The next day is the Zhengdan Pilgrimage.

Daming Palace Hanyuan Hall crown cover gathered, the envoys of the Quartet come to the court, go to the palace to offer gifts, congratulate His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty xià Wanfu Yong'an, the sound in the Hanyuan Hall is like a bell, "nine days to open the palace, all countries to worship the crown" of the Tang Dynasty weather, on this day, the show is particularly profound.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Xiao Yan, at least the Great Dynasty will be far away from her now. After she got up in the morning, she went to the sound gallery on a whim to practice knives. She felt that it was quite a test to match the footwork of practicing martial arts with the rhythm of the voice. And rhythm is very important in martial arts, and she has used archery skills to kill enemies several times, just because she controls the rhythm. And the sound and martial arts, who says that there is no connection? Maybe after achieving a harmonious rhythm, it is uncertain whether he can gain - Xiao Yan's ideas in martial arts have always been imaginative, daring to think and try.

She remembers that when she was two years old, her mother taught her to paint, that is, she took a pen and rice paper, walked around the garden, saw what to paint, thought of what to paint, what to paint, really a group of crows danced, after coming back to tell her mother one by one what was painting, even if there was only a mess of ink on the paper, her mother never criticized her, always praised her in that light tone: "The idea is good"; "Well drawn"; "Very good"; "Imagine" ...... When she was seven years old, her mother taught her, "Don't be bound by the trappings of those who came before her." The same is true for you to learn martial arts. In the past, I respected them as teachers, learned from their experience and methods, but I couldn't bind myself to their circle. Because, you will fly higher and farther. ”

Xiao Yan thought of his mother Mozun, and blood surged in his chest.

I won't let you down!

I'll fly high, far, high enough to match you, far enough to reach uncharted territory.

Xiao Yan's white socks moved like a blast on the sound wood, and his fists followed his footwork, because they were too fast, dragging the afterimage of the debut path in the air. The sound of the step is very chaotic at first, with high and low mids coming and going, and it is not harmonious. Gradually, it is no longer so harsh, although it is not yet harmonious, but at least it will not make people have the urge to cover their ears when they listen to it.

When the maid came to give an announcement, all she heard from a distance was a sound that was not pleasant but bearable.

Xiao Yan put away the knife because her mother had already gotten up.

She returned to Yuzhaoyuan to bathe and change clothes, and then had a morning meal with her mother.

After the morning meal, she and her mother learned to carve seals.

When she saw her mother's screen painting in the Luo Changle Palace, she knew that her mother's seal carving was excellent, and it can be seen from the seal under the painting, Li Yuzhen said that it was carved by her mother herself. Most of the people who are good at calligraphy and painting are good at carving, although you can ask the seal craftsman to carve, but it is best to engrave yourself, so that the charm of the seal corresponds to the calligraphy and painting, and can add more color. Of course, Xiao Yan can also engrave it, but after seeing his mother's seal, he feels that it is not as good.

In the morning, her mother gave her a New Year's gift of 12 seals, and her name seal was engraved with 12 kinds of knife and brushwork, as well as 2 idle seals. Xiao Yan especially likes the idle seal of "Ziyue Wuyang", the jasper green with a round thumb, the four seal characters of "Ziyue Wuyang" are elegant and free, the composition is also beautiful and pleasing to the eye, and the knife technique is even more vivid and charming. Xiao Yan felt that his mother's engraving was the true embodiment of "between square inches, thousands of weather", and the jade carving of this seal itself is a treasure, the hollow relief of the evil seal button is vivid, and the carved treasure tree Qiongxuan on the pillar is exquisite. Xiao Yan couldn't put it down, so she asked her mother's maid to make a rope to hang under her belt as a jade ornament. He also told his mother that these twelve seals were excellent ornaments, and she would wear them in rotation according to the color of her robe. Li Yixun was overjoyed, and kissed his daughter, "Baoshu will really make A-Niang happy." ”

The time with his mother passed quickly, and after lunch, Xiao Yan hugged his mother goodbye, and still went out of the house from the side door when he came. Xiao Jisi and An Yexi were already stationed at the door.

When Xiao Yan returned to Xiao's mansion, he immediately changed his clothes and participated in the spring banquet being held in the mansion, and did not return to Jinsu Courtyard until evening.

From the next day to the seventh day of the new year, Xiao Yan visited the family with his eldest uncle Xiao Hui, or greeted the guests who came to Xiao Mansion to attend the Spring Banquet separately with his cousins. On the morning of the eighth day of the new year, she sent off several uncles, and she and her cousins had their own arrangements.

Although several uncles have left, there is a person in charge of the Xiao Mansion in Beijing, and the Xiao family's industry in Beijing also needs to have a nearby helmsman, and the one in charge of the affairs of the capital is Xiao Song, the lord of the three branches, a gentle old man with a smile on his face all the year round, but Xiao Yan heard the ninth brother Xiao Ying say, "Our Uncle Song is called the smiling tiger by those families in Beijing." Now, she is asking for leave from the smiling tiger uncle.

The eldest uncle Xiao Chao confessed to her before leaving, saying that Xiao Song would not care about her whereabouts, as long as she reported it, but if you have any difficult things or need to ask for help, you can find him. It means that things involving her life can not be told to Uncle Song, but Uncle Song can be trusted.

