Xiao Xi looked at the snacks on the table, picked a bag of original potato chips, opened them, ate them, and continued watching the show.
Princess Nihuang pacified southern Xinjiang, and the emperor celebrated the peace of the world: ["The curfew in the capital will be lifted from now on, and the 128 squares of Kyoto will not be closed at night, allowing vendors and people to move freely, and celebrate with the people!"]
As the narration in the broadcasting voice spoke, seeing the bustling nightlife scene in Kyoto, Xiao Xi, as an audience member, felt the prosperity of ancient times for the first time.
"What a big scene, so beautiful." She sighed in her heart.
In the past, ancient dramas did not have such grand scenes.
A large scene means increasing the number of extras and filming funds.
It’s rare for a developer to spend a lot of money on a scene and pursue the quality of the work. This is one of the reasons why many netizens say the show is well-produced.
Most viewers can feel whether the investment in a film and television production is spent wisely.
The camera moves from above to give the bustling Kyoto a high-altitude bird's-eye view, which is enough for the audience to deeply feel the prosperity and excitement of the ancient capital.
The screen switches to a boat on a riverside.
The famous actresses on the deck played the harp and moonlight, sang and danced, and the literati and gentry smiled at the beauty, and they all cheered and applauded.
The camera focused on the famous actress in the center. The beauty in a white dress seemed like white moonlight, instantly attracting Xiao Xi's attention.
"It's so beautiful. There are so many beauties in this drama." Xiao Xi admired it.
After seeing the subtitle introduction, I learned that this beautiful woman is called Gong Yu. She was born in the Jiabo Division and is the most beautiful woman in Kyoto.
Xiao Xi has some impression of this actress, she is the actress who played Shi Feixuan in "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".
As the camera moves, by the windows on several floors of the ship building, there are also more noble people leaning against the windows to watch and have a drink under the moonlight.
In one of the private rooms, there were two people drinking together.
"Princess Nihuang has come to Kyoto, and the court may be in turmoil." The speaker was Teacher Wang Qingxiang, who played the role of Zhuo Yanqing, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Ten years ago, there was a heresy in the Red Flame army. This major event, which was more serious than a mutiny, made the entire court tremble with fear.
Zhuo Yanqing, the Minister of Household Affairs who was in charge of the world's granary, was implicated and was demoted to the position of Minister of Household Affairs.
Xiao Xi saw the subtitle introduction. Mu Nihuang and other protagonists were just about to investigate the food and grass, and now a minister of household affairs appeared in charge of the food and grass. Could it be that the old actor in front of him was the mastermind behind the scenes?
"If you don't come early, you won't come late. You come with great achievements and have a premeditated plan." The speaker is teacher Wang Jinsong, who plays the role of Qing Yanque of Dali Temple. In reality, he is equivalent to the president of the country's Supreme Procuratorate and Supreme Court.
He was granted the title of Marquis by the emperor, and therefore he was called Yanhou by the world.
When Xiao Xi saw the subtitle introduction, she mentally exclaimed "yo ho".
The Minister of Dali Temple specializes in handling cases? Was this the same person who handled the Meiling case back then?
One is the person who probably handled the Mei Ling case, and the other is the person related to the Red Flame Army’s food and grass issue. Couldn’t these two be villains?
Listening to their conversation, Xiao Xi felt more confident.
At that time, Emperor Liang acted in accordance with the late emperor's edict and ordered Mu Nihuang to take charge of the Yunnan Army. Although it was the late emperor's edict, it was always against tradition to put a woman in command.
What tradition? The tradition that men are superior to women.
At that time, there was a group of people in the imperial court who firmly opposed it. The leader of the opposition was Qing Yanque of Dali Temple.
Xiao Xi was very unhappy. This Yan Hou seemed to look down on women. His obvious feudal ideas made her think that this Yan Hou was a bad guy.
Especially when she saw Yan Hou rejecting Mu Nihuang's request, Xiao Xi became more and more convinced that Yan Hou had a big problem!
"Marquis Yan, Dali Temple handled the Meiling case back then. I wonder if I can take a look at the files?"
"The princess thinks the Meiling case was judged inappropriately?"
