"In the sixth year of Yuanchang, Tubo paid tribute to three large palms of jade at the beginning of the year, the jade is delicate and white, and the oiliness is good, which is very rare. One piece engraved twelve longevity characters to the queen mother, and the other two wanted to be carved into dragon and phoenix jade pendants, but the sage only let the queen who carved the phoenix jade, and there was only one left. ”

Jing Yu paused, and pointed to the Qingluan jade pendant that was broken in half on the desk.

"The file only records that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the concubine Tubo jade was given, this situation is very rare, and the concubine is generally not rewarded with the original stone that has not been carved, so I went to ask the grandmother of the Si Zhenfang. She said that when she sent it, the jade had already been carved, but she did not know Qingluan, only that it was carved as a strange bird that looked like both a phoenix and a peacock. “

Jing Yu touched the jade pendant, only to feel delicate and oily, and the tentacles were warm.

"It wasn't until I saw this jade pendant broken in half in Jinchun Temple, which was exactly the same as the phoenix jade that the queen often wore on her waist, that I knew that the strange bird that the old lady couldn't recognize turned out to be the divine bird Qingluan."

Xie Hanci asked: "So the sage carved this third piece of jade on Qingluan and gave it to Concubine Hui, but why didn't he record it in the file when he carved Qingluan?" ”

Jing Yu sighed and said: "The middle palace is nothing, the virtuous concubine was only a small talent at that time, the emperor's special favor Hui Guifei has attracted the attention of many people, the sacred bird Qingluan is not only a bird second only to the phoenix in the legend, but also symbolizes love, they are born for love, and they are looking for another Qingluan all their lives." The Queen Mother was already dissatisfied with the emperor's indifference to the empress, and the saint may also be thinking about Concubine Hui. ”

"Who knows that this jade pendant carved with Qingluan was given to Concubine Hui?" Xie Hanci thought that if someone really wanted to use it to make a fuss, it must be someone who knew the existence of this Qingluan jade pendant.

Jing Yu touched her chin and searched her mind for someone who might know about it.

"Si Zhenfang has always been obedient to orders, except for the craftsman who carved this jade pendant, the housekeeper who went to deliver the jade pendant didn't know Qingluan. There is also the queen's mother, when she checks the accounts every month, if she encounters incomplete records and unclear descriptions, she has to call someone to ask a few words, and then the palace people of Hehuan Palace. “

"Hehuan Palace?" Xie Hanci has never even entered the capital, let alone the various palaces in the palace, so he naturally doesn't know where the Hehuan Palace is.

Jing Yu explained: "Hehuan Palace is the dormitory of Concubine Hui before, it has been empty since her death, and the palace people have also been punished, and the internal supervisors who serve closely have all been killed, and the palace maids have been filled into the Teaching Workshop Division, and fourteen years have passed, and it is estimated that they are all ......."

Jing Yu looked at Xie Hanci and frowned, swallowing "dead" back into his stomach.

In that kind of place, eating people does not spit out bones, the younger and more beautiful the girl, the more she suffers, it is said that she is a kabuki, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but in fact, it is just a plaything for the pleasure of the Houmen Palace.

"It looks like the line is broken. The craftsman at that time, is he still in the palace? ”

The more Xie Hanci asked, the more he had no confidence, but he was afraid that the people involved had now been cut down and eradicated, where could he give others a chance to re-investigate the case.

Jing Yu shook his head, "The jade is precious, I specially found the master, after many years, the master has become ancient." ”

Xie Hanci let out a long sigh, and there was no proof of death.

Jing Yu looked at Xie Hanci with a depressed look and poured her a cup of tea.

"But this master also has a grandson, and you can be regarded as having a relationship."

Xie Hanci asked eagerly, "Who is it?" Where? ”

"It's in Shuzhou." Jing Yu said embarrassedly: "However, I also died a while ago, and the case is still handled by you, it is the Shen painter who was burned to death by the Lantern Festival night float." ”

"What!" Xie Hanci put the teacup on the desk heavily, she never expected that the "side" that Jing Yu said was actually his last side.

Xie Hanci only felt that there was a dense cobweb in front of him, and many seemingly unrelated people and things were connected by a silk thread behind them, but they really followed the thread and became a dead knot.

"You don't have to be discouraged, after the old master died, he put himself under the door of King Ning to make a secret pile, and it has been almost five years, you can go and ask Uncle Xiaohuang, maybe there are any clues."

Xie Hanci snorted coldly, the last person she wanted to see now was King Ning.

"Okay, then wait until I'm sick, you take the food box away, I'll lie down for a while."

Saying that, she closed her eyes, wrapped her head in a quilt, and fell into a deep sleep, but she didn't expect that this disease would be sick for more than a month. First I had a fever, then I had unbearable abdominal pain, I kept vomiting yellow water, and finally I couldn't eat, and I vomited almost every day.

Until they arrived in Jinjing, which was the fief of the king of Anchang County, and thirty miles to the north was the capital, where the army was rectified, and so on, they also entered the county king's mansion to rest.

King Ning and Xie Yuan were ready to enter Beijing in one step, and asked for the specific matters of offering tribute, Xie Hanci stayed in the mansion of King Anchang County to recuperate, she was unwilling at first, but she was like this now, if she insisted on going to the capital with her father, she was afraid that she would not be able to go back to Shuzhou.

Jing Yu wanted to stay in the county king's mansion to accompany Xie Hanci, but the British prince and his wife really missed their only son, so they asked the housekeeper to wait under the city gate near Beijing early, and directly caught him in the carriage.

