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Chapter 58 The blind cat hit a dead mouse, it happened

At dusk on this day, Zheng Mansion in Qinghuafang, Beicheng, Luoyang gathered in the evening, and was extremely lively.

The twenty-nine fangs in the North City are naturally divided into three or six grades by the people of the capital according to their location. The basis for this grade is the distance from the palace city, the closer the palace city where the Holy Emperor lives, the higher the order, and the farther the order, the lower the naturally.

For example, the Xingyifang where brothels gather is the farthest from the palace city, so it naturally has a lower status in the hearts of the people. The Guiyifang where Tang Song rents a house is not far or near, and its status is not high or low. It is mostly a place where officials around the sixth rank and fifth rank gather to settle their houses.

However, the Qinghuafang where Zheng Mansion is located is one of the six wards closest to Xuanren Gate of the palace city. It can be said that in Shendu, this is the most identifiable territory in addition to the palace city where the emperor lives. Those who can live here are the top powerful people in Luoyang City. Ordinary six ministers must be in a quiet voice when entering and leaving.

There is no male owner in Zheng's mansion, and the name of the mansion also uses the surname of the mistress.

It is already surprising that a mansion without a man in charge can stand firmly in Qinghuafang, not to mention that the name of this mansion is the surname of the hostess.

Establishing a mansion with a woman’s surname is a strange thing that you can’t see even if you travel around the world!

Mrs. Zheng naturally had men before, but during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, her man and her father-in-law were involved in a rebellion case, and both father and son were killed. And because this rebellion case was decided by the current Holy Emperor, until now, Mrs. Zheng did not dare to replace the name of the mansion with the surname of her deceased husband.

It is really strange that a widow of a rebellious traitor who has not been rehabilitated can live in Qinghuafang openly and can still make such a big battle to live for a lifetime today.

The root of all these strange things is that Mrs. Zheng gave birth to a daughter with even more strange encounters in her life.

This daughter's surname is Shangguan and her name is Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er, a former Jinshi of Zhenguan, the prime minister of Emperor Gaozong, the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi, the leader of the poetry world, and the daughter of Shangguan Zhi. In the first year of Linde, when he drafted the deposed military edict for Emperor Gaozong, his ancestor was killed by the current holy emperor. His father Shangguan Zhi died together and his family was detained. Shangguan Wan'er, who was still in her infancy, was both mate and deceased, and was regarded as a lowly slave in the palace.

At the age of fourteen, he was first born, charming, beautiful and light. He was born with a brilliant and beautiful look, and had a brilliant literary talent. He was famous in the inner palace. In the second year of Yifeng, he was summoned by Empress Wu and asked him to write a essay on the spot. Shangguan Wan'er took a quick look, with round pearls and smooth jade, and her calligraphy was particularly beautiful and charming, and her hairpin was imitated. Empress Wu was very happy and immediately ordered her to be exempted from being a slave.

Shangguan Wan'er soared into the sky and was only fourteen years old when she came out of the palace to order.

Fifteen years have passed, and Shangguan Wan'er's position in the palace is now as safe as Mount Tai. Although she is not yet the "internal minister" later, she is a person who must not leave her body for a moment. When the edicts issued by her son today were mostly written by Shangguan Wan'er.

The only one who counts the current court officials and can be called the emperor’s personal personalities is Shangguan Wan'er.

There is such a private daughter of the emperor, not to mention others, but who should not join in the six tribes of the Palace City and Imperial City? Even if the top-notch powerful people have never come in person, the wife of the family must come with a generous gift.

As for the officials in the six ministries, they were even more unmissable. Everyone knew that Mrs. Zheng was so lively, she also liked to be kind to others. Although what she said might not work for her daughter, she would still say it after all. If she could leave a good impression on her birthday party, she would be able to pass it to the ears of the man in the palace if she was not prepared. It might have great effect when she responded to the Jinger.

In addition to these officials, anyone who had some tricks to squeeze in from the scholars who went to Beijing for the examination was desperately rushing in. As for the reason, let's take a look.

Because of this, the Zheng Mansion is so lively today. The huge houses are filled with mats, flowers are clustered with people and people are filled with buzz.

Tang Song was in the third entry at this time, which was in the main courtyard of Zheng Mansion.

Mrs. Zheng is the main hall in this courtyard today to receive birthday celebrations. Because all those who can enter the third courtyard are favorite officials of the dynasty. As Tang Song's identity, she definitely cannot sit on the table, or even the Zheng Mansion cannot enter. The reason why she can get in and even enter the core courtyard is thanks to meditation and contemplation.

Yuebai's Taoist clothes were replaced by the short-sized blue-robed hat worn by the servants. Tang Song's identity was now a meditative follower.

With the former courtesan and the eldest lady of the Shengpinglou Town, she was invited to come and dance to entertain her. There are naturally people who are thinking about accompanying her. Needless to say, the musician team always has to have some servants responsible for miscellaneous things such as rouge, gouache, dance skirt, and shoes. Tang Song got in with this.

