Chapter 6 Chapter 6: Flowing Cloud Half-Entered the Canglong Palace

This set of court clothes was originally made to match Shen Zhenzhu's stature, but because of this illness, she became much thinner and looked a little looser, but it was a bit lovely.Stepping out of the gate of the palace, Li Chu thought he had been waiting for a long time, so he gave her a sideways glance, his eyes were cold and emotionless, and he said "Get in the car and go", and he rode his horse ahead, Cui Caiping was also wearing court clothes , proudly, without greeting Shen Zhenzhu and boarded the last car on his own.With Hongrui's support, Shen Zhenzhu boarded the previous car, when the curtain of the car was released, all kinds of feelings came to her heart, her cheeks were slightly hot, and when she touched it, two tears fell unconsciously.

As soon as Emperor Xuanzong came down to the court, he summoned Li Chu's wife and concubine in the Nanxun Hall of Xingqing Palace, accompanied by the noble concubine, the prince and the prince concubine.He has been the Emperor of Taiping for nearly thirty years, and his figure has gradually become bloated, only his eyes are cloudy and mature and majestic.In recent years, he has seldom visited the court in person, and more and more affairs have been handed over to Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu, the left and right ministers.I was in a good mood today, and I came to the court specially, but I was disturbed, but because of the censor doctor's position that was vacated after Zheng Xun's death, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong fought tit-for-tat, hiding words in their words, and the prince was beside him. Just keep silent.Zheng Xun died strangely and without trace, Li Linfu suspected that Yang Guozhong did it, Yang Guozhong retorted and ridiculed Zheng Xun for being stupid and vicious, and should be shut down.The ministers of the Li and Yang lines argued together, making a good court like the East and West.He couldn't help but sigh that he was getting old, remembering how bad and dangerous the situation was when he risked his life and risked his life, why did he ever frown?Twelve years ago, after killing three sons in a row, he suddenly softened his hands. The reason may not be old, but tired, tired.

After some routine greetings, Xuanzong looked Shen Zhenzhu and Cui Caiping up and down, and asked Shen Zhenzhu first, "Before choosing the concubine, I heard that the daughter of the Secretary Supervisor Shen Liangzhi is a rare talented woman in the world. Are you talking about you?" The emperor has the imposing manner of an emperor, Shen Zhenzhu's heart beat wildly, and her face turned red: "Return to the emperor, my father has only one daughter under his knee." "Okay", Xuanzong nodded and said: "Then I have to test your poems." Looking back, seeing the imperial concubine holding a new jade flute in her hand, she said: "Let's write a poem with the flute as the title."

Shen Zhenzhu said: "The sound of the flute is soft and clear, or it is as clear as the morning sun, or as graceful as the icy moonlight, it is a good musical instrument." In fact, she is good at instrumental music, especially the flute, but she doesn't mention it, only briefly After thinking about it, he said: "The grandson's daughter-in-law has shown her ugliness." Yin said: "The night is cool, playing the flute, thousands of mountains and moons, the road is dark and charming, with hundreds of flowers. "After playing chess, I don't know that people have changed, Yelan is helpless and thinks about home."

When everyone heard the first sentence "The night is cool and the flute is played by the thousand mountains and the moon", they already felt that the beginning was extraordinary. After reciting just four lines, Xuanzong sighed: "It's really wonderful! It's the same as Li Bai's song "Who Jiayu" composed the previous month. The sound of the flute is flying in the dark', so don't give up." When he agreed, everyone around him praised him, but Li Chu felt a little uneasy when he thought about the content of the poem. Shen Zhenzhu said again: "The grandson's daughter-in-law is playing with the axe, dancing the wind and the moon, and talking about poetry, how can it compare to Li Taibai's case, and even less than His Majesty's arrogance. Your Majesty replied to the sentence written by Sima Chengzhen." "Baozhao contains the heaven and earth, the divine sword combines Yin and Yang; the sun and the moon are beautiful, and the stars cut the article" is the eternal masterpiece!"

