Chapter 87: Life and Death Go Together
Qiwen shrunk her neck and giggled, "You must not be hungry to the point where you are hungry." ”
"Then you're right." The emperor turned over and pressed her down on the kang, and kissed her the cheek and lips, "I am indeed hungry to death!" ”
Qiwen was still a little resistant: "Be careful, it's ...... here"
"Afraid of what? Who else dares to eavesdrop and peep? The emperor said in a low voice, the breath coming out of his nostrils was hot and hot, and he was uncontrollable in an instant.
In this harem, anyone can be eavesdropped, but the governor of Dongchang and the emperor will not. Qiwen just felt that she was not very down-to-earth in such affection on someone else's territory, but she knew that there was nothing to worry about.
But after a while, I felt that he was getting more and more crazy, so she pulled open her jacket and tie it, put her hand into her underwear and kneaded it wantonly, she hurriedly pushed him again: "And restrain yourself, Rexiao is only halfway through." ”
The emperor kissed her neck and collarbone, which were as white as jade exposed between the collars, and kneaded the soft and smooth palm fiercely, and said in a vague voice: "How could I not know? Filial piety is in my heart, I don't think I need to be so strict with the old rules, but I can't let you take the risk of conceiving a child...... Although I never thought that my children and grandchildren would have such good luck, I can't put you at risk. It's just that I'm really hungry for a while, I'm really hungry to death! ”
Qiwen also understands that it is a kind of torture to let ordinary young men live this plain life of 100 days of filial piety, let alone him? If he hasn't tasted the sweetness all along, it's just that he encountered this kind of thing just after a night, just like a person who has always been a vegetarian has just eaten a meal of braised pork and is forced to go back to vegetarianism, which is naturally more itchy and difficult to scratch than being a vegetarian all the time.
Not to mention him, even herself, has been recalling the details of that night countless times these days, looking forward to the moment when she can linger with him again. It's a pity that there is no insurance precautionary measure in this era, although she doesn't think it can be so easy to win the bid, but this risk can't be taken. Her reputation is already precarious enough, and there can never be another filial piety.
The emperor tossed his hands up and down, and found that he was not enjoying it at all, but became more and more thirsty, so he simply stopped his movements in frustration, hugged her and lay on the kang side by side, and sighed: "It's crazy to think about you these days." You don't know where I went yesterday......"
"Where?" Qiwen's eyes widened with curiosity.
The emperor said again: "That's it, just because I didn't talk about it." ”
"Are you sure you won't say it?" Qiwen looked at him with raised eyebrows.
The emperor understood what she meant, raised his head and frowned: "Could it be that you still dare to send Dongchang to check me?" ”
"I don't dare." Qiwen said this, but the look on her face that seemed to be smiling was clearly saying: You see if I dare or not.
The emperor stiffened his face for a while, and said in a heartless manner: "Just say it, what are you afraid of?" I finished handling business last night, and I was very bored, so I went out of the palace and went to ...... I walked around the teaching department. ”
Qiwen's jaw dropped suddenly. He didn't dare to touch the woman he knew, so he ran to find someone he didn't know?
"But I didn't do anything, I just walked around." The emperor recounted casually, fiddling with her clothes in his hand, calmly, "I have long been curious about that place, and if I want to go and see it, I should relieve my boredom." I can't let go of other women. ”
Even Concubine Ning and the others are not in his eyes, let alone a fireworks woman? There can be no doubt that he is not such an easy man.
"Then you're not afraid of being seen by acquaintances?" Qiwen asked, it's an official brothel! A certain adult beckoned: Ah, the Holy One is also from Yaxing today! That picture......
The emperor snorted: "It's very clean in there." During the state funeral, who dares to visit the Department of Education in the DPRK? ”
Officials are strictly forbidden to advocate su, and those who violate it will be given sixty rods -- this is a clear article in the Great Yan Law Calendar. Of course, when it is said that it is so, I usually open my eyes and close my eyes, and no one cares, but during the national funeral, it is the moment when the power has just been taken over and the discipline is strict, and no one dares to commit crimes against the wind.
