Seventeen: Pisces
Zhang Yan raised her head violently, her apricot eyes showed a happy look, pushed away the green waist in front of her, and said with a smile, "People have just started learning, it's forgivable to be unskilled, how can you laugh at me like this?" β
"You wait," she swore with her fists clenched, "that one day, I'll play a piano song that will make you admire!" β
"Okay," Liu Ying laughed, "I'll wait for that day," looked at Zhang Yan, paused, and laughed again, "If there really is such a day, Uncle will let you ask for one thing, as a reward for you!" β
"Uncle," Zhang Yan stomped her feet angrily, "you are too bullying!" β
"Okay, I won't tease you," Liu Ying smiled and took out a Pisces jade pendant from her arms, "I got a jade pendant before," "I thought you might like it, so I sent it to you as a thank you gift." β
The jade pendant is delicate and small, made of the best and Khotanese white jade material, and a pair of small fish are carved out of the head and tail butt frolicking with the hollow with the round Han Eight Knife technique, the fish scales can be seen in the past, lively and vivid, very pleasing to the eye.
Zhang Yan happily took it, flipped over and over again, and a smile flashed in her apricot eyes, "This is my uncle's thank you gift for me?" β
Liu Ying was stunned and laughed, "Okay, even if it's a thank you gift!" β
"Thank you, uncle!"
Zhang Yan wore the Pisces jade pendant on her waist, turned around with a smile and asked, "Is it good-looking?" β
"It's good-looking," Tu Yu smiled and bent her eyes, "The little lady looks good no matter how she dresses!" β
Zhang Yan smiled, "Let's go to the East Side Hall to see A-Niang!" β
In the east side hall, Yan'er had just woken up from her slumber, lying on the wide couch, looking at her sister with a pair of big black eyes. Zhang Yan looked funny, poked around in Yan'er's face, Yan'er had a good temper, didn't cry or make trouble, just pursed her lips aggrievedly.
"Ah Yan," Lu Yuan smiled, "Why do you keep bullying your brother?" β
Zhang Yan withdrew her hand and said with a smile, "I think he's cute, can't I restrain him for a while!" β
Lu Yuan's eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a smile, "The child's sense is the keenest!" Hold Zhang Yan and Yan'er's hands and put them together, "Yan'er knows that although you tease him, you like him in your heart, so you don't cry or make trouble." We are the closest family! β
The corners of Zhang Yan's lips curled slightly, and she heard Lu Yuan calling in her ear, "Ah Yan,"
"Huh?" She looked up.
"The Xuanping Marquis Mansion in Shangguan is about to be repaired." Lu Yuan said gently, "After Shangsi, let's move back to the Hou Mansion to live, right?" β
"In a few days, the people who went to Xiangguo to pick up the three concubines and your two younger brothers will come back, and we should also go back to the house."
"Brother?" Zhang Yan exclaimed.
"Yes," Lu Yuan replied, looking at her in surprise, "Ah Yan, what's wrong with you?" β
"No, it's nothing," Zhang Yan was confused, and smiled reluctantly, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm almost forgotten." β
Forget her Ah Weng Zhang Ao in addition to Ah Niang, there are three concubines, she also has two half-brothers, and even, these two half-brothers are only half a year younger than themselves. Back then, after Lu Yuan became pregnant with him, he accepted two concubines for Zhang Ao, which are now Xia Ji and Shen Ji. Xia Ji and Shen Ji soon became pregnant, and half a year after she was born, she gave birth to her two younger brothers, Zhang Hao and Zhang Shou.
Zhang Yan looked at Princess Lu Yuan strangely and asked, "A-Niang, are you...... Why did you do this in the first place? β
Princess Lu Yuan, as the princess of the Han Dynasty, has a noble status, descending Zhang Ao, Zhang Ao only respects her, and can monopolize Zhang Ao's ** love, but why did she endure the pain in her heart when she was just pregnant and needed her husband's care the most, and even allowed them to get pregnant, giving birth to two sons who were only half a year younger than her daughter?
Lu Yuan was stunned and said with a smile, "What's so strange about this?" As a woman, if A-Niang wants to be virtuous, she can only be like this. But Ah Yan, don't worry," her expression became cold,
"Although they are here, they are just concubines, and no one in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion can touch the status of you and Yan'er."
