129 Out of Beijing in distress 4
The tall walls of the palace, all the women who enter here, whether beautiful or not, will eventually become the same. Wu Guifei thought about it www.biquge.info thinking about it, thinking that when she was young, there were so many women in the palace, but she was favored by Emperor Chengtian. At that time, when Concubine He De saw her, she was even more humble than when she saw Queen Qian.
Time has aged her appearance, and she has not taken much care of Concubine De. However, the current Concubine De dared to argue with her.
So far, what has she proved? Wu Guifei touched her face, she was fifty-five years old, although she was well-maintained, she looked young. But, compared with the newcomers in the palace, where can it be compared? Concubine Wu stood there, staring at Emperor Chengtian.
No wonder people say that sex is a matter of sex, and lust is declining and love relaxation. It's not that Concubine De's status in Emperor Chengtian's mind has increased, it's just that her status in Emperor Chengtian's heart has declined.
And now in the palace, there are three beauties who are pregnant. And Emperor Chengtian went to her palace less and less, and went to Queen Qian, much more than before.
Thinking of Zhao Chi, the king of Han, Wu Guifei's heart warmed. She still has children, so she can't fall.
Emperor Chengtian didn't look at her, as if he had sent a palace maid who had made a mistake, and said lightly: "You go to the queen to get it, she is the master of the harem." If you ask Wu Ze again, if he still wants to take Miss Nalu as a concubine, he will tell your brother to send a girl from the Wu family who is about the same as the prince of Chu as a concubine. ”
Wu Guifei shouted softly: "Your Majesty! ”
Emperor Chengtian's tone was full of exhaustion, and he waved his hand and said, "Kneel down." ”
Wu Guifei still wanted to speak, and the big eunuch beside Emperor Chengtian stepped forward to help Wu Guifei and said: "Niangniang should go back first, where is the queen mother just free now, otherwise it will be late, the queen mother will take a lunch break, because the queen mother does not sleep at night, she usually has to sleep for two hours at noon, and the mother will have to wait." ”
Wu Guifei looked at Emperor Chengtian, but Emperor Chengtian looked down at the folds on the case, but still didn't look up. Wu Guifei didn't dare to think back to the past, because in that case, she would be even more uncomfortable. In the past, Empress Qian restrained her according to the palace rules, and Emperor Chengtian would come forward to make a special case for her. But now, as soon as the queen is in charge of the harem, she has to go out and go to Queen Qian's East Palace to ask for guilt.
She couldn't help but think, back then, why did she have a concubine with him? She remembered the happy times when Emperor Chengtian was the prince, when she was a student of her father.
In the end, Wu Ze wanted to take Lu Qian as a concubine, and it ended with Wu Guifei being punished for the New Year, and Wu Taiwei being reprimanded by Emperor Chengtian in the palace. Wu Guifei also wanted Emperor Chengtian to give Lu Qian a physical examination.
Emperor Chengtian looked at Concubine Wu and said coldly: "If I let people test it, even if Miss Lu is innocent, Concubine De's face will be regarded as being slapped by you." That's what you want in the end, right? You don't actually care about Lu Qian, you just want to lose Concubine De's face. But don't forget, she is also the mother concubine of the King of Chu and the King of Qi. If you don't save face for her, don't you want the face of the two princes? ”
Wu Guifei wanted to argue, but Emperor Chengtian said again: "Otherwise, I will send palace people to the Wu family to check all the girls of the Wu family, what do you think?" ”
Emperor Chengtian looked at Wu Guifei with a blank face. Wu Guifei moved her mouth, but did not make a sound. For Emperor Chengtian, he performed the most perfect ceremony since she entered the palace, and then withdrew.
Wu Guifei felt uncomfortable, and Emperor Chengtian was not happy. The assassinated scholar was personally designated by the emperor as a Shujishi, and the assassinated official was exiled to Yanbei, a few days before Liu Gui left Beijing. Wu Ze was also sent by Emperor Chengtian to the border pass as a border general, and said that he was not allowed to return to Beijing without meritorious service.
Lu Qian was in the princess's mansion, and Emperor Chengtian seemed to have forgotten about this person. No one dared to go up to Emperor Chengtian to remind him, just like the center of a raging tornado, there is nothing that is not torn apart in the wind. But the center of the wind, perhaps, is the calmest.
Of course, Liu Gui didn't know what was going on in the palace. But Liu Gui always wondered, was the assassin arranged by Lou Shi? But I don't think it's possible, after all, this matter is involved in the end, and probably even the assassin didn't expect it.
