Chapter 323: A Different Path
"In Jian'an, no matter what Her Royal Highness Princess Changping does, she will offend the new emperor in the end, so it is better to go to the fiefdom early, no matter what you want to do there, Your Highness can be much more comfortable, so whether it is for Your Majesty or Her Royal Highness the Princess, it is probably the best choice." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Zhong Qing, who was slowly pacing around the garden, said to Liang Cheng with a secret sigh at this time.
"Since this is Princess Changping's own decision, Sister Zhong doesn't have to be too sad. ”
In this matter, Liang Cheng didn't know how to persuade Zhong Qing. So in the end, it can only be comforted.
"It's really hard for others to say anything about this matter, since Her Royal Highness Princess Changping has already decided, then I can only respect Her Highness, I can still figure this out, you don't have to worry about me." Zhong Qing also knew that in fact, the relationship between Liang Cheng and Princess Changping was not very good, and it was already good to listen to her feelings at this time, and Zhong Qing would not hope that Liang Cheng could say anything more.
And that's exactly what happened.
For Princess Changping, Liang Cheng and her are really friends.
At this time, even if she wanted to comfort Zhong Qing more, her words were pale and boring, after all, the most she had for Princess Changping was just a sentimental feeling for the departure of the deceased.
What's more, this "old man" does not just refer to Changping alone, it represents all the faces in Liang Cheng's memory, they are all old people for her, from another point of view.
Liang Cheng and Zhong Qing walked in the courtyard garden, talking about their recent situations as they walked.
And after skipping the topic of Princess Changping, the first thing Liang Cheng and Zhong Qing talked about was naturally Qi Ling, just like Tang Menglan, Zhong Qing first asked Liang Cheng about her grandfather, did she get any recent news about Qi Ling?
Although the battle report outside Shanhaiguan is delivered every few days, this battle report is also confidential news, and what others can know is only an approximation.
If you want to know all the information reported by Shanhaiguan above, you can only be important ministers like Liang Sixuan and Fu Xiang.
But Zhong Qing is obviously not.
So she only got a little bit of Qi Ling's recent situation from her father.
Otherwise, there would be no need to ask Liang Cheng at this time.
"My grandfather did send a letter back a few days ago to report his safety, and the letter did mention His Royal Highness Qi Ling, but it was only a few words, but my grandfather also said that all the children of the clan including His Royal Highness Qi Ling are all fine now, everything is going well, and there are no accidents. Regarding this, Sister Zhong, you can rest assured. ”
"That's fine. ”
Zhong Qing breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Liang Cheng's words, but before she could finish exhaling her breath, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Looking up and following a teasing gaze, after seeing the slightly narrow expression on Liang Cheng's face at this time, Zhong Qing's face turned red, "I'm just asking, Mo Ke, don't think about it." ”
"I haven't said anything yet, Sister Zhong, what do you think I'm thinking too much?" Looking at Zhong Qing, who was blushing like the sunset in the afternoon, Liang Cheng teased her with a smile.
"You didn't say anything, but what else did you not say with that look?"
Zhong Qing naturally knew that Liang Cheng had clearly seen her worries about Qi Ling, so now she felt even more panicked.
"Hey, I really don't know, it turns out that Sister Zhong still has the ability to read minds, and even heard the words I didn't say? Liang Cheng saw that Zhong Qing's face was getting redder and redder, and after being so red that she was about to drip blood, she finally couldn't help laughing.
And Zhong Qing was so ashamed that she stomped her feet, and when she went up, she unceremoniously tickled Liang Cheng, so frightened that Liang Cheng hurriedly begged for mercy.
"Don't don't, Sister Zhong, just let me go, I'm most afraid of itching. ”
"You know to beg for mercy now, why didn't you know when you made fun of me just now? How could Zhong Qing let Liang Cheng go, and it was a lot of laughter when she chased after her, so much so that the garden was filled with silver bell-like laughter, which filled everyone's ears.
"Okay, okay, good sister, let's stop making trouble, I have something serious to tell you. ”
Liang Cheng is really afraid of itching, but in terms of strength and strength, she is naturally not the opponent of Zhong Qing, who is in good health, so when she saw that Zhong Qing was about to catch up, she hurriedly shouted to stop.
