Chang'an ancient meaning

Li Chengqi's hands were clenched into fists in his sleeves, and he couldn't bear it any longer. He went down the steps and begged, "Sir, Hua Nu is too young to survive a beating. Guaranteed, I will teach him a little bit after school today." Song Song Shou Jie raised his head and said: "When Taizong left this family law, did he say that the younger brother of the prince and the son of the princess can be exempted from punishment?" Li Chengqi was speechless.

As soon as the beating stopped, Xue Chongjian burst into tears again, crying: "Cousin, help! It hurts, I'm going to die..." Then he cried and cursed: "You old man, old man, I'll let my mother beat you back Let grandma kill you!" Song Shoujie said, "There are still eight strokes." He counted "three" in his mouth and drew down another ruler.

The ring ruler was already two inches wide, and it hit Xue Chongjian's little buttocks, but the scars were full after three strokes.The light red buttocks twisted up and down following Xue Chongjian's kicks. In fact, Song Shoujie also knew that Xue Chongjian was young and didn't use too much strength. It's just that Xue Chongjian never clearly knew what "pain" was. The beating was still unbearable, but I felt as if my buttocks were being burned, and the ruler fell as if the skin had been peeled off. I was afraid and painful, so I kept crying.

Li Chengqi was distressed, he knew he couldn't persuade him, but he really couldn't bear to watch. Seeing the red and swollen skin with the ruler, his heart seemed to be pinched severely by a hand.He came over and knelt down and said: "Hua Nu, Hua Nu, confess your mistake to Mr., and if you admit your mistake, Mr. will not beat you." Xue Chongjian was hit by a ruler again, thinking that he was going to die, when he heard that he had confessed his mistake You don't have to hit me, and cried: "I was wrong! I was wrong! Don't hit me!"

Song Shoujie didn't expect that he was jumping up and down arguing with himself just now, but now he admitted his mistake so quickly, annoyed and funny, and said with a straight face: "Since you are willing to admit your mistake, you won't be punished. You have to finish the ten blows. He twitched again, although the force was lighter, but Xue Chongjian only cared about the pain in his buttocks, how could he carefully distinguish whether this stroke was not as painful as before, he was angry and wronged at the same time, and cried loudly while kicking: "Cousin! He lied, he didn't count! He beat me! My ass is on fire, cousin save me! He's a bad guy! I'm not going to school, I want to go home, I want grandma! Granny! Daddy! Come and save me! Uncle! Aunt! Come and save me!"

He cried and called out all the helpers he could think of and who could help, Song Shoujie finally finished ten strokes of the ruler, let go of his hands and straightened up, and scolded: "If you do it again next time, you will be punished twice!"

Xue Chongjian only felt that his buttocks were on fire like a charcoal basin was set up. As soon as his hands were free, he hurriedly went back to cover his buttocks with his hands, but he felt hot, and cried: "Cousin, cousin, he beat me to bleed, Am I going to die?" Li Chengqi hurried up, gently took his hand away to have a look, and saw that his skin was just a little red and swollen, he felt relieved, and comforted him: "No, it's all right, there is no bleeding."

He gently covered Xue Chongjian's trousers and carried him off the desk. Towel, he wiped his face with the sleeve of his jacket.Xue Chongjian put his arms around his neck and cried, "Cousin...Cousin...I'm in so much pain..." Li Chengqi rubbed his hands behind him and comforted him: "It's okay, you will be good from now on. , Mister won’t hit you anymore.”

Song Shoujie glanced at them and sighed exhaustedly.

As usual, after the sutra banquet of the emperor and the crown prince, they should give the banquet under the verandah.But now the Empress Dowager ordered the banquet to be held in the Wude Hall. After all the lecturers and serving officials thanked the Prince, they were guided by the eunuchs and went out of the East Palace to the Wude Hall.The young men from various families were also led out by eunuchs, Xue Chongjian was still wiping his eyes and moaning, Li Chengqi rubbed him for a long time, and said: "Is it better?" Xue Chongjian was half in pain and half angry, and said with a small mouth: "It still hurts! Butt There seems to be a small heart inside, which beats and hurts."

The servants around couldn't help laughing, Li Chengqi said with a smile: "Go and get some mixed fruits for Hua Nu, what do you want to eat?" Xue Chongjian immediately said: "I want to eat crystal dragon and phoenix cake, jade dew ball, baby's breath , Cherry Candy Crisp, Crab Roe, Snow Baby, Roasted Partridge, Crispy Mountain..." He announced a lot of them in one breath, many of which Li Chengqi had never heard of, and looked at the waiter with puzzled eyes. The waiter said: "Your Highness, there is nothing in the East Palace except Sushan. Partridges need to be roasted now. Do you want to ask the Queen Mother?"

