Believe it or not, Zhu Guoxiang is a young man in his bones.

The intellectuals of that era were more or less a little ill!

Dean Zhu would not do such a thing as bullying others.

He has never attacked his female students, and he was always ridiculed by his son as having a thief's heart but not a thief's guts, but in fact, Dean Zhu wants to pursue a true love.

Well, the above is all nonsense, and it can be summed up by nothing more than the word "fun".

Li Qingzhao followed the eunuch to Yanfu Palace, where the overall structure has basically not changed, and it was all redesigned and transformed by Song Huizong. From the perspective of artistic aesthetics, it beats the gardens of the whole of China at present, and there is also an atmosphere that the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River do not have.

Yi'an Jushi enjoyed the scenery along the way, and fell in love with it at a glance.

As he approached a pavilion, Li Qingzhao heard the laughter of children.

Several children frolicked and chased, and eunuchs and palace maids watched to prevent the children from running to places where there was water. The rest basically doesn't matter, even if the child falls, he won't help it, because the official family has already ordered it, and the prince and the princess have to get up by themselves if they fall.

A fawn that had not yet grown horns ran out of the flowers, far away from the bear children.

A noble lady stood by the roadside, holding a piece of wheat bran cake, and the fawn jumped up and down, sniffed it a few times, and then chewed it heavily.

The eunuch who led the way reminded in a low voice: "That's the queen." ”

Li Qingzhao stepped forward to salute: "Minister Li Qingzhao, meet the saint." ”

The deer was so startled that he immediately jumped away, and Shen Yourong turned around and smiled: "It turned out to be a Yi'an monk, who has admired his name for a long time." ”

"Don't dare to be." Li Qingzhao hurriedly said.

Shen Yourong said: "The official family is in the Huxin Pavilion, come with me." ”

She threw the wheat bran cake into the distance, and saw the deer coming to eat, so she left with Li Qingzhao.

In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, there was a faint sound of pipa.

Shen Yourong didn't have the slightest queen's shelf, chatted with Li Qingzhao casually, and introduced halfway through: "It's Concubine An Shu who plays the pipa, and Concubine Wen Guifei is fishing at the official's house." The official family is not a woman, and the people in the harem are all here, and everyone gets along very well. ”

Li Qingzhao listened in awe, the emperor only has one queen and two concubines, not to mention that compared with Zhao Ji, who has hundreds of thousands of concubines, it is a group of wives and concubines among the folk gentry and merchants.

The two came to the Huxin Pavilion, and An Niang, who was playing the pipa, put away the piano and got up to greet each other: "Sister." ”

Shen Yourong smiled and nodded: "This is Li Zhizhao." ”

Li Qingzhao saluted: "Minister Li Qingzhao, meet the lady lady." ”

Wen Xiaomei heard the movement, turned her head and pointed to her lips: "Shhhh ”

saw Zhu Guoxiang pull the rod suddenly, and a carp was pulled out of the water, and began to struggle with its tail between dragging.

Zhu Guoxiang took off the hook, threw the carp into the basket, and commanded: "Take them all to the braised and send two to the East Palace." ”

"Yes!"

A eunuch left with a heavy basket, and another maid ran to collect the emperor's fishing rod.

Zhu Guoxiang said to Li Qingzhao: "The carp in this pond was only raised but not caught in the old Song Dynasty, and it has long been overflowing, and you can catch twenty or thirty catties in one afternoon. In addition to the koi carp left, it is better to eat the ordinary carp, and it is enough to leave a few to cross with those koi. ”

Li Qingzhao stepped forward and said: "Minister Li Qingzhao, meet the official family, meet the concubine." ”

Wen Xiaomei smiled and nodded, and sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion.

Zhu Guoxiang pointed to a painting on the stone table: "This is made by the concubine today, I feel that the painting is very good, and Yi'an Jushi will come to taste it." ”

"Improvisational clumsiness, it's hard to get into the hall of elegance." Wen Xiaomei seems to be modest, but she is actually full of confidence.

Li Qingzhao originally planned to flatter casually, but his eyes fell on the drawing paper and he was immediately attracted by the skill.

