Eastern Palace

Chapter 18

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I rushed up and covered his mouth: "Keep your voice down!" It happened that Yong Niang knew that Li Cheng Yin was coming, so she didn't worry that we would quarrel again, so she went into the hall herself, but she looked over her head, I saw that I was crawling on Li Cheng Yin like an eight-legged crab. Not only was my clothes disheveled, but I also tightly covered his mouth. Because Li Cheng Yin lifted me up from the bed, he was still holding mine with both hands. What about my waist... I'm like a monkey climbing a tree. In short, how ambiguous and ambiguous our postures are, how suspicious and suspicious... As soon as she saw our situation, she was so frightened that she disappeared.

I feel very angry, last time it was A'Du, this time it was Yong Niang, why do they always pick this kind of time to crash in.

Li Chengyin seemed very excited: "Get up, I even ordered my clothes to be ready. After the Shangyuan Festival, there is no such good opportunity." I thought that after he reconciled with Zhao Liangdi, he would This matter had been forgotten to Cloud Nine, and he didn't expect him to remember it.

As expected, he prepared a large bag of new clothes. I have never seen Li Cheng Yin wearing civilian clothes, but I just felt awkward. But it's not ugly, it's just too unlike his usual appearance. "Would you like to put on a fake beard?" He eagerly turned out the fake beard in the package and showed it to me, "so no one will recognize us." "Would you like to bring a night clothes?" He turned out the night clothes in the package and showed it to me, "There is no problem with flying over the eaves and walls." "Would you like to bring the sweat medicine?" He excitedly turned out the sweat medicine in the package and showed me," This way, he turned ten and eight. There is absolutely no problem. "...I really can't take it anymore, Your Highness, you are going to visit the kiln, not to kill and set fire to rob the grain store ticket number... I can't bear it anymore:" Bring enough money. That's really rich and generous. As soon as I said I brought enough money, he dug out a pile of horseshoe gold from under the bag, tsk tsk, he could buy the entire Mingyufang.

After I changed into men's clothes, Li Cheng Yin kept laughing, until I viciously threatened not to take him there, he finally managed to hold back his laughter.

I was about to call A'Du to come with us, but Li Chengyin refused to take her. I said, "I won't get used to it if A'Du is not by my side." Li Chengyin said with a stern face, "It's enough to have me by your side." "But in case..." "You don't believe that I can protect you. "Is it?" I sighed, who was stabbed by an assassin last time, and was stabbed to the death and almost died... But when I think of the assassin's sword, I feel a little guilty, so I don't insist anymore, Instead, he quietly made a gesture to A'Du. A'Du understands what I mean, she will follow us in secret.

So, Li Chengyin and I sneaked out of the East Palace without knowing it. Yong Niang must have thought that Li Cheng Yin and I were in the inner hall, and that no one else had discovered our whereabouts. I am still very happy, because I like to sneak out of the palace to play, even if there is more Li Cheng Yin today, I still feel very happy.

Huan slipped out of the palace to play, even if there was another Li Cheng Yin today, I still felt very happy.

After leaving the East Palace, I found out that it was raining. Sisi cold rain hit my face, and it was freezing cold. I couldn't help but worry. If the rain is heavy, tomorrow's lantern viewing will definitely be a lot less interesting. It also rained heavily the year before, and although the neighbors had built bamboo sheds and still hung up the lights, how could there be a bright moon in the sky and the lanterns like a sea of lanterns.

The galloping road of the bluestone slab was quickly moistened by the rain, and the horses' hooves made a crisp sound when they stepped on it. The willow leaves on both sides of the street have already fallen, and the sparse branches are like a mess of hair, which hides the shops on both sides. Tomorrow is Shangyuan, the restaurants and teahouses are overcrowded, and cars come and go like running water on the streets. Shangjing is so prosperous, especially in Shangjing before the festival, there is a faint electricity and tranquility in the prosperous, like a bride who is going to leave the cabinet, she carefully dresses up, and only waits for tomorrow.

When we got off the horse before Mingyufang, an attentive boy came up to grab the reins and took the horse to the stable in the backyard.

