Chapter 5 Five, purple drunk gold fans
Wang Ruo of Langya's royal family is about to become the concubine of Kui's mansion.
The news quickly spread throughout the capital, and everyone in the capital said that the Wang family had produced two queens and one concubine within a few years, which is really glorious.
Wearing the eunuch's clothes, Huang Zixia, who bears Yang Chonggu's name, followed the mighty Nazheng team through most of Chang'an City, listening to other people's discussions casually.
She touched her face. Before going out today, she found that she looked good. It seemed that she had had a good rest recently, so she could only go to the maid of the palace to trick some yellow powder over and rub it on her face to make herself look Don't have such a bright complexion - because, what I'm going to go to today is the mansion of the Langya Wang family in the capital.And it is very likely that she will meet her ex-husband-in fact, she has not officially divorced her yet-Wang Yun.
Although he and Wang Yun have not met formally, according to E Wang Li Run, he only secretly saw a side of himself in the palace three years ago, but he has to be careful and guard against it.She has decided that yellow powder will be her must-have item for going out in the future.
There are six rituals in marriage, and Na Cai, Wen Ming and Najib have all gone through the motions, so today she followed her as Na Zheng, that is, Xiapin.
After all, the Langya Wang family is a first-class noble family, and the mansion built in the capital is also magnificent.There are seven courtyards, two gardens in the east and west, and a mansion with high walls. The weather is extraordinary.
Wang Yun, the only son of the eldest son of the Wang family's generation, also has the demeanor of a child in black clothes.Although everyone in the world knows that Huang Zixia harmed his whole family because he didn't want to marry him, but after such a humiliating incident, he is still graceful and elegant, wearing a crimson gauze mid-sole, with a smiling face like a spring breeze At dawn, the demeanor is gentle and calm.It's not a century-old family that can't raise such a temperament.
King Kui, who was one of the most noble in the dynasty, married the daughter of the Langya Wang family, one of the most noble families, so the pomp was naturally different.In the long row of boxes and cages, the golden combs, jade rulers, and silver dowry bestowed by the concubines of the palaces are the most eye-catching.Wang Yun sent people to the courtyard where Wang Ruo lived, and sent people to greet them one by one and distribute red envelopes. The grand occasion of hundreds of people was neatly organized by him.
Huang Zixia and Suqi, a female official sent by the palace, came to Wang Yun, bowed and said: "The servants and servants were ordered to come here to teach the princess the rules of the palace and court affairs."
Wang Yun said, "I'm sorry to bother you two", but at the same time fixed his eyes on Huang Zixia's body, looked at it carefully, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Huang Zixia turned around and followed Nazheng envoy to the back garden with the female officer Suqi, but Wang Yun followed her all the way and asked, "What's your surname, father-in-law?"
She bit the bullet and replied, "Slave Yang Chonggu."
"Could it be that Yang Chonggu who broke the capital's 'Four Plans' before? It's better to be famous than to meet!" Wang Yun said pleasantly, and asked the female officer Suqi's name, and then sent them to the gate of the small courtyard before stopping. .
When Huang Zixia walked under the eaves, he always felt like a thorn in his back, and couldn't help but look back, but saw him standing at the gate of the courtyard, staring at him thoughtfully.Seeing her turn around, he smiled again, bowed his hands to her and said, "I'm going to eat Wufubing later, please don't delay, little eunuch."
She bowed her head and saluted: "Yes, I will pay my respects to the princess today, and I will start the formal teaching tomorrow." Because she has never read the etiquette book at all, and she has no way to talk about it.
After entering the corridor, four maids came up to greet her, and they all saluted to welcome her.There was a harmonious laughter in the house. When they entered, they saw that the house was full of flowers like brocade. In front of the window lattice, there was a embroidered curtain of Baoxiang lotus. People, all of them are brocade clothes and hairpins, accompanying Wang Ruo who is sitting on the glazed couch.
Wang Ruo's attire today is different from the day before yesterday. She is wearing a lotus-colored short skirt with half-arms. The red peony pattern is used on such a lively dress style, which shows a kind of cheerful and smooth beauty.She combed her hair in a concentric bun, with that beautiful colored glass on her hairpin, and two jasper hairpins inserted obliquely, both solemn and without losing her unique aura.
Huang Zixia thought to herself, what a woman who knows how to dress, she is actually very clear about her beauty.
Seeing the arrival of Nazheng, everyone stood up to greet him.Wang Ruoying bowed down and listened to the letter of appointment read out by Xue Shangshu, who was serving as the envoy of Nazheng this time.Huang Zixia listened to the long and cumbersome essays, and looked up at the scenery outside the window in boredom, only to see the swallows whispering in the beams, the spring is beautiful, and the world is full of vitality.
Wang Ruo received the letter of appointment, looked up and saw Huang Zixia, a smile of joy appeared on his lips unconsciously, and said: "I came from a humble background, I have never seen the majesty of the Tian family, and I don't know the etiquette in the palace. .”
Suqi hurriedly said: "Where, the princess is a lady, she is well-mannered, she will understand by analogy, it's no problem."
Wang Ruo just looked at her and smiled, like a child who doesn't understand the world.Although all the wives who accompanied her were all smiling, they were just the wives of the courtiers who were chosen by the dowagers in the palace to help with the affairs because of today's levy and the Wang family hadn't arrived yet.So among all the people in this mansion, apart from Wang Yun and the people she brought, Huang Zixia was the only one she had met once.
The joy of finally finding an acquaintance among the strangers in the room overflowed from Wang Ruo's face, making Huang Zixia who was standing in front of her feel a little ashamed.
She thought in her heart, is there really some conspiracy hidden behind such a beautiful and innocent woman?
When they were about to leave, Huang Zixia walked to the door, but felt that someone was secretly pulling her sleeve. Looking back, it turned out to be Wang Ruo, with a embarrassed look on her face.
She smiled, turned around and bowed to her: "What is the princess' order?"
Wang Ruo secretly said in a low voice: "It's great to meet you, here...all are strangers to me!"
Huang Zixia stared at her with a smile, and asked: "Isn't there the lady I saw in the car before? By the way, why didn't I see her accompany you today?"
"Oh...Because I was selected as the princess, my aunt hurried back to Langye to help me get my daily necessities," she said, with a slightly unnatural expression, and after thinking about it, she added, "She is getting older. , Maybe I won’t come back anymore, I’ll stay in my hometown to live my life.”
"Wouldn't the princess be a bit reluctant? After all, she is the aunt who raised you since childhood."
"Yeah, but there's nothing you can do about it. You have to get used to it. I'm fine. She's getting older, so I'm afraid it's hard to get used to it." She forced a smile, revealing a pair of dimples on her cheeks, "And I'm Didn’t I know you? I was trembling in the morning, worried that the one who would come to teach me would be a very serious and rigid old eunuch, but I really didn’t expect it to be you.”
Huang Zixia smiled and said: "It's because the princess has good intentions, so the slaves are lucky to ride with the princess."
After chatting nonsense, Suqi came over and called her out, and the two of them went to the lobby for refreshments.The Wufu cakes of the Wang family are naturally different from those in ordinary restaurants and teahouses. Five kinds of small cakes made of poria cocos, hawthorn, pine nuts, red dates, and sesame are served in a crystal plate. Wang Yun personally brought them to Huang Zixia, and asked her with a smile: " What kind of flavor does the little eunuch like?"
Huang Zixia glanced at it, and before he could speak, he had already taken Poria cocos and put it in front of her, and said: "My cook is good at making cakes, and the Poria cocos cakes I make have never tasted like medicine, and they still retain the fragrant and glutinous taste. If you don’t believe me, try it. Of course, it’s best to try every flavor.
Huang Zixia quickly thanked him, then took a white Poria cocos cake and ate it slowly.Wang Yun sat down beside her and asked, "Where is the little eunuch's origin? Is he from the capital?"
She nodded and said, "This servant is from the suburbs of Beijing."
He added: "You seem to have a little Shu accent when you speak, have you lived in Shu?"
Huang Zixia shook her head and said, "I haven't lived there before. But the servant's mother is from Shu."