Xie Hanci looked at Jing Yu's head sticking out of the car window, he kept struggling, almost wanting to break out of the window.

With such friendship, she had no choice but to lean on the pillow, stretched out a hand, and waved it lightly twice, as if it was to bid him farewell. Looking at his carriage in the distance, she gulped down the unpalatable pottion, it was time to meet the person she didn't want to see.

Xie Hanci took Yan Qi's hand and walked outside the door, but Chasing Feng stood under the porch and pointed to the roof.

Looking in the direction of his finger, King Ning was actually drinking on it, he was holding a small green glazed pot, and poured wine into his mouth with a narrow spout, and the overflowing wine flowed down his chin into the moon-white neckline, and the Tengyun Xiang pattern embroidered on his chest was also stained with wine.

"Isn't this the third year of junior high school? What is your lord looking at on the roof? Xie Hanci looked at the shallow crescent moon in the sky and asked suspiciously.

Chasing the wind hurriedly made a "shhh", leaned into her ear and whispered: "Today is the birthday of the princess and the princess, and he will get drunk at this time of year." ”

King Ning on the roof heard the movement and leaned over to look down, "Yo, the female evil star is here, are you also here to admire the moon?" “

Xie Hanci knew that he was in a bad mood, so he went straight to the point: "Lord Wang, I have something to say." ”

"Just say it down there, you can hear me." King Ning continued to drink bitterly to the moon, and when he saw that Xie Hanci didn't speak, he said, "Okay, if you don't want to say it below, then come up and talk about it." “

Before the words fell, he jumped to Xie Hanci's side, grabbed her waist, and hugged her to the top of the building, Yan Qi just wanted to follow, Xie Hanci looked at the four or five empty wine jugs on the roof, and couldn't bear it, so he waved his hand at Yan Qi and asked her to wait below.

"Which song is this singing, prince? Tomorrow I will enter the palace to face the saint, drink so much wine, are you not afraid of losing your honor in front of the palace? Xie Hanci looked at King Ning, who was already drunk, and had the impression that he was always calm and self-controlled, his clothes were spotless, and he had never seen him look like this tonight.

He ignored her taunts, just looked at her slender wrist, the bracelet on the arm like a child stealing an adult's jewelry, and had to hold a handkerchief to prevent the jade bracelet from slipping off the wrist.

"You're thin, light, like a ball of cotton." Xie Hanci remembered that in the Fufeng Courtyard, he also hugged himself and jumped onto the beam in Hu San's house, and his already white cheeks and ears were dyed red.

"Why are you blushing, but you have a fever again?" King Ning looked at her directly, Xie Hanci thought that he was already very annoying in his usual life, but he didn't expect that he who drank too much would be even more annoying than usual, she fanned the wind with her hand, wanting to cool down her hot cheeks.

King Ning helped her sit on the roof, took off his coat and handed it over, "It's just raining, the roof is wet, don't stain your dress." ”

Xie Hanci stretched out a hand and took it angrily, but instead of laying it on the wet tiles, it was draped over his shoulders.

In the sky was a crescent moon, hanging low in the night sky, as if it were close at hand, not far from the moon, dotted with small bright stars, constantly twinkling, as if never tireless.

King Ning looked at the woman beside him with his spare eyes, and hooked the corners of his mouth, as if the two of them were the crescent moon and Xiaoxing.

"What are you laughing at?" Xie Hanci thought he was laughing at himself again, clasped his hands to his chest, and said angrily.

"It's nothing, I just think that my mother really didn't lie to me."

He pointed to the crescent moon in the sky, and although the moonlight of the crescent moon was not strong, it was gentle, and even the shadow with willow branches shone softly.

"The mother concubine was born in the third year of junior high school, and every time she celebrates her birthday, she always has a crescent moon, and her father said that this crescent moon is not as good as the full moon to look at the reunion, and she always feels that the thin crescent moon looks cold. But she said to her father that the full moon is too bright, and the stars around it are dim, not as good as this crescent moon, there is always a bright star around, and the stars and the moon are shining, which is much brighter than a bright moon. ”

Xie Hanci also noticed the dazzling star next to the crescent moon, "Yes, if the moonlight is too bright, it will overshadow the light of the star next to it." And so it is not the case with people. ”

"Could it be that Miss Xie wants to marry someone with no name?" King Ning frowned slightly, and looked at Xie Hanci with drunken eyes, she was wearing her own wide dark coat, as if she was surrounded by clothes.

"Why can't I be the crescent moon that is not too bright, if I have a heart, I am willing to put away my light." Xie Hanci pouted and said.

"You won't." King Ning shook his head with a smile, and as he spoke, he took out the white jade wrench from his arms and handed it over, Xie Hanci took it and took a look, the Kunlun Mountain on the inner wall was worn away, and it was replaced by a branch of cold plum.

King Ning opened his mouth and said: "It is enough for ordinary people to be a tenacious and self-reliant plum blossom, and they don't have to be a majestic mountain. ”

"Excellent, the five-petal petals of the plum blossom symbolize the five blessings, and giving it to the little grandson will bless him with good luck and peace in his life." Xie Hanci rewrapped the wrench and put it in his arms: "I still think that he is not a wise man and a minister, he does not seek revenge for killing his brother and destroying the family, and even his name and past have been lost." It's been more than ten years in a flash, raising his son to be an ordinary person who can't read big characters. ”