The one who followed him didn't say a word, and followed him like a shadow. Needless to say, everyone knew that this person was the girl in the Liuyun skirt pulled by Tang Songqiang.

The girl in the liuyun skirt had no interest in joining in such a fun. However, Tang Song saw that she was feeling uncomfortable at home every day, and thought that she was just watching the fun today, so she forced her out.

The white-clothed Liuyun skirt was replaced with a green-clothed hat like Tang Song. The face was also made with fine decoration. The snow-white skin was deliberately yellowed. The two eyebrows that flew into the temples were painted black and thick, and the handsome nose was deliberately collapsed. In short, it was just how ugly it was.

Tang Song had no choice but to do this. If not, the girl's appearance that harmed the country and the people was so eye-catching that she could not bring it out.

Chen Sisi's identity is different from other singers and dancers. Because Zheng's mansion set up a single place in the wing rooms on both sides of the yard, she and Ruyi Niang were the only ones invited to come to sing and dance today.

After coming in, the other musicians were busy preparing for the singing and dancing later. Tang Song was so light that he was so lazy that he took the girl who was wearing makeup and half opened the window of the room to watch the fun.

"Crystal, look at how lively this person is. How old are you? It's not good to stay in the house too quiet. You should come out and take a walk in the future so that you can be energetic." Tang Song once asked the girl's name several times, but the girl never said it. Tang Song thought that the name of a woman in this era could not be revealed at random, and generally only her relatives and husband knew about it, so he didn't ask more questions.

Looking at her crystal clear appearance, she casually called out the synonym "Crystal". I have become accustomed to it after these days.

The girl Crystal in Liuyun Dress naturally did not answer. Tang Song was really helpless about this. These days he tried his best to make her say more, but it seems that the effect is really limited.

"You..." Tang Song reached out and rubbed the girl's hair that was tied into a servant's bun. She was helpless and pityful, and then reached out to pull her closer so that she could see clearly outside.

At this moment, a servant from Zheng's mansion guided several people to the table closest to the window in the yard outside.

Mrs. Zheng is so lively and there are too many people to celebrate her birthday, so she can’t sit in the house at all, so she has a mat in every entry into the courtyard. There are thick shades of trees to cover the sun, and the places where the shade cannot be covered are covered with veils. In addition, twelve incense burners around the courtyard burn incense to repel mosquitoes and ants. This open-air courtyard has been transformed into a unique pavilion. Apart from the lack of ice basins, it is more comfortable to sit in the house.

The seat where the servants in Zheng's mansion guided the guests to sit was too close to the window of the wing room, only a step outside the window was separated by. Seeing this, Tang Song reached out to cover the window.

The windows here were just closed, and the guests had finished sitting and chatting casually. One of them laughed and said, "Yanqing, I heard about your trip to the Dragon Gate a few days ago. You were the leader and gave a big lottery in front of the Holy Emperor. It is indeed a joyful congratulation. Since this good thing is true, I cannot help but invite someone to drink and congratulate you. Dear masters, what do you think?"

As soon as this statement was made, the people sitting together laughed and agreed, "Zhong Lian's words are extremely true. Yanqing's host must not be missing, otherwise the imperial brocade robe you got must be worn."

The distance was too close, even if the window was so small that Tang Song could not directly look at the situation outside, so he just half-sided and listened to gossip on the mat behind the window.

The girl still looked calm and gentle, standing quietly beside Tang Song.

There was another burst of laughter outside the window, and someone asked about the details that were the best.

"Xiansong, you are not familiar with it." The person who called Zhonglian teased him and explained the whole story in detail.

A few days ago, the weather was hot and hot. After the Holy Emperor's affairs, he moved You Xing and left the city to go to Longmen.

The Holy Emperor was a man who was fond of writing and music. Naturally, the ministers who accompanied him were required to write poems to help the traveling fun, and took a brocade robe as a reward.

Among the followers, Dongfang Qiu, who was the official in the Left Historian, took the lead in writing a poem, and the Holy Emperor gave it to him with a brocade robe. However, before Dongfang Qiu put the brocade robe on his body, the poem "Longmen Yingjian" whose name is "Yanqing" has also been completed. His poem "both literary and scientific and beautiful, and everyone on the left and right praises him for his goodness."

Seeing this, the Holy Emperor laughed and snatched Dongfang Qiu's brocade robe and gave it to Yan Qing. This incident was the first good story on the tour of Longmen that day.

The official who called "Xiansong" had never heard of it because he was busy with his work these days. He also praised him when he heard it.

Tang Song was stunned when he was talking outside. This anecdote about "snatching the brocade robe" was widely spread, and there were many records in the notes of the Tang people. In later generations, anyone who studied Chinese would know about this.

The two protagonists in this anecdote are one of the unlucky friends of Chen Zi'ang, and the other is Song Zhiwen, one of the leaders of the poetry world in the late Tang Dynasty.

Song Zhiwen? The person who said "Yanqing" on the mat outside the window is Song Zhiwen!

It’s really such a coincidence that the blind cat hit a dead mouse?

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