Chapters 1 to 7 Revised texts
Volume 1 Western Chu Shangyi
Chapter 1 Preface
I opened my eyes that were said to be old and dizzy, and looked at the queen mother who was kneeling below wearing the Jiufeng Chaoyang palace dress, and also my granddaughter-in-law, her delicate face hung low, it seemed that she had been carefully dressed, and it took me a lot of thought, knowing that I didn't like extravagance, I only wore an ordinary jade butterfly silver hairpin on my head, and the palace people standing on the side held a pure color, silky fire fox cloak, I heard that the whole cloak was made of a little fur under the fox's armpit, and made such a cloak, I sighed secretly, looking at the kneeling granddaughter-in-law, I had long heard that the emperor didn't like to see her, seeing the gift she gave, and then listening to her explanation, I couldn't help but feel upset for a while, it's a pity for this queen, no wonder my grandson doesn't like her, my palace has long been paved with fire heating pipes, no matter how cold it is outside, it is so warm that you can only wear a single coat, what else do you need a fire fox cloak? Although I was disgusted in my heart, my face did not show it, I did not speak, waiting for her to speak. If you give a gift, how can you not ask for it? What's more, it was given to me, an old guy who had ignored the government for a long time, one leg was outside the coffin, and the other leg was stretched into the coffin?
Empress Ziyi may have sensed my indifferent attitude, raised her head, a hint of panic flashed in her eyes, and said cautiously: "Ancestor, the father of the granddaughter-in-law is ignorant, he said something that should not be said, and when he was drunk and chanted poetry against him, he went wrong, and was found by someone with ulterior motives. For the sake of his old age and confusion, you can say two good words to the emperor and let him enjoy his old age in peace! β
I know about this matter, isn't it that Lin Guohou remembered that he was originally a majestic prince of Western Chu, and in the end the country was ruined, and he was inevitably depressed, and he drank a few more cups at his own family banquet during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he scolded, this white-haired old pious woman, if it weren't for you, how could our Western Chu Kingdom be destroyed?
also chanted a poem: The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring. When I feel the tears, I hate the birds. The whitehead scratching is shorter, and the hairpin is overwhelming.
The emperor's eyes and ears are all over the court and the opposition, and the next day, the emperor's desk sent a memorabilia of impeachment, which cites scriptures, needless to say, even his daughter, the current queen is also implicated. Didn't this queen also set up when the emperor's grandson was still the crown prince in order to appease the remnants of Xichu, if it is decided today, the emperor has long wanted to make the queen's position different, and the queen herself knows that her position has long been unstable, I don't understand, what is she still greedy for this queen's throne......
He scolded me, decades ago, I was scolded as a white-haired old pious woman, red face and trouble, I don't know, but I don't bother to pay attention to it, if I can ignore it, I'm afraid that I will be angry with myself, such a hurtful thing, I have never done it.
It's just that this time, I'm afraid that the emperor himself wants to abolish the queen and use me as a shield, after all, nothing is as good as my shield! I lazily got up with the support of the palace people next to me, and said to the kneeling people below: "You go down first, this matter will be handled by the emperor, after all, the palace is now old and frail, but I have been asking about political affairs for a long time, besides, the emperor is still waiting for me to play mahjong!" β
There was a trace of astonishment on the queen's face, she raised her eyes slightly and looked at me in a daze, and hurriedly lowered her eyes, I saw the flash of resentment in her eyes, and it was also true, people were so anxious that they were burning, as if the monkey's butt was on fire, but you just wanted to play mahjong, this, this, this, it's too unsympathetic, right?
Actually, I don't want to worry about it......
I don't want to end up with Wu Zetian being forced into the palace, although the current emperor is still respectful to his grandmother, but who knows if he will one day change his temperament, learn from Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty under the instigation of a group of powerful ministers, to deal with us two old guys, I want to die a good life, a good beginning.
Besides, there are still few people in the world who scold me, some time ago there was a historian who was said to be very upright, recorded in the annals: Queen Xiaode, scheming and deceitful, full of conspiracies, for her, dare not accept concubines, dare not spoil women, only favor her alone, and is often scolded......
Look, the Emperor Taishang was written as a guy who ate soft rice, but I said that he became the lion in the roar of the lion in Hedong, where is the Emperor Taishang still a little bit of an emperor who dominates the world in his pen, of course, I just solemnly declared in the year he married me, if he is small, we will divorce, of course, he doesn't understand what divorce means, we also explained for a long time! He knew that I could say it and do it, and when he was scared, he didn't dare to accept it, his harem was just me, as a modern soul who occupied an ancient body, I was mixed, and it was not bad.
However, as a lazy lazy person, I traveled to this ancient time, and the emperor was involved, but I don't want to do the most, but there is no way, who let him get involved, fate is always not according to my cards to play cards.
After Ziyi stepped back, I shouted loudly: "Mingzhu, Xiaofuzi, let's go to Shoujing Palace, the Emperor Taishang is still waiting for us!" "With my call, outside the door first walked into a middle-aged old eunuch, phoenix eyebrows and long eyes, no beard on the face, this is my sixty years of loyal servant Xiaofuzi, and then into a peerless middle-aged female official, that is my personal female officer Mingzhu, in addition to the full head of white hair, looks much more beautiful than the queen just now, both of them look much younger than me, crane hair and childish face, and I, crane goosebumps, old and long, through the so-called red face does not change at all in my body at all, It makes them seem like my nephews, but in fact, they are about the same age as me, at most a few years older, almost ninety years old, but who called them both martial arts masters, both have the magic of stationing children to nourish their faces, of course, they persuaded me more than once, learn internal skills or something, but I, a lazy man, rely on the protection of two masters, how can I still be willing to learn? Naturally, if you can hide, you can hide ......, and listen to the disciples and grandchildren of the two of them on the rivers and lakes say that the martial arts of the two of them have reached the realm of earth immortals, and I don't know if it is or not?
Anyway, I haven't studied it, but once, I had nothing to do, and told them the story of Ximen Blowing Snow and Ye Gucheng vs. Zijin Top, and the two of them memorized it, and actually took the top of the palace as their battlefield, and came a small Fuzi Battle Pearl, which attracted most of the people in the rivers and lakes to watch It's true, I think, if the two of them have nothing to do to visit the rivers and lakes, they will definitely have the style of the emperor's superstar, and there are so many admirers, it may be more sensational than me and the emperor going on patrol. They ran to the top of our palace to fight, hehe, they thought I didn't know, in fact, that day, I and the Emperor Taishang had a feast in the corner of the palace roof......
Thinking of the queen's request, I asked the two henchmen with some disapproval: "It seems that the emperor's dissatisfaction with the queen has reached its peak, otherwise he would not use me, an old woman, as a shield to promote the abolition of the queen!" β
Mingzhu said with a smile: "How can there be such a happy marriage as Miss in the family of the God King in this world, for decades, the Emperor Taishang has been three thousand favors for you like a lifetime, and it has never changed, besides, between the emperor and the queen, there is very little true love!" "I know she has a point, what's more, the queen she said was set up to comfort the remnants of Western Chu, and the emperor doesn't know if he has spoiled her, but this queen is also able to endure it, virtuous and virtuous, so that the emperor can't find any mistakes, since he can't pick it, how can he abolish it? After going back and forth, checking and checking, she finally got a breakthrough from her father, how could the emperor let it go?
