Long memories of
the past: After Princess Chang was reborn, she was engaged in her career
(previous life)
. Later, Sheng Yunlin thought that she always felt that Jaffe did not like her. To find out the cause and effect, she had to start from the day when she fell into Jaffe’s arms.
At that time, she had just passed her fourteenth birthday and was only one year away from her birthday. Marriage means marriage, after all, she is the only princess in the harem, although not the emperor’s own, but the collection of thousands of favorite, can not be worse than any real princess, so the queen and the four imperial concubines have begun to choose a good family for her, the outside also began to guess who the title of the son-in-law will eventually fall.
But in the folk gossip, the voice of the highest, is Xie parents son Xie Fei.
The imperial concubine once said to the empress with a smile, “The son of the Hsieh family is worthy of such a valuable status as Princess Chang Yi.”
At that moment, Sheng Yunlin was sitting down with a small bench to warm herself by the fire. She turned her head and asked, “Who are you talking about?”
Xie Fei, word Ying Zhan. The name is taken from “a gentleman who has a bandit, such as cutting, such as consulting, such as polishing, such as grinding”; the word is taken from “the water and the sky are clear, the shadow is clear and the waves are flat”. People all say that Jaffe is really a “bandit gentleman,” and that he is really honest and upright, just like “the shadow is shining and the waves are flat.”.
But Sheng Yunlin only remembered one sentence: Jaffe is particularly good-looking and looks like Pan An.
When Jaffe was a double champion in high school, the empress silently removed him from the list of candidates for the emperor’s son-in-law-after all, no one would allow a general to ruin his future because of the Lord. As for the emperor’s son-in-law, it’s not that he must be Jaffe. The empress said bluntly, “There are many good men in the world, and we can choose whatever we want!”
The subtext is: forget Jaffe.
My hero belongs to the princess, and Jaffe belongs to the Hanlin Academy.
Sheng Yunlin doesn’t matter very much. Her recent energy was focused on grinding her uncle, and she only hoped that the emperor would promise her to go to the study with the princes. The emperor felt that this matter was not in line with the rules, and gave her no way out, very headache.
Later, the emperor probably figured out that “the rules are all made by himself,” and he allowed Sheng Yunlin.
That day was the “Qionglin Banquet,” also known as the “Number One Scholar Banquet.” The first-tier and second-tier Jinshi went to the palace for a banquet to thank them for their kindness, and the protagonist of the protagonists was Jaffe. Sheng Yun-lin was in a good mood, so he became even bolder. “Come on,” he said to the maid, “let’s go and see what the Number One Scholar looks like. Is he really as beautiful as the legend says?” The maid
‘s face was almost like a bitter melon, but she couldn’t bear the princess to be a demon, so she could only be used as a small bench of human flesh, and let Sheng Yunlin step on her back and climb up the wall, just to see the true face of “Pan An.”.
As a result, the person did not see, he fell down first.
She exclaimed, thinking she was going to be finished, but the next second she was caught firmly by a pair of arms, and what came into view was a very cold and beautiful face.
Then, like a hot potato, she was immediately put down. As soon as
she stood firm, she saw Jaffe pleading, “Your Highness, I have offended you.” “How do you know who I am?”
She wondered.
Jaffe was silent. The emperor on the
high platform laughed and said, “Chang Yi, you’re fooling around again!”! Come to me. Somebody, give the princess a seat! The awkwardness of
that meal was vivid in Sheng Yunlin’s mind for many years afterwards.
Other ministers had long been accustomed to the emperor’s indulgence of her, and the new Jinshi sitting there all tried to avoid contact with her, and even looked at her.
Besides, everyone looked at Jaffe in a strange way, even a little. Sympathy?
Sheng Yunlin’s seat is next to Prince Chen Yu’s. The prince, who
is only eight years old, already knows a lot. He whispered to Sheng Yunlin, “Sister, you can take your pick. Your father has told you that your status is different, so your son-in-law doesn’t have to abide by the rule that you can’t go into politics.” “Forget it,” said
Sheng Yunlin with a smile. “I don’t think anyone here likes me.”
“How could it be!” Chen Yu opened his eyes wide. “Are they blind?”? No one is better than you!
Sheng Yunlin laughed.
The emperor was worried about whether to leave Jaffe in the capital or send him to the barracks. Then, not knowing what was going on, he suddenly said, “Let’s go to the Imperial Academy.”
This is to determine the direction of Jaffe’s official career-according to the literary style of the way to cultivate.
Everyone also felt that it was expected, after all, Jaffe like that, sent to the front to fight, is it not to have another Lanling King? Finally, when we look at the history books, we only remember that the general is very good-looking, and we don’t know who he fought with.
In a word, it is more in line with the temperament of Xie’s scholarly family to stay in the Hanlin Academy.
The emperor liked Jaffe very much and always let him take charge of the pen and ink for himself. Obviously, he was only a seven-grade official, but he was already a close minister of the emperor. When the emperor held a banquet, he often asked him to accompany him.
But Jaffe sometimes takes time off. This is normal. But after two or three times, we gradually figured out a rule.
Whenever Princess Changyi is present, Jaffe will ask for leave.
Finally, on the day when Sheng Yunlin was going to meet Jaffe for the fourth time in theory, everyone was guessing whether Jaffe would ask for leave again. Sure enough, Jaffe said that his mother was ill and needed to be served-the emperor also sent someone to see her, and Mrs. Xie did have a cold, which was quite serious-in short, Jaffe asked for leave again.
