Time Brocade Store

Hearing Gao Shiqian's question, Feng Niang sighed softly, with a confused look on her face: "To be honest, I don't know what to do. I'm a country girl, so I don't know what to do with this pendant. Everything I've seen They are common things in the countryside, and the things in the palace are unheard of and unseen," she said, casting a begging look at Gao Shiqian, "Brother Gao, you have seen a lot, do you know what to do with this thing? ?”

Gao Shiqian held the wooden model that had just taken shape, looked around, and felt a little embarrassed.The Xiapei pendant before was made of white jade with exquisite craftsmanship, and it would be impossible to reach that level without many years of effort, let alone such a piece of rotten wood.He couldn't help wondering whether Zhao Gou was deliberately making things difficult for her by doing this.

"Yes Brother Gao, please help us!" Xiao Zhai begged.

Jinhua listened to it for a long time, and understood the ins and outs of the matter.From the perspective of a modern person, she didn't feel that Zhao Gou was embarrassing Fengniang, but rather giving her a chance to save herself.In many costume dramas she has watched, there are such plots with twists and turns and bright flowers.Thinking of this, she said, "In my opinion, this matter is not as difficult as imagined."

"Why, do you have a solution?" Gao Shiqian's eyes lit up, and he looked at her.

"Miss Jinhua, tell me what is the solution?" Xiao Zhai said excitedly.

"Have you ever thought that what the emperor said is a golden word, how can he take it back easily. Feng Niang damaged the imperial gift and refused to enter the palace. Both of these things are crimes of deceiving the emperor. If you forgive me easily, then What is the face of the Tian family? But if the emperor really wanted to punish Feng Niang, he could directly issue an order when he was in the hall. Why did he give Feng Niang such a piece of wood to let her come here? Not only that, Feng Niang Mother asked us to meet in the palace, but the emperor actually agreed. Isn’t this just a way to let her get help from foreign aid? So, as long as we can come up with a clever way to save the face of the Tian family, If you express your sincerity, you will be able to save yourself from danger!"

"Miss Jinhua is right, so it seems that we still have a way to survive! But, what do you mean by 'letting water'?" Xiao Zhai scratched his head.

"Uh... You don't understand even if I say it. Let's discuss countermeasures quickly!"

"I didn't expect that you have made such progress recently, and you have analyzed things so clearly, which really impresses me!" Gao Shiqian couldn't help clapping his hands in praise, "Then according to your opinion, what should we do?"

"Hmm..." Jinhua stepped forward to pick up the wood carving, thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we just do this."

Three days later, at the court, Zhao Gou summoned Lin Fengniang again.The servant said to Feng Niang who was kneeling at the bottom of the steps: "Lin Feng Niang, can you do well what the Holy Majesty ordered you to do?"

"It's ready." Feng Niang said, took out something from her bosom, and held it in her hand.

"Now that it's ready, let's present it!" The servant said as he walked down the imperial steps, came to Feng Niang, reached out to take what was in her hand, and his face couldn't help changing when he saw it, "This is what you did. Xiapei pendant?"

"Exactly." Feng Niang nodded respectfully.

"Lin Fengniang, this is above the court, don't play tricks!"

"Minnv is no joke, this is the Xiapei pendant made by Minnv." Feng Niang said calmly.

"Okay," the servant snorted, "don't blame me for not reminding you!" After speaking, he flicked his sleeves, stepped up the imperial steps, held the thing in front of Zhao Gou with both hands, and said, "Please look at it, Your Majesty."

Zhao Gou lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the thing in his hand, and couldn't help frowning.

What the waiter is holding in his hand is a round piece of wood carved from rotten wood. The workmanship is simple and rough. It can barely be said to be the size and shape of a Xiapei pendant. Other than that, there is nothing that can be seen that it is similar to the Xiapei pendant. What are the similarities.Looking at the pattern on the top, there are two sycamore trees carved on the left, and there is a pool of spring water below, with two mandarin ducks perched on the water.On the right side of the mandarin duck is an ancient well.The carvings of the pattern are crooked, and it looks like it was made by people without any carving skills at all.

It can be said that this wooden pendant has no aesthetic feeling at all.Not only that, but the pattern on it gives people a bitter and depressing feeling, which makes Zhao Gou frowned more and more, he couldn't help but slapped the dragon chair, and said angrily: "I will spare you, and I will give you a chance to redeem your sins. Take such a thing to come back to order, don't you know that this is a crime of deceiving the king!"

Feng Niang hurriedly fell to the ground and kowtowed her head: "The girl is guilty! But this thing was carved by the girl herself with a carving knife, one knife at a time. It condenses the sincerity of the girl. I hope the Holy One will see it clearly!"

"Sincerity? Such a thing, how can there be sincerity?" Zhao Gou said with a stern expression.

"Please give me some time, Your Majesty, and let me speak slowly."

Zhao Gou's face was gloomy, and he didn't speak for a while.Seeing that he was silent, the servant asked for instructions in a low voice: "Your Majesty, look..."

Zhao Gou sighed, waved his hand and said, "I will give you another chance, if you can't tell the reason, you can ask the crime on the spot!"

"According to the order." Feng Niang kowtowed and said, "The pendant of the people's daughter comes from an ancient poem: 'Wu Tong treats the old man, and the mandarin ducks will die. , Concubine Xingujingshui.' I wonder if the Holy One has heard of it?"

"Bold!" the servant shouted, "When will it be your turn to ask the Holy Majesty! You are so arrogant..."

Zhao Gou glanced at him, the servant quickly lowered his head and stopped talking.He coughed lightly and said, "This poem is "Fierce Women's Exercises" written by Meng Jiao, a poet of the Tang Dynasty."

"Your Majesty is indeed a lesson learned." Feng Niang continued, "On this wooden pendant, what is carved is the artistic conception of this poem. The folk girls are not skilled enough, and the patterns carved are very clumsy, but they are made from Here comes this ancient poem."

Zhao Gou asked the waiter to bring up the wooden pendant again, held it in his hand and looked at it twice, and said, "You carved this pendant with the artistic conception of "Strong Women's Exercise", but why?"

"It is to express the loyalty of the daughters of the people to the Holy One."

"Loyalty? You resisted the order and did not obey it, so how can you say loyalty?"

"Reporting to the Holy Majesty, it was a coincidence that the folk girl rescued you in the village that day. Even if the person she met that day was not the Holy One, the folk girl would still save him. Therefore, the folk girl really dare not accept this reward for saving him. However, it is the order of the parents and the betrothed person between the daughter of the people and the words of the matchmaker. The marriage contract has been established long ago. If the daughter of the people marries into the palace, she will lose her loyalty to her fiancé. My great Song ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety I also hope that the Holy Majesty can sympathize with the hearts of the women, so that the women can keep the original agreement, and set an example for the people of the world..." She said and peeked at Zhao Gou who was sitting on the dragon chair, waiting for his verdict.