Inside the Imperial City. Under the glazed tiles and green eaves, it is depressing and dull. Among the red walls, even though there are flowers, willows, greens, wealth and extravagance that outsiders cannot see, it is really depressing.
What people don’t realize is that being raised in a boudoir is not a phoenix flying on a branch, but a canary with a different cage, and one more layer of shackles.
Under various rules, Queen Jiang Shan, who had a little freedom and ruled the harem and the world, rarely stole half a day of leisure and strolled in the imperial garden that was inaccessible to ordinary people.
At this time of year, the sky is still cool, the flowers have not yet bloomed, and the weeping willows beside the artificially dug liquid pond are already green. The breeze is blowing, and coupled with the warm sun, it is quite charming.
Several eunuchs and maids were not far away, and they followed him. In normal times, the gentle-tempered Jiang Shan was not far away from these servants. Some brave maids dared to joke with the queen, who is the mother of a country, but today there was only that little one around the queen. Master, they had to restrain themselves a little and did not dare to come forward and disturb them.
"He'er, can't you be more stable?" Jiang Shan, who looked elegant and luxurious, had a lazy posture. Although his words were reproachful, his tone was one of doting that anyone could hear.
"It's finally quiet, but you come out to disturb me again." Not far ahead, a girl with a magenta shorts outfit that was inconsistent with the royal colors and a heroic look on her face threw the few gravels she had just picked up into the royal palace. There were countless splashes in the liquid pool, causing thousands of black, white, red and yellow koi to wander around in panic. Another burst of water splashed around, causing Jiang Shan to scold Jiang Shan again without any blame.
The girl named He'er clapped the dirt on her hands, walked to Jiang Shan's side unsteadily, and said plausibly: "I am my mother's pistachio, so if I am as boring as others, my mother will die of boredom." Regarding the strict rules, The harem had to be cautious when it came to speaking, but the heroic girl in crimson didn't care at all and blurted out the words that could be called a treasonous crime and could be punished to death.
There was nothing he could do about his daughter being so naughty. Jiang Shan shook his head and sighed, sitting on a stone bench leaning against the rockery by the lake.
"Your brother just thinks about fighting and fighting and fighting every day, leaving me worried every day. You just cause trouble all day long and make trouble for me. Why do I support you two estranged enemies? It doesn't give me any peace of mind at all. The girl with a pair of auspicious phoenix eyes, who should be the same mother as the fourteenth prince Wang Jiang, has less heroic spirit and more indescribable femininity in her eyebrows. She takes Jiang Shan's arm without hesitation and says coquettishly: "Yes." You and your father have said that I am weak and prone to illness since childhood, but now you blame me for not living up to expectations. This time when I was at my grandma's house, they all praised me for my ability to work, and I manage the racecourse outside Xianyang City." Jiang Shan smiled helplessly: "You are almost twenty years old, is this something worth showing off?"
"That's better than Wang Jiang. He doesn't just fight, he fights. He's as strong as an ox, and he's always scolded by Lord Ye. Wang Jiang is the one who doesn't live up to expectations." The girl used strong words and was really good at using her words.
"Wang He, speaking ill of people behind their backs will ruin your tongue." Behind the rockery, the fourteenth prince Wang Jiang walked out. He was wearing bright silver armor, dazzling and quite dashing. He bowed to his mother and ignored him. He glared at the woman known as Wang He and said: "Mom, I just received the order from my father at the military camp, asking my son to go to Wudang early tomorrow morning to welcome Lianchi to the capital. I came here to say goodbye to you. I will go to Beiya later. Allocate troops and won’t come back at night.”
"Going to Wudang?" The princess named Wang He raised her eyebrows with joy, her red and phoenix eyes narrowed like crescent moons,
"Take me with you, and I'll give you half of this monthly payment."
"He'er!" Jiang Shan was really angry this time, her eyes widened, and she was so frightened that the only unmarried princess in the palace quickly shut up, stuck out her tongue secretly, pretended to ignore it, and looked after herself. He walked aside and continued to tease the koi in the lake.
After his daughter walked away, Jiang Shan turned to Wang Jiang and said softly: "I heard a few days ago that the Taoist Qi Luck Lotus Pond has withered. What's going on?" It involves such a secret, and I can't let a big mouth like Wang He hear it. Go, otherwise the entire capital city will be in an uproar, not to mention the entire palace city.
Wang Jiang glanced at his sister who was about to eavesdrop, and just glared. The quirky girl stuck out her tongue at her brother rudely, and waved her small fist, which was not intimidating.
