Zhou Jun sat on the seat and witnessed everything with his own eyes.
He knew what the cause and effect of the scene in front of him would become in the future, but he could do nothing about it. He could only use the wine in the cup to relieve the depression in his heart.
Someone outside the window called softly: "Zhou Lang."
Zhou Jun was startled when he heard this, then turned around and saw a pretty face outside the window, it was the singer Xu Hezi.
Xu Hezi looked left and right along the window lattice. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he waved to Zhou Jun and said, "Mr. Zhou, someone wants to see you."
Zhou Jun asked: "Meet me? Who is it?"
Xu Hezi: "We'll find out when we get here."
Zhou Jun thought carefully for a moment, walked out of the palace door, followed Xu Hezi, and followed the corridor on the second floor of Huaxianhui Building to the small door in the back compartment.
Xu Hezi nodded to the chamberlain guarding the back door. The latter looked around, then carefully opened the iron lock on the door and moved out of the way.
Zhou Jun walked into the small door, followed the wooden steps, and walked towards the third-floor pavilion guard.
Xu Hezi in front of him took out the key he had prepared, opened an agarwood door, walked through a corridor, and came to a room. He first knocked on the door and finally pushed the door open gently.
Zhou Jun stood at the door and looked inside. He saw that inside was a splendid and magnificent palace. The decoration and repairs were extremely luxurious, and the style was almost that of a royal palace.
A beauty in palace clothes walked out of the room, but she was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.
She was born with a skin as white as snow, a pretty face, big eyes, a high nose, and a slender and slender figure. Her beauty is not like the richness and maturity of the Tang Dynasty, but the lightness of the Han Dynasty.
Zhou Jun looked at the beauty in palace attire in front of him. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it became. Finally, he shouted uncertainly: "Mr. Yin?"
Yin Yu looked shy and smiled slightly, completely losing her usual generous and smart attitude.
Zhou Jun looked at Xu Hezi next to him.
Xu Hezi stepped back and said: "I am also entrusted by Princess Wanchun. I hope Zhou Erlang can forgive me."
Seeing Xu Hezi walking away, Zhou Jun looked Yin Yu up and down, bowed his hands and said, "Jun has met Princess Wanchun."
Yin Yu glanced at Zhou Jun, then looked at both sides of the corridor, and said, "Come in first, this is not the place to talk."
Seeing that there was no one in the room, Zhou Jun hesitated and said: "Princess, I am alone..."
Yin Yu rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
Zhou Jun had no choice but to enter the bedroom.
Yin Yu carefully closed the door and took Zhou Jun to the innermost bedroom.
Zhou Jun and her looked at each other speechlessly. For a moment, neither of them knew what to say.
Zhou Jun began to recall the history books in his heart. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, had a total of fifty-two children in his life, including twenty-nine daughters.
Most of the princesses were arrogant, licentious, and uninhibited, but only a few were clean and self-sufficient and were praised by later generations.
And Princess Wanchun is one of those few.
Princess Wanchun was good at poetry and dance, and had a high vision. She studied music with the pipa master Zhang Yehu since she was a child, and also learned dance with the Liyuan dancer Aman.
There are many men pursuing Princess Wanchun, but no one can catch her.
It wasn't until Princess Wanchun was twenty-three years old that Yang Yuhuan introduced her nephew Yang Wei to her, and she got married and settled down.
After marriage, the couple's life was considered happy, until the Anshi Rebellion, when Yang Wei was killed by rebel soldiers. Although Princess Wanchun survived by chance, she was depressed and unhappy after that, and died at the age of thirty-nine.
"Erlang, what are you thinking about? Are you so entranced?"
Hearing Yin Yu's question, Zhou Jun came back to his senses and said quickly: "Nothing...Princess, where is this place?"
Yin Yu: "This is my father's palace. If he is busy late in the Qinzheng Building, or eats too much, he will come here to rest."
Zhou Jun was startled when he heard this and looked a little nervous.
This is Li Longji’s resting place in the Calyx Xianghui Tower?
So what should we do if he suddenly goes upstairs?
Yin Yu saw the expression on Zhou Jun's face and said calmly: "Anxiety is that every year during the Lantern Festival, after watching the lantern parade, my father will go back to Xingqing Palace with Lady Yuhuan and never rest here."
Zhou Jun looked at Yin Yu and asked in confusion: "Then why did the princess invite you to see me?"
Seeing Zhou Jun start to pretend to be stupid, Yin Yu stamped her feet and said: "How could you not know why I secretly met you?"
Seeing the anger on Yin Yu's face, Zhou Jun sighed and said, "A certain background..."
Yin Yu said coldly: "Don't tell me the origin of your birth! Your brother is a Jinshi in the department. Why didn't you still marry Beili Ji as your wife? Why did you make all kinds of excuses when it was your turn?!"
Zhou Jun was speechless for a moment.
He couldn't tell Princess Wanchun that nine years later, the Tang Dynasty would be in turmoil. If he became the consort and stayed in Chang'an, he would either die in the rebellion or flee in panic and be in panic all day long.
Zhou Jun thought for a moment and asked Yin Yu: "There are more than ten million men in the Tang Dynasty, why did the princess choose me?"
