The Golden Hairpin

The people behind dragged Huang Zixia from the pool to get up, while Li Shubai had already entered the Jianbi Palace.

Huang Zixia got up embarrassedly from the mud and looked at Li Shubai's back without turning his head. He secretly clenched his teeth, and couldn't help kicking his feet in the muddy water. The cement splashed, and one or two points were sprinkled coldly. Put on her cheek, but she doesn't care anymore because her whole body is muddy.

The yellow gates behind them quickly reached out and pulled her up, and the maids took her to take a bath. Looking at her clothes seemed to be men's clothing, an older court lady pursed her lips and smiled and said, "My father-in-law, wait a minute, we will help you bathe and change your clothes later."

"No need." She didn't want to take off her clothes and show it to others. When she was discovered that she was a woman, it was easy to connect with the arrested Huang Zixia.

So she brushed away the hands of the maids, walked to the well, lifted a bucket of water and fell directly on herself.

Although it was in the spring, the weather was still cold. She poured a bucket of water on herself, and she suddenly felt aroused by the cold. The silt on her body was still not clean, and she seemed to be numb, and she had another bucket of headlessness. Rinse yourself on the ground.

The maids beside them were all stunned, standing motionless.

After the two buckets of water washed down, Huang Zixia felt that his brain became clear and clear. She threw away the bucket and stood wet by the well, breathing hard with chills.

Because of the cold, her ears buzzed, and the scene in front of her was not very clear, except for the phantom Li Shubai's face and an indifferent and cold expression.

He said, I'm not interested in asking about you, and I'm not interested in revealing your whereabouts to the yamen, so you can do it for yourself in the future.

Not interested in…

The death of her parents, the murder of her relatives, and her grievances were all irrelevant to him. Of course he was not interested in asking.

She was just a dust in front of him.

However... she threw the bucket in her hand by the well and secretly clenched her fist. The nail was deeply embedded in her palm, but she didn't feel the pain, she just clenched it.

However, Huang Zixia, he is your greatest hope.

She spoke to herself clearly and clearly in her heart, gritting her teeth.

This man who disliked her for not cleaning herself up at first glance, the man who kicked her into the quagmire without mercy, and the man who made it clear that she had no interest in her, Kui Wang Li Shubai, was her greatest hope.

Kui Wang Li Shubai was more reliable than the power she had originally wanted to use—the old friends of her father, the relatives of the officials who were 3,000 miles away, and the hard-working method of suing the case.

Therefore, no matter how contemptuous and despised, she has already made a decision in her heart at the moment when the cold water is pouring her head.

In the early spring, under the sun, the cold wind is steep. She shivered, turned around from the well, and slowly walked down the steps. At this moment, she heard the voice in her heart, and she heard that voice saying to her in a low voice, Huang Zixia, have you ever thought about a man who is so deep and terrifying, your best reaction now is to turn around and flee. Never look back, never get one step closer to him?

However, regardless of her dripping hair and clothes, she just walked down the steps step by step.

She smiled stiffly at the maids who were standing there, and forcibly restrained her trembling cold body: "Thank you for helping me get an eunuch's clothes, I have to wait on the king."

He wrapped his chest roughly, put on the mid-single in plain yarn, tied a thin silk tie, and tied the simplest double-strand knot.

Huang Zixian stood in front of the half-human bronze mirror and glanced at the person in the mirror. An eunuch, with wet hair hanging down on her shoulders and chest, she looked like a delicate and slender teenager, with clear brows and a haggard face, but her eyes were as deep as a deep pool, and she was no longer the appearance of a girl. .

She took a deep breath, arbitrarily tucked her half-wet hair into the eunuch's gauze crown, turned around and opened the door latch, and strode out of the room.

Following the direction directed by the maids, she entered the main road of Jianbi Palace. Today, Jianbi Palace is newly completed, and the weather is naturally different. The vast lake in front is shimmering, and there are countless tang-wood boats on the lake. The singer on the island in the lake is dancing with singing, and a long line of pink gauze palace lanterns hangs from the willow trees by the lake.

In front of you is the main hall, and a huge wall stands in front of the hall with the four characters Jian Bi Mi Zhang written on it.

She stood in front of the wall and looked up at these four characters. She only felt that the strokes of these four characters were stretched out, and she was quite awe-inspiring. I heard someone behind me say: "This is the emperor's handwriting, can you see it as a little eunuch?"

She looked back and saw that the other party was a man in purple, about twenty years old, and his skin was white, showing a purity that was not commensurate with his age. In the center of his forehead, a cinnabar mole grew unbiased, against his snow-white skin and jet black hair, showing an unusually ethereal breath of dust.

Appearing in such a place, at this age, with a cinnabar mole on his forehead, Huang Zixia immediately thought of the identity of this person. She hurriedly bowed and saluted the smiling young man: "Er Wangye."

Li Run, the king of E, had the best temper among all the royal princes, and he was a amiable and gentle boy. He smiled and nodded at her, his gaze stayed on her face for a moment, and asked: "You are in this palace? Which father-in-law brought you, how did you send you here?"

The eunuchs in the palace know that there are almost no heads when leaving the palace, and the emperor and empress are not seen all year round. Like the maids, most of them wait for the elderly, so they are usually sent here.

She looked at ease and said: "I came with Lord Kui. When I got out of the car, I fell into the water. The maids took me to change my clothes."

Li Run smiled and said: "So. Then I will take you in."

She followed Li Run around the wall, the maid leading the way, and walking along the veranda, she saw a group of people sitting in the hall listening to a woman playing the pipa. The sound of the pipa is like pearls and jade, jumping and flowing, coupled with the sun at this time, it is unspeakable and comfortable.