Wang Jiang then said: "Father also has an oral order, asking his sons and ministers to investigate secretly. If any traitor is found to be causing trouble, I can kill him first and report later." Jiang Shan sighed. A clan like her who possesses dragons naturally understands the implications of this. The metaphor of Qin Tianjian and these Taoist sects, even if it is Baolong sect, involves the majesty of the royal family and the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially Jiang Shan, the head of the Six Palaces, will certainly regard this matter as Top priority.
Jiang Shan nodded and asked, "How many manpower will your father allocate to you this time?"
"Thirty." Wang Jiang answered truthfully. The empress of a country frowned slightly on her elegant head.
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"So few? Bei Ya or Nan Ya?" Naturally understanding his mother's worries, Wang Jiang said: "Bei Ya Qian Niu Guards, Wu Hammer Army." After hearing this, Jiang Shan put away his worries and traveled thousands of miles. Even for a family like theirs, they are naturally worried about him, and they are still facing unknown dangers when they go out this time. As a mother, Jiang Shan will definitely be afraid that her son will encounter unnecessary trouble.
Jiang Shan warned: "When we go to Wudang, we must pay more attention to the dangers here. We must not be brave and think twice before doing anything." Wang Jiang frowned slightly. For him, he only knew about the Taoist luck lotus pond. , just seeing the mother's expression, it felt like something unexpected happened?
He is also a good fighter who is used to fighting on the battlefield and licking blood from the tip of the knife. He will not pay too much attention to his mother's instructions. He just treats them as nagging before leaving every time. Wang Jiang said: "I will follow my mother's teachings." Zhizi Mo Ruo Mother, naturally saw that her son's left ear was going in and the right ear was going out. Jiang Shan sighed, and she couldn't tell the hidden truth. After all, it was very involved, and she was afraid of causing unnecessary panic. She said: "I heard that your sister Xiayou and brother Sangen In Wudang, pay more attention to his brother and sister. There was news a few days ago that San Geng was injured, and he was messing around as soon as he appeared. In addition, the backer king has set up the Luminous Monument again, so I am afraid it will not be peaceful." Wang Jiang said yes.
Wang He, who had just calmed down next to him, lowered his head and kicked up the gravel on the ground, his eyes rolling around. Seeing that his mother didn't give any more instructions, Wang Jiang said goodbye and left, going to the Bei Ya garrison to recruit some manpower. On the way, he saw a female officer in her thirties entering the Royal Garden.
Wang Jiang naturally knew that she was the dowry maid who entered the palace with her mother. Later, her mother conferred the title of empress. Naturally, the position of this dowry maid also increased with the tide. Now she is the steward of the Shang Palace Bureau, the head of the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions of the harem. All the affairs of the harem, large and small, were simplified and reported to the queen.
The female officer who was far away bowed and said respectfully: "Your Highness Jiang." Wang Jiang couldn't help frowning.
"Steward Chun, in this situation, what else can you do to ask your mother-in-law?" The female official who was called Steward Chun and took the master's surname Jiang said hurriedly: "These are all trivial matters. I don't dare to dirty His Highness Jiang's ears." Wang Jiang The eyebrows are darker,
"I'll be back after the New Year. In the past ten days or so, apart from the harem asking you for the necessary meeting in the morning, why have I seen you several times every day? No matter the time or the occasion." I heard the tone in the fourteenth prince's tone. Jiang Chun, a female official who was slightly angry and knew the rules of the harem, knelt down quickly and said with sincerity and fear: "Your Highness, I forgive you, I know I was wrong."
"Pay more attention in the future, and tell me if you have anything to do. Mother, I finally rested, and you come to bother me again." But before Wang Jiang could say anything more, Jiang Shan had already stepped over. He had been with him for more than thirty years. The sisters who sympathize with each other excused themselves: "Come on, come on, there are so many people in the palace, who can guarantee that nothing will go wrong? That's what I do. Isn't it wrong for you, Aunt Chun, to come to me?"
"I wish I could live in your palace all day long, and I have to deal with you for everything big or small? Then what else do you want a female official to do?" Wang Jiang's complaint made the female official neither stand nor kneel, and she was in a dilemma.
Jiang Shan waved her hands and said: "Come on, don't bother me here anymore. If you delay things, your father will fine you a salary." He also knew that his mother had a stubborn temper, so he stopped talking, bowed slightly, and strode away. .
