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"Hey, Mrs. Tang is so elegant. She was admiring the flowers and trees early in the morning, so the servants have a hard time looking for it!"

Hearing the words, Tang Ci turned his face to the side, and at some point beside him stood a servant in a blue shirt, with no patch on his chest and back, and only a tooth plate hanging on the golden jade belt around his waist.

She cupped her hands and said: "The weather is the most refreshing in late summer and early autumn. After sitting in the house for a long time, my legs and feet feel numb, so I thought about going to the yard to soothe and relax. I never wanted to tire my father-in-law."

The servant covered his mouth and smiled softly, showing a womanly look: "Your Majesty Tang, you are being polite. Which of the adults in the Hanlin Academy is not busy with all kinds of affairs? The servants obey the orders of the masters, and running a few more times is considered to be active, so why not?" It's a matter." He wiped the sweat from his forehead, straightened the brim of his hat, and cleared his throat, "A servant is no more than a little eunuch who passes on the message to the imperial court, and cannot be called 'father-in-law'. Originally, a humble name is not worthy of your ears. If you don't mind , call your servant Zhang Ji."

Since the emperor Tai/Zu of the Jin Dynasty, eunuchs were forbidden to read and practice calligraphy as a lesson from the past.Until the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, he saw that the government was controlled by his relatives, the emperor was reduced to a puppet, corruption was rampant, people's livelihood was withered, and the country would be ruined.Chengzu, who was still guarding the border for the Lingzhou vassal king, cooperated with several courtiers and generals serving in Beijing, relying on Xuanzong's internal servants to inform and obtain information.Xuanzong was seriously ill, and the imperial edict of Zen located in Chengzu was secretly sent out by his servants in a box. His relatives took the opportunity to usurp the throne, and Chengzu invaded the imperial capital at the right time and made the edict public. , Guotai Minan.

Therefore, since Chengzu came to the throne, although he did not overthrow the Tai/zu's decree, he set up an inner book hall in the palace, with the officials of the Imperial Academy as teachers, and selected the servants who were in elementary school to study and practice calligraphy.Although he can't interfere in politics, under the influence of classics, there is no shortage of learned and elegant talkers who are not willing to lag behind others.

Zhang Ji in front of him, judging from his tall and straight figure with black hair on the sideburns, should have entered the palace since he was a child. At this time, he is only in his twenties, and it is not unusual for him to speak differently than ordinary eunuchs.

Tang Ci withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, fixed his eyes on Zhang Ji, and smiled again: "Eunuch Zhang is joking, there are 24 yamen in the inner palace, one in a hundred who can get into the front of the imperial court, you can afford to say 'Elder-in-law'."

Zhang Ji had heard too much flattery, and was used to the sloppy face, let alone a single word, even a single word could tell the true feelings in it.People are born to love beauty and dislike ugliness, and eunuchs are no exception. He looked at Tang Ci from a distance before and felt that Tang Ci's appearance was very good. Listening to Tang Ci's tone of sincerity and sincerity, a smile blossomed on his face, and he gave a thumbs-up to praise: "Master Tang not only writes the article well, but also cuts the pears together, and he is also pleasing to the eye. No wonder he only entered the Imperial Academy for half a year. , Your Majesty has sent an errand!"

"What's the errand?" It was the mouth that turned faster than the brain, and Tang Ci blurted out before he had time to recall the memorials and newspapers that had been sent to the Imperial Academy recently, hoping to find clues.

Even Shen Yi, the number one scholar, is still studying government affairs in the Imperial Academy, and Tang Ci, a mere supplementary Tanhua, has given him an extra errand. This is a great happy event. The subtle shape of the day is very different and impatient, and said: "The thirteenth of next month will be the birthday of Princess An Ning. Your Majesty has appointed you to write a congratulatory message!"

Princess Anning...Eldest Princess Anning? !

Tang Ci took a slight step back, took a few deep breaths of air-conditioning, clenched his hands tightly into fists covered in the wide sleeves of his robe, calmed down, forced the corners of his mouth to smile and asked: "Which Princess An Ning, I How come I never heard of it."

