Chapter 60: The Court's Visit
On the second day of Ji Feicui's stay in the Jade Immortal Palace, a guest Mo Yu didn't expect came to the Jade Immortal Palace. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Caomin Ji Zhongting see Concubine Li."
Mo Yu hurriedly told him to get up, sit down, and asked Tian'er to bring tea. The two of them retreated left and right, and talked about their family in the Jade Immortal Palace. Mo Yu poured tea for him and said with a smile: "Why did Second Young Master Ji think of me coming here, could it be that he was afraid that your sister would suffer from me?" ”
Ji Zhongting smiled meaninglessly and said, "It's none of my business that she suffers, with her temper, it may not be a bad thing for her to suffer a little crime." ”
"It seems that Second Young Master Ji has been closed at the door of life and death, and he has matured a lot."
"I'm sorry."
Mo Yu didn't understand, "How can you say I'm sorry?" ”
"I didn't say hello to you before leaving."
Mo Yuyan smiled, "You can do whatever you want, that's your courage and your honor." I blame you for what you did, but you have suffered two women when you go. One is your mother, and the other, you know who I'm talking about? ”
Ji Zhongting lowered his head and apologized: "I know that I am an unfilial descendant, but in the Ji Mansion, I am like a walking corpse." What time I wake up every day, what I eat and what books I read during the day are all arranged by someone. But on the battlefield, I really want to be alive, although I also know that I may die in the next moment, but at least it proves that I have lived, and life is so real and valuable. ”
"No matter what you do, it's best to be happy. As a carpenter, he treats wood as his favorite thing because that's what he likes. As a dressmaker, she treats needlework as her treasure, because that's what she loves the most. People's ideals are not divided into high and low, but idealism. ”
Ji Zhongting put down the teacup, stepped forward and said, "Sister, I find that every time I chat with you, I benefit a lot." ”
"I didn't say these words, but the last time I went to Daxiangguo Temple, the abbot there gave me a scripture book, and I benefited a lot after reading it." She has been very fond of reading scriptures lately, and when she has nothing to do, she goes to the library to flip through the scriptures and have a look.
"I've heard about this, you stayed in Daxiangguo Temple for one night! Sister, I know a little about your entry into the palace, and I have also participated in some of it. This is the most sorry thing he has done for her, but he was born in the Houmen family, and he can't do anything.
Moyu doesn't matter, if it comes, it will be safe, and there is no point in pursuing these now. "I heard that the eldest brother has a concubine room, and he is already pregnant."
Speaking of the eldest brother's concubine, he still did it! In the alley that night, he pretended to be a ghost to scare the eldest brother, but the eldest brother fainted, which was really boring. "The family rules of the Ji family, the main wife does not have a child, and the concubine cannot get pregnant. So, the child was taken away by the eldest mother. ”
Taken out? Another innocent life. But it's not necessarily a good thing to be born in such a family. For the Houmen family, the lives of ordinary people are as cheap as ants.
"Sister, actually, I came today to ask you for something."
Well? Second Young Master Ji wants to ask her for something, it's really unusual. "Tell me, what do you want to ask me for, let's talk about it first, forget about the gold and silver treasures, I can't afford it."
"Cut, I'm not short of those things. Will you say yes or no? ”
"You didn't say what it was, how can I promise you, you still want to have a prelude! I don't eat this, and if you ask me to kill people and set fires, I can't do it. ”
Hmph, Ji Zhongting sneered, "Sister, you don't need to kill people and set fires, besides, just like you, if you are caught before the fire is released, wouldn't it be worth the loss." It's a very simple thing, well, I heard that you have a white jade flute, can you lend me one to use? ”
The teacup in Mo Yu's hand shook for a moment, glanced at the person opposite, and then asked casually, "What are you doing here?" ”
"I can't tell you this, I promised others that I must borrow the flute, and if I can't borrow the flute, I won't be able to get what I want."
"Then can you tell me what you want this flute in exchange?"
Ji Zhongting waved his hand, pretending to be mysterious: "I can't tell you now." Hey, do you want to borrow or not? ”
"Borrow, but you have to promise me that you can't damage it in the slightest, not a crack, not a single foot." This jade flute means a lot to her.
Ji Zhongting raised the teacup and said with a smile: "Then I will replace the wine with tea, thank you, sister." ”
There are not many people who know that she has this flute, and now she has borrowed this flute through Ji Zhongting, it should be that he has returned. "Hey, wait a minute, this tea is not in a hurry to drink, let me ask you, how is the matter between you and Zhao Danxiu?"
