Golden Knife 17 years

After 27 years, the door of Changning Hall opened again.

The palace people worked together to push open the vermilion gate, and the gradually opened gate touched the copper wires in the ground, waking up the oriole on the brass willow tree in front of the hall, and the oriole flapped its wings and sang again.

The oriole sings in Bei'an, and there is a female general heading west.

When the door of the Changning Hall is fully opened, the servants enter the hall to light the lamps. From today until the princess is married, the nine sea lanterns in front of the Changning Hall will be lit day and night.After lighting the lamps, a phoenix-patterned carpet was laid on the walking path, and a group of court ladies lined up in the courtyard with silver fish lamps. The princess followed into the yard.A group of people walked forward silently, except for the sound of footsteps in the yard, only the chirping of the oriole could be heard.

"Wait." The princess wearing the phoenix crown suddenly stopped, staring at the brass willow tree through the beaded curtain on her face and said, "I want to see that oriole." The one standing on the left bowed her head to the female officer He whispered in her ear, "Your Highness, this is against the rules."

"I'm going to see the oriole." The princess was extremely stubborn, staring at the oriole on the tree without moving.That squirrel was indeed exquisitely built, with ruby-encrusted eyes, emerald-inlaid beak, burnt-blue wings, and a gold leaf suit. It was usually hidden under green enamel leaves, and only jumped out when the mechanism was activated, flapping on the branches. Two small wings made a voiceless sound from their throats.The princess said again: "Anyway, I won't be able to see it in the future."

The court lady was also a young girl who had just entered the palace. When she heard this, she let go of her hand as soon as she heard this sentence—the place where the princess is going may even have few trees. Before she gets married, let her see more. Watch what you want to see, and keep some thoughts.

The princess entered the Changning Palace, the emperor's rewards were sent over like flowing water, people in the courtyard came and went, their faces changed one after another, two court ladies were busy welcoming and sending them, arranging for people to send the rewards into the palace. Ku, occasionally glanced under the brass willow tree. The princess had already sat down on the stone bench beside the tree, and looked up at the squirrel. Her face was hidden behind the curtain, and she couldn't see the expression clearly.

"Your Majesty, I have already settled down in the Hall of Changning, but the people from the Ministry of Rites are still waiting outside to be named by Your Majesty..." Hai Dequan knew that it was time to approve the memorial, but it was urgent and there was nothing he could do.

He looked up slightly as he spoke, but saw a blue-white hand tightly clutching the golden embroidered silk on the tall table. Haidequan knew that this was His Majesty's headache again, so he hurriedly poured it into the incense burner on the other side. A pill accompanied by Xingmianyue, only for a while, a sweet fragrance spread in the hall, indeed the fragrance is as its name suggests, it makes people want to sleep well.

After a long time, Hai Dequan heard the person sitting on it snort and laughed: "...I don't know if the late emperor was also worried about giving the royal sister a name when she was married?"

Hai Dequan didn't dare to answer these words, but Li Tangdi didn't intend to make him pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he threw a booklet under his feet with a slap: "I think this group of people are wolf-hearted! Usually on Zhuluantai, the Northwest War I didn’t see them say a word when the newspaper was delivered, but now sending a princess to get married is like a concubine, saying that I will send another Qiongya there!” Li Tangdi was so angry that he picked up the vermilion pen on the desk and dropped it, Haidequan trembled and flew away. Jumping over to catch the Zhu Bi, he fell on his back.He didn't dare to wipe the cinnabar on his hands and face, so he quickly got up and knelt down, holding the vermilion pen in both hands and kowtowing to Li Tangdi: "Your Majesty, this vermilion pen was passed down from the holy grandfather, but you can't throw it down. If your majesty is angry, Just throw this servant, don't drop your ancestor's treasure!" Li Tangdi laughed angrily when he saw him holding a pen, his face was red like a ghost drawing, and said, "I'll throw you for a fart! Why don't you get up and take your Wipe your face!" Hearing this, Hai Dequan knew that the emperor's anger had subsided a little, he quickly got up and put the ink pen on the table, and went out of the hall to find water to wash his face.

As soon as he left the hall, Haidequan's heart skipped a beat again - there was a man standing under the eaves of the hall, hiding under the shadow of the eaves, like a crow in the dark night.Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man raised his head, and looked at Hai Dequan with a pair of cold eyes. The old eunuch trembled again, and smiled: "Master Zhou is so early today?" Hai Dequan nodded when he saw him , Knowing that this was regarded as a greeting, he quickly retreated to the corner door to the side and asked someone to fetch water to wash his face.

