Why are the women in the harem tearing up

***

Misty rain enters the south of the Yangtze River.

The gurgling water slid across an arched bridge on the bluestone slab. On the edge of the water, there was a stall, and a woman stood in front of the stall, talking to the stall owner in a loud voice, "It's raining, our house is not covered. Leak, the grain harvest in the field... By the way, do you literati mean the word 'harvest'?"

The stall owner is a young man with a fair complexion, dressed in coarse cloth, sitting lazily behind the stall with a pen in hand.

"Yes, you continue."

"Oh yes, keep going," the woman nodded and said, "Our donkey is also strong, and our parents are also strong. The tiger is already four years old, and he can draw on the ground a few days ago. No. [-]. And... our pigs are good, they can be sold for money during the Chinese New Year, so are the neighbors' pigs, and our relatives are all good..."

After finishing speaking, the woman added shyly, "I'm fine too."

The stall owner listened with his head propped up, then dipped his ink and wrote on the letter paper:

The concubine put tears and ink together and wrote a letter to Mr. Lang:

After a long time, everything is fine at home, don't read it.

In addition, the concubine misses you deeply.

After finishing writing, the stall owner shook the paper, and the black kid on the top was neatly written, and the writing everywhere was really like a little girl's mood, beautiful and full of love.

It doesn't match the stall owner's lazy posture at all.

The woman looked left and right, and felt that there were too few words, "This is wrong, I said so much just now, you can't just write these few words, even if I can't read, I know you are fooling me, There are too few words."

The young man smiled and spoke in a gentle manner: "Your husband is a scholar, we all talk like this among scholars, every sentence you just said can be expressed in one word, so your husband will feel comfortable looking at it."

"Really?" The woman was dubious, "Don't fool me."

"Really." The stall owner said.

"Then..." the woman asked tentatively, "Then, this letter has been sent, will he come back this year?"

The stall owner hesitated for a while, smiled lightly, and said, "Yes."

The woman also raised the corners of her mouth, then looked at the letter with a few words, and said, "Then can you add another sentence and ask him to come back early for the New Year?"

"Row."

The stall owner added a pen:

I hope you will return early.

The woman took the letter and left happily.

After the woman left, the stall owner spread out another piece of paper and wrote in his original provocative font, "It's raining, our house is not leaking, the grain is harvested in the field, our donkey is strong, and our parents are healthy." Strong, Hu Zi is already four years old, and he can draw on the ground a few days ago, and he will definitely be a champion in the future.Whether our pigs are good, they can be sold for money during the Chinese New Year, so are the neighbors, our relatives, all are good, and I am also good.

After finishing writing, I pressed it on the table with a paperweight, and the wind blew the fishy smell from the river and lifted a corner of the paper, making a crisp sound.

At this time, the children who were making trouble in the circle were throwing sandbags, and they were caught off guard and hit the stall owner's face.

The kid who came to pick up the sandbags was obedient, for fear that the stall owner would scold him. The stall owner held the sandbag in his hand and weighed it a few times, then laughed loudly, threw the sandbag up, and landed firmly into the hands of children.

He smiled unrestrainedly against the light, as if melting with the water behind him.

The person who stood watching from a distance saw enough of the stall owner’s unrestrained smiles, then the Chao Dynasty letter writing stall walked over, looked at the characters that were pressed down by the paperweight, and said with a smile: “Good calligraphy.”

The stall owner nodded, "Thank you."

"Dare to ask the young master's name?" The man continued to ask.

"Chu Fang, the small characters come from it."

***

There has been a strange thing happening in the capital city recently.

Hearing that His Highness the Crown Prince was inspecting the people, he brought a man back from the south and placed him in the palace outside the palace. Since then, the palace has been singing and singing every night, and there are no banquets.

There is a lot of speculation among the people.

It is said that on the day His Royal Highness returned to the capital, when he disembarked from the boat, someone was lucky enough to see the appearance of the man under the blown hood, which was no worse than that of General Wei who was very handsome and prosperous in the capital that day.However, there are different opinions, as it was passed on, several versions were born. Some said it was good-looking, some said it was ugly, and some said that the man obviously had no face, and he only changed his appearance at will according to His Royal Highness's preferences. Outrageous.

I climbed up and down in the yard to pick dates and eat them.

