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Chapter 26 Falling Moon Hesitating to Shine Colors (2)
When Sun Baolin and Wu Guiren heard this, they didn't care about what to say, and hurriedly went back to the palace to prepare.Before leaving the pavilion, Sun Baolin whispered in Wu Guiren's ear: "Sister, think about it carefully, who are the governors of the Eastern Capital and the border ministers in recent years."

Along the way, Wu Gui felt uneasy. Although she never cared about political affairs, at home, she occasionally heard from her father that she probably knew that the man who served as governor of the Eastern Capital in recent years was his father's favorite student, and the inspector , because his father had worked in the Ministry of Industry, he was more or less involved.Thinking about it this way, she became nervous. Sun Baolin said that the emperor will strictly investigate, isn't that...
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she began to tremble all over. When the accompanying maid saw her, she worriedly asked, "Master, is it cold?"

"It's cold, it's cold." Guiren Wu tightened the scarlet fox Qiu and said, "Let's go back to the palace quickly."

The emperor received all the concubines in the winter room. In fact, there was nothing wrong with it. He just went to Shangyuan the day before yesterday and found that the plum grove had sprouted, and plum blossoms adorned the branches.The plum blossoms in the palace have always bloomed earlier than in the Shangyuan, and the Shengwinter Room was specially built among a plum tree.

Sure enough, as soon as he approached the raw winter room, he could smell a faint fragrance.Various rare plum trees are planted around the raw winter room, such as green pistil sandalwood core, thousand double petals, green pearl, laurel moon, zhuluan, cinnabar, Taige, photo water, longyou, jade butterfly, sprinkle gold, money green calyx And so on, all are adorned with delicate flower buds on the branches, and the white snow is more elegant.

Because it was summoned by the emperor, and it was a rare closing of the palace, and the rain had not been seen for a long time, the concubines naturally dressed up deliberately, with the intention of competing.Pink, white or red shirts, silk, crepe, brocade, satin, soft cotton; makeup flowers, python flowers, printed, carved, Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery; hairpins, rings, tin, hairpins, pearl flowers, Step by step; gold, silver, emerald, pearl, agate, turquoise, enamel, jade of various colors, precious stones of various colors... and the scent of various cosmetics lingers, overshadowing the beautiful plum blossoms blooming outside the window.

Although the Shengdong room is named "room", the palace is actually huge, and the concubines stood in order of rank and waited, and they all looked at the newly built palace curiously.Different from the East and West Six Palaces Pavilion where the concubines live, this place is used to hold some celebrations and gatherings. The furnishings are simple and grand, revealing the royal style.

"Hey, why is nobleman Wu dressed so plainly?" a beauty asked nobleman Wu who had just entered.

"Ms. Zhang's sapphire blue dress looks like it's newly made." Guiren Wu was a little absent-minded. She didn't even think about dressing up when she went back to her bedroom. Because of the short time, she randomly chose a cotton robe with autumn fragrance and white chrysanthemum, and wore it tired. Si Jinfeng's steps swayed.I just feel that the autumn fragrance is elegant, but I forget the season.Naturally, the concubines did not know that they were admiring plum blossoms before they came, but most of them wore palace clothes with plum blossom patterns.She is dressed in autumn chrysanthemums, which is naturally eye-catching.

"A few days ago, the emperor used the clothes that the emperor gave to the concubines to make it, but it was made in time, and the stitches are a bit rough." Zhang Meiren smiled.

Guiren Wu was taken aback again, why didn't she know that the emperor rewarded the clothes a few days ago.But before she had time to think about it, compared to what Sun Baolin said earlier, how could she care about the mere clothes, so she didn't say anything.It happened that the little eunuch came to report that the emperor was coming soon.

When Shen Xiyao came in, all the concubines held their breaths and saluted, Shen Xiyao waved his hands to Zhang Dehai beside him and smiled, "This year's plum blossoms are so coincidental, this winter room opened right after it was built, and there is snow, it's really an elegant thing."