"Oh……"
"My maidservant cleansed herself when she was young, and was assigned to Jiucheng Palace by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now she is in Prince Kui's Mansion. Because I know a few words, the prince asked me to teach the princess this time. It is a great honor for this servant." She calmly pulled out the servant Sheng and Kui's mansion acted as a cover for themselves, but Wang Yun did not speak any more, and only looked at her face and expression carefully, with doubts and wavering in his eyes.
However, he was always a prudent person after all, so he changed the topic and only smiled: "I'm just asking casually. Little eunuch, I don't know the rules in the palace and the palace, are they cumbersome?"
She naturally said: "Not too many, the princess is very smart, and she will definitely know all of them within a few days."
"It seems...too much." Looking at the twenty or thirty thick books that Li Shubai threw in front of her, Huang Zixia was dumbfounded: "There are so many rules in the palace and palace?" "No." Li Shubai said slowly. She breathed a sigh of relief: "A part of it isn't it?" "No, it's just a part," Li Shubai said lightly, "and it's just a part of the palace's rules." Huang Zixia had the urge to vomit blood: "I'm going to finish all these in a few days and teach your princess?" "No, I should finish learning tonight and memorize them all." "I don't think anyone can memorize these?" She couldn't believe it. Li Shubai glanced at her, randomly took out a book and threw it in front of her, saying: "Turn through any page and pick one." Huang Zixia opened it and looked at it: "Thirty-fifth, New Year's Day, Article 19." "Thirty-fifth, New Year's Day, the nineteenth. On the vernal equinox, the kitchen gives spring pancakes as a rule. The example of rewards: ten bolts of silk and five bolts of cloth; eight bolts of silk and three bolts of cloth; five bolts of silk and three bolts of cloth for attendants. The first-class courtiers in the mansion will be given ten liang of silver, the second-class five liang, and the third-class three liang. The rest of the miscellaneous people will be given one liang of silver." The corner of Huang Zixia's mouth twitched, took another book, and opened it: "Sixteenth, talk, fourth." "Sixteen, lectures, fourth. The imperial court assigns lecturers to the kings, who give lectures every five days, and they are called Wang Fu. Before the crown, Fu chooses poems, books, rituals and music to discuss it, and after the crown, the king can choose by himself. Ten If you teach it every day, you can never lose what you learn.” No wonder this person can casually tell all the information about any guard around him.Huang Zixia really admired him, and opened another book: "Twenty-Four, Pavilions and Pavilions, Ninety-third." Li Shubai finally paused, she looked at him proudly: "Is it finally gone?" "Of course not. There are only ninety rules in pavilions and pavilions. Where did ninety-three come from?" Huang Zixia had no choice but to look at him with admiration: "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen someone with such an unforgettable memory like you." "As long as you put your heart into it, there is nothing you can't remember." Li Shubai said, raised his hand and pressed on the pile of books on the table, and the corners of his lips raised an almost invisible arc, "So, tomorrow I will use the same The way to test you, you'd better be careful." ... Huang Zixia watched him leave, wailed involuntarily, and lay down on the table.
In any case, although it is impossible to memorize all the rules overnight, Huang Zixia worked hard to cheer up, at least read it once, and wrote down the general idea. Before going to Wang's house on the second day, I thought I would accept Li Shubai's thunderstorm test, but I got up early in the morning to see Li Shubai, but I heard that the prince had already got up today to inspect the left guard in the capital, and only left a message, saying Yang Chonggu If you have just arrived at the palace, if you are not familiar with the rules, you can take the book to the princess to teach. She breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she was a little depressed - what, it scared her so much that she didn't sleep all night, is it fun?
Today, Wang Ruo is wearing a light blue robe, with entangled flower branches blooming on her cuffs and skirts, her black hair is loosely tied up, and only two or three pink pearl flowers are inserted on her temples, she looks charming and playful. An indescribable charm. When she saw Huang Zixia approaching, she couldn't stop smiling. She raised the corner of her skirt and walked quickly to the door to meet her. Her smile was like a flower, and even Huang Zixia was infected. The two became friends for many years. "In the morning, Aunt Suqi told me about the concubines, princesses and other royal relatives in the palace. I can't remember so many people! Aunt Suqi then said, you have to tell me more rules. Oh, what to do, I am a little troubled." Huang Zixia comforted her with a smile: "Don't worry, the princess is smart and sensible, and she can remember it very quickly." "That's not true. When I was young, I learned the piano, and it was the simplest song... oh, running water. In the end, everyone else learned it faster than me. My aunt always said that I was stupid, and I was so anxious to death!" She said, as if Feeling guilty, he hurriedly asked again: "Are the rules in the palace difficult to learn?" "It should be fine. The concubine comes from a century-old family, and maybe there are more rules in the family." Huang Zixia said, handing the brochure he brought to her, watching her look embarrassed, and added another sentence, " This is just a part of the law in the palace, after the princess finishes reading it, I will bring others over next time."
Huang Zixia ate snacks all afternoon, watching Wang Ruo seriously study the laws of the Wangfu, and also looked at the laws of the Wangfu in a guilty conscience.If my teacher is not as good as the princess, that would be a shame. But looking at the law today, after all, I am not as nervous as last night.She looked at it, she didn't know where Shen Si flew, her eyes wandered around the room, and suddenly found that Wang Ruo was holding the book and was in a daze. Huang Zixia saw that she was still not moving, so she closed the law in her hand and asked, "What is the princess thinking?" "I'm thinking...some things Aunt Suqi taught me before." She said hesitantly. Huang Zixia smiled and asked, "What did Aunt Suqi say?" "Aunt Suqi told me about "The Commandments for Women". In the article "Concentrate", she said: "If a virgin does not marry a second husband, the husband can remarry, but the wife must never remarry. Nowadays, there are many women in my court because of It is really against the norms to be dissatisfied with her husband's family and go down to court. A woman is chaste and dies from one end, and the royal family attaches more importance to this matter.'” Huang Zixia nodded, and said, ""The Commandments of Women" was first introduced in the boudoir, and Aunt Suqi is just talking about it as usual. Does the princess feel it?" "I... have read it before," Wang Ruo said hastily, "I just suddenly thought of one or two things, and I feel confused." "I don't know what it is? Can the princess tell me?" "That's right... I heard that Empress Wu was a talented person of Emperor Taizong, and Concubine Yang Gui of Xuanzong was Princess Shou..." She said hesitantly. Huang Zixia didn't expect it to be such an eternal problem, so many historians couldn't cover up their faults, so what could she do?So he had no choice but to smile wryly and said: "This dynasty... indeed, there are some things that are hard to say." "Then, in the Han Dynasty, there was also Emperor Wudi's mother, Wang, who married and gave birth to a daughter outside the palace, then abandoned her husband and daughter, pretending that she was the first marriage and entered the palace, and finally her mother was in the world...isn't it?" Huang Zixia was dumbfounded for a long time, and finally he could only say: "I am a great land of China and Kyushu. Throughout the history of thousands of years, there will always be one or two people who are different, but they are still a minority." Wang Ruo looked down at the book on the table, and asked hesitantly: "Then, Chonggu, do you think that a woman like Queen Wang who hides her marriage history and enters the palace as a queen, if Emperor Han Jing finds out, she...how will she end up?" Huang Zixia couldn't help laughing, and said: "Why do the princess worry about the ancients? The queen finally became the queen mother, and her family was full of wealth. His son Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later found out that his mother had a daughter with a commoner, and he personally visited her and called her sister. .I think the royal family also has feelings, and everything can be deduced with common sense." "Hmm... I think so too." She hugged the scroll in her arms, but her face still had that dazed look on her face. Huang Zixia secretly went over what he said just now, but couldn't grasp the point, so he put down his thoughts first, followed Wang Ruo's gaze to look forward, and found a peony on the table. This peony is exactly that beautiful colored glaze, and now it is offered in a large crystal basin, filled with shallow water, just dipped the flower branch, and raised that flower.But the flowers looked haggard after all, the petals were slightly curled up, and one or two petals were missing. When Wang Ruo saw her staring at the flower, her face flushed, and she lowered her head to roll up the book, with an uncomfortably shy look on her face. It's so strange, looking at it like this, it seems that she really cares about King Kui. Huang Zixia thought silently in her heart.She deeply felt Wang Ruo's yearning for Li Shubai from a young girl who was just in love, so she was a little confused for a while, as if her mood was also infected by Wang Ruo's mood. Wang Ruo lowered his head and caressed the beautiful colored glass in the water, and said timidly, "Chonggu, you must be laughing at me in your heart." "Why am I laughing at you?" Huang Zixia laughed. She shyly raised her hand to cover her face, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if you can feel my mood...I, I have been imagining what my future husband will be like, and how I will live in the future." What kind of day, what kind of person would make me Si Luoyi Qiaomu... But, the moment I was brought into the apse and looked up to see King Kui, I understood everything, and for a moment, I seemed to see clearly The road ahead of my life, I don't seem to be afraid of the future at all... I saw him standing in the light, holding this peony in his hand, his whole body was as transparent as jade... I knew in an instant that he was me A lifetime of people..." Thinking about the situation when Wang Ruochu met Li Shubai, Huang Zixia felt that this was not the case, but he still smiled and said, "You can tell from your appearance at that time." "You can't tell anyone else." "Okay." Sitting beside her, Huang Zixia looked at her blushing cheeks, with eager longing in her eyes, and suddenly, like a dream, a certain early summer dusk flashed before her eyes.By the pond full of dragonflies flying, she turned around holding the lotus in her arms, and saw the boy who was looking at her from afar. Unknowingly, she also fell into a blurred mood.When I came back to my senses, I felt a slight pain in my heart. Turning her head to see the red sun slanting to the west, she slowly stood up and said: "I should go back, Wangfei can save these laws and regulations first." "Okay." Wang Ruo's hands were still stroking the peony petals unconsciously, but it only made the flowers look more damaged. Huang Zixia walked to the door, and saw the wisteria in the small courtyard blooming all over, and the enchanting purple lingered on the shelves like mist.The setting sun in spring is dazzling golden, shining on the wisteria, and the whole courtyard is full of colorful gold and purple.Suddenly, her chest was touched for a moment, and she felt Wang Ruo's shy and timid joy. So she turned her head to look at Wang Ruo, and said with a smile: "Princess, don't worry, I won't tell others, I will only tell the prince that the princess still treasures the beautiful glass that the prince gave her. " Shamed and annoyed, Wang Ruo stood up and stomped at her: "Oh, you..." Huang Zixia smiled and left early.