Xuanzong was really happy, and said again: "I still have to test you with a question." Shen Zhenzhu had no choice but to answer "yes" and listened intently. "Tell me, why did I summon you in Xingqing Palace today?" The answer is right on the lips of Shen Zhenzhu. Xingqing Palace was originally the residence of the emperor when he was the king of Linzi.She tossed and tossed in her heart, thinking of the face of the emperor she had just peeped at, she was getting old, the years had passed, the hero was twilight, she felt sore in her heart, and she replied in a low voice: "My grandson-in-law is stupid..." Xuanzong's eyes moved, and her hesitation was exhausted. Looking at the bottom of the eye, there is a sense of praise in the eyes.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know!" Cui Caiping interrupted untimely. "Color screen—" the noble concubine called out as a reminder. "Hey, tell me about it." Xuanzong seemed to be interested. He looked at the excited Cui Caiping in front of him, and said to the imperial concubine, "Yuhuan, it's okay. Children, let's talk about it." When it came to Cui Caiping, she was encouraged and said loudly: "I heard from my mother that this Xingqing Palace is the most comfortable and luxurious, and the emperor likes it the most. Of course, he will summon us here!"

"Hahaha", Xuanzong laughed loudly, and said to the imperial concubine, "Yuhuan, Caiping is really interesting!" The imperial concubine became a little uncomfortable, and opened her mouth as if to retort, but finally held back.Xuanzong said to the prince again: "You have such a beautiful son and daughter-in-law, you will be envious of being a father." The concubine stood up and replied with a smile: "If Chu'er doesn't get the love and guidance of his father, how can he be blessed to marry such good two daughters-in-law!" Xuanzong said to the noble concubine with his beard: "It's a pity for your niece. The current generation is messed up." Cui Caiping is the daughter of the noble concubine's sister, Mrs. Han, who is half a generation older than Li Chu, so the emperor said so.

The noble concubine's expression had recovered, she smiled, and without answering, she put down the jade flute, took out the jewels and jade ornaments that had been prepared, and rewarded Shen Zhenzhu and Cui Caiping according to their positions. This is the first time for Shen Zhenzhu to see the emperor and the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine is so beautiful in the world and fascinates all living beings. The folks secretly use peonies as a metaphor for the imperial concubine. Luoyang is the most suitable flower for the land veins. The peony is especially strange in the world. Once the peony comes out, all the flowers in the world will be eclipsed. .Every step of the way is a dangerous palace, and she was shocked by the first experience of the gentle chat and laughter.The emperor hides his sophistication and viciousness while talking and laughing, the concubine hides his scheming in his gentleness, what will the prince and princess hide in their cowardice?Her palms were actually sweaty and greasy, and the jade ornaments given by the imperial concubine seemed to be unable to hold and almost slipped.Looking sideways at Li Chu beside him, with a slight smile on his face, his fair face was even more handsome.Sure enough, Xuanzong looked at him lovingly for a long time before saying, "Chu'er, what have you been doing recently?"

Li Chu replied: "Sun Er has recently studied "Zhou Li" with Wu Taifu." "Which one did you learn?" "It's Dongguan." Dongguan, also known as Shiguan, talks about the management of engineering construction and ditches, land, water conservancy, etc. It is the last chapter of "Zhou Li". Xuanzong pondered for a moment, and called out: "Preparation!" Before the words fell, Gao Lishi, the head of the inner court, led a maid who was waiting for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone out of the inner hall, and listened attentively. "King Guangping was granted the title of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment." The post of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment has been vacant for a long time due to the dispute between Li and Yang.The prince's face turned pale for a moment, and he seemed to be a little happy.Xuanzong had already said to Li Chu in an unquestionable tone, more like he said to the prince: "Chu'er is married, so you have to apply what you have learned."

