Ye Jingtang glanced at the empty rosewood box, looking slightly embarrassed:
"This box is quite special. Well... you can tell Prince Jing about this, and I will explain it to Prince Jing later."
The empress did not delve into the outrageous behavior of Ye Jingtang just now, and looked at the bookshelf in a blink of an eye:
"Young Master can stay overnight in Mingyu Tower and dare to look through Prince Jing's personal belongings. It seems that he has a close relationship with Prince Jing."
The Night Terror Hall has nothing to do with Prince Jing. If he is misunderstood by the people in the palace and the news reaches the Empress, it will be self-defeating. Luo Nuxia will probably stab him to death when he comes back!
"I am just the adopted son of a merchant family. I just entered the capital at the beginning of the month. I have some martial arts skills that were appreciated by Prince Jing, and I helped the black government handle some cases. Yesterday..."
Ye Jingtang carefully explained why he appeared here.
But the empress didn't listen at all. Even if Ye Jingtang didn't mean anything, her sister's attitude towards Ye Jingtang was already unusual if she allowed a man to sleep in Mingyu Tower.
"You have a good appearance, and you are quite capable with such skills at a young age. Do you come to Hei Yamen because you want to be the Prince Consort?"
Ye Jingtang quickly shook his head: "I am the adopted son of the Pei family of Tianshuiqiao. I am a businessman in my family. I will inevitably encounter troubles on weekdays. I came to Hei Yamen just to make friends and find a big tree to enjoy the shade. Prince Jing has a high position and extraordinary appearance.
, It’s not right for the family, how could I dare to have such thoughts.”
The empress felt that Ye Jingtang was not telling lies, nodded slightly, and said:
"It's true that Prince Jing is good at martial arts, but he comes from an imperial family and has seen too many people with high martial arts skills. Lu Taiqing from Yuxu Mountain and Zhenren Xuanji are both considered to be Prince Jing's teachers. No matter how powerful an ordinary martial artist is, in the eyes of Prince Jing, they are just
A thug. If you want to establish friendship with Prince Jing, you'd better find another way."
Ye Jingtang was slightly surprised: "Girl, do you want to give me some advice?"
The empress showed a smile, hugging her breasts and resting her buttocks on the desk, looking like a female CEO instructing her subordinates:
"Although King Jing dances with guns and sticks all day long, he is good at 'literary talent' and is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. When the young master talks about martial arts, Prince Jing can't talk much about it; but when it comes to music, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, the young master is very good at it.
Prince Jing can chat with you for a long time about anything."
Ye Jingtang saw that this girl was from the palace, and actually wanted to inquire about the situation in the palace, but these questions were too sensitive and could not find a chance to speak. When he heard the other party talking about poetry and songs, Ye Jingtang began to think
Method cliché:
"I know a little bit about poetry."
"oh?"
The empress raised her eyes, slightly surprised:
"I really don't see it. Can the young master compose a poem and let the little girl comment on it? If you have real talent and learning, I will help the young master tell Prince Jing that I overheard the young master and said it; if it is just random,
If you do it, you won’t have to show your shame in front of Prince Jing.”
Ye Jingtang nodded and smiled, clasping one hand behind his back and looking at the palace outside the window, thinking for a moment:
"Well... wait until autumn comes on the eighth day of the ninth month, when the flowers bloom, hundreds of flowers will bloom. The incense array will penetrate the sky and penetrate the clouds, and the whole city will be filled with golden armor."
"?"
The Empress of Wei was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, an intriguing look slowly appeared in her eyes.
This poem is really good, but why does it sound like an anti-poem?
In the future, if you want to invade Yun'an and usurp my position, you won't be able to do it...
If you write this and read it out in front of me, you won't be afraid that I will relegate you to the cold palace...
The Empress Nian didn't know her identity in the Night Terror Hall, so she didn't show any unusual signs:
"Did you write this poem?"
"What do you think, girl?"
"Good poem. Could it be that the young master has some ups and downs in which his ambitions were not fulfilled?"
Ye Jingtang rambled casually: "It must be true. When I was three years old, I could speak words and write poems. I wanted to become the best talent in Liangzhou, but unfortunately I was beaten by my adoptive father and became the barbarian king of Liangzhou."
"Well……?"
"Just kidding, I just think this poem is very suitable for girls, so read it to girls."
Suitable?
The Empress of Wei was slightly startled, with a strange look in her eyes.
If this poem was written for her, it would indeed be quite suitable.
She and Li Sheng were born as princesses. Although she was extremely talented, smart since childhood, and deeply loved by her father, the daughter was destined not to have the ability to show off her talents on stage.
After the emperor's father passed away, the emperor's eldest son succeeded to the throne. Out of old grudges, he wanted to marry the two sisters to the enemy country of Beiliang.