Mingzhu has always called me Miss since she talked to me, and she hasn't changed it for decades, and I'm used to hearing it, so I don't ask her to change.
Xiaofuzi usually has some discord with Mingzhu, and when he heard this, he glanced at her coldly, I knew what he meant, Mingzhu would blow and pat the horse, plus shine shoes.
I don't pay attention to the two of them, anyway, the two have been fighting for decades, and I have watched it for decades, and the top of the palace has fought three times, and I have been watching the excitement with the emperor and the cat at the top of the palace for three years, out of sight is clean, or go to play mahjong!
As for the grievances between the queen and the emperor, let them stay aside......
I shouted in a voice that was not an eighty or ninety-year-old man: "Drive the Qiankun Palace, play mahjong ......"
Chapter 1 Entering the Palace
In the eighteenth year of the Ming Wu of Western Chu, the world was in a calm and calm, singing and dancing situation, the Great Qi Dynasty was defeated in the first battle in the south of the Yangtze River in the West Chu Situ Weiyuan General three years later, the third prince was sent to the West Chu as a hostage, and removed the emperor's name, after paying tribute to the West Chu every year, the national fortune of the West Chu State was extremely prosperous, and the four seas were peaceful. Prosperity will inevitably produce corruption, not to mention, three years have passed since the war in the south of the Yangtze River, and within three years, Daqi not only bowed down to the vassals, but also presented countless beauties and money every year to show his surrender to Xichu.
But I always feel that history seems to be repeating itself, and I remember the story of lying down and tasting courage very clearly, the people of Daqi are strong, and the monarchs are virtuous and upright, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. What's more, three years ago, my father, the military advisor who helped General Situ Weiyuan defeat the Great Qi Kingdom, has passed away, and I am afraid that the war will start again.
It's a pity that the emperor of Western Chu, Emperor Mingwu, didn't realize this at all, the same singing and dancing Shengping, choosing concubines every year, in order to envelop the heroes of Western Chu, General Situ Weiyuan, this frame selection, General Situ's daughter is also among them. Of course, since in order to envelop him, as soon as his daughter enters the palace, she will be named a concubine.
In the warm study like spring, burning the rising incense of the soul, I hid in the study and looked at an ancient book intently, as for today's general Situ Mingzhu's daughter Situ Mingzhu will be elected to the palace to become a concubine, but it is none of my business, it is her eldest lady's business, and I have to pretend not to know, who knows what kind of trouble awaits me.
I read my own book, I am the righteous daughter of General Situ, and I am also the daughter of Miss Situ Mingzhu's Xixi teacher and also the daughter of General Situ's military advisor, since my father died two years ago, General Situ has tried to accept me as a righteous daughter, I know, he just wants to find a very convenient gunman for her daughter, that's right, the so-called talented and famous Miss Situ made poems, calligraphy and painting are all from my hands, anyway, raised in the deep boudoir people don't know, who will carefully care about where these calligraphy, painting and poetry come from?
And I, naturally, have a part of the poetry of the ancients as my own poetry......
Miss Situ Mingzhu, a delicate and weak, beautiful lady in the capital, who would have known that she actually followed my father, her Xixi learned martial arts, but only forgot his father General Situ's ardent hope, hoping that she would become a well-informed lady? In this matter, I think that Miss Situ Mingzhu can be regarded as inheriting the bloodline of General Situ, she is good at martial arts, and she is slightly familiar with literature and ink, of course, his father General Situ Weiyuan does not know about learning martial arts.
My father originally wanted to pass on his martial arts to me, but unfortunately I am a very lazy person, and for a person like me, my father had no choice but to say that you can train a monkey to hold a soy sauce bottle, a horse to dance, and a donkey to play drums...... But she couldn't let Huiru stretch out her fingers.
Look at what he said, he spoke of himself as a circus trainer, and spoke of me as a ......
For my daughter, who can sit but never stand, and can lie down and never sit, he finally gave up hope of teaching apprentices martial arts. But what he didn't expect was that Miss Situ Mingzhu, the female disciple of poetry, calligraphy and painting he taught, actually had an excellent foundation for martial arts. In the following years, during my father's lifetime, I had the illusion that he was more affectionate to Miss Mingzhu than to me.
My father, of course, did not know that his daughter had crossed over, and that when his daughter was six years old, she fell into the water and died, so I, a new human being in the distant modern age, took his daughter's body and became his daughter, and I was twenty-five years old at that time. And it is not surprising that I, who was born in the computer age and grew up in the Internet age, grew up to be a lazy person.
I am in the study with the most comfortable posture to look at this ancient book, it is really a good book, it is so detailed to describe the method of making all kinds of bows and arrows, it seems, I have another business, I am thinking about whether to draw a picture, improve the bow and arrow making method inside and add a little modern physics knowledge into it, and sell it to the Tibetan bow workshop to earn a few taels of silver. This method of making money, I started a year ago, and now I have saved no less than five thousand taels of silver, I am ready to open a farm by myself in the future, plant flowers, raise grass, and start my comfortable life of wind and snow, snow and wine, mixed with this long period of no computer and no network in ancient times, I hope that after the end of my life, I will be reincarnated back in modern times, as for the average woman wants to marry a good husband, I haven't thought of it, I'm still young, only fifteen years old this year, Although she was twenty-five years old when she crossed over, plus and minus is more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, who would have known that this fifteen-year-old girl was an old man......
I saw Situ Mingzhu rushing in like a whirlwind, and saw me sitting on the chair leisurely, with an angry face on my face, but in a blink of an eye, the angry face disappeared and was replaced with a flattering face.
Sure enough, she lowered her body and called me in an extremely soft and sweet voice: "Hui Ru ......"
I listened, the goosebumps on my body involuntarily grew crazy, I raised my eyelids, looking at this beautiful person in front of me, big eyes like a pool of autumn water, like a soft body like wicker, who would know, this beauty is actually attached to a body of martial arts? And the temper is not good?
I lifted my eyelids, glanced at her, and continued to study my ancient books out of print, saying that I didn't want to pay attention to her, she didn't care so much, pulled the corners of my clothes, and almost didn't look like a five-year-old child: "Huiru, is it okay to accompany me into the palace?" β
She knew that if I didn't want to enter the palace, I didn't know how many ways I could get out of this general's palace, even if I put a thousand locks on the door.
I said, "What's so good about entering the palace, why should I enter the palace with you?" Everyone knows that although the emperor is handsome, there are 3,000 harem beauties, and the emperor is cooked, and a small spoonful of soup can't be shared, why do you want to enter the palace, I advise you, don't enter the palace, just let your father push the family affairs, your father is a great hero, and there is still residual prestige, just say that you still have a marriage contract, your fiancΓ© is separated, and he has recently found it back, isn't it? Presumably, the emperor, as a wise monarch, will not embarrass your ......"
