Chapter 22: Moonlight White
When Zhuo Zhaojie woke up, he saw the glow in the half-open window, and the 'color' was like blood, thinking that it was mostly evening, so he called in Ah Xing and others, and waited for her to freshen up, Ah Xing said: "Lady, when the maid just took breakfast, I met the ancient lady in the opposite room, and invited the lady to use it together, and the lady is ......."
Before she finished speaking, she saw Zhuo Zhaojie's eyes widen and said, "Breakfast? β
Ah Xing and the others glanced at each other and said in unison: "It's the second day of the 'spring' banquet now. β
"......" Zhuo Zhaojie was silent for a moment and said, "Then go to her." β
Out of the 'door', only to find that she lived last night in a yellow mud thatched hut built in imitation of the countryside, outside there also seemed to be two bunches of vegetables, a well, around a circle of bamboo fences, the fence is full of dill, not yet to the time of the 'flowers' to bloom, only to bear a large and small 'flower' buds, surrounded by mulberry into a forest, the countryside is full of fun.
Opposite the thatched hut is also a thatched hut, the style is slightly different, yesterday I saw a handmaid 'girl' of Gu Pan'er standing behind the fence, saw Zhuo Zhaojie come out, busy going in to say, Zhuo Zhaojie has not yet come out of the fence 'door' of his house, over there Gu Pan'er personally greeted out, greeted: "You sleep well this time!" I watched you a few times yesterday and didn't wake up, but my head hurts today? β
"It doesn't hurt." Zhuo Zhaojie said embarrassedly, "Usually I drink okay, but I don't know how I get drunk in front of His Highness, Your Highness...... Not angry, right? β
Gu Pan'er took her arm and entered the house, and said, "Your Highness is not such a stingy person, don't worry, I'm more worried that you won't drink too much." β
After entering the house and sitting down as the guest of honor, Zhuo Zhaojie looked around and said, "This room is quaint. β
"It was only started two years ago, it is said that His Royal Highness and the horse discussed poetry, and when it came to the previous dynasty's "One Hundred Rhymes of Poems on Behalf of the Writers", "the yellow thatched house of the official house, the bitter bamboo fence of the people", the interest came up, and asked people to hurry up to carve out a place here, and built such a few thatched houses." Gu Paner explained, "It's new to come and live once in a while. β
Zhuo Zhao nodded: "It's the first time I've seen this kind of house, I used to read "Beauty" in the "Waiter" to sell pearls back, and to make up the thatched hut', I asked my grandfather, my grandfather roughly described it, and also painted a picture, but in the end I saw it with my own eyes to understand better." β
Gu Pan'er pursed her lips and smiled: "I have heard that Jiangnan is rich, and it is so." β
Although Da Liang is now in its prime, it is not without a family of poor people, not to mention those orphans and widows, that is, men in the prime of life, there are also lazy and unscrupulous people, who refuse to work, and those who 'mix' eat and wait for death, it would be good to have a thatched hut to survive - this kind of people are all in the imperial capital of Chang'an, let alone other places, and Zhuo Zhaojie, who grew up in Moling, has never seen an actual thatched house, which shows that the people of Moling are rich.
Zhuo Zhaojie said: "It's not all like this, when I was at my grandfather's house, I walked out of the 'door' and walked on the very lively streets. β
Gu Pan'er thought about it, and it was the responsibility of the You family to raise their grandchildren' on their behalf, and it was indeed impossible for Zhuo Zhaojie to be three no. When I went out at five o'clock, I couldn't help but smile.
While speaking, the 'waiter' maid has already served breakfast, Princess Yikang has been feasting guests for many years, although there are many guests, but the reception is very thorough, and even taking into account that Zhuo Zhaojie grew up in Jiangnan, a small point in Jiangnan was specially arranged.
After eating, Gu Paner said: "Today, our Red Feather Poetry Society is going to practice the song together, can you go and see it together?" β
"Poetry Society?" Zhuo Zhaojie asked curiously.