Xiao Yan said bluntly to his uncle that he needed to go to the princess's mansion of Qin State to live for a while, "and ask my uncle to cover it up." ”

Xiao Songtuan smiled on his face, "It's okay to go." Let's just say that you went to live at your mother's deceased. ”

The mother he said was Princess Anping.

Xiao Yan thinks this reason is very good, in case she goes out with A-Niang and meets a cousin, this reason is also reasonable.

After thanking Uncle Song, after she returned to Jinsu to confess to Xianglan, she took Xiao Jisi and An Yexi to Changle Fang, and still entered the mansion through the west gate of Princess Beiqu's mansion. She only brought An Yexi into the mansion and asked Xiao Jisi to go back to Jinsu Courtyard, during this time, she could move freely in Chang'an City without being by her side, and told him to go around those interesting little places, and tell her anecdotes when he came back. Xiao Jisi respectfully agreed.

Xiao Yan brought An Yexi into the house. Of course, she left An Yexi with her considerations, in the future, she will often go in and out of her mother's side, and there must always be a servant by her side, and An Yexi is her person, not a member of the Xiao family, so it should be okay in her mother's mansion. Of course, Xiao Yan is not guarding against the Xiao family, but after all, her mother is the princess of the Li family, and she is a princess who has died on the surface, so it is inconvenient for outsiders to know about the things here, and she must ensure that the people around her are not involved with the Xiao family.

When Xiao Yan left the house as soon as he left the house, he said that he would come back on the eighth day of the first month, and Li Yixun was still in the palace a few days ago, and he returned to the house today. She wore a silver fox and a red skirt to pick up her daughter at the gate of Yuzhao Courtyard in person.

An Yexi was stunned when she saw her, and was awakened by Xiao Yan's slap on the back, and blushed and saluted this noble man in Allure who couldn't see his age.

"She's your squire?" Li Yixun smiled crisply in his voice, "He looks good, he is very beautiful." ”

Xiao Yan smiled and said: "Her name is An Yexi, she is a Sogdian, and the personal soldier I selected in the army is now my bodyguard." "This is to tell my mother that this guard has nothing to do with the Xiao family.

Li Yixun laughed crisply again, she naturally had a way to make them "reliable" with the people who followed Xiao Yan, but her daughter was happy with this intention, and she also had a little pleasure for An Yexi, and asked Yan a few words and asked the maid to take her down and exchange some things that should let her know.

Li Yixun took his daughter to the flower room.

The flower room is the clear and empty hall that Xiao Yan once praised its name.

This is a flower house with a roof frame glass, so the name is "clear sky".

The flower room is already in full bloom with yellow spring greetings, red camellia and green spring orchids, as well as pink and vermilion primroses, and narcissus from the marigold silver platform...... A scene full of spring.

Li Yixun told her about the habits of each flower: "...... If you want to draw flowers, you must understand flowers. I don't know the nature of the flower, how can I say that the flower is visible? ”

Xiao Yan felt that her mother knew a lot and went to many places, and she listened to every strange flower with relish, and finally sighed and smiled: "A-Niang can write a flower-like like Ji Haoqiu." ”

Ji Haoqiu is Ji Han in the Western Jin Dynasty, called Miao Qiuzi, later known as Ji Haoqiu, born in Ji County, is one of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" Ji Kang's nephew, once served as the Nanhai County Taishou, that is, the history of the Tang Dynasty's Guangzhou Thorn, when he was in office, he carefully consulted, and made notes on the classification of plants, trees, fruits and bamboos in the Lingnan area, and wrote a "Southern Grass and Trees". Xiao Yan had flipped through this miscellaneous book notes in the fourth brother's study, and she completely felt that Ah Niang could write a better book than Ji Haoqiu.

Li Yixun smiled brightly and said, "I'm happy, I can write about it." ”

Xiao Yan nodded and said with a smile: "If you like it, you can write it, and if you don't like it, you won't write it." ”

The more she gets along with her mother, the more she feels that her mother is knowledgeable, versatile, and understands her mother's temperament better. She makes musical instruments, composes new songs, dances, sings, studies food, cultivates flowers and grass, constructs gardens, etc., and knows so much about art and miscellaneous arts, all because doing them makes her happy. If writing a book makes her happy, then write; If you don't be happy, then don't write.

Mother's way is the way to enjoy life.

Li Yixun washed his hands with the maid's pottery, led his daughter out of the flower room, and said with a smile: "Your grandfather wants me to grow up happy, so I smile and enjoy life." A-Niang also hopes that my treasure tree 'Ziyue Wuyang', a happy life, whether it is martial arts or others, is to do it happily, not for anyone or anything, just because, I like it. She looked sideways at her daughter.

Xiao Yan and her mother's eyes met for a while, she looked up at the sky, for a long time, looked back at her mother and said, "I will follow my heart." Maybe I won't be as wanton as my mother, but I won't lose myself for anyone or anything. ”

Li Yixun raised his hand and touched her head, leaned over, and kissed her on the center of her eyebrows, "A-Niang believes in you." Don't give up on yourself for anyone, for anything. ”

Xiao Yan didn't understand what her mother's latter sentence meant, but she could feel her mother's deep love for her, stretched out her arms to hug her mother and said, "I still want to accompany A-Niang to laugh and enjoy life, how can I give up myself." I will cherish myself, A-Niang rest assured. ”

Li Yixun smiled: "Okay." With a sigh of relief in her heart, as time goes by, even if she can't reduce Mozun's influence on her daughter, she can affect her daughter's view of life little by little.

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