04 Encounter with Yushu again
Although before entering the palace, Yunzhi had secretly seen the location of the Royal Library on the map of the inner palace of the imperial city in Haoranzhai, but the Yuan Palace was really huge, and it was her first time here, so it was difficult to just identify the direction. It took a while.
Fortunately, just when she was not sure where to turn, she heard two young eunuchs whispering in the corner.
One of them said: "It's so lively in Xiyuan Hall. His Highness the Crown Prince is very happy. He has given many gifts to everyone!"
Another said: "No matter how lively it is, it belongs to the masters. Let's go back to duty as soon as possible. If the scribe discovers that we are not in the Royal Library, we will be punished with a board!"
After saying these two sentences, the two young eunuchs began to hurry on their way.
Yunzhi followed them quietly, followed them all the way, and successfully entered the Royal Library.
Standing in the Royal Library, Yun Zhi felt very unreal. How could this be simpler than when he went to Haoran Zhai? Is it going a little too smoothly?
She had clearly inquired before that there were rare ancient books hidden in the Royal Library, so it was heavily guarded, but now she didn't see anyone, not even the little eunuch just now was missing.
Although he felt strange, he couldn't think too much about it. Yun Zhi walked around the screen in front of him and wanted to quickly find the strange book room that was said to contain the Empress' Heavenly Book.
As soon as I walked past the screen, the scene in front of me immediately shocked people like Yun Zhi, who had seen such a big scene.
Although there was no one in the building, it was brightly lit.
This building has about six floors. From the outside, it looks like a small square building with double eaves made of wood. But inside, it is made of dark, intricately carved jade. It is actually circular in the middle and suspended from the top. A huge lotus-shaped palace lantern, the light source from this one spot is enough to illuminate the entire library.
The stairs on each floor are staggered, and the outside of each floor is equipped with railings carved with detailed patterns, which also look like they are made of jade. The rest of the bookshelves, bookcases, and books are sorted into categories and densely arranged on each floor. There is a strong smell of books and ink floating in the entire building.
A royal library can be called magnificent.
But this was not enough to shock Yun Zhi. There were many modern libraries and museums with full sense of design. It was not like she had never seen anything more imposing than this.
What really stunned her was that behind the screen on this floor, there was a small pool hidden in the center of the entire library. There was a rockery standing on the pool, which was as high as one floor. There were people gathering at the foot of the rockery. There are several clusters of lotus flowers, which complement the palace lanterns hanging from the roof.
but! Whose serious library puts a pond and rockery in the house?
The designer of this Royal Library has really unique ideas.
Although he was shocked, Yunzhi quickly came to his senses, found the entrance to the stairs, and climbed all the way to the sixth floor.
Before she came here, she had inquired from Lu Yunsheng. The books on each floor of the Imperial Library were of different categories, and the names of each floor were also different. From bottom to top, they were: Art, Learning, Poetry, Military, Technique, Medicine corresponds to the six categories of six arts, hundreds of schools of thought, poetry and poetry, military literature, metaphysics, and medicine.
Most of the strange books in the room are forbidden books, which do not belong to these six categories, so they are hidden separately in the secret room at the end of the sixth floor.
However, there is only so much that Yun Zhi can find out. As for how to open this strange book room, he needs to explore it on the spot.
She quickly stood in front of the last row of bookcases on the sixth floor.
After careful observation, he couldn't seem to see anything, so Yun Zhi had to resort to the exhaustive method - reaching out his hand to push each book gently.
After pushing one row, there was no change in the bookcase. Just when she was about to start pushing the second row, there was a sudden sound of very light footsteps behind her.
Yun Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ducked behind the bookshelf to hide his figure, and then quietly observed through the gap between the books and the bookshelf.
A white figure slowly floated past and stopped in front of the bookcase where she had just been.
Then the figure turned and looked around again, as if looking for something, and finally turned to the bookshelf where Yunzhi was hiding.
The person didn't move, but the voice floated over, "Come out, stop hiding."
Yunzhi was shocked, but after he realized what he was doing, he breathed a sigh of relief.
She had heard this voice before, it was clear and calm, and it also conveyed a sense of tranquility like the mountains are high and the fog is far away.
It was the person I met in Lu Shenjun's Haoran Zhai that day!
What's his name?
"Xiao...Xiao Yi?" Yun Zhi tried to call out.