Wen Xiaomei's grandfather, Wen Tong, was the first saint to paint bamboo, and many bamboo painting techniques were pioneered by him.

The idiom "confident" was originally used to describe Wentong painting bamboo!

Wen Xiaomei's ability to draw bamboo has the seven-point charm of her grandfather.

Li Qingzhao leaned over to observe the part carefully, then stood up again to watch the whole picture, and said truthfully: "Compared with the ink bamboo of Wenhuzhou (Wentong), this painting of the concubine lady, although it is a little less chic, it is a little more Tan Luan. Looking at Kyushu, it is also first-class. ”

Wen Xiaomei was praised very happily: "My whole family is good at painting bamboo, even my nephew and nephew are also good at painting bamboo." I am not as good as my nephew. ”

Li Qingzhao is good at diction, rhythm and gambling, she is not as good as An Niang in playing, and she is not as good as Wen Xiaomei in painting, but she is better than in appreciation.

She can point out where An Niang's pipa playing needs to be strengthened, and she can also point out where Wen Xiaomei's bamboo painting is still insufficient.

When Li Qingzhao pointed to the picture and analyzed it carefully, Wen Xiaomei didn't pay much attention to it at first, but soon listened attentively.

How to improve, Li Qingzhao doesn't know, her painting skills are not as good as Wen Xiaomei.

However, Li Qingzhao can cite many famous paintings, so that Wen Xiaomei can selectively compare and understand.

The eunuch quickly found the relevant masterpieces from the painting academy, Li Qingzhao pointed to the various paintings for comparison, and Wen Xiaomei thoughtfully observed and studied repeatedly.

Zhu Guoxiang stood next to him like a lively one, and because Li Qingzhao tried his best to speak in layman's terms, Dean Zhu could probably understand it.

It is limited to being able to understand.

As the time gradually passed noon, the eunuch came to remind him to eat.

Everyone moved to a nearby small hall, where Zhu Guoxiang, the first queen and the second concubine, and several children all sat at the same table. It's not like the emperor's harem, but like a small folk household, and the etiquette of respect and humility is not very observed.

"Li waits for the edict and sits, don't stand next to it." Shen Yourong greeted with a smile.

Li Qing glanced at the emperor, and then said, "Thank you for the banquet." ”

Today's main dish is braised carp, which is accompanied by several meat and vegetarian dishes.

During the mourning period, meat is not allowed to be eaten according to the etiquette system, but in reality no one abides by it at all. It has been more than four months since Li Qingzhao's husband died, and she has long since started drinking and eating meat.

Shen Yourong treated Li Qingzhao as a guest, enthusiastically sandwiched fish and meat for her, and then peeled the thorns for the children.

Zhu Guoxiang knew that this was a drunkard, so he made a pot of good wine and put it on the table.

Li Qingzhao was relatively reserved at the beginning, and after a few glasses of wine, he gradually became casual, and began to talk about some interesting stories about the literati in Tokyo.

After eating about the same, Zhu Guoxiang got up and said: "I've been lazy for half a day in the morning, and I can't delay it any longer in the afternoon, you continue to drink and play, and I'm going to review some slashes." ”

"Congratulations to the official family!" The women stood up to see each other off.

After Zhu Guoxiang left, Li Qingzhao also planned to leave, Shen Yourong said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, he can still have some fun when he is not there." ”

Wen Xiaomei said: "A few days ago, I got a copy of "The Book of Fighting Horses", but I heard that it was written by Li Zhizhao. ”

Li Qingzhao explained: "When my husband passed away, I had nothing to do at home, so I wrote a book called "The Book of Horse Fighting". Friends saw it and copied it, but they didn't expect it to spread in Tokyo. ”

"The rhetoric is very well written," Wen Xiaomei drank a lot of wine, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Let's play horses together today, drinking and playing." ”

Horse Fighting is a board game that has three ways to play.

The most popular is the new way of playing during the Xuanhe period. However, Li Qingzhao disliked that this kind of play relied too much on luck, she preferred the most complex game of Yijing horse, and inscribed a rhetoric for each chess piece.

The chessboard of the horse is exactly the same as that of modern chess.

Each side has 20 chess pieces, each of which is named after an ancient horse, and different horses have their own different moves.

