Chapter 164: The bamboo dragonfly flies and flies

At the end of the autumn of the sixth year of the Great Zhou Shending, an autumn rain fell in Shaoliang City.
This is the last autumn rain before winter, because tomorrow is the winter solstice.
It's winter for the entire Great Week.
According to previous years, the Palace of Internal Affairs will send some important winter objects to the residences of the adults in the temple in the past few days. Often at such a time, those adults in the temple will have their eyes widened and look. See whose items are more expensive, and whose items are the least valuable.
According to the rules of previous years, Zaizhi's Mansion will still be the first one, and then let's see who can win the second share among a few highly-reputed old bachelors.
It’s actually not easy to see the attitude of the emperor’s majesty towards the adults in the court in such a small place, but the old foxes who have been in the temple for so many years are really reluctant to let this opportunity go. .
Especially those who are unwilling to get the least winter items from their own mansion are the most inconspicuous.
You must know that the master clerk, every year, has a good thing that no one else does not have. Last year, it was an old thing from the front of the party. It was a humble hand warming stove. It looks humble, but it is precious and unusual. It is said to be The former emperor liked the most flattering little things.
His Majesty's unconcealed thoughts made all the ministers a little jealous.
As for this year, many ministers have guessed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will bring out more things than last year. After all, the border wars are endless, and money is required everywhere. The state treasury in Da Zhou cannot withstand arbitrary spending. In some days’ court meetings, apart from the border war reports, in fact, the most discussed thing between His Majesty the Emperor and the officials was the expenditures of the state treasury, according to the accounts taken by the Hubu Shangshu who is now suffering almost all day. Look, in this war, the Great Zhou Treasury, which has always been said to be abundance, is now like a man who has been drained of blood, standing extremely reluctantly, if there is more cost, it may be To chop hands and feet.
Whether or not the national war can be completed before the national inventory is exhausted is the most concerned issue of the week.
Fortunately, Chen Guo's army has not yet penetrated the Beiyan County to the north of the Great Zhou, and the war has not yet spread to the border. From the northern border to Shaoliang City, there has never been any people moving south. As for the south of the Great Zhou, It is as always.
Throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, when facing this protracted war, there was no retreat at all.
It's just that the city of Shaoliang has become a little depressed.
Today’s court meeting is still based on the view of the sun. His Majesty first let the ministers know about the battle report on the border, and then gave instructions on some more important political affairs. How much money will be approved later, and how much is left in the treasury.
In the end, Lao Shangshu's expression hurt, as if he was trying to take out his own money.
His Majesty the Emperor first comforted a few words, and finally said meaningfully the way to deal with difficulties in times of difficulty. After these days, everything will become better.
Before leaving the court meeting, His Majesty the Emperor seemingly inadvertently mentioned the old man Xie Chenjun Xie, the old man who had already withdrawn from officialdom. He said that this winter, the weather in Yanshi city will be very bad, so be considerate. This boss is.
It seems to be mentioned inadvertently, but in fact, the court ministers present are like mirrors and are very clear.
Whether it is the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty or the battlefield army, the most outstanding person is not the ministers of the temples of Shaoliang City, but the Xie Ying who has always led a cavalry army outside Beiyan County.
This young man Xie Jiabaoshu is extremely young. Over the past year or so, the accumulated military exploits are beyond the reach of others in almost his entire life. If Xie Ying hadn't always stopped the Chen State army outside Beiyan County, perhaps Shaoliang City It is still Shaoliang City, but Beiyan County may be broken long ago.
Saying that Xie Ying is now the first person in the Great Zhou Army, no one has any objections.
So for this year’s winter items, the rule of master clerk taking the first share will be broken?
The old man Xie, who had faded out of the officialdom for many years, said he was talking about qualifications and talents, but he didn't lose to Master Zaizhi.
