Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

In the sky, the red clouds are blowing in the sky, the wind is blowing and the clouds are moving, the plums and plums are fragrant, and the summer heat is gradually lingering, even Liuchun can't stop.Wan Zhao leaned on the brocade pillow and supported the mahogany table, and said to Qin Huan, "The little Dongzi from last time was a clever protector."

Qin Huan stood aside, took Mohe Qingying's round fan and gently fanned the breeze if there was nothing, and replied: "My lady rewarded him with a plate of sesame candy, so he is happy to do it with you. But he is Being sensible, I quietly distributed it to the servants, which made the servants feel embarrassed."

Wan Zhao laughed and said, "You have taken his favor, and you will have to pay it back in the future."

Qin Huan said: "Your Majesty thinks that the servant is a greedy cat, so she bought it because of the idea of ​​filial piety?"

Wan Zhao fiddled with two flower sticks casually, looked at them and put them back into the bamboo tube, and said, "You can ask him to do a small matter again, find a hard-shelled egg, and do it quietly."

Qin Huan closed her fan and said with a smile: "I know that the empress is going to prepare for Lixia."

Wan Zhao said: "I can't just hide in silence, that Chuxiu Palace is too rampant."

Qin Huan said bitterly: "Concubine Rong has only been in the palace for a few days? It's because she just found the young master Jiao, and made a lot of obstacles both openly and secretly. The emperor dotes on her and rewards so many treasures. Even following the servants is snobbish." A while ago, someone from the House of Internal Affairs brought charcoal, and the servant saw that there was only black charcoal and no red charcoal. The servant said that Concubine Rong asked to go on credit. The weather is getting hotter and there is not so much charcoal, so let's make do with it first. What are you talking about? Make it clear for empress to see."

Wan Zhao said: "The other young masters don't need red radish charcoal, and the Empress Dowager is not in short supply, so she bought my palace's money on credit, which is also her trick."

Qin Huan said: "Your Majesty, you only have to put your heart into it, and you are not afraid that the Emperor will not favor your Majesty."

Wan Zhao only said indifferently: "Get some broken beads, I will pick them up."

After the end of spring and into the beginning of summer, the tender red curtains are bright outside, and in the shade of the trees, there are plum blossoms, a lawn of greenery.He and all the ministers wore red dresses, and went out of the southern suburbs to welcome the summer with red cars and red horses.

The mighty ceremony was about to come to an end, Li He sang: "The ice will be opened in summer, and I will give it to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs!"A banquet is set up in the palace, and relatives, ministers, concubines and wives all come to attend.He was exempted from singing and dancing, and only talked with the crowd.

There is a custom of fighting eggs in Lixia, and the palace arranged for children from relatives and noble families to come and compete for eggs.There is a silk net bag hanging on the chest of the children, and there is a painted boiled egg inside. The two children touch the egg head or the egg tail to make one of them break, and they compete round after round until they win at the end. .

The children took turns to play, laughing and playing, Bi Xin and the others were delighted to see it, and even Princess Qingyang wanted to try it.Liu Fu laughed that she was a half-grown child, but Qingyang didn't take it seriously, and took the egg and went away relying on the empress dowager's kindness.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Rouyan asked Shaoyao in a low voice which one belonged to Concubine Ning.Shaoyao said it was her 13-year-old nephew, Liu Liang, who had a net bag made of orange beads hanging around his neck, and inside it was an egg painted with a tiger leaping.

Rou Yan smiled and said: "Now that you know, let's go." Shao Yao promised.Order the officials to divide the egg head and egg tail into two groups, take out the paper balls, and randomly let the children compete.Qingyang naturally wanted to compete with Dantou, and the ordering officer took out a paper ball with Liu Liang's name written on it, and the two children had to compete.

Liu Liang said: "A gentleman does not bully a lady, as long as the younger generation passes by His Highness."

Qingyang got angry when he heard it: "Before the competition, just pretend to be a sour scholar, I will definitely win you in a dignified manner!" After saying that, the two took out eggs and hit them together, Liu Liang's eggs echoed. broken.

Qingyang laughed triumphantly, and said: "I said if I want to win you, I will win you."

That Liu Liang bowed to congratulate, and when he retreated to the two sides, he whispered into Qingyang's ear: "You are so fragrant, Taiping Monkey King." After saying that, he smiled.

