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Chapter 36
It was supposed to be a sensual place, but it became a quiet tea banquet for enjoying piano.
Jiamin sat in the corner without making a sound, Hua Liuli leaned on the soft couch and was served by the beautiful maids. The other girls saw the two princesses not speaking, nor did they speak, holding a tea cup pretending to appreciate the sound of the piano.
Girl Yao said with yin and yang strangely: "It is said that it is also romantic to die under the peony flower, and Princess Fushou is not in good health, so it is better to go out less."
Hua Liuli, who closed her eyes and opened her eyes.
"If you are in poor health, you need to walk more and take a look. When you are in a good mood, your body will naturally become better." Seeing Hua Liuli opened his eyes, Jiamin's heart tightened, grabbing the little cousin's wrist, and beckoning her not to Talk again, "As the saying goes, you can eat beautifully, the princess has a bad stomach, and look at the good-looking people. It is good for the body and mind."
Miss Yao couldn't think that Jiamin actually helped Hua Liuli speak to this point. Who is her little sister and how could she turn her elbow out?
Hua Liuli saw Jiamin's nervousness, she slowly sat up, smiled and said, "Sister Jiamin is indeed the daughter of the princess, she is really knowledgeable."
"Heh." Jiamin laughed dryly, and opened his eyes to talk nonsense. Who can understand?
"Suddenly I remembered that there was still something at home, so I said goodbye." Girl Yao glanced at Jiamin, and was about to leave.
She is already angry, Jiamin should come to coax her, right?
"Then you should be careful on the road." Jiamin breathed a sigh of relief and went away. After leaving, she doesn't have to worry about the little cousin angering Hua Liuli.
"You..." Miss Yao was really angry now, she turned around and walked out with anger.
"Miss Yao, go slowly." Hua Liuli smiled and waved to Miss Yao.
"Hua Liuli, don't be proud!" Girl Yao pointed to Hua Liuli, "The list will be released in a few days. I want to see how many places my brother can get in the exam."
Miss Yao dropped the cruel words and left, leaving Jiamin and several other little sisters in embarrassment.
"Princess Fushou, her cousin is a bit more stubborn, but..." Jiamin said with no face, her little cousin was not malicious, and she mocked everyone's ranking in the imperial examination.
She looked at Hua Liuli and stroked her forehead silently. It was always someone else who helped her make the rounds. How could she do such a job? But Hua Liuli is a grudge, or a grudge that hides a knife in a smile, who knows when she suddenly starts revenge?
"It doesn't matter, Miss Yao has a straightforward character, I believe she is not malicious." Hua Liuli smiled and said, "You guys should enjoy the music with me."
Jiamin glanced at Hua Liuli silently, and couldn't believe a word of what the woman said.
Seeing these noble ladies finally plan to appreciate their piano sound, the luthier cheered up and played a difficult piece of music.
As Jin Lingyuan's most famous luthier, he is not only proud of this face, but also the piano art that has made countless women obsessed with.
"This tea is not as delicious as the one we often go to."
"It's not a serious tea house after all."
The piano master shook his finger slightly, and he made a mistake. The famous piano masters in Beijing are here. Their focus is actually whether the tea is good or not.
"I don't drink tea, and I don't know which one is good or which is not good." Hua Liuli said, "Why don't the other girls change a new kind of tea?"
"This kind of place has limited tea, no matter how good it is, the princess doesn't have to trouble." The little girl sitting next to Jiamin looked very pleasing. Hua Liuli remembered that she was the daughter of Tian's daughter and Tian Ruidong's sister.
Miss Tian put the tea cup back on the table and looked at Hua Liuli curiously: "The princess grew up in the border, can you tell us about the scenery of the border, is it like the lonely desert as written in the poem?"
Hua Liuli shook his head: "Qinghanzhou has steep terrain and steep mountain roads. Every summer, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants. If you go out on a summer night, you will be bitten by mosquitoes."
"So terrible?" The girls grew up in beautiful clothes, and they couldn't imagine that the living environment could be so bad.
