Adore Trick of Beauty

Yang Zhigong sent Eunuch Wu out and frowned when he came back: "It seems that the Queen Mother is determined to let Princess Rui go home."

Nie Wushuang touched the cold jade Ruyi with her slender jade fingers, half-smiling but not smiling: "The Empress Dowager is not so benevolent. How can a princess who has been abandoned be useful? It's just that the emperor has trusted Prince Rui recently and sent him many times. I have an errand for Your Highness, the Queen Mother is going to recite the tightening spell for Prince Rui."

"So that's the case, and the Queen Mother's move can also test the Emperor's attitude since the purge of the court and the Empress' loyalty. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone." Yang Zhi suddenly realized.

Nie Wushuang held Yu Ruyi's hand and smiled charmingly: "Yes, how can there be such unreasonable kindness in the palace."

"You go contact His Highness Prince Rui and ask him to do as I say, and everything will go as he wishes." Nie Wushuang said casually with his beautiful eyes flashing.

Yang Zhi took a few steps closer, and Nie Wushuang said something like this in his ear. Yang Zhi's eyes lit up and he silently retreated from Feng.

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The days are neither long nor short. In a blink of an eye, the re-enactment festival on September 9th is here. The custom of Ying State is similar to that of Qi State. On the ninth day of September, people have to climb high. On that day, all officials in the DPRK did not have to go to court in the morning. Instead, they climbed mountains with their families at home, admired chrysanthemums, and picked dogwood. In the evening, they drank chrysanthemum wine and feasted until late at night.

September 9th is also very important for the royal family of the corresponding country. Early in the morning, Xiao Fengming held a simple blessing for the eldest prince and princess amid the singing and harmony of the palace ministers. The so-called blessing is to put a piece of cake on the forehead and recite auspicious words in the mouth, wishing that the children will be well in everything.

After doing all this, the emperor and the empress finished their meal and climbed the mountain together with the concubines and royal family members.

This was the first time that Nie Wushuang accompanied the emperor out of the palace to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. Early in the morning, Xia Lan and Ming Qiu dressed her up. Today she was wearing a purple-red gauze dress, covered with a crocodile silk shawl of the same color. The shawl was exquisitely made, and violet vines were finely embroidered with silk threads. It looked light but enchanting.

Nie Wushuang wore her hair in a flowing bun, with several hairpins inlaid with emeralds in her hair. On her smooth and flawless forehead was a thin pendant made of pearls. The pearls reflected her stunning face. Go up to the charming wind

Flow, breathtaking.

Xia Lan sighed: "Your Majesty, you should dress up like this every day. She is too plain on weekdays."

Nie Wushuang put some green paint on his slender eyebrows, pursed his lips and smiled, but did not respond. She knew that she was beautiful, but her position in this palace did not allow her to show off too much.

After finishing her makeup, she looked at herself in the bronze mirror and said with a smile, "Let's get started."

The wheels rumbled across the smooth palace avenue. Nie Wushuang closed his eyes and rested in the car. The jade concubine was also sitting in the car, as if she was wandering in the sky. After a long while, she sighed: "Another year has passed."

Nie Wushuang opened his eyes and said with a smile: "What did the Jade Concubine think of again?"

"It's nothing. I remembered the chrysanthemum wine last year." She lifted a piece of cloth in the car like a magic trick and took out a bottle of wine. The Yamei people on the side couldn't help shouting: "It turns out that the empress is hiding! No wonder I can't find my concubine!"

Nie Wushuang smelled the faint aroma of wine and understood immediately, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the Jade Concubine has stolen wine from the Yamei people again. The chrysanthemum wine carefully brewed by the Yamei people is to be dedicated to the emperor."

Yamei's pretty face flushed, and she waved her hands repeatedly: "Actually, I also brewed several pots of wine for Empress Jieyu."

The jade concubine sighed slightly: "Don't lie. Now you only have the emperor in your heart. How can you remember our sisters?" She took out the wine glass, poured a glass and put it under her nose and smelled it: "It really smells good, Jieyu, so do you." Want a drink?"

Nie Wushuang looked at her intoxicated look and said with a smile: "It's not yet noon. What kind of chrysanthemum wine are you drinking? Be careful, you can't climb high if you wait."

A deep sense of disappointment flashed across the Jade Concubine's face, and she drank all the wine in her glass: "Anyway, I'm just here to make up the numbers."

Nie Wushuang frowned when she saw how self-pitying she was, and couldn't help but ask Yamei with her eyes. Yamei shook her head gently towards her, indicating that she was innocent.

The Jade Concubine drank a few glasses and wanted to drink more. Nie Wushuang snatched it away and said with a smile: "The good wine has gone to the Jade Concubine for herself, but I will not allow it. Please keep it away, I will wait for you too." Taste it.”