The carriage that came to pick her up from Prince Kui's residence had already stopped at the gate of Wang's house.She got into the carriage and passed through the streets and alleys of Chang'an all the way. When she was near Dongshi, the coachman suddenly reined in the horse and stopped it. She also wanted to see who was so bold as to stop the carriage of Prince Kui's mansion, but when she lifted the curtain of the carriage, she found that the carriage was parked beside a restaurant, her head was in front of the window on the second floor, and someone was standing there looking down. Under the setting sun, he was dressed in purple, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on him, just as dazzling as the purple and golden vines in Wang Ruo's small courtyard.He was looking at her in the car below with his usual casual eyes, but there was no expression on his face that looked deeper in the setting sun that could reveal his emotions. King Kui was watching her upstairs, so she naturally didn't dare to neglect her.Jumped out of the car, entered the restaurant, went upstairs to the private room and knocked on the door.Immediately, someone came to open the door, it was the eunuch Jingyang who followed Li Shubai every day.He hadn't recovered from the cold yet, so he ordered Huang Zixia to take good care of the prince, took him to the door and went out. In the private room, there were not only her and Li Shubai, but also King Zhao Li and King E Li Run who were also dressed in micro-clothes, and a woman who was sitting in front of the piano table and fiddled slowly.The woman looked to be in her forties, and her facial features were very beautiful, but her face was quite haggard.When she saw Huang Zixia coming in, she didn't speak, but nodded slightly at her, and played lightly on the piano, the sound of the piano was clear and moving, very moving. When Li Shubai saw her looking at the woman, he said: "She is Chen Nianniang, Dong Tinglan's reincarnated disciple. The day before yesterday, I heard from King Zhao that she had arrived here in Chang'an. I made an appointment with King E to listen to her piano skills." Since this dynasty, Huhua's musical instruments and music in the Western Regions have been very popular for a while. The lyre is often appreciated by few people because of its "insipid ancient sound, not worthy of modern human feelings". However, Dong Tinglan was very popular with her superb piano skills in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Gao Shi also wrote a poem for him: "Mo Chou has no confidant in the future, and no one in the world knows the king." Huang Zixia hurriedly nodded to the woman. Zhao Wang Li beside him said with a smile: "Fourth brother, this little eunuch is very important to you now, what are you busy with today?" "He has a very good memory. I asked him to go to the Wang family to teach the laws of the Wangfu." "Oh, besides being able to solve crimes, does he also have the ability of Fourth Brother's photographic memory?" Li You asked with a smile. Li Shubai only hummed slightly, and didn't speak any more.Seeing the setting sun slanting on Chen Nianniang's eyes, Huang Zixia frowned slightly as she lowered her eyes, then walked over and gently lowered the bamboo curtain in front of her. Li laughed again: "Chong Gu is really a meticulous person." Chen Nianniang's song "Zouyu" was coming to the end, the golden sound was resonating, and the long ringing in the air was forgetful. No one answered Li's words.I could only hear the lingering sound, gentle and benevolent, but Chen Nianniang put her hands on the piano, calmed down a little, and then got up to salute everyone. Li Run praised: "It's really wonderful, you can imagine Dong Da's style back then." Li also said: "It's really good. Are you interested in joining the teaching workshop? Maybe we can recommend it for you." Chen Nianniang shook her head slowly: "I'm already old, and now I'm working as a violin teacher in Yunshao Garden in the south of the Yangtze River and teaching art, and my life is worry-free. I'm afraid I can't adapt to the teaching workshop anymore." Li asked, "Then why did you come to Beijing this time?" Chen Nianniang said: "Back then I was studying art under the teacher's school with my senior sister Feng Yiniang. We had a very good relationship. After that, we supported each other and became companions for many years. A few months ago, Yiniang suddenly said goodbye to me, saying that she would escort the daughter of an old friend. Arriving in Chang'an, at least three or four months, at least one or two months. But now she has been gone for more than five months, not only has she not heard from her, but also, I asked everyone, and found that no one Knowing why she came to Chang'an and who she was escorting, I had no choice but to go to Beijing alone to find out the news. Unexpectedly, not only did I find no one, but I also ran out of money around me. Fortunately, I met a few brothers and sisters from the past, and introduced me to Chang'an. Only with this vending skill can I meet the nobleman." Li Run smiled and said, "I know what you mean, I hope I can help you find the whereabouts of Senior Sister, don't you?" "Exactly, if I can get the whereabouts of my senior sister, I will be very grateful!" Li Run said: "However, Chang'an said that it is not big, and it is not small. How about this, I will write you a letter, you can go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, and ask them to draw a picture for you to search for." Chen Nianniang was overjoyed, bowed deeply to him, and said: "You don't need to bother to draw a special picture. I have a small portrait that my senior sister and I drew together a few years ago. I have always carried it with me. It is very similar to us. Just take it over and show them.” "That would be great. You can give us the little portrait, and I will write first." Li Shubai gave a look, Huang Zixia obediently went to the door again, and asked the shopkeeper for pens and inks.Li Run was writing letters beside him, while Chen Nianniang sat in front of the piano and adjusted the strings one by one.Sitting opposite her, Huang Zixia helped her open the rosin powder box, and wiped the strings carefully. Because of her carefulness just now, Chen Nianniang liked her very much. Looking at her hands, she asked, "Can my little father-in-law know how to play the piano?" "I learned pipa and konghou before, but I didn't have the patience, so I only learned a little bit, and then I wasted it." "It's a pity, your hands are very suitable for playing the piano." Huang Zixia was a little surprised, and said, "No one has ever said that my palms are pretty." "Your palm looks more powerful, and if you play the piano or pipa, your palm needs to be a little bigger, and you can span a little longer when pressing the strings." Huang Zixia smiled and said, "I guess it was because I used to like to kill people, so that's why it happened." As soon as he talked about shooting Ju, Li came over and said, "Hey, you little eunuch also likes to play polo? Let's play polo another day and call you." Huang Zixia hurriedly said, "It's just that I have played one or two rounds before." "I really can't see that you dare to play polo with such a thin body. It's a matter of losing an arm and breaking a leg at any time." Li said, stretching out his hand to pinch his shoulder, Huang Zixia leaned back slightly, After glancing at Li Shubai, he turned a blind eye and only coughed lightly. Hearing Li Shubai cough lightly, Li turned around with a smile and walked back, sitting beside him.Huang Zixia continued to lower her head to arrange the rosin powder, and when she looked up occasionally, she saw Chen Nianniang's drooping face, high nose bridge and small chin, and thought to herself, she and his own mother had similar outlines. Before I knew it, I became close to her, and asked if I had nothing to do, "Nian Niang, if I really want to learn the piano, which pieces should I learn from?" "For beginners, "Qing Yi", "Chang Si" and "Dong Li Ju" are all good songs for beginners, people like it, the score is also simple, and it is easy to learn." Huang Zixia suddenly remembered something, and asked, "How about using "Flowing Water" to get started?" "My little father-in-law was joking. It is very difficult to play "Flowing Water" well. Even my master played "Flowing Water" back then. "Then, is there any introductory track whose name starts with Liu?" Chen Nianniang thought for a while, and said: "I have been in Jiangnan for so long, and I have taught many pieces, but I don't remember which piano piece begins with Liuzi." "What about those with almost the same pronunciation, such as Liu, Liu, and Liu?" "There is Liuyao, but it's a big song for pipa. Speaking of willow, there's Zheliu, which is easy to learn." Huang Zixia shook her head, and said, "It's not the folded willow, but the first character is the word willow." Chen Nianniang thought about it, and suddenly let out a soft ouch, and said: "There is indeed a song, which is easy to learn, but it is soft and lingering, and it is popular in Yangzhou, like many girls in our Yunshaoyuan. I will teach you when I learn it. The name of the song is "Liu Mian". But like my father-in-law, you are from the capital, and you are in the royal palace, so you must not know it." Thinking of the shy Wang Ruo, Huang Zixia felt a little embarrassed, and said, "That's not expected." "I think it's the same. Girls from good families don't learn common music in the market."