Gu Paner nodded: "The Poetry Society was built under the leadership of His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness has a Xi character in his name, and the word Cangming, so he used Chi Yu to make the name of the Poetry Society, anyway, the meaning is the same, I, Su Yixiao, and Shi Wu are all among them, and there are originally a few people, but after leaving the cabinet, they have been released with their husbands, or it is inconvenient to go to the banquet, this time at the 'Spring' banquet, in addition to the few you have seen, that is, the little lord of the Jin Dynasty and the princess of Guang." β
Zhuo Zhaojie somewhat understood-those seats in the peony garden yesterday, in addition to the emperor's relatives, it is estimated that they are members of this Akabane Poetry Society or related people, she asked: "I heard you keep mentioning that Shi Yafeng is not a member of the Poetry Society?" β
"He's not." Gu Pan'er said, "Shi Er's 'temperament' is diluted, he doesn't love these, and His Royal Highness doesn't embarrass him...... It was Shi Wu who came in at the invitation of His Royal Highness, but the kid - the purpose of his drill in was to better entangle some little ladies, after all, His Royal Highness's requirements are not low, if you don't have a skill, you won't accept any identity, Chang'an Lady Xiuzhong has always envied the Poetry Society...... Thinking that there are many times when he wants to find the second helper, such as this time, he didn't drive him out, but since His Royal Highness didn't allow him to mess around in the name of our poetry club, he has rarely arrived, and this time it was Su Yi who came forward with a smile to call him. β
Shi Caifeng and Ning Shaobi have been 'friends' since childhood, and it is not surprising that Gu Paner has no good things to say about him, but when she also 'revealed' her words, Cai Feng was not a real waste, otherwise, how could he enter the Chibane Poetry Society?
Zhuo Zhaojie also realized that Gu Pan'er said so much to herself just to attract herself to agree to go with her, and her essential purpose was to look at herself, and Gu Pan'er was belittling Shi Caifeng inside and outside the words, she may not have a grudge against Shi Caifeng in doing this, most of them still have to prove that people are divided into groups These four words - that is, she changed her way to say that Ning Shaobi is not good, she was a little unhappy in her heart, and said: "It's a pity that my talents are mediocre, and I'm afraid I won't understand anything if I go." β
"It's not as advanced as you think." Gu Paner explained, "Now it's just a practice song, and it's also the finale of this 'spring' banquet, wouldn't you go and see it in advance?" You must know that many people want to see it, but they can't see it! β
"I'm a layman, and since it's the finale, it's better to leave a surprise and watch it then." Zhuo Zhaojie said lightly, although Gu Paner is a sister-in-law who has not passed the 'door', she has not passed the 'door', staring at herself like a thief, Zhuo Zhaojie thinks that she is not a difficult sister-in-law, but this is not difficult to get along with on the premise that her sister-in-law does not make her feel embarrassed.
Besides, after being questioned by Princess Yikang, Zhuo Zhaojie has too many things to think about now, so he doesn't have the time to go to any poetry club to watch.
Gu Pan'er noticed her thoughts, pursed her lips, but she didn't force it, and said, "Since that's the case, then you can go around by yourself, Your Highness, the scenery in this forest garden is still very good." "Zhuo Zhaojie didn't want to offend her future sister-in-law before, how could Gu Paner want to provoke her future sister-in-law without passing through the 'door'? After all, Zhuo Fangli and You's are both in the hall, in this case, they have saved the mustard with their sister-in-law, who is a young 'daughter', can they not suffer in the hands of their in-laws in the future?
Therefore, Gu Paner changed his mind very decisively - Zhuo Zhaocui's entrustment is entrusted, he himself can't persuade this sister to be good, Gu Paner can't help, Zhuo Zhaocui can't blame her, he really offended this little sister-in-law who looks like she was spoiled to death, that's stupid!
Gu Paner and Zhuo Zhaojie have no grudges, without offending Zhuo Zhaojie, they will help their fiancΓ©, Zhuo Zhaojie is her sister-in-law, not her sister-in-law, and a discredited Xiao Langjun got into trouble - how many things does Guan Gu Paner have? Therefore, seeing that Zhuo Zhaojie had 'revealed' his resistance and alienation, Gu Paner immediately threw Zhuo Zhaocui's advice aside, but pondered that it was serious to turn around and find an opportunity to coax this sister-in-law.
After Zhuo Zhaojie and Gu Paner separated, he returned to his yellow mud thatched house, looked around, and asked A Xing: "The people who came to the banquet next to him, are you just watching the scenery these days?" β
A Xing said: "I heard that in addition to enjoying the scenery, the maid will also learn from each other or play games. β
Zhuo Zhaojie thought about it for a while, and felt that he was not interested, so he asked: "Sister Gu lives in the 'door', who lives in a few thatched huts next to it?" β
"To the east are the eight ladies of the Su family, and to the south are the two ladies of the Chun Yu family." A Xing said.
