Beijing·Drizzle
The leaves were being beaten sideways by the drizzle, making a rustling sound. Ye Buhui, who was sitting in front of the window and chatting and drinking tea with his guests, couldn't help but take a look.
"The Capital Women's Chess Club is actually pretty good, you can consider it."
Zhou Yao, who was sitting opposite her, had a smile on her face, spoke softly, gently touched the corner of her skirt, and finished explaining her purpose. Seeing that Ye Buhui didn't answer immediately, she followed her gaze to the rain scene.
She came here this time to recruit people for the Capital Women's Chess Club.
This women's chess club, said to be a chess club, is actually a social place for wealthy officials and young ladies to meet chess friends. Because Zhou Yao is only interested in playing chess, she only had a name in the past and has not been there a few times. .
Zhou Yao knew that Ye Buhui was good at chess, but due to the strong defense between men and women, people in the capital were paying more attention to it. A woman like Ye Buhui who likes to play chess would not be able to go to places where men gather. At least this time Time to stay out of the limelight.
Joining this female chess club would at least be better than nothing, giving Ye Buhui a place to relieve his boredom in his free time.
Of course, after saying this, Zhou Yao also said to Ye Buhui considerately: "But you don't have to force yourself. If you don't want to go, just forget it."
"Although due to Lin Yuqing's incident, it has been a little troublesome for women to come and go in the capital, but now they are relaxed again. I think that in a few months, we may be able to return to normal. It doesn't have to be like now. You and I will see each other. It’s not easy at all.”
Just as she was speaking, her face, which originally had a faint smile, changed, and she opened her eyes and looked somewhere, but when Ye Buhui looked over, she had returned to normal.
"No regrets, I've been bothering you for so long today, it's time for me to go back."
When Ye Buhui said he would think about it, Zhou Yao looked at the sky and stood up. As he walked out, he said with a smile: "If you plan to join the chess club, please send someone to my house to tell me."
"In such a hurry? Why don't you leave after dinner?" Ye Buhui hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay.
Zhou Yao shook her head: "My mother is always uneasy. As a daughter, it's not good for her to worry."
Having said that, Ye Buhui naturally couldn't stay any longer. She was very grateful to Zhou Yao for thinking about her even in the chess club. She sent Zhou Yao out of the door and watched her take the maid to the cow. The cart and the bullock cart were gone, and then they turned around and asked people to close the door.
Seeing that the door was about to close, Mrs. Sun happened to lead the person back quickly and called out quickly. Ye Buhui smiled: "Did you buy it back?"
"Yes, one stone of rice. Madam likes to eat fish. I bought a sea fish and cut a pound of meat."
The little maid came out and held the baby in her arms. She looked a little timid, but the baby was not afraid. She showed a big smile and was still asking for a hug.
The people she led carried the goods in, and then left the house. Suddenly, Mrs. Sun heard a burst of music, which reached her soul. She was immediately fascinated by the sound.
Not only Mrs. Sun, but also all the servants and maids in the courtyard were stunned, stopped what they were doing, and listened.
"The sound of the piano sounds familiar!" Ye Buhui couldn't help but be startled, and his thin eyebrows furrowed.
The wheels of the oxcart that had just left Su's house ran over the ground. Although it was bumpy, Zhou Yao seemed not to care about it at all. Her slender jade fingers did not stop at all, and bursts of piano music came from the oxcart. It was not just Let the people nearby hear it, as if the wind is blowing the long and long sound of the piano, reaching into the sky and passing by everyone's ears.
Everyone in the entire capital heard the beautiful sound of the piano at this moment. Many people were fascinated by it, smiled, and forgot what they were doing.
Pedestrians stopped, and both parties who were buying and selling at street stalls also stopped, smiling, and just listening to the sound of the piano.
None of these people knew that they could hear the sound of the piano. Everyone in the capital could hear it at this moment. The sound of just one piano actually covered the entire capital.
Even in some places outside the city, the sound of the piano could be faintly heard.
In the study of Nanbo Manor, a town outside Beijing, an elegant man about forty years old was writing a letter. Just when he was about to start writing, he heard the gentle sound of the piano.
"This..." Surprisingly, it was Xie Zhenren who had hidden his whereabouts several times and only watched the show. Listening to the sound of the piano, his pen and ink flickered, smearing a large area. He did not clean it up, showing a complicated expression.
Dropping the pen and pulling up his sleeve, he saw the blood marks on his arm, one of which slowly disappeared under his gaze.
There was no strange appearance, but just after the blood stains disappeared, there were some subtle changes in this face that was no longer considered to be aged around forty years old, and the skin seemed to become firmer and younger in an instant. of smoothness.
"Has another one of my three corpses died?" Xie Zhenren, who looked ten years younger and looked like a young man in his thirties, murmured in a low voice.
Capital·Imperial Palace
A phoenix chariot was walking forward. Except for a few eunuchs carrying the phoenix chariot, there were palace servants in front to open the way, and eunuchs were following behind and on both sides. When they met the guards on the road, they all did not dare to raise their heads and knelt on one knee. Bow your head on both sides in greeting.
Even the concubines who were once favored would not dare to display such a formation when they were most favored, but for the queen of the middle palace, it was an ordinary trip.
It wasn't until he saw dozens of people passing by, and people on both sides who immediately knelt down when they saw the phoenix chariot, that he got up with a gossip on his face.
The empress, who had not stepped out of her palace for more than ten years, actually came out?
And looking at the direction of this trip, is it going to the royal study room where His Majesty is?
This is really surprising.
In the imperial study room, the emperor, dressed in bright yellow, was sitting on the dragon chair, rubbing his eyebrows, taking a sip of the ginseng tea beside him, and then continued to review the memorial.
Every day, memorials are sent from all directions, piling up the case.
Each memorial is densely written. When you first read it, you can still see it clearly, but after reading it for a long time, your eyes start to blur.
The emperor brought the memorial in his hand closer, looked at it carefully, frowned, and marked it with a pen. When he finally finished marking the memorial and threw it aside, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Hey, do you think I am really old? My eyes are dazzled after reading the memorial."
It was Eunuch Zhao who served him. The emperor trusted him very much and rarely concealed the fact that he was aging in front of him. At this time, he couldn't help but sigh.
Eunuch Zhao hurriedly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have many things to do. You have to review this memorial for several hours every day. Your Majesty, if it were anyone else, you would have been unable to hold on just reading the book for so long. .”
The emperor glanced at him: "You old slave, you are becoming more and more glib."
But after hearing this, I felt a little better.
Time is probably very fair to everyone. Even the king of a country who is rich all over the world will inevitably feel panic when aging comes, because he feels that his body is slowly aging and gradually heading towards decay. The feeling is really not wonderful.
"Your Majesty, the Queen is here and said she made some snacks with her own hands."