While the two were talking, Li Run's letter had already been written and stamped with his own seal. Huang Zixia was familiar with Chang'an, so she followed Chen Nianniang to pick up the small portraits of her and Feng Yiniang, letting Chen Nianniang relax and leave the matter to her, and then casually opened the small scroll to take a look. On the small statue are two women, one sitting and the other standing.Sitting is Chen Nianniang, and she looks very similar, with vivid eyebrows and eyes.The standing person leaned on Chen Nianniang's body, his smiling eyebrows and eyes curved like a new moon. Although he was in his forties, he still had an indescribable charm. Huang Zixia looked intently at the woman in the painting, and asked, "Is this Feng Yiniang?" "Yes, my senior sister was born beautiful." "It can be seen that Chunlan and Qiuju are all beauties." Huang Zixia said slowly. "My senior sister's charm and posture are extremely beautiful, but it is difficult to express in the portrait. When you see her, you will understand." Chen Nianniang laughed. Yes, only by seeing it with your own eyes can you feel the amiable charm.Huang Zixia said in his heart, but you don't know that I just met her a few days ago, in the outskirts of Chang'an, she was in the car with King Kui's future concubine, Wang Ruo, and even invited me to go with her. The daughter of the Wang family of Langya was traveling with a luthier from Yunshaoyuan, Yangzhou, and she kept claiming that she was her family member—there seemed to be quite a lot of strange things about Wang Ruo. From this point of view, the so-called daughter of an old friend should be Wang Ruo.And Wang Ruo, a high-ranking lady from the royal family of Langya, how could her parents get to know Feng Yiniang well, and even entrust their daughter to her to go to Chang'an together? She thought about it, and decided not to tell Chen Nianniang, after all, there are many people who look similar in the world, so she should pretend not to know, maybe the household department has the registration information of Feng Yiniang, and see what the Langya Wang family wrote about her identity of. She put away the portrait, bid farewell to Chen Nianniang with her usual expression, and got into the carriage. When she got into the car, Chen Nianniang thought of something again, pointed to the small portrait in her arms and said: "The portrait is too small, so I didn't draw it. In fact, there is a mole between Yiniang's left eyebrow. Anyone who has seen her will know it." Note." Huang Zixia thought carefully about the woman in Wang Ruo's carriage that day, but only remembered that she was wearing a forehead that covered her eyebrows impartially. She was a little frustrated, so she nodded first and wrote it down.The carriage started and headed towards Hubu.
The three provinces and six ministries of this dynasty are all within the imperial city.She entered the door and went to the household department.Chief Hu, who was on duty that day, was very enthusiastic and helped her check the files of women who had been in Beijing in recent months. In the end, either the age was wrong or the description of appearance was wrong, and no one named Feng Yiniang was found. After thanking Mr. Hu, she turned around and seemed to want to leave, then remembered something, smiled awkwardly and approached the manager, and said in a low voice: "Mr. , I wonder if it is possible..." "If you have something to say, please tell me." King Kui is now more and more powerful in the court, and Mr. Hu naturally dare not neglect the people around him, so he hastened to surrender. "It's like this. Our prince has already hired the daughter of the Wang family, and we are going to get married soon. I also went to the palace a few days ago. Unfortunately, my memory is really bad. The people around the prospective princess, although they are all right. I notified my name, but I can't remember any of them... I heard that those family members came to Beijing with our princess-to-be. I don't know if the master can do me a favor and show me the family members. register?" "It's a small matter," Mr. Hu immediately turned back, took out a volume from last month's file, and said, "I remember very clearly that on the 26th of last month, I was invited by Langya Wang's family to register. The girl from the fourth room... yes, this is the one, there are four of them in total." Huang Zixia hurriedly looked at that page, only to see the registration: Household registration in this dynasty is quite strict, especially since the capital city is at the foot of the emperor, people who migrated from other places, even if they live temporarily, need to report to the Ministry of Household. "Oh, I only have the names of these two girls. It seems that I have to inquire about the others shamelessly." Huang Zixia pretended to be frustrated, thanked Mr. Hu, and went to pack up his things and leave. Just as she was putting away the small portrait, she suddenly turned her head and caught a glimpse of a small official from the household department looking at the small portrait, showing a very surprised expression. She then asked, "Master, have you seen the woman in the painting?" "This... I've seen someone who is somewhat similar to her, but it's not necessarily the same..." He hesitated, as if he couldn't speak. Huang Zixia hurriedly asked: "Where did you meet?" The little official hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yizhuang in the west of the city." Yizhuang.As soon as these two words entered Huang Zixia's ears, she immediately frowned, with an ominous premonition in her heart.Those that appeared in Yizhuang were handled by the household department. Generally speaking, they were all nameless corpses. Sure enough, the little official turned around and took out a booklet from the cabinet, saying: "There are more than ten Youzhou refugees on the west side of the city. They all got sick a few days ago and all died. There is a deceased person whose appearance is very similar to the woman you are looking for." As he spoke, he opened the booklet and read: "A certain woman of the deceased, unknown, about forty years of age, five feet three inches in length, plump and finely slender, very fair skin, thick black hair, Fengyi Longzhun, left eyebrow There is a mole." Mole on the left eyebrow. Huang Zixia straightened up immediately, and said in a hurried voice, "Is this corpse still in Yizhuang? Can the master tell me to go and check it?" The little official put the book back, shook his head and said: "This is not possible. Those people died of serious diseases. As usual, their bodies and relics have been burned and buried deeply." "That's...that's nothing to do." She said, carefully rolled up the small portrait, thanked the little official, and said, "It seems that I still have to go to the capital to find out if there is any other There is a similar person in this painting. If there is no one, I have no choice but to tell the old lady that he may be dead." She turned around and left the household department, and the road was full of cars and horses.She looked at the small portrait repeatedly, looked at the two smiling women on it, and was silent, thinking about what Wang Ruo had said before. She said, I was selected as the princess, so my aunt hurried back to Langye to help me get my daily necessities. Her expression at that time was slightly unnatural, and then she hastily added that when she was old, she might not come back again, and she should stay in her hometown to live her life. Not coming back.This is really not coming back. Huang Zixia thought of the pair of shallow dimples on Wang Ruo's cheeks, and the extremely cute and shy expression, but felt that his expression was slightly dazed, as if he was fascinated by the wisteria in front of the small courtyard.
