Chapter 1 Never See You Again 1
Spring and autumn are short.
After a few rains, the weather is faintly hot and dry, the tenderness of "the wind and rain at night, how many flowers fall" is fragile and the spring breeze disappears, the lotus leaves are flashed green, and occasionally a few cicadas chirp, the palace people are already in a hurry to make summer clothes, lest after a thunderstorm, the summer solstice will come suddenly.
Suddenly, the room was so stuffy that people couldn't breathe, as if the noise and boredom that belonged to the summer had arrived first, and in the small square space, several military loyal ministers were sweating like rain. The Son of Heaven sat on his hand with his eyebrows raised, and his bright yellow dragon robe was rolled up high, without a trace of wrinkles. I don't know how long the tea on the jade dragon case has long been clouded with its original color, and the shocking cinnabar characters in the faint depths of the official document in his hand have become more and more trembling on a page of thin paper. However, the ministers secretly raised their eyes, but there was no trace of sadness and joy on the young man's face.
Someone sighed secretly.
It is true that this little emperor is too unlucky, first by the queen mother held the power for five years, before the time to turn over, it was hindered in several years of famine, the court is in danger, the vassal kings around the country support the army to rebel, the world seems to be concentrated in the past few years, on the shoulders of a young man who has not been on the throne for a long time.
"Who sighs?" The Son of Heaven finally raised his head, and a gloomy look in his eyes approached the ministers. Although he has real power, he has an awe-inspiring imperial faction, which people dare not underestimate.
What came out in response was the old minister of the lord and faction, who was over the age of old, gray-haired, and his movements were slow but extremely steady. He has been assisting the first emperor for several years, and his official position is not high, but he is extremely weighty. Seeing the Son of Heaven asking, he stepped forward and waved with his hands.
"The old minister thinks that the saint has done something wrong."
The four corners were silent, and someone gasped a few breaths of cold air and choked when they heard this. Since the emperor received this hundred-mile expeditious, he sat for more than two hours, neither speaking nor exercising authority. The courtiers speculated about what was presented in this letter, but they racked their brains and could not understand the subtleties.
There have been such military letters before, most of which are because the front line is tight, the city is lost, and the Son of Heaven is often angry and incompetent. Now I don't know what happened, but it is really disturbing to be like this.
The boy raised an eyebrow, holding his breath as he waited for his next words.
According to the old minister's opinion, the plan of the Queen Mother is an expedient measure. When the first emperor was there, Wei experienced a hard battle and was already greatly injured. What's more, the Huns fed the war with war, they stuck to the desert north, had no fixed place, and were invincible in a hundred battles, so it was extremely difficult to retreat. Even if they are reluctantly expelled by the battle decades ago, it won't be long before they come back. β
The old minister bowed to the end, and there was a gratuitous lament: "If the emperor is willing to obey the queen mother, why do you have to fight so hard!" β
"Invincible? Scold. After the jade case, a sneer came out, which shocked everyone to raise their heads, and for a moment they forgot the etiquette of not being able to look directly at the Son of Heaven.
"I really overestimated myself, forbearance, forbearance. Let him run rampant, occupy my land, and plunder my people! Even my own uncles and nephews are separating one side at this time and luring the court, should I give them three points of courtesy! β
This was said with great irony, but it was like a hammer hitting everyone's backs. The old minister wanted to open his mouth again, but finally he only pouted. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that most of the troops were held back by this civil strife, the front line would not have been like this. The thief seemed to be in harmony with the outside, turning the great rivers and mountains into a miasma.
"If I had been pro-government earlier, and had done a few great things that shook the world, why would I be looked down upon by others! Why did my own uncle save me from the hands of a woman! β
"Your Majesty!" The old minister almost whispered, and a pair of cloudy pupils were full of fear, "Please retract this disrespectful word!" β
A piece of paper was smashed down from his upper hand, and the man unfolded it, and the grief and anger in his eyes finally turned into panic, and with a bang, he actually knelt on top of the palace.
Seeing this, others immediately stepped forward to help, but the Yuanchen seemed to weigh a thousand pounds under his knees. Those who have good deeds secretly glanced at the red letter, and immediately were stunned - the Xiongnu captured five cities in a row, and Yuchen's 100,000 army was almost exhausted, and it was at this time that the entire army was almost wiped out, someone actually cut off the military rations on the front line, and the remaining 3,000 people were already dead, and they fought side by side with the prince of Yuchen on an empty stomach for a day and a night.
Run out of ammunition!
When the young man held a piece of paper in his hand, the only word in his mind was like a drop of blood. Yuchen is the only person in this court who does not yield to the queen mother's seat, and he is now hanging by a thread with military power in his hands. Every time he went to court, he felt the turbulent power of the waves. It's because I'm too naΓ―ve that I transfer the credible people around me thousands of miles away. The woman did the thing of abolishing the emperor and taking power.
Yu Hao thought of the queen mother next to the dragon chair, who was not angry and arrogant - her eyes seemed to be burning with a raging fire, and she was about to overthrow this supreme power in her palm at any time.
Now even these courtiers are in chaos, and their high-sounding words are powerless like dead leaves in the face of this national disaster. It takes troops to repel the Huns, it takes silver taels, and where can these come from! He waved his hand, and the ministers rushed out with their cuffs in their mouths. The study seemed to be truly quiet, and even the cicadas seemed to be isolated thousands of miles away.
"Hao'er." From the corner came a call like a heavenly sound, and the ethereal voice seemed to moisten the dry throat of a clear spring, bringing a sense of coolness.
The Son of Heaven raised his head, and the woman in front of the door was dressed in white, her clear and transparent eyes were dyed like blue water, and there was no worldly demonic smelter at all. She stood in the backlight, ethereal like an immortal descending. At that moment, all the suffering dissipated in this faint call, and he woke up to the fact that he had not seen his wife who was pregnant with the dragonborn for half a month.
Since that incident, the emperor seems to have changed as a person, and in order to protect Concubine Jin, he has become more and more disobedient to the Queen Mother. Regardless of his opposition, he insisted on placing Concubine Jin next to the Qianqing Palace, and he could go by directly dissuspending half a pillar of incense every day. Even Concubine Jin's meals had to be checked one by one before they were allowed to be sent into the room, and there were even imperial doctors waiting in the palace day and night, ready to summon them at any time.
His doting on this woman was like a tidal wave for a while, and once the embankment was broken, there was no way to restrain it. The day before the civil strife in the imperial capital, Yu Hao also insisted on making her the imperial concubine, only one step away from the throne. If he hadn't been implicated in the war and had a lot of scruples, he would have been able to join hands with his beloved.
The more the Queen Mother didn't want Emperor Jin to give birth to the dragon seed, the more he took care of her in every way. The young man who used to ask his mother to make decisions about everything seemed to have plumped up his wings overnight, and joined forces with the Imperial Doctor and Emperor Jin to control most of the power in the court. As long as you wait for the triumphant return of Prince Yuchen, you can call this country the real surname Wei.