Chang'an ancient meaning

The emperor came back at noon, served by Princess Taiping after lunch, his expression was gloomy, and he didn't want to talk to her, so he let her go back home early.Princess Taiping got off the car in front of the gate of the mansion, Xue Chongjian smiled and got off the horse, opened the curtain for his mother as usual, and helped her get out of the car, Princess Taiping glanced at him and remained silent.The son-in-law Wu You hurriedly came forward and said, "What will the family say when they return to the palace?" Princess Taiping gave him a glance and said, "Is it okay for our mother and son to tell you one by one?"

Wu Youji's face froze, although he had been married for four years and they had raised a daughter, but he was always a little shy in front of Princess Taiping and the emperor, so he didn't dare to say anything more at this time, he just smiled sarcastically.Princess Taiping said: "Huanu said he wanted to change the screen, I'll go and have a look, you don't have to follow."

Princess Taiping dragged Xue Chongjian into Xue Chongjian's room, and then gave a word to the personal maid, dismissed everyone, and looked at Xue Chongjian quietly.Being stared at by her mother's phoenix eyes, Xue Chongjian was a little flustered, but she pretended to have nothing to do with a smile and said, "Mother, I want a screen for playing polo, and let those painters draw more pictures, one in a few days. Change."

Princess Taiping sneered and said, "Where's that cat you played with a few days ago?" Xue Chongjian said inwardly that it was terrible, but she still laughed and said, "Last night, it ran up to the room, but it didn't come down even if I called, so I don't know how to run away." Where did it go?" Princess Taiping said again: "What about the cat in the house? Have you hidden it?" Xue Chongjian pretended to be calm and said, "What kind of cat is in the house? I don't know!" Princess Taiping was furious and shouted. : "You're still not telling the truth! Do you think the house can't be found out! You'll die when you find out the original cat!" Xue Chongjian knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he stuck out his tongue and said, "It's okay, I'll let it go!" In my stationery box, let Shi Chun take it out of the palace and throw it away, grandma won't find it again."

At this moment, the door just opened, and the maid went back, holding a cane more than two feet long in her hand, shivering and said: "Princess." Taiping snatched it away, and told her: "Go and tell the outside, Give Shi Chun fifty lashes, and send the whole family back to Chang'an Zhuangzi as slaves."

Xue Chongjian was startled at this moment, and hurriedly grabbed Taiping's skirt and said, "Mum, he doesn't know anything, and he doesn't know where the cat came from. He just followed my orders." Taiping stared at him coldly. With a glance, he waved his hand to signal the lady-in-waiting to go out, and said with a dark face: "You are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to interfere with the affairs of the house!" Xue Chongjian said: "I hate them bullying that cat, so I want to teach them a lesson. "

Hearing what he said lightly, Taiping was really angry and angry.Usually when he made trouble with Wu Youji at home, he just let his servants catch mice and cockroaches and hide them in Wu Youji's boot toe, and the birds raised by Wu Youji, he let them go when he saw them pleasing to the eye. Those who don't like it will be beaten to the tiger's teeth.She laughed about such trivial matters, but unexpectedly spoiled him so much that he didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and thought that the imperial palace was still the same as her own home. When she thought of her mother's face in the court today, a chill rolled down her heart, and she said angrily: "My lord is Emperor, if you dare to coax her, you are deceiving the emperor, and you know what a crime it is to deceive the emperor!"

It's not that Xue Chongjian has never heard of the death of a bully, but it's just like a passing wind when his mother said it. He stuck out his tongue and said: "Grandma loves me the most, so she is not willing to kill me." The rattan twitched, and shouted: "I won't kill you, but I have to let you know how powerful it is, come here!"

Xue Chongjian was taken aback by the sound of "Woo", and only hoped to act like a spoiled child as before and get away with it. He took a step forward, swayed a corner of the peaceful robe and said with a smile: "My mother scolded me. Remember, I won’t dare again in the future. Grandma doesn’t know, so don’t hit me.” Taiping said coldly, “When your grandma finds out, you won’t be able to get beaten!” Xue Chongjian thought for a while, and then asked: “Ah How did mother know that I did it?" Princess Taiping said angrily: "You were raised by me, so I wouldn't know about you!" Xue Chongjian smiled flatteringly: "Mother is really brave, she even knows this."