Li Chengqi was stunned, and said: "No need, just go and get an almond crisp mountain, use less ice, and pour more crisp." Although Xue Chongjian was young, he saw a trace of loneliness in Li Chengqi's eyes just now, and said: " Cousin, don't be sad, I'll bring you a lot of delicious food tomorrow, our family has it all!"

Li Chengqi smiled and pinched his round face and said, "Cousin is not as greedy as you. Come on, cousin will teach you to recognize three characters." He took a pen and wet the ink on the inkstone, holding Xue Chongjian's hand, and read while writing: "Xue—Chong—Jian—this is your name, you must remember it in the future." Xue Chongjian stared at the three flat regular scripts and said: "My name is Hua Nu, I am I can write it." He took out the pen from Li Chengqi's hand, and with a full grasp, he wrote two bold characters crookedly on the paper: Hua Nu.

Li Chengqi smiled and said: "Huanu is a nickname, and you can't use it when you grow up. This is your real name, Xue Chongjian." Xue Chongjian still shook his head and said, "I don't want to be called Xue Chongjian. When I was called Huanu, you all Like me, that old man beat me and scolded me whenever he called me Xue Chongjian."

Li Chengqi didn't know why, but his words made his heart ache slightly. Looking at his cousin's snow-white face, there was still water in his eyes that had just cried, as black and bright as glass beads just washed out.He doesn't have a bun on his head, only two small knots, and his eyebrows are just a little bit red, just like the talented boy under the lotus platform in the picture of Guanyin Dashi.Suddenly he felt that it was good for him to be like this, why force him to become those teenagers who are sitting upright and listening to lectures?My heart softened, and I didn't force him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Song actually likes you too, you have to be obedient in class from now on."

The servant brought Su Shan here, and Li Chengqi waited for him to finish eating a cup. He estimated that the time would be about the same, he stood up and said, "My cousin will send you out, and my aunt will definitely send someone to pick you up. Come early tomorrow." Xue Chongjian remembered Said: "Daddy said to take me to play! Let's go together!" He took Li Chengqi's hand and just took a step, suddenly felt some pain in his buttocks, wrapped his arms around Li Chengqi's waist and said: "My butt hurts, cousin Knead it for me." Li Chengqi had no choice but to bend down, dragging him with one hand, and rubbing his little meatball with the other hand, Xue Chongjian stuck to him, was coaxed and persuaded, and then he walked out Lecture Hall.

Xue Chongjian went to school the first day today, Xue Shao was worried and came to the East Palace early to wait.Ever since Prince Hong moved into the East Palace of God's Capital, the Queen of Heaven has made a rule that foreign ministers are not allowed to enter or leave without permission. This is why Li Xian was always detained in Chang'an at the beginning, and he was shackled by his mother if he refused to come to God.Although Xue Shao was a concubine, he didn't want to disobey the queen mother, so he just stood outside the palace wall and waited under the shade of a tree.

It was not too hot in the morning, the East Palace was planted with a lot of vegetation, and occasionally there was a breeze with the fragrance of grass and flowers blowing by, Xue Shao stood in the shade of the trees, but it was not very hard.He lightly whipped his palms with a coral horse, and looked at a spring lake in the distance. The shore of the lake was overgrown with orchids, and the teal and mandarin ducks raised by the maids in the palace were swimming in the water leisurely.

Xue Shao looked up at the tall ginkgo tree that covered him, and felt lost. He hadn't been to the East Palace for many years, so he had grown so tall.

This tree was planted by Prince Hong and his younger brothers. At that time, he was only as old as a flower slave, holding hands with Xu Lun, the youngest son of Tianhou, and running around with his cousins.He remembered that Hong was not in good health and was very quiet, always watching them play with a warm smile; Xian was a high-spirited young man, he was riding a white horse and swaying the club, which made him envious; Xian was very fat when he was a child, and when he got on the horse, he had to drag his buttocks, so he and Xu Lun were clapping and laughing underneath.

It is also under the bright sunlight of the Eastern Palace.

At that time, I only hoped to grow up soon, who knew that when I grew up, it would be like this.

Four cousins, two into the loess, one in the end of the world, one in the cage.What he said before his uncle's sick bed, Taiping only took it as a comfort to his father, and he no longer lingered after saying it, but he always felt guilty of breaking his promise and biting his heart and lungs.