Sheng Yunlin immediately became the laughing stock inside and outside the palace. There are even rumors
outside that, “In order not to delay my son’s official career and prevent his son from becoming the ruler, Mrs. Hsieh even got sick at just the right time!”
Sheng Yunlin was almost angry to death.
One day, Jaffe had just entered the palace when she was stopped by Her Royal Highness.
“Lord Hsieh, let’s talk.”
Jaffe turned away slightly. “Your Highness, I have been summoned by the emperor to Imperial Study.”
His meaning is very clear: “Your Majesty is anxious to find me, you do not stop.”.
But Jaffe was so young that he did not know that Princess Changyi could do what even the prince could not do in the palace. For example, intercept a close minister of the emperor on the way.
“Then make a long story short.” Sheng Yunlin said, I know you hate me very much, and I know why you hate me. I’ll make amends to you first. It was my fault on the day of Qionglin Banquet. I bumped into you and made you talked about. But it was an accident, and I didn’t mean anything by it. Well, there never will be. So you don’t have to avoid me like this and embarrass everyone.
“I have not shunned the princess.” Jaffe said. “Do you think I’m a fool?” Asked
Sheng Yunlin? Three times, all by accident?
Without waiting for Jaffe to reply, Sheng Yunlin said, “All right, if you say no, then no.” Then
she turned and left, leaving Jaffe alone. As soon as she had
taken two steps, she turned back and said, “If you are late, tell the emperor that I stopped you, and he won’t blame you.”. From now on, I won’t stop you again. Then
, without giving Jaffe a chance to answer, he turned and walked away.
Jaffe watched. She was completely gone this time.
Well, I hardly gave myself a chance to speak the whole time.
And until yesterday, the emperor also asked him: “Jaffe, you can think about it, long memory is absolutely worthy of you.”. After all, she is the daughter of my sister and the King of Changning. Even if you are the Lord, it will not prevent you from being an official in the court. If you’re ready, come and Imperial Study by this time tomorrow and give me your answer. The elder
in the family also said, “What a noble position the princess is! Your Majesty has said so, and you absolutely cannot refuse.”
He himself thought that although he had only seen Princess Changyi once, it was lovely to see her lively and free and easy.
Who knew the second side was like this.
On the same day, Chen Yu heard what had happened to Sheng Yunlin and said angrily, “That Jaffe has no eyes. Don’t pay any attention to him!”! My father and mother will surely find the best husband for my sister!
At the same time, Jaffe said to the emperor, “I have a great ambition, but now I have no intention of getting married. Your Majesty, please forgive me.”
The emperor allowed Jaffe to “have no intention of starting a family,” and then arranged a new job for him, so that he would go to the upper study twice every ten days to teach the princes their lessons.
Of course, Sheng Yunlin did not know about it.
Three days later, go to the study. For the first time,
Sheng Yunlin went to school with the princes. The whole classroom was very busy. Several princes and more than a dozen princes sent to the palace were surrounded by Sheng Yunlin. The meaning of gossip was self-evident.
Sheng Yunlin has always mingled with everyone, and no one avoids suspicion, and gets along as well as when playing on weekdays.
One of the princes asked, “Your Highness, I heard you’re going to marry into the Hsieh family.”
Sheng Yun-lin snorted coldly, “How is that possible?”? He looks down on me, and I look down on him.
Really? Can you look down on Jaffe? Another exclaimed, “He was a model among his peers in the capital from an early age. When I was a child, my father punished me for playing too much. He cited the example of other people’s children who studied hard and practiced hard. Except for Jaffe, I heard that one was the first two.”
Someone else came over and asked, “I heard that Jaffe is very handsome. Is it true?”
“It’s all right.” Sheng Yun-lin thought for a moment, then the face he had seen for the first time came to his mind. “Well, it’s really all right,” he affirmed.
“How much?”
“It’s hard to describe him. He’s a little cold, but his eyes are very bright. How can I say it? Ying Lang is cold. He doesn’t look like an ordinary civil servant.” When Sheng Yun-lin has finished, he says, “Maybe the Hsieh family is too rigid, and has made him an iceberg.”
The crowd laughed with delight. Someone said, “Princess, don’t look down on their family. As far as I know, Jaffe doesn’t like you either. Ha ha.”
“What does he like?” Sheng Yunlin raised his eyebrows.
“The Hsieh family all like ladies from famous families, and the wives of each generation are the daughters of an aristocratic family. They are extremely noble and dignified, and they can’t make any mistakes in their every move!”.
“Am I not a lady from a famous family?” Sheng Yun-lin was startled. “Is there anyone from a more famous family than me?”
“But you’re not dignified. Ha ha ha ha.”
Sheng Yunlin immediately pulled down his face. “Forget it. I can’t deal with Jaffe very well. Let’s not mention him.”
Suddenly, two deliberate coughs came from outside the classroom.
Everyone looked at the door, and Lord Qin, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, was standing at the door, and beside him, he was still standing. Another protagonist at the center of their gossip.
The whole classroom was suddenly silent. Lord
Chin said, “Hsieh Ying-chan, editor of the Imperial Academy, will be teaching you in the future.”
「……」 The crowd was still in amazement. Lord
Chin added: “Appointed by the emperor.”
「……」 Everyone began to wonder if they had just said something they shouldn’t have said.
Sheng Yunlin’s mouth was slightly open, and the whole person was stunned. The
last word.. That’s what she said, right? What did
she say?
