Chapter 315: The Moon Rises in the West Mountain
"Shen Yuexi, can you not be so hateful!"
Liang Cheng knocked off the big slender hand on his head and said angrily. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Shen Lan is already a weak crown, so naturally there are already words - Yuexi, which is the word that Old Madam Shen personally chose for Shen Lan.
"I'm just saying the facts, can this be called 'hateful'? Then in this false world, it seems that there are still more 'hateful' things, right? Shen Lan smiled at Liang Cheng without changing her face.
But Liang Cheng was so angry, this person really hasn't changed at all, and he is still so annoying!
But she was angry, but Liang Cheng couldn't help laughing in the end.
The gardenias in the courtyard of Xiaoyunyao have already bloomed all over the courtyard under the careful care of the florists, and at this time, after the breeze blows, the fragrance of gardenias has quietly filled the entire Xiaoyunyao, so that Liang Cheng finally began to realize that the original winter has really passed, and the warmer and warmer season has arrived, and the spring scenery of flowers has already arrived.
Shen Lan is the son of the Shen family of Lanling, so after he returns to Jian'an, the Shen family will naturally hold various banquets to introduce him to Quan Jian'an.
Therefore, in addition to the time when she had just arrived in Beijing, after Shen Lan came to visit Liang Cheng once, she was so busy that she had no time to separate, and even the Shen family went to the Shen Mansion for a banquet in person, just to give Shen Lan a platform.
Shen Lan's face, in this Jian'an, is rarely compared.
"Sister, why hasn't Cousin Lan come to see us for so long, when he left last time, didn't he say that he would come back soon? Isn't my cousin talking? ā
But Shen Lan was so busy that he was about to daz, but he only came to the Zhendong General's Mansion once, but he had already completely enveloped the heart of a certain little tiger, so that this little tiger now has to come to ask Liang Cheng every three or five times why Shen Lan didn't come to see him.
This made Liang Cheng scared.
"Yong'er, didn't my mother explain to you last time, my cousin has just returned to Beijing now, and there are still too many things to do, and when he is done for a while, then he will definitely come to see you."
But no matter how scared she is, this question still has to be answered well, otherwise a certain little tiger will not let her go.
"When will Cousin Nalan finish his work?"
"I don't know, maybe a month or two later."
Liang Cheng tried her best to make the date longer, for fear that this villain would take time to block her words again.
"It's going to take a month or two?"
Liang Yong was really unhappy.
"One or two months is naturally a long time for you, but for your cousin, it's like this, Yong'er, think about it, my cousin hasn't been back to Jian'an for so many years, and when he comes back at this time, he naturally wants to get together with many relatives and friends, so in this way, it will take one or two months anyway, right? What do you say, Yong'er? Liang Cheng patted Liang Yong's head and explained him.
But Liang Yong was still unhappy, and the last time the Shen family went to the Shen Mansion for a banquet, he happened to be sick again, so he didn't go with him, but was left in Xiaoyunyao by the Shen family with Liang Cheng to recuperate, which made Liang Yong still a little depressed.
"Okay, don't be upset, bring the history books over there, I'm going to start testing your homework, I won't be able to pass for a while, and when my mother comes, I won't hide it for you."
Now the only thing that can pull this little tiger out of Shen Lan's affairs is the word "homework".
Therefore, Liang Cheng was not polite, and immediately began to follow Shen's instructions to spot check Liang Yong's homework, and let this little person immediately leave behind him if he was really unhappy, and only concentrate on dealing with Liang Cheng's spot check.
After all, if Liang Cheng fails the exam here, then the Shen family will assign more homework to Liang Yong.
Then he absolutely didn't want to.
And Liang Yong's studies are already not light in normal times, but recently he found that whether it is Chengping's old steward or his mother, they have increased a lot on top of the already not light studies.
This made Liang Yong a little unhappy, but whether it was the old steward of Chengping or the Shen family, Liang Yong didn't dare to bargain, which was one of the reasons why he had been in a bad mood recently.
