"Every time during the imperial examination, the people in this teahouse are the most likely to take business and flatter them. There are all kinds of gossip, which is the most suitable to watch the fun." Ban Hua said to the people in the carriage, "In the past, as long as there were imperial examinations, brother Heng and I would love to come here. ."
Rong Xia walked out of the carriage and glanced at this teahouse. It was not a particularly high-end place, but it was very lively inside.
"Come on," Ban Hua took his hand and walked into the door, "here can hear what you can't hear in the courtroom."
Walking into the teahouse, Rongxia found that there were many people dressed as scholars, and many of them had accents that were not like the locals in the capital.
When the waiter saw Ban Hua, he greeted him with a smile: "Miss Yin, you are finally here. You asked the little one to reserve the seat for you early in the morning, and the little one was not touched, so please take a seat."
"Well done." Ban Hua threw a silver peanut to the waiter, and saw the waiter smiling happily and led them to two empty tables.
"Is it still the old rules?" The waiter received the reward, with high spirits, looking at Ban Hua like a moving purse.
Ban Hua said, "I'm still following the old rules. This gentleman brings his own tea, and the other guards are also the old rules."
"I understand," the waiter noticed the handsome young man beside Ban Hu, and said with sincerity, "This young man is doing well. A few days ago, Young Master Yin said that you have become a relative. Could it be this gentleman?"
"It's him." Ban Hua smiled.
"Miss and this gentleman are really a good match. The little one doesn't know how to say nice things, so I think the two of them stand together, and they look good, and no one else in the world can match it." As if you don't want money, just open your mouth and come.
"That's a good thing to say." Rong Xia raised her lips slightly, motioning for Du Jiu to reward her.
The waiter didn't think that he just said a few good words and got two golden beans. After thanking him in a hurry, he went to the back to prepare tea and fruits.
Rong Xia and Ban Hua came out this time, although they deliberately wore ordinary clothes, but because of their outstanding looks, they were noticed by some people as soon as they entered the door. Now that the two of them were rewarded with gold and silver as a reward to the hall servant, they knew that the two must have been born into a wealthy family, and they came here just to join in the fun.
Most people didn't dare to cause trouble, and seeing that the waiter looked familiar to the husband and wife, they didn't dare to look at it again, for fear of making the other party unhappy.
When the scholars were together, what they discussed most was poetry and Jinglun. Ban Hua didn't know much about these, so he whispered in Rongxia's ear, "Can you have a good masterpiece?"
Rong Xia shook her head lightly with a smile, and said to Ban Hua, "I prefer to listen to the haunted stories at the table next to me."
"It's just people pretending to be ghosts," Ban Hua whispered in his ear. "In this kind of folklore, monsters must be beautiful, scholars must be kind, ghosts are half good and half bad, and nothing new."
"Looks like I've heard a lot." Rong Xia took a sip of tea, but didn't want to take a second sip. Although the tea leaves and tea sets are brought by themselves, the water is prepared in the tea house. The water is ordinary well water, and the tea brewed is a bit less flavorful.
"If we say that the prefect of Xizhou is also a great person, although he has a problem in his eyes, he manages Xizhou in an orderly manner. He won the support of many people just a few days after he arrived there," said a man dressed in blue. Shan's student said gratefully, "We have two children in Xizhou from poor families. Zhizhou saw that they were filial and talented, but they sent them to Beijing to take the exam at their own expense. To have such parents and officials, it is our Xizhou. Good luck to the people of the state."
Xizhou is a famous place of bitter cold, and there are not many people who come to take the exam. Now, everyone is a little curious when they see candidates coming from Xizhou.
"Having an eye disease and still being an official in the court, it must be because His Majesty values his talent, and he has this special case," a student from the capital asked, "I wonder who the Zhizhou in your land is?"
"It's a coincidence that we know that the state is also from the capital, the surname is Xie, the first name is Lin, and the word is Qilin."
The teahouse was quiet for a moment, and the Xizhou candidate looked at everyone inexplicably: "I don't know... Is there something wrong with Xiaosheng?"
"No, it's fine." The candidates from the capital laughed dryly, but did not dare to ask any more.
No one in the capital did not know the grievances between Xie Qilin and the empress of the dynasty in the past. They did not expect His Majesty to be so magnanimous and willing to let Xie Qilin become an official in the court. This kind of bearing is worthy of His Majesty.