Mingyufang was also very lively tonight, with people upstairs and downstairs. Li Chengyin and I were both half-drenched, and Aunt Wang was so happy when she saw me as if she was seeing a living treasure, she was about to shout loudly as usual, but fortunately I stopped first: "Auntie, First find a room to change our clothes, my brother is the first to come back and is afraid of life." Aunt Wang looked at Li Chengyin's clothes, and when her snobbish eyes saw the bright pearl on Li Chengyin's hat, she immediately stopped. He was so happy that he narrowed his eyes: "Of course, the two young masters are here." When I was going up the stairs, I asked Aunt Wang: "Where's Yueniang?" "There was a guest just now, so Yueniang went to play the music." I think it's very rare. According to the way Yueniang suffered from lovesickness last time, with my friendship with her, I only played two songs for me, and my expression was still listless. Yueniang is not only the oiran of this Mingyufang, but also one of the best in the Jiaofang in Shangjing. She doesn't even make excuses for ordinary dignitaries. Even when I brought Pei Zhao here last time, she didn't take it to heart. . So I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Which distinguished guest is that, who has such ability?" "Who else?" Aunt Wang smiled brightly, "It was the guest who came last time. We Yueniang have been thinking about it for a long time. It's time to come again. "Oh? !

I felt that my curiosity was greatly aroused, so I pestered Aunt Wang to take a look. Aunt Wang seemed to be very difficult: "This... the guests are drinking in the pavilion... You can't break the rules... "I tried both hard and soft for a while, but Aunt Wang still didn't let go. She doesn't do business here for a day or two, and she refuses to lose her reputation after thinking about it. She treated us very attentively, let us into a gorgeous room, gave us two sets of gorgeous clothes, ordered two pretty maids to change our clothes, and went out to prepare a banquet for us.

I was afraid that I would be disguised as a man, so as soon as she left, I blasted the two pretty girls out and changed out of the wet clothes by myself. Li Chengyin asked me in a low voice: "What are you going to do?" I looked at him with a smirk: "What should I do?" "Don't be stupid, I know you will definitely find a way to see that distinguished guest!" Of course! Yueniang is my sister, Jinlan, what if she is deceived by a bad man? I must go and have a look!" Li Chengyin snorted and said, "What kind of man do you know?" Good or bad? "Why don't you understand? I understand it!

I pointed to his nose: "Don't bully me, I don't understand! A man like you is a bad man!" Li Chengyin's face was so ugly: "Who is a good man?" Of course a man like Dad is a good man , but if I bring out my dad, he will definitely keep bickering with me. So I had an idea and said, "A man like your father is a good man." Li Chengyin's face was indeed even more ugly, as if he couldn't hold it in one breath, but he couldn't say that his own father was not a good man, So he finally shut up and stopped arguing with me.

I took him out of the house, walked through the corridor with ease, and seeing that there was no one around, I dragged him into another room.

There was no light in the room, it was pitch black, and I could not see my fingers. I groped and quickly locked the door, and then went to touch Li Cheng Yin's robe.

When Li Cheng Yin was hugged by me, he couldn't help but froze, but he didn't push me away, instead he let me touch him. But I couldn't touch it, and he finally couldn't help but ask me: "What are you doing?" "Shh! Didn't you bring tinder? Take it out and use it." Li Chengyin took out the tinder and stuffed it inside. My hand seemed to be angry, but he was angry with me all day, and I didn't take it to heart. I lit the candle on the table with the tinder, and said, "I'm going to disguise myself and go and have a look. Yueniang's honored guest." Li Chengyin said, "I'm going too!" I opened the box, and while taking things out, I said to him without raising my head, "You can't go!" "Why can't you go if you can?" Let me go!" I took out all the rouge gouache and put it on the table, then said with a smile, "I'm going to dress up as a woman, can you go?" Li Chengyin really collapsed, but just as I sat down proudly While dressing in the mirror, Li Chengyin suddenly said something: "I'm going to dress up as a woman too!" I fell from the bed to the ground with a bang.

My ass, it hurts when I fall... Until Li Cheng Yin pulled me up, I was still twitching in pain.

Li Chengyin said: "Anyway, I want to be with you." I was speechless and looked up to the sky: "I'm going to see that man, what are you doing?" "You don't mean that Yueniang looks like a dead fish and a wild goose. Yuexiuhua... "I'm dying, I'm going to vomit blood, I only knew Li Chengyin was a rogue, but I didn't expect him to be such a rogue. In order to have a look at the oiran, Yueniang, he was willing to make such a determination. Don't hesitate to pretend to be a woman. Sure enough, the peony flower died, and it was romantic to be a ghost. I glared at him: "Okay, come here!" "Why?" I saw myself in the mirror smiling horribly: "Of course I'm doing it for you... Dress up!" Don't say it, Li Chengyin's Zhang Jun's face, dressed as a woman is strangely good-looking.