"'Non-Ziju Dog Hill, good horses and livestock, good at raising rest', Yong'er, you recite everything behind this sentence." Liang Cheng casually flipped the history book to a page, and then said to Liang Cheng.
"The people of Inuqiu said that King Xiao of Zhou, King Xiao summoned the main horse to be idle in Wangwei, and Ma Dafan was ......" Liang Yong didn't think much about it, and opened his mouth and turned his back like a stream.
I've been reading these all the time, so it's not too difficult to memorize them now.
And for a while, there was only the crisp sound of reading in the room.
With the warm breeze blowing in from the mahogany carved lacquered peony window, it makes people feel very comfortable in such an afternoon.
At least Liang Cheng is like this now, leaning against the big pillow, looking at a certain little tiger in front of him who was obviously muttering just now, but now he is shaking his head and carrying the history book, and looking at Liang Yong's confident little appearance, the golden sunshine outside the window is gently sprinkled in one by one, such a spring flower-like scenery, how can it not be pleasant?
Anyway, Liang Ming's mood at this time was very happy.
With the laziness of the afternoon and Liang Yong's crisp recitation, she was already a little drowsy, if it weren't for the fact that the scroll in her hand really had some weight and couldn't be ignored, then it is estimated that Liang Cheng had already fallen asleep at this time, so how could she remember the lottery test ordered by her mother, Liang Yong's childish recitation at this time was the best hypnotic sound.
"Miss, Miss Tang is visiting."
But maybe Liang Cheng really shouldn't be asleep now, just when she was looking at the scroll in her hand and a little tangled, Nian Xiang came into the house and directly reported an unexpected accident to her.
"Miss Tang? Tang Menglan! Why did she come over at this time, and her mother let her in? Liang Cheng asked in surprise.
Although Liang Cheng is almost fine now, it is not impossible to even get out of bed and walk around a little, but with her mother's caution, it is impossible to let other people visit her at this time.
After all, there is no exception to being a mother like Shen Lan, but there is only one.
"Miss Tang came with the British princess, and the princess only came back from Xiaoyu Temple today, and when she passed by our house, she stopped by to visit Madame, so Miss Tang also came." Nian Xiang explained for Liang Cheng.
And since the British princess has already visited in person, it is naturally impossible for her mother to turn people away, so it is no wonder that Tang Menglan can come to visit her.
"Where is Miss Tang now?"
"Just left Nanlan Creek."
I just left Nanlan Creek, and there was still some time, "Nian Xiang, change my clothes." ā
Liang Cheng was recuperating at this time, so the clothes she wore on weekdays were naturally homely and comfortable.
But now that we are going to meet guests, we can't be sloppy.
First, let Guan's mother take Liang Yong, who was happy that she didn't have to endorse for the time being, to play in the backyard, and then under the service of Qingzhu and Nianxiang, she changed out of the light-colored makeup and plain satin robe, Liang Cheng chose an apricot white gold silk cloud brocade gown, and then asked Qingzhu to comb her sideburns for a month at will, and after only a hairpin with a gilt jasper stone, Liang Cheng was already dressed and changed, just waiting for Tang Menglan to come over.
From the bank of Nanlan Creek to Xiaoyunxi, if you walk, it will take nearly a moment, but if you take a soft sedan chair, it will only take two teas to arrive.
And Tang Menglan set off from the bank of Nanlan River and went to Xiaoyunyu to visit Liang Ming, and naturally he could only sit in a soft sedan chair.
Therefore, not long after Liang Cheng finished dressing and changing, Tang Menglan's people had already arrived outside the courtyard gate, and after being reported by the little maid, Nian Xiang also went out to greet Tang Menglan in person in front of Liang Cheng.
"Miss Liang San, your expression looks good, and it seems that there is nothing serious, not as people outside say, you have committed a very serious old illness, and you can't afford to stay on the bed all the time."