The more energetic minister remembered the previous meaning that His Majesty the Emperor intended to marry His Royal Highness the Princess to Xie Ying. The ancestral system had become a bit unworthy before Xie Ying's military merits.
It seems that after this war is over, that Xie Jiabaoshu will become the first official in the Great Zhou Dynasty to become a servant, but still has real power in the army.
In comparison, if Da Zhou can win this national war and the Xie family is strong, it is actually not a bad thing.
After the meeting dissipated, the courtiers left the imperial city one after another and returned to their respective yamen. Now the Great Zhou is an eventful autumn. At this time, the Emperor will not be merciless.
His Majesty returned to the Imperial Study Room at the Changchun Palace and began to approve the papers handed over from various places. According to the past situation and the number of papers today, his Majesty should have lunch in the Imperial Study Room. Therefore, the priest of the inner court The Su Jin, the under the supervision of the palm seal, arranged lunch for the emperor, and then the leader in the palace stood outside the imperial study room with his sleeves closed, squinting his eyes, looking into the distance, thoughtfully.
This autumn rain seemed to make the in charge of the eunuch's chief of ceremonies very much.
But the emperor in the imperial study room didn't care at all. Now the great Zhou monarch, his whole mind is in front of these notes.
The imperial pen criticizes the red. This great Zhou emperor will not feel unfamiliar after he has worked for many years. As for war, he has fought many times since he came to the throne, and he is very familiar. It is only Chen Guo’s decisive attitude this time that makes this The emperor of the Great Zhou who could even utter the brave words in front of other countries' messengers was a little worried.
After cutting off the Zhubi, His Majesty the Emperor rubbed his temples, looked out the window, and suddenly smiled: "I always think that the war will end in the spring next year, and I don't know why."
Then the man who had been the king of the Great Zhou for many years suddenly shouted with a smile, "Let the Imperial Dining Room send a roast chicken. It needs a bigger one."
Someone outside the door answered, and there was a sound of distant footsteps.
His Majesty the Emperor stood up and twisted his neck while listening to the sound going away. He saw a bamboo dragonfly behind the ancient books on the desk. This was originally some vulgar man in the country who used bamboo because he could not afford toys for his children. The gadgets made by strips were not in the palace at first, but I don’t know when it started. Someone in the palace knew about it. Then for more than a year, someone didn’t know that their hands were cut for weaving bamboo dragonflies. I don’t know how many passes, but someone who has been spoiled since childhood enjoys it. For more than a year, he has woven hundreds of bamboo dragonflies, each of which is tied with silk thread and hung in front of the Fengyang Pavilion. Monarch Da Zhou insisted on begging for a long time before begging for one from someone. It is said to be the ugliest one. According to someone, she wants to give these bamboo dragonflies to someone else, but I won’t give you this bad old man. .
His Majesty the Emperor turned his head to look at a bronze mirror on the side, looked at the white hair that was born from his temples, and said somewhat dissatisfied with the old: "I only gave birth to such white hair. How can I say that I am a bad old man?"
After saying this, His Majesty picked up the bamboo dragonfly, placed it in his palm, and looked at it carefully. I really felt that the bamboo dragonfly was really unsightly. Because of that, he really took the time to see the phoenix. Compared with those bamboo dragonflies in Yang Pavilion, it was discovered that someone's statement was really not wrong.
His Majesty was helpless by someone who started to turn his elbow outside before getting married.
Looking at the bamboo dragonfly carefully, the emperor suddenly had a whim, put the bamboo dragonfly down, took a few strokes on the head of the bamboo dragonfly, and then took another ink pen and placed it on the wings. After several strokes, the originally green bamboo dragonfly had three colors.
Green, red and black.
It looks a bit nondescript.
But His Majesty the Emperor began to laugh somehow.
This made Su Jin, the eunuch Su Jin, who quietly opened the door and entered.
He held the roast chicken and stood quietly at the door.
His Majesty the Emperor whispered: "I can't fly out."