Huang Zixia didn't look for Chen Nianniang, she went back to Kui Wang's mansion first, put the small portrait in front of Li Shubai, explained the affairs of the household department in detail, and then pointed to her eyebrows: "Feng Yiniang and that female corpse, the left eyebrow There is a mole between her eyebrows. But I couldn't see whether the old woman who was with Wang Ruo had a mole between her eyebrows that day." “无论如何，是个可以着手的点。”李舒白难得露出愉快的神情，将捧在手中的琉璃瓶轻轻放在案头，琉璃瓶中的小鱼略微受惊，摆了一下那长长的尾巴。 “一个扬州来的乐坊琴师，陪同一个高门世家的女子到京城选妃，然后死在幽州流民之中，听起来，里面应该有很多值得深究的事情，”李舒白显然对于她拿回来的情报很满意，有一种唯恐天下不乱的欣慰，“你那边，有其他觉得不对劲的事吗？” 黄梓瑕拔下自己发上的簪子，在桌上画着：“我以为……” 话音刚落，她又将自己的手赶紧抬起，将自己散落下来的满头长发拢住，然后又立即用簪子束好。 李舒白望着她不说话，她讷讷地将手放下，说：“习惯了，老是忘记自己现在是小宦官，只有一根簪子束着发……” “什么怪毛病，一二三四都记不住。”李舒白微皱眉头，从案上扯了一张澄心堂纸丢给她。 黄梓瑕取过旁边一支笔，理了一下自己的思绪，然后在纸上依次写上一二三，说：“第一点，是之前我们说过的，王若的生辰问题；第二，便是王若的身后主使，到底是谁，与琅邪王家有无关系；第三，据陈念娘说，冯忆娘是临时护送故人之女进京，可我感觉，他们应该之前就认识，因为王妃的琴很可能就是冯忆娘教的，学的第一首曲子就是扬州院坊内的那些曲子……比如《柳绵》。” “琅邪王家百年大族，居然让一个扬州乐坊里出来的琴师教导姑娘这种曲子，并且还请她陪护族女赴京候选王妃，这是最大疑点。另外……”李舒白目光微冷，声音也转而缓慢低沉，“冯忆娘的死，也许是他们觉察到冯忆娘不应该再存在这个世界上了，不然可能会带来不必要的麻烦。” “但如今待证实的问题是，那个和冯忆娘相似的死去的女人，到底是不是她。毕竟，世上长相相似者常有，一张小像做不得证，我当时又没有看清王妃身边那个大娘的左眉。” 李舒白微皱眉头，以手指轻敲着书桌，须臾，说：“以我对户部那群差役的了解，那些能偷懒处且偷懒的家伙，焚尸深埋是必定做不到的。” 黄梓瑕心里升起一股不祥的预感，不由自主地觉得头皮有点发麻。 果然，李舒白拉开抽屉丢给她一个小金鱼，说：“崇仁坊董仲舒墓旁周宅，你去找他家小少爷周子秦去。” 黄梓瑕当然还记得这个立志当仵作的周家小少爷的事迹，那种不祥的预感更浓厚了：“王爷要我去是？” 他看着她，唇角又露出那种微微向上的弧度。真奇怪，明明应该是对着她在笑，却让她觉得毛骨悚然，油然冒出一种自己马上就又要被面前人踹下池塘的预感。 果然，他说：“当然是和周子秦一起把尸体挖出来验一验。” 黄梓瑕觉得自己快要崩溃了！ “夔王爷！我是个姑娘家！我是个年方十七岁的姑娘家！你让我半夜三更带着一个陌生男人去挖尸体？” “你以前不是经常跟着你爹去查案吗？我想你见过的尸体必定不少。”面对她的血泪控诉，李舒白毫不动容，只用眼角轻轻瞥了她一下，“还是说，其实为父母伸冤之类的话，你只是喊喊而已，根本也没真心实意要去做？” “……”黄梓瑕看着他那微微扬起的唇角，眉梢那种看好戏的神情，心中满是愤懑，但听得他提起自己的父母，一时间，那种冷水浇头的冰凉透骨仿佛又在她的身上蔓延。 黄梓瑕，你当时不是已经下定决心，要将世间一切置之度外，唯有家人的血仇，才是你活下来的理由吗？ 用力咬一咬牙，她一把抓过桌上的小金鱼，转身就走。 李舒白听着外面的更漏，说：“走快点吧，初更天快到了，京城要开始宵禁了。” 她回头怒吼：“给我弄一匹马！” 他扬手打发她走：“两匹，快点去！”
"It seems...too much." Looking at the twenty or thirty thick books that Li Shubai threw in front of her, Huang Zixia was dumbfounded: "There are so many rules in the palace and palace?" "No." Li Shubai said slowly. She breathed a sigh of relief: "A part of it isn't it?" "No, it's just a part," Li Shubai said lightly, "and it's just a part of the palace's rules." Huang Zixia had the urge to vomit blood: "I'm going to finish all these in a few days and teach your princess?" "No, I should finish learning tonight and memorize them all." "I don't think anyone can memorize these?" She couldn't believe it. Li Shubai glanced at her, randomly took out a book and threw it in front of her, saying: "Turn through any page and pick one." Huang Zixia opened it and looked at it: "Thirty-fifth, New Year's Day, Article 19." "Thirty-fifth, New Year's Day, the nineteenth. On the vernal equinox, the kitchen gives spring pancakes as a rule. The example of rewards: ten bolts of silk and five bolts of cloth; eight bolts of silk and three bolts of cloth; five bolts of silk and three bolts of cloth for attendants. The first-class courtiers in the mansion will be given ten liang of silver, the second-class five liang, and the third-class three liang. The rest of the miscellaneous people will be given one liang of silver." The corner of Huang Zixia's mouth twitched, took another book, and opened it: "Sixteenth, talk, fourth." "Sixteen, lectures, fourth. The imperial court assigns lecturers to the kings, who give lectures every five days, and they are called Wang Fu. Before the crown, Fu chooses poems, books, rituals and music to discuss it, and after the crown, the king can choose by himself. Ten If you teach it every day, you can never lose what you learn.” No wonder this person can casually tell all the information about any guard around him.Huang Zixia really admired him, and opened another book: "Twenty-Four, Pavilions and Pavilions, Ninety-third." Li Shubai finally paused, she looked at him proudly: "Is it finally gone?" "Of course not. There are only ninety rules in pavilions and pavilions. Where did ninety-three come from?" Huang Zixia had no choice but to look at him with admiration: "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen someone with such an unforgettable memory like you." "As long as you put your heart into it, there is nothing you can't remember." Li Shubai said, raised his hand and pressed on the pile of books on the table, and the corners of his lips raised an almost invisible arc, "So, tomorrow I will use the same The way to test you, you'd better be careful." ... Huang Zixia watched him leave, wailed involuntarily, and lay down on the table.
In any case, although it is impossible to memorize all the rules overnight, Huang Zixia worked hard to cheer up, at least read it once, and wrote down the general idea. Before going to Wang's house on the second day, I thought I would accept Li Shubai's thunderstorm test, but I got up early in the morning to see Li Shubai, but I heard that the prince had already got up today to inspect the left guard in the capital, and only left a message, saying Yang Chonggu If you have just arrived at the palace, if you are not familiar with the rules, you can take the book to the princess to teach. She breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she was a little depressed - what, it scared her so much that she didn't sleep all night, is it fun?
Today, Wang Ruo is wearing a light blue robe, with entangled flower branches blooming on her cuffs and skirts, her black hair is loosely tied up, and only two or three pink pearl flowers are inserted on her temples, she looks charming and playful. An indescribable charm. When she saw Huang Zixia approaching, she couldn't stop smiling. She raised the corner of her skirt and walked quickly to the door to meet her. Her smile was like a flower, and even Huang Zixia was infected. The two became friends for many years. "In the morning, Aunt Suqi told me about the concubines, princesses and other royal relatives in the palace. I can't remember so many people! Aunt Suqi then said, you have to tell me more rules. Oh, what to do, I am a little troubled." Huang Zixia comforted her with a smile: "Don't worry, the princess is smart and sensible, and she can remember it very quickly." "That's not true. When I was young, I learned the piano, and it was the simplest song... oh, running water. In the end, everyone else learned it faster than me. My aunt always said that I was stupid, and I was so anxious to death!" She said, as if Feeling guilty, he hurriedly asked again: "Are the rules in the palace difficult to learn?" "It should be fine. The concubine comes from a century-old family, and maybe there are more rules in the family." Huang Zixia said, handing the brochure he brought to her, watching her look embarrassed, and added another sentence, " This is just a part of the law in the palace, after the princess finishes reading it, I will bring others over next time."