This is really over.
Lord Qin said that Jaffe had to teach them twice every ten days. Now this is Lord Xie’s article class.
Jaffe did not talk to them, or even ask them for their guilt just now, but directly arranged the topic and let them write on the spot. There was silence
in the room, and everyone was worried because of the gossip that Jaffe had been broken, so they buried themselves in writing. At the end of
an hour, everyone handed in their papers.
A princess, four princes, plus a dozen accompanying reading, a total of more than a dozen people, plus each article is not long, so only a cup of tea time, Jaffe will finish reading, and then began to comment on the scene. Such comments
as “the writing style is artificial,” “the logic is confused,” and “the argument is unclear” have all hit you in the face. All in all, basically nothing good to say. One of the best
comments was, “This article by Hsu Huaili is barely satisfactory,” which has already made young Hsu’s son very grateful. You should know that Mr. Xu has always been the best literary talent among them. The
next best was Chen Yu. Jaffe’s original words were: “The prince is young, and it’s not bad to finish it on time.”
As for the worst, it was probably Sheng Yunlin who said,
“Your Royal Highness, forgive me for speaking frankly, if you were in the examination room of the imperial examination, probably no one would be willing to read the papers.”
Sheng Yunlin: “… …”
Jaffe added, “Oh, I’m worrying too much. How can Your Highness go to the examination room?”
Sheng Yunlin: “… …”
She had never known that Jaffe could be so mean and sarcastic. “This is the first time my sister has written to me,” said
Chen Yu hurriedly. Before he could say the word
“room,” Sheng Yunlin tugged at Chen Yu’s sleeve and motioned him to stop.
She saluted Jaffe respectfully and said, “Thank you for your teaching. I will practice calligraphy well in the future.”
Jaffe’s eyes moved slightly, as if imperceptible. For the
next few days, Sheng Yunlin was the first to go to the upper study. I don’t want to do anything else, just copy famous works.
She preferred Zhao Mengfu’s calligraphy, especially the two “Ode to the Red Cliff” before and after. Some people said that Zhao Mengfu’s calligraphy was too soft and weak, not as good as Yan Liu, but she felt that those people did not know how to appreciate the subtlety of Zhao’s calligraphy.
In a flash, another ten days. Early in the morning when
she was practicing calligraphy alone, Chen Yu came over and said, “Sister, why are you so serious?”? Just write about it. Have
you forgotten? Jaffe said my name was ugly. Sheng Yunlin said.
It happened that Jaffe also arrived at the door of the classroom. Hearing this, he stopped devilishly and did not go in, but stood outside the window. “He’s not aiming at you,” said
Chen Yu. “He’s talked about almost everyone.”
“But I am the only princess.” Sheng Yun-lin put down his pen and said earnestly, Throughout the ages, I was the first princess to go into the upper study to read. It was not because of my outstanding talent that Your Majesty allowed me to come to the study to study, but simply because I was favored. But even so, I am the first princess to receive such preferential treatment. If I don’t do a good job today and just muddle along all day, then if there are other princesses who want to study and go to the study again, it will be even more difficult. In the dim light of the
morning, Sheng Yunlin’s hair and eyelashes were plated with a layer of gold, as if there was a ray of light jumping.
Jaffe stood at the door for a long time.
Just in spring, a good time for a cup of green wine and a song, the petals of pear blossoms in the courtyard are flying, like a white rain, blowing down the ground. Others came into the room with the spring breeze and fell on the tip of Sheng Yunlin’s hair, merging with the golden light.
The 14-year-old princess has gradually grown up, and her side face has some amazing beauty in the morning light. Unlike her birth mother, who is known as the first beauty of the State of Chen, her appearance is not gentle and graceful. The small lachrymal mole under her left eye, on the contrary, adds three points of carelessness and extremely lazy nobility to her.
Insist on practicing calligraphy for an hour every day, one month will have a significant change, three months can have a rapid effect.
Three months later, Jaffe made a rare comment on Sheng Yunlin: “The article is OK, but the words have also improved.”. You know, it’s not easy to get a solid praise from Jaffe. It is not difficult to
go from poor writing to good writing, and it is impossible to go from good writing to good writing without years of hard training.
At the end of school that day, Jaffe said to Sheng Yunlin, “In the future, you can leave the words you learn every day on the table.”. When I come to the study, I will correct it for you.
Sheng Yun-lin has a feeling of being “flattered.”.
Although she felt that the beginning of her acquaintance with Jaffe was not so memorable, he was Jaffe after all. The whole capital knows that Lord Xie is erudite and talented. He is a romantic figure in Zhilan Yushu. How many people can’t ask him to comment in private! He
can correct it in person, and it is false to say that he is not moved.
Jaffe’s so-called “correction” is to draw a circle. Draw a red circle on the word that
Sheng Yunlin writes well, draw a bar under the word that is not good, and rewrite it in the blank space beside it. Sheng Yunlin takes it back and follows it. There was hardly any extra talk between
them, but during the period when Sheng Yunlin went to the study, the circle was changed without interruption.
Every day a piece of paper, ten pieces of paper, Sheng Yunlin left on the desk. Jaffe read it all at once and put it back intact.
Even, except for the two of them, no one knew that it was happening quietly.
Flash for half a year. Two months have passed
since the summer flood in the south of the Yangtze River. Now the golden autumn has arrived, although the flood has already receded, but the whole hinterland of Jiujiang is full of people in distress. The dam collapsed, the fields were destroyed and the people were displaced. The officials sent by the imperial court to relieve the disaster went back and forth one after another, but there was no progress.
