Chapter 265: Private Meeting with Bai Yulou
The "broken car" went north and went out of Di'anmen, and sure enough, there was a more luxurious carriage to transfer, but what Princess Yongning didn't notice was that the two carriages that picked her up today did not have Jinghua's "Book and Sword" logo, and there was not even a pennant with the word "Gaofu" on it.
There is no nonsense in the handlebar of the car, the carriage is much better than the previous one, at least there must be a "spring shock absorption" under the car that is regarded as Jinghua's unique skill, and the decoration in the car is by no means ordinary.
Don't even talk about other things in the car, just say that as long as it is within reach, it is covered with the top carved velvet of the big red color, and this grade has gone up.
Zhangrong is also known as velvet in the later world - this thing originated in Zhangzhou, Fujian, and is now very famous.
And this carriage is not only made of velvet, but also the latest carving and weaving technology.
Wei Min looked at it in surprise, turned his head to Princess Yongning and said: "Your Highness, no wonder people say that high school is rich in the world, don't say that you can cover the car with Zhangrong, you look at this Zhangrong, there are actually carved patterns of phoenix opera peony and Wufu longevity, which are not available in the palace, and the slave maid is really eye-opening today!" ”
Princess Yongning's mind was obviously not on top of these, and she coped with two sentences at will, and she didn't even say anything herself.
Wei Min didn't care, looked around again, and exclaimed again: "Ah, Your Highness, look at our feet, this carpet seems to be the kind of big food." The slave maid had seen a piece in Tianjinfang before, only the size of a small half a bed, and it was sold for more than 700 taels of silver, which was as expensive as a gold silk weaving!
Now the piece under our feet seems to be a little bigger than that one, and this can't cost thousands of taels of silver? Gee...... Alas, blame the rules of our Ming Dynasty, otherwise if you can surrender the high school, you really don't even want the emperor's gift. ”
"Hugh is talking nonsense!" Princess Yongning finally reacted, glared at her slightly, but immediately returned to a fidgeting state of tension.
Probably because Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is usually easier to talk to, Wei Min was not too afraid, but persuaded him: "Your Highness, Gao Gao Cheng is not a tiger, what are you doing so nervous?" Don't worry, when you get to the White Jade Building later, you can find an excuse to send the slave and the others away, and then tear the oily paper bag in the sachet open...... Whatever you say, high school will listen to you, what are you afraid of? ”
When Princess Yongning heard this, she seemed to have made up her mind, but unexpectedly, she took off the brocade sachet around her waist and said, "This palace still thinks that you shouldn't take this...... I, I don't need him to listen to me. As he spoke, he reached out and handed the sachet to Wei Min.
Wei Min was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stuffed it back into Princess Yongning's hand, and persuaded: "Your Highness, it naturally depends on your wishes, but this thing is not in the way when you carry it on your body, just in case, don't you say?" ”
Just in case?
Princess Yongning hesitated for a moment, and felt that there was some truth. She secretly said in her heart: Something like that happened yesterday, I don't know if he complains about me in his heart, in case he is really unhappy, I will open the sachet at that time, and he may not be angry with me.
Thinking like this, her heart was loosened, and Princess Yongning hesitated to hang the sachet on her waist again.
Wei Min breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, for fear of stimulating the nervous eldest princess again, so he simply changed the topic and said: "I don't know what's going on with the high school Cheng, the dignified six champions will actually fall in love with a female toast of a wild and alien race......"
"Shut up!" Princess Yongning interrupted her, and a look of gloom appeared on her face: "Don't talk about Gao Gaocheng, even if it is Huang Dutong, he is not someone you can criticize." ”
Wei Min pouted quietly, but still said, "Yes, Your Highness." ”
Princess Yongning saw that she was no longer talking, and her gloom gradually disappeared, but she sighed lightly: "Huang Du is the color of the country, this palace has seen it, it is indeed ...... It's a good match for high school. ”
Wei Min pursed his lips again, but as soon as he opened his mouth slightly, he quickly closed it again, and turned his face away with disdain.
Princess Yongning frowned when she saw this, and said, "You were also there that day, don't you think?" ”
Wei Min raised her eyebrows slightly: "She looks pretty good, but is she a good match...... The slave doesn't think so. What is her identity in high school, what is her identity, and how is she a good match? There is a way to marry a wife and marry a virtuous person, and take a concubine, even if she looks good, she will be a concubine for high school, and the slave and maid will see that it is a blessing that has been cultivated for eight lifetimes. ”
Princess Yongning snorted lightly: "Yo, the Huang Dutong is also from a prestigious family for hundreds of years, if she is not worthy, is it not worth you?" ”
"Slaves and maids are naturally unworthy." Wei Min shook his head and said: "But Your Highness, you are different, you are the golden branch and jade leaf, if you want to say that there are dragons and phoenixes among people like Gao Gaocheng, you can be worthy of the slave and maid." ”
Princess Yongning turned her face away and lowered her eyelids: "Me? I am a princess, and I am an orphan widow, and whoever is worthy of him in this world will not be my turn. ”
The words were extremely bleak.
