117 If life is only as it first seems
Although it was not the first time that Yin and Ruan of Jingzhao Mansion had done such a job, they were particularly nervous this time, and those who were a little older or younger did not dare to get too close to the imperial road, for fear that something bad would happen and make the emperor unhappy.
There are no discordant notes, and it is really a celebration of singing and dancing.
The emperor is still immovable, majestic and natural, the queen mother in the carriage is in a trance, recalling the lively joy of playing horses and traveling to Changjing when she was a child, the same is Kyoto, and she has spent most of her life in this imperial city, why does this suddenly think of the old Beijing......
The palace is full of excitement for the New Year, drinking and feasting, this time it is the prince and his wife who are the main beams, and the emperor and the queen mother almost show up and leave. The emperor went to Kunning Palace a lot more times, and the girls who were kicked to Yonghe Palace by the Queen Mother before were designated as palace maids by the emperor, and after the New Year, they would go out of the palace with the new batch of palace attendants who were released, except for the two concubines who would summon people from time to time to ask about the Quenyu Pavilion and the Hongwen Pavilion, the harem was as quiet as if the concubines did not exist.
The first time I found that the Queen Mother began to forget the years was Gu Ci, and the Queen Mother's mouth repeatedly mentioned Changjing, at that time, the Xiao family and the Xie family were full of flowers, and the people were prosperous.
Gu Ci sadly went back to the East Palace and cried, the Queen Mother was fine, but her brain was old, and no one could do anything about it. All she could do was to let Yuyi and Ah Sheng often accompany the Queen Mother, and then picked up a paintbrush that she had never touched since she was pregnant, and painted the emperor, Yuan Yi, Yuyi, Qiang Qiang, Ah Sheng and herself. Xie Hong's portrait is carved most carefully, Xu thinks that even if the queen mother forgets her daughter, granddaughter, and great-great-grandson, she can't forget the man in white engraved in her heart in her brightest and flamboyant age. She secretly drew a family photo of the 'big rebellion', the Queen Mother, Xie Hong, her and a pair of children, but she didn't dare to show anyone at the bottom of the box.
In May, the Queen Mother accidentally contracted a cold and fell ill, and when she woke up from a dream, she was looking at Xie Hong's portrait by the moonlight outside the window, and she forgot the time to catch a cold. Gu Ci blamed herself very much, she went to visit every day, and listened to the Queen Mother repeatedly tell interesting anecdotes from the past, and she even wanted to take Old Lady Shan into the palace for a while, but was suppressed by Yuyi knocking on her head.
The Nine Emperor Princes, who were preparing for the marriage and repairing the palace, had performed the crown ceremony, and asked for a postponement of the marriage, the reason was nothing more than 'the southern tour hurt the wealth', 'the grandmother was seriously ill and couldn't bear to work', etc., Gu Yi, who was still waiting for the marriage at almost twenty-four, could only continue to wait silently, and the fourth lady's illness worsened, and she worked hard to support her daughter for no longer keeping her mother's filial piety for three years.
The Queen Mother, who had recovered from her illness, seemed to have forgotten more things, except for Yuyi and Gu Ci, she didn't even remember Ah Sheng. The eyes are also getting blurry, and the magnifying glass is constantly changing.
With tears in his eyes, Gu Ci ran back to the East Palace, took out a family photo to show Yuan Yi, and looked at him pleadingly. Yuan Yi took her and the painting to Cining Palace with red eyes.
This was the first time Gu Ci saw the resolute, resolute and indomitable Empress Dowager Xiao, crying like a child.
Yuan Yi left his ancestors and grandchildren alone, turned around and went to Qianqing Palace.
The next day, the Queen Mother was taken to the Qingyi Courtyard by Yuyi to recuperate, where she saw Shan Bin, who was dying in his last years, and the two white-haired old men chatted calmly, as if they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and made an appointment to see each other next time.
A few days later, the white flags were hung up in the Xinwu Bo Mansion.
The Queen Mother returned to Cining Palace half a month later, and looked at the family photo together with Gu Ci every day, and only repeated one sentence in her mouth, "Look, how beautiful our little daughter is!" gave birth to a pair of little grandchildren who gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses! ”
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Although the Queen Mother who lives in her memory continues to age, the first funeral of her relatives ushered in by Gu Ci was her second uncle, Gu Ji.