However, can this be used as a reason for him, the emperor, to go there and be addicted to adultery? Qiwen blinked her eyes and accepted this grotesque logic with a sigh of relief.
"Don't laugh at me." The Emperor twisted the tip of her nose and warned with a straight face.
If he hadn't said this, Qiwen wouldn't have wanted to laugh so much, so now she had to bury her face in his arms and laugh a few times.
The emperor sighed again, and was so depressed that he couldn't do it: "It's useless to see it, and it's nothing." "I thought that I could take care of something by infecting the atmosphere and being obscene, but in fact it was a waste of time.
He moved away slightly, took out a small oiled paper bag from his arms, opened it, and took out a fried shrimp ball and filled it into Qiwen's mouth. I haven't even eaten some meat oil for more than a month, Qiwen is crazy now, snatching the paper bag in his hand and filling the rest into his mouth fiercely, almost eating his fingers.
The emperor smiled when he saw it: "This is Wang Zhi got it privately, you are so greedy, you can also find Dongchang's subordinates to get it." Anyway, there is a meat reserve in Guanglu Temple, and the people there are secretly eating it. Why did you, the overseer of the East Factory, endure so hard? ”
"Isn't that afraid of causing you trouble?" Qiwen said with scum leaking in her mouth, "With your words, I will let them get it tomorrow, so that the queen's sister can follow and fight the tooth sacrifice." ”
They are really sisters, the emperor has returned to a listless state, very self-pity and self-harm, it turns out that the loneliest and most difficult is only himself. Alas, there are nearly forty days left in Rexiao, but how can I live?
Seeing this, Qiwen sat up, wiped her mouth, and said mysteriously: "Listen to me, if you think about that addiction, and avoid letting me conceive a child, there is still a way." ”
The emperor's heart moved: "You mean? ”
Qiwen raised her hands to her chest and moved her fingers very flexibly, she had only heard it before, but she didn't know if it was actually easy to operate......
After a few moments, the Emperor finally regained his taste of Lust. The taste of death. She applied a little sesame oil to her hands, and the smooth and soft touch was not much different from the memory of that night, and even because of the occasional small movements between her fingers, it was a little more novel and exciting than then.
Especially in broad daylight, doing this kind of thing in someone else's palace has the weird pleasure of secretly doing bad things behind people's backs.
She was half-dressed, revealing her graceful figure. The emperor put his arm around her shoulders, kissing, licking and biting between the pink hills and ravines, and under the stimulation of all the senses at the same time, the pleasure finally reached its peak.
"What do you think?" Qiwen straightened her shoulders and "carried" him who was wheezing, and asked while reaching for the towel that was prepared on the side.
The emperor sneered: "Now I feel that it is a pity that I can't let you conceive a child." ”
Qiwen was very dissatisfied without his praise, and pushed him: "If you feel bad, we won't come in the future." ”
The emperor laughed even more, held her shoulder and said, "I can't wait to come every day in the future." ”
He really didn't expect her to have this trick, it's like eating a small fried pork when he was crazy about braising elbows, and he solved most of his hunger, which was very suitable and satisfying. It's much more useful than visiting the Workshop Division.
Qiwen smiled proudly and let out a mouthful of white teeth: "Don't say that you come every day, it's good for you to live here with me." It's just that you have to be a little more restrained, don't be seen by others, and every time you come back to see me, you are full of energy. ”
The emperor said indifferently: "I'm not afraid of anything, it's a big deal to let people talk about you as a demon queen of the country." ”
Speaking in private, he always spoke calmly and naturally as a "queen", not a "concubine", which shows that he sees her that way in his heart. This is an insoluble and sensitive issue, and every time it touches it, the two of them will have some repercussions in their hearts. But since there is no solution, you can only choose to ignore and skip.
The two laughed a few words, and when Qiwen quietly disposed of the scrubbing water, the emperor pulled her back into his arms and asked her, "Who did you learn this from?" ”
Qiwen smiled sheepishly: "You think it's good, why bother asking so clearly?" ”
The emperor didn't think much about it, she could get in touch with almost all the palace people in the palace for a while, and some of them were indeed "experienced", and it was not uncommon for her to learn to use both hands.
