Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Cup of Joy and Sorrow
"According to folk legends, Emperor Xiaoyuan and Empress Duanyi are deeply in love. Queen Duanyi comes from the rivers and lakes, and she is free and easy by nature. Emperor Xiaoyuan met her during his southern tour, and fell in love at first sight. Later, he overrode public opinion, abolished Yu Jin's sister Queen Rui, and named her the queen. However, even with such a special pet, there is still a Yue Guifei between them. Lu Li looked at the carriage downstairs and sighed, "It is rumored that this Yue Guifei is the first beauty in the imperial capital and the first talented woman. At that time, it was as famous as you are now. ”
"I've heard a little. But wasn't she sent out of the palace back then? And for so many years, there has been no news. And now, why did it suddenly appear? She clasped the chessboard thoughtfully.
Gu Mingxuan buckled a son and said softly: "If the good ones don't come, the ones who come are not good!" ”
"The mountain rain is coming, and it seems that it can't be avoided." Ning Yan smiled bitterly.
"She is Zheng Yu's biological mother, and according to her generation, she should be the queen mother. This identity alone is enough to overwhelm you by three points. And he left another son.
Ning Yan was silent, and said with a smile after a while: "Why bother, a year later, Zheng Yu will be in power, and I will retire." ”
"In the end, the human heart is unpredictable. You are too famous, you have been in charge of the government for many years, and the people all support you, so they are naturally afraid of you. Gu Mingxuan sighed faintly.
As he spoke, he heard bursts of cheers downstairs. Someone shouted, "One more time!" "The sound of slapping the table, stomping feet, and applause was endless. I don't know what the people below did, but I just heard the knock on the tooth board, and suddenly it fell silent.
Ning Yan said with a smile: "I didn't expect Doctor Luo to tell the story so well, and it was really a talent buried in Lanshan before." ”
"The only thing that has not been buried is the talent of our Donghe Protector Princess." Lu Li sat on the windowsill and smiled heartily.
Gu Mingxuan smiled and bowed his head in agreement, and Ning Yan glanced at them angrily.
"Bean...... Oh no, what about Dust Night? ”
Gu Mingxuan looked at Lu Li, Lu Li shook his fan and smiled, "It should still be in the formation now?" ”
"How long?"
"It's time for a day and a night."
"He's still a kid, so it's a bit harsh......"
Gu Mingxuan glanced at her and said quietly: "Distressed? ”
"Nope!" Someone's answer was categorical.
The man laughed silently, and finally a son fell. "I won!"
Ning Yan shook her head and sighed: "Don't play, don't play...... It's ...... lose anyway."
"No, you kiss me, and I'll let you win a game." Someone was still smiling at her. Ning Yan's face flushed, she was really not as thick-skinned as the fox in this fox.
Behind him, Lu Li turned over and jumped downstairs from the window. "I didn't hear anything...... "The clear voice slowly dissipated into the wind.
Ning Yan asked him, "What did he say himself?" ”
"Don't worry, my princess." He rocked the wheelchair in front of her, took her hand and smiled, "He needs to be strong, and we need a help." Why not? And you don't have to worry, he's not the same as the one in the palace. ”
"If you praise him, you will praise him, why do you belittle others by the way." Ning Yan was very dissatisfied.
"I know you have feelings for him, but you shouldn't deny my judgment, right? Zheng Yu can't become an atmosphere, one is congenitally limited, lacks eloquence, and has no intention of being a stable emperor. The other is because of you. In fact, hatred is often the driving force, and for him, you have avenged all his hatred, and you have managed his country very well. He doesn't need to work hard anymore because he knows you're ......."
"But I've already sued him, and I'm only with him for a while."
"So...... A-Ning, although you are smart, you are not good at perceiving people's hearts. He sighed. I have never met him, and everything I know about him is from your mouth. But don't you think there's anything wrong with that? ”
Ning Yan frowned and thought about it, and muttered, "It's not appropriate......"
"When he was young, Donghe changed drastically, and he survived as a puppet under Yu Jin's men for three years. How do you think he got over those three years? Yu Jin has always held a grudge against Emperor Xiaoyuan for abolishing his sister Empress Rui, will he let him go? But he waited for you unscathed. ”
Her face was pale, and a suspicion that frightened her came out.
"Don't say it, Ah Xuan...... Don't say it......"
"A-Ning, he has already made a choice, and you can't escape......" He looked at her lightly, his eyes full of pity.
Outside the window, the willow branches are lightly fluttering, and the soft spring breeze blows into the breeze building, bringing a refreshing fragrance and a lively and secular fireworks. The sun shone down softly, covering their shoulders and heads.
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In the evening of the next day, Ding Bo hurriedly came to report: "Princess, Lord Jia of Dali Temple is here." ”
"Ask him to come in." Ning Yan put down the book in her hand. For some reason, she faintly felt a little depressed in her chest, she hadn't felt like this for a long time.
Jia Shidao brought the news that Qin Beiyue committed suicide in prison. Before dying, he left a line of blood on the ground: "Tie the grass and tie the ring, and report it in the next life". When the official found out, he was already breathing, and he had been dead for a long time, and his face was peaceful and quiet. After examination, the prisoner committed suicide by taking poison.
"Now that he's dead, let's close the case." She held the case file, her side face was thick in the sunset, and she couldn't see the joy and sorrow clearly. "Let's go down."
The sun is setting, the tentacles are sad, and the Si people have passed away. She recalls that time from years ago.
In the first year of Youqing, Qin Beiyue was still a geisha in the red sleeve workshop in Jincheng. No one knows its origin, but with one hand on the pipa, it is famous all over the world. At that time, how many people came from all over the world, just to listen to the song "Make Light Dust" by "Chaoyin". Many people even gave her the nickname "Pipa Holy Hand".
Ning Yan also came here to see the appearance of this legendary Chaoyin, who has unparalleled skills and peerless elegance.
But as soon as he arrived in Jincheng, he heard that Chaoyin of the Red Sleeve Fang was framed in prison because he refused to commit to the city lord as a concubine. and was picked off the tendons and hung naked in the city. In order to prevent her from biting her tongue and committing suicide, her chin was deliberately removed.
On that day, what Ning Yan saw was a pale, weak, and humiliated woman, her hair unkempt and her eyebrows and eyes. A pair of phoenix eyes were dull and numb. People around them come and go, and they also point fingers. There were also well-wishers who couldn't bear to see her like this, so they took off their clothes and put them on her, but even when they were arrested by the people of the yamen. After that, people were no longer afraid to lend a hand.
In the first year of Youqing, Yu Jin had just taken control of the government, and the government was in chaos. Local officials are increasingly powerful, killing and killing, and there is no counterbalance. Although the people complained bitterly, there was no way to complain.
Chaoyin was hung in the downtown for five days, and no one cared about it, until Ning Yan appeared. After Ning Yan rescued her later, she asked her if she was desperate.
She said, yes, so desperate that I wanted to die. She is just reduced to dust, but she is still arrogant, unwilling to serve others with sex, and unwilling to sell her soul. So she didn't regret her decision, but what made her even more heartbroken was that the person who had sworn an alliance with her actually fled.