Qingchuan History

Chapter 9
Di Yan turned around, walked quickly past rows of tall ebony bookshelves against the wall, and finally stopped in front of a gilded ebony cabinet, opened the door, and took out a light blue book.

The notebook was presented, but Gu Xinglang did not accept it.

"Start where you've never heard it. Known, repeated skips," he said.

Diyan has followed him for a long time, and knows his temperament well, the more calm he is, the more he attaches importance to it.

Mrs. Pei has been in the palace for more than a month, and the content of Yunxi's conversation is just that.Beginning at the end of April, Your Majesty ordered that all regular reports about the Zhexue Temple should be directed to Di Yan, who would record them in the book, and only meet with the Holy Spirit when they meet particularly important ones.In this way, she doesn't have to go to the Turning Waves Palace every time, reducing the risk of being noticed, and saving Your Majesty's time.

Diyan opened the book, and the first two pages were a summary of all the information before late April, because the repeated content was summarized into one article, and the events that took more than a month were summarized in two pages.

The real split record is from April 23.

These records are all written by Diyan himself, he is very familiar with them, one glance is for stargazing, another is for unusual words and actions, another is for where in the palace, and another is for that pink bird. Things that happened before and that Gu Xinglang knew about.

On April 28, there was one item this time. In his opinion, it was not important and there was no doubt about it, so he remembered it at that time and did not report it.At this moment, Your Majesty began to listen carefully to this book, so he naturally wanted to report it:

"On April 25, Yunxi opened the six boxes brought by Mrs. Pei. Four of the large boxes were empty, and they should be the books that are now lined up on the bookshelves in the bedroom; the other two small boxes, one box was for soft clothes , a box is full of bottles and cans, the medicinal materials smell strong, it should be some elixir."

Gu Xinglang was first attracted by the box of pills, but he had no clue, and asked:

"What kind of clothes are soft?"

"Just some underwear and a few skirts, and a cape."

"I'm asking, what color?"

Di Yan didn't expect Gu Xinglang to ask such detailed questions.Mrs. Pei has never been favored, but she is a wife after all, and she is a man. How can she openly report the details of her clothes, especially for personal use.At that time, for the record, I had to know that under normal circumstances it was already a capital offense.

"My lord—"

Gu Xinglang knew what he was worried about, so before he could finish speaking, he said, "Forgive your innocence."

Diyan looked at the words on the book, hesitated for a while and said: "The dresses are all the color of the lake, only different in shades, no decorations, the cloak is crimson red, as for the underwear," he gritted his teeth, and finally said: "It's all the same color. It's white."

Gu Xinglang looked up and saw him with a mournful face, and said with a smile: "You've written everything, are you afraid of reading it?"

Diyan was even more bitter and bitter: "Your Majesty, can't you check this kind of details yourself? I am really terrified."

After all, they have served for many years, and it was a young friendship. When there were only the two of them left, there were fewer rules for replying.Gu Xinglang has long been used to it, so he doesn't take it seriously, and the question of those dresses began to turn in his mind.

"A woman dressed so plainly before, entered the Daqi Palace, but wished to wear the most gorgeous colors in the world on her body, why?"

Di Yan hesitated for a moment and said: "This princess is always a princess, even if she has been living in the mountains and plains for so many years, and now she is a noble wife, it is only natural to compensate her for being dressed all day. The second time I said that, Your Majesty still scolded me, telling Wufu Shen Ji to laugh at me in vain."

Gu Xinglang looked at him coldly, thinking that this kid was smarter than anyone else when he was smart, but at such a time he would never know where his brain went.

"If she decides to go into the palace to make new clothes and wear red and green, why would she bring these old clothes?"

He knew that he didn't really ask himself.When there are too many things in his mind and he really needs to do some analysis, he will do this. In fact, he just asks and answers himself to sort out his thoughts.

But Diyan had to answer.Poor guesswork is also part of emotional thinking.It is the responsibility of the courtiers.

"Or keep it for later use? For example, if you need to go somewhere secretly or do something, you can't act in a fancy dress."

Gu Xinglang didn't speak, and suddenly asked: "Do you see the difference between Mrs. Pei's blackness and Shen Ji's?"

Unexpectedly, Diyan waited for such a sentence, why is it: "Your Majesty, my minister is just like you. I only saw Mrs. Pei twice at the canonization ceremony and last month's palace banquet. From a distance, she only has dark skin. What's the difference between black and white—" He thought about it carefully: "Could it be different shades, who is darker?"

It's not a matter of depth.As Di Yan said, Gu Xinglang has never had close contact with Ruan Xueyin.He just thought of a possibility.

She is a student of Ji Ji, and she has been studying and stargazing in the deep mountain surrounded by clouds and mist all the year round for 16 years.This kind of growth experience, the lake-colored skirt in the box, no matter how you look at it, she was too deliberate in dressing up after entering the palace.

