Xie Jiaxiao, the dean
of the hospital, recalled that after Princess Chang was reborn, she was engaged in her career
(this life).
Xie Fei and Sheng Yunlin stayed in the hospital until dawn. In the twilight of the morning, Jaffe asked Feiying to buy a chariot and horses, and took Sheng Yunlin out of Jiangning City first, while he returned to Jia Cheng’s house.
If he left without saying goodbye, it’s clear that the person last night was himself. So he had to go back and deal with Jia Cheng.
Jia Cheng was in a hurry about what had happened last night. The pursuers were wiped out, and he and Huo knew nothing about the eavesdropper. Huo Xiang and the envoys of the King of Liang were all furious. Now Jia Cheng only felt his scalp tingling.
But at this moment, Jaffe came to say goodbye to him.
Jia Cheng is a little confused. A few days ago, I wanted to invite this big Buddha to leave, but I couldn’t. Why did I suddenly have to leave at this time?
Xie Fei said to Jia Cheng, “Xie already knows the true identity of Feng Wuheng.”
Chia Cheng-teng’s heart tightened: “Oh?”? Who is he And how did Lord Hsieh find out?
We’ve been trying to search for clues in the city of Jiangning, but naturally we can’t find anything. This man is from the State of Qi. I went to the Chamber of Commerce of the State of Qi in our court and questioned the members of the Chamber of Commerce one by one. It was only then that I learned that there had always been a rumor in the State of Qi that Feng Wuhen was working for the royal family of the State of Qi. “Therefore, Hsieh feels that Feng Wuheng is not an ordinary bandit, and that any further investigation will be in vain,” says Hsieh.
As soon as he heard about the royal family of Qi, Jia Cheng immediately felt as if he had been through the Ren and Du Meridians.
Could it be that the people last night were windless?!
That kind of skill. That seems to make sense!
Motive makes sense, too. Jia Cheng had heard what Jaffe had said before, saying that the Qi bandit Feng Wuheng had not been captured by the government, not because the government was incompetent, but because he intended to let it go. It is not a matter of a day or two for the princes of the State of Qi to divide their factions. Maybe it is really the opponent of the King of Liang.
Jia Cheng had a clue and was ready to report to Huo Xuancheng immediately. It was he who complimented Jaffe and said such useless nonsense as “Thank you for your hard work these days” and “Thank you for a pleasant journey”, and then let Jaffe go.
Sheng Yunlin’s carriage had arrived in the suburbs.
The flying eagle was driving outside, and Sheng Yunlin was sitting alone in the car, his eyes in a trance. Her left shoulder was bandaged, her arm was hanging, she could not move very much, and she still had a dull pain at this time. Last night she did not sleep very well, almost all the time in the nightmare, the dream is full of bloody old things, those Machiavellian and scheming, use and calculation, and the reckoning of burning bridges. When she
woke up, she broke out in a cold sweat again. And this time, no one held her in their arms. There was indeed a subtle awkwardness between
her and Jaffe, though neither of them had broken it. In the
early morning, they split up, and the feeling of deliberate alienation is even more obvious. When
Sheng Yunlin was reborn, it was early spring, and it was already summer. In order to prevent being tracked, the eagle did not take the official road, but drove a carriage along a forest path, at this time on both sides of the road lush green, green trees, is the summer scene.
Sheng Yunlin looked at it for a moment and then lowered the curtain. The vitality
outside seemed to have nothing to do with her.
She closed her eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.
I don’t know how long it took, but when I woke up again, it was getting late, and Jaffe had already appeared beside her.
“When did you catch up with us?” Sheng Yun-lin asked, “I didn’t hear anything.”
“It’s been a while.” Jaffe brought a water bag for Sheng Yunlin and said, “Drink some water.”
Sheng Yun-lin said, “Oh,” and took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and his thoughts gradually became clear. What did
you tell Jia Cheng? Didn’t arouse his suspicions?