There are quite a few literati who admire Rong Xia. When they brag about Rong Xia on weekdays, they always boast as good as they can. Now Xie Qilin can make them tout it again.
Ban Hua wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, coughed dryly and said, "Did you really let Xie Qilin go to Xizhou to take office?"
Rong Xia turned her head to look at the eyes of the gossip: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know if your previous affairs are right or not," Ban Yan blew on the tea foam and took a sip, "I brought you out to relax your mind, not to make you think about something else. man."
Rong Xia laughed, he was thinking of another man in his mind
What's the point of this
The two sat in the teahouse for another half an hour. Ban Hua glanced at the sky and said, "There is the Zhuangyuan Building next to it. The literati and students love to connect with poems there. Are you interested in taking a look?"
Rong Xia shook his head: "Forget it, why don't I accompany you to sit at your father-in-law's house."
"That's fine," Ban Hua agreed immediately, "Let's go."
In Jingting Palace, Ban Huai and Ban Heng looked at the basket full of poems, calligraphy and paintings with headaches. Their home, they can't see what's wrong.
"These students are not stupid. They sent them here, not for you to see." Yin Shi opened a letter and wrote a word in it. They are looking forward to seeing their works in case your Majesty comes to our house."
"Your Majesty..." Ban Heng said, "Even if your Majesty comes down to our house, you won't have time to look at these things."
He summoned the servants and asked them to carry these things down.
"Master, Madam, Miss and Uncle are here." The housekeeper had undisguised excitement on his face, and his lips were still trembling when he spoke, "Get ready, they have already entered the second door."
"Hua is back?" Ban Huai rubbed his hands together, "Quickly prepare lunch."
After Rong Xia and Ban Hua met the Ban family, they were warmly received by the Ban family. After lunch, Ban Huai mentioned the students sending poems.
"Don't worry about that," Rong Xia said, "I used to receive poems, calligraphy and paintings, but not many really talented ones. If anyone else sends them in the future, my father-in-law just refuses."
"Okay," Ban Huai agreed, "I'm the most impatient to see these things."
"I haven't seen candidates send poems to our house before," Ban Hua rolled her eyes, "Could it be that they thought that if I married a talented emperor, our family would be able to become good at poetry and painting?"
Rong Xia laughed when she heard the words, reached out and tapped her forehead: "You, you."
"Master, ma'am, someone from Xizhou brought something to the original owner." The butler came in with a box in his hand. After he bowed to Rong Xia and Ban Hua, he presented the box with both hands, "Master, please take a look at it. ."
"Xizhou?" Ban Huai frowned and turned to look at Yinshi, "Madam, are there any acquaintances in our family in Xizhou?"
Yin Shi pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head and said, "No."
Ban Heng took the wooden box and lifted the lid to see that there was nothing in it except a yellowish collection of poems.
"What is this?" Ban Heng had a headache as soon as he saw the poetry collection, "All these people have an appointment today?"
"What's in the box," Yin Shi asked with a smile when he saw his son's pained expression, "to make you show such an expression?"
"A collection of poems," Ban Heng took the collection of poems out of the box and put his hands in front of Yin Shi, "Mother, please take a look."
Yin Shi took over the poetry collection, flipped through two pages, and raised her eyebrows lightly: "This collection of poetry is indeed our family's property. But it disappeared a few years ago. I thought it was your two brothers and sisters that were damaged, but it has never been there. Ask, it turned out to be borrowed by someone?"
Rong Xia, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said, "Mother-in-law, can you give me a look?"
Yin Shi was slightly taken aback, and handed the collection of poems to Rong Xia: "Your Majesty, please feel free."
Rong Xia opened the collection of poems. An annotation was also made on this collection of poems. Judging from the handwriting, it should be the words left over in recent years. When he collected the poems, an inscription fell out.
He bent down and picked up the inscription that had fallen on the ground. On it were written only a few lines of poems that people in the world have used for a long time.
Since Xunchun is late for school, there is no need to feel melancholy and resentment. The gust of wind blew deep red, and the green leaves turned into shadows.
"What's written on it?" Ban Hua put his head to his chest, "The green leaves... are full of shadows, is there anything special about this poem?"
