The emperor's daughter Changping

There was a melodious sound of the flute, there was no sadness, no joy, only a mediocre melody with ups and downs, but it could make people relax slowly, close their eyes and listen quietly, let go of their thoughts, the eyes were blank, the song was over, Emperor Chongzhen Only then did he slowly open his eyes, seeing that it was Ah Jiu, he was a little surprised and said, "Jiu'er?"

He has been suffering from a headache recently because of the military salary, and his temper has become a lot more irritable, and he has become moody. Just now Ah Jiu sang, he calmed down a lot, he shook his head, and made himself more sober: "Why are you here?" gone?"

"Father!" Ah Jiu came behind him and said softly.

"My son heard that you haven't had a good rest for several nights because of the military salary, right?" Putting the jade flute on the desk, Ah Jiu gently patted his shoulder and back for him.

Emperor Chongzhen said angrily, "This group of waste, the imperial court has raised them for nothing on weekdays. When they are really used, they are of no use at all!"

"Father, calm down!" Ah Jiu said.

"Is there a solution?"

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head, asked Ah Jiu to stop and pulled her to him, gently picked up the jade flute, his thoughts became a little vague, and he sighed: "Ah Jiu, do you know? Flood disaster, the national treasury has long been unable to make ends meet, and the taxes paid by various places are getting less and less. Now that the fuel is exhausted, I sent several ministers to various places to collect donations. It has been ten days, and the silver taels sent back are only a few hundred taels. There are 10,000+ troops in Shaanxi, how can a few hundred taels be enough?"

"I heard that Master Zhou will leave Shaanxi on the [-]th of this month. Will he take away his military salary with him?" Ah Jiu asked.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and did not speak. Ah Jiu thought to himself that today is the eighteenth day, and the date is only two days away. Judging by his father's appearance, it seems that the ministers sent there will not be able to come back. How about...

After hesitating for a while, Ah Jiu said: "Father, why don't you leave this matter to my son-in-law!"

"You?" Emperor Chongzhen was startled, and then smiled bitterly: "Ah Jiu, at least 20 taels of salary, how can you do it?"

Ah Jiudao: "During the past few years in the rivers and lakes, I have also made some capable people. Some of them are businessmen. If I go to find them, I may be able to raise this batch of military salaries!"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little excited, and a ray of hope was ignited in his heart. He quickly got up and put down the jade flute, took her hand and said, "Jiu'er, are you serious?"

His expectant eyes were like that, as if he was the hope of survival from a desperate situation, Ah Jiu couldn't bear to hurt him any more, so he nodded solemnly.

Emperor Chongzhen's impetuous mood for many days, gloomy clouds and gloomy clouds finally dawned, he took her hand and said, "Jiu'er, it's fortunate that Father has you!"

Two days later, in the middle of the night, a fast horse galloped towards the Forbidden City. Seeing the man on horseback, the gatekeeper said in surprise, "Go and report to the emperor, Princess Changping is back!" Open the city gate to welcome.

As soon as the city gate opened, Ah Jiu rushed in. The horse beneath her was already dripping with sweat. In the late autumn night, there was a burst of coolness. She got off the horse and asked the soldier to lead the horse by herself. Going to rest, I didn't care about the smell of sweat all over my body and rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the hall, I heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Changping!"

With great expectations and worries in his voice, Ah Jiu hurried to him, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him, panting: "Father, my son lived up to expectations, and brought back 10 taels of money. Banknote!"

She took a breath and said: "You ask Mr. Zhou to take the 10 taels of silver bills first, and give Erchen half a month for the rest, and Erchen must find a way to raise money!"

Emperor Chongzhen said hello again and again, only a little thought of Ah Jiu's exhaustion from rushing all night, so he told her to ignore the rest and go to rest first, Ah Jiu also felt that his whole body smelled strange at this time, so he obeyed the order.

The father's words of "Jiu'er, it's good to have you" that day almost made Ah Jiu shed tears in front of him. At that time, she secretly made a decision in her heart, for the sake of the father and Daming, she would be smashed to pieces , should not hesitate.

Fortunately, I did not live up to my father's expectations and brought back silver taels. Although it was only 10 taels, I still had hope in the end. I want to discuss with Lord Zhou, can I invite him to come to Ningshou Palace with the prince in two hours?"

After Emperor Chongzhen agreed, she left slowly. Fortunately, Jin Ju and Ah Ying had already brought people to wait beside them, and carried a small sedan chair to the side. Otherwise, Ah Jiu didn't know if she still had the strength to walk along the way. went back.

After washing up, Ah Jiu lay down to rest. After a while, he fell asleep and saw himself alone in an abandoned old site. He seemed to be looking for something, but that thing seemed to have been taken away , I was wondering, I only heard footsteps in the distance, and hurried away, as if something fell off my body in my haste, I didn't notice it.

The scene changed again, and a young man took out something, which was the jade pendant she left there just now. The man asked her loudly why she took away the treasure without permission, and she hurriedly explained that the treasure was not taken away by herself. The man didn't believe it.

Ah Jiu looked at the man's face, square face and sword eyebrows, and a righteous attitude between his brows. Although he was different from the Yuan Chengzhi he knew, he clearly understood that he was Yuan Chengzhi, and the beautiful woman in plain clothes in front of him Although it is not his own appearance, he really feels that it is himself.

The two broke up unhappy in the end. Ah Jiu saw that he was sad and helpless looking at Yuan Chengzhi's leaving figure in his dream, but he couldn't explain it. He cried secretly alone, and whispered in his mouth: "It's not me! It's not me !"

"Princess, princess wake up!" Jinju came in and shook Ah Jiu gently.

She felt a little strange, did the princess encounter any trouble recently, why was she always having nightmares?

Seeing that Chang Ping seemed to be trapped in a dream and couldn't get out, she wondered in her heart whether to ask the imperial doctor to prescribe a tranquilizer for the princess. She was just thinking about hearing Ah Jiu yelling "It's not me" and woke up, terrified Sitting up, Jin Ju was really worried, but at this moment Master Zhou was still waiting outside, so it was inconvenient for her to ask more questions, so she helped her get up, get dressed and freshen up.

"Let Master Zhou wait for a long time, Chang Ping is rude!" Ah Jiu said.

Seeing that she suddenly became polite to him, Zhou Xian's voice seemed a little alienated in the past, and his heart trembled, as if something was slowly falling down, he quickly replied a little disappointed: "I don't know if the princess has anything to discuss with my minister?"

Ah Jiudao: "I know that Mr. Zhou has been intelligent and intelligent since he was a child, and has a great literary talent. Changping has a poem here. I hope Mr. Zhou can see the mystery in it. Changping is very grateful!"

After speaking, he began to write lightly on the paper with Jin Ju's pen and ink, and then handed it to Zhou Xian to see.

Zhou Xian took the rice paper, looked at the beautiful characters on the paper, and read softly: "In the old days, Wang Xie Pingfang gave up, and he cried for nothing; if there is hatred in the universe, where is the home of hatred, Jianghan is ruthless."