Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

Chapter 1 Young Master Xia Coincidentally Obtains Poetic Feelings under the Pretend of Injury Spring

The blue sky is fine, it was originally a day of spring and scenery, but in the deep palace, it is difficult to have the feeling of going out in the suburbs and playing in the mountains and rivers.

In the middle of the main hall of Qixia Palace hangs the four big characters "Diligence first and self-restraint". The thick ink splashed running script is written on the rice paper paved with broken gold leaf, just looking at it can't help but be extremely respectful.He sat on a black lacquered armchair carved with huanghuali wood and Eight Immortals.

"Don't think about Gai?" Bi Xin clamped the pages between his fingers, closed the book slowly, closed his eyes and muttered: "Don't think about Gai."

Li He sang loudly outside: "Slave, I wish the second prince's peace."

Then only the sound of footsteps and laughter approached, and when I opened my eyes, I saw a young man tied his hair with a silver moire-inlaid sapphire headband. Because he was not yet young, the bun was only slightly combed, and the rest With the back of the head scattered, I ran fast for a while, and the blue hair was a little messy.Jingbi Se satin said that the slightly angular face became more and more handsome, a pair of almond-shaped eyes sparkled, and the lips were as red as fat. Fortunately, the heroic spirit between the brows was able to suppress this beautiful appearance with a man's body.

It turned out that his younger brother Liufu.

"Why is brother reading "The Book of Songs"?" Liu Fu took the book in Bi Xin's hand with a smile, and opened the page he was holding, ""Peaches in the Garden". The words of thinking, if you read it again, you will cry."

Bi Xin pretended nothing happened, closed the book in Liu Fu's hand, and dragged him to the couch to talk.

"Today's homework is done quickly." Bi Xin said and pushed the fruit in front of him.

Liu Fu stroked his hair, supported his head and thought for a while, "It seems that there is some kind of article about 'discussing politics and cultivating morality'."

One seemed to make each other laugh.

Liu Fu raised his eyes and saw that his brother was going to nag him about his homework, so he quickly stopped him: "Master Huang is kind after all, just ask him a little bit."

Bi Xin's thoughts were fluctuating, unlike the usual instructions, he got up and pulled an article to him, saying: "Don't copy everything."

Liu Fu took the article and said with a mysterious smile, "I will send you a gift in a few days to thank you."

Liu Fu said again: "It's not that I'm lazy, it's because I saw an interesting story today and kept thinking about telling you, so I forgot to make a fuss." As he said, he handed over a bamboo dragonfly and his hand.The green bamboo has no carvings, it is very simple and unusual, it is not like something that concubines and princesses play with.Duan plum red fragrant paper is tied at the end, and on it is written in small letters:

"I don't know half of the spring, and I still worry about whether it will be too late.

Slanting sun floating clouds upstairs drunk, more speechless sniffing flowers and branches. "

Bi Xin nodded and said, "I don't mention the sadness of the spring and the moon, but just say that the spring is quiet and beautiful and needs to be cherished. It's a bit insightful." Liu Fu said that he picked up the bamboo dragonfly from the willow tree behind the Qinhe Pavilion.

Bi Xin thought that the southeast wind was blowing now, and the southeast of Qinhe Pavilion was Jingfangxuan, where the princesses read and learned etiquette.

Liu Fu played with the bamboo dragonfly and said: "There are so many dull people in the palace, I really want to meet this clever person."

Bi Xincong took a sandalwood grate with bamboo leaf pattern and gave Liu Fu a grate head, saying: "Let's go with fate."

The next day, Bi Xin took the flow to bid farewell to the master who taught him, and left the study room after being sent off by the attendants.The two were talking and walking in the imperial garden. I don't know if it was a coincidence or fate. The two brothers were praising a pair of golden carps swimming in the pond. Swirling and turning, it is even more beautiful than the delicate petals in spring.

Liu Fu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's really fate. It seems that you and I are not ordinary people, otherwise how could we meet such a refined thing." Bamboo dragonfly, jasper girl's handwriting, read it carefully, only feel the fragrance of the tongue, the meaning is long:

"Picking white apples in Tingzhou, and spring in the south of the Yangtze River at sunset.

There are returning guests in Dongting, and old friends in Xiaoxiang.

Why don't the old man return, Chunhua should be late.

Don't know new knowledge and music, only words and deeds go a long way. "

I express my homesickness by using the people in my hometown to think about myself, which is the best way to express my homesickness.

Following the wind, he went to the two of them, and the guard of honor followed from afar, only Li He by Bixin's side and Du Pin by Liufu's side were waiting two or three steps away.

After a few steps, I saw a woman chanting to the pink and white cherry blossoms: "Is the old garden still there? New trees should also be planted." Behind her was a girl carrying a soft wicker basket with a tie in the middle. Bamboo dragonfly with red paper.

