Chapter 55: Chatting with the Emperor
Fan Xian was a little uncomfortable, and took a small step back imperceptibly, lowered his cheeks slightly, and quickly glanced at the hall with the corner of his eye.
These courtiers of the Qi State court, there are no strange characters, what makes him most curious is the bead curtain that is rippling slightly next to the high dragon chair, and the bead curtain is covered with the clear light reflected in the pool behind the ministers, looking extremely beautiful.
He knew that the empress dowager who was really powerful in Northern Qi was behind the bead curtain,
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After a long time, the son of heaven on the dragon chair owed a jaw, and seemed to be tired of listening.
"The envoys have come from afar to work hard, so let them retreat and rest. The young emperor waved his hand. Fan Xian was relieved, knelt on the ground with a smile on his face, bowed to the dragon chair with his subordinates, and was ready to pat his ass to find those officials in Northern Qi who were really doing things, and hurriedly went to get poor Yan Gongzi out.
But things always turn out unexpectedly.
Fan ...... Childe?" The Northern Qi Emperor's lips seemed to have a hint of a smile, looked at Fan Xian, and called softly: "You stay with me to gossip." ”
The ministers were slightly surprised for a while, thinking that above the court, His Majesty actually called the other party's chief envoy a prince instead of an official title, which was really a bit impolite. Fan Xian couldn't think of this, but he was shocked, could it be that this young emperor knew something?
He hurriedly saluted and responded: "When the foreign minister first arrived, he didn't know what to do in front of the palace, so he was really afraid. ”
"No problem, no problem. The young emperor seemed to be very talkative, and said with a smile: "I am extremely happy to learn that Fan Gongzi is here this time, so I can teach Fan Gongzi to learn that I often recite "Poetry of Banxian Zhai", and even Master Taifu is full of praise for Gongzi's talent. Today's state affairs are over, Fan Gongzi and accompany me to walk around at will, I have been looking forward to Fan Gongzi coming for a long time. also let Fan Gongzi see the scenery in the palace of this dynasty by the way. ”
The words have already been said on this one. As a foreign minister, where did Fan Xian dare to say more, but his heart moved slightly, the Taifu of Northern Qi is the son of Zhuang Mohan, Zhuang Mohan was embarrassed by himself in the Qingguo Palace, and the other party actually praised his talent?
The mission withdrew from the main hall, and Lin Jing glanced at Fan Xian with a little worry. Fan Xian bowed slightly, signaling that the other party would pay attention.
When the courtiers of the Northern Qi also withdrew. The whole hall seems to be more spacious, and you can faintly hear the sound of fish tails hitting the water in the pool by the long platform. Behind the veil, the gentle footsteps of the ladies of the palace.
The young emperor, who had been sitting on the dragon chair, seemed to relax at this time, stretched his waist, looked at Fan Xian and smiled, and jumped straight down from the dragon chair. took the towel handed by the eunuch and wiped it indiscriminately, patted Fan Xian's shoulder and said, "Let's go, I want the poets of the Southern Dynasty to take a look at our immortal palace in the north." ”
Fan Xian secretly complained to himself, who would have expected that this majesty was still a child, and was about to follow him to the back of the hall, but he heard a coughing sound coming from behind the bead curtain that he had been secretly paying attention to.
The Emperor of Northern Qi was slightly stunned, turned his head with a bitter face, and saluted the bead curtain and said: "Queen Mother, the child is rude when he sees Fan Xian's joy in his heart. I hope that the queen mother will forgive. ”
The palace maid slowly opened the bead curtain, and the sound of the beads colliding sounded crisply. A noblewoman stepped out of the curtain.
Fan Xian hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to take a closer look. But the poisonous eyes were still looking at the foot under the bead curtain.
The lady wore a pair of embroidered silk shoes, which seemed casual, but they were extremely luxurious.
What shocked Fan Xian even more was that immediately after this Huan silk flower shoe, another pair of feet also stepped out of the bead curtain - who in this world dared to sit behind the bead curtain with the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi and listen to the dialogue between the emperor and foreign missions!
Nahuan wore a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, the soles of which were made of mille-feuille cloth, which was a very common craft in the countryside, and the cuffs were black and white, only at the delicate and tender heels, revealing a trace of festive floral cloth. This kind of cloth shoes is usually seen in the countryside during the New Year, but it is extremely strange to appear in the court of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Fan Xian guessed who the owner of the cloth shoes was, raised his head in amazement, no longer cared about the etiquette, his eyes were quiet, but he actually looked at her secretly vigilantly, looking at the begonia girl who was still wearing a flower cloth towel on her head!
I didn't expect Begonia to come out of the bead curtain with the Queen Mother!
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Fan Xian and Haitang's eyes collided together as if they were substances, and the air in the Northern Qi Palace became a little uneasy. It was just a moment when the white horse passed by, Fan Xian had already retracted his gaze and knelt down towards the noble lady beside Hai Chang: "Foreign Minister Fan Xian, meet the Queen Mother." ”
The Queen Mother looked at him twice, frowned slightly, and thought to herself, how could this Qingguo official who listened to Fan Xian be so beautiful? It can be demonic, no wonder Duoduo has to secretly go to the palace today to see, could it be that this girl next to her ...... She waved these thoughts away, bowed her head slightly, and then said to the emperor: "Your senior aunt is back, since you are going to take Master Fan to the palace to hang out, then go all the way with your senior aunt." ”
The emperor had a difficult face, and seemed to be very reluctant to go with Haitang, but it was difficult to hinder his mother's life, so he had to say to Haitang with a wry smile: "When did my aunt return?"
