Chapter 34: Anderson (2)
"Your Majesty, the concubine is making trouble again. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Tell her that if the trouble continues, I can lock her up again, and she doesn't have to take care of this palace affairs anymore. Qi Lang looked impatient, and said without raising his head, "I won't abolish her, but it doesn't mean that I can't help her." ”
"By the way, tell Concubine Xian to tell her. Seeing that Li Sheng, the personal attendant, had already received the order and retreated, Qi Lang slowly added, "Tell Concubine Xian that I will go over tonight." ”
He was the only one left in the hall, and there was silence, only the sound of more leaky dripping water in his ears.
"I don't want to take a walk. "It's already the second watch of the night, Qi Lang put down the twists and turns, and went to the place of the virtuous concubine Lin. There was silence all around, only the palace lamps hung high, illuminating the dark court, the majestic mansion in the daytime, and the loneliness at night.
This is the fourth year of his accession to the throne, the first emperor's three-year filial piety period is over, the population in the palace is simple, there are few concubines, but it is extremely deserted.
Concubine Lin Xian, who got the letter early in the morning, was guarding the dormitory, and when she heard him coming, she asked the maids around her again and again, "Is this makeup in this palace still proper?
"Don't worry, Your Majesty is valuing Niangniang. Otherwise, I won't just take you to Chu State, this can come and go for nearly a month, as long as Niangniang is gentle and careless, but you have to seize the opportunity. Concubine Xian's nurse was very happy in her tone, and said quite proudly, "You see, even the flamboyant people like the concubine have been grounded by His Majesty, and when she divulged into the palace, she was the crown princess." If you don't ask her to take care of the harem while you are traveling, I'm afraid you won't be able to lift the grounding. ”
Lin Shi was also a little proud when he heard this, nodded, and got up to go to the court to greet him.
In the moonlight, Qi Lang, who was dressed in plain clothes, slowly stepped into the court, he stepped into the night, walking, the pear blossoms in the court fell on the shoulders, Lin was shocked by the burning complexion of the person in front of him, and walked up quickly.
"The concubine has seen Your Majesty. Lin bent down and bowed slowly, and was supported by him, and his voice was even softer.
"Although it's spring, it's still cold at night, you're not in good health, what are you going to do. Qi Lang's words are soft, and there is a rare warm smile on his cold face, and the complexion that is difficult to find in the world under this smile looks more and more confusing, and the handsome makes people crazy.
Since the Lin family entered the palace, he has to treat him differently, although he is cold, but there is no lack of thoughtfulness, but recently, he has become more and more gentle, and now he can be called gentle, and she is the only one who has such tenderness in the palace. Thinking of this, the Lin family was even more proud, but he was patient, and only served Qi Lang into the dormitory more gently and carelessly, and had supper together.
The rule in the palace is to eat and sleep silently, and after ordering his subordinates to remove the supper and clean their hands, Qi Lang said slowly: "Leave tomorrow morning, can your belongings be packed?"
"Your Majesty Xie cares, and the concubines are all sorted out. Lin gently handed him a cup of tea and sat beside him, his eyes full of tenderness.
"Can the concubine give you a grievance?" Qi Lang only blew the tea leaves, dipped his lower lip, and only held the teacup in his hand.
"How come? Although the concubine's temperament is more straightforward and flamboyant, she has always treated the concubine well. Lin tentatively held his hand, "Besides, Your Majesty loves your concubines, where will your concubines be wronged." ”
Qi Lang smiled slightly and said, "You are a good person." ”
There was a hint of pampering in this tone, and Lin seemed to be encouraged, and the whole person fell on his shoulder, listening to him say slowly: "If only she could be as sensible as you." ”
"The noble concubine Niangniang was born in the Taiwei Mansion, and when she was a noble girl, she was the top among the nobles of the Qi country, how could she not know the general situation?" Lin sniffed the incense on Qi Lang's body, this incense is not the traditional ambergris, and there is the smell of sandalwood in the ambergris, and there are several other spices, which make people intoxicated.
"When she was the crown princess, she was blindly willful, how can such a person be the mother of the world?" Qi Lang held Lin's hand and said, "Can you understand the concubine? ”
"But the concubine is His Majesty's wife. Lin was ecstatic in his heart, trying his best to suppress it, but he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.
"Wife?" Qi Lang couldn't see it, sneering in his heart, but his face was still tender like water, "She doesn't deserve it." ”
"Your Majesty?" Lin was about to test, but was interrupted by Qi Lang.
"Okay, it's late at night, and I have to get up early tomorrow, and let's settle. Qi Lang knew that his hints were enough, and for the Lin family, he didn't need to give any promises, it was enough for her to imagine it herself.
Lin nodded a little shyly, and followed him into the inner room, and the two of them lay on the bed, but there was no movement for a long time. Lin turned over a little uneasily, Qi Lang looked indistinguishable in the dark stepping bed, stretched out his hand to take her into his arms, and said, "I am reluctant to toss you, I will go tomorrow, but you will suffer." Huh?"
