Dadong Yuanding three years in April.
“Retire!”
Following the shrill and loud voice of the servants, all civil and military officials stepped out of the golden palace one by one.
Walking together in groups of three or two, talking in groups of five or six, from Donghuamen to Xiwumen, you can see these pillars of the imperial court, old or strong, or young, but when these pillars catch a glimpse of a white shadow They bowed their heads and retreated.
The white shadow is Dadong’s “Phoenix Shadow General” Feng Duying. At this time, she is at the age of twenty-two, with a face like snow jade, long eyebrows on the temples, and phoenix eyes shining brightly. The complexion is rich and gorgeous. It’s not like a hundred officials dressed in court crowns, wearing a plain white robe, with intricate and delicate phoenix feathers embroidered with gold thread on the wide sleeves, and the phoenix feathers fluttering on the sleeves as they walk up and down, it really looks like a phoenix’s wings are fluttering, that is plain and clean The elegant white clothes have become extremely gorgeous and noble.
Officials and guards along the way saluted one after another, and she just nodded slightly before walking away. Some of the people who watched her go away sighed softly: “General Feng’s demeanor is comparable to that of a queen.”
Everyone who heard it nodded.
Feng Duying, who was striding like flying, naturally did not hear these words, and of course, even if she heard them, she would not have any reaction. In the palace, there are many gates and steps all over the place. At this moment, she is just annoyed once again why she has to walk such a long way every time she enters and exits the palace.
“Shadow.”
Just as he was about to pass through Xuanzhi Gate, a soft voice came from behind diagonally.
There is only one person in this world who calls her like this, although only occasionally. He didn’t turn around and look back, but his lips curved slightly, “Fourth Brother.”
Fengji was dressed in dark uniform, walking leisurely, as if a jade tree was welcoming, and the wind **** was elegant, all the officials and guards along the way paid attention to him.
“Go to my residence.” He walked side by side with her.
“Yeah.” She nodded.
The two of them left the Xuanzhi Gate, and a group of patrolling guards approached them. When they saw the two of them, they stopped and saluted together: “I have met Mr. Dazai, General Feng (Princess Fengying).”
There was such an abrupt sound in Qi Zha’s voice, and then a white shadow flashed, and the third guard behind the leader of the guards flew away ten feet away.
“Seventh sister.” Fengji called out, with a somewhat helpless and funny expression on his face.
Feng Duying stared at the guards on the ground with his chin raised, and said coldly, “Where does he look like that kind of soft and timid little white rabbit?!”
The guard who fell to the ground looked at Feng Duying dumbfoundedly, unable to react at all.
“General, this kid is new and ignorant, so please forgive him this time.” The leader of the guard hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and the guards behind him also begged for mercy.
“This is a trivial matter, there is no need to be like this, everyone get up.” Fengji waved to the guards, and then dragged Feng Duying away without giving Feng Duying a chance to speak.
The guards didn’t get up until the two had walked far away, and then the leader slammed the palm of the guard who was still dumbfounded. “Damn boy! You don’t want to die! You want us to be buried with you!”
“My lord, I…” The guard looked at the leader aggrievedly, pitifully beaten but didn’t know what was wrong.
“I warned you the first day you came here, you must address General Feng as ‘General’ instead of ‘Princess’ when you see General Feng! It’s been more than half a month, and you still made me a mistake!” The leader was furious.
“My lord, but Your Majesty named her ‘Princess Fengying’.” The guard was puzzled.
“You make sense.” The leader slapped him on the forehead again, “General Feng hates people calling her ‘princess’ the most, you boy, remember it for me, otherwise I don’t know how I will die next time! “
“Yes.” The guard bowed his head.
“You are lucky, Mr. Dazai was there just now, otherwise you would be dead!” The leader slapped again.
“Okay, my lord, you will spare him, he must have a long memory this time.” The guard next to him stepped forward to persuade, “Besides, he was kicked by General Feng just now, I don’t know if he was injured or not.”
The leader was just annoyed that the kid didn’t have a long memory, and he was relieved after scolding him. He heard someone mention it, and asked the guard, “Is there any injury?”
The guard rubbed his chest, still confused, “My lord, it doesn’t hurt at all, no injury.”
“It doesn’t hurt at all?” The leader and all the guards didn’t believe it, “With the martial arts of General Feng, a kick can kill you, and you are fine?”
“It’s really all right.” The guard patted his chest and nodded, expressing that it’s all right.
“Looks like this kid got **** luck, General Feng was merciful just now.” All the guards couldn’t help saying.
In the front, Feng Ji was also persuading Feng Duying, “Seventh sister, not every princess is like ‘Princess Scarlet’.”
