Chang'an ancient meaning

After Xue Huaiyi's death, Li Chengqi worried for Xue Chongjian on behalf of Xue Chongjian for a long time, but after one month passed, Xue Chongjian still came to climb trees and climb over walls every day. Hearing that the emperor's anger had subsided, he summoned Princess Taiping to the palace to gossip, mother and daughter reconciled as before, Li Chengqi Only gradually did I feel relieved.That evening, the five brothers went back to their houses. Li Chengqi unfolded the scroll under the lamp, and heard the sound of the lock being unlocked in the front yard. He thought it was the servant who came to deliver the food, but then he heard a clear and crisp voice saying loudly: " Li Chengqi, Prince of Shouchun County, accepts the order!"

Li Chengqi was taken aback. Since they were locked in, the imperial edicts were all to observe the ritual several times, and he never had any edicts for himself.He was only wearing a homely robe, and he didn't know if he needed to change, and there was no incense table in the room, so he straightened his head and hurried out.The person who came to announce the decree was a young servant with an unfamiliar face, but his features were very delicate, he had already stood in the center of the courtyard, Li Chengqi had no choice but to lift his robe and kneel down.The servant said: "Your Majesty has a decree, Li Chengqi, the king of Xuanshouchun County, will go to the Fragrant Hall to meet you!"

Li Chengqi was in a turmoil, but he didn't dare to delay, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, and I will change clothes immediately to see you." The servant looked him up and down, but smiled lightly: "Your Highness, it is very good to dress like this , do you still want to change into the court clothes?" Li Chengqi couldn't figure out why the emperor was looking for him any more, and when he got up, he put his hands in his sleeves and trembled slightly.Hearing the voice, his brothers all came to the door to watch, with concern on their faces, Li Longji stepped out of the hospital, and said, "Are you calling us, or the eldest brother alone?" King Shouchun County, please rest assured, Your Highness, today is a good day, the slaves must have sent King Shouchun back unscathed."

Only then did Li Chengqi know that the person here to pass the decree was a court lady dressed as a man, although he couldn't guess that something good would happen, he finally felt a little relieved.Li Longji shook Li Chengqi's hand, and whispered: "Brother, be careful." Li Chengqi nodded, and followed the maid out of the door. The gate of the courtyard was locked. He turned his head and saw Li Longye still standing by the door to watch. The lit light reflected on the cotton paper window, warm as the stars on a spring night.

Li Chengqi followed her all the way to the Fragrant Hall, and first smelled a faint fragrance of sinking water when entering the hall.He didn't smell the fragrance for a long time, looking at the green glazed lotus petal Panlong Boshan furnace on the table, he felt nostalgic for a moment, and stopped outside for a moment.Hearing the clear and bright voice inside, he chanted: "Erba spring covers the door, and the curtain loves the sky. Tears wipe the night candle, and the melancholy is in the spring breeze. The clever smile is suspicious, and the new makeup song is not over yet. Should be pity, keep dancing In the clothes..." The chant sounded like a spring spring rinsing a stone, and it was sweet to the ear, blending with the faint fragrance of the sinking water, making Li Chengqi wonder if he had gone to the wrong place.

Hearing the emperor's voice suddenly, he said with a smile: "This Du Shenyan is more than 50 years old, and the things he wrote are lingering and charming. I think of a poem I wrote when I was young, and the meaning is somewhat similar to his." The emperor said here , Pausing for a moment, as if thinking about memories, Fang read slowly: "Looking at Zhu Chengbi's thoughts, haggard and scattered, I am Yijun. If you don't believe me, she cried recently, and opened the box to check the pomegranate skirt." The male voice laughed: "Du Shen The words and poems are not free from the style of the six dynasties. This one is just a metaphor for the beauty, and it is just like the people of the Six Dynasties singing about the concubine Ming. How can it be as sincere as this poem by Your Majesty? Where the sex comes." The queen smiled softly, and did not reply.