Everyone knows that the Yangtze River Basin is far away from the capital, local forces are intertwined, and the money for disaster relief is withheld layer by layer, leaving little for the people.
The emperor was worried about this every day, but he could not think of an immediate solution.
One day, it was time for Jaffe’s essay class. Jaffe asked the following group of young men, ranging in age from eight to fifteen, to write an essay on the topic of “dealing with the flood and appeasing the people’s grievances.”. As soon as the
title came out, there was a lot of complaints. No matter the prince or the companion, they have not actually participated in the government, so it is really difficult for them to write an article on this topic.
But have not eaten pork is also seen the pig run, even if read so many years of history books, and listen to the elders comment, should also be able to make up some content. After that, the teenagers handed in their papers on time, and even took Sheng Yunlin to hand in an article. After
school, everyone began to chatter again.
“Your Royal Highness, how did you write it?” It’s
the same old story. First we control the flood, then we provide disaster relief. We open up granaries to fill the stomachs of the victims, and then we arrange for the whole family of the farmers whose homes have been destroyed to move to open up new fields.
The eldest prince was the oldest of the group, half a year older than Sheng Yunlin, and he had read more books, and his writing was decent.
Chen Yu asked, “Sister, how did you write it?” Holding a piece of grass in his mouth,
Sheng Yunlin said, “Oh, you ask me?”? I wrote it out of thin air.
Xu Huaili answered, “Lord Xie won’t blame the princess.”. Even we men who are going to become officials in the future can’t write about it, and how can we blame a girl?
Sheng Yun-lin laughed and said, “That’s not true.”
Jaffe carefully reviewed the articles presented by more than a dozen teenagers, then covered their names with cut paper and pasted the four edges. You don’t know who wrote it unless you are very familiar with the handwriting of a particular person, or unless you open the paper that covers the name. After a
dozen articles were sorted out, Jaffe went straight to the Imperial Study.
The problem was not set by him.
The author is the emperor.
The emperor has been waiting for Jaffe for a long time in the Imperial Study. Although he would ask the princes about their schoolwork on weekdays, he usually asked them verbally, and he was not familiar with the princes’ handwriting as well as the ministers who wrote memorials to him every day. Therefore, he only needs to cover up his name, and he doesn’t know who wrote the article.
He felt that he could judge the children more fairly in this way.
The emperor carefully looked at the people’s policy, some see fast, some see slowly, some frown, some sigh.
“He quotes the classics everywhere, and every two lines he drops his book bag, so he’s afraid that people won’t know that he writes like this. This must be Hsu Shang-shu’s son!”.
Jaffe did not answer.
“This article is pretty standard. It covers everything that should be discussed. Theoretically, it is feasible, but unfortunately it is not suitable for the present situation.”
In this way, the pages were turned over, and when it came to the last one, the emperor laughed angrily.
“Improper!” He scolded, but there was a dumbfounding expression on his face.
In this article, it is written
: It is the fault of corrupt officials that the funds for disaster relief from the imperial court were withheld at various levels. At this time, however, local officials were dismissed from their posts and tried, and the time for handling the case was too long to solve the urgent problem; moreover, local officials protected each other, and the imperial commissioner of the imperial court might not be able to find out the major charges. Moreover, even if a group of courtiers were taken down and new officials were appointed, it would be difficult for the new officials to properly handle the matter of disaster relief if they were not familiar with the local area.
Now, more than two months have passed since the flood in the south of the Yangtze River. In a few days, there will probably be refugees rebelling. Such a degree of rebellion is not to be feared, it is better to take advantage of it, let them rush into the county government, and take down the local corrupt officials with people’s grievances. Later, the imperial court again sent a group of officials to “appease” the people who had revolted, remembering that they had been displaced by natural disasters, and exonerating them from the charges. At the same time, the emperor issued an edict denouncing corrupt officials, and then arranged for competent courtiers to go to the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, it will be much easier to do the work of relieving the victims of disasters and settling their grievances.
The full text is extremely bold, does not quote the classics at all, also does not take the unusual road, even looks very unrighteous gentleman, but actually has analyzed the imperial court’s difficulty thoroughly. What’s
more, the article speculates that “there will probably be a refugee rebellion,” which has already happened.
The emperor read it a second time and said, “The handwriting is not bad. It seems that there are a lot of imitations on weekdays.”. That’s strange. How could a child who could practice calligraphy in peace and quiet come up with such an evil idea? “Why don’t you guess who it is, Your Majesty?”
Said Jaffe.
“It shouldn’t be my four royal sons. They wouldn’t be so rude.” The emperor thought for a while, but couldn’t figure out who it might be, so he simply gave up and said, “Let’s take out the name!”
Jaffe tore apart the papers that covered his name.
The emperor looked directly at the last “improper” article, on which the three big characters “Sheng Yunlin” were written with powerful strokes and wanton romance.
The emperor was stunned.
“Long memories?!”
“Yes.” Jaffe nodded his head. “I think the other dozen or so people together are not as good as the princess alone.”
The emperor pondered for a long time. “It’s a pity,” he said with a sigh. “Chang Yi is not my son, and he can’t be an official in the court.” Then he said, “That’s all right. You can go to Jiujiang for me.” It was half a year later
when Jaffe returned to Beijing. On the day
he came back, all the people in the capital turned out, but the vicinity of Chengtiantai in the suburbs of Beijing was crowded with people, all blocked by the imperial guards. As soon
as Jaffe asked, he learned that today was the ceremony of Princess Changyi, and the common people could watch the ceremony on the periphery.
