Chapter Seventy-Five: Internal and External Troubles: The Emperor's Nightmare
Rong Yue also knew that the first emperor was going to become a monk for Concubine Dong E, and he was afraid of provoking Xiaozhuang's sorrow, so he smiled and opened the topic: "What the ancestor said is that Yue'er only feels a little, the family affection is warm, and the red dust is chic, not to mention the seven emotions and six desires, how to abandon the clean." ”
Xiaozhuang was noncommittal, and secretly suppressed the surging demons: "Buddhism teaches people to be good, you know that's it." ”
Rong Yue nodded hurriedly, and when she heard a crisp laugh, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, Wu Renya jumped over to ask for peace, with a bright smile: "Sister Rong, you are here, the ancestor is worried about it, I have to talk about it several times a day, and after I finish talking about you, the emperor will talk about you, I can't wait to catch you in person." ”
Rong Yue's heart was warm, her eyes were slightly red, and she was blessed: "The ancestors cared, and Yue'er will be difficult to repay for life." ”
Xiaozhuang smiled and took her hand: "Don't say these words, I still have to listen to the abbot's lecture, thinking that the scripture is profound, you young people can't hold their temper, and they haven't seen it for a long time, so let's talk by ourselves." ”
This is in the arms of Wu Renya, she wanted to go up the tree to dig out the bird's nest several times, and was seen by a little nun to report to Xiaozhuang, and was counted a few times in a row, so it was easy to come to someone who could speak, so she was naturally happy to be, and pulled Rong Yue to salute and retreat.
Su Mo'er saw the two of them holding hands and walking away, so she said to Xiaozhuang: "One person's dowry feeds the people of half the city, and the Niu Colu family can be called rich and rival the country." ”
"It's not just her family who is rich enough to rival the country," Xiaozhuang couldn't help frowning when he thought of those misers who didn't pull out a dime, and said: "In the past two months, she has spent hundreds of thousands of taels, and I roughly estimate that her dowry should not be less than this amount." As he spoke, he stretched out his five fingers and flipped them over again.
Su Mo'er couldn't help but speak: "With such a big net worth and such a wide range of courage, looking at the world, I'm afraid that except for the emperor, no one can ask for it." ”
Xiaozhuang nodded: "Such a bloody investment, if it is not sincerely compassionate, it is a big gamble." Today, she listened to the monks and nuns chanting, her expression was clear, and she did not look like a hypocrite. If it really comes from a good heart, then it is truly meritorious. After that, he asked: "Today, you go to the palace to ask for peace, can you ask the people in front of the emperor, is there any major problem with the emperor?" ”
Su Mo'er replied: "The imperial doctors said, Holy Bow." The servant asked Li Dequan about the emperor's nightmare that night, and it happened that he happened to be on duty at night, saying that the emperor did not sleep until the first moment of the ugly time, and after the end of the day, he heard the emperor ask in exclamation, 'Who are you?' How do you wear the color of the dress? ’
Li Dequan was taken aback, and hurriedly entered the bedroom, seeing that the emperor's face seemed to be very painful, and he didn't dare to wake people up, just because he didn't know what to do, the emperor woke up! The whole bedgown was soaked with sweat. ”
When Xiaozhuang heard this, he also felt terrified, and the hairs on his body stood on end, and he couldn't help clenching his handkerchief.
Su Mo'er said again: "The slave has been watching the emperor for a few days, half coaxing and half persuading, and inquiring, the emperor was dimly sleepy and vaguely saw a former Ming monarch wearing a round-necked Ming Yellow Sea River cliff pattern dragon robe and a nine-dragon winged crown, standing in front of the Western dressing mirror, while wearing a crown, while asking the emperor: 'At this hour, you can't afford it?' The emperor asked him who he was, and when he turned his head, he found ...... It is exactly the same as the portrait of Emperor Chengzu in the Ming Palace. ”
Rao is filial piety is accustomed to seeing the changes in the court, and deciding life and death with a chuckle, and his face is slightly defeated at this moment, and his lips are pale and bloodless.
Su Mo'er said in detail the hidden worries in her heart: "This palace was originally built by Zhu Di, the former emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his soul was reluctant to leave after his death, and it lingered for a long time. The slave has put the white jade Ruyi that the Empress Dowager has offered in front of the Buddha for 7749 days on the dragon bed and gives the emperor a rest. ”
Xiaozhuang nodded, and a trace of fierceness slipped between his eyebrows: "But I have been told, the emperor can't leave the people on duty at night, who dares to be lazy, I will not let go." ”
Su Mo'er shook her head helplessly and said: "The emperor is a strong character, the more he is now, the more people are not allowed to follow him." Fortunately, there is good news coming from the front line, the emperor asked the servants to inform you that Wu Fan was fratricidal inside, and Wu Yinglin was stationed in the army, wanting to gather stragglers and abandon Wu Shifan to usurp the throne, and was detected by Wu Shifan's generals, and lured out of the city to be strangled on the grounds of comforting the army, and Wu Yinglin's two sons were also killed. The Wu army was so fratricidal that everyone was in danger. The emperor has arranged for Zhang Tai, Laita, Zhao Liangdong and other subordinates to jointly attack Kunming, and the emperor also said that this battle will not last more than half a year. ”
Xiaozhuang's face was slightly relieved, and asked, "Is Changning still in Sichuan?" ”
Su Mo'er remembered that she had forgotten to inquire about it, and while lamenting how old she was, she only said: "The prince doesn't have to charge into battle in the army, he will be safe." ”
Xiaozhuang nodded, his tone was full of worry: "I don't know if he has the peace charm he asked for before leaving, he has worked hard to make a contribution, and he has refused to come back for two years, and the new peace charm I asked for him can't be sent to him." ”
She rubbed her hands and sighed: "Yunnan is Wu Sangui's lair, but it is not a bone to gnaw, when we entered the customs with a full of people, when Wu Sangui led his troops to attack, he repeatedly said that Yunnan people are good at driving elephant herds, brave and abnormal, and often prefer not to be in Yunnan." ”
In the end, he put down this stubble, and worried about the emperor: "There should also be a caring person by the emperor's side, and this internal and external troubles all point to him alone." ”
Su Mo'er nodded again and again: "Exactly, Li Dequan said that the emperor sleeps peacefully every day, and at most he will get up at three o'clock." ”
"I just hope that this catastrophe will pass soon." Wu Renya is a kind person, but he has never seen the remnants outside, and at this moment, when he heard Rong Yue say simply, he couldn't help frowning and said.
Rong Yue sat on the stone steps in front of the pagoda in the backyard, looking at the green smoke rising from the one-person-tall tripod-style incense burner in front of her, and nodded.
The maid Su Juan Fang held a box of dried fruits, saw her own Gege hand holding fragrant cheeks, condensed her eyebrows and pondered, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she was originally the palace maid of Cining Palace, was assigned to serve Wuren Yagege, Gege is kind and innocent, and there is no shelf for treating people, but she goes up the mountain and down the river, there is no appearance, she is worried, her own master stays with Rong Gege like this, and she also learns to be gentle, thinking of this, she said: "Gege, you have brought the box you want." ”
Wu Renya's dark eyes flashed when she heard this, and she instantly threw Fang Cai's melancholy to the back of her head, took the box in her hand and opened it on her lap, and pointed to Rong Yue one by one: "This is a chestnut, this is a green-skinned walnut, this is a golden silk jujube, and this is a pine nut...... I've left it for you, try it. ”
Rong Yue picked up a sour jujube and tasted it, and said, "Sure enough, the taste is sweet and sour, which is different from what we usually eat." (To be continued.) )