But Tang Menglan is Tang Menglan, the first sentence after seeing Liang Cheng was so direct, so that he had already seen her character, how straightforward Liang Cheng was, he was stunned for a while before he replied with a smile: "Miss Chengtang, your good words, Liang Cheng is indeed fine, and there is no chance of lingering on the sickbed and not being able to afford to get sick." ā
Although Liang Cheng's face is not ruddy, she has always been like this.
The porcelain white skin has been showing an almost translucent feeling of weakness for many years, and this kind of performance is already the healthiest time for Liang Cheng.
Therefore, Tang Menglan was not sarcastic about Liang Cheng at this time, but to be honest and straightforward, she just felt that Liang Cheng's expression was very good.
Liang Cheng is also clear about this.
So after smiling slightly, he said to Tang Menglan again: "Miss Tang's look is also good, it seems that there is nothing to worry about recently, right?" ā
"Annoyance? There's a lot of it. ā
Tang Menglan pursed her lips, but she was really not polite to Liang Ming, and sat on her couch with a butt.
Liang Cheng didn't mind, and asked with a smile: "What else can make Miss Tang difficult?" ā
"What's more, it's naturally a family affair."
Tang Menglan said directly informally, but Liang Cheng was stunned for a while, originally she thought that Tang Menglan would say that it was because of Qi Jiu's matter, but who knew that her answer was this-family?
Tang Menglan is a little older than Liang Cheng, so she is naturally already in time, it stands to reason that Tang Menglan's family affairs should have been decided a long time ago at this time, after all, the Tang family and the Liang family are different, the Tang family has many heirs, but there is no hidden danger that no one is thin at all.
But the strange thing is that Tang Menglan's family affairs turned out to be like Liang Ming, and they have not yet been settled, and although some people speculated that it was because of Qi Jiu, Tang Menglan was unwilling to settle the family affairs, and the British King and Princess Ying also loved Tang Menglan's relationship, so they have been spoiling her and letting her, so that the family affairs of the Tang family's little overlord in the Ying Wangfu have been suspended.
But this is what others said, and Liang Cheng didn't believe a word about it.
When the other party is a figure with the same status and identity as Liang Sixuan and Shen, how can he let her decide her own life's events just to spoil her daughter?
Even the Shen family and Liang Cheng knew that it was impossible to do this completely, after all, her grandfather was the final decider who could finally decide her family, and everything had to wait for her grandfather to come back.
And Tang Menglan's situation is not much different from her.
But the specific reason for this is not something that Liang Cheng, an outsider, can clearly know.
"This kind of problem is naturally worrying about parents, so Miss Tang doesn't have to worry about it, it's better to go with the flow." But whenever there is something about the family, Liang Cheng feels that it is a sensitive topic, whether it is the Liang family or other families.
Therefore, now Liang Cheng naturally wants to divert the topic and stop discussing this issue, but Liang Cheng thinks so, but it doesn't mean that others are the same.
"Miss Liang San is really open-minded, I can't be like Miss San."
Tang Menglan looked at Liang Cheng and said: "I have someone I like, so naturally I want to marry him, and the rest are just strangers to me." ā
Liang Cheng has long known that Tang Menglan is stubborn.
And maybe it's not just her, even Princess Changping is like this.
In the face of all the things related to Qi Jiu, these two proud daughters of the sky who should have stood at the top suddenly became humble.
But such a relationship that doesn't care about identity and gains and losses, but in the end it didn't get a response, Qi Jiu's attitude towards Tang Menglan and Princess Changping couldn't be more obvious, as long as they are long-eyed, then they can see that Qi Jiu's indifference to them is so cold, so cold that there is no trace of emotion, and the only thing that there is is nothing more than a thoughtful and distant etiquette.
But it is just such an ending that has long been obvious, Tang Menglan and Princess Changping both chose to ignore it, ignoring Qi Jiu's refusal, and still paid their feelings for so many years.