No matter how helpless and funny Taiping was in his heart, his face was still as cold as ice, and he said: "I asked you to come here, did you hear?" Her appearance was originally similar to that of the Queen, with wide forehead and phoenix eyes, and she was born with a solemn dignity.Xue Chongjian looked at his mother for a moment, and sighed inwardly, so he could only slowly lean forward and lean on the high chair.Taiping lifted the hem of his robe and pinned it to the belt around his waist, and then pulled off his trousers. Suddenly seeing his son's slender legs and slightly raised buttocks, Taiping felt a little sour in his heart: he is so long so big.Immediately, the worry in his heart became more serious. Xue Chongjian was already 12 years old, and he would be promoted to the court in a few years. He still acted recklessly like this, so what if he offended his mother?

She made up her mind to punish Xue Chongjian this time, and her subordinates showed no mercy, and gave him a heavy whip on his raised buttocks.It's not that Xue Chongjian has never been beaten before, and he always thought that he was a few years older, and the punishment of spanking would be easier to bear. Unexpectedly, he heard the sharp sound of rattan piercing the air, and couldn't help being surprised: "This The sound of the thing is so loud." Suddenly, a burning pain burned on the skin, piercing the heart, and the buttocks felt as if a hole had been torn open.He was unprepared, he yelled, he jumped up and was about to stand up, he couldn't help but go back to cover the place where he was beaten, raised his head and looked at his mother in panic: "Grandma, why did you hit me so hard! "

Taiping laughed back angrily, and shouted: "You have the guts to do it, but you don't have the guts to be punished?" Xue Chongjian muttered bitterly: "Mr. said, whipping is an official punishment, and rushing is a teaching punishment. Mom might as well change a ruler or something. Don't use this thing." Taiping didn't bother to chat with him anymore, he pulled his hand away and pushed him down on the chair again, saying: "If you move any more, I will send you to Shangyang Palace, have a look How will your grandma teach you?" Xue Chongjian also knew that the beating was inevitable, so he grabbed the chair legs tightly with both hands.After this moment of turmoil, Wu felt that the welt was burning and painful.He took a breath, and suddenly thought of Li Chengqi. He really didn't know how he endured twenty thorns last time. Then he thought, since the emperor's parrot pecking at the cat didn't work out, uncle will be fine for a while, and cousin should be happy some.Thinking that he had finally done something great for his cousin, and the beating showed that he was just and brave, and his heart was a little more at ease.

Taiping saw that he was obediently lying down this time, and his expression was not as playful as usual, and he also hoped that he would really know his mistake this time.She thought about pampering him too much in the past, and punishing him occasionally, which made him so presumptuous. Thinking about the hard work of raising her son, her heart ached again, and her subordinates put in more effort, The rattan was knocked down heavily.Xue Chongjian yelled: "Mother, just hit five times! Oh, I know I was wrong! Don't dare again! Oh! Ten times! I'm going to die!"

He yelled so loudly, Taiping just hardened his heart and pretended not to hear it. After more than ten blows, the whip marks on Xue Chongjian's buttocks turned from white to red. Taiping's methods were naturally far inferior to those of the servants in the palace who executed the execution The crimson scars are intertwined and messy, just like the rouge on a woman's face.Xue Chongjian only felt a sharp pain in his buttocks. He had never experienced this kind of pain since he was born. He couldn't help it. Seeing his mother flipping the silk like a wave, she was hit by another whip. Hugging Taiping's hand holding the whip, he panted and begged: "Mum, it really... really hurts like hell, I know I was wrong, please forgive me."

Seeing that his fair face was swollen and flushed, and a few lines of sweat and tears crawled on his face, Taiping felt pity and anxiety in his heart, and shouted angrily, "Let go!"

