Yaoying followed behind the eunuch and slowly ascended the long steps mottled with moss.
The cold star is beginning to set, and the morning sun is dew.
The bell to announce the dawn rang throughout the hall.
The flickering candlelight faintly shone through the vermilion mullioned windows. Li Deqin was involved in political affairs, and almost every day he would summon the ministers of the political affairs hall to discuss matters.
The eunuch entered the hall to report.
Yaoying stood on top of Dan Chi, looking back at the magnificent palace standing halfway up the mountain in the distance, with no expression on her face as white as the first snow.
The northeast corner of the palace city is stacked with mountains and peaks, and the towers and halls are located in it.
It was the Li Palace built by the last emperor of the previous dynasty to escape the summer heat. The Taiji Palace is low-lying, and in summer, it is humid and hot, and the corners with insufficient sunlight are covered with wet moss.
Yaoying thought secretly in her heart: When the Brahman medicine thing is found out, she has to find a way to move Concubine Xie to live in Ligong.
Tai Chi Palace is too hot and too close to right and wrong.
A gust of damp morning breeze blew through, and it was chilling to the bones, Yaoying couldn't help but shuddered, and gathered the Yuebai ground, broken branches, and valerian towel on her shoulders.
The eunuch came out and invited her in.
The sky was already bright, and several candles were still burning on the gilded lamp tree in the corner of the hall. Li De sat in front of the dragon's desk and read the memorials. .
Yaoying stepped forward.
Li De looked at the memorial on the case and said, "The Buddha's birthday will be in a few days. The imperial concubine can't be the director, and the crown princess will preside over the Buddha's birthday ceremony. Princess Fukang will marry Chief Yelu soon, and the crown princess will Marry Princess Fukang, but you can't take care of it, you go and help the princess to preside over the dharma meeting."
Yaoying was stunned, she thought Li De called her to ask about Concubine Xie.
After Li De ordered things, he didn't care about Yaoying's reaction, and waved her hand to retire.
Yaoying didn't want to have anything to do with the East Palace, but she knew that since Li De called her over to instruct her face to face, she would not allow her to make excuses, so she could only answer calmly and exit the inner palace.
Xie Guifei, the highest-ranking concubine in the palace, could not manage palace affairs, and many ceremonies were handled by the Crown Princess Zheng Biyu. The ceremony of the Buddha's Birthday Dharma Assembly was set up in Linde Hall, and the golden Buddha on the incense plate of the scriptures had already been arranged. Zheng Biyu was afraid that there were still some mistakes and omissions, so he personally watched the palace people sweep the palace room there.
Yaoying arrived at Linde Hall and asked Zheng Biyu what she needed to do.
Zheng Biyu said with a smile, "I don't dare to make Qiniang tired, all the wives in the court will attend this ceremony, and Qiniang's helping them entertain them is a big help to me."
Yaoying and Li Xuanzhen had an awkward relationship, but they had never had a rift with Zheng Biyu. She nodded and said, "As my sister-in-law ordered."
Zheng Biyu was really busy, and before the two of them said a few words, people kept entering the hall to ask her for instructions.
Yaoying listened a few words on the side, and found that they were all asking about Princess Fukang, and she secretly wondered: Zheng Biyu was preparing a dowry for Zhu Luyun.
Did the Xu marriage turmoil settle down like this
Yaoying remained silent.
Returning to the palace, Chang Shi reported to her: "Your Majesty, the date for the gift of Princess Fukang's surrender has been set, and it will be in three months."
Yaoying asked suspiciously, "Is there nothing in the East Palace?"
Chang Shi said: "The East Palace Chang Shi sent a lot of beautiful portraits and gold and silver treasures to the Yelu Chief, and persuaded the Yelu Chief to marry another, but the Chief did not agree."
Yelu Chief is not stupid, Zhu Luyun's identity is not ordinary, since he has already offended the Central Plains Dynasty, he naturally wants to marry the most important princess.
It seems that this time Zhu Luyun is self-inflicted, and really wants to marry the grassland.
Yaoying still felt uneasy.
The next day, Xie Qing sent a letter from Li Zhongqian.
After reading her brother's letter, Yaoying felt more at ease and wrote a reply overnight.
In the days that followed, Beijing was calm.
Zheng Biyu knew that Yaoying would not be able to step into the East Palace, and she would always ask her to go to the Linde Hall when she consulted with her on matters, with a generous and calm attitude.
Even so, Xie Qing was still worried, and followed Yaoying every day, almost inseparable.
He was strong and tall, standing there, towering like a mountain.
Zheng Biyu's maid tactfully suggested that the crown prince is a woman in the east palace, and Xie Qing is a foreigner, so he should avoid it.