Haitang took his cold gaze away from Fan Xian's face, and saluted the emperor slightly: "Your Majesty, the people's daughter returned to Beijing yesterday, and the family teacher was worried that there were too many wicked people in Beijing recently, so he sent the people's daughter back to the palace. ”
Fan Xian smiled bitterly, there are wicked people in Shangjing? This is naturally talking about himself who loves to use aphrodisiacs.
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Walking in the palace of the Qi Kingdom, Fan Xian couldn't help but think of an idiom that was already very unfamiliar, which was a remnant of the previous life: the blessing of the Qi people. Because this palace is really worthy of the word "fairy palace" that the young emperor said before, the nobles of the Qi country who live in this palace are indeed very blessed.
The tall green trees stretched out from the palace complex with a plain black color, like a cold and attentive woman, who was playing a small fan, and those green trees playfully poked out of the plain black eaves to peep, or lazily rested on the green tiles for a while, or stretched lazily above the flowers on the ground in the palace, as if they were despising those delicate plants.
The whole palace is intertwined with the big green trees that can be seen everywhere, shining, blue and black, rigid and soft, beautiful.
The palace group is divided into several floors, built according to a green mountain, which is particularly wonderful. The three of them walked forward under the service of a large group of eunuchs, bypassing the long corridor beside the clear stream in the mountains, and had already reached the second floor. It was only at this time that Fan Xian calmed down a little, and began to observe the scenery in the palace attentively, and couldn't help but be a little admired, although the palace was built on the mountain, from the perspective of military or daily life, it seemed a bit of a stupid choice, but looking at the clear water flowing slowly next to the corridor, and the refreshing colors and scenery around him filled his eyes, Fan Xian finally understood the real reason why people chose this place as the palace many years ago.
Beautiful, so beautiful!
It's a pity that Fan Xian is not from Qi State, and there is no spokes of Qi people at this time, and there are no two stunning beauties around him, some are just His Majesty the Supreme Emperor of Qi State, and the strongest master of the younger generation of Qi State, the Begonia girl who once beat herself all over the ground.
The emperor was dressed in a black coat, with a golden silk belt around his waist, wide cuffs, and a very ancient dress, he put his hands behind his back, and led the way to the palace first, as if he forgot that he forced Fan Xian to stay.
Fan Xian followed behind the emperor with some restraint, glancing at the begonia beside him from time to time, there was a great deal of trouble between him and this woman, although he believed that in the palace, the other party would not do anything to him, but he always felt a little nervous.
But Begonia Blossom didn't even look at him, it seemed that she had never met him, had never been poisoned by him, and had never heard his sour words.
Fan Xian understood something, so he smiled gently and didn't say much. But for a moment, His Majesty the young Emperor seemed to be tired at last, and pointed to the gazebo in a flat field in front of him, and lightly pointed his fingers.
In an instant, a large group of eunuchs "rushed" over without touching the ground, and in a very short time cleaned the pavilion, the few sitting rails were wiped and wiped, a few pillars of yellow incense were ordered, and the tea pot and cup were prepared.
Walking into the pavilion, the mountain breeze beside him was slightly blowing with a clear stream of moisture, the emperor stood on the railing, put his hands behind his back, and said softly: "Shoot the railing, the forest flowers blow the sideburns and the mountain is cold, and the song is so shocked that the clouds are scattered." ”
Fan Xian responded appropriately: "Good words." ”
The emperor turned around, looked at Fan Xian with great interest in a pair of clear eyes, and suddenly said after a while: "Pat my ass, shoot so carelessly, Fan Xian, you should be the first person." ”
Fan Xian was embarrassed, didn't know how to speak, and arched his hand: "The foreign minister is panicking. ”
"Just be afraid, don't be afraid. The emperor sat down and took a sip of the teacup, and suddenly saw the begonia, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Little aunt, how can you be so restrained in my face today, in the past, please don't move, only willing to plant vegetables in the garden, since you have entered the palace today, and relax and enjoy the scenery." He sighed softly: "I always thought that this palace was so beautiful, so beautiful that I didn't even have the heart to walk out of the palace." ”
There seemed to be some side meaning in these words, Fan Xian only thought that he didn't understand, and sat down under the emperor's gaze, and his own eunuch served fine tea, he sipped slowly, not knowing what the young emperor suddenly thought about leaving himself in the palace.
Begonia also took a cup of tea and sat on the railing on the outside of the mountain pavilion, looking at the flowing water by the pavilion, not knowing what to think.
"Fan Xian, what do you think of the scenery in this palace?"
Fan Xian was slightly stunned, thinking that this was the first time the emperor had repeated this topic today? After a little consideration, he replied: "The palace is in the mountains, there are trees on the mountain, the trees are in the palace, the scenery is beautiful, and the most strange thing is that the eaves of the palace seem to be integrated with the entire mountain scenery, one does not seem to engulf the majesty of the palace, and the other is not because of the prosperity of the palace and the mountains are deserted, but it gives people the feeling of unity between heaven and man, and the foreign ministers are really amazed." ”
"Huh?"
Fan Xian's unintentional words seemed to surprise the emperor of Northern Qi a little.