"What are you going to do? ”
Zhong Qinghu looked at Liang Cheng suspiciously.
"Why won't I have a serious matter?" Liang Cheng had a solemn look on her face, "It's like Sister Zhong, you and His Royal Highness Qi Xuan's family affairs, when my grandfather returns to the dynasty in triumph, you will definitely be married!"
As soon as these words were finished, Liang Cheng, who had already had time to rest, was about to slip away, but suddenly saw Zhong Qing suddenly quieted down, and her face showed a slight sadness, which made Liang Cheng turn around in surprise and said, "Sister Zhong, what's wrong?
Liang Cheng looked at Zhong Qing worriedly, but Zhong Qing didn't answer her.
Instead, after being silent for a while, he finally whispered: "I'm afraid this matter won't be done." ”
"What?" For a moment, Liang Cheng thought that she had just misheard, but after clearly seeing Zhong Qing's expression at this time, she suddenly frowned, "This matter was decided by the old lady of the concubine herself, even if the new emperor and the new queen ascended the throne, then even if they couldn't say anything, right?
"Moke, you forgot something. ”
Contrary to Liang Cheng's frowning displeasure, Zhong Qing at this time had nothing but unusual calm, looking up at the stars in the sky that had flickered and disappeared, Zhong Qing said to Liang Cheng: "Five years of national mourning, Mo Ke, do you think five years is long?"
Is five years long?—— long enough to grow enough for the vicissitudes of the world!
The anger that was still gradually burning was suddenly as if it was completely frozen by the spring breeze that had just blown.
Five years, five years, more than 60 months, more than 1,000 days and nights, who dares to have the courage to stand up and say that nothing will change? Liang Cheng knew that she would not dare, especially after witnessing that all prosperity could wither away in an instant, how dare she?
Originally, when Qi Ling and Zhong Qing's family affair was decided, Qi Huai was not the abolished prince who was now imprisoned, and Qi Cheng was still the second prince who was always suppressed by Qi Huai.
So no matter who thinks of it, even the second princess Yang thinks that the family affair between Qi Ling and Zhong Qing is a great event of mutual benefit.
But now?
When Qi Cheng changed from His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who was always suppressed by Qi Huai, to the current emperor of Xiyin.
Can Qi Ling and Zhong Qing's family affair still be a happy event for mutual benefit?
Liang Cheng suddenly felt that something was blocking her throat, and she couldn't say a word, but Zhong Qing was still so calm, as if she had already seen all the endings.
All different paths to the same end!
If Qi Ling hadn't been so stubborn and kept asking Concubine Meng to go to Shanhaiguan to participate in the war, then he and Zhong Qing might be able to make an exception with the consent of the concubine and her old man to get married when Emperor Wen just died, then even if Empress Yang has any dissatisfaction, but because of the concubine and her old man, she would not dare to show any dissatisfaction with Zhong Qing.
But Qi Jue is not in Jian'an, he is in Shanhaiguan, thousands of miles away at this time, and even if the war between Xiyin and Houshu is really as Liang Cheng hoped, it will end soon.
But when Qi Ling finally returned to Jian'an, he and Zhong Qing might no longer be possible.
Five years, that's too long.........
The midspring of Jian'an has obviously arrived, but tonight's Liang Cheng still feels that it is starting to be cold from the bones, whether it is in the courtyard or in the garden, the warm spring in her eyes is still not warm to the depression under Zhong Qing's eyes.
It turned out that the winter that I once thought had passed was still dormant in this prosperous city.
In places that people can't see or hear, it is still growing slowly, and then gradually invades people's hearts, and slowly blooms a sea of flowers, a sea of desperate flowers.
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Liang Yong and Liang Mao's apprenticeship ceremony was held very smoothly, although there were not many guests invited, but no matter which one of them, they were all big names who shocked the party, with their testimony, then Liang Yong and Liang Mao since then, they have really entered Mr. Lu Jing's door.
In the future, when the two of them left Jian'an with Mr. Lu Jing and went to Yanmeng City, there would be no reason to stop them.