Jaffe gave a general description of his conversation with Jia Cheng.
Sheng Yunlin sneered and said, “This man is so stupid that he got trapped so easily.”. However, it’s also difficult for Huo Xuancheng and the King of Liang not to think too much. Maybe the King of Liang has to weigh it before cooperating with Huo Xuancheng’s plan.
Jaffe suddenly held out his hand to her face. There was nowhere to avoid in the
car, and Sheng Yunlin was stunned in the same place, letting Jaffe gently touch her left eye with his finger pulp.
“It’s growing again.” “That mole,” said Jaffe.
「…… Really? Sheng Yun-lin was dumbfounded. “Do you have a mirror?”? Let me see!
“We’ll go into the city in the evening, and then we’ll find an inn to stay in, and you can have a look.”
I didn’t expect that my appearance would change day by day when I occupied the nest of the magpie. I don’t know what the original owner looked like or what he went through. Sheng Yunlin sighed.
“Maybe you went underground and met Chen’s ancestors. They thought the Chen Dynasty couldn’t do without you, so they tried to send you back.” Jaffe teased.
Sheng Yun-lin looked at him with some surprise. “How could you make such a joke?”
However, this harmless joke eased the awkwardness of the two of them from last night to this day. Sheng Yun-lin squashed his face and said, “My surname is Sheng, but why do I always clean up the mess for the Chen family?”
“You said yourself that you are also the blood of the Chen family.”
“Yes.” Sheng Yun-lin sighed, “I’ve got the title of Princess Zhenguo Chang anyway, but I have to be loyal to the country.”. But now that we’re back in Beijing, I’m afraid we.. “Afraid of what?” Asked Jaffe as
she spoke slowly.
Sheng Yun-lin asked anxiously, “Well..” Lord Hsieh, do you remember what I said to Chen Yu on the boat?
「……」 Jaffe was silent.
That.. What do you think? Sheng Yun-lin had never spoken to anyone in such a cautious tone. This was the first time. He would definitely ask. Even if he doesn’t ask, if we go back to Beijing together, someone will always ask.
Sheng Yunlin’s voice is getting lighter and lighter.
She was both certain and uncertain. She felt that Jaffe was different from her, and that after last night, the two of them had gone through life and death together, and that they were much closer than others, right?
But when she thought of those things, she became uncertain again.
It happened that she had been muttering all the time, but Jaffe was silent and did not respond, which made Sheng Yunlin a little perturbed.
She suddenly realized that she shouldn’t have mentioned it.
“Okay, I know what you mean.” Sheng Yun-lin sighed. “When we get to the inn, why don’t we discuss it in the long run?”
But Jaffe said, “You don’t have to take the long view.”
「…… What?
“I was just thinking that I don’t have any experience in getting married, and now that your nominal parents are not in Beijing, I don’t know how to prepare to be polite.”
Jaffe’s tone was gentle and earnest.
His eyes on Sheng Yunlin were also clear to the bottom.
Sheng Yunlin took a deep breath. She felt as if she had been bewitched by the person in front of her, and she couldn’t even move her eyes.
Really want to die, Jaffe serious appearance, how so good-looking? Usually she can carry it, but once she looks at each other like this, she really has to surrender.
Sheng Yun-lin carefully confirms: “So, we are engaged now?”
“I always thought it had been so since you said that in the presence of the emperor.” Xie Fei said calmly. “Ah,” said
Sheng Yun-lin, covering his face. “You don’t need the consent of the elders in your family for this kind of thing, do you?”
Jaffe looked at her with a strange expression. “I thought they wanted me to bring someone back.”
「…… Yes
After all, Lord Xie’s late marriage is too much. The girls who hid him in their boudoir dreams are probably the mothers of three children now.
Sheng Yunlin thought for a moment and then said, “Lord Xie, it was really my fault that I quarreled with you in the secluded courtyard.”. You were trying to get me out for my own good, but I spoke ill of you, and I felt very sorry for you.