“Princess Fei Ni” is the younger sister of the powerful enemy “King Tao” who fought with them back then. After the defeat of “King Tao”, her family members were taken as prisoners in the army. The eight of them had seen this before. Princess, later Nan Pianyue laughed and called her “Princess White Rabbit”, because she was timid when encountering people, frightened when encountering thunder, fainted when encountering blood, and collapsed when encountering wind.
“Fourth brother, don’t mention the word ‘Fei Ni’.” Feng Duyingsu didn’t like such a cowardly and incompetent person, so he frowned upon hearing this. She didn’t know that women’s tenderness and cowardice attracted men’s love even more, so many generals in the army fell in love with “Princess Scarlet”, and finally Huo Junxing, the general of Tranquility, got the princess’s approval. One is a hero, the other is a beauty, like a pine and cypress, like a dodder, married for eight years, a loving husband and wife, with two sons and two daughters, very happy. And Feng Duying is familiar with hundreds of families, armed with enemies and tens of thousands of troops, and can chat and laugh on the battlefield to kill enemies. She is the only woman of that kind of spirit, and she is also beautiful. Naturally, there are many men who admire her, but no one dares to marry. No one can match. Of course, this is not the only reason why she is still unmarried.
Fengji smiled and shook his head, “Okay, don’t mention it.”
The two left the palace together.
Feng Duying came on horseback, and there was only one guard Du Kang accompanying him, so as soon as he left the palace gate, Du Kang led his horse to meet him.
“Go to the fourth brother’s house.” She ordered.
Du Kang nodded when he heard the words, without speaking, he handed her the reins of the white horse. He is a slender young man with handsome features, but his face is cold and his breath is restrained, like a shadow, he is not eye-catching at all.
The carriage from Fengfu came over there, Fengji looked back at Feng Duying, and motioned for her to ride in the carriage with him.
Feng Duying flew on the horse, and said: “Fourth brother, I’ll take a step first.” After saying that, he swung the whip, and the white horse galloped away, Du Kang also got on the horse, and followed closely behind.
Fengji wanted to call him but couldn’t, so he shook his head and got on the carriage by himself.
Feng Duying galloped all the way, but arrived at Feng Mansion in a moment, and the guards in front of the mansion saw him coming forward from afar. She got off the horse, threw the reins to Du Kang, and then walked towards the mansion. Du Kang handed the horse to the guards and followed behind Feng Duying. Someone in the mansion had already notified the chief steward, so just as Feng Duying crossed the threshold of the front yard, the chief steward had already rushed over, and after seeing the ceremony, he led Feng Duying to Fengji’s study in the back mansion.
After the tea was served, the manager withdrew.
In the study, after drinking half a cup of tea, Feng Duying called out: “Du Kang.”
Hearing the call, Du Kang walked over and sat down on the rattan couch where Feng Duying was sitting on the leftmost side, and then took out a clean white silk scarf from his sleeve and spread it on his lap. Feng Duying lay down on his back, put his head on the silk scarf, yawned, and fell asleep soundly after a while. And the person on her pillow has been sitting quietly with eyes closed, motionless like a stone statue.
The study room was quiet, only the fragrance of tea lingered.
An hour later, Du Kang opened his eyes due to the noise from a distance, and he stretched out his hand to support Feng Duying.
Feng Duying woke up, opened his eyes, a cup of tea was handed in front of him, he took it, drank the tea, he was completely awake, he handed the tea cup back to Du Kang, and asked: “Fourth brother is back?”
“Yeah.” Du Kang nodded, put the empty cup back on the table, and then stood quietly beside the rattan couch.
The sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and then the door of the study was pushed open by the maid from both sides.
Feng Duying focused his attention on Fengji, and said: “Fourth brother, if one day the border city is in emergency, I will not send you to rescue.” As he spoke, he looked at Shi Yan, the guard following Fengji, and asked: “Today How many poems and essays have you received, and how many songs have you listened to?”
Fengji has a handsome face, unparalleled talent and demeanor, and has a high position and weight, but he is still unmarried. It is conceivable that there are many parents in this imperial capital who “have young girls at home”. He, many young girls admire him. However, no matter whether they were asking people to talk about their relatives or protecting the matchmaker, or they were secretly expressing their meaning in poetry, Fengji declined all of them.
But such a peerless character, even if he expressly refuses, how can he stop those girls with spring thoughts from thinking about him. So in the past two years, two or three things in the imperial capital have flourished because of the abundance.
The first one is that sad and glamorous boudoir poems have become popular.