"But this also has an advantage, that is, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The local people have a strong personality, and sometimes the enemy comes, and adult men will spontaneously patrol the city. With their help, we have caught Jinpo Country several times. Hua Liuli sighed, "However, due to inconvenient transportation, bad weather, and frequent wars, Dajin businessmen did not like to trade with local people, so the local people's life was not good for a long time. "
The little girl took her breath and listened very seriously. They wanted Hua Liuli to continue talking.
"Later, my father led soldiers to annihilate the bandits who were blocking the road. Gradually, merchants came to trade. In recent years, life has been much better." Hua Liuli noticed that the piano master had played several wrong notes, and she turned her head and looked at it with a smile. Luthier, "The luthier is also interested in border stories?"
"At the next moment, I am fascinated, please forgive me." The piano master got up and walked to Hua Liuli and bowed to her.
Wearing a loose white robe, his collarbone was faintly exposed when he bent over to salute.
"I heard that eleven years ago, there was a natural disaster in Qinghan Prefecture, and several fortresses leading to Qinghan Prefecture were blocked by fallen mountains." Jiamin still remembers this incident because of her father Yao Luma himself. Serving as an official escorting food and payment, he usually idles around. After returning from Qinghan Prefecture, he was dull for nearly half a month and saved a lot of money.
"At that time I was only four years old, and I can't remember many things." Hua Liuli shook his head. "I came to listen to the music today. What's the point of talking about this?"
She turned to see the luthier standing in front of her, and waved: "Linthier, keep playing."
The piano master glanced at Hua Liuli and walked back to her original position silently.
Several people were eating melon and fruit snacks, staring at the piano master for a short hour, and they all felt a little bored. But the two princesses didn't say to leave, and they could only hold on to the spirit and continue to listen.
"Linist, what is your name?"
"If you committed a crime on Xia Zu, all three generations are slaves and have no surnames." The piano master took the opportunity to stop playing, and if he played it down, his fingers couldn't stand it: "People in the workshop call Xia Yun Han. ."
"Yun Han..." Hua Liuli pondered for a moment, looking at the piano master thoughtfully.
The piano master slowly raised his head, and his beautiful eyes met Hua Liuli's sight.
"This name sounds a bit cold." Hua Liuli thought for a long time before finally expressing her inner feelings.
The smile on the piano master's face was slightly stiff: "The distinguished guest is right, and I feel that the word cold is not good."
Jiamin doubted whether Hua Liuli would make the beauty happy. Why did she choke so much when she said it? It's ridiculous to come out to snatch beauty from her like this.
"No, I mean, the name is like a piano master, like a white cloud on the high heavens that is not stained with slender dust. Although it is cold from above, it is very noble." Hua Liuli got up and walked in front of the piano master, reaching out to play the piano a few times. Xian, her movements are very casual, but with a somewhat free and easy taste, "The piano master has outstanding piano skills and is so stunning, so there is no need to belittle yourself."
She approached the luthier slightly. Just when several girls thought she would do something to the luthier, she suddenly stood up straight, took out a handkerchief and covered her mouth and coughed a few times: "Excuse me, I am not in good health. I can't stay outside for long. Wait, the piano master will go back to the room to rest soon."
Yu Rong stepped forward to hold Hua Liuli's arm, and Iris put a bag of pearls in the hands of the luthier: "My master is out of the house at an uncertain time. The master should not go out to entertain guests in recent days, lest it is inconvenient for the master to see you."
The piano master took the pearl, put it on the table casually, and said to Hua Liuli, "I'm waiting here for the distinguished guests."
His posture of saluting is very elegant, like an immortal who can't fall into the mortal dust, making people want to keep him in the mortal dust, but also want him to continue to be a high fairy.
If it were an ordinary woman, she would have been impressed by such a grace.
But the few people in the room are different. They have seen the five princes with extreme elegance in words and deeds. Men in the street like Yun Han can only make them look at them more than they are amazing.
Hearing that Hua Liuli was about to leave, Jiamin quickly stood up: "There is still something to do in the mansion, I should go too."
Don't you want to stay here to grab a man from Hua Liuli?
The group of people left Jinlingyuan, before Jiamin could breathe out, he met Du Xiuying who was across the street.
