Why are men so virtuous
I'm not happy anymore: "You kissed me several times yesterday, and I don't owe you anything." Li Cheng Yin pulled off the shirt on his chest and pointed to the scar: "What about this? What are you going to take? Still?" I looked at the pink scar and couldn't help but feel a little discouraged: "It was the assassin who stabbed you, not me." "But I saved your life! If I hadn't pushed you away , maybe you were also injured by the assassin. "I can't refute any more, because I know what he said is actually the truth, but I'm still stubborn: "Then what do you want?" "Next time you go to Mingyufang again. , take me. "Next time you go to Mingyufang, take me with you. "
I was shocked: "You... you..." I shouted loudly, "The prince of the dignified heaven is going to visit the kiln!"
This time, it was Li Cheng Yin's turn to pounce and cover my mouth: "Don't shout! Don't shout! I'm here to open my eyes, and I won't do anything bad!"
We are locked here, and we can't get out for a while, how can we go to Mingyufang... "I'm completely discouraged," The Empress Dowager won't keep us locked up until after the New Year..." Li Chengyin said: "It's okay, I have a solution! "The idea he came up with was really bad and made me pretend to be sick.
I can't pretend.
I have been strong like a foal since I was a child. I only got sick once when I came to Beijing. I was told to pretend to be sick, but I couldn't pretend.
Li Chengyin told me to pretend to faint, but I couldn't pretend. I couldn't help laughing when I fell there. Later, Li Chengyin got anxious and said, "You don't pretend to be me!" , As soon as he fell on the bed, he stood upright and motionless. I rushed to the window and shouted: "come here! His Royal Highness has passed out! Come here..." After I called several times, the palace door was finally opened, and many people rushed in, and the internal officials were anxious I hurriedly went to the imperial doctor, and even the Empress Dowager was alarmed.
The imperial physician examined the pulse for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that Li Chengyin's pulse was vain and lacking in Qi.
I was hungry for two meals and didn't eat, of course I was short of breath. But the Empress Dowager didn't think so. She thought Li Chengyin was exhausted, so even if she was old and disrespectful, she was too embarrassed to keep us locked up.
I was sent back to the East Palace, but Li Chengyin did not have such good luck. He continued to enter the Zhai Palace, because he was going to sacrifice to the heaven tomorrow. Although I returned to the East Palace, I was completely busy. Your Majesty did not hand over the Yuanchen ceremony to Concubine Gao, but I temporarily presided over it.
Chinese New Year is busy, tiring, and not fun at all.
What I am most worried about is the Yuanchen Ceremony. Although Yongniang and Concubine Gao assisted me, it took me a lot of time to memorize this red tape, and there were many feasts and ceremonies that followed.
Every night I was so tired that I could fall asleep while removing my makeup, and then every morning before the sun came up, I was dragged out of bed by Yong Niang to do my makeup. There used to be a queen, and I didn't think so, but now I'm croaking. I have to meet people I know or don’t know, accept their pilgrimages, eat some food that I don’t know the taste of food, every wine tour has a female official to call the name, say auspicious words, watch boring songs and dances, and listen to the chatter of the women inside and outside.
The only fun in the banquet is the day of the fifth day, when all the brides of the people will go to their homes, and the royal family will entertain all the princesses. On the main table are my two aunts, the aunts of His Majesty the Emperor, and then on the second table are several eldest princesses, those are Li Cheng Yin's aunts. Princess Pingnan, known as the eldest princess, took the lead in toasting me, because I am a crown princess. Although I am a junior, but there is no queen at present, I can be regarded as the mistress of the royal family.
I drank, and Yong Niang went to help Princess Pingnan herself. I remembered that Princess Pingnan was Pei Zhao's mother.
Pei Zhao doesn't look like her at all.
I subconsciously began to look for Princess Luoxi. I really didn't pay attention to her before. After all, there are many princesses in the royal family, and I don't meet them often. Many princesses look the same to me, that is, women in Zhai clothes. This time, because of Pei Zhao, I paid close attention to Princess Luoxi. She is very beautiful and graceful, but she looks like a mother and daughter to Princess Pingnan. During the banquet, according to the old rules of the royal family, it is necessary to compose poems together. Yong Niang invited the shooter long ago and made three "Taiping Le" for me, and I just recited them according to the gourd painting. Princess Luoxi made a qingping tune, and there are several words in it that I don't know, let alone the meaning of the whole poem. Everyone praises me as the best poem, followed by Princess Luoxi. I think Princess Luoxi should be the wife that men like. She has a gentle personality and is versatile. She matches Pei Zhaozhen.
