Chapter 21: In the cool sky of the white headlamp
With the end of the big joy, the turmoil has completely subsided, the Gu family lives in a simple place, and it is not noticeable, everything in Chang'an City is changeable, and there are new ideas everywhere, and soon no one will ask about the Gu family's affairs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now that the major affairs of the court are decided by Lu Yuanzhi alone, he is exhausted, and the new emperor Chen Jingxing, who is becoming more and more depressed and does not care about national politics, is sad. Today's Chen Jingxing is no longer the ambitious new emperor of Northern Liang when he first ascended the throne, he only cares about having fun every day, intoxicated with dance and music absurdity, indulgent and indulgent without the responsibility of the emperor, although the early dynasty has not been late for a moment, but every time he is a drunken person into the Golden Palace, he has no intention of listening to the government, and he sits on the dragon chair and falls asleep, until the dynasty is dispersed, someone advises him to only point to the side, and says: "There is Xiangguo, why should I bother? Everything depends on Xiangguo." ”
No matter how much the courtiers advised, they were all reprimanded by him, and he was afraid of offending Lu Xiangguo, so no one dared to speak later.
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As Gu Qingning expected, the fortifications of Guanghe Palace were soon exposed to problems, and Lu Yuanze believed what she said, so he gave her the sponsorship letter on the wedding day, but after she took the paperwork, she did not go to the Ministry of Works to report for a long time, and only paid attention to the situation at home from time to time, just to sit and watch the situation become serious, and when Lu Yuanze came to urge her, then she would be more sure to go to the Ministry of Works.
And said that five days after Lu Yuanze's wedding, the Gu family went to Lingyuan Temple for the third time to visit Yuan Chou Shitai, this time, they still did not see her, the fact is that since they met at the Lu family that day, they have never seen Shi Tai, whether it is to thank or reminisce, all were rejected, they came to the door for the third time, but learned that Yuan Chou Shi Tai had resigned from the position of abbot of Lingyuan Temple and left Chang'an, the monks and nuns also revealed that Yuan Chou Shi Tai had knelt in front of the Buddha statue in the meditation room for three days and three nights since he came back from Lu's house.
At this point, they also understood that the relationship between Master Yuan Chou and the Gu family was over.
In order to achieve Shen Lanxi's last wish, she helped Sangu to deceive the world in full view of everyone, the so-called monks do not speak, and she betrayed the reputation of Buddhism and violated the creed of monks.
This is for the sake of affection, but it is not tolerated by Buddhism, and even if the truth is not known, she will not escape the inner condemnation.
Sangu was very guilty, and he had no choice but to compensate for it so far, so he had to follow fate.
They rode down the mountain, Gu Qingxuan lifted the curtain of the car and looked back at the Lingyuan Temple where the cigarettes were curling, a little melancholy, Gu Qingning couldn't help sighing: "It's all because of my ......"
Gu Qinghuan sighed: "If it weren't for my mother...... How can we Gu family He De let Shi Tai sacrifice so much? Eh, I am afraid that this kindness will be difficult to repay. ”
"Lan Xi ......" Gu Qingxuan frowned when he said something, and stopped again.
Gu Qingning asked, "What is my father thinking about?"
He shook his head lightly and said, "I was just thinking...... Master Yuan Chou had already received your mother's letter to help us, that is to say, after Lan Xi learned that his time was short...... I began to plan for the future of our family...... And from the time she was seriously ill to ...... Died...... It's four months......"
Hearing him mention this, Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan also suddenly realized, without thinking about it, they were deeply suspicious, Gu Qingning said: "Father, are you saying that the plan that my mother has made for us is more than that?"
Gu Qingxuan bowed his head and pondered: "Lan Xi's wisdom and strategy are far above us, and in her last days, she can see much longer than us, since she can think of Yuan Chou Shitai's section, how can she not think about the rest?" He looked up at the sky horizon, "Heaven has left her four months, what will she leave us?"
Seeing the child's sad expression, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's it, that's it, it's just the imagination of the living." ”
After returning to the mansion, Sangu learned that there was a letter from Jiang Yuelou's side, which was naturally the news and intelligence collected by the Jiang family's father and daughter for them. They closed the door in the study to read the letter and learn about the movements of the palace and the Lu family.