And in this, who can tell right from wrong, who is right and who is wrong?
At least Liang Cheng can't tell the difference, she can't tell whether she provoked such two proud daughters of the sky for no reason, and Qi Jiu, who is loved by two proud daughters of the sky, is the pitiful one. Tang Menglan and Changping Gong, who still don't care about gains and losses, and only like Qi Jiu wholeheartedly, are more pitiful.
Perhaps, in the world of feelings, these questions have never been solved, and there can be no answers now, and in the future, no one will ever be able to give them answers.
Looking at the girl in front of her who still didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, Liang Cheng sighed.
"In fact, I already knew before that there are some things, no matter how others persuade them, the other party will not be able to turn back, and only when he really falls and cries, then he will know how to retreat and know how to choose a new path. Miss Tang, you said, are people so stubborn, they will never listen to the advice of others, and they have to wait until they are full of injuries to understand that everything is predestined. ā
Liang Cheng looked at Tang Menglan and asked with a soft sigh.
And with these words, Liang Cheng didn't want to ridicule Tang Menglan for anything, but she was really so emotional.
Some things, some people, that's really the case!
"I don't know."
But just when Liang Cheng's heart gradually became sad, Tang Menglan suddenly spoke.
"Maybe Miss San, you're right, whether it's now, or that day at the wedding banquet of my eldest brother and Sister Yaohua, maybe Miss San, you're right. But I really don't know, liking someone and forgetting someone is not something we can control after all, right? ā
Raising his eyes, Tang Menglan looked at Liang Cheng directly, and his eyes showed a look that was too firm.
This made Liang Cheng a little apprehensive.
How familiar, what familiar eyes, how much like herself when she decided to marry Jiang Chao "back then"?
At that time, was she like Tang Menglan now, so firmly believing that she would definitely be able to fight for a happy future for herself? At that time, was she like Tang Menglan now, so firmly believing that she would definitely be able to win Jiang Chao's heart for herself, make him fall in love with her, and let him be a couple for her life, and the white head would not be separated?
The eyes suddenly turned red, and the heart was so sad that it was unbelievably sad, and suddenly erupted without warning.
It turned out that those things that Liang Cheng had thought had been put down had never been put down by her at all, they had just been hiding in the deepest part of her heart, waiting for the day when they broke through the ground, so that she was caught off guard and stabbed back with a horse pistol.
Tang Menglan was originally licking her wounds, but at this time, she was caught off guard by Liang Cheng's suddenly red eyes, is she so pitiful, can she still make others cry for her?
"Miss Liang San, what do you mean by this?"
In the end, Tang Menglan, who had long been accustomed to going straight and didn't like to beat around the bush, still couldn't hold back, and looked at Liang Cheng and asked directly.
"It's nothing, it's just that I remembered some unspeakable thoughts, which made Miss Tang smile." In Tang Menglan's voice, Liang Cheng finally pulled herself back from her memory, and raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face indiscriminately.
Fortunately, in addition to her and Tang Menglan, there are only three people here, Qingjiao, Nianxiang and Hanzhu, otherwise if it is seen by other people and spreads, I don't know what rumors will be made.
"Unspeakable?"
But Liang Cheng just said a few perfunctory words, but this time Tang Menglan was stunned, she muttered these words repeatedly, and she didn't know what she suddenly thought of.
"By the way, why did Princess Tang and Miss Tang suddenly go to Xiaoyu Temple today? I remember the Buddha Day at Xiaoyu Temple, but it was a few days away. ā
Liang Cheng didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, since they were all knots that only she could untie, it was better not to ask each other any more, so at this time she suddenly changed the topic and asked Tang Menglan.
"Why, don't you know the third lady, the time when His Royal Highness the Second Prince ascended the throne, the concubine and her old man have already decided, this time I went to Xiaoyu Temple with my mother, just to incense the first emperor."
"When?"
"It was just yesterday morning."
Tang Menglan looked at Liang Cheng in some surprise, she didn't expect that she wouldn't know about such a big thing.