Fengji is a talented man in both literature and military affairs. His writings are eloquent, his poems are magnificent, and he is proficient in chess, painting and rhythm. Therefore, those talented women who are proficient in literature and ink, one to show their talents, and the other to win the favor of their sweethearts, poured their love into poetry and prose. Some were sent to Fengji to express their hearts, while others were sent out of the boudoir by family members or servants. There are many beautiful sentences among them, which are highly appreciated by scholars. But for those who are appreciated and recognized by everyone, some people will want to be better, and others will follow suit. This is human nature and human inferiority.
The second case is that the people in the imperial capital are the best in the world in terms of music and art, and they are counted among the best in the world.
How elegant it is to express meaning in poetry, but not everyone is proficient in writing and ink, and in the boudoir, there are many people who practice qin and flute, so those women who are elegant and good at rhythm express their feelings through music. Just asking Fengji to come to the mansion to listen to music, or go to Fengji’s mansion to play music for him, these are all difficult things, so when Fengji travels, there is a scene of music wafting along the road. Every time he walks along the way, or inside the high wall, or on the attic, there will always be lingering or elegant piano music and Zheng songs, and even halfway he is stopped by people asking to stop for a while, after listening to a song or leaving a few comments . When he heard a good song, Fengji was not stingy with his praise, but his praise only aroused the controversy of others, and attracted more people to flock to him.
The third case is that “Danyang Street” has become the most prosperous and lively place in the imperial capital.
From Fengfu to the Imperial Palace, this street is called “Danyang Street”. Those who are rewarded with music by him, and even some small officials who want to see him but can’t get in, will come here to wait. Naturally, this street has the most people, and the shops, restaurants, and inns on the street are also very prosperous.
“Toyoshiro’s face is all over the world” was the praise of the world at that time, and even the historians of later generations spared no effort to leave a sentence when writing his biographies:
“Extraordinarily beautiful, as bright as a jade mountain ascending, and the porch is like a morning glow. Everyone admires it.” [Note ○1]
But when he heard Feng Duying’s slightly teasing question, Shi Yan replied solemnly: “This subordinate doesn’t understand folk art, but I only know that the music has not stopped coming back this way, and there are all kinds of musical instruments. At this moment, my ears are still buzzing. As for poems…” He gestured with both hands, “The subordinate has collected so much, just now the manager saw that I will burn a few more candles tonight, and my lord will read it before Haishi.” Endless.”
The corners of Feng Duying’s lips twitched slightly when he heard the words, “Fourth brother, I heard that in ancient times, there was a beautiful man who was watched and killed every day. Fortunately, you are not a weak person, otherwise you would be surrounded by people every day , reading poetry by candle every night, a thousand lives are not enough.”
For Feng Duying’s teasing, Fengji just slightly raised his eyebrows, and said: “I heard that you moved out of the palace.”
As soon as these words came out, Feng Duying stopped laughing.
Feng Ji sat down on a Zen chair and leaned against the back of the chair. The maid stepped forward to remove the hair crown for him, and his black hair was like a flowing cloud, which could be seen in others. At this moment, he was not as dignified and elegant as he was in front of the court officials, but he seemed to be standing against a wall after flying thousands of miles, and he had a loose and tired appearance.
“Is the life outside the palace comfortable?” Fengji took the fragrant tea from another maid.
As soon as he came back from Dingcheng, the eighth younger brother Nan Pianyue mysteriously came to tell him some big news, thinking it was some trivial matter, but who knew it was “seventh sister moved out of the palace.” ” news. Originally, the eight of them lived in the imperial palace, but in the past two years, the brothers got married one after another, and they all moved out of the imperial palace one after another. inside.
As for “General Fengying” moving out of the imperial palace, this may be a small matter in the eyes of others, but based on their understanding of the eldest brother, the current emperor, it is really a big deal.
Facing Fengji’s question, Feng Duying folded his arms on his chest, raised his chin, lowered his eyes, and said nothing. That gesture seemed to be waiting for someone to give her an answer.
Looking at her appearance, Feng Ji shook his head and said, “You live in the palace well, why do you want to move out?”
Feng Duying didn’t even raise his eyelids, and said, “Those women of his are too noisy.”
Hearing such an answer, Fengji suddenly laughed: “Brother agree?”
“I have one sword, no one can stop me.” Feng Duying raised his chin again.
Such arrogant and self-willed words made Fengji couldn’t help but touch his forehead and sigh: “You… no wonder big brother is angry!”
Feng Duying heard this, he couldn’t help looking at him, and asked: “When did the fourth brother come back? Did you stay in the palace last night?” I didn’t see him this morning, obviously I entered the palace yesterday, otherwise how would I know the elder brother angry.