Seeing that it was empty, the palace maid said outside the door: "Your Majesty, the King of Shouchun County has arrived." The clothes rustled inside, and the emperor said: "Tell him to come in." Li Chengqi suppressed his nervous heartbeat and followed the palace maid inside. , I felt that the breath changed suddenly, from a light agarwood fragrance to a rich and slightly spicy tulip fragrance.The queen was lying on her side on the couch, and a very elegant and beautiful young man dressed in an eighth-rank official uniform and holding a scroll stood by her side.The emperor smiled and said: "Shen Qing, you should step down first." Only then did Li Chengqi know that this person was Shen Nanliao, the imperial doctor mentioned by Xue Chongjian.

Shen Nanliao bowed and responded with a smile: "Yes." Instead of exiting the hall door, he turned into the warm pavilion behind the screen. Li Chengqi's face became slightly hot, and he knelt respectfully in the center of the hall, drooping his eyelids and daring not to speak.

The emperor took a look at his grandson, and saw that Li Chengqi was wearing a half-worn blue robe with a collar and a simple leather belt around his waist. There was no decoration on his whole body, and he looked more and more white-faced, delicate and refined, so he shut him up. One year, but it doesn't seem to be very haggard.She smiled lightly and said, "Fengnu, are you nineteen this year?" Li Chengqi said, "Your Majesty, yes." The emperor nodded and said, "Your old man succeeded the crown prince at the age of 16, and you should know some important things when you are here You are old, Wan'er, show Feng Nu that chapter."

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward and handed a copy of the playbook to Li Chengqi. Li Chengqi kowtowed to the emperor first, and then saw that the playbook mentioned that it was played by the master and guest of Shangshu, and he became more and more puzzled.After a quick look, I saw that the Eastern Turkic Khan Mo Duo intended to make peace with the Holy Dynasty, and requested that the Eastern Turkic princess be married to the sons and grandchildren of the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty.Li Chengqi has been the crown prince for several years and has never been involved in government affairs. When he thought of the emperor's message to him, there was a loud bang in his heart. After a while, many words were swimming like a group of black tadpoles, and he could no longer understand what he was saying.

The emperor guessed that he had finished reading, and said: "Eastern Turks have been raising troops to plunder our northern states for years. This is a serious problem in my heart. They suddenly have the intention of repairing it. Do you think it is credible?" Trembling, all kinds of thoughts came to my mind for a while, and they couldn't get rid of them. It turned out that Hua Nu said a few days ago, I want to face you day and night, so it turned out that it was their extravagant wish after all.

The emperor asked, and he realized that he could not allow himself to hesitate, so he said in a low voice: "Gentleman...the beauty of an adult has always been hated by our princess Pipa of the Han family. It is the blessing of the people in our frontiers to be moved by kindness. Your Majesty... should, agree..."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "You really have grown up. Mo Duo said that his daughter is very beloved, young and delicate, and it is difficult to leave her parents for a while, so she wants her husband and son-in-law to live with them for a while. I expected that the princess's appearance No evil, wait for the Turkic envoys to arrive in a few days, just let them go."

Didn't Li Chengqi know that Eastern Turkic married a princess? He was just afraid that the Celestial Empire would break the contract and wanted to hold a hostage. In recent years, the emperor had fought against Tubo frequently. He won less and lost more, so he had no time to care about Turkic. It's the most irrelevant thing to send yourself.With a wry smile in his heart, he had no choice but to kowtow and say, "With a useless body, I can do a little bit for your majesty. I am very proud and frightened. I... I have a heartless request, and I hope your majesty will grant it."

The emperor said, "Speak."

Li Chengqi said: "The sage said, I am five out of ten, and I am determined to learn. Now I have several younger brothers, and the youngest is 13 years old. After I leave, please let your majesty let them go out of the pavilion to study."