In the early days, several ministers spoke to Chen Jingxing, but Chen Jingxing angrily dismissed it. Later, in order to relieve boredom, Chen Jingxing drank and frolicked with his concubines in the imperial garden.
In the past few days, the people of the harem have changed their ways to please Chen Jingxing, listen to music and watch dances, throw pots and cruises, and play one by one, and they are tired of it today, and they racked their brains to find a new way for him to make fun. Li Zhaoyi, who can sing and dance, and the dancers bothered to choreograph a "dance between flowers", when Chen Jingxing visited the garden, a wonderful person danced in light gauze dance clothes, and changed the scenery with the garden, a flower bloomed, a dance, Li Zhaoyi danced under the begonia flower tree, like a celestial man, won Chen Jingxing's favor in one fell swoop, and was better than other concubines.
But no matter how good the dance between the flowers is, you will always get bored if you watch too much, Li Zhaoyi is also a smart person, she only dances once, retains the novelty, and makes Chen Jingxing love her forever. It's embarrassing that the others are still thinking hard about how to make the new emperor happy. Today, he was already in a bad mood, and even Li Zhaoyi had relatives in his heart, and he didn't know how to please him.
Hui Concubine was jealous, hated Li Zhaoyi for being favored alone, and also thought of a trick to relieve the emperor's boredom, so she suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you play pitcher today?"
Chen Jingxing was almost furious: "Throwing pots, isn't Concubine Ai still tired?"
Hui Concubine hurriedly leaned into his ear and said coquettishly: "I'm tired of throwing pots, but if you change the way you play, maybe it will be very interesting." ”
He asked how it was, and Hui Concubine glanced at Li Zhaoyi next to her, and said: "Ordinary throwing pots are all made of clay pots, and throwing arrows is just a throw, which is very boring, no wonder Your Majesty doesn't like it, but what if it is a human tool?"
Chen Jingxing put down his wine glass and looked at her, unobservable emotions, as if he was interested: "Take people as tools?"
She smiled lightly and continued: "Well, what the concubine means is that Sister Zhaoyi can reproduce the Flower Dance for His Majesty, and the Flower Dance is wonderful, and it is unpredictable where the beauties dance from the flowers, so why can't Your Majesty use these beauties as tools to throw arrows? As long as you shoot the hair bun on the head of the beauty, even if Your Majesty gets a point, how about it? So full of unknowns, how can you not be surprised?"
Chen Jingxing hooked his lips, smiled, lifted her chin, her eyes were still hazy, and said, "Concubine Ai's idea is very good." ”
And Li Zhaoyi was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and his face was pale, but he could only prepare according to the emperor's instructions, and the dancers were all shocked and tearful, so they had to do it, and they didn't dare to brush his interest.
In a few days, everything was arranged, a young beauty dressed in pink and white tulle hid her graceful body among the flowers and trees, the cold wind of late autumn blew, all shivered, and the music outside the stone pavilion played, they listened to the music, waiting for their own piece of music to sound.
Chen Jingxing stood on the pavilion with a golden bow and arrows, Hui Concubine smiled like a flower on the side, he set up a bow and arrow, closed his eyes and listened to the music, today's music is a little different, it is a high-pitched sound at the beginning, so it is Li Zhaoyi who dances first. After she danced out of the flowers and trees, she was as beautiful as the remnants of red in the wind.
Chen Jingxing aimed his sharp arrow at the begonia tree, the first arrow missed, and the second arrow missed......
He frowned and said, "Change the bow." ”
Gonggong Jin hurried to get a new bow and arrow, and when he came back, he was stopped before he could come over, as if he had met a savior, "Queen Mother, you are finally here! Go and persuade Your Majesty......"
He hurriedly wanted to kneel down to give a salute, Queen Lu Yuanye raised her arm to stop her, looked at the Imperial Garden Water Pavilion not far away, grabbed the brocade water sleeve, picked up the bow and arrow on the tray of the Jin Gonggong, put it on, pulled the bow, let go, and a golden feather flew straight towards the Hui Concubine in the pavilion a hundred steps away......