Chapter 25: Climbing the Branches
Early in the morning, Du Wulang pushed the door and entered Xue Bai's house.
"Yang Zhao is here."
"Huh?"
Du Wulang sighed: "Thinking that the Right Prime Minister's Mansion sent him, I am so anxious, and I don't know when I will be able to get rid of these traitors." ”
"Don't worry."
Xue Bai smiled, still saying this.
When the two arrived at the front hall, they saw Quan Rui sitting with him from a distance, and Yang Zhao was holding a gift list and reading it with relish.
"My brother is here." Yang Zhao immediately beckoned Quan Rui, put a little on the gift list, and said, "This ...... I'll give it to Brother Xue, cross it off the gift list, and make a new gift list for me, right? ”
Quan Rui said: "Don't bother, Du Zhai will send an equally valuable gift to Xue Langjun, and the gift list doesn't have to be changed, how about Yang Senjun look like this?" ”
"Really?"
Quan Rui hurriedly said: "I really sent it." ”
"Good!" Yang Zhao made another favor and laughed: "I still have to trouble the steward to do me a favor." ”
"Yang joins the army, please speak."
"Send someone to help me deliver the gift to Mrs. Qiuguo's house in Xuanyang Fang."
When Xue Bai heard this, he was slightly puzzled in his heart, and he figured out something in a moment, and walked in quietly.
He only found out Mrs. Yu Guo yesterday, and today Yang Zhao is going to take himself to a banquet, he doesn't think it will be a coincidence.
"It will be done."
Jeon Swee bowed and turned to leave.
From the angle of entering the door, he could be seen rolling his eyes widely.
Xue Bai entered the hall and immediately smiled: "Uncle Guo is so generous, every time he gets a gift, he will give it away." ”
"You don't understand that." Yang Zhaozhi said proudly: "If you are willing to spend money to make friends with nobles, and you will be motivated, how can you send this money?" ”
"What a spirit!"
Although Xue Bai said three words casually and perfunctorily, he could still make Yang Zhao happy.
"Haha, Brother Xue understands me, when I first arrived in Chang'an, I have no other skills, I rely on courage to make friends with people."
Yang Zhao laughed for a while, then changed his words and asked, "By the way, are you ready for the poems?" ”
"I prepared a song." Xue Bai said deliberately: "But now is the critical moment for the right side to pay the East Palace, if the right minister wants to use Uncle Guo, but Uncle Guo is drinking flower wine, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”
Yang Zhao shook his hand and said: "It's not so fast, it is estimated that Luo Jianjiwang has not been tried until now." ”
"Oh? Can't make it out? ”
"The Longyou military man is not as soft as Liu Tao."
Xue Bai said: "At that time, there was one who escaped, and the right minister would not recruit Uncle Guo to search for him?" ”
"How can I catch such outlaws?" Yang Zhao said: "It's far away, what do I want to say, oh, today I don't want to take you to Xu Hezi, but Mrs. Qiuguo has a banquet and takes you to a long time." ”
"Mrs. Qiuguo?"
Yang Zhao laughed proudly and said, "The poems you prepared can be sent to Mrs. Qiu Guo first." ”
He didn't care whether the poems he was going to give to the courtesan Xu Hezi were suitable for Mrs. Yu Guo, and he raised his hand and smiled as he spoke: "Let's go." ”
"Let's go."
Du Goro asked, "Will I go too?" ”
Yang Zhao was impatient and said: "If you want to go, you can go, it's very long-winded." ”
Du Wulang only said a word clearly, but he was still scolded, he didn't want to go very much, but he was worried about Xue Bai, so he didn't hesitate.
Xue Bai nudged him lightly and said in a low voice, "It is good for the Du family to make friends with Mrs. Qiuguo." ”
"But I heard that Mrs. Qiu Guo likes beautiful boys, and if she doesn't come back, ......"
When Yang Zhao heard this, he laughed out loud, looked Du Wulang up and down, and said, "Go, go, it's okay to make a fuss." ”
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After Yang Guifei was favored, she asked the sage to welcome her three sisters into Chang'an. When the saint saw them, he called them his sisters-in-law, and named them Mrs. Qiu, Mrs. Han, and Mrs. Qin. Give the house, and the annual reward is tens of millions of dollars.
