cloud temple phoenix hairpin

Chapter 34

Chapter 31

The next day the holy driver arrived.People all over the city worshiped along the street.Zhengde saw that Jiangzhou City is full of things and people, teahouses and wine shops are everywhere along the street, high-rise painting pavilions are densely covered, Luo Qi is fragrant, flutes and drums are noisy, it is a scene of peace and prosperity, and Longyan is happy.After entering the Yiyuan Garden, I met the governor of Jiangnan who came here specially and officials from the local and neighboring state capitals in the Yunzao Building.In the evening, there is a large-scale banquet, and the whole Yiyuan is brightly lit, as bright as day, with endless prosperity and beauty, and singing and dancing.During the banquet, Emperor Zhengde made an exception to summon Ruan Hongtian.

Ruan Hongtian and the local wealthy households had been waiting outside for a long time. Hearing the emperor appointed him to go in, he suppressed his uneasiness, bowed his head and entered the lobby of Yunzao Building under the envious eyes of everyone behind him. Hearing some shrill "flat body" sounds from the deacon's palace servants, he held his breath, stood up, and looked up slightly.

Sitting in the middle is Emperor Zhengde, dressed in a yellow robe with dragon patterns, about forty years old, with a beard under his chin and piercing eyes.I just don't know why, but at first glance, I feel a little familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before.He didn't dare to take a closer look, and caught a glimpse of two men in fine clothes sitting beside Zhengde.A 25, also wearing a yellow robe, presumably should be the current prince Zhao Weishi.At the moment, he is leaning leisurely on the back of the chair, with one hand resting on the table, and the sound of silk and bamboo on the high stage outside the building, slightly beating the beat, with a leisurely and elegant appearance, but his face is a little pale, as if Lack of vitality.The other is only eighteen or nineteen years old, with eyebrows cut like knives, eyes like lacquer, wide forehead, straight nose, bright lips, a very handsome young man.Knowing that it was the third prince Zhao Weijun who was accompanying him this time.

Zhengde looked at Ruan Hongtian and asked a few words.Ruan Hongtian answered carefully one by one, but they were all eulogizing words arranged by Xie Ruchun in advance.Zhengde nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "I just heard from Mr. Xie that you have spent a lot of thought on my stay here. You didn't even prepare well for Yao'er's full moon gift. I came here this time just to share with the people. Tongle, I feel a little sorry for calling you like this. Can your child have a name?"

Ruan Hongtian saw Xie Ruchun winking at him, he was not a stupid person, he naturally knew what the emperor meant, and he would not spoil his interest, so he hurriedly said: "I didn't name him, I just gave him a baby name to call me."

Zhengde twirled his beard for a moment, asked his generation name, and when he knew it was Ann, he nodded and said: "In this case, I will give him a name, and hope that this child will shine for your Ruan family in the future. I will reward you with a wishful handle."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was envious.Ruan Hongtian was also happy, and hastily bowed down to thank him again.

The Rongyin Hall was also brightly lit at the moment, although it was late at night, he did not go to sleep.Concubine Yan Gui who accompanied her today also summoned a group of local wives and ladies.Sisters Jiang and Mingyu and Mingpei were also exceptionally among them because of the master's family.Ming Yu took Ming Pei and gave them some advice, but stood far away at the end, bowed her head without saying a word, and finally followed the usual practice, and Xie Mingrou and other official ladies were rewarded with a few newly made palace flowers.This alone is enough to make Ming Pei excited, and at this moment, she is by Jiang's side, talking about the strict makeup, brocade skirt and graceful demeanor of the imperial concubine today, which arouses the envy of the maids around her.Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard a rumor that the emperor had given the young son of the Ruan family an Xian and a jade wishfull. The deacon palace servants were about to come and ordered them to go out to meet him.Fortunately, when they came back, they still hadn't taken off their make-up and clothes, so after a hasty tidying up, Jiang hurriedly took the two Mingyu sisters out to meet the palace servants, thanked them, and gave them the purse as usual.When the palace servants left, the entire family rejoiced and did not rest until late at night when Ruan Hongtian returned.

Ming Yu couldn't sleep that night.In fact, since Rongyin Hall was preparing to welcome Shengjia, she has been unable to sleep well.Now that things have finally come to an end, a string is always a little tense.At this moment, the accident of being named by the emperor made it even tighter.

