Seeing the narrowed expression on Yin Yu's face, Song Ruo'e pretended not to care and said: "I have said before that I am the fate of Gu Luan. This life is like a floating duckweed. What do the affairs in the palace have to do with me?"
Yin Yu patted the script in front of him and asked Song Ruo'e deliberately: "The layman says he is open-minded, but in his heart, he probably has his lover already living there, right?"
Song Ruo'e had an upright temperament. She rolled her eyes at Yin Yu and chanted: "When the tiles fall and are overturned, two bahts are weighed. A horse beats an ox. Fifty people laugh a hundred times."
When Yin Yu heard the words, she could not help but blush on her face as she heard the deep meaning in Song Ruo'e's words.
Song Ruo'e was sharp-tongued, but Yin Yu was shy and silent. Xie Qin could only come out to smooth things over again: "Your Highness wants to arrange a play for Lady Yuhuan. Now that the script has been drafted, I don't know how to choose the role?"
Yin Yu thought for a while and said: "I have looked at all the opera singers in Huaqiong Tower in Bachuan. Some of them are useful, but after counting, there are still not enough people."
Xie Qin suggested that it be better to choose opera singers from among Beili?
Yin Yu shook his head: "Beili people are talkative, so it's a little inappropriate to come here rashly."
Song Ruo'e finished her meal, burped again, and said casually: "There is a Liyuan Opera Club in the palace, and you are a princess, so you can just invite some people to come. Isn't it unusual?"
Hearing this, Yin Yu's eyes lit up and she nodded and said, "Why did you forget about the Liyuan? I will go to my father when I get back and ask for the secondment of Liyuan musicians and musicians."
Xie Qin thought of something and said to Yin Yu: "Your Highness, Xiao Qingchan's sister, Xiao Yingluo, is in the Liyuan now. If we second people this time, why not let the sisters meet?"
Yin Yu: "Well, Xiao Qingchan manages the Bachuan Market in an orderly manner, and she does her job properly on weekdays... Well, let's bring her sister out this time to reunite them."
Song Ruo'e had eaten and drank enough. She held her chin with one hand and stood in a daze on the table. She didn't pay attention to the discussion of the other two people at all. She suddenly asked: "What do you think he is doing?"
Although the "him" mentioned by Song Ruo'e did not name him by name, the other two women knew who he was talking about.
The room suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, Yin Yu showed longing for her face and said softly: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. The Western Region is remote and the mountains and rivers are poor. I heard that the people there eat raw hair and drink blood. They are not educated. I don't know if anything will happen to him?"
Xie Qin comforted him with kind words: "Erlang is resourceful and has military guards under his command, so he can naturally protect him well."
Song Ruo'e looked at Yin Yu and then at Jie Qin: "The people in the Western Regions are wild and wild, and the Hu girls do many seductive things. Where did Erlang go, will he be bewitched? Is he immersed in the gentle countryside?"
Yin Yu was annoyed when he heard this, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said angrily: "How dare he?!"
Song Ruo'e continued to say: "It's impossible to say for sure. Erlang was born with a good appearance, and he was a high-ranking official. He didn't have anyone in charge around him. He might have married a family in the Western Regions and didn't plan to return to Chang'an.
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Seeing that Yin Yu was about to cry in a hurry, Jie Qin stretched out his hand, slapped Song Ruo'e's jade-white calf, and said in a deep voice: "Don't say a few words! Besides, didn't Huayue go with Erlang?
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Song Ruo'e curled her lips and said: "Hua Yue has always been facing him, no matter what Erlang does, he will not object..."
Yin Yu said at this time: "No matter what, I will beg my father to let Erlang return to Chang'an as soon as possible."
Song Ruo'e smiled and nodded in agreement. Seeing that Qin's face was not kind, she quickly kept silent.
That night, while lying in bed, Yin Yu thought of Zhou Jun. At one time she was worried that the latter was in danger, and at another she was afraid that the latter would change her mind. As a result, she stayed up all night and got on the carriage back to Chang'an with dark circles under her eyes.
The huge motorcade followed the official road and passed through the Chunming Gate. Yin Yu, who was originally drowsy in the carriage, heard someone outside the carriage shout: "I came to Chang'an from the Western Regions..." Upon hearing this,
Yin Yu immediately opened his eyes and asked the chamberlain outside the carriage: "Who was making the noise just now?"
The chamberlain left, went to inquire, and then came back to report: "Back to the princess, there was a Sogdian who came to Chang'an from the Western Regions. He had no money with him, but he was freeloading in the market. He was caught and said that he was going to be sent to an official.
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When Yin Yu heard this, he felt bored and waved his hand to continue on his way.
Outside the carriage, the Sogdian who came to Chang'an from the Western Regions was none other than Kang Kejing, the young man of the Kang family from Shicheng Town.
This person also suffered from bad luck. He finally arrived in Chang'an on New Year's Eve, found a restaurant, and ordered a bunch of delicacies. While he was lamenting the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, his luggage was stolen by a thief.
All the payment, Hu Yin, Guan Wen, and even the ID badge given to him by Uncle Shen were stolen, and he was scolded by the store owner as a freeloader when paying the bill.
As a guard envoy, Kang Kejing had never experienced such injustice.
After being insulted by others, Kang Kejing naturally had to argue a few words. After going back and forth, she angered the store owner and was beaten up. The valuable items on her body were also found, so she was entitled to compensation.
Kang Kejing was beaten and searched. Not only was she injured, she didn't have a penny on her body, and she wanted to seek help from the government.
At this moment, the bell tower of Chang'an beat the curfew drum. Kang Kejing had no choice but to ask her neighbors if there was a temporary place to live nearby.
When people saw Kang Kejing's nose and face were bruised and swollen, and his clothes were in rags, they thought he was a refugee from somewhere, so they pointed him to a place in the south city of Chang'an.
When Kang Kejing arrived at her destination, she found that there was an ancient house that had been abandoned for a long time.
There is a shabby plaque hanging on the door of the house, with three big characters written on it - Duckweed House.
Today is New Year's Eve, and every household is observing the New Year's Eve.
Duckweed House is no exception. Some refugees gathered in the courtyard, piled some dead wood and debris together, and lit them on fire. It was a custom to do so.
Kang Kejing struggled for a long time. She felt sore and cold all over. She went to the patio to keep warm and asked around her: "Is there an official house here? I have something to ask the official for help."
Hearing this, some refugees smiled coldly but did not answer.
But more people looked numb and turned a deaf ear.
Kang Kejing asked several times but couldn't get an answer. When she noticed that the others looked unkind, she stopped asking.
Dragging his injured body, Kang Kejing walked along the corridor of Duckweed House, looking for a place to stay.
The dozens of rooms in Duckweed House, as well as the halls in front and back, were all crowded with people.
The coughs of the sick, the wails of the injured, and the cries of the babies mixed together and filled every corner of the duckweed house, making Kang Kejing's hair stand on end.
The biting cold wind traveled along the corridor, attacking Kang Kejing's whole body, like blunt knives constantly cutting his skin.
The will to survive forced him to put aside his negligible dignity, and shamelessly asked the people inside at each door to give up some space and allow him to stay overnight.
Kang Kejing's plaintive pleas were met with rejection.
Just when Kang Kejing was almost desperate, a voice suddenly rang out: "Are you Sogdian?"
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