In this regard, Liang Sixuan and Shen were satisfied, but Liang Cheng was a little depressed.
Everything has been prepared, does that mean that the day when Liang Yong will leave Jian'an and leave the Zhendong General's Mansion will be closer?
These things are the biggest reasons why Liang Cheng has been a little depressed recently.
But it was the culprit who caused Liang Cheng to be so depressed, but he was still stunned and didn't realize it at all.
"Sister, what's wrong with you in the past two days, why are you looking listless, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? If so, you can't hold back, you have to say it. A little tiger who circled around Liang Cheng and didn't stop for a moment said.
At this time, it is the last bit of sunlight outside the house, and it is the warmest when it falls. The wind, blowing gently, blew the rustle of the leaves of the willows, and gently echoed in the ears, like the clear water of the tinkling dong.
And the peach trees in the middle of summer, now the peach blossoms have long withered, at this time only the dry branches remain, swaying slightly in the orange sun and wind, and it is also in this street full of dry peach trees, a peach tree that is already very old, and life is about to come to an end, the peach tree is full of fog and flowers, as if the peach blossoms are colorful.
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During the juvenile reign of Emperor Wen, a great war broke out between Xiyin and Houshu, and it was this great war that made Liang Hu, the general of Zhendong in Xiyin, begin to show his edge and amaze the world - Liang Hu led the only 100,000 troops left in Xiyin at that time, repelled the wolf army of Houshu, and invaded Shu nearly thousands of miles away, forcing Houshu to take the initiative to negotiate peace.
At that time, although Xiyin was like a rainbow at that time, but in fact, the national strength was extremely weak, and it was really a fantasy to take advantage of this to annex Houshu. Emperor Wen knew this very well, so this war between the two countries provoked by Hou Shu first, and finally ended with Hou Shu's initiative to negotiate peace. After many unequal treaties were signed in Houshu and a prince was sent to Xiyin as a proton, the war was completely quelled.
As for the lord of Dongyu County...... Chu Gu's mother, that is, at that time, arrived with Proton.
Concubine Meng is one of the four concubines of the first emperor, and the queen of the first emperor has only one in her life, and that is Empress Yuan Houzhen. After Empress Zhen's red face and early death, the first emperor did not establish a new one, and took charge of the power of the six palaces, but in the end, she was the favorite concubine of Emperor Cheng, Li Guifei.
Li Guifei is a person who is authoritarian and domineering, and has great ambitions, and has always wanted to meddle in national affairs, and when the first emperor was critically ill, she conspired with the imperial doctor to falsely announce the edict, and deceived all the adult princes into the Guangming Palace, and poisoned them all.
In the end, Li Guifei and her father and brother also launched the Chengdemen Mutiny, wanting to establish his three-year-old son as the emperor, if it weren't for the fact that at the last moment, Concubine Meng risked her life to rescue the widow of Empress Yuan Houzhen - Emperor Wen and King Li, who were only eleven years old at the time, and King Li, so that the three princes had a reason to fight back, then it is estimated that Li Guifei's poisonous plan would have been successful.
It's just that after everything was settled, people suddenly discovered that Concubine Meng's eldest son and youngest son had all died in the conspiracy in Guangming Palace.
Liang Cheng put down the elephant chopstick in her hand and lowered her eyes.
Shen didn't look at her much, but looked at Lianqin again, his expression remained unchanged, and he didn't know what he was thinking
And these are also so profound and clear in Liang Cheng's previous life, on the eve of his father and mother being beheaded.
Emperor Wen died, Emperor Huai ascended the throne, and compared with Emperor Wen's name of Mingjun, Emperor Huai's cruelty and mediocrity are even more ugly.
All those who had offended him were dismissed from office and sentenced to prison within a month, and none of them were spared.
Among them, although the worst cannot be regarded as the Liang family, after Liang Sixuan was convicted of capital crime and imprisoned, and the Shen family was also convicted of insulting Emperor Huai and Shen Yunchong's secret troublemakers, Liang Sixuan used the last strength of the Liang family to save their lives, and she knew everything.