Li He stepped forward and shouted, "Who is it?"

The woman looked back and saw two young men in brocade robes with extraordinary bearing.One is elegant and elegant, with only a pair of peach blossoms and beautiful eyes, which makes people yearn for it.Another jade tree is facing the wind, so beautiful and clear, it was really a joke, but it was almond-eyed who heard it first.

The woman hurriedly made a big salute, bowed her head carefully and said carefully: "The slave servant policeman Fangxuan's sixth-rank attendant reads Liu Wanzhao's family name from Jinling, I don't know the two lords..."

It turned out that she was really the female officer of Police Fangxuan.

I saw this woman with a beautiful face and a willow waist, wearing a lavender floral pomegranate skirt, wearing amber beads in her ears, and faintly showing rain flower stone bracelets on her wrists. The cloud temples were only tied with a water-colored silk ribbon, and a cherry blossom was on the hairpin .The most ingenious thing is that the cherry blossoms are red and white, and the double petals are pressed against each other. The white and red are combined but not blended, which is suitable for the quiet and beautiful spring scenery.

Li He learned that she was a high-ranking female official, and most of the attendants were from famous families, so he sang politely and politely: "This is the first prince of Qixia Palace, and the other is the second prince of Cheqiu Pavilion."

That Wanzhao got up and bowed again: "I have seen the two highnesses, and the two highnesses are blessed and safe."

Liu Fu admired the words persistently and said: "The spring dust in Beijing is very heavy, not as graceful as Lishui in the south of the Yangtze River. Miss Liu is naturally homesick."

Wan Zhao lowered his brows and said, "I hope you will forgive me for disturbing your highnesses."

Bi Xin replied to Liu: "Yesterday, a poem about cherishing spring urged people to cherish their eyes. I read it and suddenly felt sad about spring. But I don't want the poet to express his nostalgia. It seems that everyone has unsatisfactory times."

Liu Fu raised his eyes and stared at him for a moment, then turned his attention away, and only said to Wan Zhao: "Your hobby is interesting. Is it a custom in your hometown to let go of bamboo dragonflies?"

Wan Zhao bowed his head without raising his head: "The second prince's praise is just a play for the servants to entertain their boredom in their spare time, so there's nothing special about it."

Bi Xin raised his hand and covered his mouth with his sleeve and whispered to Liu Fu: "They are all playing around, but you always like to mess around."

Liu Fu didn't change his face, and turned back in a low voice: "That's also what brother did first."

Liu Fu was wary that Bi Xin would make trouble with him, so he quickly smiled at Wan Zhao, "Don't blame Miss Liu for disturbing her today."

He just got interested, but remembered that there was an outsider, so he hid his disposition completely.

Wan Zhao saluted and said, "Your Highnesses have flattered you."

The two were about to leave when Bi Xin asked again: "I wonder who you are, Duke Wu of Jinling, Liu Jiangming?" Wanzhao said, "If you go back to the eldest prince, it is Zongbo." Then he said: "My father, Liu Jiangxiao, the servant of the household department of Jinling."

Jinling was originally one of the capitals, so there are six departments compiled according to the etiquette system in Beijing, but Jinling is not an imperial city. Although it has the same official position, it has no power and power.Bi Xin and Liu Fu left amidst Wan Zhao's salute.

All the girls in Jingfangxuan smiled sweetly, and the young girls exuded a burning youthful aura.There has always been a rule in the palace to select princes of the right age from princes and nobles, important ministers and wealthy families, young ladies to enter the palace to accompany the prince, and princesses to study.

Although the rank of Shidu in the palace is not high, all the ministers flock to him, especially the children of the aristocratic family who regard this position as a treasure.Because there are so many benefits in associating with the royal family, the sons will be promoted in the official career by virtue of their relationship with the prince and even the prince; while the ladies are likely to be accused of being given to the prince or even stay in the palace as concubines and concubines. There is a good marriage.

But Wanzhao has been carrying a heavy burden in his heart.Generations of dukes in the Liu family didn't want Liu Jiang to be upright and upright, and his words advocated offending the Holy Majesty, so the family was moved back to Jinling.Liu Jiangming no longer asks about world affairs, but only studies knowledge every day.Although the Liu family kept their titles, their official careers were not as good as before. Even though the family members had outstanding talents, they still had no place to display their talents.

Seven or eight years ago, Princess Qingyang, who was born to a five-year-old empress in the palace, chose to attend her. The Liu family relied on family traditions to win a chance to enter the palace, and there were no women of the right age in Wu Guogong's lineage, so they had to retreat. Secondly, let Liu Jiangxiao's prostitute Liu Wanzhao enter the palace. Before leaving, Wanzhao vaguely remembered the scene of the elders in the clan seeing him off.