Years later, this unprecedented ceremony is still talked about. The princess wears a long skirt with big sleeves, the clothes of Zhai, the phoenix crown on her head, and the East Pearl on her tail, shaking step by step, which is extremely luxurious. It was the grand ceremony of the most prosperous period of the Chen Dynasty, with numerous flowers and brocades, burning oil, and finally attributed to the bright and beautiful eyes of young girls.
Jaffe stops under the roof.
He looked up and looked at Sheng Yunlin, who was dragging the tail of his beautiful clothes and walking up to the top of the roof. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t seen her for half a year, or because her makeup today is too gorgeous, and the girl on the stage is so beautiful. Someone
nearby commented, “Twenty years ago, Princess Huayang’s wedding ceremony was also held here, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, the ceremony of Princess Chang Yi is even more grand than her mother’s!” Replied one of the older men.
“Was the eldest princess so beautiful in those days?”
“Not the same.” The elder shook his head and said, “Princess Chang is gentle, and Princess Chang Yi is even brighter.” Is it
bright? Jaffe raised his eyes.
She is really bright.
Jaffe had seen the portrait of Princess Huayang when she was young in the Imperial Study, and the emperor would take it out of the drawer from time to time. That face is really gentle and graceful to the extreme, I do not know how many young people have appeared in the dream.
But Sheng Yunlin is not like Princess Huayang.
The smart eyes were very similar, but the eyebrows, the bridge of the nose, and the lips all seemed to follow her father, the King of Changning. Jaffe has also seen a portrait of the King of Changning in a military uniform. The young man in the painting is heroic, and his face is full of perseverance. Sheng Yunlin may be with his father’s heroic spirit, Mingming was born very beautiful, but his temperament is different from the palace princess in the imagination of others.
At the end of the ceremony, the voices around him gradually boiled up. Just because the last item of the ceremony was the princess parading through the streets in a sedan chair. This may be the closest time that the people in the capital are away from Her Royal Highness, because there is a sea of people on both sides of the long street, and the audience is blocked.
Jaffe left against the tide.
Somehow, the moment when Sheng Yunlin was inserted with a suet white jade hairpin by the queen mother, the picture lingered in his mind.
Accompanied by the long memory of the princess, the princess’s marriage has also been officially put on the agenda. It was probably because the princess at the ceremony was too amazing, and I don’t know where the rumor came out that “the Lord doesn’t affect his official career.” In short, in just one year, the children of the aristocratic family had gone from walking around Sheng Yunlin to circling around her every day. The status of the
emperor’s son-in-law suddenly became very popular, and many of the ladies of the noble families handed signs to the palace, inviting the princess to go home to enjoy the flowers and write poems.
The emperor said, “You must choose a satisfactory husband for Princess Changyi.”. But how to be satisfied? The emperor added that the princess had to take a fancy to it in person. So Sheng Yunlin began more than a month of blind date process, from the prince of the palace to see the eldest son of Guogongfu, even the study class was temporarily suspended.
But Jaffe still had to go to the upper study to teach. When
winter turned to spring, the prince fell ill because of a cold and stayed in bed for half a month. This made the emperor feel the importance of letting his sons exercise well. Coinciding with Jaffe’s return to Beijing, the emperor suddenly remembered that he had a civil and military all-rounder, so he asked him to change a course and take the princes and the children of the aristocratic families to practice swordsmanship, body building and physical fitness. There was no school yard in
the upper study, but fortunately there were not many people, so Jaffe found an open space among the flowers and trees outside the house and took the students to practice their swords.
This group of young people read books well, but their martial arts foundation is uneven. Although Jaffe taught seriously, he was not talented enough to dance his sword crookedly. If the sword flies in Jaffe’s hands, like silver light breaking, with the feeling of cutting iron like mud, it will become a very funny scene in the hands of some families.
Jaffe could not help sighing in his heart.
He was thinking about how to explain to the emperor when he heard a light laugh coming from the flower tree next to him.
“Who?”
His voice did not fall, there was a beautiful figure on the treetop down, he only felt that the scene seemed familiar, subconsciously reached out to pick up, but this time, the figure fell steadily to the ground-who is not Sheng Yunlin?
“Sister!” The prince’s tone of voice was quite surprised. “Are you back?”
“I’m back.” “You’re no good,” said Sheng Yunlin briskly. “Why are you so bad at sword dancing? You’re not as good as me.”
She looked back at Jaffe with a smile and said, “Lord Xie, I almost thought I couldn’t catch up with your class.”. I was late for something, and seeing that you were teaching, I couldn’t disturb you, so I went to stay in the tree for a while.
Jaffe knew exactly what she meant by “coming late for something.” He didn’t know why he was a little strange, but he said to her, “It doesn’t matter. Let’s go back to the team.”
Sheng Yunlin, however, did not return to the team. Instead, he said with a smile, “Lord Hsieh’s swordsmanship, I remember it at a glance.”. Would your excellency like to see it?
Jaffe raised his eyebrows. “Can you use a sword?”
“My father taught me some.” Sheng Yunlin said calmly.
Sheng Yunlin has been a long-memory princess for so long that Jaffe almost forgot that she came from the Sheng family in Yunnan. The Sheng family has been stationed at the southwest border for generations and is full of loyalty. It’s not unusual that the daughter of the Sheng family can use a sword.
