In the third year of Jinghong's winter, goose feather-like snow fluttered wildly on the boundary of the capital, and the land was white, adding a bit of cleanliness to this prosperous place full of desires.
On the street, the thickly dressed hawkers shrank their heads and shrank their heads from the cold, and they did not forget to shout at the top of their voices. Suddenly, there was the sound of drums in the distance. The passers-by and hawkers avoided one after another. The carriage passed by. These carriages are inlaid with gorgeous gems, and the copper bells are ding-dong, and the people in the capital city who are a little knowledgeable instantly understand that it turns out that the royal family and noble women are traveling.
The horses' hoofs splashed the gray dirty snow on the ground, and the gorgeous carriage slowly passed by the people, aloof with a bit of indifference.
The ebony carriage at the back of the convoy was engraved with a phoenix pattern. Although it was kept clean, it was not as gorgeous as the carriages in front, and it was worn out by time.
"parking."
A young female voice came from the carriage, and the guards who were guarding around stopped the carriage after hesitating for a moment. A guard brought the horse stool, and the palace servant bowed respectfully in front of the carriage and stretched out his hand in the direction of the curtain, but his eyes were full of sarcasm and patience.
A former princess who was raised by the emperor as a mascot to show her benevolence and benevolence can only get superficial respect.
Soon a little girl under ten years old came out of the carriage. She was wearing a brocade fur and a reclining rabbit hairpin on her head. Yuxue was cute. She jumped out of the carriage, ignoring the dirt and snow on the ground, and ran towards a corner.
There was a small stall in the corner, with syrup boiling in the pot, and the old man in a gray robe lowered his head and made a sugar painting. When he saw the little girl carved in pink and jade running over, a kind smile appeared on his face: "Your honor is Want to buy candy paintings?"
Wei Jun, who followed the little girl, felt that the old man was a little strange, but he couldn't tell the difference for a while. He bowed his hands to the little girl and said, "Your Highness, you are a body of ten thousand gold, and you must not be willful."
The Holy One wants the former princess to be the mascot, so those of them who are the guards must ensure that the mascot is alive and well. Who knew he had just finished saying this when the little princess turned her head and looked at him eagerly, and the guard was stunned for a while before saying a word involuntarily.
"If you like it, you can buy some to go back, but you can't eat more."
As a military general, he has no resistance to cute-looking children.
"What do you like?" The smile on the old man's face became more gentle, and he pointed to the various sugar paintings stuck on the straw. There are generals, ladies, flowers, animals, and even mountains and rivers, which are lifelike.
Konghou didn't know that he saw this candy painting booth from a distance, so he didn't care to get off the carriage. Although she is nearly ten years old, in her memory, she has only been out of the palace three times.
The first time was when the palace was breached by the rebel army, and the palace servant took her to escape, but before she left the city gate, she was captured by the rebel army.
The second time was that after the new emperor ascended the throne, he named her the daughter of the previous emperor as Princess Pingning, and took her to the sky with great fanfare. Most of the capital was praising His Majesty's kindness. She saw the faces of passers-by through the window screen. Regardless of her own curiosity, she is like a golden lion kept in a garden of beasts. These people are the people who appreciate the beasts in the palace.
Today is the third time that the emperor's favorite daughter has returned to Beijing and ordered the distinguished female relatives to go out of the city to meet her.
Konghou was very happy, she wished Xindi had more married daughters, so that every time they came back, she could take the opportunity to visit the palace. Hearing the stall owner ask her, Konghou pointed at the fairy who was wearing the stars and stepping on the moon and said, "I want this."
"Okay." The stall owner scooped out the boiled syrup with a spoon and quickly painted on the wooden board. His movements are very skilled, and his expression is very focused, as if he is doing a major life event.
Kong Hou opened his eyes wide and didn't dare to blink. She was afraid that she would miss this magical process. Snow flakes floated on her face, freezing her face red. The stall owner couldn't help but said, "Master Jun, there is a lot of snow today, and the noble person is young, so don't suffer from the cold."
Only then did the guards react, and they waved Gong Nu to hold an umbrella for Konghou. At this moment, he finally realized what was wrong, because the old man didn't show much fear when facing them, he didn't look like an ordinary commoner.
The stall owner smiled at Konghou, who covered his mouth without making a sound, his eyes completed the crescent moon. Soon the candy painting was done, and the stall owner's craftsmanship was superb. This fairy candy painting was as clear as crystal, and the flying fairy had a mysterious fairy spirit.
"It's so beautiful. It's the best looking sugar painting I've ever seen." Although she had seen such a sugar painting only once.
"Princess Pingning." The female official in a green winter coat came over, and she said expressionlessly, "It's time for you to go."
Not far behind the female official, several noble ladies stood beside the carriage, bowing their heads and whispering, apparently mocking Konghou. The former princess, who used to be high above, is nothing more than that now, laughing at Konghou in private can bring them a different kind of satisfaction.
But Konghou's reaction often makes their satisfaction greatly reduced, because she has no reaction to this kind of ridicule, no sadness, no anger, or even cowardice. She would often look at them with wide eyes, as if they were making trouble.
This time Konghou's reaction was the same. She took out a silver peanut from her purse and handed it to the stall owner. Ignoring the indifferent face of the female official, she said to the stall owner, "Your candy painting is very beautiful, as written in the book."
The stall owner's hair and beard are all white, and his clothes are also worn out. In such a cold weather, he still sells sugar paintings. It is not easy to live. Konghou thought to himself, he might be happier if he praised the old man more.
Civilian life is not easy, although she does not understand, but she has read it in the book.
"His Royal Highness!" The female official's face sank completely, and she said in a cold tone: "What about your court etiquette?"
