fluttering night wind

In the late autumn of the fourth year of Xuanwu, Bai Xiliu, under the protection of General Huben Pei Shao, returned to Yongjing with a lot of worries.

Because of Bai Yansheng's enthronement ceremony, she had been to Yongjing once before, and in just a few tens of days, countless red bumps appeared on her face and body.The doctor diagnosed that the climate was unacceptable, and Bai Yansheng was afraid that she would be disfigured, so he had no choice but to send her back to Luoyi overnight.After waiting for a while, Bai Yansheng learned from the nanny that her pimples were caused by her allergy to eating peaches on purpose, so she rushed to Luoyi and beat her up, but she never threw her back to Yongjing after that.She grew up to be eight years old in Luoyi wild.

Bai Xiliu remembered that her father had told her in previous years that Luoyi was tight on the outside and loose on the inside because of the mix of Hu and Han, and once the situation became tense, she would not be allowed to stay there.Sitting in the carriage, she stroked the ferret's head and said to herself, "Pikachu, is there going to be a war?"

The carriages of this era were not equipped with springs, and the bumps made people want to vomit.Bai Xiliu lifted the curtain of the car and shouted outside: "Brother Shao, I want to come out and ride a horse to breathe." Pei Shaochi immediately stepped forward, looked at her helplessly and said: "Ancestor, I have already seen the city wall of Yongjing, how can the princess ride a horse?" Decent! I will be skinned by the queen."

Bai Xiliu flinched when she heard the words, fell off the curtain and curled up in the corner of the car.Her impression of her aunt, Empress Xie, was only limited to the dozens of days she spent together at the enthronement ceremony.Empress Xie is dignified and decent, with a graceful demeanor.But back then, Bai Xiliu thought she was born to Xiaosan, and couldn't accept the reality of time-traveling, so she gave up on herself and acted as a dumb girl, so she and Xie Hou were like bridges returning to bridges, roads returning to roads, and they were not on the same road.

Right now, she is afraid that she will live in Yongjing for a long time, how to win over this aunt will make her think a lot.

Pei Shao sent the princess carriage into the Forbidden Palace, and he finally let out a long sigh of relief when he handed over the military talisman at the Meridian Gate.It is needless to say the pain of escorting this golden branch and jade leaf thousands of miles away.He immediately returned to the mansion on horseback, met his mother, and fell down at Cheng Huan's knees.After the first two days like this, on the third day, people from Prince Ning's Mansion suddenly came to deliver a letter to him.Pei Shao glanced at the ghostly talisman-like note, shook his head and said, "Let me change into formal clothes and go see the prince." The messenger looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "It's good for the general, the horses and chariots are already waiting outside. .”

Pei Shao had no choice but to tell his family a few words, and went out to board the pirate ship.The carriage took him all the way to the back door of a brothel in Yanbo Lane. Someone was already waiting at the door, leading him through the corridors and alleys, where he scattered the flowers and brushed the willows, and arrived at a quiet small room.

There is no one in the room, only incense sticks are burning, and there are banquets on the seats.After he sat down, he ate some food and waited with his chin resting.When it was almost noon, I heard the sound of chaotic footsteps coming from outside, and someone among Yingying and Yanyan hummed: "Boys and girls, they are quite erotic, humming and chirping, very beautiful. Come, give me a kiss." Then they smacked their lips. sound.

Pei Shao couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a chopstick and shot it out of the window, only to hear "Oops".After a while, four or five beauties came in at the door, surrounded by a handsome man in brocade clothes. The man stuck a chopstick in his hair. At first glance, it made people laugh out loud.

This man is none other than Ning Wang Baiyanxing, not a few years older than Pei Shao, the two have played together since childhood when they wore open crotch pants.Seeing Pei Shao at this time, he rushed over and threw himself on him, howling as he threw himself: "Xiao Shao, you're finally back, you miss me so much."

Pei Shao hid to the side, causing Yan Xing to fall into the mud. He pinched his nose and said in disgust, "Did your Highness not return home last night?" Yan Xing turned over neatly, hugged his thigh, pretended to be sad and said: "Little Shao, your brother has a tigress in my house, who is homeless."

Concubine Ning is the daughter of Master Su, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and a lady of a famous family. Pei Shao knows that she is definitely not the tigress and Hedong lion in his mouth.Pei Shao then slapped him with a palm, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, listen to my advice. One's energy is limited, and the world's desires are endless. You'd better take care of yourself and don't offend His Majesty." Bai Yanxing put his face on him Rubbing on his legs, he said, "Xiao Shao, you are still young, so you don't know the fun of it. The beauty is interested, even if the white wall is so high..."