Never thought Sheng Yunlin would mention this at this time, Jaffe was slightly stupefied and quickly said, “It doesn’t matter.”. You have your own plan, and you can’t tell me that the emperor is still alive, so naturally you don’t want to leave the palace.
Sheng Yunlin shook his head. “But I could have explained this better to you, instead of making it so ugly.”. In fact, I was too strong. I didn’t want you to see me down and out like that.
Jaffe was a little bleary-eyed.
Sheng Yun-lin said with a wry smile, “But you’ve seen all the down-and-out things I’ve done in my previous and present lives.”
“Not down and out.” Jaffe said firmly, “You are very strong.”. To be able to survive in a place like that, and live very well, and even protect a child, and never give up teaching him, I didn’t think the second person could accomplish so many such difficult things, and do everything so well.
“I accept your praise.” Sheng Yunlin’s smile was still bitter. For the first time, she mentioned to Jaffe the plan of that year. In fact, I did more than that. Through the palace eunuchs, I found out who Chen Yan’s trusted ministers were, what kind of personality they had, what preferences they had, and what kind of relationship they had by marriage. If Lu Chih-yuan hadn’t come to me by mistake, I could have started somewhere else.
“Well, I guess.”
Jaffe, do you think I’m too cruel to Lu Zhiyuan? Discard after use.
In fact, there have been such comments around her all these years. Everyone said that the long princess was a very cruel person, but anything that could be used would be used to the end, but anyone who stood in her way would be killed. This is supplemented by a vivid and bloody example to testify: Wasn’t that what Governor Lu was like at the beginning? Calculated by the long princess, the whole family was destroyed.
But Jaffe said, “First, there is a blood feud between Chen Yan and you. Lu Zhiyuan is Chen Yan’s confidant. If you want to ascend the throne, he will certainly become the target you need to instigate or eradicate. This is determined by your position.”; Second, under the circumstances, there was bound to be a death between the two of you, and there was no room for you but to cut off the roots. Third, there was no way to hold on to a high position with unnecessary kindness.
“I thought you would coax me.” “I didn’t expect you to be so logical,” said Sheng Yun-lin, holding his cheek. “I believe you.”
「…… I’m not very good at coaxing people.
“It’s okay. I’m good at coaxing people.” I’ll coax you at the worst. Sheng Yunlin thought in his heart.
“You?” Jaffe made it clear that he didn’t believe it. “Are you kidding me?”
Of course! Why do you think everyone liked me when I was in the palace?
“Are you sure everyone likes you?” Jaffe cast a suspicious look.
What for? You still don’t believe it? With an unconvinced look on his face, Sheng Yun-lin said, “The empress, the empress Dowager, the empresses of all the palaces, who doesn’t like me?”? The princes read with each other, which one is not with me? You were the only one who didn’t like me.
「…… Forget it Jaffe didn’t seem to want to talk to her.
Sheng Yunlin curled his lips and said, “Whatever you want.” The
two men went into a state of ignoring each other again. On the way
back to Beijing, Jaffe wrote a letter and sent it home. Then the carriage traveled for more than half a month, and finally arrived in the capital. The people of
the Hsieh Mansion had been waiting for a long time, so that as soon as the horses and chariots arrived at the gate of the Hsieh Mansion, the gatekeeper was so excited that he said, “The eldest son is back!”! Miss Sheng has also arrived to be a guest at home!
Sheng Yunlin had to buy another house in the capital, and even if the speed was faster, he had to stay in Xie Fu for a few days.
Being welcomed into Xie Fu, Sheng Yunlin looked inside with some curiosity. Unlike the mansions of the court officials she had seen, the view of the Xie Mansion was elegant.
