Early the next morning, Xu Jieyu sent Platycodon to invite me. I knew she had a plan, and I felt a little relieved. www. When we arrived at Yuzhao Palace, Xu Jieyu lightly swept her eyebrows, her makeup was light, and she only put it on the table.

An open book of "Mencius", the blue grass-dyed book has a faint fragrance of vegetation, which is very suitable for her temperament.

She smiled gently and said: "The emperor told me to come and sit here this morning. I want to know what the empress said sooner rather than later." Xu Jieyu pointed to a twelve-frame window at the back of the inner hall.

The ebony carved screen said apologetically: "Behind the screen is where the concubines change their clothes. The emperor will not go there. The aggrieved queen is listening behind, and if there are any flaws in what she said, she has to make up for it afterwards."

"

I stared at her with a smile and said, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness." Then I took off all the hairpin rings to avoid being disturbed by the sound of collision. After finishing cleaning up, I heard the voice announcing the arrival from outside, so I hurriedly hid behind the screen.

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Xu Jieyu held Platycodon grandiflorum's hand to greet him, gave a shallow salute, and said with a smile: "The Emperor is here." She was wearing a loose moonlight satin skirt, with a light beige flower embroidered on the corner of the skirt.

Clivia.

Xuan Ling looked at her and said with a smile: "You look better today."

She said happily: "It's thanks to the emperor's blessing."

Xuan Ling said "hmm" and pinched her wrist bone, "You were ill last time, so you should take good care of yourself. I see Platycodon grandiflorum and red peony root are serving you very well." He said "Eh".

, looked around and said: "Why don't you see Chi Shao accompanying you?"

In order to prevent Chi Shao from getting in the way, I had already asked Huan Bi to take her with me to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select new clothing materials. It was a good job, so she naturally wouldn't shirk it.

There was a hint of sadness on Xu Jieyu's eyebrows that could not be concealed. However, in front of Xuan Ling, her sadness seemed like a smile, and she only said: "Chi Shao is helping my concubine to get the clothes to be cut in Qiuri City.

"

Xuan Ling said "Oh" and felt a little embarrassed, because there was an open book of "Mencius" on the table, and he couldn't help but smile, "Why are Jieyu interested in reading this?"

Xu Jieyu was a little cautious, but now she felt more comfortable when she heard Mencius being mentioned, "The teachings of Confucius and Mencius are very profound, and I am very willing to read them."

Xuan Ling was also very interested when he heard what she said, "Jieyu loves to read Mencius, do you have any insights?"

Xu Jieyu smiled modestly and whispered softly, "When I read "Mencius", I realized that Zhu Xi was shallow. Zhu Xi falsely called himself Master and was praised by later generations as 'Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism'. In fact, it was completely unreasonable and completely misinterpreted the teachings of Confucius and Mencius."

Xuan Ling became even more interested and said: "Why did Jieyu say that?"

Xu Jieyu smiled peacefully, ""Mencius. Ten Thousand Chapters" said that 'men and women live together, and people have great ethics.' "Book of Rites. Liyun" also said, 'Eat and drink, men and women, people have great desires.'

Zhu Xi preached 'preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires', which is really unreasonable." She turned to look at Xuan Ling, "Since our dynasty, we have regarded the teachings of Confucius and Mencius as the authentic one. Although Zhu Xi was quite accomplished in Neo-Confucianism and his articles were beautifully written,

However, the bad nature of his character can be seen from the incident of Yan Rui. He tortured an innocent woman for his own selfish purposes and forced her to die from exhaustion, which shows his cold heart."

Xuan Ling smiled, flicked his nails and said, "Zhu Xi is indeed unreasonable."

Xu Jieyu sat upright and raised the corners of her small lips slightly, "Yes! If you want to talk about 'preserving heaven's principles and destroying human desires', I think it doesn't make sense at first." There was a slight blush on her face, "If you are in the palace,

Likewise, how can a concubine create an heir for the emperor? Isn't it wrong? So I think the person who said this must be a ruthless person, which goes against the royal virtues of generosity."

The fine warm light of the golden autumn sun is like a misty mist, falling in the vast empty green hall. It has a green and quiet atmosphere, like the frosty white dew spreading on the green sky. Xu Jieyu's eyes

There is a kind of misty tenderness, like the weak thread holding a kite, only holding it on Xuan Ling's cold and handsome face.

Xuan Ling smiled casually, with a hint of gloomy looseness and indifference in his eyes, "Going in the opposite direction?" He saw Xu Jieyu lowering her head implicitly, and said lightly: "Has Jieyu seen anyone or heard anything recently?"

Xu Jieyu smiled gracefully and moved her body with difficulty, "Don't say that I can't walk now. Even if I am willing to go out, the emperor knows that I never gossip about others, let alone meddle in other people's affairs.

.”

