Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 124
The son who spoke was Han Boyan, the eldest son of a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and Han Yufu's elder brother. He was 28 this year.

He has some friendship with Li Yan. They were classmates back then, and he knew that Li Yan was not a left-handed person, so he asked this question.

Han Boyan's words caught the attention of the people around him.Wei Yuan was playing with the feather arrow in his hand, when he heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Yan.His eyes were dark, his face didn't change much, but his hand holding the arrow was tightened indistinctly, his eyes slightly lowered, and fell on Li Yan's right arm.

Li Yan put his arms on his legs and said without changing his face: "Just now my right hand has cramps."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, took another feather arrow with his right hand, pointed it at the mouth of the celestial ball bottle, and threw it in again with precision.The arrow hit the mouth of the pot and made a crisp sound.

Others cheered.The hostility in Wei Yuan's eyes flashed by, and Li Yan's shot seemed to be the same as before, but for a right-handed person, his throw was not as accurate as his left hand.What's more, when Li Yan threw the pot, his right hand trembled slightly, which was very inconspicuous. The people around him didn't pay attention, but Wei Yuan caught it accurately.

After two rounds, only Wei Yuan, Wei Wei, Su Zhi, Lu Jianghuai and Li Yan remained in the field.

They were getting farther and farther away from the pot. Except that Li Yan used his left hand in the first round, he used his right hand in the next round.

The first one in this round is Wei Yuan, holding the feather arrow in his hand, he suddenly smiled and said: "It's no fun just throwing it like this, why don't we change the comparison." He asked his attendant Chen Qin to bring a longbow, Pointing to the willow tree in front of the bank, he said: "Why don't you put the pot there, let's draw the bow and shoot arrows, whoever can shoot the arrow into the pot will be considered the winner."

The shore is about fifty steps away from where he is standing, and the mouth of the bottle is facing upwards, which makes it more difficult. Not only must you grasp the direction, but also the strength and the angle of the arrow's fall. Test people's archery.

None of them had any objections, Wei Feng put one leg away and sat casually downstairs of Xinyan, feeling a little bit depressed.

He is not interested in throwing pots, he is only interested in Su Xi.

Wei Yuan looked at Li Yan who was on the side, and asked whether it was intentional or unintentional: "What do you think, Mr. Li?"

Li Yan responded in a low voice, without looking into Wei Yuan's eyes, he said, "Anything is fine."

Wei Yuan sneered.Archery is not like throwing a pot. Throwing a pot only tests the strength of the wrist, but archery requires the bowstring to be fully drawn and the entire arm to be exerted.If Li Yan's right hand was injured, he would not be able to complete this series of actions.

Sure enough, when it was Li Yan's turn, he was visibly dull for a moment, and immediately stretched out the whole bow with all his strength, and shot an arrow into the air.The arrow went down and landed half a foot away from the mouth of the pot, and missed.

It's not surprising, this comparison is already tricky, except for Wei Feng and Su Zhi, the rest of them all missed.

After comparing the arrows, Li Yan handed the longbow to the palace man behind him and walked to the back of the crowd.

This is the imperial garden, and behind it is the bedroom of the concubines, he should not be able to walk very far.Wei Yuan's eyes sank, and he looked at his right hand that was unnaturally hanging by his side.Because Li Yan was wearing a dark purple robe today, he couldn't see whether his arm was soaked in blood. He waved his hand, called Chen Qin, the guard behind him, and ordered in a low voice: "Follow him."

Chen Qin should be.On the other side, several disciples of the aristocratic family were praising Wei Yan and Su Zhi's arrow skills.

Su Zhi was naturally indifferent and not easy to get close to others, so most of the people gathered around Wei Yan to ask for advice on archery.

Wei Yan turned his black eyes, looked indifferently in the direction of Wei Yuan and Li Yan, and then looked away in a short while, with a faint smile on his lips.

This end, Zhaoyang Palace.

Right now, spring is in full swing, and a hundred flowers are in full bloom. The empress invited the ladies and wives to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers and the scenery.Wei Deyin was allergic to pollen, so the empress asked her to stay in Zhaoyang Hall.The lively hall just now suddenly became empty, everyone had left, and Wei Deyin's eyes showed a look of disappointment.

Su Xi's heart softened when she saw it, and she said she would stay with her.

When Fu Yi walked to the door, she suddenly remembered something, stopped, and said to Princess Yu beside her, "Mother, Bao'er just kicked me twice, I'm not strong right now, so I won't go Enjoy the flowers, let's stay here." Bao'er is the nickname of the fetus in Fu Yi's womb.

Concubine Yu Song is very concerned about the child in her womb. Hearing what she said now, she naturally agrees, "Then stay here and have a good rest, don't get tired."

Fu Yi nodded slightly.Then he sent someone to talk to Empress Liu, and turned around and went back to the hall.

Su Xi and Wei Deyin were sitting on the couch in the warm pavilion.When Fu Yi came in, Su Xi was holding Wei Deyin's hand, teaching her to write stroke by stroke.

The two sat side by side, and Wei Deyin knew that Su Xi was pregnant with a baby, so he sat in Su Xi's arms well-behaved, not daring to move.Fu Yi smiled, stepped forward, walked to the two of them and said, "What is Princess Deyin writing? Could you tell me to take a look too?"

After all, after reading the words clearly, he was taken aback.

The handwriting on the rice paper is graceful and agile, as graceful as a tree, muscular as a breeze, tall and thin, with good handwriting.Quite the character of Mrs. Wei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Even Fu Yi who has practiced copybooks for so many years may not be able to write such characters.She looked at the hand holding Wei Deyin's little hand, which was slender and tender, like a green onion, so white that no flaws could be seen.Going up is Su Xi's delicate and clear face.