Su Jin looked sad.
His Majesty the emperor brought up the Zhubi again and began to approve the compound paper.
Su Jin carried the roast chicken out and closed the door.
From beginning to end, the palmprint didn't say a word.

Fengyang Pavilion is located next to Changchun Palace. It is the closest one among several concubine palaces to Changchun Palace. The reason is not too complicated. First, the queen lived in Fengyang Pavilion.
Since it's the queen's residence, and the Changchun Palace is closer, what can I say?
Only after the death of the first empress, this palace has not been accommodated by other concubines, which shows that the emperor and the first empress have a sincere love.
Today's Dazhou princess Ji Nanlong returned to Fengyang Pavilion after she was fifteen years old, and gave Fengyang Pavilion a master again, the first and only daughter of the queen, and now the only princess in Dazhou, she was held by His Majesty since childhood. The palm of the hand, reluctant to beat and scold, and became the new owner of Fengyang Pavilion, no one dared to say anything.
On the contrary, it was after Ji Nanlong returned to this Fengyang Pavilion that many concubines breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor’s favor has always been on a few people. If there are other concubines living in this Fengyang Pavilion, Doesn't it mean that the person has the intention of becoming the next queen?
How does this make?
The battle in the harem is actually more difficult to figure out than the undercurrents in the court.
Many of the ministers of the imperial court who sent their female relatives into the palace wish their daughters or eldest sisters in the palace to stay safe. Don’t think about making any moths, or else the emperor’s anger will be transferred from the palace to the palace. Besides, no one has any fruit to eat.
As for being able to really stand out from the concubines and become the second queen since His Majesty ascended the throne, it really burned the incense.
All things are prosperous, and all things are lost.
These words are really not just talking.
His Majesty the Emperor is really a nostalgic master.
Today’s autumn rain began to begin, and the maids and eunuchs of Fengyang Pavilion moved jars from the house to collect the rain. During the period, they had to pass through the corridor with bamboo dragonflies hanging. These maids and eunuchs had to be careful. , These bamboo dragonflies are now the most precious things of the princess. If anyone squanders one or two, you can’t do things like killing the palace ladies in accordance with the temper of the princess, but anyway, you will have it for many days afterwards. There is no meat to eat.
I feel okay when I am used to eating meat on weekdays, but it is really difficult to not get some oily meat for ten and a half months.
Before, there were a few palace ladies who really broke a few bamboo dragonflies. It was really true that Her Royal Highness ordered them not to eat meat for two months. The first month was fine. After the second month, I saw these palace ladies again. Some were worried for them, and they didn't touch the oil for two months, which turned out to be dull and pale.
Being alive is the appearance of having a serious illness.
After that, no one dared to touch these bamboo dragonflies easily, even if everyone knew that they were knitted by the princess to give to the general Xie.
Thinking of the General Xie, these days, I have learned a lot of news from the border in the womb, and I naturally know how important the General Xie, who has become famous, is to Da Zhou.
The pillar of the country said that Xie Ying is now well-deserved.
The matter of receiving rainwater today was naturally arranged by Her Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness did not know where she heard an interesting statement a few days ago. He said that it was in Yanling. There was a kind of wine called Daughter Red, which was the elder of the woman. It was brewed when the daughter was born, then buried in the soil, and then dug up when the daughter was married. If the time is exactly eighteen years, it is the best. In case the woman marries early or late, there will be no difference. Too big.
It just happens that everyone likes that.
After Ji Nanlong learned of such a statement, he became interested and said that although she did not plant the wine when she was born, then at this time, she will make a few jars of good wine and give her sweetheart as a celebration wine. Actually it's almost the same.
So Ji Nanlong began to figure out what he needed to make this jar of wine. After everything was ready, the last most important thing was water.
If ordinary well water is used, Ji Nan Taki absolutely disagrees.
That's why a group of court ladies took the rain in today's autumn rain.
