Ye Gantang returned to the Begonia Garden, looking at the splendid begonia flowers that were already blooming in the yard, and his heart inevitably felt a little depressed and anxious.

It's been so long, but King Jia's side can't hear the wind at all. Today, my grandmother's side was temporarily dismissed by her, but after a long time, what should I do?

How to prevaricate?

She looked at the begonia who was disturbing the wind for a while, turned around and went to the study, and took the maid out, Ye Gantang took out a locked box from the desk drawer, opened the lock with the key he carried, opened the wood carving placed on it, and pulled out a few pieces of rice paper pressed inside.

Those rice papers were written and painted with some things that only Ye Gantang himself had seen.

These things were all kept by Ye Gantang from his dreams.

Since she fell ill at the age of seven, Ye Gantang would have some strange dreams from time to time, she couldn't remember most of the things in the dream, only a trance had a feeling of being in another world, it seemed to be a completely different world from Qiguo, maybe it was the fairyland shrine mentioned in the play.

If you want to say why Ye Gantang thinks so, the reason is in her hands.

Most of the things in the dream will dissipate with her wakefulness, but a few remain, such as the toothbrush she researched for washing, such as the food she had never seen but seemed to taste and could be copied by the chef, such as the patterns that she tentatively used in the ready-to-wear store that were different from the habits of the people in Beijing but were well received, and the drawings in her hand that had not yet been seen......

These are different from being born to know, and different from learning and studying, but with the appearance of dreams, such as the few pearl conches left behind by the tide of the sea, like a gift from God.

Ye Gantang is smart by nature and does not talk about his abnormality to others. The first time she had such a dream, she panicked for a moment, and then made a decision to record everything she could remember with pictures and words, and then locked it in this box.

From the age of seven to fifteen, the things that the dream brought to Ye Gantang were only a small box, and the box was not even full.

Ye Gantang took out a few pieces of rice paper and looked at it, and after half an hour, when she heard Shi Fu's voice, she put the things in again and put them in the drawer.

These are what she said to Qin Zhiyan about turning stones into gold, spring breeze and rain energy.

Shi Fu brought the grandmother beside the old lady over and informed Ye Gantang that he was going to the White Horse Temple tomorrow.

On the second day, the ladies of Yefu went to the White Horse Temple.

This is the third time that Ye Gantang has come to the White Horse Temple this year, the first time is the first day of the first month, the first day of the new year to worship the Buddha and pray for blessings, the second time is March 17, that time is with Li Jiaerlang with eight characters, this is the third time.

Ye Gantang looked at the compassionate Buddha in the hall, kneeling on the ground, but there was no awe in his heart.

If the Buddha had a spirit, everything in this world should be peaceful, how could there be so much blood and calculation?

And......

Ye Gantang closed her eyes, if there were really gods and Buddhas in the world, she would already have enough of a god for her devout beliefs.

Getting up from the mat, Ye Gantang turned to leave.

On the way back, I have to pass through a post station, at this moment, the post station is full of officers and soldiers, Zhu went up with the servants to inquire, and when I came back, I learned that this post station was Zhang Yinyao, who was named the lord of Yixin County by Emperor Qitai.

Zhang Yinyao has his own fief, but the county lord generally follows his parents to the fief, Zhang Yinyao is a special case, his parents are dead, naturally he will not be sent to the fief, but stay in the capital and enjoy the county lord's food.

Zhang Yinyao also has his own mansion in the capital, which was originally King Jia's asset, and now it is Zhang Yinyao's.

The Ye family didn't plan to go to the post station to meet the county lord under the gaze of the officers and soldiers, so they left in a hurry and returned to the Ye Mansion.

Ye Gantang also roughly knew the deeds of this Yixin county lord from all sides, her father went to righteousness bravely to save King Jia, and was loyal and brave, but unfortunately died in the stray arrow.

Poor Zhang Yinyao's mother died not long after she was born, and her father did not remarry, and raised her alone. When Emperor Qitai learned about this, he couldn't bear it, so he gave him the title of county lord.

Ye Gantang thought to herself, would she really like this title and status in exchange for the life of her father who loved her the most?

Nobody knows.

It was also later that Ye Gantang learned that Zhang Yinyao entered Beijing that day and was personally sent into the mansion by Qin Zhiyan.

However, at that time, she no longer had the heart to think about the east and west.

The holy decree was delivered to the door of the Ye Mansion.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Taichang Temple Shaoqing Ye Jinghai's eldest daughter Ye Gantang, Roujia Shushun, elegant and pleasant, dignified Shurui, Keling Kerou, An Zhen Ye Ji, Yonghe Cuichun. Immediately canonized as the side concubine of King Jia, admire this! (Excerpts from the Internet)"

The eunuch who came out of the palace was wearing a purple round-necked unicorn robe, and looked at the Ye family members kneeling on the ground with a smile.

"Concubine Ye, take the order quickly."

Ye Gantang suddenly sobered up, suppressed the joy and excitement in his heart, and respectfully raised the holy decree upwards with his hands.

"Thank you, Lord Long."

Waiting for Ye Gantang to stand up, Feng De saw her appearance clearly, and his eyes flashed with amazement and understanding, although the emperor had inquired about the situation of the Ye family's daughter, saying that the Ye family's daughter was beautiful and beautiful, like a flower and jade, but the words were incomparable with real people.

Ye Gantang held the holy decree and wanted to get up from the ground, Feng De hurriedly groaned, took two steps forward, and helped the person up.

Ye Gantang pursed his lips slightly, and smiled at Feng De, "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

"Alas, it can't be, it can't. After the miscellaneous family came to deliver the news, they were about to go back to the palace, and the side concubine should recuperate and rest well, so as not to worry about Lord Jia. ”

A thin layer of red appeared on Ye Gantang's face, and Zhu quickly handed a thin purse to Ye Gantang, and Ye Gantang easily stuffed it into the sleeve of Feng De, who was supporting her.

"Father-in-law Lao is running this trip, the morning is dry, and my father-in-law will take it and drink some tea."

Feng De weighed the fluttering purse without a trace, the smile deepened, and he said a basket of good things before leaving satisfied.

Ye Jingshan and Ye Jinghai personally sent people out.

Ye Gantang lowered his head and held the bright yellow holy decree in his hand, and there was still a trance in his heart looking forward to implementation.

She didn't expect that Qin Zhi's banquet would give her the name of a side concubine.

She always thought that Qin Zhi's banquet gave her the identity of a waiter.

In the prince's backyard, there is one princess of the first grade, two side concubines of the second grade, eight waiters of the fourth grade, and a number of the rest without grades.

Before Qin Zhiyan, only the crown prince and the eldest prince married concubines, the prince's side concubine was the daughter of Zhenguo Gong, and the eldest prince's side concubine Ning Wang was the daughter of the right prime minister, both of them were famous nobles, so Ye Gantang only thought that he would be a chosen servant.

However, I didn't expect that Qin Zhiyan would actually carry her to the side concubine, and she might be the one with the lowest status among the side princesses.

Does this mean that Qin Zhiyan is actually very satisfied with himself?

This thought was just a fleeting thought, and what Ye Gantang wanted to know more was how Qin Zhiyan persuaded the emperor to make him a side concubine.