Everything follows the trajectory of the previous life, but there are some differences.Now my younger brother, Mo'er, can only be given a nickname, and he will be given the nickname "An Xian" by the emperor for the rest of his life. Does this mean that everything will go according to his wish and develop in a good direction?

At dawn the next day, Ming Yu got up and was combing her hair in front of the mirror, when she saw Chun Yuan coming in, her face turned pale, she was hesitant to speak, knowing that Xue Nanan from her mother's yard had come to call her.A burst of uneasiness suddenly hit my heart.

"What happened?"

Chun Yuan bit her lower lip and hesitated for a moment.Ming Yu told everyone in the room to go out, and then she knelt down with a plop and said, "Girl, think of a way to save Sister Du!"

Du Ruoqiu, what happened to her?
"Her father is not in good health. Didn't I let her go back to take care of her father? What happened?"

Ming Yu's heart skipped a beat.

"Just now Xuenan sneaked over and said that Du Xiucai went to Steward Liu early in the morning, saying that sister Ruoqiu went out to fetch medicine for him yesterday, but she hasn't returned yet. She has been looking for it all night and there is no trace. I went to the pharmacy The person said that she took the medicine and left. This morning, I found those packs of medicine in the gutter at the entrance of her alley. I asked the neighbors, and one person said that he heard a woman's cry and went out for a while. But there is nothing abnormal. Du Xiucai didn't dare to interrupt last night, stayed up all night, and came here this morning, asking the master to help the reporter to look for it."

Ming Yu turned pale with shock, and hurried to her parents' courtyard.Ruan Hongtian was no longer there, Jiang was the only one left in the room, his hair was still a little disheveled, and his face looked ugly.Seeing Mingyu approaching, he forced a smile.

"Mother, is Dad going to report to the police? Quickly find Du Ruoqiu!"

Ming Yu didn't wait for Jiang to speak, but immediately spoke.

Jiang frowned slightly and said, "It must be that girl Xue Nan talking too much again! This matter has nothing to do with you, adults will deal with it."

Ming Yu was a little surprised.Looking at his mother's appearance, it seemed that there was something she was still hiding from him, so why would she just back off like this, and stepped forward to pester Jiang shi for questioning.The Jiang family couldn't hold back, and retreated from the servants, and then said: "Ayu, Du Ruoqiu is fine now, and his life is not in danger, so you don't have to worry too much."

"Mom, where is she!"

An ominous premonition struck again, and Ming Yu became a little anxious.

Jiang shi sighed, and then said in a low voice: "Yesterday night, Guanshi Chen of Yiyuan quietly sent someone to say that there were a few women's voices from the Lingxuan Pavilion where the third prince lived, and then they died away. It seems that they are not the women brought out of the palace. Those are royal people. How can we ask more questions, as if we don’t know. Du Xiucai came here with Gu Xuan early in the morning, saying that his family Your daughter was kidnapped. Your father became suspicious and rushed over to tell Guanshi Chen to ask the servants inside to find out, and only then did he know..."

Ming Yu's heart was already beating wildly, almost bursting.

"She...she has been ruined?"

"Shh..." Jiang hurriedly ordered her to be silent, shook her head and sighed, "It's also a crime. How could such a thing happen to happen! I vaguely heard a message from a servant, saying that it seemed like she didn't mention it last night. Our girl just took the silver hairpin from her head to kill herself, it's not a big deal, but she was imprisoned for committing crimes..." Seeing Mingyu's face turned pale, she hurriedly said, "Ayu, I know She is your girl. You have always treated her well. It's just that this matter has a lot to do with it, so you must not mess around. The third prince is a nobleman of the royal family, how can we afford to offend him? This concerns the safety of my Ruan family! I only found out about the past between Gu Xuan and Du Ruoqiu today. I was afraid that he would have a sexual conflict, so I could only ask the housekeeper to arrest him for the time being. Today, my mother will accompany the wives to accompany the concubine. You brought your younger sister to rest at home. .What happens to her in the future can only depend on her good fortune..."

Ming Yu returned to Yilu Building, her heart sinking as if she had fallen to the bottom of ice.