Jade Concubine knew that she didn't want to drink too much and lose her temper in front of the emperor, so she had no choice but to give up.

An hour later, the majestic royal guard of honor arrived at the foot of "Taiming Mountain". The emperor got off the Dragon Boat Festival and supported the queen slowly up the mountain. Nie Wushuang was in the team, watching the two bright yellows slowly ascending one after another, and strange thoughts surged in his heart.

The jade concubine couldn't climb halfway up, so she rested in a pavilion on the mountainside. "Taiming Mountain" is not high, and for the emperor to climb higher, a stone was specially laid and the mountain path was renovated, but the concubines and relatives in the palace were still out of breath climbing up.

Nie Wushuang walked and walked. She was not very strong to begin with, and now she was even more tired from climbing the mountain. From time to time, elderly members of the royal family and nobles stopped to rest along the way. Xia Lan persuaded her to give up several times, but Nie Wushuang still persisted. Unmoved.

"Only by climbing high can you see far." Nie Wushuang said with a smile.

Half an hour later, Nie Wushuang climbed up to "Taiming Mountain", and the Empress was already sitting in the shade on the mountain's flat ground to rest. The strong mountain wind blew up and puffed up her sleeves. As far as the eye could see, there were mountains and mountains, blowing away all the previous heat.

Nie Wushuang came forward to meet the emperor and empress, and the empress rewarded her with a freshly cut chrysanthemum with a smile. The chrysanthemums are blooming, and the skirt is fluttering like a fairy. Standing in the sky, she looks more delicate than the flowers. She really looks unparalleled. Xiao Fengming looked at her deeply and said lightly: "There is a reward!"

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The man came forward and gave Nie Wushuang a pot of chrysanthemum wine specially brewed in the palace. Nie Wushuang took it with a smile before leaving.

Yamei followed Nie Wushuang and found a secluded place with her for the palace guests to set up a table and rest and drink tea.

Seeing no one around, Nie Wushuang asked, "I see that Concubine Jade is not in good spirits lately."

The elegant lady sighed: "Yes, ever since Concubine Yun became pregnant, the concubine has often been unhappy. When she got better, she suddenly fell in love with drinking. Maybe she used wine to relieve her worries."

Nie Wushuang frowned: "What should we do?"

The two of them were relatively speechless and could only taste the wine in silence. After climbing high, it’s time to pick dogwood. The Yamei people went to pick with the others, but Nie Wushuang did not want to join in the fun. He only sipped the water wine given by Xiao Fengming in the shade. The chrysanthemum wine was light in the mouth, with the fragrance of chrysanthemum, and was very delicious.

Nie Wushuang couldn't help but drink a few more glasses, and when the wind blew, he felt a little drunk. She didn't dare to drink anymore, so she sat in the shade and closed her eyes to rest.

After an unknown amount of time, a shadow suddenly fell in front of him. Nie Wushuang opened his eyes and suddenly faced an enlarged handsome face.

"Have you been drinking?" Xiao Fengqing frowned and asked.

"What are you doing here, Your Highness?" Nie Wushuang subconsciously looked around, only to realize that there were no concubines around. Only Xia Lan and Yang Zhi were looking around.

Xiao Fengqing smiled charmingly, and suddenly took out a branch from her sleeve and stuck it on her head: "This is a dogwood tree, given to you."

Nie Wushuang was startled, stretched out his hand to take off the dogwood, and said slightly annoyed: "What are you doing, Your Highness?"

"Putting in dogwood. Have you never climbed up to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival?" Xiao Fengqing squinted her eyes lazily.

Nie Wushuang knew that he always did things as he pleased, so she didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she forced a smile and said, "Wushuang thanks His Highness for your kindness." She glanced at him and advised, "Your Highness, you should restrain yourself, just in case. emperor……"

Before she finished speaking, she saw Xiao Fengqing frowning with her beautiful long eyebrows, looking at the dogwood in her hand, displeased: "I know. I kindly gave you the dogwood, but you are still so verbose."

Seeing the displeasure on his face, Nie Wushuang could only put the dogwood in his hair again and looked at him with a half-smile: "Is your Highness happy?"

Xiao Fengqing glanced at her, satisfaction flashed in her eyes: "Do you think you will dislike the things I gave you?"

Nie Wushuang smiled slightly and said slowly: "Of course not. Everything Wushuang has was given by His Highness."

She had something to say, and two balls of flame suddenly burned in Xiao Fengqing's eyes, and he looked at her deeply before leaving.