The jujubes in the north are bigger and sweeter than those in the south, but it is difficult to climb the tree.

I actually scoff at these rumors from the outside world.Because, I am clearly the main character among them.

That day, the person whose veil was blown off by the wind was not me, but a female luthier brought back by His Royal Highness, where was I then?Tied up by five flowers, fainted and put in the sack.

I have heard too many rumors, and I am also a little puzzled. Sometimes when I look at this face in the mirror, I will think about what the rumored General Wei looks like, but after thinking about it, I always feel that he Probably not as good as me.It's embarrassing to say, but I really can't blame me for my arrogance. Since I was a child, I have never seen anyone more handsome than my face.So, come to think of it, that little general Wei should be mediocre.

From the small print below.

On the same day, our savage Crown Prince caught a glimpse of me, and I refused to obey, so he directly kidnapped me and brought me back to the capital.It is really pathetic to be imprisoned in a small courtyard now.

If you want me to say that the rumors about my ugly appearance are nothing more than speculation based on the fact that "I dare not see people", but the wrong thing is that it is not that I am ashamed to see people, but that I am free and clear. restricted.

His Royal Highness is not too bad, at least he didn't do anything to actually hurt me.

Moreover, whenever he gets a treasure, he will hold it in front of me in a stupid way, which is comparable to a pug asking for credit.

Aside from the limited mobility, I'm actually quite happy, but the Crown Prince kidnapped me and it's really annoying, so I always keep a cold face in front of him, no matter how he Try to make me happy, I should ignore him.

He tried to coax me more and more.

Once, he set up an opera troupe in the yard. When the troupe entered the yard, I was riding on a branch of a tree that was not too thick to pick dates to eat. When the door was opened, I was caught off guard. I jumped, but couldn't hold it steady, so I had to grab it falsely, but fell down.

Who knows, it didn't fall on me.

When I realized it, I realized that our dear Prince His Royal Highness was making a human flesh pad for me underneath.

I was a little embarrassed, and when I stood up, I gave him a hand, and then put on airs and said: "Your Highness, you actually call out, and the little guard under the tree will catch me."

"Ah..." His Royal Highness was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he smiled and said, "I forgot."

This smile is like the silly son of the landlord's family.

I laughed too.

After this incident, I thought it was embarrassing to keep a cold face. After the theater troupe set up the stage, I sat next to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and hummed for a while along with "Mu Guiying" on the stage.

When he accidentally glanced at His Royal Highness from the corner of the eye, his expression can probably be described as surprise.

Since then, the opera troupe has come to my courtyard to sing operas again and again, and they have the posture of setting up camp in my small courtyard.

I guess, the rumors about singing every night came from this troupe.

***

I also really love to listen to operas, and I also love to sing a few lines along with them.

I have to say, this way, it's not easy for me to flirt with His Royal Highness, and our relationship has become a little more normal.

On weekdays, we would have a meal together and bask in the sun in the courtyard. Occasionally, he would be merciful and take me for a stroll outside the courtyard.Only after I left the courtyard did I know what it means to have a courtyard outside the courtyard.

My courtyard was not the entirety of the palace, but only a small part of it.

The royal family in the capital city is really rich and powerful.

Just one point, I am not allowed to go to the tree to pick dates again.

He said that if I wanted to eat jujubes, I would tell him, and he would pick them for me.

Don't dare to work for our honorable His Royal Highness the Prince.

Moreover, I don't like eating dates, but I like climbing trees.I personally feel that the habit of climbing trees is really unpleasant to say, so I use dates to cover it up.Now it's all right, there's no tree to climb.

Sometimes, I also reflect on whether it is not normal for me to be like this.

Logically speaking, even if he treats me well now, indeed, he is good, but he was the one who took me to the capital regardless of my wishes in the first place.

At the beginning, I really hated him so much, but slowly, in the boring and unchanging courtyard, he was the only adjustment, and besides, I am also a person who puts my own enjoyment first. Love is always sad and complaining, so it is not too difficult to explain the current affection for him.

It's really not up to me.

Anyone, in this kind of environment, would want to grab a fun straw if they encountered one.No one cares if the straw is the person who got you into this situation earlier.

Besides, His Royal Highness is really a very lovely person.

Once, I couldn't hold back, and climbed up the jujube tree with crooked neck again.