The one who brought the water was Hai Fuzi, Hai Dequan's adopted son. He was only 11 years old this year. He was so young that he was inevitably frizzy. Holding the water basin, he did not forget to peek at the person standing outside the hall. Hai Dequan wiped his face and saw Fuzi's eyeballs rolled around, and he threw the handkerchief into the water basin: "What are you looking at!" Fuzi was splashed with water all over his face, and was so frightened that he knelt down, splashing more than half of the basin of water on himself, and Hyde Spring poked him. Looking at his forehead, he hated iron and said: "You won't remember it until someone gouges your eyes, will you?" Fuzi trembled like a sieve, holding half a basin of water and said, "Dad, take pity on me!" .” Hai Dequan looked back, and the master was still there.He whispered in Fuzi's ear and said, "Fuzi, remember, that is the commander of the Golden Pavilion. If you provoke someone in the palace, daddy can still save you. If you provoke this one, only one will die." Looking at that person ignorantly, nodding desperately, Hai Dequan let go of his hand, and was about to pass by with all his clothes, but saw that person finally moved, pushed open the door of the hall and walked in.

Hai Dequan sighed, and Fuzi bravely asked: "Father, didn't you say that you can't sigh in the palace? The master is not happy to hear that." Hai Dequan kicked him on the ass: "I can't remember any of the rules that should be remembered, What you shouldn't be asking is asking every day, go back and change your clothes!"

Fuzi walked away dejectedly holding the copper basin, Haidequan looked at the closed gate of Chengde Hall, and sighed again.There is an old saying in this palace, the Golden Pavilion reports winter news, and several families add new graves. I don't know how many people will die in the west tea room when the little Zhou Lord walks out of this door.

"...Hede, Sanshi, and Meicheng all have signs. There are also a few spies sneaking in in the capital recently. The letter from Tiewuguan has not yet arrived..." It was almost dusk, and the golden red light came from the side. The window leaked into the hall and landed on Zhou Shen who was in the middle of the hall, Li Tangdi was in a daze for a moment.

The young man in front of him is exactly the same as his father Zhou Kun when he was a teenager, even his voice is the same. Listening to him, Li Tangdi remembered when he and Zhou Kun were in this hall many years ago, how long has passed, come to report to him Dong Xin's son has become Zhou Kun's son.

"how old are you?"

Zhou Shen was reading to the notebook in his hand, and suddenly heard the emperor ask him a question, he was stunned for a moment, closed the notebook and lowered his eyes, and replied: "As your Majesty said, I am 23 this year."

The emperor's voice seemed to float down from the hall through a layer of fog: "How many years have you been in the Golden Pavilion?"

"Return to Your Majesty, six years."

"Six years..." Li Tangdi fell silent, and Zhou Shen didn't speak. They all knew what six years meant, but no one wanted to mention it again.Li Tangdi smelled the fragrance in the palace, and that uncontrollable headache faintly came back, he said to Zhou Shen: "Keep reading."

Hai Dequan stood guard outside the main hall, thought for a while, and then ordered someone to tell Sishanfang to prepare Xiangluoxue, every time Lord Zhou came, the emperor always gave a box of Xiangluoxue when he left, I don't know Little Master Zhou is such a serious person, why does he like to eat this kind of soft and sweet pastry.

The sun was gradually sinking to the west, Zhou Shen finished reading the scriptures in his hands, knelt down and kowtowed to Li Tangdi: "Your Majesty, the Winter Letter from the Golden Pavilion has been reported." Li Tangdi closed his eyes and asked, "Is Governor Han any news?"

Zhou Shen paused, and said: "The investigation has been traced to Meicheng County. The last time Mr. Han sent a letter should be in Meicheng County." Li Tangdi hummed heavily, and waved to him: "You first go."

Li Tangdi waited for a while, but didn't hear him get up. He opened his eyes, saw Zhou Shen lying on the ground, and kowtowed to him again: "Your Majesty, I want to go and see His Highness Xiaoshu."

Li Tangdi propped his head and smiled: "I'm still bored to give the princess a name, but you remember her baby name... It's also my fault that I have been negligent for so many years, and I didn't give her a name, but let you call her a little girl." for so many years."

"You go ahead." Li Tangdi talked too much, coughed twice, Hai Dequan had been waiting outside the door, heard this voice, knew that it was time to serve tea, so he personally brought tea in and served it.Li Tangdi took two sips from Haidequan's hand, and then asked: "Have you prepared the dim sum?" Haidequan said with a smile: "Return to your majesty, prepare it, this year's glutinous rice and vines are both good, Sishanfang said the incense made Rocher is doing better than usual."

"Really?" Li Tangdi pointed at Zhou Shen and said to Hai Dequan: "Then put an extra box for Mr. Zhou and ask them to make it now." The emperor was laughing, Hai Dequan was also laughing, Zhou Shen fell on the ground to thank him, The embroidered gold on the back glows a little darkly in the sunset, which is fleeting.

When Zhou Shen took the food box and walked to the gate of Changning Hall, it was already dusk, the lights in Changning Hall were brightly lit, and the brass willow plant in the yard reflected the lights, casting deep shadows on the ground.

Xiao Comb is still sitting under Hu Liu, and the phoenix crown has been taken off her head and placed on the stone table.She was sitting with her hair draped over her head. The dress on her body was obviously not suitable. The sleeves were too long, barely showing her fingertips. She had a delicate face like a child. From a distance, she looked like a girl doll.