I don't think this year has been a happy one at all. Maybe it's because I'm too tired. I haven't seen Li Chengyin for many days. I heard that he and Zhao Liangdi have reconciled again. They seem to be mixing oil with honey. I feel that my interest is waning. Anyway, in the whole first month, the only thing that can teach me to look forward to is the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.
What I like most about Shangjing is its Shangyuan Festival.
Ten miles of lanterns, nine-level city towers, fireworks in all directions, seven-star pagodas, six squares can’t help, five temples ringing bells, four gates open high, three mountains play together, two trips and two returns, a school of peace: it is about the Shangyuan Festival in Shangjing. There are still several days before the festival, and all the squares in the city will be busy with colorful lanterns, even the Shili Zhuque Street. Those lanterns are very ingenious. From big to small, all kinds of colors, piled up mountains and reclaimed the sea, dazzling, can be called a wonderful workmanship. And that night Beijing couldn't help but fireworks, especially in the Seven Star Pagoda. Because it is a brick tower and the terrain is high, there is always the most famous fireworks workshop. Fireworks are set off on the Seven Star Pagoda in turn, which is called "Douhua". , you can almost see it in half of Shangjing, and it is the most dazzling. On this night, the Gongqing family living in Shangliufang couldn't help but their female relatives wandering around. That night, the women from the city almost came out of the city to look at the lamp and the lamp man. Then the Wufu Temple rang the Taiping Bell, and the gates of the south, north, east, and west of the capital were opened, and people could not help but go in and out, so that the villagers could enter the city to watch the lanterns. Sanyin Mountain is the place to ask for the red line. It is said that the Taoist temple on Sanyin Mountain is the temple of marriage. All single men and women go to seek the red line on the first day, and there is no ineffectiveness. Going back and forth is an old custom in Beijing. If a woman is married, she must watch the lantern with her husband on this day to pray for a new year and beauty. As for those who have not been married but have a crush, let alone. This day is a private rendezvous, and it is also allowed by the etiquette.
During the New Year's Day last year, A'Du and I went to Sanyin Mountain to see the lights, and even my shoes were squeezed out. It is said that there were thousands of pairs of shoes that were squeezed out that night. Later, the Taoists who cleaned Sanyin Mountain packed up these shoes and donated them to the poor, and packed several carts before pulling them away.
I had already made up my mind to tie leather strings to my boots this year to avoid being trampled off. Of course I have to join in with this kind of excitement!
On the 14th day of the first lunar month, the mess of giving banquets and visiting people finally came to an end. I could also hide and sleep in the East Palace, so that I could have enough energy for the Spring Festival. But when I was sleeping soundly, Yong Niang called me up again.
I was so sleepy that I yawned and asked her, "What's the matter?" Under Xu Baolin's bed, a peach wood talisman was found. It was said to be a witchcraft. It had Zhao Liangdi's birthday on it, and now Zhao Liangdi has it. After reading Xu Baolin, he was waiting outside the hall, asking the Crown Princess to send him off. "I'm tired, sleepy, and angry:" What a big deal, is it worth making a fuss about a wooden sign, this year is not over yet! Xu! Bao Lin wouldn't be so stupid, and besides, he could curse Zhao Liangdi to death by carving a wooden plaque? Zhao Liangdi is still alive and well! "Yongniang straightened her face and told me, "Witchcraft is a taboo for me, Crown Prince. The concubine may not know that ten years ago, Chen Zheng was banished to death because of his ability to manipulate witchcraft and cursed the saint. For the common people, even the son she gave birth is not allowed to be crowned king... "I felt a headache, I was most afraid that Yong Niang would tell me about things hundreds of years ago, so I got up obediently and asked the palace servant to change my clothes for me. Hastily groomed. Yong Niang said: "The matter of Xu Baolin's witchcraft is very strange. The Crown Princess must be careful not to fall into the trap." I asked her simply: "What do you think I should do?" Yong Niang said: " The Crown Princess could have shied away and handed it over to the Queen's Holy Judge, but now that the central palace is empty and it is a festival, it is not appropriate to talk about this unfortunate thing. The slaves secretly thought that the Crown Princess might as well hand it over to His Royal Highness. "I'm silent, I think If this matter is handed over to Li Chengyin, Xu Baolin will definitely be convicted.
Zhao Liangdi is Li Chengyin's top eyeball. Regardless of the indiscretion, he will definitely be furious, and then Xu Baolin will have bad luck. Xu Baolin was so pitiful, and Li Chengyin didn't like her. The last time she went to see her in the palace, she could only cry. This time something like this happened, she must be speechless. I thought about it and thought about it, but I couldn't bear it.