Liu Gui asked someone to calculate the date, set a date suitable for travel, and told Xiao Sun. When he left Beijing, Liu Gui went to see Lu Qian again. Lu Qian was still missing, but this time she heard the rumor that Liu Gui was leaving, so she sent a girl out and gave Liu Gui a tip. Liu Gui received it in his hand and found that there was something inside. Open it and take a look, a letter, plus some essential medicines for travelers.
opened the letter, and there were only some words in it telling Liu Gui to be careful on the road, it was inconvenient to send each other. But in Liu Gui's view, it is worth a thousand words of care. Holding the letter in his hand, he warmed it all the way to his feet.
The day was set, and Ruan Yuan and Xiao Sun were even busier. I'm afraid that I will accidentally forget something, and then I will hold my hands. In the midst of the busyness of the two of them, in a blink of an eye, it was the day when Liu Gui left Beijing. With the efforts of Ruan Yuan and Xiao Sun, a cart of things was prepared. Liu Gui looked at the pile of burdens, and he was stunned.
I had to hire three cars from Shangyicheng, one car was dedicated to putting things, and the other two cars with carriages were given to Ruan Yuan, Xiao Sun, and four girls to sit on. The weather in spring is a warm day, especially on the day of travel, which is a little sunnier than usual.
When loading things in the morning, the eldest grandson and the three of them came. I also brought things from the ancestral road. Looking at Ruan Yuan and the Little Sun Clan, the Big Sun Clan's tears couldn't be stopped. Ruan Feng, Ruan Xun and Ruan Mo brothers persuaded him. To put it mildly, I finally went out of Beijing with Ruan Yuan and Xiao Sun.
Generally, people who travel far away are on the Shili Tingzu Road outside the capital, in order to have a safe journey. After the sacrifice, seeing that he was about to leave, the eldest grandson held Ruan Yuan with one hand and the younger grandson with the other, and kept admonishing, still crying. When Ruan Yuan saw it, she couldn't help crying. However, Xiao Sun comforted: "Eldest sister, don't worry, Chan Niang will follow me and will definitely come back unscathed." “
Zheng's mother kept sighing on the side, and interjected from time to time to tell Ruan Yuan that she was as worried about Ruan Yuan as the eldest grandson. Ruan Feng and the Ruan family brothers told Liu Gui a few words, nothing more than going out to travel, you must be careful and so on.
No matter how reluctant you are, you will eventually have to separate. Ruan Yuan and Xiao Sun sat in the same car, and the four girls sat in a car. The little Sun clan left the capital, and when he thought that Liu Gui would definitely forget about Lu Qian in three years, he lost all the sadness of leaving with the eldest Sun clan.
But Ruan Yuan is different, the same road, walked twice, but the situation is not the same at all. In the Shili Pavilion that had just left, what Ruan Yuan remembered was that the eldest grandson took the silver that Ruan Yuan sent the girl on weekdays, plus the silver that the eldest grandson made up himself, and handed it to Ruan Yuan. At that time, Lou Shi, as a guilty criminal, had no freedom.
It was Ruan Feng who gave the silver so that he could say goodbye to the Ruan family in the pavilion. At that time, Liu Gui was already proud of officialdom, and Xiao Sun's official wife was full of pomp.
Xiao Sun saw that Ruan Yuan had been depressed since she got into the car, so he enlightened her with words. Looking at the willows on both sides, they have begun to draw strips, and from a distance, a piece of light green. But where they passed, when they came near, it was still a piece of winter.
Ruan Yuan will no longer think about it, and will open the curtain with all her heart, and look at the scenery passing by outside. At first, it was okay, talking and laughing with Xiao Sun, and then planning how Ming'er would be when he arrived in Yanbei, and he was still enthusiastic.
But after the carriage sat for a long time, the freshness of going out had passed, and the road was out of sight, and it became boring. Coupled with the bumpy carriage, after sitting for a long time, people get tired. The most obvious thing after waking up is that the body aches and aches. Later, Ruan Yuan and Xiao Sun, plus a few green beads and green willows, came out of the inn in the morning, and when they looked at the carriage, they were tired first.
Because except for Liu Gui, they are all women. Therefore, Liu Gui's performance can be said to be very surprising to Ruan Yuan. She didn't expect Liu Gui to be so careful, for example, every morning, Liu Gui would get up earlier than Ruan Yuan, and instructed Yicheng to prepare water for them to wash up in the morning, and breakfast was all bought from outside, which was more delicious than the one prepared in the post station.
Not to mention that it will prepare small snacks for them to eat on the road that are boring and idle. I also prepared a book for Ruan Yuan to read. are all medical books that Ruan Yuan loves to be angry about, or anecdotes.
Ruan Yuan couldn't help laughing: "I didn't even see it before, my cousin is so good at taking care of people." If it weren't for a few of us, just my cousin, I would have thought someone would have come out with us. ”
Liu Gui's face stiffened, revealing a very unnatural smile.