This season, it has turned cold, the trunk is bare, only some thin frost covers it.Where the corner of my clothes rubbed against, some frost fell down, and looking out from a high place, I felt more and more sighed with infinite mountains and rivers.

At this time, our Crown Prince opened the door and entered.

I froze on the tree, and even maintained a posture of staring into the distance. Later, I thought it was really stupid when I recalled it.

His Royal Highness was smelling of alcohol, but he didn't blame me when he came in. Instead, he lowered his eyelids, walked under the tree, opened his arms, and said softly, "You jump down, and I'll follow you."

At that time, I might have been frightened and foolish, and I jumped down, as if I was bewitched, and was hugged by him.

After thinking about it, I realized that I could obviously climb down by myself.

His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes were not clear, and he smiled lightly after catching me. I felt that he was funny, and poked his cheek with my finger.Then, boldly, I grabbed his cheek and took a bite. When I realized it, a small red mark had been left there.

And our Highness the Crown Prince is staring at me with rounded eyes.

I smiled awkwardly and politely, jumped to the ground and slipped away.

But considering that His Royal Highness is in a state of drunkenness, and his mind is probably not clear now, in the spirit of humanitarianism, I ran back and was dragged into the room by him.Otherwise, if I freeze outside all night, I'm afraid I will be punished by the nine clans.

I stood in the middle of the room, looked at the bed, then at the couch next to it, and then at the bed, gritted my teeth, and threw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the couch.

Normal people know that the bed is more comfortable.

Although His Royal Highness is His Royal Highness, how can you say that this is my house, why let him sleep on the bed and I sleep on the couch?

Facts have proved that the bed is indeed more comfortable.Not long after I lay down on it, I rolled on my back, rolled around, and fell asleep peacefully.

However, another fact proves that His Royal Highness is undoubtedly a normal person.

So, he slept in until midnight and climbed into my bed.

Then he took my arm in a daze, and asked, "You climbed on the tree and looked out just now, did you want to go out?"

I was too lazy to talk, so I let out a casual "hmm".

"It's okay..." He patted my arm, "It's okay..."

I thought he could say something to let me out in the future, but it turned out that he was "nothing" for a long time and didn't say anything.I was also impatient to wait, so I just fell asleep.

After waking up in the morning, I realized that the noble arm of His Royal Highness was being pressed under my head, and the other was held in my arms.I'm really ashamed.

I was sleepy and staring, feeling that he was going to leave, I didn't let go subconsciously, but hugged him a little tighter.Probably because of the cold.

He whispered in my ear, "Come back tonight."

"Oh." I replied and let go.

I wasn't really looking forward to it, but I waited in the house for a while at night.

Instead of waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, an unexpected guest came.That person seemed to be a master, he hid his breath very well, he landed on the roof steadily and peeked down.

I couldn't figure out what he wanted to do, so I could only keep my face.

Unexpectedly, he stayed for a while and left without doing anything.This person is afraid of being idle.

It seems that there are more and more boring people in this world, I thought to myself.

***

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for me to meet this boring person again.

Wearing a purple robe, he landed in my room without disturbing anyone.At that time, I was holding my teacup to warm my hands, and when I was startled by him, half the cup of hot tea spilled out and dripped down from the table.

The man looked quite polite, and said, "My lord is Xiao Wuyang."

"Chu Fang." I said.

At this time, I was thinking, there is someone who can turn a blind eye to the guards in this palace. If I knew this, I should have hired him to rescue me from the beginning.

"Then I'll call you Ah Chu," he said.

This person is crazy.

I couldn't help but smile at him, "I don't know you well."

"I've already said it, my name is Xiao Wuyang, isn't this just acquaintance?" Xiao Wuyang was a little impatient.

After he finished saying this, I wanted to say something more, but the back of my neck hurt, and I didn't know what happened.

When I woke up again, the place I was in had changed.

Xiao Wuyang sat across from me with his arms folded, and I was tied to the stool with an iron chain.

I asked, "What do you mean, Your Excellency?"

"Just a favor from you."

"That's what you said, there's no need..." Before I could finish my sentence, Xiao Wuyang gestured for me to stop, thinking that I had to bow my head under the eaves, so I kept my mouth shut.