Seeing that I didn't speak, Yong Niang said again: "Niang Niang, this is a pool of turbid water, Niang Niang should take care of herself." I said loudly: "What kind of self-indulgence, tell me to ignore Xu Baolin, and hand her over to Li Cheng Yin to deal with it. But it can't be done! "Yongniang still wanted to persuade me, so I adjusted my clothes and said," Zhao Liangdi and Xu Baolin came in. "Whenever I act like a princess, Yongniang is always helpless, Yongniang remembers. The strict palace rules and decades of upbringing always made her have to respect me.
Zhao Liangdi was very respectful when she saw me, and gave a big salute according to the rules. I politely asked Yong Niang to help her up, and then asked her to sit down.
Xu Baolin was still kneeling on the ground, with red cheeks and red eyes, as if he had just cried.
I asked the left and right: "Why don't you help Xu Baolin get up?" The palace people didn't dare not listen to me, so they quickly helped Xu Baolin up. I started to babble: "The weather is really good today... Are the two sisters here to greet me for the New Year?" One sentence made Zhao Liangdi's face red and white, white and red.
Originally, according to the rules of the East Palace, they should come to bow and salute me in Juyi on the first day of the new year, but in the past three years, Li Chengyin was afraid that I would be unfavorable to Zhao Liangdi, and never let her come to my place alone, so this ceremony is abolished. So as soon as I said this, Zhao Liangdi thought I was mocking her. In fact, I was busy with the Yuanchen ceremony in the palace that day, and I didn't return to the East Palace until late at night. No matter how hard I was to make such a fuss, even Xu Baolin didn't come to kowtow to me.
I didn't expect such a level, but Yong Niang told me quietly afterwards. At that time, I thought Zhao Liangdi's face was a little ugly, and I thought she was because I was very polite to Xu Baolin, so I comforted Xu Baolin and asked the wooden sign to come over to see it.
Because it was an unclean thing, the wooden plaque was placed on a tray and held by the palace servants, and Yong Niang wouldn't let me reach out to get it. I saw the so-called birthday characters engraved on it, but I couldn't see any clues. I remembered a question: "Why do you suddenly remember to search under Xu Baolin's bed?" When I asked this question, Zhao Liangdi's face suddenly turned ugly.
It turned out that one of Zhao Liangdi's scorpions was lost and disappeared, and the palace staff looked around. Some people saw that it was in the yard where Xu Baolin lived, so Zhao Liangdi's people went in and asked for it. The paranoid Baolin said that he didn't see any Qi'er. How convinced were the people under Zhao Liangdi's hands, they made a fuss and searched everywhere. Unexpectedly, he didn't find Qi'er, but instead found something of witchcraft.
Zhao Liangdi said: "Please ask the Crown Princess to decide for me." I asked Xu Baolin: "Where did this thing come from?" Xu Baolin knelt down again: "I really don't know, the Crown Princess please investigate." "Get up "I hate people kneeling at every turn, so I said to Zhao Liangdi, "In this world, there are causes and effects, and Xu Baolin has no reason, so how could he be witching you? I don't think it's that simple... "Zhao Liangdi said indifferently: "With such iron-clad evidence, is the Crown Princess intending to favor Xu Baolin?" She said rudely, and her eyes were even more aggressive. Without waiting for me to speak, Yong Niang had already said: "The Crown Princess only said that she wanted to examine the reasons carefully, and did not mean to be partial. Liang Di, please be careful." Zhao Liangdi suddenly left the seat, bowed to me, and said: "Then The concubine waited for the concubine to investigate the matter, hoping that the truth would come out soon, and the concubine would naturally give the concubine an explanation. "After speaking," the concubine resigned first. "No more words, don't wait for me to speak again, bring As soon as people reach them, they go away.
Yong Niang was very angry and said, "It's unreasonable and arrogant!" I have nothing to say, Zhao Liangdi should hate me, and I don't like her anyway.
Xu Baolin was still kneeling there, looking at me timidly. I sighed, helped me up myself, and asked her: "You have to repeat today's events, what is going on from the beginning." Xu Baolin seemed to be in shock until Yongniang asked someone to pour a cup of hot tea for her. She ate slowly, and then said the matter in its entirety.
It turned out that the place where Xu Baolin lived was quite remote. These few days were Chinese New Year, and there were rewards in the palace as usual. Those things are nothing to me and Zhao Liangdi, but to Xu Baolin, they are rare things. Xu Baolin is a gentle person. The two maids I sent to serve Xu Baolin treated her well on weekdays, and Xu Baolin gave them the cakes to share. Because the imperial gift cannot be given to others without authorization, so the courtyard door is quietly closed to prevent others from seeing.