Situ Mingzhu was so frightened by my words that she couldn't close her mouth, especially the sentence "Cook the emperor in soup", I saw that she almost wanted to reach out and cover my mouth, she hurriedly walked to the door, stretched out her head like a spy to look behind the door, and found that there was no one, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to close the door, I said a sentence: "If you want people not to eavesdrop, it's better to leave the door open......"
With the door open, who can see it if someone is probing their brain? With the door open, it also seems that we are above board, and we don't say any nonsense about ghosts and ghosts, this is called, nothing is afraid of ghosts listening to the door......
She opened the door again, and she said: "Huiru, entering the palace as a concubine is the emperor's holy decree, even if my father is a general, how can he disobey the order, not to mention, the emperor promised, as soon as I entered the palace, I will be a concubine, from now on in the palace I am one person under ten thousand people, Huiru, you follow me, as soon as you enter the palace, you will be named Liupin Shangyi, and she is also a female official, what's wrong?" β
I said, "Just kidding, Liupin Shangyi, staying in the palace and intriguing with others, won't I age quickly?" "The most important thing is that I still want to die a good life, who doesn't know the intrigue in the palace, and if you are not careful, you will die?
Mingzhu begged me again: "Huiru, you can go, otherwise, I will ask my father not to let you be a female official, let you become a concubine like you, let's ...... the two of us"
Before she finished speaking, she was so frightened that she swallowed back, because I was glaring at her with the eyes of the boss, and she thought so beautifully, she wanted me to accompany her in the palace where she didn't spit out bones and spit out bones for the rest of her life, is this possible? The oath I crossed over was not to be a concubine, and the second was not a concubine, besides, she thought that the title of the concubine was a hat, so she grabbed a handful of them casually? Besides, don't look at Mingzhu now that the sky is good, when the time comes, the competition for favor will come to my head, it's not that I can't eat and walk around, in modern times, I can't read the book of Gong Dou, in the end, there is no good end to entering the palace, either you die or I die, or everyone dies together, sometimes even sisters die, even the emperor dies, in the end, it is best to be a queen mother, although the power dominates the world, but lonely and old, even meet with a lover is sneaky, this is not a current version, that Da Yuer and Duoergon are not like this?
I secretly thought, just kidding, how could I agree to such a thing for her, I won't do it if she kills me, Mingzhu is okay, martial arts, a lazy person like me, I'm afraid that as soon as I enter the palace, I will be eaten without even scum. No matter how the two of us are, we have no guesses, childhood sweethearts, but I will never agree to this matter of little life.
In the past few days, I have been thinking about how to resign to Mingzhu, of course, I can't use the above reasons, so that I will not be trained to death by the general and will be drowned by the general's daughter with tears, although I am the general's daughter, but I did not sell myself to his family, besides, the silver on my body is enough for me to spend happily for a lifetime, their family is not rich yet, just have a false name, of course, if the emperor rewards them can sell it, they will also be rich, but, who dares to sell?
I secretly instigated Mingzhu to sell it once, but within three days, the yamen sealed the jewelry store that received our stolen goods as if facing a great enemy, and I heard that the boss was also locked up for three months, and I heard that for these three months, the boss did not die but also lost his skin.
Chapter 2 Resignation
I was about to say goodbye to her, but I heard Miss Mingzhu's sobbing cry, crying and saying: "Huiru, okay, since you don't want to, then forget it, I know, no one can force you, I will enter the palace in a few days, lest you be sad, you don't want to resign to me (hearing this, I secretly rolled my eyes), you all know what kind of place the harem is, it is a place that eats people and does not spit out bones (why did she think of it?) I heard that the women in there are all smiling and hiding knives, women like me, when they enter the palace, I am afraid that they will offend the emperor and queen in three or two times, and they will be sent to the cold palace in two or three days. β
After saying that, I choked on the snot and felt pain, I thought about the possibility of what she said, although 90% of her crying was pretended, but I knew that most of what she said was true, although she was a martial artist, but that is, martial arts are powerful, in other aspects, she was deceived and basically gave me money, she counted me countless times, I recalled with relish a few times when she was deceived into counting me money......
One time was when I lied to her when I went out by a bad teenager, in fact, that person was my competitor when selling a mechanism map, I heard that he was the only son of the Lei family, the most famous organ production in the rivers and lakes, for a business of nearly 1,000 taels of silver, I did not hesitate to deceive Miss Mingzhu, and let her disguise herself as a man and beat her face full of purple and gray back to the Lei family in his Shu. Naturally, I had a thousand taels of silver on my account.
Another time, I sat bored, saw a book describing the Qinglou, suddenly interested in the Qinglou woman, after crossing over, this biggest popular place, has not been to it, such as instigating this pearl lady to disguise themselves as men and the two went back to the Qinglou, but later, before entering the door was recognized, almost forced to be a prostitute, all by her courage to fight all over the Qinglou invincible, we were able to come out. Of course, if she told her father about this, her father, who was a strong general, would have fainted.
Of course, how could the general know about these things? Of course, a stingy person like me would not be so generous with silver, but he used some means, and for some reason, they were obedient to me. Of course, I won't tell Miss Situ Mingzhu about these methods, but I have done a good job in intellectual property protection, besides, tell her, will she? I used modern business management knowledge.
I was thinking wildly, and the howling and crying sounded in my ears, probably because Miss Mingzhu saw that I didn't react, and increased her crying.
Do I really want to give up the happy life of clearing snow and cooking wine to enter the palace with her? Before I could answer, she cried again: "Huiru, if anything happens, every Ming Year in the future, for the sake of my childhood sweetheart, you can just put two pillars of incense on my grave......"
She said it so miserably, I also know that she is a little right, the people who entered the palace this time not only her, but also Prime Minister Zhang's daughter, Zhang Meier, this woman, but also a person with a beautiful country, Prime Minister Zhang and General Situ are a pair of mortal enemies, although the grievances of the previous generation do not affect the next generation, but in fact, who will do it? Zhang Meier has long inherited her father's career, and she and Miss Mingzhu have been fighting since she was ten years old, and at that time, I had just crossed over......
When he was ten years old, Situ Mingzhu had a picture of red plum in spring, which shocked the entire Beijing division and was praised as a goddess prodigy, (of course, this is what I painted, I am in modern times, although lazy, but I can also be regarded as a talented woman, especially like landscape painting...... οΌ
Then, at the age of ten years and five months, Zhang Meier drew a picture of an old cow sleeping, which shocked half of the Jingshi, and the other half had not yet woken up because she was shocked by Situ Mingzhu, so she couldn't reflect it for a while......
At the age of thirteen, Situ Mingzhu appeared in the Guanyin Temple with her peerless beauty, which made the people of Jingshi praise up and down.
Similarly, within a month, Zhang Meier also appeared in the most lively poetry and book auditorium in Beijing......