As a result, the three ladies accepted the grace, entered and exited the palace, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition.
The three ladies all live in Xuanyangfang, and whenever an official asks them to do something, there is almost nothing that cannot be done, so the Quartet bribes are endless.
When I entered the door, I heard children chasing after me from a distance, singing songs that were different from those in other places.
"Don't be happy if you give birth to a man, don't be sad about a girl, and you can also make up the lintel if you give birth to a girl."
"Look, Xiao'er also knows how to boast about the three ladies." Yang Zhao laughed when he heard this, took out a handful of copper coins and threw them over.
The children cheered and picked up the money and sang louder and louder.
"Don't be happy if you give birth to a man, don't be sad if you give birth to a girl, and you can also make up the lintel ......"
Entering the Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu, although the front yard only saw the hanging flower gatehouse and the verandah, it was already the corridor waist and the eaves were pecked, a luxurious scene. Further in, it is a garden of trees and flowers, and the flowers are clustered.
Entering the lobby, the colorful curtain hangs high, magnificent, a group of warmth, the maid only wears a light veil to walk back and forth, such as wearing flowers and butterflies, going to the banquet men and women, all of them are richly dressed, the face is good.
As soon as Yang Zhao and the three of them entered the hall, everyone turned their heads to look at it, accustomed to Xue Bai's handsome appearance, but the listless Du Wulang was very eye-catching.
"Hey, what a pair of little eyes that don't have energy."
I don't know who said a word, and a beautiful woman sitting on the soft couch on the top laughed out loud.
She covered her mouth and smiled at Xue Bai and said, "Hey, why did Xiao Langzi bring his entourage in?" ”
"I'm not an entourage." Du Wulang muttered.
Yang Zhao had already laughed and led them forward to say hello.
"I've seen Mrs. Qiuguo, and I've brought some gifts, please take a look."
"Why should my cousin be polite?"
Mrs. Yang Yuyao looks only in her twenties, with a fallen horse bun, black hair, and snow-white skin on her neck and chest.
Take a closer look, but she is plain-faced, without powder, born with smooth and firm skin, her face is white and red, as bright as a peach and plum.
Today she is wearing a red shawl, her breasts are half exposed, her posture is lying on her side, her white and long legs are looming, and her undulating figure is outlined just right. The snow lamp on his chest shines obliquely, and the peach blossom wine under his eyes is half-drunk. ”
If compared with Yang Zhao's wife Pei Rou, Pei Rou serves people with sex, and she sells her hue in order to please men, which looks dusty; Yang Yuyao is different, she knows that she is beautiful, and she sits lazily, as if waiting for a man to please them, which is called amorous.
Xue Bai intuitively felt that even in the face of today's saints, she would not be honestly afraid, she naturally had a kind of beautiful and delicate confidence.
Sensing Xue Bai's gaze, Yang Yuyao raised her head and glanced at him, as if surprised by his boldness, and her eyes flashed with a look of interest in him.
Yang Zhao hurriedly introduced: "This is Xue Bai, a few days ago he fainted in the snow and lost his memory, but now there are good people who say, like you went out from Mrs. Qiuguo?" ”
He actually said it directly.
Yang Yuyao was not annoyed when she heard this, but covered her mouth and laughed, looked at Xue Bai a few more deeply, and said: "In this way, I met a group of beautiful young men on the road a while ago and invited them to come to a banquet for a few days, is Xiao Langzi one of them?" ”
As she spoke, she beckoned to Xue Bai and asked, "Have we slept before?" ”
Du Wulang was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.
