Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 230 Ground Pupa Cicada (2)
Then he turned around again, picked up the cup, and yelled at me relaxedly: "I lose, I lose, I accept the punishment."

After finishing speaking, he drank the glass of wine in one gulp, wiped the liquid from his lips, and smiled softly at me, showing his big teeth like white jade.

It can be seen that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart, and he really remembered it.Although no mechanical flying insects were actually created, such ingenious methods took a lot of trouble.People in Baiguanzhong are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and should not be underestimated. I prayed secretly in my heart, I hope the gods and Buddhas will bless me, and I will never go to war with the people of Dali.

After thinking about it, I took out the magnifying glass and read it carefully against the bark under the candlelight.

A new silver crown, a radiant evening face, a golden cicada with ghost feathers, a raging fire, and flowers blooming in the morning pearl, why don't you like it?Yi Ren disappeared, haggard and torn apart.

I put down the secret letter, fell silent, picked up the pen, dipped it in the water from the lotus chamber, and wrote a question mark on the table that I had taught her.

I write down three letters SOS!Xiaoyu's face paled immediately.

On the day the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, I returned to Xifengyuan exhausted. After finally applying the medicine, Feibai was suddenly called to Ziyuan by the Holy Majesty. When I was about to sleep, Xiaoyu handed me Baiguan to take advantage of the chaos. When I read the first letter that came, I was horrified.It turns out that Duan Yuerong has never given up the slightest thought of giving up, he just changed his style, and he only writes letters from home every time.

Although I have always warned Xiaoyu and other members of the Duan family who stayed by my side not to pass on any information that reveals the secrets of the Yuan family, nor to do anything that harms the Yuan family, but I can't stop Duan Yuerong, because he knows that I will never I couldn't refuse any news about Xiyan, so...we resumed our correspondence.

This letter seems to be Duan Yuerong's romantic style, which is his favorite four-character style in the ancient Warring States period. What he wrote is nothing more than daily life, but after careful consideration, this is not a family letter telling me about my daughter's life. It was a distress letter.

The first two sentences should refer to a while ago, when Xiyan was enshrined in the East Palace, she was the Empress Dowager, that is, the future Empress of Dali. With Xiyan's personality, she was full of joy and pride.And the key lies in these last two sentences...

I closed my eyes. If I understood correctly, he meant that someone was making waves in Dali in order to compete with Xiyan for the throne.What is Ghost Feather Golden Cicada?

I opened my eyes again, wiped off the water stains on the table, and wrote another condensed word.Then gently wiped the tabletop with silk, Xiaoyu lowered her pretty eyes.

I thought to myself, with the strength of him and Baiguan, how could he still ask me for help?Maybe someone is tricking me with false information?

For now, I can only send Bu Xiangning back to confirm the news.

I stretched my waist and said with a light smile, "I'm tired after tossing around for half the night, let's go to sleep."

Xiaoyu helped me onto the bed, and while putting down the curtain, she took the gilt silver smoked ball with double moth patterns hanging on the top of the curtain, gently broke the osmanthus bark into several small pieces, and put it inside the silver smoked ball.

It has been mixed with the calming incense that old man Lin opened for me. The formula contains dozens of spices such as agarwood, white sandalwood, and cloves. It just so happens that the osmanthus bark is also one of the spices. I think it is not easy to find the osmanthus bark suspicious.

Xiaoyu obediently put the silver smoke ball back on the top of the tent, the breeze blew, the silver smoke turned slightly, the incense was slowly burned, white smoke rose slowly, and the soothing aroma secretly filled the whole room, my My heart gradually calmed down.Weiwei outside the door also stopped grinding and lay down to sleep.Xiaoyu blew out the candle and fell asleep beside my couch.

The next day, Qi Fang went into Ziyuan, and it was true that he replied to my letter.After Duan Yuerong burned the Chenla rebels in anger, she implicated her family with extremely cruel means. Princess Yingren of Nanzhao, who was married in the early years, was also the daughter of Duan Yuerong's uncle Duan Xiao. She stood by her husband's family in the war. Xiao pleaded for Princess Yingren, Duan Yuerong angrily reprimanded Duan Xiao for not contributing during the war, cut Duan Xiao's fiefdom, and gave Princess Yingren to commit suicide, then carried out substantial reforms, dismissed a series of redundant ministers in the era of Emperor Wenwu, and vigorously promoted the The brave generals who performed well in the battle of Chenla touched the interests of the old forces.