Of course, from my point of view, the desperate struggle between this corrupt official and the Qing official, Zhang Manchao is of course a corrupt official, and General Situ takes it for granted that he is a clean official because he has less than 1,000 taels of silver in his house.
I watched her cry like this, although it was fake, I was still a little moved, and I thought to myself, it will only take three or five years to become a female official in the palace, and when Mingzhu gives birth to an heir and has a stable position in the palace, her martial arts should be enough to protect herself, and then she will be able to get out of the palace? Moreover, with my appearance, in the beautiful harem, it is a withered yellow green leaf, which is naturally not looked down on, and there is no danger. Looking at the way the guards in the palace turned a blind eye to me and granted the pearl's soul color, I knew that my appearance belonged to the kind that I couldn't find as soon as I put it into the crowd.
Besides, this palace, but a place where gold and silver treasures are piled up, it won't have a mark on everything, stay in the palace for two or three years, and with my means of scraping money, won't you scrape a rich country? So, isn't it very helpful to have a comfortable life at the end of your life?
Thinking of this, my heart moved again.
Mingzhu cried again, she had a lot of tears today, I guess she drank a lot of water and didn't go to the toilet to prepare!
She cried and said, "I also heard that there is a large library in the palace, and I wanted to invite you to visit it in my lifetime, but it seems that there is no chance." "She bites the word 'lifetime' very accurately. It made me feel a little guilty.
Hearing the three words of the library pavilion, my eyes lit up all of a sudden, nothing attracted me so much, since I was a child, I am a bookworm, as long as I have a peerless book in hand, I am willing to live without eating for three days, not to mention the library of the palace, where there are many out-of-print ancient books hidden, the layout of the organ, how much money can I dislike, I am moved......
So, I became a female official in the palace of General Situ to marry, the emperor really values Situ Mingzhu, as soon as he entered the palace, as he said, the pearl was named Ming Guifei, and I, at the request of the general, was also named the six grades of Shangyi, and gave a jade plate, can walk freely in the palace, of course, this is also one of the basic requirements for me to accompany Miss Situ Mingzhu in the palace, in addition to vowing not to be a concubine and concubine, there is no freedom, rather than death, this is also the basic principle of my life, it is absolutely not broken.
was also sealed at the same time, of course, Zhang Meier, who was named Ning Guifei......
Today is the tenth day of our entry into the palace, Miss Situ Mingzhu, no, it should be said that Situ Guifei has not been pampered yet, and we haven't even seen the emperor yet, so we are surrounded by a bunch of grandmothers and eunuchs to teach the etiquette rules in the palace.
I know this is inevitable, but the group of grandmothers and eunuchs are not too strict with me, the female official who came with the concubine Niangniang, after all, the protagonist is the concubine Niangniang, isn't it? I don't want to look at Situ Mingzhu's sad face, I can't replace her, I have to admit that I have some schadenfreude in my heart, if I just take the jade card and wander around the palace, enjoy the magnificent scenery in the palace, I forget the way back when I stroll, watching the sun go down, the figure is like a shuttle, but there is no one I am slightly familiar with, I just think if I have to find someone to take me back?
I'm a six-grade Shangyi, but I have a token in my hand, and no one will refuse this basic request, right?
I stood in the middle of an unknown garden and looked around......
I have a problem, although I don't look very good, but I also have a heavy color, a bit of a typical heavy color light friend (this feature has been scolded by Situ Mingzhu I don't know how many times), even find someone to take me back I have to pick for a long time, don't have sharp-beaked monkey gills, don't be too fat, don't walk with squinting eyes...... Finally, there was a person on the other side, who looked like something that had nothing to say, in a word, he was handsome and unmatched, his temperament was unparalleled, and he was dressed plainly, with no white face, like a eunuch, not like a nobleman or something, I was not so stupid, I picked a powerful figure in the palace, for example, I picked a chief eunuch, and said to him: Hey, come over and take me back to the palace. After speaking, he handed him the token of the six-pin Shangyi, but the person was the chief eunuch of the three-pin sei. Wouldn't that immediately drag me aside and put me in the palm of your hand? That's enough for me.
I smiled and said to him, "This father-in-law, are you free?" "I don't want to use the official title of Liupin Shangyi to oppress people! I'm pretty honest, am I?
But the father-in-law still showed a look of surprise on his face, and I saw a smile in his eyes: "You called me?" β
I nodded proudly, although it was only a six-grade Shangyi, but I had to do enough to have this momentum: "This official has just entered the palace, and he is not familiar with the roads in the palace, and he doesn't want to get lost, can you take this official back to Zining Palace?" β
The father-in-law smiled, nodded, and learned my tone: "I have no important affairs for the time being, if the adults have a request, how dare I disobey?" β
Hearing his tone, I knew that he was also a temperamental person, and I didn't expect that there were also temperamental people among the eunuchs, so I couldn't help but be happy, grinned, and no longer pretended to be official, and walked back to Zining Palace with him talking and laughing.
Chapter 3: Chance Encounters
Along the way, the scenery in the palace is magnificent, surrounded by strange flowers and plants, the warm evening wind blows on the face, I can't help but be poetic: the twelfth floor is full of makeup, looking at the king on the fairy tower, the lock title of the golden beast is cold, the water droplets copper dragon leaks long during the day, the cloud bun is combed and the mirror is also on the mirror, Luo Yi wants to change the fragrance more, peeking at the opening of the curtain of the main hall, and the robe prays to the palace people to sweep the royal bed.
The father-in-law next to him clapped his hands, his eyes were shining, I was in a trance for a while, is this person a eunuch? Why do I think he's a bit imposing? And there is a blockbuster momentum, I gritted my teeth, even if I make a mistake, then it will be wrong to the end! It's exposed, I can't eat and walk around. So I put the question of whether he is a eunuch or not, anyway, there is a noble concubine covering me, isn't it?
He looked at me with a new look: "This is really a good poem, did you make it?" I can't imagine that as a woman, your literary talent is so outstanding! "In this ancient society that I came from, there were not many women who were literate, and women were not talented or practiced in all walks of life, except for the young ladies of the official eunuchs, of course.
I wanted to nod my head triumphantly and admit it, but the alarm bell in my heart was loud, didn't I always do this kind of showy thing? I remember the wise saying that the rafters are messed up first. In addition to the appearance is not visible, I don't want people to look at the literary style, of course, there are few of my looks that can be seen, I pretended to be embarrassed on my face: "This is our concubine Niangniang, I just remember it, and I read it out with affection, so that you can see and laugh!" β
A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, looking at me as if he believed it or not, my eyes looked back at him frankly and innocently, he sighed, seemed to believe what I said, and said with interest: "The concubine Niangniang you are talking about, is it the newly promoted Situ Niangniang, worthy of being a famous talented woman, and the poems and essays made are extraordinary!" β
His pace sped up a few steps, presumably because he wanted to rush to Zining Palace earlier to meet that extraordinary concubine Niangniang, I couldn't help but hate to think, just by you, a eunuch, also have such thoughts? See that the concubine doesn't kick you out. At my instigation, I guess the concubine will do it, and she will do it herself.