The emperor sneered: "You don't want to suffer at all..." Li Chengqi's forehead dripped with cold sweat, but he pursed his lips and said nothing. No one taught them after they left, so I will allow them to go to the East Palace and live with your father." Li Chengqi knew that this was already a great compromise made by the emperor, so he closed his eyes and thought, "If I can get my younger brothers to reunite with your father, It's worth it." He immediately kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

The palace lady led Li Chengqi out, it was the time when the stars and rivers were turning, and the first round of the moon was rising.Flowers and fruits are planted all over the Fragrant Hall, young peaches and plums are urged by the late spring breeze, and people are drunk in the south wind.Li Chengqi looked at the spring moss under the palace wall, and looked up to see the bright and lonely moon. He felt that this scene was very familiar. For a moment, his heart ached, and his eyes couldn't help the soreness.Seeing him standing still, the maid who sent him out wondered: "Your Highness, what's the matter?" Li Chengqi had no strength at all, so he gently raised his hand and said, "Let me stand still."

He stood outside the courtyard, and there was a thin singing voice coming from nowhere. After careful identification, he could only catch two sentences: "Happy for Shenshuixiang, Nong for Boshan Furnace [1]..." Wu Nong's soft words came from The girls sing with lazy voices, like gossamer, floating in the warm wind, sneaking into the pores of people's bodies, which is particularly provocative.Seeing that he seemed to be listening attentively, the maid pursed her lips and covered her mouth with a smile: "This is the secretary of the Jiaofang practicing singing. The Zhai family is very fond of Nansheng recently."

Li Chengqi nodded, and only Jiangnan women under the white gate had such bold and charming feelings. He thought of that bright spring night a year ago, that rosy young man with a peach blossom face, and suddenly felt that his life was wasted. up.From then on, the color of moss in the erotic palace, the bright moonlight in the autumn tent, the clear day in the summer mat, and the long night in winter, he will be alone.He walked slowly into the shade of a tree, raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes.

Li Chengqi returned to the courtyard, but he never told his younger brothers that he was going to marry the Turks, he only said that the emperor called him to ask about the daily life of the brothers.After a few days, he waited for Xue Chongjian to come in the courtyard as usual, and not long after he saw Xue Chongjian poking his head out of a tree, he just went up to meet him with a smile, when Xue Chongjian jumped directly into the courtyard with a loud "tong", almost bumping into Li Chengqi .Li Chengqi was taken aback, and hurriedly supported him and said, "You didn't fall, did you? You are getting bolder, and you dare to jump from such a height?"

Xue Chongjian stood up slowly, and quietly looked at Li Chengqi, his cold and slightly sullen eyes could not hide his pain after the sullenness.Li Chengqi opened his mouth, he suddenly understood that even Hua Nu knew.In the spring of Zhao Zhao, he felt ashamed that he had nowhere to escape. He deceived Hua Nu again, and this time his lie was exposed in person.The half willow that protruded into the wall floated lightly on their heads like a joke, like an unpredictable mood, or like a waist full of temptation, twisting a variety of styles.Li Chengqi couldn't hide the sweat gradually oozing from his forehead, couldn't hide his shame, he trembled slightly under Xue Chongjian's scrutiny, and finally bowed his head in defeat.

Xue Chongjian asked, "Aunt said, you are going to marry Turkic." Li Chengqi couldn't help laughing, laughing at where he found such a funny and appropriate word, and laughing at his stupidity, thinking that he could hide it until The day before leaving.The corner of his mouth moved a little, but he couldn't laugh anymore, and said weakly: "I'm going to marry the Turkic princess—" His throat was choked, and he lied again: "It's back." Xue Chongjian said angrily: "You have already Got it, why didn't you tell me!"

Li Chengqi found that he really had no reason to reply, he couldn't say it was because of his greed and selfishness, he was greedy for the surprises of meeting each other every day, for the flower slaves happily telling some interesting things outside in his house, for the things that could get rid of the confinement The gloomy laughter, the joy and the calmness of not thinking about the future.He was reluctant to part with these, how could he use parting to destroy what was left of him.