Deliberateness is the problem.

Yunxi said that those bright colors made her skin darker.

Chunfeng came to sue just now, saying that sister-in-law Pei was rude to her and despised her attire.

What purpose can you achieve by deliberately making yourself more ugly?

Avoid pets?

From the first time Yunxi talked about making new clothes, not only him, everyone present felt that something was wrong.So he ordered Yun Xi to "pack" those boxes for the master.But Diyan’s judgment represents a judgment based on common sense:
Dressing, no matter how problematic it is, it's a trivial matter, so after Yunxi checked the six boxes, Diyan just wrote down the facts, and didn't report anything if there was nothing unusual.

It is indeed a trivial matter, even at this moment, Gu Xinglang still thinks so.It's just that since the opponent made a move, he always had to accept it.Then you have to be meticulous and prepared.

"For the issue of skin color, send a message to Yunxi. Continue."

"Yes." Diyan replied while continuing to turn backwards.

It’s still those words, Yuehuatai stargazing, the names of the temples and buildings.Gu Xinglang took a brief look at his expression, and understood a lot.

"Is it true that there are no omissions in twelve hours a day?" Since there are no tricks in the known items, we can only see if there are any omissions.

"Your Majesty, since Yunxi started talking back and forth on the first day, she has covered meals and bedtime in detail. As for whether Madam will get up in the middle of the night to do something after going to bed, she won't let anyone wait on her in the inner hall, and Yunxi has nothing to do. You know this. In other respects, Yichen sees—"

He originally wanted to say that there should be no omissions, but suddenly he thought of the same thing, and immediately felt that it was wrong, but he had already thought of it and had to say it, and the expression on his face was brilliant while hesitating.

"Say what you have to say. Do something with a grin."

Diyan groaned inwardly, wondering why such things always happened to me, and quick responses were not useful in this way.He sighed silently, cleared his throat and said:

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. It suddenly occurred to me that Yunxi said that Mrs. Pei is not used to having people take care of her bath, and she always does it by herself. Then this period of time is also a gap in our knowledge."

Already very close to the answer to this line of attire.

"Tell Yunxi that although the madam is not used to it, it is not proper for the master to take a bath without being attended to. Let her still have to serve. If it doesn't work, why do you follow in?" He paused and decided to speak more clearly, "Or break into It’s okay to go once, but it must be reasonable and the scene must be decent.”

As a courtier, it is naturally inappropriate to mention the bathing of the concubine, even if Mrs. Pei has not yet been favored, even if she may never be favored.Di Yan looked coldly at the other party not paying attention, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly responded, and was about to close the book, but Gu Xinglang said again:

"So far, she has been to all the big and small pavilions in this palace? Has she been there very frequently, or has she never been there?"

Ruan Xueyin doesn't interact with anyone, this is the first time she has visited Pishuang Temple this morning.The "go" mentioned here naturally refers to the palaces and pavilions she walked by, the places where she stopped, saw the plaques, and paid attention to them.It is precisely these places that Yunxi reported.

Diyan turned the book to the third page and started to read, then turned two pages back, frowned slightly, and was about to say something when he saw Gu Xinglang pushing over a piece of paper through the huge ebony carved desk:
"Even if you have a photographic memory, you have to do mental arithmetic. Write it down here."

"Your Majesty is a sage. It's really hard to count the names of the big and small halls without paper and pen. As for the memory, the whole world knows that it is your skill, so don't run on the humble minister."

Di Yan calmed down, carefully wrote down the names of all the halls and pavilions that appeared on the corner of the table, and flipped through the book page by page to count.After half a stick of incense, he put down his pen and presented the piece of paper,

"Indeed, I have been there, but the number of times is very average, not particularly frequent. It is a different walking route every time. It was not recorded in the book for more than a month. I just recalled the reports of Yunxi, and they were not particularly outstanding. of."

Gu Xinglang took the paper, glanced over it twice, pondered for a moment and said:

"She has never been to Jizhao Pavilion."

Diyan was surprised, indeed not.From the beginning to the end, Yunxi never mentioned Jizhao Pavilion.but--

"Jizhao Pavilion is a forbidden place. If Mrs. Pei doesn't go, it's considered abiding by the rules."

"Although it is a forbidden place, there has never been anyone guarding it. She has passed Shuming Hall and Qingliang Hall three or five times, and Jizhao Pavilion is at the end of the flower path between these two halls - a new environment for 'exploring' , People who have visited all the places in the palace have no interest in this place, and they don't even take a look at it, "

He picked up the white jade cup in front of him, drank the last half of the cold tea, held the empty cup in his hand and turned it gently,

"Isn't it strange?"

Di Yan understood, and said in a deep voice: "I will confirm this with Yun Xi again."

(End of this chapter)