Qingyang stared at Liu Liang, Liu Liang retreated behind Wan Zhao and said, "Nephew is incompetent."

Wan Zhao said with a smile, "You lose as long as you lose, so why are you contradicting her?"

Liu Liang was still a child after all, and said bluntly: "The eggs boiled by the eldest princess with tea leaves are naturally harder than my nephew's, and my nephew is still not convinced." Qin smiled and patted Liu Liang's shoulder, and took the kidney bean rolls to pass away. he goes back.

Rouyan was naturally happy, she pulled the silk and said: "This thing also fights with me?" Finally, Rouyan's person came on the stage, it was the son of the Zheng family, Zheng Armada, who wanted to compete with Qingyang.

Qingyang's tea eggs have won successively, but they also have fine lines due to too much knocking.Qingyang saw that the opponent had also won several rounds, and was about to compete with her, so he didn't back down.As a result, the hatchback collided, and Qingyang's jade butterfly egg was smashed to pieces.Qing Yang flicked his pink sleeves, ran up to Bi Xin and pouted angrily.

Bi Xin smiled and said, "Can't afford to lose yet?"

Qingyang puffed his face and said to the Queen Mother: "Mother, he is from your family!" It seemed that she was asking the Queen Mother to speak for her.

The queen mother said kindly: "This has nothing to do with the Ai family, it is the egg that Concubine Rong found for this child."

After hearing this, Rou Yan hurriedly got up and saluted, "The concubine always loves children, this child Zheng Armada fell in love with me, so I let the subordinates find it for me, I don't want to offend the eldest princess."

Bi Xin signaled her to be polite, and said: "It has nothing to do with you." Then he smiled and said to Qingyang: "It's Qingyang who has a small temper."

Qingyang felt upset, and said: "Brother Huang is biased. I heard that he is Sister-in-law Rong's man, so I indulged him." Bi Xin smiled and didn't answer, just watched the game again.

To everyone's surprise, Zheng Armada's Easter egg won the first place because of the egg head, and Fan Kui, the grandson of Fan Shilang, won the egg tail contest and was second.The two children presented their easter eggs and said a few words of blessing, and he was very happy to reward the two with their blessings.

Li He held the lacquer plate containing two eggs and said: "The egg whose head wins is the 'big king', and the egg tail wins is the 'little king'. I hope the emperor appreciates it."

The "big king" was packed in a sapphire blue beaded net bag, and when he took it out, he saw that the unicorn was very delicately painted on it, and said: "Concubine Rong has a heart."

Concubine Rong smiled and got up to thank her, the queen mother also said: "Concubine Rong knows that the emperor likes blue, so Tete personally picked out the silk for the beads and broke his hands."

Concubine Rong said politely: "The empress dowager is sympathetic, the concubines are just doing their best. The concubine is as soft as silk, and the concubines have never stopped caring for the empress dowager."

Bi Xin nodded and said: "In this case, I will reward you for the first piece of ice that is unpacked from the cellar this year."

It is a big event to start ice in Lixia, and the emperor gave ice to a concubine Rong, which is a great favor.Concubine Rong happily thanked her for sitting down.

Qin Huan gave Rou Yan a disdainful look, and whispered in Wan Zhao's ear, "Isn't it because the eggs that have been marinated are harder than others, and we are fools?" Wan Zhao said without changing his face, "Clean things It has its own merits, so don’t spoil yourself for a while.”

Bi Xin put the unicorn egg back into the net bag, put it back, and picked up "Xiao Wang" to have a look. It was a net bag made of green agate beads, and inside it was a painted fairy egg. The egg was very small, and the tail was also pointed. Yes, Bi Xin said with a smile: "It's like a bigger pigeon egg. Others pick the big egg, but you are the small one."

Fan Kui stepped forward to salute and said: "Small has its advantages, and the more inconspicuous, the more powerful it is."

Bi Xin raised his eyes to look at him, and said: "You are still young, but you have some knowledge. When you are older, go to the Taixue to study. I think you are very good."

Bi Xin held the green agate broken beads and looked at it carefully, and said slowly: "How about Fubo's [-] words? A dendrobium pearl for a green pearl." After finishing speaking, his eyes turned and his eyes met Liufu , Liufu's expression concealed meaning, and the two of them were expressive.