Zhang Dehai naturally smiled and said: "God also followed the emperor's wishes. The old slave smelled that the green calyx of money was really good. I only planted it last year, and I was afraid that it would not grow well."

Shen Xiyao laughed: "Those jade butterflies are also very good, and the green plums are rare, so the fourth brother found them."

"Prince Yu is bothering you." Zhang Dehai responded, and reminded at the right time: "Your Majesty, all the palaces are here."

Only then did Shen Xiyao lightly glance at the concubines: "The Shengwinter room has been built, and it's snowing and winter plum blossoms, so I invite everyone to come and watch it." Zhang Dehai immediately clapped his hands, and a row of court ladies standing under the window opened the window with a "wow" , all the concubines were stunned, but they didn't feel the cold wind blowing on their faces. After a closer look, they found that the windows were all equipped with large glass windows from the West. One piece is red plums, red is better than fire, the south is white plums, white like clouds, the west is yellow plums, Huang Saijin, and the east is green plums, green like water.

"I saw that the plum blossoms are just blooming, and they have a special charm, so I invited all my concubines to enjoy them." Shen Xiyao sat down at the head of the table and motioned for all the concubines to sit down.The concubines now understand the reason, Shen Xiyao's simple and elegant poems, often summoning concubines to appreciate flowers and recite poems, the emperor is very interested today, naturally they are all scratching their heads, trying to come up with clever sentences to attract the emperor's attention.

Liu Jieyu looked around, she was well-known for her talent, but she didn't want to show it in a hurry, only when others did it first, could she appear to have done it well.She pondered for a moment, and her mind was settled.

At this time, Zhang Dehai held out something, and all the concubines were amazed when they saw it.

It is a plum blossom bonsai, with agate-carved bergamot as the pot, one large and one small two bergamots hugging each other, and a butterfly flying down is cleverly carved on the wall of the pot.The pot is wrapped with green silk thread and copper wire is bent into a branch shape to make a plum tree. The silver-gilt calyx and stamen of the plum blossom are welded to the top of the copper branch, and the copper wire is wrapped with red silk thread as the pistil. Make five petals of plum blossoms, inlaid and glued between the calyx and stamen.The unopened buds are inlaid with white jade or hibiscus stones on the silver calyx, and the flowers and leaves are carved from sapphire.A few ivory-carved chrysanthemums are dotted between the plum blossoms. The leaves are made of dyed ivory, and the veins are outlined in gold.

The concubines saw this bonsai with sparse flowers and branches, the pavilion is like a cover, thin but not weak, soft but strong, and the color matching is bright and clear. A tree of white plum blossoms and agate pots complement each other. It is elegant and charming, so they naturally know that it is rare. Court system.Due to the complicated workmanship, exquisite materials, and charm, it is naturally difficult to make one piece, so I cherish it very much. Over the years, there are only three pieces in front of me, one is a narcissus, the other is a cherry blossom, and the third is this pot of plum blossoms.

Zhang Dehai picked up the bonsai and said: "The emperor has a decree, today all the palaces can use the scenery in front of them as materials, and the best ones will appreciate the plum blossoms."

After the concubines discussed for a while, a talented person first chanted: "It is not spiritual to have plums without snow, and it is vulgar to have snow without plums. It is snowy all day long in sunset poems, and it is very fragrant to write with plums."

As soon as a word is spoken, it naturally wins applause.The emperor also nodded with a smile.Seeing the other concubines, they were even more eager to try.

The emperor ordered people to prepare pens and ink for the concubines in each palace, and write them one by one. This is not only compared to poetry, but also calligraphy.Naturally, there are not many concubines who can recite poems and fight against each other in the palace, and there are even fewer concubines who can write poems.Those concubines who could not even read naturally gave up, but they were also curious about how others responded.

After presenting them one by one, Zhang Dehai showed them to the emperor, and there were a few very good ones.

