Chapter 119
Princess Ningshou's heart was shocked when she heard this, "There is such a thing?" If this little girl of the Pei family was really taken away by the "internal servant of the draft", what happened afterwards was unimaginable. Princess Fushou was also dumbfounded, "These villains, what a big guts!" "Taishou's daughter also dared to rob it, so she was not arrogant.
King Wei snorted, "Those bold wicked people should be divided into five horses and cut by a thousand knives!" beheading them for public display is really cheapening them. Big brother, I have been angry for a long time, but my father did not allow me to mess around and ordered me to write accurately. β
Human life is at stake, and all death sentences are not the final decision of the magistrates, but must be reported layer by layer, all the way to the emperor. Although the emperor could not carefully scrutinize every death penalty case, he had to read it and approve it before it would be implemented. Now that the emperor is old, he can no longer personally review the chapters, and most of them are agents of the king. Of course, King Wei knew about this matter.
The prince's eyes flashed, "Xiao Shi, you are really in love." "It's too cheap to behead them, Xiao Shi, how much hatred do you have in your heart.
Princess Ningshou and Princess Fushou felt that the atmosphere in the room seemed to be a little heavy, and they both laughed and interrupted, "But isn't it, our little ten has no other preferences, just like all kinds of strange stones." As for why you like all kinds of strange stones, that's what everyone knows, right? Joked about King Wei, and turned the topic back to Queen Zhang's Qianqiu Festival, "Not only is the little ten sorrowful birthday gifts, but the two of us are also worried, and I feel that I am not worthy of anything." Queen Zhang has been watching coldly, listened to the coquettish words of her two daughters, and smiled slightly, "Xiao Shi, look at it, it's all you who made trouble, and your two sisters also want to be a birthday gift." King Wei laughed at the two sisters, "The good ones don't learn, and the bad ones don't learn!" Talking and laughing, the mother and son were happy.
The Emperor sent his attendants, "Summoning His Royal Highness the King of the Guards to come in." King Wei stood up helplessly, "The eldest brother is back, is the drudger still mine?" I sit in the Qianqing Palace every day, and I don't understand what my father says, so I write word by word with my head stuffy, and I am extremely bored. I can't be lazy yet, or my dad will be replaced by Little Eleven. Empress Zhang coaxed him, and his brothers and sisters persuaded him, but he reluctantly went.
Empress Zhang and the crown prince's faces were a little solemn, and Princess Ningshou excused herself to leave early under the pretext that there was something at home. Princess Fushou also followed, "Brother Xing'er is making a lot of noise, and when he sees that I don't go home, it's time to cry." β
The youngest son is gone, and the two daughters are also gone, Queen Zhang sighed faintly, "I don't know what he thinks, you are all back, or do you have to work ten generations younger?" He can't trust you like that? β
"He was reluctant to give up power." The crown prince said briefly: "As long as he lives for one day, the empire will be firmly controlled in his hands, and no one else will be allowed to touch it." β
Even if it's his own son, even if it's his eldest son and heir, it's not okay.
As long as he lives for one day, he, the prince and prince, can only be an ornament.
"You don't have to have a bad relationship with Xiao Shi." Empress Zhang said with some trepidation. Both of them are her biological sons, and the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat, if the eldest son misunderstands the younger son, it will be really fatal.
"No, it won't." The prince smiled, "Xiao Shi is a spoiled child. β
If Xiao Shi is ambitious, how can he angrily mention that the five horses are divided into corpses and a thousand knives are cut? He should follow his words and indignantly condemn those villains who "pretend to be internal servants".
Xiao Shifang didn't hide his thoughts at all, he just likes the little junior sister, he cares about the little junior sister, and he hates the person who wants to snatch the little junior sister, and he will want to put it to death and hurry up. Xiao Shi, he is still the same as when he was a child, clear and pure, and he can see at a glance that he has not learned to hide his emotions.
Empress Zhang was relieved, "As long as you and the little ten brothers are doing well, it's fine." β
Her concern is these two sons.
"When you come back, I'll be able to fall asleep." Empress Zhang's face was tired, "When you were far away in Nanjing, I was really afraid that if he had three longs and two shorts, and you were far away, I don't know what would happen." Besides, when a person is old, he is easy to be confused, and I am afraid that he will be confused, and I am very afraid of ......"