Huang Zixia ate snacks all afternoon, watching Wang Ruo seriously study the laws of the Wangfu, and also looked at the laws of the Wangfu in a guilty conscience.If my teacher is not as good as the princess, that would be a shame. But looking at the law today, after all, I am not as nervous as last night.She looked at it, she didn't know where Shen Si flew, her eyes wandered around the room, and suddenly found that Wang Ruo was holding the book and was in a daze. Huang Zixia saw that she was still not moving, so she closed the law in her hand and asked, "What is the princess thinking?" "I'm thinking...some things Aunt Suqi taught me before." She said hesitantly. Huang Zixia smiled and asked, "What did Aunt Suqi say?" "Aunt Suqi told me about "The Commandments for Women". In the article "Concentrate", she said: "If a virgin does not marry a second husband, the husband can remarry, but the wife must never remarry. Nowadays, there are many women in my court because of It is really against the norms to be dissatisfied with her husband's family and go down to court. A woman is chaste and dies from one end, and the royal family attaches more importance to this matter.'” Huang Zixia nodded, and said, ""The Commandments of Women" was first introduced in the boudoir, and Aunt Suqi is just talking about it as usual. Does the princess feel it?" "I... have read it before," Wang Ruo said hastily, "I just suddenly thought of one or two things, and I feel confused." "I don't know what it is? Can the princess tell me?" "That's right... I heard that Empress Wu was a talented person of Emperor Taizong, and Concubine Yang Gui of Xuanzong was Princess Shou..." She said hesitantly. Huang Zixia didn't expect it to be such an eternal problem, so many historians couldn't cover up their faults, so what could she do?So he had no choice but to smile wryly and said: "This dynasty... indeed, there are some things that are hard to say." "Then, in the Han Dynasty, there was also Emperor Wudi's mother, Wang, who married and gave birth to a daughter outside the palace, then abandoned her husband and daughter, pretending that she was the first marriage and entered the palace, and finally her mother was in the world...isn't it?" Huang Zixia was dumbfounded for a long time, and finally he could only say: "I am a great land of China and Kyushu. Throughout the history of thousands of years, there will always be one or two people who are different, but they are still a minority." Wang Ruo looked down at the book on the table, and asked hesitantly: "Then, Chonggu, do you think that a woman like Queen Wang who hides her marriage history and enters the palace as a queen, if Emperor Han Jing finds out, she...how will she end up?" Huang Zixia couldn't help laughing, and said: "Why do the princess worry about the ancients? The queen finally became the queen mother, and her family was full of wealth. His son Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later found out that his mother had a daughter with a commoner, and he personally visited her and called her sister. .I think the royal family also has feelings, and everything can be deduced with common sense." "Hmm... I think so too." She hugged the scroll in her arms, but her face still had that dazed look on her face. Huang Zixia secretly went over what he said just now, but couldn't grasp the point, so he put down his thoughts first, followed Wang Ruo's gaze to look forward, and found a peony on the table. This peony is exactly that beautiful colored glaze, and now it is offered in a large crystal basin, filled with shallow water, just dipped the flower branch, and raised that flower.But the flowers looked haggard after all, the petals were slightly curled up, and one or two petals were missing. When Wang Ruo saw her staring at the flower, her face flushed, and she lowered her head to roll up the book, with an uncomfortably shy look on her face. It's so strange, looking at it like this, it seems that she really cares about King Kui. Huang Zixia thought silently in her heart.She deeply felt Wang Ruo's yearning for Li Shubai from a young girl who was just in love, so she was a little confused for a while, as if her mood was also infected by Wang Ruo's mood. Wang Ruo lowered his head and caressed the beautiful colored glass in the water, and said timidly, "Chonggu, you must be laughing at me in your heart." "Why am I laughing at you?" Huang Zixia laughed. She shyly raised her hand to cover her face, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if you can feel my mood...I, I have been imagining what my future husband will be like, and how I will live in the future." What kind of day, what kind of person would make me Si Luoyi Qiaomu... But, the moment I was brought into the apse and looked up to see King Kui, I understood everything, and for a moment, I seemed to see clearly The road ahead of my life, I don't seem to be afraid of the future at all... I saw him standing in the light, holding this peony in his hand, his whole body was as transparent as jade... I knew in an instant that he was me A lifetime of people..." Thinking about the situation when Wang Ruochu met Li Shubai, Huang Zixia felt that this was not the case, but he still smiled and said, "You can tell from your appearance at that time." "You can't tell anyone else." "Okay." Sitting beside her, Huang Zixia looked at her blushing cheeks, with eager longing in her eyes, and suddenly, like a dream, a certain early summer dusk flashed before her eyes.By the pond full of dragonflies flying, she turned around holding the lotus in her arms, and saw the boy who was looking at her from afar. Unknowingly, she also fell into a blurred mood.When I came back to my senses, I felt a slight pain in my heart. Turning her head to see the red sun slanting to the west, she slowly stood up and said: "I should go back, Wangfei can save these laws and regulations first." "Okay." Wang Ruo's hands were still stroking the peony petals unconsciously, but it only made the flowers look more damaged. Huang Zixia walked to the door, and saw the wisteria in the small courtyard blooming all over, and the enchanting purple lingered on the shelves like mist.The setting sun in spring is dazzling golden, shining on the wisteria, and the whole courtyard is full of colorful gold and purple.Suddenly, her chest was touched for a moment, and she felt Wang Ruo's shy and timid joy. So she turned her head to look at Wang Ruo, and said with a smile: "Princess, don't worry, I won't tell others, I will only tell the prince that the princess still treasures the beautiful glass that the prince gave her. " Shamed and annoyed, Wang Ruo stood up and stomped at her: "Oh, you..." Huang Zixia smiled and left early.