Wang Xiurong wrote: "Who knows the old and cold friends in front of me, only the plum blossoms are lonely. The moon is full and the sky is like water. When you wake up, you can listen to the jade flute."

Li Xiuhua wrote: "The red crisp is willing to break the buds, and probe the southern branches to bloom all over? I don't know how long it has been brewing, but I can see that there is no limit to the meaning."

Meng Zhaoyi wrote: "One flower suddenly changes first, and all flowers are fragrant later. If you want to spread the news of spring, you are not afraid of hiding in the snow."

Feng Shuyi wrote: "The number of calyxes contains snow at the beginning, and it is difficult to draw alone. There is a unique rhyme in the fragrance, and the clearness is extremely cold."

Wu Guiren wrote: "There are poetic realms everywhere, there are things at any time, and there is no time for entertainment, and there are plum blossoms everywhere."

After reading it, the emperor suddenly asked, "Why don't you see Liu Jieyu's poems?"

He asked the question in person, and Liu Jieyu naturally came out of the crowd and presented it with her own hands.Shen Xiyao saw that she not only wrote a poem, but also drew a branch of black plum with a few strokes. Although her skills were not outstanding, she had a clever mind.Looking at the poem again, it is also very good. "It is known in the snow that the arrival of spring is known, the plum blossoms are adorned with Qiongzhi, and the fragrant face is half-opened and charming. In the court, the jade man bathes in a new makeup. The good fortune may be intentional, so teach the bright moon to be exquisite. The reward is gold and green. Ants, don't get drunk, this flower is not comparable to other flowers."

Hearing this compliment, Liu Jieyu was naturally overjoyed, she bowed profusely, and said in a charming way: "My concubine, thank you for your compliment."

At this time, I saw Wu Guiren holding another scroll of poems, and said a little shyly: "The concubine did not do well before, so I wrote another poem, please the emperor have a look."

Zhang Dehai took it, and Shen Xiyao looked at it with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Wearing this body in the ice and snow forest is different from peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust. Suddenly, the fragrance is released overnight, and it disperses into the universe and thousands of miles of spring."

Since returning home, Ling Xuewei has been quieter than before. Every day she spends her time in the boudoir, embroidering women's reds, reading poems and books, playing the piano and playing the zither, or painting paintings.Although the personal maid Haoyue knew that the young lady's temper was not restless, but such a situation where she couldn't say a word every day was abnormal.It's just that Ling Xuewei's expression was indifferent, and her diet and daily life were all the same, so she didn't take it to heart.She knew what happened to Miss when she came back this time. After all, in the first few nights after her return, Ling Xuewei slept extremely unsteadily, always tossing and turning and having trouble falling asleep, and even the slightest sound would wake her up.Afterwards, I used some soothing incense and gradually got better.

Ling Xiang deliberately found the relatives of the doctor, sent a thousand pieces of money to show his gratitude, and arranged for Xia'er's family, and Ling Xuewei felt a little better.

This day Ling Xuewei was painting in the room alone again, the heavy snow fell silently outside the window, Haoyue came in with a snack, and saw Ling Xuewei holding a pen quietly lost in thought, she couldn't help being curious, coughed lightly, Ling Xuewei's eyes turned back to her senses, Smiling at her, he lowered his head again.

"Miss, just now I came from the front yard and saw the plum blossoms from Suizhi last year blooming, and they are very fragrant." Haoyue put down the plate, wanting to get Ling Xuewei's attention, and went out to walk around so that she wouldn't get bored in the room. up.

"It's a rare money green calyx with an extraordinary fragrance." Ling Xuewei didn't stop her pen.

Seeing that she was unmoved, Haoyue thought for a while and said: "This winter is early, I think the plum blossoms in the garden should all be in bloom. Miss, do you want to go and see them?"