"I don't dare, I just want to see a truth that will completely stop me from thinking about it."
"Is it the truth that the princess approves of, or the truth that the princess doesn't approve of?"
"The truth recognized by the world."
The scene between Liu Yifei and Wang Jinsong, a teacher-student pair, made Xiao Xi extremely nervous.
The conflict between their eyes and temperaments seemed to be about to explode at any moment.
Thinking about Teacher Wang Jinsong's calm and composed appearance, his aura is off the charts.
But Liu Yifei didn't lose even a bit, and there was a strong and heroic figure hidden in the calm and gentle scenery.
"Princess." Wang Jinsong offered Liu Yifei a cup of tea: "The truth that everyone agrees with can only be found by walking through the corpses of those who disagree, but the final result may not satisfy everyone.
Now the world is at peace and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how wonderful it is."
Xiao Xi watched attentively. In her understanding, Yanhou's words could be interpreted as: If you want to investigate the truth, many people will die. Now that the world is peaceful, why bother to make people panic.
Wang Jinsong pushed the tea to Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei lowered her eyebrows but did not drink it.
In Xiao Xi's understanding, if Mu Nihuang drinks this cup of tea, it means that he has accepted Yanhou's concept, but Mu Nihuang did not drink it, which obviously shows that Mu Nihuang is very determined to investigate the Meiling case.
In Xiao Xi's opinion, this Yan Hou was trying to persuade Mu Nihuang not to investigate, and he was like an old fox who couldn't see his true face.
The Cangsong played by Wang Jinsong in "Zhu Xian" is also a villain, which impressed many people. So much so that when the audience saw Wang Jinsong's role as Dali Temple Qing in the drama, the trend of online reviews tended to be more villains.
However, the truth has not yet been revealed at the current plot broadcast progress. Whether this character, including Zhuo Yanqing, is a villain can only be determined in the follow-up.
As the plot progressed, Xiao Xi discovered that there were many characters like this who didn't know whether they were good or bad, just like the woman in the picture in front of her.
In front of a grave on the hillside, there was a woman wearing a black robe, holding a knife in her left hand and a basket in her right hand.
Looking at the subtitles, this woman is Xia Dong, Supervisor of Xuanjing, played by Yu Nan.
What department is the Xuanjing Division? Xiao Xi doesn’t know yet.
Although this woman is not the word beauty, her deep aura gives people a very sassy feeling.
Unlike Mu Nihuang, who has a marshal's heroic demeanor, this Xia Dong has a very cold and cool demeanor.
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Yu Nan said nothing and looked quietly with lowered eyebrows.
Just this look made Xiao Xi feel that strangers should not approach her. Xia Dong looked a bit scary.
It wasn't until Liu Yifei appeared and a smile appeared on Yu Nan's lips that her cold aura relaxed.
After hearing their conversation, Xiaoxi also understood a lot of things.
The Xuanjing Division has the power to supervise hundreds of officials and even the whole country. It has great power.
Xia Dong is the supervisor of the Xuanjing Department and the third in command of the Xuanjing Department. Above him are the Xuanjing Secretary Cheng and the Xuanjing Secretary Qing.
"Supervisor is equivalent to the Party committee of the Discipline Inspection Commission; Cheng is equivalent to the deputy minister; Qing is equivalent to the top minister." Xiao Xi muttered in her heart.
This is what she thought of in a comment. Some netizens specifically studied the corresponding status of official positions in this drama.
She also learned from the conversation that Mu Nihuang and Xia Dong used to be good friends.
She also knew that the man named Nie Feng on the tombstone was actually the vanguard general of the Red Flame Army, and Mu Nihuang's husband Lin Shu was the young marshal of the Red Flame Army.
With this relationship, no wonder Mu Nihuang and Xia Dong were best friends.
But the past was just the past. After twelve years of not seeing each other, things have changed.
"Prince Jing devoted himself to investigating the Meiling case, which was once handled by Yanhou."
"You went to Prince Jing's Mansion the day before yesterday, and you went to Yan's Mansion yesterday. Once this news gets out, some people in the court may not be able to sit still. Are you doing this deliberately just to make people in the dark mess around?"