Rong Xia looked down at the woman who was leaning against her, her eyes were ignorant and clear, and she didn't understand the meaning of the poem at all.
"It's nothing, maybe the person who reads the poem thinks it's good, so they copied it." Rong Xia put the inscription back into the poetry collection, and put it on the table, "Hua, it's getting late, we should go back."
"Okay." Ban Hua nodded, got up to say goodbye to her family, and when she went out, she didn't even glance at the poetry collection on the table, obviously not interested in this kind of crepe stuff.
The three members of the Ban family sent the husband and wife to the gate of the Ban family's house. After the two left, they returned to the inner courtyard again.
Yin Shi picked up the book of poems that had been forgotten on the table, took out the inscription in the book, and lit it on the lantern.
"Mother?" Ban Heng looked at Yin Shi puzzled, "Why are you burning it?"
"What do you keep for something boring?" Yin Shi let go of her hand and let the burning inscription fall to the ground. She stroked her hair on the side of her temples and handed him the collection of poems, "Put it back in the library."
"Yes." Ban Heng took the book into the library, found an open space in the corner, and stuffed it in.
Quiet moment of the night.
"Hua." Rong Xia embraced Ban Hua and gently caressed her soft and clean back, "You were the little girl who stalked me back then, right?"
"Huh?" Ban Hua, who was in a daze, arched into his arms and said casually, "I don't remember."
Rong Xia smiled and kissed her on the forehead, "It's okay, I just remember it."
The originally vague memories became clear again on the day when Hua Hua took him to play ice. The little girl with the double bun, with big eyes and curved eyebrows, smiled exactly the same as her.
Looking back now, who can be so reckless in the palace, and a little girl of the same age, who is there other than Hua Hua
It's a pity, how good would it have been if he had noticed her early at that time
The person in his arms has fallen asleep, but Rongxia has no sleepiness. He wanted to ask Hua Hua if the book of poems that was returned to Zhao from Xizhou was the one that Hua Hua gave to Xie Qilin. But he couldn't ask, he didn't want her to know about this little daughter's mind.
He wants Hua Hua to think that he is a gentle man who is omnipotent, powerful, and can tolerate him, rather than a stingy man who cares about a trivial matter and has no measure.
"Hua, do you love me?" he asked softly in her ear.
However, the sleeping man could not answer him.
"If you don't speak, I will take it as your default."
Rong Xia encircled the person in his arms and fell into a deep sleep.
March is full of fragrant beauty, and April ushered in the spring that the literati of the entire Ying Dynasty looked forward to.
After the Spring Festival, it is the Palace Exam. On the day of the palace exam, Rong Xia woke up early. This was the first imperial examination after he ascended the throne. When the candidates answered the questions, he must have been present all the time.
Ban Hua was worried that he would be bored in the palace alone, so he asked the palace servants to prepare a refreshing purse for him to wear.
When the morning sun rose, Ban Hua, who was still in the harem, heard the bell ringing. This was the sound of the opening of the imperial examination. Sitting on the head of the bed, she looked at the sunlight shining in from the window, and suddenly said, "Come here, wait for this palace to dress up."
At the next hour, Feng Jia walked out of the Suzaku Gate, went straight out of the palace, and came to the other palace in the western suburbs of the capital.
This other palace is called Jinxue Palace. It is said that an emperor of the Jiang Dynasty built it for his mother, and now the Empress Dowager Fuping and Princess Anle live in it.
Empress Dowager Fuping was very surprised when she heard the servants say that the queen was coming, "How could she come?"
"The Queen Mother, the servants do not know," the palace maid shook her head honestly, "The Empress said that she did not intend to disturb you, but just wanted to talk to Her Royal Highness."
When Empress Dowager Fuping heard this, she did not feel at ease, but even more uneasy. Although Hua Hua often sent people to deliver things, she never came in person. Now that she arrives suddenly and sees An Le alone, how can this make her feel at ease
"I see." Since she didn't want to see her, she just thought she didn't know about it.
Nowadays, people who are interested are always more pleasing.
In the main hall of the Golden Snow Palace, An Le stepped into the gate and gave a big salute to Ban Hua, who was sitting at the head.
