Zhu Yijun rushed to Cining Palace, got off the dragon chariot in front of the palace gate, pushed aside the little eunuch who was leading the way, trotted all the way, and hurried in.
As soon as she walked to the door of the main hall, she saw her mother, Queen Mother Li, standing under the plaque in the main hall that read "Kindness Wins the Sea", with an unusually cold face. The third princess Zhu Yao'e and the fourth princess Zhu Yaolao were both kneeling in front of her, with their two slender bodies.
Trembling in the shadow of his mother.
Zhu Yijun didn't dare to look any further. He knocked his head on the ground as soon as he entered the door and said, "An unfilial son pays homage to his mother."
"You still know that you are unfilial?"
Queen Mother Li's voice came dryly, her tone as cold as the cold wind blowing under the Nine Netherworld.
Zhu Yijun twisted his body uneasily, forced himself to calm down, kowtowed and said: "My son is guilty, please punish me."
"Oh?" Queen Mother Li's voice did not soften at all, and she still asked coldly: "What crime do you have? Tell me."
"It is the sin of sons and ministers to make the queen mother angry."
Empress Dowager Li sneered: "You have been studying with Gao Pingshi for ten years. Instead of learning his literary talent, you have learned his slyness. You still know how to avoid important things."
Zhu Yijun swallowed secretly and did not dare to raise his head. He just bowed his head and replied: "I don't know what the queen mother said. Please make it clear."
"Hmph, you don't know what the Ai family means by this?" Concubine Li waved her hand to the maid next to her and said, "Show it to the emperor."
The maid did not dare to neglect, so she took a few pages of plain white paper and handed them to Zhu Yijun respectfully.
Zhu Yijun quickly took it and looked at it. The handwriting on the first piece of paper was quite beautiful:
Today and what evening I am in the boat in the middle of the river, today and on what day I will be in the same boat with the prince.
I was humiliated and was not ashamed of being good, I was upset and I didn't know about the prince.
There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches. My heart is happy for you, but you don’t know it.
Zhu Yijun's heart suddenly pounded, and he thought to himself: Oh no!
Seeing Zhu Yijun completely motionless, Queen Mother Li said coldly: "This is written by Yao'e. The Ai family would like to ask the emperor, who is this 'jun'?"
Zhu Yijun opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.
Who knew that the matter was not over yet, Queen Mother Li snorted coldly, and said: "There will be more later, you can read it later."
Zhu Yijun quickly took this page away and looked at the second page. Surprisingly, the handwriting this time was actually different from the first page. From a calligraphy point of view, the writing power was obviously slightly weaker, and the hidden edge was too sharp.
When he went forward, he was not decisive enough. Judging from Zhu Yijun's calligraphy skills, this was at best the level of his essay writing when he was eleven or twelve years old.
Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, could it be the word Yao?
But whether the handwriting is good or not is not the key, the key is what is written on it.
The words written on this paper shocked Zhu Yijun even more than the "Yueren Song" written by the third princess Zhu Yao'e just now, because what was written on it was "Qi'ao":
Looking at Qi'ao, there are green bamboos and Yiyi. There are bandit gentlemen, who are like cutting and plowing, plowing and grinding.
Look at the Qi'ao, the green bamboos are green. There is a bandit gentleman, his ears are shining, and his hair is like a star. He is seductive and arrogant. He is loud and loud. There is a bandit gentleman, and he can never be silent.
Looking at Qi'ao, the green bamboos are like bamboos. There is a bandit gentleman, who is as gold as tin, as Gui as jade. He is wide and graceful, and the jade is heavier. He is good at teasing and not cruel.
Zhu Yijun is actually quite knowledgeable, so he naturally knows the meaning of these two poems.
There is no need to investigate the original meaning of the poem "Yueren Song". This poem has been passed down to this day, and everyone knows that the real key is the last sentence: There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches, and the heart is happy for you, but you don't know it.
Just now, the queen mother asked him who this "jun" was, which obviously meant the same thing.
Zhu Yijun secretly complained: It stands to reason that Yao'e only met Hou Gongchen once, so it's not right to be like this. Is Hou Gongchen really so outstanding that Yao'e fell in love with him so much after seeing him once that he never forgets him?