Xie Qing said firmly: "I am the servant of the seventh princess, and I will never leave the princess one step."
The maid slumped in anger.
Zheng Biyu didn't say anything. She knew that Xie Qing was famous for being stupid and loyal. As long as Li Yaoying gave an order, he would resolutely execute it without asking a question. Even if Li Yaoying ordered him to commit suicide, he would not hesitate to raise a knife.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Buddha's birthday ceremony.
Yaoying lived in the palace the night before and got up before dawn in the morning.
Zheng Biyu, with heavy make-up and elegant robes, stood in the inner hall and commanded the palace servants. When she saw Yaoying wearing a lotus crown, a silver red shirt and a birch skirt, she smiled and said, "Qiniang's beauty is so beautiful, she doesn't need to dress up to treat others. It's a little bit better, but today is the Fa conference, is Qiniang dressed a little more plainly?"
Yao Ying didn't care about the tunnel: "The Buddhist Dharma meeting, why do you need to dress up?"
Zheng Biyu shook her head, called a few palace maids, pressed Yaoying in front of the bronze mirror, smeared rouge, painted her eyebrows, affixed emeralds, painted sandalwood halo, and put on lip gloss.
Yao Ying is already very beautiful, but this dress has lost a little girlish childishness.
The palace maid was captured by her face and was silent for a moment.
Zheng Biyu couldn't help but sigh secretly, no wonder the gangsters in Beijing secretly said that the Seventh Princess was the number one beauty.
She regained her senses, picked up bamboo scissors and twisted a half-open peony hairpin beside Yaoying's temples, and then picked up a gold inlaid jade four-butterfly hairpin and put it on Yaoying.
The wives were ordered to enter the palace by car one after another, and Yaoying went to socialize.
The prime minister's wife held her hand and said, "If you don't come to the Spring Banquet, I will hold a tea banquet in a while. The Mengding Stone Flower in Jiannan and Yangxian in Changzhou are all good teas. You must come!"
Yaoying replied with a smile.
After joking and laughing, the palace maid came over: "Your Majesty, the host of Daci'en Temple has arrived."
Yaoying asked, "Where's the Crown Princess?"
The palace maid said: "His Royal Highness is talking to the eldest princess, please go over first, and she will come later."
Yaoying looked back and glanced down the corridor.
Xie Qing, who was standing in front of the steps, immediately understood what she meant, strode to her side, and followed her closely.
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Before the dharma meeting began, the wives gathered in the side hall to eat tea.
Zheng Biyu looked back several times, but could not find Li Yaoying's figure, and asked the palace maid on the side, "Where's the Seventh Princess?"
The palace maid pointed to the north: "The seventh princess is going over there."
Zheng Biyu frowned: Why did the Seventh Princess leave suddenly
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Outside the Linde Hall, Li Xuanzhen stood in front of the steps with his hands behind his back, a thin layer of pale golden sunlight covering his handsome face.
There were bursts of outrageous laughter from below the steps, and Yelu Chief Yelu, who had braids on his shoulders and a lace Hu robe, walked into the front hall of Linde Hall surrounded by a group of people.
Li Xuanzhen stood at the vent, his wide robe filled with the wind, and watched the back of Chief Yelu disappear into the scarlet palace gate.
Qin Fei stood behind him with a struggling expression on his face: "Your Highness... Seventh Princess... Seventh Princess is your sister after all."
Although not a sibling sister, she is also a blood sister.
Li Xuanzhen pursed her thin lips tightly.
Qin Fei murmured in a low voice: "The subordinates shouldn't talk too much, but the subordinates think Wei Changshi's method is too sinister, how can you calculate such a little lady? According to the subordinate's idea... "
Li Xuanzhen suddenly turned around.
Qin Fei was so frightened that he jumped three feet high, swallowed all the unfinished words, and did not dare to speak.
Li Xuanzhen turned her back to Linde Hall and strode away.
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In the Linde Hall, Yaoying stood under a pomegranate tree covered with bright red flowers, waiting left and right, but did not see the host of Dacien Temple.
She asked the palace maid, "Why hasn't the host arrived yet?"
The palace maid lowered her head and replied, "Your Majesty, wait a moment. Just now, the supervisor said that the host has already arrived at the outer hall."
Yaoying raised her eyes and looked at the palace maid carefully.
The palace maid lowered her eyebrows and let her look at it.
Yaoying frowned slightly.
Not right!
She turned around and left.
The palace people looked at each other.
Xie Qing said nothing, clenched his saber, and hurriedly followed Yaoying.
The maid who answered the question also stood there dumbfounded, waiting for Yaoying to walk away before she could react, and quickly ran forward: "Your Majesty, the host will be here soon, why are you leaving?"