"Sister, do you really want to be this old man?" Ji Zhongting pouted, his sister is too wide!
"I'm just asking for your opinion, if you really don't like it, just tell me, and I'll tell her, since you don't want to start this relationship, don't let the family have any more hope, and wait stupidly."
Ji Zhongting pondered for a while, and said: "I can't talk about it either, every time I see her, it's just a face-to-face, I really didn't expect her to mean that to me." ”
"Otherwise, how can you men always be careless!"
"Sister, I can't promise you anything yet, because I haven't thought about it yet. As you said, since the road of marriage was arranged for me by someone else after all, then I can only choose a satisfactory rest, but now, I am not sure if she is the person I am looking for? ”
Emotional matters can't be forced, Ji Zhongting's age is also half-aware of marriage, no wonder she. "I don't force you, but you also give her a chance, find a chance to talk to her alone, get along more, at least you can communicate with her too."
"Okay, I'll listen to my sister."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and the teacups touched each other in the air. Someone came in, and Moyu saw that it was Ji Feiyu, holding Moyu's medicine in his hand. Ji Feicui walked to the table and saw Ji Zhongting also sitting there, and waved at her, saying, "Oh, second sister, you are really diligent." ”
Ji Feiyu was annoyed in her heart, Ji Moyu said that letting her boil medicine is really boiling medicine, how can she boil medicine if she doesn't even have fire, but she wants to let the girl watch from the side again, making her clothes messy now, and her face is white and black. "The medicine is ready."
The medicine is boiled, Mo Yu smelled the smell of medicine in the air, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but smile, adding so much vinegar, I was really afraid that she wouldn't be able to smell it. Mo Yu and Ji Zhongting glanced at each other, both of them understood, Ji Zhongting pointed to the medicine bowl on the table and said, "This medicine has a strange color, sister, is it the medicine you usually drink?" ”
"What do you mean? Do you think I'm poisoning my medicine? Ji Feicui said angrily.
"Depending on your temper, it's possible. Otherwise, you drink this bowl of medicine. ”
"Ji Zhongting, what are you talking about, I'm not sick, what medicine do I drink. Besides, what if I drink this medicine and the emperor blames it? ”
If she doesn't drink this bowl of medicine, the emperor will blame! It's a pity that this girl is too tender, and she only thinks about the immediate benefits. Mo Yu shouted in a deep voice, "Biyue." ”
Biyue came in, bowed down and said, "What do you have to say?" ”
"Go and bring my white jade flute to the second young master, in addition, tell the kitchen, the second miss should add more vinegar to her meal, the second miss loves to be jealous."
"Yes, sissy." Biyue answered, and then entered the back room.
Ji Feiyu heard that she would be jealous every day after that, so she gritted her teeth in anger and shouted, "Ji Moyu, you are too much." ”
"I remember the last time you came, I told you, you'd better be quiet, there are other people's eyeliner in my palace."
After Mo Yu reminded him of this, Ji Fei also woke up. She just couldn't get used to seeing Moyu, a wild girl, riding on her head as a blessing. Why, in terms of beauty and background, she is more noble than her, why should she be her girl.
Seeing that she was no longer talking, Mo Yu said lightly: "Let's go boil a bowl of medicine again!" Don't worry, in this Jade Immortal Palace, I won't harm you. ”
"Humph......"
Mo Yu watched her walk out of the hall door angrily, and shook her head to express helplessness, how could Ji Gangyang, such a smart and deep person, give birth to a daughter as simple-minded as Ji Jade.
"Sister, then I'll go back first, and I'll return the flute in a few days."
"Good. Don't forget what I told you. ”
In the afternoon, Moyu was bored and went to the library to look through the history books. There is a book in it, which mainly records the merits and deeds of the emperors of the past dynasties. One of them recorded the first emperor, that is, Zhou Taizu.
Zhou Taizu, that is, the former emperor Guo Wei, a native of Yaoshan in Xingzhou, once stayed behind for the Later Han Dynasty. He once raised troops to rebel with Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, sent troops to the south, invaded Tokyo, killed slaves, and wiped out hundreds of civil and military families in the Later Jin Dynasty.
The Later Jin Dynasty was built by Shi Jingjiao, and this palace was the palace of the former Jin king. Zhao Ying, the prime minister of the Later Jin Dynasty, was ordered to compile the history of the Tang Dynasty. After Guo Wei entered the city of Tokyo, he killed him, and his descendants were not spared.