When Nie Wushuang saw his figure disappear, he took off the dogwood on his head with a long breath. Just as he was about to throw it away, he stopped and slowly put it in his sleeve. All the palace concubines and family members went to pick dogwood to ward off bad luck and bring good luck. Nie Wushuang was bored sitting alone, and wanted to pick a few branches for his brother. When Xia Lan helped him go, he realized that he was late. All the dogwoods had been picked away, and she couldn't find them anywhere.

Nie Wushuang walked for a while and suddenly became frustrated. Unable to help but walk back, Nie Wushuang suddenly saw Xiao Fengming walking along the road, and Nie Wushuang quickly bowed down.

Xiao Fengming saw her hands were empty and asked with a smile: "Did you not pick it?"

Nie Wushuang raised his head and smiled: "Yes, I rested for a while, but I didn't expect that I fell behind everyone."

Xiao Fengming waved to her: "Come here."

Nie Wushuang stepped forward. Xiao Fengming turned his hand over and held a purple-red dogwood in his clean hand. He handed it to her: "Here you go. I picked this specially for you."

He pinched off the long branches and put a hairpin in her hair. He smiled with satisfaction and said, "The color matches your skirt. It looks very nice."

Nie Wushuang held his hand in his hair, feeling slightly in a daze. It took him a while to come back to his senses and thank him. Xiao Fengming shook her hand and slowly turned it back. The vegetation on the mountain was up to the knees, and Nie Wushuang was dragging her skirt, which was very inconvenient. Xiao Fengming lifted the gauze skirt for her and untied the branches and vines of the vegetation, which made it easier to walk.

Nie Wushuang couldn't help feeling emotional as she watched him bend down to untie the branches and leaves for her. His kindness is always so appropriate and just right, but why can I accept his intention, but why can't I accept Xiao Fengqing's kindness?

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The imperial driver returned and walked along the mountain road on the other side. After a while, he arrived at the "Shuiyun Temple". The owner of the temple had prepared vegetarian food and tea for the emperor and his party. The temple is quiet and quiet, and because it is close to the palace, it often receives rewards from the palace, so it grows in size year after year.

Nie Wushuang looked at the "Shuiyun Temple" that seemed to be built in a fairyland in the mountains and sneered in his heart. How could Princess Rui suffer here? I'm afraid it's more comfortable than in the palace.

Nie Wushuang was led to a Zen room. The Jade Concubine had already arrived first. When she saw Nie Wushuang coming, she smiled and said: "I heard that Princess Rui practices here. If I hadn't been unable to leave the palace, I really would have lived here."

Nie Wushuang glanced at her: "Princess Rui is just forced here. Concubine Jade must not have such thoughts at such a young age."

The two were talking when suddenly a palace official came to invite them: "Empress Shu said she wanted to visit Princess Rui. I wonder if the two empresses can come together?"

Nie Wushuang took Jade Concubine's hand and said with a smile: "Of course it is. Princess Rui is here to meditate, so she is afraid that it will disturb the princess's retreat."

The messenger said: "Concubine Shu said that today is the Double Ninth Festival, and it is common sense to visit Princess Rui. Please come with me."

Nie Wushuang took Jade Concubine and went with the palace people, going around and around, and finally arrived at a separate pavilion. The pavilion has two floors and is painted with vermilion paint, which is very exquisite. Nie Wushuang knew that this was specially given to Princess Rui for the sake of Empress Dowager Gao.

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Concubine Shu was already in the pavilion, and Nie Wushuang saw Concubine Jing and several other concubines also there, so he went up to say hello. All the concubines were of the same age as Princess Rui, and had been in contact with her before entering the palace, so they seemed very warm at this time. Nie Wushuang saw that Princess Rui had no makeup on her face and her body was thin, as if she had suffered from the practice of meditation.

Princess Rui glanced at Nie Wushuang, her eyes flashed with disdain, but she quickly covered it up and just wiped her tears at Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu sighed: "Princess Rui has really lost a lot of weight."

Concubine Jing also sighed: "It's too miserable here. Besides, the husband and wife are separated, and the princess must miss His Highness Prince Rui very much."

All the concubines knew that Princess Rui married Prince Rui after begging the Queen Mother to marry her to Prince Daorui's palace, and that she made the mistake because she was too jealous. Now it seems that she looks haggard, and she actually seems to be repentant. They all expressed their regret. I was so saddened by what happened to her.

Princess Rui cried: "Now that I have made a mistake, I dare not ask the Emperor and His Highness for forgiveness, but every time I think of my parents who are still alive, I can't bear to end everything and escape into Buddhism. Alas..."

Concubine Shu also wiped away tears after hearing this: "Princess Rui also knows her mistake. The Queen Mother also wants Princess Rui to return home. Why don't we ask the Emperor to intercede with the Japanese Palace now and let the Emperor allow the Princess to go home to serve her parents?"

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(This article was first published by Hongxiu Tianxiang)