"I am the supervisor of the Xuanjing Department. The Xuanjing Department is the most unpopular yamen in the entire court. It is not a good thing to get close to people from the Xuanjing Department."
"You came here specifically to look for me today because you caught on to this. No one knew you would come to me, and I am the real helper you want to find in investigating the Meiling case."
"Yeah?"
Xiao Xi was a little shocked when she heard Xia Dong's words.
There is a new understanding of the wisdom of Mu Nihuang at a higher level.
It is understandable that Prince Jing did it on purpose, after all, Prince Jing secretly reminded him.
But it was also intentional to go to see Yanhou? Does this mean that Mu Nihuang had long known that he would not get the answers he wanted from Yanhou, and he went to see Yanhou openly just to show it to some people in the court.
As the saying goes, you have to do everything in a show. As Lin Shu's wife, in order to investigate the truth of the Chiyan tragedy, it was normal to go to see Prince Jing, who was determined to investigate the case and was a good friend, and then to meet the Dali Temple Qing Yanhou who was handling the case.
More normal.
If you don't go to see Yanhou, it will make people think that Mu Nihuang and Prince Jing are conspiring, which might be detrimental to Prince Jing.
The Xuanjing Division is similar to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. Officials are afraid that this yamen has the power to supervise freely and can make people lose their heads in a minute. Therefore, everyone in the court of Commander Xuanjing is disgusted, and they don’t want to be with Xuanjing Commander.
Dealing with people from the Mirror Division.
Mu Nihuang went against the grain and found Xia Dong when she was outside the city. This was something that no one in the dark of the court would have imagined.
It would be very convenient if Xia Dong could help investigate the case.
"Mu Nihuang is so smart." Xiao Xi admired her. This was no longer about lack of intelligence, but about tactics.
At the same time, Xia Dong was able to guess Mu Nihuang's purpose of looking for her at a glance, and Mu Nihuang's plot was also revealed by her.
"This Xia Dong also has a high IQ." Xiao Xi sighed again.
She thought about the characters from the beginning. Among the high-IQ characters were Mu Nihuang, Mei Changsu, Prince Jing, Yanhou and Xia Dong.
No wonder there are many comments saying that everyone’s IQ is off the charts in this drama.
It would have been great if Xia Dong also joined Mu Nihuang's team, but it was a pity that Xia Dong declined.
"Nie Lang has been resting for ten years, which is good." Yu Nan looked at the tombstone calmly.
In Xiao Xi's feeling, Xia Dong said such a sentence, as if she had become accustomed to living without knowing the truth about the Meiling case.
But looking at Xia Dong's deep expression, it looked more like he had no willpower and his mentality had become depressed.
Comparing Xia Dong with Mei Changsu and Prince Jing, these three people are all connected to the Chi Yan tragedy, and the plot line centers on Mu Nihuang.
Mei Changsu is full of hope in investigating the case, so his living environment is full of sunshine.
Prince Jing was depressed at first and then hopeful about investigating the case, so he was in a gloomy situation and saw sunshine after seeing Mu Nihuang.
However, this Xia Dong seemed to have no hope of investigating the case. From the moment she appeared in front of this grave, the sun was blocked by a forest, and the light in her plot scenes was always gloomy, even when Mu Nihuang came.
How many changes.
Does this mean that Xia Dong, who is the third in command of the Xuanjing Department and has the power to supervise hundreds of officials, knows some secrets? Or does he know how deep the water in this case is? Even with great achievements, the noble Princess Nihuang can do nothing
Can’t understand the person behind it?
When Xiao Xi thought of this, her heart became heavy and she felt worried for Mu Nihuang.
On the official road outside the city, Liu Yifei was riding a horse slowly and seemingly aimlessly, with a dull look on her face that could not tell her mood at the moment.
Among the vendors and pedestrians, a carriage came at a low speed and passed by Liu Yifei.
Just as she passed by, someone in the carriage opened the window and looked at Liu Yifei.
This person was Mei Changsu who came to Beijing from the Jiangzuo Alliance. The two of them just looked at each other and gave up. As the saying goes, they don't know each other when they meet.
