The Golden Hairpin

When the carriage arrived near Guangdefang, Huang Zixia thanked them again and got out of the carriage.

Not far from the West Market, she felt that it seemed inappropriate to go back to the palace immediately, so she walked into a soup and cake shop on the corner of the West Market alone.

The soup cake is just noodles. The shop is very narrow. The table with her is a mother and daughter. The daughter is only seven or eight years old, and she can't reach the floor even if she sits on a stool. The mother clamped the long noodles into short sections with chopsticks and fed them to her daughter.

Huang Zixian looked at her, faintly in a daze. Seeing that she had been looking at herself, her mother smiled embarrassedly and said: "The child is small, and the noodles are too long to eat."

"Well, yes." She answered, but her eyes were burning hot in an instant. She remembered that when she was in her teens, her mother helped her cut short noodles in the same way. The father sitting opposite shook his head and said, "They are all this old, and you are not spoiled by you. Now you still have to do it." On the left hand side, she laughed at her while huffing and eating her noodles: "Shame, shame, you still have to serve you at such a big age. In the future, you will have to find a husband who will serve you and take over for your mother after you get married."

She was so angry that she dropped her chopsticks and ran back to her room, angered and refused to eat. But after a while, the mother still brought her meal and coaxed her to eat. After eating a few bites, she looked up and saw her father standing far from the window looking at her. Seeing her looking up, pretending to be just passing by, she slowly walked away on the pebble road in the back garden.

Things that were so small and ordinary at that time, but now I think about it, they are vivid in my memory. Even the patterns of pebbles arranged under her father's feet and the shadows of the trees outside the window on the mother's hands are all presented before her eyes one by one.

Because of this memory fluctuation, the sadness and resentment that stirred her heart were deeply intertwined. Until she clenched her lips tightly, trembling and restrained her breathing, she could forcibly endure the grief and anger along with her tears, swallow it into her stomach, and bury it deeply in her own blood.

Father, mother, brother...

With tears in her eyes, she ate the noodles bit by bit, and swallowed her tears into her stomach.

Now all the grievances and blood and tears, one day, she will go back to Shu and get it back with her own hands.

Wang Ruo of the Langya family became the quasi-prince concubine of the Kui family.

The news soon spread throughout the capital, and everyone in the capital said that the king's family had two queens and one princess in a few years.

Huang Zixia, wearing the name of Yang Chonggu, dressed in the clothes of an eunuch, followed the mighty navy team through most of Chang'an City, listening casually to other people's discussions.

She touched her face. Before going out today, she found that she looked good. It seemed that she had had a good rest recently, so she had to go to the maid of the palace and cheated some yellow powder over and wiped it on her face to make herself appear. Don’t be so bright and clean—because what I’m going to today is the residence of King Langya’s family in the capital. It is very likely that she will meet her former fiance-but in fact, she has not officially retired yet-Wang Yun.

Although he and Wang Yun have not met formally, according to Wang Li Run, he only secretly saw one side of himself in the palace three years ago, but he must be careful and have to guard against. She has decided that in the future, the yellow powder will be a must-have for herself to go out.

Six ceremonies are emphasized in the marriage, and Nachai, Wenming, and Najib have all gone through the scene, so today she followed it to accept the law, that is, to hire.

After all, the Langya King's family is a first-class noble family, and the mansion built in the capital is also beautiful. Seven into the courtyard, east and west gardens, high-walled mansion, the weather is extraordinary.

Wang Yun, the only son of the long house of the Wang family's generation, also has the style of a Wuyi child. Although everyone in the world knows that his fiancée harmed the whole family because he didn’t want to marry him, but after the shameless incident, he was still graceful, wearing a deep velvet veil mid-single, smiling. Yingying's face is like the dawn of the spring breeze, and his demeanor is gentle and calm. Not a century-old family, can't cultivate such a temperament.

At that time, King Kui, who was one of the most noble in the dynasty, married the daughter of King Langya, who was one of the most noble families, and the ostentation was naturally unique. In the long row of cages, the golden combs, jade rulers, and silver make-ups given by the concubines of the palaces are the most eye-catching. Wang Yunrang was sent to the courtyard where Wang Ruo lived, and he sent people to greet the envoys one by one, and distribute the red seals. The ostentation of hundreds of people was cleanly handled by him.

Huang Zixia and a female officer in the palace came to Wang Yun and saluted: "The servants and maidservants are ordered here to teach the princess palace rules and court matters."