"What about cousins and cousins?" Zhuo Zhaojie asked curiously.
Ah Xing pursed her lips: "Liuniang and Banniang are not around here, after a lady got drunk yesterday, His Royal Highness first asked the lady to send the lady to the pavilion in the peony garden to rest, and then the ancient lady came over, and saw that the lady and the Su family Banniang were still asleep, so she said that the lady also lived near her and Su Banniang, so ......"
Zhuo Zhaojie nodded: "I see." β
Ah Xing observed the 'color' and suggested: "Does the lady like peonies?" The maid heard that the warm house in the garden of Princess Yikang is a special "door" only one kind of peony, and yesterday a peony garden was put on the table in the warm room, and it is said that there are many rare treasures specially collected by Her Royal Highness the princess outside. β
"Then let's go check it out." Zhuo Zhaojie pursed his lips and said.
Princess Yikang likes peonies very much, so much so that she has to hold a grand 'spring' banquet in the peony 'flower' meeting every year, inviting all the guests to enjoy the treasures in the gardens under her name, but this year it was early to the time when the normal peonies are not blooming, all because Ning Yaobi wanted to see himself as soon as possible - the kind of meeting that would not let himself be punished by the elders, he did his best, and even the princess was shocked, even so, in the end, he was still 'excited' against Zhuo Zhaocui...... Princess Yikang's words are still in her ears, her political views are different, Ning Shaobi's arrogance and arrogance, and Shi Wu's 'friendship' with Shi Wu, a well-known and well-known little Langjun in Chang'an, can't make the Zhuo family believe that he will be a good husband candidate.
Zhuo Zhaojie laughed at himself, thinking that now the Zhuo family is picking on Ning Shaobi, isn't it, in fact, is he a good candidate for a daughter-in-law? Compared with the patient and benevolent Wen Tanrong, and the generous and knowledgeable Gu Paner...... Even the gentle and quiet Zhuo Zhaoshu is more in line with the choice of the new 'woman' in the minds of the elders than herself, right?
When I was in Jiangnan, I don't know if it was because of the sentence "see you in Chang'an" that Ning Shaobi said when she left, since she decided to accept this intention, Zhuo Zhaojie subconsciously always felt that she had arrived in Chang'an, and both of them were in Chang'an, as if there were no problems, at that time he was the only heir of the Hou Mansion, the eldest princess's doting grandson, she was the granddaughter of the You family's much-cared for and loved, and she was a treasure held in the palm of her hand by the elders, and she never thought that one day the family would become an obstacle.
Okay, maybe the Ning family didn't object, at least in Ning Shaobi, I couldn't see the meaning of being blocked and opposed by the elders, but the Zhuo family ...... Now the elders don't seem to know about this matter, but the clues can already be seen from Zhuo Zhaocui's opposition alone......
Although he was annoyed that he was tricked by Princess Yikang for a long time, Zhuo Zhaojie couldn't help but admit that the princess was right, but before he returned to the Hou Mansion, he was put in a few places by his stepmother and sister-in-law, such a complex and huge family, even his parents have not been completely alienated because of the long-term separation, this is not the Moling Hanlin Mansion that she is familiar with, and Zhuo Zhaojie can talk freely with the Ban family who watched her grow up and taught her everything hand in hand, but even if it is the biological mother of the Zhuo family, Zhuo Zhaojie is not used to confiding everything to her.
It's not that she doesn't trust You's, but when they met, Zhuo Zhaojie's first thought of asking for help when he had no idea was Ban's grandmother, but how could he tell Ban's when he had traveled thousands of miles?
And Ban can help himself get an idea once, can he help for a lifetime?
- After all, you still have to figure it out for yourself.
"Lady likes that moonlight white?" Ah Xing's voice was higher than usual, and her slightly increased support from her arm, which made Zhuo Zhaojie suddenly wake up - but saw that the atmosphere around her was a little strange - it turned out that she didn't know when she had been surrounded by the 'women' to the warm house, but it was just ...... She unconsciously stared at the flawless and brilliant moonlight white that opened a few steps away, and this moonlight white that was still stained with water droplets was not in full bloom in the 'flower' bush, but was folded in the hand of a young man in a green shirt.
The young man in the green shirt was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a long body 'jade', sword eyebrows and starry eyes, quiet as an abyss between his eyebrows, his expression was neither happy nor sad, and he quietly looked down at the peony in his hand.