The concubine Niangniang, that is, Situ Mingzhu, has a perverted protective desire for me, she always thinks that I am weak and can't help the wind, and I will fall down as soon as I blow it, as long as anyone is a little disrespectful to me, she will smile on the surface, secretly mad, sometimes I even wonder, does she have any wrong thoughts about me? In our time, not only gay men were popular, but also lesbians were not heard? However, Situ Mingzhu was a little mentally dependent on me, and he didn't make any other moves.
The two of them are walking on the road, the palace is really big, I followed him around, and I didn't understand where this was, I was thinking, where is this, I heard the sound of splitting and patting in front of me, I heard it, this voice, familiar, I often use it to deal with those people in the general's mansion who don't grow up, isn't this the sound of a slap?
Turning a few flowers, I and this father-in-law saw that a small eunuch was kneeling on the ground and was slapped, hey, the slap he received was much heavier than what I gave to his subordinates in the General's Mansion, two eunuchs with five big and three thick, holding bamboo slices and hitting his cheeks one by one, his face was swollen to a very high level, and his eyes were almost slit, I looked at it, my heart softened, and I thought, who is this, so ruthless, I am in the General's Mansion, when the subordinate is punished the heaviest, I will also dump him and clap his hands, I am a little bad person, my heart is soft, I wanted to be nosy, so I stepped forward and found that under the shade of the tree, there was a beautiful woman standing, who was appreciating the slapping of others!
I looked, this beauty, born really beautiful, beautiful bubbles, judging from the clothes she was wearing, she must be a palace concubine, but it was just a relatively low-level beauty, the palace maid next to her was holding a broken hairpin, I understand, this little eunuch, must have broken her hairpin, beaten.
I take a closer look, her hairpin is not a top grade, just an ordinary butterfly hairpin, as for it?
So, I smiled and walked out of Huacong, who would have thought that before anyone could speak, the beauty had already looked at me, saw the level of the palace dress I was wearing, and showed a big smile on her face, and said: "This sister, is it Jia Shangyi of Zining Palace, I have long wanted to visit Situ Niangniang, but coincidentally, I met my sister here today......"
I sweated, the spread of information in this palace is a little too fast, it is almost faster than the Internet, just at this moment, the name of Situ Guifei Niangniang spread all over the palace, and even me, there was also a false name? For a low-level beauty, the status of the female officials around the concubine Niangniang is higher than her, although nominally she is the master, and I am the subordinate.
I smiled, and was about to ask her what her surname was, but she was obedient and automatically reported: "I'm Wang Meiren, Sister Jia, it's better to be fine, I want to visit Situ Niangniang, can you introduce me?" β
Yes, this began to form gangs and factions, forming parties for personal gain.
I looked at the little eunuch who was beaten badly, gave a palace salute to Wang Meiren, and smiled: "Wang Niangniang, where did this little father-in-law offend you?" β
Wang Meiren looked at my face, and hurriedly asked the executioner to stop the torture, sighed and said to me: "Sister Jia, you see, my hairpin, but the emperor gave it to me, and when he made it like this, there was no ......" After speaking, she was so sad that she seemed to be a dead mother.
I smiled, took out a hairpin from my arms, and said: "This is the first time we meet today, and I have nothing to give to my mother, so why don't I give this hairpin to my mother as a meeting gift, you see, okay?" β
Wang Meiren knows my subtext, I want to intercede for the little eunuch, and then look at the hairpin in my hand, but I don't know how many times better than hers, she took it happily, and didn't care that the broken hairpin was given by the emperor, and hurriedly ordered: "Xiaofuzi, for Sister Jia's sake today, I will spare you, next time, be careful......
The little eunuch looked at me with swollen eyes full of gratitude, I didn't pay attention, I was thinking nonsense......
I thought to myself, it seems that the treasures of this palace are not easy to scrape, you see, a palace concubine even has such a hairpin with a smile, this is just one of the products I designed for Pinyufang. The ornaments in the palace, why are they not as good as those in the jade workshop? Or, is this palace concubine's grade too low, and no good things can reach her? A few days after entering the palace, the wealth was not scraped, but a piece was sent out, I was immersed in the mood of swaying left and right in the palace to scrape the wealth of the rich country, and regretted for a while, this can not scrape the property, come to the palace, what are you doing, I can't help but scold Situ Mingzhu in my heart, and my face is not good.
Chapter 4 Loss
While I was doing all these activities, the beautiful father-in-law next to me, who looked like my father-in-law and didn't look like my father-in-law, kept looking at me with scrutinizing eyes, and I could see that the hairs in my pores stood up. But as soon as I thought about it, if he was a nobleman in the palace, it was impossible for him not to even know this Wang Meiren, which showed that he was still a small person, a character smaller than me, this thought, I put my heart at ease, said goodbye to Wang Meiren and made an appointment for her to meet Situ, this father-in-law took me, at my request, and rushed to Zining Palace.
Under the leadership of this father-in-law's accelerated pace, I returned to Zining Palace smoothly, and when the Lan'er girl of Zining Palace saw me come back, her face was full of joy, and she trotted back all the way to report: "Niangniang, Niangniang, Lord Shangyi is back......" It seems that Miss Situ is crazy again, and the palace people are suffering again.
I walked into the palace, and the eunuch next to me probed his brain and wanted to follow up, I glared at him: "This father-in-law, thank you for sending this official back to the palace, let's say goodbye?" "I thought, there is such a lascivious eunuch? From this, I think of whether I have to discipline the eunuchs of Zining Palace well, but don't mix in two people like him? Even if you don't have that ability, but if you are obscene all day long, you can't stand it, right?
He looked inside reluctantly, looking at his appearance, he really wished he had a pair of see-through eyes, so as to go straight through the white jade screen painted with gold and dragons, and see the concubine Niangniang inside?
As soon as I walked into the inner room, I saw Situ Niangniang lying on the bed weakly, next to her was the palace man who beat her bones and pinched her legs, with her body and bones of learning martial arts, she was like this, it seems that she was tossed by the group of grandmothers and fathers-in-law, I snickered in my heart, and pretended to be a sympathetic look on my face: "Guifei Niangniang, you have to suffer hardship, you are a master, you suffer a little, for the glory and wealth in the future, the flowers are brocade, how many people envy you, and you can't enjoy your suffering!" β
Situ Guifei Niangniang squinted at me for a moment, and said coldly: "So, you are very envious of me?" He looked at me again and said, "Why don't I ask the emperor to make you a mother?" β
She pinched my soft tendons, I was speechless for a while, and asked Cang Tian speechlessly, muttering: "I finally persuaded someone, and you didn't cooperate and barely moved, just to vent my anger?" β
Situ Mingzhu rarely saw me deflated, and he laughed happily for a while, and the soreness on his body seemed to be healed, and the two palace people in the house were stunned by her hearty laughter, and I thought to myself, it seems that I have to use some means to make these palace people not spread rumors. With her rude behavior, it is estimated that rumors will soon be flying in the palace. Although I don't have any passionate pursuit of power, I don't want to enter the cold palace with the concubine Niangniang in less than a month, right?