Wang Yun said, "Let's go without the gift," but he fixed his gaze on Huang Zixian's body, looking closely, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Huang Zixia turned around and went to the Houyuan with the female officer Su Qi, who followed Na Zheng, but Wang Yun walked with her all the way behind her and asked, "What is the last name of the young man?"

She bit her head and replied: "Slavery Yang Chonggu."

"Could it be the Yang Chonggu who broke the Beijing Four Plan before? It's really not as famous as meeting!" Wang Yun said in surprise, and asked the female official Su Qi's name, and then sent them to the entrance of the small courtyard to stop.

Huang Zixian walked under the eaves, always feeling like a thorn on his back, couldn't help but glanced back, but saw him standing at the gate of the courtyard, staring at herself thoughtfully. Seeing her turning around, he smiled again, and said to her, "We will eat five fortune cookies later, please don't delay."

She bowed her head and saluted: "Yes, I will only meet with the princess today, and I will officially teach tomorrow." Because she hasn't read the etiquette at all now, she can't talk about it.

When they entered the corridor, four girls greeted them and saluted them all. There was a harmonious laughter in the house. They went inside and saw that the house was full of flowers like brocades. In front of the window lattices of folded plum blossoms, there were embroidered tents of Baoxianglian, plum vases filled with begonia flowers, and a dozen neatly dressed-ups were sitting in the house. The ladies, all of them are brocade hairpins, accompanied by Wang Ruo sitting on the glass couch.

Today, Wang Ruo's dress is different from the day before. He wears a lotus-colored short skirt and half his arms. The red peony pattern is used in the style of such a lively dress, which shows a cheerful and smooth gorgeousness. She combed a concentric bun on her head, and the hairpin was wearing that beautiful colored glaze, and two jasper hairpins were inserted obliquely, both solemnly and without losing her own unique aura.

Huang Zixia thought to herself that she is really a woman who knows how to wear clothes. In fact, she knows her beauty very well.

Seeing the arrival of the envoy, everyone stood up and greeted him. Wang Ruoyingying bowed down and listened to Master Xue, the minister of rites who served as the enlistment envoy, read the letter of appointment. Huang Zixia listened to the long verses, looked up at the scenery outside the window in boredom, but saw Liang Jian's swallows whispering, the spring is beautiful, and the world is full of vitality.

Wang Ruo accepted the offer and looked up and saw Huang Zixian. He smiled unconsciously at the corners of his lips, saying: "I was born in an ugly and humble background. ."

Su Qi hurriedly said: "Where, the princess comes from everyone, and the etiquette is well-rounded, and she can understand by analogy, so it's not a problem."

But Wang Ruo only looked at Huang Zixia and smiled, like a child who doesn't understand the world. Although the wives who accompanied her were all smiling, it was only because of Wang Kui's acceptance today, and the royal family had not yet reached a few, they were selected by the royal concubines to help with affairs. Therefore, among all the people in this mansion, it is estimated that apart from Wang Yun and the woman next to her, Huang Zixia is the only one she has met.

The excitement of finally finding an acquaintance among the full house of strangers overflowed from Wang Ruo's face, and Huang Zixia, who was standing in front of her, felt a little ashamed. She thought in her heart, is there really any conspiracy behind such a beautiful and innocent woman?

When they were about to leave, Huang Zixia walked to the door, but felt that someone was secretly holding his sleeves. Looking back, it turned out that it was Wang Ruo with a cramped look.

She smiled and turned back to salute her: "What's the princess' order?"

Wang Ruo whispered secretly: "It's great to meet you, here...I am all strangers."

Huang Zixia stared at her with a smile, and asked, "Isn't there the aunt I saw in the car before? By the way, why didn't you see her with you today?"

"Oh...Because I was selected as the princess, mother hurried back to Langya to help me fetch the things for daily use." She said, but her expression was slightly unnatural, and she added another sentence after thinking about it, "She is getting older. Maybe I won’t come back anymore and stay in my hometown for a long time."

"Then the princess would be a little reluctant? After all, she was the aunt who raised you since childhood."

"Yeah, but there is no way. I always have to adapt. I'm okay. She is getting older, I am afraid it will be difficult to adapt." She smiled, revealing a pair of shallow pear vortices on her cheeks, "And I am not this Did you know you? I was still trembling in the morning, worrying that the kind of old **** who came to teach me would be very serious and old-fashioned. I didn't expect it to be you."

Huang Zixia smiled and said, "This is also the princess's kindness, so I have the honor to be in the same car with the princess."