After Xiyan was crowned the Empress Dowager, many old anti-Emperor forces headed by Duan Xiao, on the grounds that the Bai people had never had a queen, and that the new emperor was cruel and persecuted the old ministers, took advantage of Duan Yuerong's ascension to the throne was not stable, and united with the rest of Chenla to start rebellion.Duan Yuerong was irritated, and all her surly natures were aroused, and she began to persecute the opposition on a large scale, often killing villages one after another, comparable to the Gengxu National Revolution back then.

Even in the harem who doesn't care about world affairs, Empress Jia Xina began to write letters to persuade Duan Yuerong to stop such cruel involvement, and to give justice to the innocent people, so Duan Yuerong restrained herself.Although Duan Xiao's party was wiped out, the evil causes brought about evil results. When midsummer came, corpses littered the fields, causing serious epidemics. The children in Jun's village were also infected with the epidemic. The witch doctor said that the epidemic was easy to cure. , good medicine is hard to find, and there are two rare medicinal materials in the territory-ghost arrow feather and cicada flower, which only grow in the Qinling Mountains.

"Ghost arrow feathers have the effects of dispelling blood and clearing menstrual flow, detoxifying and reducing swelling, and killing insects. Although they are rare, they can still be found in the Qinling Mountains," old man Lin replied, "It's just that the cicada flower is very evil, and this thing is also called grass. Cicada chrysalis, the root is the cicada chrysalis larva in the soil and it turns into a ghost. I heard that the ghost of the cicada grows from the head of the cicada pupa, about an inch long, and blooms and branches from the top... It looks like Baiyouzi, but it is more evil... ..."

After quickly looking up the information, I realized that the so-called transformation of a wronged soul is actually just a so-called biological pathological phenomenon, a complex of insects and bacteria, and cicadas are parasites of fungi.However, unlike Bai Youzi, Bai Youzi can live symbiotically with the host, but the fungus of Cicadas invades the body of the cicada and eventually leads to the death of the cicada. The fungus is completely absorbed, somewhat similar to the so-called Cordyceps sinensis.Therefore, the so-called "Cicada flower" is actually the residue after the bacteria absorb enough essence and the cicadas are consumed.

Old man Lin finally mentioned that there are only dozens of cicadas in Qinling every year, and only three or four are found. There should be fifteen in the treasury of internal affairs. Empress Jin is gone.

So Jinxiu has this cicada flower?

I asked people to scour the ghost arrow feathers on the market, they were indeed worth a thousand gold, and I spent a little money, but I finally bought them, and at a high price, I asked Yaonong to find some in Qinling Mountains.Considering that the epidemic might move to the north, I divided half and kept the other half, packed it and secretly shipped it to the south.

Just when I was thinking about how to open my mouth to Jinxiu, Qi Fang came up with an idea. It happened that I planned to sell it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year, that is, the new gauze garments that were bestowed by the imperial court on the imperial court have already been successfully produced. Jinxiu wants it.

I went to the Qinzhong Palace in the name of Jun, and the spring and summer fashion exhibition of Yulouzhuang is famous all over the world. This year, I mainly promote the cheap and high-quality linen yarn clothes. When the national foundation is not stable, it can reduce the burden of national funds. Considering that I am the elder sister of Imperial Concubine Jin, and I am also the name of Jun, the Holy Majesty happily agreed to play.Jinxiu was named the deputy empress, and was granted the right to assist the six palaces by the emperor. In fact, she was the one who actually held power in the harem, so she issued an edict.On the day of the summer solstice, a mat was set up for the queen in the purple garden, and the nobles of the harem, as well as the wives of various prefectures, were invited to come and enjoy it.I also worked hard with Qi Fang to organize the first fashion show in the palace, but I never thought that the place where Jinxiu issued an edict was actually the Shuanghui Donggui Building in Rongbao Palace.

Since Jinxiu took charge of the inner curtain of the Yuan family, the Holy Lord ordered Qiao Wan to renovate and expand the Ziqi Villa on a large scale to become the Royal Ziqi Palace. However, due to the loss of power in the family, the Lian family also gave birth to Feiliu from Jinxiu. Not as good as before, she chanted Buddhist scriptures to pass the time every day. Later, Jinxiu used the name of Xiugong to obtain an imperial decree and ordered Lian to move out of Rongbaotang and move to Beizhai Palace, which was originally Yubeizhai.

