Soon, it was the eighth day of the first lunar month, which was the last day of Daqing officials' vacation. Le Zhengying took Zhong Lishuo and a group of friends to the outskirts of Meihuazhuang to soak in hot springs.
Yuanzhou City is not only the imperial capital, but also the capital of hot springs. In the suburbs, hot springs can be found everywhere. Even because of the special location of the imperial palace, a hot spring palace was built during the Yuan Dynasty in the former Chu Dynasty, which was specially used by the emperor and his concubines.
Plum Blossom Village is the largest hot spring village in Yuanzhou City. Because there are large plum forests beside each hot spring pool, it is named Meihuazhuang.
Just after the blockbuster Merlin, is Taiyi's Taiyiguan.
The state of Chu is still a witch, believes in the Emperor of the East, respects the monarch as the incarnation of the Emperor of the East, and takes Taiyi as the state religion. When Tai Taoist entered the court, he served in the Superintendent of Heaven. It is a very important and special department in the country to supervise the heavens to observe the stars, to predict good luck and bad luck, and to measure the agricultural time.
Whenever a major event or national policy is undecided, the Superintendent will be ordered to make calculations. In fact, many emperors and queens of the Chu kingdom were enthroned according to the calculations of the Superintendent of Heaven.
Taidao, who supervises Tiansi, holds official positions that are all ministers of life. Among them, the head of the Superintendent of Heaven is called Da Si Ming, and his deputy is often assumed by the next Da Si Ming, which is called Shao Si Ming.
In the legend of the Eastern Emperor, the eldest and youngest ministers are in charge of life and death. They are two equal positions, but they complement each other. In the Superintendent of Heaven, the responsibilities of the two are similar to those in the legend. The big division is fortune-telling, and the young division is fortune-telling. Da Si Ming crosses the dead, and Shao Si Ming welcomes a new life into the world.
Due to the special significance of Taiyimen, and the rumors that Shao Siming has the function of sending children, during the New Year, there is an endless stream of people going to Taiyimen. To go to Taiyimen, you must pass the avenue in front of Meihuazhuang, walk through the plum forest, and walk far to get to Taiyiguan.
Therefore, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhong Lishuo, who was going to Meihuazhuang, was almost blocked at the entrance of Meihuazhuang. Fortunately, this area is the center of the state religion, and the visitors are very polite and do not dare to overstep. After a while, they entered the Meihua Village.
It is the season of cold spring and plum blossoms. Zhong Lishuo walked all the way, and had already seen plum blossoms by the roadside. White, pink, all over the mountains and plains. But I never thought that when I entered the village, my eyes were still pink and white.
In the transpiring water vapor, the pieces of pink and white are everywhere, and the beauty is like a fairyland. Zhong Lishuo felt the warmth that belonged to the cold spring, and followed Le Zhengying into the elegant room under the leadership of the waiter.
Today, Le Zhengying responded to the invitation of the Ministry of War and came here with his colleagues. There are also the family members of the colleagues, so it is not wrong for Le Zhengying to bring Zhong Lishuo here.
The Ministry of War has two hot spring pools, separated by men and women. After Zhong Lishuo and the eldest sister's colleagues greeted each other one by one, they followed the eldest sister's footsteps into the women's bath.
But he never thought that when he passed the promenade, he met Yang Yuting. Next to him was Cui Jian who was smiling.
When Yang Yuting saw Le Zhengying, he happily greeted him and said, "Why did you come here today and bring your brother with you. Hey, little brother, do you still remember me?"
"I remember." Zhong Lishuo bowed his hands to him and said, "Thank you for the last time, Mr. Yang." Seeing Yang Yuting, Zhong Lishuo thought of the message the other party gave her, saying that someone had been found, but It wasn't the Jinpao Guard at the South Gate, but a guard from Princess Jingming's mansion. Zhong Lishuo naturally knew that the Queen was no longer at the South Gate, but he never thought that Yang Yuting went to Jingning instead.
