Chapter 90: Old Things
"Overhearing the news is one thing, and the most important thing is to rush out against the king. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Lin Luo said softly.
Qi Yu nodded: "The year Princess Xiao was deposed, I had just gone on an expedition with my father and became a major general. At that time, Su Chen was in the palace and begged the king to spare Princess Xiao, but in the end he failed. Since then, Su Yin has stayed in Su Chen's dormitory, taken care of by his subordinates, and he himself has also taken the initiative to invite Ying to go on the expedition and enter the military camp with me, often outside. If it weren't for Su Yin, I'm afraid he wouldn't come back for a year and a half. ”
"The wolf smoke on the battlefield is not as good as the dust in the palace." Lin Luo muttered, "The Seventh Prince is sad for Princess Xiao and disappointed in his father. ”
When Tang Guxi heard this, he was puzzled: "Young Master Qi, since you are so good friends with that Su Chen, you can't know what Aunt Qiu just said, right?" ”
"I just heard my father say a little about this, but I was still young at the time, and I don't remember it very well."
"What's the matter? The conversation between the king and Zhao Hou? Lin Xun asked.
Qi Yu nodded and said, "Don't talk about this matter here, go back to the house first, and then talk about it in detail after returning to the house." He looked at Tang Guxi again, "Miss Tang, don't worry, this antidote, I will go to Mei Yuesi to ask after two ****." In my opinion, your Chen Gongzi should still be saved. ”
"Major General, is what you said true?" Tang Guxi couldn't believe his last words.
"Of course it's true."
Tang Guxi's nervous expression immediately disintegrated, and he suddenly smiled.
After returning to the General's Mansion, the four of them sat in the lobby and listened to Qi Yu tell the facts he knew......
When Princess Xiao had an accident, he was seventeen years old, but as early as ten years ago, Zhao Hou and the king had already conspired about something. He was too young to remember many of the circumstances when it happened. Later, I heard my father mention it a few times, so I had a slight impression.
He remembered that when he was seven years old, his father had a serious illness, and during the illness, he constantly scolded Zhao Houye, saying that Zhao Hou killed a close friend of his. That best friend used to be a native of Xizhou, Xizhou and Liangyu had a very good relationship at the beginning, and the once sensational battle of Nanxi was an alliance between the two countries, and Xizhou had Liangyu's secret help to win a big victory.
When they said this, Lin Luo and Lin Xun were secretly taken aback, and their hearts stirred up, but neither of them had any superficial reactions.
It is precisely because of the good relationship between the two countries that General Qi Zhao often takes the young Qi Yu to Xizhou to play. In Qi Yu's memory, his father took him on horseback, hunted, and took him and other generals to run majestically around the mountains, and the experience of those two years left a deep impression on him.
Later, until that day, after his father recovered from his illness, he never took him to Xizhou again, nor did he take him out to play. And General Qi Zhao's transformation also began at that time.
His attitude towards the king was no longer the same as usual, and the king saw it in his eyes and understood it very well in his heart, but he never said anything. When it is time to go on the expedition, it is necessary to go out as usual, and when it is time to rest, it is just that the opportunity to sit in the palace by the king in a few days ago is really a lot less.
Qi Yu thought that what Princess Xiao didn't say, her father must know, and even better than her, what the king and Zhao Hou discussed. It's just that he never said it, year after year, without mentioning a word, no matter how Qi Yu asked.
Who knows, ten years later, when everyone almost forgot about it, the case of Princess Xiao happened in the palace. When General Qi Zhao heard that Princess Xiao was deposed and had something to do with Zhao Hou, he decided that this matter must be inseparable from the incident back then. Princess Xiao must have known something, which aroused the disgust of the king, coupled with Zhao Hou's instigation and slander, and finally ended up in such a miserable end.
Over the years, the relationship between General Qi Zhao and the king has gradually become estranged, and only the courtesy between the monarch and the minister remains, and the friendship of the past has gradually faded. On the contrary, Zhao Hou has a close relationship with the king, and the king seems to be a little jealous of Zhao Hou, even if he sometimes has a different opinion with him in the court, the king will be vague and not go to the bottom of the investigation.
And Princess Zhao, who lives in the harem, is even more so, the first queen and then the immortal died for 20 years, and the harem has almost become Princess Zhao's world. It's just that no matter how good the Marquis of Zhao and the king of the previous dynasty were, and how powerful Princess Zhao of the harem was, the queen's position was empty again and again, and no one could do it.
After Qi Yu finished speaking, he slowly took a sip of tea and lowered his gaze to be silent.
"In other words......" Lin Luo hesitated, "The conspiracy between the king and Zhao Hou is related to Xizhou?" ”
Qi Yu nodded and looked at Lin Luo and Lin Xun: "You two are from Xizhou, do you remember what happened sixteen years ago?" ”
"Sixteen years ago?"
"It was the year my father was seriously ill, the year it happened."
Lin Xun scratched his head, and wondered: "Sixteen years ago, I was only two or three years old, and I can't remember what happened......
Qi Yu smiled faintly, "Your sister is three years older than you, and she was only five or six years old at that time, so she must not remember anything." That's it, I didn't ask. ”
"Even if my sister remembers, she doesn't remember." Lin Xun said with a smile.