How can you look like you haven't heard of it?Zhang Ji rolled his round eyes, thinking that Tang Ci didn't seem like someone who deliberately made things difficult for him with old affairs and palace secrets, so he suppressed his doubts and leaned forward to explain: "His Royal Highness An Ning lives in the deep palace all the year round, recuperating from illness and self-cultivation. Show up, adults don't know, it should be..."

"Healing and self-cultivation? Is she sick? What's wrong?" Before Zhang Ji could finish his sentence, Tang Ci grabbed his shoulders and asked questions like cannonballs, wanting to burst into tears.

Zhang Ji was full of astonishment, and said dully: "You are crazy, you have been ill for about ten years. Your majesty is kind and loving, and invited imperial doctors and even famous folk doctors to treat his illness, but none of them recovered."

"Crazy...Crazy..." Tang Ci murmured and repeated several times, his footsteps swayed, his eyes were slack and dull, and the corners of his mouth were pulled into a sarcastic smile, "kindness and kindness? Kindness and kindness... so kind !"

Zhang Ji's shoulders ached from being pinched by Tang Ci, and he was only trying to break free from it, but he couldn't distinguish her intriguing and worthwhile tone for a while.In the past, when serving in front of the imperial court, I heard people talk about Tangci's perverted and eccentric temperament. Today, when I got the emperor's oral order, I came here tremblingly, but as the saying goes, a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands. Surprisingly strong?

After a long time, Tang Cifang lowered his eyelids, let go of his hands, and bowed to salute: "Tang has received His Majesty's grace. He is young and energetic and can't hide his joy. He is so abrupt. I hope my father-in-law will forgive me." She paused again, and said lightly, "I will definitely do my best in the congratulatory message, and I will give it a beautiful pen and ink, and please give me a few good words in front of His Majesty."

Zhang Ji grinned and rubbed his shoulders, Tang Ci suddenly stuffed a piece of silver, and the groaning stopped abruptly.He looked around vigilantly, and put it in his arms calmly, with a smile on his face: "It's easy to say! Master Tang just chooses words and sentences calmly, so the servant will go back to report the matter?"

Tang Ci raised his hand and said, "Eunuch, please go ahead."

When the corner of the green robe was hidden in the corner door and could not be found again, Tangci turned his back and leaned on the thick sycamore tree trunk, closing his eyes and sobbing.

"Queen, didn't you say that I can see my little sister today? Where is she?" The three or four-year-old child had just grown to the height of an adult's knees, and his little hand dragged the luxuriously dressed young woman beside him a few times. The voice was childish but not timid, which made everyone in the hall burst into laughter.

The woman also covered her face with a fan and let out a light laugh, touched the back of the child's neck, pointed with a distant hand, and said softly: "Silly child, isn't that your sister?"

The child swayed towards the woman with delicate hands and feet. He was a little shorter, stepped on his feet and looked at it. He frowned and exclaimed: "Wrinkled, so ugly!"

Babies have three baths today, and the most taboo is swearing, let alone their biological mother is watching?

The woman took a few steps closer, patted the child on the head, and reprimanded him sternly: "Don't talk nonsense."

The woman who was a few years older than him, although her face was as white as paper due to the exhaustion of childbirth, could not hide her beautiful appearance, she hurriedly hugged the extremely wronged child into her arms, rubbed her head distressedly, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay No matter, Yongjia is young, my sister is too strict, be careful to scare her."

The white horse passes through the gap, jumping the sun and the moon.

It is also the summer of the year, and the envoys of the vassal states pay tribute to rare treasures.

The three or four-year-old girl was held on her mother's lap, her dark eyes skipped over the piles of delicate gadgets on the square table, and stared straight at the string of pearls in the hands of her sister who was several heads taller than herself, and couldn't look away.

"Yongjia, you are the elder sister, An Ning is the younger sister, you should be courteous." The woman sitting in the center has no trace of age on her face, her tone is still calm and indifferent.

Yongjia casually picked up another string of pearls on the table, held it out to An Ning, waved it in front of An Ning, and said with a cold face, "This is a couple, do you want it?"

An Ning nodded with a vague understanding, and reached out with her little hand, touching the end of the string of pearls, it was cool.

Yongjia pulled his hand violently, with a hint of cleverness in his eyes, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Call me sister."

An Ning has grown up to this age, except for "Father Emperor" and "Mother Concubine", she has almost never called anyone else, it is a time of worry and helplessness.