Zhang Yan looked at Lu Yuan with sadness in her heart.
In this era, one man and many women have become a social ethic, that is, his own mother, as the noble princess of the Han Dynasty, can't resist such ethics, and even takes the initiative to give in and include Mei Ji for her husband.
But what about me?
I can't accept that.
I still have great expectations for marriage, and if I want to marry a man, it must be because I love him. And if I love him, I will not be able to accept that he has a woman other than me.
Will I be accepted by this era? After all, even a princess like Lu Yuan can't get it, how can I, an outdated lord, get my wish?
Lu Yuan's eyes swept over the Khotanese Pisces white jade pendant hanging from Zhang Yan's waist, he was slightly stunned, and asked with a smile, "Ah Yan, is this Pisces pendant given to you by your uncle?" β
"Yes," Zhang Yan nodded absentmindedly.
Lu Yuan smiled, "Ah Yan, do you like your uncle very much?" β
Zhang Yan was stunned, "Uncle is a good person, how can I not like it?" β
A distant smile escaped from Lu Yuan's lips, "Yes, your uncle is a good person, when he was in abundance, no one didn't like him, why didn't my father like him?" β
It's just eccentricity! Zhang Yan pursed her lips.
"A-Niang, I'll go back first!"
Coming out of the east side hall, he walked endlessly along the compound road in the palace.
She once hoped to be estranged from Liu Ying, but she couldn't after all. The boy was too clear for her to dislike, and if she was willing to admit it, she enjoyed spending time with him.
What does it matter?
Theoretically speaking, whether you are good friends with him and whether they will get married in the future are two different things, and they have nothing to do with each other.
Affection is only pure affection, but marriage between a man and a woman may be because of interests, because of the current situation, because of many other things. The reason why Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Empress Xiaohui Zhang in history were put together was because Empress Lu wanted to maintain the glory and wealth of the Lu Zhang Er clan, and it was never because he Liu Ying liked himself.
Well, she is good friends with him, too...... Okay, right?
Pisces Jade Pei is lying in the palm of her hand gently, reversing the brilliance under the skylight, which is very beautiful. Warm flow.
A hand reached out from her side and snatched the Pisces from her palm.
Zhang Yan was taken aback, Huo Ran turned around, and saw a boy with a bright face like jade holding a jade pendant, "Hey, isn't this the Pisces pendant that the prince's brother got a few days ago?" How is it in your hands? "The voice is clear.
Zhang Yan's face tensed, "Give me back my jade pendant!" β
The boy looked her up and down, "Who are you?" Yang Yang Pisces Pei, "This is obviously my prince's brother, how did it get into your hands?" Hey, you didn't steal it from him, did you? Seeing Zhang Yan biting her lip and stubbornly refusing to answer, she said, "After I go and ask the prince's brother, I'll see what to do with you." β
A little anger appeared in Zhang Yan's eyes, and she slashed her hand to grab the jade pendant. The boy was agile, shook the jade pendant in his hand, turned his head and ran along the nine-curved corridor. Zhang Yan chased after him.
She is very stubborn in her bones, although she has short calves, she breathes a sigh of relief, and refuses to give up even if the boy in front of her dies. Liu Ruyi ran on the palace road for a while, looked back, and saw that the delicate and timid little girl was still behind her, although she was a big step behind, she refused to give up, and she felt a little admiration in her heart.
He looked left and right, and saw that he had run near the wine pool without noticing.
"Who?" Wei Wei Zhao Cheng shouted loudly, and when he saw the boy's face, his expression suddenly became respectful, "King Zhao,...... His Majesty spoke to the Prime Minister in front of them. β
Ruyi looked back, and sure enough, there was a long case sitting on the couch in the wine pond pavilion, and Liu Bang was sitting opposite each other with Xiangguo Xiao He and Jianghou Zhou Bo, smiling and saying something. He rolled his eyes, ran in, threw himself into the arms of Emperor Liu Bang, and called, "Father." β
Liu Bang saw his favorite young son break in, and laughed, "It's so Ruyi, it's heavier again, why did you come here?" β
Ruyi grinned and said, "Father, there's a silly girl who has been chasing after me. β
Zhang Yan chased outside the wine pool, saw the scene on the wine pool, his heart sank, stopped, and said quietly, "Ah Yan asks to see the emperor's grandfather." β
Liu Bang coughed, straightened his clothes, and ordered, "Come in!" β
Zhang Yan walked through the palace guards guarding the periphery, walked to the pavilion, knelt down and said, "Ah Yan has seen the emperor Ah Gong!" β
"Ah Yan," the emperor restrained Shi Caihan's intimacy and smiled uninhibitedly, "What's wrong with you and Ruyi?" β
Zhang Yan said, "Emperor Father-in-law, Uncle Crown Prince gave me a Pisces Pendant, and the result was ...... As a result, he was robbed. Looking at Ruyi beside Liu Bang with teary eyes, it was clear that Ruyi was the villain who robbed her jade pendant.