I heard that the life in the cold palace is very hard, and the life in the cold palace is not to eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas. The most important thing is that the cold palace can't scrape the property, and the money sent out is almost the same.
After coming to the palace for more than ten days, I gradually felt that something was not right, because I always listened to the palace maids hiding in the corner and talking about something secretly, as soon as they saw me coming, they walked away quickly, so, I paid attention, I have a skill, that is, I can understand lip language, this is a thing that I am bored to figure out in the mirror, you know, a twenty-five-year-old person travels to the ancient times where he is not familiar with life, or a six-year-old girl, what can he do all day long, just think about it, no one knows this skill, I didn't even tell Situ Mingzhu, this is my life-saving skill, and no one wants their sneaky conversation to be seen and heard from afar, right?
Not even Situ Mingzhu.
One day, when a few palace people were hiding in the corner again, I pretended to go out, but actually stood outside the window and watched what they were saying. After reading it, I couldn't help sweating on my back, it turned out that what they were talking about was that the low-ranking concubines who were also named concubines rewarded the palace maids and eunuchs with more gold, silver and jewelry than their own masters, a noble concubine who was second only to the queen in the palace, one by one sighed there, I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, this matter can only be blamed on General Situ, who called him a clean official? And he is also an upright official, who will not do anything other than war, and the Qing official is like having no money, it seems that in this palace, if there is no money, it is equivalent to a dead end, just look at the appearance of those palace people who want to take refuge in other concubines to sell the news to earn a little pocket money.
And the emperor has not yet been fortunate to Situ, whether she will be favored in the future is still a question, not being favored is equivalent to no reward, no reward, it is equivalent to no money to deal with up and down, no money to deal with up and down, it is equivalent to our little lives in the hands of others, although her father is General Situ, but will be outside, what can be done? This is the court, the world of women. Having read a lot of history books, of course, I know that the methods of killing people without seeing blood in the court are more terrible than the open swords and guns on the battlefield.
The more I thought about it, the more terrible it became, the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, the cold sweat broke out on my head, my heart was as anxious as fire, and I immediately asked Situ for leave, saying that I wanted to go home, and there was still a little freedom to be born as Shangyi, I returned to the general's mansion and thought about the possibility of withdrawing a few thousand taels of silver from the general, almost zero, and he didn't know if there was a thousand taels of silver on his account, and he still had a large family waiting for expenses, I only ran to the silver village, and my heart was extremely painful to take out my private money, the five thousand taels of silver, and my heart was secretly ruthless, Situ Mingzhu must make an IOU, and he must earn back this silver exponentially.
I ran back to the palace angrily, ignoring Situ Mingzhu for a few days, as soon as I saw her, I thought of her Qingguan father, as soon as I thought of her Qingguan father, I thought of the silver that I had to spend like flowing water in the next few days, and I was angry in my heart.
In the end, I had to comfort myself with the saying 'I can't let my children trap the wolf, and I can't let my daughter-in-law trap the hooligans,' to comfort myself, in our place, in the fifties and sixties, not all of them were called hooligans, and in total, this emperor was the biggest hooligan? Three palaces and six courts, seventy-two concubines, he is not a hooligan, who is a hooligan? If he is not a hooligan, then there is no such thing as a hooligan in this world.
I scolded the big hooligan hatefully, and my heart was also smooth, I laughed twice, and walked back to the palace triumphantly.
Chapter 5 Means
After taking care of the palace people, I used some means, to put it mildly, it is nothing more than to pay equal attention to grace and power, soft and hard, and to put it in layman's terms, it is nothing more than to beat a stick to give a little sweetness, and then a stick, and then give a little sweetness, and treat those palace people to be obedient on the surface, I don't expect them to really convince me, in the palace, the world is hot and cold, human life is like grass, and it is good to maintain the peace on the surface......
Here, money is really a good thing, as long as there is money, you can basically inquire about any news, the old man in the palace, the princess, like a few treasures, told me the origin of the palace maids and eunuchs in Zining Palace, one by one, which one has served Yi Guifei, which one has stayed in front of Concubine Xian, which one has served the Queen Mother, and which one has stayed in the imperial palace......
I listened to it, understood, there are spies in any palace in Situ Palace, it seems that Situ entered the palace, but it affected many people, shook a lot of people, I feel that these palace maids and eunuchs are looking at me and Situ like wolves, as long as we make a little mistake, they will definitely run faster than rabbits to report to their masters.
Situ Mingzhu Guifei Niangniang watched me busy and busy, and she didn't make a sound, sitting upright on her phoenix bed and doing work, the curtain was lowered, and the palace people thought she was sleeping lazy, and couldn't help but feel a little disapproving in their hearts, but under my eyes, none of them dared to say much, but I knew that as long as I wasn't here, this group of undercover agents would run to their respective masters to report the good news of the concubine.
But that's okay, if she doesn't go around to visit the concubine, there is no suspicion of forming a gang, at least it seems that the concubine has no ambition and no desire to compete for favor, and there will be no one who always thinks about wanting to harm her, right? No one wants to harm her, and my life in the palace will be much more peaceful! Everything is about life, this is the principle of my life. Who cares if she can be favored by the concubine?
So, I didn't stop Situ Mingzhu's fanatical love for martial arts, and I'm not an avid book lover myself? What qualifications do you have to say about people?
The palace finally came to a big family-like gathering, the purpose is to let us newcomers recognize the Tao, recognize the Lord, I guess it is to let the newcomers' temper run in, and show due respect to the two concubines who have been deeply rooted in the palace, that is, if you want to compete for favor, worship the dock first!
I didn't want to go, the matter of their big family, my? As soon as I went, in the midst of a bunch of competing masters, wouldn't it be a small grass, and moreover, it was a small grass sandwiched in a crack in the stone. It's better to hide in your room and read!
Concubine Situ saw my intentions, and said lightly: "Do you want to go, in case they want to chant a poem, a couplet or something, what kind of poem do you think I will make and what kind of couplet I will make?" β
As soon as I heard this, I was shocked and remembered a time when I made a poem:
The general had a whim to investigate Miss Situ Mingzhu's poetry and literature results for a few months, that day I happened to have a stomachache, went to the toilet, the general forced her to write a poem on the spot, the young lady held back for a long time to make a poem: "One two, three four, five, six, seven, eighty, ninety," I wanted to keep counting, looking at the general's more and more stiff stone face, hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to count, was stalemate, I hurried over from the thatched house, and added two sentences behind her, "Eat up the royal thousand kinds of millet, how much less is the phoenix?" "It's barely qualified, but the general knows how his daughter got the world's famous talent, so I was made a righteous daughter by him in every possible way, and I regret it in my heart, originally, the money is almost earned, and I am ready to resign to the general......