She only has a little sadness, and I believe that everyone in the baron's mansion only has a sense of relief, and even Gu Ke doesn't need to apply for love with a fold, because when Gu Ji was dying, Gu Pu made his own decisions to inherit Gu Ke to his underage brother Gu Jin. The only ones who need to keep filial piety for Gu Jizhi's death are the three daughters and the second lady in the second room, but they are not in Beijing.
Gu Ji asked to see Gu Yao before he died, and wrote a letter, but it was Gu Yi who came.
Accompanied by Gu Pu, Gu Yi listened carefully to what Gu Ji said, took the letter and threw it directly into the brazier, "Second uncle, what do you want to do, we know each other." It's me who came, but I couldn't make you die, and my nephew could only offend. Letters, you can continue to write, and show them to whomever you want. Ah Luan, we will protect it! ”
Gu Ji was furious and wanted to explain, he just vaguely knew about Gu Yi, and wanted to use the few chips left in his hand to finally fight for a better future for this niece with the blood of the Fang family, but he didn't know why this matter had something to do with Gu Ci?! He didn't catch his breath and fainted directly, Gu Xi flashed to call the imperial doctor, but was sent out of the door by the tearful Gu Pu.
Gu Xi, who was unexpected, asked suspiciously, "When will grandfather move back to the Protectorate Mansion?" ”
Gu Pu looked at the second son in the house sadly, his stiff back seemed to be broken, waved his hand to signal the steward to send Gu Yi away, and turned around and went to Mrs. Fang's house.
In the evening, Gu Ji swallowed his breath, and the next day, Mrs. Fang was too sad and followed, and the Baron's Mansion ushered in two funerals at once. The fourth lady, who was originally terminally ill, got a lot better, and with the help of the taciturn Gu Yi, she was able to get up and take care of the funeral. The fifth lady and Gu Ying rushed back with Fang Ju and his wife to run for the funeral, adding to the chaos, and were ordered by Gu Pu to kneel in the mourning hall for ten hours every day, and within three days, they couldn't even speak.
The two of them sent the funeral as soon as the first seven days passed, Mrs. Fang's coffin went directly to Liujin City, Gu Ji's coffin was sent to Xiangyuan City, Gu Jian cried unhumanly, but Gu Pu had made up his mind. Gu Pu drank the ginseng soup and took the ginseng slices in his mouth, completely divided the family money, and then folded it back to the baron's mansion.
Except for Gu Xin, the men who entered the Gu family had won the favor and did not have to come back to mourn, Gu Xin had to resign and rush back to guard filial piety. As soon as he entered Beijing, Ye Momo was awarded the title of Jinyang County Lord, and as a county horse, he lived directly in Chongyi Mansion, and his future career was estimated to be broken.
The fifth lady really shook hands with Gu Ying after kneeling for seven days, and the two of them each made a small courtyard next to Fang Ju's small village, and no longer interfered with the life of the young couple uninterestingly.
The fifth old man with two concubines and a concubine wanted Gu Wenkai to raise him, but he was blinded by Gu Pu's ear scraper, "If you dare to harm my grandson again, I will pass them out!" ”
Then Gu Pu dragged the burden of the fifth master and moved to a small Taoist temple on the outskirts of the city, which was very close to the Xie family's grange, and it was said that it was a place where Xie Yun frequented before his death. Xie Ran left the two girls and Gu Wensui behind, and then sent them to the Yishu School of Sian Chay Hall to go to boarding and school, and the teenage children couldn't even memorize the "Disciple Rules", so they could only go to work and study.
The fourth lady who took refuge in the Buddha coaxed Gu Jian to 'mediate the conflict' between Gu Pu and Gu Mingqi, except for going to Tiemei Temple on the first day of every month to pray for Gu Yi to set a wedding date as soon as possible and stay at home. The aunts were sent to their respective children to be raised, and they lived comfortably with their daughters, and they could see their sons from time to time, and their daughters-in-law were also three months pregnant, which made her condition improve a lot.
Gu Yao had been to the Taoist temple once, Gu Pu didn't promise to go back to the Protector's Mansion, he left a lot of incense money and left, and didn't glance at the two brothers Gu Jian and Gu Mingqi who wanted to follow him at all.