Yaoying didn't say a word.
The palace maid kept looking back, and found a dozen or so figures approaching on the sidewalk leading to the front hall. She was overjoyed, and without regard for honor or inferiority, she stretched out her hand to pull Yaoying: "Lord, look, the host is here!"
Yaoying ignored the palace maid and left without looking back.
The palace maid was heartbroken, ran a few steps to block Yaoying's way, and smiled all over her face: "Your Highness, look, the host is really here!"
Yaoying glanced coldly at the palace maid.
The palace maid said calmly, "If you don't believe me, look back."
Yaoying didn't look back.
Xie Qing took a step forward and unsheathed his long sword: "Go away!"
The palace maid did not expect that he would draw the knife when he said it, screamed, and stepped back tremblingly.
This deliberately raised scream attracted the attention of a group of people not far away, and a dozen eyes swept over.
Yaoying felt the unfamiliar gaze behind her, like a thorn on her back, subconsciously raised her sleeves to cover her face, quickly crossed the corridor, and dodged into the nave.
A tall figure came over.
Yaoying walked so fast that she didn't notice someone in front of her and bumped into his arms.
The other party was a man with a thick chest. He stretched out his long arms, grabbed Yaoying's elbows, and supported her to stand firm.
Yaoying was startled, raised her head, and met the cold gaze of the other party.
A pair of narrow phoenix eyes looked at her coldly.
Yaoying was stunned, and for a moment, her whole body went limp.
"That palace maid is from the eldest brother? What does the eldest brother want to do?"
Her questioning voice was trembling.
Li Xuanzhen let go and looked away: "Go back to the apse."
Yaoying's hands in her sleeves clenched fists lightly, her heart was beating like a drum, and there was a thin layer of sweat under her clothes.
Li Xuanzhen turned away from looking at her, and moved out of the way, her voice was as cold as ice and snow: "Go to the apse, don't come out."
Xie Qing chased after him, and stood in front of Yaoying vigilantly, with the tip of the knife facing Li Xuanzhen.
There was no expression on Li Xuanzhen's face.
There was chatter and laughter outside the flower window, and the group got closer and closer.
"Go back to the apse." Yaoying gently pulled Xie Qing and said decisively.
Xie Qing nodded, put the long knife into the sheath, and led Yaoying into the apse.
The figures of the master and servant just disappeared behind the pillars. Chief Yelu walked into the front hall happily, and said curiously: "I saw two people walking in that direction just now..."
Although the woman blocked her face, she could tell by looking at her delicate and delicate figure that she must be a beauty, but unfortunately she walked so fast that he couldn't see her face clearly.
Wei Ming, who was with Chief Yelu, heard the words, and secretly despised Chief Yelu for being shameless, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Today's Buddha's birthday ceremony was presided over by the Seventh Princess. That person just now seemed to be the Seventh Princess."
Chief Yelu suddenly became interested.
He had heard of the Seventh Princess, and it was said that she was a lovely beauty. Unfortunately, the Seventh Princess never attended palace banquets and polo matches, and he never had the chance to see her.
Wei Ming sneered in his heart, his eyes wandered quickly for a week, looking for Li Yaoying's figure, and saw a person who should not have appeared here - Li Xuanzhen.
His face suddenly sank.
To get the greedy Yelu Chief to give up Zhu Luyun on his own initiative, he couldn't rely on the portrait alone. He had to let him see the Seventh Princess with his own eyes in order to completely impress him.
The Seventh Princess lives in a secluded place, and she arranges it ingeniously. It is not easy to find an opportunity for Yelu Chief to have a glimpse of the Seventh Princess's beauty. The prince is actually a bad thing!
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In the following puja, Yaoying kept hiding in the apse and did not show up.
Yelu Chief did not see Yaoying.
After many days of painstaking management, Wei Ming was furious.
The Seventh Princess was on guard, and their plan failed.
Unexpectedly, three days later, things turned around.
Chief Yelu offered a respectful marriage proposal, asking for the seventh princess.
Wei Ming couldn't believe his ears: "Chief Yelu clearly didn't see the Seventh Princess, how could he be willing to give up Princess Fukang?"
The subordinates are also at a loss: "The subordinates do not know, the chief not only promised to change people, but also said that as long as the sage agrees to marry, he is willing to be the vanguard of the Wei army and help the Wei army to recover Liangzhou!"
Wei Ming was dumbfounded.
The author has something to say: My home was closed. I had a cold yesterday, and I was a little relaxed. I rested for a day. Fortunately, I didn’t have a fever, but I just caught a cold.
The weather is cold, everyone should pay attention to the cold and keep warm~
Here I wish you a happy new year, a healthy family, good luck and good luck, all your wishes come true~
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