I combed his hair, put on his make-up, put on the hairpins, lighted the forehead yellow, and then rummaged through the box to find a large skirt for him to put on. It's really... With rain... The thing that frustrates me the most is that in the mirror, he looks better than me!

Who told him to have thin skin and tender meat? With such a dress, he was full of heroism and turned into a beautiful girl.

The only downside is that he is too tall and not slender enough to pretend to be a woman, but it is enough to look at. When the two of us walked down the stairs, there were several guests waving at us. someone's girl. With a fake smile on my face, I flashed left and right with Li Cheng Yin, and was about to reach the back door with great difficulty, when suddenly a drunk guest blocked our way, and smiled and grabbed my shoulder: "Little lady, Come and sit down!" The smell of alcohol in my mouth made me dizzy, and before I could react, Li Cheng Yin slapped him. "Crack!" That person was beaten stupidly, I squeezed out a smile: "Yes... there are mosquitoes..." Then he grabbed Li Cheng Yin and ran away quickly.

I ran to the back building until I heard a pig-slaughtering cry from the front building: "Ah! How dare you beat someone..." The front building was vaguely noisy, and the guests were noisy, but there would be someone to appease them. The back building is much quieter. Although it is connected to the front building by a covered bridge, it is a place for entertaining distinguished guests. Only the sound of singing strings can be heard faintly, and occasionally a sentence or a sentence comes out from the window. The sound of the rain outside was soft and fine, as if accompanied by the music in the house, a rustling sound. The yard was very quiet. There were sparse flowers and trees in it, but they had not yet sprouted. It was just a black branch. I dragged Li Chengyin and ran across the covered bridge, and I felt amazing in my heart. The skirts of the two of them swept across the wooden floor, rustling, and only the sound of the ring was heard, ding ding dong dong. There are lanterns lit in the distance, one by one, the hazy red light seems to be very far away, and it seems to be very close. He seemed to be holding hands with me, but it was like a stranger. I remembered that this was the first time I held Li Cheng Yin's hand, and my ears were a little hot for some reason. His hands were soft and warm, holding my fingers. I just didn't dare to look back at him, and I didn't know what I was afraid of. Fortunately, the covered bridge was very short, and I dragged Li Chengyin into a room in no time.

This room is very delicately furnished, the red candles are burning high, the fragrance fills the room, and the ground floor is covered with red shushu, which is soft when you step on it, like stepping on snow. I know that this is where Yueniang entertains distinguished guests, so I held my breath and took two steps forward quietly. I glanced across the screen, and vaguely saw a distinguished guest sitting in the middle, accompanied by Yueniang, who was playing with the lute and singing "Yong Yule". The half-draped curtain behind the hateful screen obscured most of the figure of the distinguished guest, making it impossible to see.

It happened that I heard footsteps at this moment, which startled me a lot. I thought it was the drunken who was chasing after him, but it turned out to be Yuu Niang and a few maikos. When You Niang saw Li Cheng Yin and I, she was startled. I quickly grabbed her sleeve and lowered my voice, "You Niang, it's me!" You Niang covered her mouth and took a half step back. After a long while, he said with a smile: "Why did Young Master Liang pretend to be like this, so that the slave family almost didn't recognize him." Then he looked at Li Chengyin behind me, and said, "Which sister is this again? "I smiled and said:" I heard that Yueniang's distinguished guests came, I came to see the fun." Youniang pursed her lips and said, "I see." I whispered a few words in my ear, originally Youniang My face was embarrassed, but I said, "Anyway, I'll just take a look and leave, I'm sure there won't be any trouble." In this Mingyufang, except for Yueniang, Youniang is the best with me. She has a mild temper and can't help me. Soft and hard, and finally nodded in agreement. So I happily asked Li Chengyin: "Can you dance?" Li Chengyin must be about to vomit blood, but he still asked me quietly: "What dance?" Say no, so that I can finally get rid of him and go to see the honorable face of the distinguished guest alone, I didn't expect him to throw two words: "I will!" I'm stupid! I'm so stupid! He is the crown prince. Every year in the palace in March, the crown prince sings and dances. I'm so stupid.

I still can't give up: "This is a woman's song.""I don't know how many times I've read it, but it's almost the same."Okay... If that's the case, let's come together.

The sound of Yueniang's pipa finally stopped in the room, and the voice of Sizhu sounded, and there must be a group of Sizhu musicians inside. This is the tune that urges maiko to play, the tempo is not rushed, but it is soothing and elegant.

I took a deep breath, took the fan that You Niang handed over, and followed Li Cheng Yin and the maikos.

