After Yun Fenghuang finished dressing up and left for a while, someone from Didong came to report that the regent and his son seemed to want to resign, so he said no: "The Empress Dowager said that she has not seen her son for a few months, so she left him in the palace. Stay for a while.”
"Staying for a short stay?" Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows and said, "Where is Zhen?" "
Because it was not appropriate for her as a palace concubine to inquire about her brother-in-law's residence, she added, "Don't ask me to go out tomorrow and get in trouble."
The young waiter said: "Don't worry, Madam, the Empress Dowager has asked the prince to live in Shacuixuan at the foot of Mozhu on the other side of Changling. It is not only across Changling from our place, but also across the Kongming Pond at the door. It is easily out of reach. .”
The Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion is built next to the pond and is shaped like an orchid boat. Therefore, the pond next to it is called Kongming Pond after the saying of the predecessors that the orchid boat goes straight into the empty mirror.
The Nakhon Ming Pond occupies a large area and is the second largest body of water in the palace, second only to the Hehen Lake in the back mountain.
Its shape is tortuous, winding into the depths. Both sides are covered with dense reeds, and in the shallow water there are high and low lotus leaves. To the east of the crowd, the exposed water surface is extremely narrow, and it looks like a stream.
Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion occupies a small corner of the port, with many pavilions connected along the coast. For example, Xingxintang, where the emperor lived, and Limeng Waterside Pavilion, where Lu Jieyu lived, can both be reached by water.
The Changling that the foreign minister mentioned is just south of Kongming Pond. It is a man-made mountain ridge. Of course it is not as high as a real mountain. Strictly speaking, it is a long and narrow earth slope. On the north slope, just over Kongming Pond, some apricots and boxwoods were planted, while on the south slope, fences were erected and many vines and flowers were raised.
Although there is a gap in the middle for entry and exit, people are left to guard it, which is equivalent to separating the front palace from the harem.
In the bamboo forest at the east end of the southern slope, known as the mottled bamboo foothills, there are more than a dozen pavilions outside the Cuixuan Pavilion, all of which can accommodate unmarried princes, princes, grandsons and favored courtiers.
So it sounds like it's not far away, but in fact there are many hurdles in the middle.
Yun Fenghuang thought about Dongfang's position in his heart, nodded slightly, let Nianxuan reward him, then got up and took people to Zhuxueyuan to express gratitude.
She deliberately lingered on the road for a while. When she arrived at the gate of Dezhu Xueyuan, the banquet had already ended. The Queen Mother had gone back to rest early, leaving a steward in front to watch the palace people clean up the mess.
When he heard that Mao Jieyu was coming, he came out to ask why he was here.
After learning that Guo came specifically to express his gratitude, and that he had already sent someone here once before, and that Guo had delayed the regent and his son until now, the steward went in to ask for instructions.
Not long after, Jieyu came out and apologized, saying that the Empress Dowager was already sleeping in the east, so she didn't want to disturb her, and asked Jieyu to go back first, and they would report to Mingyue later.
Of course, Yun Fenghuang did not dare to disturb the "already arranged" Empress Dowager - although she could clearly see that there were many people inside who were busy preparing for the Empress Dowager - she expressed her fault to the steward. The respect and ruthlessness left.
She went to the offices of Empress Dowager Ji, Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Qu for a long time. Of course, they were rejected without exception, and they could not come out to deal with the affairs.
After all the trouble, it was already very late when I returned to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion.
Yun Fenghuang said that Ming Yue had worked hard for everyone and let them settle on their own. He was about to wash up alone, but Nian Xuan followed in.
"What's wrong?" She was thinking about how to write about Cuixuan, so she asked absentmindedly.
Wei Xiangxuan walked up to her and whispered, "My dear, just now at the gate of Zhu Xueyuan, a young father-in-law quietly mentioned Mr. Qi to my servant."
"..." Yun Fenghuang paused and said, "Then what?"
"Then I told my maidservant that at the beginning of the third watch, there is the fifth willow tree in the southeast of Kongming Pond." Nianxuan asked uneasily, "Empress, what does that mean?"
Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then suddenly threw away the handkerchief he was wiping in his legs, and said with a cold face, "What do you mean? I don't know what I am doing?!"
