Chapter 194 194. Xuanqiong Palace
It’s not that Shi Liu doesn’t want to learn guqin from Prince Fengming, it’s just that this big guy only wants to teach her painting and doesn’t care about her suggestions at all. Even when the guqin is mentioned, his face turns cold.
Now seeing the scene of the Fengmingqin being burned, Shi Liu felt that this might be related to the dethronement of Prince Fengming.
Prince Fengming's face turned green in the fortune tree. When he saw the zither, he remembered the fuse that led to his dethronement.
Crown Prince Fengming's mother, Empress Wei, was a renowned beauty of the Tianfeng Dynasty. The old emperor fell in love with her at first sight and, despite opposition, welcomed her into the palace, crowning her Empress. As Wei's son, Crown Prince Fengming was also a renowned handsome man, known for his elegant demeanor. Combined with his unparalleled status, he was naturally admired by countless women.
During the selection process, one of the girls unexpectedly met Prince Fengming and fell in love with him. This wasn't a bad thing, but the bad thing was that she ended up in the old emperor's harem.
Somehow this matter was known to the other princes, and they designed a "scheme to catch the adulterer", in which the guqin made by Prince Fengming himself became a powerful piece of evidence.
At that time, when Crown Prince Fengming was caught lying with my concubine, he had no way to explain himself. After all, the other party was worried that they would find out that he had drugged him, so they used evil magic. Even though he had an amazing mind, he still fell into the trap.
Thus, the guqin that was seized as a token of love became the source of Prince Fengming's anger. The sight of the guqin reminded him of the plot he had been involved in. The thought of that humiliating experience made him feel sick and want to vomit. And yet, his father still believed that he had been lustful and had defiled his woman.
At first, Prince Fengming was sad and angry about his father's lack of trust in him. After his death, he recalled his life over and over again and found that his father might have known that he was innocent. After all, people of their status would never lack women. Besides, the concubine was not a stunning beauty and was not worth the risk. In the final analysis, his father just wanted to depose the prince who had grown too powerful.
After figuring it out, Prince Fengming felt even more upset. Although those brothers were related to him by blood, they were still outsiders in his heart. Compared to the harm caused by outsiders, the harm caused by his father, whom he had respected since childhood, was the most devastating.
The Crown Princess looked at the Crown Prince tenderly and said, "My husband, your obsession has not yet dissipated. There are some things where running away is not the best option."
Crown Prince Fengming looked at the Crown Princess, his heart filled with sighs. After all these years, the Crown Princess remained unchanged. Sometimes he couldn't even guess what she was thinking. "I'm obsessed with this and can't enter the cycle of reincarnation. What about you? Why don't you want to be reborn?"
The Crown Princess's eyebrows curved slightly, and she said softly, "In the past, you were the Crown Prince, always surrounded by a group of women. As the Crown Princess, I must be virtuous and generous, otherwise I would not be worthy of being the mother of a country. If I lose my qualifications, the consequences will not be something I can bear."
Crown Prince Fengming was greatly shocked. He didn't even know that his wife, who had been with him for a thousand years, loved him, but she clearly pushed him towards other women. Suddenly, he remembered that he had no choice, and looked at the Crown Princess with eyes full of love and pity.
The Crown Princess smiled softly: "Don't get me wrong, I just want to experience the life of an ordinary couple."
When she was alive, she was nominally the prince's wife, but in fact she was only the prince's consort, a housekeeper in the Eastern Palace.
As for her feelings towards the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess herself was not clear. Ever since she was designated as the Crown Princess at the age of seven, she had no freedom, or rather, her own thoughts. She was reminded every moment that she needed to be a dignified and generous Crown Princess. The Crown Prince was her husband, and she had to be virtuous and generous and not jealous. But she was not happy at all.
Ever since she followed the Crown Prince to her death, the Crown Princess has been trying to understand how a normal couple gets along. If possible, she hopes to be an ordinary couple with the Crown Prince in the next life.
Prince Fengming thought of his life full of hypocrisy, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled: "Okay, let's be an ordinary couple in the next life."
When Prince Fengming wasn't looking, his obsession began to dissipate bit by bit.
Shi Liu, who was busy touring the Xuanqiong Palace, wanted to ask Prince Fengming what good things were originally in the Eastern Palace. In fact, she found that there were too many check-in places here, just like entering a treasure room.
[Discover the sign-in location for the abandoned Fengming Palace main hall ruins. Do you need to spend 3 sign-in points to sign in?]
[Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully and receiving a piece of Yulaokeng Tao inkstone and 10,000 sheets of Xuan paper]
Shi Liu was immediately surprised. She had never expected that one day she would get a piece of Laokeng Tao inkstone.
Tao inkstones are prized in northern China for their fine stone texture, silky texture, elegant appearance, quick release of ink, and heat preservation properties. They were already scarce by the Song Dynasty. Since their rise to fame in the Tang Dynasty, Laokeng Tao inkstones have been the preserve of royalty, scholars, and wealthy merchants.
In his previous life, the old man always wanted a piece of Laokeng Tao inkstone, but this thing is not something you can buy with money. If the old man were here, he would probably grin with joy.
Shi Liu carefully put the inkstone away. If she had the chance to return to her previous life, she would give the inkstone to the old man to make him happy.
Compared with the Laokeng Tao inkstone, Shi Liu prefers the Duan inkstone. The Duan inkstone is "heavy but light, hard but soft, silent when touched, and warm, soft and tender like a baby's skin but not slippery when pressed". The texture is beautiful and each has its own name, and the processing techniques are also more and more complicated. It is the top stone inkstone in my country and has been prosperous for a long time.
With the idea of getting another inkstone, Shi Liu went to the study to sign in again. Fortunately, he successfully got a Duan inkstone this time.
Zhou Liu had no idea that Shi Liu was happy about the Duan Inkstone, and thought she liked the Xuanqiong Palace: "Walking around here, I feel like my whole body has been baptized. If you like this place, I will bring you here to visit next time."
Shi Liu had a general impression of the Xuanqiong Palace, but she was interested in the rewards from signing in at the Fengming Palace, so naturally she wanted to come here a few more times to thoroughly explore it.
The reason why there are so many good things in Fengming Palace is probably because the Crown Princess was so ruthless back then that she burned down the entire East Palace. Naturally, the good things inside were buried in the ground. Even the Phoenix Seal of the Tianfeng Dynasty, which has never been found, is also found underground.
What Shi Liu gained in Fengming Palace today was just a drop in the bucket. If he wanted to get more, he would need to keep working hard.
Zhou Liu brought Shi Liu and just entered the Xuanqiong Palace when he met a group of young men. He could tell at first sight that they had different auras.
The tall and thin guy in the lead started to provoke as soon as he opened his mouth: "Hey, isn't it Saturday? How come the girl I brought today is so hot? How about letting us play with her? Hahaha——"
Zhou Liu was so angry that he wanted to punch the other person, but thinking of his sister-in-law beside him, he held back: "Xu Gouzi, your grandfather is too lazy to argue with you today. Honestly, leave this morning, otherwise you will be in trouble."
"Leaving this morning? Hahahahaha..."
The group of people opposite burst into laughter and looked at Zhou Liu with irony in their eyes.
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