"White Wild Goose, get up!" Pei Shao really didn't want to hear his nonsense, so he shouted angrily, scaring the faces of Yingying and Yanyan in the hall to turn pale.

Only then did Bai Yanxing get rid of his salivating face, sat up with a smile, stretched out his hand to remove the chopsticks that had been stuck on top of his head, and said, "Xiao Shao, you are finally willing to call me by my name. I just like to hear you Call me by my name." As soon as he sat cross-legged, there was a "cuckoo" cry from his stomach, and he yelled down: "Bring me a bowl of hot noodle soup."

Pei Shao looked at him with a cold face, and after Yan Xing gave his orders, he held his hand and talked about the trivial matters in Beijing. Living in Chang'an was not easy, and his spit almost sprayed on his face.After a while, a large bowl of shredded chicken noodle soup was brought in from outside. The geese looked around and said, "Why is there no garlic paste? If you eat noodles, you can eat garlic, and you won't see blood when you kill someone." Going down to make a fuss, Bai Yanxing was annoyed, he had already picked up a handful of noodles with his chopsticks and put them in his mouth, he said vaguely: "Forget it, forget it, I don't need you to serve me here."

Pei Shao didn't know whether he was eating breakfast or lunch, he waited for him to finish the noodles and drank the soup bowl upside down.Bai Yanxing wiped his mouth with some beauty's handkerchief, stretched his limbs and lay on the ground, hiccupping.Pei Shao said: "You asked me to come out to watch you eat noodles?" Bai Yanxing put an arm sideways, supported his head, and said with a smile: "What do you think?"

Pei Shao said sadly: "Yan Xing, I haven't seen you for a few years, how did you become like this? If you were still in the army, wouldn't it be..." Bai Yanxing took the words softly: "It won't be so?" Yan Xing pursed his lips and said with a smile: "You and I both know that between His Majesty and the King of Qi, at some point, there was a grievance that you still hide. My second brother has made a lot of military exploits, and Jingbian has meritorious deeds, but His Majesty has been indifferent for many years and will not reward you for his merits. I am still in the army at this time, what do you make my second brother think? How does Prince Qi's mansion deal with itself?"

Only then did Pei Shao understand that he quit the army a few years ago on the pretext of being bored with the war, because he didn't want to make King Qi feel that he was dividing his power, and his brothers competed for favor, which created a grudge.Pei Shao sighed for a long time, thinking that this is the good brother I know.He thought again and again, and said, "Then you don't need to spend so much time to defile yourself. The contrast is too big, so it's suspicious."

Bai Yanxing looked up at the light gauze curtain above his head, and sighed: "You don't understand, this is the way to protect yourself. I didn't want His Majesty to believe that people can change their nature all at once, it's just a gesture .”

Pei Shao just felt bored, poured a glass of wine and drank it up, and comforted him: "You are overthinking, you and I grew up under His Majesty's eyes, His Majesty is not that kind of person."

Bai Yanxing chuckled: "Your Majesty's thoughts now I don't dare to guess at all. It is said that there is no father and son brothers in the Tian family, so it is about the same. Let's talk about Xuzhou's change of defense. Both the government and the public, both inside and outside the army, thought that General Xuzhou was the same. The job is none other than the King of Qi. Your Majesty disappeared in Jiangling for three years, and Xuzhou was able to preserve its strength thanks to my second brother. Most of the people in the city are subordinates of King Qi, and only King Qi can shake Xuzhou. Who would have expected that in the end it would be It fell on your elder brother's head."

Pei Shao was very disturbed when he heard this sour complaint, and was about to say something when Bai Yanxing waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I don't blame Pei Lie. It would be someone else if it wasn't him. As long as we brothers don't have those twists and turns Just go around." He got up with a grunt as he spoke, holding two glasses of wine in his hands.Pei Shao took a glass, drank with him, and smiled knowingly.

After Bai Yanxing finished drinking, he suddenly asked with malicious intentions: "Xiao Shao, why are you pushing back when your mother wants to tell you about your daughter-in-law? Your mother wants me to find out about your tone and ask if you have a crush on someone?" Girlfriend?"

Pei Shao was drinking, and immediately spit it out, coughing until his face turned red like a persimmon, and he tried his best to deny it: "No, no, no..."