After Situ Guifei Niangniang said this, she ignored me, and Shi Shiran instructed the palace maids to prepare to go on the road, so I had to hurry up and keep up.
As soon as I entered the Fushou Palace of the Queen Mother, I felt that the flowers were full of flowers, a burst of warblers and swallows came to my face, and the air was full of soft and charming fat powder fragrance. I felt inferior to myself a little bit, looked at my thin body, and was a little ashamed of myself, no wonder Situ said that I fell down as soon as the wind blew, and my appearance was quite delicate, but compared with others, I was directly swept into the class of rough girls.
The main seat sat the Queen Mother, who was in her fifties, but could be properly maintained, as if she was in her thirties, and below her was Concubine Ning Zhang Meier, Situ's nemesis, she came early, saw us enter the house, smiled, and greeted her, as if she had grown up as a sister, how affectionate and affectionate she was, which made me shake goosebumps.
Further down, it is Concubine Yi, who is of the same grade as our Situ Guifei. There is also a Xian Guifei, I heard that she is the most favored concubine and the most promising to become the queen, but I didn't see it, I heard that the escort went, and her shelf was big enough. The other concubines, we don't know each other, I heard that all of them have a deep background, but no matter whose background is big, it is not as big as our General Situ, right? He is a national hero, and the safety of Xichu depends on him! Though the credit for his victory was earned for him by my dead father. But no one knows, does it?
After Situ Mingzhu saluted the Queen Mother, she accepted the salute of other concubines in lower positions, and kept the most perfect smile on her face and walked towards the seat arranged for herself, I know that she doesn't know how impatient she is in her heart, I can see it from her hands clenched in her sleeves.
With the presence of the Queen Mother, the concubines were cautious, showing the greatest respect and suppleness to the mother-in-law, I peeked at the Queen Mother, and felt that she was not so terrible, more amiable, although well maintained, but there was a trace of tiredness in her eyes, I think it was because she had to maintain a good demeanor and tired herself.
Concubine Yi and Concubine Ning were already one on one side, holding Situ Mingzhu's hand affectionately, my sister and sister didn't know how affectionate they were, looking at them, my face had a pimple.
At this moment, a voice of singing promises came from outside the hall: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian Niangniang has arrived!" β
I saw that Concubine Yi and Concubine Ning's faces stiffened at the same time, and a smile appeared on their faces at the same time, and I couldn't help but secretly shout hello for their skillfulness in controlling their cheeks. I thought that I should learn more from them, and I would be able to use them in the countryside in the future.
Especially Concubine Ning, it seems that she has shifted the object of struggle, regards Concubine Xian as her first opponent, and no longer takes Situ in her eyes.
I know that this concubine who favors the six palaces is finally here, and the emperor has finally seen it......
I saw that the emperor was in his thirties, he looked long and jade, handsome eyebrows, and he could be called a beautiful man, but his eyes were gloomy, and his slightly eagle-hooked nose showed that his whole face was cruel......
But Situ Guifei's eyes lit up, it seems that she still has some expectations for the emperor, and said that I am heavy on sex and light friends, don't you be the same, seeing that the emperor has a handsome appearance, I almost flowed down immediately, I can't help but fantasize about Situ Guifei Niangniang's appearance of shedding a hat, almost laughed out loud, forbearance for a while, only to hold back, but the body swinged for a while, trembling, that is to laugh but dare not laugh, hold it out, Situ glanced at me with warning eyes, I was busy standing still, I didn't dare to make a ......
That concubine does have the ability to pamper the six palaces, not only looks like a fairy in the moon, but also is full of a faint elegance. I think, fortunately, I have an oath not to be a concubine, so I don't have to compare with her.
Chapter 6 Cheating
Situ's appearance is not much different from her, but how is his temperament the same? But look at the temperament of others, her temperament, it is simply the level of the seven fairies and the rude girls in the countryside.
Seeing the affectionate appearance of the emperor and Concubine Xian, my heart couldn't help but sink, Situ's chance of being favored was too slim, I thought, should I change my strategy and abduct her out of the palace and run away, so as not to die in the palace and be depressed all my life?
If we run away, General Situ estimates that he will be guilty of his own guilt in front of the hall and die by touching the pillar to show his loyalty.
Just thinking about it, after the emperor gave a big salute to the queen mother, he sat on the dragon chair and looked at us: "I heard that Concubine Situ Aifei is a talented woman who is famous in Beijing, and her poems are blazing with people, I can read a lot of your masterpieces!" He turned his head to Concubine Xian again, "Concubine Ai, you have an opponent this time, although Concubine Situ Aifei is from the general's family, she is not weaker than you, a talented woman from a scholar's family, in poetry!" β
The concubines looked at these two people as if they were watching a good show, and I suddenly felt that the emperor did it on purpose?
Usually at this time, the person who fuels the trouble will appear unexpectedly, and sure enough, Concubine Yi said: "Why don't you ask the two sisters to make a poem with the theme of today's birthday banquet, compare and see, who is better?" β
At this time, I was about to go out, I lowered my head, pretended to pick up the handkerchief that fell to the ground, and whispered to Situ Niangniang: "Ask the emperor for a lottery, preferably gold and silver...... "Don't reward some things that can't be sold."
We have cooperated many times in this kind of thing, and we are very familiar with it, and sure enough, Situ Guifei Niangniang opened her lips: "I don't know what the emperor uses as a lottery, and what is the reward for winning?" Without waiting for the emperor to answer, she said, "The concubine is willing to give twenty taels of gold to help the sisters and sisters." β
Sure enough, under her response, all the concubines were unwilling to retreat, and responded one after another, taking out a lot of silver, no one wanted to show poverty in front of the emperor, right?
In a moment, the table was full of gold, silver, and jewelry, and my eyes lit up, all of which, in the parlance of my time, were cash.
Earn enough money at a time.
When the emperor saw it, his interest increased greatly, and he said, "Okay, if anyone wins, I will reward another thousand taels of gold!" β
My heart blossomed.
I took a closer look at Concubine Xian, and whispered a few words to Situ, and she said again: "Your Majesty, the quality of poetry is the most difficult to judge whether you win or lose, why don't we not only compare the literary style, but also compare the speed, whoever can come up with the most poems in a column of incense will win!" β
Hearing this, the emperor was even more interested, his eyes shone brightly, and he looked at Situ Mingzhu with burning eyes: "I didn't expect that Concubine Situ Ai would have such courage, she really deserves to be the daughter of a general." β
At this moment, even the Queen Mother, who was sitting like an old monk in a fixed place, was interested, she looked at Situ Mingzhu with a smile: "I didn't expect that my daughter-in-law is different, come, I will also make some color" said and took off a bracelet on her wrist......
I was disappointed in my heart, the old man is the old man, he is not willing to give it at all, and it hurts to sell some gold and silver, just this thing, he can't sell it, he can't be it, and he won't be able to win it, and he will provoke the resentment of other concubines. I didn't think that I would be able to wear them back and bring a lot of antiques to sell for a good price, and that chance would be zero...... Look at the surrounding concubines with green eyes to know the preciousness of this thing, can it not be precious when it is taken from the queen mother's hands and neck?