As soon as enters the gate is the long gallery, on both sides of the gallery is a pool of clear water, unexpectedly leads the living water into the garden. As soon as the red and yellow koi saw people, they crowded around them. Bypassing the gallery, there is a garden landscape. It is early summer. Pink and purple hydrangeas are clustered all the way along the footpath. The whole courtyard is very elegant. After walking
along the Ziyang Flower Trail for a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the main courtyard of the Xie Mansion. The whole family was waiting in the hall, talking in a lively way, and when they saw Jaffe and Sheng Yunlin coming in, they were even more delighted.
Jaffe and the elders saw the ceremony. Naturally, the old lady sitting at the head could not neglect the guests. She took the lead in saying to Sheng Yunlin, “Is this Miss Sheng that Ying Zhan said in his letter?”? He looks really handsome!
The old lady praised people first, so everyone looked at Sheng Yunlin’s face. As soon as she entered the door, Sheng Yunlin glanced at it and found that she had seen half of the people in the room, leaving aside a few small ones. Sure enough, at this time, everyone’s attention was somewhat confused when it came to her appearance. The middle-aged man sitting beside the
old lady was even more exaggerated and stood up. “Uncle,”
said Jaffe indifferently, “this is the Third Lady of the Marquis of Wu’an.”
“To all the elders.” Sheng Yun-lin’s smile was full, and he didn’t panic at all. “The girl’s maiden name is Yun-fei.”
The middle-aged man also realized that his behavior was somewhat exaggerated, so he had to say, “Yes, you girls of the Sheng family all follow the word’cloud. ‘”
The old lady said, “I, the Hsieh family, have befriended the Marquis of Wu’an. Now that the Third Lady has arrived in the capital, she can treat this place as her own.”
My father asked me to say hello to our ancestors for him. He has prepared some gifts for me to give to the elders, and they are all in the carriage. In fact, the gift was bought by Sheng Yunlin on the way. Thanks to her fifty thousand taels of silver, she spent a lot of money at the moment.
“That’s very thoughtful of San-niang.” The lady on the other side came over and took her by the hand, smiling all over her face and eyes. “Just like the old lady said, you can treat this place as your own. If you have any shortage, tell me.”
“Thank you, Madam.” Sheng Yunlin said.
In front of this group, Sheng Yunlin either knows or can guess the identity.
Sitting in the middle of the main seat of the old lady, that is, the ancestor of the Xie family, the wife of the former prime minister Xie Xiang. This is the wife of Yipin, one of the best figures in the family of Qingliu civil officials. But when Sheng Yunlin was in power, she was already old. Sheng Yunlin sympathized with her and spared her from paying her respects at the palace on New Year’s Day, so she did not remember what Sheng Yunlin looked like. Beside the
old lady stood a thin, middle-aged man with sunken cheeks, a goatee and a serious expression. Needless to say, this is Xie Huaili, the second uncle of Xie Fei. Although he is only a five-grade civil official, he is usually in charge of the affairs of the Xie clan. He is the current patriarch and has a high prestige in the Xie family. Jaffe’s father died early, and Sheng Yunlin had always heard that Jaffe’s second uncle was very strict with him.
Jaffe also has several uncles, but they are all concubines, and now they have been separated, leaving only two of the old lady’s wife to live together in Xie Fu. Looking
further aside, two middle-aged women came into Sheng Yunlin’s eyes. The first one, with her elegant and elegant temperament, is Mrs. Hsuan, the mother of Hsieh Fei, who has just been called “thoughtful.” The second one, although dressed in plain clothes, is very expensive at first sight. It is Mrs. Chin, the wife of Hsieh Huaili. On his way back to Beijing, Jaffe mentioned to Sheng Yunlin
a little bit about the “enmity” between Mrs. Xuan and Mrs. Qin.
The story goes like this: As the mainstay of Qingliu, the Xie family often only married Qingliu, such as Lady Qin’s father, Qin Muran, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, who was also a famous figure in Qingliu. The other daughters-in-law of the Xie family are not as good as each other.
