My mother's love song

Under such circumstances, Nuozi would stay in the palace and accompany Dingzi almost every day, and only leave the palace occasionally, about once every ten days or so.

Even when visiting Xiangzi's house, Nuozi couldn't muster any energy.

Seeing his beloved girl getting thinner and thinner, Rhodes began to waver.

"No, Master."

When Rod was determined to volunteer to go to the palace to treat Fujiwara no Sadako, Musashi stood up and stopped him.

"You can't interfere with history with a frivolous attitude. Master, that's what you taught me, right?

Well, it wouldn't have any effect if you attacked a girl from the Heian period...but this time the target is the current Empress of Japan, right?

The current Heian court is divided into two major factions: the Empress and the Empress. Fujiwara no Sadako is the core figure of the Empress faction.

Musashi gave Rhodes a meaningful look and said, "It wouldn't be strange even if a singularity was formed, right?

Master, are you ready to change people's minds just to please your lover?"

Rhodes was silent.

If it was for the sake of saving Nuozi, he wouldn't mind even if it meant creating a singularity.

But after all, that Fujiwara Sadako was not someone he knew.

Rhode had not yet failed to see the situation clearly enough to involve all his important people for the sake of an outsider.

"According to what you said,...will Dingzi die from this serious illness?"

Rhodes was a little surprised.

After all, Fujiwara Sadako is still very young. According to Noko, she is only in her twenties this year.

Although the average life expectancy of ancient people was not long, that was only for ordinary people. The life expectancy of the ancient powerful class was not much different from that in the early 20th century.

Musashi nodded and said, "In history, Fujiwara no Sadako died at the age of 24. Even in the Heian period, this could be considered a premature death."

"What happened after that?" Rhodes asked.

With the death of the core figures of the Empress' faction, the party is bound to decline. From now on, it will be the era of Empress Fujiwara no Akiko and her father.

Rhodes was not concerned about the power changes within the Japanese royal family. What he wanted to know was what happened to Sei Shonagon.

Musashi, who understood the boy's meaning, hesitated for a while, then said, "Yes, Noko-shin regarded Fujiwara no Sadako as the master he would serve for his whole life.

Therefore, after Princess Sadako passed away, Sei Shonagon left the Empress heartbroken, and soon abandoned the secular world and became a nun.

Well, perhaps from the day Fujiwara no Teiko passed away, the most glorious journey of Sei Shonagon’s life has come to an end... All that is left is endless mediocrity, and it seems that he has not written any decent works anymore. "

"That's it."

After listening to Musashi's story, Rhodes already knew what he wanted to do.

That was to lend a helping hand to Sei Shonagon when she was most helpless, and help her get out of the shadow of her old friend's death.

This is the right thing for him to do as a fiancé.

With a little apology to Nuozi, Rhodes clenched his fists.

In this way, three months passed without any major events.

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It is already late autumn.

That night, the gate of the mansion was wide open, and the night courtyard could be seen from the outside.

The frosty moonlight covered the entire yard.

There was no wind on the ground and no clouds in the sky. Only a huge full moon hung high in the sky.

The only light in the garden was a candle in the house, and just this little light vaguely highlighted the courtyard from the darkness at night.

On the floor of the corridor facing the courtyard, Rhodes and Murasaki Shikibu sat side by side.

Fujiwara Kaori was wearing a colorful twelve-piece kimono. The moonlight outlined her voluptuous and graceful figure, and her long, gorgeous black hair spread all around her.

The dignified face shrouded in moonlight was faintly blushed.

The moist red lips and slightly tipsy expression made the dignified widow, who already had a hint of demonic feeling, look particularly charming.

It’s the beauty under the moon.

The young man sitting next to Xiangzi, Rhodes, still looked like he was in summer even though it was late autumn, casually wearing a gray and white yukata.

The two were drinking together.

Separating them was a wooden square tray with several empty wine bottles placed horizontally on it, and only one bottle was still standing.

There was also a plate on the plate with pickled plums and dried persimmons on it.

On the silent night of the full moon, the two did not talk much. Instead, they drank by themselves with snacks and occasionally recited a line of poetry.

"Where the flower branches are broken, a brothel opens, and a song of eroticism is sung with a glass of wine."

"The beauty advised me to enjoy myself quickly, for since ancient times, beauty will never come back again."

"Have you not seen the foreigners, on the Chang'an Road, grow older the more they return?"

After reciting Bai Juyi's "Horizontal Blowing Song: Chang'an Road" in tacit understanding, they smiled at each other.

"Ms. Xiangzi actually invited me to drink and watch the moon together. What an honor."

Rhodes muttered to himself as he was enjoying the elegant time, his eyes still gazing at the full moon in the sky.

"No, it's my honor.

It is the dream of every Kyoto girl to drink with the Lord of Light."

Fujiwara Kaori said this with a smile on her face and took the initiative to pour wine for the young man.

When she bent down slightly, the tight-fitting Tang-style dress was tight, her round curves were full of tension, and her plump and perky buttocks swayed slightly with the movement.

"Thank you."

Rhodes drank the clear shochu poured by the beauty in one gulp, and at this time he heard Murasaki Shikibu's whisper in his ears.

"This world is my world, like a full moon without flaws."