Before Xue Chongjian could speak, the door suddenly opened, and Wu You stood at the door with a smirk on his face, and said, "Princess, Hua Nu is still young, if you make a mistake, just teach him a lesson, and don't beat him too much." Ji was outside listening to the cracking of the whip and Xue Chongjian begging for mercy. Although he was eager for Taiping to teach the little devil in the house a lesson, he did not want to miss this rare opportunity to ease the relationship with Xue Chongjian.Hearing that the fight was almost over, he came in to intercede.

Taiping had no place to vent his anger, and said angrily: "Who let you in! I beat my son and did your business! Get out!" Wu Youji was stunned, looking at the woman who is his wife and king in front of him , I felt a little cold from my hands and feet to my heart.I was in a trance for a moment, wondering why I came to the princess mansion step by step from Bingzhou to Luoyang.He bowed his head and said: "Then... I'll go back first." He retreated out of the room and gently closed the door.

Although Xue Chongjian was severely beaten by his mother, when he heard his mother scold Wu Youji so embarrassingly, she said "I beat my son myself", it was obvious that his mother was more intimate with him, so he couldn't help feeling happy in his heart, feeling that he had been beaten. It's nothing.Taiping turned his face back, saw the color on Xue Chongjian's face, and guessed what he was thinking, and said coldly: "There are still seventeen blows, be honest, don't move." Xue Chongjian grabbed the chair and said: "Then Don't be mad at me after my mother beat me up, okay?"

Taiping only thought that he would mess around and beg for mercy as usual, but unexpectedly, when he said such a sentence, the hand holding the cane trembled.She was stunned for a moment, then lifted the hem of Xue Chongjian's clothes that had been rubbed off, and swung her right hand heavily. For a moment, there were only Xue Chongjian's sighing cries of pain, Taiping's disordered breathing, and the crisp sound of rattan biting flesh.Although Xue Chongjian resisted not moving, he kept talking, and shouted: "Hey! Mom, be gentle! Don't hit there! It's almost enough, Mom, let's rest!" But he was counting silently in his heart, comforting himself Said: "It's okay, it's okay, just hit it and it will be less."

After the thirty canes were finished, the old and new welts covered each other, several scars on the buttocks had turned purple, Xue Chongjian just panted with his mouth wide open.Taiping just wanted to hold her son in her arms and kiss her as she did a few years ago. She didn't know whether it was because he was too old or the matter was too serious this time. She stood silently for a while, and finally raised her face again and said: "You Remember, the supreme is not only your grandma, but also the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the future, you must understand the dignity and inferiority of monarchs and ministers, and if you dare to act recklessly, I will not cover it for you." She threw the cane on the case, turned and walked out. At the door of the room, the strong and warm sunshine in the late spring afternoon shone head-on, making her eyes dazzled, her chest was extremely stuffy, and Taiping's eye sockets couldn't help being sour.

Li Chengqi managed to stay in the mansion until dinner was over, seeing a gorgeous sunset glowing like a raging fire burning half of the western sky, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, he went to Princess Taiping's house to play by himself, and specially changed into a crotchless robe, so that The man took his club and rode to Princess Taiping's mansion.

Princess Taiping personally led him to Xue Chongjian's room, and said in a low voice: "I beat the slave." Li Chengqi trembled, and stood still: "Auntie knows?" Princess Taiping turned around, pressed Li Chengqi's shoulder and said "You know?" Li Chengqi blushed, lowered his head and said, "It's my fault. Hua Nu told me that I didn't try to dissuade him." Hearing that his voice was still hoarse, Taiping felt pity in his heart and thought: This little nephew is about to grow into an adult.She sighed: "His temperament, it's probably useless for you to dissuade him. You can teach him a few more words, Hua Nu is getting older, and he still keeps messing around. I can't watch him every day."

In the past few years, Li Chengqi has seen his aunt come and go in and out of the palace with a graceful manner, as graceful and dignified as a queen, but he seldom heard a hint of tiredness in her tone, so he looked at her silently with compassion in his heart.Princess Taiping smiled lightly, and didn't say much, she just gently shook the fan in her hand, and a few long strands of willow silk brushed straight to her hair bun, trembling slightly on the golden phoenix steps, the indescribable beauty under the setting sun be quiet.So much so that during the Kaiyuan period, historians and folks heard about Princess Taiping's domineering, extravagant, extravagant and lustful. In Li Chengqi's heart, the shadow of his aunt was embedded in a gentle picture that evening.