Zhou Bo was reckless and righteous by nature,
"Third prince, how can you bully other juniors as a boy, let's return that thing to the little lady!"
The emperor was slightly embarrassed, coughed, and said to Ruyi with a straight face, "You are an uncle, how can you be embarrassed to rob your niece's things?" Don't hurry up and return it to Ah Yan, Gaiming's father will give you a foal, you take it to the horse farm to ride, that taste is great! β
If he saw Zhang Yan's aggrieved appearance, he had long been wrong, but now after listening to Liu Bang's words, he walked up to Zhang Yan, raised his chin and said, "I didn't know that this was given to you by the prince's brother, and I will give it back to you!" Throwing the jade pendant back, he walked around Zhang Yan, "It turns out that you are the Ah Yan that the prince's brother talked about, isn't it good?" Snorted, "Not as pretty as me." β
Fluttering, there was a snickering in the pavilion, Liu Bang hid his face and didn't want to see it, Xiao Xiangguo and Jianghou couldn't help laughing, Zhang Yan couldn't help laughing when he was amused, and said,
"Is it honorable for a boy to be pretty?"
"Whew," Ruyi patted his chest and said reassuringly, "finally smiled!" β
"You still look good when you laugh, if you always have to cry and don't cry pitiful, you will die ugly!"
"Alright, alright," Liu Bang waved his hand impatiently, "Get out of here!" He feigned anger and said, "Such a little child's family matter, and still running to me to make trouble, am I helping you to break things?" β
"Ah Yan," Ruyi turned a deaf ear, took Zhang Yan's hand, and said affectionately, "Let's go play together......"
Zhang Yan was pulled out of the wine pool by Ruyi, walked for a while, and couldn't help but glance back at the pavilion in the pool. Among the crowd, Liu Bangji sat down, laughing loudly, wandering, and frenzied.
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"It's strange today," in the Jiaofang Palace, Empress Lu asked Zhang Yan in detail about the situation in front of the palace, and said suspiciously, "Your Majesty has always favored the mother and son of the Immortal Palace, how did you change sex today?" β
"Queen Mother, you think too much," Lu Yuan said with a smile, "No matter what, Ah Yan is also the granddaughter of her father, and no matter how partial her father is, she can't go anywhere." Moreover, the father deposed Brother Ao's throneβ"
I should always feel a little sorry for the Zhang family, right?
"Will he be sorry?" Lu Hou snorted coldly, "That's really red rain falling from the sky!" β
"Don't talk about this," Empress Lu waved away the palace people, held Lu Yuan's hand, and asked abruptly, "Manhua, do you really want to move back to the Hou Mansion?" β
"A-Niang," Lu Yuan said, "Although I am Princess Yuan, how can there be a married princess who lives in the palace for a long time?" It was the Hou Mansion that was not built before, so I lived temporarily with a shy face. Now that the Hou Mansion has been repaired, where can I not leave? And,"
She complained, "Brother Ao and I are husband and wife in the end, although he may blame me and blame me, but I can't never go back to him for the rest of my life." Give him to someone else for nothing. β
Lu Pheasant thought of Zhang Ao's three concubines in the Xuanping Marquis's mansion, and said with a faint smile, "Manhua, don't worry, if those two goblins dare to sneer at you, the queen mother will help you send you two glasses of wine and finish them off." β
"Queen Motherβ" Lu Yuan called helplessly, "What does the daughter want the lives of the two of them?" What my daughter wants is Brother Ao's heart! β