Xue Bai shook his head and responded, "I really lost my memory, I can't remember it." ”
Yang Yuyao took a sip of wine and said as if jokingly: "When you continue the front edge, you will remember." ”
Yang Zhao said: "Xue Bai is now a person who is valued by the right minister, but I don't know which Qilin'er it is?" ”
"How can I remember this?" Yang Yuyao was displeased, and said angrily: "I invited you to the banquet, but you judged me." Yes, yes, all the beautiful boys in Chang'an City who lost them were all taken captive by me, okay? ”
Yang Zhao smiled and said: "I didn't mean that, I brought Xue Bai here today, because I gave a poem." ”
Yang Yuyao became interested when she heard this, pointed at the wine glass, and said, "Okay, Cui Yuma is about to write a poem for today's feast." ”
Yang Zhao looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a beautiful man holding a brush to think about the rice paper, it was Cui Huitong, the princess of the Jin Kingdom.
Cui Huitong was writing seriously, ignoring the conversations around him, frowning and thinking about writing a few words, and finally put down his pen and said happily: "The poem is complete!" Poetry is complete! ”
He was quite satisfied with his poem, and picked up the rice paper and recited it aloud.
"In January, the master laughed a few times, met and got acquainted."
"Seeing that spring is like flowing water, today's flying flowers bloomed yesterday."
After the poem was chanted, everyone applauded and praised each other.
Yang Yuyao was quite happy to hear it, and said with a smile: "It's really a good poem, who will chew the root of the tongue and say that we are a vulgar banquet?" We also have good poetry at this feast. ”
Du Wulang felt that this poem was average, and couldn't help muttering to himself, the women at this banquet were as beautiful as fairies and the men were handsome and graceful, but they didn't seem to be very smart.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen."
Yang Zhao was able to coax, clasped his fists, and said loudly: "I brought this Xue Langjun today, and his poems are even praised by famous prostitutes in Nanqu." ”
Cui Huitong was quite open-minded, and he was not annoyed when he heard the words, but laughed and said, "Okay, I will throw bricks and lead jade, and ask Xue Langjun to compose a poem." ”
Xue Bai didn't refuse, and bowed to Yang Yuyao with a modest attitude, and said: "I don't know how to compose poems, but when I saw this feast today, I remembered a poem in my mind, which was "Huanxi Sha", for Mrs. Qiuguo to appreciate." ”
"Okay."
Yang Yuyao nodded to him, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and listened to him read the words.
"The jade bowl is cold and dripping with dew, and the powder melts and the snow is light through the veil. Late makeup is better than lotus. ”
"The temples want to meet the eyebrows, and the wine is red at the beginning of the face. A spring dream is slanting westward. ”
When she only heard the first two sentences, Yang Yuyao was slightly stunned and put down the wine glass in her hand.
After hearing the latter sentence "Late makeup is better than lotus", her eyes were brighter, and she was full of appreciation, she raised her hand lightly, brushed the broken hair on her sideburns, glanced down at her snow-white skin under the light veil, and hooked a satisfied smile on the corner of her mouth.
When the second half of the words were finished, she and Xue Bai glanced at each other, but they covered their faces with their hands, as if they were shy.
She's not an easy shy person at all.
It's just a strange feeling that she is not a shy and shy young man in front of her, but an ambitious man, so she cooperates with him and smiles shyly.
"Good!"
Yang Zhao couldn't understand the words, anyway, when he saw Yang Yuyao's demeanor, he knew that the words were very good.
"Good words, this poem, the lady of the country is so beautifully written, even I am tempted!"
Cui Huitong, the concubine, also nodded and praised: "Living and fragrant, it is indeed a little song of living color." ”
Yang Yuyao became more and more happy, beckoned Xue Bai to step forward, personally poured a glass of wine and handed it to him, and asked with a smile: "How much does Xiaolangzi drink?" ”
Xue Bai took the wine glass and calmly responded: "I am willing to accompany Mrs. Yu Guo to get drunk before resting." ”
"Call my sister." Yang Yuyao clinked glasses with him, drank all the wine in his hand, and looked at him with a smile.
This wine is not high, it is just like water to Xue Bai, and he also drank it all, thinking about how to use the power of Mrs. Qiu Guo to seek peace.
However, the next moment, he felt a little dizzy, so he shook his head, thinking to himself that he should not drink enough, unless...... Now this body is very poor in drinking.
Yang Zhao first looked at Xue Bai's demeanor when he served wine, and knew that his alcohol was extraordinary, but he didn't expect that Xue Bai had just drunk a glass and was already in a trance.