Ban Hua looked at her quietly, without omitting her courtesy. An Le looked up at Ban Hua in surprise, and met Ban Hua's big black and white eyes. For some reason, she felt a little guilty for some reason, and turned her head to avoid Ban Hua's eyes.
"Sister get up," Ban Hua sighed. After Anle got up, she lowered her eyelids and said, "Is there something to say to me, elder sister?"
An Le was silent for a moment: "Hua, what's the matter with you?"
Ban Hua stood up, "I helped Rongxia win the Jiang family, you should hate me, I don't blame you."
An Le's expression moved slightly, she turned to look at the vase in the corner, "I don't understand what you mean."
"Either I understand or I don't understand," Ban Hua stood up, "since my sister has nothing to say, I will not bother you again in the future. Please rest assured, Your Highness, as long as I am here, no one will come to embarrass you. "
An Le's expression was even more ugly. When she saw Ban Hua walking out the door, she couldn't help but call out to Ban Hua: "Bao Hua!"
Ban Hua looked back at her, but she opened her mouth but couldn't speak.
"My sister probably doesn't know that although I have a two-year engagement with Xie Qilin, I have only given him a collection of poems, and that collection of poems was not in his hands at all," Ban Hua smiled, her tone a little cold, "he I love Shi Feixian, so I gave her the poetry collection."
How could a collection of poems that have been sent out long ago be sent back from such a remote place in Xizhou? No matter what entanglements Xie Qilin had with her in the past, how could they have contact with her today, unless Xie Qilin didn't want the lives of his family and went crazy.
Anle's eyelids trembled, and she didn't start: "What are you telling me about this."
"His Royal Highness just thought it was me who was idle and panicked and said a few gossip to you," Ban Hua chuckled lightly, with sarcasm in his laughter, "I just said that, you can just listen to it. Anyway, it's over. Today, I will never come to disturb Your Highness again."
Princess Anle's face turned pale, and there were faint tears in her eyes, but she forcibly endured it.
Ban Hua turned around and walked away. When she reached the door, she didn't look back and said, "I was behind the screen when you said those words to Rong Xia that day."
An Le turned back suddenly, saw that Ban Hua had walked out of the door, chased to the door and cried, "Bao Hua!"
Ban Hua stopped and didn't look back.
"I-I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted to make Rongxia unhappy, so... just..."
"You just think I'll forgive you no matter what, so there's no way out," Ban Hua looked up at the sky, the sun pierced her eyes for a while, "Our friendship for more than ten years, we are like sisters, let's go today. At this point, I can't blame you."
Hearing this, An Le showed a bit of joy on his face, "Hua, don't you blame me?"
Ban Hua slowly shook his head, turned to look at Anle, "Your Highness, I'm sorry. When you send someone to send a collection of poems today, our friendship will end here."
The joy on An Le's face vanished immediately, she stared at Ban Hua dazedly, and said after a while, "Are you going to make trouble with me because of a man? What good things do men in the world have, it's worth your heart and lungs, even for a man? Don't care about our friendship?"
"His Royal Highness, the reason why I helped Rongxia to rebel was not for him, but for myself," Ban Hua said indifferently, "I know you don't believe in feelings, and you even despise the sincerity of men. But there are so many men in the world, don't they? Is everyone a heartless person?"
An Le opened her eyes wide, she couldn't believe that Ban Hua would talk to her like that.
"I understand His Highness's thoughts, but people have long hearts, how can I be willing to be a man who is good for me wholeheartedly, sad and sad."
"So you came today because you wanted me not to plot against Rongxia?" An Le wiped away her tears and smiled mockingly, "Do you think Rongxia is really in love with you? Have you ever thought that he might be doing it for your hands? Three-army tiger talisman, in order to gain the support of the army, haven't you thought about this?"
Princess Anle was hurt once, and she no longer believed in all the men in the world. Even if she raised a bunch of beautiful faces, she just wanted to play with them.
Ban Hua shook her head calmly, looking at Princess Anle's eyes with pity: "I have never had the Tiger Talisman of the Three Armies in my hands."
"What did you say?" Princess Anle's face was pale, "It's impossible!"
If the Tiger Talisman of the Three Armies was never in the hands of Ban Hua, where did Rongxia get the Tiger Talisman? Without the Tiger Talisman of the Three Armies, how could Rongxia allow Ban Hua to bring so many soldiers, and even bring personal guards into the palace
This, this is impossible!