This thing is more cumbersome than the rules of modern chess, and it tests the intelligence of the chess player, and it belongs to the things that are gradually abandoned by the general public.

The most popular popular board games in Tokyo are the "improved" chess of the Zhu family and his son, and the new style of playing horses (Xuanhe Ma) that does not take much effort.

Shen Yourong and An Niang watched from the side, and Li Qingzhao and Wen Xiaomei fought against each other.

Li Qingzhao claimed that he had never lost in gambling, and he deserved the name of the God of Gambling, and Wen Xiaomei couldn't resist it in the second half.

"It's better to change to chess, the kind of chess that the official family has changed the rules." Li Qingzhao didn't want to offend the concubine, she thought that playing chess was more suitable for her.

"Not necessarily!"

Wen Xiaomei planned to bully the novice, and said with a smile: "The official family also created a kind of game game, called mahjong, and the four of us are just right." ”

The palace maid quickly brought the mahjong, Shen Yourong sat on the table with a smile, and An Niang was also eager to try it.

There is really nothing interesting in the palace, it is quite rare to be able to get together a table of mahjong today, and Zhu Guoxiang usually does not have so much time.

As for the palace maids and eunuchs, hehe, they always deliberately release water, and it's really not interesting to play.

Shen Yourong was responsible for explaining the rules of mahjong, and Li Qingzhao quickly understood, and he only played a few games to figure out the number of mahjong paths.

This is really the god of gambling, and when she wrote the preface to the "Horse Fighting Sutra", she listed more than 20 kinds of gambling games and commented on them one by one. Not only claimed that he had never lost, but also summed up the essence of gambling, just two words - race for the first!

The lottery of the four people is very small, and Pinghu only gives ten cents.

When Zhu Guoxiang came back from work, Li Qingzhao had already won several times, and this was the result of her starting to release water in the second half......

"Your Majesty!"

Zhu Guoxiang didn't let the honor guard shout, and walked into the house after dispersing the entourage, and the four women were about to stand up, he said with a smile: "You continue." ”

Shen Yourong lost so much that he didn't call the official's house, and called for help: "Xianggong, help me fight back!" ”

"I'll watch a few rounds first." Zhu Guoxiang stood behind Li Qingzhao.

"Haha, it's nonsense, it's all the same!"

Wen Xiaomei clapped her hands and cheered.

Zhu Guoxiang carefully observed Li Qingzhao's cards and suspected that he was deliberately firing a cannon.

Sure enough, after about ten rounds of play in the second game, Li Qingzhao released another shot to Shen Yourong.

Shen Yourong suddenly became happy, and he didn't let her husband help find a venue, and began to shuffle mahjong cards with a smile on his face.

Wen Xiaomei's card skills are slightly better, and Shen Yourong and An Niang's skills are not as good as the old man and old lady in the chess and card room. What life chapter dare to rush out, and do not remember the card, deduct the card, play cards also like to talk, it is easy to be guessed about the card.

However, the laughter and shouting are much more lively than before.

When Li Qingzhao said goodbye, Shen Yourong had already won back a lot, and even took the initiative to make an appointment: "Li waits for the edict, come back on the rest of the day." ”

"When the saints meet, they must be accompanied." Li Qingzhao arched his hand.

Zhu Guoxiang scratched his forehead, he planned to play elegant fun with Li Qingzhao, talk about poetry and painting art or something.

But it seems to be a bit off, this talented woman seems to prefer to drink and play cards......

Zhu Guoxiang arranged for a carriage to take Li Qingzhao home, and the copper coins he won were also exchanged for silver dollars.

Li Qingzhao sat in the carriage, happily counted the small money, and decided to ask the craftsman to make a pair of mahjong.

This kind of board game is not too brain-intensive, but it has both skill and luck, and Li Qingzhao likes it very much.

After careful consideration, mahjong is designed to be very meaningful.

The tube is the copper coin, the strip is the hanging made of copper coins, and the Wanzi of course also belongs to the copper coin unit. There are also flowers in the southeast and northwest, each of which has a meaning, and a pair of mahjong is the epitome of the world.

Your Majesty can invent mahjong, you really know the world!

(End of chapter)