Confidante Saisuke

Shangguan Wan'er got off the carriage, thanked Xuemei and the coachman for taking her back to the temple, then turned around and walked towards the temple.It was already dark at this time, but fortunately there were two big lanterns hanging at the entrance of the Taoist temple. Shangguan Wan'er took a few deep breaths to clear her mind, and walked towards the temple by the light.

Pushing open the door, he found Yu Xuanji sitting in front of the desk.Did I go to the wrong room?Shangguan Wan'er looked at the furnishings in the room, it was her own room. "Wan'er, you're back." Yu Xuanji heard the sound of the door opening and turned around.

"Sister Yu." After confirming that it was her own room, Shangguan Wan'er walked in and sat down by the desk.

"Have you been drinking?" Yu Xuanji smelled the faint scent of alcohol on Shangguan Wan'er's body, and seeing her blushing, couldn't help scolding her, "How can you just drink with someone outside alone?"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled and looked at her with her palms on her pillow: "I am happy today, and I smelled the fragrance of the wine, so I drank a few glasses. Sister Yu, do you know? It turns out that some of the family members of official families can enter The palace is for the Empress Dowager. At today’s banquet, I saw a lady who received a banquet from the Empress Dowager.”

Yu Xuanji saw that there seemed to be an extra hairpin in Shangguan Wan'er's hair, so he reached out to take it off, and it turned out to be a green jade butterfly hairpin.Shangguan Wan'er smiled sweetly: "It's pretty, isn't it? That lady gave it to me. Today at the banquet we are competing in poetry, and everyone has to write a poem of Qilu in a stick of incense. I wrote three poems, and the lady said Whichever capital I write is better than theirs, I will give this hairpin to me."

Yu Xuanji listened to Shangguan Wan'er talking about that lady, proud of that lady's appreciation in her words, couldn't help frowning, and casually inserted the hairpin back into her hair, and asked indifferently: "You are very sorry for your poem being praised. Those powerful people like them are happy when they see it? You like to catch their knives and collect their money, don't you?"

Shangguan Wan'er thought about it hard, and laughed again: "I don't know anything, I can only write a few lines of poems. I am very happy to be able to live by writing poems. I am really afraid that I will depend on you for the rest of my life. But well," Shangguan Wan'er smiled, "I will write more poems for them in the future, so that more wives will know me. I think if they all know me, they may mention it when they go to the palace to see the queen mother. And me."

Let the Queen Mother know?Yu Xuanji's heart skipped a beat, remembering that Shangguan Wan'er was originally a servant girl by the Empress Dowager's side, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration, but felt unbelievable.She reached for the picture scroll on the case, opened it and pointed to the portrait on it and asked Shangguan Wan'er: "Wan'er, who is this person you drew?"

Shangguan Wan'er straightened up and took a look.That was the portrait of Wu Meiniang that she had been sketching for the past few days.Today Mrs. Han suddenly came to the temple to invite her to a banquet, she had no time to put it away, so she put it on the shelf.In the past, when this secret was discovered, Shangguan Wan'er would have panicked a long time ago, but today, after drinking a few more glasses of wine, she always felt that Yu Xuanji was unrestrained and unrestrained, so she lost her caution.Shangguan Wan'er just felt a little ashamed, touched her cheek in embarrassment, and said, "Oh, I was seen by you."

The person in the portrait has towering temples, dotted with gold hairpins and flowers, obviously she is a woman, but she looks older.Yu Xuanji slowly read out the inscribed poem next to the portrait: "At the beginning of Yexia Dongting, I miss you for thousands of miles. The fragrance of the dew is cold, and the moon is set in the golden screen. I want to play Jiangnan songs, and I am greedy to seal Jibeishu. There is no difference in the book. Wan'er, who are you writing about?" This is clearly a love poem, but the portrait is of a woman... I didn't expect Shangguan Wan'er to look conservative, but her heart was more unrestrained than her , really can't be judged by appearance.

Shangguan Wan'er grinned, wanting to say nothing, seeing Yu Xuanji staring at her without saying a word, probably unable to escape, so she had to admit: "It's the Queen Mother."

What? !Yu Xuanji was dumbfounded in surprise.Even if she usually despises etiquette, it is difficult for her to digest such a shocking love affair for a while. "Wan'er, the Empress Dowager has already passed the age of hearing. How could you..." Yu Xuanji couldn't continue.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't hear it, her smile faded, and she gently stroked the portrait with her fingers and said, "It's not surprising that I like her. She treats me so well, it's natural that I can't live without her. I just don't understand Why did she choose me? I'm useless to her, I'll only annoy her. I don't know if she still wants to see me." At the end, her voice gradually dropped.Although she made up her mind to let her poems spread among those female relatives tonight, she didn't know whether she could attract Wu Meiniang's attention and whether Wu Meiniang would see her again.

In the days that followed, Shangguan Wan'er greeted and sent off all the high-ranking women's Suoshi with a smile on her face.Gradually, the women's family gatherings in Luoyang City were talking about this woman who wrote a thousand words without adding points, and Shangguan Wan'er became famous for a while.

"Wan'er wrote these?" Wu Meiniang asked Song Zhaohua enthusiastically as she looked at the stacks of poems on the case.She knew that Shangguan Wan'er loved to write poems, but writing so much in just two months, well, it was worthy of the blood of Shangguan's family.

"Yes, Empress Dowager. At the Peach Blossom Party held by Princess Changguangchang a few days ago, Shangguan Wan'er wrote two quatrains and three quatrains in a stick of incense. The Princess praised her very much, saying that she is the most talented woman in Luoyang." "Although Song Zhaohua was quite dissatisfied with Shangguan Wan'er, after getting the manuscripts of the poems, he had to admit that although Shangguan Wan'er knew nothing about political theory, she did have some talent.