"Then you can learn a few more tricks, anyway, there is still more than a month."
"You're welcome." Qiwen straightened the loose group collar for him and buckled the buckle, "Even if I learn, can you really come to me often when you have time?" ”
For more than a month, she was busy purging the East Factory and the Hou Court, and he was busy preparing for war, and also purging the former dynasty. It was too troublesome to identify the guilt of each courtier involved and then sentenc, he didn't have the time and energy at all, so he simply implemented a high-pressure policy and blew away all the officials who were sure to have followed Qiao Anguo.
All of a sudden, half of the officials of the six ministries and six sections, plus the Metropolitan Procuratorate, were dismissed, and half of the posts were vacated. Those old ministers were full of panic, worried that the people of the DPRK and China were unstable, and that external troubles were approaching again, and I was afraid that the situation would be even more critical.
The emperor didn't care at all, anyway, few of those people had real talent and learning, and the errand they could do was almost able to take down an ordinary little Hanlin from the Hanlin Academy, and they were more obedient than them.
"If Dayan is compared to a person, a patient, they are the rotten flesh on the patient's body, and digging them all out may hurt the muscles and bones, but if they stay, it will be even more harmful." The emperor gave Qiwen a general overview of his recent actions, and finally concluded, "Do you think I am too risky in this act? ”
Qiwen shook her head and said, "I think you did the right thing, removing the harm of those people will not be greater than keeping them." And the benefits of leaving them are really not much. ”
As for those selfish officials, if the day comes when the soldiers come to the city, can they be expected to repent and help the emperor to fight against the enemy?
When Li Zicheng captured Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen ordered people to ring the cloud board to summon the ministers into the palace to discuss countermeasures, but no one responded. Of course, some of the courtiers who did not respond had already committed suicide at home, but there were also a large number of corrupt officials with a lot of money who were preparing to welcome the new master with a fluke mentality, and even took the initiative to open the city gate for Li Chuang, but they ended up being exploited and humiliated by Li Zicheng and his gang afterwards.
It is indeed better to let such people occupy a high position than to bombard them back to their hometown as soon as possible. Of course, it would be better if the first evil who provoked the trouble could be dealt with together - Qiwen couldn't help but slander.
"It's just," Qiwen sighed faintly as her eyes fell, "errands are always assigned to others." I know you have the ability, and you can still do a good job by yourself when you leave. But this is not a long-term solution after all, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you rely on your amazing talent, one person can withstand the entire country and create a supreme cause, but after you are a hundred years old, what can future generations do without your ability? As long as there is an unscrupulous descendant, the country may be unsafe. So sometimes it's good to let go of some power. ”
Originally, decentralization of power is the right way and conforms to the laws of history. Try not to say anything, the head of state is empty, the parliament governs the country, and collective leadership is the more advanced system. Blindly using high-pressure policies to push the administrative strategy, I am afraid that people are in the government, and people are in the government.
The emperor listened, his eyebrows raised higher and higher, and finally he said softly: "You really dare to say it." ”
Qiwen suddenly realized, in the whole world, who dares to persuade the emperor to divide power? This is too anachronistic. She laughed dryly: "The concubine is indeed lying in vain, and I ask the emperor to forgive her sins." ”
The first time I heard her call herself a "concubine", it was very interesting. The emperor couldn't help but smack, it was still difficult to see the relationship between himself and her as the emperor and the concubine. If she were a concubine, she wouldn't have come to say these things to her at all.
In fact, he also listened to Qiwen's words. He has been used to playing the trick of wind criticism for a while, commanding Jinyiwei and Dongchang to spread news and manipulate people's comments.
In the past, the weapon of public opinion has always been in the hands of scholars, and the civil officials in the court are the core of scholars, and even the emperors of previous dynasties are equally afraid of them. And when he came to him, it had almost become a form in which he wanted the people of the world to believe, and they would believe it.
If this continues, not only will the power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang easily expand out of control, but it is difficult for him to say that he will develop in the direction of arrogance. It's really time to restrain yourself, in case his son can't be as talented as him in the future and can't hold down the field.