In my eyes, it's worthless, it can't be exchanged for money, this thing is waste, unless Xichu dies, you can make a move.
Unexpectedly, this sentence turned out to be a proverb.
But for the sake of the emperor's thousand taels of gold, for the sake of the table full of gold, silver and jewelry, I will also win this game, as for making enemies and provoking people who can't be provoked, that is a matter of the future, as long as I have money in hand, my body is full of strength......
Fortunately, before we came, we were ready to cheat, and we couldn't say that we were prepared, because the things we both carried with us at any time were the earrings on Situ's ears and the rings on my fingers, this set of things, but we both loved the most.
My middle finger and index finger each wore a ring, and the ring was inlaid with a gem, this gem, called the Empty Ming Stone, looked like an ordinary stone, but one day, I looked through the ancient books, and saw another peculiar use of it, that is, it can make a resonant sound, if you hit one, the other will also ring, if there are a few more such stones in the valley, only one of them, then the sound of it is all over the mountains, I think, there are legends of ghosts in the mountains, most of them may come from this! Of course, this kind of stone has a certain distance limit, and if it is far away, it will not play such a role, and the distance between the two stones is only ten meters at most, but this distance is enough for us.
I asked a craftsman to make an earring and a ring out of this stone, the earrings were placed on Situ Mingzhu's ear, the ring was on my middle finger, and another gold ring was worn on my index finger for percussion.
I took thousands of commonly used words in a few long or short strokes, and it took me a few weeks to memorize them, and in this way, a great cheat weapon was born.
During this arduous process, Situ Mingzhu told me several times that if she learned the kung fu of sound transmission in the future, she wouldn't have to work so hard, I glared at her and sneered: "If you are willing to learn poetry, then I don't have to work so hard." Besides, what's the use of you learning to transmit sound into secrets? My subtext told her very clearly that it would only be useful if I learned it, because I usually write poems and texts to convey the meaning, Situ Mingzhu suddenly realized that he had to keep his mouth shut.
After all, I've only heard of that kind of kung fu in legends, so it's better to be practical.
Chapter 7 Continued Cheating
However, this thing is better used in poetry, because the words of poetry are basically so much, you can't escape the wind and snow or something, if it's a general dialogue, there are too many words, so when you can speak, it's better to speak!
I pulled her sleeve with my hand, and she understood what I meant, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, with this banquet as the theme, the number of articles is the winner or loser, as long as it fits the topic, is it okay?" β
The emperor was a little distracted by her beautiful expression, and he didn't care about the word games she played in her words, as long as it was relevant to the topic, then whether it was his own idea or a copy of the ancients, it should not be regarded as a loss!
I saw that although Concubine Xian maintained a perfect smile on her face, the corners of her mouth trembled a little, and it seemed that she was a little afraid that her position was beginning to waver.
In the first step, her confidence was disrupted by the two of us.
The desk has been set up, the table is placed with the best rice paper of the royal family, and the burning incense candles are rising with green smoke.
The two concubines sat down, kept a beautiful smile, and began to meditate on poetry.
Concubine Situ's eyes were slightly closed, as if she was immersed in her own thoughts, Concubine Xian had already thought like a spring, and started to write, one after another, and wrote three poems in a row.
And Situ Guifei was still there with her eyes closed......
The concubines next to them showed some disappointment in their eyes, I watched coldly, it seems that they have long been dissatisfied with this concubine's favorite crown of the sixth palace, and they have long hoped that there will be someone who is not afraid of death to challenge her authority, but now I finally came to one, but I didn't expect it to be a person who can only work hard, and it is inevitable that I will be a little disappointed.
Even the emperor was puzzled......
I know that this is the most appropriate time......
The play has to be dramatic to look good, right? When everyone thinks that Situ is going to lose, what kind of dramatic effect does it have to let her succeed with divine help?
You can imagine it.
Situ Guifei Niangniang finally ended her meditation time and began to write, although she was not in a hurry, but I knew that she wrote very fast, and people had practiced kung fu! Who can compare to the strength of that wrist?
And I know, looking at Concubine Xian's complexion, although the white is white, it is a little too white, like a Lin Daiyu, which shows that she has a loss of qi and blood, her body is not very good, and her wrists are weak.
Halfway through the incense, I was satisfied to find that the paper of the poems in front of Situ Niangniang was piled up in a small stack, and Concubine Xian frowned and rubbed her wrist......
The poems were presented to the emperor's desk, and some of the comparison was known by a discerning person, but the emperor frowned when he looked at it, and said: "Most of Situ Aifei's poems are excerpts from the poems of the ancients, not written by herself, but Concubine Xian did it herself, this is ......"
At this time, there is no need for Situ to speak, I know that there will be someone who pulls his hind feet, pretending to be righteous, who is called Concubine Xian's favorite harem, there is a principle in the palace, that is, the more favored you are, the more hated you are......
Sure enough, this person is still Concubine Yi, don't look at her dignified appearance, I don't know how many times I scolded Concubine Xian in my heart!
Concubine Yi coughed and said, "Let the concubine take a look?" β
After speaking, she took Situ's articles in the emperor's hand, looked at them one by one, and said with a dignified smile: "Your Majesty, you are wrong, although most of Sister Situ's articles are poems of the ancients, but there are six poems made by herself, and Sister Xian only made six articles, not to mention, the emperor, this rule began to be explained well, whoever comes up with more poems will win, but I didn't say that it was written by herself, or quoted from the ancients?" β
The emperor seems to be very fond of this concubine, always helping her, and wants to pretend to find out a few evidence that the concubine's poetry is better than Situ, but unfortunately, his mother-in-law, the queen mother is still on the seat, it seems that the queen mother is not too cold to this concubine, she also coughed, and spoke: "It seems that there is another talented woman in the harem, Situ is slightly better in poetry, come on, come, I'll help you put this bracelet on!" β
Once the word is final, what else dare others say?
I returned with Situ Man, and as soon as I returned to the palace, these palace maids were also full of joy, because although I was more stingy in the General's Mansion, it was because I could use other means to govern the subordinates, but here, I was as generous as I was, after all, this is someone's land, isn't it? Therefore, these palace maids and eunuchs have received a lot of rewards from me......
Seeing the silver of Bai Huahua fall into other people's pockets, I was thinking about finding a group of people with high loyalty from outside the palace, but I had to admit in my heart that I was heartbroken that the silver that I had earned so hard fell into the pockets of these villains.
Although the wedding ceremony has not yet been held, Situ is in the limelight in the palace, although the emperor has not clearly expressed his interest in her, but he has continuously sent a lot of things to her! I guess it's also to comfort her general's father!
As a matter of course, I took the rewards in the palace to the palace in front of Situ, and sold what could be sold, and left Situ with what could not be sold. β
I nodded earnestly to her to accept her good advice as I shoved it into my arms.