The cute master who always attacks the queen

Chapter 12 Encounter

Woke up the next day and it started raining.Not big, as thin as a cow's hair, silently moistening the courtyard.The style is completely different from the summer pouring, and it slightly highlights the autumn.

The water vapor carried by the wind blows in through the bamboo leaf screen window, and the gauze is soaked, making it a bit cool.

Yu Ci took her cloak and sat alone by the window for a while.Seeing that the bamboo leaves outside the window were wet and green, she said to Sakura, "Go get the coir raincoat."

Xiao Ying complied and asked, "Your Majesty is going out?"

Yu Ci said, "Yes."

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Miu Ci has finished her work, and Azhu and Ayu are arranging things inside.She was left alone in the house, and when the autumn rain was cold, the sky was dark, and her heart was lonely, she wanted to go out for a walk.

Xiaoying fetched a straw hat and coir raincoat, and helped Mistress put them on.She asked with a smile, "Where does the empress want to go?"

Yu Ci thought about it, but what she most wanted to go to was the Jingxiu Hall, but it had already been sealed off.He then asked, "Who has the key to the door leading from the back garden to the meditation hall?"

Xiao Ying said: "The servants don't know either. But the repairs in the palace are under the control of the inner government, and they must have a backup key in their hands."

Yu Ci originally wanted to go in and sit quietly, but if she went to the inner mansion to ask for it, she would have to file for it.If someone who is troublesome thinks that she has taken a fancy to that yard, I'm afraid they will ask for repairs.

He said: "Don't be so troublesome. Just go for a walk by the lotus pond, and it's the same when passing through Chengguang Palace."

Yu Ci's coir raincoat was still brought from the mansion, it's a two-piece set, very delicate.It is said that it is woven with scorpion grass cored and dried in the shade. It is thick, soft and light, and the hem hangs softly after wearing it, without hindering movement.But after all, it's just something to keep out the wind and rain, and the color and style are not good-looking. After wearing it, it looks like fishing an old man by the water.

These little girls in the temple are in their youth, so naturally none of them are willing to accompany her to wear them, and would rather go out with her under an umbrella.

Yu Ci left Aping in the palace, and took Xiao Ying and the five little maids out together - she actually didn't want to take it alone, but it was only in accordance with the rules that Yu Ci must go out in a big way, so she took six Xiao Ying He also said that he was afraid of being blamed, so he had to make do with it.

The pulse of autumn rain is just like the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River.Lines of rain flew obliquely, sticking to the coir raincoat, feeling a little heavy.

Yu Ci was walking on the stone-paved road, all kinds of troubles in her mind were entangled together, she was at a loss and had no clue.

For a moment, she thought of her grandfather, that healthy and healthy old man was not a kind elder, but a bit too strict.It seems that because of his son's lack of success, he is especially strict with his grandchildren.Yu Ci grew up beside her grandmother, and saw her grandfather more often than others, and was often called by him alone to guide her homework or give lectures, so she has a deeper understanding.

She often thinks of her grandfather's posture in front of Jian Jun.He also served as Taifu, the emperor's teacher, and should have been Jian Jun's closest person.But the lonely young emperor must have never heard a word of praise or love from him. Compared with the thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness of the chief eunuch, he must have an ugly face.

But Jian Jun should not hate him because of this. What Jian Jun hates is probably that he neither recognizes Jian Jun's sage aptitude, nor refuses to give Jian Jun a chance to prove himself.Even after he retired and returned to his hometown, the civil servants and military generals he cultivated in the court still used his standards to continue to deny Jian Jun, making him feel uncomfortable.

For example, this time A Lian and other seven people were used to fill the vacancies in the six departments. Jian Jun and the cabinet each proposed seven people, and then argued with each other. In the end, except for A Lian, who was not in dispute, the other six all followed the cabinet's memorandum.

That night, seeing Jun staying in the palace of Yuci, crying in her arms in the middle of the night, Yuci could only pretend to be sleepy and pat him on the back to comfort him.

So what if they are such loyal ministers as Zhuge Liang?It would be a ghost if Jun Jun didn't take care of them after he gained power.