Although Du Xiuying's eyes were very calm, Jiamin was certain that under the other's calm face, anger was hidden.
"Girl Du." Hua Liuli found Du Xiuying and waved to her with a smile: "What a coincidence."
Du Xiuying smiled and nodded towards Hua Liuli, walked across the street to them, and said: "Princess Fushou An."
"Girl Du doesn't need to be so polite." Hua Liuli reached out to help Du Xiuying. Du Xiuying had a faint scent of writing and ink, which smelled very well.
"The courtesy can't be abandoned." Du Xiuying turned to meet the other girls, and his eyes fell on Jiamin.
Behind them, Jin Lingyuan heard music and laughter from time to time, which seemed to be quieter among them.
"Is it fun inside?" Du Xiuying looked at Jiamin blankly.
Jiamin shook his head: "It doesn't mean anything."
"You like to go, and I can't care about you." Du Xiuying turned her head and glanced at Hua Liuli, "Fushou County is weak and younger than you. You should not invite her to play in such places in the future."
"What does this have to do with me?" Jiamin snorted, "The legs are on her, can I still care about her?" Isn't she too long?
"Miss Du, this matter has nothing to do with Princess Jiamin, it is my own opinion." Hua Liuli whispered.
"I know." Du Xiuying didn't take Hua Liuli's words seriously. Jiamin has a bad temper. Princess Fushou said these words, but he was helping Jiamin to cover.
If it wasn't for Jiamin to bring Princess Fushou over this place of enjoyment, how could she find it?
Thinking of this, Du Xiuying glared at Jiamin warningly, so that she wouldn't cause trouble.
Jiamin: "..."
She used to talk and do things as a jerk, but it does not mean that she took the lead in doing all bad things, right? Now this world is still unreasonable?
But she didn't bother to argue with Du Xiuying's cousin, because this cousin was always talking about things since she was a child, and she had a headache listening to her.
Seeing that the situation was wrong with the other girl, Miss Tian found an excuse to get on her carriage and ran away, because they were also very afraid of Du Xiuying.
Jiamin watched the two little sisters leave in a hurry, doubting the fragile friendship between them again.
Say good friends walk together all their lives, and don’t look back when they run away?
"Let's go, go home." Du Xiuying didn't say anything else on the street, so she pulled Jiamin into her carriage to prevent her from running around.
"Princess." Du Xiuying said to Hua Liuli before getting on the carriage, "Go back to the mansion earlier, it's getting dark soon."
"Okay, Miss Du." Hua Liuli smiled cleverly.
When Du Xiuying was so well-behaved, when she looked at her cousin, she felt inexplicably "my sister is better than someone else's".
"Cousin, I really didn't bring her here. She was already inside when I came."
"Edit, continue editing, why don't you say, she still snatches a man from you?"
"Yes, she just grabbed people from me."
"Heh." Du Xiuying laughed angrily, "Jiamin, I don't say bad words, don't make me make an exception."
Jiamin: "..."
The thing she regrets most in her life is to provoke Hua Liuli. Since she provoke her, she has never had a good day.
The two of them are really born at odds.
Watching Du Xiuying's carriage go far, Hua Liuli smiled and said, "The little girls in Beijing are fun."
"Princess, what do you think of that luthier?" Iris asked in a low voice.
"The deportment is not as good as the five princes, and the appearance is not as good as the prince." Hua Liuli shook his head and sighed, "I'm used to seeing the stunning beauty in the world, and then I look at other people, and they become vulgar fans."
"Be calm, these princes and grandchildren can't be your face." Iris reminded her master honestly.
"You make sense, but there is something wrong with being a human being. It is easy to change from frugality to extravagance, and it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality." Hua Liuli lacked interest in the luthier. "If the prince is not so good-looking, I won't So picky."
"Princess Fushou?"
Hua Liuli frowned, she just admired the prince, why did she still have auditory hallucinations?
The prince saw Hua Liuli standing at the entrance of Lefang: "Why are you here?" He got off his horse and glanced at the plaque hanging at the main entrance of Lefang, thinking that she was just passing by.