The crown prince and Li Chu both knelt down to thank Shen Zhenzhu, Xuanzong laughed at Shen and Cui and said, "You don't need to thank me, you have to thank your concubine." Pointing at her, "If it weren't for such a proper granddaughter-in-law, I might not be willing to ask you!" Suddenly she smiled, and said: "Everyone retreat, I will make a banquet another day, and the family will have a good reunion." Li Chu, Shen Zhenzhu and his party bid farewell to the emperor, left the Xingqing Palace, bypassed the Datong Hall, there was a chariot waiting for them when they left the Xingqing Gate, and they walked for a long distance.Now the weather is getting hotter, the sun is shining directly on the head, Shen Zhenzhu has just recovered from a serious illness, her body is still weak, she is still closely following behind Li Chu who is walking forward quickly, Cui Caiping is already a bit fat, and her court clothes are thick, so she walked a few more steps , relying on the fact that he was favored recently, he murmured at first and couldn't hear what he said, seeing that Li Chu didn't respond, he simply raised his voice and called softly: "Your Highness, slow down, I can't walk anymore!" Li Chu turned around suddenly, looked at her coldly, and said in a low voice, "What did you say, say it again!" Cui Caiping met his sharp gaze, obediently bowed her head and stopped talking.Li Chu thought of her ugliness in the hall just now, and wanted to scold her a few words, but after thinking about it, it was really unnecessary, flicking his sleeves, he said: "Let's go!" "Your Highness, be careful!" At this moment, Shen Zhenzhu suddenly saw the white shadow flashing in front of her, and before she had time to think about it, she drew back and stood in front of Li Chu, "Bang", something hit her back hard, and she staggered forward Reeling, dizzy, unsteady standing, she threw herself firmly into Li Chu's arms.Li Chu suddenly felt his arms full of fragrance, and wrapped her arms around her waist, his hands were so frail, Ruo Shui's bright eyes met his own, while Jian Jian Qiu's eyes were shy and confused, with vague melancholy, he couldn't hold her up for a while. At his side, he took her arm lightly, but forgot to let go. Gao Lishi and a young eunuch ran out from behind the palace wall with a smile on his face. The little eunuch picked up the thing that hit the heavy pearl in three steps at a time - it turned out to be just a small leather ball, which was heavy and could never be hurt people.Gao Lishi patted the little eunuch on the forehead vigorously, and cursed: "You little bastard, I told you to be careful when you are having fun, but you were disobedient. Look, disturbing His Highness is really a capital crime!" The little eunuch knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your servant is guilty, my servant is guilty, I beg Your Highness to spare my servant this time, my servant will never dare again." Gao Lishi smiled again and said to Li Chu: "Your Highness, this little slave deserves to die, but as far as slaves see it, this is also a good thing." Li Chu asked: "How do you say that?" Gao Lishi smiled slyly, and said: "If it weren't for this small matter, how would Your Highness know that the princess loves His Highness beyond seas, and that she can stand up to her in times of crisis, haha." Gao Lishi said bluntly, Shen Zhenzhu instantly blushed like a peach, a flash of inspiration flashed in Li Chu's mind, he understood Zhuli, waved his hand, Gao Lishi pulled the little eunuch back. When Li Chu walked away, Gao Lishi took out a handful of change from his pocket and stuffed it into the hands of the little eunuch: "Your job is good today, go back and do your own work." , Gao Lishi has disappeared. Gao Lishi enters the Xingqing Palace and enters the Xingqing Palace. The imperial concubine is directing a group of musicians and dancers to rehearse singing and dancing.This time the rehearsal is the Zhezhi Dance, and the dancer is Xie Aman, the concubine's favorite dancer. She wears an embroidered curly-edged hat with pearls and golden bells on it, and she wears a thin purple blouse. , slender waist and narrow sleeves, silver vine flowers hanging on the body, brocade boots on the feet, dancing to the rhythm of drums, graceful and graceful, light and elegant, golden bells tinkling, brocade boots rustling. Xuanzong watched from the side with a smile, offering wine and snacks from left to right.He quietly walked to the emperor's side. "Is the matter settled?" the emperor still looked up at the song and dance rehearsal and asked. "Yes." Gao Lishi replied in a low voice. "Is it effective? Are the young couple better?" "Your Majesty, it is possible to see the look of King Guangping and his concubine with slaves and maidservants." Now he described the scene just now in a low voice. "No, no." Gao Lishi was counting on Xuanzong's praise, but Xuanzong shook his head again and again: "My grandson is stubborn, and I can't lose face, Lishi, your tricks are useless. You can take strong medicine." "Prescribe strong medicine!" Gao Lishi hesitated, and then smiled slightly: "This servant can't think of a way, please show me your Majesty." Xuanzong picked up the small wine glass and took a sip of the wine. The maids around him took it quickly, looked back at Gao Lishi's fatter body, and said with a smile: "Lishi, don't pretend to be in front of me, there are still things you can't think of in this world. Something? But..." Suddenly, he changed his mind and said, "This matter is quite interesting, and I would like to arrange it myself..."