"If only the courtiers in the court could be as rational and selfless as you." The emperor hugged her again, "It's a pity that you are not a man, otherwise I will reset the position of prime minister and let you be my prime minister." ”
It's a pity I'm not a man? Qiwen subconsciously rubbed her fingers, hehe, hehe......
"That'...... How are preparations for war now? This is the question that Qiwen is most concerned about, and she will not ask until now, because she is worried that she will hear some bad news. Sure enough, when this question came out, my heart was raised high.
"You finally asked, this is what I need to tell you most urgently today." The emperor looked at her with a smile and spit out four words easily, "I want to be in person." ”
Qiwen suddenly stiffened and almost bit her tongue.
Kiss...... Attack? In the nearly 300-year history of the Great Yan Dynasty, in addition to the Tai. In addition to the ancestors fighting the world and Taizong pacifying the Quartet, there were also three emperors who drove the imperial expedition, the first of which was defeated in Mobei, the whole army was annihilated, the emperor was captured, and died of depression in the enemy camp;
Although the second said that the battle was won, he encountered an accident on the way and contracted an epidemic, and as soon as he returned to the capital, he also died, and he did not even leave his own son, and fell into the hands of his brothers;
The third place, and the closest one from now, only happened more than fifty years ago, and that time the battle was very smooth, and it also came back smoothly, but the enemy at that time was also very weak, basically the emperor's predecessor led the troops to the expedition just to live a war addiction, and there was no need for a personal expedition.
Today's shape can be very different from the past. The enemy of knocking is extremely fierce, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Dayan is now in the autumn of life and death.
In the past, the emperor's personal expedition basically had to be determined to be successful, and no one would allow the emperor to go into battle and take risks, but now no one dares to say that this battle will inevitably be won, and it can only be a narrow victory.
He didn't have to hope that he could be persuaded to change what he decided, and Qiwen made up all kinds of miserable futures in her mind in an instant: God, I thought that even if I couldn't escape the bad luck of changing the dynasty, I could at least stay with him for a few years, but I didn't expect the separation to come so quickly. If he doesn't come back, what should I do?
I only have one intimate person in this world, even if the system doesn't kill me, his bad brother won't kill me, without him, what's the point of me living in this world?
The saddest thing is that he can't even die with him!
The emperor had long guessed that this would startle her, but she didn't expect her reaction to be so great, as if she had been drained of her soul in an instant, her face became pale, her eyes were empty, and her eyes quickly glowed with water, and she was about to cry.
He hurriedly hugged her face and comforted: "Don't cry in a hurry, my personal conquest is not equivalent to sending me to death, you know that I never do things that I am not sure of." Since you have decided to go, you are sure of victory. ”
"What a certainty!" Qiwen pushed him away angrily, "Don't let me know that guns and firearms have been widely used in wars in this era, and when the arrows are flying and guns are indiscriminately bombed on the battlefield, who dares to say that if you go, you can still be sure that you can come back safely?" ”
Qiwen also felt that he was crying very frustrated before he left, and it was very unpleasant, but she couldn't help but feel sad, and shrugged her shoulders and sobbed.