Forget it, let it happen. If the queen can receive it, it is best, if not, then wait for it later.
But when others extended a helping hand to her, Zhong Lishuo still sincerely thanked her. Therefore, Zhong Lishuo laughed lightly when he saw Yang Yuting. She saluted Yang Yuting and turned to look at Cui Jian, who was a little stunned.
This man looks familiar.
Zhong Lishuo thought for a while, and finally remembered that this was the champion of civil and military affairs in the year she returned to the palace, and her name was Cui Jian. What the queen said, a pillar of talent. It's just, how many years have not seen, this person has lost so much weight. After all, when Zhong Lishuo saw him for the first time, he really looked like his name.
Zhong Lishuo was looking at Cui Jian, but he didn't know that Cui Jian was also looking at her. Cui Jian glanced at her, then turned to look at Le Zhengying, and suddenly smiled: "It is said that Wanzhou produces beautiful women, and Mrs. Su was the number one beauty in Wanzhou. Then there was Mrs. Lezheng, and Mrs. Lezheng was also beautiful. I thought that when I saw Ah Ying, I knew what the face of Emperor Ai's face was like that, but I never thought that there was a second share of this beauty. Are you Ah Ying's younger brother? Is your name Su correct?"
Mrs. Su is Le Zhengsu's grandmother and the younger sister of Zhong Lishuo's grandmother. Families with deep roots have heard of the stunning beauty of Wanzhou Shuangshu. Emperor Ai was very beautiful, so he asked the Su family in Wanzhou to marry him, so Shuangshu married Emperor Ai and the Xuan family in Lanzhou.
That Lanzhou Xuan clan is Xuan Jingchen's Xuan, a relative of the queen. After all, Le Zhengying and Xuan Jingchen are cousins, and Le Zhengying and Zhong Lishuo are also cousins. Therefore, Xuan Jingchen and Zhong Lishuo can also call each other cousins.
I didn't care much before, but after hearing what Cui Jian said today, Zhong Lishuo remembered that he and the queen were also related.
Is Cui Jian's words praising her for her good looks
Zhong Lishuo didn't care much about his appearance. No matter how beautiful or ugly he was, he was just a pair of skins. The important thing was the heart under the skin. Some skin sacs are delicate and beautiful, and when they are opened, pus and sores develop. Some skins are covered with the vicissitudes of the world, but as soon as you get close, you can smell the fragrance that penetrates the bones.
But it is still very happy to be praised, but this sentence is so familiar. Oh, Zhong Lishuo remembered, the first time she met Cui Jian, Cui Jian was still compiling books at Hongwen Museum, and was made a fat man by the food of Hongwen Museum.
She sincerely approached her, and Cui Jian finally said one sentence: "It is said that Concubine Wan was a great city and a country, and when I see Your Majesty today, I will know that what the world is saying is true. Your Majesty realizes my dream, and the minister will act as an ox and horse for His Majesty. "
Only then did she know that this Master Cui was actually a painting idiot, so Emperor Zhao just like this, begged by this Master Cui to paint a picture.
That is probably the only portrait of Emperor Zhao left in the world.
So this time, what the hell does Mr. Cui Jian, who praised people for the first time, want to do? She didn't want to sit still in front of the case for hours.
Yang Yuting, who knew the temperament of his friend, scolded Cui Jian, "You can get it, you can't walk when you see a good-looking face. Last time, I lied to Ah Ying to let you paint, and this time I want to lie to my little brother. Brother, you Don't be fooled, this Uncle Cui, who has no hobbies, just likes to paint for people, especially good-looking people. He is very good-looking, if you don't want to stay still for several hours, you can stay away from him." Just last time , Yang Yuting was almost drugged by him, and was painted in women's clothes.
Zhong Lishuo naturally knew about Cui Jian's problems, so he just smiled and replied, "Yes, I'm going to be happy, I dare to ask your lord..."
"It's Lord Cui Jian, the governor of Zhongzhou," Le Zhengying added.