Zhao Ying, also surnamed Zhao. The official residence of the current prime minister Wang Pu also belongs to an official surnamed Zhao. There were few officials in Beijing in the previous dynasty, and there were few surnamed Zhao. Mo Yu couldn't help but be stunned, thinking of Zhao Yi's brother she met that night, who was also surnamed Zhao. Counting up, the time when Zhao Ying was killed basically coincided with the time when she met Zhao Ying. How pitiful it must be for him to suffer such a major change at such a young age, it is normal for him to have hatred in his heart.
"What are you looking at?"
Mo Yu heard the voice and knew who the person behind him was. Startled, he naturally flipped over the book in his hand, didn't look back, and said with a light smile: "I'm bored, just flip through it." Why is the emperor so free to come here? ”
The Emperor sat down next to her, took her in his arms, and sighed, "It's quiet here! ”
Knowing what problem he was encountering, Mo Yu put down the book in his hand and stood up, came behind him, Qianqian Yu gently rubbed his temples with her fingers, and asked, "The emperor has just returned to the palace, who dares to provoke you?" ”
"Hey, it's still Fan Ai's business. You don't know, on this expedition, there were a few times when he went against my will and waved his troops to the expedition. Moreover, after the battle, without my consent, the soldiers were allowed to drink wine and eat meat, and even allowed the soldiers to visit the brothel. ”
In all dynasties, the most taboo thing for the emperor is to make the army bigger, and there is only the main general and no emperor in his eyes. Mo Yu gently pressed his temples and didn't say a word.
Seeing that she didn't speak, the emperor turned his head and said strangely, "Why don't you speak?" ”
"I'll just listen to the emperor."
The emperor took her hand, let her sit beside her, took her into his arms again, and said with a smile: "You know what I mean, and you still pretend not to know, but you have to ask me to say it!" ”
Hehe, "How dare you." What the emperor wants me to say, if I don't say it well, the emperor can't blame me. ”
"I don't blame you."
Mo Yu thought for a while and said, "The military power must be withdrawn, but General Fan will definitely not want to." Without military power, he, a general, is only in name only, so he will definitely unite with his generals, and once the emperor asks him to hand over military power, several of his generals will jump out to stop it. ”
"That's right, this happened this morning. I was so angry that I almost cut him. ”
"General Fan can't be cut, otherwise who will dare to go into battle to kill the enemy in the future, and who will dare to do his best to protect his family and defend the country. Since he can't take back his military power all at once, then disperse his military power. ”
The emperor was stunned, and then laughed: "A bundle of chopsticks is constantly broken, but a few of them, it is easy to break, you are really smart." If his forces are dispersed, there will be competition and restraint among the various generals, and he will not be able to act arbitrarily. ”
"That's right, 100,000 troops is an iron plate, and 10,000 troops are a plate of loose sand, and when the emperor subdues them one by one, it will be easy. Coupled with the fact that there are many talented people in the Privy Council today, there is no worry about finding someone to take on this important task. ”
Seeing that there was no sound around her for a long time, Mo Yu turned her head curiously, only to see him staring at her upright. Mo Yu's heart suddenly jumped wildly, could it be that she had just said something wrong! "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this?"
"I suddenly realized that you are beautiful."
Yes? Why did you suddenly say such a sentence for no reason? Mo Yu frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, can you not be happy with me?" ”
"I mean really, you're not the most beautiful in this palace, and you're not the most beautiful one. But you belong to the kind of intrigues, you may just think you are different when you first see you, and after getting along for a long time, you will find that you are getting less and less, and the more you look at it, the better it looks. Unlike some women, they feel shocked at first sight, but after a long time, it is like a painting hanging on the wall, and they get tired of looking at it. ”
"When the emperor said this, I don't know how many women's hearts have been broken!"
"Hmph, I don't care about others, with you, this life is enough."
"A person's life is very short, dozens of years pass by in a hurry, and it is a long time, which is also thousands of days and nights. How does the emperor know that in your future vitality, there will be no one better than Mo Yu! ”
The emperor looked at her disappearing smile and said, "What's wrong with you today, wasn't it okay just now?" ”
"It's nothing, I just want to tell the emperor that we don't know what the future holds, so it's better not to promise easily, I'll take it seriously."
"Haven't I given you enough these days? Trust me, I'll protect you and won't let you get hurt in the slightest. ”
For a moment, Moyu almost fell into his sweet words. If she was as good as he said, why did he send someone to spy on her? In the final analysis, it is true that the emperor is ruthless, and even if he is affectionate, it is just a means for him to obtain benefits. Just like he is tender to her now, maybe he just wants her to say how to collect the military power.