The only exception is Mrs. Xuan. Lady Xuan was the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yongwei and belonged to the family of dignitaries. Also don’t know how the original Xuan lady with Jaffe his father see the eye, in short, it is said that the Lantern Festival Temple Fair first met, the weak scholar was chased by thieves after three streets of Hou Fu’s daughter pounced on a full, directly lead to a non-qing don’t marry, another non-qing don’t marry, both sides were almost broken legs at home, finally became.
When Yongwei Hou’s daughter finally married into the Xie family, she thought that what was waiting for her from now on was the harmony between husband and wife and the oil in the honey, but she did not want to encounter an unprecedented crisis.
It seems that all the sisters-in-law don’t like her.
Mrs. Xuan could not recite poems or paint, and her style was not only not simple, but also extravagant and wasteful. Not to mention wearing gold and silver, just all kinds of precious stone heads and faces, Mrs. Xuan has dozens or hundreds of sets, which are changed every day without repetition. Mrs. Xuan felt that she had good taste, while the other women of the Xie family only felt that she was covered with the stink of money. How
can Qingliu associate with dignitaries? This can’t be!
The female dependents surrounded Lady Qin, the daughter of the Grand Maester, like the stars around the moon, and collectively marginalized Lady Xuan.
However, Mrs. Xuan had two great achievements in her life, which established her absolute position in the Xie family.
The first thing is to give birth to the eldest grandson of Jaffe.
Although having children is only one of Mrs. Xuan’s many important things in life, it may not be in the top three, but Jaffe is still very unusual after all.
Jaffe was three years old and learned everything quickly. Perhaps because he was too smart, he was not very able to play with other children, so he was cold and not very talkative. But it doesn’t matter. The entire Hsieh family knows that their eldest grandson is gifted and should be well cultivated. In the future, he may also be a talented person who worships the prime minister in the cabinet. Obviously
, Jaffe is only one step away from joining the cabinet-if he has not resigned. The second great achievement of
Mrs. Xuan was to cultivate Jaffe into a civil and military all-rounder. The
children of the Xie family only read books and do not practice martial arts. The reason why Mrs. Xuan would let Jaffe practice martial arts was that her own father was a military officer, the Marquis of Yongwei, who knew that his ancestors had earned the title by marching and fighting, so Mrs. Xuan felt that her son should inherit the mantle of her family.
Xie’s family felt that her idea was simply fantastic and absurd. In the eyes of a scholarly family, the word “warrior” can basically be associated with “vulgarity.” At that time, if it were not for the fact that there was no name for it, the head of the Hsieh family would have been eager to ask Mrs. Hsuan for a family law.
But Xie Huaide, the father of Xie Fei, said, “The sword is the weapon of a gentleman. If I choose a famous teacher to teach it, I will not humiliate Xie’s family.”
People feel that this seems to be a bit reasonable, in fact, there is no need to do things so rigid, the ancestral family law does not expressly stipulate that children can not learn martial arts ah? However, there are still a few people in the clan who do not have eyes and continue to jump out to oppose it. Just then
, Mrs. Xuan directly pushed her husband away, pointed at his nose and scolded him, “How long did it take your child to finish learning the Book of Songs?”? Half a year? A year? My son can recite it backwards in a month! If you don’t learn something else, do you want to play in the mud in the yard with your family?
In the end, the matter of Jaffe learning martial arts was settled after Mrs. Xuan invited five, six, seven, eight brothers of her family, who wore military uniforms, had long swords at their waists, and had fierce faces, to visit her family, and succeeded in scaring several opponents from coming out to pay a visit. More than
ten years later, the Xie family produced a top scholar in both civil and military affairs for the first time.
At this time, although Xie Huaide is no longer alive, but the status of Mrs. Xuan in the Xie family is not the same, everyone said that the big lady is wise, which will cultivate the eldest son so well.