Bai Yanxing hooked his shoulders with him, winked and said: "Tell brother, whoever you like, even a golden branch and jade leaf brother will get you." Pei Shao's body froze, and he coughed loudly again.Bai Yanxing grew up with him, and he was very clear about his reaction. He was stunned for a moment, and murmured: "No, I really fell in love..." The blood on Pei Shao's face faded instantly, and he stretched out his hand to cover it. He touched his bird's beak, and the two looked at each other, and Pei Shao couldn't help but look away guiltily.

The air in the room was almost stagnant.Pei Shao's hand slowly dropped.Bai Yanxing panted heavily, and scolded with a smile: "Look at my brother, I'm confused by drinking, how could you fall in love with such a child..." Before he could finish speaking, Pei Shao had already stood up, and walked outside quickly without saying a word , leaving only a lonely back.

Bai Yanxing returned to the palace very early that day.Princess Su was curious and wanted to ask him why he was calm, but instead he raised his hand and took a jade hairpin from the bun to scratch his scalp.Mrs. Su couldn't laugh or cry, she waved her sleeves and wanted to leave, Bai Yanxing was half lying on the beauty's couch, and said lazily: "Yun'er, don't go, I have something to ask you." Said: "Men and women's affairs."

Su's face flushed when she heard the words, and she spat on the ground.Bai Yanxing smiled playfully, grabbed her by the wrist, invited her to sit on the couch, and told her what happened today.He spoke in a rather cryptic manner, but Su Shi understood immediately after hearing it: "It is Mrs. Pei who asked you to talk about it? She is going to make an engagement for Pei Er?" Guess." Su said with a sneer: "There is nothing that can't be guessed. Dacheng has 30 soldiers, and Pei Lie alone receives [-]. Your Majesty prefers the Pei family, and the Pei family is already the number one high school in the dynasty. The purpose of Xuzhou's change of generals Rumor has it that the matchmaker may have stepped through the threshold of the Pei family. The old lady is really good, she said she asked you to sniff out, but she just took the opportunity to deliver a letter to His Majesty."

Bai Yanxing thought about it carefully, and it was indeed so.He and his elder brother fought with the army since he was a child, and the men disregarded their family. The children of them all grew up under Mrs. Pei Zhao Wan's knees.This old Mrs. Pei has a weak heart and a weak heart, she is really a model in the boudoir.Back then Hailing Duke Peixiu's family was blood-washed by Mencius You. She was pregnant with Pei Shao and dragged Pei Lie, who was a few years old, from Jingzhou to Linxi, and from Linxi north to Xuzhou, and finally settled down in Yongjing.From west to east, from south to north, pulling their children, I have never seen her complain of suffering.Bai Yanxing asked: "How can I go back to the old lady? Tell the truth?"

Su hit him hard on the head, and said: "What do you want to answer? Doesn't his own son know about it? It's just using you as a stick. I think that although the princess is young, the future path has already been decided. Either go to the north or the west, it's your turn to worry about it? Second General Pei, there are a lot of ladies in Yongjing waiting for him to pick. The choice of a son-in-law has not passed Zhi Jinwu, I have several handkerchiefs to hand..." She suddenly stopped I opened my mouth, and felt that it was indecent to gossip about people's boudoir.

However, Bai Yanxing was full of interest and said: "Is Xiao Shao so popular? What do those ladies in the capital say about him?" Su didn't want to say it at first, but he couldn't do anything about it, so he said: "People say that General Pei Lie is the best It is gloomy in the middle and hard to get close to, but General Pei Shao is handsome but not manly, and is more amiable."

"Oh——" President Bai Yan snorted, then suddenly pointed to his nose and asked, "What about me? Miss, what did you say about me, your husband-in-law?"

Su Shi rolled his eyes at him, and said: "It's flashy, the embroidered pillow is a pack of grass."

Besides, after Bai Xiliu entered the palace that day, he first went to see Empress Xie of the Central Palace.Along the way, she racked her brains on how to please her aunt, but when she arrived in the palace, she realized that Empress Xie had no time to take care of her.

As early as the end of the second year of Xuanwu, Empress Xie gave birth to a prince.The little prince is already three years old, which is exactly the age that people can't worry about.The emperor fought in other cities all the year round, and the affairs in the palace, even some general affairs of the Jingzhao Mansion had to bother the queen to intervene.Empress Xie gave birth to a child at an advanced age, and lost her care after giving birth.

Xie Lianbi touched Bai Xiliu's hand, and said kindly: "Although I have never met your mother in person, I have exchanged letters occasionally, and I have been in touch with you for a long time. Your mother is full of affection, Fang Lan withered early, and asked me to take care of you. You are the same as my own child. I have already tidied up a side hall next to Fengyi Palace. You just have to take a look at it. If you think it is not good, you can choose a place you like to live in. There is nothing else in the palace. Well, there are many empty rooms."

