Chapter four hundred and ninety seventh each has a ghost
The flowers in the forest faded away in spring, too hastily. Helplessly, the cold rain came in the morning and the wind came in the evening.
The tears of rouge are drunk together, and when will they be repeated? Of course, life grows and hates the water.
——"Happy Meeting·The Forest Flowers Withered in Spring" Li Yu (Five Dynasties)
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The sound of Bai Futian's flute is so captivating that it penetrates the heavens and the earth, making all the children of aristocratic families ashamed.
Zheng Lu, who had been running against Bai Fu several times, was so embarrassed that he hid in the cabin without waiting for the flute to finish playing.
Play the jade flute and listen to the falling flowers.
Princess Qingluan's beautiful eyes were filled with intoxication, gazing at her beloved with deep affection.
After the song was played, Princess Qingluan stepped forward and stood side by side with Bai Fu, as proud as a noble swan. The two stood on the bow of the boat, with their white clothes and yellow clothes flying, like a couple of gods and immortals, making many others envious.
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Bai Fu's flute sound also attracted other listeners. Several more gorgeous yachts were moored outside the big boats of the aristocratic families.
One of them was the ship of Chu King Li Chu. He stared at Bai Fu for a long time, with a complicated expression on his face.
The scene of Bai Fu's regiment destroying all the princes seems familiar. A few years ago, at Lin Chun Hui, Bai Fu was also so aloof and arrogant. He disgraced himself with a shocking painting of wild grass on a white wall.
Since Yu is born, how can Liang be born...
Next to Li Chu, Princess Chu's Lonely Xiaozhong was also worried. She looked at Bai Fu's handsome appearance and felt sad.
If she hadn't thought that Bai Fu was "executed" by Xuanzong, would she have followed her mother Pei's arrangement and married the crown prince's eldest son?
Nowadays, although she is the Princess of Chu, she is frightened every step of the way in the palace battles, which is far less comfortable than growing flowers and playing chess in the past.
Lonely Xiaozhong coughed twice, and returned to the cabin early on the pretext of strong wind on the bow and physical discomfort. Li Chu looked at Princess Chu's lonely back and seemed to notice something.
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Not only Princess Chu's lonely Xiao Zhong was disappointed, but there was another person on Princess Yanguang's boat who was even more disappointed. She was Yang Jieyu, the concubine that the Supreme Emperor recruited into the palace in Yizhou.
Two days ago, she took advantage of Princess Yanguang's opportunity to meet the Supreme Emperor and begged the Princess to take her out of the palace to relax.
As the saying goes, a phoenix in distress is worse than a chicken. The same is true for an emperor who was kicked off his throne.
Yang Jieyu sat in front of the dressing table in the cabin, looking at herself in the bronze mirror, her heart was filled with despair:
"The Emperor has had a very bad temper these past few days. He makes himself happy day and night. If he can't enjoy himself to the fullest, he will beat himself hard with a riding crop.
I wanted to grab the old guy's throat several times and strangle him to death, but Gao Lishi was watching and protecting me, so I couldn't succeed in the end.
At night, the old man coughed so hard that he couldn't sleep all night long. Due to years of insomnia and lack of sleep, not only did he have a lot of gray hair, he also lost a lot of hair, and he aged much faster than women of the same age.
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Looking at the bronze mirror, thinking that she was in her prime but so haggard, Yang Jieyu really wished she could push open the window lattice, throw herself into the water, and be done with it.
After finally calming down, Yang Jieyu dressed up carefully, then walked out of the cabin and slowly walked onto the deck.
Sitting on the bow of the boat, Yang Jieyu looked at both sides of the Qujiang River. The peach blossoms were like this, and the scenery was familiar to her.
Back then, it was this trip to Qujiang that put me in danger. Looking back now, I feel like I was trapped in a demonic barrier. I couldn't pull it out. I didn't care about it for the sake of a beast.
Nowadays, I am not a human being, I am not a ghost, I am not a ghost, I have a surname but no name, even the eunuchs and maids dare to ridicule me behind my back.