Mrs. Xuan then struck while the iron was hot and directly proposed the separation. In one breath,
she “invited” all the annoying sisters-in-law who had been around Lady Chin all these years out of the Hsieh Mansion. Finally, she and Lady Qin were the only two people left in the huge Xie Mansion who were tired of looking at each other.
Mrs. Xuan only felt that her merits and virtues were complete.
…… Had it not been for the fact that Jaffe had never married or had children. After hearing the story,
Sheng Yunlin clapped his hands in amazement. She really did not expect that the Xie family, which was almost rigid, had such a number one figure as Mrs. Xuan, who directly muddied the water!
Mrs. Xuan, as the mother of Taifu, of course, is also the life of the body, previously met with Sheng Yunlin several times. Sheng Yunlin had snatched her favorite “daughter-in-law” into the palace and pointed it out to Chen Yu as a concubine, so that Sheng Yunlin always felt that he owed something to Mrs. Xuan, and felt quite guilty.
But think about it, if you lose all your money, you can pay it back with interest.
In Jaffe’s letter home, everything that should be explained has been explained, and coming to Hsieh’s house to “be a guest” is just a face-saving way of saying so. In short, now Mrs. Xuan looked at her as if she had seen the fat on the chopping board, and smiled contentedly.
Forget it, let her see, it’s all interest! Sheng Yunlin meditated in his heart.
The servant brought gifts from the carriage: a jade carving peach-shaped mantou for the old lady, a set of pigeon blood ruby head and face for Mrs. Xuan, and a pair of authentic masterpieces for Xie Huaili and Mrs. Qin, all of which were absolutely chosen according to their preferences. There were several small ones
beside him, including Jaffe’s cousin who was not out of the cabinet, and his cousin’s children. Sheng Yunlin also prepared gifts according to the head.
After nightfall, the Hsieh family made a special trip to hold a banquet to welcome the two of them. Because it was a family banquet, the whole family, men and women, old and young, were all in one place. Xie Jue, Xie Fei’s cousin, also returned home from the Jingzhao Mansion. When Jaffe was in the court, Xie Jue had some taboo, and had always been placed outside the place, and his achievements had always been outstanding. Later, when Jaffe resigned, Xie Jue was transferred back to the capital and promoted to the post of Jingzhaoyin.
Xie Jue is two years younger than Xie Fei, and she is also handsome and handsome. And Xie Fei’s cold temperament is different, Xie Jue is obviously much more vivid, as soon as he came home, he held the children one by one, and finally carried his little daughter into the hall with one hand. When he saw Sheng Yunlin, he also smiled.
Everyone was seated, and the women were all sitting at the same table. Adhering to the cultivation of the daughter of a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Lady Qin asked Sheng Yunlin what books he had read at home, which made Sheng Yunlin a little confused.
She really doesn’t remember the first books she read when she was a child. Four Books and Five Classics? It’s too basic. It’s for children. Zhenguan Zhengyao? At that time, she had learned thoroughly before giving Chen Yu a lecture, but it was a bit exaggerated to say it on this occasion.
Finally she thought about it carefully and felt that History Retold as a Mirror for Rulers was more normal, so she answered-this time Mrs. Qin was confused. But when Mrs. Xuan heard this, she laughed back and forth, saying frankly that the daughter of the Sheng family was of course different from ordinary people, after all, she had been a princess regent. After three rounds of
drinking, Sheng Yunlin began to make the same mistake again. He began to boast that the Qingshui bracelet in Mrs. Xuan’s hand had a good water head, and that it looked like Laokeng Jade. He also said that the ring in Mrs. Xuan’s hand was also green and rich, and that it must have come from the same original stone as the bracelet? Mrs. Xuan smiled even more from ear to ear, repeatedly said that the daughter of Hou Fu in Yunnan was really knowledgeable, and said that she liked to buy complete sets, and wished she could take Sheng Yunlin to see her collection immediately. Lady
Qin’s eyes are rolling to the sky.
