book of ten thousand words

After all this time, it was getting late.Pearl and I said goodbye to Aunt Xia, boarded the Biyou car, and immediately took the road to Xiufei Tower.The car turned around a few flowers, rocks, and trees, and then suddenly drove into another world.Pieces of purple clouds outside the carriage were reflected on the clear and clear lake, slowly rippling.It is the purple in the evening mountains and the clearness in the cold pool.There is another scarlet palace wall beside the water.There is another straight avenue beside the wall.On both sides of the avenue are countless golden ginkgo trees.Each tree is as if carefully selected, neat and uniform, dazzling people's eyes and ears.

Pearl and I both looked out of the car at the same time.

Mrs. Xu saw us dazzled, leaned over and whispered, "Girls, take a closer look. These trees in front of you are all 800 years old, and you can't see them in other places."

"800 years ago? When was that? They were here at that time?" Zhu'er was so surprised, her round eyes just looked at Mrs. Xu to verify, "800 years ago, was it the Tang Dynasty?"

"That's right. At that time, the capital was still in Chang'an, and this place was still called Nanzhao Kingdom." I was silent for a while, then blurted out, "Weeds and flowers by the Zhuque Bridge, and the sunset at the entrance of Wuyi Lane. People in the Tang Dynasty only knew that writing poems was the first step." Chaoren is sad, not knowing that he is gone after all."

Mrs. Xu was very surprised. "Can Chuange read books? That's great. There are many books in Xiufei Tower." I was also surprised.I don't know what kind of place Xiufei Tower is, why people say it is desolate, and they say it has a lot of books to read, but after thinking about it, it is true.It is the desolate place that is suitable for poisonous snakes.Mrs. Xu stared into my eyes for a while, and the corners of her mouth moved, "Ten years ago, Kunming's surname was not Aixinjueluo but Zhu. Do you know this?"

I pursed my lips tightly, not daring to answer.It has been more than 30 years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.Aunt Xu's words are a bit taboo.Pearl, on the other hand, didn't care about taboo or not, so she answered the question in a ignorant manner. "After Emperor Chongzhen was hanged, didn't he change his dynasty? Of course we know this. Who in the world doesn't know?" Mrs. Xu sighed: "I'm not talking about Emperor Chongzhen, but the later Emperor Yongli."

Pearl asked in surprise, "Isn't Chongzhen the last emperor?"

Mrs. Xu lowered her eyelids. "Amitabha, of course not. After his death, although the north of you belongs to the Qing Dynasty, the south has been the Ming Dynasty for many years. Yongli is the last Long Live God."

Thinking of her and Aunt Xia's confusing behavior, I was terrified and my scalp was numb.Thinking to himself, "this" Emperor Zhu, could it be the legendary Emperor Zhu?Pearl has always had no scruples, so she opened her mouth and said this. "He is the Emperor Zhu that the prince killed, right?" The voice was loud.

I tugged at the corner of her clothes, fearing that the people outside the carriage might not hear my words well.Pearl didn't take it seriously, "Why can't you say it? Isn't it because of this that the prince was named King of Yunnan?"

It's all the truth, Mrs. Xu and I are at a loss for words because of this, we don't know how to answer.There was silence in the carriage.After a while, Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "I'll just make it clear. I won't save you from making mistakes in the future." Pearl and I were nervous and curious when we heard that, we hurriedly moved closer to her, and poured our heart and soul into it. Listen.

"The small building we want to live in. It used to be the residence of Empress Yongli." Mrs. Xu counted the days silently in her heart, "It's also a coincidence that it has been exactly ten years since the empress moved into Xiufei Tower."

Since she is a queen, why should she live here?Doesn't she have her own bedroom?Mrs. Xu gave us a quiet look, "This palace is the palace of Lord Yongli." She looked out the window and narrowed her eyes slightly. "This place was never so big and beautiful before. Master Yongli is a simple person."

After a while, she opened her eyes and sighed. "Unfortunately, such an emperor is still dead." The more I heard it, the more I felt very cold, "Ma'am, at that time you, were you...?" Madam Xu's eyes were full of tears, "Ah, I am the queen. The maid by my side. When Lord Yongli and the queen fled to Burma, I served her. Ten years ago, when the prince brought them back, I also served her. It turns out that the so-called queen lived in Xiufei Tower, It was about this time. In the spring of the second year, the prince killed the empress, and the palace was transformed into a new palace. The upstairs was deserted from then on.