The emperor sighed helplessly, put his arm around her shoulder again, and said gently: "You know that in this way, the soldiers of the old guard station worked in agriculture all year round, and they had long lost their combat power. To fight a war, we can only rely on those soldiers who began to recruit and train on their own a few years ago and pull up the ranks, and only their soldiers are brave and obedient, and they can fight the battle. But these generals are all self-respecting, and no one obeys anyone, and it is difficult for them to obey whoever they send to lead them. At that time, if they can't do it like their fingers and make unified plans, no matter how fierce their generals are and how strong their troops are, it will be difficult to win. Who else but me personally went into battle, and who else has the authority to suppress them now? This battle must be won by my own conquest. If I don't go, maybe the whole army will be wiped out, the national strength will be greatly damaged, and then it will be the end of the road, and there will be no hope. ”
"I ...... Know. Qiwen tried her best to hold back her sobs and said in a trembling voice, "And this is the best opportunity for you to gather military power and establish your prestige. I get it. ”
The emperor smiled with relief: "I knew that you could understand, and you were the only one in the world who understood me best." If you understand, don't cry. ”
Qiwen sniffed, straightened up, looked at him with teary eyes, and said, "If you let me go with you, I won't cry." Otherwise, I will cry all the time, and when you leave, I will wash my face with tears day and night, and even if you win the battle, you can only see me crying to death. ”
She is also coquettish, and she still uses such a thing as accompanying him to death. The emperor was just about to speak, but Qiwen grabbed his hands again and pleaded pitifully: "You can take me there, you see, the war will always be fought for many months, right?" With me following you, before Rexiao passed, we were still like Fang Cai...... Well, I'll learn a few more tricks, after the filial piety...... You know, okay? ”
The emperor looked at her in a daze for a while, and finally laughed, wanted to speak but couldn't help it, kept shaking his shoulders and laughing for a while, and then stroked her face with both hands and said, "Yes, you really didn't disappoint me everywhere!" Do you know that what I'm waiting for is your self-recommendation to follow me? When I came, I was afraid that if I brought it up, you would think that I was not considerate of you enough. ”
Qiwen was shocked: "Are you serious? "Anyway, she was ready to fight to the death just now.
"What's the big deal?" The emperor pressed the tears on her face with his sleeve, and said lightly, "When Taizong went on his northern expedition, he brought his favorite concubine
As he spoke, he smiled again and bent over. What else can there be? He was curious.
Qiwen opened a pair of big watery eyes: "Then you can really take me with you wherever you go, even if you go to the charge, no exception?" ”
The emperor was slightly stunned: "What are you talking about arrows flying indiscriminately and guns indiscriminately...... Alas, don't cry, I promise you that it is. "It turned out that she was as sensible as her, and it was really difficult to resist the trick of crying and playing tricks as a resentful woman.
"You don't have any jokes?"
"That's nature, and it will do what it says. When the time comes, you will pretend to be a eunuch and follow me closely, and you will not be separated for a moment, even if you are not an exception, okay? ”
"Great!" The resentful woman suddenly turned from sadness to joy, jumped up and put her arms around his neck, and kissed him loudly on the cheek.
The emperor was not as happy as her, and at this time he was hugged by her, and he couldn't help but sigh silently.
Although he had made all the preparations and tried his best, if he was sure of victory, he still did not have it. Especially unlike the symbolic pro-conquest of the emperors in the past, this time he planned to really charge into battle in person, whether he could retreat with his whole body, and then ensure that the people around him retreated with his whole body, he couldn't say at all.
The initial decision to take her was actually out of a very pessimistic plan, feeling that since he was not sure that he would come back alive, he simply dragged her to live together in life and die in death, and he did not leave any grudges.
But this is only a rational plan, and when he really made a decision, thinking of the harsh environment in Liaodong at this time, which was still freezing cold, and thinking of the various dangerous scenes that the two armies might encounter in battle, he couldn't help but panic, and felt that he no longer had the courage to go out for her life, and felt that no matter whether he survived or not, he still wanted to save her.
"I've been worried for a long time that you would want to protect me in the deep palace and go to the sea of swords and fires by yourself." Qiwen pillowed on his shoulder and said quietly, "You don't know how gratifying it is for me to want to take me through thick and thin." ”
The emperor listened to it with a little calmness, since it was something that both of them were looking forward to, there was no need to look forward and backward and be sentimental. Think about it, too, the worst result is just one to die, anyway, one is really going to die, and the other is definitely not going to live, she is like this, why shouldn't she?
"Don't worry, no matter where I go, I will not be a burden to you, but a help from you."
Hearing her words, the emperor felt funny again, his concerns were not afraid of her burdensomeness, but if he really went to the battlefield, what help could he expect her to provide? Could it be that what she said was actually "help" outside the battlefield and inside the military tent?
"Okay, I'll wait to see your clever help." He looked at her with a playful look on his face, raising her chin like a pervert and looking at her with a smile, "You have to do what you say, there is still some time before you leave, you should hurry up - learn a few more tricks." ”