After a while, An Ning softly said: "Sister." It didn't sound jerky, but logically it was caused by a cowardly temperament and fear of life, everyone was relieved.

Only then did the woman caress the back of Yongjia's neck in comfort, and she leaned close to An Ning's ear and told her that no one heard her: "Hanshan was ill, so he took medicine and went to sleep. When she wakes up, don't mention it in front of her." This matter, or I will take your pearl back!"

He looked at An Ning's mother and smiled, quite helplessly. This child knew how to threaten with money at a young age.

Seeing An Ning nodding, Yongjia carefully put the third string of pearls left on the table together with his own string.

The past is like smoke, and the past is like a dream.

The smoke curled up endlessly, and the dreamland surrounded him without rest, like the sharp point of a hob, it was a frightening dream for a long time.

When I opened my eyes, I looked at the square sky in the distance cut and pieced together by the cornices of bricks and tiles. Although it is as transparent and clear as before, the coolness has poured from the heart to the fingertips, and it hurts so much!

Huixian Tower.

It was almost late at night, there were very few customers drinking and drinking tea, half of the doors of the shop were closed, and occasionally one or two came in in a hurry, and they also came to drink wine with a flagon.

The shopkeeper stood behind the counter and ate melon seeds, and looked a few steps away. Tang Ci sat alone at the table, and another pot of wine was drained.

This Tang Ci... what happened today?Don't make any trouble drinking here by yourself. Recently, Beijing has not been peaceful, and troubles can be avoided if possible.

He hurriedly stood up and called the industrious Xiao Er, winking.

Xiao Er understood, and each mixed a few scoops of water when fetching the wine.

Suddenly, a young woman walked in with a pipa in her arms, looked around shyly, and saw that the shopkeeper had no intention of chasing her away, and the guests were kind-hearted, so she played and sang the lyrics.Taiping Shengshi likes to talk about the love between Yingying, Yanyan, men and women, and most of the songs she chooses are from the boudoir Xichun in "Hua Jian Ji". With the skillful piano and instrument skills and the soft and melodious voice mixed with Wu Nong's soft words, it makes people feel happy. I was fascinated by it and won applause from all over the house.

This kind of prostitutes who come in without calling and sing at the seats, and the refugees who do their jobs are called Zhake. Most of the top restaurants in the capital drive them away. Huixianlou is no exception during the day, and at night they only want to show kindness. Keep your eyes open as much as possible.

This woman was lucky, and she was rewarded with some money not long after, and a flirtatious young man threw a folding fan at her, and he knew it was worth a lot just from the ivory fan bones.

Most of the poor are content with their happiness and cannot look forward to Sichuan. The woman thanked her with a bow and turned to leave.

Suddenly a heavy bag of money was thrown from the side, the woman immediately caught it, and went to look for the rich official.

Tang Ci held the mouth of the altar with one hand, poured it heavily, hiccupped, and pointed at the woman frequently with his jade finger, shaking his head and shouting: "Why are you going? It's not closed yet! But this shopkeeper who is as stingy as Yan Jiansheng is kicking out again ?”

The face of the shopkeeper who suffered from the misfortune of the pond turned pale, because Tangci is now an official and it is not easy to get angry, so he slandered: I don’t know how many jars of hibiscus liquid you have paid on credit these few years, and each jar is worth five dollars. Ten Wen and silver coins!I also allowed you to drink here, why are you being stingy?

The woman saw that although she seemed drunk, her clothes were still bright, her facial features were clear and handsome, and a few clouds flew over her face, she lowered her head and said in a low voice: "It has nothing to do with shopkeeper Xu. My family has earned enough money, and I am anxious to go home to take care of the sick." old father."

Tang Ci muttered for some reason, took out his cuffs and touched his bosom, and threw the official seal that he grabbed at random to the woman: "Sing a song with me before you leave!"

The woman looked at the silver pouch in her left hand, and then at the official seal on her right hand. She couldn't laugh or cry for a while, she knew that she must be very drunk, but she felt that her demeanor was very cute, not a bit of the mess of an ordinary man when he was drunk Unbearable, he walked a few steps closer and put the official seal in front of her eyes, and said with a smile: "What do you want to hear, sir?"

"Wu Ye Cry."