“Watch this.” She took a rapier from Chen Yu, raised her chin to a dozen teenagers, and then made a gesture in the open space.
Then, the sword flew, the light of the sword was like a shadow, and her whole movement was like a flowing clouds and running water. In the chilly spring breeze of March, the pear blossoms in the courtyard are flourishing, the falling petals are being chopped by the shadow of the sword light, and the rain of flowers falls on Sheng Yunlin’s shoulders and hair.
Jaffe taught that set of swordsmanship, she actually copied almost every move down!
Although Jaffe also knows that for anyone who has a foundation in martial arts, the swordsmanship he teaches today is very easy to learn, but it can be so smooth only once, and it is impossible to get it without great talent.
“Chang Yi, how can you do everything?” The big prince was surprised.
“That’s all I know.” Sheng Yun-lin stuck out his tongue. “When did I test you before?”
Chen Yu’s eyes were a little dull: “Ah..” I don’t even seem to be able to beat my sister.
Sheng Yun-lin rubbed his hair and said, “No, if you grow up, you’ll be able to beat me!”! Waiting for you to crown.. Nope! By the time you’re fifteen or sixteen, I’m sure I won’t be able to beat you!
When she had finished, she suddenly turned around and asked Jaffe, “Lord Xie, how is my sword dance?”
Those smart eyes are shining, as if they are expecting something.
Jaffe felt like he had been bewitched. For the first time,
he didn’t skimp on his praise, but said, “Well, that’s pretty good.”
-Very beautiful.
Breathtaking. The progress of
Princess Changyi’s blind date was widely circulated among princes and nobles. Zhai Wentao, the youngest son of the Minister
of Rites, was also in the Imperial Academy. As the gossip leader among the young people, he eagerly kept up with the latest developments with his colleagues. He said that the children of the family who were of the right age and had not been married had basically met the princess, but the princess never said which one she was most satisfied with.
But his aunt is a virtuous concubine who is very much loved by the emperor today. The virtuous concubine told her that the empress had asked about the princess, and the princess said at that time, “Ah, none of them look particularly outstanding.”
It can be seen that they are not satisfied.
Zhai Childe said, with a meaningful look at Jaffe.
So the people next to him followed his eyes and looked at Jaffe together.
If the appearance is outstanding, it may be that this generation of aristocratic childs are not as good-looking as Jaffe.
Jaffe was drafting an imperial edict for the emperor when he saw all the people around him staring at him. “What’s the matter?” He asked indifferently.
“Cough.” Young Master Zhai cleared his throat. “Thank you, Lord. I heard that last year, Your Majesty wanted you to be the Lord, but you refused.”
Jaffe glanced at him and went on drafting the edict.
Zhai Wentao is very familiar with Jaffe’s style of “being too lazy to talk to you.” Generally, Jaffe ignores him at this time. No matter how much he chatters, Jaffe may treat him as nothing. Of course,
he wouldn’t ask for trouble, so he continued to gossip with the people next to him, “My father told me that Beimo is going to send envoys to the capital for peace talks!”! The Ministry of Rites has been busy with this recently. The pen
in Jaffe’s hand stagnated.
What peace talks, in the border can not talk, must send envoys to the capital to talk?
Jaffe locked in the reason almost in an instant.
Unless you are asking to marry a princess.
At the moment when the idea came out, he suddenly became so upset that he could not even write the imperial edict in his hand.
The emperor has seen more and more portraits of Princess Huayang recently.
He used to watch alone, and even the people who waited around him retired. If someone enters the Imperial Study, he will slowly roll up the scroll of the picture and put it in the box.
Recently, when Jaffe entered the Imperial Study, the emperor, as if he had not heard of it, still quietly looked at the long picture scroll. The woman in the
painting is always smiling and gentle, making it easy to imagine how she was famous for her face when she was still alive.
“I would like to see the emperor.” Jaffe made a sound.
“Here comes Hsieh Ai-ching.” The emperor did not lift his head. “Sit with me for a while.”
“I’ll just stand.”
A long time.
The emperor finally put down the portrait, but did not put it away. Instead, he said to Jaffe, “Do you think Chang Yi looks like her mother?”
「……」 How to answer? It’s not really like that. But
the emperor asked himself and answered, “Only the eyebrows are more like the eyes.”. The rest of Changyi is like her father, even in character. Jaffe, do you know how Huayang got there?
“I’ve heard that Princess Chang was trying to protect Your Majesty, so I don’t know anything else.”
「…… Yes. The emperor was silent for a long time. “If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be here.”
Jaffe was stunned. What exactly happened in that year is a secret buried in the palace, and no one dares to explore it.
The emperor sighed, then slowly rolled up the scroll and said, “How I wish that Chang Yi was my daughter.”
Jaffe had heard the emperor say something like that many times. Everyone in
the court knew that the emperor loved the princess who was not his own, and even mentioned several times what would happen if Chang Yi was born as a prince. But everyone can hear that it is only the preferred words of the heart.
Only this time is different.
Jaffe suddenly understood what the secret past was-unverifiable, but so straightforward in front of his eyes-that the scroll, which had been repeatedly taken out of the drawer, unfolded, rolled up and put back, had been wrinkled at the corners, and the paper was slightly yellow because of the lingering age, engraved with the traces of the past decades.
That is the past of the emperor and Princess Huayang.
Jaffe suddenly lifted his official clothes and knelt down.
