The Road of the Queen

Chapter 1

The face of the enchantress looks like a flower with dew, and the stream of yushu shines on the backyard.

Inscription·Chen Shubao's "Empress of the Yushu-Garden Flowers"

In the early spring of March in Chang'an, Xijing, layers of dark clouds were deposited in the distant sky, and dull thunder came from time to time.A storm is coming.

When Yin Yuting was walking on the street and passed by Lu Yu's Tea House, he overheard the tea customer inside reciting a poem, which said: Wuling Xia Shaohuazi is willing to die for Wulang.Just hearing the word "Wulang", he couldn't help but see the picturesque face of the fifth brother in his mind.Everyone said that Wulang from the Yin family was born well, and he was one of the best young masters in Chang'an City.I don't know which pervert and apprentice wrote a poem for him:

The lotus face is full of spring and bone, and the forehead is covered with white and long white hair.

Tongshen's water is as clear as jade, and her skin is soft and fragrant, which is better than that of a charming lady.

Wuling Xia Shaohuazi is willing to die for Wulang.

Ten years of fragrant grass Changzhou green, ten years of Chang'an unmatched.

After the poem was completed, it was circulated very quickly, especially the line "Wuling Xia is a young man, willing to die for Wu Lang."Yin Yuting smiled wryly, the "Wulang" in this poem is none other than his fifth elder brother Yin Suning.

It is said that Yin Yuting and Yin Suning are actually a pair of half-brothers, and their father Yin Botai is a fifth-rank Fengge Sheren in the imperial court.

This pair of brothers belong to two classes of children, but their identities and destinies are quite different.

That Yin Suning was born in the main family, ranked fifth in the family, known as Wulang.There are four elder sisters in front of him, but Mr. Yin is looking forward to it day and night, and the eldest son of Yin's family is looking forward to it.

And Yin Yuting's mother was a pretty widow, and when Master Yin took over the house, she brought the young Yin Yuting in.It is said that Yin Yuting is the child born secretly by Master Yin and this widow, and he is an out-and-out illegitimate child.Yin Yuting is more than one year younger than Yin Suning, and he is the sixth eldest after entering the door, known as Liulang.

At the age of 16, Yin Suning won the second-class Jinshi in the imperial examination.He used to be the prince's companion to study, and now he is an eight-rank prose official. The Yin family has high hopes for this son.

Yin Yuting's knowledge is not as good as that of his elder brother, and he fails to succeed in repeated trials, and is regarded by the Yin family as an idiot and a good-for-nothing.Now he is not in the mood to study, and spends all day playing the piano, painting, walking birds and flowers and wandering around.Master Yin couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to ask his relationship to donate a music officer to him through the back door.

In terms of appearance, the elder brother was born so good, and the younger brother is naturally not too bad.It's just that Yin Yuting's face is more heroic than his elder brother's Gongmeiziyi, with a lotus face.In particular, the eyebrows are long, the nose is as high as a peak, and the eyes are like autumn water.It's just a little cinnabar mole between the eyebrows, which is so red that it is dazzling, adding a touch of femininity to this face

While contemplating, he suddenly heard a deep and magnetic male voice shout: "Young master, tell your fate."

Yin Yuting was slightly taken aback, and turned to look for the source of the male voice.It turned out that the speaker was a fortune teller.This old fortune-teller's booth was placed in a very inconspicuous corner of the street, if you didn't look for it by stealth, it would be hard to find if you didn't look carefully.

At this moment, the old fortune-teller was waving his hand, trying to attract Yin Yuting, and shouted: "Young master, tell your fortune."

Yin Yu waved his hand and said, "I don't count."

The old fortune-teller listened, sneered, and said calmly: "Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, you'd better come and calculate."

Yin Liulang put away his smile, and frowned slightly with his long eyebrows: "Sorry, I don't count." He was afraid that the old fortune teller would pester him again, so he walked away without saying a word.But no matter how fast he walked, he still clearly heard another sneer from the old fortune-teller.

