Yang Yuhuan was sitting in the side hall, burning incense and playing the piano.
"The belt is getting wider and wider, but I don't regret it anymore. I feel haggard because of the beauty."
After singing the last line of "Die Lian Hua", Yang Yuhuan let out a long breath.
This Yuefu poem originally came from a collection of fans given to Yin Yu by Zhou Jun. When Yang Yuhuan saw the whole poem, looking forward to the spring sorrow and turning his heart a hundred times, he really liked it, so he copied it.
After spending more than a month, Yang Yuhuan composed the music for the entire poem, and revised it repeatedly. Today, he finally set the tone.
He stopped writing and carefully checked the Gongchi notation of the entire poem. Yang Yuhuan sang while looking at Banyan, completely immersed in it, and became completely unaware of his surroundings.
When Yang Yuhuan finished checking the score, a rich voice came from behind, which startled her: "What song did the lady compose?"
Yang Yuhuan turned around, with a look of surprise on his face. Seeing that the person coming was Li Longji, he unconsciously asked: "Didn't Sanlang go to Taishe today? Why are you returning to the palace now?"
Li Longji walked to Yang Yuhuan's side and said with a smile: "Feng Yue worships the heaven, and the Ministry of Rites follows the rules. I am just going through the motions."
After finishing speaking, Li Longji picked up the gongchi score of Die Lianhua, read it carefully, and said with surprise: "This Yuefu Ci is really a rare masterpiece! Especially the last two sentences, the belt is getting wider and wider.
He has no regrets in the end, and makes people haggard because of Yi. It can be said that he writes tenderness with strong pen, and he really expresses his love."
Yang Yuhuan also smiled and said: "Sanlang has really good eyesight, and Yuhuan thinks so too."
Li Longji turned his head and asked Yang Yuhuan: "Who wrote it?"
Hearing this, the latter opened his mouth and was about to say the word "Zhou Jun", but felt something was wrong, so he directly changed his words and said: "It's just a masterpiece circulated in the market."
Li Longji nodded, his face remained as usual, and he talked about it with Yang Yuhuan again.
The main reason why Yang Yuhuan did not tell the truth was because this Yuefu poem was a private fan ceremony between Zhou Jun and Yin Yu.
When Yang Yuhuan originally copied the lyrics, Yin Yu specifically asked Zhou Jun to help keep it secret, considering that Zhou Jun was unwilling to reveal his literary talent.
In order to keep the promise, Yang Yuhuan deliberately concealed the author from Li Longji.
However, what she may not have expected is how much trouble this move will cause in the future.
After talking to Yang Yuhuan, Li Longji left the side hall.
The moment he stepped out of the hall door, Li Longji, who was originally calm, suddenly turned livid.
He returned to the Ideological and Political Hall in the palace, then entered the study in the back room, chased away all the servants around him, smashed the most beloved Han Dynasty Red Square Washer on the desk, and smashed it into pieces.
Gao Lishi, who was waiting outside the door, was surprised and confused when he heard the emperor's actions.
After beating for a long time, Li Longji stopped and slowly sat on the throne. Although the anger on his face had faded, the resentment in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.
"Go and bring me the maid named Xiuchuan!"
Not long after, a palace maid, fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a green undergarment, was brought in by the chamberlains.
Seeing Li Longji on the throne, the palace maid named Xiuchuan trembled and fell to her knees on the ground.
Li Longji winked at Gao Lishi, who ordered all the servants to go out. Only Li Longji, Xiuchuan and Gao Lishi were left in the waiting room. The emperor asked: "Where did that Yuefu poem come from?
Tell me again!"
Xiuchuan was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly. He kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty went to Bachuan... came back... and came back with that poem."
Li Longji gritted his teeth and asked: "Has the imperial concubine ever said anything about who wrote that poem?!"
Xiuchuan: "Reporting to the saint...servant...Although I serve the imperial concubine, my status is low and I only work outside..."
Li Longji shouted: "You ignorant maid! You are usually responsible for packing the music and cleaning the music courtyard. In the palace, I once talked with others about the origin of Yuefu Ci. Why are you shirk now? Come on! Put her away!"
Pull me down..."..
Xiuchuan's face turned pale, and she felt regretful in her heart. The casual remarks she had made earlier with other maids had somehow reached the ears of the emperor.
At that moment, she knew in her heart that in order to survive, she could only tell the truth, so she shouted: "It's the Prince Consort of Zhou! It's the Prince Consort of Zhou! When my maid was cleaning the courtyard, she accidentally heard the imperial concubine whispering through the wall.
I just said that it is rare for Zhou Lang to have love in a jade qin."
Li Longji's face was ashen and he was crumbling.
Gao Lishi was so frightened that he trembled and shouted quickly: "You damn bastard, you are talking nonsense!"
Li Longji slumped on the throne and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
After a long time, he murmured: "Zhou Jun and his mother have just gotten married, how could they do such a thing? You really have betrayed my trust!"
Gao Lishi first glared at Xiuchai, then bowed and said to Li Longji: "The sage knows clearly, please listen to what I have to say... How can you trust the words of a palace servant for such a big matter?"
Li Longji heard this, thought carefully for a moment, and felt it made sense. He nodded slightly, looked at Xiuchuan and said to Gao Lishi: "Put this servant in prison first, so that he can be taken care of."
Gao Lishi bowed and said yes, called the servant, and took the embroidered necklace down.
After others left, Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi and asked: "In your opinion, how should we deal with it?"
Gao Lishi: "Why don't we ask Zhou Jun to enter the palace and ask him in detail?"
Li Longji lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "That's not appropriate. If this matter is false, then recruiting Zhou Jun into the palace for questioning will chill the heart of the father-in-law and his son-in-law, hurt the feelings of the emperor and his ministers, and only hurt the feelings of the emperor and his ministers.
It will make outsiders laugh... If this matter is true, recruiting Zhou Jun into the palace will be nothing more than a warning, making him prepare, cover up the truth, and make every possible excuse."
Gao Lishi didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart that Zhou Jun had an affair with the imperial concubine.
However, the whole Yuefu poem, especially the last two sentences, expresses the endless love between men and women. It is indeed a love story between lovers. If it was really written by Zhou Jun, why did it fall into the hands of the imperial concubine?
According to Gao Lishi, this is indeed a fact that is difficult to explain.
The simplest and most direct way is to recruit Zhou Jun in and confront him face to face.
However, Li Longji is a good-faced person.
For this matter, recruiting Zhou Jun into the palace for questioning would not reveal to the world that the current emperor has no confidence in matters of love. There are even rumors that the king of a country would be suspicious of a slave-toothed man when it comes to matters between men and women?
Of course, in addition to the above-mentioned reasons, Li Longji valued Zhou Jun and did not want this matter to cause a gap between the two. This was also a big reason.
Therefore, Gao Lishi retreated to the next best thing and could only propose to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, in this case, why not investigate this matter secretly and not make it public for now?"
Li Longji: "What are you going to do?"
Gao Lishi: "The palace maid just said that she is just a foreign minister... If the imperial concubine really has an affair, then some of the close servants in the palace should know the truth."
When Li Longji heard this, he nodded slowly and said to Gao Lishi: "Okay, let's follow your method and start with the servants first. Investigate this matter and make sure to get to the bottom of it!"