Ling Xuewei knew what she meant, and wanted to go out to get some air by herself, but the things that were on her mind could only be solved by breathing.But after hearing what Haoyue said, she also wanted to appreciate Dongmei. After all, among the flowers, she only loved Dongmei and Xiahe. Look at the brilliance of hundreds of flowers, without the solitary spirit of Sihua, free from dust and pollution, clean and flawless.

After hesitating for a moment, looking at Haoyue's clean eyes filled with anticipation, he put down his pen and said with a smile, "Okay, it's up to you, let's go shopping."

So he put on a rouge-colored fox fur long cape, changed into deerskin boots, and walked to the garden with Haoyue.

The garden of Lingfu is huge, in which hills are piled up, ponds are built, buildings and pavilions are erected, bamboos are planted and flowers are planted.On the southeast side of the garden, passing through the Dalinglong Mountains and rocks, and passing through the Moon Cave Gate made of bamboo fences and flower barriers, is the Xuemei Garden.Although it is not as beautiful as the scenery around the winter room in the imperial palace, there are nearly a hundred rare plum trees, all of which are white plums.Originally, the four-colored plum blossoms gathered together, but Ling Xuewei insisted on a garden of white plums, so Ling Xiang moved the other plum trees to another elegant winter garden next to the Xuemei Garden,

Because it was still snowing, Ling Xuewei sat down in a stone pavilion in Meizhong. Haoyue brought a food box. Ling Xuewei took a look and saw that there were bean cakes inside, so she smiled and said: "It's so cold, you should have some Hot food." Seeing her smile, Haoyue became interested again, so she was naturally happy, and hurriedly said: "Miss, sit down a bit, the kitchen has just prepared sesame roast, I'll go and bring it." After saying that, she ran away in a hurry up.Ling Xuewei saw her figure in rose red disappear from sight, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, sat alone in the pavilion, saw that there was still a jug of wine in the food box, the aroma was overwhelming, it was plum wine, she smiled, and stretched out her hand to pour it Drink it yourself.

At this time, he should also be admiring the snow and plum blossoms in the mansion, and invited a few friends to sing poems over wine.With his literary talents, the poems he made must be incomparable.However, maybe he is the same as himself, facing the snow all over the sky alone, missing someone.

If we could meet again, would he ask her her birth name?She will definitely abandon the reservedness of those women who have learned since childhood, just ask him.

The jade ornament was not shown to his father, maybe he would find it faster, but for some reason, Ling Xuewei was unwilling to do so.It was a treasure that belonged only to her, even Haoyue didn't tell it.Judging by the craftsmanship of the jade ornaments and the exquisite materials used, the young master must be not an ordinary person.But the dignitaries in the capital, the rich businessmen and the fathers of businessmen all searched secretly, but found nothing.Could it be someone from other provinces, or her initial judgment was wrong?But based on his accent, he should be from the capital.Or the official son who was implicated in the Dongdu embankment breach?Ling Xuewei deliberately avoided such a situation, deep down in her heart, she would never allow it.How can such a dusty person be put together with corrupt officials?

Maybe some time ago my father was busy with the case of breaking the embankment in the Eastern Capital, and he didn't investigate carefully.

Ling Xuewei relaxed her heart. While drinking plum wine, she stood up and leaned against the pillars of the pavilion. Looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her, she said to herself: "I don't get drunk even after ten glasses of wine. The feeling is long on purpose. Now there are two mountains and two worlds. Indistinct." She laughed slowly, the wind gradually subsided, the snow fluttered down, and the only piece of white in the sky and the earth was clean and super dusty.

Since Wu Guiren met Sun Baolin, he has been in trouble every day. After all, if the emperor strictly investigates, his father will not be able to get rid of it.However, although all the previous officials were related to their father, not all of them were recommended or appointed by his father, and I never heard that my father had close contacts with them in my boudoir.In this way, the emperor will strictly investigate, and the father will not be charged with any crimes.