"I've seen Master Cui." Zhong Lishuo bowed his hands and saluted, without being rude.
Cui Jian only sighed in his heart that it was a pity that such a good young man should be fixed in his paintings and kept well for future generations to know.
But Cui Jian still didn't give up and asked: "Don't be so polite, my eldest sister and I are good friends, if you are willing, can you..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Le Zhengying, "Master Cui, when I saw you today, I suddenly remembered something. I went to the ya office yesterday and saw that Your Majesty has approved your memorial."
"Your Majesty agrees?"
"Zhongzhou is humid every year, and the weapon wear and tear is very large. This is the case every year. It can't be used anywhere. I hope that Zhongzhou can find an effective method to reduce the wear and tear." Le Zhengying was serious about his business, obviously he didn't want Cui Jian to be pestered. Zhong Lishuo is gone.
"It's easy to talk about." The interesting Cui Jian let out a haha and continued the topic.
The three of them chatted for a while and then left. Before leaving, Yang Yuting saw Zhong Lishuo who was following behind Le Zhengying, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother, that is a women's bath, do you want to go in with your sister? How old are you, and you are still with women. "
Zhong Lishuo sighed, she could see that this Deputy Commander Yang was very slow in some respects. And Le Zhengying ignored him and left with Zhong Lishuo.
The headless Yang Yuting was patted on the head by Cui Jian and said, "Yuting, your eyes are getting worse and worse. That's not a brother, it's a sister."
"what?"
"Asu's health is not very good. In order to support her, Zhenbeihou and his wife listened to the words of the former emperor and raised her as a boy. Even the householder is a male." This matter, Yuanzhou Anyone who wants to know knows it.
The Lezheng family has a young son who looks like Emperor Zhao, but it is a pity that the young son is a daughter, otherwise the Lezheng family can be expected.
Cui Jian used to think that who was the emperor was not that important to him. Until he discovered that a bad emperor would make the beauty of the world plummet, he felt that a stable country was actually very important.
The current emperor is very good, and it would be even better if he could stay peaceful forever.
Cui Jian rolled up his sleeves, walked side by side with Yang Yuting along the corridor, looked at the plum blossoms, and let out a slow breath.
In the world, flowers are similar and people are different. But today, he seems to have seen the same person.
When the boy stood in front of him, her attitude and eyes were very similar to that weak but tenacious young emperor.
In the beginning, he was just making things difficult for the emperor who was eager for talents, but he never thought that he would be willing to do his best for the prosperity of the world. Probably, the emperor's eyes are too sincere, making people unable to refuse.
"Since Mr. Cui likes to paint, why don't he paint the mountains and rivers and paint a beautiful scene of peace and prosperity by himself?"
Just for the sake of this sentence, Cui Jian still feels that it is a good choice to make a difference.
It's just a pity that he only painted one picture for the emperor. No matter how I painted after that, I couldn't draw the alive look in the eyes of the emperor.
Zhong Lishuo, who met her old friend by chance, has long lost the freshness she had before, and now she is full of thoughts on the hot spring. When he finally immersed in the warm spring water, Zhong Lishuo felt light. It's a pity that she was happy too early, but within half an hour, she was stunned by the spring water.
As a last resort, she had to listen to the elder sister, got up from the water, put on her robes, and walked outside the house.
After passing through the Plum Blossom Village, you will come to the endless plum forest behind the village. Three or two pedestrians walk side by side, the fallen flowers are colorful, and it is a beautiful scenery.
Zhong Lishuo walked along the path, and walked away, unknowingly getting away from the hustle and bustle, and came to an unknown place under the Taiyi View. When I reacted, I was shocked that I couldn't find the way back.
But it doesn't matter, Taiyiguan came here several times a few years ago, as long as she walks in the direction of Taiyiguan, she will definitely be able to go back.
Zhong Lishuo, who was not worried at all, walked slowly and was lost in the dazzling plum blossom forest.