Chapter 406: The Imperial Concubine, please let me know about it
“Yes, he is more shameless than me”
Chu Pingsheng said seriously: “It’s okay to plagiarize poems and essays to get a position. Opening a bookstore to sell pirated books for profit, even using hunger marketing methods, how shameless! I don’t bother to do this, if I do it... humph..."
"Piracy? Marketing?”
Plagiarism managers understand, but what do “piracy” and “hungry marketing” mean?
Xu...
The groom did not give him a chance to explain the meaning of the words "piracy" and "hungry marketing", and knocked on the door frame of the carriage: "Master Chu, Miss Lili, we are here."
< br>"I will explain to you what 'piracy' means when I come back." Chu Pingsheng pointed to the palace and smiled proudly at her: "You go back, I'm going to meet Concubine Shu."
"Hey ..."
Si Lili watched him open the door and jump out of the car. Just as he was about to ask him if he would go back to the concierge to stay tonight, he suddenly remembered his expression and words just now, Concubine Shu? Why do you feel like visiting a brothel?
She was a spy from the Northern Qi Dynasty, and she knew more or less the dignitaries in Kyoto City. As far as she knew, the second prince's mother, Concubine Shu, liked reading books the most, and she was also the most upright and old-fashioned. Guys, can you get something good from being in front of her?
"Hui Shu, a noble concubine!"
"I will let you know how to be a noble concubine, Shu!"
Si Lili glared at his back hatefully and ordered the coachman No need to wait for him, go back to Ma Concierge Courtyard.
……
When Chu Pingsheng entered the palace, the eunuch Hou Zhigang had already greeted him at the front door and took him directly to the residence of the eldest prince's mother, Ning Cairen.
This arrangement can be said to be intentional by the old eunuch. In Hou Zhigang's view, Ning Cai is from Dongyi. He likes to dance with guns and sticks, and does not like to talk about words. He has never let the eldest prince compete for the throne. Heart is the most open-minded person, and for Chu Pingsheng, the great master and disciple, it is the best test to pass.
What happened was just as he expected. Ning Cairen was practicing martial arts in the yard at that time. When he saw Chu Pingsheng coming, he threw a long sword at him without saying a word and started to fight. As a result, he was beaten by Chu Pingsheng in less than three moves. The sword knocked away the weapon, and the battle was defeated.
Then he said "He is a disciple of the Grand Master after all" and ordered the maid to see off the guests.
Hou Zhigang looked confused.
Chu Pingsheng could understand Ning Cairen's mood. She didn't know how to govern the country, and she didn't like to talk about words. She just liked to practice martial arts. She would do it to him without even three moves after practicing. How could she have the face to preach?
As the old saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in military force. A defeated general cannot be brave.
After coming out of Ning Cairen, Hou Zhigang took him to the right and entered the Shujing Palace of Lady Shu. He also told him that no matter what questions Lady Shu asked or how she gave him advice, he should just say that it was just for her. There is nothing curious about in the prairie.
Chu Pingsheng entered the palace gate with a promise, walked into the main hall under the guidance of the female officer, and sat down in front of a bookcase filled with ancient books and a purple and gold incense burner next to it.
Others were sitting on their knees, but he was not. He had one leg crossed and the other bent, his body half-tilted back. He glanced at the bookshelves stacked with ancient books around him, relaxing and making people stand at the door. The female officer hesitated to speak several times, wanting to remind him to be more dignified.
"Are you Chu Pingsheng?"
Accompanied by a voice that was half cute, half slow, and one half hoarse, a man with a small face and petite body walked from the aisle of the bookshelf behind. The woman's clothes are a bit plain in color, but she has a hairpin, a ring, a diamond, and a pendant. She jingles as she walks, and is quite dazzling when the sun shines on her.
“Are you the second prince’s mother, Concubine Shu?”
The female officer at the door looked displeased, but Concubine Shu herself was not angry at all, but she gently smiled when she saw his inelegant sitting posture. He frowned, quite cute.
She sat down on the other side of the desk with a book: "I heard that you don't like reading?"
Quite honest indeed.
Chu Pingsheng complained in his heart: "Not really, I only read books that interest me."
"For example?"
"For example... Jinlin How could it be something in the pool?"
Lady Shu thought for a while and tapped her temples twice with her slender fingers, but in the end she couldn't figure out the reason.
"So... this book is an only copy?"
"Ah, yes, yes, it is an only copy." Chu Pingsheng responded casually.
"What kind of book is it?"
"There is a poem that says, "Golden scales are just things in the pond. They turn into dragons when encountering storms."
" Is the golden scale an object in the pond that turns into a dragon when the storm strikes?" The imperial concubine frowned slightly and repeated in a low voice, unable to understand the meaning of these two lines of poetry.
"This golden scale refers to a fish with golden scales, referred to as goldfish."
"Is there... in the palace?"
"Yes, I will take you there sometime. Look."