Li Chengqi nodded: "I know."

Although Xue Chongjian was beaten and imprisoned in the room by his mother, he couldn't bear to be lonely. He remembered the day when Li Longji and Li Chengqi played chess, so he asked Shi Chun to teach him how to play chess.Shi Chun used to serve Xue Shao, and also learned some game skills, so he taught him the most basic rules such as tapping the air grapes. Xue Chongjian is very smart, and he can remember clearly in less than half a day, and he can come and go with Shi Chun. Playing underground.He heard the sound of the bead curtain, raised his head and said pleasantly, "Cousin, you are here!"

Li Chengqi saw Xue Chongjian wearing only a small silk gown, lying on his side on the couch, having fun with Shi Chun who was kneeling under the couch, when he looked up, his face was full of surprise, he didn't look like a person who was beaten and punished at all. Just angry.He walked forward without saying a word, glanced at the chessboard, and knew that Xue Chongjian was just a beginner with a very shallow way of chess, so he gestured to Shi Chun and said, "Go down, and I will teach him." After losing his playmate, he was finally liberated, and hurriedly kowtowed and went out.

Li Chengqi said: "Auntie hit you?" Xue Chongjian felt that his cousin finally understood the suffering he had suffered for him, and immediately said with a heroic smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, just hit it lightly a few times, it's no longer a hindrance." Li Chengqi Glancing at him again, she stepped forward and pulled his arm and said, "Let me see." Xue Chongjian was a little embarrassed, and said, "It's really fine." But she obediently lay down on the couch and asked Li Chengqi to take off her pants.

Although he was given anti-swelling medicine, after half a day of coagulation, most of the interlaced welts on Xue Chongjian's buttocks turned purple. Li Chengqi felt a sharp pain in his heart, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He comforted him and said: "It was just a pain at the time, but it's nothing now." Li Chengqi saw that he had no intention of repenting or fearing at all, and it was obvious that his aunt's painstaking lessons had been wasted, so he was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped his butt hard. Palm said: "That's not enough!"

Xue Chongjian yelled "Ah", although his buttocks were wounded, but Li Chengqi's slap was better than his mother's cane.In his heart, he was more amazed and dazed than in pain, he stared blankly at Li Chengqi and said, "Cousin..."

Li Chengqi caught a glimpse of the cane on the table, secretly squeezed it a few times, then stood up and held it in his hand, and then said with a cold face: "I told you that you are not allowed to do anything to that cat, why didn't you listen?"

Li Chengqi's voice was hoarse, and he uttered these words in a low voice, with a hint of darkness.Xue Chongjian has been playing with his cousin since he was born. He has seen Li Chengqi sigh helplessly, smile indulgently, occasionally get angry, and twist his face and buttocks, but this is the first time he has seen his cousin use Talking to him with such a tone and expression, holding a whip in his hand.Li Chengqi's back was facing the door, his delicate face was sunk into the shadows, Xue Chongjian didn't know why, but he was terrified in his heart, and felt that the most important thing in the world was to see Li Chengqi's face clearly.There is still a glimmer of hope in his heart, as long as he leans closer, he can see the gentle smile on the corner of Li Chengqi's mouth, and the pity and love hidden in his eyes.

He got up from the couch and said with a forced smile: "What are you doing, cousin..." Before he could finish speaking, Li Chengqi pressed him hard, and he still lay on the couch, slapping his buttocks hard.The swollen marks on his buttocks were not healed, the whip was hitting the sore spot on the buttocks, and the severe pain spread like boiling oil.Xue Chongjian let out a muffled groan, shivered all over, and suddenly a layer of sweat broke out on his back, and he couldn't help turning back to cover his buttocks, just as Li Chengqi hit him with another whip, and it hit his knuckles.