Back then Feijue had a surly temper. The Holy Majesty once donated a small golden body of Sakyamuni to Yubeizhai for his relatives at Famen Temple.And the Chongguang Pavilion where she lived, the Rongbao Hall in front and the left and right halls were expanded into the Rongbao Hall. On the eve of Jinxiu's concubine concubine, the Holy Majesty actually bestowed on Jinxiu from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The summer solstice on May 25th coincides with the court festival, and all officials have a three-day holiday. All the women marry each other, enter colorful fans, and donate powder and fat bags to each other, and the palace is no exception.On this day, I obeyed the Queen's orders and came to the Rongbao Hall that was very prosperous back then.

On that day, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. I stood in the courtyard and looked around. The courtyard was verdant and moist. The wisterias on the shelf were still in full bloom. plum tree.I heard that Jinxiu was favored by the emperor, and many plum trees were transplanted, which is indeed true.

However, what is more eye-catching is the overwhelming snow-covered blue gate, the blossoms are as big as silver plates, and they are so lively that they are full of gorgeous cigarettes.

A majestic high-rise building in front of me was rebuilt by adding a floor to the old Rongbao Hall. At the request of Jinxiu, the Holy One bestowed the name Shuanghui Dongguilou, implying the splendid double dragon opera pearl. With her ambition, and the legend of the purple air coming from the east that everyone envied when she first entered the mansion, the Shuanghui Donggui Building is now the main place for the emperor's banquet.The color of the unicorn brackets on the ground floor is still new and bright, and the dragon pattern on the top of the dragon gate is still vigorous. How many times in the early days of the handyman's room we secretly looked up and watched enviously, because being able to enter and leave this place means having the most beautiful purple garden waiters. The glamorous and highest status is given the power of life and death by the master, and he lives the most superior life like the master.

This was once the place where Biying and I and the other little Wuyi were humiliated. It was here that the fate of Biying and I was cruelly changed, but now it has become a beautiful golden cage.She extremely flaunted the honor bestowed by the holy majesty, as if the fire of war had never come, as if the blood of me and Biying had never been sprinkled on the bright gold bricks.

A burst of dance and music came, and a piece of clothing and temples emerged from the Donggui Hall. The leader, with purple pupils shining and peerless, was bathing in the rain of wisteria petals with a smile on his face. It was my sister Jinhuang Guifei.Her high bun is decorated with ten flower hairpins, ten flower tines, and two temples, which is only two flower hairpins and two flower tines less than Queen's Yi.

While saluting, I was studying the twelve rows of red and multicolored patterns embroidered on her purple Ruyi, which seemed to be the queen's ceremony, and it was a bit beyond the standard.But she had already helped me up and spared my gift. In the rain of purple petals, she smiled softly at me and said, "Sister came just in time."

At that time, the western glazed clock was reaching nine o'clock in the morning.

"Jinxiu, sister wants to ask you for a reward." I smiled at Jinxiu.

Jinxiu raised her eyebrows, "My sister is really interesting, the Jun family is as rich as a country, what kind of rare treasures can't be bought?"

"You are joking. Since my sister returned to her original home, the family property has long shrunk. Even if you have seen some rare things, but some things that are worthy of the table, how can they compare with the good things that the Holy One rewarded you. This is still Secondly, it is the emperor's grace to Jinxiu, my sister is very envious."

After these words, Jinxiu really enjoyed it, her purple pupils were full of pride, she flicked the wide sleeves of her brocade robe and giggled non-stop, until the peony flowers embroidered on the cuffs seemed to fly up , "Oh, Mujin, I have convinced you, your little mouth is still as sweet as before, no wonder our family's Northern Jin King is so crazy about you. Just say what you want, sister, and she will definitely give it. "

"Hey, this, it's like this..." I was about to start.

At this moment, a eunuch loudly chanted, "The empress is here."

My request was put on hold, and I had to go to the courtyard with a group of women to meet the queen.