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The Gu family's teammates are cleared and dealt with, and the children and sons-in-law of the Gu family who are working hard for the future feel that the sky is bluer and the water is clearer, among which the most outstanding performance is Gu Wenshen, who is engaged in trade in Xinbeiguan, and the husband and brother-in-law of Gu Xiaoqing, the seventh girl in Fushun Chengguan Water Conservancy, if there is no accident, it will be no problem for the two to get a seven-grade official next year.
Gu Ci and Yuan Yi sighed privately, "My grandfather has looked like a holy father all his life, especially to Mrs. Fang, but I didn't expect that he would be as decisive as the second uncle and dare to start, it seems that the second uncle actually followed his grandfather." ”
"Holy Father?"
"Well, that is, when you see someone being stabbed by a robber, you want to fight back and kill the robber, and you say, 'The robber did something wrong just because he was too poor to live, so why should he repay him?' This kind of person! ”
"For example?"
Gu Ci looked at Yuan Yi's tangled face, and then figured out the wording, "It's that my grandfather was cheated by Mrs. Fang for a lifetime, and I still think that she is just a 'poor person who is lost', and she shines the world with the halo of the Bodhisattva, so that everyone can forgive her for her 'unintentional mistakes'." ”
"Doesn't this just show that Old Lady Gu really loves Mrs. Chongfang?"
"Like someone would make her a concubine? Or did she know that she had done something wrong, did not prevent it beforehand, did not stop and conceal it, and did not help remedy it afterwards? ”
Gu Pu just felt that he was very capable of brushing his presence on Fang Yun, and his son had the ability to deal with the aftermath, so he could naturally be a holy father with a light breeze. Unexpectedly, Gu Yao let go, he couldn't handle it, he could only endure it, he couldn't bear it, he switched to the Holy Father mode, and took the initiative to let the people who caused trouble disappear.
is good at forbearance and once outbreaking, Gu Ji and Gu Pu are definitely father and son!
"According to this, the emperor is also ......"
"Brother, I must have saved three thousand worlds in my last life before I can marry you!"
"Then I have been praying for 5,000 years before the Buddha."
The two rubbed the tip of their noses and smiled at each other.
The emperor can't say that he is true love Xiao Tong, even if he has deep affection, he can't withstand the polishing of the years, and he feels good about brushing experience points on other women, so he has always tolerated them, and he has always played 'this hatred endlessly' into a clumsy script of 'not hearing the old people cry', but he is often moved by sad memories, but he can't move other parties, especially the 'crystallization of love' Yuan Yi himself.
From this point of view, Yuan Yi's personality may be more like the enthusiastic and loyal Xiao family - Xiao Zan can travel thousands of miles to help Xie Xiang, die generously, and clear his name for Yuan Bei's death; Xiao has been thinking about Xie Hong for more than 70 years, and even Shan Bin is only slightly empathetic because his voice resembles Xie Hong; Xiao Luneng will never marry Xie Yu again for the rest of his life and raise his daughter alone.
Yuan Yi does not have the sorrow of a literary and artistic young man like Sejong Yuan Mian at all, and Gaozong Yuan Qi is happy with the new and never tired of the old fraternity, like the Xiao family, he is a person with pure feelings, so he also requires the other half to be equally pure. Gu Ci's experience makes her happen to be a person with a lack of security, fortunately, her background is enough to match the future emperor, although her identity is similar to Chen Ajiao, but her brothers are not inferior to Wei Qing and Huo Quai. The hidden danger of relatives is not a problem for an ambitious monarch, who is strong enough, and also needs more and stronger ministers to open up territory and create a prosperous world.
Fortunately, they are a perfect match.
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In the winter of the 38th year of Sejong, Layue, Gui Weishuo, the Empress Dowager Xiaoyihong was ill, in the spring and March of the following year, Yimao, collapsed, and was buried in the west of Gaoling, with several famous ministers buried.
The emperor wept and wanted to be convinced, and everyone persuaded him to change the dynasty for a hundred days, and the prince Yi and his concubine asked for self-defeat.
In the spring of the 40th year of King Sejong, in the first month of the first month, on the afternoon of Bingwu, he secretly summoned Concubine Liang and gave white silk, and the night terrors and dreams and the evil wind dried up the meridians. In February, Yi Chou, with eye disease, refused treatment. Summer, April, Guiwei, forgive the world. Xin Chou, the edict rewards the branches, no matter how big or small, and pays the prince Yi. Autumn, July, Jiachen, the upper illness is very serious, lying with hundreds of words. In August, Jiazi, the mountain collapsed in Kunning Palace.