Wei Min listened, but seemed to be very angry, and said: "Speaking of this, the slave maid feels outrageous, how could there be such a rule in the Hongwu period earlier?" When she became an ancestor, Empress Renxiao was still from the Xu family, isn't her old man the queen of the ages? And not to mention the Xu family, a family of two people, even now, they are all the noble foremen of the north and south......"
"You are not giving the right example, this palace is a princess, why don't you give the example of Princess Lin'an?"
Princess Lin'an, the eldest daughter of Taizu, married Li Qi, the son of Li Shanchang, the Korean duke. In the twenty-third year of Hongwu, when Li Shanchang was razed by the three clans because of Hu Weiyong's case, Li Qi was saved from death because of his identity as a concubine. But to avoid death is to avoid death, the couple and their children were all exiled to Jiangpu, and they did not return to Beijing until they died of illness in the first year of Yongle. And Princess Lin'an was also implicated, also until Yongle died of illness in the nineteenth year.
But even if Princess Yongning said so, Wei Min was still unconvinced, and said: "Xungui is arrogant, and there are many major cases of rebellion during the Hongwu period, how can it be compared with the current situation?" Like Gao Gaocheng, he was born in a family of eunuchs, and he was also a minister of the emperor, if he could get the princess to surrender, he would naturally only be more loyal to the court. ”
Princess Yongning shook her head and said, "Since you are the royal brother, you can't be a princess." ”
"But it's not that the horses of the Hongwu Dynasty can't be officials......"
"Alright, okay, don't mention these useless things." Princess Yongning sighed: "Life is life, you can't ask for it." How many women in the world want to be princesses, but they can't ask for it; I just want to be an ordinary woman, and I can't ask for it. ”
Seeing this, Wei Min also sighed, but after a while, he said again: "Although there are times in life that must be in the end, and there is no time in life to force it, but Your Highness, your current situation is still very special, and it is not without the slightest turnaround." ”
Princess Yongning frowned and said, "What do you want to say?" ”
Wei Min whispered: "The queen mother has always been a lady, if it weren't for the emperor's explanation, she probably wouldn't dare to give you the palace forbidden phoenix card at will, so that you can leave the palace freely, Your Highness shouldn't doubt this, right?" ”
Princess Yongning didn't speak.
didn't speak, he acquiesced, so Wei Min continued: "Since it is the emperor's intention, then the emperor gave the palace forbidden phoenix card, is it really just to facilitate His Highness to go out of the palace?" Forgive the slave and maid bluntly, if it is just convenient for His Royal Highness to go out, the emperor will directly issue an edict, why do you need to beat around the bush like this? ”
Princess Yongning still didn't speak, but the hands that were folded on her legs couldn't help but clasp each other, slightly harder.
Wei Min sighed and said with a wry smile: "The emperor only said it clearly, with a dumb person like a slave and maid, can see it, does His Highness still pretend not to know?" ”
Princess Yongning's cheeks didn't know when, and when she heard this, she said in a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly: "Brother Huang is just messing around, how can I be so shameless?" Besides, high school is a gentleman......"
Wei Min shook his head and said, "Your Highness, the slave and maid really don't dare to agree. Liang Bangrui said that he was a concubine, but in fact, he was full of deceptions, others don't know, can His Royal Highness not know? If he was a well-chosen colt, but unfortunately died at that time, then it would not hurt for His Highness to say that he should keep Women's Day. But such a bully, the emperor is already a great favor if he didn't put him to death, why should His Highness still keep the festival for him? He can't be considered His Highness's colt at all! ”
Princess Yongning was silent for a while, shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter how I look at it, what matters is how the people of the world look at it." As the eldest princess, I have been clothed and fed since I was a child, whether this is my wish or not. But if I have received something, I should give something, and I should always set an example for women in the world. ”
Wei Min was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Slaves and shallow people only think that this is too unkind. ”
Princess Yongning smiled reluctantly: "Human favor? Heaven sometimes can't talk about these ......"
"Not really, Your Highness. If it is said that the heavenly family is unkind, how can the emperor explain this? ”
Princess Yongning was speechless for a while, and only after a long time did she shake her head slightly: "I know that the imperial brother has good intentions, but I don't dare to accept it." Besides, this kind of thing is reluctant, I can't be so shameless, go to ......" At this, her face turned red again.
"Your Highness just has too many concerns, how do you know that Gao Gao Cheng doesn't think like this, so he doesn't understand the amorous feelings?"