A Hou Fu’s mother-in-law meets a Hou Fu’s daughter-in-law, a perfect match. I’m afraid the Xie family will never have peace in the future. Lady Qin sighed in her heart.
That’s all, my son is better! My daughter-in-law is also very good, the legitimate daughter of a serious civil official! My grandchildren are even better, better than big house anyway! Lady
Chin was just thinking this, but she didn’t expect her son to come over. While everyone was chatting, she whispered to Sheng Yunlin, “Sister-in-law of the future, I don’t know if you have a niece at home.”? My eldest son is six years old. Let’s see if we can get married with a baby. “Your son is so young,” said
Sheng Yunlin. “Why worry?”
Hsieh Chueh said with a straight face, “When I went back to Beijing to report on my work, I saw the eldest princess behind the beaded curtain in the distance. Her grace and dignity were unforgettable. Now I see you, the future sister-in-law, just like the person in the picture!”.
Hsieh Chueh didn’t even notice his brother’s unkind glance. “The daughter of the Sheng family is beautiful,” she continued. “I have the cheek to hope that I can marry a child. If I can marry the daughter of the Sheng family in the future, it will be a blessing for my son.”
When Mrs. Qin noticed it, she happened to hear the second half of the sentence, and she was so angry that she almost lost her breath.
Sheng Yunlin is happy directly. She smiled and looked at Jaffe, who raised his eyebrows, and Sheng Yunlin smiled even more happily.
She coughed lightly and said to Hsieh Chueh, “It’s all right.”. I have several nieces, and if the second son has a chance to take the children to Yunnan to play, he can go and see for himself.
Hsieh Chueh-chueh thought it was feasible, and she left happily, leaving Lady Qin in a mess in the wind, only to feel that the century-old lintel of the Hsieh family was about to be ruined.
Mrs. Xuan’s idea is completely contrary to hers. Mrs. Xuan had been married into the Hsieh family for many years, and on weekdays she was always troubled by a group of sisters-in-law who recited poems and painted. This was the first time she had caught someone who could talk to her about jewelry in such a congenial way, so she pulled Sheng Yunlin to say a lot about the origin and craft of precious stones and jade. Unexpectedly, Sheng Yunlin could really catch her words, especially about jade.
Mrs. Xuan suddenly felt that the Xie family, a sour and pedantic place, finally had a little more hope.
She became more and more enthusiastic and said, “Actually, I just like to collect some complete sets of jewelry. I don’t know much about jade.”. But Ying Zhan has a lot of research on jade, and I think you and he will have something to talk about.
“How?” Sheng Yun-lin thought he had misheard. “I never knew he liked jade.”
She knew Jaffe for so many years, but she didn’t know that Jaffe had the same hobby as herself? Are you kidding me.
Mrs. Hsuan was also very surprised. “Didn’t he make this hairpin on your head?”
Sheng Yun-lin stayed for a while before saying, “I..” I didn’t know about this before..
She touched the hairpin on her head. The jade material of
this hairpin is very good and the touch is warm. Although it is only carved with simple auspicious cloud patterns, it is exquisite and elegant.
Sheng Yunlin thought it was Jaffe who bought it in Lin’an.
…… Did he do it himself?
“That’s all right. Ying Zhan has been a stuffy gourd since he was a child. He talks very little. It’s normal to just do things in a stuffy way and not talk to you.” Mrs. Hsuan says that she understands her son’s temper very well. In fact, Ying Zhan wasn’t very interested in jade in the past. It seems that it was after he became an official that he suddenly started buying jade materials one day and learned jade carving. We also have a very small courtyard in our house, which is full of his exercises. I’ll show you.
