Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Choice (Part II)
Xingzhao invited Gonggong Lin to go to the outside room to eat, and asked Biyu to see if Ying Yi was awake, so he sat down peacefully and closed his eyes to nourish his spirit.
The lawsuit in the middle of the room, Queen Fang, who was sitting in the outer hall, naturally didn't know.
"Last night, the county lord of Wenyang was a little bad again? The concubine suddenly had a headache and wanted to call Zhang Yuanju to come over and take a look, but the people from the Tai Hospital said that Zhang Yuanju was in Fengyi Hall all night. ”
Concubine Hui's eyes were bright, her small chin was stretched out, and she didn't drink or let go of the old teacup with peony blossoms and blue and white flowers in her hand, but only took some secrecy in her eyes, and glanced down on Queen Fang.
Last night was not peaceful, the eldest princess of Yingyi stayed in the palace, and even the princess returned to Chonghua Palace very late, she thought about it and felt that it was wrong, and she was afraid that the miscarriage would be poked out, so she hurriedly sent someone to investigate, but was stopped at the gate of the palace, and asked left and right without asking what was famous, seeing that Queen Fang looked as usual, but she didn't want to take care of herself, and secretly didn't know what kind of ugly thing happened, so she asked Queen Fang to hide like this!
When his heart became angry, he put the tea cup on the table, and his neck probed the elder, so he went to talk to the concubine who was sitting at the bottom.
"The county lord of Wenyang is the heart and soul of the queen's mother, and she has a scar on her face, is it not better or what's wrong?"
Wang Concubine glanced up with a pair of clear eyes, Queen Fang lowered her head and drank tea, looking immovable, she smiled, and was about to smile back to Concubine Hui, but Concubine Lu Shu, who had never been open-minded, spoke.
"How big a scar does the Lord of Wenyang have on his face? The seven or eight-year-old lady is slowly cured, how can there be no cure. If the words come out of the palace, how should the county lord of Wenyang marry in the future? The emperor praised Concubine Hui as a 'well-spoken'. Elegant and elegant. But remember to be articulate. It doesn't mean being clear-headed. What to say and what not to say, Concubine Hui should learn hard. ”
Concubine Lu Shu spoke very slowly, sitting quietly on the upper right, usually silent, but this remark made Concubine Hui angry, she went all the way from a noble person to a concubine, and the emperor liked her. Naturally, the people in the palace didn't dare to make things difficult for her, and an old woman who had fallen out of favor in the Lu family dared to choke with her?
opened his mouth and was about to return it, but he heard the voice of the queen above say in a deep voice: "Since Concubine Hui has a headache, she will rest in her own palace these days, and there is no need to ask for morning gifts."
As soon as the words fell, Concubine Hui was overjoyed, but she heard Queen Fang continue, "Don't come out day and night, the palace specially dials a doctor for you, and you stay in the palace alone." Take some time to recuperate. ”
Concubine Hui's eyes widened instantly, isn't this just grounding!
Her child was left behind. The queen died of her sister, and she was released, and the suspicion on her body has not been washed away, so she can't wait to return the grounding to her!
Empress Fang glanced at Concubine Hui coldly as she spoke, like a sharp sword with a blade.
Concubine Hui froze for a moment, swallowed all the justifications in her mouth, and it was a big deal that she cried and begged the emperor after a while!
"Things in the womb are busy these days, and the good things of the second prince are approaching, this is our emperor's first daughter-in-law, and the whole palace is in a hurry. Whoever wants to provoke trouble and provoke himself should be more leisurely and think clearly. Empress Fang breathed a sigh of relief, her voice was a little exhausted, her brows frowned, as if she was helpless and worried, "If it is really a wave of unsettled waves, the emperor is now angry, you serve carefully, don't ask around in the palace about rumors, keep in mind this - woe comes from the mouth, alas, all of them will be scattered today, Jiang Mingying will send the masters out." ”
Queen Fang's demeanor of wanting to speak and stopping aroused everyone's curiosity.
Concubine Chen Defei and Concubine Lu Shu looked at each other, Concubine Chen Defei reacted very quickly, and then got up and cheered: "The concubine should remember the teachings of the queen!" ”
Yingying Yanyan followed up and saluted and said goodbye, as soon as she left the palace gate, Concubine Hui grabbed the princess and turned to the path to the Taiye Pool.
As soon as the people in the hall left, leaving two rows of empty chairs and stools through the empty wind, Queen Fang suddenly felt that the strength that supported her upright seemed to be all taken away, she bent her back, leaned on the back of the chair, squinted her eyes, and turned her head back and forth.
Jiang Mingying sent someone away, but was stopped by the inner attendant in the outer courtyard, and after listening to what the inner attendant said, he hurried in even faster, with a happy face, and whispered a few words in Queen Fang's ear.
Empress Fang opened her eyes suddenly, her hand shrunk into her sleeve and trembled violently, and there was clear joy and excitement in her tone: "Go!" Let's go into the inner room! ”
The inner room sits north and faces south, and the window lattices of several houses are greatly opened, so that the whole room is illuminated.
The little lady in a high-waisted plain skirt sat upright on a wenge square chair, holding a book in her hand, looking down with a very focused expression.
