Emperor Yu turned around, took the book from the guard's hand, and sat on the armchair in front of the desk.
The guard was still kneeling there, and he didn't dare to move until Emperor Yu told him to leave.
Emperor Yu opened the booklet and the content of the first page came into his sight.
Shangshu Jiang Huaian was blessed with a daughter, and everyone in the mansion was smiling. The girl became the darling of the Shangshu's mansion, and the Shangshu named her Jiang Jingyu, which means good times and beautiful scenery, and everything goes well.
The Shangshu doted on this girl extremely. Jiang Jingyu refused to drink milk since she was born. Everyone in the Shangshu's mansion was extremely anxious. For this reason, the Shangshu invited doctors and wet nurses from all over Kyoto, and even begged the late emperor to let the imperial physician examine Jiang Jingyu's body.
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When Jiang Jingyu was three years old, he followed the servants of Shangshu Mansion to dig out bird nests. Instead of digging out bird eggs, he was hit on the head by bird droppings.
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When Jiang Jingyu was five years old, he went to the horse farm with his brother Jiang Jinghuai. Before he could touch the horses, he tripped over horse manure.
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Jiang Jingyu started learning to play the zither at the age of seven. Because she was lazy and loved to play, she turned a deaf ear to the advice of her zither masters and drove away seven or eight masters in a row.
“Puff.”
The front of the booklet mostly records Jiang Jingyu's embarrassing moments when she was a child. A miniature version of Jiang Jingyu appeared in Emperor Yu's mind, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.
The gloom between his brows gradually dissipated, and the imperial study slowly warmed up with this laugh.
Eunuch Su, who was standing behind Emperor Yu, had a clear mind and seemed to know why the emperor had suddenly changed his personality in the past few days.
The Shangshu did raise a good daughter.
In the five years that Eunuch Su served Emperor Yu, he had never been so concerned about anyone.
In order to understand her, people were specially sent to investigate everything about her, from small to large, no matter how big or small.
Even if it was a trivial matter, as long as it was about Jiang Jingyu, Emperor Yu would take it seriously.
Emperor Yu watched with great interest the embarrassing stories of Jiang Jingyu from childhood to adulthood, and even picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.
His long fingers with distinct knuckles turned the book to the next page, which showed the time when Jiang Jingyu was fifteen years old.
Everything at the beginning looked normal, it just recorded where Jiang Jingyu went and what he did today.
But when he saw the next page, Di Yu suddenly stopped drinking tea.
It only said that on June 25th, Jiang Jingyu, the daughter of the Shangshu, and her maid went for a boat ride on Ziyuan Lake, where she met Su Jingyan, the son of the Left Censor of the Inspectorate. They fell in love at first sight and became engaged after a second glance.
Bang!
Di Yu smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground, and his originally gentle brows instantly became gloomy!
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
The palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial study knelt on the ground, lowering their heads as much as possible to reduce their presence.
The tightly pursed thin lips showed the owner's displeasure at the moment.
Emperor Yu's brows were gloomy, and his peach blossom eyes were scarlet with anger.
But he still held the booklet tightly in his hand, his eyes looking down.
With every line he read, his face grew darker, and by the end, his face had reached its gloomiest point.
"Su Jingyan, son of the Left Censor of the Supervisory Office, huh, very good."
Di Yu watched everything that happened between Jiang Jingyu and Su Jingyan with a sullen face.
I felt irritated, angry, jealous, bloodthirsty, wanted to kill someone, and all kinds of bad feelings.
His bloodshot eyes were as red as a ghost.
Emperor Yu was enraged, as if he wanted to burn the person to death.
"Can Su Jingyan, the son of the Left Censor of the Supervisory Office, be on duty in the palace?"
A cold voice echoed in the imperial study. Eunuch Su stepped forward with gritted teeth and said, "Your Majesty, he is not here."
Su Jingyan is a man of elegance and talent, a well-known gentleman in Kyoto, and the object of admiration of all the girls in Kyoto.
His reputation was so great that even Eunuch Su in the imperial palace had heard of his deeds.
I heard that he opened a literati hall in Dong Yulin Lane, and a large number of literati and young men would go there every day.
Reciting poems and composing couplets, drinking and singing, I feel so comfortable.
If we were to ask which scholar in Kyoto is the most respected by the people, it would be Master Jiyue Su Jingyan.
Di Yu's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, with a look of resentment in his eyes.
He lowered his eyes to the guard kneeling by the window and said coldly, "Since they are so deeply in love and have reached the stage of discussing marriage, then why did the Shangshu's daughter Jiang Jingyu enter the palace for the imperial selection? Is there any connection between the two of them? Have you ever found out the reason?"
The guard froze, swallowed, and knelt in front of Emperor Yu.
"Your Majesty, I haven't found out the specific cause. I've only heard some rumors."
Di Yu's eyes darkened: "Speak."
Sometimes rumors are not rumors, but the truth that is covered up!
The guard was so frightened that he shuddered and knocked his head to the ground.
"Your Majesty, it's rumored that the mother of the Left Censor of the Supervisory Office is unhappy with this marriage. She dislikes the Shangshu's daughter's lack of talent in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Because the old lady interfered, the marriage between the two was not finalized. The Shangshu's daughter is heartbroken and entered the palace for the selection just to spite her..."
“That’s enough!”
Before the guard could finish speaking, Emperor Yu interrupted him harshly.
That woman actually entered the palace out of anger over another man?
Good, very good!
"Get out! Get out now!"
Emperor Yu threw the book in his hand to the ground and roared at the palace servants.
The palace maids did not dare to stay for long and hurriedly bowed and walked out.
Eunuch Su wanted to say something but stopped himself when he saw that Emperor Yu was furious. He swallowed the words back and followed the palace maid out of the imperial study last, not forgetting to close the door behind him.
Emperor Yu leaned back on the armchair, his large palm resting on the armrest clenched into a fist, veins bulging on the back of his hand.
She actually has another man in her heart, good, very good!
When he sees her tonight, he will definitely ask her in person!
If the rumors were true, he would definitely throw that woman into a snake den! !
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As soon as night fell, Di Yu came to the piano room and waited for Jiang Jingyu to arrive.
There was a white porcelain bottle on the piano table, which contained medicine for healing wounds.
It's so stupid to cut your fingers just by playing the piano!
Jiang Jingyu, who had been waited for by Emperor Yu for a long time, was now staying in the side hall of Chuxiu Palace with 22 other beauties, competing for the position of lead dancer.
As the palace banquet was approaching, Aunt Rong handed over the task of teaching the concubines palace rules and etiquette to other female officials of the Music Bureau, and she brought the twenty-three ladies who volunteered to be the lead dancers to a side hall, intending to decide on the lead dancer tonight.
"My ladies, the zithers are ready. Please step forward in turn and play your best piece. Whoever's piece is most suitable for the palace banquet will be the lead dancer."
The first-ranked concubine was none other than Liu Linlang, who had said that she would not compete with Shen Weining for the lead dancer position.
Looking at Liu Linlang sitting in front of the xylophone, Shen Weining almost tore the handkerchief in her hand.
I felt so sick as if a fly had eaten me.
Damn Liu Linlang, she actually dared to play two games with me, saying one thing to my face and another behind my back!
With your mediocre piano skills taught by your mediocre master, you are qualified to compete with me for the position of lead dancer?
If you dare to plot against me, I will make you pay later!
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