Early the next morning, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the blue sky seemed to be dyed with sapphires, as if it could reflect the shadows of people.

Jian Wenying and Jian Huaizhen took the sedan chair specially sent by Wang Guifei to pick them up, walked out of Huanhua Lane, and went straight to Xuanwu Gate (1). The palace is in and out of the palace every day, walking all the way to the Xuanwu Gate, who knew that the sedan chair arrived at the Xuanwu Gate, but was stopped by two brocade guards dressed in golden flying fish suits (two) and armed embroidered spring knives.

A sturdy brocade-clothed guard, with one hand crossed on his waist, shouted loudly: "The commander has given an order, arrest the assassin today, no one is allowed to enter or leave this gate, and those who violate the order will be killed." ”

The little eunuch who was sitting outside the chariot shouted loudly after holding back his strength with a sharp voice: "Bold! Do you know who these two are? You all show me clearly! ”

Another brocade guard straightened the belt around his waist, took a few steps forward, and arched his hand: "This chariot is pulled by a horse, and the two of them are driving (three), naturally it is Wang Guifei Niangniang who has such an honor." It's just that assassins are indeed mixed in the palace today, and it is reported that the assassins fled in the direction of this Xuanwu Gate. In order to protect the safety of the nobles in the chariot, please ask your father-in-law to go to another door. ”

The little eunuch didn't know that Jinyiwei was not easy to mess with, he only relied on himself as a person who was the princess of the king, and refused to lose this face, and fought hard to earn back this breath, and his face really looked much better. He pinched his throat and said, "Since that's the case, let's go to Donghua Gate nearby." ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard the words "Donghua Gate", his heart unconsciously felt a little cold, and his eyes were unconsciously dyed with a heavy frost.

Donghua Gate is the east gate of the imperial palace, it is the red city platform, the white jade Sumeru seat, there is a city tower built on the city platform, the yellow glazed tile heavy eaves are on the top of the palace, and the pedestal is surrounded by a white marble railing. The city floor is five rooms wide, three rooms are deep, the corridor is all around, the beam fang is painted with the ink line big point gold spindle color painting, it looks particularly magnificent, the gold is brilliant.

It's just that such a magnificent Donghua Gate has always been the "ghost gate" in the mouth of the palace people. On weekdays, when a concubine dies in the palace, the coffin will be carried out from the Donghua Gate. After a long time, this Donghua Gate seems to be contaminated with a little gloomy and bleak atmosphere, even if it is a blue sky and a white day, going in and out will always make people feel cold all over the body. (iv)

Jian Huaizhen gently pushed the butterfly love flower tortoiseshell hairpin on her hair up, and the long hair like a waterfall of smoke poured down, and she gently stroked a strand of hair and pondered quietly.

Jian Wenying couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "The women next to her are all with their hair and foreheads, golden hairpins, or drooping hairpins, only the girls are different from others." ”

Jian Huaizhen opened the bead curtain, raised his eyes, and saw the Forbidden City rising from the sky, the clouds covering the sun, the red wall and the high wall, the Zhumen Flying Pavilion, the brilliant colorful paintings shining, and the glazed yellow tiles were dripping. Everywhere is the heavenly court is wide and even white jade, and the golden road is not curved. Layers of painting corners flying in the sun, step by step Zhu Que hidden Mingxu, he sighed slightly, and the thoughts hidden in his chest were never told to Jian Wenying.

Enter the Donghua Gate, cross the Jinshui River, and walk a short distance to the west, which is the Ciqing Palace where the crown prince lives (5). Ciqing Palace is built according to the Jinshui River, the red wall and yellow tiles, the Zhu Ying gold door, the exquisite leached gold lacquer Nanmu gold lacquer pillars are brilliant, and the streamer is dazzling.

