The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 58
Lin Zisu let out a chuckle and said, "Do you think I am interested in him?"

Seeing that Lve Ying shook her head, she took a deep breath and said, "He's still a prince anyway, since we can't stop him, why don't we take advantage of him to get more benefits for the mansion."

After dismissing Lve Ying, taking advantage of the cool morning, Lin Zisu had another good night's sleep and didn't wake up until the sun was high.

Unexpectedly, when she woke up, everyone in the house knew about the haunting in the Missy's yard.

After more than half of the hour, Lin Zisu just came to Bi's courtyard to pay his respects.

Although time has passed, I didn't expect that Mrs. Huang still insisted on not leaving, and kept chatting with Mrs. Bi, asking about the girls in Beijing who were similar to Lin Fangfeng's age.

Seeing Lin Zisu, Huang's face gloated, and said with a sneer, "Young lady, she is restless every day, and she goes out to show her face every day, so she must have caused something unclean."

Lin Zisu never expected that her second aunt would be here.Ever since Mrs. Huang came to the mansion, she has never put her mother seriously. I don’t know what I want to covet today. I must be uneasy and kind when I come to my mother’s yard. Lin Zisu kept his father’s teachings in mind two days ago and ignored Huang’s , just a faint smile.

But Bi's face couldn't help but turn cold, and he said: "Sister and sister, I can't let you talk nonsense if you say some sarcastic remarks on weekdays. But the eldest sister is smart and well-behaved. She only cared about studying since she was a child. The number of times is also very few, where is the restlessness?"

Mrs. Huang rolled her eyes, curled her lips and said, "Girls don't go to the exams to become officials. What's the use of studying? Sister-in-law, look at my eldest sister. These days, I don't talk about learning some female embroidery. I don't know if I follow my elder brother." You're fiddling around with something."

Mrs. Bi seldom asks about her children's private affairs. After listening to Mrs. Huang, she remembered that Lin Wenjing seemed to have praised Lin Zisu in her ear two days ago, so she asked in a harmonious voice, "Eldest sister, have you been with us these few days?" What is your brother doing?"

Lin Zisu chuckled lightly, and said, "I just feel that the weather has been a bit stuffy recently, so I made a new utensil with my brother for relieving the heat at home."

It's not yet May this year, and the weather is already very hot. In the past few days, the sky has been clear every day, and at noon, the house is as stuffy as a steamer.

Mrs. Bi was still worrying about storing ice at home, but she didn’t have any extra money to buy it in the market. Hearing Lin Zisu’s words that there were utensils for relieving the heat, her eyes lit up and she said with a smile, “That’s good, I’m still worrying about it.” Not enough ice cubes."

Seeing that Mrs. Bi and Mrs. Lin were chatting happily, Mrs. Huang felt that it was boring to make trouble with her boss, and she didn't want to be polite to Mrs. Bi, so she stood up and walked out of the room.

Without Mrs. Huang present, Mrs. Bi asked: "Sister, I heard that your yard was haunted last night? Are the people in the yard all right?"

Lin Zisu smiled and said, "What could be the matter? It's just that the two maids below, after being busy for the past two days, got a little sleepy from the heat, and went to bed earlier than usual, so they had the idea of ​​being haunted. "

Mrs. Bi also smiled and said: "I just said, your house is blessed by the rune of Master Lingyun of Yuanjue Temple. Even if our house is haunted, it will not haunt your yard."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Bi Shi said something casually, but Lin Zisu murmured in his heart. After chatting with Bi Shi for a few words, he went back to his yard.

When she arrived in the courtyard, Lin Zisu went straight to the back of her house. After searching carefully, she saw a talisman stuck in the middle of the back wall.

Lin Zisu has read many related books, and the patterns of various talismans are no strangers, but she has never seen the pattern on this talisman.

Remembering that Mrs. Bi said that he was looking for Master Lingyun to ask for it, he couldn't help but be surprised. That monk is not an ordinary person at first glance. What is the purpose of pasting such a talisman in his yard?

After carefully identifying it for a while, Lin Zisu was a little dumbfounded. This talisman is just a common safe and disaster talisman on the market, and it was pasted upside down. At first glance, she didn't recognize it.

There is a bamboo forest behind Lin Zisu's house, and no one will come here on weekdays, so no one will pay attention to the talismans here.

The person who pasted the talisman was also very careless, a piece of paper was crumpled, it was very eye-catching, Lin Zisu thought about it, and smoothed the creases of the talisman vigorously.

Once she recognized the meaning of the runes, Lin Zisu felt relieved.

No matter who made this rune, they hoped for their own safety after all. Even if there was a possession, what they wanted was to ward off disasters and evil spirits, and hope that they would be free from disasters and difficulties.

His family valued him so much, so he had to do something for the family, Lin Zisu suddenly felt very proud.

Xie Xi, you just wait to lose your money!
Coincidentally, just after Lin Zisu made his decision, someone sent money over at noon.