"What about the last sentence? Doesn't the fish turn into a dragon when it crosses the Dragon Gate? It's like... the Dragon Gate Bridge that students would walk on in the Spring Festival. This storm is not from the sky.”
"It's not the storm in the sky, but it's on the ground?"
Chu Pingsheng thought it couldn't be on the bed? Isn’t pillow wind the wind? Xiafei's cheeks, dark clouds on his temples, moving clouds and rain, etc., are called "wind and clouds", isn't it allowed?
"Do you want to see it?"
A simple lady, how could she understand Uncle Chu's thoughts? It’s in the book. I’ve seen it before. Of course I want to see it.”
“I’ll take the imperial concubine to see it sometime.”
"Okay." She agreed without any suspicion of deception, her eyes full of expectation and her face full of sincerity.
Chu Pingsheng suddenly felt guilty for deceiving a child. It was hard to believe that there was such a silly and cute young woman in this deep palace.
"The imperial concubine...you and the second prince...are really different."
"Different? But they told me that we are very similar. Don't you think his eyes are the same?" , his mouth, and his hands are thin and long, are they similar to mine? And I like reading, and so does he."
"..."
Concubine Shu retorted. Seeing that Chu Pingsheng remained silent, she realized that he was referring to his character. She moved back, her eyes were distracted, and worry was written all over her face.
"He is thoughtful, thinks a lot, and likes to play hide and seek with others."
"Hide and seek?"
"Yes." She nodded, caressing her earlier The foreskin that had just been cut for "Huainan Jing" said with a sad expression: "Hide your heart and no one will find it."
"Is he also playing hide-and-seek with you?"
Concubine Shu hesitated for a long time before three words burst out of her mouth: "I don't know."
It's not "I don't know" to prevaricate others, I really don’t know.
As if she realized that she had said too much, or maybe she suddenly remembered the purpose of meeting Chu Pingsheng, she put on a serious face and pretended to be dignified: "Let's not talk about Chengze anymore. I'll listen to people. Tell me, you didn’t attend the court meeting recently, didn’t listen to the classes at the Imperial College, and didn’t care about the external affairs of Honglu Temple. You hang out in the romantic place every day. Not only did you beat Prince Jing because you were fighting for women, but you also burned the flower boat on the Liujing River? ”
“Except for the flower-burning boat thing, it has nothing to do with me.”
"How could you do this? Before His Majesty changed his decree, I had seen Fan Xian's child, who was much better than you."
Chu Pingsheng leaned back again, leaning against the bookshelf with his back on the bookshelf. A palace maid dares to be angry but dare not speak out.
"My dearest concubine... do you seldom chat with others?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"You chatter to death so easily .”
"Talking to death?"
She looked confused and couldn't understand. Chatting is just chatting. If one party doesn't understand, then change the topic. How can we still chat to death?
"You said in front of me that Fan Xian is good and want me to learn from him?"
"Am I wrong? Everyone in the capital city knows that he is a talented man who can sing seven rhymes. "It's the best in ancient and modern times, have you read it?" After that, she added: "That's right, you come from the west, there is a desert of culture..." The white birds fly back from the clear sand of Nagisa, the endless falling trees rustle, the endless Yangtze River rolls in... Is this the song? ”
"Hey, don't you know?"
"Yes, of course I know."
It's a poem that even elementary school students can recite, how can he not know it?
"Then do you think this poem...is good?"
"Okay, great."
"Since you admit that he is unparalleled in talent and temperament, you should learn with humility and work hard, so that we can hand over Wan'er to you with confidence."
"Learn from him? What to learn? Learn from his shamelessness, don't be stinky. Face?"
Concubine Shu said: "You know, your biggest problem is your attitude towards learning."
"Okay, let's stop here." Chu Pingsheng. He replied lazily, stood up with his hands on the bamboo mat, smoothed the wrinkles at the hem of his green shirt, took out a book from his sleeve and threw it on the case.
“What is this?”
"Ancient book."
"Ancient book?"
"An only copy."
Concubine Shu's eyes lit up when she heard that the book with a brown cover on the case was an original copy of the ancient book.
"Don't you like reading Red Mansions? This book... the ancestor of Red Mansions."
"The Red Mansion you are talking about is the Red Mansion written by Fan Xian?"
"That's right."
"Ancestor? Wasn't that book written by Fan Xian himself? Is it possible that he could refer to it? Did you know the content of this book? But you just said that this is an original copy and has not been circulated. "
"You will know after reading it."
Concubine Shu is a little embarrassed.
"You came to see me. I was supposed to give you a few books to study back. Why..."
"Come on." Chu Pingsheng waved his hand and interrupted her rudely: "I'm just one Unlearned barbarian, the only result of giving me a book will be to light the fire in the stove."
"Presumptuous, how can you talk to the empress in such a tone?" The door was covered with silver. The female officer in the hairband couldn't bear it anymore and scolded her loudly.
(End of this chapter)