The chariot walked behind the Ciqing Palace, a long cobblestone alley to the west of the inner court. The little eunuch smiled and said to Jian Huaizhen and Jian Wenying: "Two little masters, Ciqing Palace is going to our Changchun." The road to the palace is being repaired, and it is not easy to walk, so let's go through this alley, okay? ”

Jian Huaizhen frowned slightly, and just about to say something, Jian Wenying had already said aloud: "But it is up to the father-in-law to make the decision, and the father-in-law feels that it is convenient and how to go." ”

The little eunuch replied "yes", and urged the driver to go forward along the long alley. The long alley is very narrow, sandwiched between the high vermilion walls on both sides, which makes it even more cramped.

The sedan curtain was blown up by the cool breeze of the early morning, swishing through the tips of people's hair. I don't know how far I went, but the carriage stumbled suddenly, and the people in the carriage were almost knocked over.

Immediately stopped, and heard someone outside shouting: "I don't know what to do, do you dare to rush into me and blind your dog's eyes?" Get out of the car for me! "Listening to the voice, she is a young woman, but she can be so arrogant and domineering in the deep palace, and she is definitely not an ordinary person.

Jian Huaizhen and Jian Wenying glanced at each other, and the frost in Jian Huaizhen's eyes became more and more intense. The brother and sister nodded to each other and walked down from the chariot together.

In front of her was a woman dressed in palace clothes, holding a nine-section whip inlaid with emeralds, each of which was bound with copper bars, and the tail of the whip was inlaid with a sharp copper mallet. She is wearing a pear blossom white smoke cage cold water and snow gauze skirt corners, decorated with light jade-colored Hangzhou silk butterflies, a nine-jade hairpin on her head, hanging nine-colored tassels, carved nine luan, Luan eyes are nine-colored pearls, brilliant, star-studded, but quite weird.

The little eunuch crawled down and cried, "The princess spares her life, the princess spares her life!" This little eunuch commanded in front of the Jinyi guard, who was feared by everyone, and when he saw this woman, it was as if he had seen a ghost. This princess is naturally Zhu Di's youngest daughter, known for her rudeness, willfulness and unreasonableness, but she is very favored by Zhu Di.

She is also Concubine Ru's biological daughter. On weekdays, I am used to being arrogant and indulged by Zhu Di and Concubine Ru, and I have always wanted the wind to be windy, to be rainy, and if there is a little unsatisfactory, I am often angry. After a long time, it will inevitably become violent and perverse.

Today, she is dressed like the concubine Quan Xian, who is being favored by the emperor. Concubine Quan Xian is a native of Korea, with a beautiful appearance, a quiet and docile temperament, usually dressed elegantly and refinedly, can sing and dance, and is good at playing the jade flute, which is very favored by Zhu Di. Princess Luoxue was not angry, so she deliberately pretended to be her usual appearance, driving her favorite "dog car", and came out to rampage and swagger through the market.

She was sitting on the "Golden Chisel Glass Treasure Car" driven by two dogs, and she was arrogant and proud, and she was caught off guard by Jian Huaizhen's chariot in front of her. The long alley was too narrow, and the two well-trained dogs also panicked, pulling the car and rushing forward, missing Jian Huaizhen's chariot and crashing into the vermilion wall. The golden glass treasure car flipped to the ground, and the snow princess was fallen. Even though she wasn't hurt, she was still angry.

"You teach this palace to spare your life, and this palace will spare your life, where will the face of this palace go?" Princess Luoxue lifted the white jade phoenix pattern blacktail deerskin boots on her feet and kicked them down on the little eunuch's head.

"Never!" Jian Wenying saw that she kicked down, and she would definitely kill the little eunuch, so she couldn't help but look shocked, and stepped forward to hold the snow princess's deerskin boots tightly in her hand. Luo Xueqing's eyebrows were upside down, and she stretched out the nine-section whip in her hand and raised it towards Jian Wenying.

The tail of the nine-section whip, inlaid with sharp copper mallets, if one accidentally pokes in both eyes, will definitely be blind. Jian Huaizhen's shoulders shook slightly, and he raised his hand to take the butterfly love flower tortoiseshell hairpin that was tied on his head.