Qi Lang's last note looked boundless in the bed, and Lin was so ashamed that he fell directly into his arms. Qi Lang lazily stroked her hair and whispered, "Sleep." ”
The breathing around him was getting weaker, but Qi Lang was still coldly looking at the bed tent above his head, his eyes were wordless and obscure, and the curvature of his lips was like mockery. He slowly closed his eyes, and his heart was empty.
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Since that night, after Su Lan and Su Jun had a long talk about wine, Su Jun was much calmer when he mentioned Qi Guo. When listening to Qiao Erlang's arrangement to welcome Qi Lang, he also calmly put forward a few opinions.
Changping City is now talking about the relocation of the third queen in early March, and the jubilation of the new emperor's accession to the throne has been diluted a lot by this solemn matter, and the noble family is also watching, and the new emperor is making his first political appearance before ascending the throne.
Rui Concubine, who had a humble life and a miserable life, quietly changed her appearance in the edict that spread the world, and was honored as "Empress Xiaoyi Kang Zhangning", and in the history books, "Empress Xiaohuixian" and "Empress Xiaoyining" distinguished Li from her. Her obscurity at court was written as "virtuous and simple in her later life, and not luxurious." ”。 This woman who didn't even have a surname, the old man in the palace didn't even know where her family was, and Nalan Rui had to hint that the Liu family of the Jingzhao clan came forward to recognize Rui Concubine's background. So Rui Concubine changed from the so-called cheap maid to the female dependent of the Liu family who did not enter the court as a maid because of the sitting, although she was still a maid, but I don't know how noble she was. Jingzhao Liu's foundation is a hundred years, but it is not worthy of the rest of the family, and now the emperor is willing to recognize him as his uncle, naturally he is also very welcome, but everyone is happy. The concubine Su was even more on the emperor, imploring to set up a file for the palace people, and released a group of palace people to return to their hometowns, "The palace enslaved thousands of people, many of whom had unknown surnames." The concubine prayed to His Majesty for mercy on his hard work, set up a palace register, and recorded his name of birthplace. If there is no surname, it is proposed to ask each department to give a surname. Record his relatives in detail, and wait for him to leave the palace for reunion. If there are no relatives, the court will give silver to support them, so as to show the virtue of His Majesty, and pray for the blessing of the country. ”
Nalan Rui gladly allowed the play, and gave the concubine Jinbao to reward her virtue. In order to show Yide, a group of slaves were released in the palace, and the new emperor opened a private treasury to give him money and silk, so that the new household servant Xuanxi properly arranged the return and resettlement of these palace people, and praised the new emperor for a while.
Early in the morning of the Shangsi Festival, a light rain fell in Wanping City, shrouding the city in a bleak clear. The chariot set off from the palace, and the forbidden army had already cleared the streets along the way, Su Lan personally took the forbidden army under his command as the deputy commander, and the heaven and earth were overwhelmed by the solemn black, making the Shangsi Festival in this spring look particularly gloomy, and there was no joy anymore.
The chariot stopped at the southwest concubine mound, Zongzheng presided over the ritual of the spirit, and the new emperor and his ministers and relatives knelt down to welcome the coffin, and the scene was solemn and desolate. In the drizzle, Nalan Rui didn't ask anyone to hold an umbrella, knelt straight in the rain, and didn't care whether he was embarrassed or not, let alone the emperor's majesty.
The coffin was empty, only the relics of Rui Concubine, which Nalan Rui had not hidden, were put in advance, and the craftsman was asked to make the coffin old, and it really looked like it had been buried for more than ten years, and it didn't look new at all.
In the midst of the crying, Zong Zheng presided over the coffin to carry the coffin into the queen's coffin, so the team slowly set off and headed towards the imperial tomb. Nalan Rui even abandoned the chariot and walked to the mausoleum that the Emperor Taishang was building, and the Empress Li had moved from the Zi Palace to the Imperial Mausoleum four years ago, and the craftsmen built it day and night, and finally opened an ear room in the main tomb to park the queen's coffin.
The moment the coffin was sent to the imperial mausoleum, Nalan Rui cried bitterly, shouting "The son wants to raise but the parent is not there", saying that "the son is not filial", and the queen Wang and the concubine Su on his side also cried bitterly, and this sad scene provoked the ministers to not moisten the corners of their eyes.
The new emperor was embarrassed at this time, but the people of the world had a good impression of him. He was a virtuous king when he was in the palace, and now he is such a loving and filial person, covering up his ruthlessness in killing his brother.
The sadness of "the son wants to raise but the parent is not there" is even more passed on by word of mouth for a while, and together with the source of this sentence, the posthumous edict written by Su Lan himself has become a famous article praised by the world.
When the limelight of this posthumous sealing has passed, it has reached the seventh day of the first month of March. On this day, Zhou Guo Situ Yan arrived in Wanping.