Xuan Ling was slightly startled, then smiled with relief and said: "Yes, I think this is your biggest advantage. You are not as garrulous as others." Xuan Ling became more trusting, "So, I have something I want to hear.

Listen to Jieyu. Jieyu is staying out of the matter, so she must have seen things clearly."

"Although I have crude views, I am very willing to talk to the emperor."

Xuan Ling pondered slightly, "Nowadays, there are rumors about Cui Jinxi and Li Chang in the palace. The queen advocates severe punishment, but Concubine Jing remains silent. Concubine Duan is quite intolerant. Concubine Wan is inconvenient to speak. I wonder what Jieyu thinks?"

Xu Jieyu only smiled, "Your Majesty, do you remember the scene of peach blossoms in spring? When the designer mentioned Yan Rui, I humbly replied with Yan Rui's "Like a Dream"." Her voice was soft and sweet, "It's pear blossoms, isn't it?"

, the Tao is the apricot blossom, not the white and the red, the difference is the taste of the east wind. I once remembered, once remembered, that people were slightly drunk in Wuling."

"What does Jieyu mean by this?"

On Xu Jieyu's neck is a string of thin silver chains with eight-leaf peach blossoms. The pendant in the middle is a pink crystal carved into a five-petal peach blossom, as if it matches her words.

It is not an apricot flower. It is specious, red and white, just like a peach blossom. Those who love it say it is very young and suitable for living in an IKEA home. Those who don’t love it think it is light and fragrant, and drifts away in the water. In fact, each flower catches the eye, and right and wrong are only in the

It's just the human heart. In Zhu Xi's eyes, Yan Rui was a frivolous prostitute, and her death was not worth pity. But through the ages, everyone praised Yan Rui's chivalrous style, not being forced by torture to falsely accuse a scholar-bureaucrat. Just like the peach blossoms in this poem, perhaps Zhu Xi's eyes were nothing more than that.

It is a frivolous thing that chases flowing water, but I don't think that peach blossoms are also the product of Wuling Taoyuan. When talking about the affairs in the palace today, the queen thought that it was related to the rules and regulations in the palace, but the concubine thought that they did not cause trouble in the palace, but they were just the palace maids and internal guards comforting each other.

That's all. As soon as they enter the palace as slaves and maids, they work alone until they die. They are inevitably desolate and lonely. They want to find a companion to save others by themselves, but they only feel pitiful."

Xu Jieyu said this so eloquently that I couldn't help but admire him from behind the screen. His mind was sharp, his answers were clever, he was as careful as his hair, and he was extremely intelligent.

The cold look in Xuan Ling's eyes melted slightly, and he said gently: "How do you think Jieyu should deal with it?"

Xu Jieyu's soft and graceful voice was like her moonlight skirt, "Have you ever heard of the saying, 'If you are not crazy, you are not deaf, you are not a writer.' Princess Shengping of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty was drunk by the consort Guo Nuan and hit the golden branch, and Emperor Daizong was no more than

Just laugh it off, let alone the innocuous thing about a palace maid confronting a prisoner for eating? In fact, if the emperor doesn't believe it, he can go to every palace and check, and I'm sure there are some. Do you have to kill them all and then quickly? Your Majesty.

In the world, the responsibilities are as heavy as those of a householder. You can show a little tolerance and make big things into small things." She looked deeply at Xuan Ling, her eyes as clear, bright and warm as a newly opened egg.

, without a hint of acrobatics, "Maybe it's because I'm pregnant. I really can't bear to hear these things about beatings and killings. I'm too heartbroken. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

There was a faint smile and comfort in Xuan Ling's eyes, "Yes! You are not the only one who is pregnant in the palace now. Shen Shuyuan and Huan Huan are probably not allowed to live or die." After saying this, Xuan Ling said:

Ling made tea with her and tasted it for a while, and after giving her a few instructions, he walked briskly back to Yiyuan Hall.

Xu Jieyu held Platycodon grandiflorum's hand and watched Xuan Ling leave. Her eyes were as tender as the spring water in the south of the Yangtze River, and she only stared at Xuan Ling's retreating back, silently and silently.

I was behind the screen, looking at Xu Jieyu's eyes, with mixed feelings in my heart. You must love someone very much to have such lingering eyes, but Xu Jieyu's deep affection never showed it in front of Xuan Ling.

Come out. She seemed to be used to it, just watching him quietly from behind.

I sighed silently, and I would definitely never look at Xuan Ling with such eyes again. And I thought that a person with such gentle gazes would never have such a loving gaze again.

After returning from Yuzhao Palace, I felt a little more relaxed, but everyone was also silent. I just sat under the small window, playing the seven strings on the piano intentionally or unintentionally, watching Huayi leading the palace ladies to clean up the dead lotuses in the pool in front of the palace.

The remaining leaves left only a pool of still water.