Mrs. Wu Guogong, that is, Wanzhao's aunt held her hand and told her a lot of words. At the end, she couldn't help but burst into tears. Wanzhao couldn't remember what she said, only one sentence: "The Liu family can only rely on you. Wanzhao couldn't breathe for many years under the pressure of those words, and because of these words, he had been cautious in the palace for many years and forbeared a lot.

The red lights and blue bricks on the banks of the Qinhuai River all these years away from home gradually blurred in my dreams.Even in the palace, she secretly longed for the little surprise of "returning to the boat late after all the fun, and strayed into the depths of the lotus flower" when she was young; in her prime, she looked forward to Hua Fang who "who in the cloud will send brocade books?" Throbbing; when you are old, you can be peaceful and easy to "love each other when you are drunk", I only hope that the years will be quiet, and I have nothing else to ask for.

But now the gates of the palace are like the sea, and the rules and restraints have twisted all the rights to pursue beauty and dreams. She had to quietly put some bamboo dragonflies with written poems as sustenance.

Wanzhao was thinking about family matters, her heart was heavy, her brows were tightly furrowed, she was lost in thought looking at the flowers and plants outside Jingfangxuan.

Suddenly I heard the slaves shouting outside: "The concubine Shu is here." Everyone stopped talking and laughing, and saluted: "May the concubine Shu be safe and sound."

Concubine Shu wears bright red birds and peony-patterned pleated satin. On her head is a ruby-plated pomegranate hairpin, surrounded by temples made of various gemstone beads. The silk flowers of the hairpin are also densely woven with several layers of gold and silver threads. .

This concubine Shu is the most favored concubine in the palace, and she became pregnant by virtue of being favored at a young age. The emperor was overjoyed when he found out that his heirs had withered.

The maid helped Concubine Shu to walk slowly and was about to sit up.In the middle of the hall, the dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness and the gold court chair is for the emperor to ask the princess about etiquette.The servant at the side looked carefully, according to the rules concubines are not allowed to sit, but they dare not refute Concubine Shu's face, moved the chair to the side, not in the middle, and removed the bright yellow cloud pattern cushion on it, It was replaced with a purple upholstery with duck and bird patterns and carefully waited for Concubine Shu to sit down, standing on both sides with her head down.

Concubine Shu caressed her slightly exposed abdomen, and said casually: "Who is Liu Wanzhao?"

Wan Zhao stepped forward from behind and saluted, "This is the servant girl."

Concubine Shu didn't look at her, she just fiddled with the carnelian ring on her finger and said: "I heard that Duke Wu's family education is very good, why haven't the women of your clan been educated?"

Wanzhao faintly felt that something was wrong, so he knelt down and said, "This servant is so stupid that he offended the empress somehow, and I hope that the empress will be magnanimous."

Concubine Shu snorted coldly and said, "What shameful thing did you do yourself, do you want me to tell you in front of so many girls who have not left the cabinet?"

Wan Zhao bowed down and said, "I really don't know."

Concubine Shu raised her hand to avoid everyone's salute, and gestured to the maid beside her with her eyes.The maid took out a bamboo dragonfly and handed it over, Concubine Shu waved her hand and knocked it down in front of Wan Zhao.Wan Zhao took it out and looked at it, and couldn't help but shudder. On the plum red incense paper tied to the bamboo dragonfly, it was written:

"On the pillow Huaiyuan poetry is completed,

Red letter paper, small calender and Wu Ling.

Send and recruit people to teach Nianyuan, don't be ruthless. "

Concubine Shu sneered and said: "I heard that Liu Shidu gave medicine to a guard who was injured to save you, and then he gave it to him in private, secretly determined for life. The guard was later transferred to the border, and Liu Shidu took medicine." Thinking about it day and night, I wrote these shameless words and they are still being spread in the palace. Is everything my palace said true?"

Everyone was surprised when they heard it, and the leading eunuch above shouted in a shrill voice: "Quiet."

Wan Zhao clenched her lips. It is a serious crime for a woman in the palace to have an affair with a guard, and Concubine Shu really did not come here with kindness.Thinking back to the time when the guard and a court lady from the policeman Fangxuan secretly met at the corner gate, Wan Zhao was looking for something to do with the court lady and didn't want to run into him.A call from the hatchback attracted other palace guards to come, but the guard wanted to hide but smashed his head.Feeling sorry, Wan Zhao lied that he and the court lady met a wild cat here, and that the guard was injured trying to save him.Later, after delivering the medicine once, there was no further contact, let alone that he was transferred to the frontier.Unexpectedly, my moment of kindness would lead to such an indiscriminate disaster.