It was at this time that Zhao Liangdi's people suddenly knocked on the door. They were flustered and guilty. While answering the door, they hid the cakes. Zhao Liangdi's people entered the yard and searched everywhere. Xu Baolin was guilty of her own guilt, and she was willing to let them walk around at will. At the same time, the people sent by Zhao Liangdi were unceremonious. As soon as he didn't do it, he started rummaging around in the room. Unexpectedly, Yi'er didn't find it, so he found the peach wood talisman from under Xu Baolin's bed. This time, it was natural to stab the hornet's nest. While Zhao Liangdi's people went back to report to Zhao Liangdi, they placed Xu Baolin and the two palace servants under house arrest. When Zhao Liangdi saw the peach wood talisman, she trembled with anger, and without saying a word, brought Xu Baolin and came straight to see me. "I really don't know where this thing came from..." Xu Baolin said tearfully, "Please ask the Crown Princess Mingcha... "What is Mingcha... They both insist on their own words and tell me in a fog. You can't see it clearly, but this kind of thing doesn't always fall from the sky. I asked Xu Baolin: "It's under your bed, don't you know who put it in?" Xu Baolin thought that I was asking for guilt, and was so frightened that he knelt down again with a plop: "Niangniang, this concubine knows Life is short and blessing is shallow, and she has no desire to compete for favor and boast, how dare she curse Liang Di... "I saw that she was so frightened that she quickly said:" I didn't mean that, I mean, this thing should be quietly put under your bed It's not that easy to go. You don't go out much all day long, and the two palace servants are there every day. Have any suspicious people visited you in the past few days, or have any suspicious clues? "Xu Baolin After hearing what I said, I slowly regained my composure, and concentrated on thinking if there were any suspicious clues.
She thought about it for a while, and finally said to me: "I can't think of any suspicious person..." Forget it, this Xu Baolin is just like me, a person who doesn't care at all.
I comforted her with kind words and a few words, and told her to go back to bBSJOOYOO.NeT first. Xu Baolin was still dubious, and I said, "It will come to light with time and time, so what are you afraid of, we will wait until the festival is over." went.
Yong Niang asked me: "What is the best way for the Crown Princess to find out the real culprit in this case?" I yawned: "What good plan can I have, I can't find out about this kind of thing." He asked me: "How does the Crown Princess plan to explain to Zhao Liangdi?" I rolled my eyes: "I didn't put this peach wood talisman under her bed, why should I explain to her?" I couldn't laugh or cry at what I said, and I rambled on to persuade me. I had been dazed for a long time.
I slept soundly this whole night, until I was picked up from the bed. To be honest, I was still a little confused. Although Yong Niang often ordered people to drag me up from the bed, it was also carried with a hand, unlike this person. rude.
I opened my eyes, hey! Li Chengyin! He not only picked me up, but also said: "You can still sleep?" It's over, forget it!
It must be Zhao Liangdi who complained to him, so he came to Xingshi to ask for the crime. I said loudly: "I can't sleep! What's wrong with Xu Baolin? It's just that I didn't find out. It's no use if you yell at me!" "What happened to Xu Baolin?" He looked at me, eyebrows wrinkled to go together.
Ah? He doesn't know yet! Zhao Liangdi didn't complain to him? As soon as I rolled my eyes, I gave him a flattering smile: "Uh... It's alright, what do you have to do with me?" "Tomorrow is the New Year's Day!" "I know." Nonsense, or I just slept all day today , just to keep enough energy tomorrow night to watch the lights and enjoy.
Seeing that I had no reaction, he said: "Tomorrow I will go to the Vermillion Bird Tower with the father and the emperor, and have fun with the people." "I know." Of course I know that His Majesty and him will appear in Chengyuan every year. On the gate of heaven, I waved my hand towards Wanmin and listened to the sound of "long live" on the mountain. It was claimed to be fun with the people, but it was actually standing for half the night with the cold wind. Fortunately, the women of the royal family did not have to stand, otherwise I would have to freeze into an icicle. Being an icicle is a small thing, and it is a big thing to delay me going to see the lights. "Then what did you promise me?" He glared at me with an angry look.
How to say that sentence, accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, the power of the sky is unpredictable. This is true. Accompanying the emperor's son is like accompanying a little tiger. It is equally unpredictable. I really can't guess what he is thinking. He could only ask with a very guilty conscience: "What did I promise you?" Seeing that I was about to deny the account, his voice increased: "You really forgot! You promised to take me to the kiln. "My dear! How can this be shouted loudly