It's not like he's not without his mistakes. When he pampered a beauty, he couldn't wait to spoil her on top of his head, and he couldn't wait to give her all the good things. Didn't he still want to canonize the Qiu family as the imperial concubine, and there was a book and a treasure? If that's the case, there is an extra deputy queen in the palace, and that deputy queen also has three biological sons, so it's strange that the wife can be peaceful.
Empress Zhang is really afraid that the emperor will love someone again one day, so she will try her best to lift it up, or rekindle her old feelings for Qiu Guifei, and then hold Qiu Guifei to the sky. A concubine who gave birth to three sons in a row is really too threatening, which makes people too uneasy.
The prince said gently: "Mother, don't be afraid, everything has me." β
Empress Zhang nodded tearfully.
The Northern Expeditionary Army won one battle after another in the northwest, and its morale was high. Among them, the border soldiers led by Chen Zhuang, the general soldier of Ningxia, were particularly fierce, and performed miraculous feats, not only destroying the cavalry of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but also capturing the King of Han and the King of Yan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and hundreds of officials, and sending them to Beijing.
These captives arrived in the suburbs of Beijing before Empress Zhang's Qianqiu Festival, and were ceremoniously welcomed by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion. Of course, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion are proud of this victory, and the Ministry of Rites is also very happy, this group of prisoners has come at the right time. On the occasion of the Queen's Thousand Autumn Festival, how auspicious and festive.
The prisoner was escorted into Beijing by a tall young general with sharp eyes. He is Chen Lingyun, a military general under Chen Zhuang, and his own nephew. "Jiangmen Huzi, quite the style of the ancestors!" When the people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion saw Chen Lingyun, they all smiled and praised him.
People who bring good news are always welcome.
Chen Lingyun's grandfather was a commander in the army, but his father Chen Yong was pampered by his own wife and never went to the battlefield. Therefore, if these adults and gentlemen want to praise Chen Lingyun, they can only say that he is like a grandfather, and it is inconvenient to say that he is like a father. His father is completely a noble son of the Houmen, and his life will only be full of ups and downs.
Chen Lingyun has followed Chen Zhuang in the army for many years, and the scene is very familiar, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion are perfunctory. He said modestly.
These officials in the capital knew that the King of Han and the King of Yan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were all captured by Chen Lingyun himself, and they were even more admired, "Young heroes, young heroes!" "The kings of the Northern Yuan Dynasty grew up on horseback, and he was skilled in swords and horses, and he was able to personally capture the prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which shows his bravery.
After the grand gift of prisoners, Chen Lingyun returned to the Linjiang Marquis' Mansion. Arriving in front of the Hou Mansion, Chen Lingyun rode on a black horse, staring at the vermilion lacquer gate, his heart fluctuating. Dad is not here, mother is not here, but my sister is still ......-
After Chen Lingyun returned to Beijing, he made a special trip to thank Second Master Pei, "Without my uncle's help, Lingyun would have died and had no place to be buried." Pei Er Ye smiled, "Where, where." "In fact, in the case of Ping'an Temple back then, Pei Erye and his wife made a move after judging the situation and thinking about it carefully, but in Chen Lingyun's eyes, they were saints who did not remember the old evil and the heart of the Bodhisattva.
"The past is gone, don't think about it." Second Master Pei said gently: "Lingyun, look ahead." β
Chen Lingyun said in a low voice: "How can you not think about it? Uncle, since I was a child, you have helped me too many times. β
Pei Erye didn't expect that Chen Lingyun would still remember all kinds of past events after many years, but he was a little surprised, "'The son is virtuous to others, may the son forget it', Lingyun, there are many things in the past that I can't remember." β
Chen Lingyun knew that Second Master Pei meant not asking for anything in return, and he was very moved in his heart, he had always been unruly, his eyes were moist, "You forgot, I can't forget." Uncle, if you are sent in the future, Ling Yun will never give up. β
"If you really want to repay me, just go into battle and kill the enemy." Second Master Pei said with a smile.
Chen Lingyun raised his chest, "That's what I've always dreamed of. "He has never left his knife since he was a child, and when he mentions going into battle to kill the enemy, his blood immediately boils.