Xiangzi looked at the full moon thoughtfully, and when she came to her senses, she found that the boy was staring at her.

She smiled and said, "Haha... Does Guang Zhiqin know this poem?"

Rhodes said: "I remember that was Miss Xiangzi and Lai Guang's boss..."

"Well, you are worthy of being called Lord Light. This is the waka poem that the Left Minister Fujiwara no Michinaga composed when he was expressing his feelings towards the moon."

Fujiwara no Michinaga, with the Buddhist name Yukikan, was a junior official. He was the fifth son of Fujiwara no Kaneie.

His daughters alone produced three queens, known as "three queens from one family."

But despite this, the assertion in the poem, "This world is my world," is truly powerful, and comparing one's own situation to the moon in the sky is also remarkable.

"Like a full moon without a flaw" can be described as an expression of arrogance and overwhelming power. To use this metaphor in a song is truly astonishing.

Even if it is said to be the arrogance of the poet, it is no longer a joke if it is written by a Taoist priest.

If a department manager ignores the existence of the chairman and claims, "This company is mine." "I can do this." As soon as he says this, he will be caught and toppled from the throne of power. This is the real world.

However, Fujiwara Michinaga was like a department manager who said "This company is mine" at the wedding ceremony of the chairman's grandson, in front of important people such as the managing director and general manager.

Even if the chairman's grandson marries his granddaughter, he would never say this.

Fujiwara no Michinaga was such a person who was so confident in his position that he never thought that such words would threaten his existence, and he turned all his bold words into reality.

According to the information Rhode had learned, Fujiwara no Michinaga possessed the most eloquent eloquence in Japanese history, and was also a man of great luck who was loved by the times.

To put it simply, he is [Incitement EX] and [Luck EX], a man with a legendary life like a character in a novel.

"My brother's daughter, Empress Teiko, died young. Is this also part of the Taoist's good fortune?"

Rhodes couldn't help but think so.

The topic between him and Xiangzi naturally turned to the Fujiwara clan.

However, Murasaki Shikibu did not continue talking about the Taoist priest, but the topic was not unrelated to him.

This is a story about Michinaga's father, Fujiwara no Kaneie.

More than forty years ago, the rumor that a woman in a small nunnery in western Beijing was very good at divination gradually spread throughout the capital.

It is said that she was a beautiful girl who was not even twenty years old.

She is clearly a nun living in a temple, but she wears the attire of a witch and has a more noble temperament than the princess in the capital, but she only makes a living by fortune-telling and charging low fees.

The fame spread quickly.

Rumor has it that this girl is not only stunningly beautiful, but also very accurate in fortune-telling.

"Good things are coming to you."

"Not a daughter. A son."

"It's better not to go out."

As a result, within a few days, the man who was predicted to have good things happen found money on the street in the capital.

The man who was predicted to have a son, his wife was pregnant at the time, and the baby was born as predicted, a son.

The man who was advised not to go out ignored the fortune-telling and went hunting the next day. He fell off his horse and broke his leg.

People began to spread the rumor that it was more of a prophecy than a divination.

Predictions often come true, but not always from young girls.

The witch's predictions sometimes come true and sometimes not. When they don't come true, there will be no charge.

If you want to know something specific and ask specifically for it, it almost never works.

For example, when asked what the weather will be like tomorrow, the girl's answer has nothing to do with the weather.

Sometimes the answer is "sunny", but it is not clear whether it refers to the weather tomorrow or the weather ten days later.

She is such a strange girl.

The rumors about the shrine maiden reached Fujiwara no Kaneie's ears, so he decided to send someone to ask her for divination.

The first question was about children.

At that time, Kenie's wife was pregnant and in very poor condition. The doctor said that it looked like she might have a difficult delivery.

So, Kaneie ordered people to go to the fortune-teller's place.

"It will give birth to a perfect fifteenth moon."

This is what Kaneie got.

If you want to have a baby, you can have one, and if you want to have a baby, you can have it safely.

A few days after the prophecy, Fujiwara no Kaneie's wife gave birth to a boy.

It was Fujiwara no Michinaga.

Perhaps the result was very good, since then, Fujiwara no Kaneie would often find time to ask the shrine maiden to tell his fortune.

Later, Fujiwara no Kaneie rose rapidly in the court and eventually surpassed his elder brother Fujiwara no Kanemichi in official position to become the true lord of the Fujiwara clan.

Among these, how many were based on the witch's prophecies?

However, as Fujiwara no Kaneie and his sons gradually became famous throughout Japan, the shrine maiden seemed to have disappeared overnight.

To use today's terms, it became like an urban legend, and no one has ever seen that beautiful figure again.

Nearly half a century has passed, and the people who once sought fortune-telling from the girl are basically no longer alive. She has truly disappeared into history.

"It's a very interesting story, Ms. Xiangzi."

Rhodes took a sip of wine and said.

To be honest, he didn't think this was a very interesting story. It was just an anecdote that could be found everywhere.

But should we say that Xiangzi is worthy of being the greatest writer in Heian and the oldest light novel writer in the world? Her way of telling stories is very vivid and comfortable, which makes Rhodes feel very satisfied.

At the same time, he also thought that the girl in the story should be a person with the highest level of clairvoyance, just like Guan Buzi's mother.