Jinghe five years, the third day of May.
Two days later is the Dragon Boat Festival. In Jingguo, although the Dragon Boat Festival is not as grand as New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, it is also one of the most important festivals.
On the fifth day of May, people eat zongzi, hang mugwort and calamus at the door of their homes, and drink realgar wine... these are the customs in the Gyeonggi area.
During important festivals, the imperial court would allow officials to take a bath for at least half a day, and most of the common people would choose to put down their work and relax. Goulan was a good place for them at this time.
Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, the most popular play in Goulan is "The Legend of the White Snake". The white snake drank realgar wine on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival and revealed its real body. , staged a drama of saving the husband from the underworld... This drama is both timely and appropriate, and is deeply loved by the audience.
However, when the people in Kyoto left their homes early in the morning and wanted to go to Goulan to watch a play, they were surprised to find that Goulan was gone!
A notice was posted at the entrance of the Goulan, and the gate was closed tightly, and there were not many people who were blocked outside the gate.
"That's good, why don't you just close the door when you close it?"
"I watched a few episodes in it a few days ago, why is it gone today?"
"Inexplicably, the Goulan on the next street was closed. I walked half the street, but I didn't expect this place to be closed too..."
…
While people were discussing, someone poked his head out from the shop next to the Goulan and said, "It was closed yesterday, you don't know, most of the Goulan in Kyoto is closed, it seems to be moving somewhere, if you want to watch a show , you have to walk two more streets... "
After learning about this, many people couldn't help but sigh. When there were not many Goulan in Kyoto, they didn't think this place was so good. Later, there gradually became more Goulan, and the repertoire in it is getting better and better. In the past two years They have long been used to it, and now returning to the days of the previous two years, they always feel that there is something missing around them...
When I walked two streets and walked to another street, I finally realized that something was missing.
Most of Goulan was gone, and many shops on the street were closed. I don't know whether they are completely closed or temporarily closed...
It seems that overnight, the whole of Kyoto became empty...
…
On the palace wall, a figure stood silently for an unknown how long.
A court lady came up from below, put a robe on the girl's shoulders, and persuaded: "The prince has been away for two days, and it is windy here, princess, you should go back earlier..."
Since the first day of May, the girl who has been standing on the city wall for a long time every day for the past two days smiled and said: "Standing here, you can see the farthest. If he comes back one day, I will be far away." I can see…”
She glanced at Xixi again, turned her head, and asked, "How is the matter in the academy?"
The maid nodded and said, "Your Highness has already arranged everything for the princess, but the princess, the teachers and students of the academy, where can we find them?"
She smiled and said, "Of course I have to find the academy, teachers and students my master gave me..."
Palace of Qinzheng.
Li Xuan pushed open the palace door, stretched his waist, rubbed his head that was a little swollen from handling the memorial, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Although he really wanted to push all the government affairs to Mingzhu and be a happy emperor, but if Mingzhu was too tired, that guy would definitely settle accounts with him the next time he saw him...
I would rather provoke Hades than King Jing, this risk should not be taken.
"Leave as soon as you say, you have no loyalty..." Li Xuan sighed, he left, and there was no one to talk to beside him.
Suddenly thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Shen Shu, it seems that it has been a long, long time, and he hasn't seen this guy.
When he walked out of the palace gate, an eunuch immediately stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty..."
Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Go to the mansion of Prime Minister Shen."
Not long after, the concierge scratched his head in Shen's residence in Jingdu, and asked in surprise: "My lord, are you sure you didn't find the wrong person?"
A young man looked at him, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
The young master in front of him was full of noble spirit, the concierge didn't dare to offend, he apologized and said with a smile: "Master, there is no one named Shen Shu in our Shen residence..."
The young gentleman was startled, and said angrily: "It's nonsense, he clearly said that he is from your Shen residence..."
The concierge had a bitter expression on his face, and when he saw someone coming out of the mansion, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Third Young Master, this Young Master said that he wanted to find someone named Shen Shu, but there is really no one named Shen Shu in our house." people..."
The young man who came out of Shen's residence looked at the dazed young master opposite, and asked, "How do you write the name of the person you are talking about?"
"Shen is Shen from your Shen residence, numbers are numbers."
The young man cupped his hands, and said, "Brother, I'm afraid I've found the wrong place. There are quite a few people with the surname Shen in the capital, but in our Shen residence, there is really no one called Shen Shu that brother is looking for..."
"Really?" Li Xuan asked incredulously.
The young man nodded and said, "Really not."
The expressions of the young man and the concierge did not seem to be fake. Li Xuan shook his body. He and Shen Shu hit it off immediately. They became friends. He said that he came from Shen's house. He never doubted it, nor did he verify it. He never Thinking about it, he even lied to him about his identity.
In the huge capital of Kyoto, there are only two friends who can be called his friends.
Now one left him and left, and the other... the other was fake
"Hehe..." There was a self-deprecating smile on his face, and he didn't want to stay here for a long time, so he turned and left.
"Wait a minute."
Suddenly, a soft voice came from behind.
Li Xuan turned around and saw the woman named Shen Su coming out of the Shen residence.
Shen Shu once said that Shen Su was his younger sister, and Shen Su did indeed say that Shen Shu was her elder brother that day in the palace, so they were all lying to themselves
"You... , you come with me." Shen Su glanced at him and walked aside.
Li Xuan followed her, with a grim expression on his face, and asked in a cold voice: "Is there no one named Shen Shu in your Shen residence?"
"No." Shen Su shook his head and said.
A hint of anger appeared on Li Xuan's face, and he asked, "Then you still said..."
Shen Su suddenly looked back at him and asked, "Has anyone ever told you that you are stupid?"
Li Xuan thought for a while and said, "No."
Li Yi just said that he was stupid, but he was not stupid...
Shen Su looked at him and said, "You are not only stupid, but also blind."
"you… "
In this world, the only one who dares to point at his nose and scold him is that guy, the king of a country, how can he allow a woman to insult him? Looking at her in disbelief, he stammered: "You, you, you..."
Shen Su looked at him, and said in the same low and magnetic voice as before: "Yes, I am my brother..."
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Morning Dew Hall.
"Hold the sword steadily, first maintain this position for a quarter of an hour..." Li Mingzhu held Shou Ning's hand, adjusted her standing position, and then walked back into the hall.
Several officials in the court have been waiting for her there for a long time.
A middle-aged official cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the drought in the south..."
Li Mingzhu waved his hand and said, "As for the drought in the south, Shang Shuxing first discusses the specific plan, and then presents it..."
"This..." The middle-aged official was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and looked at her with some puzzlement.
It has always been that the lower levels have encountered problems that cannot be solved, and if they submit them to His Highness, there will be a solution soon. This is the first time he has seen His Highness put it down again.
"The imperial court gave you your salaries, not for you to submit them whenever you encounter something..." Li Mingzhu looked at him and said, "You are the pillars of the imperial court, and we still rely on you to handle state affairs. After I am gone, who do you present to?"
Not long after, several officials walked out of the Chenlu Hall dejectedly.
Her Majesty the Princess is the half master of this court. Her Majesty neglects the affairs of the court, so state affairs will naturally be entrusted to her. How could she not be here in the future...
As the auxiliary princess, where else could she go if she was not in the palace