The man responded, put his hand on the bookshelf, leaned forward, and looked at Yun Zhi's eyes exposed in the gap, with a hint of amusement in his eyes, "Still not coming out?"
Suddenly meeting his gaze, Yun Zhi's heart trembled suddenly, and then he moved out from behind the bookshelf where he was hiding, and he saw the face as pale as osmanthus under the moon.
He could only smile awkwardly, "Hey, what a coincidence, we meet again."
Xiao Yi straightened up, clasped his hands on his chest, and looked at her with a half-smile, "Why did you come here if you didn't stay well in Zhaoyun Palace on your wedding night?"
Yunzhi reacted quickly, "If you didn't go home in the middle of the night, why did you go to the Imperial Library in the inner palace? Trespassing into the inner palace is a death penalty!"
Seeing her righteous and awe-inspiring look, Xiao Yi said lightly, picked up the sign on his waist and waved it in front of her eyes, "Can you read it?"
The top of the gold-plated sign is engraved with three large characters: Imperial Secretary.
After Yun Zhi recognized these words, he looked at the person in front of him suspiciously, "Are you the Censor?"
This person is actually the administrator of the Royal Library?
No wonder he still appears here in the middle of the night.
Xiao Yi put away the sign, with a look of inquiry in his eyes, "Tell me, what are you doing here? Don't tell me you're here to read a book."
Yun Zhi picked her fingers unconsciously, and her voice revealed a guilty conscience that she was not even aware of, "I am indeed here to read a book."
"Oh?" Xiao Yi suddenly chuckled, "On your wedding night, you left your husband alone and came over to read a book? Do you think I would believe it?"
Yun Zhi composed himself, and his tone became particularly firm when he spoke, "Who... Prince Ning fell asleep, and I felt bored so I went out for a walk. But guess what, well, I just happened to come to your place. Library."
Xiao Yi said again, "That's it..."
There was always a faint smile in his eyes, and it was hard to tell whether he believed what she said.
Yun Zhi was feeling uneasy when he heard him ask again: "Then what books do you want to read today?"
The duty of the Royal Book Envoy is to manage the entire Royal Book Building. Xiao Yi must be very familiar with this place and should also know how to enter the Strange Book Room. But what reason should be made to ask him to help open this Strange Book Room where forbidden books are stored? ?
At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Yunzhi's mind, and finally she chose the one that sounded the most reasonable.
"Um, is there that kind of book?" Yun Zhi deliberately moved closer and lowered his voice.
Xiao Yi didn't understand, "What kind?"
Yun Zhi groaned and gave Xiao Yi a sneaky look, "Just that kind! The kind that's suitable for newlyweds!"
Xiao Yi looked slightly confused, "I remember that Prince Ning seemed to like reading folk tales, do you like it too?"
"No!" Yun Zhi saw that he was not understanding, and suddenly became a little anxious, "Just the kind... that teaches newlyweds how to love each other..."
Although he was anxious, Yun Zhi couldn't help but blush when he said the words.
Xiao Yi saw that she looked strange and reacted for a moment. His ears suddenly turned blood red, and his expression became a little unnatural. He pretended to cough twice, and then said indifferently, "Oh, that kind of Book, didn’t the female officer who taught you in the palace give it to you?”
"Ah?" Yun Zhi was startled. A few days ago, a female official in the womb did go to Duke Anguo's mansion to teach. She seemed to have been given such a book before leaving, but she didn't pay much attention to it, so she had to bite the bullet and talk nonsense: "Oh. , that one doesn’t look good, I want to read something new.”
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Yi coughed several times. After a while, he calmed down, but he was silent and didn't know how to speak.
What I fear most is the sudden silence in the air.
"Forget it if you don't, I won't bother you. I'll go first..."
Yun Zhi scratched his hair, turned around and wanted to run away.
Without even taking a step forward, Xiao Yi spoke: "Come with me."
Yun Zhi immediately retracted his feet and turned around to see him groping on the bookcase. With a creak, the bookcases that were originally close together slowly separated, revealing an inner room.
It's a strange book room!
Yun Zhi beamed instantly, "Okay!"
Xiao Yi glanced back at her, and while walking slowly inside, he sighed quietly, "His Royal Highness Prince Ning is so lucky!"
Yun Zhi followed him and smiled, not modestly, "That's not true."