For a moment, Yu Ci thought of Jian Jun again.

Jian Jun went to visit Lin Xiuyi these days, and stayed in her palace at night.Sometimes he went late, it must be because something happened in the court, he left a note or attended the cabinet's deliberations.

——He is still a student emperor to this day.And more studious and more diligent than the average student.Sometimes he didn't finish reading the book, or when the court mentioned some ordinances of the previous court, he would order the chief eunuch to take them, and continue reading after dinner with Yu Ci.

He read the agenda, and his grandfather read the most.He specially read the excerpts written by his grandfather when he was a foreigner more than 40 years ago.

Yu Ci really felt that even if Jian Jun was really not as good as the Holy Master, he would definitely be a good emperor who could not be met—she had been reading history for her pastime since she was a child, and it was the first time she had seen Jian Jun study so hard. To be the emperor of Mingjun, even if the standard of Mingjun is set by grandfather.

Miu Ci often feels that one day the most respected person in the court may not necessarily be A Lian's kind of talent and beauty, but maybe just a generous gentleman who does not hesitate to praise—of course, it is more likely to cater to flattering villains— ——Ji Ci did not forget the chief eunuch in history.

Selfishly speaking, she certainly hoped for the former.But if all gentlemen and loyal ministers disdain to praise the emperor... Yu Ci had no choice but to come in person.

So these days, seeing Jun being close and dependent on her, Yu Ci always feels that there are some signs of opportunism.

But she also sincerely felt pity for Jian Jun.

The drizzle was dense, and Sakura was holding an umbrella for Yu Ci behind her back, but her left shoulder and back were soaked, the autumn was cool, and the wind blew past, and she sneezed unconsciously.

Yu Ci was thinking about something on her mind, she didn't notice it before, and she turned her head to see it after hearing her "Ah Sneeze".Then he frowned and said, "Don't let me block you, see how wet you are."

Xiao Ying smiled and said: "It's okay, just don't get your mother wet."

Xie Ci was wearing a coir raincoat, but she couldn't actually get wet.What's more, the Jiangnan flower umbrella was not originally a shelter from the wind and rain, and it couldn't block much at all.It's just her mind.Yu Ci's heart warmed slightly, seeing her nose flushed from the cold, she said, "Go back quickly and change your clothes, drink a bowl of ginger soup, don't catch a cold."

Xiao Ying said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, it's really not a problem. Just don't disturb the beauty of your mother's pleasure in the garden in the rain."

Yu Ci has never met anyone who would rather go to the garden with her than catch a cold, and said with a headache: "You are still young, don't take your health seriously. Besides, you will be very busy tomorrow. If you fall ill, who will take care of you?" ? Go back obediently, and they will follow me here.”

Xiao Ying said with a smile: "I thought the empress was considerate of others, but who knows that she wants them to save up their energy to be a cow and a horse tomorrow."

Concubine said: "That's natural, you fell ill, where can I find someone so patient?"

Xiao Ying laughed and said, "Then servants should be more sensible and step back. Don't wait for your mother to sing poems to the rain, and your servants will be sneezing to accompany the accompaniment, and go around to annoy your mother." Li, said again: "If you don't want your servants to get wet again, you should hold an umbrella anyway. Although the coir raincoat is impermeable, it will sink when it touches the rain."

Yu Ci took the umbrella, and asked a court lady to support her back together.

Yu Ci looked at her back from a distance, and thought that it would be great if Ayu was as sensible as her... But then again, Azhu and Ayu are so clever, so they wouldn't be with a closed-off girl like Yu Ci. Heart to heart.

After Sakura left, the other four maids were indifferent, as quiet and obedient as a set card.

Yu Ci entered Chengguang Palace, went out from the side courtyard, and went to a corridor, which was built on the water, winding through the dense lotus leaves, and built a pavilion in the middle of the lotus pond.

Yu Ci pointed to the pavilion, and said, "Go and prepare some melons and fruits, take a qin, and burn incense. Arrange them all in the pavilion."

The three of them took the order and went away. After thinking about it, she said to the fourth one, "Go and fold a handful of plain chrysanthemums, put them in blue and white porcelain vases, and put them in the pavilion. Cover your face with a veil.”

