After returning to the Duke Dai's Mansion in Wanglufang, I got out of the car and the wild Taoist asked people to move the imperial calligraphy and painting inside.
Although they are both gifts from the emperor, there are some differences whether there is an imperial envoy or not.
At least this time it didn't attract outsiders' attention. There were only two big boxes, two people carried them, and only four people were able to transport the things in.
When Jian Qu came over, he saw large boxes being brought into the house, unfolded one by one, and after confirming one picture, it was sent to the courtyard where it was collected.
Confirmation one by one also takes time. Jian Qu was already in charge of this aspect of the government, so he just took stock.
The wild Taoist entered the study room in the main courtyard and got a picture under the paperweight. He didn't dare to look at it carefully, so he rolled it up in his sleeve and put it out.
When he left the mansion again, Jian Qu was still helping to count the calligraphy and paintings given by the emperor. The wild Taoist got on the bullock cart and went to the princess's mansion. He thought to himself: "Princess Xinping is the lord's aunt. I heard that she has fallen out of favor now, so she even entered the palace."
It’s all difficult, could it be that my lord wants to provide help in times of need?”
This is fine. The lord has a weak foundation in the capital and has little contact with the lord. The two kings of Qi and Shu must fight against each other according to the emperor's request. So, if we unite some members of the clan who have friendships that will not be feared by the emperor, at least at the critical moment, more can be done.
Road.
Princess Xinping is just a princess. If she doesn't fall out of favor, it doesn't matter if she makes friends with her. What's more, if she falls out of favor, as long as she maintains a certain attitude and doesn't let any messy words spread outside, she'll be fine.
Xinping Princess Mansion Gate
A porter had just come out to unload things and was about to close the door when he saw an ox cart parked in front of the house.
Since Princess Xinping fell out of favor, although she has been visited occasionally, it is far less lively than in the past.
The man who got off the oxcart looked like a well-endowed scholar. He was quite young. In the past, the servants of the princess's house might not have taken a fancy to such a person. But now, when we are living with our tail between our legs, we are not interested in such a person.
Although the people are not warm, they are still polite.
When he saw him approaching, the concierge stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I am Lu Fengyun, the family magistrate of the Duke's residence. I am here to deliver something to the princess under the orders of my lord. Please let me know," the visitor said.
A family order from the Duke of Dai?
The servant's originally cold expression changed. He looked at the wild Taoist, became more polite, and said, "Please wait a moment, let me go in and report to the princess."
With that said, he quickly walked in.
At this time, everyone in the princess's mansion was cautious. Because the master was always in a bad mood, the servants naturally did not dare to be too ostentatious, lest they be angered by the master.
Princess Xinping leaned on the soft floor of the warm small hall, frowning and listening to the maid playing the piano. After listening for a while, she stopped immediately.
"Okay, you can go down." He waved the maid back, and she just stared outside in a daze.
In previous years, she always liked to hold small banquets, inviting some famous ladies and talents from Beijing to gather in her mansion or other courtyards, listen to piano playing, compose poems, and enjoy singing and dancing together. The kind of happiness, thinking about it now, seems to have already happened in the last century.
A lifetime thing.
Although only a few months had passed, it felt like years had passed. She did not feel that being able to enter the palace at any time was a blessing, until she was banned from the palace with a token, and it turned out to be extremely difficult to enter the palace again.
In the past, she didn't think it was difficult to see her father. Whether she wanted to go to the outer palace of the imperial city to see her father, or whether her father came to Pixiang Palace, she could see him easily. Now she knows that even if she is
When a royal daughter is rejected by her father, what she once took for granted becomes a luxury.
How can Princess Xinping accept this?
Therefore, she would rather stay in the princess's mansion in anger than ask someone to enter the palace. Since her father doesn't want to see her, then she won't go to see her.
At this time, she heard the servant report that it was the family minister of the Daiguo Palace who had been ordered to see her. Princess Xinping slowly straightened up and looked at the servant slowly.
"A person from the Duke's office?"
People from Su Ziji? Her face turned cold and she wanted to be expelled, but she changed her mind midway through her words.
"Let him in."
When the wild Taoist was led into the main courtyard, he saw Princess Xinping with a cold expression in the flower hall, and she hurriedly saluted.
She didn't scream for a while, and after a while, the wild Taoist heard the girl above her say coldly: "Get up."
"Did Duke Dai ask you to give me something?" Princess Xinping was sitting there, seemingly asking indifferently, but the hand hanging by her side had been slowly clenched, and her sharp nails were deeply dug into her flesh.
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The wild Taoist took out the picture, presented it, and said respectfully: "If you want to return to the princess, my lord asked me to give this picture to the princess."
The wild Taoist held up the picture, waiting for Princess Xinping's people to take it from his hand.
Princess Xinping, who was sitting at the top, did not ask anyone to take the picture immediately. Instead, she stared at the wild Taoist standing in front of her and remained silent.
Time passed little by little, and the strange atmosphere made the several maids standing there hold their breath and concentrate more and more, but the wild Taoist seemed not to feel it at all, and still bowed and held up the picture with a respectful attitude.
With this calm posture, it is no longer the new family order of the ordinary Duke's mansion.
Princess Xinping stared at the wild Taoist and thought to herself: "The master is so stubborn, but the one who makes the order can be so hateful!"
Thinking of the scenes between her and Su Ziji in the past, all kinds of emotions came to her heart.
Of course, no matter how angry Princess Xinping was, she would not take out her anger directly on the wild Taoist people when she saw the people from Dai Guogong's mansion.
But for her current situation, she naturally had a guess that it must be because she had revealed her affection for Su Ziji several times, which made her father, who had known Su Ziji's identity for a long time, feel annoyed and embarrassed.
Looking back on such a royal incest, she felt embarrassed and wanted to escape. She didn't blame her father for not wanting to see her again.
Thinking of this, her face became even more gloomy, but she didn't want to continue the stalemate.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you bring this picture over?" Princess Xinping glanced at the maid nearest to her in displeasure and scolded her.
The maid just wanted to go over to get the picture, but was stopped by the princess's gaze. She was scolded at this time and did not dare to refute. She hurriedly walked over, took the picture from the wild Taoist's hand, and presented it to Princess Xinping with both hands.
"Isn't this something you did on behalf of the Duke yourself?" Princess Xinping took it and didn't start looking at it immediately, but stared at the wild Taoist coldly and asked.
The wild Taoist replied respectfully: "Princess, this is indeed the work of my master."
"I really didn't expect that in my current situation, he would not avoid suspicion and come to give me gifts? I want to see what kind of picture he gave me." Princess Xinping sneered and slowly unfolded the picture.
Her hands were slender and white, and her skin was like fine suet jade. Compared with the paper of the scroll, the paper turned sallow.
But after slowly unfolding the scrolled painting, as soon as the ink painting appeared, people immediately lost sight of Princess Xinping's beautiful hands and were involuntarily attracted to the painting.
It has to be said that Su Ziji's paintings are now regarded by everyone. His style is beautiful and elegant, especially the figure paintings. With just a few strokes, the figures can be painted vividly.
The picture Su Ziji asked the wild Taoist to send over was a figure painting.
But the content of the painting made Princess Xinping not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the painting. After seeing it clearly, she was surprised at first, and then became furious.