After some greeting nonsense, Su Qi came over and called her out, and the two went to the lobby to have a snack. The five buns of Wang’s family are naturally different from those found in ordinary restaurants and tea shops. Five small cakes made of poria, hawthorn, pine nuts, red dates, and sesame are placed in a crystal plate. Wang Yun personally brought it to Huang Zixia and asked her: "Little What flavor does father-in-law like?"

Huang Zixia took a look, before speaking, he already took the Poria and put it in front of her, and said, "My cook has an advantage. The Poria has never the medicinal taste, and it retains the fragrant and waxy taste. I don’t believe you. Give it a try. Of course it’s best to try every taste.

Huang Zixia quickly thanked him, then took a white tuckahoe and ate slowly. Wang Yun sat down beside her and asked, "Where is the origin of the little father-in-law, is he from the capital?"

She nodded and said, "The servant is from the suburbs of Beijing."

He also said: "I seem to have a bit of Shu accent when I hear you. Have you lived in Shu?"

Huang Zixian shook her head and said, "I haven't lived. But the maidservant's mother is from Shu."

"Oh…"

"The slave-maid has just cleaned up and was assigned to the Royal Palace of Kui by the Bureau of Internal Attendance. Because she knows a few words, it is a great honor for the prince to let me teach the princess this time." She calmly pulled out of the Bureau of Internal Attendance and the Palace of Kui as herself. Sure enough, Wang Yun gave a little bit of cover up, and then averted the topic, just asking: "I don't know the rules of the palace and the palace, are they cumbersome?"

She naturally said: "It's not too many. The princess is clever and smart, and she will know all of them in a few days."

"It seems...too much."

Looking at the twenty or thirty thick books that Li Shubai had thrown in front of her, Huang Zixia was stunned: "There are so many rules in the palace and palace?"

"No." Li Shubai spoke slowly.

She breathed a sigh of relief: "Some of them are not?"

"No, this is only part." Li Shubai said lightly, "and it's only part of the rules of the palace."

Huang Zixian has the urge to vomit blood: "I am going to finish all these studies these few days and teach your princess?"

"No, I should finish learning tonight and memorize it all."

"I think no one can memorize these?" She asked in disbelief.

Li Shubai glanced at her, took out a copy at random and threw it in front of her, saying: "Flip a page and pick one."

Huang Zixian opened it and looked at it: "Thirty-fifth, New Year's Day, Article 19."

"Thirty-five, New Year's Day, Nineteenth. Spring equinox, the kitchen rules give spring cakes, reward examples: Ruren ten silk, cloth five; maiden silk eight, cloth three; attendant with five silk, three cloth. People from the first-class palace in the Fuzhong gave twelve taels of silver, five-taels for the second-class, and three-twos for the third-class. The rest were scattered and waited for one or two."

Huang Zixian's mouth twitched, took another copy, and opened it: "Sixteenth, talk about 筳, fourth."

"Sixteen, lectures, and fourth. The court assigns lecturers to the kings, one lecture on five days, called the king. And the king before the title chooses poems, books, rituals, and the classics, and the queen can be free Choose, one lecture every ten days, and you can’t give up your studies."

No wonder this person can casually tell all the information of a guard around him. Huang Zixian simply admired him, and opened another book: "Twenty-four, pavilion and Taiwan system, ninety-third."

Li Shubai finally paused, she looked at him triumphantly: "It won't be anymore, right?"

"Naturally not, there are only 90 pieces of pavilion and pavilion Taiwan system, where are the ninety-three?"

Huang Zixia also had to look at him with admiring eyes: "To be honest, this is the first time I have seen someone like you who have never forgotten."

"As long as you pay attention, there is nothing you can't remember." Li Shubai said, raising his hand and pressing on the pile of books on the table, the corners of his lips raised in an almost invisible arc, "So, tomorrow I will do the same The method tests you, so you'd better be careful."

…This is the rhythm that is going to kill people!

Huang Zixia watched him leave, groaned involuntarily, and lay on the table.

In any case, although it is impossible for Huang Zixia to memorize all the rules overnight, Huang Zixia tried her best to cheer up, at least read it once and wrote down the generality.

Before I went to Wang’s house on the second day, I thought I would accept Li Shubai’s thunderstorm test. Who knew that I would wake up to see Li Shubai early in the morning, but I heard that the prince had already got up today to inspect Zuowei in the capital, leaving only words, saying Yang Chonggu When you first arrive at the palace, if you are not familiar with the rules, you can bring the booklet to the princess to teach.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but also a little depressed-in that case, why did she scare her so much last night?