This is a miracle created by the ancients. Even a modern man like him can't help but be afraid. At the same time, he can also feel how glorious the owner who lives inside will be.
Even when he saw the missing dragon relief on the city wall, an unrealistic idea flashed into Xia Shang's mind.
"If one day I could have a house as big as this..."
Just as I was thinking about it, a shout came from ahead.
"That book boy, follow me!"
Xia Shang finally came to his senses and quickened his pace to catch up with the team.
A group of several people passed through Qinglong Gate, the west main gate, then bypassed the long inner ring road, and then entered the inner court of the palace through Anfu Gate.
After dozens of interrogations along the way, no one in the group dared to speak. It was not until they arrived at the palace and were led by a eunuch to Cuiping Pavilion in Xiyuan that the accompanying bearer took the initiative to say to Xia Shang:
"Look, you kid has never seen much of the world. Don't look here and there like you do outside the palace. You know, there are dangers everywhere in this palace. Stop taking a step, don't look, don't listen, don't speak. If
If you don't behave as before, you will lose your life in a few days."
The bearer was also kind-hearted and took the initiative to remind Xia Shang.
While he was still talking, he saw that Xia Shang was not listening. He was focused on the scenery around the palace. Not only did he keep walking, but his eyes also kept looking at the marble-paved avenue and the clouds and mist in the distance.
In the high-rise attic, I would look at the flowers and birds for a while, and the trees for a while. Even the slightly exposed palace maid passing by could attract this man's attention for a long time.
The bearer of the sedan chair shook his head, as if he was disgusted by the idiot, and didn't care about Xia Shang.
Fortunately, there was no wind or waves along the way.
Xiyuan is just an inconspicuous corner in the imperial city, and I saw very few people along the way.
Xiyuan is another palace garden besides the Imperial Garden. The emperor rarely came here, and only occasionally his concubines came here to play.
Nowadays, Xiyuan has been designated by the emperor as a place for the princes and ministers to study classics this year. People no longer come here early. The Cuiping Pavilion inside has also lost its colorful decorations and has been replaced by an antique pastoral private school.
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"Classics" was a custom among the princes and nobles of the Chinese Dynasty. Every year, the emperor would gather all the relatives of the emperor and the children of the civil and military ministers in Beijing and invite famous teachers to teach them together.
The so-called classics refers to learning from classics, which means writing the tradition of this industry into classics and passing it on.
From the perspective of the royal family, Xia Shang agreed with this method and thought it was a smart move.
First, these future leaders can be instilled with ideas that are conducive to the inheritance of the royal family.
Secondly, it can bring the relationship between the royal family and civil and military officials closer.
Thirdly, it can also destroy the relationship between the royal children and their peers, reducing obstacles for them to take power in the future.
It’s just that there is always a gap between ideas and reality. This gift of classics is to bring them closer to each other. Over the years, conflicts between students have always been inevitable during the classics.
Either the emperor's grandson had his head broken, or the official's beloved had his legs broken. There was always farce.
Entering Xiyuan, layers of flowers, plants and trees blocked the silhouette of people, but they could not block the sound of people. From far away, you could hear naughty children playing and quarreling in front.
At this time, the sedan stopped at the entrance of the garden. The little eunuch who led the way said arrogantly in front of the sedan: "When you get here, let's walk over separately. The people inside are not of royal blood, so keep your eyes open along the way.
They are not people you can mess with casually. Also, you can only move around in Xiyuan during the study period. If you go out of Xiyuan and cause trouble, your head will be beheaded, and your family may be affected.
people."
After saying that, he glanced at the bearers with disdain: "You guys, hurry up and pick me up when the time comes."
Then he didn't care, raised his head, and walked back and forth in a weird way. When he passed Xia Shang, he didn't forget to say something disgusting: "You have never seen the world, a bumpkin, come in and look here and there, sooner or later you will be poached."
Eyeballs."
Xia Shang didn't even react, but the little eunuch had already walked away.
At this time, Li Youlan got down from the sedan chair and walked inside without calling Xia Shang.
The bearer patted Xia Shang on the shoulder: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you follow?"
Xia Shang followed, but the Miss Li family seemed to be still angry, ignoring Xia Shang and just walking on her own.
Xia Shang had never served a woman before, let alone such a young girl.
Xia Shang was not willing to do it anymore because of this girl's shame.
Along the way, Xia Shang felt no more comfortable than Li Youran sitting in the sedan chair. His feet and legs were already sore.
Now he is deeply aware of the changes of having an extra breath of energy in his body. Not to mention the great strength in the past, he has never felt tired when walking. But today he has only walked five or six miles, but he is terribly tired.
Xia Shang didn't want to leave for a long time. Now that the little girl in front of him was still ignoring him, he felt angry and simply sat on the grass aside, rubbing his feet and not leaving.
Li Youlan then turned around and said, "What are you doing?"
Xia Shang shook his head: "I'm tired. I can't walk anymore. Let's rest for a while."
"Don't even look at the time! Get up quickly and follow me, or you'll be late on the first day."
"I really can't walk!"
"You...you...you guy..." Li Youlan was so angry that she didn't know what to say. Her pretty face was red and pretty.
Xia Shang was not in the mood to appreciate it, so he waved his hand impatiently: "You're in a hurry, you go first."
Li Youlan took a breath and thought to herself, is there anyone like you who can be a book boy?
"You are carrying all my things, and you want me to go alone?"
"Then I'll give you everything and you can go there by yourself!"
"Ah?!" Li Youlan forgot to be angry after hearing this. She thought to herself that she was not dreaming. He could even say such a thing? Are you a book boy or am I a book boy?
But looking at Xia Shang's helpless look lying on the grass, it seemed that he was not joking.
"You...are you leaving or not?"
"No!" Xia Shang rubbed his legs with a look of displeasure on his face. He really couldn't walk anymore. Then he took off the luggage on his back and threw it aside. "Well, everything is here. You go there first. I'll
Come back after you have rested."
"You...you...you you...if I had known it, if I had known it, I wouldn't have wanted you to be my book boy. I didn't expect you to be such a character!"
"What's wrong with my character? I said, Miss, can you have some sympathy? You sat comfortably in the sedan chair all the way. I followed you all the way, and my feet were numb. I'm just a book boy, and I didn't want you.
I didn’t sign a deed of betrayal to you, so why don’t you show some concern and condolences? But you just ignore me, so fine, you can take care of it yourself. I’m going to rest here.”
"But...but...at this time..."
"You know you're worried, right? The things are here, just carry them there." Xia Shang glanced at this girl and saw that she was about to cry, but he didn't feel sorry for her.
you?
Without thinking, Li Youlan stamped her foot: "Okay, okay, I'll just go by myself!" (To be continued)