The man hesitated for a moment, met Shang Yuci's eyes, and hurriedly took his orders and left.

Seeing that the four of them had also gone away, Yu Ci saw that

Only then did he go down the corridor, and he didn't hide, he just stepped on the uneven bluestones by the pool, and went away one deep and one shallow.

The lotus pond is named for its shape resembling a phoenix head.There is an island in the center of the lake, which looks like a phoenix eye. If you don't tie a boat, you can park under the phoenix eye.Below the phoenix head is Chengguang Palace.Where the phoenix beak is facing is the Jingxiu Hall.

Yu Ci was walking and stopping alone on the shore, slowly walking towards the meditation hall.

After a while, they came to a bamboo fence.The shore was wet, and there were already overgrown grasses and trees, and weeds were even more overgrown around the fence. On the other side, roses were climbing out of the gaps.In mid-autumn, when the flowers wither and the fruits are ripe, they are green, fat, red and thin.In this drizzle and mist, the petals are wet and covered with dew, making them even more fragile and helpless.

On the other side of the fence is the retreat hall.Yu Ci looked around, but couldn't find a place to climb, so she went down to the pool, trying to step on the stones to go around.

At this time, there was a low sound of Xiao on the other side of the fence.The sound of the flute is lingering and low, like mourning death, and like remembering the past, but it is drifting away without worrying.

Nowadays, there is a light mist over the lotus pond, misty and rainy, quiet and cool.The sound of the flute is as clear as in the ear.

Yu Ci paused for a moment, listening through the fence, she could only feel the sound hitting her heart like autumn rain on a sycamore tree, stripping away little by little the sorrows of parting that were hidden under the trivial things, until they could be counted vividly.But for the first time, I didn't feel sad.

The tone gradually faded away, and finally disappeared in the rain.

The sound of rain, which was barely audible before, suddenly became overwhelming, and ripples suddenly appeared on the lake.The sky was getting darker and darker, and the autumn rain was pattering against the flowers and leaves.

Concubine Ci slightly recovered her senses and saw the glazed lanterns lit up at the pavilion in the center of the lake from a distance, knowing that they were coming to find them, she quickly bowed to support the bamboo fence and stepped on the bluestone by the pool.

The bamboo fence was old, damp and damp for many years, and the part buried in the soil was rotten. With only a light pull, Yu Ci heard the sound of the ground snapping.The bluestone under her feet is bare and slippery, she has already stepped on it, and her heart is not good.

Then I felt a warm pain in my wrist, and someone had already pulled it up.

Unprepared, she didn't stand firmly when she landed, and threw herself into the arms of the man.

Generous and warm chest, with a touch of sandalwood breath.The other party was obviously a man.Yu Ci blushed and quickly pushed the person away.

She lowered her head, only to see that man took a step back and stood firmly in front of her.Although the purple robe, cloud train and lucky shoes were splashed with muddy water, they didn't care.

I just heard the human say: "Where is the fisherman from?" The voice was warm and smiling.

Yu Ci asked back: "The inner court of the palace, foreign ministers are not allowed to enter. Did the young master go the wrong way?"

——The meditation hall has been completely sealed, and if it is not intentional, it is absolutely impossible to enter, and Yu Ci does not think that he is lost.He was obviously not an eunuch from the sound of his voice, nor could he be a palace guard from his clothes.And there are very few courtiers who can wear purple robes into the palace.Yu Ci had roughly guessed his identity.I just don't know what he wanted to do when he sneaked into the palace.

The man seemed to sized her up and said, "I am Yuan Lu."

Xie Ci knew that he must be a prince, but after hearing the title, she couldn't help but thump in her heart, and took another two steps back.She didn't want to be identified, so she knelt down and gave her a blessing, saying: "I have seen the prince."

The man seemed to comfort her, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty summoned her into the palace, passed by the Jingxiu Hall, and thought about the care of the former noble concubine, so I came here to pay homage to her. There is no malice, please don't report me... But I don't know which palace the girl is from. Which courtyard, why did you come over the wall?"