The carriage that came to pick her up from Prince Kui's residence had already stopped at the gate of Wang's house.She got into the carriage and passed through the streets and alleys of Chang'an all the way. When she was near Dongshi, the coachman suddenly reined in the horse and stopped it. She also wanted to see who was so bold as to stop the carriage of Prince Kui's mansion, but when she lifted the curtain of the carriage, she found that the carriage was parked beside a restaurant, her head was in front of the window on the second floor, and someone was standing there looking down. Under the setting sun, he was dressed in purple, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on him, just as dazzling as the purple and golden vines in Wang Ruo's small courtyard.He was looking at her in the car below with his usual casual eyes, but there was no expression on his face that looked deeper in the setting sun that could reveal his emotions. King Kui was watching her upstairs, so she naturally didn't dare to neglect her.Jumped out of the car, entered the restaurant, went upstairs to the private room and knocked on the door.Immediately, someone came to open the door, it was the eunuch Jingyang who followed Li Shubai every day.He hadn't recovered from the cold yet, so he ordered Huang Zixia to take good care of the prince, took him to the door and went out. In the private room, there were not only her and Li Shubai, but also King Zhao Li and King E Li Run who were also dressed in micro-clothes, and a woman who was sitting in front of the piano table and fiddled slowly.The woman looked to be in her forties, and her facial features were very beautiful, but her face was quite haggard.When she saw Huang Zixia coming in, she didn't speak, but nodded slightly at her, and played lightly on the piano, the sound of the piano was clear and moving, very moving. When Li Shubai saw her looking at the woman, he said: "She is Chen Nianniang, Dong Tinglan's reincarnated disciple. The day before yesterday, I heard from King Zhao that she had arrived here in Chang'an. I made an appointment with King E to listen to her piano skills." Since this dynasty, Huhua's musical instruments and music in the Western Regions have been very popular for a while. The lyre is often appreciated by few people because of its "insipid ancient sound, not worthy of modern human feelings". However, Dong Tinglan was very popular with her superb piano skills in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Gao Shi also wrote a poem for him: "Mo Chou has no confidant in the future, and no one in the world knows the king." Huang Zixia hurriedly nodded to the woman. Zhao Wang Li beside him said with a smile: "Fourth brother, this little eunuch is very important to you now, what are you busy with today?" "He has a very good memory. I asked him to go to the Wang family to teach the laws of the Wangfu." "Oh, besides being able to solve crimes, does he also have the ability of Fourth Brother's photographic memory?" Li You asked with a smile. Li Shubai only hummed slightly, and didn't speak any more.Seeing the setting sun slanting on Chen Nianniang's eyes, Huang Zixia frowned slightly as she lowered her eyes, then walked over and gently lowered the bamboo curtain in front of her. Li laughed again: "Chong Gu is really a meticulous person." Chen Nianniang's song "Zouyu" was coming to the end, the golden sound was resonating, and the long ringing in the air was forgetful. No one answered Li's words.I could only hear the lingering sound, gentle and benevolent, but Chen Nianniang put her hands on the piano, calmed down a little, and then got up to salute everyone. Li Run praised: "It's really wonderful, you can imagine Dong Da's style back then." Li also said: "It's really good. Are you interested in joining the teaching workshop? Maybe we can recommend it for you." Chen Nianniang shook her head slowly: "I'm already old, and now I'm working as a violin teacher in Yunshao Garden in the south of the Yangtze River and teaching art, and my life is worry-free. I'm afraid I can't adapt to the teaching workshop anymore." Li asked, "Then why did you come to Beijing this time?" Chen Nianniang said: "Back then I was studying art under the teacher's school with my senior sister Feng Yiniang. We had a very good relationship. After that, we supported each other and became companions for many years. A few months ago, Yiniang suddenly said goodbye to me, saying that she would escort the daughter of an old friend. Arriving in Chang'an, at least three or four months, at least one or two months. But now she has been gone for more than five months, not only has she not heard from her, but also, I asked everyone, and found that no one Knowing why she came to Chang'an and who she was escorting, I had no choice but to go to Beijing alone to find out the news. Unexpectedly, not only did I find no one, but I also ran out of money around me. Fortunately, I met a few brothers and sisters from the past, and introduced me to Chang'an. Only with this vending skill can I meet the nobleman." Li Run smiled and said, "I know what you mean, I hope I can help you find the whereabouts of Senior Sister, don't you?" "Exactly, if I can get the whereabouts of my senior sister, I will be very grateful!" Li Run said: "However, Chang'an said that it is not big, and it is not small. How about this, I will write you a letter, you can go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, and ask them to draw a picture for you to search for." Chen Nianniang was overjoyed, bowed deeply to him, and said: "You don't need to bother to draw a special picture. I have a small portrait that my senior sister and I drew together a few years ago. I have always carried it with me. It is very similar to us. Just take it over and show them.” "That would be great. You can give us the little portrait, and I will write first." Li Shubai gave a look, Huang Zixia obediently went to the door again, and asked the shopkeeper for pens and inks.Li Run was writing letters beside him, while Chen Nianniang sat in front of the piano and adjusted the strings one by one.Sitting opposite her, Huang Zixia helped her open the rosin powder box, and wiped the strings carefully. Because of her carefulness just now, Chen Nianniang liked her very much. Looking at her hands, she asked, "Can my little father-in-law know how to play the piano?" "I learned pipa and konghou before, but I didn't have the patience, so I only learned a little bit, and then I wasted it." "It's a pity, your hands are very suitable for playing the piano." Huang Zixia was a little surprised, and said, "No one has ever said that my palms are pretty." "Your palm looks more powerful, and if you play the piano or pipa, your palm needs to be a little bigger, and you can span a little longer when pressing the strings." Huang Zixia smiled and said, "I guess it was because I used to like to kill people, so that's why it happened." As soon as he talked about shooting Ju, Li came over and said, "Hey, you little eunuch also likes to play polo? Let's play polo another day and call you." Huang Zixia hurriedly said, "It's just that I have played one or two rounds before." "I really can't see that you dare to play polo with such a thin body. It's a matter of losing an arm and breaking a leg at any time." Li said, stretching out his hand to pinch his shoulder, Huang Zixia leaned back slightly, After glancing at Li Shubai, he turned a blind eye and only coughed lightly. Hearing Li Shubai cough lightly, Li turned around with a smile and walked back, sitting beside him.Huang Zixia continued to lower her head to arrange the rosin powder, and when she looked up occasionally, she saw Chen Nianniang's drooping face, high nose bridge and small chin, and thought to herself, she and his own mother had similar outlines. Before I knew it, I became close to her, and asked if I had nothing to do, "Nian Niang, if I really want to learn the piano, which pieces should I learn from?" "For beginners, "Qing Yi", "Chang Si" and "Dong Li Ju" are all good songs for beginners, people like it, the score is also simple, and it is easy to learn." Huang Zixia suddenly remembered something, and asked, "How about using "Flowing Water" to get started?" "My little father-in-law was joking. It is very difficult to play "Flowing Water" well. Even my master played "Flowing Water" back then. "Then, is there any introductory track whose name starts with Liu?" Chen Nianniang thought for a while, and said: "I have been in Jiangnan for so long, and I have taught many pieces, but I don't remember which piano piece begins with Liuzi." "What about those with almost the same pronunciation, such as Liu, Liu, and Liu?" "There is Liuyao, but it's a big song for pipa. Speaking of willow, there's Zheliu, which is easy to learn." Huang Zixia shook her head, and said, "It's not the folded willow, but the first character is the word willow." Chen Nianniang thought about it, and suddenly let out a soft ouch, and said: "There is indeed a song, which is easy to learn, but it is soft and lingering, and it is popular in Yangzhou, like many girls in our Yunshaoyuan. I will teach you when I learn it. The name of the song is "Liu Mian". But like my father-in-law, you are from the capital, and you are in the royal palace, so you must not know it." Thinking of the shy Wang Ruo, Huang Zixia felt a little embarrassed, and said, "That's not expected." "I think it's the same. Girls from good families don't learn common music in the market."
While the two were talking, Li Run's letter had already been written and stamped with his own seal. Huang Zixia was familiar with Chang'an, so she followed Chen Nianniang to pick up the small portraits of her and Feng Yiniang, letting Chen Nianniang relax and leave the matter to her, and then casually opened the small scroll to take a look. On the small statue are two women, one sitting and the other standing.Sitting is Chen Nianniang, and she looks very similar, with vivid eyebrows and eyes.The standing person leaned on Chen Nianniang's body, his smiling eyebrows and eyes curved like a new moon. Although he was in his forties, he still had an indescribable charm. Huang Zixia looked intently at the woman in the painting, and asked, "Is this Feng Yiniang?" "Yes, my senior sister was born beautiful." "It can be seen that Chunlan and Qiuju are all beauties." Huang Zixia said slowly. "My senior sister's charm and posture are extremely beautiful, but it is difficult to express in the portrait. When you see her, you will understand." Chen Nianniang laughed. Yes, only by seeing it with your own eyes can you feel the amiable charm.Huang Zixia said in his heart, but you don't know that I just met her a few days ago, in the outskirts of Chang'an, she was in the car with King Kui's future concubine, Wang Ruo, and even invited me to go with her. The daughter of the Wang family of Langya was traveling with a luthier from Yunshaoyuan, Yangzhou, and she kept claiming that she was her family member—there seemed to be quite a lot of strange things about Wang Ruo. From this point of view, the so-called daughter of an old friend should be Wang Ruo.And Wang Ruo, a high-ranking lady from the royal family of Langya, how could her parents get to know Feng Yiniang well, and even entrust their daughter to her to go to Chang'an together? She thought about it, and decided not to tell Chen Nianniang, after all, there are many people who look similar in the world, so she should pretend not to know, maybe the household department has the registration information of Feng Yiniang, and see what the Langya Wang family wrote about her identity of. She put away the portrait, bid farewell to Chen Nianniang with her usual expression, and got into the carriage. When she got into the car, Chen Nianniang thought of something again, pointed to the small portrait in her arms and said: "The portrait is too small, so I didn't draw it. In fact, there is a mole between Yiniang's left eyebrow. Anyone who has seen her will know it." Note." Huang Zixia thought carefully about the woman in Wang Ruo's carriage that day, but only remembered that she was wearing a forehead that covered her eyebrows impartially. She was a little frustrated, so she nodded first and wrote it down.The carriage started and headed towards Hubu.