Lin Zisu heard from Fei Cui that it was a woman who cured her illness by herself, so she came to the house to thank her for her kindness.
Lin Zisu was quite confused when he heard it, but when he arrived at the flower hall in front, he recognized the person who came, it was the steward of Xinghe Yinlou.

The steward was still sitting at the bottom chatting with Mrs. Bi. When he saw Lin Zisu, his new owner, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "The little family has been sick for many years. Thanks to the girl's magic medicine, the crisis is turned into safety, girl." They are the little reborn parents!"

Lin Zisu was certain in her heart that Yang Xingyao should have taught her a few words in charge. She didn't know what kind of medicine Yang Xingyao sold in his gourd, so she had to oblige.

Without waiting for Lin Zisu to be polite, the steward held out a few banknotes and said, "Miss, you can't repay her life-saving grace. Here are 500 taels of silver, which is considered a small consultation fee. Please, miss Don't be disgusted."

Not only Lin Zisu was surprised, but even Mrs. Bi was a little surprised. Mrs. Bi never expected such a large sum of money to fall out of thin air.Mrs. Bi opened her mouth wide and looked at Lin Zisu.

Lin Zisu understood, this is what Yang Xingyao said about the income of the two shops, unexpectedly he found such an excuse, it seemed that he expected to accept the money, so he happily took the bank note, Said: "It's just a little effort, it's a waste of money to trouble the little lady."

"What is the girl talking about! The girl has superb medical skills, and the medicine can cure the disease. The consultation fee is not excessive at all."

The steward said with a smile to Mrs. Bi: "Madam taught well, the young lady of your mansion has such medical skills at such a young age, her future is sure to be limitless."

When the steward got up to leave, Mrs. Bi took Lin Zisu's hand, stroked her hair, and said with a smile: "Our eldest sister is really not simple, she can see a doctor at her age."

Lin Zisu said a few words modestly, handed the bank note to Mrs. Bi, and said, "Mother, our family is at the moment when we need money, so you can use it."

Mrs. Bi did not refuse, solemnly put away the bank note, and said with a smile: "The money came just in time. My eldest sister is going to grow up soon, and it's time to buy a dowry. I'll keep it for you first. With this money, I will be strong when I marry into my husband’s family.”

The mother and daughter talked and laughed, and went to eat together.At noon in summer, the sun was scorching hot. After dinner, Lin Zisu was sweating profusely. Bi felt sorry for her, and asked someone to fetch ice from the cellar, and prepared an ice basin for Lin Zisu.

Due to the hot weather, for the remaining few days, Lin Zisu became a lady of the family who never went out, spending her days in the study room, researching the materials that the seven-wheel fan blades can use, and the mechanism of her brother. principle.

Occasionally, I got up, thinking of the Dragon Boat Festival poetry meeting, so I tried to practice calligraphy and painting, and my life was very pleasant.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Dragon Boat Festival. It was strange to say that it was sunny for more than ten days, but on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, it began to rain heavily.

As the old saying goes, there is no rain in Duanyang, and there is plenty of food and clothing, but there is rain in Duanyang, and ghosts and people are disasters.

This year's poetry meeting in Prince Wei's Mansion is still presided over by Prince Wei's son Xie Yan. He has presided over the poetry meeting for five consecutive years. Not happy.

According to the usual practice, the vassal king will leave the capital to go to the feudal country when he becomes an adult, but he will leave the closest vassal king in the capital to replace the emperor when necessary, attend various ceremonies, and stay behind when the emperor leaves Beijing. , known as the city guard king.

Wei Wang Xie Shanxin is the younger brother of Zhengxing Emperor Xie Shanyuan, and he is the city guard king of this generation.

In previous years, the poetry meeting in Prince Wei's Mansion was overcrowded, but today due to the heavy rain, it was postponed for nearly half an hour. Seeing that the time was coming to an end, less than [-]% of the invited guests came.

"Has Consort Qi arrived?" Xie Yan asked impatiently.

A young eunuch beside him responded in a low voice: "The people from the princess mansion just sent a letter, saying that it is raining too hard at the moment, and the son-in-law is sorry for the weak health of the eldest princess, and is still waiting for the rain to stop at the mansion."

Hearing Chang Sui mention Princess Nankang, Xie Yan sneered, and said to himself in a low voice: "My cousin is really lucky!"

Then he stood up from his seat and said in a loud voice: "I am really grateful for the presence of all distinguished guests. I wanted to go to the center of the lake with you to have fun, but I didn't want to encounter this heavy rain. Fortunately, the scenery here is good. We Appreciating the rain and discussing poetry is also a joy in life."

The location of the crowd was a water pavilion in the middle of the lake, and outside the water pavilion was a lotus pond. At this time, the heavy rain was pouring down, and the rain hit the lotus leaves, making a crisp knocking sound, which overwhelmed Xie Yan's voice.