Konghou carefully picked up the sugar painting wrapped in rice paper, turned his back to the female officer and wrinkled his nose. When he turned to face the female officer, he still looked cute and cute: "Thank you aunt for reminding me."
The female official said with a smile, "Your Highness will understand."
As if he didn't see the disdain in the female official's eyes, Konghou prepared to go back to the carriage with the sugar painting in his hand. He even accidentally stepped on the mud on the ground and splashed a few drops on the female official's skirt.
The female official stared at the mud spots on the skirt with an extremely ugly expression, but she did not dare to be disrespectful to Konghou.
"His Royal Highness, as a woman, your words and deeds should not be hurried or slow, and your advance and retreat should be measured..." The female official did not speak, the wind suddenly blew up, and the snowflakes whistled, and the cold and biting snow hit her face, like a blunt knife cutting flesh , it hurts badly.
The storm passed quickly, and the palace servant who was holding the umbrella for Konghou glanced back, ignoring the broken silk umbrella and screamed.
The female officer was startled by the sound, and was about to reprimand the palace servant who didn't know the rules, but before she could speak, she was stunned by the scene in front of her.
I saw the colorful glow in the sky, like a fairy descending. And the old man who made the sugar painting had disappeared, and the corner was empty, as if no one had ever appeared.
Soon there were legends that flowed out of the capital, to the effect that Emperor Jinghong was a divine mandate, and even gods descended because of this. Emperor Jinghong took advantage of the situation to open up Enke, and was praised by many scholars, and became the emperor of benevolence in the mouth of the people.
As a princess of the previous dynasty, Konghou had a prodigal father. This father was not good at being good looking and good in tone. He raised many musicians in the harem and ignored government affairs, so that the traitorous officials controlled the government and caused public resentment.
When the previous dynasty was overthrown, except for the old-fashioned old ministers who scolded the current emperor for being unfaithful and the wolf's ambition, no one expressed dissatisfaction with this.
To be the emperor to do this, can be regarded as humiliating the ancestors. Konghou has no opinion on her prodigal father, she just mourns the candy painting she was robbed, which was the first candy painting she got in her life.
The one who took away the sugar painting was the current emperor. What could she do, of course, she gave it to her obediently. After Emperor Jinghong took away the sugar paintings, he asked the palace servants to send them many more sugar paintings, with all kinds of flavors and colors. But Konghou felt that none of these candy paintings were as good as hers, and the sense of anticipation surrounding the stove, waiting for the candy paintings to be done, was incomparable to other candy paintings.
On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the annual banquet.
Konghou put on the costumes prepared by the palace servants, and let them dress up as the jade girl in front of the immortals and appear at the palace banquet. Those who came to the palace banquet included some old officials from the previous dynasty, and they felt more at ease when they saw the Konghou in full costume.
His Majesty treats the princesses of the previous dynasty so favorably, not to mention the capable and talented former ministers of the previous dynasty.
Konghou doesn't care what these ministers think, she just bows her head to eat, she can't eat such a good thing in private. In the corner, the musicians played melodious tunes. The female musician with a flying fairy bun twisted the strings and fiddled with a phoenix-headed Konghou.
This phoenix-headed Konghou was dedicated to the emperor of the previous dynasty, who was very fond of the phoenix-headed Konghou. At this time, his only daughter was born, so he named the daughter Konghou.
This name is a little frivolous, but the king of the subjugated country does not love the queen, does not love his daughter, he is only obsessed with music, and the queen is dissatisfied, so what can he do? Therefore, although Konghou was young, he knew early on that reincarnation depends on luck.
Putting the phoenix-headed Konghou out to play at this moment is tantamount to humiliating Konghou. However, the person who gave this order was the eldest princess, the emperor's sister, so even if the insider knew it, he had to pretend he didn't know anything.
The husband of the eldest princess died at the hands of the generals of the previous dynasty, so the eldest princess hated the emperor of the previous dynasty, and also hated Konghou, the remnant of the previous dynasty. If it wasn't for the eldest princess being reluctant to be sensible, it would be difficult to embarrass a child under ten years old in front of the ministers, and I would be afraid to make things difficult for Kong Hou.
It's a pity that her subtle humiliation has no effect on Konghou. From the beginning to the end, the former princess smiled at the wives with her innocent and beautiful eyes, and she bowed her head to eat without being humiliated. Self-knowledge.
This made the eldest princess not feel satisfied at all. She put the wine bottle in her hand on the table and said to Konghou, "Princess Pingning, what do you think of this phoenix-headed Konghou?"
Konghou blinked, looked at it carefully several times, and said, "It's pretty."
The eldest princess waits for the next paragraph.
However, Konghou just stared at her with big black and white eyes, as if wondering, what else should she listen to, the adults' thoughts are really strange.
The eldest princess understood this look, and felt even more aggrieved in her heart. She wants to lift the table, but this is a palace banquet, and she wants to face.
The other young ladies knew that the eldest princess did not like Konghou, and when they saw the ugly face of the eldest princess, they all started talking and laughing. There are more obvious ones, and even the taunting of Konghou with a gun and a stick.
Konghou put down his silver chopsticks and gave these vexatious adults a lovely smile.
Some words can be replaced by a smile, if one is not enough, then two. Konghou, who is still young but considers himself magnanimous, is always so understanding.
However, the ladies were always annoyed by her smile, and they didn't even know why.
Just when everyone was about to step on the edge of rage again, the sky suddenly shone with silver light, illuminating the entire palace.
Everyone raised their heads in surprise.
Konghou raised his head with his face in his face, the eighteenth ancestor of the Ji family, did she see a fairy