“Your Majesty, I beg to grant you a marriage.”
“Oh?” The emperor glanced at her and said, “Which girl do you like?”
“I beg to marry Princess Changyi.”
“Oh.” The emperor snorted, “That’s strange.”. Last year at this time I offered you the position of son-in-law, but you turned me down. How is it that a year later you have come to beg me again?
“Do you believe me when I say I regret it?”
Regret? It’s too late.
“Your Majesty.” Jaffe had no intention of getting up. “The envoys from the northern desert are about to go to the capital. If they ask the princess to marry, the princess will be doomed!”
The emperor snorted, “You know things like a God, but I told you, it’s too late. She has already promised.”
Jaffe’s pupils suddenly dilated.
Xu Shi, the palace gate was about to be locked.
Jaffe can can Imperial Study, hand with unfinished documents. North desert to make, the emperor to issue a lot of imperial edicts, almost every article needs to be drafted by Jaffe.
From the Imperial Study to the palace gate, there was still a long way to go, one of which passed the upper study, just in time to see the eaves of the classroom. On the upturned corner of
the eaves, there was a slender figure, dressed in Hu clothes, with long hair tied into a ponytail with a white jade crown, holding a small wine jar, looking up and drinking to the moon. In the
bright moonlight, the man was just a silhouette in Jaffe’s eyes.
Jaffe recognized the man at a glance.
“Your Royal Highness.” He stopped and looked up.
“Ah, Lord Hsieh, what a coincidence.” “Would you like to come up and drink with me?” Sheng Yun-lin raised the wine jar below.
Jaffe frowned. “It doesn’t agree with etiquette.”
Sheng Yun-lin raised a bright smile and said, “It’s sweet rice wine. I asked for it from the kitchen when I was a child!”! Just put on a show and learn from the literati and poets. As soon
as Jaffe thought about it, he jumped up and landed firmly beside Sheng Yunlin.
“Good flying skill!” Sheng Yun-lin exclaimed, “You really deserve to be Lord Hsieh, who is both civil and military!” Then he took out a white porcelain jar
from his side and handed it to Jaffe.
Jaffe took the wine and sat down beside her, about three feet away, not far, but not too close. When
Sheng Yun-lin saw that he was still holding the document in his hand, he asked, “What have you been doing recently?”
“An envoy from the northern desert was sent to draft an imperial edict.” Jaffe said.
Sheng Yun-lin put on an act and said, “Oh,” and nodded his head a few times.
Jaffe glanced at her and said, “I wrote your marriage edict, too.”
Sheng Yunlin’s hand holding the wine jar stagnated.
“You know?” She asked.
“Mmm.”
“It’s still a secret. Don’t say anything yet.”
「…… OK
“When did you know?”
“Today.” Jaffe looked straight into her eyes. Why?
“They sent a letter in advance, saying they wanted to marry the princess.” Sheng Yun-lin took a sip of wine, “and asked me to go by name.”
“If you don’t want to go, Your Majesty will find a way.” Jaffe said.
Yes, we can find a way. But the letter also said that as long as I was the one who went, I would withdraw my troops from the northern desert for a hundred miles, hire Hulan City, and draw up a hundred-year peace treaty-within a hundred years, the two countries would not send a single soldier to each other’s land.
Sheng Yunlin looked directly into Jaffe’s eyes, and there seemed to be a reflection of the starry night in the dark pupil.
“What a gift.” Sheng Yun-lin sighed softly, “I didn’t know I was worth so much.” The city
of Hulan was originally the territory of the State of Chen. It was occupied by the northern desert in the early years, and then it has been a place of war on the border. This time, the north desert was willing to take the initiative to return, the emperor did not expect.
If the city of Hulan returns, the people will be greatly boosted. And the century-old peace treaty saved the people on the border from suffering from war.
Send out a princess, can be exchanged for such a generous gift, no matter how much the princess is loved, the emperor can not but consider carefully.
“So you were afraid that the emperor would be embarrassed, so you took the initiative to ask for marriage?” Jaffe’s eyes were deep.
“That’s not the reason.” Sheng Yun-lin shook his head. “Lord Hsieh, do you know why my father was given the title of King of Changning?”
Without waiting for Jaffe to answer, Sheng Yunlin went on to say, “It’s rare to have a king with a different surname. The only reason for this kind of title is military merit.”. My father guarded the southwest border and won every battle. He was regarded as the God of war by the people. I grew up on the border as a child, and I know the pain of war. If I can get a hundred years of peace in exchange for a single marriage, then I must go.
To enjoy splendor and wealth, one must shoulder heavy responsibilities. Now that she has become the princess of Heaven, she has to bear the responsibility of being a princess. Sheng Yunlin picked up the wine jar and took the initiative to touch the jar in Jaffe’s hand. “What’s more, if I go there, I will be the concubine of the King of Beimo. My child must inherit the throne. Maybe in 20 years, Beimo will be in my hands.”
Her words were so wild that there was a kind of heroism about drinking as a song.
Jaffe seemed to freeze, unable to speak for a long time.
My father died on the battlefield, and even so, he didn’t lose that battle. So I won’t lose either!
Sheng Yunlin drank it down in one gulp.
Jaffe also drank it down with her.
Unexpectedly choking, he coughed twice, and the hot liquor poured straight into his stomach. It’s
not rice wine.
And in front of the girl in Hu clothes, although the smile is wanton, there are crystal tears in her eyes.