When Mrs. Xu was talking, the car got off the golden road early, turned around a green peak, and drove to a lotus pond.The aunt looked outside and pointed to us: "If this lotus pond hadn't cut off Huapu, the small red building would have been demolished long ago." The water in the pond was almost dry, and the mud on the bottom of the pond was dry and cracked, leaving only some residual leaves The dead branches are crowded and arranged side by side.The endless sadness of Xiao Sha seemed to come with the wind like this.

I took a breath of the cold wind by the pond, and Mrs. Xu continued: "There are two small red buildings in total. The lady who copied the Buddhist scriptures mentioned just now was originally a maid in the palace who combed the queen's hair. Because she combs her hair well. , after this place became Prince Pingxi's mansion, it was assigned to Fu Jin's job... Oh, Fu Jin is our prince's wife. You..." She paused, "In the future, I will see her naturally." Then she continued. , "Later, Zhang Fujin wanted to find someone to copy scriptures and pray for her, so she came upstairs."

Pearl said: "It turned out to be such a lady. This is easy to handle. Since we are neighbors with her, we should not quarrel." Mrs. Xu said, "That's exactly what I mean. We can only talk about other things later. Now Just remember, if there is anything you don’t understand, don’t ask around, just ask me quietly.”

We agreed and got out of the car.

Sure enough, there are two red buildings standing beside the water.If you look carefully, the bricks and tiles are indeed very old.It is far less bright than the houses I saw along the way.On the contrary, there are two crabapple trees at the door, which are so beautiful that they bloom very beautifully in the breeze.Mrs. Xu was stunned in front of this flower tree, then sighed suddenly, and said: "I didn't expect this tree to bloom." After finishing speaking, she was alone in a daze.Zhu Zhen said carefreely at the side, "This flower is so beautiful! I never imagined that this flower can be used in winter." Mrs. Xu was silent for a long time, and said: "You two little girls don't know that these two trees have not bloomed in ten years. .”

I guess she was remembering the past when the queen was imprisoned, so she quickly looked at the flower, "In the past, the Maeda brothers divided the family property, and even the redbud tree in front of the hall had to be cut into three sections. The redbud tree heard this, and suddenly It withered and died. Tian Zhen said to his younger brother that the tree is of the same plant, and it is said that it will be divided, so it is haggard. , Although the flowers, trees, animals and animals in this world have no form, they have hearts. Although this crabapple tree can't speak, maybe it is still thinking about the queen."

Pearl stood aside in a daze. "So, the empress should be a good person. Even though she is dead, there is still a tree to cherish her." Mrs. Xu said sadly: "Isn't it? The empress is beautiful, intelligent, and loving with the saint. To us It's also very good. Who knows, the way of heaven is merciless, it doesn't love good people, but loves strong people." Sighing again, he looked at Jin Huapu, and said: "People in this world are also less fond of old favors and more seeking new benefits. On the contrary, it's not as good as The vegetation is so cute." I chewed Mrs. Xu's words several times like an olive, and couldn't help but taste something different, so I asked, "What kind of Fujin is the Fujin in this mansion now? "

Mrs. Xu didn't answer, but said: "You two sisters really have a romantic relationship. Flowers love you, people love you, and you have been taken care of by Mrs. Ma. When you come to such a clean place, you will lose your dispute." With a strong competitive heart, just live your life upstairs."

Zhenzhu was startled when she heard that this was wrong, and said: "I never thought that Chen Yuanyuan is beautiful and has a fierce temper!" Mrs. Xu was terribly shocked. "The mistress in the mansion is the first wife of the prince, the first wife of the little prince, Fu Jin, who is now sealed by the golden book and the gold book of the emperor, and her surname is Zhang. Who is Chen Yuanyuan?"

We were quite surprised, thinking that the story of how to become a confidante in a rage had long been known to the whole world, but we didn't expect that people who lived in this palace still didn't know about it.Mrs. Xu heard this and said with a smile, "Who do you think I am? I'm just a cook who cooks for people all day long. How can I know so much?"

We will take the initiative to tell her the story of Chen Yuanyuan.

Mrs. Xu is not as boring as the two of us.

She waved her hand and said, "There are a lot of things you want to tell me, and things I want to tell you. No one can finish talking in a moment. There is no rush. Let's go upstairs first."

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