Huanbi stood behind me and combed my hair over and over with a wooden-toothed comb dipped in sapodilla and polygonum multiflorum paste. She said, "On the way back, I saw the lady smiling. I must have done something certain."

I said calmly: "How can it be so fast? It's just that I just changed my horoscope. I don't know what the rest will be like."

Huanbi smiled and said: "Although I say this, I finally have some clues. It can be seen that Xu Jieyu can reveal it." She paused and carefully expressed her hesitation, "It's just that Xu Jieyu and the young lady can only say that it is

They're just familiar with each other, but they don't seem to have the same affection between Shen Shuyuan and the young lady. Why did the young lady entrust the matter to her instead of Shen Shuyuan?"

I pulled the golden embroidered peach that I wore on my shoulders when I was combing my hair, and turned to look at the cluster of pale red chrysanthemums called "Buddha Sees Smiling" blooming in the corridor, "It's because Meizhuang is close to me.

So she cannot say these words. Xu Jieyu is quite talented and insightful, and she never falls into right and wrong, so the emperor is willing to listen to her. But..." Another layer of worry was cast in my heart - Xu Jieyu

After reading a lot, she naturally has a lot of talents and insights, so she can't help but think about it - if she has a clear mind, it's okay, but if she uses her brain, she might not be a powerful enemy.

Huanbi has been with me for a long time, so she didn't know about me. She said in a low voice: "Xu Jieyu's family background is not deep, and more importantly, she is not very favored. Even if she gives birth to a prince and is named a noble concubine, she will at most be the same as the former one."

She looks like a concubine, so you don’t have to worry about how many favors she can win.”

The clear pool water reflected the skylight and cloud shadows. I glanced at her and said: "If she wants to win favor, why wait until later? She doesn't bother to fight for that little favor - not to mention that when it comes to family background, I am just a sinner."

My daughter has no branches to rely on, so how can she be better than others?"

Hearing this, Huanbi lowered her eyelids and said in a low voice: "Our family background cannot be compared with others. Fortunately, Mr. Wen said when he came two days ago that the young master's health is much better and he is more understanding. This is a great blessing.

"

"After all, safety is the most important thing. Knowing that my brother is better makes me feel better." I smiled and said, "It's just me being too worried. Returning to the palace alone will inevitably lead to a loss of life. In fact, Xu Jieyu is also a good person, otherwise Meizhuang and Meizhuang

Concubine Jing has been in contact with her."

Speaking of Jing Fei, my heart skipped a beat and I almost felt cold for a moment. I was about to think more deeply when I heard Xuan Ling's voice smiling and saying, "Why are you combing your hair at this time?"

I was startled, stood up quickly, and said with a smile: "Why did the emperor come so suddenly? I was shocked. I'm so disheveled, so let me go change my clothes and come back to see the emperor."

Xuan Ling stood with his hands behind his hands, a gentle and calm look of joy on his face, and whispered: "Xiao Xuan Chuang, I am dressing up. It turns out it is such a quiet and harmonious scene."

He casually said, "Xiaoxuan Chuang, I am dressing up." I heard something vaguely ominous and said with a smile: "The emperor deserves a punishment. It's okay to say something about Su Shi's "Jiangchengzi". It sounds very desolate."

Xuan Ling was stunned, a thin layer of gloomy blue mist slowly formed in his eyes, but his face still had that light and casual look, and he said with a smile: "It was written by Su Dongpo to his late wife Wang Fu, I made a mistake.

"

I felt a stab in my heart. I thought about Queen Chunyuan and felt uneasy. I was even more afraid that she would be unhappy when she remembered the past. I just smiled softly and said: "I think Dongpo is very lucky. He has his wife Wang Fu in front of him, and Wang Runzhi is the successor."

Wang Fu's cousin also has his beloved concubine Chaoyun who shares weal and woe. She is truly a model of a darling wife and concubine among men." I changed the subject, looked at Xuan Ling with a smile and said, "I'm just talking about darling wives and beautiful concubines.

, and who can be better than the emperor?"

Xuan Ling gave a "chic" smile and his face brightened, "I thought you were going to say something, but it turns out you were making fun of me again." He walked closer to me, took the comb in Huanbi's hand, and held my shoulders.

Low Judao: "Then I will also follow Dongpo's example and comb my hair towards the clouds."

His gestures were very gentle, and the toothed comb scratched across my scalp, which felt a little numb and itchy. I closed my eyes and said, "The emperor seemed very happy when he came in just now. Is there anything happy that you can tell me? I would also like to call you my concubine."

I will also have fun together."

Xuan Ling smiled and said: "Huan Huan is really attentive. In the morning, the ministers gave a memorial, saying that there will be plenty of money and food this autumn, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment. I was happy after hearing this. I got up early and went to see Xu Jieyu and Yan.

You should be silent at ordinary times, but if you occasionally speak a few words, it will be very reasonable."
To be continued...