Xue Shaozheng was lost in thought when there were footsteps in the palace, and several lecturers came out, he hurriedly avoided the side, but the bachelor Song Shoujie saw him, he folded over and said: "I beat your son today, and I still want to see Xue Shao Forgive me, son-in-law." Xue Shao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what trouble his son had caused, so he hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "The dog is stubborn, I hope you will strictly admonish me." Song Shoujie said lightly: "It's easy to say." After bowing, he straightened up walk away.

Xue Chongjian staggered all the way out, so he might as well see his father at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Don't rub it! Don't tell daddy that I was beaten, or daddy won't take us to play ball!" Li Chengqi had to straighten up quickly, Xue Chongjian Walked a few steps as if nothing had happened, and when he was about to reach the door, he cheered loudly: "Daddy! I'm here!" Xiao ran two steps and threw himself into Xue Shao's arms.

Xue Shao just didn't know, and asked: "Are you good today, did you talk in class and disturbed you?" Xue Chongjian quickly said: "No, Hua Nu listened to daddy and sat obediently in class. If you don't believe me, ask your cousin!" Xue Shao pursed his lips and smiled, and bowed respectfully to Li Chengqi who came over, saying: "Your Majesty is a thousand years old." Li Chengqi hurriedly helped him up and said, "Uncle, don't be too polite." He originally wanted to quietly entrust Xue Shao to return home Apply some anti-stasis medicine to Hua Nu, seeing that Hua Nu just blinked at him, but finally did not speak.

Hua Nu dragged Xue Shao's hand and said, "Daddy took me to play ball! You agreed! Cousin also went with me!" Li Chengqi smiled slightly: "I won't go." Xue Shao knew that he was afraid of the Queen Mother, no Dare to leave the palace without authorization.He was silent for a moment, the young man under the sun was wearing a distant tour crown, wearing a purple official uniform, the jade belt around his waist seemed a bit wide, and his slender body seemed to be unable to support the clothes.There was a bit of embarrassment and melancholy in that delicate smile, which made Xue Shao suddenly have the illusion that time had passed, and this was clearly the appearance of Prince Hongchuli.It turns out that more than ten years have passed, but the fate is like the sundial in front of the Hanyuan Hall, repeating round and round.

Xue Shao took a step forward, took Li Chengqi's hand, and said softly: "It's okay, go play with uncle, your aunt is there to talk to the queen mother." He raised his head, and ordered Li Chengqi's servant in an unquestionable tone: "I Take the crown prince to play golf, and you go get a set of crotchless trousers."

Xue Shao took them to the court behind Qianyuan Hall in the palace, and the eunuch in charge of the court hurriedly greeted them. Xue Shao smiled and said, "Is the cue I asked you to make last time ready?" Done well, it is made according to the stature of the young man, please have a look at it." A servant brought up a few short clubs, Xue Shao took them and waved them out of thin air a few times, nodded and said: "It is appropriate to be light or heavy." Only then did Xue Chongjian realize that his father had already ordered a pole for him, and he said happily, "Give it to me, give it to me!" Xue Shao said with a smile, "What's the rush, Daddy will make a pole for you first."

The servant brought out a tall red horse, which was different from the white horse that Xue Shao usually used as a mount. Playing balls with mud barriers is truly majestic.Xue Shao stroked the red horse's slender neck, changed to a long club, and got on the horse.A servant put a ball tied with colored silk two feet away from the goal and ran away quickly.

The sitting beast stamped its hooves excitedly, puffing and puffing, showing how eager it was to run.Xue Shao yelled, and hit the horse's buttocks with a cue, and the red horse immediately galloped forward like a cloud chasing the moon. At the moment when it passed the colored ball, Xue Shao's waist quickly tilted to the right, and the cue passed by. A trajectory like a meteor, the colored ball flew straight into the goal.

Xue Chongjian was overjoyed, and clapped his hands and shouted: "Wow! Daddy is awesome! Daddy is awesome!" Xue Shao held the rein firmly and made the mount stop gradually. He looked around the wide field, and he was the only one riding, which seemed so empty.

He remembered that a long time ago, Prince Xian suddenly turned his head and smiled at him after hitting a good shot, "Sanlang, if we are born into a good family, we can wear Wu hooks and stand up spears, and go to the frontier with the army to watch Guanshan Xiaoyue, Guhong in the desert, it should be much more enjoyable than playing ball in this palace, right?At that time, he only liked to talk about frontier fortresses like many heroic literati. Today he finally understands the meaning of what he said.

Xue Shao rode his horse back and smiled at the waiter, "Go and bring the two well-trained ponies." Xue Chongjian said in a daze, "Daddy, don't you learn how to play ball first?" Xue Shao said with a smile: "Polo, polo, no Knowing how to ride a horse, how do you play ball?" Xue Chongjian's small mouth was half open, and his left hand went back involuntarily, pressing down on his buttocks that were still in pain.