Because of herself, Du Ruoqiu changed her fate of becoming her father's aunt. She originally wanted to find an opportunity this year, so she asked her mother to let her go out, and told her to marry Gu Xuanyou's lover. She never expected that, In the end, it will become what it is today.She didn't know much about the third prince before. She only knew that after Emperor Zhengde passed away suddenly, he took the crown prince's place. He seemed to be a scheming person.The two princes were accompanying them, and they did not bring any family members with them. She also knew that Xie Ruchun and her father had specially selected a few courtesans with excellent sex and art from the flower houses in Jiangzhou City for the sake of these two princes, and quietly sent them to the palace. I went to the Italian Garden.How could the third prince still do such absurd act of kidnapping folk women privately?Not to mention being abandoned by the three princes, or being brought into the palace, with Du Ruoqiu's background, how could he be successful in the future?I'm afraid that the fate is more tragic than that of the previous life.What's more, according to what his mother said just now, Du Ruoqiu seemed to be fighting. If he really offended that person, there would be only one end.

If it was any other woman who involved the safety of the royal family and her own family, no matter how pitiful the situation was, she could only turn a blind eye.But now the victimized woman is not someone else, but Du Ruoqiu.In the previous life, her mother hanged herself to death, and it was all due to Du Xiucai and Gu Xuan's righteousness to collect the body.There is no way to repay such a great kindness.If she just sits idly by, even if she lives to enjoy the rest of her life, she will definitely be condemned by her conscience.But if he rescued him, he would definitely offend the third prince again, who would become the emperor in the future, and now he should only try his best to please the nobleman!
What should I do?
Ming Yu's heart was in a mess.

"Girl, I was the one talking nonsense just now, so I'd better think about it."

Chun Yuan also regretted that she was so talkative just now, seeing her sitting there with straight eyes and an ugly face, although she felt extremely sympathetic to Du Ruoqiu in her heart, she tried to persuade her in this way.

Ming Yu acted as if she had never heard of it, only Du Ruoqiu's smile kept flashing in her mind.How determined is such a gentle woman to express her struggle in the only way she can under such circumstances?
There is still a long time to come.This time offended the third prince, Rong Yintang may use other methods to make up for it in the future, but if Du Ruoqiu suffered the insult and died like this, she, Ruan Mingyu, would not live in peace for the rest of her life!
She stood up abruptly, and said to Chunyuan, "Help me find Liu Xiangyang, find out where Gu Xuan is locked up, and don't tell Butler Liu to find out!"

Chun Yuan's complexion changed slightly, and she said in a trembling voice, "Girl..."

Ming Yu smiled and said, "Chunyuan, if you were the one who was taken captive today, I would definitely go and rescue you."

Chun Yuan gritted her teeth, turned around and went downstairs.

Xie Zuiqiao, Pei Taizhi, and Gu Xuan, whom Pei Taizhi wanted to reuse.

This is the only way she can think of now.Maybe not.But she can only gamble as best she can once.

At the bridgehead outside the Yu Garden, Xie Zuiqiao was wearing a green shirt and a straw hat, sitting on a stone and fishing with a fishing rod.I haven't seen any fish take the bait for half a day, but I am very patient and still wait slowly.A few country children waiting behind also watched with bated breath.Finally, I saw that the hanging mark was shaking slightly, and there were a few circles of ripples. I hurriedly pulled up the fishing rod, and the water drops flew, but I saw that the hook was just a group of aquatic plants that floated over with the river water and touched the hook. I also thought it was funny , shook his head and sighed, amidst the non-stop laughter of several urchins behind him, Fu threw the hook line far away again.

Shengjia arrived in Jiangzhou, but he didn't go with the crowd to pick him up in these two days because the one-year filial piety period has not yet expired.Only asked Pei Taizhi to present his own seal.Zhengde treated him very kindly, so he specially ordered people to come here yesterday, gave him some exquisite delicacies, and spread the word to encourage him.

At this moment, the city should be singing and dancing to promote peace, and the four sides celebrate together.There is only one old stone bridge here, a clear water flowing slowly eastward.

In the prime of his life, he was supposed to make great achievements and dominate the battlefield, but he could only fade out of the imperial city because of his filial piety. The young man was not without slight regrets in his heart.

Seeing that there was no harvest after waiting for a long time, the village boys became impatient, and the boos fell away.

The spring sunshine made people's backs warm, Xie Zuiqiao simply lay on his back on the rocks, took off the straw hat and covered his face, just when he closed his eyes, he heard a horseshoe rushing past on the bluestone slab bridge voice, but did not move.After a while, I heard footsteps hurriedly coming from behind, and stopped in front of me, and a young man's voice said: "Excuse me, sir. Do you know where the owner of Yuyuan went?"

The voice was not very loud, but it could be heard that there was a trace of uncontrollable anxiety.

(End of this chapter)