Yu Ci hesitated for a while, and said: "Chengguang Palace is just sweeping people. Hearing the sound of Xiaoyuan in Huangyuan, come and find out."

Hearing this, the man lifted her bamboo hat with a smile, and said: "Since I want to find out, but I don't even..." The bamboo hat was lifted halfway, and the words were only halfway through, but suddenly remained motionless.

Don't say that Yuci is Yuci, she is just an ordinary palace man, and it is not appropriate to have a private meeting with the vassal king.Not only did this person not know how to avoid him, but he acted contemptuously, and Miu Ci was already a little ashamed.He hurriedly reached out to press the bamboo hat.

Just like waking up from a dream, he hurriedly withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "The girl is full of heaven, with sculpted eyebrows and bright eyes. She looks smart and rich. She can marry into Wang Sun's family."

Yuci lowered his head and said nothing, then he laughed again: "The king came here at will, only some incense was left in the sachet, and no offerings were prepared. If the incense table cannot be set up, it is inevitable that the etiquette is not well behaved during the worship, I don't know the girl Can you help me prepare one or two."

Yu Ci didn't want to stand with him like this, but since she couldn't reveal her identity, she had to follow orders.

Then he bowed and said, "OK."

She has always thought that the dead are the greatest, but facing Gui'er, she really can't feel sorrow or respect.What's more, she entered the meditation hall secretly, so she can't turn around and ask for help.

So I just picked a few lotus pods in the yard, picked a few peaches and persimmons, and picked a few roses, filled them with lotus leaves, and placed them in front of the alcove.She did not go to Guishui, and she carried a sleeve stove with her to keep warm.Just break the sleeve stove, replace the coal with incense, and use it as an incense burner.

Yuan Lu had been standing under the pine tree watching her busy, but he didn't know what she was thinking.

Yu Ci made up her mind that she would never have anything to do with him, so she came and went several times, but never looked at him.

However, when she was making the lotus leaf into a deep cup, she suddenly heard a soft voice from behind: "妁ci." She shook her hand and turned her head subconsciously.Then I saw Yuan Lu stroking the bamboo flute, looking far away to the other side of the lake, wondering what he was thinking.But he didn't look at her.

The sky was gloomy, but there was a gentle watery light in his dark eyes.He stood under the pine, his robe was slightly wet, but it did not hinder his tall and handsome figure.He wore a red gold hairpin crown, as black as ink.Probably because of the rain, his skin was completely pale, but his lips were pale pink.It looks more and more like a character walking out of a picture scroll.

Yu Ci looked at her for a while, then dropped the lotus leaf in her hand, stepped forward and asked, "Does Your Highness still want a libation?"

Yuan Lu paused for a while, then smiled and said: "No need. This is very good. It's just that the noble concubine loves wealth and ostentation the most. If there is a spirit in the sky, I'm afraid she won't like it. However, there is nothing else, so I can only make do with it." gone."

He went up and bowed three times, but he didn't know what he muttered silently.Then he turned his head and said with a smile to Yu Ci: "When I was young, I loved this kind of family wine the most. The Taifu once laughed at me, Chen Zudou, as a joke. I was imitating Kong Sheng. It seems that you are more skilled than me."

Concubine said: "My lord's absurd praise."

He sighed again with a smile: "When I was young, I played ancestor worship, and some people prepared 'sacrifices' for me in such a way. I once wanted to marry her as a princess, but now I can't. I think you are very good. I turned around and asked the emperor How are you?"

Yu Ci could only take two steps back, and said, "Your Highness is joking."

Then Yuan Lu really laughed out loud, and said: "Why are you so dull, you can't even tell a joke? I saw someone coming from the opposite side with a light on, as if they were looking for someone, could they be looking for you?"

Yu Ci hurriedly turned her head to look, and sure enough, through the bamboo fence, the light over there was gradually approaching.Busy and bowed again, said: "Please avoid the prince."

After finishing speaking, he pressed the bamboo hat, turned around and ran towards the fence.

Yuan Lu smiled behind his back and asked, "What's your name?"

Yu Ci was in a hurry to get away, and said casually: "Little girl, Ayu." "

　Guess what will happen next?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)