“I went back at the application time yesterday.” Fengji put down his hands and replied, “I went to the palace first to report to my elder brother about the tour, but was dragged by my elder brother to accompany him to drink half the night, so I got up late this morning and didn’t go. Morning morning, it’s rare that elder brother can get up and go to court.”
“He went and ignored me.” Feng Duying lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, “Brother hasn’t said a word to me until now.”
Fengji was slightly surprised when he heard this, then raised his hand and waved the maid away, and then glanced at Shi Yan again.
Shi Yan understood, pulled Du Kang back together, and closed the door of the study.
“Even though my eldest brother took me to drink half the night last night, he was half drunk and didn’t say anything.” Feng Ji turned his head and looked at Feng Duying and said. So he also knew the two cases of “seventh sister moved out of the palace and elder brother was very angry”, but he didn’t know that the two did not understand each other. This situation is really unprecedented in terms of their elder brother’s pampering for Seventh Sister.
Feng Duying couldn’t help sighing when he thought about how his elder brother was drinking, and said, “Brother is really angry with me this time. You also know that I always hate morning court, but this time I go to morning court almost every day. But elder brother looked up and down, left and right, but he just didn’t look at me, it seems that he made up his mind to ignore me.”
Feng Ji thought about the appearance of the two men in front of the court, and couldn’t help laughing, and asked, “Where is the second brother? You and the eldest brother are so stiff that he didn’t say anything.” ?”
Feng Duying leaned crookedly on the armrest at the side, resting his shoulders on his hands, with a look of helplessness, and said: “Second brother just pointed the sword at me, said ‘return to the palace!’ and then never Ignore it.”
“Sure enough, it’s the style of the second brother.” Fengji couldn’t help smiling, and asked again, “Where is the third brother? Isn’t he the most idea?”
“Third brother is the most annoying.” Feng Duying frowned, “He invited me to his house for a drink and told me a good way, but he poured sweat medicine into my wine and made me faint Roll up the quilt, and tie a branch of thorns outside the quilt, and send me to Qilong Palace, in the euphemistic name of letting me ‘plead guilty to the thorn’!”
Hearing this, Fengji couldn’t help but chuckled, “What’s the result?”
“I was intercepted by Du Kang on the way, otherwise I would be ashamed.” Feng Duying couldn’t help grinding his teeth when he recalled that incident, “Next time, third brother, don’t let me catch you if you have something to do, or he will look good on you!”
Thinking about the scene, Fengji found it funny, and asked, “What about the other brothers, didn’t they have any good moves?”
“Fifth brother is a good old man, he is still in a dilemma about whether to help me or elder brother, whether I should go back to live in the palace or build a mansion by myself, and he still hasn’t made up his mind. Sixth brother, that big layman, He only said that he asked me to find something that my elder brother liked and gave it to him to coax him, but this time I even went to the sky to find a treasure and presented it, but my elder brother would not even bother. …Bah!” Feng Duying couldn’t help rubbing his arms when he said this, “That kid usually pretends to be a fool, and he wants me to act like a baby, so I might as well jump into the river!”
“Hahaha…” Fengji couldn’t help laughing out loud when he heard what these brothers were doing.
“Fourth brother, don’t laugh.” Feng Duying showed a rare look of distress, “This time the big brother is angry, it’s not a trivial matter, he used to be angry with me for a few hours at most, but this time it’s been two months. “
“You, who told you to rush out with a sword in hand.” Fengji shook his head in disapproval, “Fortunately, he has always been the eldest brother who dotes on you the most. If it were the second brother, he would probably break it on the spot. Take your sword, let’s see if you dare to rush out of the palace.”
“Isn’t it that I was irritated by his women.” Feng Duying frowned, “I wanted to move when you moved out one by one, but I just thought that my elder brother hadn’t moved, and now I just want to move out.” I want to come out and have a quiet time.”
Feng Ji glanced at Feng Duying quietly, and then sighed softly: “Brother has not registered as a queen so far, that’s why this is the case.”
Feng Duying remained silent.
Fengji saw that she was silent, so he stopped talking and asked her, “Where do you live now?”
“Second Brother, they all refused to take me in, and staying in a hotel is not a long-term solution, so Du Kang was asked to find a house to rent and live there first.” Feng Duying replied.
“They all know that elder brother won’t let you out, so naturally they want to force you to go back to the palace.” Fengji got up, walked to the window and opened it.
There is a crabapple growing outside the study. At the moment, the buds are all over the branches, the color is like rouge, and it is as bright as the red glow of Xiaotian.