"If you have to find a reason, maybe he treats me so well, not because of the tiger talisman, but because of my beauty," Ban Hua touched her cheek, "When I am old, he will treat me coldly. Some may not."
Princess Anle shook her head dazedly, then cried and laughed, which was a sign of irritation.
"His Royal Highness," the smile on Ban Hua's face disappeared, "this is the last time I warn you, don't count on my man. I'm not very good-tempered, and I protect my shortcomings. What will be the consequences, Your Highness, you understand, right?"
Princess Anle did not speak.
Ban Hua supported Ruyi's hand, turned around and left.
"The maiden got up and drove back to the palace."
An Le looked at Feng Jia who was far away, shook his body, and sat on the ground.
This sisterhood was ultimately ruined by her.
But Hua Hua, since you say that Rong Xia is deeply in love with you, are you also the same to him
After the palace exam, Rong Xia returned to the apse and found that Ban Hua was not there, "Where's the maiden?"
"Go back to your majesty, the maiden has left the palace," a palace maid replied. " maiden said, please have dinner first, majesty, and she will come back later."
Rong Xia glanced at the palace maid, "Really?"
"Naturally," the maid bowed and stood, "However, Your Majesty probably won't be able to wait for the Empress."
A silver light flashed in her hand, and a dagger was hidden in her sleeve. She moved so fast that Wang De, who was closest to Rongxia, didn't even react.
Rong Xia turned around to dodge, the palace maid's dagger only hurt his arm. Seeing that he missed a hit, the palace maid stabbed Rong Xia's throat with another neat backhand, but was hit by Wang De, who had reacted, and the dagger only Tie down according to Rong Xia's shoulders.
If she missed two hits, the palace maid had no chance to make a move, because the secret guard arrived and kicked her into the corner with one kick.
"Tell the imperial physician!" Seeing the blood on Rong Xia's body, Wang De's face turned pale with fright. He covered Rong Xia's wound with a clean handkerchief, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"
"What are you panicking about?" Rong Xia was in pain and looked blankly at the palace maid lying on the ground, "Guard her and find out who sent her."
"The servant is the female official beside the Empress, and naturally she was sent by the Empress," the palace maid said with a sneer, "What's the use of you sitting on the throne, even the woman beside your pillow wishes you to die immediately."
After saying this, the female officer suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground with a blue face.
When the Guards standing in the hall heard this, their faces were as pale as paper. The Queen wanted to assassinate Your Majesty? The secret news in the palace was heard by them, and they were only afraid of one death today.
Rong Xia lost a lot of blood at this time and was already dizzy. He glanced at the imperial guards standing in the hall and calmly said: "Du Jiu, watch over these people, this palace maid's words can't be spread out. ."
"Yes." Du Jiu gestured, and soon someone came up and escorted the guards down.
"Before I woke up, the former harem obeyed the Queen's orders," Rong Xia glanced at the crowd indifferently, "If anyone is disrespectful to the Queen, Du Jiu, you can cut off his head."
"Yes." Du Jiu tickled the big acupoints on Rong Xia's body, "Your Majesty, don't worry, there are ministers waiting, and no one can touch the Empress."
Rong Xia said softly, "I don't worry about your work."
Then, darkness surrounded him.
"Master Du, what should I do?" Wang De saw that Rong Xia was covered in blood, and his mind was in chaos.
"Your Majesty has a life, the queen's wife was in charge of the harem in the previous dynasty, and now it's natural to ask the queen's wife to come back," Du Jiu said with a sullen face, "come here, please quickly ask the queen's wife to return to the palace."
In the phoenix driving, Ban Hua was drinking the tea Ruyi made for her, and suddenly her heart felt inexplicably cold, and she sat up straight.
"Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" Ruyi asked worriedly.
"fine… "
"Niangniang! Your Majesty was assassinated, Lord Du, please return to the palace quickly!"
bang!
The teacup in Ban Hua's hand fell in response, and she held onto the wall of the car, but she couldn't breathe for a long time.
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Since Xunchun is late for school, there is no need to feel melancholy and resentment. The gust of wind blew deep red, and the green leaves turned into shadows. [This article is borrowed, not original, the original work is Du Mu's "Sighing Flowers".]