barely stood firmly, the young lady's fall had slipped in front of her, and it was too late to save her.

Wei Miaozhi felt desperately that his body was out of control, and he wanted to roll down from this stone step, and his heart was cold, so he could only close his eyes and wait. With the exclamation repeatedly, a figure flashed, Wei Miaozhi landed firmly on a soft mass, and everyone's hanging hearts were put into their stomachs.

"Miss!" The mother-in-law and maid hurriedly ran over, grabbed the two bodies that were still about to fall, and helped Wei Miaozhi up with all hands and feet, "Is Miss injured?" ”

Wei Miaozhi slowly opened his eyes, except for a trace of palpitations, there was no pain on his body, and he was secretly surprised, but when he turned around, he saw a rough-clothed woman lying on the steps, and said hurriedly: "Help me up." ”

The maid carefully picked up the woman, stood up tremblingly, her left arm could not be straightened, and her right hand held her ankle, which must have been caused by the fall just now. Wei Miaozhi straightened out her clothes and asked softly, "Where did the girl get hurt?" ”

The rough-clothed woman who flew to the rescue was naturally Pei Zhenwan, she rubbed her left arm and replied softly, "It's okay." ”

Wei Miaozhi picked up Miss Hou's demeanor, gave a slight salute, and said in a solemn voice: "I just lost my footing, thank you girl for saving me, and Hou Mansion will thank you again." ”

Pei Zhenwan leaned over to thank her, but she accidentally pulled the sore part of her foot, and couldn't help but raise her head and gasp. In this way, he showed a beautiful face in the jingchai cloth skirt, with slightly frowning eyebrows, and a Chu Chu posture was born, and anyone who saw it would be pity.

Wei Miaozhi hurriedly looked at it, pointed to the pavilion where he was resting, and instructed his subordinates: "Help this sister to rest in the pavilion first." ”

thanked her softly, Pei Zhenwan smiled secretly in her heart, Wei Miaozhi's address to herself has changed from a girl to a sister, which shows a bit of the meaning of judging people by their appearance. However, at the age of twelve, he knows how to deal with people, which shows the style of the Hou Mansion.

Sitting in the pavilion for a while, the mother-in-law of the Wei family briefly looked at the injury, it was slightly red and swollen, but fortunately it did not hurt the muscles and bones, and said with a decent smile: "The girl is not seriously injured, and I rubbed it carefully with some medicinal wine, and the swelling will be better in a few days." Just now, the old slave was useless and couldn't hold the young lady, but fortunately, the girl rescued her, and the old slave thanked her again. "After speaking, I am deeply blessed and have all the courtesies.

"With a show of effort, Miss Lian was frightened, but it was not the slave's family." Pei Zhenwan smiled faintly, there was no trace of shame on her face, only a full of gentle atmosphere.

Wei Miaozhi looked at it coldly, knowing that she was not a vulgar person in the countryside, so her heart was a little closer: "Where is my sister's house, I ordered someone to send my sister back to the house for medical treatment." ”

"The slave family, the slave family is not from Luodu, how can there be any mansion, now it is just a guest inn."

"Ah," Wei Miaozhi was stunned, "Now it's Laba, why did my sister come to Luodu." ”

Pei Zhenwan replied in a shallow voice: "The slave family is from Jiangling, my father is a fallen talent, my father died this summer, and my stepmother remarried, and the slave family originally wanted to come to Luodu to look for my uncle, but unfortunately I came for a long time, but I didn't find it, and I heard that I didn't know where I moved to." ”

Wei Miaozhi knew very little about the folk world, but when he heard this, it was just a change in his family, and he was lonely, so he couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that such twists and turns are a little pitiful." ”

As a princess and the sister of the concubine, in front of the common people, she felt that her status was even more noble, and she unconsciously learned her father's tone: "That is it, I will send someone to send my sister back, and my sister's food and accommodation in Beijing these days will be taken care of." In the future, if there is a need, my sister will come to me. ”

Pei Zhenwan responded carefully, and after a few words of thanks, Wei Miaozhi got up and returned to the temple, leaving a maid alone to accompany him in the pavilion, waiting for the small sedan chair, all the way back to the inn, and looking for a doctor to see the prescription. After several rounds of courtesy, Pei Zhenwan could only thank her carefully.

Waiting for the end of the consultation, the maid left the inn, Pei Zhen Wanfang slowly got up, and took out a jade pendant from her arms, the whole body was white, it was Hetian pear white. The jade pendant is not too big in the palm, carved with wishful auspicious clouds, and it is an ordinary thing that the wealthy often wear. The jade pendant that she tore off was the knock brick for her to enter the Wei family.

Put away the jade pendant, Pei Zhenwan freshened up for a while, rested on the bed with clothes, and went to the Zen temple early in the morning to blow the wind, and now she wants to have a good rest. In the future, I am afraid that there will not be many days of such a peaceful sleep.