Xiao Xi felt funny, this scene looked very interesting.
The scene at the next moment cheered her up.
Liu Yifei rode her horse to a fork and stopped at a fork. She stared at the mountain road next to her for a long time, unable to regain her consciousness and fell into memories.
This is the scene of Chu Xuan leading the Red Flame Army on an expedition, and Concubine Liu Yi came to see him off.
"Following the march all the way, are you not afraid of being shot as a spy?"
"Are you willing to do it?"
There are not many lines, but this sentence alone makes Xiao Xi feel the sweetness of the love between the two.
There is no excitement as imagined, nor is there the passion in the two's previous works, but only the very ancient kind of subtlety and affection.
There are not many lines or narrations to explain the scene of the recall, but based on Mei Changsu’s previous memories, Xiao Xi also knew that this was Lin Shu’s expedition after receiving the imperial edict after learning that there was a food problem in the Northland army, resulting in a shortage of combat troops.
plot.
The plot of these memories is coherent and well connected with the investigation plot in the normal timeline.
Liu Yifei woke up from her memories, turned around the pier and walked back, showing that she came here just to miss the past.
Everything on the screen, the camera shows Mei Changsu in the carriage.
No unnecessary shots were wasted, and the tightly paced plot was brought back to memory in Mei Changsu's dazed eyes.
Continuing the scene in Liu Yifei's memory of Chu Xuan leading his army on the road, as the army was galloping along, they encountered a caravan.
There were many caravans, forming a long queue on the winding road.
Chu Xuan and many sergeants couldn't help but take a few more glances at such a large caravan.
However, there are frequent caravans from Kyoto to the Liang Prefectures, so it is normal for caravans of this size to appear, and Chu Xuan does not doubt that he is there.
But when the camera looked down, in the completely blocked convoy of goods, something suddenly leaked out of a carriage.
"Rice?" Xiao Xi glared.
Mu Nihuang, Prince Jing, and Mei Changsu were about to investigate the grain and grass. If such a scene appeared now, it would be a ghost if it were normal.
"Jing'an Trading Company, there is definitely something wrong!" Xiao Xi saw the name of the caravan and took a sip of milk with a determined look on her face.
Mei Changsu's memory scene ended, and after returning to the normal scene, the scene came to a large courtyard.
"I'm back again." Fei Liu, played by Yang Yang, is like a fool.
Xiao Xi couldn't help laughing, and learned from this sentence that Mei Changsu had real estate in Kyoto and must have been to Kyoto before.
And Mei Changsu went to the desk in the study without stopping, wrote a letter and handed it to the servants in the mansion: "Give it to Princess Nihuang personally."
I couldn't see what was written in the letter, but Xiao Xi thought it had something to do with the memories just now.
In the next plot, Xiao Xi was slightly surprised to find that the beautiful woman actually knew Mei Changsu.
It was Gong Yu, the most beautiful woman in Kyoto, who not only knew Mei Changsu, but was also a member of the Jiangzuo Alliance.
Three years ago, Mei Changsu came to Beijing as the leader of the Jiangzuo League. The elegant Mei Changsu and the philanthropic style of the Jiangzuo League attracted Gong Yu.
Gong Yu also took advantage of the opportunity to join the Jiangzuo League and inherited the philanthropic style of the Jiangzuo League. He would distribute porridge to the poor at the city gate every morning.
As the plot progresses, Xiao Xi gradually develops a liking for Gong Yu. Although he was born in a brothel, he has a kind heart. He not only feeds the poor, but also raises some orphans with the money earned from performing arts.
Listening to the orphans' calls of "fairy sister" and "fairy sister", Xiao Xi felt warm in her heart and had a good impression of Gong Yu.
It was just Mei Changsu's words that made Xiao Xi full of doubts: "Is it worth doing this?"
Gong Yu didn't reply and played with the orphan children.
Is it worth it? What does it mean? Is there a hidden meaning behind it?
Xiao Xi continued to watch with suspicion. Although she didn't know why so many scenes were given to Gong Yu at once, she figured that this character must be very important.
The scene changed and we came to the courtyard of Mu Mansion.