By this time the meal was almost over, and the three of them, Xie Fei, Xie Jue, and Xie Huaili, were chatting at the other table about the affairs of the court. Mrs. Xuan took Sheng Yunlin out of the table first and went to the inner courtyard. After
passing through two long corridors and several moon gates, he arrived at the small courtyard in the depths of Xie Fu. This courtyard seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time, and it was somewhat lonely in the moonlight, but it was obvious that it had been cleaned every day, everywhere was clean and tidy, and there were no fallen leaves.
Mrs. Xuan said to Sheng Yunlin, This used to be the place where Ying Zhan kept important things. All the articles praised by my husband when I was young, the gifts I received on my birthday, the letters I wrote to and from my friends, the imperial edicts I received, and the memorials approved by the emperor, are stored here in different categories.
“During the Huaihua period, he suddenly fell in love with jade. He bought a lot of jade at home and often practiced carving here.” With these words, Mrs. Xuan opened a sandalwood cabinet, which was full of jade ornaments.
All kinds of auspicious cloud decorations, some smart, some simple, some complex, different shapes.
Sheng Yunlin stretched out his hand in a daze and touched it.
……
Huaihua, the reign title of Chen Yan.
Suddenly I fell in love with jade. The shape of
an auspicious cloud.
……
Mrs. Xuan said in a gentle voice, “Everyone says that Ying Zhan has been intelligent since childhood and is both civil and military, but how can anyone really be perfect?”? He is not very good at jade carving. Learn for many years, also did not learn a so however, carve to carve, also can carve a cloud, but wasted a lot of good material. So I said, “The one you’re wearing, I can see at a glance that he made it himself.”
Sheng Yunlin’s eyelashes trembled slightly. Madam
, I.. May I see something else? Her voice tightened a little. “Just look around,” said
Mrs. Hsuan cheerfully. The house is not a secret. His nieces and nephews often come to play.
Sheng Yunlin opened the cabinet next to him.
Indeed, as Mrs. Xuan said, they are some old gadgets, which seem to have been collected here when they were young. Come to think of it, this cabinet is full of things from Jaffe’s childhood.
Then open the next cabinet, the next cabinet, Jaffe’s collection of objects in his youth is not much, articles and letters are more; to the youth into the official, in addition to conventional objects, there are a few more imperial edicts.
Sheng Yunlin went to the last cabinet. “It’s all from the yuande period,” said
Mrs. Hsuan.
yuan De is the reign title of Chen Yu.
This cabinet is composed of layers of drawers, and almost every layer is filled with memorials. Since
yuan De, Jaffe has been promoted from a fourth-grade official to a Taifu, and all the objects left behind are memorials.
Sheng Yunlin took out a book at random, opened it and looked at it. It was about the drought in Shouyang. At the bottom, there is a Zhu Pi with dragons and phoenixes dancing. The person who writes seems to be in a bad mood. There is a long string of words, which penetrates the back of the paper.
It’s her own word.
Then open the next one, the next one.. All of them were written by Jaffe and approved by her own handwriting.
“It’s up to Lord Hsieh to handle the matter.”
“As Lord Hsieh has said.”
“Lord Hsieh is a pillar of the country. It is the good fortune of the emperor and the palace to have such a good minister.”
“Doesn’t this palace not understand the good intentions of Lord Hsieh?”
……
She had written so many nice words to Jaffe, but most of them are playing, put on a look of benevolence and loyalty, just to make Jaffe more loyal, and then do his best for Chen Chao, it is best to form a countervailing force with Huo Xuancheng, she and Chen Yu will be able to sit firmly in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Such a mind, as intelligent as Jaffe, how can you not know?
He knew everything, but did not say anything, but silently put away all the memorials with her comments.
No one can see what is hidden under these memorials. Even when the younger generation of the Xie family read it, they only felt that Jaffe had won the holy family.
Sheng Yunlin stared at his handwriting. Everything in the past is vivid in my mind, and when I think of it, I feel a dull pain in my chest.
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Published on 2021-07-05 17:16. It is forbidden to reprint
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