Xue Chongjian felt like an electric shock in his hand, and the sharp pain made his whole arm numb, and his heart was a mess clogged with pain and grievance.He rolled on the couch in a hurry, curled his legs and pressed his burning buttocks against the screen, letting the coolness of the puli ease the pain slightly, his left hand tightly clenched his right knuckles, his pretty face was flushed red, and he opened his eyes. Looking at Li Chengqi with big eyes in disbelief, he said, "You...why did you hit me!"

Li Chengqi hit him twice, the pain in his heart was like a knife gouging out, but he said silently: "I beat you so cruelly, but I don't want you to suffer more. After all, I can't let you be like uncle." His face was sombre Said: "Think for yourself! Come here!"

Xue Chongjian heard these cold words and reprimands from the two closest relatives within a day.It's all right for his mother to beat him, but his mischief is to make Li Chengqi happy in the final analysis. Who would have expected that Li Chengqi would not only be ungrateful, but also beat him so cruelly.He looked at the strange figure, and remembered that Li Chengqi seldom played with him these days, and asked him not to come, and went to find him by himself, but he also remained silent. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind: Brother's younger brothers have all learned to ride horses and play ball, and the crow slave can also play chess. My cousin no longer needs him to play with him, and he doesn't love him anymore.

Xue Chongjian was so frightened by his own thoughts that his hands and feet were cold. He stared at Li Chengqi for a while, then suddenly put his foot on the screen and cried, "I want you to make me happy so I can change grandma's cat!" Tears welled up, and he choked up and said, "You just hang out with the crow slaves all day long! You don't like me anymore! You hate you!" It's not that he doesn't know where he is wrong. Comfort him a few words, just like when I was a child, and said with a light smile: "Hu Bai, my cousin loves you the most."

The Poli screen was turned over by Xue Chongjian's stool, and immediately fell into thousands of crystal fragments. Li Chengqi's chest heaved several times, and he pulled out the belt from the robe that Xue Chongjian had taken off by the couch, and said coldly: "You asked me to tie you up." Hit!" He knelt down on the couch, dragged Xue Chongjian to the side of the couch, twisted his hands and tied them.Xue Chongjian was stunned for a while, neither believing it nor feeling that his cousin would really hit him, and he didn't struggle hard, so he just shouted: "You just hate me! If you want to hit me and make me angry, then you won't fight!" Play with me!"

Li Chengqi heard that he was still entangled in these trivial matters, and his hands trembled with anger. Seeing that his legs were still kicking around, he simply untied the belt of his robe and tied his ankles.He picked up the cane and put it on his buttocks, and shouted in a deep voice: "You have thought it through!" Xue Chongjian pressed his chest on the couch, feeling that his internal organs were suffocated and sad, and shouted: "I suffer for you!" Mother beat me, you don't appreciate it, you still beat me!" Li Chengqi felt great grief, he would rather hurt Hua Nu's heart this time, than let him repeat the same mistakes in the future, he gritted his teeth and said, "Who asked you to do it for me!"

Xue Chongjian was struggling on the bed, but when he heard this, he felt as if he had been splashed with cold water. He somehow remembered a poem he had learned a few days ago, and he just hugged it, fearing that the king would not notice it.He had been excited for several days, proud of his plan, and when he felt that he had finally done something serious for his cousin, it turned out that he didn't care at all.He rushed up angrily, and said: "That's because I'm free! I deserve it! I'm free to find something to do!"

Li Chengqi was so angry that he swiped the cane on his buttocks hard. It was the first time that Xue Chongjian was beaten by his cousin. The resentment and grievance in his heart magnified the pain that could have been endured dozens of times, and he felt that the cane was still soft. , it was obvious that the iron teeth and steel teeth bit into his own flesh and blood, the pain made the muscles on his buttocks tremble wildly, and tears burst out of his eyes.In a haze, he looked sideways and saw the small silk sac hanging from Li Chengqi's waist. It was made for him by his mother, and he never forgot to give it to his cousin. Now he still has it, and when he returns home, Will it be taken off?It turns out that the saddest thing in this world is not that no one gives me a gift, but that the person holds a sincere heart, but that person doesn't want it.