After walking forward for about a stick of incense, Yin Yuting suddenly noticed something was wrong.It turned out that the distance from Lu Yu's teahouse to his Yin's mansion was only 100 meters. No matter how slow you walked, you should see the stone lion at the gate.After walking for several 100 meters, why didn't I even see the familiar shops nearby. —There must be a reason for it.Yin Yuting stopped, looked back, and as expected, saw the old fortune-teller sitting behind his small booth smiling sinisterly.

I saw the old fortune-teller picked up a pen, chewed it in his mouth, and read: "There are endless things in the world, and the boundless days are inevitable." He also said: "Yin Liulang can't find his way home, isn't it because God arranged for you Calculate this hexagram?"

At this moment, cold sweat came down Yin Yuting's forehead.Knowing that this old man was either an expert or a monster, he had no choice but to move over and sit in front of the fortune-telling booth with an embarrassed expression on his face.However, the old fortune-teller was writing a note with his head down, and he didn't look up until Yin Yuting sat across from him.

After a long while, the old fortune teller finally finished writing, and then he raised his head and took a look at Yin Yuting.But I saw that this old fortune teller had a strange appearance.He doesn't look very old, his skin is very fair, and his forehead doesn't even have a single superficial wrinkle.But his chin grew a gray beard that could be braided.The eyebrows are so long that they almost cover the eyes.But the light in the pupils also leaked from time to time, just like the stars in the night sky, shining non-stop.

Yin Yuting was beating his heart, and finally waited for someone to put down his pen before he asked anxiously: "Excuse me, old man, how did you know that this is the Liulang of the Yin family?"

The fortune-teller squeezed his beard and laughed, "Yin Wulang is famous all over Chang'an for his talent and appearance. If you know Wulang, why don't you know Liulang." He paused, nodded and looked, "By the way, am I so old? "

Yin Yuting was taken aback for a moment, and saw that the old man's star-like eyes were obviously playful like a child, and rebellious like a teenager, and he really couldn't see a trace of old age.The old fortune-teller smirked again, but this time he squinted his eyes, because his eyebrows were too long, so he couldn't even see the slits between his eyes.

Clearing his throat, Yin Yuting bowed his hands according to the rules, and said respectfully: "Would you like to read your face or your palm? Do you want to report your birth date?"

The old fortune-teller knocked on the cloth banner he stood next to the hexagram booth with his hand, and there were eight big characters on the banner: Ten fortunes are ninety-nine, the old man is alive.Then he smiled and handed the note he just wrote to Yin Yuting.It turned out that there were only four big characters on the note: Life, Li, Death, Farewell.

Yin Yuting looked at the fortune-teller puzzledly: "Mister, this..." The old fortune-teller stroked his beard in an inscrutable manner, pointed to the note and said, "You will find out when you go home."

Yin Yuting said: "To tell you the truth, sir, you only need to follow this street to get home on weekdays, but today I can't go home no matter how I walk."

The old fortune-teller laughed strangely after hearing this, and pointed at Yin Liulang's back: "Isn't your home right there?"

When Yin Yuting turned his head, the gate of his own house was right in front of him.He stood up suddenly, clasped his fists again and again and said: "The old man is really a master, I will come to tell the fortune another day." After saying that, he ran home quickly.

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As soon as he entered the house, Yin Yuting was dumbfounded.I saw the whole family, masters and slaves, maids and servants all busy.Those who prepare the horses prepare the horses, and those who tidy up the horses look like they are about to move quickly.Yin Yuting grabbed a maid who was running around and asked: "What are you doing? Where is my father?" The maid said with a sad face: "Sixth Young Master, we are packing and getting ready to go. The master is in the main room, and the wife is also there."

Yin Yuting left the maid and rushed straight into the courtyard of the upper room.Pushing open the door with both hands, he saw Master Yin and Mrs. Yin sitting and talking to each other.The two looked sad, Madam Yin's eyes were red, obviously she had just cried.Yin Yuting called "Father", paused, and called "Auntie" again.