She thinks this way today, thinks that way tomorrow, good day is bad, and she keeps thinking about it, but the emperor treats him as usual. According to common sense, if the relatives of concubines violate the criminal law, the emperor will at least not demote his position. Turn a blind eye.But a few days ago the emperor had summoned her in the imperial garden, and even though there were several concubines, they were also very happy and harmonious, without clues.

The night before last, she had a nightmare about her father being miserable in the prison. She was so scared that she couldn't sleep well all night. She got up early and saw that the sky was clear, so she took her personal maid to the imperial garden to relax.

Not long after dawn, the imperial garden had been cleaned, but there was no one there.Wu Guiren was walking in a daze, and suddenly saw a willow-green figure woven with golden flowers in front of him, which was particularly eye-catching in the white snow.A few steps forward, it was Liu Jieyu.

Guiren Wu was curious, how did Liu Jieyu come out so early in the day.But she also knew that Liu Jieyu had always been aloof, and also pursued the so-called artistic conception, and it was normal to go out for a walk when the weather was rare in winter.

Since it was only a few steps away, Guiren Wu thought for a while, then stepped forward and called out with a smile: "Liu Jieyu."

Liu Jieyu turned her head and saw Wu Guiren Yingying standing in the snow, wearing a newly made casual dress with rose and purple ruyi patterns, she sneered in her heart, and gave it to her face.

"My sister is so early." She said lightly, with indifferent eyes.

"Elder sister is also very early." After all, Wu Guiren regarded Liu Jieyu as an opponent to be promoted to the middle palace, and his words were not polite.

Liu Jieyu naturally knew what she was thinking, turned her mind around, suddenly smiled, and said kindly: "Since I met my sister, how about we take a walk together?"

Wu Guiren was taken aback, he didn't expect Liu Jieyu to invite him like this, seeing that his expression was sincere and not perfunctory, so he nodded after thinking about it. "It's my sister's honor to be able to visit the Imperial Garden with my sister." As she said that, she approached Liu Jieyu intimately, as if her relationship was very good.

Liu Jieyu led Wu Guiren, but did not go deep into the imperial garden, but chose another green stone road.On both sides of the road are continuous palace walls, vermilion winding like two giant dragons.Wu Guiren couldn't bear to ask curiously: "Where are we going?"

Liu Jieyu turned her head and smiled: "Sister, just follow me, are you afraid that I will lose you?"

Wu Guiren said embarrassingly, "My sister was joking."

But it turned into a moon cave door, and the high walls on both sides changed. It was no longer the majestic vermilion, but the blue color of the stone itself.It was the back door, Wu Guiren followed Liu Jieyu, obviously she was quite familiar with this place.

Walking around a row of houses, there is an open space in front of you. At this time, many shelves have been erected, and they are full of high-quality clothes from the new tribute. There is a neat sound of looms in the house, and you can still see the maids through the window. Raising plain hands, Wu Guiren immediately guessed where it was.

Brocade Workshop

The place where clothes are made for the concubines in the palace is filled with first-class weavers and embroiderers selected from all over the country. They work day and night to add luster to the concubines in the harem.At this time, the New Year is approaching, and the clothes and materials are distributed, so it is naturally very busy.

Liu Jieyu looked at Wu Guiren with a smile: "Want to see it?"

Wu Guiren raised his head, Liu Jieyu's smile had a trace of deep meaning.She pondered for a while, since she is here, it doesn't matter to see what, besides, it's just clothes.

Liu Jieyu pushed open a door on the left side, there was no one inside, only a mahogany hanger was placed in Nuo Da's room, on which was a dress, and there were accessories to match it in the surrounding compartments.

When Wu Guiren walked into the room, he was stunned, his eyes couldn't move away from the dress, his body trembled slightly, and he walked forward unconsciously.

"This is..." she murmured.

Liu Jieyu stood aside, looked around, but didn't speak.

The bright winter sun shines into this not too big room through the large windows, adding dazzling brilliance to everything.

(End of this chapter)