Then she came up with a "city full of golden armor", bloodbathed the court, deposed her brother, and sat on the throne that only men could sit on throughout the ages. From then on, she was no longer subject to anyone or even rules or etiquette.
Constraint has become the emperor of this world.
The empress thought that Ye Jingtang had discovered her identity, was showing off her poetry to please her, and wanted to enter the palace to be her bed-warming beauty.
But after careful observation of the Night Terror Hall, it didn’t look like much, so he asked:
"What's the meaning of this statement?"
Ye Jingtang cast his gaze out the window and sighed:
"I heard that the women in the palace are all the emperor's women, but our Holy Father will not favor women. A girl is so beautiful, but she has to live alone in the palace for half her life. Isn't this like a depressed scholar? But
Judging from the girl's conversation and appearance, I feel that one day, I will be able to 'kill my flowers and kill them all'..."
?
The empress understood the meaning this time - the bold Young Master Ye in front of her was trying to seduce her because she was beautiful!
The Empress of Wei raised her eyebrows slightly and looked up and down Ye Jingtang's figure:
"The palace is not as lonely as you said. If the palace maid is not favored, she can leave the palace and get married at the age of twenty-five. I am still in the palace because I look down on the men outside."
Just to stir up conversation, Ye Jingtang asked:
"Is the palace very interesting? Besides serving others, what else can a girl do in daily life?"
"Everyone performs his or her duties, taking care of the palace, courtyard, and flowers. The palace is so big that you can walk around in your free time."
A place where the palace maids can hang out and play is definitely not the core area where the emperor hangs out. Ye Jingtang looked at the palace and asked:
"Really? I see that the palace is full of houses and there are no special sights. Where do girls usually hang out?"
The empress raised her slender jade finger and pointed at the imperial garden behind the palace:
"There, do you see it? It's on the right side of Fushou Palace."
Ye Jingtang looked up and found that it was in the northwest corner of the imperial city. He was about to nod. But when he looked carefully, he found that in the area the woman pointed to, there was a big tree - the trunk was estimated to be several feet in diameter, and it was already higher than the palace.
Ye Jingtang was moved in his heart and asked:
"That tree is so big, what kind of tree is it?"
"The ginkgo tree is more than 1,200 years old and was planted by Emperor Wu Xuan's beloved concubine."
"Twelve hundred years old?"
Ye Jingtang's eyes were amazed, but deep down he was surprised - his adoptive father's letter only mentioned the ginkgo tree and nothing else. The ginkgo tree that hides the picture of the singing dragon is probably this one.
Although it is still out of reach, at least the place can be seen with the naked eye.
Ye Jingtang secretly remembered the location of the thousand-year-old ginkgo, and then began to look at the surrounding terrain...
The empress saw Ye Jingtang looking at the ginkgo tree from a distance and asked:
"You want to go and have a look?"
?!
Ye Jingtang quickly looked away and said with a smile:
"This is the first time I've heard of a 1,200-year-old tree. I'm definitely curious. But that's the palace. As a man, how can I dare to go in? Is it possible for a girl to let me go and visit?"
Of course the empress could, but she didn't say it clearly and instead said:
"The poem just now is good, but it is too murderous and seems to be treacherous. Please don't talk nonsense in the future. I will pretend that I have never heard it."
"If the girl thinks it's inappropriate, I won't mention it of course."
"Master, please be busy first. I'll go down and take a look. We'll see you again if we are destined."
Ye Jingtang's thoughts were all on the ginkgo tree, and he did not retain this unforgettable female official.
But when the woman was about to disappear at the top of the stairs, he felt that he knew someone in the palace who might be helpful in digging up the Singing Dragon Picture in the future, so he said again:
"Meeting each other is considered fate. May I ask the girl her name?"
The empress walked with graceful steps and glanced meaningfully at Ye Jingtang. It wasn't until her figure disappeared that she said:
"Yuhu."
Ye Jingtang thinks this name is strange, but for some reason, he feels that it fits this woman's temperament very well, as delicate as jade and as powerful as a tiger...
Of course, it’s not a tigress tiger, it’s the kind of tiger that says ‘the woman under the mountain is a tiger’…
The Night Terror Hall waited until the woman's footsteps disappeared, then came to the window to look at the landscape lake, looking for the thrown jade - there was a maid walking by the lake, and Mr. Fishing for Corner in the water must have been discovered.
Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, a maid from the royal palace suddenly hurried upstairs holding her robe and sword:
"Young Master Ye, Prince Jing asked you to go back to the palace first and then summon you when your work is done. Please change your clothes quickly and I will take you out of the palace."
"Um?"
Ye Jingtang didn't expect Prince Jing to even see him, so he just let him go. He didn't want to force him to stay, so he looked at the lake in the garden and wanted to fish it up when he went out.
What he didn't expect was that the maid didn't take him through the main entrance. Instead, she sneaked him through the side door where the servants came in and out, and sent him to the back street, as if she was shady...