Liu Yifei sat in front of the desk and opened the letter: [Jing'an Trading Company is suspicious.]
"Sure enough!" Xiao Xi smiled, she guessed it right.
I saw Liu Yifei thinking for a moment, as if she was wondering whether she should trust Mei Changsu. Xu was accustomed to a vigorous and resolute style as a marshal for many years. She did not hesitate for a long time before making a decision. She wrote a letter saying: "Qinghong, give it to Prince Jing."
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When the letter reached King Jing, King Jing took the letter, lit it in front of a candle and burned it, and said decisively to his subordinates: "Within one day, I want to know everything about Jing'an Trading Company."
Seeing this, Xiao Xi had a preliminary understanding of the current protagonist group's responsibilities.
Mei Changsu was a witness to the Red Flame Battlefield, and he had some clues to the doubts.
Prince Jing is a prince who has lived in Kyoto for a long time. After losing power, he has no say in the court, but it is still simple to investigate the things below.
Mu Nihuanghui is the core figure that attracts the attention of the powerful people in Kyoto. He is responsible for playing tricks with the people in the court, and is also strategizing for this case behind the scenes.
Xiao Xi thought about it and looked at the scene to a brothel at night.
The graceful Gong Yu was playing the piano, while Mei Changsu was drinking tea in front of the desk.
"I like this private room very much."
"Why?"
"Tranquility and comfort are always accompanied by the wind and the moon."
Mei Changsu smiled and said nothing, picked up the tea and drank it.
Hearing Gong Yu's very poetic words, Xiao Xi suddenly remembered a comment, reminding her to focus on this sentence and take a test later.
The plot comes when Mu Nihuang gets news from Prince Jing and gets information about Jing'an Trading Company.
Liu Yifei opened the letter in front of the case, and there were dense handwriting on it.
As Liu Yifei flipped through the pages, Prince Jing’s dubbing narration sounded.
["Zhuo Qing, the manager of Jing'an Trading Company, was once a servant of Zhuo Di, the eldest son of the Zhuo Mansion. Zhuo Di's father was Zhuo Yanqing, the minister of household affairs, and he was considered to have a prominent family background.
Zhuo Di was stubborn and good at opportunism. He once took advantage of his father's influence to do things in a shady way. As a result, Jing'an Trading Company became prosperous and started selling grain.
Zhuo Yanqing has a good character and has always been upright. He often insults his son Zhuo Di for his behavior, which is out of character. The feud between father and son of the Zhuo family is well known in the court.
In the fifth year of Jingping, Zhuo Yanqing kicked Zhuo Di out of the house in public, saying that if he did not do anything, he would sever the relationship between father and son.
Zhuo Di changed his mind and did good things in the past two years.
In the seventh year of Jingping's reign, Zhuo Di was recommended by the Minister of Rites to serve as the county magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture. Zhuo Di handed over the business affairs to Wang Ping.
In the ninth year of Jingping, Zhuo Di was promoted to the county magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture.
In the twelfth year of Jingping, Zhuo Di was promoted to the position of Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture.]
"In just five years, I went from being a naughty young official to becoming the governor of Jingzhao and taking charge of the capital..."
Liu Yifei looked up at the birds passing by on the branches outside the door, her eyes looking thoughtful.
The screen goes black and the episode ends.
Xiao Xi subconsciously clicked on the next episode, but glanced at the time: "Oh my god, it's two o'clock!"
She was a little obsessed with watching this show, but she didn't expect that it was already two o'clock in the morning.
Is there anything wrong with Zhuo Qing of Jing'an Commercial Bank?
And is Jingzhao Yin Zhuodi the man behind the scenes?
And what about Zhuo Di’s father, Zhuo Yanqing, who is a high-ranking official?
The exciting part begins right away. Xiao Xi really wants to continue watching, but she has to go to work during the day.
"Sleep and come back tomorrow." She suppressed her thirst for knowledge. Reason told her that if she didn't sleep, she would be late. If she was late, she would not be fully present.
As soon as the lights were turned off, Xiao Xi gradually fell asleep with endless reverie dreams about the subsequent plot.