Nian Xuan was stunned and begged to shut up, but Yun Fenghuang pointed at her nose and scolded her in a low voice, "I won't tell you now. I will kneel down and reflect on you! No one is allowed to do this without my orders." stand up!"
"Your Majesty..." Nian Xuan wanted to defend, but Yun Fenghuang didn't give her the chance at all. He went to find a futon in the inner room and scolded her at the top of his lungs. Said: "I want to serve you for a while, so I'll just keep it up. Anyway, I won't sleep tomorrow night. I'll just kneel there and think about it. Where did I go wrong?!"
After that, he went back to the outer room by himself.
Nianxuan was confused and didn't dare to follow up and ask, so she bit her lip and knelt down on the futon, racking her brains to think about how to admit her mistake and calm the master down when Yun Fenghuang came out.
However, Yun Fenghuang in the outer room started to tidy up non-stop. After what happened with Xile, she really couldn't believe anyone now.
So after hearing Nian Xuan's words, I immediately doubted whether it was a trap.
Otherwise, if she was roundaboutly trying to find Gong Xiangxiao for information, would she have the opportunity to send him to her door
Na Qiu Bu Bu was really worried about Qi Jiulu, Yun Fenghuang Jue mistakenly thought that he didn't know, and even sent Nian Xuan to the empress to deal with it to prove his innocence.
However, as for Qi Jiulu, is Nianxuan unreliable? No, Nianxuan is unreliable, but the little waiter is unreliable. Even if he takes the risk, he still wants to go with him - then he will be wronged by Nianxuan.
Yun Fenghuang thought about the future he had prepared. Nianxuan had grown up with her, and he was the only one who married into the palace. After the palace maid fell into the emperor's lap, she spent a lot of effort to get her back. So it makes sense that Nian Xuan and her are called master and servant, and they are actually sisters.
At that time, she heard that Nian Xuan had made an appointment with someone to meet near Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion in the early morning. She was angry and worried, but she was afraid that it would be bad to misunderstand Nian Xuan if it caused a big fuss, so she asked Nian Xuan to kneel in the room and reflect. , go to see the person who seduced Nian Xuan and argue... Well, why did Qiu ignore his identity and personally attend the battle, instead of letting the Didong people come forward
It is really suspicious for a dignified Jieyu to go out alone in the early morning to meet outsiders...
She paced back and forth in the outer room and deliberated for a while, then opened Chunxuan and went out, secretly went to Nianxuan's room next door, rummaged through the cabinets furtively, and found a pair of low-cut trousers that Nianxuan didn't usually wear. With the lotus pattern on her legs, she put it into her sleeves with satisfaction, restored the things to their original shape, and then left quietly.
The script should be enough like that. I wonder if it's a trap. Just say that Nian Xuan is ignorant and left something close to her in someone's lap. As a master who is like a sister, of course she can't let anyone else step in for her. Nian Xuan is like that. Where to put your face
You can do it yourself.
Moreover, during the palace confinement, the person who seduces Nian Xuan is probably a foreign servant, a fake phoenix and a false phoenix, and even the concubines Yuan are not allowed to meet the wrong person - if the visiting male servant Xiangxiao or other foreign men are caught again, Yun Fenghuang could continue to blame the Imperial City Division. How did she know that a healthy foreigner could enter the vicinity of the palace concubine's residence!
It is clear that the Imperial City Department, who is responsible for guarding the palace city, is a waste. Can she be blamed
She is not a victim either!
Yun Fenghuang thought over his words several times and felt that there were no flaws, so he put it on calmly. Of course, he did not forget to pack some sharp weapons or other self-defense items for himself.
Because who knows if it will happen or not, but he will silence you at the slightest disagreement...
After finishing everything in this way, she quietly lit a stove of soothing incense, opened the door to the outer room a little, and found a small fan to fan out silently.
Soon the kneeling Nianxuan became drowsy, and soon fell to the ground and fell asleep.
Yun Fenghuang knew the effect of the incense. It was hard to say for a long time, but he could not wake up without pouring cold water on it outside of the hour. It was already close to the third watch at that time, so he thought it was enough.
As for the traces of soothing incense found afterward, she was also afraid. She had just been frightened in the water at Chunban Villa, and she was not allowed to light some incense in the outer room to help her sleep
With that in mind, Yun Fenghuang snuffed out the remaining incense from Donglai, quickly packed up the incense burner, pretended that he had never done what he just did, and climbed out of the window again.
