I come to see Bai Yujing today

Chapter 47: Xuanmen Treasures, Containing the Universe

In the Luoyi Courtyard of the Ye Ting Palace, Princess Yunlu was lazily lying on a chaise longue, flipping through the pieces of straw paper in front of her.

Two palace maids were serving her carefully behind her, and a nanny from the Ye Ting Palace was whispering the truth in her ear.

Her wide flowing silk robe was inlaid with exquisite pearls and gems. Her long hair was carefully braided into an intricate bun and secured with a jade hairpin. The end of the hairpin was inlaid with sparkling pearls, which contrasted with the white jade and red gold earrings hanging on her ears.

Even though Princess Yunlu's appearance was not particularly outstanding, she was known as a "princess" and her bright eyes naturally revealed a kind of depth and majesty.

At this moment, the noble lady in charge of the Ye Ting Palace was reading the poems written by the daughters of the Ye Ting Palace.

But she spent most of the time shaking her head, and even threw one or two of them into the charcoal fire next to the chaise longue, leaving them to burn to ashes.

The nun next to her lowered her head, looking a little nervous, but still wrote down the signatures on the rough paper.

After Princess Yunlu left, the girls in the Ye Ting Palace whose poems were burned would naturally have to be carefully punished, and a beating and punishment would be inevitable.

But today's poetry is probably really too bad.

Princess Yunlu, who was originally elegant and graceful, couldn't help frowning after reading so many poems.

For a moment, the teaching nanny and several palace maids who served Princess Yunlu in the Luoyi Courtyard all buried their heads, as silent as cicadas.

The old maid also lowered her head, feeling angry.

In such a huge Ye Ting Palace, with more than 600 daughters of extraordinary birth, they couldn't even write a good poem about peony?

If Princess Yunlu blamed her, how would she bear it?

Nanny the Doctress became increasingly nervous. She would look up from time to time to see Princess Yunlu's expression, then quickly lower her head again.

"It seems that my luck is bad today. I will definitely get scolded."

Nanny Jiaosi was thinking this in her heart. At this moment, Princess Yunlu took out a new piece of paper and let out a light exclamation.

Nanny the teaching assistant raised her head quickly and saw that Princess Yunlu's frown had relaxed. She even sat up straight on the chaise longue and read the poem on the paper carefully.

"Lianbi, Choulan..." Princess Yunlu smiled and suddenly asked, "Looking at Ning Yu's surname, she should be the daughter of the Minister of the Central Court?"

The teaching nanny quickly said, "In reply to the princess, Ning Yu is the woman of Ning Zhongzhi."

"This poem is very well written and I like it very much... Your Majesty also loves peonies, so I think she will like it too.

This daughter is good, let her leave the Ye Ting Palace and go to the Dian Yi Bureau to be a Dian Yi palace maid."

Ning Yu, who was racking her brains to recite classics in the Li Xuefang at this time, never imagined that a poem casually written to her by the mysterious young Chang'an guest in Baiyujing would easily help her escape from the Yunting Palace, which she deeply hated.

Thus, this pepper slave that grew up in the dark place finally saw the sunlight and no longer had to take root in this dirty and filthy soil.

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Chen Zhian had no idea that a poem by Shangguan Wan'er could attract so much attention from the nobles in the palace.

On March 29th, the Spring Equinox, every household in Southern Jiangsu eats spring vegetables, drinks spring wine, flies kites, and offers sacrifices to their ancestors.

In Chen Zhian's courtyard, Xu Xiyue and Xintong also brought him spring vegetables and wine.

Chen Zhian gave the last one hundred seeds of the golden thread of the lamp to Xu Xiyue, and the burden that had been on Xu Xiyue's shoulders for a long time seemed to be much lighter.

For example, Xu Xiyue, who always wears white clothes and has a plain face, put on a light layer of rouge today, looking extremely beautiful.

At this time, Chen Zhian looked down at the small box on the table.

The box was actually opened, and inside it was a ring.

"If it weren't for Master Chen, the Xu family would not have been in tatters, but they would have fallen into decline."

Xu Xiyue was sitting on a stone chair, and Xintong was pouring tea for Chen Zhian.

“I got this Chenglu Ring from Mount Qixia. It is very precious even among the Xuanmen treasures. It contains Qiankun and is five feet square. It is extremely precious among treasures of this kind.

Master Chen helped our Xu family escape disaster, and the Xu family greedily asked for 100 more seeds of the gold thread of the lantern, so Master Chen, please accept this dew ring as a thank you gift from the Xu family."

"The universe is contained within?" Chen Zhian picked up the ring curiously.

There are no complicated decorations on this ring. There is a drop of dew engraved on the simple ring. Apart from that, it looks ordinary and does not seem to be valuable at first glance.

But Chen Zhian knew that such a mysterious treasure with profound connotations was in short supply and even if you spent two or three thousand taels of gold, you probably wouldn't be able to buy it.

What's more, the space inside this Chenglu Ring is five feet square, which is truly rare and precious.

"This ring is really too valuable. It is not an ordinary Xuanmen treasure. I'm afraid it is not far from a real Xuanmen spiritual weapon." Chen Zhian sighed.