Xue Chongjian stomped his feet and said, "You're always like this." He turned around and stepped on the stepping stone, and turned over the wall again and again.Li Chengqi stood under the wall for a long time, Li Longye and others saw him with a dazed face, and did not dare to ask carefully, Li Chengqi turned around slowly, and suddenly heard a sound behind him, Li Longye said in surprise: "Cousin Hua Nu, you Here?" Li Chengqi suddenly turned around and saw Xue Chongjian squatting on the wall, with a half-smile and said: "The imperial decree hasn't been issued yet, who knows if we can go or not, let him go, let's talk about it on that day." He jumped off the wall, He untied the food around his waist, and said with a smile, "I haven't given you this yet." A few willow branches that were too long were lingering in front of his face, like green smoke, and Li Chengqi seemed to let his hands penetrate the smoke and stroke it The face of eternal longing, he felt distressed thinking about it, but he just smiled along with him, nodded and said: "You are right."

Xue Chongjian said "Let's talk about it on that day", and the matter was delayed until the middle of May before it was brought up again.That day Xue Chongjian was full of joy, entered Li Chengqi's room, and said to A Luo: "Go outside and watch." After closing the door, she smiled and whispered in Li Chengqi's ear: "Your marriage is ruined." Li Chengqi After a daze, he said, "What?"

Xue Chongjian told him in detail that before the Turkic envoys entered the capital of God, there was a military report from the front. The son of Ashina Yuanqing who had fled, Ashina Suizi, suddenly established himself as a khan with ten surnames in Western Turkic, and Send troops to Hezhou.Even the emperor never thought that the 15-year-old boy would fly across the Wanliguan Mountain alone, and return to his hometown alive to become king himself.

Hezhou is located at the junction of Dazhou, Tubo and Turkic. The emperor hurriedly sent Wang Xiaojie to lead the attack, and at the same time decreed that Wu Yanxiu, the son of Wei Wang, was canonized as Huaiyang King, and went to East Turkic to marry the Turkic princess.The ministers all knew that the emperor changed the groom on the spot, because he was afraid that the descendants of the Li family would connect with Suizi of the Western Turks after they arrived in Turkic.This dynasty has always used the method of recruiting the Western Turks to suppress the Eastern Turks to make them contain each other. It is not clear whether the Eastern Turks' desire for peace is true or false, and the Western Turks have turned against each other.

Xue Chongjian sat on the couch, hugged his knees and smiled sideways: "How is it? I say that people are not as good as heaven." Li Chengqi looked at the undisguised joy and satisfaction in Xue Chongjian's eyes, instead of feeling relieved, his heart trembled , looked up and saw that there was no one else in the room, and said with a sullen face: "Did you--message with Suizi?" I know, I must be killed." Li Chengqi's most feared thing was answered so lightly by him, and he pushed him away angrily: "You also know that this is a matter of life!"

Unprepared, Xue Chongjian was pushed back on the couch by him, and said in astonishment, "What's wrong with you? I did it very secretly, and my mother didn't even know about it. I asked him for help this time, and I also took his father's ashes I gave it to him, and I won't write to him again." Li Chengqi couldn't breathe in his chest for a while, stood up and walked around the room for two times, then stood still and looked at Xue Chongjian: "Why did you do this? Seeing the extraordinary anger on Li Chengqi's face, Xue Chongjian vaguely guessed why he was angry, sat up and said, "The East Turkic tribe has been fighting for years, I can't let you go there - don't worry, I told him, Let him pretend to be harassing immediately, and retreat with one blow."