"It's a shame to interrupt such a good pipa." Li Run said, standing outside to listen. Huang Zixian could only stand quietly behind him, wait for the end of the song, and then go inside together.

In the hall sat King Kui Li Shubai, Zhao Wang Li Shu, the ninth king, and Kang Wang Li Wen, the youngest. A pretty woman dressed in yellow, with a blooming begonia flower on her side, holding a pipa horizontally. Sit opposite.

Zhao Wang Li Xi is a wealthy idler who can't do the best. He is 18 or 9 years old, but he still likes to play and play like a boy, and he does not look like a prince. He happily waved at them when he saw them coming: "Four brothers." , Brother Seven, come quickly, I found a new wonderful person in the teaching workshop, the skill of pipa is truly unparalleled in the world!"

"I have just listened to half of the song outside, and it turns out that this song should only be in the sky." Li Run said, sitting near Li Shubai, and asked, "Fourth brother, where is the emperor?"

"The emperor had a head ailment this morning. The imperial doctor is asking for a diagnosis. He will come back later." Li Shubai said, his gaze lifted slightly, and he glanced over Huang Zixian's body, but said nothing.

Huang Zixian gritted his teeth secretly, walked quickly behind him, and stood with his head down, like a loyal eunuch.

Kang Wang Li Wen was still looking at her, but Zhao Wang Li Xi smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the emperor is still worrying about the fourth brother?" Li Wen immediately turned his attention away and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Shubai had already heard the wind, but only asked faintly: "I don't know what to worry about?"

"Hey, look at this person, you still have to pretend to know!" Li Xun looked around everyone, pointed at Li Shubai and laughed, "What else do you say? Naturally it is the marriage of the fourth prince of your dynasty. Over twenty years old. The prince who is still single is really rare in this dynasty. No matter how pure your heart is, it will be terrifying!"

Li Run also sternly said: "Exactly, it was said that four years ago, she had chosen the concubine for the fourth brother, but at that time Taifei Wu passed away. Since you have made up your mind to keep the filial piety for your mother and concubine for one year, everyone can only follow you. After the expiration of the term, you encountered the rebel Pang Xun and made a rebellion. You went south to quell the rebellion and delayed again. Now He Qinghaiyan, the fourth brother is not too young, and if you don’t have a concubine, I’m afraid the emperor's uncles and concubines will not let go. Passed you."

"That's right, the emperor and the queen are also taking great pains, this time this marriage, how can you not escape." Even the king of Kang Li Wen also followed him, and offered a drink to respect him.

Li Shu secretly looked at the Pipa girl with a smile, but his eyes fell on Li Shubai's body, and asked, "Jin Nu, what do you keep looking at King Kui for?"

During the dinner, the kings all laughed, Li Shubai raised his eyebrows only slightly. The atmosphere of Jiaofang in the Tang Dynasty was the most open. Even the people in Jiaofang often played with the guards, and even the romantic affair was rumored to be a good talk. So the female Jin slave of the pipa was not shy, she only half-hidden her face with her pipa, smiled and said: "Jin slave has the courage, but has always heard the rumors in the capital, Kui Wang is graceful and beautiful, like a god. When I saw it today, it was indeed well-deserved. No wonder I usually see in Jiaofang that the hearts of all the sisters are on King Kui."

"It's a pity, your sisters are going to be sad." Li Yan wrapped Jin Nu's shoulders with one hand and smiled. "Go back and tell all the sisters that my fourth brother is destined to betray others. It is better to trust. There is still more hope for me."

In Jinnu's laughter, the wine and dishes were re-purchased. The ladies of the palace shuttled back and forth, and the sound of Kauki's singing was suppressed.

In this lively scene, Huang Zixia felt that she was completely an outsider. She just stood there motionless, her eyes falling on Li Shubai’s back, seeming to be watching him, but in fact she didn’t see anything, only thinking about her own business. .

A group of people at the banquet chatted, and I don’t know who raised the topic, and asked Li Shubai: "Brother, I heard that the emperor intends to let Zhou Shilang Zhou Xu take over as the governor of Shu County. What do you think?"

Li Shubai casually said: "I don't understand Zhou Shilang, I only heard that the official voice is very good. However, I have met his youngest son Zhou Ziqin a few times, and he is a very interesting young man."

Li Xi smiled and said, "It's exactly what Zhou Shilang has a good temper, but every time he gets angry, he must be angry with this son."

Li Run asked, "Is it a rebellious and unfilial son?"

"He's not rebellious. He is a young son, and Zhou Shilang teaches his son well. Zhou Ziqin's first three or four brothers are capable, and he doesn't expect this little son. Even if he is a dude, it is logical. But he will give birth to this son every day. If you don’t study or learn art, you don’t fight cock, you just like to run to Yizhuang, it’s a big joke in the capital."

"Yi Zhuang?" Kang Wang Li Wen laughed.

Li Xi smiled and said, "That's right. His first wish in his life was to be a pie-maker. Later, after being beaten by Shi Lang for a few times, he had to change his ambitions. We didn't dare to offend Lord Servant and Zhou Ziqin, seeing him utterly lost his soul and fleeing fast!"

Li Wen laughed and said to Li Shubai: "Four brother, you speak well in front of the emperor. Hurry up and help Zhou Ziqin to blow his ears. When Zhou Xu goes to Shu County to take office, the emperor must personally appoint his son to follow him in Shu County. Catch quickly, fulfill Zhou Ziqin's infatuation!"

"Exactly!" Li Xi simply laughed, "The emperor is so wise, and then Zhou Zi Qin Ruo has become a quick catcher, let's see what else Master Zhou can do!"