At this time, Yueniang had already opened her voice and sang the first sentence: "Jun is like the moon in the sky... "Yueniang's singing voice is really beautiful... She is as beautiful as a pearl and jade, just this sentence makes people go crazy. … My heart was pounding, and I was finally able to see what this distinguished guest looked like. I was really happy, encouraged, and curious… The maikos turned around with a smile, and Li Cheng Yin and I also turned around, together with everyone else. Let's lower the fan in my hand together, but when I put down the fan, I'm stupid.

Completely stupid.

It's not just me being stupid.

Li Chengyin must have been stupid too, everyone else had already sung and danced, but he and I were half-twisted and froze there, motionless.

Because I know this distinguished guest, not only me, but also Li Chengyin.

More than just acquaintance... Oh my god... Let's dig in a hole... Your Majesty... Do you remember Xia Yuhe by the Daming Lake

The maiko beside him fluttered with the sound of music, and those skirts were like snow in the wind, turning people gently. Li Chengyin and I were just dumbfounded. You Niang tried her best to wink at me. I twisted myself hard, and then twisted Li Chengyin hard... Could this be a dream? It must be a dream!

Your Majesty... Royal Father... How could it be you? You, you... Where do you put your servants and His Highness... I want to dig a hole in the ground... Fortunately, Your Majesty is worthy of His Majesty. Just when we were stunned and surprised, he gave us a very calm look, and then picked up The tea bowl came and took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened.

Li Cheng Yin was the first to wake up, tugged at my sleeve, and then followed the maiko and stepped out of the song. This song is really jumping with fear and anxiety. As soon as I turned my head, I found that Yueniang also recognized me and was staring at me with wide eyes. I threw a wink at her, she glared at me, I knew she was afraid that I would disturb the elegance of the distinguished guest - even if I killed me, I would not dare to fool around in front of this distinguished guest.

After finally finishing a piece of music, Yueniang smiled and stood up, just as she was about to say something, the distinguished guest said lightly, "This is a good song and dance." "Yueniang said tactfully: "It's better to let them back down, and Yueniang will play a few more songs for you. "

The distinguished guest nodded: "Very good."

Yueniang just breathed a sigh of relief, but the distinguished guest stretched out his finger and nodded, "Tell these two maikos to stay."

The distinguished guest's fingers were not biased, first clicked, pointed to Li Chengyin, then clicked, pointed to me. I guess Yueniang is about to faint, and she can barely hold her smile: "Dear guests... stay... what's the point of leaving them?"

The two danced so well that they were left to pour wine. "The distinguished guest spoke, but An dared not obey. So, Yueniang looked at me with a ghost, I looked at Li Chengyin with a ghost, Li Chengyin looked at your majesty with a ghost, and your majesty... look at us.

In short, everyone withdrew, including the Sizhu team who played the music. There were only four of us left in the house, looking at each other in disbelief.

In the end, it was the honored guest who instructed: "Yueniang, go and see what food is available." Now Yueniang was in a hurry, and looked at me and the distinguished guest again. Seeing that the distinguished guest was indifferent, and I winked at her again, Yueniang really didn't understand what I meant, but she was afraid that the distinguished guest would see something, so she finally got lucky and left.

As soon as my knees softened, I knelt on the ground. I was not scared, but tired. The dance dance just now was very laborious. The maikos under Youniang are all famous dancers in Beijing. In order to keep up with their beats , but I'm exhausted.

Li Chengyin knelt there as long as I did, the atmosphere in the room was indescribably weird, weird, weird.

Won't you punish me for copying books again? I thought angrily, this time my troubles will be a big one. I took the Crown Prince down to visit the kiln, and was arrested on the spot by His Majesty the Emperor. If I were punished to copy the "Wu Xun" 30 times, I would have to die.

But I suddenly thought of one thing, His Majesty, he also came to visit the kiln. Since everyone came to visit the kiln, he would be embarrassed to punish me for copying books.

While I was thinking wildly, I finally heard His Majesty speak. He asked, "Yin'er, why are you here?" I squinted at Li Chengyin, who was dressed as a woman. If Li Cheng Yin offered me a confession, I would never finish with him.

Fortunately, Li Chengyin answered confidently: "I'm just curious, so let's take a look." His Majesty pointed at me and asked, "What about her?" Li Chengyin answered confidently again: "She was also curious, so I took her with me. Come and see. "Enough loyalty! I just want to pat Li Cheng Yin on the shoulder, it's so loyal! Just because he is so loyal, I will definitely repay his favor in the future.