"I heard that there is a piano master with outstanding piano skills, so come and have a look." In front of the prince, Hua Liuli did not hide her intention.
"The piano master?" The prince smelled a different scent from Hua Liuli's body, as well as some pungent scent powder, which should have been accidentally infected on other people.
"The princess... still has such a hobby?" The prince knew that some of the noble ladies in the capital had a hobby of raising noodles, but Hua Liuli was really not like such a person.
Could it be someone else led her to damage?
"I'm just curious to take a look." Hua Liuli didn't take things to heart, "Why is the prince here so late?"
"The lonely man who led the Ministry of Ritual on behalf of the father and the emperor went out to preach the imperial decree." The prince said, "The men and women in this place are not clean, and the smell is heavy, which is not good for the princess's health. The princess will rarely visit such places in the future."
Hua Liuli thoughtfully, the prince meant to find a civilian man with innocent wealth?
She raised her head to look at the prince, and slowly nodded: "Your Royal Highness, the courtier understands what you mean."
Seeing Hua Liuli's pensive expression, the prince felt that she did not understand at all. He felt uncomfortable no matter how he thought, after sending Hua Liuli back to the house, he still felt panicked.
"Your Majesty, which empress do you want to rest in tonight?" Zhao Sancai asked in a low voice. Your Majesty has not been in the harem for five days, and several women in the palace have come to him to inquire about the news. He is a rootless eunuch, how do you know what your Majesty thinks.
"I remember Concubine Lin's brother seems to have returned to Beijing?" Emperor Changlong asked Zhao Sancai.
"Your Majesty, you said Lin Zhou, the prefect of Yongzhou?"
"It's this person."
"Your Majesty, Master Lin Zhoulin has already been transferred back to the capital, but there is no suitable vacancy in the capital, so he is at home temporarily."
"Then I will go to Concubine Lin tonight, I just happened to tell her about arranging Lin Zhou."
Emperor Changlong was about to go to Concubine Lin, the birth mother of the fourth prince. He listened to the eunuch's report and the prince wanted to see him. He stopped and let the palace attendant welcome the prince in.
"I came to see me so late. Did something happen again?" Emperor Changlong saw the prince hurriedly and asked the prince to sit down and talk.
"Father, when my son returned to the palace today, he found that some entertainment venues were brightly lit, and the sound of silk and bamboo was endless. I felt something wrong." The prince said with a worried expression, "Dajin is coming under your governance. The more prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and their lives are prosperous. But with the improvement of living standards, the people are more and more addicted to enjoyment and sing songs every night, which is not conducive to the long-term stability of our Jin Dynasty and the prosperity of generations."
"Of course, proper entertainment is necessary." Seeing Emperor Changlong in deep thought, the prince added, "The envoys of various countries will arrive in our Dajin soon. If we let the envoys misunderstand us, the people of Dajin will only be addicted. Doesn’t enjoyment hurt my face? It’s better to take advantage of this time to investigate these bands to find out if there are phenomena such as forced selling of women and children, officials lingering in fireworks venues, killing of slaves in the workshops, and prostitutes. , Let them manage operations?"
"You are reasonable." Emperor Changlong nodded after a moment of indulgence. "You will arrange for someone to deal with this matter tomorrow." The weather in Dajin has been smooth these years. It is a good thing for the people to live and work in peace, but too much indulge in pleasure also makes the future full of hidden dangers.
At any time, you can't lose the sense of crisis and the spirit of hard work.
dā dā da.
Countless pearls fell to the ground, making a crisp sound on the ground.
Ignoring these pearls bouncing and rolling on the ground, Yun Han walked to stand in front of the large bronze mirror, stretched out his hand and gently stroked his cheek, and asked the servant next to him: "Is this young man not good-looking?"
"The young man looks unparalleled in the world, no one in the world can match." The young man held the tray high, not daring to look up at Yun Han.
Inside the tray is an empty kit with a few pearls scattered around.
Yun Han waved his hand over the tray, his face was very ugly. Since his appearance in Jin Lingyuan, he has caused countless women to go crazy. A few days ago, two county owners turned their faces against him.