These words were so explicit that Princess Yongning's neck turned red: "Don't say it again!" ”
But although she didn't allow Wei Min to say more, her heart fluttered wildly, and an irrepressible thought came out of her mind, constantly circling: Is he really just because of his identity, so he always behaves to me? If I wasn't a princess, wouldn't he be ...... Do you like me a little bit?
She thought about it, thought of Huang Zhiting, and couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and said secretly: But that Huang girl is really beautiful, if I compare with her, I'm afraid I can't ...... However, Miss Huang doesn't read much, so I should always be better than her at this point, right?
Princess Yongning's mind was in a mess, and she didn't know what she was thinking, let alone how much time had passed, in short, it wasn't until the carriage stopped, and the handlebar respectfully asked her to get out of the carriage outside, that she put aside these thoughts, sorted out her appearance, and got out of the carriage in a hurry.
The outside of the car is no longer the appearance of the city, what appears in front of her is a high wall nearly two feet high, and the gate in the middle is very unique, not a wooden structure with copper nails and copper skin, it looks like two iron gates made of fine iron.
This place must be the most famous annex of Jingshi in recent years, see Xinzhai White Jade Building.
Princess Yongning was about to call Wei Min to call the door, but at this moment, the door slowly opened, Gao Shishi was wearing a Yanju robe, and was standing behind the door and smiling at her, Shi Shiran stepped forward.
"Miss Zhu admired her face, the humble house is really shining, and she can't help but be pragmatic." Gao pragmatic bowed, and then stretched out his hand to lead: "Girl, please." ”
Princess Yongning was a little confused at first, and then she realized a little: He deliberately called me Miss Zhu, could it be that he reminded me that I was just meeting in private today, regardless of my identity? No, identity is identity, how can there really be no difference? He probably meant to pretend he didn't know who I was......
Princess Yongning suddenly had some expectations, and secretly thought: If he can really not treat me as a princess, I don't know what will happen to me?
It's just that she has been a princess for so many years, but she didn't know how to answer this sentence when she was "not a princess", so she hesitated for a moment before stumbling: "I took the liberty to visit and disturb the high school." ”
Gao Pragmatic smiled: "There is no high school here, if the girl is not vulgar, call me Gao Pragmatic." ”
Is it really regardless of identity?
Princess Yongning was suddenly a little excited, like a canary who had taken off her cage, and her eyes had a little more sparkle that she didn't usually have, and smiled: "Don't you dare to call Gao Longwen like that, then...... How about the slave family who dared to call Gao Gongzi? ”
At the mention of "Gao Gongzi", she seemed to remember the old things from a long time ago, and her mood brightened up a lot, and her smile became more angry.
Gao pragmatic laughed: "Make, make, the girl can be called whatever she wants." But now, although the spring flowers are blooming, after all, there is still a little cold in the wind, let's go in and talk slowly, what does the girl think? ”
"There is Lao Gao's son to lead the way." The smile on Princess Yongning's face is already in spring.
Gao pragmatic completely ignored Wei Min beside her, and led her into the gate.
Behind this iron gate is another scenery. As Wei Min introduced to her yesterday, the courtyard near Baiyutang is completely different from the style of Daming, there is no exquisite rockery shadow wall here, and there are no plum branches and peach blossoms leaning out from the side. The first feeling of this courtyard for Princess Yongning is that it is "big and neat".
Big means empty, whole means neat. The wide green lawn here is not the size of the square outside the Central Temple, and the roadside jungle is also neatly built, about half a zhang wide, about half a person high, and two straight.
In the middle of this huge lawn is a small rectangular artificial lake, which is not at all as natural as the small pond of a Chinese garden, and its shape is irregular.
This small artificial lake is dug straight and neatly, as if it does not mind that the water should play the role of "moving" in the courtyard, but deliberately makes it so regular.
But if we ignore the artistic conception of "movement", it is not true. In the middle of the small artificial lake, there is an extremely complex and exquisite fountain. This fountain is divided into several layers, and the lower three layers are just like steps, all of which have water storage, and because of the fountain, a circular waterfall has been flowing out.
There are also three layers on the top, all carved into a disc shape, and each layer gushes out of the water, not only a circular waterfall, but also shoots in all directions, forming an ambilight under the sunlight, almost rainbow. And the three-layer disc stone carving seems to be carved with a very three-dimensional human figure, but it is not very clear at the moment.
"It's so beautiful!" Princess Yongning's mood suddenly became happy, and she asked, "But how did this spring water gush out?" ”
Gao pragmatic smiled at a tall tower not far from the side, and said: "That tower looks like a floating tower, but it is actually a water tower, which stores a large amount of water on it, and the tower communicates with the fountain, and the fountain sprays water through the principle of siphon...... If the girl is interested, how about explaining it slowly later? ”
"And now?" Princess Yongning asked with a smile.
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