Li Chengqi clenched his fist several times and felt the pain in his palm was unbearable, so he said slowly with tears in his eyes: "Pretend to harass... Do you know that if you retreat with one blow, how many people will suffer from military disasters and their families will be destroyed? You can't bear it." I, the people of Hezhou, are willing to give up their wives, children and family?" Xue Chongjian has seen Li Chengqi get angry a few times since he was a child, the most serious thing is that he beat himself when he changed the cat, never I have seen him describe it like this.Anxious and wronged at the same time, full of heart to judge for himself, many reasons went around his mouth a few times, and he could only come out with one sentence: "Then what do you want me to do?"

Li Chengqi sighed softly, Huanu had suffered too little since childhood, just like King Xuan of Qi who traded sheep for cattle, he only cared about the present and the bottom of his heart, and couldn't let him push himself and others, and drown himself in his own hunger.Li Chengqi sat down slowly, and said: "I would rather die in Turkic than stay in this way." Although his voice was low, he paused every word, and he spoke firmly, Xue Chongjian trembled all over, and stretched out his hand cautiously Pulling Li Chengqi's sleeve, seeing that he hadn't flicked off, he dared to say: "Cousin, don't be angry, it's my fault." For some reason, Li Chengqi burst into anger from the bottom of his heart when he heard these words. From his point of view, it was just a wrong thing, like changing a cat for the emperor, or putting a needle under Wu Youji's saddle, it was an insignificant prank.

Li Chengqi took a few deep breaths, scanned the room with his eyes, saw that there was nothing in his hand, and suddenly saw a black waist fan[2] on his waist, suddenly remembered the origin of this thing, stretched out his hand and said: "Here " Xue Chongjian vaguely guessed what he wanted this thing for, and said with a smile: "This thing is too precious, if it gets interrupted, my cousin can change it..." He looked around, but couldn't find anything useful As a tool of torture, I had to laugh and said: "If you don't use your hands, you can hit it a few more times, and it will hurt."

Li Chengqi felt sore again when he heard him say "Jinggui". That fan was sent by the Japanese envoy to the court this year, and they paid tribute more than ten waist fans made of high-quality nanmu, which could be folded into two fingers wide.The emperor rewarded Xue Chongjian, but Xue Chongjian thought the fan was too plain, so he asked Li Chengqi to draw a landscape, and put a section of Lanting Collection on it.Xue Chongjian has seen many rare treasures since he was a child, and all the golden and jade utensils are used carelessly. He definitely doesn't feel bad because this fan is a tribute, and it's just because he left a few calligraphy and paintings.Li Chengqi didn't force him either, he lowered his hands and turned his face away, and said calmly, "Then you go."

Xue Chongjian didn't expect that he was going to drive him out, and his heart turned cold. He looked at Li Chengqi for a long time, and saw that although he didn't urge him to go out, he never looked at him. The fire is even more shocking.Xue Chongjian bit her lip, knowing that if she procrastinated any longer, he would not pay any attention to her begging him to beat her up, so she slowly pulled out the fan from her waist, and couldn't help but smile wryly: I didn't realize it before, but it was quite Shen.He stuffed the fan into Li Chengqi's hand, knelt down on the couch except for his boots, untied his belt and lifted up his robe, took off his little coat, and lay down on the table without moving.

The author has something to say: [1]: This sentence comes from the folk song "Yang Rebel" in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. I read Li Bai's "Jonge Yang Rebel, Concubine Advises Xinfeng Wine" very early, but this sentence is written in an article about incense burners. When I read it in the prose, my heart swayed at the first sight.I don't know why, but I think the two most erotic sentences I have ever seen, one is it, and the other is Li Houzhu's "It's hard for a slave to come out, so I want Lang to feel sorry for me".

[2]: The waist fan is the folding fan we are talking about now. It is said in the "Book of Southern Qi": "Chu Yuan uses the waist fan to block the sun." This "waist fan", according to the explanation in "Tong Jian Zhu", "is the folding fan. Fan." It was relatively rare before the Song Dynasty, and the round fan was still the main type. It is recorded that Japan paid a batch of tribute to the Tang Dynasty, so I will use it as an imported product here.To be honest, it hurts to pat that thing as a murder weapon.