Why didn't you see it?
However, compared to Zhu Yao'e's "Yueren Song", Zhu Yijun is more distressed now, and it is Zhu Yao'e's "Qiao" that feels even more incredible.
"Qi'ao" comes from "The Book of Songs·Guofeng". The "Book of Songs" ranks first among the Five Classics. Zhu Yijun is naturally very familiar with it. This "Qi'ao" is a poem praising the image of men. Although it is not
It is easy to say that it must be a love poem, but the admiration hidden in it is also obvious enough.
Only then did Zhu Yijun think that Yao Yu was almost fourteen years old, already the age when his love for love first blossomed - Zhu Yijun's own queen entered the palace at the age of fourteen, so what's so strange about Yao Yu having such thoughts?
?
But the problem is, who is Yao Lao thinking about? It can’t be Hou Gongchen, that’s absolutely not possible!
Zhu Yijun felt that his mouth was full of bitterness, and for a moment he broke into a cold sweat and his back was wet with sweat.
When Queen Mother Li saw it, she said coldly: "You don't need to read the rest, in short, these are the things." Then she paused and asked: "The Ai family will ask you again, to whom are these poems written?
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Zhu Yijun didn't know if Yao'e and Yao'e had "honest explanations", so he took a chance and said weakly: "Return to the mother, I don't know..."
"You still dare to lie!" Empress Dowager Li was furious and shouted: "Go and kneel outside the palace! You are not allowed to get up without the decree of the Ai family!"
Empress Dowager Li's sudden rage frightened Zhu Yijun so much that he didn't dare to say a word. He got up and walked out. When he got out of the palace, he turned around and knelt down. He was frightened and worried at the same time.
Ashamed and annoyed.
What was frightening was that the queen mother was so angry that she didn't know how she would punish herself. What was embarrassing was that there were a lot of maids and eunuchs in the Cining Palace, and they could see me, the king of the country, in such an ugly state!
The education he received prevented him from slandering his mother in his heart, but at this moment, he really wanted to gouge out the eyes of all the palace ladies and eunuchs.
The stern voice of the Queen Mother can also be heard at the entrance of the palace: "You two too! Don't think that with the protection of your royal brother, you can ignore the ancestral law and kneel outside for the Ai family!"
The imperial brother was so frightened that he did not dare to resist, and the two princesses naturally did not dare to tell each other apart. They trembled and went outside. As soon as they went out, they both secretly looked at the imperial brother.
Zhu Yijun lamented in his heart and didn't know how to react. In this regard, he had indeed inherited his father, Emperor Longqing's love for his relatives. Although he felt that he must have been cheated by his two sisters, he could not afford to give birth to them.
I was so angry that I had no choice but to smile dejectedly.
The two princesses did not dare to speak to him at this moment, and obediently knelt side by side behind him, their bodies trembling a little.
There was no sound coming from the main hall. The maids and eunuchs were all very cautious, not daring to make any movement, just like wood carvings or clay sculptures.
After a while, Chen Hong ran in excitedly from outside. When he saw the emperor and the two princesses kneeling outside the palace, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled with gloating.
But immediately he stopped smiling, put on a very sad expression, and hurried to the front of the palace. Without letting others pass, he said loudly: "The Queen Mother, the old slave is back."
Queen Mother Li's voice was much calmer at this time, but still very cold: "Come in."
Chen Hong went in, bowed and said: "Empress Dowager, I have found out the matter. In addition to going to Nancheng Temple to offer incense and to pay homage to the late emperor, the two princesses also left the palace once, and it was the emperor who took them there.
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"Bang!" The sound of broken porcelain came from the main hall, and no one knew what was damaged.
The anger in Queen Mother Li's voice clearly broke out again: "Well, well, well, he left the palace privately without telling me, and he even dared to bring his two younger sisters with him. The emperor is amazing, amazing, the rules left by our ancestors, he is
No more!"
There was silence in the main hall. After a while, Queen Mother Li's voice came out again: "Where have you been?"
Chen Hong immediately replied: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the emperor and the two princesses went to Gao Pingshi's residence and stayed for nearly three hours. It is said that they were extremely happy when they came back."
"Bang!" This time, the broken thing was obviously bigger than before...