Bi Xin said: "It's enough for me to have a 'big king'." After saying that, Xiang Liufu smiled and said, "Leave this 'little king' to you." A smile.

The queen mother twisted the nanmu Buddhist beads and said: "The emperor should also reward a beauty like a green bead."

Bi Xin's eyes turned, his expression did not show any flaws, and he only said steadily: "I think so too, but the national funeral is not over, and many things need to be discussed in the long term."

Liu Fu held up the silver lamp to cover his face, then put down the lamp and got up, said: "The Empress Dowager always takes care of my minister's affairs, I am ashamed to accept it. But the minister never puts his mind on these matters, it's more important for government affairs."

The Empress Dowager slowly opened her half-closed eyes, and said: "The Ai family is also tired, the Emperor can take care of himself." After saying that, he stood up and went back to the palace while supporting Bai Zhe's hand, and everyone respectfully sent the Empress Dowager off.

As the banquet was about to end, Liu Liang came forward and said: "My people have lost the competition, but I have something to offer to Your Majesty." After finishing speaking, he held the orange bead net bag with colored eggs in both hands, and Li He took it to offer it to him.

Prince Ping's concubine twirled the silk handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Concubine Rong just presented a bag, and Concubine Ning also wants to present. You come too, and I come too, as if I have gained something."

Concubine Ning stood up and blessed him, then smiled gently at the concubine, and said, "Which is this palace's thing? It's just the beads that this palace picked, but that child Liu Liang wore it himself, saying that he wanted to win After the game, I will dedicate it to the Holy One.”

After finishing speaking, the hand wearing the turquoise gold armor waved at Liu Liang, and said, "Come here quickly, stop messing around."

Bi Xin took a look at the net pocket and said, "It's the child's wish, why bother to refute him?" Then he nodded slightly towards Wanzhao, put the net pocket by his hand and put it aside.

After the palace banquet was over, Bi Xin rewarded Li Ji with the red flame horse he rode today, saying that a good man should ride a good horse, and he was also spared from coming to thank him.He went back to the Zichen Palace to change clothes, returned the vermilion dress and changed into ordinary clothes.Bi Xin was still holding the orange bag in his hand, Li He took it, and the servants from the next palace helped him undress.Li He put the orange bag and the royal blue bag of the egg together.

Bi Xin looked straight at him, cleared his throat slightly, Li He quickly saluted, and said: "I am confused, I put such a salted egg to smoke the emperor." Then he asked the little maid to put the bag and the eggs together Received it.

Bi Xin said: "The more you know how to do errands, you don't even keep your pockets?" Li He smiled and said: "The slave has been with the emperor for so many years, and knows that the emperor likes orange more than blue. What are you doing?"

Bi Xin stared at him, and said with a half smile: "When I was a prince, I always wore orange clothes. Now that I wear bright clothes all day long, I no longer wear orange clothes. Now I prefer blue clothes. If you say that blue clothes I just praised people because they look good in clothes, why do you think they like to figure out my thoughts so much?"

Li He brought water to wash his hands, and said: "The slaves don't know, probably because they think that other people wearing blue suits the emperor."

Bi Xin joked: "Don't be sloppy, I know what they care about, but I just do what I like. Even if I want to reward, isn't it the same?"

Li Hedao: "Master Xuan likes blue, so the emperor gave him a green agate. The son likes red, so the emperor gave him a red flame horse. I really sympathize with the hard work of the two nobles."

After Bi Xin finished changing his clothes, he said to Li He: "Tell Fu'er that I know he has hidden a Komatsu egg, let him take it out to fight, otherwise look carefully at the door of Cheqiu Pavilion." dipped into a copper basin.

When Wanzhao came back to Yonghe Palace, Qin Huan supported her and said with a smile, "Shilang Fan thanked you for your advice, so that his grandson will be favored by the Emperor."

Wan Zhao smiled and said, "I should thank him."

Qin Huan said: "Fan Shilang is on good terms with the boss, it's nothing. It's the empress who saved the agate silk screen so hard, but the emperor gave it to Prince Xuan." After speaking, he laughed: "But the orange orb chosen by the empress is really good for the emperor. I like it, and it's not a waste of my mother's thoughts."

Wan Zhao said: "I have known the emperor before, this is the advantage of this palace." Then said: "It is also the disadvantage of this palace."