Their master and servant all live on the third floor, so if they take the stairs, they must do so without disturbing others. Therefore, Yun Fenghuang specially connected several pieces of silk to test their firmness, and then hung them from the shady side to the surface of the empty pool. She deliberately chose a dark green short jacket and a crimson fairy skirt to wear, making her look very hidden in the shadows of the night.
The water in the empty pond near the shore was only knee-deep. Although her skirt and shoes were soaked, it did not prevent her from getting to the shore quickly.
After Yun Fenghuang landed on the shore, he did not take the shortest way to the agreed place. Instead, he made a circle in the opposite direction, chose a position where he could see the willow tree, and hid in the reeds near the shore to watch.
She was carrying a sachet to ward off insects. Even on a summer moonlit night, she didn't have to worry about encountering things she shouldn't encounter in the dark grass.
After a while, I heard the sound of the three-shift clapper in the distance, and saw that the east of the willow tree was still empty and deserted.
Yun Fenghuang waited patiently for a while, but no one came, and his heart sank.
She felt that she could no longer stay in the east and had to leave as soon as possible - who knew that after turning around and walking a few steps, she heard a man coughing slightly behind her!
Yun Fenghuang was horrified, and without even thinking about turning back, he stabbed him past!
"..." The person behind her grabbed her legs and wrists quite speechlessly, "Does Mao Jieyu want to kill someone and silence her?"
"The prince is so elusive, who can blame him?" Yun Fenghuang heard someone's voice, and then she started to complain. When she noticed that Gong Xiangxiao had also retracted her legs, she put away the dagger with a cold face. Instead of apologizing, she blamed He said, "It's so early in the morning, Prince, what does that mean?"
Gong Xiangxiao laughed and said, "Didn't Jieyu go to Liushudong too?"
Before Yun Fenghuang could answer, he already said, "This is no place to shut up, follow him!"
As he said that, he walked towards the depths of the reeds first.
Yun Fenghuang hesitated for a moment, then tightened his grip on the short knife in his leg before moving to follow.
Speaking of which, although Kongming Pond was right next to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, there were so many things going on during that period of confinement that Yun Fenghuang had never visited it in person until Ming Dynasty. At that time, I was following Gong Xiangxiao as he walked one foot at a time in the dense reeds. Every now and then, he would turn a corner or something, and he was murmuring in his heart. He was hesitating whether to continue or not. Finally, Gong Xiangxiao stopped. Said: "We're here."
Shutting up, I stretched my legs to push aside a few reeds in front of me, and my eyes suddenly lit up. It turned out that there was an open space hidden in the reeds, paved with bluestones, with stone tables and benches in the middle. The moonlight was shining brightly this night. Like frost, shining from the east, the surrounding reeds rise and fall with the night wind, like layers of silver waves, surging and surging, seeming real and illusory.
When Gong Xiangxiao walked over, he should first lift up his robe and walk eastward.
Yun Fenghuang quickly looked around Dong, and found nothing out of the ordinary. Then he quietly retracted the dagger into his sleeve, walked slowly to sit across from him, and asked straight to the point, "Why did he leave yesterday?"
"Why?" Hearing this, Gong Xiangxiao raised his eyelids and said with a strange tone, "My prince is asking Jieyu for advice, but Jieyu comes to ask my prince?!"
Those words made Yun Fenghuang slightly startled. Seeing that Gong Xiangxiao's resentful look didn't seem to be hypocritical, he frowned and said, "I don't know why he left? Then where can I go to see him?"
"Where are you going? Hehe... Why does Jieyu know exactly what brother Xinyun wants to do in coming to the imperial capital?" Gong Xiangxiao sneered, "Since that goal is no longer achievable, why would he stay in the east?"
He said sarcastically, "Stay east to see how Jieyu can be favored by three thousand people and rise to the top with titles and titles?"
Yun Fenghuang was speechless for a moment. He was silent for a moment, and then he smiled to himself: "He went back? It's okay to go back."
"How about going back?" However, Gong Xiangxiao sneered when he heard this and said, "I have provoked the queen and angered my son's father. In that case, do I think it is good to go back to the north?"
Seeing Yun Fenghuang pursed his lips and turned red, he still vented his anger unceremoniously, and then said angrily, "Do I know what he was asking for when he went back that time?"