The palace is like a cage for canaries. Even if you hit your head and bleed, you can't break free or escape. Only by turning into a cold corpse can you be carried out.
At the moment when she felt sorry for herself, the beautiful sound of the flute on the lake attracted Princess Yanguang's boat to this place. But what she saw in front of her was the scene that Yang Jieyu least wanted to see.
She stared at Princess Qingluan's face filled with sunshine, her heart dripping with blood, like being bitten by thousands of ants. Her dry lips were bitten with a row of black and purple blood marks by her teeth.
Princess Qingluan's noble status, tall and straight figure, and invincible youthful aura are all beyond her reach, which further accentuates her haggardness, aging, and misery.
Yang Jieyu only felt cramps in her lower abdomen, her throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto the silk handkerchief. Looking at the dark blood on the silk handkerchief, Yang Jieyu's vision went dark, and she fainted on the deck...
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Princess Yanguang glanced at Yang Jieyu with disgust and ordered her attendants to carry her down. If Yang Jieyu hadn't secretly thrust a luminous pearl into her hand, she would have been too lazy to deal with this unfortunate woman who was trying to suppress her father and husband.
Princess Yanguang is the daughter of Su Zong, and speaking of it, she is also a relative of Yang Jieyu.
When she was still the princess of Yanguang County, she married Pei Hui, the son of Mrs. Guo Guo, and gave birth to a son, Pei Ye.
When Xuanzong fled Shu, Pei Hui, the husband of Princess Yanguang, died in the Maweipo Incident at the hands of the imperial army who rebelled against Chen Xuanli.
Suzong ascended the throne and after regaining the two capitals, she was granted the title of Princess Yanguang.
However, there are also three, six or nine levels of princesses, and not everyone is favored.
The mother of Princess Yanguang was an ordinary palace maid in the Crown Prince's palace at that time. She didn't even have a surname. Unlike the Wu family, the mother of Princess Qingluan, she was from a famous family.
In addition, Princess Qingluan's half-brother is King Suzong's eldest son, King Chu Li Chu. Once Li Chu succeeds to the throne in the future, Princess Qingluan will definitely be promoted to the title of eldest princess.
What's even more irritating is that not only was her husband killed in the war, but her parents-in-law, Mrs. Guo Guo, was also regarded as a remnant of the treacherous Yang Guozhong, and her reputation was not restored. The country estates and mansions under Mrs. Guo Guo's name were all taken back by the government.
Treasury confiscation.
Thinking of this, Princess Yanguang glared at Princess Qingluan fiercely.
Then, Princess Yanguang's eyes involuntarily glanced at Bai Fu. She also recognized this young man in white.
After her husband Pei Hui died, she was not idle and kept looking for a suitable husband for herself.
Mrs. Gaoming often said that Hanlin scholars were eight times as talented and five rich in knowledge, so she set her sights on the young scholars of the Hanlin Academy.
One day when they came to the Hanlin Academy, the scholars heard that the princess of the Tang Dynasty had come to choose a son-in-law. They all dressed up and cheered up. They either recited poems or wrote poems or splashed ink, all in order to attract their attention.
Even many Hanlins who already have wives at home do not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so they gather around them and welcome it with all their heart.
Only Bai Fu, a small imperial minister, ignored him at all and acted as if there was no one else around him. He threw himself and the others in his studio and left to mind his own business!
Thinking of this, Princess Yanguang was filled with hatred. She looked at Bai Fu and said in her heart: "I thought you were a noble scholar, but it turned out that you were attached to Miss Qingluan!
Humph, I want to see if the majestic Princess of the Tang Dynasty will condescend to marry a humble commoner like you!
Qingluan is still young now, at the age when you and I are young, and her mind is full of unrealistic fantasies. When she reaches the age of marriage and understands the nobility of being a princess, let’s see if she can still talk to you, a poor boy like you!”
Even so, when she saw Bai Fu and Qing Luan standing together, a talented and beautiful couple, such a match made in heaven, Princess Yanguang still gritted her teeth with hatred.