The servant brought two horses, which were much smaller than Xue Shao's. They were snow-white in color with small hairs on their heads.These horses are all prepared for the little princes and kings, they have all been trained, and they are carefully washed every day. There is no fishy smell on their bodies, and their temperament is very docile.Xue Shao walked over to Li Chengqi and said, "Your Highness, go up and try."

Li Dan likes literature and hates martial arts, and he doesn't go out of the palace for half a step all day long. He has never played with children like this.Li Chengqi looked at the pony, mixed with surprise and apprehension in his heart. He boldly grabbed the rein and stepped on the horse like Xue Shao. His waist allowed him to sit firmly, and he locked his feet in the stirrups before turning around and getting on his own horse.

Xue Shao smiled at him and said, "Clamp the horse's belly tightly." Li Chengqi did as he said, Xue Shao rode his horse close to him, tapped his horse's belly lightly with his toes, and the horse followed Xue Shao's horse, and Xue Shao led him around. After walking around the field, he pointed out again: "You can put on a little rein." Li Chengqi's palms were full of sweat, and he slowly loosened the rein, and the horse began to trot. Li Chengqi was shocked and almost shouted, but he saw the horse The big red horse trotted beside him unhurriedly, and his uncle's gentle jade-like smile was full of encouragement and praise.His heart suddenly relaxed, and he took a deep breath. While clamping the horse's belly tightly with his legs, he bumped up and down, feeling the strength of controlling the rein with his heart.The willows around the stadium receded one by one, and the warm wind brushed against his cheeks. For the first time, Li Chengqi realized that the sky in the palace was not as cramped as he had experienced in the past nine years.

Xue Shao saw that Li Chengqi's face was flushed with excitement, and his expression was full of joy, and he felt a little relieved in his heart, as if he had made a little compensation for his promise that day.

Xue Shao took him for two laps, and taught him how to rein in and rein in his horse. He said with a smile, "Your Highness has done a great job. Tomorrow there will be a little soreness in the legs and waist, and it will be fine after a few rides." Xue Chongjian said early His eyes lit up with envy, seeing them stop, he immediately shouted: "Daddy's here! I too..." He suddenly thought of his own butt, and couldn't speak the following words.

Xue Shao smiled teasingly and said, "What do you want? Do you want to ride a horse?" Xue Chongjian struggled in his heart for a moment, and finally raised his head and said, "Yes!" Xue Shao said with a smile, "Daddy will ask you again, did you make any mistakes in class today? Is it?" Xue Chongjian's heart skipped a beat, and he could only hang his neck and say, "No, no, isn't it, cousin?" Xue Shao smiled and said, "Okay!" He knocked on the horse's belly, rode the horse close to his son, and He clamped Xue Chongjian's small body sideways, and let him spread his legs and he sat in his arms. Xue Chongjian's buttocks sat on the saddle, and there was a "hiss" immediately. Xue Shao asked him with a smile: "What's wrong?" Xue Chongjian supported the horse's neck with his hands, tried his best not to put any pressure on the buttocks, and pretended to be indifferent: "It's all right!"

Xue Shao smiled at Li Chengqi: "I'll take His Royal Highness around again." Li Chengqi called out with concern: "Huanu..." Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "I'm taller than my cousin now..." Before he finished speaking, he It was a cry of surprise, it turned out that Xue Shao rode his horse and ran.Only then did Xue Chongjian realize that this feeling was really uncomfortable. Every time he bumped, the hard saddle would hit his buttocks, which was almost like being boarded today. He screamed in pain, grabbed the horse's mane with both hands, trying to shake his hold up.

Xue Shaoben was angry that he caused trouble on the first day of class, and even lied to himself, intending to punish him.At this time, after running a few steps, I heard my son yelling, as if he was in severe pain. I couldn't help feeling distressed and worried, so I quickly lifted him up and put him face down on the saddle, and said with a smile: "You are not good. Sitting, what are you making a fuss about?" Xue Chongjian raised his head and looked at his father aggrievedly, but he was afraid that telling the truth would make his father angry, so he would not take him to ride a horse from now on, and said, "This saddle is not good!"

Li Chengqi had already seen the clue, and apologized to Xue Shao with a smile: "Uncle, you can spare Hua slave." Xue Shao laughed, slapped Xue Chongjian's high buttocks lightly, and said with a smile: "Today You've learned a lot, let's see if you still dare to be as lawless as you are at home!"