But then after his eyes inadvertently swept to the side of the bed, the medicine bowl that had just been drunk on the moonstone tassel jade table, the doubts in his heart slowly dissipated, "I forgot, Third Miss, you are still recuperating now, so naturally I don't know these things, and with your current situation, I think by the fifth day of the next month, you can also avoid the palace banquet of the new emperor and the queen, I still envy you." ā
Liang Cheng, who was still in shock and couldn't react at all, immediately looked at her with some irony after Tang Menglan's words, a little speechless.
"Fortunately, I also know a little bit about Miss Tang's character, otherwise I would have thought that you were either cursing me to continue to be sick, or sarcastically mocking my weak body."
For a person who seems to have just gone through a serious illness, it is indeed a bit rude to say the word "envy", and Tang Menglan is also a little embarrassed at this time.
"Ahem, Miss Three, I didn't mean that, I just felt ........."
"I just think I can avoid the annoying palace banquet, but Miss Tang can only go to the banquet on time, so she is a little envious of me, right?"
Tang Menglan rarely wanted to explain to others that there was no malice in her words, but she was cut off by Liang Cheng, and only halfway through her words, her tail was already intercepted by Liang Cheng, and she also helped her complete it.
"It would be nice if all the people in Jian'an were like Miss San." Tang Menglan looked at Liang Cheng and was quiet for a while, then suddenly his eyes bent, bent into a beautiful crescent moon, and smiled.
"If all the people in Jian'an are like me, then I will suffer at that time, after all, so many people like me are still a little scary, isn't it?"
Liang Cheng also smiled, and this time, both her and Tang Menglan's smiles were a lot less perfunctory and a little more sincere.
This can also be regarded as the most harmonious relationship between them since they have known each other for so long.
Tang Menglan came with the British princess, so when the British palace left, Tang Menglan naturally left with him.
Before leaving, Tang Menglan told Liang Cheng one thing again, which surprised her again.
After the second prince Qi Cheng ascended the throne, Princess Changping was about to leave Jian'an and go to her fiefdom.
Emperor Wen's death, in fact, no matter who it is, is a bit sudden.
Even including Liang Yuan, the moment she knew that Emperor Wen had died, she couldn't react.
After all, in her memory, Emperor Wen should still be able to toss back and forth on the sickbed for several years before finally passing away, how could it be so easy to let go of the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains he loved the most, and countless beauties in the world? Liang Cheng even remembered that even in the last few years when Emperor Wen was extremely weak, he still held several world elections.
Ordered all states and counties to stop marrying, and then selected beautiful women to be lifted to the capital, so that the officials everywhere were constantly sending all the girls who were just right in their youth and like flowers and jade to Jian'an, and then after careful selection of one in a hundred, they sent everyone into the deep palace that "did not see the light of day" from then on.
And it is these absurd things one after another, which also makes Emperor Wen in Liang Cheng's heart, which is really the best performance of mixed reputation, so Liang Cheng never thought that anything would happen to Emperor Wen.
Even if she was at Shen's place some time ago, Liang Cheng had seen the news of Emperor Wen's critical illness in the news sent by Shopkeeper Cao more than once, but she had never done it once.
thought that all this was just temporary, and in the end, Emperor Wen would survive again, and then continue to linger on the sickbed.
But who knows, this time, Emperor Wen really left.
It went so suddenly, and everyone was caught off guard by the suddenness.
But maybe this time Emperor Wen's death was shocked, including Liang Cheng, but what happened next, Liang Cheng was the only one who was not surprised.
Because no one thought that before Emperor Wen's death, the last thing he ordered was neither to arrange for the second prince Qi Cheng to ascend the throne, nor to leave the arrangement for the war with Houshu.
Who would have thought that before Emperor Wen died, the last edict was to arrange a fief for Princess Changping, such a trivial matter?
Everyone can't understand it, and almost everyone up and down Jian'an can't understand it.