Yin Yu's cheeks turned red and she said harshly: "Who said I fell in love with you? I just think you are different from other boring people."
Zhou Jun said to Yin Yu earnestly: "Princess, don't blame Jun for bluntly saying that he just thinks the other person is interesting and wants to be with him. This kind of relationship is not the love between a man and a woman, but is called congeniality."
Yin Yu: "Fate?"
Zhou Jun: "The so-called rapport is just that we have the same interests, the same hobbies, and having something to talk about together. If we really want to stay together for the rest of our lives, men and women need to be connected and willing to dedicate themselves."
Yin Yu: “What’s the meaning of this statement?”
Zhou Jun scratched his head and said: "It's hard to explain... If we really want to describe it, the two of them know what the other is thinking without using words; one of them has a goal in mind, and the other is willing to sacrifice for the sake of
accomplish the goal."
Yin Yu frowned, looking thoughtful.
Zhou Jun looked at her and said: "Princess, what kind of person is Jun? What you see and hear in daily life is only one out of ten. If a man and a woman truly understand each other, they can still communicate unconditionally."
Staying by each other's side, that's the true love."
Yin Yu was still thinking, and at this moment, footsteps suddenly came from the corridor outside the door.
Zhou Jun heard this and asked Yin Yu, "Are you a guard?"
Yin Yu looked panicked and replied: "Impossible! I had already sent everyone away before coming!"
Zhou Jun was anxious in his heart. If someone saw him and Princess Wanchun alone in a room, they might have to move their heads if things went badly.
Seeing a huge wooden cabinet in the corner of the bedroom wall, Zhou Jun said to Yin Yu in a deep voice: "Hide in!"
Yin Yu didn't have time to think too much, so she quickly followed Zhou Jun and hid in the cabinet.
Not long after, the door was pushed open.
Two chamberlains holding wind lanterns walked into the room first, and then a man and a woman came in embracing each other.
Just listen to the woman say: "Your Majesty has eaten too much wine today, and his body is like a fire, but he has burned my body."
The man smiled and said: "I am the Son of Heaven. I should raise fire to burn the sky and bring down withered grass."
After saying that, a crisp slap came from the room, eliciting a sweet laugh from the woman.
Zhou Jun recognized that the man was Li Longji, but he had never heard the woman's voice.
Yin Yu, who was squeezed together with him, heard the woman's voice and was stunned for a moment, then secretly spat and cursed in a low voice.
The waiter held up the lamp and began to tidy up the room. He was about to come to the big cabinet in the corner.
Seeing this, Zhou Jun felt nervous and subconsciously hugged Yin Yu tightly.
At this moment, Li Longji was impatient and shouted to the servants: "Okay, everyone, get out."
The chamberlain said in a dilemma: "Your Majesty, patrolling is a ritual..."
Li Longji: "I told you, get out!"
The servants had no choice but to walk out of the room one after another and close the door.
Zhou Jun breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his head again. Only then did he realize that Yin Yu was held in his arms, and their posture was indeed a bit inelegant.
Just when Zhou Jun wanted to retreat, Yin Yu, whose face was red, took the initiative to open his arms and hug the former.
He tried to move sideways, but Zhou Jun found it difficult to move. Worried about making any noise, he simply kept his position and followed.
The charcoal fire is booming and the incense is warming.
Zhou Jun slowly lowered his head and looked at the woman in his arms.
It happened that Yin Yu also raised his head, his face flushed.
Just as the two of them were slowly approaching, the sound of fast footsteps came from the corridor outside the door.
A chamberlain shouted outside the door: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is taking a nap, you can't go in!"
With a loud bang, the door was kicked open.
Yang Yuhuan walked into the bedroom and saw the scene on the big bed. His blood seemed to solidify and his face turned livid in an instant.
She asked in a trembling voice: "Third sister...why are you?"
Sitting on the bed, the disheveled third sister of the Yang family, Mrs. Guo Guo, glanced at Yang Yuhuan, straightened her temples first, and then said slowly: "It is your duty to serve the saint and spread the branches. Why do you think the queen is so beautiful?"
Are you going to make a fuss again?”
Yang Yuhuan's body was shaking, tears streaming down her face, she glanced at Li Longji, and left the bedroom without looking back.
Li Longji was shocked when he saw this, and quickly ordered the servants to dress him up, then hurriedly chased him out.
After waiting for a long time, there was no one in the room anymore. When Zhou Jun and Yin Yu came out of the cabinet, the moon was already in the middle of the night sky.
Yin Yu adjusted her palace clothes and looked at Zhou Jun quietly. Seeing that the latter happened to be looking over, she quickly turned her head and said behind her back: "Erlang, don't mention today's matter to others."
Zhou Jun: "That's natural."
Yin Yu: "I'll find someone to take you out. You wait here first."
After saying that, Yin Yu paused for a moment and then said: "I just thought about Erlang's words... When Erlang and I are together, it must be more than just a coincidence. As for the connection of minds, it is accumulated slowly through daily interactions.
Naturally, we can’t rush for success.”
After saying this, Yin Yu took off the grape flower and bird pattern silver sachet from her waist, turned around and stuffed it into Zhou Jun's hand, and then quickly left the room.
Zhou Jun looked at the silver ball sachet in his hand and thought of everything he had just experienced, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.