Jian Wenying's skills were extremely dexterous, he flipped the Snow Princess's feet outward, and the whole person took three steps back. Princess Falling Snow's whip fell short, and her body leaned backwards the moment Jian Wenying let go. At this point, almost all of them changed their faces. The long alley is paved with cobblestones, and if the back of the head hits it, even if it does not die, it must be seriously injured.

Jian Wenying wanted to drag her, but it was too late. Seeing that her body was about to fall to the ground, she was hugged from behind by a man in gray.

The man's breath rushed to her face, and Princess Falling Snow couldn't help but be ashamed and annoyed, and shouted, "Bold! After speaking, he raised his hand and slapped the man behind him.

The man gently shook her hand and called Wen Yan, "Xue'er." Princess Luoxue looked back, and it turned out that the person holding her was not a eunuch guard, but Jiang Shaoheng.

"Brother Shaoheng, this pair of dog men and women bullied me!" A red glow quietly flew up Luoxue's white cheeks, she touched her somewhat hot face, pointed at Jian Huaizhen and Jian Wenying and shouted.

"Aunt Huang, who doesn't know that you are the female devil in the Forbidden City, who can bully you?" Someone laughed and teased. The man who spoke was a twenty-two-three-year-old man, who was born with a dignified appearance, dressed in a robe with narrow sleeves with a dragon collar, a jade belt around his waist, and a crown on his head. This is naturally Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson.

Princess Luoxue glanced at Zhu Zhanji fiercely, and turned to Jiang Shaoheng and shouted: "Brother Shaoheng, you help me teach this dog man and woman a lesson!" When I turned my head to see my mother, I taught her to send someone to raid their house and kill their entire family! ”

Jian Wenying's eyes showed disgust and disdain, and he said coldly and arrogantly: "You are a princess, can you do whatever you want?" People outside are rumored to be arrogant and lawless, and in my opinion, far more than that, you are also poisonous and violent. ”

"You ......" Luo Xue pointed at Jian Wenying, her little face flushed with grievances, and she forgot how to argue with him in anger for a while.

"Brother Wen Ying, Miss Jane." Jiang Shaoheng helped the Snow Princess to stand up, and saluted Jian Wenying and Jian Huaizhen. On his handsome and sunny face, there was a faint smile. His eyes were clear, and there was an indescribable warmth between his eyebrows.

(1) Xuanwu Gate: that is, Shenwu Gate, one of the four gates of the Forbidden City. It was built in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), and was called "Xuanwu Gate" in the Ming Dynasty. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, in order to avoid the name of Kangxi Xuanye, it was renamed Shenwumen.

(2) Flying fish suit: Flying fish suit, luan belt and embroidered spring knife are said to be the three major characteristics of Jinyiwei. The flying fish suit is also made as a "unicorn suit". The flying fish is not a fish, but an animal that resembles a python.

(3) The horse is pulled, and the two of them are driving: the concubines above nine concubines must take the "chariot". The chariot of the concubine of the upper hall must be driven by a horse and two people; The chariots of the four noble concubines and the six concubines must be driven by horses, and two of them must be driven; The chariots of the nine concubines must be driven by horses, and one person must drive them. The twenty-seventh wife and the eighty-first wife must take a sedan chair outside the palace. For story reference only.

(4) Donghua Gate: The east gate of the Forbidden City, which was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). In fact, I write here that it was called "Ghost Gate" or "Yin" in the last years of Yongle. door" is not suitable. The general saying is: after the death of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Zigong Palace entered and exited from the Donghua Gate, because the funeral and welcoming spirits were entered and exited by the Donghua Gate, so the Donghua Gate was commonly known as the "Ghost Gate" or "Yin". door". I'm just trying to reinforce the story, so it's far-fetched.

(5) Ciqing Palace, the palace where the prince lived. Started in the Wenhua Palace, and later moved to the Yuqing Palace of the Forbidden City, and changed to the Duanben Palace during the Chongzhen period.

Another: Concubine Quan Xian died in the eighth year of Yongle (1410), and Wang Guifei died in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420).