Second Master Pei smiled approvingly and personally sent him out.
"Brother and brother." Before parting, Pei Erye said with a smile.
Chen Lingyun bowed, "Yes, uncle." β
Before his father's death, he had never been so obedient. In front of his uncle Chen Zhuang, he is also stubborn more often and less obedient, but in front of the gentle and elegant Second Master Pei, Chen Lingyun looks like this.
Second Master Pei sent Chen Lingyun away, quite emotional, "It's also a poor child." Lin Youhui somewhat agreed, "It's quite pitiful to meet such a father and mother." However, I remember that the eldest son of Linjiang Hou is not very good-tempered and loves to use knives. Lin Youhui has never forgotten that Qiu Guifei coerced her to marry, and she has no good impression of the person concerned, Chen Lingyun.
Pei Erye smiled, "Let's see who moves the knife with you." Of course, it is not possible to move with the family, but if you go to the battlefield and pick up a knife to cut someone, it is a good thing. β
Although Lin Youhui had a deep prejudice against Chen Lingyun, he also smiled, "That's right." β
When you go to the battlefield, of course, you want to kill the enemy, but can't you talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with the enemy?
Civil officials often look down on military generals, thinking that they are vulgar and rude, and they do not understand literature and ink, but the empire really can't do without military generals. Without generals, who will guard the border? When the Hu people went south, they couldn't have a group of literati recite the Four Books and Five Classics to them.
"Speaking of which, it's time for him to get married, right?" Second Master Pei asked suspiciously: "He is not young, and so is the girl of the Qiu family." β
The Linjiang Marquis Mansion and the Xingguo Mansion have decided on a family affair, and Chen Lingyun is already twenty at this time, and the girl of the Qiu family must also be in order. However, Pei Erye didn't continue to like it.
The Pei family and the Linjiang Hou Mansion are considered to be cornering relatives, and Lin Youhui still knows a little about the affairs of the Linjiang Hou Mansion, frowning and saying: "The girl of the Qiu family is a concubine who is not favored, and the Chen family has been dragging it out for all these years, and I heard that the girl is sick and bedridden. β
"Another poor boy." Pei Erye sighed.
"Who's to say it isn't." Lin Youhui felt the same way.
Pei Erye and his wife said that they would forget it, and they didn't take Chen Lingyun and his fiancΓ©e to heart. Chen Lingyun had brought them troubles, but it was over.
Queen Zhang's Thousand Autumn Festival, according to the rule, women of more than five grades want to enter the palace to congratulate. There is usually nothing for girls on this occasion, but this year is different, except that if there are girls between the ages of fourteen and sixteen in the family, they must also be called to the palace.
"Are you going to choose a princess for the eleventh prince?"
"Do you want to choose another concubine for His Royal Highness the Prince?"
Many people secretly speculate and do not know the essentials.
On the day of Queen Zhang's Thousand Autumn Festival, she can't hide it. On this day, she got up early, wore a red silk jacket, a jade flower skirt, and a blue fox cloak on the outside, packed up, and followed her grandmother, aunt, and mother out of the door. After entering the palace, the girls were alone, and they saw a lot of people they knew, Mei Qiong, Chen Lingwei and others, all there. Mei Qiong's expression was rare and shy, "You are so good-looking today." "You, too, are exceptionally beautiful today." On Mei Qiong's delicate cheeks, red clouds flew up, obviously extremely happy in her heart.
The girl in the middle of the seat was dressed in a lot of red, and her clothes were inconspicuous. However, her eyebrows are picturesque, her demeanor is calm, and she is among girls of the same age, and she really stands out from the crowd and attracts attention.
Chen Lingwei deliberately sat beside her and whispered her grievances, "...... I'm going to pretend to be sick, but my wife won't allow it, she will bring me here. Sister, you think, I'm a concubine, even if it's to choose a concubine for the eleventh prince, it won't be my turn anyway. If it's a second concubine, bah, I'm stupid to go! β
The Prince's Mansion is full of beauties, why can Chen Lingwei stand out when she goes? Besides, the prince is in his thirties, which is too old for Chen Lingwei.
Smile, "You're not docile, aren't you?" "The second concubine is better than the concubine, after all, she is not the main room, such an identity must be a docile woman, you are so spicy, probably you can't pick it.
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