Zhou Shen walked over and gently placed the food box on the table.

Xiao Shu was taken aback for a moment, and when she looked up to see Zhou Shen's face, she was taken aback again: "Zhou Fifteen? Why are you here?" Zhou Shen didn't answer, he stood upright and saluted her: "Chen Jinge Zhou Shen, Ju Ya Commander of Duwei's Mansion, pays his respects to Her Royal Highness, and wishes Her Royal Highness well."

Xiao Comb's eyes on him gradually turned cold, and he also sat upright and accepted his gift: "Don't be too polite, Commander Zhou. Anyway, you know that I won't stay here for long, and I have to go out to die."

Zhou Shen looked at her: "Your Highness, don't say that."

Xiao Comb reached out to touch the food box on the table, raised his chin and gave him a sideways glance: "Commander Zhou, you were the one who first discussed the monarch and his ministers with me." Zhou Shen didn't answer her words, Xiao Comb opened the food box and saw There are neatly arranged plates of fragrant Luo Xue, clusters of lavender flowers printed on the snow-white and soft pastries, and snow-covered vines, which are extremely beautiful and elegant.

Xiao Comb looked at the plate of dim sum, then turned to look at Zhou Shen, and suddenly smiled: "My emperor's father is still rewarding you with this dim sum, and it really hasn't stopped for a year." Zhou Shen avoided her Eyes, lowered his head and took out an old purse from his sleeve and handed it to her: "Your Highness, this is your congratulatory ceremony for leaving the cabinet. I wish you a safe journey."

Xiao Com took the purse and opened it, and a golden bell and a jade lock poured out from it. Xiao Com took a look, then turned to look at Zhou Shen: "It was agreed back then that when I get married, both of you will personally marry each other. Come to deliver the pavilion gift, now that you are here, how about him?"

Where Zhou Shen stood was facing the oriole, and the oriole was still flapping its wings tirelessly and singing.Back then, the three of them most liked to sneak up the wall to see the oriole in Changning Hall. At that time, the oriole could not sing. At that time, they were still young, and he didn't know anything. Even the origin of this tree was told by that person. his.

This brass willow tree was specially ordered by the late emperor to relieve Ningfei Aruna's homesickness.Concubine Ning is the youngest daughter of An Anda Khan in Beichang, outside the Great Wall. Back then, Beichang’an had a strong army. It was Aruna who the late emperor asked to marry. After she got married, the Changning Palace was specially built for her. As a show of favor, Aruna has infinite scenery for a while.But the world is impermanent, after the death of the Great Khan of Beichang'an, several princes fought among themselves, the national power of Beichang'an declined within a few years, and Aruna in Changning Palace also fell out of favor overnight.

A few years later, Aruna passed away leaving behind only one daughter.

And that little daughter is Princess Qiongya, whom everyone is talking about now.

Zhou Shen was in a daze. Ever since Qiongya got married, Zhongning had gone through Zhongxing and never married a princess again.But who would have thought that the little princess whose mother died at a young age, was bullied in the palace, and was finally sent back to Beichang'an by the late emperor, would take all the tribes in Beichang'an back to her home in the past 27 years? They reunited, faintly resembling the appearance of the old Anda Khan when he was in power.Emperor Li Tangdi had always been proud of not getting married, but this time, the situation was so compelling that he had to bow his head, especially since he still had to give his princess and sister a daughter-in-law.

Xiao Com pushed the food box towards Zhou Shen: "You take this snack, I won't eat what you brought." Hearing this, Zhou Shen looked up at Xiao Comb, then silently lifted the food box and went to Walking to the gate, Xiao Shu suddenly stood up and shouted at his back: "Fifteenth Friday!"

Zhou Shen turned his head, Little Comb bit his lip, and said, "Zhou Fifteen, if you still remember the friendship we had when we were young, when you find Zhong Xianchen in the future, no matter whether he is dead or alive, you must find someone to take him with you." Letter to me." Xiaoshuang tugged on the coat she was wearing, and raised her two sleeves to show him: "Look, I couldn't escape in the end and put on this outfit. Promise me on Friday, remember Send me a message, in case I die in Beichang'an, I know whether I should wait for him at Naihe Bridge." The movement on Xiaoshu's side has already alarmed two court ladies, and they took the court ladies from Hurrying over in the corridor, Xiao Shu stared at Zhou Shen with wide eyes, waiting for his answer.

Zhou Shen looked at the court ladies who were getting closer and closer, and finally nodded at Xiao So. Xiao Shu wanted to say something, but was surrounded by two court ladies, and was quickly brought back to the inner hall.Zhou Shen saw that Xiao Shu was wearing that ill-fitting dress, stepped on the skirt every step of the way, and tried to look back at him, he stretched out his hand in a mysterious way, pinched his little finger with his thumb, and waved three fingers at Xiao Shu, This is the code word they agreed upon when they were young, and they swore to do what they said.

Xiao Comb saw it, and nodded to him from a distance, and then was crowded into the inner hall by a group of people, and was never seen again.