Qi Yu was confused when he heard it: "What do you mean by 'remembering...... Don't remember either'? ”
Lin Xun sighed, looked at Lin Luo, and was about to speak, but was robbed by Lin Luo, "Childe, let's continue to talk about business." ”
Qi Yu smiled, "The business is over." As for Princess Xiao, that's it, everything I know has been told to you. Next, it is the handsome and dashing Chen Gongzi you are talking about. He moved his gaze to Tang Guxi, "The New Year is approaching, and the mansion and palace will be very busy recently, and Mei Yuesi estimates that the same." Therefore, Miss Tang is afraid that she will have to wait a few more days, and as soon as the New Year's Festival is over, I will go to Mei Yuesi to ask, how about it? ”
Tang Guxi was already full of emotion, and a series of things that happened today were enough for her to bear, especially the antidote to cold poison, which made her head excited, and even in a trance. If she can really find the antidote to Brother Bingfeng, then she will not hesitate to suffer as much as she wants.
"Good, good, of course." Tang Guxi said excitedly, stood up involuntarily, his nose was sore, and he immediately knelt down, "Prince Qi, please accept Guxi's worship......"
"What are you doing!" Qi Yu immediately stood up from the chair, and quickly stretched out his hand to stop her, and Tang Guxi was helped up by him before he touched the ground, "What's the trouble, Qi is really not worth the girl's worship." ”
"No, no......" Tang Guxi struggled to kneel, tears welled up, "Brother Bingfeng's life hangs by a thread, he is already at the end of his rope, but now there is an antidote, if it weren't for Gongzi Qi, I'm afraid I would have to ......"
Lin Xun and Lin Luo also stood up, and went over to help her up, Lin Luo said: "You are worried about Chen Gongzi's heart, we can all understand, but this antidote may be there, so don't have too much hope." ”
"That's right, this antidote hasn't been mentioned yet, you're like this...... What if you end up being happy and sad? Lin Xun also persuaded.
"Actually, Miss Tang is also in deep love, Qi can understand." Qi Yu withdrew his hands and said slowly, "It's better to do this, I'll go to Meiyue Division the day after tomorrow, after all, this disease doesn't wait for anyone." ”
Tang Guxi raised her head, her clear eyes were full of joy, a tear hung on the corner of her jaw, she wiped a handful of tears with her sleeve indiscriminately, and said, "Okay, good ......"
Also on that day, after Qi Yu and the four of them came out of the Dawn Palace, the king was soulless for a whole day......
The recital on the table has not moved since the pen stopped, and the king sat in the morning light hall for a long time, and the old man stood aside and accompanied him quietly, silent.
It wasn't until it was time for dinner that King Ruiqian was reminded by his father-in-law that he pulled back from his thoughts. He didn't go to eat, but came to the dormitory in the backyard of the Dawn Palace, and after passing through a few small cubicles, he stood in the small warm pavilion on the easternmost side, and stood for a long time.
Under the flickering candle flame, the figure of the king is lonely and lonely, majestic and vicissitudes. In front of him, there was a painting hanging on the wall, and the woman on the painting was ice muscles and jade bones, and her breath was like a quiet orchid. The eyebrows are like hibiscus in the distant mountains, the eyes are like autumn water, the lips are red and the teeth are white, a luxurious goose sable hair is big, the moon white snow feather shoulders are put on the shoulders, the black hair is lightly pulled, and the purple jade pearl hairpin is inserted obliquely. A pair of eyebrows and eyes are gently bent, like a bright moon in the sky, slightly shy, and the gentle and virtuous temperament jumps on the paper.
"King, this painting ......"
"This painting has been hanging here, it's not like you haven't seen it." The king turned his back to him and said slowly.
"The old slave knows, it's just ......" the father-in-law raised his head and glanced at the woman in the painting, "It's just that the woman in this painting, the king has never told anyone, the old slave is stupid, and he can't guess who the beautiful woman in the painting is." ”
The king sighed, his cheeks under the shadow of the candle were full of frost, and his old eyes slowly moved on the woman in this painting, his gaze replaced his fingers, and he carefully rubbed the woman's hair, eyes, and lips, and finally stopped at her affectionate, warm phoenix eyes, staring for a long time.
Suddenly, his eyes seemed to be red.
She ...... She was a man who had passed away long ago. The king's voice came from his chest, heavy and slow, "I never got her before I was alive, but even after I died, I didn't find her body. If...... If it weren't for me, I'm afraid she wouldn't have died, it was me, it was I who harmed her. He sighed heavily, "The red face is still there, and the soul has returned to heaven." This is good, this is good...... In my heart, she has always been the most beautiful woman with grace and grace, but I can't compete with the years after all, and I'm getting older and older. ”
The father-in-law stood quietly behind him, hearing the king's remarks, seeing the sadness and pathos he had never felt before, he didn't feel the sadness coming from it, and his eyes became hot.
"The king is not old, with such a tough and spiritual physique, no one will say that the king is old. The king is just ...... It's just that I can't let go of the old man in my heart, but lovesickness will kill people. ”
The king smiled bitterly, his voice trembled a little, and his father-in-law couldn't see his expression behind him.
"Exquisite dice and red beans, lovesick to the bones and don't know ......"