The three provinces and six ministries of this dynasty are all within the imperial city.She entered the door and went to the household department.Chief Hu, who was on duty that day, was very enthusiastic and helped her check the files of women who had been in Beijing in recent months. In the end, either the age was wrong or the description of appearance was wrong, and no one named Feng Yiniang was found. After thanking Mr. Hu, she turned around and seemed to want to leave, then remembered something, smiled awkwardly and approached the manager, and said in a low voice: "Mr. , I wonder if it is possible..." "If you have something to say, please tell me." King Kui is now more and more powerful in the court, and Mr. Hu naturally dare not neglect the people around him, so he hastened to surrender. "It's like this. Our prince has already hired the daughter of the Wang family, and we are going to get married soon. I also went to the palace a few days ago. Unfortunately, my memory is really bad. The people around the prospective princess, although they are all right. I notified my name, but I can't remember any of them... I heard that those family members came to Beijing with our princess-to-be. I don't know if the master can do me a favor and show me the family members. register?" "It's a small matter," Mr. Hu immediately turned back, took out a volume from last month's file, and said, "I remember very clearly that on the 26th of last month, I was invited by Langya Wang's family to register. The girl from the fourth room... yes, this is the one, there are four of them in total." Huang Zixia hurriedly looked at that page, only to see the registration: Household registration in this dynasty is quite strict, especially since the capital city is at the foot of the emperor, people who migrated from other places, even if they live temporarily, need to report to the Ministry of Household. "Oh, I only have the names of these two girls. It seems that I have to inquire about the others shamelessly." Huang Zixia pretended to be frustrated, thanked Mr. Hu, and went to pack up his things and leave. Just as she was putting away the small portrait, she suddenly turned her head and caught a glimpse of a small official from the household department looking at the small portrait, showing a very surprised expression. She then asked, "Master, have you seen the woman in the painting?" "This... I've seen someone who is somewhat similar to her, but it's not necessarily the same..." He hesitated, as if he couldn't speak. Huang Zixia hurriedly asked: "Where did you meet?" The little official hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yizhuang in the west of the city." Yizhuang.As soon as these two words entered Huang Zixia's ears, she immediately frowned, with an ominous premonition in her heart.Those that appeared in Yizhuang were handled by the household department. Generally speaking, they were all nameless corpses. Sure enough, the little official turned around and took out a booklet from the cabinet, saying: "There are more than ten Youzhou refugees on the west side of the city. They all got sick a few days ago and all died. There is a deceased person whose appearance is very similar to the woman you are looking for." As he spoke, he opened the booklet and read: "A certain woman of the deceased, unknown, about forty years of age, five feet three inches in length, plump and finely slender, very fair skin, thick black hair, Fengyi Longzhun, left eyebrow There is a mole." Mole on the left eyebrow. Huang Zixia straightened up immediately, and said in a hurried voice, "Is this corpse still in Yizhuang? Can the master tell me to go and check it?" The little official put the book back, shook his head and said: "This is not possible. Those people died of serious diseases. As usual, their bodies and relics have been burned and buried deeply." "That's...that's nothing to do." She said, carefully rolled up the small portrait, thanked the little official, and said, "It seems that I still have to go to the capital to find out if there is any other There is a similar person in this painting. If there is no one, I have no choice but to tell the old lady that he may be dead." She turned around and left the household department, and the road was full of cars and horses.She looked at the small portrait repeatedly, looked at the two smiling women on it, and was silent, thinking about what Wang Ruo had said before. She said, I was selected as the princess, so my aunt hurried back to Langye to help me get my daily necessities. Her expression at that time was slightly unnatural, and then she hastily added that when she was old, she might not come back again, and she should stay in her hometown to live her life. Not coming back.This is really not coming back. Huang Zixia thought of the pair of shallow dimples on Wang Ruo's cheeks, and the extremely cute and shy expression, but felt that his expression was slightly dazed, as if he was fascinated by the wisteria in front of the small courtyard.
Huang Zixia didn't look for Chen Nianniang, she went back to Kui Wang's mansion first, put the small portrait in front of Li Shubai, explained the affairs of the household department in detail, and then pointed to her eyebrows: "Feng Yiniang and that female corpse, the left eyebrow There is a mole between her eyebrows. But I couldn't see whether the old woman who was with Wang Ruo had a mole between her eyebrows that day." “无论如何，是个可以着手的点。”李舒白难得露出愉快的神情，将捧在手中的琉璃瓶轻轻放在案头，琉璃瓶中的小鱼略微受惊，摆了一下那长长的尾巴。 “一个扬州来的乐坊琴师，陪同一个高门世家的女子到京城选妃，然后死在幽州流民之中，听起来，里面应该有很多值得深究的事情，”李舒白显然对于她拿回来的情报很满意，有一种唯恐天下不乱的欣慰，“你那边，有其他觉得不对劲的事吗？” 黄梓瑕拔下自己发上的簪子，在桌上画着：“我以为……” 话音刚落，她又将自己的手赶紧抬起，将自己散落下来的满头长发拢住，然后又立即用簪子束好。 李舒白望着她不说话，她讷讷地将手放下，说：“习惯了，老是忘记自己现在是小宦官，只有一根簪子束着发……” “什么怪毛病，一二三四都记不住。”李舒白微皱眉头，从案上扯了一张澄心堂纸丢给她。 黄梓瑕取过旁边一支笔，理了一下自己的思绪，然后在纸上依次写上一二三，说：“第一点，是之前我们说过的，王若的生辰问题；第二，便是王若的身后主使，到底是谁，与琅邪王家有无关系；第三，据陈念娘说，冯忆娘是临时护送故人之女进京，可我感觉，他们应该之前就认识，因为王妃的琴很可能就是冯忆娘教的，学的第一首曲子就是扬州院坊内的那些曲子……比如《柳绵》。” “琅邪王家百年大族，居然让一个扬州乐坊里出来的琴师教导姑娘这种曲子，并且还请她陪护族女赴京候选王妃，这是最大疑点。另外……”李舒白目光微冷，声音也转而缓慢低沉，“冯忆娘的死，也许是他们觉察到冯忆娘不应该再存在这个世界上了，不然可能会带来不必要的麻烦。” “但如今待证实的问题是，那个和冯忆娘相似的死去的女人，到底是不是她。毕竟，世上长相相似者常有，一张小像做不得证，我当时又没有看清王妃身边那个大娘的左眉。” 李舒白微皱眉头，以手指轻敲着书桌，须臾，说：“以我对户部那群差役的了解，那些能偷懒处且偷懒的家伙，焚尸深埋是必定做不到的。” 黄梓瑕心里升起一股不祥的预感，不由自主地觉得头皮有点发麻。 果然，李舒白拉开抽屉丢给她一个小金鱼，说：“崇仁坊董仲舒墓旁周宅，你去找他家小少爷周子秦去。” 黄梓瑕当然还记得这个立志当仵作的周家小少爷的事迹，那种不祥的预感更浓厚了：“王爷要我去是？” 他看着她，唇角又露出那种微微向上的弧度。真奇怪，明明应该是对着她在笑，却让她觉得毛骨悚然，油然冒出一种自己马上就又要被面前人踹下池塘的预感。 果然，他说：“当然是和周子秦一起把尸体挖出来验一验。” 黄梓瑕觉得自己快要崩溃了！ “夔王爷！我是个姑娘家！我是个年方十七岁的姑娘家！你让我半夜三更带着一个陌生男人去挖尸体？” “你以前不是经常跟着你爹去查案吗？我想你见过的尸体必定不少。”面对她的血泪控诉，李舒白毫不动容，只用眼角轻轻瞥了她一下，“还是说，其实为父母伸冤之类的话，你只是喊喊而已，根本也没真心实意要去做？” “……”黄梓瑕看着他那微微扬起的唇角，眉梢那种看好戏的神情，心中满是愤懑，但听得他提起自己的父母，一时间，那种冷水浇头的冰凉透骨仿佛又在她的身上蔓延。 黄梓瑕，你当时不是已经下定决心，要将世间一切置之度外，唯有家人的血仇，才是你活下来的理由吗？ 用力咬一咬牙，她一把抓过桌上的小金鱼，转身就走。 李舒白听着外面的更漏，说：“走快点吧，初更天快到了，京城要开始宵禁了。” 她回头怒吼：“给我弄一匹马！” 他扬手打发她走：“两匹，快点去！”