Hearing a sound outside, Xingzhao looked up, it was Queen Fang who came back, put the book on her side while laughing, lifted her skirt and slowly got up: "It is estimated that the prescription opened by Zhang Yuan has the effect of calming the nerves, and the eldest princess of Yingyi has not woken up yet." ”
The little lady's big apricot eyes, black and thick eyebrows, round white face, and serious and soft demeanor made Queen Fang unable to bear it all of a sudden, as if she was laughing and as if she wanted to cry, her body collapsed on the kang as soon as she was weak, and beckoned to Xingzhao, her whole body seemed to have no strength, but she still spoke out urgently: "Your uncle, your uncle has not died yet, and there are only 3,000 elite soldiers in the Fang family's army, and there are only 300 left, but the main general is still in a big disaster."
At the end of the words, Queen Fang's eyes flashed with tears, but the curvature of the corners of her mouth became wider and wider.
There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village.
Xingzhao was stunned in place, and his mind repeatedly circled the signature that the eldest lady drew that day, which turned out to be fulfilled on Fang Qi
Xingzhao's heart surged with surging emotions, like joy and sorrow, Fang Qi's survival, which was a great comfort to the anxious Xingzhao and the strong Queen Fang, but it was like everyone had already lost their breath, and the life-saving antidote was delivered to his hand
Mother, why can't you wait longer!
Xingzhao endured the tears that welled up in the corners of his eyes, and lightly wiped away the tears for Queen Fang with a handkerchief, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt that his throat was jerky.
"There is no news about my uncle's entry into the customs in the temple," Xing Zhao said as his mind spun quickly, frowning at Queen Fang.
Since he is not dead, and since he can still transmit the information to Dingjing, why hasn't there been a little battle report from Pingxi Pass?
Empress Fang gently wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, bowed her head slightly, and said softly: "Because he has not yet entered the customs, or even if he wants to enter the customs, he will not enter from Pingxi Pass, and your uncle will also choose to enter the customs from the Sichuan and Shu areas guarded by General Qin Boling." ”
Empress Fang's words seemed to open a door to Xingzhao, and she suddenly blessed her heart, and blurted out: "Sometimes it falls apart, and it doesn't have to be a strong external enemy. Brothers are on the wall, this is the biggest crisis" Xingzhao unreasonably remembered Liang Pinggong, who was assigned to the northwest as the governor a few years ago, and thought that after the Pingxi Pass was broken, it was also Liang Pinggong who turned the tide
"A year ago, the personnel change in the northwest, the Liang family was transferred from Dingjing City to serve as the commander, and the Empress Dowager Gu's own family was transferred to serve as a garrison, our Fang family has been operating in the northwest for many years, and suddenly outsiders broke in, and a piece of cake is so big, it is inevitable that there is no conflict of interest. The Tartars saw the opportunity to attack, and hit Da Zhou by surprise, and the enemy was attacked on his back, and his uncle simply took the 3,000 Fang family army to break out of the pass. "Xing Zhaozong is a person in two lives, and he is also a little lady who has been raised in the deep boudoir, and he doesn't know anything about the affairs of the court, even if he thinks clearly now, he feels that he is full of loopholes.
lowered his head and bit his lip, leaned over to Queen Fang's side, and said in a low voice: "But even if there is a conflict of interest, how can Liang Pinggong dare to help the Tartars fight the main general of the Great Zhou, and he is not afraid of being infamous through the ages?" The Fang family army raised in the northwest is all his uncle's henchmen, even if Liang Pinggong is a dragon crossing the river, his uncle is still a local snake! As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, and his uncle is a fierce man, so he has to fight with Liang Pinggong, right? How could they be forced to break through with only 3,000 men? ”
Like the first glow after the rain, I can finally see a ray of warm sun through the heavy clouds.
Queen Fang has been holding on for so many days, there is always a stone pressing on her heart, and she can't breathe, but if she doesn't stand up, what can she do? Even if her body is already full of holes, she has to free up one hand first to clean up Yingyi, do you want to see her proudly marry into her sister's family!
contacted the die-hard Fang family who stayed in Dingjing City overnight, and it took half a decade of effort to talk to Guanwai.
Now that the stone in her heart has been removed, Queen Fang has more confidence in acting and speaking.
"You said one right, you said two, and you said three wrong." Empress Fang affectionately stretched out her hand to hold Xingzhao and explained with a smile: "The Tartars came in because of the civil strife in the northwest, and this is not wrong. I don't think your uncle will be forced to go deep into the old forest in the northwest. The emperor's large-scale deployment of troops a year ago is clearly a precaution for the other party's family, and your uncle's move is not called breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, but is called drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle - ask the emperor to take a look, the northwest run by the Fang family is not too reliable, come to a Liang Pinggong, and the general in the original place will be forced to go out. Take a look for yourself, our Fang family is well-behaved and honest, and a little incompetent and cowardly, this is in Emperor An's heart. ”
Xingzhao lowered his eyelids and listened quietly.
After Queen Fang finished saying this, she stopped talking, she had always been able to see ten from one, but this time it was because of her miscalculation and Fang Qi's miscalculation of the situation that the Fang family was caught off guard, and she also lost her sister who had always been favored and loved.
Xingzhao couldn't see the emotions in Queen Fang's eyes clearly, but his heart was also faintly painful.
The men's struggles often stretched down the walls of the doors into the backyards, where the gods fought and mortals suffered.
It's funny to say, but most of the women don't live on their own men. Her mother lives on her mother's family, and her aunt lives on her own wrists, but she is still often dragged down and calculated by the person next to her. (To be continued......)