But except for Liang Ming.
In Emperor Wen's life, there may be a lot of virtuous and absurd, but if you only talk about Princess Changping, then Emperor Wen is definitely a good father.
Before his death, Emperor Wen favored Princess Changping as a daughter.
And after her death, there was only Princess Changping, who was the only princess who had the autonomy of the fiefdom army among Emperor Wen's many children, except for Qi Huai and Qi Cheng.
Emperor Wen's single-minded love for Princess Changping is more than Liang Sixuan's love for Liang Ji, and for this reason, Princess Changping is the only child who has been filial piety for Emperor Wen for five years.
Five years of plain clothing, five years of fasting, five years of bleakness.
Among all the children of Emperor Wen, among all the children who survived in the hands of Qi Huai "back then", there was only Princess Changping, who was the child of Emperor Wen who had been guarding for a full sixty months and had been filial piety for 1,826 days. As for the others, Qi Huai doesn't need to say much, even a cautious person like the second prince Qi Cheng finally faded his filial piety after twenty-seven months.
But there is only Princess Changping, even if she is far away in her fiefdom of Sancheng Wujin, the plain clothes have never faded for a moment.
In Liang Cheng's memory, Princess Changping from then on, except for the battle between Qi Ling and Qi Yu back then, she had left the fiefdom once, and she had never returned to Jian'an since then.
Whether there is any hidden secret in this, then Liang Cheng does not know.
But if this matter really runs according to the general trajectory of the previous life, doesn't that mean that Princess Changping will be difficult to see again in this life?
Although Liang Cheng and this somewhat rude princess do not have much deep affection, but this is an old man after all, when she thinks of parting so far, they may not see each other again in the long years to come, even Liang Cheng can't help but sigh a little.
There is no feast in the world that will not be dissolved.
But some feasts, will they disperse too quickly and too quickly......
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After the death of Emperor Wen, it should have been immediately set up a new monarch, but one is because when Emperor Wen died, Xiyin was in turmoil, and the battle between Shanhaiguan and Houshu was defeated one after another.
Therefore, Concubine Meng, her old man and the imperial court can only be busy with countermeasures and solve the crisis first, and everything must be stabilized first.
The major event of the second prince Qi Cheng's accession to the throne could only be delayed again and again at that time.
But as the saying goes, no matter how long things drag on, they have to be done.
Therefore, as soon as the battle situation on the front line such as Shanhaiguan stabilized, Concubine Meng summoned the ministers of the third duke, Liang Sixuan, Fu Xiang and Yu En, to discuss the major matter of the new monarch's accession to the throne.
The second prince, Qi Cheng, is the only legitimate heir to the throne after Qi Huai was imprisoned by Emperor Wen, and at this time, Concubine Meng is sitting in the middle palace, so no matter what aspect it is, it is reasonable for Qi Cheng to inherit the throne and ascend the throne.
The fifth day of the next month!
Liang Cheng closed her eyes and gently leaned on the big satin pillow with red and white trimmed light gold peony chrysanthemum patterns, and kept counting the days in her mind, but the more she calculated, the more ugly her face became.
"Miss, what did you think of, your face is almost wrinkled."
On the edge of the big kang near the window, Qingzhu was holding the embroidery shed to make a cluster of roses for Liang Cheng in a sachet, but when she was a little tired, she just wanted to look up at the beautiful scenery of spring outside the window, but at a glance she saw Liang Cheng's expression that was almost wrinkled into a small bun, and she couldn't help but smile and asked.
"It's nothing."
But in the face of Qingmao's funny tone, Liang Cheng didn't react, she just frowned and groaned for a long time before she suddenly looked at Qingmao, "Qingmao, you say, can my disease be delayed until the fifth day of the next month?" ā
Liang Ming's serious expression at this time couldn't be more serious, and at first made De Qingqian think that something had happened, but when Liang Ming's question came out, Qingqian was immediately a little speechless.