Mrs. Yin pulled her face when she heard the words, and said to Mr. Yin: "I'll go clean up the things." Before Mr. Yin could answer, Mrs. Yin turned around and entered the inner room without even looking at Yin Yuting.

Yin Liulang knew that his wife had always been partial to him, so he didn't care about her. He rushed to Master Yin and asked anxiously, "Father, what happened? What are the servants outside doing?"

Master Yin coughed heavily, and Yin Yuting hurried over to pat his father on the back.Master Yin waved his hand, blocked Yin Yuting back, and sighed: "Liuer..." Master Yin paused, and then said: "I was relegated to Fangzhou as the prefect for my father. Now I am leaving for my post. .”

"Ah???" Yin Yuting let out a low cry, not believing his ears at all.Lord Yin's fifth-rank Fenggesheren did their best to fulfill their duties, how could they suddenly be downgraded to a seventh-rank exile prefect? !And Fangzhou, where birds don't lay eggs, is too far away and desolate. "Father, why did the emperor suddenly demote you to Fangzhou?" Before he could finish his sentence, he saw a person standing in front of the door, two dark rays of light shot from that person's face.

As soon as Yin Yuting turned his head, he immediately shouted: "Fifth Brother, you're back?! Dad is about to be demoted to Fangzhou, what should I do?!"

Master Yin also hurriedly asked: "Wu'er...how is it?"

The person who came was Yin Suning, who was famous for his talent and beauty.It's just that this handsome and romantic young master's face is gloomy at the moment, and his long and narrow eyes like flying phoenix are shining coldly.He glanced at Yin Yuting fiercely, stepped forward and said to Master Yin: "Father, His Royal Highness Prince Ning refuses to see me. I have searched for all other adults I can find. It seems that there is no other way. Your Majesty The decree will be sent to the manor immediately."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the eunuch's spy's voice shouting loudly: "The imperial decree has arrived—Yin Botai from Fengge She came out to receive the decree—" After hearing this, the Yin family all knelt down in the yard.

The visitor was none other than Mr. Tokushoude, the chief inspector of the Imperial Household Office.Eunuch Na De was dressed in an indigo-based servant uniform, holding a whisk in one hand and an edict in the other, and was waiting there.Yin Botai hurried out of the hall with his two sons and knelt in front of Eunuch De. "By heaven, the emperor said..." The content of the decree, as expected, was that Yin Botai was demoted from office, and the whole family, except Wulang Liulang, who was an official, immediately rushed to Fangzhou with him.

After receiving the imperial edict, Master Yin was dizzy, and was helped back to sit in the hall by his two sons.Mrs. Yin also came back from the yard. When she looked up and saw Yin Wulang, she couldn't help crying. She held her son's hand and began to cry: "Son... Mother and your father have gone to Fangzhou, and I don't know when they will be able to return to Chang'an I'm afraid my mother won't see me before she dies..."

Yin Wulang felt very uncomfortable when he heard Mrs. Yin's words.Master Yin was irritated when he heard that, and shouted at Mrs. Yin: "Have you cried enough? You still don't think I'm annoying enough. Go and pack your things."

Mrs. Yin also became angry, and said to the old man: "Before I leave, I will have a word with my son, you old man won't allow it!" But she let go of her son's hand, and went back to the inner room resentfully, still watching They didn't even look at Yin Yuting.

At this time, Yin Liulang still didn't understand what was going on.Yin Su Ning suddenly came up and grabbed Yin Yuting, just as he scolded you, Master Yin rushed up to persuade him: "Okay, okay, from now on, there are only two of you brothers left in this family, why fight?!" Yin Su Ning said angrily "Father, if it wasn't for this waste, how could your old man be demoted! How could our family be in this state!"

Yin Yuting was shocked when he heard this.The words "Life, Lie, Death, Farewell" fulfilled the word "Li, Farewell". Could it be that the other words "Life, Death" are about to be fulfilled? !

Break it down next time.