“Ha ha, it’s a bit choking.” She wiped away her tears. “It was careless.”
“You can’t lose.” Jaffe said suddenly.
“What?” Sheng Yunlin was stunned.
“Don’t talk to another person tonight.” “Your Highness, I will not let you lose.” On the day when the
North Desert Mission entered the palace to welcome the bride, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely delicate. One side is decorated with lanterns and colored streamers, while the other side is the forced smile of emperors and empresses.
The prince did not appear for many days in succession, changed his usual style of sticking to Sheng Yunlin, and seemed determined to express his dissatisfaction with the marriage. The etiquette of the
princess’s marriage was extremely cumbersome, and Sheng Yunlin got up early in the morning to dress up. She came out of the queen’s palace to show the honor of the eldest princess. The dowry was carried all the way from the south gate of the palace to the north gate, and almost all the magnificent houses in the city added makeup to Princess Changyi. Looking down from the highest building in the palace, Yueyao Platform, it looked like a long red dragon swimming. Countless rare treasures, but randomly placed in the box, box after box to follow the princess to the north desert.
Before going out, Sheng Yunlin practiced smiling in front of the mirror over and over again, even pushing the corners of his mouth with his finger pulp.
“It’s still a little fake.” She sighed.
“The princess is extremely beautiful even if she doesn’t smile.” Complimented Mammy, who was dressing her.
Soon, it was time to leave. Only then did Sheng Yunlin discover that the day had come so quickly that the wedding, which had been prepared for half a year, had arrived in a twinkling of an eye.
The emperors and empresses were waiting for her in the front hall, and the chariot that Beimo had come to greet her was already waiting outside the hall.
Sheng Yunlin went to the shop, facing the empress, knelt down and kowtowed. The official of the Ministry
of Rites sings, “One bow, thank you for your grace!”
“Farewell, farewell to your parents!”
“Three worships.”
“Sister!” Suddenly there was a loud shout at the gate of the temple.
Chen Yu stood outside the door breathing heavily, his eyes red like a rabbit.
Sheng Yunlin knocked silently for the third time, then got up, looked back, and smiled at Chen Yu.
“Here you are at last.” Her eyebrows are curved and her smile is like a crescent moon.
Then her vision blurred and she laughed with tears.
Chen Yu tried his best not to cry in front of so many people, so as not to lose the prince’s deportment. But when the empress saw this, she couldn’t help covering her face with her sleeve and said, “Your son..”
Everyone has always known that the relationship between the princess and the prince is like a brother and sister, the prince made a lot of trouble for the marriage, but at the moment when the princess came out of the cabinet, he still rushed to come.
“Just catch up.” The emperor sighed, “If I don’t see this side, I’m afraid I’ll regret it.” Before
Sheng Yunlin could say a few words to Chen Yu, the official of the Ministry of Rites whispered, “Your Highness, it’s an auspicious time.”
Finally, I have to say goodbye.
Sheng Yunlin walked out of the hall step by step, and his legs seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. She got on the bus and never looked back, trying not to miss all the beautiful things. The moment the
door curtain closed, she suddenly realized that her carefree girlhood was officially over. Under the escort of the emissary from the north desert,
the chariot moved smoothly through the Palace of Heavenly Purity, then through the Xitai Hall, all the way to the north gate. Sheng Yunlin likes to climb up the roof, drink and enjoy the moon when she is free. The terrain of the palace has already been engraved in her mind. She knows which road she has gone and how far she is from the palace gate with her eyes closed.
Before leaving the north gate, the car suddenly stopped.
Suddenly, there was a smell of danger. There was a strange sound
around, the footsteps of many people, followed by the clank of the collision of cold weapons, Sheng Yunlin suddenly lifted the door curtain of the car, and the driving Beimo people directly twisted her wrists, took a bundle of rope, and took a folded rag into her mouth, then threw her back into the car.
“If you want to live, stay where you are!” North desert humanity. Being thrown by
the North Desert man with great strength, Sheng Yunlin’s head slammed against the pillar, and she could not help screaming out in pain.
As soon as she was thrown like this, the weighty step on her head slipped to the ground.
Sheng Yunlin’s heart beat like a drum, as if to rush out of the chest, under extreme fear, thinking completely unable to operate. Even so, she breathed heavily, forced herself to calm down, moved to the step, tried to pick it up, and kept poking the hemp rope tied to her wrist with the sharp end of the hairpin.
Accompanied by the increasingly loud sound of fighting, the temperature around is also gradually rising. It’s
not an illusion, it’s fire! The
flames and black smoke filled the air, and Sheng Yunlin was choked so hard that she could hardly breathe. She was almost repeating the action of puncturing the rope with her remaining willpower.
Just when she thought she was going to die here, the rope snapped. The sound outside the
car had stopped, and the people did not know where to go. Suddenly she lifted the curtain of the door, and what she saw was the burning wood and the bodies on the ground. The flesh and blood are blurred and the mess is unbearable.
She spat it out.
Run, run!
She ran in a panic, trying to get the path of the palace out of her mind as much as possible. She knew that there was a path leading to the queen mother’s bedroom. There was a basement, which was very cool. It was used by the palace people to store the fruits from the south for the queen mother. She could hide in it.
She covered her mouth and nose and ran as hard as she could, and panic and courage burst out in the girl’s body at the same time.
The sky was stained with the color of blood by the flaming fire.
It was like nothing she had ever seen before.
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Released on 2021-07-05 1711. Reprinting of
cat and mouse games
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