The young Empress Xuanyuan stood in the atrium in full dress, wearing a bright red silk skirt with wide sleeves, on which six golden phoenixes were meticulously embroidered on top of white peonies, standing beside Jinxiu wearing tall Shu brocade pearl shoes, Although the appearance is a bit inferior, but the most important thing is to smile, young and cute, but it is also a spring breeze.

Behind her was Yuan Feiyan who was also dressed in the same costume, dragging a goose-yellow silver satin skirt, exquisite makeup pasted with lotus ingots, extremely slender eyebrows and eyes, and a huge golden phoenix step rocking hairpin inserted obliquely on the white flower bun , among a group of women, I feel even more elegant, but the delicate body is slightly thinner in the breeze.

A group of luxurious women, like tropical fish, swam gorgeously to their respective seats and sat down, and the hall immediately became empty.

Qi Fang also walked in, saluted and reported the performance.

"Are all the noble ladies here?" the queen asked the maid beside her.

Jinxiu glanced at the seats, lowered her eyes and turned sideways, said: "All the wives inside and outside have already entered the table, but sister Lian hasn't arrived yet, why don't Concubine Rong Chen let them start first."

The queen smiled lightly and said, "It's okay, you can wait a little longer."

Jinxiu asked the palace people to play the chime bell, and the elegant music spread throughout Donggui Hall immediately.Because the queen and imperial concubine are both present, the wives both inside and outside sit in awe, not daring to make mistakes.

The Empress chatted with Jinxiu about her homework, her eyes fell on my shawl, she took a few glances at the novel geometric figures, and said with a smile: "Princess Jin's veil is so beautiful, I haven't seen such a novel pattern before, listen to it. Said from the hand of Jun."

I also bowed my head and said, "It's the design of Jun's Yulou costume, but the pattern is more novel, but the texture is not as soft and elegant as the silk on the empress's body. If the concubine guessed correctly, it should be the latest style of Yinbao yarn in Bozhou Bar."

Surprise flashed in the queen's eyes, and she said happily, "The princess has good eyesight."

I chatted with the queen on the topic of cutting-edge fashion.Yuan Feiyan's too long phoenix eyes glanced at us lightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

Suddenly, a muffled bang sound came from inside the bead curtain, and the empress and I turned our heads to see that the sun was shining on an exquisitely crafted Western colored glass clock. A wooden figurine of a little girl with a big braid on her head popped out, with a big funny grin, followed by clapping her little hands ten times with a dang bang, and then bounced back.

Ah, this girl looks very familiar.

"Does it look familiar?" Jinxiu's voice sounded in my ear, making me jump.Looking back, she was leaning over my ear, with her back behind the ladies, she made a proud grimace at me, and let a faint smile line emerge from the corner of her delicate eyes, which made me amused.She smiled at me and said, "This glazed clock is quite old. Back then, the emperor ordered Lian and his sister to move to Beizhai Palace, and wanted to move out together, but one of the servants accidentally dropped it once and broke the time teller, so the emperor followed suit." I gave my sister a bigger one. I heard that the clock characters were still made of ivory and jewels, but I was reluctant to throw this one away, so I asked someone to repair it, and simply replaced the small time teller with you Keep using it to see if you look as stupid as you were when you were a child!"

The queen obviously heard our conversation, and glanced at the villain, and exclaimed slightly: "Did Princess Jin look like this when she was young? So cute, so cute." Then she looked at me with wonderful eyes, full of deep thought .

I guess her subtext is actually: I really can't imagine how you were so ugly back then, how did you get to be the former non-white general?

I laughed dryly a few times.Jinxiu pursed her lips and smiled sweeter, raised her slender fingers, and called for singing and dancing, but saw more than a dozen maikos dressed in white gauze came to the hall with big whisks in their hands, and danced the white dove dance popular in the palace.

The dance music gradually eased the atmosphere in the arena, and the noble ladies began to laugh and chat in low voices. Jinxiu Zitong glanced at me, obviously smiling sweetly, but lowered her voice and said to me: "I was first transferred to the wife's room back then. In the past, just because she didn't wipe the clock one day, she was punished ten times, I thought at the time, one day I will let her also taste the feeling of being naked."

I was about to reply with a smile, but the palace servant came to report, "Emperor Lian and the noble concubine have arrived."

After a while, Lian's thin figure appeared at the door of the main hall.She walked in slowly and gave the queen a big gift.

(End of this chapter)