Using the last autumn rain before winter to make a few jars of wine, she even thought of the name, so she called it before winter.
Then after the winter, if Xie Ying hasn't returned to the court before her class, then she will brew it again with snow water in the first snow. That batch of wine is called Qiujin.
If Xie Yingdu hasn't come back after this winter, then she will use the first spring rain to make another jar of wine, then call Chunlai.
Anyway, if Xie Ying never came back, she would have been making wine. A four-season cycle is actually enough to make good wine.
As for whether it tastes good or not, Xie should not care if you want to come.
As for whether Xie Ying could come back, Ji Nanlong never thought.
He is such a powerful general, how can he not come back.
Before the autumn rain stopped, Fengyang Pavilion had almost received enough rainwater to make dozens of jars of wine, and then Ji Nanlong waved his hand greatly.
Seeing the little eunuchs carefully sealing up the rain, Ji Nanlong held his cheeks under the pavilion beside him and said, "Be careful, don't get any dirty things in."
Everyone nodded and continued to move things carefully.
The pavilion in Fengyang Pavilion was built by the Queen and the Queen. When it was completed, the emperor's royal pen personally wrote the three characters for Fenglaiting. As a result, on the day when these three characters were written, the Queen was the first Feeling of vomiting, after the imperial doctor took the pulse, it was judged that he had a happy pulse.
After the pregnancy in October, the princess Ji Nanlong was born. At that time, the Emperor looked up at the three words Fenglaiting and laughed.
In the palace it has always been an interesting conversation.
After the princess returned to Fengyang Pavilion, this pavilion was the place where the princess stayed the most. The bamboo dragonflies were woven by Ji Nanlong under this pavilion. How many times did the stick cut his fingers, but Ji Nantaki never gave up.
Even during this year and a half, Ji Nanlong picked up articles and poems, and wrote many poems. After some of them were introduced into Changchun Palace, the emperor even praised them in public. The knows that the emperor’s favorite sentence is "The emperor comes from the emperor, and the mirror is dead." Although the emperor knows it, this poem must be written to the one who is fighting abroad.
There was even news from the Changchun Palace, saying that His Majesty the Emperor smiled and talked about that because of Acacia, the princess had become virtuous and virtuous.
Although after being introduced to Fengyang Pavilion, Ji Nanlong had a lot of teeth and claws.
But everyone can see the joy.
Looking at the autumn rain with his cheeks on his back, Ji Nantaki was a little boring, so he took out an unfinished portrait from his lap and placed it on the stone table. The maid next to him naturally knew that, so he brought the brush, and Ji Nantaki took it. After that, I dipped in ink and continued to paint the unfinished portrait.
The picture on the portrait is of a young general leaning against a white horse under a willow tree, covered in armor, with one hand on his waist and a helmet with a smile on his mouth. The layout is almost complete, and even the white horse is almost painted. .
And that general was the first to write.
There was some blank space beside the young general.
It seems that one person is reserved.
Ji Nan Taki could not write for a long time.
The court lady on the side persuaded softly: "His Royal Highness, if you want to paint yourself, just paint. Anyway, General Xie can't see it now. I won't laugh at you, Princess."
Ji Nanlong turned his head and stared at the palace lady, "Don't you want to eat meat anymore?"
The palace lady hurriedly shut her mouth, but smiled.
Ji Nan Taki put down the pen and sighed, "I don't know when this guy will come back. Ask the emperor father, he doesn't have a credibility, it's really annoying."
Acacia is the biggest weakness of women.
At this time, suddenly a gust of wind blew into the pavilion, Ji Nanlong gathered his clothes, suddenly turned his head, and heard a special sound.
In the corridor where bamboo dragonflies hang, those bamboo dragonflies sway in the wind.
Because the wind passes through the bamboo sticks that weave bamboo dragonflies, there is a strange sound.
It sounded like someone murmured.