Xiao Yi paused, then walked a few steps forward as usual, stopped in front of a bookcase, took out a stack of books and handed them to Yun Zhi.
When he spoke, his eyes wandered everywhere, "You can't take away the books here. You can read them here, and I'll go look out for you."
This guy is pretty cool!
Yunzhi held the book and smiled, "Thanks!"
As she said that, she pretended to start flipping through the book. Xiao Yi glanced at the pages she had opened, coughed slightly, and silently retreated.
Yun Zhi quietly raised his eyes and saw that the person had indeed gone out. He gently folded the book and put it on the shelf aside, and quickly rummaged through the study room.
The strange book room really contained a lot of strange books, most of which were about metaphysics and martial arts. Yun Zhi couldn't understand it. After flipping through it, she carefully put it away in its original state. After flipping through it for a long time, she finally found it in a wooden box. I saw familiar fonts and handwriting.
The cover of the book clearly reads from right to left: "Twenty Chapters of the Analects of Confucius", presented by Sikong Jing, Emperor Yan, to Emperor Huan Feng, Emperor Yuanjun Muwen, in March 592, Zhongzhou.
I hurriedly opened it, and the first sentence in the book was indeed the familiar phrase to a three-year-old child: "The Master said, "Learn and practice from time to time"!
Among them, a small hollow circle is formed at the intersection of the horizontal stroke and the stroke of "Zhi". This is exactly the unique writing method used by her sister Yun Jing!
In an instant, it seemed as if a thunderbolt passed through his body. Yunzhi's hands and feet became numb, and his body couldn't help but begin to tremble.
Really a sister!
Yunzhi almost shouted excitedly.
Staring at the book in his hand, Yun Zhi almost believed that the empress of the Yan Kingdom was his sister Yun Jing.
So, is it because my sister suddenly disappeared in this different world? So is being lured here also related to this?
Yun Zhizheng was making random guesses.
Suddenly, a clear and faint voice floated over, interrupting her thoughts.
"Why did you turn this book out?"
At some point, Xiao Yi quietly stood beside Yun Zhi, staring at the book in her hand with a puzzled look on his face. Turning her head again, she saw that the person's expression didn't seem right. He raised his hand and waved it twice in front of her eyes, "What's wrong with you?"
Yun Zhi shook his head, trying his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, "No, it's okay."
She said it was okay, but her voice was still shaking, and the hand holding the book was not stable. Four big words were clearly written on every inch of skin and hair on her body: Unsettled.
Yun Zhi wanted to further confirm his guess, and asked hurriedly: "Is this book...is...the handwriting of the Empress of Yan Kingdom?"
Xiao Yi saw her expression was strange. Although he felt confused, he still took the book in her hand, turned to the cover page, looked at it, and answered: "Yes, this book was given to me by the Empress of Yan State fifty years ago...I It was written to Emperor Mu Wen, and it is said to have been handwritten by the empress. It is said that whoever gets this book will conquer the world, but no one can understand these words, so not many people believe this legend. This book is also called the Book of Heaven."
After a pause, he seemed to realize something and frowned slightly, "Can you understand?"
Yunzhi did not answer his question, but asked anxiously: "You said this book was written fifty years ago?"
Xiao Yi nodded and showed her with his finger, "Well, it's written here, it was 592 in Zhongzhou, and now it is 642. Then 592 to now, isn't it exactly fifty years! If I remember it correctly If so, that should be the second year after the Empress ascended the throne, and Emperor Mu Wen was still in power at that time."
Yunzhi was dumbfounded.
Fifty years? Emperor Mu Wen was the father of the current emperor. He lived to be eighty-nine before he died. He was a rare emperor in this era who lived a long life. If we continue to think so, can the empress still be alive?
After waiting for a while, she dared to ask: "Who is the current empress of Yan Kingdom?"
As if he didn't expect that she would ask this question, Xiao Yi was slightly startled, and was about to answer when he suddenly heard a melodious chirping of birds outside the window. His face suddenly changed slightly, and he quickly put the Holy Book in his hand back into the wooden box and pulled it. As soon as the clouds start to rise, go out.
"Let's go! Something happened!" Xiao Yi had a solemn look on his face. Yun Zhi's mind was still in confusion. When she realized what she was doing, she had already been taken out of the Royal Library. She subconsciously looked back, but there was already someone standing outside the building. A patrol.
A strange feeling arose in her heart, but she couldn't explain why.