"Mother's Empress." Bai Xiliu was both relieved and desolate by her words, thinking of her dead mother, her nose was sore, she fell into Empress Xie's arms and wept heartily.The palace lady next to her also wiped her tears when she saw it.

This mother-daughter reunion is very touching.

The side hall is decorated warmly and concisely. Empress Xie came from a famous family, her taste is extraordinary, and Bai Xiliu can't pick a single thorn.As soon as she entered the palace gate as deep as the sea, she had no choice but to lie dormant for a while.

After staying for about a month, one morning she finished her sword practice and went to pay her respects to the queen.No matter the weather is good or bad, the morning and evening will be peaceful, this is the rule of the palace.When he got to the gate of the main hall, he was stopped by the eunuch, saying that the queen was seeing a guest.Bai Xiliu moved to the side hall to wait.She walked to the door and saw a nanny holding a two or three-year-old doll reading under the window.Seeing her coming in, the nanny hurriedly stood up from the seat, bowed and said, "The eldest princess is a thousand years old."

Bai Xiliu waved her hand as a gesture of excuse, walked quickly to the table, and said with a smile, "Why didn't Ah Xue go to school today?"

The little doll carved with jade in front of the table, has big crystal eyes, two obsidian-like pupils, bright red lips, and said in a milky voice, "Mr. is sick." The name is Axue.Bai Xiliu loves his cute and playful appearance, and lists him as the latest cute creature, surpassing Pikachu in the ranking.

There is an elementary school reader spread out on the desk.The first time Bai Xiliu heard that the little prince knew more than 1000 Chinese characters when he was only two years old, he couldn't help being speechless.Although the Chinese civilization has always been a precocious civilization, it is not uncommon to overthrow the seedlings in this way.

She asked the nannies: "What is the prince studying?" These nannies were selected by Empress Xie who had read poetry and books and had good moral character. They could not only teach the prince in life, but also help him in his studies.

The nanny said: "Reporting to the eldest princess, the homework assigned by the master yesterday is to read "Biography of Meng Changjun"."

Bai Xiliu stretched out her head and saw that she was reading the section "Chicken crowing and dog stealing", she was immediately amused, and asked the prince, "Axue understand?" Chicken pecking rice.Bai Xiliu pointed to a place on the book and asked, "Then let me ask you, why did King Zhao let Lord Mengchang go back to the country?"

The little prince frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Slander." Bai Xiliu was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the nanny next to her, who was standing with her hands crossed, without saying a word.Bai Xiliu deliberately teased the little prince, and asked again: "Why did King Zhao believe Yan Ji's slander?" The little prince answered quickly this time: "Women are a disaster."

Bai Xiliu gasped.No wonder people say that respect for women should start with dolls.She carefully observed the innocent expression of the little prince, and guessed that he didn't quite understand the meaning of "women's disaster", so she asked the nanny, "Which master is the one who lectured the prince on scriptures and history?" The nanny bowed her head and said, "Yes. Liu Xuanzong Liu Xueshi."

Bai Xiliu silently memorized it in her heart, then turned to the little prince and said with a smile on her face: "Sister also has an answer here, let me tell you, okay?"

Empress Xie received a group of wives at home and abroad in the morning, and after sending these women away, she remembered the princess and the prince, so she hurried to the side hall, and happened to hear a conversation between the eldest princess and the little prince.

Later generations called Mr. Mengchang's followers as the generation of chickens and dogs.People who focus on speculation will start their discussions from "Meng Changjun is good at raising scholars, good at using people's strengths, and don't underestimate small people".A candid Confucian like Liu Xuanzong would say from "evil husbands show their progress, straight scholars hide away" to "the king is stupid, and women are troublesome", which is also a brilliant theory.

So what did the eldest princess say?

Bai Xiliu said: "As a king, one should not ignore potential dangers. If Mengchang's diners can steal fox fur and stir up the palace in other countries, King Qin Zhao has reason to think that his life is also threatened. In this case, Opening one's eyes and closing one's eyes and letting him flee, and keeping the enemy out of the country's gates, is the best choice. Qi and Qin were destroyed one after another. The way of the country is to respect the sky and protect the people, and to enrich the country and strengthen the army. It's impossible to be a chicken-crowding dog thief."

The little prince pouted, listening half-understanding.Although the nanny has experienced many things in the world, she still has a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

Empress Xie supported the door frame, dizzy in front of her eyes, and even more happy and worried in her heart.

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