Hualin Garden is the royal garden on the north side of the Jiankang Palace. It connects to the Imperial Garden to the south and to Zhongshan Mountain to the north. The scenery is the best in Jiankang Palace. And among the layers of trees, there are pavilions, pavilions, winding courtyards and cloisters.
The scenery is completely different from Miyagi.
During Chen Xu's reign, he did not have much interest in the royal garden, which had been destroyed by the military disaster of Hou Jing's Rebellion. However, after the East Palace came to power, it began to vigorously renovate Hualin Garden, and it gradually became a place for Nanchen monarchs and ministers to enjoy themselves since Chen Shubao.
However, Chen Xu had not died yet, so the East Palace did not dare to do it openly. Now that Chen Shubao is sitting on the throne, he wishes he could stay in Hualin Garden every day, looking at this unique landscape, and forgetting all the government affairs.
There are not a few emperors in history who were born into imperial families by mistake, including Song Huizong who knew nothing but being an emperor, and Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was famous for his poetry.
Chen Shubao, who has shown his talent for poetry and music, is certainly one of them. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for him to be a musician, poet and garden architect.
At this time, Kong Fan was restless and looked at the dancing palace maids below. Zhang Lihua obviously also realized that His Majesty the Emperor was not in a good mood, so she personally led the dance, her sleeves were flying, and the song was singing:
"The beautiful forest faces the high pavilion, the new makeup is beautiful and the quality is alluring... Yushu streams illuminate the back courtyard..."
The moonlight and candlelight shone down together, Zhang Lihua's graceful figure was outlined by the compact palace skirt, and the water sleeves danced with the singing that eroded the flesh and bones, and a layer of tulle was wrapped around the delicate body unique to the emperor, making it look so beautiful.
People are fascinated by it and their blood boils.
When she sang "The jade trees are shining in the backyard", Zhang Lihua showed half of her pretty face and gave Chen Shubao a sweet smile. Chen Shubao couldn't wait to rush down now and really "take care of the backyard".
"······Falling red all over the ground and returning to silence."
The singing has stopped, but the aftertaste is long.
The literati and officials who had the honor to participate in this banquet were already somewhat drunk at this time, either lying on soft cushions or leaning on the bed. When the song ended, they did not rush to cheer directly.
Instead, they closed their eyes one by one and seemed to be still thinking about it. After a long time, Wang Yuan, who was highly praised by Chen Shubao, raised his glass and said:
"Your Majesty, this song uses the flowers in the backyard to refer to the beauty and beautiful scenery, and sings all the prosperity of the world. It is truly a masterpiece! Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
This back garden flower is actually a common flower in the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. The flowers bloom in red and white, which complement each other and look very much like the beauty's face. Therefore, they are often used to praise beauties, and because they are often used in the backyards of houses and even palaces in the south of the Yangtze River.
This kind of flower is grown in gardens, so it is called "back garden flower".
Not to mention other places, at this time, what are planted on both sides of the corridor outside are actually back garden flowers, but it is already the end of summer, so there are no flowers anymore. However, this does not hinder the imagination of the literati, when they think of the back garden
The scene of the flowers blooming in full bloom, and the beautiful dancing girls in the court, made everyone excited and couldn't help but cheer in unison.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Officials and literati raised their glasses one after another.
On the left and right sides of Chen Shubao sat Kong and Gong, who were second only to Zhang Lihua in favor, as well as Yuan Zhaoyi, He Jieyu and others who were quite good at literature. However, Chen Shubao still seemed to feel that it was not enough, and pointed at the people standing in the field.
Zhang Lihua waved, and Zhang Lihua walked up to Danqi with a charming smile and sat in Chen Shubao's arms.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
Another cheer.
However, Kong Fan, who had always shouted loudly, did not speak out at this time. He was no longer the poet who only knew how to accompany Chen Shubao on sightseeing tours. The important matters of family and country were pressing on his shoulders, so Kong Fan
Whoever is in the mood to carefully appreciate this beautiful piece of music has several layers of meaning.
He only knew that there was singing and dancing in Jiankang Mansion, but outside Jiankang Mansion, there were already clouds of war. It seemed that as long as Li Xingchen's army did not enter the city, Chen Shubao's banquet would not stop.
"The sound of national subjugation." Kong Fan couldn't help but murmured. Even he shuddered when he said these words and looked around hurriedly. But fortunately, everyone around him was busy praising Chen Shubao, and no one paid any attention to Kong Fan.
What did Fan say?
It seems that he really needs to think carefully, Chen Shubao... seems to be really unreliable. Thinking of this, Kong Fan felt extremely lucky that he had established contact with Li Xinchen early.
It seems that the main thing he needs to do next is not to tell Chen Shubao how tense the situation outside is, but to tell Li Xingchen that if he continues to take one step forward, he will win!
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Kong Fan didn't know how he got back home. As soon as he walked into the study, he just flopped down on the couch. If it were in the past, if Kong Fan had not finished his fun, he would definitely not be able to help but ask his own singer to sing and dance again.
After a while, but today he simply dismissed all the servants, leaving only the most trusted one.
"Where are the people?" Kong Fan whispered.
"Young man, please bring him in now," the visitor said hurriedly.
The person who followed the visitor into the room was a middle-aged man with an undistinguished appearance. When he saw Kong Fan, he just cupped his hands and had no intention of bowing. Kong Fan did not feel dissatisfied, and just asked the visitor to study the ink quickly, and he would write the ink he had just written.
Everything he saw and heard in the palace was written down:
"I have written down everything I know here. I hope Brother Tian can pass it on to the King of Han."
"Please don't worry, Mr. Kong." The middle-aged man said with a smile, "In order to protect General Xiao's family in Beijing, the white robes have mobilized enough manpower this time. There are also two teams of blue robes to cooperate, and there are more people outside the city.
It’s just a trivial matter for Chipao to respond and deliver the news, not to mention that we still have the token given by Kong Jun, right?”
This middle-aged man is the white-robed deputy general Tian Duan. Although he is not a personal follower of Xiao Mohe, he has been under Xiao Mohe's command since the Battle of Huainan. He has been diligent and steady along the way, and he can be regarded as a
Xiao Mohe's direct lineage, and more importantly, although Tabata's ability to lead troops is not very good, he is quite experienced in communicating information and leading scouts.
Historically, when Xiao Mohe defended Jiankang Prefecture, he relied on Tabata and Lu Guangda to cover his flanks, and was able to fight several bloody battles with the Sui Dynasty army.
It was precisely because he took a fancy to Tabata's ability in spying on information that Chen Yu recommended Tabata as his white-robed deputy general.
Li Xingchen's troops have now been forced to the front line from Putang to Liushan. Chen Shuying's men stationed there are just a group of defeated soldiers. Their combat power can be imagined. Needless to say, what kind of person is Mr. Jiang in the rear? The real obstacle in history
Xiao Mohe, Lu Guangda, Ren Zhong, Tian Duan and others who joined the Sui Dynasty army are no longer in the Chen Dynasty army, so anyone with a discerning eye can see that no one on the west side of Jiankang Mansion can stop Li Xinchen. (To be continued.