But today that woman saw his reaction, it was a shame to him.
"Send someone to find out what Hua Liuli and Yao Jiamin usually like." The anger on Yun Han's face gradually dissipated. He picked up the kit in the tray and played with him. "Women like to talk sweetly and each other, I want them to do Regret for today's behavior."
"My lord, the lord means to bring you closer to the lord Jiamin, why do you..."
"What do you know?" Yun Han interrupted little servant, and said with a sneer, "Human nature is low. If someone finds that someone who is pursuing him, suddenly falls in love with another woman, the feelings will become stronger."
"The slave doesn't understand." Xiao Si's shoulders trembled slightly, and he was scared.
"Naturally you won't understand." Yun Han's eyes were as cold as snow in the twelfth lunar month, "Woman..."
"Heh." The cold eyes were stained with ridicule, "For the sake of love, they can give up everything."
"My son, Hua Liuli will not let you receive other people before she leaves, indicating that you are already a little special to her. Maybe it's because there are other people present that you pretended to be cold." The servant said, "The slave believes you. "
"Good slave." Yun Han patted little servant on the top of the head, little servant looked up at him, revealing a neck without a Adam's apple.
The prince had a dream. He had a white cat. The cat was so good-looking, and even the barks were more pleasing than other cats.
It's just that this cat is very naughty. He went to pick flowers today and fruit tomorrow, and was almost taken away.
The prince scolded the person who wanted to snatch his cat, but was still unwilling to go back to the palace and made a delicate cage for the cat.
The kitten was lying in the cage looking at him with wide eyes, meowing, very pitiful.
The prince's heart softened suddenly. He wanted to take the kitten into his arms and help him comb the fur.
"Who made you mess with flowers?"
The kitten stared at him with big innocent eyes.
"Will you run with other people?"
The kitten tilted its fluffy head and stretched out its paw to scratch the cage.
"Oh." Although the kitten did not give any promises, the prince opened the cage unprincipled and let the cat out.
Seeing the kitten walking around in front of him, the prince picked up the kitten and kissed its ear: "You are a lone cat."
"Your Highness, Your Highness."
The prince opened his eyes and saw the eunuch knelt beside the bed with concern: "Are you dreaming?"
"Nothing." The prince sat up, "I just dreamed that someone came to grab the lonely cat."
The little eunuch was at a loss, cat?
What cat?
There are no cats in the Eastern Palace.
"Change clothes for the lone."
"His Royal Highness, it's still early, you can sleep for a while."
"No, I have something to do today."
As soon as the sun came out, the steward of Jin Lingyuan heard loud noises coming from downstairs. She was a little unhappy to open the door and walked down the aisle: "What is the noise? I haven't opened the door to welcome guests yet."
When she saw that most of the people standing downstairs were wearing Dali Temple official robes and yacha robes, she was shocked, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile and ran downstairs: "Dear officials, may I ask what is important?"
"To create a beautiful city together is everyone's responsibility." Yacha handed a notice to the steward. "Recently, Yamen has received a lot of anonymous reports saying that some bands have privately bought and sold people and abused slaves. For the incident, Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple will be strictly investigated. Once found, severe punishment will not be granted."
"Official man, here is a serious band. The musicians and dancers in the square are all serious people who do not sell their lives. How dare they do things that violate the law and discipline." The steward glanced at the notice, and she was shocked by the contents. Please be careful."
She quickly took out a stack of silver tickets from the sleeve cage and stuffed it into the hands of the ya chap: "You officials have not used breakfast yet, everyone, please use some morning tea..."
"You don't need to be nervous about things. We are just conducting a thorough investigation according to the Dajin Law. If Guifang does not violate the law, I will not be embarrassed." The yaman didn't look at the bank notes, with a serious expression.
"Check it."
A low and melodious male voice reached the steward's ears. Following her reputation, she saw a handsome man with a long body and extraordinary appearance standing at the door.
Unexpectedly, there is a better-looking man in the world than Yun Han? !
Even though she was used to seeing all kinds of sons and beauties, she couldn't help but look more.