Then a man in black behind me hurriedly held up a painting and handed it to Xiao Wuyang.It was only then that I realized that his gesture was not telling me to shut up, but asking me to take the painting.

He unfolded the painting at will.

The person in the painting, judging from the face, is clearly me, but the person in the painting is dressed in iron armor, with a heroic look on his brows and a heroic posture. After seeing it, I feel ashamed.

"Why do you have my portrait?" I asked.

Xiao Wuyang raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said, "This man's name is Wei Yan, and he was a unparalleled general at that time."

I froze for a moment, and didn't know how to react. It turned out that General Wei, who was always compared with me in the rumors, had a face that was just like mine.

This little general Wei, I have heard many stories about him before, most of them are gossips among neighbors after dinner.

Folk rumors don't talk about achievements, they only talk about romantic anecdotes.The most talked about is this little general Wei.It is said that the emperor of the dynasty had a very close friendship with this young general. When the young general was idle in the capital, there were rumors that the two held candles to discuss military matters. statement.

Of course, folk rumors cannot be trusted, but rumors are always not groundless.

Xiao Wuyang said: "I'm too lazy to talk about it. I just need you to do one thing. I'll give you an identity and get you into the palace. With your face, you can make the emperor fascinated. Then, slowly Just let him die."

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid..."

Before I finished speaking, Xiao Wuyang laughed coldly and interrupted me, "I know you definitely don't agree, so I will find a way to get you to agree willingly - don't blame anyone, only blame , you gave birth to this face."

Before I figured out what he meant, he went out on his own.I was tied up and couldn't turn around, but I could hear the sound behind me like an iron door.

The light that came in just now should have also come in from the open door. Once the door was closed, the room I was in was completely dark.

I blinked hard, but I was still blind and couldn't see anything.

It stands to reason that when people can't see things, their hearing will be particularly sharp, but I held my breath, but I still couldn't hear anything.Here, it's like a ghost, it's eerily quiet, and I'm alone.

I don't know how long it's been, but I think I'm going crazy anyway.

At the beginning, I could still grit my teeth and persist, but after that period of time, I found that what tormented me was not only hunger and physical exhaustion, but also the fear of this absolutely quiet environment.

When I still had the strength, I tried to make some noise by myself, but as time went by, I finally had no strength to move anymore. At this time, only my brain was moving bluntly, clamoring for fear .

If this is how that Xiao Wuyang made me submit, then I can tell him that I have already surrendered.

When I didn't even have the strength to give in, the door behind me finally opened, and the light that leaked in made me almost cry.

I managed to keep my eyes open, but the people who came in were all dressed in black, quietly and without making a sound.They carried a tin bucket.Even though I am so confused that I am almost unconscious, I can still smell the choking and spicy smell in it.

chilli water.

I wanted to say something, but couldn't say it at all.

Those men in black pried open my mouth involuntarily, like ghosts, and poured the chili water directly down my throat.Not to mention that they are restraining me, even if I want to resist, I don't have the strength right now.They didn't stop until all the pepper water was poured down.

To be honest, my stomach was empty, and it was quite uncomfortable to suddenly pour so much chili water, but I am really weak these days, so the sensitivity of my perception is not very high, and it took me a long time to come up with the feeling of wanting to vomit. a feeling of.

It’s so hard to die, those black clothes unhurriedly punched my stomach fiercely, and all the pepper water came up backwards, dripping out of my nose and mouth.My eyes were full of tears, and I couldn't describe how I felt, but I felt that it was better to die.

The pepper water was poured twice in succession before Xiao Wuyang appeared.

He circled around me and said, "Haven't fainted yet, good job."

I half-closed my eyes, and I didn't even have the energy to think anymore.

He pinched my chin and continued: "What's the matter, do you want to help me with this?"

At this moment, I suddenly became stubborn and ignored him.

As if he knew it, he said, "Then, I will add another bargaining chip, the life of His Royal Highness, do you agree with me or not?"

To be honest, at this time, my brain has long been unable to turn, and I am doing everything by instinct. After hearing the words Your Highness the Crown Prince, all the grievances in my heart suddenly surged up.I feel wronged, I feel that he should come to save me, and I also feel that this bargaining chip is too heavy.

Then, I glared at him several times.

Still agreed.

"Then you should be called Ah Chu, actor Ah Chu." Xiao Wuyang said.