Wu Meiniang picked up a stack casually, flipped through it all the way, and couldn't help laughing.That is the first flower appreciation poem, "Flowers bloom differently, and flowers fall differently. If you want to ask the place of lovesickness, when the flowers bloom and fall." Is this clearly a love poem?Turning to a few more pages, this poem is about catkins, "In February, the poplar flowers are light and faint, and the spring breeze is swaying and irritating. His house is a ruthless thing, and it flies south and north."

It seems that the little girl has grown up, and love words cannot be avoided in every capital.Wu Meiniang was amused, put down the poem and said, "The number one talented woman? It seems that Wan'er is having a good time outside the palace." Then she asked, "Is she still in the Taoist temple, with that Taoist nun?"

Where is Yu Xuanji a Taoist nun?Song Zhaohua smiled slightly, knowing what Wu Meiniang meant by asking, and replied: "Yes. That Yu Xuanji knows a lot of talented people, and often brings Shangguan Wan'er and those talented people to compose poems for him. Although many talented people show Shangguan Wan'er , Shangguan Wan'er is not close to anyone."

Wu Meiniang nodded, it seems that although Wan'er spends all day with those bohemian men and women, she is still very obedient.However, plan ahead and be prepared. "Zhaohua, go and find some musk with Liu Niang, and let someone try to put it in Wan'er's diet every day."

Song Zhaohua's eyes jumped, he bowed and replied, "Yes."

In June in Luoyang City, the sun is scorching like fire, and the vegetation is luxuriant.Yu Xuanji was disturbed by the constant chirping of cicadas in the Taoist temple, so he took Shangguan Wan'er and a group of talented scholars to play by the river.Everyone was laughing and playing along the river, only Cui Shi and Shangguan Wan'er were sitting on a big rock under a tree and chatting.

"The empress dowager has made frequent moves recently, changing the flag of the Tang Dynasty to gold, and also changing the name of Dongdu. , Xia Guan, Qiu Guan, and Dong Guan. A few days ago, I pardoned the world and issued an order to seek merit. By the way, the Queen Mother no longer calls herself Aijia, and she calls herself "Zhen" in the memorial." Cui Shi was eloquent. Absolutely.

Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart.Shangguan Wan'er was dizzy and speechless.Wu Meiniang was elusive to her before, she never knew what Wu Meiniang was thinking in her heart, so she could only accept everything she gave.Now, she knew, but felt that the two were even more distant.Seeking to usurp the throne!The Queen of Heaven is a woman, how could she think of becoming an emperor.If... Shangguan Wan'er forbids herself to think about it any further.

"Wan'er, the affairs of the court have nothing to do with us. No matter what the queen mother plans, it's the business of those ministers. Let's enjoy it for a day and let him care so much. Let's not just stay under the tree, go Let's enjoy the breeze by the river." Cui Shi stood up after speaking, and Shangguan Wan'er had no choice but to follow him to the river.

Cui Shi tapped the palm of his hand with a fan as he walked: "Wan'er, Xuanji brought your poem that day, and I realized that you have a beautiful heart and a good poem. I accidentally recited a few lines yesterday. , I’ll read it to you, and please don’t hesitate to teach me.” After finishing speaking, Cui Shi thought for a while and chanted, “Spring returns to Linyuan, and Luoyang City is full of flowers. The mandarin quilt meditates at night, and Long Jingxiao is affectionate. When the dream is gone and the lamp falls, the horse is frightened when the soul leaves. Poor morning and evening, the upstairs is full of loneliness.”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded: "This poem tells the story of a woman who misses her in the end. It's just that Mr. Cui is a man, how can he understand a woman's mind so well." Shanglin Garden, Shanglin Garden, that was the place she used to go to often.

Cui Shi smiled: "If the true feelings are touched, there is no difference between a man and a woman." Just as she was about to continue, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly pointed to the front and said in surprise, "What is Sister Yu going to do?"

Cui Shi followed Shangguan Wan'er's hand to see that Yu Xuanji was walking towards the middle of the river, and took off his blouse and long skirt, leaving only an underwear. "It's okay, she wants to swim."

However, under the watchful eyes of everyone... Shangguan Wan'er sighed slightly, watching Yu Xuanji slowly enter the water, and after a while, her head emerged from the side of a boat.A man on board was putting his sword in the water and didn't know what to do.The two seemed to have said something, the man reached out and pulled Yu Xuanji onto the boat, and entered the cabin.After a while, no one came out.

Shangguan Wan'er was in a hurry, the man was holding a sword in his hand, and was about to call the boatman by the distant river to come over, when Cui Shi stopped her: "Wan'er don't need to panic, that's... Xuanji's old friend." Isn't Cui Shi The first day I met Yu Xuanji, I knew her character well, but it was inconvenient to tell Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er believed it was true and relaxed.In order to avoid embarrassment for the two of them, Cui Shi proposed to go back to Guanli.Shangguan Wan'er nodded, she had been out for half a day, and she was a little tired.So Cui Shi asked everyone, some stayed, and some went back with them.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er not suspecting him and walking straight to the place where the carriage was parked, Cui Shi was both amused and affectionate.People who have written so many love poems don't understand it.Wan'er, Wan'er, Cui Shi couldn't help but look at her again.Today, Shangguan Wan'er was wearing a light yellow blouse and an emerald green floor-length skirt underneath. In addition to her slender figure, she looked delicate, bright, light and elegant, and the coldness and loneliness of the past were left behind in that blue dress. In the Taoist temple.

No matter how they dress up, Shangguan Wan'er and Yu Xuanji are not the same kind of people, and they don't understand how they can get along so well.Cui Shi shook his head, feeling that the girl's mind was really elusive.