Xiao Sun glanced at his son and was even happier. What does her own son not understand? Although Liu Gui is filial, he used to study with all his heart, although he was not as bookish as others say, but he is by no means such a careful person these days. Xiao Sun was optimistic that Liu Gui was empathetic to Ruan Yuan again, so he would behave like this.
Today's food is very much in line with Ruan Yuan's taste, and even Lu Liu said: "In such a remote place, there is a chef with such skills, and it is no problem to open a wine shop in the capital, but it is a pity to be buried in such a place." How much money did Childe give to Yicheng? ”
The post man who was waiting on the side smiled "hehe", and when he saw them finish eating, he put down his chopsticks and brought hot tea. Then he took a small cloth bag and said, "This is kiwifruit, the small one looks very fresh, so I bought a few, and the guests will eat it on the road." ”
"Kiwi?" Xiao Sun opened it and saw that it was oval, the size of a big goose egg, earth-colored, and a layer of hair on the outside. took one in his hand and said, "I haven't seen it yet, why is this thing called kiwifruit?" Can you eat it? ”
Ruan Yuan looked at the kiwi fruit and was stunned, this kind of thing is rare in the capital, how can it appear in such a remote place? Even if there is, it is all in the homes of the rich people in the region.
Liu Gui went out to watch Yicheng set up the car and move things to the car.
Green Willow replied: "Back to Mrs., this thing is eaten with the skin, if you like sweet and sour, you will love to eat it." ”
Xiao Sun said: "Then let's keep Chan Niang to eat, I listen to you now when you say sour, don't talk about eating, your teeth will already fall." It seems that I will not enjoy this blessing. Besides, looking at how it looks, I can't eat it, and I really don't want to eat it. ”
Green Willow smiled: "Mrs. actually teased the slave maid." Something is not delicious, where can you see it? ”
They were in the house, and they looked like kiwis, and they were quite lively. Then the post man came in and asked them to go out, saying that the car outside was ready and ready to go.
When Ruan Yuan and Xiao Sun went out, they found that there was still a team of people outside. In fact, a man who looked like a leader, in his thirties, wearing a soap-colored arrow-sleeved brocade robe, with a dark complexion, was talking to Liu Gui. Ruan Yuan came out, he glanced at Ruan Yuan, his eyes were very sharp.
But Ruan Yuan was stunned. This man, mixed up, exudes that kind of copper and iron aura. Isn't it the man she met outside Loushi's Huixinzhai study in her previous life?
Looking at her eyes, it was exactly the same as back then. Perhaps, he looks at everyone as sharp.
How did he end up here?
Liu Gui probably saw Ruan Yuan's doubts, walked up to Ruan Yuan and said with a smile: "This big brother Luo is a leather merchant, and he is also going to Yanbei, just on the same road as us." This morning, I heard from the post man that there was a green forest four or five miles ahead, and robbers often came and went in it. Hello Yicheng people, knowing that we are leaving this morning, I went to the inn outside to find the same way, let's go together, just have a care. ”
Ruan Yuan took a look, there were twenty or thirty of them, four or five cars of things, and they didn't know what they were loading. There is also a car with a compartment, and at first glance it looks like it is occupying. Curtains hung on all sides of the carriage, and it was impossible to see if there were people inside.
The eyes of that big brother Luo who looked at Ruan Yuan were still not very kind.
Ruan Yuan was not afraid of him, stared at him with eyes, and replied to Liu Gui's words: "If you want me to say, it is the most unsafe to go with them." Since they are merchants, they naturally have things that thieves come to rob. My cousin reads a lot, but I haven't heard the truth that the husband is not guilty and is guilty? Since we are on the same road, we can follow them from a distance. In this way, the thieves didn't rob them of so many things, and they didn't let go of the reason why they robbed us. Since the thieves robbed them first, won't we be safe? ”
As Ruan Yuan's words landed, he obviously felt that Brother Luo was very angry, and the air around him was much colder.
Xiao Sun also felt that they were not like leather dealers, but like robbers. In addition to this surnamed Luo, if you look at the twenty or thirty people, the young people in their twenties who are in Yishui, all dressed up shortly, give a knife, and they can go into battle to kill the enemy.
Pulling Liu Gui aside, Xiao Sun whispered: "I think your cousin is right, in case Yicheng contacts them, just wait to lead us to a place where there is no one, so that we can start?" Why don't you go your own way? Let them fight ahead, and we will follow from afar. There are no thieves who put such a few truckloads of goods and don't rob them, robbing us of this little broken thing. ”
Liu Gui's eyes unconsciously glanced at the car covered on all sides, and said, "Mother, don't coax Chan Niang." No, the post is an official's family, and I am an official with official documents, how is this possible? Brother Luo is a leather merchant, and he has been walking this road all year round, of course, he has to bring some personal protection against being robbed. We are all women except me, and it's always bad if something happens. Get in the car, I'll do everything. (To be continued.) )