Xie Yan's voice fell, and there were very few people who responded, so he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.Through the rain curtain, he saw his eldest concubine Luo Ying greeting female guests in another water pavilion not far away, a look of disgust flashed across his face, and he told the little eunuch, "Go to the same imperial concubine." Say it, we have already started here."

The little eunuch opened his umbrella, trotted along the curved corridor in the pond, arrived at the opposite water pavilion, and conveyed Xie Yan's words to Luo Ying.

Luo Ying nodded, stood in front of the desk in the middle of the water pavilion, and said: "My sisters, the lotus leaves are raining today, which is quite poetic. Which sister wants to be the first, please come up and have a try."

There were few people in the water pavilion. Luo Yue was sitting with Lin Zisu and Liang Wanyi. Hearing what his elder sister said, he immediately stood up and said excitedly, "I'll come! Eldest sister, I'll come first!"

Luo Ying smiled helplessly: "Ah Yue, you don't have enough ink in your stomach to drink, so don't come here to make a fool of yourself."

Luo Yue made a funny face at Luo Ying, and said, "I can't attract others."

"Okay, okay, you will make a fool of yourself later, don't say that the elder sister didn't protect you," Luo Ying said dotingly, and then gave up the seat in front of the desk.

Luo Yue started to write with a pen, brushed a few strokes, and finished it in one stroke, and said proudly: "It's rare that I have a lot of writing and thinking today, and I will definitely teach you how to admire it."

The maid at the side picked up the rice paper, and recited Luo Yue's new poem in cadence: "After the rain, the lotus clothes are wet, and the wind sends the willow silk cool. The sky is blue, and the sound of frogs enters the gallery."

As soon as the words were finished, Liang Wanyi smiled and said, "Ah Yue, I will treat you with admiration after three days of farewell. You have made great progress recently."

Luo Yue raised her chin proudly, and said, "That's natural, I've been working very hard recently, and everyone in our house even praised me for my rapid progress!"

Another girl on the side smiled and asked: "Ah Yue, there is no frog sound today. Where does the frog sound in your poem come from?"

Luo Yue said: "Don't you hear 'frogs are everywhere by the green grass pond'? Whenever there is a pond, there must be frogs. If there is no frog sound right now, we must have scared them away."

A few girls just now were still worried about their lack of skill, and hesitated in their hearts, wondering if they should show their skills today.

With Luo Yue's poem, the other girls have all their doubts gone, so they are gearing up to show off their talents.

The girls wrote poems one by one, and Liang Wanyi felt itchy. Seeing that Lin Zisu had no intention of showing her talent, she went to the desk alone and wrote a poem called Qilu.

Liang Wanyi's handwriting was chic and elegant, and as soon as the last word was written, a girl next to her praised crisply, "Miss Liang Er's handwriting is so beautiful!"

Then the maid read out Liang Wanyi's poem.

"West wind blows water out of hibiscus, and ten feet of red adorns green peaks. It's not that the fragrance can explain the vulgarity, but it's because of the hot summer that it makes you lazy. Lu Qing's celestial palm faces the moon, and the undulating dragon's whiskers whistling in the evening. The good times and nights should not be lost, Mo Ci Frequently drunk Yuquan thick."

This poem is bold and straightforward, and all the women in the water pavilion applauded, and the voice was faintly transmitted to the water pavilion on the other side.

The rain outside the water pavilion has stopped, and there is a faint mist on the pond.Zhang Yutong, who had been sitting quietly all this time, stood up and said with a smile: "Sister Liang's poem is really extraordinary, my younger sister is not talented, and I will write a poem to pay my sister to sing."

Zhang Yutong stood in front of the case and thought for a moment, then started to write.

Liang Wanyi was still beckoning Lin Zisu to appreciate her poem. Seeing Zhang Yutong's elegant lower script with a hairpin in her hand, she secretly admired it.

Not long after Zhang Yutong completed the poem, the maid at the side also read it in public as usual.

"The wind of the water country returns to the coolness of the jade dew, and the emerald green girls reflect the dawn makeup. The lightness wants to dance in front of the flowers, and the chaotic leaves are suspicious of the fragrance of the leaves. The jade cup in the sky is drunk, and the socks in front of the people make the poet crazy. Who is drunk with a bottle of turbid wine? And sing on the evening pond."

Although Zhang Yutong said that he was getting along with Liang Wanyi, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was secretly a comparison.

Compared with Liang Wanyi's poems, Zhang Yutong's poems are not less bold and unconstrained, but have added some implicit grace, which complement each other perfectly.

Liang Wanyi didn't feel any hostility at all, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhang's poem is really good, it's much better than mine."

As soon as Liang Wanyi and Zhang Yutong's poems came out, some girls who originally wanted to try it suddenly stopped.

Seeing that no one came to the case again, Luo Ying said with a smile: "Since there are no new poems, I will send these poems to the crown prince. I heard that Consort Qi will also be present today, and listen to his comments later."

As soon as Luo Ying finished speaking, a figure stood up and said, "Concubine Shizi, can you let me have a try?"

(End of this chapter)