Even if he had ten pieces of this kind of Xuanmen precious robes, their value would probably not be as great as this ring.

"Miss Xiyue is also a cultivator, so I think she should need a treasure like this, so why did she come all the way to give it to me?"

Chen Zhian asked.

Xu Xiyue originally wanted to say that she got two dew rings on Mount Qixia, but Xuanji thought again... two rings, one for her and one for Chen Zhian, and she wondered if the young man in front of her would think too much.

So she just said, "I have another treasure from the universe, Master Chen, just accept it, it's alright."

At this point, she was probably afraid that Chen Zhian would refuse, so she continued, "That day, Master Chen was plotted against in the Huangmen Painting Academy, and I originally wanted to take this ring to find the Tongzhi Lord to save Master Chen.

But Master Chen was lucky enough to be released from prison soon, and I was able to save this ring, which I gave to Master Chen."

Chen Zhian lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded with a smile: "I really like this treasure, and I don't want to pretend to refuse it. Since Miss Xu wants to thank me with this ring, then I will accept it.

Just consider it as a thank you gift from the Xu family, and the Xu family will no longer owe me anything from now on."

Chen Zhian spoke generously and directly, which made Xu Xiyue, who had always dealt with shrewd businessmen and roundabout officials, a little uncomfortable.

She considered it for a while, shook her head and said, "Mr. Chen's great kindness to the Xu family cannot be repaid with this dew ring. If Mr. Chen needs anything in the future, he only needs to inform the Xu family.

Xiyue...will be returning to Qixia Mountain soon, and my cousin Xu...will be in charge of the mansion for the time being, and will certainly not neglect you."

Xu Xiyue awkwardly said the name Xu Jinshou, which made Chen Zhian laugh. "That's not necessary. Changing the name is a serious matter. Since I have a connection with the Xu family, I won't be aggressive. Let Master Xu change back to his original name."

"It's the Second Young Master himself who doesn't want to change." Xin Tong whispered, "He said...Mr. Chen is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he already has an extraordinary bearing, and he has the favor of the Iron-armed General and the current Minister of War, so he will definitely achieve great things in the future.

This new name is related to Master Chen and cannot be changed easily."

Chen Zhian's brows twitched slightly. This Xu Yuanshou was really a ruthless man.

Xu Xiyue on the side seemed to feel a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly.

"However, how did Miss Xiyue convince the master of the Xu family? When you went to Mount Qixia, the one who took charge of the Xu Mansion was the Second Mansion."

Chen Zhian asked curiously.

Xu Xiyue smiled and said, "In the past ten days, my father has taken a liking to reading the poems of Yang Heyin, the White-robed Prime Minister of Daxi. Perhaps he read that worldly affairs are nothing to worry about, so why not just lie down and have more meals? Or maybe the hardship that the Xu family has gone through has made him more open-minded. In short... he allowed me to go to Mount Qixia again, so that I don't have to bear the burden of the Xu family."

"Miss Xiyue thought it was a heavy burden, but she didn't know how many people were asking for such a burden." Chen Zhian said sincerely, "It's a good thing after all. If Miss Xiyue's wish is fulfilled, she won't have to be so sad every day in the future."

Xu Xiyue was stunned for a moment and asked, "Mr. Chen, was I always gloomy before?"

Chen Zhian nodded: "He has a stern face all day long. It can be said that he is bitter and resentful."

"Puchi." Xintong laughed out loud. Xu Xiyue turned her head and looked at her. Xintong hurriedly put away the smile on her face.

"What about Mr. Chen? What are your plans for the future?" Xu Xiyue asked.

"I should go to Xuan Tianjing." Chen Zhian tilted his head and said, "There's no rush. Maybe I'll wait another two or three months before leaving."

"Xuantianjing is magnificent and grand, and it is indeed worth a visit." Xu Xiyue said, "Two or three months later, it happens to be the Dayu Festival, and even Kuixing of Dayu will ride in the carriage with the emperor on that day... I believe my master will also go there as promised, and then maybe we can meet again in Xuantianjing."

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Xu Xiyue said goodbye to Chen Zhian. If nothing unexpected happened, she would return to Qixia Mountain tomorrow.

Chen Zhian put on the Chenglu Ring given by Xu Xiyue. When his true energy penetrated into it, after a quarter of an hour of imprinting the true energy mark, Chen Zhian found that when his true energy entered the ring again, it was as if it had turned into a palm, and he could easily sense the things inside.

Chen Zhian tried to put the Yangsui long sword into it.

When his left hand wearing the ring touched the Yang Sui sword, the true energy injected into the ring flowed back out of the ring, and the Yang Sui sword disappeared out of thin air.

As he controlled his true energy and once again probed into the Chenglu Ring, his mind moved and the true energy in the ring moved as his heart wished, and then the Yangsui long sword appeared in his hand.

"Not bad." Chen Zhian became more and more satisfied.

Just as he was studying the Chenglu Ring, footsteps were suddenly heard at the door.

The footsteps were solid and regular, and it seemed that the distance of each step was exactly the same, without any difference.

Chen Zhian stood up and opened the gate.

But he saw Li Bodu standing on the stone pavement of Qihuang Street with his hands behind his back, looking at him.

(End of this chapter)