Fu Yi didn't know that she could write such strong characters.

Su Xi stopped writing, looked up at Fu Yi, hesitated, and greeted with a smile: "Sister Yi."

Wei Deyinlai refused to come out of Su Xi's arms, smiling brimmingly, the loss just now had disappeared without a trace, and said: "Aunt Xi is teaching me to write "The Collection of Famous Sages"—a gentleman is magnanimous, a villain is magnanimous." Chang Qiqi. Do you want to read it? Is my writing good?"

She was only five years old, so of course she couldn't write these words, it was written by Su Xi holding her hand.If Fu Yi nodded, it would be a disguised compliment to Su Xi.Fu Yi paused for a moment with a smile, nodded lightly in a short while, and said "OK".

Wei Deyin was very satisfied, and looked up at Su Xi, "Aunt Xi, let's continue writing, what's the next sentence?"

Su Xi nodded to Fu Yi, and then continued to teach Wei Deyin how to write.

Fu Yi went to the rattan-faced Arhat on the other side, sat down and sipped tea.

Wei Deyin studied with great interest, and was much more serious than when the master in the study taught her to read.However, it was a child after all, with 3 minutes of heat, he couldn't hold on after a while, closed his eyes and lay drowsily in Su Xi's arms, and soon fell asleep.

Su Xi was worried that she would catch a cold while sleeping here, so she asked Mother Jiang to carry her back to her room.

After Wei Deyin left, only Su Xi and Fu Yi were left in the Snapper.Su Xi didn't really want to be alone with Fu Yi, so she asked people to clean up the brushes, ink, paper and inkstones on the small red lacquer and mother-of-pearl table, then stood up, ready to go to the back garden to enjoy the flowers with everyone.

A maid happened to pass by behind her, holding a cup of Wuyi tea that had just been brewed in her hand, she staggered back, loosened her hand, and most of the Wuyi tea spilled on Su Xi's body.

That maid was from Fu Yi, just now when Fu Yi said she wanted to drink tea, she went outside to get a cup.Seeing that he had caused a disaster, he knelt on the ground in panic, and blamed himself: "Your maidservant should die, please calm down, Mrs. Jin Wangshizi..."

Su Xi frowned, she didn't expect Fu Yi to have such a clumsy maid by her side.

Fortunately, the tea was not too hot, so I didn't burn myself.However, after such a splash, her skirt was also wet a lot, and there were still a few tea leaves hanging on it, so she definitely couldn't wear it anymore.

Ting Yan on the side was a little annoyed, and scolded Su Xi: "How do you walk? What if you hurt my wife?"

The maid huddled into a ball and cast a look of help at Fu Yi.

Fu Yi sat up from the arhat bed, walked forward, and saw that Su Xi was wearing an ivory white embroidered dress with a hundred birds and flowers and horse face, and tea leaves had been splashed on her head, leaving mottled brown spots on her face. The yellow mark is quite obvious.She frowned, then reprimanded the clumsy maid, then turned to Su Xi and said, "Sister Xi, I offended you, I will apologize to you on her behalf, and I will punish her well when I go back. Don't be angry."

Su Xi pursed her lips, it was fake not to be angry, she was somewhat depressed.She happened to go out today without any extra clothes, and now she was splashed with tea. After a while, the empress and everyone will come back. Wouldn't it be rude to see her like this?

Fu Yi saw her scruples, and said knowingly: "It just so happens that I brought an extra skirt today. Sister Xi is about the same size as me. If you don't mind, why don't I bring it for you to change into?"

That's the only way to do it now.Su Xi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Thank you, Sister Yi."

Fu Yi smiled slightly, and said: "It was my servant girl who was rude first, just don't blame me, and say no thanks. Sister Xi waits for me here for a while, and I'll be back in a while."

Su Xi nodded slightly.

Fu Yi led her servant girl out of the Nuan Pavilion and walked to the end of the veranda, but stopped walking instead.She raised her eyes to look at the plaque, and saw the words "Pengying Palace" written on it, stood at the door for a while, saw no one around, and then opened the door and entered.

After closing the door, she asked the maid behind her, "Did you bring anything?"

The servant girl bowed her head and stepped forward, not showing the timid and terrified look just now, took out a sky blue porcelain bottle from her sleeve, handed it to Fu Yi and said: "Here it is, ma'am, please have a look."

Fu Yi took it, and saw that the body of the bottle was clean, nothing was written on it, and I couldn't tell what it was for just from the outside.

The servant girl thought that Fu Yi didn't believe her, and added: "Don't worry, ma'am, the lady told the maidservant that this thing is colorless and odorless, and no one else will be able to smell it. Just one drop in the smoke cage is enough to confuse people." sanity..."

Fu Yi held the bottle, waved her hand for a while and said, "Go down."

The girl bowed her head and said yes, and withdrew from Pengying Hall.

Pengying Hall is a side hall next to Zhaoyang Hall. It is usually crowded with people, and the empress seldom comes here.The furnishings inside are quite complete, and the beds and bedding are neatly folded.Fu Yi stepped up to the gold-plated auspicious animal incense burner, the incense wafted up, and the hall exuded a faint fragrance.She opened the porcelain bottle, poured a drop into it as the maid said, paused, worried that it would not work, and added two or three more drops.

Xinyan Tower.

Wei Wei was sitting downstairs, when a court lady in blue clothes walked up to him, bowed his knees and respectfully said: "My lord, Mrs. Shizi was scalded by the tea, and she is resting in Pengying Hall right now."

(End of this chapter)