He was stunned, thinking that he had drunk wine with Xue Bai, no, that day, Xue Bai actually only took a sip.
Thinking of the right minister's order to Ji Wen to check Xue Bai's life experience, Yang Zhao was already thinking about it.
"Here, have another drink."
After being persuaded by Yang Zhao for a few more cups, Xue Bai's face was already flushed, and he was obviously very drunk.
He was originally quite calm, but at this time, he let go a lot, and he simply stopped being restricted, but did not refuse to come.
"I also had a drink with Xue Langjun, and I made really good words."
"Haha, today there is another poem to send to Mrs. Qiuguo, but the time is not suitable." Xue Bai blushed, waved his hand, and said, "Time is not suitable." ”
"Oh?" Yang Yuyao was quite interested, and personally stepped forward to support Xue Bai and asked, "What poem is it?" ”
Xue Bai shook his head and thought about it before groaning.
"The weather is new on March 3, and there are many beautiful people on the waterside of Chang'an."
"The state is thick and true, the texture is delicate and the flesh and bones are even."
When Yang Yuyao heard it, her eyes lit up, and she felt that she liked this poem very much.
Xue Bai was really drunk, and he couldn't stand steadily, everyone was half leaning on her arms, and she was not annoyed, but helped him staggered two steps and sat down on the soft couch together.
Yang Zhao saw that it was almost over, and stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?" ”
"Xue Bai!" Xue Bai suddenly raised his hand to his forehead, and said loudly: "I will be admitted to the county inspection in one or two years, and I will definitely shine in the political and legal post with seven years of grassroots work experience......
Yang Zhao was startled, and asked carefully, but what he heard was still a series of unintelligible words, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, feeling quite dazed.
"Poof."
Seeing this, Yang Yuyao couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
She knew her cousin's temperament, and knew that Yang Zhao was interested in probing, and she was afraid that Xue Bai was drunk and serious, and she scared Yang Zhao, and she laughed more and more.
"Okay, okay, everyone has said who it is, you still have to ask."
Yang Yuyao waved her hand, drove Yang Zhao away, hugged Xue Bai, and gently stroked his chin, her eyes full of love.
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Xue Bai seemed to have a dream.
In the dream, I changed the door and got rid of Li Linfu, which made it a lot easier.
But when he opened his eyes, what he saw was still the beams in the wing of the Du Mansion, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little dazed.
"Awake?"
Someone pushed the door in.
Du Yan walked to the couch with her hands in her hands, poked her head to look at him, and asked with a meaningful smile, "Do you think you will be in the Lady of Yuguo's mansion?" ”
"Hmm." Xue Bai rubbed his head, but he didn't shy away from it, and said frankly: "If you can climb up to Mrs. Qiuguo, of course." ”
Du Yan "tsk" twice, shook her head, and said leisurely: "Also, people are the powerful people who can determine the life and death of the Du family in one sentence." It's not like me, a resentful woman who was divorced by the prince. ”
The tone was a little envious, and a little sour.
She's a little unconvinced.
Xue Bai replied casually: "Don't worry, the prince will regret it." ”
"Gorou said, it looks like Mrs. Yuguo wanted to keep you for the night last night, but it seems that the concubine came, so she had to temporarily invite all the guests away."
"Concubine?"
Du Yan sneered slightly and said, "But it's not easy to be the head of the meeting." ”
Xue Bai stood up and said slowly: "After all, even Yang Zhao still has to do things for Li Linfu, let alone me?" ”
"Sooner or later, we still have to get rid of Li Linfu."
Xue Bai lowered his tone and said, "Regarding my identity, Princess Xianyi's Mansion pointed out the wrong way, and now Yang Zhao and Ji Wen are confused, we have to check quickly." ”
"Are you sure?"
"Hmm."
Du Yan asked, "Why don't you dare to let Yang Zhao and Ji Wen find out first?" ”
Xue Bai said: "What if, I have a grudge against Li Linfu?" ”
Du Yan smiled at first, and then her face gradually became solemn.
She knew that with the breadth of Li Linfu's enemies, this was indeed possible......